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The Times-Monntaineer
SATURDAY ...... SliPTEli BER 8. IS94
TUB PIIOTBCTI VE TRINITY.
Sach a campaign of falsehood as
wag conducted successfully "by the
Democrats in 1890 and 1892 cannot
he repeated successfully in 1894.
Twice using wears a falsehood cut.
Yet the New York News seems to be
of a different opinion, for on Sunday
it printed this:
"After the McKinley bill became a
law the New England cotton manu
facturers paid very large dividends to
their stockholders, owing to the fact
that they could sell their goods at
more favorable prices, while they did
not have to pay out anything more in
wages.
Nc
ow, there is not a woman of rea -
, . . i
sonable mind and sound memory pos-'
sussed who does not inow that "more
favorable prices" were'not obtained" by
the dealers jn theyears 1891 and
1S92, in which the McKinley law was
in full force and without threat of re
peal." Utusually low prices ruled
jjuring those years. But, not to trust
to the memory of woman, if the New
York News will consult the files of the
New York Dry Goods Economist dur-
- ins; the six months immediately pre
-ceding and immediately succeeding the
passage of the McKinley bill it will
find prices of shirtings and sheetings
rangt! thus:
-i Six moothi
-.; before.
AA RUi-WxtMie 7i 8 c
'( of the Lxjiu. .13i(14$a
Six month
after.
7
Uiic. Nooiwreil . . 4g.lO$o
Golden Radr. . 7 S "Jo
The list might be . continued
64
with
like result as to redactions
in all
standard goods. . - "V
So' the first allegation as to manu
facturers being able to "sell their goods
; at more favorable price" stands proven
false. It is the old 1892 counterfeit,
"higher nrices on account of the tariff."
b r
It -will not pass in 1894.
The second statement is "thev
did
. t -...- oraad
Thiiris true to the letter "thev did not
Yet they did it
it On JnlvJ
16, 1892, the Manufacturers'- Assoc
iation of Fall River voluntarily made
an increase of 3J per cent on alt wagep,
and it is of record that the pay day
following Bucb increase the operatives
received -a larger recompense than
ever before had been rendered.
Vef, despite lower prices for goods
told and higher pay for production of
goodsj the McKinley period, hich
may be said to have occupied tbe space
between January, 1891,' and Noveco
ber, 1892, was unusually prosperous
to thnotton manufacturers. Most
of the mills paid dividends, and some
of them paid ' large ones. Tbe cause
is plain; where -the profit on the nuit
of measure the yard of cotton ia
infinitesimal profit comes' from the
V multiplicity "of "infinitesimals.' -The
.general prosperity of the country waa
so great that the number of yards of
cotton stuff sold was in excesB of other
years, consequently there was an ap
' otheosis of the trinity of protective
blessings reduced prices to the con
sumer, higher wages to they producer,
-"greater profits to the dealer.
THE WORST .FEATURE. ,
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s A nation or a community can patient
ly bear calamities if tbere are prospects
- of a change to better conditions in the
future. .For two years the country
: has experienced the most distressful
'tiiiiesever known in its history, and
the outlook is not encouraging for any
decided improvement in 'the situation.
' Senators and members of the house of
i representatives, newspaper Vritersi
; - : financiers, manufacturers, and persons
.. of all classes are unanimous in expres-
l- . sions of belief that the worst outcome
-of recent tariff legislation is that it has
" settled nothing. A bill,, however bad,
r tht had in it the elements of p'er
manence wonld at least impart confi
. dence to the "captains of industry."
They'would know how to align their
""forces, and in what direction to move
them. ' 1
Bat Democratic authority of the
' highest, rajik has, warned us that we
roust not expect the present tariff bill
to be undisturbed. The president in
his' letter xo congressman Gatching.i,
indicates a policy of continued agita-
' tion for free coal and free iron. Mr.
Wilson, chairman of the ways and
means committee; Mr. Johnson, con
gressional representative from, not of,
the Cleveland district, aud, in short,
' afl the Democratic offioers and states
men who have spoken since the passage
of the bill, declare that it Ts bat a pre
liminary to more radical measures.
Hor do they confine themselves to
words; the president's influence is be
ing used, and has been used successfully,
to lessen ths strength of Senator G r
man in-Maryland, and will be used so
long as there ia a chance of preventing
bis re election to the senate. Indeed,
it is presidential policy to compass the
defeat of every conservative Demo
critic candidate, and to secure tbe
election of a congressional majority
pledged to a thoroughly fres-trade
policy. 1
This ia the worst of it. The Demo
cratic leaders who were not content to
let the well enough of the McKinley
law alone are not content to let the
bad enough of the Gorman bill alone.
They are resolved upon a further pro-
ceai of tinkering and changing.
lo this dire emergency the duty of
the Republican press is clear. It must
. patriotically refrain from exaggeration
of" evil conditions. It must record
cheerfully and enthusiastically every
trivial revival ol trade or manu
tafaoture. It must eschew the vile
enpatriottsm of the Democratic
writers who twaddled and canted
aboat "starving workmen" who at the
time of uch csnt auj twaddle were
earning wages that now would seem
princely. It must hope for return of
Siicb days of prosperity
Above all, it
must protest against every utterance
of Democratic determination to sup
plement the bad tariff bill of 1894 by
worse tariff bill of 1895.
AN OCEAN OF FLAMES.
