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Oregon City Coarier. A, W. VHKNKY, Publisher. EEGON CITY .....OREGON MASSACRE BY INDIAN3. INEWS OF THE WEEK (foresting Collection of Current Event la Condensed Form From Iioth Continents, Major-Gonerul Nelson A. Miles has Arrived at Lamia, visited the Greeks and subsequently lunched with Crown Prince Constantino. C. P. Huntington, of the Southern Paoiflo, is reiiorted to have bought out the entire townsite of Fliivel, near the mouth of the Columbia. The coffee crop of Brazil this year is estimated at 9,000,000 bags. The government will have to give warrants upon the coffee stock for pressing ex penses. The Herald's correspondent in Mon tevideo telegraphs that the chamber lias authorized the Colonial railway to issue debenture bonds to the value of 400,000 for construction expenses. JHrom a .Russian source comes news of conspiracy against King George far more deeply rooted than was sup posed. There is indubitable evidence that Premier Kalli and his colleagues In the cabinet are gravely implicated in a plot to overthrow the dynasty. Owing to the crisis, says a report in Rio de Janeiro, the government will reduce all official salaries, beginning with the president and ministers of tate. The government hag decided that it will be necessary, in view of trouble in the republic, to increase the army to 28,000 men of all arms. The fact has just leaked out that on Hay 13 the schooner Alexander Jones took on a cargo of arms and ammuni tion valued at $78,000, at Wilmington, - Del., and carrying it to the Bahamas, transferred it to the filibuster Daunt less, whioh vessel promptly landed the cargo at Matanzas, Cuba. Sixty-two Cubans accompanied the expedition. The sultan's show of resistance to the powers is generally attributed to Ger man backing, but it is also rumored that negotiations between Turkey and Kussia have been proceeding this month relative to the portion of Asia Minor, including Rizeh, in the southeast cor ner of the Black sea, and the territory tip the Joruk river. A severe earthquake shook was felt in Clarksburg, W. Va., lasting 12 sec onds, followed by a second shock, mildor and of shorter duration. The most substantial buildings in the city rocked perceptibly, and some of the oocupants were unable to keep their ioet This wag the first earthquake re ported here since the memorable Charleston quake in August, 1886. Governor Budd, of California, has decided not to interfere in the death entenoes of Theodore Durrant and Salter D. Worden. The former fwas convicted of the ninrder of Blanche Lamont at Emmanuel Baptist church, and Worden wasfonnd guilty of wreck ing a train during the A. R. U. strike three years ago, when Engineer Clark and three United States soldiers were tilled. The policy of the postofflce depart ment as to the appointment of minors in the postofflce has been definitely fixed, and they will be debarred from ebief clerkships and deputy postman terships, except in a few of tho third class offices, where circumstances urge their peculiar fitness. Even then they will not be allowed to become aoting postmaterg, on aocouut of the legal declaration that contracts made by minors are voidable. At Colfax, Wash., John Leonard, , who murdered Jacob Mulqulst last July, was sentenced by Judge McDon ald to be hanged July 2. The sentence did not affect the prisoner. He hud nothing to say. While Georgo Allen, George Warren and his son Willie were Grousing the Orand river at Fruita, Colo., in a tem porary ferry, the cable broke and all three were drowned. The river is very high, and is half a mile wide at that place. The New York Horald'g correspond ent in Guatemala cables that the gov ernment has isHtiod a decree suspend ing iooie payments for six months. The banks lend the government 1,500, 000 pesos to be repaid in six months in liver. Officers of the Cuban league have de cided to attempt the raising of a fund or $1,000,000 in the United (states, be lieving that this will' enable the Cu Wis to establish their independence. The fund is to be raised in two ways by donations and by the sale of gold bonds at 6 per cent, payable "ten years after the evacuation of Cuba by the Kpanish troops." E. C Briee, whose claim to a pro ow for making gold and silver from chemically pure antimony and other We metals has been under investiga tion by a committee of experts, with only negative results, has