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About Independence enterprise. (Independence, Polk County, Or.) 189?-190? | View Entire Issue (Oct. 17, 1895)
Ill THE OREGON INDIANS. HOH HAII.KV. I,uhllsnr. Kneuuntgliig lleniirU Hegrllt I It llUsllun. Their WAR ON LOTTERIES INDEPENDENCE. Marines Were Landed From Foreign Warships. Washing!, tVt. 16. Horn onooiir- r"- " aging reHrt come from Oregon con- OREGON j corning the civilisation of ludiansnpou the various agendo of that atatts 1 IU i especially true of the Grand Konde agency, whore iwnnw ha been made aud whore the ludlana Ikm developed a desire to become something ".ior than ordinarv vairalioiid. suinwted 1T tho goverument From other agwioie the reports have not been quite favor- j able, aud it seem tht tho Oregon In dian is Kenorally willing to take ad- Annual Report of Postoffice Department's Attorney. j I MANY KKAl'l) OKHKKS ISSI Kl) THE, UPRISING IN COHEA, PK0HA1U.K DEATH OK THE Ol'KKS Tmiblt Had It Invention Through Iter lllsllke I the Newly-Or-a-aaised Holdler. Washington, Out 16. Information of formidable uprising in Corea, re sulting iu tho disappearance and prob able death of the queen aud lauding of military forces by tlie United States Amended Buees-ssfal al Virtually Closed the Malta la Lottery iiawm, Washington. Dot 15. John I vautage of his privilege, aa diied by j Thomaa, altoruoy-geueral fur 'ho lot- Judge Bellinger, and got drunk. ; office dcpartiueut, ban made hi annual There i every possibility that a bill ' report to the postmaster-general. Of will lie passed at the coming congress Con.elele Detail f the Het l IMef llimw Hi llMrnmenl. Now York, Ut. lft. A Helal from the Herald from Seoul, Corea, ayt Tho palace wa broken into Tuesday Miorninit by a body of Corean troop and a band of Japumo ohl iu civil ian tires. The eolouol in iummund of the troop, on refusing to enter tho palace, wan killed and a number of tlx' i KiutftU wre laiu. The Japan enter- """ ""' Mn,,ttho quoou' r.a.m and killed the household Heavy Volume of UimlneM Causes Uncertainty. FKATl'KKM OK Till. .'AST WKKK TO PHI PANE FOH tMi RGtNClt, 11m Marhlehrail Ordered l.. i. turke, , Washington, , ,, MlnlsiorTem.il for , .Ot iniwioiiarle In Turkey, m B " i partnient ha ordcied tliu uX Terrell haa teleKrai.hi.d n..7 mi imj to the Miilf of lakeiidemu haa teleKraphcd i have la-en iaaund Iu all lli ttxniZ prol4Ht Amoi ii'Hiia. " the operatioua of hia oltloe he say that during the year SI 3 "fraud" order were iaauetl, pnihibiting the delivery of rtgiaterel packages aud the payment of nrohibitiuir the sale of liomvr to Iu ( diaua, whether he haa takeu his lauds iu severalty or uot. Smh a imwauro was prepanvl in the last xuigres, but money orders to certain conipauiea aud it did uot get through. It ia doubtful J parties uamed. Of those, however, uuikir the wnatruotion placed npu Uie thirty-eight were duplicate orders, law of citizenship of the Indians , xho onlcrswera issued agaiust flfty-flve whether oouktcss eau iuU'rfero in any i lotteries, omrated by ao-oalled lauid aud Eunneau powers, has been reeeiv- j 8Uoh watter, exwpt upon Kwrvatuwi, ; investment oompaiiH; twelve agaiust ed by Minister Kurino, of Japan, from Ior ,n mM OI Quar n'Kaniea ami avowed lotteries; XI lotteries or a mis the foreign office at Tokio. It is quit ' subjwt to tlie states aa y- 'x'llaueous cliaraoter and 180 schemes sensational, indicating the lauding of lie regulations may nnjuire. The law demised to defraud tho public. Seventy marines by Russia, the United States j wliich the Iudiau oftloe wants passed ia f ttn orders were revoked upon it and probably Ureal Hritaiu. I U) plaw the Indian on alloted laud being made to appear that the parties The latest dispatch to Miuister Ku- under the same jurisdiction as the Iu- operating the schemea had abandoned rino states that a force of Russian ma- i Ain who n,4S uot .r" 8,v,t,, h tribal thoiu. This left iu force, at the end of ! nues, fortv in nuuilier, baa been laud- ! '""ua. mo year, nn oroers, origuiai aim uup- j li may neiay ine nuai exiiiieiuni tu the Iudiau race some years if liquor ia ) kept away fnun the Indians, but, at j tlie same time, it will interfere with a j great aud glorious privilege of the red j man. The destiny of the Iudiau now I is to get rid of himself as soon as possi ! ble. ottccti, the minister of the and three womeii. The bodioa were tjikeil outside aud burned. The Jap anese trHi were at the palace, but ttaik no part iu the pniooodiiig. Tal Won Kim, the king's father, reached the ialace soon after the assault and assumed the chief authority, lie la now dictator, aud ia known to have boon iu the plot. The pro-Jiiaiiese j party are in control. Many of the op posing party have Ix-en arrested and many have fhd. The queen-dowager was killed last night aud the king will be forced to alalicate. Ouanis from tho United State warship Yorktowu and a Russian cruiser at t'hemulMi have Ihhmi ordend u. tlreat exi-ite-meiit prtvaila. It ia thought the but chery will husteu action ou tho part of Russia. A later dispatch aaya the plot to kill Mlrtl llrelliis l ' ami ratlins, In Ot I rlea tr WiMilriia Art llMirlil. New York. Oct. 14 It. t. luu . t'o.' wwkly review of trade says: The prion Urometer gives indica tion that aw not entirely favorable, Cotton good go up with liiereas4 evi dence that the crop of cotton I abort, rrieo of manufactured product of U-...1 hide and leather all show wine divline, thv general abatement Iu new onler Ising the prtuciial cause. With an Immense volume of busliiea. not much encoded iu the largest month of the exceptional year of IXU8, and with evidence that in several branchc the volume has surpassed that of any previous year, there I N growing mi ecrtitinty about the near future of in dustries. Money market are neither Mtiiiini.il nor tlin-ateiiiin:. foiiigil ex- It i not lient dangi Udievwl Hint thers u ! r of an oiitht,..w i... 41 waridili) bus Ihhui nr.l.,r...i . ' rather a a precautionary to "kl7 laist mimnier Admiral KlrkUudk hi two ship, Uie (Will Kramw 4 the Marhlehead, lu tint 1'ln.rtl (ill lint axiilul i-i , V ., in rcsa, ou i i ne aiiiiaiiim liuil ... . nig sse. tiiougn , Ahu,L warship iHiuld iml get nimr ,), r disturlsHl privluie, the i-ltn i ..f .. j proscm mi the miact Was i,, , j tary, impniwliig the ixt.pl,,, ftu j hap, never before, had wn Auiw ineii of wHr, with a vlsthh. wU is.wer of thl ciuntry. It , i(lr6i i that Minister Terrell UvU th n,Jv now opportune to revive tin. ila aloii. Tho slate departiuetit , Kritl6( with the i nergelio oouri of Mr, jf roll, and hi clispateh liidimtra has foreslallisl the tt'im seiitaii,,, , tlie nui was made liv t'oreali frieud cluinge no longer raise appn-hensioli, , Ilf . ...(...- ......, k- .. ... of Tai Won Kuu. and a responsililo i ami all tear anom uie ina oorwie,,. PORTLAND HAS 81.342. ed. Thus far they have ouiliued themselves to guarding the Russian le gation near Seoul. United States ma rines were landed from tlie Yorktowu to the number of sixteen. It is believ ed British marines have been landed. - Besides these the Japanese have a con siderable force of soldiers at Seoul, who have been preserving order. The dispatches come from Tokio, and oommunicati the substance of dis- "v,u v"ur"" Th Tol.l l o,.ulllnn Ullhlu Ih. I ll; the Japanese envoy at beoul. They are Limit, dated from the 9th to the 12th iust., Portland, Or.. (X-t 16. Portland and it appears from these dispatches ha8 popaitttiou ,,f 81343 witliiu it that the trouble had its inception ; oity UmiMi MU1 Uie wuutVi outsidB of through the queens dislike of the new-, theoit UmitSj ,;)puiatiou 4,f Jy organized soldiers of Corea. The j ilie08, making a total for Multnomah old soldiers had the primitive equip-; ooumy of 93 950 