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HILLSnOKO, OKEUON, THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 1902.
NO. 3.
VOL. IX.
fclVKNTSOFTJIEDAY
FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF
THE WORLD.
blockade In
sml.
the Inlli
Review of thi Important
nefas el th Put Week, Presented
la Condensed rrm. Which It Mott
likely to PVv f Inlirul u Our Many
. Reader.
Six iwrMin were burned to death In
I Urn at Johnstown, IV
The senate wilt vole on tin oleomar
garine bill In low day.
The Northern Pacific
North Dakota U being rai
The senate considered
pun-hana at-andal lu tocrut aeealon.
Sixty thousand Chinese are in re
bellion In southern China province.
The Gorman emperor' American
built yacht Metwr III haa aailnl lor
Southampton,
Acting President rVhalkburger will
nimt the Itoer leader aoon and discus
mai-e terms.
Republican and Democrat each
gained one alderman In the Chicago
city elect Inn.
The transport Sheridan haa aalled
from Han Franclaro (or Manila with
1,285 soldier M the Twenty-ninth in
(autry.
Flood Htiuation in Mississippi la
again becoming erioua.
Twentf-two men were killed In an
explosion In a Teimeiwee coal mine.
A nix atory building in Philadelphia
was entirely destroyed by lire, loan,
1 10,000.
Dr. Thmnaa Iunn English la alive,
but his nhvslciaii aav he may die at
any moment.
Since the outbreak of cholera at
Manila there have boon 0 case and 70
death reMrtod.
The house committee favorably re
ported the bill for 20 ir cent Cuban
tariff reduction.
The plague situation in India la grow
inK won. Over 70,000 deatha are re
ported monthly.
The annate will take up the Nicara
gua canal bill aa won an it ha disposed
of the Chlneae exclusion tneaauro,
Flood In the South cauaed Immense
damage to projierty.
The lows In Tennessee by the recent
flood la estimated at (4,000,000.
Roosevelt declare himself in favor
of a more stringent Chinese exclusion
law.
Insurgent! Now Number About 60.000 Men-
Many Armed with Modcra Rifles.
Vlcti.ria, II. C, April3. With re
gard to the dlittutbancee In Kwatig Hi,
the North China Daily New, copiea of
which were received by the steamer
Empress )f Japan today, aaya:
"rhe central government In Fekin,
according to a telegram received by the
local mandarlna, are in a moat per
turbed atate, owing to the aerioua uewi
aimuiuneoiiaiy roceive.1 lamiy iiom The supreme lodge of Oregon, A. O.
Canton and K mill in, the capitala of the u. W.. will meet in Portland June 10
two Kwatm province. The high au- to 20,
SOUTH CHINA REBELLION. NEWS OF TI I E STATE
OREGON REPUBLICANS.
SUt
ITEMS OF INTERE8T FROM ALL
PARTS OF OREGON.
CatamtrcUl and Financial happenings of jk
portance-A Brief Review of h Grewth
and Improvements of tht Many Industrie
Throughout Our I driving Cotnaoawcaltll
latest Market Report
Oliver Grace, a pioneer of 1843, died
at hia home at hilverton last week.
lie waa born In 1829.
thorltioa of the two province report
that the disbanded noldler of General
Feng Tie Twin, numlieriiig nearly
4.000 men. have lolned the Inmirgouta The estrn Union telegraph com
of K ...of HI. which haa ren.lerod the P"T " "'"' fi.uw wine uewia
- ' I l . !!,.-.
altuatlon In the aouth very precarious "u F"'
and thecilsl a dangerous one. These The rrohibitioniata of Portland and
men were all armel wun mouurn nre- Multnomah county have nominated a
arum In 11)00, which they retuaed to vjty and county ticket.
give up when disbanded
About 70 teachera from all parti of
Clackama county attended the teach
er' iiiKtitute in Oregon City laHt week.
The Tillamook County Hank, of Till
amook, haa filed article of incorpora-
Capi-
The inaiir-
genta now numlier noma (10,000 men,
and w hen enough supplies in food have
been gathered in by them, we may ex
port to hear aome aerioua newa about
them."
The Clil new appear to believe that a lion with the secretary of atate.
