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T V ' ' THE BEND BULLETIN. VOL. I. BEND, OREGON, FRIDAY, A1RIL 24, lflOIJ. KO. 0. Ml t UA EVENTS OF THE DAY OATIICRnO PROM ALL PARTS OP THE TWO HEMISPHERES. Comprehensive Review of lite Import, nut. Happening of the Hunt Week, Presented In Condensed Perm, Mo Likely to Prove Interesting to Our Many Renders. An Immense (low of all was struck ut 1200 ,f cot In ft woll nt Hartford, 0 In now territory. An otploxlou Iiiih occurred nt tint military powder fnctory nnar Lisbon, 1'ortiiKnl. Several pcrsonH wore Kllleil. 8lr Chen Tung Mnn Chong, tlio now CIiIikiho Minister, hns nconptcil tlio In vitation of tlio WurM'M Fair Commis sioners In participate In tlio dcdlca lion nt tit. Louis, Two carloads of tnllllnry tonta. promised by tlio inllllln department for tlio into of Immigrants have lni rarely nt Winnipeg. Four toon hun dred tuoro nro expected, Canndn propones to rotnlllntn fn Gorman tnrlff discrimination by add I NIC ono third to the duty on' German Import. Mnrtilnery for placer min ing will lio ndmlttod free for ono yonr. Tlio fust mull on ilm l.ouiiP- Nashvlllo for Now Orleans, rnn Into nn open mwiu-h near caslJHiorry Als.. nml was wrecked. Mall Clork Dono van mid tlio Negro fireman worn kill od. Knglnoor Wright nnd tunll clork Ilyor. ISnton nnd Htrutlon woro pain fully Injured. The Crlpplo Creek Tunnel Trans jKirtntlon ft Mining Compnny. of Crlp plo Creek, Colo, iius obtained nn In junction ngnlntt n number of mining companies lo prevent tlieiu from driv ing n big district tunnel tbroiiKli ono of It4 claims. Tlio roiiipnuy bus also broiiKltt milt against tliu Kl Paso Con solldated Hold Mining Company far witter supplied. Kansas bank deposits now nniounl to 130,000.000, or over $C0 for ovury man, womnii nnd child In tho itatu. IIKI Still LAUNCHED. Minnesota Ctirlitencd by Hill's Daughter Large Crowd Present. Now Ixmdnn, Conn., April 17. In tlio prosonco of thousands of spocln tora, including mnny visitors from Now York, IloHtou and othor cltirn. tho atcnniNlilp Minnesota, tlio largest vessel over built In thin country nnd (tin greatest enrgo carrier In tho world, wit launched yesterday nt tlio yardn of tho Kastcrn Shipbuilding Compnny nt Oroton. Tho sponsor of tlio mnininoth nhlp wns Mis Clnrn Hill, daughter of J. J. Hill, pro-ildont of tho Croat Northern Company, for whom tho vossol wax built, to become part of tho cornnnny'a ' Pacific nnd Oriental carrying norvlco. Ah tho InHt restraining link that held tho nhlp to Kit plnco on tho wnyn wan severed, Minn Hill broko n bottlo or wino over tho nteol how and named the craft the Mlnnoitotn. After tho launching luueheati wnn nerved to the gucHta of tho ahlpbulldlng company In tho mold loft of the yard. Final preparation for tho launching or tho Minnesota were begun early In tho day nt tho ynrd of tho Kastorn Shipbuilding Compnny, In Oroton, tho entire force Vlng busied In knocking Hwny the heavy blocking nnd getting every InHt detail In rendition far tho Initial plunge ot the big ship Into the wnter. While the preliminary work wna going on thouaandii of people from varlotiit vantage points watched the Inbora of the men nnd viewed tho imtnenno proportion of the Minnesota nnd her sister vessel the Dakota, which I to be launched n few month !ionro. Kvery trolley-car from Norwich, ve hicle from tho iiiburbnn dltrlcta nnd apodal train on the- New York. New Haven ft Hartford Hond brought load of spectators, nnd by 11 o'clock the Mtreet bore tho nppennmcu of u uni versity boat rnro. Tho weather was cloudy. A stiff northeast gnlo wn blowing, and tho air was chilly enough in make heavy mat deslrnhlc. HAPPENINGS HERE IN OREGON TO INVflSTICKTI ALASKA. The Mcthndltn propoHo to mergo the Methodist Hook Concern of New1 York nnd the Western Methodist Hook Con cern ui Cincinnati ami inicagn. Nearly 1300 wa found In joarchlng n novel occupied liy Patrick Flynn nenr Hslvldnre. N. J. He Was 82 year old nnd n hermit. Ho was found dend. Tire which stnrtod In tho Cnpltnl Hotel nt