1-4 ST. . JL JL 11 A VOL. XIX. ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 1902. NO. 10. . -.c i i ; OREGON RAiPII II AHIOI ) liEllIIOII BY WILLIAM MINTO. riiri"iTT"iip WWW CllAPTIill VII Continued. "I cannot stiqtch out my hands to you!" I cried, im alio groped her way towards him. "They are tied. Would Ood thoy and I wore free for an hour!" "I will free your handa, Raplh," mIiu murnairiNl. in hor trembling voice. "Oil, Joy, I have found you at Inst! It wa terrible to think of dying in tlil dungeon alone." Hliu threw her arm round hi nock lid clung to liim shuddering. "Ralph, you will not leave me hora alone attaint You will not lot thorn tales you from me!" ... , "I do not fear death now!" iilie con tinued. "Hut to die alone in this darkness oh, Ralph, it wan horrible! Hut I have you with me now, love. I am not afraid ol death now." 'IVnth!" he exclaimed; "it cannot bo that he menaced you with death! It can only bo a devilish device to ter rify you. H nmt release you proa .mtly." . . "No. no. I will not lie released now. You must kill me rather than let them take me away I I fear won than death if ha send for me again! "Hut you are hi wife, Clara." "No, I aro i't hia wife. I will never he hi wife! Il may kill mo, hut I will novor yield to him! And now lot me untie yoifr hand, and you w ill promise not to lot them take me alle?" Ralph did not annwer, but pondered with new born hope on the possibilities of escape. If only he had told the merchant to warn Ida brother relief might have come in time. Would the merchant himself acquit passively in the toss of hie good"? Ho knew the depredator; would he huve liilluence enough to obtain redress? Even if he had, it would take time daya, weeks, perhapa month. Il had okon of stirring np the commons against audi men a Ralnham. Rut Ralph well know that a rabble, In whatever num rs they swarmed up to the gate of the castle, could do nothing to effect an entrance. There waa little hope of re lief from the outaiile, and Ralph turned with greater confidence to the chance of overpowering hie jallera when they came again, a they muat come, to bring the defiant Clara before her lord. Meantime Clara, cheered by her con fidence in him, worked with industrious patience at the cord with which hla hand were tied. Ralph askod her how long she hail been a prisoner. "I do not know," heanswerod. 'It seem age ago aince they throat me in. Kven thia gloomy solitude waa a relii for a time. I waa worn out, and (ell asleep, and alept I do not know for how longon the damp tlxr. And what do you think awakened mo? Oh, Ralph, it waa horrible rat gnawing at my shoe." Hhe shivered and drew her breath hard at the recollection. "It waa aome time before I knew where I win, and what the strange sensation at my foot meant. When I realized it, I started up and screamed wildly, and then I heard a pnttering and scattering a if the floor were alive. I rushed forward, Htill neroaming, and they scrambled up the wall, and I aaw the lootlmome black thing crowding out through the patch of light. Itwaahor rible! How they frightened mo! I did not aleep again, but atood at the farther end watching the light, and whenever a gllHtoning black thing ap peared, I Rcronmed and limbed at it. Oh, Ralph, how I suffered In this place. I often felt aa if I ahould go mad!" "What damnable cruelty!" cried he. "Oh, monster! miscreant! Surely the hottest ilres of hell are reserved (or him!" "Yon cannot conceive," she said, "how cruel he is. When I would not yield to him, hut defied him, he struck me, and drew hi dagger, and would have slain me. Then when I looked him in the face and dared him to kill me, telling him that a heavy veageance would be taken (or me, he laughed, and after threatening me oncoor twice with his dagger, and seeing that I did not flinch, seemed to change lit mind, and caltodtwoof bis men, threatening me with foul, unutterable things." "Oh, Ralph!" she cried, half smil ing, half In tears, "surely you will not leave me now that you are free! I can not see you in this darknv. Do not go away from me,, or I shall begin to doubt whether you are here." "The hands you have freed," he said, "are yours. . Do not fear. With heaven's help all will yet be well. We shall find a way out of this dismal prison." Hut she was still too agitated to ac cept the bomngo which the courtesy of those times paid to beautiful woman ' hood. Hor recent bitter experience of woman's real weakness had unfitted hor for playing the part of artificial su periority. The woman nostled close to htm and put one arm gently round his neck. "Ralph, my lovo," she mur mured, "I feel safe when 1 know that you are here. You must swear that you will not let them separate us, and drag me back to him. You must rather kill me! I should not (oar death at your hands." ' What could