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'WORK OF TORNADO PASSENGER STEAMER SWAMPED O.N A VIRGINIA RIVER, Eighteen Person are Known to Nave Lokt Their Lives Accident Occurred in the Evenlnz When All Were Below and fhey Had No Time to Seek Safety Before Vessel Sank. Norfolk, Va., Feb. 19. A tornado struck the passenger steamer Olive, which pliea between Franklin, Va.,and Edenton, N. C, at 9:30 last night and sent her to the bottom of the Chown river, off Woodley's pier, between Mount Pleasant and Oliver' wharf. Eighteen persona are known to have been drowned, and others who wete rescued are in a serious condition. The storm, when it struck the Olive, caused tier to go over on her beam ends, and when she righted it was only to Rink on account of the water she had taken. A majority of the passengers nd crew were below at the time, and had no opportunity to reach the pilot house of the vessel. This point was the only portion left above water, and in it, standing waist deep from the time of the accident until 6 o clock in the morning, Captain George Withey and five others were rescued. According to the statement of Cap tain Withey there are 18 known to have been lost on the sinking steamer, and a lifeboat loaded with part of the crew and passengers, which left the steamer in hope of reaching a vessel whose lights could be seen in the distance, were rescued after enduring severe hardships all night. The Olive was a small screw steamer, owned by J. A. Pretow, of Franklin, Va., and plying between North- Caro lina and Virginia for several years. She left Franklin last evening for Eden ton, and had almost reached hsr des tination when the tornado struck her. She was built in 1809, and was of 287 tons gross, 120.9 feet long, 20.4 feet beam and 27 feet depth of hold. PLANS OF ATLANTIC SQUADRON. Present Gun Practice May Be Followed by a Cruise to Europe. Washington, Feb. 19. Upon the re sult of three months' hard work at the target practice about to be undertaken will depend the summer plana of the North Atlantic Bquadron. The fleet is working out an elaborate and progres sive sot ol Bxercisea and drills devised by the general board, the purpose being to familiarize the officers with naval movements on a larger scale than has ever before been attempted in the United States navy. The fleet has worked through the program step by step, and the three months' program now in execution will determine whether or not the gun work of the ships has been hi far perfected as to wairunt the beginning of the next phase, namely, a long-distance cruiBu in fleet formation. If this work should be undertaken next Bummer, of which Secretary Moody is by no means cer tain, the North Atlantic squadron will make directly for the Azores, and if the combined movement is successful up to that point the ships may go on as far aa Lisbon, but it ia not intended that tliey shall visit Northern Europe under any conditions. CAST AWAY IN WILDERNESS. Terrible Sufferings of Shipwrecked Pros pectors on Vancouver Island. Viutroia, 13. C, Feb. 19. A story of shipwreck, privation and exposure was brought from the Vancouver island coast by tlie steamer Queen City today. Two prospectors, Pete Anderson and J. A, Ferguson, were wrecked in a sloop off Cape Cook, and, losing all their food, they endeavored to get to the near est Indian village, (iO miles away. They built a raft to cross NeBpartz in let, but a storm a roue, the raft was broken and the two men were washed ashore after Buffering great hardships on the logs, more dead than alivo. Then they walked tit) miles around the beach, the impenetrable bush offer ing no trails, and had no food for six lays until reaching an abandoned In dian hut they found a small supply which kept them alive until they reached an Indian village on Klosh in let, 00 miles from where their vessel was lost, after suffering terrible priva tions and with just strength enough to crawl into camp. Hotel Burns at Midnight. Port Huron, Mich , Feb. 19. The St. Clair hotel, one of the largest botes in this city, was destroyed by tiro at an early hour this morning. A man numed Worthy, employed at the hotel as a yardman, is missing, and ia be lieved to have been burned to death. Milton CampUill, a tirenian, was fatal ly crushed under the walls. All the guests made their escape, many of them mn inn out in their night clothing ' whn they awoke. Loss 100, 000. Government Gains Time. Washington, Feb. 19 The govern ment has formally accepted the offer of the Panama canal company to sell to the United Staeta the canal property and all the company's rights therein for $40,000,000, subject to the ratifica tion of the pending treaty with Colom bia. The effect of this acceptance was to extend the life of the option held by the government beyond March 4 next ami until the treaty now before the wnate has been ratified by both