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Bohemia Nugget M!H W, IlICNItY, Editor anil rrou'r. COTTAGE GROVE. . . .OREGON. EVENTS OP THE DAY Comprehensive Review of the Import ant llarpcnlngs ol the Past Week, Presented In Condensed Form, Most Likely to Provo Interesting. French mlncowncrs and strikers till unablo to agree. Another Bnlmon cannery comblno lias boon formod at Vancouver, 13. U. Tlio, Nlcaragnan cabhiet hat resigned out liio president relu'os to accept. Senator Quay may bo prosocutcd for using his own letterheads in eoIK-Itlng campaign lands. A passonger train on tho Northern Pacific collided with a freight near St. Paul, killing two men. Tho kalsor's visit to England is ex poctcd to bring about more friendly re lations between tho two powers. Plana are being perfected at Cleve land. Ohio, for tho combination of all soft coal interests of tho country. A trolley car and a switch engine collided in Chicago, resulting In one porsou being killed and throo seriously injured. II. It. NIckerson, vlco president and ccnoral manager of the Mexican Cen tral, denies that ho has been offered tho presidency of tho Southern f acific. Sarah Dernhardt has lust finished a tour of Germany. Although tho had abundant applause, the engagement was not the financial success expected Another great eruption of the volcano of Souffrioro may be expected soon. The Gorman government has appro priated 500,000 for the expenses of its exhibit at tho 1804 lair at si. iconic. President Mitchell lias all tho data prepared which he intonds to present to tho investigating commission when it Is called for. The United States chiot of engineers has announced that no dredge will be built for tho Columbia, loaving im provement to present machines. Tho revolution in Colombia will like ly bo settled without further bloodshed.. The rebels are now endavoring to- ar range peace terms with the government. A ruling has been made by a New York Judge that any criminal case tried in Cuba by Americans during their oc cupation may bo retried by tho Cuban courts. Socretary Boot has approved the dis appearing gun carriage in connection with guns of six-inch calibre, as well as thote of larger bore. General Miles was opposed to its adoption. Tho first pension to be granted to a claimant in tho Pacific Northwest, nndor the Indian War veteran bill passed at tho last session, is to Patrick Maloney, of Portland, who has just been allowed $8 a month. French coal miners on strike have renewed their rioting. The czar of Russia is suffering from aoverj attack of nervous prostration. Nearly all of tho troops in the an thracite coal region have been sent home. Six miners were seriously- injured in a Michigan mine by a premature ex plosion. Ex-President Cleveland, in a speech in New Jersey, mode a strong attack on tho present tariH laws. Throe men were injured in Chicago in connection .with disturbances Inci dent to the bill posters' strike. Fire in Montreal destroyed much valuable property. It was necessary to call out tho entire fire department te fore the flames were brought nnder control. TRAINMEN WANT MOM PAY. iJSJEWS QF OREGON New Schedule of Wages Soon to be Pre. j sentcd to the Southern Pacific-. Oakland, Cal., Nov, 4. W.ithtn-tliej noxt few days tho Order ol Hallway Conductors, Trainmen and Svcjtchmcn will submit a schedule of wagts-ito tho Southern raciflc Comiany. .Tho ro- auosts of tho men aro vory much tho Bamo as thoso submitted by tho englii' ecrs. firemen, telegraphers fand others, An increase of 16 to 20 per rent Is asked, together with a uniform rata of wages on all tho divisions of tho Atlan tic and Pacific systems. Tho demands will take tho tamo general courao that tho others havo. They will bo passed uponby tho respective departments and then roforrcd to Gonoral Manager Aglcr and Julius Krutsihnitt, ataiatant to President Harrlman. Theso two gcn tlomcn in turn will pass upon the do mands and fend them to the committee appointed by President Harrlman to confer with them. Accordins to tho by-laws of tho unions, the company Is '.given 30 days to mako an answer to mo men. The dancor of n central slriko upon the Southern Pacific lines Is not thought to be great. Doth the xen and tho company officials nre of tho same opinion. The heads (it the departments are unanimons In saying that tlio pos sibility of a great railroad strike is so small that it cannot be considered even a possibility. The men hold equally pronounced views. Tho reason for this belief is found in the fact that tho com pany has always favored anions. The conservative organizations have always had tho entire confidence of the com pany, and there have been no differ ences which havo not been amicably settled, COMMISSIONERS OUT TO WORK. PUBLIC DEDT STATEMENT. Financial Condition of United States at Close of Business