UNION Batab. Jmly, 1MT. 6A3USTTK btok B, COEVAIXIS, BENTON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, Npyj&MBER 15, ;1901; VOL. XXXVIII. NO. 47. EVENTS OF THE DAY FROM THE-FOUR OUARTERS 1 THE WORU.. 1 ' OF Comprehensive 'Review of-' the Important Happenings of the Past Week 'Presented In a Condensed form' Which: fs Most Likely to Prove of Interest to Our Many Readers. i '' '? ' .'" '- . ' ' '. has A rebel signal station in.Leyte been broken up. .r ;... '-'." " Tbe president o(..Taploban,: Ley te, has-been arrested- for treason.- - - Coimt'von Hatzfeldtj ' German am bassador to England has retired.-:. .j A" Colombian soldier shot ' at,-' but missed, United States Minister-Hart. 'Wfcid:,-raiii: and'- snow are pla'ying havoc with the shipping of tlie Brit ish isles. . '. ' The business portion of Berlin, -lid., "mis practically destroyed by fire. Loss, $:0,000: --- . ;' The Utrited States Steel Corpora tion is endeavoring to" enlarge by buy ing Up the independent. companies. - Hereafter Australian mail for Lon don will go via' Sad. Francisco , and i New York instead of the Suez canal. !T7Lpndpn anarchist meeting'" fo "commemorate.- the, legal .murder oi anarchists", was -.prohibited by the police. ; ,-' " ' - J I A German" eTWrtic railroad has at tained a speed di 105 miles an hour and: the officials believe that even this speed can be beaten.- ' ": - The bank of Plymouth, la., was dynamited. Fifteen hundred dollars .. t i. : i i iL was secureu. . - xma.; : ib ue bovguiiu bank robbery In Iowa within a month. The vault of the bank at Trenton, Ky.,.was -blown open' with nitro gly ' ceririe;. by robbers, who secured the postoffice deposit bos, : containing $300. t;, . . ....... " . " The first dav of the deer season in Wisconsin was marked by three casu alties, the men in each instance be ing taken for deer. One .of them will die and the: s other , two crippled for life. .- ;; ThefFrehch. squadron has- with drawn from the Turkish ports. Board of visitors to naval observa tory reports in favor of civic contrcl. The Hague council of -administration will meet November 27 to con sider Boers' appeal. ' ' : - ." -Filipinos attempted to repeat the Samar tactics, . but - were completely routed by the Americans. . . One more of the four Kansas escap ed convicts has been taken, making one-half of them recaptured. -Columbia university has asked Wu Ting Fang,' Chinese minister to the United States, to fill the chair of Chi nese literature. Wnii.ni P Sullivan Tr Koorl nf the San Francisco police, is dead from a complication of diseases caused by worry and over work. Chan Yen lung will be the new governor of Sharr- Tung - province, China, the position held by Li Hung Chang at .the time of his death. A new dynamite gun has been test ed, by the United States government, It shows better powers of destructive ness than' any previous gun tried.' " xne jxome steamer uny or oeanie struck suTiceberg in Taku bay. stav ing; a large hole in -her -. side. The steamer was hot disabled to such an extent tnat she could not proceed on her voyage to - Douglas Island.' ' She returned to Seattle without passengers or careo.. The damage will amount to about $5,000. ' The FrancoTurkish: dispute has been settled.-..: ; -,-..-, All Russian crops'are reported be-" low the average. - - General Smith says the rebel leader will soon be captured." Escaped convicts in Kansas cap- tured a sheriff and deputy. The Federal, party continues its tur- Duient meetings at Manna. Tariff legislation is not probable at the coming session of congress. A Lick observatory astronomer finds the new star in Perseus is moving. Several burglaries have ocourred in Pendleton, Oregon, the past few days. . A fatal duel in the German army may lead" to a reichstag investigation An American schooner was seized by a . Portuguese gunboat in the . Azores. Surgeon at Port Townsend, Wash, is ordered to Liverpool to inspect im . migrants. .. Lukban savs he will not surrender until the Americans . withdraw from Gandara valley. Northern Pacific and Great North ern railways may utilize Snoqualmie - Falls, Wash., for power. One hundred and eleven sections of laud in Malheur, Oregon, oil district have been withdrawn from entry, EXPRESS MESSENGER C. F. CHARLES. - Who refused to open the express car for the .robbers - that recently held up ttie Southern Pacific express train near - Eugene; Oregon. His action prevented the robbers getting a lar ge sum of money. Mr. Charles will be transferred to San Francisco and 'given.: substantial promotion by the -Wells, Fargo Express Company. . ..:?!..! n:::-w: .