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Hime.GecII.OUB.eitybaU j ft. . ' IT'S A COLD DAY WHEN WE GET LEFT." . VOL. XIII. . HOOD EIVEB, OREGON, FMDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1901. ; . V KO. 27. . ' ' ' : . HOOD RIVER GLACIER Published Every Friday by 8. F. BLYTHK. Terms of subscription 1.W a year when paid In advance. THIS MAILS. Tbe mall arrive! from Mt. Hood at 10 o'clock a. m. Wednesdays and Saturdays; departa lh same days at noon. For I'henoweth, leavea at a. m. Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays; arrive)) at p. m. For White Salmon (Mash.) leavea daily at t :ii a. m,; arrives at 7:15 p. in. Front White Salmon leaves for Filda, Oilmer, Trout Lake and 01en,od daily at A. M. For Bnweu (Wash.) leave at 5:45 p.m.; ar. rives at 2 p. m. SOCIKTIKf. IAt'KKL RKBEKAII DKiiREE 1.0DOE. No J t)7, I. O. O. F. Meeti tint and tliird Mon, days in each mouth. Minn K'at Davinfobt, N. G. H. J. HiBBiRO, Secretary. 0 ANBY POST, No. li!, G. A, R. Meets at A. . IT. W. Hall .pcnnrf .nd fourth HatnrJava of each month at 1 o'clock p. in. All U. A. K. luenibera invited to mtt with us. T. J. I'unnino, Commander. -I. W. Riobt, Adjutant. CANBY W. R. C, Ko. 16-Meets first Satur day of each month In A. U. U. W. hall at! p. m. MKa. B. F. Bhoimakiib, President. Ms. Uhsula lJi'Kr., Secretary. HOOD HIVER I.OWiE, No. 105, A. F. and A. M. Meets Saturday evening on or befora uch full moon. A N. Kahm, W. M. A. P. Batkhan, Secretary. II OOD RIVER CHAPTER, No. 27, R. A. M. Meeta third Friday night ol eacn monin. r . u. naosius, u. r. H. F. Davidson, Secretary. fTOOD RIVER CHAPTER, No. 25, O. E. 8. Jl Meet second and fourth Tuesday even Tug of each month. Visitors cordially wel comed. Mrs. Eva B. rlAVNsa, W. M. U. K. Davidson, Secretary. OI.ETA ASSEMBt y. No. 10S, United Artisans. Meet tecoi-d Tuesday of each month at Fiaternal hell. F. C. BRUSH'S, M. A. D. McDonald, Secretary. WAUCOMA I.OWiE, No. 80, K. of P.-Meeta lu A. O. U. VY. ball every Tuesday nlRht. John Hick, C. C. J. Liland Hkndekson, K. of K. & S. "O'VERSIDK LODGE, No. 68, A. O. IT, W. Jl Meets first and third Saturdays of each month. N. C. Evans. M. W, I. V. Watt, Financier. II. L. Howe, Recorder, T DLEWILDE LOPOE, No. 107, I. O O. F. J Meets in Fraternal hall every Thursday Hlght. A.li. (JETCHIL, N.U. 1. K. Hanna, Secretary. HOOD RIVER TENT, No. 1, K. O. T. M.. meets at A. O. U, W. hall on the first aud third Fridays of each mouth. I. E. Rand, Commander. SIVERPIPE LODGE NO. 40, DEGREE OF HONOR, A. O. U. W. Meets first and rd Saturdays at 8 P. M. . . M its. Okoroia Rand, C. of H. Mas. Chas Clakkk, Recorder. SUNSHINE SOCIETY-Mects fecond and fourth Baturdavs of each month at i o'clock. M ins I.kna Shell, President. Miss Carmi Bt'Ti.EB, Secretary. HOOD RIVER CAMP, No. 7,702,' M. W. A., meets in Odd Fellow.' Hall the first aud third Wednesdays of each month. F. L. Davidson, V. C. E. R. Bradley, Clerk. JR. E. T. CARNS, Dentist. Gold crowns and bridge work and all kinds of Up-to-Dits Dentistry. HOOD RIVER OREGON JJ L. DUMBLE, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Successor to Dr. M. F. Shaw. Calls promptly answered In town or countif, Day or Night. Telephones: Residence, 81; Office, 83. Office over Everhart's Grocery. JOHN LELAND HENDERSON ATTORNEY-ATLAW, ABSTRACTOR. NO TARY PUBLIC and REAL EBTATtt AGENT. For 28 years a resident of Oregon and Wesh Jmrton. Has had many years experience in Krai Eitaie ma liars, as abi-tractor, searcher of titles and agent. Satisfuction guaranteed or no charge. J F. WATT, M. D. Surgeon for O. R. A N. Co. Is especially eqnied to treat catarrh of nose and throat and dtft-ases of women. i-pecial terms for ottice treatment of chronic Cases. Telephone, otice, 125, residence, ii. pREDERICK & ARNOLD CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS. Estimates furnished for all kinds of work. Kepairiug a epecialtf. All kinds of shop work. Shop on SUta Street, between First and Second. gON TON BARBER FARl.ORS. Newly furnitthed in all the latest modern barber fixtures, making It second to none for first-lass terviea. Porcelain Bath Tubs. Hydraulic Marber Chairs. A shoe polishing artist always on band. EVANS A DeBORD, Proprietors. piE KLONDIKE CONFECTIONERY Is tlin place to get tbe latest and best in Confectioneries, Candies, Nats, Tobacco, Cigars, etc. ....ICE CREAM PARLORS..