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Epitome of the Telegraphic
News of the World.
TERSE TICKS FROM THE WIRES
An Interesting Collection of Items Fiona,
the New and the Old World In a
Condensed and Comprehensive Form
According to E. Baldwin, the well
known authority on polar expeditions,
there are many reasons for believinf
Andree, the Swedish aeronaut, is now
on his return trip-from .the polar re
gions, and may soon be heard from.
Mayor Phelan, of San Francisco, has,
in a very pointed way, warnd the boarc
of education that if it does not keep
strictly within the lettei of the law in
the matter of appropriations it may be
ousted from office, as was the board ol
supervisors.
Three daughters of Preston Howard
were burned to death in their home at
Port Alma, Ont. The rest of the fam
ily escaped from the burning building.
The girls were aged 18, 10 and 8 years.
One of them had escaped, but met hei
death in returning to assist her sisters.
Actins upon the request of the secre
tary of agriculture the treasury depart
ment has requested the secretaty ol
state to instruct all the consular officers
of the United States to refuse authenti
cation of invoices of hides of meat
nnttln from districts in which anthrai
exists.
The unclaimed jewels and curios tt
the value of $150,000 which were found
in the ruins after the fire at the charity
bazaar in the Rue de Goujon, have been
sold at auction. The money realized
will remain bonded for 80 years, aftei
which all the money unclaimed goes t
the state.
The cablegram announcing the recall
of Baron Fava has been verified. He
is to be retired from active service, and
(the Italian government has granted him
a pension of 33,000 lire ($6,000) a year.
The Marquis Imperali, is regarded as
Baron Fava's successor. Baron Fava
has been a familiar figure in Washing
ton official circles for 16 years.
Congress will be asked at its coming
eession to make a large appropriation
for the manufacture of modern high
power guns to be installed for service
on board auxiliary cruisers of the
United States navy in. time ol war.
Captain Charles O'Neil, chief of the
bureau of ordnance, proposes to make a
recommendation in his fortcoming an
Tnl report that at least $500,000 be
. appropriated for this purpose. It is es
timated that $3,000,000 will be re
quired to equip with modern batteries
the 28 steamers now enrolled in the
Government service as auxiliary
cruisers.
" elope of mine No. 2, at Stockton, Ala,
About 100 men were employed in the
mine. At onoe an alarm was given,
'j& panic followed among the workmen
and hundreds gatnered at the main en
trance of the smoking mine, while
rescue parties were at once formed to
relieve the miners. More than 50 wera
gotten out from the various entrances
without harm. Others were overcome
by smobe and fell by the wayside. Frvf
men. who were working about ths
elopes beyond where the fire originated
could not be reached, and it has been
reearded as certain that they are dead
It is thought three or four others may
be in the .mine.
A great dock strike is imminent at
. Havre in consequence of the refusal by
th emrjlovers to grant an increase in
wages.
Chicago is sweltering, with no indi
cations for cooler weather, and in the
Ohio vallev the iiottest September
-weather on record prevails.
The Michigan crop report for Septem
ber. issued by the secretary of state,
eays the wheat crop will be 25,000,000
bushels, the largest for five years.
The celebrated Angns-Craven will
contest has been decided in San Fran
cisco. The Fair heirs have won their
case, and a new trial has been denied.
A 'Washington correspondent of a
New York paper says the United States
is getting ready to deal with Spain vig
orously, and that the department has
already decided upon a plan of action.
A tremendous explosion occurred at
the camp close by the Chinese arsenal
of Kiangnan, near Shanghai. Forty
bodies have been dug out of the debris.
Two fine Krupp guns, 1,900 new pat
tern single-fire and magazine rifles,
with 120,000 rifle cartridges were de
stroyed. Probably the largest and finest tur-
aoise ever found on 'American soil has
just been received in Denver from
Southern Mexico. It weighs in the
rough 176 karats, and it is estimated
by competent experts that it will weigh
fully 88 karats when cut and polished
It has the best color known, being a
delicate sky blue, just a shade lighter
than a bluebird's wing. This, with a
number of smaller stones running from
40 to 10 karats, was taken from a newly
discovered mine, the location ol which
is in Lincoln county, New Mexico,
Absolutely no details of this discovery
ran be learned. The large stone it
estimated to be worth $6,000.
The secretary of the treasury and the
Dostmaster-eeneral, after consultation
with the president, have decided to
change the color of the currency 2-cent
rjostaee stamps from carmine to green
of the shade now used on postal notes.
- The 10-cent postage stamp, which is
now printed in green, will be changed
to some other color, possibly carmine.
It is thought that green is a more desir
nble color than carmine, besides saving
the government about $10,000 in the
difference in cost between the two
inks. . -
The superintendent of Yellowstone
National Park, in his recent report to
the government, complains that the
park is overrun with black bears, and
recommends that some of them be dis
posed of.
The Vienna correspondent of a London
paper says that the imperial govern
- ruent of Austria will demand full satis
faction for injuries to Austro-Hungarian
subjects killed hy deputies recently at
Latimer, Pa., and the severe punish
ment of those who are culpable in the
affair, accordng to the . sentence .of ths
American tribunal. '
Opened by the Landing of Three Large
Expeditions.
New York, Sept. 2 3. ---The Journal
and Advertiser prints the following:
The Cuban junta has received advices
of the safe landing on different parts of
Cuba of three big expeditions between
the 1st and 12th of the present month.
