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li : i'! ' i li P.. i! I i i Sir 1 ! "; i 5' " "- Mllll I ... . . ....... , . ., ., in.,,,'., ,, ".. '.II Tm.)ll a- IIIIIJII . " 1 - - Bohemia Nugget 1,1! 11 W. lIUMtY, Jtailor and rroi'r. COTTAGE GROVE. . . .OREGON. EVENTS OF THE DAY Comprehensive Review of the Import ant Happenings of the Past Week, Presented In Condensed Form, Most Likely to Prove tnttrcstlng. An anarchist llrod tliroo shots at King Leopold, of Bolglum, but hurt no body. A mntnor of eroat brilliancy foil no Loxlngon, Ky., causing conaldera- bio excitement. Venezuelan govornmont troops aro roptirlod to liavo won an Imjortantibat tlo with tho revolutionists. Senator F.lklns, who ha heretofore fought reciprocity with uuna, nas come out In favor of tho measure. Congressman Babcock has declined to enter tho speakership race and has thrown his support to Cannon, thus as suring tho tatter's election. ThoAmorlcan Federation of Labor adopted resolutions against tho ship subsidy bill and demandod a repeal of tho law requiring marine englneors to glvo notlco for quitting work. Secretary Hitchcock Jhas determined that a forest reserve shall bo created In tho Blue and Strawberry mountains, in Kastern Oregon. Tho reservation will bo made on an entirely new plan. The Southern Pacific has signed a new agreement with the telegraphers, train dispatchers and station agents on tho ontlro system whereby an advanco of 10 por cent in wages Is granted. In Ills rcp6rt on the army In the Philippines, Genoral Challeo upholds Genoral Bell. A large furniture fartory at Boau harbols, Quebec, was burned, entailing a loss of 1100,000. Tho Amcricanjederation of Labor, now In session, Is considering a plan to pension men of 60 and over. A Swedish sailor on tho transport Eumner jumped overbojrd to save the ship's flag and was drowned. British Columbia accuses the United States of stealing thousands of tqnare miles of territory near Portland canal. Tho official returns from tho recent election in Pennsylvania show that tho Republicans elected their governor by a plurality of 150,410. A gang of robbers operating in Ely rla, N. Y., were interrupted and In the fight that followed one officer was fatally wounded and one robber killed. Four of the mon injured in the furn ace explosion at Lebanon, Pa., have died, making the death list eight. Many of the injured are not yet out of dangei. Members of the German relchttag camo to blows In a debate over a bill General Chaffeo was tendered a re ception in San Francisco by the busi ness men. Southern Pacific locomotive engineers have asked for an advance of 20 per cent in wages. The war department has announced that additional barracks to hold 416 men will be built at Vancouver at once. General Bliss has gone to Havana, where ho will work lor the early adjus men! ot differences on the reciprocity treaty. Tho war department will reduce the cavalry down to 60 men to the troop. At present about 00 enlisted men are in each troop. A porter in a 'Now York hotel has been found guilty of robbing the guests for a number of years. He has about $16,000 in stolen jewlery. President Gompers, of the American Federation of Labor, saya that unless trades unions change their course tho day Is not far distant when tbey will all go to pieces. The trouble in Morocco promises to become a eerious affair before eettlod. The country is without a cabinet. Eev oral powers are Bonding warships to protect their interests. Klmer D. Bryan, formerly of Illinois, has been appointed superintendent of education lor the i'hlllpplnes. The secretary of tho navy has direct ed that the army transport Hancock proceed to New York, where she will be usod as a receiving ship. The monitor Wyoming, nearlng com pletion at San Francisco, will,be turned over to tho government November 20. Forty prisoners in the Arizona peni tentiary ovorpowered the guards and escaped. This is the second delivery in a month. A new prison is being built in the solid rock of a mountain side. The 28th annual convention of the American Bankers' association is In session In New Orleans. Thero are about 100 delegates and COO visitors present. Seattle wants the next meet ing. General Owen Summers lias been made commander-in-chief of the Spanish-American war veterans. Tho National headquarters Jwlll be moved to Portland. Colonel It. U. Savage, elected commander-ln-chiof, was com pelled to resign on account of ill health and the honor fell to tho vice com mander. General Summers. The chief of ordance of tho navy rec ommends tho establishment of wireless telegraphy along the entire Pacific coast. The annual report of Assistant Post master General SVynne favors a greater appropriation for the rural ,mall deliv-eryj-outes. No trace can be found ot B. F. Kgan, (ho Great Northern railroad man who was lost In tho inountalnu near Bolton, Mont., a week ago. All Christmas presents entering tho Philippines will be subjoct to tho same dutyasothor goods, according Jo ad vices issued by tho war department. General Chaffee has reached Ban Frauolsoo from tho Philippines. ORBAT DAMAOE tlV VOLCANO. Destruction In Ouatcmnla tlreater TJian That on Island of Martinique. New York, Nov. lS.