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" Wiit Iq win," "oaaa rorp," "Hera't licy," tc.,CU, W. PARUNO. ' ATTORXEY'AT-LAW. Notary Public atjl Coovcjaneer. , . CIIAPTEtt XXVII. i In hl muhvn larra, uttered the word Cfljitalii CSrant we wy atill call the that inilUatt-J hla auri.ri.. a mil. CONDON, ORKCJON 8. A. PATTIHON. NOTARY PUBLIC. Office in oiul IlulMlnf. CONDON, ORKOON J r. WOOD, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. ' Day and Night I'aiU I'rutupily Anawarad. omra HktoikI r Tarker BulMlnj, corner CONDON, ORKUON 1) R. 8. K. UNA. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Day and Nlgt Call I'romptly AtundaJ. CONDON. OREGON T. L. RlCKLlN. DENTIST. Office Orar Wilwn rharraa r. CONDON, OREGON C. S. PALMER. Artistic Barber SLEEK SHAVES an? HAIR-CUTS Razors Honed and Re-Ground CONDON, OREOON. .. Oregon mionriiiNE Union Pacific 3 TRAINS EAST DAILY Through rullman standard and tour- lov oiwpuiK uufb ouiiy 10 iniana, Chi- cfo, tpokane ; tourlHt Hlceping car daily to Kansas city j through 1'ullman tourist BUIU.il II nna. I wi . ...ill.. I . weekly to Chicugo, und KaiiBas City. IWJininfr choir cars iscata free) to the i fMKk UUJiy, .:' nun of many namca, In mlir to dUtin-j loud; luuh HI in from hU ci)uln, Itoiri-r parrel had irorrd hla buldnrtta by rfinaiiiiiiit In t la vicinity when erythlni( aiMMiu'd t Indicate that baty Hltiht would l the mat tM'iM'flclal t hla Inteivtfte. lie ep"ined corniilrtily environed by fiHMi, and no matter which way hr? torn ed It did acom aa thmiich be wa bound to niect aome em-my, but he only ahut bla teeth the harder and determined to beat them all yet. There were several important thing that menaced him about which be knew nothing. The flrat of tbeaa waa the cape of Nora Warner for the aecotid time from, the mad houae, and the fact that aha and brave Jack, who loved her ao well that he waa ready to die in her cr vice, were even then cloning In upon the man upon whom both bad aworn a inllity oath to be avenged. Then, again, there waa another Utile fact of which the Captain wa ignorant the restoration of the Ituatilan detec tive to life. He bad not the leant idea lo the wide world but that the fellow had been dead In the chimney for duya; and, not knowing that the old mill wa occupied, and haunted by a fear text hi secret should become knQjrn, should any one by accident discover the body of the wantrackerk who might be readily reog niied a trie pcrfn witn wnom no una left Itichmond Terrace on the night when bl marriage had been ao abruptly brok en ,off by tho (light of Carol, a-nintcd by valiant Itogcr, he waa even now on hia way to the old milt with the full Intention of forever hiding the body of the alalu detective-for be waa absolutely poM tlve the man waa dcnd-froiu tho view of mankind. He had started out with a trowel and aome lime, intending to make aome luor tar and brick up the hole in the chimney through which he had dropped the boJy, but when be came to think It all over, there were several objection to thin plan. In the Aral place, any parties vimting the mill through idle curiosity aa they were liable to do any day, and this It wa that had urged blin on to the step be wa about to take could not but notice the difference in 'the mortar; the patch would be plainly aeeu, and their curiosity so esdted that nothing would do but an eiamlnatloQ, when the truth would be speedily disclosed. This had so disgusted him that he had hurled the trowel and little sack of lime into the bus !., and was about to turn back when he auddi nly became aeisd with a brilliant Idea. So stupendous wa this new thought, coming after bla late defeat, that he be came excited, and, losing no time, at once recommenced his walk toward the mill. It was far into the night, and the bright atarrf'Iooked down from above as though rebuking the dark thoughts that had been engendered in his brain. His new scheme, which hsd appeared to hhn as one well calculated to bring suc cess with It, was to tear down the chim ney, remove the body to some other tiart of the mill where it would get the full benellt of his further actions, and then gathering combustibles about the dead man, act fire to the old mill. The great structure would burn like tinder, and his Secret would be well kept. full of this idea, he hurried along the path he had taken on that other night, when with auch herculean strength he had borne the body of the detective from the spot where he bad struck him down, to the denser forest where he had after ward .brought his horse to bear the body to the mill. If he could dispose of the detective's body one-great object would be accom plished. He felt that when he struck the man-tracker down to