nn id 170,0 H A 0 MIST. VOL. 'XVIII. PROFESSIONAL. S. H. GRUI3ER, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. OWin with R. K. Quirk, IT. HKMCNR, .1 I ORKIiOM. will.lv. iwrmiiiil attantlon to all laaal ",1 riuiii4 lo mo, Will waollcl lo all "lii Wale Pulled Huia Courl.. v7h. POWELL, A TTORNE Y-AT- LA W. IlKI'l TV ihbthut attohnky. '(IT. IIKI.KS, I ! OMUON. R. Pi Graham, T. J, Clckton. Attonicjs-at-Law. 203 ManHm HtilldliiR, Portland Dragon, fuluml'la County t.ln.s will reoelve prompt iiiriitlu"' w day w. a. dh.i.ari) DILLAKI) & PAY, ATTORNE YS-AT-TA Y l)ltlf writ dcmr In Courthouse, HT. HKI.KNH. OKHIU.K. n.iiiiriil itractlra 111 rimrU ol Orernn or Weah Iii.iimi. Aintraute made directly from county word.. Dr. Edwin Roy Physician and Surgeon HT. HKI.KSS.ORKOON. Dr. II. It. Cliff, Physician and Surgeon ST. 1IIU.KN8, OREGON. Dr. J. K. Hall, Physician and Surgeon I'LATSKANIE, OREGON. A STORIA & COLUMBIA RIVER ii RAILROAD COMPANY. DAILY, iWTATIOl E il "si I it a r r. . am e .vm iw II r. h O .I., Portland Aril in I 40 I Ml W II ID . Ui.bl. 10 tat 1 1 M ,'wti' 4 07 I II ; 40 HA . 4 11 S Ml t Ml lit IH Id W Ul IK 10 )0 Mi 4 43 I I0 3I 71 J; 4 y, 7 '10 W 717 SI? Id no II v.' MH; i 10 w il io tua 1 .11 t ft IN M.M ,. Heintwr ... Pyramid, ... Mayuvr..., . . ymiiry .... , rui.k.nl,,, , Marahtand,. , Waattmrt..,, ,. , lilion . v . . .Knatta,.,. .. HtallMllt.,,, m Itt SO 20 u w ttt I 17 17 II 07 7 M 7 T M T 4 7 1 1 17 7 IW i 41 n 20 10 III 30 II -1 '. 6 f 10 ) il ao mi 'r. A.mrli . I.r ..Jnhu Day. All Irmln. mil, Htno tvintioflloni ei iibl till Nortlmrn Pernio train. 10 and I mm tli. and Hound lnta- At Portland with all trim. iravins I'mon depot. At AMorla with I K A N t o, b.,t and rail lint Is ud from II waco luo .vorwi uaera pointa. Piiii(or Inr Ailorte or war pnlnti mii.l ftif Iralm it llMill.m. Train, will ilnu In lat I... ariiK.i. off at lloiiMon whrn omlii troro mi!hU Il.n. I'aaa. Ad., AMurl. Or OREGON Short Like and union Pacific tie or DAILY. Jl ( a iht TIMK W Hit 1)111 Rn Aaain rua PHoM HuHii.ANU. ro (hlriirt- l-iirilind lt U, Danvar. r. Hi'i-iilil Worth. maha,Kan .,. uuiiii, ...city, hi UmiIi. 'm vl. Hunt. C'hlcaio and KmU iniuin. r:i.ri,H Hll Ukf. Denvor. Ft. oiiri m. 'lh.)malia, Kan- iillunt- t:'r. M.'Uula. .. Inmuii. ':lli ago and Kail. i. NmI Walla. Uiwla- rim Mall Xix'iaiia, Wn. iiii.in. '"'', I'ullraan. Mln . m. m i nHil(a. m. faul, lwm-m Kiknn, l'lilolh, Mllwaiikro, . t"lli'.ao and Kaat. IHm AU HIVKK HI MI-:Ut l.K , UH P4IH I I.AP P. All anlltnar dalM .lib Jwtt lu i hinia. p.m. PurHan Kranrl'o-. p. m. Mall ovary tlvadaya. 1'illy ... '. Ki Niin.lay Columbia Rlvar HiMinl'iy ToAltorlA .nd Way Knotty I0..in. Uodlnga. . . , Wlllamatta Blvar. . Ei smui.v ""IPtniMly.Nawbiirf, 4:5,'V1- S'""'y Malem Wsyland'n Ka.Hunday m. T n. m. TuMThiir. Corralll. andWay- Mon. Wed. lAiidlim aud Krl. , WlllamattTiwdYiinv TT7"" andsn :ly, Dayton, M, 'a Jfr. " n and Way-linilluM. r ';,'.Jl'l,,r' wiM Rlvar. ,v.liw'loo n. dally at . ?!!? Rloarla to t.owlatmt, a ao a, m, A. L. CRAIO, (oncrHl rsngor Agt., Portland, Orb, WHITE COLLAR LINE THE COLUMBIA RIVER AND I'UQET IOOND NAVIGATION CO. PORTLAND-ASTORIA ROUTE. Steamer Hercules lo place of Bailey Gatzert Ij.J " Ainormraet, Portland. Ltavoi A"'"'! dully (ricapi Sunday) 7 H. M. itiitfiiticine iimm, Amnna. ". i.iiitnroN, Ageut, I'orualiil. A. i. 1'AVLOU, AgaDI, A.turla. IIEI5 Of Tllf ra Prom All Parts of the New World and the Old. OF INTEREST TO OUR MANY READERS prthtrulv. Rtvkw of ttvt ImporUnt Hap. pirrlnsi o( tha Paat Wk In 1 ConoVnud Form. Rcur Admlrl 8ohliy lion arrivoj at iiiu JuiiU'ro. UimuMft rulwla Kaln ttcknd tin MauclHiriftti milwtty. All ilniiffiir from the recent (rent vonii in wit) uino VAlloy lia punMiHl, United Hiatal ofllenra have liegun a war on the Cli Incite slave trade in Han rraiiriwo. The Philippine tariff ia not lilculy to he promulgated until Insular caw re Ucoiuetl. Joaetih Hume, the uioneer aalmon fHtrker of the Pacific coast, ia dead at Uerkeley, Cal, The people of Panto DomiiiRO will have iiothinic to do with annexation