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MIST.
VOL. XVIII.
ST. HELENS, OUEGON, FRIDAY, MAIICII 29, 1901.
NO. 15.
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A. J. TAVLoll, Annul, Aatorla.
EIEW5 or I ii
From All Parts of the New World
and the Old.
Or INTEREST TO OUR MANY READERS
7omprhaiulvt Review of th Important nf
Pnbijiof Ua Pail Wtck bit
CMMicflM4 form.
Pittsburg ttreet-ctr men may to oa
trlke.
Onnenl Puntton b (on In purutt
of Agulnaldo.
Kruer expecti to vlilt tb United
oiaiBi neii montn.
The Philippine commlsilon Ii Uklni
tontimony In Necroi.
Japan enertlcally proteaU acalnit
the Ruaao-Chlnuae treaty.
The Portunueae fovernment aelred
Jeault property In IJabon.
Snaln reralvsrl linnnnn tnr h 1..
landi of Cagayan and Blbutu.
A tornado did great damage to ahlp
ping In Penaacola bay, Florida.
Corea removea Brltlah cnllnrtnr nf
euMtoma, which cauaea a proteat.
Governor Ilornra nf Wmlilnrtnn
toed the bill for the aelectlon ot ar hnnl
textbooks.
Ru8la agreei with Great Britain
X) let Von Walderaee arbltrata tha Tim
Tain dispute.
Mra. Not Inn waa arnrtail (n
grotmda of Kansaa soldiers' home to
train by police.
Orarly Of the Ruaalan aturlant mil.
blea Impelled the Czar to call a special
meeting ot the ministers.
Kaar Janar vlllaa waa A.tmv.4
by burning oil, as the result of the
wreca 01 a coai ana oil train.
Inaurgenta will be given 30 days' ex
tension of time to take advantaie ol
the law regulating voting and office
holding. General Weyler. Spanish minister ol
war, Is preparing eitenslve army re
forms. The food of the soldiers will
be Improved, and economies will be
realited In tbo war budget.
"The United Statue government"
says the Ixinilon correspondent of tue
Dally express, "has refused New Zea
land's request to reopen the question ol
permitting Hrttlsh steamers to trade
between Honolulu and San Francisco."
Two hundred girls working In the
overall department of Sofford Bros.,
drygoods factory at Kansas City,
walked out. The Arm recently re
duced the price for making overalls
from 11.25 to 98 cents a dozen.
In the bankruptcy court at Burton-
on-Trent, England, Lord Waterpark
declared hla bankruptcy waa due to
the compulsory sale of his property
In compliance with the Gladstone act
of 1881. He said he had thereby lost
35.000. The liabilities ot the debt
or amount to 26,00m, and his assets
are 3,000.
Great damage has lean done by
floods In Andalusia.
A hurricane swept the New He
brides January 25, doing great dam-
age.
The condition of Representative
Livingstone, of Georgia, who la III
at Washington, Is encouraging.
Tha cruiser Olympla wua placed In
the drydock at Boston to be acraped
and painted below the water line.
Company t. of the Twenty-third In
fantry, stationed at Fort Douglass,
will leave for Fort Wlngate, New
Mexico.
Carlos Roloff, the newly appointed
treasurer of Cuba, whose term begins
April 1, will qualify with bond ol
1200,000.
Shamrock It will have several
trials over the Queen's course In tns
Solent, and off the Irish coast with
Shamrock I.
Senator Frye, of Maine, sailed from
New York on the steamship Cherokee
for Santo Domingo. He la on a Ave
weeks' vacation.
r-li ..laa Tlnlla la under arraaf al
t ,.a inmln. nn a warrant f mm Now.
ark, N. J., charging him witn emues-
slement and forgery.
Klnc Edward has approved the an-
nninimAni nf nAnoral Sir Arthur
Power Palmer as commander-in-chief
ot
the forces In India.
Miss Pearl Colleasure was shot at
charivari at uutnrie, ana ner lire
ftaannlrnn' nf. Hhs was hit with a
Is
ballot while standing on me porcn
Tha lower house ot the Austrian
Relcharath reported a motion of
urgency tn the Bohemian census de
bate after a discussion lusting five
hours.
