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Newspaper Page TextIS tae JnlILLSB6R VOL. X. II1LLSIIORO, OUEUON, THUKSDAY, AUdfST 27, 1903. NO. 21. EVENTS OF TUG DAY OATHERL'D J'ROM ALL PARTS OF THE TWO HEMISPHERES. Comprehensive Review of tlx Import nl rlapptolni ol the Pt Week, 1'r.aented In Condenacd Form, Mo.t Likely to Prove Interesting to Our Many Reader. Onveri or Tall I. to incnul Hetrelaiy I War 11 exit In January. Tlio Itull weevil la doing (rant dam age lo Iho Tain cotton cray. Ku.aian eggn alou lo Core la llrr. lug tbo Japanese lo the pot .1 of wr. K eti gold field have been dlacov. ered lu Mexico wliH li gone '"0,000 to II, e ton. J an ha c nc'inlcd arrangement lor a loan if $100,0011,000 mr military pllrpo.ee, Vlie Governor Luke K. Wright will aucued Tall aa governor general ol tho Philippine. I'lttab.wg la experlttiii tag liitsiian heat. Many proairatiune an I aevoral death ate' reported. ColombU has yle'dod to Ilia wl.hea ol Ilia . and will try to revivu Hit Panama taual (raaiy, Ma edonlan retails liavo racked Krenahevo and eoinmlitod tifible out rages on tbe Innabitant.. Tli" interior department liat made an additional tempirary withdrawal In the Hums, Oregon, laud diatrM under lb reclamation t t. Maor Kcrlven, act'ng cblol altinil old or ol tbo army, haa Ihou Informed that telegraphic romuiunlcilion la now e-lsbli.hed In all tart ol Alaaka cov tod by Iho signal rut,! line. Iawp weather la caualng groat tin eaaine.a among bop growers. Thirty people war Injur! In a train wreck near liloomiuglon, III. Colonel C. II. Smith, known In lib writing at "Dill Arp," I dead. II. II. Kol.tswt denies that ho i lo oUr ihe cabinet at poatmatlor general. An attempt to llo up Chicago reatan. rani latl.d, not over 10 per cent of tli employe coining out. Lou Dill Ion haa lowered tho world' refold by t rtt i 1hT a mil i in to min ute Itat at Kia ltll o, Mat. The Shamrock hat been remeaaurad, hut enough hallatt ha bMn removed to keep tho lime silo satire tho aatii. A dlw-'bargnd cirt-u employe In Mas ai lun-ctta opened tho door i f Iho mon key eago and liberated 40 of tho ani mal. PrvaUleut Framla, of tho t04 fair, I charted with uiing that patron to gain Democratic upOrt In tho pre, jilenlial rat;. Secretary II Itch o k ha added town ahlp 97 north, range 25 oaat, lo th Okanogan wl.hlrawe In Keatern Wash ington, whom land are being exam inetl to determine tho deolreblllty ol p itting In a government irrigation ays lent, I.ord Salisburj, ex-premier of Eng laud, il dead. Eight Bremen wire seriously burned t t Chicago fire. A cloudburst at Denver did consider able damage to prorty. A party ol 25 alt Uke poor ar makings tour of Oregm. The Macedonian rovolutlon I marked by more masaacr. at Monaatlr. Tho crolenr Marhlehead and tho gun. boat Concoid ai am bond In the l'oit land barb v. The Canadian government will um rteanful moaanrei In tho uppreailon ol poajhlog on the great lake. A bill to pension veteran of tlie Cayuao Indian war will be Introduced at the next teaaion of congreu. I The entire Humbert family ha. been'? ,und guilty of .wlndllng .ud'aenteneed I found guilty to from one t fiveyaara' imprisonment. The Turkish government haa prom ised fulfillment of all ol RuaaU' de mand and the rsar'a squardon of war voaaeli haa been ordered home. Canada wants a better tradomurk law enacted. Austria will support Rnaaia In her demand on Tuikey, Senator Quay saya l.e will aeelt ao further political honor. About 7,500 textile workera In Rax. ony are on a iti Ike for a shorter work day. The Cnlte l fltutai and Chinese treaty commissioners have resumed work on International treaties, King Peter, of fervla, hai again threatened to abdioate uuteat condl tiona change at the capital. Hwitxerland haa objected to Dr. Lardy, har minister at Parle, serving on the Venesuelan arbitration court. rd Salisbury' coudition la very grave. - The power are considering slept to end the uprising In MacedouU. Fire In the Hetmmont. Texas, oil Bald destrojed 50,000 worth ol prop erty. . k c.annral Jchn C. Black, o' IlltnoK ham heen elected commander in chief of tho 0. A. H. Tha Trana-Mlslsslppi oonirrnsa in dorsed the Lewl and Clark fair and S oassed a resolution favnrlnst a govern - VfV .",ont appropriation of 1 ,000,000. KIUIANCE AO Aim WINS. Takt Second Hat From 5hamruck by On Mlnott , 19 fttcond. New York, Aug. 211 In a glorloua wholeaall hrwae over triangular coup, ten mile to leg, the fleet footed cup defender llo.Unro again yet terday (howed her heel to bit Thouiaa Llptou'i challenger, taking the tec ond rare ol tbo cup aerlen of Wi by the narrow margin of one minute ami 19 rovund. It wa a pretty and bard fought cvnteat a ha ever been (ailed off Handy Hook, ant had tbo wind not , ,, , , , fallon during the U.t ten rninotea, the I word for the roureo, three hour, 12 minute and 15 a.H-oud, made by tho Columbia two year ago, In bei mem- orab'o race agalnat Iho (shamrock II, would have been beaten. A It wai, the Reliance eelled tho SO mile alllili two mlnuto and 39 erond of tho rec ord, which (peak wonderfully of her Ph1 lu tho wind that aaa blowing. Tho Kellanoe a v ctory, narrow a il a, would have been (mailer had not Captain Wring o, tbo kippt'rof the llrltlhli fliip, bnuglwl at tbo atart, rending hla craft over the lino 19 ond. alter the laat gun, and baudicap- p'ng her to that eitent. Al every point of railing, the defend er a an ii tun ty waa iiemonctritwi. She gained one ml note and 61 eeoinda In windward work, 40 aeonnd on the run to tho km mi I mark, and 45 aecond on the clone reai h for borne, lia nl on tho niagoificient rho.lng alio ha made in the two rae already (ailed, it I 'he belief at nuny eiiert that the cup I eafe, and it will tak wmeilili g bet ter than Fife' late, t creation to budge It. TURNS TO HOOSUVr.LT. China, Oeapalrlng of ula Quilting Maothurla. Vtantl Arbitration. T. klo Aug. 16, via Victoria, II C , Aug. 27. China, In enio.irraoanieiit, ha tumid to Pro Ide'it Koevrlt, nay tho Pekiu roiretpondent of the KUhi N chl, whoaay he Chine empen aa o telegraph peraona'ly to Preaident Koo-evell, asking the Culled Ktate. that China' fcrmer (tatiK bo revivid by nic ni of arbitration. Viceroy Chang Chl Tung, Interviewed by tho Aabl coireepondent, (aid there wa atill a aecrt't iiaje lo the Manchn nan negotiation, and horeg otted that China ha not (nlikient power to i im pel Kuia to cairy ont tho evacna lon, though China had lre iently refuaod new Ku.aian domanda. He did not understand why none of the three p-iw- era Japan, Ureal Hrltaln or America had begun direct negotiation with Kueaia. The vli-erty (aid further that, even if the Rutaian troop were i' riven out of Manchuria, the Ruain won d then tart an encroachment In Iho vicinity of LI In which d lair let no third coun try take Intereit. Thl contingency w. rried tho viceroy, tie eipreaaed hlmaell utromily In the Interview, fa voring the Chine effort to (ecu re the opening of Manchuria anil tho nece alty of China completing hot arma ment. FINB INDUSTRIAL DISPLAY At Portland'i Fall Carnival by Merchant and Manufacturer. IndtiHtrial atioot, at Poitland' big (all carnival, September 14 to 20 in oat ive. will bo a revelation. It haa been many year (ince tho merchant and u.anufacturera of Portland have had an opportunity of making an ei hlbit of their product and warn. Conaide-aMe rivalry i being enUred Into and much money (pent to male the eihlbtti a unique and attr tlve a poeaible. Many magnificent bootlta are being erected and tliia feature for the carnival alone will be worth double what it will ccat to aee every- thing, Low railroad rate have boon grant. h. toad, renter ng : In PoHUnd f W " nival t'.aU,,, K.p. tember 14 to 20 lnclulv, and -many from all part of the state will take ad vantage of this opportunity to make the trip. China Honor American. Toklo, Aug. 1(1, via Victoria, B. C, Aug. 27. N. M. Mclver, Culled State consul general at Yokohama, has received the decoration of the double dragon from the emperor of China, the highevt decoration that can he siven to those not of Imperial birth. The nreaentatlon, male through United State Minister Conger at Pokln, was a recognition of Mr. Mdver'a services to Oolna at Yokohama during the China Japan war. China haa ordered four gun boa tn for service on the Yang Tae river at Kobe. Senator Hanna III. Cleveland. Aug. 27. Senator M. A. Hanna, who has but recently returned from a aeveral week' vacation, waa