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VOL. I. bhp w i F® COMMISSION IS IN HAVANA. American Co mm I sal oners Landed find Were Accorded Military Hon or ■—Formally Presented to tlie Captain General—>Ofllcials Visit Admiral Monteroln. Havana, Sept. 12.—The United States transport .Resolute, having on board the American commissioners, arrived Satur day morning. The Spanish government officials went on board the transport to welcome the Americans. At 9:15 o'clock the American commis sioners, accompanied by the Spanish of ficers representing Captain General Blan co, landed at La Machina wharf, and ar rived at the palace at 9:40, where the captain general's body guard presented arms. Captain General Blanco, in full uniform, received the commissioners in the reception room, where, after the for mal presentation had taken place and the official courtesies had been extended, they sat down and conferred for about 20 minutes. The captain general addressed tlie commissioners in English. The United States commissioners left the palace shortly after 10 o'clock, ac companied by l)r. Congosto and General Solano. They were driven to the Ma china wharf, opposite the wreck of the Maine, where they took lunch before re turning to the resolute for dinner. Colonel Cloud and Captain llart, ac companied by a Spanish officer, then paid a visit to Admiral Manterola and to the captain of the port, after which th<»y returned on board the Resolute. The general public crowded the wharf when the arrival of the Resolute became known, but there was no demonstration. The first session of the commission will take place this morning at 8 o'clock 'it the colonial government office. On Friday the entire archives were carted from the military governor's pal ace to the wharf, where they were de livered to lighters for shipment to the Spanish mail steamer Ciudad de Cadiz, that sails for Spain tomorrow. Prepara-, tions are being made for an early de parture in every branch of the govern ment. WASHINGTON. The school board of Franklin county has made a levy of three mills for teach ers' salaries and other school expense*. Mr. Dickson's crew of Northern Pacific surveyors has removed its camp from the ice cave, in the vicinity of Ives, to the inouth of the Methow. Daily mail stages now connect Chelan with Wcnatckee over the state wagon road up the west bank of the Columbia river without the necessity of crossing and recrossing the river at great expense and danger, as formerly. Another small appropriation will put the road in first class condition, and this will be asked of the next legislature. T. F. Safley of Olympia the other day killed a large coyote at his ranch near Patterson lake, beyond Chambers' prairie. Mr. Safley was gunning for grouse with a light muzzle loading shotgun when he espied the 'coyote. The first shot did not take effect, but the second brought down the game, a kind that is very scarce in that country. A stockman who has been over the range on Smooth Iron prairie in Asotin county, reports that stock of all kinds are in excellent shape. Wild animals, however, are getting bothersome again, and in one place he counted three car casses of young horses recently killed, evidently by bear or cougar. County Superintendent Rineliart of Clarke county has completed his annual report to the state superintendent. The total receipts of his ofl'tfe for the year from all sources amounted to $52,903.02, and total disbursements $40,401.45, leav ing a balance on hand June 30, $12,502.- 17, and a decrease of school indebtedness in the county amounts to $10,149.70. The report shows 4206 children of school age in the county, 2323 males and 1883 females, of whom 3543, 1838 males and 1705 females are enrolled in the schools. Governor Rogers received notice from the war department that the bill for subsistence furnished to the captains cf the national guard prior to their muster into the United States service must be paid by the state, although these various items had heretofore been charged against the federal government. The state will, however, lose nothing, as the auditor of the war department promises that the state shall be reimbursed by the United States for this outlay hereafter. They amount to $1053.18, and the parties fur nishing the same will therefore present their bills to the state in order to obtain their money for supplies furnished. The growth of the Spokane Fruit Fair has been remarkable. The fair which opens at o'clock October 4, with * If rand harvest festival parade, will be but the flfth. The first was held in a little brick building and lasted four days. The paid admissions were 14,304. This first venture, and the second, were under the auspices of the bureau of immigration and had Manager Roister at the hea«l of them. The second fair lasted ten days ami the paid admissions leaped to 55,407. The third was und<*r the management of Frank Smith and lasted 12 days, the paid admissions being 56,003. The first three fibs charged ten cents admission. Tba fourth, the one of last year, again came under the management of Herbert Holster, and in the twelve days it con tinued the paid admissions reached a to tftl of 60,806. The admission was 15 cents. Don't Use Wine. Chicago, Sept 12.