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- . , i . 1 run nhs. i in ii i u in if nil ii i - - - l mill i ii l i1 x i win i m. Eagene City Guard. I. L. CAMPBBLI.. Proprietor. EUGENE CITY... OKKGONV NEWS OF THE WEEK tiiln-atlii( l iillri llnii nf 'urronl In Ctnlnefl form from Until Cmitlnrnta. Three person were killed on tha Bal tlmoro Sc Ohio railroad tracks near Cheater, P., If a pawenger train crashing into a wagon. The Daily Mail laiigln at the report of the Canadian expedition ia Hudson' bay hoisting the Birtlsh flag ovr liuffln'a Land, to get ahead of the Americana, and declare that the terri tory ha long been British )osseMioD. The firit of the waling fleet to re torn to Victoria wa the Cusco. J Blie brought 1,004 akin, taken off the I Japanese coast and Copper island. Hhe report that the Calottn, with 1,400 i kin, and the Director, with 1,000 skins, are clone liehind her. Five men met a horrible death from black damp, the after-accumulatioH of lire in the Jcrmyn mine near Rend ham, Pa. The bodies were discovered by a Rung of men who went down into the uiiue with supplies for combating the fire. Noolxly knew of their deaths until thedisoovery of the lifeless bodies. During the puit month nearly IV 000,000 worth of grain has left the 1'a cifio porta for Kurope. Beaidt-s this, 211 lumber venues have sailed for foriegn poits with cargoes valued at over 1300, 000. As the month of August nearly equaled September, the export of graia and flour alone for the two months would easily run into the ten-million figures. Baron von Ktumin's organ, the Post, Berlin, published an article calling at tention to the fact that 8,308 horses were imported from America during the first seven months of 1897, and In sisting that tills new import ought to be excluded. In the same article the Post claima America sends even greater numbers of dead horses to Germany ia the shnpe of sausages. Over 6,000 textile workers have leon locked out at Loebau, Germany, and in its vicinity. Commnndor Booth-Tucker has ar rived In Denver to complete the ar rangeinents for establiHliing a Salvation Army colony in the Arkansas valley. Michael Klinmonds, a railroad brake man, aged 2, shot and tried to kill hi sweetheart, Miss Jenny Long, aged 10, at Baltimore, and then coin in it ted luioide. Rose the 19yenbr-old daughter of John Miller Murphy, died at Olympia, Wash. Her death was caused by an overdone of. laudanum, taken to ulluy oeuralgia pains. Engineer K. Bennett Mitchell was killed and Fireman John II. Cawley seriously injured by the explosion of a locomotive on the Northern Central railway at Georgetown, l'n. Secretary Wilson has secured an or der from the xtomYe department to attach the government frank to pack ages of sugar-beet seed to be sent throughout the country for analysis. The latest news from Guatemala re ceived here states that a price of f 100,- 000 has been pi need on the heads of Prosper Morale and bis aide, Manuel Fuentes. It is asserted that an order to this effect has laieu promulgated by President Barrios. As a result of the breaking of a cable, three colored men who were bring car ried up in an elevator shaft of the Northwest Land tunnel, at Chicago, (ell lift feet to the bottom of the excavatinu. 'One of them was killed instantly, and the other two sustained fatal injuries. Word comes fioin Kaslo, B. 0., that three men who were out on the lake about nOO yards were drowned by the boat cusizing. A stiff bieese was blowing, and, as the boat reached the beginning of the swift undertow opsi situ Kaslo, the men tried to change po sitions, and the boat was overturned. lu a recent interview, Lieutenant Peary, who has just returned to Boston from the Arctic on the whaling bark Hope, said: ' 'The 100-ton meteorite in the hold of the lloe fell from the skies hundreds of yeara ago, and has long been the source of iron supplies for the Esquimaux. I discovered it in May, lMU, mid since that time have been trying to secure it and bring it to America." The duel between Count Ibidcui, the Austrian premier, and Dr. WollT, the German nationalist leader, has caused the wildest sensation. Count Badeni sent his seconds to Dr. Woltf, who ac cepted the challenge. The premier sent a telegram to the cmeror, asking permission to fight the duel, and at the same time tendering his resignation. In reply, he received not only permis sion to tight, but also the inieriul ap proval. Count Badeul then made his will, after which he spent the evening at the Jockey Club and a pleasure re sort. His wife and family knew noth ing about the affair until the duel was over. It is thought that, as the premier has set example, with the emperor's ap proval, there will bo a serious epidemic of dueling. Commissioner Evans estimates that the payments for pensions for the fiscal year will foot up tl47,nOO,000. The