1.KK W. IIKntY, Kdltor Kml Troti'r.
CXJTTAGB'GROVE., . .OREGON.
EVENTS OF THE DAY
Comprehensive Review of the Import
ant Happening of the Past Week,
Presented In Condensed Form, Most
' 'Likely to Prove Interesting.
A Wyoming woman lias boon arrest'
d for having fpurjiuabands.
Tlio flro rellof fund rnlel In Wash
-"Ington amounts to a llttln over $6,000
r Minister Henry L. AVIIson decline
"to bo transferred from Chllo to Greoco
Dr. Wood rib Wilson lias been form
.'ally Installed aa president of Princeton
- university.
A Dunsmmr, Cal., constabla mi
slaln by thugs bocauso ho had run them
join 01 town.
frank Norrls. a'woll known novelist,
die! at San Francisco' from the effects of
"an operation.
Eonator Uanna nays lila purpose In
nolitlcn la to establish better rotations
: between labor and capital.
Major Gcnorala Corbin and Voung
'aro homo from Europo, where they
. liavo been inspecting foreign armies
" England la becoming alarmed at tho
condition prevailing among the Irish
Bhlpmonts of arms to tho island haro
been prohibited.
Threo porsons wore seriously and a
ereat many others slightly Injured as
tho result of an explosion in the rapid
transit subway of Mow York.
- Roosevelt has issued tho order to ro
'duce the 4 army to its minimum
.strength. ,
'" Tho cruiser Olympia Is being' de
tained at tho New York navy yard for
lack of a supply of coal.
Governor Stone, of Pennsylvania,
lias Issued a general order withdrawing
tho troops from tho coal fields.
Tho coal strike arbitration commis
sion has perfected an organization.
Judge Gray was chosen chairman.
All members of tho New York build
ing trades threaten to go on strike.
Seventy-fivo thousand men are involved.
Orders aro to bo placed at once for
tho manufacture of tho new three-inch
guns to supply the field 'artillery. It
will require 180.
It has been announced that II. It.
Nickerson, vice president and general
manager of the Mexican Central rail
road, has boon offoied the presidency of
the Southvrn Pacific.
Ono of the worst storms that ever
raged in tho Behring sea raked the
Nome coast from October II to 14.
Three lives were lost in the Nome sea
and a large amount of damage was done
to buildings along the water front.
Tho government of France will step
in and try to settle the coal strike,
which has reached a serious situation
TITLE IS VALID.
NEWS OF OREGON
Report of Attorney Oeneral Knox Saya!
Panama canal may dc rou,
Washington., Oct. 28. f'Tho title to
tho Panama canal Is valld,'8 the. glsM
of tho report to President Iloosovelt by
Attornoy General Knox on his Investi
gation of tho ofter of tho Pat.ania com
pany. Tho next stop, on tho part of
the United States, will bo to negotiato
and ratify a treaty giving to It tho
rights demanded under tho canal legis
lation of last cession. Protldcnt noose
volt will do everything In his power to
secure tho completion of such a treaty
in tlmo for presentation to congress at
the coming short session, as ho believes
nmplo tlmo intervenes for accomplish
Ine this objoct. Should tho Colombian
government dolay or declino to accede
to tho conditions laid down by congress,
thereby causing n postponement until
tho first cession of the Flfty-olgth con-
gross, there is n possibility mat mo
president will again tnko under consul
oration the construction of tho canal
over tho Nicnragunn route. Tho opin
ion prevails here, lion over, tli.it a
treaty of satisfactory character will bo
negotiated, and that tho first stops
looking to tho construction of a canal
will bo undertaken early next year
ITEMS OP INTEREST-FROM ALL PARTS
4 OPfXP STATE.
DOLD BANDIT TAKEN.
Commercial .ind financial Happening. of
the Past Week Uriel Review of thr
Orowth and Development of Various
Industries Throughout Our Common
wealth-Latest Market Report.
Printers of Oregon City Imvo formed
a union.
Hops have reached 25 cents at Salem
and a good many sales aro now looked
for.
Threo hundred coats wero shinned to
Montana from Monmouth a tow day
ago.
Two now steamers, ono for tho
Columbia river and ono lor Puget ton ml
are being built In Portland.
Tho Necanlcitm spruco lumber com
pany, of Seaside, is making foiiio ox
tensive improvements to Its plant.
A movement is on foot in t.inn conn
ty to liavo a closed year for pheasants,
It is claimed that at present there are
not moro than a third ca many birds as
nt ono time.
Tlio Eugene school board Is making
Man Who la IlelteveJ to Have Held Ud the an cllon to nave all ecliool cllllilren
ivin in Aintn- it Cjinturrd. vaccinated a) a precaution against
I m n 1 1 sv nr.,vnlla In (lint i-llv
i i. ..! rni rw no n.,,t. "'t'"-' " v
v.. . "vi--v nd v cinitv to soma extent.
