THE
OREGON
-XL. a
VOL. XXIII.
ST. HKLJiNS, OllEGON, Fit I DAY, APRIL 13, 1906.
NO. 18.
MIS
NEWS OF THE WEEK
In a Condensed Form for Our
Busy Readers.
HAPPENINGS OF TWO CONTINENTS
, Rsum of tha LS Important but
Nut Lesa Interastlnsr Events
tf tha Past Week.
Japan has opened Manchuria to (or.
lKn trad.
Wilt sgeln threaten to realgn m
pri-mlrr "I Kula.
lowlsvgely denounce lilt wl'a
mit voi Ita will not live wih bet
Kill.
Many ir(Ka In tb Philippine art
sulfnring Iroui malaria caused by lui
hu water.
Another attack on engineers and oth
er iirtlclal ol tin In, France, coal
inliimi Im been wed by Iba mlnsr
!.
Nrarly til countries have Joined with
ti United State In asking lor a Utr
.Ut th time ol tut aacoml llege
luiili.rnirt.
Anthracite coal operator y they
are willing to arbitral, but have pre
rimted nva teiui to tba miners a a
hauls li tba arbitration.
Iiurtlngtim omelet claim no know
1,-lge td a wreck on Ita road near l.ln
n.ln, Nab,, while man alio vara on iba
(ruin say tbr a ariark and tbey
,w l Irait two iauna alio war
slilid.
I uncial of tba Chicago A Alton anil
t'hu-ego. llurllngton A gulncjr railroad
imi.t aund trial In Kanaaa lor giving
rcllra. Tba United Ktal lUalriel
uiirt at Kanaaa City baa refuted to
grant thern immunity.
ll.xi.rvi.lt and Tillman may become
rn-ouciled.
Urky and otbar Koaalan revolution
id will tour Aniartra
Tntmen ol Chicago bavo struck lor a
ri ol $.1 r montb.
There ' many candidate lor Al
gol's r4t In Hi tanat.
At great mal'Ulty of tha bituminous
coat minrra ar at work.
The governor of Tver, Kuasia, has
Iwrn hluan t by a bomb.
The tmorrtlc victory In Rula
may lead to th granting of a conatllu.
linn.
l,iwt'( European convert refits to
Utiev lhal tbeir leader ba fallen from
grace in .ion City,
Bryan will also tour Itusala during
bis preterit trip around th world. He
ii in India at present.
iHiwIa'i anemlea ar bringing mora
clmrgi- against him and preparing a
hut rerepliott lor tha aged prophet.
The street car strike at Winnipeg ha
ended, tha car men getting an advance
ol 1 out au hour alur asking for S.
Expert a ho bav gone over tha and
Itur's book of Indiana bava found a
shortage of $S0,06H5. Tke shortage
cover every year back lo 13.
Senator Alger, of Michigan, I not
candidal for re-election.
Dowi promlsr to perform a miracle
when he leacbe Zlou City.
Returning marcbant aay Chine ata
now baying Amarlraan good.
Vesuvine 1 In violent eruption and
thousand of people ar fleeing In ter
ror. Mora rioting ha taken pie-:. at Win
nipeg, Manitoba, on account of tba
street car strike.
The soft coal mln operator of the
Kat have offered to arbltraat uieir
difforenco with the minor).
All th Independent coal operator of
the Pittsburg district bava signed the
seal. This will Insure work for about
DO, 000 men.
The United State Circuit court of
appeals of New York ay th patent
for daylight loading film cartridge tor
photographic, camera I void.
A iteamer ha arrived at Philadel
phla Irom Bombay. India, with what
1 believed to be bubonic plague among
the crow.
One hundred nrlntera have been ills-
charged f'om tba government printing
olll.e a th first tep toward economy
In that department. Tha mechanical
department will b completely reorgeu
lied.
Many Uvea wera lost by tha collip
ol a hotel In Germany.
Hpeaker Cannon admits tha present
tariff law should a revised.
Tha kaiser abandoned till trip to the
Moditerranean for fear ol assassination
Tha New Vork chamber of com
mere urge congress to pat the VhlV
Ipplne tariff bill.
Trinca ton Buelow, chancellor ot
Germany, fell In a faint while aduret'
lug the relchittg.
