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d ... OREGON ON ON TARIFF FOR REVENUE, INCIDENTAL PROTECTION AND SOUND MONEY. VOL. I. CORVALLiIS, BENTON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 197. NO. 10. If tx NEWS OF THE WEEK From all Parts of the New and Old World. BEIKP AND INTEBESTIKQ ITEMS CmpnbiiilTi Kvlaw mt the lapart . ant Happening! of the Cu ( rent Weak. The supreme court of Forresters is in session in Denver, Colo. The coffee crop of Brazil promises to reach 10,000,000 bags, as against 9,000, 000 last season. Two young ladies from Alameda and San Francisco have gone to Trinity county upon a prospecting tour Tliey are equipped with complete miners' out fits and are determined to work bard to find a paying claim. Edwin Corbin, of Chicago, has clored - a deal amalgamating the United States and Canadian Lakes Fisheries Com panies, whereby the control of 20 com panies passed into the hands of the British company with $5,000,000 cap ital. The British, Russian and French ministers to Greece have notified their respective governments that it is im possible for Greece to pay an indemnity exceeding 3,000,000 Turkish. It is understood that negotiations are on foot to induce Turkey to accept a smaller sum than the amount originally demanded. The county recorder in Great Bend, " Kar. , has reported the release of over $ 60,000 in chattel and real estate mort gages since August 1, and half of the crop has not been threshed. It is pre dicted that by the new year the county will be in better shape than ever before and will look back on the largest acre age of wheat in the history of the county. . ' PaulJ. Henning.'who .has just ar rived in San Francisco, says the Amer ican flag is flying on Clipperton island. He has been living on the island with two other men and they successfully blocked the attempt of Captain Murt ray of the ship Einkora, to hoist the British flag there three months ago. The Einkora was wrecked and the three Americans held as -wreckage nearly a million feet of lumber, which was washed ashore. H. M. S. Com us vis ited the island later, but did not dis turb the Stars and Stripes nor enter a claim for the lumber.' Peters & Roberts' furniture factory, of Portland, Or., was damaged by fire to the extent of $6,000. President Faure, of the French re public, visited Russia, and was royally welcomed by the czar at Cronstadt. It is reported that the government of Brazil is negotiating with a European nation for the sale of one of, her war ships in course of construction. Governor Lord has pardoned Clar ence Wade out of the Oregon peniten tiary. He has been adjudged afflicted v with consumption and not expected to live.. ' j It is officially announced at Buenos Ayres that a very large crop of grain is anticipated in the Argentine Republic. The wool clip, it is further stated, will be a heavy one. A Seattle man has gone to Boston to Becure 200 young ladies for an expedi tion to the Klondike gold fiel Is. It is said he will fit out a steamer and start early in the spring. The warehouse of W. P. Fuller & Co., in Portland, Or., was completely destroyed by fire. The loss is about $50,000 partly Insured. The origin of the fire is uncertain. A special from Lander, Wyo., says: ' Daniel Tracy, a miner from Leadville, has uncovered a vein of gold ore two feet eight inches wide in the Wind River range, on Gold creek. The ore is literally gemmed with gold the full width of the vein. G. H. Steel, sheriff, and Sam Young, ex-sheriff of Leslie county, were both ; killed in a combat at Hyde, Ky." Both men fought to desperation with pistols, ' and both fell dead in the fifth round. Steel was a Democratic leader and Young a Republican. They quarreled over politics. ' A great strike is on in the building trades at Buda Pest. More than 20, O00 men are involved. The strikers, in the endeavor to prevent others from working, came repeatedly in conflict with the police, and desperate pitched battles ensued in several of the princi pal streets of the city. Two hundred persons have been injured, some dan gerously. The police have arrested 100 of the ringleaders. Telegraphic -advices from the New York Herald's correspondent in Rio Janeiro state that the official report of operations against the fanatics around Canudos during the last few weeks show that 2,400 Brazilian troops have been wounded. Great difficulty is found in transporting arms, ammuni tion and stores to the government ow ing to interference by the fanatics. In the meantime large forces of fanatics, all