The Santiam news. (Scio, Linn County, Or.) 1897-1917, August 30, 1901, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextSCIO, M.»ol«' *1 Wsthiwfl«* FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF C L. VINCENT. Prc^. A ( ompr«*wa*i>« Io*» tl th* tUpption.i W lh* Pul Wok ...IS cenia .. 25 “ ...IS - .. 2$ - Shaving Haw Culling Shlmpuouq .. Bal hi AU wort Specialist for Refraction anJ Defects of the Eye. rOKTI. % .Wl>. OR. Will mahr regular Iripe to Krio. W atch lural column lur date of vitlu. Commercial House _*. J. BliARI), Prop Nswly Furnuhrd and Rrfatrd Through Our table« ar« tupplwd w all th* hot ita liwirli aff.ml.j* kJ* South of Bodgr. SOO. OREGON ’ ft ...Horseshoeing a Specialty scio. X*;»? or . BANK.. OF.. SCIO CAPITAL, $20,000. OFFIQ RS ¿"r ■' ; r/ • 3 * t w Prasidsnt VkaPresident Cashtar Fat* WNuh Imports*« Pr«»«M«d I* Ma*< Lduly la Fra»« W tatarul la Oa> Many Kaadm fU4i'sai>*d 0«. J. W. VOGEL ; < : la • ( M4*n*«d J. T. Gaine* W. A. Ewing R. Shaitan ........... Boe* .i grnrral banking and rivbdnge busier**. Loan* mad« at vurrrut tat«» and diaft* i*»urd on principal cities * A. W. HAGEY Ail tlbd* of »11.11». nul Faired twostpUy sao * y r» OREGON. Corvallis 4 Eastern R.R. TIMK < AHt>. X». S, lar t***l*« Treia loare* sihairr <orr all 1» ** arrive» V a*ul.i* Ma. I, ra««rr*l»c la*»»« Vaiala* Las»r» . arvallla arti«»» Alkaar. Ma. s. hrr Dairall — l-»*rr- i ,malli* — » l*r.»r Albanr ArrKM Iwiruii Mo. *, (rom Irai roll — Imr» twiroii loarMSIbai.r Arrlrr« < orvaln* It W r M 1 «» *' M i 'll r M ? 00 A M II HI M im r M Il «o r M i •• r M « m r M » * M io *o * M nur M. Tran»* 1 and « bat«*»* albana and < urtali • !• ■ • • • »•' • < . . Tialmla. t « a,tita la « i asy In Hur !.. cunnert with th» H. f ». ulh b>.»nd tram, a» wall as firms ’«• vr III.« *<■„■• tn « an, balera ¿»parlata ul a f sortii bound tiam l,.r Portland Tram Sn J r-mnert* *lth ih» * f Wr.t »t.l» trainali» »all.a ■ r «• r.« i..r m<t.|- ..i.i.r McMiwurllla and a ; point« north to r .ri.and XliW I« sTOhg. Managet 1 Tt'BSKB, Agent. Albany EAST AND SOUTH —M a Shasta Route ILrers tceunied activity in Cape Colony. A German steamer and eight sailors •ere lo»l. A g*.e wrecked a number of build ing* in Jersey City. A Tenne*«e« Negro murderer ««a Inirnrrl *t the stake Turkey will not buy th* quays of : the French company. Htcel worker* are willing to make eoiii-rMion* to end strike. t'niled State* Attorney F.v«ns, of dinnrw.la died suddenly Nogales, Ans . officials are impli cated in a smuggling plot. Striking machinists in Chicago ignore an order against picketing. One bu ml red Filipino insurgents surrendered during the p*»t week. Han Francisco iron workers' sink* was Si-ttlcrl in favor of the laborers. The military force at Manila will U- incrvsxd to pierent a |»r**iblo uprising, A movement ia on |.«>t lor a gene- 1 ral shut down of all shi ogle mills in I \l’a*hington Venezuela will lay its case lielore | th« slate dejrartment in order to ward off intervention Castle Rock, on the Columbia river ha* iwen scaleti by a party ol climler* from Portland. Hir Tlx.mas Lipton has arrive»! in K m Ywk The navy department has denied a request from Hcliley A < ■>*•( survey olmervatory will be cwtahlished al Hitka, Alaaak. Two men were arrested for passing the lull* of a defunct Nt w Jer»ey bank Fifteen ¡wraoiis were <irown«*l by the rapairing of a French cowsting vessel. Murderer Nordstrom of Washing ton. ha» given up all Ix.lrc of esca[iing the gallows. A Colombian gunloat sank imme diately after leaving Savanilla for Cartagena. A change of our |».int in the course of the *t'-ain»»r Islander caused her to strike the icetwrc Th«- cable l«twien Nome and Ht. Michael* is brr.keu in ncveral piste* and cannot be repaired. tn explosion in the tunnel being laired in faike