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KUUULU MIL LAFKLJJ
III! OF I 111
From All Parts of the New World
and the Old.
OH INTEREST TO OUR MANY READERS
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
Cornpuhenilve Review of tht Important Hap
penlnti ol the Put Week In
Condi nttd torn,
... V.
Tim native of Kainar are terrorists!
by insurgents.
Conger approve of thn acta f the
ttiiioiiarif tit lVkin.
The CllliHIl commissioner will mIc
fur absolute indejiendimee.
American ln' will Is-gin a vig
tiiiitm campaign oil tlm inland.
The bandit who Itwld up tl Chop,
law train in ukluhoina, are still at
urge. j
Tin' president hn pardoned three
melt roiii'iiriiiMl in New Orleans bunk
frauds,
An expedition in leing lilted out at
Vancouver, 11. V., for a voyage to the
Not Hi Pole.
Tim primary election in Alabama
gave ii large tmijority in favor of
IIPW POUMillllioII.
(lilberl r.riw.' bank, Halem, Or.,
failed to o-ii. Litigation in the
fOltrt U til'' 'ilUM'. '
ThfltliHitMH in the defuwt Van
cnuvrr bank hnvtj faith in receiving
inoot of their inoiify,
Woikmeii while preparing the
foundation for a hospital lit U'ith,
(Scotland, discovered gold.
An attempt wa made, to wk a
Northern Pacific passenger train near
Livingstone, Mont. The ungine wa
lightly damaged.
Great iiuinU-r of sheep are starv
ing to death near Weatli, near the
Wyoming Utah line, owing to tho
acnreity of Iml.
T1i St. Lawrence rivrr i to he
spanned hy a third bridge at Mon
treal, Tim (wtiuuiliil cost of the
airuetttre i $0,110,110.
Tho famous Moral nunc, near
Freott, Ari., ha vn sold to Chi
rgo capitalist. Tho price i be
tween $5H0,iM mid $ii!0,00.
Mulil.liio No. 50. which stranded
at MoKcnsiu head hii Wll siicee
fully taken aero the point and in
ready to launch in linker bay.
Information come from Noma of a
torrihlu bliiard tn that country r
cently. Many people were frown to
(tenth and ninth suffering caused.
Homngiioli, the allcgi-d anarchist,
Iim been mil in Berlin, lie ii
supposed to have journeyed from
1'alterinm, N. J., to Uerumny in or
der to kill the kaiwr.
UgM Statu Critlclsed-Old Soldier, Warne
Against Und Agents Other Took.
(Wuhliiiion Utur)
Army officer are criticising tlm
Logan tatue quite cveruly. They
nay that hit position in the toddle, in
attogther unmililary, that mm leg in
longer than tlm other, and that no
officer ever carried (word in tlm way
that Isigan ii reprenentid to have par
ried hia.
MUM
Items of Interest From All Parts
of the State.
COMMERCIAL AND flNANOAL HAPPENINGS
DANGER HAS PASSED.
up
the
Old aoliliert who with to take
homeateada upon the opening f
Indian rcaervation in Oklahoma will
do well, in the opinion of the land
dllU'o (iflieiala, to tile tlmir own claim
and attend to all the hiiiueti thcui
iielvea rather than truat their intereetH
to ai?enta. It ia reported in Wanh
ington that agenta are going about
making Pontrarte with veterana to
represent them and file their claim,
and are ehargitig a fee in advance and
a aecond to be paid after filing the
claim: but an awrot can aerve only
one client projieriy, unit he call
into aerviee a large lorce ol aMiani,
which they cannot afford to do for
the email fee charged. It will I
een, therefore, that it will be muoh
better for everybody to look out for
himactf.
A Brief Review o( the Growth and tmprav.
meat at tht Many Induttrkt Thraugh
u( Our Thriving Commonwealth.
Elgin ii to have two new plaining
mill.
The Dalle will apend $1,630.40 for
water pipe.
A bath house withawinimingtank
30x80 feet will be conatructed at Ah-
land.
A couear. mPaauriiiE i fet aiz
inchca, wa killed on bweet creek laat
week.
