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IT TT JnllLLSB HILLSIMHtO, OltKMOX, THURSDAY, FKKUUAIIV 21, 1901. NO. 40. vol. vn. Tie R nil! From All Parts of the New World and (he Old. 1 OP INTEREST TO OUR MANY READERS OUR LAWMAKERS. Doings tsmptr naive Rivkw of th Important IUp ptntags ol th Past Weak k Conotmed Eorm. A rll pnrrliu waa captured on th Cavitu coast. I)lrlrl Filipino were landed at Guam, January 13. I'nut Armand r-i'vmtr, the Frenoh pnet and I'tlllO, t dead. The national ooiiveullti ol butter niaknra Ik lit iou In K. Paul. Cougar hat Ix-bii Instructed In proteel agalu.t lb proponed espeditmtt, yA ln rwlil Nl Millwood, Kail., re sulted In Ilia killing nl a woman. London ll enveloped ill a dense log Which baa caueed many accident. Kttiployaa ol two Manila ruinpnule hav bct-u arrestod fir aiding tb n-b la. Tli forlgo envoy gaxe China night day lo which lu Iwuo satisfactory tllcli. Minister We) will apeak In Cleve land, O., on 'Weahtuglou and Coufu eiu." Hoven hpdlaa nl tha 66 entombed miner al Uumn. II. C. be beeu takeu out. prniia la raging at Chrieit uia. Ilcurik Itr. lh .SurnaUu poet. la 111 of iht malady, Ktvamahlp Aliunnl Rrim-b collided with th AlorriMio atieet bridge, si Portland, Or., wriouly dautaglug lb structure. Orders will b issued by General (Ml today direct lug lb Immediate eu lialmenl of man lor th new Twenty ninth lufautry. Th opening einn ol th 10th eon Itoeutal conirrtaa ol tba tt ual So ciety ol the Daughter ol the American lUvolullon a hold at vVeahlogiOU. SUIT neach grower of Cats be Island. Ohio, hav formed a rombina Hon to flitbt th San Joe oal. 1h aaauolatlon will suray Ihe trees with crude oil. It I bellevwd Whltelaw Raid Is lo be named auvoy eitiaordluary nl th llnlla.l Ktataa at the Ooroualion lit Klllg F.dward VII, whl.h will probably1 Ink X place In June. I Important it tht State Capital kill PelSd. To Prevent Hoboing. A bill to prevent riion beating their wy on railroad train wa passed by the house Monday, Th bill waa Introduced by Poornian, at th re-quest nl railway employe! and manager. It la a nopy of th law now in force lu Alabama, and 1 deelgued to put atou to th I rain n nuisance. Th result ul such law In Alabama wa ahown by Mr. I'ooruian to b lar reaching In II effect, putting a atop to car robbing. The bill wa paaaed, there being no negative vote. Passed kv the Senate. The annate paaaed the lollowiug btlla Monday: llime bill II. to uthorie clerk of acbuol diatrlct and county Ju'lgr Ul bid lu properlT wild for taxe au I to illroot the nmnmir lu which ui'h pnirty may be dlapoaed of: avn ate bill II'.':', to ronlaie cutely compau lei; by heimtor lUwth, filing the aalar lo of theoouuty treaaureri ol the atate; aeoate bill 337, to authorize th capi tal building coiuiuUalouera tooonatrunt a dltoh lu order to aeeure water lor the elate luatttutlona. Te Pay State Taxu Twit Year. Kcnate bill S'.'S paaaed by the annate Monday. It provide that ttate taxea thai) be' iayable by the countiea two tenil-anuual InaUllmeuU. Tbla change lu the law to propnted In order harinoniie with the new law wincn akea taxea payalile in the oountle mlaouualiy. in a Dtim fi Sixty-Five Miners Are Entombed No Hope for Them. ' MOSCOW PAPER SUPPRESSED. CAUStD BY AN EXPLOSION OP CAS Only Exit It the Mouth of Ihc Shift, Which li rilled With a Huge Volume of Smoke Relief Meaiurei Have Begun. All of the big allk thread in aim far taring niureru lu the Unitml Mete are to be eoiianltduled. The mouey la lobe furulahed by the t'nate Thread f 'otiiiiauv. the vaiiiulixatliiu will lie II.UOO.UIK). The condition of Kin pre Frederick Continue uunbauged. Purchaae of MO cavalry horan in Oreiron ha been ordered by the war department. A provincial (iovernment la in courae of formation lu I urine, a iioruieiu i-u on province. (Jeneral Chaffee i not to jolu lu the Herman exiirdition la China under Von Walderaee. Fire di-at roved Ihe I'nioii liailway Ikxnpany'a baru at KIwihuI, K. I. and 80 Duller ear, canning a loat o $162,000. Governor Hogcr ba appduted O Mead Kmery, an additional judge fur Kiuu conntv. Waab.. to et-rve until the next electiou. Klaht alleged lloxer leaden, after trial bv nil! own of Chang Chi