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CORVAIililS, BENTON COUNTY, OREGON, FBIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, -1902.
VOL. XXXIX. NO. 40;
EVENTS OF THE DAY
GATHERED FROM ALL PARTS OF THE
TWO HEMISPHERES.
Comprehensive Review of the Import'
ant Happenings of the Past Week,
Presented in Condensed Form, Most
Likely to Prove Interest-ins to Our
Many Readers.
Two tramps were killed' in a freight
wreck on the Northwestern in Iowa
Another call has been made on the
governor of Pennsylvania for troops in
the strike district.
J. P. Morgan is opposed to the r
' nomination of .Roosevelt, and is work
ing hard to defeat him.
A hair and feather factory in Chicago
was destroyed by fire. Several persons
were overcome by smoke. Loss, $7,000.
Hail in New Mexico stripped trees of
' fruit and lightning set fire to the capi
tol, which was saved after a bard fight.
The Colombian revolution has broken
out in a new place. Conditions are
much disturbed on the north coast,
near the mouth of the Magdalena river.
A Sacramento liver steamer burned
at her dock in San Francisco. Several
passengers were more or less severely
injured. '
A New York man is suing a street
car company for $5,000 on account of
an accident which compelled him to
shave off bis whiskers.
;A11 is in readiness at Fort Riley,
Kan., for the war maneuvers.
A balloon explosion at Vienna re
sulted in the death of 30 persons.
Fire at Birmingham, Ala., destroyed
property to the value of $220,000.
Roosevelt is being urged to announce
an extra session of congress in 1903.
' Postal receipts of Oreogn End Wash
ington for the past year show a good
increase.
Cholera has bioken out again in
Egypt and many cases are being re
ported daily.
Three men were badly injured by an
explosion at the Willamette Iron
Works in Portland.
An unsuccessful attempt was made to
wreck the czar s train while he was on
his way to St. Petersburg.
An electric car at Akron, Ohio,
Jumped the traek, -injuring a dozen
passengers more or less severely.
A French aeronaut with a new flying
machine has made two unsuccessful
attempts to cross the Mediterranean.
The Lime Branch, the largest vessel
ever entering the Columbia river, is
now loading at Portland. The steamer
has a carrying capacity of over 8,000
tons of cargo.
By a cave-in at a West Virginia coal
mine four miners lost their lives.
Hayti is taking active steps to end
the civil war, fearing American inter
vention. General Miles considers the coast
' fortifications of the Northweet to be . in
excellent condition.
The cable steamer laying the trans
Atlantic cable from Victoria, B. C,
covered 164 miles the first day.
The death list of the Alabama
church disaster is growing. One
hundred and ten dead are reported.
Explorer Baldwin, who has just re
turned from an Arctic expedition,
holds the old ideaof an open polar sea
as baseless.
An Ohio school teacher has lost his
position because he made white girls
and colored girls who had been quar
reling kiss.
Ten thousand people attended an
open air mass meeting in New York
organized in sympathy with the strik
ing coal miners.
The American Line
Paul, which arrived at
few days ago, had a
from destruction by fire
steamship St.
New 'York a
nai row escape
on her way
across the ccean.
England has sent a cruiser
to Colon
to protect British interests.
A barbed wire plant at Pittsburg
was burned, destroying property worth
$150,000.
The next meeting of the Interna
tional Sunday School convention will
be held in Jerusalem in 1904.
- The United States will station a war
vessel in the tropics and be prepared
for emergencies at all times.
The sovereign grand lodge of the Odd
Fellows has made a national organiza
tion of the Patriarchs Militant.
A panic in a Birmingham, Ala.,
Negro church cost 78 lives, and as
many more were seriously injured.
Two wrecks occurred on the Northern
Pacific in Washington, in which an
engineei was killed and several pas
sengers injured.
Russia has set October 8 as the date
for the withdrawal of her troops from
Manchurit .