--.-.,-. .v..-.-:--t - The Schley Court of Inquiry Holds Its First I-" i Secret Session, -? . 5 Washington. Nov. 14. At 10 'clock today, Admiral .Deweyand. Bear Admirals Benham and Kamsey, composing the " Schley., court of in quiry, met at the quarters in he Mc- Lieaq building behind closed' doors, and began -the 'discussion and con sideration of '. the evidence brought forward in the investigation conclud ed last week; The - sittings of - the court are to be strictly secret. Its present plan is to hold daily sittings from 10 to 12:30 o'clock, adjourning at the latter hour for the day, though this arrangement may be changed as 1 the work of the body progresses. - - Admiral Dewey said after today's session that as yet he could not " fore tell how" long it would be before , the court would be ready with its find ings. ; He pointed out that it had taken nearly eight weeks of searching examination to produce the material hand, and that ' the court would ot -be expected to draw its conclu sions in a hurry. When asked if the work was divided in the interest of -expediency among the members .of thecourt,' the admiral said; -no, we are working together as a court should."' SWITCHMEN'S STRIKE. English mail ior Australia-, is deliv ered in 31 days wnen sent by way the United States, the quicker route. In 1894 the Untied States senate passed a bill excluding anarchists, but it Jailed to pass the house and did not become a law. - Eev. 0."N.'-Hartshorn, LL. D. founder and for almost 50 years presi dent of Mount Union college, died at Alliance, O., after a long illness from Brigbts disease. He was 78 years old.- ' ' ' - ' ' - ' ' ' A , f' - fx - - , mi HAVANA SEWER CONTRACT.' A NEWS OE THE STATE Jersey Bid of McGivney and Rockeby, of '- City, Accepted. Havana, Nov. 12. The municipal council of Havana has decided jjay 'a vote of 10 to 8 to accept the bid -of S. P. : McGivney and BrT. Rockeby, of Jersey City, which is $10,393,015, for the Havana sewering and paving contract.-' Considerable feeling was man ifested during" the" Bessiorr 'overthtrr- circulation of a pamphlet insinuating that the McGivney-Rockeby . bid. was really rthe - bid of. tlie engineers" de partments "- - - - ,"-1 The papers assert that enor "Tam ayo, secretary of state and govern ment, has been challenged to .fight a duel by a member of the Union Club whom, -it is said,; Senor Tamayo and a friend assaulted -at the close of the recent " banquet given by . the Cuban" society-" to 'the ' visiting :: Chileans. Senor ' Tamayo 'was detained' by the police but ultimately released, by the civil governor. .. .. , The Democratic party, has" " adopted General Bartolome Maso - as its can didate for the presidency of Cuba. : PAN-AMERICAN CONGRESS. CONSIDERING THE EVIDENCE. DELAY IN NEGOTIATIONS. Danish West Indies Treaty May Not Come Before Next Congress. : Washington, Nov. 14. It is doubt ful whether the projected treaty of cession of the Danish West Indies to the ' - United States will be completed in time to submit to congress when it reassembles next month. .The delay appears to have arisen through: the last change in the ministry at Copen hagen, with . the state department, practically haying reached an agree ment with the Danish government on "the treaty when - the entry into power of a new ministry not well dis posed toward the treaty made it nec essary to begin the. work ' ait - over again. The issues do not touch the price to be paid so much as - the con ditions as to the future of the citizen ship of - the Danish West ; Indies, sought to be ' imposed by Denmark. The United States desires a simple treaty and one that will leave - it at perfect- liberty to deal with the islands without any restrictions. Conductors and. Trainmen Decline to Give "It Any Support. -. Denver," -Nov; -14. A'r meeting of members of the Order of- Railway Conductors , and . the Brotherhood of Railway 1 Trainmen" was ' held this afternoon, and "tonight it .- is an nounced that - they have sustained the position of Vice Grand Master Lee : in;: bis opposition "to the switch men's strike, and - decided ta ? expel from the orders all .who;-went out as a result of ; the . switchmen's . -strike. Grand Chief Clark, of the conductors. and Grand - Master ; . Morrissey, of the trainmen, were present. ; Grand Chief Clark and Grand Mas- tre Morrissey" tonight issued a state ment" in regard to the strike, which says that- tne present agreement De- tween the Rio Grande" Company and the order, mentioned cover yard ser vice, and that it was made years be fore the organization of the Switch men's Union-here. The statemet de clares that the conductors and train men's organizationshave attained s high place in -public - estimation by living up to their agreements and that they will Observe the same policy in the present case..