TROUBLE Off AT
VALDEZ
ALASKA
A.
Great Danger of a Riot and
the Destruction of Much
Properly.
;Vfy '::',:
1.0 MONEY TO PAY LABORERS
dt'p effort to save him wro fruitiest
IV' home is ia Portland, Me. .
CHANCE IN REGULATIONS. ' '
WASHINGTON, Oct. 19. An import'
nut change la the regulation for ac
quiring homesteads oa the public do
main was announced today by Commis
sioner Uallluger, of tha general land
offsVe. As an additional precaution
agalnit fraud, all persons making home
stead entries oa publle land, after No
vember 1, wiU be required to be actual
residents on the' land , for 14 months,
before they will be allowed to commute
entries to obtain title by oath payment.
Heretofore the period lull been eight
months.
Six Hundred Laboreri An Without
Means to Secure Food and Shelter and
' financial Affair in ,Such Snap Otm
half the Tows Bankrupt.
SEATTLE, Oct, 19.-Cable advices r
' celved her last night from Valdci are
to the effect that instead of being due to
the failure of the Reynold! Bank being
cleared, complication! bar to thicken
d that there ia danger of a riot and the
destruction of property. No money ha
been received at Valdea to pay off 600
mployea of tha Alaska Home Railroad,
-who are without meant to secure food
and aheltsr, and the affair of the Rey
sold Alaska Development Company be
came ao complicated that it la aald half
of the town trill have to pais through
the handa of a received.
' COLDFIELD SWELLS OUTPUT.
Camp's Production for Week Increaied
in Spite of Railroad Strike.
WUmELv', Oct, 13.-Tbs output of
the mlue and bases of the GoldMd
-district for the week ending Thuraday
night, was 3&7 ton, being an ertluiate.
Hhl i about 100 tone more than the
output for the , preceding week, and
' would have been much more but for the
fact that the railroad' strike waa not
settled until Monday night, ao that the
figure do not represent an entire week'a
output, except for a few properties.
The Combination mill waa abut down
for one day, but the amount, of ore
treated during the nix daya waa larger
than usual averaging 00 tone a (lay,
'which ia about the full capacity of the
plant. The average value of the ore
wa alio higher, running $00 a ton. The
hlpmenta from the Mohawk were cur
tailed because of the strike, the output
for the week being but COO ton, which
la about half the usual production. The
Mohawk Combination It-axe was doner
for several day, and the Nevada Gold
field Reduction Works were handicap
ped byt lack, of cur in addition to being
practically closed for nearly three "days.
. Ahist week ehould ace a greatly increaa-
;W, SYSTEM SAVES VA1UES.
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3?etol-
"I-
of $3,300 Made at Phoenix Min
ing & Milling Co. Plant,
' CRIPPLE CREEK, Oct. 19.-A gold
Tctort of $3300 hft4 been made at the
plant of the Phoenix Mining & Milling
Co., the largest of the Homestake mills,
on Ironclad 1IU1, from a 19 days' runvof
ore, with an everage value of $1.10 to
Ithe ton. : Approxmatcly ; 2,000 tons of
mineral waa handled during the run.
lAt the present time the rhoenlx nrlil
3 handling aome . custom grade from
the Lexington mine, on Gold Hill, be
tides that treated on Its own account.
' J. C. Clnncey, the South, jAfrican ex
pert, who hat been handling the ore at
the mill for several months past, is Im
proving on the chemical process omploy
d in the treatment of the mineral. The
.necessity for roasting has more of less
retarded tho eueoese of various cyanld
5ng mills erected In;, this district, the
lulk ores treated being refractory. Clan
ey believes that he has completely over
ome this draw buck, and the quantity
of ore now being treated confirms his
assertion. Ha has ft no w ' proccssy aft
explanation of which he does not care
to make at present. ; , : . v. ,
DROWNS TO 0BLCE FRIENDS.
, UEWEURYrORT, Mass., Oct. 19.
Edwin Dyers' willingness to oblige his
(friends, who wished photographs of a
man In real submarine driver'a armor,
cost Tilra his; Hfo. Although not & diver
3ie borrowed a suit of armor yesterday
aand iiad himself rowed out a short dist
ance from shore, where the oamcra hold
up wuld all get a good view of him.