—The national W. C. T. U. directed a letter to President Mc- Kinley today urging the prevention of the use of wine in christening the battle ship Illinois by iaiss Leiter. fire st Oasnba. Omaha, Sept. 12.—Fire has the extensive printing house of the Reese Printing Company. The loos is $85,000. This year's cranberry crop in Wiocon jun is estimated at 18,000 battels. NINE MEN ABE WELL KNOWN. People Selected to Investigate Aider's War Conduct. Washington, Sept. 12. —In his selection of men to investigate the war depart ment, it would have been difficult for the president to have selected nine men better known to the American people and yet equipped perfectly for the work they will be called upon to perform. Lieutenant Colonel Schofield was Gen eral Miles' predecessor as commanding general of the United States army. His experience in the civil war as a corps commander, eminently fits him to pass judgment upon the operations in the field just concluded. General Gordon has had the same ex perience in the confederate army as General Schofield on the northern side, and in addition he has represented the state of Georgia for two terms in the United States congress. General Granville. M. Dodge is well j known as a man of large business inter ests in New York, but even better known 1 among soldiers whom he led to success in the civil war. He also commanded in army corjw and has never lost his inter est in military affairs since entering civil life. 1). C. Gilman is one of the best known educators in the United Stales, at pres ent holding the honored position of pres ident of Johns Hopkins university in Baltimore, Md. He was selected by Pres ident Cleveland as a member of the com mission appointed to settle the Venezu elan boundary controversy. Charles F. Manderson of Nebraska was senator from that state for two terms, and also served with distinction in the war as a division commander. He is at present in Washington. Hon. Robert T. Lincoln is, of course, so well known as to need no introduction to the public, and the same is almost equally true of Daniel Lamont, secretary of war under the second Cleveland ad ministration. Dr. W. W. Keene is a citizen of Phila delphia, and enjoys the reputation of be ing one of the most scientific and ablest of physicians in that city. Colonel James A. Sexton is best known to the American people on account of his election on Friday to the post of com mander in chief of the G. A. R. Gen. Gordon Declines. Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 12. —General John B. Gordon has declined to serve on the commission requested by President Me lt inley to investigate the conduct of the Spanish-American war; giving as a rea son his unstable health. Pannenffer Rate War Ku<ln. San Francisco, Sept. 12.—The trans continental passenger rate war which has been raging with much bitterness be-1 tween the Canadian Pacific railroad on 1 the one side and the northern lines on the other, for some months past, will come to a close on the 25th inst. T. 11. Goodman, general passenger agent of the Southern Pacific Company, was advised today by Chairman Caldwell of the Western Pas senger Association that the interested lines had agreed to advance their rates on that date. Forty-Eisht Cents for Clnb. Pendleton, Or., Sept. 12. —Saturday aft ernoon the first wheat sales for several weeks were made. A total of 60,000 bushels were bought at 48 cents for club wheat under the standard grade. The total crop of this county this year amounts to over 5,000,000 bushels, of which scarcely 100,000 bushels, is yet sold. It is the opinion here that if this price holds good a large amount of wheat will move from growers to buyers during the week. Citr of Tenta. Vancouver, R. C., Sept. 12.—At New Westminster this morning there ire many peculiar scenes after the fire. On the wide open space just beyond where the fearful fire stopped a city of tents has arisen. Here the provisional gov ernment and the Vancouver authorities have housed in tents lent by the militia department all the homeless sufferers. The property loss this morning is esti mated at al>out $1,000,000. Acnte Industrial Crisis. Kingston, Jamaica, Sept. 12.