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mm "IT'S A COLD DAY WHEN WE GET LEFT." VOL. XII. HOOD RIVER, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1900. NO. 20. HMorapcuce fubllslied Every Friday by F. BLV'THE i " Term' of subscription f 1.50 a year when paid 4 In advance. 5 ' ' Til K MA U.K. f The m11 arrives from Ml. Hood at 10 o'clock "' a ro. Weiliiewlay and dutiirdny; departs the f iKinedavs at noon. I r'or Chennncth, leaves at a. in. Tuesdays, I T),uiinavs and baturdaya: arrives at i.. n. For White Salim-n (Wash.) IcaveB dully at 6:45 5 a m.; arrivrs at 7:ln p. in. i Kroin White Salmon leave for Kulda, Ollmer, I Trout haki and t.leiiwuod daily si a A. M. I For Bimteii (Vnli.) leaves aiS:4jp. ni.; ar. I fives at 2 t. m. . m.xieti k. 1 AUuiiL. Kfcl.bkAH IM'.tiur.K I.U1JUK, NO Jj s7, !. O. O. F. Meets first aim third Mou days In each month. Ml aSTEl.M UlUHABMON, M Q H. , lliBHAitu, Secr-tarf. tANBY POST No. lfl, i. A. R Meets at A. i U. U. W Hall second and fourlh Sutur 'avs of each month at 2 o'clock p. m. All Q. A. k. Biembiri Invited to meet with us. M P. Inenhkmo, Commander T. J. Cunning, Adjutant. c ANBY W R. C, No, 16 Meids HrstSntur- dav of . acli mm- h In A. O. U. W. hull it Mks. Ai'Ki.u 8 uanahan, Pres.dont. Mrs. L'bsul Dukks, Becretary. HOOD RIVER I.OlHiK, No. 105, A. F. and A. M. Mpi-is Saturday evening on or before i-ncn full moon. U. E. W Illiams, W. M. D. McDonald, Secretary, HOOD RIVER CHAPTER, No. 27, R. A. M. Mvels third Friday ninlit of each month. ti. R. CiSTNER, 11. P. G. F. Williams, Secretary. 001) RIVER CHAPTER, No. 25, 0. K. 8. Mn'ts Saturday a ler each full moon and two weeks thereaiter. iMt;g. Mary A. Davidson, W. M. OI.ETA AF8EMBI.Y, No. 103, United Artisitns. Mi eis nccond Tuesday of each month at Fialerniil hall. F. C. Bkosius, M. A. I). McDonald, Secretary. W ACCOM A I.ODtiK, No. 30, K, of P. Meets in A. 0. U. W. hall everv Tiusdav nUrlik E. S. Omngsh, C. C. Frank I.. Davidson, K. of R. & ,S, lilVERSIDE LODGE, No. 68, A. O. II, W. XX Meets first and third Knturriaya of each UlOlltll. O. ii. CllAMUKKLAIN, M, W. .1. F. Watt, Financier. II. L. Howk, Recorder. IDLKWII.DB 1.0l)(iE, No. 107, I. 0 O. F. J. Meets in Fraternal hull cverv Thursday nieht. A. O. G etch XL, N. It. H. J. IIibbard, Feeretary. HOOI) KIVKR TENT, No. 19, K. 0. T. M.. meets at A. O. U, W. hull on the first and third Friday of euch nionih. J. E. Rand. Commander. RIVERSIDE I.ODOR NO. 40, HEOKEK OF HONOK, A. O. U. W. -Meets Brat and third Saturdays at 8 P. M. Mrs. liEo. P. Crowkll, C of H. Mrs. Ciias Clarkr, Recorder. , Jj F. SHAW, M. D. Telephone No. II. All Calls Promptly. Attended Office upstairs over Couple's store. All calls left at the ottice or re.ide.ice will b promptly attended to. JOHN LELAND HENDERSON ATTOltNEY-AT-I.AW, ABSTRACTER, NO TARY PUBLIC and READ ESTATE AtiK.NT. For 21 years a resident of Oregon and Wash- I niton. Ina had many years experience In leal Kstnto ninliera, as abstracter, searcher of titles and'ni'cut. balis.actioti guaranteedor no eiiaige. J F. WATT, M. D. Surgeon for O. R. A N. Co. Is especially equip) ed to treat catarrh of nose and throat and diseases of women. . Special terms lor oflice treatment of chronic cases. Telephone, oflice, 125. residence, 45. piONEEK MILLS ' Harbison Bros., Props. FI.OUR, FEED AND ALL CEREALS (iround and manufactured. Whole Wheat Graham a specialty. Custom grinding done every Saturday. During the busy season additional days will be mentioned in the local columns. noon itivEie. Oregon. I)Al'KRHA.XDLi, KALSOMLN1NU, ETC. -a If your walls are sick or mutilated, jcall on E. Ii. HOOD. Consultation free. No charge for prescrip tions. No cure no pay Ofliilin'iVii i i.. U. till . P. M., and all night if neeessiiiy. CONOVIY SHOE SHOP. I'ltlCR LIST, Men's half soles, hand eticked, $1; nailed, nest. 75c; ter-ond, 50c; third, 40c. I. allies' hand stitched, 75c; nailed, best, Wh-j seiond, M5. Best stock and work in Hoo.1 River. C. WELDS, Prop. JHE KUJWKE CONFECTIONERY la the plai-e to (ret the latest and best ii I'onf' i iioiitiies, Candies. Nuts, Tobacco, Cigars, etc ; ....ICE CREAM PARLORS.... COLE A GRAHAM, Props. p C. BKOSiUS, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. -.'Phone Central, or 121. Office Hours: 10 to 11 A. M.; 2 to 3 and 6 to 7 P. M. JT. HOOD SAW MILLS Tommnsos Bkos, Props. ... .FIR AND PINE LUMBER Of the best qnality alwas on hand at priot s to suit the times. gUTLl.R&CO., BANKERS. Do a jreneral banking business. HOOD RIVER, OREGON. DALLAS & SPANGLER, DIALERS IS Eardware, Stas arJ Tinware KitchcB Furniture. Plumbers' Goods, Pruning Tools, Etc. We have a new and complete stock of hHrdwHiv. BloTea and tinware, to hlclt we will ke-p constantly addm Our iri. ea will continue to.be as low as P rtlanii rices. EE?ini! tiiwise k :?e:iiltt. . .