OKOOK COUNTY JFOUMNA
PRINEVIULE, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1901.
MITCHELL MONITOR VOL, VII. NO. 29.
VOL,. V. NO. 23.
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IOCIETT MKCTINOS.
PRINEVILLE LODGE O. 76, A. F. A A. M.
Meeu in Masonic temple on Saturday be
fore full moon of eacb month.
T. M. BALDWIN, W. M.
J- K- 'Williamson, Secretary-
CARXATION" CHAPTER, NO. 44, O. K. S.
Mwta stocond and fonrth Thnrsday of each
month, In Masonic Temple.
Mrs. t. M Baldwin, W. M.
Datid P. A damson. Sec
ACHOOO LOIX.E. NO. 4t. I. O. O.
F. JJfeta
f In Odd Fellows' halt every Satnnlav eveu-
hrts comes, secretary.
J UNA LODGE, NO. 6. K. of P. Meet in
i Odd FellowV hall every Wed new. y even
IT. All brothers in good staruiiriK invito! to
attend. c. W. Elilixs, C. C.
H. Sichkl, K. of R, and &
OCHOOO LODO.E, NO. 101, A. O. I". W -Mta
im Odd Fellows' hall on tlie second and
fourth Mondavs of enrh month.
v. DKArin, M. W.
C. Corrs, Recorder.
SCNBEAM I.OIHiK, NO. 86, D. of H. Meeta
at Odd Fellows' rial 1 every Tnesdj even
in. Mrs. Wm. Pkipkr, Chief of Honor,
Mm. H. P. Bkulnap, Kec.
PRINEVILLE CAMP, NO. 216, WOOPKKN
of World. Meets Kt IHid Fellows' hall on
the first and third Thursday evenincs oi each i
month. M. A. Bell, j
Constil Comiusnder.
J
' J. L. McCrLLOCH, Clerk.
JUNIPER GROVE, NO. ll KOOHMIS C1R
cle. Meets at Oud Fellows' hail every Fri
day evening. M&S.S. I. RklknaP.
Worthy Guardian.
Mrjai Mnrsr Crooks. Clerk.
rROFESSlOXAL CARDS.
H.
P. BELKNAP
Physician and Surgeon
Office in the rear of Belknap & Moore's
Drugstore.
Prlnavllla
Oroaroa.
J 0. HYDE, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon.
Phone Xo. 2. Residence,
some's Addition.
PKIMVILl K ...
New-
I. ROSENBERG, M. D.
PHTSICUS ISD SURGEOS.
Cstlin inia-Art nmrnntlv. iT or n !i?ht -
ffice Redbyi. Ke8i" j
FRIXIVILLI
OfiEGON
C PALMER
lttorney-at-Lai and lotary Public ;
All business promptly and carefully at
tended to. Collections a
Specialty.
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Oifa
M.
E. BRISK
itiornej and Counsellor at Lea
aPrlMTtll
Ortgoss
J.
W. HOPKINS
Ittoraey-at-La.
raixiTiLLi
ORKGON
A.
C PALMER
D. S. Commissioner.
Land Filings and Final Proofs Given
Special Attention.
PB1SV1I.I.S5
OEIGON.
ED. N. WHITE
DIAL1B TH
Wines .. Liquors .. Cigars
Main Street
PRIXEVILLE
OREGON
Cary House Bar
HENDERSON 4 POLLARD
fine Wis, Lips
IS
PRINEVILLE, OREGON.
J. 0. CYRUS'
Tonsorial Parlors
MOORE BLOCK
PB1NET1LLC - - OREGON
DEPUTY STOCK INSPECTORS
Notice is hereby given that I have
appointed the following named persons
leputy Stock Inspectors:
J. P. Cartwriirbt Hay Creek
Ernest Sherar Cross Keys
Harry Webb Ashwood
E. Sparks Sisters
A. Morrow Haystack
. M. Smith... Paulina
Rocoe Knox Pofft
T. C. bwain Bear Creek
J. S. Bogne Kofilan.l
Alex Mcintosh Hardin
JOE H INKLE,
Stock Inspector of Crook County.
Ton cannot sell your goods
Unless you advertise them
J THE JOURNAL
Is the best medium la
Crook County...
Hotel Prineville
Headquarters for Stockmen
Prices Reasonable
Terminus of
The regulator
THE DALLES, PORTLAND &
ASTORIA NAVIGATION CO.
