GAZETTE
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WEEKLY.
AM :-"Vm.CmoUiU Feb., 1899.
CORVALLIS, BENTOH COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 1903.
VOL. XXXX. NO. 33.
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.
New wheat ia beginning to arrive in
Portland.
The new pope at first refused to ac
cept the tiara.
Admiral Cotton entertained the
Portuguese cabinet on board hia flag
ship.' Governor of Alaska saya Oregon
Bhoald have a share of the Alaskan
trade. v .''
Lord Curzon has accepted the offer
-of India to extend hia term of office as
viceroy.
Charles M. Schwab haa resigned as
president of the steel trust and is suc
ceeded by VV. E. Corry.
A big land withdrawal has been
made in Idaho to protect the water sup
ply of Pocatello.
The St. Paul city council will pass
an ordniance to prohibit the use of fire
works on any occasion.-
Bulgarians continue their depreda
tions upon Turkish property. The last
-act has been to burn two villages.
William Hamilton, who murdered
and assaulted a 13-year-old girl in
Asotin county, Wash., was taken from
the jail by a mob and hanged.
Spain faces serious labor troubles.
All danger of further flood in Kan
sas is past.
Trouble is feared with miners at
Idaho Springs, Colo.
Cardinal Giobona ia reported to be
suffering from malaria.
Negro enlistments in the United
States navy are to be shut off.
Cardinal Sarto, patriarch of Venice,
was elected pope on the seventh ballot.
Sixteen persona were . injured in a
head-on collision near Hartford City,
Ind.
Dry spell in Australia causes mines
to close and thousands face a desperate
situation.
Spreading rails near Portsmouth,
Ohio, wrecked a train. " Twenty-five
persons weie injured.
It ia claimed that General Miles will
eeek national G. A. R. honors as a
presidential boom.
Secretary Root will order the depart
ment of justice to search for fraud in
army contracts in which ex-Representa-tiv
Littauer waa interested.
Two negroes maimed a crippled
youth at Hartford, Ind., because he
did not produce the money they ex
pected. A mob i in search of them.
Tanana valley. Alaska, is said to be
similar in size and conditions , to Min
nesota. ' : Italy anxiously awaita the announce
' ment of the policy of the next pope for
peace or war.
A Chinese reformer has been put to
a horrible death by order of the em
press dowager.
King Edward and Queen 'Alexandra
left Ireland amid straina of "Come
Back to Erin.".
The viceroy of Chili province, China,
ia importing large quantities of arms
and ammunition.
The supreme court of Minnesota has
decided the great railroad merger case
against the state. .
One more body has been found under
the Morrison street bridge, Portland,
but was lost again.
Admiral Cotton entertained the king
. of Portugal and other high dignataries
on board the Brooklyn.
The conclave to elect a new pope has
taken four ballots without result. Ow
ing to the secrecy which prevails no de
. tails as to how the vote stood can be
had.
Four new cases of plague have ap
peared at Iquique, Chile.
The bakers' strike at Santiago,
Chile, is spreading and only a few
shops are now open.
New York papermakera have gone on
a strike to secure recognition of their
union. . ,
Boer immigrants who recently estab
lished a colony in Chile have discov
ered a large gold field.
The levying of countervailing duties
on
. ij r.i.k 9 1 lam
. Charles B. Hare, o! Ann Arbor,
Mich., has accepted the appointment
of government bacteriologist in the
Philippines, at a salary of $1,500.
Robert Lee, who shot an Evansville,
TIa1 nnlipainfln anH ntArtad ft riot that
. , aiiivii -
resulted in the death and injury of
many citizens, una uieu m jjunuu.
Tt.ai1inlnmgt.i hn"v at th Vatican
-predicts the election of Rampolla or
tJotu as pope.
Seven hundred and eighty-five men
are candidatea for admission to Yale
in the undergraduates entering classes
. . , T a. iL. i
Of next Sep tern Der. Jbaes year me hoi
til was 681.