appropriation was $14l,Sd8,riSO. The high-water mark for pensions wss in 1 hl3 when the payments amounted to f 169,357,537, siuce which time they have been kept down to the figures of this year's appropriation The pay ments for Mnnions this year will be within :10, 000,000 of as mm h as the entire receipts of the government from customs last year, and more than equal to the entire internal revenue lax. Following up the agreement between this government and Canada for a mall service between Dyea and Dawson City, the poaluftlce department has issued or ders for a monthly exchange of regis tered mail between the two points. All sealed letters exchanged between the two countries must he of the usual and ordinary form. This is dons to prevent persons tuking advantage of the mails for seouring the trausitorlation of merchandise at letter rates. This rate is only IU cents rr pound from any point in the United Mates, and is lee than the packing rat over Chilkoot pass. ROCK ISLAND HOLD-UP. Nallhar Faaaangars Nor Train Craw Eacapad Ihs Bandits. El Reno, O. T., Oct. 4. Bandit robbed the south-bound Rock Island passenger train and all it passengers at 11 o'clock this morning, five miles south of Minco, in Indian territory. The trainmen were completely sur prised, and were not prepared to offer any resistance when five masked men came iioii them at the lonely siding. The place is uninhabited, and the only iersoh in the vicinity at the time were four section men. The section men flagged the Haiti, the rohlx-re having coinicllci them to do so. The bundit were hidden in a lirui-h pile, and Jump ed out us soon as the train had taken the siding. I'ndcr lite pressure of Winchesters and only looking six-shooters, the tram men, express messenger and all of the s ire or moie of passengers were made to leave the train and stand in aline, hands up, on the prairie. While three of th rohlicr covered the badly fright ened crowd with their guns, the other two ciNilly and carefully robbed them, passing from one passenger to another down the line. The hundit secured ubout f:)00 in curb and such other valu ables in the way of watches, pins and ji-wlcry as were in sight. Jim Wriuht, of Minco, showed adi xisition to lesist, when the bandits or dered "hands up." They shot one of his cms nfl to prove to his satisfaction that his bravery was ill assumed. Wright's bands then went up. No one else was injured. The passengers and trainmen having Iwon thoroughly plucked, three of tho bandits turned their attention to the express and mail couches, the otlieis stunding guard over the helpless crowd on too prairie. The registered mail pouches were quickly rifled, but the through safe in the express car resisted all the (on e and ingenuity of the roud agents. When the messenger hud con vince! the hundits that he Could not 0eii the strong box, they resorted to dynamite. Several heavy charges were exploded, but tho safe proved bandit proof, and, though badly buttered, its contents weiu saved to the company. Having tuken forcible pssexsion of everything they could carry away, tho bandits mounted tliier horses and role off toward the west. At Chickasaw, the next station, a Mixse of citizens wus hurriedly former1. These citizens set out in pursuit of the gang, und ntllccr have Is-cn dispatched from Kl Reno ami other iinH in this section. It is hardly possible that the bandit can be overtaken in the prairie country, and they will probably be able to reach the Wichita mountains. THE WOODFORD NOTE Mllallon TVnilarnt, Hut Not Korrrit t'iun HnIii. Chicago, Oct. 4. A Washington Mcial to the Times Herald says: It i now xssiblu fur the Timcs-Hcr-aid to give, not the exact text of the famous Woodford note to Spain, but a fair statement of its substance. This now celebrated and much-dis-cuxxed document simply exprexxed on the purt of the United States the hon that the war will be brought to a close it speedily as osihlc. There is no .lute fixed w hen the cniixomination is to he reached, but the nitoiesis of Spain no less than the intercxts of the I'nited States ami the Intcicsts of hu manity ami of tho world at large aio reaxons why the war should be ended with the least possible delay. And with that in view, uctiug as u friend of Spain, hecauxn of the gieut stake which the I'nited States has in Cuba, finan cially and otherwise, becauxc of the an noyance to which the United States hits been put by maintaining a patrol and preventing the sailing of filibustering expeditions, and becuuxe civilixutiou opposes war, the United States tenders 1 1 Spain its goo I ohVcx to act as a tr end between the mother country ami her relsdlious colonists, in the hope that she may he ahh' to effect a settle ment an. I bring the waifaie to a close. This is all there is in the note. There is not the faintest suggestion of this goverii'iieut