-1 ir- 'r- jiim; Work Train Wrecked, "J Texarkana, Ark.. Nov. 14. Train men arriving here tonight on the Iron Mountain say a work"- train . was wrecked at Prescott.' near TexarkanS, killing six negroes and injuring -15- others. The names f-the dead men are not obtainable., j. r, - - -. . The Several Committees : Are Getting Down ..-yj to Active- Work.:.' . , . Mexico City, Nov. 13. The several committees of : the Pan-American congress - are" . getting down to work." The committee whose work is perhaps the " most 'advanced is that on Pan- American railways! of. which Senator" Davis is chairman. '.Its, work, how ever, nas largely , been preliminary. Mr, Davis has received information about the route of the projected rail road from several countries through their representatives now in this city, and in cases where the delegates - are unable to supply the . information desired they have, at the senator's re quest, sent to their government for it.: 1 he committee on commerce and reciprocity has held- a few informal meetings, but nothing of importance has developed. On Friday the dele-, gates to the congress and., their fami lies will depart on their first excur sion, going to Pueblo, where they will be banqueted by the governor of the state. - : OMNIBUS HELD UP. TROOPS OFF BY RAIL. Infantry Two- Battalions of the 28th U. S. . . v - " Go to San Francisco. Portland. 'Nov. 13. The first and third battalions of the Twentt, eighth lniantry, u. b. A., leit Portland - yes terday afternoon for San Francisco. At that city the troops will embark for the Philippines on the transport Grant. They were a gay set of young men as they started on their journey Neither the prospect of hardships ,in the Philippines, - nonrar8'" gloom side cooled the warmth' of their ardojv - The two battalions consist of 719 regular soldiers and 22 commissioned officers. - The first battalion departed at 6 :d0 r. M., on a train of id cars. Ten of " the oars were tourist sleepers for the soldiers, one a standard sleep er for the orhGers, and two were given to baggage. The second battalion left 1Q. minutes later: Its train was made up of : a standard sleeper: nine tourist sleepers and two cars' for gage. The cars of the1 regular, troops in both trains had zbb sections. Col onel Mott Hpoten, commander, .of the regiment.Iwas on the first train,.- and also . . Lieutenant 'n Colonel John . F. btretch. :-;' J.he "; third, battalion; ' on the second - train,- was commanded by Major F." lp.' Eastman. '. Several of the officers were accompanied by their wives. Bold- Robbery Within the Limits of North Dakota Town. Valley City, N. D., Nov. -12. While an omnibus was on its way to North Valley City tonight it was held up' by masked men. .Half of the pas sengers aboard were robbed, . losing money and other:, valuables; to the amount of ..about $400. . . Lawyer Combs, who was riding with the driv er, jumped from his seat in the dark ness, ran back to the nearest house and telephoned to the police. - By the time the officers arrived, however, the robbers hadescaped with their booty. There is no clew -vto - their:; identity, The hold-up took place .-within . ..the city limits and was a bold piece , of work. . r " , Kitchener Hat located-DcweL ! London, Nov.. 14.Lord Kitchener, in dispatch from-. Pretoria, presents his weelky report and incidentally locates General Dewet in : the . north eastern part of - the -Orange River Colony. He says the. Boer? have re cently bee j collecting under his lead ership, and that the British are now moving to disperse him. . Lord Kitchener gives the Boer casualties since November - 4 as 63 killed, 105 wounded, 104 captured and 45 sur rendered. - ' : : - - Stage Hugging. Miss Julia Marlowe,, writing in tho Dramatic Number of Collier's Weekly. says that' she was once asked if an actress did not sacrifice her finer na ture by permitting "stage embraces. rn reply she declares with some spirit: "Such a question demands the appli cation of only a fair, degree of com mon sense to ensure a negative an swer," Fired at United States Minister. ' New