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II J II AH WEEKLY. TOION, Katak. Jmly, 1S7 .(CtssolidiiedFek., 4899. COB V AXiLIS, BENTCXN COUNTY, OBEGKXN", FBTDAY, JUXY 10, 1903. VOIi. XXXX. NO, 29. OAZKTTI, Ilttk. Ie., 1SS Wit VXL EVENTS OF THE DAY GATHERED FROM ALL PARTS OP THE TWO HEMISPHERES. Comprehensive Review of tlie Import ant Happening! of the Vast Week, Presented in Condensed Form, Most Likely to Prove Interesting to Our Many Readers. Pop Leo is etili alive, but his end is near. Russia will warn Bulgaria against -goingto -war with Turkey. jne number oi American troops in the Philippines is to be reduced. Russia inlaying a telegraphic cable fromAri lung to Yon Gam Pho, China. Mrs. J. 6. Blaine, widow of the statesman, is ill at her home in Augue- ta.Maine. H Harlan W. Brush, of New York, has been appointed United States consul at : Jrli'an Italy. The steel trust earned $1,162,530 less during the quarter just ended than dur ing the game period last year. Colombia wants more money for the Panama canal route and thinks Uncle Sam stingy for not offering more. Assistant Secretary of the Interior Ryan has been designated as Alaskan commissioner to the St. Louis exposi tion; "' A stage was held up near Colusa, Cal., by a lone highwayman and $142 -secured. Just one year ago a hold up occurred at the same place. Bulgaria is preparing for war with Turkey. The death of Pope Leo is expected at -any moment. . t President Lqubet, of France, is in London, the guest of England. The Pennsylvania flood death list is now placed at 20 with 16 missing. . TbejAmerican fleet in European wat ers is now the guest of Great Britain. The opinion prevails in Russian dip lomatic circles that war is inevitable. Shamrock III has again beaten the old boat and shows qualities which greatly elate Lipton, . The United States and Great Britain have exchanged counter cases on the Alaskan boundary matter. '.:: St. Petersburg official circles criticise the diplomatic mtebods of Count Cas ein! 1h the Manchuriau matter. . , The nergo responsible for the rioting at Evansville, Ind., is fatally wounded and cannot live but a short time. An explosion on the Union Pacific xi ear Morgan, Utah, killed two men, fatally injured four and more or less seriously hurt 10 others. Reports show that 36 people were killed and 1,093 injured in fourth of July accidents.' , A leading Russian journal charges the United States with diplomatic hy procrisy in the Manchurian trouble. Kentucky feudists have agents in the field to sound the men likely to be oalled on the next jury to try Jett and '.White -"""' The national association of wholesale tailors have signed a nine-hour agree ment at Chicago, which insures peace until 1905. Twenty-one persons, unconscious from smoke, were rescued by firemen from a blazing four story frame build ing in Newark avenue, Jersey City. Dr: W. C. Brown, of Philadeplhia. who presented a bill for $190,000 for services rendered C. - L. . Magee, the noted politician, has accepted the court award of 134,000. - Severe fighting is reported to have occurred at Oskin, European Turkey, j Italy has installed an American tele graph apparatus between Rome and Naples. . - -' '"- ' Jamaica iareatly- excited over an official report that Costa Ricas is oust ing Its bananas' ' from the' American mariet.Vi' -"---. '..'.:. The smeltins plant of the Hearst -estatStSilverCity, N.'.M.,' has been destroyed by fire; loss, $100,000; in surance, $15,000. ' ;Jl . 3 Importation . of precious stones at New York for the fiscal year just ended -was the-heaviest on record, having Teached a total of more than $27,300, '000. An investigation has been opened at .Brussels concerning the theft : of 1,000. watches which came there from Geneva -to be shipped at Antwerp for the Unit ed States. . Professor Payne has .been appointed to represent Harvard at the unveiling -of the1 " Wagner monument at v Berlin. t. Andrews is to be represened by An drew -Carnegie. During the fiscal year just ended the money order department of the New York postoffice handled the sum of -$218,313,000, an increase over thejre 'Vious year of $31,326,000. The British have inflicted an awful defeat upon Mad Mullah. General Lino Duarke Level, a for mer noted Venezuelan revolutionist, 3ias arrived in New York, and says the insurrection against Presidnet Castro iis sure to continue. The sale 6f the property of the Ault-man-Miller company, of