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.ttq MAY9, 1Q01. The VOL. VI II. HILLSHORO, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 2. 1901. NO. 7. IS y 1 i ; i ! nutlicr rs? rk; mi- rjjnw iliyslcal hat Ilia Ifo. us tickle Id itur e In. i) Unites sight tui rlor with hnlrs nil the wall y van l in nro used lenity un der at on- KUllS. AJ1 ,re (twi iii. Exte ivltli glas wlndowi. 8 street or 1011(1 Slltlt- slues out can. In the Unlj hn niitiilii'f iloesn't piuVfT disappoint- t alia recom- ' ure. . as or i in From All Parts or the New World and the Old. BANDS OF ROBBERS. Or INTEREST TO OUR MANY READERS Somprthenslv Rsvlew of the ImporUnt Ksp psnlas of lh Ptil Week In Condensed Form. Chinese oflli'iulit Imvn hi1. ijficd to n iiuultiil French consul. Much lunil in I In Palninw, Wash ington country l U-ing IkiikIihI or oil nd go. Two more prinn iiiiMit Filipino n n prnl and several olllcers have surren dered with their force. Tim trniiort licet in on it vay from Manila t transport Chaffee' army to I do riiiliiin,. An extensive Nihilist pint has been discovered in lttnuiHit Poland. Six hundred arnt have W-eu made. Great crowd are at every railway atatinn, rvn In the dead of night, to greet President McKinli-y and purty. Considerable Interest in being man Muted concerning the International Mining Congress, to ho held at Boise July SU 2ft. Vvncsuela l sent a letter of apol ogy to the I'mud States (or tho arrest lowed 18 mile, fight of Consul Hub, saving it waa a caw lion. The French 01 mistaken identity. All mail matter going into Hono lulu in the future wilt be. fumigated to prevent any chance of small ki being carried to the inlands in that Deprtdttltat el TMvm ti Pirate Increasing la VIclnMy of Mm. Berlin, April 80 Field Manhal Count von Walderses In a dispatch from Ffkin, report that marauding haa increased near lioaiwu and Matu, ami that junka used a transports be tween theae placet have been attacked. Lieutenant Colonel Arnatadt haa been sent from Tien Tain to the disturbed district in command o( a composite column. Count von Walderaae also reports, under Pekln dute, as follows; "Colonel Hoftmtister, command ing the Kenrth infantry and two com panies of mountain artillery, attacked tha enemy April 23 by the great wa!!, 10 kilometers south of llai Shan Kwan, and forced them to retire with heavy losses into Khan Hi. We loet four wounded and captured four flags and four old pattern guns, General Voyron intimates that he intends to evacuate the neighborhoood of Khan Ting and return to Pao Ting Fu. Ilia extended out post remain at Bin l.ei. 1 am keeping a fore at Ansul- Ing pass." 1 llfWS Items of Interest From All Parts of the Stat. COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL HAPPENINGS A Brief Review of Ins Growth and Imprev. mcntt of th Many Indiutrks Throufh. eut Our Thriving Common wttlUb la Pursuit of the Chlntte. London, April 30. A Reuter d'i- niatiuer. The underwriter teamahip Hio do went down at the of tho wrecked Janeiro, which entrance to Kun have wid over ItHX), Kratieiaco hay, 000 Inaiiranee. An unknown man waa found four mile north of Marysville, Waeh., along sliln of the railroad track, Ho waa in an an uncnnncinu condition from a blow on the head. An agent of the Cuiluhy kidnapper have made a pmponition to Kdvvurd A. Cudahy to return t'il.Ultl of the runaom money if hn, will nhnuduil the search that is Utng pnweciitiHl, The reward (or l'at Crowe's arnut haa been withdrawn, The amntwty priM-httuntioii w illl extended to July 1. German casualties were lurge in their recent ciclitiim to Khan Ki. Kight men were burned to death and aeveral injured in a tire in France. patch from 1'ckin savs the headtiuar tern stuff has received a telegram from a llritii.li oflicer accompanying the expedition to the effect that on April i'i the (iermana crossed into Khan Ki through the Kouk Natl and Chang Chen Liu paisea, in pursuit of tlie retreating Chinese, whom they fill ing a sharp se ll troop remained in occupation of the passe. Tlie Oer- msns returned April t.1, and the French handed over the paase to them and returned to their previous outposts. The Germans are said to have had four men killed and five officer and 80 men wounded. The Chinese loss is not known. THE PRESIDENTIAL TOUR. MEXICAN MINISTERS. A party of Iiocrs blew up the rail. ! toric separation road between Uraapnii and Cupo Co Diplomatic Rtlsttoni Ruuirud With Auitrl sad Amtrksa Republic, Washington, April 30. A complete reap prosch men t between the