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CHASING United States and Canada Reach an Agreement. GOES SEMIMONTHLY TO DAWSON Al-Ki Again Mail* North -The Steamer Queen Will Take I'p a Hotel in Section*. Washington, Aug. 23.—The Cana dian and the United States govern ments have agreed to co-operate in aug menting the postal facilities of the Klondike region, and the result will shortly be evidenced in a substantial doubling of the mail service from the coast into that district. Canada made a proposition for exchange of mails at Circle City and Dawson City, agreeing to perform the service from Dawson City to Dyea by means of a contract of her own, with reimbursement to be made by this government for its share of the service. This differs from this country's prop osition in that under the latter the United States was to let the contract and look to Canada for reimbursement for the latter’s share. The counter scheme, however, is satisfactory to the postoffice department here. The Canadian service provides for the exchange of mails at Fort Cudahy and two other stations between Daw son City and Dyea. The exact route is not out.ined, but in all probability it will strike off directly southward from Dawson City, which is on the British side of the line, down to Dyea. At present, the district gets the benefit of | mails once a month. The new arrange ment will furnish an additional ser vice, giving semi-monthly mails, the 1 trips probably being sandwiched be tween the dates designated in the pres ent contract of the United States. Canada’s proposition for carrying the mails one round trip a month be tween Dawson City and Dyea was for mally accepted this afternoon by Act ing Postmaster-General Shallenberger, and the Canadian government notified of the action. In the communication, this government i» stated to be ready to assume its share of the responsibil ity. and Canada is urged to put the service into operation at the earliest possible moment. Dyea, which is 100 miles above Juneau, on Lynn canal, and Dawson City will be declared inter national postal exchange offices. The British mails will be carried by the United States from Victoria to Dyea. The service will bring about the crea tion of a postoffice at Dawson City, and also at Fort Cudahy, Forty Mile, and probably at other points, although these mentioned are beyond Dawson > -Ql ity. The service will be under the immediate supervision of the Canadian mounted police, and the carriers will be equipped with dogs and sledges, and will have Indian drivers The first contract will be at least one year. Wherever the British mails can be ex pedited by carrying them over the present Circle City route between the dates of the new service this will be done. Last April an order was issued by the postoffice department discontinuing the steamboat mail service from Seattle to Juneau, beginning April 13. This order has now been modified to read "omit service from that date to the 31st of this month, when the perform ance of the service is to be resumed.” A FILIBUSTER. WHEAT Port Townsend, Aug. 23. — John Kiley, a sailor on the British ship Cor unna, which arrived yesterday to load wheat at Tacoma for the United King dom, fell through a hatchway of the ship this morning and broke bis neck. Sevara Storm» In Silesia. Berlin, Aug. 23.—The greater part of Silesia ha» been viaited by severe storms, and several persons have been killed by lightning. TO A Price Keaelieil That Mark iu Several Ka«tern Cities. St. Auugstine, Fla.. Aug. 24.—Last night heavy firing at sea by rapid-fiie guns and the rays of a searchlight brought out the people of this city. The whole affair was carefully noted by the officers of the First artillery from their quarters in St. Francis barracks, who are positive that the vessel tired not less than 40 shots, first rapidly and then at intervals, ceasing as if the ob ject of the chase was caught. Then the rapid firing would be resumed. The ship, probably a war vessel, could not come nearer tan about five miles off shore, and was evidently chasing a lightdraught boat, as the flashes came from the starboard gun. The coast is indented bv a sand strip reaching out to about one mile off this bar, and it forms the cone of Anastasia lighthouse, straight down the coasts for 14 miles to Matanzas inlet. The St. Augustine bar hail but seven feet of water on it at the stage of the