-.. .-..., - j iiismisisi iai iiiti s ijispsMgJ J iHffim i '!! N.".JIiiLiaiJJtkj5jjj-!it!Ml'l"''1' 1 ii,Piliii'lpirrillwllaillliW'Wl.l''lili'lli"1 "' :Bgra''Tfiff?X ,-r---s r - ..: - ' " ) 1 1 ii " ispji ujiiil-piji )i iil'l'"!' ' ' T 11 "r "" iMiraiiijujiwi .jit! j.l.j ..! -3- IefEHTS OF HIE DAI Epitome of the Telegraphic News oi thf. World. T.RSR TICKS Fli(. JHR WIRES n Iiitereatluir Collection of Itmna From 'he Two Hemispheres Preai its i lu a Cor-lee.Hed ;i"tviu- Hoodlums at Victor, Colo., attacked uovernor Koosevelt. Conger will not yet beuin negotia tions with the Chinese commission. Buffalo, N. Y., is made the eighth city of the United States by the new census, having passed Cincinnati and SHn Francisco. The Parkland Fishing & Packing Company has been incorporated with a capital of $20,000. Its headquarters will be Parkland, Pierce county, Wash. A passenger train on the Fort Worth & Rio Grande railroad ran into a wash out near Rock Creek, Texas. Oue person was killed and eight badly in jured. George F. Drew, the first Democratic governor of Florida after the war, died at his home at Jacksonville, aged 78 years. Two hours before his death his wife died from the effects of a stroke of apoplexy. News has been received of hurricane at Offord, Iceland, September 20. The wind, it is said, blew 120 miles an hour. Nearly all the fishing s;i, ticks were driven ashore, houses were razed and several persons were killed. There was great destructiou of property. The Republic Iron & Steel Com pany's works in East St. Louis, 111., known as the Tudor Iron Works, have resumed operations after a suspension of two months on account of the fail ure to atiree upon a wage scale. An agreement has now been reached and signed for the ensuing year, and up wards of 800 men are at work. A Winnipeg, Manitoba, special says: C. E. Stevens, a Methodist missionary at Oxford House, in the district of j Kowateen, in a letter dated September 10, 1900, states that during the late winter and early spring of this year j between 20 and 30 Indians of the Saul-1 teau tribe, lesidiug near Andy Lake, ! died of starvation. Rabbits and deer , have fed this people, and although they ate even the bark of trees, tney were not able to sustain life. A large timber-land deal was com pleted at Albany, Or., by the filing in the office of the county recorder a deed from W. H. Stimson, of Los Anglees, Cal., to Theodore O. Wither, of La Crosse, Wis., conveying about 4,500 acres of timber land in the southern part of the county for the consideration of $40,860. Two other deeds of 160 acres each were filed in favor of With er, the consideration being approxi mately $10 an acre, a high price for timber land, indicating an increased demand for such property. Germany is about to declare war on China. . General John M. Palmer, of Illinois, ' is dead. Galveston appeals for help to rebuild the city. j Four persons were killed by a tornado in an Iowa town. i Epidemic of smallpox at Nome has been stamped out. Von Waldersee will demand the sur render of leaders of the outrages. j American troops, except a legation ' gnard are ordered from China to Ma nila. j Senator Beveridge, of Indiana, opened the Republican campaign in Illinois, with a speech in Chicago. j Senator Caffery, of Louisana, has officially declined the presidential nom ination by the National party. At Tsrre Haute. Intl., The Abbott iroke the world's trotting record of 2:03, held by Alix, making the mile in 2-.0SH. Another death from bubonic plague was reported at Glasgow, making the seventh since the outbreak. Only 40 persons are now under observation. -Prince Henry, of Prussia, is now commander-in-chief of the First Ger man squadron.sucoeeding Vice-Admiral Hoffmann, who has been relieved fiom the post. The Austrian press bitterly con demns the attitude of the United States towards China, attributing to the course of the Washington government "the arrogant defiance with which China is treating the allies." The