The
MLLSBR
HILLS1K)B(), OHE(. ON, THURSDAY, IsOVEMUEU 20, 190S
NO. 3G.
VOL. IX.
EVENTS OF THE DAY
OATHHRliD I ROM ALL PARTS OF THE
TWO HLMIS! IOF.S.
Comprehenalv Review ol the Import
nt Happenings the 't wk
Preaented In Condensed form, Mont
Likely to Prove Interesting to Our
Many Header.
THIS IRRIGATION CONOHESS.
Kxtretne cold weatl.er prevail atl
over Ktirnpe.
T0 mure forent toncrves are ta lie
created In Nurtlimmtntii Oregnu.
Th lent did imt get a shot at a
tur during the lour day ha wa out
hunting.
It. E. ('lurk, win ul tint kikt' trllic
tnmigr of the Great Northern, rum
milled suicide on account ul III health.
A trnt has been formed at Stockton,
Cel., by Chlnm wlimetiy two-third l
th potato crop ul Un hun .uiUiu val
17 liaa been fiirntn'il.
Htotihcn Pwatnr, jr., grat grandson
ol the laniuii Amnricaii C'IiiiiuhIuh) ul
thai name, hut Uhw admitted tit the
AtinKilU naval academy
A New York woman, who claim to
bvl'inn Ui a band ol aiiMirhiats, baa re-
portal to the pi'lice an allied plot on
tb Ills ol the prenldeut.
Government tifllrlal look upon Or
fffilt with liilUut U-i-aiiMi u( 1 1 in Imt
fraud and conflicting r r-ientatliiiia
loganllug foiral reeive and irrigation,
t'rtiM-I'rilM) ha advised hi fellow
revolutionist lo make term with the
Colombian iMVertiment, anylng United
Slates intervention baa kilted the
l.llrl tame.
Th attempt nn tint lift, ol KIiik I-kw
pold hai revived tin) question ol np-
proving anarchy
Two diii I mi shocks of .aithqanke In
Utah demolished chimneys and crock
ry and liind clock.
I Fir Ih the freight Ut l Pell City,
Ala., resulted in th death ul two men
and the lujnry ot 10, two perhaps
fatally.
All boo of finding K. F. K.an, u
perln U ndent ol Ilia Great Noithern
who waa lout In tin' niutintttiiit of Mon
Una. has ln glvnn tip and the search
lor hi m abandoned.
Four auldiors at Foil Steven hsve
Un arrested for ntU'iiiiitintt In burn
tlm turtllleall.m, U ' Iwliewd tbat
they ae iiutlty o starling all o tlm
recent numerous Bib. '
Tim enal strike commission ha
reached the liiurth demand of t he in In
ra'"' union, which call for a yearly
trade agreement, and which uu-ana
atrulght out rttvognttlim of tlm union.
Tb north bound Knntbarn IVIflo
tipmaa waa wrtikinl Buiidy alUirnuon
north of CottMga Omvo. Only one man
van hurt and h rnya ba wn walking
along th trnok and bad atupiil aaidn
Ui let tlio train paaa. Kvary car In the
train, entJpt tba I'uilnian, waa dam-agi-d.
An anarcliUt firwl tbr a'ota at
Ring Io)ld, of iUdgium, but hurt no-body.
A nmtimr of groat brilliancy foil
nuar Uiitigon, Ky., oundiig conaldora
bio exciteumtit.
Venwiutdan government troop are
repurtod lo have won an luiporlaot bat
tle with the rt)voliitloiilnta.
fionator Elklna, who ha lioretofore
fought wiprK-lty with Cuba, baa oome
out In favor of the mi-nauro.
Congivaaman Bnbooik baa declined
to enter the apeaknrKhlp rco and Iota
tjirown bla tiipuort o Cannon, tbua a.
' urng the Imtar'i elwtion,
th 'American Feilmatlon of Labor
adopted ronolutiona agalnt the idiip
uliildy bill and demanded a rwix-al of
tlie law requiring marlno engliieora to
give notice for quitting work.
Brorotary Hitchcock bai determined
(hat a Intent rexerve iliall be created in
. the Blita il Htraw burry mountalna, In
Kaatern Oreaon. Th rernrvution will
be made on an eritlruly new plan.
' Tlie Southern Paelnc bna algned
new agroetnent with the MegrHphore,
train dlanaicliera and atntion agenla on
the entire ayattmi whereby au advance
of 10 por cent lit wage," In granted.
In hla report on the army in the
rbillpnlnea, General Chaffee n phobia
General Hell.
A large furniture fit tory at Rwau
harboia, Quiibeo, waa burned, entaili' g
loaaoll 100,000.