he answer? He could only throw round her the arms whose freedom he owed to her. Ho pressed her for one brief instant to his heart, and vowed that death only should sep arate them. "But do not think of death," he said, tonderly. "I cannot beliove that such iniquity will be permitted to tri umph. It was a fiendish invention to immure you in such a prison as this, the spite of brutal and dishonorable Cirl, It cannot triumph." Olara shuddered. "But ltas mer ciful couipurud with his first design. Oh, Ralph, when thot.o brutal men whom he called camo in with their ghastly lours, my brain took (Ire; I snatched the dagger from his belt, and would have killed myself, but the rut flans seized my hand, and wrenched the weapon from me. Then ono of them took him apart and they whlsovrod to gether, and ho laughed his hideous laugh, and said ho had changed his mind for the present, and ordered them to talre me to the dungeon. 'I will bury you and your paramour alive,' he yelled after me as I was carried away, 'with toads and rats.' I did not know then whut lie meant, but I know now. Only what he intended (or my torture has proved my comfort. It is cruel and selfish of mo, Ralph, but I cannot 11 nd in my heart any sorrow that you are here." "Cod has sont me here," he an swered, "to comfort and deliver you. I feel in mo the strength of ten men, and a confident assurance that some way will lie opened np." "I will die here without a murmur, Ralph," she said, "if you are with me." CHAPTER VIII. What Ralnham had said about living burial gave rise in Ralph's mind to dis quieting supsicions. Was it his inten tion to starve them to death together in thisundorgiound hole? And what would be their (ate when their strength be- camo too (eeble to contend with the rats. His heart was stout enough to face even this prosiiect for himself, but the mere possibility aa affecting hi tender companion chilled his blood. In a momont ho had controlled the weak ness, and resolutely dismissing all thought of such s contlngoncy, buoyed himself up with a confident hope that before then their jailors would certain ly visit tho dungeon to watch the be havior of tho prisoners and gloat over their sufferings. Then would his op portunity come when he could rusli upon them out of the darkness, and overpowor them before they were aware that he was no longer bound and help loss. "Their curiosity will not allow them to leave us alone," he said to Clara. "They are certain to come to look in on us, and then tho darkness will be all In our favor. I will then be on them beforo they know that I am free." Hhe clappod her bands with glee like a child, and hor joy lifted him into the seventh heaven of delight. "Lot us secure that rope," Ralph said, "it may be useful. I remember that when they wound it round and round nie they laughed, and said that it cost nothing. It may cost some of them more than they thought of. The rope was found, and they sat down to unravel it as light of heart as if they had been lovers "under the greenwood tree." A thoy sat there in the darkness and untied tho knots, she told him in anwser to his questions how she bsil fallen into Rainham's power. He had carried hor off only the day lieforo from Dartford Prior" by a mix ture of force and strategem. Hlie could remember very little of the journey, except that, as she lay helpless on her lord's saddle she thought it would never come to an end. The tramp of the horses' feet beat into her brain at first with maddening monotony, but after a time the very monotony had a benumbing effect, and she dozed un easily as in a feverish sleep. From the eager, excited mannor of her captors and their frequent looking back, she could gather that they were pursued in the first stage of their ride, but after they crosesd the Thames by the ferry they rode more at their ease. It was dark before they reached Sturmere. Kir Richard was most ceremoniously polite at first, came profuse apologies for his violence, ploadod in his defence the uncontrollable love that had driven him to this rough method of regaining his wife. Supper was prepared for them, and she was conducted in state to her chamber. It was when he visit ed her in tho morning and found iicr still obdurately defiant that he blazed out in furv, cursed hor and the trouble she had given him, and conceived his brutal scheme of revenge. Ilurpin, tho fowler, instructed by Dockot, at Sudbury, had brought tho now that the merchants would pass StuiWre on their way to Cambridge, and that Ralph Hardelot would be in thdir company. . In shutting up the two together In the dungeon, it was undoubtedly the brutal rulilun's intention that neither should ever come out alive. He was of coarse composition by nature, and his natural coarseness had been still further brut- alined by a long course of warfare, in