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UNION WON TâMHILL C0UNTÏ REPORTER. BUTTE BATTLE. China Su pends Sixteen Japanese I.tadtag Hostelry Burned—Firemen Were Un. Taken Prisoners on Fraser —Fight Between D. I. AIMVRT. Publisher. Fish Boats. Vancouver, B. C., July 13.—The Items of Interest From All Parts Butte, Mont., July 16.—At 2:40 I this morning a »till alarm was turned developments in the Fraser river of the State. strike situation during the past 24 in from the Butte Hotel, a four-story hours show the union fishermen have structi-re on Broadway. When the the upjter hand, having accomplished COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL HAPPENINGS I firemen reached the scene the build- a coup d’etat which is without a par I ing was enveloped in smoke, which allel in the history of the many lalmr A Brief Review of the Growth and Improve appeared to pour from every open An Interesting Collection of Items From the disturabneet in British Columbia. As window. The firemen were unable ments of the Many Industries Through Two Hemispheres Presented In a to locate the tire for 30 minutes, ami a result of a battle of small boats out out Our Thriving Commonwealth. Condensed Form. the greatest confusion prevailed. A in the gulf a battle in which shots number of guests on the lower floors were exchanged but in which no com A severe drought is being felt in succeeded in groping their way down The steelworkers strike is on in batant was killed, 16 Japanese were stairs in the smoke, escaping with earnest. taken prisoners by the strikers. The the Silver Lake country. nothing but their night clothes. Japanese boats were overturned, the Numerous l>ears have been seen in Hamburg San Francisco liner Tanis Scores of others were rescued from rifles and fishing gear of the Orientals the berry patches of Coos county. wrecked. the upper windows, where the panic- thrown into the water, and the Japan Squirrels are bothering the wheat In the final trial Shamrock II beat ese themselves taken to one of the growers in some part of Polk county. stricken guests shrieked for succor Shamrock I. and threatened to jump to the side small islands away out in the gulf. Valley farmers have been using walk below. The drought in most sections Io Exactly where this island is located At 4 o’clock the fire was completely the Southwest has been broken. is a secret of the white fishermen, for lime to keep smut off their wheat, anti with good effect. under control and the hotel manage A sternwheel river boat will be they chose it several weeks ago for oc The Eugene Lumber Co. has a ment state that, to the l>est of their taken from Portland to St. Michaels. casions such as this. They say they ' will continue to place non-union Jap drive of 1,000,000 feet of logs coming knowledge, all the guests and help Contract has been let for grading anese there for the remainder of th? down the Willamette. have been accounted for. There 15 miles of Vancouver, Wash., rail ' season, or until the place is discov- were five injured. The loss will A new ferry boat has been built and road. I ered by the authorities. All that is launched for Hendricks crossing on amount to $25,000. The Cuban republic will liegin bus known is that the island is between the McKenzie river, near Eugene. COVERING UP WAR MARKS. iness with a national debt of only here and Nanaimo, 50 miles away, A small fire destroyed 10 acres of $122,400. ■ and thr.t it is hard to find. The Jap wheat for Herman Polk, and a culvert A number of failures have occurred anese w’ill be given food every few on the W. A C. IL Railroad, near Making the Chinese Emperor's Entry Into in Germany as the result of the Leip- ■ days and maintained comfortauly, Fulton station. Pekin Pleasant. although closely guarded until a set- ziger bank failing. Pekin, July 16.—The Chinese offi Grasshoppers are reported to be i tlement is reached or until their It is expected that there will be | island prison is located by the author swarming the hills and valleys south cials are making elaborate prepara 40,(XX) Epworth Leaguers in attend ities. of Pilot Rock. Serious damage to tions tor the emperor’s entry into ance at the convention in San Fran Two provincial constables were out growing crops is antipipated. Pekin. All evidence of the destruc cisco. in Japanese boats today and effected The English patridges recently in tion wrought by the war along the Seven hundred lives were lost and the arrest of six white fishermen. troduced into Linn county are doing terrible destruction wrought to prop The Japanese held a big meeting at