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CIOTTAGB GROVE . . OREGON.
EVENTS OF THE DAY
A Comprehensive Review of the Importint
Happenings of the Pit Week, Presented
In a Condensed Form, Which It Moil
Uktly to Intsrtsl Our Mny Reader.
' .Fixing ol coronation date lias upsot
JLondoilfjoelety'H plans.
' Tlio flood situation nt Topeka, Kan
is bocomltifr mora serious.
dfilcriee n tlireatcnoil with n food
famine because .f tho etriku.
(A. nurflW of violent oarthquako
' sliocks'linvo boon reported from Vcno-
StfPla. 1
Tlio Vatican is anxious to establish
dlulomatlc relations with, tho United
Stales.
Two .nion were killed and another
latallv inturod in a train wreck nt
I'oorla, III.
-wDavid 1'. Kronachor( assistant pay'
master United States nary, was
drowned off Ocean View, Va.
lord Kltchenor has returned to Kng-
, land from South Africa and was wet
coniod by tlio Princo of Wales.
A grand nephew of tho groat German
Bismark Is confined in tho Tombs, Now
. York, charged with burglary In tho
third degreo.
A, hot,-wave in franco Is resulting In
,. many deaths.
Rain lias chocked tho spread of chol
ora In the Philippines.
Boar Creek, a Wisconsin Tillage, has
boon almost entirely destroyed by fire.
Loss, (100,000.
The death list in the Johnstown
mino horror continues to grow. There
woro C00 men in the miho at tho time
of-- tl0 explosion. Onj hundred and
forty.thrco bodies have been recovered.
A Portland bartender shot and killed
his wife, mothei -In-law, and another
man, and seriously wounded his father-in-law,
and then gave himself up to
tho'poltco and told them of his crimo.
Ills only regret was that ho did not
klll'tho rest of tho family.
Traqy and tho pursuing posso engaged
in another bloodless battle in which 1G
Bhots woro fired by tho officers and two
by the outlaw. It Is thought probable
that Tracy was wounded, although it
was so dark at tho timo that it was
impossible to see the fleeing man.
, The Panama canal treaty' may bo
signed within a week.
Secretary Hay has induced the pow
ers to vacate Tien Tsln.
The East is suffering from extreme
heat. - Ono day's record at Philadel
phia tlnd' New York shows six deaths
at each place.
' "'Tracy'Vontlnues to give tho ouVers In
pursuit of him the clip. .Every timo
the posso gets him about surrounded.
ho shows up in a new location.
Members of the posse .ind tho people
' In genernl In tlio section where Tracy
has- been the past week, express the
opinion that the outlaw is Insane.
The special board of engineers to in
vestigate tho Harts project at The
Dalles will probably not meet until
September, which iB much later tnan
at first proposed.
According to reports from various
sections of the conntiy surrounding
Seattle, Merrill, tho escaped convict
has been seen in several places at the
same time, besides being at present
with Tracy,
Chicago teamsters refuse to help
striking freight handlers.
Ambassador Choate has been sug
gested as a candidate for president in
1UU4.
A man answering the description of
Merrill has been arrested at South
Baud; Wash.
Twenty thousand teachers are In at
tendance at the national educational
, convention In Minneapolis.
"The expenses of the Oregon militia
whllo hunting Tracy and Merrill
amounted to $700, which wil be paid
out of the military fund.
Airtrganized labor and the public In
general will os called upon to contrib
ute to a national defense fund to aid
the striking coal miners In the East.
A family of four traveling overland
through Oklahoma were murdered by
unknown persons, the bodies stripped
ot all clothing and terribly mutilated.
Tracy, after an absence of two days,
again showed up in South Seattle. lie
.waiiBurronnded by officers, but succeed
ed In throwing poeee off the track. Ho
sprinkled pepper along his trail bo tho
.dogg.could not follow it.
' A train wreck in Spain resulted In
the death of six persons and the fatal
injury of 27.
Tr'acyj- the escaped Oregon convict,
" has cVmpIotelv disappeared, leaving no
trail whatever.
' ' ''ThO'Unlted Presbyterian geneial as
"'eomblyhas received an overture pro
posing union with tho reformed church.
"- Tho Illlnios Audubon society has
' warned Chicago milliners that nrosccu
tlon s will follow if birds aro used on
fall liats.tb
K V 1
Tho -Missouri etato university at
' Columbia has conferred tho degree of
.doctor of laws on Samuel L, Clemens
;MirkTwaln.)
Paul Ilnso'HIno Stanley, a young
.. American, rodo a horso up tho steps o
tho AJterJ palace, Rome, and was arf
reatbif.
t - .
Hrn. 1 000.000 In mnnev was burned
In the Colonial bank, the Jonly bank in
8U Wnrre. The total property loss In
', 'tho dostroyod city Is ostiuiatod at J0,-
Tqoq.ooo.
