The Leader., October 10, 1902, Image 2

Cottage Grove Leader.
L . F . W O O L K T , Pu b lish er.
TOWN ALMOST DESTROYED.
Blaze of Incendiary Origin Causes $50,000
Loss at dcrvsls, Oregon.
NEWS OF OREGON
MOB DEMOLISHES CARS
L J A L L TROOPS
Militia Called to Suppress HuUsoi
Railway Strikers.
Glens Falla, N. Y ., Oct. ff.— A Entire National Guard o|
Gervais, Or., Oct. 8.— The business Items of Interest Gathered from
| mob of fully 5,000 sympathizer) of the
district of Gervais was reduced to ashes
sylvania in the Field.
Hudson Valley railway strikers laradsd
All Parts of the State.
in a destructive fire Sunday night that
'the streets, stopping all cars Is they
came through, storming the cssi and , . ... ..... _
entailed a lose approximating $50,000.
COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL DOINGS breaking the windows and cuttbg the 1
u URDER TO BE KHUri
Veiy little of the property that was de­
trolley ro|«s. So great did the disturb-
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stroyed was insured. The fire, which
ance become that Sheriff G ill (fdeted Men Who Desire to w,
'a
W*,
General Review of Important Happening» was of incendiary origin, started at A Brief Review of Improvements, Growth out company D, of the national guard '
0,11
be Protected - Mitchell s«y, ^
and Development Along All Lines
of the Past W eek In Brief and
stationed here, to disperse ths mob.
10:30 o'clock Sunday evening, and did
Throughout Our State.
Cannot be Forced to Wsrfc
Comprehensive Form.
When the rioters began their wotk, the
not exhaust itself until 6 o’clock next
majority of the non-union e-npliyea of
morning. Three solid blocks of busi­
Hanisburg, Pa.. Oct. 8__o
A number of Polk county growers the company gave themselves iaio the
Twenty-five'more steamers have been ness houses were burned.
Two small
hands of the police for protection, out Stone late last night ordered oat
chartered to carry Welsh coal to|Boetcn residences were also burned, and the have refused 26 cents per pound for
some deserted to the strikers. Four
their hops.
and New York.
entire division of the National Gagf
cars were stalled on the switch t|d all
principal residence district had a nar­
During
September
the
Oregon
City
Pennsylvania to do duty in the ««
One hundred thousand tona of New row escape.
the windows in them were broke«.
There
castle. Australia, coal has been shipped
The trouble was precipitated ly the cite regions. The soldiers wifi
The fire was discovered when in an land office received $7,835.71.
were
64
homestead
entries
filed.
to the United ¡States.
incipient state, but it spread rapidly.
calling of a mass meeting by ths Fedei- the field today. The order caffi^
The assessment rolls of Tillamook ation of Labor. This brought oit an the guard is as follows:
Leading German papers have ex The old fiame structures, thoroughly
pressed their sympathy as being with dry and seasoned, proved good fuel, and county show an increase in taxable enormous crowd. No effort is being
the blaze was soon beyond control. property of nearly two million dollars made to run the cars, and, it being evi­ “ In ’certain portions of the coonti*
the American coal miners.
Among the first cf the business houses over that of last year.
dent that the («lic e were unable to cope Luzerne, Schuylkill, Carbon,
England is experiencing much diffi­ to go was Dr. P. H. Fitzgerald's drug
with the situation, the sheriff was ap­ wana, Susquehanna, Northnm'
culty in supplying employment to her store, in which was located the tele­
Multnomah county’s taxable prop­ pealed to, and he asked the aid of the
returned South African soldiers.
An in­ military. It was thought several of aad Cumberland tnmulta and
phone exchange. A few minutes later erty ia valued at $48,962,450.
frequently occur.
Men who deeii»
Senator Hanna has challenged Tom the local telegraph service w as destroyed crease of $776,788 is shown over 1901. the strikers would go back to work, but
Johnson to a debate on the tariff ques­ by the melting of the wires, and when j Most of the increase is in city property. this demonstration made a change. work have been beaten and dri-
the seriousness of the conflagration was
tion and the latter has accepted.