Sheriff W. W. McCormlck arrested
nMr Itnnlb, tlnv n man lwlloved to be Thomas H. Lowell, Mho was convict.
, , , ... ... cd of manslaughter for killing II. I
' ""r," '"-t i Roadman near Ilbur last
up tho North Coast Limited passenger I sentenced to raven years'
train and murdered Engineer O'Neill
near Bcarmouth. The man's size and
general description answer to that of
tho robber. He, gives the name of
Alfred Vanbazcndoct, and at times tries
to talk with German accent and again
necs plain English. Ho 1; of medium
statue, has heavy shouldors and is in
clined to stoop, and wore when arrested
gray suit of clothes and a peculiar lit-
tlo cap of blue color, and had two 45
rallbcr Colt's revolvers strapped to his
body.
He acknowledges he was at Gold
Creek tho night previous to the hold
up, and says he is a tlo maker looking
unemployment and 'that he was eu
route to Missoula when he passed
through Gold Creek. He explains his
slowness in getting over the ground and
his not being seen all day yesterday
along the road from Gold Creek to
Missoula by stating that he missed his
road shortly after leaving Gold Creek
and had to retrace his steps. The
officers discredit the man's story.
JAPANESE BARRED.
July, was
imprison.
Washington Court Decides They Cannot
Become American Citizens.
People on the Island of .St. Vincent
have been compelled to ask for aid
Food supplies are almost entirely ex
hausted.
As a result of a head-on freight col
Ilslon-on -the Iron Mountain' road, In
Missouri, seven people were seriously
Injured and may die.
A'Geoigia mob of 300 broke Into a
Jail, took out a negro and banged him,
Troop's bad been ordered to the scene
but they arrived too late.
General Franklin Boll is to be re
lieved of command of tho forces in Ba
tangas province, Luzon. He will bo
succeeded by Genera Jesso M. Lee.
Charles W. Clark, eon of W, A
Clark, tho Montana millionaire, sayi
he was offered $2,600,000 to assist in
securing control of the legislature and
downing his father.
Congressman A. Itussell, of Daniel
son, Conn., Is dead. no caught
severe cold at the last session of con
gress, from which he nevor recovered,
He was 60 years of age.
The United Irish league will raise
1100,000 to fight the landlords.
Fifteen lives wore lost by the capsiz
ing of a boat In Chinese waters.
A Texas mob overpowered officers in
, a court and lynched two Negroes.
General Miles was robbed In Hono
lulu of his valise containing eweiry
and other valuables.
Boilermakers In the Wabash shops at
8pringoflld, III., have gone on strike
for an increase in wages.
George Smith, colored, on trial in
Portland for murdering his wife, lias
been found guilty of murder in the first
degree.
At the official trial of the monitor
Wyoming, she showed a speed of 12K
knots, one, knot more than was called
for in the contract.
Venezuela Is again at outs'with Great
Britain. It Is alleged tho latter-agreed
to put down the rebellion if sbo wero
gren a 30 per cent reduction of cus
toms on goods going into Vonezuela.
The statement of the collections of
internal revenue for Septomber show a
docroaeo of (1,718,770, as compared
with the eamo montli of 1001.
The secretary of the interior holds
that in all homeeUad entries made of
lands embraced In the former SHotx
Indian reservation, three years' actual
residence must be proven before patent
.Issues.
Tlio Irish Nationalists creatod an
other disorder In the British house of
commons.
The Molineux Jury has boon com
pleted and tho Btate la offering Its Bide
of'the evidenco.
Representative 0. A. Itussell, rof
Connecticut, Is critically ill and bis
recovory Is not expected.
' 'A Big' Four passenger train ran Into
an open switch 14 miles north of Co
lumbus, Ohio, fatally injuring several
persons; .,','.(
The National W, O. T. U., In session j
nt Portland, Maine, passod a resolution
copdemntngthe, character pf advertise
ibttnta placed on bill boards. I
ulympla, Oct, 28. The supreme
court, in a decision handed down today,
decides that a Japanese cannot become
a citizen of the United States. Tho
point came up directly in the matter of
(ho admission of a young Japanese
lawyer to the bar of this state. Takuji
Yamashtta, of Seattle, pas-ed a very
creditable examination for admission to
the bar in the examinations last May,
bat'Uio law making citizenship a qua!
ideation for admission to the bar of
this state is very plain and is undis
puted. The main point in the case
which was presented td the supreme
court in the form of briefs was whether
a native of Japan could become a citi
zen of the United States, and whether
the superior court of Pierce county act
ed within its jurisdiction In granting
naturalization papers to lamaahta
i no decision on tins point covers a
matter on which it is raid there is no
recent decision by any court, and it
therefore becomes a matter of wide In
terest.
WRIQHT GIVEN A VOTE.
Recorder Is Added to Coal Strike Peace
Commission Both Sides Agree.