Isthmian canal commission stated that it ould be able to submit a report to congress sufficiently com prehensive to serve as a basis for the action of that body at the approaching session, if it should be desirable to act. Dispatches announce that among the missionaries killed by Chinese in the massacre in Yunnan province were Bishop Fantonsalli and Father Quirine, of the Roman Catholic church. It was said that the bishop died after the most awful torture. It is reported that Chicago and Lon don firm! will invest $20,000,000 in Colorado mines. Spirit distillers and distributors have formed co-operative association era bracing all the distilleries in the Lmt i ed States. . -i A Victoria (B.C.) dispatch says thai I the money has len guhsrcibed for I new railroad from the Great Lakes to I the Pacific coast with a branch line i to Dawson. LATER NEWS. British recapture their guns from the fioers. Bryan made a dozen spechei in Miuuesotn. The pope favors the American policy in the Philippines. Germany denies auy agreement with France aud Russia. Many business men will join excur sion to Walla Wslla. Roosevelt spoke to 80,000 or 40,000 Nebraskans in McCook. Hlaho miners convicted of conspiracy to obstruct mail train during big strike of 1899. Washington stockmen confer with Commissioner Hermann regarding grazing on forest reserves. The population of the city of Los Angeles, Cal., aooording to the census of 1900, is 102,479, an increase of 62, 048, or 108.85 per cent since 1890. . Within a radius of 12 miles of Sump ter. Or., six lumber mills are in opera tion. The timber in that district is of splendid quality and there is an active market for it. John E. Hudson, president of the American Bell Telephone Company, 1 died suddenly in the Boston & Maine railroad station at Beverly, Mass., while waiting for a train. The 700 employes of the Reading Iron Company, of Deanville, Pa., de cided today to accept the 25 per cent reduction in their wages, to take effect October, and against which they struck. ' j The Austrian steamer Lloyd ' has sailed from Lourenco Marques, having on board 400 Transvaal refugees, part of them being Irish-Americans. All their expenses have been paid by the , Ttansvaal government. Eaoh man re ceived 30 shillings and will be paid $42.50 on landing at any port which may be selected by them. j Captain J. V.Henry, of Quincy, 111., who has just resigned as assistant postmaster, was arrested for the al leged embezzlement of $3,300, funds of the National Railway Mail Service Benevolent Assciation, of which he had been secretary and treasurer since its organization. Henry bad given the association a bond of $10,000. Sim Leep was killed at Carson. Or., by being run over by a logging wagon. The accident occurred one-half mile from Brown's saw mill, where he was employed. He was driving a heavily loaded four-horse logging wagon down a steep giade, when the brake failed to work, and the horses ran away. The driver jumped, but was caught under the load. Deceased was 25 years old. Two of the horses were killed outright. Count von Waldersee has atrived at Tien Tsin. The Chinese government has ordered the degradation of Prince Tuan. Germans want Waldersee to offer a reward for the head of Prince Tuan. An audience of 20,000 people was addressed by Roosevelt in Kansas City, Mo. ' - Governor Payers says he has re ceived $672,476 for aid of Texas suffer ers. ' To date, 2,839 bodies have been offi cially leported found at Galveston, Texas. The postoffice at Mesa, 12 miles from Phoenix, Arizona, was robbed of $1,000 in stamps and $200 in cash. Thomas G. Sherman, the famous lawyer and single-tax advocate, died at his home in New York, aged 66. W. Burke Cochran spoke againbt ex pansion in the Coliseum in Chicago be fore an audience of 12,000 persons. Imperial statistics show that 544, 283 children below 14 years of age are I engaged in industrial pursuits in Ger many. Lieutenant-General Miles in his an nual report renews his recommendation 1 for the further use of the automobile in the army. I The plant of the Illinois Steel Com pany af Joliet, 111., has been shut down owing to a lack of orders. Two thong and men are affected. I The population of St. Joseph, Mo., according to the United States census, is 102,979, against 53,824 in 1890, an increase of 50,655, or 96.81 per cent. I A city detective of Cleveland, Ohio, 'was shot and instantly killed while trying to put a stop to a shooting affray between union and nonunion molders. For the fiscal year ending June 80, 11900, the total number of postage 1 stamps of all kinds issued in the Unit ed States, including ordinary stamps, postage due stamps, stamped envelopes and postal cards, reacnen me eiiormu total of 5,333,000,000, valued at $98, 000,000 an increase of 400,000,000. 