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C0KVAIiLIS, BENT013 COUNTY, OREGON, FBIDAX, SEPTEMBER 11, 1903: VOIi. XXXX. NO. 38. EVENTS OF THE DAY I (LATHERED FROM ALL PARTS OP THE TWO HEMISPHERES. Comprehensive Review of the Import ant Happenings of the Part Week, Presented In Condensed Form, Most Likely to Prove Interesting to Oar Many Readers. A number of the Cripple Creek mines .. have resumed work. The American mining congress is in session at Deadwood, S. D. The federal . grand : jury has found seven more cindictments in the postal C&868 . r'niiadeipnia builders will begin a systematic war on anions January 1, 1904. .- It is now known positively that Co lombia defeated the canal treaty be cause the boodle fund was too small. Roosevelt has tnrned down San Fran cisco in its attempt to continue the monopoly on the Indian service trade and will divide it between the . coast cities. ' , Farmers and representatives from producers' associations from nine states met in Chicago and formed a trust to control the markets. The capital is placed at $100,000,000. . The officers of the department of Col orado are very anxious regarding the situation in the Uintah Indian reserva tion. Large numbers of prospectors and settlers have gone there before the time for opening and a clash may occur. Turks at Beirut have slain a number , of Christains and another outbreak is feared. Admiral Cotton will land marines, if necessary, to protect Amer leans. The porte places the entire blame on the presence of the American fleet. . Roosevelt was tendered a great ova tion at Syracuse, N. T. Labor day was enthusiastically ob served throughout the United States. A passenger train on the Baltimore & Ohio made 168 miles in 125 min utes. . - A great French mimic war game has begun. There are 100,000 troops par ticipating. .Nearly one-lour tn ol trie entire area . of Oregon is tied up in . forest reserves "and withdrawals. Lieutenant Peary will make another effort to reach the north pole. -He will start next eummer. ; -..; Two electric cars collided in New Hampshire, billing four and injuring every personam both cars. Bishop Thomas Marsh Clark, bishop of Rhode Island, oldest dignitary of his rank in the Episcopal church, is dead A Lake Erie steamer with a large number of passengers has been caught by a storm. It is feared she may have foundered. .. . The AustroiHungarian ambassador to Great Britain is dead. Mrs. Roland B. Molineaux has se cured a divorce in South Dakota. Several persons were killed, 600 houses, seven mosques and a synagogue burned near Vienna, Anstriat. Three painters were fatally injured by a scaffold on which they were work ing, at New York, falling 60 feet. . The treasury department has just shipped $1,0 5,000 in silver- to the Philippines from New York by way of the Suez canal. -,; The Japanese government Bays it did- not forcibly stop the Stanley-Dollar. from entering a Coreaa port, but made a strong protest. , .:- : ". The treasury department has sent Bishop Biordan, of California, a ' check for $377,000. This is part of the Pioos fund award from Mexico. - '' proposed to avenge the slaying of King Almander and Queen Draga have been arrested and placed in jail. ; Every passenger train on the Man churian railroad is now accompanied by a detachment of : soldiers, -and the whole Jine is guarded by sentries. - . " - Seventeen cotton manufacturing con cerns of Fall River, Mass., have shut down temporarily on account of delay in arrival of the new crop. Thirteen thousand hands are thrown out oi work. Rosevelt will change the policy of ap pointing consuls bo it will be on a mer it basis. 1 ;"j .. The governor of Colorado has ordered troops to the scene of the mining strike A Kansas City negro, drowned him self to escape . lynching for an assault on a white woman. - : -. r Turkey . is making strenuous efforts to locate the assailant of - Vice Consul Magelssen. Many arrests have been 'made. - -.--.. ...... .