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GAZEr WEEKLY. UNION, Kstab. Jmlf, 1897. UAZKTTJC, Kstab. Dec, 180S. (Consolidated Feb.; 1899. COH VAliLIS, BENTOH COUNTY, OREGON,- FBIDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1902. VOL. XXXIX. NO. 41. EVENTS OF THE DAY GATHERED FROM ALL. PARTS OF TKE TWO HEMISPHERES. Comprehensive. Review of the Import ant Happenings of the Past Week Presented in Condensed Form, Most Likely to Prove Interesting to Our Many Readers. Continued heavy rains have stopped all war maneuvers at Fort Riley, Kan. Secretary Shaw's order releasing the reserve, put $200,000 into circulation at Portland. Savages on the warpath in New Guinea have massacred many people and burned whole villages. The president's condition continues to improve fast and he is able to attend to a great deal of business. The Cuban government has made a law which provides for Cuban labor in all kinds of public service. Miss Alice Hay, daughter of Secie- tary of State Hay, was married to James W. Wadsworth, of Sew York. . Two American inventors are expert menting with flying machines on Long island. One ship ascende 1 1,000 feet and saile I about two miles and the other ascended 4,000 feet and made a flight of nearly five miles. The senate committee on Pacific ia lands and Porto Rico has finished it t work in the Hawaiian islands and has sailed for San Franci co. The com mittee listened to testimony regarding the land laws, public improvements needed, bubonic plague epidemic and many other matters of le-ser import - ance. One thousand people are now be lieved to have perished in the Sicily disaster. In spits of rain, the full war maneu vers are being carried out by the troops at Fort Riley, Kan. Venezuela plan's to cut all the cables and an American gunboat may be ne cessary in those waters. Lumber shipments by water from the Columbia river will this year, for the first time on record, exceed 100,000, 000 feet. Brigadier General Sumner, in charge of the movement against the Moros, says the rebels are not so unruly as reported. It is said that Queen Maria Chris tina, mother of King Alfonso of Spain, has married Count' do Eecorura, her master of the house. Three desperate prisoners in the Dillon. Mont., jail sawed their way out. It is believed they secured aid from the outside. Officers are in close pursuit. Cholera still rages in the Island of Samar. The population of many of the towns have been heavily reduced through death and the flight of the panic stricken people. A tidal wave swept Japan, drowning at least 500 people. Much property was destroyed. A Japanese warship was driven ashore, but will probably be floated. A second military expedition has been sent against the Moros. Fifteen hundred street car men in New Orleans have struck for increased pay. A fire at Stockton, Cal., destroyed $500,000 worth of property. Five blocks were burned. A Mississippi Negro, who confessed to an old crime, was burned ailve. He said he deserved the fate that had over taken him. nie president s pnyricians louna it necessary to open the wound on his leg, as the bone was slightly affected. It is not serious come. uiiu recovery win nuuu The annual report of the commis sioner of pensions shows that there are now nearly a million pames on the pension rolls. The total disbursement of the department has been $2,900, 654,302. The cable from San Francisco to Manila will be in working order by July 4, 1903, according to the officials of the company. Three steamers will lay the cable, two from Manila and one from San Francisco. The comet discovered at Lick obser vatory September 1 has grown steadily brighter, until at the present time it is visible to the naked eye. It can be seen a little north of the star Alpha Cysni, near the milky way. It is mov ing in a southwesterly direction. Dr. Silviane Brandao, vice president elect of Brazil, is dead. A census of the Philippines has been authorized by the president. The presence of troops has had a quieting effect in the coai fields of Pennsylvania. President Roosevelt's injured leg continues to improve, and the president will be around again in a tew days. No more American soldiers will be sent to the isthmus of Panama. Burglars in South Sharon, Pa., held up a store, overpowered, bound and gagged two officers and secured $400. Isaac A. Singer, one of the largest - stockholders in the Singer sewing machine company, died at his home in Atlantic City. A lone highwayman near Stites, Idaho, held up a stage and secured $500. TO END THE STRIKE. President Will See What May be Done in the Coal Fields. Washington, Oct. 2. The president yesterday took initiative steps to ascer tain what, if anything, could be done by the federal authority to settle the coal strike. The result was a general expression of opinion by the advisers of