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VOL. XIV. HOOD RIVER, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1902. NO. 2(i.
HOOD RIVER GLACIER
Published Every Friday by
8. r. BLYTflE SON, Publisher.
8 F. Blythe., E. N. Blythe.
1 enii'i ol aubacrijition ll.st) a year when paid
In advance.
TIIK MAILS.
The mall arrives from Mt. Hood at 10 o'clock
a. m. WtMlitewlays and Baturdays; departs the
same days at noon.
For Chenoweth, leaves at 8 a. m. Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Katurdays: arrives at 6 p. m.
For White Salmon (Wash.) leaves daily at g:4S
a. m.; arrives at 7:16 p. m.
From While Salmon leaves for Fulda, Gilmer,
Trout Lake and tilvnwoud daily atV A. M.
For BuiKen (Wash.) leaves at ;:4j p. ru. ; ar.
rives at 2 p. m.
8UCIETIK 1.
OAK OKOVK COUNCIL No. 142, OltliKR OF
I'KNDO. Meets the-Second and Fourth
Fridays ol the month. Visitor cordially wel
comed. ('. f . Hakim, txmimellor,
Mas. Hbnky McOuiwt, Secretary.
ORllKR OK WASHINGTON. Hood River
Union No. 142, meets in Odd Fellows' hall
aeeoud and fourth Saturdays in each month,
7:u o'clock. 0. L. CorfLB, 1'resideiit.
1)8, H. L. DUMBl-g, Secretary.
IALKKI. KEBEKAH DEGREE I.ODOE. No
J 87, 1. O. O. K. Meets first and thiid Mou
Uays In each month.
Maa W. 0. Ash, N. G.
Miss Ota Wai.kkk, Secretary.
(1ANBY POST, No. 16, G. A. K.-McetsatA.
J O. U. W. Hall second and fourth Salurdavs
ol each month at 2 o'clock p. in. All U. A. K.
members invited to meet with us.
J. W. BitiBT, Commander.
C. J. Haves, Adjutant.
CANBY W. R. C, No. 16-Meets first Satur
day of each month in A. O. U. W. hall at 3
p. m. Mas. B. F.Hhokmakkr, President.
Mrs. 0. L. Strakahan, Secretary.
HOOD RIVER I.01K1E No. 1115, A. F. and A
M. Meets Saturday evening on or before
eac h full moon. Wm. M. Vatbs, W. M.
C. D. Thompson, Secretary.
HOOD RIVER CHAPTER, No. 27, R. A. M
Meets third Friday night of each month.
E. L. Smith, H. P.
' A. N. Rahm, Secretary.
HOOD KIVER CHAPTER, No. 25, O. E. S.
Meets second aud fourth Tuesday even
lugs of each month. Visitors coidlally wel
comed. Mks. Moi.lik C. C01.I, V. M.
Mas. Mabv B. Davidson, Secretary.
OTlCTA ASSEMBLY No. 103, United A'tiuBns,
Meets first and third Wednesdays, work;
second and fourth Wednesdays, social: Arti
tans hall. F. C. Dkosii's, M. A.
Mrs. E. A. Barnkh, Secretary.
WAUCOMA I.OIXiE, No. 80, K. of P.-Meets
In A. O. U. W. ball every Tuesday night.
C. E. Markham, C. C.
W. A. FlBEBAUOH, K. op B. and H.
ivERSIDE T.OIIGE, No. 68? A. O. U, W.
Meets lirst and third Saturdays or each
month. Frku Howe, V, M.
E. R. Bradley, Financier.
( hkbtkk Shutk, Recorder.
1DLEWILDE LODGE, No. 107, I. O O. F.
Meets In Fraternal hall every Thursday
night. W. O. Ash, N. G.
J. L. Henderson, Secretary.
OODlaVER TENT, No. 19, K. O. T. M..
meets at A. O. U, W. hall on the lirst and
third Fridays of each month.
Walter Gerkino, Commander.
I V EK8nELODGE NO. 40, DEGREE OF
HONOR, A. O. U. W.-Moels Brat aud
third Saturdays at 8 P. M.
Mrs. E. R. Bradley, C. ol H.
Mrs. H. J. Frederick, Recorder.
HOOD RIVER CAMP, No. 7,702, M. W. A.,
meets in Odd Fellows' Hall the first and
third Wednesday! of each month.
