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Oregon City Coarier At W. CHENCT, Publisher. OTBGON CITY OREGON MS OF THE WEEK laMmtf-i Collection of Current Events la Condensed Form From Both Continent!. It is reisirtod tlmt tlie Oregon delegiv tion In congress Iiiih recommended Pro fessor II. B. Miller, president of the Ute agricultural college at Corvallis, for a diplomatic appointment to Ger many. Company G, Oregon National Guard, Allan J. Walker, captain, nan been dm banded by order of Governor Lord, The company's headquarters were at Myrtle Point, Coon 'county. The resignation of Captain Walker, made necessary by his. removal from the tate, was the cause for making the or der. The president has sent to congress tho report of the boundary commission ap pointed to locate the boundary line be tween Mexico and the United States, west of the Kio Grande river. Tlio president's message merely transmits the papers hied by the commission with the statu department, consisting of printed volumes and maps. The Odd Fellows of Walla Walla voyally observed the seventy-eighth an niversary of the order. Excursions from the surrounding towns swelled the crowd present. Business houses were closed and all buildings were beauti fully decorated for the occasion. Tho main part .of the programme was the laying of the cornerstono of the new Odd Fellows' Home. A dispatch from Couloe City, Wash., ays that while Griff Jones, Charles Doctor and Ray Weston were rounding up a band of young horses on lower Grab creek, they undertook to swim the Jiorscs, below Kooky ford, across the stream. While crossing the horses be came entangled and unruly, and Jones and Weston were thrown into the water and drowned, while Deeter managed to reach the shore. Private John N. Stamm, of Walla 'Walla barracks, was accidentally shot during target practice, and it is not possible for him to recover. Sergeant . .Manes' pistol snapped while aiming at the target, lie returned to where Htamm was standing, and 'was explain ing to him tho reason why the car tridge failed to explode. In doing this lie pulled tho trigger, and the revolver 'Was discharged, the bullet striking Htamm in the groin, and passing entire ly through the body, perforating the Intestines, and coming out of the back. The govornors of Oregon and Wash ington have received copies of tho call for the annual meeting ot the trans Mississippi congress, to bo held this year in Salt Lake City, July 14 to 18, with a request that they designate a number of citizens to represoct the' tutes, including, "lit least one speaker, who will he prepared to present some general subject in which tho state is in terested." The objects of the congress are to secure closer trudo relations and national legislation of benefit to states west of tho Mississippi. W.J.Bryan has been niudu president of the congress. A number of Japanese have left San Francisco for Mexico, where a colony will be formed on land granted them by the Mexican government. The body of Captain Evan Davics, of the British four-masted ship Delcaimie, who drowned over four months ago in the harbor at Astoria, has been picked up by a fisherman. Tho remains wore positively identified by papers found in the pocket. The great coon nnd varmint hunt on Fox island, Washington, in which sev eral hundred hunters participated, was anything but a success as a varmint killing bee, though all who attended were well satisllod, as the courtesies of the islanders made the outing a most enjoyable one. Beth L. Milliken, representing in the house of representatives the third dis trict of Maine, died at Washington. For some time ho hud suffered from a serious affection of the bronchial tubes, which last week developed alarmingly, and was accompanied by kidney and liver complications. A dispatch from Baker City,, Or., says that Powder river is higher than it has ever been known to he, and is doing great damage. Only one bridge remains in the city, and if tho warm weather continues, it will go out. Tho Kumpter Valley railroad is flooded for miles, and trains will not be running for weeks. Tho northern residence por tion of the city is inundated. Chief Justice Fuller, of tho United States supremo court, has refused a writ of habeas norpus in the case of K1-. vcrton K. Chapman, a broker, who re fused to testify in the sugar speculation' investigation iih to whether senators had sHeulateil in sugar stocks while tho Wilson tariff bill was before that Ixxly. The sentence of the supremo court of