Bohemia Nugget
JUEB VTt JIKrUlY. Kdltor and Vtov'r.
COTTAGE GROVE. . . .OREGON.
EVENTS OF THE DAY
Comprehensive Review of the Import
ant Happening of the Past Week,
Presented In Condensed Form, Moit
Likely to Prove Interesting.
Wheat li: i reached tho tilglicet point
at fian Francisco lnco 1808.
Orcnt Ilrltaln and Germany aro co
operating In serious measures to bring
Venezuela lo time
Tlio American Folorallon, of Labor
to-oloctod all Kb officers, nnil votod to
moot In Boston noxt Novombor.
Horr Krupp. tlio great Gorman pun
makor, and tlio wealthiest man in
Germany, is dead from apoploxy.
Oil la lo bo used as fuel on tlio steam,
era of tho Furncss lino, ono of the
largost English sloanishlp companies.
Tho robbers who hold up tho Rock
Island oxpross, near Davenport, Iowa,
wenred In the neighborhood of 120,000.
Tho report of Consul General McNal
lyontho Hunter-Fltzgerohl affair in
Guatemala puis It In tho aspect of a
cold blooded murder.
Matters are proceeding favorably for
an agreement between the coal miners
and operators. An incrrase of 10 par
cent In wages la assured.
Tho body of J. W. Fuller, who dis
appeared from his homo in Portland
October 27, has boon found. Thero
was a bullet hole) in his right templo
and a revolver with one empty chani
bor lay alongside the body.
Thirty people were drowned by tho
sinking of a steamer in tho Danube
river.
Report from tho district in Guate
mala devaitod by tho volcano place tho
loss of life at 10,000.
Tho famous eating house at Meacham,
on tho O. R. & N., which burned a few
days ago, will bo rebuilt.
Prominent citizens of Denver have
started a movement for the establish
ment of a sanitarium for actors.
Augustin Ohacon, one of the most
desperate outlaws in Aritona, has been
hanged. During his career ho had
taken at least a score of lives.
A serious financial problem is con
fronting Germany. Tho government
expense deficit is larger than ever bo
loro and the people can hardly afford to
pay more taxes.
Advices from South China state that
tho Boxer movement is spreading.
Large bands of rebels aro marching
through tho country devastating every
thing as thoy go.
tecretary Moody has announced that
employes of government navy yards are
to be allowed to present in person to
the board ot wages any question affect
log the rate of pay.
Venezuela complains of European
governments aiding her revolutionist.
The eulfan of Morocco has given $5,
000 to tho widow of an English mis
sionary who was killed by natives.
Throe Chicago saloons were dynamit
ed by unknown persons, breaking win
dows and doors and causing other dam
age. Prominent physicians testified be
fore tho coal strike commission that
coal mining is an nnhealtbful occupa
tion and greatly shortens life.
Friends of the Nicfraguan route for an
Isthmian canal are picking up courage
from the check to the negotiations with
Colombia relative to the Panama canal.
A well dressed Individual accosted
the (entry on guard at the German em'
peroi'a palace and said he was his ma
jesty's son. He was arrested and
searched and a loaded revolver lound.
The man has been placed in the insane
asylum.
A large Minneapolis flouring mill has
agreed to to grind nothing but Canadian
wheat. Jt will be shipped to tne mm
In bond, ground and the flour shipped
to the Atlantic coast in bond and sent
to Liverpool. Heretofore the wheat has
been sent to England and ground.
Extreme cold weather prevails all
over Europe.
Two more forest reserves are to be
created in Northeastern Oregon.
The prcfl lent did not get a shot at a
bear during the four days he was out
bunting.
fl. E. Clark, son of the general traffic
manager of tho Great Northern, com
mitted suicide on account of ill health.
A trust has been formed at Stockton,
Cal., by Chinese whereby two-thirds of
the potato crop of the San Joaquin val
ley has been cornered.
Stephen Decatur, jr., great grandson
of the famous American commodore of
that name, has been admitted to tho
Annapolis naval academy.
A New York woman, who claims to
belong to a band of anarchists, has re
ported to the police an alleged plot on
he life of the president.
Urlbe-Urlbo has advised his fellow
revolutionists to make terms with the
Colombian government, saying United
Btates intervention has killed the
Liberal cause.
Government officials look upon Ore
gon with mistrust because of timber
frauds and conflicting representations
regarding forest reserved and irrigation.
Two distinct shocks of earthquake in
Utah demolished chimneys and crock
ery and stopl-ed clocks.
Four soldiers nt Fort Stevens have
been arrested for attempting to burn
the fortifications. It is believed that
they are guilty of starting all of the
recent numerous flrej.
The coal strike commission has
reached tho fourth demand of the min
ers' union, which calls for a yearly
trade agreement, and which means a
straight out recognition of tho union, j
All hope of finding E. F. Egan, su
perintendent of the Great Northern,
Who was tost in tho mountains of Mon-,
Una), lias been given up and the search
lot him abandoned.
PATAU WISCONSIN FIRB.
Several Persons Dead and Property Lost
Amounting to $325,000.