Akron, manu facturers of harvesting machinery, for i$640,000, has been approved by United States Judge Wing. TO WATER GREAT AREA. ilalheur Butte Ditch Is to pleted This Year. Be Com' Ontario. Or.. July 9. The Malheur butte irrigation ditch, which was process of construction last fail, owing to certain conditions was not completed as expected, and the work suspended for a time. A deal has just been con summated between the Artesian Springs water and land company, which form erly owned the reservoirs and the ditch, and a number of substantial business men of Weiser, Idaho, by which the latter are to have a controlling interest in the ditch and reservoirs. . The con sideration 1b $45,000, and a perpetual water right to 3,000 acres oi land under the ditch. About 70 per cent of the work on the ditches has been completed and the work remaining to be done will begin in this coming August,, and will be rap idly pushed to completion, and the opinion is confidently expressed that by next spring it will De in use. The es timated coat of what remains to be done is $30,000. The Malheur butte ditch, when com plete, will be 23 mileB in length, ex tending from near Vale to Dead Ox Flat and covering all the territory on the west side of the Malheur river from Vale to and including Dead Ox Plat. This ditch will .connect by means of Willow creek and another ditch above Vale 15 miles in length with three large reservoirs which will supply water during the entire season in which water is needed. . These three reservoirs, which contain about 1,600 acres of water, have irrigation duty of 35,000 acres when completed. They are more than half completed, and sufficient water is stored in this section to cover all the land in cultivation under the ditch, and as the reclamation of land continues the reservoirs will be replet ed until enough water is stored to cover the entire acreage under the ditch. These reservoirs are natural sites, and by the expenditure of about $15,000 have been placed in condition for use. The water is stored in them in the win ter and early spring from Upper Wil low creec and a system of springs, thus utilizing the vast quantity of water which has formerly gone to waste and converting thousands of acres ef sage brush into alfalfa fields. DIB IN TRAIN WRECK. Twenty-Three Killed and Nine Injured in Collision. Washington, July 9. Twenty four persons were killed ana three in j urea in a head-on collision on the Virginia Midland division of the Southern rail way at Rockfish, -Va., : this .afternoon. The passenger train which lett Wash ington at 11:15 A. M. today for Atlan ta, Ga., dashed into a local freight which was standing on the mam line of the road at that point, wrecking both engines and the baggage and express cars of the passenger train. The bag gage car and the second class passenger coach immediately following it were telescoped. The coach was occupied mostly by colored people. The trainmen, under a doctor's direc tion, cut through the panels of the baggage car and took out 20 of the dead. Probably a score of the injured were removed. A special train which went from here to the scene of the wreck re turned to the city about 8 o clock, bringing Eome of the dead and most of the injured. Most of the immigrants were Aus trian, and were bound for points as far distant as California. The freight train was in charge of Conductor Brubeck and Engineer Hale, and at the time of the accident was on the return run from Lynchburg to Charlottesville. Rockfish station is midway between these two points and the track. there is a single one. Engin eer Hale had orders to get out of the way of the fast passenger train, but, for some reason, which has not yet. been explained, he had overstayed his time, and had failed to take a siding so that the passenger train cculd pass. The trains came together with a horrible crash,. and a fearful scene of . panic en sued when the occupants of the cars re alized what had occurred. The pas senger tiain was made up of an ex press car, a Daggage . car, two aay coaches and two Pullman cars. : " Short Line Is Turned Over. . Salt Lake City, July 9. At mid night tonight that part of the Oregon Short Line railroad system south of Salt Lake City, was formally turned over to the San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake City railroad, and becomes part of the system Senator W. A. Clark, of Montana, and associates are build