BOHEMIA NUGGET.
COTTAGE GROVE... OREGON.
EVENTS OF THE DAY
A Comprthemlve Review of the Important
iappenburj of the Past Week Prtunltd
In i Condensed Form Which li Moil
UkeJy to Prove of Ifiterut lo Our Hie;
Captain Connell Wad been warned
of the Italansriga plot.
There k intent feeling against in
awrgewM n army circle.
A enlknal kidnaping mm k re
ported from Philadelphia.
Csolgasx' work km praised at a
meeting of London anarchists.
The Ut dprtHtent urged th?
American Mkekm board to mite the
ransom for Mis Stone.
King Edward k suffering from
lumbago.
Serious riots Mwrml at tb Hun
garian elections.
Kitchener attacks the British gov
ern men t'o war policy.
Sugar trust mates a deep out in
manufactured product.
Flanagan broke the harnmer-throw-ing
record at Louisville.
Columbia won the third race and
the series from the Shamrock.
The speedy collapse of the Boer re
sistance is expected by the British
war office.
Sunday-closing movement in Lewis
county, Wash., declared at an end by
tho reformers.
3fembers of tho Macedonian com
mittee wore implicated in the abduc
tion of Miss Stone.
Bankor Bush, of Salem, files new
nnd strongor charges against ex-State
treasurer Mctechan.
Secretary Hay may resign.
Martial law will bo declared at Cape
ports.
In attacks on two British forts 250
Boors were killed.
Anarchist Johann Most was dis
charged from custody.
Frosidont appointed Col. Wm. II,
Bigbee a brigadier general of the regu
lar army.
Tho Toamsters' and Longshore'
men's strike at San Francisco has
been settled.
The Industrial commission has is
sued a report on labor legislation at
home and abroad.
Boers attacked Kokewich's camp
near Pretoria and wore repulsed, with
heavy loss on both sides.
Harrowing details were connected
with the slaughter of Americans in
Samar. The president of Balangiga
led the assault in person. A heavy
force is being sent to punish the
rebels.
The Turks are preparing
to attack
Kowcit.
Tho cabinet discussed Mckay's Pa
cific cable scheme.
Venezuela is sending more troops
to the Goajira frontier.
Pro-Boers in Bermuda aided Dutch
war prisoners to escape.
Duke and Duchess of York began
their homeward journey,
Prominent names are mentioned in
connection with the Heistano affair,
German owners christen their ships
in honor of Oregon and the Colum
bia.
Flans are about completed for the
opening of the Fort' Hall, Idaho,
Indian reservation.
Important decision regarding the
sale of lands, on which payments
arc Overdue, by tho Oregon State
Xand Board.
American'ship Iroquois dismasted
Dining car robbed of $400at Ash
land.
Colombia has a cabinet crisis on'
hand.
Heavy increase in visible grain
supply.
Several miners killed in a mine ex
plosion near Victoria.B . C,
Official investigation begun of tho
alleged .Manila hemp combination.
Tho Duko and Duchess of York
were royally entertained by Vancou
ver, B. C.
Sentinel was deceived in thinking
tbcro wcro intruders at tho tomb of
3IcKinloy.
A new branch of a society to
slaughter whites discovered in the
.Philippines.
Venezuela's finances aro in bad
shape, and the feoling against Presi
dent Castro is growing.
Benjamin J. Goo confesses tho
murder of Edward Mclntyro, in Cow
litz county, Wash., last week.
Admiral Evans, Captain Jewell and
Commander Miller woro tho new wit
nesses before tho Sohloy court.
Treasury offioials figurooutan accu
mulation of $540,000,000 of gold
within a year.
Tho river Deo in Scotland has had
more, poems written in its honor than
any othor stream on tho British islo,
Tho English bought $360,000 worth
of American shoes in 1898 and in
creased their purchases last year to
$1,150,000. English shoo firms aro
trying to save themselves by putting
in American machinery.
FOUR TRAINMEN KILLED
Rcar-End ColKston o( FreljM Trains on thi
Panhandle Read.
