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WEEKLY.
SSfeMrlCiBrtlWrt Feb., 1831
COB VAIiUS, BENTON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER (5, 1903.
VOX,. XXXX. NO. 46.
CORVALJLIS
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.
The epidemic.' of yellow fever in
Texas continues to spread.
Alexander J. Dowie, the Zionist
leader, indorses Roosevelt.
During October there was coined at
the various mints of the United States
$3,672,120.
The case of W. H. Machen, charged
with postal fraud, has been set for No
vember 23.
T. A. Wood, of Portland, has been
discharged from practice before the
pension bureau.
Congressman Jones, of Washington,
will introduce a bill giving Alaska a
temporary government.
The sea dredge Chinook has arrived
at the mouth of the Columbia river
and will commence work at once.
The German mail steamer Duisberg
has been wrecked near Lisbon, Spain
Most of the passengers were saved.
A reward of $5,000 is offered for the
arrest and conviction of the persons
who wrecked the Santa Fe train at
Asfishapa creek last week.
A petition signed by a large num
ber of Filipinos has been received at
the navy department asking for the
establishment of a gun factory near
Cavite, P. I.
In the state elections just held the
democrats elected the mayor of Great
er- New York, and governors in Ken
tucky, Rhode Island and Maryland.
The republicans carried Ohio,. Massa
chusetts, New Jersey,. Pennsylvania,
Colorado, Iowa and Nebraska.
A blaze at the Vatican, Rome, de
stroyed $50,000 worth of property. .
China is trying to interest the
United States in her behalf in the
Manchurian trouble.
ASK FOR EXTRA SESSION.
Nearly 3,000 men are idle at Lorain,
Ohio, because of the shut-down of the
large steel plant there.
Postmaster General Payne will ask
for about $15,000,000 more than the
last congressional appropriation.
A conflict with Russia is regarded
by Japan as sure, sooner or later, and
she will not yield one point in the
present controversy. .
Rear Admiral Endicott, chief of the
bureau of yards and docks, recom
mends an appropriation - of $140,000
for the Puget Sound navy yard.
policy of leaders in congress for econ
ony with a vengeance, and will work
for a liberal river and, harbor bill.
The Cuban congress has convened,
and President Palma in his message
praised Roosevelt and stated that the
prospects of reciprocity with America
are bright.
TheOregon supreme court holds that
ho tax levy can be made next January
John Mitchell, president of the
United Minewoikers, is quite ill at
Scran ton, Pa.
The Bilbao, Spain, strikers have re
turned to work and their demands will
receive consideration.
Wyoming will most likely secure the
chairmanships of the irrigation com
mittees in the coming congress.
Governor Dole has been appointed
district judge for Hawaii. Secretary
Carter succeeds him as governor.
There is now only one county seat
town in Montana which has no railroad
communication with the outside. t .
The Toronto board of trade has
passed resolutions declaring considera
tion of annexation with the United
States impossible.
An extremely brilliant specimen of
the aurora borealis crippled telegraphic
service throughout the United States,
particularly in the East.
A West Virginia mob stoned Dowie
ites for words deemed insulting.
One arrest has been made in connec
tion with the train wreck in Colorado.
Sam Parks, the noted walking dele
gate, has been found guilty of extor
tion. An unsuccessful attempt was made to
blow up a switch engine with dynamite
in the Denver yards.
A Santa Fe passenger train ran into
an open switch at Hutchinson, Kan.
Three lives were lost.
Japan may yet block the plan to give
Russia a free hand in Manchuria for a
similar oncession in Corea.
The United States will demand $40,
000 from Spain to reimburse school
funds taken after American occupation.
It is probable that Governor Dole, of
Hawaii, will be appointed United
States district judge, to succeed Morris
M. Estee, deceased.
Three men were killed in a collision
on the Southern Pacific west of Ogden.
Rival candidates for governor in
Louisiana engaged in a fist fight.
The chief of the marine corps wants
to have the barracks at the Puget sound
navy yard enlarged.
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Mrs. Booth-Tucker, wife, of the head
f the Salvation Army, and an earnest
worker, was killed in a train wreck
near Topeka, Kan.
The Colorado mining strike has
caused the national body to order a
walk-out in that state, Utah, New
Mexico and Southern Wyoming on No
vember 9.