Secretary Root has directed the sale
of the military reservation known aa
Cotumbua barracka, Uolumbua, U., ou
-days from date, at its appraised valua
TOPEKANS GIVEN A SCARE.
Rain Descended in Such Volume That
Houses are Flooded.
Topkea. Kan.. Aug. 5. High water
caused much work and excitement in
North Topeka today, rain began fall
ing here shortly after midnight, and by
daylight the 6torm had reached the pro
portions o a cloudburst. The North
Topeka sewers have "not been reopened
since the June flood, and all of the
water ran through the low streets to
the river, covering the first floors in a
number of houses along Gordon street,
and in the street waa three feet deep.
Many of the residents of North Topeka
thought that another flood waa upon
them.
In South Topeka the water waa near
ly aa high aa it waa north of the river,
The state insane asylum, west of To
peka, waa cut off from the city for a
short time. The little creek that runs
through Auburndale, a suburb, waa
flooded to a depth of four or . five feet
The residents of that part of the city
procured boata and brought their neigh
bora to the high land.
The creek returned to its banks two
hoars after the rain ceased falling.
The rain was general in the northern
and eastern part of the state.
CHINESE ARE SULLEN.
Good Feeling Toward Foreigners Broken
by Recent Execution.
Pekin, Aug. 5. China is witnessing
return to the conditions which fol
lowed the coup d'etat of 1898. Politi
cal discussion among the Chinese
which increased during the imperial
court's recent policy of friendliness to
ward foreigners has suddenly stopped.
The plan of the dowager empress to
trerify the reformers by the execution
of Shen Chien, which occurred last Fri
day, has been unsuccessful. All the
liberal Chinese, particularly those who
have been associated with the reform
era, are in the greatest fear of arrest
and it is difficult to find a Chinaman
who ia willing to mention politics or
Friday's tragedy, although the la tier is
about the only topic of conversation
among the trusted friends. The offic-
als are particularly dumb.
The affair is a disappointment to
the foreigners, who had hoped that the
empress- dowager's association with
the ladies of the legations would have
civilizing influence. Prince Su, the
most liberal of the Manchu princes, is
reported to have risked his office by
opposing the execution of Shen Chien.
HAWAII WANTS SETTLERS.
Honolulu Plans to Advertise the Advan-
Honolulu, Aug. 5. The citizens of
Honolulu have decided to do all within
their powei to promote immigration to
the islands. With thia view the Mer
chants' association and the chamber of
commerce have opened extensive head
quarters and will advertise the advan
tages of Hawaii to the outside world,
besides catering to the interests com
fort of visitors who arrive here.
The merchants' aesociatin haa cabled
Secretary Root, of the war department,
guaranteeing a constant supply of coal
for army posts and that troops sent to
the Philippines be hereafter brought
via Honolulu. . "
Options on three steamers available
for government use as revenue cutters,
have been Bent to Washington by E.
R. Stackable, collector of the port of
Honolulu. This action was taken in
accordance with instructions received
some time since, the war department
being anxious to secure a vessel suit
able for ita officers in Hawaii.
FIRE THREATENS YOSEMITB.
Guardians of Valley Fight Flames-Forest
Reserve Scorched.
Yosemite Valley, Cal., Aug. 5. A
big forest fire ia raging tonight just out
side of the Yosemite valley ana past
the gateway guarded by El Capitan
and Cathedral rocks. Should . the
efforts of the firefighters prove futile,
the flames will enter the valley and
destroy a valuable amount of timber.
State Guardian Stevens haa a large
force of men at work fighting the Barnes
and it ia hoped that the fire may be
kept between the Conlterville road and
the Merced river. .
Would Alarm America.
Victoria, B. C, Aug. 5. W. C.
Deering, of Chicago, who arrived from
the Orient by the steamer Tacoma, in
an interview, saya that although the
people of the United States may not
be aware of the fact, the insurgents in
the Philippine islanda are organizing
and drilling, and the trouble there ia
far from over. He says filibusters are
continually landing arms on the island
coasts, and the patrol is looked upon as
a farce. Schooners laden with centra-
band goods have no difficulty in "run
ning their cargoeB." 1
Used Peasants for Marks.