Tung, the viceroy of Ilanko, have teen (! onpltatod at that place. William T. Hill, lor over 60 year a prominent New Kug'and newapaper editor, 1 dead ( grip, at th home bll aou-in liiw in Denvnr, Col. The acbooner Alice, which waa the Nome tra.le laat year, ran on tht rouki near the We at l'olnt llghthouae, while en route to Seattle from Han Pedro. The full extent of the damage la not known. Hhe wax towed to Port Towuaeud. Fire destroyed the rythlnii opera houa. tbe Hecond Natloual bank build tug and the building occupied bv the Southern K.xpreH Company, al Jack aou, Teun., oaoalng a loa of $100,000. It la believed two live wure loat In the falling of the opera bouMe walla. The bank ol Omaha, at Omaha, Tex ba beu rolibud of $H,0U0 iu and natter amounting to $3,000. The rob ber made their eacape upou a hand enr. The lone occupant of the bunk wa decoyed Iroui town by bogu tele grama, and remained away from Quia' ha on the night of the robbery. A verdict (or $1,600 for the plaintiff wh rendered in the circuit court in the cane ol J. J. Ilecker v. the O, A N. Co., at The Dal lea, Oregon Ileoker, iu June last, while driving acroa the railroad track (our mil weet of town, we itrnck hy n engine, and mitnlued Revere injuries (or which nit (or $2,600 wai brought. The Senatorial Vet. Tbe rota for ualor Monday tood: II. W. Cor belt, S3; Kluger Hermann, 38; It. D. Inman. SO; lieorge II. Wil liam. 1; U. K. 8. Wood, I; abaent. 8. Twa Railroad BIIU Killed. Th houae after apending nearly an other ball day in cuuaideration of rail road bill, diipoaedof two more VSed ueaday. On of theae meaaure wa oorman fellow-aervaiit bill. It w debated at length, and althoutih even lta upiiunent admitted it had good point, It wa deleated bw a vote of 81 to 22. The other railroad bill which waa d I -own! of, and which met a aim er late, wa th bill ol llairl to nx the llatdllty of railroad corporation for injur lea. Hut 19 vote wr cant iu favor of thia bill. No Holiday at Salem. Waabington'i birthday. February 32, 1 a legal holiday, but it i not a legia lath holiday uuleaa the legislature by peoiflo act ohooH to make It ao naamuch a Wahington' birthday happen Uil year to fall on the 40th ay of tha leaalon (th oaual nay ol in die adjournment) it 1 probable that bualnvM will ba proceeded with much aa uaunl. Tha coimtitntion ol the atate doea not limit the aeaalona to 40 dava, but doea limit the total com- iwuattlou of each meuibur to $130 at S per (lav; therefore, few legialator oan be expected to be aetl-aacrifl ng a to work long for notblug. ol In Bill Paiied. aenate VVedneaday paued The aenate Wednesday paued tha following lillli: Senate bill 70, to cor rot Ihe deacriptlon of the boundary o Wheeler oouutv; aenate bill 143, to protect hotel and boarding bouae keep' era; by Hunt, regulating atreei ran way In I'ortland; euate bill 73, to enact th Jorreu ay item ol reglatra tlouol land tltlea; aenate bill 173, to regulate inanrauce compauiei; aenate bill Kl, to provide (or the eluoliou of road (upervlaora; aenal bill 187, to ornate the ollioe of county auditor of Multnomah county; aenate bill 217, to amend the charier of Sherwood; aenate bill 316. to fix the aalary of proaeout lug attorney iu the Heveutb judioial diatrlct. The houae Wednesday paaied hill a follow: houae bill 37, providing for uniform ayitem of mine boll aig nala; houae b'll 146, making it a crim to remove or interfere with mining lo cation marki; house bill 127, regulat ing the supply of water (or Irrigation purpose. . Tht Senatorial Vote. The joint vote for senator Wednes day was: II. W. Corbett, 82; Blnger Hermann, 29; George II. Williams, 1; K. D. Inman, Democrat, 26; W, K Robertson, Democrat, 1; absent, 1. Oregon Notes. The Robins saw mill, six miles east of Union, has been leased by a man from the Kant. Eugene veto. ana of the Spanish and Philippine wars are planning to organ iae a local association A paper li hetug circulated at New bnrv soliciting subscriptions to stook (or the purpose of operating a cannery Tom Gilliam 'a log drive, consist ina of 4.000.000 feet, is stranded in Ihe Mohawk waiting for a freshet. Vanoouver, II. C, Feb. 18. Sixty five miners are Imprisoned