What ia known aa the Kite place,
near Cove, containing: W0 acre of
land, waa recently od for $15,000.
The Grant county court haa ordered
that the date on which taxe become
delinquent be extended to June 20,
1U01.
Onto Valley Tewn Art Slowly Eiwtrjinj
tnm th Flood.
Pittaburg, Pa., April24 Tliemoi!. Arkansas Train Held Ud Bv
widespread and di-atructive Ham, WMns "'" "t,a UP J
from a material point of vtew, haa
naaaed. It haa left a xone of ruin 200
milea In diameter. H wa unuaual in
that it poepd ao many different IMPRESS MESSENGER AND PORTER SHOT
feat urea. Citiea 70 m ilea from Pitta-1
burg were tied up by one of the wornt i
mow atorm ever known. While the!
now fall waa from 18 indie t three
feet deep, which i not extraordinary,
the anow waa ao wet that it clung in
weighty niaane to ahade and fruit
tree and electric wire and (xjlen,
bearing them to the earth. It even
aettled on ateam and atreet railway
like wet aand, atopping all tratlic and
making pedestrian im almoHt imjaav
ible. The fall waa ao eay and upon-
taneoua in aome placed that 'he rei- injKlt
dent declare it aoemed like t'e burnt- L, '
ing of a anow cloud.
A few milea from thew unfortunate
Masked Bandits.
rrtia Carried Much Valuable Expreu Matter,
and Robber, Muk a Rich Haul
Bloodhound After Them.
DOING ALL HE CAN.
Memphia, Tenn., April 24 The
fat expreaa train of the Choctaw,
Oklahoma & Gulf railroad, which left
Mcrnphia at 1 1 :4' o'clix'k laot night,
wa held up by three maxked bandit
U ilridge Junction, Ark., about mid-
It ia not known what booty
the robber atvured, but a dianatch
j received at police headquarters state
t ll t (Ha t x nri.uu nrnu.ii.ar a ti I Tu-trtAr
towna were municipalitie ")"" " !3f the train were injured after reaiat
dire atraita from rain, but lww h,ig the bandit. The Well Fargo
proapeet for relief, aa the rain will 1 Ejlprwa cmmny uaually make ita
run off faater than the !iow can j twumt ghipmenU to the West on
melt. till in theae place i traffic wa thU trftin Poi.e rnt Perry,
practically upend(!d. Water over- receipt of the telegram, imrae-
flowed ana waaliea out ranroaa ira a- jdiatclv noated officer alone the river
The accretarv of war haa called for
bid from private ateanmhip coin
nanie for furninhing traniaittation
lor tlm Bovernment lie! ween New
York, Cuba and Porto Rico. The
idea, ia to aee whether it i more eco
nomical to patronire them than to
continue the preaent IranxlKirt aerviee,
which i expenaive. Thedock charge
alone amount to $100,000 a year.
During the laat three mouth 1.270
paiuteiiger and a,no urn oi cargo
were carried ty me uaniairi, ami
the quartermaater'a department know
tl exact coet, which ha been very
larce, a ainglo voyage coting from
$12,000 to $15,000. Hid are invited
for the next three mount upon me
baai of tho pajuteniwr and freight
carried during the laat tliree montii.
For aome rcaaon ourcommerce with
Cub ia falling off. During the hint
nine months the import of Cub
smoutited to $.)3. 108,702, wlule lor
the rorretioudiiiK month of the
nreviou vear they were valued at
$.)4,6:W,747. Lat year Hip ahare of
tha United Btatea waa $28,0!I4.030, oi
ahout 50 iwr cent, while thi year it
wa only $24.625,6W, or alamt 4(1
per cent. The export to Porto Rico
and the Philippine wlamls, lioweve
are uicreaaing in a rapm inaou'-i.
