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0 " IT'S A coub day" when wb PET LEFT," I " : -r " ' -TOL. XIV. . HOOD EIVER, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21. 1U02. " ' ' " NO. 27. HOOD I RIVER GLACIER " " ' published Every Friday by ' - a r. BLYTHB BON, Publisher. ..rnvthe. E.N.BlyUus. D r ' --(7ub8cription-l. year when paid Is dvaa. THE 'MAI1.8. mall arrives from Mt. Hood at 10 o'clock . J, Wednesday! and Saturdays; departs the orCUenowethrieavei at 8 a. m. Tuesdays, .n.i Haturdavs: arrives at n. m. 1 for White Salmon (Wash.) leave, daify at :45 "lYf'im White Salmon leaves for Fnlda, Gilmer, .LMki and Glenwood daily at A. M. VrorBingen (Wash.) leaves ato:4iip.rn.i ar rives at 2p.m. ' ' ' ' :- ' ,' " - - SOCIETIES. iir OROVE COUNCIL No. 142, ORDER OF pen-do. Meets the Second and Fourth of the month. Visitors cordially wel- 1Jl i p II IwviN f'rtiintiaimr comei jjks. Hbhby McQqibs, Secretary. - nvo nv WASHINGTON. Hood River () Onion No. H2, meets in Odd Fellows' hall Bcond ana lourtn riuruy com rail o'clock. . C. L. Copple, President. Diu H. L, Duhblb, Secretary- . LAUREL REBEKAH DEGKEB LODGE. : 87 1. 0. O. K. Meets Unit and third Mi ' i. ....... . OS) m e wu"" Mrs. W. O. Ash, N. G. Miss Ota Walker, Secretary. s .why post. No. 16. G. A. R. Meets at A. i ii. w. Hall second and fourth Satardays a7 Mi'h montn ai i ooiuca . m. ii u. a. i. W v - . 111 n I II members invited to meet with us. " J. W. Riqby, Commander, (j, J. Hayes, Adjutant. . . flANBY W. R. C, No. 1-Meets first Satur- Udav of each monin in a. u. v. . nmi p.m. Mrs. B. F. Bhoimakkb, President. Mbs. 0. L. Stbakahaw, Secretary. ..nun rtvkr LODGE No. 106. A. F. and A H M. Meets Saturday evening on or before each full moon. - wu. M. iathj, n. m C. D. ThompsoW, Secretary. H onn RIVER CHAPTER, No. 27, R. A. M.- Meets tmra rriuay uiftii i uvuiu. . . I SMITH, H. P. "A. N. Rahm. Secretary. : .rnnn RIVER CHAPTER. No. 25, O. E. 8.- H Meets second and fourth Tuesday even inn of each month. Visitors cordially wel comed. Mas. Mollis C; Cole, W. M, , Mas. Mam B. Davidson, Secretary. QLETA ASSEMBLY No. 103, United Artisans, -Meets first and .third Wednesdays, work.; second and fourth- Wednesdays social : aiu snshall. F. C.-Brobius, M. A. ; - Mk. E. A. Babneb, Secretary. .-- tttaIICOMA LODGE. No. SO, K. of P.-Meets VV in A. 0. U. W. hall every Tuesday nUrht ".' . C. E. Mabkhah, c c. W. A. FiBKBAPOH, K. OF R. and 8. 1-kTVTtRHinE LODGE. No. 68. A. O. U, W. it Meets first and third Saturdays of each gonth. 1 Fskd Hows, W. M. E. R. Bbadley, Financier. Chester Shcte, Recorder. ' ' -' IDLEvVILDE LODGE, No. 107, I. O O. F.- I Meets in Fraternal hall every Thursday fight. W. 0. Ash, N. G. J, L. Henderson, Secretary. ; HOOD RIVER TENT, No. 19, K. O. T. M., meets at A. O. U, W. hall on the first and third Fridays of each month. Walteb Gebkimo. Commander. niVERSIDE LODGE NO. 40, DEGREE OF IL HONOR, A. O. U. W.- -Meets arst ana third RRtnrriRVB Rt P. M Mrs. E. R. Bradley, C. 6t H. Mas. H. J. Fbkdbbick, Recorder.' HOOD RIVER CAMP, No. 7,702, M. W. A., meets In Odd Fellows' Hall the, first and third Wednesdays of each month. F. L. Davidson, V. C . E. R. Bbadlet. Clerk. b. presby, Attorney-at-Uw and li. S. Commissioner. Gcldendale, Waslu. Makes a specialty of land office work. Final proofs in timber and homestead entries made before him. J)R. J. W. VOGEL. OCULIST. Will make regular monthly visits to Hood River. ' Residence 363 Sixteenth Street, -:."' Portland, Oregon. (1 H. JENKINS, D. M. D. . DENTIST. Specialist on Crown and Bridge Work. Telephones: Office, 281; residence, M. -Office in Langille bid. Hood River, Oregon. JJR.K.T.CARN8.' ; ; Dentist. Gold crowns and bridge work and all kinds of . Dp-to-Data Dentistry. HOOD RIVER OREGON L. DUMBLE, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Buccessor to Dr. M. F. Shaw. Calls promptly answered In town ot country. Day or Night. . Telephones: Residence, 81; Offlcss S3. Office over Kverhart's Grocery. J F. WATT.M.D. Physician and Surgeonr Telephones: Office, 281; residence, 283. SURGEON O. R. NCO. JOHN LELAND HENDERSON ATTORNEY-ATLAW. ABSTRACTER. NO TARY PUBLIC and REAL E8TATK AGENT. Fnr 9S Ntn a nmldent of Orenen and Wash- fovtnn 'umm hii BtnT vean exDerienca in Rri Kitato matiara. u abstractor, searcher of titles and agent. Satisfaction guaranteed or ae charge. f REDEBICK & ARNOLD CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS. Estimate tarnished for all kinds of work. Rerjiruf( a specialty. All kinds of shop work. Shop on State Street, between First ana becond. THE KLONDIKE CONFECTIONERY I the place to get the latest and best in Confectioneries, Candies, Nats, Tobacco, vitsrs, etc .JCE CREAM PARLORS.. W. B. COLE, Proprietor. Yt C. BROSiUS, M. D. ' PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Phone Central, or 12L OSes Honrs: 10 to 11 A. M.: 2 to 3 . and 6 to 7 P. M. gUTLER & COn BANKERS. Bo a general banking business. HOOD RTVER. OREGON. I Trie irrigation congress. Oregon Assoclattoa Meets and Elects Its Officers Several Addresses. .Portland, Nov. 1?. The first day's session of the Oregon Irrigation Asso ciation convention was devoted, for the moet part to organization, appointment of committees, and election of officers. A few addresses were delivered, but the work of the convention will not com mence until today. The following officers were elected : President, A. H. Devers, of Portland ; vice president, W. R. King, of Mal heur; secretary, J. M. Moore, of Port land; treasurer, W. T. Wright, of Union. Addresses were delivered by Geo. H. Williams, mayor of Portland; J. N. Williamson, representative-elect to con gress and state senator from Crook, Kla math, Lake and Wasco counties, and F. E. Beach, president of the Portland board of trade. There are about 275 delegates and visitors in attendance at tbe sessions. The great enthusiasm that is being shown by the delegates to the irriga tion convention will have its weight toward securing a liberal apportionment of the national irrigation fund for Oregon. It is the desire of the depart ment of the interior, which has the matter in hand, to satisfy public senti ment. Much will depend upon the surveys and the condition of the conn' try, but the department will not think of forcing irrigation upon sections that do not seem to wish it. A section so situated aa to be easily and econom ically accessible to water, and shows enthusiasm, is probably the one that will be the most favoied. Lack of en thusiasm may tend to turn the depart ment against a section, but any amount of enthusiasm cannot change the natu ral conditions of the country. WHEAT ESTIMATE TOO LOW. . So Says the State Grain Inspector of the State of Washington;. Tacoma, Wash., Nov. 20. State Grain Inspector Arraamith, in an in terview, said today: "I believe the es timate of the 1902 wheat crop, recently published, is much too low. The pub lished figures place the yield of the state at 18,900,000 bushels. I have no desire to pad the figures of this year's crop, but I am satisfied that 24,000,000 bushels is a very conserva tive estimate. I base my estimate as follows: The acreage sown to wheat this year was about a 10 per cent in crease over the acreage sown last year. The crop this year has been much lighter than last, but the decrease per acre will not amount to more than 30 per cent. Add the 10 per cent in creased acreage, and"We have at least 74 per cent of last year s crop, oi atout 25,000,000 bushels. "I have just re turned from a trip through the eastern part of the state, and find that in many counties the yield was considerably underestimated. For instance, in Whitman county the yield was from 30 to 40 bushels to the acre, which is a verv fair average yield. There are other localities where the yield has been overestimated, and where tte crop did not run over 15 bushels to tne acre, but those places are nof, many. There is an immense amount ot wneai neiu in the warehouses of the eastern part of the state.,- In many of the towns along the line the warehouses are full, and great stacks of wheat are piled up along the sidetracks and covered with tarpau!in. There is also a large amount of tbe crop still in the hands of the farmer. While east I viaited many' farms where practically the entire crop was still stacked up in the fields or stowed away in tne Darns. HOLD-UP MAN ARRESTED. Made Claim in Idaho That He Was a Son of H. W. Corbett. Snokane. Wash.. Nov. 20. Saturday nieht Harry Corbett and a pal attempt ed to hold up a dry goods clerk in the residence district of Bpokane, were later captured by the police, and Corbett made a full confession, ii now uovoi ops that the young man lived in Ken drick, Idaho, for two months, and while there claimed to be a son oi Millionaire W. Corbett, of