iu No. I lhalt of the Cuml erlaiid coal mine on Vancouver Island. The only exit 1 Ihe mouth of the abaft which I fi lied with a huge volume of flame. There I considered to be uo possibility for lb oufottunates to eacai. Detail el Disaster Meager. Detail ol the dieaater are meager. Tbe Cumberland mine la near the vil lage of Union, about 60 mile north ol the town ol Nanalmo, Th) only telegraphic communication hum Un ion is by a single government wire, and little is known ol th tragedy in tha mine except that a terrible axplo- aluu occurred iu No. 6 ehalt ol tbe Cumberland about 11 o'clock this morning. Following ths explosion th abaft camiht Hie. and the 66 miners ho were working .nail a mile irora tha entrance were caught In la death trap. A relief party from No. 6 shaft ede a brave but futile attempt at a rescue, lney were neaaea ou oy u re and could not reach the Imprisoned men. ine attempt at rescue waa rains through No. 6 shaft, but the flame re vented any development or the per ilous venture, The Cumberland mine is one of tbe wooer ties of th Union Colliery Com uany, situated near toniox ana reached Irom Uulou bay by the private colliery railway crowing the Trent iver on which tha memorable linage lisaster occurred a year or two ago, It baa been singularly furmoate here tofore In iminuuity from disaster and wa counted au especially safe mine to work in by reason of the character of tha formation In which the coal li found there, and tha manner in which it had been opened up. o. 6 abaft the ecene of the disaster, was liottomed in October. 1HUK. at a depth of 814 feet. It Is well constructed and tim bered, with a mud wall, tha pit bot torn being timbered with 12x18 sawn hulk, built solidly together, 16 feet wide and 13 feet high. The abaft 1 located close lo tbe lallway, and th ventilation ol the miua i effected by 14xS foot Huibal fan, which, when ran to itt full rapacity, give 85,000 oublo feet of air circulation per minotu The air enter by the haulage slope and is divided into seperate splits, the malu snllt beinK at the point where No. 2 brandies off the main slope part of the sir going down each elope Further dowu eacli of ttieee elopes ine air is again split, audfeut to the work ings east and weet ol the respectlv slopes. A aeoond explosion occurred in ro, shall touight, but it had been ex Deoted. and all the men had left the working!. There were no casualties This explosion prevent uy further effcrta being male to resoue the en tombed miner through No. 6 shaft. for th Publication of University Bulletin 320 Students Hav Beca Arretted. St. I'etershurg. Feb. 20 The min ister of the interior. M. Klpiagulne, on Saturday ordered the snppreaeion for three months of Ihe Noroatl Dnja. a M of cow newapaper, which has violated the prohibition against the publication f university bulletins. A secret cir cular ha been issued reminding all tbe newspapers that th prohibition 1 now effective. Information ba been received here that 830 students hav been arrested in Moscow, presumably the whole a- semblv which obstructed the lectures innng the student. Kighteen stu dents were arrested here, hot were sub sequently released. Fending a decis ion in their case, howver, they were forbidden to re-enter tha university. Sixteen additional arrests were subse quently made. Iha forestry institute, near by, held a meeting and declared the institute closed until the sentence aginat th student should be revoked aud military law repealed. The institute of railway engineer, by a vote of 280 to 100, declared for obstruction. Tbe military and medi cal academy student met, with the permission of General Kooroptkin, the minister of war, the latter merely warning them that he could not pre vent the operation of military law if obatructlonary tactic were adopted Of tha 800 who were present at tbe meeting only 150 favored obstruction, BE 11 I Chaffee Is Not to Join the Ger man Expedition. THE COVERNMRNT PACES A CRISIS Stele rjrtirnt May Try te Dissuade fkrlm Authorities From Undertaking This Cam paign Chinue Art te Blame LEFT $70,000,000. Huntingloa-! Eitete Mm Since Increased $10,- 000,900-Pay $700,000 Inheritance Tax. New York. Feb. 