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fUBIS TOTAL LOSS
All Hope of Saving the Vessel Is
Abandoned
THE CREW DESERT WRECK
Hundreds Of Tons Of Flour, Sugar
and Grain Have Been Removed and
Finds Ready Sale In Los Angeles
Markets.
LOS ANGELES, July 29.-A spe
cial to the Times from Santa Bar
bara says: With a great hole v her
port side, the steamer Anubis on the
reef off San Miguel island is near her-
final swirl into the waters of the Pa-;
eific. Captain Von Salzen has aban-.
doned hope. Sunday and Monday!
Westerly gales kicked up high seas,
which casued the wrecker Green
wood to withdraw to safety and all
lands deserted the wreck and gather
ed on Flea island. A section of the
steel plates on the port side of the
vessel gave way yesterday and sank,
leaving a hole through which break
ers dashed in fury. Power craft on
salvage bent returned here tonight
with tales of the beginning of the end.
On Flea island, Chilean, and Mexican
stevedores with weapons ready who
lave menaced one another for days,
have declared a truce. Everything
movable has been taken out of the
vesvessel. Hundreds of tons of flour,
sugar and grain have been salved by
the local mariners and the stuff is find
XPg ready sale at local stores.
HIGHWAYMAN IN JAIL.
After Many Holdups on Suburban
Drives Near Vancouver.
VICTORIA, B. C, July 29.-Vic-toria's
lone highwayman, who, mask
ed and armed, in orthodox fashion,
has been making a business recently
of holding up travelers on Victoria's
suburban drives, and relieving them
of their money and valuables, is safe
behind the bars. He gives the name
f harles White, and Seattle as his
place of residence. White has been
"peddling dustpans, kitchen novelties
and cheap picture frames. He is a
eocaine fiend, and claims that he took
to the road solely to secure money to
satisfy his craving for the drug. His
last hold-up, was accomplished on
Sunday morning, when he stopped
John S. Reid, a farmer of Elk Lake
district, and relieved him of $3 or $4,
and his watch and chain, then taking
to, the woods. Later in the day he
called at the house of Joseph Evans
and asked for a meal. Evans had re
ceived a description of the suspected
highwayman, and while he was eat
ing, clapped a revolver to his head,
and held him until the police arrived.
LOST IN THE WOODS.
Man Wanders Through Woods For
Four Days in Starving Condition.
VICTORIA, B. C, July 29.-Wan-dering
for four days in the woods
near Scotia Bay, John Sen, a well-
known hunter and miner, nearly came
to his death from starvation, but by
superhuman efforts, managed to reach
civilization before collapsing, and
after a day's rest at Atlin is now quite
well. Mr. Sen undertook to 'drive
some cattle over the two-mile port
age to Atlin Lake. On arriving at
Scotia Bay, Atlin Lake, the cattle had
a run in the water and'on coming out
stampeded and took to the woods,
with Sen in pursuit. He tracked them
until dark, when he found that he was
lost without a rifle or food of any
description. For four days he drag
ged out an existence on unripe ber
ries, and on the third day caught a
moose calf, but was too weak to hold
By pure luck he wandered in the
tight direction and was picked up
3k.
j outside the camp in
'plete exhaustion.
a state of corn-
ARRESTED IN TILLAMOOK.
Man Comes to Grief Peddling Bug
gies Without a License.
TILLAMOOK, Or., July 29-John
Martin has been bound over to the
circuit court for peddling and selling
buggies without first obtaining a coun
ty license, Justice Sappington fixed
the bail at $500, and Martin refusing
to furnish it, he was locked up in
the county jail. Next morning he
put up a cash bond and was released.
Ira Smith, who is doing business
with Martin, has also been arrested
for a like offense. They brought a
large number of buggies into the
county and went to peddling and sell
ing them, when they were arrested
upon a complaint sworn to by E. E.
Tyler."
SULTAN TAKES OATH.
CONSTANTINOPLE, July 29.-
In the presence of Shik Uliam, the
"head of the hierarchy in Turkey, the
Sultan yesterday took the oath of al
legiance to the constitution, on the
Koran. The solemn ceremony tends
to reassure the public mind. As the
result of a long meeting of the coun
cil of ministers Hamdy Bey who was
recently appointed minister of police
has been dismissed. Handy Bey's re
moval has been decided by the refor
mers. OLD AGE PENSION BILL.
LONDON, July 29.-Another con
flict was entered into between .the
-house of lords and the house of com
mons last night, the lords carrying
the amendment which limits the op
erations of the old age pensions bill
to 7 years despite the lord high chan
cellor's warning that such interfer
ence with the money bill was an in
fringement upon the privilege of the
house of commons which would be
firmly resisted.
