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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 27, 1901)
BOHEMIA NUGGET. rahlUhtd Kttj Friday. COTTAGE GROVE. . . OREGON. EVENTS OF THE DAI! A Comprehensive Review of the Important Happening! of the Past Week Presented In Condensed Form Which Is Most Likely to Prove of Interest to Our Many fttdcri. Destructive forest fires in Colorado liavo subsided. A Ohcyenno womnn shot and killed lier father-in-law. Columbia is being propared for tlio coining yacht races. Tlio Buffalo Expo.-ition lias suf fered a heavy financial loss. No poison was found on tlio bullets or revolver token from Czolgosz. McKinloy memorial services were hold at Chicago and other cirties, Harry Do Windt will again attemt the overland journey via llehring straits. The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York will visit an Ottawa luin bor camp. Col. Murray, commandorof Lovntt'i Scouts, was killed by Doers on tlio Orange river. Explorers in Northern Alaska found herds Of mountain sheep frozpn in the ico of glnciors. The U. S. training ship Mohican returned from a prolonged cruise and reports 'JO desertions. Herr Johnnn Most was arrested after a hard fight while making anar chist speeches in row iork. A boy attempted to photograph President .Roosevelt as ho left church, but was stopped by a policeman. Many Boers will scttlo in Damara land. Mrs. McKinley's condition does not improve. W. A. McCorniic, timber land deal cr committed suicide. The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York are at Montreal. The "allied party'' was launched by reformers at Kansas City. Puget Sound conference of 'the M. E. Church opened at Olympia. The San Francisco strike has resolved itself into a game of seige. Tho czar arrived at Dunkirk, .France, and proceeded to Campiegne. Roosevelt inspires confidence by his announcement that he will carry out McKinley's policy. 0. It .& N. company arranges for a monthly ojchnngo fair a help to the farmer at Pendleton. Citizens of Marshfieid, Or., made a man leave town because he spoke dis respectfully of President McKinley. The body of the late president ar rived at Canton. Tho remains were taken to the Canton Courthouse, where they lay in state. Log raft reaches San Francisco in safety. Chinese troops have - re-entered Pekin. Czolgosz' trial was set for next Monday. Mrs. McKinley seems to be break . ing down. Northern whaling fleet meeting with poor success. Frost in tho corn belt strengthens the grain markets. Tho state funeral of the late presi dent occurred at Washington. The charter commission went on record in favor of civil servico regula tions. .Roosevelt asked tho members of tho cabinet to remain throughrout tho term. Men aro en route from Ohio to tako the places of the strikers at San Francisco. Oregon Wool Growers Convention decides on a $1,000 reward to stop sheep poisoning. President Roosevelt has outlined his policy. Log raft mado a long voyage to San Francisco. Wheat market shows signs of re turning lifo. Governor Rogers, of Washington, sets aside a day of mourning and prayer. The Duke and Dutchess of Corn wall mado their formal entry into Canada. Czolgosz, who assassinated Presi dent McKinley, was indicted for mur der in tho lirst degree. RUSHED DY BOERS. Commander ol Lovatt's Scouts Killed on the Orange River. London. SonL Tho war olllco has received tho following dispntah from Lord kitchener, dated Pretoria, Sentombor 22: ' Kritziugor, while endeavoring to forco a piusngo of the Urungo rivur, near Horschol, at 1 o'clock Friday morning, rushed tho camp of a party of .Lovatt V scouts. Ho failed to oross the river, but the jcouts lost heavily. Lieutenant Colonel Murray and Cap tain Murray, his adjutant, wore killed. Deep regret at the loss of Colonel Murray, who throughout the war led Lovatt's Scouts with groat gallantry. Under covor of durknoss, the Boers managed to carry of a gun. They were promptly