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JtJPJlyJI us "IT'S A COLD DAV WHEN WE GET LEFT." VOL. XIV. HOOD RIVER, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 25, 11)02. NO. 10. s i I t t . i ( I : 1j : -f f : I A STUDY IN SCARLET. BY A. CONAN DOYLE. PART I. Being reprint from the reminis cences of John II. Watson, M. D., late of the army medical department. CHAPTER I. In the year 1878 I'took my degree of Doctor of Medicine of the University of London and proceeded to Netley to go through the course prescribed for sur geons in the army. Having completed my studios there, I tra? duly attached to the Fifth North umberland FuNiiiers as assistant sur geon. The regiment was stationed in India at the time, and before I could join it the second Afghan war had broken out. On landing at Bombay I learned that my corps bad advanced through the passes and was already deep in the enemy's country. I followed, however, with many other officers who were in the same situation as myself, and succeeded in reaching Candahar in safety, where I found my legiment, and at once entered upon my new duties. The campaign brought honors and promotion to many, but for me it had nothing but disaster and misfortune. I was removed from my brigade and attached to the Berkshire, with whom I served at the fatal battle of Mai wand. There I was struck on the shoulder by a Jezail bullet, which shattered the bone and grazed the subclavian artery. I should have fallen into the hands of the murderous Ghazis had it not been for the courage and devotion shown by 'Murray, my orderly, who threw me across a pack horse and succeeded in bringing me safely into the British lines. Worn with pain and weak from the prolonged hardships which I had under gone, I was removed, with a great train of wounded sufferers, to the base hospital at Peshawur. Here I rallied, and had already im proved so far as to be able to walk about the wards, and even to bask a lit tle on the veranda, when I was struck down by enteric fever, that curse of our Indian possessions. For months my life was despaired of, and when at last I came to myself and became convalescent, I was so weak and emaciated that a medical board determined that hot a day should be lost in sending me back to England. I was dispatched accordingly in the troopship OronteB, and landed a month later on Portsmouth jetty, with my health irretrievably ruined, but with permission from a paternal government to spend the next nine months in at tempting to improve it. I had neither kith nor kin in Eng land, and was therefore as free as air or as free as an income of eleven shill ings and sixpence a day will permit a man to be. Under such circumstances I natural ly gravitated to London, that great cesspool into which ail the loungers and idlers of the empire are iiresistab ly drained. There I stayed for some time at a private hotel in the Strand, leading a comfortable, meaningless existence and spending such money as I had consid erably more freely than I ought. So alarming did the state of my finances become, that I soon realized that I must either leave the metropolis and rusticate somewhere in the country or that I must make a complete altera tion in my style of living. Choosing the latter alternative, I be gan by making up my mind to leave the hotel and take up my quarters in some less pretentious and less expen sive domicile. On the very day that I had come to this conclusion, I was standing at the Criterion bar, when some one tapped me on the shoulder, and, turning round, I recognized young Stamford, who had been a dresser undei me at Barfs. The sight of a friend's face in the great wilderness of London is a pleasant thing, indeed, for a lonely man. In old days Stamford bad never been a particular crony of mine, bnt now I bailed him with enthusiasm, and be, in bis turn, appeared to be delighted to see me. In the exuberance of my joy I asked him to lunch with me at the Holborn, and we started off together in a hansom. "Whatever have you been doing with yourself, Watson?" he asked, in undis guised wonder, as we rattled through the crowded London streets. "Yon are a thin as a lath and as brown as a nut." I gave him short sketch of my ad ventures, and had hardly concluded it by the time that we reached our desti nation. "Poor devil!" he said, commiserat ingly, after he had listened to my mis fortunes. "What are yon up to now?" "Looking for lodgings," I answered. "Trying to solve the problem as to whether it is possible to get corn for ta ble rooms at a reasonable price." "That's strange thing," remarked my companion; "yoa are the sceond man today that has used that expres sion to me." ''And who was the first," I asked. "A fellow who i working at the chemical laboratory