forcing uniii Spain her goo I olllccs, if she does not caie to vol untarily aci'pet them, nor is there an intimation that the war must be brought to an end within a certain time or that Spain iniiM answer this note within a tixed time. Mi-ariittia. TrHKtil.v. Carrollton, la., Oct. 4. The slaughter of a mother and her six child ren occurred at the home of John Boecker, a farmer, living eight miles uoitliwexxt of hero, laxt night. Knock ei', the flclldixh husband, completed his bloody work by sending a bullet into his own head, inflicting a fatal wound. The family were prosperous Germans, and, as far as Is known, bail lived happily. No tuoitve for tho tragedy has been disclosed. Pocckcr'a victims are his w ife and six childien Caroline, aged 14; Christine, aged W; Henry, HL'od .N: Lisxie. aired II: John. iilmiI M and an infant. All are dead hut Henry, and the latter cannot recover fioin his wounds. luiniril I rum a Whitlow. - San Francisco, Sept. 311. Henry Joyce, 3 years old, while teuiHirarily inxane, jumped from a second-story window of the county hospital today and received such injuries that ho died two hours later. Springfield, 111., Oct. 4. In a race that was witnessed by at least ft, 000 people. Star Pointer, on the truck of the Illinois slute fair grounds, this after noon not only maintained his reputa tion us the king pacer by defeating Joe Patched, hut he also lowered the world's pacing record in a race by half a second, making a mile in i!:00's, the record in race having been S:0l, which Star Pointer made on Saturday, September IS, at Indianapolis when he defeated Joe Putchen. ratal Saw mill ArrMrul. P.ii, lt,,V.t,i Vl'...). I L.t A I'l....!.... . .,.. "., i, limn- Tuxten, an employe of the Pacific Coast mill here, was iuxtautly killed about 4 o'chvk this aftermxni, while working on an edgcr. lu some way not cleaily e (plained, a piece of sharp timber was piojivlcd fiom the machine with ter rible force, Milking him in the abdo men and passing clear thiough his Ixsly. The highext waterfall in the woihl ix Chohvk Cas-Hvle, at Wwemite, Cal., which is 3.1134 feet high, oiJuxt half a mile. Electric Power on the Sum mit of Chilkoot Trail. POBTLA X I)-J IN EA U ENTERPRISE A Company Organlnail to Transport freight and rnotingfirs 0r the Want Mil. Portland. Or., Oct. 4. Ample fa cilities for the transportation of freight und passengers over Chilkoot pass w ill be provided by a Portlund-Jnneaii company, in time for the rush to the Yukon next scuxon. Articles iniirporating the Dyea-Klon-dike TrunxMirtation Company were filed here. The objects of tho corHru tion B'e announced as follows: "To conduct a general tr;insortation business from the headwaters of Lynn canal, Alaska, too all siints in Alaska, and in British North America, and to carry freight and passengers. "To acquire, build, hsiatu and oper ate tramways, bridges, wagon roads, xuwinills, etc.; to navigate the Yukon river and its tribntaiies from St Mi chael to Dawson City, and to purchase, build mid operate all manner of vesxels between Portland, Seattle, Taooma, Ju nesn, Dyea, Skaguiiy and St. Miuhuels. Capital stock, .60,000." Although the announcement of oh jeuta is made to cover a wide field, the company' present attention i directed solely to providing means for tho trans fer of Klondikers and their outfits over the most difficult rtion of their jour ney, which is from the steamer at Dyea, over the pass to Lake Linde maun, (instruction is already begun, a wharf leing well under way ut Dyea, and the work of putting up a 5,000-foot cablo tramway at the puss itself being started. The company announces that it will be ready for business by Feb ruary I, by which time it will be in shape to bundle, if necessary, the out fits of 20,000 people a month, doing the work at a reasonable figure. Members of the company make the following statement: "The trip from Dyea to Lake Linde matin has been mado by a man with an ordinary outfit, umply provided with packers. We do not projsiso to lessen this time very much, but we do pro pnso to take over a very much larger tonnage than could otherwise be tuken in the same time. When finished, our cablo tramway, which will lie quite similar to those used ut some of the big mines on mountain sides, will ex tend from Sheep Camp to the summit, cutting off a distance of four miles us at present traveled. Our immediate attention, however, will Iw directed to the most difficult part of the ascent, a stretch of alsiut fi.OOO feet, over which we shull be ready to operate by Feb ruary 1. Wo shall use the water fall of the Dyea river to convey electric siwer to our plant. "Though the short eriod that is al lowed our company for preparation give us time only to overcome the worst difficulty of the trip, yet wo have ample means to do more as may be juxtilled by the progrexs tif