Tht)8t, Hrt, the at. raent of the far Last, but with the teaM fi a of tllM ceusug takou bv progress of Japanese influence in Corea, j Assessor Ureeuloaf, which was com two battalions of torean troops were , kted yesterdav aud turned over br organized on modern methcxls. Each ;hhu t0 Couuj cllrk Smith Xhe battalion numbered 600 men, armed i oy,ing ia a Kain of nearlv i0,00o in Jn,!rn ,wPns- They were i consolidated Portland in five years, the weil dnlled and ofheered j tAkeu , th(J Un jwd State, ucu u HUWU wiowwi iw aisaTor ...,.. j.. 1S!lft hhowiim r..t,.l nf toward these new troops they appealed ,357 soUi8 aiding within the citT u-ss meit think they must, iu order to to Tai Won Kun, a powerful chief, 'ijmitg " i ueceed, resort to schemes that appeal who had long been at enmity with the! The enuuu)rHtiou of Multnomah t0h K-wbliug pirii of the people, queen. He accepted the leadership of I . ,A and thev accordingly sugar-coat their the new troops, and, at the head of pne battalion, entered the queen's pal nee. The native soldiers fled from the palace. The Tokio dispatch did not state what had become of the qneen, further than that she had disappeared and can not be located. The officials are in clined to believe however that the un official reports of the queen's death are true. The Japanese government, the dispatch further states, has acted quickly on the reports and has appoint ed a commission to inquire into the facts. In the meantime it is emphatically denied that the queen's death, if it has "cocorred, was due to the Japanese. "One dispatch says a Japanese soshi killed the queen. This is not yet con firmed in the dispatches received here. ' '"The officials gay that the soshi are an irresponsible andjlawless class, and that their acts cannot be laid to the Japan- ' ese people or government. ' lioates. Twenty-eight of the order ; issued diirmg the previous year were also revoked upon tho proper showing. Mr. Thomas say that the act of March i 2, lt!3, further amending the lottery act, has bocu most successful aud has ' virtually closed the mails to lottery concerns, tie adds: : "This act goes further still, and for : bids international state carriers from trausportiug lottery matter from for eign countries iuto this country, or from one state to another. This de partment has no jurisdiction, however, j to cu force this part of the law, and I 1 cannot state detluitely tho extent toj which the lottery carryiug business has been checked by tho act, but I am in- j formed that most, if not all, of the ex-1 press oompauies yield obedieiice to it : by refusing to carry the prohibited lot-; Tbt, kull hiul tHH, r(i cuall mt tery matter. It may be coulldently as- ;., j,. ,.. i .vHiti.. it ... vi. dent that death had taken place a cou- aiilemtilo time Hiro. Kdwiird K. Oiivis. . . i -- c - - --- - - ixt'll easily contractor, mmle tho dixoonvurv ow- crippled, if not destroyed; but I am ; il)K U) vliar incident last night, sorry to note the fact that many busi- Ilo wul, ,..,. Baw .., two men iu the old foundation. He yelled to them, aud they scrambled out aud ran away. Today he investigated aud made the discovery. Jauiuese soshi. The Japanese troop were at the gates when the butchery took place. The king is now a prisoner and hia father ha U'cn proclaimed dic tator. A new cabinet has been consti I tuted of pro-Jupancso clement. The ! queen' officials have Mod. Apoals have Imh-u issued to the Coroatia to re- tire ami expel the JaMiito. A Jap ! ancst soshi ha been arrested for the murder of the queen. A SEATTLE MYSTERY. A ri-ullarly-hNivl Hitman Skull U Foiiml In an (Mil KohimIaIIiiii. Seattle. IVt. 13. Carefully con cealed under boards iu au old untlii iahed buildng foumlution in the heart of the city, a human skull aud upHr lame of ail arm were discovered today sorted that the death kuell of teries iu this country has been sound