tide when the firing commenced, which would have prevented the coming over of the Three Friends or Dauntless, were those the vessels chased. There was mly four feet of water on Matanzas inlet, and unless a vessel could niako this harbor she would either have to put to sea or surrender. For this reason indications point to the fleeing boat taking an easterly course. When the tiring commenced a squall was on and the night was very dark. Minneapolis, Minn., Aug. 23. — Wheat sold for $1 a bushel in Minne- a|Hilis today. When September option I went to 90 cents Charles A. Pillsbury offered $1 s|s>t for 1.200 bushels of Old No. 1 Northern, which is selling at a premium. The offer was accepted, .lames Marshall offered the same price for 5,000 bushels, but it has not yet been accepted. LICENSE REVOKED. Finding of the Board of Inquiry on the Wrecking of the Mexico. Seattle, Aug. 24.—The board of in quiry on the wrecking of the steamship Mexico in Dixon entrance August 5 has revoked the pilot’s papers of Captain Thomas, master of the steamer. The papers of Pilot Connell, who was on the bridge at the time of the disaster, have been revoked for a period of 30 days. Although the decision of the board has not been made public, it is stated on good authority that it found that the blame lay with Captain Thomas, who had retired. It was held that he should have been on deck, especially as he placed his vessel in a dangerous po sition. Further, it was found that the rock on which the steamer struck was West Devil’s Neck, and was there fore known to the navigating officer of the Mexico, and he should have taken care to keep his vesssel out of the way. Captain Thomas’ pilot papers in Al askan waters are revoked entirely, and his master’s papers are suspended for 30 days. Captain Thomas has been in the employ of the Pacific Coast Steam ship Company as master for more than a year past. He came here from San Francisco, which is his home. By all who have come in contact with him he is regarded as an exceptionally capable officer. It is understood that he will be retained in the service of the com pany. ROBBED BY DEPOSITORS. Tile ('ashler Killed anil the Vaults of tl>«* Bank Looted. Tramp« Drank Poinon. Jefferson, la., Aug. 24.—Tramps pur chased a pint of alcohol at a drug store here, saying it was to be used in mak ing liniment for a lame horse. The druggist gave them wood alcohol, warn ing them that it was poisonous. They went to the woods and mixed it with water. Three of the five drank it and died the following morning. The two tramps who declined to drink journeyed to the east. The dead men were named Emerson, Rogan and Moi.tague. • WEEKLY DOLLAR. Probable ('au«e of the Firing Off the Florida Coast. Shepherd, Mich., Aug. 24.—Elmer E. Struble, cashier of the Farmers’ bank, was shot this morning by rob bers. He was getting ready to go to Mount Pleasant and was in 'the vault when the shots were fired. All the cash in the bank was taken, but the amount is not known. Cashier Struble died about six hours after the shooting. It is reported tonight that the robbery was committed by several desperate de positors, who, lielieving tlig bank was Queen Will Carry a Hotel. about to fail, followed Struble to the Seattle, Aug. 23.—At 6:30 tonight, bank, and upon being refused theft the Al-Ki sailed for Dyea and Skaguay. money, shot the cashier and looted the She carried 145 passengers and 600 bank. The prosecuting attorney is said tons of freight. Among the cattle on to have the names of all tiie men and arrests are hourly expected. board were 25 long-horned steers. Shortly after the collier Willamette The Wreck at Lima. left for Dyea, the passengers organized Toledo, Aug. 24.—Following is a list for police protection, the organization of those fatally injured in the wreck being named the Willamette and Klon of the Detroit & Lima railorad near dike Protective Society. Care was Lima, O., last night: Mrs. John taken to prevent fire and all suspicious Burnham, of Lima, skull crushed; Mrs. characters were watched. Before the William Murray, of Lima, injured in boat reached Dvea, eight suspected men ternally; Mrs. T. N. Scanlon, of Lima, had been imprisoned. body cut and bruised and injured inter Valentine scrip jumped in price to nally; Mrs. H. F. Bennett, of St. $85 and $45 per acre, as the result of Marys, O., injured internally and head the rush to the