death he had i.c complished much, for lu apite of his non chalance in his presence he had feared this nian like poison. When this work was accomplished he could turn upon his other foes oue by one and demolish them. Filled with these thoughts he hurried oh through the gloomy forest. The mill was quite a distance away, and yet he took no note of the passage of time, and was' so engrossed in his various schemes that almost before he was aware of the fact the old building' loomed iip before him. To the surprise of the Captain he saw lights in two different parts of the mill; one on the lower noor remote from the place where the body iad been concealed, the other higher up in a sort of loft, for merly used by the miller for some pur pose. The first he could comprehend, for he remembered hearing that an old woman had been known to inhabit the wing of the null for some years past, but what i the other meant he had not the remotest idea. Then a sudden fear assailed his heart what If the evidence of his crime had al ready been discovered? vhatever lay in his past, this man was not coward, so far, as brute courage was concerned, but this -was the first time bis soul had been-stained with actual mur der, and he quivered with horror at the thought of the doom awaiting him should his crime be detected and brought home to him. ' ' Soon the reaction came, and with it a determination to climb up and see who it was occupied the strong room of the dead miller. This waa easily done, for a tree grew close beside the building, and all that was necessary fnr him tn An u n tn drntv 1,1m. ' Arlington, Oregon self up among the branches of this until ne came on a line rvun tne little window from whence the light proceeded. No sooner did this idea enter his head than he hastened to put it into execution. To climb the tree was an easy task, and in very few minutes his head was on a level with tho window. When his eyes foil upon the occupant of the little chain- It i 1 . . i . a No. 2 Chicago Special........ 2:00 P M; "V T ,e w .1 "Vv? No. 4 Spokane Myer.. .12:40 A M fr thc c'd wa!? $at fhot through his No. 6 Mail & Express , 1:20 A M , ra,'r' nd UT hls trcmbHJn with a ' 1 . " sudden fear, there fell the words: ' . , WESTBOUND "It is his spirit." . - No. 1 Tortland Special 12 :12 P M IIe wa azin8 "P M" last victimthe No. 8 Portland Flyer... 8:05 A M Ku"lan detective, whose heart his wnr- No. 11 Mail AExpreaa....... 8:54AM derous knife had sought. P. TIERNEY, Agent. ; p . CHAPTER XXVIII. , Arlington, Dir. Perhaps the man in the tree may have, Ocean steamers botween Portland and Ban Francfsco every five daja. LO W RATES I Tickets to and from all parts of the united htatcs, Canada and Europe. Far particulars call on or address D. TIERNEY, Agent 0. R. & N. TIMETABLE Trains Depart from Arlington EAST BOUND . at any rate tlis detectlva turn. and looked toward the window, and wonb! have discovered the spy but that ho bad dropped behind a limb and was hidden ii- l. ...... ... " noi at nrst wnetner it was tue detective In the flesh, or bla spirit and in either case it was bad enough to uiaao mm smver. ; Vntcy his feellng-so close to thl Ilus slan bloodhound who was on bis track, uoumiess armed with all the papers nee eary lo take blm across the water to in most terrible doom that could befall a man, and beside which death at the glblM-t or guillotine lost Its terrors a life in the salt mine of Hlberla for tremen' dou political offenses aaalnst the Caar. Hatlsfled, apparently, that he bad been mistaken In thinking that be heard noise, the man resumed bla work of writ ing, am Captain Grant gradually raled hi head again. For ten minutes those tlirer eves wera giueu upon the detective. Then the sol uier began to descend the tree with the agility and the nolaelesaneas of a eat. mice upon the ground he stood and shook nis net upwsrd, muttering low words which contained terrible tbreau. Turn ing, be vanished from view among the trees beyond the mill, and tn about the same place as where the two women had seen him disappear on that other evening. when tliey could not tell whether it wa Itoger larrel or some one else, th two men ocing or the ssme build and the at mosphere deceptive. A couple of houra later Captain Grant once more appeared upon the scene. In hi hand he carried a large can of coal oil, stolen from some neighboring farm house. His object wa apparent-he in tended to destroy the mill by fire nfter all, and if the thing were iwssible get rid of the detective at the same time. For some time be elided ahmit in h lower part of the mill. Not a light was to be seen, for Carol had retired to her room In the dwelling and her mother bad closed tne Minds In the lower storv