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T VOL. I. OREGON CITY, CLACKAMAS COUNTY, OREGON, MONDAY, JANUARY 5, 1903. NO. 1. RESUME OF THE YEAH 19028 RECORD OF PROSPERITY AND DISASTER. There Hit Been Volcanic Eruptions, Ware, Conflagrations and - Explo sion Large Death LlataAod BtlU Time Have Been GesU. Though most of the civilized world lias eujoyed a continuance of the reign of mu tual prosperity which began in 100 J, it is undeniable that the year 11)02 has made a woful record in the way of dis aster and destruction of human life. The eruption of Mount Pelee, Martinique, May 8, may be given pre-eminence as the most disastrous occurrence of several decades, and its destructive work was supplemented by 'many costly coullntfrii tious, especially during the early mouths of the year, aud a number of deadly ex plosions. Many noted persons have passed into the beyond since Jan. 1, 1002, among them being Cecil Rhodes, Rev. T. DeWjtt Talmage, Gen. Wade Hampton, Frank R. Stockton, J. Sterling Morton, Sol Smith Russe ll, Bret Ilarte, Rear Admiral William T. Sampson. I.ord Pauncefnte, Jen. Franz Sigel, Edward Eggleston, Justice Horace Gray, Marie Henrietta, Queen of Belgium; Emlle Zola, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Herr Krupp, Thomas B. Reed and Mrs. U. S. Grant. Events of the Year. JANUARY. 1. Thomas Estrada I'alma elected Preal dent of Cuba.... President Boosevelt holds brilliant reception. 2. Passenger steamer Walla Walla sunk oil Cape Mendocino by unknown bark; 27 lives lost. 3. White House ball on occasion of Miss Alice Roosevelt's debut. 4. Nineteen men lost In marine collision -OCT Avelro, Portugal. 6. Congress reassembles. 7. Seventeen men killed by cave-In In mine at Negaunee, Mich. 8. Tunnel accident to New York Central train In New York City causes IS deaths. 10. Failure of Euclid Avenue Trust and finrlngs Co. of Cleveland. 12. Seven lives lost In fire in Buffalo, N. Y. 14. Second failure of George H. Phillips, formerly called the Chicago "corn king." . . .J. B. Foraker elected Senator from Ohio, .Arthur P. Gorman from Maryland aud J. B. McCreary from Kentucky. 1U. A. B. Cummins Inaugurated Govern or of Iowa.. ..Earthquake kills 800 people at Chlipanelngo, Mexico. 18. Death of Sir Kills Ashmesd Bartlett, English political leader. ID. Four buildings collapse In Detroit's business center. 20. Columbian Insurgents win bsttle In Panama harbor... .Death of Camilla Urso, 'vlollnlsle. 24. Treaty ceding Danish West Indies to United States signed. .. .Dust explosion kills .29 miners at Lost Creek, Iowa. 28. Peace proposals made to England In Boers' behalf by Holland. 2D. Ten lives lost In tenement bouse Are in Boston. FEBRUARY. I. Dust explosion In Hondo, Mexico, mines; 87 men die. 3. 12,000,000 lire in Waterbury, Conn Jale on Atlantic coast does considerable damage. 4. Keeley liquor cure plant at Dwlght, J11.. burns.. ..Six firemen killed by falling walls In St. Louis. 8. 110,000,000 Ore in Paterson, N. J -Smaller flres In Jersey City, Brooklyn aud Chicago Eleven lives lost In lodging Jtouse fire In St. Louis. 10. Twelve manufacturing plants burned at Sprinrfleld, O. II. Death of Marquis of Dufferln. 17. House passes war tax reduction bill. 18. Miss Ellen Stone's ransom paid to Bulgarian brigands. 19. President Roosevelt'a decision on Schlsy sppesl given out. 20. Revolutionary riot la Barcelona, Spain. 22. Park Avenne Hotel and 71st Regi ment Armory In New York horned ; 11,000, 00 loss and 80 lives destroyed. ...Seustors Tlllmsa snd McLaurea of South Carolina fight In Senate. itt. Miss Ellen 8tone released by But .garisa bsndlts. 24. Philippine bill psased by Senate. 27. McKlnley memorial services In Con gress. 28. Fourteen miners killed by snowsllde at Tellnrlde, Col. MARCH. 2-4. Prince Henry of Prussia visits Chi--cago and other western cities. 7. Wreck on Southern Pacific railway In Texss; IS persons killed and 30 Injured.... Gen. Hethuen captured by Boers. 10. Secretary of Treasusy Long resigns; W. L. Moody of Massachusetts appointed ills successor. 12. Death of Former Governor John P. Altgeld of Illinois Packet overturned in illssisslppl Klver and 22 persons drowned ....Boers release tien. Methuen. 13. Strike of Boston teamsters ends. 16. Severe blizzard over Canadian North west, the Dakotas and Lake Slates. 