Oct. 31, 1902. Washington, Nov. 4. The monthly statement of the public debt, issued to day, shows that the close of business October 31, 11)02, tho debt, less cash In treasury, amounted to $958,507,720. Tho debt propor was decreased through the purchase of bonds by 114,739,683, and tho cash on hand also shows a de crease for tho month of $14,831,615. The debt is recapitulated as follows: Interest bearing debt, (915,470,230; debt on which interest has ceased since maturity, $1,256,280; dobt bearing nt. interest, $3!8,302,549. Total, $1,314, 929,699. This amount, however, does not include 1800,316,009 in certificates and treasury notes outstanding, which are offset by an equal amount of cash on band held for their redemption, The cash in tho treasury is classified as follows: Gold reserve, $150,000,000 trust funds, 1800,310,509; general fund, $145,494,171; in national bank depositories, $146,885,012; total, $1 302,695,763, against which are demand liabilities outstanding amounting $946,273,875, which leaves a cash bal ance on hand of $356,421,875. FIQtlT ON COAL. ROADS. Coal Strike Hoard Starts on Its Tour of Inspection of the Mines. Scranton, 1'a., Oct. 31, Tho seven commissioners appointed by President Itoosovelt to adjust tho differences be tween the anthrnctto mlnaworkors and their cmnlovnrn inniln n tmir voatnrdnv . . K . . . . ii i . a i. t . . . ' . . . . - . me raai n-u. wvnir u. inc of tno cxtrcmo upper coal Holds, and Qrowth and Development of Various , saw ovory step taken in the production Iml.i.lrW Thmu.hout Our Common. Ol COBI, irom (lie lime It IS UiaslOU irolll me grouiui, nunurixis oi icot uetow mo surface, up to tho point where It is sent to market, ready fcr tho uso of the con sumer. Tho arbitrators had an Inter- esting day, and roturnod to tholr hotel at 6:30 o'clock grimy from coal dust and tired alter eight busy hours of ob servation ami Investigation. Tho trip was a novelty to most ol those In the commissioners' party, some of whom never had boon In tho hard coal regions. Tho commissioners IMPORTANT RULING ITFMS OP INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS OP THE STATE. Commercial and Financial Happenings of wealth Latest Market Report. A postofflco has been established at Applcton, Wallowa county, on tho route from Flora to Paradiso. A now ledge, with a good width and of a very rich quality of freo milling ore, has been uncovered on tho Lucky Boy mine, In tho Uluo river district Public sentiment is very much STRIKE COMMISSION MAKES DECISION IN REGARD TO WAGES. If Miners Oct More Pay, It Will Date from November 1 Vote Was Unanimous- Arbitrators Have Under Consideration Issuing of Prctlmary Report Covering Three Most Important Issued. Scranton, Pa., Nov. 1. Tho first I in portant action of the Anthracite Coal Strlko commission, which is arbitrating tho differences existing between tho miners and their employers, was taken today whon it was announced by Car roll I). Wright, tho recorder of tho com mission, that if any award affecting thu known divided on tho question of tho proposed displayed Uio greatest Interest In every existing scale of wages should bo made, country AJ. I.VJ MIV- IUIVB. 1V.WL.VI ...U I V V. I.VSI 1111111. (..III HVII, AUUU, uioir worn in n manner mat was pleas ing to behold. The mining tuporin tendents accompanied tho commission- tho expression of sentiment at Salem. ovon arbitrators had o en general tendency, otitaido of mining cir cles, is favorable, to tho reserve, Thoro is quito a noticeable change In regarding the $500,000 appropriation for the Lewis and Ularko centennial. At first tho amount seemed extrava gant, but It is now regarded in a differ ent light. Tho state ptlntlng office Is now work- dure many discomforts, mako their way through wet places in tho mines, almost crawl along some of the gang- ways in tho workings, and pass through clouds ol coal dust in tho breakers. isotwlthstandlng this, tholr eagerness lor information was not diminished, Ing on tho last form of the now Oregon and thov expect to nut In another dav'a i - . , in . . .. . . . -. i . . ' . . roue, anu mo two volumes wm no foih i work today in tills vicinity. Burglars entered a New York hotel and secured several thousand dollars in money and a like amount in jewelry, It is supposed they chloroformed their victims. The business man who is contented with bis busluess has stopped growing, Tho man who says he has business enough, therefore has no need to adver tiso, has reached the full flood of the tide. Hut after the Hood Is the ebb always. It is a law of nature that nothing shall remain In a state of rest, -Gverythlng grows, or it decays. No business can remain at a standstill for any considerable time. -Printers Ink Tho Foreman shoe company, of Cin clnnati, one of the largest in the coun try, lias tailed. The collapse