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The Hood River Glacier. It's a Cold Day When We Cet Left. VOL. IX. HOOD RIVEIt, OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1897. NO. 18. CU3A MUST BE , FREE. MINERS IN SURLY MOOD. TROCHA NORTH OF MOBILE. Epitome of the' Telegraphic - News of the World. TERSE TICKS FROM THE WIRES An Interesting Collection of Items From the New and the Old World In a Condensed and Comprehensive Form According to E. Baldwin, the well- known authority on polar expeditions,- v there are' many reasons for believing Andree, the Swedish aeronaut, is now on his return trip from the polar re gions, and may soon be. heard from. Mayor Phelan, of San Francisco, has, - in a very pointed way, warnd the board of education that if it does not keep ofrinflv within thpi lottm nf thft Inw in uv. .v-v.j ......... ,..w .www. . . -- the matter of appropriations it may be ousted from office, as was the board of supervisors. ,,- --.' . Three daughters of Preston Howard were burned to death in their home at Port Alma, Ont. The rest of the fam ily escaped from the burning building. The girls were'aged 18, 10 and 8 year9. One of them had escaped, hut met her death m returning to assist her sisters. " Actifg tipon the request of the secre- - tary oi agriculture the treasury depart ment has requested the secretaty of state to instruct all the consular officers of th United States to refuse authenti- cation of invoices of hides . of meat cattle from districts in which anthrax exists. . v The .unclaimed jewels and curios to the value of $150,000 which were found in the ruins after the fire at the charity bazaar in the Rue deGoujon, have been t Hold At nnnt.inn.' Tlifi tnnnev. rAnlizftd . will remain bonded for 80 years, after which all the money unclaimed goes to T. n HT.nrf. The cablegram announcing the recall of Baron Fava has been verified. He :' is to be retired from aotive service, and . i ' ti i ; a l . i i- lilts xtuuuu guvBniiiiuiJ b UHB gruuieu 111U1 a pension of 80,000 lire ($6,000) a year. The Marquis Imperali, is .regarded as , Baron Fava's successor. - Baron Fava has been a familiar figure in Washing ton offloial circles for 10 years. Congress will be asked at its' coming session to make a large appropriation - t 1 1 .. e - f l i. .-.-i- HIT L ti 1UU11IUUI;LI1I U 111 11I1IIIHI11 111U11- power guns to be installed for service on board . auxiliary cruisers of the United' States navy in time of war. Captain Charles O'Neil, ' chief of the bureau of qrdnanoe, proposes to make a recommendation in his fortcoming an nual report that at least $500,000 be - appropriated for this purpose. It is es timated that $3,000,000 will be re quired to equip with modern batteries the 28 steamers now enrolled in the government , , service ;- as ; auxiliary cruisers. .. . . ,. Fire ; was discovered in the main ' slope of mine No. 2, at Stockton, Ala. About 100 men were employed in the mine. Atonbean alarm was given. .A panio followed among tne workmen and hundreds gatnered at the main en trance of the smoking mine, while rescue parties were at once formed to ; relieve the miners. More than 60 were ' gotten'-out from the various entrances without harm.' 1 Others were overcome by smoke and fell by.the wayside. . Fiv men, who were working about the slopes beyond where the fire originated, : could hot be reached, and it has been regarded as certain that they are dead. It is thought three or four others may be in the mine. . ...: A great dock, strike is imminent at Havre in consequence of the refusal by a i i i : .. i uie employers giant au uii'.reuBe ill wages. -" . ...... ." ' 1 ' 1 1 ;.i i 1 imcagu i sweltering, wiui no inui cations for cooler weather, and in the Ohio valley' the hottest September weather on record prevails. . : The Michigan orop report for Septem ber, issued by the secretary of state, says the wheat crop will be 25,000,000 bushels, the largest for five years. : M , The celebrated Angus-Craven will trtntaat haa hppn ftamrtail in finn 1iVnn cisco. : The Fair heirs , have won their case, and a new trial has been denied. V -a. wasmngiun correspuiiuuiu oi a JSew xorK paper says tne united states 'is getting ready to deal with Spain vig orously, and that the department has . o 1 ran 1 w rinpiilnH nnnn a nlan nf . aMmn A tremendous exnlosion oconrred at . the camp close by the Chinese arsenal 1 of Kiangnan, near . Shanghai. Forty bodies have been dug out of the debris. -T-tiTrt 4ii-ia T"" nmn rrnna 1 OftO. nnm naf. tern single-fire and magazine rifles, with 120,000 rifle cartridges swere de . stroyed. .'v- ... i . . . Probably the largest and finest tur- qoise ever found on American soil has just . Deen received . in uenver irom ' Southern Mexico. It weighs in the . rough 176 karats, and it is estimated 7by competent experts that it will weigh fully 88 karats when cut and polished. 