taken to 111 at his office today aa to ro quire tha services of a physician. The physician stated a'ter an examination that Mr. Hanna was suffering from stomach trouble, and advi-ed hi Im mediate relaxation ol business and re tirement to hi home, The remarka bly warm weather no doubt, has affected Senator Hanna. Canal' Frlenda Active. Waahinaton. Aug. 26 Acting Sec rotary of State Loom Is ha rece.ved two e.ihlnramn from Mtninter Bean pre, at Bogota, th latest dated Align. t IS, con vevlna the Information that effort are eHl helm the canal at'll being male to find a way to revive treaty. happenings here in Oregon AICTIOX SUXS OP STOCK. A Nw rratur Planned lor the Orrgoa Stat Fair. Auction anl of llveatwk will be (ondurtrd at the On-Kon atate fair on Heptomber IN and 19. The fair haa al way afforded an opportunity for funnel anil hrueiler lo buy and ai'll . "d evory year many ea!- are made. The tranauctlon have alway ,,w.n nm(n by prlve airing around the cattle li purtnicnt. Thla "Br- h" 'lr management ha r I.1JHR' 111, llju .-III yiuj llllll ... fl . Mi. - tlonoor and public aalea will be held A In rue number of well-known breeder will aend atock to the aale and thoae who wlah to buy can find almoat anything; they want. While the grenteat Intereat will probably be fettered In the aale of cattle, there will almi he home, ahrep. goat and hot- old to the hlKheat bidder. The aale will lie In on Friday, and fntlnun on that day and Saturday Thoae who wlHh to bid will therefore have plenty of time earlier In the week to exnmlne all the atock offers' and determine what they wleh to hid Thl feature of the fair eatabllahe'' particularly for the farmer, la likely to prove very popular. RINIl!K IS AWAKENED. Board of Trad Formed to Further tntrr- tatt of th Towo. A numtier of the cltlzena of Rain ler have affected a temporary ornna Uatkm of a board of trade. A com mlttee wa appointed to draft by lawa and Instructed to report Batur day. AimtiHt 29. at which time the or iranlzatlon 1 to be perfected. The object of thl board of trade are to Invite capital for Inveatment and to advertlae the reaourcea of the town. The recent county aeat light while It wa not won by Rainier, it haa dtlmulated the ritlzena to action. Roada ate to be built, atrecta Im proved, factorlea to he put In onera t'on. In short where there Is only a town of a few hnmlrel Inhabltantr Rainier evpecta to be a city of sever- el thoiiaind Inhabitant before the cloae of the Lew la and Clark fair. Coming Event.. M. A. A. C. carnival, Portland. Sep tember 14 28. Multnomah Fair Association races Irvtnuton track. September 21-26. Teachers' Institute, l.ostlne. Aug ust 24 26: Hood River, August 26 28; Prairie City. September 1-3; Rose burr, September 1-4; Hcppner, Sep tember 2-4: Revlns. September 7-9; Salem. September 911: Vale. Sep tember 10-12: Oregon City. Septem ber 1517: Klamath Kails. September Ijikevlew, October 1-3, and Hlllaboro. October 2H-30. Southern Oregon Pioneer re-unlon Ashland, September 3. Labor Day. Portland, September 7. State convention of mining men. Portland, September 7. Oregon National Guard encamp ment, September 3-12; Third Infan try, Oearhart Park; first Battery. Seaside, August 20: separate battal ion. Roseburg. September 3-12. Joint concatenation of Hoo Hoos Portland. September 9. Carnival, Oregon City, September 23-27. State Fair. Salem. September 1419. Second Southern Oregon District Fair. Eugene, September 29 0cto- ber S. Harney Comity Fair, Burns, Sep tember 14 20. Races, Antelope. September 17-19. Stock exhibit and race meet, Port land, September 21-26. Second Eastern Oregon District Fair. The DbIIcs. September 22-26. Klamath County Fair, Klamath Falls, October 6-9. Crook County Jockey Club meet Prlnevllle, October 27-29. Lincoln County Fair, Toledo, Sep tember 1012. Race moot, Sumptor, October 1-5. Fire Raging In Cascadra. A forest fire la raging about six miles from Detroit, in the Cascade mountains, east of Albany, at the terminus of the Corvallla A Eastern railroad, l arge tracts of the most valuable timber In Oregon are situ oted around Detroit. If the fire In that section should get beyond control the damage that would result Is be yond estimation. The timber la