was caused by soveral smaller concerns going under owing largo amounts to the ioroman company. Govornor Yatos, of Illinois, Is suffer ing from an attack of typhoid fever. Two of the largest anthracite coal companies In Pennsylvania aro to con' Bolldato- Ihe Alaska salmon pack shows an Increase of 400,000 cases ovor that of last year. As far as in, the evidence In tho Molinenx case looks very bad for the dolendant. Another man has been arrested for holding up the Northern Pacific train in Montana. W. J. Bryan's special train collided With a freight in Colorado, and three peopio wore injured. A wealthy Qulncy, Illinois, farmer has been arrested for the murder of his daughter's suitor. The cholera doath rate in the Philip pines la constantly going higher. At present 76 per cent ol tho cases prove fatal. Colombia's, delay in presenting canal note la probably due to Us being vexed over American activity at Panama. A riot over nonunion labor nt Chi cago resulted In Injuries to sovon men. The chief of the naval ordanca bureau reports in favor of sacrificing speed for armament In the construction of bat tleships, i Interstate Commerce Commission Conttd era New York Complaint. New York, Nov. 4. Chairman Mar tin II. Knapp and Commissioner J. zeomans, of tno interstate commerce commission, bold a brief session here today and hpard a statement of chargci Lawrence obearn declared ho had to present against tho anthracite coal car rying roaas. nr. blicarn said he rep resented a number of prominent citizens of Iew lork, iioston and Washington and other cities. He said he was pre pared to prove tno existence of an agreement between the roads to regu late tonnage, and that this practically was an agreement for an equitable di vision of profits. It was agreed that Mr. Shearn should present his formal petition to the com mission in Washington. The coal com panles will then bo notified and given id days to answer. BOXERS CAUSE ALARM. Master of British dunboat Will Send De tachment If Necessary. Mctoria, B. O., Nov. 4. Tho Boxer uprising in Siechuan is causing great alarm to foreigners, though a plan of campaign by wnicn rescue is to be effected, if necessary, has been formed lbe master of a British gunbsat at Klahlng, 350 miles below Cbenztu sent a letter by the French commander, saying that he would cumo with a de tachment of troops and a field gun, if necessary. The corronpondonce further states that the officials have been in formed the Boxers Intend making "a concerted rising when the harvest I over. Cbengtu is to be the first at tacked and then the smaller towns. Young Cubans Held. New York, Not. 4. Eleven children whose average is 10 years arrived today from Santiago, Cuba, enoute to Point ixima, uai., to join the "Universal Brotherhood." The immigration offl clala at this port have been asked tt bold these children as possible oblec tionable aliens for inquiry. The dill dren are In charge of Dr. Gertrude Von Pelt, who intended to accompany them to Point Loma, wbero Mrs. Catherine Tingley, known as the "Purnle moinor," is said to nave established a temple for teaidiing children Buddhism. New Destroyer Launched. Bridgeport, Conn., Nov. 4. Tho lake submarine torpedo boat Protector was successfully launched here today. Thq Protector la designed for harbor defence. She is 00 feet long and of 11 feet beam. and has a displacement of 05 tons sub merged. Ilor power is electricity when submerged, and gavoline when cruising awaeu. a trap door In her bow will enable a diver to leave the boat for the purpose of cutting cables or mine con nections. Her builders believe she can destroy tho submarlno defenses of any naruor in uio woriu. To Study, American Labor. Now York, Nov. 4. Alfred Moslev arrived here today on the steamship Campania. He said that tho members of the commission which he is bringing from England to study the relations of capital and labor In tho United States would all reach this country in a few days. A numberof English journalists came on the Campania to report tho In- veaugtuion as it proceeds. American methods are aiousing ereat interest In England. to the bindery next week. It is ox pected that the new codo will bo ready for distribution about tho middle, of November. Tho present year will bo the greatest from a business standpoint in tho his, tory of the etato land department. During tho first nine months of 1902 the receipts from payments on sales of state land oxceedod the total for any previous year. - N illiam Baldwin and his son, George, were sentenced to servo two j ears and one year, respectively, in the penitentiary, the one for aiding and abetting, and the other for striking the fatal blow that killed brant Carson in Portland a short timo ago. A J. Nielon, ox-sheriff and tax col lector of Lako county, who was found guilty of defalcation in office