Klondike gold fields. badly bruised; Mrs. J. D. Breo, injured Large blocks of scrip have been sold in internally. Twenty-five others were this city, the intention being to locate more or less injured. property at Skaguay. Next Sunday The train was an excursion train run the steamer Queen leaves for St. from Lima to Toledo, and return, by Michaels, with lumber. The A. S. the People’s Tea Store, of Toledo. The Kerry Lumber Company sends the accident resulted from failure of the frame and lumber all fitted to build a freight train to stop at the junction. hotel there to accommodate 150 people. Several passengers were pinioned in the The Queen will reach there in three debris of the cars, and the trainmen had to cut away timbers to release them. weeks. Deputy Sheriff Calderhead has a let Trifling Cause for a Murder. ter from ex-Deputy Adam Baker, dated Winnipeg, Aug. 24.—Near White Skaguay. August 7. He went on the wood, Adam Grega. aged 28 years, Rosalie. The passengers formed a killed his father, Andrew Grega, aged company to unload. Trouble ensued 66, with an ax, nearly severing the by one man assuming to boss. The head from the body. The murderer miners drew guns and then took their then bade adieu to his wife and walked individual goods ashore. 24 miles to town, where he gave him The river, but a mile from camp, is self up. The murder arose from a quar 500 feet wide and swift, and there is rel over chickens. continued loss of goods by horses fall Indian« on the Way to Hoptield«. ing in the current. Packs must be cut Port Townsend, Aug. 24. — Two away to save the horses. Several horses were drowned August 6 and 7. thousand Indians from British Colum Tired men are selling outfits at less bia passed up the Sound in canoes to than cost. Thirty men are building a day for the hopfields of the Puyallup, bridge half a mile up. It is a private Stuck and White river valleys, where snap. All would be well if the pros six weeks’ work in harvesting the crop is promised. pectors would work together. Fell Through a Hatchway to Death. WENT Above the Dollar Mark. Philadelphia, Pa.. Aug. 23.—The wheat market was the most exciting ever experienced in the history of the exchange. Quotations jumped up 43|C and brought the price beyond the dollar mark. There were sales of No. 2 red at $1.01 and No. 2 Pennsylvania red is quoted at $1.02. This is the highest quotation in many years. of Trade. An Oakland Sea Captain is the Discoverer. HOISTED THE I . S. FLAG IN 11192 Took Formal Po««rMMion of Clippertoil Island in the Name of the Vlilted State«. era, photographers and chemists have sought to find a successful process. Al bert Schnecker, of the Western Engrav Germans Will Go in for Coffee Planting, ing Company, of this city, has achieved Abandoning Sugar. this. He can produce any object in its London, Aug. 23.—The correspond natural colors. The main secret of the ent of the Chronicle, in a letter from process is the extraction of the three Cuba, tells of further cruelty and dis primary colors, yellow, red and blue. tress in the island. He says the pa- A novelty of the work is that the ob cificos are dying by the hundreds, un ject is photographed at right angles, or til their bodies taint the air close to a practically around the corner. This Spanish fort. The correspondent re is made possible by the use of a prism marks that a private letter has been before the camera. Behind the prism received at Havana from Senor Sagasta, I is a color filter. This is a small, fiat the liberal leader in Spain, in which j tank of glass. This filter is filled with he says: a chemically pure solution to exclude “The atrocities are raising a thrill of all but the color desired to be extracted horror in Europe, and I fear it is im from the object. A green liquid is used possible to raise a fresh loan, without when red is to be photographed; a blue which we cannot retain Cuba.” solution when yellow is wanted, and a The correspondent further says: red mixture is put in the filter when “German syndicates are buying the the third basic color, blue, is to be re devastated estates at nominal sums produced. Back of the filter is the and intend to go in extensively for plate specially prepared for the colors. coffee planting, abandoning sugar. This will directly concern the United States OFFICERS WERE KILLED. and French sugar trasts, and wiil prob ably lead to extensive sugar-growing Detail, of the Mutiny on the Schooner in Georgia and Florida.” CUBAN ESTATES. A Vitriol Thrower by Proxy. Chicago, Aug. 23.