-Astoundlng rovelatlons of great loss ot llfonnd prop erty by tho eruption of tho Santa Maria volcano aro bolng nado daily, sys a cablegram to tho Herald from Guate mala City. Irruptions continue. Many hundreds ot human beings perished and the destruction of property Is considered greater than that In tho Island of Mar. tlnlquo by tho eruptions of Mount 1'oleo. All of tho ostatos In tho neighbor hood of tho volcano nro burled under volcanic ashes, which reach to tho tops of tho houses. Tho richest coffee es tates aro completely ruined. Tho principal lorers aro tho largo coffee planters, mostly United States citi zens and Germans, whoso properties aro ruiucd. Two or three craters havo boon lnmu.1 nn thn chin nf tho volcano. Thoro was no eruption from the sum mit, rumico and ashes were carried chloflr in the southern and western directions. Tho sea has a coating of volcanic material extending for many miles. Tli. In., nf tlm rntfiwi frrtn. rlilrli In GuatoTala's principal export, has com pletely demoralised commurco nnu gov crnment finances generally. Tho no- iIaub) ntnAr riiwnfl U'hlrh Is the fu. I I - J F " only circulating medium, ha fallen to 7 cents gold for ono paper dollar. Prices for all necessities havo risen to prohibitive figures for many persons. flirt attirtrtttna nrt trvlnt? in fnlrn the dealers to send goods at tho usual prices, but the condition of affairs is such that business Is entirely paralyzed. Violently worded handbills and posters aro boing circulated. ANCIENT RELICS FOUND. Americans Discover Prehistoric Cavern In Mountains of Mexico. Hermosillo, Mexico, Nov. 18. A re markablo story, duly authenticated, ot the discovery of hidden Aztec treas ures, has Just been reported to the gov ernment authorities at Teplc by Rev. Pablo Martino, tho parish priest ot Yesca. The priest makes a statement, which Is concurred in by several reliable wit nesses, that a "party of Americans, beaded by an archaeologlc expert, who gave the name of Heverick, arrived at Yesca several weeks ago, and went from that place into tho mountains, accompanied by three Mexican guides. The archaeologist obtained his bearings by means of a chart which ho Is said to have copied from an Aztec stone tablet in tho National museum in tho City of Mexico. He located a vast cavern in a mountain near Yesca. Im mense stone images stood about this chamber. In one end was a handsome altar, above which burned a bright flame, supplied by natural gas from a crevice in the wall. In a chamber ad joining this main temple was found a great store of ornaments and ntensils belonging to the Aztecs or some other prehistoric race. Twelve burros were required to trans port the articles to San Bits, where they were shipped to San Francisco, ac companied by the Americans. As such articles cannot bo removed from Mexico without tho consent of tho government, an investigation is in progress. MITCHELL ON THE STAND. Coal Attorneys Put lllm Through Lively Pace Stood Examination Well. Scranton, Pa., Nov. 17. President Mitchell, of tho United Mineworkers Union, occupied the witness stand throughout both sessions of tho coal strike commission Saturday. For four hours and a half he took the cross-tiro of two brilliant attorneys of the coal companies, and ended the day with few scary as a result of the battle. David Wilcox, of New York, of general coun eel for the Delaware & Hudson com pany, and Wayne MacVeagh, of Phila delphia, who is representing tho Penn sylvania coal company and tho Lehigh coal and iron company, were tho prin cipal questioners, and they put hun dreds of questions to Mr. Mitchell. Tho best nf harmony prevailed between tho lawyers and the witness. The mem bers of the commission took the same interest in everything, and frequently interrupted with questions, that tliev might have a better understanding of what was Doing said. The afternoon session was moro interesting. Mr. MacVeagh a cross-examination was, as a rule, very keen, and while he assured Mt. Mitchell be was not radically op posed to him, he did not miss an oppor tunity to place Mr. Mitchell's reasons for hotter conditions In the anthracite coal field in a bad light before tho com mission. Negroes Contest State Constitution. Norfolk, Va., Nov. 