ing to Southern California. Word was received at the headquarters of the Salt Lake road todav that all the details of the transfer of the road and rolling stock had been completed and notifying the official to take charge at midnight. Cowed by Militia. ) Evansville. Ind.. July 9. After the carnage of last night, Evansville is to night obeying the orders of the mayor and the neoDle are keeping off the streets. There are nine dead, one dy ing, three others fatally hurt and 21 more or less injured. Four died today Eifirht ccmDanies of militia and one battery are in Evansville. The 400 soldiers are armed with rifles, and the light battery has a Gatling gun. - Wright Finally Gives In. New York, July 9. Whittaker Wright, the London financier and pro moter, who was arrested last March, charged with fraud as a director of the London & Globe finance company, and has since been in jail pending extra ditioH "proceedings, today formally waived all rights and agreed to be vol untarily extradited to England by the British authorities. HAPPENINGS HERE IN OREGON - '. ' - SAVE MONEY ON LIQHTNINO. New Bid for State Institutions Shows ' Great Reduction. The state board of capitol building commissioners have opened bids for electric lighting for the state institu tions located here the statehouse, prison, asylum and blind - school Only one bid was presented, that of the Salem light and traction company; which holds the present contract. The proposals were for either meter or flat rate payments for all or part of the institutions, and 'or four or ten years, so that the terms offered are not east ly stated, but members of the board say that the rates offered are about 30 per cent less than the state has been paying. ' The different plans proposed will be submitted to the State engineer, C. C. Lewis, who will advise the board which plan of lighting is most advan tageous to the state. The state owns 150-horsepower water right at the penitentiary, which can be used for about half the lighting if found ad visable. Under the new contract the state will save some $4000 a year. Bid PLACER ENTERPRISE. Rogue River around to Be Worked by Means of Dredging. A gigantic placer mining enterprise 13 that undertaken by the Bannock Gold Dredging Company, composed of Montana and Chicago capitalists. For a consideration of $35,000 this company has bonded nearly all of the placer lands of the Lower Foots Creek country, and extending along Rogue river for. a distance of several miles. Between 700 and 800 acres of placer ground have been bonded by the Ban nock company. They are preparing to work the ground by dredging, and will up a machine of their own manu facture. They have had experts on the field for several months past, and a thorough prospect of the ground has been made. The gravel of the creek bed and of the bars along either side, carry high values in gold. Land Buyers In the Air. The announcement a few days ago that the secretary of the interior has disapproved a number of "clear lists" in Oregon lieu land selections, disclos es something entirely new in the land matters-in Oregon. None of the state land office attaches have ever before heard of a clar list being disapproved. This unusual action on the part of the secretary of the Interior is conclusive proof, if any further proof is neces sary, that all Oregon land matters are to ,Jtje.scrutiaized .with jutmost -care. The disapproval ; of these clear lists occasioned no small surprise, though the action is entirely in accordance with the rules of practice in the de partment of the Interior. Rich Ledge Uncovered. A new and important strike has been made in the Waldo district by Charles Wimer and William Ross, of Grant's Pass. A wide ledge, carry ing values in both copper and gold, has been uncovered. Samples of ore from the new find are attracting much attention. The predominating values are copper, though there is a consid erable showing of gold. The main values of the find is in Its extent. Out- croppings show the vein to be of great width and many hundred feet in length. It will be developed and ex plored. It lies on the same belt a? does the copper mines of Preston Peak and Iron Mountain, California. Rain Ruins Cherry Crop. ( " The continued rains of last week practically ruined the cherry crop in Clackamas county. The Royal Anne variety, of which there was an abund ant crop, has been rendered unmarket able. The fruit has cracked badly