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Caused by Raging Forest Fires . in Manitoba. SETTLERS FIGHTING THE FIRE Twenty Person Were Burned toDeath, and the Loss of Property la Inestim. able Fires in Other Places. Winnipeg, Oct. 11. The forests fires that have been raging in -Manitoba close to the boundary line for the past ten days have broken out more furious ly than ever. Ten or 12 persons are re- . ported to have been burned to death, and the fire is rapidly spreading and crossing the boundary into North Dakota. Settlers have been fighting the flames for over a week trying to keep them from getting into ' the more thickly populated districts. The flames are driving hundreds of wolves and coyotes into the open, and flocks of geese and ducks have been seen flying over the burning forests. Near Whitemouth, H. L. Laundry, a trapper, was burned to death. A German woman living in a small house near where the fire was the most furious yesterday is reported to have burned to death and her children are missing. " A dispatch from Whitemouth states the fire is spreading rapidly. Several settlers had close calls for thetr lives. A heavy wind drove. ahead of it a mass of smoke which blinded them, and a long line of flames which consumed everything in their path. East of Whitemouth the situation is very critioal. The section foreman of Darwin and his wife and men were picked up by a freight " train and brought to Whitemouth. Roadmaster Horner, on a handcar attempted to run from Darwin with his men, but nearly succumbed through suffocation, and was compelled to take reiuge- in a passing freight train. All the telegraph poles for several miles east of the town are down and trains are tied up. . A Broken Head, Manitoba, dispatch sayg the oountry is on fire there. On both sides of Broken Head river much , damage is being done. The smoke is so thick that it is impossible to see 20 yards, though there is no fire nearer ' than a mile. Mr. and Mrs. Young, who live eight miles away, lost everything, and only saved their lives by standing in the river for 12 hours, when they were able to come onto the burnt ground after the fire had passed. Nearly every one in the path of the flames lost every thing. . , .'; At Roon-iAnn tf ct t- i f rv K o eavan nan. son have been burned to death. . Mrs. O. .W. Thomas, her young son and a daughter, had a'race with the 'flames for several miles. They, had a team of horses, w,hich they kept on the run. Sparks from the burning timber were blown into the dry ground, of a prairie where they were compelled to cross, and soon tney were surrounded by names. The frantic horses started to run straight ahead into the .bfirriing timbers. Be fore they ha$ gone far the carriage overturned and they were thrown down, an embankment, into, a- small creek; 'This probably saved their lives. They were badly burned. ' i A report -from " Morris, Manitoba, says a fire h'as'rbeeii raging there,' and that one family ofjfive persons is known to have prishe . The. Karijcjjfcee Marsh fires. Valpariso, Ind., Oct. 11. -The' Kan kakee marsh fires are spreading in this' county, .although . the farmers have given up all other work and are fight ing it at all hours of the day. Several houses were destroyed last night. The big marsh near Assiriong caught fire last night, and the flames swept over acres of, land, destroying everything in their path. Residents of Hebron, Koutz and Kinman are badly fright ened, as it is feared the fire may sweep across the heavy ditches whioh have been dug. "'.'. , ;' Michigan Marsh Fires. Niles, Mich., Oct. 11. East and north of this city the marsh fires con tinue. Farmers have fought the flames night and 'day for a week, and are utterly exhausted. They have moved their household goods to places of safety and have sacrificed their, homes. Game which inhabited the marshes has been driven to the city. '-Near Berrien Springs, on what is known- as the Big Meadow, the fire has swept over like a prairie fire, and hundreds of acres of potatoes have been roasted in the hills. The fire is the worst that has occurred in this vioihityBince 1871. , FJres In Wisconsin. Kenosha, ' .'yVis.1, Oct." li.