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OREGON
VOL. XVII.
ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY. MAY 11, 1900.
rm
EVENTS. OF THE DA
Epitome of the Telegraph!
News of the World.
TRUNK TICKS FROM THK WIRES
n Interesting Culleetloa of lUmi from
the Tiro Itaaiilapherea rnmM
Condensed Porm.
President MoKlnley bun nlctd
Dole to bo the llrat governor of Hawaii
Kx-Mlnbitr Dmihy gives American
missionaries ureillt (or the open door In
Chin.
Fire lit the town of Gladwin, Mltth
destroyed 16 buildings, causing a loss
of f 50,000.
The mirth halfof theCoIvllhi, Waah.
Indian reservation, has been opeued for
settlement.
Chicago landlord have formed
combination anil rent advanced 15 per
cent Immediately,
Charles II. A I Inn wan inaugurated aa
governor of Puerto Moo with linpre
alve ceranioulea.
Fire destroyed the Hasting shingle
mill at Goshen, Wash., together with
1.000,000 shingle.
The transport Sherman arrived at
Han Francisco from Maulla with 22 lu
aue soldier on board.
Cri)tnra of Omaha are out on
atrilce. They demand an eight-houl
day and increase of wage.
Five men were killed and three In'
jured by a boiler explosion in the mill
of J. V. Bray & Co., Tlfton, Ohio.
At the lleroule Athletic Club, New
York, Hob Fitaaimmou knocked out Ed
Diinkhorust, the Syracuse giant, in two
rounds.
Joseph Mortar Itampon, former
famoiia handmaater, leader of the Old
Guard baud, la dead at New York,
aged 07 yearn.
The United State navy will not be
nut to Turkey. Ai the sultan baa
made some concessions, he will be
given more time to study the matter.
Ai a annuel to the Johannesburg ex
ploalon, the Transvaal governnieut baa
ordered British subjects, with a few
exception!, to leave the republic with'
in 48 houra.
An engine and TO empty cure of the
Santa Fe were thrown Into the bay
from the new Santa Fe wharf at Han
Franclxco, by the breaking of an apron.
No one waa killed ao far aa known.
Frank II. Peavey, of Mlnneapoli.
Minn., has obtained insurance in the
Mutual Life luauranoe Company, of
New York, to the amount of f 1,000,-
000, the annual prvmiiim on the policy
being f 48,800.
Active preparation! are being made
for a world'a fair, to take place in Han
Francisco in May 1001, wbloh will
continue for alx month. It la to be
known aa the I'acitlu Ocean and In
ternational Exposition.
The Itoer peace commission is coming
to America.
President MoKluley algned the
Hawaiian bill.
Governor Plngree, of Michigan, haa
turned Democrat.
Four deputy 11 ah commissioners are
watching the Claokauiai river.
Hi now known that Captain Carter's
glgnutio steal will reach $3,000,000.
Maliy thouaanda of people greeted
Admiral Dewey on hii arrival at Chi
cago. Governor Taylor haa returned to
Kentucky. No warrant waa served on
him.
Washington courts have declared
$.10,000 worth of Otympta warrant to
be illegal.
Nino poople were killed by the fall
ing of a condemned bridge at the l'arl
exposition.
Koberts must have nore horaea be
fore he can advance. Loudon com plaint
of hia slowness.
Hy vote of 20 to 20 the aenute re-
fueed to oouaidor the resolution ofayrn
pathy with the Hoera. e
Charlea luirarsoll, ol Ithlca, N. Y
an embessllug county treasurer, was
arrested in Han Francisco.
German olllclul at Washington think
that Secretary Hoot' aiieeuh on the
Monroe doctrine waa aimed at their
-country.
Forest Are are raglug furiouily north
of Fish, Mloh., aud the properly dam
age will be large. The town of Ames
ha been wiped out.
The Boor forces have moved from
Thahanuhu to a atrongor position, aud
(ienoial French ha abandoned the
effort to capture the burgher.
The American chamber of commerce
at Manila haa entered a protest against
the exuoHsive taxation exacted by the
military uoverumeut under Ooueral
Oti.
William F. Miller, manager of the
Franklin syndicate, who waa recently
convicted of grand larceny, was sen
tenced in Brooklyn to 10 years' Imprisonment.
A Spanish silver mine lost a century
ago wa rediscovered in Texa.