most ly of the fir variety, and ia owned largely bv the Curtis lumber com pany and Eastern capitalists. Price of Hops Raising. Twenty-two cents haa been offered for hops of the crop of 1902. This Is Information received by Manager Wlnatanley. of the Oregon Hopgrow era" association, from a reliable source. While this price haa been of fered foe one lot of hops. It la not con sldered the market price, hut merely Indicates that the market is strong at the figure generally quoted, 20 cents, Few sales, If any, are taking place. Wheat Lew at Ptndteton. Pendleton buyers are offering ex tremely low prices for wheat, com nnred to quotations In other places. Two snles have lust been made at 70H cents. Another small lot has been sold at 71 cents. At Eureka Junction an offor of 76 cents has been made for bluestem. At Walla Walla blueatem la selling In the neighbor hood of 75 cents, Rich Values on Powella Creek. Sharp Bros. & Holmnn, miners of Powell creek, made a quarts discov ery of unusually excellent appearance on the headwaters of that stream a few days ago. They have uncovered a ledge four feet In width, samnles from which have given values of $80 to the ton. . Sale of Bohemia Mines. Wllllnm Griffith and son, O. E. Orlf flth, of Oregon Cltv, have sold their Broadway group of mines In the Bo hemia district to the Oregon Surety company, ft la understood that the consideration wna 236,000. OOOD CROP IN POOR STRAW. Plump Birr lea Fill th Head ol Marlon Wheat kUlks At the end of a week'a wotk with the threshing mac-blues the report received are to the effect tbst the wheat crop In Marlon county Is turn ing out much better than wa ex pected. Manager J. O. Graham, of Halfour, Guthrie A Co. 'a office In Salem, says that yields are running ftom 25 to 50 bushels per acre, and even a little better than the last named amount is reported In some In stances. Mr. Graham has heard of no crop that haa yielded less than 25 bushels per acre thla year. The qual ity la good. Farmera were evidently deceived bv the looka of th atraw this yeir. The stand of straw waa poor, and the 'armera looked for only fair yleh's at best, but it aeema that the heads of wheat were In led out from end to end with plump grain and the yield was thus greater than appearances Indi cated, I WILL .WAIT A YEAR. Prunegrawcra Insurance Company Can not Begin Bull nets Now. The directors elected by the recent- y organized Prunegrowera mutual nsurance company have decided not to begin business this season. An greement waa made with the Oregon mutual fire relief association, of Mc- Mlnnvllle. by which that company will extend its work ao as to Include prune dryera. Under the agreement the Oregon Mutual will fix a rate of assessments on prune dryers which will make the cost of Insurance 50 er cent of the rates charged by old line companies. The prunegrowers may perfect ! 'heir organisation so as to operate B mutual company of their own by the time the next drying season begins. The dlrectora considered it Impracti cable to get their work started this season. B'f Hndy Uncovered. Recent developments at the "Lucky uss." the property under develop ment by W. T. Cone and othera on Maple Gmch, a tributaxy of the Ao- nlegate. have uncovered an ore body lit feet In width, while the distance between walla Is 13 feet. The ledge natter outside of the main ore bo-lv a carrying etreaks and bunches of luartx, indicating that - the whole width may come Into quartz at a lit tle greater depth. During the whole nrowss of the tunnel, which Is now nearly 300 feet In length, there has been a steady Increase, both In the dimenalona of the vein and in the quality of the ore. The values are very steady and range from IS to $20 ner ton. The mine is easily acces- Ible and the ore can be handled eas ily and cheaply. Tried to Blow I p Flume. The El Dorado ditch people at Mal heur City are having trouble on ac- ount of scarcity of water, and much dissension ia rife among holders of stock who cannot obtain sufficient water for irrigation. Recently seven sticks of dynamite were placed under the flume for the purpose of blowing It tin. Only one stick exploded, yet considerable damage waa done. Had ihe miscreants understood how to use the deadly explosive. Irreparable dam age would have resulted. Using New Road Law. Columbia county Is adopting a new system for road work under the new law. The road master, recently ap pointed, has made a tour of inspec tion through the lower end of the county and will recommend some rad ical changes in the building of roads. Sawmill on 5cappooac. Messrs. Daniels & Hsnna, of Hood River, have secured a valuable body of timber on the north fork of the Scappoose, and are putting in a saw mill of large capacity. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Walla Walla. 78(79c, blue stem, 80(82c; valley. 80c. Flour-Valley, 3 8B$ 8. 85 per bar rel; hard wheat straights, f3.60l.00; hard wheat, patents, $1.10(34 50 graham, 13 3 (93.715; whole wheat, $3, 5(3)1. 00- rye whett, $1.60. Barley Feed, $ 0 (Hi21 OOper ton: brewing, $21; rolled, $21(821.50. Oa'a No. 1 white, $107; gray $1.0i (tfl 05 per cental. Millstuffa Bran, $23 per ton; mid dlings, $25; shorts, 22 chop, $18 linseed dairy food, $19. Hay Timothy, $14.00 per ton: clover, nominal; grain, $10; cheat, nominal. Butter Fancy creamery, 22,25c per pound; dairy, lf20c; store, 15 (41 lii). Cheese Full cream, twins, 14c; Young America, 15c; factory price, 1 I He less Poultry Chickens, mixed. 11 K 12c per pound; spring, 14 4,o; hens, 1212Kc; broilera, $2.00 per doxen; turkeys, live, 10 12c per pound .dressed, 14 15c ducka, $ 4.60 per doxen; geese, $n(ffn.50. Eggs Oregon ranch, 19c. Potatoea Oregon, 7685n per saok sweet potatoes, 2'viC per pound. Wheat Macks In lots of 100, 5 He Bee! Gross steers, $3 75(94.25 dressed, 0(3 7o per pound. Veal 8io per ponud. Mutton Gross, $3; dressed, 5(8 5a; lambs, gross, $3 50; dressed, e Hogs Gross, $5.60(35.75; dreaaed 8e. Hops 1902 crop, 20c per pound. Tallow Prime, per pound, 45o No. 2 and grease, 2)t c. Wool Valley, 17S18c; Fastern Oregon, 1215c; mohair, 3537Kr. FIRE COST LlVfS. Over One Hundred Propio Perlsk la th Flames at Budapest. Vienna, Aug. ZD. AcconJlng lo a apei'ial di.patch received here 121 per- n periai.ed lu tho Q-a at Uudapet. Bulapeat, Aug. 3(1 Fir ttarted thi evening in a four atory building, the two lower atoiie of which were oc cupied by a fancy goo la firm, tbo upptr rjiiora tieing residential flat. I here were 200 wo. k people in tho boi'ding, and it i now ttattd that between 40 and 60 pertona we e horned lo death. Tho police announce tbat by jumping from the window 13 iraone were ki led and id injured, nine fen. only The djoiaire i animated at 4,100,000 kronen, mostly covered by Iliu ranee. The wartrbi,nne contained pilea of flimsy material and the Uamea ipread with frightful rapidity and aoon reached the re.ideutial flora. Only the wo'k people near the doo below wr able to effect their earape. t he roaideut above, teeing their oat-ape cut off, clung ripe a'ely to wiudowa, (cieaming for help. The firemen held oot sheet of can vaa and called to them o jump. Fifteen persona aero saved in thi way, but many in jumping miaeed tha sheet, nine being kilitd on ibe sp.it. ANOTHER CONVICT CA10HT. Woods Arrested by Officers la a Rem Barber Shop. Reno, Nev., tot 26. J. W. Woods, ouo of the escaped convict fiom 1 ol eum on July 27, waa arrOcU-d thi morning or Cons'ablo Wi eon and Offi cer Leeper, while being ahavtd in a barber (hop. CoLktable VVil.on wa itacding cn Second street this n o'uinc when be noticed a man answering the dew no tion of Woods come a ouud the cornet fiom Center etreet and enter the bar ber chop. Wilson started to outer the barber shop but, Heing a revolver lu the mau's belt, decided to get help. T. gather ai'h Leeper, he entered the abop and covered VV'oot'.e with a levol ver and ha ideuffed biin. Wood a oPered no re. i stance. o d w.ta tak en to the jail and turned over to sheriff Hayes. Woods said he came to Reno from Tiuckee on a freight train last night. He ai-kod Deputy Sheriff Maxwell to let couvict Muphy, captu.d latt night, oicuny tho tame ceil wiy. Iim f r, be eant, "you should treat me well as long a I live. 1 know that banging awaits Lie, and it cannot postih y dt a y barm to let me see Mn pby." FILiPl.NOi WiLL PKOFIT. (lent rat Woods Returns Fran Borneo With Many New Ideas. Manila, Aug. 26. General Leonard M ood haa returned