RIGHT
Governor
r. H. BAKMIAKT, Bubll«h«r.
M c M innville
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<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