v5:L.i,rL'J.rt7.CoiisoWalcd Feb., 1899.
CORVAILIS, BENTCKN COTOITY, OEEGON, : FlirDAY, AUGUST 22, 1902.
VOL. XXXIX. XO. 35.
EVENTS OP THE DAY
' FROM THE FQUft QUARTERS OF
.. .-THE. WORLD.
Comprehensive Review of the Important
Happenings of the Past Week, Presented
in a Condensed Form. Which Is Most
Likely to Prove of Interest to Our Many
Readers ...
Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria
has just celebrated his 72d birthday.
" ' Patrick Sharp, a striking miner, wae
shot and killed at Nesquehoning, Pa.
K Remington, a prominent society
man, suicided at Newport, taking the
pistol route.
-Cholera continues to spread in Man'
churia, China, and isolated cases have
been reported in Siberia.
Large numbers of Chinese are arriv
ing in Mexico, and the majority will
probably find their way into this' conn
try. "
The New York Ship Building com
pany has placed an order abroad lor
80,000 -tons. of manufactured iron aud
eteel. '
Reports from Victoria, B. C, show
that the total salmon catch of the
northern canneries for the season was
only 145,300 cases.
Two hundred carmen, including car
Union Pacific shops at Omaha, have
.v rtAnL Ant v a at vr e
W. H. Dillard, wanted by United
States authorities at San Francisco for
'issuing 43 fraudulent Chinese certifi
cates; has been caught in Seattle and
will be Sent below.
An examination is being made into
the affairs of the defunct Griffin Liquid
Air company of New York, in an effoit
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lars worth of stock.
T. S. Sharretts, the treasury expert
commissioned to negotiate a tariff
treaty with China, reports the same
signed.
jI'Ka vi. n fxt fall tin 1 m fin haa VkAvin n r I
is very good. .The fish caught in Bakers
Bay are mostly tilversidesof exception
ally fine quality.
Baron von Walterhausen, of Berlin,
advocates the erection of a common
tariff bairier against the United States
by all of Europe.
'.-Arrangements are being made-for
establishing banks in the Philippines
to loan money to farmers, the govern
ment to guarantee 3 - per cent interest.
Prince Chen Tuen. who has been in
this country for several days, arrived
in Vancouver, B. C, Sunday and sailed
for home Monday on the steamship
Empress of Japan.
The body of Mrs. Jessie Tuman was
found near Muscatine, Iowa, the head
split open - with an ax. Her husband
was mortally wounded and unconscious.
They were killed for their money.
Grand Master Fitzpatrick of the
Brotherhood of Trainmen has com
pleted his tour of the anthracite coal
regions and has addressed . the brother
hood on their duties should the roads
attempt to haul non-union coal..
Colonel'Hemphill, founder of the At
lanta Constitution, is dead.
The New York Republican state-convention
will be herd at Saratoga Sept.
28.
The threatened strike of mineis
at San Juan, Colo., has been averted
by compromise.
Senator Burrows of Michigan an
nounces that he will fight reciprocity
with Cuba on constitutional grounds.
The president has ordered that the
list of soldiers dying in the Philip
pines be telegraphed home every two
weeks.. .
The government of .Venezuela has
forcibly detained three American' ves--eels
for government use in the present
rebellion.
mi ... T4n-4:Annl T..nAA vV I 1
union convention at Cincinnati ad
journed Saturday, after voting $2,000
to the striking miners.
In the athletic sports at Cliftonville,
England, Murry, the Irish champion,
defeated Duffv. of Georgetown, the
woild's champion, in '.the 100 yard
dash. Murray's time was 10 seconds
flat.
Prices of iron continue to advance,
with marked activity in all lines.
Agents for the Colombian govern
ment are enlisting men in San Fran
cisco. Lomardo, the most noted Italian
brigand after Mussolino, has been killed
by troops.
An Eastern syndicate has purchased
the Omaha street railway stock, for
$0,000,000.
i
French soldiers are meeting with se
rjousTesistanee in their work of clos
ing religious schools.
It is expected that the miners of
Kansas, Arkansas and Indian Territory
will strike about September 1.