Aehland, Wis., Nov. 25 Tho Wis-
PnniMl nrn itnrlr tin tiGStfOVCHl
t, dm thin altcrnoon. tho loss Involved
Imo.iUi t52X.00O. In falling the
dock carried with It a number of lire
men and dockmen nnd n number of
Uvea were lost, Just how many will
probably not be known for loveral days.
A number of badly Injured firemen
were rescued Irom tho burning ruins.
Tho flro caught about 5 o'clock, pre
sumably from a boat unloading lumber
I lwrnr tho firemen
arrived tho entire ore dock, half a mtlo
long, was In flames. An engine was
run on the tramway as near to tho flro
ns poselblo, and half a hundred men
began tearing apart the timbers con
necting tho tramway and dock to keep
It from falling with tho dock. Sud
donly the dock gavo way, falling with ft
crash and carrying with It 200 feet of
tho tramway, tho engine Just barely
escaping tho fall into the "bAy. Sever
al hundred people wore under tho tram
way, but mst of them pswipcil with
alight Injuries. As the broken tram
war and the burning dock fell, fully a
down men were seen to go down in tho
ruins. Tho wreex tell into 20 feet of
water. Tho fire la still raging and
Murray's sawmill is in danger. Tho
dock was valued at $600,000 nnd tho
ore at (25,000.
POSTOfTICU ROBBED.
Probably $10,000 Taken and Daring Thief
dot Safely Ay.
Chlcaco. Nov. 25. The Chicago post-
office was robbed of probably $10,000
today In a mot daring manner. Th
robber made his escape without leaving
any clew to his Identity. Two regis
tered mail sacks containing me money,
which had just been picked up Irom
two of the down town substations, were
left In an unprotected wagon lnfiont of
the Masonic Temple, whilo tho mull
carrier went into the building to gather
mail that had accumulated there. The
carrier was gonu only a moment, but
when he returred his horse and wagon
had disappeared. While the carrier
had been in the building the robber,
who had evidently bron waiting lii op
portunity, Jumped into the rig and
drove away. The rifled sacks and the
horss and rig were altorwara lound
whein the thief had abandoned them.
The street was full of people at the
time of tlio robbery, but not one seems
to have noticed tho thief.
STRIKES IN HAVANA
Qcneral Suspension of Business Threat
ened by the Labor Unions.
Havana, Nov. 25. The coachmen of
llm rilv struck today, and the street
car men hay they will go out this after
noon, thus tying up traffic generally.
Typesetters have strurk also.
Tho street car conductors and motor
men refused to go out thisaltenroon, in
spite of the notice previously given of
t.ntr Intonllnn tn fitrllfA. nnil Mrernl
clathes occurred between them and the
strikers. Traffic was not suspended.
The manager of the street railway noti
fied the mayor that the company's em
ployes were willing to work, and de
manded that they be protected by the'
police. The company being an Arneri-
io n nrirtnlfiittAn. ttm mansc-pr Inlands
to appeal to Minister Squiers, if the
city authorities fail tc grant protection
to the men.
Kn nnvsnirutr vnrfl nnflllftliml tndflV.
and it is announced that the cooks and
waiters will strike tomorrow.
TWO DEAD IN MINE FIRE.
Were Overcome by das While Battling
with the Flames.
Trinidad, Colo., Nov. 24. Two min
ers have lost their lives in a fire which
started in the Colorado fuel and iron
company's mine at Engleville. Last
night a severe explosion of gnsoccurred,
which spread tho fire over a consider
able area. No one was In tho workings
at the time. This morninz a gang of
15 or 20 men were put to work some
distance from the fire, but the foul gas
drove them out. Four men were
overcome, one being brought out dead,
and one being carried 2(K) feet and left
behind dead. Tho who were taken out
unconscious have since recovered.
Every available man is fighting the
fire, but It Is probable the mine will
have to be cloted indefinitely until the
flames are smothered.
After Train Robbers.
Trinidad, Colo., Nov. 25. Word
reached this city tonight that Guy La-
crolx, the man who the officers believe
led the gang that attempted to hold up
the Colorado & Southern train near
here, had been seen in the vicinity of
Clayton, N. SI., and at 8:30 this even
ing a posse left on the Colorado &
Southern train for the same locality.
Special Agent Reno and Division Sup.
erlntendent Rainey were in charge of
tho posse. Effort were made to keop
tlio departure of the olucers a secret.
Mine Fire Still Raging.
Trinidad, Colo., Nov. 25. The
Eagleville coal mine fire instill raging,
and all efforts to get it under control
are apparently fruitless. A small army
of men have been engaged in walling
up the entries all day, but the smnko is
still puring out of trio mountain slue
in large volumeB. A reward hai been
offered for tlio recovery of the body of
the Austrian that still remains In tho
mine, and an unsuccessful attempt,
which proved almost fatal to the rescu
ers, was made to recover it.
' United States Transport Aground.