ed, and their business has spring, the field work under the super' ; legitimate enterprises with lottery ad- vision of Captain Oreenleaf, requiring about oue month. Since that time a j small corps of clerks, under General ! Wanna liiipa liA.i f-anufo-rii.r, flu. fi.tlil j notes to regular blanks, provided by ! and apparently innocent ..ill l... i....... i...,l, iuc ia'js nun kji ib i iiiv ioui , vcrtisemeuts, and thus create a desire for other and more peruioioua modes of obtaining something for nothing by hazard or chance. These fascinating j the state, which will be bound iu book j form and preserved for future refer- j ! ence. Great care has been taken to j avoid double counts aud other errors , that would tend to swell the totals, ' j and Captain Greenleaf now believes ! that he has a true enumeration of every : soul in Multnomah county. The totals ' ; have exceeded all previous estimates, i j that the dull times have not visibly ! cnrred "ubordinutes. thinned out Portland s population. nies reach ud aud tend Hie bones were first wrapped m a brown puper, and tied with a small string, then put in a new gunursaek, and tins was wrapiwl witli a very long ,,m,UKU t k.p ttietn runiniig chalk liuo. Nothing iilsmt the skull in- .... U1U-U i.. ..i,,.... u eron are tiast. I here have Ims'II lew advance in wages of lalior within the past iiiouth, ami only a few work have las'ii closed by Mrike for ail ad vance. The production of pig-iron OctoU-r I wa the largest Iu tho history of tho couutry, 1)01,413 ton weekly, against ItU.'JOU ton Heploiulier li IWrt.lHiO havinir tsiii the liighet iu IHU'J. Stock unsold are Hot tated, but tub ! stantiallv the whole pnsluclioii i iu j exeoutiou of uist orders. Ou the j other hand, uew order are exivedingly ! small. Tit. re is a marked dixireuse lu i almost all lluinhcd prtsluet. Tank stifl is lower, bar iru is ottered by some at coucesKiou: plate are firm; the structural demand bus greatly in-, creased, and wire risl divliucd $1 to with lower wire and a much re-' duced demand for nails, lli-wiucr pig has fallen (I to t3 at Pittsburg, and gray forge S3 cents, ami price of iron ! product average one-hulf per cent I lower for the West. Piwonlimittni-e of the demaml, which could lint Is' ex- Nvtel to coiiliutie at the nuiio rate ; after price had risen SS.U 'r wnt, ' leaves actual consumption in qti-Htou. 1 iu woolen iniuiufiii tuiTS s deuniud ; for dress gixsls mid Home ciiiltic 1 keeps many fully employed, but most of the works making wimletis, for which uew orders ure scanty, find not To pili lu the ' '"Miaiivm it Olinii.!. the iH.rte with In, ,,.U,.V. made early iu the week, tlmt i- . tut en to protmt American in irovusv ilutant from Coiitaiituiop wj,Jlttj, waiting until tlieyaeiually hvn,gn! ed outrage and skkiiuIl Tho MriiheMi suilml vwirnl,, from Ylllefran. lie for Ntldi, she should arrive the next tlsy. tm there l the U-vaut 1 a iluum rf alsml four day, mi that n will U t! Abuaudretta alaiut the tniddle of wisk. EUROPE'S KAFFIM CRAZE. uicates ioui play, nut its snapeis some-; flarL H , ,,,. P(llM.,illt involve Uiug wonaeriui. j iisiks iiKe au or- .....i. ,. . .j , ange that had been squeezed. The left side of the skull is abnormally devel ! oped, and the right side is as flat a a ! board. The forehead sloties directly some eonsiiiinT mav close for a time. Vet sali-s of wisil (NUitiniie heavy, I I.KU.IiH) pounds fur the week, largely xvtilnttve. The wittoii maiiufacturer is pculiiir' I back, ami the uoselaine is twisusl to )y fuvrwl i,y ,im rise in materials and SYMPATHY FOR DEBS. ys and girls to make them gamblers. " The number of claims allowed for losses by burglary, fire, etc, were 1,300, amounting to f 13t!,UHu. Tho attorney-general ugiiiu urges a law compelling suix.roiuates m post-; tho riK,lt Tt.u ., unvw ,.tl ,mj,,, offices to give security for the hand-1 from eob jttW living three perfect ling of money, or making the post-; (,uubl(J twtlj ou t,uhor Hj(lu of bth masters responsible for the losses iu- i jaws. Mr. Thomas i i also culls Attention to all imnortant 1 ollf Football. j subject in the following way: j Cambridge, Mass., Oct. 13. The . "Attention has been several times prospect of a fxttall game with Prince- dnriug the year called to the danger-j ton is tho one thing talked of among : rna anrt in in fi.