Creditors of Gaylord, Blessing ft
it,. nMnal Arm nf hrnkara In St.
i m'lia whn fa.ied recently, filed a pe
tition to declare ine company Dana
rupt. ia,in tn th affects of the heavy
..Ina nn on. nf the famous tnarbel
quarries at Carrara, Italy, a land
slide of 2,000 cubic yards occurred,
destroying the railway sianon.
The late Margaret Pillsbury. widow
.v.Muvnr Dnrsra A. Pillsbury. of
Minneapolis, bequeathed $20,000 to
Pillsbury acanemy at uwmonua,
Minn.; $25,000 to Margaret Pillsbury
hospital, at Concord, N. H., and
$10,000 to the Northwestern hospital,
at Minneapolis.
The Baltimore ft Ohio railroad has
ordered 105 new engines.
Florida Is now thronged with visit
ors from the northern and western
states.
In the United States regular army
Spanish Is spoken fluently by 304
asloned officers, French by 224
and German by 136.
Besides King Edward there are 7J
k.ir. n tha ni-lttnh throne without
going outside of the group of Vic
toria's direct descendants.
LEFT TO DIPLOMACY,
sttlsment of the Dispute at Tien
Tsln.
PEKIN, March 23. Count Von
Waldersee, General Barrow and Oenj.
eral Wogack have been In consultar
tlon and General Wogack has agreed
to withdraw the Russian troops from
the disputed ground at Tien Tsln
provided the British also withdraw.
He Insisted also upon a guarantee
that work on the railway siding
should not proceed until the matter
had been diplomatically adjusted
Thla proposal and stipulation was
satisfactory to General Barrow and
waa accepted by him. Consequently
the British and Russian troops will
be withdrawn at 6 o'clock this morn
Ing (Friday), thereby avoiding all
trouble at present. Orders have been
lasued that no British officer shall
leave or even "sleep out" at night
or go to dinner without furnishing
his address to the adjutant. The
marines will return to the ships.
Admiral Seymour objects to any of
the Australian naval brigade, who
volunteered for service on the rail
way, remaining. The military au.
tborltles say be does not understand
the situation, that bis Inference Is
uncalled for and uat the Australian
marines are just tue men needed,
The Russians have ordered a regi
ment to proceed from Port Arthur
to Tien Tsln. The arrangement made
by General Balloud. the French com
mander, are regarded as perfectly
satisfactory and all danger ot trouble
between the British and Russians is
avoided.
MILITARY TO CIVIL.
Tranafer of Government in Philip
pines June 30.
WASHINGTON, March 23. The
transfer from the military to the civil
government In the Philippines Is ex
pected to occur about June 30, ac
cording to calculations made at the
war department upon information re
ceived from the Taft commission and
Oeneral MacArthur. It ia known that
even where civil government Is be
ing established by the Philippine com
mission, the military will be neces
sary for some time to support the
civil authorities. It la the Intention
to withdraw the military as fast as
possible, however, from any partlcl
patlon In the governments established,
and the soldiers will be more of a
police than of a military force.
Wherever possible, native police wil
be organised.
BATTLESHIP ASHORE.
Massachusetts Runs on a Spit In Pen-
aacola Harbor.
PENSACOLA, Fla.. March 21.
The flagship Kearsarge and the battle
ship Alabama, of the North Atlantic
squadron, crossed the bar here this
morning for a cruise In the Gulf,
with Target Bay, Culebra Island, as
a destination. The Massachusetts,
which followed the two other wai
ahlps out, took a sheer, left the chan
nel, and went aground on a spit ol
sand at buoy No. 7. President
O'Brien, of the National Bar Pilot
Association, arrived late tonight from
the battleship. He snys she Is aground
with 24 feet of water under her for
ward turret, while there is plenty ol
water under all other parts of the
ship. It is expected the battleship
will be pulled oft tomorrow.
Philippine Trade.
Waahlngton, March 23. The im
ports into the Philippine Islands from
the United States during the first
eight months of x900 show an Increase
of 72 per cent over the amount for
the same period in 1899, according to
a statement of the commerce of the
archipelago Issued by the division of
Insular affairs of the war department.
For the period stated of 1899, the Im
ports from the United States amount
ed in value to $780,793 and for the
first eight months of last year to
11.340,717.
The total value of merchandise,
gold and silver, Imported into the
Islands from January through August
of 1900 the period of time to which
the statement relates was 116. So6
684. The exports were valued at
$17,808,222, showing a balance of trade
In favor of the archipelago. These
figures, as compared with the same
period of 1899, show an increase of
34 per cent in Imports and 28 per
cent In exports. Yhe exports to the
United States show a decrease, $l,9&4,
631 worth being sent to this country
In 1900, as against $2,547,839 worth
In 1899.