up at the hospital, lie was bemoaning himself this morn ing because he could not get some one to go halves with him in some nice rooms which he had found and which were too much for his purse." "By Jove!" I cried, "if he real wints seme to share the rooms and the expense, I am the very man for him. I should prefer having a partner to be ing alone." Young Stamford looked rather strangely at me over his wine glass. "You don't know Sherlock Holmes yet," he said; "perhaps you would not care for him as a constant companion." "Why, what is there against him? "Oh, I didn't say there was anything against him. He is little queer in his ideas an enthusiast in some branches of science, As far as I know, he is a decent fellow enough." "A medical student, 1 suppose?" I said. ' "No; 1 have no Idea what he intends to go iu for. I believe he is well up in anatomy, and he is a first class chemist; but, as far as I know, he has never taken out any systematic medical classes. His studies are very desultory and eccentric, but he has amassed a lot of out-of-the-way knowledge which would astonish his professors." "Did you ever ask him what he was going in for," I asked. "No; he is not a man that it is easy to draw out, though he can be commu nicative enough when the fancy seizes him." "I should like to meet him," I said. "If I am to lodge with any one, I should prefer a man of studious and quiet habits. I am not strong enough yet to stand much noise or excitement. I had enough of both in Afghanistan to last me for the remainder of my natural existence. How could I meet this friend of yours?" "He is sure to be at the laboratory. He either avoids the place for weeks or else he works there from morning to night. If you like we shall drive round together after luncheon." "Certainly," I answered; and the conversation drifted away into other channels. As we made our way into the hos pital after leaving the Holborn Stam ford gave me a few more particulars about the gentleman whom I proposed to take as a fellow lodger. "You mustn't blame me if you don't get on with him," he said; "I know nothing more of him than I have learned from meeting him occasionally in the laboratory. You proposed this ar rangement, so yeu must net hold me responsible." "If we don't get on it will be easy to part company," I answered. "It seems to me, Stamford," I added, look ing hard at my companion, "that you haw some reasons for washing your hands of the matter. Is this fellow's temper so formidable, or what is it. Don't be mealy-mouthed about it." "It is not easy to express the inex pressible," he answered, with a laugh. "Holmes is a little too scientific for my tastes it approaches to cold blooded ness. I could imagine his giving friend a little pinch of the latest vege table alkaloid, not out of malevolence, you understand, but simply out of a spirit of inquiry, in order to have an accurate idea of the effects. To do him justice, I think he would take it him self with the same readiness. He ap pears to have a passion for exact and definite knowledge." "Very right, too." "Yes, but it may be pushed to ex cess. Whon it comes to beating the subjects in the dissecting rooms with a stick, it is certainly taking rather a bizarre shape." "Beating the subjects?" "Yes, to verify how far bruises ' may be produced after death. I saw him at it with my own eyes." "And yet you say he is not a medical student?" "No. Heaven knows what the ob jects of his studies are! But here we are, and you must form your own Im pressions about him. As he spoke we turned down a narrow lane and passed through a small door, which opened into a wing of the great hospital. It was familiar ground to me, and I needed no guiding as we ascended the bleak stone staircase and made our way down the long corridor, with its vista of whitewashed walls and dun colored doors. Near the farther end a low arched passage branched away from it and led to the chemical laboratory. This was a lofty chamber, lined and littered with countlen bottles. Broad, low tables were scattered about, which bristled with retorts, test tubes and lit tle Bunsen lamps, with their blue, flickering flames. There was only one student in the room, who was bending over a distant table absorbed in bis work. At the sound of our steps he glanced around and sprang to bis feet with a cry of pleasure. "I've found it! I've found it!" he shouted to my companion, running to ward us with a test tube in his hand. "I have found a reagent which is preci pitated by haemogoblin, and by noth ing else." Had he discovered gold mine great er delight could not have shone upon his features. "Doctor Watson Mr. Sherlock Holmes," said Stamord, introducing as. "How are you?" he said, cordially, gripping my hand with a strength