20. Executor of the estate of Col lis P. Huntington, have deposited with the controller a certilied check for $700,000, to cover the amount of the inheritance tax hlcb will be collected by the etate The deposit Indicates the worth of tbe estate at the time of the testator' death to bave beeu approximately $70,000, 000, which ba now been increased about one-seventh, making the present worth $H0,00O,t)OO. The size of tha check indicate that the Huntington estate in value will more than double the animate placed upon it at the time of the death of tbe California pioneer. Owing to tha rise in railroad securities during tbe last six months, tbe Huntington estate is now worth almost, if not quite, $10, 000,000 more than it was when th will was offered for probate. A th inheritance tax la based upon the value at the time of the death of the testa tor, the estate would now seem to be woith approximately $80,000,000. No accntate idea as to how tbe Hun tlugton million are invested ba yet been made by tbe exeoutora. TRIED BY A MOB. The Taft commission code requires voter in the Philippine to own real estate worth 600 pesos. A shea Waba, an actress, who attend ed the matinee at the Crescent the ater, lu New Orleans, was fined $1$ for refusing to remove her hut, in vio lation of the high hut law. The choir o( the Messiah Episcopal ehurch in New York weut on a strike because th rululster accused them of flirting. It is consigned to the IJooth-Kelly, mill at Coburg. Barbed wire telephone lines are oom Ing baok into fashion in Morrow conn--ty, The lateat is one between the ranch of C. K. Joues, near Kight-Mile postollico and Heppner, via O. K. Farnswurth'a ranch on Hhea oieek aud the public road to Ilurdmau. The recorder and olerk of Washing ton oouutv oollected $211.80 iu fees last mouth. It i aunounoed from Ilariisbnrg that David IHisey has sold his farm on take Creek to M r. llusbee, from Wash ington. The consideration is said to have been $7,000. The Heppner Milling Company lust week shipped a lot of stwud-hand ma chinery to Portland, Aa soon aa the water open up aagln the mill will be run to it full oapaoily day and night, Killed by a Tiger. IndUnapoli. Ind., Feb. 18. Albert Neilsou, aged 15, employed as au ani mal keeper at tbe Zoological garden, in this city. ..a killed by a lleugal tiger today, lie entered tbe tigei can and was attacked by the beast. A terrible struggle followed in wiiton Net I son was torn In a hundred places. Red hot irous were tbiust into th blood thirsty animal, but not until even bullets had been fired Into itt body did It release its bold on it vio- tim. Nellson was dragged Irom th cage more dea I than alive, and wa hurried to the oity hospital, where lie died as he waa being oarrie I in. Tht tiger was not fatally wounded. Neil son had been employed by the Zoo company three years, lle was in charge of the lion's cubs, and it is sup posed opened tbe tiger' cage by mil take. General to Retire Today. Washington, Feb. 18. Generals J. H. Wilson, Fiuhugh Lee and Theo dore Schwau will be retired tomorrow, the last named on his own applloaion. Colonel A. S. Daggett, Fourteenth in fantry, will be promoted to a brigadier oeuetalphiD. ancceeding Schwau, and will be retired immediately. May Arrest Without Warrant PittBburg, Ta., Feb. 18. -In tbe snU af John B. Bennett against fr'eoret Serv ice Agents Flynn and Berriman and Deonty Uuited States Marshal W. S. Blair, who war charged with malic inn treanas assault and battery in connection with the arrest of the plain tiff. Judge W. M. Achin, in the Unit art States court, handed down an im portant opinion. He makes a prec dent in deciding that United State marshals or their deputies oan maka arrests in emergency oases without warrant. Found Dead on the Desert Tucson, Aria. Feb. 18. Gorga Wheatley a well-known mining man and two Mexican miners were louud dead in their tent, one mile from tha mining camp of Sohulta, 80 miles from Tucson. Wbeu found the parties had been dead for several days, indioa tlon point to death from charcoal fumes. Some bollove that the men were poisoned. The body of one o- tha Mexicans waa being consumed by Art whan tha remains war discovered. Tennessee