and is now fermenting on the trees. If the rain does not cease 'soon extensive damage will result to hay and grain throughout the county. With a change to favorable weather, Clackamas coun ty will this year yet harvest one of the most bountiful crops that was ever raised. Seven Headed Wheat Pays. Eighty acres of seven-headed wheat planted at Milton by J. M. Freeman, show good prospects of a crop of 65 to 70 bushels this year. Mr. Freeman obtained the wheat from a German two years ago and last year had, five acres of it.' selling the product to the Peacock mill for the same price as bluestem. The flour made therefrom was nearly equal in quality to the best grades of bluestem, and as the yield was greatly in excess, the venture ap pears profitable. This is tne secona year of the experiment, and so far the new wheat has only been tried on hill land. . ' - . Receipts of Lond Office. Clerk of the State Land Board. G. G. Brown, has compiled his monthly statement of the receipts of his officp during June, showing that a total of $26,271.94 had been received from the different sources, such as land sales, payments on certificates, etc., and turned over to the Treasurer. Of the total amount $18,925.01 was received as payments on certificates and cash sale of school lands. Must Not Set Fires. In accordance ' with sections 1787, 1788, 1789, .1790, 1791 and 1792 of Bel linger and Cotton's annotated codo and statutes of Oregon, Governor Chamberlain has issued his annual proclamation referring to the protec tion of timber and other property from1 fire. The law provides that this proclamation shall be issued by the governor on or before the first day of July of each year. More Insane Patients In June. The monthly report of the superin tedent of the state insane asylum for June shows an increase in the number of patients from 1302 to 1324 during the month. The per capita cost of maintenance- was $10.43 per month, or 34 cents a day. The general health of the patients has been good. WILL BUY MINE. Clark is Satisfied With Southern Oregon Copper Ledge. , Developments at the copper .mines on Joe's creek, known as the Blue ledge, are continuing under the man agement of Patsy Clark. It is reported upon reliable authority that the pros pects obtained from the use of the diamond drill in the mine are showing up more flatteringly every day. It is now practically certain that the pro perty will be taken by Clark under the provisions of the bond which he has obtained, and , that the deal will be closed before the termination of the term for which the bond was given. Prominent mining, men from all sec tions of the Northwest are flocking to that section, looking into the pros pects around the mine. The mine oonaea oy uiarx is not tne only one In this vicinity which is making good mineral snowings. The belt of copper- bearing ore reaches for miles north and south from the Blue ledge, and the bonding of the Blue ledge to Clark has given an Impetus to the development oi otner copper prospects in this re gion. That that vicinity will prove to be one of the great mining centers or the Northwest is now confidently expected. - In addition to the mining interest that may be developed in that section, there are also large timber interests which await access to .market by the way of railroad r communication, and fchould the Blue ledge prove to be what Clark and his associates think and confidently expect it to be, these tim ber interests will be pushed along with the mining interests. Assistant In Treasurer's Office. State Treasurer, Moore has appoint ed George G. Gans, Jr., to assist in his office temporarily on account of the increase of work due to the collection of the corporation taxes. Mr. Gann was formerly a clerk in the land de partment. The last legislature made an additional appropriation for cler ical assistance in the treasury depart ment because of work incident to the collection of the inheritance and corpo ration taxes and a permanent appoint ment under this authority will be made later. " ' Packing nation County Cherries. The Salem fruit cannery is having very satisfactory run on cherries, and manager Holcomb says that the total pack of this fruit will amount to about 8000 cases. Early soft cherries were not of first-class quality, owing' to an overabundance of water In them, but they will keep i well. The cherry crop as a whole has been of fair quali ty an the quantity fSs largs afi-T-'as ex-. pected. The cannery emnloys an aver age of about 150 persons a day.