F. L. Davidson, V. C.
E. R. Bradley. Clerk.
yy B. TRESBY,
attorney-at-taw and U. S. Commissioner.
Goldeudale, Wash.
Makes a specialty of land office work. Final
proofs in timber and homestead entries made
before him.
JJR. J. W. VOGEL.
OCULIST.
Will make regular monthly visits to Hood
River. Residence W3 Sixteenth Street,
Portland, Oregon.
1 II. JENKINS, I. M. D.
.DENTIST.
Specialist on Crown and Bridge Work.
Telephones: Ollice, 281; residence, 94.
Office In Langille bid. Hood River, Oregon.
JJR.K. T. CARN8.
Dentist.
Cold crowni and bridge work and all kinds of
Up-to-DaU Dentistry.
HOOD RIVER OREGON
H.
L. DUMBLE,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Successor to ut. m. r. onaw.
- Calls promptly answered in town or country,
Dav or Niht.
Telephones: Residence, 81 i Oflici,83.
Office over Everhart's Grocery.
J T. WATT, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon.
Telephones: Office, 281; residence, 283.
SURGEON 0. R. A N. CO.
JOHN LELAND HENDERSON
ATTORNEY-AT LAW. ABSTRACTER, NO
TARY PUBLIC and REAL
ESTATE AGENT.
For 23 years a resident of Oregon and Wash
ington. Has had many years experience in
Real Estate matiars, as abstractor, searcher of
titles and ageut. balUIaetion guaranteed or
no charge.
pREDERICK & ARNOLD
CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS.
Estimate furnished for all kinds of
work. Repairing a specialty, ill kinds
of shop work, Niop on State Street,
between First and Second.
JHE KLONDIKE CONFECTIONERY
I the place to get the latent and best in
Confectioneries, Canities. Nuts, Tobacco,
Cigars, etc
..ICE CREAM PARLORS....
W. B. COLE, Proprietor.
p C. BROSiUS, M. D.
' THYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Thone Central, or 121.
Office Honrs: 10 to 11 A. M.; J to 8
and b to 1 r. m.
gUTLER A CO.,
BANKERS.
Do general banking business.
HOOD RIVER, OREGON.
SWITCHMEN WON'T STAND IN.
They Will Not Strike, and Trainmen Are
To Be Given No Assistance.
Chicago, Nov. 13. According to
statement made today by Grand Master
Ilawley, of the Switchmen's nnion of
North America, there will be no strike
of Bwitchmen in Chicago. Officials of
the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen,
however, scout the idea that Mr. Haw
ley's organization figures in the sitaa
tion, and say the switchmen who are
members of their organization are
strong enough to enforce demands
made by them upon the railroad com'
panies entering Chicago. it was
learned today that the Chicago Great
Western, the Chicago Terminal Trans
fer and the Chicago & Eastern Illinois
railroads had entered into agreements
with the switchmen's union by which
that organization accepts the increase
of 2 cents an hour for switchmen aiid
3 cents an hour for foremen, which
has been offered by the railroad mana
gers. It was also learned that the Illi
nois Central and Rock Island compan
ies were negotiating with the switch
men's union. '
Grand master Ilawley, of the switch
men's union, declared his organization
had a memberhsip of 1,700 in Chicago,
and asserted that the Brotherhood of
Railway Trainmen could not call a
strike of switchmen if they so desired.
He said his organization had secured an
increase of 10 per cent in the North
west, and that the scale would be re-
cognized by switchmen throughout the
country. He further declared that the
demands made by the brotherhood had
been prompted by jealousy and could
not be recognized.
RAILROADS AND MEN AQREE.
Increase of About 12 Per Cent for Labor
at Switching Terminals.
Chicago, Nov. 13. The wage con
troversy between the railroads and the
Brotherhood oi Railroad Trainmen,
which, for a time, threatened to tie up
all the principal switching terminals
in Chicago, was amicably adjusted to
night at a conference between the rail
road managers and the officials of the
brotherhood. The settlement was
reached on the basis of a compromise.
Seventeen of the railroads, signed the
new agreement, and the Santa Fe, the
other road involved, will sign tomorrow
morning. The men will receive an in
crease of about 12 per cent. At to
night's meeting the railroads submitted
proposition offering an increase of 3
cents an hour to helpers and 4 cents to
foremen. The proposition was ac
cepted by the men. The rates agreed
upon are as follows:
Day foremen, SI cents per hour;
night foremen, 33 cents per hour; day
helpers, 28 cents per hour; night help
ers 30 cents per hour. These rates are
one-half per cent in excess of the St.