countries. NEW PHILIPPINE CURRENCY BILL. Measure Passed by Senate Provides for Coinage of Silver Pesos. Washington. Feb. 19. The Philip pines currency bill, passed by the sen ate today, prescribas that the unit of value in the Philippines shall be the goM peuo, of 12.9 grains of gold, nine- ! tenths fine, said gold peso to become the unit of value when the government shall have coined and made ready for circulation not less than 5,000,0(10 of the silver pesos provided for in the bill. The gold coins of the United States, at the rate of one dollar for two pesod, shall be legal tender in the is lands. The bill also provides for an addi tional coinage of 75,000,000 silver coins of the denomination of one peso, which shall be legal tender except whore pro vided by contract. Coins of the de nomination of 50 centavos, 20 centavos and 10 centavos also are provided for, all such coinage to be under the author ity of the government of the Philippine islands, in such amounts as it may determine, with the approval of the secretary of war. The bill also provides for the issue of certificates of indebtedness to main tain the parity of the silver and gold pesos, such certificates at any time to be limited to 20,000,000 pesos. The Mexican dollar and the Spanish coins heretofore used shall be received for public dues at a rate to be fixed from time to time by the civil governor of the islands, preference, however, being given to the Philippine coins and cer tificates. The option is given for the coinage of the silver pesos either in Manila or any mint in the United States, which coin shall bear inscriptions or devices ex pressing the sovereignity o; the United States. The act making any form of money legal tender after December 31, 1903, is repealed. The Patterson amendment, providing for an international conference to fix a commercial exchange, waa adopted bv the senate. Chairman Cooper, of the house com mittee on insular affairs, Bays that as soon as the bill is received from the senate from the bouse it will be sent to conference. JAMES R. QARFIELD PROMOTED. Son of Dead President Is Appointed Com missioner of Corporations. Washington, Feb. 19. It was an nounced today at the white house that President Roosevelt would appoint James R. Garfield, of Ohio, commis sioner of corporations under the act creating the new department of com merce. Mr. Garfield is a son of the late President Garfield, and is at pres ent a member of the civil service com mission. Mr. Garfield ia an Chic an by birth and residence. For some time ' the president has had him under consider ation in connection with the position of commissioner of corporations, which is regarded as second only to that of the secretary in importance in the new de partment. The law provides that the commissioner shall have the power to make, under the power of the secretary, diligent investigation into the organ ization, conduct, and management of the business of any corporation, joint stock company or corporate combina tion engaged in commerce among the several states and with foreign nations, excepting common carriers, subject to "an act to regulate commerce,' ap proved February 4, 1887, and to gather such information and data ts will en able the president to make recommend ations for legislation for the regulation of such commerce, and to report such data to the president from time to time as he shall require." It also will bo the duty of the com missioner of corporations to gather. compile and publish useful information concerning corporations doing business In the United States and engaged in interstate or foreign commerce, includ ing corporations engaged in insurance. O.IVE COAST BIDDERS A CHANCE. Cushman Wants 4 Per Cent Differential on Contracts for Warships. Washington, Feb. 19. Representative Cushman called on Secretary Moody today to secure departmental recom mendation for the incorporaion in the naval appropriation bill of a provision allowing Pacific coast bidders on naval vessels authorized under the pending measure a differential of 4 per cent over bidders on the Atlantic coast. Such a stipulation was incorporated in the bill last year, and in Cushman's opinion is neecssry to place Pacific coast firms on an equitable footing. furthermore ho says such a differential would tend to hold down bids on the Atlantic coast. Would Annex Isle of Pines. Washington, Fob. 19. Representa tive Richardson, of Tennesese, today introduced a resolution asking the pres ident why that portion of the Piatt amendment regarding the Isle of Pines had not been enforced. He also intro duced a concurrent resolution declaring that it is the sense of congresa that the Isle of Pinss is territory belonging to the United States, and that no sov ereignty can be lawfully exercised there except by the United States. Mine Sale at Thunder Mountain. Weiser, Idaho, Feb. 19. An import ant