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HEPPNER.
.OREGON
RESUME OF THE
WEEK'S DOINGS
General Review of Important Hap
penings Presented in a Brief and
Comprehensive Mannar for Busy
Reader National, Political, His
torical end Commercial.
Francis J. Heney is to probe the
charges of graft at San'Francisco.
An unknown vessel has been wrecked
near Cape Henry, on the Virginia coast
A 62-mile gale has swept Charleston,
S. C, but practically no damage has
been reported.
The Department of igriculture has
adopted rales for the enforcement of
the pure food laws.
Herbert G. Squiers, of New York. I
has been appointed to succeed Magoon
as minister at Panama.
A man caught in the act of highway
robbery at San Francisco has been
given 10 years in the penitentiary.
The Countess of Carlisle, president
of the Bntisb W. C. T. U., has been
elected head of the world's association
GREAT COLD IN WYOMING.
Snow Falls, In Some Sections Accom
panied by High Winds
Cheveone, Wyo., Oct. 23. The
worst etorm known in years for the
season now prevails over Wyoming. It
is accompanied by heavy snowfall, and
in Borne sections very high winds. The
Union Pacific has enow plows out on
the entire line between here and Og-
den. West of Green River, Wyoming,
the line is blockaded, and all commun
ication shut off. All wires are down
A d is paten trom Ureen Kiver says
the highest wind known in 25 years
is now blowing, with the temperature
10 degrees above sero, and snow falling.
One flagman near Granger was found
dead and another man was found on
the track unconscious and badly frozen.
One building at Green River was de
molished by the wind. The news from
Northern and Central Wyoming re
ports practically the same conditions
Stockmen are apprehensive of great
Ioeees, as the storm came upon them
unprepared. The storm is slightly
abating here.
NEWS ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST
FROM THE STATE OF OREGON
SALT LAKE WIND SWEPT.
OREGON FIR FOR PULLMANS.
PACKERS MAKING MONEY.
San Francisco police have captured
five men suspected of having a know
ledge of the recent robbary of the Jap
anese bank.
A gigantic wheat corner is planned
by farmers who will meet at Topeka
for the purpose of forming an organiza
tion to control the market.
rrominent tjurans in JNew lora are
planning a conference between the war
ring factions with the idea of heading
off the growing sentiment for annexa
tion.
The provincial governors of the Phil
ippines have petitioned the commission
for home rule.
Roosevelt is said to be working to
secure Piatt's place in the senate when
his term as president expires.
Attorney General Moody will fight
vthe railroads in their tffort to break
down the employers liability law.
The Ute Indians in Wyoming, on
learning troops have been sent after
them, have broke camp and headed for
Montana.
By the verdict of the jury in the
Stanrdard Oil caee at Fmdlay, Ohio,
that company is liable to a fine of from
$50 to $$5,000.
Russia is in terror lest worse reac
tionary outrages than the country has
yet known follow the congress of
"Black Hundred" organization at
Kieff.
A grand jury at San Francifco in its
report finds that the police of the bay
city have been lacking in discipline
an 1 recommends that a new chief be
appointed.
The New York Central railroad has
been fined $102,000 for granting re
bates to the sugar trust and F. L. Pom
eroy, traffic manager, must pay $6,000.
An appeal has been taken.
Taft has reported in person to the
president on Cuban affairs,
The sunken French submarine has
been located and all on' board are dead.
The gunners of the battleship Maine
have broken rail previous records in
target practice.
The president will soon appoint a
vice governor of the Philipines and a
supreme judge.
Owing to the failure of the potato
crop a famine is threatened in West
Ireland this winter.
Talk
of Sale to
Not
English Syndicate Is
Credited.
Washington, Oct. 23. The Agricul
tural department officials are very
much interested in the report from
Chicago that the big packing houses
are contemplating a gigantic company,
to be financed bv English capital
They do not look for the carrying out
of any such project. For years the
packing companies have been straining
every neive to create the impression
that they are acting independently of
eacch other.
