Eugene Weekly Guard. CAarilll UROS.. I'roprlaSors. ANOTHER PELEE DISASTER. □ ------------ Little Doubt that Thousands Were Killed by u Volcano in Guatemala. NEWS OF OREGON THANKSGIVINO PROCLAMATION. Governor McBride, ot Mashington. Asks People to Observe Nov. 27. ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS Olympia, Wash., Nov. 14.—State of Ran Francisco, Nov. 15. — That OREGON. Washington, Executive Department, EUGENE thousands of lives have lieen lost as a OF THE STATE. result of the outbreak of the Guate Olympia, Proclamation by the Gover malan volcano Santa Maria is the be lief ot coffee merchants of this city, Commercial and Financial Happenings of nor: "Whereas, the president of the the Past Week Brief Review of th* I based on tbe definite news of a terrific United States, following a time hon- Comprehcnslvc Review of the Import explosion, brought last evening by the Orow th and Development of Various ore«l custom, has designate«! Thursday, ant Happening» of the Pant Week. steamer Newport. The steamer got the Industries Throughout Our Common news of the disaster at various points Preaanted In Condensed Form, Moat the 27th day of November, 1902, as a along the coast, and while exact infor wealth Latest Market Report. Likely ta Prove Interesting. day of festival and national thanks mation is la« king, all indication« are giving for the manifold blessings of the that the catastrophe is of tha most ter The burglars who blew open the safe past yt»ar, now, therefore, I, Henry In his report on the army in the rible nature. Philippines, General Chaffee upholds While the Newport was at Charnper- at Helix a few days ago have been cap McBride, governor cf the state of General Bell. ico, a letteQ was received from the tured and a portion of the stolen money Washington, in accordance w ith custom A large furniture fawtory at Beau- factor of that district, a German name«! and goods recovered. and by virtue of the power vested in Kauffman, announcing that the vol biirned, entailing harbois, Quebec, was Twenty thousand of the 75,000 book- canic peak of Santa Maria, 40 miles a loss of (100,000. (i|tH advertising Ijrne county have been me by law, do heteby appoint Thurs inland from that port, was in eruption, day, the 27th day of November, 1902, The American Federation of Labor, and that all the coff'*e district« on the printed and are Jin the hands of the now in eesiion, is conside/Apg a plan to eastern slope of the range, in the im advertising department of the Harriman as a day of thanksgiving and prayer company for distribution in the Eastern throughout the state of Washington, pension mon of 60 and over. mediate neighborhood of the mountain, i states. and do earnestly recommend that the had been utterly destroyed, and that A Swedish sailor on the transport George Smith, colored, who murdered people, in grateful re«»gnition oi the Sumner jumped overboard to eave the thousands of lives had, in all proba bility, been lost. The letter continued: his white wife in Portend, has been many blessings we are now enjoying, ship’s flag and was drowned. “The towns of Palmar, San Felipe, the Colombia and Coatepec are all ruined. sentenced to hang on December HI. cease from their usual avocations and British Columbia accuses Fifteen days’ time has been granted to I United States of stealing thousands of Ashes are seven feet ileep in the tineas prepare a bill of exceptions to lie used dedicate this day to deeds of charity square miles of territory near Portland ami towns. Mud, stones and lava have and brotherly love,and in their churches in an apjieal to the supreme court. canal. fallen all over the country. Houses and their homes render praise and George L. Dillman, state engineer The official returns from th«» recent have lau'ii crushed by the weight of the thanksgiving to the Giver of ail good. for the examination of land applied for election in Pennsylvania show that volcanic matter that has fallen u[>on "In witness whereof I have hereunto under the Carey arid laud act, expresses the Republicans elect««! their governor them. Ratalhuleu, Mazatenango and Quezaltenango have not suffered so the opinion that private (qierations set my hand and caused the seal of the by a plurality of 156,410. much, but this calamity is only begin will not prevent government work, as state to be affixed, this 12th day of A gang of robbers operating in Ely ning. We have mud an«l ashes in the amount reclaimed is small com November, A. D. 1902. ria, N. Y., were interrupted an<l in Retalhuleu. There ie great loss of life. pared with the total area of arid land the fight that A>1 lowed one officer was "HENRY McBRIDE.” Cattle and horses are dead by the in the