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CORVA TjtJlli JL JL JDj WEEKLY, SJSrftirSfi. (Consolidated Feb., 1899. COBVAIiLIS, BENTON COUNTY, OREGON, FEXDAY, AUGUST 28, 1903. VOL. XXXX. NO. 3(5. 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. - - ' Governor Taft is to succeed Secretaiy of-War Root in January. . Tbe boll weevil is doing great dam age to the Texas cotton crop. Russian aggression in Corsa is stirr ing the Japanese to the poi-t of war. Rich gold fields have been discov ' ered in Mexico which goes $50,000 to the ton. . . r Ja an has concluded arrangements for a loan of $100,000,000 ior military purposes. Vice Governor Lnke E. Wright will succeed Taft as governor general oi the Philippines. ' Pittsburg is . experiencing intense heat. Many prostrations and several deaths are reported. Colombia has yielded to the wishes of the tteople and will try to revive the Panama tanal treaty. - . , Ma edonian rebels have sacked Kreushevo and committed terrible out. ragej on the innabitants. The interior: department has made an additional temporary withdrawal in .the Burns, Oregon, land district- under the reclamation a.t. : Major ' Scriveh;' acting chief ' signal officer of the army, has been informed that telegraphic communication is now established in all parts of - Alaska cov ered by the signal corps lines. Damp weather is causing great un easiness among hop growers. : Thirty people were injured in a train wreck near Bloomington, 111. Colonel C. H. Smith, known in his writings as "Bill Arp," is dead. ' H. H. Kohlsaat-denies that he is to enter the cabinet as postmaster general. An attempt to tie up Cnicago restau- rants failed, not over 10 per cent of tbe employes coming out. Lou Dill ion has lowered the world's record by trotting a mil) in two min utes flat at Read ville, Mass. . , The Shamrock has been remeasured, but enough ballast has been removed to keep the time allowance tbe same. A discharged circus employe in Mas )' eachusetts opened the door of the mon ' ' key cages and liberated 40 of the ani mals. . ' President Francis, of the 1904 fair, . is charged with using that patronage to gain Democratic support in the pres idential racs. Secretary Hitchcock has added town ship 37 north, range 25 east, to the Okanogan withdraws , in Eastern Wash ington, where lands are being exam " ' ined to determine the desirability of . patting in a government irrigation sys tem. L'. ' "j K: i ' ii '. ' - Lord Salisbury ex-premier of Eng land, is dead. '' - . : Eight firemen were seriously burned at a Chicago fire. A cloudburst at Denver did consider able damage to property. i ' A party of 25 Salt Lake people are ' making a tour of Oregon. ., . The Macedonian revolution is marked by more massacres at Monastir. ... Tbe cruiser Marblehead and the gun . "boat Concord are anchored in the Poit - land harbor. ; - The Canadian government will use .. peaceful measures in the suppression of poaahing on the great lakes. A bill to pension veterans of the Cay use Indian war will ' be ; introduced at the next session of congress. The entire Humbert family has been found guilty of swindling and sentenced to from one to five years' imprisonment. The Turkish government has prom -. . ised fulfillment of , all, of Russia' ;de mand and the czar's squardon of war -vessels has been ordered home. . Canada wants a better trademark law .enacted. ; , ; Austria will support Russia in her demands on Turkey. ; - Senator Quay says he will seek no further political honors. About 7,500 textile workers in Sax ony are on a strike for a shorter work . day. I'';. V ' ''", ," l The United States and Chinese treaty .coiumiseionerB have resumed work on international treaties. Kingt Peter, of . Servia, has again . -threatened to abdicate unless condi ; -tlons change at the capital. Switzerland , has objected to Dr. Lardy, her minister at Paris, serving -on the Venezuelan arbitration court. Lord Salisbury's condition is very .grave. The powers are considering steps to -end the uprising in Macedonia. - Fire in the Beaumont, Texas, oil fields destroyed $50,000 worth of prop- -erty. . Genera! Jchn C. Black, o Illinois, has been elected commander in chief of the G. A. R. ' ". The Trans-Mississippi congress in dorsed the Lewis and, Clark fair and passed a resolution favoring