well. Three broods of young ones streets to be traveled by the emperor erty by the eruption of a volcano in Steveston and raised by voluntary have been seen near the foot of Knox will be temporarily disguised. Great northern Java. subscriptions $4,(XX) for a Japanese butte, within a few miles of where pagodas will be erected. The Chen Men gate, which was nearly demol Except in small zones around the hospital, which they think may be they were liberated. ished by the bombardment, will be cities, Transvaal is far from pacified, needed, and tneu discussed the salmon Valley farmers report an abundant repaired with wood and plaster, Some were in and British officers are becomming catching situation. crop of Chinese pheasants this season. painted to resemble stones, and the favor of joining the union men in the discouraged at the war’s lack of There were many old ones which strike especially as the run of salmon escaped the hunter last fall and this damage to the walls and outer build progress. ings will be similarly masked. had been small this season upto «late. spring being favorable there are more Famine threatens a large part of the Li Hung Chang has deferred the | The meeting broke up without definite young pheasants than usual. Russian empire, not a drop of rain withdrawal of the foreign troops action. having fallen in the eastern provinces Mount Angel college is developing from the temples and palaces not This evening a big run of salmon for a month. Crops are already be later than August 15. The ministers is reported as coming in from the a model dairy. yond hope. of the powers have acquiesced and I south. The canners think the union The Climax mine in Grant county The steel workers’ strike is now on. I men will not stand firm, in view of is showing a large body of ore running have notified the various commanders of their decision. The Americans the temptation to participate in their Two attempts were made to burn $11 to $28 to the ton. and British will probably camp near | catching. There is renewed talk this Aberdeen, Wash. C. J. Plumarth, of Ashland, sold the summer residences of the lega evening of turning out the militia. Santos-Dumcnt’s airship tiial at $160 worth of strawberries this season tions in the western hills until their Such a severe storm raged at the Paris was not successful. barracks are completed. mouth of the Fraser river last night from a patch 100x100. Guards of honor of Americans, The Perry monument was unveiled j that the union patrol boats, which W. N. White, an English apple at K urihnma, Japan. | were to have attacked the Japanese de tier has been looking over the Germans, Italians and Japanese escort ed General Gaselee, the British com The fall of the Bastile was cele I fishermen, were afraid to leave Stev- ¡southern Oregon orchards. mander, to the railway station on his I enston. The Japanese kept coming brated throughout France. Twelve thousand crates of strawber departure. The members of the during the night without fish. Five ries were shipped from Milton this Lamont is slated to succeed Mellen United States legation awaited him Japanese are reported to have been season mostly to the mining districts. as president of the Northern Pacific. at the station, together with repre drowned. The government rages in the Green sentatives of all the other legations, The excess of exports over imports horn mountains are reported badly except the Russians. last year was the greatest in our his OFF FOR BERLIN. overstocked with outside sheep from tory. Morrow and adjoining counties. $300,000 IN KLONDIKE GOLD. A general strike has been ordered Prince Chaun Goes to Germany to Apologize Many farmers in Nebraska, Kansas, in sheet steel, steel hoop and tin plate for Murder of Baron von Ketteler. etc., are writing for locations in the About One-Third of Treasure Wai Brought mills. Pekin, July 15. — The departure Willamette valley and Eastern Ore Out by Four Women. There is no prospect of immediate from Pekin of Prince Chuan, younger gon. They want to get away from the relief from the drought in the middle brother of Emperor Kwang Hsu, who bugs, grasshoppers and hot winds. Seattle, Wash., July 16. — The west. has been selected formally to apolo The $1.000 appropriated by the steamship Humboldt arrived this Kitchener may be succeeded in gize at Berlin for the murder of last state legislature for the improve morning from Skagway with 40 pas South Africa by General Sir Bindon Baron Von Ketteler, was a spectacu ment of the mineral springs at Soda sengers and $300,000 in Klondike lar event. A train took Prince Chuan