—Charged with conspiracy to destroy the beauty and possibly the life of his wife by vitriol, Dr. James O. Ducker has been arrested and held by Justice Underwood in bonds of $3,500 for a preliminary hear ing tomorrow. The sensational story which resulted in the arrest of the doc tor was told by Charles E. Hill who claims that he was engaged by the phy sician to throw the vitriol in the woman’s face. The agreement, as re lated by him, was that he should take a package to Mrs. Ducker and then throw the acid. He first made a pre liminary investigation and met Mrs. Ducker. He says that her beauty and manner made him ashamed of himself and he told her the story. Swallowed His False Teetli. Wichita, Kan., Aug. 23.—O. T. Simons, a well-known real estate brok er, died here from the effects of swal lowing a plate of three false teeth three years ago. The |>OBt mortem disclosed the fact that the teeth were still lodged in the esophagus. This peculiar acci dent made it impossible for Simons to eat ordinary food, and forced him to live entirely on liquids. The swallow ing of liquid food always caused intense pain. Eventually his stomach rebelled against food of any sort, and he liter ally starved to death. Cut Hi« Own Throat. Seattle, Aug. 23.—Hugh T. Wil liams, a well-known character in the butter business and known as the “Cow-Butter Man,” cut his throat thia morning in an ineffectual attempt at self-destruction. He is ill with typhoid fever, and this morning tried to shave himself with a razor while the nurse was away. He shaved one side of his face ami then slashed his throat. He says he did not want to live. His wound may not prove fatal. Report Was ExaK^erated. Silina, Aug. 23.—General Blood, commander of the British forces operat ing against the insurgent tribesmen on the frontier, has reached Galagai,w ith- out opposition. He reports the village desertetd and adds that re,*orts of the Afridas rising are exaggerated. Oradnally (lotting Japan’s Trade. Washington. Aug. 23.—A statement prepared by the treasury department shows that for the first time in the his tory <>t trade relations with Japan, the United States is entitled to be con sidered as a serious competitor with Europe. A recent British report from | the legation at Tokio reviews the for eign trade of Japan the past year. In the supply of machinery, rails, nails and pig-iron, the United States .issumea a leading place. LETTER. Downing. Hopkins & Company'. Review Oakland, Cal.. Aug. 23.—Captain F. W. Permein, of this city, claims Clip pertoil island, and asserts, too, his title as the bona fide discoverer of the Atoll with its beds of guano and of pearl oysters. He asserts that on May 21. 1881, while bound to Costa Rica in his luig, the Elsie, he first visited the island; Ill the Chli-Hgo Pit. that on July 4, 1892, be visited it again Chicago, Aug. 23.—Today 90 to ami hoisting the stars and stripes, took ! 0 5-8 cents was bid for September formal )s>ssession of it in the name of wheat at the opnejng of ’change. Even the United States. Documentary evi nt this price an adavnee of 3(^ cents dence on the subject is on file at Wash since yesterday, offerings were few and ington, copies of which Captain Permein far between and the market quickly possesses, seems to substantiate his ran up to 91 cents. Then the bears claim and also to prove that the island rallied. Fortunately holders of wheat is United States territory. let go in sufficient quantities to relieve Captain Permein states that he has the tension and the price declined to made known the nature of his claim to 89 7-8 cents. At noon the market be the agents of the British company now gan to advance again, and soon sur negotiating with the men to whom he passed by l2 a cent the early advance, gave a bill of sale for three-tenths of September going to 92 cents. the island. If the Englishmen are will ing to pay a fair price, the captain and O ik * Hollar at New York. his wife, who has taken a keen interest New York, Aug. 23. — Wheat opened in the affair from the beginning, will amid the greatest excitement at 3^ sell. If not they intend to work the to 4 cents adavnee over last night. deposits of guano, which Professor September sold at the same instant all Shaw has estimated to be worth $50,- the way from 97 to 9 s cents in different 000,000. _________ _______ parts of the pit. Traders were fairly • iotons in their efforts to buy wheat. PHOTOGRAPHY IN COLORS. At 1:40 P. M. there was much excite ment in the wheat pit on the produce A St. Louis Engraver Has Discovered exchange when September wheat sold the Process. at $1. The strength was due to talk of St. Louis, Aug. 23.