Lewi Watklus. a native of St. Paul,
1 ald to be the tallest man ln the
world. Hi height is said to be eight
feet 11 iuchoR, and hi weight 804
pound.
Her. David Greeg, a Brooklyn (N.
Y.) Preiybtorlun, aavs ho doubt if any
member of the general assembly be
lieve in condemnation of non-eluol
fhlldren.
LAI EH NEWS.
one hundred aud nine victim of the
uwn mine disaster were bulled in oue
uay at Bootleld.
The Yalo-lierkeley game at New
...r.u, vouu,, resulted in a victory for
the former team.
Burglar looted the safe of tl First
National bank of Fast Brady, I'a., and
avourea f iu,uou.
ine iiaraue in St. Louis in honor nl
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The iundry civil bill was nasaed bv
the bouse. It carries slightly mors
Many buildings were demolished
ny a terrino gale that went throuuh the
uwn oi wtlsonvllle, Neb.
Six hundred men employed in the
xlno factory at La Halle, lml struck
fur an advance in wanes.
Die Standard Varnish work at Elm
i'ark, Htaten Island, were damaiced bv
lire to the extent of $200,000.
The British have crosaed the Vaal
river, pushing northward, and the
lief of Mafeking is exiectd soon.
An enori la neing muilo by govern
ment ollicials to secure an apiroiiri
tion fur tlie building aud mainteuancc
ol schools fur Alaska.
General MacArthur, in addition to
his duties a commander, will exercise
the authority of military governor ol
tne I'liillppiue island.
Fire which started in a livery stable
at retersuoiY, lud., swept through the
business portion of the town, leaving
hut three stores. Loss, $80,000.
The war department issued an order
relieving General Otis of the command
of the division of the l'liilipnines. The
general ha left Manila for the United
States.
uue-tmra oi the house in Garza, a
town in Denton county, Texas, were
destroyed by a tornado. No oue was
hurt, the people seeking refuge in
stormhoiise.
Work on the National Republican
convention hall may be stopped owing
to the dispute between the Allied Build
log Trades Couucll and the Brother
hood of Carpenters and Joiners.
Lieutenant Gibbon, attached to
the Ilrooklyn, in an expedition con
ucted by him in the south of Luaou,
lu the Utter part of February, secured
the release of 622 Hpauish prisoners,
An unknown negro, about 20 year of
age, was lynched three miles Iroin
ieneva, Ala., for assaulting a 12-year
old white girl near Hartford. Armed
men took him from the arresting otli
cera and carried him to the woods,
where he waa later fouud dead, hang
ing to limb.
Four miners perished in a fire in i
mine near Koauoke, V.
Munkucsy, the celebrated painter,
died at lioun, Germany.
Michigan Demoornta want Charles
, Towne for Bryan's running mate.
An eight-hour day ho been secured
hy New England building trade jour
neymen.
Halt Lake capitalists have bought the
owa group of mine in the Baker city
district for $30,000.
A doxen vessel have already left
Seattle for Cape Nome. Opinion vary
as to when they will gut there.
Htate Secretary IteiU, of the Truns
vaal, savs the Itoer will move to
America if defeated.
iwenty-iwo snops in Chicago are
completely tied up, owing to the boiler
UUer Strike.
Robert will advance on Pretoria
from Klmberley, Bloeuifouteln and Na-1
tal, simultaneously. I
Twenty American were killed in an
enuainniniit with iimurirenta at Catu-
big, on the island of Sauiar.
Senator Hunua believe the Republi
cans will have fully a hard a battle
this year a they had in 18U6.
Bankers estimate that American
will spend $10,000,000 more than us
ual abroad this year, owing to the
Paris exposition.
D. 3. Sinclair, pnstoMloe inspector
connected with the Ht. Louis force, ha
been appointed chief postollloe inspoo
tor of Porto Rico.
General Merrltt' request for retire
ment ha been granted, General llrooke
ucceedintr him a commander of the
department of the Fast.
Many small yachts and tugboat
bought for use during the Hpanish war,
are rotting in the navy yard aud the
government will tell them.
The Northwest Episcopal general
conference, br a unanimous vote, de
cided to admit equal lay representation
to all Methodist conferences.
Two hundred Klondike miner are
tampeding up White river, Aiuaica, to
a! - , ,L. 1 .. nl,l A i .n,,,u,u I
1UU HvailQ Ol iiJ HJn,p kuiu n.nw.w. j.