Paul-Minneapolis rate for each class.
The effect of the new scale will be
far-reaching. According to the officers
of the Brotherhood of Trainmen, the
rate will go into effect at all large cen
ters west of Chicago, where committees
are now in session awaiting the out
come of the Chicago trouble.
The Chicago scale-goes into effect
November 15, and through the signed
agreements with the railroad managers
it cannot be modified witnout 30 days
notice.
MOLINEUX FREE.
After Four Years of Suspense and Prison
Life, Jury Acquits Him.
New York, Nov. 13. Roland B.
Molineux was set at liberty today, after
spending nearly four years in prison
and being once condemned to death
and twice placed on trial for his life
for the murder of Mrs. Katherine J
Adams. But 13 minutes sufficed for
the jury to reach a veridct of acquittal.
Molineux, who was brought into
court as soon as it was known that the
jury had agreed, was apparently as on
concerned as he had been throughout
the trial, and gave no evidence of emo
tion when the words that established
his innocence were pronounced. His
aged father, General Molineux, was
deeply affected and could with diffi
culty respond to the greetings of
friends who pressed forward to oiler
their congratulations.
Postal Receipts doing Up.
Washington, Nov. 13. Statistics of
the gros postal receipts of the gov
ernment for last month, as compared
with October, 1901, at 50 of the largest
postoffices in the country, show a total
of $5,580,509, an increase of 13 per
cent. The increase at New lork was
11 per cent, and at Chicago 19 per
cent, the receipts being 11,183,588 and
(864,884, respectively. Tbe largest in
crease was 36 per cent at Los Angeles,
with Milwaukee next with 33r
Burned to Death In Pe-st house.
Charleston, S. C. Nov. 13. The
pest bouse at the city hospital caught
fire this morning shortly after 2 o'clock,
and four negro men were burned to
death before tbey could be rescue i.
One negro woman, the only other in'
mate of that department, escaped.
Jewelry Store Robbed.
Tonopah, Nev., Nov. 13. Frank
Golden's jewelry store was robbed last
night of watches, diamonds and money
to the amount of $3,000. This is tbe
third robbery that has occurred recent
ly, and it is surmised that an organixed
band of thieve is located bare.
NEWS OF OREGON
ITFMS OP INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS
OF THE STATE.
Commercial and Financial Happenings of
the Past Week Brief Review of the
Growth and Development of Various
Industrie Throughout Our Common-
, wealth Latest Market Report
Hugh O'Donnell, a pioneer mining
man ot Bauer county, agea oo years, is
dead. - "
The Tallant-Grant packing company,
of Astoria, has filed articles ol incor
poration. . ( j .
Eugene has asked for an increase in
mail carriers to meet the growing de
mand for free delivery. '
Two million feet of logs were swept
away in a Lewis river freshet caused by
the recent heavy rains.
A bill for the nomination of political
candidates by the voters has been pre
pared for tbe Oregon legislature.
The work of installing the new ma
chinery at the Mountain View mine,
near Baker City, will soon be com
pleted. The 1902 hop crop in this state will
amount to about 85,000 bales. Of this
amount less than 20,000 bales remain
in the bands of the growers.
The Multnomah county delegation to
the legislature, at a meeting held last
week, indorsed a $500,000 appropria
tion for the Lewis and Clark fair.
An experimental salmon hatchery is
in operation on the A I sea river, in Ben
ton county. The past season has prov
en so successful that it is likely to be
made a permanent station.
A custom quartz mill will soon be in
operation in the Quartzburg district
Contracts have already been secured for
reducing ore sufficient to keep a 20-
stamp mill in constant operation
Tbe Waldo smelting and mining com
pany will put in a 100-ton smelter at
once at its copper mines in the Waldo
district. A smelter at Waldo will be
of great benefit to the vast mineral dis
trict of that section, as, aside from
treating the ores of its own mines, it
would also do a general custom busi
ness. A number of good mines of that
section will be able to do their smelt
ing at home and with much less expense
than heretofore, as the ores had to be
sent to California.
The'flret heavy frost of the season a.
The Dalles fell last Wednesday nightt
The droa store of Dr. H. A. Wall.
Lyle, was robbed of $1,050 by four
masked men.