govern ment of Austria and Mexico has been brought about, and as a result each country is about to send a minister tu the other. This terminate an inter national estrangement dating back to the days when young Maximillian of Austria sought to gain a foothold in Mexico, and loot hi life in the ad venture. A bill ha passed the Mexi can congresa providing for minister to Austria at a salary of 15, 000 an nually. Austria will take similar ac tion by sending a minister to Mexico, and this will close the long and his- Athena ha (ecurcd a street rock crusher. Work of building a road to Clue river, on the Calapooia aide, baa be gun. l'luns of a telephone line from linker to the Panhandle is under considera tion. A burglar proof safe arrived at Ash land last week for the First National Hunk. The telephone line from Grant' Pass to William is complete and in operation. County road 11 ween Daker City and John Day are said to be in very lad condition. The Hood Kiver Fruit Grower' Union is beginning to receive order for strawberries. Fred J. Runmme was killed at the Mammoth mine, in Kastern Oregon recently by a snow slide. Thieves broke into a saddle shop at The Pallcs several days ago and made sway with several pieces, of harness. W. C. Peterson agree to put an elect rio light plant in Brownsville if the city w ill pay 145 per month for sit lights. Horse rustler with two car load of Stolen horses are dodging the officers somewhere in the the eastern portion of Malheur county. Governor Over will lie asked tc grant a pardon to J. G. Luhrman, who wa sent to the penitentiary from Baker county in June, 1900, convicted of manslaughter. Work has again been resumed on the Golden Wedge mine, at Galice. A new irrigating ditch haa been started at Bly, in Klamath county. It is not thought that the fruit wat injured by the recent heavy frost in Hood Kiver. The Sherman county court ha raised tho stock inspector's salary tc $300 per annum. A considerable amount of wheat was xild at The Dalles last' week foi 50 cents a bushel. The Coos county court ha ordered that the roud poll tax be paid in cash, and tlrat the road supervisor collect tho tax. Chief PUcu sad DsUs to B VbiUd by Mc Klaly sad Psrty. The following are the principal place the presidential party will visit on their coast tour, with date : Washington, left April 29 Memphis April 30 New Orleans .May 1 Houston, Tex May 3 Austin, Tex May 3 Kan Antonio, Tex May 4 F.1 Paao, Tex., rest May 5 El Paso, leave May 6 Phoenix, Arix May 7 Redlanda, Cal May 8 Lo Angeles Mr.y 8 Del Monte May 10 Kan Jose. . Kan Francisco.... Hacramento Portland, Or Tacoma, Wash... Kpokane , Butte, Mont j Helena, Mont... J Yellowstone Park? Anaconda Salt Lake Lcadville , Denver .May 13 .May 14 .May 20 , .May 22 .May 23 ..May 27 ..May 28 , .May 28 ..May 20 ..May 31 . .June 2 . .June 4 . .June 5 roil mi Contract Let For Line Between Juneau and SKagway. MUST BE IN OPERATION WITHIN 90 DAYS New York Mm Agrees to Do th Work $70,000 System Must Be Gutraa. teed for Two Years. for Cheyenne June 5 Colorado Spring. .June 6 Pike Teak , June 7 Pueblo June 7 Kansu City June 9 Kansas City...,, June 10 Chicago June 11 Buffalo June 13 Washington June 15 JAMES DOUGLAS REID DEAD. Washington, May 1. General Greeley has approved the recommend ation of the board of signal ollicers making the award for laying the cable from Juneau to Kkagway, Alaska, to W. R. Brixie, of New York, he being the lowest bidder. The contract price is $70,000. The successful firm will be requried to construct, lay and put in operation the entire cable system in 10 days from the time of the award. It will then be turned over to the signal corps for operation, being guaranteed first for two years. During the current week the fish commission steamer Albatross will cruise off the Oregon coast, making soundings in the hope of finding new species ui w me. -r b uie coihjiubioii j t.pr of this cruise she will outfit at Seattle ! for a ummer' cruise along the Alas ka coast, when the study of food fishes which has been conducted through two past season will be con eluded. ony. Troop will not lie withdrawn from China until the indemnity question i settled. Washington well digger was buried alive in a shaft by the dirt caving in on him. Morgan and his syndicate has pur chased the Leylnnd trnns-Attuntio lino of tseamers. The contract has been let for the laying of a cable from Juneau to Kkagway, Alaska. Fire in Pittsburg resulted in th loss of one life ami a property lost estrmuted at $225,000. Frick