transfer of Thunder mountain min ing porperty has been made in this city. I). J. Brown, who is better known as Thunedr Mountain Brown. has sold to D. McKenzie, representing r.astern capitalists, four mining claims on Profile creek. The claims i;ro in the best portion of the district. The price paid has not been made public, but it waa a cash deal, and it stated bv those claiming to know that the price paid was a good round one. THE LEGISLATURE WHAT THE LAWMAKERS OF OREGON ARE DOING AT SALEM. Bills of Importance That are Belnj Intro duced and Acted Upon in Both Houses Measures Signed by the Governor Progress of the Balloting for United States Senator. Tuesday. The vote Fulton 33, Geer 25, Wood 15, Williams, ti, scattering 0, paired 5. The senate To create oifice of state examiner of public lecords, pas-ed. To authorize Indian war veterans to bring suit against the state upon their claims, passed. To repeal law exempting pub lic officers from garnishment proceed ings, ' passed.' The senate adopted a resolution to adjourn Friday, February 20, at 12 o'clock P. M. . The House To provide for flat sal ary, passed. To change name of Re form tchool to Industrial school, passed. To fix boundary of Wallowa county, passed. For new bridge across Willamette at Portland, passed. Monday. The vote Fulton 32, Geer 15, Wood 14, Williams 17, scattering 3, absent and paired 9. The Senate A joint resolution was adopted calling upon congress to order a constitutional convention for the pur pose of framing an amendment for the election of United States senators by direct vote. To fix salary of superin tendent of public instruction at $3,000, passed. To regulate employment of fe males, passed. The House To pay Indian war vet erans, indefinitely postponed. The greater part of the day was taken up in introducing new bills. Appropriations already provided for amount to $ 2,380,800.82. Governor Chamberlain vetoed the bill classing bicycles with horses in the statute defining larceny; also the one to prohibit stock running at large in Marion county. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Walla Walla, 76c; blue stem, 88c; valley, 78c. Barley Feed, $23.50 per ton; brew ing, $24. flour Best grade, $4.304.85 ; grab am, $3.453.85. Millatnffs Bran, $1819 per ton; middlings, $23 24; shorts, $1920. chop, $18. Oats No. 1 white, $1.15 1.20; gray, fl. 12)601.15 per cental. Hay Timothy, $1112; clover, $89; cheat, $910 per ton. .Potatoes Best Burbanks, 6075o per sack; ordinary, 4050c per cental, growers' prices; Merced sweets. $2(3 2.25 per cental. Poultry Chickens, mixed, 12)c; young, ll12c; hens, 12)tc; turkeys, live, 15 16c; dressed, 1820c; ducks, $77.60 per dozen; geese, $78.50. Cheese Full cream, twins, 16M 17sc; Young America, 17)618)6c; factory prices, llc less. Butter Fancy creamery, 3032)c per pound; extras, 30c; dairy, 20 22c; store, 1518c. Eggs 2325 per dozen. Hops Choice, 2227c per pound. Wool Valley, 12M15c: Eastern Oregon, 814c; mohair, 2628o. Beef Gross, cows, 32c per pound; steers, 44c; dressed, 7&C. Veal 7XmHc Mutton Gross. 4c per pound; dressed, 7Kc. Lambs Gross. 4c per pound; dressed, 7c. Hogs Gross, 84c per pound: dressed, 77c Irrigation in Wyoming. Cheyenne, Wyo., Feb. 19. The Cheyenne land office today received in structions lrom the general land office to withdraw from entry, except under irrigation act, a strip of land in North ern Laramie county, varying in width from 12 to 30 miles and extending en tirely across the county from east to west. This tract comprises 750,000 acres of the richest agriculutral land in the county, and will be under the Devil's Gate reservoir, perhaps the first to be constructed under the national irrigation law. Feather In L'ncle Sam's Cap. Berlin, Feb. 18. The newspapers generally have little to say about the Venezuelan settlement. Those which reflect the government's views affirm that Germany must come out of the affair measureably well, inasmuch as she obtains at the end of the negotia tions all she asked for at the beginning. Certain papers say that the only power which has come out of the affair with heightened prestige is the United States and that none of the European powers waa strengthened in its position by the outcome of the affair. Firemen Save Many Lives. Dhinu'.v K.