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HE OILLSBR6 VOL. IX. HILLSBOllO, OUEGON, THUIISDAY," JANUAltY 29, 1903. NO. 46. EVENTS OF THE DAY GATHERED FROM ALL PARTS OP THE TWO HEMISPHERES Comprhnlv Review of lb Import' at Happenings of (h l'at Week, Preaented In Condensed Pom, Mix Likely to Prove Interfiling to Our Many Reader.' Wllhelm Jordan, tint poet, died tin), drnty at Haden-Baden. A lmllolln from HmUm 'aUte that ei-Keorwtaiy ol the Navy Long shew ill(bt ItiilUilluii of pneumonia. Tho conference ol printing In. let union at Indianapolis reached mi nitrHa:it to M'lriU under run t ml bly.; ,' The widow ot Theodore II. Fajardo ha bm awarded 110,000 ur the death of her hu-lnd In Iho New York Central tunnel accident, Tito Mexican tobacco and cigarette corporation, o! Trenton, N. J.,-Incur-, purat4 two week ago, will) an author, ml ciapilat of $100,000, Iim filed pa per Intimaaii g It capital stock to(l'i, 000,000. Poor man mMum Ida Clllwm' bank of Waterloo, la,, and t-aHd with $3,1100 In ca.lt, oarlianitliig a fusillade with a d.imn citixent aa they drove away In a stolon buggy. Major Lewis II, I.atn, of the Judge advocate gcneral't department, haa ma retired on account ol disabilities received dorlng tho Chinese campaign. Ho wa promoted prior to retirement, In lecognllion of hi gallantry. ' A wltnoat In tho murder trial of Wil liam Hooper Voting, In Now York, aya ho haa rwlved an anonymous letter threatening him with death It ho Iwatl flan. It contain exrerpta from tho Mood atonoittrol doctrine of tho Mor mon church. An American steamer baa been 5 ockod on tho Welsh coast. Tba plaguo at Maaatlan, Moiloo, con llnaee to claim four to olght victim dally. - Oregon' delay In reeom mood ing Ir rigation scheme may loao her aharo ol the funda. A mob at New Orlean bnrned a NergO at tho stake who had ahot and killed sheriff. A new freight rate haa been etab liahad between tho Pacific coot and blianglial, Vhln. Proaldont Rooeevelt haa appointed Judge William R. Day, of Canton, O., to a era! on the an promo bench of the United Blatoa. The governor of Minnesota baa g preened himself In favor of the Lewis and Clark fair and twya be will Jo ail In II power for It. The new high achool building at JMoomington, 111., haa been destroyed by firo. Lou, 1630,000. It waa one of the Bnl achool building In the a tale. , -r, A question fie boon tabled In eon great aa to the power hi tho Colombian milliliter, Tbonma llwrran, to algn the canal treaty lor hit country, The Colombian oonatltutlon aaya congrons muit act. The flood at tba headwater ol the Willamette are atibHkllng, but along the lower river they ate atill ' railing. Much damage haa already resulted and more may follow. The coal strike com minion ban near, ly completed ita work. The trlaljof Malar Glenn ia nearly over and It ia likely the court will acquit bint. Marconi will charge one cent a word for the tranamUalcn of wireless nice sages aoioaa the ocean.' , Teller baa been elected to congreaa by Colorado Democrat, but the Repub. licani will not oppoae it. The house has passed theagrlcul tnral bill. It Carrie an appropriation et $300,000 for free seeds. The coal minora' convention, In ae Inn at Indlanauo is. voted down a proposition to.emiome socialism. Bowen li eonOdont that he will loon be able to roach aatitdactory term with Great Britain and Germany. , Senator Mitchell wa 111 for cevoral day; the latter , part of laitjweekand miauls to attend to ma routine uutiea. Great Britain hai entered a protoit againit the Cuban reciprocity treaty, claiming it will hurt the sugar Indue Tins Fuh filana haa been proclaimed emperor ol China In opposition to the rrAaent ruler and will begin war to kill off all foreigner. " After three yeara delay, the treaty nrovldlng for the filing of the Alaskan boundary, haa been iignd by the United Status and Great Uritaln. 8evere ; earthquake 'abook fiouth Carolina and Georgia, - , Governor Chamborlaln , hai signed the Cortland charter bill. I' M Germani aay Veneanelana began 'the recent fight at Fort Han Uarloi, A .driving mow itorra in Central Kanaai hai demoraliaed buainen. An explosion of dynamite In a tunnel t Pittsburg resulted in lour deaths A wealthy Jeney City nroduoe meroh ant waa doped and robbed ot 111,000 Ei-Governor Charlei R. Ingeraoll, of Connecticut, la critically ill. llo la 81 yeara old. ( FIFTY PliOPLB BURNED. Inmatea ol Big London Asylum PtrUh In Smok and Flamta. hmdon, Jan. 29.