17. Ship subsidy hill passes Senate. 18. llohoken docks burn, with large ves sels; loss, fl.onu.OOO and two lives. 24. Neely, Hathhone and Reeves convict ed of postal frauds at Havana. 25. Order Issued for evacuation of Cuba May 20. 21. Death of Cecil Rhodes. 29-30. Storm and Hood cause damsge East snd South. 31. Mine explosion at Dayton, Tenn., kills SI men. APRIL. I. Death of Thus. Dunn English. 8. fl.000,000 lire at Atlantic City, N. J. . Many persons killed and Injured by falling grandstand at Glasgow, Scotland. II. Boers sccrut terms of peace.. ..Death of Gen. Wads Hampton. 12. Death of Rev. T. De Witt Talmage 16. Russisn Minister of the Interior, M. Slplaguloe, slain by student. 18. House pssses Cuhsn reciprocity bill ....Great ocesn stesmshlp lines merged. 20. Sixty lives lost In burning of steamer City of Pittsburg on Ohio Rlvsr....Frsnk B. Stockton, novelist, dies. 25. Severe windstorm in Missouri Tal- 27. Death of ex-Secretary of Agriculture i. Sterling Morton. 28. Death of Sol Smith Russell. ' MAY. I. Tornsdo destroyed over 400 lives around Daces, British Indls Win. H. Moody becomes Secretary of Navy. 4. Ieath of Potter Palmer of Chicago. 6. Death of Archbishop C'orrtgan....Bret Barte dies In London. 6. Death of Rear-Admlral William T. Sampson. 8. Town of Bt. Pierre, Martinique, de si roved by volcsno I'sul Lelrenter Ford. author, slsln by brother, Malcolm Ford, who then kills hlmsrif. 9. Bulks ordered la anthracite coal re gion. II. Death of Lieutenant Governor Stone of Wisconsin. 12. Maria Christina resigns regency of Bpaln....Twenty-Bve persons killed by oil explosion aesr Pittsburg. 17. Alfonso XIII rronaed king of Spain. 18. Hurricane devastated Texas gulf coast, blotting out town of Goliad. 19. Eiploeioe a coal mine at Coal Creek, Teas., kills Ibt sataera. fO. y?ubs becomes Jin Independent nation , ...Tftterspout at Clnclnnsti and auburbs kills six persons ua destroys property val ued at 12,000,000. 21. Decorah, Iowa, overwhelmed by cloudburst. 23. Exploalon in mine at Fernle, B. C, kills 109 miner. 24. Death of British Ambassador, Lord Paunceforte. 81. Boer leaders sign article of stir, render. .. .Retalbulen, Guatemala, overt whelmed by volcsuo. 1.000 lives lost. JUNE. 2. Teamsters' strike csuses riots In Chi cago. .. .Death of Rev. Dr. J. H. Barrows at Oberlln, O. 8. Strike rlota In Chicago. 4. Teamsters' strike In Chicago settled. ' 6. Street car riots In Providence, B. I. 6. Tornado and cloudbursts In lows, Ne braska, Kansas, Illinois, South Dakota. 9. St. Luke's Sanitarium In Chicago burns, 10 lives being lost. . .-. 10. Tornado causes damage and death in Illinois, Iowa and Minnesota. ia ti.iri.ti aenfl. to Congress .sneclal message on Cuban reciprocity. ltf. senate panne iniimuo .nun, u....... Death of King Albert of Saxony. 21. Wyeth wins Ainerlcsn Derby In Chi cago.. ..Town Marshal of Jefferson, Iowa, killed by half-witted man, who la then slain by mob. 22. 500,000 Are in Portland, Ore, 23. St. James Hotel collapses at Dallas, 24RKlng Edward VII submits to opera tion for pxrltypbllitla.... Coronation Is post- P30?d'senator Bailey of Texae makes vio lent attack on Senator Beverldge uf Indi ana In Senate. JULY. I. Adjournment of Congreas. 8 President Issues peace and amnesty proclamation for Philippines. ...Rock Isl and fast train held up near Dupont, III. 4. Trolley wreck near Gloversvllie, N. Y., kills 15 persons. , . 5. Swift s market In Chicago stockyards bT0?6oO Chicago freight bnndlcra strike. 9. Storms aud floods In Iowa and the Va" Explosion In mine at Johnstown, Pa., kills 125 miners. II. Lord Salisbury renlgns as premier of England; succeeded hy Mr. Arthur Balfonr. 12. Death of Archbishop Feehan of Chi cago. 13. Sir Liang Cheng appointed Chinese Minister to United States to succeed Mr. Wu. 14. Express train held up and robbed near Marshall's Pass, Colorado. 15. Cyclone destroys Kmernldo and Thompson, N. D., aud Borup, Minn. Itt. End of freight handlers' strike In Chicago.... Fifty killed In mine explosion at Park City, Utah. .. .General Jacob H. Smith retired with censure. 80. Murder of Minnie Mitchell In Chi cago. 31. Earthquake In Snnta Barbara Coun ty. Cal. AUGUST. 5. Burlington express train robbed near Savanna, 111. 6. Train wreck near Collins, Iowa, kills 13 people and Injures 30. 