STMOLI ACTIVE
PEASANTS FLEEING
The lsland is Covered With Ash
and Many Vineyards are
Wiped Out
no mi' Oct. ~5—The eruption
of Stromboli is assuming an
alarming charaicler. Six cra
ters are in eruption at the fool
«>f (he mountain.
Ashes and sand emitted by the
Volcano have covered the higher
portion of the island to a depth
of six feel. Vineyards have been
devastated and vines have been
burned. Large blocks of phos
phorescent rock are continually
being hurled out <»f the volcano
;md falling with such violence
that they remain imbedded in (lie
erou nd.
The islanders are in ;i stale of>
panic, and are abandoning I he in
land \illages and encamping
along Ihe coast.
VOLCANIC AST
COVERS THE SEAl
For Wore Than One Hundred
i
Miles the Sea Was Strewn
the Stuff ;
!\il her ~»11m* more \ iolcnl
eruptions of \olcanoes look
plac , riTciil l> or i'Isc ill#- ashes
of Ihe old \o|e;illoes o| some
month* a«o an* si ill .-hewing
■tie «.ea. < >n her trip Ihe \ ie
lorisi parsed Ihrough water «»ii
which \oleanic ash was strewn
for ton miles east of t'nimak
pass. Captain (Vltricn has
some of (lie ash yet which lie
picked up while gelling water
in a bucket... lie seems lo
think other eruptions have re
cently taken place, but of Ibis
he is not quite sure as Ihe lops
of the mountains were hidden in
the clouds. He could not say
whether or no) ihe volcanoes are
in eruption right now Nugget
QREGONJOURNAL
IS MULCTED
8hii Francisco, Oct. 'J i—The
Unit re! StaJte.s dinlricjl court
handet| down a decision today in
he suit oT Drake Bros, photog
raphers, against the Journal
l'ublishing Company of Oregon,
to rt'eover penally for the in
fringement of the copyright.
The suit was over a nuinhe
by the defendant company. The!
verdict of "the lower conrl. a
warding #400 against I lie pub
lishers, was affirmed.
Robert Mclnitogh. Id having hayj
and grain, hauled over the trail, «s
ft? north, as Willow Creek, for hit
stage Hne to the latter place, which
win begin Its regular trips, on the
first of November. The fodder Is
now being relayed to Wortman's.
Choir practice of Eptphariy church
choir In to be held at the church,
fonlght, at 7:30.
r.adleR. don't forget, the pumpkin
Pie, for the danoe, tomorrow even
ing at. Moose Hall, {
■
Selrmidr* T.unMr *m>m
for business tofjipi'^ovy, tTry tUat<
BECKER GUILTY
FIRST DEGREE
After Deliberating Eight Hours
Jury Returns Verdict Against
the Acous*d
♦New York, Oct. ~o—After Hie
attorneys had closed their ad
dresses to tiie jury, Justice CJoJT
began his instructions to the
men who held the fate of Lieu I.
Decker in their hands. 'He in
structed the jury that, il was a
question of fact whether Shepps
was si" aceolnplice of Lieut.
Meeker in in* killing; of Rosen
thal. If il was found by the
jury that Shepps was an accom
plice |hey could not convict Hie
defendant on the unsupportedj
testimony of an accomplice. The
jury was finally sent to iis room!
to deliberate on ;t verdict, and i
after eight hours was bi-on^bt j
into the court room.
In I he midsi of intense silence
the elerk read the verdict which
found llic defendant guilty of
murder in the first degree. Heck-'
er remained unflinched while the
verdici was. being read. Miv^
liecker fell in a faint and was
carried from the court rom in
an unconscious condition.
.AfJer polling lhe jury and
the giving of a'notice of a mo
tion for a now trial, the court
stated I ha | lie* would pass sen
tence oil the defendant, next
Wednesday. Meeker was then
returned to lhe Tombs.
PROGRESSIVES FILE
CAPMAIGN COSTS
Washington, (id. *jr>- -The
Progressive parl> managers
have tiled with Hie clerk of I tie
Mouse a cmplele list of Iheir
contributions and expenditures.
