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WEEKLY OREGON STATESMAN, Tuesday, September is. looo. .1BmW-:DEAD Residents of Galveston Believe the Victims Will Aggregate Over 5000. And Even Doable That Figure In Given Loss of Life Is Also Beported from the Eatlre Coast Line Snrrlvorg Are More Hopeful and Energetic Work Is Done. i C.ALVESTOX, Tex.. Sept. 15.-Tbe . Tfshlcnt of tialvesloii am of the opin ion that there are more, dead than the outsiders coming in are generally will ing to admit- It' J ticyond all possi bility that any .actual count will ever lie had. but the lst cvhkuce obtain able, ami allowing for those bodies which hare, been east up by the w ters after ls-ing once thrown Into the . fj.ulf ' and twice counted, and for the number that were carried out to sea and will never "lie heard of. the total cannot be for from The people of Calvestuu say that they know that It will amount to anything lietween fiWm- and ami estimate for tin most part will le in the uelgh lNrhood" of those larger figures. All up aud down the coast there has been a loss of life that will not Ikj h-araed of fr week and mouths, lft: ever.' Thv total number of dead from the storm, in this state, cannot Ik Jar from -If"). Carloads of sup- plb" hare lieen recelred from all pdrt of the country for tlie suffering residents of Calvestoii, hut' not a wisp of hay or a bushel of oats has come ' iu for the animals." ax exodvs. fJalvestou, Tex., Sept. 15, The ex odus from f lalvestou jrrow. In nun; Iter as facility's for getting away from the stricken i-Iy a ref Increased. Among those who departed today were (ieti'J-:il McKibbin and Lieuten ants ' Fcrgusou and Perry, who were sent hither by the United States Cov cnrment when the news of the horror was. given to the world. Before leav ing. etieral McKiblilu was . -solicited by the authorities to return, and ex jiects to do so within the next four -'or live days. 'The news, which was printed here this morning In; the sh'ajie of a tele gram from VIip President Hunting Ion that the road would not nliandou Calvestoii, lias created Intense satis faction, and has materially accek-r-abil the iiiovenfi-nt for the reconstruct tlott of the cityj Ir. Plouut. the state health oflleer, today printed statement showing that tlie apprehensions, that sickness will result 'from the overflow Just ex IKTleiicod ,aie unjustified. Several . thousand men are at work FOK THE BIG CANAL ISTHMIAN COMMITTER ASKS INFORMATION FOB Hcrdlag- ' thm : Industrial aad Kraoarce of the S(at of i ' Urrfoa, Other trrout Daily Statesniaii. Sept. l!.l Gov. T. T. Geer yesterday received n letter from Emery It. Johnson, chief clerk of Islhmhiu Canal Committee, at Washington, D. C, making inquiry re garding the resources of bTgon ag ricultural, industrial and com inertia I so 1lit the committee may begin the work of preiRirlug" statistics showing thejtfHil of an iutcroceatilc. canal. This Is a gmsl sign and indicates that the commHte, afler Cougress ti nd the jeoph bve Tor half a cen tury tliscusscil 4 he project, is lKgiuuiug tin' Work f preparing for the construc tion of the. great waterway. , The request will probably .Im answer ed by the semling of a copy of the 'Itestturee of Oregon" and other lata for Use of the committee. The letter receive by the tJovernor Is as follows: "We are endenvorliig to acquaint ourselves as fully as KissibIe with the lesourees of Oregon, in order that we may onskler the effect wlik-li the opening of an Isthmian canal would lmre upon them. . IKhs the state of Oregon -publish an annual volume dis CMsliig s4atisieally and otherwise, the agrictilt trnl. tndintrlal and commercial resourced of Cregoti? If so. we should 1h pleased to receive the retent issues of thei publication" ' - ';:T- : THE ORDINANCE IS INVALID. Attorney John A. Jeffrey Decides Against the Steamship "License ... Law of this City, John A. Jeffrey, tlie attorner