Tho removal of Jews from Chicago
and Now York ghettos to tho country,
by force, If nooded, wae advocated nt 11
national conference ot Jewish charities ,
In Detroit. 1
TO BE BIO P08T.
Department Proposti to Mike Vancouver Ont
of (he Lareil In Country,
Washington, July 15. Tho notion ot
tho wnr department in allotting (143,'
000 (or immediate expenditure in on
larglng tlio present quarters nt Van
couvcr Barracks indicates tli.it this pott
ig not only to bo rotatncdaei!opitnipnt
hondquartors, but is to bo gradually
, developed as ono of the largest potma.
nont army stations. Tho iiionct now
made available will bo expended under
tho direction of tho department ami
constructing quartermasters In cnlarg'
ing and fitting up tho 10 barracks
buildings now standing, making them
sufficiently largo to accommodate, a full
regiment of Infantry. New quarters
will also bo erected for tho acvommoda
tlon of two largo companies of field
artillery of 120 men each. Such addl
tlonal officers' quartors will bo erected
as aro necessary to accommodate tho
complement ot officers in command of
tho troops provided for. A large build
ing for tho "bacholors' moss" wlll.nlso
bo erected, together with tcvcral smaller
bui dings not yet arranged for,
Tho apportionment of funds mado
doos not provide for sower, water and
heating systems, for which additional
funds will bo allotted lator. In tho
construction of all bullidngs, local tim
ber will bo usod, as experience has
taught that on tho Pacific coast frame
buildings aro a great deal cheaper and
equally as satisfactory as brick. Plans
for this new work aro now being com
pleted, and will bo advertised at an
early date, ts most o( the work will bo
dono by contract.
At Fort Lawton, (105,500 lias been
apportioned for erecting new quarters
lor two additional companies 01 infantry
in addition to tho two companies now
quartered there, whilo headquarters for
a regiment will also bo built, making
this the most Important post on Puget
sound. These buildings will bo frame.
At Fort Wright the (27,000 allotted
will bo expended in erecting officers
quarters of brick, to replace tfio quni
ters now provided. Work at tho late
named posts will be dono by contract,
under supervision cf the constructing
quartermasters now at these stations.
Plans for tho work will bo completed as
rapidly as possible.
MOVING SIDEWALKS.
Syndicate Formed Which Propoiei to Equip
Brooklyn Bridge.
Now York, July 15. It Is learned,
says the Herald, that behind the plan
to equip the Brooklyn bridge with mov
ing sidewalks aro men ot great promin
ence in the railroad and financial
orld. They hnve.it is stated. perfected
a preliminary organization, and if their
proposition is viewed favorably by the
officials of the city who have power to
act they will organize a corporation
under this state and become practically
a local concern.
It has been -agreed by the representa
tives of these men that they will with
in ono year equip the bridge with mov'
ing sidewalks at'tbelrown expense, and
will par the city (150,000 a year for
tho privilege of operating them. They
have agreed to charge not moro than 1
cent a person for each crossing. There
will be no total suspension of traffic at
any time during the progress of the
work, they promise, and tho public will
not even bo inconvenienced for more
than four days, or certainly more than
a week, whilo the termials are being
put In place. It is proposed to operate
the moving sidewalk for about 10 out
of the 24 hours, during the times of
the greatest crush of passengers, and to
operate the trolley cars as at present
the remainder of tho timo. thus giving
opportunity to inspect the)sldewalk and
keep it in periect operation.
will fight to a finish.
Union Pacific Strike Promiiti to Be a Long
Struggle Botn Sldei Determined.
Omaha, July 15. At the end of the
fifth week of the Union Pacific shop
men's strike there appears to be little
hope lor an immediate settlement,
Both sides have shown themselves de
termined to fight to the end. Tho offi
cials of the road today made a brief re.
sume of the conditions, stating that 05
per cent of the strikers' places in this
city are filled. The company is -not
hampered, according to the official state
ment, in the handling of motive power
by reason of tho strike. Strike leaders
declare that there has not been a sin
gle defection from thoir ranks; that
the new men at work are not generally
skineu mechanics, and that a long
fight is In propeect which will eventu
ally force tho company to their terms.
Will Hold Their CoaL
New York, July 15. At a meeting
ol the coal operators yesterday, an
agreement wag reached that until tho
meeting of the bituminous coal miners,
to bo held July 17, becomes known,
tho coal operators in the agreement
will hold their present stock of coal.
and that which thoy will recelvo this
week, and not sell any in tho open
market aue operators ray they are
impelled to protect themselves because,
of tho scarcity of soft coal In or near
New York, which tho consultation db
closed yesterday.
Great Northern Strike Settled.
St. Paul, July 16. Four hundred
trailer makers and helpers on the Great
nonnern -railway system, who went on
strike for higher wages some six weeks
ago, returned to work yesterday morn
ing. The strlko was Bottled at a con
foronco between a commlttco of strikers
and officials of tho company. There
were concessions on both sides. Undor
tho now schedule, the men will recelvo
an advance of 25 cents ncr dav over
tho stale In effect before tho strike.