Mohammedan reMlion In Kanau, tal, f 10,000.
headed by ex-l'rlnce Tuun, la really Im
minent, an varioua runiom ot that na
ture have tann telegrapheil and have
created an Imprevaion that Inaurgeutii
are alrnmly in the field, but the fact
aeenie to lie that preparation alone are
rumored to be on foot. Tung Full
Hhang would lie the general in com
mand of the rebel, and by all account
Preparation are being made to in-
cream the water supply of The J'alle.
During the summer month the rexer
voire leach a very low atage.
Ticket fleaded by W. J. Furnlth, of
Pendleton, for Governor.
Portland, April 3. The Republican
tate ticket for Oregon carriea these
name:
Governor W. 3. Furnish, Umatilla
county.
(Supreme Judge B. n. Eoan, 1-ane
county.
Secretary of 8 tate F. I. Dunbar,
Clataop county.
Htate Treasurer C. S. Moore, Kla
math county.
Attorney General A. M. Crawiord,
Dougla iitinty.
Kut Printer J. Ti. Whitney, Linn
county.
Superintendent of Public Instruction
J. II. Ackerman, Multnomah county.
The Republican platform declare for
the following atate and national issues:
lie ten turn of the Philippines.
Arraignment of the trusts.
Chinese exclusion.
Protection where needed,
labor's right to organize.
Falariea for state ollicera.
Government aid and control .of irri
gation.
Opening of the dallea of the Colum
bia river.
No loase law for government land.
Federal conwrvation of flshoriea.
The Grout oleomargarine bill.
The initiative and referendum.
F:xtension of the primary law over
the state.
EXPLOSION IX MINE
TWENTY-TWO MINERS KILLED IN
TENNESSEE.
8TORM IN THE EA8T.
For Representative, Second District
Portland. April 2. The Republican
The retail clerka of liaker City are convention of the Second congressional
trying to secure an agreement among district yesterday named for repreeenta-
no movement under hi direction Is
likely to prove very formidable.
GAME WARDENS TO MEET.
the merchant to close
! biminiw on Hunday.
their place of
Most of the
tive J. N. Williamson, of Crook county.
Official! of Cleht Statu Ukcly to Hold a
Conference Sooa.
Helena, Mont., April 3. There u an
excellent prosiiecl that the game war-
den of eight Northwestern atate will
hold meeting early in the aummer,
either in the National Park or at aome
other convenient place, and exchange
views looking to co-operation In the
work of protecting the game of the
Northwest. The state that are ex
merchants are willing to agree to such
a proposition, provided it is generally
observed.
The creamery plant at Junction City
will aoon be In operation. J
For Representative, First District
lioaeburg, April 2. The Republican
congramdonal convention for the First
district, held here yesterday, nominated
Representative Thomas II. Tongue, of
Washington county.
Q. A. R. ON PEN8IONS.
A commercial club tins been organ
ized at Freewjter to further the inter
est of that city.
The Golonnda mine, In the Cracker
creea; district, seven miles west ol
Humpter, haa been sold for (250,000.
Re-
Ell
the
bo made to have a representative pre
ent from the Northwest Territory
Mulor John Pitcher, ailing snperin
temlent of the Yellowstone National
Park, Is heartily in favor of the meet
ing, and he ha written to Htato Game
Warden Ki-ott. of Montana, auinrosttmi
A general uprising la being planned .i,., .(.,, mtHtintr be held In the Na-
In Macedonia to throw off the Turkish ,ioIll,t j.4rk june u,
yoke.
Fire partially destroyed a Cincinnati
theater, but the audience esced un
harmed. Pension Commissioner FWana has
been given to understand that hi resig
nation was desired.
II lirb wind at Pittaimrg resulted in
A iiarty of about 20 Immigrant ar
rived in Yamhill county a few daya ago
from Tennessee
Matter That Wert Complained of la It
port to the Presides!.