—Advices received here from Antigua, the Rritish West Indies, of the Leeward group, indi cate there is an acute industrial crisis there, owing to the shutting down of the sugar plantations, constraining the gov ernment to inaugurate relief works in or der to avoid a threatened outbreak of riot and pillage among the idle and starv ing laboring people. The sum of $10,000 has been appropriated for the immediate relief of the crisis. Fnleon Island la No More. Victoria, R. C., Sept 12.—News comes from Suva by the steamer Miowera that Falcon island, recently situated midway between the Tongatabu and Haafai groups and immediately opposite the Nomuka group of islets, has disappeared beneath the waves in consequence of volcanic action. Thei v» were about 20 native fishermen on the island who have doubtless per ished. Gasoline Killed Fire. Philadelphia, Sept. 12.—Five persons are known to have lost their lives as the result of a gasoline explosion which oc curred last night at fifteenth and South streets. It is believed that at least half a dozen bodies are yet in the ruins. Nnjwet Uk< a Watermelon. Vancouver, R. C., Sept 12.—Australian advices received here on the steamer Miowera say an immense sensation has been created all over Australia bv the discovery near Lake Wvne of a gold nug get weighing 115 pounds avoirdupois and valued at $32,000. Jnek»on'a Panle la Bnded. Jackson, Mi«*., Sept. 12.—N0 new cases of yellow fever have developed. The pan ic which struck this city Saturday has subsided snd msny who fled have re turned. Sick Soldier* »•" '•» Havana, Sept 12.—The Spaninh steam er fiudad de Cadiz left Saturday after noon lor Spain with 800 aiek sul.lier two general# and their staffs. Superstition is so common in Paris that cards tastefully embellished and contaia ing a list of "hours to be a»oided" are ex | tt-nsively sold. RITZVILLE, WASHINGTON, SEPTEMBER 14, 1898. 'MINES MID MINING NEWS SEVERAL LARGE SALES MADE. Work on Nine Mile In Idaho—Alti tude of Buffalo Hump—Sales He ported of the Iron Mask, the Iron Horse and the Copper Wonder— Mining; Notes. There are 15 teams and 25 men em ployed on the Northern Pacific's Nine Mile brandy near Wallace, Idaho, and the gap between the old grade and town will be completed this week. That is practically all the work there is to do for four miles, the ofd grade requiring but little repairing to put it in shape to lay ties and rails. No announcement has been made as to how far the rails will be laid this year, although there are various rumors afloat regarding it. Among the men employed on the work the idea is prevalent that there is an understanding with W. A. Clark that lie wilt work the Sunset and that the road will be built to it as soon as possible. It is out of the question for it to go so far as that this year, as it will require several miles of heavy grading. The Sunset claim is on the very summit of Sunset peak, and has the greatest sur face showing of any claim in the Coeur d'Alenes without question. Mr. Clark has owned it for years, declining to eith er sell or lease the property, although there are plenty of men who would jump at a chance to get to work it on any reasonable terms. Another report is that the track for the present will run 1 only to the lilack Cloud mill, and an other that it will be put through as far as the Granite mine, a mile and a half beyond the end of the old grade. Lo cal officials profess to know nothing rif the plans of the company, and it is probable that they are honest in their statements. The Iron Mask Hold. The Iron Mask in Kossland camp is soon to pass into the hands of the Blackstock-Uooderham syndicate, which lately acquired the Centre Star, and which has owned the War Kagle since it passed from the hands of the original Spokane company. That a deal has been pending for some time is well known. That it is nearing the point of culmina tion is asserted by those who are in a position to know the facts. It is said that the price is to be at the rate of $500,000, or $1 per share, for the property. Some who are in close touch with the parties interested insist th.it the price is even higher than this and give as a reason therefor that the deal has been hanging tire for some time simply because the owners of the con trol of the property would not sell at $1 per share, and that there is no reason to believe that they have weakened. How ever, it comes from an authentic source that the price is $1 per share. Boavht (he Iron Horse. The Iron Horse in Kossland camp has been purchased by George K. Pfunder for the Mackay syndicate, which owns the Virginia, Colonna and Monte Cris -Ito properties. The Iron Horse was owned by the Iron Horse Mining and Milling Company of Kossland. Harry ! Humphrey of Spokane