Marconi, the inventor of wiiele
telearaphy, ia in Washington for the
purpoaa ol selling in appanuim io
the government. Ho called on the
accretary of the navy and offered to
place -wi ontnt upon liio anijw oi lin
ed lor iiz.iaai cacn. aucn r-
raiigcincut can be made without the
ennaent of conurt1, and by tnc lime
and hillside came down and buried
i the rails. In addition nearly every
The Ahla..d Meat Company receiv- town on the Ohio river be wee,, , t im
of cattle, from Uajelle urg and Whwiing u in darknea.
laat wck, eight head of which weight j hght jo r benr wire
1.8U0 pound, eu h. u" "r'Tu off to orevent ex-
A human kull and bone of man's- . a, v-i t miHion oi more
body were found laat wecic aoont nan. .
Veauviu ia again alive.
The womt of the Ohio flood i over.
There ia renewed military activity
in Manchuria.
Mosaic bave broken out on the
tranaport Huford.
A N'ehranka colony wishes to buy
Wl.tHK) acre in Oregon,
A man waa froren to death in the
street of Huntaville, Tenn.
The fail ur of the Vancouver bank
i till shromh-d in mystery.
Fred Riimmcl met death tinder
anow alido in Knatcrn rOegon.
Tho loa at Pittahura: durinc the
recent atorm, is placed at $2,000,000.
The Berlin police are watching
anarchist who conspired against the
(ntpcror,
An express train on tho Choctaw
road was held up and robbed in
Arkansas.
The Ohio river continues to rise,
but it is thought no serious damage
will result.
Acuinaldo considers American sov
creicnlv nreforablu to native indo'
jKuulenco.
Hilly Smith, an American, was
lmibnblv fatally injured in a London
pruolight.
The American rowing cvows were
very grudgingly welcomed on their
arrival in i.iighind.
Cold wcuthor continues in Tonnes'
see. Many orcliurds are ruined by tht
weight of snow on Uio trees,
The leader of the Colombian rebels
haa air reed to end the revolution, am
peace will s on be proclaimed.
The English people aro getting
t ired of the war with the Boers, and
the taxnnvora aro heirinninu to grunv
hlo nt the'liltlo progress being made,
Rear Admiral Schley has arrived at
Rio Janiero,
Chineso rebels anatii attacked the
Manchui'ian railway,
All danger from the recent great
storm in tho Ohio vulloy has panned,
United States oflleors have begun
war on tho Chinese slave trade in Ban
Francisco,
congress meet it i expected that the
ectncian of the weather imreau win
have develocd a method of wireless
telegraphy quite as good a Marconi's.
The electricians of the aignal service
re also at work in the same line, and
he secretary of the navy u now get
ting ready for a aeries of experiment
at Newport.
DAM GAVE WAY.
a mile up Butte creek from roasil.
The remain, which were only a lew
i no ! under around, on llie creea
bank, were excised by the recent high
water. As the ouleet settlers ao noi
remember of anyone having ever mys
teriously disatteared, the general ac
cepted theory ia that 40 or 60 years
sko a while wanderer may nava wct
killed by Indians.
t A telephone line is to be erected
from Gold Hill to Crescent City.
The council of Mitchell hss decided
to put in a system of waterworks.
Tho Lane county court is advertis
ing for bid for tho construction of a
bridge at Lorane.
8. L. Bennett, a farmer living north
of Medford, ha ordered a 2,000 gallon
tank for his windmill.
A aaimon wa caught near the Main
street bridge, Pendleton, recently,
that weighed nearly 11 pounds.
The construction of a creamery at
Summcrville has begun. The bridge
will be 1,000 feet long and 12 feet wide.
A new steam saw mill is being
built on Stukel mountain, about hall
wav between Klamath Falls and Mer
rill. It will have a capacity of 15,000
to 25,000 feet,
Home youiiR miscreants piled empty
boxes at the crtwainc of two of Rose-
burg's prineijial streets and act fire to
tbpiu about 1:3U m t tie momma, a
bia blao resulted. Firemen and citi
. ....
xens turned cut, believing one oi me
main business blocks to be on lire.
The Deschutes Reclamation A Irri
gation Company has 100 rod of flume
built. Tho flume is seven feet wide
and 28 inches deep, and there is now
running 15,000 inches of water. The
company expect to have water on a
number of the homestead before next
fall. Theditchia surveyed seven and
a half miles.
neonle are eropina about in the dark. ,
A remarkable feature of the storm is j UnAU. The train waa in charge of
iront with instructions to keep a
sharp lookout for the bandits, should
they attempt to cross to the city.