made appli cation to the commissioner of patents for another test. In his request he as erta that the other commission did not follow his directions in important par ticulars. In a blast in a mine at Forbestown, Cat.. Santine Navonl, a Portuguese offered frightful injuries. His eye balls were dislodged and left hanging on his cheeks, his shoulder was partly torn away and big scalp cut open. He till lives. General Miles has been afforded by the sultan and the Turkish official every facility for studying the Turkish army. He is pursuing the work with frreat vigor, and ia kept very busy. The officials are moat kind in offering very aid. Lam Deer Agency (liovennes on tho Warpath Again. Denver, June 2. A special tn tho Republican from Helena says: Chey enne Indians have gone on the warpath and are said tohiivekillcdadozcn men, including five United States soldiers. The Indians have no reservation, hut make tho Lame Deer agency their head quarters. A man named Hoover, a sheepherd cr, was recently shot by Indians, be cause he caught several of them kill ing sheep. The settlers armed them selves to protect their property. Two companies of colored cavalry from Fort Custer were ordered to the agency on Wednesday. On Sautrday a courier arrived from the agency with the in formation that George Wulters, post master, and Lou Anderson, a stockman, had been shot and killed,' and also that the Indians shot into the cavalry ami killed five men, and that they had 00 armed cowboys surrounded. Cavalry from Fort Keogh and company E in fan try, left Saturday for the seen.1. The settlers have moved their fam ilies from near the reservation to Miles City. Ranchmen and stockmen at the Cheyenne agency demand tho Indians who killed Hoover. The names of the Indians are known, and they are pro teoted by 50 bucks. Orders have been given the ord nance officer at Fort Keogh to have 10,000 rounds of ammunition ready for issue today. It is supposed more troops are to go to the agency. Deputy Sher iffs Smfc,h and Winters were ordered off the reservation by the military agent, Captain 8 touch, who did not want arrests of Indian murderers made at that time lest it cause more trouble. The deputies returned to Miles City and have gone back with Sheriff Gibbs, with warrant for the arrest of Agent Btouon tor interfering witn otnoers in the discharge of their duty, and war rants for the Indian murderers. GUNS FOR THE CUBANS Successful Expedition From North Carolina Coast. . IN CHARGE OF CAPTAIN O'BRIEN Ranchmen Are Alarmed. Helena, Mont., June 2. The excite ment continues at Cheyenne reserva tion and settlements in that vicinity. Ranchmen in the Upper Rosebud have all deserted their homes. Six com panies of soldiers' from Forts Keogh and Custer are en route to the agency, as is also the number of deputies. The sheriff has a warrant for the arrest of Indian Agent Stouoh, charged with in terfering with officers in the discharge of their duties, and also for three In dian murderers. The sheriff will prob ably arrive at the reservation with his deputies tomorrow'and endeavor to ar rest the murderers of the sheepherder. Many are of the opinion that the sen ousness of the situation is exaggerated. flchrader the Healer Stoned. St. Louis, June 2. "Divine" Healer Shrader was Btoned out of Clayton, a suburb of St. Louis, today, by a crowd of men and boys. As Shrader was pre paring to take a bicycle ride at his hotel, he was greeted on the corner by a large and noisy orowd. He attempted to address the assemblage, and finally exclaimed: "Those of you who are opposirg me are rejecting God." As soon is he made this remark, the crowd closed in on him in a threaten ing manner. Hastening to his room, he gathered what few belongings he had with him into a bundle, and, mounting his wheel, turned south from the courthouse steps, amid showers of stones. He was struck on the back of the neck by a missile, but it apparently inflicted no injury. ' It did, however, accerlerate his speed as he rode on toward the country. President Confer Degrees. Washington, June 2. President Mo Kinley conferred the degrees on about 50 graduates of the senior and post graduate classes of the Rational uni versity law school, at the annual com mencement exeroises held in this city this evening. The theater was crowded, and among them were many people of note. General Grant was the head of the institution, and conferred