ap pointed by Keeorder X. J. Judah, at the Instance- of "the city counHI, . to take steps to collect the tax ti -' the city, under an onllmnx-e paci sev eral mouths ago 4axing teatubat couqanies doing business at the Sa lem wharves,- ?."o annually, filial his reKrt yesterday morning lu the Hcc)nkrs otlice. The reiort Is as folkiws: ; i "I have to report to yon that I have 1oroughly Invest lgated onlinance Xo. 377, concerning steamboat llcnm. m-eutly referred to tne by you. , . I find that the steamboat lwlong Jug to Hie companies oin-rating tiott !m Willamette river are registered and working ouder a Goverumeu't li cense. VI.t Is therefore my otdnlon that the license ordinance In question Is In valid for tbe reason that It Is conflict with tbe commerce clause of tlie fed eral constitution, and that In attenuat ing to collect license under sjild prtli nance we would be defeated lu the courts. J ' THE MINERS' STRIKE. rbltsdelphla. fnt.li. Sonld the an thracite coal miners' strike be of pro- GROWS clearing away the debris on the beach. One hundred aud flfty lilies were discovered in the wreckage ami burn ed yestcrday.i No attempt Is now be in;? made to Identify the recovered bodies. indeed, most of them are found naked aud mutilated beyond recojpiitlon. - TROOPS WORX OCT. Dallas, Tex- Sept. 15. There Is urgent call for fresh troops at t.aHes ton." Those there are worn out with guard duty, burying the dead and clearing 'up the wrecks, or are sick from the unsanitary conditions. Gov ernor t Sayers last night ordered he Craddoek Light Infantry of Terrell to Calvestou. The company reached Dal las today, and departed south. A siKi-la! from Galveston says: There no concealment to lie made of the fact that a iiestileuee i feared. Ef forts of the local ami military author ities are directed now to minimizing this danger. They are sending the women and children to the interior ns fast as possible. All the able-bodied men must remain for a time at least. The disiKisition of bodies continues to Ikj on. f be largest duties.: and lie.ide this there are yet in the city and on the -Island thousands of car casses which need attention. "The stagn-int pools and the decomposing iKxiios and carcasses are a threaten ing phase of life thai makes a man tremble. Thousands of "barrel. of lime ican be used to good advantage. Xo exaggeration is made. Commander Booth Tucker has dis Itcted' Brigadier Henry, Stillwell and ten picked otticers, to Houston. Tex as, for relief work at Galveston, Texas. A furllur order has leen sent to the (oimeauding otticers of the corps : throughout the Union for a sjieelal col e tion. to I tikeu up Sunday after roon. the proceeds to lie sent the Com-mamU-r for the relief of the Galveston suuerers. . Ensign Cue, of the. local corps, is preparing to carry out the commander's Instructions. There will Is plenty of music and singing at the afternoon meutiing and the collections, loth in the open air aud iu the hall, will lie used for this worthy object.. .Persons desiring to send donations through the Salvation Army officers at tbvjfron't. can make "their checks pay able to' Brigadier Henry Stillwell, 1 Iocs ton. Texas, or Ensigu Cop, the command'tig officer of th? local corps. longed duration. It is possible that foreign countries will fiel Its effects as 'seriously as they will be felt In Ibi'i country, 4f not to a. greater de gree. T1m Xatioivil AssK-latIon of Matiiifacturcrs'ls almost daily receiv ing imiufres from abroad which In dicate how urg-ut is the demand in Europe for American coal. The let ters are from coal merchants who want this country's fuel to supply llx-fr rgular tnule and from business Lutein wlio see in tiie scarcity or coal oii;t!ie iToiitinenr an oior,t unity to engage" In a profitable business. . The National Association of Manufactur ers scuds1 all coinmunJcatlons of the khid to inliie oisrators and sfhIpMrs, bringing