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ir Lift hot ellsaV "IT'S A COLD DAY WHEN WB OBT LEFT." , VOL. XIII. " HOOD RIVER, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1901. NO. 30. HOOD RIVER GLACIER Published Every Friday by 8. F. BLITHE. Termi of subscription f 1.30 a year when paid In advance. THE MAILS. The mall arrives from Mt. Hood at 10 o'clock a. m. Wednesdays and Saturdays; departs ihe tame days at noon. For Chenoweth, leaves at 8 a. m. Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturday t; arrives at p. m. For White Salmon (Wash.) leaves daily at : a. m.; arrives at 7:1a p. m. From Whlta Salmon leaves (or Fulda, Ollmer. Trout Lake and Ulenwood daily at 9 A. M. For Binnen (Wash.) leaves at o:4i p. m.; ar. rives at 2 p. m. SOCIETIES. IAUREL RKBEKAH DKCRKE U)DOE, No i 87, I. O. O. F. Meets Hrst and third Mon days in each month. M is Kiti Davenport, N. 0. H. J. HiBBARD, Secretary. CANBY POST, No. 16, G. A. K.-MeetsatA. O. V. W.-IUIt second and fourth SaturJays oi eacn month at Z o'clock p. m. All O. A. K, members Invited to meet with us. T. J. Cunning, Commander. J. W. Riobt, Adjutant. CANBY W. R. C, No. IS - Meets fl rut Sattii day of each month In A. U. U. W. hall at 2 l. m. Mrs, B. F. Bhokmakkr, Preildent. Mas. (Jrsvla Uumks. Secretary. TTOOD RIVER I.ODOK, No. 105, A. F. and A, 1 1 M. Meets Saturday evening on or before eacn tun moon. A N. kauh, w. m. A. P. Batkham, Secretary. HOOD RIVER CHAPTER, No. 27, R. A. M. Meets third Friday night of each month. F. C. Baoaius, H. P. H. F. Davidson, Secretary. HOOD RIVER CHAPTER, No. 2S, O. K. 8. Meets second and fourth Tuesday even ings of each month. Visitors coidially wel comed. Mrs. Eva B. Havneh, W. H, H. F. Davidson, Secretary. VLETA ASBEMU Y, No. 108, United Artisans. II Meets ecu..u Tuesday of each month at Fraternal hall. F. C. Brobiub, M. A. 11. McDonald, Secretary. WAUCOMA LODGE, No. SO, K. of R-Meata in A. O. 0. W . ball every Tuesday nbrht. John Buck, C. U. J. Lii.asd Henderson, K. of K. & 8. 1J IVER8IDE LODGE. No. 68, A. O. U, W. Jt Meets tirst and third Saturdays of each month. N. C. Evans. M. W. J. F. Watt, Financier. H. L. Howe, Kecordex. 1DLEWn.DE LODGE, No, 107, I. O O. F. Meeta in Fraternal hull every Thursday night. A. i. 0 etch El., N, G. J. E. Banna, Secretary. TTOOD RIVER TENT, No. 19, K. O. T. M., XI meets at A. O. U. W. hall on the Hrst and Third Fridays of each month. J. E. Rand, Commander. T) IVERSIDE LODGE NO. 40, DEGREE OF Ji HONOR, A. O. U. W.-Meets Brst and third Saturdays at 8 p. M. Mrs. Georgia Rand, C. oi H. Mm. Chas Clakke, Recorder. SUNSHINE SOCIETY Meets second and fourth Saturdays of each mouth at 'i o'clock. M imh Lena Snkll, President. Miss Carrie Butler, Secretary. HOOD RIVER CAMP, No. 7,702, M. W. A., meets in Odd Fellows' Hall the first and third Wednesdays of each month. F. L. Davidion, V. C. E. R. Bradley, Clerk. Q H. JENKINS, D. M. D. DENTIST. ALL WORK GUARANTEED. Office in John Leland Henderson's residence. Hood River, Oregon. pR. E T. CAR.NS, Dentist. Gold crowns and bridge work and all kinds of Up-to-Dite Dentlstrj. HOOD RIVER " OREGON LJ L. DUMBLE, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Successor to Dr. H. F. Shaw. Calls promptly answered in town or country, Dav or Night. Telephones'. Residence, 81 ; Office, 83. Office over Everhart's Grocery. JOHN LELAND HENDERSON ATTORNEY-AT LAW, ABSTRACTOR, NO TARY PliHLlO and REAL, ESTA1K AGENT. For 23 years a resident of Oregon and Wash ington. Has bad many years experience In Real Estate matters, as abstractor, searcher of titles aud agent, satisfaction guaranteed or Do charge. J F. WATT. M. D. Surgeon for O. R. A N. Co. Is especially equipped to treat catarrh of nose and throat and diaeaaes of women. rpecial terms for olhce treatment of chronic caes. Telephone, office, 124, residence, 43. pREDERICK A ARNOLD CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS. Estimate famished for all kinds of work. Repairing a specialty. All kindt of shop work. Shop on State) Street, between First and Second. JHE KLONDIKE CONFECTIONERY Is thai place to get the latent and best in Confectioneries, Candies, Nats, Tobacco, Cigars, etc ....ICE CREAM PARLORS.... COLE A GRAHAM, Props. p C. BROSiUS, M. D. " PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. 