business. When this route is open it will be pos sible for auy number of people to go from hero to Dawson w ith their outfits at less than half the cost of the trip via St. Michaels, without an outfit, ut the same time saving 20 davs. "From Portland to Dawson via Chil koot Pass the distance is only 1,700 miles; via St. Michaels it is 8,700 miles. It takes five weeks ut least to nuike the trip via St. Michaels, and nut over 15 days is required by the pusx when the lakes and rivers are open. I Another imortant saving of time is j in the fact that one can get over the Chilkoot and land supplies at Dawson ! two months before the tirxt steamer gets j up the Yukon from St. Michaels, which is usually not before the middle of ; July. The St. Michaels route is open i but four months of the year, while the Chilkoot will practically be open all I the vein around when our line is com pleted. We do not advise the trip be ing made More February, however. "One of the delays heretofore encoun tered in the overland trip is the neces sity of building bouts at the lake. Ten days is uxually required for this, though it was much longer this year, owing to the rush, and the price was prohibitive to a great number of travel ers. This company w ill Ih. able either to furnixh boats, or lumber for them, or it will transport to the summit any 'knocked-dowu' Ixntts included in the miners' outfits. It has never been pos sible heretofore to take a Imat over the puss, except by piecemeal, which don't pay. "A most important purt of the work we ure doing is the construction of a wharf at Dyea. It will have '.'00 feet frontage und the approach will be 1,700 feet in length. Any steamer will be able to dock at this w harf, thereby sav ing the heavy expense and great loxs of time to Imth passengers and steamship people, of lighterage, as at present. Hail it not Wen for work already done by Juneau people it would have been almost impossible to have completed this work in time for the early travel next season." About flO.OHO.OOO in gold is now concealed in tho teeth of eople in the world. Iittllftril fur l.arvrrtr. Axtoria, Or. , Oct. 4. The grand jury todav returned a true bill in the case of B. L. Ward and W. G. Howell, treasurer and deputy treasurer, respec tively, of this county. The indictment charges them w ith the larceny of public money to the amount of 11, "58. Found lnd lu Ilia Kuom. Baker City, Or., IV t. 4. William F. Iloey, aged 4rt, was found dead in his room in a lislgiug-bouse this evening- A Vf uolhulr Klllrd. Pendleton, Or., Oct. 4. Andrew llcckman, au old soldier, was found dead on Dry Creek hill, near Weston, this afternoon. Returning from the mounntains with a load of cordwood and a four-horse team, it is supposed be fell from the wagon and was run over or kicked to death by the horse. Port Townsend, Wash., Oct. 4. Charles Kisenbels, jr., son of one of Port Townsend's moxl prominent and wealthy citisens. committed suicide here today b' shooting himself iu the head . llf. s.vln, !." That Has -Surc.Mfull Te.ted. 8t. Paul, Oct. 4.-A very ingenious and valuable contrivance for the saving of life by pieventing railroad accidents through the forgetfiilinss of trainmen, ha been invented. The machine bai just atood a very severe test on the Great Northern railroad, after list ing been previously 0s-rated successfully on the St. Panl & Dulutl. road. Prac tioal railroad men have given strong indorsements to the device after seeing it work. . , The object of the device is to provide an accurate und reliable reminder sig nal and distance indicator for hsomo live, by which eni-'ineers are prevented from forgetting th"ir train orders as to stopping or meeting places. The mech anisin is simple, but positively connect ed with the forward truck of the engine, accurately inesauring the distance trav eled. The dial is placed in front of the en gineer, showing correctly the distance traveled. AIoe the smaller of two dial are placed 15 triggers or do-a, pivoted at equal distances around thf center. When the engiwer receives his or dors, he sets one or more of these trig gers to a point one mile short of th distance to he traveled before reach in the stopping place. The uiileuge indi cator, on reaching such point, release the trigger, which starts a signal whist' blowing. This continues to blow foi one-quarter of a mile, promptly warn ing the engineer of the near approach to a stopping place. If the engineer is inuttentivo und fails to stop when this last mile has been ruu over, the ma chine sets the air brake and stops the train for him. A train similarly equip ed coming in the oposite direc tion would be stopped ill the same manner. The device can be made to run forward or backward. For foggy or stor i y weather, or for darkness, the device is o.n sidered esMjciully valuable for ordinary road