-" Yamhill Will Raise Fine Stock. The H.-C. Evans farm of 635 acres, near McMinniville, was sold last week to Captain Foster. - of Portland, for $18,000. This has been considered one of the best grain farms in Yamhill county. Captain Foster will seed the farm to clover and grass, and is now stocking the farm with high-grade stock. Mlany of the large farms ef Yamhill are now being changed into stock and dairy farms. Gain in Eugene Postal Receipts. Postmaster J. L. Page, in footing up the business of the Eugene office for the month of June, finds that the pos tal receipts at this office for that month have amounted to $1,242.59, or a gain of $466.49 over the corresponding month last year. As an indication of the improvement in business the re port is highly gratifying. Shut Down for Summer. With few exceptions all of the log ging camps in the Lower Columbia river district have closed down for month or six weeks. The logging companies agreed to do . this so that the surplus of logs , might become ex hausted and the prices maintained. Selecting Wool For Exhibition. Hon. Henry Blackman, representa tive of Oregon for the Lewis and Clark Centennial and the St. Louis exposi tion, was in Ontario last week secur ing samples of Malheur and Harney county wool to be. placed on exhibition at the St. Louis fair. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Walla Walla,-7074c; val ley, 77c. Barley Feed, $20,00 per ton; brew ing, $21. ;, Flour Best grades, $3.95 4.30: graham, $3.453.85. . Millstuffs Bran, $23 per ton; mid dlings, $27; shorts, $23; chop, $ IS. Oats No. 1 white, . $1.10 1.18; gray, si.uo per cental. Hay Timothy, $2021 ; clover, nominal; cheat, $1516 per ton. Potatoes Best Burpanks, '. 50($65c per sack; ordinary, 3545c per cental, growers' prices; Merced sweets, $3 3.50 per cental. Poultry Chickens, mixed, 10llc; young, 13 14c; hens, 12c; turkeys, live, 1617c; dressed, 20 22c; ducks, $7.00 7.50 per dozen; geese, $6.00 6.50. . ' ' Cheese Full cream, twins, Va 16c; Young America, 1515)c; fact ory prices, llc less. Butter Fancy creamery, 2022t per pound; extras, 22c; dairy, 20Q 32 Kc; store, 16c18. Eggs 1720c per dozen. ' Hops Choice, 1820c per pound. Wool Valley.lZJtfO 17c ;Eastern Or egon, 814c; mohair, 3537c. Beef Gross, cowb, 3)4c, per pound; steers, 55Kc; dressed, 8c. Veal 7Kc. Mutton Gross, $3.50 per dressed, 66Kc, ?- ' . . Lambs Grow, . 4c : per dresesd, 7Xc . - Hogs Gross, 66Jic per dreBfled, 708e. - - - pound ; pound; pound ; DAM GIVES WAY. Pennsylvania Plcknlckers Overwhelmed and 20 Drowned. Greensburg, Pa., July 8. A water spout of immense proportions striking in the vicinity of Oakford Park thla af trenoon created a flood that caused t great loss of life and proprety. It is known thatjat least 20 persons were lost, and rumors placed the number of dead at more than 100, but ;up until a late hour tonight only two or three bodies have been recovered, having been washed to the banks of the little creek that runs parallel with the park At 3 o'clock rain began to fall in tor rents in the vicinity of the park and spread over a territory covering prob ably ten miles. A half hour later the cloudburst occurred. The waters in the lake north of Oakford park began to swell, and Manager James McGrath, believing that there was danger of a final break in the great walla of the dam, hurried among the crowds of pleasure seekers who had gathered un der the roof a of the eating stands, the merry-go-round, the theater, dancing pavilion and other buildings in line of the water should the banks break, and warned them to run for the hills. On both sides of the ' grounds there are high hills, the paik being located in a ravine about a fourth of a mile wide and a mile long. The rain continued to fall in tor rents, and about 4 o'clock a dam to the east, containnig -40 feet of water, gave way. The flood beat down the ravine with a roar that was heard for two miles. A half-mile down, at the junc tion of the Greensburg and Jeannette and Park car lines, the barns-are lo cated. The entrah' e gates to the park were lifted, and with the force of a pile ariver the large posts were hurled bv the waters against the barn. BRIBE TO GOVERNOR. ' - Missouri Boodlers Offered to Pay Him to Sign Bill. St. Louis. July 7. Ex-Governor Lon V. Stephens was before the grand jury today for over an hour. Before