Wewt Hnd, n summer resort near Now Orltwn. I.n.. destroyed that building nnd n number of buslnos Iioiihos. Tho loss la $75,000. Horlts from n Mast nt n cutting In n llrnnx. New York City, street, broko many windows, wrecked n house. In jured a baby and seared a woman near ly to death. Two Hungarians were killed and two Injured nt Pittsburg In a bolated ex plosion of dyunmlto nt tha New Mount Washington tunnel of tho West Lib erty Traction Company. The Washington thontnr nt Homo. N. Y. was destroy! by fire. Tho loss Is betweon $120,000 nnd $150,000. about half covered by Insurance A score of peoplo were Injured, when tho walls of tho thoater fell. An nnonymoun lottor, threatening to burn the town"by lire nnd dynnmlto." unless $2500 Is left nt n designated place, Iiiim esusud ili"l excitement nt Montgomery. Ind. THoro hnvo been several Incendiary tiros there lntoly. The body of Itonr-Admlrnl Oeorgo F. llAlkunp wn burled with military honors ut Arlington cometnry. Hrlgndlor-Geiioral Frank I). Ilnldwlu Iiih taken charge of the Department of tho Colorado, succeeding Oonorul, Frederick Funston, Oovornor Penbody, of Colorado, linn ordeiod the momburs of tho Denver Tiro nnd Police Hoard to nnswor chnrgos of malfeasanco nnd mlafcnB unco In olllce In permitting gambling. Tfie trial of Dr. Joseph Alexander, of Indianapolis, on tho charge of gravo-robblng bna been Indellnltely postponed. bccnuHo the NegrooH un der Indictment hnvo refused to tentl- fy ngnlust him, . A tornado In tho vicinity of llloc ton, Ala., wrockod sovornl housos nnd did canHldoruble datnueo to farming property. Tho towna of Colcnnor nml Onruey also suffered. No fatalities woro roportod. John Bhurmnn, n guard on tho Chi cago Klovatod rallwny) wuh probably fatally hurt nnd many pnsnonRorH were shnkon up nnd badly frightened wlioi? tho second oar of u wont-bound train Jumped tho track. Tho Moxlcan Ambassador has In formed tho Htnto Dspnrtmunt that tlckota nro holug no id In this country for n lottory said to ho located In San LuIh, Mox., whore tho Ambndsn dor nays there la no lottery. Subcommittee al Senators Appointed to VUlt the Territory. Washington, April 18. 8onator Unvorldgo. ohnlrmnn of tho Committee on Territories, has named Senator Dllllnghntn. of Vermont. Hurnhnm, of .New Hampshire. Nelson, of Minneso ta, nnd PMtnmon, of Colorado, n sub committee to visit Alaska this Sum mer for tho purpose of making n thor ough lot obligation of conditions In that territory with u view to recom mending legislation or nmondmonts to existing laws to the Senate when It assembles. Honnlor Nelson Is n member of the Commllteo on Public Lund and Senn lor PUeioii Is n member of the Com mittee on Mines nnd Mining so that the subcommittee will Include In Its membership senuttrra familiar with tho West. The sub-commlttco will, have complete control of tho Inves tigation to be made, the only sugges tion made by tho commlttoo whon tho hitter was bsforo It being that there should be an inquiry on the ground Into conditions In Alaska, as It was felt that current Information wns too monger nnd Indirect to ena ble Congress to grnsp the nctunl con ditions. Henrlns will bo held wher ever tho sub-couimittte thinks host and much personal Investigation will take place. Senator Hevorldgo will not ro to Alnskn, nn ho purposos to take a rest from labor of nil kinds up In tho Maine forosta during July nnd August. COAL LI! DO II POUND. ," Specimens Prom Near Wllholt Springs of Uxccllent Quality. According to a report brought from tho vicinity of Wllholt Springs, 25 miles east of Oregon City, In tho foot hills of tho Cancado Mountains, and In Clnckamas county, that portiontof tho county is likely In the near future to provo ono of tho greatest wealth-producing sections of tlio county, t P. C. Hnrstow, of that plnco, has a sample of coal which ho says has been? taken from n Icdgo Just unearthed on his claim, which ho claims to lmve been looking for for tho past 12 months. The samplo that ho showod was al most puro carbon, nnd wns as