by a jury at tho May term of court, has been sentenced to four years In tho penlten' tiary and ordorod to pay a $0,000 fine, to cover tho amount of defalcation. An appeal has been taken to the preme court. The recent decision of Judge Bennett regarding the legal status of tho ordi nary bop contract has furnished another argument for tho passage of an act pro viding for a state hop inspector. The Oregon Hopgrowera' association at its last annual meeting declared In favor of such a law, and the growers general ly are desirous of seeing it enacted. it would bo unfair to ear that ono commissioner displayed more interest than another, but it can be .truly said that Bishop Spalding asked more ques tions than any one of tho others. Ho was usually In tho center of a group of commissioners, and asked many ques tions of those who aro employed in and auoui uio mines. All the commissioners were good lis teners, but poor talkors. when it ramo down to getting an expression from them on any feature of the mining business. From their actions today, It nro the Increase in wages, a shor t tho award shall bo effoctlvo from November 1. It was fully expected that tills quostlon would cumo up before tno arblttatora, but tho action of yes terday shuts oil any potslblo controver sy that either sldo may havo desired to raise, the minors wanted the now scale, it ono Is made, to tlatu from thu time they teturncd to work, but tho operators left tho matter to be decided by the commission. Thu mlnotvorkcra are perfectly satisfied, howuver, with tho decision of tho commission. Tho strlko has been oft nearly ono wcok, and most of tho met) have not worked mora than four or five days. Tho announce- mont of the commission was contained In tho following revolution: " oto unanimous that if tho commis sion at thu conclusion of Its hearings and deliberations makes any award affecting rates of wages, such award shall take offoct from November 1 1902." It Is possible that the commission may mako a preliminary report on throe principal strikoquostlout. They 18 cotatn they bavo argeeu not to say what they think ol tho questions that will como before them, beveral per sons approached ono or another of tho commissioners during tho day, moroly for the purpose of having him say what no thought ol something ho saw and In each caBO tho inquirer was rebuffed lestorday's tour consisted of an In spection of No. 2 mlno of tho Hillside coal company, operated by tho Erlo company, and tho coal breaker of the Delaware & Hudson company. Tho former is located at Forest City, 22 miles north ol this city, and the break er at Carbondale. four milos south of Forest City. MINERS STAY OUT. Governor Geer Is making a tour of the eastern part of the state. The assessment valuation of Strike at Several Alines Is Renewed Upon Orders from President Mitchell. Hailoton, Pa., Nov. 1. The strike at tho seven collieries of Coxo Bros. A Co., tho four mines of G. B. Markle & Co., 'and tho Silver Brook operation of J. S. tVents & Co., was officially re- Marion I nowed today through an order irsnod work day, and tho weighing of coal After theso havo been decided, the com, mission can take up all other questions without undue haste. It is known that tho commissioners have this feature undor consideration, ami It is probable a preliminary report will bo made. Tho commissioners spent the entire day yesterday In continuing tholr In- spection of tho mines and tho mining region about Scranton. Tliuy v sited the Manvillo colliery, operated lointlv by tho Delaware & Hudson and tho Delaware, Lackawaua A Western com panies, in the forenoon, and tho niter- noon was spent in riding through tho region on a special trolley car. Tho commission will spend today in tho vicinity of Wllkcsbarre. returning here this ovonlng. QRBAT CABLC FINISHED. PKI1SIDIINT ISSUI1S PROCLAMATION. Thursday, November 27, Is Designated as Thanksgiving Day. WhsMtik'ton, Oct. 31. President Itoosovelt has Issued his proclamation designating Thursday, November i!",', ns a day of tliankrglvlng, Tim prooU inallon, Is na follows: t "According to tho yearly custom of our people, It falls upon tho president at' tills season to apiKilut a day of festi val and thanksgiving to God Over a century and n quarter has passed since this country took its placu among tho nations of tho earth, and durltiu that time we have had, on tho whole, mom to no iiiaiuini lor than hits befallen to the lot of any other people. (Itinera, tlou alter generation has grown to man hood and pas-ml away. Each has had to bear Its peculiar burdens, each tu faco Is special crisis, and ouch has years of grim trial, when the was menaced br mn Ilea. do mectio or foreign, when tho hand ol tho I-onl was heavy upon it In death uy iiood or pestilence, when In bod y distress and anguish of soul It paid tho penalty