Portland, ex-L'nitea fitatiw senator. Young Corbett enowea intimate acquaintance with the family offal nf tha elder Corbett. Corbett inld the BoDkane police that he was a hfoh iivar. and his money went fast; koniv it necessary to do a little rnnsh ffamblinf. Alter his departure irom Aenanua o- o , J i black sateen shirt was louna in nis mith tha hack ret out. It ' was WUJ Hi. , - than wmatnVinrnd that a bouse Of 111 fern In the lower part 01 K-enuricK nau been robbed of small sum of money, tarn tna pfci men holding up tbe in m.to. nl 1.m nlace with drawn revoiv- it relieved tbat young torn -J" - .... a t,:. n.l mat a tha nerrietrators oi this outrage. Annies Rot on Ground. New York, Nov. 20. Thousands of bushels of fine apples are rotung on tbe ground in this state, says a Tribune i.r,r, frnm Greenwich, Conn. If barrels could be procure w say they might ship large quantities to . . . J aV a favmArfl England and even u w k v,. onnnt nrocure them, tvery n:-.- v.. .v,.n of a barrel com A . hioh Drice. ne Blue "-i" l..: in. sr cents each. Farm UIWl DI 1U."B laborers are also extremely scarce. Ble Haul in Lisbon. Lisbon. Spain, Ko. 20. -Thieves ,... Wen into the underground tha banking firm Pelurinhoand have stolen . wm of iRsnnn One of the clerks of the 1 l La. tVlAtkaTaffti rnwied in connection pail un -w1 - - ... -ith tha robbery. The frequency with vnhheries have OCCU1 WLIU1 Buvu t recently is causing great alann here. NEWS OF OREGON ITFMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS OF THE STATE. Commercial and Financial Happenings of the Past Week Brief Review of thr Growth and Development of Various Industries Throughout Our Common wealth-Latest Market Report. mTL 1 1 ... ino lourcn annual Angora goat show of Oregon will be held in Dallas January 14 and 15. uperations at the Tillamook fish hatchery have been suspended on ac count of the recent heavy rains The freshet on the Siuela river'caused by the recent heavy rains did consider able damage to the fish hatchery on mat river. A postoffice has been established at Inglis, Columbia county. An office has aleo been established at Tiller, Douglas county. The safe in the depot atNewberg was opened Friday night and $1,180 se cured by a burglar. The crook evi dently knew his business, as he worked the combination of the lock. There were 360 hales of hops sold at ua lias last Saturday for 27 cents f. o, b. Ko sales have heretofore been made above 26 cents, though offers of 26 yt cents were out The board of directors of the Wil lamette Valley Chautauqua association, at a meeting held in Oregon City . last week, decided to take some steps toward reorganization and appointed a commit tee for tbat purpose. Two different companies are endeav oring to secure franchises for operating street car systems in the city of Rose burg. -.One company is composed largely of local capitalists and the other is made up of Eastern men. It is expected that the lumbermen on the lower Columbia will advance the price of yellow fir logs from $7.50 to $8 per 'thousand.' Yellow fir logs bring a much higher price than ordin ary fir, and are in great demand. During the first two years of his term Governor Geer granted 15 pardons and 20 commutations, and during his last two years 10 pardons and 16 commuta tions Of the 10 men pardoned in the last two years two were guilty of mur der, two of manslaughter, four of lar ceny, one of assault with a dangerous weapon and one of obtaining money under false pretenses. George L. Dillman, state engineer for the examination of land applied for under the Carey arid land act, expresses the opinion that private operations will not prevent government work, as the amount reclaimed is small com pared with the total area of arid land in the state. Superintendent of Public Instruction Ackerman has derided that as soon as a parent or guardian moves into a school district with the intention of making it bis bona fide residence, a child of such parent or guardian is en titled to free tuition from the time he moves into the district. Linn county farmers are preparing a protest to be presented to the next leg islature against the proposed change ot the game law, under which upland birds may be shot from September 15, instead of from October 1. Upen seas on befoie October 1 means at a time when the farmers are busy with har vesting and they desire to have an even chance with hunters fiom the cities. . Twenty thousand of the 75,000 book lets advertising Lane county have been printed and are fin the hands of the advertising department of the Harriman company for distribution in the Eastern states. George Smith, colored, who murdered bis white wife in Portland, has been sentenced to hang on December 19. Fifteen days' time has been granted to prepare a bill of exceptions to be used in an appeal to the supreme court. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Walla Walla, 869c; blue- stem 73X74c; valley, 70c. Barley Feed, $21.00 per ton; brew ing, $22.00. Flour Best grade, 3.60(33.70; grah am, $3.003.50. Millstuffs Bran, $19.00 per. ton; middlings. $23.60: shorts, 19.5U; chop, $17. Oats No. 1 white, $1.121.15; rav. $1.10(31.12 per oental Hay Timothy, $1011; clover, 18.00: cheat. $839 per ton. Potatoes Best Burrows, outgone per sack; ordinary, 6055c per cental, growers' prices; Merced sweets, $1,759 $2 per cental. Ponltrv Chlcltens, mixea, ..ouig ..25: Tjer oousd. 10c; hens, $494.60 per dowra: per pound, 11c; springs, $3.00 tf 3.50 per doien; rryers, iz.ouiga.uu; broilers, $2.0092.80; ducks, $4,609 6.00 per dosen; -turkeys, young, 12X 913c; geese, ie.uwso.ou per aozen. Cheese uii cream, iwins, aois 16c; Young America, Aotaio factory prices, llic less. Mutter Fancy creamery, aufflj per pouna; exiraB, ovm, . on., m vii 9224e; store, ioi. Eggs Z5S3UC per aoxen. Hops New crop, B2926c per pound. "Wool-VaHey, lX915e; Eastern Oregon, tUe; mohair, 2928c Beef Gross, cows, 39SX. .per pound; steers, 4e; dressed, 69 7e.; l7a8e. : . Mutton Gross, Se per pound; In artd Aa. Lambs Gross, ic per pound; Howl-Gross, 663,e per pound; dressed, 737)e. . FIRE LOSS $900,000. Big Armour Packing House Plant at Sioux City Entirely Destroyed. Sioux City, Iowa., Nov. 19.Armour & Co.'s packing plant, which occupied four acres of the stockyards, and was valued at $900,000, was totally de stroyed early this morning by a fire which started on the second floor of the fertilizer building, and is thought by Manager Lennon to have been due to either spontaneous combustion or to an imperfect dryer. The loss is partly covered by $721,000 insurance.. Five hundred men are thrown out of employ ment. Within an hour after the flames were discovered by a watchman six streams of water were being thiown upon the flames, which were gutting the fertilizer building, 120x60 feet and four stories high, but the pressure was inadequate. The floors and contents of the building burned like chaff. The roof soon fell, and the fire burst through into the beef-killing house. At the same time the cattle chute ignited, and in five minutes fell with a crash. Once inside the beef-killing house, the flames began to dance merrily. From this house to the oleomargarine build ing was only a step, and when the oils started to burn the fire 'presented a most spectacular appearance; ' The big beef house, containing 500 carcass es, next caught nre, and tbe whole plant, except the hog house, was. a lake of fire. Tbe roar was terrific. ' The country for miles around was illuminated. Suddenly there was a terrific detona tion, followed quickly by another, and then another." Twenty-four drums of 100 pounds of ammonia each exploded before the reserve supply in the am monia cistern was reached. That ex plosion almost razed the entire plant. The flames were blown through the fire wall which separated the hog house from the other buildings. The hog house contained 2,500 dressed hogs and 2,500,000 pounds of pork products. Steadily the-, fire crept against the wind and through the office building. Not a scrap of paper was taved. When1 the last of the ammonia drums was going off, a burning chute fell upon a bunch of live hogs, and their Squeals were added to the appalling chorus. After the fire got good headway in tbe hog house, the shops, chicken pack ing plant, ice houses and ice runways and smaller" department houses were consumed in quick succession. ' . , Tbe terrible roaring continued un abated. The high brick walls crum bled and crashed one by one, and the conflagration gradually ate its way through building after building. The fire department was inadequate. The pressure was hafdly strong enough to throw water to the roof of the pork house,. ' When the walls of this de partment burst, : the firemen played their streams on the buildings until