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The Hooe River 6 " ' ' i . acier It's a Cold Day When We Get Left. VOli. IX. HOOD RIVER, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 27, 1897: NO. 14. A REINDEER EXPRESS. SKAGUAY TRAIL IMPASSABLE. CHASING A FILIBUSTER. Epitome of the Te.legraphio News of the World. ,: TERSE TICKS FROM THE WIRES As Interesting; Collection of Item From the New and the Old World In s Condensed and Comprehensive Form Peters & Roberts' furniture factory, of Portland, Or., was damaged by fire to the extent of $6,000. ' President Faure, of the French re public,' visited Russia, and was royally welcomed by the czar at Cronstadt. It is reported that the government of t Brazil is negotiating with a European ' nation for the sale of one of her war ships in' course of construction.' ; Governor Lord has pardoned Clar ence Wade out of the Oregon peniten tiary. He has been adjudged afflicted with consumption and not expected to live. It is officially announced at Buenos Ayres that a very large crop of grain is anticipated in the Argentine Republic. The wool clip, it is further stated, will be a heavy one. . A Seattle man has gone to Boston to secure 200 young ladies for an expedi tion to the Klondike gold fields. , It is said he will fit out a steamer and start early n the spring. .... , The warehouse of W. P. Fuller & Co., in Portland, Or., was completely destroyed ' by Are. The loss is about $50,000 partly insured. . The origin of the fire is uncertain. "', . A special from Lander, Wyo., says: Daniel Tracy, a miner from Leadville, has uncovered a vein of gold ore two feet eight inches wide in the Wind River range, on Gold creek. The ore is literallv sremmed with eold the full wiuia oi vm vein. '. G. H. Steel, sheriff, and Sam Young, ex-sheriff of Leslie county, were both killed in a combat at Hyde, Ky. Both men fought to desperation with pistols, and both fell dead in the fifth round. Steel was a Democratic leader and Young a Republican. They quarreled over politics. " ' A great strike is on in the building trades at Buda Pest. More than 20, 000 men are involved. The strikers, in the endeavor to prevent others from working, came repeatedly in conflict with the police, and desperate pitched battles ensued in several of the princi pal streets of the city. Two hundred persons have been injured, some dan gerously; .The police have arrested 100 of the ringleaders Telegraphic advices from the New - York Herald's correspondent in Rio Janeiro state that the official report of operations against the fanatics around Canudos, during the last few weeks show that 2,400 Brazilian troops have been wounded. Great difficulty is found in transporting arms, ammuni tion and stores to the government ow ing to interference by the fanatics. In the meantime large .forces of fanatics, all well armed, have appeared in the states of Sao Paulo and Haran. They have invaded several plantations and small towns. . Two $1,000 counterfeit notes were presented to the treasury department for redemption. '" They were made over 80 years ago and are clever imitations of the originals. . , By a decision of Acting Secretary Ryan, of the interior department, the decision ,being prepared by Assistant Attorrie'y-General Vanderventer, it has been settled that any person can take 160 acres of land, and if the person has heretofore' taken any part of the 160 acres, he or she is entitled to make up the fuir amount. Railroad officials in St. Joseph report that there is danger of a car famine on Western roads, caused by the immense grain crops.. All roads entering tha't city are taxed to their fullest capacity now and the switching force has been increased 25 per oent. The Burlington .company has. issued orders that no more coal be loaded in the tight box-cars, stock-oars being used instead. - Dr. "Jl M. Bleir, a reputable physi cian, of New York, announces that he has discovered a new cure for consump tion by eleotrioity. He will read a paper before the county medical society, giving the details of the plan, which is in effect the sterilizing of the effected lungs in what is . known as electrolys. He olaims to have cured a dozen per sons classed as hopeless cases complete ly, and many physicians of high stand ing are said to agree that the cures are complete and effectual. The report of the commissioner of education, Dr.yWiHiam T. Harris, for the year ended July 1, 1896, has just been completed. It shows a total en rollment in that year in the schools and colleges, both publio and private, of 15,997,197 pupils. This was an in crease of 808,657. The number in pub lic institutions was 14,465,871, and in private institutions 1,585,826. In ad dition, to all these, there were 418,000 