-, ... . President Roosevelt . has received hundreds of telegrams congratulating him on his narrow escape from assassi nation. -.. , V V ; ' ', - . At the Fort Riley, Kan.y maneuvers of the army, 14,000 men wUl partici pate. - ;f':'"::;-Kj- - The Alaskan, boundary commissioners have . held their, first" meeting:;. and organized. , ' " ' ; - An effort to launch the Lanley air ship men ; with failure" Owing to a broken valve. . ' Legation guards at Constantinople have been increased, and, if necessary, marines.will be landed. CONSUL MAY BE SLAIN. Macedonians Threaten Him as Well Journalists and Missionaries. London. Sept.UO. A Monaatir dis patch to the Daily Mail, dated Septem ber 8, says the great military drive in the mountains to the southwest of Mon astir toward Lake Prespa by a force of 3,000 Turkish infantry' with 12 guns, resulted in the escape of all the revolu tionary bands. Though the latter were practically surrounded, hot one was captured The correspondent continues: "vice Consul McGregor tells me that the porte has Informed Hilmi Pasha that it has received a threat '"rom the Macedonian committee that the insurg ents intend to murder a British consul or a journalist or an American mission ary. Vice Consul McGregor ' notified the Turkish , authorities that he will hold them responsible for any murder by either the Turks or the Bulgarians. In my opinion this is nothing bnt a gentle hint to the British journalists who are exposing the massacres." ' . A Sofia dispatch to the Daily Mail, dated September 8, says the revolution ary committee tomorrow will issue to the representatives of the powers a cir cular note forewarning them of coming events. " The note is intended to justify the future actions of the insurgents and will point to the probable total exter mination of the Christains as necessi tating the employment of the same atrocious measures by the revolution aries against the Turns, and will con tend that the ; responsibility for such desperate acta will rest with the pow ers. ' " - : .:- STAND GOES DOWN. People at Sham Battle Are Precipitated . to the Oround. - ;',"; Leavenworth. Kan., Sept. 10. The grandstand erected on a knoll on the Fort Leavenworth reservation close to the city limits gave way this afternoon, injuring 24 persons None were killed. Many of those injured received - broxen legs.. The stand was put up this morn ing. -: uliy 1,500 people were crowd ed on to it. Just about the time the sham battle concluded the grand stand broke down. There was a heavy artillery duel with siege guns. Three battalions of infan try were using black powder. Some one announced that the cavalry were emerging from a ravine ; to charge. People on the gandstand stood tip to see them through the smoke. The en tire stand ; went down with a crash. The utmost confusion followed, accom panied by shrieks of victims.-. . - - It was found that many were jnnned down under the debrisc Hundreds who were walking on the ground rushed to the grandstand looking for relatives. The confusion was indescribable until the regular soldiers formed a line and kept all back not injured or caring for those injured. 4 The battle, which was on the other side of the road, was called off and the soldiers, acting nnder the' direction of their officers, began taking care of the injured. Ambulances were ' need to convey people to the city hospitals, and within an hour after tho accident the injured had all been removed. All those injured are alive, but it is feared three will die. V: ... ;. ". FIRE TO DRIVE REFUGEES OUT. Bulgarians to the Number of 150,000 Are In the Forests.. Sofia, Sept. 10. The Macedonian in terior organization estimates that 150, 000 women, children and old men are biding in the mountains and forests of Macedonia. The Turku . are burning the forests in the districts of Leion and Kosbre and killing the fugetives who attempt to escape to the : plains. The Vlach village of Gopesh, three hours distant from Monastir, has been burned by. the Turks, who are reported to have thrown several of the inhabitants into tbe fire. ' . ...... Thirteen thousand Turkish soldiers are assembled at Planka, Kratovo and Oobchani, and are plundering the sur rounding villages. . , The people have not complained fearing that they may j be murdered. In the district of . De- britsi, vilayet of Monastir, the soldiers are reported to be naked and starving and to be robbing all around. ' Russia Is Causing Discord. : J f. Tokio, Aug. 28, via Victoria, B." C, Sept. 10. The conclusion of the Russo- Chinese secret convention - is . much talked about in Pekin, and the Chinese foreign office shows special" earnestness in denying the fact. Presumably with the idea of causing discord - .between Japan and China, Russia has told' the secretary of the grand council in Pekin that, a Russo-Japanese agreement hav ing been concluded, Japan can no long er interfere with the Manchurian prob lem: and therefore China may freely I enter into friendly negotiations. . ' Valdes Has a Flood. , - 8eattle, Wash., Sept.' 10. Mail ad vices from Valdes state - that serious damage has been done to the western section of that town by floods from gla cial streams." A great glacier lies back of the city, and from this two or three creeks flow ; into the , sea. These on August 21 rose beyond their banks, spread out over what is known as the reservation, or. weBt end section, carry ing a large number of cabins and fences into the bay. Jy?'