daylight. i. . "' Tbe fire burned all day and this afternoon there was another terrific ex. plosion, which threw bricks and pieces of iron for hundreds of yards. No one was hurt. ' ' ':)"' r , ' ' BOOK ON PHILIPPINES. New Work Just Issued by Insular Bureau of War Department. Washington, Nov. 19. The Pro nouncing Gazetteer and Geographical Dictionary of the Philippines, with maps, charts and illustrations, which was prepared in the bureau of insular affairs of the war department, has just been issued, and contains a wealth of information concerning our Oriental possessions. The gazetteer proper con tains 264 pages, including the index, while the geographical dictionary occu pies 668 pages, exclusive of the maps, charts and illustrations. When Dewey's brilliant victory awoke national Interest in the rmi- ippines, the obtainable literature , m Knirliah on the Question was meager, while the Spanish works were to be found in but few libraries, so that tne wnrk of obtaining complete and accur ate information of the Islands, their geographical resources, history, etc., has been a very difficult one. Bequests already received for the edition exceed the limit ordered by congress printed. Columbus' Ashes Moved. to be Seville, Spain, Nov. 19. The cere mony of depositing the ashes of Chris- W ro'nmbus in a special msuso- carried out in tbe cathedral tia th befitting solemnity. Tbe .nffin mntaininff tbe ashes of the illus- nicratnr was borne on the nf a Dartv of naval seamen and behind it walked in procession the .,nhr,ihon of Seville, tne caioeorai chapter, the minister of marine and number oi other aigniwneo. Flagman Made Fatal Mistake. ri.in.. Kn. . 19. One roan was killed and a dozen men, women and .iiiiilrMi more or let seriously injured in a collision tonight between a esv van ii a eiratrji: - --n- Burlington & Qmncy ireigni train at tbe Eighteenth street crossing. The motor and trailer wnicn maoe op m .loMru- train were crowucu wu ymw sengers, and It seems a miracie uias many escaped instant oaui. rwrnands on Tw Railroad. Chicago, Nov. 19. Engineres and ronrpaentirf the entire St. Paul system have made a demand for mmaea and an entirely new fchedule. The same classes of employ. have made !?m,Mar demands, the increase demand- eWnS IbSSe. 10 and 20 per cent. on we u"""- ONE ROBBER LESS EXPRESS MESSENGER USED HIS GUN INSTEAD OF OPENING DOOR. Four Men Attempted to Hold Up Passen ger Train In Colorado Other Robbers Took the Dead Man's Body and Ran for Cover Sheriff and Posse In Close Pursuit.' ' , 1 Trinidad, Colo., Nov. 20. Four masked robbers held up a passenger train No. 7 on tbe Colorado & Southern road, 12 miles south of here today. One of the robbers was shot by Express Messener H. W. Sherwick, of Fort Worth, Tex. ' The robbers flagged the train, and as it slowed up tbey ran alongside of the engine and coveted the crew with, revolvers. They then compelled the1 engineer, John Guilfril, to alight, snd, after placing a sack containing dyna mite under the baggage car and attach-; ing a fuse to tbe explosive they order-; ed Guilfril to ignite the fuse. This he attempted to do several times, but for? some reason the fuse would not burn. , During this proceeding the robbers kept up a fusillade in the direction of the train for the purpose of intimidate ing tbe passengers. ' While tbey werej preparing to rearrange the dynamite; and fuse, Messenger Sherwick, after extinguishing the lights in his car, quietly opened a side door in the car far enough to admit a gun barrel, and fired at the nearest robber. Tbe latter, dropped in -his trackB. .His startled companions picked him up and quickly disappeared , in the woods near by; None of the passengers were molested, rhe sheriff of Las Animas" county., imi mediately organized a posse and is now in pursuit of the holdups. . BOND FOR DREDQB LEASE, i; ! Upon Its Approval by Secretary of War wont wiu He commcncca. , . 