A mob attacked a -Pittston, Pa., col
liery, and after driving the nonunion
men from the mine, set fire to the
breaker. Considerable damage was
dope before the flames were controlled.
Stanley Spencer, an English aero
naut, made a successful flight of SO
miles over Loudon in an airship of his
own invention. The craft was com
nletelv under his control during the
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entire trip.
The sword has been abolished as a
cavalry weapon in Canada.
M'LEAN TRANSPORTS COLOMBIANS.
American Commander Carries Out Terms
of Prospective Treaty.
asbington, fcept. zo. lne navy
department is in receipt of the follow
ing cablegram from Commander Mc
Lean, of the cruiser Cincinnati:
"Colon; Sept. 22. The United States
guards and guarantees traffic and the
line of transit. Today I permitted the
exchange of Colombian troops from
Panama to Colon, a boot 1,000 each
way, the troops without arms, in train
guarded by American naval force in
the same manner as other paseengeis.
Arms and ammunition in separate train
guarded also by naval force in the
same manner as other freight.
McLEAN."
A belief, which has grown so strong
that it can no longer be disregarded,
is held in Central and Sooth American
diplomatic centers here, and it should
be stated that the impression prevails
in spite of emphatic expressions of
high officials of the United States
government to the contrary, that the
large naval force which has been sent
to keep the traffic open across the isth
mus will prevent, by its very presence;"
the continuation of hostilities along the
railroad on any extensive scale, and
soon bring them to a halt altogether;
that the force has been sent there in
anticipation of an early signature of the
Panama canal treaty, and that it will
be kept there to maintain order and
quiet along the strip from Panama
to Colon, which, by the terms of the
prospective treaty, the United States is
to control.
TIMBER CAN BE SAVED.
If Taken Out of Burnt District and Used
Within Three Years.
Portland, Sept. 25. J. A. Buckly,
who controls a large amount of timber
land in Skamania county, Washington,
in the region so recently devastated by
the forest fires, has just returned from
inspection of the damage wrought
by the destructive blaze. Mr. Buckly
says :
"The fire worked eastward from
Wind river to the Lewis river -ountry,
burning a strip of territory from 10
to 15 miles -wide all the way. This
strip is about 10 miles back from the
river and lies in nearly an easterly 'and
westerly direction. The timber on
eight or nine townships was destroyed,
and it is estimated that it amounts to
4,000,000,000 or 5,000,000,000 feet in
all. A good deal of it is simply killed,
and can be saved if it can be cut and
brought out within the next four years.
"The fires Were started by careless
settlers and campers, who build a blaze
up against a big cedar log, and then go
away and leave it burning. It soon
spreads and then all the surrounding
country becomes involved. Such fires
were started near Stevenson and Wash
ougal, and they were, I think, the main
causes for the forest fires that fol
lowed." PINS HIS FAITH ON PUBLIC.
Qompers Says if They Knew the Situation
the Strikers Would Win.
Washington, Sept. 25. President
Samuel Gompers, of the American
Federation of Labor, last night made
an address before the Central Labor
Union. He said he believed that if
the people knew the exact, conditions
which have prevailed in the anthracite
region for the past quarter of a cen
tury they would raise such a hue and
cry that the men who own the mines
and the operators would not dare op
pose the strikers in their demands', so
great would be the indignation of the
public.
Resolutions were adopted petitioning
congress at its next session to institute
a thorough investigation of the condi
tions in the anthracite coal region,
with a view to remedial legislation.
DEATH IN OAS EXPLOSION.
Four Miners are Dead, Five Injured, and
Seven Missing.
Fairmount, W. Va., Sept. 25. Four
men are dead and five others are lying
in different wards at the Miners' hos
pital here, suffering from cuts, bruises
and other injuries as a result of a gas
explosion at a coal shaft located at
Stafford, this county, today. In ad
dition to these, seven more men are
missing. This evening a force of men
are searching the mines for the lost
miners. The disaster was caused by
the gas from a leaking pipe being ig
nited from a lamp carried by one of
the miners now lying dead.
