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EUGENE......................... OREGON.
EVENTS OF THE DAY
In the time of I’llny silk was sup
posed to tie a vegetable product and
his "Natural History" contains a long
story of the way In which It wuj
picked from the trees In the East In
dies and spun and woven Into fabrics.
The biggest man in the world Is
Brennl, the Swiss giant. There are
several Swiss giants, but Brennl over
tops them all with his height of 9
feet 7 Inches, and he Is a big man In
proportion Ills clothes cost him $75
per suit, and be cannot get Into an
ordinary railway carriage
OF
OREGON.
Commercial «nd Financul Happening» of Im
porUncr A Brief Review of th« Growth
and Improvement» of th« Many Industrie»
Throughout Our Thriving Commonwealth
A Comprehemlve Review of the Import»*
ii.ppenin«» ol (he Pa»t Week Presented
in a Condensed Form Which 11 Moe*
Likely to Prove of Interest to Our Many
■(radert.
Aguinaklo wants to plead hi» cause
Itfnre congress.
Queen Drags, of Servin, in said to
have been «hot at.
Fire at a Colorado mine caused the
loss of probably 100 liven.
Canada will raise a mounted corp»
for the South African war.
Colombian Liberal« captured Colon
after three' hour«’ of lighting.
A fund ia being raised in Manila to
prevent the execution of Torre«.
Marine» in Samar scaled a ci iff 200
feet high and destroyed three insurg
ent camps, killing 30 rebels.
In hi« coming message the presi
dent will recommend the re-enact
ment and strengthening of the Chi
nese exclusion law.
The union iron molders of San
Francisco will return to work on a
nine fiour basis with an increase of
2'y cents |ier hour in wages.
Gr> < n goods men have ls*en selling
postmasters of small towns «tamps
from “underxtroyed plates of the gov
ernment.” The secret service is do-
ing its l»'st to capture the bunco men.
Two fast trains on the Ranta Fe
crashed into each other near the
Needles, Cal., resulting in the death
of two and the fatal ¡injuring of sev
eral. Quite a number were less seri
ously hurt.
Student riots have occurred in
Spanish towns.
Colonel Meade, of the marines, is
on trial for drunkenness
Fire at Assumpt ion," III., destroyed
projierty valued at $55,000.
The Metropolitan bank, of Ta
coma, lias (dosed its doors.
Ex Representative Sweet, of^Idaho,
is charged with embezzlement.
The National reciprocity conven
tion lias opined in Washington.
Smallpox is spreading in Vienna,
35 cases being reported in two days.
Prominent Seattle wonntn has Is-en
carrying on Hmuggling on a large
scale.
An entire family near Los Angeles,
Cal., was shot and then literally cut
to pieces.
Consul Dickinson lias located Miss
Stone and asks for Bulgarian troops
to rescue her.
John Hay wax tlie principal «peaker
at the New York chamber of com
merce dinner.
There is trouble in the Washington
delegation over the appointment of a
United States marshal
The United States training ship
Alert has sailed from San Diego for
Magdalena bay for gun practice.
Robbers blew ojien the safe of the
First National Bank at Mondori,
Wi»., and secured between $5,000
and $6,000.
Two plague deaths are reported
from Odessa.
Bolotnen tried to rush an American
force in Samar.
Oregon wins 232 prizes at Pan
American Exposition.
Many accidents In the United King
doni were due to fog.
An Aberdeen editor attacked the
character of Judge Irwin.
Scouts fought engagements with
rebels In Southern Luzon.
Oil prospects are good in Idaho and
in Malheur County, Oregon.
Tile demand for raw material from
abroad «hows a steady Increase.
Japanese and Russians are assum
Ing closer commercial relations.
A Mississippi niisinshlner killed
two deputies and burned their re
mains.
A native priest, convicted of mur
der, has been sentenced to 20 years'
Imprison uient.
An alleged conspiracy to proclaim
a republic at Dawson is reported
from Skagway.
E. F. Iaiwenthal, of New York,
robbed of $10.000 In diamonds in
Portland Hotel.
More shipwrecks are reported on
the English coast.
A mounted force of Cape Dutch aur-
rendered to the Boers.
INTEREST FROM ALL
—Latest Market Report
The ru«n for public land.« in I ma-
tilia county were never no numerous
ax this year.
Another oil company has been
organized to ojierate in the Malheur
county district.
Portland capitalist» are figuring on
leasing the Weston water works and
electric light plant.