Manila, Nov. 25 The United Htates
transport Ingalls, with General Miles
on board, struck on a reel while enter
ing the harbor of Lvgaspi, Albay,
Southeast Luzon, today, and is still
aground. She is not in any danger,
however. The weather Is calm and it
is expected the steamer will float at tho
next high tide. Communication with
I the shore is maintained. If the Ingalls
does not float at high tide, reliof will
bo dlspatchod to her from this city.
French Banks Losing Deposits.
Now York, Nov. 26. The quiet run
on French ordinary savings banks con
tinues, says a Paris dispatch to tho
Times by way of London. Withdraw
als since the beginning of the year
amount to $31,000,000.
NEWS OF OREGON
ITFMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS
OF THE STATE.
Commercial sind financial Happenings ot
the Past Wcek-Brlcl Rolew oi ine
Growth and Development ot Various
Industries Throughout Our Common-wcstth-Latest
Market Report.
A light mow has fallen in part of
Southern Oregon,
Atluinv will bold Its rvKulnrelty
election Monday, December i. Con
siderable local Interest la miuwesicd. ;
Tho Methodist church in Oregon City
is being raised high enough to permit
of a store room being built on tho
ground floor. This arritngtitiont will
bring tho church people about $ 160 per
month.
Tho heavy rains hnvo washed out a
largo portion of tho dam of tho Coiidor '
water and power company, nt Yolo. I
Eighty mon of tho crow have been laid
off and work is practically abandoned
for tho winter.
The farmers of Linn county will hold
a farmers' institute November 28 ami
20. under tho auspices of tho experi
ment department of tho Orrgon agri
cultural collge. The mooting will bo
held at Grangu Hall No. 10, near Al
bany. The tides of tho past few days havo
done many thousand dollars' worth ot
damage to 'the diked lands on Young's
river and the Lewis and Clark. How
much cannot ycl bo estimated, but it is
belioved that it will reach at least
$10,000.
Three weeks ago J. J. Jackson, a
Xesro charged with breaking open a
freight car at Huntington in August,
sawed through the bars in the county
jail nnd escaped. The fact was only
made public a few days ago. Jack
son's trial was schedulod format week.
Tho host salo ot apples in the Rogue
river valley dui log the present season
was made by W. H. Norcross, a well
known orcbardist ot Centr.l Point,
who dia Msed ot 10 carloads nt the
fancy pr co of $1.60 per box f. o. b. at
Central Point. Tho apples go to Now
York Oil).
It the Government finally decides to
create n forest rotcrve in Northeastrn
Oregon, as indicated by the withdrawal
from entry, Oregon will bo tlio gainer
by over $100 000. Tho tracts men
tioned routain at least 20,000 area ol
nnsurveyed school land", and these are
practically valueless at present.
The board ot directors of the Wil
lamette Valley Chautauqua association,
at a meeting.held in Oregon City last
week, decided to take some steps toward
reorganization and appointed a commit
tee for that purpose.
Operations at tho Tillamook fish
hatchery have been suspended on ac
count of tho recent heavy rains
Two different companies aro endeav
oring to secure frsnchhes for operating
street car systems in tho city ot Kose
burg. Ono company Is composed
largely of local capitalists and the
other is made up of Laetern men.
It is expo ted that the lumbermen
on the lower Columbia will adr&nce
the price of yellow fir log from $7.60
to $8 per thousand. Yellow fir logs
bring a much higher price than ordin
ary fir, and are in great demand.
The freshet on the Sluela rlvercansod
by the recent heavy rains did consider
able damage to the fish hatchery on
that river.
A postoflice has been established at
Inglis, Columbia county. An office
has also been established at Tiller,
Douglas county.
The safe In the depot at Newberg was
opened Friday night and $1,180 se
cure.! by a burglar. The crook evi
dently knew his business, as he worked
tho combination of the lock.
There were SCO balos of hops sold at
Dal as last Saturday for 27 cents f. ol
b. 3o tales have heretofore been made
above 20 cents, though offers of 20)$
cents were out
During the first two years ol his term
Governor Gecr granted 16 pardons and
20 commutations, and during his last
two years 10 pardons and 10 commuta
tions Of the 10 men pardoned In tho
last two years two were guilty of mur
der, two of manslaughter, four of lar
ceny, one of assault with a dangerous
weapon and one of obtaining money
under false pretenses.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Walla Walla. 70 ?71o; blue
stem 7d77c; valley, 7273c.
Barley Feed, $23.00 per ton; brew
ing, $?3.60.
Flour Best grade, 3.50(33.70; grah
am, $3.003.60.
Mlllstuffs Bran, $19.00 per ton;
middlings, $23.60; shorts, $19.60;
chop, $17.
Oats No. 1 white, $1.1201.15;
gray, $1.1031.12 percental.
Hay Timothy, $10311; clover,
$8.00; cheat, $89 per ton.
Potatoes Beat Burbanks, 6080c
per sack; ordinary, 6066c per cental,
growers' prices; Merced sweets, $1.76
2 per cental.
Ponltry Chickens, mlxod, $3.609
4.26; per pourd, 10c; hens, $44.50 per
dozen; per ponnd, 11c; springs, $3,00
3.50 per dozon; fryers, $2.603.C0;
broilers, $2.00(32.50; ducks, $4.50
6.00 per dozen; turkeys, young, 12X
ai3c; geese, $0.00(56.60 per dozen.