Washington, Oct. 28. At the request
of the members of the anthracite coal
striko commission, and with the assent
of both the operators and miners, Pres
ident Roosevelt has appointed Carroll
D. Wright, recorder of tho commis
sion, a member of that body. Mr
Wright has accepted tho appointment
Mr. Wright, as recorder of tho com
mission, has received replies from most
of the coal mine owners who are parties
to tuo controversy, Indicating their ac
ceptance of the invitation of the com
mission to attend the conference to be
held for tho purpose of agreeing upon
plans for the hearings to bo given by
ine commission, and also a reply from
Mr. Mitchell saying he would be rep
resented ai me meeting.
ment. Lowell Is now 02 years of ago.
Work Is progressing rapidly on tho
new Hooth-Nelly sawmill at spring-
field. The company hopos to have tlio
mill in operation by tho first of the
year. It will liavo a capacity ol -6U,-
000 feet of lumber per day.
Oregon has a most promising copper
district in a section little known.
This is tho Imnaha, on tho Snake river,
not far from whoro tlio Sovon Devils is
located on the opposite sido. As yet
title development has been dono.
A majority of tho Lewis and Clark
fair directors favor a special session of
tho legislature to make an appropria
tion for the exposition. They believe
this should be dono at onco In order to
let tho other states have an opportunity
to see what wo have done in the matter
and allow them to act accordingly.
Arthnr Scofield, confined in the coun
ty jail at Albany for larceny, mado his
escape a few days ago. Ho was cap
tured at bugene.
J. F. Markley, who murdeied John
D. Fain at Champoeg last June, has
been sentenced to spend tho remainder
ol his life in the penitentiary. He is
07 years old.
Construction work on tho terminal
yards, at Grants Pass, of the Oregon A
l'aclnc railroad will begin January 1
Marion .county.. - physicians have
formed a county medical society. C. S,
White, of Gervais, was elected presi
dent and O. II. Robertson, of Salem,
secretary.
The recent rains throughout tho Wll-
iamette valley have enabled the farm-
ers to push the work of fall seeding.
All fruit Is plckod and other fall work
over and a fow days moro of good
weather will enable the farmers to fin.
ish seeding.
The first carload of Oregon's dried
prunes of this year's crop left Albany
last Saturday for New York. Four and
one-half cents was received.
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Ackerman recently askod several county
superintendents to offer suggestions for
tho betterment ol tho school system,
TJio ideas he has rlceived are many and
varied, and include higher qualifica
tions of teachers, consolidation of dig.
trlcts and an increase of tho compulsory
attendant e period.
Three free rural mall delivery routes
out of Junction City will begin service
December 1.
The first of Crook county's annual
lairs, neid at t rlnovllle, was a success
in overy respect. Large crowds wero
in daily attendance, and some fine ex
hibits were on dislpay.
The stago running between North
lamuiii and liliamook was held un
auout nvo miles ironi worth Yamhill
Saturday night by three masked men.
The stage was- bound for Tillamook.
The robbers secured $200 from pas
sengers.
WILL KEEP UP FIUIIT.
Member of Engineers' Union to be,Askcd
Nat to Handle Anthracite coal,
Chicago, Oct, 26. PresldoutMoiton
of tho International Btntlonnty lingln
ccrs and Flromon, stated that all mem
bors of tho ns-oclation all ovor tho
country would bo ordered to refuse to
handle any anthracite coal until oveiy
member affected by tho anthracite
strike is reinstated on tho basis on
which tlio minors returned to work.
Tho brotherhood has a membership of
14,000, and has local unions In 114
towns and cities.
President Morton declared his organ
itatlon was In a position to shut out
hard coal In all cities whoro It had
local unions, and said sucli action
would bo taken It necessary for tho
protection of tho members who had
lost their positions on account of tho
anthracite striko. This Is President
Morton's view of tho situation:
"According to all reports from East
n mines, our men aro gutting tho
worst of It, and, while tho miners aro
being reinstated, they aro left out in
tho cold. Our organization does not
pro po so allowing Its members to bo
victlmltod, and as wo cannot ci.ll a
striko at tho mines, nonunion men
seeming to bo in possession of tho Jobs,
we will attempt to secure tho rein
statement of our members by shutting
out anthracite coal wherever wo can.
"While negotiations looking toward
a settlement were on wo did not wish
to Interfere in any way, although wo
feared our men would got tho worst ol
tho bargain. Wo bollovo tho action of
tho flromon and engineers in quitting
work helped tho miners to win thol
light.
Although It Is true that a majority
of tho firemen aro members of tlio
Minors' union, they havo retained their
membership In our union, and havo al
ready asked for our assistance. Wo
propose to give it to thorn, and I am
going to call a meeting of tho executive
board, when action will be taken look
ing to that end. I will advocate that
our members bo ordered to rofuso to
handle anthracite coat, as, to my mind,
this is tho only method that will bring
tho operators to time. I beliovo tho
board will accept my suggestion."
Nearly All Engineers Turned Down.