0. Coronation of King Edward of Eng land.. ..Body of Mrs. Ann Bartholin found In Chicago. 10. Death of Senator McMillan of Michi gan.. ..Seven persons burned to death In hotel Are at San Angelo, Texas. 16. Cullacau. . Mexico, swept by tidal wave 28,000 express robbery at Kord- ville, Ky. 20. Autumn naval maneuvers begin off Massachusetts coast. 20. Death of General Frans Slgel. 21. President Roosevelt on. trip through New Englsnd. 22. Earthquakes In East Turkestan kill 1,(K) persons. 20. Death of ex-Governor George Hoad lev of Ohio. 80. Eruption of Mont Pelee destroys Morne Rouge, with 200 lire. SEPTEMBER. 1. Thirty killed snd 70 wounded In train wreck near Berry, Ala. 8. President Roosevelt hurt In trolley accident near Plttsneld, Mass. .. .Death of Kdwara Lgjieston. novelist ... .TBiro great eruption of Mont Pelee, Martinique. 4. Body of Wm. J. Bartholin found neat Lowtber, Iowa. T. Haytlan gunboat Crete-a-Plerrot sunk by German gunboat Panther. 11. Battleship Wisconsin and cruiser Cin cinnati ordered to Panama. 12. Great Br In Beaumont, Texas, oil fields.... Killing frost In Northwest Mrs. Senator Stewart of Nevada killed la auto mobile accident. 15. Death of ex-Supreme Court Justice Horace Gray. 18. Peary Arctic expedition return. 19. Panic In negro baptist convention at Birmingham. Ala., causes death of 80 Der- sons snd Injury of 100.. ..Death of Maria Uenrlette. queen of the Belgians. 28. Operation for abscess on President Roosevelt's leg at Indianapolis. 2B. Four hundred persons killed by cy clone and waterspout In Eastern Hlclllty. 28. Second operation on President Roose velt leg.. ..Tidal wave on coast of Japan. 29. Death of Emlle Zola. OCTOBER. 8. Conference of coal operator and mln era at White House In Washington. 8. Governor Stone of Pennsylvania order mate Militia to coal neitis. 11. Burlington train held np near Lin coin. Neb. 12. Street railway strike In New Orleans end. 13. Coal operator ask President to end strike. 1U. President appoints commission to ar bitrate coal strike. 21. Anthracite workers vote to accept ar bitration. 23. Work In anthracite coal mluts re sumed. 24. Ksrthquakes In Italy. 21. Death of Elizabeth Cady Stanton. 29. "Mitchell" day In anthracite region. NOVEMBER. 1. St. Pierre, Mlquelon, destroyed by Ore. 4. General election .... Fire worka explo sion in xora sins u persons anu in jure 80. 10. Fire doe great dsmage on Dew Eaat River bridge In New York. 11. Roland Mollneux acquitted In New York. 10. Armour Co.' packing plant la Sioux City horns.... Death of G. A. Ucnty. 19. Soiclds of James Tounger. 20. James Moore, colored, banged by mob near Sullivan, Ind. 2L Rock island train held op by ei press robuers at usvenpon, lows. 22. Death of Frledrlch Krupp. German gunmaker...Blg or dock at Ashland, Wis., burn. 23. Death of Sep. Winner, composer. . Death of Colonel Tbos. P. Ochiltree. 29. Fourteen killed by boiler explosion In Chics go stockyards.... Several vessel and 29 Uvea lost In gsle on Great Lakes. DECEMBER. I. Congress convenes for abort session. 4. Fourteen lives lost in bra In Lincoln Hotel, Chicago Naval mauen-ers la Ca ribbean Sea begin. 6. Cleveland's great water tunnel com pleted. 7. Death of Thomas B. Reed In Wishing ton.. ..Cartoonist Thomas Naat dies at Guayaquil. Ecuador. 8. Great Nile dam at Assouan opened. 9. German and English fleets seise Ven ezuelan warship In hsrbor of La Gualra. II. President Castro of Venezuela Ixsues appeal to arms... Cuban Reciprocity Treaty signed In Havana. 13. ll.Otfi.COO fire In steel plant it Canal Dover, Ohio... .English and German war hip reduce defenses of Puerto Cabell Venesoela. 14. Death of Mra. U. 8. Grant 15. 1.0O killed by earthquake at Aa dljaa. Asiatic Russia. 