IT'S A COLD DAY WHEN WE GET LEFT."
VOL. XIV.
IIOOD RIVER, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1!02.
NO. ii(.
HCOD RIVER GLACIER
published Every Friday by
N. K. HLX rUK HON, Publtshara.
8 r. Myth. E. N. Blythe.
1 enm ol subscription tl.JO a year when paid
In tdvatice.
THB MAIL.
Tlie mall arrives from ML Hood at 10 o'clock
a. m. M ettiiemlavs and Saturdays; deparu tha
tsnie days at limin.
tux Clicnowsth, leaves at ( a. m. Tuesdays,
1 hursriays and Saturdays: arrives at p. m.
tor VV liite Salmon (Wash.) leaves daily at t:li
a. m.; arrivei at 7:15 n. n.
hulri White Saliniw leaves (or FHlila, Gilmer,
1 tout l.sks and Gleiiwood daily at M M.
For Biuaeu (Mssli.) leaves atu:4op.m. ar
rl ei st 'i p. m.
OAK i.HOVK COUNCIL No. 142, OKDF.R OF
I'KN DO. Meets the Hecond and lourtu
Fridayiol the month. Visitors cordially wel
comed. C. V. 1kin, Uouusellor.
Ainu. Hinkt McGuius, Secretary.
OKDEK OF WAHIIlNliTON. Hood Utver
Union No. UJ, meets in odd Fellows' ball
second and (mirth Uaturdays iu each month,
J;au o'clock. . C I. Corruc, president,
Vu. II. L. IH'Mhi.s, Becretary.
JALKKL HMU.KAH DKliKKK I.ODGB. No
i 7, 1. 0. U. F. Meets tint and third Hon
ours in each mouth.
Mrs. W.O. AM, N.O.
Miss Ota Walker, Secretary.
I ,.i i lunt, No. Jt, U. A. K. Meets at A.
J CI. U. W. Hall second and fourth Saturdays
ol each month at !1 o'clock p. iu. All U. A. K.
Incuiliers invited to uieiU with us.
J. W. Kiobt, Commander.
C. J. Hayes, Adiutant.
i 1ANUV W. It. C No: It Meets nrstSatur
J day of each niontli iu A. O. U. W. hall at 1
p. ni. iIks. B F. bHom ak kb, Frealdent.
alas. O. L. stkanahan, Secretary.
HOUD KIV'KK LOlXiit No. 106, A. F. and A
M. litem Saturday evening on or before
ta h full moon. Wu. M. Vatks, W, 11.
C. D. 'I'ltoMfiioM, Secretary.
UOOD KIVKKCH AFTER. No. 27, K. A. M.
sleets third Friday utgiit of each mouth.
K. U Smith, 11. F.
A N. Rahu, Secretary.
I I ODD K1VKK CUAPTKR, No. 24, O. K.
Jl Meets second and fourth Tuesday aven
fiigs of each month. Visitors coidially wel
coined. Mas. Mollis C. Cols, W. M.
lias, MaBY B. Daviusok, Secretary.
0 LKTA ASSKMBLY No. 1W, United Artisans,
-MecU Hmtaiid third Wednesdays, work;
second and fourth Wednesdays social; Aril
aana hull. F. C. Baosius, 11. A.
Mkb. E. A. Barkis, Secretary. -
iAlCoMA 1.0 DUE, No. , K. of P. Meets
In A. O. I). W. hall every Tuesdsv night
C. E. Makkhax, C. C.
W. A. Firkbavok, K. or K. ana t.
KIVKKSlllK I.OIKiK, No. 68, A. O. C. W.
Mects first and third Saturdays of each
month. Frkd Howe, W, U.
K. R. Bradlky, Financier.
( hkktkh Hitura, Recorder.
IDl.KWII.DE I.ODOE, No. 107, I. O O. F.
Meets in Fraternal ball every Thursday
night. W. O. Asu, N. Q.
X U IliNDUtsoN, Secretary.
11001) RIVER TENT, No. 1, K. O. T. M.,
J 1 meets at A. O. U. W. hall uu tha first and
third Fridays of each month.
Walter UKaaiNQ, Commander.
IVERSIT1K LODGE-NO. 40, DEGREE OF
HON'OK, A. O. V. W.-Meets first and
rd Haturdnys at 8 F. M.
Mrs. E. R. Rradliy, C. ol H.
Hits. II. J. Freukkick, Recorder.