The tenate plans to do away with the
oflloe of tunerintondent of Indian af
fair In Alaska and turn the work over
to tha governor.
Tha Bemiblio Oil company, a dum
mv of tha Standard, bat withdrawn
from N hIiiki ka. Iowa and Indiana. He
business will be continued by tba
TRADE WITH ISLAND OF CUBA.
Imports and Export for 1805 Far
Excd Any Previous Yar.
Washington, April 10. A reuort I.
ued by th department of Commerce
and Labor ou tha Cuban trade say:
Cuba rank second In Importance In
tba trail relations of th United States
with other American countries. Tb
total trad of th United Htate with
tb principal countries of America in
th calendar year of 1905 was: Can
ada, 1203,000,000; Culm, $125,000,
000; ltrssil, l 11,000,000; Meiico,
$02,000,000, Argentina, 130,000,000.
Tb value of merchandise Imported In
to tba United State from Cuba In the
calendar year 1V0S, according to figures
prepared by tb department of Com
merce and Labor, was $U5,H67,HA6,
strains! $ft7,2,2201 In 1V03, 1:11,747,
22U In 1V00 and I10.233.4A0 In 18U7,
In which year our Import from Cuba
touched tha loweet point In tha last
half century, Tha export from the
Untied Htalos to Cuba tsgregated 144,-
5flW,(tl2, against 123,604,417 In 1U03,
$20,034,624 in 1U00 and 17,200,613 in
IHUfl, In which year they were smaller
than In any proceeding year lu th last
half century, lo both Imports and s
porls th figure ol the year 1U0& ar
arger than those o! any earlier year lo
our trad with Cuba.
Hngar aud molasses, to'.cco, cigar
and fruit ar tb principal article
forming tha Import Into th United
Htate fro-n Cuba. Tba value of sonar
import In lOOA wss-ovsr (72,000,0001
molasse, 11,007,163; leaf tobaoro,
111 H7U.03H; cigars, 13,8.16,820; ImiU,
lt.23A.02H (of which all but 15,803
tt presented the value ol bananas), and
Iron ores, 11,637,800.
SWEPT BY TIDAL WAVE.
About 160 Live and Much Property
Lost In South Seat.
Han Francisco, Aprll-10. Thestearo-
er Mariposa arrived today from Tahiti,
bringln additional particular oi ine
storm which swept th Hoctety and oth
er South Hea Islands last February.
According to tha latest animate about
16U live were loat and the prorly
damage amount! to ll.&OO.UOt).
Among tba Mariposa' passengers were
H. Chalee. C. Drown and J. Harris,
member of the crew ol the British ship
Coonty ot Kngburgh, Captain J. Leelie,
which went ashore during the Hurri
cane at Tokarva, In tha l'aumolee group
of Islands. Out of ber crew of :4, ten
live war loat.
Other vestelt lost during the storm
were the French arhooner Tahtieniie.
53 tons, with Captain IViter and eight
of her crew, and the French schooner
Touture, 28 ton, with all on board
The French schooner tlituiml, l ions,
went ashore at Monlhl. Her crew was
saved. Th French arhooner Mornrora,
37 ton, went aehora at Tikehou, but
th crew U saved.
The French schooner F:lroeo, 160
tons, 1 overdue and It I supposed that
she la met with all on board on ime-
hou. Thirty seven cutter ol 12 to to
tons were also lost in the storm.
NEW JERSEY FOREST FIRE.
State Wa About to Purchata Larg
Tract for Heservoir.
Km. Harbor City. S. J-i April 10.
A forest and swamp fire waa started
.... ...t. ,1,1. nwirnlnir and In the
course of a few hour assumed threaten
ing dimensions. Tha Ore origin is
unknown. It started a short distance
from the home of Congressman Jonn J.
Harriott and did considerable damage.
iti..i. -1...1. i.nnnl the flame into
rorlng furnace and drove it in a west
erly direction towani mo
Weymouth and west r.gg nanw
m.... i r'.,mninn wa completely
encircled and evetl building destroy
ed.
i -..i, mile aid and over
four mile long wa covered by the
n Ti...,,..,l. nt seres of valuable
nniun. "
timber which th state of New Jersey
wai about to purchase M a forest re
serve were deeiroyeu, mssiuK -
15,000 acres almost wornue.
