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RIGHT Governor r. H. BAKMIAKT, Bubll«h«r. M c M innville ■5 OREGON 1 <Bk€ere«tifi< Collection of Current Eventi In €oti<lenie<i Form Both Continent». A Front OF FREE SPEECH. Atkinson's Ad vire Miner«' Committee. to the Charleston, W. Va., Aug. 5.—Gov ernor Atkinson has written to Messrs. Gompers, Sovereign and Ratchford, a committe on behalf of the striking miners who called on him to inquire concerning the injunction against them. | They aske«l what were their right« in connection with addressing the miners. 1 The governor reminds them that his office is executive, and that he cannot interfere with the action of the courts, but, he goes on to say, in his opinion there is the utmost freedom allowed in discussion in public places on any sub ject, the only restrictions being that they must not trespass upon the prop- I erty of others, nor incite to riot or un lawful violence. He assures the men that he will protect all citizens in the exercise of rights of free speech, warn ing them at the same time that if they abuse that right by interfering with the rights or projierty of others, he will just as energetically use the power of the state to repress all lawlessness an«i preserve the peace. The natives of New Guinea are mur dering Australian miners. Federal and state authorities are •gain in a tangle in Kansas and a olasb is expected. The corn crop in Kansas is now said to be damaged 50 per cent by the pre vailing hot weather. Senators Quay anil Morgan are to go to the Sandwich Islands to post them selves on the country and its possibil ities. The internal revenue office has issued orders to local collectors to seize tobacco JOINING THE STRIKERS. prise packages under the provision of the new tariff law. DeArmltt*« Men Are Slowly (dining Into Over 100 tramps and harvesters took Line With Striker*. possession of a freight train on the Pittsburg, Aug. 5.—The stiikers will Northwestern line, near Omaha, Neb. continue to gain accessions to their The train was sidetracked, and the number from the New York & Cleve sheriff and police were called u(>on for land Company’s men. Sandy creek assistance. After an hour’s delay the and Turtle creek mines are idle, and tramps were dislodged. The sheriff the Plum creek men are slowly but had a desperate fight in trying to jail surely coming into line with the men the men, hut was successful, The sur- ■ encamped in the vicinity. Today rounding country is overrun with nearly half of the diggers at this strong tramps. hold of the company failed to go to The following is an extract from a work, and a number of those who did private letter received in San Fran- not go into the pit have promised to cisco from Manila, Philippine islands: quit as soon as they clean up the coal “Here things are in a frightful mess. now in their rooms. At Camp Deter Spanish dollars have been introduced mination it was reported that every at 10 |ier cent less value than Mexican. miner of the New York & Cleveland Everytxsiy wants to sell out. Native Company who hail gone to work was in brokers are all over the place trying to sympathy with the movement, and sell their possessions, ami find no buy only their signatures to a contract ers. In the sugar provinces, cane prevented them from staying out. plants are being burned up for lack of There are close upon 2,000 strikers rain.” in camp at Turtle creek. 350 at Plum Samuel Wolf, a Jersey City contract- I creek, and 300 at Sandy creek. If this or, offered a dish of cream to the boy number is not sufficient to deter the who would hold his arm the longest DeArmitt men from working, all these time in an ice cream freezer. A num camps will be largely increased before tier of boys who were around Wolf’s the end of the week. store contested for the prize. Willie EASY ROAD TO CLONDYKE. Lockwood outdid them al). Although suffering great pain, he held his arm in the freezer for four minutes. When he A Halem Man Claim. Illi«* Could Be Qlli.'kly Opened. withdrew it the arm was frozen stiff. He was taken to the hospital, where it New York, Aug. 5.—A special to the was said it would be necessary to am Herald from Washington says: There putate the arm. is a short and easy route to the rich A letter received in Portland from gold fields of the Clondyke, according Juneau, Alaska says: There are 500 to a communication to the interior de people now at Dyea, waiting to get over partment, from J. M. O. Lewis, a civil the pass. There are several more engineer, of Salem, Or., who says he steamer loads now on the way, loaded can open up at small expense a route to the guards. The Indian packers at from south of the Copper river by Dyea and pack animals have ail the which the Clondyke may be reached freight they can carry to the lakes by by a journey of not much more than the time winter sets in. There will 300 miles from the coast. lie hundreds camping at Dyea ami on The route which he projsises will the lakrs all winter, eating the provi start in from the mouth of Cop sions they have taken with them. per