the president, who were present, to the effect that the federal laws and con stitution do not afford means of federal interference to end the strike,' but another conference will be held today, and the president will do all he can properly and legally to bring about a settlement. At the temporary White House a conference was held with the three cabinet officers Attorney Gene ral Knox, Secretary Moody and Post master General Payne. Governor Crane, of Massachusetts, was also present. The&e gentlemen met with President Roosevelt, and after the sub ject had been considered for some time they adjourned to another room and conferred together for an hour. They all returned later in the day and held another conference with the president, and the strike situation was discussed further. President Roosevelt is deeply con cerned over the situation. The ap proach of winter, with a coal famine imminent, and the distress znd suffer ing that must ensue unless coal be comes available, present a situation which, he thinks, should receive the attention ol the administration if there is anything that can bo done by the government. Many appeals have been made to him, and many suggestions have been received by him, and it was with a view to- ascertain what power the federal authority could evoke that caused the conference to be held. During the conference every phase of the situationl vtas discussed. The general opinion of the advisers was that the situation did not present a case in which there could be federal intetfer- ence by any warrant of law. There has been no interference with .federal authority in the mining region, either by stoppage of the mails or resistance of the United States court process. It was pointed out thct there was no occa sion for the use of federal troops, as Governor Stone, of Pennsylvania, had not called on the government for assist ance, nor had he even exhausted trie resources of the state by calling out the lull strength of the state militia. WHERE MAN HAD NOT BEEN. Geological Survey Party Returns From Wilds of Alaska. Seattle, Oct. 2. After traversing a wilderness where white men have never before ventured, the United States geological survey has completed a pre liminary examination of the country lying between Cook inlet and the Tanana. A party of seven, under the leader ship of Alfred H. Brooks, made the trip from Tynook to the Tanana, and later leahed Ramp rt, on the Yukon, after several months' hard work. The entire country was carefully mapped, and the reports have been sent on to Washington by Mr. Brooks, now in Seattle. Several new details were discovered which will greatly aid future pros pectors. The trip was such a bard one that, out of 20 carefully selected horses, only 11 survived, ror hundreds of miles the pirty never saw a white man, and, ndeed, were the majority of the time in a totally uninhabited land. They passed closer to Mount McKinley than any other wnite man. Many new streams were located and named, and another party will probably be sent in next year to continue the work. MUCH CHOLERA IN ILO ILO. People Fleeing to the Mountains, Leaving the Dead Unburied. Manila, Oct. 2. It is understood that 5.124 cases of cholera and 2,740 deaths from that disease were reported in the province of Ho Ho, Island of Panay, on Monday. This is the high est record for any district since the out break of the disease occurred, and ex ceeds the total of Manila and many of the provinces since the commencement. The town of Miago, in the province of Ho Ho, was the worst eufferer, 1,173 cases being reported there Monday. At Cabettaun there were 899 case?, and at Dumanges 395 cases were re ported on Monday. . The people are fleeing to the mountains, leaving the dead unburied and the dying uncared for. The government has ordered ad ditional doctors and medicines to be sent to Ilo Ho. The number of vic tims makes ordinary sanitary measures impossible. The total of all the pro vinces Monday was 5,390 cases and 3,091 deaths. Croker on Trial. New York, Oct. 2. Edward F. Crok er, chief of the New York fire depart ment, was placed on trial today before Fire Commissioner Sturgis, who pre ferred charges against the chief. The charges are seven in all, and they in clude accusations of incompetency, sending in false reports, violation of the constitution of the state of New York, conversion of public property to private use, conduct prejudicial to good order and discipline. Salt Company Fails. Trenton, N. J., Oct. 2. Chancellor Magio has appointed Frank P. McDer mott, of Jersey City, and Nathan S. tsearasiee, ot Warsaw, a. i., receivers for the National salt company. The application for a receiver was made by Chauncey II. Strickland, of New York. The company's liabilities are given at $1,150,000 and quick assets at $858, 000. NEWS OF OREGON ITFMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS OF THE STATE. . Commercial and Financial Happenings of the Past Week Brief Review of the Growth and Development of Various Industries Throughout Our Common wealth Latest Market Report. Six harvest ' hands were held up at The Dalles and relieved of $300. A cold-storage and meat company has been formed in Ashland with a Capital of $25,000. prune t-rop in juanon county will ViA nrttltv rcnProl 1 v oaf Kava ho ill a ml ? . m r i The board of regents of the state uni versity, at Eugene, have made arrange ments to include a music department. Mrs. Florence At wood, state nresi- , g dent of the Rebekahs, died at her home in Baker City September 23 of pneu monia. Pardons have been asked for Con victs Louis Level and H. S. Warriner, sentenced from Multnomah county for burglary. The 16th annual fair of the Butte Creek Agricultural association, held at Marquam, had a large attendance and was very successful in every respect. Preparations are well advanced for the district fair to be held at Rosebnrg during the five days beginning October 7. A splendid livestock exhibit is ex pected. Over one-half of the Washington county agricultural and horticultural exhibit, which took the firt prize at the state fair, has been sent East, where it will have a place in ft num ber of fairs and carnivals. Sub-committees have been appointed in various parts of the state to help so licit fuads for the purchase of a sword for Admiral Clark, who commanded the Oregon during the Spanish-Ameri can war. About f l,ZUU will be re quired. The school directors and clerks of Washington county held a meeting and discussed various matters of tchool im portance. The ' state superintendent was present. It is the first time such meeting was ever held in thaT. county. Twenty-seven bales of hops were ago for 23 sold in Salem a few days cents per pound. The assessment roll of Columbia county shows the total taxable proper ty to be worth $1,597,840. Large crowds attended the opening of the Eugene carnival, despite the rain. The business houses have a num ber of nice displays. Ranchmen in Josephine county will be forced to use strenuous efforts to rid the country of coyotes, which are doing much damage to stock. The Salem commercial club has taken steps to distribute 80,000 pam phlets through the East in the interest of the Willamette valley. Fruit growers in Polk county say that tl.e prune crop will not only be light tnis year, but that brown rot has attacked the Italian prunes in some sections, and that this will further de crease the yield. Oregon City schools are in a very crowded condition, the enrollment be ing larger than ever before. A free rural mail route has been rec ommended out of Forest Grove, but there will be some delay on account of being no map of Washington county roads. The Oregon blind school at Salem opened with 32 students, the san e as last year. This institution costs the state about $7,000 a year, or $220 for each pupil. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Walla Walla, 62c; bluestem 65c; valley, 63c. Barley Feed, $19.50 per ton; brew ing, s.'U.au. Flour Best grade, 3.303.65; grah am. $2 8 Millstuffs Bran, $18.50 per ton; middlings, $23.50; shorts, $19.50; chop, $17. Oats No. 1 white, $l1.02;gray, P5cS$l per cental. Hay Timothy, $10311; clover, $7.50; cheat, $8 per ton. Poultry Chickens, mixed, $4.5035; per pound, 11c; hens, $55.50 per dczen; per pound, 12c; springs, $3.50 4 per dozen; fryers, $33.50; broil ers, $2.503; ducks, $4.505 per doz en; turkeys, young, 1415c; geese, $6(6 6.50 per dozen. Cheese Full cream, twins; 13 13c; Y'oung America, 13K14; factory prices, ll)e less. Butter Fancy creamery, 2527c per pound; extras, 27c; dairy, 17 20c; store, 1215. Eggs 22625c per dozen. Potatoes Best Burbanks, 6065c per sack; ordinary, 5055o per cental, growers' prices; Merced sweets, $2 2.25 per cental. . Hops New crop, 20(2 21c per pound. Wool Valley, 12M15c; .Eastern Oieon, 814c; mohair, 2628c. Eeef Oros8, cows, 33$c per pound; steers, 4c; dressed, 67c. Veal 78Hc. Mutton Gross, 3c dressed, 6c. Lambs' Gross, 3c dressed. 