Corvallis gazette., November 14, 1902, Image 1

WEEKLY,
CORVALLIS BENTOHS COUNTY, OEEGOK, FEZDAX, NOVEMBER 14, 1902.
VOIj. XXXIX. NO. 47.
ITITION, Katab. July, 1897.
. Consolidated Feb., 1899.
GAZETTE, JEstab. Dee., 1862,
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 Interesting to Our
Many Readers. .
Elmer D. Bryan, formerly of Illinois,
has been appointed superintendent of
education for the Philippines.
The monitor Wyoming, nearing com
pletion at San Francisco, will be turned
over to the government November 29.
The secretary of the navy has direct
ed that the army transport Hancock
proceed to New York, where she will
be used as a receiving ship.
- - All flhristmaH nrpnflntn entnrini? the
Philippines will be subject to the same
duty as other goods, according to ad
vices issued uy me war department.
Forty prisoners in the Arizona peni
tentiary overpowered the guards and
escaped. This is the "second delivery
in a month. A new prison is being
built in the solid rock of a mountain
side.
The 28th annual convention of the
American Bankers' - association is in
session in New Orleans. There are
about 100 delegates and - 500 visitors
present, oeitura wauia mo ucaii incom
ing. General Owen Bummers has been
made commander-in-chief of the Spanish-American
war veterans. The
National headquarters will be moved
to Portland. Colonel B. H. Savage,
elected .commander-in-chief, was com
pelled to resign on account of ill health
and the honor fell to the vice com
mander. General Summers.
flanarfll rThafFoA Vina rpanhed Rati
Francisco from the Philippines.
The chief of ordance of the navy rec
ommends the establishment of wireless
telegraphy along the entire Pacific
coast.
The annual report of Assistant Post
master General Wynne favors a greater
appropriation for the rural mail deliv
eryjjroutes. -
No trace can be found of B. . igan,
the Great Northern railroad man who
was loEt in the mountains near Bolton,
Mont., a week ago.
All the money necessary for irriga
tion week at Portland has been raised
and the committee has the plans of en
tertainment almost completed.
The main issue between the negotiaf
ors of the Cuban-United States reci
procity treaty is the rate of rebate to
be allowed on sugar and tobacco enter
ing the United States.
Wisconsin capitalists have purchased
224,368,000 feet of yellow pine timber
in Idaho for 81 cents per thousand.
The timber sold is on lands selected by
the state along the North Fork and its
tributaries between Smith's Ferry and
the upper end of the lakes. Thece
lands cover 32,589 acres.
French miners have decided not to
accept terms made by arbiters.
Fire at Camden, N. J., destroyed
three blocks, valued at $250,000.
Trust legislation is almost sure at the
short or long session of congress.
. fir Naniwn. t.hn Arctic exDlorer. will
start on another expedition In 1903.
" nonavat Man Arthur haa VlAATI
ordered to the command of the Depart
ment of the Lakes.
Much anxiety is felt concerning the
condition of the emperor of Russia.
He is greatly depressed in mind and
melancholy. - . , .
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Minister Wu, Chinese representative
at Washington, will not await the ar
riyal-of Jiis successor
home.aJt, once.
but will return
-. Tfir in the- New xork nmes oiura
U n.iii t tn rlAathd and the
serious injury of a number of others.
..Property loss, o,uuu.
: There will be no ship this year to
carrv gifts to the boldiers in the far
East, but the department will see
nil nackaces are delivered..
that
The president is considering the ap-
plications for chief
of
the bureau of
steam engineering and paymaster gen
eral, and will announce appointments
soon.
Fire partially destroyed the Grand
opera house, Nashville, Tenn. Loss,
$50,000. -
General Uribe-Uribe, the Colombian
revolutionary leader, has been sen
tenced to death.
" Henderson will enter the race in Iowa
for governor against Cummins. Vindi
cation is his plea.
Th oostmaster general has ordered
that the poetoffice physician be abolish
in til noatoffices in cities under
600,000.
President Palma says the "treaty be
tween Cuba and the United States has
hn annt tn the Cuban minister at
Washington.