London. Aug. 5. The Times thia
morning printa a Vienna dispatch say
ing that the emperor of Russia received
with beoevclence from the Crotians in
the United States a petition describing
the position of Crotia in the darkest
terms. It also saya that Prince Urus
off, who on July 27 waa reported aa
having been wounded in the Razan dis
trict by peasants, haa become insane
He was in the habit of. testing hia
marksmanship on the bodies of peasants
Militia Captures Posse.
Sacramento, Aug. 3. A special to
the Bee from Sheriff Haggerty saya
that the P-lacerville militia company
successfully captured Sheriff Bosquit
and hia posse in the foothills near
Greenwood. The company surrounded
the posea and gradually worked in tip-
on them until they effected a capture
while the posse was preparing their
evening-meal.
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happenings here in Oregon
SUMPTER MINES.
Improvement and Development Work
Progressing Rapidly.
Another crosscut tunnel is being
driven on the Modoc . mine in the
Cougar mine. This tunnel will open
up tne three veins on the property,
Ore assaying flOO to the ton is being
lateen irom tne old workings.
A complete hoisting plant has been
oruerea Dy me frame Diggings man
agement, which will be installed im
mediately upon its arrival. The shaft
is now down 80 feet.
The vein of the Dixie group has de
veloped a width of 60 feet. This
property is located on Granite Boul
der Creek about four miles from the
wonderful Morning mine in the
lireennorn district.
ine May Queen management is
now erecting: a hoistine Dlant. on the
property. It will be capable of sink
ing to a depth of 600 feet. The May
yueen is in tne Ked Boy district. The
macninery recently received here for
the hoisting plant of the Midway
group is now being rapidly installed.
A sawmill is also bainer erected.
An order for 500 more cords of
wood has been given by the E. & E.
management. This wood is being de
livered at the hoist building, which
no doubt means the extensive oper
ating of the plant.
Ore for shipment is now beine
sacked by the Valley Queen manage
ment. A winze is beinsr sunk, and
has encountered a high grade of
quartz.
The new sampling mill recently
erected by Arthur & McEwen is com
pleted and a test run has just been
made on ore from the Flora M. prop
erty near town. The mill worked to
the complete satisfaction of the
owners.
The management of the Copper-
opolis property located in the Quartz
burg district, announces that work
will be resumed in a few days. The
main crosscut tunnel is now in over
600 feet. A drift has also been run on
a copper ledge. This drift will be
extended over 100 feet.
SECURES RIGHT OF WAY.
People Who are Behind the Oregon &
Pacific Hard at Work.
While they are saying but little the
people who are behind the Oregon &
Pacific Railroad are working diligent
ly, and a railroad line from Grants
Pass to Crescent City will , undoubt
edly be a reality- within, the nexyear.
Colonel T. "Wain-Morgan Draper, cnlef
engineer of the proposed road, is a
very busy man, looking after the sur
veying of the line, and the manage
ment of the Waldo Smelting & Min
ing Company's copper properties at
Waldo, who are the principal backers
of the new road. Colonel Draper
states that they have secured right of
way for .more than three-fourths of
the road from Grants Pass to Gas
quet, Cal., and have selected all of
the stations on the line. At each of
the places where stations have been
selected ample rights of way has been
given not only for a depot but also for
sidings. ,
Coming Events.
Ninth annual regatta, Astoria, Au
gust 19-21. .
State fair, Salem, September 14-19.
Second Southern Oregon District
fair, Eugene, September 29-October 3.
Summer association of the North
west Indian agencies, Newport, Au
gust 17-27. - ... ,
Klamath county -fair, Klamath
Falls, October 6-9. .
Good roads convention, Jackson
ville, August 15. ,
Fruitgrowers' convention, JacRsom-
ville, August 15.
Teachers' institute, Tillamook, July
29-31.
Knights of Pythias convenfion, As
toria, August 20-21.
Teachers' institute, La Grande, Au
gust 17-21.
Trappings for National Guard.