Oil Fuel on Atlantic Liner.
New York, Sept 25. The American
line steamer Kensington arrived today
from Southampton. The Kensington
has been laid up at Newcastle, Eng
land, for some time, overhauling and
installing a pi nt for the use of oil as
fuel. On the way from Newcastle to
Southampton the oil was used suc
cessfully, but as the plant was not
quite ready for an extensive vojage the
full test was pat off until the return
trip from this port.
United Mineworkers Recognized.
Charleston, W. Va., Sept. 25. The
Plymouth mines tonight signed the
scale promulgated by the Huntington
convention and agreed to recognize the
United Mineworkers of America. This
will put about 500 men to work.
Major Powell Dead.
Haven, Me., Sept. 25. Major J. W.
Powell, director of the bureau of eth
nology of the Smithsonian institute at
Washington, died at his summer home
here. He had been critically ill for
torn days.
NEWS OF OREGON
ITFMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS
OF THE STATE.
Commercial and Financial Happenings of
the Past Week Brief Review of the
Qrowth and Development of Various
Industries Throughout Our Common
wealth Latest Market Report.
The taxable value of Lake county
property is $1,599,033, an increase of
$78,486 over last year.
a movement has eoen started in
Albany to print 75,000 pamphlets for
advertising Linn county in the Middle
West.
The Salem school board has fixed the
salaries of all tea hers in that -city,
other than principals, at $40 par
month.
xne district lair ana carnival at
Baker City, which closed last Saturday,
was a very successful affair from eveiy
point of view,
An unknown disease, baffling in its
nature, is creating havoc among the
sheep in some parts of Lane county.
especially on the prairies along Coy
ote creek.
With proper facilities for irrigating
the land, Baker county will in time be
come one of the chief agricultural conn'
ties in the - state. Considerable im
provement along this line is already
being made. v
fruitgrowers in Folk county say
that the prune crop will not only be
light this year, but that brown rot has
attacked the Italian prunes in some
sections, and that this will further de
crease the yield.
A test of the well sunk by the state
at the penitentiary has been made, and
the result is quite satisfactory. In the
trial water was pumped through a 4.-
inch pipe at the rate of 72,000 gallons
every 24 hours.
Eugene Horton, son of the Oregon
City postmastei, has received notice
that he has been selected as alternate
from the First congressional district for
admission to West Point, and has been
ordered to report to a bo.ird of officers
at Vancouver Bai racks, Washington,
for mental and physical examination.
Oregon's 42nd annual state fair,
which closed on the 20th, was the most
successful exposition in the' history of
the agricultural association. The fair
was a success not only financially, bat
in point of exhibits, which were repre
sentative of the diversified agricultural
and horticultural interests of the state.
Enough money was made to pay for the
new buildings and improvements.
An effort will be made by the next
legislature to cut down the expenses of
the state printing office.
The pulp mill near Skamokawa,
which was recently destroyed by fire,
will be rebuilt at once.
The office of Indian agent at Uma
tilla has been abolished and the agency
and school placed in charge of a bonded
superintendent.
Dallas citizens have voted to enter
into a contract for the construction of
a new water works system to tne ex
tent of $12,000.
The Oregon Woolgroweis' association,
in a session at Pendleton, adopted
strong resolutions favoring the continu
ation of the scalp bounty law."
The assessor of Yamhill county
places the gross value of all property
in that county at $5,125,262.25.
The game law regarding Chinese
pheasants has been grossly violated in
Linn county, but Game Warden
Quimby finds it almost impossible to
do anything.
An immense warehouse is being
erected at Medford. It is expected to
be completed in time to receive the
apple crop, the harvesting of which
will commence about October 1.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Walla Walla, 6lK62c; bid
stem, 646.4c; valley, 6264c.
Barley Feed, $19.00; brewing $2j
Hour uest grades, ?3.uo3 Vo ni
barrel; graham, $2.953.20.