They were the most important that bad
been dispatched since last winter, and
great joy prevails at the headquarters
of the iunta. where the r.ews arrived
that they had eluded the fcpanisn, wno
were believed at one time to have been
on their track.
The three ships carried a large quan
tity of dynamite and other munitions,
together with an immense supply of
medicines for the army of patriots. In
all there were over 40 men on board,
going either to join the Cuban army for
the first time or returning to the ranxs.
There were two doctors and two den
tists. Three of the most important menf
bers of the expedition were Carlos
Dubel, Carlos Duonocose and J. L.
Ahumada, former officers of the Chilean
army, who had been in New York for
several weeks awaiting an opportunity
to go to Cuba to help in the fight for
independence. Among the leaders were
Brigadier-General Rafael .Cardenas,
Major Coronado, the editor of the
Havana paper La Discussion, who had
to flee from Cuba last winter, and Ger
rado Forrest, of the Porto Rican junta,
all of whom are well-known in this
city, where they have lived many
years.
The doctors in the party are Juan
Bruon Zayaa and Francisco Vila, and
the dentists Frederico Trujillo and Fon
tainillas. The other interesting mem
bers of this expedition were a number
of Cubans who escaped from the Span
ish penal settlement in Africa and re
cently arrived in New York.
'This is the opening of tne fall cam
paign, said Tnomas riSiraua x-aima,
speaking of the expedition. "It is an
earnest, moreover, ol our intention to
pursue a vigorous policy during the
coming winter."
Attorney-General's Opinion in
the Matter of Section 22.
RULING ANXIOUSLY AWAITED
PEACE AT HAZLETON.
Nearly Every
Is Workin;
Colliery
A sain.
Hazleton. Pa.. Sent. 23. Peace has
been restored in the anthracite region,
and nearly every colliery there is work
ing today. Included in these were tne
Lehigh & Wilkesbarre company's Au
denreid mines, employing 2,500 men.
The strike was practically inaugurated
by them, and their return to work bat
urday caused a stampede of the other
strikers. More than two-thirds ot the
strikers in the region are now working.
Clause Does Not Apply to Goods Direct
From Foreign Countries or Other I
Than British Possessions.
Washington, Sept. 23. Attorney
General McKenna has announced his
opinion in the matter of section 22 of
the new tariff law. , He holds in effect
that goods coming directly into the
United States from foreign countries
through Canadian ports are not subject
to a discriminating duty of 10 per cent,
and also holds that foreign goods
shipped from countries other than the
British possessions are not subject to
the discriminating duty.
Two questions were asked the attorney-general.
The first was whether
the discriminating duty of 10 per cent
provided for in section 22 should be
assessed against a cargo of tea from
China which had arrived at Vancouver
in British vessels and thence shipped
through Canada to Chicago.
The second was whether a discrimin
ating duty should be assessed against a
cargo of manganese from Chili, which
recently arrived in a British ship at
Philadelphia. Both of these questions
the attorney-general answers ia the
negative.
The opinion of the attorney-general
first quotes section 22 in full, and then
continues:
"The three plausible contentions
based upon this action which are iden
tical as to strength, only differing in
degree, are:
"First That the duty is a dsicrim
ination upon importations on vessels
not of the United States, whether di
rectly to the United States or to con
tiguous country, and thence into, the
United States.
"Second Discrimination against im
portations of goods (not in the usual
course of strictly retail trade,) from
contiguous country, they not being pro
ducts thereof. (In this the character
of the vessel is not important.)
"Third A discrimination against
goods being the production of a foreign
country not contiguous to the United
States which shall come into the United
States from a contiguous country. .
"In this contention the words 'come
into the United States,' etc., are used
as designating the movement only.
'Under the first and second conten
tions, the duty would not be imposed.
The first case we are not now concerned
with, and the second is attempted to be
established by the following reasoning:
"The goods are of Chinese or Japan
ese production, hence the production of
a foreign country not contiguous to the
Minister Woodford' Insists
End the War.
Paris, Sept. 22. A dispatch from
San Sebastian to Le Temps, this city,
says that in his interview yesterday
with the Duke of Tetuan, Spanish min
ister for foreign, affairs, United States
Minister Woodford did not present any
claim for indemnity, but confined the
interview to a statement of the great
injuries commerce and industry had
suffered in the United States through a
prolongation of the Cuban war. .
General Woodford is said to have
lidded that Secretary Sherman had de
sired him to declare to the Spanish gov
ernment that it was evidently impos
sible for Spain to end the rebellion in a
reasonable time, and, further, that if
the war was continued, Cnba would be
devastated and of no utility to Spain or
to the Cubans. In conclusion, the
United States minister is reported to
have insisted courteously but firmly
upon the necessity of terminating the
war, declaring if it were not termin
ated by the end of October the United
Diaies wouiu iwi juouucu
measures to secure the independence of
Cuba. The Duke of Tetuan, according
to a dispatch to Le Temps, while pro
testing against the alleged American
"pretensions," said he would reply
officially to the United States minsister
when the Spanish court returns to
Madrid.
Will Canse a Sensation.
Madrid. Sept. 22. In official circles
here the greatest secrecy is maintained,!
regarding the United States' ultima
tum, which is looked upon as bound to
cause a great sensation in Europe and
to have the greatest consequences for
Spain.
