Heppner gazette. (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, May 09, 1901, Image 3

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Newspaper Page TextThu Heppncr Gazette TIIUKSDAV.-MAY 'J, JHOI. REBUILDING A BURNED CITY Everyone Busy in Jacksonville, Florida. SOME ENORMOUS SUMS ARE TO BE Loaoftd by Some of the Fire Insurance Com panles to Secure Capital or the New Structures. Jacksonville, Flu., May The bodies of two nogros WITH foUll'l llot- ing in tlm St. Johns river today, badly charred anil evidently victims of Kri- ilay'H fini. The river in lining watched for other bodies. It iH i mpossi hi n to tell how many people are. missing, as thousands, have left, the city. Some people believe that many frightened men, woini'ii, ami children fluiiK themselves into tin' river. One of tlm survivors says he in sure that at leant twenty people were drowned or lnirned to death at the pier in the (iardner ship yard. The winter resorts are being reopened to care for the, home less. The first steps toward rebuilding be gun thin morning. Architects and eon irartnrN are at work liguring on the cost of new tiiiilding." projected. It ih naid that an enormous sum iH to he loaned hy certain lire insurance com panies for the rebuilding, rreo traus portal ion out of citv in being furnished the neeilv. The relief com III ittec has furnished thousands, of rationH tolay. Martial law will probably last a week. WANT TO SELlTT CANAL I'lnimi Company Otters the Plant to United States. Washington, May !.-- I he Colombian milliliter, Silva, callel at the state de partment thin moniihk' and submitted the offer of President llntin of the r.tnaniu Canal oin pany , to sell its property to the I nited States, lie does not name t - price, hut agrees that it sha I iv an appraisement. CANAL ROUIL SUKVLVLI) The Woi-k Is lortuiieis and Mei. lifurn liiK Home. A a- .: g' I M l". -The engineers who i 1 11 i.-t oeen making a surve lur a canal in ,S icar.ik.oi I liave ti 1 1 1 -1 1 1 tleor work a:i I the la-l parly 1 1 1 Icive ( i Tc V t ' .1 'i for !i" I lie oil t !ie -o'.llm T t I at wail- tin lim o May. A lew . ph' will I.- left t-. pay tsie InSis and 1 k alter tin- property ot tin- god rnmeiit that will lie nlorel there, tint (tie sur vev iii i r.wt ical ly done a. id a route has been verted and MHk-d riiilTn Oetail. The r.ugli csi i mate oi t ho r i t ot inn structing a canal along thi" lui" i" f J(),IKO,llil I. leit that l-slllijei! to a correction . I.e i the limii repori of toe eitg i ru'er- i- r cei veil . I h.' .-t oi a .-anal .n r .-- ! . i! 1 !i m ii x o: i'anami with nvelo, n maie I to he i io.liiio.ii Ki, in addition to what has .ilrradv ii'cn spent. '1 he I reinOi .'.i 1 1 1 1 rt v wi I demaiid any where from f.i i.iM.i, t I to 1 '". LK H , i h i f,.r ticor Ir.un !isi', , e-rty and the won; t ne v hue a I i i done, hut ,,.,;! ,,'r , , - y ni t r f ?.t,oOtl,OOt. A r.i.iai no .i - a level .i. -cording to the eliglln i-rs iv.,.: I c 'st , N N .1 K 1 III round ii . i i -. w iti. one lock at the Panama .. , oni i to protect it from I l,e r. ..i i - i ; lih: ' le- that prevail there 1'..:..' ' ' eiity-tive to thirlv f t . n e a o . . i the opinion of all eiikrioeerna nea level ranal acronn tie- l-thniiH of l'aiiama in tin' mont ileni rahle, aithoilkrh It would he the mo-t i xpenxive. The kirealent ohjec tloll to it i the lenijl h of time re HHired for it- coiiHt met Ion, w h irh is en tiinated at tmoitk year-. It in he lieved that with the work already done a canal w ith iockH aero-" I'anama could he completed in hix or neyen yearn. The M-arn in the t ime lixed for 'he ie ar.ii;ua route. The rea-on that the him level ranal at Panama would take ho loim a time ih that the spai'e m limited and it. would he pnHhlt to work only a mni.i1 1 nnmlier of men and eii-avatorn. I he heavy dik!iiik.' i all at the water hIic.Ih, within the limits of a few in i lee. When tl iikiimiT retimi fnun N icarauoia t he roininiNxion will com plete it ti n: 1 report, to, he Mihlnitted to collktre-H III llecelllher. LAL'NCHINCi CONSTITUTION The tup Defender Will Slip From the Wan TonlRhl. Ilrintol, II. I., May i. I 'hhiiht llerre-hotf wan himy thin morniiikt per-onallv direetiiikJ (I peratioiiw mid arranneiiientH for the launchiiik; of the nip defender ( 'oii-t i t u ' ion thin eveniinr. Work i were Iiu-h- ureasi iii! tin' laum-lnni! way, while othern were covering: the cteel deck with II Hurt of cork couipo-ott 'ii. Shamrock Spins ga!n. ('iwef. Miv ii. Tl up challetiirer Shimroik It. went out for another trial Hpm today, arcoinpau n-d hy Hiamri.i k I . I'.otti yacht carried their full raciiu canva-.' The race started with the lioat" heiiu to heam. The old Sham rock noon ijaliope.l into the lead and at the tini-li "f Hie heat ! windward oil a h-k! eiirht milen ill lencth wa ahead hy one iniimte, liftteii h i' 'ii-h. I he old hiat heat the dial lender ahoiil thirtv -ecoinN on the run home. SAW A HU.L (iORI: A HORSli Member of the President Tarty Attend a Meilran Function at Juarez. I I l'a-. Mav 'i. Several nieniheri ..f the preni.leiit ial party Httendi"! a hull tieht at .luve mi Sunday. One hull u re.l a hor to death. Thin iiiorninj the feature- ..f the visit were a ride around town and a hreaki"t Wiveii Mr. McKinlev ly the ladien of th- city. 11 1 v Third Trial. New York. Mav i. I 'r. S.in.nle Kentie.lv, w ho accilM-l 'f the miird-r ..