Wml pictures had been taken when
S "yer started to step from the boat to a
...trge. The weight of the 250-pound suit
caused him to lose his balance and he
fell Into the water. He sank immediate
ly 'Although the water was but 15 feet
YESTERDAY'S FOOTBALL GAMES.
IT1UCA, Oct, 19. The Pennsylvania
Stat College defeated Cornell at foot
ball by a score of 8 to 4 today, Cornell
waa outclassed from the start.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 19Tbe Uni
versity) of Pennaylvanla eleven defeated
Drown University today, II to 0. Both
team put up a rigorous game but the
home team outplayed Brown in carrying
the balL
ANNAPOLIS, Oct. 10-For the first
time in tha history of tha two institu
tion. Harvard met tha Midshipmen at
football today. The game was fiercely
fought front start to finish, Scoring on
track play and end runs for, though
much heavier, the crimson was unable
to breake through tha navy line for any
gain. Score, Harvard 0, Navy 0.
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' WILL WRIfE AUTO RISKS;
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind., Oct. 19-Audi-
tor Rillheimer has licensed the Aetna
Accident & Liability Co. of Hartford,
Conn., to write business in Indiana. The
company has named Albert Metzger a
ita attorney lor Indiana. The company
will write insurance against os or dam
age to automobiles resulting fromcoj-.
iioions.
FROST SPREADING OVER LAND.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 19.-The first
general spoil of frost of the season has
been moving slowly cast-southeast from
the Dakota during the Inst few daya.
It has now reached tlje Ohio Valley, and
extends thence southwestward into Ar
kansas. ..,"'
PflOXY tOIIIHEE
CANNOT
REFORT
The Committee Has been
Work Almost Night
and Day.
at
HARRir'AN tEFTFOR NEVYYORK
; , . OIL TANKS AFIRE.
MOINES, Ia., Oct. 'lDThe
Standard Oil Company? plant here is
burning, Tanks containing thousands of
gallons of gamine and frlL muob prop
erty and even Uvea are threatened. The
firemen are fighting desperately to save
the great tanks. ' . , '
SHOT BY FOOTPAD. ,
(SEATTLE, Oct. lO.-Cliarles E. 'Lo
gan, a laborer, was shot and killed by a
footpad near HillmanCity on the out
skirts of Seattlo last night. Robbery is
supposed to be the motive. ;
SUED FOR $45,000 DAMAGES.;
LANCASTER, Ta., Oct. 10. Moore &
ileitis, of Jfilhvay, have sued the Read
ing Railway for $43,000 damages. The
firm's warehouse and contents were de
stroyed by fire that seemed to have
started from an engine spark.
MUTINY OVER PAY. )
ROME, Oct. 19. A mutiny has oc
curred hore among the Papal gendarmes,
owing to the refusal of their command
er, Count Ceccopiere, to Increase- their
wages. Part of the gendarmes have de-
esrted and others threaten to strike. .
HEAD-ON COLLISION.
"CIHCAGO, Oct. 19. An express train
on the Cliicago & Northwestern collided
head-on with a euburban train at Jeffer
son street station in this city tonight.
Several are reported killed. '
FOOTBALL GAMES YESTERDAY.
iAt Princeton-iPrinceton, 40j Wash
ington and Jefferson, 0. , i
At Indianapolis Michigan ; 22, Wa
bash, 0.
YESTERDAY'S BASEBALL SCORES.
iAJ; Log Angeles-JPbrtland S, San
Hancisco i
At Los Angoles Los Angeles 0, Oak
land 5.
' DECLINES PRESIDENCY. .
WASHINGTON, KM. l&.-dontrollcr
of the Currency W. B. Ridcelev today
declined the presidency of the Mercan
tile National Dank of New York.
At tht Illinois Central Meeting Yester
idayi the Examination of Proxies Was
t Task That Was so Great That
Adjournment Wat Necessary. .
CHICAGO, Oct. 19. The meeting of
tho Illinois Central stockholders was ad
journed today) until Tuesday morning.
Tha proxy committee is still unable to
report, but It is believed it may be able
to submit its findings to the stockhold
er wbro they next convene.