1 stamps over the preceding year. General MacArthur lecently issued the following general order for the bet terment of the government of the city of Manila: "Existing orders requir ing residents of the city of Manila t confine themselves to their homes after 10 o'clock P. M., are hereby amended to extend the hour to 11 P. M-, after which hour the streets will be cleared by the police. Saloons will be closed at 10 P. M., and the sale of liquor pro hibited after that hour." j The ereat world's fair that was an nounced for Brussels in 1305, ha been abandoned because of the failure of . the Paris exposition. 1 The new year at Wst Point began with 434 cadet on; the rolls, the largest number by 60'shat waa ever at . the academy. i I British capitalists have acquired op tions o more than 1.000,000 acres of 011 fields in northern Wyoming and baa organized the Western States Oil Com pany of America. . EDICTS ABE CONFUSING China Asks the Czar and the Mikado to Help. PUNISHMENT OF HIGH CHINESE Notwithstanding the Edicts War Prep aration Are Still Reported -Shna 11 ai Captured by the Allies. London, Oct. 2. Beyond a number of imperial edicts, which throw into still worse confusion the complicated Chinese situation, thire is little in to day's news to arrest attention. From Shanghai comes an unconfirmed report that the allies have seized Shan llai Kwan. All the news with regard to the edicts eminates from Shanghai. Ac cording to the advices, in addition to the edicts ordering Grand Councillor Kun Kang to offer oblations before the coffin of Baron von Ketteler aud the edict directing that Li Hung Chang's entire plan be followed in regard to the punishment of the princes and high ministers of state responsible for the anti-foreign outrages, and the de cree ordeiing that funeral honors be paid in Pekin and Tokio to the remains of Sugiyama Akira, the murdered chan cellor of the Japanese legation, Emper or Kwang Hsu has addressed further letters to the czar and mikado renew ing his request for their aid in the peace negotiations. Various opinions are expressed as to the impottance of the edicts. The Shanghai correspondent of the Morn ing Post says: "The severe punishment ordered by Emperor Kwang Hsu will only mean a money fine. There are traces of Li Hung Chang's hand under American influence in the edicts." On the other, hand, the Standard's Shanghai corre spondent remarks: "The empress now realizes the true nature of the crisis. After consulting the emperor she sum moned the court dignitaries and on their assembling, through which she remained silent, the emperor in a loud voice delivered a tirade lasting a couple of hours against the courtiers. Then in an angry voioe he dismissed them. After this the decrees were issued. While these have been promulgated, feverish war , preparations are still re ported from Shanghai, and new ap pointments have been made to the Chi nese army and navy." MINERS' PAY RAISED. An Advance of 10 Per Cent In the An thracite Coal Region. Philadelphia Oct. 3. -An offer of an increase of 10 per cent in miner's wages was today made by the Phila delphia & Reading Coal & Iron Com pany, and this move, it is slated, will be followedby similar notices at every colliery in the anthracite region. It is expected by the operators that this increase in wages will be satisfac tory to the men, and they believe many Btrikers will take advantage of the offer and return to work. Mining operations will in this event be given an impetus, and the operators expect there will be a gradual resumption un til the collieries will again have their full complement of employes. The Philadelphia & Reading Company operates 89 collieries, and of these 27 have been shut down owing to insuffic ient working force. Whether the miners will accept the proffer of the company and return in sufficient numbers to operate the mines cannot be foretold tonight. Reports received from several points in the Schuylkill region, where the Reading collieries are located, rather