The terrible holocaust in the forests
of Michigan and Wisconsin is the
most appalling disaster that has hap
pened for many years, and the suffer
ing and desolation resulting require
immediate relief. . Hundreds of lives
have been sacrificed to the flames, and
the homes of the survivors have been
reduced to smoking ruins. In many
instances towns have been swept out
of existence, and an ocean of fire has
laid waste the country. The destruc
tion of buildings and timber will reach
millions of dollars, and the region has
been rendered desolate. While there
are hot as many victims as the Johns-
jown catastrophe claimed yet there is
--T ... . . i m it-
such a feeling of horror connected with
being burned to death that, if possible,
this latest disaster is more appalling to
contemplate. In the woods of these
state i towns were built in the midst of
forests, and when the wrathful demon
of destruction was impelled onward
by accompanying breezes there was
absolutely no way to slop its forward
Mn. women 'and children
f"t- - --
fled from burning towns to be over
ikin nnd . surrounded bv flames and
burned to death where they stood.
Hundreds hid in swampB, and thus
averted death; while others sought
safety in the river in the vicinity, and
wer drowned in its : treacherous
depths. The scenes of suffering and
distress described by eye-witnesses are
heart rendering, and make up the black
est, most sorrowful page in the history
of that region. There had been a long
drought, and the pitchy forests burned
furiously and with a vengeful wrath
against all opposing obstacles that was
truly diabolical. In the midst of tnese
fni.ln nnrl distressful scenes there
Lwere many examples of true heroism
w ...... . w TH-.L
that jhotild never tie ioreoiien. ojioiu-
ere saved their children at the sacrifice
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I nl thoir II VPS. me Biruuu o
weak, and Engineer Root and Fireman
McGowan backed their train loaded
with citizens of Hinckley through a sea
of flume to a swamp and lake, where
hundreds were saved from a terrible
death. The engineer was seriously it
noffataly burned and the poor fireman
is a ravin? maniac, touch acts aaa a
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delightful coloring, to the most deplor
able occurrences, and emphasizes the
fact that the nobility in human nature
is never lacking when necessity de
mands its exercise. : . t
This is a frightful visitation to the
districts in those states, and will par
alyze the industries for some time;
but it is hoped that tbey will again
I revive, and the lumber interests will
... -again
be factors of development
EQUALIZING CONDITIONS.
t.
' An esteemed cotemporary considers
the cause of the present hard times
the custom of doing business in this
country, on borrowed money, and this
may be one of many reasons. . But
there are other and' more potent- fac
tors to which the. present- business
stagnation can! be-' traced. For the
past two years the country has been
preparing itself for a change of econo
mic policy . from protection to free
trade, and this has caused a decrease
in wages and a shrinkage of values.
If our markets are to be opened to
the trade of tbe world we 'must meet
foreigners on a level, and to do this
conditions must, be equalized.- The
same price for labor must prevail here
as in England, and business must
be done on equally small profits,
This is .the natural resuU of the
change, and .our people mast be satis
fied. It is very doubtful if the' same
conditions' will ever exist again that
were in operation when Mr. Harrison
left tbe White ."House. - Experience
proves the statement that it is much
easier to lower the price of labor than
to increase ir, for, after it once comes
down the capital of the country is in
terested in keeping itso. In 1896
undoubtedly a Republican president
and congress will be in power in Wash
ington; but protective legislation, to
bring matters to a normal condition,
will have the wealth of the nation to
combat Every employer will be- in
terested in paying bis employes aa
little as possible, and -will undergo
hard struggle before be succumbs to-lbe
demand for higher wages. It is much
easier to slide down an inclined plane,
than to ascend it. We - are sliding
down, and it will be fortunate if we
can stop without descending further,
It will be almost impossible to ascend
PATERNALISM,
Some of the leading papers in' Cali
fornia are advocating the government
control, of railroads, presumably be
cause producers and shippers iu that
state have suffered so much from the
Central and Siuthern Pacific compa
nies. Hut, it IS to be feared that the
emedy would i-auBe greater evils on
tbe entire country than the one from
which the people of that state desire
to be relieved. It wcnld be a step
in the direction of parentalism of gov-1
eroment, ana this is tbe corner stone
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upon Which monarchies rest. Besides,
t :e civil service would be lareelv in-
creaseo, ana this would be a great
menace to free institutions. Self-reliance
is the greatest element of
strength in a government by the peo
ple, and where communities are not
competent to manage their own affairs
they would be better under the rule
of a monarch. This is one of the
primer lessons of freedom, and must be
heeded for free institutions to be suc
ce sful. If th appointees by the
piesident are increased in numbers,
the danger is tbat he will fill theie
with his own partisans and thus vir
tually perpetuate his term of office to
any length of time he desires. These
two dangers to tbe republic mast be
carefully guarded against.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
The late elections in the south indi
cate that that portion of tti country
still Democratic Perhaps t will
always remain so, for the piVpls ap
pear to be firmly attached w vu"'
party. If a "solid south con"uu"j
it, will very likely be met by a lid
Republican north.
Our reighbor across the river W
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preparing tor toe tan campaign, uu
soon Washington will be canvassed by
Republican, Democratic and I opunsi
speakers. The state is Republican,
and the recent session of congress will
increase the majority of the party in
tbe coming election.
The dispatches contain a description
of a real battle between the Japanese
and Chinese, in which the latter were
comDletelv routed. An incident con-
nected with the battle does not indi-
K of. V.raverv is an element oi
ni.Ir.oQo .-Knrantpr. and that was the
ant of the general and his defeated sol
diers in throwing away their uniforms
and seekina flight in disguise.