so that ah might be undisturbed in her occupation of reading old letters from her husband. Jhe Captain used a dark lantern, iml in a short time had everything arranged. A slow match was Ignited that would take a certain length of time to burn, and during thia time be meant to aecnr tho detective in hi room. Escape by means of the window was out of the question, for it waa ouly a small bull's-eye ooenlnir. and even a much more slender man than the Russian detective would have bad trouble In passing through It I n the stairs crent the won lit-1, a mnr. derer with thc atealth of a burglar. HI ears were on the alert for any sound, but nounng was to be heard save the heavy reaming or tne sleeper in the little room aii this while the slow match he l.n.i Ignited down below was slowly creeping toward tne on saturated rags and chips, Nuien once biasing nothina could extin gulsh. Captain Urant little knew wh.it danger he was incurring, and the terrible trap ne wa about to enter. ' Keaching the room in which the Itn slan detective lay sleeping, having thrown nimseir upon the cot without undressing, ne iookcu in. me candle atill Kiirn,l .... .1 : . 1 m . - . 1 . mini irom warn oi snumnir. and n tne door was open he saw that the key on ine imnue. To remove this to the outside was his first care. This he accomplished without awamng tne sleeper, and then all was In readiness for the culmination of his plan, but he could not resint the temptation to creep across the little room and glont over bis enemy once more before the nre cremated him. I now his eyes gleamed aa he elan..! down upon the man who had hunted him so long, and whom his knife had failed to Kin. ins breath came hard, as though excitement reigned within, and his hand unconsciously sought the weapon in bis pocket. I At this Instant, however, the right hand of the detective suddenly shot upward and clutched the-throat of the soldier, and nt the same time threw himself up- , waru. 'PI.- a ' . ' ' ... I "-- mo "i iuviu went over with a crash, locked In a deadly embrace, and upon tne noor there ensued a terrible struggle. h,aeh man put forth his best efforts, .and, had the detective beeti fully 'well, he would have had but little diili culty in mastering the other, for he was a man of Wonderful physique, but the re cent cowardly v blow received from this self-same man had weakened his frame considerably, so that he had all he could do to equal tne fierce endeavor made by Captain Orant to overcome him. iney managed in some unaccountable manner to gain their feet, and, like a couple of giants, swayed to and fro, as if they were two reeds bending in the breeze. - . . All at once they went to the floor with a great crash, and such was the force of their fall that they were separated, each being hurled in an opposite direction. When Captain Grant managed to gain his knees, it was only to hear a sharp snap. The door had' moved by the vio lence of their actions, slammed shut. Remembering that it was a spring lock, the man uttered a cry full of horror, and. springing forward, attempted to open it, but the door remained fast. The spring lock had caught, and he himself had re moved the key to the outside, thus scal ing his own doom, as It appeared. When the full consciousness of their i o sition broke upon him, Captain Grant ut tered a low cry of horror, for his soul was overwhelmed by the magnitude of tho doom he had thus cunningly brought upon himself." Hearing an exclamation of triumph from his enemy and recent adversary, he turned. The candle still burned feebly close at his hand, and he could see the de tective half crouching on the floor, while a pistol was in his hnnd. Captain Grant was equal to the occa sion, however, for with one blow of hia hand he hurled the candle to the further end of the little compartment, causing darkness to ensue of such densenesa that neither could see the other. "Hold, manl" cried the Captain, hoarse ly; "of what use are hostilities nowt We are bound to die together here Ilk rata tn a hole." "What mean you, serpent? came from thprelgn agent", who was panting hear iiy, "I mean that we are locked in here, and the old mill is on fire. Under the door even now you can see an Increasing light. Listen, and you will hear the voice of th fire fiend. W are doom ed T . nils la your work, demon!" ejaculated the detective, Jumping op and vainly rat tling the door. I acknowledge it, but I have been caught In r-y own trap," answered the miserable Captain. To their ears now cm a low, matter ing Bound, like increasing thunder. It was the savage flame eating their way Upward, roaring, dancing and shooting wljdly, this way .and that, as they rapidly enveloped the whole of th