the de' grees on graduates, a custom which was followed by Presidents Hayes, Arthur and Cleveland in his first term. The annual address to the graduates was de livered by Senator Thurston, of Nebras ka, and a valedictory in behalf of tho senior class class by George N. Brown, of Wyoming. The graduates represent all sections of the Union. The Tur Aleiander Jones. Hchooner John II. Long and the Famous Dauntless, Participated. Wilmington, N. C.. June 1. The Messenger prints a detailed account of the loading of the tnsr Alexander Jones and her departure with the eohoonor John D. Long on a Cuban fili bustering expedition. The facts were obtained from a member of the crew of the Alexander Jones, which re turned to port several davs ago. His story substantially is as follows: - Un Thursday night. May 13. the Jones took on a cargo of rifles, ma chetes, rapid-fire guns and ammunition at the Wilmington. Newbern & Nor- folk railroad depot in the southern limits of the city. Before she had en tirely finished hor cargo a rnmor was started that officers were approaching, and thafthe revenue cutter Morrill was getting up steam. Taking alarm at this, tho Jones pulled out and start ed down the river at 10:45 P. M., and in a few hours crossed the bar and an chored outside. The schooner John D. Long, having meanwhile been loaded with coal and other material at the Wilmington & Weldon railroad wharf. was shortly towed out to sea by the tug Brandon, going past the cutter Colfax On the schooner was General Nunez and another officer of the Cuban army, a Cuban pilot and Captain John O'Brien, of the filibustering tug Daunt less. At the sea buoy, they went on board the Jones, anchored near by, and Cap tain O'Brien took charge of the ex- pedition. A hawser was made fust from the Jones to the schooner, and early Friday morning the tug steamed to the south with her in tow. The Brandon returned to 8outhport. On the wav down the coast no port was entered, but off the beach on the coast of Florida, 02 Cubans were taken on board. The Jones then towed the schooner to the' Bahamas, and in the vicinity anchored in the open sea on Tuesday, May 18. On Thursday morning, May 20, the filibuster Dauntless hove in sight, and came alongside the Jones and the schooner. She oouled .from the schoooner, took charge of arms from the Jones, and with Captain O'Brien in command, headed for the Cuban coast, about 60 miles away. She left the Jones between 8 and 9 o'clock Thursday night, made a successful landing near matanzas, and, alter an absence of 24 hours, returned to the Jones, took another cargo of war ma terial, and started for Cuba Friday night. On the last trip, General Nu nez and the 62 Cubans, left the Jones, and went on the Dauntless, accom panied by Captain O'Brien. When the Dauntless left with her second cargo, the Jones coaled from the schooner, towed her off Cape Canaval, Florida, and turned her loose. She sailed baok and got into Southport yes terday morning. . The cargo carried from here was val ued at $78,000, and is said to have been the second largest ever landed in Cuba. The member of the crew referred to says there is no truth in the story that the Jones was chased ami fired on by a Spanish war vessel. The Jones never saw the smoke of a war vessel while on her trip. a c rue is is ricAfi. resident Mottinter Trill nnin4 , t aratlou for J'.uia Outrage, New York, Juno 2. A special to tIo Herald from Wunhington says; From now until Juno. 10, when ho will start on his trip to attend the Nashville ex position. President McXinlcy'g atten tion will bo devoted nlmosi exclusively to the Cuban question. Important de velopments may ho looked for within that period. A new minister to Spain and probably a new ronso (-general to Havana will bo appointed, tho report of Special Commissioner Calhoun con sidered, and a formal noto to Spain drafted and placed in the hands of tho new minister for delivery upon big ar rival in Madrid. Mr. Calhoun is expected In Washing ton on Sunday next. By that time the president expecls to announce the new minister to Spain, and to have prac tically formulated his instructions both in regard to the offer of mediation which is to be made, and a demand for reparation for the Ruiz outrage. The understanding is that the report of Consul-General Lee on the Ruiz inves tigation is cow in the mails and will be in the hands of the state department before