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VOL. VIII.
IIILL8BORO, OREGON, TIIUKSDAY, 31 AY 23, 1901.
NO. 10.
SIS
EVENTS OF THE DAY
FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS
OF THE WORLD.
LAUNCHING OF THE OHIO.
RtvWw of th knoer'vrf
rUppesiagi el tht tot Wtsk "test 44
tat Condensed rem Which U Mm
Likely I Prove el Uttrut I Our Many
Readtrt,
Mr. McKinli'y continue to lm
prove lowly,
Ex-Congressman To itlti, , of
Maine, U dead,
Nearly 1,0(10 drum have signed the
IH'W machinists svale.
The ulil 8haitirock Uat Ilia new ly
hull a minute n the Wt trial.
The 'striking machinist have
gained iimiiy recruits to their rank.
The con I tax in England U injur
ing the manufacturing interest of
the lia'ion,
The recent punitive expedition of
(Jermany In Chink ere now pleasing
to the Russian ruler.
Nearly 1000 more United "tale
volunteer ere now on the way home
irom i no imuppine.
Interior regions of British Colum
In ere threatened with aerioui flood
by reason of the lute spring.
A hand of fifty-seven gypsies seeking
admission tt lli United Mate from
Oermany hew U-On deported.
A elerk In the adjutant grnerat'i
nuiceai manna ia charged with (org
ing (ieneral MacArthur'a name.
1 lie party of hlo eongreasmnen
who accompanied President McKinley
10 tne w est are now in I'ortland.
Admiral Roger ha arrived in Ca-
file loaurceoi Aamirai jvcmplT a
com Hinder of the Asiatic squadron.
Fiev cadet have been expelled and
stx other itispcndcil at V eat Point
a the result of. the investigation
into ino recent htiing.
J. P. Morgan haa purchased the
celebrated Mannheim art collection
of Pari. Owing to high import du
tie it will bo kept in England for the
present.
Mr. McKinley continue to ira
prove tlowly.
Carnegie gave 2,000,000 to Scotch
universities.
The Ohio congressional party 1 in
urrgoti on tneir trip Home.
. In a second trial race Shamrock II
lieat Shamrock I one minute.
President McKinley reviewed the
school children of Hf.n Francisco.
The University of Oregon defeated
, the Lniversity of Washington in ath
let ie.
An extra aeaalon of the Hawaiian
legislature cut the aalarie of a great
many of the official.
The Pan-American exposition ha
liecn dedicated. Vice President
Itoosovolt made the addrea of the
day.
An American oompany ha eon
eluded arrangement with the Mexl
can government for-tho construction
oi a new railroad in Yucatan, Mexico,
A body of Filipino rebuts under
Angcll attacked a detachment of
American troop, killing two oldien
nd one native scout and taking one
soldier prtaonor,
A New York eyndicate haa been
formed for the puriioso of sectirin
the trade of the Orient. Mamanlllo,
im the southwest coast of Mexico,
will he developed a the chief port.
The general itrike of tho employe
tn the machinery and allied metal
trade throughout the country to on
force tho nine hour day. with an in
crease in wage, wa estimated to
effect at leant 160,000 men, but many
employer signed the scalo at the last
moment, thus reducing the number
considerably.
. King Alexander of Sorvia will not
abdicate.
Tho Albany, N. Y., itreet car itrik
has been settled. .
rht Big I4.00Q.Tm HuU Slid Uto tht Bey
WHh Meet Succsse.
Ban Francisco, May 10. On a plat
form, decorated with the national
colors, which had boon built around
the prow of the big battleship Ohio at
the Union iron Work, in in it city
Haturday, were gathered the prci-
dent and member of the cabinet,
Governor Naah, of Ohio; Mia Dealt
lor, hi niece, who wa to christen
the (hip; Mil Hsrber, who wa to
for Mr. McKinley, and many
uniformed officer of the army and
navy waiting for the signal to (tart
the big Iron monster down the way
into Ban Francisco bay. M tat Barber,
with her finger on the button, wa
looking intently at the indicator.