E'rie for Cleveland's water works system, cost five lives. The < i-iisus bureau give* Ht Joseph, A|<»., a* th* healthiest city in tha I'nitcd State*, and Portland, Oregon, a* the secr.nd healthiest. Winter», who »tole the *330,000 in g d bullion fr iii the Selby Smelting Co , of Valle;.., Cal., was sentenced to |5 years' imprisonment. The Riiltan ha* broken his promise with France and has lecn notified that all diplomatic relations with that country are at an end. The c«ar will witness the French army manoeuvre* Hurviyor* can throw no light on tho steamer islander disaster. At least 17 lives were lust in tho City of Golconda disaster. Three Negron* were klll«d by a mob in Pierce comity. Missouri. The Irattleship Iowa is on lier wsy from San Fran. », o to Panama. A mob lynched two Negro* in Mis souri for the murder of a white woman. There la a renewed feeling in Eng land that the South African war will aouii lie ended. Four Indiana l*>ys, whose age* range from 0 to 10 years, atoned a com | win ion to death. A4»>**4 l LEVELLED BY A STORM T. 0«moli»h«d Lata N ij M— Tws M<n K.lltd El Reno, O. T., Aug. 23.—A spec is I from Anadarko says A heavy wind and rain storm swept through the t.m alanit ft P. M All large build ings in cuiirw of construction and a large number of tent* and smaller h-.u-es were blown down. Two per son* were kill«! and many mjunsl. Thr full extent of the damage will not I* known lor some hours. Clouds had been drifting over this M-ction for several hours during the afternoon, and about nightfall be came very heavy. There wa* a slight fall of Inin here, accompanied by an el's'trical <1 i«turlmnre <>f considerable force No damage »eenwd to han l«r«*ii done in thia vicinity, however. loiter a message was rceivevi from Anadarko stating that the town had I»-« n all but demolished by the storm. All the ¡irincipal l.uildings were blown down and tents went up like kit«-» in the tremendous wind. A scene of desolation appeared when the moon came out after the storm. No dispatch lias yet l»-cn received here of any damage by the storm elaewliere except at Anadarko. Two in' n were killed and many were in jured. RELATIONS BROKEN OFF. fraik« and Terkty Art Naw at Odd« N* Navsl Mortmtnl PUnntd Constantinople, Aug 23. — The French amhaNiador, M. Constana, hOu notified the sultan's first secre tary that all diplomatic relatione be tween France and Turkey ate broken off ami that the ambassador lias in formed hie government to this effect. M Constana eotnmunicated direct with the sultan because the lateat ne gotiations were transacted with the sultan personally. The aml>w*iuidur jiistiftas hi* action on the ground tiial the sultan broke his direct per sonal promise, given to M Constana at an audience in the Yildii palace, regarding the purchase of the quays and the settlement of the disput'd French claims The French foreign minister also gave formal aasuranc«-a that the agreement would be carried out, so. in view of this breach of faith, M Constana holds that it is impwsible for France to continue diplomatic relations with Turkey. NO CHANGE IN THE STRIKE. An Arctic expedition lias found and Sa* tramiK* Labor l«*4*r* Az« Sult Cow. •idsat. CoUtan Bong I.'steaded. re-.-unl the Kite, a vessel formerly u»ed by Lieutenant Peary. Saii Francisco, Aug S3. — The The (.’tilted Htate* exports mor« local labor situation presents no new goods to South Africa than any ph*»«** tonight, All sorts o( rumori other country, except Great Britain. were circulated today, but they de- The striking machinists have sue- veloped nothing tangible, On I he eeeded in getting LffiKI more men to city front, work progressed on all the goon strike in Pittsburg. Two mills ducks except those devoted to the were coin|>elled to shut down as a lumber trade, and in