Monlanans Want Legislature lo Remed
Existing State of Affairs.
Butte, Mont, Nov. 5. A Helena dis
patch to the Miner says that petitions
from all sections of the state are
pouring into the governor's office ask
ing that an extra session of the legis
lature be called to remedy the state of
affairs existing in Montana as a re
sult of the suspension of the Amalga
mated mines and smelters. Governor
Toole as yet has made no announce
ment as to his determination in the
matter.
A move is on foot to haye a memor
ial presented to the legislature, in the
event it is convened in extra session
sking that body to submit to the voters
of Montana an amendment to the con
sitution providing that eight hours
constitute a workday for miners and
smelting men.
Notwithstanding Mayor Mullin s or
der, every gambling house in the city
was open all night. The four big es
tablishments were notified to close at
midnight, but they paid no attention
to the order. Long after 12 o'clock
and until an early hour this morning
the houses did a rushing business.
President William Scallon, of the
Anaconda mining company, and F.
Augustus Heinz, both deny that any
negotiations are on for the purcnase
of the Heinze properties in Butte.
This denial followed a report emanat
ing from Boston to the effect that Mr.
Heinze had been offered $15,000,000
for his Butte mines.
PANAMA REVOLT.
Independence of ths Isthmus Has Been
Proclaimed.
Panama, Nov. 5. The independence
of the Isthmus was proclaimed at 6
p. m. today. A large and enthusiastic
crowd of all political parties assem
bled and marched to. the headquarters-
of the government troops, where Gen
eral Tovar and General Amaya, who
arrived this morning, were imprisoned
in the name of the Republic of Panama.
The enthusiasm was immense, and at
least 3000 of the, men in the gathering
were armed.
The battalion of Colombian troops at
Panama favors the movement, which
is also thought to meet with the ap
proval of at least two of the govern
ment transports now here.
The seeming inacivity on the part of
the government in not preparing some
defense when rumors of the uprising
became rife are looked upon as show
ing confidence in the reports made by
General Obaldia, the governor of the
department of Pfenama, -who -issued-a.
manifesto thanking all political parties
for the adhesion promised to the gov
ernment when it was reported a heavy
force was marching in the vicinity of
Penameme.
The streets of Colon today present
ed somewhat the same appearance as
during the days of the revolution.
Several hundred troops, who arrived
today from Savanilla on the Colombian
gunboat Cartagena, with their wives,
are squatted on the street corners.
The battalion consists of 450 soldiers,
all well supplied with ammunition, un
der the command of General . Lovar,
who left for Panama today, but the
troops still remain here.
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HAPPENINGS HERE IN OREGON
HOLD ON TO YOUR PRUNES.
Advice Olven to Growers by- ex-CommU-sloner
Reynolds.
Salem "Prunegrowers who have
not already sold their fruit should hold
it for a price that will give them a fair
profit," says Lloyd T. Reynolds, for
merly horticultural commissioner for
the second district.
"Dealers are around offering to pay
a basis price of 1 cents. Probably a
majority of the prune crop this year
will average in the 50-60 to-the-pound
size, and at this basis growers would
get only 3 cents a pound for their fruit.
Since the cost of labor and fuel has
advanced, 3 cents a pound is about the
actual cost of production. Growers are
cutting their own throats when they
sell at such figures.
"The condition of the fruit market
does not warrant such low prices.
France had ,a very short crop and is
buying prunes heavily in this country.
The dispatches from New York tell us
that the packing houses in this country
have had difficulty in filling the orders
as fast as they are received. The
apple crop of the United States is 1,000,-
000 barrels short and prices for that
fruit will be high. Canned goods have
advanced very -materially. In every
view of the situation I can see no rea-
on why prunegrowers should not re
ceive a fair price, if they will ask for
it. - y
"It seems to me to be, certain that
all the prunes will be wanted and the
proper course for the growers is to
wait until a living price is offered.
do not advise holding for speculative
prices, but for a living price. Oregon
prunes this year are of first-class quali
ty and they give satisfaction wherever
so4d.
WILL MANUFACTURE STAVES. .
Houlton Will Have Plant That W1U Em-
ploy 100 Men.