HOOD RIVER CAMP, No. 7,702, M. W. A.,
meets in Odd Fellows' Hall tha first and
third W ednesdays of each month.
F. 1 Davidsom, V. C.
E. R. Bradley, Clerk.
B. PRESBY, .
Ittorney-at-Liw and U. S. Commissioner.
ticldendale, Wash.
Makes a specialty of land office work. Final
proofs in timber sud homestead eutries mad
before him.
J)R. J. W. YOG EL.
OCULIST.
Will make regular monthly visits to Tlood
River.' Residence 13 Hiiteenth Street,
Portland, Oregon.
Q II, JENKINS, D. M. D.
DENTIST.
Specialist on Crown and Bridge Work.
Telephones: Office, 281; residence, M.
Office In Langille bid. Hood River, Oregon.
JJR. 1. T. CAKN3,
Dentist.
Gold crowns and Irldga work aid all kinds of
Up-to DaU Dentistry.
HOOD RIVER OREGON
JJ L.DUMBLE,
THYKICIAN AND SURGEON.
Successor to Dr. M. t. Bhaw,
Calls promptly answered In town or country,
Dar or Ntuhl.
Telephones: Residence, 81! Office, 83.
Office over Everharl'a Grocery.
J T. WATT, M. D,
Physician and Surgeon.
Telephones: Offica, 281; residence, 28.
BURGEON 0. R. A N. CO.
JOHN LELAND HENDERSON
AT10RNKY-ATLAW. ABSTRACTER. NO
TAR Y I'UHLIC and REAL
EST Al E AGENT.
For S3 years a resident of Oregon and Wash-
In Ion. Has bad many years experienoa In
leal Kulate matters, as abstractor, searcher of
titles and ageuk balisfaction (uaraBlaod or
no chsme.
pREDERICK & ARNOLD
CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS.
EstiuiaUi furnished for all kinds of
work. Kf pairing a ipeclalty. All kinds
of ihop work. Fhop on 8taU Street,
between First and Second.
THE KLONDIKE CONFECTIONERY
It Die place to get the latest and best in
Confectioneries, Candies, Nats, Tobacco,
Cigars, etc
..1CE CREAM PARLORS...,
W. B. COLE, Proprietor.
p C. BR0S1US, M. D.
' PHYSICIAN AND 6URGE0N.
Thone Central, or 121.
Office Hoars: 10 to 11 A. M.J t to 3
and 6 to 7 P. M.
JJUTLER A CO.,
BANKERS.
Do a general banking baainess.
HOOD RIVER, OREGON.
CARE FOR YOUR EYES
As I kave bad IS vears' enporienea, my work
will five the vry "best mints tta la watch
repairins, and as an opiiciaa 1 guarantee) to
give you a good at of g leasee to suit your eye.
I have one of the latest improved eye-teatera,
and can nt your eves la the moat accurate man
ner with the best leneea made, Una strength
ening your eyea and Improving your .1 eh t.
c n. itwiuTi
EVENTS OF THE DAY
GATHERED FROM ALL PARTS OF THE
TWO HEMISPHERES.
Comprehensive Review of the Imports
ant Happenings of the Past Week
Presented In Condensed Form, Most
Likely to Prove Interesting to Our
Many Readers.
Continued heavy ralna have stopped
all war maneuvers at fort Riley, Kan.
Secretary Shaw's order releasing the
reserve, pnt 1200,000 into circulation
at Portland.
Savages on the warpath in Ne
Guinea have maisacred many people
and burned whole villages.
The prebitlent's condition continues
to improve fast and be is able to attend
to great deal of business. 1
The Cuban government has made
law which provides for Cuban labor in
all kinds of public service.
Miss Alice Hay, daughter of Secie-
tary of State Hay, was married to
James VV, Wadsworth, of New York.
Two American inventors are ezperi
menting with Hying machines on Long
island. Oae ship ascende 1,000 feet
and sailel about two miles and the
other ascended 4,000 feet and made a
flight of nearly five miles.
The senate committeo on Pacific is
lands and Porto Rico has finished its
work in the Hawaiian islands and has
sailed for San Franci oo. The com
raittee listened to testimony regarding
the land laws, public improvements
needed, bubonic plagua epidemic and
many other matters of leaser . import
ance. One thousand people are now be
lieved to have perished in the Sicily
disaster.
In spite of rain, the full war maneu
vers are being carried out by the trcps
at Fort Riley, Kan.