The adjutant-general's office of the
Oregon National .Guard has been no
tified that a shipment of 959 United
States - rifles and 50 carbines, to
gether with bayonets, belts, scabbards,
slings, etc., is on the way to Portland,
and will arrive here in ample time for
the annual encampment in Septem
ber. There will be nothing lacking in
the new equipment of the home sol
diery. The selection pf an encamp
ment site hangs fire on account of the
railroad rates. It is expected that a
decision will be reached this. week as
to where the mobilization -will take
place.
Large Oat Crop.
"The yield of oats in Clackamas
county this year will be the largest of
any year I have ever witnessed, said
County Treasurer - Cahill. who has
lived in that county for 30 years, in
discussing crop conditions. "Wheat
is also generally good throughout the
county," continued the speaker, "and
I forecast a good yield of that cereal."
The hay crop in Clackamas county
was exceptionally large and it has
been years since a large crop of fruit
of better quality has been harvested
there. Harvest season is late.
Warships at Regetta.
A telegram has been received by
the Astoria regatta committee from
the secretary of the navy, stating that
the eunboat Alert had been ordered
to Astoria for the regatta. Assur
ances have also been received from
Secretary Moody that the New York,
Marblehead and Bennington will be
ordered here if they return from the
Alaskan cruise in time.
To Train Kindergartens.
The professional department of the
Weston State Normal School has
been enlarged by the addition of the
chair-of applied kindergarten. Miss
Violet Elizabeth Bowlby, of Astoria
has been elected to this position.
NEW NATURALIZATION LAWS.
Governor Announces Provisions Against
Illegal Immigrants.
For the information of all concern
ed in Oregon Governor Chamberlain
haa made public a letter received by
him from the department of state at
Washington, D. C... calling attention
to' the - new provisions of the United
States naturalization laws. These
new provisions took effect July 3,
1903, and provide that, in order to be
valid, a court record of naturaliza
tion must show that the person nat
uralized is not opposed to all organ
ized government nor affiliated with
any organization so opposed; that he
does not advocate the unlawful as
saulting or killing of officers of the
government; that he -has not violated
any of the provisions of -the said act
to regulate the Immigration of aliens
and that he has complied with the
terms of previous acts on the subject
of naturalization.
The new act also requires that
every . certificate of naturalization
shall specifically recite that the pro
visions of this and previous acts have
been complied with, and if it fails in I
any particular it is null and void. The
act making the additional regulations
was approved on March 3.
ENLARGE THE RESERVE.
More Land Withdrawn From Settlement
in Oregon City District.
Nine townships of land in Clacka
mas, Marion and i.mn counties nave
been withdrawn from settlement upon
telegraphic orders from Acting Com
missioner of the Land Office Fimple.
The townships are from 5 to 13 in
clusive in range 4 east. Immediately
adjoining the Cascade forest reserve
on the east. Each township contains
23,040 acres, and the whole number of
acres in the nine townships with
drawn is 207,360. V AH of township 11
and two-thirds of township12 are un
surveyed land. Of the whole area
withdrawn from settlement, 81.320
acres are vacant land, of which 38,
400 "acres are unsurveyed.
The action of the general land office
is construed to mean that the interior
department is desirous of extending
the reserve. i .
Insane Population Growing.
The report of Superintendent J. F.
Calbreath, of the state, insane asylum,
for July, shows that during the month
the population of that institution in
creased from-1' 132i $,ct
the month 38 new patient3 were re
ceived and one escape returned.
Fourteen patients were discharged,
16 died and one eloped. Of the pa
tients enrolled July 31 there were
939 males and 393 females. The av
erage expense - of maintenance was
$9.31 per month, or 30 cents per day
The total value of articles consumed
was 16316.39.
In Behalf of Sinsiaw Harbor.
The Commercial Club of Eugene
has indorsed a petition prepared by
O. W. Hurd, of Florence, which will
be presented to the secretary of war
and congress on behalf of the citizens
of Oregon, asking the government to
continue well commenced improve
ments on the jetty in the Siuslaw har
bor. . The petition bore the . indorse
ment of the Oregon delegation in con
gress. Mr. Hurd is at present in
Portland and will bring the same mat
ter before the commercial bodies of
that city. Later he will .visit San
Francisco and secure aid from the
shippers there.