from a visit to the governor ol Borneo, where he has been for some time observing the methods opted by the British government to pacify and promote the interests of the natives and to impro e the commercial condition of the country. Ueneiai Wood reports that the Kiitieb govern ment baa obtained remarkable result, in the np'iftiug of tie natives of Borneo aLd returns to th Phi ippines with many new Idea which be will, with he rogmzani'e and assistance of Gover nor Taft, put into operation in these is lands. General Wood ia preparing to begin campaign in the Jolo archipelago, in to which territory he will go accompan ied by a military force of sufficient strength to permit his entering into the nterior, where he expect to obtain good results in Irs dealing with tbe natives by applying some of the ideas he has evolved as a result of his obser vation in Borneo. HELD AS FILIBUSTERS. thlcagoans Who Sal'ed to Find Qold In Patagonia on Turk's Island. Chicago, Ang. 21. The Tribune to day says: mx men who - ailed awav from Chi cago a year ago in search of ag 'Id mine in the wilds of l atavonia are now un der arrest at Turks island, in the Weat In lies, tnsp- cted of filibustering Their arret and the detention of their schooner. Mercury, haa been lall before the secretarv of slate Charles Corrigan, a Texas cowboy, came to Chicago hist fn'l, watthed lake sailing for a mouth and then lock five men into his confidence. Corrigan said he had a map showing the lo ation of a gold mine rivaling tnat ol King Solo mon. His story wa" that It d sc verer bad been driven ont by natives, and when he died on a ranch he gave the drawings to Corrigan. The vessel will be held until the bntinesa of its owners can be investigated. To Help Cuban 1 oan. Havana, Aug. 26 Maiio Menocal, a distinguished g' eral a d a promin ent planter, bai accepted the appoint ment aa one of the commls loners to negotiate the $35,000,000 loan. Sena tor Dots will be offer. d a commissioner ship and Rius Rivera ia mentioned as the third member ot the contn istion. The revolu'io ary sold er rsvisionary committee has been constitu'td. I' Is co poied of one judg of the supremo onurt, judges of the audience courts of Havana and Mautanzfea and two mili tary officers. v Wind Sweeps Islands. Kingston, Jamaica, Ang. 26( A schooner which an ivod here this morn- irg reports that the Caymen inlands wero devastated by a hurricane on the evening ot August 1 1 . Many houses at Georgetown, a village mar the west end of Grand Cayman island, were de molished. The vessels in the harbor were driven out to sea, two subsequent ly retur'tid but the others ,hve not been heard of up to August 15. All the (revs and crops were destroyed. HEADS ARE CUTOFF M0MASTIR IS THE SCENE OF A GEN ERAL MSSACRE. Terror Reigns la Many Towns -Inanr. gent Plaanlng to Remove Center of Activity CI to B-ilgarlaa t rentier Revolutionary Committee botng lu L'lmost to Force the Government. Pofia, Ang. 26. With tbo rum r of maasacreo and tho murder of prisoner, in Jlouaetir n'.w autheutiiatod, the general sitnati n ia ronniden-d here 'a hut be. ooji g intolerable. Official and dip omatic circles alike are concerned. having every leason lo believe that a part of tbe horror enacted in the inter ior ol Macedonia have not Ttt come to light. Iho revo'ntiooary committee is doing its utmost to force the hands of the Bulgarian government, aud the imme diate outlook is exceedingly serious. It appears that the lurks hao ob- t n d the upper hand in the vilayet of Mouastir, and the iiiiurgent are plan ning to remove the center of their ac tivity rlote to the Bulgarian frontier. Di-patche arriving today from the dis turbed area are exceedingly gloom v. From Adiianople new comes of a Ti.rki.ii defeat atd the extension of the revolutionary onlbnak: In m Moa aitir, tbe new of Turkuh i.