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HILLSIiOIiO, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 9, 1901.
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KVKNTS OF TIIK DAY
FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS
OF THE WORLD.
A Comprehensive Review of the lmporwt
Happening, of the Put Wck Prctt ui
Ins Condensed form Whiih It Most
Likely la Prov ol Intersil lo Our Many
Reader,.
Two live were lost in New York
fire.
The presidential party in now in
California,
Eastern wixil market slums tin im-jirovriiit-iit.
Marti mi' 1 1 i ha received the nil be
ret t a at Baltimore.
The steel trtit will clone down the
Kvcrett nail work.
English ronl iniin'r liuvo daH-ttlttl
not to strike hI present.
Fire in Augusta, tin., destroyed
(ItiU.tMMJ worth of cotton.
A fire in Seattle destroyed pro'rty
to th amount of $200,000.
A naval war college to 1 e-tnb-;
li.h.Hl for the naval olhcer. ;
The Industrial coniiiiiitsion i in-!
vestigating rate discrimination. '
Tho teituer Tanlillion
wrecked near Cut' Town, i
Castle,
a total
loss.
Thn contract plan for the cruiser
St. aw have mystcrioulsy dis
jieared. Kont Urea in IViiiiylvanin are
destroying immense ipiaiitilie of Val
uable timber.
M,.. .i;.i..r1..m cotonie ainoiiir:"
the eduac
tint rhisse in ltuasiu,
and
the (Hiltee are kept busy
A woman ol linker City defended
herself successfully w ith a pitchfork
when attacked by a tramp.
t'nion I'acilW has gained control ol
the Northern I'aeillo and will prevent
the proisHHil llurlington deal.
The sultan of Turkey- ha gotten
himself in trouble with the ambassa
dor to Constant inople by interfering
with their mail.
The United State Weather Service
will be eMuipvd at several Miiuln
with wireless telegraphy out tils, in
tho Iioh of rendering Bid lo shipping.
Those I'orto It ican who have im
migrated from their unlive country
to Hawaii are well pleased with the
prosect and say they are doing I set
ter there than in L'ofto Hico.
A new gun now Hearing completion
at the Watervliet arsenal is es-cteil
to throw a projectile weighing 2,:i7tl
M)iiiide a distance of 21 miles. It
will Is? on exhibition at the coming
fair in HutTalo, X. Y.
New ha just arriveil of a 75,OO0
fire at Dawson..
The allies defeated the Chinese
wot of Kalgan.
Secret six-ictie at Nankin, China,
have joined the reformer.
A well of boiling hot water ha
been discovered at Yale, Or.
China will ask xiwer to obtain for
her a loan to pay the indemnity.-
The Cuban constitutional conven
tion adopted the Halt amendment.
Younger brother are to be paroled
from tho Stillwater, Minn., peni
tentiary.
The presidential party visited the
largest gold mine in Arizona and in
MH'ted ita working.
Morgan and hi syndicate are try
ing to acquire another of the tram
Atlantic steamship lines.
A combination of ship yards, in
eluding the Union Iron Works, San
rranciMCO, ha been formed.
Tho transport F.glM-rt, recently nr-'
rived at San Francisco, brought the
bodies of our (lead who fell in China.
A Foukerpsie, N. Y,, woman mur
dered her husband and then put in an
application for a pension us a soldier'
widow.
Heirs of tho murdered men of the
battleship Maine, together with mir
vivor, presented claims to tin
amount of 15,000,000.
The engineers who have been mak
ing survey for a canal across Nicara
gua have concluded their work and
are well jileased with tho prospects.
The Dolewure, I.iickuwannii A
Western Kailrond refused to grant ita
employe a nine hour day at tho pres
ent scale of wage nod ns n result IKK)
of them have gono on a strike,
The omployes of the United Trac
tion Company, which operates electric
line in Albany, Troy, Colics, Water
vleit mid Kenssefaer, N. Y,, have gone
on a strike for recognition of Amalga
mated Association of Street Kuilway
Employes. The strikers number
1,000.