-- :y'Z', -i:::: ' ' v - Babylon to Be Explored. -" l ' Chicago, Sept. 10. President Harper has secured the consent of rthe sultan of Turkey to an ' exploration of ' the country in the vicinity of ancient Baby lon, according to tbe advices just re ceived at the University of i Chicago. This marks the successful issue of an attempt begun in July, 1900, when ap plication was first made for university exploring partiea to enter the . district. HAPPENINGS STATE FAIR PROSPECTS. Fine Exhibits and Fast Racing Will Draw Large Attendance. Prospects for the coming Oregon state fair, to be held in September 14 to 19r are most flattering. "The fair will excel in the line of exhibits and attendance any state fair held hereto fore in Oregon. The abundant crops insure a spelnedid showing of grains, and the fact that the commissioners to the St. Louis exposition are co-operating; to secure the best that is shown here for use next year means that the exhibits, especially in the agrricultural line, win be of the very best. -The live stock . department, too, promises better this year than any preceding year. Breeders are preparing - large exhibits in this department, which has caused the association to build a large number of new stalls. Governor Sparks of Reno, Nev.; is sending a very fine nerd of Hereford cattle from the Ala mo stock farm, which will meet compe tition in herds shown by C.B.Wade of Pendleton, A. J; Splawn of North Ya kima, George Chandler of Baker City, Gilbert & Patterson of Salem. In the shorthorn section exhibits will be made by Charles E. Ladd, C. B. Wade, W. O. Minor, Metsker & Klemgard and oth ers. , The racing will be made a feature of this year's fair. - A : large number of high class horses have already .made their entries, coming from California, Montana, Colorado, Utah, Washington and British Columbia. The two big stakes of $2000 will arouse keen com petition. These are the largest stakes ever raced for in the northwest and the best horses will compete for them that have ever been seen on the cir cuit. The grounds . are in spelendid condidtlon and the beautiful oak grove will furnish plenty of shade and com fort for a week's outing. The buildings are all in splendid ; condition, and the new show building will furnish comfort to hundreds of spectators who wish to see the judging of live stock. ACQUIRE FRESH PROPERTIES. New York Companies Purchasers In the . Bohemia Country. G. B. Hengen, director and business manager of the Oregon Securties Com pany, of New York is at the company's properties in Bohemia, and the result is that some valuable acquisitions were made. The Broadway -group, consist ing of fifty acres, and the Ophir group, or so acres, were added to their terri tory, .making over 900 acres of mineral lands that they now own. The Broad wayr group-is an important, factor to them at the present time, as they will drirt tnrougn the mountain on a strong and well defined ledge, instead of pene trating through, the hard country rock. Besides it will give them several hun dred feet depth of high grade ore that tney - will be enabled to handle from this tunnel The Ophir group is an extension and joins the Musick property, which the company has drifted on one to six levels to the edge of the Ophir. This property has been owned for a number of years by O. P. Adams, CT F. Cath-cart-and W, W. Cathcart. There has enly been assessment work done from year .to year," notwithstanding large bodies of -high grade ore have been struck. ,. ;- . - By acquiring this property the Ore gon Securties Company will have near ly 3000 feet to drift on from Musick lead.- The-company is installing .ma chinery s fast as possible, and it will be -but a short time until it will have 40 stamps and concentrators in. opera tion. . :-;;..y ,:.--.sr-- . Rich Strike' in the Bohemia. Herbert Leigh, manager of the North Fairview mines in .the Bohemia dis trict, has reported a rich strike in his group;. A body of ore four feet wide and running $500 to the ton has been uncovered on the north slope of North j Fairview mountain. Open cuts have been made along the ledge a distance of 1200 feet showing the same char acter of ore and from four to six feet wide. A day and night shift is work ing and the ore is to be sent to TacoH ma for treatment. - - ; Hatchery on Elk River. The salmon hatchery -on Elk river, three miles above- the Elk City, in Lincoln county, is to .be made perman ent." Lumber and building material is now arriving at the site for rebuilding. Hatching operations were conducted, at the spot for the first time last season, when a temporary plant was put in and conducted as anexperiment.