f r which I should hardly have given him credit. "You have bven in Afghanis tan, I perceive." "How on earth did yon know that," I asked in. astonishment. "Never mind," said he, chuckling to himself. "The question now is about hscmogoblin. No doubt you see the significance of this discovery of mine?" "It ia interesting, chemically, no doubt," I answered; "but prac tically" "Why , man, it is the most practical medico-legal discovery for years. Don't yon see that It gives us an infal lible test for blood stains? Come over here now!" He seized me by the coat sleeve in his eagerness and drew rue over to the table at which he bad been working. "Let us have come fresh blood," he said, digging a long bodkin into his finger and drawing off the re sulting drop of blood in a chemical pipette. "Now I add this small quan tity of blood to a litre of water. You see that the resutling mixture has the appearance of true water. - The pro portion of blood cannot be more than one in a million. I have no doubt, however, that we shall be able to ob tain the characteristic raection. As he spoke he threw into the vessel a few white crystals and then added some drops of a transparent fluid. In an instant the contents assumed a dull mahogany color, and a brownish dust was precipitated to tho bottom of the glass jar. "Hal Ha!" he cried, clapping his hands and looking as delighted as a child with a new toy. "What do you think of that?" "It seems to be a very delicate test," I remarked. "Beautiful! Beautiful! The old gaaiacum test was very clumsy and un certain. So is the microscopic examin ation for blood corpuscles. The latter is valueless if the stains are a few hours old.-Now, this appears to act as well whether the blood is old or new. Had this test been invented there are hun dreds of men now walking the earth who would long ago have paid the pen alty of their crimes." "Indeed!" J murmured. "Criminal cases are continually hing ing on that one point. A man is sus pected of a crime months perhaps after it is committed. His linen or clothes are examined, and brownish stains dis covered upon them.' Are they blood stains, or mudstains, or ruststains, or fruitstains, or what are they? There is a question which has puzzled many an expert; and why? Because there was no reliable test. Now we have the Sherlock Holmes test, and there will no longer be any difficulty." His eyes fairly glittered as he spoke, and he put his hand over his heart and bowed as if to some applauding crowd conjured up in his imagination. "You are to be congratulated," I remarked, considerably surprised at his enthusiasm. "There was the case of Von Bischoff at Frankfort last year. He would cer tainly have been hung had this test been in existence. Then there was Mason, of Bradford, and the notorious Muller, and Lefevre, of Montpelier, and Sameon, of New Orleans. I could name a score of cases in which it would have been decisive." "You seeja to be a walking calendar of crime," said Stamtord, with a laugh. "You might start a paper on those lines. Call it the 'Police News of the Pant." "Very interesting reading it might make, too," remarked Sherlock Holmes, sticking a small piece of plaster over the prick on his finger. "I have to be careful," he continued, turning to me with a smile, "for I dabble with poi sons a good deal." He held out his hand as he spoke, and I -noticed that it was all mottled over with similar pieces of plaster and discolored with strong acids. "We came here on business," said Stamford, sitting down on a three legged stool and pushing another one in my direction with his foot, "My friend here wants to take diggings, and as you were complaining that you could get no one to go halves with you, I thought that I had better bring you together." (To be Continued.) BHIEF BUT KILLING. Remedy Was Not Recommended, But Wat Very Effective in Its Way. A recent West Philadelphia political meeting was marsed by the telling of the following story as illustrative of the evil of being too laconic in everyday speech. Brevity was the distinguish ing characteristic of the village where in lived Jim and Zach, farmers, and each the owner of a horse. They met one day and spoke as follows, relates the Hiiladelphia Times: "Mornin, Jim I" "Mornin', Zach!" "What did you give your horse for the botts?" "Turpentine." "Good mornin'." "Good mornin'." They agaiu encountered each other a few days later, with this result: "Mornin", Jim!" "Mornin'. Zach!" "What did you say you gave yeur horse for the bottb?" "Turpentine." "Killed mine." "Mine, too." "Good mornin!" "Good mornin'!" And Yet, Why Not Mike 'Em Hippy. An Atchison man told an old maid recently that she was a sweet old thing, and she has lain awake nights ever since dreaming of him. Men