Cheese Full cream, twins; 15
16c; Young America, 16H16K
factory prices, ll)u less.
Butter Fancy creamery, 3032Kc
per pound; extras, sue; dairy, 20
22Kc; store, !618.
Eggs 2680o per dozen.
Hops New crop, 2225c per pound.
Wool Valley, 12J$Q16c; Eastern
Oregon, 814c; mohair, 20328c.
Beef Gross, cows, 33Kc per
pound; steers, 4c; dressed, 67c.
Veal 7BKc.
Mutton Gross, So per pound;
dressed, Co.
Lambs Gross, 3Ho per ponnd;
dressed, 0Kc
Hogs Gross, 6i&6He per pound!
dressed, 797Ho,
supmuncK forust riwus.
Total Losses In Oregon and Washington
Amounted to $12,707,100.
Washington, Nov. 22. Tho bureau
ol forestry, nller car .'till examination by
n Held agent, estimates that September
forest tires In Oregon and Washington
caused ft total loss ot $12,7(17.100, of
which $3,010,000 fell III Origon.
This Includes thu value of Umber, hum
properly and sawmills and their pro
ducts which were destroyid. Owing to
Its iiettrnoM to market, liowovor, much
ot tho burned Umber In Oregon will bo
saved, mincing tho total loss ns nbovu
sot forth. It was found that 8 Oregon
families' were rendered homeless. 1
while 200 others suffered partial losses.
In that Unto farm property worth,
$316,000 jvaa burned, and sawmills
suffered losses aggregating $110,000.
H is estimated that 2,124,1)00.000 feet
of standing tlmlxr wont up In unoko i
In Oregon, largely IXniglas tlr, spruce,
eedat and hemlock. The total loss In I
timber nlono was over $3,000,000. In
nil, 170,000 acres were burno I over,
all ol which, iao 60,000, were well
timbered.
In Washington 431,000 ocres weto
burned over. Tho timber was fully as
heavy na the Oiegou timber, nnd of
Iwtter quality. It is ostimated that
5,020,800,000 feet ot Douglas spruco
alone were killed, repro eutlng ft value
ot $5,02(1,800. Other timber to tho
vnluo of $725,000 was destroyed. The
total loss In Cow llt, Chirk nnd Ska
mania counties where tho tires wero
tho most disastrous, was $'1,000,800,
and In tho other burned areas, $2,-
250,300.
A singular chain of circumstances
combined to make tho tires so destruc
tive. Not only was tho summer very
dry, but the two preceding summers
wore wet in .May and Juuu, tuns inter
fering with the burning ol slashings,
nnd allowing an unusual amount ol
debris to accumulate. The most dlr. ct
cause was rareto a less. This Is shown
distinctly by the fact that practically
no damaro wai done In the t. asciuie
forest reserve, which is patrolled b)
forest rangers.
In many Instances tho fires smold
ered for considerable periods without
attracting attention, and this in tiro
face of tho fact that tlio past season
was ono particularly favorable for forest
fires. Many blaies started from the
unextinguished camp fires of lierry
pickers or hunters, others resulted Irom
careless burning ot slashings, nnd ono
was known to have Btnrted from loco
motive snarks. With the oxcention of
this ca'e, reasonable precaution on tho
pait of InCIvlduals would have pre
vented tho loss of millions ol dollars
It is tho opinion of tho bureau, after
tracing many ot tlio tires to their
origin, that most ol them could have
been extinguished before they becamo
serious.
FIRE AT ALAMEDA MOLE.
Ferry
Building and Passenger Coaches
Destroyed -Lots J50O.OOJ.
Oakland. Cal. Nov. 22. Flro do
stroyed tho forry at the Alameda mole
yesterday, and nino men who were
asleep in the bunk hnuso narrowly
escaped with their lives. Tho tiro
started on tho north title of the build
ing, snd two hours later It had burned
to tho water. A portion of tho floor
held np, evidently by tho network ol
tracks, and still remains, but on thess
tracks are tho twisted and warped Iron
work ot the passenger coaches which
were destroyed. Of tl.o 47 coaches
whhh were destroyed, 10 wero broad
imago and 31 narrow guago.
The building was erected by tho late
James G. Fair in 1883, and cost orig
inallv S50.000. Three years later it
nassid into tho hands of tho Southern
t'actfic company with the entire road,
and since then many improvements
havo been made. Within tlio hist six
months thu company has built another
Blip and added Improvements to tlio ex
tont of $75,000.
The origin of tho blazo is a mystery
.Superintendent Worthington says ho
has not tho slightest Idea how It start
ed, but raid the matter would be thor
oughly investigated. Vt hen asked lor
tn opinion as to tho origin, ho said lie
bad no opinion to oner. Ho admitted
that a coal oil lamp was left buining
on tho north side of tho building, near
whsre tho flames wore first seen. It is
the theory of tho employes of tho road
t' at this lamp exploded, thereby caus
ing the disastrous conflagration.
Japanese Engineer Here.