was one of the largest stockholders and he recently ac quired the control of the property and made the deal for the sale of the control to Mr. Pfunder. J. D. Farrell was a large stockholder. Mr. Pfunder, who was in the city -last week, said thet he had closed the deal for the purchase of 883,000 shares of the stock of the company, the capitaliu&tion being $1,000,000. He declined to name the price paid for the stock, but it is claim ed that the figure was 8 cents per share. Altitude of Baffalo Hump The report that the new quartz camp on old Buffalo Hump has an altitude of 12,000 feet is ridiculous, says the Idaho Free Press. The figures given by the United States geological surveyors who were through the country last summer place the altitude of the hump itself at 8810 feet above sea level. This is the el evation platted on the map of the Bitter Hoot forest reserve furnished by the in terior department for the use of Mr. Olindining, superintendent of the re serve. The entire country was triangu lated and platted with great accuracy, and the elevations of all prominent peaks and stations are given, making it the most serviceable map of this section we have ever seen. Boasht the Copper Woadrr . The British America Corporation last week purchased the Copper Wonder and two other small fractions lying to the east of the Great Western for $5000. There are 13 acrea in the three frac tions. The vendors were Kennedy Brothers Jt Purgold, who owned a third, Chester, of Spokane, a third, and Arthur Gowing and J. 8. Rogers, one-sixth each. Caah tor Centre Itar. The sum of $2,000,000 for the pur chase of the Centre Star mine in Itoss land, B. C., was deposited with Cashier T. M. Hodgens of the State Savings bank at Butte last week. The purchaser is the Blsckstoek-Goodertiara syndicate of Toronto. The stockholders who sell out are principally Butte people. P«U tor Gaverameat flasher. The clerk of the United States court bos been sdvised by the department of the interior at Washington that a check has been received there from the Le Hot Mining * Smelting Company of Spokane for (148.18 in settlement for 148,183 feet of timber cut by the company from gov ernment land near Nortbport. The set tlement is a compromise. f (ks Le la thlpalaa ore (Ths Le Hoi smelter at Northport is not lA«pwation, taring run out of ore dur ! 2 tha time the oompany waa restrain-; ad from shining. Daily shipments of 300 tons are%eing receive* won as enough an* Ipected that both blasts will be used and a full crew put to work again. This state of affairs is pleasing to the people here, who have been undergoing, a long spell of the J>lues on account of the closing down of the smelter as the re sult of the trouble between the B. A. C. and the Le Hoi Company. On the Overland. Of the various parties which left Spo kane and Ashcroft in the spring for Daw son City on the overland route, some have reached Teslin lake safely. The Glenora News has chronicled the arrival of several of theae parties. As a rule they have not been pleased with their trip, owing to the length of time it took to travel across the long stretch of country between Ashcroft and the Stick ecu " rtVCT." TRvfeVcr, no accidenlif are" reported and if there was suffering along the route from any other cause than in experience it has not been chronicled, i Mining Brief*. The Boston & Montana Company of Butte is earning $20 per share net per annum. The Alberta ledge in Rossland camp is said to be widening iu the east drift and shows two feet of good ore in the faee. W. J. Harris has been appointed the provincial attorney for the Le ltoi Min ing & Smelting Company vice W. E. llall, deceased. The Commander mine in Hossland camp has been relieved of water to the 100-foot level and a drill is at work in four feet of ore at that point. R. K. Brown, the former Spokane news paper man, now a mining magnate, is in Victoria and will go from there to En gland to spend the winter. A strike of black hornblende is re ported in the White Bear at Rossland at a depth of 233 feet. }ts values are said to range between $5 and $34 per ton. Application has been made for crown grant for the Peoria property in the Slo oan district. Several good ledges are said to have been exposed and considera ble satisfactory work has been done. The daily output of Leadville mines is 1500 tons with prospect of an increase to 1800 tons before October 1. It was learned at the office of the Mil ler Creek Mining Company that a car load of ore, the first shipped from the mine, will go to Kaslo next week. It is said that the sale of the Centre Star mine in Rossland to the Gooder ham syndicate bids fair to bring about an early settlement of the litigation in volving the property