oi louy and n Irownrd heart Nevertheless, decade by decade, wi havo struggled onward ami upward wo now abundantly enjoy material well being, and under thu favor of thu Most High wo nro striving earnestly to achlovo moral and spiritual uplifting "i lie year that has Just closed has been ono of poaeo ami overfluwltiir Plenty, uareiy has any people en jojtM greater prosperity than wo are now enjoying. tor this wo render heartfelt and solemn thanks to the glvur of goal, and wo seek In pralnt him not by words only, but by deeds, by tho way in which wo tin our duty tti ourselves ami to our fellow men. Now, therefore. I. Theodore lioom xoU, President of tho United Htutes. do hereby tleslgnatu ns n dav of L-onuritl thanksgiving Thursday, tho 27th of thu coming rt'uvombor, and do recommend that throughout tho land tho txoit, cease from their ordinary occupations and In their several homes and plarus in wortnip render tnniiKH tintonlmlghty "i ior inu maniioid bless iil's of Ihe past year. In witness whereof I havo hereunto set my hand and caused tho seal of the United Statoa to bo affixed. "Done at tho Citvof Washington this 29th day of October, in tho veitr of our i-or.i iuu.', anil oi tlio Independent' of tlio United States thu 127th. "TIlEODOIti: UOOSKVKLT." (Seal.) "By tho president, "JOHN HAY, Socretary of State. " UNITED STATES POSTOFriCES. I VESSEL GOES DOWN STEAMERS CAPITAL CITV AND TRADER COLLIDE ON I'UOilT SOUND. ' county has increased 4 per cent during by District Secretary Gallagher, of tho UnpH.hod at 7 o'clock last night, the past year, according to the assessor. United M neworkers i, ujxm instiuc ions though tho first mossago did not RanalA f!fok11 V,n. ar,.la.l ft. Washington, where he will take up his h1""? mines were not permitted to labors prior to tho opening of congress. Judge Burnett has rendered a de cision which seems to be very sweeping in its etlect and which will prevent hopbuycra . from recovering possession oi noas covered by tbe ordinary con tract. The decision Is to tbeuect that the contract Is a mortgage and that tbe grower can discbarge It by paying the money advanced to him, with Interest, The Willamette river is 'changing lis course at Salem and tbreatons to leave that city high and dry nnloss steps are taken to stop It. Ike Willamette Valley Prune asso ciation, of Salem, is shipping three carloads of prunes a day and is operat ing its packing bouse day and night, All prunes are shipped in boxes bearing Urn association brand, bales are being made on tbe basis price of 2 cents for tbe four sizes in bags and a half cent more for fruit in 25-pound boxes. Judge Gray, a prominent citizen of Astoria, and a native of Oregon, is dead. He was 03 years lod. The merchantable lumber of tbe Cascade forest reserve is ostlmatod at 60,000,000,000 feet, board measure, Men under governmental supervision nave been doing considerable dynamit ing in the Willamette near Independ ence the past week. Several large snags and boulders were dislodged, making tlio upper river transportation much safer than last winter, when two or three steamers were sunk by running into submerged snags return to wortfln a body, the Coxes in sisting that their employes make per sonal application for their former posts. and G. B. Markle & Co. requiring each man before going back to work to promise to abido by the decision of the arbitration commission. The mine- workers allego that the oblect of tbeto requirements is discrimination against men wno were prominent In the strike, The trouble at Silver Brook is similar to that at Coxe Bios, All Brltlsn Line Between Vancouver, B. C, and Brisbane, Australia. Vancourci, B. O., Nov. 3. Tho com plotion of the All-Kod cablo lino bo- tween Vancouvor and Ilrlsbanu was se al, got tho one through until this morning, when announcement was made that dream ol tho Imperialists was a reality, Tho cablo Is still In tho hands of th contractors, and It will not be open for business ior auoui tiireo weeks, llur ing that timo it will undergo anolabor ate system of tests in ordor that the offi cials may boo that it Is in thorough working order before being taken over irom the contractors. Tho section between Bamfiold creek Presidential Appointments for Past Year Establish a Record. Washington. Oct.. 31. A total of 2",270 presidential postmasters oro appointed last year, according to tho annual report of J. L. Hrletcw, fourth assistant postmaster general, just Is sued. This Is tho largest number ap pointed In any ono vear In thu hlstorv of tho postal service. Tho Increase was duo mainly to tho exit ration of com, missions during tho year, and the ad vauco ol many fourth class ofiltea to tho presidential grifdo. Tho total number of appointments of postmasters ol ail c asses was 111.070 an increase oi i,uis. There was i light Increato In the number