I-Ojwrffpoet. Iml., Oct. S. Four
Panhandle tr.ynmefi met death near
Onward, 11 Miles (Oatimst of hore
in t rear-end collision of freight
train. tbe bodies of three being taken
oot badly mutilated ami the fourth
being a I moot entirely consumed by
fire.
During th night. Conductor Wea
rer, in eharjre of the second section
of train X& 79, an engine and two
cabooses, left Hartford City for Lo-
Kanport. In Um renr cabooe were
CUlbrenth, Broeiu and Oreely, who
had won working on tw gravel train
at Hartford Cwy and who were en
route to thk city to spend Sunday
with their mmiltea. They were alt
Mtocp when Mm train stopped near
Onward to make up steam. The
nacman was sent out to watch for the
third section from the eact, and no
danger was thought of until the train
loomed up too eke for any to ecae
except leaver, who juropeti ami got
on uninsured. The third section
with Engineer John Patterson, had
attained a high speed, and when it
struck the rear caboose the engine
reared into the air, turned clear
around and came down on its side in
the diteh, smashing a number of
cars into kindling wood and burning
in the debris the sleeping trainmen
and the fireman.
EXCITEMENT AT PUEBLO.
frequent .Hurderous Assaults Upon Women
and Girls.
Pueblo, Colo., Cvt. 8. This city
is in great excitement over n series
of murderous assaults upon - women
and girls. From what can be learned
they seem to have been committed
by the same iierson, a .Negro or a very
dark white man with his face black'
oned. Last night Mrs. J. P. Hen.
derson was a victim, being half killed
with a club while alone in her home,
the assailant having induced her to
admit him by protending he had a
telegram. He stole a revolver when
he departed. Later, a girl in a fam
ily named Hamilton was terribly
choked by a man who had forced his
way in. He left on the bed where the
girl had been sleeping, the same re
volver stolen at the other place. Mrs.
Hickey, who was struck down while
riding a bicycle two nights ago is
still at the point of death with a frac
tured skull and can give no clear ac
count of what occurred. Two very
voting girls have recently leen victims
of aseAtilts of the most atrocious des
cription. In another case a egro
who seized a young lady on the
porch of her home, was chased two
blocks by a young man who came
out, but escaped. The police have
been unable to get any definite infor
mation. Keport comes late tonight
of another case, which is now being
investigated.
INSPECTION IS FAULTY.
Engineering Expert! Report on Condition of
Brooklyn Bridge.
New York, Oct. 8. District attor
ney Philbin has made public the re
port of fcuwin Duryea and Joseph
Maycr.the special engineering experts
appointed by him to look into the
condition of the Brooklyn bridge after
the breaking of several suspender rods
and suspender bands July 24 last.
These experts were appointed to
make this report with a view to pre
senting tjie matter to the grand jury,
if it shoiild lie found that the bridge
department had been negligent. The
experts found that the inspection of
the structure, as maintained by the
bridge department is faulty, but that
the bridge is now practically as strong
as when completed. One trouble is
that the moving loads which cross
the bridge have increased so rapidly
that tho structure must be strength
ened. The accident of July 24 is
found to have been due to the 'wind
pressure blowing against the plat
form cars, causing a pressure trans
verse to the bridge, thus causing tho
rods to bend. Had careful inspection
been maintained, the bending and
breaking would have been prevented
The experts maintain that tho in
spection of tho brigde should bo done
by engineers, and not by mechanics,
as at present. They find that the
safety of tho bridge can bo increased
by remedying the certain defects in
the design. They hasten to say, how
ever, that they do not criticise tho
designer, and call attention to the
fact that since his structure was de
signed, great advancement has been
made in such work.
Rev. McCammith Exonerated.
Carbondale, III,, Oct, 8. The coro
ners' jury summoned to inquire into
the killing of John 0. Brown on tho
streets of this pity yesterday, ren.
dored a verdict last night, exonerat
ing Rov. Joseph McCammish, who
shot him.. Brown, jealous of tho
preacher, attacked him with a knife
on tho public square, but McCain
nush, who had been told that Brown
had threatened to kill him, was armed
and shot his assailant thiough tho
lung. .