which there had been at least as much of heartless rapine and murder aa fair fighting. , Rough strength, cunning and courage had advanced him to the rank of knighthood, as a serviceable in strument for the rough work of the time; but ho had risen without acquir ing any of the refinement of chivalry. Ho had calculated thut companion ship would add to the misery of his victims, ami -he gloated over the despair that thoy would feel as they saw one another dying by inches, and could no longer keep the rats at bay, It was truly a fiendish conception. Ralph was right in his conjecture that they would' not be left undis turbed, and that the spoctacle of their misery would be too tempting to be foregone. But his hope that Ralnham and his men would come down to the door ot the dungeon and expose themselves to his advantage was not gratified at once. Towards nightfall, when the patch of light that was the sign of day in the on tor world was almost indistingnisb.- ablo, the prisoners heard a noise In the roof above them, and looking up saw that a small trap door had leen 'lifted in the top of the vault.' Presently Hir Richard's (ace ap- lieared, peering down. He waa visible to them, hut they in the darkness be neath were invisible to him. lie seemed disappointed, as if balked of aa ex pected pleasure and called for lighta. Meantime he amused himself with jeering at his prisoners. "Ho! How goos it, my birdsT Bill ing and cooing? Bpeak, or I will leave you to bill and coo on empty stomacba. Is it not kind of me to leave von in the dark? The kindest pander could not bo more obliging. This disgrace to knighthood became fouler and fouler in his lunguage as no answer was returned. Ralph burned with wrath that his lady's ear ahould be subjected to such indignity, but he judged that if their tormentor neither saw nor heard them he might be temptod to come down to the door, and thus offer the ardently desired oppor tunity. Ho whispered this strategem to Clara, and they bore the knight' in sults with patient silence. By and by a lamp was brought and lowered by a n(. Ralph waited till it had nearly touched the ground ; then, koeping his hands behind him so that be should still appear to be hound, extinguished the lamp with a kick, and, seizing the rope, drugged it down with a jerk (out of the holder's hands. A volley of curses came from the night above. They could hear varions plans sug gested (or illuminating the dungeon. Nicholas suggestd that a blazing fagot of tow and pitch should be thrown down. This plan was approved of, and at once carried into execution. Ralph and Clara withdrew to the corner of the dungeon next the door. "They will not be able to see much through the smoke," he said to her by way - of comfort. Blie was delighted with their triumph so far. The plan failed ingnnminiously. Such a volume of smoke came through tho trap as the knight put down his head to look, that he drew back at once, sneezing and coughing and rubbing his eyes. In his rsge he seized the author of the contrivance and held his head over the opening till he was half suffo cated. Ralph extinguished the fagot at hi leisure. The knight continued to swear (or some time, but, no other plan suggest ing itself, they adjourned to supper. Before they closed the trap he shouted down, "Good-by, dickybirds. We will visit yon anon." "Nothing could give us more pleas ure," muttered Ralph, in an undertone. and proceeded to rehearse in his mind his plans for taking advantage of the visit. More than two hours passed before there was any sign that Sir Richard meant to fulfil his promise. At the end of that time muflled sounds of foot- stops and coarse laughter were heard on the dungeon stairs. The visitors, from the noise they made, seemed to be in high spirits, and had not been abstemious at supper. "So much the bettor," thought Ralph, as he drew this inference. He stationed Clara at the farther end of the dungeon, and took his stand in readiness by the door. He had two ropes now, and he had provided each with a running noose. The bolts were drawn, the key was turned, and the door swnng back. Two men with torches entered in ad vance of the knight, and held their torches high. The knight stepped in with easy swagger, his hat on one side his loose quilted Burcoat ojien, his righ hand resting lightly on the dagger in his belt, the left ready to point at the prisoners In time with the jest on his lips. The red light of the torches gave a deeper glow to his inflamed counten ance, broadened in coarse mirth. (To bo continued.) Help Wanted-Male. Mrs. Hauskcep Goodness! This meat is absolutely raw. Thia new cook is wretched ; she never cooks anything half enough. Mr. Hauskcep Don't blame her. She's only a woman. Mrs. Hauskeep What has that to do with it? Mr. Hauskeep Well, "woman's work is never done," you