Venezuela plans to cut all the cables
and an American gunboat may be ne
cessary in those waters.
Lumber shipments by water from the
Colombia river will this year, for the
first time on record, exceed 100,000,
000 feet.
Brigadier General Sumner, in charge
of the movement against the Moroa,
says the rebels are not so unruly as
reported.
It is said that Queen Maria Chris
tina, mother of King Alfonso of Spain,
has married Count de Eecorura, her
master of the house.
Three desperate prisoners in the
Dillon, Mont., jail cawed their way out.
It is believed they secured aid from the
outside. Officers are in close purBuit
Cholera still rages in the Island of
Samar. The population of many of
the towns have been heavily led need
through death and the flight of the
panic stricken people.
A tidal wave swept Japan, drowning
at least 500 people. Much property
was destroyed. A Japanese warship
was driven ashore, but will probably
be floated.
A second military expedition has
been sent against the Moros.
Fifteen hundred street car men in
Sen Orleans have struck for increased
pay.
A fire at Stockton, Cal., destroyed
500,000 worth of property. Five
blocks were burned.
A Mississippi Negro, who confessed
to an old crime, was burned ailve. He
said he deserved the fate that had over
taken him.
The president's physicians found it
necessary to open the wound on his leg,
as the bone was slightly affected. It
is not serious and recovery will soon
come.
The annnal report of the commis
sioner of pensions shows that there are
now nearly a million names on the
pension rolls. The total disbursement
of the department hat been $2,900,-
854,302.
The cable from San Francisco to
Manila will be in working order by
July 4, 1003, according to the officials
of the company. Three steamers will
lay the cable, two from Manila and
one from San Francisco.
The comet discovered at Lick obser
vatory September 1 hss grown steadily
brighter, until at the present time it is
visible to the naked eye. It ran be
teen a little north of the star Alpha
Cysni, near the milky way. It is mov
ing in southwesterly direction.
Dr. Silviane Brandao, vice president
elect of Braail, is dead.
A census of the Philippines has bean
authorised by the president.
The presence of
quieting effect in
troops has had a
tha coal fields of
Pennsylvania.
President Roosevelt's injured leg
continues to improve, and the president
will be around again in a few days.
No more American soldiers will be
sent to the isthmus of Panama.
Burglars in South Sharon, Pa., held
up a store, overpowered, bound and
gagged two officers and secured 400.
Isaac A.Sir.ger, one of the largest
stockholders in the Singer seating
machine company, died at his home in
Atlantic City.
A lone highwayman near Stltes,
Idaho, held np a itage anj secured
500.
10 END THE STRIKE.
President Will See What May be Done In
the Coal Fields.
Washington, Oct. 2. The president
yesterday took initiative steps to ascer
tain vhat, if anything, could be done
by the federal authority to settle the
coal strike. The result was a general
expression of opinion by the advisers
of the president, who were present, to
the effect that the federal laws and con
stitution do not afford means of federal
interference, to end the strike, but
another conference will be held today,
and the president will do all he can
properly and legally to bring about a
settlement. At the temporary White
House a conference was held with the
three cabinet officers Attorney Gene
ral Knox, Secretary Moody and Post'
master ' General Payne. Governor
Crane, ol Massachusetts, was also
present. These gentlemen met with
President Roosevelt, and after the sub'
ject had been considered for some time,
they adjourned .to another room and
conferred together .for an hour. They
all returned later in the day and held
another conference with the president,
and the strike situation wits discussed
further.
President Roosevelt is deeply con
corned over the situation. The ap
proach of winter, with a coal famine
imminent, and the distress end suffer
ing that must ensue unless coal be
comes available, present a situation
which, he thinks, should receive the
attention ol the administration if there
is anything that can be done by the
government. Many appeals have been
made to him, and many suggestions
have been received by him, and it was
with a view to ascertain what power
the fi deral authority could evoke that
caused the conference to be held.
During the conference every phase of
the situationl wa discussed. The
general opinion of the advisers was that
the situation did not present a case in
which there could be federal interfer
ence' by any warrant of law. There
has been no interference with federal
authority in the mining region, either
by stoppage of the mails or resistance
of the United States court process. It
was pointed out tlitt there was no occa
sion for the use of federal troops, ss
Governor Stone, of Pennsylvania, had
not called on the government for assist.
ance, nor had he even exhausted the
resources of the state by calling out the
full strength of the state militia.