Panlo at a Chicago Fire.
Chicago, , March 21. Fire tonight
totally destroyed the large warehouse
of J. S. Ford, Johnson ft Co., at Six
teenth street and Wabash avenue.
The building and everything Inside
was ruined, The north, south and east
walls of the building collapsed while
a number of firemen were Inside
flzhtlne- the fire. They were com
pelled to drop the hose and run for
their lives. Several were badly
bruised by falling bricks. A panic
waa praRtnd anions' the thousands
ot spectators, and In a wild rush to
escape Injury Dy tne railing wans
many women and children were
lrnnolrori anrl tramnlAri linnn. The logs
Is $200,000, equally divided among
building and stocK.
One Cent per Mile for G. A. R.
niAniinii n March St. An Im
portant meeting of railway men was
held in tnis City toaay, ai wnra mo
i.Ant.nor.nllA rntn nrnmlsnd for the
Grand Army of the Republic National
encampment, to ne neta in tiovoumu
aaniArnhflr wm fnrmallv nro-
UDI v - ,
mulgated. This fixes the railroad
rate absolutely, and finally govers the
rate going ana returning iruiu am
l.l. In riantral PaaflantrA. AaROCln-
njlllia i. . - - - -
n. ,i-ltnrv Th rntn will also be
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tendered to the connecting llnea and
outside territory xor caging purposes.
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Hems of Interest From All Parts
of the State.
COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL HAPPENINGS
A Brief Review of the Growth and Improve
menti of the Many Induitrlei Through,
out Our Thriving Cotnmaaw tilth.
Ashland Construction of the Ash.
land freight depot has begun.
Pendleton Young men of Pendle
ton have organized a cornet band.
La Grande A large fruit cannery
win be established at La Grande.
John Day The Sheep Gulch mine,
near John Day, haa resumed opera
tions.
8alem The O. R. ft N. Co., whose
docks were washed away, contem
plates replacing them.
Eugene Many Offers are being re
ceived for Eugene school bonds, which
the district will sell to the amount of
$26,000.
8ummervllle It Is reported that
the complete outfit of new machinery
for the creamery at Bummervtlle has
been ordered.
Weston Two quarter sections of
fine farming land, one and one-half
miles south of Weston have changed
owners. The price paid was $13,500.
Quartzburg Quartzburg will soon
be connected with Prairie City by
telephone. The wire has been
atretcted nearly the entire distance.
Clatsop The Elk Creek toll road
In Clatsop county, is almost com
pleted, and win soon be open for
travel. One bridge remains to be
put la. ,
Gold Beach Gola Beach la now In
telephone communication with the out
side world. The line has been ex
tended across the river from Wed
derburn.
Eugene A bridge on the Elmlra
mall route, about eight mllea west
ot Eugene, Is in a dangerous condi
tion. It will be rebuilt as soon as the
water recedes.
Ashland 8. H. Calhoun, of Ash
land, has exchanged 160 acres of land
near that place for a like amount of
land in Klamath county belonging to
O. H. Paletborpe.
Baker City Mr. C. McEndry. who
owns placer claims on Pine creek, on
the Burnt river slope, baa been ex
hibiting in Baker City a gold nugget
which weighs $107.
Pendleton Frank Frazler Is mak
ing plans for a horse parade at Pen
dleton early next May, similar to the
one last May. All kinds of well-bred
horses will be allowed to take part
Ashland Inquiry of lumber dealers
at Ashland reveals the fact that while
Improvements have been going oo
steadily all winter, building will take
on a fresh Impetus with the open
ing of spring.
Milton High water In the Walla
Waila river w ashen out the under
pinning at the Milton end ot the
bridge near Brown s mill, and con
siderable work was necessary to re
pair the damage.
8umpter The Sumpter Valley rail
road will commence work on the re
maining three miles of road to the
new town in a few days, and trains
will be running from Maker to Whit
ney soon. Whitney will be the ter
minus ot the company at present.
Eugene Sheriff W. W. Withers
rounded up a gang of 11 hobos in
the woods beyond the river opposite
Eugene and took them to the city
jail. Residents beyond the river had
complained that many ot tneir
chickens were missing. At the camp
ot the bobos preparations tor a big
chicken dinner were going on.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Walla Walla, 66Vi66tt;
alley, nominal; bluestem, 69c per
bushel.
