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: - ,LLS,jOBo, OllEGOX, THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1902. NO. 4.
KVENT8 OF THE DAY
PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT B,LL- NEWS OF TJIE STAH
FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF
THE WORLD.
Measure Piflcctid by IM nous Committee
New Currency Regulation.
Washington, April 10. Tint iiouae
bill eatablUhlng civil government in
ths ihiiiiitM" fl"y lrrTtl to-
ITEM8 OF INTERE8T FROM ALL
PART8 OF OREGON.
4 Comprehensive Review M. th Important day by itm,lii- memW. of the Ccmerelal rWUI happening, ol I
Hippenlnji of Iht Put Week, Presented
I ComWd Farm, which It MmI
likely U Prove at Interest to Our Many
Read.
Cholera l Incrnftniug in the Philippine.
Tim Muiii'liurlna trusty has Iknti
signed it l'i'klii.
Fire in New York doitmyed a
niaty building. Lot, 1 160,000.
Fighting between Cbrltlan n!
Turk In riorted In Northern Turkey.
insular committee, and in I la complete
(orm wa re-Introduced by Chairman
Coowr. There I little duuW that it
will lie rertod lo the bouse by the
full committee in a day or two.
The house bill 1 unlike that of tba
I8THMIAN CANAL RIGHT8. JJQNEY IS WASTED
EXTRAVAGANCE IN THE ARMY
TRANSPORT 8ERVICE.
and a oondllloa of general and complete
niiai nliall liav ueen wuiuiuhm
President Kooaevelt received a hearty . . ... i,.vm bean
welcome at tlm Charleston exposition. """" "" " , , ,
, certinod to, the prwuneui anau imwuw
The hon' flmt vote on Cuban reel- ... .K.1.,,lnn tn r.,i . nenar.i bo.
procily showed both partiBa to lie "vv ; , . . , .
divided, lion, lor Uie cuoice in ""'"- -
Major General VV. R.Sh.ltor. U.W '-Wfrf t he ,o,'to of
HUUw army Otirml), i a candidate (or rniiippine laianua, w . - --
governor of California. Philippine aanombly.
Hiotlng student at Moacow, Russia, It U further provided that all the m-
set fire to a prhon where a number of ecutive power 'on " tw,wa
thi'lr comrade wore couflnml. The w0 hmiwm the Philippine com mission
l.dr were severely beaten by MLj y,, i,ii,,plne aaaembly. Provls
I"'"1'' i,, i. ,..i (,,. ukino the censns with-
i tvstt an tmv -- "
Culonnl John McKoe, of I'hiladol- .-.. .,,, nromnliiation of
. I ( .. t 1 .t .. .1 a. k t.. ..III.
una, no ...ouk. v, ,m v.. ... .,, i.l.n.U are to be
porUnct A Btkl Ktvuw of th Cfowtli
and linprovcnwnU of tht Many Industrie
Throughout Our thriving, Comatoawwlth
UUlt Market Report.
The Tolk countv Mohair'. Aimociation
annate in that it provide a complete M,td ita pKl of 3u,000 (ouiide at 25
form of government for the Uland, to oeuU per rwund.
go into effect when U war terminate, h,,, Kliza Jane Wrixley, an Oregon
the provliilm Iwing a follows: pionwr of 1852, ha pam-d away at her
" Whenever the exlating lnurre.Hlon ,n ok"'"- "W3TO"wj
in the rhlllppinea hall have ceaed ,
Uliy eieciion vers neio la uiauj
town throughout Uie atate thia week.
l'arty line were obnervvd in but a verr
few caiHM.
A railroad i to l built in Pouthern
Oregon from (irsnt l'a to Crencent
City. It will be known a the Oregon
& l'arinc Hallway.
HuwiinUmdent of Public Instruction
Avkernian Mtat that a(Ur viz month
of uce the new Orwon text lout have
proven Mtinfactory.
The nulling Mmwn on the Columbia
river opene April 15. The proepect
are more favorable for a large pack than
at tlii time lant year.
March cuntom nveipt at Portland
were $77.21 2.0X. The larger part of
theae rmvipt were from duties paid on
inward cargne from the Oriont.