PROMINENT MAN SUICIDES.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 29.-Sam-uel
P. Middleton, a veteran real es
tate dealer of this city, who was found
in a dying condition from the effects
of poison in Golden Gate Park last
night, died at the Central Emergency
Hospital early today. A note found
near his body contained his views on
the subject of suicide and indicated
that he had taken his own life. The
dead man was once quite wealthy and
prominent here, but in later years
the greater part of his wealth had
been lost in unfortunate speculation.
ASKS FOR DIVORCE.
EUGENE, Or., July 29. -Mrs.
Alma Marie Mathisen, wife of Gus
tave Mathisen, one of the proprietors
of the glass factory established at
Coburg a year ago, but which has
closed down on account of financial
troubles, has begun suit in the cir
cuit court for Lane county for di
vorce. They were married in Chris
tiania, Norway, on ' September 10,
1898, and have no children. Mrs.
Mathisen .alleges that her husband at
various times has called her vile and
j indecent names and has cursed and;
struck her. She says he is a habitual f
j drunkard and spends all his earnings
for liquor1.
FATAL MOSQUITO BITES.
MENOMINEE, Wis., July 29.-
Mrs John Smith, 70 years old, wife ,
of a prosperous farmer of McAllister,
is lying in a precarious condition at
her home as the result ot exposure ,bank inspector hafj entcre(1 gchulte's
and being terribly bitten by mosqui- lge when SU((leniy Schu!te left the
toes and flies while she was lost in' banki say1ng he w0lll(, re-tunJ ;
the woods for three days and nights. 'mentt He faied t0 return. The
Owing to her advanced years it wmoney in the vault was counted and
doubtful if she will recover. Mrs.jfound t0 be short $,sooo Schl,te
Smith lost her way while picking ber-jhad been with the bank 20 years. He
ries and it took a searching party from one of the Ieading famiiies
three days to locate her. She was Qj the city,
finally discovered Monday night ly-1 " ,
ing near a pool of water with flies
and moscmities swarming about.
IS
Western Federation of Miners
Complete Work
MOYER ELECTED PRESIDENT
Steps Were Taken to Raise Defense
' Fund For Four Mexicans Now
Under Arrest Charged With Incit
ing Rebellion and Riot.
DENVER, July 29.-The Western
Federation of Miners today complet
ed their convention work, by selecting
Denver as the headquarters for the
ensuing year and also the place for
the next convention, and they elected
the following as officers:
President, Charles II. Moyer, Den
ver; vice-president, Charles E. Ma
honey, Butte; secretary-treasurer,
Ernest Mills, Greenwood, B. C;
members of the executive board:
Fred Clough, Goldtietd; Josh Hutch
inson, Burke, Idaho; J. C. Lonncy,
Butte; Roderic McKenzic, Silvcrton,
Colo.; W. E. Tracey, Larry, S. D.;
William Davidson, Sandon, B. C;
William Jenkerson, Flatriver, Mo.
" Action was taken to completely
repudiating the Industrial Workers of
the World and declining to recognize
its traveling and its withdrawal card
A strike fund of $100,000 was ordered
raised. A jurisdiction line was es
tablished for the United Mine Work
ers, and steps were taken to raise a
defense fund for the four Mexicans
now ' under arrest
m
charged with inciting
riot.
AFTER THE S. P. SERVICE.
SALEM, Or., July 29,-The Rail
road Commission after Investigation
on its motion, finds that the Southern
Pacific Company is not furnishing the
necessary waiting rooms, toilet rooms
an outbuildings for the comfort and
accommodation of passengers at the
Jefferson-street depot and has fixed
August 7, 'at 3 p. m., in room 606,
Wells-Fargo building, at Portland, as
the date and place for a hearing upon
the matter.
TROOPS TO MEXICO.
EL PASO, Texas, July 29 A spec
ial to the Herald from Del Rio say
that Mexican troops and revolution
ists had an engagement in Mexico
opposite Comstock, Texas, and that
two American residents of Mexico
were killed. American troops, it is
said, have been dispatched from Del
Rio to the scene of the fight.
SHOWS SOME IMPROVEMENT.
STOCKTON, Cal., July 29. At
midnight ex-Governor H. Budd, who
has been dangerously ill, was resting
slightly easier, and his .physicians say
he showed some improvement today,
but is yet in a serious condition,
having suffered so much of late, and
has lost flesh.
AIRSHIP MAN'S DEFENSE.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 29.-J. A.
Morrell, the airship builder, who was
nearly killed when his huge airship
collapsed in Oakland about a month
ago and who is now being tried on a
charge of issuing pamphlets intgnd
ed to deceivj prospective purchasers
of stock in his concern, limped to the
stand in Judge Lawlor's courtroom
today and testified that the airship
Ariel, which could easily convey 500
passengers from New York to Lon
don in .24 hours and the three-story
factory building mentioned in his
pamphlets were, merely the idea of a
substance, the physical representa
tions of which would be an unimport
ant matter after his plans were
worked out.