mould be careful to whom they throw boquets. Some nice old girls get so few that they exaggerate the importance of stray blossom. Atchison Globe. Poker laws. While You don't like to playjoker with Brown, do you Green No; to tell the truth, I don't. But why did you think that such was the case? White Because Brown rays he likes to play with you. Chicago News. Pertinent. Lady Lecturer My dear thildren, I love all animals. I never under any circumstances hurt one. I even have a family of pet toads. I love them so that I catch flics for them. Small Boy Please, missus, aiu't flies animals? EVENTS OF THE DAY FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF THE WORLD. A Comprehensive Review of the Important Happening! of the Part Week, Presented ma Condensed Form, Which Is Most likely to Prove of Interest to Our Many Readers , Secretary Root hat gone to Euiope for a short vacation. Fifty-six persons were drowned in a ferry boat accident ia Russia. The complete unofficial abstract gives Chamberlain 276 plurality for governor of Oregon. General MacArthur has assumed temporary command of the department of the East. The height of the flood has been reached in the Mississippi valley and the river is falling slowly, Japanese fishermen on the Fraser river are having trouble with the Indian and white fishermen. The war department is preparing to build many new quarters and barracks throughout the United ttates. A Philadelphia telephone company has made arrangemetns to install an alarm system. A subscriber in the evening tells central what time he wishes to get up, and at that hour the telephone bell will ring. ' It is neces sary for the subscriber to take down the receiver in order to stop the bell ringing. Cholera is raging in Upper Egypt. At least half of the cases are fatal. The widow of Lord Pauncefote will be granted a much larger pension than is ordinarily given, A steamship sunk on the Elbe river, Germany, and only 30 of the 185 pas sengers were saved. Chas Stahl, a former Portland car penter, was carried out to sea and drowned while bathing at Seaside. The war department has allotted $450,000 for the establishment of a great military post at Chickamauga. The transport Sheridan has arrived at San Francisco fiom Manila with parts of the Thirteenth infantry and Third cavalry. The coalminera' convention at In dianapolis voted against a general strike, but adopted the assessment plan for helping those already out. Levees along the Mississippi river near Keokuk, la., gave wa7, flooding many acres in Missouri, Iowa and Illinois. The damage will reach at least $6,000,000. Three neode were killed bv light ning in St. Clair county, Illinois. The coronation of King Edward has been definitely fixed for August 9. The Chicago freighthandlers are dis satisfied and may go on strike again at any time. r : : it., c i ..... r 1902 shows an increase of 160.825 over 1901. Fire at Block Island, R. I., destroyed three hotels and several other small buildings. In a head end collision on a Wiscon sin road between two freight trains, both engineers and one fireman were killed. ... A drouth in Arizona is causing a great loss to cattlemen. Grass has almost entirely dried np. Many horses are being shot to save the water for cattle. Two Denver women have been caught at San Francisco trying to bring duti able goods in without paying. It will cost them (6,784 to get their goods, which is three times the actual value. Cholera is spteading in the Philip pines. Riots in Lima, Peru, resulted in the killing of many persons by the troops. Oil in paying quantities has been discovered in the southern part of Cali fornia. Thirty-five miners perished in the Daly-West disaster, at Park City, Utah. Major General Lloyd Wheaton has been retired, having reached the age of 54 yews. The Isla da Luzon, one of the cap tured Spanish gunboats, has been or dered to San Francisco. China has again annealed to the United States to help her in settling the indemnity troubles. Senator Hanna gave $50,000 to Harry Parsons, who married his daugh ter Mabel. Rivalry of Weyltr and Canalejas in Spain may imperil the reign of King Alfonso. Francis Murphy, the famous temper ance apostle, has become a resident of California. A French doctor inoculated himself with consumptive cow matter in order to disprove Prof. Koch's theory. John D. Rockefeller offered Smith college, Northampton, Ma,, $100,000 on condition that a like sum be sub scribed. Col. H. II. Williams, of tpringfield. O., former posteffice inspector in Cul, predicts that Cuba will soon apply for annexation, as such action ia desired bv majority of the people. CREST OF THE FLOOD. High Water Mark on the Mississippi Is Now Reached at Qulncy. Keokuk, Ia., July 24. The crest of the Mississippi