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Newspaper Page TextTHE i.onn lk3 x . JUT .VI VOL. XVIII. 8T. ItELENS, OttEGON FRIDAY. MAY 3, 1901. NO. 20. OR A2J PROFESSIONAL. JTTORNE Y- AT-LA W. rifflne with K. I. Quirk, T. llltl.KNM, I OKKIION. Will (lv ll paraoiial tti-ntlim to til Ilrn1 matters ntruitwl in m: Will preclk'a la nil hl.le and I Hltfl "'' Cuurli. ""VV H. POWELL, ' ATTOHNE Y- AT- LA JF. ii'i tv uihtkict attohnkv. RT. IIKI.KNH, I i OKKUON. R, P. OlIAHAM, T. J. Cl.KKTON. Attornftj's-at-Law. J0.1 Marquem Htilldlii:, Portland Oregon. CnltimM Count)- tiil will rtnln pruinpt attrntlott. j, w. or w. . diluhi) DILLAKD & DAY, ATT011XE YS-AT-LA W Mfllr lint (liMir lo (VurtlloUM, HI'. HKI.KNH. OKhtiON. Oriwral pmrtliT In 'iTt of Oroiton or Wah' hmioii ALalrarts mini diracily (rata eouutr rrord Dr. Edwin Ross, Physician and Surgeon. ST. HELENS, OREGON. Dr. II. K. Cliff, Physician an d Surgeon. ST. HELENS, OREGON. Dr. J. E. Hall, Physician and Surgeon. CI.ATSKAN1K, OREGON. X STORIA S COLUMBIA RIVER II RAILROAD COMPANY. 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J. !, mr, dan. I'an. Am . Auorla. Or OREGON SilOITLlFfE and union Pacific 11 VCJ lunar TIS4K Hi llElit i K Aaaivt ro rKtiM I'UUIXANII. raoM Chlrago. Poriland Halt l .ka. Danvar. ft Hrrial Worth, Omaha. Kn . luo, m. a t.'ltv, Hi, Loula, " p' via Iliuil- (Jlilcajo and Kant. IiiiIoii. Ailanllo - , . . 00 n m irth. Omaha. Kan IRftuu. likanoaod tCaal. . Pattl wa- I-1' Faat Mall '"ii. Hp"kau, Wal ooi..m. I'tillntAU, Mm- .lM,m. nraimlla, Mt. I'.ul, KiHikano lliilnih, Mtlwaukra, I'hlr.ao and Kaal. OVKAN ANU HIVKH MMKUI LK fit OW POHTLANV. All aallini daiM ub Jat'l Ui rhaiiifa. . 1p.m. Tor Kan Cranrlatiit p. m. Wall avurjf tlva da)'i. KlH"i'ilar OolumbUt lr yTudlWyK'' A. nt. 4:M p. . Tuaa.Thur. Corvallla and Way- Mon. Wed. and HU LandliiKa mid Krl. ,, Wlllamalta and Vam- Tua 'Thur. n ,,"'!;",r'- , AS'W'Si. l.v. Rlnarla Bnaka Rlvar, l,v.Iw'ton a:40. m. dally at flally Rlparla tn T.i'wI.lQ'i. ) H !"l it. in. A. L. CRAIG, Oenoral ruaiienger Agt., Portland, Ohk, WHITE COLLAR LINE THS COLUMBIA RIVER AND 1'UOKT OUNU NAVIGATION CO, PORTLAND-ASTORIA ROUTE. Steamer Hercules In place of Bailey Gatzert Landing Foot of Aider Htreet, Portland. Lurea Portland dally (oxi'e)it Hnndny) ul 7 A. M Land I ok TtileiiiioiiD ilook, Almiu. Uavm Antorla dally (oKoupt Uniidtiy) 7 P. M. K, W. CKIOHTON, ABeut, Portland. A. i. TAVLOK, Asoul, Aaturla. , mis or m m From All Parts of the New World and the Old. Or INTEREST TO OUR MANY READERS Somprthoulvt R.vkw of th Important Kap Pnlnji of th Put Week In a Condctutd Form. rrraldent McKinley and party hit left WMhington. The Cuban comminsiontr hY itortcd for liomo. Mnrmullnir ha innroMcd betwo rckin and Tion Tain. Turlmlont provincs of South Cama rlnea, Luion, is nearly pacified. Cardinal Kampolla hot rcaifrnod th offico of papal ancrctary of state. Negotiation for th renewal of the Dritsbund will be opened ihortly. Albiana are laid to bo committing wliolcaule atrocitica la old Borvia. Ot toman auk help of French U roaciio ex-ultan from living grave. LI Hung Chang compliment American tund on indemnity quea tion. Dliuiolution of Alatka transporta tion combine ha caused a big cut in ruun. James Callahan waa acquitted of complicity in the Cudahy kidnap ping. Kepairs to cost $5,000 have been recommended tor the Astoria Federal building. Enthusiastic meetings were held al over the country in honor of Grant' birthday. Henry Muldrum, of Oregon City, has been appointed urvcyor genera) of Oregon. Von Waldereoo report four engage ments, in which the Chinese wer badly defeated. James Douglas Held, ex-United State consul and "father of the tel egraph, " is dead. Hon. J. C. Trullinger, en-Oregon legialutor and prominent citizen of Astoria, is dead. General Kntterlen reports that th Chinewi only left Kukuan when they were forced to do so. Women members of Washington ran-Ameriean commission came out ahead in legal content for expnes money. Americans surprised a tilipine camp, One relwl major wo killed and several staff officers captured. The American lost two men in th (ngngemeiit. The flood In Cincinnati will exceed txpectatiuns. "Billy" 8mith, a noted American pugilist, is dead. Afrikanders