CORVALL.TS, BENTON COUNTY, OREGON, f FRIDAY, AUGUST 27, 1897.
NO. 24.
VOL. XXXIV.
Epitome of the Telegraphic
News of the World.
TERSE TICKS FROM THE WIRES
Am Interesting Collection of Item! From
the 'ew and the Old World In a
Condensed and Comphenil loin
Peters & Roberts' furniture factory,
of Portland, Or., was damaged by fir
to the extent of $ 6,000.
President Faure, of the French re
public, visited Russia, and -was royally
welcomed by the czar at Cronstadt.
It is reported that the government of
Brazil is negotiating with a European
nation for the sale of one of her war
ships in course of construction.
Governor Lord has pardoned Clar
ence Wade out of the Oregon peniten
tiary. He has been adjudged afflicted
with consumption and not expected to
live.
It is officially announced at Buenos
Ayres that a very large crop of grain is
anticipated in the Argentine Republic.
The wool clip, it is further stated, will
be a heavy one.
A Seattle man has gone to Boston to
Becure 200 young ladies for an expedi
tion to the Klondike gold fields. It is
said he will fit out a steamer and start
early in the spring.
The warehouse of W. P. Fuller &
Co., in Portland, Or., was completely
destroved bv fire. -The loss is about
150.000 partly insured. . The origin of
the fire is uncertain."
A special from Lander, Wyo., says:
Daniel Tracy, a miner from Leadville,
has uncovered a vein of gold ore two
feet eight inches wide in the Wind
River range, on Gold creek. The ore
Is literallv gemmed with" gold the full
width of the vein. .
G. H. Steel, sheriff, and Sam Young,
ex-sheriff of Leslie county, were both
killed in a combat at Hvde, Ky. Both
men fought to desperation with pistols,
and both fell dead in the fifth round.
Steel was a Democratic leader and
Young a Republican. They quarreled
over politics.
A great strike is on in the building
trades at Buda Pest. More than 20,-
000 men are involved. The strikers,
working, came repeatedly in conflict
with the police, and desperate pitched
battles ensued in several of the princi
pal streets of the city. Two hundred
persons have been injured, some dan
gerously. The police have arrested 100
of the ringleaders.
leiegrapnic novices iruni me new
York Herald's correspondent in Rio
m . , 1 C J 1 T
operations against the fanatics around
UUnUUUH uurillK tthav ion w w-na
show that 2,400 Brazilian troops have
been wounded. Great , difficulty is
-found in transporting arms, ammuni
tion and stores to the government ow
ing to interference by the fanatics. In
the meantime large forces of fanatics,
all well armed, have appeared in the
states of Sao Paulo and Haran. They
have invaded several plantations and
small towns.
Two 1 1,000 counterfeit notes were
presented to the treasury department
for redemption.' They were made over
80 vears ago and are clever imitations
of the originals.
By a decision of Acting Secretary
- Ryan, of the interior department, the
decision being prepared by Assistant
Attorney-General Vanderventer, it has
been settled that my person can tafce
160 acres of land, and if the person has
heretofore taken any part of the 160
acres, he or she is entitled to make up
the full amount.
Railroad officials in St. Joseph report
that there is danger of a car famine on
erain crops. All roads entering that
city are taxed to their fullest capacity
now and the switching force has been
increased 25 per cent. The Burlington
company has issued orders that no-more
coal be loaded in the tight box-cars,
stock-cars being used instead.
Dr. J. M. Bleir, a reputable physi
cian, of New York, announces that he
has discovered a new cure for consump
tion by electricity. He will read
paper before the county medical society,
giving the details of the plan, which
is in effect the sterilizing of the effected
lungs in what is known as electrolys.
He claims to have cured a dozen per
sons classed as hopeless cases complete'
ly, and many physicians of high stand
ing are said to agree that the cures are
complete and effectual.
The report of the commissioner of
edncation, Dr. William T. Harris, for
the year ended July 1, 1896, has just
been completed. It shows a total en
rollment in that year in the schools
and colleges, both public and private,
. of 15,997,197 pupils. This was an in
crease of 808,557. The number in pub
lic institutions was 14,465,371, and in
private institutions 1,535,826. In ad
dition to all these, there were 418,000
pupils in the various special schools
and institutions, including business
- colleges, music conservatories, Indian
' and reform schools, making the grand
total enrollment ior me wnoie country
16,415,197.
J. H. Prawl shot and mortally wound
. ea uaniei Jiiaioney, ex-city marsnal
oi ine JJalles. ine trouble arose over
- a horse race that occurred in Klickitat
county two months ago.
ror me second time wunin a lime
over two years the Utica mine, the most
famous gold producer on the mother
lode, in Angel's Camp, Cal., caught
fire through the carelessness of some
of the workmen. No lives were lost,
but the property was considerably
damaged.
' Acting Postmaster-General Sehallen
berger has received a telegram from the
deputy postmaster-general of Canada
stating in reply to a communication
' Sent by onr government regarding Klon
dike mail, that a counter proposition
had just been mailed by Canada.
: Word has reached the governmen
: authorities at Washington that British
.- steamers are landing freight and pas
' sengers at Skaguay, Alaska, instead of
at Dyea, in direct violation of the law.
Dvea' is a subport of entry on Lynn
cansil, and Skaguay is six miles off.
The matter will be investigated by this
jBOvernmenfc . " -
SKAGUAY TRAIL IMPASSABLE.
Only Twenty Men Han Crossed It In
Three Weeks.