state. fatally wounded and one robber killed. thousands, famine and jieet are ap Superintendent of Public Instruction REFORM PHILIPPINE FINANCES. Four of the men injured in the furn proaching. God h«Iyl us.” Ackerman has decided that as soon as ace explosion at Lebanon, Pa., have Late in the afternoon of October 25 died, making the death list eight. the people of Santa Maria telegraphod a parent or guaniian moves into a Vice Governor Wright Discusses Situation and Makes Suggestion«. Many of the injured are not yet of to the president of Guatemala, saying school district with the intention of ma hb.g it iiis 'liona fide residence, a danger. that they were groping in total darkness San Francisco, Nov. 14.—Luke E. child of sudi parent or guardian is en Members of the German reichetag that ha«l rushed upon them at noon. titled to free tuition from the time he Wright, of the Philippines, speaking of Ashes were falling thick. They asked came to blows in a debate over a bill. moves into the district. financial affaire in the islands, said in the president what was happening. Genera) Chaffee was tendered a re an interview that the money market is This dispatch was sent, apparently, Linn county farmers are nreparing a ception in San Francisco by the busi just ls'(«rre the eruption, and not a w«>rd protest to lie presented to the next leg continually fluctuating. ness m<|i. lias been sent since. The wires of the islature against the proposed change of "A bill to afford the necessary relief Southern I’Vlfif loodBotive engineers telegraph have b«j«-n destroyed, and the the game law, under which upland was presented to congress, but not lUt, lUkwd for afl affvajicu of 2(1 per fate of those w ho asktsi that question birds may lie shot from September 15, "I think that lor of the president ot Guatemala is a mys instead of from Octolier 1. Open seas passed,” said he. ig wri/iet tery profound and ominous. It ie on befóte October 1 means at a time the benefit of the commerce the matter FU» W1CT lejWlOtefft bnt an|o|<ce<i thought in Champerico that thero are when the farmers are busy with liar should again lie taken up at the next rhilt addUtinmd bur nudo» to hold 416 no survivors in the town of Santa vesting and they desire to have an even session of congress, It has been sug- men wlH b* bn'R at Vancouver at once. 5tAria, nor yet in any of the towns chance with hunters from the cities. gested that a Fiiipin > doliar of silver y«n«nd tuu* «ate to Havana, that lie upon the eastern slo|*e of that The Three Sisters canal company has should lie introduced into the islands. wh«r* he w%ii work for tk»«*uHy atljusc- mountain of Is-lching mud ami lavaami ®«>t or -urfervays* m tfe* roCflprocity smothering gases. It may lie a second filed in the office of the state land This dollar should be worth actually lioard an application for contra,"t for 50 cents of our gold money. 1 think 1’elee. •jrwity. o The area in which these towns are the reclamation of 30,000 acres of arid Tbaww tepHTtaient will redr.CB the •ituateil covers 30 miles in a half circle, land lying in the western part of Crook such a coin would remedy the present DLYiGrr town to no awn to the WMp. and it is estimated that the sggregate county. The tract is located between financial situation. Such a monetaiy At prestW al>«»W 90 «UjItHHMj »180 are population is 3&,V00. The town of the mountains known as the Three system would be similar to the one now tn owch ttwep, Santa Maria «rontains 10,000 inhab Sisters and the Deschutes river. It is in use in Japan.” A pjrwr ó» a ’(tew T<#d< butei has itants and the other villages are »aid proposed to irrigate the tract with "It has been suggested that a limite«l wMer from tributarihs of the Deschutes. numlier of Chinese—say 100,000—be Ixwn ftaitel gtMlty df robbtng the xcMts to average 6,000. fox a «nuuiw of yeure. Re U jik about allow««! to land in the Philippines. The Tallant-Grant packing company, (Xb.KMi in. stniPM jHwfr’ry. BOILER EXPLODED. Do you think their presence would of Astoria, lias tiled articles of incor iWirfeJut GmapirH, if the Aawrh ao relieve the present labor shortage?” poration. PedtnMtion l.atxw, swye tbjijt Went Four M«t| KlUel, Forty Injured Building was asked. «Mid Contexts Wrecked. mide« inionr* caungw kitefar «SUTse the “I would not like to see the doors The Multnomah county lielegation to Skilled day is*sot fur diMUMt «hen they will Lebanon, Pa., Nov. 15. — The ex the legislature, at a meeting held last thrown open to the Chinese. nil go » pwtes. plosion of a large lioiler, without week, indorsed a (500,000 appropria labor, yes, if limited, would ceitainly prove beneficial. Some of the Chinese Hte trouble i* Mr roots |*S«ÍHee