Blood. ville is now being expended in num- gold. The treasure was distributed and his suite from here to Taku, from Attempt to shoot a judge is the cli eorus much needed improvements. between a dozen passengers from Daw which port he will proceed by steamer max of fishermen’s strike on Fraser The First Southern Oregon District son and varied in sums from $1,000 to Shaghai. He will sail from Shang river, B. C. Agricultural Society will hold a fair Washington bicycle tax law de-1 hai July 20 for Genoa, and will pro at Ashland, September 13-22. There to $62,000. These people left the in ceed directly from there to Berlin by terior subsequent to July 4, and bring dared illegal by Superior Judge Mil rail. Prince Chuan came to the sta will be no racing» but prizes will be news that three of the river steamers ler, at Vancouver. tion in Pekin on horseback. He was given for baseball and band contests. are partly wrecked on the river be Steyn, ex-president of the Free gorgeously attired in royal yellow', and Brome grass is being extensively tween Dawson and White Horse. State, narrowly escaped capture by followeti by a long procession com used on the Eastern Oregon ranges to The Humboldt left Skagway July 9. Broad wood’s brigade. A strange feature concerning the posed of members of his staff, their replace the rapidly disappearing Thirteen Polish students are on servants and the luggage on cars. bunch grass. It seems to flourish on personnel of the Humboldt’s Dawson trial at Posen, charged with belong Here he was met by the present Ger hard dry soils with a minimum of passengers is the fact that four women possess about one-third of the treasure man minister to China, Dr. Mumm moisture. ing to revolutinary societies. which came out on the steamer. Von Schwarzenstein, a German mili The Congregational church at For tary band and gaurd of honor and two Purser Shoup reports that consid Portland Market!. est Grove, Or,. which was built in' of hiB brothers. erable gold has been started down Wheat—Walla Walla, export value, the river from Dawson and will come 1X58, was burned. Incendiarism is A committee of the ministers of 55c per bushel; bluestem, 57c; suspected. out via St. Michael and the ocean the powers in Shanghai have agreed A proclamation withdrawing about on a scheme for improving naviga valley, nominal. route. Several large consignmnets Flour — bext grades, $2.90(33.40 per 500,(MM) acres from Olympic reserve, tion in such a way as to allow Pacific left Dawson after July 1, but the barrel; graham, $2.60. Washington, has been Bent to Presi liners having a draught of 28 feet to exact amount is not known. It will Oats—White, $1.32‘(@1.35; gray. be brought down on the Roanoke and dent McKinley. anchor at Shanghai, instead of 20 $1.30(41.32 v5 per cental. several of the other ocean steamers Turkey pays the American claims miles below. This improvement will Barley—Feed, $17(3)17.50; brewing, from Nome. cost £750,000. It is probable that an $17(417.50 j>er ton. of $95,000. improvement of the navigation of the Millstuffs—Bran, $17 per ton; mid Registeirng for Oklahoma lands l’ei Ho as far up as Tien Tsin will be BOAT BLEW UP. dlings, $21.50; shorts, $20; chop, $16. has begun. incorporated as a condition of the Hay — Timothy, $12.50(414; clover. Ohio Democrats have nominated terms of peace. $7(49.50; Oregon wiki hay, $6(47 per Two Boy> Killed (nd a Dozen Other Personi James Kilbourne for governor. M. W. Rockhill expects to sail from ton. Injured. The salmon combine will be incor Yokohama August 20, accompanied Butter—Fancy creamery. 18(820«; Sunburv, Pa., July 16.—An excur by Hubbard T. Smith, United States porated in New Jersey with $32,000,-1 dairy, 14(415c; store, 11(412c per consul at Canton, and F. D. Cheshire, pound. sion boat anchoret! in the Susque (XX) capital. who is retiring from his connection hanna river at the foot of Market Eggs—17’._.(418c per dozen. Fraser river, B. C., fishermen say with the United States legation, Cheese — Full cream, twins, 11 >5(8 ■ street, this city, blew up with terriffic they will fight before they will give chiefly as interpreter, after a quarter 12c; Young America, 124 i (413 c per force today, killing two boys and in in to the Japanese. of a century of service. pound. juring a dozen other persons, two Th<‘ government has chartered the Poultry—Chickens, mixed. $3.(M)(<> fatally. One man is missing and Central Wood * Condition, steamship Palatinia to load at Port-i 3.50; hens. $3 50(44.50; dress «1, It)«,, may have been killed. and (or the Philippines. Washington, July 15.