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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.
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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 •
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ni I.
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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.