Tlie Columbia River Fixhermeu'i
Prolwlive I'nion, at a nx-oting in
Aatoria, fixed the price of salmon for
Uie coming canon a follow: Hi
cent per pound for flnh weighing 25
pound or over, and 6 centa for
mailer flh. No prii-e for eteetbeada
or blueWk wa mentioned.
The Willamette Pulp & Paper Com
pany, which employ over 500 men in
Oregon City, ha made a voluntary ad
vance in the waae of alwnt 300 of it
Nktratua and CeU Rka Ntgotiattog with
United Statu.
Wilmington, April .n'la under
tood that Mr. Core, tl Nicaragua
niiniirter here, ha forwarded to hi
government propoaition aa to tb ! Stanje Procttiimti are Jut Now Commj to
price tle United BUto would be likely
to pay for Nicaragua canal right, the
proportion baring beeu submitted to
tlie minister by Secretory Hay. Secre
tary Hay's proposition la said to b la I
tli nature of counter proposal to tliat
Lijht-riveritinsi lis Beta Show To
ward Sa Francbce, and the Govcnuaeat
Hat Had to Py for It-lnipcctori' Re
ett will Be Mad Public
Washington, April 10. The men in
In 30 day after
L.l M..l..hUl t.i. In Ihn An titrv. la I peat.
dead. Ili-iwUtoiaeetiunU-databout divldiMllntoeie.rtlon ainvricia auu ...o
I,ft00,0Ou. regular machinery for electing a lgi-
Theshahof Persia will t1H Krorwror laUira i provided. BeiHion 12 of the
William. bill provides that all resident ol tlie
The limine ha paseed Uie Chinese Philippine shall have the same protoc
exolmlon bill. tlon from the United SUta In their re-
Veneuel rebel are gaining ground lallons to foreign governments as is
and the Bovernmeot is In bad way. (..w.nli.l to cititens of the United
Ktrlklnu miners In Pennsylvania Hiato.
have rejected th offer of the rolnoown- jf. t1B pnrchaoe of the friar land the
er- i.ill m.kna tirovinlon for the liwuance oi
I
A third attempt has been made to n.uUr bond at 5 per cent. Interest
aMuiwinnto th Uu-cow W x ' ,...i,u in oold. the total amount not
I ' ' .
being mcifled.. The regulation
mliue.
wt out In the canal protocol drafted by chgrge o( tb tmport nic for the
United rtate Minister aierry ia 7"".rni maintained that
Mr. Corea, for Nicaragua, and Minirter p ,. . . p rt were
Calve, for Costa Rica, have decided to more expeDI)ive timn gan FrancUo.
do away with the protocol stage in their evidently learn something to
negotiations regarding a canal. ad are th ,dTgDUge of the servk by peraa
pieparlng drafU of treaties which will , rt wL(ch tbs inspector of
8TAND8 GAVE WAY.
embody the terms under which their
respective government will cole the
nocawary canal righto. These treaty
drafts are expected to be complete by
the end of the current week. Py that
time Mr. Corea expect to receive hi
final instruction from bis government,
including tlie decision respecting Secre
tary Hay's proposal
, The situation as to Colombia 1 pre
cisely the reverse to that as to Bica
the army cave made. These reports
have heretofore never been made pub
l'c, and it is easy to understand why
the army department did not care to
give them out.
They show a lack of management that
will amaze the country and wiil con
vince everybody that the transport serv
ice has been in the wrong bands. Evi
dently the claim of the navy that the
erviee hould be under its control is
ragua, as In Uie former case me uniuw mgUined The extravagance of the
Mates government ha before it defin- Lu,rtermiste. department in fitting up
ite proposal from Colombia and i con
siiierinir it with some indication of a
purpose to suggest desirable amend'
menta.