Pitt burg glass workers have received
concessions from their employers of 7
per cent and 5,000 will go back to work.
Conductors ami motormen cn South
Chicago street railway lines have re
ceived an advance in wages from 17 to
21 cents an hour.
The official estimate of the Hunga
rian wheat yield for the present year is
166.122.000 bushels. This is about
. 22,000,000 busneis above me juiy esw
mate.
TRANS-MISSISSIPPI CONGRESS
Convention Whose Object is to Help the West
Assembles at St PauL
St. Paul, Aug. 21. The Trans-Missis
sippi Commmercial congress is now in
session here. President John Henry
Smith of Salt Lake City, called the
convention to order. There are repre
sentatives present from the entire
Western section of the country. In
outlining the work of the congress for
the present session Presient. Smith said
"The object of the Trans-Mississipp
Congress is to cryetalize the opinions
of the Western country in regard to the
matters of national legislation and to
bring them before congress in such a
way as to effect the greatest good. So
far as I know there is no particular
topic for discussion, other than what
may be brought up in individual dele
gations.
VAn effort will be made to bring
about at this session a consideration of
the difficulties of the West. There is
now a mining congress, a livestock ecu
gress, an irrigation congress, a good
roads congress, all operating in har
m,ny, but separately. The idea that
better tesults could be obtained from a
concentration of tnese, is becoming
more and more widespread, and it will
receive careful consideration at the
present session."
Addresses of welcome were made by
Mayor Smith and Governor Van Sant,
and the convention then took up the
work of oiganization.
JAILED FOR CONTEMPT.
Peter Power, of Northern Pacific Merger Fame,
Locked Up in Ludlow Street
New York, Aug. 2J. Peter Power.
who is complainant in the case against
the Northern Pacific, and who fled to
Canada to escape a 30-day sentence for
contempt of court, has returned to New
lork, accompanied by his counsel. He
immediately repaired to the United
States marshal's office, where h was
taken into custody and later on con
fined, in the Ludlow street jail. His
counsel attempted to prevent the com
mitment of his client by producing an
order from the referee of the Northern
Pacific case to attend the hearing to
day, but the marshal refused to disobey
Judge Lacome's order to confine him
for contempt.
SUBSTITUTE FOR COAL.
New Yorkers -Experimenting with Peat from
the Lowlands' of New Jersey.
New York, Aug. 21. Successful tests
have just been made of the turf or bog
of the New Jersey lowlands around
West New York to-ascertain whether
it oan be used as a substitute for coal
as luei tor trie winter season, tome
large sample's were dug up and taken
to a blacksmith shop. It was found
o burn readily on the forge after it
had once become dry. It turned to a
ruddy glow and seemed to hold its fire
well. -
There is an almost unlimited supply
of this turf, or "Jersey peat," as they
are beginning to call it in the vicinity
of West New York.
GOOD ROADS CONVENTION.
Arrangements Being Made to Hold One Next
October in Portland.
Portland, Aug. 21. At a meeting 67
the chamber of commerce arrangements
were made with James W. Abbott, spe
cial representative of the department of
agriculture, to hold a good roads con
vention in this city sometime during
the week ending Oct. 18. If possible,
the good roads train will be brought to
Portland, so that a practical as well as
theoretical demonstration of the best
methods of roadmaking can be illus
trated to those interested.
OBEYED THE ORDER.
Russian Cavalrymen. Rode Into a River and
Many Were Drowned.
London, Aug. 21. In a dispatch
from St. Petersburg, the correspondent
of the Daily Express says:
"During the maneuvers near here, a
squadron of cavalry was ordered sud
denly to charge. It galloped into a river
and 50 men are reported to have been
rowned. Details of the affair are dim-
cult to obtain."
AN IOWA COLLEGE BURNED
Parsons College, a Presbyterian Institution at
Fairfield, Victim of the Flames.
Ottumwa, Iowa, Aug. 21. Fire oi
unknown origin destroyed Parsons Col
lege at Fairfield, a Presbyterian insti
tution founded in 1875. The loss is
$50,000; insurance half.