now. Phila delphia Times Eaiy Figuring, Ascum I suppose you haven't had time to figure out yet how much your cashier took? Bank Presidont Oh, yes. We knew In a very short time. Ascum Why, I thought he took a great deal. Bank President Exactly. We merely had to count what he left. , , 1 i Short and Swtct Townee-Here's a not ice of the wed ding of a Mis Annabol Long Story to Mr. William ' Lee. Short. Interesting, isn't it? Browne What's so interesting about it? Towne Can you imagine .a more pleasant way ' to mnke A. Long Story Short? Philadelphia Press. Th Moral Didn't Work. . Papa Soe that spider, my boy, spin ning his web? Is it not wonderful? Do yon reflect that, try as we may, no niau could spin that web? Johnny What of it? See me spin this top? Do you reflect that, try as he may, no spider could spin this top? Tit-Bits, , Ice one and one-half inches thick will support a man; eighteen inches thick railway train.- d VENTS OF THE DAY FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF THE WORLD. 4 Comprchcmlvt Review of the Important Happenings of th Put Week, Presented In a Condensed Form, Which Is Mott Likely to Prove of Interest to Our Many Rtaoom, . Flood stiuation in- Mississippi Is again becoming serious. Twenty-two men were killed in an exploslou in a Tennessee coal mine. A six story building in Philadelphia was entirely destroyed by fire. Los, $110,000. Dr. Thomas Dunn English is alive, but hi physicians say be may die at any moment. Since the outbreak of cholera at Manila there have been 90 cases and 70 deaths reported. The bouse committee favorably re ported the bill for 20 per cent Cuban tariff reduction. The plague situation in India is grow ing worse. Over 70,000 deaths are re ported monthly. The senate will take np the Nicara gua canal bill as soon as it has disposed of the Chinese exclusion measure. Floods in the Booth caused Immense damage to property. The loss In Tennessee by the recent flood ia estimated at $4,000,000. Roosevelt declares himself in favor of a more atringent Chinese exclusion law. A general uprising is being planned in Macedonia to throw off tho Turkish yoke. Fire partially destroyed a Cincinnati theater, but the audience escaped on harmed. Pension Commissioner Evans has been given to nnderstand that his resig nation was desired. High wind at Plttsourg resulted in injuries to many persons in churches and a heavy property loss. James R. Garfield, son of the late President Garfield, has accepted the position of civil service commissioner. The house has passed tho army ap propriation bill. German will not oppose Russia's policy in the far East. The naval appropriation bill carries $925,000 for the Puget Boand navy yard. ' Cecil Rhodes left most of his fortune to the promotion of bis educational scheme. Heavy rains in the South have caused the Mississippi to overflow its banks, flooding many miles of territory. Resolutions to investigate an alleged bribery scandal in connection with the sale of the Danish island were adopted by the house. Senator Mitchell has asked tho conv metoe committee to increase the appro priation for the Colombia river and its tributaries $1,000,000. The indications are for an early ad journment of congress. Cecil Rhodes, "the uncrowned king of South Africa," ia dead. MIsa Ellen M. Stone, tho American missionary, is on her way homo. There may be some difficulty in tho United States getting a coaling station in Cuba. A passenger train struck a buggy in the suburbs of Pueblo, killing its three occupants. Another mounted force of 8,000 men ia being raised in Canada (or service in South Africa. Two masked men held np an Em poria, Kan., hotel, but were unable to break into the safe. The president is receiving doaeaa of applications for the governorship of the Danish West Indies, should those islands be sold to tbo United States, Cuba will be turned over to tho Cub ans May 20. t There have been 40 coolers eases and 30 deaths at Manila. A St. Joseph, Mo., man is under ar rest for having 13 wives. Emperor William's new jacht, the Meteor, will be ready to cross tho ocean in a few days. Two men, charged with grand lar ceny, sawed their way out of a Mon tana Jail and escaped. President-elect Palma, of Cuba, is confident that the career of the new re public will M successful. Judge W, Van Devanter, of Chicago, has been prominently mentioned as a successor to Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock. A force of Laguna rebels has sur rendered. Santos-Dumont, the Braxilian aero naut, is in London and expects to make ascensions during the coronation sea son. Parisians are discussing a plan of erecting wireless telegraph systems in that city to take tho place of tele phones. J. A. Alexander, a rich and respected merchant of Casa, Ark., turns out to bo James Huddloaton, aa