-tories, accompanied by harbarooa exce tee. While many ol the report, remain without confirmation, tulfi iei-t au thentic detaila are forthcoming lo caue the authorities the graveat anxietv. According to tbe Njfia Duevenik, the Turk corn mi tie I unspeakab!eatrocitia at Krurhevo - The mutilated cries of 90 women and children ware lonnd in one t.uililii g. Pieces of tho bo ies were thrown iuto the street. fifUen of the principal our hanta o' the town were killed and tl eir heads exhi .ited on poles at Monar-tir, the churches were demolished, the honaea facked and the town ia n w a hexp of ashes. The o plo fled to the. hi Is, where they are in a starving condition. The Dnevemk also erts that a gen eral n a-nacro ha. taken p a e in tl e whole vilayet of Monsr.ir. Narly all the village have been dm t'n;ed. The treacheroi a murder of 80 iusnrg nt prisoners by their guar! a h a ma'ie an e-pecially bad impri-a-ion lie-. Many rumor are current of massacre in 'he city of Adrianop'e, and traveled to uight confirmel them. The remaini g population ia afraid to leave tbe homes. The prions sro full, si.d the vali ba taken private hout-et to be ns-d aa jaila. V ben ibe Ruseisn consul protested at tbe situation, the vali is rep. rtel to hsve answered that he wa powerless against the fanatical popula tion. CAUQHT ON A BRIDGE. F.lsom Eacapo Murphy Retaken at Rino Another Cacapca. Reno, Nev.. Aug. 25. Convict Jacob Mn'phr, who escaped from Foleoui prison, was raptured at 10 o'Jock to night by Dep ty Sheriffs Kharky and Maxwell at the Virginia street bridge, crossing the Tructee river in Reno Convict Frank Miller waa with Murphy at the time, but jumped off the aide walk into tbe willowa. Sharky fireJ at him, the shot probably taking effect. tihrky and Daight Jones followed Miller. Three more shots were fire' at him, but he et taped in the dark ness. Murphy had a 48-caliher revolver on him when searched at the jail. He was very cunning and tried to get his hand on it. W. O. Craig ar ivod at the jail ahortly after the arrest. He has followed the convicts from Rnff- ners. Maxwell ana rinarty cted orave- lv. aa both convict were heavily armed and saw the deputy fheriffs jnt ai nd by a strange coincidence the first they ttarted to cross the bridge. Their i victory in the enp series of 1903 oc firat impn'se ai to turn back, butjcnrrel on the 62d anniversary of tbe finally tuey decided to take the day on which the old schooner Ameri chatica. ca captured it in her famous race A large posre, headed by Sheriff Hayes and deputise Shatky and Max well are now out on the trail of Miller. His capture is expected at any minute, as he is rnrronnde I in the willows on the hank of the Truckee river. flay Tk L'p Ship Yards, New York, Aug. 26. At the close i f a stormy seston of the Central Federa tion Tnion today it wa v 'ted to stand by the Marine Mai hiniets' Union in tl e strike for an increase in wages. This was taken to mean that a sympa thetic atrike, tieing up all the ship yards in New tork and vicinity may be oid red. The conference commit tee reported tbat in their efforts to come to some agreement with the em- pi yes they had made no progress: that the employers refused to consider the ultimatum of $3 per day. Toads Fall From Skies. Salt Lake, Aug. 26. A special to t e Tribune from Ogden says that dur ing a heavy thunder ttorm a remark able phenomenon occurred a few miles northwest of that city. People driv ing to town after the storm encoun tered an army of small toads. Theie were millions of them, and the wagon wheels crushed them by the thousands all along the roads. Where they came from is a mystery, but it is the opinion that they fell from the skies. Vesuvlua More Active. Naph-e, Aug. 2fi. The si ghtet in crease iu the activity of Vesuvius con tinuHS. The eruption is accompani.d by detonations, while the stream of lava flow i eg In the direction of Pom peii ia still slowly advai.cing. Bom of the fissures teceutly noted hav- be come enlaig d, and assuming the as pect of new craters. ELKS IN TRAINWRECK. Excarsioa oa Way to Okj met Ditch) With Fatal Rc.nHa. Chehalia, Waah., Aug. 23. The special train carrying the Portland Elk to Olympia waa ditched two ml o want ol thi place at 11 o'dmk yeaUrday morning, while running at a high rate of speed. Two men. Char loo Farle man. a cigar dealer of Portland, and Frank Gales, a t amp, who waa riding on the tender, were instantly killed. Between 30 and 40 othera wero in I jorod, of whom two and possibly three .are ao seriously hurt that recovery la doubtful. The special of seven cara, palled bjr eng no 347, left Portland