buyer aud seller promptly to get Iwr. Within 4 he past few days iniulties ha ve I Heu recl veil f rom G la sgow, DusseldorfJ Paris, Ihrlln ami Zurich regarding the can coal. S. W. Hanau er formerly a I'hlladelphia. inanurae tiirer and jitpreseiit Vlv Consul (5en eral of the UuHetl Statw at Frank furt. Germany, write1 as follows to the National Association of Manufac turers: - "The coal famine In erinany con tinues and is much worse .than before? the coal trust has raised Its price oil new" contracts for coal, coal bri quettes (compressed blocks ami Coke. The irh-e for coke now in 2V& marks jer metric hundred! weight (110 iHHinds Euglilit agalist 1.4 marks 12 months ago: and as the syndicate cannot till more than alnuit SO Js-r 'ceut of the orders. terman wholesale dealers In coke: and Industrial works using ll will have to procure the balance from foreign- sources, although tbe price may be much higher. A SPEEDY COLLAPSE. ENGLAND BELIEVES TIIE BO KB ! WAU IS NEABLY ENDED. Uoberts InKlannrtion a Statesmanlike Document Will Cause Dis banding of Itoers. XEW YORK. Sept. A dispatch to the Tribune from IMidon says: Lord Salisbury is not known to hare made any sign respecting the dissolution of tuirllauieut, but Lonl Rolierts ls evi dently hastening he general elw-tlons. Dissolution is writ across the procla mation and IniUHitis which have been received from Machadodorp lu the last twenty-four hours. S : ' i The ? British,- commander-in-chiefs proclamation to the Itoers jrespottlujt Mr. ; Kruger's retirement from the Transvaal aud his resignation from of fice Is an adroit and statesmanlike doc ument wlilcti can hardly fall to le bel ful In accelerating the dlsbaudnient of the guerrilla trooiw. Tle statement that l.t Boers are prisoners of war ctu surprise, here, t where the num ls?r of the Dutch was not Bupposed to lie over HMM. The rellwl tlwrat resH-tInc the em ployment of rigorous measures sanc tioned by tbe customs of war Is hailed with sat I fact ion by the English press, which, too, has lost patience with Lonl Roberts leniem-y. , xy ? Bulletins from Machadoilorp' all point to tbe sMHHly collapse of the - Boer arms. . Sir Red vers Butler's Immense ixure of Boer stores at Spitzop, Gen enrt Itorha'a reflrenient fromrmimiand eneral I'oIe-Carew su-cHful ad Tauce eastward along the railway with General Hamilton supporting distance behind him. OeneraUFrench'i steady advance toward Barberton and various oierations by Generals Haft. Clements and Bundle, are proofs that the press ure of overwhelming number Is Irre sistible and that, the .Dutch burghers are lighting without hope and are gra dually breaking down. ; ' Military experts expect that the last real battle of the war will be fought at Xelsprnit, and that Commandant VII joen's forces will hen disperse. Their forecasts have been falsined'so often that little imiHrtance can be attached to them. and it is a fairly safe conclu sion that there will be little except po lice work after Komatlnoort has !een ceeupied. J The general elections will not be deterred for the completion of Hie police .work, slnw, unhappily, that Is Ilkoly t6 ro on for s?vcral yeare. FILED THEM TWICE NOMINATIONS Of DJEKOCBAT8 AND POPULISTS OF OBEOON ror Presldvatlal Electors Placed la tbe IlfiBcU of th 6tt Depart- - 'I mailt Tcitcrdsjr. iFrom Dail- Statesman. Sept. 1.) Geo. E.I Chamierlin, president, and C. E. Bedfield, secretary of the state Democratic convention, held In Port land, April 12th, yesterday filed the certificates of nomination, in the State Department, of the Presidential Elec tors named by that convention as fol lows: ; ; Ernest Kroner, Portland. v Walter ! M. Pierce, Pendleton. Dell Stuart. Portland. John Whitaker, Corvallis.. Will It, King president, and Ernest Barton secretary, of th People's larty state couvet ion held lu Port land, April 12th, filed 4 he certificates of nomination and tlw acceptances