6c. per pound; pound; per Hogs Gross, 67c per pound; dressed, 77c. ROOT MAY RESIGN. Secretary of War Desires to Return to Practice of Law. Washington, Oct. 1. Secretary Root is to resign, according to a statement published here. -.According to the rumor the resignation is not to take place until some time next spring, when Secretary Root hopes to have the many leforms he has originated as secretary of war certain of being car ried to a successful consummation, Among these are the general staff bill, which is not likely to pass at the short session, and the bill to reorganize the militia, which may become a law, With the practical settlement of affairs in the Philippines, and Cuban recip rocity adopted by congress, which will probably result in keeping Cuba pad Bed, and the reforms Secretary Root has inaugurated in the war department thoroughly established, the great work which he has selected to do will in a measure be accomplished. If he resigns it will only be when there is a straight course ahead for the war department, as President Roosevelt would not be very likely to part with him under any other circumstances. He is one of the etrongest men in the cabinet, and prob ably the closest to the president. Secretary Koot entered the cabinet at a great personal loss. As a lawyer of ability, he had an enormous practice in New xork. His old associates and em ployes are anxious for him to resume his former work, and this is given" .as the main reason why be intends to re sign. LONQ PENSION LIST. Report of Commissioner Shows Net Oaln of 5,732 Pensioners Last Year. Washington, Oct. 1. The annual re port of the commissioner of pensions, Eugene E. Ware, shows that the nam ber of names on the pension rolls i- still under the 1,000,000 mark, despite a net gain of 5,732 pensioners since 1898. The total enrollment July 1 last was 999,446, against $97 735 last year. The total comprises 738,800 soldiers and 260,637 widows and dependents. The aggregate includes 4,695 pensioner outride of the United States. The number of death notices of old soldiers, not now in the service, re ceived by the bureau during the year was 50,128; but only 27,043 of them were pensioners. The report says that the death rate among the pensioners for the coming year will be about 40,000, and the lo8pes to the tolls from other causes will be about 6,000. The total amount ; paid for pensions during the fiscal year was $ 137,504, 268, and the yearly cost of operating and maintaining the bureau and the agencies, outside of the payment of pensions proper, aggregate $3,590,529. STATE DEFEATS BOODLE RS. First Skirmish in Snyder Case Results in Victory for Prosecution. St. Louis, Oct. 1. The first day's proceedings in the trial of Robert M. Snyder, the banker and promoter, of Kansas City and New York, on charges of bribery in connection with the pas sage of the Central Traction bill several years ago, ended in a complete victory for the state, every objection offered by the defense being overruled by Judge Ryan. Snyder was arraigned, but re fused to plead, and the court ordered the clerk to enter a plea of not guilty. Tomorrow the selection of a jury will begin. It will then devolve upon the state to prove that the defendant is not a resident of Missouri. The statute of limitations, which has sheltered all the officials who took part in the deal, is the legal loophole through which Snyder's attorneys hope to pull him to liberty. DIED TO SAVE A TRAIN. Brave Act of a Northern Pacific Section Foreman in Idaho. Spokane, Wash., Oct. 1. In trying to save a passenger train from a wreck, William Johnson, a Northern Pacific section foreman, was killed this after noon at Tuscor, Idaho. He saved the train, but died of his injuries. The train was the east bound overland pas senger No. 4, and was wed filled. Johnson was flagging the train to keep it from running upon a section of track which contained a broken rail, and in his eagerness to have the signals ob served, he failed to step from the track in time to avoid the engine of the passenger. More Troops Called Out. Harrrisburg, Pa., Oct. 1. The Fourth regiment has been added to the troops on duty in the anthracite strike region. Sheriff Dietrick called upon General Gobin tonight for troops to suppress the rioting in Northumber land county. The general railed up Governor Stone by telephone and stated the situation, after which the executive reluctantly " ordered the Fourth regi ment to proceed to the scene and main tain order. Ex-Secretaries of War In the Senate. Washington, Oct. 1. When Russel A. Alger takes his seat there will be three senators who were 'ormerly secre tary of war. Procter, of Vermont, and Elkins, of West Virginia, are the other two. The same situation occurred when Don Cameron was closing his senatorial career. Soft Coal SU11 Advancing. Boston. Sept. 30. Local coal dealers today advanced the price of sot oral $1 per ton, making it $8.50. With to day's advance soft coal has appreciated in price $2.50 a ton the past week The price of hard coal remains at $15 a ton .but there is little to be had here. IRRIGATION MONEY EIGHT MILLIONS NOW AVAILABLE FOR GOVERNMENT PROJECTS. Start Will be Made in Number of Places in the Spring Funds Now on Hand Will Build at Least Ten Irrigation Systems 'Complete No Contracts Will be Let Until Cash is on Hand. Washington, Oct. 2. There is today in the treasury between $7,500,000 and f o,uuu,uuu, which, unuer ine act oi the latt session of congress, is to constitute .the reclamation fund, and which is now available for expenditure on such irrigation projects as will be selected by the secretary of the interior next spring for construction. About $3,- 000 000 of this was derived from the net revenue from the sale and disposition of public lands in the fiscal year and about $4,500,000 as the net nne for the last fi cal year. The gross revenues for ihe past year exceed tlio.