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f. . . ." i. i - OP GILLIAN COUNTY. HAS THEE2 TIKES THE CffiCULATIOJf OF ANT PAPER IN THE COUNTY. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY ST LOAN P. 8HUTT, Editor and Proprietor. , , ADVBRTISINO BATES. Professional cards. , One sqnare ...., On-qnMtr colnmn..,.. One naif column.... One column............. ....tl 00 per month ...... 1 SO per month ..... 8 60 per month S (1(1 iwr mnnth .....10 00 per month Subscription Rates. Business locals will be charged at 10 cents per line for first insertion and 6 cents per line there after. . . Legal advertisements will In all cases be charged to the party ordering them, at legal It not paid In advance Hi. tit, six mouthi Three nionthi , Single copies. .....I. ...,.... VI W v ...A M,l 1 UU 100 75 10 VOL. 4. CONDON, GILLIAM CO.; OREGON. FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 7; 1894. NO. 25. rates, ana psia lor before amdavit is furnished THE OFFICIAL AND LEADING PAPER coxdois (jLOBE ( Entered at tht PottnMce at Condon. Orraon. ai mvmiKUf mull muucr. OFFICIAL DIRECTORY. rresiaeni Vice-President Benretary of State Becretary of 1 reasiiry,.., Secretary of Interior.... Secretary of War. Secretary of Navy . Postmaaier-UeuoraL ..OKOVI Ci.cvri.amB AllLil K. HTBVKNSON .WalikCJ. Uhkkham JOHN 0. CAKI.i.LS UOKg MMITM Danisi S. Lamont i.llll.ARV A. HKHHJCHT Wi. ...... d U . . .. . MM........... " Di DIMfeM Secretary f Agilsultura. ....J. stmmn Moa-rex . ... J' i. j J r M J tit Stat of Oregon. Governor Secretary of Stale. Traaiarar ......A.If. 11. KlftUID Attoruey-Ueneral C. M. Iuluman Bttpt, of Publlo IuitrnotloD.. (i. M. IrwiM ..,. 1. H. HlTOMMLi. WiN p,,r( Congressmen. IB. llKKMAMM n W. K. KLMS ' III U I u h ra Printer Supreme Judges .. (!. K. WOLVKKTOK ..... t. I m.i , A. M.M)8 . H. Bf AM. .'i Seventh Judicial Dlatrlct. Clrcttlt Judge PreaeoutliiK Altoruey.... Me tatter Stale Hoard W. L. BaADfliiAW ...A. A JaVNI i.,W, C. WlUe Ollllam Coanty Joint Senator for Ollllam, Btaer man and Waaoo oouutltie ...W, W. Striwir Reurveeulaflve J. K. David JudlfO. ... M...t. w..f..M.W J. MAKtHKa Clerk i4.,.l..,..M..M...j.v...J. P. LOOM Sberlfr...r.....,..... ...i.W. I,. Wi.ex Treaiurer. S. B. IIarkkr eommtulonera.. A (jiTm' Aaaeaiior M O CLaiki Siihool HuperluUsadeut,. W. W. KRNHaiiV Surveyor .....,t... .',.. U. Hiu. Corouer ,....... 4...W. A. doonwia Stock Inapeclor .,....Lwi A. MlUU r , r , Y ...... ,( , Union Paolflo nallway Time Card, t Tralui arrive and lea? Arlington ai follow.: it-oomd. Train Mo. t, faat nail, arrive, at Arlington at a. --i . wirr ouno. Train No. 1, faat mall, arrives at Arlington at MKa.n. aHBT" Only one train day. Uopimor train. No.a and 10 have dl.contln aed tbe run to ArlinifUin.but make low roil' nrcilout with Noa, 1 and 4 at Willow. JuiictUm. Tnrjugn tlvkau sold and biaxafe cbevfced throuKb u all points la tbe fjulied btatee and Canada. 8. COLLINS Tlokt Agent., Arlington, Or1.. i F. A A. M.-Mf. MUIUAII I.OHl.K. No. Wk A. Stated fominnul'l!on on Hitarday ev.it lug on or Iwfure full miHin of euob montn. Bo- oarnlut bretlmu In go-uiandug are cordially uvlfd to atlnd. W L. WILCOX, W. It. J. 11. II liusow, Secretary. jr. j.(.nonAW. .j .,.ftftT ,v PHYSICIAN AND 8URQEON, Condon, Or. 'nmA&MAB . . KhIvuii P.thnllrt Church and rcldanoe of 4 f, Hbulk, 1 rt JJR. J. II. HUDSON, Physician and Surgeon, Condon, Of,' '.' Office and residence In the Wiley Miller resi dence in South Condon. Calls promptly attended to day or night W. DA HUSO, Attorney at Law, , Notary Public and Conveyancer, ' r ' Condon, Q ; Collections and Insnrane. Terms reasonable. Omoa in rear of posloMce building, Main street. , W. R. Elll. J.W.Dawson. T. B Lyons. PILLIS, DAWSON & tVONS. ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Offices at Ileppner and Condon, Oregon. r - ' ; '? ' t - 4 ' '. g A. D. UVUMt,'1; i'i Hsii ? Attorney and Counselor at Law, Arlington, Oregou. ( , . Will practice In all the courts of the Stale. ' Coll'Otl'Mia made and general lair business trau.aoted. United Slates Commissioner art Notary Public. Land proofs and filings taken, and all other land bu.lneu carefully attended to. I AY P. LUCAS, County Clerk, ' DOIS ALL HMDS OF . LAND AND NOTARY BUSINESS In a neat and careful maunor. s. P. BHCTT, Notary Public and Justice of the Peace. Condon, Or. Collections and notarial work "promptly and earefully attended to. t , ; I , , COPYRIGHTS. '....m nnnilN a ' PAfttNTr Vara Jwmpt answer and an honwt opinion, writ to M II fJ N & CO., who bave bad nearly fifty years' eiperlenoe In the patent buslnwa. Commnnioa. Lum itrtotly oonndantlal. A llnndboob. of In formation oonoerntng I'nlenta and bow to ob. Uln tiiam nt frefcAlw a otlogueof tuecbaa. loal and Mlentlflo books sent free. jl.ienu taken tbroush Munn Co. receive amelal notice Intbe HclentlSo American, and thus are brooght wlrtely before tbe puNlowlth. MTrSSaMon o "any" SuTnUflc wri In the Knrid S:i a year, sample copies sent rree. . S3 I J", nnniea. -ii MnU. Bvery ownber oontalna bean. JBGl Blaterm loi. and photographs of new uiui J"""!; Ai.... .n.hlnnr bullrtsM to .how tba Building Kdittoo.mon )pslirnsandsMureoimtraats. Addreas jtuaa e w-i "" ' " CUSTOMS INBTBUCTIOMS. Arrival nt the Exterior Port and Mot the Interior Port to Govern. , Washinotok, Angaat 29.--Secretary Carlisle has jfecel vd s number of 'tete KTsms of Inquiry from catm i 6fficeri ss to tbe details to be obaerved in carry ing the new tariff into effect. The re plies were ol no special interest with the exception of one, which states on the authority of the decision of the United Btstes Supreme , Court that imported goods destined for any interior point wui pe considered sa Having oeen im ported When they arrive at the- custom house at the seaboard, or. technically ipeaking, the arrival at the exterior port ana not uie luiwior jrt govern in determining the time of arrival. In an swer to a teleuram from the lion ton cue. toms authorities Secretary Carlisliele has replied, holding that no goods which ar rived in port before midnizhton Aosust 27 are entitled to entry under tbe new tariff act. This applied to goods nnder government order lor which no entry has been made and to goods in port en tered and also to goods entered for which permits have not been preentexl4 y ,4 Wing Dnms In the Saoramonto. Ban Fkancibco, August 31. A local flrra haa received, a contract from the ?;overnment for making an Improvement n the Sacramento river, which will un doubtedly be of importance to steamers and other cralt traveling thoee waters. For years the navigation of the Sacra mento river as far as the capital city has been mads difficult by reason of danger- ou obstructions at liickock's Shoals, ten miles below Sacramento. The river cur rents have formed a bar at that point, which makes the river impassable except at high water, jTJnder the contract just awarded it is nroDosed to construct wins dams from the shores and cut the bar out. With the aid of wing dams it is expected that sufficient current will be created to keep this particular point in tne river clear ol sand and make the river navigable at all times. THE f SEWING MACHINE 18 THE BEST s Ti e Onlv Machine that will sew BACKWARD ss well aa FORWARD wlthoutstonplng. Quiet, Light-Rnunlug, adjustable lu all IU parts. WE SELL TO DEALERS ONLY, Correspondence Solicited. UNION MANUFACTURING' CO.; WM. PBTBB, Owner, . , , . ! - TOLEDO. OHIO. . O.R.&tl.CO. E. MoNEILL, Receiver. " 4 - 1 QIVE8 Trie OHOIOE OF ' ' ' TWO TRANSCONTINENTAL ROUTES :?.T: VIA" t f1t'!) v,i Uff SPOKANE "DENVER MINNEAPOLIS OMAHA '"AND -s J''' ANO O ST. PAUL KANSAS CITY LOW RATES) TO ALL j i EASTERN CITIES.' 't . . OCEAN STEAMERS LEAVE PORTLAND EVERY 6 DAYS SAN FRANCISCO For full details Call on or address W. H. HURLBURT. . Gen. Pass. Agent, Portland, Or. MM 1 J '' -:--!PMSjnhw '.'.": !... , .... .