of. their candidates for presidential elec tors, being the same as those tiled by the Democrats. A 'MIDNIGHT CATASTROPHE. A tomcat sat on a. moonlit shed and warbled a song, to the night. A gray old singer of plelielan birth, but the hero of many a fight, And a sinful man In whose wicked soul no love for harmony dwelt . From his bed arose In his red night clothes, giving voice to the rage he felt! lie a lKKtJack seized in his vengeful hand and hurled it out into space. And a smile eeiied oHt through the . dry war scars of the veferau tom cat's fact" "Xever touched me! he cried. In tri umphant glee, aud a laugh of de rision iiH-ouwetl! And the madman swore till the stars went out; and the moon hid its . face in a cloud! Again did the .tomcat raise its voipe In' a song to. Its sweet Marie.- Ami the echoes, quivered like current jell in tlie tJirill of the nielodce, Aud the man In the window a shotgun seized, aud it belched forth a rain of ltul. Ami the tomcat ,snnk in the throes of death on the roof of the phi wood shed! ; e With ti grunt of triumph the murderer sought the embrace of his couch again. Aud the tomcat raised up Its shot - pierced bead and from it shook out the pain. And said: "I've lH-en slaughtered just four times now! I've had trouble to beat the band! But, though slightly disligured. l iu still in the ring, ami I've live more lives on hand!" Denver Evening Post. WOULDN'T COMMIT HIMSELF, "Excuse me. but didn't I meet you in Chicago sonic time agoV" "Not miles I was there at the tiine.-Cleveland Plain Dealer. STATE TAXES. State Treasurer Charles .S. Moore 'yesterday received fl.inM) from s Yamhlir county, on . ac count of the state tax, levy from tin year 1S!. He also received ?l(i.s;..V, from tlMv Ixewenlerg-Goiug Company being, the amount dut from convict Ia prlson for the nurnth of August, the prieou for the moivth of August, the largest sum ever earned by prisoners in one mouth's oiM?ratiou of the foun dry. VERY ILL. John Thoruliorry for the past forty-five years a resident of the vicinity .of (icrvat Is quite ser iously 111. at., bis home, from dropsv complicated with oilier diseases. He I'.is liven sick for aliout a month but was I not confined to his bed until alKiut a week agoV FOR ASSAl'LT AND BATTERY. Chark-y S n tuner, a lsy fourteen years of age. swore out a warrant In the justice court -of Woodburn, charging Thomas Mitchell with assault and battery.. The-.case was trieil yester ihiy at Wooilburn, but the decision of the court has not yet lieen made. J A MARRIAGE LISCENSE. A mar riage Ilcnse -was issued yestenlay, by County Clerk W. W. Hall, to Ernes Iong anI Eolith Casixdl. lKth of Stayton. this counrty. The wedding will take place today at the home of the tride's parents. i a wren uic ourgrons. Alt doctor tol-d Rerrick Hamilton, of west jetter&on. u., alter suffenrt j8 riK) rK h i from Rectal Fiitula, be would die unlesi a costly operation was per formed'; but he cured himself with five boxes of Bucklen's Arnica Salve, the surest Pile cure on Earth, and" the best Salve in the World. 25 cents a box. Sold by Dr. STONE. "Mrs. Binks lias a noble stretch of the imagination, hasn't she?" 'I don't know her very welL Why do you think hoT " - I heard her speaking of tbe flat they live lu as 'our town house. "Cleve land Plain Dealer. EI Baaut EigasUre Twice-a-wcek 'Statesman,' $r a year. ROOSEVELT IS ON THE WING Tht Candidate Will Visit Idaho During This Month. MET MANY fRIENDS YESTERDAY While Speaking In Biimarck, K. p., Imonir Cowboys Who Kong-hed It with Blm Years Ag;o. BOISE, Ida., Sept. 13. Seuator Shoup has organizetl a receptilon com mittee of fifteen, to meet Governor Roosevelt at Butte on the morning of the 10th, aud escort Wm through the state. The committee will leave here Monday, aud take a special car at Pocatello, which will be attached to Governor Roosevelt's special. The siiccial will be run up the