Seattle, Wash., Aug. 25. The
steamer Rosalie arrived here this morn
ing from Dyea and Skaguay. She re
ports that there are about 4,000 people
at Skaguay, and that the trail is still
impassable. About 900 miners are
working upon it, and it is expected
that it will be ready in a few weeks.
Not over 20 men have crossed over it in
the last three weeks.
At Dyea the miners are getting
across as rapidly as could be expected.
Juneau is rapidly tilling np witn
miners from Dyea and Skaguay, who
propose to winter there.
Boston Girls for Alaska.
Boston, Aug. 25. Ralph K. Mont
morency, of beattie, is nere on a novel
expedition. He is going to take a ship
load of handsome young Boston girls
to Alaska about 200 of them, he ex
pects. In an interview he said:
'My main object is to get a good
steam vessel around to the Faeinc to
do a general transportation business be
tween Puget sound and Alaskan, ports
next summer. You can't get a craft of
any sort out there for love or money.
With 200 young women passengers at
$250 apiece, making $50,000, and
something on the freight, I shall make
a good profit.
Would Compel Bachelors to Wed.
New York, Aug. 25. Charlotte
Smith, president of the Women's Res
cue League, called on the Central Labor
Union to explain her new scheme lor
compelling marriageable bachelors to
marry. She was too late to get the
floor, but she buttonholed several of the
delegates.
She said she had statistics to show
that there was an intimate connection
between her scheme and the labor ques
tion. The great competition of women
in the field of labor, she held, was be
cause 60 per cent of the men refused to
marry. She said she was going to Bos
ton to start a campaign against the
Republican and Democratic candidates
for mayor there, bceause both of them
are bachelors. She did not believe that
bachelor ought to hold an elective
office,-because no man could possibly
act on questions of public morality un
less he was married.
She was preparing a pamphlet upon
her scheme, and intended to show that
if bachelors were compelled to marry
and the army of unmarried women
were to became housewives and mothers,
wages would go up. Even if all the
bachelors in Greater .New York were to
marry tnere would De sun iuu.uuu
women, without husbands. It is re
ported from Boston that Mr. Curtis, the
Republican candidate for mayor of that
city, has already announced his engage,
ment to a young woman.
KAIULANI'S AMBITION.
The Princess Hopes She May
Yet Rule
Over Hawaii.
San Francisco, Aug. .25. Princess
Kaiulani, who has just attained her
majority, will return to Hawaii m
October after an absence of 10 years
spent in England and on the continent.
She has hopes of being made queen of
the present island republic if annexa
tion fails. She is watching for a
chance. When it comes she looks for a
compromise between the republicans
and the royalists in favor of herself,
for the chances of her aunt, ex-ueen
Lihuokalam, being restored to power
are generally , conceded to be slim in
any event.
The princess will arrive in New York
about September 25 from England. She
will probably stay for a short time in
this city, visiting with ex-Queen Lil-
iuokalani, who will then be residing
here temporarily while congress is not
in session. Kaiulani s father will ac
company her. "
Mardered Man's Avenger.
San Francisco, Aug. 25. A sensa'
tional scene was enacted in Judge
Dunn's courtroom at the close of the
trial of Eugene Kenny,' charged with
the murder of Patrick Dolan . The j ury
found that the defendant was insane at
the time of the commission of the crime,
and the court was ' just about to order
him remanded for examination by the
lunacy commissioners, when Michael
Dolan, a brother of the deceased,
sprang at the murderer, and, grasping
him by the throat with one hand, beat
him on the head and face with his right
until the bailiff and other officers in
terfered and took him into custody.
Bees in Possession of a House.
Elizabeth, N. J., Aug. 25. Bees by
the thousands have, during the last few
months, made honey and flourished in
a palatial residence in North Broad
3treet, abandoned by its owner for the
summer, and the municipal officials
are very much worried, because the
bees must be banished from the house,
and every one shirks the dangerous
task. '
Lives With a Broken Neck.
Niles, Mich., Aug. 25. The case of
Patrick Kelley, whose neck was brok
en by a fall several weeks ago, is at
tracting much attention. At first he
was paralyzed below the hips, and it
was not supposed he could long survive,
but he is now able to sit in a chair and
move his legs. He is improving so
fast the doctors think he will soon be
out again, as well as ever.
Three Men Killed.
Cairo, 111., Aug. 25. Three men were
instantly killed and eight injured by
the explosion of- a boiler at the brick
yard of W. B. Halliday this morning.
The dead are: Ruley Bradley, en
gineer; Gideon Ricks, Henry Schiller.
All the killed and injured were negroes
except Schiller. The cause of the ex
plosion is unknown.
Crocodiles, like ostriches, swallow
pebbles and small 'stones for the pur
pose of grinding their food.
Jewelry in the Collection Box.
Clevleand, O., Aug. 24. At the close
of the Christian Allianoe convention
this evening a collection for missions
was taken. Eleven thousand dollars
was contributed within a few minutes,
making $14,000 in alL Several ladies
threw their diamond rings in to the
collection-boxes, and many men did the
same with their watches and jewelry. '
Lord Kelvin says the earth has been
habitable . for 30,000,000 years. He
does not believe that it is so inconceiv
ably old as the earlier scientists de
clared. .... i -
iNTERRUPTEDHYPNOTIGTES
I
Chicago Police Spoil a Mes
merist's Exhibition.
SEVEN-DAY TRANCE CUT SHORT
The Professor" Was Compelled to
Waken His Subject. Greatly to the
Disgust of Both..