18. Venezuela ask for arbitration. NEWS OF OREGON ITEMS OP INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS OP THE STATE. Dallas Kust do to Law to Procure Water Right Roseburg Saloons Must Close on Sundays-Cattle Dying of Cold Oreat Central Pays Off 0. R. & N. Raises Wages. Rnnrirs T.Awrpnrfl a. nloneer of 1852. died at his home on Pistol River. Tt la renorted that manv cattle have died from the cold on the ranges about Roseburg. An organized band of horse-thieves Is operating on the ranges of the Southern Oregon mountains. a lured Tufdoritv of the citizens of Grant County will fight the proposed forest reserve in tne Blue Mountains. Tho firnnta Pass citv council has passed an ordinance forbidding chick ens from running at large within cer tain limits. United States postal inspector has viewed a new rural delivery route up Roberts Creek from Roseburg, and will in ail probability report favorably upon It. The Grent Central Railroad is dis tributing lots of money along its route by paying up all bills for labor and merchandise to the first of the new year. The city officials of Roseburg have decided to enforce the ordinance clos ing saloons on Sunday, and all sa loons in the city obeyed the ordinance last Sunday. Dr. Lawbaugh,- the Portland owner of a fast French automobile, has been sued for $820 damages by the owner of a team that was frightened by the new machine and broke loose and ran away. A buggy containing three persons was run Into by a switch engine in the Salem yards and smashed, and the horses torn entirely clear of the ve hicle, but neither the occupants of the rig nor the horses were injured in the least. The town of Dallas finds it neces sary to go to law In order to procure water rights for a city water supply, and as towns of that size cannot bring such suits without consent of the tax payers, an election will be held to ob tain this consent. . The O. R. & N. Co. has decided to raise the wages of all its deckhands, watchmen and firemen, beginning January I. The Increase in wages will be $5 per month, and about 125 men will benefit by it. It will include employes on the Snake River boats as well as those running on the 'Wil lamette and Columbia. A fire in Salem's Chinatown caused $500 damage to some old wooden buildings. The region about Summerville will have a new rural free delivery route. to begin February 1, 1903. Ontario will make another fight to obtain the county seat of Malheur County at the coming session of the legislature. The badly decomposed body of a man was found on the South Umpqua river. He had appcarentiy been drowned. The body was well dressed. A British ship direct from Shanghai, Is In quarantine at Astoria, having a case of smallpox on board. She had a load of mud from the Shanghai river as ballast, and this must be treated with a solution of acids, for fear that It may contain cholera germs. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Wslla Walla, 70c; blue stem 78c; valley, 75c. Barley Food, $23.60 per ton; brew ing, $24.00. Flonr Best grade, 8.0034.40; grah am, $3.203.60. Millstons Bran, $19.00 per ton; middlings, $23.60; shorts, $19.60; obop, $18. Oats No. 1 white, $1.161.17; gray, $1.12)01.16 per cental. Hay Tlmotby, $1112; clover, $8(39.00; cheat, $.?9 per ton. Potatoes Best Barbanki, 60060c per sack; ordinary, 40 50c per cental, growers' prices; Merced sweet, $2 000 $2.25 per cental. Poultry Chickens, mixed, 9c; young, P10c; bens, 9c; turkeys, live, 170 18c; d reefed, 20 21; ducks, $707.60 per dozen; geese, $8 8.60. Cheese Fnll cream, twins, 16 17Xc; Yoong America, 17X018i; factory prices, lOle lees. Butter Fancy creamery, 27 X0 30c per pound; extras, 30c; dairy, 20 22Jc; store, 1618. Eggs 25036e per dosen. Hops New crop, 23026c per pound. Wool-Valley, la),15c; Eastern Oregon, 814ic; mohair, 26(S28c. Beef Gross, cows, 303)e per pound; steers, 4c; dressed, 607c Veal-7X08tte. Mutton Gross, 8c per pound; dressed, 6c Lambe Gross, SXe par pooad; dressed, 6Xc Hog Gross, o3i06Me per pooad; dressed, 707 Xe. NEW YEARS AT WASHINGTON. President and Wife Hold Brilliant Recep. tlon In New White House. Washington, Jan. 2. President Roosevelt's New Year's reception was one of the most brilliant events in Washington society history. All call ers were afforded the opportunity of greeting the President and Mrs. Roose velt and exchanging with them the compliments of the new year. No dis tinctions were made except such as were rendered necessary in preser vation of order. ' ' The general public ' for the first time had an opportunity to see the widely-heralded Improvements In the White House improvements which when completed will have cost about $600,000. ; In addition to a desire per sonally to wish the President and Mra. Roosevelt a Happy New Year, hun dreds were attracted by a wish to see the White House in its new and hand some interior finish and furnishing. To many who were familiar