SUCCESSOR.
M « J . G e n . 8 . B . M . Y o u n g , W h o H aa
A r la e n fr o m th e R a n k «,
SEPTEM BER
T o ta l l o s s e s In
F O R E S T F IR E S .
O re g o n an d W a s h i n g t o n
A m o u n te d to $12 ,7 6 7 ,1 0 0 .
Maj. Gen. Young, who w ill succeed |
Lieut. Gen. M ile» as head o f the army,
Washington. Nov. 22 — The bureau
upon the latter's retirement, has risen of iorestrv, alter careful examination by
from
the ranks a Held agent, estimates that September
through his sheer forest fires in Oregon and Washington
merit as a soldier. caused a total losa of $12,767,100, of
fell
in
Oregon.
U e is now presi which »3,910,000
dent o f the War This includes the value of Umber, farm
properly and sawmills and their pro
College at Wash
ducts which were destroyed. Owing to
ington, and recent
its licaiiie«« to market, however, much
ly returned from
of the burned timber in Oregon w ill be
Europe,
where,
waved, reducing the total loss as above
with Gens. Corbin set forth. It was found that 86 Oregon
and Wood, he rep families
were
rendered
homeless,
resented the United while 200 others suffered partial losses.
r a j . utk. vot.su.
States at the Ger In that state farm property worth
man military umueuvers.
$315,000 was burned, and sawmills
Maj. Gen. Young was born Jtnuary 9, suffered losses aggregating $149,000.
UHO, In Pittsburg. A t the outbreak of It is estimated that 2,124,000,000 feet
the Civil W ar he enlisted in the Twelfth of standing timber went up in »moke
Pennsylvania Volunteers, serving as a in Oregon, largely Douglas fir, spruce,
private from April to August, 1801, »edai and hemlock. The total loss in
when he was made a captain in the timber alone was over $3,000,000. In
Fourth Pennsylvania Cavalry. He was all, 170,000 acres were burned over,
successively major, lieutenant colonel all of which, save 50,000, were well
and colonel o f bis command. He took timbered.
In Washington 434,000 acres were
part In nearly all the cavalry operations
o f the Arm y o f the Potomac. He was burned over. The tim ber was fo lly as
! four times wounded, and before he was heavy as the Oregon tim ber, and of
1 mustered out. in July, 1865, he was 1 letter quality. I t is estimated that
| made a brevet brigadier' general for 15,026,800,000 feet of Douglas spruce
were killed, representing
“ gallant and meritorious service during alone
.
. , a value
the campaign terminating with the sur- . $5,026,800.
Other tim ber to the
lue of $725,000 was destroyed.
The
render o f the insurgent army under
total loss in Cowlitz, Clark and Hka-
Gen. R. E. Lee.”
| mania counties, where the fires were
In 1806 he entered the regular army
the most disastrous, was $6,600,800,
ns a second lieutenant o f Infantry, but
anil in the other burned areas, $2,-
soon fouud his way to the cavalry ser- ! 256,300.
| vice, where he made a record in Indian
A singular chain of circumstances
fighting on the frontier, and became a | combined to make the fires so destruc
! colonel by sucesslve promotions In 1897. tive. Not only was the summer very
PEACE IN SIGHT
Miners and Operators May Settle
Without Commission.
STEPS ARE TAKEN IN THAT DIRECTION
T h is
C o u r s e A d v is e d
b y th e A r b itra to rs ,
W h o W i l l A d jo u r n fo r a T im e t o
G iv e P a r t i e s a C h a n c e .
Scranton, Pa., Nov. 24.— The mine-
workers, through their representatives,
have agreed w ith the mineowners to
attempt to adjust the differences e xist
C H R IS M A N & BANGS, Props.
ing between them outside the anthra
cite coal strike commission. The prop
osition was made on a compromise
basis, and negotiations, it is expected,
w ill at once be entered upon, with a
reasonable hope of settlement, with the
aid of the arbitrators.
I h e rough
proposition, which is to form the basis
of negotiations, is a 10 per cent in
Carrying Passengers
crease in wages, a nine-hour day, and
and U. S. Mail
trade agreements between the miners
and the company by which they are
employed. The only one of the four
demands not touched upon is that of
the weighing of coal by the legal ton.