Chicago, Aug. - 26. The Chicago
police force has pitted its strength
against the power hypnotism, and the
result may be termed a draw. Chief
Kipley and his men, acting as they said,
in the interests of humanity, sought to
prevent an exhibition of a seven days'
hypnotic sleep given in a North ' Side
hall, and succeeded, but not until they
had called upon the "professor" to re
lease the subject from his mesmeric in
fluence. ,"""'
The subject was Samuel Burg, a
young Danish barber. Burg was put to
sleep Sunday afternoon with the regula
tion passes, and it was announceu tnai
he would sleep seven days and nights.
Chief Kipley sent trvo detectives to
make a report on the exhibition.' The
sleuths found youug Burg asleep in the
presence of a crowd, whicri mciuaea
several physicians, who explained to
the detectives that they were studying
the effect of the prolonged hynotic
sleep on the subject. The physicians
were taking the anair seriously, ana
3aid Burg was completely under hyp
notic influence.
The detectives were skeptical, and
proceeded to apply uch gentle tests as
pulling his ears, pinching his cheeks
and tugging at his hair. But Burg
did not stir.
The detectives reported to Chief Kip
ley, who decided to stop the exhibi
tion, and sent a detail of omcers ior
that purpose. Lieutenant Zery, who
had charge of the expedition, gave Burg
a rap on the sole of the foot with his
club, but the usual treatment prescrib
ed by patrolmen for sleepers was not at
all efficacious in the face of tne somno
lent subject. Then the lieutenant pro
ceeded to shake Burg and pinch
his ears and slap his cheeks, but to no
avail. Then he tried the trick that was
never known to fail. He thurst his
brawny thumb up under the armpit
and gave a series of hearty pinches.
But the motionless form gave no signs
of life. All this time the professor
was hovering excitedly about and pro
testing that the great hypnotic test was
hpincr held solely in the interest of
science and that its results were being
anxiously watched by physicians and
psychologists from California to Maine.
The lieutenant cut him short by say
ing: "The chief says this exhibition has
"got to stop. I can't wake the boy
up and youv'e got to, or I'll have to
arrest the whole outfit."
Then with a few mysterious passes
and a snap of the finger, the mesmerist
released the subject, and the two pro
ceeded to Chief Kipley's office to protest
against the interruption of their exhi
bition. ' "
In speaking of the matter Chief Kip
ley said:
"After having investigated the case,
I considered it my duty to stop the ex
hibition for the sake of humanity.
There is no telling but that the test
might have resulted in the boy's death.
There is no doubt that he was in a
genuine hypnotic sleep. If the boy bad
died I would have been blamed for
allowing the exhibition to take place.
In the future no permits for exhibition
of the kind will be granted."
FORT MAUDE TAKEN.
Serious British Defeat on the Afghan
Border Compelled to Retire. .
London. Aug. 26. An official dis
patch today from Simla announced that
Fort Maude, in the Khyber pass, has
been captured by the Afridas after des
perate fighting. The garrison, which
is composed of native levies, known as
the Khyber rifles, retired with the loss
of three men. The Afridas burned the
fort. The fate of Fort Ali Musjid,
which was simultaneously attacked by
the Afridas, is not known.
The British officer commanding at
Jamesud moved a battery of artillery,
escorted by the fourth dragoons, yester
day, to the mouth of Khyber pass, and
shelled the enemy at a range of 3,200
yards. - The Afridas retired, but the
battery returned to Jamesud, the officer
in command deeming it inadvisable to
enter the pass. General Ellos will be
gin a concerted move against the insur
gent tribesmen today.
Fell Into a Geyser.
Yellowstone Park, Wyo., Aug. 26.
George E. Earnshaw, a prominent
Philadelphian, came near losing big
life while at Fountain hotel by walk
ing into one of the geyser pools in the
rear of - the hotel. He was walking
backwards, tripped on a stick and fell
backwards into one of the bottomless
boiling geyser pools. He fell upon a
ledge under five feet of water and was
rapidly slipping off its edge to certain
death when he grasped a pole overhang
ing the edge of the pools, and, by the
assistance of those near by, was rescued.
He was badly bnrned. Post Surgeon
Godfrey dressed bis wounds, which are
not believed to be fatal.
Eight Were Probably Drowned.
West Superior.Wis., Aug. 26. Eight
men and women left last Friday in a
small boat to go after berries along the
south side of Lake Superior. Nothing
has been heard of them, but the cap
tain of the steamer Gilbert reports
passing a capsized sailboat a few miles
out. -
' The coarse sold deposits of the Aztecs
are believed to have been found where
the Acapulco railway crosses .the
Balsas river.
Down the Side of a Cliff.
, Vanoouver, B. C, Aug. 26. News
has just been received here of the dis
appearance of a prospector named Black
man, who with three others from San
Francisco, Seattle and Colorado, was
at Butte inlet, 150 miles up the coast.
They were going along a steep cliff,
Blackman being ahead of the others,
and out of their sight. They called to
him and asked if the way was clear,
and he replied that he would see.
That was the last heard of him. It is
apposed that he
aide of the cliff.
ftESULT OF THE CONFERENCE
Meeting Between Miners and Operators
Ended In a Disagreement.
Pittsburg, Aug. 26. At the coal
operators' meeting this afternoon, the
miners' ultimatum to return to work
at the 69-cent rate, pending arbitra
tion, was rejected. The operators will
now carry out the plan made at - the
Cleveland conference, and will open all
their mines.