to the L nited Htatea. Province of Ieyte haa been created in the I'lillippinea and American offlcora placetl in control. Leading move maniifactiirern will form a roinlune for mutual benefit the way of freight ralea, etc. Maniifacturera tf mining machinery will coin hi ne to protect theniMelvei gamut the minghoiiae ComMny. The Coreau toveriimniit hna tlecid i to borrow from franca 6,000,000 yen for the pnrpone of eonntmcting i railway. Charlea Brown, president, and E, hi Canby, caahier, of the auajieiiiled rirat National liank ol Vancouver, oommitteil nucule. A rock waa thrown through the window of car on the Portland Astoria train, 8everal pftiwngera narrowly eacapetl injury. The Twenty-sixth regiment, which arrived in Han rraiicinco on thetranS' port Garonne, haa landed and gone into camp at the I'reaidirt. The (ierman riecliMtag haa pasaed bill which prolongs , authora' rights on dramatic anil mimical protluo tiona from 30 to 60 year. An attempt waa made- to poison prisoner in the county tit tl at Denver, Col. An apple pie and some cheese were left at the jail by an unknown tiersoii for the primmer. Examina tion repealed the fact that both con tained a great quantity of araenio and Other jioiMoiia. Another roliel force in Marimliifl,ui haa surrendered. Cebu, Philippine islands, has not yet been pacitted. 'An English company ia building railway across Mexico. Prospectors at Nome were starting for the hills In January. The steamer Ramona blew up neat Victoria,, I), C, and four people were killed. General Milner make a discourag ing report on conditions in South Africa. The transport Lawton lias reached San Francisco and the Garonne win report d at Honolulu. ltockhill'i plan for the alMtlishment of the Tsung li Yamiin was accepted by the ministers at Pekin. The treasury department purchased 350,tXX) of short term 4 percent bonds at the rate of 11 3.68. A blixxard in southwestern Mis souri has done great damage to prop erty. Practically all outside busineas tiaa iiecn suspended. Martin Hitter, who killed Clara Cheek at Nashville, 111., with a ham mer, because sue reiuscu to marry him, haa been captured. Dr. Rupert Blue, United State marine sureeon, on duty at Milwau kee, has been ordered to proceed with out delay to Ban Francisco. Alonxo J. Whitman, formerly state senator from Minnesota, convicted of passing a had check, waa sentonced to two and a half years' imprison ment, Fire at Birmingham, Ala., des troyed street car barn, containing 85 cars, tho Third Presbyterian church nd the parsonage anil half a block of cottages adjoining. Ios, $75,000. The Union Iron Works of San Francisco signed a contract with the navy department for the construction of the protected cruiser Milwaukee. She is to have 22 knots speed, to be finished in three years, and to c( el $2,825,000. Work on a tartret to cost awut $50,000 will be begun at the Brooklyn navy yard shortly. Tho target, which ia to test tho relative strength of the Gathmann torpedo Run and the regu- ar annv 12 inch rillo, will uupueai a section of the battleship Iowa. Thorn are 120 different language or dialect in the Philippines. Tha nnainffinn denartmont la mak ing plan to obviate the necessity of rehandllng European uw York. . i,.in-ranh letters of famous men will be far rarer In the future than i now. Great men ui wu themsdlve with lgnlnf their names, often with rubber araps, to type written documents, and It will ue hard to get much aentlment from type written manuscript. ACCIDENT IN A DHYDOCK. diocw supped From Undar a Trana. port While Being Floated. SAN FRANCISCO, April 20. While the tranaport Warren wai belns taken out to the Hunter Point drydock to- aay an accident occurred In which two men were badly Injured, several re ceived alight wounds and the 700 workmen aboard got a acare they will not forget In a hurry. The big trana port waa ready to be taken out of the drydock, and the water to float ber wai being let In. The bow rose be fore the atern, and the blocka slip ping from under the latter, the ship gave lurch and the