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CampnlNMh Review of ths Important Mas
ptnlnji ot th Put Week In
CeNidsjnssd Porm,
Chinese officials havo apologised to
an insu'ted French consul, j
Much land in the Palouse, Wash- j
ington country in U'ing bonded for oil
and gas,.
Two more prominent Filipino gen
eral ami several officers have surren
dered with their force.
Tho transport" fleet i on its way J
from Manila to transport Chaffee',
army to the Philippines, j
An extensive Nihilist plot ha Iwn j
discovered in Russian Poland. Six j
hundred arrest have been made. !
Great crowd are at every railway ;
station, even in the dead of night, to '
greet President MoKinley and party, j
Considerable interest is Wing man j
iefsted concerning the International!
Mining Congress, to he held at Boise!
July 23-25. j
Venezuela has sent a letter of apol-'
ogy to the United Stt" for the arrest j
of Consul Unix, saying it was a case
of mistaken identity, j
All mail matter eoinn into Hono
lulu in the future will lie fumigated
to prevent any chance of small pox
being carried to the islands in that
manner.
The underwriters of the wrecked
steamship liio de Janeiro, which
went down at the entrance to San
Francisco hay, have paid over $100,
000 insurance.
An unknown man was found four
miles north of Marysville, Wash.,
along side of the railroad track. He
was in an an unconscious ' condition
from a blow on the head.
An agent of the Cudahy kidnappers
have made a proposition to Kdward
A. Cudahy to return $21,000 of the
ransom money if ho will abandon
the search that is being prosecuted.
The reward for Tat Crowe's arrest
has been withdrawn.
The amnesty proclamation will be
extended to July 1. v . '
German casualties were large in
their recent expedition to Shan Si.
Eight men were burned to death
and several injured in a tire in France,
A party of Boer blew up the rail
road between Graspan and Cape Col
ony. Troops will not I withdrawn from
China until the indemnity question
is settled. v-
Washington well digger was buried
alive in a shaft by the dirt caving
in on him.
Morgan and his syndicate has pur
chased the Leyland trans-Atlantic
line of tseamer. ,
The contract; has leen let for the
laying of a cable from Juneau to
Skagway, Alaska.
Fire in Pittsburg resulted in the
loss of one life and a property loss
estimated at $225,000.
Frick has purchased a large amount
of land near Camden, N. J., and may
establish a great steel plant there.
The president made a large number
of civil and military apiointmenti
before starting on his western tour.
"Jack the Ripper," whose crimes
startled the world years ago, has been
arrested at Ludwigshaven, Bavaria.
The business portion of Wautoma,
Wisconsin was totally destroyed by
fire. Loss, $1(30,000; insurance, $50,
000. -
British forces continue to capture
small bands of Boers. Some ammu
nition and supplies are also reported
taken.
Japan has bought a large amount
of Bombay cotton which formerly
lias been purchased in the United
States.
The Chilean claims commission
has almost finished its work, only six
more claims remaining to be dis
posed of.
A board of administration has been
appointed by the dowager empress
for the purpose of reorganizing the
government of China.
The trial of Captain James V. Reed
opened in Manila. It develops that
the money he received was to cover
the shortage of his predecessor in
office.
The Cuban commissioners have
started for home.
Marauding has increased between
Pekin and Tien Tsin.
Li Hung Chang compliments
American stand on indemnity ques
tion.
A reuglar semi-monthly steamer
service between San Francisco and
Manila is to be established at once,
two first-class steamers to be placed
upon the route.
During 1889 the total value of
mules exported to all foreign coun
tries was $516,000, while during 1900
the figures reached $3,919,000. Mem
phis used to be the great distributing
point for mules, but Louisvillo has
recently taken precedence.
England spends 123,806 a year on
the British museum. The salary of
the principal librarian is 1,500.
An Austrian suggestion, which the
Viennese are said to favor, is to ap
proach the north polo in submarine
boats.
In consequence of the increasing
number of cases of chronic malaria in
the neighborhood of Moscow, Prof.
Zograf made investigations of a most
searching character, and he confirms
the opinions of the English scientists
that the disease is communicated by
a certain kind of mosquito.
It Will Probably B Two Yesrs Mors It U
In Good Working Ordsf.
Washington, April 29. Were It not
lor the great dluloultic ot transport
Uion in Alaska, the government mil
itary telegraph line from Valdo to
the Yukon river and down to St,
Michaels would probably bo in work
ing order by the close of the coming
nimtnor, but under conditions as they
exist it will probably be two years be
fore this line in its entirety will be
working satisfactorily. Work was
not begun in earnest until late in
the season ot 1000, when by dextrous
labor the men of the signal corps,
u nder Major G rccn, took hold and m ado
phenomenal progress with the line,
it is beyond possibility, however,
for them to keep tip this pace this
summer, owing largely to the difll
rultie encountered in getting their
lines, list urea and supplies to interior
points from which they are working.