COAL FOR NOME.
Boston Company Secures an Immense Vein at
Cape Lisbon.
Tacoma, Aug. 21. A company of
Boston men have secured control of a
45-foot vein of coal at Cape Lisban,
which will supply Nome and Behring
sea coast with fuel.
Rose Coghlan Badly Burned.
Helena, Mont., Aug. 21. Rose
Coghlan, the actress, was severley in
jured here because she mistook a bot
tle, of carbolic acid for a face lotion.
She applied the acid to her face in a
dark room, and barely escaped destroy
ing her eyesight. Her face was badly
burned before she discovered her error.
Y. M.-C A. World's Congress.
Christiana, Aug. 21. About 1,000
foreign delegates, representing 31 na
tions, are here to attend the Y. M. C.
A. world's congress which opened to
day and will last until August 24. The
United States sent 33 official representatives.
NEWS .OF THE STATE
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM
PARTS OF OREGON.
ALL
Commercial and Financial happenings of Im.
porUnce A Brief Review of the Growth
and Improvements of the Many Industrie!
Throughout Oar Thriving Commonwealth
Latest Market Report.
Dallas is considering the question of
waterworks.
The Salem fruit
cannery has closed
for -the season.
Albany and Linn county will
. spend
f 1,000 in Eastern advertising.
The Third Presbyterian church of
Portland was dedicated Sunday.
Grasshoppers in the vicinity of Wood-
burn have attacked the hop vines
La Grande is constructing $25,000 to
$30,000 worth of business buildings.
Miss Maybelle Douglas has . been
chosen queen of the Portland Elks' car
nival.
The Loewenberg-Going company, of
Portland, has paid into the state treas
ury $1,239.60 for convict labor for May.
The famous Baisley-Elkhorn mine,
four miles from Baker City will soon
again resume operations after lying
idle for a year, -
Clay Gordon of Milton was arrested
at Huntington for drawing a check on
himself at his home bank and having
it cashed at Pendleton.
Miss Ruth Jackson of Paker City and
Miss Angle of Medford killed a bear a
few days ago, while out bunting with a
brother of Miss Jacks. n.
Rev. Philo Fuller Phelps of Salinas,
Cal., has accepted a call to the First
Presbyterian church of Ashland, and
will enter upon his pastorate about
Oct. 1.
The remains of Harvev A. Hogue, the
well known Oregon pioneer and busi
ness man who died at Vtinthrop Beach,
Mass., Friday, will be.brought to Port
land for burial.
Burglars effected an entrance into
the Portland Elks' carnival headquar
ters on Seventh and Stark streets and
robbed the cash box of $3 in coin and
4 worth of postage stamps.
Professor Thomas P. Clarke, the
newly appointed superintendent of the
Oregon school for deaf mutes has ar
rived at Salem and assumed charge of
theanstittitioav Mrs, . XJlarkei-wilh be
matron of the school.
Dallas is to have a stave mill.
Portland is in the lead for ' securing
the next reunion of the Army of the
Philippines in 1903.
The postoffice at Riverdale, Tillamook
county, has been discontinued, the
mail being sent to Tillamook.
State Treasurer Moore has received
from Master Fish Warden Van Dusen
2,095.60, the amount of fish licenses
collected during July.
W. Fitzgerald, alias Kramer, was
before the justice court at Oregon City,
charged with forgery. He was bound
over to the 'circuit court.
The funeral of John Reiling was held
at Oregon City Tuesday. He was a
veteran of the Spanish war and a
member of the Third regi-nent, O. N G.
The Columbia Packing Company's
safe at the Dalles was blown open Mon
day night. The robbers secured a $5
gold piece of the date of 1834 and about
$6 in change.
Dr. Clarence Crane,-who has been
ppointed to the impoitant position of
superintendent of the Burrage Hospital,
on isunkin island, in .Boston narbor,
was born in Salem, Or., in 1872, and is
grandson of the late Hon. A. A.
McCuIly, one of the sturdy pioneers of
the Pacific Coast.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Walla Walla, 6061c for new
crop; b.Jbic tor old; valley, boc;
bluestem, 63c.