well armed, have appeared in the states of Sao Paulo and Haran. They have invaded several plantations and small towns. S. J. Hatchett, formerly secretary of the Los Anglees chamber of commerce, who had charge of the Los Angeles ex hibit at the world's fair and mysteri ously disappeared before the exposition closed, is said to have been seen in - , Chicago. His wife has mourned him as dead. ' . The informant states that Hatchett told him he had concluded to drop out of sight, and cautioned him to say nothing about having met him. President McEinley spoke at the Grand Army encampment at Buffalo, N. Y. THE TREASURE SHIP. The Steamer Portland Arrives From St. Michaels. Port Angeles, Wash., Aug. 31. The steamer 'Portland arrived from St. Michaels tonight. Captain Eidston reported a pleasant voyage, and ex plained the delay of three days in reaching Port Angeles by stating that a very serious storm at St. Michaels de layed the discharge of his cargo. He laughed when told -of the reports that the Portland was .carrying over $2,000,000 in gold. As a matter of fact, he said, there was only about 1825,000 in gold dust and nuggets on board his vessel. Up to the time he left St. Michaels he had heard of no new gold fields. Among the Portland's passengers from St. Michaels is Timothy Bell, who has with him $30,000 in gold which he dug from a claim that cost $125. William Ogilvie, Dominion surveyor, says the 600 claims now staked out will yield $60,000,000. From a number of the Portland's crew it was learned that Captain Eids ton had expected the Weare, one of the company's boats, to come down the Yukon with about $1,000,000 worth of nuggets and gold dust, but as she did not arrive in time he decided to bring down the treasure next trip. The United States cutter Bear, it-is said, will guard the Portland on her next trip from St. Michaels to Seattle. As most miners will make their clean up by that time it is expected the Portland's cargo will be a very valu able one. The returning miners say the re markably rich claims on Eldorado creek will number 140. Mr. Ogilvie. esti mates that, at the rate these 140 claims are now. producing, and' considering the ground yet to be worked, the amount in the next tlifree years will ag gregate about $70,000,000. To this must be added the favorable possibil ities of pockets and development of claims already found, but not opened. There have been other, rioh strikes on Stewart river, Hunker, Henderson and Indian creeks, but none f these are as rich as the claims on Eldorado . and Bonanza creeks. ; Until the wonderful discoveries of ; Elondike were made, ground worth 10 . cents to the pan, with two or three feet j of pay dirt, was considered Very good . for the Yukon, and the "miners made their money with rockers and sluices, i This year the miners " are passing en-1 tirely over ground of this richness in j their search for sand- and gravel that will pay like that of the Elondike coveries. Up to date, none of the claims dis- was and well showing any signs of exhaustion, scarcely a dozen are more than opened. Every one has large areas of ground to be worked. One returning miner says . it is im possiblle to make anything like an ac curate estimate of the probable yield of I the mines. The ground is not' at all even in richness, and the worth of pav streaks varies greatly. ' The most important news from St. Michaels is that the river steamers left there two weeks ago for their last trip up. It is not certain they will reach Dawson this fall, ' and the passengers who left the Sound as early as July 25 may not reach Circle City before navi gation closes. This makes it certain that hundreds who left the Sound, and California since , August 1 for St. Michaels will winter there. At the best they .can scarcely get started up the Yukon before it freezes solid. All vessels touching at St. Michaels this summer have had difficulty keep ing their crews, who have caught the fever. One schooner from Victoria was entirely deserted by her crew, from captain to cook, who started up the river for Elondike. The crew of the J. M. Oolman tried to desert, but the attempt was discov ered in time, and, by a display of fire arms, the men were compelled to re main. Every vessel from St. Michaels has come away short-handed. The Port- j land lost several of her crew, but was j " . J i o fc" wages. - . FATE OF THE BENDERS. The Old Man and Kate Were Shot by a Posse. j Wichita, Kan., Aug. 31. Another ; chapter is added to the gruesomo story ' of the Bender family, whose home