Wilkesbarre, Oct. 25. It looks as
though the union engineers were going
to havo some difficulty getting back
their old places. At nearly every mine
where tho strUing onglncers mado ap
plication tor work thoy wore told that
there wero no vacancies. A largo
number of carpenters aro also out.
President Mitchell has advised tho mon
to wait a fow days and see if employ.
ment would not be offered them. He
believes that when genoral resumption
takes place there will be few mlno em
pioyes idle. The firemen aro beis
taken back in larger numbers than any
of the steam men, becauto they tako
places of men who aro not so capablo,
BAD TRAIN-ROBBER
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sinoIe-iiandi-dmioi.d.
UP 61' N0RTIK
'MONTANA. ' "
Engineer was Shot and Killed Secured
Llttlo Booty Bandit Soya He la the
Man Who Held Up Southern Poclthi
Train In Orcgon-lllg Reward Offered
for Ills Capture.
NEW LIPC-SAVINQ DEVICE.
Walker Will Head Commission.
Washington, Oct. 28.. In the state
of backwardness bb to ratification of tho
canal treaty little attention has been
given here to tho composition of the
United States canal commission, not
withstanding the fact that owing to the
dignity and desirability of the places
tneroon, there nave been many tenta
tive applications for appointment. The
ono tact relative to tho commission that
has deveiopod is that Rear Admiral
Walker, who has headed tho two pre
ceding commissions, will bo the presi
dent of the new commission.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat WallaWalla. 60Q07c: blue-
stem ey47Uc: valley, 87c.
Barley Feed, 121.00 per ton: brew-
ing, xzz.uu.
Flour Best grade, 3.2033.60: grah
am, I z.u3.zo. -
Mlllstuffs Bran, 110.00 per ton:
middlings, 23.60; shorts, $10.60;
cnop, s it.
Oats No. 1 white, I1.02KQ1.05:
gray, si.uu(si.uzt per cental,
llay Timothy, JI0O11; clover.
is.ou; cneat, a per ton.
PotatoesBest Burbanks, 6070c
per sack: Ordinary, dO65c percental.
growers' prices i Merced sweets, $1.76Q
A per cental.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3.60
Aluminum Qlobc Thoroughly Tested nnd
Proves Complete Success.
New York, Oct. 25. A demonstra
tion of the efficiency of a novel life
saving invention has taken place in tho
English chanuol, cables tho , London
correspondent of tho Herald. About
four miles off Folkestone, a tug sightod
a strange object in tho water. Upon
coming nearer It -was found to bo
largo globe. From a manhole on the
top a man's head projected. The tug
went alongside and two men emorged
from tlio globe. Thoy proved to bo tho
inventor ami ins assistant, bom Nor
wegians. According to their story
the globe, which is composed of alum
inum, was put overboard from a steam
er off ilavro. The Inventor claims that
It satisfied all requirements and expec
tations and demonstrated its service
ability for saving lives at sea,
Tho globo Is about eight feet in di
ameter. An air shaft is provided and
it is also fitted with n water pump, sail
and rudder. Its capacity Is claimed to
be sufficient for 10 persons, together
with 850 pounds of food and 1,100
pounds of water.
Coal Trains Have Right of Way.
Reading, Pa., Oct. 25. Tho Reading
railway company olliclals do not be
lieve that anthracite coal will bo mov
ing In any quantity before early next
week. About 1UU.UU0 tons Is looked
for tho first of the week, against a
normal weekly averago of 240,000 tons,
All coal trians aro to be given profor-
enco. There will bo no dolay in tho
unloading of the coal into the yards of
tho cities and towns, and every facility
lor speedy work is being provided for
train crews aud Bhifters. During last
night, 3,000 tons came down tho road
To Evacuate Shanghai.
Paris, Oct. 25. From authorltire
sources the correspondent of the Asso
ciated Press has learned that France,
ureat xirltaln and uerniany nave con
eluded an agreement providing for the
military evacuation of Shanghai by
their forces. The negotiations liavo
also brought about an Important exten
sion of the open door policy as nrged by
Secretary Hay. Tlio agreement affects
Cubans Up fn Arms.
Santiago de Cuba. Oct. 28. Tho
International Brotherhood leazuo sent
to New York by the steamer Orizaba
today 20 children, whose destination is
ine league school at Ban Diego, Cal.
The representatives of the league offer
to educate free an unlimited number of
intelligent children. Their onernllnnit
aro uaing opposed by tlio Cuban pross,
vuo usiuouo cnuron and l'rotcslant
missionaries, who doclare the loamie in
miming prosoiyies to liuduhlsm.
not only Shanghai but tho entire
Yangtso Klang valley, which the pow
4.25; perpourd, 10c; hens. 1434.50 per ws aro seeking to develop for commer
dozen; per pound, lie; springs, fa. 00 1 ciai purposes.
New Torpedo Boat to bo Tested.