Flour Best grades, $2.803.4O pei
barrel; graham, $2.60.
Oats White 44 45c per bushel;
gray, 4243c.
Barley Feed. 116.500)17; brewing,
$16.5017 per ton.
Millsturrs Bran, lie per ton;
middlings, $21.50; ahorta, $17.50;
chop, $16.
Hay Timothy, $1Z)1Z.50; clover,
$7 9.50; Oregon wild hay, $67 per
ton.
Butter Fancy creamery, 22U)25c;
dairy, 18 20c; Btore, ll13c per
pound.
Eggs Oregon ranch, 12MiO per
dozen.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3.50
$5; hens, $505.50; dressed, ll12c
per pound; spring, $4$j5 per dozen;
ducks, $66; geese, $68 per dozen;
turkeys, live, 910c; dreasod, 13
14o per pound.
Potatoes 455&c per saclt.
Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethers,
$4.75; ewes, $44.50; dressed, 6Mi
7c per pound.
Hogs Gross, choice heavy, $5 m
$5.25; light, $4.755; dressed, 67c
per pound.
Veal Large, 77Hc per pouna;
small, 8H9c per pound.
Beef Gross, top steers, $4.60
$4.75; cows, $4g4-50; dressed beef,
78c per pound.
Hops I2fl)l4c per pound; is'Js
crop, 67c.
Wool Valley. 14)15c; Eastern
Oregon, 9312c; mohair, 2123o per
pound.
Russian secret police have arrested
many literary men, lawyers and stu
dents for alleged conspiracy.
In consequence of emigration there
la a greater preponderance of women
In Norway than In almost any other
country tn Europe.
Congressman LInney, of North Car
ollna, is the only republican ever
elected to congress who served as a
private In the confederate army.
BOTH 8IDE8 RETIRE.
Troop Withdrawn From Disputed
Land at Tien Tsln.
BERLIN, March 25. The war office
bas the following from Count von
Waldersee:
"The Anglo-Russian dispute at Tien
Tsln has been settled from a military
standpoint in a manner satisfactory
to both parties at a conference be
tween Generals Wogack and Barrow,
Both guards and posts have been
withdrawn and salutes have been ex
changed. The British declare that no
offense to the Russian flag was in
tended and that the allegeu removal
of the Russian boundary marks was
neither by the command nor with the
knowledge of the military authorities,
The work on the disputed land will
not be continued until the govern
ments have reached an agreement as
to its possession or until a special un
derstanding bas been attained.
PEKIN, March 25. The troops on
both sides of the disputed land at
Tien Tsln have been withdrawn, and
all danger of a fracas is ended. The
opinion of the British is that the
promptness 01 General Barrow in call
ing up the marines from Taku pre
vented a collision. The British re
port that prior to the arrival of the
marines sentries were supplied from
the Madras Pioneers, who for several
days were surrounded by crowds of
foreign soldiers mostly French, who
assailed them with all kinds of abuse,
calling them "coolies." The Madrasses
were becoming restive when the ma
rines arrived at night and quietly re
lieved them, and it was only when
daylight appeared that the Russians
discovered the change.
WHY BOTHA DECLINED.
Kitchener Refused Complete Amnesty
to Leaders.
LONDON, March 25. The Dally
Chronicle, professing to be able to
give an outline of the negotiations be
tween Lord Ktchener and General
Botha, says:
"The chief obstacle to a settlement
was Lord Kitchener's refusal to grant
complete amnesty to the leaders of
the rebels In Cape Colony. He offered
self-government on the lines of Jama
ica Immediately upon the cessation of
hostilities, with legislative bodies
partly elected by the burghers. The
government agreed to provide 1,
000,000 to compensate Boers for prop
erty destroyed and articles comman
deered by the Boers on commando,
provided the signatures of the of
ficers who commandeered the goods
were forthcoming. He also offered to
grant loans on easy terms for rebuild
ing and restocking farmsteads. More
over, be agreed that children should
be Instructed in English or Dutch, at
the discretion of their parents. The
government undertook to make no
claim on church property or funds, or
upon hospitals or hospital funds, or
upon private Investments. No burgher
of either state was to be allowed to
possess a rifle, except by special li
cense.