in Montgomery county over 20 years ago J was the scene of upward of 30 murders, : according to the deathbed confession of Captain Carroll. The fate of the ' Benders has heretofore been veiled in mystery. Captain Carroll confessed that a band of citizens, sworn to eternal secrecy, j followed the Benders after their flight ' from the scene of their crimes and killed Kate and the old man, but let Mrs. Bender go, with a warning never i to return on pain of death. I He said that Kate and her mother stood by and stoically watched the men ! riddle the body of William Bender with bullets, and then when Kate's turn came she stepped out like a tragedy j queen and said: I "Blaze away." v She was shot down like a dog, but when it came to shooting the mother, the hearts of the posse failed them and they allowed her to go. The bodies were carefully buried and the graves concealed. Pern Invaded. Lima, Peru, Aug. 31. The reports that Colonel Pando, with a force of Bolivians, has invaded the Peruvian province of Sandia, proves upon inves tigation to be correct. The number of Colonel Pando's followers is consider ably exaggerated, however.' It is prob able that the incident will be diplo matically arranged. ' Three million, five hundred thousand steel pens are used throughout the world every day in the week. , it " worm everv dav in the week. 1 LATTER DAY PIRATES Bloody Outrages Occurred in Chinese Waters. f ESSELS AND PORTS PLUNDERED Achinese Attacked a British Steamei Massacred Passengers and Crew and Looted the Ship. Tacoma. Aug. 31. The Northern Pa eific liner Columbia arrived today on hes maiden voyage from Yokohama, with 127 passengers and a full cargo of freight. She was delayed on several oc casions and forced to lie to 24 hours on account of the breakage of her machin ery. One of the firemen died of heat apo plexy, and was buried at sea. - The Columbia's cargo includes 1,700 bales of silk, valued at $500,000, which will go acorss the continent via the Northern Pacific today on a special train of eight baggage cars. The Columbia brings Oriental advices up to July 27, as fol lows: News has just reached Hong Kong of the prevalence of pirates oh the Canton river, and one of the most daring out rages perpetrated. One of the sons of Captain Chung Kwei, a Straits million aire, Kung Ah Phin, who recently went to Canton, was the victim. He, in com pany with a few of his relatives, hired a flower boat, and they were proceed ing to their native place. On the sec " ond day the boat stuck in the mud, and could not proceed. ' During the night, a gang of men with painted faces and fully armed boarded the boat. With revolvers leveled -at the passengers, they commanded silence while four men began at once to look for plunder. Ah Phin brought from the Straits jewelry amounting' in value to $5,000 and $2, 000 in notes. These the pirates took, besides clothing, etff. When they had satisfied themselves that nothing more was to be obtained, they left' the boat, after threatening the victims with in stant death if they made a noise till hours afterward. . In the morning, in formation was at once sent down to Canton, but before the authorities had time to send a gunboat, the pirates had. made their escape. Up to the present, nothing more has been heard of them. Mat Sallet, a notorious brigand, with 200 followers, raided thevgovernment station at Pulch Gaya,--captured Mr.. Newbronner, the officer in charge, killed a corporal, and the- sacked the treasury of $20,000.; b& town, wiiich consisted entirely wooden ajid kajang houses, was then.fired, and every build ing destroyed. Gaya is the export and import center of a considerable district, and the population is largely Chinese. Sallet at last accounts was . fortified at Inaman, and it is feared will attack Sandkan and massacre the Europeans, after looting the town. A daring piracy is reported off the coast of Acheen. The British steamer Pegu was attacked by six armed Achi nese. Captain Ross managed to force his way' through and reached the -deck, hotly pursued by his savage assailants, one of whom had meanwhile laid hold of the carving knife from the table. As the unfortunate skipper, badly woujjded as he was, struggled to get to the bridge, this man stabbed him terribly in the abdomen and when he fell, the" rest of the piratical gang surrounded the pros trate man and hacked him savagely, actually disemboweling him,' and leav ing him a mangled corpse on the deck. The mate and- the steersman were the next tobe attacked. . Both these men were on the