Bold Diamond fhiavet.
New Orleant, La., April 10. That
a wat robbed of diamond! valued al
5.000 at the mottle of a revolver In a
' . ,.,i-.i .treet it the ttory
Store i" v. -- - ,
. . , ... .... he I.. Moss, a leweler.
Him w i" - - . , .
m.- ..1,1 that while at work In his
ttore, with hundred of pople passing,
late last night, two men entered l and
asked to look at ome diamond rings
andbroocbe. After several tray bad
. , ... v mmvm nn. ui win ui.'..
neen pui urn, , , .
i . ...i.r in Ills face and the
other took the Jewel and eicaped Into
the crowded street.
Ni-.aa Go On Strike.
New Orleant, April 10. A number
ol nurse in the Jackson anliarium
i nn itr ka liecause a neiiru
pttle.it wa admitted to one of the
Wtrdl. Hie nurses iiu i" ,"
.i.., ti.uv tlil not intend to wall
ciariug , - - - n...,i
oniiesroet. The patient lis...
employe on one ui -
-,.;.t. .1.. i.n.niti.1 hat a oontraut
" a ai.sa savtiariti wvii.i
::, v" ful to report for
iiieri. -- ---
duty and tna wime -
dered to attend ine man.
fnr Trial Spin.
Wrui.or ..www, -
n li.. i Mo Anrii 10. The new
cruiser Washington, whion .ae ji i
mm com pi ww v .
government, arrived there today and
m 4t.. ItrAalrwilinr It)
i fss tnai iigiiivii inivn
,,c ,,oreu. ..ux". whid.
reaitiness iur - - .
will take place off thl port during the
week The Washington' contract calls
ToTa minimum .peed of 82 fcnoli P
OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
NOT SO BAD A8 PAINTED.
Most Crop In Pendleton Section Ar
Turning Out Well.
Pendleton Investigation of the con
dition of growing wheat in various
part of Umatilla county shows the
laiuage sustained In the March cold
spall was slight. Instead of many
thontand acre to reseed, a at first re
ported, not more than 3,000 acre lo
the entile county have been reteeded.
Many farmer secured teed wheat and
vltrol, In many instances paying fancy
prices for blueetcm, which waa scarce,
only to find that their grain was not in
ured or only tllghtly. The only sec
tion where there was any lo wit the
northwestern part, where the toll is
light and titer wa comparatively no
snowfall. The scare wat due to tb
fact that the top of the grain in tome
place wa froteo, but tbil la consider
ed benefit Instead of an Injury by
many, as they tsy that It hat caused
he grain to stool out more tban other
wise .
Tha fruit la also coming out nicely
and the damage will not be nearly so
treat a wa feared. Tb peache suf
fered most, but there will be a partial
crop and unless a later frost occurs
there will be a full crop of all other va
rieties of fruit.
TWO CENTS AN ACRE.
Estimate for Coming Year by Secre
tary of Waterusert' Attociatlon.
Klamath Falls Secretary A pplegate,
of the Klamath Waterasera' association,
n hit tnnual report to the stockhold
er' meeting here, April 7, stated tntt
the receipts of the association to March
31, 1000, were 11,728.60, while dis
bursement were H,H&1.20, leaving a
deficit of 1122.64. Principal expense
wa filing and recording deeds, etc
11,405.20; salary of attorney, $1,500;
alary of secretary, f 1,200, and direct
ore' per diem and eapense, 1003.10.
He estimate eipcnse for the coming
year at $3,000. A there are about
160.000 acres suhecrlbed lo me associa
tion, the assessment per acre will only
be about 2 cents. There are about 20,-
JOO acres of private land under the
project as yet unsubscribed.
Ftvort Spelling Reform.
Kalein State Superintendent Acker-
man it a firm believer In the retormed
pelting, so much talked about by An-
lrew Carnevle. Ha says that there it
onlr on way to bring about the refor
mation speedily and rneciiveiy, and
that wst for tha newspaper ol the
country to agree to adopt the new mode
nf eoelliiiK. should thit be done, Air
Ackerman sayt that the country at large
will accept the new form and forget the
old Inside of one year. He taid that
tha National FMucational association
had adopted the new form.
May Send Eapart Here.
