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GAZETTE.
WEEKLY.
IMO Estalt. July, 1897.
GAZETTE Kilab. Dec, 1862.
Consolidated Feb. 1899.
CORVALLIS, BENTON COUNTY, OKEOON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1900.
VOL. XXXVII. NO. 40.
LIS
EVENTS OF THE DAY
Epitome of the Telegraphic
News of the World.
TKRSK TICKS FRO THE WIRES
An Interesting Collection of Items Froi
..he Two Hemispheres Preg nto 1
lit a Cor-lensed I-V.-m-
Tho state of Oregon has conttibuted
more than $3,000 to the Galveston re
lief fund.
Belle Archer, the actress, died at the
Emergency hospital at Warren, Pa., of
apoplexy.
Three men robbed the First National
batik at Winneniucca, Nevada, and se
cured about $5,000.
General John A. McClernand died as
a result of old age at his home in
Springfield, HI., aged 88 years.
In an engagement with Filipinos
near Solonan, near the end of Laguna
de Bay, the Americans lost 12 killed
and 26 wounded.
At Iona, I. T., Postmaster Dismuke
was shot and instantly killed by Sam
Ashton, a well-to-do stockman. Dis- j
m tike's son rushed to his father's as
sistance, and was also shot.
Thirty thousand dollars was for
warded to tha governor of Texas by the ;
citizens' permanent relief committee
of Philadelphia, Pa., making the grand
total of cash forwarded to date by this i
committee $55,000.
At a meeting at Lebanon, Pa., of
about three-quarters of the 1,200 men
employed by the American Iron &
Steel Company, who struck August 1
against a reduction of wages from $4
to $3 a ton for puddlers, it was agreed
to go back to work at the rate offered,
'$3 a ton.
General Vilioen, who succeeded
Louis Hotha in the supre-ne command
of the Transvaal forces, is reported to
be moving northward in the direction
of Hectorspruit, with 3.000 men and
80 guns. He is known as "the fire
brand," and will endeavor to protract
the war.
In the North China Daily News, Li
Hung Chang is reported as having said
that as China could not possibly pay
indemnity which will be demanded
from her, there will be no alternative
but to give territory instead of money,
in which case Japan would get Shin
King, Russia would be given Shin
Kiaug, and Thibet would go to Eng
land. Llyod Griscom, United States
charge d'affaires, at Constantinople,
Turkey, has made verbal representa
tions to the porte, demanding the re
lease of an Armenian, who, it is claim
ed, is a naturalized American citizen,
and who was awested upon the charge
of belonging to the Armenian revolu
tionary committee. An investigation
has been ordered and if the prisoner is
found to be an American citizen he
will be released.
Count von VV'aldersee has reached
Hong Kong.
The yellow fever situation in Ha
vana is decidedly unfavorable.
British and Boers are fighting for
the possession of Komatipoort.
The work of clearing away the
wreckage in Galveston progresses.
Herman Petersdorf, a farmer living
near Junction City, Or., murdered his
wife.
President Mitchell, of the United
Mine workers, says 118,000 men are on
strike.
Germany demands that the Chinese
responsible for the outrages be deliv
ered up.
Seveuty-two new coal mines have
been opened in Prussia this year, in
creasing the output for 1900 by 2,500,
000 tons.
The transport Thomas sailed from
San Francisco for Manila with 1,648
enlisted men, 107 cabin passengers
and $1,200,000 in treasure.
Emperor William has pardoned a
German-American named Schuh, in
Kiel. After 20 years' absence, Schuh
had visited his relatives and been sen
tenced to six months' imprisonment for
contravening the army regulations.
Major Edward E. Dravo, commis
sary of subsistence, who has just ar
rived at San Francisco from the Phil
ippines, has been ordered to New York
for assignment to duty as chief com
missary of the department of the East,
to relieve Major David L. Brainerd,
commissary oi subsistence.
The department of the interior is
taking steps to prevent the further suf
fering among the Pima Indians on the
Sacton reservation, Arizona, caused by
a scarcity of irrigation water. Col
onel E. H. Graves, of that department,
who is at Phoenix making an examin
ation of the conditions on the reserva
tion and reporting any method of relief
that is practicable, has investigated
thoroughly and has planned a system
by which the underflow in the Gila
river may be raised to the surface in
summer and a supply of water devel
oped sufficient to irrigate many hun
dreds of acres now uncultivated.