'It has, the best color known, being a delicate sky blue, just a shade lighter tuail uiuuuuu a w mg. 11110, mui n number of smaller stones running from 40 to 10 karats, was taken from a newly idisoovered mine, the location of which jis in Lincoln county, New Mexico. Absolutely no details of this discovery can be learned. The large stone is estimated to be worth $6,000, - v .'. - . . v .. ." - , ' Minister Woodford Insists , That Spain Knd the M ar. ' Paris, Sept. 22. A dispatch from San Sebastian to Le Temps, this city, says that in his interview yesterday with the Duke of Tetuan, Spanish min ister for foreign affairs, United States Minister Woodford did not present any claim for indemnity, but confined The interview to a statement of the great injuries commerce and industry had suffered in the United States throngh a prolongation of the Cuban war. v General Woodford is said to have added that Secretary Sherman had. de sired him to declare to the Spanish gov ernment that it was evidently impos sible for Spain to end the rebellion in a reasonable time, and, further, that if the war was continued, Cuba would be devastated and of no utility to Spain or to . the Cubans. In conclusion, the United States minister is reported to have insisted courteously hut firmly upon the necessity of terminating the war, declaring if it were not termin ated by the end of October the United States would feel justified in taking measures to seoure the independence of Cuba. - 'The Duke of Tetuan, according to a dispatch to Lo Temps, while, pro testing against the alleged American "pretensions," said he would reply officially to the United States minsister when the Spanish court returns to Madrid. Will Cause a Sensation. , Madrid, Sept. 23. In official circles here the greatest secrecy is maintained regarding the United States., ultima tum, which is looked upon as bound to cause a great sensation in Europe and ,to have the greatest consequences for Spain.. . - While not intending it, it is be lies el the action of the United States has greatly facilitated the solution of the ministerial crisis, and there will be a reorganization of . the . conserva tives under General Azcarraga as pre mier, and - Don Francisco Silvella, ' leader of the dissident conservatives. . t May Go Beforo the Powers. London, Sept. 22. A Standard dis patch from San Sebastian says: The government will take its time to reply to United States Minister Woodford, and will probably lay the case before the European powers in. the shape of an exhaustive exposition of the whole matter. ; But ' last year the foreign office ascertained that the sympathies of the'powers were hot likely to be be yond" platonio censure of the conduct of the United States. Much anxiety U noticeable in court and official circles. ROLLER MILLS BURNED. The Logs Is Estimated to Be Fully Two . Hundred Thousand Dollars. Pendleton, Sept. 22. The Pendleton roller mills, 500 barrels capacity owned by W. S. Byers, was destroyed by fire this morning. . The fire is sup posed to have started in a small smut room in the first story, seen by the night watchman, who could not reach it, so awoke the other employes. - : , The fire spread very rapidly, and was seen by the 1 night engineer v in the woolen and scouring mill near, who whistled an alarm. The fire depart ment soon responded, but by this time the large building was a mass of flame and nothing could be done except to save adjoining property. At one time the $80,000 courthouse hn the block opposite was smoking, but the mill walls fell in and the firemen were able to save the courthouse. The firemen had great difficulty from burst ing hose, and were handicapped by a large crowd and the excitement of the people. - i ', ' The oontents of a stone - warehouse near the mill were greatly damaged and almost ruined. The corrugated iron warehouse' was totally destroyed. , ; The loss is at least $200,000, half on the plant and half on ' wheat, flour and other property. ' In the mill elevator 60,000 bushels of wheat were burned, and in the stone warehouse 25,000 bushels of wheat and 2,000 barrels of flour. There was no insurance, . save $50,000 on the mill building and machinery. The stone warehouse was supposed to be fireproof, but the intense heat fired- the contents. Only a part of the machinery was running at the time, oleaning wheat, and no one was awake in the mill save the night watchman. The fire was due, it is supposed, to spontaneous combustion. - Child Fatally Burned. .-' .. Spokane, Wash., Sept. 22. The 6- year-old daughter of Mrs. Bartemus, of Mullan, Idaho, was fatally burned yes terday. - While Mrs. Bartemus was away from the home'the child under took to build a fire. She poured coal oil on the wood and spilled some of the oil on her clothing. When she struck a match her clothing ignited. , She ran into the street, closely followed byher older brother, who was ill with measles. He tried to smother the flames but was unsuccessful. The clothine was almost ' entirely burned from the child's body. I To' ease, her frightful pain, physicians administered chloroform. She died a few hours later. The mother is pros trated. Her husband died recently in a hospital. : , ' Big; Fire at Stockton. Stockton, Cal., Sept. 22. The Stock ton combined harvester works, built by L. U. 