Officials here declare that notwitb
standing the rigorous beef inspection
measures dow being enforced, the pack
ing houses are being operated witb a
big profit. They cannot see wherein
there would be any serious disadvant
age lor toe packers as the outcome of
such a
would be abeolutely at the mercy of the
respective states
Millions of Feet Used Every Year for
Palace Cars.
Portland In 18 months Portland
has furnished between 40,000,000 and
50,000,000 feet of fir lumber for use in
the construction of cars at the shops of
the Pullman Car company, located at
Pullman, 111. In the purchase of this
material, the company has expended
close to $1,500,000.
These figures are vouched for by al
bert Jones, purchasing agent of the
Pullman company, who was Bent to
the West 18 months ago to buy lumber.
The first is used exclusively for siding
on boxcars, and, besides the lumber
bought here, more is continually being
contracted for in other sections. Some
of the material is dressed, such as floor
mg, siding ana the nice, while more
has been shipped rough.
There is no prospective cessation of
the buying bo far as the pine is con
cerned, and, while yellow pine is also
largely used, that is not being drawn
from this locality. In the construction
of sleeping and passenger cars only
hard woods are utilized, particularly
for finishing the interior. Some ma
terial is often left in dry kilnd four or
five months, subject to slow heat and
the air drying process, in order that
when fitted in cars it is perfectly seasoned.
Prices of Cattle Advancing.
La Grande Peter O'Sullivan, who
has just returned from a visit to Wal
lowa county, says that one of the chief
caueea for the prevailing prosperity in
all sections of that country is the in
crease in the price of cattle. Repre
sentatives oi tne racinc jueat company
are making large purchases, and Walla
Walla buyers are looking for feeders
ROCK CREEK'S FINE FRUIT.
Hops Are On the Up Grade.
Salem The hop market at Salem
has assumed a very active condition in
the last day or two, and now every
dealer in the city has orders (or bops
at a slight advance over figures named
a week ago. Krebs Bros, has received
an order for 1,000 bales at 156 cents a
pound. All other dealers are offering
that price. Krebs bought the Clan
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deal, for foreign corporations j , . ' " epn xiarris ana uatnn & .Linn were
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Growers Busy Picking Large Crop of
Apples and Pears.
Rock Creek The ranchers along
Rock creek have stepped out of the hay
harvest into the fruit harvest, and are
picking apples and pears. Fruit men
are proud of their orchards and claim
that Hood River or any other locality
in the Northwest can produce no finer
fruit or more abundant yields. Fruit
is shipped from this section to many
important points in the East, and com
pares ravoramy witb any of tne pro
ducts in these markets. The leading
fruit growers are William Head and A
a. uaroiners. ine tormer has an or
chard of 10 acres, the latter about 20
acres. Mr. Head has picked and ship
ped about 300 boxes of apples, peaches
and pears to Spokane, Walla Walla
and Pendleton and other points east,
while some was shipped to Condon and
Arlington. He estimates he will have
1,000 boxes of winter apples for ship
ment. Mr. Carotbers has shipped 1,
000 boxes of fruit and will ship 1,300
more. These gentlemen get the high
est prices ior ineir iruit. ruit grown
on Rock creek captured first prize and
gold medal at the Omaha exposition a
few years ago. The exhibit was made
by A. A. Carotbers, and was a surprise
to orchardists, packers and dealers.
Buildings Razed and Packing: Plant
Destroyed by Fire.
Salt Lake City, Oct. 22. For 24
hours this city and vicinity was swept
by a wind etorm of unparalleled sever
ity. In addition to three serious acci
dents to persons, property has been
devastated over a wide area, a fire
fanned by the wind has obliterated the
new plant of the Utah Packing com
pany, and a monetary loss of appproxi-
mately $250,000 is entailed.
During the full period of the storm
trains have arrived irregularly or not
at all. For much of the time the street
car service has been at a standstill, and
the electric lighting plants are out of
commission.