Rev. George B. Cutting, a young
clergyman in New Haven, Conn., has
discovered in hypnotism a cure for the
cigarette habit.
Bethel Baptist church at Fairview,
Ky., built as a memorial on the site of
Jefferson Davis' birthplace, was de
stroyed by lightning.
Bev. Dr. Francis S. McCabe, a Pres
byterian clergyman well known
throughout the west, died at bis horn
Jo Topeka, Kansas, aged 77 years.
LATER NEWS.
Floods have washed away several
towns in Texas.
Eight persons were killed by a tor
nado in Michigan.
Bryan will make a determined effort
to capture New York.
The latest list of Galveston's dead
umbers 8,859 names.
The navy department is hurrying ves
sels to the Asiatic station.
The expected clash in the strike re
gion in Pennsylvania did not occur.
Eight persons were drowned at
Brownwood, Texas, by a flood. The
Rio Grande railway is badly crippled.
Anti-foreign leaders aie said to have
been appointed to positions of respon
sibility and honor in China, in defiance
to the allies.
The Merchants' Nail & Wire Works,
ot Charleston, W. Va., which have
been closed for two months, opened
again. About 250 men are affected.
Ani:a Lutz, a.zed 18, shot and fatally
wounded her father, John Lutz, near
Lansing, Kansas, because her father
had sent her brother away to echool.
Direct advices from Carthagena,
Colombia, say the rebels are aclive in
that department. September 3 they
attacked the town, but government
troops from Colon arrived just in time
to prevent their success
YJj rebels '
'
who are under General Commancho,
will join hands with the forces of Gen
eral Uribe. Plans are proceeding for
another revolution for the new but un
recognized government.
Phil A. J u lien, coroner of Silver
Bow county, Mont., and one of the best
known of the old-time newspaper men
of the country, died suddenly at Kutte
of heart disease. He was a native of
Washington, D. C, and was 56 years
of age. He worked on the Washington
Republican in the early days oi thai
paper, and on other papers at the capi
tal. He had been on newspapers in
Montana for about 15 years.
The surgeon-general's office of the
war department has no information
regading the epidemic of yellow fever
in Havana. Private advices indicate
that the outbreak is serious. The
fever exists in the best parts of the city
and among Americans who have gone
there. It is said at the war depart
ment no fears are entertained of a
serious outbreak among- the American
troops, as they are outside the city and
not in the infected districts. Surgeon
Ueneial Sternberg does not think there
need be any apprehension concerning
the spread of the disease.
to evacuate
v
The powers are planning
Pekin.
Railroaders
may join the striking
coal miners.
Spokane, Wash.,
rible wind storm.
is visited by a tei
Anglo-American troops defeated the
Boxers at Pei Ta Clin .
The British troops occupy Koomati
pooit without opposition.
Boxers and other anti-foreign Chi
nese are in imperial favor.
English and Germans express dissat
isfaction at American attitude.
Further violence in the Shenandoah,
Pa., coal district prevented by the ar
rival of troops.
The Astoria, Or., coal bunkers, val
ued at $30,000, were completely de
stroyed by fire.
A stevedoie in Portland, Or., drowned
from a falling scaffuld. Ten other
narrowlv escaped.
By seltlement of the wage scale,
60,000 iron and steel workers will re
sume work in Ohio.
Four masked men held up an express
car on the Burlington route, near Lin
coln, Neb., and a very large sum was
secured.
E. J. Clough, of Arlington, Or., esti
mates tha wheat crop of Gilliam coun
ty at 1,000,000 bushels. Some think
the output will reach 1,500,000 bush
els. The United States transport Port
Albert sailed from Seattle for the Phil
ippines with 509 calvary horses and a
cargo of forage and commissary sup
plies. Fire destroyed the large grainhouse
and elevators on the Atlantic dock.
Brooklyn, causing a loss of $100,000 to
buildings nd contents. Forty-five
thousand bushels of oats were de
stroyed. The United States transport Grant
arrived at San Francisco from the
Philippines and China, bringing home
over 500 discharged soldiers, including
200 sick and wounded and 30
dead
bodies. There were
the voyage.