Seattle, Nov. 22. S.Tada.chlof con
structing engineer of theJapanoee navy,
accompanied by M. Mat.uakn anil U
Hitftichi. chief ot tho naval construe'
tlon bureau ot Japan, arrived hern
tonight, on the Tota Marti, and will
proceed to Pittsburg, where thoy will
place orders for armor plate, and spend
some time in eastern navy yirds in
erecting American methods of thin
building. Thoy will visit the Moran
Bros, ship yards and then proceed i ast
They say their government will adopt
Ameican methods extensively.
Fortifications for London.
London. Nov. 22. Efforts of a far
reaching character have beon set on foot
I to fortify Ihe metropolis against n pos
! s!ble attack in case of war. It is stated
, that when Lord Roberts took over tho
1 post of commander-in-chief of tho Brit
, ish army ho personally investigated
the dofenees of lxindon and found them
to bo vnry Imperfect. Blnco then poW'
erf ul batteries have won mounted on
I elevations btt'ieen I-ondon nnd the
i south coast. Now fortifications are
being rapidly constructed along the
banks of tho Thames.
Two Men Held Up the Town.
Denver, Nov. 22. A special to tho
Republican from Rifle, Colo., says
Charles Dykes and a man named Slur
phy terrorized that place for somo time
this afternoon, "shooting up thu town,"
holding up mloons, capturing and dl'
arming two deputy sheriffs, and shoot
Ing a young ranchman haired David
Morford in tho leg. They then rode
out of town. Tho sheriff and a posso
is In search of them, and a livoly tlma
Is expocrud when thoy meet.
New Monitor Nearly Done. ..
Boston, Nov. 22. Tho slngie-tiirrctod
monitor Nevada which has Just been
completed by the Bath Iron works for
tlio United States navy and is lo havo
her second trial Ihe second week in
Decembei, arrived at the Boston navy
yard today from Bath.
MAY COMPROMISE
MINERS AND OPERATORS TO SIITTLB
WITHOUT COMMISSION.
Negotiations Will Be on n llnslsof 10 per'T.
Cent Increase In Wages, n Nlnc-lluur'
Day, and Trade Agreements Between
the Miners nnd Company by Which
They Are llnipln)sd,
Pernnton, !., Nov. 21. Tho mine,
workers, through their representatives,
havo agreed with tho iiiliioowiiors to
attempt to adjust the differences exist
Ing between thum outside tho unthra
cite itwl strlko commission. Tho prop
osttlon wns Hindu on n coniirumlo
hails, and negotiations, It Is txpctod,
will nt unco bo entered upon, with u
reasonable hopool rUtloinunt, with tho
aid of thu nrbltratots, llio rough
proposition, which Is to form tho basis
of negotiations, is a 10 per (rut lu
crease In wages, a nine-hour day, nnd
trado agreements bvtwcun tho miners
and tho iouimny by which they lire
emplojed. 1 liii only one of tho our
demands not touched upon Is that of
tho weighing of coal by tho legal ton.
Whllo twill sides hao cxiiiosstil A
willingness to suttlu their differences
among themselves, It is not to lio con
strued that it curries with it tlnuicccpt.
unco ot tho terms proposed. They mo
mentioned only as n basis, It Is under
stood, from which a seitluineiit Is to bo
effected. It is possible that tho foun
datlotis already Isid can bo wrecked by
either party holding out too strongly
against some question, and thus leave
llm whole matter 111 tho hands ol tlio
commlssiauurs, which In thu tneantlmu
will net ni a sort of board of concilia
tlcn rather than us n kuird of arbitrn
tlon.
It cannot be officially slated which
party mado the liroimnil llrst. Iho
attorneys for lioth sides niu averse to
talking, but those who wore inclined
to suy something differ in their state
ments. An ntt'irney lor ono ol the
railroads said it came fro n the miners'
side, while ouo lawyer for tho miners
stld it enmo from tho operators. Au
oilier representative for thu miners
ruld It was n "spontaneous" proposl
lion. It is generally lielleveil that thu
oiverators were the llrst to make the
proposal. nyno Mac eagh, who car
r led on such a brilliant crosi examina
tion of President .Mitchell, is given
credit fur bringing about tlio present
ituation.
It Is probable a week or 10 days' ad
journmeut will be taken by the strike
commission In order lo give all patties
uu opportunity to confer on tho state
oi afTairs.
ANOTHER TRAIN ROBBED.
Blew Up the Safe with Dynamite and Oot
In cry thing In bight.
Davonport, la., Nov. 24. A west
bound passenger nnd express train on
tlio Hock Island known as o. 11 was
held up by 12 masked robbers soon
after midnight this morning nt a iioint
three miles west of Dacnport. Tho
robbers uncoupled the express car and
ran it two miles further west, to Uale
sldlnir, where thu safu was blown open
with dyiimuite. Thu oxplotlon was
heard In Davenport.
Thu train which was robbed loft Chi
csgo at 0:05 last night. It was tho
fast train that runs through to Fort
Worth, via til. Joseph and Kansas
Citv.