The find wa made on a nameless tribu
tary of the above river last winter.
Andrew Carnegie, who refused to
Bontribute to the Dewey arch fund,
has given $1,000 to the fund for the
widow of Sergeant Douglas, who was
killed at Croton dam during the recent
strike. In Bending the check, Mr. Car
negie wrote: "Sergeant Douglas fought
not for foreign conquest, but for peace
and order at home."
A Loudon physician claim
to have
cured iuebiiety by hypnotism.
Bishop Hartaell, in charge of Metho
dist work in Africa, bastravelod 60,000
mile since 1800.
Constant weeping over the doath of
her husband and daughter made a New
York woman blind.
Chaplain C. C. Pierce make an offi
cial report that there ha been no in
orease in the number of suloou in
Manila.
IBRANDFORT TAKEN
British Army Captures a Boer
srmno-rinM
Stronghold.
I A GREAT FLANKING MOVEMENT
operation la Hi. Ihnuancnii District
..tended lu Vut OH tha IuLr
Ketreat t tha North.
London, May B.-It is nnounoed
that the British have captured Braud-
urt.
Hoars Takau hjr Hiirrl.a.
iirauuiort, way a. iirumllort was
captured by a combined movoment of
Colonel Tucker' and Oeuerul 1'ole
Carew'i divisions, on the euxt and
center, and General lluttou's Mounted
Infantry on the west. The Ilritifh sur
prised the Hours, who retreated hastily.
rour (nousuuu ol the enemy moved here
re- yesterday evening in ordur to oppose
our advance. Colonel Tucker' artil
lery hud a sharp duel with the enemy's
gun and put two of them out of action.
In Thabaimliu District.
London, May 6.' -General I! road-
wood' cavalry brigude has reached Isa-
befonte In, 28 mile uoith of Thaban-
chu. General luu Hamilton 1 bivou
acking at Jacobsruhl, 15 miles north of
Thabanohu. Genenil Tucker's division
is moving oast ward from Kuree Hiding.
The divisions of General French and
General Kundle are in and noar Thab
anohu. Thus Lord ltuhert has 50,000
men operating clear of the railway
along a front of 40 mile. He is ad
vancing slowly with some suocesses,
but nothing decisive. Yet, at all
points of concentration, the ISoers ap
pear in force sulllcient to compel the
British to proceed with caution. Their I
wide front in a lugged country make
taming movements off-hand difficult. I
The lioera, Winston Churchill says.
have enormous herds of cattle and
flocks ol ahnen unttmrml in thM annth. '
east. These they are driving north
ward. Observer at headquarters in Bloein-
fonteln seem to think that the lioera
are preparing to evacuate Ladybrand.
The lioera still holding Thalxnchu dis
trict are estimated at 4,000. They
have among their guns a 40-pounder.
The correspondents at Kim her ley
have been forbidden to communicate
for several day, the deduction being
that a forward morouiebt is uuder way
there.
The Boer in Natal are rtwtletp. Two
hundred crosaed Sunday's river Wed
nesday and tried to euguge the British
outposts.
NOT ENOUGH COFFINS.
Cromatlon Hay Bo Itaaorted
to at goo-
held.
fait Lake, May 5. The latest dis
patch from Hcorleld says that the ex
treme estimate of dead is now conceded
V . 1 - . ! ...J . 1 . . it l'
to uavo utreu iaiu largo, aim uiat it ia
numerically impossible to place the
loss of life at 800, as there were not
that many men in the niiue. The
probabilities are that 250 will be about
the total numler of dead.
Bolutives of the victims continue to
arrive from all the surrounding town.
The body of Tom Broggon, of North !
Lawrence, O., waa located today in
mine iu. l. juero are uu buuU(Ih
collius In the camp to bury tho dead, I
ami, io ami nonrir me .imauuu. uie
homes are rapiaiy decomposing, aud it
lu .,,...li that Piumminn n,..
have to be nrM to. There are 60
hn.l. (, ll..h ,m nrcvi.n (oi- hurt!
has been made.
II any one man 1 to blame for the
accident, it will never be known, for
no man wno can ten ine story has
come oui oi ine mines uuve. many
old coal miner, laminar wim (nese
mino. state that fhey have alway
own regaruwi aa too anin unuca mi
tne state, inese men aiso say mat tne
company' policy has alway been to 1
spare no expense in order to keep the
mines in a thoroughly sale condition.