11 deaths during
i
Methuen completely routed a Boer
convoy at Hart river, west of Klerks
dorp, and recaptured a 15-pounder lost i
at Colenso. He also captured 26 wag- j
ons, 8,000 cattle, 4,000 sheep, 20,000
rounds of ammunition and 28 prison
era. A special dispatch from Loirencc
Marques says that Boers arriving there
report that collisions are occurring on
the frontier between Poitnguese troops
and but ghers, whom the former wish
to disarm on entering Portuguese ter-
ritory. Several have Deen wounded
and further fighting is feared.
Mayor James G. Woodward, of At
lanta, Ga., was impeached for intoxi
cation. The Lehigh Valley railroad has abol
ished the custom of carrying newsboy!
on trains.
The largest portion of the town oi
Whitewood, N. W. T., was demolished
by a tornado.
Exports from the United States dur
ing the past fiscal year increased tc
e ery section of (he globe.
COAL MINERS RIOTING
First Tragedy Occurred in
Shenandoah.
STRIKERS AND POSSE CLASH
Two Persons Killed Over 500 Shots
Were Fired Troops Have Brest
Ordered Out by Governor.
Philadelphia, Sept. 24. The tragedy
that has been looked for since the coal
workers' strike begun came suddenly
i and unexpectedly at Shenandoah this
afternoon. A posse, hurriedly gathered
by Sheriff Toole, of Schuylkill county,
to meet an emergency, was forced to
: fire on a mob that was threatening
! workmen on their way home under es
cort. A man and a' little girl were in-
stantly killed and -several others fell
; more or less wounded. Sheriff Toole
lost no time in calling on the National
Guard general to send troops to aid
him. After a consultation, the au
j thorities decided to send troops to the
; turbulent region tonight.
Shenandoah's trouble was precipi
'. tated by the closing of six collieries
l .1. - ; i 4-U it .
bum uiui uiug bjuuugu buo euuiba
nf strikA lAfKIAra. Morn will i-losp to
morrow as a voluntary act, it is said,
on the part of the Reading Company.
This is done at the request of Sheriff
Toole, who hopes in this manner to
avoid further rioting. The outlook at
midnight, however, is dubious, as the
foreigners are in an ugly mood after
the day's happenings.
Elsewhere the situation is quiet, but
people are looking for an outbreak in
the Hazleton district, and armed sher
iff's deputies are much in evidence
there.
The Reading Company has about
discontinued the sale of coal for future
delivery, and tonight's rioting almost
certainly means the shutting off of
coal handling all over the anthracite
field, at least.
Particulars of the Riot.
Shenandoah, Pa., Sept. 24. A sher
iff's posse fired on a crowd of riotous
men near here this afternoon, killing
two persons and wounding seven others.
Superintendent Adam Boyd, inside
foreman for the railway, and breaker
bosses James and William Mitchell, of
Indian Ridge colliery, at 3:30 o'clock
this afternoon were returning home
from work when they were met at the
i Lehigh Valley station by a mob with
sticjS and stones. -The mine officials
.drew revolvers arid-fired . The mob be
came furious, alter one of its number
was shot, and attempted to close in
on the officials. They ran up Lloyd
street to O'Harra's stable, where they
were imprisoned for two hours. The
mob threatened to burn the stable, and
Sheriff Toole, with 25 deputies, arrived
and dispersed them, and the mine offi
cials went to their homes.
The sheriff took the posse to Indian
Ridge colliery and escorted some work
men np Centre street. As they again
neared the Lehigh Valley station the
men hurled stones at the deputies and
a shot was also fired from a saloon.
The deputies then opened fire. They
hantened toward May street, in the
meantime firing over 500 shots, and
tbe mob hurling missiles of all kinds.
One man and a little girl were found
lying dead after tbe shooting. The
crowd was finally dispersed and the
sheriff and the deputies retired to the
Ferguson House, the most prominent
hotel in Shenandoah. Duiing the riot
windows were broken, buildings
wrecked and a number of persons were
injured.
Troop Ordered Out.
Harrisburg, Pa., Sept. 24. Three
regiments of infantry, a battery and a
troop of cavalry were ordered out at
midnight by Governor Stone to assist
Sheriff Toole in maintaining order in
the Schuylkill region. This action was
taken after a conference between the
governor, Adjutant-General Stewart
and General Gobin, on the urgent so
licitation of the sheriff, the borough
council of Shenandoah and many
prominent residents of that locality.