No Mining In Siberia,
Seattle, Oct. 8. D. Eveanhoff, a
representative of tho Russian govern
ment, who has returned from a trip
of inspection to Komo and Siberia,
states that American miners will
bo strictly prohibited from "oither
mining on their own account or work
ing for wages, in biberia. Ho also
states that next spring tho treasury
department of tho Russian govern
ment will patrol tho Siberian coast
with revenue steamers.
NEWS OF TEE STATU
TCMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL
PARTS OF OREGON.
CertMMreiil and flrumUl ttappentnjs of Im
portance A Brief Review of the Growth
and Impravementi ef the Many Industrie
Throughout Our Thriving Cemmonwcalth
Latest Market Report
Three prisoners escaped from the
Lane ec-unty Jail.
General proejieritr is reported from
the Grand Komle valley.
Chinese pheasant are unusually
plentiful in Linn county.
Farmers about Salem refute to' sell
wheat at 15 cent a bushel.
The business portion of Graslxun
was almost wiped out by fire. '
Rich strikes are becoming frequent
in the Cable Cove district.
A Roseburg Chinaman 1ms lied
both legs amjmtnted below the knee,
A drunken man was roMxxl of $400
in the depot waiting room at Itoso
burg. Hops about Woodburn aro begin
ning to move freely at about 10 cents
per pound.
Astoria has not sehool room enough
to accommodate her increased school
population.
Placer miners on Hungry. creek
near Grants Pass make from $5 to
$10 per day.
Great interest is manifested by Um
atilla fanners in the fair to be hold
at Pendloton.
The men who robbed the dining
car at Roseburg have len arrested
in San Francisco.
At the government fish hatchery on
the Clackamas over 240,000 salmon
eggs were taken in one day.
A 4-year-old child was kicked on
the head by a horse near Switzerland,
Marion county, and instantly killed.
Tho narncy County Stockmen's
association has passed strong resolu
tions condemning the leasing of
ranges.
Several teams are busy hauling the
new machinery to the Maiden's
Dream mine, seven miles northwest
of Sumpter.
A 12-year-old boy near Woodburn
accidentally shot and probably fatally
wounded his 1-year-old brother witli
a gopher gun. j
Tho steamor Altotm made her first '
trip of the eeason to Independence.
The Golden Standard mine on Galls j
creek near Ashland has been sold :
for $40,000.
Machinory is on tho ground for a
lU-stamp mill for tho Oeni mine,
neat Sparta.
John Hart,
aged 22 years,
horse falling on
was
killed bv his
him
near Ashland.
Tho Aurora
flouring mills wore to
tally destroyed
by fire, supposed to
be incendiary.
Oil prospectors in Southeastern
Oregon report unmistakable evidences
of oil in abundance,
The total assessed valuation of Polk
county is .?3;771,447, or ?64 1,650
greater than last year,
Close investigations reveal that the
feed prospects for the interior stock
districts are very poor.
Portland Market.
heat alia Walla, nominal
5353tc; blueatera, 54c; valley, 54,
riour oesi graues, $z.uo3.bu per
oarrei: granam, $z.bu.
Oats Old, 90$1 percental.
Barley Feed, 15 15,50; brewing,
io.w per ion.
Millstuffs Bran, $17 18: mid
dlings, 2021; shorts, ?1920; chop,
$10.
Hay Timothy, $11(313: clover.
79,50; Oregon wild hay, $56 per
ion.
Butter Fancy creamery, 25(3 27Ko;
uairy, ioi$zvc; siore, xzp$(ioc per
pounu.