protest against British treatment 01 Capo Dutch. Hay and Pauncefote held a confer enco on the canal question. The FAn-Amcrican commission will meet in Washington shortly. The new American yacht Constitu tion will be launched May 0. English merchants severely con demn the proposed export duty. Three Oretron men have been ap pointed lieutenant in the regular army. The remain of Lincoln have been rilaccd in the new monument at Springfield, 111. Dr. McKellopa. one of the most noted dental surgeons in the country, is dead in Chicago. Neighboring state are sending numerous request to Oregon author ities for uppIieof Chinese pnea- anta. The United States transport Kil patrick has arrived at Honolulu with omalloox on board, and is now in quarantine. Suit ha been commenced by Ad' miral Dowoy for the prize money du him for ship and naval tore which he captured at Manila. Two men were killed and several in jured as the result of a wreck on an Ohio nuiroaa. a no accutenu n caused by the rails spreading. Scottish rite Masons have just cele Wtfld the 100th anniversary of tl organiiation of the first supremeo council in the United State. Philippine insurgonts to the num ber of 2,272 officer and men have laid down their arm in South Iloco nd sworn alletrianco to the United States. Arrangements have been mad whoroby the Missouri Pacific railroad system will have a direct outlet to Y ... . 1. Al 1 a... 11 the Pacific const and 1 oruuim mi. be the terminus." The commission of fivo deleagtes from the Cuban constitutional con vention, that was sont to Wasihngton to confer with the president regard ing Cuban relation with this coun try, have arrived in Washington. Lake Niagara Is the largest frert water lake between Lake MlcUiga and Lake Tltlcaca, In Peru. Minnesota farm land have ad vanced more than 100 per cent In value during the past seven years. The carrying and collection of mall . m ii i. nfflxiallv decided. shall be conducted on automobile. At numerous mine In Siberia, .oog eni Kr.a-.a nr. llftfld Oil A men ami ou ' . . single property to produce gold not exceeding sz,uuu,vu iiu. "" EXPLOSION AND FIRE. Nearly Two Hundred Perioni Killed or la. jured near Frankfort Germany. Frankfort, Germany, April 27. One of the most destructive explos ion on record occurred this evcoinjr at the electro-chemical works, near Greisheim, where smokeless powder is manufactured. Most of the boil ers exploded. The noise was so tre mendous that It was heard at great instances, including franltfort and .uuyonce, me lactory ticcame a mas of flame immediately, and a northeast wind carried the spark to nuiKiimii iiik viungcs, wnero several house were et on fire. Eichteen cylinders, each containing about a hundred weight of smokeless powder, were in the room where the explosion occurred, The troops were immediately or dered to Grcisheim to prevent the fire spreading to the large benzine reser voirs near by. Fire brigades from every place in the neiehborhood hur ried to the scene, but. owiim to the dangerous nature of the fire and the fear of a renewal of the explosions, the greatest difficulty was experienced in stopping the progress of the flame. Only after five hours of strenuous ef fort was the conflagration to some ex tent controlled and the danger passed so a to make it possible to begin the work of extracting bodies. It is feared that nearly 200 person have 1 i.:ii.i i. ! wen jtiutHi or injurcu. Hospitals have been improvised in the vicinity. The flame spread with frightful sliced to the adjacent build ings, and then over the river Main to Schwanheim. When a second ex plosion took place the fumes and gases of burning chemicals made it impossible to Btay in the vicinity. The last explosion occurred at 7:30 r. M., and when it was ascertained that no further danger was antici pated, the inhabitant were allowed to return to their home. At 8:30 the fire was still burning in the center and the work of extracting the bodies from the debris was being carried on by torchlight, gaslight not being ob tainable. All railway traffic with rrankfort was stopped during the fire, except for trains carrying the injured, hut it has since been resumed. Four shed for dressing wounds of the in jured have been erected. The