Barley Feed, $18.00 per ton.
Flour Best grades, $3,053.60 per
barrel; graham, $2.953.20.
Millstuffs Bran, $1516 per ton;
middlings, ' $21.50; shorts, $18;
chop, $17.
Oats No.l white, $1.00(gl.05;gray,
95c.$i:00. v
Hay Timothy, $12 15; clover,
$7.5010; Oregon wild hay, $56 per
ton.
Potatoes Beet Burbanks, 7586c
percental; ordinary, 50c per cental,
growers prices; sweets. $2.002 25
per cental ; new potatoes, 5060c for
Oregon ;v$l. 00 for California.
Butter Creamery. 2022e; dairy
1718c; store, 1717c
Eggs 1920c for Oregon.
Cheese Full cream, twins, 12 $
(gl3c;YoungAmerica, 13s14sc; fac
tory prices, 1 ljc less.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3.00
4.50; hens, $4.505.50 per dozen,
llllsc per pound; springs, 11
llc per pound, $2.50g4.00 per doz
en; ducks, $2.503.00 per dozen; tur
keys, live, lS14c, dressed, 1516c per
peund; geese, $4.00(36.00 per dozen.
Mutton Gross, 233c per pound;
dressed, 6c per pound.
Hogs Gross, 63ic; dressed, 77)t
per pound.
Veal 7j8c per pound.
Beef Gross, cows, 33r; steers
3sKc; dressed, 78c per pound.
Hops 1617c; new crop 1718c.
Wool Valley, 1215;Eastern Ore
gta, 814c: mohau. 2526c pound.
SCHWAB QUITS.
Burdens of the Steel Trust - Management Too
Lj- : . .',' Much for flis Health. -
Pittsburg, Aug. 20. A Loretto dis
patch confirms the report that Schwab
will retire irom th& steel corporation
and all active business 'to ' recruit his
health.' None but members of the fam
ily are allowed te talk with him.
Pittsburg, Aug. 20. The reported
early retirement of Schwab from' the
presidency of the steel corporation can
not be confirmed hee, but it is accept
ed as a fact. Carnegie officials- know
nothing of it, but Schwab is known to
be a very sick man. Hi j ailment is
said to be mental rather than physical
in nature. -;'- v. -. '
OREGON DECISIONS.
Three Important Decisions Handed Down by
State Supreme Court.
Salem, Or., Aug. 20. In opinions
just rendered, the state supreme couit
holds: - ."i ;"
Under the charter "-of the City of
Pendletou authorizing the city council,
with the consent of the mayor, to elect
and remove the city recorder, the
mayor has a right to cast the deciding
vote in case of a tie..
Under the by-laws of the order of
Modern Woodmen of '; America, requir
ing the payment of 50 cents as a fee
for changing the name of the benefici
ary, this requirement is a condition
precedent, and no change takes effect,
as between adverse claimants unless
the fee was paid. -
A note and mortgage executed in .this
state and payable in another state wjll
be construed according to the laws'of
this state, even though they contain an
express agreement to the contrary;: "i
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A LOT OF OLD TUBS.
British Authority Says Most of the Ships in
Their Navy Are .tloGood. .
vS&P-S-' . ' '
London, Aug. 20. 51'he great -naval
parade off Spithead ialling the columns-
of the London papers with in
dictments of the admiralty, as well as
panegyrics ot the magnificent spectacle.
William Laird Cowles, the naval au
thority, and who cannot be classed as
an alarmist,' writes that while there
are a dozen very effective battleships
off Spithead,. and a few cruisers, all
comparing favorably with those of the
best foreign construction, the bulk of
the British fleet is merely an exhibition
of flags, paint and gilding, and the ma
jority might as well he built of card
board, as .they are mere dummies," too
feeble s; to fight and too slow to run
away. JThe admjr4ltyii"also -coming
in for scathing" ciiticlsnT on account of
the overcrowding of transports.
RELATIONS WITH TURKEY.
Minister Leischman Declines to Consider New
Matters' Until Old Are Settled.
