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HAS TKXEE TLV.ES TKS CKCtLAEGX OP ANY PAPER IN TKS CCl'STY. NDON J'uMlnhed Kvtr t ThurwUr by S. A. Pattlon Kill tor and Proprietor. DTZKTISIXa BATES, Profaafoua! crJ I 1.00 jsr Kionta On tqnv l.M per montB dOna-juartreolumli.. ...... .. l.'O jx-r mouth ttio-hulf column. (.00 r mon tD On column , 10.00 per tnouttt UBSCltirTION MATM. One J oar (In advance) ....I-1 If not paid In advance 1W Mi tnoiitht, i w Thr month w Muile eople. .'. b Bntluen local will be charged at to c.-nli nor nin lor Drat ltiwrtlon and eenU pr lina tnereai ler. Iftl advertlmnt will In all eawi t Charged In Ihe party ordering them, at h-srsl rate, aad paid for be (or affidavit i furuishoit. VOt. XII. TUB OFFICIAL AND LEADING PAPER OP QILLIAM COUNTY. gl6be. GO CONDON, GILLIAM CO., OltKGON, TIIUItSDAY, NOVEMUElt G, 1902. - , i NO. 33. EVENTS OF THE DAY GATHERED FROM ALL PARTS OP THE TWO HEMISPHERES. Comprehensive Review of the Import, ant Happenings of the. Past Week, ' Presented In Condensed Form. Moat Likely to Prove) Interesting to Our Many Reader. Another great eruption of the volcano of Sou fir lore may be expected soon, The German government haa appro priate! 1500,000 for tho expanses of tta ' exhibit at tho 1004 lair at tr President Mitchell has all the data prepared which he Intend to present it la called for. The United States chief of engineers haa announced that no dredge will be built fur the Columbia, leaving im provement to present machines. The revolution In Colombia will like ly be settled without further bloodshed. The rebela are now endavoring to ar range eaoe ternia with the government. A ruling baa been made by a New York judge that any criminal cane tried In Cuba bv Americana during their oc rn pat Ion may bo retried by the Cuban courts. Petretary Root has approved the dls appearing gun carriage in connection with go n of ali-lnch calibre, as well as those of larger bore. Generat Milea was opposed to its adoption. The first pension to be granted to a claimant in the Pacific Northwest, under the Indian War veteran bill passed at the laitt reunion, is to Patrick Maloney, of Portland, who haa just been allowed $8 a .month. French coal minora on strike have renewed their rioting. The rsar of Rtunia Is suffering from a severe attack of nervous prostration. Nearly all of the troops fn the an thraclte coal region have been sent home. 81k miners weie seriously injured In a Michigan mli.e by a premature ex plosion. Ex-President Cleveland, In a speech in New Jersey, made a strong attack on the present tariff laws. Three men were injured In Chicago in connection 'with disturbances inci dent to the bill potters' strike. t reHiueni itousevew nas removeu from the temporary executive quarters to the remodeled White House. Fire in Montreal destroyed much valuable property. It was necctsary to call out tho entire fire department be fore the flames were brought under control. Burglars entered a New York hotel and secured several thousand dollars in money and a like amount in jewelry. It is supposed they chloroformed their victims. The Foreman shoe company, of Cin cinnati, one of the Urgent in the coun try, has failed. ' The collapse was caused by several smaller concerns going nnder owing large amounts to the Foreman company. Negotiations for Cuban reciprocity will be renewed by Secretary Hay. Governor Yates, of Illinois, is suffer ing from an attack of typhoid fever. Two of the largest anthracite coal companies in Pennsylvania are to con solidate. - ' The Alaska salmon back shows an increase of 400,000 cases over that of last year. As far as in, the evidence in the Molineu'x case looks very bad for the defendant. Another man has been arrested for holding up the Northern Pacific train in Montana. W. J. Bryan's special train collided with a fieight in Colorado, and three people were Injured. The cholera death rate in the Philip- pines is constantly going higher. At present 7ft per cent of the cases prove fatal. Colombia's delay in presenting canal note Is probably due to its being vexed over American activity at Panama. The business man who is contented with his business has stopped growing. The man who says he has business enough, therefore haa no need to adver tise, has reached the full flood of the tide. But after the flood is the ebb always. It is a law of nature that nothing shall remain in a state of rest. Everything grows, or it