'Shippee, were burned today. Loss, $100,000; insurance, $80,000. - Secretly Inticing' Afghans Against the British. - BUT ENGLAND IS NOT ASLEEP Ten Additional Batteries of. Artillery to India The Ameer' Tveaehery ' Battle In Rawat Pass. - v London, Sept 21. The fact that no less than 10 batteries of horse and field artillery have been ordered to embark for India during the months of Septem ber and October is much commented upon in - military circles . Under or dinary circumstances, the four batteries now in India would have been relieved this month. These batteries will re main in India and therefore there will be shortly 14 batteries of artillery, a full complement for army corps.N As the British force now assembled on the frontier is of ample strength to wipe out all visible' resistance, the only con clusion that can be reached in relation to the dispatch of reinforcements of ar tillery is that the authorities are pos sessed of information of a serious char acter. r - - The information conveyed . by the war office Monday last to the London commercial agent of the ameer of Af ghanistan, that no war material or ma' ohinery for the manufacture thereof would be allowed to cross the frontier during the present crisis, indicates that the Birtish government has by . no means entire confidence in the ameer s fidelity, and it is hinted that the gov ernment has learned that while pro fessing friendliness to Great Britain, he has been secretly preparing for war. - Well informed circles are also dis cussing the story of a secret correspond ence between Russia and Afghanistan,' which is said to have fallen into the hands of British officials, and it is fur ther intimated that a widespread plot has been discovered. ; ": ." The truth or otherwise of these stories will develop hereafter, but the fact remains that the large increase in the strength of the British artillery in India cannot be intended for use against the Afridas. ' " ' -' The Battle in Kawat Pass. . Simla,' Sept. 21.' The reverse suf fered by the ' British under General Jeffreys in the attack north of Anayal is regarded most seriously, and it was stated in semi-official circles that if the situation does not improve the whole border will be in arms. WEYLER IN A SCRAPE. His Men Raided the Residence of a ' Banish Consnl. - Havana, Sept. 21. The residence of Fernando Heidrich, the Danish con sul at Matanzas, who is visiting in the United States, was secretly raided by the police, and a revolver and a num ber of documents were found in his desk, and were seized. The Danish consul-gerleral at Havana, upon learn ing of the raid, protested to Captain General Welyer, , and demanded - an apology. The German consul at Ma tanzas also demanded an apology, claim ing that Heidrich was a German subject.- The governor denied that he had ordered the raid, and attributed it to the war department. The German con sul then notified the military authori ties. The captain-general has not yet been heard from. - ' General Gomez has issued orders to his army not to engage in battle with the Spaniards. General , Quintin Ban deras did not obey the order, and may be courtmartialed. ; - ' . General Lee Reports. .' - Washington, Sept. ' 21. General Fitzhugh Lee, consul-general to Cuba, had a long consultation with the presi dent at the White House.today. ' General Lee carefully reviewed the situation in Cuba and explained at length all the points upon which the president asked for information. Gen eral Lee gave his views very freely to the president but after the interview was reticient about the nature of the report he had made. .5 , - ' ' ' It is evident, however, that the presi dent is deeply impressed with the crit ical character of the situation as de scribed by General Lee, as it is under stood he strongly urged Lse to retain his office at least for the present, and to return to Havana at his earliest con venience. General Lee left here this afternoon for Covington, Va., but before his de parture said he would return to Cuba as soon as he had arranged his private affairs, probably . about the middle of October. (' '"''.' '';"' '-'-- Troops for St. Michaels. Seattle, Sept. 21. The steamship Humboldt has Jseen chartered by the North American Transportation & Trading Company to carry north from Seattle the United States troops which are to be sent to St Michaels. The boat will also carry the river steam boat, machinery and suppliei left be hind by the Cleveland.'' .' ..''