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The Hood River Glacier. It's a Cold Day When We Get Left. i VOL. IX. HOOD RIVEE, OREGON, FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 3, 1897. XO. 15. THE TRAIL IS OPEN. CUBA'S FIGHT FOR LIBERTY. THE TREASURE SHIP. ,1 Epitome of the Telegraphic i Hews' of the World. TERSE TICKS FROM THE WIRES Am Interesting; Collection of Item From the New and the Old World In a Condensed and Comprehensive Form The fund raised in Canada for the India famine sufferers'has been closed. The amount contributed was $179,161. Teri saloons in Kansas City, Kan., were raided by the police and $3,600 worth of liquors seized and poured into the gutters. Saloon furniture and fix tures filling ten big drays were seized and carted to police headquarters, where it will be burned. A dispatch from Buenos Ayres says the wheat crop in the province of Santa Fe is calculated at about 10,000 tons, scarcely more than enough to supply the province for the year. What is true in Santa Fe province is said to be true in the other provinces, that is, none will furnish more than enough for home use. The jewelry store of W. II. Finck, at Seattle, was burglarized and goods to the amount of $10,000 taken. By sawing the iron bars off the window, the burglars secured an entrance to the store. With a seven-pound sledgeham mer and an eight-inch punch they i broke the handle off the outside door of the safe, and then easily pried the door open. Five orphan children have been shipped from Honolulu to San Fran cisco. The government officials1 will not permit them to land unless $500 bonds are furnished for each of the quintet as a guarantee that they Shall not become public charges, but so far the necessary amount has not been raised by the Salvation Army officer to whom they were consigned. Official information received at Ma nila oonflrms the reports previously published as to. the disastrous character of the eruption of the Manyon volcano. Several villages were completely de stroyed.. At Libog 150 bodies were re covered and buried, and more remained in the lava. At another place 200 per sons were missing. Some of tlve bodies reoovered were so completely wcalciaied as to be unrecognizable. Advices from Rio de Janeiro state that the fanatics attacked several con voys of provisions and ammunition in the interior a few days ago and a bloody battle followed. ' The fanatics were forced to retire after severe losses. The Brazilian troops had 28 officers wound ed. The fanatics are now reorganizing their foroes and another attack on con voys is expected, as the fanatics are in need of ammunition. Involved in the question of inter pretation of section 22 of the new tar iff, with regard to the 10 per cent dis criminating duty on foreign goods com ing to the United States, from Canada or. Mexico, which i now betore the at torney general for deoision, is another question of equal if not greater magni tude. It involves the question of whether this discriminating duty of 10 per cent does not apply to all goods im ported in foreign vessels landing at United States ports which are not ex empt from discriminating tonnage taxes by express , treaty stipulation. The matter is now before the attorney-general, awaiting an interpretation. Two young ladies from Alameda and San Francisco have gone to Trinity , county upon a prospecting tour. They are equipped With complete miners' out fits and are determined to work hard to find a paying claim. Edwin Corbin, of Chioago, has closed a deal amalgamating the United States and Canadian Lakes Fisheries Com panies, whereby the control of 20 com panies passed into the hands of the British company with $5,000,000 cap ital. The British, "Russian and French ministers to Greece have notified their respective governments that it is im possible for Greece to pay an indemnity exoeeding 3,000,000 Turkish. It is understood that negotiations are on foot to induce Turkey to accept a smaller sum than the amount originally demanded. . , The county recorder in Great Bend, Kan. , has reported the release of over $60,000 in chattel and real estate mort gages since August 1, and half of the crop has not been threshed. It is pre dicted that by the new year the oounty will be in better shape than ever before and will look back on the largest acre age of wheat in the history of the county. Paul J. Henning, who has just ar rived in San Francisco, says the Amer ican flag is flying on Clipperton island. He has been living on the island with two other men and they successfully blocked the attempt of Captain Murt xay of the ship Kinkora, to hoist the British flag there three months ago. The Kinkora was wrecked and the three Americans held as wreckage nearly a million feet -of lumber, which was washed ashore. H. M. S. Com us