Minneapolis, April 2. Jndge
Torrance, commander-in-cbiof of
Grand Army of the Republic, just back
from a conference with the president
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Th l,n.lnM. men of Pslem. now tTO'"" . .
iMK-tel U be represented af the meeting Ui,., . ,in u .....,t . .-..rki..o the G. A. B. pension committee was
are Montana, Idaho, W ashington, Ore- (of t(l6 wtblishn ent of a linen mill, submitted to the president over a week
gon, I lab, Wyoming, North Dakota B1?0 At his rwineet, however, it will
and Minnesota. Honth Dakota woul.l rreparallon are oeing made w re- not n)a,i public for some time, as
lie 1m ludwl, but there Is no game war- celve a 10 stamp mill and complete the haa under consideration
den in that state. An effort will also equipment at the Muybelle miue, in ,i e -eiw-tUm of a successor to Pension
the Granite district.
Commissioner Evans. Judge Torrence,
The Grant county delegate to the Ji-using the wport said
PERRY EXPLAINS TO LONG.
Repnbliran congressional convention
are for Williamson. They are not com
mitted for governor.
The noted Roaring Gimlet mine, in
the Gold Hill district, haa caused
another sensation in the nature of a
rich strike. The mine waa purchased
last week by Indiana men for (10,000,
The committee found no fault with
the pension lawa as they now exist, but
rather with the manner in which the
lawa have been construed and'adminis-
tered br the pension bureau. A desire
for a change in the ollice of commia
sinner of pensions has been steadily
growing for two years paBt, until now
it is almost universal among the veter-
"Fir Men' Shot Blast Before All of the
Employes Could Get Out-Coal Dust and
Cat Became Ignited, which Caused the
Explosion Bodies of Victims Tom to
Pieces by Force of the Shock.
Chattanooga, Tenn., April 2. At
4:45 'clock this afternoon an explosion
of gas in the Nelson mine of the Dayton
Coal 4 lion Company, at Dayton
Tenn., ignited the dry coal dust in the
mine, and caused a terrific explosion.
Twenty-tao men are known to be dead.
Ten bodies have been recovered.
Twelve bodies are still in the mine.
Gaa exist In the Nelson mine, and
the men are required to ur safety
lampa. It ia rule of the company for
the safety of the miners to place their
fuses, ready to be lighted for blast,
just before quitting work each day, and
there are workmen known as "fire
men" who go through the mine after
all the miners are out, and set off these
blasta. The miner quit work at 4:30
this afternoon. It take them about
45 minutes to get out of the mine. The
two "fire men" today are believed to
have caused the explosion. They shot
the blast about 4 :45 o'clock, before all
the miner could get out of the mine.
It U supposed that one of the fuses was
defective and resulted in what is known
as a "blown blast." The (lame shoot
ing out from the blast ignited tiie gas,
which in turn ignited the accumulation
of dry coal dust in the mine The ex
plosion that followed waa terrific. The
flames shot out of the mouth of the
mine, and the shock completely wrecked
the shed at the mine entram-e. Three
men were killed while standing outside
of the mine entrance, and two were se-
riou-ly and one fatally injured.
The mine bas been the scene of two
serious explosions in the past. In 1889
four men were killed and eight serious
ly injured by the explosion of gas
December 20, 1895, an explosion of
dust occurred in which 28 lives were
lost. This was caused by a miner car
rying an open lamp, contrary to regulations.
The force of the explosion in the Nel
son miue today was terrible. The bod
ies were torn to pieces. The companv
states that there were but 75 men at
work in the mine today. Most of them
were out of the mine when the explo
sion occurred.
Reports from Dayton at midnight
show that 11 bodies have been taken
from the Nelson mine. Rescuing par
ties are at work, but at a late hour to-
uight struck a heavy fall of slate that
will delay them for a dav or two.
and since its purchase the new owners an. Conservative Grand Army men
Did Not Mak Indiscreet Remark la Chile
Credited to film.
Washington, April 3. Secretary
I-ong has received from Captain Perry,
Mimiti.ml ln ftij, tiatllnuli in fntt'tt s rtx.
Inlurie to many ,K,rm,n in clmrche L; doptmt ,nqury
and a heavy property loss,
Jamea It. Garfield, son of the late
President Garfield, ha accepted the
position of civil service commissioner,
The house haa passed the army ap
propriation bill.
Germany will not oppose
policy In the far East.
The naval appropriation bill carries
have struck a big pocket ledge on the
main vein, and removed a pan of near
ly pure gold, or about (18,000.