river near the 20-mile glacier, about Other parties bound for the mines by 25 miles east of the entrance to Prince this route have to carry their own Williamsound. He says Copper river freight over the mountains. The prices is navigable for small steamers for for packing across the mountain have many miles beyond the mouth of its risen to 25 and 27 cents per pound, and principal eastern tributary, called on the («ackers are inde|>endent at that. the latest maps the Chillina river, Kansas and Missouri are again being which is itself navigable for a consider able distance. •notched by h ?at. From the head of navigation on the Hix persons were killed in a moun Chillina, Mr. Lewis says either a. high tain slide a tew miles from Berlin Sat road or a railroad could lie constructed urday. without great difficulty or heavy grade A non-union coal miner was shot through what the natives call “Low and kill«*«! at Scottdale, Pa., during a pass,” probably Scolai pass. From quarrel with striking miners this pass, the road would follow the The potters of Trenton, N. J., and valley of White river to the point where the sheet iron workers of Phillipsburg, it empties into the Youkon on the edge N. H.. now threaten to go on a strike. of the Clondyke gold fields. The monitor Puritan broke her rud- der in New York and will be laid up FIVE HUNDRED KILLED. for a month, ami will cost about $5,000. George H. Walker, a Washington, D. Awful Lon« of Life by the Outbreak of a Volcano. C., lawyer and former correspondent, lias been ap|«ointed assistant postmas Chicago, Aug. 5.—A Chronicle spe ter-general. cial says: Five hundred re|s*rti*d kill«-«! Four boys were drowned at Kansas up to July 1 is the record of the terri City while in swimming, four in Win ble outbreak of the volcano of Mayou, nipeg and two more at Boston, one of on the island of Luzon, one of the Philippine group. On the night of whom was 80 years of age. June 26 the volcano began throwing Bluejackets from the warship York up ashes and lava in immense quanti town and Boston were stone«! ami beaten ties, and flames were thrown upward by Japanese nt Kobe, Japan, and some considerably over 100 feet. The next of them were badly used up, day 56 bodies were recovered at a con Andree’s north |Hile balloon is report siderable distance, and the recent dis ed to have been seen in several places patches to Hong Kong up to July 8 recently, but each time away off its state that not less than 500 were known course. Many have given him up as to be killed. )o«L Tli«> Turku Angry. Professor Arion, a professional high- Constantinople, Aug. 2. — It is re- wire performer, fell from his wire, a ported hero that laird Salisbury, British distance of 75 feet, while riding a bi prime minister, has telegraphed urging cycle nt Ridgewood Park, N. J., and the immediate withdrawal of Eilhem was killed. Pasha, the commander-in-chief of the The monthly statement insued by the Turkish forces, front Thessaly. The director of the mint shows that «luring Turks are very angry, and accuse the July, 1897, the coinage executed at the British government of trying to jockey United Htates mints amounted to them out of Thessaly without compen $670,850. ( sation being made. A Missouri Pacific train ran into a Murdered Hi« Son. freight standing on the main track at Yates Center, Kan., and Engineer Boulder, Colo,, Aug. 4.—H. C. Joseph Clown and Fireman Cal Rowan Mellor, an old and rea|«ecte«i resident were killed. Other («ersons were in- of 1 this county, shot ami killed his son jnred. James, aged 25, at Quigleyville, to in a quarrel over the right to use Captain General Weyler has par- day, ' dotted forty political offenders under a 1 certain field as a pasture. James struck his father. The murderer death and other hard sentences, at the first 1 himaelt up and sai«l he merite«l suggestion of the home government, gave > as ho had committed a and 1,090 Cuban exiies have been punishment, 1 terrible crime. granted amnesty. A l.nnf Hammer-Throw. Assistant Secretary Howell has ren dcred a decision in which heboid« that Albany, N. Y., Aug. 5.—John Flan- calfskins shonhl lie classe«! as “hide* nagan, the champion hammer-thrower, of cattle,” and are therefore dutiable surpass««! all re«■or, 1 a tolay by throw under the new tariff, but at 15 per oent ing the 16-pound hammer 157 feet 4 a«l valorem. inches. He was giving an exhibition In the engagement of Cbakdara the at the athletic n>«*et of the Hibernian«, British troop« suffered but slight loee, •nd the record will not stand as the Imt the native loss was heavy. Hix world'« record. On hi« s«*oond throw thousaml tribesmen were preparing to he beat his world'» record of 150 feet attack the fort when they were at 9 inches by one inch. tacked by the British column, undet Others see our fault« as plainly aa we Olonel Meikeljohn, and completely see theirs. I routed. THE SEAL CONFERENCE A Diplomatic Triumph for the United States. WILL MEET LATE IN OCTOBER A Permanent. Agreement Will Probably Be Reached—A London Paper'« Opinion. London, Aug. 3.