WHERE MAN HAD NOT BEEN.
Qeologlcal Survey Party Returns From
Wilds of Alaska.
Seattle, Oct. 2. After traversing a
wilderness where white men have never
before ventured, the United States
geological survey has completed a pre
liminary examination of the country
lying between Cook inlet and the
Tanana.
A party of seven, under the leader
ship of Alfred II. Brooks, made the
trip from Tynook to the Tanana, and
later leahed Ramp rt, on the Yukon,
after several months' hard work. The
entire country was carefully mapped,
and the reports have been sent on to
ashington by Mr. Brooks, now in
Seattle. ' '
Several new details were discovered
which will greatly aid future pros
pectors. The trip was such a hard one that,
out of 20 carefully selected horses, only
11 survived, for hundreds of miles
the party never saw a white man, and,
indeed, were the majority of the 'time
in a totally uninhabited land. They
passed closer to Mount McKinley than
any other white man. Many new
streams were located and named, and
another party will probably be sent in
next year to continue the work.
MUCH CHOLERA IN ILO ILO.
People Fleeing to the Mountains, Leaving
the Dead Unburled.
Manila, Oct. 2. It is understood
that 5,124 cases of cholera and 2,740
deaths from that disease were reported
in the province of Ho Ho, Island of
Panay, on Monday. This is the high
est record for any district since the out
break of the disease occurred, and ex
ceeds the total of Manila and many of
the provinces since the commencement.
The town of Miago, in the province of
Ilo Ho, was the worst sufferer, 1,13
cases being reported there Monday.
At Cabuttaun there were 899 cases,
nd at Dumanget 395 cases were re
ported on Monday. The people aie
fleeing to the mountains, leaving the
dead un buried and the dying uncared
for. The government has ordered ad
ditional doctors and medicines to be
sent to Ilo Ilo. The number of vic
tims makes ordinary sanitary measures
mposMble. The total of all the pro
vinces Monday was 5,390 cases and
3,091 deaths.
Croker on Trial.
New York, Oct. 2. Edward F.Crok-
er, chief of the New York fire depart
ment, was placed on trial today before
Fire Commissioner Sturgis, who pre
ferred charges against the chief. The
charges are seven fn all, and they in
clude accusations of incomnetencv.
tending in false reports, violation of
the constitution of the state of New
York, conversion of public property to
private nse, conduct prejudicial to eood
order aud disripline.
Salt Company Falls.
Trenton. N. J.. Oct. 5 Tha
Magio has appointed Frank P. McDer
mott, of Jersey City, and Nathan 8.
Beardtlee. of VVar-aw. N. Y nmiinn
for the National salt company. The
application for a receiver was made by
Chaoncev II. Stru kiand of K.a Vnrb
The company's liabilities ara given at
1 1, 1 JHI.OOU andqoick aseeta at H58,-000.
NEWS OF OREGON
ITFMS OP INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS
OP THE STATE.
Commercial and Financial Happenings of
the Past Week-Brief Review of the
drowtn and Development of Various
Industries Throughout Our Common
wealth Latest Market Report.
Six harvest hands were held up at
I he Dalles and relieved of $300.
A cold storage and meat company has
been formed in Ashland with a capital
o 126,000.
The prune crotv iu Marlon countv
will be pretty generally gathered by the
end oi the present week.
The board of regents of the Btato uni
vereity, at Eugene, have made arrange
ments to include a music department.
Mrs. Florence At wood, state presi
dent of the Rebekahs, died at her home
in Baker City September 28 of pneu
monia.
Pardons have been asked for Con
victs Louis Level and II. S. Warriner,
sentenced from Multnomah county for
burglury.
The 10th annual fair of the Butte
Creek Agricultural association, held at
Marquam, had a Urge attendance and
was very successful in every respect.
Preparations are well advanced for
the district fair to be held at Roseburg
during the five days beginning October
7. A splendid livestock exhibit is ex
pected. Over one-half of the Wathington
county agricultural and horticultural
exhibit, which took the firt prize at
the state fair, has been sent East,
where it will have a place in a num
ber of fairs and carnivals.
Sub-committees have been annotated
in various parts of the state to help so
licit funds for the purchase of a sword
for Admiral Clark, who commanded
the Oregon during the Spanish-Ameri
can war. About $1,200 will be re
quired.