the District of Columbia to 30 days in jail and $100 tine was affirmed, and Chapman's application for writs of cer tiorari and haheaii corpus were denied. As result of a terrible accident in a mining camp near Kossland, U. 0. , is mon were killed and several others injured. Twelve men were asleep in the camp when a landslide, 300 feet long and six feet deep, and fifteen feet wide, overwhelmed them. A train near South Lyon, Mich., track a vehicle on a crossing and in rtantly killed Harry Clark and Miss Sarah Fisher. Mis Ethel Just was erionsly injured. Clark was student t Ann Arbor, and Miss Fisher attend ed the state normal school at YpsilantL FLOOD AT OTTUMWA. btit Moines Hlver Hone Huddenly a Itruke the Levees. Ottumwa, In., April 28. The Des Moines river, whioh last midnight was stationary at high-water mark, estab lished by the greut flood of 18U2, sud denly began to climb, and by 8 o'clock today had added fifteen inches to the record. Tho levees broke in many places,' railroad embankments were tin dermined and hundreds of fuinilies were compelled to quit their residences in great haste. In Ottumwa, 500 fam ilies were compelled to move, a largo number making their escape in boats. At Bradyvillc, eighteen miles north of this city, 150 families vacated tlieir domiciles, and the principal streets are navigated in rowbouts. At South Ot tumwa, the river flows parallel with the main street. It broko across this street this morning, and caused a panic and scramble for higher ground, r ive thousand people reside in this suburb. Several hundreds deserted their resi dences and removed their goods. The water stands four feet deep in Fairview. Farm lands are completely inundated. A largo reservoir situated at tho sum mit of Court hill is the source of consid erable fear. Tho recent downpour has swollen the sources of supply, und the reservoir is now so full that it threatens to burst and flood the pop ulous districts just below. Rich farming lands above and below this city are inundated. The flood there has not reached a high stage, but has spread out in many places to a width of five to six miles. No loss of life has been reported, but the damage to property will bo very large. Railway traffic is almost at a stand still. All the small streams in South ern Iowa are out of their banks. Rail road bridges are gone and travel by high way is out of the question. The Bur lington line between Chicago and Den ver is cut in two by five miles of inun dated tracks. Through passenger and freight trains are being run over the Galosburg & St. Louis and the Hanni bal & St. Joseph rouds to Omaha. The Rock Island also has five miles of track under water west of here. Train serv ice was kept in motion with Keokuk until lute this afternoon, when a largo section of track went out at ClifHand, effecutttlly blocking the Rock Island east and west. The Milwaukee & St. Paul roundhouse and yards are under water, and part of one approach to their bridge has been washed away. Trains are running only between Ottumwa and Marion. The Chicago Great West ern line is entirely shut off. So is the Iowa Central. The Wabash still has entrance from the south, but is shut off on the north end. Work on the levees has progressed since last Friday, but the sudden rise this morning destroyed a great part ol the lubor. .Large forces are employed tonight in an endeavor to prevent fur ther breaks. The suburbs have thus far been tho worst sufferers. West Ottum wa, a largo residence section, is entire ly flooded, and the water is still rising. Tho inhabitants cling to their homes, however, hoping thut tho worBt is over. The ICeport From St. Lout. 8t. Louis, April 28. The Mississippi river registered a declino here this nionring, but above, at Keokuk, Han nibal and other places, a rise of 1.0 feet is Bhown und the Missouri is also booming. At Kunsas City tho advance for the past forty-eight hours has been fully two feet, while at Boonville it is oue-hulf foot. There are places near Qtiiney where tho water spreads over tho low lands from bluff to bluff, mak ing the river from eight to ten miles wide. The levees can stand a foot or two more of water, but the danger lies in the continual rising of surface water on the inside, which is now almost to tho top of the bunks. Memphis Belief Work Ended. Memphis, April 28. The Memphis flood sufferers' relief committee acting in conjunction with tho war depart ment, ordered the formal closing of Camp Congo, at the home established for flood refugees early