San Francisco. Oct. 28. Tlio sub
marine torpedo boat Grampus, recently
built at tho Union iron wnrkfi. In In
drydock liore being made ready for her
official trial on the bay. This will in.
elude not only the submnrlnn irln l.nt
a crulso of some distance, with nerh
a lesi oi nor ewciency In approaching a Hogs Gross, OtfQOtfo per pound;
- ..... itiressea. ra e.
(33.60 per dozon; fryers, (2.603.C0;
Droners, i.'.uuMZ.ou; ducks. IG.OOa
0.00 per dozen; turkeys, young, 12
Miac; geese, ?o.uuyu.6U por dozen.
uneeso full cream, twins, 140
14 Kc; Young America. 14015:
factory prices, lle less.
Butter tancy creamery, 27(330c
per pound; extras, 80c; dairy, 18
20c; store, 1216.
Eggs 26Q30o per dozon.
Hops New crop, 2226c per pound.
Wool Valley. 12Kai5c: Eastern
Oregon, 814o; mohair, 2fl28c.
lieol Uross, cows, 3(553 Jc nor
pound; steers, 4o; dressed, G(37c.
VOai
Mutton Gross. Sc per pound:
dressed, Co.
Lambs Gross, 34o per pound;
Davis Takes the Army to Task.
Manila, Oct. 25. Genoral Davis lias
lssuou a general oruor urawing atten
tion to the carelessness of officers and
men ol tho army in matters of dress
and discipline and characterizing the
neglect In those matters as extraordi
nary. Tho ordei also refers specifical
ly to the carelessness in making reports
and drawing up othor records, and di.
rects commanding officers to insist upon
reform of all existing shortcomings In
tho matters mentioned.
Mexican Railroads Consolidate.
Mexico City, Oct. 26. It Is reported
that very shortly tho'Mexlan Central
railroad company will take ovor tho
Mexico, Cuernava & Paclflo railway,
which has a line from this city passing
through the states of Moroloa and Guer
rero to tho Balsas river.
liulto, Mont, Oct. 27. Onu ol the
most daring train robberies In the his
tory of tho Northern Paclflo railroad
occurred early Saturday morning nt a
lonely spot known as Mulkey canyon,
three miles mid n hull woat ol Drum
mond, Mont. So fur na known, but onu
man was engaged in the attempt to
rlllo tho ci press safe. That ono man
scorned to bo n host In himself, when
ho killed tho engineer, cooped up a
wholu train craw and an entire train,
load of pasrongors, and kept threo men
at work obeying orders. Dnulnour
Daniel u-isolll was snot In thuabdouieu
and Iclllod when ho grappled with the
desperado, who hud covered him with
two revolvers. Tho train was know
as tho North Const Limited.
It Is botlovod that tho robber boarded
tho train ut a water, tank, which I
located about 300 foot west of Boar-
mouth, whoro a stop was made for
water. Just after tho train passed
through Hearmouth station, where no
stop is made, tlio fireman started
put In n tiro. Ho was startled to hear
a yill and turning round foun.1 a man
standing on tho coal pointing two big
revolvers at his head.
"Throw up your hands!" shouted tho
man, elevating his volco to ovorcomo
tho roar of tho train. "Throw up and
obey my orders, nnd you won't got
hurt."
Tho man slid down the coal onto the
engine deck, and forced tho flroinn
against tho left scat of tho cab. II
covorod bngineor U'ftoiii with ono re
volver and ordered him to throw u
his hands.
"ou mind what I say." said ho to
the engineer. "If you don't I'll blow
your head off."
Just then tho steam was shut off and
tho brakes applied and the train camo
to a stop in Mulkey canyon. Kruilncor
U'.Nell, it seems, stepped from his seat
und In doing ro overturned his lantern
which was sot below him. imniedl
ately ho grappled with tho robber and
tried to overpower him. Tho man
released himself, and placing tho big
rorolvel almost against the cnglncor'i
abdomen, fired. Engineer O'NoIl gave
a groan and foil to the ground outtldo,
The robber thon went from thecnglno
to tho express car. Ho pounded on tho
door aud demanded that it bo opened.
Tho two men inside opened tho door to
nnd themselves facing two big guns,
liotli wore ordered out of tho car.
Ho thon tried to blow opon the big
safo with a light chargo of dynamite.
This failed and 16 sticks of dynamllo
were placed In the next charge. Tho
outer door of tho safo was blown opon
and another chaige of 15 sticks of dy.
namlto was used in an attempt to foico
tho luner door. This charge blow the
express car to p locos. Tho roof was
blown off and ono end of tho car was
practically demolished.
The robber then wont to tho mail
car. Tho clerk refuted to opon tho
door until threatened with dynamlto,
Onco In the mail car, he went to work
on tho registered mail pouches. Tho
packages were handed to him, and will
tho utmost coolness tho fellow took a
seat and opened the first package, am!
thon another, using his gun to break
them.