- COLE & GRAHAM, Props. p C. BROSiUS, M. D. " PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. 'Phone Central, or 121. Office Hoars: 10 to 11 A. M.; 2 to 3 and 6 to 7 P. M. Q H. TEMPLE. .Pnctlul WitctEoUnr Jtreler. Mjr long experience enables trie to do tlia best ponible work, which I fully guarantee, and at low prices. gUTLER A CO., BANKERS. Do a general ban kin j business. HOOD RIVER, OREGON. J. HAYES, J. P. Oflie with Bon Brothers. Bastsea will be tteaded to at snv tisaa. Caitectlaas snada. W Ul kM-at on good gonrasaeat lead Si that tUtbcr w ianslaf EVENTS OF THE DAY FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF THE WORLD. K Comprehensive Review of the Important Happenings of the Past Week Presented In a Condensed Form Which Is Most Likely to Prove of Interest to Our Many Reader. Student riots have occurred in Spanish towns. . Colonel Meade, .ot the marines, is on trial for drunkenness. Fire at Assumption 111., destroyed property valued at $55,000. . The Metropolitan bank, of Ja coma, bus closed its doors. Ex-Representative Sweet, of Idaho, is charged with embezzlement. The National reciprocity conven tion has opaned in Washington. Smallpox is spreading in Vienna, 35 cases being reported in two days. Prominent Seattle woman has been carrying on smuggling on a large scale. An entire family near Los Angeles, Cal., was shot and then literally cut to pieces. Consul Dickinson has located Miss Stone and asks for Bulgarian troops to rescue her. - John Hay was the principal speaker at the New -Yofk chamber of com merce dinner. There is trouble in the Washington delegation over tbe appointment of a United States marshal. The United States training ship Alert has sailed from San Diogo for Magdalena bay for gun practice. Robbers blew open the safe of the First National Bank at Mondori, Wis., and secured between 5,000 and $0,000. "Ill II III nW III II III- vntr UPTON SUCCEEDS, tty NMfsf for proaumflty. In much m conemrn mm mtnm, Im mt tha dlmpommlmf mil. Hmrm It tmi "Work hard, dmml honwtly, bm mntarprlxlno, mxmrclmm mmrmftl Judgment, mdv aril mm trmaly but JotHotomaly. "Sle Thommm Lip ton. In Saturday Ermnlng Pomt. Two plague deaths are reported from Odessa, Bolomen tried to rush an American force in Samar. "Oregon, wind 232 prizes at Pan American Exposition. Many accidents In the United King dom were due to fog. An Aberdeen editor attacked tbe character of Judge Irwin. Scouts fought engagement)) with rebels In Southern Luzon. Oil prospects are good In Idaho and in Malheur County, Oregon. The demand for raw material from abroad shows a steady Increase. Japanese and Russians are assum ing closer commercial relations. A Mississippi moonshiner killed two deputies and burned their re mains. A native priest, convicted of mur der, has been sentenced to 20 years' Imprisonment. An alleged conspiracy to proclaim a republic at Dawson Is reported from Skagway. E. P. Lowenthal, of New York, robbed of $10,000 In diamonds in Portland 'Hotel. The transport Hancock is ashore in Japanese waters. More shipwrecks are reported on the English coast. A mounted force of Cape Dutch sur rendered to the Boers. Twenty persons were killed by the earthquakes In Erzroum. The President's Thanksgiving proc lamation was cabled to Manila. Merit and not political Influence will be recognized In army promotions. Ways and means committeemen are divided on the subject of reducing war taxes. f Agnlnaldo declines the offer of an American lawyer to work for bis re lease. State of Oregon will make a sur vey of arid, lands In eastern part of state. Insane man killed an officer at Cos mopolls. Wash., shot a friend, and was seriously wounded himself. Tom Considine broke down while testifying In behalf of his brother, on trial for murder at Seattle. Fire in Boston destroyed property valued at $100,000. The secretary of the interior has created a bureau of forestry. President Roosevelt has pledgod the Lewis and Clark Centeunnial his hearty support. Fire destroyed every mercantile and several fine houses in