catastrophe, it is now stated, originated in a small fire, which ig nited several receptacles of piric acid, causing a terrific explosion, The houses adjoining the factory were par tially demolished by the violence of the explosion. SWINDLED BY EMPLOYES. WnhlnjtoM Street Car Men Have Bees Arrested for Frsud. Washington, April 27. System atic frauds practised on the lines of tha Washington Traction & Electric Company to an extent of probably $50,000, have been discovered, and eight of the employes, six of whom are conductors and two firemen, are under arrest on a charge of conspiracy. The eratioii, it is claimed, have liecn going on for several months. The punched tickets turned in by the conductors are checked up at the office. The investigation that has been held, it is stated, disclosed that many of the tickets, inRtead of being destroyed, were saved and sold to con ductors at $1 per 101), and that the conductors who bought them substi tuted them for good ticket. This was done by turning in the old tickets by the company at the close of each day, the same numlier of good tickets being retained in the pocket of those who were in the conspiracy. It is also alleged that in many cases the numlier of fares rung up and the number of passengers on trips have shown a wide divergence. A BLOODTHIRSTY REBEL. Caillct Orders the Execution of Eight Amer ican Soldier. Manila, April 27. It is reported that the reM general Cailles ordered eight American soldiers to lie shot April 21, the same day on which he condemned to death Colonel Sanchio, one of his staff officers, and Senor Delarostt, a wealthy native who had refused to contribute to the insur gent funis. Sanchio escaped. The others wcrn tortured and then butch ered. Cailles, who is now lurking in the mountain of Tayabns province, Luzon, proclaims himself dictator and successor to Aguinaldo, ami an nounces his intention to continue a war of extermination. , Backward About Enllitinj. Trxlnn Anril 27. The annual re turns of recruiting for 100 shows a total enlistment of 08,301, against 42, too ;.. 1H) Tlio recruitimr for the infantry is regarded as unsatisfactory. In spite of t lie impetus oi me war aim -,,!, ,,-1 inn nf the standard of heieht, the number of enlistmoiited infantrymen is neiow tnatonovo, me ...,. ;i. -,tiiriillv lmvinf nreferrd IUVI1U1.D j,. ..... ..-.j - n . the showier branches of the service. To Build Into New Oil District. 27. Genera UUIl a 1 r Managor Kruttschnitt, of the South ern Pacific company, lia announced ... ...m.an.l fti ill-nail infn thtt iliac mu iiiwimiocv. v.. Sunset oil districts in Central Cali fornia will be built in the immediate (...... Tlio Wnnrliprn Pacific and 1 11 1 u i - Santa Fe have united in support of tho undertaking. The road will be ou ,;t. i Iniiotli and will connect with the Southern Pacific at Gossford. It will coit about ?aoo,uuo. ORtCOIl STATE HEY5 Hems of Interest From All Parts of the State. COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL HAPPENINGS A Brief Review of the Growth and Improve merits of the Many Induitrlet Through out Our Thriving, Commonwealth. Work has again been resumed on the Golden Wedge mine, at Galice. A new irrigating ditch ho been started at Bly, in Klamath county. It is not thought that the fruit was injured by the recent heavy frosts in Hood River, The Sherman county court baa raised the stock inspector's salary to $300 per annum. A considerable amount of wheat was sold at The Dalle last week for 50 cent a bushel. The Coos county court ha ordered that the road poll tax be paid in cash, and that the road supervisors collect the tax. T.axt. wofflr whila 3iwlr fflmmoni wo driving for a load of hay on the Inncs-Kelsay ranch, near Paisley, a gust of wind lifted the rack off the wacon and carried it several rods and dropped it into a slough. A Southern Pacific steam shovel and outfit will immediately begin fill ing in tho Bice Hill railway trestle with earth. The switch will be ex tended, a water tank built, and other improvements made near Isadora and BiseHill. Elgin is to have two new plaining mills. The Dalle will spend $1,630.40 for water pipe. , A bath house with a swimming tank 30x80 feet will be constructed at Ash land. A cougar, .measuring