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It Is the duty of the South and the South alone to provide for Conionernte rol- rtlei-s who niny need nsslstnr.ee. To permit others to do that duty would In our Judgment, be both unbecoming and wrong to the Southcrnp eople. "Hut let It be well understood that we are grateful Just In the same way that a man Is grateful to a neighbor who offers financial assistance when the unsol of death visits his home. In both eases we must politely, but firmly decline to accept the offer. There are certain duties which a high minded people cannot permit others to perform and this Is one of them." EXPRESS I M PR RHO.V ATOMS. ; Have Reen Suocofiily Swindling for a Tear. NEW YORK. Sept. ll.-Olty detec lives have arrested three men on the charge of Impersonating express em ployes. It la alleged the prisoners have been operating nearly a year ond have secured property valued at $25,- 000. Simple In the extreme the neth ods of the swindlers seldom failed of success. One of them formerly work ed for an express company. He li sup posed to have hit upon the plan of sus taining himself without woik. With two partners he obtained bat plates and ptranrlf clothed and armed with a shlpplnf book, walk! about town until M express rail card was hang ing before" store. There was no difficult then In ob taining the package of merchandise, which was to be shipped away. Being new, the goods rould hardly be recognteed by the rightful owners after they had been dlsp83d of to a fence. The detectives watched for a long period, finally discovering the men lounging about a saloon. PATCH FAILS TO BREAK RECORD. SYRACUSE, N. T., Sept. ll.-Dan Pntch failed to break the world's pac lns; record today. The Interest was intense when Pntch reached the half mile pole In 594 seconds, but a strong breese was blowing up the home stretch. He lost time and finished In f:004. WHOLE COUNTRY AFIRE AND MANY HOMES RUINED Tillamook in Jeopardy Serious News Com ing in Every Hour-Fort Columbia Surrounded. Many Farmers Lose Everything Fires Still Spreading Oregon City District Suffers Heavily AH Hands Are Ont Fightirg to Save Lives and Property ' -Losses Will Be Enormous. TILLAMOOK, Sept. U.-Foret fires are raging on three sides of the city and destruction of th entire town is threatened. Nearly the entire male population hua turned out to right the flames, and those who remain behind are In a stute of panic The Five-Mile house on the road toward North Yamhill, was destroyed last night und four farmhouses were burned. Thv! fire has completely surrounded the reservoirs which have the city's water supply and ou whose resources Ihe fire fighters' entlri hopes depend. Donaldson's big saw mill has burn ed, causing a heavy loss. 1:S0 a. m. Portland reported Tilla mook wires down. Last message by telephone stated that, the city wus completely surrounded. ; OREGON CITT DISTRICT. OREGON CITY Sept U.-Late re ports state that fierce fires are raging In the vicinity of Springwater. Houses, barns and stock were burned and the whole contry was devstated. Many cuttle were caught In the timber and were burned to death. Heavy fires four miles eust of Olalla. The tlmb-T Is on die and the flames are approach Russell Brothers' saw mill. The lire between Shubel and Clarkea Is still spreading and much damage Is be ing done. Charles Hettman's house was burned. There Is a large fire In the timber less than two miles from Howard's mill. The tire near Wood camp, four miles west of the city, burn ed thre hundred cords of wood today. There Is another heavy fire three miles north of the city going towards the Willamette river. The sky to the xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ST. LOUIS SCANDALS. Nearly All the Boodlers Now Want to Confess, ST. LOUIS. Sept. U.-In a talk with the Associated Press reporter. Circuit Attorney Folk said that almost every one of the Indicted members of the House of Delegates combine have of fered to turn state's evidence, but that he declined to accept more than two or three with a promise Of clemency. Before J. IC. Murrell's return and con fession, the member of the combine, Folk said, were so sure of their rosl tion that the offers of the authorities to take enre of the informants were spurned. Now the situation is differ ent. The grand Jury held two sessions today. At each session a-number of members of the council that passed the city lighting bill In ISM were called on to tell what they knew of the trans actions connected with such measures. WARSHIPS TO PANAMA. WASHINGTON, Sept. 11,-Secretary Moody today telegraphed commanders j of the battleship Wisconsin at Bremer- j ton, and the cruiser Cincinnati, at j Cane Haytlen, directing them to pro- i ceed to the isthmus of Panama. ' Commanders of the Wisconsin and ' Cincinnati will be Instructed to en-' force the treaty stlpulatlons-wltb Co lombia strictly by preventing Inter- j ference with the traffic across the sth- i mus and also to prevent bombardment of Fanama from the sea on the ground , that this would constitute menace to , the' traffic. . CHOLERA ON TRANSPORT. WASHINGTON, Sept U.