Buiglars entered a New York house
while the faily were at dinner and stole
$8,000 worth of jewelry and clothing,
Rnralara blew open the safe in an
N. M.. iewelry store and
secured $2,000 in money and jewelry
An earthauake at Guarda, Spain, re
united in a serious loss of life and de
struction of much property,
The king of Siam haa cabled his
thanks to the president for the kindly
reception accorded his son the crown
SWITCHMEN WONT STAND IN.
They WU1 Not Strike, and Trainmen Are
To Be Given No Assistance.
Chicago, Nov. 13. According to a
statement made today by Grand Master
Hawley, of the Switchmen's union of
North America, there will be no strike
of switchmen in Chicago. Officials' of
the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen,
however, scout the idea that Mr. Haw
ley'e organization figures in the situa
tion, and Bay the switchmen who are
members of their organization are
strong enoueh to enforce demands
made by them upon the railroad com
panies entering Chicago. It was
learned today that the Chicago Great
Western, the Chicago Terminal Trans
fer and the Chicago & Eastern Illinois
railroads had entered into agreements
with the switchmen's union by which
that organization accepts the increase
of 2 cents an hour for switchmen ar.d
3 cents an hour for foremen, which
has been offered by the railroad mana
gers. It was also learned that the Illi
nois Central and Rock Island compau-
ies were negotiating wiin me swucu-
men's union.
Grand master Hawley, of the switch
men's union, declared his organization
had a memberhsip of 1,700 in Chicago,
and asserted that the Brotherhood of
Railway Trainmen could not call a
strike of switchmen if they so desired.
He said his organization had secured an
increase of 10 per cent in me nonn-
west, and that the scale would be re
cognized by switchmen throughout the
country. He further declared that the
demands made by the brotherhood had
been prompted by jealousy ana could
not be recognized.
RAILROADS AND MEN AGREE.
Increase of About 12 Per Cent for Labor
at Switching Terminals.
Chicago, Nov. 13. The wage con
troversy between the railroads and the
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen,
which, for a time, threatened to tie up
all the principal switching terminals
in Chicago, was amicably adjusted to
night at a conference between the rail
road managers and the officials of the
brotherhood. The settlement was
reached on the basis of a compromise.
Seventeen of the railroads signed the
new agreement, and the Santa Fe, the
other road involved, will sign tomorrow
morning. The men will receive an in
crease of about 12 per cent. At to
night's meeting the railroads submitted
a proposition offering an increase of -3
cents an hour to helpers and 4 cents to
foremen. The proposition was ac
cepted by the men. The rates agreed
upon are as follows:
Day foremen, 31 cents per hour;
night foremen. 33 cents per hour; day
helpers, 28 cents per hour; njgnt Help
ers 30 cents per hour. These rates are
one-half per cent in excess of the bt.
Paul-Minneapolis- rate for each class.
The effect of the new scale will be
far-reaching. According to the officers
of the Brotherhood of Trainmen, tne
rate will go into effect at all large cen
ters west of Chicago, where committees
are now in session awaiting the out
come of the Chicago trouble.
The Chicago scale goes into effect
November 15, and through the signed
agreements with the railroad managers
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notice. ..
MOLINEUX FREE.
After Four Years of Suspense and Prison
Life, Jury Acquits Him.
New York, Nov. 13. Roland B.
Molineux was set at liberty today, after
spending nearly four years in prison
and being once condemned to death
and twice placed on trial for his life
for the murder of Mrs. Katherine J
Adams. But 13 minutes sufficed for
the jury to reach a veridct of acquittal.
Molineux, who was brougnt into
court as soon as it was known that the
jury had agreed, was apparently as un
concerned as" he had been throughout
the trial, and gave no evidence of emo
tion when the words that established
his innocence were pronounced. His
aged father, General Molineux, was
deenlv affected and could with diffi
culty respond to the greetings oi
friends who nressed forward to offer
their congratulations.
Postal Receipts doing Up.