ha purchased a largo amount of land near Camden, N. J., and may establish a great steel plant there. The president made, a largo mimlw of civil and military apKiintmeut(! before starting on his western tour. I "Jack the Kipper," whose crime startled the world years ago, hits been arrested at Ludwigshaven, Bavaria. The business portion of Wautomn, Wisconsin was totally destroyed by fire. Loss, $100,000; insurance, $50, 000. Dritish forces continue to capture mall bands of Boer. Some ammu nition and supplies are also reported takon. Japan has bought a large amount of Bombay cotton which formerly ha been purcluised in tho United Httttes. The Chilean claim commission ha almost finished its work, only sit more claims remaining to bo dis posed of. A board of administration has Wen appointed by tho dowager empross for. the purpose of reorganising tho government of China. The trial of Captain James V. Keed opened in Manila. It develops that tho money he received was to cover tho ahortagu of his predecessor in ofllce. The Cuban commissioners hav started for homo. Marauding has inoroasod between Pekin and Tien Tain. Li Hung Chang compliment American stand on indemnity question. The Mexican government has also taken step to resume diplomat io communication with South American countries, tho first move in that di rection being tho appointment of a Mexican minister to the Argentine republic. For many years there has buen no diplomatic intercourse lie- tween Mexico and her lister republics on the southern continent, as there was little commerce between them, snd few political questions requiring oipiomaiio representations, neoent Iv, however, Argentina lias muue a friendly move by accrediting a min ister both to Washington and Mexico Citv, and Urugony has taken siniihu action, The selection of Mexico Citv as the place for holding the congress of American republics has had a fur ther influence in inducing Mexico to extend her relations with South and Central America, THE NEW COMET. Brightest That Hsi Appeared to Viiw for Ovei Nineteen Ycsri. Last week, while Jack Slmmom waa driving for a load ol hay on tlx Innes-Kelsar ranch, near , faisley, gust of wind lifted tho rack oft thr wagon and carried it several rods and dropped it into a slough. A Southern Pacific steam shovel and outfit will immediately begin fill ing in the Rice Hill railway trestle with earth. The switch will tie ex tended, a water tank built, and othei improvements made near Isadora and Kmc Hill. Elkhorn, Wis., April 30. The new oonrnt which was observed this morn ing at tho Yerkes observatory, at Wil lianis bay, is said by astronomers to lie tho brightest that has npiieared for lw years. Aotioe was receivo yesterday by telegraph fium Harvard university that a comet had been dis covered at Qucenstown April 23, and olwerved at Cape of Good Hope on the morning of April 25. Its position at that time wns about 1(1 degrees southwest of tha sun. Its position this morning was some 15 decrees north of the un, indicating a very rapid northeasterly movement. Nothing could he seen of the celes tial visitor last evening nt sunset, but this morning rrofessor E. R. Frost, assisted by F. R. Sulliavn, saw the new comet appear above the horison. About 20 minutes before sunrise it oould bo plainly seen, although the sky wan quite bright. It was of an orange color, with two prominent kit or streamers. It remained vis ible until 15 minutes or more after sunnso, when it louctt nwny in the growing light. It was too low in the sky to ho observed by the 40 inch telescope, and tho sky was so bright that nothing coulu io seen 12 inch instrument A reuglar , semi-monthly steamer service between San Franoisco and Manila is to be established at once, two flrst-cliiBS steamers to be placed upon tlie route. During 1880 the total value of mule exported to all foreign coun tries was $516,000, while during 1000 the figure reached $3,019,000, Mem phi used to be the great distributing point for mules, but Louisville ha recently taken precedence. , PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Walla Walla, 5!l(S60c valley, nominal; bluestein, 61c. pel bushel. Flour Best grades, $2.70$3.40 pel barrel; graham, $2.ti0. Oats White, $1.35 per cental grav, $1.251.30 percental, Barley Feed, $17 17.25; brewing, $1717.25 per ton. Millstuffs Bran, $10 tier ton ; midd lings, $21.50; shorts, $17.50; chop, I HI. Hay Timothy, $12.50(814; clover, $7(0.G0; Oregon wild hay, $(!7 per ton. Hops 12 lie. per lb.; 1809 crop, We. Wool Valley, 1213c.; Eastern Oregon, 0(12c; mohair, 20(3 21c. per pound. Butter rancy creamery, l. 17 .Sic; dairy, 12. 