It is said that 1,000 pounds of
foultry will cost less to raiso than
,000 pounds of hoof, and will sell
for almost twice as much.
While finding that tho seed trii'le
of Knglund, generally speaking, is
well conducted, tho departmontal
committee appointed by the hoard of
agriculture . recommends tho estab
lishment of a central station for the
purpose of tost ing seeds sent to it for
Official examination.
FOREIGNERS TO BLAME.
Allied
Armies Responsible for Much of the
Anarchy Existing In China.
New York, Muy 8. The latest mail
(nun China brought to the state do
imrtiiii'iit new proof of the terrible
iml iN'tlmim irretrievable conditions
hirh mint imilrr the foreign mili
tary rule in Ninth China, involving
i situation not heretofore fully real
ized rvi'ii in Washington, and utterly
unappreciated in the United states
'iii-rully. Th character of tho in
(urination which liua now romo into
tin administration's posnoiwioii it
oiiiimarir.cd in tin following extract
(roin a communication written hy one
'if tint moot trusted official in the
ervic abroad and nuiili'd from Pe
kin a inontli ago:
"Tin question of raising the in
demnity, though oiia of the most ser
ious of thi) Chinese government, is
not paramount. All the jioople who
nr likely to know ditdure Unit the
('hint')' peasant cun stand no greater
htirih'ii of taxation than in the punt,
.o tin qticiitinn resolves itself largely
lo reduciii)( the exx'iiw of collection,
which in China involve radical re
form.
Another proposition for j
the indemnity i to grant
meeting
lucrative mining and industrial con-
cession to foreigner, but that mean
bartering their iiideneiidence. audi
1 i.K up emlles trouble for the Chi-
,,,.., i,o are quick to reoogiuxe th
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' "Ifthewholo horror of the murder j
i and pillage done la-tween Tien Tain 1
and I'ekin romea to be understood in
,the I'niteil Htnte and in Kurope,
the sunt of it is so great a compared
' to the number of Christian who have
siilTcn-d at the hand of the Chinese
that, rightly or wrongly", the Chinese
sre likely to U- held the injured
party. Lancer wantonly impaling
little cm uren hy the wayside in the
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1 iicni icai.il norn.rs, anu
losome ore un so h er a dead Ch I
nese Christian i iust as satisfactory
an fivdenee of no onarter as a dead
lloxer they neither know
for the trilling distinction.
"The allies, even if they could
agree, could not set up au administra
tive machinery of their own for the
empire, iiiry must restore the power
to some native party, and the quicker
tbev do it the U'tter for China. The
Chinese estimate
that 1.000.000
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their iicoplc hiiv
lost their live by
violent deaths or starvation
l'ekiu and Tien Tin since the
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csme.
MUSTERED OUT.
Thirty Ninth Infantry and Other Jutt Re.
turned from the Philippines ,
Sun Francisco, May 8. The Thirty.
Iiith infantry was mustered out of
the serivce tislny. The Thirty-second
Twenty-ninth and Twenty-sixth will '
all follow in a few day. Nearly all i
thn olhcer of the Twenty-sixth in
fantry have Ikimi ordered to apirar
More the examining board for com
mission in tho regular army. Tho
reduction of the size of the army in
the Philippine will bring home
immediately after the return of all
me volunteer mo regimenr, oi me
regular army w..o iiavo ihim, ,ongest
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ry, the roiirteentli, r.ignteeth ana
Twenty-third infant ry.
The transport F.glort, wbich lias
just arrived from thu Philippine will
Is' (letaineil in ipiarant inn for a week
nr more, a soldier having dirdnfmall
hix during the voyage, The cabin
passengers, however, will bo fumi
gated and allowed to land.
LAUNCHOFTHE DEFENDER.