-' The steamship Farallon sailed today for Skaguay and Alaska ports, with 80 passengers and 150 tons of freight. At Victoria the steamer will take aboard gome of the passengers of the Eugene, whose trip was a failure. , Attempt to Resume Work at Latimer Not Successful.,. Hazleton, Pa., Spet. 23. The strike situation again , assumed an unclean phase this morning. ' An attempt to resume work was made at Pardee's Lat imer mines, but only 800 out of 1,800 miners returned to wbrk. These were mainly Italians, with a few English speaking men. .,; During the night Hungarians parad ed thorugh the settlement, beating tin cans and kettles and raising a big racket. This was done to,notify those of their race that they must not go back to work. "The warning was ob served, and this morning a band of Hungarians, led by women, were march ing and threatening to march on the mines later on in the day.. The 18th regiment is keeping close watch for further trouble. .. News of a disturbance at Eckley reached - brigade - headquarters this morning. The strikers there had fixed today for a decision as to whether ist not to strike. They atempted to return and others gathered about the mine in a menacing manner. Companies :C and E, of the Fourth regiment, were sent over and gave the would-be work ers protection. " The men at Drifton and Jeddo, in the same district, did not go out. V The 2,500 miners at Lehigh and Wilkesbarre, and the McAdoo miners kept their word and went to work un der heavy military protection. - ' Stands hy the Miners. Topeka, Sept. 22. Charles Devlin, the big coalmine operator in Illinois, and one of the largest individual oper ators in the United States, stands by the miners who are fighting for living wages and against the operators who meet at Springfield today to try to further reduce wages. - " ".'' In an interview this morning he said: ' . : ' ' '. .- ' "The miners of Illinois should get a price equal to the Columbus scale. The price which they were forced to accept, last May, and which they refused to continue work on is not enough to keep body and soul together. The average miner v?ith steady, work could not aver age more than $1 per ; day . the year round. Slavery for the miners would be preferable to " the wages they are getting, for in slavery they would have enough to eat and drink and wear, while under the present conditions and with the present prices they are forced to work for they cannot buy provisions enough to live on, let alone clothe them selves and families. Since they came out the price of provisions has ad vanced, particularly flour, which has risen not less than $1 per hundred." He says he" is willing to join the operators in paying a price equal to the Columbus scale, and will use every effort in that direction. ,He says he has yet to -meet the first large i con sumer of coal who is not in favor' of giving the miners a fair price for their labor. v - . - Foreign Miners Want Revengre. . - Chicago, Sept 22. There is a move ment on foot in Chicago to determine whether Sheriff Martin ' and his depu ties can be prosecuted for the shooting of striking miners at Hazelton. : The plan is to create a' central committee made up subcommittees from the Lith-' nians, Poles, Bohemians and certain labor unions, the membership of which is composed of these classes; then . to collect a fund - and employ lawyers to take charge of and push the case. The Lithunians met at Church hall, Thirty-third street and Auburn avenue. Speeches were made and resolutions adopted condemning the . action of Sheriff Martin and his men. -Every speaker urged that whatever is attempt ed toward redress fox the alleged wrong should be within the limits of the law. The resolution treated the Hazelton affair as a murder. . ' , ' ' . ' " Aid for the Coalminers. ' Pueblo, Colo., Sept. 22. All of the city churches last night took up collec tions for the coalminers of the - E. st. The amount will be placed in the hands of a committee acting for the trades assembly, and will be sent by them to the relief committee. Flood in Texas.- . Dallas, - Tex., Sept. 22. A News special from El Paso says: Last night the people of Ahnmada, about 50 miles from: this city, : were visited by the worst flood that ever happened in the history of the state. -Men, women and shildren were driven from their beds, and had to take refuge , on the high ground with their household effects. There was not a place to shelter them, many houses in town tumbling down in great heaps, and many more are ex pected to collapse any moment. Unless relief comes soon, women and children will be in a sad plight, as it is raining hard, and another bad night seemB in- svitable. '--.