a govern ment appropriation oi $1,000,000. RELIANCE AQAIN WINS. Takes Second Race From Shamrock by One Minute, 19 Seconds. New York, Aug. 23. In a glorious wboleeail breeze over a triangular course, ten miles to a leg, the fleet footed cup defender Reliance again yes terday showed her heels to Sir Thomas Lipton's challenger, ' taking the sec ond race of the cup series of 1903 by the narrow margin of one minute and 19 seconds. It was as pretty and hard fought contest as has ever been sailed off Sandy Hook, ani had the wind not fallen during the last ten minutes, the record for the course, three hours, 12 .m; oonnio a,o v. th ' Liuiamuia two yrar bicu, iu uei iiiouj- orab e race against the Shamrock II, would have been beaten. As it was, the Reliance sailed tbe 30 miles within two minutes and 39 seconds of the rec ord, which speaks wonderfully of her speed in the wind that was blowing. The Reliance a victory, narrow as it was, would have been smaller had not Captain Wring e, the skipper of the British ship, bungled at tne start, sending his craft over the line 19 sec- ! onds after the last gun, awd handicap- j ping her to that extent. At every point of sailing, the defend- i er's superiority was demonstrated. She gained one minute and 55 seconds in windward work, 40 seconds on the run to the second mark, and 45 seconds on the close reach for home. Ba-ed on the maguificient thowing she has made in the two races already sailed, it is the belief ef many experts that the cup is safe, and it will take something bet ter than Fife's latent creation to budge it. ' TURNS TO ROOSEVELT. China, Despairing of Russia Quitting Manchuria, Wants Arbitration. Tokio. Aug. 16, via Victoria, B. C , Aug. 27. China, in emDiirassment, has turned to President Roosevelt, says the Pekin correspondent of the Niehi . , 0, Nichi, who says the Chine-e emperor was to telegraph personally to President Roosevelt, asking the United States that China's former status be revived by means of arbitration. Viceroy Chang Chi Tung, interviewed I by the Asahi correspondent, said there was still a secret stare to the Manchu rian negotiations, and hereg etted that China has not sufficient power to com pel Russia to carry out the evacuation, though China had frequently refused new Russian demands. He did not understand why none of the three pow ers Japan, Great Britain or America bad begun direct negotiations . with Russia. The viceroy paid further that, even if the Russian troops were driven out of Manchuria, the Russians would then start an encroachment in the vicinity of Hi in which district no third, coun try takes interest.. This contingency worried the viceroy. " He expressed himself strongly in the interview, fa voring the Chine-e effort to secure the opening of - Manchuria and the neces sity of China completing her arma ment. FINE INDUSTRIAL - DISPLAY At Portland's Fall Carnival by Merchants and Manufacturers. : - Industrial street, at Poi Hand's big (alt carnival, September 14 to 26 in clusive, will be a revelation. It has been many years since the merchants and manufacturers of Portland have had an opportunity of making an ex hibit of their products and wares. Considerable rivalry -is being entered into and much 'money spent to make the exhibits as unique and attractive as possible. Many magnificent, booths are being erected and this feature for the carnival ' alone will be worth double what it will ccst to see every thing. Low railroad rates have been grant ed by the roads centering in Portland for the big carnival in that city Sep tember 14 to 26 inclufive, and many from all parts of tbe state will take ad vantage of this opportunity to make the trip. China Honors American. Tokio, Aug. 16, via Victoria, B. C, Aug. 27. N. M. Mcfver, a United states - consul areneral at Yokohama, has received the decoration of the double dragon from the emperor of China, the highest decoration that can be given to those not of imperial Dirtn. The presentation, made through United States Minister Conger at Pekin, was a recognition of Mr. Mclver's services to China at Yokohama during the China Japan war. China v has ordered four gunboats for service on the Yang ; Tee river at Kobe. Senator Hanna III. Cleveland, Aug. 27. Senator M. A. Hanna, who has but recently returned from a several