At the coal companv'a store every
thing is being giving out free of charge
that the families of the dead are in im
mediate need of, and the store 1 being
kept open night aud day.
An inqnest was begun this morning
at the residence of the late John Hunt
er, who waa killed in too mine. The
-tnrv Hdl lint an inta tha nniitmwarflv aa '
4"-J r- j
to what caused the disaster, but simply
found that Hunter met hia death in
the mine through - explosion. State
Mine Inspector Thomas testified that it
was his opinion that the explosion waa
caused by a "tight heavy shot". He
said the mine was free from gas. lie
had examined the place where it was
olaimed powder had been stored, and
laid it was plainly evident that the ex.
nloalnn started where the nowder was
stored, a the bodle taken from that
wer, Dttdly turned
r
Plaadod tha lirlton'a Cam.
Chicago, May 6. Bishop Hartzell
pleaded the case of the Briton in the
Transvaal tonight before an audienoe
that almost filled the Auditorium He
iioku from impressions gained by per
sonal observation in South Africa;
from personal acquaintance with Presi
dent Kruger and from close study of
laws and the administration of law by
the government. Bishop Hartzell in-.de
his argument in behalf of the English.
Oil Truat Balsas WiM,
.New York. May 6. The World to
morrow will print the following:
"Tweuty-five thousand men employed
by the Standard Oil Company a
meohanio and laborer all over the
country have had their wages raised 10
per cent. The advance will not affect
clerks."
riaguo at Nuakln.
Suakin, May 5. Three oases of
bonio plague and one death from
disease' are reported here,
bu-tbe
THt CASE OF CLARK.
onala Will Tak It Cp Neat Thnr.
day.
Washington, May 5. The senate to
day adopted the motion of Hoar to take
up the resolution of the committee
election declaring that Clark, of Mon
tana, was not duly elected to the sen'
ate, and then postponed consideration
of the question for a week. The army
appropriation bill, after a rather spirit
ed debate, was passed without division
The day closed with the passage of
number of private pension bills, inclad
ing bill to pension Mr. Julia Henry,
widow of the late General Guy
Henry; General James Longstreet, Mrs.
Margaret M. Badger, widow of the late
Commodore Badger, and Mrs. Harriet
Gridley, widow of the lute Caput
Gridley, of the navy.
The house today, without division.
passed the free home bill, which ha
been pending before congress for
number of years. The bill provides
that the government shall issue pat
ents to actual iHjua tide settler
agricultural lands ol Indian reserva
tions opened to settlement. These
lands were taken up by settlers, who
contracted to pay for them $1.25
$3.75 per acre. Jty the term of the
bill, the government assumes the pay
ment of the purchase price to the In
dians and change Ihe existing law rel
ative to agricultural colleges so a
insure the payments of the endowments
which heretofore have come out of the
ale of publio lands in case of aVflcien
cy. These payments involve $1,200,
000 annually. Of the 20,000,000 acre
in Inriian reservations opened to settle
ment, for which the government ia
to
pay or has paid $35,000,000, about
8,000,000 acre have been taken and
2.000,000 are supposed to be still avail
able lor agricultural purposes. A re
markable thing in connection with the
passage of the bill today was a speech
in it favor by Gulusha A. Grow, the
venerable ex-seaker of the house, who
48 years ago, lathered and passed tlx
original homestead bill. He was then
the youngest and is now the oldest
member of the house. The remainder
of the day wa devoted to the sundry
civil appropriation bill, the lost but
one of the great supply bills.
GOEBEL MURDER CASE.
Cnlton Described the Conforenee Held
In Lexington.
Frankfort, Ky., May 6. W. II. Cnl
ton resumed hia testimmony in the
Goebel murder investigation today,
He stated that Governor Taylor author
ised the witness to give xoutsey any
amount of money desired if he would
leave Kentucky. At a conference in
Lexington, the Sunday before Goebel
'was shot, it wo decided that Kepre-
(tentative Henry Hurry, who had been
unseated a lew uay belore, should go
to the bouse of representative nex
morning and take hi seat and refuse
to give it up. Vanmeter, his opponent,
was to be in some way prevented from
going to the hall that morning. Caleb
Powers, who waa at the conference.
te)nhnil
to Governor Taylor at
'
Fi auk fort two or three times in regard
to the conference. On cross-examina
tion, Culton said he did not know ef
any list of state senators or representa-
titvea who were to be put out of the
way.