Steamers "REGULATOR" and "DALLES
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A US WaUlU, A URICllCr
PASSENGER SERVICE :
We offer unsurr-assed Inducement! to
have been put m thorough repair, and
patrons.
PLEASURE :
Too ranch cannot be said fn favor of this line as apleanreronte. It Is almost anonsb
to say that "It is down the Columbia." The cooling breexea, the grand scenery, tb
freedom from amok sad dost, combine to make it a most enjoyable trip. Try u.
FREIGHT :
We are at all times prepared to handle carefully freight of all kind, with prompt
nfts. v e have a commodious wrrhoue, where shipments can be i&ken car oi un
til called for. Wool and wheat ahipaaentt especially solicited.
RATES :
Our rates will always be found as low as the lowest, and always as low as Is possible
to make them. Our aim is to endeavor to keep in line with our former policy, and
make it in fret as well as name, "THK KKGl'LATOR LINK." Write for rates and
illustrated folder. Purchase your ticket tnd ship your freifht via the KKtiCLATOB
I j-i.a .orreaponaence soAictteo.
i W. C. ALLAWAY, General
General Commission
Forwarding Merchant
Z. F. MOODY
Still in Business at the Old
and Well-Known Stand
Adjoining R. R. Depot
The Dalles, Or.
CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED
Prompt attention will be paid to thoee
Prineville &
Warm Springs
...STAGE LINE
J. E. CAMPBELL, Proprietor.
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Leaves I iiiicviiic di u d.
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oaiuru, uiiiici-i.my il diin
IJalles and wav points.
Leaves Warm springs at o
and Friday, connecting at Prineville with stages to Burns,
Lakeview. and Other DOintS.
Through to The Dalles in DAYTIME. Fare, $7.50. j at Prt for Pe"y oHU'ers
Round trio. $1 7.co. Good accommodations at all stations, and ; A plot to assassinate the president
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comfortable vehicles.
Particular attention given
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Stage offices at lempleton & bons, rrinCVllle, and
UmatiUa House, The Dalles.
The Prineville 8c Shaniko
GEO. M. C0B.NETT, Manager.
Ieaves Shaniko at 6 P. M. every day,
Leaves Prineville at 6 P. M. every day, and arrives in Shaniko in 12 hours.
Carries the U. S. mail, passengers and express.
Connects at Prineville with stages for Eastern and Southern Oregou, Northern
California and interior points. Also makes connection at Shaniko with trains
for Portland and all Eastern points.
Good accommodations along the road. We have recently pnt on new thorough
' brace coaches, and now have the best eqnipped stage line in Eastern Oregon for
the accommodation of the traveling public.
All persons wishing passage mnst way-bill at offices before taking passage;
i others will not be ret-eived. Express must be way-billed at the offices, or Stags
Company will not be responsible.
The Company will take no risk on money transmitted.
Particular attention given to delivering express matter at Prineville and all
Southern points in Oregon, and advance chau-ges will be paid by the company.
STAGE OFFCE.
At Adamson & Winnek Co., In Prin villor
Has established its reputation as the MOST
COMMODIOUS, CONVENIENT anc
WELL-KEPT HOTEL in Crook County
All Stage Lines.
Itine
CITY" daily between The Dalles and
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VULa 47 mgUb DDI
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passengers, and repectfully solicit their pat
facilities added lor lha comfort and eaas oj
Agent, The Dalles, Or.
and
who favor me with their patronage.
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in. tm i ucxidy, j. uuisudv uiu
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pimys .wwi rigc iui nici
a. m. on iwonaay, Wednesday
A naval school will be established
to freight and express.
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and arrives in Prineville at 6 A. M
Bras OF THE VEEK
From All Parts of the New World
and the Old.
OP INTEREST TO OUR MANY READERS
Comprehensive Review of the Important Hap
parings of the Past Week In
Condensed Form.
The Taft commission has arrived at
Ilo Ilo.
Botha reopened peace negotiations
with the British.
Aguinaldo will not be released until
he secures Tino's surrender.
The war department Is advised of
the coming of a Cuban committee.
The United States will have cutters
in Behring sea for protection of seals.
The transport Rawlins caught Are
at Brooklyn, was filled with water
and sank.
Governor Allen, of Porto Rico, says
the reports are not true that natives
of that island are starving.