bridge, and in spite of' what resistance they could offer were soon cut -down. The boatswain, how ever, climbed up the funnel stairs and escapetLthe onslaught of the pirates. ; Returning to the deck, two more of the crew "and, three Chinese passengers were killed. Thirty or forty passengers according to one account, were iilled or met their death by jumping over board. The vessel was then thoroughly looted. "One' of the Achinese - was placed at . the wheel to steer the ship nearer land; others plundered the cap tain's cabin, taking a repeating rifle and a revolver. The safe was opened, $15,000. taken, and the pirates made off in the direction of Simpang Oliin. The vessel was a frightful sight, the deck being spattered with blood and the entrails of the victims. Official information received at Man ila confirms the reports previously pub lished as to the disastrous character of the eruption of the Mayon volcano. Lava covered the whole mountain to its base, and the obscuration of the sun by the clouds of ashes was so great that in the neighborhood of the disaster artifi-. cial light had to be used at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. Several villages were completely destroyed. At Li bog 150 bodies were recOverd and buried, and more remained in the lava. At another, place, 200 persons were missing. Some of the bodies recovered were so com pletely calcined as to be unrecognizable. , A great danger threatens the sugar planters in Java, from a widespread dis ease which attacks the roots of the cane. The roots rot and the cane dies. The planters stand helpless before the dis ease, which may ere long bring on a failure of the sugar crop. It has already struck four provinces, and has broken out even on well-kept estates. According to a Tokio dispatch, it i reported that next year's budget will show a deficit of 25,000,000 yen, even though the fullest economy is observed. The deficit is chiefly due to the extraor dinary expenditures, sanctioned by the diet. ... . Advices from Tjaipeh, North Formosa, State that the Mabels have been particu larly active, at no serious fighting has taken place, v Serieus-flls are reported from vari ous parts of tiipan. CONCESSION TO AMERICANS. Valuable Commercial Privileges Se cured in Columbia. Kansas City, Aug. 30. A Kansas City syndicate representing the Pitts burg & Gulf railroad interests, has secured a concession from the govern ment of Colombia giving valuable com mercial privileges in the South Amer ican republic. This concession, which was secured through J. Edward Buckley, United States vice counsul at Bogota, gives the right to navigate the Magdalena river and-to build a railroad across the coun try from a point 250 miles from the mouth of the river at Bogota, and thence on south through the whole of the counrty. The project also carries with it the establishment of a line of steamships from some point on the Gulf to some of the ports of Colombia on the Carib ean sea. It, is the aim of the Pittsburg & Gulf Company to build up a profitable traffic between Kansas City and South America. TELEGRAM SAVED HIS LIFE. A Stockton's Man's Escape Mistake ef a Druggist Nearly Fatal. Sacramento, Aug. 30. George Ladd, one of the most prominent wholesale liquor-dealers in Stockton, left this city tonight for Portland, Ore., to seek his health. Before he left he bad a doc tor's prescription filled at one of the leading drug-stores, but as fortune would have it he received a telegram in time to keep himfrom taking the medicine. Had the telegram failed to reach him he would have died from the effects of a deadly dose.. . The clerk who filled the prescription took y""-wrong bottle and put in coi rosive6t)limate instead of the drug that was written in the prescription. The error was discovered about two hours after the train had started and a tele gram was sent ahead in the almost vain hope that it would reach him in time. The telegram said: "Do not 'take the medicine; it is poison and sure death." A duplicate of the dispatch was sent to Chief of Police Drew, of this city? and instructions were given to the offi cers, who. boarded the train jusf'asMr. Ladd was about to take the dose that would have ended his life, and the tele graplTtriumphed over the bungling of a druggist's clerk. Quartz Mining More Certain. Washington, Aug. 30. General W. JY., Nuffield,' superintendent of the coast and geodetic survey, in discussing Jhq gold discoveries in Alaska, gave this advice to young men: "If I'werea young man," he said, "I should get about