use, although its li:'e suvinj feature wax the point ut first ought for by Mr. Wallace. Alter a trial on the St. Paul & Du luth, and trials on the Fergus Falls division of the Great Northern, the new invention was given an unusual tpst on the recei t trip of President Hill to the coast and back. For this trip, tho new scheme, v ith one engine, No. 1103, w ith Engineer John Wilhuno for the entire trip, was tried, and the new life-saving device was on the engine. For l.B'JO mile to Scuttle on the (treat Northern, 170 to Portland on the Norlitern Pacific, 450 to Ssikuno on the O. R. & N., and through Montana and hack to St. Paul, the new device measured all distances with accuracy, ami by other tests com pletely demonstrated its ability to do all claimed for it Piesideut Hill has approved it with considerable enthusi asm, as have other officials on his road. Dining the past few months, this new device has been used successfully on over 10,000 miles of road. A feature of the test is that it has been mu le with the inventor's working model. Admlrnl Iteardalve Kepurta. Washington, Oct. 4. Admiral Beardslee, who lias been in command of the Pacific station three years, re turned to Washington today anil called upon Secretary Long und Secretary Sherman. With the latter he went to the White House and cullid upon Presi dent McKinlcv. The admiral, in u short time, w ill make a formal leport to Secretary lAtng, giving his views and opinions on the Hawaiian situa tion, ami such information as he bus gained during his long stay ut the is lands. The administration is anxious to have a geiieuil review from such nil intelligent and experienced source us Admiral llearilsiee. Speaking of the reKtrted opposition Uranin-x.uit n, the admiral said today that it amounts to little. The suhstui tial business interests on the islands, with few exceptions, favor annexation. Knltl Hit llllaband. St. Louis, t'ct. 4. According to the PoJt-Dispatch, John A. Truitt, a con ductor on the Northern Central electric street-car line, was sold by his wife for 4,000 to a woman who declares that she loves the man more than his wife does. The deal was the sequel to the following remarkable statement made to Mrs. Truitt by a Mrs. Stevens, who lives in this city with her father: "Mrs. Truitt; I love your husband, and 1 want him. I have traveled the world over, and he is the first man 1 ever loved. I will give you 4,000 cash for him if you will give him up." Truitt, who is the father of four children, seems to agree to the deal. It is stuted tliut luit Tuesday Mrs. Truitt, knowing that her husband loved another, attempted to take her life by swallowing a big dose of morphine. Aid Kmin the Canadian I'arlHr. Montreal, tVt. 4. It is announced that the Canalian Pacific Company in tends without delay to extend the rail road into Uossland, B. C, and that capitalists closely identified with the railway company have partly completed arrangements for the erection of a largo smelter on the Columbia river, w hich will treat the Kosxland ores practically at cost, and that the shipping mines will be connected with the smelter by an aerial tramway. The Canadian Pacific also projwes adopting similar methods in the Shvnn country. Caiilata Itcady to sirlk. Loudon, Oct, 4. The Daily Mail, in its xihhmu! from Madrid. hhv&. TV... symptoms of Carlist agitation are every day becoming more manitest and at tracting the attention ot the Spauish L-ov.irnm.iti t ('tirli.it inttica.i.i... .. . ... ......... .... v - tti.iPP,,llVB niv ill the province of Navarie and Castleton, where the party has its strongest sup xrters. There is the best reason for Micving that the signal for a rising will soon lie given. The revolt will probably occur in Navarre or Castle t.tt. t:rrrk fnulnrt Itealgna. Athens, Vt. 4. The premier, M. Kalli, this morning officially tendered the resignations of the cabinet mini sters, and they were accepted by King Ot.'orge. ICcalgnatlon of Weylar. New York, tVt. 4 A special to the Herald from Havana says that General Weyler has resigned. Chicago physician and firemen are opixwed to the use of cocaine in eye troubles, on the ground that it incite a taste for the drug. I r of Coal. Americans Compelled to Fle From Guatamala. ACTS OF CRUELTY PERPETRATE.. Barrlu' M.nn.r of Carrying Wat Bringing D.T.alatlon Country- Xo Hope for Peace- c Prarcisco. Oct. 4. -The steamei Sun Bias arrived from Central Amen-1 can ports today with the first authentic; details of the revolution in Guatemala. The revolution broke out on Septembei i , 6, and wa participated in by several, departments, viz: San Marcos, yuez.il tenango, Huehiietenange, Tutouicopan, Mazakenango, Ouiche and Salola. The revolt was opened with an attack upon the out posts of yuezaltenungo and other districts, which proved eminently successful. The revolutionist, how