W h ile both sides have expressed a
willingness to settle their difference«
among themselves, it is not to be con
strued that it carries with it the accept
ance of the terms proposed. They are
mentioned only as a basis, it is under
stood, from which a settlement is to be
effected. It is possible that the foun
dations already laid can be »wrecked by
A LL OASES O F
either party holding out too strongly
against some question, and thus leave
When the w ar with Spain broke out he, dry, but the two preceding summers the whole matter in the hands of the
was made a brigadier general of volun were wet in May and June, thus inter commissioners, which in the meantim e
teers and commanded the troops In the fering with the burning of slashings, w ill act as a sort of board of con cilia
by our new invention. Only those bom deaf are incurable.
battle with the Spaniards at Las Guási and allow ing an unusual amount of tion rather than as a board of arbitra
mas, Cuba, for gallantry In which he debris to accumulate. The most direct tion.
was made a major general of volun cause was carelessness. This is shown
I t cannot be officially stated which
F. A. W E R M A N , OF B A L T I M O R E , S A Y S :
The
teers. H e saw service In Northern Lu distinctly by the fact that practically party made the proposal first.
B a ltim o re , Md., March 30, 1901.
Gentlemen: — Being entirely cured of deafness, thanks to your treatment, I will now give yom
zon In 1899 and 1900, and on his return no damage was done in the Cascade attorneys for both sides ate averse to
Lfull history of my case, to be used at your discretion.
he was placed In command of the De- forest reserve, which is patrolled by talking, but those who were inclined
r About hve years ago my right ear began to sing, and this kept on getting worse, until I loat
to say something differ in their state
By hearing in this ear entirely.
! partmhent o f California until he was forest rangers.
I underwent a treatment for catarrh, for three months, without any success, consulted a num-
In many instances the fires smold ments. An attorney for one o f the
made president o f the W ar College.
r of physicians, am ong others, the most eminent ear specialist of this city, who told me that
ily an operation could help me, and even that only temporarily, that the head noises would
H e was made a brigadier general in the ered for considerable periods without railroads said it came from the miners*
n cease, but the hearing in the affected ear would be lost forever.
regular army on January 2. 1900, and a attracting attention, and this in the side, while one lawyer for the minere
I then saw your advertisement accidentally in a New York paper, and ordered yourtreat-
An
lent. After I had used it only a few days according to your directions, the noises ceased, and
major general, U. S. A., February 2, face o f the lack that the past season said it came from the operators.
lay. after five week*, my hearing in the diseased ear has been entirely restored. I thank yo«
was one particularly favorable (or forest other representative for the minere
11901.
Very truly yours.
tartily and beg to remain
said
it
was
a
*
'spontaneous”
proposi
F. A. W E R M A N , 730 S. Broadway, Baltimore, Md.
fires. Many blazes starter! from the
G R E A T C A T H O L IC S TR U C TU R E . unextinguiahed camp fires of berry tion. It is generally believed that tho
Our treatment does not interfere with your unual occupation •
pickers or hnnters, others resulted from operators were the first to make tho
L a r n a t » n d M o a t C o . t l j C a t h e d r a l in
Wayne MacVeagb, who car
careless burning of slashings, and one proposal.
th e W o r ld T a lk e d o f f o r N e w Y o rk .
INTERNATIONAL AU RAL CLINIC, 596 LA S ALLE A V E., CHICAGO, I L L
1 A n immense Roman Catholic cathe was known to have started from loco ried on such a brilliant cross exam ina
tion of President M itch ell, is given
dral, more costly and more spacious m otive sparks. W ith the exception of
credit for bringing abont the present
than any structure o f the kind at pres this case, reasonable precaution 'on the
(j
J ohnson
F O E BY
part of individuals would have pre situation.
ent
In
existence,
is
the
dream
o
f
Father
|E A S T A N D
SO U TH
I t is probable a week or 10 days* ad
vented the loss of m illions of dollars.
Bouillon, canon o f the Roman Catholic
— V IA —
EBY &
It is the opinion o f the bnrean, after journment w ill be taken by the strike
Cathedral o f Ottawa, Canada, and a de-
tracing many of the fires to their commission in order to give all parties
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
i voted atudent of ecclesiastical architec
origin, that most of them could have an opportunity to confer on the state
— OF THE—
ture
wother
Bouillon
has
prepared
O
r
e
g
s
.
C o t t a ,. G ro v .,
been extinguished before they became of affairs.
plans for a struct m e to be erected in
serious.
j
New
York
that
w
ill
eclipse
all
the
splen-
j
^
H. K IN O
A N O T H E R T R A IN R O B B E D .
dors o f St. Sophia at Constantinople or
leave C o t t a o e G r o v e for Portland
F IR E A T A L A M E D A M O L E .
A way stations at 2:14 a m
12:55 pm
St. Peter's at Rome. The drawings
B le w U p t h e S a fe w it h D y n a m it e and Got
Portland
“ 8 :M a r a
sTso p ini
show a building rising in tiers o f seven Ferry B u ild in g a n d P a s s e n g e r C o a c h e s
E v e r y t h in g in S ig h t .
Special attention given to Collections.