The porly has collected the sum
of $30'i,000, contribuled in sums
of from ten cents tip. represent
ing T.hOO contributors. The
committee is in debt -S Hi.000.
WOMAN THAT
CAN'T TALK
Sjim l'iain*i>ro, Oct. 27)—Lyinjr
in Ilu» hospital with h»»r Innprup
.severed by nnp of tho four bul
let si fired nl. hoc in Iln> murl
ynrd «f her home, Mrs. Kinily
Pielz is unable I<• I «*11 I lie police
lu»ro today Iti«* pfrpi'lraor* <»f
the shooting.
WIFE SHYER
. STANDS TRIAL
WAXAHACHIO. Tex., October 24.
—Ollte Beaupre, alleged wife murder
er, wm arraigned In court here to
day for trial, hla cfc»e having been
brought to Waxahachlo on change of
venue from Dallaa. Beupre la alleged
to have killed hla wife with a tvatchet
at their home la f>allaa mora-than a
year ago. Thla la the aecoad trial o
the caae, the flrat trial havln«aadedhi
a Jury dlaagreement.
J*iat received a large IHte f
BROTHER PLAYS
EVEN ON JOHNSON
Tells About the Black Champion
-"Johnson's Cafe Wllle be
Closed Permanently
Chicago, Oct. L'5—Charley
Johnson, brother of Jack Johnson
testified agairst the champion
in tho hearing to close the "Big
Smoke's" Cafe. Brother Jack
recently had Charley arrested
under numerous charges, in
cluding forgery, obtaining mon
ey under false pretenses. These
charge^ are still, pending* John
son's cafe will he permanently
closed on November Isl, and ,in'
the meantime music has been
prohibited in the place. The
cafe is now almost descried
STRONGTESTIMONY
AGAINST STRIKERS
Evidence Shows that Leaders of
Striking Mill Workers Coun
seled Violence
S.vlein. Ocl. -T»—The prose
cution in I lie case apainsl <;i
.avanolli and Kllor. cliarged willi
; murder during the Lawrence
j '-strikes, introduced liencordo, a
delect i\e who testitied tliat he
heard one of the defendants say
in the other: "Tell our men to
prowl around at nights and gef
the blood of the scabs." They
also disi'ibuted circulars telling
ill,, strikers lo break the scabs*
bones.
STYLISH WOMAN
STEALS AUTO
San Francisco, Oct. 25—I)e
i«ti11iiifrl rfTovl is beinvc mado by
11lie* pnlici' lit'i*«• lodav In local**
lIn* st>lis|il\ dressed woman lhal
calmly cranked up a llve-pat>sen -
ger louring car belonging lo H.
\V. Iloland, as il stood in fronl
uf I In' Savoy I bealro and made
oil' willi il. According lo H>e po
lice 'his is flu* firs I aulomobib'
[thief hoy have discovered..
STEAMERS ARRIVE
[ IN SEATTLE
Seal lie. Del. 25-—The s| earner
Sampson arrived in port yester
day, and I lie Alameda will reach
here sometime today. Both ves
sel* will xail north on Saturday.
Mrs. Robert Ferguson, arrived «jt
Poplar Bluff, Mo., yeaterday h*vtaf
■topped for some time vlalttaf
friends 1w Seattle and Portland.
A memorandum haa been l"»"©4
by Lieut^ Proaaer, Blgnal Corps Of.
fleer la ohjurg* to the effect thM
th« oorfa w!S leave election bulk
•til*
GOT EXPLOSIVES
McNamara, and MoNanigle Pur-j
chased Wagon Loads of
Nitroglycerine
Indianapolis, Oct. 2 i — Manager
Riser, head of the Albany, Indi
ana powder company, testified
that McNaniara nad MoManigle
bought wagon loads of expo
sive.s and nilroglycerine from (he
works of which he is Ihe head.
H<» had never inquired to what
use Ihy, exxplosives had hern pul,
hut after I In* explosion nf Ihe
Times building in F,os Angeles
he hegau lo suspect ami notified
l.he authorities. later identify
ing Ihe prisoners as I lie people
frequently purchasing nitro
glycerine
OFFICIAL VOTE
LAST ELECTION
The Official Count Does Not Change
Figures Materially From the
Early Returns.