-tt.a n,uff,.ff (1 . tv Mi i fi rl in : the folloW(-rS of til:! UMI1I0 ttt HarVlirtl. the mail and upon investigation it j The latter will do everything possible ! and almost arrest more shipment. Hp i to brimi' about the irnine and it is siiid ! r allures for tho past week have Moscow Tdnho (let. lfi In the prescribed for putting such matter in ' tlie only (iimculty is a suitable date. UnteJctortUy S the mails, and, indeed, there is -no , ZTl,2 siuiuie loruoiuiiiK iuu tunning ui iiiorw ... ..... substances, such us poisons, matches, open dates November 5 and 0. The and other articles liable to iirnito or : latter date is objectionable becanso a the BEFORE JUDGE BEATTY. i Northern i'aclMr Kecelvemhlp Case! In Idaho Court. proceedings were begun in the North ; ern Pacific receivership matter by A Resolution Adopted br a Section or;-,. D ... i the American Railway tnlon. , ' ; exolodo bv shock or 1ar: live and rsds- i week later both Harvard aud Princeton Devil's Lake, N. D., Oct 16The manager of the road and its ououa insects and reptiles, smallpox play their most important games the general board of mediation of the ! branches in Idaho to the end that his virns or germs of contagious diseases, former with the university of Peun- n0fi o,v- miv.f or fatty substances, liquids, or sharp- ! syivauia ana uie latter Willi iaie. tL nlrnr linn mmi,l, w i tougued instruments. Some arc very i Princeton has a game with Cornell No E,.untnrw p ku,.h hi,.,.' dangerous to the life, health and com-! vemls r II, which, it is stated appeared for the railroad company and i fort of the aa,X 0,h,,rs ar0 lil,b'e urged the acceptance of the resigna-, to lmAK 'ther mail matter aud mail- tions of Messrs. Oakes. Pavne and Bi,UKS 11 uecumo io.u iu too liy the extraordinary stuck of cotton brought over from lust year, but g'ssls arc also advancing. Wheat receipt have lss-u ?,53,t7t biuihels, against 4,tHKI, IHI lust year, and Atlantic exports only I .TOT.U'.'ti bushels. Hour included, agaiust I.U1IH,. 7H5 lust year. The movement at Du lulh is so heavy us to atmorb vessols in cluded two banks and several concerns of some size, and have been sum in the United States, against 8.11 last year, aud M in Canada, against 43 last year. BEAT THE RAILROAD. I American Railway Union has adopted the following resolution, addressed to the employes of America : "Though overwhelmed and shatter ed in the great strike of 1894, its mem bers blacklisted and scattered, the onion has risen and is lighting the way to industrial freedom. The rail way interests of the country are rapid ly passing into the hands of a few men, and the only hope of employes lies in nnincation, and progressive men are active in their efforts to bring this a boot. To our beloved president, E. V. Debs, although yon are behind prison bars, deprived of your liberty by a corrupt and servile tool of cor porations, backed by rotten adminis tration, you live in the hearts of the common people. The employes of the Great Northern are with you, as they were in 1894, and honor yon as a leader who will yet lead to victory." fol- The Cholera Decreasing, San Francisco, Oct. 16. The lowing advices received today per steamer China from Honolulu, dated October 7, state that cholera has run its course on the islands, but one case being reported since the last mail, making a total of eighty-seven cases to date. Passenger travel to the neigh boring islands is still restricted, but