weeks' vacation, was taken so ill at his office today as to re quire the services of a physician. The physician stated after an examination that Mr. Hanna was suffering from stomach trouble, and advised his im mediate relaxation of business and re tirement to hia home. The remarka bly warm weather no doubt; has affected Senator Hanna. Canal's Friends Active. f Washinffton. Aue. 26. Acting Sec retary of 8tate Loomis ha received two cablegrams from Minister Bean pre, -at Bogota, the latest dated Augutt 15, con veying the information that efforts are still being made to find away to revive the canal treaty. . - HAPPENINGS HERE IN OREGON AUCTION SALES OP STOCK. A New Feature Planned for the Oregon State Fair. Auction sales of livestock will be conducted at the Oregon state fair on September 18 and 19 The fair has al ways afforded an opportunity, for farmers and breeders to buy and sell stock, and every year many sales are made. The transactions have always been made by private dickering around the cattle department. This year, the fair - management . has ar- , tq n cron tn-n tno omnlnvmpTit of nn flnc- tloneer and public sales will be held. A large number of well-known breeders will send stock to the sale, and those who wish to buy can find almost anything they want. While the greatest interest will probably be centered in the sales of cattle, there will also be horses, sheep, goats and hos sold to the highest bidder. The sales will begin on. Friday, and continue on that day and Saturday. Those who wish to bid will therefore have nlenty of time earlier in the wqk to examine all the stock offered and determine what they wish to bid. This feature of the fair established particularly for the farmers, is likely to prove very popular. RAINIEK IS AWAKENED. Board of Trade Formed to Farther Inter ests of the Town. . A number of the citizens of Rain ier Have affected a temporary organ ization of a board of trade. A com mittee was appointed to draft by laws and instructed to report Satur- fday, August 29, at which time the or ganization is to be perfected. . The objects of this board of trade are to invite capital for investment and to advertise the resources of the town. . The recent county seat fight, while it was not won by Rainier, it has stimulated the citizens to action. Roads are to be built, streets im proved, factories to be put in 'opera tion, in short where there is only a town of a few hundred Inhabitants Rainier expects to be a city of sever- , thoi,satld Inh8bitantS before the close of the Lewis and Clark fair coming fcvent. M. A. A. C. carnival, Portland, Sep tember 14-26. Multnomah Fair Association races, Irvington track. September 21-26. Teachers' Institute, Lostine, Aug ust 24-26; Hood River, August 26-28; Prairie City, September .1-3; Rose burg, September 1-4 rHeppner. Sep-: tember 2-4; Bevins, September 7-9; Salem, September 9-11; Vale. Sep tember 10-12; Oregon City. Septem ber 15-17; Klamath Falls, September 28-30: Lakeview, October 1-3, and Hillsboro, October 28-30. Southern Oregon Pioneer re-union, Ashland, September 3. Labor Day, Portland, September 7. State convention of mining men J Portland, September 7. Oregon ; National Guard encamp ment. Sentember 3-12; Third Infan try, Gearhart Park; First Battery, Seaside, August 20; separate battal ion, Roseburg, September 3-12. Joint concatenation of Hoo Hoos, Portland, September 9. Cnrnival, Oregon City, September 23-27. .. State Fair, Salem, September 14-19. Second Southern Oregon District Fair. Eugene, September 29-T)cto-ber 3. . Harney County Fair, Burns, Sep tember 14-20. Races, Antelope, September 17-19. Stock exhibit and race meet, Port land, September 21-26. Second Eastern Oregon District Fair. The Dalles, September 22-26. Klamath County Fair, Klamath Falls, October 6-9. . t Crook County Jockey Club " meet, Prineville, October 27-29. . '.. Lincoln County Fair, Toledo, Sep tember 10-12. Race meet, Sumpter, October 1-5.' Fire Ragine in Cascades. A forest fire is raging about six miles from Detroit, in the Cascade mountains, east of Albany, at the terminus of the Corvallis & Eastern railroad. Large tracts of the most valuable timber in Oregon are situ ated around Detroit.' If the fire in that section should get beyond control tne dmng tat "Toulf result is be yond estimation. The timber is most ly of tbe fir variety, and is owned Inre-elv bv t.b Curtis , Inniber com pany and Eastern capitalists. - Price of Hops Paislne. Twenty-two cents hp s been offered for hops of the crop of 1902. This is Information received by Manager Winstanley. of the Oregon Hopgrow- ers' association, from a reliable source. While thH price has been of- fppri fryr one lot of hoT?.. it is not con sidered the market price, but merely iidicites that tbe market is strong at he figure generally quoted. 