escapee! convict from Toxa. GREAT LAKE FORMED. Blockade Situation In North Dakota Become Seriout No Indication of Subsidence. St. Paul, April 2 Transcontinental traffic by the Northern routes continues to be blockaded. The Northern Pacific's efforts to transfer passengers across tho lake formed by the overflowing of the slougha near McKenzie, N. D., have proved fntila and but little hope is held ont for a resumption of business in tbo near future. Report from the Oroat Northern are to the effect that their transcon tinental trains, which have heretofore been able to get through with only a slight dela, are now held op by floods in tbo western portion of North Dakota. Just where the trouble is bas not been definitely determined, but telegraphic reports say that the Moose river is ont of its banks at Minot, on that line, and that numerous bridges bavo been swept away. The Red river is also at flood tide at Grand Forks, N. D., but so far as reported but little damage has been done there. , The situation on the Northern Pacific is extremely serious. Reports from McKenzie are to the effect that a lake 30 miles long and two mile wide ha formed and the tracks are 10 feet under water, or perhaps entirely washed out. Efforts to transfer passengers across this lake have not been successful. Tho wind bas been so high and the water so rough that much danger has attended the attempt to transfer passengers in small skiffs. A gasoline launch was put into service yesterday, bnt even this large craft was found inadequate to the task. It is thought that an en tirely new track will have to be built around this gap in the road before traffic can once more be carried on. Pasaengers eastbound have been beld at Bismarck, and no westbound coast trains have been started from St. Paul. A train reached here tonigbt bearing a camber of passengers who bad been successfully ferried across the lake at McKenzie, and tbey report the situa tion there extremely bad. As no freight can be moved west ward, there is fome fear that a famine in foodstuffs may result ' in Bismarck and its vicinity. Some of the Northern Pacific business bas been transferred to the Burlington at Billings, Mont., and in that way it is hoped to open an av enue of communication with the North Coast cities. The most optimistic of the railroad officials are inclined to be lieve that it will be at least 10 days be fore througn traffic can be re-established by the regular route. Q. A. R. ON PENSIONS. Mature That Were Complained of ia It Re port to the President Minneapolis, April 2. Judge Ell Torrence, commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, jnst back from a conference with tbe president on pension matters, says the report of the G. A. R. pension committee- was submitted to tbe president over a week ago. At his request, however, it will not bo made public for some time, as tbe president has under consideration the selection of a successor to Pension Commissioner Evans. - Judge Torrence, discussing the report said: "The committee found no fault with the pension lawa aa they now exist, but rather with the manner in which the laws have been construed and adminis tered b tbe pension bureau. A desire for a change in the v office of commis sioner of pensions has been steadily growing for two years past, until now it is almost universal among the veter ans, conservative Grand Army men believe, and with good cause, that great injustice has been done to many de serving and worthy claimants. AH the veteran soldier of the onion desires is that the laws be justly and fairly ad ministered, and all who are entitled to receive their benefits shall enjoy them without diminution or unreasonable delays, and that every unworthy claim shall be rejected and every fraudulent pensioner stricken from the rolls. "The atmosphere of the pension bu reau bas been such aa to create an im pression that a great many frauds are attempted by the old soldiers, bnt it is worthy of note that according to tbe last report of the commissioner, ont of 159 persons convicted of frauds against the bureau last year but 10 were sol diers of the Civil war, of whom te were deserters. Many convictions were for offenses agaiust the old soldiers, and' not by them. The records show that only one old soldier out of 73,000 has been convicted of fraud against the government. Certainly that is a won derfully good showing." Incidentally Judge Torrence denied that he was to be made pension com missioner, or that he was a candidate for that or any other office. , Six PrUoner Escape. St. Louis, April 2. By means of a wooden key six prisoners escaped from the workhouse early today after 10 hoars' work in breaking their shackles and opening the inner and outer doors of their cells. The men, three of them still wearing chains, climbed the rear fence of the