indicate that the mineworkers will follow the instructions of their organization offi cials and remain away. President Mitchell, of the Mine workers, received no notice of the in tention of the oparators to offer the in crease in wages, and the intimation is thus given that the miners' organiza tion will receive no recognition from the operators. Shot Down In the Street. Omaha, Oct. 2. A special to the World-Herald from Beatrice, Neb., savs: W. J. Hurn was probably fatal ly shot this afternoon by Dr. W. F. Lee one of the most prominent physic ians in the state. The two men room m i in separate apartments in the Dav block. As Hum was passing Lee s doors, the physician mentioned a bill against Hurn for services am a quarrel ensued. Hum struck at Dr. Lee, but missed him. Dr. Lee drew a revolver and fired, Hurn staggering bank into bin wife's arms shot in the right breast. The bullet entered the lungs, and Hum is not expected to live through the night. Dr. Lee gave himself up and was released on bail. Two Killed In a Wreck. Gotbrie, O. T., Oct. 2. The Santa Fe through express Jor Kansas City was wrecked 15 miles south of here this afternoon by spreading rails, and the baggage and express cars derailed, the smoker thrown off and turned up side down and the day coaches partly derailed. Two people were killed and a dozen or more injured all passengers in the smoker. Woman Commit Suicide. Seattle, Oct. 2. Elizabeth A. Lang ley, 24 years of age, Wi,fe of a Dawson theatrical man, committed suicide at ber borne in this city this morning by drinking carbolic acid. The case is a mistery. She leaves three little daught ers here. Her husband is in the north. New Premier of Quebec. Quebec, Oct. 2. S. N. Parent has accepted the premiership of this prov ince, to succeed the law reiiicr Mar- ohand. SITUATION WORSE THAN EVER. Europe Apparently Determined te Par tition China. New York, Sept. 29 A dispatch to the Herald from Shanghai saya: The situation in China is now more serious than ever before for those who are interetsed in preserving the integri ty of the empire. The Chinese govern ment is in the power of Boxer leaders who are not likely to submit to the empress dowager any proposition un favorable to them. The friendly vice roys of the south are loyal to the thtone and any foreign aggression in Southern China will precipitate an uprising. There is danger that the friendly vice roys will be replaced. Slieng, the friendly Taotai of Shanghai, has been ordered north, and that practically means his death. Russia is holding all the forts and strategical points from Takn to Pekin. Rnsia's possession of the railway shows by the permanent arrangement which her officers are making that she intends to swallow the north of China. No one here believes that Russia will ever move out except under overwhelming pressure from other powers. Ger many's assurance that she does not de sire territory in China, if the latter be able to pay an indemnity, is mislead ing. Her demand for the punishment of the leaders of the Boxers as a con dition precedent to peace negotiations means continued war and perhaps the complete disruption of the Chinese gov ernment. Friendly feeling between Japan and Russia is increasing. France is hand in glove with Russia. V Ice Admiral Seymours attempt to under take the isolated British occupation of Shanghai and to patrol the Yangtse Kiang has weakened the British post tion, while losing an opportunity to make a definite agreement for non-partition of the empire with Japan. The United States is consistent but power less. Lu Li Chuan Liu, who, it is unoffi cially announced, is to be the new viceroy of Canton, is anti-foreign. Un less the allies protest the friendly vice roys are likely to have no friends left in China. The only method of dealing with the situation not involving the division of Chinese territory is through the friendly viceroys, gradually remov ing tin throne from the power of the Boxer leaders. Americans on the spot believe that the settlement of the pres ent question will decide the fate of enormous and increasing American and Chinese trade. INDUSTRIAL CRISIS. The Indications Point to Hard Times Comma ' Kurope. Washington, Sept. 29. The wave of industrial prosperity in Europe, which has steadily risen since 1985, says Act ing Consul-General Hanauer, of Frank fort, in a report to the state depart ment, has taken