The train left Memphis with a
heavy passenger list. The scene of
the holdup is a lonely railroad cross
ing four milea from the river. The
Negro porter, named Gould, was shot
and seriously injured by one of the
that but few fatalities directly attrili-
utable to this cause have been re
ported. A railroader, caught in a
wreck caused by a landslide, and the
death of an old woman from shock,
are tho only one known so far.
There may be others, but ss commu
nication ia cut off from many populous
places it will be the end of the week
before the total can be given out.
ACTIVITY IN MANCHURIA.
Russian WW Renew Operst
Chinese.
Acsinit the
Conductor Nelson, one of the oldest
employes of the road, and Engineer
Johnson. I he expreaa messenger,
Meatier, is aaid to have been shot,
The train was delayed about 20
minutes. The engine, mail and ex
press cars were cut off from the train
and run to a point a mile west of the
place where the train was stopped,
The engine waa then detached and
run a short distance up the track,
two men remaining to guard the
trainmen. The third used dyna
mite on the express car and blew open
the door. It is reported that even-
thing of value waa taken and it is be
lieved that the bandits' haul is large,
London, April 24. According toalaa this was a heavy run. Blood-
disnatch from Pt. Petersburg to the : hound from the convict camp at
UailT fliail, OIIll Oil llllniiwvi.... . .luunrit, Ulltn linira
been
hasi Hulliert. three miles from the
received that renewed military are now on the bandits' trail.
activity is beginning in Manchuria, j
Chinese troops are strongly en- RDITICH WAD IftAW
trenched at three point around j DKJIian WnR LUAN.
Mukden. They are armed with good j
Mauser rifle and have 30 Krupp guns, j, t Diiutoned Bccmim They Caa Only
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to me easiwaru oi uuku, ui i-
chausen, there are 12,000 men under
the Boxer chief, General Lutaiu. To
the northwest, near Kulu, there are
Greater Ptrl of Town Submersed, But No
lives Loit.
Chester. Mas., April 23. The
Flood Hollow dam, in Middlelleld,
cave way about 6 o'clock last night,
ctting loose the water in uio nig
reaervoir, wliicli ruslieu wiui lerrum:
force into tho west branch of the
Weatfield river, sweeping everything
before it and submerging the greater
part of thia town. o lives were lost
;iut great damage has been done, the
extent of which it is impossible now
to estimate. The dam was built in
1874, to take the place of the one
which was destroyed by tho Hocxl ol
the year before. It was poorly con
structed of stone and timber, and
bad been a constant menace to the
town of Chester. The heavy rains
overflowed the reservoir and the dam
showed siana of weakening early in
tho morniiig. Orders were given to
inspect tho dam. The result was
that word wa sent to the people be
low that the dam was almost certain
to go out, and the families in tho low
lands got what things they could to
gether and made for places of safety.
They wore nono too soon, for the dam
broke, and with a dealening roar, n
torrent of water was let loose into
Flood Hollow, which empties into
Westfiold river. Tha huge timbers of
the dam were burled into tho foaming
current, and went in one great crash
ing mass toward Chester. 1 wo quart
nulls at Flood Hollow, barns ana out
buildings were swept along in the tor
rent, At Bancroft the Jioaton fit Al
bany stone bridge was carried away,
together with (100 feet of track.
will probably be two days More
trains are running.
Chester presents a desolate sight.
The electric light station is sub
merged, and the town is in total darkness.
Lake Niagara Is tho largest fresh
water lake between Lake Michigan
and Lake Tlttcaca, In Peru.
Minnesota farm lnnds have ad'
vanced more than 100 per cent In
value during the past seven years
The carrying and collection of malls
in France, It Is officially uecuted,
shall bo conducted on automobiles.
At mi morons mines In Siberia, 2,000
men and 500 horses are used on. a
single property to produce gold not
exceeding $2,000,000 per annum.
Hotel snd Bath Houses Burned.
Reno, Nev., April 23.--The hotel
and bath houses at historic Steamboat
Springs, which, in the palmy days ol
the Comstock mines, was a watering
place where moro money was squan
dered in night than at most any
other rosort on the coast, are no more.