pupils in the various special schools and institutions, including business colleges, musio conservatories, Indian and reform schools, making the grand total enrollment for the whole country 16,415,197. Government May Furnish Connection 'Between Alaska Points. - Washington, Aug. 35. Some inter esting statements i relating to the gold region in Alaska, and the reindeer. ex periment there are brought out in the annual statement of Wnited States Com missioner of Kducatoin Harris, sub mitted today. Touching on the import ance of extending the introduction of reindeer into that territory, the report says the reindeer stations ought to be able to furnish 500 reindeer trained to the harness at once for use of miners on the Upper Yukon river. " "It was my purpose," the commis sioner goes on "to detail three of the skilled herdsmen and 800 tarined rein deer to the Yukon region the present summer." ' If this arrangemment is carried out as intended, an important experiment will be in progress during the coming year at the gold mines. , The , plan of the bureau has been to arrange a rein deer express, connecting towns in a line from B'ehring straits to Kodiak island. Superintendent of Reindeer Stations Kjollmanni last September proved the practicability of this by making a trial trip on this route. Two of his party were able to take the steamer at Kat mai, sailing to Sitka in March. This ararngement once completed, it will be possible for business companies- in San Francisco and other cities to hold com munication with their whaling fleets during the winter, north of the Arctic circle. - ' There have been maintained in Alaska 20 day schools, under the supervision of the interior department, with 23 teachers and an enrollment of 1,267 pupils. A public school was opened M Circle City in the Yukon mining dis trict, but the department's agent, writ ing from St. Michaels, says he is afraid he will be forced to discontinue it, be cause of the exodus of the city's popu lation into, the region nearer the re cently discovered mines. The influx of miners into the Yukon has caused a demand for reindeer for freighting purposes. In the original plan of the purchase and distribution of reindeer, the purpose was to secure a new food supply for the famishing Eskimos of the Behring sea and the Arctic ocean region, but it is now found that reindeer are as essential to white men as to Eskimos. The wonderful Yukon placer mines are situated 25 to 100 miles from the great stream. Pro visions brought from the south and landed on the banks of the river are, with great difflcutly, transported to the mines on the tributary streams. Last winter mongrel dogs, for transportation purposes, cost from $100 to $200 each, and freight charges from the river to the mountain range from 15 to 20 cents per pound. The trained reindeer make in a day two or three times the distance covered by dog teams, and have the ad vantage that they can use the abundant moss as foodi ; TRAMPS ARE BLAMED. Misplaced Switch Derails an Excursion j ' Train Near Chicago. Chicago, Aug. 25. An engine at tached to a heavy excursion train on the Chicago & Calumet Terminal rail road was derailed last night near Riv erdale. The passengers were thrown from from their seats by the jar and one man was probably fatally injured. Seven others received slight injuries. After a delay ; of two hours the engine was raised to the track and the train proceeded. - It is very evident that the accident was caused by a misplaced switch, be lieved to have been the work of tramps. The switch was found broken in two places. The baggage-car was telescoped over the cab and coal tender. Murray, one of the injured, was riding in this car, and was caught in the debris. He was dug out unconscious and may die. The force of the shock was so great that the track was literally torn out of the ground. There were 500 passengers on board, and had the train not been running at a Blow rate of speed, a ter rible loss of life would have resulted. . California's Klondike. . Carrville, Cal., Aug. 23. William Truax and his partner, an actor named Dillon, have struck what is said to be one of the richest ledges that have been found in this district. The men only arrived here about noon on Monday, and before sundown Truax, who is a miner recently from Cripple Creek, had foun i what will probably mean a for tune for both This latest find is sit uated on Morrison creek just below the Graves brothers' claim and above the Davis placer mine. The two men were up at daylight yesterday : morning, and by noon had stripped enough to show them a ledge two feet wide of wonder ful richness. Dillon came from Sacra' mento, where he was stopping. Gold in California. ' Quincy, Cal., Aug. 25. The re port