flno n rpoclmon of tho "black diamond'" as can bo found nnywhero between flip two oceans. According to his story tho vein Is from six to ten feet thick nnd shows every Indication of being pop mnnonL It has long boon known that there nro flno prospocts for coal In that sec tion, nnd many samples of coal picked up from tho hillsides hnvo been exhib ited, but It Is said thnt this Is tbo first find of any consequoncc, nnd It Is now believed thnt claims that haro not been filed on In that vicinity wilt soon bo taken up. As J.ho now olcctrlc railroad, for which C. D. Lntourotto recently se cured n franchise. Is supposed tn run to tho vicinity or Wllholt Springs, It is bollovod that this And will be In In centive to hurry up tho building ot tbo road. Examined 5altm Ur. f? Dnvld U. Ogden. of Portland, in en glnoor of tho Government Itlvr and Harbor Dopartmont, was la Snymfanil made soundings In tho WHInmctto River near Balem to ascertain what changes hnvo taken pl'ico in tho chan nel. Ho also mndo such Investigations as will bo ot uso to his odlco In caso It should bo nocesiary to build n re tetment In order to keep tho rivor In Its channel. CHHSnSG HAIDHD HY ROIMBKS. Mormon Uatln Celestials Were Not the Victims of Atob Violence, United 8Utc8 District Attorney J. H. Hall, of Portland, hus been in Maker City Bovorol dnya mnklng In quiry nbout nn alleged outrago per petratcd on a lot of Chlnnmon cngngod muling near Mormon Hasln last aurnmor. It will bo remembered that a lot of toughs mado a raid on the wnucao piacer mlnoa over there and robbed them of all their gold dust and "uncx. -inrco of tho Chinamen were badly Injured and several houses burned. It was not a mob but a raid of n lot of thloves and robbers, who. tho bettor o ntlmldato their victims, burned tholr homos and assaultod tho In- matos. The Chincso government It IN un derstood, has mono n claim against 111. fn?.? fr ,100-000 da"'Bos nnd tkrL Z 'm0 pur',08 or ,00k,nK "P the bSS-ittk" that " " Had Uood Run. The four-stamp mill recently Install ed nt tho now Kremer & Palmer mine, on Mount Rouben, has boon completed and glvon l,ta trial run, with excellent results. Tho Kromor & Palmer Is ono of tho richest and most promising mlnos of Southern Oregon, and Is an other of tho properties of this mlponU zono that Iiob arisen from n mcro pr s-I-oct to a paying mica within the course ot a fow months. TON OP SAMtON FOUJD. Was Caught Out of Season and All Packed In fee. Wntor Dalllffa Smlth.und Jones anC Deputy Wurdon Webster were looking for poachors near tho mouth of the Clnckamas when they ran Into n ftn a lot of salmon packed In Ic5 as their eyes hnd seen for many a long dny More thon 2:00 pounds wcro tnltor; from tho pack anil shipped to" Port land, whero they woro placed In cold storage. Aftor leaving this big flnd of sal mon. tho men proceeded up the river io iook ror a location for n flshway. On tholr way they broko their onre and woro forcod to boat ashore, and almost undor their oyoa they discov ered JO flno steolhoadB, which thoy appropriated. III! I.MPLICATIIS TAYLOR. Witness Say (lovcriior Offered lo Pa , for (lucbel Murder. Frankfort. Ky. April 17. FYntik Cecil, who has been nwny from Ken tucky since his Indictment last year us necessary to tho murder of Gover nor (loobel, and who recently surren dered, gave some sonsutlonul testi mony In the trial at Jamoa Howard to day. Cecil corroborutod Culton, Hrotighton, Ooldon and nthora as to tho alleged conspiracy. Ho also said that Caleb Powera, then Secretary of State, told him that n man hnd bcon secured to como horo from tho moun tains to kill Ooobsl. If this man fail ed to arrlvo Powers told him, ho (Ce cil) would bo paid $2500 It ho would tiro tho shot. Cocll nays hu docllnod. Oovornor W. S. Taylor, ho tostlllod, culled him into Ills prlvnto olllco and told him tho snmo thing. Oovornor Tnylor unld ho had saved $3500 from his cnmpnlgu fund, nnd that lib would pay Imiuedlutely, Oovornor Taylor nlBo montlonod Youtaoy to tho wit ness, nnd referred witneps to