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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 23, 1901)
BOHEMIA NUGGET. ra1illtfcd Kvarj Friday. COTTAGE GROVE. . . OREGON. EVENTS OF THE DAY A Comprthtnilve Rtvltw of the Important Happenings or the Past Week Presented in a Condensed Form Which It Molt Likely lo Prove of Interest to Our Many Seadcrs. Germany will soon establish a col ' oninl army. Tho United States may send moro warships to Colon. An Ecundorcan forco is preparing to invade Colombia. Von Waldorsec hopes to becomo chancellor of Germany. General MacArthur has arrived nt Ean Francisco from Manila. Tho results of tho gulf storm wore not so bad as at first reported. iraydon, tho embezzling treasurer of Swift A Co., cannot bo found. A forco of Colombians invaded i , ... i. ...i. YCnoiUOia, out woro urirun imiuh. San Francisco retailers have made a movo towanls ending the strike. Krueer urges tho British National ists to continue their efforts to secure , peace. ' Venezuelan officials blamo the Co lombian government for tho present -trouble. The steel trust is landing non union men at Monesscn and will start up tho mills there. A Chicago trolley car eolided with n passenger tram, killing four ami injuring 11 people. . Explosion of two cars of powder wrecked an entire train on the Southern Pacfiic near Glendale, Or, The Alaska steamer Islander struck an iceberg and sank immediately, carrying down about GO of tho passen gers and crew and $250,000 in gold. Both sides are making gains in tho steel strike. The Shamrock II is being put in order for racing. There is little change in the San Francisco strike situation. Crispi's remains were taken by a warship from Naples to Palermo. A. J. Montague was nominated for governor by Virginia Democrats. The gunboat Machias has been ordered to Panama immediately. The German Crown Prince may be engaged to the Princess of Batten berg. The fishing season on the Columbia has closed and the pack will be about 337,000 cases Over a dozen lives were lost by the burning of the waterworks crib in tho lake at Cleveland, Ohio. Chicago steclworkers who would not obey the strike order were put out of the Amalgamated Association. River and harbor reccommenda tions for the coming year are about the same as in the bill that failed to pass last winter. Burglars who attempted to rob an Ohio bank were frightened away be fore they secured anything and are now surrounded in the woods near the town. The Union Pacific Railroad has notified its empoyes that habitual drinking or even the mere frequent ing of saloons will in future be consid ered cause for discharge. A coal famine in San Francisco is imminent because of the strike. Two men were asphyxiated and others nearly so in a Montana mine. Colombian insurgents are operating along the line of tho Panama railroad. The remains of Dowager Empress Frederick were interred at Potsdam. A passenger train was robbed on the M., K. & T. road in Indian Territory. American looters in China wero sentenced to four years imprison ment. Heavy rains in Arizona are doing much damago to railway and other property. Efforts for the settlement of the San Francisco strike aro making good progress. President Mellen, of tho Northern Pacific, deincs that his company will build to tho Clearwater country. An effort will bo made to induce Western members of tho Amajgamat cd Associaton to reconsider their re fusal to go on strke. . Rovenuo officers have discovered that largo numbers of Chinese havo been smuggled into San Francisco on lumber schooners from British Co lumbia. Highwaymen in Texas held up a passenger train, going through tho coaches and relieving passengers of tlier cash and other valuables. Noth ing was secured from the express car. Later seven men were arrested for the jobbery and part of the plunder re covered. An advance of from one to two dol lars a ton has been mado in all fin ished steel products. Krupp, tho German gun maker, has a fortune of nearly $50,000,000, an income of nearly $14,000,000 and a pay roll of 80,000 persons. Mrs. William E. English presented to the state museum a dead Jersey pig with ono head and two bodies joined at tho shoulders. THE LAW MUST DE UPHELD. Governor Rogers of Washington Will Not In. Itrtcre (or Murderer Norditorm. Seattle, Wash., Aug. lfi. A signed statement from Governor Itogora ni- reared in the Times as follows: "Olympiu, Wash., Aug. 15, 1001. Editor Tho Times: A recont .odl torinl item in your paper regarding tho aonlstrom ease cause mo to sny that undor no circumstances will I interfere! with tho judgment of tho courts in this case. As I view it, a. crisis hns orison in tho state affairs in which Mm question is