"General Botha was generally In
favor of these conditions, but he dis
sented strongly from a proposal to
give the full privilege of citizenship to
properly domclled and registered
blacks. He was also greatly con
cerned about the position Jewish cap
italists would occupy in the country,
and was told that Jews and Chris
tians would enjoy equal rights, no dis
tinction being maue in the matter of
concessions.
MUST REFUND THE BONDS.
Plna County, Ariz, Will Pay for
tn Experiment,
PHOENIX, Ariz.. March 25. The
territorial supreme court today hand
ed down an Important decision in the
matter of the Plna county bonds. It is
held that the territory must refund
these bonds, amounting now, with in
terest, to $352,000. Incidentally, the
opinion re-establishes the territorial
loan commission which the legisla
ture Bought two years ago to abol
ish. The bonds. amounting to
$200,000 were issued by Pina coun
ty under an act of the legisla
ture of 1883 to encourage the con
struction of a narrow-gauge railroad
from Tucson to Globe. The road
was . begun but never finished, and
though these bonds had been, turned
over to the promoters, the county re
fused to pay the Interest. All the
bonds are held in New York.
Government Call for Bids.
Seattle, Wash., March 25. Quar
termaster Ruhlen will tomorrow is
sue an invitation to the various ship
ping concerns doing business between
this city and Alaska to furnish pro
posals for the contract to lighter at
Nome and St. Michael such govern
ment stores as are shipped this sea
son by the war department to the
military posts to the mouth of the
Yukon river and points in thelnterlor
of Alaska. Major Ruhlen roughly es
timates that tnere will be la.000 tons
ot freight on the basis of ship's meas
urement to be sent north this sum
mer. The bids will De opened March
30. The government win have four
ships in the Alaskan service.
His Last Raid.
Santa Fe. N. M., March 25. Tom
Ketchum, famous as an outlaw, the
man who terrorized the territory for
years, was executed today. "Black
Jack" waa the soubriquet by which
Ketchum was best known. He was
sentenced by the territorial supreme
court on February 25. Numerous at
tempts were made to stay the execu
tion, Ketchum having many friends
among a certain class. Although ac
cused of several murders and other
felonies, Ketchum was only tried for
the robbery of a train near Folsom, N.
M., the penalty for which, in this ter
ritory, Is death.
Northwest Pension.
Washington, March 25. Pension
have been granted as follows:
Oregon urlcinal. William H. Rum-
ley, Medford, $8; Mexican war sur
vivors, increase, Samuel B. Jackson,
Eugene, $12: widows, increase, spe
cial act February 20, Catherine A.
Young, Portland, $12; war with Spain,
original, John Dennis, Portland, $12.
Washington Original, Thomas F.
Mahan, Seattle, $8; Peter Chambers,
Port. Angeles, $6; William M. Mat
tax, Thorp, $6, v.
11
Consul-General Gunnere Is After
. the Moorish Ruler.
HE MUST SETTLE UNITED STATES CLAIM
Cruiser New York Arrives at Gibraltar, end
Will Convey the American Official
from Tangier to Maze.
GIBRALTAR, March 25. The ar
mored cruiser New York arrived here
today. The New York will convey Mr.
Gummere. United States consul gen
eral, from Tangier to the Iseaport of
Mazagan, whence he win iiivel over
land to Morocco City, tXM political
capital of Morocco, there to demand
from the sultan an apology for an ap
parent discourtesy to the United
States, committed by the sultan's
grand vizier and hi minister to for
eign affairs. At the same time, Mr.
Gummere will request tne sultan to
settle certain claims of the United
State long pending against the gov
ernment of Morocco, these claims
arose largely from alleged undue in
terference by officials of the sultan
with American citizens doing busi
ness In Morocco. When Mr. Gum
mere said be would see the sultan
personally on the matter of these
claims, be was told by the grand
vizier and his minister of foreign af
fairs that any such effort would be
useless, as the sultan would remove
himself and hi minister from their
capital, Morocco City if the Ameri
can consul attempted to visit them
there. This Discourteous statement
constitutes the offense for which the
Moroccan government has been asked
for apology and to secure which apol
ogy Mr. Gummere, backed up by the
New York at Mazagan, will travel
overland to the sultan s capital.