-Prairie fires in Sommers-' and 'Bristol bounties caused by sparks from passirig engines destroyed considerable'"prOp'erty belong ing to the farmers. All kinds of means have been adopted to stay the advance of the flames. v In : some cases where the fire was apparently extinguished it continued to burn' the surfaoe. - Whole Fields of Corn Burned. " ' Decatur, 111., Oct.. ll.-Forest . fires are rag;ng.over the entire.Northwestern part of this county. Fields of,shocked corn have been swept by the flames. St. Louis, Oct. 11. John" Jackson, employed in the Tudor, iron' works in East St. Louis', was terribly; burned last night while at work. He was guid ing a red-hot bar of iron as it came out of the 'rollers." Suddenly the bar twisted, and ' before Jackson could es cape, had pushed him against a heavy stand, where, by the force of the roll ers it slowly encircled him." 'The smoke and the odor of his burning 'body filled the room. BefcVe. he was rescued he Was terribly bufned.' WEEKLY MARKET LETTER. Downing, Hopkins & Company's Review of Trade. There has not been much doing in the wheat market during the past week. The visible supply decreased 1,690,000 bushels, and the exports from both coasts were equal to about 5,000,000 bushels. Crop reports from the Argen tine are less favorable and the crop is reported damaged by frost. Should this report be confirmed, it will fur nish a strong bull incentive to the market. Not the least important change in the situation is the decreas ing receipts of winter wheat sufficient ly marked to offset the increased move ment of the spring wheat crop..,. The export s?les have not been large, but sufficiently so to show . that our mar kets are on an export basis and that the demand continues constant. Local speculative conditions remain practi cally the same as during the previous week. The weakness in values is more apparent than real and results from lack of speculation and moderately in creasing stocks. There is no sound ar gument for any decline in values at present. There are several arguments and many possibilities in favor of an advance. Should Russia prohibit ex ports or should any serious damage oc cur to the Argentine crop," extreme high values would obtain. Wheat is fully worth 90 to 95 cents under "exist ing conditions, and as the speculative publio become educated to the higher values now ruling renewed speculative Bupport and increasing export sales will carry values higher. - Our corn market) has been dull and uninteresting devoid of any paritcular features or change in previous oondi itons, exoept that farmers' sales of corn to arrive have fallen off to the mini mum. Local sentiment has been and continues extremely bearish. Short sellers have taken advantage of every opportunity to depress values, but the market has developed a strong under tone land values have ruled higher than at the close of the previous week. . Ex port clearances continue large and the cash demand, while still inadequate, shows some improvement. The depress ing influeuoe in the market continues to be the large stocks. Portland Markets. Wheat Walla Walla, 79 80c; Val ley and Bluestem, 82 83c per bushel. Flour Best grades, $4.50; graham, (3.70; superfine, 2.50 per barrel. Oats Choice white, 83 34c; choice gray, 81 33c per bushel. Barley Feed barley, 19 20; brew ing, 20 per ton. Millstuffs Bran, . $14 ' per ton; middlings, $21; shorts, $15.50. ' Hay Timothy, $1212.50; olover, $1011; California wheat, " $10 do oat, $11; Oregon wild hay, $9 10 per ton. . Eggs 20c per dozen. , Butter Fancy creamery,' 4550o;' fair to good, 8540c; dairy, 2585c per roll. Cheese Oregon, 11 o; Young America, 12)c; California, 9 10c per pound. Poultry Chickens, mixed, $2.00 2.50' per dozen; broilers, $1.502; sb6, $0.50; ,. ducks, 1 $34 per dozen; turkeys, live, 89c "per pound. ... ...' , v ' Potatoes. Oiegon. Burbanks, ' 40 45c per sack; new potatoes, 50o per sack; sweets, $1.40 per oental. Onions California, new, red, 90o; yellow, 80o per cental. Hops 815o per pound for new crop; 1896 crop, 67c Wool Valley,' 14 15c per pound; Eastern Oregon;" 10 12c; mohair, 20c per pound. Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethers and ewes, $2.502.60; dressed mutton, 5c; spring lambs, 6J per pound. Hogs Gross, choice heavy, . $4.50; light and feeders, $34; dressed, $5.50 6 per 100 pounds. ' Beef Gross, top steers, $3.75 8; cows $2.25; dressed beef, 45c per pound. ' Veal Large, i 5c; small, 56o per pound. ' . Seattle Markets ' Butter Fancy native creamery, brick, 24 26c; ranch, 14 16o. . , Cheese Native Washington, 10 llo; California, 9o. Eggs Fresh ranch, 22o. Poultry Chickens, Jive, per pound, hens, 10c; spring chickens,. $2.50 3; ducks, $3.6C-3.75. Wheat Feed wheat, $28 29 per ton. Oats Choice, per ton, $22. Corn Whole, $23; cracked, per ton, $23; feed meal, $23 per ton. Barley Rolled or ground,, per ton. $22; whole, $22- Fresh Meats Choice dressed beef, steers, 6o; cows, 6c; mutton sheep, 65c; pork, 7c; veal, small, 6.' ' :. , Fresh Fish Halibut, 6c; salmon, 8io; salmon trout, 710o; flounders and sole, 34; ling cod, 45; rock ood, 6o; smelt, 24c. . San Francisco Markets. 1 Wool Choice foothill, 8 12c; San Joaquin, 6 months' 5 7c; do year's staple, 79o; mountain, 1012c; Ore gon, 12 14c per pound. Hops 1 1 14o per pound. i Millstuffs Middlings, $2022; California bran, $14 15 per ton. , Onions New red, 70 80c;. do new silverskin, 90c$l per cental. Butter Fancy creamery, 2728c; do seconds, 2526c; fancy dairy, 23 24c; good to ohoice, 2022operpound. ; Eggs Store, ,1824c; . ranch, 81 S3o; Eastern, 14 15; duck, 20o per dozen. CheeBe Fancy mild, new, 9ic;' fair to good, 7 8o per pound. . Potatoes New, in boxes, 4080c. -Citrus fruit Oranges, Valencias, $1. 50 8;Mxican limes, $3 3. 50;Cali fornia lemons, fancy,$2.50;do common, $12 per box. . ..rt-.-.f. ;-..: Hay Wheat,$12 15; wheat and pat, $1114; bat,; $1012; river barley, $78; best barley. $10 12; alfalfa, 89.60 olover; $8 10., ' .,',". JIM AND JOHN. Jim and John were townsmen and chums and went out td see base ball. It was a red hot afternoon, and the bleechers were like frying pans at breakfast time. Jim had a bald head and John had a crick in the back. Thev sat for an underdone roast and laughed at everything. Jim's bald spot was a shining mark, like a brass door plate, a stray Dan, tierce ana sharp, iroin a false bat, struck the spot and ploughed a furrow. It dazed him. Jim's eyes and face looked like a sick owl s, and John laughed He laughed an hour straight along. The game ran late into twilight. Meanwhile J ohn had shed his coat, and a cool damp a rait got in its work on his back. The time came to leave, but John couldn't. He couldn't bend or get Up. Lumbago had set in, in its worst form. He laughs best who laughs last and Jim had revenge. But tney got aown town to Jim's room, when he said. "Here's something all those ath letes use for hurts and ailments, and it's the best known cure lor lame back." He rubbed it on John's back and some on his own head. Thev were both feeling cured and comfortable from the use of St. Jacobs Oil, which Jim always keut in a handv place. He was a sport himself and knew what was best. They went to bed. John laughed in his sleep. Both rose in the .morning fresh as daisies ; then Jim laughed atjonn. Nebraska's New Ballot Lav. .', The ; new ballot law of Nebarska, passed last winter by the legislature, is causing some confusion, as it revolu tionizes the manner of arranging the ballots. The tickets will be printed in separate columns, with a pictorial de vice at the head, and not a single col umn, with the names of the candidates arranged alphabetically,-as heretofore. The choice of judges and clerks of elec tion is also vested in the county judges The changes are so radical as to create a fear of trouble at the November elec tion, t ' ITEMS OF INTEREST. . Taking off the hat or cap as a Bign of reverence or respect was mentioned in the time of Caesar.' In Larue countv, Kentuky, it is said that Charles Williams has grown a bunch of white blackberries. , ; It is said that in the best districts of China the tea crop will average from 800 to 400 pounds per acre. Bears have been so thick around Idaho that it has been said there was a bear for every bushel. " Over , 4,000 frozen rabbits are an nually exported to the London markets from Victoria, Australia. ,"',' The one thing for which lace paper may be used -.