At It MX, two and a hail minute
before the tide wa at iu highest, the
time act for the launching, there sud
denly ahot into the face of the indi.
cator the word "ready." Mi Barber
pressed the button. The last block
fell awev. At the same time, aims
Deihlcr. a vounr lady of 17 year, let
co the bottle of champagne suspended
at the side of the bow by a red, white
ud blue ribbon, and a it crashed
asalnst the tide she uUered the
word. I Christ's nice Ohio."
Released irom it bond the heavy
hull of 14,000 tons of atecl went plow
ng through the thick grease of it
cradle, Wowly at first, then fatter
and (aster, she slid down the way,
taking the flood majestically and pil
ing up the water in great wave ia
front of her. Tho bona crashed,
whistle blew, and the multitude
hooted. No ship ever given to the
American navy ha taken her initial
pi untie into the e under more favor
able auspice or in the presence of a
more distinguished company.
The workirgmen of the hip yard,
whom President McKinley addressed,
presented him with a plate of burn
ished gold five by five inche in di
meniiona. surmounted by the eagle
and thietd of the American aeal. The
hield in the center i of California
gold-bearing quarti and i flanked on
either aide by the American and
California republic flae. - At one
corner of the plate it the seal of Cali
fornia and at the other tne teal or
Ohio. In the center is a miniature
of the Utthebip Ohio and the follow
ing inscription :
'To commemorate the launching
of the United Htates ltthhin
. .1 . if i : 1 1 : II.. P ... I....
rirsrlHCU w null, n imam vivuiirj,
president of the United Rates, by the
employe of the Union Iron Work,
Han Francisco, California.'
The decoration around the border
of the plate are of oak leave, inter
twined with California poppies.
King Edward haa
reform at Windsor.
ordered many
Lawson's yacht Independence
being hurried to completion.
Germany ia much afraid of Amer
ica' commercial supremacy.
Turkey refuae to pejmit the entry
oi typewriter inn ittncouniry,
The battle ship Ohio wa launched
NEWS OF THE STATE
THE CRI3I8 13 PA8SE0.
Mr JtcKWty Wa Able to Sit Ue-Ne Dtfl-
alt Dele Fixed lot IK Start Hem.
Ban Francisco, May tO. Mr, Mo
Kinley' condition waa to far im
proved yesterday evening that she
waa able to tit up for a while, Tliia
welcome new wa given out shortly
after 5 o'clock
There were many caller at the
Bcott residence yesterday. There wa
a general feeling that the crisis had
been passed, and that Air, wc a. al
ley would continue to gain fn
strength. No definite date haa yet
been decided upon at to when the
president will atart tor the national
capital, but it i hoped that Mr.
McKinley will lie able to travel with
in a few day.
President Mch. infer is in receipt oi
cablegram from the king and queen
of England, President Louhet of
France, and many other Euroj)can
potentate, inquiring a to Mrs. Mo
Kinley 'i condition,
Among the caller on tho president
waa Calvin 8. Titus, the first Ameri
can toldier to mount the wall of
Pekin, who returned with the tran
port Sheridan, just arrived.
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM
ALL OVER OREGON.
CaeaaMrdal and fiatacial Happcnlatt el Inv
pertsace A Brief lUvkw f f th
Growth ad ImprevtmtMt f th Many
ladwtrit Threugheut Onr Thrivhg Ce
meewuJnWUUtt Market Rtpert
The coat of retiairinir the Albany
bridge amounted to fl, 837.57.
The new ice ulant at Baker City
will be in operation by July 1.
The annual meeting and barbecue
of Wheeler County Pionecra will be
held at Richmond on June 12 aud 13.
The advance in the price of pota
toes ha caused the planting of more
potatne than ever belore in the vicin
it y of La Grande,
The Albany council haa resolved to
turn over the bridge across the w il
lamett at that place to Linn and
Benton counties or to Linn county,
when the city shall be reimbursed for
the reccm improvement.
A rural mail delivery route from
Eugene will he recommended to the
postal deparrtment. The route will
be a follows: From Eugene north
on river road to the Miller fruit dryer
and return to Santa Clara Khool
house, thence west to Irving roud,
thence tout bran t to niuslaw stage
road, thence west to Kemp school
house thence south to foot hill by
way of Martin brick yard and return
to Eugene via Hawkins road. The
trip will be made six time a week,
rterviee will not be established before
July.