There ia a practical lesson of econo
mv taught by the present Democratic
times, and it is one that all should!
heed If incomes are small, expen
ses should be reduced, and every one
ahr.i.1,1 live within his means. The
old scriDtural injunction is very per
tinent; "Ho to the ant thou sluggard;
consider her ways and be wise.
Secretary Carlisle wrote the original
anwar trust schedule. The Democrats
a
of the senate and the house very near
ly unanimously voted for it, and the
President makes it a law by a cow
ardly method It has the Democratic
brand all over, and the sooner the
bosses iump in and detena u ine
better It i- their child, born in wed-
. m , . ..
lock,
and in need of nourishment,
Don't try to pass it off as an orphan
The great volume of foreign wool
held in the bonded warehouses of the
United States on the 27 th of August
loaf amAiintinff t,( fi.l 799 321 nodhds.
and valued at $7,710,672. were.de-
clared by Secretary Carlisle free of
tariff duty, and this amount ol for-
r Jwoo,8 :zszilc
tion to wool produced
States, and it purchase money gees to
foreign countries instead of being-dis
tributed here.
If the Albina shops are claimed by
tbe Union Pacific as the property of
the Oregon Short Line and Utah
Northern, the 0.'Rv& N: Co. should
have a full foroe of workmeu at The
Dalles. This is a very convenient
nnint for shoos, and the exigencies of
the winter season demands them. The
railroad company will not find this
community antagonistic to their inter
ests, and they could not do better than
re-establish their orks here.
The fall elections in the different
states will be watched with great in-
terest by the bqsiness public, and npon
.u -h f ,i,M tQ(, w.-ii Aa-
k, i itt annuaai ua, lueqd biuuvivub -mm w
pend, to a great extent, the revival of
business activity. It is possible that
the Republicans will elect enough
congressmen to control the lower house.
And the legislatures of the different
states.will decide the complexion of the
senate after the new senators shall
have been elected. - The country will
have a good idea, after tbe state elec
tions, what to expect for. the ensuing
two years, and upon this wi)l he baaed
the business transactions of the
country.
The New Orleans Picaywn is of the
opinion tbat - the sugar planters ot
Louisiana gqt bad ' treatment. "A
bounty which they had earned under
a guaranty of congress has been taken
away from them, and tbe lower house
of congress has just voted not only to
deprive them of what they hare hon
estly earned, but to destroy their in
dustry, and reduce tbem and their de
pendents to utter poverty." So? Then
the peop.e of Louis'na begin to ap
preciate their friends,- -do the? gut
it is too late. The sugar' "trust will
get the' bounty and not the sugar rais
ers.' - That , is - the 1 difference only
adding four times the amount the su
gar raisers received. Louisiana . took
her eggs to a bad market.
We shall soon have a practical
illustration of . the "robbing" done by
tbe McKinley act. All laborers who
are interested in the solution of this
question' should keep a -memorandum
of their expenses with the Wilaan bill
in operation, and also of their earnings.
Tbey should then strike a balance, and
see, how much reinaius in their possess
sion. -Compare . this with the same
mathematical calculation of the sur
plus they retained under the protection
regime. .This wil satisfactorily dem
onstrate to the mind of eyery one
whether protection' ia robbery7 or
whether a tariff is a tax npon the con
sumer r(.ppu hi leans, are . wil ing to
stand thf test, and are fully satisfied
after being made very few American
wage-earners will ever vote again for
a party tbat advocates tariff, for reve
nue: only.
Democratic papers have begun apol
ogizing for the acts of their leaders,
and articles are printed daily attempt-
ins to give the mistakes of each. The
whole subject could be -summed up in
a few words the party is entirely
wrong in its opinion of national af
fairs, and rests on an unsafe basis. If
Wilson is Demooratio in his ideas on
tbe tariff, than Gorman, Brice and
Hill are wrong, and vice versa. Tne
lower house of congress during the
last session was in favor of free trade,
and the senate was friendly to quali
fied protection. Both of these legis
lative bodies cannot be Democratic,
and judged by tbe Chioigo platform
tbe lower branch comes nearer the
mark; but Democracy is far different
from what it was a few years ago, and
undoubtedly it will continue to change
in the future.
Vermont has voted, and the maiori
ity for the Republican ticket will be
imnk 95 non EVn. ;., ; ;
very
evident tbe Wilson bill has not
strengthened the Democracy much.
New England has large manufacture?.
and the people dependent on them for
support do not desire the schedule of
Europan wages introduced. To a
man who desires to five in this coun-
tiy, and who has as high an opinion of
Americans as of other people, protec
tion is very suitable. As a matter of
fact, patriotic American citizens would
rather see the factories of America
prosperous than those of foreign
nations, and it has been a mat
ter of just pride with them that
heir countrymen were better paid and
lettf r fed than the subjects of Euro
oean monarchies. U nder free trade,
c ie American woricman must come
lown to tbe level of foreign labor, for
I .e goods he makes must compete
wtth those of foreign manufacture.
The levelling system is not the most
advisable for advancement or the de
velopment of the industries of a new
ountry.
the fury of jthe forest fires is about
spent in the forests of Minnesota and
Wisconsin, and they have reaped a
rich harvest. Death and desolation
now reign supreme where peace and
plenty gladdened the heart of the
laborer and made life blissful and con
tented a few days ago. Such are the
emergencies of existence, and while
one cannot but deplore such occur
rences by no possible foresight can
they be averted. In Oregon the peo
ple have been very fortunate in being
free from any disastrous catastrophe;
but the elements of fire and water are
no respecter of persons, and, under the
m circumstances, would combine
with death and devastation here a
oiao.hpre. In our eood fortune we
I shoud heartily sympathize with others
in their misfortune, and in every case
extend the helping hand of charity
when required.