decays. No business can remain at a standstill for any considerable time. Printers Ink. A riot over nonunion labor at Chi cago resulted in injuries to Boven men. A wealthy Quincy, Illinois, farmer has been arrested for the murder of his daughter's suitor. The chief of the naval ordance bureau reports in favor of sacrificing speed for armament in the construction of bat tleships. President Hill, of the Great Northen, in a speech tc Montana farmers, said his road would make another cut in , freight rates soon. , A Northen Paciflo special agent has expressed his doubt of the man ar rested for holding up a train in Mon tana a few days ago being the right one. President Roosevelt celebrated his 44th birthday October 27. He spent tbe day attending to bis customary du , ties. Many messages of congratulation ' were recelyed. COMMISSIONERS GET TO WORK. Coal Strike Board Starts on Its Tour of Impaction of the Mines. Scranton, Pa., Oct. 31. The seven commissioners appointed by President Roosevelt to adjust the differences be tween the anthracite mlneworkers and their employers made a tour yesterday of the extrt ms upper coal field, and saw every a ep taken in the production of coal, from the time it Is blasted from the ground, hundreds of feet below the surface, up to the point where it is sent to market, ready ftr the use of the conr tumor, the arbitrators had an inter etliiK day, and returned to their hotel at 6 :30 o'clock grimy from coal duet and tired after eight busy hours of ob servation and Investigation. The trip was a novelty to most of thote in the commissioners' party, tome of whom never had been In the hard coal regions. The commissioners displayed tbe greatest interest in every feature of coal mining, and went kabout their work in a manner that was pleas ing to behold. The mining nuperin teitdents accompanied the commission ers. 1 lie seven arbitrators had to en dure many discomforts, make their way through wet places in the mines, almost crawl along some of the gang ways in the workings, and pass through clouds of coal dust Jn the breakers. Notwithstanding this, their esgerness for information was not diminished, and they expect to put in another day's work today in this vicinity. It would be unfidr to say that one commissioner displayed more interetrt than another, but it can be .truly said that Bishop Spalding asked more ques tions than any one of the others. He was usually in the center of a group of commissioners, and asked many ques tions of those who are employed in and about the mines. All the commissioners were good lis teners, but poor talkers, when ft came down to getting an expression from them on any feature of the mining business. From their actions today, it is cHain they have argeed not to say what they think of the questions that will come before them. Several per sons approached one or another of the commissioners during the day, merely for the purpose of having him say what lie thought of something he saw and in each case the Inquirer was rebuffed. Yesterday'a tour consisted of an in spection of No. 2 mine of the Hillside coal company, operated by the Erie company, and the coal breaker of the Delaware & . Hudson company. The former is located at Forest Cit), 22 miles north of this city, and the break er at Carbondaie. four miles south oi Foreat C'ty, .. ,.L , MINERS STAY OUT. Strike at Several Mines la Renewed Upon Orders from President Mitchell. Hazleton, fa., Nov. 1. The strike at the seven collieries of Coxe Bros. & Co., the four mines of U. B. Markle & Co.,' and the Silver Brook operation of J. 8. Wenta A Co., was officially re newed today through an order issued by District Secretary Gallagher, of the United Mineworkers, upon instructions from President Mitchell. The strikers at those mines were not permitted to return to work n a body, the Coxes In stating that their employes make per sonal application for their former posts, and G. B. Markle A Co. requiring each man before going back to work to promise to abide by the decision of the arbitration commission. The mine- workers allego tnat the object of these requirements is discrimination against men who were t rominent In the strike The trouble at Silver Brook is similar to that at Coxe Eros. The New Monitor Wyoming. Washington, Nov. 1. A telegram received at the nary department from Captain Dickens, at the Mare Island navy yard, contains the following re port of yesterday'a trial