Washineton. Nov. 13. Statistics of
the eros postal receipts of the gov
ernment for last month, as compared
with October, 1901, at 50 of the largest
postoffices in the country, show a total
of $5,580,599, an increase of 13 per
cent. The increase at New York was
11 per cent, and at Chicago 19 per
cent, the receipts being 11.183,088 ana
$864,884. respectively. The largest in
crease was 36 per cent at Los Angeles,
with Milwaukee next with 33r
Burned to Death in Pesthouse.
Charleston, S. C, Nov. 13. The
peat house at the city hospital caught
fire this morning shortly after 2 o'clock,
and four negro men were burned to
death before they could be rescued
One neero woman, the only other in
mate of that department, escaped.
Jewelry Store Robbed.
Tonopah, Nev., Nov. 13. Frank
Golden's jewelry 6tore was robbed last
nizht of watches, diamonds and money
to the amount of $3,000. This is the
third robbery that has occurred recent
ly, and it is surmised that an organized
band of thieves Is located nere.
NEWS OF OREGON
TTFMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS
OF THE STATE.
Commercial and Financial Happenings of
the Past Week Brief Review of thr
Growth and Development of Various
Industries Throughout Our Common-
'I wealth Latest Market Report.
Hugh O'Donnell, a pioneer mining
man of Baker county, aged 65 years, is
dead.
The Tallant-Grant packing company,
of Astoria, has filed articles of incor
poration. Eugene has asked for an increase in
mail carriers to meet the growing de
mand for free delivery.
Two million feet of logs were swept
away in a Lewis river ireshetcansed ny
the recent heavy rains. -
A bill for the nomination of political
candidates by the voters has b een pre
pared for the Oregon legislature.
The work of installing the new ma
chinery at the Mountain View mine,
near Baker City, will soon be com
pleted. "
The 1902 hop crop in this . state will
amount to about 85,000 bales. Of this
amount less than 20,000 bales remain
in the hands of the growers.
The Multnomah county delegation to
the legislature, at a meeting held last
week, indorsed a $500,000 appropria
tion for the Lewis and Clark fair.
An experimental salmon hatchery is
in operation on the Alsea river, in Ben
ton county. The past season has prov
en so successful that it is likely to be
made a permanent station.
A custom quartz mill will soon be in
operation in the Quartzburg district
Contracts have already been secured for
reducing ore sufficient to keep a 20
stamp mill in constant operation ' - - :
The Waldo smelting and mining com
pany will put in a 100-ton smelter at
once at its copper mines in the Waldo
district. A smelter at Waldo will be
of great benefit to the vast mineral dis
trict of that section, as, aside from
treating the ores of its own mines, it
would also do a general custom busi
ness. A number of good mines ot mat
section will be able to do their smelt
ing at home and with much less expense
than heretofore, as the ores had to be
sent to California.
The'flrEt heavy frost of the season a.
The Dalles fell last Wednesday nightt
The drug Etore of Dr. H. A. Wall,
Lyle, was robbed of $1,050 by four
masked men.
Mrs. Mary Starkey, an Oregon pio
neer of 1845, is dead. She had lived
in Salem for a number of years.
C. A. Fitch, of Lakeview. Fusion
candidate for state printer in 1898,
committed suicide by taking morphine.
Citizens of Portland have started to
raise a $25,000 fund for an immigra
tion bureau and permanent exhibit.
The sugar factory at La Grande has
already received 13,400 tons of beets,
which amount is greater than the whole
crop of any previous year.
It has been announced to the stu
dents of Pacific university, Forest
Grove, that the Corbett prize for schol
arship of $50 and the Tibbals prize for
oratory of $50 have been again offered
this year.
The report of the superintendent of
the state asylum for October shows
,265 persons to be confined in that
institution, an increase of nine since
September.
An important rul ing has been made
by School Superintendent Ackerman.
He has decided that the residence of
the parent or guardian, rather than the
place where the pupil is enumerated,
determines the place where a child is
entitled to attend school without paying
tuition.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Walla Walla, 6869c; blue-
stem 73)74c; valley, 70c.
Barley Feed, $21.00 per ton; brew
ing, fzz.uu.