There is room yet for missionary
work among the inhabitants of the
world, as there are very many not yet
civilized: The following are the latest
published figures. The human family
living on earth today consists of about
1.450,000,000 persons in round nuai-
bers. Of these only about 500,000,000
or one-third, are even properly clo
thed; 250,000,000 habitually go naked;
700,000,000 have only tbe middle of
their body covered; only 500,000,000
live in houses, 700,000,000 in huts or
caves, while the remaining 250,000,000
have no home, or shelter whatever.
The two-thirds who are not properly
clothed may be contented and happy,
and the 250,000,000 who habitually
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t r.n r u uii i i u w ,...n.. . . I . I i . uu.ii u .
tv ' V "7 t u i
comfort. If such are the facts, philo-
supuicaujr "
euort w tttiemuu v I'civoi iuoh
condition. Numerically calculated, it
is unpopular to "dress up" and live in
houseB and, therefore, if numbers count
for anything, the minority, in order to
be fashionable, Bhould return to a
P"
Henry Watterson, the brilliant edi
I tor ot omgyjUe Courier Journal,
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Democratic party, has been nominated
for president by a Mississippi editor.
In reply he writes a letter, saying:
1'No, no, my dear sir. Tbe presidency
is not an objpet to be desirvd by any
man who knows what the office really
means, nor U the nomination for the
presidency a thing to be coveted by
any one who baa studied the condi-
tions, political and human, whioh sur-
I round us.
What ia wanted in a candi
date is availability, not positivity.
have had too many contentions on rad
ical lines, and have been far too care
less of my ipdiyidual interests to fur
nish any party with this requiste. Let
us, in is9p, try to find some Demo
crat who has offended nobody, and who
has c6 opinions on any subject - that
anybody can remember, or will vouch
for, and, perhaps, if times mend, we
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may eieci iiim. wr. "wu
an loumaw uuwiSo i w
opinion in the above, and we do not
believe that it will be possible for tbe
party to find such a pandidate.
TELEQSAPHI0 HEWS
v Trial la Hpokame.
SpjKANE; Sept. 6 -Helen Qrier was
put on trjal in the superior couit today
for poisoning ber husband in this city
last March. -The prosecution created a
ensatioa by aanouncing that it held a
letter written by her to ber son, directing
him what to testify in her defense. Flor
ernce Sbiiley, a daughter ot the accused,
nthe prosecuting witness. .She declares
her mother gave ber a revolver agd asked
her to kill tbe old man, who was ber
sixth buabaad. She refused, whereupon
the old woman . bought cux vomica and
administered tbe fatal duse,
The Wanderer. 1
Ottawa, Ontario, Sept. fl -Iu tbe case
of the British Columbia saillpg schponer
Wanderer, 'which was brought to Vic
toria by a United States cruiser under
arrest, and banded .over the British
gunboat on a charge of having guns and
powder on board unsealed after she had
been officially inspected. Tbe minister
of marine has ordered Collector Milne to
have nothing to do with the case. He
decided no ojfense had been shown and
the Fanfierer bad complied, wiib all the
regulations.
v v ...
' '- Lynehlnic Cane.
Memphis, Sept, 6-Tbe investigation
la tbe lynching of tbe negroes is pushed
iib vigor. The grand jury returned $ve
icdiolroeota latft yes'erday, and more will
follow. .Those indicted include Detective
R cbardsoo, who arrested tne negroes aud
led them into the baLds of the mob; A.
Atkinson, wbo drove the wagon; Jeff
Luton, a merchant of Eerrville, wbo is
supposed to have been leader of the mob;
Mike Stradden and Jim Sessley, members
of tbe vigilantes, ' ' ""
Salelde.
Kalama, Wash. Sept. 6 Joseph M.
Kuch, tbe man wbo last May shot and
fcilleolhis neighbor, John Keller, died at
the county jail here this morning, from
the effects ot an over-dose of morphine.
When, bow, or from whom be obtained
the drug Is a mystery which was not ex
plained at tbe coroner's inquest.
Well and Happy
Thanks to Hood's Sarsaparllla-DuU
Headaches -That Tired Feeling.
Mr. W. H. Totem
Ban Francisco, Cat.
'One of the greatest mistakes people make Is
to lock the door after tbe horse is stolen, or In
other words, to na.lt until ttiey are (cc )n bed
before they do anything for the poor body.
Neither my wtie nor myself were real sick; I
attended to my business, and my wife to her
household deities dally. But pe had dull, heavy
headaches, apd a l(tfl? oyer-exerqoi) would tire
us greatly, and my appetite was yery poor. So
we took three bottles of Hood's B&Hau&rltla.
and the result was perfectly satisfactory. 1 be
lieve Hood's Sarsaparilla.
Saved Usa Severe Sickness
And big doctor Wl It people would only
remember (hat 'an ounce of prevention is worth
a pound of cure,' there would be less suffering
iu uxd worm, Mr sarice to u who ao not leei
Hood's'iCures
well is to take Hood's Barsaparills according to
directions, bdi
ton will be well and
W. II. Tolk, l
5 12th St., Ban Fraooisoo, (
a nappy."
Hood's Pills curs all liver ills, constipation,
biliousness, jjundise, sick headache, Indigestion.