18. In the United States circuit court today John Wise, formerly of Virginia, now of New Yorn, on behalf of William Jones, bdgar Lee and Jonn lilll, negroes, filed a petition against the state canvassers, asking Iho court to restrain the board from canvassing the congressional vote of the state on the 24th Inst. The board is headed by Governor Montague. The petitioners allege that they woro refused registration under the new con stitution, which they claim conflicts with that of the United States. Storm of Dust and Balls of Fire. London, Nov. 18. According to a special to the Mail from Sydney, N. 8. W., an extraordinary dust storm lias been experienced in Victoria and New South Wales, Darkness enshrouded tho city of Melbourno at noon yester day, and balls of fire foil and set lire to several buildings. The people were thrown into n state of panic, as they thought the world was coming to an end, A similar cloud of red dust hung like a pall over the city of Sydney. Son Succeeds Father In Congress, Paris, Tex.. Nov. 18 A snecial election was held today In tho Fourth congressional district. Morris Shepard ueing elected to congress to till the un expired term ol his father, recently do-ceased. NEWS OF OREGON ITFMS Op INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS OP THE STATE. Commercial and rinanclal Happening of the Past Week Uriel Ret lew of the Oronth and Development of Various Industries Throughout Our Common-wealth-Latest Market Report. Tho burglars who blew open tho sate at Helix a tow days ago havo boon cap. lured and a portion ot tho stolon money nnd goods reeovored. Twonty thousand ot tho 75,000 book lets advertising Lano county havo been printed and are Jin tho hands ol the advertising department ot tho Harrltunn company for distribution In tho Kastern states. Georgo Smith, colored, who murdered his white wife in Portland, has boon sentenced to hang on December 10. Fifteen days' time has been granted to prepare a bill ot exceptions to bo used in an appeal to tho supremo court. Georgo L. Dillman, etato engineer for tho examination of land applied for tiudor tho Carey arid land act, expresses tho optnion that prlvato operations will not prevent government work, as tho amount reclaimed Is small com pared with tho total area ot arid land in tho state. Superintendent of Public Instruction Ackerman has decided that as soon as a parent or guardian moves into a school district with thd Intention ot miking it his .bona fldo residence, n child ot such p'arent or guardian Is en titled to free tuition from the time he moves into the district. Linn county farmors are preparing a protest to be presented to tho next leg islature against the proposed change of the game law, under which upland birds may be shot from September 15, instead of from October 1. Open seas on betoie October 1 means at a time when the farmers aro busy with har vesting and they deciro to have an oven chance with hunters fiom tho cities. The Three Sisters canal company has filed in the office ot tho stato lAnd board an application for contract for the reclamation of 30,000 acres ot arid land lying in the western part of Crook county. The tract is located between tho mountains known as the Three Sinters and the Deschutes river. It is proposed to Irrigate the tract with water from trlbutarlbsof the Deschutes. The Tallant-Grant packing company, of Astoria, has filed articles of incor poration. Tbo Multnomah county delegation to the legislature, at a meeting held last week, indorsed a 1500,000 approprla tlon for tho Lewis and Clark fair. Eugene'haa asked for an increase In mall carriers to meet "the growing de mand for free delivery. Two million feet of logs were swept away in a Lewis river freshet caused by tho recent heavy rains. Tho work of installing the now ma chinery at the Mountain View mine, near Baker City, will soon bo com pleted. Tho 1002 hop crop in this state will amount to about 85,000 bales. Of thin amount less than 20,000 bales remain in the hands of the growers. A bill for'the nomination of political candidates by tho voters has been pre pared for the Oregon legislature. An experimental salmon hatchery is In operation on the A I sen river, in Ben' ton county. The past season has prov. on so successful that it is likely to bo made a permanent station. A custom quartz mill will toon be In operation in the Quartzburg district Contracts have already been secured for reducing ore sufficient to keep a 20 stamp mill in constant operation Hugh O'Donnell, a pioneer mining man of Baker county, agod 05 years, is dead. The Waldo smelting and mining com pany will put in a 100-ton smelter at once at its copper mines in tho Waldo district. A smelter at Waldo will bo of great benefit to tho vast mineral dis trict ot that tection, as, aside from treating the ores of its own rninoa, it would also do a general custom busl ness. A number of good mines of that section will be able to do their smelt ing at home and with much less expense than heretofore, as the ores had to be sent to California. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat WallaWalla, fl8QC0c: blue- stem 7374c; valley, 70c. Barley Feed, 121.00 per ton: brew ing, (22.00. Flour Best grade, 3.60(23.70: grah am, (3.003.60. Mlllstuffs Bran, (10.00 per ton; middlings, (23.50; shorts, (10.50; chop, (17. Oats No. 1 white, (1.1201.15; gray, (1.101.12K per cental. Hay Timothy, (1011; clover, (8.00; cheat, (89 per ton. Potatoes Best Burbanks, 6080c por sack; ordinary, 50 65c per cental, growers' prices; Merced sweets, (1.76 $2 per cental. Poultry Chickens, mixed, (3.60(3 4.25; per pourd, 10c; hens, (404.50 per dozen; per pound, lie; springs, (3.00 3. 60 per dozen; fryers, (3.603.00; broilers, (2.002.50; ducks, (4.60 6.00 per dozen; turkeys, young, 12K 13c; geese, (6.00(30.60 per dozen. Cheese Full cream, twins, 15 10c; Young America, 1610K , factory prices, lQlJic less. Butter Fancy creamery, 30332c per pound; extras, 30c ; dairy, 20 22c; store, 16318. Eggs Z5(03Uo per dozen. Hops New crop, 22026c per pound. Wool Valley, 12W16c Kastern Oregon, 814Ko; mohair, 2628o. Beef Gross, cows, 33'Ao per pound; steers, 4c; dressed, 67c. veal yoonc. Mutton Gross, So per pound; dressed, 6c. Lambs Gross, SHo per pound ; dressed, 6Ho. Hogs Gross, 6X6c per pound; dressed, 7(3 7 Ko. Little Doubt that Thousands Were Killed by a Volcano In Ouatcmnla, San Francisco, Nov, IB. That thousands ot lives havo been lost ns.a result ot tho outbreak ot tho Guate malan volcano Bantit Maria Is tho be lief ot coffee merchants ot this city, based on tho dollnltu news ol it torrlllo explosion, brought hist evening by tho steamer Newport, Tho steamer got thu hows ot tho disaster at various points Lulong tho coast, and whllo exact Infor mation Is lacking, all Indications aro that tho catastrophe la ot the most ter rible nature. Whllo the Newport was at Chnniper Ico, a lotter was received from tho factor of that district, a German nnmoil Kauffmitn, announcing that tho vol canic peak ot Santa Maria, 40 miles inland from that port, was In eruption, and that all tho coffco districts ou tho eastern slopo ot tho rango, In tho Im mediate neighborhood ol tho mountain, had been utterly destroyed, and that thousands ot llvos had, In nil proba bility, been lost. Tho lotter continued! "Tho towns of Palmar, San Felipe, Colombia and Coatepoc nro nil ruined. Ashes aro seven feet deep In tho Uncus and towns. Mud, stones and lava havo fallen all over tho country. Houses have been crushed by tho weight ot tho vohanlc matter that has fallen upon them. Katalhulou. Mazatouaugo and Quezaltenango havo not suffered so much, but this calamity is ouly begin ning. Wo have mud nnd ashea in Retulhulcti. There Is great loss ot life. Cattle nnd horses are dead by tho thousands, (amino and pest aro ap preaching. God hlp us." Late in the afternoon ot October 25 thu people of Santa Maria telegraphed to tho president of Guatomala, saying that they were groping In total darkness that had nulled upou them at noon. Ashes were falling thick. They asked tho presldont what was happening. This dispatch was sent, apparently, lust before tho eruption, and not n word has been sent since. Tho wires ol tho telegraph havo been destroyed, and tho fato of those who asked that quoslloii of the president of Guatomala is n mys tery profound and ominous. It Is thought in Champerlco that thero aro nn survivors In tho town ot Santa Maria, nor yet in any of tho towns that Ho iion the eastern slopo ot that mountain of belching mnd and lava anil smothering gases. It may be a second Polco. Tho area in which thoso towns aro situated covers 30 miles in a half circle, and il is estimated that tho sggregato population Is 30.000. Tho town of Santa Maria contains 10,000 inhab itants and tho other villages uro said to average 0,000. DOILER EXPLODED; Four Men Killed, Forty Injurcd-Dulldlne and Contents Wrecked. Lebanon, Pa., Nov. 15. Tho ox plosion of a largo bollor, without warning, in scrap l'uddlo litrnaro No 3, at the wett works of tho American iron and stool company's plant today caused tho death ot four workmen, and about 40 others woro moro or loss seri ously injured. Tho phvticlans at tho hospital express the opinion that saver, al of tbo Injured will die. In an instant after tho explosion thu eiitiro placo was black with ilobris. Tho wreck of the nlno immediate pud. dling furnaces was complete. I'll) el clans were called from every quarter