Port'and After consulting with El
wood Mead, chief of the drainage and
irrigation Investigations of the depart
ment ot agriculture, nenaior jonn ot.
Uearin hat advised the board of trade
that the department will probably dis
patch a man to the Willamette valley
tliia season to study agiicultural condi
tion!. If the appropriation provided
for In the agricultural bill it large
enough he will begin hit work about
July 1.
Initiative Printing Bill.
8aletn There ha been much specu
lation at to the probable expense en
tailed upon the atate by the initiative
measures which nave oeen proposeu lor
the people's adcptlon at the June elec
tion thit year, hence the following fig
ure!, obtained from the secretary of
ttate, Will he ot interest anowuig me
tniount thnt expended' raper, si.-
017; printing, $3,472; binding, $1,-
610; tout, b,uu.
Pottpon Booth-Kelley indemnity did.
Kalem Governor Chamberlain hat
wired Senators Fulton and Uearin to
have the tenate postpone action on the
Booth-Kelly Lumber company'! indem
nity bill, authorising the company to
select lands In lieu of ita holdings in
the Klamath Indian reservation, nntil
a copy of the bill it received and the
matter investigated ny ttaie ian i au-
thorltlet. .
Curry Healthieit County.
Weddcrburn Curry couuty Ii one of
the healthiest In Oregon. Thil county
boaitl only one physician, allowing that
it it a desirable place to live, even ii
it la off the map of homeaeekere. No
epidemic of any kind ever visits this
place, and ine pnysician e uu mwu
needed. j
Discovert Black Diamond.
Wedderbnrn Wtil panning In the
creek near Langlois, thit county, W. E.
Ellott discovered a Diaca uiamonu.
ri.. .tnna It at lame as a kernel ol
oorn, and has all characteristic of the
diamond. It thinet at nigm auu u
excellent glass cutter.
Money for School Fund.
Salem Receipts ol the Btate Land
board from tale of pnbllo school lands,
deferred payments and Interest on loam
amounted to $27,8.66 for March.
This turn has been paid lo the state
treasurer to be added lo the permanent
school fund.
REALLOT WENAHA RESERVE.
Sheepmen Jubilant Ovar Confirmation
of Reconaideratlon.
Pendleton There it Joy among
sheepmen ol Umatilla county over the
news that the Wensha reserve will be
redivlded, for It Is understood that the
allotment It to be made again. Sev
eral dayi ago 3. E. Smith received a
letter from Banger J. M. Smltx, Invit
ing the Oregon men to meet at Walla
Walla April 27 to consult regarding the
division of the reserve. It was sup
posed that tbe meeting would be mere
ly to hear complaint, and that little
or no good would result to the Oregon
sheepmen. However, Dsn P. Smythe,
secretary of the Umatilla county asso
ciation, has been Informed that the
reserve wat to be redivlded.
When the Wenaha reserve was first
allotted among stockmen several
months ago Oregon men complained
bitterly because in making the divis
ion tbe Oregon part of the reserve bad
been practically given over to Washing
ton growers, thus cutting of! many
Umatilla county men from their turn
mer ranges.
There I a general belief that a more
equitable division will be made thl
time, at the Umatilla county men will
be on hand to assert tbeir rights.
Perry Gould, president of the Cms
tilla countv association, bas called a
meeting of that body April 20, at which
time a line of action will be agreed
upon.
Oregon's Boundary Dispute.
Salem Attorney Oeneral Crawford
and State Engineer Lewis, after visiting
Astoria to look np evidence in the
boundary line suit pending between
Oregon and Washington before tbe
United States Supreme court, are more
thoroushlv convinced tban ever tual
Oregon is in tbe right. Mr. Lewis coo
tends that congress must hsve been
guided in fixing tbe boundary line by
tbe latest government surveys of the
mouth of the Columbia river. By stip
ulation, oral evidence will be taken be
fore a notary.
Notifies Attorney General.
Salem Tbe Portland Oeneral Elec
tric company has notified the attorney
general that it ha filed answer to tbe
state' amended complaint in tha Cir
cuit court of Multnomah county. The
state tue to compel an accounting for
tbe past 30 yea- of business transact
ed. In its answer the company states
that the locks and canal at Oregon City
have changrd bands twice in that per
iod. They also let np that the state's
claim tor interest is outlswed.