-:.., Two Regents Resign. Pullman, Wash., Sept. 22. Regents Windus and Powell have resigned as regents of the Washington agricultural college and school of science, having sent their resignation to Governor Rog ers last Saturday, Regent Powell sent in a short decisive letter, merely stat- ng that he resigned as a regent, his re Bignation to take effect at once; but if Governor Rogers deemed it injurious to the the college to aocept the resignation at once, he would continue to act until Ootober 10, but no later. - the EVIDENCE OF STEADY GROWTH Mews Gathered In All the Towns of : Our Neighboring , States Improve ." ment Noted in All Industries Oregon. - Six hundred cases of big salmon were put up at Wist s cannery at toehalem last week. ' , :. . , ... . ; - Mr. Stadleman, of The " Dalles, has received news of 8,000 boxes of prunes snipped to JNew lorK. lne prunes were sold at from 40 to 60 Cents. , Helix, in' Umatilla county, is hav ing, a bit of a boom. A good many sales of town lots have been made re cently at double last year's prices. V Much wheat is being piled up in the warehouses hi The Dalles, where it is waiting the arrival of some man who wants to pay 80 cents"a bushel for it. The closed fish season ended last week and numerous wheels were set in mo tion near The Dalles. Nearly all of them made good catches, and the fish ermen anticipate an extra good ri n this fall. ;',v. ' J:;f:: Scio has a well-developed case cl scarlet fever in the -family of Frfd Smith. ;' The attack is a light one, and is not regarded as at all serious.-" All due precaution is being taken to pre vent the spread of the disease in town. Professor P. A. Snyder recently made requisition on the United St.ites fish commission for 2,000 brook trout, and has received a letter, from Commission er Brice stating that arrangements had been made to have the fish delivered at Hood River within 40 days. ' , 1- The O. R. &. N. is in "the market for 75,000 , railroad ties to be used be tween Pendleton and Huntington, and next year they will contract for 450, 000. . As the age of the tie is six years, the tie business will be constant source of employment as long as the timbei lasts in the Blue mountains. ', ' . . The fish commissioners last week east a seine in Lake Wallowa, in Wal lowa county, and made a haul of over 1,000 fish known as "yanks," but which are a speoies of salmon.. " It was a bonanza for several Indians who hap pened to be there at the time, and a few palefaces reaped a little benefit also." There" are a good many IndiouB in Joseph, ' Wallowa county, just now. Indian after Indian can be seen on the street with a melon under his arm, go ing to his klootchman and pappooses. These .redskins come from the Ne2 Perces reservation to hunt and fish in Wallowa country. Phillip, chief of the Nez Perces, is with thctm. , " The Elmore, Sanborn & Co.'s can nery at Garibaldi, in - Tillamook coun ty, is in operation again, and fishing is going on on the bay. - The number of fishboats allowed to operate for the sea son is limited to 20V an(i the price paid is 25 cents for chinooks and 12" cents for silversides, the extremely low price of canned salmon being alleged as the cause of the reduction. , ; , " Heretofore the Southern Pacific Com pany's tracks, in Douglas county, has been assessed at $3,500 a mile north of Roseburg, and $3,000 a ' mile south oi that city, but this year - Assessor Britt raised the valuation ' to $5,000. The land of the company was formerly as sessed at 85 cents to $1.25 ah aore, an average of about 72 cents. This year Assessor Britt has - lumped the land at 75 cents an acre. ' The company offi cials asked to have their roadbed as sessed the same as last year, and their land uniformly reduced to 85 cents an - Washington. T The Adams county bank has already paid out $15,000 for wheat 'shipments. The county superintendent of schools In Whitman county hasi divided that county into six subinstitute districts. The hydro-smelting process of smelt ing ore was - tried at the ' new plant in Lakeview, Pierce county, last Tuesday, and proved to be quite a success. . The, Prettyman schoolhouse, two miles north of Oakesdale, burned last week. - Nothing was Insured, except the building and on that there was only $150.; ' A petition is being circulated in Seat tle, asking that the civil-service sys tem' be abolished. The petition must be signed by 20 per cent of those Vho voted at the last municipal election be fore it can be considered. This meane 1675 names must be seoured. -. ? . The state has selected 18,758 acres in township 24 north, range 11 west, for charitable educational, penal and re form schools. The plat selection was filed September 8, and the plat of the, township was filed July 6. All set-, tiers whf have not made their filings before the end of 90 days from July 6 will lose their land. V This will work a hardship for that country, as this is; perhaps the best vacant township left in the state, and only a small portion pf it has ; been settled upon. " No far- ther filings will be allowed after Oc- tober 4. So that settlers already there . must make their filings by ; that time in order to hold their claims. - I A Resume of Events in ' ' Northwest. Citizens Determined That Vuarantine - .