The operators' " conference was in
secret session for several hours, and
when the doors were opened the press
committee announced that the mines
would certainly be started with the old
diggers if possible, or with imported
men, if the old men refuse to work. A
committee was appointed, composed of
representatives of every firm in the dis
trict, to map out the mode of procedure
for the resumption.
The press committee issued a state
ment tonight purporting to be an ac
count of the proceedings in confererw-ft.
After reciting the several proposition
under discussion in the conference, and
which assert that the miners peremp
torily reject all the propositions sub
mitted by the operators, the report says
that the operators have exhausted every
effort in trying to bring about a settle
ment with the officials of the miners,
whose proposition could not be accept
ed, because it meant an advance of 27
per cent in wages, and would entail irre
parable losses on the producers. The
report adds:
"Amicabl? and conciliatory methods
have failed to convince or to move the
leaders. The responsibility for what
ever privations follow to the miners and
their families must rest upon the
miners' officials. The miners' officials
having, rejected the proposition made
for an agreement, the operators can
only ask the miners to consider the ex
isting conditions and ask themselves
whether they are justified in continu
ing a line of action which is dicta
torial." Then it is broadly stated that the
action of Ratchford is not above suspi
cion, and it is strongly intimated that
the miners' officials are acting in league
with the Hocking Valley operators,
against the interests of the Pittsburg
district miners. - .
At noon the conference between the
soal miners' national district officials
and the operators closed, and the con
ference adjourned without day.
The miners' representatives did not
recede from their original proposition
to settle the strike by arbitration and
start the mines at the 69-cent rate.
The operators offered to divide the dif
erence between the 54 and 69-cent rates,
making the price at which the miners
should start 61 cents per ton, but
this was rejected. Then additional
propositions were made. One was to
start the mines. without fixing any price
for 80 davs. and then to pay the rate
agreed upon by the board of arbitra
tion. : This was also refused the miners,
as they said they had been fooled too
often to trust the operators. They de
clined to work for a month, giving the
operators the output for that length of
time 'without knowing what wages
should be paid. :
A proposition was then made to
operate the mines for ten days without
fixing the price, a board of arbitration
to fix -the price for that time. Presi
dent Ratohford insisted that nothing
but the 69-cent rate could possibly be
accepted.- The operators were firm,
but the miners were equally determined.
Every argument of the operators was
met by the miners' leaders. It was,
therefore decided to end the conference.
President Ratchford gave out the fol
lowing statement:
"We have disagreed. Our proposi
tion remains unchanged. Beside our
proposition to arbitrate we made them
a second one along the line of bringing
about a general conference of the miners
and operators of all the mining states.
They refused to lend their efforts in
that direction and the strike was con
tinned. We have no other plans for
the future."
Immediately after the close of the
conference, J. B. Zerbe called a meet
ing of operators for 2 o'clock this after
noon to discuss the plan decided upon
at the Cleveland conference to make a
fight to start the mines with the old
men if they can be induced to dig at 64
cents, or to import men to take their
places. Others, however, say they will
not aid in carrying out this plan, and
favor a complete surrender.
Quiet prevails in the strikers' camps
about the DeArmitt mines. Both sides
are awaiting the decision of the court
in the cases of the five men arrested on
Saturday morning.
The Stickeen Route.
San .Francisco, Aug. 26. A new
route is to be established to the placer
fields of the Klondike. The journey
will be made from this city to Wrangel
where a steamer will be taken up the
Stickeen river, a distance of 70 miles,
From that point to Lake Teslin the
trip will be made by stage. Lake Tes
lin is at the head of the Ilootingula
river, and from there a steamer will
ply- on Lewis and Yukon rivers to Daw
son City, a distance of 450 miles. The
stage line will be owned and managed
by John Allman, the well-known stage
proprietor. He will place 10 coaches
and 100 horses on the road. : The fare
for the staging is to be $1 a mile for
passengers.
Parchment used on the best banjos is
made from wolf skin. . .
Pans, Aug. 26. Baron Macau, one
of the chief promoters of the charity
bazaar, of the Rue Jean Gou jon, which
was bnrned May 8, with the loss of
over a hundred lives, has been senten
ced to pay a fine of 500 " francs. One
of the employes of the cinemetograph
establishment, the section in which the
fire broke out,, was sentenced to one
year's imprisonment and fined, and an
4 other
rtthar Amnlnvfl WAR HPntpnppd in Aicht
muni.ua imprisonment auu w pav a
fine. -
Gold Standard Adopted.
Panama, Aug. 26. Dispatches from
Salvador say the slump in silver caused
so much embarrassment that congress
was called in extra session. President
Guiterriz sent a message advising the
adoption of a gold basis, to take effect
as soon as possible, and congress passed
the necessary measure. Exchange on
the United States jumped to 200 at San
Salvador today. '---.
At Northampton, Mass., there is an
artesian well, that has been sunk to a
tumbled down the depth of 8,700 feet, and is still per
jfectly dry.
SIM
Probable Cargo of the Steam
er Portland.
FISHY STORY FROM TACOMA
To Dredge the Yukon River Bad Out
look for Many of the Goldseekers
. Now at Dyea.
Tacoma, Ang. 24. F. P. Riley, a re
turning Klondiker, brought out $85,000
in gold from the Klondike, and tonight
displayed the nuggets and dust to an
admiring crowd. Mr. Riley worked
his claim in conjunction with F. Flan
igan and P. O'Brien, who are now on
their way to Pennsylvania with an equal
share of gold. . They .report "that thon-
.andsof rich strikes - have been' made
this spring and summer, and the trio
value their two claims at $5,000,000.