at 7:30 A. M. According to tbe testimony of the pea aengera, whi, h i corroborated ia measure by the atatement of the engi neer, the engine wa not working ver satisfactorily, and when Castle Rock was reached tho fires were drawn and an effort made to repair it to that It would team better. It climbed tbe hill beyond Cm tie Rock without difficulty, and picked up some of the time tbat waa loot belore Napavine was reached. rom that point It rolled down tbe grada ate pretty good gait, and wa going at about a 40-mile clip along the bank of the Newankum river, about 2i aailee west of Chehalia, when audden'y barp explosion waa heard and an in tan t lab r the big locomotive shot over the embankment, toppled to tbe left and buried its left cylinders and driv en in the soft earth. Simultaneously with tbe expl -eion the tender parted from the euign. jumped fr- m iia tro, k ami landed at tha foot of tbe embank, nient. Tbe first car, a light combina tion ienger and baggage car, broke loce from the tender. Dumped lor an instant on the tia, and then, with ter rific force, plunged down tbe embank ment. An immenie cedar stump waa .land ing near the h t of the embanimieut. and as the re- flew pat it, the entire left rule of the roe. b waa torn out. and tbe unfor'ona e pasfonger brained, cut and maimed by flying wreckage or glare, ir.-n erd . bran aea ol trees lapping them in the faces. Tbe mo- mentnm of the firat car waa ao great that it continued on past the big Mump turned farther over, and final I v cane to a atop wish the entire left aide and moat of tho seats iwept cltan, the roof caved in and tha floor bulging up. Tbe recond car followed it and brought up a oni-ido of ti e .tu i p The lead ers checked the momentum of tbe third car, fourth and fifth cars, which left the embankment and turned partly over, but fa-sped the terrible puniah- ment innicted on the first car. The aixth from the engine lett the raila bat remained on the ties, the occupants es caping wirh little more than a bad scare. The seventh and last car was the nly one which remained on the rail. WON BY RELIANCE. Shamrock III Badly Beaten In First of International Races. Now York, Aug. 23 In a splendid 12 to 15-knot breexe, over a windward and leeward course of 30-milea, the gallant sloop Keliance yesterday best Shamrock III in commanding style, by exactly nine minutes actual time, or reren minutes and three seconds, tiler deducting the one minute and 57 sec onds, which the defender com edes lo Sir Thomas Upton', third challenger on account of Reliance's lsrger sailing plan as at present measured. It waa a royal water fight for the ancient trcphy, which carries with it the yachting anpremacy of the world. around the Isle of Wight. Tbe Reli ance beat the British boat three min utes 24 seconds in the thresh to wind ward, and five minutea 30 seconds ia the run down tbe wind. Situation la Critical. Sofia, Bulaaria, Aug. 25. The gen eral outlook in Ma edonia shows no signs of improvement, and the dev-Irp-ments in the next few daya are awaited here with the gravest anxie'y. The outbreak at Adriannple ia growing and disturbances are also prevalent along the coatt and in the vicinity of the Bul garian frontier. A dispatch from Dub- nitza asserts that a diviaion of the Ron. mauian army, w ith a brigade of cavalry from Bucharest, haa Deen ordered to march toward the Bu garian frontier. ostensibly for maneuvers. Rob Streetcar Men. Los Angelea, Cal., Ang. 25 Two masked and heavily armed highway, men held op and robbed the conductor and motorman of a traction company's car at the end of the Weat Adams street line, a hort time before midnight, to night. From Conductor Hnlton they took $14 in money and a wat hand from Motorman Salisbury they secured about a dollar In change and a watch. jThe highwaymen made their escape in urn umtucra. Washington Will Bo Reimbursed. Washington, Ang. 25. Uader tbe nation il military law of last congress, tha secretary of war haa dire.rtol that Washington sta'e he reimbursed in fall for amounts expended in purchasing 39 ca Iber magasine rifles mr its national gniird prior to the passage of the set. The law 'contemplates that the govern ment shall furnish equipment to all states.