Attorney General Blackburn holds
that the Oregon law requires fisher
men to secure two licenses.
. An explosion in the Santa Cruz.
Cal., powder works caused the death
of one man and the serious Injury of
another. The cause of the accident
i Is unknown.
A new process for making armor
plate has been discovered whereby
manufacturers may be able to furnish
first-class material to the government
for 1150 per ton. -
: Three gold ingots, worth $22,750.
were stolen from the steamer Kaiser
j Wilhelm der Grosse during her pas-
sage from New York to Cherbourg.
No clew to the perpetrators.
One of a band of roving gypsies.
near Monence. III., sold two girls, of
; whom he was guardian, to another
man of the same band for $300. The
girls objected to the sale, and a riot
was almost caused.
Admiral Sampson receives $3330
prize money.
' J. P. Morgan organizes a depart
ment store trust.
The American claim for Chinese In
demnity amounts to $25,000,000.
Lord Kitchener reports the capture
of Pietersburg, the Boer capital.
The Russian fleet returned to the
French coast and saluted Loubet.
Four large Alaska transportation
companies have been merged into
two.
The Negros governor tried to start
a rebellion, but could not secure a
following.
Fear of punishment of Chinese of
ficials caused the rebellion in north
ern provinces.
The auuiversary of the surrender
of Appomattox was celebrated by the
j Hamilton Club of Chicago.
! Aguinaldo has signed the peace
j manifesto, advising his followers to
( accept American sovereignty.
G. W. Colvlg. of Grants Pass. Or..
! has been appointed United Slates ton
I sul at Barranquilla, Colombia.
! Washington democratic official's ac
' t!on in discharging G. A. R. men is
said o be violation of state law.
P. C. Knox, of Philadelphia, was
! sworn in as United States attorney
! general to succeed Attorney General
Griggs.
One insurgent colonel. 13 officers.
83 men and 52 rifles surrendered to
Lieutenant Colonel M. C. Goodsell in
Zambales province.
A magnificent equestrian statue of
General John A. Logan was unveiled
in Washington in the presence of an
Immense assemblage
The war department will cease to
operate transports to Cuban ports, and
has advertised for bids from private
concerns for performing the service
It is officially stated that since the
rebellion in the Philippines began
50.000 natives have been killed. 7667
rifles captured or surrendered and
65.142 rounds of ammunition seized
The Dean of Canterbury Is seriously
ill.
Sandiro, the
Filipino general.
sur-
rendered.
Aguinaldo will be removed to an
other prison.
Chinese troops In Mongolia and shin
gj cave rebelled.
The Chinese court Is preparing for
a removal from Pekin.
t The indemnity negotiations are like
'x to be Ions drawn out
- nt Kmnrfl has been discovered.
i Cecil Rhodes has entirely r
ered and is now in good health.
I A Mississippi woman shot and killed
; her husband during a family quarrel.
Over 1500 arrests have been made
at Odessa during the past few days.
It Is rumored fn Brussels that Gen-
! eral Botha will renew peace negotia
tions.
Seth Jaynes, a Klondike miner,
made the trip from Dawson to Seattle
In 19 days.
The "Edinburgh Castle" public
house, situated in the Strand. London,
is to be hauled down, and the London
county council has to pay 22,600 as
compensation.
Probably the smallest monarch in
the world reigns over the Hindu vas
sal state of Bhopaul, and governs a
people of more than a million souls.
This dwarf Is a woman, Djihan-Be-scum
bv name, but although she is
a bo tit 50 years old, she does not ap
pear larger than a child of 10.
Many varieties of colored marbles
are found on the mountains surround
ing Carrara, in Italy. Two varieties
of blue, dove-colored marble, known
as "Bardigllo" and "Pavonazro," are
well known in the United States, the
latter especially being largely used,
end commanding a high price.
Street trees, properly planted and
cared for, work a remarkable change
In the value of residential property.
Any one with doubts on this subject
should look into the history of Wash
ington, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Buf
falo and other cities where a compre
hensive system of street planting has
been carried into effecL
COMBINE FORMED.
