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HOOD RIVER, OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 11)02. yV
VOL. XIV.
NO. 18.
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EVENTS OF THE DAY
GATHERED FROM ALL PARTS OF THE
TWO HEMISPHERES.
Comprehensive Review of the Import
ant Happenings of the Past Week,
Presented In Condensed Form, Most
Likely to Prove Interesting to Our
Many Readers.
Danger from forest fires In Oregon
and Washington is now over.
Speaker Henderson declines to accept
the nomination for congress in Iowa.
Nicholas Fish, . well known New
York banker, met death in mysteri
ous manner.
Pennsylvania coal operators held a
conference, but .took no action toward
ending the strike.
Mrs. Waggoner, the woman who dis
covered Merrill's body, hag eloped
with the convict's brother.
St. Louis authorities are having much
troulfle with packers on account of bad
meat being placed on the market.
The government will supply men to
fight forest fires in Colorado and Wy
oming, where it has got beyond all
control.
The French marine minister made a
sensational speech in which he dis
cussed the results of possible wars with
Germany, Italy and England.
Rockport, a small town in Kentucky,
is in the hands of drunken mob.
Citizens are afraid to ask for outside
aid for fear the mob may burn the
town.
The mouth of the Columbia river is
in very bad condition. A sand bar has
formed clear across the entrance and at
no place on it is a depth of more than
20 feet to be found at low tide. Four
years ago there were 29 feet of water.
Russia is preparing to evacuate Man
churia. Explorer Peary has been heard from
in Labrador.
Senator Thomas R. Bard, of Cali
fornia, is seriously ill.
A heavy frost in Ohio did consid
erable damage to late crops.
Seventeen men lost theii lives by an
explosion in a Norfolk, Va., mine.
Fire in coalbunkers at Stockton,
Cal., resulted in (200,000 damage.
Yaqui Indians are again causing
serious disturbances in Mexico near
the border.
A locomotive boiler exploded on the
Pennsylvania railway, killing one man
and seriously injuring two.
Reports from Pek in say that Boxers
are again becoming tioublesome in
various parts of the empire.
Twenty-five villages have been swept
away and 6,000 people drowned by
overflowing rivers in India.
Colorado scientists have advanced
the idea that many of the forest fires
are set by meteors falling in the heavy
pine forests.
Crusade against Sisters' schools is
again on in France.
New York Republicans have decided
te endorse Roosevelt for 1904.
President Roosevelt his invited seve
ral senators to confer with him on the
tariff question.
Colombian insurgents are waiting for
arms, when they will attack the Isth
mus of Panama railroad.
The Venezuelan government has
offered amnesty to revolutionists who
lay down their arms in 40 days.
A conference arranged by Governor
Stone to settle the coal miners' strike
in Pennsylvania, ended in a failure.
The Colombian government has pur
chased a steamer at San Francisco,
which will be fitted out as a war vessel.
Forest fires throughout the North
west continue to cause widespread de
vastation. The property loss will ran
into the hundreds of thousands of dol
lars. Vandcrbilt and Pennsylvania railway
systems have been amalgamated. The
new combination will have a capitalis
ation of $2,000,000,000 and a mileage
of 30,000 miles.
Every electric line in Ottumwa,
Iowa, has been tied np by a strike.
A. R. Shepherd, ex-governor of the
District of Columbia, died in Mexico.
The cold wave which struck Colorado
has damaged the potato crop to a great
extent.
China is disturbed ovor the determ
ination of Russia to remain in Man
churia. The Lake woolen mills at Briigeton;
New Jersey, were destroyed by fir,.
Loss 1100,000.
Great Britain has secured an exten
sion of reciprocity treaties pending with
the United States.
Mrs. . William M. Stewart, wife of
Senator Stewart, ot Nevada, was
killed in an automobile accident in San
Francisco.
American generals who have been
witnessing the German war maneuvers
have started for home.
The Beaumont, Texas, oil fire is
under control. The loss will teach
1250,000. It was cauMd by the care
lessness of a watchman.
The battleship Oregon, which has
been undergoing repairs at the Puget
Sound navy yard for the lat year, has
sailed for San Francisco. It is thongbt
she will be ordered to China.
HELP TO FIQHT FIRE.