Bear creek cattlemen thipped from
Pendleton 110 head of cattle to Puget
sound.
The annual field day athletic con-
testa of the Pendleton publio schools
will take place May 37.
Henry Bmne from Rockland, sold
30 sheared yearling wethers at The
Dalle for 3.10 a head.
A bridge ha been completed across
the Handy river near Leona. It is
233 feet long and 10 feet wide.
It is reported that the Golconda
mine, situated in William creek dis
trict, ha been sold for a good figure.
Jack Gordon and Tele Gagnon re
cently sold several quart mining
ilaims in the Greenhorn mountain to
3ibb Leavitt for $3,000.
Recently a piece of quart weigh
ing 25 pounds was picked up at the
Mule Gulch placer mine, near An
toine. It ia estimated to be worth
12,000.
A clean up from 100 ton of fam
moth mine ore treated at the Virtue
mill was taken to Baker City lust
week. The clean up amounted to
f l.lOO two bars, one of the value of
fHOU and another of 3U0, an average
of fll to the ton.
The North Powder Irrigation Com
pany, whicu recently purchoaea the
big Grayson ditch, south east of Baker
City, ha completed surveys for the
extension of the ditch into the lower
valley. The work of construction of
the ditch will begin thia week.
CHAUTAUQUA PROGRAMME
ArrsagtsMat Finishes' for Exccisa t CUd.
stent Psrk.
Oregon City My 22. A rsr nee-
men ts have been completed for the ex
ercike at Gladstone Park, July 3-13,
Thomas J. Morgan, of New York city,
will be the orator on the Fourth of
July, and will later give a lecture on
the "Negro Problem." Other who
ill deliver two lecture are Dr.
Chalre Bayard Mitchell, of the Hen
nepin avenue Mcthodut Episcopal
church of Minneapolis; Dr. J. M.
Baahford president of the Ohio Wea
lyan university. Lecture will be de
livered by Dr. Alexander Blackburn
of Portland and Dr. A. J. Frost of Los
Angeles. The irke Bister of New
York city will give two instrumental
concerts and Polk Miller will give two
evenings of entertainment on "South
ern Life."
Musical concerts will he under the
direction of Prof, Boyer and tb Che-
mawa Indian hand will give daily
programme. The class instruction
will lie a special feature and the in
structors will be the same as last year
except that Miss May Neal, of Aortn
west University, Chicago, will have
charge of reading and elocution, and
Prof. J. Ivey, of Lo Angeles, will
have charge of the art classes.
RICH HAY DISTRICT.
MRS. GAGE IS DEAD
AFTER NINE WEEKS' STRUGGLE
WITH HEART TROUBLE.
WIN f Secretary f ft Trtssary lyase A
Csgs- Heart TreaM was t Stsast tl
Sever Attack f Grta-Mrs, McKJaky is
SHghtry Issarsvid, kef by a Mesa Oat
ef Dessjsfv
Washington, May 18. Mrs. Lyman
J. Gage, wife of the secretary of the
treasury, died at her residence, 1715
Massachusetts Avenue Xorthwest, at
9:30 o'clock last night, after an ill
ness of nine weeks' duration. With
her when the end came were Iter hus
band, her married daughter, and the
attending , physician. For a time
before her death Mrs. Gage suffered
much pain, but she maintained her
bright and cheerful demeanor and
wa conscious to the hut. Heart
trouble, the result of grip complica
tion, was the immediate cause of
death.
A DAY OF IMPROVEMENT.
Mtadew Laads ia Idaho Which Pradcts Hssvy
Yields.
Washington, May 21. A report
has been received by the department
of agriculture from a special statis
tical agent who has recently traversed
the great hay district of Northern
Idaho. ' Along the St. Joseph and
the St. Mary's rivers, and subject to
overflow during the spring, are thous
ands of acres of rich meadow lands
which produce heavy yields of wild
hay. Timothy, whe"e sown, will
yield from two to three tone per acre.