enter ing the grand jury room he had a con ference with Circuit Attorney Folk, during which he told Mr. Folk that he had been offered $20,000. while he was Governor, if he would appoint James Butler, of St. Louis, excise commis sioner. The ex-Governor also stated to Mr. Folk that after he had signed the transit bill an order was made to him to put him in on the ground floor in the purchase of stock which would eventually net him a profit of from $50,000 to $100,000. Ex-Governor Stephens said he re fused to listen to the $20,000 proposi tion for the appointment of Butler." Butler was not appointed excise com missioner the appointment : going to Charles A. Higgins. Ex-Governor Stephens also declared that he did not take advantage of the opportunity to invest in transit stock. Interesting developments ; are ex pected from the statements of Gover nor Stephens. It Is understood that his talk with the Circuit Attorney to day is only the beginning of a line of investigation taken up , by Mr. . Folk which will result in many big boodle transactions coming to light. Further investigation will, be resumed tomor row. NEW FIGHT ON THE CANAL.' Enemies of Panama Want Government to Show Hand. New York,' July . 8. In. the Colom bian senate, vigorods protests against the Hay-Herran canal treaty have been made because it does not bear the signature of President Marroquin, says Herald dispatch from Bogota, under date of Friday. There have been stormy discussions over this'point. Dr. Luis Carlos Rico, the minister of foreign affairs, delivered a two hours' address, during which he declared that the treaty should not bear the president's signature before final approval. Ex-President Caro, in a speech, insisted that the government should defend the treaty, and not leave the responsibility to the senate. ' At this juncture the . senate adjourned. The discussion is being continued. It is said that tour members of the house and canal committees are decid edly in favor of the Hay-Herran canal treaty, while three are against the measure, and two are doubtful. The canal campaign is now on in earnest and the indications are that the debate will be protracted and definite action long delayed. Final Dividend Declared. New York, July 8. James G. Can non, israyton Ives and William L. Bull, trustees under the plan for the readjust ment of the affairs of Price, McCormick & Co., today declared a final dividend of 11 per cent upon the claims of all unsecured creditors deposited under their plans. The trustees also issued a statement in which they say the claims of secured creditors amounting to over $1,000,000 have been paid in full. The unsecured creditors have received divi dends aggregating 71 per cent. Americans May Invest in Russia. St. Petersburg, July 8. Vice Presi dent Gross, of the American locomotive company, has arrived here, and consid erable newspaper comment has Deen aroused by his presence at the Russian capital. It is said thatt his mission concerns not only locomotives, but an investigation of the financial and econ omic conditions of Russia, in the inter est of various groups of American finan ciers, and also an inquiry into the feas ibility'of exporting South Russian iron. Clash With Bulgarians. Osknb, European Turkey, July 8. In a conflict between Turkish troops and Bulgarians near Vodena, 46 miles north of Salonika., tha latter hA in killed and the Turks had two wounded SEVEN FALL DEAD INDIANA TROOPS FIRE ON RIOTERS WITH TELLING EFFECT. Fourteen and Perhaps More Injured Mob at Evansville, Made a Deter mined Effort to Reach Negroes In Jail, But Were Turned Back More Quardsmen Ordered Out. Evansville, Ind., July 8. Following four days of rioting and general lawless ness, this city tonight saw the most ten rible of ita experiences with rioters. o , . - . ctjvou persons are aeaa ana 14 are known to be injured, and at leaBt that number more are thought to be hurt. At 10:30 o'clock the members of company A, First regiment, Indiana - - , a Tigiiaub guarding of the county jail, and 100 deputy sheriffs under Sheriff Chris Kratz, fired point blank into a mob of 1,000 men gathered on Fourth, Divis ion and Vine streets, surrounding the Vanderburg county jail, and attempting its capture. J?rom 7 O'clock this morn ing until the hour of tonight's catae trophe the crowd surged about the iail. calling the militiamen vile names, as- saulting them with stones and huratins, the deputy