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
A Race with Death.
West Superior, Wis , Sspt. 4 Engi
neer Wihiam Best, of the original rescu
ing passenger train on tbe Eastern Minn
esota, tells the following of the rescue at
Hinckley .
'Soon after leaving Saeperior.'at 1:15
P. I had to light the headlights owing
to the dense smoUe which tamed day in
to uight. The heat, as we approached
Hinckley, increased. I expected when we
reached that point we would get an open
ing and escape the smoke. My surprise
was great, therefore, when we found the
tire right upon tbe town. It took but a
glance to see the town was doomed. The
wind blew with great velocity, and the
flames fairly leaped through tbe air. The
people, taken by surprise, were helpless.
Tbe coming of the fire seemed like a
stroke of lightning. Almost iii an in
stant tbe town waa swept by billows of
flame. We could not pass Hinckley, and
there waa no use to look for orders, for
communication was cut off. To stay and
rescue aa many at we cold was our duty,
of course, but the great question, and
upon it bung tbe lives of many hundreds,
was, bow long dare we wait? Ed Birry,
wbo- was there with engiue No. 33, and
A. D Campbell, tbe conductor, were as
plucky and brave fellows as ever pasaed
a milepo'e. We hastily coupled a por
tion of Campbell's freight train with tbe
engine ahead onto tbe rear of our train.
The people rushed toward our train and
pi'ed into the cars. Some were aged and
helpless women and children, and bad to
be helped aboard. We had to'ihitt the
position of the train several times to pre
vent it Catching S."8. We were all
b ealhing fire as it was. We saw many
sights that would have filled us with
horror if seen under other circumstances,
but tbere was horror everywhere. We
saw people fall down overcome by heat
and smoke, I saw mothers with their
babts make a last despairing effort to
shelter their helpless charges. We saw
people surrounded by fire, but there is no
ose trying to describe it to you. A few
! wi wm, V .BCUeCI S UWBU1B U3U giriC&CU.
I j . . i ,.
nu wamea me iq pun oui egraieis oi
the othfer8 at HiuctilM, hut none of bs
wiugUk Vi uuiog sucu a cowsTaiy ana
i mrnou md gufc nuout .uv people
from Hinckley aboard, may be more, and
slipped away to take the others wbo had
run op the track. We could not rescue
anymore of the people, for they could
not get to the train. A very large per
centage of those that remained perished;
Away . we wett through the blazing
woods. It was a race with death.
Tbe telegraph posts and ties were on
fire and a stream of fl-ime pressed upon
the train, Tbe people were packed so
closely it was impossible to move. We
passed several bridges that were on fire .
At rartndge we procured water for the
passengers. The people at Partridge
supposed tbey were safe, but it appears
that within half an hour the fire reached
them, thus giving an idea how fast tbe
flames traveled. Wo drew a sigh of re
lief wbeq we reached tbe limits of So
perior and knew cur precious freight was
sale
Forest Fires
St. Paul, Sept. 4 It seems the worst
danger now in Minnesota is tbe south
east of Brainerd and Little Kails, and
that section is being watched anxiously.
The Northern Pacific reports that along
tbe line from Little Falls to Cutting three
small stations have been burned. Jim'
ber through that section is on fire, and
i fire is ragine furiously north of Brainerd
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section is much heavier than where the
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country but very heavy rains.
Omaha has reports from Wasbborn tbat
I tbe fires bave thus far been confined to
the outskirts of the city, and only a tew
lumber mills and tarda on tbe edge of tbe
I town bve been destroyed. A heavy wind
would quicKiy fan tbe names and carry
them through the country arid porsibly
into tbe town. Train sery.ee on all the
lines between St. faul and Puluth has
been restored escept on tbe Eastern Min
nesota. The flrst train to arrive here from
Du'uth left the lieactoflhe take Sunday
evenipg. Ibe passeoeers reported the
town of Barronett, Basbaw and Oom-
stock completely destroyed. - At- Shell
Like about 58 bouses bave been burned
Dulutb is taking care of about JQ(10 ref
ugees and tendipg sqppliet to the' front
as tut as the citizens can collect them.
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Hurned ajoaatiew and Towna,
Chicaqo, Sept. "4 From revised re
turns received tonight from the burned
regions of Minnesota, Wisconsin and
Michigan, the following are the total and
partially burned towpa and counties:
Minnesota iowns Tutally destroyed,
Hinckley, Pokegama, Sandstone. Miller,
Partridge, Cromwell, Curtis, Cashing,
Mission Creek ;. partially- destroyed, Fin-
layeoo, Mansfield, Kutledge, Milaca,
- Minnesota counties Totally destroyed,
Pipe; partially burned. Kanabec, Carlton,
Benton, Alton, Mille Lies, AJorrison. '
Wisconsin towns Totally destroyed,
Corastopk, Benolt, Btrronette, Poplar,
Marengo, Granite Lake; partly burned.
Spencer, High Bridge, Ashland Junction,
F. field, Wasbburne, Cartwrigbt, Grants
bursr, Turtle Like, Rice Like, Mnccoda,
B isnawa, Shell. Lake, Sooth Range .
Wisconsin counties Partly bqrned,
Barron, Washburn, Flortnce, Ashland,
Taytir, Chippewa, iurpett, - MstlBette,
P.ice,' Grant, Douglas, Marathon," Bay-
held. .... -,
Micblgfth towns Partly burned, Trout
Creek,' Weo, Sidnaw.