a tuin and has begun to recede. ".All signs." he says, "point toward a oris is in industrial and financial lines, which may occur before two years huve passed. Any political dis turbance of note may bring ou the crisis suddenly, and without warning. Coal mining is still booming, a the supply is not equal to the demand. The iron and steel wroks, including the manufacturers of many lines of machinery and steel plates for war ships, huve orders which it will take some months to fill, but factories making small itonware, needles, bicycles, nails, sewing machines, etc., are cur tailing production end reducing work ing forces and wage scales. "There are doubts if the immensely capitalized electrical works of Ger many aud other countries can keep fully employed after present contracts are filled. This line of industry which in Germany alone represents an invest ment of nearly $300,000,000, has been largely instrumental in creating the boom . "Failures have begun already in the building trade, which, in the large cities, has been'Of a speculative nature, and rested mainly on borrowed capi tal. Rents for business homes and dwellings have advanced, but will top ple upon the first beignning of a busi ness crisis." IHvlsiou of Military Traffic. Chicago, Sept. 29. Western rail roads today reached an agreement re garding the division of military traffic between points west of Chicago aud New Orleans and the Pacific coast. It was agreed to leave the control and division of the traffic east of San Fran cisco entirely in the hands of the Santa Fe and Southern Pacific railroads. On west-bound traffic the division of the business has been put in the hands of Chairman MoLeod, of the Western Passenger Association. The draft for a transcontinental association, prepared at the recent meeting at Glenwood Springs, Colo., was considered at length today, but no final action taken. Train Wreck In Utah. Ogden, Utah, Sept. 29. Train No, 4 on the Southern Pacific, was wrecked white coming down Gretna hill this afternoon. Conductor Herrick and Engineer Hastings escaped injury, but ot the passengers one woman was killed aud several men were injured, three thought to be fatally injured. Railroad officials and doctors were sent from Ogden to the scene of the wreck. He that can say the most convinc- ng things in the fewest words is the great orator. Boiler Makers Troubles. Norwich, Conn.. Sept. 29. The 200 men employed by the Page Boiler Com- I pany, who . yesterday went out on a strike because the company refused to pay them a vonlntary increase of 10 pr cent, today returned to work with the understanding that if the company did not grant their demands by Octo ber 2, they would again go out. In case of folly, silence cannot U commended too much. I VICTIMS OF REBELS Particulars of the Affair Marinduque. in CAPTAIN SHIELDS WAS KILLED Three Other Americana l.oat Thnl Lives and Several Were Wuunr1 edTlie Relief Kxpeilltlou. Manila. Oct. 8. Persistent native reports, w hich are generally believed to have been outrent in Manila for sev eral days, are to the effect that Cap taiu Devereux Shields au.l company F, of the Twonty-ninth iniantry, couKist. lug ol 45 men, stationed at Boag, Mar induque island, embarked Septimber 13 on the gunboat Villalobos and land ed on the Marinduque coast September 14, where 800 of theeuemv, armed with rifles, supposedly from Luzon, sur prised the Americans. The latter fought for several hours, until 'their ammunition was exhaasted, and they were overpowered and surrendered, re lief being impossible. At least four of the soldiers were killed, among whom, according to reports, were Captain Shields. The Americans also had sev eral wounded. Lieutenants Reiff and Bates, on board the gunboat Yorktown, loft Ma nila Monday. After gathering troops at Batangas they proceeded to Marin duque to verify the reports regarding the fate of Captain Shields and his men. and in case the native rumors were well founded, to punish therebols and release the captives. News from this expedition is awaited with some anxiety ut Manila. In the niean whilo, the censor prohibits the trans mission of news concerning the affair. Colonel Edwward E. Hardiu, of the Twenty-ninth regiment, who is now in Manila, admits it is impossible that the native reports may be correct. ECUADOR AND PERU. Relations Between the Two Countrlei Not the Most Agreeable. New York, Oct. 