-lllf a hnndred iimatio patlimU were burned to death by a ore at the Colnoy Hatch btwpital thii morning. The outbreak occurred in the Jewliih wing of tho lntitution. The llama ip'ead with great rapidity and lieforo tliey could be got andur con tral Ave woodun hulldinga wore gutted. All the effort of the official were directed to removing tho Insane pa liont, but the latter laame wild with eti itonieiit and no panic itricken that not only were they unable to help thematdvi, but greatly inieded the oration fo thomi trying to aavethem. Thrre ao'e nearly (100 wsroen In the hiiriilng annei at the time tho fire wa diMxiveied and moiit of them were safe ly traufnrrd to the main building, which wa uninjured. Koine, however, eacaped and are atill at large, render ing it diltltolt to awertain the exact miiiiInt of thoee burned to death. The otliiiuU admit that about 60 bodin Iiivi Iwn recoveml, but it i feared that the full extent of the diaa tor 1 not yet known. All the victims were lunat ita. Their charred remains prtnUd a horrifying rpwUcle. The a)ium wa bfneigeil by anx ion rela tive and friend ot the patient who arrived form all qutrter. Pitiable aceno were ttne-ed a weeping men and womon tett the premiee, altei anoprtaining tliat relative and friend bail perUhed in tlio flame. The nurne had a terrible experience in trying to elt the inaane people who aero an panic stricken that they had liUnatly to I driven to a place of afety. The circumstance accompanying the deotrtirtion of the imane asylum at Conley Hatch have excited much indig nation us I nst the authoritiea. It I lleged taht, In addition to the lark ol sufficient water supply and of adequate Are department, the complex system of lock, rrqniring niaster key, which could not be found when wauled, wat responsible for the terrible ecene en acted. VICTORY FOR SHEEPMEN. Federal Judge Den In Hitchcock' Power to Make Rules, Salt Lake City, Jan. 29.-Jodg Marshall, of the United State District court, today (tints ined the demurrer of tho defendant In the rate of the United State against Frank Martlnut, who wa charge-l with running band of 3 000 sheep on the rln Lake forest re serve, in violation of tho rule formu lated for the protection, of foreit re servea by the secretary of . the interior. Judge Marahall state that congress ha exceeded it legislative power In en powering the secretary of the Interior to make rule the violation of which would be a criminal act, and held that the law waa unconstitutional. The de ciaion ia regarded aa one of the greatest ni port a nee to Utah sheepmen. A numl( of tending similar caeaa will be thrown out of court. The effoct of Judge Marshall' de cision will Ite to throw open to sheep and cattle interest more than 1,000, 000 acrea of the choicest graxing land In the state, which tor tho past few year haa been carefully guarded by tbe Kovernment. Ai toon aa toe situation become known, It 1 believed hundred of thousand of sheep will lie brought acroca tbe line from adjoining itates, and the forest reserves will be covered with aheep. COAL COMBINE ENJOINED, Detroit Dealer Try to Dodge Law by Repeating Illegal Rule. Detroit, Jan. 29. The Wayne clr cult court today issued the preliminary injunction asked for by Prosecutor Hunt agalimt the Detrlot coal exchange, an organisation of 30 local coal dealers. The injunction restrains the exchange from acting aa an organisation to fix the minimum price at which coal shall be sold. The tact was brought oat today that 14 of the largest coal dealers of the city have resigned from the exchange, leav ing the smaller dealers to settle with the law. January 9, at a meeting of the exchange, one of the larger dealers bffered a resolution , reaciuding the clause In tho by laws providing for the fixing of minimum price for coal. , It is on thia by-law that I'rooecutor Hunt's case is principally Daxeu. mere was opposition to rescinding the by-law, and when the resolution was voted down the 14 laVge dealers promptly re signed from the exchange. Crisis Coming In Acre. Washington, Jan. 20. TheBraxiHan minister and Bolivian charge here, called separately on Secretary Hay to day to acquaint him with the position ot their respective governments in tbo dispute over the territory cf Acre. ;; It appears that the situation is really critical, but both diplomats assured Secretary Hay that under no condition would American interest In Acre suffer beyond the happenings absolutely loci dent to warfare. . , . . . " Cuban Treaty Extended, ' Washington, Jan, 20. The president today cent to the senate an agreement with Cuba extending the time for the ratification of the Cuban reciprocity treaty. Under the terms ot the Cuban treaty ratification waa required by Jan uary 31, and It