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Consolidated Feb. 1899.
CORVALLIS, BENTON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 6, 1900.
VOL. XXXVII. NO. 28.
EVENTS OF THE DAY
Epitome of tfca Telegraphic
News of thf. World.
TERSK TICKS FRO JE WIRES
A 11 Interesting Collection of Items From
the Two Hemispheres Pres yit 1
in a Condensed Form.
Hill sentiment is worrying Charles
A. Towne.
Americans and British were the first
to break into Tien Tsin.
Germany does not yet consider that
she is at war with China.
Rear-Admiral Watson homeward
bound has reached Suez.
The East reports many deaths from
excessively hot weather.
Smallpox has broken out in the
postofiice at Alpha, Wash.
United States Commissioner Rawson
has been chosen governor of Nome.
Allen Cochrane, a young man of
Myrtle Creek, Or., was dragged to
death by a horse.
Outbreaks are now expected in
Southern China. Indications' of upris
ings at Nankin and Canton.
Torpedo-boat destroyer Goldshorough
made the round trip run between Taco
ma and Seattle in about two hours.
An uprising against British rule in
the island of Baralonga, South Sea, has
taken place, 100 British being killed.
China is said to have immense quan
tities of urms and officials assert that
she will stagger humanity if driven to
it.
Governor Roosevelt has informed the
Republican national committee that he
will give three solid weeks to campaign
-work after August 1.
Minister Wu Ting Fang is said to be
playing policy at Washington being
desirous of standing in with which
ever side that wins in China.
Two deaths were caused by excessive
heat and humidity at Chicago. The
thermometer registered 89 decrees on
the street, and the humidity was al- ,
most at the saturation point.
A new gold beach has been discovered j
65 miles below Cape Nome. Gold is
among the grass roots. A thousand
men axe there and over a million has
been taken out in a few weeks, i
After suffering with Brigbt's disease
for six months, and with all hope of
recovery gone, William J. Montgom
ery, a well-known mining man of Salt
Lake, Utah, committed suicide by
firing a bullet through his brain.
Montgomery had been a resident of
Utah since 1866.
Russians are moving 30,000 men to
vard New Chwang.
Democrats of Arkansas nominated
Jeff Davis for gjvernor.
St. Louis strikers now believe their
only hope lies in boycott.
An attempt was made to assassinate
Emperor William of Germany.
Dr. Jameson has been elected a mem
ber of the Cape parliament.
Two deaths and many prostrations
from heat in Pittsburg, Pa.
Hot weather and no rain is disas
trous to crops in North Dakota.
Storms played havoc with the crops
at The Dalles, Or., and in the vicinity.
Steamer Cleveland anived at Seattle
from Nome. She reports five wrecks.
Heavy rain and subsequent floods are
doing great damage in British Colum
bia. Director of Posts in Cuba Rathbone
has now been permanently suspended
and may be prosecuted.
Chinese minister in Berlin says the
empress cannot be deposed, but might
be coaxed off the throne.
Ex-Governor Talyor, of Kentucky,
dogged by detectives and broken in
health, is at Niagara Falls.
President McKinley wants to know
why the Monocacy did not fire on the
Taku forts when fired upon. i
Boers in small bands are harassing
large columns of the British. Dewet
leads the guerrilla operations.
At the Seaside Athletic Club, npCey
Island, N Y., Gus Ruhiin knocked
ont Tom Sharkey in the 15th round.
The force under Admiral Seymour
has been located. Admiral Kempff re
ports it is ten miles from Tien Tsin.
Roosevelt is going to Oklahoma to
attend the Rough Riders' convention,
bat will not make political speeches.
Chinese difficulties affect Kentucky'
ginseng trade, by which hundreds have
made their living. Prices have gone
down.
Illinois Demcoiats indorsed Bryan
and the Chicago platform, and nomi
nated Samuel Alschuler, of Aurora, for
governor.
T. B. Fargo, brother of J. C. Fargo,
president of the American Express
Company, and of William C. Fargo,
founder of the Wells Fargo Expresc
Company, is dead at his home in New
York, aged 67.
American women, it is estimated,
hold $120,000,000 of national bank
stock and $137,000,000 of private and
state bank stock.