Riley "says when he left there were
nearly six tons of . gold "ready to be
shipped down on the Portland.
They confirm the reports of rich
strikes on Stewart river, and say great
excitement prevails, and thousands are
rushing to the new mines. .
The Alaskan Pacific Express Com
pany has been organized by the Pacific
Coast Steamship Company, to transport
merchandise, money, bonds and valua
bles to and from points touched by the
Pacific Coast Company s steamers in
Alaska and towns tributary thereto,
particularly between Tacoma, Seattle
and Port JTownsend, on Puget sound,
and Dyea, Juneau, Sitka, Skaguay and
Wrangel. in Alaska, and intermediate
points. This is the first express com
pany giving service in Alaska.
Perils of the North.
San Francisco, Aug. 24. A special
to the Bulletin from Dyea, Alaska,
August 14, tells of the pitiful condi
tion of many of the searchers lor gold
who are now stopping at Dyea, -unable
to proceed further on their journey,
owing to lack of funds or provisions.
Many of those now in Dyea are phys
ically unable to make the trying trip,
and there are many cripples, who will
suffer great hardships before the win
ter is over. Many of those who ar
rived on the Willamette are absolutely
without shelter.
Passengers on the Queen.
Port Townsend, Aug. 24. The
steamer Queen, which sailed from here
for Alaska tonight, carried Charles ls
cham, of Baltimore, the newly appoint
ed United States commissioner for
Unga; A. D. Elliott, Washington, D.
C. , clerk of the federal court, and ex
officio secretary for Alaska; also J. A.
Arment, deputy collector.
Dr. C. R. Ray, of Chicago, - who is
heading a party to explore the interior
of Alaska, passed through here on the
Queen bound for Alaska. The party is
well equipped and; has-a pioneer ex
plorer of Alaska,- L. L. Bales, as guide.
The expedition will spend two years
in the vicinity of Copper river and
Prince William sound.
LB. Hammond, of Portland, was
also a passenger on the Queen for ,
Alaska. Mr. Hammond, who is the '
proprietor of the Portland company J
manufacturing electric and engineering
machinery, is " going on a prospecting '
trip to investigate the feasibility of
putting dredgers on the Yukon and trib
utaries to hoist up gold mineral.
Evangelina Cisneros' Trial.
New York, Aug. 24. Captain-Gen
eral Weyler, in a cable dispatch from 1
Havana to the World, denies the report .
that Evangelina Ciscernos, a Cuban girl j
of 18, a sensational beauty, of gentle
breeding and pure life, had been tried I
or sentenced to imprisonment for two
years in the Spanish penal colony at
Ceuta. The girl is the niece of thej
president of the Cuban republic.
General Weyler's dispatch to the World
reads as follows:
"For judicial reasons . there is on
trial in the preliminary stages a person
named Evangelina Cisneros, who, de
ceitfully luring to her house the mili
tary commander of the Isle of Pines,
had accomplices posted secretly, who
tied him and attempted to assassinate
him. This case is in the preliminary
stages and has not as yet been tried by
a competent-tribunal, and consequently
no sentence has been passed nor ap
proved by me. I answer the World
wnn me iransness ana iruui uim
characterizes all my acts.
"WEYLER."
Germany Threatens to Withdraw.
Constantinople, Aug. 24. The peace
conference adjourned today, owing to
the nonreceipt by some of the ambassa
dors of instructions from their govern
ments. The German government
threatens to withdraw from the concert
unless the Turks be allowed to continue
their occupation of the province until
the indemnity agreed on be paid by
Greece. - - -; '
Tally-ho Coach Run Down.
New York, Aug. 24. A tally-ho
coach carrying members of the John
Palmer Association, of Brooklyn," was
run into at Coney Island, tonight by a
trolley car and wrecked. Fifteen of
the occupants of the coach were injured.
Anna Drisler, of Flatbush, and W. M.
Ruffy, of Brooklyn, the driver of the
coach are believed to be fatally hurt.
Accidents in Newfoundland.
St. Johns, N. F., Aug. 24. At
' Blanc Sablon a child dropped a lighted
match into a barrel of gunpowder. The
explosion which followed wrecked the
house and killed four persons. One
man was fatally injured and several
others were seriously hurt by a cave-in
at a mine on Pilly's island.
Sydney, Australia, has a flashlight
town clock, so that the correct time
may be seen miles away, i , j
Dhildren Burned to Death. '
gait Lake, Aug.. 24. A special to
the Tribune from Anaconda. Mont.,
says three children of William Paast,
at Kleinschmidt flats, were burned to
death yesterday during the absence of
their parents. The house was burned
to the ground, and the bodies of the
children were found in the ashes. .
An Eiffel Tower Destroyed.
The Blackpool Eiffel Tower, in Eng
land, was praotioally destroyed by fire
on Jnlv 23. This copy in miniature of
the Paris tower, was 8S0 feet high and
was built about four years ago.
A REINDEER EXPRESS.
Government May Furnish Connection
Between Alaska Points.
Washington, Aug. 26. Some inter
esting statements relating to the gold
region in Alaska and the reindeer ex
periment there are brought out in the
annual statement of United States Com
missioner of Educatoin Harris, sub
mitted today. Touching on the import
ance of extending the introduction of
reindeer into that territory, the report
says the reindeer stations ought to be
able to furnish 500 reindeer trained to
the harness at once for use of miners
on the Upper Yukon river.