Millatuffs Bran, $17 per toi
middlings, $21.50; shorts, $19
chop, $17.
Oats No.l white, $1.00; gray, 95
$1.
Hay Timothy, $lCglJ ; clovw
$7.50; Oregon wild hay, $56 pi
ton.
Potatoes Best Burbanks, 6063
per cental; ordinary, 5055cper ceq
tal, growers prices; sweets, $2,
2.25 per cental.
Batter Creamery, 2527Kc; daLf
17M20c; store, 12J15c. .. :..
Eggs 22c for Oregon.
Cheese Full cream, twins, 12$
13c ;Young America, 13)14)6c; fac
tory prices, 1 ljc less.
Poultry Chickens, .mixed, $3.00
4.00; hens, $4 505.50 per dozen,
llllc per pound; springs, HQ
llc per pound, $3.003.50 per doz
en; ducks, $3.004.50 per dozen; tur
keys, live, 1314c, dressed, 1516c per
pound ; geeee, $4.006.00 per dozen. -
Mutton Gross, 23c per ponnd ;
dressed, 6c per pound.
Hogs Gross,' 6Jc; dressed, 77t
per pound.
Veal 78c per ponnd.
Beef Gross, cows, 33)p; steers.
3K4Kc; dressed, 67c per ponnd.
Hops 1617c; new crop 2022c.
Wool Valley,1215;Eastern Ore
gon, 8143c: mohaii. 25 26c pounl.
TROOPS TO THE SCENE.
Striking Miners Resist Sheriffs, Who Call
on the Governor for Aid. ,
- Scranton, Pa., Sept. 24. Sheriff
Schadt, of Lackawana Icoonty, tonight
telegraphed Governor Stone to send
booDS to his assistance. - : The . sheriff
had just given to the. newspapers a
proclamation announcing he would call
the troops if the lawlessness did not
cease, when he received a series of tele
phone rails to quail disturbances np
the valley. He found on investigation
that the situation Vas such that he
could not cope with it, and sent a call
for troops. Adjutant General Stewart
called the sheriff by &lephone, and had
long talk with him. The adjutant
general suggested a poese of citizens be
called upon for assistance. While the
sheriff was preparing Jto act upon this
suggestion he received more reports of
violence np and down the valley, and
at once sent another argent telegram to
tne governor, cajiing lor immediate
assistance, and the? Thirteenth regi
ment, with headquarters here,
was
ordered out. 4
The worst of tonight's outbreaks oc
curred at Archboldi-. A crowd of 200
strikers, mostly foreigners, ransacked
the quarters occupied, by the 40 "men
employed at the Raymond washery of
the Ontario & Western company, while
the men were at work, and then meet
ing with the men as they were return
ing, drove them back, to the refuge of
the washery. The mob then returned
to the colliery proper, drove out the
engineers, hremen, , pumpmen and
guards and took possession o" the
breaker. The plant of the electric light
company, which is supplied with steam
from the breaker, had to shot down,
and the whole region' around ; was left
in darkness. In the attack on the
breaker, two men . were shot, one a
striker and the other a workman.
Chief Deputy Sheriff Miles Mc-
Andrew was attacked and shot at by a
mob at Oliphant. . The steam pipes of
the J ennsylvania Coal company's col
liery at Old Forge were blown np with
dynamite tonight. Two colored cooks
at the colliery were rescued by deputy
sheriffs from a crowd that was hasten
ing to lynch them. '
RAIN DID MUCH GOOD.
Saved Crops, Stopped Fires, and Insures
Winter Grazing.
Denver, Sept- 24.-fEe continuous
rain that fell over the entire eastern
portion of Colorado, beginning with a
heavy precipitation last night at 8
o'clock and continuing nntil about
noon today in a milder form, has saved
the late crops and placed the ranges in
splendid condition for the grazing of
cattle daring the coming winter. All
fears of a shortage of water, both for
human and animal use, are allayed.