vis ited the island later, but did not dis turb the Stars and Stripes nor enter s , claim for the lumber. i A Few of Those Gathered at Skaguay Can Now Escape. Seattle, Sept. 1. The following let ter was received per steamer Utopia, which arrived in Seattle today: Skaguay, Aug. 25. The jam is broken on the Skaguay trail. . A number of outfits have gotten over, and there is a steady stream of moving humanity, mixed up in .an almost indescribable mass of horses of all sizes, ages and conditions, mules, steers, miloh cows, goats and dogs, also vehicles of every description and kind to be imagined. Three steamers are now unloading on lighterB, which convey the freight as near the shore as possible, where it is loaded on wagons or carried above high tide. The Utopia is unloading at the only wharf a very shaky structure. Two piledrivers are at work on another dock, whioh is intended to be a sub stantial one. A new sawmill got up steam for the first time this morning. Bough lumber is worth $27 per 1,000, but cannot be got half fast enough at any price. The city of tents is not being displaced, but reinforced by a city of "shacks" of, all sizes and degrees of finish. Skaguay it the boom town of Alaska. Every man whose heart failed him when Mie en countered the first hardship has turned townsite boomer. . Four weeks ago Skaguay was not known; today there are not less than 3,000 people here, in addition to those on the ships in the harbor. They have surveyed off the townsite, the first comers having first choioe.. The United States commis sioner is -issuing some kind of a certifi cate for a fee of $5; then the squatter sticks up his tent, shack, or corral, and is ready to "skin" the first tenderfoot that comes along. Transfers by quit claim are quite common, and as high as $200 has been paid for a choice location. Skaguay has all theusuai accompani ments of a frontier mining town. Dance halls and scarlet women are plentiful, while roulette, faro, and stud poker and craps , find devotees ready to tempt fickle fortune's smile. There is no danger of a famine here, though there may be shortage in certain lines. On all sides, "smiling plenty as if conjured by some enchanter" here abounds. Great piles of hay, grain, flour, bacon, sugar and all the necessa ries are in stock apparently enough to last for some time to come. There are not less than 2,000 horses at work on the Skaguay trail, but it is hard to get anyone to contract lo deliver you over the summit at any price but you can get over for about 80 cents a pound, if you are willing to wait and contract by sections. The packers at this end of the trail do not like to contract farther than the first hill, six miles out, then one has to hire another outfit. At Dyea the Indians are moving the freight in an almost unbroken stream from the landing to Lake Lindeman, and it is no trouble to contract to get one's entire outfit over at one trip for 80 to 85 ' cents per pound. No one should come expecting to get over this fall for a less rate, and no one should bring boats. There are boats, set up, knocked down, in sections, and single boards on both trails from the landing to the base of the summit, but not one has yet been taken over. t Another Rich Strike. Tacoma, Wash., Sept. 1. A letter to the Ledger has just been received from the north fork of the McMillan river, Alaska, from George Lemmon, addressed to his wife, in South Tacoma, giving particulars of a fabulously rich strike on this tributary of the McMillan river. He and his partner went there from the Yukon on information from an In dian, who accompanied them, last spring, and he says they have struok a locality richer than the Klondike. In three months they have made a cleanup of $55,000. He says they have a lard bucket and a bean can full of nuggets, and although they have no scales, they believe it will run at least the amount named. They have staked off five claims, and he tells his wife to send up four friends, whom - he designated, as quickly as possible, to locate the ad joining properties, the law being that one man can locate only one claim. The letter was sent down by the In dian, who takes $500 or $600 worth of nuggets to lay in a fresh supply for the winter. Lemmon says he will not be out before next summer, arid thinks his friends can reach there by the middle of October over the Chilcoot pass.' Mc Millan river is between 200 and 800 miles south of Klondike, and until lately has been an unexplored region. He expresses fear of Bcurvy breaking out this winter unless they can get some green vegetables in, but adds that nothing would induce him to leave the diggings until next year, as by that time they are confident of having sev eral hundred thousand dollars. Flour Fays No Duty.' Washington, Sept. 1. Consul Fow ler, at Chee