him. Opium Smuggling In Montana. , Havrn, Mont., April 18. Govern ment olllclals bollevo thoy hnvo un earthed tlio first caso of opium smug gling brought to light on this section of tho border lino In many mouths. John Tegnu, omployed in Harlem, 14 nilloR onBt ot horo, as n bnrbor, la al legod to hnvo boon caught in tho act of conveying CO pounds of tho drug to a rrionu in urout Kails, it is sn d tunuggltng baa boon carried on In tho vicinity across tho Canadian lino for uomo tlmo. Snotir Scares Orsnt Stockmen. Thrco Inches of snow fell over most of Ornnt county last week, ontulng consldorablo alarm to tho scores of stockmen who hnd just turned out on tho rnngo. Skits of February have been carried Into April this season, numer ous scant falls of snow being Intor mlnglcd with chill weather, tho com bination proving rather trying on stock. Ranchers now nro very anx ious tor things to modornto. n.M,!,8J0.nB,bee', known that "'man usnine out of season u- hnin. i.i..t Bed In In the ClacWnmn. i... ,i.. ,. wna being carri on on such n large acnlo was not droamo.1 of. and strenu ous stops will do takon to stop It. Hond Prrpusals Carrlrd. At a SDUClal Dliu-tlnn l.ul.l I. n-i... hnm.tOfl0t.? " tt PrPOtIon to UsUO honds for tho purposo of constructlnr ii ii .. X"""" """ crocung a City Hall, tho City nail bonds cnrrlod by a )oto of four to one. and tho sawm oontiB nvo to one. Uoth IraprovemonU ..i uu oiunvu ai once. MAY OIVO UP ISLANDS. Danish Commission Returns Much Dis couraged With Conditions. Washington. AdHI 14. Artvi. VA. eclved here aro to tho effect that tho loyal commission left 8L Thomns a few days ago for Dqnmnrk In a pes sfmlstlo frame of mind. After the treaty of cession had bcon laid nsldo tho Danish government, to placato tho residents' of the Danish West In dies and tho peoplo at homo who fa vored cession to tho United States, sent this commission to tho Islands to devlso means for tho Improvement of tho conditions of the Islnnders by tho ro-ndjuslmcnf of ealarlco. tho stab Ilshmcntof direct lines nf ntcnmihina and changes In customs duties, which i wun nopou migm rcconcllo tho Is landers to thcJr retention by Den mark. It now appears that tho com mission waB vory much discouraged , J..IUI. ik nw unu nrara, so ii is en tirely posslblo that there will bo a strong revival of tho cession move ment Jn Denmark when they return. Technically tho treaty of cession ratified by tho United States Sen ate Is pending before the Dan ish Oovornmont, and If there Is a chnngo In public feeling there It may bo ratified and tho ces sion complotod, providing the Rlgs lag la called In special session before July, when tho tlmo allowed for exchange of ratifications oxplrts. NEW CRUISER TACOMA ,) Date for ih Launching at Sn Pranclsco , Sown io lie l-'lxcd. Washington. April 14. Tho Navy Department 'expects to be advised Vrlthla a short time of tho dnto wtien tho Union Iron Works, nt San Fran tsco. will launch the cruiser Tacoma, building at Its yards. Thin ,i.it la always set py the shipbuilders, and uiiiiruTou oy mo secretary of too Navy. All arrangements lor tho at tending ceremony in this Instance will bo concluded between tho Union Iron Worka and tbo reprcsentatlvo of Tacoma. probably the Mayor, who will also dofgnato thn young wonmnwha Ta to christen tho now Vesael'BTIjtJ ""' '" " 'tarts on its flrtf nluni-n Intn IKS - briny deep. It Is hardly probablo that many rep 'esontatlves of the Department from Washington will attend tno ceremony, because of the distance although all bureau chiefs and tho Secretary will be Invited. DL!.ND CHAPLAIN DCAD. Pears for Clackamas County Prult. Tho heavy hall storm of last week did consldorablo damago to fruit In different sections ot Clnckamas coun ty, many of tho fruit troes being In full bloom, nnd tho entire blossom bolng knocked off tho trees. Tho wonthor ot tho whole woek has bcon Immoderately cold, and' It Is boltoved that the fruit crop Is banly damaged. if not entirely killed. Wlfo flurdcrer Suicides. John do Fa I co, tho Italian