Four Alaska Transportation Compan
ies Now in Two.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 12. The
details of the combination of a num
ber of Alaska commercial and trans
portation companies, which has been
pending for several weeks, have been
completed. The Alaskan Commercial
Company, the Alaska Exploration Com
pany, the Seattle-Yukon Transporta
tion Company and the Empire Trans
portation Company have been merged
Into two corporations the Northern
Navigation Company, with a capital of
J3.250.000, and the Northern Commer
cial Company, with a capital of $7,
000.000. The following official announcement
has been made:
"For some weeks past the . repre
sentatives of the principal transporta
tion and trading companies doing bus
iness on the Yukon have been in con
ference, the original purpose being to
arrive at some understanding whereby
reasonable transportation rates might
be maintained and a remedy found for
the evils resulting from conflicts
caused by divided interests. As this
discussion progressed, the scheme en
larged upon itself so that it was fi
nally found that the best results could
be obtained only by a unity of their
interests in the Yukon, St. Michael, !
" run uiareuco am-
tricts. As
ul uecision,
two new companies have been incor
porated under the laws of the state
of New Jersey, and the assets and
business of the following camnanies
have been transferred to the new In
corporations: Alaska Commercial
Company, Alaska Exploration Com
pany, Seattle-Yukon Transportation
Company, Empire Transportation Com
pany.
"The Northern Navigation Company
ill take over all the assets of the
aoove companies wnicn are connected j
nn ine transportation in taat coun- :
try. and will be handled as a separate ,
corporation doing a purely transporta- '
tion business. It ls capitalized at .
$3,250,000.
The Northern Commercial Com-1
pany. capitalized at $7,000 000. will :
take over all the plants and stocks of
merchandise now under the control '
of the above-mentioned companies In !
the territory described. j
"The new companies exoect to re- '
duce the price of supplies; to avoid
in iuture any possible Bbortage of
necessities in the North, and to make ,
its legitimate profit in the reduction
of expenses, which the conditions of
late years have made abnormally
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The principal offices of the new
companies will be at San Francisco.
Seattle, Victoria and Vancouver.
'The officers of the companies have
not been selected as yet. but will be
chosen at the first meetine of the
board of directors."
PROTECTION OF SEALS.
United States Will Have Cutters In
Behring Sea.
WASHINGTON. April 12. The Beh
ring sea seal grounds- will be pa-
trolled by revenue cutters this sum-' ote scalps were turned In at Baker
iitr. as in paat senBsms. In ooopsra-1 City at the office of the county i4k.
tion w.ih British warships, which i Wendling Smallpox is very preva
have taken a hand in this special duty lent at this place, and county author-
for the nast wn imuihi Th. treu.
ury department, which has direct su
pervision in such cases, flatters itself
that in the course of the last five
years there has been less illegal seal
fishing in Alaskan waters than before,
especially during that period when the
question of Jurisdiction was in dispute
between the United States and Can
ada.
Since an
reached, the
two governments have
established a sufficient patrol to stamp
out the unlawful practice. This sea- Athena A man arrived at Athena
son the United States will have five on a new bicycle and was immediately
revenue cutters in Behring sea, which arrested by request of Pendleton au
will be aided by several of the smaller ; thoritles. He had stolen the wheel
British gunboats. The cutters to be from a store at that place.
assigned to inis duty are ine bear, i
Tbetis. Manning. Grant and Rush. It i
is to be understood, of course, that !
their entire time will not be devoted
to the protection of seals, but while
on otner duty in Alaskan waters, will bushel.
look out for seal protection. The Bear! Flour Best grades. $2 703 40 per
will go to the Point Barrow region. barrel; graham. $2 60.
where she will remain throughout the j Oats White. $1 25 per cental;
open season, and the Rush will be sta- j gray. $1 201g'l 22H per cental,
tioned at Sitka, for duty particularly! Barley Feed. $16 5017: brewinc.
In the Southern Alaskan waters. The I $16 BOS 17 per ton.
several cutters are expected to start Millstuffs Bran. $16 per ton: mld
for Alaska between the 1st and 20th : dlines. $21 50: shorts. $17 50: chor.
of May, next.
NEW PROCESS DISCOVERED.
Armor Plate May Now be Furnished
Cheap.
NEW YORK. April 12. A special
to the Herald says: Armor plate for
naval vessels may be sold to the gov
ernment for only $150 a ton and the
manufacturers may .make a fair profit
at that price. An experimental plate.1
manuiaciurea oy an entirely new pro -
cess, has recently been shipped from
Pittsburg to the naval ordnance prov-
ing ground at Indian Head to be sub-
Jected to the regulation ballistic test.