Pucwash, N. S. Loss, $50,000. Latest advices from Miss Stone's place of confinement state that her imprisonment is affecting her reason. The people of the South think that as soon as they can have faster steam ers and more of them they can keep all their cotton mill working full time making cloth for export. Dr. Boiarro, of Gorx, has published a pamphlet In which he tries to prove that tbe Adriatic has for more than a thousand years been rising and en croaching on its shores. The lower parts of Triest are experiencing trou ble already, and in course of time Ven ice will be burled in the mud ot the lagoon. , ASSAULTED BY MINERS. Non-Union Men Are Attacked at Mints Near Vincennes, Indiana, Vincennes, Ind., Nov. 21. Four hundred union coal miners from Washington, Connelburg, Petersburg, Trinceton and Montgomery arrived here at an early hour this morning and at 5 o'clock made an attack upon the non-union miners employed at the Prospect Hill mines near this city. As a result two men are fatally hurt and a half dozen more seriously injured. The union miners formed at the union station and marched to the mines. Just as the men on the day shift were going on duty they were attacked. The union men asked for the foreman and when told that he was in bed said: "All right; we will get him." They started after Scott, the foreman, and in the melee that followed bcott and his family defended themselves as best they could but were powerless. Scott was badly beaten and W. P. Collins, an attorney of w aslungton, a brother-m law of Scott, who was visiting with the family, sustained injuries that may prove fatal. VALUABLE CARGO. Steamship Brought Product From Alaska Valued a $200,000. Seattle, Nov. 20.-Producta of Alas ka valued at $200,000 were brought to Seattle as the cargo of a single vessel, the Senator, Captain James B. Patter son, which arrived from the North to day. Fish and fish products made up the entire shipment There were 37, 215 cases ot salmon from Petersburg, Glrard Point and Sitka Bay canneries, and 2500 cases of fish guano and 550 barrels of fish oil from the Kilasnoo fisheries. On the return the Senator got aground on a rocky bottom at the north entrance to Wrangel Narrows, bending several plates on the star board side forward. She hung fast about 20 minutes and then hauled her self off. While the springing ot the plates did not cause a leak, It may lat er be necessary for the vessel to go Into drydock. The Senator brought 89 pasengers from various Southeastern Alaska points, prominent among whom were Professor C. C. Georgeson, special agent of the United States Agricul tural Department; W. T. Summers, president of the First National Bank of Juneau, and Dr. B. K. Wilbur, of Sitka. BIG GOLD SHIPMENT. Largest Sum Ever Sent to Europe ih a Sin- ' gle Shipment. New York, Nov. 21. Ladenburg, Thai man & Co. today engaged $500, 000 in gold for export. . The big Lloyd German liner Kaiser William der Grosse, which sailed for Europe todav, carried in her treasure room coiu and bar gold valued at more than $7,000,000. It was carefully stowed away in oak casks and iron bound boxes and was under seal in the specie room. It was the largest sum ever sent across the Atlantic in a single steamship and represented the engagements made by the larger financial houses of .New York since the final shipment of ' last week. Most of the gold goes to meet foreign obligations not paid by balances. TEN JAPANESE KILLED. Twenty-eight Other Wert Injured in s Montana Train Collision. Great Falls, Mont., Nov. 20. Ten Japanese laborers were killed and 28 injured, three probably fatally, and the others more or less seriously, In a collision between a freight train and a work train on the Great North ern Railroad near Culbertson, a Bu tton close to the Eastern boundtry line of the state, Sunday morning. The rretgnt tram was running at a rate oi speed estimated at 25 miles per hour; the work train was stationary. Round a curve, the freight crashed into the work train, and sad havoc followed. One ot the cars in the work train was a bunk or sleeping car. In this there were 41 Japanese laborers. But three of them escaped death or Injury. Roosevelt' Mcisage I Long. Wahsington, Nov. 21. The cabinet