St. Anthony branch and make stops at Idaho Falls and Blackfoot, arriving at Po catello, at 5 p. ui., where the princi pal meeting of the trip will be held In the evening. ROOSEVELT AT BISMARK. Bismark. X. D., Sept. 15 Gov. Roosevelt's special train arrived at Bismarck at U o'clock today, and re mained here during , the niglrt. This Is a place familiar to Governor Roose velt, aud lie met many old cowboy frleuds, among them some who bad been with him ou his ranch. ' j SENATOR HOAR'S? STAXD. Delphi, IiuL, Sept.. 15. Seiiator Hahna addressed the Republicans of the Xinth Congi-essloual Bstrkt to day. Senator Hanna related an aucl dent which occui-rtnl lu Boston a month ago. when Senator ; Hoar, of Massachuetts, cxpix-sseil his views on the campaign iu the presence of twenty or thirty busiuess meu. nan us, said: That grand old man arose and. laboring under a solemnity as he felt the Importance of " that occasion, felt that he had -been almost ; estranged from his party aud from his President and yet. strong under his owu con victions that bad been rooted within him for a life time, he said: "Gentlemen, you all know that I have not been -in harmony witli my party upon this Philippine question, but that rt "only, one of many import ant questions, and as long as my party stands upou the foumhitiou principles of which was Its baptism and life, I shall stand by iuy party. Put. he said, 'I propose to tear the mask from the face of that liyiiocrite, William J. Bryan.'" " BUY AX IX ST. LOUIS. . St. Louis, Mo., Sept. 15. A less ex perienced man i hat Wi. J. Bryan wight very well have had his bead turned b3 the reception accorded 'lilrii In St. IaxuIs tonlglrt. He siwke here at the Coliseum Hall, under the auspices of the National Democfny of the Com mercial travelers. The liall is said to seat 1-U M people. Not only' was every seat occupied, but every available foot of standing room was also cover ed. TIIE SHOE FITS. St. Louis, Mo., Sept. 15. Webster Davis, ex-Assistant SK-retary of the Interior under the present administra tion sjsike here tonight. In reply to Charge that he had received money from President Kruge'r of Transvaal tb supiort it he Democratic ticket, Ik, said: .- , "I say here tonight -that any man ttr' newspaper which says I received a single dollar from Kruger or auy one else is an infamous damnable liar. I will 1m at St. Xicholas hotel until tomorrow afternoon and if any dirty cur takes issue with this ehuraeterlza tloii lie can -meet me there." Then' were alternate cheers and hiss es while Davis was siwaklng. and at times the i scene was .excitlug. SALISBURY IS QUIET. NO SIGN'S -OF CLEARIXtS THE SITCATIOX. Russia and Germany IMIevel to Be Acfcing in C4jiK-ert for Their Mutual Advantage. NEW YORK. Sept. 15. A dispatch to the Tribune from Ixndoti. sars: Lord Salisbury Ims been at the Foreign Otlice, but there are no Immediate signs that the situation In Cliina has ln-en clearetl.' Ixindon inlltors certain ly are as much lu "the dark as they were when "the premier was in the Vosges. T1k Times Is keeping abreast with Dr. Morrison rather thau follow ing any ofllcial cues In forecasting and condemning a secret understanding le tweeU Germany and Russia. , It has been the current lielief In dtiiloniatic circles that, an understanding of this k ind would ls brmigbt 'aliout. but it luis lsen bused uion natural Inferences lather than um definite information. ; Russia and (Jeriuuny actetl la concert at the -lose of the war lietween China and Ja'Kin and obtained naval stations and territory. It has lieen the natural suggestion that they would refieat this process in the existing crisis and there has lieen nothing In the negotiations over retirement bf tbe allied forces from I'ekiu to mwlify this Inference. Practically diplomatists have lieen con vinced that 4he German em peror,safter siqiiiorting England strongly in outh Afrk-a during the last