nf the city, and hospital ambulances and other vehicles werehurrle-i Into servlco. The offices. of the works wero at once converted into a hospital, and a corps of nurses from tho Good Samaritan hospital wero brought to the scone. Into this temporary hospital tbo maimed and scalded wero carried and given attenlon. Somo havo their eyes burned out, others their hands blown off. It is feared the list of- dead will be materially increased when the ruins of tho nino wrecked puddlo furnaces nro oxplored. The boiler, which was n 200-horeo power, broko squarely In half. Tho roof collapsed from tho shock, and the flames from tho puddle furnaces nndar the wrecked boiler set fire to thodobrls Tho fire force of the company, however, had the flames extinguished In 15 min utes. Engineer Prevents a llold-Up. Frankfort, Ind., Nov. 16. Four mon attempted to hold up tho south-bound Monon express at Orclono today. The train slackened speed on striking tor pedoes on tho rails, but when tho en gineer faced four revolvers lie threw open the throttle. Tbo four men fired rapidly and often, but all tbo trainmen and passengers escaped Injury. Sheriff Corns and deputies afterward caught tho men, who gave the names of Charles Johnson, James Mock, Frank Smith and Hurry Gray. All claim to livo in Cincinnati. Wants Foreign Soldiers to Leave. Shanghai, Nov. 16. Unusually strong artlclos aro appearing in tho Chinese novtspapors doclaiing that by the withdrawal of tbo British troops from Shanhal to Wol Hal Wei, and tho withdrawal ot the Gorman forces from here to Klao Chou, the Independence of the Yangtso valley Is still menaced. The Chineso want the British and Germans tc got out of China altogether, instead of merely evacuating bhanghal and withdrawing to their respective garrison stations in China. Forty Persons Still Missing. Wellington, N. Z Nov. 15. Foity persons who woro on board the British steamer Ellngamito, which was wrecked November 0 on ono of tho Threo Kings islands off the north coast of Now Zea land, aro still missing, In splto of tho careful search which lias been made on tho coast and Islands adjacent to the tccno of tho wreck. Tho wreckage from tho Ellngamito has drlftod to a great distance from the point whoro the ship was lost. Successful Airship Trial, Nantes. France. Nov. 16, Tho air ship built for tho brothers Plerro and Paul liliaudy made a very succossuu trial today in this neighoorhood. Sev eral free ascents and descents wero effected, accompanied by evolutions in all directions over tho fields and woods. The flying machine returned each time to Its point of departure at tho rato fo , 26 miles an hour, -mere wero jour persons in tho car. THE MINERS' SIDE AIITCIIIIL fllVES UVIIiliNCB TO Till) ARBITRATION JJOARlh Operators' Attorney Shows That lie Will Attempt to Prove by Mitchell's Own Testimony That Organization In Irre sponsible Non-Union Miners May llo (liven a Hearing, Pcrnnton, Ph., Nuv. 16. Tho Antli- rnclto Coal Strlko commission np)olnt- ed by President ltoocovolt to nrhltrnto tho differences existing botwecu tho nilnoworkors ot thu hard coal fluids ol Pennsylvania and their employers yos torday began the hearing ot testimony by which It will dotcrinltio whether tho- workmon aro receiving fair and Just wages for their labor, nnd whether their condition should not bo Improved Tho star witness tor tho minors, John Mitchell, presldont of tho Mlnowork ors' Association, took tho stand in tho forenoon, and when tho commission adjourned nt 4 o'clock in the afternoon ho was still under flro of cross-examin ation by David W. Wilcox, general counsel for tho Dulawaru A Hudson company. It was n trying day for tho miners' leader, but ho scorned to stand tho tost well. Thu heaviest flro of cross questions was aimed at him late In tho afternoon session, and Khun tho hour of adjournment was reached Mr. Wilcox was still propounding questions nnu testing Air. Mltcholl memory. Tho opening of tho session was a notable day In the annuls of tho law In thn uper uuthrnclto region. Tho commission's Hi-slons aro being hold In tho beautiful room of tho Pennsyl vnula supcrl r court, which Is now sitting in Philadelphia. Hanged around threo tables In front ot tho seven commissioners, who occupied tho judges' bench, woro no less than 30 lawyers, 24 of whom woro looking alter tho interests ol tho mincownurM. During tho day Mr. Wilcox aiked Mr. Mitchell many questions as to the policies of tho union, tho method of calling strikes, thu ability of the union to maintain dlsclplluo and prevent the mombers of tho union from violating tho law, and also as to tho liability of Iho union breaking contracts. It was npparent to many ot thoso present who understood tho situation, that .Mr. Wll cox's object was to attempt to provo by Mr. Mitchell's own testimony that tho contention ot tho companion that thu miners' union was an Irresponsible organization, and that trade agreements, thorelore, could not bo safely entered Into, was well loundod. During tho hearing tho statement was brought out for the first tlmo since tho lato strlko was begun that the union had disbursed (1,600,000 among tho union and nonunion mon who woro on strike. Ono of the questions which camo up before tho commission was tho advisability of hearing counsel on behalf of tho nonunion men who re mained at work during tho strlko. At torney J. J. Lenaban, ono of the at torneys for tho nonunion men, asked tho commission what his status betoro tho arbitrators was. Judge Gray in formed him that tho question would be taken tinder consideration, and that an answer would probably bu given bini today. WAOES RAISED. Pennsylvania Railroad Announces Volun tary Advance of 10 Per Cent. Pittsburg, Nov. 17. Nctlces signed by J. M. Walls, general superintendent ot tho West Pennsylvania road, were posted In tho officos of thn company nt Alleghany today to tho effect that an advance of 10 por rent would bo made in wagos of all employes permanently In tho servlco of the Pennsylvania sys tem east of Pittsburg who are now re. colving less than (200 a month, to take effect from Novombur I, 1UUZ. Robert Pitcalrn, assistant to Presi dent Cneeat, ot the Pennsylvania road, said that almost tho entire working forco of the system east ot Pittsburg would le advanced. Tho announce ment of tho advanco in wages was en tirely voluntary. About 12,000 men on the Pittsburg dlvlflon will bo ben efited by tho ralso. - To Investigate Religious School. Washington, Nov. 17. Tho appeal of tho Cuban children who recently ar rived In New York destined for the Universal Brcthcrhood school at Point Loma, Cat,, but who woro dotalnnd until tho charactor of the school could be investigated, has reached tho treats ury department. Commissioner Gon oral of Immigration Sargont is in Ban Francisco, and Secretary Taylor has telegraphed him to procood to rolnt Loma and mako an Investigation ol tho character of tho school. Tho appeal will await Mr. Bargont's report; Dishonest Hawaiian Officials. Washington, Nov. 17. Official re ports of defalcations by two promlnont officials of tho Hawaiian govornmont wero received by the secretary of the interior today from Uovornor Iiolo. William II. Wright, treasurer of the govornmont, admitted that ho woh f 17.050 short, and tl. u. wrigiil, cuici clerk ot the dopartmnet of public works of Hawaii, Is charged with tno em bezzlomcnt of (8,272. Tho former os capod on tho steamor Alameda, which railed from Honolulu September 20 for San Francisco. Municipal Telephone System for Sale. Now York. Nov. 17. Tunbrldgo Wolls providod on the opening day of tho present century mo nrsi municipal telenhono service In this country, and now, says tho London correspondent of the Trlbuno, It lias heen ueciuoa to sou (ho whole system to tho National tele nhono company. This decision glvos a great shock to tho agitators of schemes for breaking tno control oi tno company through municipal ownership and com petition. American Colony for Canada. Toronto, Ont., Nov, 17. Tho On tarlo cabinet has accepted the proposals of a syndlcato, ropresontod by J, I, Kgan, of Rock Island, III., and Judgo Cutt, of Chicago, to placo 12,000 Amor lean settlers on 2,000,000 acres ot agri cultural crown lands In Ontario, and the aggrooment will bo signed in a few days. THANKSUIVIMI PHOU.AMAI IUH. QP?WYMiJKS KI Li (lovcrnor McllrlJc, of Washington, Asks People to Observe Nov. 17. Olyinpln, Wnih., Nov, I I. Stato ot Washington, h'xecutlvo Dopni Intent, Olynipla, Proclamation by tho Gover nor i "Whoroai, tho presldont ot tho United States, following n tlmo hon ored custom, has designated Thursday, tho 27th day of November, 1002, its n day ot festival and national thittikn- giving or tho manifold blessings of the past your, now, therefore, I, Henry Mcllrldo, governor cf tho statu ol Washington, in accordance with custom nnd by vlrtuo nt the poncr vested In mo by law, do hereby appoint Thurs day, tho 27th day of November, 11102, as a dnv ol thanksgiving ami prayer throughout the statu ot Washington, nnd do earnestly recommend that the people, in grateful recognition ol Iho many blesslngi wo am now enjoying, coal ho from tholr usual avocations nnd dedicate this day to deeds ot charity nnd brotherly lovu,nnd In tholr churches and tholr homes rowilor pralto nnd thanksgiving to thu Giver of all gixid "In witness whereof I hno hereunto ret my hand and mummI tho tout ol the stuto to bo affixed, this 12tli day ul November, A. D. 