York, -Nov. 14. A Bogota, Colombia, correspondent of the Her ald cables as follows : A sentinel at Tequendama"" Falls October 25, " de ' dined to honor. the passport of United ' States Minister Charles B. Hart, . ind fired one shot at the di plomat." The minister was not hit by the. bullet. : The government has severely punished the sentinel and is seeing that the minister is fully pro-" tected. ;- ' . -v .. - - To Divert American Traffic j - ' New York, Nov. 13. A dispatch to the Tribune from London says: Ac cording to the British correspondent of the London Chronicle the "German Tail way authorities are arranging to run a train in connection with the ar rival of the ' North German Lloyd steamers, which will leave Hamburg and Bremen twice weekly. It is be lieved that if this plan can be carried out it will divert much of the Arher ican passenger traffic which at present passes through Liverpool and London for Southern Europe. ;, . : A Heroic Elevator Man. . New York,Nov; 13. Fire .-, in the carpet : making ' plant of the Planet Mills in Brooklyn - today- endangered the lives of 800 women at. work on the upper floors of the building, but they were all gotten out. William Btew art, an elevator man, kept his ' cage going until the last woman had left the building, and then fell uncon scious from the smoke and fire - fumes he had inhaled. .-Three firemen- were overcome by smoke. Loss, : $35,000. - Forgot to Close the Breech. Atnens, jnot. iz. A terrible gun accident occurred - yesterday on the British battle ship " Royal" Sovereign: outside of the Ostoko harbor. - An artilleryman forgot to close the breech before the gun was nred. One othcer and six artillerymen"were killed out right, the bodies being terribly mutil ated, and the captain and 13 sailors were seriously injured. American Schooner Seized. , London, Nov. 12. The Exchange Telegraph Company has received dispatcn trom Lisbon announcing that a Portuguese gunboat has sezed the American schooner - Nettie-and-if lb, Lottie at Horta, Island of Fayal, in the Azores,, for clandestinely convey ing lb emigrants who were, trying to avoid military service. ' Mail Boat Ran Into a Ughtship. London,. Nov. 14. -The mail boat Nord, which started from Dover for Calais at 11 :30 o'clock last night, ran down the . lightship off the iDover pier. - It is rumored in Dover that 16 persons went down with the light ship. - The Nord has gone ashore at the-Foreland, but her passengers are said to be safe. - Italy's New Battle-Ship. . New York, Nov. 11. The battle snip isrennetto uren nas peen suc cessfully launched at Castlemare,- the presence of the .King and Queen, says the Naples correspondent of the Herald. On the arrival of the Queen she was presented with a magnificent bouquet. Her Majesty performed the christening ceremony, and as the bat tle-ship glided into the water the ships of the Mediterranean squadron fired a royal salute. The Brennetto Bren is one of the largest ships of the Italian Navy, having a displacement of 13,000 tons. Her launching weight was 7000 tons. Gave the Officers the Slip. Topeka, Kan., Nov. 12. Three the escaped federal convicts have been located id a building - in Hhorey, suburb of Topeka, ever since Satur day.', "The police were : notified and they made a hurried trip out. ' How ever, the men had become suspicious; and 'eluded - the - police by leaving about 10 minutes before' the police arrived. A negro woman noticed the convicts and her husband gave the alarm. " - -- - TEMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS. OF OREGON. FOR NEW DEPARTMENT. Commercial and Financial Happenings' of Im- portare A Brief Review of the Growth arid Improvements, of .tlie Many Industries . Throughout Our Thriving Commonwealth Latest Market Report. :. The I.a Grande factory has made about 25,000 bags of sugar this season. The fall run of silverside salmon in Rogue river is greater than for JO years. ' . .,",''"' .: . W. T.,Grier has sold his fruit farm of 10 acres, two miles from La Grande, for 3,UUO. . ' The Ifodson ' farni of .225 acres. three miles southeast of Salem, has been sold..fpr $6,500. ; . A railroad will be built to Lake- view, next suwHMerr -to develop the property of the Oregon Potash Com pany. '' "' ' ' About 75 men of the -coast artillerv will con: plete their , terms at Fort Stevens noift . month, and will receive their discharges. : A myterious...' burglar, got away with a large .amount of goods from . Pendleton cigar store and left all fastenings undisturbed. ' " A receiver . "will " be . asked for the Baisley-Elkhorn. mine at Baker City, that it may be' worked and made to pay up its indebtedness.