Flour Best grade, 3.203.50; grah.
am, z.ug3.zu.
Millstuffs Bran, $19.00 per ton;
middlings, $23.50; shorts, $19.50;
chop, $17.
Oats No. 1 white, $1.10 1.15;
gray, ll.06(gi.iu per cental.
Hay Timothy, $l0lir clover,
$7.50: cheat, $8 per ton.
Potatoes Best Burbanks, 6080c
per sack; ordinary, 5055c per cental,
growers' prices; Merced sweets, $1.75
2 per cental.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3.o0
4.25 ; per pound, 10c; hens, $44.50 per
dozen; per pound, 11c; springs, $3.00
3.50 per dozen; fryers, $2.503.00;
broilers, $2.002.50; ducks, $4.50
6.00 per dozen ; turkeys, young, 12 X
13c; geese, $6.006.50 per dozen
Cheese Full cream, twins, 15
16c; Young America, 15$16
factory prices, ll)c less.
Butter Fancy creamery, 30332c
per pound; extras, auc; dairy, zu
224c; store, lois.
Eggs 2530c per dozen.
Hops New crop, 2225c per pound.
Wool Valley, 12$15e; Eastern
Oregon, 814)c; mohair, 2628c.
Beef Gross, cows, 33c per
pound; steers, 4c; dressed, B7c
Veal 7K8Xc ....
Mutton Gross, 3c per pound;
dressed, 6c.
Lambs Gross, SXc per pound;
dressed. 6Kc
Hogs Gross, 66c per pound;
dressed, 737c
TO SUPPRESS LADRONISM.
Military
Forces Will Probably Help Con
stabulary In Cavite.
Manila, Nov. 12. The government
is adopting - vigorous measures to sup
press ladronism in the provinces of
Cavite, Rizal and Bulacan. A zone
embracing these provinces and sur
rounding. Manila is the scene of con
stant petty and sometimes serious dis
order. Several armed bands,, some of
them numbering 200 or 300 men, are
operating in the described districts,
and have committed various depreda
tions. They find a safe refuge in the
mountains. The plan of the govern
ment contemplates securing the assist
ance of the military, which has been
inactive since the end of the insurrec
tion. The extent of the army's partici
pation in the work of suppression : de
pends upon developments. It is prob
able that the military authorities will
request the garrisons to ' protect the
more important towns, while the on
stabulary conduct the field operations.
It is thought that martial ' law, in a
modified form, will be declared and
the privilege of the writ of habeas cor
pus suspended in Cavite province,
which has been the home of the la
drones for ages. " . ' .
Military control of Cavite province
is not contemplated. It is intended
that the military and civil authorities
shall work in conjunction. The belief
is held that advantage has been taken
in some parts of the island of the com
plete inactivity of the soldiers, and it
is thought that the use of the army by
the civil authorities will have a bene
ficial effect. : i
The vigorous campaign against the
ladrones conducted by volunteers in
Bulacan province has resulted in driv
ing many refugee bandits into. Rizal,
where the campaign is now opening.
General Davis is co-operating with
Governor Taft. He has strengthened
the garrisons in Rizal, and is support
ing and assisting the native constabu-
ary, which is now effective. The opera
tions in Cavite province will com
mence shortly.
CANAL TREATY IS ASSURED.
Colombia's Stand Will Cause No Trouble
- for United States.
Washington, Nov. 12. Secretary
Hay today had a conference with Sen
ator Cullom, chairman of the senate
committee on foreign relations,, and
also with Senator Morgan, the senior
member of the minority of the senate
committee on canal matters. - The sec
retary was able to show that substan
tial progress is making towards the
completion of a treaty with the Colom
bian government, conveying the neces
sary rights for the construction of a
canal across the Isthmus' of Panama.
In fact, so well have the negotiations
progressed lately between Secretary
Hay and Senor Concha, the Colombian
minister, that it is now expected that
by the end of the present -week all of
the phases of the proposition will have
been disclosed, and little will remain
to be done to conclude the convention.