St. Helens It is now a settled fact
that the Western Cooperage Company,
composed of Kentucky capitalists, will
build a large stave factory at
Houlton, on the Northern Pacific rail
road, just on the outer edge of the cor
porate limits of St, Helens,. A dozen
men are already at work getting
camps ready in the woods, where the
bolts for the ; staves will be cut up
and split into the usual size.
A factory site has been purchased
from W. H. Dolman, at Houlton, which
has ample space for switches and side
tracks. Options have been secured on
several tracts of timber land, and a
contract has been entered . into with
the Oregon Wood Company ; to ' float
down 800,000 cords of stave bolts an
nually. Construction work will begin
on the factory at once, and 'the man
agement state that fully one hundred
men will be employed in the mill and
timber. . ;
This company . owns ., factories in
Kentucky, Arkansas, Georgia and at
Seattle and Aberdeen. Wash.
niLL IN SOTTHERN OREGON.
LIEU LAND REJECTIONS LARQE
SUBMERGED WRECK,
Found In Twenty-Five Fathoms of Water
'- In Barclay Sounu.
Victoria, B. C, Nov. 5. A report has
been made to Captain Gaudin, Agent
of Marine, that a submerged wreck,
seemingly of an iron vessel, has been
found lying in 25 fathoms of water off
Amphritite Point, Barclay Sound.
Fishermen have come In contact with
the wreck when trolling and the fact
that their lines, when cleared, showed
rust and iron stains, indicates the pos
sibility of it being an iron vessel. The
vessel is five miles from shore.
Captain Gaudin has communicated
with Admiral Bickford, commanding
the station, intimating a possibility of
the wreck being that of the British
warship Condor, which foundered in
December two years r ago. Wreckage
from the Condor was'found by search
ing vessels in that vicinity, but there
is nothing to indicate that it is that
lost warship, for many wrecks have
occurred near by within the past year.
Land Agent West Puts Records In Order
" and Gathers Figures.
Salem State Land Agent Oswald
West has just completed the classifi
cation and filing of the correspond
ence and papers relating to state lieu
land selections in Oregon. Hereto
fore the records have been in confus
ion and - one seeking information re
garding any particular selection.
would have difficulty in finding it.
Now the records are arranged so that
any desired information may be had
at a moment's notice. The list shows
that the lieu land selections upon min
eral-bap-which have been-' passed
upon by the Federal Land Depart
ment within the past year or two ag
gregate 74,000 acres, of which about
4,000 acres have been clear listed and
about 70.000 has either been rejected
or is still pending with the outlook
poor for its approval.
Pendleton Owns Its First Park.
Pendleton Pendleton is now the
owner of a city park. For years such
a move has been agitated, but nothing
was done until a week or so ago, when
the council bargained for the property
in the east part of the city, where the
water supply is secured. The money
has been paid over and the deeds
filed. The land was purchased from
Jessie S. Vert, consisting of one en
tire block, and for which she received
$1500, and four lots from V. Stroble.
The city purchased this property to
prevent buildings from being erected
there-
Give Up Indian Hunt.
Douglas, Wyo., Nov. 5. John Mbrton,
a member of the Douglas posse, says
the Indians who shot Sheriff Miller
and a deputy in a bloody battle Sat
urday have separated, and each par
ty is taking a different trail. The
posse t was unable to follow the lead,
and the pursuit Was temporarily aban
doned. It is the opinion of many of
the officers that the redskins cannot
be caught until they return to the res
ervation, and as fast as they come into
the Pine 'Ridge agency they will be
taken into custody.
Fire Causes Million Loss.
Albany, N. Y., Nov. 5. Fire which
started tonight on the Citizens' steam
boat pier at Troy raged for two hours
before it was under control, and de
stroyed several large buildings on
River street between Broadway and
Second streets, including the beautiful
Altura Hall, which alone entails a loss
exceeding $300,000. All telegraphic
communication throughout Troy was
crippled for an hour. The loss will
exceed $1,000,000. No loss of life or
injuries to persons are reported.
Russia Sees Peace at Hand.
Paris, Nov. 5. M. Savinsky, secre
tary of Count Lamsdorf, the Russian
Minister of Foreign Affairs, m an in
terview this evening said Russia de
sires general peace in both the near
and far east and is not anxious for
any pretext for- a clash with the
Mikado's forces, as some of the jingo
istic press would try to show. A solu
tion of problems that have been puz
zling the two countries, the secretary
says, is near at hand.