( Itollie Kelio1d 111 the liran l ll Uel ,.-re three vi ar- ae " p'aced on trial tin iiiorniiii for hi life f"r llie thir l time. The hr-t trial re-ullt-l m a terdict ( iimr l. r in the lir-t d. i;r.-". the fMv mi I Hi diHar.-ement. A herd of Imflalo in KaliHH. i- at tract iiikt iiiucli attention. SULTAN VLRSUS CHKISTIANS Huy They Cannot Bo Allowed to Work Any More. CoiiHtaiitiiiophi.May fi. TIm hiiltiin'H ollicial nrxan in preachinn a criiMinlii iiiiiiiiiHt tho OhriHtiuiiH. It Hays that in tint future, miHHiiinairiiH will not lid allowed nveii in tlm hcIiooIh. 'J'Iid ininiHter of war )ihh orilnred all tlm heavy artilury and two urmy cm pH to thu Tiirko-lii'lvsarian frontier. (!on tiniiuil unrcHt in tlm HalkanH iH re HpoiiHihlt) for tho ordr. Unrest in Macedonia. CoiiHtantinopIn, May II. -Thu unrcHt in Macndonia contiriueH. In a cnnllict hetween TurkiHh troops and Macn doniann at Zelini, a nuiiiher of Maci doriiaiiH werii killed heforti tho uprmiiik; could ho HilppreHHed . GAVE SPLENDID WELCOME Australians Hecolve Duke and Duchess of York. Melhourim, AiiHtralia, May II. The Duke, and DucheHH of York landed from tlm royal yacht Ophir thiH afternoon, and received an enthiiHiiiHt ic wc,leoinn. A hiik!i! miiltituilt! cheered uproarioiiH.lv iih they panned lfng the (juarter-inile carpeted pier and the neven milew of li'irkieoiiHly decorated Htreetn to the K"V ernor'H house. Twidvn thousand troops with L'l hamlM escorted the royal couple. BURNED CAILLES' CAMP Filipino Prisoners to Be Freed to Cele brate Ilnano's Surrender. Manila, May . inn . Sumner with !i(M) men has lnirned the camp of the outlaw f'ilipino general, CailleH, and scattered his. men to tho mountains. Nearly lit HI Hlipiiio prisoners have heen released hy icn. MacArthur and have returned to their homes. To signalize the proiiiuluatioti of Aktuin aldo's proclamation, (ieii. MacArthur anlioiinces mint her 1 1 n J will he re leased to celehrate the surrender of rinino. TRAINMEN MEET TONIGHT The California OrKantzatlon Will Not Be Encouraged. Milwaukee.', Wis., May h. The first sessioiiMjf the tiftti hiennial conven tion of the International Mrotherhnoil of Trainmen will he held tonight. The most important matter to he con sidered is the disposition of a lare nuiiiher of claims. (Mlicers of the Hrotherhood say that any movement hejfim in California to huild a new organization on tlii ashes of the Ameri can Kailway I'nion will receive no encniirancnieiit from the lirotlierhoisl which looks upon the movement as an effort todisruiit the hrot herliood . CORN GOES DOWN CATMUMP Phillips' Hold on the Market Is in Doubt. Chicago. Mav n. The slump in May corn continued this niorniiik!. failiiik! from .Yi to "hi. I.ar(je recei pts of con tract corn are kjhen as the cause. Heavy shipment hy country dealers who are desirous of taking advantage of tin- hik'h prices, so the dealers say. may cause l'hilhps more troiihle than he anticipates. N. P. TOOK AN LP SHOOT Slocks Were Feverish on Reports oi New Agreements In Northwest. New York, May ii. Stocks with very levermh li.hiv. with Northern Pari tic. common, as the leader in the specula tion. It sold up to 13:1, showing a mar velous rise of L'iJ points. It is conjec tured that the new agreements in the northwest are the cause, st. Paul, Atchison, Missouri Pacilic and I. nioii I'acitic also were stpin. CHICAGO BROKERS I AIL One of the Heaviest Concerns in That City. Chicago, May .--M. M. ,1am icon . me of the heaviest Mock brokerage concerns liere, taiiel tins morning. Assets and liabilities are not known. A EIRE IN ARMOUR PLANT The Slaughter House Burned Loss Was $ I 75,000. Chicago. May :i. A tire which threateni'il to ilestruv property valued at l.iMl.iimi Marled early tins m irning in the slaughter house of the P. I. Armour plant. The liuilding was en tirely destroyed. l."si was f I ." . I h I . I'he three-hint lire wall prevented t he ll.uues from reaching the cool hil' and ice room" where half a million dollars worth ot dresu'd lieef was stored. Ice Blockade Broken. I'etr iit, Mich., May ii. -The steamer t lt of I'.erllll, lir-t of the Meet to get through the ice in the M. Clair river, pa"sed down the river early today. The ice is reported to be moving Hiram. I.ow water because of the ice in the river above here is causing more trmilile t i shipping. The steamer Ionia of the Ilelta Lumber company's Meet was cniiglit on Hiihinerjed piles at her d u'k mid cannot he lree-1. The I'raiiU" is still aground, an 1 n there is slight prospect of getting her atloat soon the cabins and other woolwork will be put on the vessel where she I les imbedded in t he mil 1. Found Dead Arter a Week. San I'rancisi o, Mav . Chas. Mc C'orniick, a discharged sillier, was found dead iii