year, cannot be depended upon to take up Brhish In-tei-ests In China, but will lie niorit like ly to niakeerms with Russia. ; '. The validity of Ir. Morrison's infer ences Is acciteJ1y well-lnfonned Ufcn in diploma tfjclrclea. It is the tra t ura I order of events that the German cnleror. who lias ambitions of bis own In the far East should have a good ftmfcrstamiing with Russia respecting ilMi far East. . i "' y- . , " . . Iord Salisbury's own jsdicy remains a mystery and only one thing -au lie !s'rtvl wit hany desree of -onlidcnce. Tlmt fB'thathe-4rttisi forces will re uialu In Pekiuindetlultely. England " p" ' : - - r; - . - f Mrug wlf liouf a "d Iplouiai fealty' In' f he Chinese t'ompiication .will naturally maintain an attitude of masterly Inac tivity and decline, to send away , her 1 1 oops until tiny lmierial Goverument has been reconstructed and some ef fective measures have been taken for securing the punishment of the guilty Mandarins. ; ' v '.':.. ,: p.'-- NO SENSATIONAL EVENTS. ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IX THE CHINESE SITUATION. Berlin Does Xot Believe that Russia , American or France-Will With draw from Pckln.. 1 BERLIX, Sept. 15. Tlie Chinese sit uation Is here iIccuhmI to be highly un satisfactory nml most complicated, though no sensatioual events are im mediately expected, and Isolated ac tion upon 4he part of any one Power Is not anticipated. According to the opinion here, all interested Powers are too firmly con vinced of the luijiortance of continued harmony ud solidarity, to jeopardize them when no -necessity calls for It It is expected, in Berlin, that neither Russia nor France will withdraw their trooiw hurriedly from Pekin, and it Is lieliered -tbe United States will not bo in any greater hurry. Information has reached this city that Russia, in any event, will keep large bodies of itropps in China, not only lu the frontier provinces or- Mongolia, Manchuria and Kirln, but also In the Interior and coast districts of IV Chi Ll. The military directors of the Allied farces have agreed tha under the cir cumstances it is necessary to strength en, the tactical and strategical position of the International forces in Pel Chi LI. Regarding Germany's attitude, she will in any case insist on severe pun ishmeht, being 'inflkrted on the treach erous Chinese authorities. FIGHTING EACH OTHER. Lourenco Marques, Sept. 15. Boers who arrived here yesterday evening aver that the burghers are lighting among themselves ' at 'Helspruit, and are looting and burning buildings. Loudon, Sept. 15. JLord Roberts re ports to the War Office under date of Machadodorp, September, 14th, as fol lows: "French occupied Barberton yester day with the cavalry, which he took across the niouutaius. He met slight opposition, the enemy being complete ly surprised. Twenty-three officers and fifty-nine men who were prison ers wore, released, and forty -throe locomotives and other rolling stock were captured. The former will rei lieve us.df great difficulty, as we have to put up with a few rickety engines. "French reports that he has suffi cient supplies for three weeks for his force, and for a week for his horsey One. hundred Boers,' with Mauser rifles, and a quantity of ammunition, were captured. There are large quan tities of cattle and sheep In the coun try, which Is good news. ' "French Intercepted large convoys, showing ; that Barlie(rtou was used as a depot of supplies for the Itoers in the south and southeast. The bulk "of French's, force Is still 35 miles behind the cavalry, owlug to the difficulty of getting the wagons over the pass leading to Barbertou." KLONDIKE GOLD. Royally on Many Millions Paid iu the Dawson District. Vancouver. B.' C, Sept. 15. W, X Bauer, n mining ciigiuei-r of this" citji just relumed from Dawson, say that, according to tin latest informal tion in possession of the gold con missiouer's office at Dawson, royalty