—Much satisfaction fs expressed in official and mercantile circles at the prospective settlement of the seal question by aid of the Wash ington conference, especially as such an arrangement will remove a cause of hot discussion between the United States and England. Although at the outset of Mr. Foster’s journey diplo mats and newspapers here ridiculed the idea that there was anything nec- esary to be done, Ambassador Hay and Mr. Foster have completely changed this view, and Great Britain is finally doing everything possible to meet the demand of the United States. Doubt less tins is partly owing to the support Mr. Foster’s ideas received from Rus sia and Canada. Sir Wilfred Laurier and Mr. Davies have all along favored conciliatory attitudes toward the pro- posals of the Unite«! States. The conference will meet on the third or fourth week in October, the exact «late being left to be determined by the arrival of the British experts from the sealing grounds. Great Brit ain will be represented by Sir Julian Pauncefote, the ambassador, and Pro fessor D’Arcy Thompson. The United States will probably be represented by John W. Foster and Japan by the Jap anese minister at Washington; Russia by a committee headed by Dr. Mateus, professor of international law at the university of St. Petersburg, who was delegated by Russia to hold the pour paries with Mr. Foster. Canada will be represented by Sir Wilfred Laurier ami Mr. Davies. The conference will dicuss the whole question as raised by the United States, will draft a scheme of protection for the seals, with details for carrying out the same, and will decide all open claims. Its report will be a referen dum, but, as Russia and Japan are en tirely favorable to the pretensions of the United States, and as Great Brit ain in indifferent so long as Canada is satisfied, the conference may be said to be a diplomatic triumph for the United States, and a personal triumph for Mr. Foster. Unless it results in a divided report, which is not expected, the governments concerned will imme diately embody the scheme in a perma nent agreement’in the form of a refer endum, so that it can be executed in the season of 1898. St. James’s Gazette, referring to the conference, says: “Americans will consider another conference as a climb- down for the British, ami not unnat urally. Sherman's dispatch will be regarded as the direct cause. The Unite«! States makes a quite unwar rantable demand. We ignore it. The American state department sends a menacing ami insulting dispatch. We promptly yield. It is the Venezuelan business and Cleveland message once again, ami once again it will confirm the American political mind in tiie conviction that John Bull always knuckles down when bullied ami threatened. Our statesmen are prepar ing a future disaster for both countries by carelessly encouraging this danger ous delusion. ” MEASURES OF RETALIATION San Francisco Out titter« Will A peal to the Government. San Francisco, Aug. 3.—Merchants of this city, who have profited by the Clomlyke excitement are considering seriously the advisability of communi cating with the treasury department in Washington ami asking for retaliatory measures against the new Canadian tariff. It has been estimated by many of them that nearly $1,000,090 have been expendeil within the last few weeks in this city in the purchase of supplies and outfits for the Yukon mines. Since the news was published that the Canadian government had ini|H>se«l a high protective duty on all goods coming across the bonier and would send a force of mounted police to col lect the duty there has been a large falling off in purchases. No definite plan has yet lieett decided upon by the projectors, except that they contem plate liohling a meeting with a view of securing the assistance of the chamber of commerce and boanl of trade in fur thering the movement. It is thought that the popular sentiment throughout the country will result in substantial assistance from other states ami stejw will be taken as soon as a temporary organization is effected to have the merchants of Portland. Seattle and Ta coma unite in the proje’t. Greece Will Not Submit. Berlin, Aug. 3.—The Post says Rus sia ami (Germany have oofinselled Greece to submit to the conditions im posed by the powers. M. Halit, the premier, replie«! officially that Greece would never entertain the idea of finan cial control proposed, and that she would help herself.” Her Hi>ndred-an«l-Third Birthday. Morristown, N. J«, Aug. 3.—Mrs. Christiana French celebrated her 103d birthday at her home here tolay. In honor of the event there was a family reunion. An expert at figures say« 12,000 ve hicles, a quarter of them omnibus««», pass through the Strand in London ev ery day, and the narrowness of the street causes each of their 63,000 oc cupant« to waste on an average three minute« GREAT MASS MEETING. More Than Five Thounnncl Striker« at McCrea School house. Pittsburg, Aug. 4.