The burning of the Utah packing
olant. north of the citv. is the most
serious single loss. The building had
just been compleetd at a cost of $100,
000, and was to have been put into use
in a few days. The project was inaug
urated by Western cattlemen and was
in opposition to the large packing
houses in the East. The cause of the
fire has not been ascertained. Only a
small fraction of the loss is covered by
insurance.
Ruined buildings, fallen chimneys,
broken windows, loosened signs t-nJ
toppled trees throughout this and ad
joining towns are the most common
souvenirs of the storm and aggregate an
immense loss. The wind attained a
maximum velocity fo 62 miles an hour.
For hours at maintained an average
speed of 33 miles an hour. The local
weather bureau has been handicapped,
but expresses the opinion that the
storm is local and with little effect
north of Ogden or south of Provo.
LOSS WAS HEAVY.
LOSS REACHES
INTO MILLIONS
Hundreds of Lives Lost In Tropical
Hurricane on the Gulf.
Florida, Cuba, Central America and
Venezuela Are Swept by Storm
Cuban Loss Alone Estimated at
$2,000,000 Shipping Receive
Serious Blow.
Miami, Fla., Oct. 20. The steamer
St. Lucie, Captain Fravo commanding,
has sunk off the Florida coast. One
steamer arrived in port tonight bring
ing 60 injured, who were taken to the
hospital, and it is said 23 'dead bodies
will be brought up tomorrow.
Captain Bravo says that he anchored
I 1 Till! ill. Tr - w
on tne lee sine oi jmiiou s rvey, za
miles south of Miami, yesterday morn
ing and soon afterward a tidal wave
engulfed the entire island.
He says there were 250 residents on
the island, all of whom where lost. The
St. Iucie was crushed by the same
wave and of the 100 passengers on
board 25 were killed. Captain Bravo
was seriously injured.
A oarge containing 100 people is
said to have been torn away from its
moorings at Elliott Key and after
wards picked up near the Bahama
islands, 50 of her passengers having
been drowned.
CHULO VOLCANO BELCHES.
Volume of Sulphur Water Swamps a
Salvador Town,
San Salvador, Oct. 23. Telergaphic
communication with interior points
has been restored, and news of the dis
aster wrought by the terrific storm
which has swept over the country is be
ing received. Over 100 persons were
drowned in Coatepeque. A vast quan-
ity cf sulphur water was thrown out
o; the Chulo volcano, and inundated
the town of Panchinaloo, killing most
of the inhabitants.
From other points also reports of ter
rific devastation are coming in. Pimi
nento and other tow ns are reported to
nave been swept away by the floods.
The schooner Azelene, with a num
ber of passengers on board, has been
lest between Corinto, Nicaragua and
Amapala, Honduras. Everybody on
board was drowned.
The floods have disinterred a number
of corpses from cemeteries and are car
rying them down the streams. It is
reported that the railroads in Hondur
as have suffered serious damage.
ate boundaries for cattle and sheep has
resulted to the advantage of the cattle,
which come from the range in fine con
dition.
Apples at the Fruit Fair.
Hood River The exhibit of apples
grown by A. I. Mason, which took the
sweepstakes and several other prizes
also buyers on the West side at 2
cents, while Lachmund A Pincus paid
17 cents for a choice lot bought from a
dealer at Dallas.
BUOY MESSAGES FOUND.
Republicans claim Hughes is gain
ingg over Hearst in the New York
gubernatorial fight.
Chief Wilkie, of the United States
secret service, is investigating the al
leged shortage at the sub-treasury in
St. Louis.
British stockholders of companies
whose money is invested in Cuba feel
safe now that the United States has
taken charge there.
In the tests of the Britise battleship
Dreadnaught all eight of ber x0 and
12-incb guns were fired at once with
out damage to the vessel.
William Scully, the greatest land
owner in America, is dead. His for
tune is estimated at about $50,000,000
including 200,000 acres of land in Illi
nois, Kansas and Nebraska.
Richard Croker, former leader of
Tammany ball, New York, will Boon
visit his old home.
onouia Mugnes be elected governor
of New York, he may use the office as
a stepping stone to the presidency.