14o. ; store, 10 11c. per pound. Eggs Oregon ranch, HQllG. per dozen. Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3.50 hens, $4(94.60; dressed, llnc. per pound; springs, $.k?5 per doxen ducks, $5(11(1; geese, $(i$7; turkeys, live, J0(jUz; dressed, Limine, per pound. Cheese Full cream, twins, 13(3 13)s'ai Young America, 13414o. per pound. Potatoes Old, 75c.$l per sack new, 2 2e. per pound. Mutton Lnmbt 40- per pound gross ; best sheep, $8 ; wethers, $5: ewes, $4.50; dressed, 7o. per pound. Jlogs Gross, heavy, $5.75(5(6; light, $4.755; dressed, 77io. per pound. s Veal Large, 67o. Pr pound; mall, 8,0, per pound. Beef Gross, too steers, $5(555,25; with the cows and heifer, $4.504.75; dressed beof, 8io. per pound . United Slates Consul and "Father of the Telegraph." New York, May 1. James Douglas Reid, known to the telegrapher as "The Father of the Telegraph," i dead at hi home in this city. He was born in Edinburg, Scotland, March 22, 1809, and came to America in 1834. He entered telegraphy in 1845, when he assisted in the orngnix- ation of the Atlantic & Ohio telegraph company for the construction of a series of lines connecting Phialdel- phia, Pittsburg, Buffalo, Detroit, Cincinnati, St. Louis and New Or leans, the most extensive service .pro jected at that time. Becoming ac quainted with Trof. S. F. B. Morse, a mutual attachment sprung up be tween them, which led to Mr. Reid' appointment as superintendent of the Magnetic telegraph company, a line extending from New York to Wash ington. . At the same tune he re tained his connection with the Atlan tic & Ohio company. He entered the ervice of the W'estern Union tel egraph company in 1850, where he re mained until lnsO, when he was ap pointed United States consul to Dun fermlie, Scotland, thorugh the in fluence of Andrew Carnegie, who as a b y screvd as messenger and telegraph operator under Mr. Reid at Pitts burg, lie relinquished this oflice in 1897. The statue of Prof. Morse n Central park, this city, was erected by the telegraph fraternity through the efforts of Mr. Reid. MAY BE ANDRADA. Wrecked Three-Masted Ship Discovered Off Queea Charlotte Islands. Vancouver, B. C, May 1. The steamer Tees, arriving tonight from the north, bring new of the finding by Indian of a three masted ship wrecked off the coast of Queen Char lotte islands. Identity of the vessel or any other ship is at present unknown. The bodies of aeveral sailor are said to have been found nearby. The story of the wreck, as given by the Indians to the ollicer of the Tees, was exceedingly vague. The Indian either could not read the name of the vessel, or were not sufficiently alert to note it, for they could give no clew to the ship' identity. The masts of the craft were broken off short, and she waa generally demolished. The only the ory of the identity of the ship ad vanced, and that seems very improba ble, is that the wreck may possibly be the Andrada, which took a pilot off the mouth of the Columbia last De cember, and has not been heard of since. It is suggested that she may have drifted north to the present loca tion of the wreck. ' TO REMODEL BATTLESHIPS. Propoted to Chang the Oregon and Two Others. Washington, May 2. A scheme is on , foot to remodel the battle ship Oregon, Indiana and Massachusetts, which are all of one claM. The idea seems to be that superimposed turret shall be placed on these ships, which will put them in the same class a the Kentucky and Kearsarge. Of course these ships carry 13-inch guns, and the 13-inch gun hare been discarded, as it is held that the weight of the guns is more than enough to com pensate for the weight of metal which they throw, and hereafter 12-inch gun are to be the largest used by the navy. '1 he reason given for remodel ing the Oregon and her class is that when in battle, if the four 13-inch guns are all being fired from one side of the ship, it will cause her to list to that side and raise the opposite side so that the armor belt is out of the water, and that if a shot from that side should, strike her below the armor belt the) entire machinery would be endangered. While it may be true that if the long muzzle of the four 13-inch guns of the Oregon should be pointed in one direction, the ship would list about three feet, making it necessary to raise the muzzles of the guns to bring them to bear upon the enemy, is nothing to prevent the rais ing of the