8. The Herald's corresodeut in Bogota says no action will be taken on the protocol recently signed by Minister Uribe and the gov eminent of Ecuador. The protocol is not approved because of the Colombian authorities waiting for important data in regard to the attitude of Ecuador in connection with the invasion of the southern frontier of Colombia. Colom bia is also investigating whether Ecua dor baa been in connivance with Vene auela. - - , In the meantime the Colombian gov ernment has given orders to the mili tary authorities en the Ecuadorian frontier to maintain the strictest neu trality. The Llheial revolution is not limited to guerrilla warfare in the do pattments of Cuudiua, Marca and Toli ma. The revolutionists in the north,, commanded by General Santos, have offered to capitulate. General Pinzen, the hero of the northern campaign, became minister of war on September 19. He him strengthened and made the department more popular The Mairoquin government is now recognized by the diplomatic corps re siding in Bogota. Communication be tween Lake Maiacaibo and Ecuade has been re-established. GALVESTON RELIEF. Seven Hundred Thousand Hollars Con tributed Vp to Date. Galveston, Tex., Oct. 8. John Sealy, chairman of the finance com mittee, a sub-committee of the Galves ton central relief committee, aud cus todian of the Galveston relief fund, has given out the following: "All supplies that have been turned over to me up to itnd including Octulter 1, 1900, from all sources, amount to $781,043.63. This amount includes nl' money received by me direct, all re ceived by Major Jones, and also $809, 500 remitted to me by Governor Sayers out of subscriptions made to him. The governor has also ordered a further re mittance to me of $100,000, which should reach me in the next few days, and he will send me from time to time such additional funds as he may re ceive. We are arranging in proper shapo a full itemized statement of all rceeipts and amounts expeuded,.whlcb will be duly published." -- ; to light the tact tnat he CHiriert witn Troubles of the King of Cambodia. j ujm a arg6 fortune. He had ill -Ills Paris, Oct. 8. Prince Vkauthor, son valise $500,000 in government bonds of the King of Cambotlia (French lndo- and about $2,000 in cash on his per (ihinal. who was recently a guest of l0 ' France at the exposition, and who dis appeared somewhat mysteriously, was found in Brussels. A dispatch seut in 1 his behalf says he did not sail lornome last week from Marseilles, as was ar- ranged, because he has not tecetved the goveMMlieI)t., repiy to the let t- u M...,i,iit'fl i-Aiilv tn the hit- " ,r ,m h.', father a.aiust iL . . mi. t i. of me rreuvu . j i Ali'lcan repuoiic, is mil- mui oi- which he was the bearer. He adds MUg8 mxiHiacU)ry railroad rates over that the ouly response he received was tJ)e VVeslern Hues. Mr. Van- Credit a telegram irom his father, orleriug his j wi,j bring a )arKe conijegenj 0f Boers return, but he explains that he cannot (J lhjs C00Dtl.y iD the spring if coudi do so until he has received the reply of ; ti(jng aresiafavorable. There aie thons the French government, so he has gone J aluls o $oerflt jja Myg( WDr are anx to Brussels. The prince denies haying j lon(jly awajtjng 8n opportunity to leave auy disagreement with his father, King j theif pr(Jgwnt environment uJ embmk Iorodoin. British Shelled a Tllllage. Hong Kong, Oct. 8. The British gunboat Robin has shelled the village of Luk Lae, on the West river, in re taliation for the inhabitants firing on a ; British steamer. The ringleaders were afterward captured and flogged. Fire In Chicago. Chicago. Oct. 8. Fire tonight de stroyed an eight-story building on Market street, doing $500,000 damage. The principal Inter is E. A. Rothschild St, Co. AN UNWATERED UMPIRE. Work of the National Irrigation Asso ciation. The vista that the possibilities of ir rigation reveal, says the Los Angeles Herald, is, almost stupendous, as a few facts aud figures prepared by the Na tional Irrigation Association demon strate. The federal government today . owns 100,000,000 acres of land, which is worthless only because it is arid. This "unwatered empire" can be re claimed by irrigation and rendered capable of sustaining a population of at least 50,000,000 people. In the words of the secretary of agriculture in his last annual report: "More than one-third of the country depends upon