Michigan counties Partly burned,
Houghton, Ontonagon, Huron, Macomb,
Stopped by .Rain.
Djctboit, Sept, 4 A dispatch from
the upper peninsult ol Michigan shows
tbe rainfall of last night effectually
stopped the forest fires and will save
mitlioos ol fect of pine, besides crops
and houses. The damage already done,
however, is immense, and la many local
ities a total loss cao only be avoided by
an immediate cutting or rhe limber.
There is considerable evidence that many
fires were set by men who knew the
scorched pine would bave to be cut at
once, tbus givicg tbem work. Tbe fires
will also force into the market much pine
tbat was held by the Noon Lagging cap--1
Italian for the Purpose ot speculation.
It is thought nearly every foot of stand-
ing pine in Ontonagon couuty ia burned,
fully BOO.OOU.oeu feet.
Onalii'i Church Row.
Omaha. Sept. 4 The case in which i
Bishop Scannell is accused of contempt
of court was called this alternoon in the
district court. The proceedings are the
result f Bishop Sraonell g refusal to open
tbe St. Paul church oo the court's order.
Tbe bishop's defense was that be was
never served with notice of ibe restrain
ing order by which Judge Scotl Cnj lined
bim from mterlerlLg wim too congrega
tion and tl at he did not bave the keys of
tbe edifice in bis poseession. Tbe prose
cuting attorney served notice tbat be will
orodnce witnesses to show the contrary.
Alone this line wo members of the con
gregation testified that toe uiahop refused
to open the ctmrcn after Deing ordered to
do sb by tbe court, i oe csj was con
tinned until tomorrow.
Ia "New "Jerk State.
Buffalo, N. Y., Sept. 4 Fires in
Chautauqua county are sweeping through
the meadows, yyoods ana farms. jNum
bers -of families barely escaped with
their lives. Tney have organized a bucket
brigade to keep the flames from burning
bouses, in (be vicinity oi tvinaom lor-
est fires are rogiog. Tbe farmers are
plowing to check the'flames.
Dunkirk, N Y.Scpt 4 Forest fires
are raging in this vicinity. Men, women
and children "re fighting the flames dat
and night. Thcqsanda of dollars' wnrtb
of property is burned. The village ol
Frelona was threatened,
Baal) t Near Braiaerd.
- Bratkerd, Minn , Sept. 4 Tbe coun
try to tbe nortb and northeast of tbis city
Is still burning furiously. Tbe fires have
expended the'r fury iu the immediate
vicinity of Brainerd . Thousands of tons
of hay have been consumed in Crow Wing
coUDty and many faimbouses destroyed.
Dead Dicmbered at 430.
PlttE City, Minn. Sept. 4 The gen
eral exfeutive committee id charge of re
lief work in this section has made a ret
port of dead bodies recovered thus far as
follow.
Hinckley 271
Sandstoue 77
Miller ,. 15
Between Skunk Like and Miller! 12
Pokegama 25
Ia lumber camps 50
Total io
Battle of Melkwan.
San Francisco, Sept. 5 The steam
ship Belgic, which docked at au early
hour this morning, brings only meager
details of the war in Corea, The Chinese
and Japanese governments still control
all the telegraph wires in both countries,
and allow no news to get out. The ouly
reliable Important news obtainable 's the
following details of the Japanese advance
upon Bnd capture of Uuzan, with the par
ticulars of tbe battle of Seikwao, and the
dispatch is dated Chemulpo, August 6:
It took the Japanese army three davs
to march from its position at Ryozan,
near Seoul, to the vicinity of G zin. On
tbe morning of July 28 the army came
within sight, of the Chinese tents. Tbe
Chinese camp was situated on a hill at
Seikwao, an important positiou on the
Gazan road, about 17 miles from Gazau.
As they bad no tents they had to sit un
der a burning sua 00 the grass, while
General Osbima himself could find twti
mattings to shade himself. At inidi-ight
the army left, tbe two wings forntfog two
separate companies. There Tg only one
path to tbe hill, and tbers was a bridg'
over a stream wbicb i,8d to be crossed'
The main body crossed the bridge at 2
o'clock, but when the last detachment
was on tte point of crossing over 5000
Chinese troops in ambush near the bank
cot off the bridge and opoaed fire on the
detachment at about 9f) feet distance. As
the attack was sudden, the Jananen
I troops were at first confused, but. Captain
Matsuzakl ordered them to march for
ward, and the troops encouraced bv the
order, rushed, upon tbe Chinese with a
about and bore them down, la this skir
mish oa the Japanese side six men were
killed by the enemy, 17 or 18 were
drowned and 15 or 16 wounded, though
the fight had only lasted 15 minutes.
The Chinese fled, leaving behind 18 or 19
killed , All was then quiet for two hours.
FIGHTING IN EARNEST.
At 6 o'clock the Japanese left wing
opened fire, but Chinese did not lespond
until tbe Japanese bad fired 14 or 15
rounds. Then began the tight in earnest.