20 ' cents. Few sales, if any, are taking place. Wheat Low t Pendleton. Pendleton buyers are offering ex tremely low prices for wheat, com pared to quotations in other places. Two sales have Just been made at 70 cents. Another small lot has been sold at 71 rents. At Eureka Junction an offer of 76 cents has'been made for bluestem. At Walla Walla hlnestem is filing in the neighbor hood of 75 cents. , . - Rich Values on Powells Crek. Sharp Bros. & Holman, miners of Powell creek, made a quartz discov ery of unusually excellent appearance on the headwaters of that stream a few days ago. Tbey have uncovered a ledge four feet in width, samples from. which have given values of $80 to the ton. ' Sale of Bohemia Mines. . William Grifflth'aud son. G. E. Grif fith, of Oregon City, have sold their Broadway group of mines in the Bo hemia district to the Oregon "Surety company. It is understood that the consideration-was $36,000. QOOO CROP IN POOR STRAW. Plump -Berries. Fill, the Heads of Marlon Wheat Stalks. At the end of a week's work with the threshing machines the reports received are to the effect that the wheat crop in Marion county is turn ing out much better than was ex pected. , Manager J. G. Graham, of Balfour, Guthrie ; & Co.'s office in Salem, says that yields, are running from 25 to 50 bushels per acre, and even a little, better than the last named amount is reported in some in stances. Mr. Graham has heard of no crop that has yielded less than 25 bushels per acre this year. The qual ity is good. . ' ' Farmers were evidently deceived by the looks of the straw this year. The stand of straw was poor, and the farmers looked for only fair yields at best, but it seems that the heads of wheat were niled out from end to end with plump 'grain and the yield was thus greater than appearances indi cated. -: . ' .- ". V ' mm - WILL WAIT A . YEAR. ' Prunegrowers' Insurance Company Can not Begin Business Now. . The directors elected by the recent ly organized Prunegrowers' .mutual insurance company have decided not to begin business this season. An agreement was made with. the Oregon mutual fire relief association, of Mc Minnville, by which that company will extend its work so as to include prune dryers. . Under the agreement the Oregon Mutual will fix a rate of assessments on prune dryers which will make the cost of insurance . 50 per cent of the rates 'charged by old line companies. The prunegrowers i may . perfect their organization so as to operate a mutual company of-their. own by the time the next drying season begins. The directors considered it. impracti cable to get their work started this season. ; ,, " Big Ore Body Uncovered. Recent developments at the "Lucky Cuss," the property under develop ment by W. T. Cope and others on Maple Gulch, a tributary, of the Ap plegate. have uncovered an ore body six feet, in -width, while the distance between walls is 13- feet. The ledge matter outside of the main ore body is carrying streaks ; and bunches of quartz, indicating that the whole width , may come into quartz at a lit tle greater depth. . . During the whole progress of the tunnel, which is how nearly 300 feet in length, there has been a steady increase, both in the dimensions of the vein and in the quality of the. ore. The values are very steady and range from $8 to $20 per ton; The mine is easily acces sible and the ore can be handled eas ily and cheaply. Tried to Blow Up Flume. The El Dorado ditch people at Mal heur City are having trouble on ac count of scarcity of water,, and much dissension is rife among holders of stock who cannot obtain sufficient water for irrigation. Recently seven sticks of dynamite were placed under the flume for the purpose of blowing It up. Only one stick exploded, .yet considerable damage was done. Had the miscreants understood