With one exception Oregon’ s legis­ One of the non-union employes left his avay, and their families threaten,
disclosed the people found themselves
lators are in favor of a liberal appro­ car, as the stones were coming too Railroad trains have been threat,«
The volcano on the Island of Hawaii
cut off from all communication with
priation for the Lewis and Clark fair thick for him. The mob seized iiim, aad stoned, pud ths tracks tore
shows increased activity, being in
neighboring towns, and were practical­
Many of them have declared in favor and he is now in a serious condition Tne civil authorities are unable
almost constant eruption for the past
ly at the mercy oi the dames.
An at­
under the care of a physician.
of granting $500,000.
week.
tempt to communicate with the Salem
naiintain order, and have called up,
The 36th encampment of the G. A. fire department and procure aid in
Tne good roads convention, to be
WALSH ON IRRIGATION.
tlie governor and commander in ctj
R. is in session at Washington.
It is fighting the fire failed.
held in Portland October 14, promises
of the National Guard for troops, a
one of the best attended and most en­
For protection from fire the city a to be well attended.
Chambers of President of National Congress Tells What
situation grows mote serious each 4)
few years ago built a water tower at a commerce and other
thusiastic ever held.
organizations
He Thinks It Should Do.
The territory involved is so ext«ai
cost of $1,500, and equipped it with a throughout the state are selecting dele­
General Sumner, who is in command
Denver, Oct. 7.— Thomas F. Walsh,
The gates to attend.
that the troops now ondntyam
of the forces in Mindanao island, has tank of 12,000 gallons capacity.
president of the National Irrigation
sent an ultimatum to those Moros still tower took fire at the beginning of the
The sale of the Baisley-Elkhorn mine Congress, has arrived ia Denver from etructed to prevent disorder, The_
fire,
and
was
of
no
assistance
to
the
fire
on the warpath, warning them against
in Baker county is regarded as one of the East, and will preside and delivei jor general commanding will plant«
opposition and threatening worse pun­ fighters. An antiquated hand pump the most important mining transac­ the opening address at the session of
entire division on duty, diatribe««
ishment than was given in the recent and several street cisterns were all
Springs. them in such localities as will
that remained, with which to battle tions that has ever been consummated the congress in Colorado
campaign.
with the flames. The cisterns finally in that part of the state. Between Asked for his views as to the attitude them most effective for preserving 4
$250,000 and $300,000 will be spent of the congress on the recent govern­ public peace.
Zola’s funeral was attended by 60,000 gave out, and a large bucket brigade
" A s tumults, riots, mobs and'
being organized, water was carried from by the new company on development ment action, he said:
people.
“ The first duty of the men who are order usually occur when men »in­
wells about the town.
Heroically did work.
interested in this movement should be to work in and about the coal mi
The death list'in the Japan typhoon the volunteers battle against heavy
The opinion seems general at Salem to try to eliminate sectionalism.
sf September 29 numbers 1,600.
The he w ill see that all men who deein
odds.
The hotel building, several
that the bop growers who hold their question of the reclamation of arid
work and their families have am
A furious snow storm is raging in times ablaze, was saved, although a hops w ill receive the highest price.
Colorado mountains. It is feared that woodshed that adjoined it not two feet Manager Winstanley, of the hopgrow- lands should be kept a national one. protection. He will protect all L
The congress should urge that the first and other property from ualawlni
distant, was destroyed. Had the hotel
many prospectors w ill suffer.
ers association, predicts that within reservoir sites be wisely chosen,
Hl- terference, and w ill arrest all pe;
burned, the principal residence part sf
The president has annonuced that he the city would have lieen burned also. 60 to 90 days the price will go to 30 ture success and the future gnod
engaging in acts of violence and inti»
cents, and most likely 40 cents before opinion of the East will depend upon
will not convene congress in extra ses­
illation, and hold them under pug
next
year’
s
crop
is
picked.
sion to discuss the coal situation.
the beginning, and we should bend all until their release would not end»*
BOXERISM ON THE INCREASE.
A freight and passenger train col­
John IV. Titcomb, assistant in charge onr efforts to securing an auspicious the public peace, aud will see that lit
lided near Milton, Pa., killing two of
threats, intimidations, assaults and id
Woman Is a Prominent Leader — 1,500 of tile division of fish culture of the start.