On re-direot examination, Culton
aid that Hergeant-at-Arm Haley
signed the subpoenas for witnesses (or
uovernor Taylor to testify before the
hRr.itr.yial nontaat onnmiitt.ee and
,uth0riaed Culton to secure good men
ln the various counties to serve them.
rjnlton said be did not know where
Power or Youtsey were when the shot
wa fired. The last talk he had with
Youtsey, the latter said the plan to kill
Goebel had been abandoned. Culton
, had been asked by Taylor to ascertain
what tho wicnnftHAa in tha (vintnat lrnew.
because he was a lawyer. To the pros-
edition ha said he had told more now
on tbe tUia, tnan to any person exoept
hu father iIere hig testimony ended.
circuit Court Clerk Mooie, of Jack
, cnuty, denied that Culton had
niln aything about the plan to
bring on a riot and kill Goebel and
other members of the legislature.
The afternoon session of the court
was taken up with testimony by the
surgeons, who conducted the autopsy
on fhe body of Goebel, and a civil
engineer who had made a measurement
of the state bouse yard. The proseou
tion sought to show, from the nature
of the wound and from the course of
the bullet, which is supposed to have
passed through Goebel' body and waa
dug out of a tree near where he fell,
that the shot wa fired from a window
in the office of the secretary of state.
Canal Bill railed.
Washington, May 6. Ihe house to
day, at the conclusion of the most
stormy debate of the present session of
congress, passed the Nicaragua bill by
ovorwueiuiiun
vote of 225 to 85,
All attempts to retain in the bill the
language of the original bill for the for
tification of the oanal and atill further
to strengthen the language on that line
were balked, and the victory of Hep
burn and the committee wa complete.
A motion to recommit the bill with
instructions to report back another bill
leaving the selection of the route to the
president was buried under an adverse
majority of 68 to 171.
The point of absolute aero, or the
point of no heat, ia fixed at 461 degree
Montana Oantral Lookout.
Minneapolis,, May 6. The Montana
Central trainmen's strike ha assumed
tlie form of a lookout. The parent,
Great Northern Company, ha long
been preparing for it, and haa hired ex
perienced men in the Twin cities and
Chicago to take the strikers' plaoes.
Today the first consignment of 00 men
waa sent on a special train. With
these it is hoped to open the road to
traffic Another train will follow in a
few days
WHOLE TOWN BURNED
Second Mining Camp In the
Slocan Country.
LOSS EXCEEDS HALF A MILLI05
Water Supply - Failed and tha
Uurnad Itaalf Out-A Id Seat
nd Mora Naaded.
Spokane, May 7. A special to the
Spokesman-Review from Kaslo, B. C,
lays:
Sandon, the second mining town in
Importance in the Slocan, ha been
completely destroyed by fire and nearly
all it 1,200 people are homelea and
ruined. Kaslo i 28 mile from San
don, but about midnight large cloud
of smoke came rolling over this town
from Sandon. At once word went out
that Sandon was destroyed, but no new
could be bad from tbe desolate town,
a all wires had been burned.
At 4 P. M. a train came in from San
don bringing number of those who
lost all their property. They reported
that the total loi-s was between $500,
000 and $1,000,000, while the insur
ance could only have been about $25,
000.
The alarm wa sounded shortly after
midnight, and quickly tbe streets wen
filled with hundred of men and wo
men. The name started between
Spencer's hall and Brown's store,
Two streams seemed to bold tbe flame
ln check for a while. Then one stream
ve out and the flames spread rapidly
After that it was only a matter of the
fire burning itself out.
Tbe miners' hospital and a drug store
were blown np in tbe effort to stop tbe
names. By this time all the lower
part of town, including the tenderloin
and many business plaoes were gone,
Then the firemen blew up the Echo
hotel, one of the finost buildings in the
Kootonay country, the Canadian Pa
cific railroad station and other build
ings in order to save the valuable store
of II. Geigerich and II. Byers & Co.
This wa accomplished. Half a dozen
other buildings at tbe extreme ends oi
the town were saved, including the
electric power-house. Tbe rest of 'the
town was drawn into the maelstrom of
flame.