of the mon itor Wyoming: ' "The two hours' full speed trial of the Wyoming in the open sea was suc cessfully completed today. The mean revolutions for the two hours were 201.3. This corresponds to a speed of 11.8 knots. The general behavior of the ship in moderate sea and breeze waa satisfactory." Wrecked by Runaway Cart. Oxford, O., Nov. 1. The express for Chicago over the Cincinnati, . Hamilton A Dayton and the Monon routes collid ed with two runaway freight cars here last night, wrecking the engine, bag gage and mail cars. The fireman and two tramps were killed. The wrecked cars were burned. No passengers were hurt,, although they were badly shaken up. The freight cars were detached from a train that took the siding here to allow the Chicago express to pass, and were not noticed by the freight crew until too lote. Big Forest Fire. Missoula, Mont., Nov. 1. The Rocky mountain division headquarters of the Northern Pacific railroad has been in formed through private messages that an immense forest fire is raging across the river from the Flathead reservation. The flames are spreading unchecked, and millions of feet of the finest timber in this part of the state are be'ng de stroyed. It is believed that only a heavy rain or "snowfall will serve to quench the fire. Paper Factory Burned, Minnearjolia. .'Nov. 1. Six firemen were injured at midnight in a fire that entailed a damage estimated at $250, 000. The six-story factoryjbullding oc cupied by toe Minneapolis paper com pany, and owned by J. O. Oswald A Co., was gutted. The stock of the paper company, known also as Wright, Barrett A Stillwell. was consumed. The contents aie said to have exceeded 1200,000 in value." NEWS OF OREGON ITFMS OP INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS OP THE STATE. Commercial and Financial Happenings of the Past Week-Brief Review of th Orewtb and Development of Various Industries Throughout Our Comroon wealtB Latest Market Report. A postofllie has been established at Appleton,, Wallowa connty, on the route from Flora to Paradise. A new ledge, with a gnod width and of a very rich qnaiity of free milling ore, has been uncovered on the Lucky Boy mice, in the Blue river district. Public sentiment . is very much divided on the question of the proposed Blue mountain forest remrve. The general tendency, outride of mining cir cles, is favorable to tbe reserve. There Is quite a noticeable change in the expression of sentiment at Salem regarding the $500,000 appropriation for the Lewis and Clarke centennial. At first the amount seemed extrava gant, but it la now regarded In a differ ent light. Tho state piloting office is now work ing on the last form f the new Oregon code, and the two volumes will be tent to the bindery next week. It is ex pected that the new code will be ready for distribution about the middle of November. The present year will be the' greatest from a business standpoint in the his tory of the state land department. During the first nine months of 1902 the receipts from payments on sales of state land exceeded tbe total for any previous year. William Baldwin and his son, George, were sentenced to serve two ears and one year, respectively, in the penitentiary, the one for aiding and abetting, and the other for striking the fatal blow that killed Frank Carson in Portland a short time ago. A. J. Nlelon, ex-sheriff and tax col lector of Lake county, who was found guilty of defalcation in office by a Jury at the May term of court, lias been sentenced to four years in the peniten tiary and ordered to pay a $6,000 fine, to cover the amount of defalcation. An appeal has been taken to the su preme court. The recent decision of Judge Bennett mraiding the tegnT statM t the ordi nary iiop contract has furnished another argument for the passage of an act pro viding for a state hop inspector. The Oregon Uopgrowera' association at its last annual meeting declared in favor of such a law, and tbe growera general ly are desirous of seeing it enacted. Governor Geer Is making a tour of the eastern part of the state. The assessment valuation of Marion county has increased 4 per cent during the past year, according to the assessor. Senator Mitchell has departed for Washington, where he will take up his labors prior to the opening of congress. Judge Burnett has rendered a de cision which seems to be very sweeping in its effect and which will prevent hopbuyers from recovering possession