which came from the vicinity of the Thistle shaft that "Lucky Antone," an Italian, had made a $10,000 strike in a week, is confirmed by J. W. Cordoroy, a stagedriver, who also brings the news that. Charles Fish, who has a gravel claim at the junction of Nelson creek and Feather river, took $3000 from his claim last week. Nel son creek is considered the riohest stream in, Plumas county and many paying claims are located along ' its banks and bed. Probable Cargo of the Steam er Portland. FISHY STORY FROM TACOMA To Dredge the Yukon River Bad Out look for Many of the Goldseekers Now at Dyea. Tacoma, Aug. 24. F. P. Riley, a re turning Klondiker, brought out $85,000 in gold from the Klondike, and tonight displayed the nuggets and dust to an admiring crowd. v Mr. Riley worked his claim in - conjunction with F. Flan igan and P. O'Brien, who are now on their way to PennsyTVania with an equal share of gold. They report that thou sands of rich strikes have been made this spring and summer, and the trio valud their two claims at $5,000,000. Riley says when he left there were nearly six tons of gold ready to be shipped down on the Portland. They confirm the reports of rich strikes on Stewart river, and say great excitement prevails, and thousands are rushing to the new mines. , The Alaskan Pacific Express Com pany has been organized by the Pacific Coast Steamship Company, to transport merchandise, money, bonds and valua bles to and from points touched by the Paciflo Coast: Company's steamers in Alaska and towns tributary thereto, particularly between Tacoma, Seattle and Port Townsend, on Puget sound, and Dyea, Juneau, Sitka, Skaguay and Wrangel, in Alaska, and intermediate points. This is the first express com pany giving servioe in Alaska. Perils of the North. San Francisco, Aug. 24. A special to the. Bulletin from Dyea, Alaska, August 14, tells of the pitiful condi tion of many of the searchers for gold who are now stopping at Dyea, unable to proceed further on their journey, owing to lack' of funds or provisions. Many of those now in Dyea are phys ically unable to make the trying trip, and there are many cripples, who Will suffer great hardships before the win ter is over. Many of those who ar rived on the Willamette are absolutely without shelter. ... .. .-' Passengers on the Queen. Port Townsend, Aug. 24. The steamer Queen, which sailed from here for Alaska tonight, carried Charles Is cham, of Baltimore, the newly appoint ed United States commissioner for Unga; A. D. Elliott, Washington, D. C. , clerk of the , federal court, and ex offieio secretary for Alaska; also J. A. Arment; deputy collector. Dr. C. R. Ray, of Chicago, who is heading a party to explore the interior of Alaska, passed through here on the Queen bound for Alaska. The party is well equipped and has a pioneer ex plorer of Alaska, L. L. Bales, as guide. The expedition will spend two years in the vicinity of Copper river and Prince William sound. I. B. Hammond, of Portland, was also a passenger on the Queen for Alaska. Mr. Hammond, who is the proprietor of the Portland company manufacturing electric and engineering machinery, is going on a prospecting trip to investigate' the feasibility of putting dredgers on the Yukon and trib utaries to hoist up gold mineral. Evangelina Cismeros' Trial. New York, Aug. 24i Captain-General Weyler, in a cable dispatch from Havana to the World, denies the report that Evangelina Ciscernos, a Cuban girl of 18, a sensational beauty, of gentle breeding and pure life, had been tried or sentenced to imprisonment for two years in the Spanish penal colony at Ceuta. The girl is the niece of the president of the ' Cuban republic. General Weyler's dispatch to the World reads as follows: ' .! . "For judicial reasons, there is on trial in the preliminary stages a person named Evangelina Cisneros, who, de ceitfully luring to her house the mili tary commander of the Isle of Pines, had accomplices posted secretly, who tied him and attempted to assassinate him. This case is in the. preliminary stages and has not as yet been tried by a competent tribunal, and .consequently no sentence has been passed nor ap proved by me. I answer the World with the frankness " and truth that characterizes all my acts. " "WEYLER." Germany Threatens to Withdraw. Cnnntantinonle. Aue. 24. The neace conference adjourned today, owing to 1 the nonreceipt by some of the ambassa-' dors of instructions from their govern ments. ' The German government threatens to withdraw from the concert 1 unless the Turks be allowed to continue ' their occupation of the province until the indemnity agreed on be paid by Greece. v- ' Tally-ho Coach Run Down. New York, Aug. 24. A tally-ho coach carrying members of the John' Palmer Association, of Brooklyn, was run into at Coney Island, tonight by a trolley car and wreoked. Fifteen of the occupants of the coach were in jured. Anna Drisler, of Flatbush, and W.. M. Ruffy, .of Brooklyn, the driver of the ' ooaoh are believed to be fatally hurt. I Only Twenty Men Have Crossed It in , Three Weeks. . 