raised whetli or niimlcr is to bo punished in Wash mgton. or wuctlior tho law is to lie mado nn instrument of jugglery for courts and lawyers. In hngland or Canada, whatevor wo may think of their forms of gov eminent, criminal law is enforced and lynching is unknown. "In Whitman county, of this state. according to Judge McDonald, o !th it countv, BOino 30 iniirde-s and lynch ings altogether have taken nlnco with only one legal hanging, this latter within the last three years. Other counties have records not particularly tlatteriug to our ideas of justice. Only recently the legislature was called in extra session i . for the sole I purpose of removing obstacles which 1 was advised might allow certain murderers, to cscapo, and thus bring our administration of law into re newed contempt. This purpose hav ing beon effected, I shall cortinly udd no new complications. "The judgment of tho court will stand. "JOHN R. ROGERS." CHINESE SMUGGLED IN. Said to Be Broucht by Wholm!e From British Columbia. San Francisco, Aug. 15. Discov eries have just been made which are believed to establish conclusively that wholesale smuggling of Chinese from British Columbia into tho United States through Santa Barbara has been carried on. The revenue ofliciuls were notified several weeks ago, and for three weeks thb revenue cutter McCulloch has been cruising in the waters ot Santa Barbara channel in search of evidence. The smuggling schemo is outlined as follows: Lumber laden vessels leave Pugct sound for Southern Cali fornia points, and after getting well out to, sea run over to Vancouver island and pick up Chinese, who aro ostensibly shipped as part of the crew. Some of these vessels put in at Port Harford, San Pedro and other points with crews more than twice as large as necessary. When sailing for the north the crews consist almost ex clusively of white sailors. Another method adopted is the landing of Chinese on one of the islands in the channel, and they are then brought into Santa Barbara as abalono fishermen. Just what dis coveries have been made by tho offi cers of the reveni e cutter aro not known, but they have been placed in tho possession of important in formation by the local officers and are now following up clews fur nished by secret service agents. It is said that the evidence has been ob tained that opium has also been smuggled into Southern California. ADVICE TO JUDGES. Filipplno First Offences to Be Treated With Leniency. Manila, Aug.15. The United States commission has left Manila on its northern trip. Civil Governor Taft has addressed a letter to the new justices urging that the courts Iks so conducted as to create a good impression. The native first offenses should be treated with parental clemency. The contract providing for harbor improvements has been signed, and work will begin immediately. Tho cost of the improvements will be about $1,600,000. Superintendent of Schools Atkinson is preparing a magnificent recepiton for the 600 American school teachers who are expected to arrive hero in a few days. When the transport arrives 15 launches will convey the teachers to tho Luneta landing. Then they will be driven to the Spanish exposition building, which will become a tem porary educational colony. This building has been completely fur nished by the army with cots, chairs, etc., which havo been lent by the quartermaster's department. Great Forest Fires. Vancouver, B. 0,, Aug. 15. Tho forest fires which annually destroy thousands of dollars' worth of prop erty are now raging on the British Columbian coast. Reports today from up tho coast stato that several small islands havo been completely denuded of trees, and tho wood is so dry that fires on tho mainland, onco started, spread with fearful rapidity, Siberian Reindeer for Alaska. St. Petersburg, Aug.15. News re ceived hero from Vladlvostock says that Lieutenant Wallace Bertholf, of tho United Stales navy, has begun shipping 1.200 reindeer from Okhotsk ports to Alaska. Tobacco Trust Mortgage. New York, Aug. 15. There was filed in tho Hudson county court houso in Jersey City today a mort gagofor $150,600,000 mado by the Consolidated Tobacco Company, of America, to tho Morgan Trust Com pany to securo an issue of 4 per cent bonds not to exceed $150,000,000. It is dated June 15 and boro revenue stamps to tho amount of $75,000, NEWS OF THE STATE TEMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS OF OREGON. Commercial and Financial Happenings of Im portance A Brief Review of the Growth and Improvement) of the Many Industries Throughout Our Thriving Commonwealth Latest Market ReporL ' A enso of smallpox has been re ported ut Howell, in Marion county. Panthers attaaked a band