"It was my purpose," the commis
sioner goes on "to detail three of the
skilled herdsmen and 300 tarined rein
deer to the Yukon; region the present
summer."
If this, arrangemment is carried out
as intended, an important experiment
will be in progress during the coming
year at the gold mines. The plan of
the bureau has been to arrange a rein
deer express, connecting towns in a line
from Behring straits to Kodiak island.
Superintendent of - Reindeer Stations
Kjollmanni last September proved the
practicability of this by making a trial
trip on this route. Two of his party
were able to take the steamer at Kat
mai, sailing to Sitka, in March. This
ararngement once completed, it will be
possible for business companies in San
Francisco and other cities to hold com
munication with their whaling fleets
during the winter, north of the Arctic
circle.
There have been maintained in Alaska
20 day schools, under the supervision
of the interior department, with 23
teachers and an enrollment of 1,267
pupils. A public school was opened at
Circle City in the Yukon mining dis
trict, but the department's agent, writ
ing from St. Michaels, says he is afraid
he will be forced to discontinue it, be
cause of the exodus of the city's popu
lation into the region nearer the re
cently discovered mines.
The influx of miners into the Yukon
has caused a demand for reindeer for
freighting purposes. In the original
plan of the purchase and distribution
of reindeer, the purpose was to secure
a new food supply for the famishing
Eskimos of the Behring sea and the
Arctic ocean region, but it is now found
that reindeer are as essential to white
men as to Eskimos. The wonderful
Yukon placer mines are situated 25 to
100 miles from the great stream. Pro
visions brought from the south and
.landed on the banks of the river are,
with great difficutly, transported to the
mines on the tributary streams. Last
winter mongrel dogs, for transportation
purposes, cost from $100 to $200 each,
and freight charges ' from the river to
the mountain range from 15 to 20 cents
per pound. The trained reindeer make
in a day two or three times the distance
covered by dog teams, and have the ad
vantage that they can use the abundant
moss as food.
TRAMPS ARE BLAMED.
Misplaced Switch Derails an Excursion
Train Near Chicago.
Chicago, Aug. 25. An engine at
tached to a heavy excursion train on
the Chicago & Calumet Terminal rail
road was derailed last night near Riv
erdale.- The passengers were thrown
from from their seats by the jar and one
man was probably fatally injured
Seven others received slight injuries,
After a delay of two hours the engine
was raised to the track and the train
proceeded.
It is very evident that the accident
was caused by a misplaced switch, be
lieved to have been the work of tramps
The switch was found broken in two
places. The baggage-car was telescoped
over the cab and coal tender. Murray
one of the injured, was riding in this
car. and was caught in the debris. He
was dug out unconscious and may die
The force of the shock was so great
I track wafJ iiterally torn out of
the ground. There were 500 passengers
on board, and had the tram not been
running at a slow rate of speed, a ter
rible loss of life would have resulted.
California' Klondike.
Carrville, Cal., Aug. 23. William
Truax and his partner, an actor named
Dillon, have struck what is said to be
one of the richest ledges that have been
found in this district. The men only
arrived here about noon on .Monday,
and before sundown Truax, who is a
miner recently from Cripple Creek, had
foun i what will probably mean a for
tune for both. This latest find is sit
uated on Morrison creek just below the
Graves brothers' claim and above the
Davis placer mine. The two men were
j up at daylight yesterday morning, and
by noon nad stripped enougn to snow
them a ledge two feet wide of wonder
ful richness. Dillon came from Sacra
mento, where he was stopping.
Gold in California.
Quincy, Cal., Aug. 25. The re
port which came from the vicinity of
the Thistle shaft that "Lucky Antone,"
an Italian, had made a $10,000 strike
in" a week, is confirmed by J. W.
Cordoroy, a stagedriver, who also
brings the news that Charles Fish,
who has a gravel claim at the junction
of Nelson creek and Feather river, took
3000 from his claim last week. Nel
son creek is considered the richest
stream in Plumas county and many
paying claims are located along, its
banks' and bed.
- Ice Blocked the Way.
London, Aug. 24. A special dispatch
from Gjaetsvar, Norway, says that
Captain Beade's polar expedition, com
posed of Austrians and Hungarians, has
safely returned from the icy sea. The
ship was unable to proceed beyond lati
tude 80 degrees 40 minutes north, on
account of great masses of ice.
Messrs. Eaton and Faxon have made
collections of nearly 40 species of North
American sphagna or peat mosses, with
many varieties, in all 1 72 specimens.
la a Gambling Device. - --
San Francisco, Aug. 25. United
States Circuit Judge Morrow today
practically held that a nickel-in-the-slot
machine is not a new and useful
invention, but a gambling device,
purely and simply. G. F. W. Schults
brought suit against ' Holts and others,
alleging infringement of patent upon
certain nickel-in-the-slot machines.
From the evidence presented the court
concluded that the machine was used
for the moat part in saloons and similar
J places, and . ordered
a decree for JA9
defendant!.
An Oakland Sea Captain Fi.m
- Saw the Island.
VISITED THE ISLAND IN 1881
Documentary Evidence Substantiates
His Claim, and Proves Clipperton
Island to Belong to Uncle Sam.
Oakland, Cal., Aug. 23. Captain F.
W. Permein, of this city, claims Clip
perton island, and asserts, too, his title
as the bona fide discoverer of the Atoll
with its beds of guano and of pearl
oysters. .