.. Release of 171 Mortgages.
Pendleton The Pendleton . savings
bank has filed with the county record
er releases of 171 mortgages. This is
the biggest bunch of mortgages that
has ever been paid off at one time for
a number of years. The banking com
pany held these mortgages, principal
ly against farmers, sheep and cattle
men. The amount of some of the
mortgages was as high as $16,000,
while some of them were . as low as
$50. They averaged $1500, making the
total amount paid $256,500.
Put Up Much Fruit.
Ashland The Ashland Preserving
Company, which has been operating
an extensive cannery in this city the
present season, will close operations
for the year this week. The season
has been longer than usual and there
have been more people emplbyd than
ever before, the average number of
operatives being between 40 and 50.
Manager Charles Pierce reports that
during the four months' run the plant
has canned 15 tons of Bartlett pears,
21 tons of peaches, 10 tons of string
beans and seven tons of blackberries.
Wood $7 a Cord.
Pendleton There is a scarcity of
wood in Pendleton. This is due to the
lack of cars to bring it from the Blue
Mountains, from where Pendleton gets
her supply. There seems to be plenty
of wood at the belt. Prices are excep
tionally high. Fir is selling at $7 per
cord and pine at $6.50. This price is
nearly $1 higher than last year. Coal
i selling at $8 per ton.
Pennsylvania Capitalists Preparing for a
Heavy Cut of Vimber.
Roseburg The Kelleher-Skelley
Lumber Company has just been in
corporated here, .by W. J. Kelleher,
John K. Skelley and W. H. Sykes with
a paid up capital of $50,000. The com
pany has already acquired about 5000
acres of fine timber land on Billy
Creek, a few miles west of Yoncalla,
in this county. ' ", ' '
A sawmill building has already been
erected and part of the machinery is
now in place. The plant will have a
daily capacity of 50,000 feet of lum
ber to begin with, and will be. ready
for operation within 30 days. A flume
will be put in from the mill to carry
the product direct to the Southern Pa
cific railroad track at Drain, where a
lumber yard will also be established
CHINA BEGS FOR AID.
Helpless Against Russian Occupation of
Mukden, Manchuria.
Pekin, Nov. 4. The Chinese gov
ernment is greatly disturbed at the
reoccupation of Mukden, the capital
of Manchuria, by Russian troops. The
foreign office is appealing to friendly
foreign legations for help and advice,
admitting its own helplessness In the
matter.
The communication relating to Muk
den is as follows:
"The Russians employed a noted
brigand, who was accused of many
crimes against the Chinese, as chie
of one of the irregular bands of po
lice that are organizing in Manchur
ia. Tne authorities repeatedly re
quested the surrender of this man
and the Russians recently consented
to give him up.
"Thereupon a Chinese officer decap
itated the brigand without giving him
a trial. When this became known
the Russians demanded the execution
of this officer within five days, giving
as an alternative the seizure of Muk
den.
"The Chinese foreign office was ie
gptiating with Paul Lessar, the Rus
sian Minister, on the matter, and of
fered to banish the officer, pleading
that he had exceeded his instructions
and to remove the taotai, his super
lor, irom office.
"There was a misunderstanding as
to the time limit set for these negoti
ations. The Chinese thought it ex
pired yesterday. Before the negoti
atiens were completed the news was
received here that Russia had ful
filled her promise to reoccupy Muk
den." '
NEXTSTEP IN ALASKA CASE.
Looking- for Reservoir Rites.
Ashland H. E. Green and J. E
Reese, of the hydrographic branch of
the United States Geological Survey
arrived in t Ashland last night from
San Francisco. They are in the re
clamation service and will cross the
mountains eastward -from here on an
extended exploration and investigat
ing trip to locate possible sites for res
ervoirs for the storage of waters for
irrigation purposes. They go to Pel
ican Bay. Fort Klamath. The Agency,
Sprague River valley, Bly and Bonan
za, and their itinerary will take in all
the Modoc lava beds and the Honey
Lake district ,
In the Sugar Beet Fields.