Oold Fever In Clackamas.
Great excitement, not without
cause, prevails in tne southern part
of Clackamas county because of the
recent discoveries by( local mining
prospectors. Gold in imimensely pay
ing quantities has been located on
claims that have been repeatedly
worked and prospected for the ..last
ten years, but the hidden wealth was
never disclosed before. Samples that
will assay between $2000 and $3000 to
the ton have been brought to Oregon
City by the interested owners. In
tense excitement exists.
PORTLAND MARKETS. -
Wheat Walla Walla, 77 78c; val
ley, 79c.
Barley 'Feed, $19.60 per ton; brew
ing. zu.
Flour Best grades, $4.10 5.S9;
graham $3.353.75.'
Millstuffs Bran, $23 per ton; mid
dlings, $27; shorts, $23; chop, $18.
Oata No. 1 white, $1.07 1.07K;
gray, $1.05 per cental.
Hay Timothy, $1920; clover,
nominal; cheat, $1516 per ton.
Potatoes Beat Burbanka, 7075c
per sack; ordinary, 3545c per cental,
growers' prices; Merced sweets, $3
3.50 per cental.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, ll12c;
young, 1617c; hena, 12c; turkeys,
live, 1012c; dressed, 14 15c; duckB,
4.005.00 per dozen; $eese, $6.00
JB.50.
Cheese Full cream, twins, 15
16e; Young America, 1516c; fact
ory prices, lljc less.
. Butter Fancy creamery, 20 22
per pound; extras, 22c; dairy; 20
22c; atore, 16c17.
Egga 2021c per dozen.
. Heps Choice, 1516c per pound.
Wool Valley, 1718c; Eastern Or
egon, 1215c; mohair, 3537c.
Beef Groea, cows, 3)4e, per
pound; steers, 55Jic; dressed, 7 He
Veal 768c.
Mutton Gross,
dressed, 56c.
Lambs Gross,
dreaesd. ?c.
Se per
pound;
pound ;
4e per
Hogs Gross, 66e
dressed, 6X7:
per
' pound
FIRE FROM COVER.
Escaped- Folsom Convicts Ambush
and
Shoot Three of Posse.
Placer ville, Cal., Aug. 3. A desper
ate fight between a band of five of the
escaped Folsom convicts and a party of
eix militiamen, who were following a
fresh trail of the convicts, took place
thia evening just at dusk on a hillside
near t, he Grand Victory mine, and, as
a result of the conflict, two of , the mi
litiamen, name. Rutherford and Jones,
were killed and a third member of the
posse, a man named Dill, will prob
ably die of hia wounds, aa he waa shot
through the lungs.
The convicts were hidden in the
thick brush which covers the hill, and
the manhuntera happened upon them
most unexpectedly. The convicts, who
were well armed with rifles, fired a vol
ley into the posse, with the result
above stated.
The other members of the posse
opened fire on the convicts, and the
survivors of the tittle band are firm in
their belief that at least two members
of the convict gang were wounded.
The news of the conflict soon spread,
and messengers were dispatched to thia
place for reinforcements.
A posse under the leadership of
Sheriff Bosquit is now on the scene of
the conflict, but, aa it ia dark, it is im
possible to locate the convicts, who
have the advantage of position, and
could pick of the members cf tne posse
if a concentrated attack was made upon
them. Sheriff Bosquit and his advis
ers are considering the feasibility of
Betting the. brush on fire and forcing
the convicts to surrender-or at least dis
close their exact position.
Sheriff Bosquit's pof-se now numbers
150 men, bnt the situation is so criti
cal that no one will approach close
'enough to the supposed hiding place of
the convicts to ascertain the exact con
dition of affairs. So far the bodies of
KUtuenora ana Jones, who are mem
bers of Company H, Second infantry,
N. G. C, have not been iecovered,
though it ia positive that the men are
dead.