how to use the deadly explosive, irreparable dam age would have' resulted. , , Using New Road Law. Columbia county is adopting a new system for road work under the new law. . The road master, recently ap pointed, has .made a tour of inspec tion through the lower end of the county ana will recommend same rad ical changes in the building of roads. Sawmill en Scappoose. Messrs. Daniels & Hanna, of Hood River, have secured a "valuable body of timber on the north fork of the Scappoose, and are putting in a saw mill of large capacity. ! v PORTLAND MARKETS. v Wheat Walla Walla, 7879c; blue stem, 8082c; valley, 80c. . y , , - Flour Valley, $3 653.85 per bar rel; hard wheat straights, $3.604.00; hard wheat, . : patents, , $ .104.50 ; graham,: 3.3R3.75; whole' wheat, $3.554.00; rye whet, $4.50. Barley Feed, $ 0.0021 .00 per ton; brewing, $21; rolled, $2121.50.' ' Oats No. 1 white, $1.07; gray, $1.001.05 per cental. n Millstuffs Bran, $22 per ton; mH dlings, '$255. shorts, 22: chop, $18; linseed dairy food, $19.. .. Hay Timothy,-- $14.00 per ton; clover, nominal; grain, $10; cheat, nominal v ' . Butter Fancy creamery, 2225c per pound; dairy, 1820c; store, 16 Cheese Full . cream, twins, 14c; Young America, 15c; factory prices, llKc less Poultry Chickens, mixed, 11H 12c per.pound'; spring, 14l4c; hens, , 1212Mc; broilers. $2.00. per dozen; turkeys, live, , 1012c per pound ;dressed,1415c, dncks, $44.60 per dozen ; geese, $56.50. Eggs Oregon ranch, 19c. Potatoes Oregon, 75 85 per sack; sweet potatoes, 2c per pound. Wheat Sacks In lots of 100, 5c. Beef Gross steers, $3.754.25; dressed, 67c per pound. ' ' Veal 8c per pound. Mntton Gross, $3; dressed T 5 5)c; lambs, gross, $3.50; dressed, Ac. Hogs (iross, $5.505.75; dressed, 8c. . Hops 1902 crop, 20c per pound. E." Tallow Prime, per pound, 45c ; No. 2 and grease, 23c Wool Valley, 1718c; Eastern Oregon, 1215c; mohair, 3537c. FIRE COST LIVES. Over One Hundred People Perish in the Flames at Budapest, y Vienna, Aug. 26. Accoiding to a special dispatch received here 124 per sons perished in the fire at Budapett. Budapest, Aug. 26. Fire started this evening in a four, story building, the two lower stories of which were oc cupied by a fancy goods firm, the upper floors being residential flats, lhere were 200 work people in tbe building, and it is now stated that between 40 and 50 persons were burned to death. The police announce that by jnmp'ing from the windows 13 persona were killed and lo injured, nine seriously. The damage is estimated at 4,u00,0uQ kronen, mostly covered by insurance. The warehouse contained piles of flimsy material and tbe ilamea spread with frightful rapidity and soon reached the residential floors. Only the woik people near the dooi s below were able to effect their escape. The residents above, seeing their escape cut off, clung despe ately to windows. screaming for help. . The firemen held out sheets of can vass and called to them to jump. Fifteen. persons were saved in this way, but many in jumping missed the sheet, nine being killed on the spot. -. ANOTHER CONVICT CAUGHT. Woods Arrested by Officers In a Reno Barber Shop. ' Reno, Nev., A ug. 26. J. W. Woods, one of the escaped convicts from Pol som on July 27, was arrested this morning oy Constable Wilson and Offi cer Lee per, while being shaved in a barber shop. Constable Wileon was standing on Second street this morning when be noticed a man answering the descrip tion of Woods come around, the corner from Center street and enter the bar ber shop. : Wilson started to enter the barber shop, but, eeeing a revolver in the man's belt, decided to get help. Together with Lee per, he entered tbe shop and covered Woods with a revol ver and handcuffed him. Woods offered no resistance. ' Woods was tak en to the jail and turned over to Sheriff Hayes. Woods said he came to Reno from Tmckee on a freight train last night. He asked Deputy Sheriff Maxwell to let convict Muphy, captued last night, occupy the same cell with hm, for, he said, "you should treat me well as long as I live. I, know that hanging awaits Lie, and it cannot possibly do any harm to let me see Murphy." FILIPINOS "WILL PROFIT. " ' General Woods Returns From Borneo With Many New Ideas. 