eherffs who warded the TiaiL The mob had eraduallv becom mor and more excited, and its manifesta- tions of uneasiness more frequent, and at 10 o'clock it was seen that nothine could prevent an assault on the jail At 10 :JO o'clock the rioters piessed iorwara wiin determination, and inno cent onlookers and the curious followed Slowly they forced the militiamen back toward the jail, until the alleyway be tween Division street and the stone building waa reached. Then the lead' ers, witn a Dicycie in tneir iront as a shield to the bayonets of the soldiers. attempted to enter the alley and storm the alleyway entrance. Captain Blum, of the National Guard. ordered a charge on the rioters. Grad ually the crowd was forced back, the soldiers using their bayonets and butts of their guns. Suddenly a rioter fell. A soldier tried to drag him to his feet, but before he could do so was assaulted by a rioter. Stones and boulders be gan to fly through the air. A. soldier was struck with a rock and fell. A rioter was knocked down with a gun butt and then a shot was fired. The one shot started a f usilade of . musketry and shotgun fire from the defenders of the jail, and a scattered return fire from the rioters. Fully 300 shots were fired froni the jaULwindo wst, the court house steps immediately opposite, and the soldiers in the streets. No one knows who fired the first shot. The soldiers say it was the rioters. Governor Durbin is said to have in structed the authorities not jeopard ize the safety of the jail with half way measures. The soldiers and deputies fired into the retreating mob of men, who ran into Division street. For 15 minutes the firing continued. When it ceased, the soldiers had the place. In front of the staggering band of 58 soldiers lay the dead and wounded. Moans and shrieks of agony and fear came from the injured. FURNACES FROZEN. Sudden Strike of Workmen Brings Heavy Losses. Denver, July 8. James B. Grant, chairman of the executive committee of the American Smelting & Refining company, estimates the damage at the Grant and Glebe smelters caused by the unexpected strike of the employes at $25,000 to $30,000. All but two of the 11 furnaces in nse were "frozen," and the ore will have to be out out be fore the furnaces can again be used. President Charles F. Moyer, of the western federation of Miners, says that he does not think it will be neces sary to call out the miners of the state in support of the smeltermen. The failure of the legislature to pass an eight-hour law is given by the strikers as the cause of the trouble, and the company is accused of using improper means to defeat legislation. A large force of police is guarding the smelters in this city, and no seri ous disturbance has occurred, though 12 men have been arrested for disorder ly conduct and making threats. St. Helens in the Lead. Rainier, Or., July 8. The county seat election was the livliest ever wit nessed in Columbia county. All the county heard from, except Auburn pre cinct, gives a total vote of 1,792, Rain ier 562, Clatskanie 511, St. Helens 625, Auburn precinct will not change the result materially. It will necessitate a second election the first Monday in August. An error in sending out the registration books caused much delay and trouble in voting. More than 250 affidavits were made by six freeholders in Rainier precinct alone. Dynamite Was Used. - Colorado Springs, Colo., July 8. An attempt was made to blow up the plant of the Colorado Springs electric com pany at 2 o'clock this morning by dy namite. One hundred and fifty sticks of dynamite, weighing 75 pounds, were piled along the north Bide of the big buildings and a fuse lighted. The ex- nlcsion of one stick distributed the other sticks around in a radius of 200 feet, saving the building and the lives of 17 employes. . . . : ? Toy Plant Blown Up. Chicago, July 8. Three persons were instantly killed, several injured, , one fatally, in an explosion tonight which wrecked a factory in South Chicago J manufactured. avenue where caps lor toy pistoia were POPB IS DY1NQ. Chloral and Caffeine are Being Adminis tered to Sustain Life. Rome, July 6. The condition of the pope is growing much- worse this morning, though during the night he" succeeded in sleeping comparatively well. ' Chloral and caffeine are beine administered by the mouth in order to strengthen the heart, ,but his holiness has refused to have : either , injected. The