The president of the Cbicage elevator
trust has admitted grain men only
technically obey the spirit of the law.
Russia is preparing for another gen
eral strike.
Wholesale dealers in diamonds have
announced an advance inn prices of 20
per cent.
In the trial of the Standard Oil for
conspiracy at Findlay, Ohio, one of the
company s lawyers declared the corpor
ation to be the only good trust in existence.
Cuban rebels have petitioned for the
retention of Commander Col well in
Havana, as he is liked by all and a
pood officer. Col well is comzander of
the U. S. cruiser Denver.
Set Adrift bv Baldwin-Zeieler Polar
Expedition in 1901.
Buffalo, N. Y., Oct. 23. Two buoy
messages. Bet adrift from Fracz Josef
land by the Baldwin Zeigler polar ex
pedition in 1901, have been found and
forwarded to Evelyn B. Baldwin, the
founder of the expedition, who is liv
ing in this city. The messagea were
picked up on July 10, 1906, on MofFet
island, by Captain Strenerson, of the
Arctic whaler Gottfried, and forwarded
to the United States State department.
They were mailed to Mr. Baldwin from
Washington and delivered to him to
day.
The messages are typewritten on film
paper, and show the effects of their
journey in the Arctic sea. The mes
sages were an appeal for coal, the lack
of which forced the expedition to turn
back.
Alaska Mining Industry.
Washington, Oct. 23. No romance
is keener than the story of mining in
dustry in Alaeka during the last de
cade. It is eetimated roughly by the
increase in the value of its annual out
put from $24,00,000 in 1895 to more
than $15,000,000 in 1905. The gold
production of 1905, according to reports
of the United States Geological survey.
increased by 60 per cent over 1904
An important fact in the advancement
of Alaska's mineral industry during the
last decade, says the report, is the great
reduction in mining companies.
Modern Pyramid Builders.
Albany The Modern Pyramid Build
era was launched last week when tl e
first lodge or local pyramid of the or
at. h tf nnA uitrar -,, foi. m.i... der formed in this city. The local
" j wucc va i l . i i i ,
pyramia is me nrsi suDorainaie nrancn
of the order, and was named Pyramid
No. 2, the supreme pyramid being Py.
ramia jno. i. rea J?ortmilier was
chosen chief builder; W. Lair Thorn p
son, scribe, and E. E. Cueick, custo
dian. The order starts with about 30
members.
of three boxes taken from 9-year-old
trees, planted 63 to the acre. The
trees averaged five and a half boxes,
and altogether he took 1,141 boxes
from his orchard. In the entire yield
there were only 64 wormy apples dur
ing the season and the trees were
sprayed six times with arsenate of lead.
In the whole yield there were only 54
boxes that went smaller than four tiers
to the box.
Warts Passenger Bridge.
Oregon City For the accommodation
of the people of Oswego, the Clackamas
county court will be asked to negotiate
with the Southern Pacific company to
the end that the county may construct
an upper deck on the company's rail
road bridge to be constructed across the
Willamette river at Oswego. The plan
of the Oswego people who will petition
the county court foi this action is to
secure for themselves a means of cross
ing the Willamette river and more di
rect communication witb this city.
To Establish Big Sawmill.
Albany A sawmill with a capacity
of 20,000 feet per day is to be estab
lished six miles sonth of Brownsville
by G. B. and E. H Dickinson, of this
city. A contract with the leesees of
the land secured requires that the plant
be in operation by January 1.
PORTLAND MARKETS,
Cuban Hurricane Crosses the Island,
Leaving Death in Trail.
Havana, Oct. 22. More romplete re
ports have been received by Governor
Magooon and show that the recent hur-
rican, which swept across Uuba, has
caused greater damage than was at first
supposed. Scores of lives are now
known to have been lost as the result of
the storm.
The worst reports come from the Ba
tabano, on the south coast of Cuba, the
point where the cyclone first struck the
island. Forty fishing schooners are
now known to have been loet Many
corpses have been picked up floating in
the bay, and it is believed the dead at
this point alone will reach nearly 100.