Russian Treasure Seekers,
San Franoisco, Sept. 24. Three Rus
sians, Maro Gurchowitcb, Joe Feld
mann and Robert Scboub, have reached
this city in search of a phantom for
tune of $35,000,000. Eight years ago
they saw in the Warsaw Courier a
statement that one Vakob Massek
j Harowitz, whose heirs they claim to
i be, died in" America, leaving the sum
i mentioned. Later the story was re-
peated by a dying millionaire in Chen-
taohin, and convinced oi tne trutn, tne
Russians have come to the far west,
and with their legal representatives
are seeking fot clews to the alleged
treasure.
Balloon Accident at Street Fair.
Cbioago Sept. 24. A special to the
Times-Herald from St. Joseph Mich.,
says: Professor L. J. Kahler a young
balloonist died last night from injuries
sustained earlier in the day by a fall
from bis balloon while making an
ascension. A street carnival was in
progress, and over o,uuu people naa
Mthered to witness the ascension.
i wnich was one of the features. Kahler
; is one o four brothers who have met
death through falling from a balloon.
Wreck Blocks a Channel.
Port Huron, Mich., Sept. 24. The
barge Martin, in tow of the steamer
; Maurice G rover, was sunk in the
rapids at the, entrance of the St. Clair
river tonight by the steamer Yuma.
; Captain James Lawless, William Ross,
Mrs. Bacon (cook), and one sailor are
missing. The Yuma crashed into the
starboaid siS ht "tlii Martin and she
j went down like a log. Navigation
through tbe channel is blocked. Tbe
wreck will have to be blown up in or
der to clear the channel-
HOME FOR -BURIAL.
Remain of Soldiers and Sailors
win
Be Brought From the Orient.
Washington, Sept. 22. Colonel
William S. Patten, of the quartermas
ter department, on duty at the war de
partment, has completed arrangements
for the free transportation to the United
States of the remains of soldiers add
sailors and civilians who lost tbeii
lives and were buried in the island pos
sessions of the United States and
China. According to tbe present plane
of the department a burial -corps will
take passage on the transport Hancock,
scheduled to leave San Franoisco ob
October 1 for the Philippines.
At the request of the secretary of tbe
navy the same burial corps will under
take to perform similar service with
respect to officers and enlisted men ol
the navy and marine corps buried in
China and the islands of the Pacfiio.
The corps will be in charge of D. H.
Rhodes, inspector of national cemeter
ies, who was sent to tbe Philippines in
November, 1899, on a similar errand.
When the transport stops at Honolulu
to coal, tbe bodies buried there will be
taken up and made part of her cargo.
Similar action will be taken at the
Island of Guam and inttjbe Philippines.
Colonel Patten says That tbe prevail
ing conditions in Chafe wiil scarcely
render practicable any disinterment!!
i-j that country eailier than next
spring. The remains recovered are
to be given honorable burial in the
United States at places selected by
next of kin. In all cases where not
otherwise ordered, interment will be
made in the national cemeteries, with
preference for the cemetery at the
Presidio at San Franoisco and Arling
ton, near Washington.
The approximate number of tbe re
mains to be exhumed is 1,331, distri
buted in the following'places:
Honolulu. 36 enlisted men of the
army and one marine. Guam, eight
men of the navy. China, two officer!
of the army, 58 enlisted men of the
army and 37 men of the navy. Phil
ippines, 17 officers of the army, 1,1 5C
enlisted men of the army and 28 men
of the navy.
OPPOSED TO ARBITRATION, j.
Mine Owners Are Not Willing to Settl
That Way.
Philadelphia, Sept. 22. "Every
thing quiet and orderly," is the report
that comes from the strike region. A
few more miners joined the strikers'
ranks today, but not many.
The temper of the mineowners on
the question of arbitration, as indicated
in interivews and statements given
Fillips" came from t!wBahrtonistriot
tonight and is witb Archbishop Ryan
in consultation on the subject Very near
and dear to his heart the quick settle
ment of the strike by arbitration ox
any other honorable means. Protestant
clergymen in Hazleton have also taken
up the matter and will endeavor to
bring the opposing elements together
amicably. The coal scarcity is more
keenly felt today, and, although the
Reading Company is mining and ship
ping its usual quota of anthracite, deal
ers are finding it bard to get as much
as they need. The tonnage of the oth
er great coal-carrying companies is
gradually diminishing, however, and,
in the natural order of things, nnless
the strike is settled, will soon cease al
together from some districts.