Mrs. Mary Starkey, an Oregon pio
neer of 1845, is dead. She had lived
in Salem for a number of years.
C. A. Fitch, of Lakeview. Fusion
candidate for state printer in 1898,
committed suicide by taking morphine.
Citizens of Portland have started to
raise a $25,000 fund for an immigra
tion bureau and permanent exhibit.
The sugar factory at La Grande has
already received 13,400 tons of beets,
which amount is greater than the whole
crop of any previous year.
It has been announced to the stu
dents of Pacific university, Forest
Grove, that tbe Cor butt prize for schol
arship of $50 and the Tibbals prize for
oratory of $50 have been again offered
this year.
The report of the superintendent of
the state asylum for October bIiows
1,265 persons to be confined in that
institution, an increase of nine since
September.
An important ruling has been made
by School Superintendent Ackerman.
He has decided that the residence of
the parent or guardian, rather than the
place where the pupil is enumerated,
determines the place where a child is
entitled to attend school without paying
tuition.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat WallaWalla, 6869c; blue-
stem 733 074c; valley, 70c.
Barley Feed, $21.00 per ton; brew
ing, $22.00.
Flour Best grade, 3.20(33.50; grah
am, $2 90(3.20.
Millstuffs Bran, $19.00 per ton;
middlings, $23.50; aborts, $19.50;
chop, $17.
Oats No. 1 white, $1.10 1.15;
gray, $I.051.10 per cental.
Hay Timothy, $10(811: clover,
$7.60; cheat, $8 per ton.
Potatoes Best Burbanks, 60 80c
per sack; ordinary, 6055c per cental,
growers' prices; Merced sweets, $1.75
2 per cental.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3.50(3
4.25; per pound, 10c; hens, $4(94.60 per
dozen; per pound, 11c; springs, $3.00
(33.50 per dozen; fryers, $2.60(3.00;
broilers, $2.00(32.60; ducks, $4.50(9
6.00 per dozen; turkeys, young, 12
(313c; geese, $6.00(36.60 per dozen.
Cheese Full ctmo, twins, 15(3
16c; Young America, 1516X .
factory prices, KJlJic less.
Butter Fancy creamer?, 30j32Wc
per pound; extras, 30c; dairy, 20
22,S'c; store, 15(318.
Eggs 25 30c per dozen.
Hope New crop, 22325c per pound.
Wool Valley, 12l5c5 Eastern
Oregon, 8314)c; mohair, 26(3 28c -
Beef Gross, cows, 8(3 3 H per
pound; ateers, 4c; dressed, 6 (3 7c ,
Veal 7X8Hc
Mutton Grow, 3c per pound;
dreesed, 6c
Lambs Gross, SXe per pound;
dressed, 6 He
Hogs Gross,' 6i(36Ke per pound;
dressed,
TO SUPPRESS LADRONISM.
Military Forces Will Probably Help Con
stabulary In Cavlte.
Manila, Nov. 1 2. The government
is adopting vigorous measures to sup
press ladronism in the provinces of
Cavite, Rizal and Bulacan. A zom
embracing these provinces and sur
rounding Manila is the scene of con
stant petty and sometimes serious dis
order. 'Several armed bands, some of
them numbering 200 or 300 men, are
operating in the described districts,
and have committed various depreda
tions. They find a safe refuge in the
mountains. Tbe plan of the govern
ment contemplates securing the assist
ance of the military, which has been
inactive since the end of the insurrec
tion. The extent 61 the army's partici
pation in the work of suppression de
pends upon developments. It is prob
able that the military authorities will
request the garrisons to protect tbe
more important towns, while the con
stabulary conduct tbe field operations.
It is thought that martial law, in a
modified form, will be declared and
the privilege of the writ of habeas cor
pus suspended in Cavite province,
which has been the home of the la-
drones for ages;
Military control of Cavite province
is not . contemplated. It is intended
that the military and civil authorities
shall work in conjunction. The belief
is held that advantage has been taken
in some parts of the island of the com
plete inactivity of the soldiers, and it
is thought that the use of the army by
the civil authorities will have a bene
ficial effect. '
The vigorous campaign against the
ladrones conducted by volunteers in
Bulacan province has resulted in driv
ing many refugee bandits into Rizal,
where the campaign is now opening.