next Instant went over to starboard. She partially recovered herself and then went over again to an angle of 45 degrees and remained in that position for half an hour. When the warren gave her first plunge a connecting rod broke loose and pinned Aaron Astill, an electrician, to the aide of the ship, breaking big ankle. The main binder also broke loose and struck Ben Hall, a bollormaker, crushing his hip. Sev eral men were knocked off the cylinder-head and received scalp wounds. After the second lurch It did not take five minutes to . clear the ship, and aome of the bollermakera and ma chinists did not atop running until they were aafe among the hill. Over 400 of them refused to make the trip down the bay on the vessel, -and walked In from Hunter'a Point. The Warren waa not damaged. CAUQHT BY AN AVALANCHE. engines nuriaa From the Track en a Colorado Mountain Road. BOULDER, Colo., April 20. On the Colorado ft Northwestern railroad two big engines attached to a pas senger train coming from Ward to Boulder, and due here at 4:10 this afternoon, were atruck by a huge anowallde and hurled Into the chaam below. Four trainmen were killed Engineers Hannon and Fitzgerald, Firemen Miller and Conductor Balr. The second fireman has not yet been accounted for, and It ia believed he, too, la burled under his engine. None of the bodies haa been recovered. The paaaenger train left Ward for Boulder drawn by two englnea. When the train reached Boomervllle the en glnea were uncoupled and started up the hill to buck the snow, which waa deep upon the tracks. There Is a sharp curve near the apex of the mountain, and just aa the engines started to plow through a huge snow drift a vast avalanche of snow and earth waa loosened from above. It came down with terrific force and gained momentum every second. It Is aid that the train, which waa Quite heavily loaded with passengers, waa not touched by the slide. PLAQUE IN AUSTRALIA. Appear In the Inaana Asylum Car rled by Rats. VANCOUVER, B. C, April 20. Bu bonic plague haa broken out In an Australian Insane asylum. The steam er Aorangl, from Sydney, brings news of fresh outbreaks of plague at Bris bane and Perth. The serious phase Is the appearance of the bubonic plague In the Dunwlch Insane asylum, where there are 1000 Inmatea. Nearly all the Inmates are aald to be aged or Incurable, bo the outbreak haa aroused the gravest apprehension. Dunwlrk Is on 8 trad brook Island, and Is the asy lum for the entire state. The af flicted patients have been Isolated. The carrying of the plague to the asylum la aacrlbed to rata and to destroy In fected vermin all sewers In the Aus tralian cltlea are being fumigated, with lue result that thouaands of dead rata have been washed out. In One Combine. Milwaukee, Wis., April 20. The Sentinel tomorrow will say: "The Ave largest stationary engine manufacturing eotnpanlea In the United States are to be consolidated Into one gigantic combine with a cap ital of 126.000,000. Charlea Allla and William Alfls, of this city, will be pres. Ident and chairman of the board of directors, respectively, If the deal now pending Is consummated, me com panies which ore expected to be In cluded In the new corporation are: The E. P. Allls Company, of Milwau kee: the Pennsylvania Iron Works Company, of Philadelphia; the Gates Iron works Company, or unicago; me Fraser & Chalmera Company, of Chi cago, and tne Dixon lwanuraciunng Company, of Scranton, Pa." New Cases at Cape Town. Cape Town, April 20. Ten new cases or Duoonio piague, inciuaing two Europeans, were officially report ed today. Two additional deaths have occurred. London, April 20. Official advices to the colonial office regarding the progress or tne miuomc piague in South Africa, show that prior to April 13 there had been 41 cases of the dis ease among persona under military and naval control In Cape Colony. Misunderstanding of Order. Cleveland, April 20. As the result of a head-on collision between freight and construction trains on the Wheel ing A Lake Erie road, In the Cleve land yard