During all tho tlmo he was with his
prisoners, he kept up a runnlnir talk
and joked with the crew over his poor
success in gottlng vaiuablo piundor
Two or threo times ho cxprossod regret
at having boon forced to kill tho on.
gineer, whom ho characterized as fool
ish for trying to resist. Tho robber
doclarod: -
If anybody wants to know who I
am, tell 'em I'm tho same fellow who
held up the Southorn Pacific out nt
Portland last fall."
Bloodhounds from tho U.to nonlton
tiary havo been put on'tho trail. The
Northern Paclflo has postod notlcos of
rewards-of $5,000 for tho capture of
tho robber or robbers, dead or allvo
Officers bollovo that tho outlaws aro
hoadod north and that capture will bo
soon effected. Old settlers, howovor,
who know the country, and Its rough
ness ray there Is little likelihood of tho
mon being captured in tho mountains,
as this soction is a veritublo hole-In-
tho-wall, and wild and thickly timbered.
Fears for Missionaries.
London, Out. 27. Tho English mis
slonary, Mr, Cooper, who was mur
dered at Fez, Morocco, recontly, iiad a
wlfo and two children, and thero is
great apprehension as to their fato, as
well as that oi lour othor womon mis
sionaries, for It Is known thoro has
been a considerable rocrudoscenco of
anti-foreign feoiing. Letters from tho
Kansas mission of Mequinoz, composed
of 12 Americans, describe tho situation
as critical. The missionaries say thoy
are "shut up llko rats in a holo," and
perfectly helpless.
French Miners Agree to Arbitrate.
Paris, Oct. 27. Premier Combos
had a two hours' conference with tho
national commltteo of tho Miners' fed
eration today, and tho latter ugrcod to
submit tho demands of the minors to
arbitration, which tho commltteo do
clarod to lucludo tho establishment of
minimum wago and regulation of tho
hours of work. M. Combos will noxt
consult tlio dologatos of tho companlos,
and If thoy agrco tho striko will likely
be doclarod off Immediately.
New Warships for England.
London, Oct. 27. The British ml-
Irrtlty lias given out contracts for tho
construction of tlirco warships, de
scribed as "scoutB." Thoy will havo a
speed of 25
SUUAK FACTORY IIUKNI1D.
Fire In ChkncoRcsult In Loss of Vaiu
ablo Property and Mnny Lives.
Chicago, 0ct&!3, l-'lve .men nro
known to'havo lost their lives In n lire
which tonight partly destroyed the
plant ol tho Chicago branch of tho
Glucose sugar refining company, and
tho list of dead will certainly ho much
greater than live, and inny roach as
high ns 30. Thu estimates run all tho
way from that number down to 10,
Only ono of tho live men wIiomi bodies
havo been recovered hns boon Identi
fied. '
Thu flro broke out with an oxploslmi
In tho drying house, which Is raven
stories In halght, nnd (lands closo to
tho ma In bu Idlnu of tho nhint. whlel
I 14 stories high,. A third structure
Is four stories high, Tho two smaller
buildings wore destroyed mid thu larger
building was badly damaged. Tho tiro
spread alter thu explosion with such
rapidity that It was impossible, for tho
men In tho upor stories of tho drying
hotiKo to make their escape, and It is
the number of men believed to havo
boon nt work on tho seenth lloor that
causes tlio uncertainty In thu list of
dead. Some of tho employes ho mado
their owajHi say Hint thoio ere 20 or
30 and others say that thcro wero not
moro than 10 at wurk when tho llro
broko out. Whatever the ntimW, nil
nro dead. Pour men leaped from tlio
upper Honrs and nil nro dead. Tho tilth
In tho list Is an electrician, who Is
known to havo entered tho building,
and was thero at tho tlmo of the fire.
He Is supposed to lio dead for tho lea
son that nil thu llremen and laborers
about mo burned building say that no
man mndo his escape from thu upor
uoors.
Secretary Glns, of tho refining com
pany, stated that ho estimated tho loss
ut $600,000.
SAMOAN CASH DECIDED.
STRIKE VOTED OFF
MINI-KS ACllti-H TO ACCIil'T jlL'CISjON
01' ARBITRATION HOARD,
t
(Ircnt Rejoicing Everywhere In the Coal
Fields - Engineers Firm to the Last,
nnd Their 'Employment Is Finally Left
to lUcciitlvc llonrd Rousevelt Sum
mons the Arbitrator to Meet.
Term and Cost of fltrlko,
Duratluii ill ltU, lUvi.... IM
lUl1illrfllfa hpcRl... '.. i.hi
TiiUI less HII rlaw. .. I t.MIiil,ll
I'rlro nt riml at iK-jliinlnn "t 1
slrUo, wr ton.... .y. . . IM11I4
I'rt'ncnl I'lluu ut 11ml, ( tiu M lu
King Oscar, as Arbitrator, Rules Against
the United States.
Now York, Oct. 23. King Oscar, ol
Sneden and Norway, has decided tho
Snmoau controversy In favor of Ger
many, rays a dispatch to the Trlbuno
from Washington.