In Germany one man in 213 goes to
college, in Scotland one in 250, in the
United States one in 2,000, and in Eng
land one in 5,000.
Well-to-do young men in Berlin art
taking drugs which induce heart weak
ness, in order to avoid compulsory mil
itary service
LAIfcR NEWS.
General Botha is showing increased
ctivity.
The Boers attacked Hammonia, but
were repnlsed.
The United States cruiser Brooklyn
has proceeded to Taku.
Chinese have begun the destruction
of missions at Shan Tung.
At Angeles, .Luzon, General Aquino
surrendered to General Grant.
Chinese situation exercises depressing
influence on trade in Germany.
Mauy workers in Pittsburg are idle
pending the adjustment of wage scales.
The postofiice at Union, Oregon,
was looted by burglars and $ 150 was
carried away.
A wneks scooting in North Luzon re
sulted in 50 rebels being killed and 40
wounded. One American was killed.
The Indians on Rainy river, Ontario,
threaten an uprising. Three thousand
are gathered near the month of Rainy
river.
The great lumber yards, covering
half a mile, at Black Rock, a suburb of
Buffalo, ". Y., were burned, with a
loss of $400,000.
The steamship Nome City, which
made the trip from Portland to Nome,
rescued 47 people on the way, the
crews and passengers of two wrecked
schooners.
Over $10,000,000 worth of property-
was destroyed, many lives lost, many
persons injured and at least 1,500 lives
imperiled by a fire on a dock at Ho
bo ken, N. J.
The transport Snmner arrived at
San Francisco from Manila with 43
sick soldiers, 70 discharged men, 12
insane patients and 10 members of
the hospital corps.
A special dispatch from Shanghai,
dated June 30, says that all on board
the United States battleship Oregon
which went ashore in the Gulf of Pe
Chi Li, have been saved. There is
some chance that the vessel may be
floated.
Terra Urrea, commonly called Santa
Teresa, the young senorita who, it is
alleged, helped to incite the various
Yaqui Indian rebellions in Mexico, was
shot at Clifton, Ariz., by G. N. Rod
riguez, to whom she had been married
two days befoie. The yonng woman
was regarded as a saint, and hundreds
ot Mexicans chased Rodriguez into the
mountains, where he was captured,
after a hard fight. He was unmerci
fully beaten and narrowly escaped
lynching. The girl will live.
President Kruger is still at Macha
dodorp. Japanese laborers of Hawaii are on
a strike.
Porter's Cuban tariff schedule must
be revised.
Sixty passengers from Dawson
brought out $250,000.
Lord Roberts is preparing for the fi
nal battles of the war.
Japanese fishermen at Stevenson, B.
C, are said to be arming.
Dole was inaugurated governor of
Hawaii on the 14th inst.
Colorado still maintains a quaran
tine against San Francisco.
Penitentiary at Salem has 130 pris
oners less than a few years ago.
Germany has ordered 25 big guns for
immediate dispatch for China.
Speaker Henderson has been renom
inated for congress in his district in
Iowa.
England is making poor headway
with the rebellion in the Gold Coast
Colony.
Boers attacked the British at Sena
kal and Roodvalspruit, bnt were beat
en back.
Spreckles Bros, have purchased the
California Lumber Company's sawmill,
at Marshfield, Or.
Will Larkin, a logger, was drowned
at Monroe, Or. John Bavnon fatally
injured at Niagara.
Stockmen of Polk county, Or., have
united and offer liberal bounties tor
scalps of wild animals.
The steamer Geo. W. Elder, which
arrived at Portland, made the round
tpip to Nome in 83 days.
David Bell, formerly one of the bet
known lumbermen of Canada, is dead
at his home in New York city, aged 79
years.
Remains of Reinhart Brook, of Port
land, recently drowned by falling off
the Bailey Gatzert, were found near
Kalama, Wash.
In Chicago, two slaughter houses oc
cupied by Hess Bros., and Ruddy
Bros., were destroyed by fire with a
loss of $70,000.
Ralph Piatt, formerly of the Oregon
volunteers, just arrived at Tacoma
bom China. He claims to be accred
ited agent of the Chinese emperor on a
special mission to Washington.