The majority of the victims are Spanish
fishermen. Wreckage from the vessels
which were destroyed litter the shores
for miles. It is believed that several
small' schooners were swept out to sea
and lost, their crews perishing.
The town itself suffered severely
Nine bodies have been removed so far
from the ruins. On every hand are to
be seen evidences of the storm s fury.
nouses were blown down, trees were
uprooted, and devastation has been
wrought generally. A conservative eS'
timate of the damage in that city is
1600,000. The greatest d image was
caused in the lower portii n of the city.
The upper section away from the shore
escaped almost miraculously.
wharves were badly damaged, in
cases completely wrecked.
The
many
Institute Arouses Interest.
Myrtle Point The Farmers' insti
tute and fair, which has just closed,
proved a great success. The display of
agricultural products convinced all vis
itors of the agricultural possibilities of
the region ahoui Myrtle Point. Dr.
Withycombe of the Oregon Agricutlural
college gave an illustrated lecture on
the treatment of the dairy cow. As
this is a dairying region, this lecture
was well attended and the farmers got
many benecfiial ideas from the doctor's
remarks.
Teachers Are Scarce.
Baker City Teachers are frightfully
scarce in Baker county. The county
superintendentis offering high wages
and good positions to the pedagogues
of the county, but cannot get enough
school ma'ams to fill the positions. As
the result the teachers have had an in
crease in wages from $35, the average
last year, to $50, which is this year's
average. Teachers getting $60 and over
are common rather than teachers with
salaries of $40 or lees.
Wheat Club, 6465c; bluestem,
68369c; valley, 67c; red, 61(362c.
Oats No. 1 white, $23.50(324; gray,
$2222.50.
Barley Feed, $20.50 per ton; brew
ing, $21.50; rolled, $23.
Rye $1.351.40 per cwt.
Corn Whole, $26(327; cracked, $28
per ton.
Hay Valley timothy, No. 1, $10
11 per ton; Eastern Oregon timothy,
$1416; clover, $6.507; cheat, $7(3
7.50; grain bay, $7; alfalfa, $11.50;
vetch hay, $77.50.
Fruits Apples, common to choice,
25075c per box; choice to fancy, 75c
$1.25; grapes, 50c $1.50 per box;
Concords, Oregon, 27 kc half basket;
peaches, 75c$l; pears, 75c$1.25;
crahapples, $11.25 per box; prunes,
25350c per box; cranberries, Oregon
$3(3)3.5 per box; quinces, $11.25
per box.
Vegetables Beans, 57c; cab
bage, 1 lgC per pound; cauli
flower, $1.25 per dozen; celery, 75
(g85c per dozen ; corn, 12)c per doz
en; cucumbers, 15c per dozen; egg
plant, 10c per pound; lettuce, head,
20c per dozen, onions, 10 12'c per
dozen; peas, 45c; bell peppers, 5c;
Havana, Oct. 20. A cyclone of un
precedented severity, accompanied by
I a terriffic downpour of rain, swept over
the provinces of Havana and Pinar del
Rio Wednesday night and resulted in
20 deaths in this city and the serious
injury of a dozen or more persons.
The damage is estimated at fully $2,-
000,000. The dead are all Cubans of
the poorer class.
San Juan, Porto Rico, Oct. 20. The
Ked Star Line steamer Philadelphia,
from La Guayra, Venezuela, for New
York, arrived here today. Her cap
tain reports that a Dutch steamer was
lost in the cyclone at a point between
Caracas and La Guayra.
Twenty miles of the railroad con
necting La Guayra with Caracas have
been totally destroyed by the storm,
according to officers and passengers of
the Philadelphia.
San Salvador, Oct. 20. A tempest
has raged incessantly lor ten days
throughout the republic, flooding the
rich valleys, principally that of Majada,
and resulting in great loss of life and
the destruction of cattle and crops.