Land and Lot System To Ba Used.
Astoria County Assessor Cornelias
has decided to use the land and lot sys
tem in preparing the 1006 assessment
roll in place of segregating the proper
ty under the names ol th various own
er, as has been tbe custom heretofore.
Mr. Cornelius believes the new system
will result in a great saving to the
county.
Governor Would Sign Protest.
Salem Governor Chamberlain sayt
that he does not think tbe United
States quartermaster's otlU-e should be
moved from Portland to Seattle, be
cause Portland was tbe more central
point. The governor expresses willing
ness to join in a protest to the secretary
of war against the proposed change.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Club, 68c; bluestem, 689
69c; ted, 66c; valley, 68c.
Oata No. 1 white .feed, $27.50;
gray, $27 per ton.
Barley Feed, 23.60524 per ton;
brewing, $24924.50; rolled, $24.50(3
25.50.
Hay Eastern Oregon timothy,
choice, $17918 per ton; common, $13
14; valley timothy, $899; clover,
$7.5098; cheat, $697; grain hay,
$798; alfalfa, $12.
Anplej $292.75 per box.
Vegetables Asparagus, 8912&C
per pound; cabbage, 2. per pound;
cauliflower, $2 25 per crate; celery, 75
l)0c per doten; head lettuce, 26o per
doaen: onlont. 40c per doten; radiehee,
20925c per doten; rhubarb, $191-25
per bi I ; spinach, $1 per box; panley,
25c turn pa, $191.25 per sack; car
rota, 6597 oo per ssck; beets, 85c9tl
ner sack.
Oniont No. 1, 7090o per sack;
No. 2. nominal.
Potatoes Fancy graded Bnrbanks,
65o per hundred; ordinary, 50955c;
new California. 6c per pound.
Butter Fancy oreamery, 20922),c
per pound.
Eggs Oregon ranch, 16916)0 per
doaen.
Poultry Average old hens, lS91SVt'c
per pound; miaed chickens, 129 13c;
broilert, 26auo; young rootiere, is
fit 13c: old roosters, 10SC5USc: dress
ed chickens, 13914o; turkeys, live, 10
rai7c. turkeys, dressed, choice, 20(4
21c; geese, live, 898 o; geese, dress
ed. lOOllc: duck. 17 (HI He.
Hops Oregon, 1905, 7910c; oldt,
597o.
Wool Eastern Oregon average best,
15920o; valley, 24 9 20c per pound;
mohair, choice. 25920c.
Veal Dressed. 31i per pound.
Beef Dretsed bulls, 3o per pound
cows, 495o; country steers, 4W95)tfo
Mutton Dressed, fancy, 99o per
pound; ordinary, 45o; lambs, with
pelt on, lOQllo.
Pork Dressed, 898 per pound
FLEE IN TERROR.
Peasants Seek Refuge In Naple from
Fiery Vesuvius.
Npljs, April 9. Mount Vesuvloi it
a colossal cauldron of fire and the town
of Boacatrecase, on ita southern declivi
ty, has been transformed into a gray is
land of ruin by tbe ashes from tbe crat
er of tbe volcano. Torrent of liquid
fire, resembling In the distance serpents
with glittering yellow and black scales,
are coursing in all directions, amid
rumblings, detonations and earth trem
blings, while s pt 11 of sulphurous smoke
that hovers over all make breathing
difficult.
Tb stream of lava are resistless.
They soap like pipeatems tbe trunks ol
chestnut trees hundreds of years old,
snd blight with their torrid breath tbe
blooms on th peach treee before tbe
trees themselves have be-in reached.
The molton streams do not spare tbe
homes of the peasants, and when these
have been rated they dash into the
wells as though seeking to slake tbeir
thirst, and, after filling tbem, continue
tbeir course down tbe mountainside.
Everywhere in tbe vicinity of the
volcano pitifnl scene are witnessed
women are tearing tbeir hair in their
griei and old men are crying aloud at
the loss of tbeir beloved homesteads.
New crater have opened at different
points on tbe mountain, but it it im
postible to ascertain tbeir number or
where they are tituated.
Naples is the mecca of the alarmed
country people and tbey have been
flocking into the city in great numbers.