PA88E8 THE SENATE.
hips at San Francisco does not coin
cide with the claims that city baa al
ways made that Portland and Puget
Sound are too expensive for shipping
points. There has evidently been a
treat deal of favoritism in San Fran-
i. i
Mltchetr Land Bill for Repaying; Ctrtai Cisco, ana it 1 eviaem imn aeep proo
Puo4l I ins is necessarr in order to find out
Washington. April 9. - Senator J" "ai n" Koing on
Mitchell today called np and passed his
double minimum land bill. The bill
m pawd provide that where home
stead timber culture, desert land or
other entries of public land are or
A VIGOROUS PROTEST.
of
employes. All the men who have been ,Ve been cancelled or relinquished be-
reretving 11.50 per day w ill in (uture
St tutor CuMora Make m Eiwrjetk Speech
Ajaiart the Exclusion Bill.
Washington, April 10. A vigorous
i. .l.k u.. protest was made in the senate yester-
The war reveuuo reevl bill has been imnchuai, tinili lands, mineral lands, get 11.75, and all of the I1..5 per day , w .iw! .ni rannot h day by Cullom against the passage of
ased by the house and-ton to the u ,0vlde.l for. The system of mw wiil get an advance of 10 per cent, erroneously n allowed and cannot be ne8eMclo,ion btU in itg pre-
esldont. cinage differ, from that In the senate eonfirmed, the a,retary of the interior 'e b'n f. . . '
..L ,...1,1 II. n .tatulard. caiero na vaawn um nnmmniiri ...n In th antrvman all euv lorm. vuuuS
Minim . ' . ..! . .n. i...t.:. r-J 1 . .. ... . . i.:
ot tne commiuee on loreign touuuuj,
paamtd
pi (Will
A new verse to
ha been written lor the
ertiemonie ot King Edward.
coinage
m .r . ,,ll. ill
itaai nae i lis Kinit " . .. i,u.,i.. i .u
" - - - - , ...... . .1. a, all I Hlt.UH MI IIIBlUlin blUIIUIUlfcTi )! . .
....ti..n r tn I'll II Ul ne wawn nioimj ... ... - rximmiHHion. nurctiane monav annex.
v.. v,.m.." . . ... . . 1 ' 1.. . . . 3 1 I
maintained at a parity wivn go.. . T,.B ,..,. rjc-operative telephone r, naid nnon the name when mich the protest maoe a aeep imp,. o-
line from KiJio to Pendleton will be L, u Hnl n,ll,l hr tJ, H.nart. the senate. Cullom, while expressing
cofnploted about May 1. . himself as in favor of the exclusion of
. . ii r. Ill A.al
..d,. u in lut ni aiiTHr. ik mil i..m.
Alihouith the dmtohrtration reganl iwr ,l,,llar in sine, and will t
the Chine exolaiMt tll as too dras i (i, half as much
t . It will nlace no oiiosiiion in iu
way.
The St. Wit Ulr may I otponed
until 1904.
Cm-11 EhoaW fortune amount to
6,000,00(1 poNda.
I'rmtdaarl Dlaa. of Mexico, la plmv
nina a visit to the United HUto thU
imaser.
fbrf men were killed and seven
vaauttiarl in an attoaiDt to arrest an
Alabama negro.
tlie battleship Wisconsin is at San
FIGHT WITH MOON8HINER8.
On W. Killed d ( Revenue Collector Nr
rawly Etcpu Death.
HOUSE PASSES BILL
rrvt Spectator Kilted and Many bifertd at
Foothill Can at Glasgow.
Glasgow, April 8. The straggle of
the crowd which gathered at Ibros
park today to witnes tb last interna
tional association football contest be
tween team from England and Scot
land aaasad the col la pi of a portion of
the a pacta tor' terrace, resulting la
the death of five person and tb la
Jury ol 12.
When th gam begva 70,000 pr
totora were en the ground and an im
fftonae crowd had gathered outside,
Being unable to gia admittance, this
crowd broke down some of the barriers
and swarmed upon the field, whereupon
the police charged and drove the in
truder upon the terrace and seats,
with tb result that th railii.fi divid
ing the crowd were broken and the
people wer thrown over each other.
In the frantic struggle toward the exits
the pressor toward the upper portion
of the westerly terrace waa so great that
100 fet of tb higbeet of the structure
eollapced under the weight of the crowd
driven upon it, precipitating the mas
people to the ground, 60 feet below.