"T h e congress, I think, should take acts of violence cease at once. (W
the train crew and seriously injuring
Native Christians Slain.
United States fish commission, has
i-ognizance
of
the
question
of
rural
im­
another.
Victoria, B. C., Oct. 8.— Advices started for Washington, after ins|>ecting provement, the beautification of rural public peace and good order will
preserved upon all ocasiona thro:
He ex­
President Roosevelt’ s stand in the have been received from China of the the hatcheries of this state.
homes; at least start such a movement,
coal strike question is generally en­ increase of Boxorism, both in Szechuan pressed himself well pleased with the and help create a feeling of pride on out the several counties, and no in
dorsed by the press throughout 'the and Chili.
In Szechuan the Boxers, results accomplished in this state. The tlie part of those that open up the pub­ ference whatever be permitted w'
officers and men in the discharge
United States.
some 10,000 strong, attacked Chengtu, hatchery at Little White Salmon is the lic domain.”
duty under this order. TW*
largest in the world.
R. M. Snyder, the St. Louis briber, the provincial capital, and there were
and authority of the state matf
W IL L NOW APPEAL TO MINERS.
The construction work on the new
was found guilty and sentenced to five gome sanguinary fights in the stieets.
maintained, and her power to naa
years in the state prison. Motions for The Boxers were held in check by the barracks building at Fort Columbia
all lawlessness within her boeita
imperial forces, and a report being
is practically completed.
appeal and new trial will be filed.
Rcsumptlbn of W ork to be Urged on Con­ asserted.”
proclaimed that reinforcements were
dition of National Inquiry.
Stockholders of the New Orleans coming for the garrison, the Boxers
Extensive preparations are being
Miners are Much Surprised.
street car company affected by the tied from Chengtu and encamped at made for the dedication of Agricultural
Washington, Oct. 7.— A final effort,
Wilkesbarre, Pa., Oct. 8.—Tbs a
strike have asked for a receiver, alleg­ Sbippantan, where earthworks had hall at the agricultural college Octo­ with hopes of success, is to be made to
of the calling out of the entiist
ing gross mismanagement on the part been thrown up.
end the coal strike.
It has been dis­
ber 15.
guard canned a mild sensation sug
of the managers.
cussed by the president and some of his
The Boxers of Szechuan are led by a
The medical department of W il­ advisors, and while the idea is still in those gathered at strike headqnsrea
woman,
Liao
Kuan
Y
in
,
who
is
alleged
A tornado in Tennessee, near Mem­
lamette University opened its 37th an­ an uncompleted state, and the final but apparently the least perturbed»
phis, did great damage to property and to be one of the three sisters who were
nual session with an enrollment of 35 result still uncertain, yet it offers a President Mitchell and the three!»
arrested
at
Tientsin
during
the
rebel­
coat one life.
trict presidents. There w«s a ctoeda
method which now Beams to be the only
lion of 1900, it being said that they students.
tlie lobby of the Hart hotel, stds
I t is estimated that there will be ful­ were "th e Boxer goddesses.”
solution of the problem.
Letters
The prevalence of smallpox, diph­
soon as tlie miners’ chief came dm
ly 500 delegates in attendance at the from Prince Tuan, Yung Ln and other
The suggestion is made that Presi- (
theria, scarlet fever and measles in
with his traveling tags
irrigation congress.
Boxer leaders were found in their Fugene has awakened the authorities dent Mitchell, of the United Minework-
hand, he was asked for an opinion a
ers,
may
be
able
to
have
his
men
now
i
house.
This
woman,
who
is
described
Steamship companies have raised
to the need of more vigilant quarantine
the action of Governor Stone. Hid
freight rates on coal from foreign ports by Chinese papers as being very hand­ regulations, and in the future the on strike ratnrn to worn, in order to first declined, but a moment lam. a
avert
the
impending
disaster
which
a
some,
had
attracted
10,000
Boxers
to
to the United States.
strictest caution will be observed.
tie pushed his way through the throng
fnei famine w ill cause, and that at as
her standard. The Chung King corre­
he exclaim ed:
It is certain that President Roose­ spondent of the North China News says:
early a date as possible there shall be a
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velt will make another move towards
PORTLAND MARKETS.