Foo, China, reports to the f state department that foreign flour pays no import duty in that country. He says that one-third of the flour import ed goes to Canton. .About 850,000 pounds of flour from California is sold in Chee Foo yearly. The Chinese in that part of China consume corn food mostly. ' Philadelphia)' Sept. 1. Twelve hun-1 dred trousers-makers struok today for , shorter hours, better pay and abolitiop ol the sweat system, . Star Pointer Paced Exhibition Mile In 1:59 1-4. RECORD MADE AT REEDVILLE Grandstand Watches Caught the Time Even Faster Performance Was Wit nessed by an Excited Crowd. ' Keedville, Mass., Aug. 81. The pac ing stallion Star Pointer, owned by James A. Murphy, today wiped out the two-minute mark, and ended the con troversy which has been going on for years as to the speed qualitites of the light harness horse. Accompanied by a runner, the big bay Tennessee-bred stallion wiped out the mark and had three-quarters of a second to spare when he went under the wire. This wonder ful performance was witnessed by about 8,000 persons. It was the more won dertul for on Friday Joe Patchen, with Geers behind him, had made a try at the mark made by John B. Gentry last October, and had failed by a second and a half. Because of this, it was not thought that his greatest rival in the race , line would get down below the even time mark. ; " The day was perfect for record-breaking. Not a breath of air was stirring when at 4 o'clook the horse came out with a running horse to make the trial for a world's record. ' The first two scores were not satisfactory to MoCleary and he worked the horse way down be low the turn. The second score was even worse than the first, for while at scarcely a two minute-clip he went to a break right under the wire. ThiB made the friends of the horse more than a trifle nervous. The horse was acting as if a little sore and not up to the task. But the third time, down there was no hesitancy. McCleary nodded for the J word, and off the pacer went. The first quarter was at a two-minute gait, 80 seconds, and-then, as McCleary called on his pacer to move, there was a great cheer, for he was beating two minutes and got to the half in 0:59, with the second quarter ' in 0:29. The third quarter was the fastest of the mile, the distance being covered in 0:29J seconds, a 1:57 gait. Around the turn Pointer seemed to waver the smallest fraction of a second, but McCleary had him right almost be fore one could think, and he straight ened out into the stretch, the runner moving up closer. Both pacer and runner were asked to step along. Mc Carthy laid the whip on the runner, but McCleary only spoke a word of en couragement to his horse. At the drawgate Pointer was reefed a little, and, coming stronger from the distance, the great 'pacing stallion ap peared to freshen in the last few strides, gathering fresh courage as he neared the wire, and finished like a lion in the record-breaking time of 1:59J. . A mighty shout went up. Men yelled as though possessed. In the grandestarid the owner of the horse had his hand wrung until it ached. Over the fences jumped men who knew the horse and driver, or who were carried away with the enthusiasm of the moment. Hardly had McCleary brought , the horse to a standstill before they had him on their shoulders, and he was borne along the stretch to the judge's stand and there, as the band played "Hail to the Chief," he was introduced to the throng, and then renewed ap plause for horse, owner and trainer rang out. A fairer mile was never timed. There was not a watch in the stand but what agreed with the time announced, while on the other side of the stretch, .the watches in the grandstand caught it equally fast or better, not one slower. C. W. Marks, also of Chioago, the owner of the greatest rival of Pointer, looked at his watch earnestly and then remarked: "If anything, the mile was faster rather than slower. It was a 1:59 per formance." SWEPT BY A HURRICANE. ' The Coast of the Gulf of California Is Devastated. Denver, Aug. 81. A, special to the News from Nogales, Ariz., says: Ad vices from Guaymas state that a hurri cane visited the Gulf of California and the lower Mexican coast on the 22d inst., and that information of the.dam age done is beginning to arrive at that port. At Las Guaomas, near the mouth of the Yaqui river, the region for miles around was inundated, and the town swept away. Three lives were reported lost and great damage done to crops. The steamer Carmen is sup posed to have left Agiabampo for the south just as the hurricane was coming, and fears forber safety are entertained. The storm has prostrated the wires all along the coast, and no particulars can be learned. It is feared that a number of vessels have been lost. Arsenic and Whisky. : Vancouver, B. C, Aug. 