Negro's Juror Hanged Him He Confused. Implicating Others. Dyertburg, Tenn., Feb. 20. An un known man broke into the residence of Dr. Arnold, a prom'nent physician here, yesterday, and struck Miss Eliza Arnold on tha bead and side with a hatchet. She fainted without seeing tbe assailant, who became frightened aud tied. Bloodhound followed the trail from the young lady room to the house of a negro uamed Fred King, where a hatchet was found in a bnreau drawer. King aud two other negroes were arrested but the latter were re leaaed. A mob formed and would have lynched King bat (or the plead ing of Dr. Arnold, who insisted upon having better evidence of gnilt. A mob formed today and took King from the jail and tried him before a jury selected from the mob. He contested, triplicating several other negroes, and was then nangeo. Anotner negro named Beebe has been captured, charged with complicity in tha assault, and prohab'y will meet the same late NEGOTIATIONS BROKEN OFF Danish Government Will Not Sell Us Danish West Indie. Washington, Feb. 20. Tha United State government is lacing a aenou crisis in China, owing totb announce ment of the purpoae ol Field Marshal Count von Walderse to begin anotn er offenalva campaign. General Chaf fee has been invited to Join m tne ex pedition, w bioh U to be mobiliied on a larger scale than anything attempted In China since tha allied army oegan tbe march to Pekin. Tha general ao informed tbe war department today. and the official of the tate depart ment bar been advised of the itoa- tioo. Thi German movement i viewed itb absolute dismay here, tor it xa feared that it require an immediate decision by the United State govern- mant of it whole line of policy toward tbe Chinese queitlon. General Chaffea will be told that he is not to partici pate in this campaign. Ha has been keeping the American forces m ream ever since tba city was pacified, simply a legation guard, and tha Uerman government i fully aware that tba United State government purpoeeiy deprived the A-nerican contingent in China of its offensive military cbar scter and withdrew it from tbe control of General von Waldewee in order to hasten peace negotiations and prevent, so far as it could, tba continuance oi military movement against the CM- ... - i I-1 It I.a4 nese, wnicn were naueiui effect upon tbe peaci movement. So our government, not having changed it policy, cannot do otherwise than to cause General Chaffee to refrain from any participation In military move ment o long as the present peaceful condition continue. But anotaer very serion point nnd consideration is, not whether cnanet shall join the German movement, bn whether It is not the duty oi our gov em men t to exercUe ail proper nor to dissuade the German governmen from undertaking this campaign. The Chinese government la nntortu nately delaying the peace negotiation in an exaaneratin.' fashion, anu u do responding in proper spirit to the effor of tha united state governmwui Word baa just come Irom Ministei Conger which confirm the preas aa vices relative to the uninese aecuna- tion to accede to the demand oi to ministers in the matter of capital pun iahuient of the leaders implicated In the Boxer movement. Mr. Conger's message gave It to be understood that tbe Chinese government had agreed to exile Prince Tuan and ban witnout nonital arthtences: to recommend sui- r - .... . oide to Prince Cnwang; aeatn ioi i u Helen and Chao Chi Chao; Imprison ment and degradation from office for Chi Haul and Hsu Cheng xo. it is said an edict ha already been issued to execute theae sentences. A visit from the Japanese minister to the state department served to give color to tba story that onr government is casting about to ascertain bow far the other powers party to the Lnmese question would indorse wis proposeu campaign. It la impossible w secure exact information on the subject. The whole subject, it is said, la to come be fore the cabinet meeting tomorrow, when the coarse to be pursued by tbe United States government will be de termined. It is said unequivocally by competent authority that the American military foioes under no circumstances will participate) with the