-e of any proceeding fiscal year, amount ing to about 16,200,000. The fund is made up not only from fees and com missions, but fines and foifeitures for abuses of public laud laws. The de duction of total expenditures for main taining the public land service, together with the allowances for agricultural colleges, leaves the amount stated. Department officials are highly grat'- fi -d to find over $1,000,000 more than was contemplated with which to begin work on irrigation systems next year. t his total will build at least ten pro jects of medium size and probably more, depending upon cost. No work is to be undertaken to cost more than the amount available in the reclama tion fund at the time contracts are let. CITY IS WITHOUT COAL. People In New York are Now Tearing Up Sidewalks for Fuel. ( New York, Oet. 2. Not a ton of. anthracite coal can be had here at any price, says a Rochester, N. Y., dispatch to the Times. Sidewalk inspectors report that in the outlying districts residents are tearing up the sidewalks and using them for fuel. Altogether several miles of plank walks have been pried up with crowbars and carried off. In some sections, canal bridges have been stripped of planking. Piles of new. lumber left on the streets lor re- . pairs alto have disappeared. Hospitals of New York city are threatened with being seriously affect ed by the scarcity of coal. The J. Hood Wright hosi ital has only enough to last this week, while St. Luke's was so fortunate as to obtain a cat go of 240 tons about a week ago enough to last to months. St. Mary's hospital for children has practically no supply of steam coal, and is using furnace coal, of whi. h it has about 25 tons. This condition prevails at many other in stitutions. It was said at the office of the chari ties department that no real distress has been experienced in any of the city s charitable institutions. The price of anthracite has reached $21, but some retailers are peddling out their small supply at $15 or $16 to old customers. Importation of Welsh anthracite and Fren- h bitumin ous can in no way relieve the situation, for the few cargoes that have been landed are of little account. There are only about ,uuu tons ol this coal now on the way, but orders have been placed tnis week tor over Zo,tHHi tons. At least a month is required, however, to fill the orders. The cost of importing Welsh coal under normal conditions is about $7. MANY NOTED MEN TO ATTEND. Irrigation Congress Is Interesting Great est Minds of the Nation. Colorado Springs, Colo., Oct. 2. rhe committees in charge of the ar rangements for the 10th National irri gation congress, which convenes here October 6. have received encouraging reports which promise a large attend ance of noted men from all parts of the country. ' Large delegations from the commercial clubs of Omaha and St. Paul will come in private cars. New Mexico. Texas, Wyoming, Kansas and Nebraska cities will also send large delegations. The subjects to be hand led, affecting as they do the proper ex penditure of $8,000,000 of public money now available, and the proceeds from future land sales for the reclam ation of millions of arid acres, and the making of homes for millions of people now crowded in the cities, have attract ed the highest minds of the nation, from captains of industry to the leaders of labor organizations. Letters of in dorsement of the possibilities of the con gress are pouring in every day from these people. Fast Train Wrecked. Des Moines, Oct. 2. The Rock Island fast mail, west hound, was wrecked this morning at Newton, 40 miles east of here. No loss of life oc curred. Three cars left the track. The accident occurred while the train was attempting to get around the wreck of a freight train which went through a bridge across Skunk river yesterday. Three tramps were reported to have been killed in the latter wreck. The bridge is completely demolished. The Wisconsin at Panama. Washington, Oct. 2. The navy de partment has ' received a cablegram announcing the arrival of Rear Ad miral Silas Casey aboard his flagBhip, the Wisconsin, at Panama, after an ' almost unequaled run down the Pacific coast of 3,270 miles in one day less than two weeks. Rear Admiral Casey ' will assume general command of the American naval fcrces on the isthmus. KILLED FOR HIS MONEY. Wealthy New Yorker Carelessly Displayed Large Amount of Cash. New York, Sept. . 