The Southern Pacific and Santa Fe
roads have perfected a traffic deal that
is designed to control effectually all
the passenger business in California,
within the territory of the two com
panies. The main features of this
agreement are an interchange of tick
ets to San Joaquin valley points, no
Santa Fe passenger trains to Los An
geles and no rate cutting.
China's new railroad from Canton to
Hankow, with its branches, will be
1,000 miles long. It will be built by
American capital.
Rev. Charles S. Wing, of Brooklyn,
told the New York Methodists that all
the best Methodists were against the
amusement restrictions.
The park board of Baltimore has for
bidden the use of automobiles in any of
the public parks or pleasure places in
the city nnder the control of the board.
CAPE NOME IS LIVELY
Many Claimants for All Kinds
of Property.
$300,000 BROUGHT BY PORTLAND
Tribulations In Far North Afloat and
Ashore Return of Lieutenant
Herron From Interior.
San Francisco, July 2 The steamer
Portland, which arrived from Cape
Nome, reports that the steamer Rose
crans, formerly the transport Missouri,
has gone aground about 60 miles south
of Cape Nome. While her situation is
not considered perilous, it is thought
she will have considerable difficulty in
getting off. The Rosecrans has a cargo
of government supplies on board.
The Portland brought five passengers
only, according! to Captain Lundquist.
The steamer Charles Nelson had a
hard time of it. She returned to Una
laska June 18. While trying to find an
opening in the ice her provisions gave
out. She was to have sailed again for
Cape Nome shortly after the Portland
left Dutch Harbor. The captain of
the Corwin was holding the wrecked
barkentine Catherine Sudden at Nome
for salvage. Captain Lundquist.
speaking of tiie conditions at Nome,
said:
"What a man gets hold of up there
he keeps, and in many instances he
keeps it at the point of a gun. Restau
rants, lodging-houses, saloons, stores,
barber shops, and in fact all kinds of
business was left in the hands of agents
last fall. These agents have sold the
places and cleared out with the money.
Now the original owners are appearing
on the scene, and there are 'razors in
the air.'
"On the beach it was just 60 per
cent worse than up town. In the town
as a general rule there was only about
one claimant to Other mens' property
in each case, but on the beach there
was never less than six. Agents sold
things right and left, and in conse
quence there will be endless litigation
before things are straightened out.- No
wonder all the big claim-owners took
up lawyers with them."
The Portland brought 10 boxes of
gold, aggregating $300,000, belonging
to the Alaska Commercial Company.
Port Townsend. Wash., July 2. The
steamer Al-Ki arrived from the north
tonight, bringing 60 passengers and
$250,000 in dust from Dawson, which
had been brought up the river on the
steamre Sybil. Among the passengers
on the Al-Ki is Lieutenant J. S. Her
ron, of the Eighth United States cav
alry, who a year ago started from Cook
Inlet with a small command and
crossed a hitherto nnpenetrated coun
try leading for hundreds of miles over
mountains, valleys and plains to the
mouth of the Xanana. The expedition
was deserted by Indian guides, and for
some months fears for the safety of the
party were entertained, bnt on Decem
ber 11 the party reached the mouth of
the Tanana, where orders were received
to remain until spring. The object of
the expedition was to ascertain the
feasibility of the route through Alaska
and to obtain information as to miners,
timbers and general data of that sec
tion of Alaska between Cook Inlet and
the Yukon river. For nearly a year
the party was without news from the
outside world. Lieutenant Herron is
on the way to Seattle for orders.
Colonel E. D. Wiggin, land commis
sioner at Rampart, is among the pas
sengers on the Al-Ki, bringing the
first news from that section. He says
the camp proved itself better last
winter than ever before, and creeks be
fore considered worthless turned out
to be big gold-proudcers. He estimates
the clean-up at $2,000,000.
Rampart was deserted the early part
of last winter, only 400 or 500 people,
who were not rich enough to go to
Nome, remaining. They comprised
steamboat hands and unfortunate min
ers. When development work com
menced it was soon proved that Ram
part Creek was rich, and those who
were at first out ot luck are now on
the high road to fortune, and Rampart
bids fair to rival the Klondike as a
gold-producer.