—The mass meet- i ing of miners at the McCrea school house today was the greatest during the strike, an«l probably the largest gather ing of the kind ever seen in Allegheny county. More than 5,000 striking miners were gathered for an all-dav session, and labor leaders harangued them in various tongues, while bands of music served to stir up the enthusi asm to the highest pitch. From early morning miners of every nationality were gathering at the schoolhouse. They came in big bands and small ones, but the one that set the camp wild with enthusiasm came from Turtle creek. It had 1,600 miners from that camp, ami when they came in sight there was such cheering as has not been heard since the strike started. They came down to the schoolhouse with bands playing stirring airs and banners waving in the breeze. Cheer after cheer went up from the camp, and the marchers returned them with a will. When the miners of the two parties met there were some wild scenes. Men rushed around shaking hands, shouting, ami wen embracing each other. The crowd that had gath ered was so much larger than the men had anticipated that they were wild with joy. A few minutes after the arrival of the Turtle Creek division the sjieakers arrived in carriages. They were A. P. Carrick, president of the Painters’ and Decorators’Union; W. A. Carney, vice- president of the Amalgamated Associa tion; Mrs. Jones, the female agitator, of Chicago, and M. C. Monahan, of the Painters' ami Decorators’ Union. In aildition to these, the leaders of the miners were lined up to speak as the occasion demanded. J. T. McCoy, a prominent member of the typographical union, extended the sympathy and tinancial support of the printers of the country, and said the organization made a per capita assessment for five weeks to be paid for the benefit of the strikers. Two new camps were instituted this afternoon after the meeting. The one at Plum Creek is Camp Resistance, and the one at Sandy Cieek will be called Camp Isolation. Each camp in the beseiged district’will lie kept supplied with guards. Headquarters, as hereto fore, will be at Camp Determination, at Turtle Creek The force of deputies was kept busy during the entire night. Every move was watched, and trouble seemed to be in the air. The condition is said to have been critical. Both sides feel that there is a crisis near at hand. The officials of the New York & Cleve land Gas Coal Company gave out the statement tonight that their forces were increased in the Turtle Creek and Sandy Creek mines, ami that more men were at work at Plum Creek than since the campaign against the company started. The hearing of Patrick Dolan will be held tomorrow before Justice Semmins. of Turtle Creek. The miners’ officials have retained attorneys, ami the ease will be fought to the end. Whatever the immediate culmination of the strike situation may be, it is evident that Sheriff Lowrey considers the time a critical one. Tonight he telegraphed Governor Hastings fully concerning the conditions existing here, with the evident purpose of having the governor prepared for any emergency that may arise in the near future. .It is learned that the governor has been impressed with the gravity of the situ ation, and that he has instructed the adjutant-general to remain in his office awaiting any requisition that may be made on him for troops. While the ranks of the strikers at Turtle Creek were being augmented. parties of marchers were in the field to induce miners not to go to work. About 250 gathered at Plum Creek mines be fore the men started to work. A tins was opened up and as the diggers neared the pit mouth they psased between the lines of strikers. There was no attempt at force, but a number of diggers itopped and talked with the strikers ami then passed into the mine. Some were induced to come out. About an hour later the strikers moved off in the direction of the McCrea schoolhouse. At Oak Hill mine a demonstration was made, but no men were induced tc quit. At Sandy Creek mine, many men are out. The company say 100 are at work, »Idle the strikers say only 22 went in. Professor McClure’s Fall on Mount Rainier. DEATH WAS INSTANTANEOUS Hr Wa> With the Mlt.m.i-The Body W«l Found by it Searching Party and Taken to Tacoma. Tacoma, Aug. 2.—Porfessor 8. E. McClure, of Eugene, a member of the Mazauias’ society that made the ascent of Mount Rainier Tuesday, lost his foot ing while descending the mouatain WqBnesday and fell 800 feet. He struck on a pile of rocks and was in stantly killed. His body was recovered several hours later by a searching party, and was brought to Tacoma tonight. The Mazamas encamped in Paradise valley Monday, and about 30 of the party began the acsent to the peak that day, arriving at Gibraltar rock that night, where they camped. Early Wednesday morning Professor McClure, Professor Baillie, Professor Mitchell, of New York, and Dr. E. Dewitt Connell, of Portland, started ahead of the main party, and arrived at the mountain top about noon. Pro fessor McClure carried a barometer for the purpose of taking observations on the top of the mountain. Returning, they met the remainder of the party near the summit, and, ar riving at