In the Indian reservation the land is
practically given over to. wild hay,
but elsewhere timothy is usually
cultivated. Fanners near the navi
gable parts of the rivers bale their
hay and ship it down the stream to
the markets of the river or lake
town. The larger part, however.
of the hay raised in the district is de
voted to stock feeding, a thriving
industry.
Much of this district is heavily
timbered, the principal varieties be
ing white pine, red, fir, cedar, yellow
pine and tamarac. Timber cutting
is carried on extensively and the
cleared lands converted into farms.
Strawberries are a profitable crop,
High prices are obtainable because
berries from this district come upon
the market a week after those from
other sections are spent.
ECLIPSE OF THE SUN.
ANOTHER PROVINCE CLEARED
at San Francisco in the prosonoe of
rrestdont McKinley.
A fund is being raised for the do
struct ion of sea lions at the mouth
of tho Columbia river.
The president told Governor Geer
that he might visit Oregon before
the expiration of his term,
Mrs, McKinley is now able to sit
up. No date has yot been fixed for
the return of the presidential party
to Washington.
Orders have been issued for a strike
of fifty thousand machinists through
out the country. A prolonged strug
gle is expected in the Pacific coast
shops,
Two missionaries who made for
tunes in the Nome district are to
build a hospital in Chicago.
Recent census statistics tn Italy
show that the proportion of popula
' tion not able to read or write has de
creased to 30 per cent.
The faculty of Stanford University
in California has directed that saloon
and cafe advertisements must be
omitted from the Daily Palo Alto,
Admiral Ksmpff Rsperti Ik Surrtndsr ef Dm
lasergtrt Mttcsrd sad His feres.
Washington, May 21. The navy
department has received the following
cablegram from Admiral Kempn at
Cavite:
"Captain Owen advises that the
Urdanetta and Gardoquil received on
board May 17 General Maseardo, 2(1
officers, 184 men, 266 rifles, at Biimng
bav and Moron. They are now in
arsenal bound for Marciso, where the
majority desire to surrender to. the
army. Others surrendered to Druper,
marine otneer at uiongapo. inuis
the last insurgent force in Zamhalcs
province. Guuboats resumed survey
work." .
Dsngtrout Dsrtlktt Reported.
New York May 21. Two liners
which came into port today, reported
they passed dangerous derelicts,
which, if met with in'the night time,
would eertainly have resulted in dis
aster. These wrecks are drilling in
the ocean lanes, which are now being
daily traversed by liners. . The gov
ernment will he asked to send out
one of the small gunboats to hunt
for and destroy the derelicts.
WrtcksdbyaWtihouL
Ellis. Kan.. May 20. Union Fa-
clfto west-bound froieht train No. 11
was wrecked by a washed out bridge
three miles west of Sharon Springs
Early this morning. Both the en
gineer and fireman ' were instantly
killed. Two trackwalkers who were
at the bridire have disappeared and it
ia believed they lost their lives. The
ens-ine and several cars went into thr
river, the engine and one car of cattle
Ming entirely submerged.
Portland Mtrkttt.
Wheat Walla Walla, 60c.; vul
iey, nominal; blucstem, 6162c,
per bushel.
Flour Beet grades, I2.0O3.4.O per
barrel; graham, 12. bO.
Oats White,U,35jtl.0 percental
gray, l.301.32 j per cental.
Barley Feed, fl717.50; brewing
117017.60 per ton.
Millstuffs Bran, $17 per ton ; mldd
lings, 121. DU; shorts, S).00; choi
fltt.
Hoy Timothy, $12.50U; clover,
7.50; Oregon wild hay, f7
per ton. x
Hops 12$ 14c. por-Jb,
Clouds ia th Sky Inttrtfcrtd With tht Ok
v Asvstorits,
San Francisco, May 22. A cable
gram recoit'cd Irom radang, bumatra,
from Professor CD. Perirne, in charge
of the Crocker eclipse expedition from
the Lick observatory, stated that the
sky was partially clouded at the time
of the eclipse. The programme vi
considerably interfered with, but it
ts hoped that results of value have
been secured on a part of the pro
gramme. The form of the corona
was similar to that observed at the
eclipses of 1898 and 1900 in that the
equatorial extensions of the corona
were prominent. The sky was con
siderable darker than on the occasion
of the eclipse last year, but still was
hardly so dark as expected. De
tailed results of the expedition will
be cabled as far as possible in two or
three days after the photographio
plates have been developed. The
health of all the members of the ex
ited it ion is very good.