-Con0rma- tory Information of prevalence of cholera and of several deaths from that disease on the transport Sherman has been received at the war depart ment from Nagasaki. The names of those who died are not given. north and west Is aglow with the (lames, which are Increasing hourly. FIRE AT NEWPORT. NKWPuKT, Ore., Sept. 1L Newport Is surrounded on the north and east by a heavy brush fire. The fire swept down on the Seal Rock resort today, burning several seaside cottages, among them that of C. B. Irvine, of Salem, and the barn In connection. VANCOUVER SURROUNDED. VANCOUVER Wash., Sept ll.-A number of large slashings In this vi cinity have been burned during the past 10 days and leading to extreme dry weather fires have spread to the adjacent timber and several heavy fires are reported burning in the vicinity of mountains and Eureka, neighborhood, and no other localities. The air Is filled with ashes and cinders and smoke hangs over the river like a pall. Con siderable loss Is already reported BLIND SLOUGH WASH. News came through from Knai pa vesterdav that the schooihouse two large barns and two or three houses were destroyed by Are early yesterday at the Blind Slough. NEHAMA AND ELKHORN. S.VLKM. Sept. 11. A telephone mes sage from Mehama to the Statesman says that the timber fires all around that town are doing great damage to the forests and that they -re threat ening the settlers' houses and property. Thousands of dollars In property have already been destroyed. The Elkhorn country liras are also raging In the choice timber doing great damage. XXXXXXXXXiXXXXXXXiXXIXXIXX TRACY'S COMPANION JAILED, Associate of Notorious Ooutlaw Con victed in South Dakota. DEADWOOD, S. D., Sept. ll.-Rob-ert W. Coulter pleaded guilty to as sault and robbery In the circuit court today and has been sentenced to seven years' imprisonment. According to his own statement, which has been verified by Investigation of the sheriff, Coulter was formerly associated with Hurry Tracy In the hold-up business and hd served a term In the Wyoming penitentiary for stage robbery commit ted near Green River. OIL FIELD BURNING. BEAUMONT, Tex., Sept. 11. An oil field Is- on fire and there is a grave fear that a great loss will be sustain ed If the field is not entirely destroy ed. A number of huge tanks contain ing thousands of barrels of petro'eum have already exploded und others are In a direct line of Ihe !'r which 1 as spread over a large area. The ground Is saturated with oil and there Is no chance of stopping the flames tonlsht. ADVANCE ON PANAMA. ASHEVILLK. N. C Sert. U.-Unlt-ed States Consul Gudger, who Is now here, tonight received a cablegram from his son, which stated that the revolutionists are advancing on the city of Panama. The message says the outlook appears grave. TWO NOMINATIONS MADE. FORT WORTH, Tex., Sept. ll.-The state Republican convention adjourn ed tonight. Only two nominations were made: For governor, George P. Bur kltt, and treasurer, Eugene Nowlt. PENDLETON HOLD-UP. PENDLETON, Sept. ll.-Two mask ed men compelled Harry Walters, the station agent at North Ft-wder, to open the safe and turn o"ir tn money and valuables, amounting to M0, late Wednesday night The robbers then bound and gagged Walters and left him lying on the office floor. They made their escape, traveling towards Union. UTAH REPUBLICANS EN- - DOR8B SECOND TERM. OQDEN,. Sept v 11. United .States Senator Beveridge, of Indiana, opened the Republican campaign in Utah tO night, speaking before the delegates to' the Republican state convetnlon. Senator Beveridge waa given close at tention and waa hearttl applauded. United States Senators Clark and Warren, of Wyoming, were also pres ent and spoke briefly. The Republican state convention to day nominated Joseph Howell, of Wellsvllle, for congress; Judge W. M. McCarthy, of Sevier county, for the supreme court justice, and adopted a platform In which the mention of Cu ban reciprocity was omitted. On this point the beet sugar Intersts of the state won out after a somewhat bitter and protracted debate In the committee on resolutions. An amendment to the platform de claring it to be the sense of the con vention that "President Roos-velt be nominated for president In 1904 as his own successor," was carried with