in the overflow season. All planters were noiineu i send in transportation for farmhands at onoo, as no further rations would bo is sued. , Condition itt Ilnnnllinl. St. Louis, April 28. A dispatch from Hannibal, Mo., says: Flood con- litions are becoming alarming. The government gauge ut 10 o clock this morning registered eighteen feet and eleven inches, being nearly two feet above the danger line. The water is up to Front street, and cellars on Main Btreet are filled. Bridge Ovrr the Kaw Damnged. Kansas City, Mo., April 28. One span of tho Northwestern railroad bridge across tho Kaw has been forced out of plumb by a great mass of drift wood. Water Almost In Winnipeg-. Winnipeg, April 28. The Red river continues to rise, and the flood situa tion is serious. The water is higher than in thirty years. Emerson, St. John nnd other towns between Winni peg and the Dakota boundary line are under four feet of water, and the people are living in barns or the uper stories of their houses. The railroads cannot run trains, and all communication is shut off with several points. Winnipeg will have tho water in a day or so. The water is now within a few inches of the electric power-houses, and soon the citv will be in darkness. Salt Lake, April 26. A private tel egram from Price, Utah, says the posse which left Castle Gate yesterday in pursuit of the men who robbed the treasurer of the Pleasant Valley Coal Company had an encounter with the bandits and wounded one of them, whose name is supposed to he Fowler. The robbers were going toward Cedar mountains. DYING OF STARVATION Pitiable Fate of Cuban Pacifi cos in Fortified Towns. WEYLEtt IS RESPONSIBLE FOR IT Country People Concentrated In the Village! Have Absolutely Mo Meant of Obtaining Food. New York, April 28. A World spe cial from Havana says: Private letters from the interior report wholesale star vation. Some of tho cases are especial ly heartrending. Children are dying in the streets of Mutanzas, and babies have been found dead in tho arms of their exhausted mothers. Your corre spondent bus been through the province of Pinur del Rio, and has seen whole villugou of living skeletons praying for death to release them from their suffer ings. General Weyler is seizing the cattlo of tho citizens for the use of the troops in Santa Clara. Rafael Rubio, an American citizen, lost twenty-one head of cattlo in that way. When he com plained to the Spanish authorities and demanded pay, ho was told he was im pudent to osk Spain to pay for what the insurgents take with impunity. A guerilla corps raised, armed and mounted by Spanish cattle owners of Suncti Spiritus, went ont and drove in 200 head of cattle to be slaughtered for the benefit of the needy people of the city, but Weyler ordered all the meats sent to Manzanillo for the soldiers. The effect of concentrating the coun try people in fortified towns is seen in all its uwfulnesB in Santa Clara prov ince. Santa Clara has many cities, five of which are of huge population. Santa Clara is in the center, Cienfugeos and Suncti Spiritus in tho south, and Sagua Lu Grande and Remedios in the north. There were 350,000 people liv ing in the five districts of which these five cities are the capitals. Of this population 150,000 lived outsido of the cities. All these have been compelled to leave their farms and move into the cities and fortified towns. In some of the latter, the concentrndoes outnum bered the original population. They have no money, and if they had, there is not food enough tosupply all. Burk huts have been built, und they are crowded with poverty-stricken refugees. They are half nuked, sick from ex posure, and dying' from hunger. They are peaceful,' hard-working people. On their farms they would not only be self-supporting, but would be able to supply plenty of vegetables, eggs, meat and fruit to the starving people of tho cities. Under General Weyler's policy the whole 350,000 are suffering, uTtfl 150, 000 doomed to die for lack of food, which they could easily obtain if al lowed to work. This policy, as a war measure, is worse tnan useless irom uie Spanish standpoint, for it has forced hundreds of men to join the rebels rather than be forced to see their fam ilies starving in the cities und towns. In some other places in tho village, the overcrowding is terrible. Sitiullittos, beforo the order was given, had 100 people. It now contains 1,000, includ ing soldiers. The farmers ordered in have built 260 huts, and are slowly dying from starvation. Weyler