-. EAST TERRIBLETAUREGS They Annihilate French Sortie U Party at Timbnctoo.',. i. IT CREATES CONSTERNATION. Aecounu of Other Battles and the Oe- . . enpntlon of Tlmnuetoo by the french Troops Detachment Makes n Sortie Front the Town and la Cut to Pieces, PAars.' August 80. According to port received at t, Louis the French garrison at Timbuctoo after three days' desperate fighting with tbe Tauregs and other hostile tribes, which had been be sieging that city, made a sortie. The beleaguering forces in overwhelming numbers fell upon the sortie party, fairly annihilating it. This news has created consternation in army circles, as it is the seconu serious resistance tbe r rencn Have met with in the vicinity of Timbuctoo since mat important Soudanese town was occupied by them' early in the pres ent year. A summary of the move ments of the French in the Soudan and the occupation of Timbuctoo is as" fol lows : A French column commanded by Colo nel Bannier arrived at Timbuctoo Janu ary 1, and two days later detachment of troops with Colonel Bannier at their head, accompanied by Colonel liugier and tue entire stau, suited out on a re connoitring expedition. leaving Captain Fhtlipe as senior Captain in charge of the post at Timbuctoo. This French de tachment in some manner never fully explained to tne pudiic was surprised in sleep in camp at Dougoi, two hours' march north of uourdara and three days' march from Timbuctoo. The Arabs. chiefly Tauregs mounted and on foot, armed with lances and knives, entered the French camp by several sides daring the darkest hours of early morning, and overturned the stacked arms in front of the sharpshooters, who, being surround ed, were unable to seize their rifles to de fend themselves successfully. The Arabs massacred nearly tne entire detachment, consisting of tbe fifth and Eleventh Companies of 8oudaneee sharpshooters. A French officer. Captain Negotte, though seriously wounded in the head, succeeded in escaping to a platoon of soldiers left some distance behind tbe main camp to guard captured flocks. This platoon was under tne command of Lieutenant earda. It retreated to Timbnctoo, bringing with it a few wounded who had escaped the massacre at Dougoi. The Tauregs pur sued tbe retreating soldiers, and practi cally invaded Timbuctoo, which Captain rmiippe maae naste to aetend pending the arrival of reinforcements. It was stated that at Dougoi the French lost nine officers, two European Ser geants, an interpeter and one Sergeant, six uorporais and sixty-one native sharpshooters. For the defense of Tim buctoo Captain Philippe had 100 rifles and six cannons, but this was a very small force with which to hold a town of 12,000 people, situated amid hot, mov ing sands on the verge of a morass and having a water in closure about three miles in circumference. But a column commanded by Colonel Jofl'er was on its way to reinforce the French at Timbuc too, and having sent messengers to the Colonel and communicated with the commander of the French flotilla on the Niger river, the Captain made the best disposal possible of his small force, and with the co-operation of the populace succeeded in holding ont until the Jofl'er column arrived. This column was com posed of a company and a half of sharp shooters, a squadron of S pah is, a splendid African cavalry, 9.30 auxiliary Spahia and two guns. It also included the horses, mules, drivers, etc., of the first column. It followed the land route by Sanding, Monipe, Namapli, Ere, Soumpe and tiourdamr and met with a serious opposition during its advance. January 20 a company of sharpshooters marched on Niafunke. supported by cavalry and artillery. They were confronted by two kilometers of a swamp, which sur rounded the village, in front of which were 400 warriors drawn up in battle array. The warriors charged the French force. The latter in less than fifteen minutes killed over 100 of the Africans. The others took flight, and the village was captured without any loss on the part of the Jofl'er column. Several such engagements took place, cannon and cavalry being repeatedly called into use. February 20 the advance guard of tbe Jofl'er column reached Timbuctoo, and the column itself soon afterward. It is in all probability part of the forces of Uaptain rninppe and Uoionei JoUer which according to the advices from Senegal has been cut .to pieces by the Arabs. It is believed that the garrison of Timbuctoo has since the Jofl'er column arrived there been again reinforced. y HO CONFIRMATION OF THE BEPOBT. Pabis, August SO. The Journal des Debate has received a dispatch similar to the one made public to-day. This dispatch announced that after three days' fighting the detachment of the sarrison