a 75-ton schooner at " Heat tie, take supplies and engage tithe services of a first-class prospector. IThen I should cruise- along the south eastern part of Alaska, in what is ealled Alexander archipelago. There are -a number of islands there and more gold lodes than at. any place with which lam acquainted. The mining- would not be 'placers,', but the ore can be got ten out very cheaply and being directly on the sea, the transportation amounts to nothing, exceptthe time spent." Gold Dust From Sawdust. Port ' Townsend, Aug. 30. Mr. "j. Metcalf, of Detroit, Mich., who came down from St. Michaels on the Colman, states that he saw a man wash $12.50 from.one pan of sawdust which he took from the floor of a barroom in Dawson City. ' It is said to be a common prac tice for miners to open gold dust bags and take out a pinch of gold dust in payment for drinks. - A Costly Hypnotic Test. Tallulah Falls, Ga., Aug. 80. A suit for $1,550 damages has "been filed in this county which develops a sensa tionally unique story. " Mrs. Fairbanks Higgins and her daughter, of Atlanta, have beenspending the summer here, arid in the burning of the Grandview hotel, at which they were stopping, lost their possessions, amounting to $Ly550. They sued the proprietor to recover. Mrs. B. A. Young, proprietress of the hotel, files an answer alleging in substance that at an evening social the young lady was hypnotized and com manded to fire the hotel. When she retired to her room it is claimed that she literally obeyed the injunction and robbed herself of a right to sue. . . The Women Marched. Pittsbug, Aug. 30. The wives and daughters of the striking miners at DeArmitt's Oak Hill mine took a prominent part in today's demonstra tion. Early this morning a dozen or more women gathered at the camp, and with flags and banners marched along the road leading toward the tip ple. On their way they met a number of miners going to the pit, and greeted them with yells and jeers. They de rided the miners who were working and ridiculed them in a manner which caused many of them to hang their heads in shame. The women say they will make a demonstration every day hereafter. Salisbury's Plan. Rome, Aug. 30. Italy has wired Morocco, threatening to dispatch a man-of-war to Tangier, unless the crew of the Italian brig Fidicura is released. Moorish pirates recently attacked and plundered the Fidicura and detained the crew. Faint-Hearted Gold Seekers Return. Seattle, Aug. 30. The steamer City of Topeka arrived irom the north this morning, bringing excursionists and about 30 men from Skaguay who came down because they were afraid they could not get over the passes this win ter. Tihs is the largest number yet to. come back and the men who came aver that there will be many more in the next few weeks. No change "in the condition of the ttfaiLis., reported and no Yukon miners direct from the mines came by this steamer. WHEAT STILL GOING UP The Chicago' Market Above the Dollar Mark. FIRST TIME DURING CAMPAIGN Shortage in Foreign Potato Crop Esti mated at 1,000,000,000 Bushels Price of Corn Also Risiug. Chicago, Aug. 30. Today, for the first time since the present bull cam paign in wheat was started, the price of September wheat sold above the dol lar mark in Chicago. Ten minutes af ter the opening, $1.03 was offered, an advance over yesterday's closing price of cents. Even at that tempt ing figure, the bull clique refused to let go of their holdings. Enough wheat came on the market to break the price to 98 7-8 cents by the time the dosing bell sounded, but the brokers who were engineering the deal stoutly denied that it came from them. There was, perhaps, a shade of ma liciousness in the way they forced the shorts to bid up. It was currently re ported on Monday, when prices broke so sharply, that the pool was forced to put up $400,000 in margins. They certainly had their revenge today. The rise was plainly due to the clique, which'is now swelled, by rumor, to in clude Joseph Leiter, George R. French, Allen, Grier & Co., and James Keene, of Wall street. The only leader, George French, who appeared distinct ly rfbove the surface, makes no secret that he has, a line of 5,000,000 bushels of September wheat. There was not much more than 1,100,000 bushels of contract wheat in Chicago, with hardly anything coming, and an immense short Jine of cash wheat sold for ex port. This is the situation as it now plays into the hands of the bull com bine. The sudden rise of. September wheat was not reflected in any other large market in the