30. James . B, Craft, a wealthy resident of Glen Cove, L. I., was murdered, and his body de capitated, in a tenderloin resort within a few doors of Broadway. All the evi dence goes to show that Craft, who had Deen making the. rounds of the tender loin, incautiously 'displayed a large amount of money and was killed for the purpose of robbery. The police also first administer.! Bn.t that h. tim - VU'tim Ma ArarwtmA inA I. V. 4. and killed with a cleaver. The odor of burning flHh ftr.nt,i the attention of the occupants of the upper part of the house and led to the discovery by the detectives of the head- les body of a man in the hammer.. The charred head was discovered a few ' minutes later in the furnace, in which 'a fire had recentlv hen maka with th 1901, ' evident intention of destroying all pos-reve- sibility of identification of the remains. Later the body was identified by Walter Craft, of Glen Cove, as that of his father. The murdered man was about 51 years of age and was a manu facturer of refrigerating machinery in Cortlandt street, this city. MANY CORPSES RECOVERED. But Full Extent of Sicily Disaster Cannot Yet be Told. London, Sept. 30. A special dis patch from Rome, after confirming the reports that Stromboli has been in full eruption for some time says: "The night scene was grand but terri fying; lava streamed down the moun tain sides seaward, while huge boulders were falling into the sea fully 2J$ miles from the shore. "The director of the observatory at Mount Aetna says there has been no eathquake in Sicily, but that probably there had been a submarine eruption between Stromboli and Sicily. "One hundred and fifty corpses have been recovedred at Modica. Hundreds of victim were drowned in the open country." The whole country about Mount Atna has suffered greatly. Mount Aetna is sending up a thick column of steam from the vicinity of the scene of the eruption of 1892. Two fresh craters have opened on Stromboli since Sep tember 14. MINES IN GOOD SHAPE. With Return of Men, Coal Output Would be Large as Ever. Philadelphia, Sept. 30. General Manager Luther, of the Philadelphia & Reading railroad company's coal pioperty, has informed the sales depart ment of the company that all the Read ing's important mines are in fairly good condition, and that were the miners to retrun to work, comparative ly little time will elapse before they will be turning eut their normal pro duction. It is true that several of the Reading collieries are flooded, but these have been abandoned for a time at least. Officials of the Pennsyl vania road's anthracite companies re port tnat their mines are in such con dition that when the miners go back to work the collieries will be able to produce three-fourths of their normal output, and that within a week they would be in perfect shape. EARTHQUAKES IN MEXICO. Seventy-ton Crane Thrown from. Railroad Into the Bay. Mexico City, Sept. 30. Advices from Salina Cruz, the Pacific terminus of the Tehuantepec National railroad, which is being rebuilt by the English contractor, state that Tuesday no less than 75 shocks of earthquake were felt, causing much alarm. The most serious damage was done to an immense 70-ton crane used on the construction of the breakwater, it being thrown from the track into the bay. A majority of the smaller cranes used on the works are also reported to have been thrown out of place. It ia probable" that the construction of the artificial harbor will be delayed six months, as the crane was thrown into deep water, and it will require time to recover it. As Bad as Siberia. Butte, Mont., Sept. 30. President Mayer, of the Western Federation of Miners, said, here todaj that the con dition of the camps in the Fernie, B. C, district, from which he has just returned, is as .bad as Siberia. Mr. Mayer went to Fernie to investigate labor conditions. He says the mining company there owns everything in the camp. They permit the men no privi leges and allow no business except un der their direction. " They even exer cise a censorship, Mr. Mayer declares, on what their employes shall read. Indians on Bad Behavior. Santa Fe, N. M., Sept. 30. One hun dred Apache Indians from the Jicarilla reservation, in northern Rio Arriba county, are camped in the Picuris mountains, ready to go to the San Geronimo festival, at Toas Pueblo, deep te the positive orders of the apent. Another band of Apaches is trespassing on the land of the Santa Claia and other pueblos. The U. S. Attorney has orders from Washington to return them to the reservation. No Parcel Mail to Alaska. Washington, Sept. 30. The post office department baa notified all post masters that during the winter months it will be impossible to transmit mail matter in the form of parcels to the following named postoffices in Alaska: Nome, St. Michael, Circle, Eagle, Fort Yukon, Rampart, Tanana, Teller and Unalaska. NO MORE RESERVE