of sheen on the North Coos river and killed over 20. A good sized porcupine, which had been killing numerous chickens, was slain in Moro, Sherman county. Owing to the groat number of build ings leiug constructed in Pendleton, contractors arc having dilllculty in securing enough carpenters to do the work. The Grand Rondo river is lower at present than it has been for many cmra. l'isliermon declare that there is not enough water above Hilgurd for a fish to swim in. Tho serveyors of tho United State geological survey havo found that Odell lake, in Ltiko county, is 4,0150 feet and Crescent lake 5,025 feet iiIk.yo tho levl of tho ocean. Tho summit of tho mountains whore they crossed is 0,850 feet nlove the lovel. As an example of how tho old dona turn laud claims in Polk county arc being divided into small farms, the Grant C-iO acre claim, which for: many years yioicica a living lor a family of only five, now uffords homes for over CO people, and there is yet much wasto land in the traot. Cherries are just coming to market around Enterprise, Wallowa county. A street fair promoter is in Eugene trying to work up a carnival thore for September. There are five Ed Millers in Baker City, and each gets the mail of all the others, so it is said. Between hot weather and harvest the valley towns are almost deserted and business is very dull. It is estimated that 1,000,000 pounds of prunes will be dried in the icinity of Dallas; tins fall. A big prairio fire raged at Ella, in Morrow county, caused by small boys playing with matches. It burned several sections of bunchgrass. A submarine diver has been engag ed for about two months in placing blasts to blow up a reef outside the entrance to tho Umpqua harbor. Rabbit killing is the leading sport now around Paisley. Lako county. The pests are thick and do damage, when able, in the grain and alfalfa fields. Thero is no apparent scarcity of harvest hands in tho cstou neigh borhood; neither is thero a surplus, and those in search of work are not disappointed. W. II. Brummond, of Conncll, Grant county rccontly killed two coy otes with one rifle shot. Ono of tho varimnts was standing 10 feet to one side of the one ho aimed at. Grasshoppers are present in great numbers on both Birch creeks, above Pilot rock, in Umatilla county, and are doing considerable damago both to grain and gardens, tho latter par ticularly. Portland Markets. Wheat Walla Walla, export value, 555Go per bushel jblucatem, 6758c; valley, nominal. Flour best grades, $2.003.40 per barrel; graham, $2.60. Oats $1.151.20 per cental. Barley Feed, $1610.50; brewing, $10.5017 per ton. Millstuffs Bran, $27 per ton ; mid dlings,'$21.50; shorts, $20; chop, $10. Hay Timothy, $1113; clover, $79.50; Oregon wild hay, $56 per ton. Butter Fancy creamery, 17 i 20c; dairy, 1416c&; store, ll12c per pound. Eggs 17c per dozen. Cheese Full cream, twins, 11 ll&c; Young America, 1212Jc per pound. Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3.00 3.75; hens, $3.754.75; dressed. 10 11c per pound; springs, $2.504.00 per dozen ; ducks, $3 for old; $2.60 8.G0 for young; gceso, $44 50 per dozen ; turkeys, live, 810o; dressed, 1012c per pound. Mutton Lambs, 3Jc, gross; dressed, C7o per pound; sheep, $3.25, gross; dressed, 60c per lb. Hogs Gross, heavy, $5.756; light, $4.755; dressed, CJ7o per pound. Veal Small, 89c; large, 7 7c per pound. Beef Gross top steers, $3.504.00; cows and heifers, $3.253,50; dressed beef, 67o per pound. Hops 1214o per pound. Wool Valley, ll'13Ko; Eastern Oregon, 8l2o; mohair, 202Io per pound. Potatoes 90c$1.00 per sack. Senator Clark, of Montana, owns about 40 gold silver,and copper mines. A species of wood that expands like rubber is ono of tho newly discovered products of the Philippines. Andrew Carnegie has offered tho city of Portsmouth, O., $50,000 for a publio library. It has been judicially decided that women who pay rent directly to a landlord in Toronto are entitled to vote for aldermen. FIRE OUT IN THE LAKE. Twelve or Thirteen Lives Lost as the Result Others Rescued by Tugs. Cleveland, Aug. 10 Five inon wero burned to death, four wero drowned, three and possibly four wore suffocat ed and several wore injured us tho re sult of a lire whlali destroyed n tem porary water works orib two miles off tho Cleveland harbor yesterday. Twenty-six men olmycd tho order of Manager G. C. Vunduson when tho Itanies broke out ami took rcfugo in the water on llouting pieces of wreck age, rour oi mom iosi meir noun upon their (rail lloats and sank lo neath tho waves just an help reached their comrades. Tho crow of tho tug R. bpronklo heard tho tiro whitftlo blown from the crib and raced to tho scene from tho harbor. Shu picked up 18 of