-.The sea son 'resulted in hatching about 600, 000 little salmon.. ; i Rainier Mills Destroyed. : - The shingle mill.saw mill; and dry kilns of Olson & Nordby were destroy ed by fire that broke out a -little after 10 o'clock last night. . The insurance is said to be about half on a $40,000 loss. Forty, rhen are thrown out of employ ment. .The shinglemill had a capacity of about 120,000 per diem. In the des troyeoT dry kilns -were 1,200,000 shin- ;' Franchise for Bluff Elevator. ; An ordinance has been passed by the Oregon City council granting to. County Judge T. F. Ryan a franchise- for tne building and maintaining of an electric elevator system over the . bluff. Tire same: ordinance - grants , to Mr.: Ryan the ' right to construct and operate , a street railway system on certain of the streets of -Oregon City. - . - - . " .i- School .Delayed a Week. ; , The Jacksonville public schools will commence Monday, September 14. The delay of a week from the usual date of commencement was- occasioned by the necessary finishing touches , on the new schoolhouse before, the furniture and fixtures :ould -be placed in : posi tion; -U K2-.';-- . Hop Dryer Destroyed by Fire. ' :. "The Knox hopdrier, - near . Cottage Grove, caught fire and was totally destroyed.- The: loss was' about $2000. Half of the loss was in hops. The i . a - 11 1 I OQUsa .aau tuuieuis were nuij tuveieu : by insurance. HERE IN OREGON WATER WORKS WONDERS. uuamath Desert Changed to Smlllnir . Grain Fields. -. v state Treasurer Cr S. Moore,' who has just returned from a month's out ing in Klamath county;- reports that all industrial affairs In tat section of the state are prosperous and that the coun try - surrounding Klamath Lake is steadily developing. Irrigation ditch es are being enlarged and extended and the producing area gradually enlarged i ne nay crop oi mat region is enor mous and since prices; are up the farm ers are making money. ine productiveness or that saee- nrusn land wnen water is put on at is amazing said Mr. Moore. "There is a large tract of land out south of Low er Klamath lake that I used to drive ever frequently a few years aeo. -1 yould not give ten cents an acre for it without water on it. A man could not live on itu This : summer I drove, through that same country and instead' of a dry, sage-brush plain, ! saw fields covered with an immense crop of wheat and land that has already yielded one crop of alfalfa and has another cron almost ready for cutting. One tract of 1000 acres of that apparently worthless land produced 25,000 bushels of wheat 1200 tons of alfalfa already this season. I am told that the owners of that tract oi land, wnicn was covered with sage 1 T 11 . u uau turee years ago, win clear up irom ?io,uuu to ?20,000 this year. me land Is owned by Henrv ErAn. Keny and Roscoe Cantrell, and is . irri gated from their ditch. I do not know what they paid for the land, but it is quite certain" that they have alreadv realized an tney ever put into it, and could now sell it for at least one-third more than it has cost them, countiner ii jiupro vemenis. i ms simply illus trates the wonderfuld productiveness of that soil if you can only get water on it. ... EUGENE PEOPLE TAKE HOLD Are Determined to Make the District Fair a Success.J y The officers of this District fair are making arrangements for the fair to be held !at Bangs' park, near Eugene, for iuur uays, commencing September 28. xiits uve-eignis-oi-a-miie race tracfc m the park has been put in first class con dition. There is not aT better track in the state. ... ; . .. - , Premiums to the - amount of S1500 are offered for the various exhibits. while additional special " premius are offered by citizens .