—Since Professor 1,000,000 bushels being taken forex Vogel, of Berlin, suggested that it was port. possible to produce oolor with the cam BUYING MARKET Wheat sold at above $1 per bushel in (11 Eastern markets during the past week and there an- prospects for much higher prices in the future. The marked and rapid advance in values during the week must lie at tributed to legitimate influences. 8|«culation played but a minor part in causing the advance. The export de mand lias lieen the principal factor in advancing values. The general posi tion of supplies is considerably stronger than a week ago. The European re quirements for American wheat as estimated by Bradstreet are now 192,- 066,000 bushels as compared with pre vious estimate of 160,000,000 bushels. Estimates of American exportable sur plus have been somewhat reduced ow ing to general unfavorable thrashing returns from the spring wheat crop of the Northwest. In this connection while America must be congratulated ii|x>n having a bounteous crop of wheat with which to meet the increased ex- |sirt requirements, it must not be over looked that reserves from previous crops of spring and winter wheat are almost entirely exhausted. It will l>e iin|s*ssible to meet any such ex|s>rt de mand as estimated by Euro[M>aii statis ticians and also establish normal re serves in America. Conditions of sup ply and demand therefore apparently warrant still higher values, but the rapidity of the advances has momen tarily checked the export demand and some reaction is probable. There are several purely speculative conditions that may upset expectations and result in an unnatural advance. Stocks ot w heat are abnormally small. The Eu ropean shortage has encouraged large s|>eculative purchases. The advance in values has reduced short selling. The result is a congested market, es pecially for September deliveries. The forward movement of the winter wheat crop has been small considering the large sales for exi»>rt, and it is now too late for any material accumulation of wheat in this market until after Sep tember. We can only conclude after careful consideration that while tem porary reaction is naturally to lie ex pected, present values are fully war ranted, higher values will obtain later and that wheat should be bought on al) recessions. Portland Market». Wheat—Walla Walla, 88(2 89c; Val ley and Bluestem. 91 (292c per bushel. Flour—Best grades, $4.40; graham, $3.85; superfine, $2.50 js-r barrel. Oats—Choice white, 38 @ 40c; choice gray, 36 (<i 39c per bushel. Barley—Feed barley, $17.50@18; brewing, $18® 19 per ton. Millstuffs—Bran, $14 per ton; mi<ldlings, $21; shorts, $15.50. Hay—Timothy, $12(2 12.50; clover, $10(211; California wheat, $10@ 11; do oat, $11; Oregon wild hay, $9® 10 )>er ton. Eggs—10(212,l'2C per dozen. Butter—Fancy creamery, 40 @ 4oc; fair to good, 35c; dairy, 25@85c per roll. Cheese—Oregon, lljjc; Young Olive racket1. America, 12 13c; California, 9® 10c per New York, Aug. 23.—A dispatch to pound. Poultry—Chickens, mixed, $3.50® the Herald from Buenos Ayres says: Telegraphic advices from the Herald's 4.00 per dozen; broilers, $1.50(23.00; correspondent in Rio de Janeiro are to geese, $3(24; ducks, $2.50@3 perdozen; the effect that a vessel of the Atlantic turkeys, live, 10@lIc per pound. squadron has picked up and holds nt Potatoes.—Oregon Burbanks, 35® Bahia, John Lend and the other mem 40e per sack; new potatoes, 50c per bers of the crew of the American sack; sweets, $1.75(22.00 per cental. schooner Olive Packer, who mutinied Onions—California, new, red. $1.25; at sea. They murdered the captain, yellow, $1.50 per cental. J. W. Whitman, and the first mate, Hops—10(2 1 l tjc per pound for new M illiam Sanders, after having had crop; 1896 crop, 4® 6c. trouble. The crime was committed Wool—Valley, 14® 15c per pound’ about 125 miles from Buenos Ayres. Eastern Oregon, 10® 12c; mohair, 20c The six prisoners have made confes l*er pound. sion of their part in it, and have at Mutton—Gross, best