the St. I'avids' house this morning with his executioners black can over his il and a strap around his neck. He had been dead a week . LIVED IN THE FERRIS WHEEL. An Aerial Home Where a Baby Was Born. When the great Ferris wheel at Paris was made readv to resume business, after its winter cl using. tw families oi tramps, comprisi og 11 members, w ith some women and children, were dis covered installed and living cmnf Tta blv III two of the swinging ' .irs. They toi l the police they had been camping out thus, all winter. l'hev tirst en tered tho cars one bleak nigiit. Hiey selecte. I the lowest cars, tint one day two engineers, who had been sent t" examine the machinery for some rea son, made the great wheel describe ball a turn. So t he cam io ng t am 1 1 ies were (misted to the t ' l!M-t p.. .tl n. since that lime only one man. a former sailor, could rominuii irate with the earth. Climbing down nightly troni the giddy height by means of the girders and guv roH'S. he would hn-tie for fo,d to kt'p the two trlrs alive. The provisions were hoisted up with.i rope. Their existence la-ted for two month undetertisl. and on I ebruarv .'Z- a babv girl was I r n up there. In roiisiderat ion that she ; a healthy little rlul.l. the roinni i-sary of police i released t he w lode part y. The wle-el company not only refused to pro the charge "f tres as-mg. but offered the mother mul infant a salary of a I niiiiilli to xhilut themselves through put! I lie coming season in tin car Hi which the child wax is.ru. ' CLLARLVi Ul THE RUINS Jacksonville Seono or Great Activity Today. .lacksonvil In, Ida., May 4. J'huuxh sorely stricken, tho hoinideHH thoim hiiiIh of fire-Hwept JackHonvillH art) not cri'shed. When thu HUH arose this morning on the ruin wrought hy the jjroat conllaKration, plans were set on foot for tim willing away of all hut the memory of thu fire, lilocks upon hlocks of hurned homes, streets littered with hurried furniture and building and other household goods, firemen working like Trojans among tho ruins., hoiiim searching for the deail, others tearing down tho cracked arid threatening walls, was thu scene that, preneiitod it self this morning. While the work of demolition and rescue was. Iioirig pro secuted tho comuiittoo of citi.enn is hard at work devising moans, for relief of the hungry and homeless, Many of those driven into the HtreetH hy tho llaiiies slept in vacant lots last night, while others, moro fortunate, found food and shelter in homos and busi ness houses of others in tho city and suburbs that escaped destruction. Many tents have been raised oh vacant lots in which as many sufferers, as possible will ho sheltered. Secretary of War knot has tendered the uso of tho barracks at St. Augustine to the relief comuiittoo. It is known that "even lives wore lost in tho firo and others are reported missing. CROWD AT ' SAN ANTONTA PRESIDENTIAL PARTY GREETED BY TEXAS PEOPLE. Train Arrives In El Paso Sunday Morn ing Mr. McKlnley In Unusually Good Health. San Antonio, Tex., May 4. Despite tho fact that the presidential train ar rived here at 1 :15 o'clock this morn ing, quite a crowd had gathered at tho depot to greet the d ist ingu ishd travel ers. The train was run onto a side track immediately after arrival, re maining there until after h'eakfast. Tho members of the party were sur prised to hear the report that had been sent out from New Orleans, to the effect that Mrs. McKinlev was break ing down and that sue bad fainted on a steamer there. Mrs. McKinlev rit only did not faint, hut she is enjoying unusually good health. The train ar rives at Kl Paso on Sunday morning, leaving there at Monday noon, when the invasion of New .Mexico and Ari zona will be begun. MAY CORN OPENED WEAKER Lower Cables Were Responsible tor the Decline. Chicago, May A. (In lower cables Mav corn opened weak this morning, tho first figure being .VI, a decline of l'.j cents over last night's close. A few Hale- said to have been made by Phillips sent it down too:i'4, but the opening price was regained in a few minutes. It looks as though the more anxious shorts have succeeded in cover ing. The great excitement that charac terized the pit yesterday was absent 'luring t he first hour. Stocks Generally Lower. New York, May 4. Stocks opened generally lower this morning and it looked a- if the slump in the market was to continue. Union Pacific went to Us, v,, showing a loss of 4 points over la-'t night. THE IK)ERSG0TngT INSANE Prison Confinement Disturbs the Mental Balance of Mrs. Cronje. Amsterdam, May 4 Advices from M. Helena, where a large number of 1'. ier prisoners are routined, state that the wife ot General Cronje has become mentally unbalanced as a result of her lite in her pris'.n home. 1'ive other I'.oer prisoners are also insane. HARRIMAN IS IN CONTROL Won tho FlKht tor the U. P. In New YorK. New York. May ,'f. A truce seems to have been agreed oil todav bvthe in terests contending for control of the li ion Pacific It is semi-oilirial ly announced that Uoswell Miller had retired Iroiu the board