'Manila, Aug. 26. General Leonard Wood has returned from a visit to the governor of Borne, where he has been for some time observing the methods adopted by the British government to pacify and promote the interests of the natives and to improve the commercial conditions of the country. General Wood reports that tbe Bi itish govern ment has obtained remarkable results in the uplifting of the natives of Borneo and returns to the Philippines with many new ideas which he, will, with the roenizanne and assistance of Gover nor Taft, put into operation in these is lands. : - ' " ';':; ' I". ?, General Wood is preparing' to begin a campaign in tbe Jolo archipelago, in to which territory he will go accompan ied by a military force of sufficient strength to permit his entering into the interior, where he expects to obtain good results in his dealings with the natives by applying some of the. ideas he has evolved as a result of his obser vations in Borneo. HELD AS FILIBUSTERERS. , Chlcagoans Who Sailed to Find Oold In Patagonia on Turk's Island. , . Chicasro, Aug. 24. The Tribune to day says: . ; oix men who tailed away from' Chi cago a year ago in search of a gold mine in the wildB of Pataironia are now un der arrest at Turks island, in the West In lies, suspected - of filibustering. Their arrest and the detention of their schooner. Mercury, has been laid before the secretary of state ' -. Charles Corrigan, a Texas cowboy, came to Chicago last fall, watched lake sailing for a month and then took five men into his confidence. Corrigan said he had a map showing the location ef a gold mine rivaling that of King Solo mon. His story was that its discoverer bd been driven , out by natives, and when he died on a ranch he gave the drawings to Corrigan. The vessel will be held until the business of its owners can be investigated. To Help Cuban Loan. Havana, Aug. 26. Maiio Menocal, a distinguished general aud a promin ent planter, has accepted the appoint ment as one 1 of the commissioners to negotiate the $35,600,000 loan. Sena tor Dolz will be offered a commissioner- ship, and Rius .Rivera is mentioned as the third member ot the commission The revolutionary soldier revisionary committee, has been constituted. It, is co Lposed of one judgn of the euprem" court, judges of the audience courts of Havana and Mantanzas and two mill tary officers, v ... Wind Sweeps Islands. Kingston, Jamaica, Aug. 26. A schooner wnich arrived here this morn ing reports that tbe Caymen islands were devastated by a hurricane on the evening ot August 11. - Many houses at Georgetown, a village near the west end of Grand Cayman island, were de molished. The vessels in the harbor were driven out to sea, two subsequent ly returned but tbe others have not been heard of up to August 15. All the trees and cropa were destroyed. ; HEADS ARE CUT OFF MONASTIR IS THE SCENE OF A GEN ERAL MASSACRE. Terror Reigns In Many Towns lnur geots Planning to Remove Center of Activity Close to Bulgarian Frontier Revolutionary Committee Doing Its Utmost to Force the Government. Sofia, Aug. 26. With the rumor of massacres and the murder of prisoners in Monastir now authenticated, the general situation is considered nereas last becoming intolerable. Official and diplomatic circles alike are concerned, having every leason to believe .that a part of the horrors enacted in the inter ior of Macedonia have not yet come to light. " ' TheTevolutionary committee is doing its utmost to force the hands of the Bulgarian government, and, the imme- J!.i. i . j. i uiaie uuuooK is exceedingly eenous. It appears that the Turks . have ob tained tbe upper hand in the vilayet of Monastir, ana tbe insurgents are plan' ning to remove the center of their ac tivity close to the Bulgarian frontier. Dispatches arriving today from the dis turbed area are exceedingly gloomy From Adrianople news comes of i Turkish defeat and the extension of tbe revolutionary outbreak: from Mon astir, . the news of Turkish victories, accompanied by barbarous excesses While many , of the reports remain without confirmation, sufficient au tbentic details are forthcoming to cause the authorities the gravest anxiety. According to the Hofia Dnevenik, tbe Turks committed unspeakable atrocities at Krushevo. The mutilated corpses of 90 women and children were - found in One building. Pieces of the bodies were thrown into the street. Fifteen of the