'Phone Central, or 121. Office Honrs: 10 to 11 A. M.; 2 to S and 6 to 7 P. M. Q II. TEMPLE. F radial WttcLmiter 1 Jeweler. Mt long experience enables me to do the best possible work, which I fully guarantee, and at low prices. gUTLER A CO., BANKERS. Do a general banking business. HOOD RIVER, OREGON. J. HAYES, J. P. Cfnca with Bone Brothers. Bnalnaea will ha attended to at aav tluta. Collet-lions anada. V. tiriweie oa food goTernsnenl lands, either timber or farming EVENTS OF TILE 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 io Prove of Interest to Our Many Readers. Prince Tuan is planning a rebellion in Mongolia. Every roailroad entering Salt Lake has joined in a rate war. . The date of King Edward's coro nation is fixed at June 26, 1902. Yukon miners are unknowingly throwing away thousand" of dollars' worth of platinum. , A French aeronaut, who has already crossed the Mediterranean, will try to cross the Atlantic. The Scranton, Pa., labor conven tion was unanimous for Chinese ex clusion, but not for Japanse exclusion. - Speaker Henderson has announced the new house. committees. Thin is not usually done until after the holi day recess. Wayne, W. Va , was almost wiped out by fire. Eight business build ings and three dwellings were de stroyed; loss $40,000. The Texas Railway commission and the railroad are at outs. 1 he com mission is trying to compel all trains to be run on schedule time. A member of it he English parlia ment, in the coure of a speech, de clared that the Irish would never have a better opportunity'to strike a blow for liberty than at present time. Frye introduced a new ship subsidy bill in congress. England will improve sanitary condition of concentration camps.. Republicans in the senate are deter mined to have a tariff on Philippine products. Tillman challenged McLaurin to resign with him from the senate, but the latter would not. A St. Louis negro who had several stitches'taken in his heart is well on the road to recovery. The entire business portion of Gobies, Mich., was destroyed by fire. Loss, about $100,000. The Wabash Screen Door Com pany's plant at Rhinelander, Wis., was burned ; loss $200,000. Manager Johnson, of the Postal Telegraph Company, his son and a negro driver were killed near Newton, Miss., by a falling tree. The Newton"county safe, at Deca tur, Miss., was robbed of $4,000 in pension warrants, a large quantity of school teachers', warrants, $2,250 in checks, a number of postoffice money orders and a quantity of stamps, and over $900 in cash. Famine conditions in Russia are worse than the government reports. It is reported that 3,000 Boers in tend to establish a colony in Chile. The National Starch Works, Des Moines, la., burned. Loss, $400,000. Native scouts killed Fagin, the American negro deserter in the Philip pines. In a fire at Bayou des Allemandes, La., two persons were burned to death. Robbers stole $2,000 from the Arch ibald Banking Company, of Archi bald, O. Fire destroyed a wholesale dry goods store at Wilkesbarre, Pa. Loss, $135,000. Another ship has ventured too close to the Washington shore and is on the rocks. A reciprocity feature may be incor porated in the forthcoming Philippine tariff bill. Refugees in South African concen tration camps will be sent to the set tled district. The Douglasville, Ga., bank was robbed of $2,500. The robbers escaped on a handcar. France's Chinese loan of 265,000,000 francs, at 3 per cent, will be issued December 21. Two more of the convicts who escaped from the Leavenworth, Kas., prison have been captured. The St. Louis Oil Company sold 5,000,000 barrels of Beaumont oil to St. Louis men at 20 cents a barrel at the wells. Sixty-five persons were poisoned at a wedding feast at West Point, Wis., by poison in the coffee. All will probably recover. A heavy snow storm covers the en tire eastern half of Kansas. Ex-Congressman I. N. Evans, of Philadelphia, is dead, aged 64. Dr. David McDill, surgeon at Fort Leavenworth, died from apoplexy. Foreign papers generally comment favorably on the president's message. George Ehret, an old man of New York, worth $35,000,000, owns no less than 800 saloons in that city. The fish commission sent from Washington to Honolulu has already discovered about 30 new varities, many of which are good for food. Dr. von Holleben, German ambas sador, just returned from Europe, emphatically denies stories that his country is trying to secure a foothold in South America. INDIAN WAR VETERAN BILL. Pension Measure Which Has Been Introduced by Senator Mitchell- Washington, Dec. 12. Senator Mitchell's Indian war veteran bill, recently introduced, reads as follows "That the provisions, limitations and benefits of an act entitled 'An act granting pensions to the surviv ors of the Indian wars of 1832 and 1842, inclusive, known