Relief measure were taken quickly.
The official of Sandon donated $500,
and mining men there contributed
$8,000. Kaslo raised $1,800 and sent
np a special train with large supplies
of food, tent and clo'Mng. More re
lief ia needed.
GREAT FUNERAL TRAIN.
Started From the Scene of tho Utaa
Mine Uliaiter.
Salt Lake, May 7. The greatest
funeral train in the history of Western
America started on its journey from
Scotield today. The train had upon it
the remains of about 85 or more of the
victim of the Winter Quarters disas
ter. Accompanying the bodies were
many relatives, who are bowed down
with the severity of the blow that they
have so suddenly sustained. One of
tbe miners who waa in the mine at the
time of tbe explosion and who was one
of the first rescuer who went in to re
cover the bodies, tells an interesting
story. He was in No. 1, in the first
raise, when the explosion occurred, but
so far away from it that the sound did
not reach him. lie suffered a moment
with the air, but thought it tbe result
of a cave-in, worked on a quarter of an
hour, when his miner instinct told
him that something was wrong, and he
came on down to tbe main entrance
A door had been fitted in here to keep
the current of good air from going
above, and to diiect it into the main
workings, where it would meet tbe
damp and either weaken it very muoh
or drive it back. This door was guard
ed on the outer side. Passing on to the
mouth of tbe tunnel, this miner, with
otheis, joined Superintendent T. J
Parmley, and went to No. 4. where the
greatest danger existed. Outside of the
mine those working bad all been in
jured, so the party was small.
Army Itlll railed.
Washington, May 7. Today'a s
sion of the senate waa rendered espec
ially notable by the passage, after a de
bate lasting taree hours, of the army
reorganization bill. In military cir
cles the measure ia regarded as one of
the most important of the present ses
sion. It practically revolutionizes tbe
present staff iMTHngeraents of the army.
It proposes to change tbe present sys
tem of permanent appointments in cer
tain staff corps to one of detail by a
gradual process a the oflioera in those
corps go out of active service. As va
cancies occur in the department of the
adjutant-general, tbe inspector-general,
quartermaster-general and commissary-
general, they are to be filled by details
from the line, the details to be tem
porary and not to exoeed four years.
Shaw la Mot a Candidate.
Chicago, May 5. Governor Shaw, ol
Iowa, who is here attending the Metho
dist conference, declared in an inter-
lew that he was not a candidate for
the vloe-presidenoy on the Republican
ticket, nor did the know that Congress
man Hepburn was.
Stranded Near Port Townaand.
Victoria, B. C, May 7. The steamet
ictorian did not get in until noon to
day, having been on a sand bar neat
Port Townsend for six hour. When
coming up the sound this morning it
was very thick, and in a bank of fog she
suddenly came upon the steamer An
geles, which was not whistliug, and
narrowly escaped collision. It was in
he effort to escape her that the Victor
ian stranded. She floated at high tidt
Without damage.
NORTH COA6T LIMITED.
Thousand of People Impacted Hand
soma and Brilliantly Lighted Train,
Exclamations of astonishment anil
delight at tbe sumptuous furnishings
the Northern Paoiflo's new North Coast
Limited were beard on every aide Wed
nesday evening at the union depot
Portland. Lighted by electricity, ai
it was, from the outside the train lookeo
like a glgantio fiery glow-worm.
On
the inside tbe effect wa a rich aa
Oriental dream of splendor.
"Beautiful I"
"Look at those fine chairs!"
"Never saw anything to equal it!"
These and aimilar exclamation
wonder burst from visitor.
The train made it initial trip from
St. Paul to Portland without a bitch ol
any kind. At every station where
stop was made huge crowd of visitori
warmed aboard, and in some of th
larger place difficulty was experienced
in getting tbe cars cleared in time
tart again. Charle S. Fee, genera)
passenger agent, wa aboard. He wat
met at Seattle by A. D. Charlton,
Portland, assistant general passenger
agent; I. A. Nadean, general Kgent
Seattle, and A. Tinling, general agent
at Tacoms.