meeting today lasted about two and a half hours. The whole time .was spent in the reading of the president's message and in commenting upon its various features. The message is long, and is said to be vigorous in tone, in that respect at least quite characteristic of Roosevelt No other business was transacted. . Student Riot in Spain. Madrid, Nov. 21. Students' riots have begun in Madrid. Yesterday the tramways were attacked, and attempts were made to set the cars on fire. Over 20 persons were injured. Students disorders were also reported in Barcelona and Valencia. In the senate several senators referred to the serious nature of the student disturlt ances and the minister of education replied that the government was re solved upon acting with the greatest energy. Shot by a Woman. Creston, la., Nov. 21. Mrs. Charles Edwards, a widow, living three miles west of here, today shot Andy Narly and Herman James, white, who she claims were trying to prevent her from occupying a leased farm where the shooting occurred. Nearly may die, but James is not seriously hurt. Mrs. Edwards and tier children were ejected last week. NEWS OB THE STATE '.TEMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS OF OREGON. Comnwrclal and Financial Happening of Im portance -A Brief Review of the Growth and Improvements of the Many Industries Throughout Our Thriving Commonwealth Latest Market Report The Astoria Canning Company will not sell its Alaska cannery to the trust. A daily mail service will at once be instituted between North Yamhill and Tillamook. The 10-stamp mill on the Flagsstaff mine at Baker City ', p.galn running day and night. The Astoria City Council hag or dered the Improvement of five blocks of city streets. Seattle capitalists have purchased the Little Chieftain mine, in the Myr tie Creek district, for $20,000. Portland parties have bonded three claims in the Myrtle Creek district for $12,000, and another tor $10,000. Stock in all parts of the state is reported as being in better condition now than ever before. Stockmen are sanguine that the losses this winter will be very small. The amount of scalp bounty war rants issued by Wasco County dur ing the two months ending October 31 is $502. This is less than the two corresponding months of last year. T. L. Gilliam has 6,500,000 feet of sawlogs ready on the Upper Mohawk to deliver on his 10,000,000 contract with the Booth-Kelly company as soon as there Is sufficient water to run them. Lewis C. Pooler, a pioneer of 1852, died at Willard, in tha Waldo Hills, November 8, aged 69 years. He was a native of New York. He crossed the plains to Oreogn with an ox team and settled in the district where he died. Gold worth 50 cents was taken from the craw of a duck raised at Scotts Mills. Thieves broke into a Eugene store and stole a number of small articles of little value. A recevier has been appointed for the Columbia Logging Company, near St. Helens. ' Superintendent Brown, of the Falls River fish hatchery, says the outlook there is very favorable. Practically a!' the hops about Dallas have been shipped. Prices were from 8 to 10 cents per pound. Senator Mitchell has announced that he will endeavor to have a new federal court district established in Eastern Oregon. Roseburg's city council has let the contract of grading and surfacing with crushed rock about 10 blocks of the principal streets. Thirty dwelling houses have been built in Dallas since January 1. Every dwelling and business house in the town is occupied. Nine carloads of wool left Harris- burg the other day for the East. The shipment weighs 103,000 pounds and is one of the largest individual sales ever made in that valley. The Indian war veterans of Lane county met at the court house in Albany and began arrangements to ward securing legislation by the next congress granting pensions to all veterans entitled to them. Portland Market. Wheat Walla Walla, 57; blue- stem, 58c ; Valley, 5657c. . Flour Best grades, $2.653.50 per barrel; graham, $2.50. Oats Nominal 95(a$1.00 pr cental. Barley Feed, $15. 