Somewhat vague reports are com
ing in of preparation on the part of tbe
sheriffs and coal companies for a pos
sible clash witn the reckless element
among the strikers. Nearly everybody
believes that trouble must come, yet
there has been no sign of an outbreak,
and the men appear to be well handled
by tbeir leaders.
DARING BANK ROBBERY.
Three Desperadoes Held Up a Winne
tnucca Institution.
Reno, New, Sept. 22. A special to
the Gazette from Winnemuooa, New,
says:
The First National bank was robbed
at noon today by three men, who en
tered the front door and made all pres
ent throw up tbeir hands. There were
five people in tbe bank, Cashier Nixon,
Assistant Cashier McBride, Book
keeper Hill, Stenographer Calhoun,
and a borsebnyer named Johnson. One
robber made Cashier Nixon open the
safe and take fiom it three sacks of
gold coin.
They threw this into an ore sack, to
gether with all the gold coin in the
office drawer. The robbers then
marched the five men out through a
back door to an alley, where they had
three horses waiting. The men were
kept covered with guns until the des
peradoes mounted their horses and es
caped. An alarm was quiokly given
and several shots were fired at the
desperadoes as they sped through town,
but without effect. The robbers re
turned tbe shots, but no one was hit.
The officers and armed oitizens nave
started in pursuit and a posse has also
started from Golconda to head them
off. Tbe amount secured by the rob
bers is in the neighborhood of $15,000.
Explosion in a Bohemian Mine.
Dux, Bohemia, Sept. 22. An explo
sion occurred at the Frisch Gluck mine
yesterday. Thirty five persona were
killed and 15 injured. Five persons
are missing.
Justin McCarthy Retires.
London, Sept. 22. Justin McCarthy,
the novelist and historian, who bas
been a member of parliament for North
Langford since 1892 and who waa
formerly chairman of the Irish parlia
mentary party, annonces bis retirement
from public life on account of failing
health.
More Plague In Glasgow.
Glasgow, Sept. 22. Two additional
oases of bubonic plague have been reported.
ALL LEAVING PEKIN
Even German Legation
Move Elsewhere.
Will
TROOPS TO QUIT BEFORE WINTER
Chinese Capital Is an Empty Prise
V'-obably Last Aggressive A tit
of the American Fores,
Chicago, Sept. 25. The Recoid bas
the following from Pekin, under date
di September 16:
Changes in the plans of the allied
commanders indicate tbe evacuation of
Pekin before tbe winter sets in. Tbe
British leaders have countermanded the
order for extensive winter supplies and
the Americans are also making evident
preparations for departure. At the
same time all foreign residents have
been warned to prepare to leave Pekin.
The German legation will soon move
elsewhere and the Russians are already
withdrawing to Tien Tsin and differ
ent stations in Manchuria. It is also
extremely likely that the Japanese
will make the town of Nagasaki their
winter base instead of some Chinese
town as was originally their intention.
The missionaries are protesting
against this "desertion."
From North China come reports of a
long series of disturbances. The at
tempted oontrol of the local authorities
there is synonymous with anarchy and
the country is only safe where floats
the allied flags. Native Christians are
still being attacked and besieged in
many different places in tbe province
of Chi Li.
The allies are beginning to realize
that the city of Pekin is, after all, an
empty prize. Communication between
the foreign forces, the envoys and the
empress government is next to impossi
ble. The new capital in the province
3f Shen Si is 400 miles from Pekin and
the journey has to be made by cart,
which requires at least 60 days.
There has been a change in tbe
American front m the direction of an
aggressiveness which will probably be
the last important demonstration before
the evacuation. General Wilson, witb
800 United States infantry, 600 Brit
ish and six guns, slightly aided by a
German column, marched against tbe
Boxer citv of Pei Ta Cbu, 16 miles
northwest of Pekin, and surrounded it
with the intention of capturing an
arsenal there. A courier reports to
day that General Wilson's attack wa
no losses on tbe foreign side
For the present all campaign plans
mean guerilla warfare. Both tbe mili
tary and tbe topographical situation in
China forbid anything else.