with the Iron Mask adiojning. At the office of the Wonderful Group Mining Company yesterday returns were received for a shipment of galena wash ed from the surface of the claim in hy draulic operations. It yielded 137 ounces silver and 74 per cent lead. T. G. Blackstoek tells the Rossland Miner that his syndicate yt'ould not think of paying more than 50 cents per share for the Iron Mask. But then it is re called that Mr. Blackstoek vigorously denied all intention to take over the Centre Star only a day before that deal was Hosed. Good news continues to come from the Waterloo strike in Camp McKinney, It. (Jj It is reported that the miners are sacking ore which literally sparkles with free gold. Mrs. Finnegan, who .keeps the boarding house at Cariboo mine, is said to be a large owner of the Waterloo and she is considered a weal thy woman since the strike was made. The closing act in the life of the old Virginia Mining - Company of Spokane which recently told the Virginia mine to a British Columbia company took place at the Hotel Spokane, when the stock holders met and voted to disincorporate. It was a proxy meeting and George K. about all of the proxies. Wlrrlm T*lr*r«ph loindon, Sept. 12.-The experiments in wireless telegraphy, which are being eon ducted Osborne, continue to attract the wide, attention in scientific circles and many ol the foremost scientists of Kurope have come to Kngland to per sonally watch the tests. Until liec de parture last week for Balmoral the queen took the lhreltet interest in the experi menu, and K is stated that many men •ages passed between Osborne house and the royal yacht having on board the prince of Wales. Mr. Marconi, the young inventor of the system, had charge of tlie testa. Daring a period of 10 days a bulletin waa sent each morning by wireless telegraphy giv ing the queen information concerning the condition of the prince. Messages also passed freely between the duke and duch ess of York. The yacht was anchored at a distance of two milea from Osborne house, the two positions not being in sight of one another, as Utey were inter cepted by a hill. Messages were received on board the yacht when under steam, one from the duke of Connaught, and the reply was successfully dispatched, no hitch occur ring from the first !• -the last. . Maine's BIMIoa. Augusta,-Me., Sept. IS.—Maine's regu lar biennial election for choice of a gov ernor and other state officers is in prog ress today. The republicans expect that their candidate, Llewellyn Powers, the present hicumltent, will be re-elected, but all estimates as to his probable majority are more or less problematical. The democratic candidate for governor is Samuel L. Lord, the present mayor of Saco. Be was a republican until 1872, when he followed Horace Oreeley into the democratic psrty. Outside of his own city he haa heretofore taken little interest in politics. The prohibitionists snd populists also have candidates in the field, but neither is expected to poll morn than a handful of votes. The oldest university in the world is El Ayhfr, at CWra It b ths greatest j Mohammedan university, having clear records deling back r"**--a thousand ANOTHER BLOW 10 M |HAS "° PTED *" ?ROTMOL SAVAOES TAKE THE CAROLINES It Is Reported That the Natives Have Arisen Agalnit the S|»aulnh tiurrldou and Captured the Inl ands fur Themaelvea. San Francisco, Sept. 12. -Private ad vices have been received to the effect that the Caroline group of islands, which this country contemplated seizing, had the war with Spain been prolonged, are by this time in the control of the na tives. Twt> native kings of the group, who had long been at war with each other, some months ago declared a truce, com bined their forces and begun war against the Spanish authorities, who sent in vain to Ciuain for aid, after concentrate ing their forces at Ponape. The Span iards were poorly supplied with ammu nition and in no position to resist a prolonged attack. The supposition is that the place was captured and the Spanish garrison wiped out. This would virtually mean the capture of the entire group of islands. MONTANA. There are 009 children of all ages iu the Red Lodge district, an increase over last year of 80. J. Anna Cline has been appointed post mistress at White Sulphur Springs, vice G. W. Wall work, term expired. The Chalmers artesian well near Cho teau is increasing its How steadily, says the Montanian. It now tills a 42 gallon barrel in 27 seconds. The new building at Holy Family mis sion at Browning is nearing completion. It will be a magnificent structure. Lum ber was issued to the Blackfoot Indians September 3. 