COMPLAIN OF INDIGNITIES.
Steamer Passengers Tell of Treatment
by Honolulu Customs Men.
San Franciaco, Aug. 4. A communi
cation addressed to the Associated
Press and signed by 35 passengers who
arrived here from th Orient on the
steamer Siberia protests strongly
against the action of the customs-house
officials who examined their baggage
at Honolulu. . They laim to heve been
treated without common civilitv and to
1332 DuxiBglijaen-gnDje to j. iBconven-j
iem e and bodily discomfort.
Coming from a warm cilmate, most
"of them were lightly attired, but, des
pite their vigoroua protesta, the'r
heavy clothing was placed under offi
cial seals, not to be broken until San
Francisco waa reached. The baggage
in the etaterooma waa closely inspected,
and all deemed unnecessary by the offi
cers waa bundled up, sealed and placed
in the hold with the trnnka and other
personal effects. Thia the passengers
designate as "an atrocious outrage,"
and wish the matter called to the at
tention of the secretary of the treasury.
TO FORTIFY DALNY.
Russia Appropriates $6,500,000 for Ad
ditional Improvements.
Pekin, Aug. 4. Advices from Port
Arthur say that the Russian govern
ment, as a result of recommendations
made by the recent conference there,
has appropriated $6,500,000 for addi
tional fortifications, particularly for
the protection of Dainy, and that when
completed they will have a continuous
line of fortifications from Port Arthur
to Dalny, 35 mi es aong the coast. -
A Pekin journalist named Spenchin,
was beheaded here today. The " evi
dence at the trial was so weak that he
probably would have' been acquitted,
but the prisoner admitted the charge
that he had attempted to . organize a
rebellion at Hankow in 1900. He
boasted that he had always advocated
the assassination of the Manchue in or
der, to rid the country of the dynasty.
He declared that he was willing to die
for the cause, and went to his execu
tion calmly and bravely.
Omitted From House Journal.
Helena, Ment., Aug. 4. According
to W. J. McHaffie, who is printing the
journals of the recent legislature as
sembly, house bill 55, nnder the pro
visions of which the eight hour law was
to be submitted to the electors of the
state as a constitutional amendment,
was omitted from the journal of the
h' use. Authorities hold that such an
omission ia fatal to the act, and the
people of the atate will not be given
an opportunity to vote upon tne pro
posed constitutional amendment.
Money tor Victims' Folk.
Salt Lake City, Aug. 4 A special
to the Tribune from Hanna, Wyo.,
aya: "The Union Pacific coal com
pany has offered to settle with the rela
tives of the men killed in the recent
mine explosion on the basis of $250 for
the unmarried men and $500 to be paid
each widow, with $50 additional for
each child in the family. The coron
er's inquest over the reamina of the
victims of the explosion commenced
yesterday."
. More Money for Fair.
London, Aug. 4. -The supplementary
statement issued thia morning grants
an additional $250,000 for the aid of
the roval commission to the St. Louis
exposition for the period ending March
31, 1904. An explanatory note Bays
a.l further contributions will be pro
vided in the budgets of aubsequent
yeara.
POPE IS ELECTED
CARDINAL SARTO THE UNANIMOUS
CHOICE OF CONCLAVE.
Has Taken the Title of Pious X New
Pontiff Is a Man Plain in His Habits
and Well Liked by AU Who Know
Him Will Follow Lines of Pope Leo
Public Well Pleased.
Rome, Aug. 4. Cardinal Sarto, pat-
. riarch of Venice, who was elected pope
: to succeed Leo XIII, now reigns at the
vatcan and over the Catholiic world aa
Pius X. Tonight all Rome is illumi
nated in hia honor.
Hia election and the aaeumption of
hia holy office were marked by a strik
ing demontstration and impressive cere
monies at the Vatican, which ended,
only thia evening. T am or row the new
pope, clad in hia new pontifical robes,
and with all the ritualistic ceremony,
will recieve the membera of the diplo
t matic corps, the cardinals and the bish
' ops, who will then offer their official
homage, this notwithstanding the fact
that twice today the cardinal and many
high officials of the Vatican went
through a similar ceremony.