as the Black Hawk war, Creek war, Cherokee dis turbances, and the Seminole war,' approved July 27, 1892, be and the same are hereby extended, from the date of the passage of this act, to the surviving officers and enlisted men, including marines, and also the volunteers of the military and naval service of the United States who served for 30 days in the Florida and Georgia Seminole Indian war of 1817 to 1818; the Fevro river Indian war, of Illinois, of 1827; the Sac and Fox Indian - war of 1831; the Sabine Indian disturbances of 1836 and 1837; the Cayuse Indian war of 1847 and 1848 on the Pacific coast; the Florida wars with the Seminole Indians from 1842 in 1858. inclusive: the Texas and New Mexico Indian war of 1849 to loob; the California Indian disturb ances of 1851 and 1852; the Utah In dian disturbances of 1850 to 1853, inclusive, and the Oregon and Wash ington territory Indian wars of 1851 to 1856, inclusive; and also to in clude the surviving widows of such officers and enlisted men, provided, that such widows have not remarried, and provided i'urtner, that where there is no record of enlistment or muster into the service, in any of the wars mentioned in this act, the re cord of pay by the United States shall be accepted as full and satisfactory proof of such enlistment and service." STILL HAVE RATE TROUBLES. Violent Disturbance in the Rocky Mountain Region All Lines Concerned. Salt Lake, Utah, Dec. 12. Every railfoad doing business in Utah, ac cording to the Herald, is engaged in a rate war, the slashing being prin cipally on west bound traffic, for which there is a wild scramble, re gardless of rates. The Rio Grande road and the Missouri Pacific, com prising the western part of the Gould system, are said to have been active in starting the figlit. The Oregon Short Line and the Union Pacific, says the Herald, held well aloof on Chicago and Missouri river west bound business until yesterday, when shippers over that system were in formed that they would be "taken care of," no matter what might come up. With the Union Pacific in the fray, all the roads are now mixed up in it, and westbound business from the At lantic seaboard is being moved in many instances at 50 per cent of (.he regular tariff rates. Business from Chicago and Missouri river was taken yesterday at 30 to 35 per cent reduc tion on the regular tariff. The trouble originated, according to the Herald, about a month ago, when the Mallory and Morgan steam ship lines became engaged in active competition on shipments from New York via New Orleans and Galveston to points in the Rocky muontain ter ritory. DOLE DENIES REPORT. Hawaiian Governor Has No Thought of Re signing Foreign Physicians Excluded. Honolulu, Dec. 3, via San Fran cisco, Dec. 12. Governor Dole has given another statement in an inter view that he had no thought of re signing. The board of health has adopted a rule requiring that all examinations of physicians who apply for licenses to practice here shall be in the Eng lish language hereafter. The rule may exclude many Japanese and other foreign physicians. The steamer lampico, of th new line between Honolulu and Seattle, arrived here today from the Sound port, after a stormy trip. She was 16 days covering the distance, owing to the fearful storms encountered. During one of the gales her forecastle rail was carried away. The transport Kosecrans arrived here on November 27 from Portland, en route to Manila. She took on coal and left December 3, continuing on her journey. The battleship Wisconsin is in port here, having arrived from Tago Pago on December 1. She will take 1,000 tons of coal and leave in about a week for Acapulco, Mexico. Molten Metal Exploded. Sharon, Pa., Dec., 12. An explo eion that shook the earth for miles around, shattered windows in hun dreds of houses at South Sharon. moved adjacent buildings from their foundations, and caused the injury of nine men, two perhaps fatally, oc curred at the Sharon Steel Company's plant today. The explosion occurred in the casting department of the pig mill. The metal was being poured from the ladle into the casting ma chine when it came in contact with some water, causing the explosion. Kitchener's Weekly Report London, Dec. 12. Lord Kitchener, in a uispatch from Pretoria, reports that the result of last week's werk is 31 Boers killed, 17 wounded, 352 made prisoners, 33 surrendered and quantities of supplies' captured. By advancing the line of blockhouses in the eastern part of the Transvaal, Lord Kitchener is now able, for the first time, to carry out systt.ni.itic and continuous patrol of that section. NEWS OF THE STATE TEMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS OF OREGON. Commercial and Financial Happenings of Im. porta nee A Brief Review of the Growth and Improvements of the Many Industries Throughout Our Thriving Commonwealth Latest Market Report A new bank is to be opened in Grants Pass in the near future. One hundred thousand bushels of wheat sold in Pendleton the other day for 50 cents per bushel. The first heavy frost of the season visited The Dalles the latter part of last week. As yet there has been no snow fall. . 