of ro movals of postmasters "for cause. as a result of a strict discipline for carolossnoss and irregularities. Thoro were 3,058 postofllccs established and 4.0SU discontinued, tho latter attrltmt. able mostly to the extension of the The New Monitor Wyoming. Washington, Nov. 1. A teleeram received at the navy department from Captain Dickens, at the Mare Island navy yard, contains the following re port ol yesterday's trial of the mon itor Wyoming! and Fanning island, which la tho lone, est In tho world, has already undergone rural free delivery service and tho con a series oi tests, and has provod entire- oiKiaiion oi postoflices adjacent to ly equal to expectations. The great question in the success of tho cablo was over this enormous section, but it was found by a recent test to give a speed of ovor 100 words a minute with the Decrlovo transmitter. The actual tlniu occupied in tho transmission of a nics- large presidential offices. Tho number of poatofTlces In tho Unltod States Juno 30 was 7,924, of which 220 wore first class, 1,023 second class, 3,488 third class and 71,103 fourth class. "Tho two hours' full speed trial of sage from this city to Sydnoy, Australia, NEW OUNBOAT LAUNCHED. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Walla Walla, 07Q08c: blue- stem 7374c; valley, 07c. Barley Feed, $21.00 per ton: brew. Ing, I2Z.0U. Flour Boat grade, 3.20(33.60: grah am, 12.00(33.20. Millstuffs Bran, $19.00 per ton: middlings, $23.60; shorts. $10.60: cnop, 117. Oats No. 1 white, $1.051.07 ; gray, $1.021.05 per cental. Hay Timothy, $10311; clover, s.bu; cneat, is per ton. Potatoes Best Burbanks, 00(3 70c per sack; ordinary. 6066c per cental. growers-prices; juerood sweets, $1.75(3 per cental. Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3,603 ,26; per pour d, 10c; hens. $434.60 per dozen; per pound, 11c; springs, $3.00 (33.60 per dozen; fryers, $2.6003.00; broilers, iz.uuz.du; ducks, $4,603 o.oo per dozen; turkeys, young, 12K 3o; geeso, f 0.00(30.60 per dozen. Cheese Full cream, twins, 14(3 lDftc; Young America, 16 17 factory prices, llVc less. Butter Fancy creamery," 27430c per pound; extras, 30e; dairy. 18 Q20cj store, 1216. Kggs 2630o per dozen. Hops New crop, 2226e per pound. Wool Valley, 12318c; Eastern Oregon, 814c; mohair, 2028c. Beef Gross, cows, 3334c per pound; steers, 4c; dressed, 09 7c. veal 763H4o. Mutton Gross, So per pound: dressed, Oc. Lambs Gross. 3Ho per ponndt tireaaea, uc, tho Wyoming In the opou sea was sue ceaaiuuy completed today. The mean revolutions for tho two hours wore 201.3. This corresponds to a speed of li. ts knots. The general behavior of the ship In moderate eoa and breeze was satisfactory." Wrecked by Runaway Cars. Oxford, O.. Nov. 1. Tho express for Chicago over the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton and tbe Monon routes collid ed with two runaway freight cars here last night, wrecking the engine, bag. gage and mall cars. The fireman and two tramps were killed. Tho wrecked cars were burned. No passengers were hurt, although they were badly shaken rft .... op. jue ireigm cars were ueiacuod from a train that took tho siding here to allow the Chicago express to pass, and were not noticed by the freight crew until too low. Volcano on the Isthmus. Washington, Nov. 1. A cablegram received at the etato department from Consul General McNally is of interest In the Isthmian canal project, relating as it does to the volcanic conditions In Central America, Ho reports that the eruption of Ihe volcano at Santa Maria, adjoining Quezaltenango, continues; that tho city is covered with six Indies of volcanic mattor; rich coffee planta tions on the coast side are burled under seven feet of sand and ashes from tho volcano, and that detonations from the eruption were heard in the capo, Big Forest Fire. Missoula, Mont., Nov. 1. Tho Rocky mountain division headquarters of the Northern Pacific railroad lias been In formed through private messages that an immense forest firo is raging across tno river Irom the Flathead reservation, Tho flames 'are spreading unchocked. and millions of feet of tho finest timber in this part of the itato aro being de stroyed. It is believed that only a heavy rain or snowfall will sorvo to quench the fire. Craft Turned Out tn Japan America Christened. for will bo lets than five minutes in tho First case of a short commercial mossage, and .1. , A, III L. .1 I . . wus i.me win oo oi jcourso mainly oc- 8an KralICSC0 0ct. 31.