The Prohibitionists of Washington
county will hold their convention April
5. It is the intention to place a full
county tlikot in the field. Demo-
Ing certain indiscreet remark, which cratic primaries were held In Umatilla
Fierce Gel Doe Great Damats to Property
la Prttseur. and Vicinity,
Pittsburg, March 31. One of the
flerce-it wind storms ever known in this
section struck the city yestterday just
before noon. Almost incalculable dam
age wa done to property, and many
people were injured, some of whom may
die. Score of h on sea were unroofed,
many tree were blown down, mill
stacks toppled over, and telegraph and
telephone wire generally were disabled.
The most serious accident was tbe
unroofing of the Presbyterian church, in
Knoxville, occupied by about 600 per
sons. While the minister was in the
midst of bia sermon, tbe wind blew 08
the large chimney and lifted a portion
of the roof. Crick from Jie chimney
era -bed through the foot and carried
large portion of tbe hardwood ceiling
down upon the worshipers. A panic
ensued and a frantic rush wa made for
the doors and windows. At least 40
persons were caught by the wreckage
and were more or less hurt. Of this
number five may not recover.
As the pastor of tbe Robinson Run
United Presbyterian church, near Mc
Donald, wa raising his arms to pro
nounce be benediction, lightning
struck the church spire and it toppled
on the church roof, crushing it and in
juring a number of worshipers, two of
whom will die.
At Jamestown, a tornado tore out one
end of tbe United Presbyterian church
while the pastor wa preaching. He
was buried under a mass of brick and
timbers and fatally hurt. Tbe congre
gation escaped uninjured. Tbe Nobles-
town Presbyterian church waa also unroofed.
The Forest Oil Company bad between
200 and 300 derricks blown down in its
McDonald region, and considerable
damage was sustained by it pipeage
system.
Reports from nearby towns show that
the wind played havoc at every town
in its track.
At Mingo Junction, O.,two big struc
tural ore bridges of tbe National Steel
Company's plant, valued at (50,000,
were twisted into shapeless masse
GENERAL UPRISING PLANNED.
to
(025,000 for the Puget Hound navy
yard.
Cecil Rhodes left most of hla fortune
to the promotion of his educational
scheme.
Heavv rains In the South have caused
the Mississippi to overflow its banks,
flooding many miles of territory
Resolution to investigate an alleged
brlliery scandal in connection with the
sale of the Danish Islands were adopted
by the house.
Senator Mitchell has asked the com
metce committee to Increase the appro
were said to have been made by that
officer at a Chilean banquet. Captain
Perry declares that while in Chile he
waa not at any time present at any din
ner or other niejil where any toast or
Russia's speech was made by him or others; nor
lid he at any time say anything, either
in public or in private, that could be
construed to mean that he favored
county March 25 and the county con
vention in Pendleton March 20. The
vote at the primaries was very light,
there being no contest over the elec
tion. A full county ticket was named.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
either Argentina or Chile In the event
Wheat Walla Walla, 64c; bluestem,
65c; Valley, 84(l5c.
of war. Capta in Perry aaya he is also Barley Feed, (20Q21.J brewing,
innocent of making the alleged India- (2l21.S0 per ton.
creet remarks of offering to sell the Oats No. 1 white, (1.15(31. 22i' ;
Iowa, which were currently rcporloa in ry (1.10(81.20.
t.,iiiien .newspapeis. recrevary wing tin,rw ar.. to aivaa en r
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ms rcuuuu vo ya....u . ........... Braham. I2.50W2.80.
ing him that his explanation ia perfect
ly satisfactory.
Fin Monument for Rhodes' Grave,
Now York, April 3 Gardner Will-
believe, and with good canse, that great
injustice has been done to many de
serving and worthy claimants. All the
veteran soldier of the union desire is
that the laws be justly and fairly ad
ministered, and all who are entitled to
receive their benefits shall enjoy them
without diminution or unreasonable
lelays, and that every unworthy claim I
shall be rejected and every fraudulent
pensioner stricken from the rolls.