'The first regular oil driving outfit to be put in operation in Eastern Ore gon will be set up near Yale within a few days. The Listen Lake Gold Mining Com pany, with headquarters at Sumpter, has been incorporated with $500,000 capital stock. The first consignment of coal from the mines of the Nehalem Coal Mm ing Company, at Nehalem, was ship ped to Astoria and proves to be very good fuel. The Lowell copper mine, of Waldo, adjoining the celebrated Waldo, Strong and Cass copper properties, Southern Oregon, has been sold to San Francisco capitalists for $JO,000. The property will be opened and developed on a large scale. There is one case of smallpox at Weston. The O. R. & N. is erecting a new depot at Hot Lake. Them are at nrnaent 1.232 inmates , , in the state insane asylum, at Salem. The Japanese section house at Union was burglarized but the theives were caught. At La Grande the other day 4,000 bushels of wheat was purchased for the retail trade. A number of farmers around Salem have received as high as 48 cents for their wheat. An organization has been effected in Baker City for the purpose of maintaining a free public library. ! The drill and machinery for the oil well to be drilled at Springfield has arrived and work will be commenced at once. , Nearly all the Polk county prune crop has been shipped. Most of the fruit went to the East. Good ad vances were made. A painter of The Dalles was bound and gagged by robbers who secured $50. The robbery took place in the man's shop in the business portion of town. Union county lost the case against Baker county, in which the former contested the annexation to the latter of a strip of land known as the Pan handle. Portland Markets. - Wheat Walla Walla, 5960; luestem, 6061o; Valley, 59 o. Flour Best grades, $2.65(33.20 per barrel; graham, $2.50. Oats Nominal 95$1.00 pr cental. Barley Feed, $1616.50; brewing, $16 16. 50 per ton. Millstuffs Bran, $16. 50 17; mid dling, $20; shorts, $17; chop, $16.60. Hay Timothy. $11$12; clover, $77.50; Oregon wild hay, $56 per ton. Butter Fancy crcamery,22K25c; dairy, 1820c; store, 12$"14o per pound. Eggs Storage, 20a22i ; fresh, 27 28c, Eastern 2225o. Cheese- Full cream, twins, 13 13)c; Young America, 1415c. 'Poultry Chickens, mixed, $2.50 3.50; hens, $4.00; dressed, 9(3 10c per pound; springs, $2.50 3.00, per dozen; ducks, $3 for old; $4.50 5.50 for young; geese, $66.50 pr doz en; turkeys, live, ll12c; dressed, 12i'15c per pound. Mutton Lambs,3c gross; dressed 6g Pr pound; sheep, $3.253.50 gross; dressed, 66)c per pound." Hogs Gross.heavy, $5.12 ; light, $4.755; dressed, 67o per pound. Veal Small, 88c;large,77Kc per pound., Beef-GrosB top steers, $3.504.00; cows and heifers, $3.50; dressed beef, 37o per pound. Hops 810o per pound. Wool Valley, 11 14c per pound; Eastern Oregon, 812)c; mohair, 21 21)0 per pound. Potatoes 85 95 per sack. Prof. Ritchey, of the Yerkea obser- vat.nrv at Williams Rav Win haa made a momentous discovery in j astronomy, proving the nebular theo ry and furnishing photographic evi dence of evolution among planetary bodies. Sweden is to establish a wireless telegraphy system all along her coast. A new process of extracting gold from low grade ores showed satisfac tory tests at Colorado mines. Judge Eli P. Evans, of Columbus, O., has served as judge of the com mon pleas court for 25 consecutive years. Vast nickel deposits, the largest in the world, have been located in South ern Oregon. PNEUMATIC DYNAMITE GUN. Satisfactory Test of a New Weapon at Hil . ton Head S. C Savanah, Ga., Dec. 11. The test of the new pneumatic gun at Hilton Head, S. C, yesterday, under the auspices of a board of army officers, is believed to have been satisfactory. Major Ira McNutt, of the ordnance department, was chief officer of the board. The gun is at the entrance to Port Royal harbor, which it com mands. It was shown that the gun has a range of 6,000 yards. Eight projectiles