The injured were piled in heaps,
wedged in with broken wood.
The onlookers heeitated to approach
the dangling structure at first. Out fin
ally began to utilize portion of the
broken barrier aa stretchers. A hun
dred of the most seriously injured were
carried to the pavilion and to space in
the rear of the stands. A majority of
the victims are sneering from broken
ribs and fractured limbs, while eom
sustained internal injuries. Those
most severely injured were later re
moved in ambulances to infirmaries,
and the lesser ,nSerers were sent In
cabs to surgeries. Six of the injured
are not likely to recover. A few per
sons were trampled upon in trying to
eseap from the crush when tb police
charged, but most of the victim
tained thsir injnrie in the fall of the
terrace.
ANTI-CHINESE MEASURE MADE
MORE 8TRINGENT.
THE DANI8H TREATY.
entry is duly cancelled by tlie depart'
HUHlL
About half the telephone in Oregon In case where parties hvae paid laDorer8' w,a 0181 al vl luo
City are out of business as the result of double minimum price for land, which provisions of the pending measure were
a live electric light wire dropping on has afterwards been found not to be in contravention of our treaty obiiga
them. within the limits of a railroad grant, tin. ri.ina. He nrired that the
The receipts of state land office to
Il.ville. Kf.. April 10.-A fight wore sji or me larger t0 oonHtract tha t portion of the railroad "s solemn treaties, altnougn ne con.
i.k.. nlar between moonshiner moant wwuy P in aid of which the grant was made, ceded the authority of congress to enact
- r lur inr ono uicnia. .t . or. un u I . ., fl j
' i li in niii wen iji . aaii HL'rn mini a in iir i i a nrnnriaaii law m l r aa s ni. ui in i mi.
, - I
A contract for 12,000 pounds of Uie PVd to entrymen. Uaim lor repay- p.iterwn and Perkins supported the
1902 hop crop is U.e top record in con- mei.t to be valid must be tiled -nnm maintaininZ that in no
I . . , U., I...., I U, , r, m n. T.r am lURK) Ttn. I
mwmi m . i. , ,v m ....... .'. h.v,
re)Nrtod at 12 cents.
ha
and revenue officer near Rig Meeting
Cret'k ptntolTice, In Hardin county,
during which one man, an alleged
moonshiner, was killed and a deputy
revenue collector, who was leading the
TBS OJlllOSIIlp u IBWinn av " , i I mariuu v i.iiiiiMKiio.", u .w.
Pr.n-l- afuw a vi.lt to Sami. Hon- pursuing posse, narruwiy 1 pionw,r o( JK53, and one of the most
Mi., .n.t a nnmW of South American a rifle lll raxing his head, me rev- nnrminent citisens of Harrisburg, bas
ports.
Mis Ellen M. Stone ha signed a
contract for a series of 100 lectures, to
V olvn In the principal Cities of the
n - -
Pnitwl State
BIG IRRIGATION QUESTION.
way did it contravene existing treaties,
aa, by the convention of 1894, China
bad agreed that Chinese laborers should
May Colorado Tak Water That Would Flow be excluded from this country. The
Through Kantatt bill is drastic in its provisions, they ad.
Washington. April 9.-The United mitted, but no more so than is- neces-
..a a at t. - L 1 1. .1 Tl. bam. I .... aa-a
arilie nan gtaxing uisncan. prominent citisenaot iiarrisDurg,
enue ofllcera had Information that a passed away, aged 09 years.
.... ... .
I ill aaa loral.nl in a POllom noai oik , , ci. : k..
n.... . , i riH 11 ii ii, mil iir.iv at. caiiizaiiiru iiac I ... .. .. ....
Meeting creek. They surrounded the f()r Uie and win b. HUtea supreme court, in an opinion de- sary to eliminate the possiDiuty ot
till and calM on the three men who kept in operation until late in the fall, livered by Chief Justice Fuller today, fraud.