Germane in tne proposed expedition, ana, aiwougn it cannot be learned that General Chaffee has yet reoeived instructions to that effect, he undoubtedly will nave turera very shortly. The United States gov r.,mnt stands steadfastly by tbe pr in doles laid down in Seoretary Hay s letter of July 8 last. RESULTED IN MURDER, Saloon Smashing In Kansas With ratal Result Raiders Wert Masked Men. Leavenworth, Kan., Feb. 31. Twen ty masked farmers, armed with shot guns, attempted to raid a saloon at Millwood, a small place 14 miles north of here, last night, and In tha melee that followed, Mr. Koee Hudson, wife of the bartender, waa Instantly killed, her bead being completely blown off. William Webb, one of the raiders, was shot in the arm, and two or three oth ers were slightly hurt, una nunarea shots were fired. The town is in a lever of excitement, and further trou ble is expected. The saloon wa run by Mr. Michael Lochner. Phe had been warned to close the place by Monday, but lefaaed. At 10 o'clock last night 20 men, all armed and wearing handkerchiefs for masks, approached tbe saloon. Two of th namber entered and ordered drioka. Barteuder Hudson bad scarcely set the glasses on tbe bar when tbe men gave the signal. Immediately the door was hurst open and the masked men mshed into tbe place. Hall a down shotguns were rawed to the ceiling and fired. apparently to warn the saloon keeper that they meant business, while two men approached Hudson with leveled inns. Hudson grabbed tba barrels of both guns for an instant and then fell to the floor. Tbe guns were discharged as be fell, tbe discharge from one strik ing the wall and that from the second piercing the stove. Mrs. Hudson rushed to the scene from tha living room in tbe tear and stood in the doorway. She bad barely reached the spot when a gun was level ed at the spot and discharged. Tbe shot struck ber in the forehead above the eyes, and she fell mortally wound ed, llmlson rushed to hi wife's side to administer to ber, bat h died be foie h could carry ber to another room. During tbe (hooting William Webb, one of the raiders, waa accidentally shot in the arm, and two or three oth ers were wounded slightly. A few more shots were fired, but tbe mob, -, at tnm fcillina nt Mr, lladson. AIDI I Rill Employes of Manila Compmks Under Arrest THE EVIOENCE IS STRONG AGAINST THEM Bel. tan Censal, Who Was Abo Sewpected, tUatt ty left I Europe-Raael Garri Captured on Cavil Coast Count. .,m wj wj. uu n m ine a cum plaint aaginst them of murler in the fiist degree. Back of the alleged laid there is said to have existed a feud o' long standing CHARGED WITH MURDER. London. Feb. 20. "The Danish gov eminent, " says the Copenhagen oorre apondent of the Daily Mail, "has sud denly broken oil all dealings witn tne Uuited States regardig the sale ot the Danish West Indies. Ibis ia due to a satisfactory offer made hy the Danish Hast Asian Steamship Company to as sist aud in the future to administer the islands. The American government has been notified as to this decision." The Copenhagben correspondent of the Times says: From a competent souroe, I learn that the Danish West Indies will not be sold daring the present parliament . n i. ,j . jit f arv session, ine synnicavo wm lorin a new trans-Atlnutio steamship com pany and undertake other commercial nnternrise in connection with the islands, wbose excellent ports win he, It Is presumed, invaluable when the Nicaragua canal is finished. The negotiations are still uncom pleted, but they will be settled before October, and tbe negotiations with the United States will then be oropped. Skagway to Dawson. Taooraa, Feb. 20. Advloes have been reoeived here that the White Pass & Yukon road bave purobased the property of the Canadian Development Company, to take effeot April 1. By this extensive acquisition of properly the railroad oompany praotioally ex tends its line from Skag rfay to Daw aou. Tbla practically gives the White Pass Railroad Company the control of Collision at Sea. tiondon, Feb. 20. The Russian bark Hoppet, Captain Lindblom, wnicn sailed from Hull February 14 for Sa nelo. has . been towed into Grimsby with bows seriously damaged by col