Active operations in laying the line
could not tw commenced before late
in March or the first of April, and
up to this time no advice on this
subject have yet been reoeiovd in
Washington.
It is hoped that by the close of tins
summer season fort
Gibbon will tie
connected with St. Michael, and thia!
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win m ine i up iuut pom nuu
way within 15 days of each other, I
whereas they have Iwn heretofore two'
mouths apart, and oftent imes nearer j
three months. This will bo a tremon-
dous saving in time, and an unques-!
Honed advantage to the military and
other government officials.
The question of how the line shall
I const rueted along the great bend
of the Yukon lms not yet been de
termined. This neck of land is be
tween 30 and 4(1 miles wide. Should
the lino follow the river it would be
much longer than an overland section,
and could not be reached in summer,
except by a large repair force,
which would make it excnsive and
difficult of maintenance. During
the past winter an officer has been in
the field to see what can be done
aero country between Fort Giblmn
and Fort Egiart, On hi report the
department will act. The signal
corps is feeling its way cautiously,
so as not to make the same errors as
were aeriled to the Canadian author
itie. 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 had over lapped each
other for some miles, one going on
one side of a mountain and the othet
on the opposite side. And for weeki
neither party. knew of the proximitj
of the other.
HEAD WAS SEVERED.
"Black Jack" Ketchum, a Noted Desperado
Hinged. Rops Jerked Hud from Body,
Clayton, N. M., April 27.--Thomai
E. Ketchum, alias "Black Jack," the
train robber, was hanged at 1 :21 P.
XI. yesterday. The rope broke but
his head was jerked off.
The execution took place inside
a stockade built for the occasion.
The inclosure was crowded, 150 spec
tators having been admitted.
When Ketchum mounted the plat
form at 1:17 bis face was very pale,
but bis eye swept out over the crowd
very coldly and boldly, as if he had
no fear. A priest stood at his side,
as the rope was put around his neck.
Tho 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 his nerve.
When the body dropped through
the trap the half inch ropo severed
the head as cleanly as if a knife had
cut it. Tho body pitched forward
with blood spurting from the headless
trunk. Tho 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 tho mysterious
disappearance of Mrs. Memo 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 Tcck, a shallow stream.
Tho Arkansas river, some distance
further on, has been dragged, without
result.
Nebraska Prairie 0a Fir.
Valentine, Neb., April 20. Word
received from tho southwestern part ol
this (Cherry) cour.ty is to the effect
that disastrous prairie fires are raging
there; that the buildings of ono cat-
tic ranch have been entirely wiped out
and that other ranches are threatened.
Details are very mcngor, and it is im
possible to learn tho namo of the
ranch which has suffered the loss of its
buildings, which is about 60 miles
from here. Tho report says that the
fires started about 4 o'clock in the
afternoon.
Disloyal Utterances Suppressed.
- Blocmfontcin, Orange River Col
ony, April 29. The provost marshal,
presiding over a oourt of summary
jurisdiction, has announced his inten
tion of suppressing disloyal utter
ances. He has ordered a British sub
ject named Mitchell to bo deported to
Ceylon for abusing an army order to
the effect that householders shall sus
pend a board outsido of their doora
giving the names of all the occupants
of that particular house.
, Working On ths Ssins Lines. ,
London, April 29. A representative
of the Associated Press learns that
Great Britain is not relaxing her
efforts to induce the powers to decrease
their pecuniary demands on China
and substitute for a portion of their
claims commercial agreements. The
latest advices from the British minis
ter at Pekin do not indicate any de
gree of success so far, cwing, it is said,
to oppositoin on tho part of Germany,
who continues to insist on the pay
ment in full of the large indemnity
she claims.
Items of Interest From All Parts
of the Slat.
COMMERCIAL AND PINANCIAL HAPPENINGS
A BrW Review of the Orowth and Improve
intnti of th Many Industries Throsifh.
out Our Thriving Commonwttlth.
Athena hat secured a street rock
.'rusher. ,
Work of building a road to Blue
river, on the Calapooi side, ha be
gun. Plans ot a telephone line from Baker
to the Panhandle is under considera
tion. A burglar proof lain arrived at Ash
'and last week for the First National
Bank.
The telephono line from Grant's
Pass to Williams is complete and in
operation.
County roads Mweeti Baker City
and John Day are said to be in very
m condition,
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,. V ."j"1. ruit Growers'
J R,,n,M ,0 otm
,or .
Fred J. Kuummol was killed at the
Mammoth mine, in Eastern Oregon
recently by a snow elide.
Thieves broke into a saddle shop at
The Dulles several days ago and made
away with several pieces of harness.