5 ' Seattle, Wash.,- Aug. 25. The steamer Rosalie arrived here this morn ing from Dyea and Skaguay. She re ports that there are about 4,000 people at Skaguay, and that the trail is still impassable. ' About 900 miners are working upon it, and it is expected that it will be ready in a few weeks. Not over 20 men have crossed over it in the last three weeks. At Dyea the miners are getting across as rapidly as could be expected. Juneau is rapidly filling up with miners from Dyea and Skaguay, who propose to winter there. ' Boston Girls for Alaska. Boston, Aug. 25. Ralph K. Mont morency, of . Seattle, is here on a novel expedition. He is going to take a ship load of handsome young Boston girls to Alaska about 200 of them, he ex pects. In an interview he said: "My main object is to get a good steam vessel around to the Pacific to do a general transportation business be tween Puget sound and Alaskan ports next summer." You can't get a craft of any sort out there for love or money. With 200 young women passengers at $250 apiece, making $50,000, and something on the freight, I shall make a good profit." " Would Compel Bachelors to Wed. -: New York, Aug. '25. Charlotte Smith, president of the Women's Res cue League, called on the Central Labor Union to explain her new scheme for compelling marriageable bachelors to marry. - She was too late to get the floor, but she buttonholed several of the delegates. ' ; .;'' She said she had statistics to shdw that there was an intimate connection between her scheme and the labor ques tion. The great competition of women in the field of labor, Bhe held, was be cause 60 per cent of the men refused to marry She said she was going to Bos ton to start a campaign against the Republican and Democratic candidates for mayor there, bceause both of them are bachelors. She did not. believe that a bachelor ought to hold an elective office, because no man could possibly act on questions of public morality un less he was married. ! ; - She was preparing a pamphlet upon her scheme, and intended to show that if bachelors were compelled to marry and , the army of unmarried women were to became housewives and mothers, wages would go up. Even if all the bachelors in Greater New York were to marry : there . would be still 100,000 women without husbands. It is re ported from Boston that Mr. Curtis, the Republican candidate for mayor of that city, has already announced his engage ment to a young woman. ' ; KAIULANI'S AMBITION. ! The Princess Ropes She May Yet Rule Over Hawaii. San Francisco, Aug.- 25. Princess Kaiulani, who has just attained her majority, will return to Hawaii in October after an absence of 10 years spent in England and on the continent. She has hopes of being made queen Of the present island republic if annexa tion fails. She is watching for a chance. When it comes she looks for a compromise between the republicans and the royalists in favor of herself, for the chances of her aunt,' ex-Queen Liliuokalani, being restored- to power are generally conceded to be slim in any event., ' .' . ' ' ' The princess will arrive in New York about September 25 from England. She will probably stay for a short time in this city, visiting with ex-Queen Lil iuokalani, who will then be residing here temporarily while- congress is not in session. Kaiulani's father will ac company her. - : ' ; ... . i , a Murdered Man's Avenger. San Francisco, Aug. 25. A sensa tional ' scene was enacted in Judge Dunn's courtroom at the close of the trial of Eugene Kenny, charged With the murder of Patrick Dolan. The jury found that the defendant was insane at the time of the commission of the crime, and the court was just about to order him remanded for examination by the lunacy commissioners, when Michael Dolan, a brother of the - deceased, sprang at the murderer, and, grasping him by the throat with one hanctt beat him on the head and face with his' right until the bailiff and other officers in terfered and took him into custody. ,, Bees in Possession of a House. Elizabeth, N. J., Aug. 25. Bees by the thousands have, during the last few months, made honey and flourished in a palatial residence in North Broad street, abandoned by its owner for the summer, ' and the municipal officials are very much worried, because the bees must be banished from the house, and every one shirks , the dangerous task. ,' Lives With a Broken Neck. Niles, Mich., Aug. 25. The case of Patrick Kelley, whose neck was brok en by a fall several ' weeks ago, is at tracting much attention. At first he was paralyzed below the hips, and it was not supposed he could long survive, but he is now able to sit in a chair and move 1 his legs'. Pie is improving so fast the doctors think he will soon be out again, as well as ever. j the EVIDENCE OF STEADY GROWTH News Gathered tn All the Towns oi Our Neighboring States Improve ment Noted in All Industries Oregoa. Lane county - warrants are selling , 102 cents on the dollar. 