"The atmosphere of the pension on-
reau ha been such aa to create an im
pression that a great many frauds are
attempted by the old aoldierr., but it is
worthy of note that according to tbe
Inst report of the commissioner, out of
150 persons convicted of frauds against
the bureau last year but 10 were sol
diers of the Civil war, of whom tvo
were deserters. Many convictions were
for offenses againBt the old soldiers,
and not by them. The records show
that only one old soldier out of 73,000
has been convicted of fraud against the
government. Certainly that is a won
derfully good showing."
Incidentally Judge Torrence denied
that he was to be made pension com
missioner, or that be was a candidate
PRESIDENT'S VETO
ROOSEVELT TAKES FIRM STAND
AQAIN8T DESERTERS.
Positively Refuses t' Allow the Record el
th War Department to be Changed to a
to Allow Pins loss to Deserter Seer.
Ury of War Mutt Approve Cherjet Old
Soldiers Much Pleased
Washington, March 31. President
Roosevelt ia likely to gain quite rep
utation among old soldiers and Spanish
war volunteers by bia veto of deserters'
bills. The president haa made it very
plain, in the short and pithy message
which be bas tent to congress, that he
doe not intend to have the military
records changed unlet it meets the ap
proval of the secretary of war. This
gives not congress, but the secretary,
authority to determine whether a de
serter should have his original atatus
restored. After a few more vetoes sen
ators and representatives may come to
the conclusion that it will be well to
have the records carefully examined
before passing bills for the lelief of
men who failed to obtain an honorable
discharge in the Civil war. It ia not
expected that any Republican president
will veto private pension bills, but
from the manner in which these bills
are being rushed through, there teem
to be a feeling that something should
be done to check them. The expense
is not of so much importance as the
fact that the pension roil is being
added to by the thousand every con
gress, and that the beneficiaries are
men who cannot obtain pensions under
the law under which nine-tenths of the
soldiers of the Civil war are drawing
pensions. It looks very much as if the
matter bad taken a turn where it would
be considered ungracious for senator
or representative to object or try to de
feat a bill which another senator or
representative bad introduced.
of
Millstuffs Bran, (18 per ton; mid
dlings, (20; shorts, (20; chop,
(16.60.
Hay Timothy, (12913; clover,
lams, manager of the Pe Peers mines, ! "8 J 58 P" tor that or any other office,
I. Utr T f Ur.nl K A fpl.ia lift I tOD I
linn lum iv. hjwuwaa .w i . . I ... , - - llM sv..j
.v be will nrrive In time to attend Potatoes Best Burbanka, (1.1091.28 Minor oi --oea mm uc.o.
prlatton for the Columbia river and its the last stage of the funeral of Cecil per cenUl; ordinary, 7080c per cen- Newark, N. J., April 2. Dr. Thomas
tributaries (1 000,000. Rhodes. The grave will be marked by Ul, growers' prices ;sweets, (2.252.60 Dunn English died yesterday. Di.
a nne monument, to oe ereeieu oy me i- ". cuuku, no
.lead statesman' personal friends and Butter Creamery, 22f25c; dairy, was widely
business colleagues. It is proposed 1820c; store, 1316c.
that the gun carriage which bore Eggs 14c for Oregon,
"1mg Cecil" during the siege of Kim- Cheese Full cream, twins, 133
hurley, and which will convey the body 13Wc; Young America, 1416c; fan-
up the stoop side of Matoppo, shall be tory prices, 101 He less,
The Indications are for an early ad
Journment of congress.
- Cecil Rhodes, "the uncrowned king
of South Africa," is dead.
Mlsa Ellen M. Stone, the American
missionary, Is on her way home.
Timrn mav lie some difficulty in the
United States getting a coaling station
in Cuba.
stationed on the summit of
part of the memorial.
Wireless Tclerphy'i Latest.
A naasonaer train struck a buggy in ?.ow ork, April 3. ireless com
lm suburb of Pueblo, killing its three munication was maintained on the
occupants
the hill a Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3.50(9
4.50; hens, (4.505.50 tier dozen, 11
HXc per ponnd;spriiigs,llllHc per
pound (3 4 perdoion; ducks, (5(3)6
per doxen; turkeys, live, 12 13c,
iressed, 14 16c per pound ; geese, (0ft
ocean between the Umbrin. which has 7 per dozen.