The committee has been at work al
most night and day but the volume of
proxies which is so large that the task
ia very long and witkthe scrutiny which
is bestowed oa each one in behalf of
Harriman and Fish, the work makes
slow progress. Early today it was
"iS from "Q" it jumped to "W" and
when the meeting of stockholders ad
journed today it was working on "P."
Cromwell the attorney for Harriman.
who has so far 'done the greatest amonnt
of talking and who put motion and
announces votes without referring' to
them to any one the prodding officer in
cluded, made a motion for adjournment,
which was' adopted by the meeting.
Harrunan who has been very impatient
over the delay, left for New York at
2:30 todayi He declared important mat
ters demanded hi presence in New York
on Monday morning, and under no cir
cumstances Would he remain longer. He
said just before taking his train:
"I not only must return to New York,
but I must any I never was ao .glad in
my life to get away from Chicago as I
am now."
Cromwell will remain In Chicago in
charge of Harriman's interest and it is
not believed Harriman will return for
the vote on Tuesday. He may come if
the matter is delayed much later than
that date. The general situation is prac
tically the same. Both sides are seeking
proxies with much energy. -
TAKES POISON.
Taken Sick Thursday Evening at 10
O'clock; Dies Hour Later.
'ROSEBURCJ, Ore., Oct 19. After get
ting a small package in the mail from
Roseburg, Thursday morning, the con
tent of which were not seen by other
members of the family, Miss Maude Da
vis, aged 19, of Wilbur, died at her home
about 11 o clock that night under cir
cumstances pointing to poison.
Miss DavU appeared . in her usual
health all day, and was suddenly taken
violently ill at 10 o'clock ' Thursday
night. She had just coine back to the
houe after being absent from it a few
minute. 8le fell to the floor In a spasm
and expired In an hour.
No reason l given by her parents,
Mr, anil Mrs, George Davirf, why their
daughter should wlali to destroy herself,
and if she did take the poison intention
ally it mut have been while she was
momentarily absent fiorn the house, as
no vial of any kind was found about the
dwelling. Dr. E,. V, Hoover, in company
with Coroner Ifammitt, will make an
examination for traces of poison.
ADMIRAL' SELFRIDGE WILL WED.
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WASHLVOTON, Oct. 19. According
to a story, attributed to the son of
Rear-Admiral Thomas Oliver Selfridge,
United States navy, retired, the admiral
Is to be married' next Tuesday to Miss
Gertrude Miles of Boston. Mis Miles
is on old friend of the Selfridge family
and is said to be 65 years old. The
admiral is 71.
Although Admiral Selfridge las pass
ed the allotted three score and ten, he
is strong and active. Hi father, who
was Thomas Oliver Selfridge, also, and
like his son, a rear admiral in the navy,
died a few years ago when he had nearly
reached the century mark.
Reap Admiral Thomas O. Selfridge,
the elder, was retired for. age In 1882,
and hi son, the present rear admiral,
and retired for age in Jfttf, thus present
ing the remarkable example of father
and son of exactly the same rank being
carried On the age retirement list, v
HARRY THAW FINISHES BRIEF.
NEW YORK, Qpt 19.-narry Thaw
who ha been working on a brief to be
used by bjs attorney, at his second
trial turned the document over to Mar
tin W. Littleton, his chief counsel to
day. Evely Nesbitt Thaw has recov
ered her health and visits her husband
daily in prison. As she waa leaving to
tbvyt she said her husband was in good
health and spirits, and both she and her
husband are confident of the second
trial, to begin iu December, will result
tn acquittal.
SEARCH AIT AMERICAN STEAMER.
NEW YORK. Oct. 19. Dispatches
from Puerto Plata state that the au
thorities at Sanchez, San Domingo,
searched the American steamer Chero
kee, seized revolvers found on board, and
fined the steamer $2500. The captain
refused to pay the fine and clearance pa
per were refused him, but he proceeded
without them. The Clyde line officials
here have no official advices regarding
the incident. Importation of firearms
are prohibited in San Domingo. .
SARAH WANTS TO DIE A HERO.
PARIS, Oct. 19. Sarah Bernhardt, in
denying a runior that she is soon to re
tire from the stage, reiterated her often
expressed declaration that she will play
until she dies. She said:
"This may, of course, be my last sea
son, as rumor says, for I am an old
woman, and my- life is in God's hands,
but I shall play until my death, and the
fate I hope for is the death Sir Henry
Irving died." ' ' .