Qovernors of Wyoming and Colorado Ap
peal to aovernmesjt for Assistance,
Washington, Sept. 18. Secretary
Hitchcock today received dispatches
from the i governors of Colorado and
Wyoming appealing for government
assistance in fighting a terrific forest
fire that is raging on government tim
ber lands along the Colorado-Wyoming
boundary line, near the southeast cor
ner of Carbon county, Wyoming. The
secretary will give all aid possible, and
to that end at once ordered Supervisor
Atherly, of the Crow creek reservation,
to assist in fighting the fire reported
burning at Pearl, just south of the
Medicine Bow forest reserve. They
will employ a large number of men to
assist in the work. This is the only
action the department can take. No
request wilV be made fo the war de
partment for assistance.
A new forest fire that stretches over
a large area is reported in official
advices in the South Platte forest re
serve, in Wyoming. Forest Supervis
or Michelson and a large force of men
are working to extinguish it. The
dispatches report that the fire near
Saratoga, Wyo., has been brought
under control.
In response to a request for information
on the situation in Washington, the
interior department this afternoon
received a telegram from Superintend
ent Shelter, in charge of the forest re
serve tracts in Washington state, saying
that two fires were raging over a large
area inside the Mount Rainier reserve.
The rangers have been fighting these
fires since their inception, and extra
help baa been employed to battle
against the flames. The reports show
that the big fire near Enumclaw is
mostly on private lands, which in re
cent years have been extensivey lum
bered, tho mills being mostly located
at Tacoma and on the line of the
Northern Pacific.
MASSACRED IN THE ORIENT.
Two Englishmen Were Suspected of Pois
oning a Spring.
Victoria, B. C, Sept. 18. Details
were received by the Empress of India
of the massacre of Messrs. Bruce and
Lewis at Changte Hunan.
For weeks the cholera has been de
populating the cities along the Yuan
river. In Changte people died daily
by the score, and from reliable reports,
the same can be said of the cities west.
The city is built on a hillside, and in
the center thereof is a spring from
which the people obtain much of their
water. This waB reported to have
been poisoned by the foreigners, and
hence the high death rate. One after
noon Mr. Lewis was studying with his
teacher, and Mr. Bruce was in his room
across te hall, when in an instant the
house and street became crowded with
people. Mr. Bruce was drawn by his
hair out of the room and into the yard
where, with clubs, stones, knives,
swords and torture he was soon killed.
Mr. Lewis and his teacher went out at
the back door into the yard and started
to climb upon an old shed, when a
stroke from a spear brought the former
to the ground. With the same instru
ments, his body was soon mangled be
yond recognition. After this the mob
destroyed all foreign books and other
articles they could not use. The trunks
and boxes were broken open, but not
any of the poison could be found.
When the crowd had almost disap
peared, the chihfu arrived. On the
same street and a few doors away were
stationed soldiers for their protection.
A British warship was sent to the
scene upon receipt of the news.
WASHINOTON DEMOCRATS.
State Convention Meets In Tacoma and
Nominates Ticket.
Tacoma, Wash., Sept. 17. The
Democratic state convention, after a
session lasting until nearly midnight
last night, completed its business and
adjourned.
The following ticket was nominated
by acclamation:
Representatives inr congress George
F. Cotterill, of King; Stephen E.
Barron, of Okanogan, and O. R. Hol-
comb.
Judge of supreme court James R.
ReaVis, of Yakima.
United States senator George Tur
ner was indorsed for re-election.
The platform adopted endorses the
Kansas City platform, opposes imper
ialism and colonialism, government by
injunction, trutts and trust fostering
tariffs, and asset currency. It con
demns special privileges given for
grazing sheep on government forest
reserves, and demands complete exclu
sion from all American territory of all
Chinese, and denounces the Republi
can majority in congress for "passing
the present weak and inadequate law."
Abhorrence is expressed of the tragedy
that resulted in the death of President
Mo Kin ley.
The convention declared in favor of a
railroad commission to be appointed by
the governor first, and subsequently
chosen in such manner as the legisla
ture shall determine.
British SoMiers Arrive From India.
Victoria., B. C, Sept. 18. There ar
rived by the Empress of India today a
contingent of 132 non-commissioned
officers and men of the Royal Horse
artillery. These a-e under the com
mand of Captain R. E. Tilney, the only
commissioned officer among them.
Among the party are many time ex
pired men, who have seen peven and 12
years' service. After a rest here, ihey
will make the trip aero the continent
, to Montreal and thence to Liverpool.
NEWS OF OREGON
ITFMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS
OF THE STATE.
Commercial and Financial Happenings of
the Past Week Brfef Review of the
Orowth and Development of Various
Industries Throughout Our Common
wealthLatest Market Report.