has become apparent that the time limit was too short. The president also transmitted the Canadian I boundary treaty to the senate. .t THE LEGISLATURE WHAT THE LAWMAKERS OP 0RE00N ARE DOING AT SALEM. BUI of Importance That are Being Intro lucsd and Acted Upoa la Both Houses Msaure Signed by the Oovsrnor Progress of the Balloting for United Stales Senator. Tuesday. Tbe vote today allowed no change, excepting tho appearance of George L. fiakor In the fluid. Tbe result was as follow: Fulton 32, Geer 17, Wood 17, tinker 6. scattering 16, stent 8, total 90. Tbe House Hale's bill providing a line and Imprisonment for persons do faulting a hotel bill with intent wa deieated. Representative Both' bill to relocate the county at-at ot Columbia county wa passed this morning. Representative Murphy introduced a bill creating the Eastern Oregon agri cultural college, appropriating $40,000 (or buildings and f 10,000 per annum lor it maintenance. Tbe Senate Knykendail has intro duced a bill providing the following flat salaries: Governor 1 1,600, secre tary ol state 1,600, state treasurer (HOO, superintendent ol public instruc tion $3,000, attorney genetal $3,000. By request Brownetl introduced a bill to create a state board of examiners lor the pnrpose of examining and li censing the practice of osteopathy. Marsters bill, to provide for execu tions at the atato penitentiary, waa passed by unanimous vote. 1'rice mil apptopriating $20,000 for an Kaatern Oregon agiiculttiral col- ege as paseed. Representative Gill' bill for a spe cial library tax of 1-6 mill In Multno mah county passed both boiite today. Governor Chamberlain appointed Al bert Toiler, of Portland, to be expert ta measure and examine printing in the otnue ot the state printer. Monday. The vote today stood as follows: Fulton 21, Geer 13, Wood 14, scatter ing 18, absent and paired 21, total 90. In the Houe A concurrent reaola tion waa introduced today appointing a committee to endeavor to have the H aslilngton legtalatuie raise It Lewis and Clark appropriation to $100,000. Murphy, ot Union, introduced a bill to establish an industrial college at Union. Other notable bills appearing In the hones were: By Shelley, of Lane, to'exiend the Australian ballot to ail city elections; By Johnson, of Grant, (ot a portage railroad above The Dalles; by Robbins, of Baker, tor a mining bureau. A bill providing for creation of the office of state Inspector of hops, and to tlx tbe rate ol tare on bops, has been introduced bv Mulkey in the senate, and La Follett in the House. A joint memorial was adopted asking congress to rail a convention for the purpose of framing an amendment to the (edaral constitution providing for election of senators by direct vote of the people. Carnahan, of Clatsop, ia In favor of doing away with the poll tax law now on the code of Oregon, The poll tax, ai now provided, ia $1. which ia as sessed on every citiitn in the state be tween the agea of 21 and 60. Carnst- ban a bill Is to iepeal this section in its entirety. In the Senate The senate spent most ot its time on what might be called "legislative grind", or tbe second reading of bills. House bills anthorixing The Dalles to issue water bom), and authorising Linn county to maintain a ferry at Harrlsbnrg were pas ed. Governor Chamberlain today signed the Portland flreboat bill and the bill for tbe creation of an irreducible school fund for Douglas county. Tho committee on agriculture adopted a report that the "one-mile-limit" sheep graxing bill be not paaaed. This action kills tbe measure. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Wall Walla, 76c; blue tern, 80e; valley, 78o. Barley Feed, $23.60 per tou; brew l"8..24.t,.' f , -:..) ,,i flour Best grade, $4.30(34.85 ; grah am, $3,253.85. Mlilstnffs Bran, $1819 per ton middlings, $23 24; shorta, $19 chop, $18, Oats-No. 1 white, $1.161.17. gray, f l.ia,gi.i0 per cental. Hay Timothy, $11(812; clover, cheat, $9(310 per ton. Potatoes Best Burbanks, 6076o per sack; ordinary, 40(8500 per cental growers' prices;., Merced sweets, $20 2.25.per cental, s t : Poultry Chlckeni, mixed, HHc young, ll12c;hens, ll12o; turkeys, live, 1616c; dressed, 18 20c; ducks, $77,50 per doaen; geeae, $78.60. Cheese-full cream, twins, W 17Ko; Young America, 17M 18s'c; factory prices, llMc leas. Butter Fancy creamery, 3032Kc per pound; extras, 30c; dairy, 20 22Ko; atore, 1518o. Eggs 22i26 per doxen. Hops Choice, 2626Ko per pound. Wool-Valley, 12Vi15c; Eastern Oregon, 8 UHo; mohair, 2(l28o. Beef Gross, cows, 33c per ponnd; steers, 44o; dressed, 7o. '. Veal-7K8io. Mutton Gross, 4o per , pound; dressed, , , Lambs Gross,. 