Suspects Nicaragua.
Washington, July 2. Dispatches re
ceived here indicate that the Colom
bian government has finally satisfied
istelf that Nicaragua is responsible for
the revolution on the Isthmus of Pana
ma and inquiries have been made of our
government to ascertan how far reli
ance may be had upon us for the main
tenance of peace and order in case the
insurrection finally jeopardizes the Co
lombian government on the isthmus.
Our government has, in answer, simp
ly reverted to its old and well defined
policy in such cases of limiting its ac
tivities to the keeping open of the Pan
ama railway and the protection of the
lives and property of the United States
citizens.
Gold Standard in Hayti.
ment of state is advised by Minister j
Powell, at Port an Prince, that he had j
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been informed that the government of ,
Hayti has adopted the gold standard
and that the unit of value is the Ameri
can gold dollar.
Kentucky's Trial a Success.
Washington, July 2. The inspec
tion board, headed by Rear-Admiral
Rodgera, which accompanied the new
battleship Kentucky on her final ac
ceptance trial, has returned to Wash
ington and reports the result of the
trial as very satisfactory and equal in
.every respect to her sister ship, the
iKearsarge. The double terrets per
formed splendidly. The Kentucky
will go into dry dock at the New York
yard for some finishing touches of paint.
THE ASHANTE" REVOLT.
Caster's Belief Column Attacked by
Natives.
Cape Coast Castle, Jnly 2. Colonel
Casler left Kiawassa the morning or
June 28 with the intention of rein
forcing Captain Hall at Bekwai with
400 men, 200 carriers, a seven-pounder
and a Maxim. When half a mile
from Dompoassi he was fired upon
heavily from the bush. Captain Ron
pell and several men fell at the first
fire. The casing Of the water jacket
split after half an hour's firing and
nine men, including Lieutenant Ed
wards, who were- working the seven
pounder, were put out of action half
an hour later. Major Wilkinson was
shot. The force then charged the
bushes, discovering a stockade 30 yards
distant in the bush, so carefully con
cealed that its existence could not be
suspected. The stockade was carried
at the point of the bayonet, and the
force retired. ,
The casualties were six officers and
87 men. The enemy's loss was 50
killed and many wounded. It was es
timated that the natives numbered 10,
000, one-half of whom had muskets.
London, July 2. Advices received
here today from Prahsn, Asbantee, un
der current date, say the telegraph
line has been reopened to Pumsu. and
that Colonel Burroughs, with 500 men,
will move immediately. Colonel Bur
roughs, with 500 men, is expected to
reach Bekwai in two days. The rebel
lions Ashantees are reported to be in
strength near Fomen. where severe
fighting is expected.
STRIKES IN HAWAII.
The Japanese Laborers Want Contracts
Annulled. .
Honolulu, June 18, via San Fran
cisco, June 30. A series of strikes has
been inaugurated by Japanese laborers
on several of the islands. It is report
ed that the Japanese have been told
that they are free American citizens
now and that the American laws pro
vide that no workingman shall receive
less than $1 a day. The laborers de
mand the cancellation of their con
tracts, and that the plantations shall
pay each individual laborer the $2.50 a
month, which, by tbe terms of the con
tract, are to be paid to the immigration
companies, in consideration of the
companies having brought the laborers
to the islands and guaranteeing his ser
vices during the contract period, or to
replace him if he deserts. So far as
the $2.60 per month is concerned, the
plantations ate willing to accede to the
demands of the laborers, it is stated,
but they are not willing to consider the
contracts as having been annulled by
the territorial iaw. I A delegation sent
to the Association of Mani by the Jap
anese immigration companies received
violent treatment from the strikers,
and they were forced to return to Hon -olulu.
Expelled From Board of Trade.
Chicago, July 2. Charles R. and
Albert O. McClain, of the commission
firm of McClain Bros. & Co., who for
some weeks have been on trial before
the board of trade directors for main
taining and operating a bucket shop,
were found guilty tonight and by
unanimous vote expelled from member
ship. United States postal officials
arrested the McClains last November,
charging them with using the mails to
defraud. They were indicted by the
grand jury and put on trial before
Judge Koblsaat, in the United States
district court. Judge Kohlsaat took
the case from tbe jury and entered a
verdict of not guilty. Then the board
of trade officials took the matter in
their own hands, with tbe above result.
y ue en Received the Khedive.