Mr. Calhoun arrives. The president, of conrse, desires to have a talk with Mr. Calhoun, but the private communications received have enabled him to proceed with tho shop' lng ot his policv without delay. The instructions to the new minister will, of course, be treated as conflden tiftl until he has communicated with the Madrid authorities and a reply from Spain has been received. There is practically no doubt, however, that the president's note to Spain will be a for mal tender of the good offices of the United States. It will be firm in tone, reviewing tho whole situation in such a way as to show that the United States is interested in the present devastating war, and that on the ground of human ity as well as for commercial reasons we have the right to use all legitimate means of bringing the war to a close. Both the administration offloiala and representatives of the Spanish govern' ment are congratulating themselves that tho recent flurry incident to the passago of the belligerency resolution in the senate has subsided at a time when negotiations are about to be under taken for a peaceful solution of - the trouble. If no nnusual excitement oo curs, both sides are hopeful that a satis factory settlement may vet be reaohed. It is still the opinion of many conserva tive men here that complete autonomy for Cuba on a Canadian basis will be the final outcome, if the matter is to be settled without n rupture in our rela tions with Spain. The report that a speoial messenger had been sent to Havana to receive re ports from Mr. Calhoun and Consul- General Lee was denied today by Assist ant Secretary Day, who stated that ho did not know that Kimball was to be the messenger. WILD FREIGHT TRAIN THE GLASS SCHEDULE. Causes a Terrible Wreck on the Short Line. SINE KILLED) EIGHT INJURED Kunawuy Iliui Into the West-Houno Passenger Trh'n at American Kails, Near l orlitidlo. THE SALMON PACK. Every Packer Is No it Rnnalus Full Forvn of 3Ion. A Norwegian Bark Abandoned at Sea. New York, June 2. A dispatch to the Herald from Buenos Ayres says: The Italian steamer Duohess di Gen eva, found abandoned on the high seas the Norwegian bark Formica, which started from Mobile tor Port Natal with a cargo of lumber. The bark was set on fire as it could not be towed, and was in a position dangerous to other ships. There was nothing to indicate what had become of the crew. Kuan Astoria Road. Portland, Or., May 81. Messrs. Honeyinan, De Hart & Glenn, contrac tors for the Astoria-Goble railroad, have received orders to complete the road by October 1. They intend to have it done by that time, an) conse quently will increase their forces at onoe. They have now about 600 men employed, and in a few days will have seven dredges at work, building grades across tidulamls, and will increase their force to 700 or 800 men. Norweg Ira Towa Destroyed. Christiania, June 1. The town ot Namsos, province of North Trensdjem near the mouth of theNamsen river, on the Nainsen fjord, west coast of Nor way, has been entirely destroyed by fire. The flames, fanned by a fierce wind, spread so rapidly that the 1,800 inhabitants were unable to save even their furniture. Large workrooms for unskilled fe male labor Lave been opened in wew York. Calhoun Ia Attacked. ' Havana, June 1. In a leading ar ticle this morning, El Diario do la Ma rina mnkei a scathing indirect attack upon Commissioner Calhoun, by oriti- cisizing articles whioh have appeared in a Washington newspaper over the signature of Mr. Pepper, who. in the guise of an intimate friend of President MoKinley and Mr. Calhoun, accom panied the latter to Cuba. El Diario de la Marina maintains that many incidents of the interior working of the mixed commission. which are wholly private, have been divulged in Mr. Pepper's letter, thus tending to compromise Mr. Calhoun. The paper also resents Mr. Pepper's unfriendly Bttitude toward Spain in his reports on the Cuban question, ex pressing disgust that while he blames Spain for the natural result of the war. he had no word of censure for the Cu ban insurgents, whose torches are de stroying the wealth of the island. In closing its article, EI Diario do la Marina calls attention to the fact that two New York newspapers, whose Cu ban representatives are scarcely favor able to Spain, maintain bureaus in Ha vana under the same roof with Uni ted States consul-general, intimating- with out much delicacy