It can be stated that the attitude of
the Colombian negotiations presents no
insurmountable obstacles, and that a
treaty can be framed acceptable to both
sides in strict conformity with the
spirit of the Spooner act. '
TRIED TO LYNCH CAR CREW.
Angry Crowd Try to Take Vengeance on
Careless Motorman.
St. Louis, Nov. 12. A crowd tonight
attempted to lynch the motorman and
conductor on a trolley car that had
struck a wagon containing 12 persons
at Jefferson avenue and Howard street,
injuring eight. One, a girl, was in
jured internally, and was taken to a
hospital. The others received severe
bruises but were able to go to their
homes. A crowd soon collected around
the wagon and some one shouted
"Lynch the car crew!" Instantly
a rush was made for the conductor and
motorman. Several policemen rushed
to the rescue and by threats to shoot
kept the crowd back until a patrol
wagon could be called. The car men
were then taken to the police station to
save their lives.
TO PREVENT DESTRUCTIVE FIRES.
Aberdeen Sawmill Will Have an Immense
Refuse Consumer.
Aberdeen, Wash., Nov. 12. A. J
West, of the West Side lumber - com
pany, has returned from the East,
where he purchased a refuse consumer
for his big plant. It will cost $15,000
to install it. The diameter of the con
sumer will be 45 feet and its height 90
feet, and it will weigh 80 tons.
The losses on Gray's harbor by fires
caused by open burning refuse piles at
the mills, has been very large in the
past few years, and the installing of the
consumer will minimize the loss at
East Aberdeen, where this plant is lo
cated. It is expected that other con
sumers will be put in by other mill-
men.
To Examine Territories.
Chicago, Nov. 12. Senators Bever
idge, of Indiana, Nelson, of Minnesota
Dillingham, of Vermont, Bate, of Ten
nessee and Heitfel, of Idaho, will leave
Chicago tomorrow night f jr Oklahoma,
New Mexico and Arizona, to investi
gate - these territories claims to state
hood. The five senators are members
of the senatorial sub-committee on
states and territories, and it is likely
that their report will have much weight
with the upper house of congress.
Standard Oil Company Shut Out.
London, Nov. 12. A special dispatch
received here from Calcutta says that
the Indian government has refused the
Standard oil company permission to
prospect in the oilffields of Burmah.
OPERATORS REPLY
COAL BARONS HOLD THAT MINERS'
DEMANDS ARJE UNJUST.
Leader of the Mine Operators Claims the
Average Earnings of the Men Are Not
Less Than In Other Callings Requiring
Equal Skill and Training Eight-Hour
- Day Impracticable. -; -
Washington, Nov. - 13. President
Baer, of the Philadelphia & Reading
coal and iron company, has filed with
the anthracite coal strike commission
the reply of that company to the state
ment made by John Mitchell, presi
dent of the Mineworkers of America,
concerning the points involved in the
anthracite coal strike. Following is
the text of Mr. Baer's statement;
"To the anthracite coal strike com
mission: The Philadelphia & Reading
coal and iron company replying to the
demands of John Mitchell, representing
certain anthracite 'mineworkers, says:
"That it owns 37 collieries situated
in the counties of Schuylkill, Northum
berland and Columbia, and that it did
operate, previous to the strike inaugur
ated by the United Mineworkers of
America, 33 collieries and four . wash
eries. and that at that time it had
26,829 employes in and about the
mines. .
"The demand for . '20 per cent in
crease upon the price paid during the
year 1901 to employes performing con
tract or piece work is arbitrary, un
reasonable and unjust. This company
denies there is such similarity between
the mining of bituminous and of anth
racite coal as to make wages paid in
one a standard lor me omer.
"This company denies that the pres
ent rate of wages is lower than is paid
other mines in the same locality
and controlled by like conditions.
Thia company is not informed as to the
average annual earnings in the bitum
inous coal fields, but it avers that near
ly all of its former employes woo . dur
ing the past hve months worked in me
bituminous mines have returned to the
anthracite coal regions, preferring to
work in the anthracite mines.