of Timbuctoo made a sortie. This detachment was composed of two companies, pom reports agree in stat ing that the detachment taking part in the sortie was cut to pieces. . Inquiries made on the subject at the Ministry of the Colonies show that no confirmation of the report has been received there up to this evening, and the official in charge expressed the opinion that there is no truth in it. claiming that, u fighting had occurred, news would have reached the ministry from Kayes, through which place all news must pass. - The original dispatch from Senegal was received from a private source. , The latest official dia- Patches from Timbuctoo declare the rench forces there were adequate to cope with the Tauregs, who, it was added, had been cowed . by recent, defeats and were indisposed to resume hostilities. TARIFF ABROAD, Want Foreign Kew.papers nnd Corre- I r spondente Say of It. "Losdok, August 81. The Morning Post says of the new United States tar iff; "There is a fair prospect that the tariff will benefit the American and English people. Still it is rash to build up hopes of an immediate revival of in ternational commerce. . The real check to our business with the States has been the confusion of American currency and the unsettled condition of public affairs. The circumstances under which the new act was passed do not promise perma nentjjmprovetnent." Tbe Daily News says? "The tariff is at least a compromise and stop gap, giv ing some expression to the national con demnation of extreme protection as pro nounced at the last Presidential election. Business must benefit by ending the un certainty, which has long affected com merce in and with the United States," TUB CUBA SDOAB INDUSTRY. , London, August 31. The Central News agency correspondent in Madrid says: "In consequence of the new American tariff the government customs officials in Cuba will apply the maximum to all imprts from the United SUtes. The official expect serious injury to the Cuban sugar industry, as well as to tbe Cuban Treasury, from the higher tariff on American imports." ;. ' MUCH DMBBAOI TO GEBXAHY. London. August 31. The Standard's Berlin correspondent savs : " The United States tariff has eiven much am. brage to Germany. Baron Marschall, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, wilt enter into negotiation with Mr. Runyon on points most affecting Ger man commerce. According to opinion here the effect of the suear dutv will be rather to induce bounty-giving in the countries that raise sugar than to abolish bounties." - .. . . . ....... TALKS WITH ENGLISH WOOL BBOKBBS. London. August 81. A renresentative of the house of Windeler &. Co.. the largest wool brokers eneaeed in Ameri can trade in London, in an interview to-day expressed the opinion that the American tariff bill would undoubtedly oenent tne English market, which is now feverish an uncertain. Stocks are held firm here, and dealers in the United States are demanding lower prices. The large stock of wools in the United States and elsewhere, he believes, makes a permanent nee doubtful. There is little business now, and the next public sale will not take nlace until Serjtember 18. Tbe American dealers insist upon cheaper raw material in consequence ot their re duced profit. The wool-brokinir firm of Jacob & Co. concur in the views of Windeler A Co.. adding that a recent sale of 2,000 bales has been made to American buyers. Yorkshire houses are Jubilant over the passage of the tariff till into a law, and are confident of in creased business in the future. WHAT CANADIANS THINK OF IT. Toronto. AugUBt 31. The new tariff law as passed by the United States Con gress causes considerable discussion here among business men, and it is generally oeiieved it win nave an important bear ing on Canadian interests. .The most important feature of the measure, so far as Canada is concerned, is the placing of sawed and dressed lumber and all kin dred materials on the free list. It Is thought among lumbermen that the ab olition of duty will mean in the course of the next few years an export trade upward of $20,000,000 with the United States. Free wool will also result in a considerable expansion