He aaeerts that on May 21, 1881,
while bound to Costa Rica in his brig,
the Elsie, he first visited the island;
that on July 4, 1892 "he visited it again
and hoisting the stars and stripes, took
formal possession of it in the name of
the United States. Documentary evi
dence on the subject is on file at Wash
ington, copies of which Captain Permein
possesses, seems to substantiate ins
claim and also to prove that the island
is United States territory.
Captain Permein states that he has
made known the nature of his claim to
the agents of the British company now
negotiating with the men to whom he
gave a bill 'of sale for three-tenths of
the island. If the Englishmen are will
ing to pay a fair price, the captain and
his wife, who has taken a keen interest
in the affair from the beginning, will
sell. If not they intend to work the
deposits of guano, which Professor
Shaw has estimated to be worth $50,
000,000. - -
PHOTOGRAPHY IN COLORS.
A St. Louis
Engraver Has
the Process.
Discovered
St. Louis, Aug. 23. Since Professor
Vogel, of Berlin, suggested that it was
possible to produce color with the cam
era, photographers and chemists have
sought to find a successful process. Al
bert Schnecker, of the Western Engrav
ing Company, of this city, has aohieved
this. He can produce any objeot in its
natural colors. The main secret of the
process is the extraction of the three
primary colors, yellow, red and blue.
A novelty of the work is that the ob
ject is photographed at right angles, or
practically around the corner. This
is made possible by the use of a prism
before the camera. Behind the prism
is a color filter. This is a small, flat
tank of glass. This filter is filled with
a chemically pure solution to exclude
all but the color desired to be extracted
from the object A green liquid is used
when red is to be photographed; a blue
solution when yellow is wanted, and a
red mixture is put in the filter when
the third basic color, blue, is to be re
produced. . Back of the filter is the
plate specially prepared for the colors.
OFFICERS WERE KILLED.
Details of the Mutiny on the Schooner
Olive Packer.
New York, Aug. 23. A dispatch to
the Herald from Buenos Ayres says:
Telegraphic advices from the Herald's
correspondent in Rio de Janeiro are to
the effect that a vessel of the Atlantic
squadron has picked np and holds at
Bahia, John LeDd and the other mem
bers of the crew of the American
schooner Olive Packer, who mutinied
at sea. They murdered the captain,
J. W. Whitman, and the first mate,
William Sanders, after having had
trouble. The crime was committed
about 125 miles from Buenos Ayres.
The six prisoners have made confes
sion of their part in it, and have at
tempted little concealment. They say
that after the murders they set the ves
sel on fire and took to the boats. The
schooner was laden with lumber and
burned very quickly. The men had
roueh experiences before they were
picked up.
The details of the mutiny have not
been given out yet, but the men say
there had been ill-feeling on the whole
voyage, and the captain and the second
mate had made strong enemies of all
the members of the crew.
The United States consul will take
charge of the men, and they will prob
ably be sent to Boston on a merchant
vessel for trial.
Four Bits for Silver.
Denver, Aug. 23. In a letter for the
Dublic. ex-Governor J. B. Grant, of
the Omaha-Grant smelter says regard
ing the continued fall in the price of
silver:
"In my opinion the world can pro
duce not to exceed 150,000,000 ounces
per annum at 50 cents per ounce. The
annual absorption is greater than 150,
000,000 ounces, so that 50 cents should
be bedrock price. In the immediate
future it may go below 50 cents because
smelters and others are offering to sell
millions of ounces at the lowest price
to be obtained. 80, 60 and 90 days.
Hence this is done with a view to get-
tinir rid of the present stocks with as
little loss as possible. I put 60 cents
as the bedrock price because I believe
that the world will continue to absorb
the increasing amount of silver from
year to year, and I don't believe it is
possible to maintain the present output
at 50 cents.
Healer Schlatter Married.
Pittsburg, Aug. 23. Late last night
it was positively announced that Mrs.
Margaret Ferris, widow of the builder
of the Chicago wheel, has been married
in Pittsburg to Francis Schlatter, the
divine healer of Canton. The cere
mony was performed by Rev. -Mr.
Ward, pastor of St. Peter's Episcopal
church. Mr. and Mrs. Soh latter are
now at a down-town hotel.
Doctors sav people in Ireland who
live on the potato never have the gout.
Result of an Explosion.
- Davenport, la., Aug. 23.-rAn explo
sion of dust knocked out the elevator
of the Davenport sugar refinery today.
John Rappa and John Rahn were
forced to jump 60 feet, and were badly
injured. William Wolfe, a farmer,
was fatally crushed and his 11-year-old
daughter killed. Frank Stevens
was injured. The building took fire
and was totally destroyed. Loss $16.
00 . .
; Beers made of maiae or barley are
manufactured by almost every native
African people. -
WEEKLY MARKET LETTER.
Downing, Hopkins & Company's Review ' -of
Trade.. ..,
Wheat sold at above $1 per bushel in
all Eastern markets during the past .
week and there are prospects for much -
higher prices in the future.
xne marsea ana rapia uuvuuro m
values during the weeh must be at-
tributed to legitimate influences.
Speculation played but a minor part in
causing the advance. The export de- ;
raand has been the principal factor in
advancing values. 'The general posi
tion of supplies is considerably stronger
than a week ago. The European re- ;
quirements for American wheat as ;
estimated by Bradstreet are notf 192,-
000,000 bushels as compared with pre
vious estimate of 160,000,000 bushels.