of directors on account of a disagreement with Harri iinm, who controls the I'nion Pacific. It is reliably stated that attempts to wrest control of toe road from llarri maii have fai led . STOLE OREGON'S EXHIBIT F. K. Mollis Says California Has Done This at Buflalo. In writing from Buffalo, V. K. Mollis said : "California is making an elegant fruit display. While examining it the other d. iv Sir. Iioscli, who is superin tendent of the ( iregon exhibit, recog nized in the California disply his own ml led ion from Oregon, w hich he loaned to the Southern Pacific railway for the Paris exposition. The man in charge of the California display denied it, whereupon Mr. I 'osrh turned the j irs around and showed him the i Iregon labels on the other side. 1 do not know how they will settle the matter. " In referring to the Oregon mineral exhibit Mr. Mollis saiil it would com pare with that from any of the other states, so far as indications now point. This is very gratifying, for the small sum devted by Oregon t the mineral display led many to think she would lie completely over-shadowed. Idaho and Montana made special efforts to proivde for the mineral exhibit, while Oregon treaetd it as incidental. If the Oregon display ranks s well, the peo ple of I'astern Oregon will feel a cer tain degree of pardonable pride in tak ing the hull by the horns and working independent of the commission. FORGOT HER ENGLISH. But the Russian Girl Corrected Her Error. A young Ku-sian woman who has onlr been for a few months in this country is an intrepid speaker of Kng l;sh, an. I is constantly telling her friend" that she has mastered the lan guage in this short spare without any d ihcnliy w hatovcr. The other after- ii ion when she railed on a Haltiinoro girl she was shown at mice to the b .ii, I or oi her hostess an 1 found that voirig .man in a charming neglige c is n nie. "I h.-pe you will pardon my desba bilie," ttie uierir.tn girl said. "1 have just .'nine til." "No. in. Iih I; certainly not," the Uussian maid replied, vivaciously, in her pte'tv acrrut. "I would not do so. no. no. I hen there was an embarrassed pa'i-e and the nierir.iii bad just i-niii-nieured in a constrained voire to talk of the weather and the Paster frock ! when there were signs of wild excite ment from tin1 Kussiao. "The answer was 'es,' " she ex ' Claimed. "I have it all wr.iti),. 1 have lev I'nglish forgotten The answer i w a" nr-sj rertainlv vc".' ' An ) then tin' conversation ran mi smoother lines. I'stlt nnorc News. MAY CORN TOOK A TUMBLE FROM . THE HIGH POINT i v- - Phillips Sent it Up to 58 Today. o THEN THE SHORTS HAMMERED IT o Down to 55 U Chicago Board of Trade Was a Scene of Frenzy and Mad Excitement. Chicago, May .'!. Not since the days of tho "Old Hutch" ois ratioiis on the P.nard of Trado haw then- heen so much excitement as that which swept over tho floor when trailing began this morning. Tho corn pit was. filled w ith a howling, frenzied mob, and the shorts, acted like madmen in their offorts to cover. Wild bidding for .May corn characterized the opening, and, before the session was half an hour old, the price wan like a sky rocket. It went to 58, an advance of cents over last night'" close. Phillips was still master of the situation, and ruled the market with an iron ahnd, refus ing to dispose of a single bushel. Shorts Hammered It Down. Tho persistent hammering by tho shorts forced a decline, and, at noon, the price had dropped to hV.. Another slump Hot in near the close and the final price was j. WALL STREETS MAD WHIRL Banks Want to Stop the Wild Specula tion to Prevent Crisis. New York, May '.i. The mad whirl in Wall street shows no sign of abating today. The sales before noon were over Si (0,01)0 shares. St, Paul advanced Missouri Pacific f. B. AG., 5. The banks, go it is reiterated today, are making an effort to stop the specu lative craze that is sweeping the coun try. They have advanced call money to" ii per cent, and will go further, if necessary, to bring the speculation within normal limit". They fear a cris:s, if the speculative fever be al lowed to continue. A big slump in prices set in this afternoon. Union Pacific, Kock Island and t Paul leading the way with dec ines averaging from five points to fractions. Nearly the entire list felt the effect of the slump. BROKERS BREAKING DOWN Bull Market Wears Them Out In New York. New York, May The physical and mental pressure on the brokers in handling the tremendous bull mar ket on the Stock Exchange has caused many prostrations. A lonservat ive estimate of the number who have broken down under the strain is placed at forty. Some of these it is said, will never recover from the strain. BIG PROFIT ON A FISH. A Man Who Made $99.50 From a Sturgeon. The run of salmon is proving disap pointing thus far. Monstrous sturgeon are tearing the nets to tatters and the fishermen are becoming disheartened over their misfortunes. Of course some salmon are being caught, but the num ber is small compared with other sea sons, says the Oregon City correspon dent of the