with the interior of the mansion as it was a year ago the changes made were a revelation. While in a general way the form of the Interior has been re tained in beauty and effectiveness, it is wholly different. Just 10.2 years ago President John Adams and his wife opened the White House with a New Year's reception to their friends and to ine publis gen erally. The dawn of the first fete day within the walls since become histor ic was accompanied by the noise of saw and hammer, as was this day. On acount of the unfinished con dition of the lower floor, President and Mrs. Adams received their guests in the room on the second floor now occupied by President Roosevelt as a library. While the Improvements now are more nearly completed than was the mansion itself at that time, it will be several months before - the workmen will have finished their task. It was a merry day for the Roose velt children. Prior to the reception they had a jolly time In the lower part of the house. They manifested the liveliest Interest In all the arrange ments. The President was in excellent spir its, and Mrs. Roosevelt never seemed happier or more gracious. The Pres ident was attired in a frock suit, and the only dash of color about his at tire was a tie of grayish tint. Shortly after tile receiving prty aaocmbled fn the blueroom, the reception proper be gan. CABLE TO HAWAII. First Message Came New Years Night From Dole to Roosevelt. San Francisco, Jan. 2. the first message from Honolulu over the Pa cific cable was received here at 11:03 o'clock last night The signals were perfect at both ends. The speed was fast, but the operators have not fig ured out the rate at which the earliest messages were exchanged. The first message was from Governor Dole to President Roosevelt. Almost Immediately after communi cation was established a message of greeting was flashed to President Reesevelt at Washington. The mes sage was from Governor Dole, of Hawaii. The text was withheld, pend ing receipt of the message by the President In person. Cable Works Beautifully. San Francisco, Jan. 2. The pa tience of the watchers of the Postal Telegraph Company was rewarded at 11:01 o clock last night, when the in strument at the San Francisco end of the Pacific cable Indicated U:t con nection with Honolulu ha at last been made and that a message was coming through. The first words that the ticker de noted on the tape were: "You are reversed," meaning that the Honolulu operator was getting the San Francis co signals backwards. The local dif ficulty was quickly adjusted by a re adjustment of the batteries here and then came the first formal communi cation from Uncle Sam's possessions across the Pacific cable. It was fitting that such a message should be from the chief of the fair Pacific Isles to the head of the United States, and so the ticker read a mes sage of congratulation and good will from Governor Dole to President Roosevelt. Then came a cablegram from the cable officials at Honolulu to Clarence Mackay, president of the Commercial Cable Company. Com pany messages followed rapidly, greeting being exchanged and mes sages of good will and prosperity pass ing rapidly to and fro. The local operator said that tne cable worked like an old timer and surprise was expressed at the speed and accuracy. The Postal . Company officials are delighted at the splendid showing of the first hour s working, and accept it as an augury of a pros perous future. Oct Their Money Back. Sioux City, la., Jan. 3. Archbishop Keane. of Dubuque, has been defeated In the famous suit brought by C. J. Sherman and John Hanfeldt, of Wil liams, la., to recover $2430 which the plaintiffs subscribed to help build a church at Williams. Judge George Dyer held that they were entitled to recover this amount with interest. The plaintiffs .made their subscrip tions conditional upon a dual lan ffuage-speaktng priest being sent to Williams. They contended that the church did not keep Its part of the contract, and the court upheld their claim. PHILIPPINE CABLE NOW FINISHED TO HONOLULU AND OPEN FOR BUSINESS. Cable Ship SUvertown Had a Stormy and Laborious Voyage, but Human Energy and Pluck Conquered at Last Men Stood Knee Deep in Water Will Be Finished to Manila by July 4th. Honolulu. Jan. 8. Tho vnvneo nf tho cable-ship SUvertown