W. C. Peterson agrees to put an
electric light plant in Brownsville il
the city will pay $1.1 per month for
six lights.
Horse rustlers with two ear load ol
stolen horse are dodging the officers
somewhere in the tho eastern portion
of Malheur county.
Governor Geer will 1 asked tc
grant a pardon to J, G. I.uhrman,
who was sent to the penitentiary from
linker county in June, I'JUO, convicted
of manslaughter.
Work ha again been resumed on
the Golden Wedge mine, at Galice.
A new irrigating ditch ha been
started t Illy, in Klamath county.
It is not thought that the fruit wai
injured by the recent heavy frost in
Hood River.
The Sherman county court hai
raised the stock inspector's salary U
$300 per annum. .
A considerable amount of wheat
was sold at The Dalle last week foi
50 cent a bushel,
The Coos county court ha ordered
that the road poll tax bo paid In cah,
and that the road supervisor collect
the tax. .
Last week, while Jack Simmon
was driving lor a load of hay on tin
Innes-Kelswy ranch, near Paisley, a
gust l
of wind lifted the rack off thr
wagon and carried it several rods
and
dropped it into a slough.
A Southern Pacifio steam shovel
and outfit will immediately begin fill
ing in the Rico Hill railway trestle
with earth. The switch will bo ex
tended, a water tank built, and othei
improvements mude near Isadora and
Rise Hill.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Walla Walla, 59(60e. ;
valley, nominal; blucstem, file, pet
bushel.
Flour Best grades, $2.703.40 pel
barrel; graham, $2.60.
Outs White, $1.35 per cental:
gray, $1.25f.tl.30 per cental.
Barley Feed, $17(17.25; brewing,
$17 17.25 per tun.
Millstuffs Bran, $16 per ton ; midd
lings, $21.50; shorts, $17.50; chop,
$16.
"Hav Timothy, $12,50(314; clover,
$7(i9J0; Oregon wild hay, $67
per ton.
Hops 12(4 14c. per lb. ; 1899 crop,
7c
Wool Valley, 12I3c.; Eastern
Oregon, 9(l2c; mohair, 2021o.
ht pound.
Butter Fancy creamery, 15(i
17,3 ; dairy, 12 'j( 14c. ; store, 10(i
lie. per pound,
Eggs Oregon ranch, HfitllJa'c.
per doy.cn.
Poultry Chicken,' mixed, $3.50;
hens, $l'(H.50; dressed, licit 12c. per
pound; spring, - $3f5 per dozen;
ducks, $5('fi; geese, $6(i7; turkeys,
live, 10f(il2c; dressed, 13(4 15c. ier
nouiiil.
- Cheese Full cream, twins, 13
13f,'r. ; Young America, 13Ji14c.
per pound.
Potatoes Old, 75c. a$l per sack;
new, 224'c. per pound.
Mutton Lambs 4'c. per
pound gross; best sheep, $8; wethers,
$5; ewes, $1,50; dressed, 7c.
per pound.
Hog Gross, heavy, $5.75(?6;
light, $4,755; dressed, 77ic. per
pound,
Veal Large, 67c. per pound;
small, 8.1c. per pound.
Jioef Gross, top steers, $5(35.25 j
cows and heifers, $t.504.75; dressed
beef, 8i'c, per pound '
Forty-eight thousand Turks have
been exiled during the hist 11 years.
Wolves are increasing rapidly in
many of tho forest lands of northern
Canada.
A German savant points out that
rural postmen were in existence in
Egypt 4, 000 years ago,
A company with a capital of $1,
000, 000 has been organized in Vino
land, N. J., for tho making of flour
from sweet potatoes,
The 20 Mexican banks reported in
tho government reports show a com
bined capital of $70,000,000.
About $300,000 will be exponded
upon tho capitol at Washington dur
ing tho congressional recess.
By applying a prolonged pressure
of 18,0(K) pounds to tho square inch
a Montreal professor makes marblo
flow likoWlasse.
There is a great demand for reading
matter among the troops stationed at
distant points in tho Philippines and
in Alaska. '
feendatleM ot TMsvw and Pints tosrwtlnf
In Vklntty of Pskln.
Berlin. April 80 Field Marshal
Count von Wnldersee in n dlipatoh
from Pekin, .report that marauding
ha increased near Hoalwu and Matu,
and that junk used a transport be
tween these place have ton attacked.
Mautsnant Colonel A mat ad t has been
nt from Tien Tain to th disturbed
district in command of a composite
column. Count von Waldsrse alio
report, under Tekin datt, at follow:
"Colonel Jioffiutister, command
ing the Fourth infantry and two com
run 1m of mountain artillery, attacked
th enemy April 23 by the groat wall,
10 Udometer soutn oi list cnan
Kwan, and forced them to retire with
heavy lease Into Shan 81. Wo lost
four wounded and captured four flag
and four old pattern gun. General
VAvrnn intimatja thkt he inUnda to
evacuate tho neighborhood of Ehan
Tut j ana return to J so ungru.