doomed build ing. - (To b ecortnoed.) EVENTS OF THE DAY GATHERED FROM Aa PARTS OP THE TWO HEMISPHERES. Comprchcnalv Review of th Import. ant Happening of tb Past Week, . Prcnt4 lai Condensed Form, Most Likely to Prov Interesting to Our Many Reader. INGENIOUS BROOKLYN THIEVE8. Tope Piua i in ill health. A Japanese warship 1 reported to have fired upon a Russian steamer. The British ambassador at St. Peters burg ho been informed that Russia will make concession! to Janan K.t.. ft.. 11.1 !.. l UnllA- T... I and Kifla at Leianr. I 11)0 supreme court oi Minnesota has Thieve; In Brooklyn nowaday ore qhed the bribery indictment against not only Industrious, but Ingenlou. A "-Mayor Ames, oi Almneapoii. truck wa driven recently to the bom General Taft is now eecreUrr of war oi a woman living in ucean uui eany president Konaovelt t rl hiah mmni - 1 a- - uaku wM'fr'a In the afternoon. A uav young man ments to Elihu Root, ihe retiring secre- in cnarge ot it saia. aaareing tne tary 1 woman by name, that her busband bad ordered a lounge to be sent to her, and be wished to deliver it The woman de clared that her husband bad told ber nothing about it, and that It must be a mistake. Tbe young man Insisted. GOVERNMENT FO ALASKA. II The senate has tequested the Dresi dent' to transmit Panama correspon dence, if not incompatible with public interests. The house committee on Indian however, that It wa no mistake; that nir? 1,88 aeclded to report favorably tbe lounge bad been tiald for. and be ine vm the sale of lands on wished to obey instruction by deliver- the Grand RonJe, Oregon reservation ing it. ine woman, in tne circum- benator Ankeny is working hard to stances, thought It might be all right, have Fort Walla Walla retained as a especially a there was nothing to Jay, I military post and it will be as a cour and allowed the young man and bis tesy to the senator if it is not abol- asslstant to bring the lounge Into the house and place It In tbe balL After they left she went upstairs. About an bour afterward tbe suave young man returned, with bis assistant, and, with many apologies, explained that be had made a mistake after all; that the lounge bad been bought by a man of a somewhat similar name, but of a different address, and that he would take it away and deliver It to tbe right person. Tbe lounge- was then carted off. Soon after the truck drove away the woman discovered that valuable cloth. nig and jewelry were missing from a room on the parlor floor. Aa she had George A. Rose, defaulting cashier of been alone in tne House before the I a Cleveland bank to tbe extent of 1187, lounge was delivered, and bad seen the 000, lost it all speculating in grain. nlrit li Inav urtrl laii'olwtr In Via Mwitn m iris I v.v,u.H8uHj,vtvu, tuc.vvtu.l., T1.A faaOnflf A Hill totr ,0 1 QtK foU I A. tl J - .1 - iL.i " -- " .w WVV uiue ueiore, sue uaiurauy ueciueu inai hm - p,nama AaKata j- x Huwuiai vas W isbed. France deemes the Far Eastern situa tion very warlike. Natives in Morocc are commitinsr ter rible atrocities on foreigners. An alleged snubbing of Miss Alice Roosevelt has put society at the capital in a flutter. The coroner's jury has returned a verdict of sucicde in the Wbitaker Wright case. Russian troops are reproted to be taking positions in Manchuria and on the border of Cotea. her visitors could solve the mystery of their disappearance of they chose to do so. After consulting with friends. It nppettn thnt mlntlon of tb problem lay In the fact that tbe lounge was one of a well-known variety, which, when opened, have a hollow interior, large enough to hold a small man and afford space in which to stow away snugly jewelry and fine clothing. It is said this game has been successfully but quietly played In several streets of Brooklyn recently. New York Trib une. and perhaps in the mean- EVERYBODY HAD TO SNEEZE. ib ended, time. One hundred and five bodies have been recovered from the mine in Peun 1 ; i . . ... syivsnia wueie tne recent disaster oc curred. extreme cold weatner prevails in Northern Michigan. Cattle were frozen stiff in the barns. All outside work is stopped. The thermometer registers 48 degrees below The powers say mediation between Russia and Japan is impossible. Rus sia first suggested it. Senator Mitchell Fatbera BUI Which Will Stroagty frg. Washington, Jan. 30. Senator Mitchell has introduced a bill making further provisions for a civil govern ment for Alaska, and will strongly urge its early passage. The bill is a fol lows: Be It enacted by the senate and house of representatives of the United States of America In congress assembled, That action 2 of title 1, chapter 1. of an ct entitld: "An act makina-fnrth. vision for a civil government