principal merchants of tbe town were killed and their beads exhibited on poles at Monastir, the churches were demolished, the houses sacked and the town is now a heap of ashes. The peo ple fled to tbe hills, where they ate in a starving condition. . . The Dnevenik also asserts that a gen eral massacre has taken place in the whole vilayet of Monastir. Nearly all the villages have been destroyed. The treacherous murder of 80 insurgent prisoners by their guards has made an especially bad impression here. Many rumors are current of massacres in the city of Adrianople, and travelers to night confirmed them. The remaining population is afraid to leave theThouses. The prisons are full, and the vali has taken private houses to be used as jails. . When the Russian ; consul protested at the situation, . tbe vali is reported to have answered that he was powerless against the fanatical popula tion. CAUGHT ON A BRIDGE. Folsom Escape Murphy Retaken at Reno Another Escapes. Reno,' Nev., Aug. 25. Convict Jacob Murphy, who escaped from Folsom prison, was captured at 10 o'clock to night by Deputy Sheriffs Sharky and Maxwell at the Virginia street bridge, crossing tbe Trnckee river in Reno. Convict Frank Miller was with Mnrphy at the time, but jumped off the side walk into- the willows. Sharky fired at him, the shot probably taking effect. Sharky and Dwight Jones followed Miller. Three more shots were fired at him, but he escaped in the dark ness. v Murphy had a 48-caliber revolver on him when searched at the jail. He was very cunning and tried to get his hand on it. W. O. Craig arrived at the jail shortly after the arrest. He has followed the convicts from Ruff ners. Maxwell and Sharky acted brave ly, as both convicts were heavily armed and saw the deputy sheriffs just as they started to cross the bridge. Their first impulse was to turn back, but finally they decided to take the chances. A large posse, headed by S hex iff Hayes and deputies Sbaiky and Max well are now out on the trail of Miller. His capture is expected at any minute, as he is surrounded in the willows on the bank of the Truckee river. ' nay Tie Up Ship Yards, New York, Aug. 26. At the close of a stormy sesson of the Central Federa tion Union today it was voted to stand by tbe Marine Machinists' Union in tbe strike for an increase in wages. This was taken to mean that a sympa thetic strike, tieing up all .the ship yards in New York and vicinity may be ordered. The conference commit tee reported that in tbeir efforts to come to some agreement with the em ployes they had made no progress ; that tbe employers refused to consider the ultimatum of $3 per day. , Toads Fall From SklesT Salt Lake, Aug. 26. A special to tbe Tribune from Ogden says that dur ing a heavy thunder storm a remark able phenomenon occurred a few miles northwest of that city. People driv ing to town after the storm encoun tered an army of small toads. There were millions of them, and the wagon wheels crushed them by the thousands all along the roads. Where they came from is a mystery, but it is the opinion that they fell from the skies. Vesuvius More Active. . . Naples, Aug. 26. The slightest in crease in the activity of Vesuvius continues.- The eruption is accompanied by detonations, while the stream of lava flowing in the direction of Pom peii is still slowly advancing. Some of the fissures recently noted have be come enlarged, and assuming the as pect of new craters. . " ! ELKS IN TRAIN WRECK. . Excursion on Way to Olympia ' Ditched With Fatal Results. -. Chehalis, Wash:, Aug.!;23Y-. The special train carrying tbe Portland Elks to Olympia was ditched two miles west of this place at 11 o'clock yesterday morning, while running at a high rate of speed. Two men, Charles Faile man, a cigar dealer of Portland, and Frank GaleB, a tramp, who was riding on the tender, were instantly killed. Between 30 and 40 others were in jured, of whom two and possibly three are so seriously hurt' that recovery is doubtfuL " '.:.;,.v-' ot.. The special of seven cars, ' pulled by engine 347, left Portland at 7:35 A. M. According to the testimony of the pas sengers, which "is corroborated in a measure by the statement of the' engi neer, the engine was not working very satisfactorily, and when Castle Rock was reached the fires were dra wn and