The American Federation of Labor,
now in aeanion, In cnmddering a plan to
Benalod meji pf t)0 and pver.
A Bwediah lallor on the transport
Bumner iumned ovorbord to ave the
ihip'i tlag and waa drowned.
BrltlMh (Jolmubln acpnsea
Ortgon Aaauclatloa Mavta an4 I'Jccta Ita
(Mflcara -Several AddraiMa.
Portland, Nov. 10. The flrat day'a
aeiodou of Hie Oregon Irrigation A aso
cial ion convention waa devoted, for the
iiiupt part lo organization, appointment
of eottinilttuea, and election ol ofTlcori.
A few addreaaea were delivered, but the
work of the convention will not com
mence until Ulay. The following
olllcera were elected:
I'reaident, A. II. Iever, of Portland;
vl- prenident, W. K. King, of Mal
heur; Mtcretary, J. M. Moore, of Port
land; trcamircr, W. T. Wrlglit, ol
Union.
Ad'lroa.ea were dellveied by Geo,
II. Wllllame, may ir of Portland; J. N.
VYillUmiHin, repreaenUlive-vlect to eon
grtM and ulata miiiuUh Irom Crunk, Kla
math, Uke and Waaco omul lea, and
K. lieach, iia-aident of the Portland
Uiaid of trade. There are about STS
dulegatee and vlnlUira In attendance
at Hie aemiioiia.
The great entbuxlaam that ia being
nhowji liy the delegalea to the Irriga
tion convention will have Ita weight
toward aeciiringa liberal apjiortionnient
ul the iialioiml irrigation fund fur
Oregon. It ia the iliwlre ol the depart
ment of the Interior, which liaa tbe
m.il Ut in hand,. to ratify ptihlio amiti-
meiit. Much will depend up n the
urvA' and the condition of the conn-
try, but tlie dvpartment will not think
of forcing Irrigation upon aectiona that
In not nuid to w ih It. A aection ao
tltuati d aa to le eauily and eoonom-
icaliy accmcible to water, tnd abowa.
riiHitmlann, U prolwbly the ona that
w ill be the uioul favoied. Uck ol en-
llinnlaim may tend lo turn the depart
ment agalont taction, but any amount
of enthuiiaain cannot change the Datu
ra! coudliiniia of tbe country.
NEWS OF OREGON
ITFHS OF INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS
OP THE STATE,
WHEAT ESTIMATE TOO LOW.
So Saya the Stale drain (nipactor of the
State ol Waahlngton..
Taeoma, Waali., No". 20, State
(irain lnMi tor Arrainiitli, in an in
tmyifw, raid toilay: ''I lielieve the ea
timato of tbe 11102 wheal crop, recently
publifhed, 1 much Uyi low. The pub
linhml (inure place the yield of the
late at lH.UOU.OOO buabela. I have
nodeaire U pad the figurea of thU
vear'a crop, but I am natiaded tbat
2 t.tJUO.OOO bunhela la a very conserva
tive eBtimato. I bane my estimate ai
M Iowa: Tbe acienge auwn to wieat
tbia year aa aiit a 10 per pent in
creaw over tie acrenge ao'w n laat jenr.
Tbe crop tbia tr baa been much
ILfhter Ulan lat, but the decreate tier
aura will not amount to more than HO
per cent. Add the 10 pur cent in
creased acreage, ami we haw at leaat
74 per cent of laat year'a crop, ol afcoit
a5,(lOO,00O biiflieU. "J b f"
turiieil from a trip through the eastern
purl of the mate, and And that in many
countiea tlio yield waa conaiderably
nndorcMlmated, For lnatnr, n
Wbitmaq county the yield waa from
AO to 40 buHbela to tbe acre, which ia a
very fair average yield. There are
other localltica where the yield baa been
overestimated, and where ti e crop did
not run over IS bunhela to the acre, but
thoNt iilacea are no, many. There ia
an iminenne amount of wheat held in
the warehouaea of the eaatern part of
the state. n many of the to win along
the line the warulmuiiei are lull, and
great atacka of wheat are piled up
along the aldotracki and covered with
tarpaulin. There la aim a large
amount of tbe crop ttlll In the handa
of the farmer. While eat I vljited
many farma where practically the
entire crop waa atill Blacked up in the
ttcldd or atowed away In the barna."
u n, rv . m U.U IDBECTCn
Cemmerclal nni FlaancUl Happetilnga o(
the Put Week -Brief Review of thr
Orowtn and Development of Vartaa
Meatrlaa Ttaretigbovt Our Common-weaiU-Latt
Market Report.