Efforts at pacification have resulted
in the return of a small number of peo
ple to business. The jealous guarding
of the forbidden city by the allies
makes the Chinese believe that the
' foreign leaders are afraid to desecrate
it.
Tbe American authorities here in
j tend to urge the severe punishment of
the persons guilty of the Pao Ting Fu
j murders. Summary vengeance will,
if they can effect it, be exacted for the
i slaughter of the Sim coxes and the
! Hodges and Pitkin party.
Much Property Destroyed.
Scranton, Texas, Sept. 25. A cloud
burst in the valley of the Neuces river
I Saturday night did much damage to
property, and also, according to re
ports received here, resulted in loss oi
: life on ranches in that vicinity. Tbe
Neuces at Uvalde rose 25 feet in two
! hours time and broke tbe bridges. A
! number of ranches were inundated and
j one English sheepman, Ethelbert Mac
i Donald, together with some Mexican
' sheepherders, are said to have lost
I their' Ives on a ranch in the mountains
near Brackett. Reports from a colony
of nomadic Indians say that two lost
tbeir lives.
Wandered Across the Country.
Denver. Sept. 25. P. Charles
Murphy, a New York undertaker, and
son of Felix Murphy, ex -assemblyman
of the Second distriot, New York,
has been wandering aimlessly over the
' country since early in July. Yester-
day he appeared at police headquarters
attired in overalls and jumper, bis
hands calloused from hard work, and
asked to have his wife communicated
with and told of his condition. He
remembered nothing since the Fourth
of July, which he spent in New York,
until be suddenly realized while stroll
! ing along the streets of Denver that he
: was in a strange city. He attribdtea
bis mental lapse to excessive use of
patent bitters prescribed by a physician
j w a tonic.
Lost ota the Grand Banks.
St. Johns, N. F., Sept. 25. An un
known American fishing vessel found
1 ered on tbe Grand Banks in last week's
; gale and all of her crew, about 20 in
number, perished. The French "bank
er," Thornton F. Jard and 15 of bet
' crew were lost, while six escaped. The
i schooner Eddie lost three men. Tbe
', schooner Dolphin was dismasted and
. lost five men. A number of other ves
sels were greatly damaged and many oi
the fishermen who were away in boati
overhauling their trawls when the gale
arose were drowned.
Three Feet of Rainfall.
Calcutta, Sept. 24. The extraordi
nary rainfall in Northern India has not
ceased for four days. Half the city of
Calcutta is submerged and even in the
northern part the streets are flooded to
a depth of three feet. Many houses
have collapsed. Thus far, theie has
been but little loss of life, although as
tbe rain continues very heavy, there is
considerable apprehension. It is esti
mated that 35 inches of rain have
fallen in Calcutta.
VOLCANO UNDER THE SEA.
Strange Sight at the Southern. Mouth of
the Gulf of Mexico.
New York, Sept. 26. Captain Lyd
dla, of the British steamship King
Bleddyn, which arrived here today,
brought a tale of tbe discovery of a sub
marine volcano on tbe northeastern
edge of the Campecbe bank, at tbe
mouth cf tbe Gulf of Mexico. The
location was 102 miles north of Cape
Taoche, the nearest point of land. The
captain said that late in tbe afternoon
of September 16 be saw a great volume
of vapor one mile away. It seemed to
cover a space of at least 100 leet square.
The air was clear and the sun shining
at tbe time. Tbe vapor rose like a
cloud of steam 60 to 75 feet in the air.
The water around seemed to be perfect
ly clear.
"Occasionally the vapor would
clear," said the captain, "and then we
saw the water break as if over a shoal.
Now, it is impossible that any shoal
exists there, and if it did that would
not account for the vapor.
"The chart shows 41 fathoms of
water near this point, and just to the
eastward off the bank it deepens to 300
fathoms. We watched the vapor and
the occasional boiling of the water for
nearly an hour, and the disturbance
was still going on as lively as ever. It
certainly looked like a volcanic dis
turbance to me."
Captain Lyddle took an observation,
and marks the spot as being latitude
23.14 and longitude 87.7.
, WORSE THAN ALASKA.
Hardships of Gold Mining in British
Guiana.