1 Washington Nov. 20. The Port ot Portland will be required to give bond beford the secretary of war fill apj prove the contract - recently: made fo the lease of one ot its dredges for--oee oh the Columbia and Willamette belofll Portland. When the contract recently made Detween tbe Port of Portlani) commission and Captain Langfltt was received here . it - was referred to tb$ judge advocate general, who has just recommended that a bond be procured to free the government from liability for any expenses incurred in the opera' tion of the dredge. Under this contract the government can lease either dredge by paying $165 per day for the old one or $235 per day for the new " dredge Columbia. The Port will be expected to furnish the crew and fuel, and bear all expenses of operation. The bond is required as an extra piecaution, such as is frequently required in government contracts. The department expects the bond will be readily furnished. When at hand, the contract will be approved and- expenditures can be commenced under the appioprlation of. $20,000 made last session. ! Now that the government ha the option of operating a dredge of the Fori of Pottland, it is thought by some en't gineers that it will bo unnecessary to ask for future appropriations for build-, ng a government dredge for the river below Portland. , . i The engineers' office has about com pleted plans for remodeling the trans port Grant into n sea dredge for use iu cutting a temporary channel across the bar at the mouth of the Columbia river. : ' : ': - These plans will soon be widely ad' vertised, but the work will undoubtedly be done at San Francisco, where the Grant now lies. FIRE AT NORTH YAMHILL. Five Buildings Destroy ed -Loss, $20,000, Partially Covered by Insurance. North Yamhill, Or., Nov. 19. North Yamhill suffered a $20,000 fire loss last night. About 9:30 o'clock flames were discovered issuing from the gene ral merchandise store of Messner Vaulheim. and so rapidly did tbe fire im-ead that all efforts at saving the buildins or contents were utterly futile, aud the attention oi the citizens was directed toward sating adjoining nrorjertv. The lack of adequate fire fihtainn apparatus made difficult the work of subduing the flames, and before tbe fire bad burned itself out four ad Hitional buildines were in ruins. At midnight tbe flames had subsided and ware nnder comnlete control. The fire drew a groat crowd of people to the streets, but fortunately no one was In inrad. It la not kuown how tbe fire originated. $10,000 Fire In Hstesa. Helena. Mont., Nov. 20. Fire early todav threatened for an boor the com olete destruction of East Helena. A fierce gale was blowing, and to protect the incidences and business buildings blankets were made use of to prevent iffnltion from flying firebrands. V Ith the assistance of a steamer from Hel ena, tbe fire was gotten nnder control, after four buildings had been destroyed, tbe loss on which is estimated At fully $10,000. ' ' ' British Are Worried. Pesbatmr, India, Nov.; 20. The Rritiah exrjedition to put down the uprising of the Wasiri tribesmen on tha Afffhan frontier is meeting with Hatarmined oDDosition. Colonel Ton nch. in command of the Fourth col nmn. has been mortally wounded in SB engagement with tbe - insurgents', and Major Berwford, the next in com maud. ha. asked tor reinforcements. GREAT DAMAQB BY VOLCANO. Destruction In Quatemala Greater Than .That on Islaml of Martinique. New York, Nov. 18. Astounding revelations of great loss of life and prop erty by the eruption of the Santa Maria volcano are being made daily,, says a cablegram to tbe Herald from Guate mala City. Eruptions continue. Many hundreds of human beings perished and the destruction of property Js considered greater than that in the Island of Mar tinique by the eruptions, of Mount Pelee. - '.:' ;. v , ; . All of the estates in . the neighbor hood of the volcano are buried , under volcanic ashes, which reach to the topi of the houses. The richest coffee es tates are completely ruined. ' The principal losers are the large coffee planters, mostly - United States citi-; sens ' and Germans, whose properties are ruined. '' s-- f: X v . Two or three craters have . been formed on Hke side . of, the-, -volcano, There was no eruption from the sum mit. Pumice, and ashes were carried chiefly in the southern .and .western directions. .The sea has coating of volcanic material extending lor' msnji miles. ' ' ''" ,v ; ..