Tbe fourth annual Angora goat
how of Oregon will lie held in Daliaa
January 14 and Id.
Operationa at tbe Tillamook flab
baU bery have been appended on ac
count of the recent heavy raina
The frcahet on the Siufla river cauecd
by the reint heavy raina did conrider
ahle damage to the flub hatchery on
that river.
A ponUifTlce haa been etUblUhed at
Inglia, Columbia county. An office
baa alro been eatabliahed at Tiller,
Dooglaa county.
The aale in the depot at Newberg wan
opened Friday night and f 1,180 ao
cunl by a burglar. The crook evi
dently knew hia buiineaa, aa be worked
tbe combination of the lock.
There were 300 balea of bopa mid at
Pa liaa lent Haturday for tJ rente I. o
b. lo alea have bereUdure been made
atxive 20 cent, though oflera of 2ti,S
centa were out
The liourd of directora ol the Wil
lamette Valley Chautauqua aaiciution,
at a meeting held in Oregon City last
week, decided to take aome atepa toward
reorganiution and appointed a commit
tee (or llml pnrpone.
Two different companiea are endeav
oring to tecure frnchia for operating
atreet car ayntema in tbe city of K
burg. One company ta computed
largely of local capltaliata and the
other In made u,p of Kantern men.
It la eipected that the limiln-rnmn
on the lower Columbia, will frlrance
the price of yellow fir logi from 7.60
to f 8 per thoiiaand. Yellow fir Inga
bring a much higher price than ordin
ary fir, and are in great demand.
Puring tbe first two yearaof hirterm
Governor Ueer granted 15 pardona. and
20 commutation, and during lua lart
twoyeara 10 parloiit and 10 cutnmuta'
lion Of the 10 men pardoned In the
laat two veara two were uuiltv ol mur
der, two o( muinlantor, four p( lar
ceny, one n( neini wnn a aangerou
weapon and on of obtaining money
under (alee pretenaea.
Gmirge L. PI 11 man, eUta engineer
for theeiaminatinn of laud applied for
under tbe Carey arid land act, epreasei
tbe oplnon that private operation
wi no prevent government work, aa
the amount reclaimed ia small com
pared with the total area ol arid land
In tbe itate.
FIRE LOSS ooo,000.
ONE ROBBER LESS
Superintendent ol Public Instruction
Ackerman baa decided that u eooo aa
parent or guardian movea intQ a
achool dieti let with the intention of
miking it hia bona fide residence, a
child of aucb parent or guardian la en
titled to free tuitiou from tbe time be
movea Into tbe district.
Made palm In Idaho That He Waa a, Son,
pi . W. Corte u
Bpukane, Wash., Nov, 20. Saturday
night Harry Corbett and a pal attempt-
.l ... I,. .1,1 ii Am a a i.tplr ttl tlm
nwpw.piw,!. - .....,. ,
recidencedlatrictol spokane, wote later
wptiired by the pollee, and Coibelt prepare w oiiioieannoue h. w mv
made a full confvaaion. It now
Linn county farmera are oreparlng i
protest to be presented to the neit leg'
Islature againat the proposed ohange of
the game law, under which upland
bird may 1 shot from September IS,
Instead of from October I. Open seat
on betoie October 1 meana at a time
when the farmera are busy with liar
vesting and they desire to have an even
chance with hunters from tbe cities.
Twenty thousand, of he'75,Q00 book
lets advertising Lane county have been
printed, and are in the handa of tbe
Advertising dejiartmeiitof tbe Harriman
company lor distribution in the Eastern
atatei,
i
George Smith, colored, who murdered
hla white wife in Portland, baa been
sentenced to hang en December 10,
Big Armour Packing House Plant at Stoui
City Entirely Destroye.
81onx City. Iowa., Nov. 19. Armour
& Co.'i packing plant, which occopled
foor acres of tbe etot kyarde, and was
valued at !00,000, waa toUlly de
stroyed early tbia morning by a fire
which started on the second floor ol tbe
lertiliaer building, and is thought by
Manager Lennon to have been due to
either spontaneous combustion or to an
imperfect dryer. Tbe lose ia partly
covered by $721,000 Insurance. Five
hundred men are thrown out of employ
ment. Within an hour after tbe flames
wore discovered by a waUhman aix
streams of water were being tbiown
npon tbe flamee, which were gutting
the fertiliser building, 120x00 feet and
lour atoriea high, but tbe preanore waa
inadequate. The floors and contents of
the building burned like chaff. Tbe
root so.in fell, and the fire burst through
into the beef-killing boose. At the
same time the cattle chute ignited, and
in five minutes fell with a crash.