11. E. Renner, who was princiiml of the High wood school at Great Falls last year, has accepted a similar position at Cas cade. J. H. Conrad has donated land 70x120 feet, on the corner of Franklin and iiaker streets, at Fort lk»nton, to the M. E. church, where the foundation work ol the new building is already begun. Advices from Dawson county report that Joseph Roach lias made severul cat tle purchases in thiit section. The prices paid are about $30 for stock cattle, $44 for 3-year-old steers, $30 for 2-yeur-olds and $20 for yearlings. The Clark's Fork ranchers at the mouth of Bear creek near Red Ixxlge are rapidly gathering their grain. It is not ofteu that a binder is kept moving day and night, but John Kinnick has one in constant operation, and the result is that grain cutting on the Youst and Williams flat is proceeding apace. The crops were never better than they arc this year, the aver age estimated yield per acre being 40 and 00 bushels respectively of wheat and oats. Lieutenant Tiffany, the member of Roosevelt's Rough Riders, whose death from fever has just occurred in New York, spent some time in this country several years ago as a cowboy, and has some ac quaintances in Great Falls yet. About six years ago he was a guest of the Clark brothers at their ranch near Bynuni, be ing ordered west for his health. Those who knew him say that he was inclined to be dudish, but beneath it there wus a vast amount of pluck. In a lonely spot in Silver Bow canyon was committed on Friday night one of the most atrocious murders in the history of crime in Montana. Patrick Regan, a well known Butte miner, was the victim, and robbery was the incentive. The un fortunate miner was killed by having his brains beaten out with rocks and his body was then thrown into Silver Bow creek, where the body of the murdered man waa found Saturday by a section gang of the Butte, Anaconda k Pac'tic railroad. A coroner's jury which inveeti gated Regan's death at Gregson Springs decided that he waa murdered. FUSION WAS ACCOMPLISHED. The Three C'oaveatloas at Kllens buric Nominate a Ticket. Ellensburg, Wash., Sept. 12.—The tick et nominated on Saturday by the three conventions, democratic, populist and silver republican, is as follows: For congressmen at large—James Ham ilton Lewis, democrat, of Seattle. Will iam C. Jones, silver republican, of Spo kane. For supreme court judges—llenjamin F. Heuston, populist, of Tacoma. Mc- Ivin M. Godman, democrat, of Dayton. Fusion has been effected and w hat the state leaders declare )* the strongest ticket ever put forward In the state has been nominated. On the ticket chosen each of the three large centers of popu lation is represented and in addition the agricultural counties have been given rec ognition in the selection of Judge M. M. Godman of Columbia county, as one of the supreme court judges. Joe Wheeler's Dead Sua. Wikoff, Sept. B.—The bodies of Naval Cadet T. H. W heeler, son of General Joseph Whepler, and 6t Second Lieuten ant Newton D. Kirkpatrick of the First United States cavalry, who were drowned yesterday while bathing, were recovered this morning. General Shatter left for Washington this morning. Bis Coatrans Lai. Washington, Sept. 12.—The contract for supplying the navy with smokeless powder has been awarded to the Califor nia Powder Company and the Dupont Powder Company, each to supply half a million pounds. The price is 80 cents per pound, the government to furnish the al cohol necessary for Its production. The report of the commissioner of pen sions shows that during the past fiscal year mdn mnty haa been paid out In pensions than daring either U»e first or T, 1 01 ,d nunistraHM. •» Spanish Senate Agrees to Terms of the Auierlcaus. Madrid, Sept. 12.—The senate has adopted the llispano-Amcricnn protocol by a Bitting and standing vote on Sat urday. The position of the ministry has been greatly shaken by the charges made Fri day against the government, collectively and individually, by Senor Canalejas, eti itor of El Heraldo, and now a recognized lieutenant in the newlv organized party headed by General Poiavieja. It is lx> lieved that Senor Canalejas has docu merit to supj»ort his accusations of in capacity against General Correa, minis ter of marine. A majority of the cabinet listened to this speech, and the silence of the TOtnt9t<!rtll~ dPpttfles was most sig nificant. A minister, in reply to a question ns to whether a ministerial crisis is immi nent, said it was idle to attempt to con ceal the fact that a crisis was inevitable, and would come next week after the chambers had adopted the government's bill .authorizing the alienating of nation al territory as a condition of peace. The queen, it is understood, informed Sa ga*ta yesterday that she would continue to bestow her confidence upon him for some days