( The loss! of the coffee crop, which, is Guatemala's principal export, has com pletely demoralized commerce and gov-j era ment finances generally, The na tional paper currency, whicti is the only circulating medium, hai fallen to 7 cents gold for one paper dollar. -V"- ' ' Prices for all necessities -have risen to prohibitive figures for many persons The athorities are trying to foi-ee the deslers to- send goods at the usual prices,' but the condition of affairs is such' that business is entirely paralysed Violently worded handbills And. posters are being circulated, : , ... " " - r :, r.': ., : ; ' . , ; : ANCIENT RELICS FOUND. ' Americans Discover Prehistoric Cavern In '. . "... , Mountains of Mexico. Hermosillp, Mexico, Nov. 18. A re markable ' Btory, duly authenticated, of the discovery" of ; hidden Astec trees. UresV has just been reported to the gov ernment authorities at Topic, by Rev. Pablo. Martfho, the parish priest of Yesca.. . Y ',4,?,,T' The priest makes a statement. which is concurred in by several reliable Wit nesses, that d party of Americans, beaded by an archaeologlo expert, who gave the name of Heverick,' arrived at Yesca several weeks ago, and went frpin , that 'place' 'into the mountains, accompanied by three Mexican guides. The archaeologist obtained hia.bearings by means of a chart which . he is said to have "copied from, an, Artec stone tablot in the National museum in the City of Mexico. He located a vast cavern In a mountain near. Yesca. Im mense stone , images stood about this chamber. ' In one end was a handsome altar, above which burned a bright flame, supplied by natural gas from a crevice in the wall.' In a chamber ad joining this main temple was found a great store of ornaments and utensils belonging to the Aztecs or some other prehistoric race. . . Twelve burros were required to trans port the articles .to San Bias, where they were snipped to can Drancisco, ac companied by the Americana. ' As such articles cannot be removed from Mexico without tbe consent o( the government, an investigation is in progress. -' .. , '' ..:-., ... ; . t MITCHELL ON THE STAND. Coat' Attorneys Put Him Through Lively . -Pace Stood Examination Wall. Scranton, Pa., Nov. 17. President Mitchell, of the United Mine workers' Union, occupied the witness stand throughout both sessions of the coal strike commission Saturday.,. For four hours and. a half be took the cross-fire of two brilliant attorneys of the coal companies, a'nd ended the day with few scare as a result of the battle. David Wilcox, of New York, of general coun sel for the Delaware & Hudson com- pany, and Wayne MacVeagh, of I'hila lelDhia. who is representing the Penn sylvania coal company 'and tbe Lehigh coal and Iron company, were the prin cipal Questioners, and they . put bud- dreds of questions to Mr'.'Mitcbell. The best of harmony prevailed between the lawyers and the witness. . The mem bers of the commission took the same interest in everything, and frequently interrupted with questions,,, that tbev might have a better understanding of what was being said. The afternoon session was more interesting. Mr. MacVeagh 's cross-examination was, as a rule, very keen, and while be assured Mt. Mitchell be was not radically op posed to him, he did not miss aa oppor tunity to place Mr. Mitchell's reasons for better conditions in the anthracite coal field in a bad light before the com' mission. ' - Storm of Dust and Ball of Fire. London. Nov. 18. According to I narial to the Mail from Sydney, N. 8 W., an extraordinary dust storm nas been experienced in Victoria and New Snnth Wales. Darkness enshrouded the citv of Melbourne at noon vaster day, and balls ot fire fell and set fire to several buildings. The people were thrown Into a state of psnlc, as they thought the world was coming to an end. A similar cloud of red dust bung like a p xll over the city of Sydney. Sow Succeeds Father la Coagre. Paris. Tex., Nov. 18. A special election was held today in the Fourth j tha wages of the conductors snd motor congressional district, Morris Shepard men In their employ would be in being elected to congress to fill the on-1 creased from 19 to 20 cants an hour, expired term of his father, recently de- Nearly B.OOO are affected by the in ceased, crease. FAVORED GERMANY KING OSCAR GAVE US CONSIDERABLY THE WORST OP THE DEAL. Full Extent of Decision Just Made Known ' Tbe British and Americans Had No Rights, According to the Views of tbe Arbitrator, to Protect Life and Prop erty or Uphold Samoaa Court. Washington, Nov. 19. By previous arrangement between the officials, there was today published simultan eously , ia Washington, London and Berlin, the full text of the decision given by his majesty, King Oscar II, as arbitrator between the three coun tries named, of certain clnima owing to military operations conducted in Samoa in the yeri.1899?'