will lie paid this season on SItMNNJ.biit) ami tin actual .. clean-up will probabli" be FJtlHJOAMM more. ROBBED AN EDITOR. Lone Highwayman Despoils J ' , Man iu California. a I'oor Nevada. Cal., Sept. 15. Tliki Downej ville stage was held up by ji lone .highwayman. nvir Nigger Tent, today. W. F. Eaeltbacher, editor of the J)owneyville amr, was the oiil,v one robleLon the stage. The robber obtained $3 from him. SEVEN LIVES LOST. Milwaukee. Wis., Sept. 15. Eighteen men. emploj-ed by the North wesleifn LumlHT Co.. at EauClaire. Wis start mI to cross the river, atwl when iljie lwat was about a quarter of a mile from shre, it was overturned and seven men who drowned, i 1 I The promenade oiening at the Xon iwirell. last evening, was a success notwithstanding the stormy weather. The store was prettily decorated with palms, ferns aud cut flowers. Tlie music was highly appreciated as also were the refreshments. The opening will 1k continued dur ing Monday, Tuesday and Wednes day evenings. ' y , - THE ENGINE WAS ALL RIGHT. WIh'u Collis P. Huntington was president of the Chesaieake and Ohio Railroad tkfmpany. J. K. 1 nrray. of the vice president's staff, with ' Cap tain Rogers, a California railroad official, was with blm on his private car, relates the Chicago Chronicle. Captain Rogers had Jn-en offered the general managership of the road by Mr. Huntington and was going over tlie Hue. The train-stopped and a switching engine was attached to the end of Mr. Huntington's car to pull It out. 1 : .. : ', . At that timment the liarty on the car was breakfasting, ami Mr. Hunt ington was seated at the table nearest tlie door, deftly carving a steak. The switching engine had been coupled to tlie other end of the car and started off, and it liapiiened that tlw brake man forgot to uncouple the Iiell'roiie between the car and the rest of the train, so, as the switching eugtne pull ed tbe private car away from tlie train the. rope stood the strain until it lie came taut and then broke with a re bound that sent one end with terrific force Into Mr; Huntington's car. The flying rope, with Its metal end. grazed Mr. Huntington's head and . shattered the meat platter in front' of : hi tu. He quietly iHgau'loTlilcVuiTfHe Traguients" and Captain Rofcra;renvy-ked: ;, j. "That .was 'a narrow J escape ' 'Mr. Huutingtou. , ' '' -1 i The railroad king, with his manner unchanged, replied: j "1 don't know, 'Captain. I would have A great deal of invention lias recent ly taken place In the field j of X-ray appaYatus. With Increasing power, due to i he ierfectiou of induction Coils, interrupters and static inaclilnes the amount of energy that-can Ik concent rated in aii X-ray tube has grown to such a degree 'that the plat inum targets upon which the cathode stream impinges, which are I he source of the X-ra3-s, lieeome intensely heat ed and even melted in a few seconds.. While these can bo kept cOol, enough to offer no Inconvenience during short periods of operation by making them relatively thick and massive, even this expedient has not ,; proved satis factory in eases where it Ik th'sired to oiierato a tube for sometime, as, for exaniule, when making a radiograplt through the fleshy tiarts of i the IkmIj-. Tu1ks have bceu made with hollow tubnlar targets which caii be. lilktl with water or connected ) by rubber hose w-ith a hydrant, A j new and highly satisfactory method consists iu slmijly coating and target; with plati num. 1 his substance possesses very high radiating ivower and the bent generated In. the target is thus rapid--lj' dlssipatetl.. It Is calculatwl that tulM'S with blackened anodes can rid themselves of beat more than eight times faster than tubes juslng the ordinary target.., 1 CURIOUS HAWAIIAN', CAVES. A curious cave has-bceti discovered two miles from Hilo, Hawaii. The cave runs toward the mountain in the form of a tunnel. Dowuj the middle of the cave is 11 ditch that looks like the bed of an ancient stream. This channel Is aliout three feet deep and four feet wide, with evenly worn sides, forming two benches.