Constantinople, Aug. 20. The non
execution by the Turkish government
of agreements reached long ago on sev
eral questions affecting the interests of
American citizens haa led to. somewhat
strained relations between the United
States legation and the Porte. United
States Minister Leishman has informed
the latter that he will not discuss oth
er matters until the terms of settle
ments already agreed upon are carried
out. Diplomatic circles anticipate fur
ther undue delay, and that this may
possibly lead to a sharp reminder by
the United States. .
Boers Get Great Greeting.
London, Aug. 20. The .enthusiasm
displayed by London crowds when the
Boer generals appear is undiminished.
Despite rain hundreds gatheied around
the hotel where the generals are stop
ping. When Delarey appeared at the
window the crowd cheered heartily.
Later Botha went out for a drive and
was given a great ovation. When the
steamship Coys Batavier left Black well
with the generals aboard,, tins evening,
a great crowd bade them farewell.
Judge Shiras will Retire.
Pittsburg, Aug. 20. "It is true that
father expects to retire frcm the bench
of the supreme court early in the com
ing year,' ' said George Shiras. "There
is no particular reason behind the re
tirement except that my father believes
that there is wisdom in the law passed
by congress enabling judges to retire
when-they have reached the age o (
years. -
To Re-Arm Field Artillery.
Berlin, Aug. 20. The United States
war department has bought of Herr
Erhardt, a gunmaker of Dusseldorf,
the right to re-arm the American field
artillery with his uew piece. An
officer of the United States ordnance
department is now ' at Dusseldorf on
this business, probably to learn thor
oughly how the gun is constructed.
Gorbin and Young Off for Germany.
New York, Aug. 20. Adjutant
General Corbin and Major General
Young have sailed for Europe, to be
present at the German military maneu
vers. These two officers, together with
General Leonard Wood, who is already
in Europe, are the official representa
tives of 5the United States and w ill be
the guests of Empreor William.
Oil Strike in Wyoming.
Evanston, Wyo., Aug. 20. The Jae
ger Oil company has struck a good
flow of petroleum in section 12, near
Spring Valley. The drill hal been
working In hard sandstone all day,
when suddenly it broke through, and a
good flow of oil and gas followed. "
Cudahy Sells.
Omaha, Aug. 20. Prominent South
Omaha packing men say the Cudahys
have sold their packing intersets to the
packers' trust for $21,000,C00.
BIG BUSH FOR LAND
TALK OF RAILROAD FOR COOS
: BAY CAUSES ACTIVITY.
State Disposes of Practically AH Its Holdings
of School Sections in That Vicinity, as
Well asTWany Tracts in Other Parts of
. the State Proposed Forest Reserve Will
"Make a . Market
Salem, Or., Aug. 21. The eager
ness with which idle capital is seeking
invest ment in property that promises to
advance in value is shown by the sales
of state school lands lin Coos county
which have followed the announcement
that a railroad will be built to Coos
Bay. Immediately after the report
was published showing that the rail
road will probably be constructed,
there was a rush for cheap land in that
vicinity. - Within a few days every
acre of vacant school land w ithin 35
miles and more of Coos Bay had been
purchased. ; Some of the land may
prove to be of no value as a means of
income, but in the desire to get what
there was of value men took air there
was to be bad. Ihe land cost them
but $1.25 per acre, so the loss could
not be great in any event. Buying has
also been active in Curry county, and
piactically all the vacant school land
has been taken.
In anticipation of the creation of the
large forest reserve in Eastern Oregon,
all the tchol .land in the area covered
by the proposed reserve has been
bought up. - -Some of it is said to be
timbered, ::ahd:-.will be worth what it
cost on this account. That which is
not valuably for"' any other purpose will
become of value the moment the re
serve is created, for thenBit can be used
as reserve scrij in the location of lieu
lands. -u
General W. H. Odell, who returned
few days ago fi om a trip through
Crook, Klamath, and Lake counties,
says that practically all of the 'timber
land in those counties and in Grant,
Malheur and Harney counties that has
market value has already been taken.
General Odell says that very prosper
ous times are prevailing in the counties
named, and that there is every reason
to expect a rapid development of that
part of the state in Jhe next few years.