Inut urrlviwt hnru And t.lm Piimtmtilfi Mutton Gross. 4o per pound; dress-
Another mounted force 01 is.uuu men ,,.,,, a i,,.,i i,iu .n,0.. I ml 7a7 k.c per pound.
is being raised in Canada for service In pRri,lug wttB j0WIli wllile the operator Hogs Gross, bii dressed, 6K7c
South Africa.
Two masked men held up an Em
poria, Kan., hotel, but wore unable to
break into the saie.
aboard the Unibria was exchanging
d it-patches voith the Campania, the
chief ollicer- informed him that the
ragged rigging attached to the main
mast had fallen overborad. Theappar-
Th nrnsldent is receiving doiees of atus continued to work, nevertheless,
mil iatlona for the governorship of the for some time. Signor Marconi, who
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Danish West Indies, snouiu iuno is in una viijr, nns luiuruiou vi mo oc-
islauds be told to the United States. currence.
Th Proposed Surrender,
Iloidelburg, Transvaal, April 2.
Commandant Alborta baa called a meet-
Incr nf l.hn Roars In bis district tn IaIea
T ha DOHtomce aepanmeni uas siop. ,. ,,. 8R m es ,. of tll Snr nu sta-
the fraudulent Bcheme of a swindler Lon in ordor to discuss the proposal
Joshua Wilbonr, United States consul
at Dublin, Ireland, died at Rutherford,
N.J.
to open cash
per pound
Veal 88tf for small; 77H lor
large.
Beef Gross, cows, 34c; steers,
44c; dressed, 67c per pound.
Hops 12 13c per pound
Wool Valley, 1315c; Eastern Ore
gon, 812c; mohair, 2121)tC per
pound.
A health resort for invalid soldiers of
the regular army Is to be established at
Fort Niobrara, in Nebraska.
Overland limited trains are to be
provided with telephone service while
It is said that I standill8 'n depots at Chicago, Omaha
known as the author of
Ben Bolt." He was born in Philadel
phia in 1819, and was graduated from
tbe University of Pennsylvania as a
doctor of medicine in 1839. Later he
studied law and was admitted to the
Philadelphia bar. He engaged in jour
nalism in New York from 1844 to 1859
when he came to Newark to practice
medicine. He served two terms in con
grcss from New Jersey.
To Tske Up Purchase of Friar Lends.
Sioux Falls, D., April 3. Right
Rev. Thomas O'Gorman, Catholic bish
op of South Dakota, has gone to Wash
ington to hold a conierence wun rres
idont Roosevelt in referenco to the pro
posed purchase by the United States of
lands held by the friars in the Philip
pine islands. During the conierence it
will be decided whether Bishop O'Gor
man shall proceed direct from Wash
ington to Rome to assist in the negotia
tions with the pope.
n.,.....i u. iintii. ho. .n,n,nn,t . and San Francisco.
who advertised a way
registers without keys. General Hans Botha has summoned a
1 M,'.,tliBrlno Boffel. wife of the similar meeting at Amsterdam. A I The owner of a Chicago tenement
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TLt uk.,r,. uinnlun. ha Deen lnOlCtOn I Variy Vl lionoinuuini J uu unvivo Bui'iinn i linn uticn on m ?-ui",, unum uj
V ""-" a . ... II, .1 Hno. hlkM B . nf IK. U Fl, n MnCll.ll,. hAU IvA
f ..,.nl, nhnriKWI WlT.n .lfllllll I WCIO milUHtiUBU Hunt nwvi uiawi H-viiuiB, juim vibutiiHin, yi.ivcw
.1 - TI 111-.. , uxtnA i mm lull January party were killed. Tbe Boers eluded dren were killed by sewer gas and her
on I pursuit. Surrenderi are occurring daily. 'own health impaired.
Population of Mtccdonia Will Endeavor
Throw Off Turkish Yoke.
London, April 2. In a letter from
Athens, published this morning in the
Times, the correspondent says there
are many indications that grave trou
ble ia coming in Macedonia and Albania.
There is no doubt that M. Sarafoff ,
tbe chief of the Macedonian committee,
has planned a general rising of the
Christian population of European
Tnrkey for the coming spring. In spite
of his failure to secure anv support at
Athens or Belgrade for his project, M.