muzzles so that the guns can be nsed if all were turned in one direction. .. On the other hand, it may be said that if the Oregon was fighting an enemy, or in any conflict where a ship was on either side, it is not at all like ly that her big guns would all be Uined on one ship, leaving her ex posed on the other side to the other ship. Those who are seeking to have the change made in the Oregon point out that in case a fort was on one side and hostile ship on the other, the listing of the ship would expose one side. But others who are experts in naval warfare say that if the Oregon ot tier type was I1D Filipino Insurgent and Command Lay Down Arms. PEACE COMPLETE IN NORTHERN LUZON fighting a fort and a battle ahip at one time, she would probably have two of her big gun trained on the fort and two on the battle ship, which would make) her ride even. DOZEN BUILDINGS BURNED. WEARING OUT THE BOERS. Lord Kitchener Reports on Capture of Small London, May 1. Lord Kitchener continues tho process of wearing down the Boers, who, however, are very active in the Kroonstadt district. Hero they recently derailed two trains and also raptured, after a severe fight, 25 men of the rrinee of ales Light horse, whom they stripped of their horses mid accoutrements and then lilienited. Colonel Plumer's force captured a small laager of 45 men, including the notorious Transvaal State Engineer Munick, who planned tho destruction of the Johannesburg mines in the spring of hist year, nnd also his father. Mr. dimming, who is visiting Durban on behalf of the Canadian government, is favorably impressed with tho possibilities of trade be tween Canada and Natal. Scores of f smilics Rendered Homeless at Pitts- PitUburg, May 1. Fire at the cor ner of Carson ana seventeenth streets, touth side, resulted in a property loss estimated at $225,000, consumed over a dozen buildings and rendered a score of families homeless. The flames were discovered in the basement of a four story department store and in a very short time the entire building was burning furiously. It was in rums within 30 minutes. A panic eusued among the custom ere and employes, w hich resulted in what started at first a report that eight persons had perished. This was happily found to be untrue after the fire hud been controlled. A shower of the burning timbers were thrown from the burning build ing, carrying destruction in all direc tions, and several other stores and a number of dwellings were swept by the flames. The losses are pretty well covered by insurance. Th Oovcrnirent Will Refund Washington, April 30. Commis sioner of Internal Revenue Yerkes, in pursuant of the action of the United States supreme court in do daring tho tax of 10 cents on export bill of lading unconstutional, has informed inquirers that tho amounts paid for the stamps will bo refunded on claims of the value of $2 or over. It is estimated that about $800,000 has been collected under this tax linos it went into effect, July 1, 1898. Forty-eight thousand Turks have been exiled during the last 11 years. Wolves are increasing rapidly in many of the forest lands of northern i Canada. A German savant point out that rural postmen were in existence in Egypt 4,000 year ago. A company with a capital of $1, 000,000 has been organized in Vine land, N. J., for the making of flour from sweet potatoes, Robberies On the Psnsm Road. , Colon, Colombia, April 30. Bands of robbers have for the past fortnight been raiding stations along the rail road line during tho night time and have also been looting shops, wound ing several persons during their dep redations. Chineso have been the principal sufferers. The government has increased tho force at the railroad stations and is doing its utmost to luppress tho robberies. Not Credited at Washington. Washington, May 1. Tho depart ment of agriculture has receievd no information beairng on the report that has wen circulated in England charging Boer emissaries with inocu lating horses shipped to South Africa with glanders and other maladies, Socretary Wilson places uo credence in tho story. Ho says, however, that it is possible that it might have been done, probably by hostlers or other attendants aboard ship. There has been no examination of the horse shipments by the department. Payment of Postal Orders. Washington, April '30. The con troller of the treasury has decided that postal money orders are payable only by postmasters upon whom they are drawn and to whom notice ot the issue thereof has been sent. It