Reports from different places in the
mountains are to the effect that show
fell during the night to a depth varying
from three to eight ' inches, and that
the forest fires that have been burning
for a month or more have been
quenched. It seems that the rain and
snow were general on the eastern slope
of the Rockies from Montana tr New
Mexico. On the western slope the pre
cipitation was fitful.
CUBA WANTS TROOPS TO GO.
Secretary Root Intimates that Its Desire
WiU be Gratified.
Washington, Sept. 24. The govern
ment of the United States is to be re
quired to terminate the last vestige of
its authority in Cuba. The war de
partment has been advised formally
by the department of state that Presi
dent Pal ma has notified Minister
Squires that he desires the American
troops remaining in Cuba to be with
drawn.
Secretary Root, while he has not
come to any conclusion, has intimated
that the troops might be withdrawn.
Chicago, aept. Z4. ILe lumrnauuip
al Union of Commercial telegraphers
was formed here today at a convention
of 40 delegates, representing' as many
cities throughout the United States. A
constitution patterned after that of the
International Typographical Union was
adopted, providing for a working card
to each mem Dei every three months.
The convention adjourned after theJ
election of the officers.
Boxers Continue Operations.
London, Sept. 24. In a dispatch
from Shanghai, the correspondent of
the Standard declares that Boxerism in
the province if Szechuen has not yet
been subdued. The premises of the
Ghina inland mission at Meichoa have
been destroyed, but no lives were lost.
The Boxers, according to the corre
spondent, are threatening three cities,
Tanlien, Hung Ten and Kaiting Fa.
TOUR ABANDONED
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT IS LAID UP
: BY AN ABCESS.
His Affliction is the Result of the Recent
Trolley Car Accident Operation was
Performed. Successfully and President
Placed on His Special Train Case is
In No Wise Serious. .
Indianapolis, Sent. 25. President
Roosevelt's Western trip came to an
untimely end in this city yesterday,
He was fonnd to be suffering from a
swelling of the left leg, between the
knee and the ankle, that required in
mediate surgical attention, and instead
of being taken to his train to contina
the journey to Fort Wayne and Mil
waukee, he was conveyed to St. Vin
cent's hospital, where he was operated
t. The operation occurred at 3 : 45
o'clock, and lasted only a short time,
when he was taken to a private room
in the hospital to rest. After taking a
light luncheon at 7:30 P. M., he was
conveyed on a stretcher to his train,
wnicb. nad backed np on a " i." near
the hospital, and at 7:50 the train left
for Washington.
The accident which befell him at
Pi ti afield, Mass., when a trolley car
crashed into his carriage, is responsible
for the sudden ending of the presi
dent's trip, and his being compelled to-
undergo the operation. In thatacci
dent his knee was badly bruised and an
abscess quickly formed which gave him
some trouble, but not enough at first
to interfere with his plans. Dr. Lang,
his offiical physician, together withDr.
Richardson, who accompanied him on
the trip, deemed it advisable yesterday
to consult other doctors. Accoidingly
Drs. Oliver and Cook were called to the
Columbia club, where the president
was to be entertained at lunch. They
decided that an operation was neces
sary, and that it should be performed
at once. This decision was arrived at
before luncheon, but was not allowed
to interfere with the meal.
The announcement came as a thun
derclap out of a clear sky. The presi
dent appeared in snch good health
otherwise that it was hard to believe
that he was about to undergo an opera
tion. He had delivered an address
earlier in the day before the Spanish
American war veterans, and also ad
dressed .the -citizens,, of Indianapolis
from the balcony of the - Commercial
club. He was the picture. of health,
and many comments were made during
the early part of the day on how well
he looked. It was noticed, however,
that he walked with a slight limp
i
BIG FIRE IN ISLAND CITY.
Destroyed Mills, Wheat and Houses, and
Threatened Entire City.
La Grande, Or., Sept. 25. Fire in
Island City, yesterday afternoon,
destroyed $55,01)0 worth of property.