Eggs Storage 20c; fresh 2325c,
Cheese Full cream, twins, ViKGl
13c; Young America, 13)14c per
pounu.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3.00
4.00; hens, ?4.004.60; dressed, 10
11c per pound; springs, 2.003.50
per dozen ; uucics, $3 for old; $3.00
4.00 for young; geese, 09 per
uozen; T-urneys, nvo,iz(5iDc; dressed,
1012Jc per pound.
ir..ll t 1 . r j
.uunuu Junius, o4c, gross;
uressea, ursujsc per pound; sheep,
3.25, gross; dressed, 6c per lb.
Hogs Gross, heavy, $66.25;
light, $4.7o5; dressed, 77Kc per
JJUUUU.
veal small. 8Uc; large, 7
S I Mc per pound.
Beef Gross top steers, $3.504,00;
cows anu neners, d.uu3,&U; dressed
beef, 56Kc per pound.
jiops aAvc per pound.
Wool Valley. Ilal3ic: Knot
Oregon, 812c; mohair, 2021c per
pound.
Potatoes ?11,15 per sack.
Keats commonly wroto a short
poem in a single dav. taki
threo more to polish and complete it.
A South Oran CO. N. J., man irlm
has just succeeded ineatintr420 nlnnm
at a sitting, now offers to eat 600 on a
wager,
Oliver Stovens, of Boston, has ln
tho county district attorney for 27
consecutive years. Ho is a democrat,
out has been twice re-olected by tho
republicans.
BRITISH WAR OFFICE
Cfetely Rcvhei Kiporli from South Africa
Kckcwlch Wai Surprised.
New York, Oct 7. Diuwlng the
military situation in South Afrioa,
the I.(hm1oii corrtMpoiident of the
Tribune says:
Colonel Kekewieh's foteewasur
prised by Commandant Delurvy, a
was suspected by military men, when
the earliest bulletins bearing the
marks of clre revkiou by the war
ortice were imblished. While this
engagement supplies fresh proof that
routing U either a lost art or eke in
effectual against theotealthy atrmoach
of mobile and crafty foes like the
Beers, the veterans are satisfied with
the line fighting form displayed by
Colonel Kekewich'a command. They
auert that the British army had
grown stale while only half employed
in watching railways and moving
arrow stretches of empty country,
wh're Boera eluded pursuit and would
not stand, but it it attain on its mettle
when tliere is real lighting.
"Colonel Kekewioh i regard! by
oiith Africans as a vigilant o Ulcer,
with a narrow mind ami a laek of
rloxibility While he defended Kim
If rly successfully it was Cecil Ithodea
who recruited the volunteer force of
Colonials and imparted courage to
the opIe of the town. Colonel
Kekewioh did not get on well with
Mr. Rhodes, who was the real defend
er of-Kimborly. There is a story that
when General French entered Kim
berly, Colonel Kekewkh asked him
to put Rhodes under arrest, but was
laughed at. He bus been one of Lord
Kitchener's trusted lieutenants us
an experienced officer, who thorough
ly understands Boer tactics."
MAMMOTH DRYDOCK.
Urgeit In the World Will Be Bo4led From
Baltimore lo the .Miiimippl.
Now Yorc, Oct. 7. A special to the
Journal and Advertiser from Wash
ington says:
With a general agreement reached
by the insurance comjmniw which is
expected cm the day fixed by the
builders, tho largest Heating drydock
in the world will start from Baltimore
on October 15 on a hazardous trip
down the Atlantic and around the
Gulf and up the Mississippi to its new
station at Algiers, La. A confer
ence has leeii held this week between
a representative of the firm building
the dock and Admiral Kndicott, chie
f
of the bureau of yards and duck, and
an agreement reached to start the
dock away, ft is said that all the
companies having insurance on th
risk will agree on the date named and
the big baidii will lloat on" then. Xext
Saturday it will take the water and
the work of pretaring it for the
cruise will legin. This dock has
lifting capacity of 17,500 tons, ami is
by far the largest in the world It is
the design of two Englishmen, Chirk
I I ?. n..t.l ti... . . ...
mm ciiimiuiu. i ue iirem jiiiim oi
steel, enclosed on all sides, is longer,
wider and deejier than the greatest
warship ever built, and cost the gov
eminent over J.UUU.tXlU.