the wholesale result. district it was declared that business A New York millionaire, who has was moving more briskly than at any Among the made most of his money trading time during the strike with China, ia the donor of glUD.OUQ lal*or leaders there are still the same for the endowment ot a chair at Co reports of confidence in the ultimate victory of the unions, and they point lumbia university. to niinirniw defections from the Ohio river steamer overturned in’ a ranks of those who have gone to work. •quail and 16 |a**sengera Were Four collier* finished discharging drowned. during the day. and it is said that all Rrhels in Colombia and Veneiuela the colliers in ¡mrt will l«> unloaded continue operation* in hopes of get l*y the end of neil week. Several freight vewaels arrived and de[*vrted. ting help. taow S*wdt BwrwtA PMllwan attd Tuartei rari r>n bntb traine i hnir t er* **•« rantrnlo to OtdMM» and >1 and tonti» • «r» lo • •< ni I. . \r» ■ I mm and * aahingtnn < «Minrrting •< »•»» FmnKem wlth •rv«*r«l HlMB tot H««noluln, J»|an, « bina. FlHltppiuM < mire •■.4 •>■ h » n»r-•• a nr# Mr» M K W «w«latanere, egent al Wrei k uMBUMl or ad ! re» <* H MARKHAM. T MS OF Washington, Aug 23 —Mr Taha hira, ll>* Japan«**« mininter, hi* re ceived a copy of rewlutmn* re«-eiilly adopted at a ma** meeting of Japan rec residents of Hun.dulu. protesting against the alleged action of the I'uitad Htat«* quarantine officer in that port in *ubj«rcting H Osaka be, thr J*p&nr«c rice consul at IL.nolulu, ai d Ina <aifs to a physical examina- iiuti ii|mn their armal there July 2*5 At the J»|ranree legation today it wa* stated that a* yet no formal rep resentations had lii-ii made to thia government, The Ja[**ne*e conaul general at Honolulu alao was *up- ¡died with the resolutions and for- ward'll three, together with other 'letaila of the occurrence, to hi* gov ernment. Therefore. M» Takahira prol>ably will await Instructions from Jspan before bringing the mat ter liefurv the »tale <ie[rartmenl or otherwise presenting it officially. When the matter dore come up in formal *ha,rr it will also inclmle ease« other than the one which ia the sub- je« t ol the ¡>re**nt presentation. It wsa *tated al the legation today that information from Hawaii make* it clear that the Japanese are and have l*<en the «offerer* from these extreme quarantine in»|»» ti> ■ «, to the eiclu- • n.n of a)m<Mt all other«, and a nuin- ber of < as«-s have been brought to the attention of Ja|>anr*e officials wherein Japs nr*»- cabin ¡*i«»enxer*, men and woiiit n have leen forced to undergo pby«ical examinations, while pwaaen- g< r* ol other nationalities ¡>assed in t I • |. •;( I.UUl.'i, »t, ,1 ' Ansdsrks, 0. Birti*h public expense are running Truckee. Cal., Aug. 23.—A terrible n«-arly |2 <A1U,(XM) per «reek beyond fire raged thia morning in the enow last yewr. sh'-ds thia aide of ths summit. The A New York judge decides that in lukkeview station was humeri and surance com,-aniea cannot be com* *,.500 feet of snow sheds destroyed. pellsd to make gOod damages result The tire trains from Kummit and ing from explosions. Truckee chsekad its progrrsia in the At 3 o'clock Hrnrjr B l»ean, of. * Izmis, face of a strong wind. claims to have found the secret of thia afternoon the Are was completely perpetual motion. He has been under control, and by (I o'clock the working on this great problem for 12 timlM*ra had turned out and ths roadlwd cooled down. years. I NORDSTROM WAS HANGEO. ( e*4snowd Ma* ( sarg h ls*» al O«tz*«« st Hoaolul« THE WORLD. Only First Clast Shop in the City \EWs<H TUESTATE JAPAN WILL PROTEST EVENTSOE THE HA\ Keystone Sharing Parlors august I.ISS INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS OF OREGON. i-i-m J snd faiaaiLl f.apptnrn«« p»r taacs vl laa A E«w< Review at ih* O'ow’N sad I-wprsarewwnt« cl lb« M**v l.