La Grande The sugar beet factory
here has already this season received
10,000 tons of beets, and has worked
over 7000 . tons, which means 16,000
sacks of, sugar. It is expected that
about 1000 tons more of beets will be
received by the factory this season
and that the run will continue until
about November 10. So far the beet
harvest has proved a success, al
though there was a shortage in the
crop, the sugar material in the beet
was heavier than last year.
October Asylum Report.
Salem The report of Superintend
ent J. F. Calbreath, of the State Ini
sane Asylum, for the month of Octo
ber shows that the general health of
the patients is good. The 'total cost
of articles consumed was $7163.99,
ana tne expenditures tor salaries
$5999.10, or a total of $13,163.09. The
average daily enrollment was 1330
making the cost per capita' per month
?9.89, and per capita per day 32 cents.
Malheur County Clean-Up.
Baker City General Manager O. C.
Johnson brought in the clean-up of a
60-day run from the Rich Creek placer
mine of the Eldorado Mine & Ditch
Company, of Malheur county, today.
The clean-up amounted to about 800
ounces valued at about $16,000. R.
E. Corburn, of Carroll, la., is the
principal owner of the diggings.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
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Sale of Great Timber Tract.
Astoria A deed has been filed for
record whereby the bregon & Mon
tana Lumber Company, of Helena,
Mont, sells to Samuel McClure, of
Stillwater, Wash., 1566.29 acres of
timber land in the Lewis and Clark
district The consideration named is
$1000, but it is supposed a much high
er price was paid. .
Vacancies In Legislature.
Salem Not only will a special ses
sion of the legislature be necessary to
cure the , defect " in the taxation law,
but a special election . will be neces
sary to fill several vacancies in the
legislature. The vacancies must be
filled- before the session is held, ac
cording to the language of the consti
tution. '-. i
Wheat Walla Walla, 75c;
stem, 79c; valley, 78c.
Barley Feed, $20 per ton; brewing,
$22; rolled, $21. .. .. ;
Flour Valley, $ 3. 75 3. 85 per bar
rel; hard wheat straights, $3.754.10;
hard wheat patents, $4.204.50; gra
ham, $3.353.75; Whole wheat, $3.55
54; rye wheat, $4.50.
Oats No. 1 white, $ 1.07 gray,
1.05 per cental.
'. Millstuffs Bran, $20 per ton; mid
dlings, $24; shorts, $20; chop, $18;
linseed dairy food, $19. . .
Hay Timothy, $16 per ton; clover,
$13; grain, $11; cheat, $11. '
; Butter-r-Fancy creameryj 2730c
per pound; dairy, 16 620c; store,
16c.
Cheese Full cream, t twins, 15c;
Young America, 1516c; factory
prices, l13c less. '. ..,,.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, 1010c
per pound; spring,lljc; hens, ll12c;
broilers, $2.50 per dozen ; turkeys, live,
1415c per pound; dressed, 1618c;
ducks, $67 per dozen; geese, $710.
Eggs Oregon ranch, 30c; Eastern,
fresh, 2426c.
Potatoes Oregon, 5065c per sack ;
sweet potatoes, 22 )c.
Hops 1903 crop, 1222c per pound,
according to quality. .
Wool Valley, 1718c; Eastern Ore
gon, 1215c; mohair, 3537Jc.
Beef Dressed, 66c per pound.
Veal Small, 78c; large, 6e
der pound.
Mutton DresBed, , 45c; lambB,
dressed, 6c.
Pork Dressed, 66Jtfc.
Negotiations will Be Commenced for t
Survey of the Boundary.
Washington, Nov. 4. John W. Fos
ter, agent for the United States before
the Alaskan Boundary Commission,
has arrived in Washington, bringing
the official text of the commission's
findings and all the records of the
American case. Geaeritf Foster had
an interview witk SerSary Hay in
further explanation of the actual re-
suits obtained in London and later m
the day dined with the President.
Upon the delivery of the findings
together with General Foster's own re
port within a few days, Secretary Hay
will enter into negotiations with the
British Government for the appoint
ment of expert surveyors to mark the
lines of the boundary as they have
been described by the commission. .
The findings of the commission, as
they will be deposited in the state de
partment, . bear the signature of the
American commissioners, Lord Alver
stone and the American Secretary.