for Alk. and for other purpose," approved June 6, 1900, be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to read as follow: "bection 2. There shall be appoint ed C0L0MBIAT0 FIGHT DESIDES TO SEND AN EXPEDITION AGAINST PANAMA. dcswral Reya Largely Responsible-Told ' HI Government That Americans Will Only Keep Troops Out of Canal Zaa -Crowd of Indians Attempt to Sar prtM Anwrfcaa rjanboat. Panama, Feb. 1. News has reached here from Bogota that, inasmuch as Generals Revea and mere snail be appoint- for th district-a governor. tshe, ,nrea Colombia, that tbe United State shall reside therein during his term of , only object to her landing forces ia office and be charged with the interests the canal rone, the Colombian govern of the United Plates government within ' ment Intends to organize and send an the district. To the end aforesaid he, expedition against Panama, shall have authority to see that the The only explanation of this news J88 re,. enforced and to require the from Bogota is that the government of faithful discharge of their duties by the Colombia is compelled to take some officials appointed to administer the steps to prevent its downfall. This is same. He may also grant rerripvp said tn h imminent ,. i ...:. j . xt.. ever Bo- thereon shall be made known. He should it be put through ' shall be ex-officio commander in chief I People arriving here from Colombia of the militia of the district, and shall declare the situation in that country is hav Iran rait n tk. . V I : . ' " - v v.. wua us Niu,0 wuen gruwing worse every day iicvcmm j wj mc uuo execution ot tbe laws and to preserve the peace, and to cause all able bodied citizens of th United States in the district to enroll and serve as such when the pnblie ex igency demands; and he shall nerform generally in and over said district such acta as pertain to the office of. governor of a territory, so far as tbe same may be made or become applicable thereto." MUST MAKE WAR. iui oueiiBea commiwea against tbe law roquin has lost all the prestige he .1 uiuintv w oi me united states bad. There is much speculation in Until tnA nviairn rt IKa s.A:n.A a- it. .... v uu ii fjBiut-iii: K'Jia aarj iu inn nil rrm r, m in A cage and engine at a Victor; Colo rado, mine got beyond control and 14 men rode to their death. Qaeer Scene When Pepper Flew Windows of Elevated Train. "A-chewl "A-chewl" It was in the last car of a Sixth ave nue elevated uiln speeding between Grand and Bleecker streets the other I adopted resolutions favoring the afternoon, 'l ne car was crowded, and 1 fair. The National Good Roads associa tion, at a meeting in Washington, 1905 a portly, prosperous-looking gentleman sounded the first note of alarm. Every otuer man m tne car laughed lor a minute and slyly sized up the portly man with a quizzical glance, Inspired by the suspicion that he had been "tak ing something." a statuesque blond young woman, smartly gowned, directed attention to herself by emitting an unmistakable "A-chew!" and everybody in the car looked at her. She flushed and turned to look out of the window. She sneezed three times In succession. But there was no laughing this time, because every man in the car, and woman, too, for that matter, was doubled "over In a paroxysm of sneezing. Even the guard on the platform joined in the chorus that came from every sent Twenty" men "a-chewed, a-chewed" at the same time. "Wonderwhat8 the matter?" said the portly man. "Pepper," replied a man who said he was in the spice business. "But hov.? it get in the car?" per sisted the portly man.' , "Came in through the windows," said the spice man. "You see, we have Just passed through the spice district. I suppose the porter is sweeping out the place where he had been packing pep per for shipment,, and a lot of the dust enme out of the windows and was blown into the car. Every train com ing up the line for, the next half hour will hold a lot of sneezers." "Well a-chew! It's a blooming out rage," said, or rather sneezed, the port ly man. "That's what It is a-chew!" assented the spice man. rNew York World. Roosevelt and Hanna are said to have, reached an agreement by which the lat ter is not to be a candidate for president. Rescuers at the scene of the ereat Pennsylvania mine disaster had to be rescued. Few bodies have yet been re covered. President John Mitchell, of the Unit ed Mineworkeni, refused to allow the national convention to raise his salary f z.uuu a year. A snow storm near St. Louis rend ered lights invisible and two trains came together. Three persons were killed and a number injured. Wbitaker Wright, the noted promot er, convicted of fraud and sentenced to seven years' penal servitude, has cheat ed justice