To Search for Jeanle and Portland.
San Francln-n. .Tnlv 1R Tl, tt.,Ii.i
Htntnn ntwnitn miM,,. ir..n1. rr..ii i.
has been onlernl in nnrHin .... I
aid tho Timlin 1., d,a ....l. i.i... I
, uuu rescuing wo steamers Jeanlo and
luruanu.
Mining Camp Dtitroyed.
Helena, Mont., July 15 Tho mln-
Ing camp of Spotted Hoise. in Fcrcugon
county, was visited by a fire last night
that practically wiped ont tho mining
plant nnd othor buildings.
NEWS 0E THE STATE
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM
PARTS OF OREGON.
ALU
Commercial and financial Happenings of Im
portance A BrkI Review of the Growth
and Improvements of the Many Imfuitrks
Throughout Our Ihrlvktj Commonwealth
lateet Market Deport.
Hop buyers around Salom are offering
18 cents for tho 1UOS crop. ,
A sawmill with a capacity of 100,000
feet per day Is to bo built at Astoria
at once.
Hop growers In Lano county antici
pate moro trouble this year than usual
with llco.
Tho prospects aro. good for n heavy
crop of both fall and spring wheat In
Linn comity.
The recent rains havo brightened tho
prospects for the grain nnd hay crops
around Prinovlllo.
Cold storago men at Astoria aro now
paying S cents per pound for largo fish,
an advaucu of 1 cent.
Several cars of Willamette valley
1002 prunes have been contracted for
at &i cents in 25-pound boxes.
A. J. Webster has boon appointed
deputy fish warden at Astoria, to suc
ceed Henry Bultman, resigned.
An organization has been formed In
Grants Pass to stop tho taking up ot
mlnoral land under tho timber land
act.
Juno 30 there wero 1,200 patients in
the state Insane asylum, tho largest
number In the history of tho institu
tion. The Indian war veterans of Southern
Oregon held a meeting at Medfonl to
consider ways and means for prosecu
tion of their pension claims.
Tho Scott & Van Arsdalo Lumber
company, one of the largest concerns In
Southern Oreeon, has been sold to
Eastern capitalists. The property In
cludes all timber holdings, and mills
with a capacity of 400,000 feet per day.
Tho purchase price was (3,000,000.
Ono of the largest Irrigation schemes
in this state has been Inaugurated by
some of tho business men of Baker City.
Tho plan is to make nso of the waters
of some of tho smaller streams to Irri
gate a body of 0,000 acres of land north
of the Lower Powder river, between
Clover and Gooso creeks.
A record apple crop la assured in the
Hood river country.
The Ashland Iron Works is the name
of a now company Inst organized at
Ashland with (20,000 capital.
Timber values in the Nehalem coun
try are advancing rapidly. Claims are
now selling for three times as much as
ono year ago.
Tho Interocean Mining Company, ot
Baker City, has filed artfcles of Incor
poration with the secretary of state,
Capital, (1,000,000.
When the supreme court convened
last Monday, Judge F. S. Moore sat
upon the chlof justice's bench, Judgo
ISean becoming the junior judge.
Arrangements are being perfected for
the holding of the fourth biennial fruit
fair at Hood River. The date of the
fair will probably be set for the second
week in October.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Walla Walla. 05 366c:
bluestem, 0768c; valley, 60KQ67c.
Barley Feed, (22; brewing.
(23 per ton.
Flour Best grades, (3.05(83.60 per
barrel; graham, (2.953.20.
Millstnffs Bran, (1616 per ton;
middlings, (21.50; shorts, (18;
chop, (16.
Oats No.l white, (1.201.25;gray,
(1.1031.15.
Hay Timothy, (1215; clover,
(7.50Q10; Oregon wild hay, (636 per
ton.
Potatoes Beet Bnrbanks, 60c per
cental; ordinary, 40c per cental,
growers prices; sweets.
(2.2632.60
per cental; new potatoes, ljc.
Butter Creamery, 2022c; dairy ,
1018c; store, 15 10c.
Eggs 2022Jc for Oregon.
Choose Full cream, twins, 12H
(313c;YoungAmerlca, 13K14Kc; fac
tory prices, l lJic less.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, (3.60Q
4,60; hens, (4.00(25.50 per dozen,
llllic per pound; springs, 11(3
HKc per pound, (2.60(34.50 per doz
en; ducks, (2.603.00 per dozen; tur
keys, live, I314c, dressed, 1516c per
pound; geese, i4.uugo.uu per dozen.
Mutton OroBS, 2K3c per pound:
dressed, 8c per pound.
Hogs Gross, 6Jic; dressed, 774c
per pound.
Veal 78c per pound.