,i u m .iirri,.l,.r The packing alxmt 60 cases per day. nidi- overruled the demurrer of the atate of
i worn miuiaviiiK ........... - ,
Thablll providing form of govern- i.i. ..B,,1 with a roller of -" re mat the clams on wawop c.olorsdo in the mm ot the gt.te of
t. , HUmHBiHiii'n w.i"- " - a1 I KrtK m aii nlantifnl avnv hiifnrfl It
went for the Philippine, win lo.iow Kansas va. the state of Colorado.
111,1.. ... n, mi hill in t ie senate. " nunuw.,
vii, hi. -- , T. tka mnnn,
. I - . .,... m wiu rai niLiirumi liio uru " i...v
UndtthlM Continoe At Dabat Wthssrt
Reach Conclnaloaa.
Copenhagen, April 8. The Iands-
tbtng. or upper Poise, tn seeret session
today continued the dueussion of the
Danish West Indie treaty for three
hours with no result. The debate was
heated, and much excitement prevailed
among the member. It is hoped that
the meeting of the landstbing tomorrow
will enable the house to report ita con
elusions.
A meeting of the member of the op
position in the landsthing was held to
night and an exciting debate occurred
A majority of thoee present declared
therm-elves in favor of the aate of th
islands, but demanded that a plebescite
be taken.
The opposition press i engaged in
violent agitation against the govern
ment. The National Tidenge today an.
pounces that the right party of the
landsthing is now in favor of tb ce
Mion of the islands to the United States,
if the consent of the inhabitants of the
islands is obtained.
After that
taken up.
The house ha bcarun the coualdera.
tlon of the exclusion bill.
Mitchell made the opening speech in
tha annate on the Ohliiese exclusion
bill.
The lait ouartor' import to the
United State from all Germany
amounted to 128,786,094, an increase
0( 11,297,600.
In an all day fight between part of
General Kitchener' force and th
forces of Generals Delarey and Kemp,
Uie Boers were repulsed. The loss was
heavy on both side.
The bulk of Cecil Rhodes' property
Is left for education. It provides two
American scholarships at Oxford to
each of the present state and territories
of the United States.
The senate has passed the oleomar
garine bill.
The house ha passed the sundry
civil appropriation bill.
Secretary of the Interior Hltohcock
will eoon retire from the cabinet.
Abner MoKlnley denies that he was
connected with the Danish West Indies
scandal.
Twelve hotels and many sm ler
buildings were burned at Atlantlo City,
N.J. Loss, 1760,000.
ti la hardly probable that the bill
..imlttlnu Oklahoma. Arisona and New
Mexico will be passed by the preseut
onaion of congress.
rv.a nahlnt ha appointed Brig'
adler General Hughes a major goners!
and Colonels Burt, ve nussy anu ouon
Idan to be brigadier generais.
Six persons were burned to death in
a fire at Johnstown, Pa.
Of the 20 tobacco factories In France
3 are In Paris.
South Africa has ostrich farms con
talnlng over 300,000 birds.
In .New York city alone there are
now about 400,000 Germans.
Th onvnrnor of Finland has ordered
the prosecution of the Lutheran psstors
iiaa to read the new Bunian
army regulation in their churches
shiners then fled from the tlll, filing
as they ran, and made their escape.
Whim the smoke hud cleared one man
wa lvlnii dead inside the still. It is
thouk-ht one ot the men who escaped I
was wounded.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
The case involves the right of Colo
rado to appropriate for purpose of ir
rigation the waters of the Arkansas
river, which Kansas sought by an orig
inal action to restrain on the ground
that the stream flows through Kansas
and the people of the latter state are
gray, ii.iuoi.zu.
Flour Beet grades, $2.85(83.40 per
barrel; graham, I2.602.80.
Mlllstuffs Bran, $18 per ton; mid.
dlinga, f 20; shorts, 120; chop,
110.50.
Hay Timothy, 1213; clover,
Oregon wild hay, I o3ti per
Hawaiian Appal for Excluilon.
Washington, April 10. Senator Pat
terson, of Colorado, today presented a
memorial signed by over 300 American
citlrens residing in Hawaii, praying the
enactment of legislation completely ex
clndins Chlnene and Japanese from any
American territory, and providing mat .ous;
all labor of evory description preformed ton.
for the federal government shall be Pol
done only by citlaens of the United per cental; ordinary, 7O80c per cen.