Once lutide the beef-killing house, the
flames began to dam merrily. From
tbia bouse to tbe oleomargarine build
ing was only step, and when the oils
started to burn the lire presented a
most spectacular appearance. The
big beef house, containing 500 carcase-
e, next caugtii nre, ana tne wnoie
plant, except tbe bog bouae, was lake
of Sre.
Tbe roar waa terrific. Tbe country
for miles around wca illuminated.
Suddenly there waa terrific detona
tion, followed quickly by another, and
then another. Twenty-four drums of
100 pounds of ammonia each exploded
before tbe reserve supply in the am
monia cistern wa reached. Tbat ex
plosion almost rated the entire plant.
The Humes were blown through the
Are wall which separated the bg bouse
from the other bo I dinga. Tbe bog
boune contained 2,500 dressed hogs and
2,500,000 pounds of pork products.
Steadily the fire crept against the
wind and through the office building.
Not a scrap of paper waa saved. When
the last of the ammonia drqma was
going oQ, a burning chute leU npon a
bunch ol live bogs, and their squeals
were added to tbe appalling chorus.
After the lire got good headway in
the bog house, the shops, chicken pack'
ng plant, ice houses and ice runways
and smaller department houtea were
consumed in Quick, iiuweesion.
lUe terrible roaring continued un
abated. The high brick walla crum
bled and Clashed one by one, and the
conflagration gradually ate ita way
through building after bndding. The
fire department waa inadequate. The
pressure waa hardly strong enough to
throw water to the roof of the poi k
house,. When the walls of this de-
Pftrtjient burnt, the firemen played
their streams on tbe buildings until
daylight.
The 8r burned all day and this
afternoon there was another terrific ex
plosion, which threw bricks and pieces
of iron for hundreds ol yards. No one
was hurt.
EXPRESS MESSENGER USED HIS GUN
INSTEAD OF OPENING DOOR.
Four Men Attempted to Hold Lp Pasacit
ger Train in Colorado Other Robbers
Took the Dead Man's Body end Raw
lor Cover Sheriff aad Posse la Close
Pursuit.
Trinidad, Colo., Nov. 20.Four
masked robbers beld op a passenger
train No. 7 on tbe Colorado 4 (southern
road, 12 miles south of here today.
One of tbe robbers waa shot by Express
ilessener H. W. Bberwick, ol Fort
Worth, Tex.
Tbe robbers flagged tbe train, and
aa it alowed op they ran alongside ol
(be engine and coveied tbe crew with
revolver!. They then compelled tbe
engineer, John Gnillril, to alight, and,
after placing a sack containing dyna
mite under the baygage car and attach
ing a luse to the exyl sive they order
ed uuillril to ignite tbe use. Tola be
attempted to do several times, but tor
some reason the luse would not burn.
Puring this proceeding tbe robbera
kept op a fusillade in tbe direction of
tbe train for the purpose of Intimidat
ing i be passengers. Wbile they were
preparing to rearrange the dynamite
and (use, Messenger hherwick, after
! extinguishing the lights in his car,
quietly opened side door In the car
far enough to admit a gun barrel, and
fired at the i.eait at robber. Tbe la,tter
dropped in bia tracks. Hia au riled
companions picked him up and qnickly
disappeared in tbe woods near by.
None of the passengers were rtoleited.
the abend of Las Aoimaa county im
mediately organized a posse and ia now
iu pursuit of the holdups.
BOND FOR DREDQE LEASE.
Ppltpd 8iites of eteanng thousand
Muere nillm ol territory near J'ortl
the
ol
.iA.i
inre miles ol territory near urwii
oanal.
General Chaffee was tendered a ro
osption in San IranclBCO by the busi
fleas men.
A gang of robbors operating In Ely
i, N. Y., were interrupted and in
rla
the fight that loilowed one olflcer was
tally wounded anil one rouoor auieu
Knur of the men hiiured in the fnrn
o oTnWmlnn nt Lebanon. Pa., have
tUl. maltlnir tbe death list eight,
Many of the injured are not yet out of
dangei
The official return from the rocent,
ejection in Pennsylvania show that
the Repub loans elected their governor
hy a, plurality oi moiv
devel
opa that the young man 1 1 veil in Ken- j
drick, Idaho, for two months, and while
thero claimed to be a sun ol Millionaire
II. W. Corbett, of Portland, ex-l'nited
Htitte senator. Young Corbel t showed
intimate acquaintance with tbe family
affairs of the elder Corbett. Corbett
told tbe Sopkane police that he was a ,
high liver, and hit money went last)1
hence It was necessary to do a little
rough gambl Ing,
Alter bia departure from Kendrlck a
black sateen shirt was fouud in hla
room with the back cut out. It was
then remembered that a boae of ill-
fame in tbe lower part of Kendrlck had
been robbed of a small sum ol money,
two maeked men holding up the in-
mates of (be place with drawn revolv-
eis. It ta buliuvea ttiat young ijoitieii
and his pal vpie the perpetrators of
this out f age. ,
Apple Rqt on ground,
New York, Noy. 20. Tb,ousnda o(
hiishe),s ol fine a,ppes are rotting on
tho ground in tbia state, fays a Tribune
dispatch from Greenwich, Conn. If
barrels could be procured Ue farmera
iy they might ship large quantities to
England and even to the rttiiippinei,
but they cannot procure them, Every
thing in the shape of a barrel com.