31. James Hardman, aged 90 years, is dead at Westminster from the effects of a dose of arsenic. The deceased had been ill for a long time. Chief Sewish, a west coast Indian, was drowned at Westmin ster, by falling out of a canoe while drunk. Quinton Banderas Tells of the Progress . of the War. New York, 'Sept. 1. -The Journal and Advertiser says: The sensationally victorious inarch of the Cubans under Maximo Gomez and Antonio Maceo, the entire length of the island, in Mar tinez Campo's time, has just been duplicated by Quintin Banderas. The negro war captain,' than whom no Cuban of the colored race, i excepting only Maceo, perhaps, has won greater honors in the struggle for independence, led 12,000 men from the eastern end of the island, where the patriots in arms are strongest, to the western end, where, since Maceo's death the Cuban cause has not prospered so well. ; Those 12, 000 men represented all branches of the Cuban army service. They penetrated into the provinces of Matanzas, Havana and Pinar del Rio, strengthening the existing forces in each of these provinces to such an extent that the coming win ter campaign there may be expeoted to be even as disastrous for the Spanish as. in the times of the redoubtable Maceo. The news of the brilliant achieve ment was brought to the Journal and Advertiser by the mail from Havana in an autograph letter from Banderas him self. In it he requests the publication of the proclamation that he issued on taking charge of - the department. Banderas says that the second invasion of the west was made in compliance with plans that were completed by Maximo Gomez, the general-in-chief himself, in June last, and that the march was -effected with little or no trouble or molestation from the Spanish troops. The proclamation intimates that there have been wholesale deser tions from the Spanish army in Havana provinpe into the Cuban service. The rest of the proclamation is di rected "To the Men of My Race," and is as follows: - . ' " ' "It only remains for me to appeal to the men of my race, to point out to them that we Qwe the liberty of our fathers to, the resolution of 1868, and it is my duty to present to them the example of that noble figure, Major General Antonio Maoeo, who died on the field for the liberty of his country." Spain Will Never Yield. . Denver, Sept. 1. Count Henri Pen aloza, of Paris, is spending a few . days in the city upon mining business. The count is an Amerioan by birth, a Span iard by descent and a Frenchman by adoption. He was born in San Fran oisoo in 1869, while his parents were spending the winter in California. In the course of an interview Count Pen aloza said: -' ; "As long as Spain has a man or a penny in the treasury the Spanish gov ernment will not consent to the inde pendence of Cuba. A country whose call for military funds was subscribed four times over and which has sent 200,000 soldiers to Cuba, is not in the impoverished condition so often de scribed." " , Count Penaloza is exiled from his native country on account of the Carlist proclivities of his family. IN BEHALF OF INDIANA MINERS. A Large Relief Fund Subscribed at Lebanon. . Denver, Sept. 1. A special to the News from Lebanon, Ind.', says: An immense meeting was held last night at the opera house in behalf of .the starving coal miners in Indiana. Thomas J. Terhune made a statement of the condition of. the miners as he found it while making his investiga tion as Governor Mount's special com missioner. He said: ' . ' "There are 8,000 families' in this state in destitution. Thirty thousand people are literally starving. A few years ago they received $1.25 per ton; now the average price paid is about 85 cents per ton. A good miner can make $1 a day arid is allowed to work two or three days each week. They are compelled to trade at company stores and. the prioes they pay are left entire ly to the mine operators. The miners admit that they cannot live upon the present scale of wages." . A large subscription to the ( relief fund was raised. r E. V. Debs left Terra Haute for St. Louis last night to attend the confer ence called by the national executive board of United Mineworkers. He says there has been a remarkable change in publio sentiment on the injunction question; that.whereas three years ago there was hardly any dissent from the course of judges who were issuing re straining orders against the strikers, the preponderance of sentiment now is in opposition. A Convert to Buddhism. New York, Sept. 1. A most uunsual oeremony will be performed this even ing upon the platform of New Century hall, on Fifth avenue, when Countess M. de Canavaro will be received into the Buddhist faith by Dharmapala, a priest ot the Brahma-Somaj sect. , The priest will repeat in his native language the formula of the oath of Buddha, Which