of trade. Bar ley, in which Ontario enjoyed, a large trade before the McKinlev bill became operative, will, it is thought, hardly re- vive unaer a amy 01 au per cent, rne same may be said of the egg and horse trade, in which Ontario did a very prof itable business.. Flax-growing, salt making and bean-growing will probably become profitable industries in West Ontario. On the whole the new bill is welcomed by business men generally as a harbinger of increased trade between tbe two countries. ... TBI OREGON SHOBT LINK. Sam Reoelvere Appointed Who Are .Managing the Union Paolflo. , . Omaha, AugUBt 20. A special from Cheyenne says : A suit in equity for the foreclosure ot a mortgage on the Oregon Short Line was filed in the United States Court for the district of Wvoming to day, The action was brought in the name 01 John r . Dillion, trustee, and the defendants are the Oregon Short Line, Utah, Northern. Union Pacific. Ameri can Loan and Trust Company and the rewivcn ui vuo union jraciuc. inn amount of the mortgage is (14,031,000, which was given petitioner as trustee to secure the payment of bonds. The at torneys for Dillion, who were in court to-day, are Wilson Speyer of New York and Potter A Burke of Cheyenne. John W. ihurston of Umaha appeared for the receivers, while W. R. Eellv of Omaha and Judge Lacey of Cheyenne appeared tor me company, ine wnote matter was amicably disposed of in a short time. Judge Riner appointed for the Short Line the same receivers who are man aging the Union Pacific. Supplementary proceedings will be brought in Idaho and Utah in order to secure like orders from the courts there. This practically unites the Union Pacific system again. The Kxpoeltlon Fever. ' Los Angeles, August 29. It was defi nitely settled to-day that an Inter national Exposition will be held here from October 15 to January 15. It will be held in Agricultural Park, and a number of buildings, including the main hall. 400 feet long, will be erected at once. All the attractions of the Mid way, the Polish artists' display, the French display and 200 foreign attrac tions have been secured. THK THE TACOMA FAIR Carnival Appearance of That City on Opening Day, BLUE, YELLOW AND WHITE. Extenslvo Displays of All the Prod acts and Mnnnfnetnres af . the Pacific Northwest The Cream or the Foreign ' Exhibit Are Also to bo Bean. Tacoica, . Wash.y ' August 29. The Northwest Interstate Fair was formally opened to-day. Speeches were made by the Governors of the States, the Terri tory and the Province the fair is repre senting. There was an immense street parade in the middle of the day, and in the evening there was a pyrotechnic dis play at tbe fair grounds. Altogether Tacoma presented a carnival appear ance. .Blue, yellow and white, the fair colors, were everywhere. There were blue, yellow and white sunshades, blue yellow and white buttons and blue, yel low and white ribbons, gonfalons and flags in endless profusion. While the people of Tacoma are re sponsible for the inception of the Inter state Fair project and for successfully carrying it out, they regard it as the loint enterprise of the commonwealths that nave joined together to make it a success, namely, Washington, Oregon, Idaho. Montana. British Columbia and Alaska.' All these bave contributed to further the enterprise, and the fair is representative of them. "There are gathered together in the buildings of agriculture and horticulture, fisheries, mining, forestry and manufactures and liberal arts, extensive displays of all the products and manufactures of the Northwest. In a manner never before attempted are shown the resources of this section of the country. But a glimpse of what these States have to show was seen in their buildings at the World's Fair. Here are seen the more complete exhibits. In addition to these displays the fair management has secured the cream of the foreign exhibits that were brought to this country to be exhibited at the Columbian Exposition. There are six teen extensive foreign sections in the building of manufactures and liberal arts. Amusement features are numerous. including -many of the best of the Mid way features at Chicago, such as the Turkish village; but