L y Cottage Grove
2:57 p m
2:06 p in
stories, the height to be 300 feet, with
Ar Ashland
12:55 a m
12:35 p m
D e s t r o y e d - L o s s $ 5 0 0 ,0 0 0 .
CO TTAG E GROVE.
OREQON.
Davenport,
la ., Nov. 24.— A west
Ar Sacramento
5:00 p m
4:35 a m
a dome supporting a great ball sur-:
| Ar San Francisco
7:55 p m
8:55am
Oakland, Cal.. Nov. 22.— Fire de bound passenger and express train on
J mounted by a cross. On the buttresses stroyed
the ferry at the Alameda mole the Rock Island known as No. 11 waa
E. YO UNG
Pu llm an anti T o u r i s t C a r s
o f the first tw o exterior tiers are the fig-
yesterday, and nine men who were held up by 12 masked robbers soon
I both trains. I h a i r G a r s , S acra
asleep in the hnnk house narrowly after m idnight this morning at a point
mento to O gd en and and E l P aso and
escaped with their lives.
The fire three miles west of Davenport. The
started on the noith side of the build- robbera uncoupled the express car and
ing, and two hours later it had burned ran it two miles further west, to G a l«
• n M ain Street, West Side,
bChicago, S t L o u is , N e w O rleans
to the water. A portion of the floor siding, where the safe was blown open
pd W ashington.
C o t is e s G ro v e , O r.
held up, evidently by the network of with dynniaite.
The explosion was
^meeting at San Francisco, with several
kinship lines for Honolulu, Japan, China,
tracka, and still remains, but on these heard in Davenport.
ftilipplnes, Central and South America.
tracks are the twisted and warped iron
The train which was robbed left Chi
Q E N T IS T
ny an
work of the passenger coaches which cago at 6 :05 last night.
It was the
|th C à KKy trains.
were destroyed.
O l the 47 coaches fast train that runs through to Fort
»dependence Passenger dally, except Sunday.
DR. H. H. PETRIS
which were destroyed, 16 were broad Worth, via 8t. Joseph and Kanaaa
a . M. I Lv....... Portland........ at i 5:50 r. M.
guage ami 31 narrow gtiage.
City.
a . M. j Ar.... M cM innville.... I.v i 3:0« P. M.
A ll Work W arranted.
The bailding was erected by the late
Ten iqen of the local police depart
a . M. I Ar..Indept*ndendence.Lv 2:05 P. M
1:20 P M .
A r....... Corval is......... Lv
r ■
James G. Fair in 1883, and cost orig ment have hurried to the scene of the
Office First Door West o l Sherwood House.
It is not known here how
in ally $50,000.
Three years later it robbery.
e Agent Mr D T A w b r e y a t Cottage G rove
passed into the hands of the Southern much booty the robbers secured.
lion or address
£ T. ANDERSON, M. D
W E COM AN,
Pacific company with the entire road, | A t 2:15 A . M. it was defin itely
G F & Pass, A ct
and since then many improvements learned that the robbers were success
PORTLAND, - O REGO N.
have been made. W ithin the last six ful in removing the contents of the safe
Surgery and Female diseases A Specialty. All
months the company has built another from the express car. No person waa
calls promptly attended to.
slip and added improvements to the ex injured. It was nearly two hours after
Office In Sherwood block: Night calls at
N ew Era Drug Store. Phone 156 Main.
the holdup before the train could pro
tent of $75,000.
The origin of the blaze is a mystery. ceed.
The robbers - succeeded in stopping
Superintendent Worthington says he
C. M A D S E N ,
PROPOSED CATHEDRAL.
has not the «lightest idea how it start the train bv placing a red lantern on
ed, but said the matter would be thor the track, and when the engineer saw
ures o f the saints, and nearly every oughly investigated. When asked for the danger signal he brought the train
facing In the solid granite holds great
‘
í n¡on „ ^ tb# origin , he
he to a stop. Five masked men boarded
Watches Clocks and Jewelry
niches containing a statue
,|ad no
dq
jnion ^ offer> H e admittesd the train, detached the mail and ex
- of
«. t_ an
, ^ angel
_ ..-wJ
opinion
At Lowest Prices........
or saint. The draw ing* for the Interior that # COAj Qji |mmp waB left burning press cars and forcing the engin«**r to
1 Preparation contain, all of the
reveal a conception o
or f remarkable
remaraaDie Qn fhe north Bi(1# 0f the building, near accompany them, took these care west
»tant* and digests all kinds of
beauty. The enormous dome Is
the flames
rij|meB were
were first
firBt seen. j t ia ward, leaving the rest o f the train
Is sup-
sup* where
where the
l * * • ft (fives Instant reliefand never I^O B T . G R I F F I N .
ported by four pillars, each fifty feet
t i)eory of the employes o f the road standing on the main track.