Ten men of tho local police depart'
ment have hurried to thu scene of thu
robbery. It is not known hero how
much booty tho robbers secured.
At 2:16 A. M. It was definitely
learmd that the robbers were success
ful in removing tho contents of the safe
Irom thu exnros cur. No person wua
In'tircd. It was nearly two hours alter
the holdup boforo the train could pro'
reed.
The robbers succeeded in stopping
tho train by placing a red lantern on
tho track, and when tho engineer paw
the danuer sixnal hu brought tho train
to n slop. Fivo masked men boarded
the train, detached the mail nnd ox-
press cars ami forcing thu engineer to
accompany them, took these cars west
ward, leaving tho rest of thu train
standing on tho main track.
Urge Fulfillment of Promises
Manila, Nov. 24. At a public rO'
ceptlon to General Miles in tho Island
of Cebu, a Filipino speaker urged a
more expeditious fulfillment of tho
promises mado by tho Americans, In
eluding autonomy. In reply General
Miles advltcd Iho pcoplo to lxi peacftil
and patient and to trust thu Americans
satisfactorily to settla all tho questions
now pending. Ho said ho hoped to see
tho ambition of the Inhabitants for au
tonomy finally fulfilled.
New Receiving Ship.
Washington, Nov, 21. Tlio navy do
partmcut has been informed that tho
Hancock has been placed In commission
at tho Mnro Island navy yard, Call
fornla. Blio wis formerly an nrmy
transport, and will lie utllizod as n ro.
celvliie shin at New York. Tho Han
cock Is not. as crlirinally Intended, to
siipersodu tho cruiser Columbia, which
is to bo retained on the Now York sta
tion, hut will bo used to meot tho addi
tional demands for a receiving ship at
that port.
Less Cholera In Manila.
Washington, Nov. 24, -A cablegram
has been received from tho Philippine
commisdon stating that tho numbor ol
cases of cholera had gone down to fivo a
day instead ot 34 a day a week ago.
Tlio meitago says that tho commission
feels much relieved, and it Is bolieved
the Marlnuliia watershed, which
furnishes tho wator supply for Manila,
will not bu contaminated.
Diplomat's Son In Trouble.
Washington, Nov, 24. The stato de
partment has boon informed that God
frw Hunter. Ir.. eon of tho United
Hiatus minister at Guatemala City, to
day shot and killed William Fltzgcr
old, of Grand Haplds, Mich. Hunter
has taken refuge in tho legation, and
an Interesting question has arisen ns to
bis exemption from erred.
LAND IS WASTIID,
Refugees Bringing In Reports of Worked
(luatciualan Volcano,
Pan Francisco, Nov. 21, Thu llrst ol
tho refugees from tlio devastated I until)
of OutiUmaln arrived today ontlio
Paclllo Mall sle.unnr City of Paris.
,.. .... .lUtrlcls lar Inland
.,. ,,. nl..i truvl,i.Hi ,w.,r ,.
lry ,nM ,iy nml ,, ,.
Ico boforo reaching n railway station.
From thuro thuy mado their way by
rail to Chainperlcn. nnd there took thu
steamer to San Frunclsco, They sailed I
on November 7, nnd tho volcaliu was
still smoking, nnd tumblings like
thunder and flashes of llgiitiilng gave
evidence that muro eruptions wero yet
to come. Those peonlo fled ftom thulr
plantations In lear for tlielr lives.
They escaped to tho seaside with little
more than tlio clothing thoy wore,
transportation being so ilitllnult ns to
prooludu thu cnrr lug of baggage,
Iho rolugees contlrm storms ol loss
of llio. i hey say that tho victims am
for tho most part Indians. I'hoy had
nut hoard ul any wlutu peonlo Ih'Ii g
lost. Thousand 4 of Indians were us
phyxlatud or burled In tho sand.
Miles ol plantations nru under ashes,
ami nbsolulu rum Is the lot of iimny
planters whoso nil was Invented In thu
tineas, uno reliigvit conies irom wliiini
hall all hour's rlileof Uenural llirlllos',
and brings Information that tho gene
ral and family are siifu, A caliUyraiu
received hunt when tho llrst eruption
occnried stated that General Jlarilloa
had lvcn asnhixlated.
Thu rolugees statu that It Is not tlio
crater ot -antn Maria that Is In action,
but n smaller mountain rising Irom ono
of tho woxtern slopes of Bauta Maria,
called El Itosarlo.
Bauds of Mexican robbers aro now
swarming over thu desolated regions,
robbing and murduiliig refuguus on thu
rojd and looting Iho sb.iiulonid ami
ilerolato plantations. Ihe people left
Ik) h ud on tl.o plantations. It Is said,
are In danger of starvation, for tho food
supplies havo been cut oil and thero Is
no way tn send In supplies to the
alllicttd districts.
CONVICTION ADJOURNS.
Irrigation Congress Will Meet Next Year
In Baker City.