by dying within an hour after sentence was. pronoucned. Pois oning is suspected. Coates Kinney, the author and poet. . . - - is dead. ,; Secretary Root is prepared to turn over his office to General Taft. Japan and Russia are growing bitter and regard each other with suspicion. mar y wv . . mayor carter Harrison, witb seven others has been held for the Chicago tneaternre. mt. . . ' ine nouse nas passed tne army ap propriation bill, carrying approximate ly 175,000,000. The Middle West is suffering from Kassun Reply to Last Not WU1 Not Bo Satisfactory. London, Jan. 30. It was made known officially today that Russia had completed her reply to Japan. l be uaiiy iiaii professes to be able to affirm that Russia's draft of her reply has not yet been officially pre sented to Japan, but that it has been communicated to M. Knrina, the Jap anese minister at St. Petersburg, who has transmitted the contents to Tokin. whence it will be conveyed to the friendly powers. The Russian reply is courteous, the Daily Graphic continues, but it refuses, in uncompromising terms, to permit the reinsertion in the draft of the treaty of the two words, guaranteeing the integrity and independence of utnna upon which Japan insisted in her last note. The clause proposed by Japan was tnat Kusaia and Japan should mutually agree to respect the integrity and inde pendence of China and Corea. Russia has now stricken out twice the word "China" and it is understood this will close the negotiations. It is probable, the Daily Graphic goes on, tbat when this not has been pre sented japan will notify Baron De Rosen, the Russian minister at Tokio. that she has no alternative bnt to take np arms m defense of her interests. and that M. Kurina will be instructed to demand his passports. In the mean. time instructions have been sent to the two Japanese cruisers now at Colombo to proceed to Singapore. LARGE FIRS IN YUCATAN. A Philosopher. hurricane blowed . my house "The down." "Too bad." "An' the earthquake swallowed my land." "Worse still. "But, thank heaven, there was a mortgage on both of 'em, on" that's been swallered, too!" Atlanta Consti tution. II Waa Lazy, Mrs. wnite anw ao wisn yo' was lak dnt Mont Pelee. ' Mr. White How am dat? Mrs. White Had plenty ob dust en wah active. . The Usual Thing. . I shot an arrow Into the air; It fell to earth I knew not where Until a neighbor set up a howl Because I'd killed a favorite fowL rvti , severe com snap, ine temperature is far below zero at many points. a . rvepreseniauve nermann says it is false economy not to pass a river and harbor bill at the present session. Roosevelt has decided to ignore the charges against H. Smith Woolley and has reappointed him assayer at Boise. Secretary Root is strongly opposed to tne proposed law tnat all Philippine freight be carried on American vessels. He says it wilt place the country at the mercy of ship owners. Major Hoyt Sherman, brother of General W. T. Sherman and of Secre tary John Sherman, is dead. It is reported that Tope Pius intends to retire in a short time. Japan proposes to make a military demonstration in Corea. Russian military activity at Black sea ports is greater than ever before. Although war rumors are very num erous, the trend of affairs makes more for peace. Blaze at Principal Port of Procreaso Cause $2,000,000 Lou. Mexico City, Jan. 30. Fire al Pro gress so, the chief port of Yucatan, des troyed an entire square of business houses and public buildings, including tne market. The loss is 12,000,000. The railway offices were also consumed. The public buildings were not insured, and the loss on them is (300,000. Fifteen thousand bales of - henequin were burned. The business quarter, in which the fire 5rst broke out, is half a mile . from the wharves, and fronts on the Ala meda, the most beautiful plaza, in Pro greso. The-origin of the fire is un known. The square, which was con sumed, consisted for the most part of one story buildings occupied by busi ness houses. The market house, "a large Single story buildingj which fur nished the only means of obtaining food supplies, was destroyed.' , v Large Coal Mine to Work. Pueblo, Colo., Jan. 30. Circulars received in this city today from the general sales department . of the Colo rado fuel and iron company are taken by business men. to mean the early re sumption of all departments of the big plant, which closed down two months ago because of the coal strike.. The circulars say in part: "We are now pleased to announce that affairs have so shaped themselves as to enable ns to resume operations." This announce ment is sent out under the direction of the vice president and general manager Try to Surprlso American. Colon, Feb. 1. The