loaded with explosive ijelaune were bred. Six of them ex ploded upon impact and threw vol umes of water into the air. Two were fixed with time fuses. If they exploded, it was at such a depth un der water that no disturbance was discernible. The explosive charges ranged from 00 to 200 pounds of Ui trogelatine. Five dummies were fired to test the speed. The government required that they should be dis charged in 20 minutes. The time taken to fire them was 10 minutes. Forty dummies of 1,180 pounds each were then fired as an endurance test, There was no hitch. FORGED JAPANESE BONDS. Charge Against a Traveler Arrested In Min neapolis Will Contest the Case. Minneapolis, Dec, 11. Acting on telegraph io instructions sent from Washington by Attorney General Knox, United States Marshal Gtim shaw today arrested Francis C. May er, charged with having committed forgery in Japan. The arrest was made upon the Great Northern over land train as it pulled into Minneap olis union station. Mayer was ac companied by his wife, his two child ren and a Japanese servant. Mayer said that he had been in the news paper business at Yokohama for a number of yean. The charge against him is that he forged signatures on debenture bonds, but the exact nature of the crime or the amount of money involved is not known. He quitted Yokohama November 19, sailing upon the Japanese Shinano Maru. Ever since then the authorities have been on the lookout for him. In some manner he managed to evade the olhcers at Seattle. MINERS ON A STRIKE. Disagreement Between the Management and the Mer. Vancouver, B. C, Dec. 11. A special from Nanaimo says that the mines at Alexandra, owned by the Dunsmuirs, were closed down today because of a disagreement between the management and the men. The unions of mine workers at Nanaimo, Alexandra and Extension formed a general federaion on Saturday. These mines are not all owned by the same company, and it was stated that, while the Dunsmuir interests were willing that all the men in their mines should federate, consent was lacking to an association between Dunsmuir miners and those employed by other companies. It is announced that negotiations are now in progress between the management and the men looking to the reopening of the Alexandra mines. The lockout at Alexandra affects 600 men. The Extension mines, under the same ownership, employ a larger number. MISS STONE HEARD FROM. American Officers Will Dispatch Agents to Deal With the Bandits. Sofia, Dec. 11. According to infor mation received from Salonica, Miss Ellen M. Stone and Mme Tsilka, her companion, are concealed in the vi cinity of Rilo, about five miles south of Dubnitza, in Bulgarian .territory. The news was brought by a Mace donian, who left there December 1, and who furnished precise informa tion regard ung the hiding place and the names of the agents supplying food for the brigands and their cap tives. It is understood that the informa tion is considered reliable enough to justify the American officers in Tur-, key to dispatch agents to treat with the bandits, and application has al ready been made to the Turkish gov ernment for the free passage of the emissaries across the Turkish fron tier, which is vigorously guarded by troops at every hundred yards. Officers Fight With Robbers. Lead, 8. D., Dec. 11. The store of Edward Wood, at Galena, S. D., was robbed of some merchandise and $40 in money last night, and Sheriff Doten, of Deadwood, and Deputy Pat rick Patersou, of this city, pursued the robbers, came up to them and a fight ensued. One of the robbers was killed, and the driver, who escaped, was wounded. The third was captured. Neither of the officers was hurt. Kearsarge Joint the Squadroa. New York, Dec. 11. The United States first class battleship Kearsarge left port today to join the North Atlantic squadron. It is thought that she will proceed directly to Ha vana, where the other -vessels of the squadion are due to arrive on the 17th. At the request of General Wood, the squadron will remain in Havana for Christmas. EXECUTIVE SESSION SENATE BEGINS CONSIDERATION OF THE CANAL TREATY. Lodge Explained the Difference Between the Old Canal Treaty and the New One A Change of Wording Gives the United Statu the Right to Fortify and Control the Canal In Time of War. Washington, Dec, 11. The open session of the senate yesterday was devoted to routine business, such as the presentation of bills, petitions and memorials. The senate then went into executive session on motion of Lodge, who has charge of the Hay Jfauncefote