early today, William Thels, a brakeman, wa killed, Engineer Velsenbrech waa fatally Injured and Fireman Hammond and Sylvester Bruggen were badly hurt. The acci dent Is supposed to have been caused by- a misunderstanding of orders. President' Neighbor 8hot. Minerva, O., April 20. Andrew Mil ler, a wealthy farmer, living half a mile east of town, was shot when working In his barn. He cannot live. Bloodhounds from Canton have been nut nn tha trail of the assassin. No motive can be attributed for the deed unless an old grudge. Miller staiea a few minutes after the Bhootlng that he believed he knew nis asaaimni. The Miller farm Join President Mo Kinley' farm In the northwest cor ner of Columbian county, ST. HELENS, OREGON, FKIDAY, Hems of Interest From All Parts of the State. COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL HAPPENINGS A Brief Review of the Growth and Improve ments of the Many Industries Through. out Our Thriving Commonwealth. A telephone lino is to be erected from Gold Hill to Crescent City. The council of Mitchell haa decided to put in a system of waterworks. The Lane county court is advertis ing for. bids for the construction of a bridge at Ixirane. H. L. Bennett, a farmer living north of Mcdford, haa ordered a 2,000 gallon tank lor itis windmill. A salmon waa caught near the Main street bridge, Pendleton, recently tnal weighed nearly 11 pounds. 1 he construction of a creamery at Summerville hits begun. The bridge will be 1,000 feet long and 12 feet wide. A new steam saw mill is beine built on Stukcl mountain, about half way between Klumath Falls and Mer rill. It will have a capacity of 15,000 to zo.uoo leet. Some young miscreants piled empty boxes at tho crossing of two of Rose burg's principal streets and set fire to tlieiu about 1:30 in the morning. A big blaze resulted. Firemen and citi zens turned out, believing one of the main business blocka to be on tire. The Deschutes Reclamation & Irri gation Company baa 160 rods of flume built. The flume is seven feet wide and 28 inches deep, and there is now running 15,000 inches of water. The company expects to have water on number of the homesteads before next fall. The ditchia surveyed seven and a half miles. Lawton The Lawton Townalte Company has been reorganized. urants Pass The Josephine coun ty court haa extended time for pay ment of taxes to June 3. Grant Pass The Southern Pacific Company had its repair crew working on the bridge across Rogue river last week. i-iiot hock a mot Rock corre spondent writes that it la feared the recent cold weather seriously Injured me iruit crop in that section. Island City Williams Bros, sold 135 head of hogs to Kldle Bros., of Island City, at $5.40 per 100 pounds. This ia the highest rate reached for some time. Weston W. J. Wilkinson, at Wes ton, purchased from Alex Walker, for the Pacific Elevator Company, 6200 bushels of wheat, which ia stored at Downing Station. He paid 46 cents per bushel. .Pendleton John Bradburn took to Pendleton two wagon loads or 22 sacks of wool from Charles Cunnina. ham's home ranch above Pilot Rock. The wool waa from thoroughbred ewes and the 22 sacks weighed 8600 pounds. 8alem Oregon Christian Endeavor- era are looking forward with much enthusiasm to the 14th annual con vention, which will be held at Salem, May 16-19. The convention will open with the evening session, Thursday evening, closing Sunday evening. Toledo A committee of the Toledo fire department is Investigating the probable cost of a system of water works and a storage reservoir on the hill east or the city. Another commit tee 18 figuring on the cost of fire en gines ,and a third ia investigating hook and ladder. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Walla Valley, nominal; Walla. B6V57c; bluestem, 59c per buBhel. Flour Best grades, 12 703 40 per barrel; graham, S2 60. Oata White, $1 25 per cental; gray. $1 20igl 224 per cental. Barley Feed, $16 5017; brewing, $16 6017 per ton. Mlllatnffs Bran, $16 per ton; mid dling, $21 50; Bhorts, $17 50; chop, $16. Hay Timothy. $1212 50; clover, $79 50; Oregon wild hay, $67 per ton. Hops 1214c per pound; 1899 crop, 67c. Wool Valley, 1314c; Eastern Ore gon, 912c; mohair, 2021c per pound. Butter Fancy creamery, 2022Vtc; dairy, 1518c; store, 1012c per pound. Eggs Oregon ranch, 13134c per dozen. Poultry Chickens, mixed, $44 50; hens, $55 60; dressed, ll12c per pound;' springs, fidtb per dozen; ducka. $6iff6; geese, $67 per dozen; turkeys, live, 1012c; dressed, 13 15c per pound. Cheese Full . cream, twins. 13 13Hc; Young America, 1314c per pound. Potatoes Old, 50 60c per sack; new, 2Vk2c per pound. Mutton Lambs, 10llc per pound gross; best sheep, $8; wethers, $5; ewes, $4 60; dressed,' 77Ve per pound. Hogs Gross, heavy, $5 756; light, $4 755; dressed, 7c per pound. Veal Large, 7o per pound; email, 88c per pound. Beef Gross, top steers, $5g5 25; cow and heifers, $4 504 75; dressed beef, 78i4c per pound. Granite The Climax group of quart claims,, three miles north of Granite, was purchased last week by C. R. Aldrln. The property wa for merly owned by John Hardle, B. J. Cross and Adam Christie. The Cli max vein is about 10 feet wide. The Egyptian reed, which was used for making the pens found in Egyp tian tombs, la a hard variety growing to about the diameter of an ordinary goose quill. Pens made from It are said to last for a day or two and do excellent work. , APBIL 26, 1901. MUSTERED OUT. I hity-Thlrd and Thirty-forth Volunttr RejL menta Get Their Discharge. San Francisco, April 22. The Thirty-third and Thirty-fourth volun teer regiments, recently returned from Manila, have been muittered out. The Twenty-eighth and Thirty-fifth in fantry, now in camp at the Presidio, expect to bo mustered out of the ser vice April 30. Although there are very few troops here now under orders for the Philippines, transports will be rushed there aa fast as possible, to be in Manila in time to bring home all the volunteers to be mustered out by July 1. In accordance with this programme, the Thomas sailed from here Saturday and the Warren will sail on the 25th. The assignments to the Thomas consisted of 127 re cruits and 20 casuals under the com mand of Lieutenant W. A. Liebler. The Twenty-fourth infantry and 150 marines have been assigned to the Warren. The transport Roseerans, which has just arrived from Manila, has been released from quarantine. The Rose erans brought 218 men of the Thirty- seventh infantry and '1M casuals. The transport Lawton on which there were three cases of smallpox, has also been released from quarantine after having been thoroughly fumigated. Seventeen days had elapsed since the last case appeared and it was perfectly safe to land the passengers. FIRE IN BUTTE SMELTER, j Employe Contribute Week's Time to Cleat Up the Wreckag. Butte, Mont., April 22. Friction in a hot box over the generators near the engine bouse roof at the Mon tana Ore Purchasing Company ' smelter, started a fire about 8 o'clock this morning which caused a damage of ?7J,WU to the plant and will delay operations for a few weeks. The sampling works are a total loss, the stacks ruined and the engine operat- ne the smelter almost a total wreck. The new machinery is uninjured and the blast furnaces and converters are not materially damaged. The effort of the city fire department and the lire brigade of the Butte & Boston Company saved the plant, which is valued at over $1,000,000. from total destruction. As soon as the flames were under control the men employed signed a paper passed around by one of their number agreeing to contrib ute a week's work free to clear up th wreckage caused by the fire and get things in shape for rebuilding. The company expects the plant to be in full operation again within 30 days. A New Geyser. Vancouver, B, C, April 22. A new geyser ha made its appearance at Lake Echo, Romtomahana, New Zealand. It is described as a mass ol boiling water, half an acre in extent, rising in a great dome from which a column of water and stones rises 300 feet, while immense volumes of steam rise to the clouds and hot stone