country, with the excep tion of Minneapolis, where September bounded from 92 cents to "$1. St. Louis advanced 2 cents at one time, but relapsed to the opening prices for December. Although statistics were not given much attention, one item of foreign news had a distinct influence. The foreign potato crop shortage is estimat ed at the total of 1,000,000,000 bush els, whTch was expected to increase the demSfid for American wheat. Its influ ence was especially felt in December wheat, which is not supposed to be un der the thumb of any clique. Corn and provisions were both affected by the excitement in wheat. In corn, the trading was enomrous, and although an advance of 1 to cents was recorded, the feeding wasyery strong at the close. The closing for provisions was 15 to 20 pents higher. NEWS' FROM THE ISLANDS. iHawail Has Not Yet Received Japan's - ' . Answer. San Francisco,' Aug. 30. The steamer Mariposa arrived this morning from Sydney, via Honolulu, with the following Hawaiian advices: The Hawaiian government has not yet received any answer from Japan regarding the offer to refer the immi gration trouble, to arbitration. There is no change in the situation here. The China registry case was finally submitted to Judge Perry for a decision August 19, and an early decision is confidently expected, as the matter will in all probability be appealed to the supreme court. It is predicted that the question of the big steamer's regis try will be settled before she reaches here again in October. The principal point upon which the Hawaiian govern ment rules is the question of McFar lane's citizenship, he having been born on the island of British parents. The American ship Commodore left Honolulu for New York August 19, with a cargo of sugar, valued at $191, 200. To Conciliate With Us. London, Aug. 30. The Standard's correspondent at San Sebastian says: "I learn that Spain has intimated her willingness to make considerable re duction in the contemplated West In dian tariffs, in order to develop "the trade of Cuba with the United States. She was willing to negotiate a reciproc ity treaty when the Dingley tariff came into force, but the United States re ceived advances coldly, because it wanted the Cuban question settled first. Indeed, Spain is now aware that American diplomacy will soon raise other and more important questions be fore commercial questions are likely to be mooted." Disease Aids the Insurgent Cause. - Havana, Aug. 80. There are 4,000 Spanish soldiers in the hospitals of Havana and other points. About 2,000 are sent back monthly to Spain incapac itated. Sickness is increasing. The health of the city is not good. The official reports show that for the week ending August 12 the death rate was 90 per 1,000. Business is at a complete standstill. The army is not being paid and a feel ing of hopelessness prevails among the Spaniards and Cubans ' alike. London, Aug. 30. A dispatch from San Sebastian says the Spanish govern ment has learned that at a secret an archist meeting in London it was re solved to avenge the execution of An giolillo, the assassin of Canovas del Castillo, by an attempt on the life of the queen regent of Spain. Twenty of the ablest Barcelona detectives have been detailed to protect the queen re gent. A New York man was arrested the other day for stealing a stole. DOOM OF TORPEDO SEALED. "Mirex" May Revolutionize Modern Warfare. Chicago, Aug. 30. A small braes projectile, measuring four by one and one-quarter inches, was thrown in the lake off Van- Buren street from the government pier, and at a depth of five feet it exploded. A volume of water spouted 25 feet into the air, and dead fish bobbed up to the surface ar.s floated about, mute testimony to the destructiveness of the explosive. The name of this explosive, which is the discovery of two Chicago men, is mirex. From recent experiments its inventors claim it is not a wild state ment to say that mirex will revolution ize modern warfare. Unlike the marine torpedo the most perfect destroying projectile known to naval engineers, mirex, . a compara tively small brass casing, can be thrown from a cannon to any distance desired under 20 miles, and, dropping into the water at the side of a man of war, will sink to a stated depth and ex plode with annihilating results. No wire has to be connected with the new projectile, as is the case with the sub marine torpedo. The mirex projectile does not pierce the steel armor of the gunboat, but settles in the water to the depth of 5, 10, 15 20, or any number of