The two wings attacked tbe Chinese at
tbe same time. Tbe Chinese began to
retreat toward Gazan, After an hour and
a half tbe battle was over and quiet re
stored. It appears that tbe Chinese gen
eral, Cbe, bad at brat come to defend
this outpost at Seikwan with 1000 troops,
but bearing that tbe Japanese army bad
left Ryuzan, orer 1500 more trooops had
been brought from Gazan, under General
Cbe. They had intended in case ot de
feat to retreat to Ten-An, a garrisoned
town about 25 miles southeast ol Seikwan
but tbe Japanese left wing attacked tbem
from tbe east to drive tbem back to Gazan,
At first the Chinese fought outside tbe
gun parapets, with the intention evident
ly of taking refuge there if they were
beaten back. But tbe sudden charge of
the Japanese gave tbem no time to run
within the parapets,. and ihey fled, leav
ing their flags behind. On the high hills
to tbe left of the main camp waa a thick
wood, within which tbe Chinese bad their
cannon. As it commanded the Japanese
army, which approached it without sus
pecting any camp within, a sadden vol
ley of cannon and small arms took the
latter by surprise. This camp held out
tbe longest. - Several flags were found
around tbe camp of tbe Oaioese artillery,
on which the Japanese right wing ad
?anctd. Tbe cannon were set on palis
ades around the parapets. Tbey were
broken down by the Japanese Bad four
or five artillery officers aud over 10 men
were killed. Tho Japanese oflicers praise
highly tbe skill of the Chinese artilleiy
at tuit fight.
- THE CHJNESt loss, ' -
, General Qhima'ahoT' Lieutenant-Colonel
Fuku Sbiraa had a narrow escape.
Tbe Chinese loss may be computed at
over 10Q killed and 400 wounded, mak;
ing a total of over 000. The Japanese
lrss in tbe second fi.ht was a little over
20 wounded. Several Chinese" were taken
prisoners. Tbe Chinese wounded begged
for their lives with clasped hands. The
(Jhitene general, Cbe, is a noted officer
His bebavtor on this occasion utterly b
neu uis reputation, ana snowea him to
be a man of no great military attain
ments, for wbea tbe Japanese troons at
tacked his camp be deserted and threw
away his uniform aa an incumbrance "lo
his flight, and left behind papers which,
aa general, be should never bave allowed
to Jeave his side. It is not known where
General Cbe has fled. On the road the
Chinese took ia their flight were found
uniforms, bats and boot. Thev bad all
entered farmhouses, and forced tbe Co-
reaps to give them diepses to disguise
iqerpseiyes in. 't he Japanese armv our--
sued the Chinese lor 12 miles, to YoraD,
a nine .yi lage about five miles from
uazsn.
Swallowed a Town.
LofTT, Penn., Sent. 5 Tbe little min
ing town ol Scotch Valley, near here, was
swallowed up tonight In one of the most
complete mine cave-ms ever known in
this region.' The scene of the disaster on
the-elope of Mount Lookout, and a score
of bouses comprise the hamlet at tbe
mouth of the sbait frra Mouut Lookout
colliery. The wildest excitement prevails
through tbe, regio'h, and details are frag
mentary. It is known, however, that the
dozen houses oo each side of the princi
pal street of tbe hamlet are completely
swallowed up ia (be gaping bole, and
nntbinif cap be seed of tbe other build
ings but tbe roofs, gaoles and chimneys.
It is impossible to state accurately tbe
number of fatalities, or if tbere are any.
Parties are exerting every means to re
lease the occupants of the engulfed dwell
ings. One of the buried bouses has takeu
fire.' The cave-in was caused by the
giving way ot timbers and supports la
tbe workings of tbe - Mount Lookout
colliery, which has not been in operation
for two years, and bad beep neglected in
consequence.
A Banrber'a Death.
Tacosja, 8ept. 5 Last evening John
McPhail, a prominent rancher on Foz
island, received a full charge of shot just
below bis heart, from tbe rifle just placed
in toeir ooat ny nis wile. i Oey were
going to another Island, A physician
was summoned, but Mcftiail died' in
four hoars. His wife is grief-stricken
Before dying be told her not to upbraid
herself, as abe was not responsible for
the accident.
I a the Par Rast.
Buffalo, N. Ym Sept. 5 Bain is fall
ing throughout western New York today,
relieving tbe long drought and averting
tne aaoger oi extenstye forest area.
Clearfield, Pa , Sept. 5 Clearfield is
surrounded tonight with a dense smoke
coming from tbe forest fires in this re
gion. Tbe tires have approcbed so close
to Dubois that a change of tbe wino will
place tbe town in jeopardy. From Falls
Creek to Ridgeway it one sea of fire.
IrlJed TttToai the Floe?.
North Yakima, Wash., 8ept.5 The
postotUce safe was attacked last night by
burglars and two boles drilled through
tbe door. Both efforts were futile, how
ever, as tbe drills were broken before tbe
combination could be worked. Tbere
was more than f 200 in tbe safe at tbe
time. ' Tbe city is full of hobos aud
A
crooks, and tbe police force has been
doubled in consequence.
TELEGEAPHI0.
Acrosa trie Line.
Winnepeg, Sept. 5 Rainy river, on
both sides for its whole length, excepting
ten miles at its mouth, is one huge mass
of flames. Ia the Minnesota woods,
where there are few settlers, are burning,
and at Barewick tbe firon were so fierce
that tbey jumped across the river, ssttiug
the Canadian, woods afire. The Ontario
woods are well settled, and tbe people
Sre.!i0Slng heavily. Mrs. Gaines and four
children were burned to death, and other
casoaltes are reported. All settlers
back from Rainy river have been Durued
out, losing everything.
MhlpwrrektMl Exearalonisls.
North Sydney, B. C, Sept. 5 The
schooner Rigel, of Gloucester, Mass..