CASHIER SHORT $15,000.
RACINE, Wis, July 29.-John
Schohe paying tellcr of the Fir9t
National Bank, is short $15,000' in his
accounts and has disappeared.,, A
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THE HINDOO FAKIR.
' Hit Patlencs and Skill In thi Bag and
Spesr Trick,
Tho font known us the I ns mid spear
trlik bus beeu considered o:io of tho
r.v.Ue'st of tho Hindoo umkU lan'a art.
in ilils trk'k. ny ii writer, iho Hindoo
fakir llHM lllS aOMlHtllllt lll'l IlltO II Kllt'li,
.!,, Mouth of which ho firmly secures,
ui.l thou uiiwwiiionlniiHly hurls UN
lielpUws victim to the fcrouml. Willi
out a sign Vf warning the fakir drlvos
tils Hiu-ur through the tenter of tho
bag.
After withdrawing Ills weupon, upon
the pottft of which no blood Main ap
peal, tho fuklr stund and gases
dreamily over tho heads of tho spectu
tors. The body within tho bug douu
ik'iu about n h if to mortal agony. At
lust, when the occupant In apparently
ftoiul, tho fuklr ngnlu plunge hid spenr
Into tho mortotiloKS body. The Mine
antics nro repented. Then the fakir
releases his attendant from the bag.
and ho. steps out without a scratch
tipou his body.
Although tho trick l performed with
all the carelessness Imaginable, it calls
for more patience, skill and exactness
than nny of the so called black art
Achievements. From tho time the at
tendant enters the bng both fuklr and
assistant count every breath they take.
When a stated number of breaths bare
been taken the fakir makes his thrust.
alul the occupant In the bag Is pre
pared to avoid It Then the couut be-
glus again, and at tho proper t lino" the
spear Is driven through the bag a
second time. In order to evade the
spear and make It apear to pit"
through his body the assistant doubles
up lu aa small a form as possible. His
legs are drawn up close, with the chin
renting upon tho knees and the arms
folded round the lower llmba across
tho shins. When In this position.' at
tho fiftieth breath, the, spear passes
under the attendant's arms between
tho abdomen and the thighs.
The slightest miscalculation by either
tho fakir or bis assistant would menu
serious If not n mortal wound for
one and an unheard of disgrace for the
other.
That fuklr and attendant are able so
1 i tltt In fhAmuillnii Ivihin I ttk In
performances, when the slightest varia
tion in time by either would be fatal,
is certainly wonderful.
SOUVENIR FANATICS.
Nothing Is 8af From Those Affllot.d
With the Crato.
In them enlightened days anything
from the limb of a tree to a table nap
klnjs liable to bo curried away as a
souvenir.
A western girl with a well defined
case of the nouvenlr habit, sojourning
in New York, was dining at a fashion
able cafe and. being prepossessed In
favor of the cunning pewter cream
pots with which the tables wers sup
plied, calmly carried one away In her
muff. Can you imagine her self valua
tion when upon examining bar prize
later on she discovered carved across
the bottom, "Stolon from M.'sf '
A Pittsburg bachelor, wandering into
a restaurant, came upon a friend Just
seating himself with two ladles. The
bachelor was Invited to Join the party,
did so, and at the end of the luncheon
insisted upon paying the costs. The
bill being wrong, he went to the cash
ier's desk to personally adjust tba dis
crepancy, where he was Informed that
the extra charges were for' spoons
which the ladles bad put In their hand
bags. And that was the first time he
bad ever met ttwml
,Upon the occasion of the presenta
tion of a handsome silver service by
one of the United States to a battle
ship which was being christened in
ber honor an Elaborate banquet was
served aboard ship, at which the serv
Ico was used. Society came en masse
from the town near which they were
anchored, and after the function was
over there we-e not enough forks and
spoons with which to lay the tables.
And yet these souvenir fanatics would
draw their moral skirts aside for fear
of contamination with a real thief.
Bertha Reynold MacDonald in Bohe
mian Magazln.
Ho Didn't Cars.
A Georgia man tells of the meeting
of a negro "literary society" in that
state. During the consideration of the
business part of the club's programme
some one bad i roposed that the reg
ular time of meeting be changed from
Tuesday to Friday, and this proposi
tion provoked mnch disputation. Final
ly, the president of the society be
ing appealed, to for his opinion, that
official declared with much gravity:
"Membabs of do s'clety, pussonally,
now, pussonally, I don' core which
night do s'clety meets, but fo" myse'f
I prefers Tuesday'-St. Paul Pioneer
Press.