river flood is now at Quincy, and by morning will be still further south. The river reached the maximum at Quincy at noon toduy, and has been stationary there since. A stationary gauge is expected at Hanni bal tomorrow morning. The Lima lake levee, extending north from Meyer, 111., 20 miles north of Quincy, developed danger toduy, and a large force of men were employed to patrol it and earth tools were scattered along its length. The Lijria lake and the C. H. Hunter levees destroyed corn valued at several millions of dollars. Levees on the Illinois side of the river, below Quincy, are standing and saved most of the country there. The Mississippi river fell several inches here during the last 24 hours, and there are no signs in Iowa rivers of anv more flood ap proaching. A gradual fall for two weeks will end the flood in the vast do main south of here. Several hundred tenant farmers are absolutely penniless and with no chance of an income this year. Each community seems to be taking care of its own refugees. J he same conditions obtain along the 75 miles of the Mississippi river on the Missouri side and 100 miles of the Des Moines river lowlands. The popu lation of the village of St. Francisville, Mo., has been nearly doubled by the refugees of the flood district, who lost absolutely everything. The Illinois river at Peoria reached 21 feet above low water last night, and at 10 o'clock this morning the dikes on which the tracks of the Peoria & Pekin Terminal railway are built gave way. Over 1,000 feet of track ia gone, and the water is pouring through the crevasse, flooding hundreds of acres of grain. BROKE THROUGH THE CORDON. Udronc Chiefs and Most of Their followers Escaped to the Mountains. Manila, July 24. Montallon and Felizardo, the" ladrone chiefs, have broken through the constabulary cor don in Cavite province and have es caped to the mountains. The cordon encompassed the leaders and many of their followers. The latter, when trapped, made a succesion of breaks to escape. The constabulary withstood tiie nrst attacks, killing 14 and captur ing 15 men. The ladrones finally massed under cover of the darkness and forced their way through a weak spot in the cordon, near Dasamea, killing one and wounding one of the constabulary. The latter captured the papers and effects of the leaders and destroyed quantities of supplies. An extensive drive, with the ohiect of capturing the ladrone chiefs Mon tallon ana felizardo and 50 of their followers was organized in Cavite province. Twelve hundred constabu lary, commanded by Captain Baker, formed a complete angle shaped cordon, covering 60 square mile. Patrol launches guarded the rivers, and it was expected to close the cordon yes terday. The entire male population of the towns and farms . 'were to be in cluded in the concentration movement. When complete, the ladrones were to have been arrested and the others were to have been released. OUR SHIPS KEPT BUSY. By Activity of Rebels on Shores of the Car ribbean Sea. Washington, July 24. Unusual in surgent activity in the West Indies and on the shores of the Caribbean sea are taxing the resources of the navy depart ment in the matter of ships to look after American interests. A cablegram received at the state department from Minister Bow en at Caracas states that the Marietta is proceeding to ascertain the facts connected with the alleged blockade by the Venezuelan govern- ment at its own port of Carupano. An j attack on Puerto Cabello, which is , about 70 miles west of the capital, is ' expected by the government and the president may go there from Barcelona ' instead of to Caracas as he originally intended. The three United States warships on the Venezuelan coast are I kept moving with celerity to put in an appearance at the port w here disturb- ances are threatened. I Meanwhile a cry comes for a ship at Hayti in the shape of a cablegram from Minister Livingstone at Cape Haytien, who reports (that troops and Haytien warships are approaching to attack and bombard the cape. There is a good deal of apprehension among the for eigners for their safety. Peary belief Expedition. New York, July 2t. Provisoned for( several months and all equipped to 1 withstand the rigors of the Polar seas, ' the Peary relief ship Windward will! start to lay for the far north, says a Sydney, C. B., dispatch to the Tribune. Aboard are Mrs. Peary and little daugh ter Marie. The wife of the explorer is confident of finding her husband at Cape Sabine and that his return to civ ilization will be signalized by the news that he has discovered the long songht for pole. German Situation Improves. Berlin, July 24. The Cologne Ga zette today concludes a page survey of the business situation by saying that production