SECRETARY SHAW MAKES' ANOTHER IMPORTANT MOVE. National Banks wiU Not Have to Carry a Reserve Against Deposits Secured by Bonds Action will Place $30,000,000 in Circulation Secretary Has Favored Move Since He Took Charge. "New York, Oct. 1. Secretary of the Treasury Shaw, who was in New York yesterday, issue! a statement in which he says the banks heriafter will not be required to carry a reserve against government deposits . secured by government bonds. This will make available today ever $30,000,000. Sec letary Shaw declined to discuss the financial eituation further than to say that the treasury department would co-operate as far as possible with (he banks in their effort to snndv the necessary credit to do the unprecedent ed amount of business that is tnini railroads and steamship lines, as well as banks, to the utmost. Mr. Shaw said he had never feen any. gooa reason why banks holding a government deposit secured by govern ment bonds should be required to carry a reserve against it. First, it is a de posit not likely to be called in a time of stringency, and second, if called, tlie collateral will always sell for cah in excess of the deposit. He has, since he took charge of the treasury, contem plated relieving the banks of this burd en. Ihe controller of the currency agieeB with the secretary, and thetefore it is announced that hereafter banks will not be required "to carry a reserve against government deposits secured by government bonds. The treasury has on deposit with various banks scattered throughout the country, in round num bers, $130,000,000, against which the banks have heretofore been compelled to hold more than $30,000,000 of gold or its equivalent. GROWERS HOLD BACK. Expected Advance in Price of Hops Re sults in but Few Sales. Portland, Uct. 1. The hop market has opened strone, with prospects of some big sales this week, though grow ers are not yet letting go very freely. Most of them are in a position to hold, and as they expect better prices they aie slow to consider dealers' offers. Many growers look for the market to go to 25 cents, and not a few expect to receive SO cents for the portion of their crop they did not contract for earlier in the season. Dealers decline to rame higher figures, saying that brewers in the East are heavily stocked, many having enough hops to last them for a year. A number of small sales are being made at 25 cents. Receipts are in creasing daily, and will be heavy by the last of the week, and baling will then be practically at an end. It is now estimated that the crop of Washington will fall short about 3,000 bales from the first estimate, which will leave the state's product some- wherj about 33,000 bales. The hop crop in the Yakima valley is reported to be short of last year's output fully 10 per cent. In some yards there will be but half a crop, in others a full crop, and in the majority less than the usual production. EMILE ZOLA IS DEAD. Famous Novelist a Victim of Asphyxia tionHis Wife Barely Escaped. Paris, Oct. 1. Emile Zola, the novel ist, who gained additional prominence in recent years because of his defense of the Jews and of Captain Drevfus. was found dead in his Paris home yes terday morning. Asphyxiation, result ing from fumes from a stove in his bed room, is given as the cause of his death. M. Zola and his wife retired at 10 o'clock. Mme. Zola was seriously ill when the room was broken into thij morning. At about noon she was re moved to a p'rivate hospital", where she recovered consciousness for a ' short time, and was able briefly to explain to a magistrate what had happened,. The death of M. Zola, winch only became generally known after noon, caused a great sensation in Paris, and this evening there was a constant stream of visitors at the Zola residence. He was born in Paris April 2, 1840. Street Car Men Still Out. New Orleans. Oct. 1. The strike of street car men continues without a break. Three mail cars were the only car& moved by the railway company to day. In tne absence of street care ve hicles of all kinds were brought into play and have done a thriving busi ness. In the matter of interference with street cars carrying United States mail, 16 affidavits were made this afternoon against as many persons, charging them with interfering with the United States mails, in violation of the act'of congtess protecting the mails. To Dredge UpjCoal Lost in Wrecks. New York, Oct. 1. Owing to tie high prices of coal an organized, plan for securing supplies from the waters ot Long Island sound will be put ia' oper ation. Many barges loaded with an thracite have been wrecked on the sound. A company has been organized to recover this coal by means'of "'sweep" boats' which will locate .'the.;.; wrecks. Powerful pumps will be put to work and the coal sucked up and run over screens into the dredges.