^utOa, ih'ue.twu* Ov« T*»' ■».*»« ( rWMOun«»«altli Lal««* M*-t«< KipOfl There i»« very prne|wel rd a fair yield of ho¡* in Pulk county. Th<’ AgtrK lama til Falls stage was I eld up and rubbed of the treasure ox. The prat, flic«' at Ruby. Ihxigla* rainty a ill la- diaeonlinural on Aug list 31 Thr log rsft I* still stu-k al the rntraixe to thr Wr»t|<ort slough, near Astoria. En groe ha* not had such a building Loom in year« as I» at present being ex pet ieitced. Thr Folk county ' grain crop this year will 1»' tiie largest harvrsterl m •evrral y«»ar*. The sheriff of Clackamas county offers a reaard for thr men who r«ddw«i the Canby store August 3 Thr committers in charge of the B.ikir I itv »tr'-.t carnival, to-lar held S'i'lemlwr 3 7, re¡>ort excellent sue- CCS*. The water agate crop at Newport ia of go.xt *itc and quality. The fruit drier* around Albany will have their hand* full this season A 30 foot *teel tower has Iwen ordered (or the 4<xi pound ftrvlwll which was prrsctiteil to the Athena hose com pany. Big forest fires are reported in tho Flounce Rock, Trail creek and Big Butte -wtions. of Jo*ephine enmity. Home damage I* Iwiiig done to the timber. The Owl and Elephant minea, in the Cable Cove district, have la-en sold to a Maryland syndicate for *11 000. The new owners are going to run a tunnel in 500 feet on the vein. I’he Io» Grande-Cove motor line is now assured and will be under con- it w ill extend »t ruction this fall, through Island City, down the Grand Rounds river, direct to Cove Its ob ject is to further the interests of leet growing in a section la-lievcd to 'no (specially adapted tn it. The new '.HI horse ¡lower boilbr ia in place st tile plant of the Athena Flouring Mill Company. It ia a huge affair, made entirely of steel, and is compomii of two plates, tubes and ends. It is encased in brick and will add materially to the value of the plant, which 1* up-to-date in every respect. (atlapssd BORDER SMUGGLING PLOT. sad Wsr Mzaeesd I* a Beard fisatlis, Aug 24 —I liar les W Nord» •trom was har>g*«i yesterday morning at 1« t'J o'eioeB for the murder, on X.■render 27 1st)I. of M illiaiu Mason From early morning th*condemned man had seemed to fully realise hi* ¡»«ition, and »Inis minister* and mcnilwr* ot ths Halvalion Army prayed with him. be cried continually. Shortly after 9 30 Nordstrom was brought from tlis room in which he had been, just adjoining th* execu tion room, it required the asaislence . ! four men to keep him on hi* feet (then be was taken into the nree- encs <>( the scaffold, he brok* down completely. Crying in a childish vinca and praying that his Ills be • pared him. he cuilapeed entirely and fell to the floor. Effort* to raise him and keep him on Ins feet were IruitlcM, and st last Sheriff Cudihee ordered that a board be brought To tin» Nordstrom *a* tier I II require»] four inen Io hold linn while thie was l*ing done While being tied to the 1» ml Nordstrom continued to cry In i I id voice. Ths *i* men who had held him raised hi* lojdy on th« 1» »r«i and »ith great eff->rt, succe«»d rrl in getting h im on ths gallows and onto the fatal trap. Here lie was st.-»I upright, four of the men stand nig <>n the four side* of the trap anil holding him. Within two second* after the condemned man was in p . .■ the trap *** sprung and Nurd •trorn had paid the penalty of hie crime. The trap wa* sprung at V 4M. .