freight shipments are now freely made. The government is in a ferment over another reported filibustering expedi tion. The police have all been armed and extra soldiers enlisted. It is re ported a filibuster craft, with armed men, was seen about ten miles from Rouse, and the appointment of An- j arew . Jtmneign, presenting many ; reasons for prompt action, but Judge Beatty said he had hoped for a settle ment of the controversy beyond the limits of Idaho, and had promised to give notice to counsel representing cer tain interests if a hearing were to be had. He finally said that be would hear argument October 23, at which date all parties interested would re ceive a hearing. Senator Sanders scored the old re ceivers, stating that they had paid out 1260,000 for counsel during the year; that a nephew of Judge Jenkins was receiving f 12,000 a year; that the road was being robbed in the interest of the first-mortgage bondholders, and mill ions were being spent on improving the road, instead of discharging lawful obligations, so that the bondholders would receive the road iu the best phy sical condition. mails. " The CoiiMtantliMiple ICiots. Constantinople, Oct. 15. The j porte has appointed a commission to inquire into the recent Armenian ar- ; rests, and has promised the powers to tho bit- ter refuses to cancel although it is sug-, gested that Marshall Newell, the old I Harvard tackle, who is coaching Cor- i nell, may tie able to arrange a date : later. ! Mulr Tiinnrl litirnhiif , Helena, Mont., Oct 15. Fire has been raging furiously in the Muir tun nel, on the Northern Pamlic, lietwet n j deal severely with any one who is l uozeman ami Livingston, ior nearly a j found to have tortured the Armenians ; month. Two weeks ago both ends ! in prison. Many persons were killed , wore sealed up for the purpose of i and wounded in the recent disturbance ; smothering the fire. Thursday they j in the Issmid district, southeast of Cou- .' were unsealed, and it was found tiiat I stantinople in Asia Minor, but order ' there was much less smoke in the pas ' has been restored. The town of Issmid sageway than at any time since the fire is the residence of Greek and Armen ian archbishops. The Vamlerbilt Iteconclled. Brooklyn, Oct. 16. It has become almost a settled rumor among the four hundred of New York and Brooklyn and among those who compose the Meadowbrook Hunt Club, of Long Isl and, says the Eagle tonight, that a reconciliation is probable between Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Vauderbilt. and v The Uelgie Floated. 1 i San Francisco, Oct 14. The j ! steamer Belgic, which has been ashore j near Yokohama, was floated today, j (Private advices say the steamer has! j been dragged oft the reef and towed to ' Yokohama. There she will be placed j iu the government dry dock and tem porarily repaired. When she is in condition to go to sea again, she will be brought here and rebuilt. It will ' probably be six months before she is ready 'r regular business. oroKe our. a large inn will ho placed at oue cud of tho tunnel and an effort made to create a draught. The dam age to the tunnel cannot 1st estimated at this tune, but it is Isdieved to 1st very heavy. Large quantities of earth have fallen in ou the track. Trains are being transferred very successfully on the new track recently constructed over the mountains. Tlie tunnel is about 4,000 feet lung. He Shot III Hweetheart. Eaton, O., Oct. 15. Last night John Monroe Smith, aged 17, escorted home ! his sweetheart. Gertrude Lally, and Hnnr'ilnln hnt the nolin tntr fi)-A that, immediately following the mar-; nnarreled with her on the way. Ar- locate them. The craft is supposed to I rlae OI tnelr aaugnter, uousuelo, with riving at the bouse, he shot anrl fatally be from South America, and it is ! the Dnte ot Marlborough, a second wounded her in the presence of her claimed