are thrown a great distance. Australian advises also report a re cord blast from the line' of the New South Wales Railway deviation works, Tarana, when 70,000 tons of solid rock were moved at one blast. Ow ing - to the peculiar hardness of the reck, British gelignite was combined with dynamite and powder, the total weight of the explosives used in the blast being four tons. Gomez Coming to America, Havana, April 22. General Max imo Gomez ia making arrangement: to go to the United States. He will be accompanied by his son Urbona, and will probably remain in the United States until the return tc Cuba of the special committee on re lations. He desires to wait definite action in reference to the Piatt amendment, in order to avoid the accusation that the trip is made for pohtcial purposes. He has always expressed a desire to meet the peo ple of the United States and to thank them for the assistance they rendered Cuba in the war with Spain. Senor Palma is the choice of General Gomez for the presidency of Cuba. Independent Cereal Combine. Akron, O., April 22. The con summation of the project to consoli date all the independent cereal plants of the country is now assured. The a nous properties, 10 in number, will be turned over to the Great Western Cereal Company, at Chicago. The new company will compete with the Ameraicn Cereal Commpany, better known as the oatmeal trust. Deported From Luzon. : San" Francisco, April 22. The transport . Roseerans brought from Manila five men who ha,d been de ported by the military authorities. Among them was Santiago Maceo, a sop of the late Cuban leader. Young Maceo came into prominence on the Pacifio coast two years ago, while traveling with Katherine Tingley, the tbeosophical leader. He fell out with Mrs. Tingley, claiming that he was treated as a servant. While in the Philippines Maceo became a first sergeant in the Macabebe scouts. Reported by Kltchner. London, April 22. A dispatch from General Kitchener, dated Pre toria. Apirl 20, says: "Plumer has occupied. Buthfont, capturing 13 pris oners and a number of rifles and am munition. Douglas column ho oc cupied Dnlistroom. Six Boers were killed. On General Kitchener s ad vance from Leydeburg the Boers blew up a Long Tom. Thirteen prisoners were captured. Elliott's division has brought in a large number of cattle." HE m if PEACE Ajuinaldo's Address to the Fil ipino People. SAYS THERE HAS BEEN ENOUGH WAR Urges His Coun try men to Accent the Sov. ertlgnty of the United Statu at the . Best for Their Country. Manila, April 22. Following il Aguinaldo's address to the Filipino people, made public this evening: 1 believe that 1 am not in error in presuming that the unhappy fate to which my avderse fortune has led me ia not a surprise to those who have been familiar with the progress of the war. The lessons taught with a full meaning, and which have recently come to my knowledge, ' suggest with irresistible force that a complete tor- minatoin of hostilities and lasting peace are not only desirable, but ab solutely essential to the welfare of the Philippine islands. "The Filipinos have never been dismayed at their weakness, nor have they faltered in following the path pointed out by the fortitude and cour age. The time nas come, however, m which they hnd their advance along this path to be impeded by an irresistible force which, while it re strain them, yet enlightens theii minds and opens to them the cause ol peace. This cause has been joyfully embraced by the majority of my fel low countrymen, who have already united around the glorious sovereign banner of the United States. In this banner they repose their trust and belief that under its protection the Filipino people will attain all those promised liberties which they are be ginning to enjoy. "The country has declared unmis takably in favor of peace. So be it. There has been enough blood, enough tears, and enough desolation. This wish cannot be ignored by the men till in arms if they are animated by a desire to serve our noble people, which has thus clearly