KRUGER GROWING WEAKER.
Only Held Up By His Interne Hatred ol
Great Britain.
The Hague, Oct. 7. A. D. W. Wol
marans, one of the Boer envoys who
has been visiting Mr. Kruger, found
the mental condition pf the ex-Presi
dent of the lrnnsvaal to be by no
means satisfactory. Mr. Kruger is
slowly growing weaker, physically
and mentally.
His slowness in reaching a decision
on important questions is found to
be a serious hindrance to those work
ing in Europe in behalf of the Boer
cause. At tho slightest question re.
garding lus health, Mr. Kruger ex
hibits intense irritation and ve
hemently denies that anything is
wrong. The approach of winter
causes anxiety, as Mr. Kruger refuses
to leave Holland. According to
remark made by a prominent Boer,
the ex-presidonts' condition would
long since have been much worse if
hatred of Great Britaiin did not
nerve him to continue.
New Chief of Ordnance.
Washington, Oct, 7. Captain Will
iam Crozier, ordnance department,
stationed at the Army building in
Aew York, will bo selected to succeed
General Buflington as Chief of Ord
nance of the army, on the retirement
of the last named officer next month.
Captain Crozier was military rep
rcsentative of tho United States at
the Hague conference. .
Sedltlon-Maken Revealed.
London, Oct. 7. Tho correspond
ent of the Times at Pretoria says tho
treason trials have revealed tho pres
ence ol sedition-maKors, wfio have
not only taken tho oath of allegiance
to tho British crown, but, in many
cases, have been receiving relief from
British authorities. In spite of this
they communicated freely with thoir
friends in tho commandos in tho field,
feeling confident that tho would bo
treated leniently if caught. There
is no doubt that 10 of tho men could
bo proved guilty.
Butchers Form a Company,
Patterson, N, J., Oct. 7. Articles
of incorporation of tho Volunteer
Packing company, tho formation
ofjwhich resulted from tho strike of
the butchers in Muli's establishment,
liavo been filed, in tho county clerk's
offico at Patterson, Soon after tho
strike was declared tho striking butch
ers decided to form an independent
company and to run it on tho co
operative plan as far as possible Tho
authorized capital is $100,000.
STItIKE AT AN END
SAN FRANCISCO TEAMSTER8
AND LONGSHOREMEN WIN.
Unlonlim It Rccogsfeed Governor Cage
Acted at Intermediary In Bringing About
the Settlement of the Controversy
The Strike tin Been On For Ten
Week.
San Pranotaco, Oet. 4. Tho team
sters' ami longshoremen's strike,
which has been on for the wst 10
weeks, was settled this afternoon.
White the terms of the settlement
have not lieen made public, it is un
derstood that the draymen's associa
tion lias guaranteed to fill all vaoan-
fcies with union men. Non-union
men now oni ployed are to be retained.
The association alo guarantees the
union men that the present schedule
of wages, hours and overtime is to Ui
maintained for one year. It Is alto
said to lo stipulated that teamsters
are to oly all orders relating to the
disposition of freight. The Draymen's
association allege that the ipiestion
of tho recognition of unionism is
provided for in tho settlement and
that it has won every tioiut contended
for.
The stipulation that present wage
will le maintained for one year is con
sidored a concession to the strikers,
Governor Gage noted as an intornied
ary in bringing atut a settlement ot
tho controversy. When tho news was
made public this afternoon a wave of
relief swept over tho city. It is ex
occted that a large number ol men
will return to work tomorrow.
The machinists' strike, which has
lcen on since last May, is not inolud
eil in tho settlement.
TERMS OF THE SETTLEMENT,
Schedule of Wagei and Hour Shall Be I
Force for a Year.