General Davis is co-operating with
Governor Taft. He has strengthened
tht- garrisons in Rizal, and is support
ing and assisting the native constabu
lary, which is now effective. The opera
tions in Cavite province will com
mence shortly.
CANAL TREATY IS ASSURED.
Colombia's Stand Will Cause No Trouble
for United States.
Washington, Nov. 12. Secretary
Hay today bad a conf( ,nce with Sen
ator Cullom, chairman of the senate
committee on foreign relations, and
also with Senator Morgan, the senior
member of the minority of the senate
committee on canal matters. The sec
retary wau able to show that substan
tial progress is makjng towards tbe
completion of a treaty with the Colom
bian government, conveying the neces
sary rights for the construction of a
canal across the Isthmus of Panama.
In fact, so well have the negotiations
progressed lately between Secretary
Hay and Senor Concha, the Colombian
minister, that it is now expected that
by tbe end of the present week all of
the phases of the proposition will have
been disclosed, and little will remain
to be done to conclude the convention.
It can be stated that the attitude of
the Colombian negotiations presents no
insurmountable obstacles, and that a
treaty can be framed acceptable to both
sides in Btrict conformity with the
spirit of the Spooner act. '
TRIED TO LYNCH CAR CREW. .
Angry Crowd Try to Take Vengeance on
Careless Motorman.
St. Louis. Nov. 12. A crowd tonight
attempted to lynch the motorman and
conductor on a trolley car that had
struck a wairon nontainins 12 Dersons
at Jefferson avenue and Howard street,
lujuring eight. One, a girl, was in
lured internallv. and was taken to a
hospital. The others received severe
bruises but were able to go to their
homes. A crowd soon collected aronnd
the wagon and some one shouted:
"Lynch the car crewl" Instantly
i rush was made for the conductor and
motorman. Several policemen rushed
to the rescue and by threats to shoot
kept the crowd back until a patrol
wagon could be called. The car men
were then taken to the police station to
save their lives.
TO PREVENT DESTRUCTIVE FIRES.
Aberdeen Sawmill Will Have an Immense
Refuse Consumer.
Aberdeen. Wauh.. Nov. 12. A. J.
West, of the West Side lumber com
pany, has returned from the East,
where he purchased a refuse consumer
for his bis nlant. It will cost $15,000
to install it. The diameter of the con
sumer will be 45 feet and its height 90
feet, and it win weigh SO tons.
The losses on Grav's harbor by fires
caused bv ouen burning refuse piles at
the mills, has Deen very large in tne
paet few years, and tbe installing ol tbe
consumer will minimize tbe loss at
East Aberdeen, where this plant is lo
cated. It is expected that other con
sumers will bo put in by other mill
men.
To Examine Territories.
Chicago, Nov. 12. Senators Bever-
idge, of Indiana, Neison, of Minnesota,
riillincham. of Vermont. Bate, of Ten
nessee And Heitfel. of Idaho, will leave
Chicago tomorrow night fjr Oklahoma,
fcw Mexico and Arizona, to Inveetl
crate these territories' claims to state
hiwl. The five senators are members
of tbe senatorial sub-committee on
atatM and territories, and it is- likelv
hat their report will tuvemacU weight
with the upper nonse ol congress.
Standard O0 Company Shut Oat.
Timlnn. Not. 12. A rmial diimatch
received here from Calcutta says that
tbe Indian government tiai retused ue
Standard oil company permission to
prospect is the oii3eldi of Barman.
OPERATORS REPLY
COAL BARONS HOLD THAT MINERS'
DEMANDS ARE UNJUST.
Leader of the Mine Operators Claims the
Average Earnings of the Men Are Not
Less Than in Other Callings Requiring
Equal Skill and Training Eight-Hour
Day Impracticable.
Washington, Nov. 13. President
Baer, of the Philadelphia & Reading
coal and iron company, baa filed with
the anthracite coal strike commission
the reply of that company to the state
ment made by John Mitchell, presi
dent of "the Mineworkers of America,
concerning the points involved in the
anthracite coal strike. Following is
the text of Mr. Baer'a statement:
"To the anthracite coal strike com
mission: Xhe Philadelphia & Heading
coal and iron company replying to the
demands of John Mitchell, representing
certain anthracite mineworkers, says:
"That it owns 37 collieries situated
in the counties of ScGuylkill, Northum
berland and Columbia, and that it did
operate, previous to the strike inaugur
ated by the United Mineworkers of
America, 33 collieries and four wash-
eries and that at that time it bad
26,829 employes in and about tbe
mines.