Sarafoff is continuing his preparations.
The protects of the powers, writes
the correspondent, u-jred to action by
the Greek circular, have resulted in
Turkey making energetic military prep
arations, in the fate i-f which it is pos
sible that M. Sarafoff will not venture
to put bU plans into execution. Still,
owing to Russian machinations and tbe
jealousies of the powers, continues tbe
correspondent, which prevent the exe
cution of the reforms stipulated in the
Berlin treaty, tbe outlook is disquieting.
MAY BECOME AMBASSADOR.
At Belle Vernon, Fa., the American
miiow Glass Company s plant was
unroofed, several blocks of houses were
wrecked and other damage was done.
At Greensburg, Pa., nearly 9.000 feet
of roof of the Keeley dc Jones plant war
carried away, and the great cupola of
the First Presbyterian church was top
pled into the street.
At Washington, Pa., tbe new bar
mill of the Griffith Tinplate Company
was completely wrecked, entailing a
loss of (10,000. rive residences were
blown down, the Roman Catholic and
the Third 1'resbyterian churches were
considerably damaged, and many resi
dences lost roofs and windows. It is
expected greater losses will be reported
when tbe country districts can be heard
from.
STAND OF ROOSEVELT.
Henry White a Formidable Candidate for the
Vacancy in Italy.
Washington, April 2. Henry White,
at present secretary of the embassy at
Loudon, is the latest and most formid
able candidate for the vacancy in the
Italian embassy by the retirement of
Ambassador Meyer. Mr. White is
strongly urged by Senator Lodge, and
has a most enviable record in diplo
matic practice. He waa secretary of
the embassy when Mr. Hay was am
bassador, and consequently he has a
warm friend in the secretary of state
Bellamv btorer, now ambassador to
Madrid, is going to Berlin as ambassa
dor, to succeed Andrew D. White, when
that officer retires, which probably will
be next fall. The only contingency
which may defeat Mr. Storer s aspira
tion In this direction lies in the atti
tude of Utno senators toward his pro
motion ; if they are jointly opposed
thoy may defeat the proposed appoint
ment.
Sultan's Brother Dead.
London, April 2. A report has
reached here from Constantinople
cables the Vienna correpsondent of the
Daily Mail, that Mohammed Rachad
the sultan's brother, and his presumpt
ive successor, is dead. The report says
foul play is suspected.
Favors a Stronger Chines Exclusion Law
Than the Present One.
Washington, April 1. During a con
ference between the president and Rep
resentatives Moody, of Oregon; Het
calf, of California; Reeder, of Kansas
and Senator Hansbrough, of North Da
kota, on the irrigation bill, the subject
of Chinese exclusion was introduced by
Representative Me teal f, who said he
had heard tbe president was opposed to
the pending drastic bill.
'On the contrary," said President
Roosevelt, "I am anxious to see a law
enacted that will effectually bar out
Chinese laboring classes a law far
more drastic in this particular than the
one now in force. At the same time
believe the Chinese merchant class and
the higher classes generally should be
liberally dealt with. I heartily endorse
the particulars of the bill extending
tbe exclusion laws to out insular pos
sessions, and preventing the immigra
tion of Chinese now in the islands into
the United States."
Bill Laid Before Senate.
Washington, April 2, Lodge, chair
man of the committee on Philippines,
today reported to the senate the bill
temporarily to provide for the adminis
tration of the affairs of the islands. He
CROWNING OF ALFONSO.
Th Petes will Commence with Grand Military
Review May 12.
Madrid, March 31. The fetes to be
held upon the occasion of tbe crowning
of Alfonso XIII as king of Spain will
commence May 12 with a grand review
of 15,000 troops at Camp Carabanchel.
There will be a gala operatic perfor
mance and a concert May 16. Tbe ac
tual ceremony of administering the
oath to Alfonso will occur in the cham
ber of deputies May 18. Upon this oc
casion Alfonso will for the first time
wear the uniform of a captain general
in the Spanish army.
After the ceremony in the chamber
the king and the court will proceed in
ptate to hear a Te Deum in the church
of San Francisco et Grande. A banquet
to the foreign envoys will be given in
the palace that evening.