The fall run of salmon at The Dalles
is exceptionally good, the fish being
of a large size. ,
Captain H. L. Kelly, of Company A,
Third regiment, O. N. G., at Oregon
City, has resigned. .
Petowya, a Umatilla Indian woman,
has just died. She remembered Cap
tain Clark well. She was 113 years
old.
Extensive preparations are being
made for the carnival and district fair
to be held at The Dalles September 30
to October 5.
Hoppickers in a number of Willam
ette valley yards have struck for f 0
cents per box. The increase was given
in most cases.
A robber knocked the North Fork
Northern Pacific agent insensible and
then went through the office desks.and
cash drawer, but got very little money.
There is no clue to the perpetrator.
The Mt. Angel college opened its
16th year with an attendant e that
promises well for the coming season.
The new stone building to be used by
the college is rapidly nearing comple
tion. Two masked men entered the O. R.
& N. depot at North Powder and at the
point of a revolver compelled the agent
to onen the safe. Thev secured 1300.
after which the agent was bound and
gagged.
All holdings of the Necanicum
Spruce Lumber company, including
the sawmill, box factory and several
thousand acres or timber tributary to
the Necanicum and O'Hanna, have
been sold to Minneapolis capitalists.
The consideration was over $100,000.
The company plans extensive improve
ments. There is a move on foot to divide
Baker county by cutting off a slice of
the eastern portion, including the Pan
handle district, which was annexed to
Baker county two years ago. A slice
of Malheur county is to be added so
as to bring Huntington nearer the
center of the proposed new county,
thus making it the natural location for
the county seat. -
The fall fishing season has opened
and indications point to a large run
with prices good.
Forest fires are still raging in Clack
amas county and much valuable timber
is being destroyed-.
The postoffices at Glentena, Lane
count v: Luda. Coos county, and
Tamarack, Umatilla county, will be
discontinued September 30.
The Telocasset lanch, consisting of
1,000 acres, situated in Union and
Baker counties, has changed hands.
The purchasing price was $14,700.
The exnnrimental station at the Ore
gon Agricultural college is to make a
practical test of hop drying to save a
larcrer amount of lurjulin. which is the
active principle and marketable asset of
the bop.
The Columbia Southern expects to
haul 20,000 tons more grain out of
Sherman county this year than last.
This is due to increased acreage and
the 10 per cent reduction in freight
rates on the O. R. &. N.
The Eastern Oregon state normal
school at Weston opened with a larger
attendance than ever before in both the
normal and training departments.
New students are constantly coning in
and the school's "prospects aie very
bright.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Walla Walla. 61fli62c: blue-
stem, 63MS4c; valley, 62(9640.
Barley Feed, $19.00; brewing $20.
Flour Beat erades. 13.05(93 75 oei
barrel; graham, $2.53.20.
Millstuffs Bran, $17 per ton;
middlings, $21.50: shorts, $18;
chop, $17.
Oats No.l white, $1.00: gray, 05(3
$1.
Hay Timothy, $103 11 ; clover,
$7.50; Oregon wild hay, $56 per
ton.
Potatoes Beet Burbanks, 60(65c
per cental j ordinary, 6055c per cen
tal, growers prices; sweets, $2.00
(32.25 per cental.
Butter Creamery, 2527gc; dairy
17&a20c; store, 12K15c
Eggs 22)c for Oregon.
Cheese Full cream, twins, 12
(g 13c ;Yonng America, 13X14Hc; fac
tory prices, 1(3 lHc lees.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3.00
4.
00; hens. $4 50(45.60 per dozen,
llffllHc pe ponnd; springs, 11(3
11 rmr nound. t3.00(33.60 ner do
- i . - .
en; ducks, $3. 00a4. 50 per dozen; tur
keys, live, 13 c, dressed, loloe per
pound; geeee, $4.0036.00 per dozen.
Mutton Gross, 23j per portnd;
dressed, 6c per pound.
Hogs Gross, 6ic; jressed, 77Kt
per pound.
j Veal 7 s 8c rr pouad.
j Beef Grose, cows, S($3X"; sters.
3HHe; dressed, 67c per pound.
TI lft317,.- r.. fi.fl tfn
Wool Valley, li,3 15 ;Eatern Ore
gon, 8(jU43c: mohali, 25(2 28o pound.
DEATH LIST INCREASING.
Thirty-Eight Known to Have Perished In
the Lewis River Country.
Kalama, Wash., Sept. 17. Reports
from the fire stricken districts of Lewis
river continue to grow worse. The
charred and lifeless bodies of 38 people
have already been found, and all be
lieve that there will be more to follow.