manifested itc will. So do I respect this will, now that It is known to me. "After mature deliberation, I reso lutely proclaim to the world that I cannot refuse to heed the voice of t people longing for peace, nor the la mentations of thousands of familiot yearning to see their dear ones enjoy ing the liberty and the promised gen erosity of the great American nation. "By acknowledging and accepting te sovereignty of the United States throughout the Philippine archipel ago, as I now do, and without any reservation whatsoever, I believe that I am serving thee, my beloved coun try. May happiness be thine. " STATIONARY ENGINE TRUST. Philadelphia Company Haa Gone Into tha Combine. Philadelphia, April 22. A special meeting of the stockholders of the Pennsylvania Iron company wat held today, and the proposition tc amalgamate with four of the most prominent stattionary engine nianu facturing companies in the countrv waa effected. The big combine will be launched in a few weeks, with a capital of $25,000,000. Although the Philadelphia concern is capitalized at $5,000,000, only $1,000,000 in 7 pei cent cumulative preferred stock ol the company was offered for its plant and hied assets. About 20 stock holders, representing nearly all of the capital stock, were present Rt the meeting, and some of them objected to the price offered, declaring it waf less than the plant wa appraised tc be worth. It was explained, by way of answer, ' that the other four com panies were also to be given less than the appraised value of their proper tie. ' - New Bank at Havana. New York, April 22. It is under stood that an international bank, with a capital of not less than $1, 000,000, and perhaps as much at $2,000,000, is to be established in Havana, by interests prominently identified with the Morgan Trust Company and the Cuba Company. . Tornado Struck Florida Town, Miami, Fla., April 22. The ham let of Biscay ne, seven miles north ol here, was struck by a tornado this morning. Several houses were de molished. Two people were seriously injured. Pearson Appeals to the President New Orleans,. April 22. General Samuel Pearson, the Boer officer, who wa refused a writ of injunction by the United Sates court against the local British officers to prevent fur ther export of mules from this port to South Africa, has sent a itition di rect to the president, asking for the relief the courts refused. In his de cision Judge Parlange pointed out that General Pearson had this right, saying the matter, being a political one, should be taken leforo the exec utive department of the government. New Servian Constitution, Belgrade, Servia, April 22. The new constitution was promulgated today, and a royal ukuse just issued reappoints the cabinet ministers, who had formally tendered their resigna tions. . All tho state officials were similiarly reappointed. GeorgSimics was appointed president of the new state council. Of the 30 senators ap pointed by the king, 11 are Radicals, 10 are Progressievs, four are Liberate and five are Independent. NO. 19. WASHINGTON GOSSIP. Logan Statue Critklted-014 Soldiers Warned A jalnat Land Agents Other Topics. (Wuhlngton Letter.) Army officers are criticising the Logan statue quite severely. They say that his position in the saddle is altogther unmilitary, that one leg is longer than the other, and that no officer ever carried a aword in the way that Logan is represented to have car ried bis. Old soldiers who wish to take up homesteads upon the opening of the Indian reservation in Oklahoma will do well, in the opinion of the land office officials, to file their own claims and attend to all the business them selves rather than trust their interests to agents. It is reported in Wash ington that agents are going about making contracts with veterans to represent them and file their claims, and are charging a fee in advance and a second to be paid after filing the claim; but an agent can serve only one client properly, unless he calls into service a large force of assistants, wbich they cannot