A fire, which stinted in the hotel,
crossed the road to the two story bath
house, where the main baths were sit
uated, and entirely destroyed both
building.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Wall Walla, 56S'57c;
valley, nominal; bluostem, 5lJc. per
hiirfbel.
Flour-Best rgadea, $2.70(g3.40 per
biirnl; irruham. $2.ti0.
Oats White, $1.25 per cental;,
grav, $1. 20(31. 22t percental.
Barley Feed, $l.50(Sil7; brewing,
$16.50(417 per ton.
Millstuffs Bran, $16 per ton ; midd
lings, $21.50; shorts, $17.50; chop,
$111
liav Timothy, $12(812.50; clover,
$7(iii)'.50; Oregon wild hay, $u7
oer ton.
Hops 12 14c. per lb.; 1899 crop,
J(87c
Wool Valley, 13al4c.; Eastern
Oregon, 912c; mohair, 2021c.
per pound.
Butter Fancy creamery, 20
22V' ! kin-. 1 IMS wo-! Btore. ly
12 le. per pound.
Eggs Oregon ranch, 13oil3Si'o.
per down.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, $4.50;
hens, $5.60; dressed, ll12e. per
pound: springs, $35 per dozen;
ducks, $5(86; geese, $ti7; turkeys,
live, 10l2o; dressed, 13ail5e. per
pound.
Cheese Full cream, twins, 13
I3i,0. ; Yourrg America, 13s14o.
iinnnd.
Potatoes Old, G0afl0c.. per sack;
nw. 2t.C(2ic. per pound.
Mutotn Lambs 10(9 11c. per
pound gross ; best sheep, $8 ; wethers,
$5; eves, $4.50; dressed, 1HTK-
! l,oum, ..... .kuca.
HOgS urosa, iiravv,
light, $4.755; dressed, 7c. per
pound.
Veal Large, 7c. per pound; small,
88 So. per pound.
Beef Gross, top steers, $55.25;
cows and heifers, $4.50(814.75; dressed
beef, 78tfo. per pound.
The only American Indian In the
United State navy ia Chapman Schen
aadoah, an Oneida, 29 years old, who
Is on the cruiser Atlanta.
Banana flower has lately begun to
be used In making cakes, bread and
biscuits. It is also used a a child
ren's food and for dyspeptics.
in h nroHont. house of representa
tive of die Japan Diet, there are 130
farmers, 23 barristers, 12 officials,
26 merchants, 6 newspaper editors,
s doctors and 70 member without
Bisd profession.
6,000 Chinese under the ex-governor
of Mukden. To the eastward, in
Mongolia, and near the In Shan
mountains, there are 9,000 more un
der the Chinese General Shu. Ad
miral Alieioff has accordingly organ
ized an expedition under General
Zerpenski, consisting of two regi
mentsand five sotnias of Cossacks, 16
guns and a body of volunteers, to
operate against tho three points
named. The first movement was
anoeeaafullv carried out in the begin
ning of Anril. Kulu. which is 250
kilometers from Mukden, was stormed
and the ex-governor of Mukden was
taken prisoner. In this action the
Russians had 13 men killed aud four
officers and 18 men wounded. The
advance toward the Tarchauscn posi
tion was then begun. Owing to the
departure of most of the Russian
troops from Mukden, the latter city
haa become very unsafe. Almost
nightly Russian sentinels are found
shot in the bark. The situation in
Southern Manchuria is disquieting
and another advance of Russian
troop will be made early in the
spring.
Subscribe for Half of It
London, April 24. Great curiosity is
munifested here to ascertain how half
the war loan ha been already placed,
aa is asserted in the government in
vitation for subscriptions for the re
maining half. It is supposed that a
portion of the 30,000,000 "already
placed" may have been reserved for
the government department, but it is
rather believed that financial houses
with foregin connections have inte
rested themselves in the flotation.