in addition there are several thoroughly characteristic Western features, such aa Indian vil lages, where the aborigines are shown at work and play, and typical lumber and mining camps. A beautiful natural park occupies one corner of the large ground. It comprises forty-five acres ot the wildest and most picturesque of Washington forest scen ery. Koammg at large in it are tame elk and deer. On a small lake in the grounds, are Indians in their dug-out canoes. ; The situatien of the grounds has prompted the admiration of all who bave visited them. Sloping awav to the Sound, a magnificent view is commanded of the water, of tbe fir-clad hills and of two mountain ranges the Cascade and Olympics. Rising far above the jagged, snow-capped peaks of the former range is Mount Tacoma, 14,444 feet high, over shadowing the very grounds. ine lair buildings, interspersed with those of the many concessionaires, are clustered around the grand court, in the center of which is a small lake. Building the fair and putting the en terprise on its feet was an undertaking involving no small amount of determi nation and hard work. The difficulty of securing money was the first obstacle encountered. To start the ball rolling Governor McGraw, the Mayor of the city, professional men, laborers and me chanics turned out one March day, took off their coats and started clearing the grounds with their own hands. Their actual labor accomplished much, while the force of their example had a eood effect in securing money to go ahead. floods and strikes set matters back somewhat, but indomitable Western enterprise and determination eventually trmmpnea, ana mere is now opened to the world an exposition greater by far than any previously attempted west of the Mississippi, excepting only the Mid winter Fair. The cost of the buildings approximates (300,000; the liberal arts building alone cost $135,000. The ex pectation is that 600,000 people will visit this exposition before the gates close on November 1. , , . The fair management is as follows: Henry Bucey, Director General ; J. An thony Gorman, Assistant General Di rector; Executive Committee, G. L. Holmes, George P. Eaton, C. H. Dow, George Stone, A. Gross, A. J. Hayward, G. R. Osgood and F. K. Lane. . Coiner of the Hint. San Fbakcisco, August 29. A. T. Spotts, who was recently appointed coiner of the mint of this city, will as sume his new duties next Saturday. Judge Charles M. Gorhman, the retiring coiner, will close the business of his de partment Friday afternoon. Judge Uorhman was appointed by President Arthur, and has held the office continu ously for twelve vears. Dunns his ad ministration of the coinage department of the San Francisco mint he has coined $273,500,000 in gold and $39,500,000 in silver, a total of $313,000,000. The me chanical wastage since he took charge nas oeen oniy 4, per cent ot the allow ance permitted by law. Judse Gorhman has held office in the mint longer than any 01 nis preaecessors. GOVERNOR WAITS ARRESTED. Charged With Opening- and Bonding Another Person's Letter. Dinvib, August 29. A warrant was issued to-day for the arrest of Governor Waite on the serious charge of opening and reading a letter addressed to Mrs. Likens, formerly matron at the police headquarters. The warrant was issued by United States Commissioner Hins dale, who also issued warrants for the arrest of President Denis Mullins of the Police Board, Chief of Police Hamilton Armstrong and KateDwyer, matron at police headquarters. Tbe charge is opening mall and also conspiracy under statutes Nos. 3,602 and 5,440, the penalty for which is a fine of not over $10,000 or two years' imprison ment, or both. Tbe complaint was made by Mrs. Likens, and was investigated by Fostofflce Inspector McMechen. Mr. McMechen laid the matter before United States District Attorney Johnson, who this afternoon drew no a formal com plaint against tbe four persons men tioned. This was presented to Commis sioner Hinsdale, and he issued the war rants, which were placed in the hands of Marshal Israel's assistant. Shortly afterward the warrants were served, and all the parties named were arrested and taken before Commissioner Hinsdale. Governor