yet. Several prominent depu ties are in favor of joining General Pol avieja's party. IDAHO. Heavy forest fires have been raging in Custer county and have done a great amount of damage. It is said most ol them were caused by the Indians, who are quite numerous in the mountains hunting deer. In the land eontest ease of Law vs. Weil, involving 80 acres adjoining Sand point, which has been pending for nearly four years before the land department, a decision has been rendered by the sec retary of the interior, reversing all pre vious decisions and ruling in favor of t,he contestant. From now on the prune industry must assume greater proportions year by year, as there are within a radius of seven miles from Kendrick 2000 acres of prunes. Next week will find a number engaged in packing prunes for eastern orders, and by the 23th inst., the drying season will commence. Thousands of sheep are ranging in the vicinity of beer creek and Pollock moun tain iu Washington county this season, and the sheep men report that bear seem to lie more numerous than usual, several lambs having been stoleu from the vari ous llocks. Parties coming from the Xez I*crce res ervation report an excellent crop being harvested in that section, and that rill are hopeful and buoyant over the ideal weather, which in favorable to harvesting. The crop is taken as strongly indicative of the posiubilities of that section when once the land is more generally tilled and developed. The annual- scasion of the Idaho State Medical society closed at Mohcow with u banquet to the visitors. The principal busincKH of the day was the sclcction of us the place for holding ths next meeting and the election of the fol lowing otlicers: President, l)r. C. W. Shaif, Lewiston; vice president, Dr. Guy son, Montpelier, and Dr. Ed K. Maxey of Caldwell was coiitiuued as secretary and treasurer. U is definitely announced that the work of conntruction on the Snuke river bridge at will begin October 1. The specifications call for a bridge 1085 feet long, 50 feet above high w»ter mark over the nuviguble chunnel. This chunnel will be crooned by a cantilever span 374 feet in the clear. There wilt be 12 spans. The estimated cost of the bridge is $80,- 000. The site of the bridge is on Snake River avenue, 200 feet north of Main street. Cyrus E. Babb of the hydrographic di vision of the United States geological survey, states tliat a measurement of the Boise river on August 3 showed a flow of 870 cubic feet per second. On Auguxt 24 the flow was 008 feet. In ordinary years the river at extreme low water lias flowed from 860 to 900 cubic feet per Hccond. The various canals taken from the stream have a total capacity of 1000 feet per second. It is therefore possible, in the event of their being kept running full, to divert practically all of the wuter. A Hfcrult HestesrH. San Francisco, Sept 12. —A series if field orders have been received from Washington by General Miles and the dis position of the expeditionary forces now at the Presidio is still uncertain. General Miller has approved the sen tence of the court-martial in the case of Private A. W. Scruggs of the First Ten nessee, who pleaded guilty to an assault and battery on Dan Thomas, a negro, while the latter was under the charge of a military guard and on the Presidio res ervation. The sentence is confinement at hard labor for three months, dishonor able discharge from the army and for feiture of i»ay. The place of imprison ment will be Alcatrax. No Oa« to Blame. Colorado Springs, Sept. 8. — The five men arrested yesterday after the fight between armed bodies of men represent ing the two factions of the silver repub lican party for possession of the oj»era house have been released by order of the district attorney, there being no evidence to allow that any one of them fired the shot which killed Charles E. Harris of Denver. Roosevelt Wot Averse. New York, Sept. 12.—Colonel Theodore Roosevelt haa authorized the announce ment that be will accept the nomination for governor of New York should it l«e tendered to him by the convention of the party to be held at Saratoga. Jurist sad Author Deaf. I Ann Arbor, Mich., Sept. 12.--J udfti Thomas M. Cool.v, the noted juri.t and constitutional lawyer. died today. Poker haa been forbidden in Vienna oa lb* ground that it ii a game of ckanra. FAMI AID COSfIY fl JEROME, ARIZONA, DESTROY The Famous Mining Tom la Wl| Out b> ike Flu ■nri-Tiir U« Amount lo a Million Dollni Kleven Lives Known to lie l.oa Prescott, Ariz., Sept. 11.