lision on the night ol February 15. with the steamer Homer, from Libao. The Homer disappeared after the col lision, and is believed to have found ered, with tbe loss of 16 lives. Mexican Mine Flooded. Phoenix. An.. Feb. 20. Partlou- lars have been received nere oi tne flnorlinff of the Santa Rita mine, in tne Baoatate mountains, 200 miles south of Hermosillo. Four miners were drowned and their bodies havs been recovered. The flood was caused by the opening of s vein by a blast. Ihe main tunnel was flooded, ana wnne miners in the upper end escaped, the workers in the lower end were caged like rats in a trap. Miners outside made desperate efforts to rescue their fellows, bat without avail. Strikers Riot In Prance Chalon Sur Soane. Franoe, Feb. 20 Striking metal worker marched through the town today, compelling other factories to olose, forcing open the doors and bringing out workmen nntil the strikers numbered about 800 men. The gendarmes and troops were summoned and the rioters were dis persed with fixed bayonets, after tbe mariins? of the usual proclamation. noDooy waa Man Whe Killed Another Alleges it Was Done in Self-Dcfcnse. Vancouver, B. C, Feb. 21. A spe cial from Greenwood, B. C, states that James F. MoGill de Kiverr Is iu jail charged with the murder of Harry Rowand, who was killed at twnoro laft night. De P.irerre is a French Canadian who was formerly a civil engineer in the eerivce of the Crow'f Xest Pass railway. He has lately iieen made the victim of several practical jokes at the Denoro mining camp De Kiverre killed Rowand with a four inch casekniie, and while De Kiverre admits that it was bis band tbat gave the fatal blow, he deolares it was in self-defense and circumstantial evi dence in a measure confirms this view. for Rowand had been drinking, ana not finding sufficient excitement in jok ing the little Frenchman, attempted to hold him over a red hot stove, it was then that the knife was used. Lie Kiverre subsequently surrendered to the provincial police. The deceased was formerly a railway paymaster in the East. Laborer Had His Skull Crushed. St. Helens. Or., Feb. 21 Yester day morning Oliver Melville, au em ploye of Day. Bell & Cannon s logging camp, back of G ble on the line of the Goble & Nehalein railroad, had his sknll crushed by a timber, which was moved by the fouling of the blocks on one ot tne aonaey engiuea winuu i used for hauling logs. Deceased was 23 years of age and leaves a wife aud child. He was a new man and bad just goue to work iu the morning. The ooioner was anminouea ana a jniy empaneled. The verdict exonerates all connected with the work anu states that "death was fro-' purely accidental causes." all the waterways to the interior, as it Fifty arrests wree made, also controls the Atlln route. 1 seriously fnjured. Manila, Feb. 21. Captain Jones, of tbe Eighth infantry, has been arrested at a town on tba bay province of La guna, Florenta Ortuna and Migul Ponce de Leon, agents of the Tabaca le.ra Company, and William Webb, Pedro Lorenza and Victoria Fcenta. employed by the Philippine Trading Company, on charges similar to those brought against D. M. Carmaa, tha American contractor, namely, furnish ing tbe insurgents jrlth supplies. Tha Tabacaleria Company, tha richest cor poration in tha Philippines, i accused of aiding tbe Insurgents often and actively. Tbe men arrested are promi nent and the evidence against them is very strong. M. Brixholterman, a Belgian, con nected with tb Philippine Trading Company, ba been arrested at Ma nila, and M. Edward Andre, tbe Bel gian consul bere, and manager of tha Philippine Trading Company, hastily left Manila with his family, on hi way to Europe on tbe steamer, Monte vidio. Andre bad previously been sus pected. Other arrests are expected. Colonel Schuyler, with 100 men of tbe Forty-sixth regiment - on tba gun boat Bos co, landed on tbe Cavite coast, near Ternate, and, proceeding inland, captured a small rebel garrison. Con tinuing bis march along a mountain trail. Colonel Schuyler was attacked by rebels cf Trias' command. After a sharp fight the enemy were beaten and scattered. One American waa killed and one was wounded. The United States