Contrary to the common impression,
Canadian charts -will- bemused" as'"a
basis of the survey work. It appears,
according to General Foster, that the
Canadians spent an enormous sum of
money in the preparation of their case
and the work of their cartographers,
being very much more extensive and
elaborate than that produced as part
or the American case, was accepted by
the commission as the standard.
INDIAN UPRISING
THANKSQIVIVU DAY SfcT.
POSSE IN WYOMING ENGAGES THEM
IN A SECOND BATTLE.
Ten of tbeRedsklns Sent to the Happy
Hunting Grounds Nine Are Captured
Whltos Escape Uninjured General
Uprising Is Feared Indians Headed
Towards Bad Lands in Nebraska.
Cheyenne, Wyo., Nov. 4. -A second
battle with the Indians who murdered
Sheriff Miller and Deputy Falkenburg
on Saturday, re-Inforced by a large
body of redskins who had been hunt
ing in the vicinity of the scene of the
fight, is reported to have taken place
today near the Horseshoe ranch. The
fugitives were traced by a posse, and
with their re-inforcements made a de
termined stand. Nine Indians are re
ported killed outright and 10 captured.
The white men escaped without loss
or injury.
The news of the battles has spread
to the reservation and to other hunt
ing parties and a general uprising of
the Indians is feared. There is rea
son to believe that Indian couriers are
enticing the red men to deeds of vio
lence. Governor Chatterton is inves
tigating the report of the second bat
tle, and should the story be confirmed
he will Immediately order troops into
the field to suppress the Indian uprising.
Authentic advices from the scene of
Saturday evening's bloody battle state
that six Indians were killed, 10 wound
ed and five captured. Four made their
escape. Twenty horses, 12 wagons
and considerable game and Indian par
aphernalia were also captured.
FIRE RAGES AT CONEY ISLAND.
CROW OUTBREAK.
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Indians and Posse Engage in Battle
Wyoming.
Cheyenne, Wyo., Nov. 4. Governoi
Chatterton has been advised of a
fierce battle that was fought late yes
terday afternoon on Little Lightning
creek, 50 miles north of Luck, in
Eastern Wyoming, between Sheriff
W. H- Miller, with a posse of six men
from Weston county, and a band of
Crow Indians on the way to the Sioux
Agency at Rosebud.
Sheriff Miller is reported to have
been killed, one of his deputies fatally
wounded, two others slightly wound
ed, while three Indians are reported
killed and several wounded. Only the
most meager, details of the affair hae
been received, but posses are hurry
ing to the scene from Lusk, Douglas
and Newcastle.
The Indians who have been slaugn-
tering antelope, deer and other wild
game in violation of state laws and
in some instances have killed cattle,
are hurrying toward the Rosebud
Agency, and an effort will be made t j
head them off.
Governor Chatterton has instructed
the troops at Douglas, Buffalo and
Newcastle to be in readiness to be
moved on short notice and further de
tails of the affair are anxiously
awaited. ... ,
Five Hundred People Are Homeless and a
-r Million Dollars' Damage Done. u..
New York, Nov. 4. In a blaze to
day that baffled the firemen for seven
hours the l5owery at Coney Island
was again laid in ashes. Two lives so
far are reported to be lost, one man
rataily injured, a score of others hurt
300 buildings destroyed, 500 persons
made homeless and more than $1,000,
000 damage done. How many more
are in the ruins is not known tonight.
it was a fire marked by rescue not
alone by the police but by citizens
Before it had been an hour under way
the police could do nothing more than
try to keep the 50,000 sight-seers out
of danger. Reserves from all the
precincts within tefc miles were
brought. The fire engines found it
impossible -to get into action for near
ly four hours.
The alarm came from the Hippo
drome, a low frame building used in
summer for a merry-go-round. The
firemen thought it would be all over
m a .moment, but the blaze had gained
headway.
With the lack of water the fire had
the forest of wooden structures at its
mercy, and all that could be done was
to save life if possible and furniture.
ouri avenue ior diocks was- im
passable because of the barriers of
household goods, weeping women and
children and men.
TWENTY LIVES LOST.
Not Fighting Appointments.