The lava flow approached tbe out-
skirta of tbo village of Clarem and then
suddenly ceased advancing. Filty acres
of ground about tbe village were over
flowed and tbe crops mined.
The eruption bas canted a great deal
of damage, as tb beating lava streams
have withered vegetation, while tbe
asbe have settled on everything.
NEW RECIPROCITY TREATY.
America Getting; Worsted by Present
Agreemert With Cuba.
Washington, April 9. Acting nnder
instructions from tbe State department,
Edwin Morgan, minister at Havana,
has been in conference with the Cuban
Foreign office, with the purpose of
framing a new reciprocity treaty. Tbe
treaty may be ready for submission be
fore tbe adjournment of the the present
senate aeetion.
Tbe reason for tbe preparation of
tbit new treaty it tbat the official! here
have become convinced tbat America is
getting by far the worst of the bargain
nnder tbe present arrangement. Wbile
neatly all of tbe exports from Cuba
come to our ports, only a little more
tban one-third ot tbe imports into
Cuba are furnished by the Ameriean
farmers and merchants, Europe fur
niahing practically tbe balance.
The Cuban covernmrnt did not care
to make the concessions, bnt it wat
confronted with the fact tbat otherwise
there would be no treaty at all at the
expiration of the present convention
and, without the preferential rates ot
the treaty it would be impossible to
market Cuban sugar and other staples
in America at profitable rates, thus
threatening ruin to Cuba.
HUMPHREY'S USGENT PLEA.
He Predictt Disaater if Ship Subsidy
Bill Should Fail.
Washington, April 9. . Representa
tive Humphrey, of Washington, today
informed the president that, unless the
ship subsidy bill is pasted, Japan will
toon control the entire Oriental com
merce of the Pacific coast. He hoped
so to alarm the president tbat be will
actively take np the cause ot the tub-
tidy advocates and compel the speaker
and house leaders to let this bill past.
Mr. Humphrey said tbe Japanese
already have an option on six ships ol
the Pacific Mail, and can bny them, if
tbe subsidy bill is defeated. He also
said the Japanese are trying to get the
Hill ships on Fuget sound. He went
on to say that there is a British-French
Uerman shipping trust tbat now fixes
rates between Pacific coast ports and
Liverpool, having recently doubled the
rate on wheat. Unless tbe subsidy law
is enacted, Mr. Humphrey says Pacific
coast exporters shipping to Liverpool
will remain at the mercy ol tbia trust
Desperate Express Robbers Foiled
Dea Moines, April 9. A desperate
attempt to rob the Wells-Fargo offices
In tbia city of over $100,000 was
thwarted by the prompt action of the
police last night. Express Messenger
Painter was assaulted by masked men
while In charge of tbe company's safe,
but tbe robbers were driven off. Thit
afternoon four men entered the office
and after they left a mask was discov
ered on the floor. Fearing a second at
tempt at robbery, a detail of police
guarded the express company's safe all
right.
Tidal Wave In Azores.
London, April 9. Lloyds at mid
night received a dispatch from Berlin
which state that the German govern
ment has received a rumor that the
Aaores islands have been devastated by
a tidal wave, and tbat several thousand
people have perished. There is no
confirmation ot the report at present
The report Is amplified as received in
Berlin, declaring that some of the out
lying islands ot the Axorea group have
been submerged.
Will Reappoint Judge Moore.
Washington, April 9. It was an
nounced at the White house today that
Judge Alfred 8. Moore would be reap
pointed United States 'udge at Nome,
Alaska.
HUNDREDS KILLED
Naples Building Is Crushed by
Weight o! Ashes.
CROWDED CHURCH COLLAPSES
Devastated Section it Covered With
Ashes a Foot Deep Stream
of Lava Almost Stationary.
Naples, April 10. Reports ot fatali
ties consequent upon tbe eruption ol
Mount Veeuviut are coming lo. Ac
cording to information received late to
night, probably a many a 600 lives
were lost.
It is said that more than 200 person
perished in tbe district of San Giutep-
e, where from the rains of a chnrcb
which collapsed owing to tbe weight of
asbes on the roof, 49 corpses wera ex
tricated, and it is asserted tbat at Sor
rento 27 persons were killed by falling
bouse.