-»nd Nordstrom w*a pronounced dead *1 10 U2. TO MEET WAR EXPENSES Columbi* Givu Notice That It Will Mak* f orr«d loan*. Colon, Aug. 26 —An official decree. >l*t>d Ibigota, July IN. *nd sddreeaed to the governors of the departments, ! war published today, it says: "A new aspect of war, which seem* to kindle anew with Abe help of for eigners who threaten the frontier > places th» government under the ne cessity of assuming a different atti tudc from that maintained hitherto, > and force* it to pr<s;redings which It has previously tried to avoid. "It ha* been resolved E'irst, to ■iispend the payment of all accounts tor war material ¡lending, and to! limit the expenses to the payment of the armed force and the adminis tration. secondly, to proceed to ex-, propi 1st.' *11 the nee. vary elements ( >r the feeding, equipment and mo- biliung of the army, thirdly, to levy foretd and voluntary loans, accord-: ir.g to circumstance«, and to ini|»w»s war contributions in order to meet the ex|»n»e» of each department without de|>ending u | kjii the national capital. "Tlie governors are hereby amply autborued to proceed in thn*e matter* Threshing ia now well under way according to the requirements of th« throughout the Rogue river valley, case, and each governor must assums ami from ail information that can I*, the responsibility in order to **ve th« gathered the product of thia year •ituatiou within his territory.'" will be almtit one half a crop. The lightness of the yield this year ia at TO PREVENT SMUGGLING. tribut'd to the lack of raiu early in the season, considerable of the acreage Chinos Baund far Oth«r Countrta* Will N» having been cut for grain hay. This is the dryeat season the Blue mountains have cx|«*rienced for many »eaaon*. An unusually heavy snow fell during the past winter, and it was ho|«d the water supply would be ample; but the intense heat of early July melted it all very and now the mountain rad idly, streams art* Ini by apringa alone. Portland MafBsfe Wheat—Walla Walla, export value, 65 i B50 c pwr bushel, bluretem, .5 h .4 SN'yc; valley, nominal. Flour—Iwst grsde*. |2 l*Ot<3 4** ,wr Iwrrei. graham. 12 (IO. Oats—*1 |0<41. U per cental. Barley—Feed, *1.5(41,5.50; brewing, * 1.5,50 ¡wr km. Millituff»—Bran, *27 ¡wr ton; mid dling*. *21 6o abort*. |2o,chop. *|f>. Hay-Ti mothy, *1L« 13. clover, *7'4'.( 50, Oregon wild hay. |-5 <i> ¡wr ton. Butter—Fancy creamery,2<H422 t*c; dairy, 14M15tgc; «tore, 1 italic per ¡>ound. Egg*—1*‘><41*>‘«c per doxen. Clnwse—Full cream, twins, 11.4 12c; Young America, 12(412 '»c ¡wr pound. Poultry—Chicken«, mixed. *.'< 00.4 3 75, hens, 11 OO*|5.5O; dreaaed. 1O i 4 lie |wr pouiwl, springs, *2 50(4 4 00 per doxen ; duck*, *3 for nfll *3 <** id 4 00 for young, geese, ♦‘•td A ¡wr do»en ; turkey«, Itvr, HtjilOc; dreem-d, 1(M 12 4«' I**' pound. Mutton — Lamba, 3t*e. grow; dresser I, fi<47c ¡wr ¡Kiillid ; sheep. *3 25, griws, drresed, «l.srt^c per li>. I light. *4 75(4.5, «lre-M-.t *G w (47 c e r pound. Veal — HmalL B<49c; large, 7 e*7t*c ¡wr pound. B»-ef—tines top sterre. *3 5O«44 00; cows arid heifers, *3 25(43.50; dressed tawf. fi'y(47l4C ¡wr pound. Hop*—12(414c ,wr pound. W<s»| — Valley, ll*kl3(«e; Eastern Oregon, 8<4 • 2 41'; mohair, 2O.d2lc ¡er pound. Potatoes—Wk-(4*l 10 per sack. The present Kansas wheat crop ia the highest grade ever known. A ship load of Filipinos are to La tried on Hawaiian sugar field» The average net consumption ol tea per head of population ia 1 11 pounds; in England, li pounds ¡»er head. A woman luas just public lied a di rectory and gaarttwr of'the Yukon valley, Alaska, showing IS.(MIO name* ol residents. G**a*l>- tread« l'n**'«A«d e Azuoas FRENCH MINISTER B< Allvwtd la land. Washington, Aug. 54.