London, June 30. The khedive of
of Egypt paid a state visit to Queen
Victoria at Windsor Castle this after
noon. Accompanied by the Duke ot
York and the Turkish ambassador,
Antopulo Pasha, and staff, he drove in
state, escorted by the Houshold cav
alry, to the Paddington station, where
he took a train for Windsor. The
Duke of Connaught there joined the
party and accompanied his highness
to the castle. The procession at Wind
sor was esoortedjby the Life Guards,
and a detatchment of grenadiers formed
a guard of honor in the quadrangle of
the castle. The queen received the
khedive at the principal entrance. A
warm greeting was given to the Egyp
tian visitor.
Navy Yard Waxes -Cat.
New York, July 2. It is reported
that the board of wages at the Brook
lyn navy yard has recommended a cut of
wages for several of the grades of me
chanics and machinists. The report
has been approved, it is said, by Secre
tary Long, and will go into effect in
July. The present board, which meets
annually for the adjustment of wages,
is composed of Naval Constructor Watt,
Lieutenant-Commander Morrell, Lieu
tenant Gibson and Paymaster Jackson.
It is said the men intend to appeal to
the secretary of tbe navy, through the
commandant of the navy-yard, against
the reduction.
Bobber tn a Pullman Car.
Omaha, Neb., Jnly 2. A masked
robber started through the Pullman
car on the Omaha Billings train, on
the Burlington, after leaving York,
Neb., this morning. He got two
watches and $70, but took alarm,
pulled the air brake and left the train
before completing his work
Case of Abe Majors.
Salt Lake, July 2. The remittitur
In the case of young Abe Majors, af
firming the judgment of the lower
court and ordering that the death sen
tence be carried out, was made ont by
tbe clerk of the supreme court today,
and later mailed to Judge Hart. It
now becomes the duty of the court to
resentence the youthful prisoner, which,
it is expected, will be done some time
next week.
GUERRILLA WARFARE
Boers Active in Orange River
Colony.
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4. Strong Bslief That I Will Takr
From Three to Six Months
Subdue the Boers.
Lonlon, July 3. Active Boer guer
rilla operations are reported from half
a dozen points in tbe Orange river col
ony. Boer officials from Michadodorp
aver that a part of the British convoy
was captured June 24 near Wmburg.
The Lonrenco Marques correspondent
of the Times says:
"Both the burghers and the foreign
ers who are arriving here profess a
strong belief that it will take from
three to six months to subdue the
Boers."
Another dispatch from Lonrenco
Marques says:
"A consignment of a foreign firm
marked 'Dutch cheese, damaged,'
proved, on landing, to contain army
boots for the Boers. It passed the cus
toms, however, with unusnal dispatch,
and the British consul is making pre
sentations to the Portuguese govern
ment." A Battle at Lindley.
London, July 3. The war office has
received the following from Lord Rob
erts: t
"Pretoria, June 28. Paget reports
from Lindley that he was engaged on
June 26 with a body of the enemy who
were strongly reinforced dnring she
day. A convoy of stores for the Liad
ley garrison was also attacked on Jnne
26. but after a-heavy rear-guard action
the convoy reached Lindley in safety.
I Our causalties were 10 killed and four
officers and about 50 men wounded.
The fight reported yesterday was under
j Lieutenant-Colonel Grenfell, near Drei
per. Brabrant came up during the en-
' gagement. Total casualties of tbe two
' columns, three killed and 23 wounded.
"On the previous day, near Ficks
bnrg, Boyes' brigade j was in action
with a body of the enemy. Our casu
alties were two officers killed, four
men wounded and one man missing.
j "Methum found yesterday that the
Boer laager near Vachkop and Spitz-
! kop had been hastily removed in the
direction of Lindley. He found the
enemy 12 miles and captured 8,000
sheep and 500 head of cattle, which
the enemy had seized in that neighbor
hood. Our casualties were four men
wounded.
"Hunter continued his march yester
day toward the Vaal river unopposed.