1 , ' Seven carloads of old wheat were shipped from Sheridan last week. A Polk county farm located near An tioch was sold for $10,000 last week. The foundrytat Oswego has started up on a two weeks' order, and may run longer. t The board , of management of the Commercial Association of . Umatilla county has decided to send an exhibit of Umatilla products to the Spokane fruit fair. j ' An injunction has been ; granted by Judge Fullerton against Coos county, restraining the sheriff from selling the property of the Southern Oregon' com pany, attached for delinquent taxes. There are 26,000 acres 'planted in prunes in Oregon 15,000 of them in the Willamette valley, 6,500 in the Rogue River valley. The coast coun ties and Eastern Oregon have 2,000 acres. ' ' -;, .' A miner arrived in Marshfield a few days ago from the Salmon:' Mountain mines with about five ounces of gold. He had with him one nugget worth about $38. He found the gold on John son creek. I .' The Klamath River Lumber Com pany's mill at Pokegama started up in full blast last week, and will . be kept in operation right along, a big drive of 4,000,000 feet of logs having arrived.: About 25 men are employed. ' Engineer J. G. Holcombeis making preparations to survey the .Tillamook and Nehalem bars. Alfred Williams and Fred Arthur have engaged to assist in making the sounding. , It is 'done with a view of preparing ah estimate for the improvement of the bars. Elk and deer hunters on the Lower Nehalem and Salmonberry rivers report game very scarce this year. Two and three years ago elk were so' plentiful that they could be easily tracked, but this season they are so scarce that tracks are not to be found, only rarely. There are nine combined harvesters operating in Sherman and Gilliam counties. By this method of harvest ing, farmers near the railroad are en abled to start theiri machinery 'and teams going in the morning and by noon have their wheat in the- ware houses. ,' .. : ' Progress in laying the rails on the Astoria & Columbia River railroad has been delayed by bridge construction at John Days. A temporary bridge will be completed this week, and tracklay ing beyond that point will then go ahead. Work on the grade is progress ing rapidly. ' " . The Oregon Land Company has leased the evaporator of the Salem Canning Company, and is building several evap orators of its own. It expects to handle 2,000 bushels a day of fruit and vege tables, with a special view to the Al aska demand, for wh'ch orders are al ready on hand. '' The total salmon pack of the Colum bia river is 474,500 cases, according to reliable statements from all packers. The Fishermen's Union cannery heads the list, with 52,000 cases. Fully 80 per cent of the pack is royal Chinook, and the general quality is excellent. Most of the steelheads and bluebacks were utilized for cold storage. Washington. .; Seven cents is now paid for fish in Blaine. ':' The season for shooting ducks and geese began on the 15th inst. Huckleberries from the Blue moun tains are selling in Dayton for 50 cents a gallon. The Star route daily mail service be tween Blaine and New Whatcom will be re-established September 1. . j. The assessment of Douglas county this year is increased nearly $1,000,000 over the valuation of last or any previ ous year. The Northern Pacific Railway Com pany became owner of 9,000 more acres of land in Chehalis county, having re corded a government patent for that amount of land last week. The Island County Horticultural So-, ciety has met and decided to hold a fair at Coupeville about the middle of September. The executive committee is busy selecting premiums. ' The fair willbe larger and will be continued longer than last year. The state land commissioner is pre paring a schedule of the state school and granted lands in each county of the state. These lists are to be posted in the county auditor's office of the sev eral counties for information of those seeking to lease. A schedule for Yaki ma has already been completed, and other counties will be taken up as fast as possible. A. Resume of Events in Northwest. Probable Cause of the Firing Off the St Auugstine, Fla., Aug. 24.