that the correspond ents of these newspapers are virtually under the wing of General Fitzhugh Lee, and drawjnost of their inspiration irom nun. Mr. Fishback, accompanied by Mr. Pepper, went into the interior today to visit Gnanajay. Mr. Calhoun spent the day with General Lee at the Amer ican consulate. Captain-General Weyler went from Tanas to Jacaro on Friday, but re turned to Tunas today. The insurgents dynamited a passen ger train between Santa Clara and Eg peranza. The baggage car was capsized and the locomotive and three passenger . . ) : i . i i . . "cm urraiim, uui no uves were lost. Astoria, Or., June 3. It is estimated that the canneries on tho lower river have thus far this season put up about three-fifths of an average pnc!c. The large increase in shipments of fresh fish have drawn considerably from the can neries' supplies, and the early freshet in the river, which lias kept tho water muddy and prevented seining and trap- fishing, is another reason for tho small pack. During the last 60 hours, how ever, fish have been running in much larger quantities, some of tho canneries receiving as high as six tons of fish. One cannery ' is reported to have re ceived since Saturday 20 tons, and overy packer is now ru lining a full force ot men, who are having all they can do, Yesterday evening, in a squall at the mouth of the river, four fishermen, Wilson, Hanson, Hoffman and another whose name is unknown, were making drifts below the bell buoy on the in coming tide. To avoid swamping their boats', they were obliged to cut away their nets, which drifted-out to sea and were lost. The loss is $300 to each man. Brigadier-General Flagler, chief of ordnance, United States army, arrived in the city today, and is now inspect ing the new fortification works at Fort Stevens. SUICIDE OF A PIONEER. Took Shot Pari, June 1. The Athens corre spondent of the Journal asserts that Crown Prince Constantino, after th retreat from Dotnokoe, attempted to commit snioide with a revolver, on learning of the intense feeline aralnat him. 11a wot prevented bv officers. Dote of Strychnine and Himself. Oakesdale, Wash., June 2. Leonard Nihoul, a pioneer resident of this sec tion, committed suicide at Pine City, 14 miles west of here, under circum stances unuBnally tragic. Late at night he went to the cemetery where the body of his wife is buried, and took a fatal dose of strichnine. He then fired a pistol ball into his brain. The body was found next day across the grave. Nihoul lived in Spokane, where he conducted a little cigar and confec tionery store. He had a second wife, but it is said they did not live together happily. His first wife committed suicide at Pine City four years ago. He has six children, one son of 19, is an inmate of the asylum at Medical Lake. Nihoul was about 64 years of age. A note was found on his body requesting that his grave be decorated with flowers on Memorial day. Movement of the Oregon. Port Townsend, June 2. After three days' stay here the United States battleship Oregon left this morning for the target field down the straits of Fuca. There have been 40 desertiona from the Oregon since her arrival on Paget sound two months ago, A ratal Collision. New York, June 2. Six people Were killed this afternoon by a col lision on the Long Island railroad at Valley Stream. Boise, May 81. The ,nost disastrous Wreck in the history of tl e Short Lino railroad occurred at Amcri 'an Falls at 4:30 this morning. A rum way freight train crashed into the west-bound pas senger train. Nine men were killed outright and eight others seriously in jured. Both engines were demolished, the station, buildings shattered to pieces and 18 or 20 cars smashed. The dead are: C. W. Shields, residence unknown; D. L. Thompson, of Dayton, Wash.; John R. Cooper, of WelUville, Utah; J. Steffen, of Dillon, Mont; five un known men. excepting Uooper, tnese men were beating their way on the freight. Most of them were sheepshearers. Cooer wag just about to . take the passenger train going west. The passenger train had pulled into American Falls, and was standing at its accustomed place waiting for the freight to pass it on the sidetrack. American Falls station is situated in a depression, and there is qnite an up grade in both directions. The first warning of any danger was when Engineer Heckman heard the freight,wh istle to back up. He at once reversed his engine, bat the