sheep, wethers tempted little concealment. They say and ewes, 2(j@2*^c; dressed mutton, that after the murders they set the ves 4ls'c; spring lambs, per (round. sel on fire and took to the boats. The Hogs—Gross, choice heavy, $4; light schooner was laden with lumber and and feeders, $2.50®3; dressed, $3® burned very quickly. The men had 4.25 per 100 pounds. rough experiences before they were Beef—Gross, top steers, $2.75(23; picked up. cows $2.25; dressed beef, 4® 5'gc per The details of the mutiny have not pound. been given out yet, but the men say Veal—Large, 3®3%c; small, 4}^ there had been ill-feeling on the whole per pound. voyage, and the captain and the second Heattie Markets. mate had made strong enemies of all Butter—Fancy native creamery, the members of the crew. The United States consul will take brick, 18c; ranch, 10(2 12c. Cheese—Native Washington, 10® charge of the men, and they will prob lie; California, 9 %c. ably be sent to Boston on a merchant Eggs—Fresh ranch, 19®20c. vessel for trial. Poultry—Chickens, live, per pound, hens, 10® 11c; spring chickens, $2 Four Bit» for Silver. Denver, Aug. 23.—In a letter for the @8.50; ducks, $2.50®3.75. Wheat—Feed wheat, $28 per ton. public, ex-Governor J. B. Grant, of Oats—Choice, per ton, $23. the Omaha-Grant smelter says regard Corn —Whole, $22; cracked, per ton, ing the continued fall in the price of $22; feed meal, $22 per ton. silver: Barley—Rolled or ground, per ton, “In my opinion the world can pro duce not to exceed 150,060,000 ounces $22; whole, $21. Fresh Meats—Choice dressed beef, per annum at 50 cents per ounce. The annual absorption is greater than 150,- steers, 6c; cows, 5*^c; mutton sheep, 000,000 ounces, so that 50 cents should 6c; |>ork, 7c; veal, small, 6. Fresh Fish—Halibut, 4*^0; salmon, be bedrock price. In the immediate 4(25c; salmon trout, 7(2 10c; flounders future it may go below 50 cents la-cause smelters anil others are offering to sell and sole, 3(24; ling cod, 4(25; rock millions of ounces at the lowest price cod, 5c; smelt, 2,(j®4c. to be obtained, 30, 60 and 90 days. Sun Francisco Market«. Hence this is »lone with a view to get Wool — Choice foothill, 9® 12c; San ting rid of the present stocks with as little loss as possible. I put 50 cents Joaquin, 6 months’ 8® 10c; do year’s as the bedrock price because I believe staple, 7<29c; mountain, ll@13c; Ore that the world will continue to absorb gon, 10® 13c per pound. Hops—5® 10c per pound. the increasing amount of silver from Millstuffs — Milidlings, $18.50®22; year to year, and I don’t believe it is possible to maintain the present output California bran, $14® 15 |s*r ton. Onions—New red, 70® 80c; do new at 50 cents.” silverskin, 75c@90c per cental. Healer Schlatter Married. Potatoes—New, in boxes, 40® 60c. Pittsburg, Aug. 23.—Late last night Fresh fruit—Apples, 40® 65c per it was positively announced that Mis. large box; apricots, 20®40c; Fontain- Margaret Ferris, willow of the builder bleau grapes, 20(2 30c; muscats, 40® of the Chicago wheel, lias been married 50c; black, 20@30c; tokay, 40®50c; in Pittsburg to Francis Schlatter, the peaches, 25® 50c; pears, 20®40 per divine healer of Canton. The cere box; plums, 20® 40c; crab apples, 15® mony was performed by Rev. Mr. 85c. Ward, paator of St. Peter’s Episcopal Hay—Wheat,$13® 15; wheatand oat, church. Mr. and Mrs. Schlatter are $11® 14; oat, $10® 12; river barley, now at a down-town hotel. $7®8; best barley, $9® 12; alfalfa, Doctors say people in Ireland who $7 @8.50 clover, $7.50@9.50. Cheese—Fancy mild, new, 8c; fair live on the potato never have the g*mt. to good, 7Uc per pousd. SHERMAN TO JAPAN. An An.wer to the Last Noto Relating to Hawaii. Washington, Aug. 23. — Secretary Sherman has submitted to the Japanese government an answer to Japan’s last note relating to the annexation of Ha waii to the United States. Mr. Sher man’s answer is marked by it* friendly expression toward Japan. Two features are brought out by the answer: It reiterates the position heretofore taken by the secretary of state as to the right and propriety of annexing Hawaii to the United States; with this, however, is coupled an as surance that the interests of Japan in Hawaii will be fully safeguarded. It also expresses satisfaction at the plan of arbitration between Japan and Ha waii on the question of Japanese immi gration to Hawaii. The answer is largely an elaboration of Mr. Sherman's former letter, and the policies expressed in no way differ from those previously laid down by him. One Killed, Several Wounded. New York, Aug. 23.