Waite created quite a scene in the Commissioner's rooms. He was highly indignant, and when Deputy United States District Attorney Rhodes stepped toward him with extended hand, the Governor met him with a cold stare. Governor Waite pleaded " not guilty," claiming he had not opened the letter, but tbe contents had been read to him. The hearing of the case was set for to-morrow, and when it was sug gested that bail be fixed at $5,000, the prisoner sprang (rom his chair, paced the floor and exclaimed : " I will not give bail. I am Governor of this State, and the proceedings are naa to interfere with me in the admin istration of my office. I will not give bail. You may send me to jail, but I will not give bail." Finally the Commissioners accepted the Governors personal recognizance to appear for trial in the sum of $100. ' THE QUEEN FLOATED. The Damaged Steamer Lifted From the Rocks Near Cormorant Island. Port Towksend, Wash., August 29. The steamer City of Topeka arrived from Alaska to-day with late news con cerning tbe stranded steamer Queen. Sunday evening at high tide, after the Queen bad been relieved of the freight in the forward hold, the anchors and chains taken ashore and several hundred tons of coal discharged overboard, she floated off and was beached at Alert Bjv. ten miles distant. A bowlder had pene trated her forward compartment, knock ing off a plate and admitting a large vol ume 01 water, nut tne damage coutd not be ascertained until the tide had fallen, which would have been yesterday six hours after the Topeka left. Captain Carroll told the passengers he was un able to ascertain the extent of the injury, and that he might possibly patch up the aperture and return to the Victoria dry aock lor repairs. 1 wo of tne excursion ists decided to return and comedown on the Topeka, and the others stopped by the vessel and will continne north on the next trip of the Topeka. The officers of the Topeka think the Queen more seriously damaged than at first re ported, and that it will require much labor and expense to put her in first class condition. A. Lordeaux of Duluth. one of the Queen's passengers who came down to day, sa:d that the shock of the vessel go ing on tne rocks was scarcely felt, and that few realized that the ship was aground until next morning. The beach ail along Cormorant Island is sand ex cept where the accident occurred, and that for fifty or sixty feet is strewn with sharp jagged rocks. The passengers are encamped ashore, enjoying the novelty of the excursion. WANTS A DIVORCE. Irs. W. K. Tanderbllt Considering: the Advisability or In.tltatlug Salt. New York, August 29. A Paris dis patch says: Mrs. W. K. Yanderbilt has under consideration the advisability of instituting proceedings for a divorce. The difficulties, it is said, nearly reached a climax some months ago, when the party on the yacht Valiant in the Medi terranean separated. About ten weeks ago Cornelius Yanderbilt went to Lon don to stop further proceedings, but was unsuccessful. Mrs. Vanderbilt is repre sented by Colonel William Jay of New York, who is now in Germany, A prop osition is said to have been made by Mrs. Vanderbilt for a separation on the basis of an annual allowance ot $300, 000, the custody of her children and the possession of three houses at Newport, lsiip ana JNew xork. it is said that Mr. Vanderbilt offered no objection, but would only consent to terms less liberal than those asked by Mrs. Yanderbilt. She has refused his proposition, and fur ther discussion is postponed until the arrival of Colonel Jay in Paris. Mr. Vanderbilt yesterday declined to dia- cuss the matter further than to say that he had instituted proceedings in divorce. . African Steamship Line. Philadelphia, August 31. The first direct steamship line between America and the west coast of Africa has been chartered in the State of New Jersey. It will be known as the African Steamship Company. About half of its stock is subscribed, and the boats will ply mon th ly between this city and Liberia, begin ning about October 1. The company, which will receive a subsidy from the i uoerian government 01 iiu.uuu a year, 1 intends to sarry the United States mail.