—The de» termination of the treasury depart ment to take advantage of the author ity given by the Chinese exclusion act to regulate the transit through the I'nitrd lltataa of Chinese emigrants bound for other countries was today officially brought to the attention of the Chinese legation. The occasion jirewcnted itself when an attache of the legation called upon Assistant Hecretary Taylor to lay before him a message received from the Chine«« consul st Han Franeisco, conveying the information that Chinese destined for Mexico had been refused the privi lege of landing at that port. Mr Taylor tald the attache that the department had beoomg con vinced that most of the Chinese who had gone into Mexico in the past twi or three years had smuggled them selves back across the border into th« I in tori Htstes He therefore an nounced that hereafter ths depart ment wouhl refuse landing permission to Chinese bound for Mexico unless it could be abaolutely »atutiedof theit good faith. fait Tram Wr«<k«d Jacksonville, III., Aug. 22 — The fast Kansas City passenger train on the Alton road was wrecked at mid night at Prentice, a siding eight mile« north of here, by running iuto a freight N«w Vtiwtutaa* B«v*luti«w. New York, Aug JA. —The Willem- •tail, Curacao, corresfuindent of the Herald «ay* There is excellent au thority (or the statement that a new Veneiuelan revolution, lead by Lib erals, i* l>eing arranged. The leader of thia revolution is now in New York The ¡»ditical situation in Venexuela is more than serious. No one ia al lowed to leave the country without special ¡« rmisaion. At the Limon river, where an American company employ* 300 men, one morning only 15 were found on the premisee. Ths Grfl al Chita New York, Aug 24—The Chilean liaining ship General Bageduino, with a number of cadet« recently graduated from the naval academy at Valparaiso, is expected to arrive in New York within a few day*. The cadeta will visit Annapolis. They are bringing with them a bronr* tab let, the gift of Chile, to lie placed on ngton monument. TO TURKEY HAS POWER TO ACT Pram* tetti tapport him Mai So* fu la Mak< m Aay Mov« 11« H« tisi Dalivarad Aa l lomatam la Ih* talla*. Thrv*l«*iag «« Ltava Turkey >1 Malian Ara Noi Sai liad ai Owes. Pari*. Aug 2«i.—W hile the officials of ths French foreign offi.-e dscline to confirm or deny the advices from Cointantim.pl* announcing that the French anibaaaad.ir has «ent the sul tan a practical ultimatum, person ally informing him that lie would leave Constantinople with the entire staff of the embassy if lb* matter* in dispute were not settled immediately, they admit having received a tele gram from M Constans which haa been laid before the council how • itting at th* Elyse«- ¡wala.«- The correapondenl learn* that M Constan* ha* bean given » free hsud tny •tap he finds proper to take will tss fully endorsed Ths foreign minister, M l*elcaa*e, if he tlmls nn «»«ary. will withdraw tie French embassy from Constantinople, and Munir Bey. the Turkish emboMsdor, *flio i» now in t*w liter land, will he not «.-I m t to return to Paris, in winch case Munir Bay probably nil withdraw the legation to Berne, a* he i* al«n accmiited aa minister to Mwitr. rlaml No naval demonstration is as y< t conlcniplatnl. but the sultan will probably I* seriously iiicoinrnirncetl by the closure id tha Turkish eiu- bassy here, which is the center of the espionage maintained to watch tlie numerous young Turks ami other and disaffected Ottoman subject* voluntary exiles who make their headquarter* at Pari*, and who will have a free hand if diplomatic rein turn* between Franoe and Turkey are completely broken off It ha* been suggested that the French government ixaue orders fur the bourse to cease dealing in Turk- ish securities, but it i* not likely that thia step will I«* taken, a» it would injure the French bondholders. Tha Sultan'i f«*'v New York, Aug 2»t —The French governent ia thoroughly in earnest in its attitude toward Turkey, and ia fully aware that at the pre-ent mo ment, no foreign ¡lower would raise any objection to a French tl. »1 resort ing to ro ’»t dr <-t. ii i- i .