ever, withdrew to gather reinforce ments from the surrounding country, und three davs after the first shot wat fired, the government sent the follow ing into the field: General L. O. Leon, with 1,500 men; General S. Toledo, with 43 pieces of artillery and 2,001' men. One battery promptly deserted to the enemy uftei leaving the city. On September U, J. Castillo, nid to Morales, arrived on the scene with un immense force of malcontents from neighboring provinces, and, after a sharp engagement, took tho city of yuezaltenango. Meanwhile, Burrio.' wus carrying inattcis with a high hand among the rebels within the citadel. Needing money, he applied to Dun Juan Apricio, a 'well-known capitalist, through the medium of General ltoque Morales, who is noted for his cruelty. Knowing that the loan would mean his financial ruin, Apricio hesitated, ami was promptly taken to the castle and strung up by the thumbs. Upon re fusal to accede to tho demands ma le upon him, Apricio was lushed until he fainted from the torture, und, still be ing obdurate when he recovered his senses, Morales cursed him and shot him dead. His many friends, however, had their revenge shortly afterward, foi when the city of (jut zalteiiango wus tuken, Itnquo '.Morales wus shot w ithout the courtesy of n trial. Grave accusa tions of cruelty to women, the wives and slaves of men who hud joined the revolutionists, ure made iigainst the dic tator Barrios. The San Bias brought a partv of 14 Americans from the scene of the revolu tion, all of whom agree that it will be a long time before peace is again re stored. Four of the party left yuezalt nango after tho town had been sur rounded by government troops und or ders had been issued that no one should be allowed to leave. They stato that Americans are thrown into jail on the slightest provocation, on the ground that they ure plotting against Barrios, and say that nine Americans were in prison at Quczaltemiitgo. The mer chants of Guatemala City are expecting a siege at any time, und have made preparations to close their places ot business at a moment's notice. AN ENGLISH CONCESSION. May llailm tliv Completion of tlie-NIc aragua Canal. Washington, Oct. 4. The report that a bill bus been passed by the con gress of Nicaragua granting u HO year frunchise to the Atlas Steamship Com pany, of London, for the exclusive team navigation of the Kio San Juan del Norte, with authority to deepen the channel at various points and iil-o to construct a railroad from the Silicon lagoon to the river, cannot be officially confirmed here. If the Nicaragua congress has granted a concession to the Atlas company, that action may arouse quite a diplomatic discussion between representatives of the Greater Republic of Central Ameri ca and the I'nited States. The solution of the complications into which the three governments are drifting may he a treaty between the I'nited States and the Greater Kopuhli. for the completion of the Nicaragua canal by this government. It is stated by persons familiar with Nicaragua canal affairs that either the United States or the Nicaragua Canal Company will institute an inquiry con cerning the grant to the Atlus company. These two waterway (the San Juun river und Lake Nicaragua) are said to form two of the links of what will ulti mately be the Nicaragua canal. The state department recently re ceived a report from Consul O'llaru, of Nieutaguu, giving brief details of the concessions granted to the British com pany, and slating that it embraced vari ous exclusive privilege iu the Silicon lugoon, the San Juun river and Lake Nicaragua. Since then additional in formation has become available as to the plans oT the Atlas company. ( uliana Treating for I'mr. liondon, Oct. 1. A special from Madrid says a rumor prevail there to the effect that important communica tions have been received by the Spanish government from the leaders of the Cu ban insurgents, suggesting the basis ol a possible settlement of the Cuban diftl cullies. Locomotive Holler Kiptoded. Vancouver, B. C, Oct. 4. A fatal accident happened on the Canadian Pa cific railroad today near White's creek bridge, ubout 13 mile west uf North Bend. The k.iler of engine 354, which wss hauling an eustbonnd freight train, exploded, and Brakeinan George Elson who wa riding on the engine, was thrown over a bank, sustaining injuries from which be shortly afterward sue cinnlyd. The engineer and fireman were slightly scalded. Strike situation lu llllnola. Spring Valley, 111., Oct. 4.