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
Mrs. NcKMcy Was Better, bat th Crisis I
Not
San Francisco, May 17. President
McKinley described the marked im
provement in Mrs. McKinley's condi
tion toasy as a iransiormauon. out
perhaps even the president of the
United State may overstate the case
in bis elation at the prospect of his
wife's recovery. Certain it is, how.
ever, that Mrs. McKinley's condition
last night improved to an extent that
fairly nonplused the doctors, bright
ened the anxious and devoted hus
band and filled the city with joy and
thanksgiving. The sinking spell thst
waa feared in the early hours before
dawn, when the tide flows out and
the vitality of the world is at lowest
ebb. did not come. There was
slight tendency in that direction, but
that wa all.
But it must not be assumed ' from
all this that Mrs. McKinley has
passed the crisis and is out of danger,
Tho elation of today may have been
only the crest of the wave after the
trough of the sea. Mr. McKinley
ia still dangerously ill, and it will be
at least 48 hours before it will be safe
to say the crisis has lieen passed.
Her vitality is so low and she is so
weak that a change for the worse
would not be unexpected at any mo
ment, and it ia team! that she would
not have the reserve strength to
weather another sinking spell such
as she experienced yesterday morn
ing. Her mind was clear during her
waking moments.
Telegrams continue to pour in from
all parts of the country eageily asking
for news from the sickroom, and to
day the president received many mes
sages congratulating him upon the
reports of the improvement in Mrs.
McKinley' condition. All the for-
eign ambassadors and ministers at
Washington hare sent messages oi
sympathy, doubtless by directiou
the governments they represent.
The launching of the Ohio tomor
row was to have been a notable occa
sion. Great preparations had been
made and an elaborate programme
had been planned. - Much of the pro
gramme, however, will now be cur
tailed. Miss Barber, a niece of Mrs,
McKinley, in the absence of the mis.
tress of the White House, will press
the electric button which will sever
the cord which holds the last stay,
and as the ship begins to glide down
the ways Miss Helen Deshler, a rela
tive of Governor Nash, will christen
the ship with a bottle of champagne,
TUBERCULOSIS CONGRESS.
Scion C ditto of Affairs h Altska-Na.
UomI Hoax lor DitaMtd SoU'wn.
A serious condition of affairs is re
ported in Alaska in letters which
come from army officers on duty in
that territory, and especially from
those stationed at Fort Davis. The
forage at last accounts was nearly ex
hausted. The price of supplies which
must be shared by civilians as well as
the army, ha greatly increased, and
there waa every indication that those
who had made money in Alaska would
have every opportunity to spend it for
the necessities of life. Coal, for in
stance, brought as much as fGO per
ton.
The national homes for disabled
volunter soldiers are open to regulars
and volunteers slike who have served
in sny war, the board of management,
in the discretion allowed by law, con
struing service in the Philippines as
equivalent to service in a wsr. The
proposition nss been several times ad
vanced to throw the volunteer homes
open to regulars without regard to war
service, and an amendment was otter
ed during the last session of congress
with that object in veiw. But it was
defeated because of strong opposition
to endangering the rights of the vol
unteers, and slso because the regulars
have a national borne at Washington,
surrounded by beautiful grounds, an
ideal place, which is in part support
ed by contributions of 13 cent de
ducted from the monthly pay. There
are in addition to these 30 state homes
where the volunteers of the various
states may find shelter in their old
ge.
ll 13c;
mohair,
Eastern
2021o.
15
ll
Wool Valley,
Oregon, 79lOc;
per pound. "
Butter Fancy creamery,
17 Wo. ; dairy, 13(9l4o. ; store,
12 Sc per pound.
Eggs Oregon ranch, 123l2Jo.
per dozen.