and consumption are coming nearer to balancing each other, that ex ports are slowly increasing, that trade is showing a hopeful expansion, that rates for money are easy, and that the symptoms indicate a return to normal times. The journal, however, warns syndicates against raising prices. NEWS OF THE STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS OF OREGON. Commercial and Financial Happenings of Im. portance A Brief Review of the Growth and Improvements of the Many Industries Throughout Our thriving Commonwealth Latest Market Report. The prune crop in Marion county will be about 40 per cent less this yeajl titan lant. The Pacific Coast Lumber Company, of Albany, has been incor)orated with f4U,0UU capital stock. During this warm' weather about 600 patients of the state insane asylum en joy a picnic twice a week. Several attempts have been made the past week to burn Fort Stevens, but in each instance the flames were discov ered in time to prevent serious destruc tion. Placer mining on the Snake river is proving very profitable in some places this season. The clean-up from one bar lor the season is estimated at $10, 000. A representative from a Nebraska firm has purchased 1,000 head of extra fine horses in Crook county and will ship them East during August and Sep torn her. Considerable difficulty is being ex perienced in securing labor to pull flax in the fields around Salem. The work is exceeding tiresome and hot and the pay small. A big ledge of nickel, gold and copper has been found in Josephine county. The new vein is one of the largest bodies of ore ever uncovered in South ern Oregon. Township 8 south, range 9 west, Siletz reservation, has been thrown open. for settlement and as soon as the land office at Oregon City was open there were more than enough in line to nle on the 142 claims. The weather of the past month has been exactly what the hop crop has needed. All appearances point to an immense yield, and with the present high prices, the prespects are that the hop grower will be one of the best paid producers this year. A street fair -will be held at La Grande this fall. Clackamas county hop growers have sold 32,000 pounds of the 1901 crop at 20 cents per pound. Marion county farmers anticipate much trouble in getting hands to work in the harvest fields this year. The committees are active in the preparations for the street fair to be held in Baker City in September. Timber lands in Klamath county are going fust. In the neighborhood of 200 filings have been made already this season. The first free rural mail delivery route in Southern Oregon will be es tablished out of Ashland about the first of September. A violent . wind storm did serious damage in Umatilla county last week. Much fruit wag knocked off the trees and some grain blown down. Two howitzers, shells and other relics of the historic Fort Sumter, in Charles ton bay, have been secured for the soldiers' monument in Poitland. PORTLAND MARKETS Wheat Walla Walla, 6364c; valley, 65c; bluestem, 65c. Barley-117.50 for old, $16.50 for new crop. Flour Best grades, $3.053.'60 per barrel; graham, $2.953.20. MillBtnffs Bran, $15 16 per ton; middlings, $21.50; shorts, $18; chop, $16. Oats No.l white, $1.161.20;gray, $1.05(11.10. Hay Timothy, $12 15; clover, $7.50(310; Oregon wild bay, $58 per ton. Potatoes Beet Burbanks, 7585c percental; ordinary, 60c per cental, growers prices; sweets. $2.25(32.60 per cental ; new potatoes, lc. Butter Creamery, 2021c; dairy 1618c; store, 1516c. Eggs 2022c for Oregon. Cheese Full cream, twins, 12 (4 13c ;Young America, 13X14)ic; fac tory prices, 1 lc lees. Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3.60 4.50; hens, $4.00(85.60 per dozen, lKailc P ponnd; springs, 11(8 Tlsc per pound, $2.50(34.50 per doa en; ducks, $2.503.00 per dozen; tur keys, live, 1314c, dressed, 1516c per pound; geese, $4.00(35.00 per dozen. Mutton Gross, 2 3c per pound; dressed, 6c per pound. Hogs Gross, 6Jic; jreseed, 77Kc per pound. Veal 78c per pound. Beef Gross, cows, S3Xr; steers. 3ilJic; dressed, 78c per pound. Hops 1617c; rew cropl718c. Wool Valley,12415;Eastern Ore gon, 8(514 He: mohah. ?5(326c pound. The body of Jesse James is to be ex humed at St. Joseph. Mo., and buried in the family lot at Kearney. The Burlington A Northwestern rail road, 105 miles lone, will he shifted i from narrow to standard gauge in ten '' hours. One rail is to be moved. I Ex-President Grover Cleveland is : ahnut to publish a book on ethics of j fishing. He declared in an interview that fi-hing is the beet means be knows I of to preserve health. RELIEF FOR STRIKING MINERS. How Their Leaders Expect to Raise Defense Fund of $500,000 Per Week. Indianapolis, July 23. Only Presi- den nr miwiieu aim one or two members Of