While not intending it, it is mr
lievel the action of the United States
has greatly facilitated the solution of
the ministerial crisis, and there win
be a reorganization of the conserva
tives under General Azcarraga as pre
mier, and Don Francisco Silvelja,
leader of the dissident conservatives. .
Secretly Intieing Afghans
Against the British. "
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ENGLAND IS NOT ASLEEP
The End of the" Strike.
Washington, Sept. 23. M. D Ratch-
ford, president of the United Mine
Workers of America, who is here to at
tend a special meeting of the officers of
the FaderAtioii-ofwLabor,
lowing statement to the press today
"Today will see about 75.000 miners
resume worK in tne uitummoua coai
fields of the Central states. The strike
generally ends today. The mining sit
uation is not likely to become disturbed
again until the beginning of next year,
at which time we hope to be able to
settle the wage1 differences amicably
and without the necessity of striking.
"Of course the victory is not alto
gether one of the miners. While they
have done the striking, the trades
.unions and organized bodies have sup
plied the necessaries, without which
the miners could not have possibly suc
ceeded. It is a victory for organized
labor and not for any particular trade,
and we want our friends who have
helped us to feel that it's their victory
as well as ours."
Sheriff and Deputies Arraigned.
Wilkesbarre, Pa., Sept. 23. Sheriff
Martin and about 40 of his deputies
were arraigned in court this morning,
charged with the murder of 24 striking
miners at Latimer. Several witnesses
testified. The judge held the sheriff
and deputies in $4,000. bail each for
trial. Bail was furnished and they re
turned to Hazleton.
United States from Canada, a contigu
ous country, and so it is urged that by
the letter as well as by the spirit of the
statute they are subject to duty. It is
conceded that the importation is to the
United States, the passage through
Canada merely being a movement
toward its destination, the latter being
the United States. This being so, it
would teem that there was no reason to
distinguish between that importation
and what may be called in distinction,
a direct one, which should be burdened
and the other not burdened when dis
crimination was necessary to the main
purpose of the law.
"It is said the purpose of the amend
ment was to relieve American trans
continental railroads against the com
petition of the Canadian Pacific rail
road. It may be admitted that this is
a strone consideration, but, on the
other hand, it is urged that this compe
tition is a benefit, and other American
railroads claim that the Canadian Paci
fic is a direct advantage to them. How
congress regarded this conflict we have
no means of knowing.
The attorney-general quotes several
authorities in support of his position,
THE SUPERVISORS' ROW.
Illinois Miners Accept the Scale.
SpringSeld, 111., Sept. 23. At the
miners convention, tne scale recom
mended by the committee, based on the
Columbus scale, was adopted. It was
voted that any place paying the price
can resume work at once without con
tract.
Locked in a Burning House.
New York, Sept. 23. A special to
the Tribune from Columbia, S. C,
says: Andrew Smith and wife, col
ored, livine near Donalds, Abbeville
county, locked in their house six chil
dren. the youngest of whom was 18
months old and the eldest 7 years
The parents went to church. An hour
later neighbors heard frightful screams
coming from Smith's house, the inter
ior of which was in flames. Negroes
made heroic efforts to save the child
ren, but it was impossible to reach
them, and all nerished. It is supposed
that an oil lamp burning was over
turned. When the parents returned a
pile of bones and ashes was all they
found. '
II miter Bribery Cases Ended.
Frankfort. Ky., Sept. 23. The jury
returned verdict of not guilty in ail
the Hunter bribery cases.
The Effect on the Stock Markets.
Paris, Sept. 23. On the stock ex
change here today Spanish fours fell,
owing to the belief that the alleged ul
timatum sent bv the United States to
Spain on the subject of Cuba will cause
the present oaDinet to remain in oiwca.
London, Sept. 23. The Evening
Standard attributes the fall in prices on
the stock exchange to the reported ac
tion of the United States in connection
with the Cuban insurrection.
The Treaty Katilind.
San Francisco, Sept. 23, The steam,
ship City of Peking arrived today from
the Orient, via Honolulu.. She was im
mediately ordered into quarantine, and
no passengers or mails, were permitted
to land. Officials'who boarded the ves
sel state that Xrom Honolulu passen
gers the information was obtained that
on September 10 the Hawaiian senate,
by unanimous vote,' ratified' the treaty
of annexation to the United States.
May Go Before the Powers.
London, Sept. 22. A Standard dis
patch from San Sebastian says: The
government will take its time to reply
to United States Minister Woodford,
and will probably lay the case before
the European powers in the shape of an
exhaustive exposition of the whole
matter. But last year the foreign
office ascertained that the sympathies
of the powers were not likely to be be
yond platonio censure of tne conduct oi
the United States. Much anxiety is
noticeable in court and official circles.
ROLLER MILLS BURNED.
Ten Additional Batteries of Artillery
to India The Ameer's Treachery
Battle in Bawat Pass.
. London, Sept. 21. The fact that no
less than 10 batteries of horse and field
artillery have been ordered to embark
for India during the months .of Septem
ber and October is much commented
upon in military circles Under or
dinary circumstances, the four batteries
now in India would have been relieved
this month. These batteries will re
main in India and therefore there will
be shortly 14 batteries of artillery, a
full complement for army corps. As
the British force now assembled on the
frontier is of ample strength to wipe
out all visible resistance, the only con
clusion that can be reached in relation
to the dispatch of reinforcements of ar
tillery is that the authorities are pos
sessed of information of a serious character.