Many farmers along the route have sur
rendered. "Springs, the terminus of the rail
road from Johannesburg, due east, was
sttacked yesterday morning. The
Canadian regiment, which garrisoned
the place, beat off the enemy. No
casualties are reported.
"Lieutenant North reported missing
after the atack on the construction
train,- is a prisoner of the Boers."
Chalfe's Forces.
San Francisco, July 3. The trans
port Grant, which sails for Nagaski,
and thence, it is believed, to Che Foo
or Taku, will carry 500 men of the
Sixth cavalry, which, in addition to a
hospital fcorps, made up at the Presi
dio, 300 recruits and 200 marines, will
constitute the force going to China.
The Ninth infantry and a signal corps
from Manila and the marines already
in China will complete General Chaffe's
forces, making 6,000 to 8,000 in all.
Three surgeons will accompany the
; hospital corps. Assistant Surgeon
John T. Halsell will have charge of
the medical department on' the trans
port. Bendetnann's Probable Mistake.
Berlin, July 3. Since the receipt of
Admiral Bendemann's dispatch an
nouncing the arrival of the legations at
Tien Tsin with Admiral Seymour, the
foreign office here has received, no
further information either way. Whib
admitting the possibility that Admiral
Bendemann was misinformed, tbe for
eign office assumes the correctness of
his dispatch until the contrary is
proved. It admits, however, that it is
very singular that the other powers
have not received news similar to that
cabled by Admiral Bendeman.
Burned by Melted Copper.
Phoenix, July 3. John Markey,
B-nployed in the smelting works of the
United Verde mine, at Jerome, was
burned to death and two Italians were
severely burned last night. Markey
was a skimmer on a converter. He
had poured the contents of the con
verter into the great ladle and the
crane was hoisting it when tbe pail
broke, pouring a large quantity of
seething copper over Markey and par
tially over the Italians. Markey 's
clothing was burned from his tody and
he lived but a short time, dying in
fearful agony.
One fireman was killed and 11 other
firemen injured and nearly $300,000
worth of property was destroyed by fire
in the machine shop of tbe Best Manu
facturing Company in Pittsburg, Pa.
Hawaiian Poatomces.
Washington, June 30. The follow
ing Hawaiian postoffices have been ad
vanced to the presidential class: Hono
lulu, salary, $3,200; Kohala, salary
$1,000; Hilo, salary $2,100. The
postmaster at Honolulu has been ap
pointed, bnt those tor the other places
mentioned have not been selected. The
appointees for offices in Hawaii must
be residents of tbe islands.
section windmills were destroyed, and
crops blown down.
ELDER BACK AGAIN.
The Tassel Made a Record-Breaking-Round,
Trip.
Portland, July 1 The steamer Geo.
W. Elder tied up at the Ainsworth dock
at 8 o'clock last night, ater a voyage
of nine days from Nome City, having
made the round trip, including five
days lay-over in Dutch Harbor and six
days discharging cargo at Cape Nome,
in 34 days. She brought 13 passengers,
none of whom report that they struck
it very rich. Her trip is the quickest
on record. Two days before the de
parture of the Elder, the Nome City
arrived off the beach, and Captain
Randall, of the Elder, believes she
will be in Portland again in about 10
days.
The Elder took up 325 passengers,
mostly from Portland, and landed them
with their belongings safely on the
beach. The O. R. & N. Co. had made
lightering arrangements, which en
abled the Elder to get quick dispatch,
and she was much better off in this
respect than many ot the other, steam
ers. Five ships reached Nome before
she did, the first of them being tbe
San Bias. The stampede to Topkuk,
the new district where it is reporter1
that $45,000 was taken out, was at its
height when tbe Elder was in port and
another find was reported at Port Clar
ence, up the beach in the direction of
Kotzebue sound. The day before the
Elder sailed a miner came' to Captain
Randall and offered to guarantee him
320 passengers at $20 a head for a run
to this new field. He failed to return
again to make good his guarantee, and
the captain did not wait for him.
