CORVA
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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 " . ''