treaty, and adjourned at l:ooo clock. After going into ex ecutive session, Senator Hoar present ed the report of the committee on judiciary, recommending the con firmation of Attorney General Knox. The senate then, before taking up the isthmian canal treaty, proceeded to pass upon other nominations, of which there are an exceptionally large number before the senate. After a number of nominations had been confirmed Senator Lodge called up the canal treaty and made a brief statement regarding that con vention. I lie senate then adjourned in order to give the Democratic mem bers of the committee an opportunity to hold a meeting. Lodge contended that the . new treaty does away with all the objec tionable features of the last conven tion, and enumerated the particulars in which the revised agreement con forms to the action of the senate in the last congress, when the old treaty was before it. He analyzed the new treaty from .beginning to end, show ing that in specific terms it abrogates the Clayton Bulwer treaty of 1850, which, he said, had stood constantly in the way of the construction, of an isthmian canal. The abrogation of this treaty, he contended, was a most important achievement, and he did not believe that the United States should or would lose an opportunity to make secure that concession. Senator Lodge also called attention to the omission in paragraph 1 of article 3 of the words "in time of war as in time of peace." He said that in the old treaty the paragraph read "that the canal shall be free and open in time of war as in time of peace, to the vessels of commerce and of war of all nations on terms of entire equality," etc. He urged that the omission of this phrase had the effect practically of leaving the United States to do with the canal in time of war according to its own pleasure. He also referred to the fact that rule 7 in the treaty of the powers regulating the control of the Suez canal, which had been em bodied in the original Hay-Pauncefote treaty, had been omitted from, the re vised draft. He quoted from this rule, which provided that "no fortifications shall be erected commanding the canal or the waters adjacent," etc. This, he said, was a material concession to the United States, and was quite sufficient to meet the objections made against the agreement, that the United btates would have no power to protect its property. It practical ly left the United States free to fort ify the canal in case it should be con sidered desirable to do so, and was in ine with the omission of the restric tion keeping the canal open in time of war. THE BRITISH COAL TRADE. Falling Off of Exports Causes a Good Deal of Apprehension. New YMk, Dec. 11. The situation n the British coal trade is causing a great deal of apprehension on the part of the owners and merchants, and there is a resumption of the outcry against the export tax which formed so prominent a feature of Sir Michael Hicks-Beach's last budget, says the London correspondent of the Tribune. Coal exports have de creased by 158,000 tons during the first 10 months of the present year, and the average number of days worked by the colliers has generally fallen off, while in most of the prin cipal districts the supply is in excess of the demand. The iron industry, which usually accounts for 35,000, 000 to 40,000,000 tons a year, has greatly reduced its consumption, owing to the reduction in the num ber of furnaces in blast. Cruiser May Ga f Panama. San Francisco, Dec. 12. The Unit ed States cruiser Philadelphia has come down from the Mare Island navy yard, where she has been under going repairs, and is now awaiting orders. It is expected that she will go to Panama. The army transport lianoock is -scheduled to sail for Manila on the 16th, with 1,100 sol diers of the Twenty-seventh infantry. Ine bheridan will be in readiness to sail at the same time. She is to carry 1,700 soldiers and passengers. Arid Land BilL Washington, Dec. 12. A confer ence ( ? the senators and representa tives iiiterested in legislation for the irrigation of arid lands has deter mined to make the Hanborough- Nea land bill the basis of action, and this measure u being perfected for united support. It provides that the proceeds of the sale of public and shall be set aside as a fund for v and lands reclamation and irrigation. INTO OPEN SWITCH. Southern Pacific Train Is Wrecked at Salem Engineer and Fireman Killed. Sahm, Or., Dec. 8. The north bound California expressJKo. 