“ She is the most powerful rebel
complete investigation by the national | the Unite<j ggates, it won’t mako
settling the coal strike as soon as he chief in Szechuan.”
legislature and by the state legislature men
work ..
can find a way.
Wheat— Walla Walla, 63c; bluestem of Pennsylvania into the anthracite coal
I t is estimated that 1,500 native
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65)4c;
valley,
64c.
situation, witn a view of bringing be- |
A Southern Pacific through train Christians have been killed in this
IRRIGATION
CONQRESS MEEIS.
Barley— Feed, $20.00 per ton; brew­ fore the public the facts and conditions
was wrecked neat San Antonio, Texas. province. In Chili Eoxers are secretly
of the miners, with a view of - legisla­
A number of passengers were injured, drilling every morning before daylight, ing, $21.00.
Attendance Very Large and Much
even in the vicinity of the capital.
but none fatally.
Flour— Best grade, 3.0003.50; grah­ tion or recommendations for relieving
Is Expected to Result.
the condition of the miners in the near
am.
$2
8503.20.
Another attempt is to be made to
future.
ARMY EXPENSES LOWER.
Colorado
Springs, Oct. 7.—The I
Millstnffs—
Bran,
$18.50
per
ton;
combine the plow manufacturers of the
W hile it is not absolutely possible to national irrigation congress opened
middlings, $23.50; shorts, $19.50;
country into one organization. The
guarantee snch an investigation, there 2 o’clock yesterday afternoon under
new combine wilt have a capitalization Much Less Than Last Year—Recommend- chop, $17.
especially
aoepic
atlons ot Paymaster,
Oats— No. 1 white, $1@1.02)4 I gray, is little doubt that recommendations cumstances
ot $75,000,000.
by the president and the executive of Great significance is lent to whit
Washington, Oct. 8.— According to P5cig$l per cental.
The Southern Pacific has sold i t s !
Hay — Timothy, $10011; clover, Pennsylvania would be promptly acted be done this year, through tiie tact
the annual report of the paymaster
large holdings ot coal fields in British
upon by ccngresB and the Pennsylvania the irrigation movement has betn
geueral, army expenses decreased dur­ $7.60; cheat, $8 per ton.
Columbia. This is taken to mean that
legislature.
out of the sphere of merely a
ing the past year $9X8,819, as compared
Poultry— Chickens, mixed, $3.500-1;
it is the company's intention to use oil
with the preceding year, partly owing per pound, 11c; hens, $40 4.76 per W IL L TRY TO START MORE MINES. ganila and given a national im
lor fuel in the future.
through the action of the lift
to the decrease in the pay of the army dozen; per pound, 12c; springs, $2.50
in passing a bill authorizing the
Retail merchants of New Orleans say and partly to a reduction of claims for 3 3 per doren ; fryers, $333.26; broil­
Operators In Wyoming District are More seeds from the sale of state land) to
that if the street car strike is not set­ extra pay for volunteers.
The total j ers, $232.50; docks, $4.50(35 per doz­
Determined Than Ever.
used for irrigation purposes in
tled at once they will close their expenses made by Paymaster General en; turkeys, young, 14315c; geese,
stores.
Such a move would throw 5,- Bates were $52,523,479.
Wilkesbarre, Pa., Oct. 7.— It is said several states.
The pay- I $6(36.50 per dozen.
President Thomas F. Walsh, of
000 clerks oat of employment.
master general is an earnest advocate j
Cheese— Full cream, twins. 13(3 that the coal operators of the Wyoming
region w ill make a more determined congress, when he arrived in the
Prince Chun, brother of the emperor ' , of the creation of a re-enlistment sys- ! 13)4c; Yonng America, 13)4314)4;
effort than ever this week to start up found everything in readineee lor
tern for government clerks base! upon factory prices, l@ l)4 c less.
of China, ia married.
| the deduction of a small sum monthly
Butter— Fancy creamery, 25327 )4c addi.ional collieries. They allege they thiee days’ convention.