Oregonian. When a fisherman has a net torn to pieces by a sturgeon, the temptation t" kill the tish overcomes his desire to abide by the law. One fisherman this week sold an SoO-pound sturgeon, which he captured in his net, at :! j cents per pound. It is thought the i buyer took it to Portland and spirited ! it into a big tish house. The man who had bought it began to study the law. i He found that w hile it was unlawful t I take sturgeon, nothing was said about I buving or having them in one's pos session. Then he began to carve the denizen of the deep. He obtained P'.O pounds of cavia ". which he sold for "m cents a pounl. thereby obtaining $'". As he had paid only fJV'sl for the tish, he w a- already ahead of the game. The meat of the fish he sold at 10 rent" a poind as "sea bass," and as there was ooo pound" of it. he received thus clearing ii'ih-Vl on one fish. A STORY FROM WASHINGTON. The Rev. Teii'i s S. Hamlin, paster of the Church the Covenant, the most aristocratic Presbyterian church in Washington, hieh was attended hy President Harrison during hi" term, telN this -tory n himselt : The church maintains; a large mis sion in Ooorgot 'iMi. A lady was recent ly explaining to the Sunday school the parahle of the t Touts. She then akcd the pupils to i: line someone whom they thought .A. I been given ten talent and had made judicious n i them. riiey ri .iied in choru". "Mr. smith." This w.i- right and proper. ;i j Mr. Smith is pa-tor of the chapel . I tie I lecturer then a-k ! fir an TTn-tr.d oil ! of one who had :eon given five la'ent" j and utilized fi- .n well. There w. a I general respon-. of "Mr. Macl .c j land." who i" -' "ident o! the ! r,i i of district com: issioner an 1 great interested in ch '.rh work. An I'Mi:1'.1 ' I was then asked of the man w n l a i been given one 'Tent and made 'i ot it. It was ex cum s ime i:n: ' :. ate of the ;u .:hlorhood nT i e named. ItiMe.il. the l.tt c on. s shouted: "Mr damlin." No further o; . rtunity was g: . - 'r replies to piot us after th s har ! t at tin' great Pre- vteriau divine Jailed tor Contempt. .ui I rmici-, . May o. l'l ih v 1 till lose, at tor ne v IT McKen.- ;e, re, e w r of the Nome m lies, this mori.iiu- -sentenced to s month" imiT-- -.' -it in the Ala n.sl.i tounty jail :' tempt of court ;! disobeying . w r l sH'rsede:l" fr.c-.i the Um'i 1 i' -circuit court g.v ; the api .-, session and an ; "crest m t' creek mining d:-'rict of Idaho. Died in Poor Hjuk Norfolk. May Krvi hert, son of the (ilioii I'nglis'i . oer, died II: 'he J O r ! ol!-. night. He '. Ve b inc.! "i potter's tie! I. He was ru ' drink, and w.s..t ff !v ht f.r MinniK las Remanded. .m Franc- o, Mav i. pie X e '. M.iti' circuit c urt remand. -I t " fa tlie Hunker II li "-ullivau " .i!i i t - (' ing oiiip!iv v- the Slio!iotie M nii.g l'i . appi'l le. . and pronoun. . si pr. v : litigation void. HOPE TO END IT SOON Standard ot London Says War Wont Last Long. London, May ''. Tho Standard to day says that the war o.'fico now is more hopeful of tho termination of the south African war than it lias boon for weeks. That paper nays that ar rangements for food and forage for tho army, based on expectations that hostilities would bo prolonged, likely to bo cancelled. Boers Concentrating. Capo Town, May .'. The Poors aro art) concentrating near Klorksdorn in Southwestern Transvaal near tho Vaal river. General Pabington now has fre quent engagements with tho enemy. SPANISH TRAMWAY STRIKE Employes Tried to Ter Up the Car Tracks. Parcolonia, Spain, May Ii. The strike of tramway employes is becom ing serious, and the government may suMioiid tho constitutional guarantees. J.ast night the strikers tried to tear I up the car track", hut were driven 1 off by gendarmes, who fired on the I mob. Commission Returns. Manila, May .'.. The Philippine commission returned here today from a tour of tho islands, establishing civil government wherever the conditions were suitable. MR. M'KINLEV IN TEXAS GOVERNOR SAYERS GAVE A FINB RECEPTI0.V Flowers Strewed Beneath His Carriage as He Rode Along the Streets of Houston. Houston, Tex., May The presi dential train arrived here on time this morning. The distinguished party was mot by Governor Savers. There was a carriage drive around the town, then exercises and speechmaking at trie Auditorium. Governor Savers and his staff will accompany the party to Austin this afternoon, where he will give an informal banquet to the presi dent and the members of the cabinet who are with him. When the train arrived here, a parade was immediately formed and the marchers and the presidential partv proceeded to the Auditorium. Eight thousand school children waived flags: along the I ine of march. A chorus of colored school children sang "Star Spangled I'anner," and streamed llowers on the street under the presi dent's carriage. Rangers in typical cowboy costume acted as an escort from and back to the train. Four can non planted beside the train fired the salute. CASTRO'S PROCLAMATION He Determines That Asphalt Question Shall Be Settled In Venezuela