Yacht Comtltutlon Lowered Into the Water
at Bristol.
liristol, R. I., May 8. With hot J
hull gaily decorated with flags ami
her deck well filled with sailors, the
yacht Constitution was christened
this evening by Mrs. IJutler Duncan,
who broke the traditional bottle of
wine on her glistening bow, just a
she started slowly down tho ways into,
the sea. The sceno was a brilliant
one, as the Constitution was slowly
lowered into tho water, the cheering
from the boats outside being loud and
vigorous, while tho searchlight from
the steam yacht Colona, just outside
the dock, illuminated tho stern of the
Constitution, Rockets anil other
fireworks added to the gaiety of the
situation. As the stern of the craft
emerged from tho shops, the private
signals of tho memliers of the syndi
cate were displayed on small IhigstatTs
upon her deck.
Torquolse for McKlnley.
Santa Fc, N. M., May 8. Foul
beautiful and valuable, turquoise from
the Porterllold mines in tho Hurro
mountains were presented to Presi
dent MoKinlcy by Governor Otero.
The largest stone weighs 20 carats,
and was a superb specimen.
Sheet Muilc Truit
Chicago, Muy 8. Arrangements
have been completed for the forma
tion of a combination of tho eight
leading publishers of popular sheet
niusio in tho United States.
Smallpox on Ocean Linen.
Now York, May 8. Tho ocean lin
crs arriving of late arc averaging 1,.
000 immigrants each, and the health
olllcers of tho port are kept busy.
Steerage passengers with sore eyes are
rejected, as a case of small pox was
discovered on a Gorman steamer. A
steamer from Marseilles had three
cases of smallpox among her 1,173
steerage pnssengeis.
NEWS OF THE STATE
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM
ALL OVER OREGON.
Commercial nd Financial Happening, of Inv
portance A Brief Review of of tht
Growth and Improvement, of the Many
Industrie, Throughout Onr Thriving Com.
monwtilth Uteil Market Report.
A hotel will Ik htiilt at Enterprise
if citizen will give a bonus of $1,200.
Strong indication of natural oil
and go have Ix-en found near Mil
ton. The receipt of the Oregon state
land ollice during April wcra $23,-
4.V.).3(i,
Tin) contract ha been let for build
ing a wliool house at John Day. The
price in t:l,4ii).
linker City wheelmen are having
trouble with mixcrcatit who iiteathily
puncture their tire,
The Hoiithem I'acific i putting in a
1,900-foot siding at Hice Hill. Other
repair are being madu along the line
in that vicinity.
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jllimi(.rii,j(m Ismrd, and will
lry , M.lr(. , ro.rrati(, f otll(.r
town in the same county,
All but eight or 10 men employed
at the Mineral City
smelter have
been discharged and
susH'nded for a time.
The stagea between
work ha U-en
Canyon City
and llurn are now traveling on the
summer schedule, and the entire dis-
tance of 70 mile is covered in one
day instead of two a heretofore.
KU riUM of ml m RrP r.1K)rt0(l
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The Umd on tho Republic mine, on
(irillln creek, Jackson county, ha
Isvn extended
Ir. 11. F.f Ijtne, of Salem, has been
appointinl county physician for
Marion county.
The Samuel creamery will Is?
moved from I.a Grande to Raker City
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uieiapaci.y iiouo,
The horse show at Pendleton this
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year ecuiiseii aiiviiiiug oi iiie
kind
ever given in that city before.
A new lumber company is to be
opened up at Huntington by the K
ley LtimU'r Co., of Weiser, Idaho,
It is reK)rted that a rich strike has
been made in the Koariug Gimlet
'"'. i"tetl not far from Gold Hill.
The Ashland mine is yielding more
ore now than ever Is-lore. 1 he mill
is crushing alsmt 25 tons of ore pel
day.
Keports from the Grand Round
valley indicate that the prospect for
this year's crop of sugar liects is U'tter
than ever More
Mr. Wright, owner of the Big Foot
mine, Gold Hill section, ha started
a force of men at work on the Dougan
; mine on Sam creek
Th( ,,,, mili(llry iHlllra ju ,Iooi(
m AnM f()r , C()minR w N t;
, , The Konith reL'inient
and Urst N-parate hiitallion will go
into camp, and the Third regiment
will engage m a practice drill.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Walla Walla, f5K0Oc.
valley, nominal; blucstem, 61($tl2c
per bushel.