"The demand for '20 per cent in
crease upon the price paid during the
year 1901 to employes performing con
tract or piece work' is arbitrary, un
reasonable and nnjust. This company
denies there is such similarity between
the mining of bituminous and of anth
racite coal as to make wages paid in
one a standard for the other.
"Ibis company denies that the pres
ent rate of wages is lower than is paid
in other mines in the same locality
and controlled by like conditions.
This company is not informed as to the
average annual earnings in the bitum
inous coal fields, but it avers that near
ly all of its former employes woo dur
ing tbe past five months worked in the
bituminous mines have returned to the
anthracite coal regions, preferring to
work in the anthrarite mines.
"This company denies that 'the rate
of wages in the anthracite coal fields is
insufficient to compensate the mine
workers, in view of the dangorous char
acter of the occupation in relation to
accidents, liability to serious and perm
anent disease, the high death rate and
the short trade life incident to this em
ployment.' "This company further denies mat
'the children of the anthracite mine
workers are prematurely forced into the
breakers and mills instead of being
supported and educated upon tbe earn
ings of their parents, because of the
low wages of such parents,' or that such
wages are below tbe fair and just earn
ings of mineworkers in this industry.
"No boys are employed in and about
the mines and breakers in violation of
the Statutes fixing the ages of employ
ment. In addition to provisions for
education, ample hospitals for the care
of the sick and injured are maintained
in the anthracite coal regions. Ibis
company avers that there is not any
where else in the world a mining region
where the workmen have so many com
forts, facilities for education, general
advantages and snch profitable employ
ment. "In general we deny, in so far as re
lates to anthracite mining, 'that the
10-hour day is detrimental to the
healthy life of the mineworkers; that
shorter hours improve the physical,
moral and mental conditions of the
workers, and that shorter hours in
crease the intensity and efficiency of
labor.' We admit that the tendency
of national and state governments and
of labor organizations is toward shorter
hours, but deny that a working day of
less than 10 hours will be of real ad
vantage to the workmen engaged in and
about tbe anthracite mines and collier
ies. In exhausting work a day of 10
hours is too long, but there is no ex
hausting labor which justifies a reduc
tion of hours of work in the anthracite
coal mines."
PORTO RICANS IN HAWAII.
Claim They Are Badly Treated on Plan
tation Dole Denies It
Washington. Nov. 13. Secretary
Hitchcock has received from Governor
Dole, of Hawaii, a statement denying
reports of ill-treatment of several
thousand Porto Ricans. Tbe laborers
went to Hawaii at the solicitation of
tbe Sugar Planters' association, and
the complaint was made by Pedro J.
Agostini, faher of one of the workmen.
The governor says, after an investiga
tion, that the desire of some of the
laborers to return to Porto Rico results
from homesickness, influenced by
imaginative persons, and will subside
with time, and that the condition of
the industrious Porto Ricans is satis
factory and their health improved.
Working on Cuban Report.
Washington. Kov. 13. General
Wood returned to Washington today,
and at once resumed work on his report
of the oompation and government of
Cuba. He nays he baa been absent too
long to speak with any actual or direct
knowledge of preeent conditions in Cuba
with the prospects of tbe island. He
has not yet seen Minister Qnesada, nor
baa he had opportunity to discuss tbe
situation with officials ol tbe Lmted
SUtes who are fall informed.
IRRIGATION FOR OREQON.
Will Oet a Share of About $900,000 from
National Irrigation Fund.
Washington, Nov. 11. Out of an ag
gregate reclamation fund in the treasury
of approximately $9,000,000, the state
of Oregon is entitled to credit for abont
one tenth, or something in the neigh
borhood of $900,000. 1'he general land
office and the treasury are together
working to compute the net returns
from public lands in the several states
and from tiie United States for the past
two fiscal years, in order to ascertain
the exact size of the reclamation fund
created by tbe irrigation act of the lat
session of congress. This law, it will
be recalled, provides that the net funds
derived from the sale and disposal of
public lands shall constitute a reclama
tion fund, for use on government works
in the several states. While the whole
amount comprises an aggiegate sum, to
be distributed at the direction of the
secretary of the interior, it is provided
at the end of 10 years each state shall
receive benefits in proportion to its
contributions to the fund. It was also
wisely provided that the fund should
include receipts for the past fiscal year.