-i •», . • Pana dispatch to the Tribune. According to information tlist lias reached Paris, the real reason for the sultan changing bls mind and de clining to fulfill bls proimae war duo to bis hopes that the >>hstrv|* rous clamor of the Nationalist party m France would induce M Delca*-'-. the minister of foreign affair«, to disavow Constans, The sultan's great ob jection to the French concession is that if the Constantinople quays were under the control of a French or other foreign company there would be disquieting facilitire for the land ing of conspirators and their baggage. But Constana gave the sultan the option of buying back the datigerou* quays by [>aying 41.Oral.<«M) Iran. * (or them within six months and provided the ports w ith a scheme for raising the epah. EXODUS FROM NOME IS ON Tows I* f illtd With Idl* Mtn Wh* Ar* Out of Msiwy Port Townsend, Aug. 24 —Hie ex odus from Nome is fairly on. and cirh steamer from there has many ¡»asaeii- gers. The Roanoke has ju-t arrived from Nome with 130cal>m ¡ m --> ug. rs, ires ide* a large nuinler in the *teer- age. Till* makes about l.(XM) ¡wopi« who have arrived from the North tin* season, and from reports each suc ceeding steamer w ill be loaded with pane tiger* until the ice clow* nav iga- The returning |>a»*engrr* re- t ion port Nome as being remarkably quiet, The town is Ailed •nth idle men, many of whom are willing to work for almost anything in order to g- t pc«- sage money, but there I* no *ork and great anxiety is felt by thr resMent* a* to what will ba done with so many men without means The Rounuks brought down |*.<«> .IBM) in dual, 000 of which was •liip|«-d by th* l'i<>- neer Min Company, the remainder by the North American insportat i<>n Cum ¡any. It is estimate that |«a«a» tigers had ou their persons *200,000 in gold Msev t ustoeu Offkar* Az »«*««<*. Washington. Aug 27 — Pr. bably the moat important *rr«-»t* ever mad* in connection with the emu Kgl mg ol Chine»* sene* the Mexicau border into the t'niled State* Were made yeaterday in Arisona, when William A H.wy, ooltect'ir of customs al Nogales, B F Joaoy, an immigrant in*[wclor, and twoChine*« were taken into custody by »¡wcial agents ol the treasury and aecrel *>>rvi«-e operatives Other arre«t* are ex,wet*d to follow within a day or two. Il is said that with .two or tl«r«w ex.-eptious, the whole c(i»toni* and immigration ail mm let rat ions at Nogales are in volved Home time ago an uff'x isl of the treaaiiry department, having N -galea a* hi* headquarters, wrote to the de- {ertnient that he had rvasou Io be- irve that the otfi. ial force al that point was corrupt, and that Chineoe, in large numbers, were iwing smug gle«! across the border (or a consider* lion A ret *ervi<-* n|» rstive w . M-nt there at once, slid ¡dans laid to secure evidence against the ¡wr»on* under suspicion. Several Chinamen were furnished with money and sent on to buy their way through th* official cordon This aa* accomplished without difficulty, the price demanded being Ironi *.'■*» to |2’si The secret •erv ice men also arranged with one or two employee, ah<>*e honesty had tmeu tasted, to go into the collector'* office at a ver lain time and demand a ah a re of the money l**ing received from the China men, and to i*> a<lmilled into the combination so lust they might get their share of the proceeds of future deal* This was reluctantly agre»»l to, and considerable sums of money were handed over in the presence and full hearing of a secret service man who had p:> n - ov •• !