an eff6rt made to repair it so that it would steam better.1 It climbed - the hill ' beyond Castle Rock without difficulty, and picked 'up some of the time that was lost before Napa vine was reached. From that point It . rolled down the .' grade, at a pretty good gait, and was going at about a 40-mile clip along the banks of (be Newaukum river, about 2 miles west of Chehalis, when suddenly a harp explosion was heard and an in tan t later the big locomotive shot over the embankment, toppled to the left and buried its left cylinders and driv en in the soft earth. Simultaneously with the explosion the tender parted from the enigne, jumped from its troi-ks and landed at the foot of the embank ment. The first car, a light combina-. tion passenger and haggase car, broke' loose from the tender, Dumped - for an instant on the ties, and then, with ter rific force, plunged down the embank ment. ' . . . . . An immense cedar stump was stand- ing near tbe foot of the embankment. and as the car flew past it, the entire left side of the coach was torn out, and the unfortunate passengers bruised, cut and maimed ' by flying wreckage or glass, iron and wood, branches of trees slapping them in tbe faces. , The, mo mentum of the first car was so great that it continued on past the big stump turned farther over, and finally came to a stop with the entire left side and most of the seats swept clean, the roof caved in and the floor bulging up. The second car followed it and brought -up alongside of the stump. The lead ers checked the momentum of the third car, fourth and fifth cars, which left the embankment and turned pattly over, but escaped the terrible punish ment inflicted on tbe first car. .The sixth from the engine leit the rails but remained on the ties, the occupants es caping with little more than a j bad scare. The seventh and last car was the only one which - remained on - the WON BY RBLIANCB. Shamrock III Badly' Beaten in First of International Races. ' v - New York, Aug. 23. In a splendid 12 to 15-knot breeze, over a windward and leeward course of 30-milea, the gallant- sloop Reliance yesterday beat Shamrock III in commanding style,' by exactly nine minutes actnal time, or seven minutes and three seconds,' after deducting the one minute and 57 sec onds,' which-the defender concedes to Sir Thomas Lipton's third challenger on account of Reliance's larger; sailing plan as at present measured. . ; : It was" a royal water, fight for the ancient trcphy, which carries with 'it tbe yachting supremacy of the world. and by a strange coincidence the .first victory in the cup series of 1903 oc curred on the 5 2d anniversary of the day on which the old schooner. Ameri ca ; captured it in her famous 1 race around the Isle of Wight.! The Reli ance beat tbe British boat, three- min utes 24 seconds in the thresh to wind ward, and five minutes 36 seconds in the run down the "wind. ; 1 , Situation Is Critical. : Sofia. Bulagria, Aug. 25. The gen eral outlook in Macedonia shows no signs of improvement, and the develop ments in the next few days are awaited here with the gravest anxiety.' ! The outbreak at Adrianople is growing - and disturbances are also prevalent . along the coast and in the vicinity of tbe Bul garian frontier. A dispatch from Dub nitza asserts that a division of the Rou manian army, with a brigo.de of cavalry from Bucharest, has Deen ordered . to march toward the Bu garian frontier, ostensibly for maneuvers. .,, . , ;v" Rob Streetcar Men. ' Los Angeles, Cal., Aug. 25. Two masked and heavily armed highway men held up and robbed tbe conductor and motorman of a traction company's car at the end of the West Adams street line, a short' time before midnight, to night. From Conductor Hoi ton ' tney took $14 in money and a watch and from Motorman Salisbury they secured about a dollar in change andt a;, watch. The highwaymen made their escape in the darkness. . Washington Will Be Reimbursed? f Washington, Aug. 25. Usderjthe national military law of last ' congress, the secretary of war has directed that Washington stae be reimbursed in"Yull for amounts expended in purchasing 30 ca 'iber magazine rifles ior iU, national guard prior to the passage of ..... the.act. The law contemplates that the govern ment shall furnish equipment , to- all states, v " . ''