transport Rose crane bas returned here from Guam, after landing there tbe Filipino prison ers who bave been deported to that place. Tha prisoners were landed January 12. They occupy an excellent prison site, four miles from Agana. The prison ia called the Presidio. It is situated on an ascent, and strict dis cipline is maintained. The officials of tba branch of tba Hong Kong bank here, bave announced that Ross, the Englishman In their employ, who wrote a letter published in an Australian paper, criticising tbe Philippine commission. American offi cers and American policy in general. has been ordered to proceed to Hong Kong. The British community hare is well pleased that the man bas been sent swav. General MaoAithur's reception at Mslacan exceeds anything in the Span ish regime. Tbe palace waa beau ti (al ly decorated and brilliantly il lami nated. Thousands of persona attended from army, navy, official, consular. clerical, business and social eirclee, American and foreign. The Filipino population wan well represented. General Barry was master Of ceremon ies. General MacArthur and the ladies of the United States commission re ceived tha guests. Danoing followed the reception. The Filipinos vera especially pleased at being aoeorded a privilege never before afforded them. and General MacArthn.-'s taot and courtesy were greatly appreciated. Shot Brutal Father. Fort Wayne. Ind., Feb. 21. Bessie Slater, aged 15, shot and probably la tally Injured her father to save her mother from death at bis hands, tne little girl was taken to the police sta tion and after an inquiry was let go. Slater came home in the ever, ing, threw his wife on a bed and proceeded to oboke her. The little girl secured a revolver and fired a bullet Into her father's baok, inflicting a dangerous wound. Rochester Bank Fails. Rochester, N. Y., Feb. 21. The Genesee National Savings & Loan As sociation, with offices in this city, has gone into the hands of receivers. The liabllites, which are about $200,000, are more than double the assets. -The receivership waa established upon petition of State Superintendent oi Banks Kilburn. John H. Bosworth, who is the treasurer ot the association, was named ai reoelver, giving bonds in $30,000. ' IN A VENEZUELA PRISON. Asbury Park, N. J., Mm in Jail Incommunicado for a Term of Five Month. Nw York, Feb. 21. H. C. Bnllts, of Ashbury Park, N. J., after having endured imprisonment for more than five months in Maracaibo, Venezuela, bas returned home to press a claim for $50,000 damages through the United States government against tbe South American republic Mr. Bullis was appointed mechani cal and electrical engineer of the Mara caibo Electric Light Company two years ago. lu a political uprising be was compelled to climb a telegraph pole and seek protection under an American flag, which be tied to tbe pole. , - The police last Auugst found a quan tity of ammunition in the electric plant with which Mr. Bullis was connected, and be was arrested, charged, aa ba supposed, with being In league with tbe revolutionists, lie declared his Inno cence, but repeated appeals to the American consul were unheeded. Tba authorities, believing he had no friends, caused his removal to a military prison, where he was kept five months incom municado. Mr. Bullis smuggled a let ter to the American minister and in 24 hours afterwards the Venezuelanu gov ernment complied with a peremptory demand for bis release. ' Contract for Yukon Boat Pittsburg, Pa., Feb. 21. Jams Reese & Sous bave just taken a con tract to build for the Canadian Devel opment Company a $100,000 tow and passenger craft to ply on tbe Yukon river. The purchasing company is a Chioago interest, of wbioh W. H. Ison Is one of the chief executives. Girl' Battle With s Negro. Kansas, City, Feb. 21. While kneel ing at ber father' grave at Elm wood cemetery today, Dora Dezell, 19 years old, was aiisanlted by a negro. fMie fought her assailant desperately, tha two struggling for nearly ball an hour. The negro was finally frightened away by the appioacb of a whit man. When tbe man reached Miss Detail she was in a dead faint. Tonight she ia in a serious condition, Jpi ."ITO escaped,