that Ezeta and one of the Ash-! ""nony will unite the parents a eec-1 mother. He then surrendered to the fords are at the head of a movement to I on(i tlme in matrimony. The mar- sheriff. ' overthrow the present government and "ae wf MisH f'ouelo Vanderbilt with eaUblish another of their own in its ! the Duke of Marlborough is recognized ; as more we wish ana desire or her l father than her mother, and this union has been used by friends of both parents to bring about a happy understanding place. Cholera la Russia. St Petersburg, Oct 15. Official re turns for the last fortnight in Septem ber show that there were during that time 4,429 new cases and 1,701 deaths from cholera in the province of Vol-Jiynia. Purchased Colorado Mines. I Denver, Colo., Oct 14. Dennis Sullivan, T. Burke, Senator liolziger, and some Eastern capitalists, have in corporated the Vendone Mining Com between them. This has been, kent a i nany. and bought all the proiierry of close secret in the innermost circles of; the Herbert Mining Company, and the four hundred, but it has progressed 1 some adjacent mines comprising about so far that it need no longer be so j forty acres in Gilpin county. The price closely guarded. j paid is in the neighborhood of $480,000. Morris 1'Mrlt to Keo,en. New York, Oct. 1 5. Everything is in readiness for the meeting of the Westchester Racing Association at Morris Park, which will beigu to this week with a brilliant card. Tho pro- I gramme is the best of the year. It I was especially framed to command the I best horses in training. It was do j signed that not only might the new as j sociation win at once for itself the premiership of the turf, but that the year should have a brilliant ending. This meeting, it is realized, will be the reccotimcudation aud the gnraiitce for 1806. It promoters are procceeding with enterprise and resolution. A New Transatlantic Cable. London, Oct 15. The Times' Pari correspondent says that directly parlia ment opens, Lebou, minister of com merce, will submit a bill ratifying the contract for a new cable to be laid from Brest to New York, with branches to the West Indies and BraziL Valuable I'roiierty on (.ray's Harbor InvoUrd. Taeomn, Oct. I I. Letters havti been received here from ht. Paul men well Misted in railway affairs, who state that President Hill is working hnrder : than ever to consummate hi consult I dation plan. They say that the i Doiitsolt liiitik, of Berlin, representing j a majority of the bondholders, i ready to advance the money necessary for the reorganization of the Northern Pacillc, about 15,01)0,000, if it is convinced that the Hill scheme is tint right one. Men hero who have lieen quietly in vestigating state that the sentiment of the people of Washington and Mon tana s practically unanimous against consolidation, and tliHt the Hill Adams plan will encounter a serious obstacle in the constitution and law of Montana. It is given out here to day that ex-United State Senator Hauilors, of Monatna, has gone on tho warpath against the consolidation scheme, with tho intention of fighting it to a finish. ; Railroad men here assert that the Northern Pacilio will soon Isi uth frl. lltrh In Minerals Hal u. Doom Is O.er.loiir. New York. Oi l. II U'Vl Mayrf, i prominent attorney of Oiicagu V has been In England for the w. f,, weeks, ha returned In New York imi discussed quite fully the JUs. lit rriir iu Loudon for Kaffir uiluu prcutti He eorrolmratml the current sinrii th" fabulous wealth made In drrrkf lug the limn lu South Africa, mid Jr. dared that only a beginning lu. d Uu mud.' iu uucvVciliig the rn lirsi.f br lllille. He tmtieved that iniiliy of tin rem pMtite orgdiilx-d for developing tb. iiiimng industry in South Africa M West Anstrtill were founded in . productive prcrtle, nd tlmt j;miH collapse would ultimately follna; th Ihhiiu ishtch they were ww wij.iyiu. Hut there