Many settlers and an unknown num
ber of campers from outside points are
missing. The burned district was
settled by perhaps 500 people, most of
whom were prosperous, while many
were well-to-do. Nearly all of the
farmers had good buildings, their
barns filled with hay, and their pas
tures well stocked with cattle. What
was a week ago the beautiful and fer
tile valley of the Lewis is now a hot
and silent valley of death, covered pro
miscuously with the blackened bodies
of both man and beast.
At one place the irons of a burned
wagon, the roasted remains of a team
of horses and the dead bodies of nine
people tell the tale of an unsuccessful
attempt of a party of pleasure seekers
to escape. While fleeing from the
flumes they were stopped by a big log
that had fallen across the read. The
team was burned on the spot, and so
fierce was the fire that none of the nine
persons were able to get more than a
few steps from the wagon.
Many people saved their lives by
jumping into the Lewis river, the
water of which, in some places, was
warm from the intense heat of the
surrounding flames. About 60 people,
who were camping at Trout lake, near
the base of Mount St. Helens, were
saved by taking to the water on im
provised rafts of poles and logs. About
140 sections of the finest timber land in
Cowlitz county have been burned ovor,
and much of it destroyed completely.
It Is estimated that the property loss
in this county will not be less than
$1,000,000. Three hundred people
have been left destitute and homeless,
at least 38 lives have been lost.
Many Burned In Clarke County.
Vancouver, Wash., Sept. 17. A
number of deaths in the Bock creek
district, near Bell's mountain, have
been reported here. The fire was
driven by a high east wind, which
swept everything before it.
Fire, according to the reports, swept
over a strip of timber in the northern
part of this county, 11 miles wide, for
a distance of 40 miles. The country
around the headwaters of Lewis river
is known to be full of prospectors and
miners, and it is believed that many
more lives are lost than are now re
ported. More than 20 families in the vicin
ity of Rocky creek are rendered home
less. Measures are being taken among
the authorities and citizens here to
render speedy assistance to the unfor
tunate fire sufferers. As reports say a
large number of people are left desti
tute for the time being by reason of
the destruction of buildings, crops and
stock unless they are given relief soon,
much suffering is sure to result.
Bad Fire In Montana.
Kalispell, Mont., Sept. 17. Forest
fires are raging on the north fork of the
Flathead river, on the Flathead reser
vation. 'Ranchers have been fighting
flames for two days and they are now
beyond their control. They have sent
for help, and men will immediately go
to the scene. ' The fire started in a
windfall, and spread rapidly over one
of the best belts of timber in this sec
tion, the exact location being near the
large beds of coal. It is gradually go
ing east and south, and threatens de
struction to the timber in the vicinity
of McDonald lake, unless soon checked.
Cascade Locks Narrowly Escaped.
Cascade Locks, Or., Sept. 17. Ex
cept for the hard work of the men of
the town and a gang of Japanese rail
road hands, the Cascade Locks settle
ment would have been swept clean by
fire.
Patties arriving from the Wind
mountain country, seven miles east of
here in Washington, state that a fire
there laid waste almost the whole coun
try. A sawmill belonging to Joseph
Peters, of The Dalles, was burned; also
about 3,000 cords of wood, and most of
the settlers are homeless. Another fire
near Stevenson burned a large amount
of wood, and several farms were also
swept clean. A party arrived yester
day from the mountains south of here
and report that a large amount of tim
ber on the forest reserve is burned, and
that there is a big fire on the Bull Run
reserve.
Mysteries of Railroad Time Cards.
How perplexing they are, those gieat
big folders, that tell so much about
trains, distances, connections and all
the other information travelers need
to know. And how hard to grasp the
information they convey. None of us
can real them intelligently, and some
can't read them at all. They have
needed fixing, and that "fixing" was
applied this month by the Northern
Pacific railroad when it gave the pub
lic a little time card that can be tucked
away in a gentleman's vest pocket or in
a lady's purse. Get one and see how
simple and helpful it really is to the
traveler. It's little, but if diamonds
were as large as cabbages nobody would
w.tnt them.
War Forces for the Isthmua.
Philadelphia, Sept. 17. In response
to hurry orders from Washington the
auxiliary cruder Panther, in command
of Captain Wilson, left the League
inland navy yard tonight for Colon. On
board the PaDther is a battalion of
marines, numbering 320 men, who are
in command of Lieutenant Colonel
RnaFelt. The craiser took along a
field battery of four Colt's rapid fire
guns, two field pieces and ample ammunition.
t:S CROP SHORT
BUT NO INDUCTIONS AT PRESENT OF
HIGHER PRICES.