has had ull tho cuttle killed in tho fields by the guerillas, and left to rot, but u pound of meat cunnot be bought, except for the troops. Owners of sugar plantations are not allowed to grind, but they mast protect their property. They built houses, und sol diers were put in them. This makes a fortified plantation, and inhabitants move in. Not u druggist dure sell nny drugs, or fill a prescription to be taken outsido the regular fortified towns If a grain of quinine goes ont, it means death to the sender if caught The insurgents in arms are much bet ter off than the concentrated pacificos. They kill beef in the fields when they choose, but when they have taken what they need they semi word to the owner to come und get the rest of it, or they try to get it to the starving peoplo around the cities. Americans to Be lteleased. Tampu, Flu., April 28. Pusscngers from Havana say that through the efforts of General Lee, Ona Melton, who has been confined in Cabanas for more than a year, will be released this morning; also that Jose Fernandez and G. W. Aiinirre, the latter a brother of the insurgent general, Aguirre, will be released in a day or two. A Terrible Vengeance. Perry, O. T., Anril 28. John and Sam Hunt,' living at Washita river, tied Charles Goodall, aged 17, to a wild horse and pushed both the boy und the horse over the steep bluff into the Washita river Voting Goodull had been the hired boy on the Hunt farm for more than a year, and the brothers claimed be ruined tlieir sister, Amelia. They compelled the boy to get on the horse, threatened him with death, and) then made the horse run for miles at j full speed. When tho horse was ex hausted the men pushed him with the! rider over the cliff. Men near resoued the boy and he may live. The Hun's have left tho country. They are known us bad men, and neighbors will prob ably lynch them if caught. A California Tragedy. Fresno, Cal., April 28. Thomas and Frank Garcia are in jail on a oharge of assault to murder, which will probably bo changed to murder before night. The boys are Mexicans, and got into a fight at Firebaugh with one Frank Velles, whom thev stabtied four times. driving a fonr-inch blade into his lungs f at every stroke. ellea is dying. When an Arab enters a house takes off bis shoes, .and not his bat. be THREE MEN DROWNED. Fishermen I.iine Their Bonneville. I.lres Near Bonneville, Or., April 28. Three Finnish fishermen John Sunquist, Anton Johnson aid a man named Suynu were drowned yesterday morning in the Columbia, in the narrow channel between the Oregon side and the island directly above this place. Only tho body of Sunquii-t has been .recovered. The mon hud been visiting their nets, which were set in un eddy, near the shore, and were tacking buck to Bonne ville. There is a fearful current in the river in the channel, particularly at the present stage of water, and naviga tion is alway dangerous. When in one of the most hazardous places in the stream, the wind, which was blowing a gale, caught the sail und cupBized the bout, dumping the three men into the rapid water. They instantly disap peared. A man named 01in,who was walking along the track of the O. R. & N., wit nessed the accident, and endeavored to get a bout out to the rescue, but was unable to launch it in the rapid cur rent. Seeing thut all efforts to save the men would be in vain, he ran down tho track abreast of the bout, which was drifting swiftly down stream, and caught it after it hud lodged on a boom near the mouth of Tanner oreek, below Bonneville. . A taut rope extended from the boom into the water, which pulled and tugged in the current, as if there was an anchor uttached to it. Pulling it up, Olin was horrified to see that it sup ported the body of a man, and lifted out Sunquist, dripping and lifeless. He immediately searched about in hope that the other two men had se cured themselves to the boat, but could find neither of them, and their bodies have not as vet been recovered. Sunquist's presence of mind in secur ing himself to the boat might have saved him in easy water, but it uvailed only to savo his body in the terrible water below the cascades. FORMAL SESSIONS. No Business Transacted In Either Ilouse of Congress. Washington, April 28. The senate chamber had a desorted uppearance when tho session opened today, many of the senators having gone to New York to attend the Grant ceremonies. Harris of Tennessee was at his desk for the first time in many weeks, and was congratulated on his recovery