United States gunboat Bancroft arrived here today from the San Bias coast. She reports the attitude of the San Bias Indians at Caledonia bay to be not only unfriend ly, but decidedly aggressive. Last Tuesday men from one of the Bancroft's boats insisted upon purchasing a few cocoanuts from the Indians and paid more than full value for them. To ward 11 o'clock that night, when it was dark, 20 canoes 'were seen ap proaching the Bancroft. The gunboat turned her searchlights on the canoes, and it was revealed that each boat car ried as many Indians as could crowd in, probably 200 in all. There is no doubt that their intentions were hos tile. They hoped to reach and sur prise the ship. The commander of the Bancroft ord ered the gunboat cleared for action and her guns were loaded and trimmed ready for use. A quick firing Colt gun waa placed near the gangway and ord ers were given to the gunners of thia piece to keep up ceseless fire all round the canoes. ; As soon aa the Indians heard this rain of bullets they immediately be. gan to retreat toward the shore. The gunners were given express orders not to fire at the Indians, so the bullets cut the air and churned the water all around them. No shots were fired at the Bancroft, which at once sailed for Colon to bring the report of the occurrence. CO RE AN REVOLT IS SPREADING. Increased Taxation la the Signal for Lawlessness. New York, Feb. 1. Internal disturb- ance in Corea is spreading, cables the Herald's Seoul correspondent. It is the result of increased taxation. The governors of three provinces report that their officers have been captured by or ganized bands and government fund taken. ' Details have just been received hero of the disturbances at Vladivostok dur ing the celebration of Russian Christ mas. It waa created by intoxicated Russian marines and Japanese women. Numerous houses were destroyed most ly Japanese, but including the Russian theater. The usual fighting occurred. As happens on such occasions, there was considerable brutality, but no fa talities. The marines weie not brought under control until much oronertv had been destroyed. .';.-. tThe notification of Corean. neutrali ty, cabled from Che Foo tb the powers, was unknown in the Cof'ean' foreicn office until replies were received' from the representatives, abroad. 'The inti mation waa that it was arranged by Yi Yong Ik and liven Sanar Knn. tho latter having just returned from Rus sia. .. . , . The Corean minister at Tokio ha been instructed especially to urge Ja pan's immediate recognition of Corea 's neutrality. - , ' v ; Improves the Mall Service. .London, Jan. 30. It is.' announced here that the Canadian government has made a contract with the Allan line of steamers for an improved mail service between Canada and Great Britain, to commence next , August with the tur bine steamer Victorian and to be sup plemented later with a sister ship, the Virginian. The British terminus of the service will be Moville, Ireland, the year round, while the Canadian terminus will be Quebec. Money to Remain Untouched. Panama, Jan. 30. The constitution al convention today appioved a meas ure providing that of the $10,000,000. to be paid to the republic of Panama by the United States for the right to use the canal zone 18,0(10,000 is to re main untouched for the future benefit of the new republic. ' Turkey Has Mot Sold Cruiser. Philadelphia,' Feb.-. 1. Reiteration of the story of the sale of the 'Turkish cruiser Medjidia brought forth an em phatic denial, today on behalf of the Cramps company.' It was stated that at no time has there been any negotia tions for the sale of the cruiser to eith er Russia or Japan. An official of the company says: "The sultan takes great interest in the building of a mod ern navy for Turkey, with vessels of the most advanced type, and therefore we feel sure that he would not consider any offer to sell the ship.!' , i Price on Heads of Officers. Constantinople, Feb. ' 1. The norte has notified the Austrian and Russian embassies that the Macedonian com- mittees have arranged with the Albani ans lor liberal rewards to have thenj kill every foreign officer sent in to the provinces in connection with the reor ganization of the gendarmie under the reform scheme of the powers. The porte, therefore, objects to the officers wearing foreign uniforms, as their lives , are thereby endangered. Little Hop for New Building. Washington, Feb. 1. The policy of this congress in relation to appropria tions for federal buildings was consid ered today by the senate committee on public buildings and grounds, but no decision was reached. Readers of the house are said not to favor any extens ive appiopnations for new buildings.