His extended outpost remain at Sin
Lei. I am keeping a fore at Ansul-
lug pass.'
la Pursuit of ths CMmm.
London, April 30, A Beuter dl
patch from Pekin ay the headquar
ters stuff ha received a telegram from
British officer accompanying the
expedition to the effect that on April
23 the German crossed into Shan Si
through the Kouk Ku and Chang
Chen Liu pae. In ruu' o'
retreating Chinese, whom they fol
lowed 18 mile, fighting a sharp ac
tion. The French troop remained
in occupation of the passe, The Ger
man returned April 25, and the
French handed over tho passe to
them and returned to their previous
outpost. The Germans are said to
have hsd four men killed and five
officers and R0 men wounded. Th
Chinese ! is not known.
MEXICAN MINISTERS.
DIpUrwtK Relations Resumed With Auitrls
sad Amtrkan Republics.
" Washington, April 30, A compleU
reapproac.hment between the govern
ment of Austria and Mexico has been
brought about, and aa a result each
country is about to send minister to
the other. This terminate n inter
national estrangement dating hack to
tho day when young Maximitllan of
Austria ought to ain a foothold in
Mexico, and lost his life in jhe ad
venture. A bill ha paused the Mexi
can congress providing for a minister
to Austria at a salary or f i&,uu 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 step to resume diplomatic
communication with South American
countries, the first move in that di
rcction being the appointment of
Mexican minister to the Argentine
republic. For many years there has
betn 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, Argentine has made
friendly move by accrediting a min
ister loth to Washington and Mexico
City, and Uruguay has taken slnuliu
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.
Irljhleit That Ha Appeared to View for Ovtt
Nineteen Years,
Elkhorn, Wis., April 30. The new
comet which wa observed this morn
ing at the Yerkes observatory, at Wil
liamsbsy, Is said by astronomers to
bo th brightest that nas appeared
for 19 years. Notice was received
yesterday by telegraph from Harvard
university that a comet had been dis
covered at Qucenstown April 23, and
olttorved at Capo of Good Hojie 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 tho 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. Bulliavn, saw the
now comet appear aliove 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
sunriso, when it faded away in the
growing light. It was too low in the
sky to be observed by tho 40 inch
telescope, and the sky was so bright
t hat nothing could bo seen with the
12 inch instrument.
The Government Will Refund.
Washington, April 30. Commis
sioner of Internal Revenuo Yerkes,
in pursunnt of tho action of the
United States supremo court in de
claring tho tax of 10 cents on export
bills of lading unconstutional, has
informed inquirers that tho amounts
paid for tho stamps will bo refunded
on claims of the valuo of $2 or over.
It is estimated that about $800,000
ha been collected under this tax
since it went into effect, July 1, 1898.
Burled In s Mine,
Springfield, Mo., April 30. The
five men who were buried yesterday
in tho Rosebud mine at Aurora were
able to convorse with their rescuers
today. The men are. still buried un
der 25' feet of dirt. They are very
thirsty and cannot survive much
longer. Ono man is pinioned bo
tween heavy timbers and another un
der a huge boulder. The work of res
cue' is proceeding very slowly now bo
cause of the great danger of tho dirt
caving in on tho workmen.
Cor.t:::t Let For Line Between
Juneau and Skaway.
MUST CI IN OPERATION WITHIN 90 DAYS
Ntw York Man Agrsu to Do th Work for
$TS,000-Svitm Mutt fcV Guars
( Ud for Two Yuri.
Wtahlncton. Mav 1. General
Greeley ha approved the recommend
ation of the board of signal oillcer
making the award for layiug tne cable
from Juneau to Skagway, Alaska, to
vv, l. win lt U! HCW llll, IIS Wing
the lowest bidder, The contract price
t irj.iK-J, The succeasiui nrm win
k j MrMried to construct, lav and put
in cn'sratlnn tho entire cable system
in 90 " day from the time of the
ward. It will then lie turned over
to the signal corps for operation,
being guaranteed first for two year.
Durimr the current week the fish
commission steamer Albatross will
cruise off the Oregon coast, making
soundings In the hope ot finding new
species of sea life. At the conclusion
of this orutse she will outfit at Beattie
for a summer' cruise along the Ala,
kaf coast, when tho study of food
fishi which ha been conducted
through two past seasons will be con
cluded MAY BE ANDRADA.
Wrecked Tnrse MssUd Snip Discovered Oil
Qussn Chorions Island.