The information conveyed by the
war office Monday last to the London
commercial agent of the ameer of Af
ghanistan, that no war material or ma
chinery for the manufacture thereof
would be allowed to cross the frontier
during the present crisis, indicates that
the Birtish government has by no
means entire confidence in the ameer's
fidelity, and it is hinted that the gov
ernment has learned that while pro
fessing friendliness to Great Britain,
he has been secretly preparing for war.
Well informed circles are also dis
cussing the story of a secret correspond
ence between Russia and Afghanistan,
which is said to have fallen into the
hands of British officials, and it is fur
ther intimated that a widespread plot
has been discovered.
The truth or otherwise of these
stories will develop hereafter, but the
fact remains that the large increase in
the strength of the British artillery in
India cannot be intended for use against
the Afridas.
' The Battle in Kawat Pass.
Simla. Sept. 21. The reverse suf
fered by the British under General
Jeffreys in the attack north of Anayal
is regarded most seriously, and it was
stated in semi-official circles that if the
situation does not improve the whole
border will be in arms.
Resume Work - at
Not Successful.
Hazleton, Pa., Spet. 23. The strike
situation again assumed an unclean
phase this morning. An attempt to
resume work was made at Pardee's Lat
imer mines, but only 300 out of 1,300
miners returned to work." These w ere
mainly Italians, with a few English
speaking men.
, During the night Hungarians parad
ed thorugh the settlement, beating tin
ona anrl b-atlpa anri rmflin? ft r)10 t
those : 111 1116 statement mat me vuuiiga uaa
THE WHEELS OF BUSINESS ARE
REVOLVING.
Hills Starting Up in All Farts of the
Country Laboring Men and Women
Find Plenty of Work Farmers Can
Now Pay Off Their Mortgages.
B. F. Parsons, Special Correspondent.
Washington, D. C. Editors from
various sections of the country all join
of their race that they must not go come and that everybody is prosperous
back to work. The warning was ob- I or getting reauy w prosper, um v
served, and this morning a band of
- Thnrn are in the United States 70.00C
bee keepers. The average product oi ( to Trail.
each hive wweniy-iwo pwuuus. -
Both Boards Continue to Hold Sessions
in San Francisco.
San Franciseo, Sept. 23. Although
a stalwart policeman was stationed at
the entrance of the chamber of the
board of supervisors this morning, with
instructions to allow no one to pass its
portals except those who had business
within, eieht members of the ousted
board marched past him and took pos
session before the new board assembled
and proceeded to transact business as
though they were still in office. They
were iubilant at the discovery made by
their attorneys that the law provided
that an appeal from judgment m a pro
ceeding under a special statute operated
as a stay, and congratulated themselves
that consequently they constituted the
de facto board until the supreme court
decides their case.
Finding the boardroom already oc
cuDied when they appeared, the mem
bers of the new board assembled in the
committee room adjoining, and both
boards thereupon held sessions simul
taneously. After the tax levy has been
disposed of it is generally believed that
the policy now being pursued in requir
ing the presence of eight members of
the board will be changed for a more
vigorous one. .
At a Crossing.
- Chatham, Ont, Sept. 23. A Michi
gan Central train struck a carriage con
taining two people at a crossing near
here, Jeremiah Oulette was instantly
killed and Miss St, Peterson so badly
injured that she cannot recover.
Sturgeon Falls, Ont., Sept. 23.
Three young daughters of Leander Gal
cau, of this place, were burned to death
in the family residence last night. The
parents and five other Gacau children
had a narrow escape.
Trail, B. C, Sept. 23. J. W. Fol
Jert, of the produce and commission
firm of Follert & Levine, accidentally
shot himself yesterday, and was after
wards rescued from drowning by his
partner, Follert and wife and Levine
rowed up the river and, going ashore
for lunch, Follert stepped on a boulder
when a 80 caliber Winchester; was un
accountably, discharged, sending a
bullet through the side of his head,
fracturing his skull. He fell backward
into the swift current of the river and
was rescued by bis partner and Draught
He has not yet regained con
sciousness anl it sot expected to Hr.
The Loss Is Estimated to Be Fully Two
Hundred Thousand Dollars.
Pendleton, Sept. 22. The Pendleton
roller mills, ; 500 barrels capacity,
owned by W. S. Byers, was destroyed
by fire this morning, lhe nre is sup
posed to have started in a small smut
roomTnt3ie first 'siofy sleny'T'fhe'
night watchman, who could not reach
it, so awoke the other employes. ,
The fire spread very rapidly, and was
seen by tne mgnt engineer in me
woolen and scouring mill near, who
whistled an alarm. The tire depart
ment soon responded, but by this time
the large building was a mass of flame
and nothing could be done except to
save adjoining property.
At one time the $80,000 courthouse
on the block opposite was smoking, but
the mill walls fell in and the faremen
were able to save the courthouse. The
firemen had great difficulty from burst
ing hose, and were handicapped by a
large crowd and the excitement ol tne
people.
The contents of a stone warenouse
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near tne mm were greatiy uamajsu
and almost ruined. The corrugated iron
warehouse was totally destroyed.