This fact became known on tho re
turn ol Mr. Grip, tho minister ol
Sweden aud Norway, from a long visit
to his homo. Mr. Grip allied at the
stato department, but did not, of course.
disclose tlio decision of his sovereign,
which must bo formally presented
simultaneously to tho threo poweis
concerned. Tho announcement will bu
astonishing to the governments of the
United Htatos and Great Britain, which
wero confident that they would ostnli
llsh fully the legality und propriety ol
tho joint lauding of innrine at Apia
lu 1811') to sustain tho decree of tho
Samoan mipromo court and end the
revolution. Tho full bcoikj of tlio
arbitral decrco of King Oscar Is not
yot divulged, and thu extent to which
It covers tho claims far damngo filed hy
tho citizens of threo countries and of
Franco may not bo known for several
days. 1 heso claims, which wero nam
Inally tho prime cause for arbitration,
aro insignificant, however, compared
Willi mo mienliou ol iialionnl honor.
on which they deluded, and If tho
action of llm united States and Great
Britain hud been sustained hy thu
royal arbiter, would havo fallen to tho
ground.
TO REQISTER LAND TITLES.
Philippine Commission Decides to Adapt
the Torrcns System.
Manila. Oct. 23. Tho United States
Phlllpplno commission has decided to
enact a land-lnw registry bill drafted
by Commissioner Id. Tho bill adopts
tho Torions registry systom, with mod-
ideations to lit local conditions, and
creates n land titles court. ijind
titles throughout tho Island aro at pres
ent clouded to such an extent that
pales of land and Its Improvements aro
retarded. An enormous tusk is In
volvod in tlio labor of clearing titles,
Government lands which were mid
under authority of the Philippines act
aitor that act passod tho American con
gross, will bo recorded nndor tho Tor
rcns system.
Tho commission has passed a bill de
nning tho terms under which the Ma.
nlla street railway franchise is to bo
granted. This bill provides for the
award of tho franchise by cnmnutltlnn.
mas will ho opened noxt March, after
advortJsdmont hero and In tho United
States.
Cause (if the Strike. I
The miners' demands, whlchivfcru re
limxt, ueru na follow: An clslil hoiir
U;i an lucres' In pay fur iiisn tin
plertwork ruirlluiiftle lu Out given
In day UIkiivii hy shortening nt hourm
Ju! woIkIiIuki'I real imIiiihI, luitead 11I
nrMlrary mraiiireiiieiit I7 varylUK
Hearloal"i a llie.it scale of wane, tho
rata ftir tlio samowork tolm thnsatiin
rverywliera, an agreement timlmdjtlnv
tlieni ilemamlt, entered into (ho
ovraturs and the union.
a
WllkscWro, Pn., Oct. 22. With a
shout that fairly shook thu convention
building the representatives of the 47,
000 mlnuworlters who havo boon on
striko since lust Mny officially declared
.off nt 110011 yesterday tho greatest con
test over mndo IxiUocu capital and
labor, nnd placed nil tho iiieatlpns In
volved In tho slruggln In tho hands ol
thu arbitration commission nppolnled
hy tho president of tho United States.
When tho news was Hashed to tho
tonus and villages down In tho valloya
and on tho mountains of tho coal reg
ions, the Inhabitants heaved n sigh
of relief. Mnny days havo goun h)
since such welcome nana nan received.
Everywhere thero wus rejoicing, and
lu many place tho end of tho strike
was tho signal lor Impromptu town
celebrations. Tho anthfnclta coal
region, from Its Inrgost city, Kcrauton,
down to the lowliest coal pitch, has
suffered by tho conlllct, and everyone
now looks for bettor times, '
While tho largo army of mlnuworkers
and their families, numbering approxi
mately 500,000 H)reoiis, aro grateful
that work Is to bo resumed on Thurs
day, the strikers have itlll to learn
what their reward will bo, President
lloosuvolt, having taken prompt action
In culling tlio arbitrators together for
their first mooting on Friday, the min
ers Iijjki thoy will know by Thanks
giving day what practical gains thoy
havo mado.
Tho voto to resume coal mining was
u unanimous ono, and was reached only
altera wnrm debate. Tlio principal
objection to accepting tho arbitration
Plan was that no provision naa con
tained lu thu aehotno to tako onto of
those men who would fnll to got bark
their old positions or Mould be iinablu
to gut work at all. Tho engineers and
pumpmen gut belter pay than other
classes of nilliuworkors, and they did
not wish to run tho risk of loslui; alto
gether their old places and being com
pelled to dig coal for a living. Thin
question camo up and was argued right
uii to tho tlmo tho voto was taken. No
ono had n dollnlto plan fo offer to over
como tho objection, and tho ronort of
the commltteo on resolutions, recom
mending that tho striko bo doclarod
off, nnd that all Issues bo placed In tho
hands of tho arbitration commission
for decision, was adopted nithout tho
question being settled. A fow mo
ments boforo adjournment, however, a
partial solution was reached when a
delegato In the furthermost corner of
tho hall moved that tho problem bo
placod In tho hands of tho executive
board for solution, and his suggestion
was adopted.