manda a high price, tne most utiapi-
duted bringing 35 centa each. Farm
laborers are also extremely scarce.
In an appeal to the supreme court.
OREAT DAMAOE BV VOLCANO.
Destruction In Ouatcmala Oreater Thaa
That on Island of Martinique.
New York, Nor. 18. Astounding
revelation of great loss of life and prop
erty by the ernption of the Santa Maria
volcano are being made daily, says a
cablegram to the Herald from Guate
mala City. Eruptions continue. Many
hundreds of human beings perished and
tbe destruction of property is considered
greater than that in tbe Island of Mar
tinique by the eruptions of Mount
Pelee. ,
All ol the estates in tbe neighbor
hood ol the volcano are baried under
volcanic ashes, which reach to tbe top
FAVORED GERMANY
KINO OSCAR GAVE US CONSIDERABLY
THE WORST OF THE DEAL.
FuB Extent of Declalos) Jut Mad Kaowa
The British aad Americans Had No
Right, According to the View of tho
Arbitrator, to Protect Life aad Prop
erty or Uphold Saumaa Coart,
Washington, Not. 19. By p rev ion
arrangement between the official,
there wa today published simultan
enosly in Washington, London and
ol tbe houses. The richest coffee eo-1 BfliB tD 'o'l ext ol the decision
Utes are completely ruined. Tbe fiveB bT n' majesty, King Oscar II,
principal losers are the large coffee arbitrator between the three eenn
plantera, mostly United 8tater citi trie named, of certain claims owing to
en and Germans, whose propertiea military operationa conducted in Hamoa
are ruined. , lfiuo T. . .
A nr thru ermtmrn hir hMn ' 0
formed on the side of the volcano.
There wa no eruption from tbe sum
mit, t'umice and ashes were carried
chiefly in the southern and western
directioas. Tbe sea has coating of
volcanic material extending for many
mile.
Tbe low of the coffee crop, which ia
Guate i ala'a principal export, ban com
pletely demoralized commerce and gov
ernment finances generally. The na
tional paper currency, which la tbe
only circulating medium, ha fallen to
7 cents gold for one paper dollar.
Prices for all necessities have risen
and abounds in whereases and concla
sions, and in inbtitance it haa been
announced heretofore in the cable die
patches Irorn Stockholm Tbe preced
ing publication, however, did not con
vey to the official here a loll realiza
tion ol tbe complete victory won by
Germany in this arbitration, lor it ap
pears that on every point the arbitrator
adopted tbe most extreme German
view, in opposition to Great Britain
and the United .itate.
TtiA orhitratinn vme nnt nff minima t.a,
to prohibitive figure for many persons. Germane or Brith-h subject, oe Aaa-ri.
can citizens for compensation on ae-
fhe athoritiee are trying to force tbe
dealers to send goods at the usual
prices, but the condition of affair is
Micb that bntinemia entirely paralysed.
Violently worded handbill aad poster
are being circulated.
ANCIENT RELICS POUND.
BOOK O.N PHILIPPINES.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat WallaWalla, H869c; bine
atom 73 SO 74c; valley, 70o.
Barley Feed, $81.00 per ton; brew
ing, $28.00.
Floor Best grade, 3.60(83.70; grah
am, 3.00 50.
Millatoffs Bran,' $19.00 per ton;
middlings, $23.60; aborts, $1.50;
chop, $17.
Oata-No. 1 white, $1.1291.15;
gray, $1.10f 1.1SH per oental.
Hay Timothy, $10(11; clover,
$3.00; cheat, $9 per ton.
Potato Best Hurbanks, 0(3O
per sack; ordinary, BQflsGfto per cental,
rower1 prior; Merced sweets, $l.75
12 tier oental. .
rouiuv -tinicxen, nnxeiij f.i.oum
4.88: per pourd.lOc; hens, $494.60 per
doett',trfli Uci springs,- $3.Q0
. . n i " iVftK . f. - an uido nn.