IDAHO'S LOG CABIN PRINTING OFFICE.
Idaho has a printing office—and a goixl one—that i- -till maintained in
the old log cabin built over 20 years ago. The Wood*River Times, daily and
weekly, at Hailey, occupies this odd building and everything about it is com
fortable and convenient. Additions to the building have been made as
needed, partly of logs amj partly of modern building material. T. E. Picotte
has owned and published The Tinies since the first issue, June !•», 1881.
When the daily was «tartisl, May 22. 1882, Associated Press dispatches were
received by wire at Blackicsit and then sent 175 miles by stage to Hailey. It
was the first daily published in Idaho. The office floor in the log cabin was
for a time the virgin soil. Then flooring was hauled in 16t> miles, costing
$125 ¡>er thousand feet. Mr. Picotte has been identified witti daily paper« in
New York City, Chicago and several other large cities, always in ini-
|s>rtant and successful positions. With a single exception lie has always de
clined political offices, liecause he feels that a new-paper man should devote
all his time to his profession. The log cabin printing office attracts all visit
ors to the Wood river country and EiFitor Picotte may well lie proud of his
building, his plant and his two newspaper«.
CONSIDINE CLEARED.
ASSAULTED BY MINERS.
Th« Jury Finds Him Not Guilty of th« Mur Non-Union Men Are Attacked at Mines Near
Vincennes, Indiana,
der of Meredith.
Vincennes, Ind., Nov. 21. — Four
Seattle, Nov. 22.—John W. Consi
dine left the King county court house hundred union coal miners from
shortly before 6 o’clock last evening Washington, Connelburg, Petersburg,
a free man. According to the verdict Princeton amt Montgomery arrived
of the jury, he is not guilty of the
murder of ex-Chief of Police William here at an early hour this morning
L. Meredith. The verdict wax read and at 5 o’clock made an attack upon
in the court room at 5 35, exactly the non-union miners employed at
three hours from the time the jury the Prosjiect Hill mines near this
men were locked up for deliberation. city. A» a result two men are fatally
It wax received by the defendant, his hurt and a half dozen more seriously
family, friends and consul with every J injured.
The union miners formed at the
evidence of joy and relief. Then1 was
no demonstration of any kind from I union station and marched to the
Just as the men on the (hiy
the big audience, the only movement mines.
shift were going on duty they were
being toward the doors
The memliers of the jury are reti attacked. The union men asked for
cent concerning what went on behind the foreman and when told that lie
“All right; we
the doors of their room. One and all wax in Ix-si said:
They started after
decline to say how they stood ’on the will get him.”
first ballot, or to give the number of Scott, the foreman, ami in the melee
ballots taken.
No explanation was that followed Scott and Ilia family
offered for the long delay.
As one defended themselves ax last they
Scott wax
juror expressed it: “We expect con could but were powerless.
siderable adverse criticism, and a badly Ix'aten and W. P. Collins, an
good deal of the other kind, so we attorney of Washington, a brother-in-
have agreed not to say anything law of Scott, who was visiting with
the family, sustained injuries that may
about how we reached the verdict.”
After the reading of the verdict, prove fatal.
Tom and John Considine both rose
and grasped t lie hands of the jury
VALUABLE CARGO.
men, who were by this time tiling
from t he I hix . There wax a general Steamthip Brought Product» From Alaska
shaking of hands about the Considine
Valued a $200.000.
table for several minutes, and then
Seattle, Nov. 20.—Products of Alas
the courtroom wax gradually cleared.
ku valued at $200,000 were brought to
The long trial wax over.
It is not thought likely that Toni Seattle as the cargo of a single vessel,
Considine, who is also charged with the Senator, Captain Janies B. Patter-
the murder of Meredith, will lie ■ son, which arrived from the North to
brought to trial, although tin* prose day. Fish and fish products made up
cuting attorney has given out no the entire shipment. There were 37,-
statement to this effect.
215 cases of salmon from Petersburg,
Girard Point and Sitka Bay canneries,
ST. LOUIS WILL BE READY.
and 2500 cases of tlsh guano and 550
| barrels ot tlsh oil from the Kilasuoo
Three Big Buildings Acquired for the World'» fisheries.
On the return the Senator got
Fair No Delay in Work.
aground on a rocky bottom at the
St. Louis, Nov. 22. — In the develop north entrance to Wrangel Narrows,
several plates on the star
ment of the world's fair there is every bending
board side forward.