The school directors and clerks of
Washington Ciinntv lmld a mnntinv and
discussed various matters of rchool im
portance. The state supeiintendent
was present. It is the first time such
meeting was ever held in tha',
county.
Twenty-seven bales of hops were
told in Salem a few days ago for 23
cents per pound.
The assessment roll of Columbia
county .shows the total taxable proper
ty to he worth $1,597,840.
Large crowds attended the opening
of the Eugene carnival, despite the
rain. The business houses have a num
ber of nice displays.
Ranchmen in Josephine county will
be forced to use strenuous efforts to rid
the country of coyotes, which are doing
muth damage to stock.
The Salem commercial club has
taken steps to distribute 80,000 pam
phlets through the East in the iuterest
of the Willamette valley.
Fruit growers in Polk countv sav
that tl e prune crop will not only be
lis lit this vear. but that brown rot has
attacked the Italian prunes in tome
sections, and that tint will further de
crease the yield.
Oregon City schools are in a very
crowded condition, the enrollment be
ing larger than ever before.
A free rural mail route has been rec
ommended out of Forest Grove, but
there will be tome delay on account of
being no map of Washington county
roads.
The Oregon blind tchcol at Ralom
opened with 32 students, the san e as
last year. This institution costs the
state about $7,000 a year, or $220 for
each pupil.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Walla Walla, 62
blues tern
65c; valley, 63c.
Barley Foed, $19.50 per ton; brew
ing, $.0.50.
Flour Best grade, 3.303.65; grah
am, $2 85(33.20.
Millstuffs Bran, $18.50 per ton;
middlings, $23 50; shorts, $19.50;
chop, $17.
Oats No. 1 white, $l1.02i ; gray,
P5c.d$l per cental.
Hay Timothy, $10311; clover,
$7.50; cheat, $8 per ton.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, $4.50 35;
per pound, 11c; hens, $5(35.50 per
dozen; per pound, 12c; springs, $3.50
4 per dozen; fryert, $3(3 3.50; broil
ers, $2.50(33; ducks, $4.50(35 per doz
en; turkeys, young, 14(315c; geese,
$6(o 6.50 per doien.
Cheese Full cream, twins. 13(3
13,4c; Young America, lZHlHi
factory prices, lgll4C less.
Butter Fancy creamery, 2527'c
per pound; extras, 27c; dairy, 17S
(320c; store, 12 S (3 15.
Eggs 22 4 25c per dozen.
Potatoes Best Burbanks, 60365c
pert.tck; ordinary, 6055c per rental,
growers' prices; Merced sweets, $2(J
2.25 per cental.
Hops Xew crop, 20(j 21c per pound.
Wool-Valley, 12S,(il5c; Eastern
Oieon, 8(3 14 c; mohair, 2ii(S28c.
Iteef Gross, cows, 3(33 ic per
pound; eteert, 4c; dressed, 6(3 7c.
Vejl 7t18 He
Mutton Gross, 3c per
dressed, 6. '
Lambs Grots, Ve per
dred, 6c.
Hogt -Groat, SVt&'c per
dressed, 73Se.
pound;
pound;
pound,
ROOT MAY RESIGN.
Secretary
of War Desires to Return to
Practice of Law.
Washington, Oct. 1. Secretary Root,
is to resign, according to a statement
published here. According to the
rumor the resignation is not to take
place until some time next sprit g,
when Secretary Root hopes to have the
many l storing he has originated as
secretary of war rertain of being car
ried to a successful consummation
Among these are the general stuff bill,
which is not likely to pass at the short
session, and the bill to reorganize the
militia, which may become a law.
With the practical settlement of affairs
in the Philippines, and Cuban recip
rocity adopted by congross, which will
probably result in keeping Cuba taci
tied, and the reforms Secretary Root
has inaugurated in the war department
thoroughly established, the great work
winch he has selected to do will in
measure be accomplished. If he resigns
it will only be when there is a straight
course ahead for the war department,
as President Roosevelt would not be
very likely to part with him under anv
other circumstances. He is one of the
strongest men in the cabinet, and prob
ably the closest to the president.
hecretary Root entered the cabinet at
a great personal loss. As a lawyer of
ability, he hud an enormous practice in
New York. His old associates and em
ployes are anxious for him to resume
his former work, and this is given as
the main reason why he intends to re
sign.
LONQ PENSION LIST.
Report of Commissioner Shows Net Gain
of 5,732 Pensioners Last Year.