Rtotn. The petitioners eav that 76 tal; Early Rose, II. 25150 per cen
per cent of the labor in Hawaii is per- tal, growers' prices ;sweets, 2.262.60
formed by Orientals, to the exclusion of per cental
American labor, and they can anon
tion to the fact that 87,000 of the 150,
000 population of the Islands are from
China and Japan.
Wheat Walla Walla, 84(9640
blnestom, 656Xc; Valley, 645c.
Barley Feed, 2021.j brewing,
fzl21.60 per ton
Oats Ne. 1 white, ll,151.22M ; hv .11(,h . .rmronriatlon of the
water. The chief justice said that the
rase is onejn which the court can prop
erly assume jurisdiction. He said also
that the action of the court in overrul
lug the demurrer was intended to be
without prejudice, but was taken be
cause the importance of the can was
ni'h that it should not bedecided with-
Potatoes Best Burbanks, 11.10(91.25 ont hxy proo( on tne questions set up in
the allegations of damage made by th
Th Mluouri Supply Camp.
Jefferson City, Mo., April 10. Gov
ernor Dockery's attention was called
today to the alleged British war supply
camp at Lathrop, Mo. The governor
said he knew nothing about the opera
tion of the British more than that a
market had been operated at Lathrop
by private individual lor the past 10
years. He says it is the largest horse
and mule market in the world, and
that it supplies the United States gov
ernment as well as the British govern
ment with horses and mules.
state of Kamas.
Butter Creamery, 22H25c; dairy,
1820c; store, 1315c.
Eggs 13(14o for Oregon.
Cheese Full cream, twins, 13(9
13Wc: Young America, 1415c; fac
tory prices, ll,Hic less.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, a.aog
COLORADO BANK ROBBED.
Explosion! Attract Citizen, But th Robbers
Escape Two Suspect Arrested.
rueblo. Colo., April 9. The Bank
of Fowler, at Fowler, Colo., 55 miles
east of this city, was robbed of $1,100
2 o'clock thi morn'
Accept Philippine Judgeship,
Santa Fe. N. M.. April 10. William
II. Pope, of Atlanta, Ga., for the past 4.50; hens, $4.605.60 per dosen, 11
.i.ki L . riiW of Santa Fe. 11 c per rxmnd : snrlng.llll Kc per by safe blowers at
United States Attorney of the Pueblo pound $S4 perdoxen; ducKs, 0(9M ing. several cnarges oi miro g.ycenn
Indians and Assistant United States per doxen; turkeys, live, 12013c, were exploded to open the safe and the
Attornoy of the court of private claims, dressed, 1410c per pound; geese, o c(ish Citixens were aroused by
today accepted a uugesi iP o w , pr aw. . nlMtoPii and flred aoreral shots
first instance m the Philippine islands, Mutton uross, c per pouna ; uress-
i..ukkh. Onvmnr Tft. He Lrl 707 Wc per pound. at four men who were seen running
will sail In June. He is a gold Domo- Hogs uross, o?,c; arossea, ooic away, dui ine ronrjers succeeuea in es
crat, 31 yoars of age. per pound. caplng. News of the robbery was tele
phoned to neighboring towns. Two
Veal 7 K8 for small; 8X97 for
IMw Alu. at Nagasaki.
" M-B". , u, S.nt. p. .! ,i
U'....l. nrl If! nnnrtnr. I RoaI (ircnn mKI. aB4C! StperS. " ' "" "
nniiiiiKM'" .,. w. - . , -,,w--p ,
m.ir i;i.r! Lndington is informed 4(4k'o: dressed, 8)497 Wc per pound, nepesi, weu
Mixed Blond Ar Now lacladcd k tulnded
Ut No CMacM Sailors to Enployad
a Aawrlca Snips Th Prvkilww a
th BUI Abo Apply to Colonial Poaasaa.
.loa el th Ualted Stats.