She hung fast
indication that it will lie ready on about 20 minutes and then hauled her
time, notwithstanding discussion to self off While the springing of the
the contrary during the last few days. plates did not cause a leak, it may lat
A long step forward has been taken or be necessary for the vessel to go
by the acquirement of the grounds into drydock
The Senator brought 89 pasengers
and buildings of Washington Univer
sity for world’s fair purposes.
The from various Southeastern Alaska
administration building is almost points, prominent among whom were
ready for (X'cupancy, and the two Professor C. C. Georgeaon, special
agent of the United States Agricul
ot her large build mgs to be used for tural Department: W. T. Summers,
educational exhibits can lx* made president of the First National Bank
ready in a short time.
Director of of Juneau, and Dr B. K. Wilbur, of
Works Taylor and Engineer Mark- Sitka.
matin have also made an important
Rootevelt'i Message Is Long.
discovery, to the effect that no piling
nor blasting will lx- required for build
W.ihsi ng ton, Nov 21 --The cabinet
inc foundations. This fact will not meeting today lasted about two and a
only save a vast amount of money but half hours.
Tin* whole time was
many weeks of time. The construc x|>ent in the reading of the p.esident'«
tion of buildings may proceed at once message and in commenting upon its
u|s>n the
letting of contracts. various features.
The message is
Throughout the worlds’ fair site there long, and is said to lx> vigorous in
is a firm clay foundation that will tone, in that respect at least quite
sustain the heaviest weights without character istio of II sevelt N
settling.
,
business wax transaetixl.
Wh»t New York'» Election Cott.
New York, Nov. 25.—The pay rolls
of the Ixiards of edueat ion of greater
New York, which have Ix-en approved,
show that the recent city electon cost
the municipality $t’>70,000. oi $1 08 for
each voter that was registered \dvcr-
tising cost $!H),(XM>. ballot printing
$35,000, incidental- $75,000, and the
rest went to registration and election
officers
The state also ex|>end(sl
alamt $6,000 in connection with the
election.
The people of the South think that
Will Leave Sofia.
as soon as they can have faster steam-
Sofia.
Nov
25—Mr. Dickinson, the
era and mon* of them they can keep
all their cotton mills working full time diplomatic agent here of the United
1 States, has returned to Constantino
making cloth for export.
ple. There is obviously no prospect
Dr. Bozarro. of Gon. has published 'of h settlement with Ml«« Stone-
a pamphlet In which he tries to prove ’ ilxluetors
The departure of Mr
that the Adriatic has for more than a 1 Dickinson will probably have a g»««l
thousand years been rising and en
croaching on Its shores The lower effect ii|xm the brigands who have
parts of Trlest are experiencing trou Mi«« Stone in their jh .--.-- i , n,
ble already and In course of time Ven I they may fear to lose everything by
ice will be buried In the mud of the not accepting Mr. Diekin-on's pt-
|w»aale.
lagoon.
The Indiana of the Interior of (’ol
A Colorado Protestor » Invention
ombla wear shirts and hats made of
the bark of a tree whl< h Is soaked In
Boulder, Colo . Nov 25 —Dr. Wil
water to soften the fibre and then liam Duane, professor of physic« at
beaten to make It pliable.
till -t.ite uni«'r«ity. Is- ju-t b n
In I he 11 v"I l S • x -t- ■
granted a patent for an invention by
Women's Relief Cori'« amlllarv to which a large nunilsr of telegraph
the grand army has gTown from 50 to messages can be «ent over one wire
1 $-’ and earth return at the «ame time
500.000 in aid to veterans and thitr
In the physical lalvratory at the uni
families.
versity,' It i« -aid. be ha« had a* many
In the course of certain operations a« IM Circuit« working on the «»me
In the Belvidere Park In Tunis, the wire and return all at the «ame time
o*red a huge ■ tr. le of
enormous0«tumpa of tree« ranged On any of the-e circuits the Nurs'
around an Immense square stone instrument can l>e placed and used ex
■ aa »uh:
,|
showing signs of artisti >1 «• I wor®
Student Riot» in Spain.
Madrid. Nov. 21 — Students’ riots
have Ix-gun in Madrid. Yesterday
the tramways were attacked, and
j attempts were made to set the ears on
> tire Over 20 persons were injured
Students disorders were also reported
in Barcelona and Valencia. In the
««mate several senators referred to the
serious nature of the student disturb
ances and the minister of education
replied that the government was re
ceived u|«>n acting with the greatest
energy.