followed and tho gun was recovered in a smart engage out in which Kritxinger lost two killed and 20 taken prisoners." Lord Kitchenor also reports that the Rritish captured by tho Boers in the ambush near Scheeper's Nek, Sep tember 17, havo been released, and that tho Rritish casualties in 'tho NEWS OF TJLB STATIi TCMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS OF OREGON. Commercial and Financial Happenings of Im portanceA Drlcf Review of the Growth and Improvements ol the Many Industries Throughout Our Thriving Commonwealth Latest Market Report. More fnrmors are wanted In Oregon. Tho Koscburg Btrcct fair la now In full swing. i Settlors In the noleliborhood of Lor raine want a shingle mill. Tho winter session of tho Stato nor mal school at Monmouth Is now open. Tho sawmill of W. It. Llda, on Gales Crook, was burned with 20.000 feet of lumber loss over $6,000. Tho state board of education has granted a stato certificate to A. D. Sortllng, a tcachor at Halscy. SCHLEY COURT OF INQUIRY. Sessions Resumed at Washington Many Im portant Witnesses Called. Washington, 8opL 23. Tho Bcliley court of Inquiry reconvenoil Saturday. and boforo adjournment examined four witnesses. Tlio most Important Inchlont of tho day was tho decision of tho court withdrawing a question put by the court Itself, asking n witness to glvu his opinion concerning n point under controversy. Tho wltiiosa was Ilenr Aumirai uiggiuson, who participated In the Santiago campaign as captain It Is stated by thoso In n position to recent Vlakfontoin engagement, when know that there Is ovory prospect of ln... ..... ........ ,.f tlin vnnr'o finti nrnn lirliii-lnt- nnAj mounted infantry and two guns, were one olhcor and live men killed, 2d men wounded and six otliecrs and 100 men taken prisoners. Ho announced that theso prisoners had since been released He furthci reports the capture of two commnndocs ono consisting of 55 men, under Commandant Koohs, who wcro takon with their entire transport, west of Adeburg, nnd tho other, consisting of 64 men, m eluding J. P. Botha, who wore taken with 18 wagons, and their belongings, 45 miles southeast of Carol ia Lord Kitchener's latest dispatches, although they contain good news as well as bad. have contained Iittlo to reassure tlio pcoplo concerning tlio state ol nil air?. Tlio loss of lieuten ant Colonel Murray, a brothor of Lord Manshold, is keenly felt. There is little doubt that further details will show it was a serious affair, Remarkable Discovery tn Alaska. Vancouver, B. C, Sept. 24. Tho Dawson News prints n remarkable story' about the prospecting tour just completed of II. W. Bracken, who lias returned to Dawson aftor six months in Northern Alaska. Accord ing to Bracken's narrative, whilo in the RomanzotT mountains, about ,000 miles from Dawson, ho and his servants ascended a mountain glacier. At a height of 8,000 feet they found herds of mountain sheep frozen in the ice. The theory is that somo cx- reme mid-winter blizzard had caught them while stampeding over the dome. Then the sheep huddled to gether and perished, snow gradually forming an icy covering. Whatever portions ol the bodies of tlio sheep ere above the ice were devoured by artic bears and wolves. . Bracken is said to be a scientific miner of 25 cars' experience, having resided three years on the Yukon. Guarding the Route. Vancouver, B. C, Sept. 23. Prepa rations are now perfected for the safe conduct of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York across the conti nent to this city. The entire line of railway from Quebec to Vancouver will be guarded and patrolled during the royal progress. Thousands of these men have been specially engaged for this purpose by the Canadian Pacific railway. Each guard will remain In sight of his neighbor on either side The royal train will be preceded all along tho route by ono or more pilot finplnna wfilnt, will I'nnn n .tin- rila. tnni-a nYinnrl A onAnlal " n . . . n