six feet six inches, was killed on Sweet creek last week. Wlmt is known on the Kite nlace. near Cove, containing 640 acres of laud, was recently sold for $15,000. Tim ftranr. crmnrv court has ordered that the date on which taxes become delinquent be extended to June 20, WOl. The Ashland Meat Company receiv ed a car load of cattle, from Gazelle lost week, eight head ot whicn wcignea 1,890 pounds each. A human skull and bones of a man's liody were found last week about half a mile up Butte creek from fossil. The remains,, which were only a few inches under ground, on the creek bank, were exposed by the recent high water. As the oldest settlers do not remember of anyone having ever mys teriously disapeared, the general ac cepted theory is that 40 or 50 years ago a white wanderer may have been killed by Indians. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Walla Walla, 5657c ; valley, nominul; bluestem, 59o. per bushel. Flour Best reades. $2.703.40 per barrel; graham, $2.60. flats Whit. SI. 25 tier cental: gray, $1.201.22X percental. Bnrlev Feed. $16.50(817: brewinir. $16.50(417 per ton. Millstuffs Bran, $16 per ton ; midd lings, $21.50: shorts, $17.50; chop, $16. Hav Timothy, $1212.50; clover. $79 50; Oregon wild hay, $607 per ton. Hops 1214o. per lb. ; 1899 crop, 67o. , Wool Valley, 1314o.; Eastern Oregon, 912c; mohair, 2021o. per pound. Butter Fancy creamery, 20 22c: dairy. 153l8o. ; store, 10 12 o. per pound. Ecus Oregon ranch, 13(313 4o. per dozen. Poultry Chickens, mixed, $4.50; hens, $5.50; dressed, 11 12c. per pound; springs, $3(95 per dozen; ducks, $5fl ; geeso, $67 ; turkeys, live. 10l2o ; dressed, lataioc. per pound. Cheese Full cream, twins, 13 Mo. : Youne America. 13W14o. per pound. Potatoes Old. COoitGOc. Dr sack: new, 2M2Jio. per pound. , Mutton Lambs 10(9 11c. per pound cross : best sheep, $8 ; wethers, $5; ewes, $4.50; dressed, 77Kc. per pound. Hogs Gross, heavy, $5.756; light, $4.755; dressed, 7o. per pound. Veal Large, 7c. per pound ; small, 88'o. per pound. Beef Gross, top steers, $55.25; cows and heifers, $4.60(34.75; dressed beef, 78)o. per pound. The only American Indian in the United States navy Is Chapman Schen andoah. an Oneida, 29 years old, who la on the cruiser Atlanta. Banana flower has lately begun to be used In making cakes, bread and biscuits. It Is also used as a child ren' food and for dyspeptics. In the present house of representa tives ot the Japan Diet, there are ISO farmers, 23 barristers, 12 officials, 26 merchants, 6 newspaper editors, 3 doctors and ,70 members without fixed professions. ALASKA TELEGRAPH LINE. It Will Probably Be Two Years Before It k in Good Working Order. Washington, April 29. Were it not for the great difficulties of transport- ation in Alaska, the government mil itary telegraph line from Valde to the Yukon river and down to tit. Michaels would probably be in work ing order by the close of the coming summer, but under conditions as they exist it will probably be two year be fore this line in its entirety will be working satisfactorily. Work was not begun in earnest until late in the season of 1900, when by dextrous labor the men of the signal corps, under Major Green, took hold and made phenomenal progress, with the line. It is beyond , a possibility, however, for them to keep up this pace this summer, owing largely to the diffi culties encountered in getting their lines, fixture and supplies to interior points from which they are working. Active operations in laying the line could not be commenced before late in March or the first of April, and up to this time no advices on this subject have yet been reccievd in Washington. It is hoped that by the close of this summer season Fort Gibbon will be connected with St. Michael, and this will bring the latter point and Skag- way within 15 days of each other, whereas they have been heretofore two months apart, and oftentimes nearer three months. This will be a tremen dous saving in time, and an unques tioned advantage to the military and other government omcials. The question of how the line shall be constructed along the great bend of the Yukon has not yet been de terimned. This neck of land is be tween 30 and 40 miles wide. Should the line follow the river