Shot by a komin
•’ie«t''n. l.i . \. » 21 —Mr«. Chari««
Edwards, a widow, living three miles
west ot I er-, t xl.iv slut \r.dv Narly
and Herman Jamee, white, who «lie
claims were trying to prevent her
from occupying a leased farm where
the «hooting '« eurtc'l
Neat j maj
die, but James is not seriously hurt,
'tr« Edwards and her children w< re
ejects'»! last week.
It»»« Mo .tv c
their Own.
Berlin. Nov 20 It 1« authentically
announc'd that the North German
l.loyd Steamship Company doe« not
intend to ral«e a lean In the United
States and that it considered the Ger
man markets amply able to supply It«
financial needs, which at the present
time are not great.
A four-foot vein of rich gold bear
ing quartz ha- Isen uncovered in the
Baker mining district.
The Coburg lumlx'r mill has in
stalled an electric light plant and
will run day and night.
A vein of coal has Is en discovered
near Huntington which promises to
develop into a very fair quality.
Scarcity of car» in Southern Ore
gon is delaying somewhat the ship
ment of wheat from that section.
Small stockmen in the southern
part of Umatilla county are being
crowded out of business by the own
ers of large herds.
Of the estimated 4,01)0,000 to 4,500,-
000 bushels of wheat raised in Uma
tilla this year, a total of 1,500,000
bushels have been sold to date. The
price averaged about 40 cents.
According to present indications,
Pendleton will suffer , a fuel famine
this year, as there are »Lout 4,000
cords less of wood in the market than
usual. The shortage isjlue to a scar
city of laborers.
The Astoria Canning Company will
not sell its Alaska cannery to the
trust.
A daily mail service will at once be
instituted between North Yamhill and
Tillamook.-
The 10 stamp mill on the Flagsstaff
mine at Baker City is again running
day and night.
The Astoria City Council has or
dered the improvement of five blocks
of city streets.
Seattle capitalists have purchased
the Little Chieftain mine, In the Myr
tle Creek district, for $20,000.
Portland parties have bonded three
claims in the Myrtle Creek district
for $13,000, and another for $10,000.
Stock in all parts of the state is
reported as being in better condition
now than ever before. Stockmen are
sanguine that the losses this winter
will be very small.
The amount of scalp bounty war
rants issued by Wasco County dur
ing the two months ending October
31 is $$03. This is less than the two
corresponding months of last year.
T. L. Gilliam has 6,500,000 feet of
sawlogs ready on the Upper Mohawk
to deliver on his 10,000.000 contract
with the Booth-Kelly company as
soon as there is sufficient water to
run them.
Lewis C. Pooler, a pioneer of 1852,
died at Willard, in the Waldo Hills,
November 8, aged 69 years. He was
a native of New York. He crossed
the plains to Oreogn with an ox
team and settled in the district where
he died.
Portland Market».
Wheat — Walla Walla, 57; blue
stem, 58c. Valley, 5(>(<r57c.
Flour—Best grades. $2.f!5(<i3.50
jier barrel; graham. $2.50.
Oats—Nominal D5(«t$l 00 pr cental.
Barley—Feed, $15.50(<tlff ; brewing,
$ll»(rf III.75 per ton.
Millstuff«—Bran, $15.50(<tl7; mid
dling, $U)<rf20 50; shorts, l«'»(«t 17.50;
chop. $15 ki Bi.50.
Hay—Timothy. $11012; clover,
$707.50; thigon wild hay, $5(<rt$ | ht
ton.
Butter—Fancy creamery,25026;
dairy. 18022c; store, 12%014c per
pound.
Eggs—Storage. 20(<r22ti; fresh, 28
030c, Eastern 22025c.
Cheese—Full cream, twins, 130
I3t,c; Young America, 14015c.
Poultry—Chickens, mixed, $2.500
3.50; hens. $4.00; dressed, 10011c
per pound springs. $2.500 3.00,
1« r dozen; ducks. $3 for old $3.000
I is) for young; geese. $<’>07 |»er doz
en ; turkeys, live, 11012c; dressed.
120 14c jx'r pound.
Mutton—Lambs.3l4c gross; dressed
•»(■■6>..c |>er pound ; sheep $3.25gr< --
dressed, 6(<tf!l4c |>er pound.
Hog«—Gros«.henvv $606.25; light.
$l.750.>; dr< seed. 707ljC ]«'r jsiund
A cal—Small. 80 s '4e ; large.“nt7 1 sc
jx’r pound.