the success of irrigation to maintain the people, the industries, and the political institutions of that area, . and future growth will also be measured by the increase of the reclaimed area. In a region which, in the extent of diver sity of its mineral wealth, hna no eqnal on the globe, the riches of the " mines in the hills are already surpass ed by the productions of the irrigated farms in the valleys, and the nation at large is at last awakening to the fact that the development of the use of the rivers and arid lands of the West will constitute one of the most important epochs in our increase in population and material wealth." Work for the Federal Government. These stupendous possibilities also present a colossal problem How may this gigantic desert be transformed into a land of prosperity? Who is to redeem the national domain by a com prehensive systom of reservoirs? It has been demonstrated by 20 years of expe rience in hrigatiou development and by the reorts of government exports aud engineers that the great problem can only be solved by the fedural gov ernment. Captain Hiram M. Chitten den, engineer corps, U. S. A., in hi report ou "Surveys for Reservoir Sites." declares emphatically that reservoir construction in the aiid regions of the West can properly be carried out ouly through publiu agencies. Private enterprise can never accomplish the work suooessully. As between state and nation, it falls more properly under the latter." Ten Years Would Reclaim the West. It is estimated that $143,000,000 would reclaim the arid lands of the West; that an expenditure by the fed eral government of $15,000,000 a year for 10 years would open up hinds for the settlement of a population as big an that of the entire country at present. An appropriation of $100,000 was made at the last session o' congress for pre liminary surveys to discover the best locations for the immense reservoirs. The assistance of every organization and of every individual in forwarding this all-important work shoulld be wel comed and assisted in everv potwiblu way. GUY E. MITCHELL. amigosttacks6Idiers. Several Skirmishes During the Week Civilians lilaapiiear, Manila, Oct. 8. The Filipinos in the vicinity of Manila have beon more quiet of lute, although last Wednesday night there were brink attacks at Las Piuas aud l'aranaque, south of Manila, as well as outpost firing nt linus liiicour and Muncin Lupa. The American offi cers are satisfied that the alleged ami gos, living in and around the towns in question, participated in these attacks. Official reports have been received of insurgent activity in Zambales province aud in Batangus province. Two skirm ishes occurred during the week on tlm Bicol river, in the province of Soviih Camiiriues, It is estimated that tlm insurgents lost 90 killed in the various districts. Two civilians, John MoMahon and Ralph McCord, of San Francisco, who started on a business trip for Vigan and Bangued, in northern Luzon, have not been beard from for three weeks. It is feared they have been killed oi oaptured by the iusurgents. A Rich Man Dead. Indianapolis, Oct. 8. W. V. Wob jott, of Boston, died at St. Vincent's hospital from a stroke of apoplexy bum-, taiued on a Big Four train yeterdny. Mr. Wolcott located in St. Louis about 80 years ago. He became a member of the firm of Wolcott & Hume, pub Ushers of the Jourmtl and Times, at St, Louis, and later was president ot the St. Louis Car Coupler Company. He owned large interests in Missouri zino mines and at the time of his death was senior partner in the banking firm 0f Wolcott & Co., of Boston and Sew j York. A search of his effects brought Itoers Coming to America. St. Paul, Oct. 1. The Globe tomor row will say: "Hundreds and per- h(jpj, t)OOI,Rn,fl 0f i!oerg wju emigrate rom Bonth Afriua to ti,e United States . geUe fu tne f,orthwest. Theodore . . ...u t... ,.i ' ,1 , T" ".l . . V ...... . . .. for another land. Railroad Man's Suicide, Birmingham, Ala., Oct. 8. Warnei M. Newt-old, superintendent of the South and North Birmingham Mineral Divisions of the Louisville & Nash- viile railroad, committed suicide at his ' !i'Jence in this city today by shooting ; himself in the mouth with a 88-caliber revolver. Mr, Newbold lost his wife some mouths agot awl since -that tiuio ! has been despondent, and to that cause ! is attributed the terrible dved whiu ; has shocked the ctuiiinuuitjr