Cheefce Full cream, twins, 13
18i'c.i Young, Amorica, 13)i14c,
per pound.
Pou 1 1 ry Ch iekens,mixed,$3.604;
hens, 46 W; dressed, Ulzc. per
pound ; springs, S35 per dozen ;
duoks, I56; geese, I67; turkeys,
Se, 10 izc; dressed, 14 loo. per
. ml.
Potatoes Old, $1(81.15 per sack;
new. Sasjso. per pound.
Mutton Lambs 4?aoc. per
pound etoss; best sheep, wethers,
with wool, 4.zo(4,du; aressca, ogio
per round,
Hogs Gross, heavy, $5.756;
light, t4.755; dressed, 77Mo. per
noiitid.
Veal Large, 6M7o. per pound;
small. 7 Waeo. per pound.
Beef Gross, ton steers. S6o.2o;
cows and heifers, 84.60 4. 75; dressed
oeef, 88iO. per pound
A telegram of 12 words is sent to
uny part of New Zealand by simply
mr A- U - Oi Ifl ,
mixing vo iv uu siauip id ucmo.
Improvements already authorized
it contemplated in new xoric city
will cost thf tremendous sum of
1277,800,000.
The United States leads all other
nations in the matter of fruit grow
ing. Strawberries were valued at
$80,000,000 last year and grapes at
1100,000,000.
WITHDRAWAL OF AMERICANS,
THE STRIKE IS ON
FIFTY THOU3ANO MACHINISTS
QUIT WORK YESTERDAY. .
Machine Shops Ars Tits! Up "rest AtlaMle to
scHw-Strikt Dots Not todads Asa la
Employ of Csviiasstal Afllsd Tradts h
Sympathy, tad So Ibv Akttdy Goat
Out With MachiaU. . -
i
I
Gtntrtl Chtrft braes sa Order EadinJ tht
t RtlW Expedition.
rekin, May 22. General Chaffee at
midnight lust night issued a farewell
order terminating tho American relief
expedition in China. The American
troops will hoard the transports v ed
ncsday at Taku and Thursday will
leave direct for Manila.
M. Pichon, the French minister,
left here for home this morning.
A meeting of the foreign ministers
will be held tomorrow, but it is not
likely that much will be accomplish
ed, as some of tho ministers have not
yet received instructions from their
home governments.
Runty Cots to Auckland
Washington. May 21. A cablegram
received from Admiral Remey at ti
navy department announces that he
will leave Melbourne next Sunday
for Auckland, in. where the
Brooklyn goes at the invitation of the
colonial government.
Japan's Ntw War Loan.
Yokohama, May 21. The govern
ment has announced the issue of
6,000,000 yen in exchequer bills at
h per cent, repayable in six months,
to defray the expenses of the China
campaign.
Tht Concord Ordtrd to Alaska,
Washington, May 21. The navy
department has ordered the gunboat
Concord, now on the Asiatio station,
to proceed to this country for duty in
Alaska. She will assist in the strict
enforcement of the liquor laws of the
gold country.
Ntwfoundland Seal Piihtry
The Newfoundland seal fishery this
year will be one of the most suocessfnl
in year.
Amrtioo That Ar No ktftcboas Dbuttt
Created a Ssnsstlon.
New York, May 20. The Ameri
can congress of Tuberciulosis and the
Madico society opened the second day
of their joint session with the reading
of a number of addresses on topics
connected with the general subject of
tuberculosis.
During the afternoon session one
prominient physician read a paper in
which he denied that there were any
infectious diseases smallpox was not
contagious and certainly not tubercu
losis. He argued that the real cause
of the spread of diseasae was not in
fection, but fear, and scored the doct
ors. It was announced that a , free
annex for consumptives would soon
be opened at the Home for incura
bios' in this city.
Th rather Rlejel Murder Cat. ,
Philadelphia, May 20. The jury
in the case of Jacob Wynn, charged
with the murder of Rev. Father Riegel
brought in a verdict of murder in the
second decree. Father Riegel, who
bad charge of the Catholic church at
Cheltenham, ra., was found dead on
a doorstep in the tenderloin district;
Death was due to '"knockout drops."