Beef Gross, cows, 3(33Kr: steers.
3i3iie; dressed, 78c per pound.
Hops 1 Kglo cents per pound.
Wool VaIley,12K15jEsBtorn Ore
gon, 814c; mohair. 2G26o pound.
New York Is to have tho lnost mag'
nificent hotel in tho world. It will be
20 stories high and cost (10,000,000,
German experts, aftor two years'
test on four men, declared borax in the
human system retards assimilation of
lata and albumen.
It is reported that! Andrew Carneaie
gave his second cousin, Miss Harriot
Lauder, of Pittsburg, (1,000,000 when
sho becamo Mrs. J. O, Greonwav re
cently.
The liberty boll, which has been on
exhibition at Charleston, has boon
taken back to Philadelphia nnd replaced
in its position in Independonco Hall,
David Crosby Foster, president of
tho Poughkeepsle, N, Y., savings-bank,
lb tieilovod to be tho oldest bank presi
dent in tho country. Ho has just
passed his ninety-third biithday,
Already the shipment of American
cattlo to Soub Africa has begun in order
to restock the Boer farms. Ono cargo
of 000 has been cent forward, and it is
raportixl that 10.000 will besontdurlnn
the vear. '
DEATH IN FIRE DAMP.
Appalling Dliattir In Coal Mint at Johnstown,
Penniytvenla.
Johnstown, Pa., July 12. Johns
town has again boon visited by an ap
palling disaster, only loss frightful
than tho nwtul calamity ot May 31,
1889, in cost ot life. A terrible ex
plosion took place In tho Cambria Steel
Company's Rolling Mill mine, under
Weatmont hill, early yesterday alter
noon, and how many aro dead will take
several days fully to determine. That
It la a long and shocking Hit that may
reach 200 or more men Is fully bo
Moved. It was an hour after tho explosion
botow any general knowledge ot what
had happened go. abroad. Men who
camo from tho mine, escaping witli
their lives, told tho terrible nows, and
soon it spread llko wildfire all over
tho city. In Korea ot homos there
wero most pathetic scones. Mothers,
wives, daughters, sons and relatives
woro frantic with grlof, and hundreds
rushed to tho eceno. At tho opening
across tho river from tlio point tho
Cambria Iron company police, with
several assistants, stood guard, permit
ting no ono to enter the in I no, from
which noxious gases woro coming.
It was nearly 4 o'clock when all
hope ot sending rescue partlos from the
Westmont opening was abandou'od.
Two men who had escaped wont back
two-miles to seo what asslstano could
bo rendered, but tho frightful damp
drove them back, and thoy toll pron-
trato when thoy finally, after n despcr-
nto struggle, reached tho outsldo. Two
doctors gave them assistance, and. aftor
working with them half an hour, re
stored thorn. Their Ftory of tho situa
tion in tho mine made It clear that tho
rescue work could not proceed from tho
Westmont opening, and then hasty
preparations wore mado to begin that
sad mission at tho Mill Creek entrance.
FLOOD SUFFERERS.
Hundred! ol People Arc Rendered Homelcii
at lowa'i Capital City.
Des Moines, July 14. Hundreds of
homeless flood sufferers spent tho night
In school house yards and In downtown
parks without so much as a blanket to
cover them. Somo had to beg for food,
although every possible effort was mado
to provldo for them. The charitable
societies and city officials aro becoming
better organized, and It is believed tho
wants will bo generally met. The
smallpox hospital and the city hall and
jail havo been filled with cots. These
can accomodate but a small portion ot
those who need shelter, honever.
Neithor tho Itos Moines nor tho
Racoon rivers have rorrded mueh. Tho
net decline ainco the hlghott point was
reached, yesterday, is but two or three
inches, and Urn' Des 'Moines actually
rose hall an inch during tho night.
It is believed tho situation in tho
flooded district cannot be materially re
lieved lor several days, and when the
water finally reaches its former chan
net an epidemic of malaria and typhoid
lover win prevail.
An estimato of tho damago at till
timo is practically impossible. It
expected to reach (1.000,000.
The city council and tho county sup
ervisors, acting jointly, have establish
ed a supply depot at which the flood
sullerers received food upon orders
signed by the aldermen of their'respect-
lve warns.
The Great Western and Keokuk
Western roundhouses are completely
submerged, and neither road can cros
tho river, owing to washouts and tho
destruction of bridges. The Great
V estern can haul no freight, but
maintaining its passenger sorvlco by
transferring passengors across tho river
in omnlbussca.
NO ROYAL PR0CES8I0N.
Date ot Klnj Edward'i Coronation Definitely
Fixed for' Saturday, Aujuit 9. '
London, July 14. It is officially an
nouncod that there will be no royal
procession, as originally planned, the
day after the coronation. Tliero will
Ibono procession on coronation day
apart irom that In which their majea-
ties will proceed from Buckingham
palace to Westminster Abbey and ro
turn.