New York, Sept. 26. George H.
Moulton, of Colorado, United States
consul to Demarara, in British Guiana,
has arrived in New York, being on
leave of absence. In discussing affairs
in British Guiana Mr. Moulton said:
' 'The rush to the gold fields of Brit
ish Gmana and Venezuela, which was
expected to follow the settlement of
the Venezuelan boundary dispute, fail
ed to materialize. The new boundary
fixed by the arbitration court is quiet
ly accepted by the people of Venezuela,
and no further dispute is likely to
arise. Gold mining is still being pros
ecuted in the British Guiana gold
fields, and a few Americans are there,
trying to make their fortunes. The
yield of those gold fields is about $2,
000,000 a year. All tbe gold is secured
by placer mining.
"Mining in British Guiana is Attend
ed by tbe gieatest difficulties and hard
ships, and there is also some danger to
life. Tbe gold fields are all at some
distance in tbe interior. To reach
swamp lands am
use brush, which
are infested by alligators, enormous
reptiles and wild beasts. Everything
the miners carrv along bas to be lacked
by men. British Guiana is no place
for American miners. They can do
better in Colorado or Montana."
BIG BLAST EXPLODED.
Nearly 90,000 Cubic Yards
of Rock
Was Dislodged.
Pueblo, Colo., Sept. 26. A special
to the Chieftain from Texas Creek,
Colo., where Orman & Crook are mak
ing the grade for the Rio Grande
branch to Silver Cliffe, says:
At 4:56 P. M. one of the largest
shots ever used in railway construction
was fired in the Texas Creek canyon.
There were 640 kegs of blasting pow
der used, besides a quantity of giant
powder, which altogether dislodged
nearly 20,000 cubic yards of rock.
The blast was pronounced a thorough
success. All trains on the main line
were stopped by signal several miles
each side of the canyon, and all the
livestock in the camp was removed to
a safe distance. Contrary to expecta
tions, the report was not heavy, al
though tbe shook was felt plainly on
surrouning mountain sides. Quite a
party from Pueblo and other points
bad arrived- to view the spectacle,
which was magnificent. No injuries
resulted, though a shower of small
stones, which followed the explosion,
covered a radius of a half mile.
Shot His Brotb,er-ln-Law.
New Whatcom, Wash., Sept. 26.
In a drunken quarrel at Blaine last
night, Thomas Betrand shot his brother-in-law,
Frank Adams, with a re
volver, tbe' ball entering between the
sixth and seventh ribs, passing through
tbe left lung and lodging near the
heart. Adams will die. Betrand bad
been drinking during the day. Going
out on the street he met Adams and
commenced to abuse him, following it
up by drawing bis revolver and shoot
ing at him three times, only one ball
taking effect. Betrand is in jail. He
is a half-breed Indian, and both he and
his victim have bad reputations.
Five Suicides in One Day.
New York, Sept. 26. There were
many suicides in New York today.
Magnus Swenzen, a cabinet maker,
drowned himself in the North river,
after tying his own bands with fish
lines. George Burick, an insurance
solicitor, shot himself in Tompkins
squaie. He had been complaining re
cently of a carbuncle on bis neok.
John Myer took poison in a Third ave
nue hotel, then turned on the gas and
was found dead later. James Camp
bell fatallv shot himself in Central
park. He had been drinking. Edward
Schwarz also ended his life in Central
park. -
Five Tramps Killed. ,
Cincinnati, O., Sept. 24. In a
freight wreck on the Queen & Crescent
route at Sadieville, Ky., today, five
tramps were killed and a sixth badly
injured.
Manchester Cotton Spinners.
Manchester, Eng., Sept. 24. Aftei
the meeting of tbe cotton spinners here
today, it was decided to recommend
that all the members of the trade using
American cottou stop their mills for
tbe first 12 working days of October.
GALE STRUCK NOME
Worst Storm Ever Known in
Northwestern Alaska.
500 PUOPLE ARE NOW HOMELESS
Number of Lives Believed to Have Bees
Lost Loss to Property It
Over S500,00O.
Seattle, Wash., Sept. 26. The
steamer Roanoke brings news of the
most disastrous storm at Nome. It
raged with unusual violence for nearly
two dayB np to the evening of Septem
ber 13, and was the severest that ever
visited Northwestern Alaska.