The loss is at least $200,000, half on
the plant and half on wheat, flour and
other property. In the mill elevator
60,000 bushels of wheat were burned,
and in the stone warehouse 25,000
bushels of wheat and 2,000 barrels of
flour. There was no insurance, save
$50,000 on the mill building and
machinery. The stone warehouse was
supposed to be fireproof, but the intense
heat fired the contents, only a part oi
the machinery was running at the time,
cleaning wheat, and no one was awake
in the mill save the night watenman.
The fire was due. it is supposed, to
spontaneous combustion.
, Child Fatally Burned.
Spokane, Wash., Sept. 22. The 6-vear-old
daughter of Mrs. Bartemus, 61
Mullan, Idaho, was fatally burned yes
terday. While Mrs. Bartemus was
away from the home the child under
took to build a fire. She poured coal
oil on the wood and spilled some of the
oil on her clothing. When she struck
a match her clothing ignited. She ran
into the street, closely followed by her
older brother, who was ill with measles.
He tried to smother the flames but was
Unsuccessful. The clothing was almost
entirely burned from the child's body.
To ease her frightful pain, physicians
administered chloroform. She died
few hours later. The mother is pros
trated. Her husband died recently in
a hospital.
Big Fire at Stockton. ,
Stockton, Cal., Sept. 22. The Stock
ton combined harvester wrks, built by
L. U. Shippee, were burned today,
Loss, $100,000; in8urapce, $80,000.
His Men
Raided the Residence of
a. Danish Consul.
Havana. Sept. 21. The residence
of Fernando Heidrich, the Danish con
sul at Matahzas, "who is visiting m the
United mat&Twas reereflySlderby
the nolice, and a revolver and a num
her of documents were found in his
desk, and were seized. The Danish
Iconsul-eeneral at Havana, upon learn
ing of the raid, protested to sCaptain-
General Welyer. and demanded an
apology. The German consul at Ma
tanzas also demanded an apology, claim
Ing that Heidrich was a German sub
ject. The governor denied that he naci
ordered the raid, and attributed it to
the war department. The German con
sul then notified the military authori
ties. The captain-general has not yet
been heard from..
General Gomez has issued orders to
his army not to engage in battle with
the Spaniards. General Quintin Ban
deras did not obey the order, and may
be courtmartialed.
Washington, Sept. 22. Acting Sur-
eeon-General Smith, of the marine hos
pital service, has written to the sur
ceon-general informing him of the ex
istence of two cases of leprosy in Walsh
county, North Dakota. The victims are
Scandinavians, and the disease is said
to be well developed. One of the pa
tients is said to be anxious to return to
Sweden. Dr.' Smith says he is pnin
formed as to -vhat precuations the loca'
authorities have taken to prevent the
spread of the disease,
Stricken With Glanders.
Chehalis, Sept 22. The announce
ment of the attending physicians that
the death of T. B. Short, which oc
curred yesterday afternoon, was caused
bv eauinia. or glanders, and that W,
W. Jordan is hourly expected to die
from the same diseasee, caused a good
deal pf contsernation in this community
today, '
The most violent lunatic at Jackson.
ville. 111., is' a-Cbicagoman. who .tried
to count for fire hours all ; the -bicycles
whioL passed a certain point on Micbl
fan avenue
WEYLER IN A SCRAPE.
. General Iee Reports.
Washington, Sept. 21. General
Fitzhugh Lee, consul-general to Cuba,
had a long consultation with the presi
dent at the White House today.
General Lee carefully reviewed the
situation in Cuba and explained at
leneth all the points npon which the
president asked for information. Gen
eral Lee gave his views very freely to
the president, but after the interview
was reticient about the nature or tne
report he had made.
It is evident, however, that the presi
dent is deeply impressed with the crit
ical character of the situation as de
scribed by General Lee, as it is under
stood he strongly urged Lee to retain
his office at least for the present, and
to return to Havana at his earliest convenience.
General Lee left here this afternoon
for Covington, Va., but before his de
parture said he would return to Cuba
as soon as he had arranged nis private
nffairs, probably about the middle of
October.
Troops for St. Michaels.
Seattle, Sept. 21. The steamship
Humboldt has been chartered by the
tforth -American Transportation &
Trading Company to carry north from
Seattle the United States troops which
are to be sent to St Michaels. The
boat will also carry the river steam
boat, machinery and suppliei left be
hind by the Cleveland.
The steamship Farallon sailed today
for Skaguay and Alaska ports, with 30
Dasseneers and 150 tons of freight. At
Victoria the steamer will take aboard
some of the passengers of the Eugene,
whose trip was a failure.
Hungarians, led by women, were march
ing and threatening to march on the
mines later on in the day. The 13th
regiment is keeping close watch for
further trouble.
News of a disturbance at Eckley
reached brigade headquarters this
morning. The strikers there had fixed
today for a decision as to whether or
not to strike. They atempted to return
and others gathered about the mine in
menacing manner. Companies O
and E, of the Fourth regiment, were
aent over and gave the would-be work-
srs protection. :
The men at Drif ton and . Jeddo, in
the same district, did not go ont.
The 2,500 miners at Lehigh and
WilkesbSrre, and the McAdoo miners
kept their word and went to work un
der heavy military protection.
Stands by the Miners.
Topeka, Sept. 22. Charles Devlin.
the big coalmine operator in Illinois,
and one of the largest individual oper
ators in the United States, stands by
the miners who are fighting for living
wages and against the operators who
meet at Springfield today to try to
further reduce wages.