Yotiennver. B. C. Mav 1. The
ateamerTecs, arriving tonight from
tho north, bring new of the finding
by Indians of a three masted sh'n
wrecked orr me eoai oi iueeu . r-
lotto island. Identity ol ttie vessel
la r. tmwfiiit unknow n. The bodies
of several sailor are said to have been
found nearby. Tho story of the
wmck. a iriven bv tho Indians to tho
officers ol the Tecs, was exceedingly
vague. The Indian either could not
read the name ol the vessel, or were
not sufficiently alert to note it, for
they could give no clew to the ship's
identity. The mast of the craft
were broken off short, and she was
wncrallv demolished. The onlv the
ory of the identity of the ship ad-
vnnctHi. and Hint seem verv lmntoha-
hie, is that the wreck may juxwibly 1
the Andrada, which took a pilot off
the mouth of the Columbia last De
ocmlier, and ha not leen heard of
since. It is suggested that she may
have drifted north to the present loea
t ion ol the wreck. '
DOZEN BUILDINGS BURNED.
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Scorn ol families Rendered Homeless tl Pitts
$. rittsburg, May 1. Fire at the cor
ner of Carson and Seventeenth
streets, South side, result! in a
nronerty los estimated at $225,000,
eouunied over a dosen building and
rendered a score of families hoimless
Tho llames were discovered in the
basement of four story department
store and in a very short time the
entire building was burning furiously.
It was in ruin within 30 minute
A panic ensued among the custom
era and employe, which resulted in
what started at first a report that
eight jrsons had jierishcd. This
was happily found to I untrue after
the fite had Ix-en controlled.
A shower of the burning timbers
were thrown from the burning build-
in if. carrviuir destruction in all three
lions, and several other stores and
numlicr of dwellings were swept by
the tlames. Tho losses are .pretty
well covered by insurance.
Bsnk Official Arrested.
Seattle. May 1. Frank Oleson,
cashier, and J. S. Stangroom, book
keeper, of the defunct Scandinavian
American bank of New Whatcom, arc
tinder arrest on warrants charging
them with receiving deposits after
the failure of that institution. Ole
sou was arrested here and Stangroom
at Whatcom. Stangroom is now
exchange teller of a Seattle bank, and
lives here. Oleson was formerly see
retury of tho board of public works
hero, and a prominent politician
and newsimiier man. Ho savs the
arrests are tho result of a mistake,
and that tho receiver of tho bank has
acted hastily.
Counterfeiters st Butte.
Butte, Mont., May 1. Two of what
is supposed to be n big gang of counter
feiters wero arrested here today and
identified by several jeoplo on whom
they had passed bogns ifiu gold
pieces. They got rid of quito a num
her. William Dougherty, ono of
them, has lived hero for years, and is
supposed to have only been connected
with tho cang a short time. John
Mull Utan, tho other, has been here
a much shorter time, and was a furo
dealer until the law caused the games
to close.
Praia for Cermsns,
Berlin, May 1. The latest Chinese
specials to arrive hero show (hat the
German troops behaved with the
createst gallantry during the engage
ments with tho forces under General
Liu, storming the stronghold of the
enemy. The Chinese artillery, al
though firing splendid guns mude in
1898 at the arsenal in nan Yang,
aimed badly. Tho Germans demol
ished tho fortifications near tho gates
of tho great wall.
' Burned to Death.
Houston, Tex., May 1. In a fire
which detstroyed a livery stable
and three residences this morning live
persons wore, burned to death and
several others injured. A negro has
been arrested on a charge of having
started the fire to get revenge on his
employer for having discharged nun
In the ruins wero found the bodies of
the victims. The fire started in the
livery stable, over which several fami
lies lived. The building, a mere
shell, was a mass of flames when tho
firemen arrived.
Clusf PUcss sad Dites to B Visited by M
Klnly jnd Party.
Tho following are the principal
plaoe the presidential party wilt visit
on their coast tour, with dates:
Washington, left April ZW
Mom phi April 30
New Orleans , .May 1
Houston, Tex ......May 3
Austin. Tex May 3
San Antonio, Tex May 4
F.I Paao, Tex., rest .Msy o
K.I Puso, leave May 6
hoonix. Aril..... ....May 7
Rodlands, Cal May 8
Los Angeles..,,..,.... May 8
Del Monte .May 10
San Jose , .....May 13
Sun Francisco..,,... ksy 14
Sacramento. , May 20
Portland, Or Msy 22
Tuconia, Wash , May 23
Spokane ., , .May 27
Hutte, Mont May za
Helena, Mont .May 28
Yellowstone Park. , . ........ .May 29
Anaconda .May 31
Salt Lake., , June 2
foadville..... June 4
Denver Juno 5
Cheyenne June 5
Colorado Springs .June 6
Pike's Peak ..June 7
Pueblo .Juno 7
Kansas City June 9
Kansas City,.,... June 10
( hieago ....June u
Buffalo ...June 13
Washington June IS
JAMES DOUGLAS REID DEAD.