- On one of these benches was found the skele ton of a woman, in sHting posture A GAME Of EXTORTION. PORTLAND CRIMPS ENDANGER TRADE WITH ENGLAND. Shipowners Apparently Helpless in ' the Face of Existing iEvil Help Should Be Provided. PORTLAND, Or., Sept. 15. Iist Welnesday Capt. S. P. llearn, of the British ship tJeuista, tinislied loading a cargq of wheat and went to look for sailors to man his ship for Eng land. He applied to the sailor board lug Louw lirm of Sullivan, Giant Bros. .& McCiiiTon. for! sailors, but their terms were consldet'inl , too high, and Captain II earn decliiinl to secure a "rew iu Siin Francis-4: lie made ai-raiigenient for men to come liere from Sau Francisco, but he claims that Grant" and MeCarron went to San Francisco and prevented the -sailors from coming. Uikhi this state or facts th' following caHegram was sent tonight to tbe Liverpisil Sliip owuers Association, which will notify the Sliipowners Association' of Gm Clyde ud Lotidoti: ; ,;' 1 ,( "!:e:il!a and Gjnista loadil. Ri qu're t wnty-tlirif men.1 Crimps de- , ii'iuid f.'5' advan-e. and bloml iroeev. Wages i. Rates In 'Sitn i'nuiciseo, 2 and wa?s; 4. Tried to get men there. -but 'Port land Crhiips bkM'ketl. I recoiniiHiil hold ing the ships. (Sfguedi Balfour. Guth rie & Co." I Balfour, Guthrk & Co. are the agents of the owners of the Orcalla -and ;cnista. Captain jltarii. sieak- - lug of the demands of the sailor boarding house men, said: ' "When I went to see !Grant. he de mafidiit ShV for each mau." Tlw legal phase of tlie matter was touched uisiii. when Griint Is reiMirt mI to hve said: "If we can't get Judges to do as we -want, we will liave Judges that will.' "This abuse Is getting to Im a ls'avy burden 011 the business! of this iort," said Walter J. Burns,; the resident" partner of Balfour, Guthrie Ac Co.. "and 'something should. 1k done to arouse.": public sentiment. We can transfer our business to some other port, and escape tlw extortion prac ticed ui tlie Columbia' river, or we can pa 3 the money dema nihil, niel take it out of the price paid for tlie grain." . ' : i COAL TRAINS COLLIDE. A Wreck In British ..Oolunibla with Fatal Results. ' Xauaimo, V. C. Sept. 15.-Coal trains. No. 1, from litdysmith. and Xo. 10.' from Alexandria, collided to day about two miles north of IHly siirith, u the Esquiiiiault &. N.iiKiiiiiu Railw03'. The trains met on tlie cen ter of a bridge. The 'approach, to the bridge on both sides js a sharii in cliiM', coming suddenly on the level bridge, which'lies at the lxittom of Hie -valles. '-'Both trains were badly wrecked. The kWh'i are: Rolwrt Fisher. suHM'intendeut iof the Alexan dria mines; Samuel AValton, engine: Hugh Tliompson, fireman j IE Saun ders,, brakeman. Tlie cause of the accldeut was a misiilceVl signal. REALIS,I. Serne. children's party (Punch and Judy show going): j Tom discovered by his hostess' pap in tears. -';:- -?" .' Hostess I'apa Afraid Tom? t'heer up, old man! they're only dolls. Poor Frightened. I'onimy They won't be dolls whcuH dream alioiit them tonights-Life. ! ' A Life and Death Fight Mr. VV. A. Hins of Martdiester, la., writing I his almost j tniraculous es cape from rfearh, say: "Exposure after measles induced eriott lung tTOXX'c: which ended- in Consumption. I'-1'? requet ivemorrhages and. cougben night and day.' 'Ail my doctors a:d I must oon die. Then; I began to Dr. King's New Discovery for Con sumption, which completely cured me. I would not be without it even u cost ?S a bottle. Hundred have used it 00 my recommendation ami all evf it never fail to cure Throat, Chest and Lung troubles." Regular ize 50c It $1. Trial bottles free at Dr. STONES drug -stores v K - ' ' - i ' - , .f i -' j . -i t Vino' Job printing, statesman Offlcfc