-K HI w - - " nuik 3 the firemen saved the lives of a number of persons who lived in the five story by urn building at 1 to 3 North Clar k street, early this morning, when a fi ire broke out on the third floor of the structure. Clayton Bush, proprietor of the beer and concert hall on the first Hoor, and his wife and children were carried from the burning building and cared for by the police. Other persons living in the building were overcome by smoke and carried out by the firemen aud policemen. Loss, f 75.UO0. A man isn't really great until tbj newspapers begin to print J,,!;,- jJt, uai originated, which are so dre;trv they couldn't draw a laugh from a uia"u with uiouey in his pocket. CONFERENCE O.N LAWS FOR WEST. Game Preserves and Land Commission Considered by President. Washington. Feb. 18. President Roosevelt . tonight held a conference with Representative Jones, of Washing ton, Moudell, of Wyomii.g, and Lacey, of Iowa, at which the bill authorizing the president to set apart within forest reservations areas to be known as game preserves, within which game, fish and' birds shall not be killed, was briefly discussed. Both Junes and Mondell objected to the bill, asserting that it would render state game laws inopera I tive within such reserves, while Lacey I contended to the contrary. The presi dent, while deeply interested in the proposed legislation, was inclined to admit the claim of the two opposing members, and it is believed no further effort will be made this session to pass the bill. The president also discussed with these memberspending resolutions providing for the appointment of a public lands commission of five persons, to investigate and report upon the workings)! the timber and stone, des ert land and homestead commutation laws and to make recommendations for needed changes in these laws, together with legislation looking to the disposal of timber on unreserved public lands and providing an adequate means of regulating grazing on the public do main. The president and members agreed that such a commission properly con ducted would gather much valuable in formation, which would be useful in guiding congress in future land legisla tion. The resolutions provide for five commissioners at $400 per month This legislation will be urged and prob ably adopted before adjournment. MORE TRUST LEGISLATION. Senate Committee May Favor More Dras tic Action on Question. Washington, Feb. 18. There is pos sibly some embarrassment ahead for those senators who have arranged that there shall be no more trust legislation at this Bession than is contained in the Elkins act and Nelson amendment. Here is the judiciary committee of the senate pounding-away on a measure, and it may report the Littlefield bill, so as to make it more drastic than as it passed the house. Should the com mittee report it, it would mean that the skillfully arranged program of the senate leaders might be upset. Men who know something about the feeling againBt trusts in their states will not be willing to sidetrack legislation like the Littlefield bill that passed the house unanimously. More than this, the reports that have been so generally circulated that the Littlefield bill was only a "bluff," have caused comment throughout the country of a character to ditsurb senat orvs who are closely identified with big corporations. The imputation of bad faith on the part of the president may also have some effect. Because the president urged the Elkins bill and the Nelson amendment, it has been assecrted that he was a party to a program of "mild" trust legislation. ;Asa matter of fact, the policy of the president has been to get all be could when he could. He found the Nelson amendment could be procured, and that the Elkins bill could be passed, and he accepted both. By threats and methods scarcely in keep ing with his office, he might have forced more drastic legislation, but as the two propositions offered were as sured, he gladly accepted ' them. If more can be obtained he will be pleased, but if not, he, as chief execu tive, will see what an enforcement of the new .legislation will biing about, and when the next congresa assembles he can urge such additions as are found necessary. CAN'T RESCUE FISHERMEN. Ice Still Blocks the Way of Revenue Cut ter Gone to Tbelr Relief. St. Johns, N. F., Feb. 18 The United States revenue cutter Seminole, which is on her way to the Bay of Islands to cut out a number of icebound American fishing schooners, ia still un able to enter the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and the conditions are most uncom promising. The Canadian naval schooners Stanley and Mintoare already frozen up there, which is an indication of the probable fate of the Seminole should she be caught in the ice. Captain Delaney, the master of the Newfoundland steamer Bruce, and the most experienced ice navagitor in this region, Delieves that the Seminole will be uanble to venture toward the Bay of Islands until the prolonged easterly winds drive the floes well off the shore. All Exploded at Once. Fostoria, O., Feb. 18. Eight persons were killed and four injured by an ex plosion in the Peter & Fox magazine cane factory tbia afternoon. The mag azine contained a large supply of high explosives, used in the manufacture of eups for magazine canes. It will never be known how it happened that some of the explosives let go. There was a terrific report that shook the whole town, and in a moment the whole fac tor? was in