—Acting Ad lie per pound; springs, $2.00(8 LOG, All the boys killetl and injured were jutant General Ward has receive«! a |a-r dozen ; ducks. $3 tor old; $2.50 Sixteen persons are dead and 30 fishing on a near-by wharf when the cable msesage from Major Scott, adju ..«3(M> for young; geese, $1 p«*r explosion occurred. The engineer injured as a result of a collision on tant general of the department of lozen ; turkeys, live, 8(410c; dressed, was absent at the time, leaving the the Chicago A Alton near Kansas Cuba, saying that General Wood’s l()«i 12 ’ae per poumi. City. boat in charge of the pilot. When condition is steadily improving. In Mutton — Lamb«. 3’8c. gross; 1 he left there was a pressure of 60 Treasurer Hollander, of Porto Rico, ires-ed, 6(87« ja-r pound; sheep, pounds in the boiler, and he says he has resigned. Old Warship Will Bt Sold. $3.25, gross; dressed, 6«<f6’e« per lb. opened the firebox door. No cause Hogs — Gross, heavy, $5.75(46; Washington, July 15.—The secre Cubans are ready for the adoption is given for the explosion. light, $4.75(45; dressed, 61^(47« per tary of the navy today ordered the of a constitution. famous old Minnesota to be stricken pound. Ran Into i Meat Train. Chinese court still shows great from the naval register. A hoard of Veal—Small. 7 ^(48 *8c ; iarge, 6ls Kansas City, July 16. — South honor for dead Boxers. condemnation has just appraised her (47 ljC |>er pound. bound passenger train No. 1, on the Beef — Gross top steers. $4.00^*4.25; Prince Christian, of Denmark, is nt $15,000, and she will be sold at publi«« auction in Boston, where she cows and heifers, $3.25(43.50; dressed Kansas City Northern Connecting coming to the United States. Railroad, due here at 5:40 P. M , now lies The Minnesota is one of beef. 6(s(47l»c per pound. collide«! with an extra R«wk Island Hops—12(414« per pound. A crazy man in Denver killed a the most noted vessels of the old XL tail — \ alley*. 11(4 13«'; Eastern meat train at the Rock Island cr«»ss- woman and fatally stabbed a little girl. navy. Sh«' was built in Washington in 1855. and was the flagship of Ad Oregon, 8(112c ; mohair, 20($21c per ing, one mile north of Weatherby. A Chinaman was lynched in a Cali Mo., at 3:15 this afternoon. One miral Goldsborough in the famous pound. fornia lumber camp for assaulting a Potato««—$1 25(41.50 per sack ;new man was killed and four others se battle between the Merrimac ami the woman. potatoes, 1 L*c per pound. verely injured. Union fleet in Hampton Roads. 1 I mins or mt mi Annie Dobbie. a young singer of great promise in New York, is being trained at the expense of Andrew Carnegie. Chicago, Milwaukee A St. Paul railroa officials approve the pension and sick benefit system for their em ployes, to become effective in Sep tember. Camsgis Library for Ludvillr. Leadville, Colo., July 15.—At a meeting of the City library associa tion a letter was read from the private secretary of Andrew Carnegie, dated ■ from Skibo Castle, Scotland, stating I that he would donate $100,000 for a public library for this city, providing that the city would furnish $2,000 a year to maintain it. The offer of Mr. | Carneige was in response to an appeal for aid from the association. Boston will have a college for train ing young women to earn a livlihood. An instrument has been perfecte«! at Dartmouth college to measure the heat of the stars. An English syndicate is said to have purchased control of 72 sine and lea«l mines in Missouri. The American Museum of Natural History is to send an expedition to China to study the life and customs of the Chinese. Stum« Wenafchta Burned. Examinations for Period of Five Years. able to Locate Fire. M c M innville ............. O regon . The Minnesota state building at the Pan-American grounds has l>een dedi cated * COMPLIED WITH DEMANDS. HOTEL FIRE. Steei-Workcrs of Pittsburg and Vicinity Are Out. SEVENTY-FIVE THOUSAND 03EYED ORDER The Union Is Strong and H.-s Matters Well In Hand - More Are Joining Them, and Earlv Settlement Is Expected. Pittsburg, July 17.