was eventful and at times unpleasantly exciting. Twelve hours out from Sun TrVnnrlHn the cable-nhip was beset by bad weatner, wnicn continued with the ex ception of one day to the end of the vovaee. Variable wlnrla that at tlmoo approached the velocity of gales, neavy seas mat ourreted her about, retarded the passage, as well as en dangered the safety of the cable; in lact, every adverse condition that is usuany encountered in the landing of a cable was met with and at times made the task most hazardous. A more perfect day could hardly be magtned than Riindnv noppmhnr 11 when the shore end was landed near the Cliff House, of San Francisco. The end of the line was brought on board the steamer at 6:30 in the evening and the start was made at 12:30 Monday morning. The favorable conditions continued until 11 o'clock on the morning or that day, when the vessel ran Into a Rnuall nf wlnrl nnrl mln that came out of the west. Steering through a southwesterly course, the ouveriown onered a broad starboard beam to the storm. Soon the seas were whinDed into mnfiminn n! the vessel in a manner ,tnost danger ous to the cable. The velocity of the wind increased, and early in the after noon great green seas boarded the starboard bow, and swept along the deck and escaped Into the sea through the port scuppers. Toward evening ropes were stretched about the deck and everything was made fast. The rain ceased, but the storm continued with through the night. under ordinary conditions the line is paid out 7 per cent faster than the Speed of thn vessel. Thin was ed , during the storm to 10 per cent. inven wun mis concession the strain was terrific. As the ship lifted and lurched, the trreat d tbe,strard was ptssing would almost - icvuivu one moment, only to resume with a rush the next, render- ine the Ufa nf tha mon In the. tonVa a hazard. The dynamometer regulat ing tne speed of and the strain on the line at such times fluctuated wild ly, rushlne from an InHlrntoH sinin of two tons or less up to four and even nve tons. When It Is understood that the breaking strain Is 8 tons, it must be anDarent that, failure tn ra. relieve the strain promptly meant dis aster to tne precious line, and its loss in zbuo fathoms would have meant a lone and nerlmiR rinlnv In th nunnk tlon of the work of laying the cable, as well as being a most expensive happening to the contracting com pany. Rare good Judgment in the handling of both the ship and the cable at these critical times averted an accident. The cahln flnallv renMiail MnlnaVal Channel on Christmas day, and had to be , buoyed there for a week before the sea became calm enough to splice it to the Hawaiian shore end. That feat was finally accomplished cn New Year's night, amid great popu lar rejoicing. Clarence Mackay, president of the Cable Company, says cable-laying will be continued without interruption, and hopes to have the line completed to Manila by the Fourth of July. Thence an extension will be laid to Shanghai. COAL MINE CAVES IN. Abandoned Workings Collapse and Four Buildings Are Wrecked. Scranton, Pa., Jan. 5. Abandoned workings of the Eddy Creek colliery of the Delaware & Hudson Company, beneath the very heart of the town of Oliphant, caved in this afternoon and engulfed four frame buildings cover ing an aggregate ground space of 6000 square feet. The settling was gradual, and people in the affecter vicinity escaped. The settling besan at 3 o'clock and con tinued 30 minutes. In the intervening hour O'Brien's three-story hotel. Mrs. Anna Evans' double dwelling, Mrs. June Acerly's double store building and Evans one-story barber shop were ground to debris In the yawn ing pit, with the uppermost part of the mound 40 feet below the surface. The vein that caved in Is 115 feet be low the surface. Long $.'10,000. Oil Excitement In Wyoming. Salt Lake, Jan. 5. A special to the Tribune from Evanston, Wyo., says: The full story of the conflict In the Wyoming oil fields may not be had for weeks, owing to the immense tract to be covered. Of the hundreds of lo cating parties leaving here December 30 and 31, but a small percentage nave returned, and in some instances grave fears are entertained as to their safe ty. This evening weather conditions indicate a heavy storm, ana u a diiz zard, so common in this section, should