has been the practice heretofore to cosh money orders at postotHces other than those on which they are drawn and for the postmasters cashing such or ders to turn them into the postoffio department as vouchers. SENDING US CRIMINALS. y rr j: . i Victims of Italian Briunds Voluntarily Ps ThefrVay to America. New York, May 2. The Herald says: "Italy is making of the United states a dumping ground for her criminals and paupers. This fact has been forcibly called to the attention of the local authorities by the arrival in this port of three Italian brigands, whose depredations made them a' scourges to the provinces in which they were reared. Despairing of be ing relieved in any other manner, the merchants upon whom they had prey ed made up a liberal purse with which the three were sent to America, arriv ing here with money enough in their pockets to enable them to land un questioned. ; These three outlaws, who encountered no. obstacles to bar them from entering this country, are now in Kansas City, Mo. arning has been sent out by Police Commis sioner Murphy to the Kansas City police officifals, who now have the Italians under strict police aurveil-ance." Alejmdrino n4 Other Rebel Officials Give" Themselves Up PlgM with Bc4one la the Abr Mountain. Manila, May 2. General Tinio, with his entire command, surrendered to Captain Frederick V. Krog, of the Twentieth infantry, at Sinait, pro vince of South I locos. The report that General Alejand rino has surrendered is confirmed. He was looked upon as the possible successor of Aguinaldo. Padre Aglipay, the excommuni cated Filipino priest who preached the doctrine of holy war against the United States haa also surrendered. Fifteen Filipino officers have sur rendered to Colonel Baldwin at Ca yite Viejo. J?aldomero Aguinaldo and Emilio Aguinaldo and five other insurgent leaders have surrendered. Aguinaldo was subpoenaed as a witness for the defense in a Mando Dacut murder case pending in Tay Tay, province of Morong. Later it was decided that Aguinaldo waa not available as a witness. Captain John B. McDonald, with il men of the Third cavalry, recently attacked 60 insurgent riflemen and 40 bolomen in the mountains of Abra province. The insurgents were de feated. Captain McDonald was wounded in the lungs and a private was killed. The surrender of General Tinio marks the almost complete collapse of organized rebellion in the Philip pines. He will deliver all men and guns in his command ss soon as they can be gathered together. There is now only one chief whom the war de partment is particularly desirous of catching, namely, Cailles, the head hunter. This man haa violated every rule of warfare and it is not likely that he will be taken alive. CLEANUP IN THE KLONDIKE. BAD TRAIN WRECK. Bank Officials Arrested. Seattle, May 1. Frank Oleson, cashier, and J. S. Stangroom, book keeper, of the defunct Scandinavian- American bank of ew hatcom, are under arrest on warrants charging them with receiving deposits after the failure of that institution. Ole son was arrested here and Stangroom at Whatcom. Stangroom is now exchange teller of a Seattle bank, and ives here. Oleson was formerly sec retary of tho board of public works here, and a prominent politician and newspaper man. He savs the arrests are the result of a mistake, and that the receiver of the bank has acted hastily. Counterfeiters at Butte. Butte, Mont., May 1. Two of what is supposed to be a big gang of counter feiters were arrested here today and identified by several people on whom they had passed bogus $10 gold pieces. They got rid of quite a num ber. William Dougherty, one of them, has lived here for years, and is supposed to have only been connected with the gang a short tune. John Mulligan, the other, has been here a much shorter time, snd was a faro dealer until the law caused the games to close. Prais for Germans. Berlin, May 1. The latest Chinese specials to arrive here show that the German troops behaved with the greatest gallantry during the engage ments with the forces under General Liu, storming the stronghold of the enemy. The Chinese artillery, al though firing splendid guns made in 1898 at the arsenal in Han Yang, aimed badly. The , Germans demol ished the fortifications near the gates .01 th great wall. 0.0. Mills and Party la t Wreck in Cali fornia. Emigrant Gap., Cal., May 2. In the darkness of the smoke of the snowsheds a Raymond excursion train ran into the rear end of limited train No. 2, at Yuba Pass, four miles east of here, last