—Reports re ceived from all sources connected with the great strike of the steel workers today indicate that the members of the Amalgamated Association have matters well in hand and the strike order was generally obeyed. Tele grams from various points where the mills of the American Tinplate Com pany, the American Steel Hoop Com pany and the American Sheet Steel Company are located, tell of the shut ting down of these plants in large numbers. In many cases the plants had been shut down by the first strike order, which affected the sheet steel and steel hoop companies only. The order last night brought out-all union plants of the American Tinplate Company, with the single exception of the new mill in Monessen, which is still running. At th ■ Amalgamated Association headquarters it is stated that the figures given out Saturday night re garding the number of men who would be actually idle in the mills of the three companies have proved cor rect. This number was placed at 74,000. Of the 74,000 men idle, 25,- 000 are in Pittsburg, 800 in Alle ghany and 1,500 in McKeesport. President Shaffer has it in his power to close many more Pittsbrug mills, but it is not thought that he will do anything of a radical nature until he is compelled to. The American Steel Hoop Com pany’s supposedly non-union mill, was closed this morning in all its branches. The tie-up at this mill was said to have been a surprise to the millowners and officials in charge of it. The plant known as the Lind sey <fc McCutcheon mill in Allegheny was shut down completely in the puddling and bar mills. All the skilled workmen refused to enter the mill this morning and the company did not even operate the five furnaces. The finishing department of the mill was working during the day, as the men are not in the union, but it is claimed by the workers that the em ployes in that department will not go to work in the morning. While all the mills of the United States Steel Corporation are included in the general tie-up, the three com panies mentioned are the first to be attacked. What the next movement will be the workers do not say. It is announced tonight that the circular letter which was expected to be sent out today calling on the men in the mills of the Federal Steel Company, the Naional Steel Company and the National Tube Company toe ome out will not be issued at present. ' DYNAMITE CNECKED FLAMES. Four Blocks of Business Houses Were Burned at Enid. Enid O. T. July 17.—Four blocks of business houses on the public square were destroyed by fire in less than three hours’ time by the fire that started after mmidnight last night. The water supply was inade quate, and it was necessary to blow up buildings with dynaimte to check the flames. Owing to the continued drought,everything burned like match wood. A light wind blew from the southesat, and saved the eastern part of the town. The total loss is esti mated at $190,000. The insurance will be light. The fire started in the two story hotel building near the southeast corner of the square, ami spread quick ly to the big hardware house on the corner. Both buildings, with their contents, were soon consumed. The fire bearing south destroyed a furni ture store, restaurant and hotel. Fol lowing this in the path of the flames was a furniture store, hotel, a butcher shop in which $1,000 in cash was con sumed and a carriage works. Then going east it consumed another shop and three small buildings. Here it jumped across the street west and de stroyed a wholesale house anti a hotel. The Armour Packing Co.’s big building was destroyed and the entire block south of the square. The firemen finally had to blow up several buildings with dynamite. Better Mail Service for Alaska. Washington, July 17.—The post office department has contract«»! for an increase of the postal service in Alaska that will provide quicker time between Seattle and Circle City and intermediate points and furnish a direct steamboat service to Sitka. The new contract calls for an addi tional round trip every month between Seattle and Circle City via Sitka anti Valdes, and the all-American overland route. The schedule time is shorter than ever before. The contract will run from October 1 to June 30. Cotton Injured by Drought. Ardmore, I. T., July 17.—Reports Wenatchee, Wash., July 16.—Yes terday morning about 2 o'clock the from the cotton belt show that cotton steamer Wenatchee, of the Bailey A is being injured by the drought that O’Conner line, which had been taken ! has prevailed in the Chickasaw Nation Unless rain out of the water for repairs, took fire for the past five weeks. falls within the next few days ciops and was totally destroyed. A watch- j will be cut short. About 60 per cent man sleeping on the lower deck barely 1 of the corn crop has already been escaped with his life. All the effects ruined. There will be no marketable on the boat went up in smoke. Loss, corn. The crop of other grains is a total failure. $4,500; insurance, $3,500. New York, July 17.