Upon the result of this test will de-
pend further experiments which maT'iLL- vr, ' i ir. nor
result In the adoption by the govern-
ment of this new armor instead of
mat ror wnicn tne navy department
is now paying at the rate of $455 a
"
ir me new armor is a success ana
can be sold for $150 a ton it will mean
a saving to the government of $:!05
on each ton of armor. On a battle -
ship of the Alabama class, carrying
2.600 tons of armor, this would mean
a clear saving to the government of
$793,000.
Prevented Hold-up.
Omaha. Neb.. April 22. Deputy
United States Marshal Hans, who is spite' of the large emigration which Pekin says that Captain Bartsch, of
also special agent for the Freemont I has given 1,000.000 people to the the Second infantry (German), was
Elkhorn & Missouri"Valley railroad! I """"i states- the Population is 5,- found dead ln the neighborhood of
yesterday shot and killed David O.Luse. I 150'000' I Pekin yesterday. An Inquiry has been
near Alnsworth. Neb., while the latter But one person is alive who sat in opened and the information so farob
was resisting arrest. The railroad offl- the house of commons when Queen tained tends to show that the officer
clais authorized the statement today Victoria came to the throne. It is met with an accident. On the other
that the mission of Detective Hans Earl Fitzwilliam. who, when Viscount hand, a dispatch from Pekin to the
to Alnsworth was to prevent a well- Milton, was elected a few months Lokal Anzeiger says Captain Bartsch
planned train hold-up. The man killed 1 before William IV died. At the DIa- was shot while riding near the bum-
ts said to have been the terror of
Brown county.
Raisins to be Cheap.
Fresno, Cal., April 12. The new di
rectors of the Raisin Grogers" Asso
ciation have taken hold of the prob
lem r."esented by having over 1000
car loads of last years' raisins on hand
with a possible market for only a
third of the amount before the new
crop comes in. Under the circum
stances the directors have resolved
to cut the price temporarily to three
cents a pound for selling purposes,
allowing the retailer to sell one-pound
cartons for 10 cents, with the distinct
understanding that such sales are to
be solely for the purpose of adver
tising California raluina.
OREGON STATE NEWS
items of Interest From AH Parts
of the State.
COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL HAPPENINGS
A Brief Review of the Growth and Improve.
, mints of the Many Industrie! Through
out Our Thriving Commonwealth.
Hudson A $10,000 sawmill Is to be
established near the mouth of Rock
creek Just north of Hudson.
Cable Cove Work has been re
sumed at the Goldbug mine. In Cable
Cove district. Two shifts are em
ployed. Grants Pass Prospects are favora
ble for the resumption of active work
at the Pacific pine needle factory at
Grants Pass.
Paisley The Lake County Tele
phone & Telegraph Company is the
name of a new company just organ-
Ized at Paisley.
coos City The shaft at the Coos
city mine la now down over 300 feet,
and Jt ls expected coal will be found
fn the next 100 feet.
Coos County Work has stopped In
one of the tunnels in the Beaver hill
mine. Coos county, pending installa
tion of new machinery.
Baker City The Bonanza mine, in
Baker county, ls making preparations
to install considerable new machinery.
Some of the buildings will be re
modeled. Arlington The Arlington Ware
house Company has made the pur-
chase of about 7000 sacks of wheat
Btored on the Heppner branch at
prices ranging from 43 to 45 cents
J,er bushel
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Grants Pass The Grants fass
w &ler' 'Sh rower company nas
receivea uu ieet or seventeen-incu
steel P'Pe- for n extension to a point
bov the place where the water Is
now taken out of the river,
union The Oreeon Susrar Company
-j.in i .i,.BP t a
near Union this season. During the
thinning and spacing time boys and
Rjrls Wju be emploved to do most of
ih. m-r.rir Ki Hnflara an acre will
be pald for this work. It is said good
wages can be made.
Galls Creek -Operations have been
resumed at Kubli & Co.'s quartz mine,
in Gall's creek district.
Weston This town will issue $5000
worth of bonds to raise money to im
prove its water supply.
Eugene Boy tramps are reported
as being more numerous in Eugene
than ever before known.
Grants Pass Work has commenced
on the Grants Pass-Williams telephone
line, and will soon be in operation.
Baker City During March. 98 coy-
ities have been appealed to. o rar
it is only in a mild form
Corvallis Benton county has Issued
a call for all warrants outstanding
up to August 10. 1900. and same will
be paid upon presentation.