set in, many locating parties may be lost. Crown Prince Will Visit Czar. Berlin, Jan. 5. Crown Prince Fred erick William has accepted an invita tion of the Czar to visit His Majesty at St, Petersburg In the middle of January. DECLARE WAR UPON SHEEP. Qrant County Settlers Urging a Two-Mlto Limit Law. John Day City, Or.. Jan. 1. Grant and Baker County cattlemen and set tlers are agitating for a two-mile lim it law, similar to that In operation in Idaho and California, by which sheep ranging is not permitted within twa miles of any settler's habitation. ' This puts a new phase on the bit ter and bloody range feud that exists In this counjy between home and for eign stockmen, for while the move in Grant , County . Is apparently one of settlers against sheep owners, It is really a step against the invading hordes of Mtorrow, Gilliam, Wheeler. Crook and other county sheep whlOv pour in here annually for summer range. Simultaneously comes the tidings that Grant County stockmen are preparing for organization suf ficiently strong to keep out these sheep and reserve next season's range for home stockmen. It makes the outlook for trouble in the Spring brighter than ever, though the bril liant outlook for range war in 1902 was more than fulfilled, NATIONAL TELEPHONE TRUST. Memphis Companies to Be Nucleus of a $100,000,000 Combination. Memphis, Jan. 2. A strong rumor is current in this city announcing an effort to form a gigantic combination of the Independent telephone inter ests of the United States, with the Memphis Long Distance Telephone Company, capital $100,000, and the Memphis Telephone Company, capital $400,000, as a basis. The rumored al liance is Bald to be backed by the in terests mentioned, the Stromberg Carlson Manufacturing Co., of Chic-, ago, and Harvey Meyers, of Coving ton, Ky. The scheme Is said to be the outgrowth of the annual meeting of the Independent telephone com panies at Chicago on December . 8. The proposed plan nvolves about $100,000,000. General Manager War ren, of the Memphis Long Distance Telephone Company, last nlht ad mitted tli'dt the rnmdr wrjjifeiie, l'ut stated that nothing definite has been accomplished yet AERIAL TORPEDO INVENTED. It Flies Like a Thing of Life, Being; Oulded From Terra Firms. New York, Jan. 1. Professor Carl Myers, a balloon maker of Frankfort, has constructed an electrical aerial torpedo, which is to be exhibited at the Loulsianna Purchase Exposition says a Utlca, N. Y., dispatch to the Herald. The aerial torpedo fles like a thing of life, is driven by two aluminum screw blades, making 2000 revolutions a minute and rotated by an electric motor, which obtains Its power from an ordinary incandescent lighting current of 110 volts. The movements are directed by two aero planes acting as rudders moving the vessel np, down, right or left, in circles, spirals or -cylotds, as a bird files. All these evolutions are under control of a dis tant operator, who moves an index: over contact points on a dial switch board, to which the vessel instantly responds. More Pay for Teamsters. Chicago, Jan. 2. Eight hundred thousand dollars a year has been add ed to the pay of the 9000 members of the Truck Teamsters' Union. The men have been in conference with their employes for two weeks discuss ing conditions and an increase which amounts to about $1.75 a week for each man has been conceded by the employers. This was accepted last night by the union and will go Into effect on February 1. Time and a half shall be paid for all work done on Sundays and holidays, save on Labor day, when no teaming shall be done. WORKINO HOURS REDUCED. Employe of Door and Lumber Company Will Have Nine-Hour Day. Grants Pass, Or., Jan. 2. At a re cent meeting of the officers of the Sugar Pine Door & Lumber Company, of this city, presided over by R. A. Booth, of Eugene, It was decided to bborten the hours of work in the local factory. The same wages as hereto fore will be paid but the hours of work will be reduced from 10 to nine. This new schedule will be effective bx all of the mills of the Sugar Pine Company. France and Guatemala Agree. Paris, Jan. 2. France and Ouata mala have agreed to submit to the in ternational arbitration court at The Hague the French claims against Gautamala Tbey are similar to those, against Venezuela, ! 2L