-.and be considered good form on a table is for cheese. Marriage at. midnight, the ceremony being perform'ed,by a coroner, is the last Kansan eccentricity reported. . The tea plant is said by Chinese writers to haVis been cultivated in that country from aIeast 3,000 B. C. ' The gossamer iron made at Swansea, Wales. i so thlfr'that 4,800 plates are needed to make an inch of thickness. Near Alvor4, .Ipwa, .a can of stamps which were stolen . from . the .postoffice at Lester, in, that.. state,"two years ago, was plowed up recently-. ' . -' What Neglect; Leads To. Mra Obas. King's Experience. A woman's rbo'dy is tlie' repository of the most delicate' mechanism, and yet nmst .women will let it get out of order; just as if it were of no con sequence; Their backs ache,heads throb"apd",,lfurii ; they; hftvi' gander-' ing pains, nbjvliere andnoW the're; ex perience 1 extreme lassitude that don't-care and . wanfcito-be-left-- alone feeling, ex citability, irritability, nervousness, sleeplessness, and' the blues; yet do nothing to help themselves. These Indicate womb complications. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound will relieve all this trouble. Mbs. Chas. Kino, 1815 Rosewood, St., Philadelphia', Pa.., says: "I had bearing-down feelings, back ache, burning sensation in my stom ach, chills, headache, and always had black specks before my eyes. ' I some times had four and five fainting spells a day. I had several doctors, and tried many patent medicines; ' I commenced to take Lydia E. 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Bold by dmrgnta, Pi: ON THE SAILOR BOY. A Crowd Who Were Glad to Get Away ' From St. MIcliaela. Port Townsend, Wash., Oct. 11. The eohooner Sailor Boy, Captain Pet erson, arrived at 1 o'clock this after noon, direct form St. Michaels, having left there September 19. The Sailor Boy brought nine passengers from St. Michaels, who came to spend the win ter rather than endure the hardhsips incident to semi-camp life at St. Michaels until the river opens in the spring. The returning passengers had gone north on the' steamers Eliza An derson and Merwin. Their names are: J. Q. Barnum, of Murray, Idaho; Dr. Proot, of Michigan; Dr. Frost, of New York; Kaufman, of Chicago; Ander son, of Chicago;; Eappapal, of Sioux City, la.; Robinson, of San Francisco, and W. H. Churohill, of New York city. All the returning passengers agree that St. MiGhaels will never be popular as a place of residence. Captain Peterson says the Yukon river was still open to navigation when he left j but water was so low that boats of over 15 inohes draught could not cross many bars which showed at irreg ular intervals in the river's course, and as a result all efforts to go up the river this fall .will be fruitless. Captain Peterson does not think either Captain Frank Worth's or Mayor Wood's boats will be able to go to Dawson City be fore next June, notwitstanding the fact that both were all ready to make the attempt when the Sailor Boy left. The Sailor Boy did not sight or hear anything of the schooner Bryant, which broke loose from the tug Holyoke off Kadiak island in a severe storm, Sep tember 20. There had been no news direct from Dawson City received at St.. Michaels for four weeks previous to leaving, and no news can possibly be brought by river before next summer,- as ice was already forming in the salt water at the mouth of the river, and the fresh water must certainly have been frozen to a considerable thickness at that time. "In a month form how," said he, "I do not believe there will be 100 persons at St. Miohaels, as nearly everybody is preparing to come back. A great many will come down on the Portland. But a majority left ere this on the schooner Novelty, which was discharging cargo at St. Michaels when we left. The captain of the Novelty will bring down all those having sufficient money to pay their