. The decision is long and abounds fn whereases and conclu sions, i1 and in substance ' it has been announced heretofore in the cable dis patches from Stockholm. The preced ing publication, however, did not con vey to the officials here a full realisa tion of the complete victory won by Germany in this arbitration, for it ap-' pears that on every point the arbitrator adopted - the most' extreme German vlew,; in opposition to Great Britain and the United States. The arbitration grew out of claims by Germans or British subjects or Ameri can citisond for compensation on ac count of losses they alleged they had suffered in consequence of unwarranted military action on the part of German, British or American officers iq Samoa, between the first of January, ,1899, and the 13th of May following. The ques tion really at issue wag whether or not the British and United States govern ments should be considered responsible foi the losses. , , ' ' . The arbitrator recites that tbe United States ship Philadelphia and the Brit ish steamers Porpoise and Royalist, on March 15, 1899, opened nre across the town of 'Apia, Samoa, directing the , same against the forces of High Chief Mataafa; that the same vessels brought the newly ; appointed ' king of Samoa, MaMetoa, and, his forces to Molinun point and supplied them with arms and ammunition for the ensuing struggle against Mataafa. In answer to the British and American claims tbat under the treaty of Berlin, any one of the signatory powers was authorized to enforce the decision of the chief justice of Samoa, declaring Malietoa kini, tbe arbitrator says: 'We have found nothing In the said general act, or any subsequent agree ment, .whlcli. authorizes one of the signatory powers, or a majority of them, to take action to enforce the conditions of the act or to make the decisions of the chief justice binding on the part of the United States." The decision con cludes as fellows: 'That, tbe military action In ques tion, namely, the bringing back of the Malietoans and the distribution to them of arms and ammunition, the bombard ment, the military operations on shore and tbe stoppage of the street traffic, cannot be .considered as having been warranted ; and that, therefore, his Brittannio majesty s government and the United States government are re sponsibly under the convention of tbe 7th of November, 1899, for losses caused . by said military action; whie reserving for a future d orison the ques tion as to the extent to which the two governments, or each ot them, may be considered responsible for such losses." c TIMBER ORDERED SOLD. Idaho Land Board Will Dispose of Twrc- Thousand Acres. Boise, Idaho, Nov. 19. The state land board has ordered the sale of about 20,000 acres mora of Idaho timber. The estimates place thti amount of timber to be disposed of at ' 160,000,000 feet. Tbe agent of the Howard land, log and lumber com pany, of Coeur d'Alene City, appeared before the board and asked tbat the tract of timber on St. Mary's river be sold. He deposited with the secretary a certified check for $500 as a guarantee that bis company would bid tbe ap praised price. , After some discussion of the matter Governor Hunt moved that the land which is located on St Mary's river and tributaries in the counties ot Latah, Kootenai and Shoshone be put up for sale, and that the white pine timber 'be appraised at $1.50 per tbousaud, and 76 cents per thousand for red fir and yellow pine. A - resolu tion was passed 1 instructing tbe chief clerk to advertise the sate of the tim ber. - The sale will occur in Kootenai county December 22, Shoshone, Decem ber 23, and Latah December 26. Police Were Ready for Emma. Chicago, Nov. 19. With 200 police men and two patrol wagons held in re serve at tbe East Chicago avenue sta tion, with Inspector Campbell, Lieuten ant Smith and six detectives in the ball, and Justice Hamburger in his court ready to issue warrants, Emma Goldman spoke before 400 anarchiMta at Clark and Erie streets lat-t night. Police precautions proved unnecessary, howeer, for the carnation in her hair was more fiery than her talk. . Increase of I Cent aa Hour. Philadelphia, Nov. 19. The Phila- delpbia Rspid Transit company today ; announced that, beginning December I, -mim'S 1 t t ,T i i him i ii - .- nil- ' "' 1 "T1"'"""J"''J"J " ' J "