it would be much longer than an overland section, and could not be reached in summer, except by a large repair foifce, which would make it expensive and difficult of maintenance. During the past winter an officer has been in the field to see what can be done across country between Fort Gibbon and Fort Egbert. On his report the department will act. The signal corps is feeling its way cautiously, so as not to make the same errors as were ascribed to the Canadian author ities, who attempted to build a tele graph line from the two ends without making a survey of the route, and in consequence, at the close of a season, found that the two ends that were to have connected hod over lapped each other for some miles, one going on one side of a mountain and the other on the opposite side. And for weeks neither party knew of the proximity of the other. HEAD WAS SEVERED. "Black Jack" Ketchum, Noted Desperado Hanged. Rope Jerked Head from Body. Clayton, N. M., April 27. Thomas E. Ketchum, alias "Black Jack," the tram robber, was hanged at 1 :21 P. M. yesterday. The rope broke but his head was jerked off. The execution took place in side a stockade built for the occasion. The inclosure waa crowded, 150 spec tators having been admitted. When Ketehum mounted the plat form at 1 :17 his face was very pale, but his eye swept out over the crowd very coldly and boldly, aa if he had no fear, A priest stood at his side, as the rope was put around his neck. The condemned man had consented to this at the last moment. Ketchum declined to make a speech before the noose was put around his neck. He merely muttered "Good by," then said, "Please dig my grave very deep, and finally, all right, hurry up." His legs trembled, but he kept hi nerve. . When the body dropped through the trap the half inch rope severed the head as cleanly as if a knife had cut it. The body pitched forward with blood spurting from the headless trunk. The head remained with the black cap and flew down into the pit. Pueblo Teacher Disappears. Pueblo, Col., April 29. A local sensation is caused by the mysterious disappearance of Mrs. Mertie Buerger, who for 12 years has been a teacher in the Pueblo schools. Bloodhounds followed a trail from Mrs. Buerger's house to and under a bridge over Fountain creek, a shallow stream. The Arkansas river, some distance further on, has been dragged, witl cnt result. Nebraska Prairie On Fir. Valentine, Neb., April 26. Word received from the southwestern part of this (Cherry) county is to the effect that disastrous prairie fires are raging there; that the buildings of one cat tle ranch have been entirely wiped out and that other ranches are threatened. Details are very meager, and it is im possible to learn the name of the ranch which has suffered the loss of its buildings, which is about 60 miles from here. The report says that the fires started about 4 o'clock in the afternoon. Disloyal Utterances Suppressed. Ttlnrnnfontfiin. Oranire River Col ony, April 29. The provost marshal, presiding over a court of summary Mirifuiinl.inn. haA announced his inten tion of suppressing disloyal utter ance, lie lias ordered a uritisii sub ject named Mitchell to be deported to (Vvlon for ahuaine an armv order to r.hA effont thAt hniiaphnldiira shall sus pend a board outside of their doors giving tho names of all the occupant of tht particular house. 01 RIGHT OF 11 Senator Clark's Men Clash with Nevada Officers. WORKMEN IGNORE SHERIFF'S ORDERS Attempt to Prevent Wasjoni Loaded with Sup- piles from Crossing Disputed Ground Will Settle It In Court Uvada, Utah,. April 29. The first clash bewteen the Oregon Short Line and Senator Clark' forces for posses sion of the dispnted Utah & California grade occurred today when 22 wagon loaded with ties were driven up to the right of way by order of Superm tendent Young. The first team was promptly stopped by the Clark forces, Sheriff Johnson then demanded that the teams be allowed to pass over th public road, but the Clark force again refused to allow the teamsters to pro ceed. The teamsters then attempted to force their horses through, but tlx Clark men, heavily reinforced and armed with shovels and pick handles, rushed to the horses heads and stopped them. For two