■■!».I himself in a near by office closet The official* soon found that China men who presented a certificate mark'd with the letter "a" were allowed to proceed without question, while those having certificate* that did not bear thia cabelialic mark were turned back without ceremony. Later It was dcval.qs-d that the letter "a" on a certificate indicated that the amount demanded had been ¡«aid. Several Chinamen were sent through with the requisite "a" mark on their certificate* made by one of the secret service men. the utmost care and secrecy no maintained from the llr»l to secure ¡maitive proof against each man undrr suspicion. The numlwr of Chinamen who have h States through the allrgnl connivance of the Nogales officials is I <■! x-v.sl t.i have been large. FLOODS IN PENNSYLVANIA. toar I «tallii«« snd lir«*t I*«« st Pfvpirty Rayerttd. Philadelphia, Aug 27 •— Reports rresivesi in this city tonight state that the heavy rains which have fallen during the past week through- out the state have resulted in th« moat disastrous flood* experienced in many years. At Mauch Chunk the atorni was attended by four fatalities The Mauch Chunk ervek is 15 feet al»>ve its normal mark, and the towns in Carbon county along its course have suffered much damage, Bridge*, culverts and arclie* are destroyed, and the bum to the Ix.roiigh and to the property holiier* »ill I« many thouaands of dollars. Bilame** la *1 a slandatill. At Wilkeabarre a landslide oc- curred along the Is-high Valley Rail road A washout on the Munbury branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad delayed traffic several hour*. At HhAinokin. Tamaqua, Pittaton and several other mining town*, many cutleries have Iren tl.usl.-d and work ha* Iren suapendrd. At Tamaqua the rain fell in tor- rente from 3 o’clock this morning until 3 o'cliM'k thia afternoon. The lines of the Central Railroad of New Jeraey, Irtween Tamaqua and Mauch Chunk ami the 1'ittsville branch of the Philadelphia A Reading road are tied up, owing to washout* The Schuylkill river and Panther and Walmsh creeks at thia ¡mint are overflowing their Imnk*, and many bridge* have lawn waslx-d away. All the collieries in the Panth* rjr.ek val ley arc flooded, Crops in the Cata- waas4 valley are practically ruined. Trad* W.th Itw Phllippm«« Washington, Aug 27 — A continued inerrase in Is.th the exjiort and im- Waal HaiarvaUea Op*a«ri. ¡»>rt trails of the Philippines is shown Spokane, Aug 2*. — Plana have in a comparative statement compilid been announced to secure the open- , at the war departin' nt, giving the ing of the Hpokane Indian reserva commerce >d the islaii'i* for the aeven tion to mineral location*. The reser month» ending January 31, 11*01, vation 1*25 mile* northeast of this and i'.MMt. The total value of mer eity, and contains about 200,000: chandise imported during the aeven The mineral wealth is tin- : months ended January 31, I'JOI, was acre*. known, but surface indication* are 117 W*. 1H7. as against <12,B74.7o5 said to l>e promising Th* teo-rva- for the same period in I'.MXi. and the tion is now occupied by ab ut 350 merchandise export'd wmt |I2,*H7,- H|rok*ne India»* with Chief Lott at 359. as against 305,5» for the 11*00 their head. The chamlwr of com - | periiai. This shows an incresM* of merce here propose* k> take *tep* to 45 tier cent in the value of import* secure favorable action by congress. and 52 ¡>er cent in exp<irt values. Bare«* ItMlt Out Gold Or« t'om Oll«. Philadelpiha, Aug 24— Th- Ar* which started at the works ot th* At lantic Refining Company, at Point llrrese, has burned iteslf out. Th* lues is estimated at aliout *.5iX*,(*lO. Fourteen tanka containing about 200. - 000 Imrrels of oil w *re d«t rnvrd Omaha, Ang. 27. —Notice has l«-en receiverl at th« local oflice of the American Kmelting and ReAning Company of a »liipnn ut ul gold ore frotn Chile It i* th> first «hipment of South American ore to this smell- ing Company'* plant, and ia in the usture of an ex peri ment. The ore is seid to Iw very rieh, and i( ita lreatm<>nt ¡.r,.ve» ».i< . .-rfiil. tho •hipment will )w follow«*! Ly others large teale.