- '"' K. ' movement " is under way to or ganize a company composed' wholly of Astoria business men to operate a freight steamer ' between " that city and Portland in consequence of ex cessive: freight, charges -by the trans portation lines. : .' w' .- i A syndicjate: of which the principal is a millionaire lumberman of Minne apolis, is about to acquire the im mense lumber, railroad and 'sawmill holdings of the Siskiyou Lumber & Mercantile- Company, including the McCloud River Railroad, for a sum reported to be $3,000,000. - - .The Roseburg. water company's ex tensive improvements are nearing completion. - , " . The St. Helens school district will issue $3,500 in school bonds to build new school house. The roads of Wasco county are vastly improved . by reason of the adoptionof wide-tirewagons. lv , The Salem Automobile Co.has been incorporated to operate " automobile lines between Salem .and suburbs. Nineteen members of the Oregon City- militia company . were court martialed for neglect of duty. "v '.- County Commissioner "Young, ' of Clatsop county.was - in - Astoria last4 week, and reports that the county saw mill is in place and will at once be gin operations. The break in the dike, is being repaired by a force of men. .The ' Sumptef Lumber company's new 45 horsepower-engine - has been- installed at the saw mill at Sumpter. and all three engines started up last week "and are" working satisfactorily, both in the saw mill and the planing mill. The- Chisholm logging camp near Knappa, has closed down for the win ter, after having cut the body of tim ber it has been working on for several months." It will start up again in the early spring on a- body of timber in the same vicinity. President Asked to Establish One to Promote " i ,'. -:'. Commerce and Industries.' : ' '" Washington, Nov. 13. Elliott Du rand, Laverne "' Noy es and several other Chicagoans, representing ' the National Business League, today pre sented ; to the president a memorial urging him to' recommend in his message- to congress; the establish ment of a department 1 of commerce and : industries, ' and also': the reor ganization of the consular .'service on a civil. service basis; -.. -:: - ;" ";..' The president said - it would be manifestly -improper, for. him to tell what he ; would recommend in his message, " but ' assured the members of the delegation that any suggestions they might make would receive grave consideration.' .-. : ' The .'delegation also-: invited the president to attend a banquet to - be given in his honor during the winter by the association.. The president expressed his appreciation of the invi tation, hut said he could not accept it at this time. The president has been tendered similar invitations by organ izations in various cities, but thus far' has not seen his way clear to accept any of them, -. .-. .:'; ; . ,.- - DICKINSON COMPLAINS TO THE BULGARIAN GOVERNMENT. '- Reviews the Matter From the Beinnin( Is Hampered In His Efforts by Movements of Bulgarian Troops Will Mold Bulgaria Responsible for the Life of Miss Stone;: Should She be Slain. STRUCK PN ICEBERG. Alaska Liner City of Topeka Has an Exciting ; ; A. .1 : Experience. ". . Seattle, Nov. 13. The Lynn Canal steamer' City - of Topeka, - steamed slowly into harbor this morning with her' stem bent and a gaping; hole near the load line.-' The steamer collided with a sunken iceberg in Taku bay on the up trip on the night of Novem ber" 2. J A blinding show storm was raging at the time, and when the shock, came some of the passengers, believing the.shipwas going down, made frenzied attempts to get into life preservers. " it was soon found that although several "iron plates were broken through, " there was no immediate danger. . . ; . 