No explanation has been afforded,
and, considering that the final install
ment of the loan is payable in Decem
ber, and that the first quarter's inter
est will be paid July 5, the issue is re
garded as cheap, and not a little re
sentment has been created by the fact
that only half the issue has been
offered to the public. This dissatis
faction is voiced by the Daily Chron
icle, which says:
"The public ought to have been in
formed by this time to whom the
chancellor of the exchequer has al
loted 30,000,000 of the issue. " The
paper proceed to comment severely
on the policy of the government
which has led to such "a disastrous
issue, in which the British taxpayers
drop the round sum of 3.300,000 in
the process of borrowing 60,000,000. "
Agulaoldo Working far the 'wlftuUM of the
Island.
Manila, April 25. Emilo Agninal-
do baa been removed from hi prison
in Malacanan palace and is in much
more comfortable quarters, where ho
wa visited by a press representative.
Hia wife wa with him.
He waa rather reluctant to talk for
publication and considered every ques
tion before answering. He said he
wa doing all he could to assist in the
pacification of the Filipino and ex
preened himself aa surprised at what
the Americans had accomplished.
When ho wa first captured, ho went
on to say, he waa greatly astonished
to find that a majority of tho Hipinos
entertained the opinion that Ameri
can sovereienty was preferable to in
dependence, but now ho wa inclined
to believe that way bimseii.
He explained that since the disso
lution of tho insurgent eongres and
the declaration of guerrilla warfare,
the chief bad operated to all interest
and purpose independently. They
recognized him a commander in
chief, sending him report occasional
ly and he issued some orders, but lor
the laat seven month communication
had been difficult and he had been
almost disconnected.
"I am now urging in the strongest
possible manner," said Aguinaldo,
'that all iBMurgenta should surrender
and swear allugia&ge to the United
Bute."
He expresses the opinion that
Tinio. Lusban. Malvar and other rep
resentative insurgent will urrender
as soon as they come to understand
the nature of the amnesty offered
them. He said that he hoped that
when the work of pacification waa
complete and condition were settled,
the prisoners in Guam would be
released.
After referring in grateful term to
the courteous treatment accorded him
by the military authorities, he de
clared his conviction that the civil
government which would follow pa
cification would realize the highest
hopes of the Filipino people.
When quiestioned regarding the
hope that he would visit the United
State, he replied that he would like
to do so. but had made no plans yet,
placing himself entirely at the dis
position of the United State govern
ment. In concluding the interview,
he said:
"Every word in my address to my
countrymen, the Filipinos, came from
my heart. I hope the Americans be
lieve me thoroughly sincere in my
efforts to secure peace and, under
American auspices, to promote the
welfare and prosperity of the Philippines."
Illll IF
Mil
An Arctic Expedition Will Start
From Vancouver.
CAPTAIN BERNIER PLANS A SPECIAL SHIP
Tht Vessel Win Bt Provisioned for ftvt-Ycar
Cruise Tyrrell, the Explorer, wilt
Auompany the Party.
Vancouver, B. C, April 25. Plan
are completed for the construction of
tho vessel to be built here for Captain
Joseph Bernier, who intends starting
on a North Polar expedition to be ab
sent five years. The vessel will coat
$80,000. J. K. Tyrrell, the Canadian
explorer, will accompany the Bernier.
Tho new vessel will have a perpen
dicular double stern post rudder, to
permit of unshipping; the rudder or
propeller at any time. She will also
have a flush deck, so as to avoid fre
quent flooding of the forward deck.
She will have three masts with a sail
area of 7,000 square feet, her rig re
semble that of a three masted topsail
schooner. The mast will be about
100 feet high, but the topmast are
made to- take down, reducing the
length to 60 feet when needed. The
vessel will bo provisioned for a five
years' voyage, with a crew of 14,
including six scientific men, con
sisting of a surveyor, astronomer, ge
ologist, artist, photographer and doc
tor.
WHOLESALE BIGAMY.
Husband oi
BIG MINING DEAL
Prob.!
Several Biker County Properties Will
ably Changs Hands.
Baker City, Apirl 25. Several
mining deals of considerable magni
tude are being negotiated. The Leo,
in the Alamo district, is being ex
perted by representatives of an Eng
lish syndicate, under a bond for a
large sum. If the report is favorablt
and the deal is closed, $100,000 is to
be expended on the property this sea
son. A party of Eastern capitalists
have a bond on the Climax, located
near the Golconda, which will be
closed up and the purchase money,
$150,000, paid over within 30 days.