Wynn and eight others who had
been drinking with the priest were
indicted. It was testified thst W ynn
bought the poison and placed it in
Father Riegel s glass of beer.
Commissioner Powderly wants the
head tax on immigrants coming into
the country increased to not less than
$1 At present this tax is $1- He
recommended to congress that the
increase be made, not with a view of
imnasinsr hardshiD upon the new
comers, but really to help them. He
says the increase imposes no severe
burden upon those seeking homes in
this country, and a would insure tne
accumulation of a fund sufficient to
construct suitable and comfortable
buildings whenever needed for the
comfort and safety of those awaiting
inspection, as well as for the adminis
tration of the law relating to immi
gration. The tax of $1 upon each im
migrant makes up a tuna usea in au
ministerine the immigration lawi,
Last year this amounted to aoit,oss.
Admiral Dewey favor a neutral
isthmian canal, beine opposed to it
fortification. The neutrality ot the
canal can be guaranteed by our fleet
The canal ia to be a commercial water
way, and neutralization, therefore,
will mean its preservation.
Mr. Jessie Benton Fremont, widow
of the "Pathfinder," has a claim
against the United States government
for lands taken from her in Califor
nia. These lands were appropriated
as far back aa 1863 for military pur
poses. They had cost her more than
$50,000, to say nothing of the interest
since, and she has never been paid for
them. Gen. Miles made an investi
gation, and he promises her right to
restitution to be unqusetionable.
P. C. Knox is the eighth attorney
general of the United States taken
from Pennsylvania.
At the communion service in one of
the Presbyterian churches in Wash
ington recently, the bread and wine
were passed by two admirals, a gen
eral, two supreme court justices and a
former secretary ot state.
The private letter books of Robert
Morris, the financier of the Revolu
tion, were brought to light in Wash
ington recently
In order to economize time and
physical effort, Secretary Boot has re
duced his official signature from
Elihu Boot to "E. Root."
Washington, May 21. Approxi
mately 50,000 machinists through
out the country struck yesterday for .
a nine-hour day, a scale of wages
equal to the present 10-hour day
scale, and other demands. This is a
rough estimate of President O'Con
nell, of the national, association of
machinists, based on telegraphic ad
vices that have reached him today
from the machinists headquarters in
the various cities. The strike thus
far has not extended to the allied
trades, save in one or two instances,
as at Scranton, Pa., where men in a
part of the allied trades are out. No
machinists engaged in government
work are affected. This is due to the
fact that on such work an eight-hoar
day schedule already prevails. ' '
Railroad machinists, as a rule, are
not engaged in the strke, though the
men on several roads are out.
Mr. O'Connell said last night that
up to 5 o'clock reports show that 904
firms, employing approximately 30,
000 men, had signed agreements for
the nine hour day or made satisfactory
arrangements with the local organisation.
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The Strike at Srn Francisco.
San Francisco, May 21 Sixty five
hundred union machinist and other
iron trade workers affiliated with them .
quit work in this city yesterday. , It
is expected that about LOW more !
men will join the strike as soon as ,
they are ordered to do so by their re- -S
spective national directors, kmw"
the latter are the iron molder
cor makers. The Other crafts
ed include almost every branch Or
iron shipbuilding and boiler making
trades.
Of the 4,000 men employed at the
Union Irom Works, 3,700 went out.
At the Risden Iron Works, 650 men
started to work yesterday morning
and only 50 of them remain there.
On the pay roll of the Fulton Iron
Works there are about 600 names and
500 of them voluntarily quit work to
day. From these three establish
ments alone 4,900 men have walked
out. In the local industry there are
99 shops and of these there are only
10 that employ more than 100 men.
Eight of the smaller concerns acceded
to the demands of their men prior' to
yesterday morning. All the others
refused to sign the agreement submit
ted by their union employes.
Edwin r. Uhl Dead.
Grand Rapids, Mich., May 18.