,W, r. lbwS ti- Hiu'ka. UMOi
8.00tr7 turkey, young, 18 H
Big Haul In Lisbon.
LiHbon, Spain, Nov. 80. Thieves
have broken into the underground
strongroom of the banking' firm of
Pelnrinbo and have stolen a aum ol
$106,000. One o the clerk of the
bank ha been arrested in connection
with the robbery. The frequency with
which such robberle have occurred
recently I musing great alarm here
ai3c:Vfea.6.00ut.60 per dozen.'
CheeB 4all oream, twins, 16X8
Ic; Yonng Amerioa, 15(814
factory price, IA lo lea.
Untter Fancy creamery, 3038c
per pound; extras, sue: dairy- au
Q28Ko; (tore, 18318.
Ell 85(30o per doaen.
Hope New crop, 82(i85o per pound
Wool Valley, lSkaiSci Eastern
Oregon, 8014Ho; mohair, 2623o
Beef Gross, cow, 8SSX Pr
pound j steers, 4o; dressed, 097c,
Val-7W(S8o.
Mutton Qroas, So par pound
dressed, c.
Lamb Gross, le per pound
droned. 6Ko.
Hoc tiro, 6)'a6Jtopr pound
ditattd, 77Hft
New Work Just tuned hy Insular Bureau,
oi War Department.
Washington, Noy. .-The Pro
nouncing paz,Qttoer and Geographic!
Dictionary of tbe Philippines, with
maps, charts and illustration!, which
wa prepared in tbe bureau of insular
affairs of, tb wr department, ha ust
Vnen leaned, and contains a wealth of
infoi nation concerning our Oriental
possession. The gazetteer proper con
teini 8tl4 page, including the index,
while the geographical dictionary occu
pies 008 pages, exclusive ol tho map,
charts and illustrations.
When Dewey's brilliant victory
awoke national Interest in the Phil
ippine, the obtainable literature in
nglUh on the question was meager,
while the Spanish worka were to be
fouud in but few libraries, so that the
work of obtaining complete and accur-
te information of the islands, their
geographical resources, history, etc.,
lias been a very difficult one. Requests
I ready received for the edition exceed
the limit ordered by congrem to be
printed.
Columbus' Aahes Moved.
Seville, Spain, Nov. 19. The cere
mony of depositing the ashes of Chris
topher Co umbus in a, special nmnso.
Imim wa, carried put in m catliwirai
toda,y wtb beftttipg solemnity. The
collin containing the ashes of the illus-
tious naviaator waa borne on the
shoulders of a party of naval seamen,
and behind it walked in procession the
archbishop ol Seville, the cathedral
cnantor. tne minister oi manov aau a
number of other dignitaries.
Flagman Made Fatal Mistake.
Chleaao. Nov. 19. One man was
killed and a dozen men, women and
children more or les seriously injured
In a collision tonight between a West
eru avenue electric train and a Chicago
Burlington A Uuincy freight train at
the Eighteenth street crossing. The
motor and trailer which made up tne
electric train were crowded with pas
sengers, and it seem a miracle that so
many escaped instant deatn.
Upoa It Approval by Sectary ot War
Work Will Be Commenced.
Washington Nov. 80. The Fort ol
Poitlaod wdl he required to give bond
befurd tbe secretary of war will ap
prove the contract recently made for
the lease of one ol its dredges for u
on the Columbia and Willanette below
Portland. When the, cc tract recently
made oetween tbe Port of Portland
comtftiseiun and Captain Langfitt was
received here it wa referred to the
judge advocate general, who ba just
recommended that a bond be procured
to free the government from liability
for any expense incurred in the. opera
tion of the dredge. Under tbi contract
the government can lease either dredge
by psying $155 per day for the old one
or $338 per day for the new dredge
Colombia. The Port will be expected
to furnich the crew and fuel, and bear
all expense ot operation. The bond ia
required a an extra piecaution, inch
a is frequently required in government
contracts. The department expects tbe
bond will be readily furnished. W hen
at band, the contract wilt be approved
and expenditure can, be commenced
under the. appropriation of $'JoftjOOO
made last session
Now tbat the government has the
potion ol operating a dredge of the Port
of Po'ttand, it ia thought by some en
gineer that it will bo uonecesaary to
ask for future appropriation for build
ing a government drede for the river
below Portland,
Tbo epglneera' office has about com
uleted plans for remodeling the trans
port Grant into h sea dredge for use in
cutting a temporary channel across the
bar at the mouth of the Colombia
fiver.