50 16; brewing. $1616.75 per ton. MillstufTs Bran, $15.50(317; mid dling, $1920.50;. shorts, 1617.50; chop, $1516.50. Hay Timothy. $11(312; clover, $77.50; Oregon wild hay, $56 per ton. Butter Fancy croamery,25(a26)ic ; dairy, 1822c; store, 1214o per pound. Eggs Storage, 20 22 fresh, 28 30o, Eastern 22 25c. Cheese Full cream, twins, 13(3 13Mc; Young America, 14I5c. Poultry Chickens, mixed, $2.50a 3.50; hens, $4.00 dressed, 10 11c per pound springs, $2.50(3 3.00, per dozen ; ducks, $3 for old $3.00(3 4.00 for young; geese, $6 (3 7 per doz en; turkeys, live, ll3l2c; dressed, 12(8 14c per pound. Mutton Lambs, 3 c gross : dressed 66e per pound; sheep,$3.25 gross; dressed, 66)'c per pound. Hogs Gross,heavy,fb6.25; light, $4.75(35; dressed, 7(37.0 per pound. Veal Small, 881c:Iarge,77c per pound. Beef Gross top steers, $3.50(34.00; cows and heifers, $3.003.50; dressed beef, 66Ho per pound. Hops aiOtc per pound. Wool Valley,ll(3l3,4'c per pound; Eastern Oregon, 8gl2)c; mohair, 20(3 21o per pound. Potatoes 65(335 per sack. Tha first Enellsh Dostatre Btftmn was black, but the postmarks were hardly visible on it, and this tone was fol lowed by red, with the familiar por trait of Queen Victoria. Vibration caused by the under ground electric road has injured the tower of St. Mary-le-Bow on Cheap side, London, a famous church built by Sir Christopher Wren. The com pany has agreed to pay $5000 In order that the tower might be straightened. It la now 23 inches out of perpendicular. HYDROGEN A COMPOUND. Discovery of a Harvard Professor Support the Theory. v Boston, Nov. 20. Professor E. C, Pickering, director of the Harvard Ob servatory, has made a discovery that he regards as important. In a state ment just out, he says: "The spectrum of a streak of light ning was photographed last July. From such a small beginning two discover ies have developed. Not only are the chemical elements, so-called, com pounds, but it la likely that hydrogen Itself, which chemical theorists have thought to be one element of which the others would sooner or later prove to be compounds, seems to be of com posite nature." Other photographs made at about the same time show the curious fact that the spectrum of lightning is not always the same. Some ot the photo graphs show a doubling of the bright lines. Professor Pickering was at first inclined to believe that this was a sort ot composite photo, but he now concludes that the doubling looks as though hydrogen, the only element studied In the lightning spectrum, and hitherto believed to be least likely ever to be proved a compound body. is made up of at least three compon ents. This conclusion he bases upon the fact that there were 80 lines in the hydrogen spectrum on one photo, three in another and one in the third. the different flashes havnlg been pho tographed under different circum stances. Another -remarkable circumstance In connection with the study of pic turing of spectra of lightning flashes Is that they are similar to that of the second new star in the constellation Perseus, known as Nova Persei No. 2, which were taken on March 23, 1901. LETTERS FROM MISS STONE. Long Captivity Has Aflecttd Her Health Brigand Hold Out for Big Ransom. Sofia, Nov. 20. Another letter has been received from Miss Ellen M. Stone. Her health has been some what affected by her confinement and hard fare, but she expresses herself as still confident of ultimate release. A letter to Mr. Dickinson, diplomat ic agent of the United States at Sofia, replying to his proposals concerning a ransom, says the brigands will hold out for a figure very much above the sum at Mr. Dickinson's command. The brigands interpret Mr. Dickinson's note having fixed on the sum he is willing to pay, and on a time limit, as being Indicative that he can get more money. They also demand immunity from prosecution. But it is impossi ble for tbe diplomatic agent of the United States to have power to bind the governments of Bulgaria and Tur key. This point, however, Is not likely to be a serious obstacle in the way of negotiations. Reason to Be Hopeful. Washington, Nov. 20. Another ca blegram received from United States Consul-General Dickinson at Sofia, today indicates that, while Miss Stone has not yet been ransomed, there is reason to feel assured as to her fu ture. The dispatch furnished, evi dence that Mr. Dickinson remains in