Ex-UnlUd Statu Consul and "falnsr of ths
Tslesrsph."
New York, Msy 1. Jame Douglas
IMd, known to the telegraphers ss
Tho Father of the Telegraph," is
dead at hi home in this city. He
was born in Ldiiiburg, Scotland,
March 22, 1809, and came to America
in 1834, He entered telegraphy in
1845, when he assisted in the oragnit-
ation of the Atlantic & Ohio telegraph
company for the construction of a
series of lines connecting I'hialdcl
idiia, Pittsburg, Buffalo, Detroit,
Cincinnati, St. Ix)ui nnd rvew Or
leans, the most extensive service pro
jected at that time. Becoming ac
quaint! with rroi. . r. ji. Morse,
a mutual attachment sprung up be
tween them, which leu to Mr. He id i
appointment as superintendent of the
Maitnetio telegraph company, a line
extending from cw ork to ash-
ington. At the same time he re
tained hi connection with the Atlan
tio k Ohio company. Ho entered
the service of the Western Union tel
egraplt company in 1850, w here he re
mained until imt, when lie was ap
pointed United Slate consul to Dun
fertnlie. Scotland, thorugh tho in
fluence of Andrew Carnegie, who as a
biy serevd as messenger and telegraph
operator tinder Mr. lteid at Pitts
burg. Ho relinquished thisolllceln
1897. The statue of Prof. Morse in
Central park, this city, wa erected
by tho telegraph fraternity through
the effort of Mr, Keid.
WEARING OUT THE BOERS.
Lord Kitchener Reports on Capturt of Smal
London, May 1, Lord Kitchenei
continues the process of wearing down
tho Boers, who, however, are very
active in the hroonstadt district.
Here they recently derailed two trains
and also captured, alter a severe light,
25 men of the Prince of Wale Light
horse, whom they stripiaxl of theii
horse and accoutrements and then
liberated.
Colonel Plumer' force captured a
small laager of 15 men, including thr
notorious Transvaal State r.ngiueer
Munick, who planned the destruction
of tho Johannesburg mines in the
spring of lust year, and also , hir
hither.
Mr. Gumming, who is visiting
Durban on liehslf of tho Canadian
government, is favorably impressed
with the possibilities of trade be
tween Canada and ata1.
; Robberies On the Panama Road.
Colon, Colombia, April 30. Bands
of robbers have for the past fortnight
been raiding stations along the mil
road lino during the night time nnd
havo also been looting shoiw, wound
Inc several persons during their dep
redation. Chineso have been the
principal sufferers. The government
has increased tho foreo at tho railroad
stations and is doing its utmost to
suppress the) robleries.
Not Credited st Washington.
Wuoliini'tnn Mav 1. Tho denart-
" ""- 1 v . .
ment of agriculture lms rcccicvd no
information bcairng on the report
that has Wen circulated in England
charging iioer emissaries wun inocu
Int.intr Vinrsns shinned to South Africa
. - , , -
with glanders and other inaiiuiies.
Siwotiirv v i son planes no credonce
in tlm Htorv. He Suva, however, that
it is possible that it might havo been
dono, probably by hostlers or other
attendants aboard ship. There has
been no examination of the horse
hlpmont by the department.
Payment of Postal Orders.
WoRhintrton. Anril 30. Tho con
troller of tho treasury has decided
Mint postal monev orders nro payable
only by postmasters upon whom they
aro drawn and to wnom not ico oi mo
issuo thereof has been sent. It has
been the practice heretofore to cash
money orders at postollices other than
those on which, they are arawn una
fnr Mm nostmusters ciishinir such or
der to turn them into the postolllce
department as vouonors. -Chilean
Claims.
New York, May 1. Only six
okims remain to be disposed of by the
Chilean claims commission before it
can adjourn sine dio, Twelve claims
have been determined. Tho claim
ant askod for about $2,500,000 for
damage alleged to have been sus
tained in Chile. The commission has
runrWnil an award of onlv $2,000.
Among the claims to bo settled is
that growing out of the seisure of the
steamer Itatu by the United States.
Chile intends to make a determined
effort to win this case.
Filipino Insurgent and Command
Lay Down Arms.
PEACE COMPLETE IN NORTHERN LUZON
AIandrM Other Rebel ' Offkisll Give
Thenuelvei Up Mht with Boloenen
I ths Abrs Mountains.
Manila. Mav 2. General Tinio.
with his entire command, surrendered
to Captain Frederick V, Krug, of the
iwentK'tu imam.?, at ninan, pro
vince of South Iloco,
Tho report that General Aleiand-
rino ha surrendered i confirmed,
Ho was looked upon as the txwsililc
successor of Aguinaldo.
Padre Aitlinsy, the excommuni
cated Filipino priest who preached
the doctrine of a holy war against the
United States has also surrendered.