were many mine of pn,t! cally unlimited productive resources. Mr. Muter said htl (Uescnted proH-ttve international tiuii)iir whiwe share are leiiig sulwril"l fr by Loudon and New York banker. The pnrjsMMt of this company will the purchase and development of Hiiib African and Australian and loAmrr. lean mine, which when found j.t able will le transferred to iihtlirv companies tvht. c stuck will be lil.i nil. I sold im the American and Lmi.loti market. Mr. Mayer ald that uV liothschlld had scut es rts to Smlli Africa, who estimated that tlieo-ell"i Hand mine atone contained ;t.MJ,W,. 000 JH.lllids. tiooil I ali h ut Sealing rlnniur. Seattle. Oct. 14 The ' Indian Kill ing st'htsmera Columbia. iHehaki lift Hehrlng Hea, arrived tialay with Ml. Mi'.' and 0511 skins, rtsSH'ttvely, and the James U. Swan i at Port Towtwinl with 1,00. Considering that tW enti ties were all made with sar. lu tlehriug sea, they are extraordinary fi this year. Tho sealer of tho whit fleet have averaged but 1.10 to 400 iu llehring eu, and tho remainder tlx? secured olT Japan and Cpcr Island. Captain O. F, Christiansen, of the O liimbta, is of the opinion that the Brit ish, by their nninU r. have decidedly the advantage with tho present strict reegulatlon of the United State tml. Ilea ar-IMHI.IIiiK Orders. Chicago. Oct, 1 4. Fifteen thousand new car ordcri-d for Chicago ruilnmd or their brunch cnhinvttoiis this year i an indication of the strong tide of busi ness. With the order there have hern others for Hit) bsTomotive. These or ders for ems and liHHiniotive are tlis greatest placed by tho combined Chi cago roads since the two year preced ing tho panic of iHli.'t. When cur building orders practically ceased that time hoai was expressed that th shop might os'ii again iu IHUl, bid that wa destroyed by the strike which not only kept those industries closed. ! but, practically shut tho doors of every earning K,.wi. .. ........... ...n. i. .i,,,,, sufficient to nearly or quite pay the a nil 11 111 fixed charges of 11,000,000, aud Another Monster Herons tiiin. that this probability is fast putting the ' Francisco, Oct. 14. Another of Hill plan to s!i-p. Present euriiinus tm' mounter gun especially constructed are given at the rate of l,ooo, 000 to ,,v t,,H war department for the defense 7,000,000 above operating expenses. Floyd llrolhers Pardoned. .-H. ran i, wet. J4. Iho Floyd broth. 1 tun at Kurt. I..i..t ers, seuieiiccn to tlie state prison from Minneapolis accomplice of philin Sohogiu, for embezzlement frm lb() Manic or Minneapolis, wore pardoned of Salt Francisco, ha arrived at the West Oakland railroad yard. It i more massive piece of ordnance than Big Betsy on tho Monterey, or the groat Tho gun is forty- two feet long and fifteen inch bore. The diameter of this tremendous en gine of war is fully fifty inches at the bieech. The weight of the po(i,'rou by tho governor today. The two boy j weapon is such that it taxed the usik a long trip through tho South, pretending to bo on a huutinv trio, and then went to Europe. One of them was captured iu New York, and the other ou the arrival of the steamer ut Liverptsjl. The boys cut a wide swath in Minneapolis Isifore they ran away. To Inspect the Siberian Hallway. Vladivostok, Oct. 15. Au Ameri can scieutifio expedition ha arrived here to inspuct the Silierian railu-s. The government will grant every facil ity for accomplishing their work. strength of the oar that boro it fro"1 the East to Xhi coast Corea' Queen Reported Assassinated. Yokohama, Oct. 14. Count Ken roma, director of the political bureau, has forwarded from Seoul, the capital of Corea, a report upon the recent up rising there. It is now supismed the queen of Corea wa killed by the anti reformer, who, beaded by Tai Kn Kin, the king's former father, aud th leader of that party, forced an en tranoe into the palace at the head of an armed foroe.