The topography of various depar
ments has been changed, buildings have
fallen, burying their tenants in the
ruins, and the iron bridges over the
prinicpal rivers have been carried away.
The rivers are bringing down the bodies
of persons drowned in the storm and
the carcasses of cattle, and the sight of
these tends to increase the teiror of the
people.
Guatemala and Honduras also have
suffered greatly. It is eaid the lotses
there will amount to many millions of
dollars.
GRAIN TRAFFIC BLOCKED.
Governor Called To Account.
Mexico City, Oct. 23. A sensation
was caused today by the announcement
fiat documents have been presented to
congress accusing Kafael Isabel, gover
nor of the state of Sonora, of being re
sponsible for the violation of territorial
rights. The accusation refers to th
entrance on Mexican soil of Arizon
rangers, alleged to have been in the
governor's convoy at the time of the
Cananea riots. The exact terms of the
document are not as yet known.
Clemenceau Is Summoned.
Paris. Oct. 23. As was expected, M.
Clemlrjceaa, minister of the interior,
was summoned to the palace today and
n'rueted with the tapk of forming a
new ministry. It will take him lour
days to choose his ministers and anoth
er four or five days for the new minis
try to agree on a program.
Land Withdrawn From Entry.
ine i janes xne local land ofhee is
in receipt of a telegram from the com
missioner of the general land office
withdrawing from filing or eritry, un
der the coal land laws, all the public
lands embraced in the following town-
shisp: Townships 6 south, ranges 24,
25 and 26, E. W. D.; townships 7
south, ranges 24, 25 and 26, E. W. D.;
townships 8 south, ranges 25, 26, E.
W. D.
Much Grain Accumulates.
La Grande Homer Littleton, fore
man of the Chas. Playle warehouse at
Alicel, reports that a large quantity of
grain has accumulated, owing to the
embargo placed against railroad ship
ments of wheat from the interior points
to rortland, on account of the grain
handlers strike, but that shipments
will now be resumed.
pumpkins, ljc per pound; spinach,
45c per pound; tomatoes, 30650c
per box; parsley, lul5c; sprouts,
Crook County Horses for Alberta.
Pendleton Thirteen carloads of
range horss were shipped from this
city to Alberta last week. Thev are
owned by M. R. Cowell, and were tak
en from the range in Crook county.
The shipment was consigned to Shelby
Junction, Mont., but the horses are de
signed for the Alberta market. ,
!s per pound; squash, D4C per
pound; turnips, 90c$l per sack; car
rots, $11.25 per sack; beets, $1,253
1.50 per sack.
Onions Oregon, $191.15 per hun
dred.
Potatoes Oregon Burbanks, deliv
ered, 80385c; in carlots f. o. b. coun
try, 75 & 80c; sweet potatoes, 22c
per pound.
Butter Fancy creamery, 25 930c per
pound.
Eggs Oregon ranch, 3132c per
dozen.
Poultry Average old hens, 12c per
pound; mixed chickens, 11 (3 12c;
spring, izc; old roosters, tf (3 Ii)c;
dressed chickens, 1415c; turkeys,
live, 1621c; turkeys, dressed, choice
20(322c; geese, live, 910c; ducks, 14
15c.
Veal Dressed, 5)(3 8c per peund.
Beef Dressed buns, Z(Z)fC per
pound; cows, 45c; country steers, 5
5c.
Mutton Dressed, fancy, 7c per
pound; ordinary, 5 6c; lambs, fancy,
8c.
Pork Dressed. 6(38c per pound.
Hops 1906. 14(316c per pound;
1905, nominal; 1904, nominal.
Wool Eastern Oregon average best,
13(3 18c per pound, according to shrink
age; vaiiey, zuozic, according 10 one
ness: mohair, choice, 2628c. 1
More Delay for Hermann,
Washington, Oct. 22. Representa
tive Binger Hermann will not be placed
on trial in this cit- on the indictment
charging destruction of 35 official let
terpress copybooks until sometime after
the Christmas holidays. No definite
arrangement for the trial has been
made, but the court s docket is now so
filled that it will be impossible to hear
the case within the next three months
Since the care was last postponed at the
time Mr. Heney was called to San
Francisco nothing has been heard from
Hermann and his whereabouts are un
known to the court. No anxiety is felt cided that until they can
on this score however.