San Francisco, Oat. I. The terms of
the strike settlement aresubstantially
as follows: The Draymen's ansocia
tion, through its executive commit
! tee, guarantees that the wages, hours
and over time schedule in force If fore
the inception of the strike shall not
lie disturbed within a year: it agrees
that former employe shall lie rein
stated as far as possible, but doe not
promise the discharge of efficient non
union men, and it agrees that there
shall be no discriminaion ugains
union men. The City Front Federa
ion and the lirotherhood of Team
sters agree that tho teumsteri' strike
and the gcnoral symmthtic strike
shajl lie declared off, and the men left
free to'return to work. Employee are
to oboy orders given by tho employer
in the regular course of busmoes.
BRUTALITY BY OFFICER8.
Jail
Officials Accused of Havlnf Hone
whipped and Maltreated Prisoner!.
Scuttle, Oct. 4, Sensational dovel
opmcnts are expeoted to result from
charges filed against the police de
partment by George W. Dickinson
goncral manager of tho Scuttlo Klec
trie Company. In the charges, which
were filed with tho city council, Mr,
Dickinson alleges that his 17-year
old son was horsewhipped at tho city
jail, after having been arrested by Po
lico Clerk Easson, Young Albert
Dickinson had como to the jail to sec
if his two cousins, who had !ccn ar
rested at the Grand Theatre, owing to
some dilllciulty, wcro to bo held or
released. Ho, too, was then arrested,
but no clmrco was held against him
He charges that Clerk Easson brut
ally horsewhipped him while ho was
being taken to a cell. Patrolman
Leighton,tho arresting officer of tho
two boys at tho theatre, is also
charged with wanton brutality. It
is claimed ho struck both boys,
knocking one against tho iron coll.
rendering him unconscious, and per
haps inflicting permanent iniury.
.Mr. uickinson demands a scarchinc
i .! -.v,i ii i -
invcntigaiiun, which win no granted.
uoth oiiiccrs disclaim having used
any brutal violence
Strike at Port Coita Will Continue.
Fort Costa, Cal.. Oct. 4. Presi-
dont Luce, of tho Warehousemen's
union, arrived hero today and notified
the men that tho striko was declared
off, and that they could return to
work. 'Iho employers say that thov
win laxc uio men bacK, paying them
.ju cents an hour lor 10 hours' work,
Tho men will not ugrco to this mono
sition. Under tlioso conditions tho
stevedores will not be allowed to work-
through sympathy with tho ware
housemen. 'Iho settlement of tho
striko in San Francisco will not
chango tho situation here, unless tho
employers agreo to pay 30 cents for
nino hours' work and 40 cents nor
jiour lor overtime
i .
Grain DealerV Association.
Des Moines, In.. Oct. 4. Fully 600
delegates from all parts of tho coun
try attended tho open meeting of tho
sixth annual session of tho National
GrAin Dealers' association in this
city in tho now auditorium, nt 9
o'clock this morning. Governor Les
lio M. Shaw. Mavor Hartonbl mvnr
and Lafo Young, of tho Cereal Club,
woicomcu mo delegates, rresident
B, A, Lockwood. of Des Moines, dnllv.
crcd his annual address.
A MONTANA LYNCHING.
Masked Men Took a Bruit Out of Jail md
Hung lllm to a Telegraph I'ole.
Helena, Mont., Oet, 4. James
Edward Brady, tho iiinn who t orn,
milled nn iiiuutially briiUI uanatilt
upon Cywr-old Ida Pugloy, in I lib
etin, was taken from the jail and
Imiiged to a telegraph pole In the liay
ninrket square, about threo blocks
from the Jail, The crowd was orderly
and after tho man had been biinmd
diiietly disjiewd. There were alioiit
200 men engaged in the affair, and
they wore nil masked. They at
tacked the Jail door with a battering
ram and it toon yielded. On paining
admittance, they demanded the keys
of the jailer at the jwlnt of a gun,
and threatened that if he did not
yield the man up they votild kill him.
The Jailer then got tho man out of
his cell and he was given to the mob.
When they first took him, Brady
asked: "What Is it gentlemen?"