from a serious illness. In the absence of the vice-president and President Pro-tern. Frye, Nelson occupied the chair. Dr. Milbtirn's opening prayer was an eloquent refer ence to the gathering of thousands to pay tribute to tho greut chieftain, Grunt, and he prayed that the glow of patriotism freshly kindled may strengthen our government and the union of states. When the Indian bill was reported from the bouse, an effort was made to Bend it to conference, but Gorman ob jected, saying it hud been understood thut no business was to be transacted. Thereupon, at 12:25 P. M., on motion of Morrill, the senate adjourned. In the House. Washington, April 28. The house held u purely formal session today. Many of the members hud gone to New York to attend the Grunt niounmeiit exercises, and, under the arrangement made lust week, after tho reading of the journal, adjournment was imme diately taken. The president's message transmitting the reiort of the Mexican boundary line commission was, how ever, received before adjournment. There was less than fifty members pres ent. Accident In London. London, April 28. A tremendous explosion occurred on the tindergound railway at 5:30 this evening, as a train filled with men from th ecity was mak ing its usual Btop at the Aldersgate sta tion. The glass roof of the station was blown out, und the platform was strewn with debris. Many of the gaslights in the waiting-rooms und on the platforms were extinguished, and the station was left in semi-darkness. A panic ensued. When comparative quiet had been re stored, it was found thut a first-class couch hud been wrecked, and that its occupants were lying about maimed and bleeding. Ten of tho injured were found to be in a precarious condition, and were removed to the hospitals. A number of persons who were standing on the platform were also hurt. Much of the wreckage was hurled across the station. The cause of the explosion is not known, but it is believed to have been the result of an accumulation of gas which became ignited in some way. Many persons, however, believe the dis aster was not duo to accident, but was caused by the explosion of a bomb, which had been placed in the station with the intention of wrecking it. Fatal Boating Accident. San Francisco, April 28. Charles W. Lehmann, a young banking clerk employed by the German Savings & Ixntn Society, went yachting yesterday with a party of friends, and while be ing transferred form one of the yachts to another slipped upon the stern of tho yawl and sank, probably striking his head as he went down. He caught the side of the frail craft and tipped it so that it filled rapidly and sank, throw ing the three occupants into the bay. In the confusion which ensued, Leh mann was not seen to rise, and as he was unable to swim, he was undoubt edly lost, although the accident occur red close to the shore. MuravielT Appointment Continued. St. Petersburg, April 28. Emperor Nicholas has formally confirmed the ap pointment of Count Muravieff as Rus sian minister of foreign affairs, and he bas conferred the decoration and order of Vldimir upon M. de Kotxebu, the Russian minister to the United States. 'CITY IN GLOOMY MOOD Athenians Are Downcast by Their Defeat. IlETBEATISU ARMY IS BLAMED Greek Determined to Make a "land at I'harsala New Defense Mile Is Stronger. Athens, April 27. It is usoless to deny that a very gloomy outlook of the war prospects is taken by tho bettor in formed. There are, however, no signs of a panic. Tho city exhibits un utti tudo of dignified endurance, while miiny persons still bIiow un unabated enthusiasm for wur. This symptom is particularly noticeable among the wounded now in Athens. Their one desire is to be healed, in order that they may rejoin tho colors. Naturally, this spirit is much fostered by the con firmation of the reports thut tho Turks huve burned the Greek wounded in a church at Kurtzivoli. Tho Turks lighted flrefl under the bodies of wound ed beasts. Many of the Greek wonnded implored their comardes to kill them; others committed suicide. Although it is understood that the Greeks curried all their guns from Tyr nuvos and Larissa, and also destroyed the provisions at both places, they could not transport the guns ut Pharsala. It is believed by some in Athenian circles that tho retreat was somewhat hasty and that some of the guns were abandoned with but feeble defense. It seems probable, however, that in the main the retreat was in good order. This morning the word goes forth here that the