of hops covered by the ordinary con tract. The decision is to the effect that the contract is a mortgage and that the grower can discbarge it by paying the money advanced to him, with interest. The Willamette river is "changing its course at Salem and threatens to leave that city high and dry unless steps are taken to stop it. The Willamette valley Prune asso ciation, of Salem, is shipping three carloads of prunes a day and is operat ing its packing house day and night All prunes are shipped in boxes bearing th association brand. Sales are being made on the basis price of 2 cents for the four sizes in bass and a half cent more for fruit in 25-pound boxes PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat WallaWalla, 67 68c; blue- stem 7374c; valley, 67c. Barley Feed, $21.00 per ton; brew ing, 122.00. Flour BeBt grade, 3.203.60; grab am, f2.903.20. Mlllstuffs Bran, $19.00 per ton: middlings, $23.60; shorts, $19.50; chop, $17. - Oats No. 1 white, $1.051.07 ; gray, II. U24(Si.uo per cental. - Hay Timothy, $10911: clover, $7.60; cheat, $8 per ton. Potatoes Best Burbanks, 6070c per sack; ordinary, 6055o per cental, growers' pricts; Merced sweets, $1.75 2 per cental. Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3,503 4.25; per pourd, 10c; hens, $44.50 per dozen; per pound, 11c; springs, $3.00 3.60 per dozen; fryers, $2.503.C0; broilers, 2.002.50; ducks, $4.50(9 6.00 per dozen; turkeys, young, 2 13c; geese, $6.0036.50 per dozen. Cheese Full cream, twins, 14K 154c; Young America, 15 0 17 factory prices, llo less. Butter Fancy creamery, 27)30c per pound; extras, . 30c; dairy, 18 20c; store, 12K15. Eggs 2530c per dozen. Hops New crop, 2225c per pound Wool Valley, 1215c; Eastern Oregon, 814Jc; mohair, 20S2tc. ueet urosB, cows, 3(936e per pound; steer b, 4c; dressed, 6(3 7c. Veal 78Xc Mutton Gross, So per pound dressed, 6c. Lambs Gross, 3Kc per pound dressed, 6X0. Hogs Gross, 6)6Ko per pound dressed, 77Jte. ' PRESIDENT ISSUES PROCLAMATION. Thursday, November 27, Is Designated as Thanksgiving Day. Washington, Oct. . President Roosevelt has Issued his proclamation designating Thursday, November 27, at a day of thanksgiving. The procla mation is as follows: "According to the yearly custom of our people, it falls upon the pretldent at this reason to appoint a day of festi val and thanksgiving to God- Over a century and a quarter has pased since this country took its place among the nations of the earth, and during that time we have had, on the whole, more be thankful for than has befallen to the lot of any other people. Genera tion after generation has grown to man hood and pasied away. Each has had to bear its peculiar burdens, each to face is special crisis, and each has known years of grim trial, when the country was menaced by malice, do mestic or foreign, when the hand of Uie Lord was heavy upon it in death by flood or pestilence, when in bodily I distrets and anguish of soul it paid the penalty of folly and a froward heart. Nevertheless, decade by decade, we have struggled onward Und upward; we now abundantly enioy material well- being, and under tbe favor of the Most High we are striving earnestly to achieve moral and spiritual uplifting. "The year that baa just closed has been one of peace and overflowing plenty. Rarely has any people en- ojed greater prosperity thsn re sre now enjoying. for this we render heartfelt and solemn thanks to the giver of good, and we seek to praise him not by words only, but by deeds, by tbe way in which we do our duty to ourselves and to our fellow men. "Now, therefore, I, Theodore Roofe- velt. President of tbe United States, do hereby designate as a day of general thanksgiving Thursday, the 27th of the coming November, and do recommend that throughout the land tbe people cease from their ordinary occupations and in their several homes and places of worship render thanks unto almighty God for the manifold blessings of the past year. "In witness whereof I have hereunto eetmy hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the City of Washington this 29th day of October, in the year of our Lord 1902, and of tbe independence of the United States tbe 127th. THEODORE ROOSEVELT." (Seal.) "By the president, . "JOHN HAY, Tama' ' --t-aaaWilSalaa T ... i UNITED STATES POSTOFFICES. Presidential Appointments for Past Year Establish Record. Washington, Oct,. 