night. The private car of D. 0. Mills was on the rear end of the limited, and was badlv damaged, The fireman on the excursion train was instantly killed and several pas sengers and men of the train crews were slightly injured. Ihe limited had struck a rock m the sheds and was delayed until the second section caught up. Not Less Than Twenty-Fiv Million-News of New Strikes. Victoria, B. C, May 2. The) steamer Amur brings news of the Klondike cleanup, which- is being vigorously prosecuted. Sluicing is in tun operation, the thaw having given plenty of water. The output is estimated at not less than $25,000,- 000. Many experts say it will reach $30,000,000. Stampeders are still rushing to Montana a-reek, which i . . now .more staked than - ayy -oth)T - Klondike creek. Stampede ' aW also going on to. Gold Creek... Owiftg to'-. ' the thaw caueed hr- good weaihor,. i Dawsonians are looking for an eartjf , opening of the river.'- V !,3 " - . The Dawson board of trade has ap pointed a committee to interview the railroad company and river trans portation companies in an effort to get reduced freight rates. tore going SoO.UOO to the ton has been found at a mine on Twelve Mile inlet near Ketchikan. Tha Amur passed the wreck of the barge Colorado, which is lying on Manuense reef, in range! narrows. Her bow is lifted up on the reef and the stern submerged at high tide. Her cargo can be saved. "Black Jack" Nearly Escaped. Santa Fe, N. M., May 2. It devel oped today at the hearing of W lllnim Wilson, charged with furnishing Convict George Stevenson with the revolver used by him in the recent at tempted delivery at the penitentiary, that the plan was to secure the release f Tom Ketchum, who was executed tastFriday, and "Broncho Bill" Car ver, a member of his gang. Wilson confessed his guilt, and said' Carver's sister offered him $500 to smuggle the revolver in to the prisoner. The plans were so carefully laid that but for the bravery and good marksman ship of the prison officials "Black lack" and a score of other desperate jharacters would have regained their liberty. Oklahoma Bank Robbed. Kingfisher, O. T., May 2. The Blaine county bank at Watonga was robbed lost night of $1,800, the vault being blown open with dynamite The robbers escaped. Five Men Were Killed. South McAlester, I. T. May 2. An explosion of gas occurred in' the mine of the McAlester coal company this morning by which five men lost their lives and seven were . injured and another is reported missing. It is believed the explosion was caused by the firing by some of the men of defective blast left by the regular shot firing crew. All the dead were phyxiated. Transporting Chaffee's Army. Washington, May 2 The trans port fleet at Manila, which is to be ' used in transporting General Chaffee's . army from China to the Philippines, will leave Manila tomorrow for Taku, unless some change has been made in the prearranged programme, in which the war department has not been ad vised. There are 1,600 soldiers and about 1,000 horses and mules to be transferred from China to the Philip pines, together with a complete field , outfit. The Indiana and the Sum ner are to transport the troops, and ' the transports Lennox and Pak Ling the horses and transportation and field equipment. It is expected that these vessels will be sufficient to move Gen eral Chaffee's entire army in one trip, ' and that the entire movement can be completed within three weeks. Fire in Min. La Trobe, Pa., May 1. Tonight the entire tripple, engine house and boiler house of the Dorothy coal nnd coke plant of the American Steel and Wire Company is a smouldering mass of ruins and it is reported that either four or six miners have lost their lives. The loss is estimated at $150, 000, fully insured. Five miners were known' to have been in the mine, and who knew nothing of the fire until 13 men descended the air shaft and told them. They were rescued, but there are rumors tonight that six more were in tho mine at the time. The fire will throw more than 400 miners out of work. Made an Apology. Paris, May 2. The foreign office has received a dispatch' from Meng Tze, announcing the arrival there of M. Francois, the French . consul, on . his return to his post. M.t Francois says that, according to the demands of the French government, he wim met by Chinese troops, who rendered him honors, and high mandarins proffered the official apologies mid I regrets of the Chinese government for the events of lust June. : i-Mil V 1 K l.-.'J .1 ri ,1. ....