government will perse vere in the struggle with greater deter mination. The report, however, has not served to allay tho growing irrita tion in the bolief thut even if Greece could not hold her own, the non-offensive attitude manifested in the order of the crown prince not to attack was idiotic and un-Grecian. The retreat to Pharsala is considered a poor response to the fiery speeches of the Crown Prince Constantino to his troops. Naturally all sorts of reasons are ad vanced to explain the Greek retreat, the more candid admitting that the Turks were too strong. It iB also pointed out that the Turkish cavalry did much to turn the scale in favor of Kdh em Pasha. The Greek Heet is also the subject of many curious rejKirts, one of which as sorts that the Eastern squadron has bombarded Dedeagach. It is known that the Turkish government yesterday ordered that all lanterns in tho light houses on the Gulf of Salon ica remain ttnlighted. Five ironclads and four torpedo boats are operating along the coast between Plutonium and Katerina. The British and French subjects re siding at Volo have addressed respective envoys here, begging for the dispatch of warships to Volo to protect them. The envoys have wired to their govern ments and to tho admirals at Cunea, but ut Athens it is conside-ed unneces sary to comply with the request, as un attack upon Voloisnopurt of the Turk ish programme. lie treat Ordered From Athens. London, April 27. Tho Athens cor respondent of the Times suys: The news of the loss of Mati was received here during the small hours of tho morning. The premier and the min ister of war were immediately sum moned to tho palace, where a council sat until after daybreak. There was some difference of opinion, but it was finally decided, in view of the exhaus tion of the Greek troops und the nu merical superiority of the Turks, to or der a retreut to Pharsala. This decision was a wise one, for the defenses of Larissa are not strong, and the open plain favors the operations of the Turkish cavalry. The Greek stand will be mude ut Pharsala, which may once again become tho scene of a mem orable battle. The battle of Mati lasted all Friday, ,the Greeks defending their positions with great intrepidity. Prince Con istnntine and Prince Nicholas were both continually under fire, and the latter greatly distinguished himself. The Turks, strongly reinforced, suoceeded lin breaking the Greek lines at 6 in the evening. The Turkish cavalry de livered repented magnificent charges. The fighting continued into the night. During the afternoon, Colonel Maoris, commanding the first division, called for the support of Colonel Mavromica lis, commanding the second division. The latter arrived just in time to cover the retreat from Mati. At 6 o'clock, 'Colonel Mavromicalis, who showed greut gallantry in his at tempts to rally the troops, wired to General Smolenitz, at Reveni: "I am defeated and retiring to Kazuklar. Act according to your judgment." It is presumed that Reveni will be evacuated forthwith and the whole ' frontier line abandoned. Gloom and despondency is seen on every counten ance. The only gleau of consolation is the report that Pentepigadia is out flanked and the way open to Janina. This, however, needs confirmation. m At Salonica. Salonica, April 27. It has been de cided to concentrate here a Turkish re serve division of sixteen battalions. Eleven have arrived already. During the Greek bombardment of Leftokarya, a shop belonging to a British subject was destroyed. The consuls have met to consider what steps should be taken. Salonica, April 27. Osman Pasha arrived here last evening, and was re ceived with great enthusiasm. He went forward to the scene of the con flict Greek subjects here, on agreeing to place themselves under tie Turkish authorities under certain conditions, will be allowed to remain. A STABBING AFFRAY. Harry Illflle, of Walla Walla. Trobably. Fatally Cut. Wulltt Walla, Wash., April 27. Harry Riffle, a prominent young man of this city is lying at . the point of death as the result of a knife wound in his left side, inflicted by William Howard, at a late hour lust night. Riffle, in company with a friend, was riding along Alder street, when bin horse became iininanugeublo. The shafteif the buggy run into the seut of a wheel cart standing in front of Lot's burn. Riffle run into the barn and usked a boy named Howard for a wrench. The boy replied that none was at hand, when Riffle began abus ing him. The boy's father, residing across