a whoop. KRUGER'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY. NEW YORK. Sep.t lt-Ex-President Kruger's autobiography soon to be published will be a volume contain ing 100,000 words, cables the London correspondent of . the Tlbune. The book contains the story of Mr. Kru ger's life from childhood to the dec laration of peace. The manuscript of the work here brings the story down to the Jameson raid, and the remain der will In elude the story of "the ne gotiations with Hr. Chamberlain, an account of the war until Mr. Kruger's departure from the Transvaal and In cidents of his life In Holland. DEATH FROM FLT'S BITE. NEW YORK, Sept It Bitten by a .Ul-i."o weeks . ago, George Lyndhust j of Brooklyn, la dead. The physicians j pronounce It an extraordinary cafe. ! Lyndhurst was bitten i-n the thumb ' Dis banA- Tnre i,av8 ,ater "en t Ing began and spread mpldly. The ! doctors declare the fly-bite had caused blood poisoning which they could r.ct check, and the victim died in great agony. Lyndhurst was 55 years of age and in fairly good health before he was bitten. DEMOCRATS SPLIT IN BUTTE. BUTTE. Sept. 11. A meeting of the Democratic county central committee tonight resulted in a split between the Helns forces and those of Clark and Amalgamated forces. The regularly elected chairman was deposed and Clark and Amalgamated withdrew and organized Independently. MITCHELL NOT LIKED. NEW YORK, Sept. ll.-Abram S. Hewitt today said he. knew positively that J. P. Morgan would not interfere in the coal strike. Hewitt also said that the coal operators would not agree to arbitrate with John Mitchell, but he believed they would consider griev ances presented by the employes. TROOPSHIP MEADE ARRIVES. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 11,-The troopship Meade arrived today from Manila. She brings the headquarters and organisation of the Fifteenth In fantry, under the command of Colonel H. C. Warde. E PLURIBUS UNUM l SsMVi, '.11 . JW. -- ,T THE ECLIPSE HARDWARE COMPANY Plumfcers and Steamfitters, 8 527 BOND STREET - ASTORIA, OREGON n TRAINMEN" ARRANGE POWERFUL UNION Are Demanding a Twenty Per Cent Advance In Wages. CAN DICTATE TERMS TO WESTERN ROADS Circular Sent Out and SljpieU By Each Member Swearing to 8tan1 by Em-li Other Perfect Organization. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept tt-The Call his morning says that the largest and most far-reaching union In the history of railroads has been recently formed by the railroad conductors and brakemen working on roads west of Chicago. The men are dissatisfied with the present rates of wages and m, in tne immediate future, make a den and for an Increase of 20 per cent The Call Is In a posiiton to announce that this union will make a test case of one of these roads. Should their request be refused on any one of these roads, the engineers, brakemen and conductors will be able to tie up every road west of Chicago. The organisa tion was effected last June In Kansas City, and W. V. Stafford, a passenger conductor on the 8oothrn Pacific, residing at Oakland, was elected Its executive head. Circulars have been secretly passed around among the men and as a result every trainman ha signed the request asking for the In crease of 2 per cent Chairman Stafford, of the executive council of the union, when seen con firmed all of the above statements and added: "Our organisation Is perfect. The circulars we have been sending have been signed not only by myself, but by F. E Clark, grand chief conductor of the Order of Railway Conductors, anl p. i(. MciriFrcy, grand master of. the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen. We have every trainman In the coun try back of us and will win our de mand." ' Manager James Alger, of the South ern Pacific, stated that he was fully aware that the organization had been perfected, but he refused to discuss the subject MILES IS COMING. WASHINGTON Sept ll.-Lieutenant General Miles left here today for the West and will sail from San ""ran clsco on the transport Thomas for the Philippines. i?.sri5.r.L ' NORTHWEST LEAGUE. At Portland Portland. 5; Seattle. 7. At Butte-Butte, 8: Spokane. 1. At Helena Helena. S; Tacoma, I AMERICAN LEAGUE. At Phlladephta-Phlladelphla, 9; Bal timore, 1: (second) Philadelphia. 4; Baltimore, 3. At Boston Boston, 7; Washington, 1 At Cleveland Cleveland, 2: Chicago, 5. NATIONAL LEAGUE. At Boston Boston. 4; Se. Ltuis, J; (second) Boston, 2; St Louis, 2. At Philadelphia-Philadelphia, 5; Pittsburg, 7; (second) Philadelphia, l; Plttsburg, 8. At New York New York, S: Chicago, 2; (second) New York, 2; Chicago, 7. At Brooklyn Brooklyn, 3; (incln-' natl, 11; (second)Brooklyn, 4; Cincin nati, 2. Kl & ?- few i'