1 The steamer was taken to Douglas island after the accident for an in vestigation, and it was decided that the Topeka should - be allowed to re turn to Seattle without Cargo or pas sengers. The extent of the damage is estimated at about $5,000, besides the loss of a trip and the necessary expense and ' delay that must ensue while the vessel is being repaired. On account of the accident the To peka did hot call at Skagway, and therefore brought no late news. . ATTACKED BY FILIPINOS. Tactics s Portland Markets. - Wheat Walla Walla-, nominal, 5555c? ; - bluestem, 56c ; Valley, 6555Mc , " Flour Best grades, " $2.653.50 per barrel; graham, $2.60. ......... Oats Nominal UU$1.U0 pr cental Barley Feed, $1515.50: brewing, $16.00 per ton, i f j - ' . Millstuffs Bran " $1718l . raid dling, $202I; shorts, 1920; chop, Insurgents Tried .to Repeat -Samar ' Americans Prepared. Manila, Nov. 13. -Major William Pitcher, of the Eighth regiment of infantry, reports that the garrison of Abra de Hog was attacked yesterday by a force of insurgents, commanded by Leno Cos. -The Filipinos appar ently attempted to repeat the - Samar tactics, but the Americans, who were breakfasting, fully armed, completely routed the insurgents, who left five men dead On the field, each having a rifle and ammunition; One Ameri can was seriously wounded. Captain Noyes, of ; the Thirteenth in fantry, commanding a detachment of 50 men, - has captured a deserter named Richter, of the Sixth artillery, wearing the uniform of an insurgent lieutenant. Major Pitcher says he recently cap tured three officers and a large part of an insurgent company, all fully armed. It is believed the insurgents recently received an illicit supply of munitions ot war. Hay Timothy. :: $llal3; clover, $79.50.Oregon wild hay, $56 per tton. .-. ::, .. .. '. v. r..:'. t:.:- Butter; Fancy creamery, 2527c dairy, i,820c; store, I4ioo per pound; - -. .- ' - - ' lggs storage, 20c fresh, 2dZ4c Eastera' J021.. Cheese -Full- cream, " twins. . 12 iia 13c ; Young America, 1314c. -: Poultry Chickens, mixed, $2.50 3.00; hens, $4.00; dressed, 10llc per pound springs, $2.50(3 3.00, per dozen ; -.ducks, $3 for old $d.00 400 for young ; geese j $67 per doz en: turkeys, live, 10llc; . dressed, 810c per pound. ,- r-i - Mutton lambs,3Mcgross; dressed odc per pound;: sheep, $3. 26 gross dressed, 6c per pound. " "" A-- - Hogs Gross,heavy,$66.2a; light, $4.755-dressed, 77 Wo per pound i Veal Small, 8a8)iclarge,77ic per pound. . ' - - : -" - Beef Gross top steers, $3.504.00 cows and heifers, $3.00(93.50; dressed beef, 5466c per. pound.: - Hops 810e per pound.-- : "'". Wool Valley,ll13Kc per pound Eastern Oregon, 12c ; mohair, 2021c per' pound. .". . -AA:..,' A:- Potatoes 65(385 per sack. . ; The assessed valuation of Idaho has increased $4,649,580 in a single year, and the total now is $52,195,486. Thirty-two - additional t- warehouses are to be provided In New York for the storage of 600,000 to 600,000 bags of coffee. ... . ,:. .;.-.: The total" number of esperlments on llvine animals In the United Kingdom In 19(W was 10,889, 2370 more than in the previous year. It is stated that but few of these experiments were in any serious degree painful. ARMY PAYMASTER ROBBED. Pickpocket Stole $4800 From In Florida. - His Satchel Pensacola, Fla.. Nov. 12. Paymas ter - Stevens, Of - the United States army,' arrived from Atlanta, and be fore leaving ' that city placed in a hand satchel $200 in silver and $4,800 in paper ' "money ; for the purpose of paying the several hundred artillery men at Fort Barnacas, their salaries for the past month." : When he reached the fort he found that all the paper' money had been abstracted. Xhe. police were instructed to watch out for the treasure...' Paymaster Stevens" thinks some professional pickpocket followed him and relieved him during the trip. . . He cannot recall a single incident : of the trip that would lead to anything on the robbery, but has an idea the money was taken before he left Atlanta. - - Formal Dinner at White House.. - Washington. Nov. 11. The presi dent and Mrs. ' Roosevelt gave their first formal dinner at - the White House tonight, when a company of 18 persons was assembled in the fam ily dining room, which was - beauti fully adorned with .white chrysantne mums. The guests included Secre tary and Mrs." Hitchcock, Admiral Dewey. ; - Colonel ; Sanger, -j Assistant Secrtanr of War and Mrs. Sanger Mr. and Mrs. : Whltelaw Reid: Mr. and Mrs. Brooks-Adams,- of Boston; Mr, and Mrs.-W.-w. Rockhlll, Com mander and Mrs.