tho sur vivors who had drifted to tho west of tho crib on their HoaU of board and wreckage. '1 he crili is n total loss, It wan a frame building, 200x50 feet, tho sides sheathed with iron. It is now a charred, s1ihmj1cs mass of wreckage, and mingled with the lilaokoiicd tun tiers aro blackened, rusted and twisted piectt) of plates ot iron uitd steel. The crib and machinery wore tho proixrty were of Shailer A Schiieing lau, contractors. Their loss will ox eced $200,000. Fire and harbor tugs with loscuing l hi r ties on hoard reached the crib looii after the ilumoet broke out, but when they arrived the structure was a seething mass of (lames and all hope of saving it was abandoned. After an hour's hard work tho (lames wero diminished enough to permit tho firemen to climb up tho charred steps and light tho fire from the interior. Then the horror of the calamity was first realized. Every' thing was u total wreck, Whilo tho firemen wero pouring water on tho flames there was u roaring furnace beneath which could not bo reached After two hours of hard work fivo charred bodies, burned beyond rccog nition. wero lound. While this was going on strcnuoux efforts were being put forth to reach the men imprisoned in tho tunnel, whose air supply had apparently been shut off entirely by. tho burning of tho machinery. At the mouth of tho shaft it was like a furnace, and tho iron work was red hot from tho flames. Tho water that was thrown on it turned it into steam at once. Finally after a dclugo of water had been thrown on the smouldering shaft entrance, a voico was heard from tho bottom calling for hoi p. A roiie was dropped down tho shaft, and slowly and carefully tho man at tho bottom was raised, in quick sua cession six others wore brought up from tho foul and stifling air of tho tunnel. All were in u pitablo condi tion. They reported that two other men were lying unconscious at tho liottom of tho shaft. A workman Vol untccrcd to rescue these men, and ho was ouickly lowered into th: shaft In a few moments tho unconscious men were brought up moro dead than alive. Tho tunnel, which has beon under course of construction for several years, and is still far from complete, has been the cause, all told, of tho loss of more than 30 lives. ATTACK ON COMMISSION. Incendiary Pamphlet Spread Broadcast In Manila. Manila, Aug. 16. A pamphlet was published broadcast yesterday con taining an attack on the Untcd States Philippine commission, signed by tho Centro-Catholic. All tho members of that body deny having any con nection with the publication. They believe the pamphlet was issued by a local paper in an endeavor to crcata a sensation. The pamphlet was nomi nally in favor of tho church, culling on tho people to riso in their might against Judge Taft, the civil gover nor, and "tho rest of tho rickct brawl ers running tho government of tho United Stutcs," and saving: "Thoy have declared war against God." New Buildings at Navy Yards. Now York, Aug. 10. Within tho next fow weeks tho navy department will advertiso for bids on the con struction of four new structures at tho Brooklyn navy yard, to cost in tho neighborhood of $1,000,000. Thcso buildings, with tho erection of u great coaling pier from tho cob dock, h number of buildings .on tho ordnance dock, mid tho completion of tho work already under way, will call for an expenditure of about $2,000,000. Will Act on Schley's Counsel. Baltimore, Aug. 10. It is an nounced hero today that Isador Ray nor, attorney general for Maryland, has been retained as ono of tho attor neys for Rear Admiral Bchloy in his coming hearing before tho court of inadiry. Air. Kaynor received n let ter from Admiral Soliloy Sunday in which lio was asked to act as ono oi tho counsel in tho case, and 'at onco accepted tho commission, Postofflce Robber Killed. Marlow. I. T. Aug. 10. Thrco men entered tho Marlow postofflco whilo the guard was out and attempted to blow open tho safe. Tho guard ro turned whilo they wore at work and a battlo ensued, Ono of tho robbers, shot through the head and breast, toll, and ttio owicr two made tneir escape. Tho man gavo his namo as John Gray, of Kansas City. Ho was taken to tho Hospital and died wunin a fow minutes. S Islander Went Down Hear Douglas Island. SIXTY PEOPLE LOST 27C,000 IN GOLD DU8T ALSO WENT TO THE DOTTOM. The St.amer Struck An Iceberg at 2 O'clock A. M and Sank Immediately Butlers Exploded by the Shock-Caplaln Was Last to Leave, and Was Afterwards Lost Prom the literal!. Victoria, II, O., Aug. 20. The steamer Islander, tho ernok xiMuugor steamer of tho Alaskan route, operat ed by tho Canadian Pacillo Naviga tion Company, of this city, struck an iceberg olV Douglas island at 2 A. M, on