31. A total of 2,270 presidential postmasters were appointed last year, according to the annual report of J. L. Bristow, fourth assistant postmaster general, jnet is sued. This is the largest number ap pointed - in any one year in the history of the pottal service. The increase was due mainly to the expiration of com missions during the year, and the ad vance of many fourth class offices to the presidential grade. ' The total number of appointments of postmasters of all classes was 16,970, an increase oi 1,313. There was a slight increase in the number of re movals of postmasters ' for cause,' as a result oi a strict discipline tor carelessness and irregularities. There were 3,058 postoffices established and 4,059 discontinued, the latter attribut able mostly to the extension of the rural free delivery service and the con solidation of postoffices adjacent to large presidential offices. The number of postoffices in the United States June 30 was 7,924, of which 220 were first class, 1,023 second class. 3,488 third class and 71,193 fourth class. - NEW QUNBOAT LAUNCHED. First Craft Turned Out In Japan for America Christened. San Francisco, Oct. 31. The Japan Gazette of October 16 gives an extended account of the launching of the Rom blon, the first United States gunboat ever built in Japan. The launching was in connection with the official opening of the works of the Uraga and Ishikama Dock companies, on October 15.. The gunboat is one :of the five ordered for service in the Philippine islands. The vessel was chiistened by Miss Evans, daughter of Admiral Robley D. Evans, who broke the usual bottle of champagne. At the same time a paper cage at the bow was cut open and a number oi white doves liberated, the ah being, filled with paper blossoms which they scattered in their Sight. As the boat slid into the water whistles were blown and the bands played "The Star Spangled Ban ner." ' The ceremony was witnessed by about 250 invited guests, including many prominent personages. ) Big Cave-In at Mines. Joplin, Mo., Oct. 31 The Stewart mill and other valuable mining prop erty, including seven shafts in the Eleventh Hour tract at Prosperity, near here, taking in over two acres of ground, caved in today to a depth of 100 feet. The cave-in is probably the largest that ever occurred in the Mis souri-Kansas district. Fifty miners escaped uninjured, having been warned of the approaching danger by the cracking of the ground. N Bank Vault Blown Up by Robbers. Rochester. N. Y., Oct. 31. The vault of the private bank of Charles K Knapp at Sodus whs broken into with dynamite by burglars early today and a sum believed to be $5,000 secured. The building was wrecked by the force of the explosion. IMPORTANT RULING STRIKE COMMISSION MAKES DECISION IN REGARD TO WAGES. If Miners Oct More Pay, It Win Date from November 1 Vote Was Unanimous Arbitrators Have Under ConsSdcratioa Issuing of Prellmary Report Covering Three Moat Important Italics. ' Scranton, Pa., Nov. I. The first im portant action of the Anthracite Coal Strike commission, which is arbitrating the differences existing between tbe miners and their employers, -Iran taken today when it was announced by Car roll D. Wright, the recorder of tbe com mission, that if any award affecting the existing scale of wages should be made, tbe award shall be effective from November 1. It was fully expected that thi question would come op before the arbitiators, but the action of yes- terday stints gff any possible eontrover- y tbat either stde may have deired to raise. The miners wanted the new !, if one is made, to date from the time they tetnrned to work, but the operators left the matter to be decided by tbe commission. Tho mineworkers are perfectly satisfied, however, with the decision of the commission. The strike has been off nearlyone week, and most of the men have not worked more tbsn four or five days. Ths ssscsscs ment of the commission was contained in the following resolution: "Vote unanimous that if tbe commis sion at the conclusion of its hearings and deliberations makes any award affecting rates of wages, such award shall take effect' from November 1, 1902." It is possible that the commission may make a pieliminary report on three principal strikeqaeatioai. They are tbe increase in wages, a shorter work day, and the weighing of coal. After these have been decided, the com mission can take up all other questions without undue haste. It is known that the commissioners have this feature under consideration, and