t ti.t. I vate detectives Is on the watch all over Canada for suspicious characters, with orders to arrest any such and keep them In Jail until the royal party has left Canada. Tho thousands of switches all along the line of the transcontinental railroad will be spe cially guarded and locked. All traffic will give way before the royal train, not a wheel being allowed to turn within a distance of 200 miles of the duke's train. tho year's hop crop brlnghiK Rood prices. Whllo trying to ilrlvo an Intruding1 bull out of his pasturo near Coos Rlv-' or, George Yoakum was gored to ' death. Ernest Cot, aged IS years, was kill od by bolng struck by a falling treo whllo teaming In a lumber camp near Mcdtord. John Petorson. who claims to bo a Norwegian, was run out of Marshllold for making rotnarks dorocatorv tn tim lato President McKinley. Two stockholders in tho Luckv nnv mlno In tho Blue River district recent. ly sold out their Interests for 120.000 eacn. Tney each owned one-sixth. Mrs. Lou Hash, llvlnc on a homo. stead In Lowor Alsca, spied a huge buck on tho edgo of tho clearing tho other day, and solzlug tho ready Win- cnosier urougnt mm down, num score lost BRIRI8H TORPEDO-BOAT STROYER FOUNDERED. DE UKAIt ADMHtU Still, KV The lessees of tho 15. Iln V mlnn nnnr Gold Hill, recently received returns from a shipment of ore that cava n eoini vaiuo or $7,305.30 per ton. Tho vein is widening and shows no do creaso In values. Tho Gardinor canneries will not Imj operated tins season. Three thousand extra froieht cars could bo used in Oregon at once. Publishers of school books for Oro- gon aro not obliged to tako old books in exchange. Tho car containing Benton Coun ty's exhibit nt tho Stato Fair, will leavo Corvallis for fealem this week. Sherif Blakoly. off Umatilla Coun- ty, has been unablo to obtain infor mation from San Francisco regarding Captain McCook, who bilked persons in Pendleton out of something like $700. A gentleman who is in a position to know, what he is talkinc about stated a few days aco that about $100,000 of Eastern money had been brought to Benton County in tho past few months for investment. shland has well demonstrated its nterpriso by tho publication of a Iittlo book setting forth tho resources and opportunities of that great sec tion ol tho Itocuo Iuver vnllcv. of which it is the business center. Riddle's new school buildine has been completed. It is ono of tho neatest school buildings in the statu. Tho building is 80x00, with haso- mcnt. It contains three larco and commodious rooms with the neces sary halls, etc. One hundred mon woro trapped in a Colorado mino by an explosion, and thoir death is almost certain. The remains of tho martyred prcsi dent were borne from Buffalo to Washington. Tho train ran through ono great lano of bareheaded people Mrs. McKinley stood tho trip well Memorial services will vo held in Xondon. A pair of old, English brass andirons or hro dogs" were sold lor 280 guin eas in London tho other day. In many of tho perfume factories of South Europo only tho purest olive oil is used in fixing tho perfumes of flowers. Tho Forth bridgo is constantly be ing repainted. So vast is tho struc ture that it takes 50 tons of paint to givo it ono coat, and tho area dealt with is something like 120 acres A New Brigadier General. Washington, Sept. 24. Tho presi dent has appointed Col. James M. Bell, Eighth Cavalry, and president of tho Military Board of Review, to bo a brigadior general, vico Brigadier General Ludlow, deceased. Gen. Boll will rotiro Oct. 1, thus leaving a va cancy for another appointment. Philippine Cable Completed. Washington, opt 24. The signal oflicp of tho war department today recciveu a mcssago irom iUiunla say ing that the last link of tho cable had been laid, which allowed tclcgraphio communication with the southern most island of tho Philippine group, Broke Up the Souphouscs. Tampa, Fla., Sept. 24. Somo days ago tho citizens' committee