workhouse grounds and took a skiff to the Illinois side of the Mississippi. Bill Uld Before Senate. Washington, April 2. Lodge, chair man of the committee on Philippines, today reported to the senate the bill temporarily to provide for the adminis tration of the affairs of the islands. He said in submitting the report be hoped to call np the measure fur consideration at an early date. . Rawlins, of tbe same committee, offered an amendment to the Philippine government bill, in the nature of a substitute for it. It repre sents tbo viowi of tbo minority. NEWS OF THE STATE ITEM8 OF INTEREST FROM ALL PART8 OF OREGON. Commercial and Financial Happening of Im portance A Brief Review of the Growth and Improvement of the Many Induatrlcs . Throughout Our thriving Commonwealth iattit Market Report, The supreme lodge of Oregon, A. O. U. W., will meet in Portland June 10 so 20. Oliver Grace, a pioneer of 1843, died at his home at Silverton last week. He waa born in 1829. The Western Union Telegraph Com pany has subscribed $1,000 to the Lewis and Clari exposition. Tbe Prohibitionist of Portland and Multnomah county have nominated a city and county ticket. About 70 teachers from all parts of Clackamas county attended the teach ers' institute in Oregon City last week. Tbe Tillamook County Bank, of Till amook, bas filed articles of incorpora tion with tbe secretary of state. Capi tal, $10,000. Preparations are being made to in crease the water supply of The Dalles. During the summer months the reser voirs i each a very low stage. Tbe retail clerks of Baker City are trying to secure an agreement among tbe merchants to close their places of business on Sunday. Most of the merchants are willing to agree to eucb a proposition, provided it is generally observed. Tho creamery plant at Junction City will soon bo in operation. A party of abont 20 immigrants ar rived in Yamhill county a few days age from Tennessee. A commercial clob ha been organ ised at Freewator to further the inter ests of that city. The Golconda mine, in the Cracker creex district, seven miles west oi Snmpter, has been sold for $250,000. Tho bnsinoss men of Salem, now that a flax mill is assured, aro working for tno establishment of a linen mill. Preparations are being made to re ceive a 10 stamp mill and complete equipment at tho Maybello mine, lb tho Granite district. The Grant county delegates to" the Republican congressional convention are for Williamson. They are not com mitted for governor. , The noted Roaring Gimlet mine, ia the Gold Hill district, bas caused another senration in tho nature of a rich strike. The mine was purchased last week by Indiana men for $10,000, and since its purchase the new owners have struck a big pocket ledge on tho main vein, and removed a pan of near ly pare gold, or about $18,000. Tbe Prohibitionists of Washington county will bold their convention April S. It ia tbe intention to place a full county ticket in tho field. Demo cratic primaries were held ia Umatilla ooonty March 25 and the eonnty con vention in Pendleton March 29. The vote at the primaries was very light, there being no contest over the elec tion. A foil county ticket waa named. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Walla Walla, 64c; bluestem, 65c; Valley, 6466c. Barley Feed, $2021.; brewing, l2l21.50 per ton. Oats No. 1 white, $1.151.22K; gray, $1.10(11.20. . Flour1 Best grades, $2.8003.40 per barrel; graham, $2.50(32.80. Millstnffs Bran, $13 per ton; mid dlings, $20; aborts, $20; chop, $16.50. " Hay Timothy, $1213; clover, $7,50(58; Oregon wild hay, $56 per ton. Potatoes Best Burbanks, $1.101.25 per cental; ordinary, 7080c percen tal, growers' prices ;sweets, $2.252.60 per cental. Butter Creamery, 22X25c; dairy, 18(5520c; store, 1315c. Eggs 14c for Oregon. Cheese Full cream, twins, 13(3 13)ic; Young America, 143 15c; fac tory prices, llKc less. Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3.50 4.50; hens, $4.50(35.60 per dozen, 11 llc per pound; springs, llU)c per pound. $3 per dozen; ducks, $56 per dozen; turkeys, live, 12 13c, dressed, 1416c per pound; geese, Q g7 per dozen Mutton Gross, 4c per pound; dress ed, 77)c per pound. Hogs Grose. 