The Pioneer flouring mill caught fire
at 3 :30 o'cloca and was completely
destroyed, together with an adjoining
grain elevator. The flames spread
rapidly and in a short time the Island
City Mining & Milling Company's
implement warehouse was in ashes.
Continuing the fire destroyed a harness
shop, blacksmith shop, tannery, three
residences and the only church in the
town.
A high wind was blowing at the time
and it looked for a while as though the
whole town was doomed. Everything
was at tne mercy of tne names, with
no protection, excepting what could
be afforded hy hand pumps and water
buckets. By hard work two ware
houses containing 60,000 bushels of
wheat were saved, though some 30,000
bushels near by were consumed.
The value of the mill plant is esti
mated at $2,000, with $20,000 insur
ance on wheat and mill. The value
of the implements, machinery, and
warehouse is $31,0000; insurance,
$14,000. There was no insurance on
the residences, and only $1,000 on the
church. The mill will be rebuilt at
once.
Bolivian Dispute May be Settled.
Santiago, Chile, Sept. 25. The for
mal exchange of treaties between Ar
gentina and Chile, providing for arbi
tration and limitation of armaments,
has taken place amid great ceremony
at the government house in the pres
ence of President Riesco, the Argentina
minister, Senor Portella and delegates
from the diplomatic corps and the local
authorities. It is reported that a
prompt settlement of the questions in
dispute with Bolivia, is likely, and
that it will result in stability to this
part of the world.
Coal Miners Make an Offer.
Pottsville, Pa., Sept. 25. A delega
tion of mineworkeis called at the offices
of the Philadelphia & Reading Coal
and Iron company tonight and sub
mitted a proposition to return to work
if they could have assurances that
President Baer will - adjust all local
differences at the collieries. The
delegation will have a conference
with the company's officials tomorrow
morning, and it is believed a settle
ment will be reached.
Relief Funds Inadequate.
Tamaqna, Pa., "Sept. 25. Strikers'
pickets patrolled the Panther creek
colliery today in an effort to prevent
nonunion men from going to work, but
no violence is reported. - Those in a
position to know say that if a break oc
curs in" the strikers' ranks here it will
be due to the small amount of relief
being distributed. It is claimed that
$2 a week ia the largest amount a mar
ried striker can secure.
PREPARING FOR TROUBLE.
Six Hundred Marines Awaiting Orders to
go to Panama If Necessary.
Washington, Sept. 23. Secretary
Moody has finally decided to augment
the United States naval forces on the
isthmus by the addition of 600 marines
if Commander McLean's advices indi
cate that these are needed. He has
given-orders to Commander Pillsbnry,
of the United States ship Prairie, now
at Boston, to proceed with, his ship to
Norfolk. At that point 600 marines
will be gathered ready to take ship
when Secretary Moody's advices indi
cate the necessity for their presence n
the isthmus. V
The Panther should arrive at Colon
within a day or two with 380 marines
aboard, so that, with the Prairie's men
and the marines on the Cincinnati.
who are already ashore at Colon, the
United States will have what is regard'
ed as an ample force to carrv oat its
treaty obligation of maintaining free
traffic across the isthmus.
Orders have also been sent' forward
to the San Francisco, now at Norfolk,
to coal and provision and proceed to
ban Juan, .Porto Rico, there to await
any emergency which may arise. There
is only one United States warship now
in Venezuelan waters. The little gun
boat Marietta and the Montgomery are
due to arrive shortly at Cape Haytien.
The object of the department in
sending down the San Francisco, it is
stated, is to have a vessel ready to
meet a call for- reinforcements, either
in Venezuela, Hayti or the isthmus.
The duty assigned to the San Francisco
should not be confused with that given
the gunboat Bancroft. - That ' vessel
probably will not be able to go into
commission until October 1, and will
proceed to San Juan to be station ship.
It is expected that the San Francisco
will get away in three or four days.