It is now considered practically cor
tain, in view ot this announcement, that
King fcdward will bo crownod Satur
day, August 0, slnco tho holding of the
coronation ceremony Monday, t August
11, would Involve another full bank
holiday, with tho attendant dislocation
of general business, whilo Saturdays
are almost universally observed as hall
holidays, Tho fixing of such an early
date for tho coronation is legardcd as
an additional guarantee of tho confl
donee the king's physicians havo in
consoquonce of his rapid recuperation
Again Erupting.
Fort Do France, Island of Martinique
July 14. There was a fresh eruption of
Mount reico this morning.
Five Toronto Firemen Killed.
Toronto, July 12. Fivo firemen
were killed in n disastrous blaze which
started in a building occupied by P, Mc
Intosh & Sons, and spread to tho whole
sale hay and straw warehouses of Gads
by & MrCann. Those establishments
wero destroyed. Fivo firemon woro
burled by a brick wall, which foil upon
them. They wero dead when extract
ed. Loss, (550,000; insurance, (100,
000.
Porto Rlcan Export!.
San Juan, Porto Rico, July 12'. Ex
ports from Porto Rico to foreign coun
tries for tho fiscal year ondod Juno 30
Increased 64 per cont over the total of
such exports for lust year; the inrroaso
in tlio Island's exports to tho United
States was 48 per cont ovor tho total
for the last fiscal year. Sugar, tobacro
and hats formed tho principal article
of export. Tlio customs receipts for the
last fiscal year reached (800,000 and
the balance from tho inealar revenues
was Increased by (20,000,
THY OREGON FIRST
GOVERNMENT 'IRRIGATION PRO
JECT TO UE BEGUN.
Chief tlydroraphtr Ntwtll Now Cn Route to
the Coait to Cximlnt Propoitd Sites for
Rutrvoln to lie tlullt Undir tht Ntw
Irrigation law Ueit Immediate Rtivtti
with Lean Expenditure.
Washington, July 14. Chlof Hydro
grapher Newell, ot tho geological sur
vey, has loft for an extended lonrot the
Western states, where ho will cooper
ate with various field parties now mak
ing examinations ot feasible sites tor
reservoirs under tho now Irrigation law,
He will visit Knstern Orcgonjand Wash
ington among other places. Undor tho
policy to bo followed of first building
modest Irrigation works, It Is quite
probablo that a alto In ono of those two
states will bo selected for early con
struction, expeclally iih Mr. Newell Is
of tho opinion that tho Oregon delega
tion did much to fuithor tho lutorosts
ot tho Irrigation hill.
Tho common dcslro of mombers ot
congre.i from tho Western states Is that
tho secretary ot the Interior shall carry
out tho provisions ot tho new irrjgntlon
law with only such haute as Is safu
and In such n way as to placo tho great
est k area ot reclaimed lands in tho
hands of settlors in the shortest time,
It teems to bo tlio prevalent belief that
the best results will bo obtained if the
eovernmoiit first undertakes tho con
struction of medium sited irrigation
projects, at a moderate cost, each In
itself reclaiming n modest area uf land,
capable, undor irrigation, of producing
cropi of tho first order. Suggestions of
this sort were mado to tho depnrtment
by many senotors and representatives
just before they left Washington for the
summer.
Secretary Hitchcock is not personally
laminar witn irrigation mattcritor with
land matters generally. He Is, there
fore, obliged to depeml largely uixm
tho recommendations of tils subordin
ates The suggestions ot Superintend
ent Walcott, ot the geological survey,
and of Chief Hydrcgraphor Newell aro
given every consideration, There Is
much data of a gonornl character now
available but tlioro are no reports of
eutficluut detail to warrant tho secre
tary In adopting or rejecting tlio sites
heretofore oxamlned.
CLAIM A GUANO ISLAND.
Japtncic at Marcui May Cauic Trouble for
American!.
Honolulu, July 5, via San Frnnclrco,
July 14. Tho volcano Kilauca is djlng
down to normal conditions again. The
steamer Mauna Lea arrived this morn
ing from Hawaii with nows ' that the
lire had disappeared, though (hero la
still a largo column ot smoko.
Captain A. A. Rosehlll, who has
recently secured from the state depart
ment a title to Marcui Island and
formod tho Marcus Island Guano com
pany, for tho purposo of working tho
deposits there, Is of tho opinion that
there will bo trouble with tho Japanese
on the Island before ho gets his rights.
RoHohlll has just returnee) from San
Francisco, where he iiad nn Interview
with Captain Pierce, of tho transport
Sheridan, and was told that the Jap
anese on tlio island resisted PJorco
when ho landed about 14 months ago.