it ia probable a pieliminary report will be made. The commissioners spent the entire day yesterday in continuing their in spection of the mines and the mining region about Scranton. Ibey visited the Man vilie colliery, operated jointly by the Delaware & Hudson and the Delaware, Lackawana & Western com panies, in the forenoon, and the. after noon was spent in riding through the region on a special trolley car. The .commission will spend today in the vicinity of Wiikeebarre, returning here this evening. GREAT CABLE FINISHED. AO Britlsn Line Between Vancouver, B. C, and Brisbane, Australia. Vancouver, B. C, Nov. 3. The com pletion of the All-Red cable line be tween Vancouver and Brisbane was ac complished at 7 o'clock last night, al though the first message did not get through until this morning, when the announcement was made that one dream of the Imperialists was a reality. The cable is still in the hands of the contractors, and it will not be open for business for about three weeks. Dur ing that time it will undergo anelabor ate system of tests in order that the offi' cials may see that it is in thorough working order before being taken over from the contractors. The section between Bamfield creek and Fanning island, which is the long est in the world, has already undergone a series of tests, and had proved entire ly equal to expectations. The great question in the success of the cable was over this enormous section, but it was found by a recent test to 'give a speed of over 100 words a minute with the Deerlove transmitter. The actual time occupied in the transmission of a mes sage from this city to Sydney, Australia, will be leas than five minutes in the case of a short commercial message, and this time will be of course mainly oc cupied in the manual repetition of the message at Bamfield creek, Fanning island, Norfolk island and Brisbane. ARMOR PLATE STANDS TESTS. Qood Material for Battleship Nebraska, Now Building at Seattle. Washington, Nov. 3. During; the past week there have been two tests of armor plate at Indian Head. The first was madd with six inch projectiles on triangular six-inch Krupp plate to be used on the cruisers Colorado, Pennsyl vania, Maryland and West Virginia. Three shots were fired. The greatest striking velocity was 1,919 feet per sec ond. The armcr was penetrated only about two Inches. The other test waa with 11 inch Krupp plate to be used as Bide armor for (he battleship Nebraska, now under construction by the Moran Bros., of Seattle. In this instance i 10-inch gun was used, and the penetra tion was three inches. Both tests are said to have been successful. Qeneral Miles at Manila. Manila, Nov. 3. General Miles, who reached here today on the United States transport Thomas, from San Francisco, disembarked at 10 o'clock this morning. A salute in his honoi was fired from Fort Santiago. General Davis and a squadron of cavalry met General Miles at the landing place . in Manila and escorted him to the palace, where Governor Taft and the other members of the civil commission await ed the visitor. Overcome by Qas. Niagara Falls, Nov. 3. By a sudden rush of gas, supposed to have been sul phuretted hydrogen, four men were killed, and three seriously affected near the Twenty-fourth street of the big tunnel trunk sewer heading tonight, FOUND RUSSIAN SURVEYS. Old Monumeats Located as Indicated by Anglo-Russian Treaty. Seattle, Oct. 30. Advicea were re ceived frcm Jnneaa on the steamer Dol phin, which arrived today, that the missing Russian boundary monuments, which have been so energetically searched for by Lieutenant Emmons for the past two aeasons, have been discov ered by a prospector of tbe Porcupine district named Jamea If. de Biondeaa. He is a native of Marseilles, France, but he has been interested in tbe Por cupine district and the modus Vivendi strip for several years. Throoph his friendship with the Chilkat Indians be fttviaed iolorro8t1ir-Wt5t3rvelitnr- clew to the position of the first monu ment. From this start he followed along and discovered several more of tbe old landmarks put up years ago by the czar's followers. Tbe line marked by. these monuments is about five min utes inland from Pleasant camp, which is 17 miles from Klukwon. Tbe latter is five miles from tidewater, on the Chilkat river. This makes the Ruseian survey line approximately 27 milea in land to the Summit less than 10 ma rine leagues, and just where it would