In an interview this morning he
said:
"The miners of Illinois should get a
price equal to the Columbus scale. The
price which they were forced to accept
last May, and which they refused to
continue work on is not enough to keep
body and soul together. The average
miner with steady work could not aver
age more than $1 per day the year
round. Slavery for the miners would
be preferable to the wages they are
getting, for in slavery they would have
enough to eat and drink and wear,
while under the present conditions and
with the present prices they are forced
to work for they cannot buy provisions
enough to live on, let alone clothe them
selves and families. Since they came
out the price of provisions has ad
vanced, particularly flour, which has
risen not less than $1 per hundred."
He says he is willing to join the
operators in paying a price equal to the
Columbus scale, and will use every
effort in that direction. He says be
has yet to meet the first large con
sumer of coal who is not in favor of
giving the miners a fair price for their
labor. , ,
Foreign Miners Want Revenge.
Chicago, Sept 2 2. There is amove
ment on foot in Chicago to determine
whether Sheriff Martin and his depu
ties can be prosecuted for the shooting
of striking mhiers at Hazelton. The
plan is to create a central committee
made up subcommittees from the Lith--unians,
Poles, Bohemians and certain
labor unions, the membership of which
is composed of these classes; then to
collect a fund and employ lawyers to
take charge of and push the case
The Lithunians met at Church hall,
Thirty-third street and Auburn avenue.
Speeches were made and resolutions
adopted condemning the action of
Sheriff Martin and his men. Every
speaker urged that whatever is attempt
ed toward redress for the alleged wrong
should be within the limits of the law.
The resolution treated the Hazelton
affair as a murder.
ing up; laboring men ana women go
ing to work and farmers paying off
mortgages. .
McConnellsville, O., Sept. 10, 1897.
This county is almost purely an agri
cultural one. There is only one fao
tory. The farmers are greatly en
couraged over the increase in price of
wheat, wool, etc., "eto. The factory
mentioned has in the past few weeks re
ceived such largely increased orders as
to greatly encourage .everyone and of
course necessitate the employment of a
larger number of hands.
JAMES M. KUSK, Ed. Herald.
Colton, Cal., Aug. 28, 1897. The
California-Portland Cement works, cap
ital about $150,000, has opened for
business. Forty men are now em
ployed. An increase of hands is an
nounced. All material except petrol-
sum and a few minor ingredients are
obtained here. Labor has advanced to
wages formerly paid, $1.75. The South
srn Pacific and the Santa Fe both re
port increase of. freight, local and
through. Large areas were set out in
citrus fruits. Crops generally are abun
iant, and every available man is in
jeeupation. Perhaps nothing is more
encouraging to prove the confidence
than the irrigation enterprises that are
being undertaken, requiring vast capi
tal to complete and extensive patronage
3ver many acres of land and a long
time to reward the outlay. These,
with personal enterprise, show confi
dence and prosperity.
W. C. FULLER.
Hopkins ft Company's Reviea ' '.
of Trade.
The renewed export demand has beei
the dominating factor in the wheat
market during the last week. The for
ward movement of the new crop hai
been disappointing both in quantity
and in quality, hut has been suffi- -ciently
large to warrant the expecta
tion of a fair increase in stocks at cen
ters of accumulation. The market is
lacking in speculative support, the vol
ume of speculation having fallen to the
minimum. This serves to emphasize
the legitimacy of the present advance.
There has been no change in crop pros
pec.s in America and we still maintain
that the present crop will be the second
largest raised in the history of this -country
From a speculative point of
view the market now possesses two
sides. There is no longer any doubt
that Europe requires all of our avail
able surplus. We cannot meet this in
creased draft and at the same time re
plenish our at present depleted reserves
in all positions. But it must be re
membered that Europe has already
bought largely and that her necessi
tities are not entirely for the immediate
present but for the entire crop year.
The increasing movement of the new
crop promises to more than offset the
demand for the time and result in in
creasing stocks.
Corn is king. This has been and is
a year of prosperity and advancing
values. It is futile to talk of surplus
supplies or the growing crop. The for
mer is unprecedentedly large. The
latter promises to be much smaller than
anticipated, but neither will have but
a temporary influence on values. We
are emerging form a period of depres
sion and panic. Every other commod
ity is advancing in value. Corn is
going to participate in the general ad
vance. It has been selling too low. It
is going to sell higher. The shortage
in the wheat, rye and potato crops of
the world insures the substitution of
corn as a food product to an extent
never before known.- To argue that
corn is going to sell lower is to main
tain that the panic still exists. Every
one knows better.
Santa Monica, Cal., Sept. 12, 1897.
The general tone of business in this
lection of the country is now better
than it has been for a long time, and,
best of all, it is improving every day.
EUGENE DAY,
Editor The Signal.
Socorro, New Mexico, Sept 12, 1897.
We do not claim any boom for cen
tal New Mexico, but our hard times
ire over. Wool has a ready sale and
iheep are back at the figures of 1892,
nd are going up. : Cattle are bringing
I better price than for years past the
luty on hides helped do this, in this
jounty the Graphic smelter is running
all time, also the mine, making 10
Kins bullion every 24 hours. There is
market at good prices for every pound
f lead ore that -can be mined. In- the
llagdahmes foldndirvefMiamptfaeUv -
n..J :il A .fo.t nn in PUI1U-
Confidence mill and mine started up in
Inly as also did the Maud S. mill, each
m full time. At Cenillos a new smel
ler is being built to treat lead ores
from the 'Magdalenes. On the eastern
lopes of the Magdalene mountains I
think every miner is employed develop
ing for gold. Wheat is high and com
mands a ready sale.' There is no boom,
but there is a return of confidence, and
men are at work, who for the past four
years have not known what was going
to happen next. . One other tning is
noticeable. You miss the train loads
of Mexican cattle and Mexican lead ore
that has been going to the Eastern mar
kets for the past three or four years.
