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VOL. 'XVIII.
PROFESSIONAL.
S. H. GRUI3ER,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
OWin with R. K. Quirk,
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Dr. Edwin Roy
Physician and Surgeon
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Dr. II. It. Cliff,
Physician and Surgeon
ST. 1IIU.KN8, OREGON.
Dr. J. K. Hall,
Physician and Surgeon
I'LATSKANIE, OREGON.
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PORTLAND-ASTORIA ROUTE.
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lo place of Bailey Gatzert
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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tion repealed the fact that both con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. ,