4o per pound; dressed, 7K". Hogs Gross, 63tfc per pound; dressed, 77'o. TROUBLE AHEAD IN CHINA. Revolt Now la Progres May Prove More Serious Than That ol 1900. Victoria, B. C, Jan. 28. Tbe steam er Athenian and Tremont arrived this morning from the Orient, having both sailed from Yokohama and arrived within an bonr ot each other. The steamer bring further news of the revolt In Kanio, and one corres pondent telegraphs to the Shanghai papers from Las Ho Kow to the effect that anlois Tung Fob Slang is sup pressed the powers will soon find them selves face to face with a bigger revolt than two yeara ago. Missionaries are already beginning to leave the threat ened district. A correspondent of tbe Shanghai Mercury in Kamra write: "A crisis is imminent, and the offi cials are powerless to act. Tbe Taotat is (oppressing news. There is cause for grave apprehension unless Tung Fuh Hiang 1 suppressed." Messrs. Rydbog and Soderstray, mis sionaries, who have reached Shanghai from Singan, having come from the in terior bocatine of the threatened revolt, in an interview given to a German daily of Shanghai state that Tung fuh Siang i gaining ground, and intend to lead his armies to Singan, where he will en deavor to make his capital and place Pn Chun, who has been proclaimed emperor, on the throne. Tung is him- eelf enlisting troops, and everything i points to the fact that be bas gov ernment support. Kansu and Sbenai are overrun by Tung' spies. All pro- foreign officials are being removed from Singan. l'ekin correspondent aim tell of the threatened outbreak in the northwettt. and credit Yong Lu, the "real ruler of China," aa being behind tbe movement. A Canton correspondent of a Hong Kong paper ttatea that the rebellion in Kwangsl i more serioti than ever known before. The rebels, 40,000 to 60,000 in number, have taken possession of many districta and towns, and Pak Ngai, Pak Shek, Sishing, Siyan, Hing ip and Lau Cbow are in their hands. They are now mart hing into Yunnan, armed with mode n rifle. The names of their chief are Chan artfl Luk. The officials at Canton are enlisting soldiers. MANY SETTLERS AFFECTED. Recent Decision In Nelson Case of Great Importance, to Homesteaders. Washington, Jan. 28. Tbe decision ol tbe supreme court today in tbe case of Nelson against the Northern Pacific railway company, to the effect that the United States holds title to all lands along proposed lines of land grant rail roads np to tho time of the filing of the map of definite location, and further holding that no right to any lands within the limits cf a arrant passed to the road on the filing of the general map, affects a great number of home steaders who had gone on land prior to the filing of the map of definite I oca tion, and who later found themselves ithin the limits of the railroad grants. These settlers will be allowed to retain possession of such lands, and the corn, pany must look elsewhere lor indem nity. James Hamilton Lewis was at torney for Nelson. To Devtlope Montana Coal Fields. Butte, Mont., Jan. 28. The an nouncement is made that the Northern Pacific company has in contemplation the development of 1,600 acrea of prom ising coal land lying east of Red Lodge, where the extensive fields of the Rocky Fork coal company are be ng developed These coal developments are among the largest in the Northwest. Henry Horn, the retiring assistant superin tendent of the Northern Pacific, who will assume charge ot the Northern Pacific coal property February 1, inti mated at Red Lodge that snch would be the case. He would not disucss the matter for publication, however, Lava Duat Fall with Rain. San Francisco, Jan. 28. Small patches of an extremely fine white sand or dust were seen on many asphalt paved streets today when the rain of last night had dried. Scientists .say thia dust must have fallen with the rain, as anything like it was never seen here before. It is believed to have come from the volcano of Santa Maria in Guatemala, which broke out in vio lent eruption in October, and caused the ruin of a great area of cultivated territory. The theory is that the duBt, being lighter than air, was carried 2,000 miles from the point of its ascen sion. ''' " w ' For Lewis and Clark Fair. Salt Lake, Jan. 28. In the senate today a bill was introduced by Senator Lewis providing tor a Utah exhibit at the Lewis and Clark exposition at Portland, Or., in 1905. The bill pro vides for the appointment of a commis sion of three members and the appro priation ot $10,000 A bill. was intro duced by Representative Wilson, ot Wasatch