hours the argument was kept up, several of the teamster in the meantime succeeding in break ing through and getting their wagoni upon the right of way. Finally the Clark forces asked foi an armistice and an agreement wat reached by which the wagons are not to be unloaded and the Clark force are to retire to their second line oi defense at the barbed wire trocha, two miles down the grade, pending a determination in court of the respec tive rights of the claimants. This action, it is believed, remove the danger of a further clash between the rival forces. BOER FORCE CAPTURED. Surrounded at Night by Lieutenant Reid ami a Small Party of English. London, April 29. The war office has received the following dispatch from Lord Kitchener: "Pretoria, April 27. Since yesterday the col umn reports the Boer losses to be 12 killed, 20 wounded, 47 captured and 42 surrendered. In addition to the foregoing, Lieutenant Reid, with 20 Bushmen, captured southeast of Com misie drift, Oliphant's river, Com mandant Schoeder and 41 Boers to gether with a Maxim. Reid 's men crept up and surrounded them before dawn, and opened fire, the Boers im mediately surrendering." In a latter message forwarding ad vices from General Kitchener, his brother, the commander in chief says: "General Kitchener reports from Spardee Platz 18 Boers killed,. 14 taken prisoners and 3,000 cattle and many wagons captured. " WON BY AMERICANS. Pittsburg Firm Will Build Locomotives fot India. New York, April 29. An American concern has secured the contract for locomotives . recently ordered h" tho Calcutta port commissioners, despite active .European competition. The Indian authorities invited bids in the open market for nine locomo tives. The lowest British bid wo that of Neilson, Reid & Company, Gloscow. Their price was 1,549, against the Pittsburg Locomotive Company's bid of L,d7B for each engine. The fittsburg company also offered quick delivery, undertaking to fulfill its contract inside ot six months, while the shortest time given by British builders was nine months. The Calcutta officials accepted the tender of the American company. This is the first contract for loco motives Americans have secured abroad through lower prices. Pre vious contracts have come to this country because of prompt delivery. Anaconda Burglars Stole Safe Bodily. Anaconda ,Mont., April 29. Two burglars entered the Alaska saloon early today by forcing the Main street door. Bodily picking up a 300 pound safe, they loaded it onto an express wagon. Driving outside the city limits they broke the safe open and secured $10,000 in gold. Putting the broken safe back into the wagon they started the horse for the city and made good their escape. . No clew. . Robbed Th Exprse. Macon, Ga., April 29. An express car of the Central Georgia railroad I going from Atlanta to Savannah was j robbed this morning by two men who boarded the train at Macon. After the train pulled out of Macon the two men, who had secreted themselves in some way, entered the express car and confronted the express messenger. They seized and bound his hands and feet and threw a sack over his head. They then went through his package and secured about $350, but left $1,000 package lying on the floor. Chinese Cam Back. Pekin, April 29. The Chinese ree- ulars who retired beyond the Great wall have reappeared at another point within the international area. Strong representations have been made to the Chinese plenipotentiaties in regard to the necessity for their immediate retirement. The French force is in readiness to renew the operations, but has been ordered to await the result of the imperial edicts. BANDS OF ROBBERS. Depredations of Thieves sad Pirates Increasing In Vicinity of Pcklt. Berlin, April 80. Field Marshal Count von Waldersee in a dispatch from Pekin, reports that marauding has increased near Hosiwu and Matu, and that junks used as transports be tween these places have been attacked. Lieutenant Colonel Arnstadt has been sent from Tien Tsin to the disturbed district in command of a composite column. Count von Waldersee also reports, under Pekin date, as follows: "Colonel Hoffmeister, command ing the Fourth infantry and two com panies of mountain artillery, attacked the enemy