"This company denies that 'the rate
of wages in the anthracite coal fields is
insufficient to compensate the mine-
workers, in view of the dangerous char
acter of the occupation in relation to
accidents, liability to serious and perm
anent disease, the high death rate and
the short trade life incident to this em
ployment.'
"This company further denies mat
the children of the anthracite mine-
workers are prematurely forced into the
breakers and mills instead of being
supported and educated upon the earn
ings of their parents, because of the
low wages of such parents,' or that such
wages are below the fair and just earn
ings of mineworkers in this industry..
"No boys are employed in and about
the mines and breakers in violation of
the Ecatutes fixing the ages of employ
ment. In addition to provisions for
education, ample hospitals for the care
of the sick and injured are maintained
in . the anthracite coal regions. This
company avers that there is not any
where else in the world a mining region
where the workmen have so many com
forts, facilities for education, general
advantages and such profitable employ
ment. -
"In general we deny, in so far as re
lates to anthracite mining, 'that the
10-hour day is detrimental to the
health v life of the mineworkers: that
shorter hours improve the physical,
moral and mental conditions of the
workers." and that shorter hours in
crease the intensity and efficiency of
labor. We admit that the tendency
of national and state governments and
of labor organizations is toward shorter
hours, but deny that a working day of
lass than 10 hours will be of real ad
vantage to the workmen engaged in and
about the anthracite mines and collier
ies. In exhausting work a day of 10
hours is too long, but there is no ex
hausting labor which justifies a reduc
tion of hours of work in the anthracite
coal mines."
PORTO RICANS IN HAWAII.
Claim They Are Badly Treated on Plan
tationsDole Denies It.
Washineton. Nov. 13. Secretary
Hitchcock has receivedfronT" Governor
Dole, of Hawaii, a statement denying
reports of ill-treatment of . several
thousand Porto Ricans. The laborers
went to Hawaii at the solicitation of
the Sugar Planters' association, and
the complaint was made by Pedro J .
Agostini, faher of one ol tne worxmen.
The eovernor says, after an investiga
tion, that the desire of some of the
laborers to return to rorto kico results
from homesickness, influenced Dy
imaginative persons, and will subside
with time, and that the eondition of
the industrious Porto Kicans is satis
factory and their health improved.
Working on Cuban Report.
Washington, Nov. 13. General
Wood returned fto Washington today,
and at once resumed work on his report
nf th rumination and government of
Cnba. He says he has been absent too
long to peak with any actual or direct
knowledge of present conditions in Cuba
with the prospects of the island. He
has not vet eeen Minister Quesada, nor
baa ha had opportunity to discuss, the
Bitnation with officials of the United
States who are fully Informed.
IRRIGATION FOR OREGON.
Wffl Oet a Share Xf About $900,000 from
National Irrigation Fund. '
Washington, Nov. 11. Out of an ag
gregate reclamation fund in the treasury
of approximately $9,000,000, the state
of Oregon is entitled to credit for about
one tenth; or something in the neigh
borhood of $900,000. The general land
office and the treasury are together
working to compute the net returns
from public lands in the several states
and from the United States for the past
two fiscal years, in order to ascertain
the exact size of the reclamation fund
created by the irrigation act of the last
session of congress. This law, it will
be recalled, provides that the net funds
derived from the sale and disposal of
public lands shall constitute a reclama
tion fund, for use on government works
in the several states. While the whole
amount comprises an aggiegate sum, to
be distributed at the direction of the
secretary of the interior, it is provided
at the end of 10 years each state shall
receive benefits in proportion to its
contributions to the fund. It was also
wisely provided that the fund should
include receipts for the past fiscal year.
It is a matter of note that Oregon has
the third largest returns of any state in
the Union, for the past two years.
The net returns to the credit of the
state stand at about $900,000 for the
two years. .
The only states which precede Oregon
are North Dakota, whose gioss returns
amount to $1,321,811, and Oklahoma,
with $1,094,452- for the two years.
Washington is the fourth - state with
$891,509, and Idaho seventh, with
$575,990. The approximate net re
turns for Idaho will be about $750,000
for the two years. .
COST OF RURAL FREE DELIVERY.