- The Japtn cunled In the manual rnnntltlnn Vif tlml-. .. . .' ii.ZnVi i 'i"Z uazeno oi uctooer iu gives an extended - D ......... . i. ww . miMiiift island, Norfolk Island and Brisbano. ARMOR PLATE STANDS TESTS. fJood Material for Battleship Nebraska. Now Building at Seattle. Washington, Nov. 3. During tho past week there havo boon two teats of armor plate at Indian Head. Tho first was madj with six-Inch projectiles on triangular six-inch Kruno plato to bo used on the cruisors Colorado, Pennsyl vanla, Maryland and West Virginia. Throo shots were fired. Tho greatest striking velocity was 1,010 feet per see ond. The armcr was penotratcd only about two Inches. Tho other test was with 11 inch Krupp plato to bo used as side armor for tho battleship Nobraska, now undor construction by tho Moran Bros., of Seattle. In this lnstanco a 10-Inch gun was used, and tho penotra tion was tiireo incuoa. uotn teats aro said to have been successful. To End French Strike. Paris, Nov. 3. President Loubot. following tbe example set by President Itoosovelt, is taking an active part In settling the French coal minora' strike Today ho held an extended conference with M. Vincent, prefect of tho depart ment du Nord, who has been acting as intermediary boween tho strikers and the mine owners In that department. Tho mine owners have given the prefect the names of four persons who aro to represent them in a conforonco with an equal number of strikers. This confor onco will bo hold immediately. Paper Factory Burned. Minneapolis, INov. 1. 81x firemen were injured at midnight in a fire that entailed a damage estimated at $260, 000. The six-story fsctoryjbuilding oc cupied by tho Minneapolis paper com pany, and on nod by J. (J. Oswald A Co., was gutted. The stock of the paper company, known also as Wright, uarrott ct miiiwen, was consumed, Oeneral Allies at Manila. Manila, Nov, 3. Genoral Miles, who rcachcu noro today on the United States transport Thomas, from San Francisco, disembarked at 10 o'cloctt this morning, A salute in his honot was firod from Fort Santiago. General Davis and a squadron of cavalry met Ueneral Miles at tho landing place In Manila and escorted him to tho palace, wbero Govornor Taft and the other members of tho civil commission await ed tbe visitor. account of tho launching of tho Itom blon, tho first Unltod States gunboat over built In Japan. Tho launching was in connection with the of c a opening of the works of the Uraga and isnuama Dock companies, on October 16. Tho gunboat Is ono .'of the flvn ordered for service In tho Philippine Islands. Tho vessel was chi (stoned by miss r.vans, uaugnter of Admiral Itobley D. Evans, who broko tho usual Initio of champagne. At tho same timo n paper cage at tho bow was cut open and a number of whlto doves 1 1 bora tod, tho all bo ne filled with paper blossoms which thoy scattered in tholr flight. As the boat slid into tho water whistles wore blown and tlio bands played "The Star Spangloil Ban nor." Tho ceremony was witnessed by about zuu invitou gnosis. Including many prominent personages. Convict dives Up Money. Miles City, Mont., Oct. 31. Warden McTague, of tho stato penitentiary, and Fred Morrow, a convict, wore hero yes terday, and following Morrow's dlroc tlons, recovered $4,600 in monoy which Morrow stole on May 20, 1000, from tho Northern Pacific express company and concoaled near tho Tongue Itivor bridge, jiio package originally con talned $5,000, but Morrow had used $600. It Is probablo his sontoneo will bo commuted, now that he has elvon up tho monoy, os thoro was no other cnanco oi recovering it. Big Cave-In at Mines. Joplln, Mo., Oct. 31. Tho Stewart mill and other valuable mining prop erty, including sovon shafts in tho Eloventh Hour tract at Prosperity. near hero, taking In over two acres o ground, cavod In today to a depth o 100 feot. Tile cavo-In la probably tho largest that over occurrod in tho Mis souri-Kansas district. Fifty minors escaped uninjured, having been warned of tho approaching danger by tho cracking of (ho ground. An Immense Hole was Torn In the Hull of tlio former and She Sank Twenty Passengers Aboard, but All Escaped Court of Inquiry Will be Necessary to Place tli Blaine. Tarpinn, Oct. 30, Tho well known strrnnheul steamer Cnpltal City, Cap tain Edwards, operating between Olympic, Tucoimt and Seattle, and tho small Canudlan freighter Trader, Cap tain II. Pursuits, which was on route, from Slaveston, II. 0., to Tacoma with a cargo of canned dog-fUli salmon for export on the steamer Tromont, collid ed about OtilO last evening off Dash point, three quarters of a lullo past Brown's point, towards Itohlnson's point. Tlio Capital City was lunk, No out was seriously injured, although tho Capital City had about 20 pas Kongo aboard. Au Immense hole was torn In thu sternwlieoloi's hull, on tlio jioit side, Just abaft of the forward companion way. She filled rapidly, and had bare' ly time to run for the beach, whom alio sank. It was nlthlti a cnuplo of hours of low tldo whim the mishap oc curred, and thu after top of thu Capital City's hotisu nit nas barely out ol water, her puddle wheel entirely out of sight. Forward the main deck was clear. At high lido