convict who wns sorvlng a Ufa sontonco nt.tho ponltcntlnry for killing his wlfo In Portland on F6bruary 20 through Jeal ousy, endod his oxistonco at tho prl&on by cutting his throat nnd Hovering his wlndplpo with nn Instrument known as n coll knife, with a bludo about one Inch long. May Mako 100,000 Idle. Chicago, April 10. On tho result of a mooting to bo held tomorrow depqnda tho question of n strlko which may In volvo 100,000 workmen on tho Qront Lakes. An ultimatum on wages Is to bo prcaontod by tho package freight hnndlors nt Chicago lo tho managers of tho lake lines and labor contractors who 3upply men for dock work along tho Chicago, river. Tho domand Is backed by tho International Long shoremen's, Marino and Transport Workoru' Association, PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Walla Walla. 70(7-.-? hi.,- Mem, 7o; valley, -6070c. Barley Feed, $81.60 per ton: brew Jng, $23. floor IVst grade, $3.lt504.25;crah am, $3.Q3.86. h Millotnfls - Jlrsn, fl per ton; mlddlltuw, $24:ehort, $lt.60s0 chop, $18. Onts No. 1 white, $1.16 1.20 gray, il.l3,ji.l& percental. .,Ilnr."T,moU,-v 1,C13.60; clover. $10(911; dioat, $lil2 per ton. Potatoes Host Hurlwnks, 60c ih,i wck; ordinary, SriMtOo iwr r.t.i growers' prices; Mercod sweets, f3Q U.6U r cental. Poultry-, Chickens, mixed. Hion. young, ISQHcj hens, 120; turkevs. iVAv.r " """" -UQTii'o; ducks, $707.60 per doxen; geese, ICQ0 60. Cheose-Full cream, twins, 1B 17o; Young America, 13 lake: faotory prices, 1(31 Kc Jess. Rutter . Faucy creamery, 22e per pound; extras, Slo; dairy, SOtassc:' BWIVj 4UIUI4 0U Eggs 16giOJo per dozen. Hops Oholco, VHfrWo ,r pound. ' Wool-Valley, m4'15o; Essteru Oregon, 80l4)vo; mohair. 69nas ileof Gross, cows, 8QU pe pound; toorn. 4'j6j; dreaaod, 7?ia Veal 88io. , Mutton OrOSS. 737JoC ler Fonnd drep(Hl, 80o. Lambs Grofs. 4o nor unurid! dresKHl, 7Ke. Hogfc fsVosn, 77Ko per pouml 'lrosEcd,88 (t. Venerable Dr. MUbrm Passes Away In Ills eightieth Year. Uaiblngton, April 13.-It.r. Wlllarrl Millmrn, fie venerable blind chaplain of the United States senate, died in -antu llarlwra. Cal., today. .Mr. Mil burn, auonipanit-d by Mm two niece, the Mlweit Tlmley, le'l Wai-hlngtou for the I'm! tie coast about n ear l-o. TI,.. chaplain was In broken health. The- nanpe Drought no proot in provement In IiIh condition, and when congrtaa met in December he forwanbd his res ignstien to Washington, but It never a-teI upon. Mr. Mi I burn was twl.e elect! chsp laln of congress, thn Urtt time in 1846, when a little over Si jeurt of age. He wns twice chaplain of tbe home of rep rwKentatives and lanly chaplain of the senate to which otlicn he was elected In 1803. niSSIONARIHS ARE TAKEN. Qcrmans Arrest QrniJuates of American ScIiulI In Carullnes. Boston. April 14. News of tho ar rest of n numbor of nntlvo graduates from a mission sohool at Ruk. ono of tho Caroline Islands, by tho Captain tt n Oorjnan warship, who carried thoso in custody" to Ponapa. tho Boat of tho German government, 300 miles away, was received tminv iv i,. American Hoard of Foreign Missions. The advices were fnim TJnv wtiitn,,. h. StliiBon. who snld tho nrrost wss mndo on tho ground that tho natives preach against tho Gorman govern ment. Tho, natives woro solrod De cember 2C. Thoy were still hold on February 1C, tho dato of Mr. Stlnson's letter. The officials ortho American Board liavo Informed the stntn nnnnrn,n of tho nrrests, requesting that stops tunuiu IVUK'ta ue lUKCn.. Sultan UaOly Scared. Constantinople. Anrll 14. The news of tho death of M. St. Chorblnn. tho Russian Cons.nl nt Mltrovltza. I-uropoan Turkey, who wna shot by an Albanian sontlnol recently nt that plnco has greatly alarmed tho au thorities horo. who anticipate com plications with Russln. Consular re ports from Mnsastlr show that tho hnarehlcal conditions nrnvniiino- th.r aro bocomlng more ncutc Aasassl- imiions or uotn Ohrlstlnns nnd Mus solmnns nro increasing. In tho dis trict of Prllen durlnir thn nnt i. no loss than 60 Christiana wero killed 4 i . uj iuuaouiwuns,