—The to of Jerome was completely wiped out t morning by lire, eutailiug a loss of o 11,000, in property. Eleven bodies h. ho far been recovered, while a score more are said to be in the ruins or in ing. The fire originated from a gasol stova iu a cabin sad spread so rspi and fiercely that it was impossible save even clothing. The fire was e fined exclusively to the business port of the town and the o|>en ground int vening between it and the nutmun works of the United Verde Com pa saved the hitter's plant, otherwise ? loss and suffering would have been t rible. Many |»eople from Jerome are riving here on special trains, while th remaining are being carded for by t company. W here the fire originated was the set of u drunktn carousal last night, a while no demonstrations are being nit against the men who are responsible it when the horrors of the deed w» away from the victims, attention v be given to the men who are aceus They are said to l>e Italians. ALGER MAKES A STATEMEI Bn»s8 n»s He Courts the Fullest Inves intlon of Condurt of the War. Detroit, Mich., Sept. 10. — Secret* Alger arrived this morning. Being ask to make a statement for publication lative to the charges against his adm istration of the war department, the >• rotary replied: "Now, what do you want me to d Get down in the sewer with the sen> tional people? They arc not worryi me. There is nothing to th« charges < cepting somebody's desire to make pol ical capital. "The work the department has h to do in so sliort a time has been a vc great task. The commissary and quart master's departments have had the d tribution of more than 900 tons of pi visions, rations and forage daily. P» of this has involved transportation mi than half way round the world. It not surprising that some few slips ho been made. "I have asked the president to appoi the strongest commission possible to c< duct an investigation into the condi of the war. It will be made up of soi of the ablest army officers and its wo will be of the greatest importance as t plied to the past and as affecting t future. Its greatest value will be in p fecting the entire organization of t army and applying the lessons of t past." HEW WESTMINSTER BURKE The filialarsa Part Dealroyrd, W1 Two mmd m Half Million* Lum. Vancouver, B. C., Sent. 11.—The b« incss portion of New Westminiitsr w totally destroyed by fire this morning. It is impossible to estimate the proper lomm at this writing but it will run in the hundreds of thousands. Despair a; suffering are the lot of hundreds hoinelenH oeople. Food, clothing and a of all kinds is being hurriedly dispatch from Vancouver to the ill fated "roye city. It is not known how many people k their lives, but it is feared several ha been burned to death. Campbell, a fireman, fell off the ro of a burning building and was killed. A woman dropped dead from frig) One woman, who had been confined ti weeks ago, died while they were movii her from a burning house, while anoth suffering from typhoid fever, who b< been twice removed from resident which were in the burning cone, did n survive the shock. 80 extremely fierce were the flames th apples on the trees on the side of tl street opposite the burning houses we roasted. Three river steamers were destroyed the Kdgar, Gladys and Bonaccord. Kvery industry save the big Royal Cli planing mills and Cleve Canning Cot panv has been wiped out. The Canadit Pacific railroad station and bridge aero Fraser river were burned. The Are started about midnight on tl river front and was caused by a spai from a steamer. A Llvclr KlMllm. N'rw Orleans, Sept. 12.—The steam* Olympia, which h«a arrived hm fro Porto Cortes, liringn news o( serious rto ing in Guatemala, during the recent ele tinns, in which it in said 300 were killt and wounde<l. The story o( the riotlr was brought (rom I'orto Harlos to Port Cortes by a trading itesmcr, whose ca; tain says the fact* were kept off the win by the government censors. Although l'roapero Morale* had dit after hi* oaptuix by the govern me> forces, hi* follower* were ill-content I submit to the election o< President K truda, and although in no >h*pe to mat * strong fight in the balloting, gather* in force* at the poll* and eonsidarab disorder followed heated peraonal di putes. Troops had been posted near all tf poll* and when disorder* became extei sive, the order to fire was given, ltotai are lacking, but according to the stean er captain 3AO ware killed or faUll wounded. . ■fsslik Prtsoaer* Ikot. Portsmouth, N. H., Sept 12.—Colon. K. K. Dudley of the United States ami Is here making an investigation of th shooting of Spanish prisoners on boar the Auxiliary cruiser harvard, which <* curred just Wfore that vessel left Cub for Beavey'a island. The shooting w« the outcome of a dispute between a nan ber of prisoner* and several. private* < th* Ninth Massachusetts regiment. No particular form of religion receivt official recognition in Japan. NO. 33