1002. "HENRY .MullltlDK." REFORM PHILIPPINU FINANCES. Vice (lovcrnor Wright l)lue Situation nnd Makes Suggestions. San Francisco, Nov. 14. Luku K Wright, of tho Philippines, shaking ot tlnauclal affairs In tho Islands, mild In nn Interview that the money market Is continually fluctuating. "A bill to afford tho necessary relief was presented to congress, hut not pasrvd," said he. "I think tint lor the benefit of the comment) Iho niattur should again bo taken tip nt the next session ot congress. It has been tug. gutted that a Flllpln dollar of silver should ho Introduced Into the Irlumls. fhla dollar should bu worth actually 60 cents ol our gold money. I think such a coin would remedy thu present financial situation. Such n monetaiy system would bo similar to tho ono now In uso In Japan." "It has boon suggostod that a limited number of Chinese say 100,000 be allowed to land In the Philippines Do you think tholr prceumo would relluvo thu present labor shortage?" was nskod. "I would not llko to see tho doors thrown open to tho Chineso. Skilled labor, yes, It limited, would reilniiily provo bonotlclal. Somo ot tho Chinese aro very clover, and thoy would bu nblu to tonch tho Filipinos many of tho In diistries." Governor Wright, accompanied by his wife, loft for tho Kust Thursday night. POLITICS IN HAWAII. Republicans Win n Sweeping Victory All Through the Island. Honolulu, Nov. 7, via San Francisco, Nov. 14. The eloctlons yesterday ro sill I od In a victory for tho Republican ticket. Prlnco Jonah Ktihlq Kalanl anolo, the Republican nominee, la elected as delegate to congress, and tho Icglalatuio will bo Republican In boll houses, In spite of flvo homo rule sen ators holding ovor from the last log Is laturo, to three Republicans. Hie result of the election, It Is tliouht by Republicans, will bo tho end ot thu homo rulo party. A division ot tho voters along tho lines of Republicanism and Democracy, as on tho mainland; Is now exportod. It Is also regarded nn disposing largely ol tho rnco Issue and tho issuo of roynllsm In Hawaiian politics, for tho cam pa In of tho ileloat. od candidate, Delegnto to Congress It. W. Wilcox, was largely based on his record as a royalist and on race feeling Will Search for Lost Treasure. Bnn Francisco, Nov. 14. Tho niirnniMn mavi Hint llinrn In fin Innanr any doubt that tho object of tho schoonor Louisa u., auoui ready to sail fnr thn flntith. In to nttflmnt tn rnmvnr a part ot tho treasure lost in 1802 by me uurning oi mo juciiju wan stoamer Golden Gato off Manzanlllo, on tho Mexican coast. Tho wreck of tho flnlilnn flntn f-nllsnd tint lnnn nf 20.0 llvna and a property loss ot (1,750,000. Allien oi mis amount was in mo lorin of bullion, nnd a considerable quantity oi u was nuvor recovered. Dig Chinese Fire. Victoria, I). 0., Nov. 14 Mall ad vlcos from China report n flro at Kwul lln ICwang SI, causing groat loss of llfo and property. Tho flio, which origin atod In a flrocrackor shop, spread nnd burned several hnudrcd houses. Many Chlnseo woro burned to death. Tho flrn burned houses nit around tho Christian Alliance mission, which wai nnsrathod. Tho result of this freak of tho flro Is that many Ohlnoso heve come since to tho mission building to tie bsptlzod. Little Hope of Finding Egan. Spokane, Novombor 14, Tho hopos of finding riuporintondent Benjamin v. Kgan, of tho Uroat Northern railway, continuo to diminish. All tho largor searching parties hayo como In without finding traco ol lilm. Somo oxpcrl encod woodsmon under pay ot thu rail way company aro exported to koop up tho search Jor eight or lu days moro, and thero are also Individuals who aro searching in the hope of gaining thu reward offered, but hopo is small. , Pennsylvania Mine on Fire. Shamokki, Pa Nov. 14. Tho Burn- sldo shaft, which employs 700 mon and boys, was discovered on flro today. All of tho employes, got out In safety. Tho mlno Is owned by tho Philadelphia A Reading coal and iron company. Tho flames wero extinguished this evening, and tho mine will resume work to-1 morrow, I COAL 1IAR0NS HOLD THAT MINERS' DEMANDS ARU UNJUST. Lender ot the Mine Operators Claims the Average Earnings of the Men Are Not Less Than In Other Callings Requiring liquid Skill nnd Training- Eight-Hour Day Impracticable. Washington, Nov. 13. President litter, of tho Philadelphia V Reading coal nnd Iron company, lina filed with thu anthracite otml strlko commission tho reply ot that coniany to the state ment madu by John Mitchell, presl- lout ot thu Mluuworkors ol America, concerning Iho points Involvod In tho iinlhiucito t-oal strike. Following Is thu toxt ot Mr. llnor's statement) "To tho anthracite coal strlko com iiiIhsIoiii Tho Philadelphia k Heading coal and Iron eompnny