Increased Appropriations Are Necessary
to Meet Requirements.
Washington, Nov. 11. The annual
gross cost of complete rural free deliv
ery service throughout the United
States will approximate $2,000,000,
according to the annual report which
First Assistant Postmaster General
Wynne received , from August W.
Machen, general superintendent of the
service. The remaining 700,000 square
miles not now covered by rural free de
livery service, according to the report,
will require the employment of 26,000
cr 27,000 carriers in addition to those
now emlpoyed. making the entire force
of carriers, when the extension of the
service is completed, within the next
three years, 40,000. After this exten
sion is completed the annual rate of in
crease in the appropriation is expected
not to exceed 8 or 9 per cent, the rate
maintained in the other branches of
the postal service. To extend the
service 12,000 routes a year until it be
comes universal, the report says, will
require such largely increased appro
priations that the annual postoffice de
ficits for the ensuing two or three years
will probably reach $8,000,000 or
$10,000,000, if not more; but once the
service is completed, the additional
revenue derived will soon reduce the
deficits to present figures, if not en
tirely wipe them out.
SOURCE OF ORB FOUND.
Old-Time Colorado Mining Camp Expected
to Boom Again.
Pueblo, Colo., Nov. 11. For 20
years people have been trying to find
the source of the ore at Silver Cliff,
and at last it has turned up, only half
a mile from the town. The strike
made a few days ago by Haskell & Jack
son, two veteran assayers, seems to be
the most important m Southern Colo
rado for many years. They are now
literally quarrying out the ore, and
shipping it by the carload. Immense
sums have been spent in vain efforts to
find the ore which was known to be
there, the search including the Geyser
Prospect shaft, which is 2,600 ieet
deep. The ore has been found just
below the surface on government land.
It runs $44 per ton, and picked speci
mens yield 75 ounces of gold and . mnch
silver. There is great excitement in all
that region, and everything has been
staked for miles. . It is anticipated that
Silver Cliff, once the second town in the
state, will boom again.
Electric Trains a Success.
New York, Nov. 11. Electric trac
tion trains on the military railway, be'
tween Berlin and Zossen, have now
ended for the season, says a London
dispatch to the Tiibune. The result of
the trials has been to prove beyond
doubt that express trains can easily be
run by electric power at a speed of 75
miles ail hour on an ordinary perma
nent way. A higher rate of speed re
quired "heavier and firmer permanent
way, and this is to be prepared in time
for the recommencement of the trials
in the spring.
Reciprocity Treaty Is Signed.
Washington, Nov. 11. Secretary
Hay. for the United States, and Sir
Michael Herbert, representing the Brit
ish government and - the government of
Newfoundland, today, ' at the state de
partment, signed what is known as the
Bond-Hay treaty, providing ioi re
ciprocity between the United States
and Newfoundland, covering fish pro
ducts and bait. The treaty will be
submitted to the senate immediately
upon its reassembling.
Yale Students Most Learn to Swim.
New York. Nov. 10. Every student
entering Yale will become an expert
swimmer, if he cannot advance good
reasons to be excused from taking
swimming lessons, says a Herald dis
patch from New Haven. The faculty
has found that 10 per cent of this year'
entering class cannot swim. A rule
has been passed to permit swimming
lessons to count for the required gym
naBium work.
DAMAGED BY FIRE
NEW" YORK-BROOKLYN BRIDGE SCEN
OF A COSTLY BLAZE.
It Was the New One Now- Under Course
' of Construction Fire Was 355 Feet
: In the Air, Rendering Fire Apparatus
Useless Loss Will Reach $500,000,
and Work May Be Delayed. t
New York," Nov. 12. The new East
river bridge, in process of construction
between New York and Brooklyn, was
damaged to the amount of at least
$500,000 tonight by a fire that for four
hours raged 355 feet in the air, on the
summit of the great steel tower on the
New York side. There was probably
no loss of life. .