To attempt to give a description
each separate section of this new trait
would tax tbe English vocabulary
was thought tbat modern railway con
venience had reached a high degree o:
perfection, but it remained for tb
builder of the North Coast Limited
how that added improvement coulc
be made.
from one end to another it is a con
tinnation of luxury. Bathed in tht
oft glow of shaded electric globes, tht
dark redwood finishings shine with net
brilliancy; the polished glass walk-
sparkle and scintillate with light, an
the other furnishings gleam with bor
rowed light in a manner that makes tb
general effect dazzling. Each car ia ai
completely furnished aa a modei
drawing room. Ail tbe accommoda
tions accorded by first-cuts hotels cat
be secured aboard the palace on wheel
This observation car to tbe rear wil
never be detached to make place fo
any private cars, and no smoking wil
be allowed in the main section, ao tha
women-may enjoy the luxury whil
viewing tbe scenery. Twocommodiou
card rooms at one end are placed then
for the accommodation of tbe smokers
The following table gives brief!
ome facta about this end of the centurj
trains:
Cost $100,00(
Weight 1,000,000 poundi
Length 691 feet
Illumination 291 electric light)
Capacity 225 passenger!
Time, Portland to St. Paul. . .73 houn
COURT MARTIAL PROCEEDINGS
Officer In the Philippines Guilty
Breach of Military Discipline.
The war department haa receive
from General Otis, at Manila, the rec
ords of the proceedings of court mar
tial in the cases of six commissioned
officers. The chief of these case if
that of Major George W. Kirkman
Fortv-ninth Volunteer infantry, (Cap
tain Twenty-third infantry) who wai
dismissed from the service by order o
General Otis on conviction by court
martial of conduct unbecoming an off)
cer and a gentleman, in having misb
haved in appearing on the BwrseU l
Manila in a drunken condition.
The other cases received are tbose o
First Lieutenant Robert C. Gregg
Forty-ninth Volunteer infantry; First
Lieutenant Clayton J. Bailey, Twenty
seventh infantry; First Lieutenant
John J. Foley, Thirtieth Volunteei
infantry; and First Lieutenant Harolc
Hamilton, Ninth infantry. These offi
cers were tried on various charges.
Lieutenants Greeg and Bailey were con
victed and sentenced to dismissal and
Lieutenants Foley and Hammond wen
acquitted. The sentence ln each cast
was approved by General Otis and wen
disposed of without dismission to tht
authorities at Washington. The rec
ords have been sent to the war depart
ment for file and recorded in the office
of the judge advocate general.
At the instance of the secretary ol
war, Judge Advocate General Liebei
will make a special report in tbe case
of Major Kirkman, which report alp
will nave a bearing on the cases o.
Lieutenants Gregg and Bailey, a the
same legal principle is involved in each
of them. Generally stated, that in
volves the right of General Otia to dis
miss the officer without the reference
to the president, as commander in chiel
of the army. It is admitted that such
power ia conferred on general com
manding armies in tbe field in time ol
war, but it is contended that no such
condition existed in the case of Majoi
Kirkman at the time of tbe offense!
alleged to have been committed.
Hero's Flax Story.
The best flax story ia now reported
from western Walsh county, say tha
Omemee (N. D.) Herald, where
farmer raised 2,500 bushels of flax from
100 acres of a $750 farm and is still
lling it at home at f 1.75 a bushel for
seed. A $4,875 crop off $760 farm
pretty awift farming.
Startling Deathbed Confeastoa.
A startling deathbed confession wa
ade by Mrs. Van Horn, at Sioux Falls,
S. D. She solemnly declared that she
had murdered her mother, the wife of
Thomas Egan, who waa hanged for the
crime in 1882.
A Human Plnenahlon.
"People are always wondering where
i the pins go to."
"That' right. Do you knowT"
"No, but eome Baltimore mrgeona
can acoount for 11 of them. They
found them in a 'Human Ostrich' upon
whom they were operating." Cleve
land Plain Dealer.
He who would not change the atonei
into bread for himself multiplied the
loaves of others, United Presbyterian,
BIG PIER BURNED
New York Fire That Cost
About $1,000,000.
MANY PEB80N8 BARELY ESCAPED
Several Barges Moored Hear tha Pier
Were Deatroyad Child Drowned
Buildings Scorched.
New York, May 8. A fire that start
ed at the river end of the Mallory Liue
steamship pier, at tbe foot of Maiden
Lane and the East river early tbi
morning, completely destroyed the pier
and its valuable content.