direct communication with the bri gands or their agents. MINER RELEASED. Work of Removing Debris at the Baby Mine Continne. Pocahontas. Va., Nov. 20. The work of removing fallen slate s-nd deb ris from the Baby mine continues. This morning Frits Mouiton was found entombed in a room on the west aide. He wag living, but a few hours more would, no doubt, have brought death. For six hours phy sicians worked with him before he was restored to consciousness. He is yet feeble, but will likely recover. There was great rejoicing when the' news spread that he had been recov ered alive. Mouiton says all within the mine Thursday night commented on the heaviness ot the atmosphere, and that a number of the men left their work ahead of him. He soon found that danger was imminent, and, along with several others, started running from the drilft A heavy re port that shook the mountain was heard, and an Instant later a huge cloud ot smoko and flame was seen coming. He lost sight of his compan ions, but he turned into a side room as quickly as possible, and was shut off by falling slate. Probably two days passed before he succumbed to the foul air. Founder Not Satisfied. New York. Nor. 20. Henry Four- nler, who on Saturday broke all auto mobile records, by going a mile in 61 4-5 seconds, on the Ocean Parkway, Is far from being satisfied that the limit of automobile speed has been made. In fact, he says tbe gasoline machine has just begun to demonstrate its power, and declares next year he will make mile m iz seconds. Not An Iceberg. Port Townsend, Nov. 20. Arrivals from the north on the steamship Sena tor report that the steam ship Topeka struck a rock in Taku Inlet instead of an iceberg aa previously reported. A passenger on the Senator was on the Topeka when the accident occurred and was on deck. A blinding snow storm prevailed at the time ot the ac cident and the Topeka struck square against an overhanging cliff on the shore of Taku Inlet Seafaring men familiar with icebergs gay that when a vessel collides with one the punc ture is always below the water line, and the Topeka' Injuries were above. PostofTtcs Robbed and Burned. Washington. Nov. 20. A dispatch received here announces that the postofflce at Freemansbutg. W. Va, wag robbed and burned Sunday morn ing. No loss Is stated. Warrant for Murderer. SL Louis, Nov. JO. Chief ot De tectives Desmond received capias today for Ben Kilpatrlck, from Sheriff Howze, of Paint Rock, Tex., where Kilpatrlck is wanted for tha murder ot William Thornton. CLOSED ITS DOORS THE METROPOLITAN BANK. OF TACOMA, SUSPENDS. Ha Deposit of About $500,000 Saving of the School Children, Amounting to Over $U,000, Are Involved Due to a Mis understanding Regarding a Suit Brought ' Against the Old Metropolitan. Tacoma, Nov. 21. The Metropoli tan bank, P. V. Caesar, president, closed its doors yesterday after stand ing a run all of tbe day before. The run began as the result of a misun derstanding, the small depositors be lieving (hat a suit nled against the receiver of the Metropolitan Savings Banc, which failed five years ago. had something to do with the present Metropolitan Bank. About $40,000 was withdrawn and the bank hag ap plied for a receiver. Dwiglit Phelps was appointed, with a bond of $10, 000. The fact that the school children's savings account, amounting to $12, 000, was in the bank, helped to spread the rumor started by the old suit. The Metropolitan '8 total deposits are about $500,000. The failure is due entirely to the misunderstanding. President Caesar says he is negotiat ing with New York parties, and be lieves he will be able to perfect ar rangements to pay every depositor in full. The school savings are secured by school warrants held in trust by the secretary of the school board. No statement of the liabilities and resources has been given out. After the run on the bank, the clearing house met and, after an examination of the securities, offered to advance money to carry it, provided President Caesar raised $25,000. This was not done and the clearing house declined assistance. It is unofficially stated that the securities of the bank are below the amount credited to depos itors, and that there was only $6,000 cash in the vaults when the bank suspended. . MOROCCO DESIRES REFORM. Surrounding Influence Hamper the Ruler in Hit Efforts for It. New York, Nov,. 