April 23 by the great wall, 10 kilometer south of Hai Shan Kwan, and forced them to retire with heavy losses into Shan Si. We lost four wounded and captured four flags and four old pattern guns. General Voyron intimates that he intends to evacuate the neighborhoood of Shan Ting and return to Pao Ting Fu. His extended outposts remain at Sin Lei. I am keeping a force at Ansul ing pass." la Pursuit of the Chinese. London, April 30. A Beuter dis patch from Pekin says the headquar ters staff has received a telegram from a British officer accompanying the expedition to the effect that on April 23 the Germans crossed into Shun Si through the Kouk Nau and Chang Chen Liu passes, in pursuit of the retreating Chinese, whom they fol lowed 18 miles, fighting a sharp ac tion. The French troops remained in occupation of the passes. The Ger mans returned April 25, and the French handed over the passe to them and returned to their previous outposts. The Germans are said to have had four men killed and five officers and 80 men. wounded. The Chinese loss is not known. MEXICAN MINISTERS. Diplomatic Relations Resumed With Austria and American Republics. . Washington, April 30. A complete reapproachment between the govern ment of Austria and Mexico has been brought about, and as a result each country is about to send a minister to the other. This terminates an inter national estrangement dating back to the days when young Maximillian of Austria sought to gain a foothold in Mexico, and lost his life in the ad venture. A bill has passed the Mexi can congress providing for a minister to Austria at a salary of $15,000 an nually. Austria will take similar ac tion by sending a minister to Mexico, and this will close the long and his toric separation. The Mexican government has also taken steps to resume diplomatic communication with South American countries, the first move in that di rection being the appointment of a Mexican minister to the Argentine republic. For many years there has been no diplomatic intercourse be tween Mexico and her sister republics on the southern continent, as there was little commerce between them, and few political questions requiring diplomatic representations. Recent ly, however, Argentina has made a friendly move by accrediting a min ister both to Washington and Mexico City, and Uruguay has taken similar action. The selection of Mexico City as the place for holding the congress' of American republics has had a fur ther influence in inducing Mexico to extend her relations with South and Central America. THE NEW COMET. Brightest That Ha Appeared to View for Ovet Nineteen Yeirs. Elkhorn, Wis., April 30. The new comet which was observed this morn ing at the Yerkes observatory, at Wil liams bay, is said by astronomers to -be the brightest that has appeared for 19 years. Notice was received yesterday by telegraph from Harvard university that a comet had been dis covered at Queenstown April 23, and observed at Cape of Good Hope on the morning of April 25. Its position at that time was about 16 degrees southwest of the sun. Its position this morning was some 15 degrees north of the sun, indicating a very rapid northeasterly movement. Nothing could be seen of the celes tial visitor last evening at sunset, but this morning Professor E. R. Frost, assisted by F. R. Sulliavn,-saw the new comet appear above the horizon. About 20 minutes before sunrise it could be plainly seen, although the sky was quite bright. It was of an orange color, with two prominent kits or streamers. It remained vis ible until 15 minutes or more after sunrise, when it faded away in the growing light. It was too low in the sky to be observed by the 40 inch telescope, and the sky was so bright that nothing could be seen with the 12 inch instrument. ' . The Governnent Will Refund. Washington, April 30. Commis sioner of Internal Revenue Yerkes, in pursuant of the action of the United States supreme court in de claring the tax of 10 cents on export bills of lading unconstutional, lias informed inquirers that the amounts paid for the stamjis will be refunded ' on claims of the value of $2 or over. It is estimated that about $800,000 has been collected under this tux lince it went into effect, July 1, 18'J8.