The date on wnich the coronation of
Pius X will take place has not yet been
decided, but the impression prevails
that it will take place on August 9.-
Although the election was over at 11
o'clock this morning, and waa an
nounced to the world 45 minutes later
by the appearanca cf the new pope at
the window of St. Peter's, the conclave
was not formally dissolved until 5:30
o'clock thia afternoon.
I The e let ion of the patriarch of Ven
ice thia morning waa unanimous. Af
: tei Monday's ballots, it waa a foregone
I conclauion that he was the only candi
. date sumciently acceptable to all to
secure the necessary two-thirda that
the laws of the church require. One
of the cardinals said to a representative
of the Associated Press tonight that he
believed Pius X would iollow the
broad lines of Leo' a policy, althongh
POPE PIUS X
he probably would not accentuate it.
Thia voices the general feeling here,
which ia one cf satisfaction. ,
The new pontiff ia a man of simple
origin, and althongh not a prominent
candidate, he had been mentioned fre
quently as one of the many cardinals
who might be taken up aa a comprom
ise candidate.
BIG STRIKE IS VOTED.
Rock Island Trainmen Are Solid for In
crease of Wages.
Chicago, Aug. 6. Trainmen and
conductors employed by, the Chicago,
Rock Island & Pacific railroad have
voted to strike unless the road paya the
increase in wages they have demanded.
Their determination will be . made
known to the officers of the railroad
company tomorrow, when committees
representing the Order of Railay con
ductors and the Brotbeihood of Rail
way trainmen will wait on them.
These committees will tell the officers
of the company the reault of the refer
endum vote that haa been taken on the
question of a strike, and will ask the
officers to meet their demands. In
case of a flat refusal, the committees
will then adjourn to prepare for calling
a strike of the 2,000 trainmen and con
ductors employed by the road.
Tribute to McKinley.
Honolulu, Aug. 6. The proposal to
establish a public park in or near this
city as a memorial to the late Presi
dent McKinley will be abandoned.
Instead of this tribute to the chief ex
ecutive, during whose administration
the pe'ople of Hawaii became citizens
of the United States, it ia now planned
to erect a McKinley memorial light
house at the entrance of Honolulu har
bor. Thia would be a prominent ob
ject, from both land and sea, besides
being of great practical utility, inia
project meets with much favor.
Gas Company Makes Big Stock Issue.
New York, A"g. 6. Circulars have
been mailed to the stockholders of the
Consolidated gaa company of thia city,
announcing an issue of $6,00,000 of
treasury shock, which is offered at sub
scription at $150. The object of the
stock issue is to meet the cost of a
plant now being erected on Long
Island, which will supply all of Man
hattan, and do away with the present
scattered plants in this citv. The
capital of the company is $80,000,000.
Third Trial of Boodle Case Opens.
St. Louis, Aug. 6. The selection of
a jury for the third trial of perjury
case against former Delegate Harry
Fanlkner waa completed today, and
Circuit Attorney Folk made hia open
ing address, outlining the cbargea
against Faulkner.
SLIP BY OFFICERS.
All Trace of the Folsom Convict
Escapes
Has Been Lost.
Placerville, Cal., Aug. 1. Although
hundreds of heavily armed men are
now engaged in the search lor the 12
surviving prisoners who escaped from
the Folsom penitentiary, the outlaws
remain masters of the situation.
They have succeeded in eluding their
pursuers and the ultimate escape of at
least a portion of the gang seems high
ly probable.
Since the fatal fight at Pilot Hill, ia
which one of the convicts wa.a killed,
the others have not been seen," unless
the story of William Green, a cowboy,
who aaya he met two armed men in
Placer county today and aftei wards
identified them by photographs as a
couple of the outlaws, proves to be
true. Even tnia affords but a alight
clew, though it is being followed up by
the offiers.