Courts. Caracas. Venezuela, May 3. Presi dent Castro has issued a decree Di viding for the continuation of organic law through a new court established under the provisions of the new con stitution. This action is interpreted here as evidence of his determination that the asphalt question shall not be settled except by enezuelan courts. A FLORIDA TOWN BURNING Jacksonville Has a Disastrous Fire Many Blocks Destroyed. Jacksonville, Fla., May 3. -Fire which started in Cleveland's fibre factory has spread to scores of neigh boring dwellings. At 'J o'clock, one hundred houses had been burned, while a heavy wind is forcing the ilames along through the residence sec tion. Fight block" ate in flames now. Resisting Plague Suppression. Calcutta, May 4. Twenty villages have banded together in the Insiakot district in Northwestern India to resist measures for suppressing the plague. Troops have been sent to Sufferwall to suUlue the plague rioters. A .vYEAR0LD FOUND DEAD Little Girl at Prosser. Wash., Who Was Lost. prosser. Wash.. May The little "i-year-old daughter of W. P.. Mathew". ex-county commissioner, who wa" lost in tiie Horse Heaven plains about a week ago while hunting cattle with her 7 year-old brother, wa" found dead ot- Thurslay 11 mile" ir.nn her home near l.one "spring". The whole com munity turned out as soon a" the news that siie was lost was spread until to da fmni L'i to "1 men on horseback have been searching the surrounding country. ho wa" barefooted and had gathered grasses and put around l.er feet, lie side her lay a hunch of t'owers which she had apparently been eating. From indications she had been 'lead ;h hours, leaving mg w itll.'Ut fo di'tit that her hick of food, taut" near t he as found an searched in v her assistance T e people L",':l'!v "'! Vk- her five day- of wander od or water It is evi- death w.i" the result of There are no mhabi- . ace w tiere tie cb'.el 1 it i- sii posed that she .tin for some - iie to give of till" i at the traj section are elv but no b! fro the fact that .lone to hvate her lite. evervt ii : ug n t ; use to s u e F0RMNST THK INDIANS. . Wallowa People Auam Tro'est Against Alleged Troubles, (o v T l 'ieer vesterday received a p.-titi n "igned by V2 c;!;.eiis ,.s W illowa I'o-mtv. sa s the .lem Mates- ' o.c:. an I adlr.-"",d t !':;. K. A. 11". '.o.-K. "ecre.ry dt'.e '.uteri, r. , W.i-' i.g' n. i'. V.. nrgii:.' t! e depart m. '.! t ' take stop" t prevent the cn-cr- a 'l.ment ot tne Indian" tl the s. tvers ,.' fiat count v. The eftioii s !,,-., led hv v"' iinty Judge tieorge W. Iianr.it'!'. an I tt.e lea In, g . it .eli f t'ei 'i'i'.v : ie "'.giied '. A si::i;!.r p t 'I 'll '..g .el !-v the same parties. i.i- rciivei. .iibe e.! to i,.er:ier i -e, i'g'ng tun; t use !. s ',.-t ei; c.4V r- "err. re ait: n on t'e i.ir: .! t! .' I I, ted M.l'i- g verntnetlt. 1 ' ev:. - I". W.i, ., a ci nit v have ! - i !'-Th.- de; -v.'i.,: ., : - .1 I ; i .,11-. W i ! '. ,e.i ' !'. g .,'.- ..t: n- n i ':. W t-. : ng;. n at' i r. g "W.-"i 'nt 't' a' .'.nnt . g'a. e f , ! ---. w -ti- e. I't.lg oil- .ts, s, -: n 1 e '.trge ; tin , , - r ,. ..'!,' -i ' ! e's" ( ., ,, s - ! --' in. i ". 1'lt : . - . I S .4 .4 con I' - v have , s . .('.'. p e ! .IV.' !i!ed- ' -. ;,'!, ' t j v i" 'it : r '- :- 1 t ' J - w . .4' I . .4. - - : ng ; . ,: - r th.t; .. . :' i. " - '. I 'I t . ; - , ' -it" . : I -:4V. si , . ' ' 4 i . 1' ' i" .'' t' e ....... ; I .4 - .4 d t - -c"', r-. ... ' - I , 1 h1 -1'-' I - - t ; i' - - ' I'1'' I'll''. " i , ! , rn. iv ' !' tor a r. i d i i.e h. in. Is oi t ic tisieral g ivernnieu: . A CURIOUS MANIA. Dramatis personae -A big member of Washington's finest, an irate store keeper, a sign painter with a nnmlier of porcelain letters and fx of stink ine paste in bin hand and a dmall boy of the mischievous variety. Scene A street in the riorthwett; time, the present. Storekeeper ( wrathful ly )-If I could catch the man who keeps eut'.ing out letters from the white porcelain sign which stretches across the face of my plate-glass winow I'd make it hot for him. This is the fifth time this year I have leen compelled to employ a sign letterer to come around here and restore the letters so that the words would read as originally tacked np.and the fact that similarly defaced signs may be seen all over this and other cities leads me to the belief that some persons have a mania for clipping off the letters so that the signs will read oddly or won't read at all. It must be a form of mania closely allied to that which will cause its victims to out or write their names or initials upon any surface affording the space. I have laid for the fellow day and night, and have given my friend here in bloe . ..,.1 w..,r.un mrulJntlv COIltrhS ) Coffee and rnince pie ad lihitum to stimulate his Hawkshaw instincts to the utmost to catch the culprit. "This is the wav the sign reads now : "K AK E INK AKKS A I) L' NDIES p. i:kk.' "And this is the way it will when the painter gets through his job: ' ' w v. t K K KI N" K CA Kkti read with AND OCR CANDIF.S ARE PUKE.' "It's no joke. I arn