Hon. Edwin F. Uhl, ex-nssistant sec
retary of state and ambassador to
Gennany( under the Cleveland ad
ministration, died shortly after noon
yesterday. He had been ill nearly
a year, suffering from a complication
of diseases, among them Bright' dis
ease.
Ed sin F. Uhl was born in 1841
uear Avon Springs, N. Y "
The trade balances in favor of the
United States in its foreign commerce
dnrins the last three years have
amounted to more than all the gold
in all the banks and treasuries of
Europe, including the British Isles.
Wa Tine Fang was recently asked
about the status of the legal profes
sion in China. He replied, "Lawyers
are prohibited in China."
Uncle Sam is making all the way
from 140.000 to $60,000 a day in
stamnsuoon stock boucht and sold
on the Jiew xorK siock exenange,
Everv transaction has to pay whether
it is a sale or puchsrse, so that Uncle
Sam catches the speculators "coromg
and going.""
Judge George E. Baldwin, United
States consul at Nuremberg, Ger
many, in 1868 nominated President
McKinley for the first publio othce he
ever held, that of prosecuting attor-
ney. : .. - 1 :
Oat Thousand Filippinot Freed.
Manila, May 23. General Mao-
Arthur celebrated the surrenders of
the insurgents Lascardo and Lacuna
by releasing 1,000 Filipino prisoners.
The insurgents are siui in possession
of the mining town of Paracole, North
Camarines. The nearest troops are
at Indan, 30 miles away.
rosnder of Texas Sirtintt Dead,
t New Yew York;. May 23. Alex
ander Edwin Sweet, founder ot Texas
Sittings, and a humorist of national
reputation under the pen names of
"Colonel Bill Short" "and "Rev,
Whangdoodie, ' aieuat his home in
this city ef heart d!-easc, from which
he had sueffred for several years. He
wa a native of Nova Scotia and 60
year of ge.
k Strutgl at CintiansH.
Cincinnati, O., May 2L At a
meeting late yesterday afternoon ot
the employing machinists, they de
cided to close down their plants in
definitely as a result of the strike. A
number of the larger firms declare
they have enough finished product on
hand to tide them over a strike with
out inconvenience. -;, j '...?
At a meeting of the striker last
night, Business Agent Schilling, of
the combined machinists unions, of
this city, announced that the tie up
in Cincinnati is the most complete in
the country. He said there were but
100 union machinists at work today,
aside from the 600 who have already
been conceded their terms. ' These
100 he pledged would not work to
morrow. . , .-v
THE TURKISH APPOLOGY.
Effort o Cloit the MU Bag lacMeat at
ConsUntinopt. ,
Constantinople, May 21. Ahmed
Tewtik Pasha, Ottoman minister of
foreign affairs, called upon the am
bossadors today and notified them ot
Turkey's desire to re-establish the
status quo ante in the postal ques
tion and the intention to send high
functionary to apologize for the vio-
lations ofHhe foreign mail bags. The
ambassadors met yesterday at the
residence of the German ambassador
to determine what attitude to adopt
in view of the complete submission
of the sublime porte. It is under
stood that the German ambassador
considers the incident closed. The
other powers, however, decline to
regard a return to the status quo
ante a an adequate settlement ; and
the British, French and Austrian em
bassies have even, declined to transmit
the explanations of Tewfik Pasha to
their governm nets.
Burned By Molten lead.
Youngstown, O., May SI.- Two
men are dead and three are expected
to die as a result of an accident in
the Bessemer department of the Na
tional Steel Company's -plant today.
The accident was .caused by the
cover of a mammoth converter be
coming detached and allowing several
tons of molten metal to now over the
mill. The dead are two unknown
Hungarians. : The body of one of the
Hungarians waa literally burned to a
cinder, while that of the other was
nearly as badly burned.
Golcbboro Disabled. '
Seattle, May 21. The torpedo boat
destroyer Goldsboro broke her star
board engine eccentric rod, today dur
ing a trial run, necessitating the ver
sel's return to her ; dock,. It was
stated that the rod was made of de
tective steel. The Goldsboro had been
but 10 minutes on her. course,
Another run will not be made before
the last of the week. . '
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