Flour Best grades, $2.l)0(3.40 per
harrel; graham, f 2.1)0.
Oats Wh ite, $ 1. 30 1. 35 per cental
gray, !fl.2!1.80 tier cental
Hurley Feed, $1717.25; brewing
17( 17.25 per ton.
MillstufTs Bran, $17 per ton ; midd
ling, $21.50; shorts, $20.00; chop,
Jltl.
Hav Timothy, $12.50(314; clover,
$7(90.50; Oregon wild hay, $7
per ton.
Hops 12(Al4o. per lb. ; 1899 crop,
(i(7c
Wool Valley, 12 4' 13 i,'c ; Eastern
Oregon, 9(3 12c; mohair, 2tH21c
per pound.
Butter Fancy creamery, 15(
17 H,c. ; dairy, 12 4 14c. ; store, 10
Pic. per pound.
Eggs Oregon ranch, 14(3 14 V
per dor.en.
Cheese Full cream, twins, 13(4
13.4'c. ; Young America, 13ls'14c
per pound.
Poultry Chickens,mixed,$3.50( ;4
hens, $4(A4.n(); dressed, ll(?l2c. pei
pound ; springs, $3(5 per dozen
ducks, $5ii(5; geese, $(7; turkeys.
live, 10 12c; dressed, 13 15c. pe
pound.
Potutoes Old, $11.25 per sack
new, 2(tf24'e. per pound.
Mutton I.nmhs 44(oo. per
pound cross: best sheep, wethers,
with wool, $4.25(4.50; dressed, 7Si'o
per pound.
Hogs Gross, heavy, $5.75(a5ii
light, $4.75$5; dressed, '77,4c. pe
round.
Veal Large, 78e. per pound
small, 8 Wo. per pound.
Beef Gross, top steers, $5(3)5.25
eows and heifers, $4.504.75; dressed
beef, 848iiC. per pound
It is reported that some of the
Staten Island ferry boats are more
than 40 years old.
Count do Maquillo, the last surviv
or of King Charlis Xi pages, die
recently at Nantes, aged 8a years.
The United States navy department
will exhiibt at Buffalo an 8x20 foot
map of the world, on which will be
placed 307 miniature lead models .vp-
resenting the war fleets of all nations
I and their locutions from day to du jr.
SHELTER FOR HOMELESS.
Tented Village, art 8eing Erected in Jack
sonvillc.
Jackonville, Fla., May 9. Tht
ahnoKt sutierliiiman work of the dif
ferent committer has Romewhat re
lie vel the aituation and it i now be
lieved that in every instance those
without proer food and clothing were
n a measure cured for today and that
tonight there are vastly fewer people
who were com 1 led to sleep upon the
trcet. Two hundred tent were
erected today, and while those were
very crowded tonight and while sev-
rul churi'he and choolbonses in the
ulnirU were also crowded with sleet).
er, thl condition will also lie reliev
ed tomorrow by the arrival of 2,000
tent from thf general government at
UHliiiigton, which will be erected at
once. 1 lie military coumanica have
ieen of great assistance with their cx-
wrience in rapidly erecting tent.
There wi
also lie provided several j
xtra commissary stations in various
part of the city to relieve the situa-'
tion at the two already established.
There hi lieen no outbreak of eick-
nes in the city. Thousand of peo-
ile have left the city. Those remain-
ug w ill be given Home kind of luhor
at the bureaus which have lieen estab-
ished. The cleaning tipof the street
ha lieen going of rapidly. i
Clouds of smoke still envelope the
city from the smouldering embers of
the conflagration, but many build-;
tigs have neen sulliciently cooleo. on
to allow the safe to lie opened and ;
IxKikaand paxT of a great many
concern have la-en found only !
ightly scon-bed. Twelve carload !
of provision have arrived from Xew
ork. j
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SHIPYARDS COMBINE.
New
Organization With Sixtyflvs Million!