notified tho striking members of Resistcncia union that tho souphouscs established by the union must close, claiming that they oncouraged cigarniakers to remain idle. Most of them wcro closed, but today citizens visited sovon of them, poured tho soup on tho ground and put out the fires. Somo of tho cigar makers assisted in tho work. Six hundred strikers havo re turned to work. Killed Her Father-ln-Law. Cheyenne, Wyo., Sept. 21. Mrs. Lena Fair shot nnd killed her father- in-law, Michael Fair, at their homo m boutli Cheyonne this evening. Mrs. Fair is a girl of 20 years. Sho says lair, who is past 50 years old, threatened to kill hor. and when sho fired hud ono hand on hor throat and with tho other was reaching for his rovolver. Tho polico found a revol ver in the hip pocket of tho dead mail. Mrs. lair was arrested. Portland Markets. Wheat Walla Walla, nominal 55c; blucstem, 5Cc; valley, 50. Flour best grades, $2.653.50 per barrel: graham, $2.00. Oats Old, 0095 percental. Barley Feed, $1515.50; brewing, $15.50 per ton. Millstuffs Bran, $17 18; mid dlings, $21.50; shorts, $20; chop, $10. Hay Timothy, $1113: clover. $79.50; Oregon wild hay, $56 per ton. Butter Fancv creamory,2527o uairy, inigzuc; store, izoioc per pounu. Eggs 2l22c per dozen. Cheese Full cream, twins, VMtCft I3c; Young America 13 Mo per pounu. Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3.00 3.75; hens, $3.O04.25; dressed. 10 lie per pound; springs, $l.753.00 per dozen ; ducks, $3 for old; $3.00 3.50 for young; geese, $55.60 per uozen ; turxeys, live, bqiuc; dressed, iuizo per pound. xuuiion iamus, ac, gross; uresseu, ucjuo per pound; sheep, $3.zo, gross; uresseu, oo per lb. Hogs Gross, heavy, $00.25; light, $4.755; dressed, 77Jo per pounu. Veal Small. 89o; largo, 7 76C per pound. Beef Gross top steers, $3.50(34.00: cows and lienors, ifj.ou3.50; dressed ocei, u$ic per pounu. Hops 1012jc per pound. Wool Vulloy, ll13o: Eastorn Oregon, 812Jc; mohair, 2021o per puunu. Potatoes $1.10$1.20 por sack. Thoro aro 28.894 Juvenllo societies In tho British Isles, with a membership of 2,530,000. Atmosnhorlc shams say that oven at tho equator tho average temper ature of tho sea at tho dopth of a rallo Is hut four dogrces abovo freez ing point. In India, if you see a auantitv of strings tied from sldo to sldo of the street, with three cornered nieces of paper fastened to them, you may know that a birthday is being celebrated In ono of tho houses. . of tho battlo-Bhlp Massachusetts. This vessel was at ono time n part of the Hying sqniulron, commanded by Com modoro Schley, nnd tho court asked htm to state whether nil posslblo measures woro taKon to capture or destroy tho Spanish vobboI Chrlstobal Colon ns It lay In Santiago harbor from May 27 to Juno 1, 1898. Counsol for Admiral Schloy objected to tho question on the ground that n roply would lnvolvo an opinion and not a statomont of facta. Jutlge-Advocato LcmJy admitted that tho precedents wore against questions of this charac ter, and tho court withdraw this in' terrogntory. It Is generally ndmltted that this decision will hnvo tho effoct of ma terially shortening tho term of tho court, as will also tho court's Intontlon to cut out irrolovant questions and nil heresay testimony. In soveral casos, tho witnesses woro admonished to re late only evonts coming within thoir own observation. Admiral Dewey showed himself a prompt and methodical presiding oftl cor. Ho called tho court to ordor exactly at tho designated hour, nnd adjourned It Just as promptly nt 4 o'clock. Tho witnesses todny wero Ilear-Admlral Hlgglnson, who com manded tho battle-ship Massachusetts during' tho Spanish war; Captain C. M. Chester, who commanded tho cruiser Cincinnati; Mnjor ThomaB N. Wood, of tho marino corps, who com manded tho marines on tho Massa chusetts) and Commander O. I). liar ber, who was an executive ofTlcor of tne 'lexas, tho latter being on tho stand when tho court adjourned. Tho attendance