Beef—Gross top steers. $3.500 4.00;
cow- and heifer«. $3.OO((t3.5O; dres.«<d
Ix'ef. fttjntti^c per pound.
Hops—s,rflO'sc per pound.
\V(H>I—Valley. 110 13 tjc per pound .
Eastern Oregon, 8012,1*c; mohair.
20021c per pound.
Potatoes—65085 per sack.
The first English postage stamp was
black, but the postmarks were hardly I
visible on it. and this tone was fob1
lowed by red. with the familiar por-1
trait of Queen Victoria.
Vibration caused by the under-'
ground electric road ha« injured the
tower of St. Mary le-Bow on Cheap
side. Javndon. a famous church built |
by Sir Christopher Wren The com
pany has screed to pay $ >000 fn order
that the tower might be straightened J
It is now 23 inches out of perpendicu
lar.
A deposit of prehistoric ivory has
b-' n dis'overed In Alaska.
The oldest Inhabited house tn Eng- 1
land is on the River Ver, close to St
Alban s Abbey.
It Is octagonal in :
A well known doctor advises the 1
adoption of a hard bed and that chll- j
Down F-om th« North
dren should be trained from the begin- j
San Francisco. Nov 20- The steam ning to sleep on no other kind It is
er Valencia of the Northern fleet, ar certainly true that as a rule a hard
•
bed conduces to the most refreshing
p the feather bed «0 !-ja~
»almon The whaling bark Gaybead « - j
also arrived. She brought «0o barrel«
1 • » • ir gran I *n
«
of oil and 6090 pound« of whalebone. enervating In the extreme.
TO B AR OFT CHINESE
A
m OONSHIR£R
Discover» • « •<••• Katas» SsgRgw*
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the i hears
WOkt Off THE CALIFORNIA EX
Nov. 3
rtoi • i
Bo»
CLUSION CONVINTION.
P. kei g director ot the Harvard Ob-
Mrvalury, Ua» made a discovery that
be regards as important, lu a state
Re-Enactment of th« G«ary Law I» D«mand«d
ment just out, he says:
The spectrum of a streak of light
— Memor ai Adopted. Asking for Rutric-
ning »a? photographed last July. From
emu a small beginning two discover
tion 0 Japan«»« and Other For«ign«r»—
ies have developed. Not only are the
Thr«« Thou»and Delegate» Pr«»«nt. Rep-
chemical elements, so-called, com-
. .
that hydrogen
relenting All Part» of the State.
itself, winch chemical theorists have
thought to be one eiemeut ot which
San Francisco, Nov 25.—The Chi
the others would sooner or later prove
to be vomixiunds, seems to be of com nese Exclusion Convention, ex-Kep-
posite nature."
resentative T. J. Geary, chairman,
Other photographs made at about com|>oBed of 3,DUO delegates, repre-
the same time show the curious fact , senting the state, county and city
that the spectrum of lightning is not governments, and industrial and civic
always the same. Some of the photo
graphs show a doubling ot the bright | organizations in all parts of Cali-
liaes.
Professor Pickering was at ; fornia, today adopted the following
first inclined to believe that this was resolutions:
First—We demand the continance
a sort of composite photo, but he now
concludes that the doubling looks as of the existing treaties with China,
though hydrogen, the only element and the re-enactment of the Geary
studied in the lightning spectrum, and exclusion law
hitherto believed to be least likely
Second—We recommend that the
ever to be proved a compound body, California delegates in congress act
is made up of at least three compon
bill
ents. This conclusion he bases upon unitedly in the presentation of a use
the fact that there were 30 lines in to accomplish this purpose, and
the hydrogen spectrum on one photo, their utmost endeavors to secure its
three in another and one in the third, immediate enactment into a law.
As a supplemental report, the com
the different flashes havnig been pho
tographed under different circum mittee on resolutions presented a
stances.
statement, which was adopted, recog
Another remarkable circumstance nizing the menace to the industrial
in connection with the study of pic conditions on the coast of the rapidly-
turing ot spectra of lightning flashes increasing number of Japanese and
is that they are similar to that of the
second new star in the constellation other Asiatic immigrants, and asking
Perseus, known as Nova Persei No. 2, that the matter lie referred to the ex
ecutive committee with instructions
which were taken on March 23, 1901.
to take such steps as may be necessary
to secure all possible protection from
LETTERS FROM MISS STONE.
the evils set forth.