Washington, Oct. 1. The annual re
port of the commission! r of pensions,
Eugene E. Ware, shows that tho nnm
her of names on the pension rolls i-
still under the 1,000,000 mWk, despite
a net gain of 5,732 pensioners since
1898. The total enrollment July 1 last
was 999,446, again.-t ,997 735 last year.
The total comprises 738,800 soldiers
and 200,637 (widows and dependents.
The aggregate includes 4,695 pensioners
outside of the United States.
The number of death notices of old
soldiers, not now in the servire, re
ceived by the buie.iu during the year
was 50,128; but only 27,043 of them
were pensioners.
The report says that tho death rate
among the pensioners for the coming
year will be about 404)00, and the
losses to the lolls from other causes
will be about 6,000.
The total amount paid for pensions
luring the fiscal year was $137, 504,-
268, and the yearly cost of operating
and maintaining the bureau and the
agencies, outside of the payment of
pensions proper, aggregate $3,590,529
STATE DEFEATS BOODLE RS.
First Skirmish In Snyder Case Results in
Victory for Prosecution.
St. Louis, Oct. 1. The first day's
proceedings in the trial of Robert M.
Snyder, the banker and promoter, of
Kansas City and New York, on charges
of bribery in connection with the pas-
sago of the Central Traction bill several
years ago, ended in a complete victory
for the state, every objection offered
by the defense being overruled by Judge
Ryan. Snyder was arraigned, but re
fused to plead, and the court ordered
the clork to enter a plea of not guilty.
Tomorrow the selection of a jury will
gin. It will then devolve upon the
state to prove that the defendant is
not a resident of Missouri. The statute
oi limitations, which has sheltered all
the officials who took part in the deal,
is the legal loophole through which
Snyder's attorneys hope to pull him to
liberty.
DIED TO SAVE A TRAIN.
Brave Act of a Northern Pacific Section
Foreman In Idaho.
Spokane, Wash , Oct. 1. In trying
to save a passenger train from a wreck,
William Johnson, a Northern Pacific
section foreman, was killed this after
noon at Tuscor, Idaho. He saved the
tram, but died of his injuries. the
train was the east bound overland pas
senger No. 4, and was we 1 filled.
Johnson was flagging the train to keep
it from running upon a section of trapk
which contained a broken rail, and in
his eagerness to have the signals ob
served, be failed to step from the
track in time to avoid the engine of
the passenger.
' More Troops Called Out.
Harrrisburg, Pa., Oct. 1. The
Fourth regiment has been added to the
troops on duty in the anthracite strike
region. Sheriff Dietrick called upon
General Gobin tonight for troops to
suppress the rioting in Northumber
land county. The general called np
Governor Stone by telephone and stated
the situation, after which the executive
reluctantly ordered the Fourth regi
ment to proceed to the scene and main
tain order.
Ex-Secretaries of War in the Senate.
Washington, Oct. 1. When Russel
A. Alter takes his seat there will be
three senators who were 'ormerly secre-
tary of war. Procter, of Vermont, and
Elkins, of West Virginia, are the other
two. The same situation occunel
when Don Cameron was closing his
senatorial career.
Soft Coal StIU Advancing.
Boston. Sept. 80. Local coal dealets
today advanced the price of so t ccal
$1 per ton. making it $8.60. With to
day's advance soft coal has appreciated
in price $2.50 a ton tlie part weeK-
The price of hard coal remains at $15 a'
ton .but there it little to be had here.
IRRIGATION MONEY
EIGHT MILLIONS NOW AVAILABLE FOR
GOVERNMENT PROJECTS.
Start Will be Made In Number of Plates
In the Spring - Funds Now on Hand den.e goe8 to bIiow that Ciaft, who had
Will Build at Least Ten Irrigation been making the rounds of the tender
Systems Complete No Contracts Will 'oint incautiously displayed a largo
be Let Until Cash is on Hand. amount of money and was killed for
the purpose of robbery. The police
also say that knock-out drops were
Washington, Oct. 2. There is today first administered, and that then the
in the treasury between $7,500,000 and . victim was dragged into the basement
$8,000,000, which, under the act of the anil killed with a cleaver,
last session of congress, is to constitute ; The odor' of burning flesh attracted
the reclamation fund, and which is the attention of the occupants of the
now available for expenditure on such upper part of the house tind led to the
irrigation projects as will be selected dinrovery by the detectives of the head
by the secretary of the interior next lo-s body of a man in the basement,
spring for construction. About $3,- The charred head was discovered a few
000 000 of this was derived ftom the net minutes later in the furnace, in which
revenue from the sale and disposition a fire had recently been made with tho
of public lands in the fiseal year 1901, evident intention of destroying all ps
and about $4,500,000 as the net reve- sihility of identification of the remains,
nue for the last fi.-cal year. The gross Later the body was identified by
revenues for ihe past year exceed those Walter Craft, of Glen Covo, as that of
of any proceeding fi cal year, amount- his father. 'f lm murdered man was
ing to about $6,200,000. The fund is about 61 years of Hge and was a mtiiiu
made up not only from fees and com- facturer of refrigerating machinery in
missions, but fines and forfeitures for Cortlandt street, this citv.