-f Eugene. The people of Eugene l ave subscribed nearly $1500 to aid ttiipnterprise. The large pavilion on the grounds is beine enlarged to make roam for: exhibits, and- stock sheds," horse stalls and a grand stand are-being erected. - The park is in. an excellent place for camping and a number of wells are be-. ing driven in different parts of the park ror tne benefit of those who wish to camp during the fair. - Well Preserved Baldwin Apples. T. B. Killin, county commisioner for Clackamas county, brought to Oregon City samples of the Baldwin variety of the apple family that were picked from "the "tree in September 23 last. The fruit is in a.fair state of preserva tion at this time, with no eveidence of decay. Commissioner Killin says he does nothing to prolong the natural state of the apple, which is kept in the cellar throughout the winter. Mr. Killin resides in the south end of the county. and reports that there will not be to exceed half a crop of apples this year. Remarkable- Grain Stalks.' In the Miner office window. Prairie City, is a bundle of oats, in the stalk. on exnibition, which measures 6 feet, raised on tne farm and stock ranch of J. P. Finlan, situated on the Middle Fork of John Day river, near Austin station. Stalks of wheat measuring over five feet, raised without irriga tionon Leo Hoffstetter's farm, situate tnree miles above Prairie City, are also shown; Neither the oats nor the wheat is-fully matured, and has not got its full growth. - ; ; ' PORTLAND .MARKETS. Wheat Walla Walla, 7879c; bine- stem, 80S2c; vaUey; Stc. r r ' Flour Valley, $3.653.85 ner bar rel; hard wheat straights, $S.04.00; nard wueat, patents. .104.50: granam, 3.33.75; whole: wheat. $3.5S4.00: rye wheat, $4.50. Barley Feed, $20.0021.00 per ton: brewing, ax l; rolled, fZlSZlO...-',.;- Oats No. 1 white, $1.07i erav. $1.061.05 per cental. --- - Millstuffs Bran. $22 per ton: mid dlings,' $25 ; shorts, $22 ; chop,; $18 ; linseed dairy tooa, $l. ; " - 5 i-' iiay Timotny, 114.00 per - ton : clover, nominal:: grain,: $10: cheat. nominal. - . Butter Fancy creamery, r22)25c per pound ; dairy, 18920c; store, If 16c. : - UheeBe Full cream, twins, 14c: oung America, ioc; lactory prices, !&tC less-; - ::; ; V .. Poultry Chickens, mixed, 11 12c per pound ; spring, 1414c; hens, 12gl2Mc; broilers,! $2.00 per dozen r: turkeys," "live, T1 1012c;; per pound ;dressed,14l5c; ducks, $44.60 per dozen ; geesef $56.50. -; ; .-. Eggs Oregon ranch, lBe.i'kS'' Potatoes Oregon, 75 85c per sack; sweet potatoes, 2Kc per ponnd. - -KWheat Sacks In lots of 100, 5Kc . t'. Beef Gross steers, $3.754.25; dressed, 67c per pound. ' Veal 8Kc per ponnd. 7: :-v Mutton Gross, $3;. dressed, 5Q 5Kc; lambs, gross, $3.50; dreesed, 6c. Hogs Gross, -. $5.S05.75 ; dressed, : Hops 1902 crop, 20c per ponnd; Tallow Prime, per pound, ; 45c; No. 2jand grease, 2Se. iJfi'-: Wool ; Valley, 1718c;SEastern Oregon, 123 15c; mohair, 353S7ic. - STUNNED BY SHOCK. - Passengers in Terrible Trolley Collision y y V, Do Not Cry Out. -PelhamN. Hi; Sept. 9. Through head-on collision today two electric cars, each running, it is said, at a rate of more than 20 miles an hour, four persons were killed and 19 were so seri ously injured that-they are under phy Biuians care ana several . oi these are expected to die. As there were 70 pas sengers on-the two cars, many others received cnts and minor wounds which did not prevent ; their oing to their homesy " - -;v- r-'iTry -: The accident occurred on the line which runs through this town between joweii ana inasnaa ana one oi tne cars T It M which, was coming from the latter city was nearly filled with people on their way to a summer resort. The collision was -. dne, - according to the officials of the road, to a misunderstanding of the starter's orderB by the motorman of the car bound fcr Nashua. - - v; The car starter endeavored to rectify the mistake by shutting off the power and trying to recall the Nashua bound tar, but it failed. . f The cars met on a" curve, neither motorman. seeing the approaching car until too late to avoid a , collision. Neither was there time for the., passen gers to escape byr jumping ' when the cars came, together with a force that threw the west-bound car directly upon the forward part of the other, crushing the top of the car down upon the pas sengers and pinioning those occupying the first three seats in the wreckage. Persons, who. witnessed the collision stated afterward that it came so unex pectedly that it seemed some minutes before the passengers realized what had happened. ; All . were silent- and - the passengers made no outcry, appearing dazed . by- the shock. . Near the acci dent were a number of campers, who at once rushed to the r-Bcene. - With crowbars and other instruments the wreckpd roofs of the cars were pried dp and the imprisoned passenxers released. - Not one of the passengers on the two cars escaped injury of some sort, al though a number were not seriously hurt. ' :- IS UP TO COLOMBIA. United States Not Working for New Ca nal Treaty Wants Old -Agreement.' Washington, Sept. 9. The state de partment today received a routine mes sage from Mr. Beaupre, the American minister at Bogota, acknowledging the receipt of Secretary Hay's cablegram of August 26, stating that the Washing ton government