Brownsville There are now two
brass bands in Brownsville. A new
one has just been organized, known
as the Brownsville Independent band.
Glenrlale There have been 41 cases
?f mallpox in and about this place.
uui uu UfHlUB as J f t. .irtciai lustra
! are now in
very critical' condition.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
I Wheat Walla
I Valley, nominal:
Walla. 56H57c;
bluestem, 59c per
$16
Hay Timothy. $12?12 50: clover,
$79 50; Oregon wild hay, $67 per
ton-
Hops 1214c per pound; 1899 crop.
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Wool Valley. 13Srl4c; Eastern Ore-
gon. 9 12c: mohair, 20(fJ21c per
pound.
i:iiiiei rttucjr i-rt'uuiei tuiyi-Tv,
dairy
laiJlSc; store, 10 lic per.
Pund.
. Eggs Oregan ranch, 1313Hc per
, Poultrv Chickens mixed. $3 50
5; hens, $5S6; dressed, lli?12c p?r
pound: Bprings. $4!fT5 per dozen:
ducks. $5J?6: geese. $68 per dozen:
u'n"Ve' 10 12c: dressed. 13 14c
pei.KSilLlrs.ii iia
bound. '
Potatoes Sols' 60c per sack
Mutton Lambs.. 10 lie per pound
gross; best sheep. $8;
wethers. $5:
ewes. $4 50
dressed. 747c per
pound,
, Hogs Gross, heavy. $5 75??6; light,
$4 75tT5: dressed. 7c per pound,
: Veal Large. 7 4T7V4C per pound;
small. 8V.rc per pound.
Beef Gross, top steers. $5.j?5 2:
cows and heifers. $4 5004 75; dressed
! beef, 7g8ic per pound.
,n ,800 Sweden had a population of
, 2.350.000. and at tne present time, in
mond jubilee there were several sur-
vivors of pre-Victorian parliaments,
London consumes eleven tons of salt
daily"
At a small village near Namur a
discovery has been made of 9b0 pieces
of Roman money in a perfect state of
preservation, belonging to the third
and fourth centuries, and bearing ef-
Ages of no fewer than fifteen different
emperors and empresses.
The government has created some
large forest reserves In Northern Arl-
mm and promulgated rules for their
regulation, with a view to prevent
their spoliation and to preserve them
f mm fl re
The principal lumber mills
of Arizona are situated at Flagstaff
nd Williams, in Coconino county.
FIELD GUN TE8T3.
Will
Be Made at Sandy Hook Next
Month.
WASHINGTON, April 13. Prepara-j
tlons are making for quite an exten-
sive and important test of field guns
at Sanly Hook some time In May. At
present the army is not well equipped
with field guns, compared with other
nations, and the war department
wishes to obtain the very best guns
possible for the equipment of this lm-
portant branch of the service. The
tests will be under the direction of the
board of ordnance and fortifications.
The board not only will test such guns
as may be presented by manufacturers
and inventors, but it is expected that
the new gun modeled on the plan of
the French field guns and constructed
under the direction of the board of
ordnance and fortifications will be
tested. The plans for this gun were
obtained by an army officer who was
sent abroad last summer, and who
claimed to have secured complete de
tails of this gun, which artillery ex
perts have asserted is the best in the
world. The mechanism of this gun
has been concealed and its secret
carefully guarded by the French gov
ernment. The report that the United
States army had obtained the plana
of the French gun caused considerable
comment at the time it was made pub
lic, and since then the procedure of
the department with reference to the
gun has been watched with interest
by ordnance experts. The French
government has not guarded more
carefully the mechanism of its gun
than the board of ordnance has the
making of the new field gun which is
to be tested in May.
POSTAL SERVICE IN PHILIPPINES.
Auditor Lawshee Found a Poor Sys
tem of Bookkeeping.
WASHINGTON, April 13. A letter
from A. L. Lawshee, auditor of the
Philippines, has been received at the
war department, and certain portions
of It have been sent to the postmaster
general for his information. The let
ter relates largely to the methods xt
keeping accounts, which are not ap
proved by Mr. Lawshee, and which
have not been in accordance with the
forms prescribed. Mr. Lawshee took
four expert clerks when he went to
the Philippines, and these are going
over the accounts, it is said at the
department that there is no intimation
of any fraud, but a system of book
keeping is in vogue -which lacks the
business methods necessary to secure
the best results.