RIVAL TO BE NAMED EUROPA.
HAMBURG. Ort. 19 The giant eteam
er that English shipbuilders are to con
struct for the Hamburg-American line
will be named the Europa. She will be
of 48,000 tons, as against the 32,500 of
the Lusitania.. , s
ASTOHIA PECPLE
I
ARE
NSULTED
Takes Mayor cf Astoria ta Fin
ish the r.!aycr cf
Tckio.
VERY DISGUSTED AUDIENCE
The Performance of The Mayor of
Tokio" Last Night Interrupted by
Manager of Theatre Who Claims Com
pany Violated Contract
The fheap, to Sav the least, nolicr ftf
the pin-headed management of the As
toria Theatre, was amply demonstrated
to a disgusted audience last night."
For sometime past, Astoria theatre'
goer have been paying opera price for
raelo-drama perforniances, and have pa
tiently borne the imposition. Plays
that have been induced in Portland.
and other cities, at popular prices hare
oeea staged at Astoria s popular (!)
play house at nrices nearlv nrohibitive.
and atill the good-natured people nave
toierateci we imposition.
Ist night a good show" waa put on,
probably accidentally, and trouble arose.
The company's reputation, having pre
ceded it, drew a good house, at oood
- mi w?
prices. , The performance was eroin?
along as smooth as it ia possible for so
large a company to perform on the stage
of the Astoria, and tbe audience were
pleased with the performance. , The first
act had been finUhcd-aad the second act
wag well along, when the self-important
manager appeared before the audience
and inimediatelv proceeded to create a
disturbance, by announcing to the au
dience that the companvi bad not fulfill
ed ita contract with him and that. Tia
would not pay the manager of the com
pany his share of the percentage, ac
cording to their original agreement. The
mea ot & claim 01 tbis sort being
trumped up at the eleventh hour.
ially when the show was of the highest
order, proved most disgusting to the en
tire audience. ; .
After a discussion Iastimr several
minutes at the front of the stage, the
managers adjourned to the box office,
where, with the assistance of Mayor
Wise, Manager Elvers was induced to
comply with the terms of his contract,
the feeling that had beeu worked up in
the audience, by the word of the local
management, no doubt having a lot of
weight in bringing about the agreement
decided on. No doubt the eueiresiion
thrown out by the comedian.' that if
the affair was not settled satisfactory
to the company; it would deal the As
toria Theatre a blow from which it
would not recover for (some time, and
local theatre-goers would have to Erratifv
their proclivities,, with more of the
"Denver Express," and "Uncle Josh
Perkins" type of plars was heeded.
If the people of Astoria are willinsr to
siana tor poor 6nows at good prices they
VL'llI Mtlft.Jlinl'tr Ha flnnAmmArlnta.l V 41i!b
theatre, and it is a sad commentary on
the intelligence of the community that
such a scene is precipitated when, as if
oy accident, a good company does ap-
The temper of the audience was well
shown bvi the catcalls and impatient ex.
clamatioas of an insulted gathering, and
the seene bordered on a panic, when the
spokesman for the company asked for
an official, or representative . business
man of the citv to endeavor to adiust
the difficulty. Mayor Wise stepped into
the breach ,and guaranteed the company
that they would get their percentage,
and the play proceeded. The alleged
cause for the action of the manacer of
c?
the theatre "was, that tha company had
not brought with them, the ful quoto of
scenery, and for that reason be would
hold out their percentage. He offered
to return, to coupon holders, one-third
the admission price but was answered
by yells of "go oa with the show; we
don't want our money back." aome of
tne audience breaking into the refram
"Take Back Your Gold." The manaeer
v3
of the company stated that the scenery
was on hand, but that the stage waa too
small to use it And that there were but
two prieces missing. The audience did
not care so much for the scenery as thevi
did for the sinfiinsr and performing. an,i
many thought that the whole thing waa
an at tempi at neaging tnat was de
spicable. ' ' '
Too much can not be said for the lolav
and the artists who put it on. The cos
too little of on the local stage. The
chorus was good, and the music was
brigU and catchy, ''.;,
"PROGRESSIVE STUDENTS WIST.