The conviction ia growing that the
fleeing men are headed for the Sierra
Nevada mountaina and are being aided
by ex-convicts who re ide along the
route they have taken. The people
throughout thia setion of the state are
greatly alarmed, notwithstanding the
presence of many peace officers and a
company of militia. Those residing
in isolated localities, live in dread of
attack by the fugetivea who are believed
to be short of both food and ammu
nition. MEANING OF ITO'S PROMOTION.
Japanese statesman's Way to the
Pre-
mlership Is Now Cleae.
Toido, Aug. 1. Although Marquis Ito
has been made president of the privy
council, formerly presided over by Mar
quis Saionji. the latter loses no ranis
by the change. Count Masukata and
Marquis Yamagata have been appointed
members of the privy council. The
main point about the elevation of Mar
quis Ito is that it clears his way to the
premierehip. Incidentally it com
poses the cabinet difficulty and allows
an unbroken front to be presented to
foreign nations, but there ia a atrong
belief that it also heralds the calling
of the marquis to control the difficult
frreign situation at any time needed.
It is believed that Marquis Ito, who
has the full confidence of the emperor
is in favor of conservative measures to
ward Russia and that he will exhaust 1
diplomatic means of obtaining a quid
pro quo in Manchuria before resorting
to hostilities. He is regarded aa a
"ftafe man" in a crisia.'
The foreign situation growa more
acute. The news that America is us
ing the Manchurian question aa a lever
in the Kishinef petition matter revived
hope other assistance among the anti-.
Russian party. Russia has been grow
ing more aggressive in Manchuria and
Corea, while Great Britain and Japan
have been manifesting greater vigor in
counter action.
LAST TRIBUTE IS PAID LEO.
Third Great Requiem Mass Is
Celebrated
at the Vatican.
Rome, Aug. 1. The last tribute
waa paid to the late Pope Leo thia
morning with the third great requiem
mass celebrated in the Sistine chape
of the Vatican, and the function waa
no less ceremonious and imposing than
the two others. While there were per
haps fewer persons present there waa a
greater diaplay of gorgeous uniforms.
Of the 62 cardinals now in Rome, all
attended the mass except Cardinal
rretnoi, prefect of the congregation of
the Sacred Relics, who waa ill.
The -picture presented by the pres
ence of cardinals in violet robes and
red capea bordered with ermine and es
corted by noble guards in scarlet uni
forms and with drawn swords, the
scene being softened by the clouds, of
insense and the chapel resounding with
the strains of the incomparable Sistine
choir ainginc "Libera Me'Drminie"
made those present feel as though
lifted into another world.
In the' churches of Rome today be
gan the offering of prayers to the holy
ghost to assist and enlighten - the cardi
nals to choose the right man to sit in
the chair of St. Peter. During , the
conclave the blessed sacrament will be
exposed in several churches for tbe
special prayera cf the faithful, with
the same object in view.
For Monument to Leo.
Rome, Aug. 1. The mavor of Car-
pmeto, the birthplace of Pope Leo,
who proposed to ere t with local con
tributiona a monument to Leo XIII on
top of Lepini mountaina surrounding
the village of Carpineto, finding that
thia project waa checked by the large
amount of money required, intends to
make it an international tribute to the
late pope, and will ask all countries t3
join in the movement. He says he ex
pects considerable contributions, - es--pecially
from America.
To Make Electors Vote.
Vancouver, B. C, Ang. 1. The
movement in Canada to make, voting
compulsory haa at last reached the
stage of parliamentary action. A
special from Ottawa saya at the meet
ing of the elections committee of the
house of commons thia morning it waa
decided to recommend a law providing
for compulsory vcting. Any qualified
elector who fails to vote in any elec
tion will be deprived of the right to
vote at the next succeeding election.
Condones Russian Agression. '- -London,
Aug. 1. The Times thi
morning printa a Tokio dispatch which,
saya that Corea contemplates repurchas
ing the landa privately acquired . by
the Russians at Yongampho, and after
ward leasing them to Russian holders,
thus legalizing their tenure, said to
have originally display of Corea'a ten
dency to condone Russia aggression in
I commented on in Japan. .
tion of $290,uuu.