Money is plentiful, wages and meals
high. Great difficulty was exper
ienced by many of the vessels in get
ting men to handle the cargoes, and
much delay has been experiensed on
this account. Many of the crews of
the boats "jumped" as soon as they
reached the beach, and here again the
Elder was fortunate as she lost only
lour men by desertion three of whom
were from the cnbin where they were
not missed owing to the few passengers
carried on the return trip. Smallpox
broke out on the steamship Ohio which
took up 700 people from Seattle, and
she went into quarantine at Eg;
island. She was still there when the
Elder- left. Other steamers which
were at Dutch Harbor at the same time
with the Elder came straggling in after
her arrival at Some having been de
layed at Dutch Harbor by the difficulty
of getting coal. The price is $12 a
ton which all the captains wera more'
than willing to pay, as they conld not
get along without coat. There is a
great abunance in the yards at Dutch
Harbor but only a limited force of men
to handle it.
GETS SUGAR PLANT.
New Industry Has Been Secured
for
Newberg-, Or.
Mewburg, Or., Jnly 4. This evening
closed the last day of the time given
Newberg and Yamhill county to secure
the $800,000 beet sugar factory offered
by Eastern capitalists on condition of
the pledging of 5,100 acres of sugar
beets and tbe donation of a factory Bite.
This day has seen a great effort put
forth, and the result tonight is that
5,000 acres has been defintely pledged
and the money is on band' to pay foi
the factory.
An immense mass meeting was held
in Crater's hall this afternoon, which
was addressed by Governor Geer . The
hall was densely packed, and crowds
went away, unable to get in. The gov
ernor gave a very practical and encour
aging address, which was well re
ceived. He dwelt upon the undevel
oped possibilities of the state and
pointed out the necessity of such man
ufacturing concerns as the beet sugar
industry for building up the industrial
prosperity of Oregon. Such an enter
prise, he said, would bring more peo
ple, and more people Oregon must have.
Governor Geer emphasized the fact
that our country is wheated to death,
and our only salvation is diversified in
dustry. He referred to the prosperity
which exists in the beet-raising sec
tions of the East .and in Union county,
of onr state, as an example of what this
enterprise will do for Newberg, Yam-
bill and Oregon. Other enthusiastic
peecb.es were made by local orators.
At the close of the meeting subscrip
tions were taken for acreage. Con
tracts have been signed and reported
for 5,100 acres. A public meeting was
held in McMinnville today, and a tele
phone message received here states that
several hundred acres were taken
there. The committee canvassing for
subscriptions for the site has the total
amount subscribed from Newberg 's
citizens alone. The sugar factory for
Newberg is now assured.
The site obtained consists of 50 acres
here on the bank of the Williamette
river. ' -
Murderers Sentenced.
Seattle, July 4. The Indians con
victed of the murder of Mr. and Mrs.
Morton, of Eugene, Or., at Lynn canal,
last October, were sentenced at Skag-
way, June 27. Hanson, who killed
Horton, will hang. Williams, who
cut Mrs. Morton's throat, under threats
of Hanson, was sentenced to 50 years.
Kichitoo also 50 gets years. Another
is given 30 years, and two others 20
years each.
According to Salt Lake City figures,
the number of Mormons now in exist
ence is 360,000.
Family Was Wrecked.
Kelso, July 4. By an accident on
the Ostrander logging railroad, four
miles north of this -place, ' yesterday
forenoon, a vonng son of Clark Walters
was. killed, his wife and daughter each
had an arm crashed and Walters'
shouldei was dislocated, and be was
otherwise braised. Several other per
sons were slightly injured.
I The University of Berlin will soon
, have three chairs of anthropology and
ethnology.
U GREAT DOCK FIRE
Three Ocean Steamships in
Hoboken Burned.
A TERRIBLE LOSS OF LIFE
i 1 .. i
Property Loss Over lO.OOO.OOO Tes
els Destroyed Are Saale, Bre
men and Main.
New York, July 4. Over $10,000,
000 worth of property was destroyed,
many lives lost, many persons were
injured, and at least 1,500 lives' im
periled by -a fire that started among
cotton bales nnder pier No. 2 of the
North German Lloyd Steamship Com
pany, in Hoboken, N. J., at 4 o'clock
this afternoon. In less than 15 min
utes the flames covered an area of a
quarter of a mile long, extending out
ward from the aotnal shore line to the
bulkheads, from 600 to 1,000 feet away,
and had caught four great ocean liners
and a dozen or more smaller harbor
craft in their grasp.