inclined to the belief that there is an organized lot of rascals in everv city in the country who take diabolical delight in after ward surveying the results of their monomania" safe in the security of their obscuritv. There, now it's all right. How much? fl.oo? Holy smoke ! You painters are buccaneere." Painter (as he walks away joyfully iim.iinii tlio raiin i Ah. what does he expect that painters work for nothing? How il we live.' Big policeman to small boy ) -Getaeh outofhere skip ; scoot in a hurry. Small boy (in high indignation) Gee, de cop t'inks 1 am de bloke as what trimmed de old guy's signs. Iiere perl ice are on to me! I'm a marked man! All right, your jublets. i,w iter nerlice are on to me I'll be de envy of de 'ole gang"' tjuick curtain ana iasi music ae me r.-.! leu man TrtalrpB A flwinff with his club for a certain tender portion of the small oov's anatomy as me lancr cmpo out of sight around the corner. Wash ington Star. BICYCLES AND GOOD ROADS. A leading bicycle maker was asked the other day to what agencies and conditions he attributed the great growth of sentiment in favor of im proved roads, and the remarkable amount of practical work that had been accomplished within the past ten vears. "Well," he answered, "with an in ferior and wholly inadequate system of roadways in all but a few favored states improvement was bound, in time, to come, but it might have been a much longer time in coming had it not been for the great wave of effort, agitation and favorable influence that spread through the country with the coming of tae bicycle. I may say in answer to your question that, without reserva tion, I attribute the improvement in the highway system of the United States directly to tlie influence exerted bv the American bicycle. Whatever mav come afterwards, the bicycle must go down in history as the pioneer of road improvements in this country. For years our agricultural organiza tions had expounded the doctrine of better roads without practical results to any noteworthy extent; in vain did they 'spend thousands of dollars in literature calculated to ot.en the farmer's eyes to the great saving in time, labor and live stock that would he bis portion through the medium of substantial macadam between the farm and his market. But the farmer i a busy man ; his father and his grandfather before him had transferred their produce over the same old roads, and what had been good enough for them, he tnought might serve him, for a while longer at ltst. However, he knew that letter roads meant ex pense in latxir and materials, and he was suspicious also that they might mean increased taxes, of which fie would be called upon to U'ar his portion, and so the agricultural societies labored, and tons upon tons of literature continued to go out through the mails, but results were not forth coining. "Something nvore than mere litera ture was needed, and that something more came when tens of hundreds of thousands of cyclists were, through the remarkable growth and overwhelming popularity of the sport, brought face to face with existing conditions. A demand went out from this new army there was no resisting." FROG LEGS IN PORTLAND. Scarce Here. They Come From St. Paul In Abundance. j Krog legs are a highly appreciated, rare, scarce delicacy that Portland epi-i cures sometimes wait for a long time j between occasions when they are in the ' market. A Urge bucketful of them ar- , rived here from t. Paul Wednesday, j s.iv the Telegram. I tiey are selling on the street at x n-nts a dozen, and , what there are of them are tine and fat. Oreg in fog" d not develop.; strange to say, a" those in Ka"tern : "wati'ps, and are n t as juicv and edible as these. N i one sevins t iave hit upon m.iKtug a nieces f growing tr-'g" .t the market ui mis; state. There is n t .itl overw l.el tn'iiig demand for t'lem at lour hit" a do en, . pftii'tpa! iy !eca i-e ado-en de" not' go a long wav not :: nch tarttier t.'.an ' ..ne oi them ". Krogs are shipped . tr.eii "an Fr.ii'.riv vvasion.i'.'.y, hnt thev d Hot :'.n s much of a public sale, eve; ting to the rest cirants and h teU that especi.i'. '. v order them. In tfie swamp- of Indiana, m-t far fr.e.i Chicago. treg react. e" the big''!'"! form ' '.opmelit tor f.d pn r ; '" -. to- -tie i ... e. aiM a big tmsi nes" is d vi I, -ipping them t' Cl.i-ag '. RNV CNHTN giTSlh'N; st.is: Se Fci.g'-t (it rga- at ,t lOr.iih - S cU- .. V.,-:.'.iig ui. M..v :. - r : v . teen ; tc-t ;. ' ' ' ight v -r ti.,, , i . ,, - . ' . i 't: v . '. ' r.e y - e : - ' ' -v !.u ii ; ' a-d 1 -'iti ! ,t r v 'k ! - .4 ,i . g! t .. - .it- i ; rew.-i. 1.4'iv 1 -' ! ii uder g' :'(. the nm'v i ' 't ii' :i.- :. -.'.,S. '. 'I . 'I' " ' ' ' t 4' the tnei ic 1 iv I' t '"i: , . ., ,,. i 'it : v e i . v . -., . ca ; t 4 ' ti v .'oi, I r-con,'. .,. I , ' ha' t'. t i i ! 4 -.:. 1 I :... I " e -'.4'. i,..' : k o - -C- 'It. 1 -. . f .e-t !'-4 ii- V "V g ' ' i '.-t c I." I ') g v en !, in . i ,r . W tl ! ! I ' I I! d'l' s'l ' -;h?.t i in v e ' -.4 . ! , ' 4V -at- - : t -s , !..;.'' . ' ' o-t og c. 4'.V I - ..'t 1 '!'