20. A correspon dent of the London Times and New York Times, wiring from Marakesh (City of Morocco), states that he has just had a long audience with the Sultan of Morocco. On entering the palace, says the correspondent, he was conducted through an open square. On one side of it were cages .containg His Majes ty's collection of wild beasts, while roaming about were Barbary wild sheep, gazelles, wild boars and cranes. SultSn Mulal Abdul-El-Aziz, the dis- patcb goes on to say, is tall and well- built, with a most intelligent and most pleasant expression and with fascin ating manners. No interpreter was present at the audience, the conversa tion being in Arabic throughout. There is, declares the correspondent, no doubt in regard to the soundness of the Sultan's views, but he Is much hampered by surrounding influences, and honest viziers are required. Abdul-El-Aziz makes no secret ot his de sire to see reform In every branch of the government. The correspondent expected to find a typical, expression less Oriental, whereas he found a young man full of energy. He says he left the palace more hopeful than ever that there la a possibility of a bright future for Morocco. Laden With Contraband for Boer. London, Nov. 21. The govern ment has caused the detention of a British steamer which was fitting out ostensibly for a pleasure cruise, at Victoria docks, on the ground that the vessel was laden with contraband of war destined foi the Boers. A searchlight fixed on the steamer's mast brought ber under suspicion, and it is said a subsequent search disclosed four field guns and quanti ties of raw material for the manufac ture of gunpowder, and that the vessel was fitted inside to accomodate from 500 to 600 men. The captain of the steamer says his instructions from bis employers directed him to call at Hamburg after leaving the - Thames. Darmstadt Gymnasium Burned. Darmstadt, Nov. 21. The great building erected by the Darmstadt Gymnastic Society, which was opened with great ceremony October 6 by the grand duke, Ernst Ludwig, was destroyed by fire this morping. Four servants employed about the building were burned to death. Reform for Austrian Exchange. Vienna, Nov. 21. The government introduced the long expected produce exchange reform bill in the reicbs tag today. The bill does not prohibit dealing in futures in grain, but pro vider for strict state supervision for the purpose of checking the unlawful use of the rules relating to futures. Quotations are to be made by sworn officials. Fictitious transactions with the object of affecting prices will be classed as felonious. Gambling be yond certain limits is prohibited. Opposition to Castro. New York, Nov. 21. A Caracas, Venezuela, correspondent rabies to the Tribune: A large rliipment of Mausers and cartridges has just left La Guayra on a Venezuelan gunboat for the Colombian insurgents. Pres ident Castro's position depends on the success of the latter. All Vene zuela, even bis ministers, oppose his policy. The revolutionists, under General Juan Pietri, are gaining in the state of Carabobo. CRIME OF A MOONSHINER. Killed Two Officers and Cremated Their Bodies A Posse In Pursuit. Oxford, Miss, Nov. 19. John A. Montgomery, Deputy United States Marshal of this city,- and Deputy United Statea Marshal Hugh Mont gomery, of Pontoloc, left here last night for the purpose of arresting Will Mathls, an alleged counterfeiter and moonshiner, who lived 12 miles east ot this place. Early today, Hugh Montgomery's horse was found stand ing at the gate of Curdy Hall, a neigh bor ot Mathls, and Mathls' house had been burned to the ground. Upon further investigation two partially burned bodies were found in the ash es of the burned building, which have been identified as the remains of tbe Deputy Marshals. John A. Montgom ery'g horse has not been found, and it is supposed that Mathls made his escape on this horse after the men had been killed and the house set on fire. Mathls' wife was at her father's a few miles from her burned home, and she says she and her hus band left home