would enter into no engagement which would hamper the president's freedom of. action under tLe law.' This was all the cablegram stated although it has been the basis for spec ulative - reports about Mr. . Beaupre's ideas of the Bogota situation. The state department's: attitude is one of dignified patience. No indica tion of its course of action in the event that the. Colombian congress rejects or amends the treaty will be forthcoming until tbe time for the exchange of rati hcationsexpires, September 22. It is known at the state department that the Colombian congress is already regret ting its hasty action in; rejecting the treaty, but the state department will suggest no remedy . for the mistake. Once and for all the state department has announced that the treaty as ap proved by the Washington : government was ratified by the A merican - senate. It - is np to the Bogota government tc ratify that identical treaty, if Colombia desires an isthmian canal. The state department regards all the reports as to the connection of this government or even its interest in the unrest on the isthmus as teo trivial for consideration. WILL BE A BIG SHOW. Multnomah Boys Have Planned a Mons ter Carnival for Portland. September 14 to 26 inclusive' will be days long to be' remembered in the his tory of Portland. Under the auspices of the Multnomah Amateur ' Athletic Club the merchants of Portland, give their carnival on the above dates. "The attractions offered will be the best ever presented west of the Rocky mountains. Every day will be a special day, and this, together with the low rates by the railroads, insures a big attendance. Ten thousand dollars is the earn be ing expended by the Multnomah boys to make Portland's big Fall Carnival a success. - ' -! Legs are Undeveloped. . ;." London', Sept. 9. A Melbourne dis- pateh .to the Daily Chronicle ? says : The administrator of British ' New Guinea reports the discovery of an ex traordinary tribe of marshland dwellers in the island of Papua. Owing to the swampy ground and tangled under growth, walking and canoeing are al most impossible. The native dwellings are built in trees and as a result of the conditions existing - the ' natives are gradually losing' the use of -their lower limbs and are unable to walk on hard grouad without their feet bleeding. "' . Odd Oift of Argentina to Rome. :- Rome, .Sept. 9. The city of "Rome has .just received the offer of a curious gilt, which, while it has been -accepted with gratitude, has caused amusement. The. Commune of Buenos Ayres. as a token of Argentine friendship for Italy, and a tribute of affection for the late King Humbert,' whose5; remains were buried x in ; the . Pantheon here, has offered to pave the Piazzi of the Panth- ecn and - the Burrounding streets with Argentine wood. - - Freight Car Causes a Wreck. Butler,-Pa., Septr 9. A freight car projected from a siding to the edge of the main tracks, side-swiping - an in coming Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg passenger f- train - from Dubois, last night, in the Butler yards, and eight people were injured, twa seriously. - WAR SEEMS SURE TURKEY AND BULGARIA ARE AT SWORDS' POINTS. Outrages Still Continue and Powers are Making Little Effort to Interfere Acceptable Proposals Must Be Made ; Soon or Blood WiU Flow as Never . Before In the Far' East. London"Sept..9. Special.dispatches from the near East, irablished here tb-B morning add little fresh news regard ing the situation in the Balkans. All the correspondents ' at - Constantinople emphasize the apparent danger of war witn Bulgaria, while the Sofia corres pondents are equally insistent as to the prudent and correct attitude of Prince Ferdinand and his government.. T .- Accounts from both Turkish and in- Buigoub - ouurucu oi ue operations .- in Macedonia show that the work of ex termination js proceeding unchecked. and, although apparently emphasizing me danger oi a conflagration, the pow ers are making little effort to inter f n .- n s l 1.1 i . i . loio. ; ii ia ueueveu mac running oi a serious nature will be done until aiter the meeting of the-'czar and Emperor Francis Joseph at Vienna, when it may De too late. . : ; ... : ,; : . ; Ihe insurgent? are now said to num ber 2,500 well armed :. and efficiently commanded men. " Their leaders will stop at nothing to secure - resources for their equipment, i. . -- h". The 8ofia correspendent of the Daily ' xeiegrapn B&ya:j::-..