the morning of Thursday Inst and went to the bottom, carrying 55 to 60 souls, including passenger and members of tho erow. fcoino of the survivors arrived hero this evening by thu steamer Queen They report that as tho Islander went down her boilers exploded, cans ingtlm death of many who might havo escaK.d. Captain Footo went down with his steamer. Thero was $275,000 in gold on the steamer, $100,000 of which was carried by passengers. Tho description ot the disaster by tho survivors is heartrending, Thev say that tho Islander struck an ice berg, and so severe was the shock that every door was jammed fast in the staterooms, ami the ill-fated puou gers, numlitirliig 107, and the crew if 71 wero forced to break through thu windows to reach the ile.ok. Steward Simiwou lost 10 in his lr partment, and his description of the wreck is clearly given, lie was awak ened by tho shock, anil could not get out of his stateroom until he broke out a window. Ho reached tho bridge, where tho pilot was on watch. and, with thu mate, ordered out the lifeboats. Tho vessel was then taking water fust, and tho chief engineer re ported tho rumps nimble to tako care of tho water. Ho also went lielow with un ax, broke down tho lower stateroom doors, and stayed at this work itintll tho water forced him to go to the upper deck. By this time the ship's boats wero loaded and had got away, and, while the olhcers wero getting out tho last life raft, Captain l'ooto called to all Hands to clear tiio snip, as sue was about to go down. Tiiis was tho cap tain's last order, as at that moment tho ship sank, and the captain, leap ing clear of tho wreck, was picked up by a life boat, which in some manner was overturned. Tho day was very misty, and all hands wero forced to shift for themselves. The officers stato that had the passengors not rushed tho boats, tho Iobs of life would have beon small, if indeed, any at all, had been lost. TRAIN BLOWN TO BIT8. Two Cars of Powder Exploded In Tunnel- Set Fire to the Forest. Ashland. Aug. IV. What is re garded us one of tho worst wreaks-in tho history of tho Southern Pacific Company's lines in Oregon took pluco at tunnel No. 7, six and ono half miles north of' Glondalo, tlii afternoon about 4:30 o'clock. Extra freight No. 2102, east, which left here at 0:30 this morning, composed of 20 cars, with tfirco engines, was just emerging from tunnel No. 7, which is a short uno on a sharp curvo in tho track, and about 100 feet long, when tho train parted, tho air hoso break ing. Tho sudden tar caused two rear cars loaded with dynamite to explode. inovnuro irain was uemniisnco. except tho cnglno, and it was injured somewhat. There wero IU cars ol melons, two of powder, two of fruit and tho remainder of miscellaneous froitiht, All but thrco cars of tho melons wero totally demolished by tho forco of tho explosion, which was felt for miles around tho surrounding country. A car filled with acid took fire, and tho names spread to tho dry brush and timber, causing u fierce conflagration. Cow creok, which runs along the sido of the track at this point, was filled with debris and burning wreck a go. A number of tramps who wero rid ing in a half closed car, escaped, so fur as is known at the present time, but until tho debris is cleared the loss of lifo and limb cannot be known, and from tho nature of tho disaster thero may be nothing left of tho re mains of tho unfortunates to toll tho talo. STEAMER Molten Metal Exploded. Youngstown, O., Aug. 20. An ox plosion of 10 tons of molten metal In tho blast furnnco dopartmont ut tho Ohio plant of tho National Stcol Company resulted in the death of thrco workingmen and tho injury of 11 others. Tho maahinory which connoctod tho ladle containing tho molten metal broko, and allowed tho metal to drop into a vat containing water, SERIOUS DATTLE IN COLOMBIA. Cnjijement of July 28 Resulted In Heavy Lou on Both Sides, New York, Aug. 17. Detltlln regard ing tho Venezuelan-Colombian coullltt of July ilBth havo boon received, ami convoy tho first Intimation that tint battlo was u serious ono. Tho on KttKomont was fought at Las I'llnn, l.a I'arada and l'lrlnos, mid lasted 211 hours. Tho Colombian forces wero compelled to retire, but not before 1100 inon on both sides had boon kill, ed niul wounded. Among these wero (lenornl Iteiendo .Medina, of the Veil nxuelaii side,' anil four Colonels. Tint army of GQ00 Invaders was divided Into SS regiments, some of which were of tlm roRtilur Colombian army, com iimnilcd by government otllcers ami using the army artillery. IlocaiiHO of tho strict postal, pros nut! cubic censorship exorcised, tint victories won by tho rebels In several battles were until now given us meio