rails were wet and the grade heavy, and it was an instant or two before the train re sponded, and in that moment the freight train thundered around the curve and across the bridge, going at the rate of 60 miles an hour. The passenger train had hardly begun to move before the freight dashed into it. Both engines were demolished and the freight .cars piled up one on the other, jamming in the side and demol ishing one whole end of the station building. Just as the engines met, Engineer Heckman jumped and came to tho ground in the midst of flying ' timbers and debris. John Cooper, Frank Burke and Night Telegraph Operator Charles Goodwin had been talking on the plat form an instant before they saw the wild freight coming. Cooper ran into the depot and wag killed instantly. Burke and Goodwin ran out'behind the building and cleaned. Brennan, who was on the platform at the same time, was buried in the wreck. The station building was demolished to the partition between the depot and the private rooms where Agent St. Clair and hie wife and three children were asleep. The dead and mangled bodies of twe of the killed were hurled against this partition. Beams were forced through it and over the bed ' occupied by the children, but miraculously not one oi them was injured, although the room was twisted and shattered almost to fragments. The freight train had run away on the hill west of American Falls. It thought that some cf the sheep- shearers of hobos had cut off tho air. The air brakes would not work, and on the hill the train was found unmanage able. Conductor Cook and Brakemen Davis and Westron were on top setting the brakes, and Fireman Cosgrove had climbed back to help set the brakes, but they proved of no avail. Thelrain shot down the grade and across the bridge into the passenger train. Only the cool nerve of Engineer Heckman in remaining at his post and reversing his engine saved the lives oi dozens of his passengers, as well as of the family of the station agent sleeping in the building. The wreck presented a scene of inde scribable destruction. The cut in front of the station and the spot where the station stood were piled high with broken cars, demolished buildings and the shattered engines. Ties were torn np and telegraph poles and wires were down in the ruins. The dead were recovered and the in jured cared for as rapidly , as possible, and at 11 o'clock a special left the Falls with the wounded for the hos pital at Salt Lake. Cave the Democrats a Chance to Kitend the Tariff Debute. Washington, June 1. Progress on (ho tariff bill in tho senate was ohocked today, the plate-glass paragraphs prov ing a source of controversy hiHting throughout the day. As a rosult, lit ! tie more than a page of the bill was disposed of. The finance committee uoceeded without difficulty in resist ing proposed amendments from Demo cratic members of the committee, al though each amendment was debated at great length. An exciting incident occurred dur ing the afternoon, when Senator Mor gan was oalled to order by Gallinger, who was temporarily in the chair, for severely criticising the inaction of the house of lepresentatives. Morgan de clared that the speaker of the house was enforcing an automatic rule, by which representatives were assembled imil dispersed, and he characterized this inaction as an outrage against pop ular rights. Frye first gave warning that a pro test would be made against criticism of the other house, when Morgan ve hemently repeated his criticisms. Hale I made a point of order against him. The temporary presiding officer direct ed Morgan to resume his seat, and then ruled that he was out of order. The Alabama senator somewhat chagrined, was about to appeal from the decision when Hale withdrew his point of or der, and further action was avoided. Morgan resumed his criticisms dur ing the tariff debate, and made the point that congress was not now in ses sion in accordance with the constitu tion, the house having vacated its functions. ' After a sharp contest with the tariff leaders, Quay succeeded in carrying a motion to adjourn. NO HOPE FOR DURRANT. Governor Budd Kefuaea to Interfere In Hla Behalf. Sacramento, June 1. Theodore Dur rant will be hanged on June 11, one week from next Friday. Governor Budd this evening telephoned that much in effect to Warden Hale, of San Quentin, at the same time ordering the death watch placed upon the