A frizbtfnl disaster bas occurred in
the center of this city following tbe
eruptions of Mount Vesuvius. Two
hundred people, it is estimated, were
buried thit morning in tbe mine of tbe
market Monte Oliveto, when tbe roof
collapsed nnder the weight of cinders
from tbe volcano.
Tbe exact number of people within
the building at tbe moment of the ca
tastrepbe is not known, and the list of
fatuities it problematical.
Cavalry proceeding to tbe succor of
the inhabitants of th devastated sec
tion have been unable to make any pro
gress, tbe rain falling on tbe asbes
loot deep having made it imp jeeible lor
tbe horses to travel.
The ttreama of lava are almost ata-
tionary. Troop are er cting barricades
in tbe direction ol Pomp-m to prevent
further damage in that quarter.
ALL ARE CONVINCED.
Columbia Jetty Win Easily in House
Sub-Committee.
Washington, April 9. Tbe rivers
and harbors tub-committee of the house
devoteiLjnore tban two hours tday to
hearing Major La ngfitt in behalf ot
Senator Fulton's bill appropriating
$400,000 for the jetty at tbe mouth of
the Columbia river. Major Langfitt
wat subjected to a continuous flow of
Questions from the members of the
committee and made a strong case in
support of the bill. He readily con
vinced the nve members ot tbe tub-
committee tbat thit proposition it en
tirely mentoriout and deserving of im
mediate and favorable consideration in
tbe house.
Tomorrow the sub committee will
make a report to the full committee
and later in the day, it is understood,
the Fulton bill will be reported to the
house. As soon as the bill is reported,
Senator Fulton will see Speaker Can
non and urge him to fix a day for its
consideration. It it not anticipated
that itt consideration will require much
time, uol?se an effort shall be made to
attach numerous intendment! providing
for other projects.
LIMITS HOMESTEAD RIGHTS.
Settlers Can Only Have a Farm Unit
on Irrigated Land.
Washington, April 10. Under an
opinion rendered by tbe assistant attor
ney general for tbe Interior department
and approved by the secretary of the
interior, homesteaders who have taken
up but not yet acquired title to 160
acres nnder any government irrigation
project will be obliged to relinquish to
tbe government witbout any compensa
tion all of their entry in excess of the
farm nmt that is adopted for tbe pro
ect under which particular land may
lie. It the farm unit be 40 acres, the
homesteader must relinquish 120 acres
He cannot sell it to another party or
turn it over to the Waterusera' associa
tion ; if the farm unit be 80 acres, b
must relinquish an equal area.
Food Needed for 136,000.
Washington, April 10. The latest
official cable report received by the
American National Red Cross from Ja
pan states tbat tbe number of peopli
who ban to depend upon outside Help
is over 300,000. Of this number, mere
than 126,000 require a supply of food
and tbe rest are given work and are
earning their own livlihood. The re
lief woik started by tbe government
since the latter part ot last year and
the liberal contributions coming from
the native and foreign peoples have im
proved the situation immensely.
Cure tor Consumption.
London, Aptil 10. A dispatch from
Toklo to the Daily Telegraph says that
at a meeting of the medical societies of
Japan, Or. Ishidami, an eminent bac
teriologist, announced tbe result ot
yar'a experience with an antitoxin
against tuberculosis which he had dis
covered, and, wbile, like other toxlnes
did not result in a rise in tbe patient
temperature. He asserted that the an
titoxin had resulted in cjree la an
average of one-third of the patients
All Have Bubonic Plague.
Philadelphia, April 10. Tbe sus
picious cases of sickness on the steamer
Barresfield, from Bombay, which is in
quarantine here, are bubonic plague
The four patients, all Lascars, are iso
lated.
OFFER TO ARBITRATE.
Miners Willing to Let Conciliation
Board Settle Trouble.
New York, April 6. Having failed
to come to an agreement themselves.
tbe hard coal miners of Pennsylvania,
through tbeir representative, today
proposed to tbe operators tbat all mat
tert in dispute be referred to a board of
arbitration for settlement, tbe tribunal
to be composed of the board of concili
ation which was created by tbe award
of the Anthracite Strike commission in
1903, with Judge Gray, of Delaware, or
any person he may appoint, as chair
man and umpire. If the operators ac
cept the propoeition and a convention
of mineworkers approves the plsn, tha
160,000 men now idle in tbe antbra-
ite fields will return to work at once.