flames. Immigration Under New Head. New York, Feb. 17. Commissioner William Williams, of the bureau of im migration, who has just returned from Washington, where he appeared before the senate committee to argue for cer tain clauses which he wants inserted in the new immigration law, says that it is virtually settled that the immi gration department would be under the control; of the department of commerce. iCOiNTINENT WHITE BLIZZARD COVERS ENTIRE EAST AND MIDDLE WEST. From Lakes to Gulf and From Nevada to Atlantic Coast Fierce, Snow-Laden Wind Sweeps, and Worse is Predict ed Even the Sunny South Suffers From Storm. Chicago, Feb. 18. The whole coun try from the Atlanitc to the western slope of the Rocky mountains is suffer ing from the coldest weather knowu in February for yeara. The snow storm which swept over the Rocey Mountain states has traveled east and south until it ..overs the whole region as fcr as New York on the east and the Gulf states on the south. Beginning in Wyoming and Utah, where extreme cold and deep Bnow have caused great loss of livestock on the range, the storm extended gradually until Kansaa is under a foot of snow and haa a temperature below zero. Oklahoma has had snow to take the place of rain, and Texas has Bnow a foot deep. In the far Northwest, near the boundary of North Dakota and Canada, Williston is the coldest place in the United States, with th tm nam in A) degrees below zero, and the thermome ter registers from 20 to 30 below all mrougn cue juiuuie West. The snow reached New Ynrk loot night, when four inches had fallen, fol lowing close upon a sleet storm which had almost stopped traffic. The weath er bureau predicts gales, snow and ex treme cold for the whole Atlantic coast. The same conditions prevail nil ai,no the lakes. The : South is just escaping from floods due to heavy rain, which mrrenrl from Louisville southeast to Georgia, omy io lan into tne grip of the bitter est storm of the wit.t.i.r. Tnina ...! telegraph lines are demoralized all through the West, and in many cities street cars run only with great ditti culty. NO CHANGE IN LAND LAWS. Repeal of Timber, Desert 'and Commuta tion Acts Hopeless. Washington, Feb. 17. The senate committee on public lands todav or dered a favorable report on the bill to repeal the timber and stone act, desert land act and commutation feature of homestead law. Amendments to omit repeal of commutation law and sell timber land on the basis of appraised value were debated. Senators opposed to the bill say there is no prospect of us passage at tnis session. The action of the committee is not significant, for there is no possibility of tne Dill passing the house, even thoueh it might be railroaded through the senate. Even this is improbable, be cause it is legislation that would pro voke debate, and such debate is likely to prove tatai tnis late in the session. An attempt waa made in committee to amend the bill to provide for the sale of timber lands in tracts of 160 acres to each settler, the price to be governed by the appraised value of the timber thereon, but this substitute was voted down. The committee also re jected a proposition to emit the com mutation clause from the acts to be re pealed. The report today was made largely for effect, and not with any intention of passing the bill, for the senate com mittee is fully advised that a majority of tne public lands committee of the house will not for a minute consider the bill at this Bession. CORTELYOU PROMOTED. President Has Appointed Him Secretary of Commerce and Labor. Washington, Feb. 18. The president today sent to the senate and the senate confirmed the nomination of George B. Cortelyou to be secretary of commerce and labor under the act creating the new department. The nomination was referred to the senate after the senate went into executive session and the vote was polled on the floor. Senator Depew reported the nomination with a favorable recommendation. He asked for immediate action and, aa there was no opposition, Mr. Cortelyou was con firmed. Few in American public life today are more widely or more favorably known than Secretary George B. Cor telyou. For years he occupied a prom inent place in the interest of the people and the exemplary manner in which he has met every emergency that has arisen before him has won for him the cordial esteem not only of those with whom he has been intimately asso ciated, personally and officially, but also of the body of the American public to whom he is known merely by reputa tion. Idaho to Oive $35,000. Boise, Idaho, Feb. 18. A bill has been introduced in the house by the appropriation committee appropriating $35,000 for the Lewis and Clark expo sition in Portland and the St. Louis ex position. Five thousand of this is to be used for gathering exhibits for the St. Louis fair. The remainder ia to be equally divided between the