of tho public was small. Rear-Admiral Ramsay occupied tho seat which, on tho first day of tho session was fllled by Roar-Admiral Howlson. All three mombors of tho court wcro In service uniform, and tho morning air was cold enough to mako their closely-buttoned coats nppear comfortable. Mrs. Dowoy nccomppa nlcd her husband and remained a short tlmo. Tho general attendance was not large. BOERS MAKE ANOTHER HAUL. The Result of an Cxploslon-Of the 70 Men Aboard Only a Dozen Were Rescued Worst Disaster In the British Navy Since the Nevcr-to-IIC'I'orgotlcn Sinking ol the Victoria IjOIiiIoii, Sept. 23 Tho torpedo-bout destroyer Cobra has foundered In the North Sea, the result of an explosion, The ship was en route from tliu yard of her builders, the Armstrongs of Newcastle, to Portsmouth. It is riv ported that all hand were lost with the ecxeptlon of about half a dozen pomnm. Five boats were launched after tliu Cobra struck, but hoiiiu of thuiu wero swamped in thu heavy sen whiuh was running at that time. The first intimation of thu dimistor was tliu arrival ot a Hulling lioal at Yarmouth with hIx boditw, which she had picked up in tho vicinity of thu spot where the Cobra wm la.tt seen. According to tho fiiherineii.the Cobra .... , l . .l..-l. .lf l . I.I. L It I was sigiiicu uy me iigiiiMinp on now , ing.1 Sands yoitorday mon ins envel oped in steam, and she shortly after ' wards disappeared. Thu men on the lightship supposed thu Cobra had sailed away until the evening, uhun they observed hodicn Moating in the water, and signalled to the fishing loat to investigate the ditmstor. A dispatch from Middhnboro nay 12 survivor of thu crow were landed there this morning, ami eoullniis the report that all thu others were drowned. The llritidi Adniirality has received information that the explo sion occurred after the Cobra struck a rock, and that she sank immedi ately. The Cobra was a turbine engined vmih) I. She had jmt loft tho. yard of her contractors and wut undergoing a boiler test. About one your ago the Cobra boat tho record of the Viier, and won tho title of the fastest vos to! in tho world, making 37.7 knot or -i.i.d miles an hour. Corrected ilguros show that she hud 711 con In on hoard. l or 07 no hope, i held out, but torpedo bouts and cruix ers liavo gone nt full sin-cd to the scene of tho disaster, which is tho most serious tho British navy Ihih mi( fcrcd since tho sinking of the Vic toria. Lieutenant Botmorth Smitl tlio uonra's commander, stood upon tho bridge' with his arms folded, ns impassive as on parade, and went down with tho vessol. MI8PLACED OWITCH Caused the Death of Three Men and Three Women In Massachusetts. Brockton, Mnmi,, Sept. 21, A switch not properly nut brought n puhhoiikoi' oxpi'omi and u heavy freight train to gether thin afternoon with thu result ant duath of hIx paaengurn on the ex proxn train, mid Injuries to 26 others, on tho main lino of thu Now York! Now Haven & Hartford Billhead at Avon. Tho express loft Boston at 1:08 P. M., nnd was. running 40 iiiIIck an hour nt thu tlmo of tho accident. Of thu nix persoiiH who woro killed, but four have boon Identified, Tho two unidentified bodies are those of women. A freight train of 3o cars had just mado up on a Hiding, ami was proceeding south In thu name di rection n h tho express, Engineer Bheldon, of tho freight train, ilgureii that ho hud four minutes to spare to get on a sldo track further down. One of his train crew had set tho mvltrii of n "croHNOvor" In such n manner that when tlio freight went nhciui it wan turned onto thu main track, icn glneer Sheldon did not notice tint switch quickly enough to enable him to stop hln train. THE FERRIER MURDER CASE. Ilolcomh Was WHAT CARTER STOLE. Captured a British Company and Two Guns, Killing An Officer. London, Sept. 23. Lord Kitchener reports that tho Boers havo captured a company of mounted Infantry nnd two guns, at Vlakfontoin. Orio officer was killed. Tho Boors, In