The convention also adopted a
Long Captivity Ha» Affected Her Health —
memorial, stating at length the rea
Brigand» Hold Out for Big Ransom.
sons why the continued restriction of
Sofia, Nov. 20.—Another letter has Chinese and other Asiatic immigra
been received from Miss Ellen M. tion is demanded by the people of
Stone.
Her health has been some the Pacific coast.
what affected l< her confinement and
hard fare, but she expresses herself
LOST IN THE BABY MINE.
as still confident of ultimate release.
A letter to Mr. Dickinson, diplomat Party of Official» Went In to Inveitigate and
ic agent of the United States at Sofia,
Probably Periihed.
replying to his proposals concerning
Bluefield», W. Va., Nov. 25.—At
a ransom, says the brigands will hold
out for a figure very much above the 11 o’clock this morning Superintend
sum at Mr. Dickinson’s command. The ent Walter O’Malley, of the Poca
brigands interpret Mr. Dickinson's hontas Colliers Company, with State
note having fixed on the sum he is .Mint1 Inspector William Priest and a
willing to pay, and on a time limit, as party of six others, entered the west
being indicative that he can get more
money. They also demand immunity mine of the Southwest Virginia Im
from prosecution. But it is impossi provement Company's colliery for the
ble for the diplomatic agent of the purpose of learning the true situation
United States to have power to bind in regard to the recent explosion and
the governments of Bulgaria and Tur lire in the Baby mine, and up to mid
key. This point, however, is not likely night have not been heard from.
to be a serious obstacle in the way of
At I! P. M. a party consisting of ex-
negotiations.
jierienced miners, led by Assistant
Sujierintendent King, entered the
Reason to Be Hopeful.
Washington, Nov. 20.—Another ca mine in rescue of the lost party of
blegram received from United States eight, but at 6:45 they returned, hav
Consul-General Dickinson at Sofia, ing encountered such a quantity of
today indicates that, while Miss Stone black damp as to make it impossible
has not yet been ransomed, there is to proceed any distance into the
reason to feci assured as to her fu mine. All efforts are being used to
ture. The dispatch furnished evi recover the bodies of the inspecting
dence that Mr. Dickinson remains in party, but no hope is entertained
direct communication with the bri- that any of them will be recovered
gands or their agents.
alive.
The fire that originally started in
MINER RELEASED.
the Baby mine last week, and which
was supposed to have been under con
Work of Removing Debris at the Baby trol, is now burning fiercely. AH the
Mine Continnei.
members of the lost party are prom
Pocahontas, Va., Nov. 20.—The inent in the coal field, and the excite
work of removing fallen slate and deb ment now prevailing at Pocahontas
ris from the Baby mine continues. is intense, business having been prac
This morning Fritz Moulton was tically suspended. All the membere
found entombed in a room on the of the party are married, some having
west side, He was living, but a few large families.
hours more would, no doubt, have
brought death, For six hours phy-
RETURN OF CHINESE.
sicians worked with him before he
was restored to consciousness. He is
Rush to Get Back Before the Present
yet feeble, but will likely recover. Great
I
There was great rejoicing when the
Exduiion Law Expire».
news spread that lie bad been recov
Port
Townsend,
Wash., Nov. 25.—
ered alive. Moulton says all within
the mine Thursday night commented According to advices from the Orient
on the heaviness of the atmosphere, brought by the steamship Kinshiu
and that a number of the men left Marti, arriving today, considerable
their work ahead of him. He soon excitement prevails in China over the
found that danger was imminent, and, attitude of the United States relative
along with several others, started to the exclusion law, and fears are en
running from the drilft. A heavy re tertained among a large number of
port that shook the mountain was Celestials now in China who are en
heard, and an instant later a huge titled to return to the United States.
cloud ot smoke and flame was seen
coming. He lost sight of his compan The present exclusion law expires in
ions, but he turned into a side room May, 11)02, and the basis of fears of
as quickly as possible, and was shut the Chinese is that a new law will be
off by falling slate.
Probably two enacted of such stringent nattue that
days passed before he succumbed to many of the privileged class will be
the foul air.
barred from returning, and hundreds
are preparing to rush to the United
Fournier Not Satisfied.
States liefore the law expires.