Some Milwaukee capitalists have been
negotiating for the Blue Bird for
some time. The deal waa advanced
bevond the negotiation staeo yester
day when the owners accepted the
proposition of tho prospective pur
chasers to bonf. the mine for six
months on condition that they spend
a large sum of money in development
work, and at the expiration of the
time pay $50,000 for the mine.
VESUVIUS IN ERUPTION.
Our Northern Boundary.
Ottawa. Ont.. April 24. Xegotia
tions have been concluded between the
Ottawa government and the Washing
ton authorities for the purpose oi re
newing and maintaining the boundary
line marks between l anana ami un
united States. It is over 40 years
since the international boundary be
tween the United States and Canada
from Lake Superior to the Pacific
coast waa definitely fixed, and it is
over 60 years or more since it was
marked out between Ike Superior
and the Altantio coast. The neces
sity for this work has arisen out of
commercial claims in Southern Brit
ish Columbia. Work will, therefore,
bo commenced in that region early
this summer. v
WITHDRAWAL OF FRENCH.
Alaska Government Supplies.
San Francisco, April 24. Major
Ruhlen, in charge of the shipment of
Government supplies to Alaska points,
sava 15.000 tons of freight will be
ent to St. Michael, Nome and the
various stations established by the
war department on the Yukon this
season. The first shipment will ne
made by the steamer Elihu Thompson
scheduled to sail from Puget sound
April 25, and the cargo will consist of
a consignment lor vapiaui
erombie's command and the
ment of signal service men.
Aber.
detach.
Tea Thouuad Troops Will Leave China Next
Month.
Pekiu, April 24. General Voyron,
the commander of ttie French troops
in China, has informed General Chaf
fee that 10,000 French soldiers will
leave China in May.
Li Hung Chang believes that the
Chinese troops under General Liu will
be withdrawn over the boundary
marking the territory defined by Field
Marshal von Waldersee as the sphere
ot operations for the allies, as the
governor of Shan Si province received
telegraph io instructions nearly a
week ago ordering their withdrawal,
Hsi Liang, ex-governor of the pro-
vincc of Shan Si, has been appointed
covernor of the province of Hu Pei.
The foreign consuls at Hankow, capi
tal of the province of Hu Fei, havt
protested against thia appointment to
Chang Chi Tung, viceroy of Hankow,
and bave sent hint a telegram advis
ing him to delay proceeding in the
matter. The numerous appointments,
of Chinamen with pronounced anti
foreign tendencies is causing com
ment in Pekin. Even the foreign
ministers admit that so many ap
pointment of this character are ill-advised.
Lava Is Auia Flowint; From the Volcano
Visitors Flocking to the Seen.
New York, April 25. A dispatch
to the World from Pairs says:
Mount Vesuvius is aagin in a state
of active eruption, and many people,
scientists, students and the curious,
including American tourists, are leav
ing Faris by every train for Naples.
The first signs of disturbance were
observed a week ago, when for three
days columns of smoke issuing from
the crater in great volume towered
high above the volcano. Then came
occasional rains of cinders, sometimes
sprinking the country for several
miles around. Now lava is beginning
to run. The fire at the crater is very
intense at night, illuminating the
surrounding region beautifully. Only
two slight tremors of earthquake have
been felt so far.
Music on Transport
Honolulu, April 12, via San Fran-
Oregon Postal Orders.
Washington, April 24. After May
1 star service from Huntington tc
cisco, April 24. The army transport i Malheur, Or., will be reduced to
Buford arnveo yesteruay aiieruoon mree times a wcck, ami me serviet
fmm San Francisco on her way to ! from Baker City to Bridgeport ex-
Manila. She has several cases ol, tended to supply Malheur, increasing
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moaaiea on iu .v,..v..vV
kept in partial quarantine. Measles
have been found to lie highly danger
ous to the Hawaiian race in the past.