Capital. j
ewYork, May 9. A circular has
boon issued by H. W Poor 4 : Co.,
gardmg the organization of the Lmt -
tit, ki i
ed Mate, Mi.pbtiildmg company un-j
der the laws of .New Jersey to acquire j
the Newport News Shipbuilding 4
DrydocK Co., the I nion Iron orks,
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Kan rrancisco; roe nam iron "orKs,,,.
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i.iu., aim hid jijue iiiuinso v o., oi
Hyde mdlass C o., of
Bath Me.; the Crescent Shipyards
and the Samuel J. Moore it Sons Co.
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f Klizals'thport, X. J., and the
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taret, . J. The total annual ca
pacity is estimated at 380,000 tons.
The total
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The aggregate omers of tho con
stituent companies on hand promise
an estimated profit of over $5,000,000.
The committee will be authorized
under its charter to issue capital
stock Jo the amount of $1)5,000,000.
ROYALTY REDUCED.
Miner, Object to Rule That Non-Payment
Mean! Confiscation of Dust
Seattle, May 9. Dispatches from
Dawson under diite of April 23 state
that tho royalty has been officially
reduced to 5 per cent and that cer
tificates must 1m9 presented at the
boundary showing that the royalty
has lieen paid or suffer confiscation
of dust. A vigorous protest is being
made by the miners.
There has Wen a marked advance
in the price of lieef and eggs but there:
is ample supply to last until naviga
tion opens. A cold storage plant has
lieen erected by Tacotna people at a
cost of $:iO,tHX).'
Sluicing has already commenced
on some of the creeks and conserva
tive estimates place the clean up at
$:5,OO0,00U.
CHINA SEEKING A LOAN.
Will Rtqutit the Power, to Obtain One
Her.
for
Tckin, May 9. China will request
the powers to obtain for her a loan
sufficient to pay the indemnity as
soon as the amount thereof is made
known. She w ill also ask for an ex
tra 20,000,000 taels to lie provided j
annually, according to the proposi-1
tion of the ministers.
The foreign ministers have decided
to address a collective note to the
Chinese government informing it
that a joint indemnity of 450,000,000
taels would be denumdetd and asking
what method of payment is proposed.
A reply is expected by the end of tho
week.
Fiendish Crime in Kansas.
Leavenworth, Kan., May 9. Miss
Bonnie, an employe of the state peni
tentiary, while gathering mushrooms
near Lansing, was struck on tho back
of tho head by an unknown person
and rendered unconscious, after
which she was assaulted and then
thrown into an old well. The young
woman regained consciousness and
after repeated attempts reached the
surface and went home, where she
told of the crime. Sho stated that
sho had caught a glimpse of her
assailant ami would be able to iden
tify him. Miss Bonnie died soon
afterward. Searching parties are
scouring the country.
Several Persons Misting.
New York May 9. Fire which !
started just before midnight on the
ground floor of the five story apart
ment house at 75U Lexigton avenue
drove 20 or more families into the
street and many peoplo had narrow
eseaix'S. The police and firemen,
aided by citizens, rescued several per
sons. Two were injured and several
are reported missing. Tho fire started
in a butter and egg store. It spread
rapidly.
OX NEUTRAL BASIS
DRAFT OF CANAL TREATY
SHOWN PAUNCEFOTE.
Ki Waihanjton It b Stated by the Authorities
That the Memorandum a Presented, Em
bodying the View, of Different Senators,
la Merely Tentative- ill Not Divulge
Content! of the Document
London, May 8. The Associated
Press ha been officially notified that
Lord Paunccfote ha received from
Secretary Hay the draft of a new
Nicaragua canal treaty. It is under
stood that it advises neutrality.
Negotiation! for Canal Treaty.