abuses of public land laws. The de
duction of total expenditures for main- MANY CORPSES RECOVERED.
taining the public land service, together
with the allowances for agricultural Rut Pull Pvfonr nf sl m, mu.r .
uunt-ca, leaves me amount stated
Department officials are highly grat'.
Hid to find over $1,000,000 more thn
was contemplated with which to begin
work on irrigation systems next year.
I his total will build at least ten pro
jects of medium size and probably
more, depending upon cost. No work
is to be undertaken to cost more than
the amount available in tho reclama
tion fund at tho timo contracts aro let.
CITY IS WITHOUT COAL.
People In New York are Now Tearing Up
Sidewalks for Fuel.
New York. Oct. 2. Not a ton of
anthracite coal can be had here at any
price, says a Rochester, N. Y., dispatch
to the limes. Sidewalk inspectors
report that in the outlyjng districts
residents are tearing up the sidewalks
and using them for fuel. Altogether
several miles of plank walks have been
pried up with crowbars and carried off.
In
some sections, canal bndres have
been stripped of planking. Piles of
new lumber left on the streets for re- .
pairs also have disappeared.
Hospitals ot ew lork city are
threatened with being seriously affect
ed by the scarcity of coal. The J.
Hood Wright hosj Pal has only enough
to lat this week, while St. Luke's was
so fortunate as to obtain a caigo of 240
t,.n -h,,t o i, i0
t o months. St. Marv's hospital for
children has practically no supply of
"team coal, and is using furnace coal,
of whi h it has about 25 tons. This
condition prevails at many other in-stitu'ions.-
It was said at the office of the chari
ties department that no real dhtre s
has been experienced in any of the
city's charitable institutions.
The price of anthracite has reached
$21, but time retailers are peddling
out their small supply at $15 or $16,
to old customers. Importation of
Welsh anthracite and Fren h bitumin
ous can in no way relieve the situation,
for the few cargoes that have been
landed aro of little account. There are
only about 8,000 tons of this coal now
on the way, but orders have been placed
this week for over ' 25,000 tons. At
least a month is required, however, to
fill the orders. The coat of .importing
Welsh coal under normal conditions is
.bout $7.
MANY NOTED MEN TO ATTEND.
Irrigation Congress Is Interesting Great
est Minds of the Nation.
Colorado Springs, Colo., Oct. 2.
The committees in chartre of the ar
rangements for the 10th National irri-
gation congre-s, which convenes here
October. 6, have received encouraging
reports which promise a larj;e attend
ance of noted men from all ;arts of the
country. Large delegation! from the
commercial clubs of Omaha and St,
Paul will come in private cars. New
Mexico, Texas, Wyoming, Kansas and
Nebsaska cities will also send large
delegations. Tho subjects to be hand
led, affecting as they do the proper ex
penditure of $8,000,000 of public
mot ey now available, and the pioceeds
from future land sales for the reclam
ation of millions of arid acres, and the
making of hornet for millions of people
now crowded in the cities, have attract
ed the highest minds of the nation,
from captains of industry to the leaders
of labir organizations. Letters of in
dorsement of the possibilities of the con
gress are pouring in every day from
these people.
Fast Train Wrecked.
Des Moines, Oct. 2. The- Rock
Island fast mail, west bound, was
wrecked this morning at Newton, 40
mi let east of here. No loss of life oc-
curred. Three cart left tlie track,
The accident occurred while the train
was attempting to get around the wreck ,
of a freight train which went through a
bridge across Skunk river yesterday.
Three tramps were
reported to have
been killed in the latter
wreck. The,
bridge it completely demolished.
The Wisconsin at Panama.