prisoner. Immediately after telephoning this message to Hale, the governor was driven in a hack to the depot, where he took the train for San Francisco. Notwithstanding the fact that tho governor has made known his decision, and the telephone message has leaked out, the same secrecy has been made regarding the statement which the governor has prepared, and it will not be given out until tomorrow. Durrant's Fareuta Will flee Him Die. Sail Quentin, Cal., June 1. Theo dore Durrant has made the declaration that if he mast meet his fate on the gallows, he will die like a man. The mere suggestion of suicide is repulsive to him, he says. Ho also deolares that he will die in the presence of his. parents, who will insist on attending the execution as his invited guests. The elder Durrant says that his wife is a woman of determination, and she will press her legal rights to the limit. Under the law, Warden Hale cannot deny her admission if she presents at the prison gate an invitation of her son, requesting her presence at the hanging. A Driver'! Carelessness. Denver, June 1. At 8 o'clock this afternoon a spring wagon driven by Henry Marsadu, a carpenter, and con taining eight children ranging from 3- ' to 9 years, was struck by a special train on the Denver & Rio Grande railorad, and as a result four, children are dead and the others are terribly injured, two so badly that they will die. Mar sau, with his three children, had been spending the day at the home of Christo pher Schoneweiss, in the southern portion of the city. When ready tc start for home he took a load of chil dren gathered up in the neighborhood for a short ride. It is claimed by the police that Marsau was intoxicated and paid no attention to the signals of the engineer, but drove upon the track while the train was in plain sight and but a few feet away. The engine struck the wagon, demolishing it and crushing and mangling the children is a horrible manner. A CUBAN CONFERENCE. Important Meeting to Be Held in Phila delphia xt Week. Philadelpnia, May 81. It is defi nitely settled that the most important conference held in America in connec tion with the Cuban cause will assem ble in Philadelphia some time next week. General Palina will preside. With him will be Quesada, the charge d'affaires. They are coming here, it is said, to prepare plans that may meet with entire approbation of the administration. It is said that as soon as Senator Sherman became secretary of state he sent for Quesada. That interview has had more to do with the coming confer ence than anything that has occurred in Cuban affairs since the inauguration of the war two years ago. Look In- for a Suakea Safe. Tacoma, Wash., May 31. Diver O'Keef, of San Francisco, is now try ing to find the safe of the Northern Pacific railway, that was buried in the Sound in the landslide two years ago. Several fitile attempts have been made to find it. It contains $10,000, and the finder ia promised $4,000 to re cover it. There are more American vessels on the great lakes than on the ocean, and J their combined tonnage is greater. Warmed the Dynamite. Denver, June 1. A special to the Rocky Mountain News from Cripple Creek says: William Carr. aeod 23. and Frank Curtis, aged 81, miners in the Norman tunnel, five miles south of this city, were killed today by a pre mature explosion of dynamite. Can was warming four sticks of dynamite over a fire. The bodies were hardly recognizable. Drowned In a Tank. Abbott, Tex., June 1. Mrs. Nannie L. Barr, her 4-year-old babe, and hei sister, Miss Hattie L. Alexander, aged 14, were all drowned in a tank near the house. The boy was playing in the shallow water and inadvertently step ped off into a deep hole in the center ol the tank, and the others were drowned in trying to rescue the little fellow. A Monument to Firemen. Chicago, Jane 1. Next Monday the firemen of Chicago will dedicate a mon ument to the firemen and citizens whe met death in the cold-storage building fire at the world's fair grounds. The Garment-Worker' Strike. New York, June 1. The big strike of the garment-makers entered upon iti third week today. About 2,600 opera tore, whose empiovers have signed the new agreement, have returned to work, leaving about 22,400 still on strike ia this city and vicinity. Leader Meyei Schoenfeld today expressed himself at satisfied that the operators would not return to work nnder the old condi- tinsta.