"The accounts as filed here," Bald
Postmaster General Smith, "are cer
tainly ample. They account satisfac
torily for everything. As to irregular
ities, there is absolutely no word of
foundation for such a story. Not long
ago one of the most experienced in
spectors in the postal service was
sent to the Philippines, and he made
a thorough inspection of every detail
of the work there. His report paid a
high tribute to the condition of affairs.
The reports from there show a hand
some surplus, a showing that I only
wish the service in the United States
could make."
THE STOLEN GOLD BARS.
Steamer Officials Say They Were
Taken in New York.
BREMEN, April 13. In support of
their belief that the gold bars reported
missing from the specie room of the
Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse in transit
between New York and Cherbourg
were stolen at New Y'ork, the officials
Of the North German Lloyd Steamship
Company point out that the specie
room on the Kaiser Wllhelmder Grosse
is situated behind the baggage room,
and that the trunks of hundreds of
passengers are piled up against the
doors of the specie room. The officials
of the company are satisfied that the
gold was abstracted between the after
noon when the barrels containing the
2.000.000 marks were placed in the
strong room and the following morn
ing, when the passengers' baggage
was stowed away. The officials are
of the belief that the thief allowed
himself to be locked up in the bag
gage room after the gold was depos
ited in the strong room, and managed
to take the booty ashore during the
confusion of arriving passengers and
the stowing away of the baggage.
TRANSPORT GOES DOWN.
Rawlins Catches Fire at her Dock in
New York and Sinks.
NEW YORK. April 12. Fire was
discovered in the second hold of the
transport Rawlins early today. The
Rawlins was at the government pier.
Brooklyn, and was to have sailed for
j Cuba today.
The fire was under control after
I about tvo hours- worh by firemen,
i but the Rawlins listed to port from
the immense quantity of water
pumpea through the port holes by the
fire boats. She finally sank in the mud
i . her pier.
The careo. a laree portion of which
consisted of horse feed for army use.
, wl prove a total ,oss. The damage
to the transport-is estimated at $30,
000, and the cargo at $S0.0OO.
Suicide of a New York Broker.
New York, April 12. Benjamin
Forst. a broker and member of the
consolidated exchange, committed sut
cide today in the Hoffman House.
I After a night of meditation, spent no
I one seems to know where, he went to
the hotel at ! 5 o clock this morning.
A bottle which had contained carbolic
acid was louna in tne room. mi.
naU UULSlUnuiUS uouia a. iuc '"-'
business on the exchange yesterday,
and this is believed to have been the
cause of his suicide. Forst had lost
more than $320,000 in his stock deal
ings. In some quarters there was an
Impression that Mr. Forst was worth
at least $500,000.
German Officer Killed.
Berlin, April 13. A dispatch from
mer paiace, uu mui
j appeared.
Making Slow Time.
1 Washington, April 13. The trans-
' DOrt Garonne Bailed from Manila
March 9 with the Twenty-sixth vol
unteer Infantry, except company F,
and hna not vet been reported at San
Francisco. This has not caused any
apprehension at the war department,
1 a8 lt took the Garonne 11 days to
reach Nagasaki, coal and resume her
voyage, while the other transports
take only nine days. She is a slow
vessel, and may be a week behind the
other transports if she makes no bet-
ter time between NagasaKi ana nan
Francisco than she did on the first
: part of the voyage.
BOTHA WANTS PEACE
Ha$ RCOpCned Negotiations With '
r
the British.
DEWET HAS NOT BEEN CONSULTED
The Boer General, Lianiing That the Free
Stater's Intellect Had Weakened, As
sumed Full Responsibility.
CAPE TOWN, April 12. General
Botha has reopened negotiations with
the British for peace. It is understood
here that although General Dewet, In
his recent interview with General
Botha, refused to surrender. General
Botha regarding bim as irresponsible,
undertakes to negotiate in behalf of
the entire Boer forces. The British
authorities here consider that if Gen
eral Botha surrenders, Dewet's fol
lowing can be easily taken.
As explained here, this action was
determined in part by General Botha's
discovery at a recent meeting that
General Dewet's intellect had weak
ened, that his Influence with his fol
lowers was diminishing and that con
tinuance of the campaign, in view of
General Dewet's Irresponsibility, rest
ed with General Botha alone.