feet the operator may wish, and then explodes: Its discoverers are Hermann G. , Peffer, a salesman for Browning, King & Co., and William S. Darley, con nected with the Clenfoster Hosiery Company. They are not expert chem ists, and mirex in its perfect state is the result of some luck and a good deal of hard work and enterprise. John H. Edelman, a wealthy former Philadelphian, has such faith in the virtue of mirex as a destroyer of ships and navies that he is backing it liber ally with his money. Peffer is a modest man of 23 years, and in speaking of the explosive, said: "It is neither liquid not solid, nor is it a powder. While experimenting with it Darley and myself smoke our pipes and handle it as we would so much sand. It is an odd and wonder ful mixture, and its name signifies nothing. It explodes at any depth we desire, the explosion depending on the quantity'and quality of the composi tion we place in the projectile. We are now having a gun model constructed in Chicago, and within six weeks' this cannon will be finished and presented to the United States navy department. It will throw a projectile .eight inches Jong and three and a half inches in di ameter. This will blow into atoms any ship that will float in the lake. Each one of these shells will cost about $20, vastly cheaper than torpedos now in use and far more accurate and de-. etructive." v Mr. Darley is only 19 years of age. He will not divulge the character or nature of the new explosive. The projectile used in these experi ments is about the size of a giant fire cracker, and the ends of . the cylinder are closed with a substance that, looks like tinfoil. Mr. Darley was once connected with the navy department. LONG CHASE FOR A MURDERER Detectives Pursued Him Half Way Around the World. Port Townsend, Aug. 30. The steamer Portland, due from St. Michaels, has on board a murderer who was chased by detectives half way around the world. He is in irons and under constant watch of two Pinkerton detectives. The prisoner, William Smith, was pursued over the continent, to Dyea, and across Chilkoot pass, over the lakes and down the rivers to the goldfields of Klondike, where he was taken into custody. Smith was a storekeeper in a town near Cedar Rapids, la., up to several months ago. One night the store was burned and in the ruins was found the charred body of a man. Smith's rela tives claimed that he was burned to death in the fire. His life wasansured for $35,000, and a demand was made for the money. An investigation led to the belief that the body was not that of Smith, but of a watchman. The theory was at once advanced that Smith had committed a murder and burned his store in the hope that the body would be roasted beyond recognition, and his relatives obtain the insurance money after he had disappeared. Pinkerton men were put on the trail, and after one of the longest chases on record, arrested Smith at Dawson City on July 12. He was taken to St. Michaels to await the sailing of the Portland. Saved His Daughters' Lives. New York, Aug. 30. Harry G. Stone, the veteran manager of the Pat terson opera-house, became ill and was forced to go to his home, which is called Ryle Park, on the banks of the Passiac river, a short distance below the village of Little Falls. His indis position proved the salvation of his three daughters, Minnie, Bella and Maud, for he rescued them from drowning by his opportune advent from town. The girls had gone out for a row on the river and they upset in 12 feet of water just after his arrival. ' Although Mr. Stone is. 60 years old, he managed to reach them before they sank and saved them by almost superhuman efforts. Two were unconscious when brought ashore. Toronto, Aug. 80. A visiting de tachment of 15 members of the G. A. R. from Buffalo marched up Yonge street carrying the stars and stripes. It is a violation of a civic ordinance to carry a foreign flag in this city, unless a British flag is also carried. A po liceman stopped the procession and told the marchers of the violation. They bought a small union jack, luiK no one would carry it. Finally "a small boy whiredojft--ffiat duty and the vewrtuiB udminuea on weir way. NORTHWEST BREVITIES Evidence of Steady Growth and Enterprise. ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST From All the Cities and Towu of the Thriving Sister States , , Oregon. The spring run of salmon at Celilo was a failure this year. The hay harvest in Wallowa county is over, and farmers are busy garnering their wheat. A student of fruit culture in Jackson county says that yellow jackets are 3eath on all kinds of moths that prey on fruit. One of the- tramps injured in the wreck south of Roseburg drew $100 out of his pocket and asked to be well 3ared for while that lasted. The schooner Bella, built on the Siuslaw by Eli Hansen, was furnished with masts last week. The Bella has been a long time building. "W Hon. Thomas H. Tongue has sue- ' seeded in locating the lost muster rolls of the companies of volunteers that (ought the Rogue river Indians in 1853. The sawmills up the North Santiam are being operated to their fullest sapacity. Many of them are cutting ties and bridge timbers for repairs on the O. C. & E. Eighty acres of the Ginn place, near Weston, which was threshed last week, averaged 52 bushels of wheat to the acre. This is the largest yield yet beard of in that section. Engineer Halcombe, with a crew of men, is now engaged inmaking a sur vey of the Nehalem bar, with the ob ject of getting an appropriation for jetty work. He is doing the work thoroughly, and will also make a sur vey of the Tillamook bar later. Astronomer S.S. Gannett has the in struments in place for receiving time by wire from St. Louis, in order to estab lish a meridian line at Baker City for the geological maps that are to be made by the federal authorities of the Baker mineral district. The Astoria carnival this year has eclipsed anything of the kind ever held in that city. It is the intention to effeot a permanent organization of a regatta club, the objects of which will be to collect funds and otnerwise pro mote the annual carnival. The state fair to be held in Salem this year promises to be a success in every way. The O. R. & N., witlf its usual generosity and care for the state's interests, is the first line to an nounce a reduced rate to Salem during the fair of one fare for the round trip. Work is being pushed on the con struction of the Astoria & Columbia ' River road to Goble, and the - officers Bay they will have trains running be tween Astoria arid Portland-by Jauy" 1. The affairs of the road are in gBod hands, and being conducted in a business-like manner. L. C. Coleman returned to Jackson-, ville from San Francisco last week. While at that city he had four sugar beets, raised on Griffin creek, analyzed at .the Spreckles refinery. The result -showed that they averaged 10 ounces in Veight, contained 16.53 per cent of - sugar and co-efficient of purity of 85 per cent. The percentage of saccharine matter is high, especially as the beets are not matured. Those containing 14 per cent sugar, with a co-efficient purity of over 80 per cent, are considered good. Should beets raised in other parts of Jackson county turn out equally well, a factory may be up in the near future. Washington. -Much of the grain around Colfax ia yielding more than 40 bushels to the acre. The turfmen of Walla Walla have arranged for a race meeting in that city for October 20, 21, 22 and 23. The shingle mill at .Cosmopolis is running a night and a day crew, as are the box factory and planing mill. The ruling price for pack horses in Ellensburg last week was $20, and the tendency of the market is still upwards. It is reported that the Northern Pa cific will at once put on six more com pound locomotives between Ellensburg and Hope. Kittitas county is advertising for bids for building a bridge across the Cle Elum river, and also across the Yakima at Thorp. The steam heating apparatus for the marine hospital in Port Townsend has arrived, and is being put in by the con tractor, who expects to have the work finished on time. The Spokane Spokesman-Review says that never in the history of Spokane has there been such a demand for har vest hands, and that unprecedented wages are offered. From $2 to $4 per day and board is tendered in many seo tions. Lists of school land of Lincoln, Walla Walla and Adams counties Bubject to lease have been sent to the respective county auditors by the board of land commissioners. After these lists have been posted 30 days, the lands will be offered for lease. Each of the fair associations in Ste vens county will hold a fair this fall, one at Kettle Falls, September 29 and 30, and October 1 and 2, and the other at Myers Falls, September 29 and 30, and October 1. v j, .-""v. - ' From the southern part of Thurston county cornea the gratifying report that the bop crop of that vicinity is giving excellent promise. . The lice have not bothered much this year,' and the crop now maturing is of excellent quality. and the yield pr a-,