Cus
New York, Nov. 20.—Henr^ Four tom house records here show that dur
nier. who on Saturday broke all auto ing the past few months more Chinese
mobile records, by going a mile in 51 have left the United States to visit
4 5 seconds, on the Ocean Parkway, is
far from being satisfied that the limit China than during any similar periixi
of automobile «peed has been made. since the exclusion act went into
In fact, he says the gasoline machine force, and all are now anxious to re
has just begun to demonstrate its turn. Between now and next month
power, and declares next year he will each steamer arriving from the Orient
make a mile In 32 seconds.
will bring a large number.
Killed Two Officer» .nd
.
Bodie»-A Po1M |n purtu|(
**
Oxford. . Mi« x, .
Montgomery, Deputy United
Q A'
Marshal of this city, 4ud iT*'6»
United States Marsha! Hugh w“*
gomery, of Pontoluc, left her»
night for the purpose of 4rrj!*
Will Mathis, aa alleged count^f
and moonshiner, who lived U> W
east of this place. Early toda;
Mbntgomery s horse was found
ing at the gate of Curdy Hall a „ 4’
bor of Mathis, aud Mathis’ buu»/^
been burned to the ground
p
further investigation two Jldr, Pul1
burned bodies were found in th« Z
es of the burned building, which h '
been identified as the remains Uf t?
Deputy Marshals. John A. Moiitgu ’
ery’s horse has not been foun,j
it ia supposed that Mathis tuaZ ,
escape on this horse alter the »
had been killed and the liuuL0*11
on tire.
Mathis' wife was
father's a few miles from her t‘- ,
home, and she says she aud her h
band left home yesterday, her a
band leaving the country.
a**
Mathis was indicted last Summ„
for making and passing countert»,
money and was out on a $2000 boni
The principal witness against him
was a negro living in the same nei.h
borhood. About a month ago the n
gro was assassinated. The tw0 Mont
gomerys went to arrest Mathis fur
making illicit whiskey, and it is sud -
posed that they were prevailed upon
to remain for the night, and were shot
while guarding their prisoners
1
posse of 30 or 40 of the leading cit
zens of Oxford went to the seen« to
day and every effort will be made to
capture Mathis.
Not An. Iceberg.
Port Townsend. Nov. 20.—Arrival«
from the north on the steamship Sena
tor report that the steam ship Topeka
struck a rock In Takti Inlet Instead of
an iceberg as previously reported. A
passenger on the Senator was on the
Topeka when the accident occurred
and was on deck. A blinding snow
storm prevailed at the time of the ac
cident and the Topeka struck square
against an overhanging cliff on the
shore of Takti Inlet. Seafaring men
familiar with icebergs say that when
a vessel collides with one the punc
ture i« always below the water line,
and the Topeka's injuries were above.
Mexico Importing Vtheat.
City of Mexico, Nov. 19.—From all
part« of tlie Western Unit' I States,
wheat is being sent into Mexico m
amounts never before equalled. It ’
estimated by buyers and ra;‘r.°*.
men in this city that by 'he end c.
December more than 1’"" 1 ars
*
have been delivered into th r-T'1- ■■
And even this great M
end the import it ■
duty is waived and there is the
est lack of corn. Both b :yers a
transportation men believe t. M
importation will continue untl‘ .«
term for the removal of the t*
expire«.
Bad Food in French Army.
Paris. Nov. 18.—Lx Liberte tod«,
asserted that 2,000...... francs worth j*
deteriorated American tinned
have been discovered among the
tary stores st Ve dun. General - -
dre. the Minister of War, has con»e
quently ordered all tinned c
among the army stores, w
French or American to be sold ont»
ground that it would be better to
no stores at all than to dpPen .. w
canned provisions which w •••
found to be bad at the outt . i
war.
To Arr«»t Depopulation.
Paris, Nov. 25.—The senate today
adopted proposals supported by the
premier, M. Waldeck Rousseau, to ap-
point a commission to study the
uh an« to lie taken
— in
L. order to
wj arrest
the de|H>pulation of France.
Conspiracy at Johannesburg.
Johannesburg, Nov. 25._ Another
conspiracy has been nipped in the
bud. Twenty arrests were made in
various parts of Johannesburg,
A
great sensation followed.
Po»toffice Robbed end Burned.
Dutch Joining Brituh Force».
Washington, Nov. 2'1.—A dispatch
received here announces that the
London, Nov. 25.—The Pretoria
posti'fflce at Freemansburg. W. Va..
was robbed and burned Sunday morn corn sj>ondent of the Standard re
ing. No loss Is stated
marks as a "significant proof of the
growing
cleavage in the Boer ranks
h arrant for Murderer.
and
a
hopeful
sign,” the fact that an
St. IxMiis. Nov. 2'.—Chief
De-
tectives Desmond received a capias increasing numlier of ex-burghers are
today for B. n Kilpatrick, from Sheriff joining the British forces in the field.