SPEED SACRIFICED TO POWER.
CHINESE RECORDS RESTORED.
American Officer Will Return Tablets of
Jade to Chinese Oovcrnmcnt.
San Francisco, Oct. 23. Tho famous
Jado tablets brought to this country by
j.ioutonant r. ju. vviso, 01 tho marine
corps, will now find their way back to
China. Collector of Customs Stratton
has boon Instructed by tho socrotury of
tho treasury to turn thorn ovor to tho
Chinoso consul on tho payment of (50.
Tho monoy will bo glvon to Lieutenant
Wiso, who has alleged all along that ho
paid that amount for tho stonos. There
are 10 tablutB in all, and on each nro
Inscriptions of great valuo. On tomo
aro the odd names of omporors Ions
dead, and on somo tho names of bo-
loved ompressos.
Arrested for Old Crime,
Grand Forks, B. C Oct. 23. John
A, Manley, formerly mayor of Grand
Forks, and ono of Its host known arid
moat prominont cltizons and chief
englnoor of the Kettle valley linos, was
Naval Board Decides to Make Important
inanges In New Cruisers.
Washington. Oct. 23. Tim naval
board of construction todnv flnallv dn.
elded upon tho features of tho armored
crulsors authorized by tho last act of
congrojs. Spood has boon sacrificed to
powor.
By a voto of four against orio. Engin
eer In Chlof Molvillo's nronosltlnn ti
glvo tho big ships 25,000 horaeiioHor
and a speed of 23 knots nt a minimum
was rojocted and tlio horsepower will
stand at 23,000, which ho ostlmatos
will actually bring tho snood down to
about 21 Jtf knots. Tho now boats.
thoroforo will bo threo and one-half
knots slower than the four famous Eng
lish armored cruisers of tho Drain
class. To offsot this lack of speed tho
Tcnncscoo class will havo a much moro
powerful battory. namolv. four ilO.lnrh
guns In the two turrets against two
nine-Inch suns In tho main bnlterlna nf
tho British ships, Tho Tonnossoo class
also will liavo more armor, tho protect
ive dock at Its thickest nart' bolmr fnne
and a half Inches with six-Inch sldo
armor.
rjreat One Well,
Washington, Pn.. Oct. 231 Tl,
greatest gas well ovor struck In Arm
strong county, If not In Pennsylvania,
Ib now Bonding into tho air mnrn tlinn
20.000.000 ruliln hint nf r, ........ n,
arrested today on a charge 1 of compile!- hours. It Is defying all efforts to bring
ty In the burning of Jtho Kscalot hotol, It under control. Tl.o well la on the
at Columbia, B. 0., about three yours Peter Korr form, a short distance south
ago. Mr. Manley wub at hla homo of hero. Tim m. .MniMn. 1. 1-
when the arrest was mado and quietly mated, would supply a city of 10,000
submitted to tho Provincial imllco. Inhabitants. In tho 11 days thai havo
Ifinn Viii y Wfll8lAroloneoU , on lPx "loco the sand wus struck, moro
$16,000 ball, Tlio ovldonco airalnst than a?n nnn nnn i.i 1 .1 '
- - b I jwwwawvw viiutu JUUI, Ul LTII H. 1 L
him Is considered vory Btrong. 8 bollovcd. havo cono to waslo.
Navy Yard Is Too Small.
Washington, Oct. 23 Tho nnniml
report of Boar Admiral Kennoy, pay
master gonorul of tho navy, dovotos
much spaco to showing that thoro Ib a
Britain Will Have Justice from China.
Shanghai, Oct. 23. Four British
gunboats havo boon ordorod from horo
to the Yangtso Klang, to Hankow, bo-
canso of tho failure of tho Chinoso
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Huvuuoiim iui nw, ,,,u ujurunuri hi nrincn nr n na,. ,a. ii.rt . I.
n li., nn,l T.u,l. tl. 1? ist. "1. : ...T.T . .." "'v'f V,u "urK " 1"
u. y"., ...v ,jkiic una. muiuu mat moro is a demand for (ho
luimrwa w wuiv nuiixi. is said on aruoment of tlin tn, .
knots when In fighting , that tlioChlnesonuthoritloanrealarmod Washington. Boston.
trim, their onglncs will bo ol 17.000. at Great Britain's stop and that Prince Island and Puirot nnnd. a JStn.'.
horeopower and tholr Beagoing qualities Oh'ng, preuldent of tho foreign ofllco, tlon of tho bill compelling advortlslmr
will bo superior W those 0! tho torpodo will confer with regard to tlio mattor for supplies Is askod for In tho in orost
boat destroyers. I with the British minister to China. 'of tho Borvloo. ' "