The police place the loa at f 1,000,-
000; Several barges, which were
moored near the pier, were also de
stroyed, and many rescues of tbeir cap
tain and of member of the familie
on board were made. One life wa
lost. Tbe 9-montbs-old daughter of
Captain Charle Loch, of the barge
Sherwood, waa drowned.
Tbe Mallory pier wa 200 feet long
and 50 feet wide. The pier waa filled
with valuable freight, mostly cotton.
On the north aide of the pier were
moored a number of coal and cotton
barge, while on the south tide was the
steamer San Marios and number of
barge.
No sooner had the work of fighting
the flames begun than the firemen
turned their attention to saving the
lives of those on the barges which were
lying witbin tbe line of danger. Near
est to the pier was the oarge Stephen
B. Elkins. Her captain, Frank Fox,
and hi wife and 8-montbs-old daughter
were on board sleeping. A skid wa
quickly run from the pier to the coal
barge and the occupants of tbe boat
were awakened ana were hurried from
their bunks to a place of aafety before
the flamea reached them.
On board the barge Sherwood were
Charles Lochs, the captain, 86 years
eld; his wife Lenna, 80 years old, and
their daughter, Bosie, 9 months old.
Tbe Loch family waa awakened by the
flamea. Their barge waa already on
fire. The father took the 9-montha-old
baby in his arms, and with his wife
jumped into tbe water. Timothy
Boyle, formerly in command of tbe
barge New Brunswick, whose home is
at Bondont. N. Y., plunged in to save
the woman, who had become exhaust
ed. Her husband, who still held the
baby in his arms, saw that his wife
was on the point of going down. It
became a question with him a to which
he should save, his wife or baby. He
let the baby go, in tbe hope that sbe
wonld be picked np by some one else.
and went to the assistance of hia wife.
He managed to hold her head above
water until Boyle reached them. All
three were then landed by life linen,
the child being lost. The half drowned
captain and his wife were moved to the
Hudson street hospital, where tbey re
covered. On the coal barge H. 11.
Hand, which lay alongside the other
burning barges, were the captain.
Joseph Plumb, his wife and two chil
dren. All were rescued by the polioe.
Patrolman Jeremiah Cronin was badly
burned while taking one of the chil
dren ashore. All bands on board tbe
lighter A mo got ashore safely. Michael
Sheldon, of tbat boat, was compelled
to jump into tbe river, from which be
was rescued.
Three laige vessels were lying so near
the blazing pier tbat tbeir safety was
endangered. They were the steamer
San Marios and the steamer Neuces,
which were safel; towed out into mid
stream, and the bark St. James, the
rigging of which was burned before she
could be gotten out of harm's way.
Tbe scene on the water was a most
exciting one. The river was filled with
team craft engaged in towing the. vari
ous vessels and barges to places of
safety. Four cotton barges, others
laden with oornmeal and some loaded
with coal caught fire and were de-
stioyed. Some of them were also sunk .
to prevent the further spread of the
flames.
Beply to the Porto's Note.
Constantinople, May 5. The ambas
sadors met yesterday and decided to
reply to the porte's note of April 29 re
garding the increase of duties, as fol
lows: "Tbe embassies note the porte's
declaration that it does not intend to
introduce any unilateral measures, and
will hasten to inform their govern
ments of this." The ambassadors have
decided to make their consent to an in
crease conditional on the removal of
the abuses of the chemical analysis, tbe
suppression of warehouse duties and
the abolition of the stipulation where
by articles not specified in the tariffs
may be interdicted, confiscated or de
stroyed. -
Hallatones Large aa Baaenalla.
Omaha, May 8. A spe:ial to the
Bee from Beaver City, Neb., gives fur
ther detail of the Wilsonville tornado.
any farm bouse were destroyed.
The hailstones were as large as base
balls, and were driven through roofs.
The twister appeared after the bom
bardment and took a northeasterly
course. It was funnel shaped and did
damage over a large area. Farmers
west and north of Wilsonville were the
greatest sufferers. Many people fled
to their cellars.
Mayor fc'orblda "Sappno."
Leavenworth, Kan., May 8.
Sappho," which has been played
throughout Kansas for the past few
weeks, was billed here for Sunday
night, but Mayor Neeley forbade tbe
production. Church people got up in
arms, and a deputation of ministers
called on Mayor Neeley and laid the
matter before him.
Montreal, May 8. The paper and
pulp mills at Grand Mere, Qnebeo,
have been entirely destroyed by firs,. ;