The United States experienced
some difficulty and delay last year In
securing the payment of $5,000 from
Morocco for the latter's failure to
make any attempt to punish the lead
er of a mob who burned and killed
the naturalized American citizen,
Marcus Ezequl, at Fez, last June,
After considerable correspondence on
the matter and after the United
States had threatened to se.td a war
ship to Tangier, Morocco paid the
$5,000 in question.
ANXIOUS TO A88IST CHINA.
Minister Desire to Put Her on Her
Feet.
TEKIN, March 26. The British
headquarters here report the with
drawal of both the Russian and Brit
ish troops from the disputed terri
tory in Tien Tsln. M. De Giers. the
Russian minister to China, believes
that everything will be amicably ad
justed at London and St. Peters
burg, and doubts the probability of
further trouble In the matter. Gen
eral Voyron, commander of tie
French troops, has ordered a new
regiment to Tien Tsin to replace the
one now here. French officers here
think it was a mistake to leave a
regiment recruited In a city at Tien
TBin. This regiment was composed
ol a tough Paris element.
At the meeting of tne ministers
held this morning, the only question
considered was that of policing the
legation quarters. A committee of
commissioners has been appointed to
discover Chinas resources and re
port on her ability to pay the indem
nity to be demanded by the powers.
Many ministers are strongly op
posed to China's having to pay to
keep an army of from 10,000 to 12,.
000 men here for the next two years.
thinking this entirely unnecessary.
Even those ministers who were here
during the siege were tired of see
ing Pekin a military cams- They
hope China . will be put on her feet
a soon as possible.
TO RE-MARK BOUNDARY.
United State Expert Will Define
Lin In Mount Baker District.
SEATTLE. March 25. C. H. Sin
clair, a government expert, win leave
within a short time to re-mark the
International boundary in the Mount
Baker aiBtrict. Captain J. F. Pratt,
of the United States coast and geo
detic survey, stated today that the
boundary is not to be changed, but
I simply to be re-marked. Obliterated
posts, monuments and other land
marks will be restored and new ones
will be placed, to bring the marks
close together and prevent the possi
bility of error In the future.
The geological features of the expe
dition will be conducted by E. C. Ber
nard, and will be simply an affirma
tion ot records already -made.
It Is thought that a Canadian com
mission may be present white the Une
is being re-defined as a precautionary
measure, and to prevent any future
difflcuties over errors in the re-mark
ing.
Father of Mrs. Marcus Daly Dead.
Helena, Mont., March 25. Zenas
E. Evans, father of Mrs. Marcus Daly
and Mrs. J. Ross Clark, wife of the
brother of Senator W. A. ' Clark, is
dead at Anaconda. He was 79 years
ot age, and came to Montana In the
early '60s from Pennsylvania.
Two Hundred Boers Caught,
Bloemfonteln, March 25. The re
sult ot the combined movements
against General Fourle, near Tha
banchu, waa the capture of 200 Boers,
120,000 sheep, 5,000 horses and a host
ot cattle. The Boers broke south
ward to the right and left.
Northwest Postal Order.
Washington, March 25. 'the post-
office at Ironside, Malheur county, Or.,
has been moved one mile to the west,
without change of postmaster.
A new office, known aa Connell, haa
been established In Franklin county,
Washington, between Judson and Hat
ton. Charles A. Joyce &aa been ap
pointed postmaster.
The office ot Eddyvllle, King coun
ty, Washington, will be discontinued
March 30,
I
A RIVER OF FIRE.
Flaming Oil Destroyed New Jersey
Village.
NEW YORK, March 26. A river of
flaming oil swept down upon the little $
village ot Glengarden, N. J., while It ,
Inhabitants were asleep this morning,
and reduced 11 buildings, stores and
residence to ashes. The conflagra
tion was extraordinary in character,
and in it origin. The village Is In a
valley along the New Jersey Central
Railroad. An Immense freight train
was coming east at 6:30 A. M. It waa
composed of a string of coal cars, and
18 tank cars. High above the village
the tracks of the railroad run along
the side of a mountain. They descend
as they approach the village, but even
at the station are considerably above
the main street, which run up to tne
depot at a steep incline.