Oregon Crop This Year WUI be About 125
Carloads Less Than Last Year, but the
Quality Is Very Good Fruit Crop In
. California Is Good, Which Will Affect
Price In the Northwest.
The prune crop of the Northwest will
not be up to the usual mark this year.
Though the acreage irlarger, the yield
will fall considerably below that of last
year. In 1901 shipments to the East
from the Northwestern states amounted
to between 700 and 800 cars. This
year shipments will ba between 100
and 150 cars short. On the other
Land, prunes will be larger, the favor
able weather of the spring and summer
having caused a material increase in
the size of the fruit. This will be good
for the growers, ps it costs no more to
dry prunes weighing 60 to 70 pounds
than it does those weighing 30 or 40
pounds, and the increase in weight
means a corresponding increase in the
selling price.
From all this, however, holders of
prunes need not think they are going to
find profit. There seems to be a gene
ral impression about the country that
prices will be as good as last year, but
the indications do not point that way.
Growers must not overlook the present
situation in California. , In the Santa
Clara valley, for Eastern shipment,
packers are quoting 2i cents for the
four sizes, which is cent less than
last year. The prune crop is large
there, but not alone are prunes plenti
ful all other fruit is in abundance.
In the East it is the same story. The
apple crop" there, which la large, is a
strong factor in the price situation.
When dried apples are cheap people
are as apt to buy them as they are to
purchase prunes. The European crop
is short, but Europe draws on thiB
country for fruit to only a limited ex
tent. Europe being an early buyer,
has placed most of its orders, and its
wants may be said to be practically
filled.
' There is only a limited demand for
the Oregon crop for early delivery,
according to Portland dealers, and as
soon as that want is supplied, what
stock remains on hand is apt to drag,
or, to move it, lower prices must be
made.
The prune crop in Eastern Washing
ton and Idaho will be large this year.
Clark county, it is reported, will not
have over half as many as last season.
Paul Masson, a California fruit man,
who lately returned from Europe, says
this year's prune crop in France was
ruined early in the season by unfavor
able weather and later by severe hail
storms.
"I questioned a great many of the
orchardists closely about the prices they
had received for their fruit, ' he said.
"From this source of informaiton I
learned that for 10 years past the
French growers had received an aver
age price of 5 cents per pound for their
fruit. This price seemed so extrava
gant that I asked them if they would
be willing to contract their fruit al
that price for the ensuing 10 years.
They replied that they would not. I
talked prunes all over France, and met
many of the large dealers. I found the
conditions described to apply generally
to that country."
JUSTICE ORAY DEAD.
Served on United States Supreme Court
Bench Over Twenty Years.
Lynn, Mass., Sept. 16. Justice
Horace Gray, who retired from the
United States supreme court bench re
cently, died at his summer home in
Nahant yesterday morning of paralysis.
He had been in poor health for some
time. .
Judge Gray was born in Boston
March 24, 1828, and was graduated
from Harvard college in the clasr of
1873, and from the law school in 1849.
He was admitted to the bar in 1851.
He was a reporter of the supreme judi
cial court of Massachusetts from 1854
to 1861. He was appointed associate
justice of that court in 1864, and chief
johtice in 1873. President Arthur
commissioned him ss associate justice
of the supreme court of the United
States, December 19, 1881.
500 PEOPLE IN A HEAP.
Temporary Steps Leading to Synagogue
Gave Way, but Few Were Injured.
St. Paul. Sent. 17. While 1.100
people were struggling to get into the
new Sons of Zion synagogue to witness
the dedicatory exercises, the temporary
steps leading to the entrance gave way
and 500 people fell in a heap. The
police platoon, which led the proces
sion to the church broke ranks and
rushed into the crowd, preventing
frantic men, women ana cnuaren
from crushing one another in the
rrmhl to oft oat When aniet had
been restored, it was found that a few
were bruised and cut, but no one had
been fatally injured.
National Finances of England.
London, Sept. 18 A return of the
national finances today sho s that the
gross liaouities marcn di, were
$3,282,218,930, an Increase of $313,
K97,540, due to the Sooth African war.
High Price for Beef.
Kansas Citv. FcdL 19. Seventeen
j neau i nstiiv ciqfib, f-iKl,lpt .
I j. i a l . . ea 7S. k!k
ptmnup, eum uere v . " wn
i is the highest price for beef ever re
ceived on this market.