The irrigation of arid lands and the
draining of swamp lands will add to
the producing area thousands of acres
which are now almost valueless, but
which will then yield large returns for
cultivation..- - --'-v-? -vi-'-. -Vjfc.
NEW SEAL, ROOKERY.
One Has Been Discovered in Aleutian Group
by Captain McClellan.
Washington, Aug. 21. Captain Shoe
maker, of the revenue cutter service,
has received a report from Captain
Charles II. McClellan, commanding
the cutter Manning, recording the dis
covery of a new .fur seal rookery on
Bouldyer Island, in tHe Aleutian group.
Lieutenant Berthoff went ashore with a
boat's crew. He found a rookery of
fur seal similar to those found on Pry-
byloff islands. Bouldyer is between
the Arctic sea and the Pacific ocean,
fully 3,500 miles from San Francisco,
but still within the United States
jurisdiction. Lieutenant Berthoff ap
proached the herd closely enough to
observe that none of the seals had been
branded, and there was no sign that
white men in search of seals had ever
been near the island. The Manning
will continue searching to discover if
there are other rookeries in that local
ity. The suggestion is made that these
islands may be one of the rendezvous
of
the seal during their absence from
'rybyloff islands. The discovery is
considered important by the officials
here, in view of the gradual decline of
the fur seal in the Prybyloff islands.
DORR A WASHINGTON MAN
Manila Newspaper Publisher Found Gui'ty of
Sedition Lived at Dayton.
Dayton, Wash., Aug. 21. Fred Dorr,
told of in the press dispatches from
Manila as being found guilty of sedi
tion in connection with the publication
of the Manila Freedom, is a native of
this city, where he spent his early
boyhood as a clerk in his father's drug
store. He is a son of Dr. J. C. Dorr,
a pioneer of the Northwest end a gold
hunter in California.- Young Dorr
went to Alaska in 1888, spent three
yeais there, was some time in Aus
tralia, and later in China. As man
ager of a Britishjcoalyard, he was ex
pelled from Alan i ha when the war broke
out, because of expressed American
sentiment. Later he aided Dewey to
enter the harbor.
Schwab Olf for Europe,
Pittsburg, Aug. 21. Schwab's pri
vate car left Loretta this morning to
take Schwab to New York. It is un
derstood he will sail for Europe tomor
row. His representatives say the trip
is only his usual summer vacation.
James Gayley, second vice president of
the steel corporation, is now slated for
president of the concern if Schwab re
tires. He has been a scientific metal
lurgist and thoroughly efficient mana
ger. He is only 45.
Five Officers, Thirty Men, Seventy Chinese.
Vienna, Aug. 21. A pontoon convey
ing a detachment of infantry across
the Amur river near Pashkowa sank,
and five officers, thirty men and seven
ty Chinese camp followers were
drowned.
Petroleum in Yucatan. .
Mexico City, -Aug. 21. There is
much excitement in the Peninsula of
Yucatan, where petroleum has been dis
covered. ' " -
PUNISH THE aiOliOS
NATIVES OF MINDANAO GROW
.: ING TROUBLESOME.
Chaffee Asks Permission to Begin an Active
' Campaign Against Them, and is Told to
Use His Own Judgment Native Police
and Lad rones Have a Lively Fight in the
Outskirts of Manila.
Manila, Aug. 20. The Moros in
Mindanao are renewing their attacks
upon the outposts and pack-trains of
the American column at Lake Lanao.
which is under the command of Cap
tain Pershing of the Fifteenth cavalry.
The Americans have successfully re
pulsed the Moro attacks and have
suffered no losses. The commander
of the American forces in Mindanao
reports aggressive action against the
Moros to be necessary and asks per
mission to move against Bacolod and
other strongholds of the hostile Mn.
nammedans. There - are about 2,000
American soldiers in Mindanao avail
able for the desired aggressive move
ment. It is believed this number is
sufficient to defeat the Moros, although
would possibly be necessary to
strengthen their base before undertak
ing the movement. - " - . .
INSTRUCTIONS TO CHAFFEE.