Washington, May 8. It is learned
from an authoritive source that before
Secretary Hay left here for the West
he had several conference with Lord
Paunccfote relative to the basia for
another isthmian canal treaty, and
that an unofficial written memoran
dum also was submitted to Lord
Pauncefote on the subject. The am
bassador has made known the general
results of these conversations and ol
the memorandum to the authorities
in London, and it is doubtless to this
that allusion is made in the London
dispatches. The negotiations, how-
ever, are so tentative and informal
that thev are not reearded as an offi-
rial exchange or nrooosition. What
they embody is not made known,
thoueh it is understood thev are
chiefly an exposition of the views
Jied by the United States senators as
to the essential features which should
be included in a treaty: While this
is not a proffer of a treaty, it conveys
to the British authorities what is con-
sidered essential by the senators who
control the ratification of any treaty
which will be made. It also is
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re-;chicf , of the negotitaions are
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) in uuaiiiiiiiL vi miy vhiiiiii inv v
. Ilndertakin to car
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sion of all shipping on an equal basis
with that of the United States. Al-
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that there will l3 any further nego
tiations prior to Lord Pauncefote's
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UllilC U, Ol UUIltlg
his absense. The
British embassy will remove to New
port as soon as the ambassador leaves.
SEVEN BURNED TO DEATH.
Many Other People Burned and Injured in s
Chicago Fire.
Chicago, May 8. Seven people were
burned to death, three fatally injured,
Vid several others slightly burned and
otherwise injured in a lire that de
stroyed a three story apartment build
ing at 3016 Marquette avenue, South
, Chicairo.
W'hile the occupants of the burning
building were struggling with the
smoke and flames in hopes of forcing
their way to safety, the firemen who
were responding to the alarm were
vainly waiting for a freight train,
which blocked the way of the fire en
gines, to move away lrom the crossing
and give an open road to the fire.
Marshall Driscoll, in charge of the
firemen, called to the conductor and
brakemen to move the train, but they
refused to comply with his request.
The police were sent for and the train
crew arrested. Then, under orders of
tho fire marshal, the train was backed
from the crossing, but by the time the
firemen reached the burning building
the structure had lieen destroyed.
Scattered among the embers were
found the charred remains of the vict
ims. The bodies were burned beyond
recognition, and were identified in
various ways.
The train crew are Wing held await
ing an investigation by the coroner.
The origin of the fire is unknown.
The building was an old one, built of
wood, and burned so rapidly that all
i avenues of escape by stairways.
were
were
cut off before the occupants
aware of tho fire.
Germans Fired on British.
Tien Tsin, May 8. Some German
noldiers who were guarding a German
bridge across the Pei Ho river at the
south end of the British concession
here, fired on the British tug The
Kgo this morning, wounding two of
her crew. The bridge impedes rvier
traffic and the tug touched it.
Japanese Monument to Perry.
Berkeley, Oil., May 8. Baron
Kentaro Knneko, pivssident of the
Bei Yu Kyo Kai, the American asso
ciation of Japan, has asked the assist
ance of the University of California
in rousing public interest in the
movement 10 erect in
monument commemorative of the
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landing of Commodore ferry
Commodore Perry half
century ago. A considerable fund
has already been raised, and it is ex-
pected that the monument will be
unveiled on the coming anniversary
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Marion Ignacio Prado Dead.
Paris, May 8. Marion Ignacio
Prado is dead, aged 74 years. Prado
participated in Ueneral Costilla's rev
olution against the ccnugenes
Kov
eminent in 1854. He marched
against i,ima in lsna ann emereu i ne
capital JNovember t, at tne neau ot
victorious army. aovemner ii lie
declared himself dictator and was sub-
sequently elected constitutional presi
dent by the Peruvian congress. Ho
was again eiecieu piesuieni in soio.
TRACTION CARS COLLIDED.
About Doze People Injured Near Akron,
Ohio.
Akron, O., May 10. Two northern
Ohio traction car collided at the foot
of a teep hill on North Howard street
thi afternoon and about a dozen peo
ple were injured. The two can were
loaded with passenger and were trav
eling clone together. For some reason
the brakes on the second car failed to
work and it dashed down the hill at
a terrirlic speed, striking the forward
car, which had stopped to take on
more passenger,. Ktrange to say,
none on the second car were injured
except Motorman Scott, who sus
tained serious internal injuries. The
rear platform of the fowrard car was
crowded and all on the platform were
more or less injured.