will be repeated by the prose lyte. This will be but the second cere mony of the, kind ever performed in this country. Countess de Canavaro is an American woman, about 45 years old, a native of California, who married a foreigner. Further than that she will say nothing whatever about her family affairs. A Resume of Events in the Northwest. ' EVIDENCE OF STEADY GROWTH News Gathered in All the Towns of Our Neighboring States Improve-' ment Noted In All Industries Oregon. The Bpring run of salmon at Celilo was a failure thisyear. The hay harvest in Wallowa county is over, and farmers are busy garnering their wheat. A student of fruit culture in Jackson county says that yellow jaokets are death on all kinds of moths that prey on fruit. One of the tramps injured in the wreck south of Roseburg drew $100 out of his pooket and asked to be well sared for while that lasted. ' The schooner Bella, built on the 3iuslaw by Eli Hansen, was furnished with masts last week. The Bella has been a long time building. Hon. Thomas H. Tongue has suc ceeded in locating the lost muster rolls of the companies of volunteers that fought the Rogue river Indians in J853. The sawmills up the North Santiam are being operated to .their, fullest capacity. Many of them are cutting ties and bridge timbers for repairs on the O. C. & E. ' ...' ' . Eighty acres of the Ginn place, near Weston, which was threshed last week, averaged 52 bushels of wheat to the acre. This is the largest yield yet heard of in that section. Engineer Halcombe, with a crew of men, is now engaged in making a sur vey of the Nehalem bar, with the ob jeot 'of getting an appropriation for jetty work. He is doing the work thoroughly, and will also make a sur vey of the Tillamook bar later. Astronomer S.S. Gannett has the in struments in place for receiving time by wire from St. Louis, in order to estab lish a meridian line at Baker City for the geological maps that are to be made by the federal authorities of the Baker mineral district. The Astoria carnival this yetrhas eclipsed anything of the kind ever held in that city. ' It is the intention to effect a permanent organization of a regatta club, the objects of which will be to collect funds and otnerwise pro mote the annual carnival. ; The state fair to be held in Salem this year promises to be a success in every way. The O. R. & N. , with its usual generosity and care for ' the state's interests, is the first line to an nounce a reduced rate to Salem during the fair of one fare for the round trip. Work is being pushed on the con struction of the Astoria & Columbia River road to Goble, and the officers say they will have trains running be tween Astoria and Portland by January 1. The affairs of the road are in good hands', and being conducted ' in a business-like manner. ..''..'. L. C. Coleman returned to Jackson ville from San Francisco last week. While at that city he had four sugar beets, raised on Griffin creek, analyzed at the Spreokles refinery. The result howed that they averaged 10 ounoes in weight, contained 16.53 per cent of sugar and co-efficient of purity of 85 per cent. The percentage of saccharine matter is high, especially as the beets are not matured. Those containing 14 per cent sugar, with a co-efficient purity of over 80 per cent, are considered good. Should beets raised in other parts of Jackson county turn out equally well, factory may be up in the near future. ' ' ' Washington. Much of the grain around -Colfax is yielding more than 40 bushels to the acre. The turfmen of Walla Walla have arranged for a race meeting in that city for October 20, 21, 22 and 23. The shingle mill at Cosmopolis is running a night and a day crew, as are the box factory and planing mill. The ruling price for paok horses in Ellensburg last week was $20, and the tendency of the market is still upwards. It is reported that the Northern Pa cific will at once put on six more com pound looomotives between Ellensburg and Hope. , Kittitai county is advertising for bids for building a bridge across the Cle Elum river, and also across the Yakima at Thorp. The steam heating apparatus for the marine hospital in Port Townsend has arrived,' and is being put in by the con tractor, who expects to have the work finished on time. , The Spokane Spokesman-Review says that never in the history of Spokane has there been such a demand for har vest hands, and that unprecedented wages are offered. From $2 to $4 per day and board is tendered in many seo tions. V Lists of school land of Lincoln, Walla Walla and Adams counties subject to lease have been sent to the respective county auditors by the board of land commissioners. After these lists have been posted SO days, the lands will b offered for lease. The Steamer Portland Arrives From , St. Michaels. Port Angeles, Wash., Aug. 