TO BEGIN RAIL-LAYING.
Columbia River & Northern has Finished
Grading Equipment on the Way.
Portland. Sept'. 23. Work on the
Columbia River & Northern, from Lyle
to Goldendale, has reached the stage
at which rail laying will soon com
mence. Of the entire 42 miles of the
line, 25 have been graded and consid
erable of the remainder has been graded
in part and needs only finishing up.
Rock work in cuts and fills is now
keeping the construction gangs busy.
A large shipment of rails has been
received from Hamburg, Germany, and
the work of track building will be
commenced in ' a few days. A second
shipment of 2,000 tons of rails will
arrive on the Holyrood in about 15
days.
-General Manager H. C. Campbell
has received , infoimation that the
equipment for the' road will leave Chi
cago this week. The equipment con
sists of two locomotives, two passenger
cars and 55 freight cars, which will be
sufficient .for the needs of the road for
the next few years. Mr. Campbell is
also informed that, three grain ware
houses, each 60 by 150 feet, have been
constructed along the line of the roadj
and that one of these will be enlarged
50 feet to meet the needs of the busi
ness tributary to it. As there are now
no railroad facilities in the Klickitat
valley, and the farmers and. lumber
men must do all their freighting - by
team to Grants or The Dalles, the pro
gress of construction of the. new road
is a matter of no small concern to the
residents of Goldendale and the rest of
the valley. The road will be in opera
tion about the first of the year.
TO REWARD ARMY OFFICER.
General Chaffee Recommends a Medal of
Honor for Williams.
Washinton, Sept. 23. Lieutenant
Kenneth P. Williams, First infantry,
has been recommended by General
Chaffee for a congressional medal of
honor for his skill and bravery in
leading the relief "expedition to the
rescue of the marine detachment, which
completed the now famous march across
the island of Samar. A "noteworthy
portion of General Chaffee's letter reads
as foilows: "
"Not again in your military career,
nor in tnat of the men accompanying
you on this arduous undertaking, will
conditions likely arise that will render
you the opportunity of rendering such
unread of and never-to-be-forgotten
services to your country, which entitles
jrOu to greater thanks and to the na
tion's gratitude."
Rear Admiral Rogers' letter states
that "the marine detachment would
undoubtedly have perished to a man,
had it not been for the indefatigueable
exertions of Lieutenant Kenneth. P.
Williams."
Big Car Shortage In Sight.
New York, Sept. 23. An official of
one of the leading trunk line railroads
is quoted by the Journal of Commerce
as expressing the belief that in the'near
future the railroads of the country,
paiticularly those reaching the Atlantic
seaboard, will experience one of the
-worst car shortages in their history,
due to the demand for an early move
ment of crops and the crush of general
merchandise traffic. Should the coal
miners' strike be settled soon the short
age probably will be greatly aggravated -
Show Train in Collision.
Choctaw, O. T., Sept. 23. An east
bound Choctaw, Oklahoma & Gulf
height train ran into the rear of the
Sells-Downs show train here at 5
o'clock this morning. Two sleeping
cars of the show train were completely
demolished, and many of its occupants
were pinioned beneath the wreckage.
LTwo persons were killed and 26 injured,
all but four seriously. All of the cas
ualties were in the show train.
NATIONS AT OUTS
GREAT BRITAIN AND VENEZUELA MAY
SEVER RELATIONS.
Venezuela Will Not Give Up the Island of
Pal os. Over Which Great Britain Re
cently Raised Her Flag Respective
Ministers Mav be Given Their Pass
ports at Any Time. .
London, Sept. 24; The Associated
Press is in a position to announce that
diplomatic relations between Great
Britain and Venezuela are on the verge
of being severed.