Captain Piorco wanted to land to adjust
somo instruments. About 20 Japanese
were on tho beach with arms. Ho told
them ho had a vessel with 1,800 men
off shore and thoy did not resist, They
showed him a document In Japanese,
which is supposed to bo a tltjofrom tho
Japaneso government. Rosehlll is
preparing to send the schooner Julia E.
Wbalcn Irom here and tako possession
of the island and work tho guano.
The United States training shin Mo
hican Is now 42 days out from Yoko
hama, bound for horo, and nothing has
been hoard of her slnco she left Japan.
Roar Admiral Merry Is inclined to
think that sho has encountered adverse
winds and is coming undor sail.
Submarine Wlrelen Telegraphy,
New York, July 14, A telegram
from Cherbourg states that Rear Ad
miral Fourhior was present at experi
ments in wireless telegraphy carried
out on the submarine boat Triton, snva
a Paris dispatclr.to the Herald. Mes-1
sages wero received without any diffi
culty when under waUr, It is Bald to
lie the intention to install the apparat
us on board all French submarines.
Thlrty.Plve Persona Drowned.
Valparaiso, July 14. hlrty-flva per
sons were drownod and a house was de
troyed on tho ostato of Olaudlo Vicuna,
at Las Palmas, as a result of a recent
bursting of s, resorvolr tlioro.
Wireless Telegraphy In Alula.
Ban Francisco, July 12, R. Ffund,
an electrical englncor, lias arrived
hero on his wr.y to Alaska, for tho pur-
poBo ol establishing a wirclo's lolo
graphlc systom betwoon tho Yukon
river and tho lort at Hates llapiq, on
tho Tuuana river, n distance of 105
miles Tho lino, which will bo con
structed under tho direction of Chief
Signal Officer Groely, will bo completed
by October i.
Trouble With Baiutos.
Pretoria, July 14. Tlioro is some
uneasiness horo regarding the attltudo
of the Basutos. In a caso of supposed
treachory during tho war, Jpol, ono of
tiieir prominent chiefs, ban boon sum
moned to Mosoru, capita) of a military
district ot Basutoland, to stand trial on
the chargo pf high treason. Tho para
mount chief, Lorothedi, Is likely to
support Joel in tho ovent of tne lattor's
refusal to obey tho summons. Troops
have boon dispatched to ho frontier.
DIQ STRIKE ENPFp.
Compromlit tlai tltrn Reached In tht Chi.
cajo frtllhthandliri Ulipute.
Chleago. Jiily 11, Tho sttlko ot tho
trelghthniidlers Is virtually ended.
Meetings ot tho strikers will ho hold
tomorrow to ratify thu action taken
tonight by l'resldont Curinu ot tho
order.
By tho terms ot tho settlement thu
strikers accept tho schedule of ttiiges
offered thorn by tho railroads July 1,
This schoduto was emphatically refused
by tho strikers nt the timo it was
mado. It offered an nvvrngo IncreitKi
ot 20 per cent (or all classes nl lalur
connected with tho Frolghthnildlorn'
unloni The demands of tho nion would
havo made an nvorngo Increase ol alioiit
30 per cent.
Tho railroads at tho timo ot offering
tlio Increase, July 1, raid that under tiu
circumstances would they recogulzu tho
union of tho frolghtliiiiullcrs to tho ox
tent of allowing tho olllrers of thu or-
ganUatlou to make terms for the men
with tlio olllcors ot tho railways by
which they woro employed. .This was
.ono of tho chief ronsoui.for tho strike
I tho men insisting that tho union shoul
Ihi fully recognised. Tho railroad
lmvo won a complete victory on th
point. Tho attitude ot tlm road
i towards tho 1'reliilitlisntllors' union I
tho samo as that maintained toward nil
local organizations of railroad man
I Tho freighthnudlers demanded noine
thing that uo other organisation ot rail
road omployos in Chicago hail asked
and tho managers announced that tin
dor no circumstances w6uld they agrc-o
to nils.
President Cnrrun.of tlio Frelglithnnd
lera' union, wild utter tho meeting
with tho special tiinnagoia tonight that
ho practically had been couiKied by
his own men to accept the terms of the
roads. Tlio action of the teamster
was n factor In willing tlio strike
limy took Issue with thu frvlghthand
lers, and Intimated that no asalstaucu
could bo expected from them, Inasmuch
as the trulghthamllora had struck
against tho advlco uf the Chicago Fed
cration of Labor.
The agreement reached by President
Curran with tho maiiagors tonight munt
lie ratified by the men tomorrow, but
tliero Is only a very small probability
that this will not bo done.
Bhlppois nnd tho largo firms aUitit
town found things In lxittor shapo to
day, and were nblo to secure frelgh
and ship gixxls on tho various tall
roads as was usual before the strike
began.
RATE OF INDIAN WAR PENSION
Dcneficlarlei Are to Receive JS Per Month
From June 27.