Wbile it bad been reported for several
days tbat tbe miners might ask tbat
tbe difference be arbitrated, tbe prop
osition came to them as a great sur
prise, a they did not believe tbe onion
leaders were ready to leave the contro-
ersy to a third party at this time. .
That tbe operators will accept the
miners' proposal as submitted is not
generally believed ; in fact, it is inti
mated tbey may flatly refuse the offer.
on the ground tbat existing conditions
are tbe reenlt of arbitration. Tbe em
ployer bave decided to consider the
miners' latest move and promise to
give President Mitchell and his men an
answer on Monday, when another '
meeting of the two sob-committees will
be held in this city.
Tbe anthracite board of conciliation
consists of six . members three repre
senting the operators and three the
miners. This board held frequent ses
sions during tbe last three years,
settling local disputes in tbe anthracite
region. Tbe award of tbe strike com
mission provided that, when it could
not agree, a Federal judge in tbe Third
Judicial district should appoint an
umpire, who should make a decision.
Judge George Gray, president of the
strike commission, made tbe appoint
ment. Dnring the first two year he
selected Carroll D. Wright, ex-United
States commissioner of labor, as the
umpire, but during the last year
Charles P. Neill, the present labor
commissioner, acted as the arbiter.
FURIOUS WITH FOREIGNERS.
Chinese Excited by Picture of Magia-
. trate Killed by Prieat.
Pekit., April 6. The Nanchang affair
of February last, during which a Chi
nese magistrate met death a the result
of a dispute with French Catholic ffiia
sionarie which caused a riot and the
killing of a number of French and Brit
ish missionaries, continues to inflame
the Chinese. Tbe native papers in the
north of China this week print pictures
of tbe magistrate's corpfe, showing his
wounds, with sensational articles writ
ten in a style which appeals to the
lower classes, exhorting the people not
to forget the outrages and to prepare to
defend themselves against foreign bru
talities.
The belief that a French priest mur
dered tbe magistrate is universal and
probably no other incident ever excited
such widespread resentment against tha
missionaries. In many place the
Catholic converts and the other Chinese
are living on the basis of armed neu
trality, and but for tbe presence ot tha
troops stationed near tbe missions by
tbe government's orders, the slightest
friction would result in manacio.
Disturbance in Coal Field. -.
Philadelphia, April 0. Tbe situa
tion in the coal field remain un
changed. Occasional diuturoance are
reported from various sections, but
tbey are regarded as inconsequential.
As a result of tbe attacks made on tbe
breakers ot the Fernwood colliery, the
Erie, company, which owns tbe land
occupied by the mineworkers, ha or
dered them to vacate the property.
Tbe miners are taid to bave shot out
nearly every window in the breaker.
A detail of state police today arrested
seven Italian laborers at Alocanaqua,
near Wilkeebarre, who yesterday pre
vented non-union men from operating
the West End washery. Tbey were
sent to jail.
Wants All Railroads Appraised.
Waiihington, April 6. By unani
mous vnte today the National associa
tion of Railway commissioners adopted
the resolution of B. H. Meyer, of Wis
consin, offered yesterday, declaring it
to be the sense ol tbe association tbat
the congress of the United States should
authorise and direct tbe Interstate
Commerce commission, or some other
department of the Federal government,
to ascertain the inventory value of all
railways in tbe United States, and to
fix a valuation on tbe railway proparty
of each state separately. ;
Viotca Has Been Vindicated.
Washington, April 6. Charges made
against James Viosca, the American
vice consul at La Pat, have been inves
tigated by tbe State department and
the Navy department, and the result is
a complete vindication of Mr. Viosca.
It was charged by Cliules Pauson,
who, until bis death a short time igo.
was employed at the United States na
val coaling station at Pichiliwqii bay,
that Viosca withheld part of the pay of
employes at the station.
Will Build Island for Fort.
Washington, April 6. Tbe creation
of an artiflcal island in the middle of
tbe entrance to Ch stpeake bay is pro
posed by the joint board on coaat de
fense, as an absolute essential to tba
defense of tbe National capital and lb
cities of Baltimore, Norfolk, Newport
News and even Richmond. Tbe gov
ernment will dump stone on tbe middle
ground as foundation for a fort.
Standard,
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