Jl'NEAU, October 2.~>.--The official
returns from the Delegate election
i have been announced, by acting gov
jernor William Dlstln, and Collector
iof Customs, Wfillis, who completed
ithe convassing of the vote today.
•Tames Wickersham, received,
votes; Cllmore, 1,726; Krauczunas, I,
6S8; Jennings, 1,174; llarrais, 2Nl,
scatterign 16. Wight thousand two
hundred and twenty regular votes
cast. One hundred and ninety votes
were thrown out as irregular.
SAYS HUBBY
BAS DESIGNS
101 titer. N. .1,, Oc 25—Because
his wife charges thai he lured
her to a barn mi their farm for
l.he purpose of hanging her.
Fred Simpson, a farmer near
here., is held today by the Salem
counly authorities. Mrs. Simp
son alleges her husband tried to
forcibly hang her from a rafter
of the barn.
BAD TEMPERS
CAUSE TROUBLE
I'firl Intnl. nri. 25—M. A. Lind
say, foreman «»f (In* Northwest
ern fCluclric, aiuj Charles Hicks,
laborer, nri» in a hospital h»'r»'
today, suffering from probably
fatal pistol wounds as t!>«• re
Hult |Of a brawl In Stevenson,
Wanh.. in which Lindsay is al
leged lo have allarked Marshal
John {nman, who flred lo prin
ted hi in so I f. Inninn is being
hold.
The Valdcz Cafe Is one good
piacc lo oat. tf
Schmidt's Lunch Room open
for business tomorrow. Try lhal
lf)utci» i Lunch and oilier good
'{hlnprjt^h etlt- Nc*tjto Blum's.
j frho "Dutch lunch" a I N.
Try I.J
ALLIES GAINING.
TURKS LOSING
Bulgarian Army is Encamped
Within Three Miles of Key
.To Constantinople
Constantinople, Of I. 25—Uni
tarian troops have raptured the
for ajt Kierk Kilisseh, capturing
live thousand Turk.; and two
general officers.
Tin? Bulgarian army is now
|\viItii 11 three miles «»t" Adrianople
i willi t in* rity itself closely inves
<••1. An impnranl. battle is now
! 111<• 111•*111arily experled.
I»e|;rradc. Ocl. «i»--li lias 1>«*«*ii
julliriallx ;i n 11< • 1111 I that I In*
jServians Ii.'im* oeenph'd .\<»\ip;i
i/.ar. Prist inn. I\nniaiu>\ a. :i 11 < I
: Kill <chnna.
Sofia. Oi'l. ".'5- A im<• 11I• *r
demii>t rat ion favorinjr tin* war
a.^aiii<l Tnrk<'> wa< lndd here.
Ill,, hoy scouts loading tin* <!••
iinmsl rat ion.
A. II. Hall and M. II. Johnson, ar
rived In the city, this morning, hav
ing coiue direct from the Iditarod.
by way of Fairbanks. Mr. Hall
states that they found the (trail in
good condlUon for traveling, having
made the trip to the coast lelsurly
jin 14 days. He says that most of
!lhe travel is being directed by way
jof Chttina, by road house men oil
the trail.
iWOMAN'S TONGUE
SEVERS TIES
IIunl inulmi. \V. \;i.. C»r|.
A.-xf'rl iiiK Hiat l'<>r mre than lil
! I> > ••ill's lie 11 a- I I lie M; l—
jgin;: ami curtain lechm-^ «• r Ins
spimist*. Isaac Jackson. aged 70,
is loilay .seeking legal separation
Jack-oil declares thai when he
was younger the nagging did po|
not alTecl him as jl does now,
and lie wanls a divorce.
'again succors
GEN. SICKIES
i
N«\\ York, Del. z.T>---l h'spilc
; I ll«* I'Sl I'illl^cilli'lll Im'InMM'II (it'll
I
e.al Sickles and his wife. I In*
lalliT has ; i u; i in p|-i*\'••III «'i| <111
• ivmtiiI inn against I In- ^«*n«*i*iiI"".
personal pi'«»|>• *i*I \ for sr,.mid.