Portland, Nov. 20 Tho Oregon Irri
gation convention yesterday porfo-ted
organization by adopting by-laws and
electing additional ollltcrs. itctolu
tluiiH cro adopted commending all Ir
rlgatioii projects and endorsing tho pro
posed immigration bureau at Portluiid
During the day addresses wero de
livered by A. 1'. Davis, prin Ipal
eiiKliiccr. ot thu reclamation service;
Governor Geer, Major Alfred F. bears,
W. II. Chase, nnd II. H. Max-on.rec
retary of thu National Irrigation con
gre-s.
Iho next scitlnn will be held nt
llakrr City the first Monday of Juno,
1003, and tho next annual meeting at
Pendleton tho 1 second Monday of
.November, 1003.
STOLU BAND OP 1,400 SHIIIIP.
Blew Up Herder's Cabin Abandoned Flock
nnd Fled from Pursuers.
Flowor. Colo., Nov. 21 Hvo turn
drove off 1,100 head of slicop from the
flock of Jamos Brown, lo inllee of
northwest this plfti-o, alter dynamiting
the hut In which tlio herder wns sleep
I ri if. Tho explosion blow tho cabin to
pieces and threw thu herder into the
air. Mr. Brown was aroused by thu
noiso of tlio explosion nnd found tho
herder lvinir iinconsctotK iiimhi thu
urouiid. Ho was not seriously hint
A iseo overtook tho men with th
sheun after a chase ot several miles
Thoy abandoned the (lock and fled
northward. Kherlff liadwin started out
with a posso later, determined toappru-
bond thu would-be rumors.
Germany Alter fingllsh China.
Victoria, Nov. 21. Mall udvlccs
from-the Orient Inclni'o a story ol com
plications In thu Yungtso vnlley. The
Ashi Bhimuii. of Japan, Hiys that Gel
many has taken advantage of thu naval
demonstration mado by Great Britain
ngulnst China nt Ilankii to formulate,
with leirard to tho evacuation of Sluing
hai. conditions which would completely
obliterate all traces ot Kng'iind's sphere
of infliionco In tho Ynngtso valley.
The Toklo papers say Gormany has In
duced France to Join her In tills man
ocuvur.
Oamblcrs Held Up.
Minneapolis, Nov. 21. Two bandits
held up a gambling den nt Columbia
llclzhts tonight and secured $10,423
from the proprietors and ecoro or aioro
o' playors. Iiarvoy iiowaru, n negio
nortor. was shot by tho robbers. Tho
irambllmr house, which Is operated by
a syndicate of sporting men, Is nt tho
end ol n trolley line leaning irom .nin
noanolls Kach robbor used n dark
hindkerchlol to shluld tho lower part
ot his ccuntenance, Tiiero nro two
entrances to the place, and tho bandits
appeared simultaneously at oithordoor.
Prisoners Uscape Mob.
ninrlnnatl. O . Nov. 21. Alter bo
Ing pursued by mobi in Fleming nnd
Maion counties, Kentucky, two mon
charged with murder wore located and
lodgod In jail nt Covington, Kentucky,
today, Thoy nro Alvln Burgess, ot
FlBlnirsburir. and Goorgo Bentz.of Mny
silk. Thoy had boon takon to thu
Urookflold Jail, and when It was
learned that mobs wore coming, tijo
sheriff, by dotour routes, roachod
Covington.
New Railroad for Alaska,
Pesttlo. Nov. 21. The Pioneer niln
Imr comnnnv. headed by D, O. Llnd-
blom. Jieafet Lindebcrg and other
Alaska capitalists, announced today,
alter a meotlng of tho mining company,
that thoy will construct a railroad from
Noma to Council city, which will bo In
operation at the end ot noxt season.
Tho season following it will probably
bo extonded to Salmon Ulvcr and Cas
cade l'nga,
Stlllman Olves Harvard $100,000,
Boston, Nov. 21. James Ptillman,
nreslilent of tlm National Oily bink of
Now York, has prcsontcd .flOO.COO to
inrvnni iintvnnitv tcr the enuoamnt
ol a prpleeBorsbip In compnra'he on-
atomy,
ONE ROBBER LESS
'express MESSENGER USED MIS (1UN
INSTEAD OP 0PENIN0 DOOR.
Four Aten Attempted to Hold Up Poueif
gvr Train In Colorado-Other Rubbers
Teak the Dead Man's Budy nnd Ran
fur Cover Shcrllf mid Posse In Close
Pursuit,
Trinidad, Colo., Nov. 20. Font
masked robbers held up a passenger
train No. 7 on thu Colorado cV Hoiitliorn
road, 12 miles south ol hum today.
Ono ul the robbers wns shot by Kx press
Mosscner M. W. Hherwlck, ol Fort
Worth, Tex.
Thu rubbers flagged tho train, and
as It slowed up Ihey ran nlongsldu ul
thu unglnu and covin ed Iho crew with
revolvers. They then cninollid tho
engineer, John tlullltll, tn alight, and,
alter plating sack containing dyna
mite under thu ba;gago car and attach.
Ing n fuse to thu uxploslvo they order
il nulllill to Ignite, the fuse. I'nls ha
attempted to do several times, but for
sumo reason thu Iiibm would not burn.