-Last night heavy firing t sea by rapid-fire guns and the rays of a searchlight brought out the people of this city. The whole affair was carefully noted by the officers of the First artillery from their quarters in St. Francis barracks, who are positive that the vessel fired not less than 40 shots, first rapidly and then at intervals, ceasing as if the ob ject of the chase was caught. Then the rapid firing would be resumed. The ship, probably a war vessel,- could not come nearer tan about five miles off shore, and was evidently chasing a nunuirauimi ooax. as wio ubiibh came from the starboard gun. The coast is indented by a sand strip reaching out to about one mile off this bar, and it forms the cone of. Anastasia liehthouse. straieht down the coasts for 14 miles to Matanzas inlet. The St.' Augustine bar had ; but seven feet of water on it at the stage of the tide would have prevented the coming over ot tne xnree D'rienas or uauntiess, were mose tne vessels cnaseu. i.nere was only four feet of water on Matanzas inlet, and unless a vessel could make this harbor she would either have to put to sea or surrender. For this reason indications point to the fleeing boat taking an easterly course. w nen tne firing commenced a squall was on and the night was yery dark. LICENSE REVOKED. , Finding of the Board of Inquiry on the Wrecking of the Mexico. Seattle, Aug. 24. The board of in quiry on, the wrecking of the steamship Mexico in Dixon entrance August 5 has revoked the pilot's papers of Captain Thomas, master of the steamer. The papers of Pilot Connell, who was on the bridge at the time of the' disaster, have been revoked for a period of 80 days. , ' Although the decision of the board has not been made public, it is stated on good authority that it found that the blame lay with Captain - Thomas, who had retired.. It was held that he should have been on deok, especially as he placed his vessel in a dangerous po sition. Further, . it was found that the rook on which the steamer struck was West Devil's Neck, and was there fore known to the navigating 'officer of the Mexico, and he should have taken care to keep his vesssel out of the way. 01ant.fl.in Thomns' nilnt. nn.rArfl in Al askan waters are revoked entirely, and his master's papers are suspended for 80 days. Captain Thomas has been in the employ of the Pacific Coast Steam ship Company as master for more than a year past. He came' here from San Francisco, whioh is his home. By all who have come in contact with him he is regarded as an exceptionally capable AAnnM tt- J , a .i, .. i i. 1 1 UU1W1. All ID UUUOI H iuuu iimb UV Will be retained in the service of the com pany. " ' ROBBED BY DEPOSITORS. The Cashier Killed and the Vaults of the Bank Looted. ( . Shepherd, Mich., Aug. 34. Elmer E. Struble, cashier of the Farmers', bank, was shot this morninc hv rob bers. ' He was getting ready to go to Mount Pleasant and was in the vault when the shots were fired. ; All. the cash in the bank was taken, but the amount is not known. Cashier Struble died about six hours after the shooting. It is reported tonight that the robbery was committed by several desperate de positors, who, believing the bank was : about to fail, followed Struble to the bank, and upon being refused their money, shot the cashier and looted the bank. The proseouting attorney is said to have the names of all the men and arrests are hourly expected. , . The Wreck at Lima. Toledo, Aug. 24. Following is a list of those fatally injured in the wreck of the Detroit & Lima railorad near Lima, O,, last night: " Mrs.- John Burnham, of Lima, skull crushed; Mrs. William Murray, of Lima, injured : in ternally; Mrs. T. N. Scanlon, of Lima, body out and bruised and injured inter nally; Mrs. H. F. Bennett ' St Marys, O., injured internally and head badly bruised; Mrs. J. D. Bre6, injured internally. .- Twenty-five others were more or less injured. . , The train was an excursion train run from Lima to Toledo, and return, by the People's Tea Store, of Toledo. . The accident resulted from failure of the freight train to stop at the junotion. Several passengers were pinioned in the debris of the cars, and the trainmen had to cut away timbers to release them. Trifling Cause for a Murder. Winnipeg, Aug. 24. Near White wood, Adam Grega, aged 28 years, killed his father, Andrew Grega, aged 66, with an ax, nearly severing the head from the. body. The murderer then bade adieu to his wife and walked 24 miles to town, where he gave him self up. The murder arose from a quar rel over chickens. Indians on the Way to Hopflelds. Port Townsend, Aug. 24. Two thousand Indians from British Colum bia passed up the Sound in canoes to day for the hopflelds of the Puyallup,v Stuck and White river valleys, where six weeks' work in harvesting the crop is promised. ;