12, due here at 4 :34 and in Portland at 7 P. M., was derailed at the trestle 200 yards south of the Salem station on its schedule time yesterday afternoon. The engine and the mail and baggage cars, smoker and one day' coaoh left the rails. Fireman Fish received in juries from which ho died soon after being taken to the hospital. Engi neer William H. White was badly scalded, and it was thought he would recover, but he died at 6 10 this morning. None of the passengers or other members of the train crew re ceived any injuries. An open jwitch 20 yards south of the trestle caused the accident. The scene of the wreck is within the yard limits. The train was on time and was entering the station yard at a moderate rate of speed. The train consisted of eight coaches, including the special car of Superintendent Fiolds, who was promptly on the scene and personally directed the operations in extricating the fireman and engineer and clearing the tracks. The engine, mail and baggage coaches, smoker and one day coach took the switch track, the other cars remaining on the main track. The engine and the mail coach left the switch upon entering the trestle and plunged into the creek about 12 feet below. Fireman Fish jumped and was caught beneath the trucks of the baggage car, which was then directly across the tracks. His body was fearfully mangled and he lived only 15 minutes after reaching Florence sanitarium. Two day coaches left the rails but remained on the embank ment. The passengers were badly shaken up but none were injured. Engineer White remained at his post and his left leg was caught be tween the engine and tender. Two hours of hard labor was required to extricate him and the limb for its en tire length was severely scalded by steam that came from the firebox. Although in great pain not a murmur escaped his lips, nor did he lose con sciousness, and when finally released his first inquiry was for his fireman. The cause of the accident was un questionably an open switch. The blame, therefore, has not been defi nitely fixed. The switch is supposed to have been loft insecurely closed by the crew of the freight train which left the station yard less than an hour before the arrival of the passenger train. The lock to the switch is missing and has not been found. The section foreman, who passed over the main track subsequent to the de parture of the freight train, says the switch was properly adjusted, but the absence of the switch lock cannot be explained. It is not considered prob able that in broad day light and within 200 yards of the depot the switch was tampered with 30 minutes before the arrival of the tram. En gineer White said the switch was half open. He had slowed down and was running 20 miles an hour. The en gine took the switch and the tender took the main track. WONDERFUL MONTANA CAVE. Believed to Be One of the Largest and Most Valuable to Science In the World. Butte, Mont., Dec. 10. A new and wonderful natural cave believed to Ee one of the largest known, has just been discovered in the canyon of the Jefferson, on the line of the Northern Pacific railway, about 50 miles east of Butte. An exploration party from Butte spent several days in the cave, going over an arc of 10 miles, and to a depth of nearly 1,000 foot. A large river, with a cataract of about 100 feet was explored for a distance of several miles, without discovering its source or outlet. A few articles of stone and copper utensils and some bones, believed to be human, were also found in one of tiie large apart ments of the cave. There were other evidences that at some time in a prehistoric period the cave was in habited. '" Water More Valuable Than Oil. El Paso, Tex., Dec. 10. A dispatch from Las Cruces announces that the oil borers at Engle, N. M., have struck an artseian well at a depth of 200 feet, which swept 1,000 gallons per hour through a two incbj hole. Engle is situated in the hear t of the famous Journey of Death desert, which is one of the most arid regions known, and the strike of water will prove far more valuable than an oil gusher. During the Mexican war, out of a column of 165 soldiers who started across the desert, 151 perished. Heavy Grain Movement to Mexico. EI Paso, Tex., Dec. 10. The Atch ison, Topeka A Santa Fe road has an nounced it would accept no more wheat for Mexico for the present. The Santa Fe yards here are crowded with cart loaded ' with wheat con signed to Mexican ports. It is stated that President Diaz, in order to undo the grain confine in Mexico, will issue an order extending the time un til next August for wheat and corn to enter Mexico free of duty.