county, providing for the ap pointment of a commisaioner of rail ways, whose duty it shall be to estab lifblieh maximum rates, prevent dis crimination and aee that existing laws are enforced. Silver la Down Again. Manila, Jan. 28. The decline in the value of silver has forced the Philippine government to lower the official rate The new ratio is $2.01 silver for $1 gold, the lowest official rate ever de clared. It represents a heavy loss to the Insular treasury, and the commer cial houses tear that further declines will result in commercial disturbances; The reports that the houses of congress disagree on the currency question have had a disquieting effect Lore, HORRIBLE WRECK EXPRESS TRAIN ON EASTERN ROAD COLLIDES WITH LOCAL At Least Thirty Met Death-Many Bodies Have Not Bees Recovered -The Ruins Catch Fir and Burn Express Waa Running 65 Miles an Hour Twenty Five Injured. New York, Jan. 29. Tbo most ap palling wreck that baa occurred in the vicinity of this city in many ears, the loss of life being estimated at ' not less than 30 persons, took place tonight at Graceland, near Weet field, N. J., on the Central railroal of New Jersey, when the Royal Blue Line express wetbonnd, plonged at t tp speed into the rear of a local train. Seven bodies only have been identi fied, while ltt more, almost unrecogniz able corpses, have been recovered. t In addition, it is almost certain that many bodies remain in the wreck. Immediately after the crash three of the shattered cars of tbe local train took firo, rendering impossible the res cue of many of the wonnded, who were pinned fast in tbe wreck. Man7 bodies are believed to Lave been consumed. On board the flyer all the passengers. though badly shaken up, escaped unio- u red, except for trifling bruises. Tbe train which was run into left New York at 5:45, and runs express to Boundbrook. Beyond bound brook it runs as a local. The Royal Blue train left 15 minutes later, but travels at a higher rate of speed and makes no stops except at Elizabeth, and is sched uled to overtake the slower train just beyond Graceland, where the latter aa itches from track No. 3 into track No. 4 to permit the Royal Blue to pass. This everting a freight train was blocked on track No. 4, and the local received orders to proceed on the ex press track to Dnnnellen and there take the outside or No. 4 track. Short ly after receiving orders the train bad to stop for a hot box, which -caused such delays that when it got under way again it was due at Dunnellen. The train had just started and was moving slowly, when the Royal Blue, traveling at full spetd, which at that point usually approximates 0 miles hour, crashed into the rear end. The heavy engine ol the Royal Blue tore its way into the rear end, and at the same time drove tbe forward end of that car into the rear end of the car ahead, which in turn was driven into tbe third car, and thU in turn was driven into the fourth car from the rear. The fourth car was only partially wrecked, but the last three were torn to pieces. The engine of the Royal Blue left tbe rails and turned over on its side, the engineer and fireman stick ing to their posts and going down in the wreck. They are now iu the hos pital at l'lainfieM. The engineer is not believed to have any chance of liv ing. Just as the wreck occurred, an east hound train was approaching on track No. 2. Before it could be stopped, the engine crashed into the wreckage which had been hurled on the track, but it was light stuff and the engine brushed it aside and crushed part of it under the wheels. The train ran its own length beyond the wreck, stopped, and, after ascertaining it had sustained no injury itself, proceeded to New York. STRIKE RULE IS CHANGED. Coal Minor Make Strikes More Difficult Wage Conference Called. ' Indianapolis, Jan. 29. The United Minewoi Iters' convention today finished changing and bringing np to date the constitution and by-laws. The lm- oprtant changes are : The changing of the power to vote strike from two-thirds the membership of the national executive board to a full two-thirds membership of the organis ation; fixit g a uniform initiation fee ot $10 for miners and $2.50 for beys be tween 14 and 16 years of age; providing free admission to the organisation for boys that are orphans of union miners, and placing a fine of $10 on officers of local unions that issue transfer cards to miners that are three- months delin quent. The convention adjourned this after noon. A conference wito the operators will be held tomorrow. Defeated by Ladrones. Manila, Jan. 29. It is reported here that the