PUtoctirc. It allows you to eat all
+ ln IH G O N -M H K e R +
in diameter, full of columns and niches
this lamp e x p ir e d , thereby caus-
«food you want. The most sensitive
embellishcd with reliefs. Mosaics are ¿ng
disastrous conflagration.
«machs can take It. By Its use many
U r g e F u lfillm e n t o f P r o m is e s .
R epairing and Refilling Is Our Trada.
| everyw here. Interspersed with reliefs
usands of dyspeptics have been
A ll w ork warranted.
Manila, Nov. 24.— A t a public re
a after everything else failed. I t C o r M a in « 1ST STS.. Cottage G rove, Oregon, of sacred scenes, delicate columns of
J a p a n e se E n g in e e r H e re .
ception to General M ile« in the Island
ents formation of gas on the »torn-
the rarest marbles and reproductions
Seattle, Nov. 22.— 8. Tada, chief con
.relieving all distress after eating,
o f the greatest works o f the old m at structing engineer of the Japanese navy, o l Cebu, a F ilip in o speaker urged a
«ting unnecessary. Pleasant to take.
ters. Father Bouillon has named the accompanied by M. Matmaka and G. more expeditious fulfillm ent o f the
1 can't help
A S S A Y ER and M E T A L L U R G IS T .
| project Nova Sancta Hophla. H e estl- Higucni, chief of the naval construc- promises made by the Americans, in
but do you good
m ate, that the prelim inary foundation .¡on bureau 0f Japan, arrived here cluding autonomy. In reply General
Paredonly by F. (V D * W i t t S c C o ., C h ica ga
and basement work alone will cost p lig h t , on the Toea Mam, and will
B est «qu ipped Assay L aboratory in tho slat«.
bottle contain * 2 * tim e » the50c. s iz *
M iles advised the people to be peaeful
over $1,500,'W0. and has not even at- prw eed
Pittsburg, where they will
Prom pt and reliable returns guaranteed.
tempted to reduce to figures the ultl- p)Bce or,|erg for armor p lat«, and e|*nd and patient and to tr a it the Americana
W ork in g tests o f ores made on sam ples of o n ,
mate coat o f the completed structure. TOme ,|me jn eastern navy yardn in satisfactorily to settle all the qneetioaa
to fifty pou n d , to determine most suitable
method of treatment.
T h e great mosaics to cover the interior .parting American methods of ahip- now pending. He said he hoped W> see
o f the dome, several o f which are pro- building
They will visit thw Moran the ambition o f the inhabitanta for au
^•»fnxtur» it on every box of the g e n n in *
| M. D U R H A M .
vlded by the drawings, would coot over
«hip yard" and then proceed east tonomy finally fulfilled.
Wive Bromo-Quinine T»bi«u
They any their government w ill adopt
$100.000 each
P r o p r ie t o r o f
D ip lo m a t 's S o n In T ro u b le .
“ ^ 1‘T
m r o « $• r o lr l In o n «
Am e’ ican methods extensively.
Ijo n K -L iv e t l F is h .
Washington. Nov. 24.— Thn state de
D ra> in g M ild H aulin g a Specialty.
A lw ay s oa
There are now livin g in the R oyal
N e w M o n it o r N e a rty D o n «.
partment has been informed that God-
«•H
F or O v e r S i x t y Y e a r » .
hand to do your Job w ork tn G arden in g
Aquarium In Russia several carp that
Boston, Nov. 22.— The single-turreted frew Hunter, jr ., son of the United
»O ld ahd W r l l -T r ik d RF.MKDT.-Mr«
plow ing. Etc, Etc.
are known to be o ver 600 years old, monitor Nevada which has just been States minister at Guatemala C ity , to
" soothing Syrup ha« been used for
Cottage
G rove.
Oregon.
and It has been ascertained In a num- completed by the Bath iron works for day shot and killed W illiam Pitsger-
bv m illion « of mothers for their
w lth perfect success
tier of cases that whales live to be over t|,e United States navy and is to have old, of Grand Rapids, Mich.
H au ler
l
«often * the gums, allays all
inures wind colic, and is the best rem edy F o l e y s H o i j e y a t > d T a r
her second trial »he second week in has taken refuge in the legation, and
years old.
“***• 1» pleasant to the taste. Sold
I Dr ugnisi
Deeembei, arrived at the Boston navy an interesting question ha« ariaen as to
ts in every part of the W orld. Tw en ty
Parrots can learn our language, but
eent»
bis exemption from arrest.
j V o
_ * tattle. Its value is Incalculable fo r children safe sure.
yard today from Bath.
■
*5® Ask for Mrs. W inslow ’ s Soothing
w e are too dense to acquire tbeira«
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