superior forces, surrounded tho British. Lord Kitchenor Is making a strict Investi gation, and has sent columns of troops In pursuit of tho Boors. Tho Gazotto announces that on tho dlsbandraent of Lord Strathcona's Can adlan corps, 29 ofllcors havo boon granted honorary rank In tho British army, corresponding with their pros ent rank. Tho list commences with tho namo of Colonol Stolo (tho com mander of Strathcona's horso in South Africa), who becomes an honorary lieutenant-colonel in tho regular army. London, Sept 23. Tho succession of "regrettable Incidents" which Lord Kitchener has reported has ovokod editorial counsols to tho government to ccaso to endeavor to watro war by proclamation and to rccoenlzo tho need of cmshlng tho Boers by forco oi-arms. jno news has as vet Loon received that tho Boors havo liberated tho prisoners recently capturod, and, according to Boer circles In Brussols, Commandant-General Botha intonds to hold tho ICO British prisoners as hos tages against tho carrying out of tho terms oi L,oru Kitchenor s proclamn tlon. May Be An Anarchist. Washington, Sept. 23. Tho polico aro looking for a man who approached soveral pedestrians early today and asked tho address of Presldont Roose velt's sister, tho wlfo of Commandor Cowles, of tho navy. Soveral of the ofllcors woro detailed to guard tho Cowles resldonco. Tho man is de scribed as about 40 years old, speaks with a foreign accont, has a light moustache, dark clothes and had a box ' about eight Inches lone and about' threo and a half wldo. Two Hundred Thousand Dollars Taken Pol session ol at Huntington, W. Va. Chicago, Sopt. 23. Through the rccovory of $200,000 in cash and so curities in Huntington, W. Va., the government authorities now havo po seessiou of nliout $380,000 of the funds embezzled by 01orlin M Carter. ex-Captain of the United States Eugineor Corps at Savannah Ga. The announcement was mad today by Marion Irwin, Special As sistunt Attorney-General of tho Unit ed States, who is now in Chicago, Mr. Irwin has beon working for tho nttorncy-gcncral for soma time in tho litigation instituted by thu Govern nicnt to recover tho funds alleged to havo been fraudulently converted from tho river and harbor improve ments in tho Savannah district. He will remain Chicago for some timo to push tho proceedings on the lull re cently hied in the United States Cir cuit Court against Captain Carter, his uncle, Loronzo 1). Carter, and his brother, I. Stanton Carter. Largo amounts ot securities representing government Hindu, so it is churned havo been traced to tho latter two defendants, nnd ns yet they havo failed to account for them. Frosts In New York. uuca, n. y., Hept. 23. A very so voro frost was experienced throughout uenirai anu rvortnorn wow York last night. Ico formed on shallow water and great, damage was dono to all garden and truck farm products. Colombian Revolution Falling. Washington, Sopt. 23. Dr. Martinez Sllva, tho Colombian mlnlstor, callod at tho stato dopartmont today and had a snort talk with Secretary Hay In re gard to affairs In South Africa, it is understood to bo tho oarnost nopo of Colombia, as well as tho Unltod Statos government, to havo tho troublo botweon Colombia ami lmr noignuors sottlod without tho Inter vention of tho United Statos to pnrrv out tho treaty regarding tho isthmus. From tho latest advices received at mo uoiomwan iogatlon tho ofllcials aro confidont that tho disturbance In thoir country is rast dwindling awn' Distributing Coast Artillery. Washington, Sopt. 23. Tho secre tary of war has dlroctod a distribution of tho 120 companies of coast artlllory. Among tho assignments aro: Fort Rosocrnns, Cal two: Fort MIloy, Cab, two.; Presidio of San Francisco, flvo; Fort Bakor, Col.. threo: Fort Columbia. Wnnli Fort Stevens. Or., two: For Wash., two: Fort Flaclor. Wnnii. threo: Fort Wordon. Wash., twn: Unn. olulu, two; Phlllpplno Islands, four. Dying Statement of llremcr