It is a matter of note that Oregon has
the third largest returns of any state in
the Union, for the past two years.
Ibe net returns to the credit of the
state stand at about $900,000 for the
two years.
The only states which precede Oregon
are North Dakota, whose gioss returns
amount to $1,321,811, and Oklahoma,
with' $1,094,452 for the two years.
Washington is the fourth state with
$891,509, and Idaho seventh, with
576,990. The approximate net re
turns for Idaho will be about $750,000
for the two years.
COST OF RURAL FREE DELIVERY.
Increased Appropriations Are Necessary
to Meet Requirements.
Washington, Nov. 11. The annual
gross cost of complete rural free deliv
ery service throughout tbe United
States will approximate $2,000,000,
according to the annual report which
First Assistant Postmaster General
Wynne received from Augu.-t W.
Machen, general superintendent of tbe
service. Tbe remaining 700,000 square
miles not now covered by rural free de
livery service, according to the report,
will require the employment of 26,000
cr 27,000 carriers in addition to those
now emlpoyed, making the entire force
of carriers, when the extension of the
service is completed, within the next
three years, 40,000. After this exten
sion is completed the annual rate of in
crease in the appropriation is expected
not to exceed 8 or 9 per cent, the rate
maintained in the other branches of
the pouts 1 service. To attend the
service 12,000 routes a year until it be
comes universal, the report says, will
require such largely increased appro
priations that the annual postoffice de
ficits for the ensuing two or three years
will probably reach $8,000,000 or
$10,000,000, if not more; but once the
service is completed, the additional
revenue derived will soon reduce the
deficits to present figures, if not en
tirely wipe them out.
SOURCE OF ORB FOUND.
Old-Time Colorado'Mlning Camp Expected
to Boom Again.
Pueblo, Colo., Nov. 11. For 20
years people bave been trying to find
the source of the ore at Silver Cliff,
and at last it has turned up, only half
a mile from tbe town. -The strike
made a few days ago by Haskell & Jack
son, two veteran amayers, seems to be
the most important in Southern Colo
rado for many years. They are now
literally quarrying out- the ore, and
shipping it by the carload. Immense
sums have been spent in vain efforts to
find the ore which was known to be
there, the search including the Geyser
Prospect shaft, which is 2,600 ieet
deep. The ore bas been found just
below the surface on government land.
It runs $44 per ton, and picked speci
mens yield 75 ounces of gold and much
silver. There is great excitement in all
that region, and everything has been
staked for miles. It is anticipated that
Silver Cliff, once the second town in the
state, will boom again.
Electric Trains a Success.
New York, Nov. 11. Electric trac
tion trains on the military railway, be
tween Berlin and Zossen, bave now
ended for the season, says a London
dispatch to the Tnbune. Tbe result of
the trials has been to prove beyond
doubt that express trains can easily be
run by electric power at a speed of 75
miles an hour on an ordinary perma
nent way. A higher rate of speed re
quired heavier and firmer permanent
way, and this is to be prepared in time
for the recommencement of the trials
in the spring.
Reciprocity Treaty Is Signed. I
Washington, Nov. 11. Secretary
Hay, for the United States, and Sir
Michael Herbert, representing the Brit
ish government and the government of
Newfoundland, today, at tbe state de
partment, signed what is known as the
Bond-Hay treaty, providing foi re
ciprocity between the United States
and Newfoundland, covering fish pro
ducts and bait. The treaty will be
submitted to the senate immediately
npon its reassembling.
Yale Students Mast Learn to Swim.
New York, Nov. 10. Every student
entering Yale will become an expert
swimmer, if he cannot advance good
reasons to be excused from taking
swimming lessons, says Herald dis
patch from New Haven. Tbe fa ulty
ha found that 10 per cent of this year'
entering class cannot swim. A rule
baa been passed to permit swimming
leesons to connt for the required gym
nasium work.
DAMAGED BY FIRE
NEW YORK-BROOKLYN BRIDGE SCENE
OF A COSTLY BLAZE.
It Was tbe New One Now Under Course
of Construction Fire Was 35S Feet
In the Air, Rendering Fire Apparatus
Useless Loss WIU Reach $500,000,
and Work May Be Delayed.
New York, Nov. 12. The new East
river bridge, in process of construction
between New York and Brooklyn, was
damaged to the amount of at least
$500,000 tonight by a fire that for four
hours raged 855 feet in the air, on the
summit of the great steel tnwnr nn fVin
New York side. There was probably
no ioes oi me.