Combine Packing Houses.
Chicago, Oct. 22. Humors that an
English holding company is being or
ganized to take over all he packing in
terests of the United States flew thick
and fast in LaSalle street today. The
capital of the concern is said to he cloEe
to $500,000,000, ard J. Ogden Armour
is mentioned as the praciicatl chief.
While nobody in a position to give the
facts would say anything one way or
the other on the eubject, certain things
that l ave recently transp'r! in the
street are called significant by students
of similar financial proceedings.
Black Hundred Attacks Stolypin.
St. Petersburg, Oct. 22. The Etrain-
ed relations between Premier Stolypin
and the Reactionary league is evi
denced by the publication of the first
attack directly upon the premier. The
Banner, the Black Hundred organ, pub
lishes revelations concerning the nego
tiations entered into a month ago when
the premier gave certain assurances to
a big delegation from at least 100
branches. The Banner charges the
premier with having broken faith.
Soldiers Go In Pursuit.
Sheridan, Wyo.. Oct. 22. Ten
troop's of the Tenth cavalry left Fort
Robinson, Neb., at noon today from
Gillette, Wyo., to round up the band
of marauding Ute Indians from the
White Roc k agency, Utah. The com-
mnnriirg officer is said to have instrnc
ions from th War der artment to take
he Indunn dead oi alive.
Shippers May Appeal to Interstate
Board Against Railroads.
New York, Oct. 20. There has for
some time been active complaint by the
New York gram trade at the railroad
de'ay in bringing wheat and corn to
this port.
The comlpaints have betome bo gen
eral. Pays the Journal of Commerce, to
day, that the railroads have finally de-
reenre pos
sesion of equipment they will not re
ceive any more grain. This refusal is
absolute and applies to new as well as
old business.
The grain tra'e is greatly excited
over the decision, and a joint meeting;
of the Produce Exchange grain commit
tee with the committee on trade and
transportation was held today with the
steamship interests to devise ways and
means, take legal advice, and if neces
sary make formal appeal to the Inter
state Commerce commission against the
action of the roads.
Snowstorm in South Dakota.
Pi.-x Ci'y, Iowa, Oct. 22. Dis-
ih"8 rrived at th Chicago, Mil
waukee cfc St. Paul office in this citv
iti- il.n a lieavv snow etorm with
i- vi'd all night on the Rapid
City extension of that road in South
Dtkot. The snow is drifting and
smvpiows rv been ordered to Cham
berlain and Presho.
Blaze in Freight Sheds.
San Francisco, Oct. 20. Fire broke
out laet night in the freight sheds of
the Southern Pacific on Berry street,
between Fifth and Sixth, and made
rapid progress on account of the inflam
mable material in its path. Some
alarm was felt throughout the city on
account of the quickly spreading action
of the flames, but the reorganized fire
department proved itself equal to the
emergency and surrounding property
was protected. The water supply wae
ample and in good order. Alongside of
the sheds 50 freight cars were consumed.
Lays Claim to No-Man's-Land. .
Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 20. Attorney
General Herbert 8. Hadiey, of Missou
ri, has decided to institute proceedings
in the United States Supreme court to
establish title to Island Park, in the
Missouri river, between Clay county,
Mo., and Wyandotte county, Kan. Is
land Park comprises nerly a flection of
land in the Missouri river. Prizefights
and other lawbreaking have taken place
without hindrance on the island, it be
ing outside all state jurisdiction.
McKinley Memorial Fund.
Canton, O., Oct. 20. Secretary Hart-
zel, of the McKinley National Memori
al association, today gave out a state
ment showing total contributions of
$556, 564, to which should be added $74.-
062 interest. Of this sum there has
been expended $178,886.