Washington, Oct. 2. The navy de
partment has received a cablegram
announcing the arrival of Rear Ad
miral Silas Casey aboard his flagship,
the Wisconsin, at Panama, after an
almost nneqoaled run down the Pacific
coast of 3,270 miles in one day less
than two weeks. Krar Admiral la-ey
will assume general command of the
American naval ferret on the isthmus.
KILLED FOR HIS MONEY.
Wealthy New Yorker Carelessly Displayed
Large Amount of Cash.
New York, Sept. 30. James B.
Craft, a wealthy resident of (Jlen Cove,
L. I., was murdered, and his body de
capitated, in a tenderloin resort within
a faw drtnia rf Pp,iar1uaw ill tl.n
Yet be Told.
London, Sept. 30. A special dis
patch from Rome, after confirming the
reports that Stromboli has been in
full eruption for a mo time says:
"i'he night scene was grand but terri
fying; lava streamed down the moun
tain sides seaward, while huge boulders
were falling into tho sea fully 1
miles ftom the shore.
"Ti e director of tho observatory at
Mount Aetna says there hss been no
eathquake in Sicily, but that probably
there had been a submarine emption
between Stromboli and Sicily,
"One hundred and fifty corpses have
been recovedred at Modita. Hundreds
of victims were
drowned in the open
country."
The whole country about Mount
Atna has suffered greatly, Mount
Aetna is sendine ud a thick column of
steam from the vicinity of the scene of
the eruption of 1892. Two fresh craters
have opened on Stromboli since Sen-
tember 14.
MINES IN GOOD SHAPE.
With Return of Men, Coal Output Would
be Large as Ever.
Philadelphia, Sept. 30. General
Manager Luther, of the Philadelphia
A Reading railroad company's coal
pioperty, has informed the sales depart-
I1,11 .f tl,e "lny H't the Head-
ing's important mines are in lairly
good condition, and that were the
miners to retrun to work, comparative
ly little time will elapse before they
will be turning out their norm&l pro
duction. It is true that several of the
Reading collieries are flooded, but
these have been abandoned fir a timu
at least. Officials of the Pennsyl
vania road's anthracite companies re
port that their mines are in such con
dition that when the miners go back
to wo-k the collieries will be able to
produce throe-fourths of tluir normal
output, and that within a week they
would be in perfect shape.
EARTHQUAKES IN MEXICO.
Seventy-ton Crane Thrown from Railroad
Into the Bay.
Mexico City, Sept. 30. Advices,
from Salina Ctuz, tho Pacific terminus
of the Tchnantepec National railroad,
which is being rebuilt by the English
contractor, state tht.t Tuesday no less
than 75 shocks of earthqimku were felt,
causing much alarm. The most serious
damage whs dune to an immense 70-ton
crane used on the construction of tho
breakwater, it lieing thrown from tho
j track into the bay. A majority of the
smaller cranes med on the works are
al8 reported to have been thrown out
:0' place.
ft ' probable that the construction
' tlie artificial harbor will lie delayed
six months, as the crane was thrown
into deep water, and it will require
time to rot over it.
At Bad at Siberia.
Butte, Mont., Sept. 30. Pretident
Mayer, of the Western Federation of
Miners, said here loda) that the con
dition of the camps in the Ferine, H.
C, district, from which he has just
returned, is as bad as Siberia. Mr.
Mayer went to Fernie to investigate
labor conditions. He says the mining
company there owns everything in the
camp. They permit the men no privi
leges and allow no business except un
der their direction. They even exer
cise a censorship, Mr. Mayer declares,
on what their employes shall read.
Indians on Bad Behavior.
Santa Fe, N. M., Sept. 30. One hun
dred Apache Indiant from the Jicarilla
reservation, in northern Rio Arriba
county, are camped in the I'icuris
mountains, ready to go to the San
Geronimo festival, at Toas Pueblo,
despite the positive orders of the accent.
Another banc of Apaches is trespassing
on the land of the .Santa Claia and
other pueblos. The U.- S. Attorney
das orders from ashington to return
them to the reservation.
No Parcel Mail U Alaska.
Washington, Sept. 30. The post
office department has notified all nost-
j masters that during tl e winter months
it will be lmpossi! lo to t anemit mail
matter in the form of i areola to the
follow ing named pos'offires fn Alaska:
Nome, St. Michael, Ci-cIj, Epgle, Fort
i Yukon, Rampart, Tanana, Teller and
Unalaska.
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