volunteer force organized at Boliano, Province of Zambales, for the purpose of disposing of the Ladrones in that vicinity, has been defeated and that three Americans, including Mr Osborne, a teacher, were killed,. The Ladrones outnumbered the volunteers, surrounded the latter and boloed them. The Ameri ana died fighting. The de tails ot the affair obtainable are at present meager. , Mob Holds Up Coal Train. Chicago, Jan. 29. A mob of nearly 500 men, women and boys held up a Chicaeo & Northwestern coal train at Webster avenue, on the Wisconsin dl vision, and carried away the contents of five cars before dispersed by the po lice. Women led the attack, uncoiip ling the cars and intimidating the train crew. For three hours traffic was suspended, while the mob increased to more than 1,000 persons. A WATERY WASTE. Southern Oregon Streams on a Rampage, Owing to Heavy Rains. Grants Pass, Or., Jan. 26. The re cent warm and heavy rains have canoed the greatest floods that Sontbern Ore gon bas known for many years. Tbe Rogue river reached tbe highest point in this city Saturday night that it baa reached since 1890, when the bridge panning it here was washed away. No trains have been able to reach here from the north or sooth since Saturday mtrning, and none are expected befoie some time today. Much damage has been done the Southern Pacific all through this section of tbe state. . Improvement at Ashland. Ashland, Or., Jan. 26. The storm and flood situation has ereatlv im proved in Southern Oregon the past 24 hours. Tbe temperature fell late last night and the rains abated in the valleys, while in tbe mountains what precipitation there was came in the form of snow. Streams immediately began to fall, and they have been grad ually te eding from their flood stage during the day, so that little further damage is expected to result from high water In this section. In this county much damage baa been suffered by County roads and bridges. . Still Rising at Salem. Saiera, Or., Jan. 26. The Willam ette river lat night registered 25 feet above tbe low water mark and was still rising. This is the higheet stage the river ba attained tbu year, and there ia occasion for alarm. If the present moderate weather continues for a few days a further rife of prob ably fonr feet is expected in the stage of the river. It will be at least 24 hours longer before tbe effect of the recent rains on the river's stage will be exhausted, and until then tbe stream will not recede. RAN INTO A WASHOUT. Engineer and Fireman Lose Their Lives in an O. R. ft N. Wreck. Pendleton, Or., Jan. 26. Patsenger train No. 6, on the O. R. A N., which left Portland at 8:15 Saturday night and passed throngh Pendleton at 4 :45 Sunday morning, ran into a washout on a fill 2S in lies east of Bingham Springs. Tbe engine was thrown into Meacham creek in six or eight feet of water and on top of it were piled the baggage and mail care and the chair car. ' The engineer, Thomas Patty, and fireman, William Milligan, were killed almost instantly. William Maxwell. of Portland, a passenger, was seriously injured, but aside from this the injur ies were slight. The wreck was caused by a washout about two miles east of the new steel uridge which has been built on Meach am creek. The heavy snows on tho mountains have been melted by a Chi nook, and the waters were raging. No. 3 Ireight train passed over this par ticular piece of road a few boars before No. 6 and reported everything O. K. RICH STRIKE IN MONTANA. Free Qold Bearing Ledge 3,000 Feet Long Which Yields $5 a Pan. Butte, Mont., Jan. 27. A special to the Miner from Weiser, Idaho, says advices last received there tell of a most wonderful strike of gold made on the Big creek about two and a half miles east of Profile gap. The nearest settlement is a place called Golden on the Big creek. A letter from reliable parties at Thunder mountain says that Edward Statuley and Edward H. Martin and several others have located 16 claims on a masBive porphyrized quartz dyke which measures 3,000 leet in length and is impregnated with par tides of gold. A ledge 250 feet in width accompanies the porphyry dyke and it is also highly auriferous. Bough pan assays made of the ledge show the poorest specimens to assay $5 in free gold. Other specimens show yellow metal to the naked eye. Old pros pectors declare the discover; surpasses anything within their knowledge and that $1,000,000 worth of ore is in plain sight. Better Than Marconi. Berlin, Jan. 27. Professor Ferdl nand Brans, of Strasbourg university, whose application of Leyden jars in propagating electric waves