Gibraltar rock, awaited tb#ir return. They arrived at Camp Muir about 9:30, on their way to Paradise valley, and soon after leaving that point, lost their way. The leader and the vari ous members of the party began cau tiously to search for the trail. The lights of the camp in Paradise valley were plainly visible, and, although it was a tramp of nearly four hours, the way to this camp seemed so plain that nobody felt the least alarmed. Professor McClure ventured toward the edge of a cliff, and announced that he saw a large pile of rocks a few hun dred feet distant, and thought he had discovered the trail. Dr. Connell stood within 50 feet of him, keeping up a conversation, and attempting to direct his movements. Darkness had fallen, and the only light came from the snow, which ren- derd the members of the party only half visible. Dr. Connell says he had just answered Porfessor McClure’s call, and was peering intently in another direction, when he heard a sudden crash, like the falling of rock. He looked in the direction where Professor McClure hail stood a moment before, but he was not to be seen. He at once called to him, but received no re sponse, and the members of the party began a systematic search, but, failing to find McClure, concluded that he had fallen off the cliff. It was nearly an hour before the trail to camp was found, and the mem bers of the party, with the exception of Dr. Connell and a lady and gentleman from Oregon, started to come to report the accident. A searching party was instantly or ganized, and under the direction of Dr. Nunn, of Portland, began the search for Dr. McClure’s body. The place oi tiie accident was so closely described by the members of the party who had been with Dr McClure that the search ers were soon able to reach the point on the side of the mountain directly underneath. Daylight broke about 3:30, and the body of Dr. McClure was found lying on a great pile of boulders, forming a great, forbidding shelf. Professor McClure’s liody fell a Bheei 300 feet, ami bounded about 40 feet out ward toward the edge of the cliff. It lay within 12 feet of the face of the mountain, and, had it fallen over, would have dropped two or three miles, ami in all probability would have dis appeared into one of the huge crevasses which seam the mountain there. Professor McClure carried a heavy roll of blankets and his barometer, strapped upon his back. The barometei was broken, but all of his papers and notes of observation were found in hie pockets intact. Dr. Connell had remained on the mountain all night, to enable the searching party to locate the spot where the accident occurred bv Bbouting tc them through the darkness. The lady who remained at this point was put Cru«he<i to Heath. into a sleeping bag, and passed a fairly Salt Lake, Aug. 2.—A special tc comfortable night. the Tribune from Cedar City, Utah, The Sun’s Eclipse. says: Mrs. Joseph Smith was instant St. Louis, Aug. 2.—A partial eclipse ly killed and Mrs. Amelia Webster badly injured in an accident today. of the sun was observed here this fore Joseph Smith was hauling timber over noon. Ira R. Hicks, an astronomer, the mountain road, having on the said: “It was a peculiarly beautiful exhibition, my telescope showing vio wagon Mrs. Smith, his wife; Mrs. 1 Daugherty, Mrs Webster and live lent («erturbations. To tiie southwest children. While coming down the appeared an enormous spot with a mountain, the brakebeam broke and black chasm in its center into wliich, the wagon went down the hili at a ter- like nodding plumes, waves of fire rifle speed ami fell over an embankment. seeme«! to fall. Toward th« northeast Mrs. Simth was crush««! to death, and of the giant spot and just above the Mrs. Webster badly injured. The line of ths moon’s pathway were two five children jumped off at various smaller spots of similar description. These indicated unusual activity in the places and were uninjured. sun due to a season of storms on that The father of the Britisii navy. Ad planet. The earth always feels the miral of the fleet, the Hon. Sir Henry effect of extradordinarv sun perturba Keppel, has just celebrated his 88th tions, and I predict we shall have birthday. Despite his advanced age be storms and electrical displays as the re still remains on the active list. sult of the solar disturbance.” Killed by Lightning. I HURLED TO II1S DEATH! MASSACRED BY NATIVES. $'rngicv Fate of a Party of Australian« Goldseekers. Vancouver, B. C., steamship Miowera, brings information thafwe^rSB another massacre lias be|^M^B|| Sydney. Not long ago Australia's army of unemplove«! were attracted by stories of fabuloi* ffolii panning at Papua and other ini fc-ior New Guinea points. Their ranks been terribly thinned by murder, vation and fatal swamp fevers, To" make matters worse, every native who I helped a white was marked for the ■ tomahawk. The remnant of these white pioneers went to Vanapa for a final effort to make their fortunes. Their stores gave out and for months they lived on “damper" and tea. Natives in the vi cinity claimed to be