The mured to tho hanging place
was quint. Brady was given a chance
to say a wonl. He declared that they
had the wrong man, although he had
been ixwitively identified by bis vie
tint and a oore of other jn'ople who
had seen him with the child. Hi
also osked that some money that wax
due him from the .Montana Central
railroad bo sent to a niece, nnd then
he was pulled up. The end of the
rope was tied to the kU ami the
orowd dispersed. Later Sheriff Me
Commit cut the liody down and placed
it in a oolllu. There will be an in
vestigation today.
MORE LAND FOR 8ETTLERS.
Fart Mali Reservation Soon to Be Opened
Qulnalt Reserve Will Be Next.
Washington, Oct. 4. Tho interior
dt'iiartmct is rapidly completing
plans for the. opening of Fort Hall.
Idaho, Indian reservation. Th ditto
for the opening 1ms not been fixed, its
tho preliminary work has not lcciv
completed, but it is oxiiected that tho
reservation, which contains 400,000
acres, wilt be thrown open to settle
ment within n few weeks. The Quill
alt reservation in Washington, com
prising 300.000 acres, will probably
bo thrown open to ott lenient next
spring. The contract for surveying
the reservation is alout to lie award
ed. Commissioner Hermann, of tho
general land office, mid today that it
h probable Iho old "sooner" sys
tem would be adopted at the opening
of both these reservations.
MORE KLONDIKE GOLD.
Steamer Humboldt Brings the Second Lar st
Shipment of the Season.
Seattle, Oot. 4. The steamer Hum
liolt arrived from Skagway today with
210 jwitsengors and about $1,000,000
in gold, half of it in care of tho
Vluska Express Comitany. It it tho
second largoit shipment of the sea
on from tho Klondike. Among tho
passengers wore woll-known Klondiko
claim-owners, and Lieutenants Cam-
dingand Blake, of tho revenue service.
Tho H urn bolt brings tho news that
Sept. 25, tho first day on which tho
press dispatchos reached Skagway
from the States, wa regarded as an
epoch in Alaskan history. All tho
tolographio nows was strongly feat
ured. Tho story is also told of u
fabulously rich riunrtz strike in thu
Atlin district, assaying $25,000 in
gold to the ton.
DESTRUCTIVE CONFLAGRATION.
Causes a Loss of Nearly Half a Million Dol.
lars Entire Business Section Threatened.
St. Louis, Oct, 4. Firo that broke
out at 10 a. m. in tho plant of the
Standard Milling company, on tho
river front at Alton, 111., destroyed
that and several other buildings,
casuing a loss of about $400,000.
A high wind blow tho sparks broad
cast, threatening tho destruction of
tho business section of Alton, and St.
Louis was appealed to for holn. A
special train carried two engines from
here, anu thoy, with tho local depart
ment, got tho firo undor control at 1
o'olock.
Five Bluff Lino frciirht cars loaded
with wheat, tho freight house of tho
Diamond Jo steamship line, and
sovon buildings of minor importance
were also destroyed.
Mission Burned By Boxers.
London, Oct, 4. A cnblocram to
tho Times from Hong Kong says tho
Bnsol Mission at Pianir Tone, north
orn Kwang Tung, has been burned by
mcmbors of tho Trind Society of
Rebels. Tho Missionaries nsenned
and have arrived at Kia Ying Chow.
London. Oct. 4. "Thousands of
robols," says a dispatch to tho Dally
Mail from Hong Kong, "after sacking
tho Gormun Mission at Plane Tool'.
attacked Hin Nun, a city near Cochin.
Thoy woro repulsed, hut thov thou
attacked Shakma, whoro thoy woro
again repulsed. Two thousand Chi-
IICSO troops liavo boon sent to mmnroH.i
thorn,
Cold Commissioner Suspended.
Seattlo, Oct. 4. Dawson dispatohes
stato that J. Langlois Boll, assistant
gold commissioner for tho Klondiko
district, has boon susponded from
office No reason has boon given for
tho change Dufforin Patullo, ohiof
dork for tho offico, is taking his placo
im wiu iiino. air. non has boon in
Dawson holding this ofllco for 18
months. It is Stated his official nlVnlrs
will bo investigated,
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