The national debt shows a decrease j from the salary of each clerk.
per pound; extras, 27)4c; dairy, 17)4 can get the men If the military author­ I>oured in by every train, and
of $10,000,000 for September.
ities will protect them and their fami­ year’s congress is the most largel»1
The paymaster general says good re- ] @20c; store, 12)4315.
lies.
Vice-President Roscavage, of tended ever held. President K*
Egg*— 22H325c per dozen.
Bnlgarian bandits have murdered 150 suits are observable from Secretary
| Root’s plan of detailing line officers
Potatoes— Best Burbanks, 60365c District No. 1, United Mineworkers, sent a message of congratulation
Greeks during the past two months.
| for staff duty. The only improvement per sack; ordinary, 50355c per cental, says the coal companies are now send­ cordial aympathv to be read before __
President Roosevelt has asked both he could suggest would be to permit growers' prices; |Merced sweets, $23 ing into the region large numbers oi convention.
The personnel of
sides to the coal strike to confer with the detail of first lieutenants instead of \ 2.25 per cental.
Poles, Slavs and Italians.
Some ot congress is regarded by all those In
him at the White House.
I captains as the lowest grade in the pay
Hope— New crop, 20(32’ o per pound. them, be sava, are fresh arrivals rom tendance as decidedly higher in ;L
Wool— Valley, 12)4315c; Eastern Europe. Mr. Roacavage produced two ter than that of any previous i
An effort is being made to effect a ! corps, giving the lieutenants, -however,
affidavits from foreign laborers, who gathering.
Oregon, 8314)4c; mohair, 26328c.
combine of Pacific coast flouring mills J captain’ s pay while doing snch work.
A financial statement setting out in | Beef— Groae, cows,
The congress opened with an i
333 )4c per said they were brought here by an
with a capital of $25,000,000,.
agent of the labor bureau in New York. tion, followed by addresses of w*
' great detail the expenditures of the ponnd; steers, 4c; dressed, 637c.
Mrs. B. F. James. mother of Ixmia paymaster general's offi<-e makes it ap-
Veal— 7 )4 3 « He.
They were told that they were wanted by Governor Orman: D. B. F~
James, the tragedian, *“
ia dead
* ’ at her |war that the total approximate cost of
Mutton — Gross, Sc per ponnd; to «ork in a factory, but when they president of the Colorado
home in Poughkeepsie, N. Y .
the war with Spain on account of pay dressed, 6c.
arrived here they were sent to the chamber of commerce; John!
\ »on, mayor of Colorado Spring* j
and extra pay to volunteers and regulars • Lambs — Gross, 3 He per pound; mines.
The jury has been completed in the
dressed, 6)4c.
N. Stevens, editor of the Col
Rt. Louis legislature boodle case, and and mileage to officers was $73,668,640.
Trains
Collide
on
n
Curve.
Hogs—Grose, 6 *«3 7 c per ponnd;
Springs Gazette. President
the taking of testimony is in progress.
Helenn,
Oct.
7.—
A
Boilington
west
Shut Down for W ant of Coal.
dressed, 737 He.
sponded.
Daniel L. Lawler,“ -
bound train and the Northern Pacific Paul, told of Minnesota’s int*t*s,li
A plan has been perfected whereby
Newcastle, Pa., Oct. 8.— The Shen­
east
bound
express
met
in
a
head-on
the coal companies will ship a supply andoah steel mill cloned down at mid­
rigation and her desire to
The Santiago, a Nicaraguan volcano,
Representative
of fuel to New York, the tenement dis­ night, owing to the failure to secure thteatens an eruption. It towers above eolliaion between Columbus and Park with the West.
City,
Mont.,
on
a
curve
on
the
North­
tricts to be supplied first, the hospitals coal for the boilers.
The plant em­ the town of San Fernando de Massava,
froth, of Colorado, in an addrse*
ern
Pacific
track
this
morning.
Two
nsxt and then the transportation com­ ploys about 1.000 men and is one of the whose 20,000 people are greatly
a glowing tribute to those men
men were killed and the engines and have done so much for the
main industries of the city.
panies.
alarmed.
mail cars were wrecked.
movement.
COTTAGE GROVE
. OREGON.
W E E K ’S DOINGS