to warning, in Scrap Puddle furnace No. tion for the Lewis and Clark fair. are very clever, and they would be able 3, at the west works of the American tKMXMXte a at<rwnn afluir Metete s«ttl«*d. Eugen*» has aske«l for an increase in Tim o»sn»y 9* without awbiovt. Sev iron and st«*d company’s plant today mail carriers to meet the growing de to teach the Filipinos many of the in dustries.” ern! povnem HM* seodiag warship« to caused the death of four workmen, ami mand for free delivery. Governor Wright, accompanie«! by alxnit 40 others were more or less seri protect tbto r «ci ously injured. The physicians at the Two million feet of logs were swept his wife, left for the East Thursday ElaiO- D. 9rvil0. tl>rgierlyof Illinois, hospital express the opinion that sever away in a Lewis river freshet caused.by night. de<(D ap|H>inted superin tegdent of al of the injured will die. the recent heavy rains. «’*tUOltXon tt*r the Philippines. POLITICS IN HAMAH. In an instant after the explosion the The work of installing the new ma The avOiltor Wyoming, (tearing com entire plac«* was black with debris. pletion 41 F rancia«», WilLla* turned The wreck of the nine immediate pud chinery at the Mountain View mine, Republicans Mln a Sweeping Victory All Through the Islands. dling furnaces was complete. Physi near Baker City, will s«x>n be com over to the government November 29. cians were called from every quarter of pleted. Honolulu, Nov 7, via San Francisco, The secretary of the navy has direct the city, and hospital ambulances and The 1902 hop crop in this state will Nov. 14.—The elections yesterday re ed that th«* army tran«|*ort Hancisk other vehicles were hurried into service. pr<H-«*e«i to New York, where she will The offices of th«* works were at once amount to alxiut 85,000 bales. Of this sulted in a victory for the Republican amount less than 20,000 bales remain be us«’d as a receiving ship. converted into a hospital, ami a corps in the hands of the growers. ticket. Prine«* Jonah Kuhio Kalani- All Christman presents entering the of nurses from the Good Samaritan a^iole, the Republican nominee, is A bill for the nomination of political Philippines will lie subject to the same hospital were brought to the scene. elected as delegate to congress, and the hospitui the efttsdidatefl bv the voters baa been pre duty as other goodn, according to ad Into this temporary legislatuie will I m * Republican in both pared for the Oregon legislature. vices issued by the war department. maimed and scalded wen* carried and houses, in spite of five home rule sen given attenion. Some have their eyes An experimental salmon hatchery is Forty prisoners mi th«» Arizona |>eni- tentiary overpowered the guards and burntMl out, others their hands blown in operation on the Alsea river, in Ben ators holding over from the last legis escap«»«!. This is the second delivery off. It is feared the list of d«ad will ton county. Th«- past season has prov lature, to three Republicans. Is* materially increased when th«» ruins en so successful that it is likely to be in a month. A new prinon is being The result of the election, itisthouht built in the solid r<a k of a mountain of tin* nine wrecked puddle furnaces made a permanent station. by Republicans, will be the end of the me explored. side. A custom quartz mill will soon'h«* in home rult* party. A division ot the The l*oil«»t, which was a 200-horse The 28th Annual convention of the power, brokt* squarely in half. The o|*eration in the Quartxburg district voters along the lines of Republicanism American P>anker«’ a«scx»iation is In roof c«dlaps«*d from the shock, and the Contracts have already been secured for and Democracy, as on the mainland, is session in New Orleans. There are flames from the puddle furnaces under reducing ore sufficient to k«-ep a 20- now exfwted. It is also regarded as dis]*osing largely ot the race issm* and alsmt 100 dehtgates and 500 visitors the wrecked boiler set tire to thedebris. stamp mill in «-onstant ojieration present. Seattle wants the next meet The fir«* fore«’ of th« company, however, Hugh O’Donnell, a pioneer mining the issue of royalism in Hawaiian ing- had the Hames extinguished in 15 min man of Baker county, ag«*d 05 years, is politics, for the eampain of the defeat ed «andidate, Delegate to Congress R. dead. General Owen Rummers haa been utes. The Waldo smelting and mining com W. Wileox, was largely based on his made cemtnander-in-chtef of the Span Wants Foreign Soldiers to l eave. pany will put in a 100-ton smelter at record as a royalist and on race feeling. ish-American war veteran«. Th«* Shanghai, Nov. 15. — Unusually once at its copper mines in the Waldo National headquarters ¡¡will lie moved Will Search for Lost Treasure. to Portland. Colonel R. II. Savage, strong articles are appearing in the district. A smelter at Waldo will I m * San Francisco, Nov. 14. — The eleeleil commander-in-chief, was com Chinese newspapers <le«'laiiiig that by of great lienefit to the vast mineral dis pelled to resign on ac«'ount of ill health the withdrawal of the British trtsips trict of that section, as, aside from Chronicle says that there is no longer treating the ores of its own mines, it any doubt that the object of the and the honor ;fell to the vice com from Shanhai to Wei Ilai Wei, and th«* would also do a general custom busi schooner Ixiuisa D., alxiut ready to sail mander, General Summers. withdrawal of the German fore«'« from ness. A number of good mines of that for the South, is to attempt to recover The chief of ordance of the navy rec here to Kiao Chou, the independence ,d section will be able to do their smelt a part of the treasure lost in 1862 by ommends the establishment of wireless the Yangtae valley is still menaced. ing at home ami with much leas expense the burning of the Pacific Mail telegraphy along the entire Paciffe The Chinese want the British and than heretofore, as the ores had to t>e steamer Golden Gate off Manzanillo, on coast. the Mexican coast. The wreck of the Germans to get out of China altogether, sent to California. Golden Gat«1 caused the loss of 200 lives The annual report of Assistant Post instead of merely evacuating Shanghai and a property loss of (1,750,000. master General Wynne favor« a greater and withdrawing to their respective PORTLAND MARKETS. Much of thia »mount was in the form appropriation for the rural tmail deliv- garrison stations in China. Wheat—WallaWalla, 88«69c; blue- of bullion, and a considerable quantity ery4routea. of it was never recovered. stem 73S(S«’4c; valley, 70c. Engineer Prevents a Hold-Lp. No trace can lie found of B. F. Egan, Barley—Feed, (21.00 per ton; brew- Frankfort, Ind., Nov. 15. — Four men the Great Northern railroad man who attempted to hold up the soutli-boumi ing, (22.00. Big Chinese Fire. was lost in tiie mountains near Bolton, Monon express nt Cyclone today. The Victoria, B. C., Nov. 14.— Mail ad Flour—Best grade, 3.50(^3.70; grah Mont., a week ago. vices from China report a fire at Kwei train slackened s|>eed on striking tor am, (3.OOist3 50. All the monev necessary for irng»- pedoes on the rails, but when the en Millstuffs—Bran, (19.00 per ton ; lin Kwang Si, causing great )»■» of life tion week at Portland has l*een raise«I gineer faced four revolvers he threw middlings, (23.50; shorts, 110.50; and property. The the, which origin and the commith*« has the plans of en open the throttle. The four men fins I chop, (17. ated in a firecracker shop, spread and rapidly and often, but all the trainmen tertainment almost «»mpleted. Oats—No. 1 white, (1.12',(i»l .15 ; burned several hnudred houses. Many and passengers es.a|*d injury. Sheriff gray, (1.10<jA 1.12% per cental. General Chaffee has reacheti San Corns and deputies afterward caught Chinsee were burned to death, The Hay — Timothy, (10«(ll; clover, Francisco from the l’hilippin«*s. fire burned houses all around the the men, w ho gave I he names of I" liar ms (8.00; cheat, (8<jt9 per ton. The main issue ls‘tw«w*n the n««gotiat- Johnson, James Mo,'k, frank Smith Potatoes—Best Burl«nks, 60(S80c Christian Alliance mission, which was ors of the Cuban-United States reefe, and Harry Gray. All claim to live per sack; ordinary, 50(<t55c per cental, unscathed. The result of this freak of pris'ity treaty is the rate of rebate to in Cincinnati. growers'prices; Meri-ed sweets, (I. 5(j| the fire is that many Chinese have come since to the mission building to be allowed on sugar and tobacco enter $2 per rental. be baptized. Forty Persons Still Missing. ing the United States. Poultry—Chickens, mix««d, (3 5(M Wellington, N. Z., Nov. 15.— Foity 4.25; per pound, 10c; hen«. (4<£4.50 per Little Hope of Finding Egan. Wisconsin capitalists have purchate«! pefeons who were on l*oaol the British dosen; per pound, He; springs, (3.00 224,388,000 feet of yellow pine timber steamer Elingamite, which was wrecked 43.50 per dozen ; fryers, (2.5048.CO, Spokane, Novemlwr 14.