Washington, April 8. Tht house
yesterday paased th Chines excluhtan
bill, after incorporating in it several
amendment which Increased th dras
tic character of the measure. Th
principal on not only exclude Chi
by birth and descent, but all Chi
of mixed blood. Th chief struawl
wa over an amendment to prohibit th
employment of Chinese sailor on
American ships. An amendment cov
ering thi proposal wa ruled out osi a
point of order, but lubeerjaently wm
modified to evade the ruling and wa
adopted," 100 to 74.
A passed the bill practically re-
enact all the existing exclusion law,
and incorporate with them the exlat
ing treaty regulation. It extend
these exclusion laws to the Philippine
and other possessions of the Ualted
State, and forbids Chinese labor in oar
colonial possession coming into thi
country. The Philippine commission,
by the term of the bill, is directed to
adopt proper measure for the enforce
ment of the provision ot the bill in
the Philippine "
Two amendment were mad without
division, one by Clark of Missouri to
amend tb definition of "teahrw ai
der the privileged classes, o aa to re
quire that for two year before admis
sion the teacher should have been en
gaged in "teaching the higher
branches," and another by Oooua of
California to provide that Chines stu
dents aball leave the country immedi
ately upon completion of their r
of study.
The conference report on the war
revenue tax repeal bill wa adopted,
and the Dill sent to the White Hoe.se.
Late in the afternoon Fowler (5. J.)
moved to pas under suspension of th
rules the senate bill to extend th char
ters of national bank 20 year. The
Democrat were taken completely by
surprise. As it was after the usual
hour for adjournment, the attendance
was slim. The Democrat attempted
to filibuster, but a roll of the heese
finally secured a quorum and the bill
waa passed.
ANOTHER ROYAL GUEST.
WRECKED AT A SWITCH.
Boer Colony In Colorado.
Dever, April 10. A Boer colony
may be established along the line of
the proposed Denver-Salt Lake Short
Line. A committee of local Boer Bym
pathizers called on the state land board
today with a letter from Boer Consul
General Pierce in New York, asking for
information about state lands along the
new route. "If I can get the right
kind of inducements," said the consul
general, "several thousand Boer refu
gees will go to Colorado and settle on
faims. They will make the best of cit
ixens, I am sure."
Th Prince of Wales May be Next to Visit the
United Sutra.
New York, Aprii 8. High dipl
matic circles here are discussing plans,
believed to be far advanced, for a visit
bv the Prince of Wales to the United
States, says the London correspondent
of the Times. The administration at
Washingon is officially forwarding the
proposal for the visit, which, it is un
derstood, receives the personal sanction
of King Edward, some of whose coun
sellors urge the acceptance of the invi
tation as a matter of astute stare pol
icy. Emperor William is con Id ring
an invitation to send the crown prince
of Germany to America at the same
time, and France is expected toeend a
distinguished representative.
Mas Desijns on Tripoli.
London, April 8. A dispatch to the
Exchange Telegraph Company from
Constantinople announces that the porte
has filed with the Italian ambassador
a complaint, charging that Italian fish
ermen are extensively engaged in land
ing guns on the coast of Tripoli and
that Italian officers in disguise are em
ployed on board sponge boats in taking
soundings and observations.
On Passenger Killed and Several Hurt by
th Ditching of Train.
Lanaing, Mich., April 9. Whil
Grand Trunk passenger train No. 6 wa
passing through Millets, a tank station
seven mile west of here, early today,
the rear coach and the Pullman sleeper
were thrown off the track. One man
was killed and four were injured. The
wreck occurred at a switch on which
freight train waa standing. The first
seven cars of No. 6 crossed the switch
safely, but as the last coaihwas pass
ing over, the switch points caught In
such a way as to throw it and the Pull
man car following off the track and
over on to tlie engine of the freight
train. The two cars and the engine
were thrown into the ditch. It is said
that the switch had been tampered
with. The injured were taken to De
troit.
oi the arrival of the transport Dix at
Nagasaki with freight from Seattle for
the army In the Philippines, lho ves
sel was several days overdue.
Boer Do Not Hop for Peace.