Fifteen Filipino officer have sur
rendered to Colonel Baldwin at Ca-
vite Vicjo.
Buldontero Acuinaldo and Emilio
Aguinahlo and five other insurgent
leader nave surrendered.
Aeuinaldo was subpoenaed a a
witness (or the defense in a Mando
Damit murder case pending in Tay
Tayt province of Morong. Later it
wa decided that Aguinaldo waa not
available a a witness.
Cmitaiii John B. McDonald, with
21 men of the Third cavalry, recently
attacked CO insurgent riflemen and
40 Isdomcu in the mountain of Abrs
province. The insurgent were de
feated. Captain McDonald wa
wounded In the Jung and a private
was killed.
The surrender of General Tinio
marks the almost complete collapse
of organised reUdlion in the Philip
pine. He wilt deliver all men and
gun in hi command a soon as they
can i gathered together, mere is
now only one chief whom trie war de
partment is particularly desirous ol
catching, namely, Cailles, the head
hunter. 1 his man has violated every
rule of warfare and it is not likely
that he w ill be tuken alive.
CLEANUP IN THE KLONDIKE.
Not Us Than Twenty-Pivs Mllllons-Ntwi
of New Strikes.
Victoria, B, C May 2. The
steamer Amur brings new of the
Klondike cleanup, which is being
vigorously prosecuted. Sluicing is
in full operation, the thaw having
given plenty of water. The output
is estimated at not less than $2d,uuu,-
000. Many experts say it will reach
$30,000,000. StamiaHiera .are still
rushing to .Montana creek, wnicn is
now more staked than any othe
Klondike creek. Stampede are also
coin it on to Gold creek. Owing to
tho thaw cauesd by good weather,
Dawsonians are looking for an early
ojiening of tho river.
Tho Dawson board of trade ha ap
pointed a committee to interview the
railroad company and river trans
portation companies in an effort to
get reduced freight rates.
i Ore going $.0,OUO to the ton has
been found at a mine on Twelve Mile
inlet near Ketchikan.
Tlu Amur passed the wreck of the
barge Colorado, which is lying on
Manuensc reef, in H rangel narrows.
Iler bow i lifted up on the reef and
the stern submerged at high tide.
Her cargo can be saved.
Transporting Chaffee's Army.
Washington, May 2. Tho trans
port licet at Manila, which is to be
used in transiorting General Chaffee's
army from China to the Philippines,
will leave Manila tomorrow for Taku,
unless some change has been made in
the prearranged programme, in which
the war department lias not been ad
vised. There are 1,MX) soldiers and
about 1,000 horses and mule to be
transferred from China to the Philip
pines, together with a complete field
outfit. Tho Indiana and the Sum
ner are to transport the troops, and
the transport Lennox and Tak Ling
tho horses and transportation and field
uipment. It is expected that these
vessel will be sufficient to move Gen
s'ral Chaffee's entire army in one trip,
and that tho entire movement can 13
completed within threo weeks.
Firs la s Mine.
La Trole, Ta., May 1. Tonight
the entire tripple, engine house and
boiler house of the Dorothy coal and
wke plant of the American Steel and
Wire Company is a smouldering mass
of ruins and it is reported that either
four or six miners have lost theit
lives. The loss is estimated at $150,
J00, fully insured, Five miners were
known to have been in tho mine, and
who knew nothing of the fire until
12 men descended tho air shaft and
told them. They were rescued, but
there are rumors tonight that Bix
more were in the mine at tho time.
Tho fire will throw more than 400
miners out of work.
Mads sn Apolotjy.
Paris, May 2. The foreign office
has received a dispatch from Mcng
Tze, announcing tho arrival there oi
M, Francois, the French consul, on
his return to his post. M. Francois
snys that, according to the demands
of the French government, he was
met by Chineso troops, who rendered
him honors, and high mandarins
proffered tho official apologies and
regrets of tho Chinese government
for tho events of last June.
Oil Gnaher ia Wyoming.
Evanston, Wyo., May 2. A gushei
of oil was struck in the Aspen tunnel
of the Union Paoific, and great ex
citement . prevails. Tho strike is in
the vicinity of tho well in which the
Union Pacific struck a flow of oil
while boring for water. There is
great activity in tho newly discovered
oil fields, at Pioneer Hollow, Aspen
and Piedmont. Pennsylvania, Cali
fornia, Chicago and Omaha capital
ists havo secured large tracts of land,
and will bore for oil. Local parties
bve also ordered machinery.
Proposed to Chsag th Orton mi Two
Otnsrs.