. under c 4r ;. I . r.i i v T TWO ANARCHISTS END THEIR LIVES - o Asphyxiated Themselves in a Chicago Hotel, THEY LEFT A SIGHED STATEMENT Wouldn't Bring a Cblld lata tbe World Under Existing Social Conditions, hVnca Tney Commuted Stiiciue. Chciago, May 'i. Clasped in earh other's arms, the corpses of J. H. Has lierin, a young I;'i"ian laborer, and his girl wife, were found in their bed room this morning. They had j asphyxiated themselves, fn a state I rnent signed by loth, the suicides J Stated that they killed themselves be- cause of their U-irig anarchist and also that the wife was about to become a mother. They did not believe in bringing another human being into ex istence under the present social condi tions. TRADE WITH CUBA GROWS Explanation of an Apparant Decline Given From Washington. Washington, May fi. In a recent statement given to the press by the division of insular affairs of the war department, a considerable loss was in dicated in the trade of Cuba with the United States for the tirst eight months of liJ0, as compared w ith the same period of 1S1I9. It is now ex plained by the division of insular affairs that in the statement above re ferred to the value of gold and silver coin and bullion was included in the total value of commerce between Cuba and the United States. F.liminating the coin shipments, it is ascertained that instead of there be ing a decrease in the value of imports into Cuba from the United States, there isan increase of f 1,222, 25 for the first eight months of IS) over the same period of 1899. A comparison with the importation of merchandise into Cuba from the United Kingdom for the same period shows an increase in favor of 190) of 38.5 per cent and from Germany of 75.3 per cent. These jer cents look formidable, but it is said at the war department the amounts of increase are not so very large w hen they are considered in rela tion with the" totals of importa tion, or in relation with the United States figures. These English and Ger man figures are expected to continue to rise until the United Kingdom and Germany secure their proportionate shares of trade in Cuba; that is, in proportion to their shares in other tropical countries. As the tariff regu lations operate upon all countries alike, exports from Germany, France, Spain and the United Kingdom to Cuba will depend on business methods. THE EXCITEMENT IN CUBA They Object to Americtn Surveillance at the Polls. Santiago, May 4 Registration for the municipal elections in June closed yesterday. Mnch excitement wan caused by Gen. Wood's order assigning an American officer at each registration place, politicians claiming it was another instance of American inter ference. Thousands of protests have been made. Kitchener's Additional Captures. London, May . Gen. Kitchner wires this morning that since his last report four Boers have been killed five wounded and US captured. He has aiso taken IOo.iM) rounds of ammu nition and 120 wagOLs. Jacksonville RelleT Committee. New York, Mav ti. The Jackson ville relief committee today bet'an it" work of collecting money, food r.nd clothing for the Jacksonville tire sufferers. IRWIN, GREEN A CO. LETTER. The Chicago Firm Is Very Bullish on Wheat. The weekly circular of Irwin. Green Co.. of Chicago, reviewing the grain markets, is very bullish and predict a much stronger situation for wheat before the July settlements. In the circular, they say : "Wtieat iii this market advanced about 3'sj cent last week, on an in creasing acquaintance with the merits of the case, though not a few observers of the movement seemed to think the gain wa" partly in sympathy with corn. The most prominent fact in the situation, though far from the only one, wa the big. ivr"i-t nt demand for wheat to go to the continent of Kurope. and this admitted to he he cause of very poor pn S'c.-ct there for harvest over large ar- ". The continen tal purchases of la-t week .('.one are reported ti have been fully .S.mXhtXiO bushels, and the demand promises to continue as the present ate! jr isjv tive wants of the people for wh mi the buying was done are ot.iv ; i"' Uvvri ning to Ive met. The crop condition in Germany is stated ; N- the verv worst known ever since "'''.cm! re: .rt ir.g on the subject wa ;: '. h-r'aken, and the outlook m France in ipnte poor, the expectation heirg 'or a small leld. Then tv,ere the ri'-w of i terrtVe f ""l fan. : i vi'eri.4. wiiicii will nece-s'M'... e'--lis:ve s.'ilo. ir.ents t'rom t ne I'trted -t.it"" to Ka"tern p. rfe in. -ih t '" ''i K i' ie.in Kr.-s;.i for tlie W.-'. rti n.-t. nn'is" many !u i '. '. tons a-e t ' e :' w d '.id:" ot sheer "tarvati "c .vn -,'g '..i i rather '. "tng !:;.i n g, ' ,g itT crit ,' her : ; o-', (- , . ni- C.ired With tiioseot 4-t V.-S". ' " 'I '! "0 iht cent It-i! g t ' ' .t .'! er.;.v accepte.1 a 'ew W'. vg a- ' ' n o-t probable for v..: sea- t.. " ONE 11(10 0 Lilt :V310 I Old Seoul Visits loverrcr N Jit "i ""I,.. Two Hitti ! : v- '.. ft II.'! re-e-v.4" , i - -' ' l.ty. a:. 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