Washington, July 12. Under tho
Indian wnr veteran pension law, re
cently enacted, pensions will bo grant
ed at the rato of tts per month, and
will bo payable from Juno 27 last
during the 1 1 res of tho Imneflclarles
This rata of pension applies not only
to veterans, but to such widows ns
havo not remarried, hut in every in
stance is limited to citizens of tho
United States. These provisions aro
contulnod In tho lllackhawk pension
act of July 27, 1802; which by tho re
cent law is made applicable to tho sur
vivors oi the Indian wars In Oregon
t aaiurigion and other sections.
Under tho old act and therefore tin
dor the now one.overy claimant will bo
required to establish his right to a ion
slon, and any person falnaly or cor-
rupuy making oatn to any evidence re
quired by the department, will he gu
ty of iHjrjury. Tho secretary Is ellroct-
ed to drop from tho jienslon rolls tho
nam en any perron whenever it shall
be proven his name was put npon tho
rolls through false and fraudulent rep
resentations, and such persons will bo
forever barred from receiving a pension.
Tlio recent law is hold not to apply to
any person who Is receiving a pension
of (8 per month or more, nor to any
porron receiving a pension of less than
(8 a jr month, except for tho differ
ence between tho pension now received
and (8.
Owing to the great press of bunlucss
at tho government printing office, tlio
blank forms for application under the
Indian war act will probably not bo re
ceived before next week. When avail.
ahlo, largo quantities aro to bo sent to
tho several members of tho Oregon del
egation and to all voterans who make
personal application to tho comnilu
sloner of pensions,
No Tidings ol the Portland or Jranle.
Port Towntend, July 12. Tlio Cone
maugh arrived horo at 7 this morning,
and proceeded to Seatle. Sho loft St,
Michaels Juno 20, and Nome June 27,
Tho steamers Motoor and Molvllls Dol
lar woro nt St. Michaels. The stoamor
Lyro arrlvod at Nomo June 27. Up to
mo iiinooi tnouonomaugirsiieparture,
no tidings had coma from tho Portland
or Jennie, and tho goneral Impression
in Nomo is that tho vossles aro lost.
The Tliotls Is still out on her secoml
search.
Deilructlvt Cloudburst.
Easton, Pa., July 12. A cloudburst
in tho Upper Btlshklll district.
of
Northampton county, last night, did
vast amount of damage. Only meager
iletails aro obtalnnbln. nwlnv tn
outs and tho destruction of telcirriiiili
and telophono linos. Ono farmer was
killed by lightning, Tho Bushklll
crook overflowed its banks and many
Holds of grain woro almost wholly de
stroyed. ,
Want More Ships Like the Oregon.
Washington, July 10, Naval offlcors
aro anxious to havo warships named
tho Constitution and tlm ITnlia.1 tin!,.-
aftor famous warships in the old time'
navy. Ono of the olllcors, spooking of
tills, points Out that tlin innr,. (....,.
ships tlioro uro in the navy the easier it
is tO iret OreWS to norm nlinnr.l II. ...
Ho says there is always n rush and de
mand by both offlcorH. am men to eorvo
on tho Oregon, on account of tho "spec
tacular and wonderful run u)m ms.ia
around tho Horn," unduftorwnrd in tho
Santiago sea light.
MAN AN OUTJJUMAIC
ANOTHER JAIL DELIVERY AT
SALEM STOPPED. '
Man Appeared on Iht Prlion Wall at Mid.
night Guard Dlitovered Intruder and
rircd-Trtulnr Madt Away Unhurt
Appeared Near Where Arms Art He.
Iltved to llavt DcnSmuggl(d In Uclori,
Salom, Or., July II. An unknown
man tried to gain entrance Into tho
cnltciitlnry Monday night nt midnight,
according tu Guard Haiiippon. Tho ln
Under npjicarod on (Hint No. 6, nn tho
south wall nt thu prison yard, and n
pcared to Iw watching thu night guard,
It Is hulluvcd that Tracy uud Merrill
received tlielr rllles over this wall, mid
that tho W(hIkiiin wero brought over itt
night and Hcretel In thu fojndry by
ncceiiiiplicc. Tho niieiirniuti of tint
strunger on tho wall ut night In taken
to indicate n further plan for an out
break by tho prisoners, nnd that the
fellow Intended to smugglo weapons
into thu prison for tho iimi of thu con
victs. Before tho oul break of June U only
one guard was In tho prison jnrd nt
night. Now an extra guard Is then,
and tho matter of smuggling In arms Is
somnw hat moro illltlrult If the guard
aro ulert. Just Inifuro tho dimivciy nl
tho stranger Simpson had walked down
to tho south wall, and Innpeelwl thu
gate where tlio Southern l'aclllo track
riiteru the yurd. Ho then started back
across tho yard northward, and when
hu entered the shadow of the laundry
building, about 200 feet dlatiiut, hu
turned anil looked back at Hie south
wall. At that limtant lie saw ii man's
head aliovo thu wall, but It suddenly
dlnipiwircd. Hu waited moment and
tho lio.nl reapiHtariHl, and after u few
seconds went down nut of sight again.