There will be popular and municipal
festivities, bull fights, horse races, balls
and receptions during the six days
from May 12 to May 18.
ELECTRIC CARS COLLIDE.
Turkey Mobilizes Troop.
Constantinople, March ( 31. PThe
Turkish government has decided tocall
to the colors 90,000 irregular troops.
This mobilization is ostensibly for the
annual maneuvers, but, in view of the
conditions in Macedonia, considerable
significance is attached to the move
ment.
A Photographic Counterfeit.
Washington, April 1. The secret
service has announced that a new (5
bank note, the face of which is fairly
deceptive, is in circulation. It is a
photographic print on two pieces of p '
per, with the fibre between, on the.
Union National Bank of New Orleans, j
Three Men Are Killed and Ten Injured in the
Accident
Joliet, 111., March 31. Three dead
and 10 injured is the result of a col
lision near Sag Bridge, on the Joliet &
Chicago Electric Railway, today, which
was the worst in the history of the
line.
The wreck was the result of a head
on collision between two cars going at
full speed. A dense fog prevented the
motormen from seeing the approaching
cars. There is a single track at the
place, and the two cars came together
with terrific force. The cars were piled .
in a chaotic state. The scene of the
accident is the same spot where a ter
rible wreck occurred on the Alton road
29 years ago, when a score were killed.
To Reorganize Consular Service
Washington, March 29. The housf
committee on foreign affairs has voted
to report the bill of Representative Ad
ams, of Pennsylvania, to reorganize the
United States consular service. The
commercial organizations of the country
have been much intetetsed in a .meas
ure of this kind. As agreed upon, the
bill provides for the appointment by s
the president of a committee of two sen
ators, three representatives and one
state department official to assist in the
reorganization ot the consular service,
which is to be effected within two
years. . . ' ' ' '
Minister Brun Calls on flay.
Washington, April 2. Mr. Brun,
the Danish minister here, called on
Secretary Hay today, with reference to
the pending investigation by the house
of the charges preferred by Mr. Gron in
said in submitting the report he hoped I connection with tbo acquisition of the
. 1 1 i,a mM.nM in, i-nnBiiinrai.if in , i.uiiipii I. cr, iiiuihd v 1 v umvu
.. .I...- r.. ii. th .oma Sbitfi. There Is reason to believe that the Catholics, as arranged
committee, offered an amendment to !there has been received from Denmark officials and the priests. Soldiers have
the Philippine government bill, in the! a sweeping denial by Christmas of any , been dispatched to quell the disturb-
nature of a substitute for it. It repre- attempt on his part to corrupt American lances, and Taotai has been tent to
enta th viwa of th minority. ' legislatures and newspapers. 1 adjust the difficulties.
Paper Box Plant Destroyed.
Kansas City, March 29. Fire ha.
completely destroyed the building at
the foot of Delaware street on the fiver
front, occupied by the National Paper
Box Company, entailing a loss estimated
by firemen and others at (100,000.
Indemnity Riots In China.
Pekin, April 1. Chinese officials say
that 1,000 people have been killed in
riots at Ta Ming Fu, the southernmost
prefecture of the province of Chi Li.
The riots were due to attempts of
local officials to collect indemnities for
between the
Delarcy Hal Escaped. JM
London, March 28. I: " t
reports of th results of the f, , -iff"
movcnuftte - of the British f sjajaVirni
afaiuat cfeneral Delarey hav''im'iie(
Cord Kitchener to annouiui ,t t ap
ture of ovei 100 prisnnci. v'
pound guns, .two. i"''.'1:!
tie of Btock, wagooH, ow" JT M1
Delarey appears to hue l-'J
evaded Lord Kitthener'B d'f J
Blast FumaceWorksrs' DWaSjr"'
Vn.innatnurn (1 Alur.-h St At
meeting of the executive board of thi
Natincal Association ol Blast tnrnafj
Workers tonight, it was decided unanif i
mously that notice should be sent f$
all blast furnace operators April 6, d
manding an eight nour aay ai me pret i
ent scale of wages, to take euect may 1 1
President McMahun say thea-sociatio !
ha the assurance of the employe c
the United State Steel Corporation 0,
support in the movement.
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