Admitted. ChehnllB, Wash., Sept. 19. In tlio Korrler casa Judge Linn has ruled that thu dying Htutomont of limner Ilolcomh, made to his brother, wns admissible. Tho stntement was- "It looked llku Sam Furrier would have stopped hlui. I don't know what John wanted to kill mo for. I never did anything to hltu. The firm shot he fired dazed mo; the second I fell, hut do not know why, nnd I did not know anything after thu third until you tried to pick ma up." Two physicians testified ns to the wound, tho bullet entering thu back nn Inch mid n half to thu right of the median lino and coming out four or flvo inches below and a little to the right of tho left nipple. Their testi mony established tho fart that de ceased could not have moved from tho position where ho fell. Tho tes timony of other witnesses showed that Pernor must havo followed Ilolcomh In ordor to shoot him. as ho could not havo soon him from where ho shot nt Miller, nnd R. II. Ilolcomh. The state rested Its case nt 3 o'clock and court adjourned until tomorrow morning. ENGLI8H MAIL8 VIA U. S. Mails From Australia will Hereafter Pass Over the Union Paclllc Railroad. Omaha, 8ept. 19. At Union Paclllc headquarters It Is nnnounced that as n result of fast tlmo mado by tho trains carrying the mail over this country on route from Australia to Knglnnd, such mail will bo In futuro sont via tho United Stntos routo instrnd of SKoz Canal. Tho mall was rnrlod from 8nn Francisco to Now York ovor tho Union Pacific. BurllnKton nnd Now York Contrnl. nnd tho tlmo from 8ydnoy to London was cut down soven days. Tho mall, consisting of seven sacks, left Sydney nt 10 A. M. August 13, and was dollvorod to tho Ixindon post odlco nt 7 A. M. Soptombor H. Impor tance attaches to tho now departure In hnndllng tho British mall, becauso It consists largely of documents In tended for tho British Pnrllomont. which will horoaftor pass across tho Wostorn Continent. KLONDIKER ROBBED. Gold Was Recovered by the Merest Accident as the Boat Arrived Home. Soattlo, Wash., Sopt. 21. F. W. GustnfHon, a Klondlkor, who roturncd on tho steamship City of 8oattle, from tho north, was robbed of nbout $1,000 In gold on tho voyngo down, nnd re covered tho troasuro JiiBt as tho vessol reached this city In n peculiar manner. It was tho morost nccldont that tho gold was found. Tho ship had beon scarchod and all hones of loeatlnc tho missing troasuro had boon abandoned. Flromnn Cartwoll, of tho City of So attlo. dropped a knlfo botweon tho two boilers In tho flroroom, and whllo hunting for tho knlfo, found a string loading down Into tho bllgo wator In tho hold. Ho pulled up tho cord nnd found tho sack of cold, rnntnlnlnir about 200 ounces Intact. It was re turned to Its owner. Thoro is no clow to tho thief. Perished In Fire Snn Francisco. Sont. 1!). .Inmnu Shohan was burnod to death early this morning In n flro nt tho wood nnd coal yards of John Hardlman. nn II mil. nan street. Throo horsos also perish ed in tho flames. Shohan. who was 35 yoars old, was employed by Hardl man. and was asloon when tlm n broko out. Killed by a Boiler Explosion. Poorltt. 111.. Sont. 21. A lintlnr nr. plosion In tho oloctrlc light plant nt Sheldon. 111., this ovenlng Instantly killed Ernest Powollov. mnnnirnr nf tho plant, and fatally Injured Loonard Snow, a bnnkor, nnd ah unknown In surance man from Chicago. Bankers' Convention. Now York. Sont. 21 A Is mado that tho American nnnkorH' Association hod docldod to hold Ita annual convention nt Milwaukee Oc tobor 15, 10 nnd 17. Tobacco Trust Reaching Out. Now York, Sopt. 21. Rocnrdlne: cn- bio roports from Llvorpool that nn of fer has boon mado by tho American Tobacco Company to purchaso n con trolling Intorost in tho Ogdon CIgnr otto Company, of Llvorpool, It was said in Wall stroot that negotiations had boon going on for somo tlmo. Theso negotiations, It wns doclarod, woro but n ston In a movement which alms at tho control of tho tobacco bus iness in Groat Britain,