The Buford will probably leavo for
Manila A mil 14.
the route 6 miles. A postoflice has
be:ui established at Kilbride, Grand
county, Oregon, to be supplied by
special service from Susanville. Mar
garet Hamilton has been appointed
postmistess.
Proclamation by Kitchener.
Cape Town, April 25. Lord Kitch
ener has issued a procuration to the
effect that any resident in the mar
tial law districts of Cape Colony
found in arms, inciting to fight, aid
ing the enemy or endangering by
overt act the British forces, will be
tried by court martial and be liable
to the most severe penalties. Such
person may even be shot.
To Develop Nitre Beds.
San Francisco, April 25. A syndi
cate composed of local capitalists ha
just engaged Professor Emery E.
Smith, of Stanford university, to
make a thorough examination of the
nitre beds in the vicinity of Love
locks, Nev., with a view of develop
ing the beds. Tha syndicate is com
posed of some of the most conserva
tive business men in this city and
should Professor Smith's report war
rant it, a big company will be formed.
New York Man Said to B th
Fifty Wives.
Chicago, April 25. Tho Chronicle
ay:
"In the arrest o! Count Lepold do
Melville, otherwise known a Leo
Fralquini, who is held by the New
York police on a charge of bigamy,
sworn to by a brother of one of hia
Chicago wive, there wa brought to
light in thi city a romance whose
unfolding reveal the count as the
hero of more than 100 love affairs.
He is declared to be the husband ot
an assortment ol wives whose number
is estimated at not less than 50. As
a duelist on many a niooa siainea
field of honor in Europe, the count
became celebrated nearly a generation
ago. His duels were always fought
for love, and the wounds received in
the onset he proudly bears on his
face and body. He at last broke al
together with his father, a nobleman
high in the court and councils of the
king of Belgium."
TO KILL ROBBERS.
China Viceroy to Adopt Rigorous Methods
to Rid Provinces of Cutthroats.
Tacoma.'April 25. Viceroy To, at
Canton, has taken heroic measures to
stamp out piracy and robbery in the
two Kwang province of Southern
China, according to Hong Kong ad
vice received today. He haa put
into effect an elaborate scheme
which he believes will result in . the
killing off of at least 3,000 robber
during this summer.
Viceroy To calls upon the gentry of
each town to furnish the local man
darins with the names of all bad char
acters in their districts. After the
lists are filled any person named on
them is to be summarily arrested and
executed if caught in any crime or
misdemeanor. Informer will be free
ly rewarded, and every robber will be
pajdoned who aids in bringing three
other robbers to justice.
Eighteen thousand people are said
to have died of plague in the Lamko
district of Hainan island during the
past few months.
LI Hung Chang Censured.
London, April 25. A dispatch
from Pekin says that Li Hung Chang
has been censured severely in a spe
cial edict because, after the French
and Chinese had agreed upon bound
aries, the Germans, who have no con
cern with this matter, marched west
and threatened the Chinese. The
edict, it is said, orders Li Hung
Chang to prevent the expedition, and
says that if he fails, the responsibil
ity for the consequence will rest on
him. The emperor, in the edict, says
that Viceroys Liu Kun Yi and Chang
Chih Tung were appointed joint nego
tiators with Li Hung Chang and
Prince Ching, but that Li Hung
Chang spurns their opinions. Here
after, it is added, Li Hung Chang
must consult with them on all im
portant matters.
More Execution Demanded.
New York, April 25. A dispatch
from Pekin says : The ministers of
England, France, America, Holland,
Belgium and Italy, to whom the
question of provincial punishment
was assigned, have submitted a report
to the diplomatic eorps that they
demand four more beheadings and
the punishment by exile and degrada
tion of 80 more officials. The de
mand was immediately sent by the
diplomatic corps to the Chinese plenipotentiaries.
Negotiation at a Standstill
New York, April 25. A special
from Washington says: Secretary
Hay has notified Dr. Charles Martinez
Silva, Colombian minister, that he
cannot negotiate a treaty for tho ac
quisition by the United States of the
Panama canal until a preliminary
agreement such aa was signed with
Nicaragua and Costa Rica will be ne
gotiated. Dr. Silva will remain in
Washington discussing qustion con
nected with the Panama canal.
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