Owing to the enormous height of the
tower it was impossible to reach the
fire with any'apparatns in the fire de
partment, ami the flames, after devour
ing all the woodwork on the top of tbe
tower, seized on the timber falsework
of the two foot bridges suspended from
thejnain cables, burning away the sup
ports. Nearly 1,000,000 feet of burn
ing lumber fell with a crash and a hiss
into the stream. The falling foot
bridge carried aaay a score of lighter
cables and guys, which trailed in the
water, rendering it necessary for the
purpose of safety to stop all traffic up
and down the river.
The fire was the most spectacular
conflagration that has ever been seen in
New York. The fire started in a tool
shed, and from this spread to the
framework. Within five minutes after
the discovery of the fire the whole top
of the tower was in a blaze. Then the
foot bridges fell, carrying with them
many tons of bolts, rivets, nuts and
tools.
While the fire was at its height a
party of firemen were cut off at the
base of the tower, where they were ex
posed to a torrent of brands of redhot
iron and steel. They were rescued
after several had been eeverelyjburned.
tsranas irom tne tower set fire to the
big storehouse of the Pennsylvania
steel company. It was entirely con
sumed, and the contents were hurled
into the river, together with two hoist
ing derricks on the platform. It was
11 o'clock before the flames bad de
voured everything combustible, leaving
only the steel tower and the four great
14 inch steel cables stretching across
the river. These cables were recently
completed, save for the steel sheathing,
and it is feared that they have been
badly damaged by the intense heat.
Should it be necessary to replace them,
the labor of two years would be lost.
Chief Engineer Martin, in charge of
the bridge construction, said that four
steel saddles, weighing 34 tons', on the
top of the tower, were red hot, but
were not damaged. One of the four
cables resting on the saddles, too, he
thought, would have to be partially re
placed bv splicing. This will Involve
delay of at least four months. The
remaining cables suffered little injury.
The loss on the two foot bridges is esti
mated at $100,000.
Tbe bridge extends from the foot of
Delancy street, Manhattan, to tho foot
of South Fifth street, Brooklyn. It
wae designed to carry four surface
railroads, two tracks for elevated trains,
two roadways for vehicles, two foot
paths and two cycle paths, at an ele
vation of 135 feet above the water in
the center of the main span. The main
cables had recently been completed,
and the work of laying the main span
was soon to bave begun. Tbe cost of
the bridge was placed at about $ 10,
000,000. TO HAVE WIRELESS TELEQRAPHY.
System To Be Established Across Canada
from Cape Breton to Victoria.
Victoria, B. C. Nov. 12. J. N.
Greensbields, solicitor of the Marconi
wireless telegiaph company, now here,
annountedtoday that the company is
about to establish a system of wireless
telegraphy across the Dominion of Can
ada, connecting Victoria with Cape
Breton. He said that not only would
the company operate a system of wire
less telegraphy across the ocean, but a
also a land line across the continent
from Cape' Breton to Victoria. Sta
tions will be erected at many points
across the Dominion, and all the prin
cipal cities and towns of Canada in
cluded in tbe system, the principal sta
tions being at Halifax. -Quebec, Mon
treal, Toronto, Hamilton, Kingston,
London, Sault Ste Marie, Port Arthur,
Winnipeg, Regina, Calgary, Revei
stoke, Vancouver, Kamloops, and Vic
toria. The saving of toll will be great
when the new eytsem is in vogue, for
press messages will be sent for one-half
the present price, and there will also
be a reduction of 60 per cent on com
mercial mersagea. He says there is no
longer any doubt regarding the success
of the Marconi system, and the official
announcement to this effect can be ex
pected at any time.
Trainmen's Strike Probable.
Chicago, Nov. 12. Unless an agree
ment has been reached at the final
meeting tonight of the Brotherhood of
Railway Trainmen and the manager of
the train service of a number of road
that bave refused the demands of the
men, an order to strike will go forth
and 2,000 men will refuse to work.
This was stated with the authority of
Grand Master Lee at the cloee of a pro
longed conference of committee and
other.
Six Hurt In Train (Wreck.
Jefferson City, Mo., Nov. 12. An
east bound Missouri Pacific train ran
1 ito switch engine this evening, and
six panon were injured, to fatally.