New York, April 10. There is little
faith among the Boer sympathizers here
that peace is imminent in South Africa,
says a Tribune correspondent from The
Hague. Hearts are hardened in conse
quence of the conferences held hore and
at Utrecht, and the Boer envoys and
refugees are asserting in a louder key
than ever that the war will last four
yean longer, and that there can b no
pac without indpendnc.
miles west of Fowler,
. . . . i
u ,! this morning were arreuieu no Buiuouia
iir 'i r.ii iiAih, v.,.n rw In their possession were fonnd $288
ikiov.. i. oioiu and several coins. Bloodhounds have
pound.
been sent to Fowler to trail the robbers.
The Philippine Rebate.
Washington, April 10. Secretary
Root, after consultation with the treaS'
ury authorities, has issued instruc
tions to Acting Civil Governor Luke
Wright, of the Philippine Islands, to
give effcet to that part of the Philip
pine tariff act which provides for a re
bate of the export duties on goods ship
ped from the Philippines into the
United States.
A silken thread is three times as
strong as a flaxen one of the same
thickness.
Casualties of th Boer.
London, April 9. Lord Kitchener
reports that the Boer casualties during
the engagements of March 31 and April
1 were, at the lowest estimate, 80 men
killed and 80 wounded. Commandant
Booksellers who supply Englifh
chord rnnort thnt there has been In
recent years a very grent increase in the Erasmus was killed near Boshof .
demand tor German school books.
Since the announcement of the war
in South Africa, Scotland has sent to
the front 15,600 non-commissioned
officer and men and 330 officers; total,
16,830.
The Trans-Siberian railway gives the,
cheapest rates in the world. It is pos
sible to buy an emigrant's ticket, cov
ering 8,000 miles nearly three week's
journey for about $3.
This year' record in the United
States oi loss from Are will be about
$170,000,000. It is estimated that the
loss in 26 years has been $2,890,000.
000, of which $17,000,000,000 was cov
ered by insurance.
The expenses of the legislative branch
of the federal government are $5,600,-
000 a year, and of the department of
iustice $5,000,000. The expense ol
the District of Columbia, paid for by
the federal government, are $7,000,000
a year.
Decrease of Trid In Great Britain.
London, April 9. The board of trade
return for March show the remarkable
decrease of 6,528,195 pounds in Imports
and 2,804,055 pound in export.
Bulgarian Tactics.
Constantinople, April 10. The Vali
ofAdianople, European Turkey, tele
graphs that a band of Bulgarians, with
the obiect of provoking retaliation, re
cently killed and mutilated three Mus
sulman peasants and a boy near Kirk
Kilisseh (a town 32 miles north-north
west of Adinople), and then sought
refuge in Bulgaria, hoping to be pur
CABLE TO HONOLULU.
Will B In Working Order by th Last of
October.
San Francisco, April 0. George G.
Ward, of New York, vice president of
the Commercial Cable Company, ar
rived here during theday to select
landing place for the projected cable
between this coast and the Philippines.
Mr. Ward is accompanied by Charlea
Curtis, the company' chief electrical
engineer. While here Mr. Ward will
consult with John W. Mackay, presi
dent of the company. Mr. Ward mid
tonight.:
"We are going to build the cable,
irrespective of congressional action.
The first link between San Francisico
and Honolulu will be completed by the
end of next October. The cable will be
shipped from England next July. It
has not yet been decided where we will
land on this coast. It will either be at
Monterey or this city, probably the latter."
Canadians Volunteer.
Halifax, N. S., April 8. The Eoyal
Canadian regiment of infantry ha vol
unteered for services in South Africa.
The offer was made today by Colonel
White, the commander of the regiment,
to the acting general, Colonel Biscoe,
who is in command of the British
forces in North America. The regiment
U 1,000 strong and is now doing garrt-
sued and anticipating that a conflict son duty in Ualitax. in onr was
would nn with th frontier guard. cabld to th Britis. war oe.
Kruger's Son Takes th Oath.
Pretoria, April 9. Casper Krnger,
the eldest son of President Kroger, and
24 other relatives of Mr. Kruger bear
ing the same family name, are among
those who have recently taken the oath
of allegiance to Great Britain.
Strength el Bo
Pretoria, April 9 Careful computa
tion givs th strength of the scattered
Boer commando at btwn S,000 and
9,000 man.