be expected to be from the language osed in the Anglo-Russian treaty of 1825. Tbe Rainy Hollow district 'is within American territory. LITTLE HOPE FOR CHINA. Southern Portion Reported in a Terrible State of Lawlessness. Tacoma, Oct. 30. "It will take 100 years or more of hard work and the ex penditure of hundreds of thousands of dollars to civilize Southern China." This statement is made by Henry W. Uuntzell, a Methodist Episcopal mis sionary, sent out by the Chinese mis sion two years ago to the Choeong sta tion in Southern China. He is now on bis way back to Chicago on account of ill health. in oouuiern i;nina murder is as frequent as meals, and it is called cus tom instead of crime. Natives have little or no moral laws. There is mar riage law, but it is only for pre taction of male inhabitants.' A Southern Chi nese woman, once married to a man, can never desert him. A man can have as many wives as be likes. Slave traffic is rampant in all parte of the sou them provinces. Fathers dispose of their daughters and wivea in the same manner as in this country we dispose of livestock. Notwithstanding conditions, within three years since our mission was opened we have made 260 converts. We have established two schools, and our meetings are well at tended." BANK SAFE BLOWN OPEN. The Robbers Take Their Time, While Pals Keep Off Intruders. Des Moines, la., Oct. SO. At Prairie City, early this morning, robbers dyna mited tbe safe of the Iowa State bank and secured an amount approximating $4,000. They exchanged a fusillade of shots with local officers and escaped. Night Watchman Erskme discovered four men approaching the bank at 1 o'clock. One of tbe men cornered him and kept him covered with a rifle for three hours, while another broke open tbe bank door and worked on the cafes. The other two men patrolled the street, and by a system of signals were able to hold at bay several citizens attracted to the scene. Five dynamite shots were fired by the man in the bank be fore he succeeded in getting at the cash- box. At 4 o'clock the men escaped, after firing a number of shots 1o terrify the citizens and shooting through a door at Erskine, who had opened fire. A posse was quickly formed and is now on the trail. PLANS FOR CRUISER OUT. Tennessee Win be a Powerful, Instead of a Fast Boat. Washington, Oct. 30. Acting Secre tary Darling has settled the question which has divided the naval construe tion board relative to the proposed armored cruiser Tennessee, by accept ing the l commendation of the majon ty of the board, which Jia in favor of power instead of high speed. The de cision was influenced, perhaps, by Ad miral Melville himself, who assured the acting secretary that the majoiity plana, though short in speed, would give the government a most formidable and desirable warship. Therefore, by direction of Mr. Darling, Judge Advo cate General Lemly today sent out ad' vertisements calling for proposals for the construction of twoarmoredjeruisers of the Tennessee class of about 14,500 tons displacement, the bids to be open.' ed January 6, 1903. The construction board now will perfect the plans for two small gunboats to be advertised soon. - ' ' For Chinese Trade. , Chicago, Oct. 30. The Record-Her aid tomorrow will say: The manage ment of the Harriman lines is prepar ing to make a vigorous campaign for increased Oriental traffic. With this end in view, orders will be given for the construction of four mammoth ocean going steamers to ply between Portland and Asiatic ports. The cost of the steamers will be between $2,- 000,000 and $3,000,000 each, and con struction will begin at once. Got the Wrong Man Butte, Mont , Oct. 30. A special to the Miner from Missoula says that Van' hazendoct, who was held on suspicion of being the lone bandit who held up the North Coast Limited on the North ern Pacific at Bearmouth last week has been released by the authorities. Trainmen who confronted the prisoner , today were unable to identify him as the robber. VESSEL GOES DOWN STEAMERS CAPITAL CITY AND T2At E2 COLLIDE O.N PUGET SOUND. Aa Immense Hole was Tors la the Hull of tbe Former and She Sank Twenty .'Passengers Aboard, but AO Escaped Court of Inquiry WUI be Necessary to Place the Blame. Tacoma, Oct. 30. The well known stern wheel steamer Capital City, Cap tain Edwards, operating between Olympia, Taeoroa and Peatite, and tbe small Canadian freighter Trader, Cap tain H. Parsens, which was en