Slle I'CCelltl) piliWIH'll lll'l' jewels
I•• sa\e |lit* estate.
SECONDliT
OF E. G. LEWIS
8T. LOUIS, October 24.—The gee
ond trial of E. O. I^ewls, the pub
llshher, on fraud chargea brought by
the government began today In the
United 8tates district court before
Judge Miller, of Minneapolis. It is
expected the selection of a jury wit)
occupy aevral days.
Everybody ilvlted to <he Pump,
kin Dance, at Moose Hall, tomorrow,
evening.
Steamer Movement*.
Alameda, 8eatMe. snll« north H.»;ur
day morning
Marlpoga, south bound.
tampaon, Settle, anils north Hotur
i day evening.
.4
COAL HEARINGS
NOW HEARD
V,
The Qovernment Engaged in
Stifling More Alaska Coal
Miners
Seattle, Or I. -3—Chief of lit*;
l-*i«»I«l I>ivisi"it of tin? Oeueral
f.a* d ott'jev, Christianson is now
fond no I in(f foal hearings in lln*
federal building- here.
Tin* Hrst hearing called was
that involving coal lands taken
up l»y Captain Whorf. and upon
I wIt i<-ii In* at I«*mpi«*•( to piTf»M-l
{I i11Captain Whorf «l«kui«'«l
1111;11 l In* in-d ru 111**111 given Julius
' lt«*i<l«*l»hinn*r wa« a •!«••*• I. hul
■ >\\nri* iiial il wa* a nmrluav''1 Jo
fnvi'i* iiimiii*\- loaned l»\ llio
I
1 u r.'i:1 ee.
• It-Hi's full dross suit for salt* at
• a bargain— see Hen Silverman "srt
tailor.
REBELLING REBELS
! HAVE SURRENDERED
i
i
| Qen. Diaz Will Have Discour
• aged Troops With Which to
■
Meet Federal
Vi*ra Cru/. Oi*| Tin* niu
linou> rebel— rlaiiii llial lln*> ■ n
11 -1••• I under hia' \\i!h I h«* under -
slan-lur- i I ci.l i In* troop.* nun.
' in;: from i in* rapilal v..*: in
.join In- foi ainl t in*r<*for»*.
' -o far a> 111• • ~• were roiireriied.
: il wa> I" h<* a rn:i 11 «*i* of in»n
re.-j-l i*ur»*.
Tlu* ••\»*cnI i-iiis ordered l»v
. l>ia/. ami hi- oil'ieer> will proh
ah|\ la!*;, plu'*e.
t Tin* troop- w li ich sought
safely in lho harrarks hint' sur
rendered.
j .1 ml Be J. \j. Ileed. will leave for
the outside on tin* next slteanier. prob
ably to settle down hi some prowlnp
community.
boy mm
BY CANNERYMEN
| Itrllili^liiiHi. Ort. "JTi-A llirrc—
ixi'iir n|i| -..in .if Frank Wrif-'hl,
! a wi-ll known -almou OaillU'r
jlicrr. ha*. Imm'H kiilnupiu'il and it
j is hidic\»'d I In* crime was c*nn
mil II |iy lishcrmcn willi whom
•Wrijxhl lias had 11-«•nl*l«*. Tin*
|»< fire ..r all tin* Sound cilies
arc working on tlio rase.
M. V. Kdwards, who has Just come
In from visiting the Minnie Claim,
on Shoup Glacier, near the Dence-Mc
Donald properties, says the vein
opened up Is fabulously rich, being
literally spotted with gold. The
vein is from S Inches to 18 Inches
In width. Fred Qreenough and Kd
dle Held. are working on the prop
erty and are now in on the vein
about twenty feet and expect to
continue work on the property all
winter. There are tw<o t smaller
veins, equally rich running parallel
to the %'eln now being opened. Mr.
Edwards believes the property will
prove a sure winner.
For Hnle—Morse mid Much
hoard jnst over lite frail. In •
quire room 12. Hopper Hloek. If
Rnh.«rrihe for Ihe Proupoclor.