Honolulu, Nov. 4. The Home Rule
leaders here profess to have received
message from Delegate Kalanian-
oalo, who is now at Columbus, O., sup
porting them in their opposition to
the confirmation by the Senate of the
appointments of Carter and Dole as
Governor and United States District
Judge respectively. To a message of
inquiry sent to Prince Kaianlanoalo,
the delegate replied, denying he has
taken any such position in the mat
ter. The Home Rulers will send to
Washington resolutions of protest
against the appointments.
Blame for Terrible Wreck.
Indianapolis,. Ind., Nov. 4. After an
official investigation by the Big Four
officials into the cause of the wreck
General Superintendent Vanwlnkle, of
tile company, tonight said the crew in
charge of the football special was re
sponsible for the wreck because thev
failed to exercise the required caution.
Mr. u v anwinkle said the engineer, W.
H.; Schumacher, of the . special, is to
blame, because , he did not have his
tram under control inside : the citv
limits. , .
Rock Island Earned 7 Per Cent. '
Chicago, Nov. 4. The Rock Island
Company, of London, the $150,000,000
corporation organized as a holding
company for the securities of the rail
road properties controlled by the
Moores and their associates, earned
a little over 7 per cent on Its out
standing common stock - during the
first year of its existence, according
to-the first annual report of the cofm
oany, which has just been made nub
ile, s. " ,
Early Morning Blaze in Tenement House
Causes a Panic.
New York, Nov. 3. Fire early this
morning in the tenement at 426 Elev
enth avenue, known as the "House of
All Nations," caused the death of 20
persons. At 3 o'clock, 12 bodies had
been recovered, and the greater num
ber of those are of Irish nationality.
Most of them died from suffocation.
Among the number were several wo
men and children. The fire is sup
posed to be of incendiary origin, and
although it. burned but a short time,
the smoke was so dense that whole
families were overcome. On the fifth
floor eight bodies were recovered, the
stairway leading to this floor having
been burned away. In the dense
darkness, a terrible panic prevailed
among the tenants of the house,
many or wnom evidently had fallen
over the furniture in their depart
ments and met their death by suffo
cation.
Police Commissioner Greene was
on the scene, and the police reserves
were called out, together with ambu
lances from many hospitals. The po
lice and firemen rescued many of
those women and children who had
been overcome in the desperate rush
to the street. ,
President Issues a Proclamation Fixing
November 26 as the Time
Washington, Nov. 3. The presi
dent today issued his annual Thanks
giving proclamation in the following
terms:
By the President of the United
States of America A Proclamation:
The season is at hand when ac
cording to the customs of our people,
it falls upon the president to appoint
a day of praise and thanksgiving to
God. During the last year, the Lord
has dealt bountifully with us giving
us peace at home and abroad, and the
chance for our citizens to work for
their welfare unhindered by war
famine or plague. It behooves us not
only to rejoice greatly because of
what has been given us, but to ac
cept it with a solemn sense of respon
sibility, realizing that under heaven
It rests with ourselves to show that
we are worthy to use aright what has
mus ueen entrusted to our care.
"In no other place, and at no Dther
time, has the experiment of govern
ment of the people, by the people and
for the people been tried on so vast
a scale as here in our own country In
the opening years of the twentieth
century. Failure would not only be
a dreadful thing for all mankind, for
it would mean loss of hopes for all
who believe in the power and the
righteousness of liberty.
"Therefore, in thanking God for the
mercies extended to us In the past
we beseech Him that He may not
withhold them in the future, and our
hearts may be aroused to war stead
fastly for good and against all forces
of evil, public ana private. We pray
for strength and light, so that in the
coming years we may, with cleanli-
ness, fearlessness and wisdom, do
our allotted work on earth in such
manner as to show that we are not al
together unworthy of the blessings
we have received.
"Now, therefore, I, Theodore Roos
evelt, President of the United States,
do hereby designate as a day of gen
eral thanksgiving, the 26th of the
coming JNovember, and do recommend
that throughout the land people cease
from their wonted occupations, ad
in their several homes and places of
worsliip render thanks to Almighty
God for his manifold mercies.
"In witness whereof, I have here
unto set my hand and caused the seal
of the United States to be affixed.
"Done at the City of Washington,
this 31st day of October, in the year
of our Lord, one thousand nine hun
dred and three, and of the independ
ence of the United States the one
lundred and twenty-eight.
"THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
"By the President:
"JOHN HAY, Secretary 0f State."
-4 DEATH -1N--CRASH;- - -
Go to Learn English.
Vancouver, B. C, Nov. 4. A spec
ial from Winnipeg says a party of 13
Doukhobors, including three married
couples from the villages of Petrofka
and Terpenia, Sackatchewan, arrived
there today on the way to Philadel
phia, where they go to learn English
and to acquire skill in industrial and
domestic pursuits. They are part cf
the colony of Doukhobors brought to
tne Northwest Territories as colonists
at the expense of the Canadian gov
ernment. They have hitherto-refused
to adopt the-English language or customs.
Mules Balk on Track. '
' Charlotte, N.' C, Nov. 4. A Bouth
bound passenger train on the South
ern Railway crashed into a funeral
party at Glass, a flag station a few
miles north of Charlotte today, kill
ing four persons instantly. The ve
hicle, containing the corpse and the
four victims was crossing the railroad
tracks when the mules drawing theii
balked and the heavy locomotive
struck the outfit squarely, killing all
of the occupants, smashing the coffin
and horribly mutilating the corpse. , :
Agree Upon Parcels Post Treaty.
Washington, Nov. 3. A parcels
post treaty between the United States
and Hong Kong, China, was agreed
to today, and will be formally drafted
at once. It provides a maximum
weight limit of four pounds, six
ounces. . -:
Train Carrying Football Hosts Wrecked
and Fifteen Persons Killed.
Indianapolis, Nov. 3. Fifteen per
sons were killed and 51 injured, some
aftally, at 10:20 today in a collision
between a special passenger train on
the Big Four Railroad, and a freight
engine with a cut of coal cars. The
accident happened in the edge of this
city. The passenger train of 12
coaches was carrying 954 persons,
nearly all of whom were students of
Perdue University and their friend
from Lafayette to InrfiananmiB r..-
the annual football, game between
Purdue team and the Indiana Uni
versity squad for the state riiamninn.
ship, which was to have been fought
this afternoon.
In the first coach back of th en.
gine were the Purdue football team
subplayers and managers. Three
players, the assistant coach, trainer
and seven subplayers of the univers
ity were killed, and every one of the
persons in the car were either
fatally pr seriously injured.
From the 12 coaches were comine
the joyous cries of a thousand rooters
trained to the hour, on whon hnnps
colon streaming, while in the front
coach sat 20 great muscular fellows,
trained to hour, on whom the honest
of a grilliant victory on the gridiron
were confidently placed. Rounding a
curve at the Eighteenth-street cut.
Engineer W. H. Schumaker found di
rectly in front of him the freight en
gine and coal cars moving slowly
from a switch leading to a gravel pit.
He reversed his engine and jumped.
The crash hurled the passenger en
gine and three front coaches against
the steel freight cars loaded with
coal, that plowed their way through
and buried under a pile of wreckage
weighing many tons fully 60 human
beings.
The first car, in which were the
players, was completely demolished,
the roof being torn away and falling
across a car of coal, while the body of
the car was reduced to kindling wood
against the side of the steel freight
cars. The second coach, containing a
brass band, was partly telescoped, and
the third coach was overturned and
hurled down a 15-foot embankment.
The other coaches, did not leave the
track.
Torch Applied to Fine College.
New York, Nov. 3. Men who guard
the New York City watershed at Ama
walk,' Westchester county, have ap
plied the torch to the $100,000 college
of the Christian Brothers, a Catholic
institution, where boys were being
educated. The brothers a few
months ago obtained an Injunction
against the watershed commissioners
to prevent the destruction of the
building. The ' injunction expired
this week, and it was decided to burn
the building. The Brothers, having
received their condemnation award,
left with the students several weeks
ago for Baltimore.
Tornado Causes Death.
Oklahoma City, Okla, Nby. 3. Two
persons were killed and nine injured, -two
perhaps fatally, and half a dozen
farm houses wrecked by a tornado
that formed three , miles north of
Hydro, in Caddo county, at 9:30 last
night The tornado traveled over a
course from north to Bouthwest
sweeping nearly everything before it
for a distance of four miles. Farm
houses, barns and . fences were com
pletely wrecked,1 and crops ruined
The property loss is estimated at
$50,000, ,