Estimates of American "exportable sur-
plus have been somewhat reduced ow-
ing to general unfavorable thrashing .
returns from the spring wheat crop of
the Northwest. In this connection
while America must be congratulated
upon having a bounteous crop of wheat
with which to meet the increased ex
port requirements, it must not be over
looked that reserves from previous
crops of spring and winter wheat are
almost entirely exhausted. It will be
impossible to meet any such export de
mand as estimated by European s tat is- -ticians
and also establish normal re-J
serves in America. Conditions of sup- .
ply and demand therefore apparently -warrant
still higher values, but the
rapidity of the advances has momen
tarily checked the export demand and
some reaction is probable. There are
several purely speculative conditions
that may upset expectations and result
in an unnatural advance. Stocks of
wheat are abnormally small. The Eu
ropean shortage has encouraged large
speculative purchases. The advance
in values has reduced short selling.
The result is a congested market, es
pecially for September deliveries. The
forward movement of the winter wheat
crop has been small considering the
large sales for export, and it is now too
late for any material accumulation of
wheat in this market until after Sep
tember. We can only conclude after
careful consideration that while tem
porary reaction is naturally to be ex
pected, present values are fully war
ranted, higher values will obtain later
and that wheat should be bought on all
recessions. .
Portland Markets.
Wheat Walla Walla, 88 89c; Val
ley and Bluestem, 91 92c per bushel.
Flour Best grades, $4.40; graham,
$3.85; superfine, $2.50 per barrel.
Oats Choice white, 38 40c; choice
gray, 86 39c per bushel.
Barley Feed barley, $ 1 7. 50 1 8 ;
brewing, $1819 per ton."
Millstuffs Bran, $14 per ton;
middlings, $21; shorts, $15.50.
Hay Timothy, $1212.50; clover;
$1011; California wheat, $10
11; do oat, $11; Oregon wild hay, $9
10 per ton.. . "
Eggs 1012c per dozen. .
Butter Fancy creamery, 40 45c;
fair te good, 35c; dairy, 2535c pet
roll.
Cheese Oregon, 11 a; Young
America, 12c; California, 910c per
pound.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3.50
4.00 per dozen; broilers, $1.503.00;
geese, $34; ducks, $2.503 per dozen;
turkeys, live, 10llc per pound.
Potatoes. Oregon Burbanks. 35
40c per sack; new potatoes, 50o per
sack; sweets, $1.752.00 per cental.
Onions California, new, red, $1.25;
11 , Kfk AAnin1
ytjnow, fi.uu per vcuuh.
Hops 10 llo per pound for new
crop; 1896 crop, 46c.
Wool Valley, 14 15c per pound;
Eastern Oregon, 10 12c; mohair, 20c
per pound.
Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethers
and ewes, 2J2c; dressed mutton,
4)c; spring lambs, b) Per pound.
Hogs Gross, choice heavy, $4; light
and feeders, $2. 50 3; dressed, $3
4.25 per 100 pounds.
Beef Gross, top steers, $2. 75 3;
cows $2.25; dressed beef, 45c per
pound.
Veal Large, S3)o; small, 4
per pound. .
Seattle Markets.
Butter Fancy native creamery,
brick, 18c; ranch, 10 12c.
Cheese Native Washington,
10
11c; California, 9c.
Eggs Fresh ranch, 1920o.
Poultry Chickens, live, per pound,
hens, 10llc; spring ohickenB, $2
3.50; ducks, $2.503.75.
Wheat Feed wheat, $28 per ton.
Oats Choice, per ton, $23.
Corn Whole, $22; cracked, per ton,
$22; feed meal, $22 per ton.
Barley Rolled or ground, per ton,
$22; whole, $21.
Fresh Meats Choice dressed beef,
steers, 6c; cows, 5c; mutton sheep,
6c; pork, 7c; veal, small, 6.
Fresh Fish Halibut, 4c; salmon,
45c; salmon trout, 7 10c; flounders
and sole, 84; ling cod, 45; rock
cod, So; smelt, 24c
San Francisco Markets.
Wool Choice foothill, 912c; San
Joaquin, 6 months' 810o; do year's
staple, 7 9c; mountain, 11 13c; Ore
gon, 10 13c per pound.
Hops 610o per pound.
Millstuffs Middlings, $18.6092;
California bran, $14 15 per ton.
Onions New red, 7080o; do new
silverskin, 75c 90o per cental.
Potatoes New, in boxes, 40 60c.
Fresh fruit Apples, 40 65c per,
large box; apricots, 20 40c; Fontain
leau grapes, 20 80c; muscats, 40
60c; black, 20 80c; tokay, 40 60c;
peaches, . 26 50c; pears, 20 40 per
box; plums, 20 40o; crab apples, 16
85c. -
Hay Wheat, $12 16; wheat and oat,
$11 14; oat, $1012: river barley,
$78; best barley, $918; alfalfa,
$78.50 clover, $7.509.60.
Cheese Fanoy mild, new, 8c; fair
to good, 7o per pound.
Bntter Fancy creamery, 28 c; do
seconds, 2122c; fancy dairy, 20
sic: owid to choice. 18020c per pound.
Eggs Store, 15K18c: ranch, 19
B4o; Eastern, 1417; duck, 16o per
dozen.
Citrus fruit Oranges, Valencias,
$3 8. 60; Mexican limes, $5 6; Cali
fornia lemons, fancy, $8; do common,
fl9 per box.
At blio iUOb uuiigrcoe uciuibu iiiic-
yardists, Professor Wortmann reported
that he had found living bacteria in
wine which had been bottled 85 to SO
yean, ,