-- i am in ciose toucn wrn the in surgents and am able to affirm emphat ically that unless acceptable proposals shall be . mede within - two or - three weeks, Europe will be startled by a rec ord of deeds unequaled in the blood stained history of the East.", -;: v The Morning Leader's correspondent at Sofia says'the Turkish - policy is to draw the insurgents into action at all points. xne - Danos, However, are avoiding conflicts until then prepara 1! f . , . . m. iioub snau Dei completed. xney are gathering in masses at various strategic points with a view to : comprehensive movement inside of 10 days. An unconfirmed report from Vienn states that the 'Bulgarian exarch has been shut up in his palace because of his refusal to issue a further pastoral letter askipg the Bulgarians to lay down their arms.' - " , K ! v BAER DEFIES NATION. Coal Baron Refuses to Make Public Re- ?f 'f-jfzz:- ports'en Mining. Washington; Spt. 9. If President Roosevelt takes the stand that is ex pected, the courts will Boon determine whether the bureau of corporations in the new department of commerce is to amount to anything. Tbe Reading, Pennsylvania, Lehigh Valley and other large coal companies in the east practi cally have refused to furnish the census office with statistics called for concern ing the operation of-anthracite coal mmee o the United States from 1900 to the present time, and the president has been consulted as to the advisabil ity of prosecuting President Baer and other offii ers of leading anthracite com panies: '-i'' -';-..--.-.:--: The law of 1898 provides a $10,000 penalty and one year's imprisonment for any officer or corporation failing to furnish statistics demanded by the gov eminent. The government seeks in formation regarding operating expenses, cost of productin - of coal, freight charges of affiliated roads, pay of min ers, their number, tbe gross and net earnings and the profits of the com panies. In the event of a radical action being' taken against Baer and his col- talent in the United States will be em- leagues of the coal companies, the best legal ployed to attack the constitutional ity of the law of 1898: The vaildity of the law has been questioned more than once since its passage, but only in an informal-way. ; Conservative : government officers here view the situation with great con cern and admit frankly that the legal ity of provisions of the census act and the efficacy of the act creating the trust smashing bureau of the department of commerce and labor will be finally de cided, if the matter ever reaches . an is sue in the courts. ... ' - : Troops Guard Mines. Cripple Creek, Colo.", Sept. 9. Crip ple C eek's seven rich -hills-. are today fairly; dotted with Folmers of the Na tional Guard. ' Every large property is belted with a line of blue coated pick ets, and it is no .exaggeration to say that one cannot go 100 yards in any part of the famous mineral districts without encountering ; sentinels. Sup plementing tne troops scattered - oyer the district are squads of cavalry, which will : ; canter : over the . hills and make those points which no infantry patrol. ' . v :;c.t"-- v: Entire Town Wiped Out. " ; Chicago, - Sept. ; 9. A special from New Orleans says: -Steamship advices of the destiuction by a hurricane of San Miguel, a town on - the : East coast of Yncatan, were ; received ; here today. Not a building was left standing. The steamer Breakwater, which - passed San Miguel on her way from - New Orleans to Belize, found the place in ruins, not a . living -. being' being in Bight. San Miguel was the oldest town in Mexico. It was the place where Cortez landed. Snow in .Colorado. ':::,Jr:A . Colorado Springs, Colo., Sept. 9. A heavy snow fell on the range between Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek last night.:.' It was' impossible to run trains to , the summit of Pike's Peak today, on account of snow drifts, al though traffic will be resumed as soon as enow plows can clear the cog road. JLIVB IN ANARCHY. Mores Have No Government, Says Gen- ii'rl:-v .eral '.' Sumner. ; : - Portland, Sept. 8 "I thinx- tho most perfectly form of anarchy existing In the world today is to be found.among the Moros. the Malay. tribe whirh in. habits the island of Mindanao in the m. uiupyiuva, eaiu uenerai o. e.. bum- ner. ;. - - r - - .General Sumner '-. has ; inat i returned - from the Philippines, where he was in command of the- southern ' district of Luzon for nnre than a year and was -later transfened. to - the command of the wild and impenetrable innfrles of . Mindanao. He - is now on his way to asBume command of the denartment. nf ' the - Missouri -with ' hftaHnnarBro of umaha. - VI do not think the public -jipouaiw greai worartnat" tne - military has accomplished.'