— The hopes in Idaho for 81 cents per thousand. Novenil-er >on one of tX‘ Three Kings broilers, (2.0042.50; ducks, (4.5*W ,4 finding Superintendent Benjamin F. The timl>er sold is on lands selecte<l by islands r5 tin- north coaM of New Zea- 6.00 per dosen; turkeys, young, 12S Egan, of the Great Nu/thern railway, the state along the North Fork and it» Ian«!, are still missing, ir. spite of the >«tlSc; grere. /A.0»M6.50 |*er dozen. continue to diminish. All the larger tributaries betwuen Smith’» Ferry and careful -eareh which has Isen made on Cheeaa—Fml cream, twins, 154 (•-arching parties have «gbtue in without the upper en«i of the lakes. The««» the coast and islands wdjmwnt to the Ute; Young America, 15 >»4161* ; finding trace of him. Some experi lands cover 32,589 f\res. enced woodsmen under pay of the rail scene of the wreck. The wreckage from factory prices, 141 S»* less. the Elingainitecfia« drifted to a great Hutter—Fancy ersamery, 30432Sc way company are expected to keep up Trust legn^Mion is almost sure at tie* distance from the point where the ■hip ;>er pound; extras, 30c; dairy, 20 the seartAr for eight or 10 days more, short or long Session of congress. and there rre individuals who are was lost. 422Sc; «tore, 15418. Dr. Naneen, the Arcti^-fxplorer, will searching in hope of gaining the Eggs — 254 30c per dosen. start on another exj»e«lit£An In 1903. , reward offered, but hope is small. Q5«Kcr«»ful Airship Trial. Hope—New crop, 22425c per pound. Major General MacArthur has l»een Nantes, France, Nov. 15.— The air- Wool—Valley, 12S415c; Eastern order»«! to the command of the Impert ship built for the lathers Pierre ami Pennsylvania Mine on Fire. ©cO Oregon, 8414Sc; mohair, 26428c. inent of tbe lakes. Shan*.*kin, P».. Nov. 14.--The Burn Paul I^Bandy inaile a vere »uciviwful Beef—Grom, rows, 343 S» per r Much anxiety is felt conrerning the,- side shafTojW hich employs 700 men ami TCtrial today in this neighnnrbood. Sev ponmt; steers, 4«; dressed. 607c. • r.lA A a*k ». ♦ « ». . ■ .1 > I A. condition of the emperor of Rnssia.' era 1 I free boys, was discovered on tire today. All accenta «ft ami «teucenta . wer«* Vmi—7S««Se. He is greatly depreese»! in min«i ami is •ffected, aciompanieii by~evoluti$» in Mutton — Grom, 3c per poind; . of the employ«*« got out in safety. The mine is ownewl by the Philadelphia A melancholy. all direction« over thè fichi» and aood». dressed, 6c. Tbe maehine returned r Minister Wn, Chinese representative The flying marhinr each time lamb« — Grom, 3S* P*r poind; . Reading coal and iron company. flame« were extinguished this evening, at Washington, will not await the ar to ita |»>mt of depart lure nt the rata of draaaad.OHc. There were four rival of his smresaur, but will return 25 mil««» an h*>«R. H <»—Grom, •!<OH' per pón nd, . ami the mine will r«*eume work to penurie in tbe car. horn» at one». drmeed, 7©7S«. EVENTS OF THE DAY ® > © © THE MINERS’ SIDE MITCHELL GIVES? EVIDENCE TO THE ARBITRATION BOARD. Operators' Attorney Show» That He M m Attempt to Prove by Mitchell’» Own Testimony That Organization Is Irre sponsible Non-Lnlon Miners MAy Be Given a Hearing. O Scranton, Pa., Nov. 15.—The Anth racite Coal Strike commission appoint- ed by President Roosevelt to arbitrate the differences existing between the mineworkers of the hard coal fields of Pennsylvania and their employers yes terday began the hearing of testimony by which it will determine whether the workmen are receiving fair ami just wages for their lalxvr, and whether their «»ndition should not be improved. The star witness for the miners, John Mitchell, president of the Minework ers’ Association, took the stand in the forenoon, and when the commission adjourned at 4 o’clock in the afternoon he was still under fire of cross-examin ation by David W. Wilcox, general counsel for the Delaware A Hudson company. It was a trying day for the miners’ leader, but he seemed to stand the test well. The heaviest fire of cross questions was aimed at him late in the afternoon session, and when the hour of adjournment was reach«*d Mr. Wilcox was still propounding questions ami testing Mr. Mitchell’s memory. The opening of the session was a notable day in the annals of the law in the upper anthracite region. The commission’s sessions are being held in the beautiful room of the Pennsyl vania superior court, which is now sitting in Philadelphia. Ranged around three tables in front of the seven commissioners, who occupied the judges’ bench, were no less than 30 lawyers, 24 of whom were looking after the interests of the mineowners. ; During the day Mr. Wilcox asked Mr. Mitchell many questions as to the policies of the union, the method of calling strikes, the ability of the union to maintain discipline and prevent the members of .the union from violating the law, and also as to the liability of the union breaking contracts. It was apparent to n.any of those present who umlerstool the situation, that Mr. Wil cox’s object was to attempt to prove by Mr. Mitchell’s own testimony that the contention of the companies that the miners’ union was an irresponsible organization, and that trade