Told to Use Hs Own Discretion in Subduine
the Hostile Moros.
Washington, Aug. 20. A cable
dispatch has been received from Gen
eral Chaffee stating that in his judg
ment an active campaign against the
Moros in Mindanao is necessary in
order to curb the opposition that has
been growing against the United
States authority. The dispatch was
considered of sufficient importance to
be repeated to President Roosevelt at
Oyster Bay. General Chaffee has been
directed to use his own discretion in
the matter, and will no doubt engage
in an aggressive movement against the
insurgent Moros. Some time before
Secretary Root left Washington, the
Moro situation was under consideration
and from a dispatch then at hand -the
secretary was of the opinion that the
Moros must be dealt with severely
before they would respect the authority
the United States. General
Chaffee is now in Mindanao, having left
Manila some days ago. If the campaign
should continue, for some -time he, no
instead of leaving September 30, as he
had planned. It is understood at the
war department that General Chaffee
has sufficient troops to make an active
campaign. .
Sharp Engagement Near Manila.
Manila, Aug. 20 A force of native
constabulary engaged a band of ladrones
in a Eharp fight Saturday near Caloo
can, about four miles north of Manila.
The arrival of reinforcements for the
constabulary won them the victory.
Several members of the constabulary
were wounded. The ladrones left three
of their number dead, but carried off
their wounded.
SHOT DEPUTY SHERIFF.
Alfred Cofer Seriously Wounds Scott Ritchie
at Athena.
Fendleton, Or. Aug. 19. Scott
Ritchie, deputy sheriff, was shot and
badly wounded at Athena by Alfred
Cofer, for whom he had a warrant and
was trying to arrest. Ritchey's wound,
while very severe, is not considered
fatal. Cofer was- accompanied and
assisted by another, who is supposed to
have been his partner in the recent
heldup and express robberv at Free
water. These men are bel ieved to have
committed the recent highway robbery
at the county bridge near Pendleton.
Deputy Sheriff Ritchey is very popular,
and the indignation over the shooting
is so great that if the criminals are
caught thej may be ljrnched.
Japanese Islanders Perish.
Yokahama, Aug. 20. The little
island oi Torishama was overwhelmed
by a volcanic eruption between Aug. 13
and 15, and all the inhabitants, num
bering 150 persons, were undoubtedly
killed. The islaud is covered with
volcanic debris, aud all the houses on
it have disappeared. The. eruption is
still proceeding, and it is -accompanied
by submarine disturbances in the vi
cinity, which make it dangerous for
vessels to approach the island.
Elgin Creamery Company Fails.
Chicago, Aug. 19. The Elgin Cream
erv company, which ppeiates 135
creameries thioughout Illinois, Iowa
and Wisconsin, has failed. The credr
itors "are - estimated to number near
10,000, over 8,000 being farmers. The
assets are claimed to be $800,000, while'
the liabilities are estimated at $350,
000. Inability to realize on assets is
given as the cause of the failure.
Tornado in North Dakota.
Grand Forks, N. D., Aug. 20. 4.
terrific storm passed over the eastern
part of this state during the night.
Reports from Roll a say that four
deaths occurred eight miles east of
that place as a result of the tornado.
The h use of a settler was blown 'down
and his wife and three children were
killed.
Fell from a Train.
Wood burn, Or., Aug. 20. C. B,
Montague, a member of the last legis
lature from Linn county, fell from the
Albany local tiain as it left the station
at Woodburn, and was seriously in
jured about the face. His shoulder
was dislocated.
HILL'S IRON MINES
MOUNTAIN OF ORE IN CHOTEAU
; COUNTY BOUGHT.
Said a Great Iron Plant Will Be Fti.kii.1,.,1
at Great Fatls--Manganese Necessary for
Smelting, which Has Hitherto Been Lack
ng Has Been Discovered Close at Hand
in Jefferson County.
Great Falls,- Mont., Aug. 19. Presi
dent Hill, of the Great Northern rail
way, will erect a monster steel "and
iron plant here, for which plans have
been drawn, according to information
from thoEe in close touch with the rail
way magnate. Wendesday night.' it
has since developed, Mr. Hill purchased
a Half interest m the Conrad iron
mines in Choteau county, for $25,000.