two expo sitions. A commission of five is to be appointed by the governor for both ex positions to serve without pay. General Miles Returns. New York, Feb. 18. Lieutenant General Miles, commanding the United States army, his wife and party ariived here today on the steamship Lucania. The general, who has been abroad five months, has in that time been around the world. One of the features of the trip'acrosi the Atlantic for the general was the sen 'ine of a Marconigram to King Edward Vli onjlebruary 9. M. DE BLOWITZ For Yeara the Faria Correapondent of the London Times. M. de Blowltz Henry George Ste phane Adolph Opper who had been for thirty years the correspondent at Paris of the Lon don Times, and re signed receiitly to leave his task to his so.i, died ia Paris from apo plexy. M. de Blowltz' s family name was Opper. He added to it "of Blowltz," because he win born at Blowltz, m. de blowitz. near nisen, Aus tria, Dec. 2S, 1S32. His mother w as of French descent. He traveled In Eu rope aud obtained from M. de Falloux, French Minister of Public Education, a place as German teacher at the Ly cee of Tours. There he studied foreign polities and wrote essays for the newspapers. He taught German at Limoges, Poitiers nd Marseilles. He attracted by his newspaper work the attention of Thiers, the historian, who defended him against prosecution for an attack on Ferdinand de Lesseps about his lavlshness at Suez. When France was defeated by the German states Blowita caused himself to be naturalized a Frenchman. He said, "I want to naturalize myself defeated." He went to Versailles to obtain'from Thiers an Interview in July, 1871, while Paris was fortified against the French government at Versailles. That Interview, telegraphed to the London Times, obtained for Blowltz the post of Its correspondent. It was difficult and he made In It bitter enemies. Rut lie wnsi In the confidence ! of diDlomats. statesmen, rulers. He sent the Berlin treaty, before it was signed, to the London Times. He Interviewed the Pope, Count de Cham bord, Gambetta, Bismarck, Alfonso. XII., the Sultan, Count de Tarls, the' King of Rounianla. He wrote four books on political affairs. He was an officer of the Legion of Honor and of the Institute of France. The London Times printed a six-column memoir of M. de Blowitz, who. It is said, created during his life a new position In internatonal life In Europe, which he filled brilliantly for nearly thlrty years, and which with his disap pearance will probably also disappear. REMAINS OF A WONDERFUL DEER. mm This wonderful little deer, whose) height at the shoulder was five and a half Inches, It has recently been discov ered, lived in New York State long be fore the recollection of living man, and probably played In the same woods that the giant mastodon strode through. Whether he was the representative of a pigmy race, long extinct, or was a single dwarf, It Is impossible to deter mine, but as he grew to maturity the former is more likely. The foot and leg shown In the Illustration were found In a newly plowed field near Troy, Rensselaer County. The epiphyses, or ends of the bones, are firmly united by osseous tissue to the shaft, showing that the leg be longed to an adult deer and not to aa Immature product. This little fellow could have been placed without discomfort In a capa cious pocket and would have found a determined chipmunk a formidable foe. She Knew the Methods. The country editor had turned the personal column over to his daughter temporarily, while politics claimed bis attention. The daughter had studied country editorial methods to some advantage, and the following items appeared: "Tom Jones called last evening with a two-pound box of candy. Call again. Tom." "Harry Mason was around with his trotter and sidebar buggy last week. Don't forget the number, Harry." "George Brown's billboard Is said to be good for two seats for anything that comes. We always like to see George on show nights." "Miss Mary Martin, the milliner, has a magnificent display of the latest styles in her show window. How much is this good for. Mary?" For the Benefit of the Blind. One of the interesting features of the Library of Congress is the depart ment for the blind, where books and special accommodations are furnished. At rrequent intervals readings, recita tions aud music are clven bv nromin- ent society folk for the benefit of the blind who visit the library. Prominent men and women take pleasure In set ting aside a portion of their time to read to the afflicted or to entertain them, and it is considered quite an honor to receive an Invitation from the librarian. Two Brands of Familiarity. "Your face seems very familiar to me," remarked the man with the red necktie as he slapped the stranger on the back. "Indeed," replied the stranger. "Now. it's your manner that seems familiar to me." Philadelphia Record.