—A dispatch from Washington to the Herald says: China has formally complied with Ithe demands of the powers that she ••Mi-p« nd for five years all official ex aminations in all the cities where foreigners have been massacred or have been subject to cruel treat ment,” but she has «lone it in such a w iv as to rob the suspension of the punitive character desired by the foreign governments. The emperor has issued an edict suspending the examinations not only in the guilty districts, but throughout the entire country for a period of five years. Instead of announcing that this is the result of the ill treatment of foreign ers. the edict explains that the em peror desires to give the students in every province an opportunity for an entirely new and modern system of examination. The United States has not agreed to the action looking to the advisa bility of the foreign ministers in Pe kin demanding that a special punish ment be administered in those dis tricts in which foreigners were out raged. This government is anxious that the powers should retire from China as promptly as possible. While China has in the matter of examina tions turned a difficulty, it is pointed out that the others terms demanded are exceedingly rigorous, and it will be difficult for the imperial govern ment to comply with them and at the same time preserve its prestige at home. TEXAS DROUGHT BROKEN. Heavy Rainfall and High Wind at Dennison —Storm Causes Little Damage. Dennison, Tex., July 17.—The worst drought ever experienced in this section was broken this afternoon by a terrific rainfall of over two hours’ duration, the volume of rain being almost equal to a cloudburst. The storm was accompanied by a wind of almost tornado force. Reports indi cate that the rain is general in this vicinity. It has come just in the nick of time to save the cotton crop. It will benefit the fruit crop and fur nish stock water, which had entirley failed, causing much distress, and will benefit lowland cotton. The Southern M. E. church, re cently erected at a cost of $15,000, was partially demolished, and a num ber of small houses in the northern portion of the city were wrecked. Shade trees and window glass all over the city were demolished. A tornado is reported to have passed over the Chickasaw Nation, but there are no particulars here. DEVASTATION IN JAVA. Seven Hundred Persons Perished By a Sudden Volcanic Eruption. Tacoma, July 17.—Oriental advices give details of terrible destruction of human life that occurred in Northern Java in May by the sudden and ter rific coutburst of the volcano Kloet. For 50 miles around all the coffee plantations and other estates were destroyed by showers of ashes and stones, together with great streams of lava and hot mud. Seven hundred natives and a number of Europeans perished. The lava also consumed the superintendent of the estate and aliout 25 coolies. Many coffee es tates in the neighborhood were de stroyed. The country around was strewn with corpses. Many protests are being made be cause the Russian authorities at Port. Arthur are opening all letters to and from the American and European residents there. Nothing is permitted to be sent out that contains any allu sion to Russian military affairs or criticism of Russian methods. CONCORD AT SEATTLE. Gurboat Which Helped Destroy Spanish Fleet in Manila Bay. Seattle, July 17.—The United States gunboat Concord, Commander Harrv Knox, which played such an import ant part under Commodore Dewey in the instruction of the Spanish fleet in Manila bay, May 1, 1898, arrived from the Philippines by way of Dutch Harbor, Alaska. Of the officers in command of the vessel during the memorable sea fight, but one, F. E. Schute, paymaster’s clerk, remains on the ship. As to the force of ma rines. but five of the Concord’s crew at th«’ time she turned her guns on th«' Spanish battle ship are now on her. Prairie Fire in Kansas. Larned, Kan., July 17.—A prairie tire, which started 18 miles north of this place, burned over a large area of country yesterday afternoon and destroyed 40,000 bushels of wheat. Incendiarism in San Francisco. San Francisco, July 17.—A series of firths early this morning indicate that incendiaries were at work. Sta bles were made the especial mark of their to.ches. Twenty horses were hurne«l to death. The fires occurred ln the same general neighborhood. Tan Thousand Pcrons at El Reno El Reno, O. T., July 17.— The trains today have been bringing in moderate crowds for registration. There are probably 10.000 people here, and everything is quiet and orderly. Every one is comfortably situated and a large number more could be accom modate«!. The water is abundant and every provision has been made to feed and house the multitude. The tem perature has hung around the 100 mark.