The mines lie in the Sweet Grass hills
and constitute a veritable mountain of
ore. There is enough mineral in sight
to keep an ordinary plant supplied for
hundred years, according to Mr.
Hill's experts who have examined the
property. W. G. Conrad, owner of the
mines, has confirmed the sale to Mr.
Hill.
One factor whit h has been lackintr in
the reduction of the iron ore to metal
has been manganese, which .minora is
necessary as a flux in the smelting. To
overcome this difficulty. President
Hill, together with United States Sen
ator Paris Gibson, has purchased the
recently dioccvered deposits of man
ganese in Jefferson county, on the line
of the Great Northern. Seventeen
thousand dollars were paid to Ira
Meyers, of Great Falls, for this prop
erty. Mr. Hill and his party inspected
the Manganese deposits-Friday and
Mr. Hill expressed himself in high
terms regarding the showing made.
Before leaving Great Falls Mr. Hill
made the remark that he would estab
lish an industry in Great Falls that
would employ more men than a number
of railioads.
Along the line of the Great Northern
Mr. Hill has been acquiring deposits,
paying for one group near the Spokane
& Northern line $60,000. This deal
was made through J. D. Farrell, presi
dent of the Pacific Coast company.
MANY TO BE THROWN OUT.
Harvester Consolidation, It Is Said, Will
Abol.
, , - ish 10,000 Positions. .v
Chicago XaglZ .19,1$ '-'iaferMean',:,
Following the International Harvest
er Company's - public declaration that
economy in the manfacture and distri
bution of agricultural machinery was
the motive for effecting the $20,000,000
merger, several of the Chicago com
panies that make up the combine have
issued letters to their general agents '
throughout the country ordering a re
duction of about three-fourths of the
total number of employes representing
these companies in the field. The
other companies in the combine are
preparing to follow their example. .
Equally radical reductions in the office- .",
forces are being planned by ail, it 'is '
said, for th6 near future. Ten thousand
men in all are expected to lose their
positions.
WANT TO BECOME AMERICANS.
Members of Religious Orders Expelled From.
France Plead to Be Sent Here.
Rome, Aug. 18. Members of relig
ious orders expelled from France, espe
cially sisters, are applying to the Vati
can to be sent to the. United States. A
reply has been sent to them pointing
out that there are no vacancies in the
United States, and besides, calling at
tention to the difficulty arising from
the fact that the expelled sis-ters do not
speak the English language. Canada
has been suggested as a better field, as
sisters are comparatively scarce there,
and because French is spoken in a
large part of the Dominion.
The applicants, however, do not take
kindly to the suggestion and persist in
their requests to be sent to the United
States.
Canada Fears We'll Get Greenland.
Ottawa, Ont., Aug. 19. A portion of
the' Canadian press is considerably dis
quieted over the rumoi that the United
States is likely to acquire the territory
of Greenland by purchase from Den
mark. This is regarded as a menace to
the national entity of the Dominion,
and accordingly an effort is being put
forth to stir up the public mind upon
the subject with a view of having Green
land some day in the near future made
Canadian territory by purchase.
Forty Cents for Picking Hops.
Woodburn, Or., Aug. 18. About .30
hop growers convened in this city and
adopted a resolution establishing the
picking price of hops at 40 cents a box.
Other subjects discussed were baling
and caring for hops, contracting, the
"crime" of hop-rejecting by'dealers on
flimsy pleas, and the need of beneficent
laws for the grower, and a state in
spector. Favor American Intervention.
Berlin,Aug. 16. Many politicians
here seem inclined to allow the United
States to settle the trouble in ' Venez-.
.uela. Some even suggest the advisa
bility of the United States sending an
expedition to restore order, or even to
annex Venezuela.
Alger Wants That Toga.
Detroit, Aug. 19. General Alger will
make a formal announcement of his
candidacy to succeed : the late Senator
McMillan. He will probably be op
posed by McMillan-'s eldest son, Wil
iam. "