afford to do for the small fees charged. - It will be -seen, therefore, that it will be much better for everybody to look out for himself. The secretary of war has called for bid from private steamship com panies for furnishing transportation for the government between New York, Cuba j and Porto Rico. The idea is to see whether it is more eco nomical to patronize them than to continue the present transport service, which ia expensive. The dock charge alone amount to $400,000 a year. During the last three months 1,276 passengers and 5,726 tons of cargo were carried by the transports, and the quartermaster's department knows the exact cost, which has been very large, a single voyage costing from $12,000 to $15,000. Bids are invited for the next three months upon the basis of the passengers and freight carried during the last three months; For aome reason our commerce with Cuba ia falling off. During the Inst nine month the import of Cuba amounted to $53,108,702, while for the corresponding months of the previous year they were valued at $54,636,747. Last year the share cf the United States was $28,094,030, ot about 50 per cent, while this year it waa only $24,525,699, or about 46 per cent. The exports to Porto Rico and the Philippine islands, howeveij are increasing in a rapid manner, Marconi, the inventor of wiieless telegraphy, is in Washington for the purpose of selling his apparatus to the government. He called on the secretary of the navy and offered to place an outfit upon the ships of the ' fleet for $12,000 each. No such ar rangement can be made without the consent of congress, and by the time congress meets it ia expected that the electrician of the weather bureau will have developed a method of wireless telegraphy quite as good as Marconi's. The electricians of the signal service are also at work in the same line, and the secretary of the navy is now get ting ready for a series of experiments at Newport. , . " DAM GAVE WAY. Greater Part of Town Submerged, But Na Lives Lost. Chester, Mass., April 23. The Flood Hollow dam, in Middlefield, gave way about 6 o'clock last night, letting loose the water in the big reservoir, which rushed with terrilhc force into the west branch of the We8tficld river, sweeping everything before it and submerging the greater part of this town. No lives were lost but great damage has been done, t he extent of which it is impossible now to estimate. The dam was built in 1874, to take the place of the one which was destroyed by the flood ol the year before. It was poorly con structed of stone and timber, and had been a constant menace to the town of Chester. The heavy rams overflowed the reservoir and the dam showed signs of weakening early in the morning. Orders were given to . inspect the dam. The result was that word w-as sent to the people be low that the dam was almost certain to go out, and the families in the low lands got what things they could to gether and made for places of safety. -They were none too soon, for the dum broke, and with a deafening roar, a torrent of water was let loose intit Flood Hollow, which empties into Westfield river. The huge timbers of the dam were hurled into the foaming current, and went in one great crash ing mass toward Chester. Twoquartz mills at Flood Hollow, barns and out buildings were swept along in the tor rent. At Bancroft the Boston & Al bany stone bridge was carried away, together with 600 feet of track. will prnbably be two days before trains are running. - Chester presents a desolate sight. The electric light station -is sub merged, and the town is in total dark ness. Hotel and Bath Houses Burned. Reno, Nev., April 23. The hoti l and bath houses at historic Steamboat Springs, which, in the palmy days of the Comstock mines, was a watering place where more money was Squan dered in a night than at most any other resort on the coast, are no more. A fire, which started in the hotel, crossed the road to the two story bath bouse, where the main baths were sit uated, and entirely destroyed both buildings. ,