A number .if barges and lighters were
driven ashore and totally wrecked.
All along the beach for miles, both east
and west of Nome, the wind and water
have created havoc witb tents and
mining machinery. A number of lives
are believed to have been lost. It is
known that Andrew A. Ryan, of Los
Angeles, was drowned. Several cap
tains and seamen on small tugs are
missing, and it is thought they are
lost. Fully 500 people are homeless,
while the loss to property is over
$500,000. There is not an alley lead
ing to the beach that is not filled with
debris. Many of the Front street
build iugs abutting on the beach have
been damaged. Numerous small build
ings were swept completely away. The
damage to the buildings, tents, house
hold effects, merchandise and other
goods and chattels is seen everywhere
along the water front.
The heaviest individual losers are
probably the Alaska Commercial Com
pany and the Wild Goose Mining &
Trading Company. A serious loss is
the disappearance of over 2,000 tons of
coal.
Captain French, in command of the
troop, has thrown open the government
reservation to those rendered homeless
by the storm, and will extend such
other assistance es is possible.
STRUCK BY A TORNADO.
A Barn Dropped on a Saloon in a Mich
igan Town,
. Tlnneapolis, Sept. 26. A special to
the Times from Faribault, Minn., says:
Meager details have just reached
here of a catastrophe which visited the
village of Morristown. 10 miles west
of Faribault, shortly after 6 o'clock
this evening. Tbe village was struck
by a tornado and a barn was raised in
Paul Gatseke s saloon, where 16 peo
ple had taken refuge from the storm.
The saloon collapsed, and all its occu
pants were buried in the debris. At
present it is said that eight dead bodies
and three injured persons bave been
taken from the ruins.
.The storm came without warning,
from a southwesterly direction. The
length of its path in the village was
less than half a mile, but, owing to
its peculiar action, the distress and
damage resulting wero not as great as
they might have been.
The storm made jumps of one block,
but whenever it came down every
thing was crumbled by the power of
the wind. A barn, belonging to Dr.
Dargabel on the outskirts of the village
was the first structure destroyed. It
was picked up and carried a block,
leaving the floor uninjured, with two
horses standing on it. Before reaching
the Gatseke saloon there is a two-story
building, which was left untouched.
All the people killed and injured in
Morristown were in the saloon, having
hurriedly taken refuge there wnen the
storm was seen on tiie outskirts of the
village. There were 16 people in the
structure at the time the storm struck.
The building was crushed like an egg
shell. Before the building fell three
people managed to escape, but the
others are found in the lists of dead
and injured.
After leaving the saloon the storm
crossed the street and destroyed the
barn of J. G. Temple, and took the roof
from the barn of W. M. Bigoli. It
then crossed the Cannon river and de
stroyed the barn of Adam Snyder, kill
ing several hogs. The storm then
passed off to the northeast, and did no
further damage. Before reaching tbe
town the storm descended on the farm
of Johu Olsen and killed a hired man
named Peterson.
Forest and Grass Fire.
Santa Rosa, Cal., Sept. 26. A for
est and grass fire which bas been burn
ing in the, vicinity of Occidental the
past three days today assumed vast
proportions. The fire has covered a
space of about 100 miles square, and is
estimated to have done over $25,000
damage. Only by bard work was tbe
town of Occidental saved. Tbe fire is
now traveling south, owing to a strong
north wind. The North Pacific rail
road lost miles of track, in addition to
two long trestles, one 219 feet, and
othev 300 feet in length.
Three county bridges are in ruins,
and about 18 farms have been swept
clean of their buildings and crops.
The towns of Freestone, Bodega and
Sebastopol are in immediate danger.
Nearly 1,000 people are fighting tbe
fire. -J K
Germany believes all the powers but
America will approve ber policy.
s Six Persons Perished.
St. Louis, Sept. 26. Dispatches
from Neuces river valley, Texas, say
in a little Mexican village. La Aigle,
on Gallardo creek, a branch of the
Neuces, not a bouse is left standing as
a result of the flood. A Mexican fam
ily of four and two American campers,
suppose.! to have been deer hunters
from Eagle Pass, perished. All effort
to get word from Brackettsville, which
was wrecked by a flood a year ago,
failed, owing to tbe washing away of
tbe telegraph wires.