board on the trip, no faie being charged. This is done simply as an act of charity and in' the interests of hu manity. Many persons have not money sufficient to even pay for their board on the schooner, and unless they can sell their outfit for cash, will be forced to remain at St. Michaels during the winter. ' . Mayor Wood, of Seattle, manager of the Humboldt expedition, and D. K. Howard, who had charge of the Eliza Anderson party, are praotically prison ers in the hands of their irate passen gers. Only the presence of the United States troops under Lieutenant-Colonel Randall is expected to avert serious trouble. ' ' . " The feeling against both Wood and Howard is said to be bitter in the ex treme, and the miners have appointed committees to guard both, and see to it that they do not get out of their reach. Thomas K. Clark, of Seattle, who was a passenger on the Sailor Boy, said: "There is no chance for the Wood party to get any considerable distance up the river, although they had every thing ready to make the start Septem ber 19, the day we left. The men p.re disgusted and disheartened. They are quite likely to do something desperate before spring. Without exception, they seem to blame Wood for all their mis fortunes, and it would not be surprising if he were made th victim of their wrath, t would not be surprised to hear of the death of Howard at the hands of the miners. The feeling against him is growing mor bitter every day. The passengers of the Eliza Anderson paid their fares and freight to Dawson, but the' Anderson was aban doned at Dutch harbor, and the passen gers were landed at St. Miohaels by the schooner Baranoff, with no prospect of getting fnther this winter. Then How ard announced that the expedition was a failure, and that he would not feed them till they reached Dawson, as bis contract demanded. His declaration caused great dissatisfaction, and he will be fortunate if he gets out of there alive.'" . , : .... Died of the Glandera. Chehalis, Wash.. Oct. 11. W. W. Jordan, the second victim of the gland ers, died this morning at his residence, after a brave fight of nearly a month against the disease. Everything was done by the physician in charge, and the A. O. U. W. lodge, of which he was a member, and it was thought at times that, on account of his vigorous constitution, he might be able to pull through, but he was compelled to suc cumb. '-.., Our Foreign Trade. Washington, Oct. 11. The bureau of statistics has issued a table showing' imports and -exports for August; the first fulll month under the new tariff law. V These figures show for that month the largest exports of domestic merchan dise of any August in the history of the government. The exports were $19, 490.264,against $66,689,931 for August, 1896. , Grape Thieves Shot. .' Fresno, Cal., Oct. 11. Willie Patti- son, aged 17, employed to protect the Reese vineyards ' from grape thieves. gnd armed with a shotgun, today shot and fatally injured Dennett Doland and Bobby-Murray, who were stealing grapes, Murray is Pattispn's cousin Pattison is in jail. . Professor E. C. Pickering, of the Harvard Observatory, announces the discovery of 143 new double stars in the southern skiea. . Artesian Water In Sahara. ' -' One of the most important results of the Egpytian expedition up the Nile bas been the discovery that by sinking deep wells water may be found in the desert in many places where its pres ence had not been suspected. Not only will this give a secure basis for mili tary operations, but it is possible that wafer may be found in sufficient quan tities to serve for irrigation, in which case the Sahara may be turned into a flower garden. Its aridity comes from no material sterility of the soil, but simply from lack of moisture. ALMOST INSIDE OUT. The stomach that is not turned thus by a shaking up on the "briny -wave" must be a well fortified one. The gastric apparatns can be ren dered proof against seasickness with that stom achic so popular among travelers by sea and land Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. 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