-Cowles and Miss Roosevelt. "" - " - ' . -;; .. Carter Has More Evidence. - Leavenworth," Kan., Nov. : 11. Ob- erlin M. Carter has been notified of the erantine of a civil trial in the United States Circuit -Court in Chi- caeo. Colonel L, D. Carter, L Stanton Carter and Horace Stone, a Chicago attorney, have been here in consul tation with the ; prisoner, gathering information for the approaching trial. The purpose is to try at this trial to Introduce ' evidence " which Captain Carter asserts was excluded at the court martial. $TEBED A PK0TEST Sofia, Bulgaria, N6v.; 14. Consul General Dickinson, of Constantino- e, has ' supplemented his verbal representations to the Bulgarian government by a note today, in which he 'recapitulates the history the aduction by brigands of M its Stone . and her companion, Mine. : Tsilka, and the steps taken to obtain her release, and reminds the foreign minister of his promise to give every assistance. He also instances where the attitude of subordinate officials has', not conformed with this assur ance. ' -iinally,. Mr. Dickinson re-' peats his demand for the non-interference of the government in the nego tiations. . . . i.- Mr. Dickinson also quotes from Miss Stone's letters, saying that the . chief danger to which she is exposed night irom hiding places by night at the approach of troops. He de clares .that the' people of the United States -will hold the Bulgarian gov ernment morally and legally respons- ' ibie lor tne lives of the captives. should the : bandits, exasperated by pursuit, slay them. . j The government s reply, according to the opinion expressed in official circles, will set forth that while hesi tating to establish the precedent that the " government gave protection to brigands in treating for. the ransom captives in the present case, in volving the safety of two ladies, the government, as an act of courtesy and humanity, will comply with Mr. Dickinson's request. " - A private agent who was employed vis;t Doubritza reports that the members of the secret committee were discussing the lowest terms of ransom that would be acceptable. One member of the committee in formed the correspondent of the Associated Press that he- had been invited to join the band and take part in the kidnaping, but that he refused and deprecated an attack upon inoffensive women,' pointing out that such action was calculated to cost the committee more in sym pathy and support than the value of 20 ransoms. This view seems to be dawning gradually, even in Bulgar-' lan circles, where the kidnaping ist-"' condoned as in the interest of a sacred " '! cause. - ' ;' ' LAYING IN SUPPLIES. China Continues to Manufacture Arms and - Ammunition In Vast Quantities. London, Nov. 14. Telegraphing from Hankow, the Pekin correspond ent of the Times, says : Ihe-Yangtse valley is now peace ful and no doubt is entertained that the court - will return to Pekin. Trade is very active here. The man ufacture- of arms and ammunition is proceeding on a great scale at all the principal Chinese arsenals. There are about 2,000 workmen in the Han kow arsenal and 2,500 in the arsenal at Shanghai. " Forty thousand gun- stocks -were recently imported and -15,000 Mausers -are now ready for distribution. Large contracts for the supply of rifles are being negoti ated by the representatives of Euro pean firearm makers. " Work on the . railway from Hankow to Canton has not yet begun. Recently Shang, the laotai, asked that categorical assur ance should be given the Chinese gov--' ernment that this concession, which was granted to an American syndi cate, because the syndicate .was American, should not become sub ject, as was reported from America, to the Belgians, who hold three fourths of the original stock." . . " First Monument to McKinley. Tower,-Minn., .Nov. 12. The first monument to be erected in honor of William McKinley was unveiled here ; yesteiday before thousands of people who came from all over the North- west."N Governor Van Sant was among the speakers. '' ' All the bands that could be mustered were on hand and united in playing "Nearer My God to Thee,''the crowd singing the words. ' Due on Late President's Salary. Washington, Nov. 14. A state- ment of accounts was made today by the auditor of the state department, charging the late President McKin ley with the warrants issued to him - on account of salary from the begin ning of his incumbency of the omce of president to the 'day of his death and crediting him witn tne amount due. him on account of salary. A balance due of $1,856 was found.- A warrant : in iavor of the administra-' tors of the estate was drawn by the secretary of the treasury. Northwest Postal Orders. : : "-Washington, Nov. 14. On Novem ber 50 the . postofEces at ' Cannon Beachi - Clatsop county, and Carter, : Malheur county,- . Or., are tobe dis ' continued. A postoffice has been .es tablished at Niblack, Alaska, to be supplied from Dolonii. The recent., order, of the postoffice department discontinuing the postoffice at Hes- Iseltine. Lincoln county, Wash., has been rescinded.