replying to thu demands of John .Mitchell, representing certain niithtacltu nilnuwnrkers, says: "l'hut It owns 37 collieries situated lu tho Munition of Schuylkllf, Noithuit. Iwrhtnd nnd Columbia, and that It did oporitto, previous to thn strlko Inaugur ated by tho United Mlnuworktirs of America, 33 collieries and four wash cries, uml that nt that tlmo It had 2(1,820 omployos lu nnd about tho mini's. "rhu demand for '20 per cent In crease iikiii thu price paid during thu year 1H0 1 to employes. Mirformlng con tract or pleco work' la arbitrary un reasonable and unjust, this company don Ion thvro Is such similarity butMoon tho mining of bituminous and ot atith radio coal as to mako wages paid, In out) a staudaid for thu other. "This company denies that tho pres ent ratu of wages Is lower than Is paid In other mines lu tho same locality nnd coutiolled by liku conditions. This cxmpnny Is not Informed as to ll.u average ituiiu.il earnings In tho bitum inous ooiil Holds, but It avers that near ly all of Its former employes wnu dur ing tho Htst flvo months worked In thn bituminous mlmi havu returned to tho HhthriirllH rtal regions, preferring to work lu Iho unlhruiltu mines. "This comuy denies that 'tho rato ot wages In the anthracite coal Holds it Insufficient to compKiisutu tho mine workers, lu view ot thu dangerous char actor of thu occiiatlou In relation to accidents, liability to serious ami perm anent disease, the high death rato ami the short trade llfo Incident to this em ployment.' "This company further denies that ,tho children of Iho anthracite mine workers nro prematurely forced Into Iho breakers and mills Instead ot bulng supxjrtod and educated tion tho earn ings ot their parents, because of tho low wages of such tiarcnts,' or that such wagos aro below thu (air and Juat earn ings of mlmwirkora In this Industry, "No hoys nru employed In and about tho mines and breakers In violation ot tho natutos fixing tho ages of employ ment. In addition to provisions tor education, omplo hopItaln for tho caro of tho sick and Injured nru maintained In tho nnthracllu coal regions. This company avers that thoro Is not any where else in thu world a mining region where thu workmen havo io many com forts, facilities for education, general advantages and such profitable employ ment. "In genoral wo dony, In so far as re lates to anthracite mining, 'that tho 10-hour day Is detrimental to tho healthy llfo of tho mluuworkors; that shorter hours Improve tho physical, moral and mental conditions of tho workers, nnd that shorter hours In creaeo tho Intensity and efficiency of labor.' Wo admit that tho tendency ol national and stato governments anil of labor organizations is toward shorter hours, but deny that a working day of less than 10 hours will bo of real ad vantage to tho workmen ungaged In and about the anthracite mines and collier los. In exhausting work n day of 10 bouts Is loo long, but there Is no ox haunting labor which Justifies a reduc tion of hours of work In tho anthraclto coal niliios," PORTO RICANS IN HAWAII. Claim They Are Badly Treated on Plantations-Dole Denies It. Washington, Nov. 13. Socretary Hitchcock has received from Governor Dolo; of Hawaii, n statement denying reports ot Ill-treatment ot eoverul thousand Porto Rlcans. Tho laborers went to Hawaii at tho solicitation ol tho Sugar Planters' association, anil the complaint was mado by Pedro 3. Agostlnl, fahcr of ono of tho workmen. Tho governor says, after an Investiga tion, that tho tlosiro of como of the laborers to return to Porto Rico results from homesickness, Influenced by Imaginative persons, and will stibsldo with tlmo, and that tho condition of tho Industrious I'orto II loans is satis factory and tholr hoaltli improvod. British Naval Station In Pacific. San Francisco, Nov. 13. Advlcos ro- colvod from FIJI state that tho British govornmont Is preparing to establish, a naval coaling station on tho Island of Suwarrow, In anticipation ot tho con struction of tho isthmian canal, Bu- wartow Island la to tho eastward ot Samoa and north ot tho Cook Islands. Tho govornmont of Fiji will this yoar import into thoso Islands 720 JOaBt Indians ub contract laborers for tho Bugar nnd other Industries thoro, ap plications for that many having boon approved. Working on Cuban Report. Washington. Nov. 1ftrinnn.nl Wood roturnnd "In Wnnlilnnl and at onco resumed work on his report oi iiiu occupation nnu govornmont of Cuba, Ho says ho has boon absent ton lorn? to sneak will, nnv nr,i,ni ,Mi.nAt knowledgo of prosont conditions In Cuba with tho prospocta of tho Island. Ho has not vet noun Mlnlatnr nnnii.l. has ho had onnnrtnnltv In .11 situation with officials of tho Unitod nates wuo aro luiiy informed.