—A dispatch to the Herald from Constantinople de scribing the bomb explosion says: Dy namite was hurled through the lower windows of the council house of th« sublime porte by Armenian hands and tell just below the room in which th* telegraph office is situated, shaking with terrible force the entire building, bursting walls and shooting up through the floor above, which it lifted clear away, and Anally perforating the root with holes like those of a pepper-box. Every window in that part of th* building was smashed, the glass cover ing the broad corridor leading to th* grand vizierate being broken into an extraordinary fineness, showing how severe the concussion had been. One person was killed and several officials wounded The bomb must have been of a large and coarse kind. — Exclusion Act Evaded. North Tonawanda, N. Y., Aug. 23. —Uncle Sam is being defrauded and the Chinese exclusion act evaded al most every day along the Niagara fron tier. Lately the operations of the smugglers have increased in volume so rapidly that the federal officers hav* become alarmed. The smugglers seem to be well in formed as to the movements of the offi cers, and through information fur nished them, presumably by spies, have been able to avoid all traps set. The interdicted immigrants are brought acrossa the Niagara frontier in consid erable numbers. When they reach this city they are taken under cover ot darkness to a certain laundry, where they are “planted” until arrangement» can be made to send them to interior cities. Knocked Overboard in Excitement, i San Francisco, Aug. 28.—Early this morning, while the schooner Christina Stebbins, inward-bound with a cargo of lumber, was passing Point Bonita in a dense fog, another vessel was sudden ly sighted bearing down upon her. Th* schooner was immediately put about and the danger averted, but meantime the foreboom, in swinging around, struck A. Nording and knocked hint overboard. The blow broke his right arm and almost scalped him, but, be ing a good swimmer, he managed to keep afloat until picked up by a boat from the schooner three-quarters of an hour after the accident. It required 17 stitches to close the wound on hi» scalp at. the water-tront receiving hos pital. Halt on Its Upward Rise. Saginaw, Micb., Aug. 28. — Th* Michigan Salt Association has ad vanced the price of salt in all th« markets of the West 5 cents a barrel, and in the home market 8 cents a bar rel, which brings the price up relative ly the Bam. in all markets. The new prices are: Packers, 58c; No. 1 steam, 58c; No. 2 steam, 58c; No. 1 granulated, 43c a barrel; dairy and solar remain at the former price. Salt is moving fairly and in good demand, and it was thought advisable to ad vance the price because the amount on hand is much less than at this time, last year, and the prospects for the future bright. Fasted and Died. Middlestioro, Ky., Aug. 23.—Lena Collins Worth, of Claiborne county, Tenn., is dead from the effects of a 58- day fast. She has been starving her self to death under a vow. She quar reled with her husband, they separ ated, and she vowed she would fast until he returned to her. Effort» of friends and relatives to force her to eat have been of no avail. To Klondike by Trolley Car. Tacoma, Aug. 23.—Among the pas sengers on the City of Kingston for Alaska last night, Frank McCormick, of Duluth, a representative of the Gen eral Electric Company, is said to hav* gone with the idea of looking into th* feasibility of building an electric lino through the pass to the gold regions, establishing electric light and power plants, etc. A Tramp Fiend Lynched. Chicago, Aug. 23. — An unknown tramp was captured and lynched thia afternoon by infuriated farmers near Manheim. The tramp bail assaulted a woman, and beat her in • terrible . manner. A Hubmarln* Boat Launched. Baltimore, Aug. 23.—The Argonaat, a submarine craft, was launched today at the yards of the Colnmhisn iron work, in the presence of a large crowd of interested spectators. Miss Mirriam Lake, daughter of the inventor, Sinw a Lake, christened the strange craft. Harvard Students. Out of the 400 young men graduated from Harvard college this year not o** | intends to take up the study of theology.