minora. A list of thoso battles wim among the advices received by l)r Itesrepo. July 10, according to Itisur gent advices, General M. Jomu Castillo defeated thu government troops un der General l.uls Volox at l'alnilrn. tailing many prisoners, arms and sup lilies, (loners! Clodomlra Castillo won n battle over u ri'Kllnent that attempt cd to Intercept his command In Its march to Illo Haea. Gmiorul Marin's troops have won several uiiKUKoiuetits' and now- practically control the De partment of Tollmn. Two other buttles with fnvorublo re sults for tho rebels took place nt Can nxaa am! (Jiitun, Department of Pan ama. Four bnttles have beon fought during the Inst month In tho south or Caucn which wero also government defeats, though details aro lacking. Str.'njlh of Insurgents. Now York, Aug. 17. According to the latest bulletin of the Colombian Insurrectionists, n copy of which Iwm Just been received horo, tho rebels havo a fighting strength of 28,000 men. Enjllih Warships at Panama. Victoria, II. C, Aug. 17. II. M 8. Icarus, sloopof-wnr, which has been ordered to England, will leave l-'rliluy morning. She will cull at Han Diego and at Panama, remaining at the hit ter point until tho trouble thero has been settled. II. M. 8. I'liuotoii Is now ot Panama. II. M. S, Warsplto. flng ship of the l'acllle station, whoso commission concludes In January, will bo succeeded by thu flrst-claas cruiser Grafton. Tho government Is concentrating troops from the moro remote prov inces. Tolograph communication with coast points Is Interrupted, and hence nothing Is known horo regard Ing the situation at Cartagonlu and Unrrnnqullla. General Albnn has not yet returned to Colon, but Is expected nt any moment with reinforcements. Troops continue to patrol both ondn of the Isthmus lino at night. Uberlals' Chances Good. Klngston.Jamalca.Aug. 17. A largn n u m bo r of wounded mon, belonging to tho Kovommont troops, wero taken to Colon Monday. This Is regarded as an Indication of tho persistence of the robot attacks. Tho convortod cruiser Namouna ham beon found to ho practlcnlly usotoss. owing to tho bungling attempt to mount heavy guns on board of her. Tho Colombian gnvornntont la now negotiating for tho purchase of tho steamer Ilornard Hull, of tho West India & Pacific Steamship Company, Limited, of Liverpool. The Darton brought 40 passengors. who woro obliged to leave Colon In order to avoid conscription. They say tho chances of tho Mborals' suc coss scorn bolter than over slnco tho commencement of tho revolution. Tho British consul at Colon has ontoroi! a protest agalnBt Jamaicans bclnic compotlcd by tho Colombian govern mont to fight against the rebels. Guards aro still kept on board tho trains running botwoon Panama and Colon. Both sides are committing atrocit ies. In tho attack mado on the gov ernment troops. Sunday, a few mile" out of Colon, tho robots dofoatd tho govornmont force, and ono of tho lat ter was aftorwaras found shot In tho abdomon, with both legs amputatod. This was a reprisal for tho torturo by the govornmont ot political pris oners. Raids Along Panama Road. Colon. Colombia. Aug. 17. Balds) contlnuo almost daily or nightly along tho Uno, owing to tho entlro absence of military protection. Last night Matachln was again raldod and cattle bolonglng to Bympathlrors with tho govornmont woro stolon. Two wo men woro kidnaped nt Gorgon station Sunday night and tho Chlnoso thorn woro pillaged. On most occasions of this chnracter, tho Chlnoso aro tho chief aufforors. Consequently thoy aro dally transferring provisions and merchandise to Panama, thus Inten sifying want and suffering all along tho lino. Armod guards consisting of about GO mon still accompany each passonger'traln. Sheriff Stood Off a Mob. Tuscaloosa, Ala., Aug. 17. A mob of about 50 men ontorod tho jail be fore daylight this morning, dotor- mined to lynch Henry Pratt, colorod, charged with attomptod assault on Salllo Dlco, a llttlo white girl. Aftor sorrto parleying, Shorlff Kylo worked hlc way to a closet, solzod a loaded shotgun and told tho mob that thoy must 1(111 htm before thoy could got tho prlsonor. In tho faco of tho load ed gun tho mob loft tho jail and dls porsod. It Is rumored that tho mob was also aftor a nogro who wa" brought horo from Coaling last night 9120.000 Plre at Derkley. Berkeley, Gal., Aug. 19, Firo lato last night in tho ongino room of Nio haus Uros. company's planing mills at West Lorkoloy destroyed threo aoros of buildings, lumbor plies and finished products ot tho mills, John Evording's starch works, Hare & Co. 'a Eldorado Oil works, T. Haywood lumber yards and partially destroyed Evordinc's erlst mill und his res!. donee. Tho loss reaches $120,000.