It is not believed that any of the
passengers on the forward car es
caped without injury of some kind.
Many of them went to their homes
in private conveyances and on the
electric cars and their names could
not lie obtained. The city officials
had warned the company that cars
were allowed to run too fast down the
hill. A thorough investigation of
the accident will be made.
THEDURKEE CLAIM.
Fraud Order May Be sued Against Further
Support of Ik
Washington, May 10. The treas
ury department is preparing a letter
to the pont ollice department asking
that a fraud order be issued against
parties representing themselves as
interested in the Durkee claim. This
claim is an old one, dating back to
Pacific Railroad days, Durkee at one
time being governor of Utah territory.
The original amount was $64,000,000.
The case has been in the court of
claims and more recently in the su
preme court of the District of Colum
bia, ami rejected. Yesterday a lawyer
called on Secretary Gage, with two
two witnesses, and made a demand
for $79,000,000.
"I refuse to pay it," asserted Secre
tary Gage, for the reason that I
would be subject to impeachment
and imprisonment."
''Very well," returned the lawyer,
"I have witnesses to your refusal."
It is stated at the treasury that
many persona have lieen induced to
buy stock in this "Durkee claim,"
and for that reason it is proposed to
ask for the issue of a fraud order.
IN MANCHURIA.
Russian Troop Have Dispersed Native
St. Petersburg, May 10. The Russ
ky Invalid published details of the
recent operations in Manchuria. It
appears that oith .Manelmrmn di
vision under ueneral Zeripitzki
fought over 20 engagements, losing
altogether 24 men killed and seven
officers and 64 wounded, two officers
having died of their wounds. A
quantity of guns and rifles were cap
tured. The total result of the opera
tions is that of three bands, which
at the beginning of the year were
menacing the peace of Manchuria,
two have been annihilated, and the
third, after sustaining a number of
defeats, is being pursued by the
Russian squadron.
Will Pool Their Wool.
Baker City, Or., May 10. The
principal wool growers of Eastern
Oregon are arranging to call a con
vention to meet in this city at an
early date to form a wool combina
tion. The convention will be similar
in character and object to the one
held at Rawlins, Wyo., a few days
ago. If the Wyoming plan is adopt
ed, the wool buyers will have to meet
the growers in convention and submit
sealed bids for the wool which the
growers will offer for sale. The bids
will lie opened by the representatives
of the growers and contracts awarded
to the highest bidders. The right to
reject any and all bids will be re
served. Disastrous Seattle Fire.
Seattle, Wash., May 10. A disas
trous fire, involving a loss of about
$50,000, broke out shortly before
noon yesterday in the Walker block
on First avenue. The fire originated
jn the basement of Mitchell, Lewis
& Staver Company's building, where
a large quantity of lubricating oil
was stored. The flames soon spread
throughout the building and to the
Marshall block adjoining and to the
Leliind block. The tire department,
after several hours of hard work, suc
ceeded in getting the flames under
control. One person was severely
burned.
Americans Left Pekin.
Pekin, May 10. The United States
cavalry and artillery left Pekin today
; iu Midi l It l J H'li-U. ailiirtroillK
arowell ceremonies attended their
I. ,fr,i r.uai00 ,j M,
staffs were present and the British
tixtj-iiia it-tin a(rvf-or1 tha A mntiitina
i ,he Thfi infant nd
headqUftrter8 8tttrT wiU leave by rail
,as soon as the troops arrive at Taku,
Turkey Tampering With Mails.
Constantinople, May 10. The am
bassadors of the foreign powers have
dispatched identical notes to the
porte, characterizing the seizure by
, the ottoman postal authorities of
a foreiKn mail bags as a breach of in
ternational law and holding the porte
resi)0sii,ie for the consequences,
One of the mail bags opened Sunday
eontained dispatches for the Cierman
ambassador.
3IADE GOOD REPORT
CUBAN DELEGATION LIKED
THEIR RECEPTION.