These plans will won be widely ad'
vertiead, but the work will undoubtedly
bo done at San Francisco, where the
Grant now lies.
Anktrtcan Discover Prehistoric Cavern la
Mountains of Mexico. .
Hermoeiilo, Mexico, Nov. 18. A re
markable story, duly authenticated, of
the discovery of bidden Altec treas
ures, ha just been reported to tbe gov
ernment authorities at Tepic by Kev.
Pablo Martino, the parish priest ol
Vewa.
Tbe priest make a statement, which
ia concurred in by several reliable wit
nesses, that a party of Americana.
headed by an arcbaeologic expert, who
gave the name of Heverick, arrived at
Yeeca several week ago, and went
from that p'.ace into the mountains,
accompanied by three Mexican guides.
Tbe archaeologist obtained bis bearings I arbitrator saya:
"We have found nothing in the said
FIRE AT NORTH YAMHILL.
Demands on Two Railroads, -
Chloaiio. Nov. 19. Enginere and
flrmen representing the entire "St
Paul system have made a demand tor
increased wages and an entirely new
schedule. I he same classes of employ'
es on the Northwestern have made
similar domands, the increase demand
ed ranging between 10 and 20 per cent
count of loetea they alleged they bad
suffered is consequence of unwarranted
military action on tbe part of German,
British or American officers in Samoa,
between the first of January, 1899, and
the 13th of May following. The ques
tion really at issue wa whether or not
the British and United States govern-
ments should be considered responsible
ioi the losses.
The arbitrator recites that the United
States (bip Philadelphia and tbe Brit
ish steamers Porpoise and Royalist, on
March 15, 1899, opened fire across tbo
town of Apia, Samoa, directing tb
same against tbe lore of High Cbiwf
Mataafa; tbat the tame vessels brought
tbe newly appointed king of Samoa,
Malietoa, and hia forces to Molina-
point and supplied them with arms and
ammunition for the ensuing straggle
against Mataafa. In answer to tho
British and American claims that
under the treaty of Berlin, any one of
the signatory powers wss authorized to
enforce tbe decision of the cbiei justice
of Samoa, declaring Malietoa king, tbe
by means of a chart which be is said
to have copied from an Axtec (tone
tablet in the National museum in the
City of Mexico. He located a vast
cavern in a mountain near Yesca. Im
mense stone images stood about this
chamber. In one end was a handsome
alter, above which burned a blight
flame, supplied by natural gas from
crevice in tbe wall. In a chamber ad
joining this main temple was found a
great store ol ornaments and utensils
belonging to the Astecs or some other
prehistoric race.
Twelve barros were required to trans-
part the articles to San Bits, where
they were shipped to San Francisco, ac
companied by the Americans
As suih articles cannot be removed
from Mexico without the consent of
the government, an investigation is in
progress.
MITCHELL ON THE STAND.
Five Buildings Destroyed -Loss, $20,000,
Partially Covered hy Insurance.
North Yamhill, Or., Nov. 19. North
Yamhill suffered a $20,000 fire loss
last nisht. About 9 :30 o'clock fUmes
were discovered issuing from the gene
ral merchandise store of Messner &
aulheim, and s rapidly did the fire
prsad that all efforts at saving the
building or contents were utterly
(utile, and the attention ot the citizens
wss directed toward saving adjoining
property. The lack of adequate fire
fihtging apparatus made difficult the
work of subduing the flames, and before
tbe fire had burned itsell ont fonr ad
ditional buildings were in ruins.
At midnight the flames had subsided
and were under complete control. Tbe
lire drew a great crowd of people to tbe
streets, but fortunately no one was in
ured. It Is not kuowu how tlie nre
originated.
$10,000 Fire In Helena.
Helena. Mont., Not. 20. Fire early
todav threatened for an hour the com
nlete destruction of East Helena. A
fierce sale was blowing, and to protect
the residences and business buildings
blankets were made use of to prevent
isnition from flying firebrands. With
the assistance ol a steamer from Hel
ena, tbe fire was gotten nnder control,
after four buildings had been destroyed,
the loss on which is estimated at fully
$10,000.
Coal Attorneys Put Him Through Lively
Pace Stood Examination Well.