Fish Food end National Qroatnoss.
There is not tho smallest reason to
suppose that a meat eating nation
would be superior either In Intellect or
physique to a fish eating one. We as
a race were never stronger than when
we fed on flsfi to such an extent that
the careful gnardian of the newly en
tered apprentice commonly inserted a
ilause in hii indentures stipulating
(hat he was not to be required to eat
salmon more than three days a week.
London Globe.
Beating a Retreat.
"What Is necessary when you wish
to beat a retreat?" asked an old mili
tary man nt Fort Washington.
"I suppose you'd have to retreat
faster than the other fellows." was the
reply that came after some de!ilerii-
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Gould and Harriman May Har
monize Enterprises
FOR WORKING AGREEMENT
One of the Immediate Results of
the Conference is Expected to be
the Financing of the $8,000,000
Notes Which Fall Due Saturday.
NEW YORK, July W.-The con
ference today between George J.
Gould, head of the Could . railroad
system and E. if. Harriman, and rep
resentatives of the banking firms of
Kuhn, Locb, Blair & Company, was
accepted as giving substance to a
report that Harriman and his asso
ciates are about to enter into a
friendly arrangement with Gould,
which will harmonize the Gould and
Harriman enterprises.
One of the immediate results of
the conference is expected to be the
financing of the $S.0t0,0i) notes of the
Wheeling and Lake Krie which fall
due on Saturday and which are guar
anteed by the Wabash Railroad.
Both these roads are the Gould
roads. It is understood that a formal
plan will be adopted and some part
of it made public tomorrow. It is
believed that Harriman will enter
the directorates of Wheeling and
this is to be .followed by a working
agreement between the road and the
Erie. A rumor further has it that
Harriman will improve the physical
condition of the Gould road in return
for which Erie will get a large share
of the Pittsburg tonnage now carried
by Wheeling.
Harriman refused to discuss the
Gould situation today.
The Gun Barrels Grew.
In the early days In the northwest,
when the Hudson Bay company laid the
foundations of great fortunes by trade
with the avgus and a gun paid for as
many beaver skins as would reach to
the muzzle of It, the ttkins packed flat
and the gun I.eld upright. It was alleg
ed tlmt the Inrrol of the weapon grew
and grew v.lth each successive year
until the Indian, after ho bad bought
It with the pultry, had to borrow a file
and cut off a foot of useless metal.
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ber that you said it would be hard to
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and I.
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CHATS WITH PRESIDENT.
OYSTER RAY, July 29Prtident
Roosevelt hi afternoon received full
information on the political situation
in New York State from the chair
man of the state committee, Timothy
l. Woodruff, who lunched with the
President. It is Mr. Woodruff's de
sire to have the President's opinion
on his plans as far at they have been
formed for the coming campaign, and
he considers the outlook favorable
for .his party to carry the state by
both stale and National tickets. The
President wishes to see everything
possible done for the state, and his
wishes in regard to the New York
campaign undoubtedly will be made
known to the chairman today.
OFFICERS AFTER CASHIER.
BUTTE. Mont., July 29,-A. B.
Clements, former cashier of the de
funct Aetna Bank, a llciiue institu
tion, is being sought by the sheriff.
He is now1 out on a bond aggrcvating
$12,500, and his sureties today with
drew, and instructed Sheriff Hender
son to arrest Clements as soon as
possible. Besides tle two felony
charges on which he is out on bond,
a new suit was filed against him late
yesterday by Receiver Robert Lyons
in which it is sought to hold him re
sponsible for' about $400,000, the
amount the depositors are said to
have been defrauded by the wrecking
of the bank.
UNCLE SAM WANTS MEN.
Places Open For 57 Lieutenants in
the U. S. Marine Corps.
PORTLAND, July 20. -Senator
or
at
Jonathan Bourne, Jr., is in receipt
a circular letter from Major General,
G. F. Elliot, at Washington, setting
forth that as the result of recent legis
lation there now exists in the United
States Marine Corps 57 vacancies in
the tyade of second lieutenant. It
is desired to fill these vacancies by
the appointment of young men sound
in body in every particular minimum
height, five feet six inches, and for
this height, weight must not be less
than 132 pounds. Applicants must be
I of good moral standing and with such
a degree of education that they can
fill mentally the requirements. Mr,
(Bourne is requested if there are any
such young men who desire to enter
this service in Oregon to have them
twrite or apply to Mr. Bourne's office,
715 Chamber of Commerce building,
Portland, Or., and they will bt given
full information, The applicant must
be a citizen of the United States, 21
to, 27 years of age.
The pay for second lieutenant on
entering the corps is $1700 per year.
Applicants must be prepared to
take the examination before October
15, 1908.
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