W. S. ILLIAMS,
Editor Chief tan.
Disks After the Lynchers.
City of Mexico, Sept. 21. Orders
have been given by President Diaz to
investigate the lynching of Arroyo. He
has decided that the inquiry shall be
vigorous and that the guilty parties
shall be deservedly punished, as he
feels the act was a reproach to the na
tion, which has taken pride in the faot
that lypch law has been unknown here.
Twenty odd men arrested are still in
custody, and formal papers are l?eing
drawn np in their cases.
The Hunter Conspiracy Trial.
Frankfort, Ky., Sept 21.-r-.Tke testi
mony for alleged conspiracy to bribe
certain members of the legislature to
vote for Hunter for senator, came to
rather an abrupt close today. Under
the instructions given by the court and.
-the testimony, as curtailed, it seems
-virtually impossible lor a conviction, in
Dr, Hqnter'a- case, at least1. .
' Britain occupies a. very high place in
mining Of' all kinds; More than 600,
000-of-h'er-peopl are employed rat the
industry, and they produce over 8,
000,000 worth of minerals annually.
Aid for the Coalmlners.
Pueblo, Colo., Sept. 22. All of the
city churches last night took up collec
tions for the coalminers of the E St.
The amount will be placed in the hands
of a committee acting for the trades
assembly, arid will be sent by them to
the relief committee.
Flood In Texas.
Dallas, Tex., 'Sept. 22. A News
special from El Paso says: Last night
the people of Ahumada, about 60 miles
from this city, were visited by the
wnrt flood that ever happened in the
history of the state. Men, women and
children were driven from their beds,
and had to take refuge on the high
cround with their household efiects.
There was not a place to shelter them,
many houses in town tumbling down in
ereat heaps, and many more are 'ex-
nonted to collanse any moment. Unless
relief comes soon, women and children
will be in a sad plight, as it is raining
hard, and another bad night seems in
evitable. Two Regents Resign.
Pullman, Wash., Sept 22. Regents
Windus and Powell have resigned as
regents of the Washington agricultural
college and school of science, having
sent their resignation to Governor Bog
ers last Saturday. Regent Powell sent
in a short decisive letter, merely stat
ing that he resigned as a regent, his re
signation to take effect at once; but if
Governor Rogers deemed it injurious to
ttie the college to accept the resignation
at once, he would continue to act untu
October 10, but no later.
Message From Andree.
Copenhagen, Spet. 22. A dispatch
from Hammerferst, the northernmost
town of Europe, in Norway, says the
whaling ship Palk has brought there
the third pigeon dispatch from Profes
sor Andree, who left Tromsoe in a bal
loon July H. The message reads;
"July 13th, 12:30 P. M, Lattitude.
82.2 north, longitude 12.5 east. Good
voyage eastward. All welL"
"Jeweler and Undertaker" is a shop
sign in Kansas City,
Peary Has Returned.
Sydney, C. B., Sept- ?2.Tbe steam
aealine bark Hope, with Lieutenant
Paarv and Dartv on board, returned
fronj Greenland at 6 o'clock this after'
All on board are welL. The
Hotw ama into nort burning her last
ton of coal, and with her bulwark" and
evidence of the furious
aeaa of an unusually stormy -summer.
Kha ia nearly as deen in the water as
when she left here in the latter part ol
July with ber bunkers full of coal, for
th hnm Cane York meteorite, the
lamest in the world, is in her hold
bedded in tons of ballast. ,
Bartley, Neb., Aug. 27, 1897.
This is a farming country. The area
of wheat was large, the crop good and
price much higher than a year ago.
Corn crop is good. Farmers are em
ploying more help than formerly and
some have not been able to get all they
seeded. WILLIAM SMITH,
Editor Inter-Ocean.
Flushing, O., Sept. 12, 1897. This
small place of 1,000 people is on the
boom. The flour mills are putting in
new machinery, a dozen new residences
sre coing np and a large new store
house. Farmers are getting 95 cents
for wheat and 25 cents for wool. Ev
erybody feels the great change.
W. IS.
Editor News Advertiser.
Portland Markets.
t Wheat Walla Walla, 8384c; Val
ley and Bluestem. 86 87c per bushel.
Flour Best grades, $4.40; graham,
$3.85; superfine, $2.50 per barrel.
Oats Choice white, 87 38c; choice
gray, 36c per bushel.
Barley Feed barley, $1920; brew
ing, $1920 per ton.
Millstuffs Bran, $14 per ton;
middlings, $21; Bhorts, $2021.
Hay Timothy, $12 12. 50; clover,
$1011; California wheat, $10
do oat, $11; Oregon wild hay, $9
10 per ton.
Eggs 17,t6c per dozen.
Butter Fancy creamery, 50 55c;
fair to good, 40 45c; dairy, 30 35c
per roll.