tltp national tvcutive board are in town at the present ti's.t . The care Of 1 the nations'!" organization now will be to see to the collection of the de fense fund that i to carry on the strike. Secretary Wilson, financial head of the union, is in Chicago this wtek and wjll lose no time in making ii-j ion tos Candle the sums. It is Believed that all the 'voluntary contri butions from the various districts and local organizations will be turned into hands within the next 10 days. These are estimated at about $400,000. part of the contributions has already been turned in, Ohio leaving a check for $10,000 before its delegation left Indianapolis, Bnd $50,000 from Illinois s expected tomorrow. A systematic ilau will be adopted for cuivassine for outside subscriptions, and it is probable that central labor unions in all bitr ties will be asked to take chnrie ni the task. The miners hope to raise $250,000 a week from the public contri butions, as that sum will Im briog the sum up to $500,000. In a stateninet issued today Presi dent Mitchell estimates that contribu tions from districts. subdistrictH and local organizations for defraying strike expenses will amount, in i-ton nnn and estimates the weekly assessments from the 24 districts of the country at $244,000, of which $7,000 is expectei irom Colorado miners. The total num ber of anthracite strikers in the iWn. sylvnnia field is estimated at 150,000, anu me total number of dependents in that field is placed at 750,000. The number of strikers (bituminous) in the West Virginia fields is estimated at 25,000, with 75,000 dependents. GLENN CONVICTED. Permitted Water Cure to Be Administered to Filipinos Suspended and Fined. Washington, July 24. Secretary Root today sent to the president at Ovster Bay the proceedings and findings in the court martial cases of Major Edwin F. Glenn. Fifth infantry; Lieutenant Julien E. Gaujot, Tenth cavalry, and Lieutenant Norman E. Cook, Filipino scouts. Glenn was found guilty of administering the water cure to natives or permitting it to be done and was sentenced to one month's suspension from duty and fined $50. Lieutenant Cook was acquitted on a charge of giving orders to kill three Filipino prisoners. The testimony showed that he had given orders to shoot the prisoners if they attempted to escape. The Filipino scouts, to whom this order was given, thought it meant to shoot the prisoners. In forwarding the cuse to the presi dent, the secretary recommended that the sentences and findings be approved, but that no other action shall be taken. It is not believed that the piesideot, who is the reviewing authority in thexe cases, will make any comments, such as were delivered by him in the case of General Smith. It is shown in the evidence and reports that Major Glenn has performed excellent service and has done much to pacify the country where ne nas been in command. TO DEFEND COAST. Puget Sound to Have Artillery Posts Sum of $240,000 Has Been Set Aside. Washington, July 23. The war de partment has taken steps to defend Puget sound more effectually against foreign enemies by authorizing the con struction of coast artillery posts at Forts Worden and Ca?ey. For this purpose $240,000 has been allotted for erecting frame barracks and officers' quarters for two companies of coast artillery each, together with guard houses, stables and administrative offices, and other smaller buildings necessary to equip an army post. The buildings will be erected by contract. according to plans being prepared by the quarterniRstur's department. It 11 proposed to provide quarters for one company at each poet, before the full equipment is undertaken, as the de fenses now in position are without proper protection. A general sum has been set aside for erecting small buildings and making repairs at the coast artillery posts, which will include work at the mouth of the Columbia river. Forty Thousand Strike. New York, July 2:t. Ths 25,000 gai ment makers who s truck yesterday for higher wages and shoiter hours were joined today by about 15,000 othersj who asked that 56 bouts be considered a week's work A this is the dull season in the trade, it is ex pected that it will be some days lfore the various interests get together. About nine different unions are en gaged in the strike Ousts 1 Prom Kansas. Topeka, Kan., July 2.5. The fu- preme court today issued a writ 011-ting the American Bxk Company from the state of Kansas, and depriving it of the right to transact business a a corpora tion in this state until it satires a charter. The order mas granted npon the petition of the county att rney of Shawnee county, and grows out of the J flprht for the contract to supply the pub lic schools of the entire state with ' school books. 1 I. ti