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CONDON, GILLIAM CO., OltKGON, TIIUItSDAY, NOVEMUElt G, 1902.
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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
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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.