weakness and exhaustion are' be coming augmented, nothwithstanding: the efforts being made to keen ud the pontiff's spirits. " The only aliment which the natient has been able to take has been a little broth or sips of oil with the yolk of eggs beaten up with sugar. His holi ness refuses to take doctor has advised him to do. in order ww uiviii a. xi n 10 aId the secretions ol! all the organs wmcn are depressed, owing to the weakness of the heart. After this morning's consultation between Doctors LapponI and Maz zoni the first bulletin will be issued. The gravest indications of the serious condition of the pope is that Dr. Lao- oni on going home after having spent tne night at the Vatican, informed his family that he would not again return U. 6 .UDH1 in? aisease bad resulted way or tne other. The doctor Wltn nim nis evehing dress, which aocruing to etiquette, he will have to on immediately after the death of the pope, should his illness terminate fatally. ' JOINS CABLE ENDS. Pacific Cable Is Now CnmnMH b San. Francisco to Manila. V York, J uly 5. The Pacific was successfully completed New cable at 10:50 o'clock last . night, East ern time, by. the welding together of the eastern and western links at Honolulu on board the cableshlp An- glia, thus completing the entire lines of telegraph from San Francisco to the Philippine Islands, a distant 'nf over 8000 miles, and bringing to a con clusion the greatest and most difficult, of submarine cable enterprises under taken in the history of ocean tele graphy, r A message from President Roosevelt to President Mackay, of the Commer cial Pacific Cable Company, was sent over, the new. cable around the world in 12 minutes, and Mackay's rSply was sent around the world in 9 minutes. The best previous time for a message around the ; world 'was made on ' one sent by United States Senator Chaun- eey M; Depew from the National Elec trio Exposition, Grand Central Palace, . in this city, in 1896. . It took 50 minu tes, to transmit the message. ' SNOW GENERAL IN MONTANA. Crops May Suffer, But It Is the Making ' of the Radges. Butte, Mont. July 6. Snow was general in Montana today, slight flur ries' being reported from all over the state. The fall was heavy on the con tinental divide. The temperature has dropped, to 45. ' The snow alternates with cold rains, and great damage to crops is feared. Later reports regarding snow and ram in Montana indicate that the rangemen will gain where the ranch ers will lose. The snow and rain in the southern, eastern and . northern portions of the state will do the range much good, as it ia tod early , tc hurt the new grass. The Bitter Root valley had a cold rain, which" may retard crops in that garden spot. The storm Was heavy on the Continental Divide and on the "range west oL Missoula. The average temperature of the state is 45, lowest in the eastern portion of the state. Western Nebraska was vis ited by a severe storm yesterday, and this has swept over Montana. America Not Approached, i Washington, July 7. Nothing vhas yet been heard in, official quarters of the ultimatum delivered to China by Japan and England, according to the Odessa dispatches printed today. It Is certain that the United : States has not recently been approached in this direction by either of the governments named as parties to the agreement, so that it has had no opportunity to Indi cate whether It would lend its moral support to an effort on the part of England and Japan to protect their interests in Manchuria. Moves for War. . 4 Berlin, July, 7. The Cologne Ga zette's St. Petersburg correspondent telegraphs that, according to reports - from Vladivostok, the Russian War Minister, General Kuropatkin, on In structions from the Czar, has altered his itinerary and has left Vladivostok suddenly, going to Kikolovsk, in Asia tic Russia, on the north bank of the Amur, supposedly for the purpose of the Inspection of fortifications, which would be especially important'' in case of a conflict with Japan . .. , Washington Statue Unveiled. ' v Budapest, ' July ; 7. Adolph ' Friend Mann, an American citizen, and a di rector of the Burdavara Public Garden in Budapest, which is also known as American Park, has presented to the garden a life-sized equestrian statute of George Washington. The statute ' was unyelled in. the presence .of the ; members of the American colony here and of thousands of enthusiastic Hun garians. , .. , -,... ,