agreements, therefore, could not be safely entered into, was well founded. During the hearing the statement was brought out for the first time since the late strike was begun that the union had disbursed (1,500,000 among the union and nonunion men who wsre on strike. One of the questions which came up before the commission was the advisability of hearing counsel on behalf of the nonunion men who re mained at work during the strike. At torney J. J. Lenaban, one of the at torneys for the nonunion men, asked the commission what bi« status before the arbitrators was. Judge Gray in formed him that the question would lie taken under consideration, and that an answer would probably lie given him today. WAGES RAISED. Pennsylvania Railroad Announces Volun tary Advance of 10 Per Cent. Pittsburg, Nov. 17. —Notices signed by J. M. Walls, gt*neral superintendent of the West Pennsylvania road, were posted in the offices of the company at Alleghany today to the effect that an advance of 10 per cent would lie made in wages of all employes permanently in th«* service of the Pennsylvania sys tem east of Pittsburg who are now re ceiving less than (200 a month, to take effect from November 1, 1902. Roliert Pitcairn, assistant to Presi dent Cassat, of the Pennsylvania road, said that almost the entire working force of the system east of Pittsburg would be advanced. The announce ment of the advance in wages was en tirely voluntary. About 12,000 men on the Pittsburg divifion will be ben- efited by the raise. SWITCHMEN WON'T STAND IN. They M ill Not Strike, and Trainmen Are To Be Given No Assistance. Chicago, Nov. 13.—According to a statement made today by Grand Master Hawley, of the Switchmen’s union of North America, there will be no strike of switchmen in Chicago, Officials of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, however, scout the idea that Mr. Haw- ley’s organization<*gures in the situa- tion, and say the switchmen who are members of their organization are strong enough to enforce demands made by them upon the railroad <x>m- panies entering Chicago. It was learned today that the Chicago Great Western, the Chicago Terminal Trans fer and the Chicago A Eastern Illinois railroads hail entered into agreements with the BwitchQieS’e union by which that organization accepts the increase of 25í cents an hour for switchmen ai-d 3>í cents an hour for foremen, which has been offered by the railroad mana gers. It was also learned that the Illi nois Central and Rock Island compan ies were negotiating with the switch men’s union. Grand master Ilawley, of the switch men’s union, declared his organization had a memberhsip of 1,700 in Chicago, and asserted that the Brotherh«M*d of Railway Trainmen could not call a strike of switchmen if they so desired. He said his organization had secured an increase of 10 per eent in the North west, and that the scalo would be re cognized by switchmen throughout the country. He further declared that the demands made by the brotherhood ha«l lieen prompted by jealousy and could not be recognized. RAILROADS AND MEN AGREE. Increase of About 12 Per Cent for Labor at Switching Terminals. Chicago, Nov. 13. — The wage con troversy lietween the railroads and the BrotheHiiMxl of Railroad Trainmen, which, for a time, threatened to tie up all the principal switching terminals in Chicago, was amicably ^djusted to night at a conference between the rail road managers and the officials of tiie brotherhood. The settlement was reached on the basis of a compromise. Seventeen of the railroads signed the new agreement, and tiie Santa Fe, the other road involve«!, will sign tomoi'ow morning. The men will receive an in crease of about 12 per cent. At to night’s meeting the railroads submitted a proposition offering an increase of 3 rents an hour to helpers and 4 cents to foremen. The proposition was ac cepted by the men. The rates agreed upon are as follows: Day foremen, 31 cents per hour; night foremen, 33 cents per hour; day helpers, 28.cents per hour; night help ers 30 cents per hour. These rates are one-half per cent in excess of the St. Paul-Minneapolis rate for each class. The effect of the new scale will be far-reaching. According to the officers of the Brotherhood of Trainmen, the rate will go into effect at all large cen ters weet Of Chicago, where committees are now in session awaiting the out come of the Chicago trouble. The Chicago Beale goes into effect November 15, and through the signed agreements with the railroad managers it cannot be modified without 30 days’ notice. MOLINEUX FREE. After Four Years of Suspense and Prison Life, Jury Acquits Him. OPERATORS REPLY COAL BARONS HOLD THAT MINERS' DEMANDS are LNJL st . Leader of the Mine Operator, Average Earnings of the Men Are v L-T»- I»«».,“ se» so» . m . ....... I;„7,.n"2 Day impracticable. Washington, Nov. 13._preHiJ Baer, of the Philadelphia 4 coal ami iron company, has fil^j the anthracite coal strike commit the reply of that company to the merit made by John Mikheil, ,.r dent of the Mineworkers of Atue/*' concerning the points involved in 't'*' anthracite coal «trike. Following ,, the text of Mr. Baer’s statement: “To the anthracite coal strike Wtn mission: The Philadelphia & ReB,jin coa’ and iron company replying to q* demand« of John Mitchell, repreaatttin, certain anthracite mineworker«, save* "That it owns 37 collieries «itUa^ in the counties of Schuylkill, Northum. lierlaml and Columbia, and that it djj operate, previous to the strike inaugur- ated by the United Mineworkers of America, 33 collieries and four c wa«h- eries and that at that time it "had 26,829 employes in and about tbe mines. "The demand for *20 per cent in- crease upon the prii-e paid during the year 1901 to employes [»erlurniing con. tract or piece work’ is arbitrary, no. reasonable and unjust. This company denies there is such similarity bet«cen the mining of bituminous and of lnth. racito coal as to make wage« paid jn one a standard for the other, "This company denies that the pres- ent rate of wages is lower than is p,jj in other mines in the same locality and controlled by like conditions. This company is not informed as to the average annual earnings in the bitum inous coal fields, but it avers that near ly all of its former employes W(lo dur ing the past five months worked in th, bituminous mines have returned to the anthracite coal regions, preferring to work in the anthraiite mines. "This company denies that ’the rate of wageB in the anthracite coal field»« insufficient to compensate the min,, workers, in view of the dangerous char acter of the occupation in relation to accidents, liability to seriouH and perm anent disease, the high death rate and the short trade life incident to thia em ployment.’ "This company further denies that ‘the children of the anthracite mine workers are prematurely forced into the breakers and mills instead of being supported and educated upon the earn ings of their parents, liecause of the low wages of such parents,’ or that such wages are lielow the fair and just earn ings of mineworkers in this industry. “No boys are employed in «nd »bout the mines and breakers in violation ol the statutes fixing the ages of employ ment. In addition to provisions for education, ample hospitals for th«' care of the sick and injure«! are ir -intained in the anthracite coa) regiros. Thia company av«>r« that there is not any where else in the world a mining region where the workmen have so many com forts, facilities for education, general advantages and such profitable employ ment. "In general we deny, in so far as re lates to anthracite mining, 'that the 10-hour day is detrimental to the healthy life of the mineworkers; that shorter hours improve the physical, moral and mental conditions of the workers, and that shorter hour« in crease the intensity and efficiency ol labor.’ We admit that the tendency of national and state government« ami of lalior organizations is toward sliorter hours, but deny that a working day of less than 10 hours will be of real mi- vantage to the workmen engaged in and about the anthracite mines ami collier ies. In exhausting work a day of 10 hours is too long, but there is no ex hausting labor which justifies a redac tion of hours of work in the anthracite coal mines.” New York, Nov. 13. — Roland] B. Molineux was set at liberty today, after spending nearly four years in prison and being once condemneil to death and twice placed on trial for his life for the murder of Mrs. Katherine J Adams. But 13 minutes sufficed for the jury to reach a veridct of acquittal, Molineux, who was brought into court as soon as it was known that the jury had agreed, was apparently as un concerned as he had Isen throughout To Investigate Religious School. the trial, and gave no evidence of emo Washington, Nov. 17.