only the Texai was out of wator. Tint Trader's stem was torn off ami a hole gouged In her bow abovu tho witter lino. Hhu made port In safety. A court of liinulry will bo necessary to determine bliiinu for the accident. I'hti captain of thu Trader claims that bu signaled twice to pass tho Capital City nn tlio starUiard side. Tho first whistle wits not answered, but the second was responded to with the star I khi n I signal. Tint next thing he knew tho Capital City attempted to cross his Imws. rim captain of thu Cspltal City says lie did not see tho trader. The night was perfectly clear. CONTRABAND OPIUM SEIZED. Chinese Steward on Oovernmcnt Vessel Charged with Smuggling. Seattle. Oct. 30. Klulitv pounds of cpltiin, which a Chinese ttewsrd mi thu coast survey steamer Gednoy will bu charged witli attempting to smuggle) from Victoria to Seattle, was seized aboard thu cutter by customs Inspectors today. Eight parcels, wortli In tho sir- gregittu $1,021, were found In thu stuwitrd's department, (long Gee, tho steward, is In the county Jail awaiting trial for attempting to smuggle a coun tryman between tho sarnu olnts on the saino voysgo. A atrango feature In tho smuggler's cool nerve In selecting a government vessel for a velilcle with which to carry on his llbval nractlcu. Secretary Shaw's son. a guest on tho Gedncy, was induced by somo represent tatlvu of the Celestial t say that Gong Geo wanted his effects thrown over board. This gavo the officers a cue to search for opium. SML'OOLINO WORK EXPOSED. Many Contraband Chinamen Itavo Been Conveyed from Mexico, F.I Paso, Tox., Oct. 30. What an- pears to bo a gigantic smutrslltiir con. splracy for convoying contraband China men from Mexico to California hits Just cumo to light here. For the past six months a half dozen United States marshals and secret service men havo boon working on tho case, but' the fsrt. only became public today. It seetrW that tliq Chlnamon have boon stowed' away in box cars of outgoing freight trains nnd carrlod as far West as tho ullfornia lino. For theso services tho Chlneso agent said to have paid $100 for each man smuggled to Tucson and $160 for each ono carried lo Yuma. It was reported today that certain trainmen bad lm. discharged for participation In tho con spiracy, but this report has not been vorined. JURIST VENTS HIS SPITE. Explosion of 600 Kegs of Powder. Fairmount, VV. Va., Oct. 20. The Bank Vault Blown Up by Robbers. iiuviiv.iui i .1. & ,. UVb. ii, Aflu vault of the prlvatolbank of Charles K. Knapp at Sodus whs broken Into with America Now Understands How and Wft ii lujii me samoan case. Washington. Oct. 30. The nttrUl. hero find an arnplo explanation of tho advert) decision of King Oscar In tho mattor of tho Samouu claims in the stntement that tomes from Stockholm to tlio effect that tho king's decision was Influenced by thrco lariats, one nf whom was M, Cedarkrans, at one timo clilof jitstlro of Samoa. It is stated that whllo filling that Important post. M. Cedarkrans came Into frequont col. llslon with Judgo Chambers, the lean land commissioner, who afterwards succeeded Cedarkranx an fhlof f,..il.' and it Is bollovod that tho personal UN. fooling that followed undoubtedly In fluenced tho char-ictor of the advice glveru to King Oscar. " Big Lake Steamers. Chicago, Oct. 30. A fleet of tho hfe gost steamers on tho big lakes, whoso total roBt will oxcocd 910,000,000, is to bo ballt for tho United States stool corporation. Tho otoamora will all l of tho following dimensions; Kctl. uuu icuvj ucuiii, oo jeov; tioptlt Of hold, 30 foot. On a moan draft of 18 feot of water thoy will carry 0,000 tons. It Is bollovod tho new boats can carry oro from tho hoad of Lake Superior to tho furnaco docks of Lako Erie and Lako Michigan at losa than 60 cents per ton. Present rates aro 76 to 80 conts. Fairmount powder works, located 18 dynainlto by burglars early today and miios irom this city, was damaged to a sum oonevoa to no $o,uuu secured. The contents aie said to havo exceeded the extent of 130.000 bv tho nmlonlnn I The bulldlntr was wrecked by the for dresjed, 707Ke. ' $200,000 In value. I of 000 kogs of powder. I of the oxploslon. Korea Breaks Pacific Record. Ban Francisco, Oct. 30. Tho Pacific mall company's now stoamor Korea ar rived at noon today from Yokohama, breaking tho record across tho Pacifln. The stoamor made no stop bet woon tho coast of Japan and hor homo port, anil camo flying through the wator at the nvorage of noarly 600 miles a day, Yokohama, In a direct lino to San Francisco, is 4,700 milos, VThe Korea mado tho passage in 10 days, averaging iiv union a uuy. Entire Freight Train Burned. I-a Potto, Tox., Oct. 30. An onglno spaik today started a small pralrlo firo. A freight train following fsnnod tho blaze and cotton on n flat car was fann ed. Tho entire train was burned.