Slmppou dropHd a rartrldgo Into tho
barrel of his rlllo, and when tho head
aptcnrod again lie llrisl. Instantly tlm
figure was gone, and when thu two
guards arrived nu traco ot thu rutin
could I hi found. The surfaco nf tho
ground near tho wall Is hard nnd ceiv
crcd with grasn, so Hint no tracks would
bo vlnlblo In tho morning. Tho guards
did not dure leave tho yard at night.
It Is apparent .that tho visitor was
familiar with tho system ol guarding
In fono pi lor to tho Tracy and Merrill
outbreak, for at the tlmu ho appeared
ho would havo found his way clear -to
enter tlio yard If tho old sji-tmn had
still been In force. The prlron olllclala
decline to say what thotrulns oli.oncd
by tho night guards nro at prevent, hut
they nro Mich as to uiako nu entranco
by a stranger ery dllllcult.
Tho man who nnptKired on tho wall
stood on tho walk attached to thu out
sldo of thu wall about four feet frriiu
tho top. Ho could therefore rone-cnl
himself eatlly, uxpnnlng his head only
long enough to obwrvo tho KisllIon of
tho guards.
Trio prison officials aro reticent e-on-
corning thu nltcmpt to enter the prlr-on
yard, aim mere has been nn elfort to
keop It quirt. Thoto facts were relat
ed by (I uard Gumboil, who was on duly
in mo iron i yard. io attempt, so fur
as known, has been mado to run down
the culprit.
TRACY AQAIN E8CAPE8.
Pone With fllnodhoundi Cloic Upon lilt
llcili, But lie Throws Thim Olf.
Seattle. Jill vU. l?onvlet1 InrrvTninv
eluded thu Wanhlnel Oil fiHlra.rti anillt,
and Is ouio more heading for Scuttle.
i no po proNHMl him hard at Kenton,
in iaci, ins ewaK) scorned Imposclblu.
llloodllOlllldH wi re nluriul on lil lr,iL-
wilhlii 10 minutes. Thoy were soon
clow) on thu heels of the fuuttlvu.
Pressoel to doxperatlon. ho scattered
cavi'nno nonoer in bin InrL, Tl.
elogs won came upon thin, and unco
meir nostrils woro filled with tho fiery
substanro, balked until it could lie re
moved, whlrh reniilni.1 in ,mI,,i..u
They again took the trail but roon lost
ii.
AtldcrfOn. tlin mnll Trnnv .,n,U
company him from Meadow Point Sat
urday, has lieoil rescued at iteiiton.
Ho was tied to u trco when found. Ho
had been subjected to this experience)
before on his trip with tho outluw, Mnd
it was in a very feeble vnlru thai hu
mado his presence known to IiIh res.'
cuors. Anderson states that TWv U
being aided in ovory pocsiblo way by
four men whom ho does not know, but
who nro sntitioNfil in !. ,.n-,....u i..
,-, .. .w .... I HI .livid 1,1
crimo with Tracy.
Mo Financial Trouble In FranceT
Paris. Jul v 10. iViiiti-nri.
circulated in tho United States, them
Is nnthlng thre.itoniiig In tho financial
situation here, Tho minister ol flnanco
will Dropout n hill In tlm , l,n,l,- .,( .
deputies' tomorrow converting the 3Ji"
win, lunu-a who o per cents, and ho
WOllhl hnrdlv clinwn n ll,i-,.l...,l,.
moment for such an operation. Both
V4 and 3 per cents mado n plight ad
vance todav. ami tlm llmim. .-n-
nlly calm.
Teachers Overdoing It,
Washington. .Tnlv in rn 1.1..1.
--c , . " vviiijiimu m
havo beon received at tlio war elupart
ment that certain toachors In the Phil
lnnlnos huvn lem iri., 1..
Cnthollo children to become I'rotoitnntB.
Tho comnlalntN Imm 1 ma-ill Inriiru
Acting Governor Wright, with Instruc
tions to havo tho practice, if Itpiovnils,
stopped, Tho teuchorH will bo Informed
that It Is no part nf Dm ,nll,. r 11...
govornmont to huvo any religion taught
... iiw BVIIVWIBt
Smeller Strike Declared Off.
Holona, Mont., July 0 Tho trouble.
at KoBt Helcun between employes of tho
American bmcltlng A Itoflning Com
pany nnd thu corporation tlilsaftormion
was adjusted and thu men will go back
to work tomorrow. Tho union Is not
reeognlzod, but the company agrees to
glvo preforenco to old moil 11 ml to dls-
imiiiiiaio against nono of thorn, Tho
nion on thoir part agreo to work ono
year from May 1, 1002, nttlioold scalo.
ihe strlko has boon formally declared
off. About 000 won aro affected.