Captain G. W. Dixon, arrived here today
having on board tbe crew and passengets
of the steamer Miranda, which left Nw
York Julf 7, with Dr. Cook's Arctic ex
cursion. All the parties are well. Au
gust 9. tbe Miranda struck a rock near
Sukkertoppen, West Greenland, and was
abandoned in anDking condition Augun
22, in Dayis strait, latitude abjut 61 deg.
15 min., longtitude 58 deg. 40 min .
A Terrible Ride.
Tl .
rainuKLPeiA, r.. Sept. 6 A loud
thumping upon the door of a freight car
on a libeling railway; ,sid ... w
Falls station attracted t e attention of a
brakeman yesterd afternoon. He
opened the door, p.u(1 tha annt cmacl.
ated figure of man. turn bled out upon
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tuc irauK? ir was s0 weaj tDat he
Could not move, and could hardly speak
The DJ'.o said he was Theodore Marks,
tha "ue lived in Winchester, Va., and bad
entered tbe car at St. Louis, where be
had been at work. He lost his Dlace in
that city, and, desiring to reach borne and
uavipg no tunas, crawiea in tne car
which was loaded with barrel staves and
hoop poles ou tbe Chicago, St. Liuis &
Alton railway. He hid in tbe car for
two days before it was locked and started
on its way, he knew not whither, taking
nis cnances oi reaching a point nearer
home. He traveleJ in the box car with
out a drop of water or crumb of food .
Two days after tbe start tbe tram stopped
at some place wnich Marks thinks was
Pittsburg. He pounded and thumped
upon the Bides of tbe car ia ao effort to
attract tbe attention of trainmen, bat
tbey either failed to bear him, or allowed
him to pound without paying attention
When the train pulled out again his
thirst drove him uearly wild, aud ia bis
desperate craving for food be gnawed
the tops of bis shoes. Three days more
and the train stopped again. This time
be tbinks at Bridgeport, lie was so
weak and exhausted toat his efforta to
draw attention to tbe car failed. The
train started oft' again with a rush, and
Marks abandoned hops, but he was
aroused into fresh activity by the stop
ping of the train again and the sound of
voices over h:m. He again beat against
the door of Ihe car, and when it nnened
be fell nut in a faint. Brakeman Ptiegler
uiieu lunras up, ana tne oiner tram
men got bim some milk. He drank it
with feverish eagerness, but his stomach
rebelled. Ibe trainmen notified a nolice
man. wbo, summoning ao ambulance,
bad tbe starving man carried to the Phil
adelphia hospital. Tbere it was reported
that Marks' chances of recovery were not
good. 11 is stomach rebelled against
taking nourishment, and be is so weak
that be cannot stand.
A ConBUt-Ueneral HishIdk.
New xork, Sept, C General Emilio
Ladsus, consul-general of Bolivia in thU
city, has behn missing since August 30.
Besides bis commission he brought with
n:m a concession from tbe government.
wmcn gave rum authority ta negotiate
for funds with which to construct a rail.
road from the borders of Peru of La Paz,
the capital of Bolivia. Everything
seemed to run smoothly until about a
week ago, when it was found that Gen
eral Lsssijs had left the city, and trans
ferred tbe business of tbe consulate to
Alex Santos, a commission merchant.
Ia aa interview Mr. SiutOj said yester
day :
"Since Mr. Lassus has gone I have re
ceived many letters and visits from cred
itors of bis, and also one from a deputy
sheriff, who wishes to serve oa bim some
papers in regard to a debt." -1..
It is believed tbat General Lusaus left
for Panama on "either the Columbia, of
the Pacific Mail line, or the Advance., ot
the Columbia line, both. tf which sailed
August 29.
' MerGUtent Party Arraigned 7
London, bept. 0-ria a speech in Liv
erpool last evening Joseph Chamberlain
reviewed tbe recent record-of the gov
ernment. The ministers bave been com
pelled by tbe Irish tasnmakors, be said,
to detote the whole timeof the commons
to Irish affairs. Foreign affiirs had been
crowded uut, and the gravest interests of
the empire bhd been overlooked. British
diplomacy bad been icdependent in Siam
and had been shamed and bumiiated ta
the Congo region. Tbe politics of the
country would be contused and unsettled
until tbe government would accept the
challenge of the lords to appeal to the
country for iff verdict onMbeir rejection
of tbe home rule, and evicted tenants
bills, '-".
The Debs Trial. .
Chicago, Sept. 6-The trial of Presi
dent Debs and other American Railway
Uoion ofStttls was resumed todav, with
E. M. Mulford, of the Western Union tel
egraph, on the stand, Mulford read a
large number of messases sent and r.
ceived by tbe American Railway Union
w-"vt Ml J I'riuuipauy or a rou
tine nature, urging the men to "stand
pat," and asserting the general managers
were beaten. One telegram received cs
pecial attention from the government at
torney. It was addressed to C. R. Har
mon, of Denver, instructing him to "Dav
ao attention to court injunctions." Mul
ford attempted to identify Debs' sipna..
iure, oui i ne enort was not satislac.ory .
Knights of Pythian.
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Washington,- 33pt. 6 The mucb-
mooted Oerman question was decided by
toe supreme lodge of the Koigbts of Py-
inias toaay oy a decisive vote against
jieruiimnif me use ot trie ntua ia otner
tbsa the ag!isb language. Two votes '
were taken, first on the substitution r.f I
me Dimoritoy report to give the Oerman
lodges five years' grace in which to adopt
tus ungual! rnuai resulting 74 to 41
against the minority report. Then the
majority report was adopted by a vote of
i9 to oo. rjiuing in committee of the
wnoie toe lodge has approved the report
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