Howze, of Paint Rock, Tex. where
Kilpatrl. k is wanted for the murder He says that several such corj« are
now doing excellent work.
of William Thornton.
Not Credited at Seattle.
Seattle, Nov. 20.—No crsdenc? 1«
given here to the «tory of the alleged
dlscoverey at Skagway, Alaska, of a
conspiracy to overturn the Canadian
vernnont in the Northwest Terri-
tory. Unlted
1
.Hi____
States Marshal
Shoup.
who 1« credited with having come here
to communicate with the United
States Government regarding the mat
ter 1« said to have come only for the
purpose of bring:« mm» United
-
tr : • ■ • ■ - «'
haff N - n sen
ten- • . to term» In the penitentiary
at McNeiir® Island.
yesterday.
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CAUSED
BY
DENSE FOG.
M«ny Accident» and Fatalities in the L'niud
Kingdom—France Ha» A Share.
London, Nov. 19—Saturdays fog
which was general throughout the
United Kingdom, was responsible for
many accidents and fatalities. The
driver of a London omnibus was
found dead in his box, while the ve-
hide was still running. He was a
victim ot cold fog.
Several collisions occurred in the
Mersey. The Dominion liner Roman,
from Portland, November 9,
,, lau
ran
down and sank the British steamer
Sapphire, of the Dundee Gen Line
There was no loss of life.
A Norwegian brigani:
seen drifting helplessly off Hull, and
it is feared that several persons have
been drowned.
Paris, Nov. 19.—During the greater
part of today, Paris and its suburb»
were shrouded in a dense fog. which
seriously interfered with railway
transportation and vehicular traffic,
and caused a number of minor acci
dents. The fog was so thick along
the Seine that the steamboats were
compelled to suspend service.
BIG
DIAMOND
ROBBERY.
A New York Merchant Uas Robbed of $10,040
Worth at the Portland Hotel.
Portland, Ore., Nov. is.—UiumaiJi
valued at $19,000 and about ISO in
motley were stolen last night trom a
room in lite Portland Hotel, occu
pied by A. F. Lowenthal, of New York
City, and the audacious thief manag
ed to escape with his booty and get
safely away.
Mr. Lowenthal is a dealer in pre
cious stones, and he is at present on
toe Pacific Coast on a business trip.
Last Saturday night he arrived at
the
Portland
Hotel,
and was
assigned to a room on the ground
floor facing Yamhill street, being the
third window from the northeast cor
ner of Seventh and Yamhill streets.
His traveling trunk, containing the
greater part of his diamonds ha used
in trade, and a portion of his money,
was placed in his room. There are
two keys to this room, one used by
the guest and placed in the offi' e
when it is not in use, and the other
usually in charge of the janitor in
charge of ail the rooms on that cor
ridor.
Buried Under Red Hot Slag
Homestead, Nov. 18.—Oue nw“
was killed and two seriously burned
as the result of a party of worki»a>
being buried under a mass of ¡ooiten
slag at the Howard Axle Works to
day.
The accident occurred on the
cinder dump back of the < .inipan) a
plant. The victims were engaged in
collecting scrap when a party ot
workmen at the top of the dump,
about 20 feet above, dumped their
car over the edge, not knowing that
the men were directly beneath
them. The car contained about eicht
tons of slag, a greater part ot wh.'h
was red-hot, anil much of it In a mol
ten state.
IU0 •«
-•
Wellington.
Ixind. n. Nov. 25—It is asserted on blo»»rg r«i »d
a t •'
a • early
good authority here, says a dispatch 16 tills« V*»t
enter-
a"
from Tokio to the Tinies, that the
■eck*'1
■■ «
Japanese finance minister has arrang
• M •
“«» ’* *
Two
ed to sell Chinese indemnity bonds of
bat
s*f
1», • *
the face value of 50^01)0.000 ven to the doo 0 999» b’»»« <
the thr!
I- -t^l savings bank at 80. the pro- lock. r»*i«t»® ’
c»>s.w to I»-applied to meet the ex plosives, and the r.’ •
penses of the B< xer campaign and to bemraroused by th- r. -
the streets with -
ward the reduction of the national to
drove the robbers away
»Y
debt.
• bad secured any plunder
Japan Wilt Se'l Indemnity &>nd».'
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