Reported Fully Upon Their Treatment While
In Washington, Both Social and Official
Report Mad s Good Impression on tht
Cuban Constitutional Convention A Few
Radicsb Oppose It, Acceptance.
Havana, May 9. The special com
mission of the Cuban constitutional
convention, which returned here from
Washington May 5 at the secret ses
lioii presented an extensive report of
it conference with President Mc
Kinley and Secretary Root and a
glowing account of the banquets and
receptions tendered the members.
Signor fiiberga objected to incor
porating an account of the social
programme in the report, but the
commission insisted upon this
point. In reference to the third
clause of the Piatt amendment, the
report stated that the United States
would not intervene unless Cuba is
attacked by a foregin power and
there exists in Cuba a condition of
affairs similar to that which existed -
under Spain at the time of American
intervention. Regarding coaling sta
tions, the report set forth that the
places so desired by the United States
were Capes Maysi and San Antonio
and another point commanding the
entrance to the Gulf of Mexico.
These would be definitely determined
when drawing up the treaty. The
object of these stations would be the
maintenance of the independence of
Cuba as well as the protection of the
United States. The report also said
that the United States would in no
way interfere with the local govern
ment and that President McKinley
had promised to appoint a commis
sion to meet a Cuban commission to
discuss the economic question and
to draw up a commercial treaty aa
soon as the republic is established,
and that he advised the Cubans in
the meantime to study the situation
in this respect. The representatives
announced that Secretary Root had
said that there was nothing in the
Piatt amendment to prevent Cuba
from having diplomatic representa
tive in foreign countries.
TRAIN WRECK IN IOWA.
Engineer Killed and a Score of Passengers
Hurt
Ottumwa, la., May 9. Burlington
passenger train No. 3 was wrecked to
day while passing Thayer, a small
town 18 miles east of Creston, causing
the death of the engineer and injur
ing over a score of passengers, none
fatally. The locomotive hauling the
passenger train struck an engine at
tached to a , freight train that was
backing onto a sidetrack. The pas
senger engine and all but two cars of
the passenger train left the rails, and
rolled down a 20 foot embankment.
Thayer is situated in the bed of a
deep ravine, and on either side of the
station the track curves sharply.
Xeither engineer could see the other's
train until within 25 feet of each
other. The passenger train was run
ning at a nign rate oi speea. ine
engineer of the freight train heard
the passenger train coming, and
made the utmost endeavor to back
his heavy train onto the sidetrack.
He succeeded in getting all but the
engine on the siding when the crash
came. As the passenger train round
ed the curve, the engineer saw his
peril, but stuck to his post,, reversing
his engine, threw on the air brake to
the emergency notch, applied the
sand, and awaited the crash. At the
last moment the men on the freight
train jumped, escaping serious injury.
The freight engine was thrown across
the tracks and the passenger engine
hurled down a 20 foot embankment.
CHIEF OBSTACLE GONE.
Salmon. Canera'
Trust Almost
Fact.
an Assured
Xew Y'ork, May 9. The Journal
of Commerce says: It was learned
from a reliable source last night that
the Alaska Packers' Association,
which has been the chief obstacle to
the proposed consolidation of the
salmon packers, had given options
on its various plants to the syndicate
which has been seeking to effect such
a combine.
It is learned that the Alaska Pack
et's Association nau placed a valua
tion of $12,000,000 on its outfit.
The indications are that the matter
of consolidation will be brought to a
head at once, lhe plants extend
from Chilkoot, in Alaska, south to
Seattle, 900 miles along the coast.
Some of the best known financiers in
the United States are behind the deal,
and are understood to be actually
pledged.
The proposed capital of the com
bination is to be $32,000,000. The
capital will be in common and pre
ferred stock and debenture bonds.
No Strained Relations.
London, May 9. The rumor that
the relations between Germany and
Russia are strained on account ot
slights on the part of Count Von
Waldersee are discredited at the for
eign office, though it is admitted
that a majority of the powers are con
siderably irritated by the field mar
fjud't numerous expeditions it is not
believed that this has led to any ded
tnte misunderstanding.
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