ill-treated by the government in the way of scant stores, and decided to teach the govenrment a lesson by killing all the whites within reach. The whites were raided at night and put to death with toma hawks, being easy victims. After long suffering they were weak and emaci ated, and could not defend themselves. Many massacres had occurred in the same place previously, but the govern ment has never attempted to punish the murderers. Later news confirms the massacres which occurred 85 miles from Port Moresby. The entire settlement of tives ami whites had their heads spJW|| open by a large band of savages. government lias sent a large bod]^B||M military police to surround the nat^HM and shoot if necessary. Wholesale ar rests will be made. The natives will be brought back manacled in the hold of a steamer chartered for the purpose. PETROLEUM LAKE IN ALASKA. It Contains Coal Oil in an Unlimited Quantity. San Francisco, Aug. 4.—While the whole world is excited over the gold discoveries in the North, sight has been lost of another disooverv that promises to be of great value in the- development of that section. Some months ago a lake of almost pure petroleum was discovered and samples Bent to Seattle for analysis. The assayer’s report on these has just been made public, and the find is re ported to be of incalculable richness. A company has been formed in Seattle to handle the product, and traveler*, from there say that the company in-''/ tends to put it on the Alaskan market "i at once. The lake is of unknown depth, sev- eral miles wide and five or six in length, and the quality of the petrol eum is said to be of the finest. It is fed by springs and the hills surround ing it are said to be rich in coal and , asphalt. The lake is only two miles 1 from the ocean, so that the difficul ties of transportation are reduced to a minimum. It is the intention of the' owners of the lake to take its product right into the mining camps of North ern Alaska wherever the waterways will permit. MESSAGES WITHOUT WIRES Inventor Marconi Talk« of Telegraph. His New New York, Ang. 4.—A special to the World from London says: Marconi, inventor of the “wireless telegraph,” has just reached Soudan, where a trial of the inventoin will be made. In an interview Marconi said: “The greatest distance which we have been able to transmit messages by telegraph with out wires is 12 miles, but that by no means is the limit of the instruments. It simply signifies that existing appli ances are not perfect. At Spezzia I sent messages without wires from San Bartolomew arsenal to the ws San Martine, 12 miles out in till bor without difficulty, and with/, lute accuracy. It was done before xq royal commission. Official experiments will be renewed when I return to Italy in September. I have successfully ex perimented at the Italian ministry of marine and at the Quirnal before the king and queen.’’ Cigarettes on the Rise. New York, Aug. 4.—Cigarette man ufacturers have decided upon an in crease in the price of cigarettes. A letter of notification is now going through the mails. The advance is about 15 per cent on the whole list from Turkish to common brands. Turkish cigarettes that were sold from $7 to $17 will now cost the dealer from $8.65 to $20.30, according to the brand. Louisiana perique advances from $5. 15 and $5.75 to $6.15 and $« .50. Brands of domestic make which dealers bought for $3.80 per 1,000 have been increased in price to $4.10. _ The advance is ascribed by the manufacturers to the increai in tÀn internal revenue law. Had to Succumb. Buffalo. N. ¥.. Aug. 4.—TI^IHH| Refining Company, of which Matthews is president, has made 1 gen eral assignment for the benefit of cred itors. While the company isacompar- atively small corporation, being capital ized at only $15,000, it has bee.« one of the few independent refineries in the country, and under various names has maintained an existence in active antag onism to the Standard Oil Company. FJsherman Drowned. Devaatatlaa Caused by Floods. Vancouver, B. Q, Aug. 8.—A fisher Louisville, Ky.. Aug. 4.—William Berljn, Aug. 4.—Devastation caused man named Ibbotson was drowned Sadler and William P. Parcs, Garrard by the floods in Silicia is wjS^breacL, county farmers, were struck by light Monday at Green'« «lough near Lad Nothing like it has ners. It is state«! he was under the in- ning and instantly killed yesterday for fluence of liquor at the time. afternoon during a storm. ready has reached many , Mrs. Lease Will Reign as Queen. marks, and it is estimate ■ spelled From Cuba by Weyler. Topeka, Kan.. July 31.—Mrs. Mary persons were drowned. Havana, Aug. 4.—Captain-General E. Lease, the Populist orator, has been Weyler has signed an order expelling elected as queen of the fall festivities, Five Death« Frm ■« from Cuba Edouardo Garcia and a harvest demonstration. She will Hopkinrville, Ky., Aug. 4.—: George Eugene Bryson, correspondents reign as queen for a week and wear « deaths from the intense heat have r of New York newspaper*. $30,000 crown. curred here within the past two diyk