Scranton, Pa., Nov. 17. President
Mitchell, of tbe United Mineworker'
Union, occupied tbe witness stand
thioughout both sessions ol the coal
strike commission Saturday. For fonr
hours and a half he took the croF-Bre
ol two brilliant attorney of the coal
general act, or any subsequent grea-
ment, which authorize one of the
signatory powers, or a majority of them,
to take action to enforce the conditions
oi the act or to make the decisions of
the chief justice binding on the part of
the United States." The derision con
cludes as fellows:
That tbe military action in ques
tion, namely, tbe bringing back of the
Malietoans and tbe distribution to them
of arms and ammunition, tbe bombard
ment, tbe military operationa on shore
and the stoppsge of the street traffic,
cannot be considered as having been
warranted; and that, therefore, hia
Brittannic majesty' government and
tbe United State government are re
sponsible, nnder the convention of tbe
th of November, 1899, ' for loseea
caused by said military action; whi e
reserving for a future declson the ques
tion to the extent to which the two
government, or each of them, may be
considered responsible for such loisee."
"TIMBER ORDERED SOLD.
' British Are Worried.
Peaharcur. India. Nov. 20. The
British expedition to put down the
uprising ol the Waxirl tribesmen on
the Afghan frontier is meeting witn
determined opposition. Colonel Ton
ochy, in command ol the fourth col
umn, has been mortally wounded in
an engagement with the insurgents,
and Major Beresford, the next in com
mand, has asked lor reinforcements.
Idaho Land Board WIN Dispose of Twenty
Thousand Acres.
Boise, Idaho, Nov; 19. The state
land board haa ordered the tale ol
about 20,000 acre more of Idaho
,9nlu ' TI.A AB1., l . L.
companies, and ended the day with few amonnt o( tinbep to dJ
scars ss a resun oi me oaine. xmvm iao.000,000 feet. The agent of the
Wilcox, of New York, of general coun-1 Howard land, log and lumber com-
sel for the Delaware A Hudson com-1 pany, of Coeor d'Alene City, appeared
pany, and Wayne MacVeagh, of Phila-1 before the board and asked tbat the
lelphia, who i representing the Penn-1 tract ol timber on St. Mary's liver be
svlvania coal company and the Lehigh I sold. He deposited with the secretary
coal and iron company, were the pi in- a certified check for $500 as a guarantee
cipal questioners, snd they put hun-1 tbat bis company would bid the p-
dreil of questions to Mr. Mitchell. The praised price.
best of harmony prevailed between the After some discussion of the matter
lawyers and the witness. The mem- Governor Hunt moved that (he land
bers of the commission took the same which is located on St Mary's river
interest in everything, and frequently and tributaries in the counties of
interrupted with questions, that thev Latab, Kootenai and Shoshone be pot
might have a better understanding of up for sale, and that the white pine
what waa being said. The afternoon timber be appraised at $1.50 per
session waa more interesting. Mr. tbonsand, and 70 cents per thousand
MacVeaeh's cross-examination was, as for red fir and yellow pine. A resolu-
a rule, very keen, and while he assured I tion was passed instrncting the chief
Mt. Mitchell he was not radically op- clerk to advertise tne sale of the tim-
posed to him, he did not miss an oppor-1 bar. The sale will occur in Kootenai
tunity to place Mr. Mitchell's reasons county December 22, Shoehone, Decern-
for better conditions in the anthracite ber 23, and Latab December 26.
coal field in a bad light before the com
mission. Poll" Were Ready for Emssa.
flhiraicrft. llAV- IQ.Meai XB ifcH 9 Art vn 1 1 -
Morm oi uust ana oa-u m rir. , d . , , w.oni hl,iA
London. Nov. 18. According to a Uirva at the East Rhiraim nuns t.
special to tne Man irom eyoney, a. o, tion, with Inspector Campbell. Lieoton-
W., an extraordinary dusi storm, nas ,nt gmitn ,nd Ax detectives in the
been experienced in Victoria and JNew hl, and Justice Hamburger in his
Sooth Wales. Darkness enshrouded ntt ready to iesue warrants. Emma
the city of Melbourne at noon tester- Goldman snoke before 400 anarohlsta
day, and balls of fire fell and set fire to ,t CUrk ,nd Erle itweU (wt Di hu
several buildings, ibe people were police precaution proved unnecessary,
thrown into a state ol panic, a they however .for the carnation in her hair
thouaht the world was coming to an
end. A similar cloud of red dust hung
like a p ill over the city of Sydney.
Son Succeeds Father la Congress-
was more fiery than her talk
' Increase of I Cent aa Hear.
Philadelphia, Nov. 19. The Phfla-
delphia Rapid Transit company today
Paris. Tex., Nov. 18. A special I announced that, beginning December 1.
election was held today in the Fourth I the wages of the conductors and motor
congressional district, Morris Bhepard men in tbelr employ would be ii
being elected to congress to nit ice on- ereasea irom i. to u cent an nonr.
expired term ol hia lather, recently de- Nearly 8,000 are affected by th la-
ceased.