81. The steamer Portland arrive i from St., Michaels tonight. Captain Kidston reported a pleasant voyage, , and s ex plained the delay of three days in reaching Port Angeles by stating that a very serious storm at St. Michaels de layed the disoharge of his cargo. He laughed when told of; the reports that the Portland was carrying over ... $2,000,000 in gold. As a matter of fact, he said, there was only about $825,000 in gold dust and nuggets on board his vessel. " Up to the time he left St. Michaels he had heard of no new gold fields. Among the Portland's passengers ' from St. Michaels is Timothy Bell, who has with him $30,000 in gold which he dug from a claim that cost $125. William Ogilvie, Dominion surveyor, says the 600 ' claims now staked out will yield $60,000,000. From a number of the Portland's crew it was learned that Captain Kids- . ton had expected the Weare, one of the company's boats, to come down the Yukon with about $1,000,000 worth of , nuggets and gold dust, but as she did . not arrive in time he decided to bring Hjf'" down the treasure next trip. - The United States cutter Bear", it is said,' will guard the Portland 1 on her ne:;t trip from St. Michaels to Seattle. As most miners will make their clean up by that' time it is 'expected th Portland's cargo will be a very valu- . able one. The returning miners say the re markably rich claims on Eldorado creek will number '140. Mr. Ogilvie esti mates that, at the rate these 140 claims are now producing, and considering the ground yet to' be Worked, the amount in the next three years will ag gregate about $70,000,000. To this must be added the favorable possibil ities of pockets and development of claims already found, but not opened. There have been other rich strikea on Stewart river, Hunker, Henderson and Indian creeks, but none f these are as rich as the claims on Eldorado and Bonanza creeks. , Until the .wonderful discoveries of Klondike were made, ground worth 10 cents to the pan, with two or three feet of pay dirt, was considered very good for the Yukon, and the miners made their money with rookers and sluices. This year the miners are passing en tirely over ground of this richness in their search for sand and gravel that r will pay like that of the Klondike dis coveries. . ,', Up to date, none of the claims was showing any signs of exhaustion, and scarcely a dozen are more than well opened. , Every one has large areas of ground to be worked. ..',' One returning miner , says it is im- . possiblle to make anything like an ac curate estimate of the probable yield of the mines. vThe ground is ' not at all . even in richness, and the worth of pay streaks varies greatly. , , ; The most important news from St. Michaels is that the river steamers left there t.vo weeks ago for their last trip , up. It is not certain they, will reach , Dawson this fall, and the passengers who left the Sound as early as July 25 may not reaoh Circle City before navi gation closes. This makes it ' certain that hundreds who left the Sound and . California since August 1 for St. ' Michaels will winter . there. At the best they can scarcely get started up the Yukon before it freezes solid. : All vessels touching at St. Michaels this summer have had difficulty keep ing their orews, who have caught the fever. One schooner from Victoria was entirely deserted by her crew, from captain to cook, who started up the river for Klondike, .. The crew of the J. M. Colman tried . to desert, but the attempt was discov ered in time, and, by a display of fire arms, the men were compelled to re main. '. ' .. .' Every vessel from St. Michaels has come away short-handed. The Port- J land lost several of her crew, but was able to obtain men by . paying high v wages. .. FATE OF THE BENDERS. The Old Man and Kate Were Shot by ' . ... " a Tosse. ; Wichita, Kan., Aug. 81. Another chapter is added to the gruesomd story of the Bender family, whose home in Montgomery county over 20 years ago was the scene of upward of 80 murders, according to the deathbed confession of t Captain Carroll. The fate of the. Benders has heretofore been veiled in mystery. . . Captain Carroll confessed that a band of citizens, sworn to eternal secrecy, followed the Benders after their flight from the scene of their crimes and killed Kate and the old man, but let Mrs. Bender go, with a warning never to return on pain of death. He said that Kate and her mother stood by and stoically watched the men riddle the body of William Bender with bullets, and then when Kate's turn came she stepped out like a tragedy queen and said: "Blaze away." ' She was shot down like a dog, but, when it came to shooting the mother, the hearts of the posse failed them and. they allowed her to go. ; The bodies were carefully buried and the graves concealed. f