the street, witnessed the affair, and went over. Riffle and the father engaged in a fight, and the latter drew a knife and stabbed Riffle in the side, four or five inches below the left nipple. The knife struck the seventh rib and glanced up ward penetrating the thoraio cavity. Riffle was taken to his rooms, in tho hotel, and Howard was placed under arrest. When seen today, Howard said he was very angry when he saw Riffle striking his son, and went to his assist ance, when Riffle struck him. He had a knifo in his hand, and, being exoited, useil it without thinking. Riffle is resting easily tonight, and thore are fuint hopes of his recovery. TWICE PRONOUNCED DEAD. Woman Talked From Her Coffin Aftet Being Prepared for Burial. Kendrick, Idaho, April 27. The people of the village of Southwick, lo cated fifteen miles from hero, on the edge of the timber, were horrified last Sunday by the apparent returning to life of Mrs. Fred Wendt, who was pro nounced dead on Friday morning from u severe case of hemorrhage of the bowels. The body hud been prepared for bur ial, and was lying in tho coffin, when, the seemingly dead woman opened her eyes and began conversing with those about her. She was in an extremely weak condition from loss of blood, and managed to show signs of life for eight hours, when she was again pronounced' dead, and was buried on Monday. The case has excited considerable comment! on account of the short time in which she was buried, some believing she might have been in a trance, and. was buried alive. Oregon runchbowl. Washington, April 27. Senator Mo Bride had quite a long talk with the navigation bureau of the navy depart ment, the other day, urging that orders be issued to the battleship Oregon to go to Portland, so thut the presentation of the silver servico to the ship might be mude at the metropolis of the state. The officers of the department, how ever, said that they feared the vessel1 might strike something and be injured in going up the river. The Oregon, will go to the United States buoy sta tion at Tongue point, and the probabil ities are that the presentation will be made at thut place. Seattle Cyclists' Excursion. Tacoma, Wash., April 27. Five hundred members of the Queen City Cycling Club came to Tucoma on the steamer Flyer this morning for a spin over the prairio roads and bicyole paths to American lake, ten miles distant. They were escorted hy over 1,000 Tuco ma wheeelinen, which guve the uffair the appearance of an immenso picnic. Lunches were spread at the lake. The Columbia River & Puget Sound Navi gation Company donated the use of the Flyer to tho Senttle club, resulting in raising over $250 towurd extending the Lake Washington bicycle boulevard at Seattle. Kaw Klver at High Mark. Topeka, April 27. The Kaw river at this point is at the highest stage to night thut has been reached in eight years, and is still rising at the rate oi two inches an hour. Two bridges at this point are in imminent danger. The Union Pacific and Rock Island road 8 report washouts north and west of here, but repairs huve been made during the duy, and traffic is again moving. Rose Nine Feet. Maryville, Mo., April 27. One Handred and Two river rose nearly nine feet lust night, and is now a mile and a half wide, flooding a large num ber of farms. Truflio through here, on the Burlington and Wabash roads, is suspended, and three miles of the Bur lington's track and a mile of Wabash track is washed out near here. Episcopal Convention. Milwaukee, Wis., April 27. The biennial convention of the Episcopal' ichurch will he neld here, commencing Tuesday, October 10. Bishop Nichol son has been notified that the invita tion which he extended to the board to meet in Milwaukee when the semioen itennial of the diocese is to be celebrat ed, has been accepted. Gold Ordered for Export. Washington, April 27. The secre tary of the treasury today received a telegram from Assistant Treasurer Jor dan, at New York, stating that $997, ,000 gold has been ordered for export. 'This is the first withdrawal of any con isiderable amount since July 22, 1896, iwhen $2,000,000 was withdrawn. Earthquake In Illinois. Cairo, 111., April 27. A severer earthquake was felt here at 10 o'clock tonight It lasted about twenty sec onds. The largest structures were shaken with a swaying motion, and people rushed in terror out on tho streets. No damage has been reported. In Bangkok, the capital of Siam, there are about seventy-one thousand bouses, and each floats on a bamboo raft