—The appeal tion when the words that establish««! of the Cuban children who recently ar his innocence were pronounced. His rived in New York destined for the aged father, General Molineux, was PORTO RICANS IN HAWAII. Universal Brcth«*rhood'school at Point d«*eply affected and could with diffi Ixrma, Cal., but who were detained culty respond to the greetings of until the character of the school could friends who pressed forward to offer Claim They Are Badly Treated on Plsf tations Dole Denies IL be investigated, has reached the treas their'congratulations. ury department. Commissioner Gen Washington. Nov. 13. — Secretory eral of Immigration Sargent is in San New Cabinet for Spain. Hitchcock has received from Governor Francisco, anti Secretary Taylor lias Madrid, Nov. 13. — King Alphonso Dole, of Hawaii, a statement denying telegraphed him to procee«! to Point has instructed Prime Minister Sagasta Ixima and make an investigation of the with the reconstruction of the cabinet, reports of ill-treatment of several character of the school. The appeal and given him a free hand in the mat- thousand Porto Ricans. The laborer» will await Mr. Sargent's report. I ter. It is believed that General Wey- went to Haw aii at the solicitation oi ler will not be retained. Se^or Sagasta the Sugar Planters’ association, »n*i Dishonest Hawaiian Officials. is endeavoring to embody in the new the <»m plaint was made by Pedro J. Washington, Nov. 17.—Official re cabinet a more democratic element Agostini, faher of one of the workmen. porta of defalcations bv two prominent than that which was found in the pre The governor sava» after an invsetii»- officials of the Hawaiian government vious cabinet. In an interview, Gene tion, that the desire of some of the were received by the secretary of the ral Weyler said: “I am at the dis laborers to return to Porto Rico reeulte interior to«lay from Governor Dole. position of Senor Sagasta; I shall not from homesickness, influenced .’ William H. Wright, treasurer of the form any obstacle if a solution can be imaginative persons, and will subew» government, admitted that he was found.” with time, and that the condition n (17,950 short, and H. B. Wright, chief the industrious Porto Ricans i» ’•t* clerk of the departmnet of public works Postal Receipts Going L'p. factory and their health improved. of Hawaii, is charged with the em Washington, Nov. 13.— Statistics of bezzlement of (8,272. The former es- the gro**« postal receipts of the gov British Naval Station in Pacific. cajM»d on the steamer Alam«*da, which ernment for last month, as compare«! San FranciBi’o, Nov. 13.—Advice» sailed from Honolulu September 20 with October, 1901, at 50 of the largest ceived from Fiji state that the ‘'r1’1’, for San Francisco. poetofficee in the country, show a total government ie preparing to e«’»'' 1 of (5,580,599, an increase of 13 per a naval coaling station on the ¡»Ist«1 Munklj^I telephone System for Sale. cent. The increase at New York was Suwarrow, in anticipation of the con Aew York, Nov. 17. — Tunbridge Il per «-ent, an<l at Chicago 19 per «»ruction ot the isthmian canal, Well« provide«! on the opening day of cent, the receipts S^ng (1,183,588 and wariow island is to th« east» ar* 1 the prerent century the first municipal (884,884, respectively. The largest in Samoa and north of the Look isl*n*to- telephone service in this coantry, and crease was 36 per «-ent at Los Angeles, The government ot Fiji wilKbi» y now. says the Ixmdon correspondent of with Milwaukee next with 33r import into these islands «29 the Tribune, it has been decidml to sell Indians as contract laborers for the whole system to the National tele Burned to Death In Pesthouse. sugar and other industries there. 1* phone company. This de«'ision gives a lUiferleston, S. C., Nov. 13.—The plications for that many having great shoek to the agitator« of <<£iemee P*»t house at the city hospital caught for breaking the control of the company fire this morning shortly after 2 o’clock, approved. through municipal owner-©p and com and four negro men were burned to Working on Cuban Report. petition. 13 —General death before they could be rescued. Washington. Nov. L One negro woman, the only ot®r in W<x»i returne«l »to Wasl ,h teuton t'wlaD American Colony for Canada. rk off ------ hi» r*P mate of that department, escaped. an*! at once resumed work oh - ort , , Toronto, Ont., Nov. 17. — The On- On- of tbe occupation and governtnen tario cabinet has accept«*! the proposal« Jewelry Store Robbed. Cuba. He says he has be-n abren ' of a syndicate, represented by J, R. Tonopah, Nev., Nov. 13—Frans longrfo speak with any actual or Egan, of Rock Island, III., and Judge Golden's jewelry store was robbed last knowledge of present conditions in Cntt. of Chicago, to place 12,000 Amer night of watches, diamonds and monev with the prospects of the isi»' J ican settler» on 2,000,000 acres of agri- cu.tural crown lands in Ontario, «Ä to the amount of (3,000. This is thi* has not yet seen Minister Q"** * third robbery that has occurred |recent- the »agreement «ill be sign.*.! in a few ly, and it is surmised that an organised has he had opportunity to ”,’cur situation with officials of the days. I.tatee wi)o are fully inform*!- band of thieve« is locatedCiere. O