NATIONAL IRRIOATION CONQRESS.
Tenth Annual Convention Meets at Colo
rado Springs In October.
Denver, Sept. 16. The tenth Nation
al Irrigation Congress will be held at
Colorado Springs, Colo., October6to 9.
The American Forestry Association will
meet at the same time and place, and
forestry will be given proper attention.
The basis of representation in the
congress will be:
The governor of each state and terri
tory to appoint 20 delegates.
The mayor of each city of less than
25,000 population to appoint two dele
gates. The mayor of each cityjof more than
25,000 population to appoint four dele
gates. Each board of county commissioners,
two delegates.
' Each chamber of commerce, commer
cial club or real estate exchange, two
delegates.
Each organized irrigation, agricul
tural and live stock association, two
delegates. '
Each society of engineers, two dele
gates. Each irrigation company and agricul
tural college, two delegates.
The following are delegates by virtue
of their respective officis:
The duly accredited representative
of any foreign nation- or colony, the
governor of any state or territory, any
member of the United States senate
and house of representatives, member
of any state or territorial commission,
all members in good standing of the
National Irrigation Association.
OIL GUSHER STILL BURNING.
Beaumont will Endeavor to Smother It
with Steam.
Beaumont, Tex., Sept. 16. Tonight
one large gusher is still burning, send
ing a volume of flame high in the air.
Efforts made this afternoon to extin
guish the flames were not successful,
but more boilers have been sent for,
and the plan of smothering it with
steam will again be tried. Many of
the oil companies have lost their pump
ing plants and have wired orders for
new machines. An examination leads
to the belief that none of the wells
have been permanently injured.
There is a new problem to be con
fronted as soon as the burning gusher is
extinguished, and that is the control of
the well: The gate valve has been
melted off, aud while it is probable
that this can be replaced it will be a
difficult operation. Estimates of the
damage still vary, but there is a gene
ral acceptance of about $100,000 as the
figure that will cover the loss. There
has been but one fatality so far.
TRAINS COME TOGETHER.
Runaway Freight Cars Crash Into a Fast
Passenger Three Killed.
Denver, Sept. 16. Santa Fe passen
ger train No. 608, known as the news
paper train, which left Denver this
morning at 3:50, bound for Colorado
Springs, Pueblo, Chicago and St. Loui,
collided with a freight train at Struby,
a small town several miles south of
Littleton, and three members of the
passenger train crew were killed and
another perhaps fatally injured. Some
of the passengers were badly shaken up
and bruised, but none were killed or
seriously injured.
The freight when ascending a steep
grade at Struby to let the passenger
train pass, parted in the middle and
15 or 18 heavily loaded cars started
back toward the approaching passenger
train, which was drawn by two engines.
The engineers tried to back out of the
way of the running cars, but did not
succeed. The crash when the two
trains met was beard for miles. Both
passenger engines were thrown into
the ditch and freight cars were piled
up on them.
VOLCANO AGAIN ACTIVE
Souffriere's New Crater Is Throwing Out
Volumes of Black Smoke.
Kingstown, St. Vincent, Sept. 16.
An official at Chateau Belaire reports
that Souffriere's new crater, which lias
been quiet hitherto, is today throwing
out black smoke. The old crater,
which in the correspondent's opinion
did all the work since May 7. and
which erupted September 3, is still
issuing white steam in dense clouds,
which can be seen from Kingston over
the northern mountains. The craters
and the Wallibon and Richmond dis
tricts could be seen yesterday.
The volcanic matter which fell at
Richmond and Wallibon was finer than
that which fell at Chateau Belaire,
although the places are very near each
other.
There has been a further snbsidonce
in Wallibon in four different places,
and the local opinion is that these sub
sidences on the coast line may acotint
for the sand-like substances ejected
September 3.
Coal Prices Soaring High.
Chicago, Sept. 16. The price of soft
coal in Chicago has rien to $9 a ton,
as compared with $3.75 on September
1. Anthracite is practicably unob
tainable, and is quoted by some dealers
as high as $25 a ton. The sudden ad
vance in price in attributed to demand
caused by the cold weather, which,
whil not severe in itself, has aroused
householders to a realization that their
buildings are empty.
Passengers Drowned In Flood.
Madraa, British India, Sept. 16.
An English mail train yeeterday, 25
miles from this city, dahed over a
bridge that had been undermined by
floods. Fifty passengers, including
eight Europeans and four soldiers,
were drowned.