Stories in regard to the loss of life
are conflicting, the number being vari
ously estimated at from 50 to 200. Up
to midnight 10 bodies had been recov
ered, but they were all so badly
burned and blackened that identifica
tion was impossible.
The hospitals in New ork, Hoboken
and Jersey City are crowded with in
jured and men are being brought in
by scores.
Those who gathered along the shores
of the Hudson river to witness the great
conflagration saw a spectacle they can
never forget, and one that will always
have a conspicuous place in the history
of New York. River and bay were en
veloped in a pall of black smoke
through which angry flames, bursting
as from volcanoes on the Jersey shore
and in the water itself, leaped like
spirits into the air. The surface of the
water was covered with floating and
blazing masses of freight thrown in
baste from the doomed vessels, all un
noticed in the mad race to rescue more
precious human life threatened or be
ing sacrificed in the great ships. And
through the pall of smoke a great
crimson sun, enlarged to thrice its size
by the haze, glared like an enormous
eye as it slowly sank in the west.
Such was the tremendous spectacle
presented on tbe surface of the Hudson
river as if it had been some holiday
pageant. It was made tragic by the
realization that in that smoke and be
neath the turbid waters scores of lives
had been lost or were then in their last
desperate struggles against death.
The spectacle was witnessed by
thousands from both shores, and by
other thousands who crowded upon
every ferry boat, every excursion boat
upon every river craft that could be
secured for the purpose. The crowd
upon the banks of the river was almost
as great as that which formed to wit
ness tbe triumphant return of Admiral
Dewey.
Two Hundred Lost.
New York, July 4. Tbe losses sus
tained in the fire by the North German
Lloyd Steamship Company in Hoboken
yesterday, are tonight conservatively
placed at nearly $10,000,000, and the
loss of life, merely guesswork at even
this late hour, will reach probably as
high as 200, and thrre are over 300
men in the hospitals in this city, Ho
boken and Jersey City, badly burned.
Up to 11 o'clock tonight 18 bodies
have been recovered. Eleven of these
were placed in a row at the morgue in
this city and numbered, this being the
only means tbe authorities have of
maintaining any sort of identity over
the corpses, as they are so badly
charred and dismembered that identi
fication will be made only by trinkets
oi pieces of clothing that were found
about them. The only way the steam
ship officials have of approximating the
loss of life is by comparing the list of
those reported safe with the list of the
employes on the steamships.
Late tonight Gustav Schwab, the
general agent of tbe North German
Lloyd line, gave out a list showing
what men on each -vessel had been
missing up to that hour. On the
Saale 255 men were employed, and
only 127 of these had been accounted
for up to 11 o'clock, leaving 128 men
actually employed as officers, sailors,
stewards, engineers, coalpassers, oilers
and trimmers to be accounted for.
The Bremen had 204 men aboard, but
only 127 of these have been found. The
Main had 137 employes on aboard at
the time, and of these only 27 have
been reported safe.
Tien Tsin Arsenal Taken.
St. Petersburg, July 4. Vioe-Ad-miral
Aliexeff telegraphs to the minis
ter of war, General Konropatkine,
from Taku, under date of June 29, via
Port Arthur, June 30, as follows:
"The arsenal at Tien Tsin, which
offered a powerful base of operations
for tbe Boxers, who have greatly dam
aged the European town, has been
taken by assault."
The imuosinsr buildings of the Gor
don Memorial college, at Khartoum,
are almost completed, but tbe prepara
tions for putting them to practical ac
count are still in their very early
stages.
Americans Win From Frenchman.
Paris. .Tulv 4. In the competition
for r.h world's cbamuionshin for pro
fessionals, under the auspices of the
racing club of Prance, today, tne
American. Shoenfield. won the weight-
throwing contest, covering 11.81 me
ters. The high jump was won by
Sweeney, of JNew Orleans, wno cleared
l so meters, with Shoenfield second.
clearing 1.75 meters. Sweeney also
Won tbe long jump with 5.99 meters,
and Shoenfield was second with 5.65
meters.