5?c; dressed, 6i7c per pound. Veal 884 for small ; 77X for large. Beef Gross, cows, 344c; steers, 44,c; dressed, 8M74C per pound. Hope 12 13c per pound. Wool Valley, 1315c; Eastern Ore gon, 8126c; mohair, 2121)c per pound. A health resort for invalid soldiers of the regular army is to be established at Fort Niobrara, in Nebraska. Overland limited trains are to be provided with telephone ser ice while standing in depots at Chicago, Omaha and San Francisco. The owner of a Chicago tenement has been sued fo- $25,000 damages by Mrs. John McGmnis, whose two chil dren were killed by sewer gas and her own health impaired. STORM IN THE EAST. Fierce Gale Doe Great Damage to Property in Pittibura and Vicinity, Pittsburg, Marsh 31. One of the fiercest wind storms ever known in thia section struck tbe city yesterday just before noon. Almost incalculable dam age was don to property, and many people were injured, some of whom may die. Score of houses were unroofed, many trees were blown down, mill stacks toppled over, and telegraph and telephone wires generally were dis abled. The most serious accident waa the unroofing of tbe Presbyterian church, In Enoxville, occupied by about 600 per sons. While the minister was in the midst of his sermon, the wind blew off the large chimney and lifted a portion of the roof. Bricks from .he chimney crashed through the roof and carried a large portion of the hardwood ceiling down npon the worshiper. A panic ensued and a frantic rush wa made for the door and windows. At least 40 persons' were caught by the wreckage and were more or less hurt. Of thia number five may not recover. As the pastor of tbe Robinson Run ' United Presbyterian churcb, near Mc Donald, was raising his arms to pro nounce the benediction, lightning struck tbe church spire and it toppled on the church roof, crashing it and in juring a number of worshipers, two ef whom will die. At Jamestowua tornado tore ont one end of the United Presbyterian church while tbe pastor was preaching. He was buried under a masa of brick and timbers and fatally hurt. The congre gation escaped uninjured. The Nobles town Presbyterian church wa also on-' roofed. The Forest OiLCompany bad between 200 and 300 derricks blown down in its McDonald region, and considerable damage was sustained by its pipeage system. Reports from nearby towns show that the wind played havoc at every town in its track. At Mingo Junction, O., two big struc tural ore bridges of the National Steel Company' plant, valued at $50,000, were twisted into shapeless masses of iron. At Belle Vernon, Pa., tbe American Window Glass Company's plant waa unroofed, several blocks of bouses were wrecked and other damage Was done. At Greensburg, Pa., nearly 0.000 feet of roof of the Keeley A Jones plant waa carried away, and the great cnpola ot tbe First Presbyterian church was toi pled into the street. At Washington, Pa., the new bar mill of the Griffith Tinplate Company was completely wrecked, entailing a loss of $10,000.' ive residences were blown down, the Roman Catholic and the Third Presbyterian churches were considerably damaged, and many resi dences lost roofs and windows. It ia expected greater losses will be reported when tbe country districts cau be heard from. STAND OF ROOSEVELT. Favors a Stronger Chinese Exclusion Law Than the Present One. Washington, April 1. During a con ference between tbe president and Rep resentative Moody, of Oregon; Met- calf, of California; Reeder, of Kansas, and Senator Hanabrough, of North Da kota, on the' irrigation bill, the subject of Chinese exclusion was introduced by Representative Metcalf, who said he bad heard the president was opposed to the pending drastic bill. "On the contrary," said President Roosevelt, "I am anxious to see a law enacted that will effectually bar out Chinese- laboring classes a law far more drastic in this particular than the one now jn force. At the same time I believe the Chinese-merchant class and the higher classes generally should be liberally dealt with. I heartily endorse tbe particulars of the bill extending the exclusion laws to oui insular pos sessions, and preventing the immigra tion of Chinese now in tho islands into the United States." Turkey Mobilize Troop. ConstantinoDle. March SI 'Th Turkish government bas decided to" call to the colors 90,000 irregular troops. This mobilization is ostensibly for the annual maneuvers, but, in view of the conditions in Macedonia, considerable significance is attached to the move ment. A Photographic Counterfeit. Washington. April 1. Tho secret service has announced that a new $5 bank note, the face of which is fairly deceptive, is in circulation. It is a photographic print on two pieces of pa per, with the fibre between, on the union .National xiank of New Orleans. Paper Box Plant Deitroyed, Kansas Citv. March 29. Fire has completely destroyed the biiildinir at tbe foot of Delaware street on the river front, occupied by the National Paper Box Company, entailing a loss estimated by firemen and others at $100,000. Indemnity Riot in China. Pekin, April 1. Chinese officials say that 1,000 people have been killed in riots at Ta Ming Fu, the southernmost prefecture of the province of Chi Li. The riots were due to attempts of local officials to collect indemnities for the Catholics, as arranged between tbe officials and the priests, foldiers have been dispatched to quell the disturb ance, and a - Taotai baa Keen sent to adjut the difficulties. ,