- Shall Be Respected. Mobile, Ala., Sept. '21. There has been an accumulation of cases today. The president of the board of health states that,- had the physicians, recog nized and reported . promptly the sus picious oases, many of these cases would have been announced several days ago. The number announced to day is 11, making 18 in all so. far an nounced, of which number three have died, two of which were previously re ported, and one was today discharged. Three . suspicious cases are ' under sur vei lance. - .. ' ' Frank Donaldson, one of theday's . new cases, died tonight C. L. Swayzle, the Associated Press operator at the Register office, was taken sick tonight. There has been a quarantine line drawn from Chesabogue creek, north of Mobile, some five miles northwesterly to the Mississippi, to form an absolute embargo against Mobilians penetrating into' the interior of Alabama; ., This trocha is guarded continuously. ." : Some 200 people from this city start ed out into the - country this morning, intending to take refuge at farms from 10 to 15 miles out. They enoountered the guards at the . trocha ; and "were stopped there. At 6 o'clock most of the . immigrants were still there in the i pen air, fearing to return to the city r.nd not able to go further. . . - The people here are still in a panio, and leaving when they.can. . - Two Deaths in New Orleans. New Orleans, Sept. 21 .A triflng improvement . in the fever . situation marked the close of the day's work on the board of health. There were two deaths today, as against one yesterday, but there were fewer new oases. ' At 6 o'clock this evening there were still two yases under investigation by the experts. Of the cases investigated today, four were declared by the experts to be yel low fever, and, as usual, they - were widely spattered.' This is the record: Deaths E. Harmon and Santa Graf- fato. " ...':'.' New cases Marie Dubois, : Rafael Fourtien, C. G. Gormon and Mel chier. ' " -. ' 1 ". - -'.i"C.-; , As a general rule, the patients who are suffering with yellow fever are re ported tonight to be improving, with the exception of Dr. Lovell, whose con dition is not considered satisfactory. 'There have been a total of 35 cases here, and the death rate has not reached 10 per cent, thus showing the mildness of the type of the fever now prevailing. "' i. Marion Dowden, a member of the Onaohita guards, who were guarding the city, was accidentally shot this morning at Monroe, by Henry McCor mick, a fellow member, and it is not thought that he can recover. . Suspicious Cases in Cairo. . Springfield, 111.', Sept 21. Secretary Egan, of the state board of health, tele-" graphed the board from the Cairo yellow-fever quarantine station tonight that the marines hospital at Cairo have , been pronounced suspicious by the state board of health physicians. The sheriff of Alexander county has quarantined the grounds. . Deaths at Ocean Springs. - , Ocean Springs, Miss., Sept 21. . Since last reports, three deaths have occurred here, VValter F. Bransford and Miss Mamie Goodrich, both of yellow fever, and Oscar 'Elder, formerly from Michigan, who has been sick about 12 days. - His ailment was not pronounced yellow fever. -, Forty-Seven at Edwards. VicksDurg, Miss., Sept. 21. The to- ' tal cases at Edwards and vicinity of true yellow fever is 47. The latest re- -port - tonight makes the total cases of the day 15. ' " .Time to Interfere. . London, Sept. 21. The Speaker says it regards-the capture of Victoria de las : Lunas by the Cuban insurgents as be ing a salutary lesson, taking the ground that it gives Spain a shock "which it is hoped will check .here in her drift toward bankrupcty and. civil ; war.": While not expressing sympathy with the motives, the Speaker adds: : ., "The United States canflrid excel lent reason to intervene whenever she likes.".. v.." vv'-- ;,'-'-;-.-';f..;.. The Speaker advises Spain to recall , Captain-General Weyler and to arrange terms with the Cubans through the in termediary of the United States, ex pressing the , opinion that otherwise : Spain may have greater dangers to face after the United States congress meets. An Ice Locomotive. . Washington, Sept. 21. Secretary Alger is now engaged; in an attemmpt to solve the question how to get sup- 1 plies into the Klondike gold region and V thereby prevent the threatened starva- tion.. The problem has taxed the best thought of Alger and his brother cabi net officers. It is believed by Alger . -that by means 'of a novel character of . transportation, the gold country may be penetrated in the midst of the Alas- , kan winter. . He has opened correspond- ence with a Chicago inventor, who makes a locomotive specially adapted for use in log camps, but which may be readily adapted to navigation of the Yukon when frozen. - With these ma chines placed on the river it is hoped a sufficient amount of food can be carried : to relieve all distress. -v r