? said the - general. "In Mindanao, foriinstance, we hava built highways which afford easy access from the seashore to the interior lake around which dwell more man bO.OOO Moros, the T anarchists of whom I speak, - -. ; - , . "These people are Mohammedans - ana nave been for some- 400 -years. They have absolutely no system of gov- ernmentand""the"ihdividnala r.f th tj-ibes pay only the slightest deference ' to their dattos or nominal rulers. Nor ha oa 4-h acta. Jt -4- them. "When they combined to offer resistance to the American forces,- they each actedupon his own responsibility. They had no central head. Each datto bossed his own men and took no orders from any quarter. They till the. land they occupy, but it seems to" belong to the whole community as a body and even the crops are gathered by the vil lage at large. - ; . : - - : r . "The Moros have no property laws. and the ability to acquire possession of - any article is the only requisite for its acquirement. A Moro thinks it per- - fectly justifiable to kill anybody in order to get anything. " He thinks no more of killing a soldier to get his bay- onet, than he would think of taking away a bone from a dog. It is genuine " anarchy." .. '-: ..r. :-.rK; BULGARIA- AT CRITICAL POINT. increasingly Threaten' Aspect in the Balkans Affects Au Europe.. London,1 Sept. 8. The situation is critical for the Bulgarian government, telegraphs the Sofia correspondent of the Times, not only on account of Mac edonia, but also because of the internal political complications. r - The Vienna correspondent of - tb Times reports that in - various - com De tent qnartres the danger ol a Tuiko- llgariap roaflict ported;" to; be " graver "afthe "present i moment than" any previous juncture. It is believed in Vienna he adds, that if war breaks ont, it will be less on account of Bul garian sympathy with the Macedonians than because the Bulgarians fear the untoward consequences to their 'own country of the return en masse of ' the desperate, disappointed insurgent lead ers, who would swamp Bulgarian pub lic life. The increasingly threatening aspect pf affairs in the Balkans seriously affects all the European capitals. What is to be done in Macedonia is anxiously dis cussed on all sides. The censorshiD is active at present,- for the only news thus far of the landing of marines em anated from Washington. The subject is not mentioned in any ConstantinoDie dispatches received here. " OLD BATTLESHIP IS SUNK. Experlments Being Made With Invention Said to Hold Vessels Up. Portsmouth, England. Sept. 8. The old battleship Belle Isle was torpedoed nere today and sank at her moorings. For the purpose of the experiment a section had been constructed on the port side of the Belle Isle, representing the side of a modern battleship. This was filled with an American invention which it was alleged -would prevent a ship from sinking when the . hull is penetrated below the water line. . When the vessel was struck a lartre column of water enveloped her. " She rolled heavily and then settled down with a list to port. - The Belle Isle will be raised for farther experiments. ' It is said that the damage to the ship's bottom is extensive. New Ruling on Smuggling. ; San Francisco, Sept. 8. In the trial of the case of the United States against waei JNanamat8u, who is charged with the crime of smuggling, Judge De Hav en delivered instructions to the jury in waicn ne in suDstance said that a land ing of goods was necessary to constitute the crime of smuggling. It ia contend ed by the officials charged with the capturing and convicting of this class of offenders, that, if the opinion of the judge is right, it will be a difficult matter to punish evaders of th customs laws, -r - - . , Eruption ol Vesuvius Moderates. Naples, Sept. 8. The eruption of Vesuvius, although it still continues. has moderated - tc a certain extent. The new crater presents a wonderful sight. It is very deep, with very steep sides, which arouses the fear that another crnmbling may occur. The mouth of the crater from side to side measures over 423 feet and is about 350 feet deep.'. The lava in the direction of the east end northeast continues in a : very liquid form. . ;'':":'r-.: ; " - ; C - Take Venezultan Debt. -London, Sept. 7. The Brussels cor respondent of the Daily Telegraph says an agreement concerning the Ven ezuelan debt has been . signed - between a syndicate of Paris banks and ' Senor Velatini, the Venezuelan representative- A new loan of $60,000,000 guar anteed by the custom receipts will be -issued.' The agreement leqoires the approval of the Venezuelan parliament.