route from fcteveston, B. C, to Tacoma with a cargo of canned dog-fitih salmon for export on the steamer Tremont, collid ed about 6 :30 last evening off Dash point, three-quarters of a mile paet Brown's, point, towards Robinson's point. The Capital City was tunk. No one was seriously injured, although the Capital City had about 20 pas sengers aboard. An immense hole was torn in tl e sternwheeier's hull, on the port side. justaDaitoi the forward companioi way. She filled rapidly, and, h-d bare ly time to run for tb-sach, where she sank. It w"ithin a couple of hours of low tide when the mishap oc curred, and the after top of the Capital City's house sft m barely osi oi water, her paddle wheel entirely out of sight. Forward the main deck was clear. At high tide only the Texas waa out of water. The Trader's stem was torn off and a hole gouged in ber bow above the water line. She made port in safety. A court of inquiry will be necessary to determine blame for the accident. The captain of the Trader claims that he signaled twice to pass tbe Capital City on the starboard side. The first whistle was not answered, but tbe second was responded to with tbe star board signal. Tbe next thing he knew tbe Capital City attempted to cross bis bows. ' Tbe captain of the Capital City . says he did not see tbe trader. Tbe night was perfectly clear. CONTRABAND OPIUM SEIZED. Chinese Steward o Government Vessel Charged with Smuggling. Seattle, Oct. 30. Eighty pounds of cpium, which a Chinese steward on the coast survey steamer Gedney will be charged with attempting to smuggle from Victoria to Seat'. v.s.9 f; -o I aboard tho cutler by cuswcjs i-i f w,t-.is today. Eight parcels, worth in the ag gregate $1,024, were found in the steward's department. Gong Gee, tbe steward, is in the county jail awaiting trial for attempting to smuggle a coun tryman between tbe same points on the same voyage. A strange feature is the smuggler's cool nerve in selecting a government vessel for a vehicle with which to carry on his illegal practice. Secretary Shaw's son, a guest on the Gedney, was induced by some represen tative of the Celestial te say that Gong Gee wanted his effects thrown over board. This gave the officers a cue to search for opium. 1 SMUQfJLINO WORK EXPOSED. Many Contraband Chinamen Have Been Conveyed from Mexico. El Paso, Tex., Oct.' SO. What ap pears to be a gigantic smuggling con spiracy for conveying contraband China men from Mexico to California has just come to light here. For the past six months a half dozen United States marshals and secret service men have been working on the case, but the facta only became pubtio today. It seems that tbe Chinamen have been stowed away in box cars of outgoing freight trains and earned as far West as the California line. For these services the Chinese agent is said to have paid $100 for each man smuggled to Tucson and $150 for each one carried to Yuma. It was reported today that certain trainmen had been discharged for participation in the con spiracy, but this report has not been verified. JURIST VENTS HIS SPITE. America Now Understands How and Why It Lost the Samoan Case. Washington, Oct. 30. The officials here find an ample explanation of the adverse decision of King Oscar in the statement that comes from Stockholm to the effect that the king's decision was influenced by three jurists, one of whom was M. Cedarkranz, at one time chief justice of Samoa. It is stated that while filling that important poet, M. Cedarkranz came into frequent col lision with Judge Chambers, the Amer ican land commissioner, who afterwards succeeded Cedarkranz as chief justice, and it is believed that the personal ill- feeling that followed undoubtedly in fluenced the character of the advice given to King Oscar. Korea Breaks Pacific Record. San Francisco, Oct. SO. Tho Pacific mail company's new steamer Korea ar rived at noon today from Yokohama, breaking the record across the Pacific. The steamer made no stop between tbe coast of Japan and her home port, and came flying through the water at the average of nearly 500 miles a day. Yokohama, in a direct line to Saa Francisco, is 4,700 miles, The Korea made the passage in 10 day's, averaging 470 miles a day. Entire Freight Train Burned. La Porte, Tex., Oct. SO. An engine Bpaik today started a small prairie fire. A freight train following fanned the blaze and cotton on a fiat car was ignit ed. The entire train was burned.