yesterday, her hus band leaving the country. Mathls was indicted last Summer for making and passing counterfeit money and was out on a $2000 bond. The principal witness against htm was a negro living in the same neigh borhood. About a month ago tbe ne gro was assassinated. The two Mont gomery went to arrest Mathlg for making illicit whiskey, and it is sup posed that they were prevailed upon to remain for the night, and were shot while guarding their prisoners. A posse ot 30 or 40 ot the leading citi zens of Oxford went to the scene to day and every effort will be made to capture Mathls. CAUSED BY DENSE FOG. Many Accident and Fatalities in the United Kingdom France II is A Share. London, Nov. 19. Saturday's fog which was general throughout the United Kingdom, was responsible for many accidents and fatalities. The driver of a London omnibus was found dead In his box, while the ve hicle wag still running. He was a victim of cold fog. Several collisions occurred In the Mersey. The Dominion liner Roman, from Portland, November 9, ran down and sank the British steamer Sapphire, of the Dundee Gen Line. There was no loss of life. A Norwegian brlgantine has been seen drifting helplessly off Hull, and It Is feared that several persons have been drowned. Paris, Nov. 19. During the "greater part ot today, Paris and its suburbs were shrouded In a dense tog, which seriously Interfered with railway transportation and vehicular traffic, and caused a number ot minor acci dents. The fog was so thick along the Seine that the steamboats were compelled to suspend service. BIG DIAMOND ROBBERY. A New York Merchant Was Robbed of $10,000 Worth at the Portland Hotel. Portland, Ore, Nov. 18. Diamonds valued at $10,000 and about 'J0 in money were stolen last night from a room in the Portland Hotel, occu pied by A. F. Lowenthal, of New York City, and the audacious thief manag ed to escape with his booty and get safety away. . Mr. Lowenthal is a dealer in pre cious stones, and he is at present on tne Pacific Coast on a business trip.' Last Saturday night he arrived at the Portland Hotel, and was assigned to a room on the ground floor facing Yamhill street, being the third window from the northeast cor ner ot Seventh and Yamhill streets. His traveling trunk, containing the greater part of hia dlamonda he used In trade, and a portion of his money, wag placed in his room. There are two keys to this room, one used by the guest and placed jn the office when it is not in use, and the otner usually In charge of the janitor in charge of all the rooms on that cor ridor. Burled Under Red Hot Slag. Homestead, Nov. 18. One man was killed and two aeriously burned aa the result of a party of workmen being burled under a mass ot molten slag at the Howard Axle Works to day. The accident occurred on the cinder dump back ot the company's -plant The victims were engaged in collecting scrap when a party of workmen at the top of the dump, about 20 feet above, dumped their car over the edge, not knowing that the men were directly beneath them. The car contained about eight tons of slag, a greater part of which was red-hot and much of it In a mol ten gtat. Mexico Importing Wheat City ot Mexico, Nov.19. From all part ot tbe Western United States, wheat i being sent into Mexico In amounts never before equalled. It is estimated by buyers and railroad men la this city that by the end of December more than 1500 cars will have been delivered into the republic. And even thla great amonnt will not end the Importation, so long at the duty ia waived and there la the slight est lack of corn. Both buyers and transportation men believe that the Importation will continue until the term for the removal ot the tariff expires. - Bad Food la French Army. Paris, Nov. 18. La Llberte today asserted that 2,000,000 francs worth ot deteriorated American tinned foods have been discovered among the mili tary stores at Verdun. General An dre, the Minister of War, has conse quently ordered all tinned foods among the army store, whether French or American, to be sold, on the ground that it would be better to have no stores at all than to depend upon canned provisions which would be found to be bad at the outbreak ot war. . .