During this precluding tlio robbers
kopt up n fiisdliidu III thu dliictloii of
tho train lor thu purpose ol intimidat
ing iho passengers. Wlillu they wero
preparing to reanangu thu dynamite
and lusu, Mos-uiiger r-hurwlrk, after
extinguishing- thu lights In his car,
qtilutly oH)iicd it tide door In thu rar
lit r vniiiigli to admit n gun nnrrri, snu
llred nt thu i canst robtiur. Tho latter
dropped in his traiks. Ills startled
companions picked lilui up and iilekly
illsuppmtiHl In thu woods near by.
.None ul tlio psssengers wero iiioiuuihi.
I'hn sher ff ol Las Animas county im
mediately organized a posso and is no
in pursuit ol thu holdups.
BOND FOR imilDOU LI1ASI1.
Upon Its Approval by Secretary of War
Wurk Will tie Cununenccu.
Washington Nov. 20. The Port of
Portland will ho required lo give bond
Isdord tho secretary of war will ap
prove the contract recently mado for
llm luitu of one ol Its d unices for use
on tint Columbia nnd Wtllnmcttu below
Portland. When thu contract recently
mudo tiutuiuii thu Port of Portland
commission nnd Captain Unglllt wus
received here It was loluired to thu
Jlidgu advovatu Kittierul, who has Just
iccoiiili.uudod that a IhiiiiI is) procured
tu free tlio government from liability
for liny cxpt'iisvs incurred in tlio oir
tlon of thu dredge. Under this contract
thu government can lorisu ulthur dredge
by paying $165 m r day for thu old ono
oi I .'.'16 per day fur thu new drodgo
Co'iimhtn. Tlio Port will bo eipeeloa
lo furnish tho truw and Inol, mid hear
all uxpensos of oirntlon. Thu Uind Is
required os an uxira precaution, such
us Is frequently requited In goivrunirut
contracts. Din doKirtment expects thu
bond will ho readily furnished. When
ut hand, thu inntract will bu approved
mid uzpenditiirea can Imi cmumei.iod
uii'ler'tlio app-oprlntlon of $20,000
ma lo last X'ssioii.
Now that the government has the
option nl operating u dredgu uf thu Port
ol I'm Hand, It Is thought by souio on.
glueers that It will bu tiiuia ossiiry to
ask lor future appropriations for build
ing a government dredo for the river
below Portland.
iho engineers' oillce has about com
pleted I'laiiM for remodeling thu trans
vort Grant into n ret dredge fur tiro In
ciitllng n tuuiKirary channel across thu
bar at tho mouth ol tho Columbia
rlvur.
Those plans will soon Is) widely nil.
vertiso I, hut thu work will undoubtedly
bo douu at Kan Framlsco, where the
Giant now lies.
FIKU AT NORTH YAMHILL.
Five Buildings Dcstroycd-Loss, $20,000,
Partially Covered by Insurance,
North Yamhill, Or., Nv. 10. North
Yamhill suffered n $20,000 flro loss
last night. Alsiut 0:30 o'clock IImiios
were discovered Issuing from thu gene
ral mcrcliamllso Morn of Murmur A
Vnulheim, anil so rapidly did thu flro
spread that all efforts ut saving thu
building or contents wore utturly
(utile, and tho attoutlon of tlio citizens
was diruitod toard saving adjoining
proporty. Thu lack of udeqiiato flru
ilhtging apparatus mado dilllciilt tho
Horkof subduing thu flames, and before
tho flro hail burned I (salt out four ad
ditional buildings wuro In ruins.
At midnight tlio flames had subsided
nnd wore iindur complete control. Tho
flru drew n groat crowd ot peoplo to tho
streets, but fortunately no one was in
J u red. It Is not known how thu flro
originated.
Says Cuba Is All Right.
.Havana, Nov. 20, Lionel Garden,
tlio British minister, in n- ruKrt on
tho situation In Cuba, sjys nono of
tliu evils so confidently predicted by
tlio advocates of reciprocity has como
to pass. No sugar estatu of any Im
pirtanco was compelled to stop, and
tho recent crisis, far from being disas
trous to the island's prosperity, hns
really boon ot important torvico to
Cuba in teaching the planters to bo
economical In tho management ot the
plantations, thus luworlpg thu cost ol
production.
$10,000 Fire In Helena.
Holonn, Mont., Nov. 20. Flro early
otday threatened for an hour tho com
plete destruction of Kast Helena. A
florce galu was blowing, and to protuct
the residences and business buildings
blankets wero mado uno of to prevent
Ignition from (lying firebrands. With
thu assistance of n stciunur from Hel
ena, the flru was gotten under control,
after four buildings had Icon destroyed,
tho loss on which is estimated at fully
$10,000,
British Are Worried,
roshanur, India, Nov. 20, Tho
British expedition to put down tlio
uprising of the Wazlri trlhosmon on
tho Afghan frontier Is meeting with
determined opposition, Colonel Ton-
j ochy, In command ot tho Fourth col-
limn, has beon mortally wounded in
un oiiKUKumiuu wiui niu insuruonts
and Major Boresford, the noxt in com
I fined, lias ueked tor rolnlouomonts.