Owing to the enormous height of the
tower it was impossible to reach the
fire with any'apparatns in the fire de
partment, and the flames, after devour
ing all the woodwork on the top of the
tower, seized on the timber falsework
of the two foot bridges suspended from
themain cables, burning away the sup
ports. Nearly 1,000,000 feet of burn
ing lumber fell with a crash and a hiss
into the stream. The falling foot
bridge carried away a score of lighter
cables and guys, which trailed in the
water, rendering it necessary for the
purpose of safety to stop all traffic up
and down the river. ,
The fire was the most spectacular
conflagration that has ever been seen in
New York. The fire started in a topi
shed, and from this spread to the
framework. Within five minutes after
the discovery of the fire the whole top'
ot the tower was in a blaze. Then the j
foot bridges fell, carrying with them
many tons of bolts, v rivets, nuts and
tools. --". -;-. -
While the fire was at its height a
party of firemen were cut off at the
base of the tower, where they were ex
posed to a torrent of brands of redhot
iron and steel. They were rescued
after several had been severelyburned.
Brands irom the tower set fire to the
big storehouse of the Pennsylvania
steel company. It was entirely con
sumed, and the contents were hurled
into the river, together with two hoist
ing derricks on the platform. It was
11 o'clock before the flames had de
voured everything combustible, leaving
only the steel tower and the four great
18 inch steel cables stretching across
the river. These cables were recently
completed, save for the steel sheathing,
and it is feared that they have been
badly damaged by the intense heat.
Should it be necessary to replace them,
the labor of two years would be lost.
Chief Fngineer Martin, in charge of
the bridge construction, said that four
steel saddles, weighing 34 tons, on the
top of the tower, were red hot, but
were not damaged. One of the four
cables resting on the saddles, too, he
thought, would have to be partially re
placed by splicing. This will involve
delay of at least four months. The
remaining cables suffered little injury.
The loss on the two foot bridges is esti
mated at $100,000.
The bridge extends from the foot of
Delancy street, Manhattan, to the foot,.
of South Fifth street. Brooklyn. It
wae designed to carry four surface
railroads, two tracks for elevated trains,
two roadways for vehicles, two fooi
paths and two cycle paths, at an ele
vation of 135 feet above the water in
the center of the main span. The main
cables had recently been completed,
and the work of laying the main span
was soon to have begun. The cost of
the bridge was placed at about $10,-'
000,000.
TO HAVE WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY.
System To Be Established Across Canada
from Cape Breton to Victoria.
Victoria, B. C. Nov. 12. J- N.
Greenshields, solicitor of the Marconi
wireless telegraph company, now here,
announced'today that the company ' is
about to establish a system of wireless
telegraphy across the Dominion of Can
ada, connecting Victoria with Cape
Breton. He said that not only would
the company operate a system of 'wire
less telegraphy across the ocean, ' but a
also a land line across the continent
from Cape Breton to Victoria. Sta
tions will be erected at many points
across the Dominion, and all the prin
cipal cities and towns of Canada in
cluded in the system, the principal sta
tions being at Halifax. Quebec, Mon
treal, Toronto, Hamilton, Kingston,
London, Sault Ste Marie, Port Arthur,
Winnipeg, Regina, Calgary, Bevel-
stoke, Vancouver, Kamloops, and Vic
toria.
The saving of tolls will be great
when the new sytsem is in vogue, for
press messages will be sent for one-half
the present price, and there will also
be a reduction of 60 per cent on com
mercial messages. He says there is no
longer any doubt regarding the success
of the Marconi system, and the official
announcement to this effect can be ex
pected at any time.
Trainmen's Strike Probable.
Chicago, Nov. 12. Unless an agree
ment has been reached at the final
meeting tonight of the Brotherhood of
Railway Trainmen and the managers of
the train service of a number of roads
that have refused the demands of the
men, an order to strike will go forth
and 2,000 men will refuse . to work.
This was stated with the authority of
Grand Master Lee at the close of a pro
longed conference of committees and
others. :r
Six Hurt in Train Wreck. ;
Jefferson City, Mo., Nov. 12. An
east bound Missouri Pacific train' ran
iito a switch engine this eveningj and
six persons were injured, to fatally.
prince.