Any day, almost any hour, may brine
the announcement that the British
minister at Caracas has been given his
passports, with corresponding action
toward the Venezuelan rerresentative
in London. The present diplomatic re
lations are so strained that to quote a
responsible British official, it would
really make very little difference if the
:t became public property bv the
absence of the diplomatic representa
tives from Caracas and London. Ac
cording to ..the British government's
understanding, Palos island belongs to
Great Britain just as much'as Trinidad.
and so far as known no question as to
its ownership has ever arisen. Inhab
itants of the island have recently been
shot or otherwise endangered through
the action of Venezuela, whether by
government or revolutionary partisans,
is not known. For purposes of protec
tion the local West Indian authorities
ordered the British flag to be promi
nently displayed on tne island, hence
the protest which the foreign office says
is only one of many.
An exceptionally prominent official
said to a representative of the Associ
ated Press this evening:
"Affairs in Venezuela are so hope
lessly muddled that we can get nothing
done. There is no concealing the fact
that the Venezuelan government has
made heated protests' to our minister.
The chief grievance appears to be the
allegation that the British government
is aiding the revolutionary army. It is
needless to say this is perfectly - base
less. We only wish the United States
would take over the whoe country, and
then perhaps we could get some peace.
Of all the disturbances Of the last de
cade, the present appears to le the
worst. This, combined with the. atti
tude of the nominal government, makes
us somewhat indifferent to any action
which may take place. The Venezue
lans appear to be , rather reckless.
thanks chiefly to what I presume is the
mistaken notion that Washington will
protect them from the results of their
folly, however inimical that might be
to the lives and property of British
subjects and those of other Europeans.
As we understand Monroeism, Vene
zuela is quite mistaken in this matter,
though apparently the impressions has
much to do with her present action."
MILLMEN ASK EIGHT HOURS. -
Will Strike In Minneapolis Flouring Mills
Unless Concession is Granted.'
Minneapolis, Sept. 24. Unless an
eight-hour work day is granted in the
flour mills of this section a strike will
go into effect September 29. The mills
of Minneapolis produce 16,000,000 bar
rels of flour, or nearly two-fifths of the
total output of the country, yearly.
The local union officials declare their
action has the support not only of the
National federation of Labor, but the
active co-operation of the other flour
mill employes' unions of the country.
They declare, therefore, that if a strike
is declared here the action will be fol
lowed elsewhere by a sympathetic
movement. If the strike is declared
the demands will embrace a stipulation
that none but union men shall be em
ployed in the mills. The flour loaders'
and packers' and nailers' unions have
expressed sympathy with the demand.
If the strike is declared 3.000 men
will walk out. : '
ALASKA RAILWAY ROUTE.
Located from Tanana River to Summit of
Alaskan ' Range.
Seattle, Sept. 24. W. G.-' At wood,
chief engineer and topographer of the
Alaska Central Railway company, ar
rived from the -north today, .:.and in a
report made to the local. representatives
of the company states that a feasible
route has been found from the Tanana
river to the summit of the Alaskan
range. Other reports received from
parties in the field are that the former
proposed route from Resurrection bay
to the Tanana has been slightly
changed and the line will now extend
due north. Atwood also reports a bie
coal field on-the Cat well riyera bout 30
miles south of the Tanana, fully 200
miles square. Along the banks of the
river tne veins extend to a depth of
1,000 feet.' . He reports deposits of fire
clay between the veins. ' Copper , sul
phate was also found, the waters'of the
river containing so mueh that fish can
not live in them. ' "
South African Colonies Assessed.
Londcn, Sept. 24. The Daily Mail
this morning says the . government has
decided that the new South African
colonies are to'be iequried 1o pay $500,
000,000 toward the cost " of the Sou th
African war. The colcnies are, how
ever, .to be allowed ample Jime in
which to make this payment. Mining
profhs will probably be taxed 10 per
cent more that they were ' before" th'p
war, and money will also be obtained
iy granting all kinds of concessions.
Postoffice Building Collapsed.
Minot,. N. D., Sept. 24. The post
office building here collapsed this even-
' mg and is a total wreck. About
'15 persons were buried in the ruins.
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