PACIFIC UNIVERSITY, Forest Grove
Ore.. Oct. 19.After twa weeks of
strenuous campaigning by the "Square
Deal" and the "Progressive" pwtles, the
latter barely won yesterday In the an
nual election of student' oncers. James
Richard Ward, president-elect, had Onlr
three votes more than his opponent,
Harry Bembroke Humphreys.
The "Square Deal" contingent reprt
sent the Gamma Sigma Society and tho
Kam girls. The Alpha Zetas and tha
Philo girls 'composed the Tcreajives."
xne Australian ballot was used.
Ward is a iunior in college and the
star debater in schoolen. Last year ha
wa on the team that met Whitman. Ami
captained the '06 football team. He Is
ao Aiuiis n jegfitereq irom j&eiso.
Miss Martha Holme; was chosen secre
John D. The frost certainly got on that pumpkin good and heavy.
FIS2 VTITH TATT. TT9 ff IVT
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TACOMA, Oct R-dtidrew Berrv. a
Gig Harbor fisherman, this morair?
landed a sea mooter such as has sever
before been seen in Smrnd .- Tf
hape is similiai to that of an enormous
sunnsn, the body bein? six feet in lensli
and five feet across. It total wcit
is 700 pounds; and it required six mea
to remove the creature from the net.
The fish has enormous eves with two
horns extending backward from the
head. Ita tail ia blunt, resembling a
saw. There are two nronellers. nn
either aide of the tail and two sets of
fin alongside. Old mariners cannot give
we ining a name. It w hideous sight.
Its, esh is aimilap to paraffin. I ia lying
00 the beach at Gior Harbor, and in
viewed by crowds.
EXCITEMENT AMONG NEGROES.
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 19. A fanati
cal excitement of mi-roes, calling them
selves slaves, "by Council of God," ap
pears to have been the cause of a riot
last nisrht on New Orleans street in
whit-h one policeman waa killed, several
others wounded and a number of negroes
badly injured. Aa isolated house, in
which half a dozen neirroes had barri
caded themselves, and whioh was fired
on by pob'cemen and citizens, from all
sides for nearly two hours. Droves ia
have been the meetins' ulae f ih
a 1
sect. After the negroes had been smok
ed into submission many firearms wen
found under the meeting house.
USES SWELL SCHOOL FUND,
ROSEBURG, Ore., Oct. 19.-J. Fruit.
J. A- McLcod, and William Spiker, of
Gleadale, and D. W. Crosbv. of Riddle.
each paidj a fine of $50 in the Circuit
Court yesterday for operating slot ma
chines. This enriched the sehnol fjmt
$200, making the total slot machine
fines $930 for the term, with more to
follow. Harvey Martin, who was arrest
ed for safe-cracking at Glendale, ftnd
'who tried to break jail last week, was
found guilty and will be sentenced Mon
day. ,
TALE TOUCHES JURY.
TACOMA. Oct. 19. Benjamin Avery,
a man whose children sought to send!
him to the asylum for insanity, made a
pathetic appeal to the jury, and was de
clared sane. , It was a pitiful case. Aver
ts tottering with age. His son-in-law, J.
T. Gear, cashier of the South Taeoma
Bank, ted in "in effort to consign the old
man to the asylum. His wife and all his
children joined against him, and court
officials and spectators were in tears
as Avery told his story of 4woes.
1 , PLAGUE QUIESCENT.
SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 19. While an
added death has increased the . death
rate to 61.4 per cent, a fraction higher .
than at any previous time, no additional
cases of bubonio plague have been re
ported since October 16. and six mote
patients have beea discharged as cured
since the 14th.
tumes'and stage settings were bright
and attractive, and ' the work' of the
comedian 'was of a variety that we gee
BOY EXONERATED.
KANSAS CITY. Oct,' 19. A coroner's
juryi here today . exonerated George
Smiley the boy who on Tuesday shot
and killed his mother i defendimr her
from a burglar. ;
WHIRLED TO DEATH IN SHAFT.
TACOMA, Oct. 19. Thaddcus Ward,
an employe of a town mill was caught
in the shafting ' this afternoon and
'whirled 'about until his head waa com
pletely! torn from his body. Ward waJ
well known, in Tacoaia and left a hrr
family,