Washington, May 1 A ocheme la
on foot to remodel the battle hip
Oregon, Indiana and MsacbuetU,
which are all of one class. Tho ideo
seems to b that superimposed turret
shall be placed on these ship, which
will put them in the sameclaa a tho
Kentucky and Kearsarge. OI course
these ship carry 13-inch gun, and
the 13-inch gun havo been discarded,
as it is held that tho weight of tho
guns i more than enough to com
pensate for the weight of metal which
they throw, and hereafter 12-inch
gun are to be the largest used by th
navy. The reason given for remodel
ing the Oregon and her class i that
when in battle, if the four 13-inch
guns are all being fired from one aide
of tho ship, it will cause her to list to
that side and raise the opposite tide
so that the armor belt is out of tho
water, and that if a. shot from that
side should strike her below tho
armor belt the entire machinery
would be endangered.
While it may be true that if tho
long mimic of the four 13-inch guns
of the Oregon should be pointed in
one direction, the (hip would list
about three foet, making it necessary
to raiae the muzile of the gun to
bring them to bear upon the enemy,
there is nothing to prevent the rais
ing of the muzzle so that the gun
can be. used if all were turned in
One direction.
On the other hand, it may lie said
that if tho Oregon wa fighting an
enemy, or in any conflict where a ship
was on either side, it is not at alt like
ly that her big guns would all bo
tained on one ship, leaving her ex
posed on tho other side to the other
ship. Those who are seeking to havo
the change mado in the Oregon point
out that in case a fort was on one side
nd a hostile ship on the other, the
listing of the ehin would expose ono
side. But others who are expert in
naval warfare say that if the Oregon
or any other (hip of her typo wa
fighting a fort and a battle ship at
one time, she would probably have
two of her big guns trained on the
fort and two on the battle ship, which
would make her ride even.
SENDING US CRIMINALS.
Victims of lulls Brijsndi Voluntarily Pay
Their Wsy to America.
New York, May 2.-The Herald
says: ' Italy is making ol the united
states a dumping ground for her -criminals
and paupers. This fact ha
been forcibly called to the attention
of the local authorities by the 'arrival
in this port of three Italian brigand,
whose depredations made them -a
scourges to the provinces in which
they were reared. Despairing of be
ing relieved in any other manner, the
merchant ujton whom they had prey
ed made up a liberal purse with which
the three were sent to America, arriv
ing here with money enough in their
pockets to enable them to Isnd un
questioned. These three outlaws,
who encountered no obstacle to bar
them from entering this country, are
now in Kansas City, Mo. Warning
has been sent out by Police Commis
sioner Murphy to the Kansas City
police officifals, who now have the
Italians under strict police aurveil
ance." BAD TRAIN WRECK.
D.O. Mills and Party In a Wreck ia Call,
fomla.
Emigrant Gap., Cal., May 1 In
the darkness of the smoke of the
snowsheds a Raymond excursion train
ran into the rear end of limited train
No. 2, at Yuba Pass, four mile east
of here, last night. The private car
of D. O. Mills was on the rear end of
the limited, and was badly damaged.
The fireman on the excursion train
was instantly killed and several pas
sengers and men. of the train crews
were Blightly injured. '
The limited had strflck a rock in
tho sheds and was delayed until the
lecond section caught up.
"Black Jack" Nearly Escaped.
Santa Fe, N. M., May 2. It devel
oped today at the-hearing of William
Wilson, charged with furnishing
Convict George Stevenson with the
revolver used by him in the recent at
tempted delivery at the penitentiary,
that the plan was to secure the release
sf Tom Ketchum, who was executed
lastFriday, and "Broncho Bill" Car
ver, a member of his gang. Wilson
confessed his guilt, and said Carver's
sister offered him $500 to smuggle the
revolver in to the prisoner. The
plans were so carefully laid that but
for the bravery and good marksman
jhip of the prison officials "Black
Jack" and a score of other desperate
characters would have regained their
lilierty.
Oklahoma Bsnk Robbed.
Kingfisher, O. T., May 2. The
Rluinn pnnnt v tmnlr at Wntoncn. was
t . i i :,.i,. r oi coo .k ......n
being blown open with dynamite
The robbers escaped.
Five Men Were Killed.
South McAlester, I. T. May 2.
An explosion of gas .occurred in the
mine of the McAlester coal company
this morning by which five men lost
their lives and seven were injured,
and another is reported- missing. It
is believed tho explosion was caused
by the firing by some of the men of a
defective blast left by the regular shot
firing crev. All the dead were as
phyxiated. . :
Oil and Gat Prospect
Clofax, Wash., May 2. Ther is
considerable excitement over oil and
:ns prospects in the country around
Palouse City. Agents of a supposedly .
reputable oil firm are among tho
farmers, leasing lands upon which
to prospect. Lenses have been niado
by a number of landowners on every
side of the town lor a distance of sev
eral miles, upon the usual 10 per cent
basis. A. O. Egbert, representing
the company, says it is the intention
to sink a number of prospect well, iq
this particular section. v