-eliet 1 was given to 400 families ut the com-! missary today. The Northern Illinois miners are more determine,! than ever They are at present regarded a the' mainstay of the great national strike I If they Ko to work st wages lower than ! the scale, the niineis of Pennsvlvania ! ami Ohio.it is claimed, will have to! accept a relative reduction. There are ' probably 10 operatus in Northern llli-i noiwl,o have broken awav from the1 Operators' Association and are pavinJ the scale. San Francisco, Oct. 4. The revenue cutter Rush arrived from UnalaBka to day, bringing the latest new from St. Michael and the Yukon that came to Unaluska from the north by the Alaska Commercial Company' teamer Bertha. The Bertha left St. Michael Septem ber 14. On the 18th the ateamer C. II. Hamilton, belonging to the Chicago roristrution, returned to St. Michael and reorted that she wa unable to uscend the Yukon above the flat ncur Fort Yukon. Her passenger und cargo wero unloaded at Fort Yukon, and were awaiting the arrival of the Alaska Com mercial Company' steamer Margaret and Alice for transportation to Duwson City. These steamer, being of lighter draught, w ill get to Dawson City Sep tember 20. At St. Michaels, despite the presence of over 300 persons, order prevailed, and the presence of the revenue cutter Bear was regarded a nn additional guarantee to prevent any trouble. A number of the Hamilton' passengers were landed at Minook creek, where quite a big strike is reported, and where there are plenty of provision fur the whole party. The Bear w ill remain at St. Michael until the arrival of the Humboldt, with troop for the garrison. The disabled steamer Eliza Anderson will remain at Uuulasku until next spring. The Bteamcr Portland was at Dutch harbor when the Hush left Unaluska. Coal being source she wua unable to continue her voyage to St. Michaels, but the passengers were sent north on the Alaska Commercial Company' steamer Bertha. Tho Portland will probably return to Seattle without pro ceeding to St. Michaels. The ateamer frame and machinory she carried will be landed at Dutch harbor, and a new cargo of planking to replace that lost on the schooner Hueneme will be sent north, bo that the steamer for the Yu kon can be built at Dutch harbor dur ing the winter. The Rush report that 12 British bcIiooik rs took 0,3119 Beats, and three American schooners obtained 875 skins. 1'rovlalona at Dawaon. Victoria, B. C, Oct. 4. William Ogilvie, Dominion government survey or in tho Yukon country, arrived in Victoria this morning, lie says there are provisions enough at Duwson for 4,000 people for the winter. When he left Dawson, July 15, there were 8,000 there, but if, as it is reported, many luivo left since then, the situation will not be so bud as feared. He says there is no use in trying to take in food with dog tr. ins. Mr. Ogilvie will probably sail for Skaguay tomorrow morning on the steamer Quadra. Inspector Wood, of the Northwest mounted police, who is in command of the force that will accompany Major Walsh, Dominion administrator of the Yukon, urrived here today. He tate that Major Walsh and Hon. Clifford Sifton, minister of the interior, will ar rive here tomorrow, and will leave im mediately for the Yukon on the Quadra. Besides several more members of the mounted police, a number of halfbreed guides and dog driver also arrived. Inspector Wood states that he ha or ders to go along the trail a far as pos sible, and then come buck and report us quickly us he can. The party will travel by dog trains. ATTACKED BY STRIKERS. Edwardatlllt, III., Miners Koughly Treated. St. Loui, Mo., Oct. 4. Early to day the minera in the employ of the Madison Coal ' Company at Edwards ville, III., while going to work, were attacked by strikers, including 30 or more women sympathizers. The strik ers threw stones and red pepper and heat their opponents with clubs. "Scotty" McAllison had his skull crushed, and numerous others were cut und bruised. The miners fought as best they could with their tin dinner pails, and were finally allowed to go to work. After the uttuck the strikers and women formed in line and marched through the Btreets of Edwardsville shouting and singing. No arrests were made. The strikers, more than 800, with the women, far outnumbered the work ers, who were guarded by a force of deputy sheriffs on the way to the mine. T. W. MoCune, a deputy sheriff, in the escorting jkissc, was disarmed und dragged to one side, where a otowd of irate Btrikor beat him until he was al most unconscious. Though heavily armed the sheriff's officer took their drubbing w ithout making any attempt to use their arms. They were outnum bered ten to ono, but they fought with their fists. Had a shot been fired the consequen ce would have been fearful, as the strikers were frenzied. Nevere N tor ma In Cuba. New York, Oct. 4. A dispatch to the Herald from Havana says: Opera tions in the four western provinces of Cuba have been absolutely suspended during the last few days on account of a severe storm that swept over this end of the island. In the suburbs of Ha vana nearly 20 persons have been drowned by the floods, and in country district many live and much property has been lost. Scuttle, Oct. 4. A Time corre- i londent. who returned last evening ! from the vicinity of the Mount Baker gold discoveries, says that there is no ,loub' that great strikes have been maile, and says he believes the claim I that some of the quarta will run 10, ! 