A few miles west of the village,
while coming down the incline around
the mountain the train parted. The
engineer on the forward end pulled
apen the throttle of the engine
and tried to race away from
the section, which waa Increasing
its speed every second. He man
aged to keep clear of the racing
cars until he got opposite the depot at
Glengarden, when the second section
smashed into the first. The first sec
tion, composed ot the coal cars, was
going at a high rate of speed, and
none of its cars were jolted off the
track. The oil tanks on the runaway
section were hurled sideways across
the tracks, and the oil tank cars be
hind were piled on top of It In every
way. The first crash caused the oil
in one of the tanks to explode, and
ignite, and the terrific heat caused tne
other car to explode, one after the
other. The Incline running from the
depot down to the main street acted
a a sluice for the burning oil, and it
poured into the chief thoroughfare of
the Tillage, setting fire to every thing
It touched. Houses, fences, trees,
shrubbery and barns were reduced to
ashes In an incredibly short time.
Villagers awakened oy the explo
sions rushed from the on-coming flood
of blazing oil, carrying children in
their arms. Some risked iheir live to
free horses, cow and dogs In outbuild
ings, but other unfortunate animal
could not be reached in time, and were
burned. Within five minutes after the
first explosion the flowina- river of oil
had reached the Masonic Temple in
the heart ot the Tillage and ten min
utes later that structure was envel
oped In flames. Then building after
building, all of them frame, took fire
as the oil reached them, and within
half an hour an area ot 400 feet square
wa a mass of flame. From the
wrecked cars the oil flowed down the
Incline of the railroad track, making a
long line of fire that destroyed the ties
and bent and twisted the tracks. The
loss is estimated at from $60,000 to
$75,000.
WANT CIVIL RULE.
Negro I Ready for Provincial Gov
ernment.
BACALOR, Island of Negros, March
25. According to expression of ' a
large majority of the delegate from
Occidental Negros and of a few who
were present from the Oriental side.
the sentiment of the people is over
whelmingly in favor of! succeeding
the present governments by provin
cial governments in both divisions.
The reasons given for tin view are
that such a change will effect a reduc
tion of taxes and the high salaries of
officials, the establishment of schools
and the improvement of roads. The
speakers alleged that owing to a lack
of means ot education, liberty wa
becoming license. The military com
mander is credited with having or
ganized the only schools. They are
taught by soldiers. Commissioner
Taft assnred the delegate that Ne
gro would be supplied with Amert
can teacher and he outlined the need
of organizing provinces , uniformly
with other islands.
The announcement of yesterday's
surrenders In the Island ot Panay wa
greeted with applause.
General Harrison' Estate.
Indianapolis, March 25. Ex-Presi
dent Harrison left $40,000 in life in
surance. This tact was announced to
night by President Eitel, of tha Union
Trust Company which is executor of
General Harrison's will. He said: '
'Our appraisement ot the Harrison
estate gives its total value at $380,000.
This includes all real estate, railroad
bonds, stock in the Union Trust Com
pany, the law building here, and other
securities.
Gale In English Channel.
London, March 25. The first day of
spring was characterized by a gale
and a heavy snow storm sweeping
over the channel. A storm has been
raging for three days over the North
sea. Wintry weatker is general
throughout Central Europe. In conse
quence of the gale in the channel,
more than 300 steamers are anchored
off South End. The vessels are so
crowding the anchorage that several
minor collisions have occurred.
$100,000 Philadelphia Fire.
Philadelphia, March 26. The West
Park ice palace, at Fifty-second and
Jefferson streets, waa destroyed by
fire early this morning, entailing a loss
of about $100,000 on which there was
an insurance of about $75,000. The
building was used as a skating rink
tnd for the manufacture ot ice for com
mercial use, and was owned by tne
York (Pa.) Ice Manufacturing Co.
Earned Hia Pardon.
Topeka, Kan., March 25. Governor
Stanley today pardoned Convict
Floyd Graham, who aided Warden.
Tryailtnson in suppressing the Insur
rection at the penitentiary coal mines
this week. Graham climbed 400 feet
up the air shaft and communicated
to the warden that the convicts were
weakening on account of their de
plorable condition.
Two Insurgent Surrender.
Manila, March 26. In tne province of
Cavite, four Insurgent officers, and 63
men with 66 rifles, have surrendered to
Lieutenant-Colonel Fran it D. Baldwin,
of the Fourth United State Cavalry,
and one insurgent officer and 12 men
with 16 rifles to Colonel Walter Schuy
ler, ot the Forty-Sixth Volunteer In
fantry. The attendance at the service ot the
Evangelical church in Manila Is not
diminished. Protestantism Is spread
ing rapidly in the province of Painpan.