Cheese Oregon, 11 Mo; Young
America, 12c; California, 9 10c per
Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 28, 1897. Near-
ly all lines of busines in Lincoln show
improvement over corresponding month
of last year.
ED. NEBRASKA STATE JOURNAL.
Tippecanoe City, O., Aug. 27, 1897.
Sings of prosperity appeared in our
town as early as January 1st, when
Ford & Co., wheel works, increased to
full time from three days per week.
The Tipp Whip Factory and the Tipp
Furniture Factory and the iipp Build
ing and Manufacturing companies are
now running full time. A new whip
works under the name of the Davis
Whip Works 'has begun operations.
The president and secretary of the
above company are both ardent free sil
ver advocates. Various other .shops
have enlarged, their buildings and a
marked increase of business is ap
parent J- R. HORTON.
The Tipp City weraia.
Madera, Cal., Aug. 28, 18t7.
Things are picking up here. There is
only one man in the county still shout
. ,, ,,
ing lor Iree silver ana ne is looee in mo
upper story. . E, E. VINCENT.
fjaitor .Mercury,
South Bend, Ind., Aug. 89, 1897.
Times grow better. There is no doubt
of the indications. Everything at
nresent points to a more prosperous
period than has beep experienced in sev- peaches, 4060o; pears,
Poultry Chiokens, mixed, $2.50
3.00 per dozen; broilers, $1.752.25;
geese, f&6.50; ducks, $4 4. 50 per
dozen; turkeys, live, ll12c per
pound.
Potatoes. O.egon Burbanks, 40 .
45c per sack; new potatoes, 50o per
sack; sweets, $1.40 per cental.
Onions California, new, red. $1.25;
yellow, 80c per cental.
Hops 10c per pound for new
crop; 1896 crop, 6 6c.
Wool Valley, 14 15c per pound;
Eastern Oregon, 10 12c; mohair, 20c
per pound.
Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethers
and ewes, 22c; dressed mutton,
5c; Bpring lambs, 5 Per pound.
Hogs -Gross, choice heavy, $4.50; ,
light and' feeders, $34; dressed, $5
5.50 per 100 pounds.
Beef Gross, top steers, $2. 75 3;
cows $2.25; dressed beef, 45c per
pound.
Veal Large, 4)5o; small, 6o
per pound.
Seattle Markets.
Butter Fancy native creamery,
brick, 22c; ranch, 14 16a
Cheese Native Washington, 10
11c; California, 9)c.
Eggs Fresh ranch, 2021cl
Poultry Chickens, live, per pound,
bens, 10c; spring chickens, $2.75
3; ducks, $2.503.75.
Wheat Feed wheat, $30 per ton.
Oats Choice, per ton, $22 23.
Corn Whole, $24; cracked, per ton,
$23; feed meal, $22 per ton.
Barley Rolled or ground, per ton,
$22; whole, $22.
Fresh Meats Choice dressed beef,
steers, 6o; cows, 6c; mutton sheep,
55c; pork, 7c; veal, small, 6.
Fresh Fish Halibut, 6c; salmon,
35o; salmon trout, 7 10c; flounders
and sole, 34; ling cod, 45; rock
cod, 6c; smelt, 24c. , .
San Francisco Markets.
Wool Choice foothill, 8 12c; San
Joaquin, 6 months' 7 9c; do year's
staple, 79c; mountain, 10 11c; Ore
gon, 11 14c per pound.
Hops 1018o per pound.
Millstuffs Middlings, $I922;
California bran, $14.5015 per ton.
Onions New red, 7080o; do new
silverskin, 8596o per cental.
Potatoes New, in boxes, 80 850.,
Butter Fancy creamery, 27 28c; do
seconds, 25 2 6c; fancy dairy, 24c;
good to choice, S022o per pound.
Eggs Store, 1824o; ranch, 28
80c; Eastern, 1622; duck, 1617o per
dozen.
Citrus fruit Oranges, Valencias,
$1.50 3; Mexican limes, $5; Cali
fornia lemons, fancy, $3; do common,
$12.50 per box.
Fresh fruit Apples, 60 65c per
large box; apricots, 20 40c; Fontain
bleau grapes, 20 25c; muscats, 15
80c; black, 20 30c; tokay. 80o;
60 75 per
box; plums, 2040c; crab apples, 20
850.
Hay Wheat, $14; wheat and oat,
$1013; oat, $1012; river barley,
$7 8; best barley, $8 12; alfalfa,
$8 10 clover, $7. 60 9. 50.
eral years. Manev is freer at less in
terest EPITQR THE TRIBUNE.
Checking Babies.
A London manager tried the experi
ment of cheoking babies at the matiner
performance, and the plan worki
beautifully until he bad several of tl
youngsters left upon his hands. They
were nicely checked, but never oalled
for. That was a contingency which he
had not foreseen, However, he gav
np the baby checking system.
oldest church in the state, having been
; A Farmington (Me.) man 02 years old ( built in 1697. In the cupola hung a
took a fr.end 84 years old out riding bell cast in 1685 and bearing the motto
the other day behind a hone 84 ysari , in Latin: "If God be for us, who caa
old. ' . I be against wV
. Sleepy Hollow's Bicentennary.
The old Dutch Church of Tarrytown,
N. Y., immortalized in Washington
Irving's tales of Sleepy Hollow, will
celebrate its 200th anniversary October
10th and 11th. This is said to be the