000 t0 ton is not an exaggeration. I He says that upward of 1,000 men are I now the district, and more are rush ing in, desnite the fact that th IIIA has commenced to fly and the cold is severe. Reported to Marine Hoapllal. Washington, Oct. 4. The prog ress of the yellow fever epidemic, up to the close of the day, reported to the office of the surgeon general of the ma rine hospital service, give a total of 6S2 case and 00 death in tho entire country. Oregon Ready for Sea. San Francisco, Oct. 4. The battle ship Oregon is filling her bunker with coal, and, according to instructions re ceived by her commander a few dav ago. will remain in the buy ready to go to sua ou a few hour' notice). EvidenL0frsteady ITEMS OF GENERAL r. All th. CHI., . . A 4R-nniir.rt Marshfleld trolier M UH A Yamhill conn t pound of hopsinr" Mjt Over 1)00 acres of f -ed in Lynn county thi, 1 heuferts' cannerv, t Tt ' n putting up 1,000 iw-ofi.? I. ureihin V, name of a new pat., ,tuT- " 4 county. 1 rt,Unloii,crJ An Oregon grizzly . 800 pounds was killed oTn. In Lime county. """n A farm near Pendleton, ,hu sold four months gl f, "'. 7 last week resold for 8.J60. ' A young man named j,' , sheephorder, accidental!. V" killed himself near Lonctwi 1 peucl, weigl.mg on, , , DOUUds. and mB,..,.i ... " 1 ! circumference, is a n. nrrulm-tinn 6 l tot r The completed 8.eWment Clatsop county for ISk; ,10l Notices have been posted on ti, . ..-..,niieiu muiijinj that the prices of salmoD hidU-' duced to 25 and 10 cent A Lane county fruit growerki,, lied seven carloads of nia (,;,. farm, placing it in from on. to tJ Ion cans, nrini'inillv ti. f. ' i oic lurmer. Another shipment of Walor ty beef cattle was made from Kft week, consisting nf 450 bif One of the animals ti.p.J 1,740. m- The Oregon Telegraph ft T:; Company is surveying munforr, plnne lino from Monroe to mi) on the main line between llirra: und Junction. Mr. N. Humphrey, of Lane has up to tho present time drilc pounds of prunes from liii onv and expects his entire crop to tc to about 107,000 pounds. A contract has been airirMtty a levee across Lost river ilmyl Klamath countv, for J,4M. Ik- croachments of the wstenulKtJ have made the construction if leveo necessary. A colony of immiranti, 21 inn ber, have just come out from XtbJ with the intention of loiilinjii J country. They elitp) e 1 ll Uxeirf. out, including a number of ; They are now looking around G.J county. The bodv of the tramp ibonit by a train it Huron, wa buried taJ coroner. It was not mcdum. 11 that was found on tliebulrtui; ed sjioon and four or live pounds tatoes in a sack. TliecornMrdir the young man as being ilwilH old, five feet seven indu u fcv liaving dark brown hair, blneera J as never having been waved. The Salem fruit dryer are m care of no less than 1,130 to' prunes per day, or 105,000 poow ery 24 hours. This giveiidiwf put of 85,000 pound, daily, ui' eompnny expects to handle ft pounds of green prune! thii Just as soon as the prune vp' the dryers will start on l'! that are offered will be bought. vear 0-vear-old piuneorchaniiw- itur returns to the owners the way from f t.00 to I,000k"1 Wahlnl.oo. ThecitT council of Spots" the tax levy for that city at U Tho shingle mill t M1'" stroyed by lire; also 1.500.000 A 350-pound bear m WW ' miles ubove Dudley, in ' A bund of 4,000 iheep ' . . t. V.,l.,, MI purchased ut ri .....ttt in I'liicaL'O. Win. Oir, of Walla w.lU. instantly killed hythebrvnN .1- ' electric ugnv pure. There is a regular itami ' seekers to the new discovert' vicinitvof Mt. Baker. The Bank of arfcM.bJ: into voluntary 1 qiudation, its doors January 1, W- A boy named William B accidentally shot hiMtn. . i :.. u iof heart u"1'"- oieu 111 u""" . r' A"-.!ibrbdS- at Mann "" tji chused t00 worth of . Since January L.fg, porauoo, it" . tf" stock of 3.iH,,.'i."' in Seattle. , Farmers' i"ilH '..;, been held at different po fi ,. ...1.: ...mductea " vi uniinii,"'"' - , 1 the state agricultural Thurston county, census, has an em""" children of scIi.hu ""'j 127 from tne ,rT,','" decrease is in the Olvmt.ia shows an m""; . A crazy man who il s be learned created ;hhk b ment in Tck.a by d. J Main street. A'Ier . captured by cities an j;., don his clothing M leave iu". itoJi2 There is a great 1 1. machines in tin LT1 "'L-!'. farmer a.e onr... Kfv the regular price in 0 , er. One farmer off' of $30 besides I;'W a thresher to Hires- could not get it- .-.on is' Under a recent uucollecten si - -j,":.; under the ne lllit n legislature. '" larger cities will r f H-r cent more oat 4 ban theyhve