FRENCH ARE HAPPY.
Russia Gives Another Proof of
Her
Friendship.
PARIS. April 12. The ir--itant
festivities attending Presirrrl Lou
bet's visit to the Riviera were
brought to a climax today in the
double naval demonstration at Ville
franche and Toulon. Both proved
splendid spectacles. The profuse dec
orations at Toulon, the flotillas of
pleasure boats flitting about the har
bor, the gaily dressed warships lying
in the roadstead and the animation of
the immense crowds of strangers jost
ling one another in the streets and
along the wharves imparted a color
and picturesqueness to the scene
which outvied the situation at Ville
franche. The French people, however,
derive as much pleasure from the In
cidents at Villefranche as from the
meeting of M. Loubet and the Duke
of Genoa at Toulon.
"The Russian squadron." says Le
Journal des Debats. "saluted the pres
ident on his departure for Toulon so
that Russia will be associated as com- .
pletely as could be desired -with the
fetes on the Riviera. Those who have
spoken about the coolness of two
friendly and allied countries are now
compelled to admit that they took the
desire for the reality. Those who con
tended that Russia wished to manifest
hostility toward the Franco-Italian
rapprochement now have proof to the
contrary
P3m.. r salirte the president nt the
very moment when the fetes at Tou
lon, sealing this rapprochement, were
about to take place."
VETERAN IS INSANE.
Brigadier-General John B. Turchin
Must Go to Asylum.
CHICAGO, April 12. A special to
the Tribune from Nashville 111., says:
Brigadier-General John B. Turchin,
soldier, scholar and author, is Insane,
and confined in the county jail in this
city, whence he will be transferred
to the Anna asylum tomorrow.
General Turchin was born in Rus
sia, and received a military training.
He was commissioned colonel of the
Nineteenth Illinois Infantry by Gov
ernor Yates, in 1861. He organized
his regiment at Chicago, and left for
Tennessee, where General Buell
placed him at the head of a brigade.
Here Turchin offered a plan to his
superior officers for capturing Hunts
ville, which was accepted and proved
successful. In recognition of this ser
vice, he was appointed brigadier-general.
In 186 j' Turchin organized the
Chicago Board of Trade Battery into
a battery of horse artillery. He com
manded this division throughout the
Tullahoma campaign.
During the Chickamauga cam
paign, with his command he distin
guished himself upon several occa
sions. During the Atlanta campaign
in 1864 Turchin participated in the
engagements of Resaca, Kenesaw
Mountain and others. Here he was
forced to leave the army, and later
resigned.
MOVE TO NEW CAPITOL.
Governor Rogers Says It Will Prob
ably Be Made in Summer.
OLYMPIA, Wash., April 12. Re
garding when the state will take pos
session of its new capitol building.
Governor Rogers today said:
"There was a tacit understanding
between the capitol commission and
the board of county commissioners
that, inasmuch as the county will
probably rent part of the present state
building for a time, at least, the two
boards would work in harmony, so
far as possible, in making the ex
change of offices, without discommod
ing either party to the transaction.
In the gummer months, during which
the supreme court is not in session,
will, no doubt, be the best time at
which this exchange could be made
with the least possible inconvenience.
j As the county will only have need of
two floors of the present state build
ing, the exchange can be made without
serious difficulties."
Russians Not Uneasy.
St. Petersburg, April 12. The Novoe
Vhemya avers that Russia has no
cause for uneasiness regarding Man
churia. She possesses agreements
with the government of each of v.he
three provinces which remain in force.
In the future, if China desires her for
mer position restored, she can at any
time sign the treaty in her posses
sion. In the meantime, the St. Peters
burg Zeitung says Russia Is free to
act in Manchuria for the preservatloa
of order as her judgment dictates.
Bribery in German rmy.
Berlin, April 12. A sensational
trial began today at Elbeifeld, at
which Dieckhoff, Bauniann and others
are charged with having freed from
military service many sons of wealthy
parents in Dortmund. Hot-hum, Co
logne, Colmar, Strassburg, Vineba
den, Mayence, Frankfurt on-the-Main,
Mulhouse, Soligen and Remsrlieid. A
number of witnesses testified to hav
ing paid from 2000 to 3000 murks for
liberation, the money being used in
part ln bribing the military surgeons,
among them Chief Staff Surgeon
Schtmmell. Altogether, there nre 227
I witnesses and experts to be called.