is said to have enabled Marconi to teleraph with out wires across the Atlantic, has an. nounced that he has discovered & meth od of producin electric energy of unlim itcd volume, and projecting It into space in the form of electric waves, to any detailed distance. The new method secures greater accuracy of transmis sion through a more perfect attanement of the transmitters and receiver!. Wrecked by Robbers. Trinidad, Colo., Jan. 27. A Color ado & Southern passenger train was wrecked last night four miles south of Watervillo, N. M., under circumstances indicating an attempt at train robbery. The train was rnnning at a high rate of speed when the wreck occurred. The engine, express car and smoker turned over. Four passengers were injured, two of whom may die. All of the pas sengers were shaken np. Coal Prices Tumbling. New York, Jan. 2t. There has been a further break in the price of inde pendent coal, in some cases as low as $7 a ton f. "o. b. being asked, while no dealer was willing to buy at higher price than $8 a ton. In order to gat the embargo, ordered a few days ago, taken off, come of the independent operators whose coal is carried by the Lehigh Vailey railroad, were selling their coal at anything above $4 a ton at the collieries for delivery at points between New York and tho collieries ALLIES ACCEPT IT MINISTER BOWEN WILL REACH AGREE MENT WITH THE POWERS. Blockade la to Bo Raised Immediately Great Britain la Willing to Accept JO Per Coat of Castotas Receipts aa Oyaranteo for Indemnity, but Oarnuay Wants SO Per Cent. Caracas, Jan. 28. The Associated Press correspondent haa just received a communication from tbe British naval officer at La Guayra informing him that the blockade will be raised today. Not Confirmed by Bowca. Washington, Jan. 28. There is no information in Washington to justify the positive statement contained In the Caracas dispatch that tbe Venezuelan blockade will be raited today. Min ister Bowen continues hopeful that such a happy consummation will result from the pending negotiations, a tbe latest proposition to the allied governments ia regarded by him as an eminently favor able one. He is still waiting formal replies to that proposition from Great Britain and Germany, and on these will depend tbe question whether the block ade is to be raised. As indicated in a Rome dispatch re ceived last night, the question now to be determined is the amount ot cus toms receipt which are to be given as a guarantee. Great Britain is believed to be favorable to accepting the 30 per cent offered by Mr. Bowen, while Ger many ia soppoeed to be insisting on 50 per cent. Minister Bowen declines to discuss tbe question in any of ita phase, nor will he disclose what is the actual amount of guaranty be has been offered. With the promptness wbicb haa characterized all ita actions in tho pres ent emergency, tbo Italian government has cabled to its Beet commander in Venezuelan waters to withdraw from tbo blockade as soon as the ships of the powers do so. Information to thia effect was received by the Italian am bassador today. FOR CENTRAL WASHINOTON. Possibilities of Getting Larger Supply ot Water for Irrigation. Washington, Jan. 28. An examina tion haa recently been made by F. C. Calkins, of the geological survey, of the possibilities of increasing tho water supply of portions of Central Washington. Kittitas valley is one of the areas in which irrigation ia already extensively practiced, water being drawn from the Yakima river and it tributaries. Plana have matured for the construction of ditches from the Upper Yakima, which will materially extend the irrigated area to the east and southeast in the near future. Attention as also given to a strip of desert land just east of the Columbia river, now used as a stock ranch, "and also to a portion of the great wheat growing region adjoining it on tho north and east, which extends north ward into the Big Bend of the Colum bia and eastward beyond the Idaho boundary. As the district has an arid climate, and ita eastern portion is prac tically without surlace streams, the ob ject of the examination was to determ ine the practicability of sinking deep wells as a means of obtaining water, and 'especially to determine whether artesian flows could be found. Irriga tion from the Columbia, except to a limited extent, on ita lowest terraces, appears to be impracticable because of the depth and steepness ot the sides of the canyon through which tho river flows. East of the Columbia river the In vestigations include Crab creek, tbo only perennial stream traversing the region, but its waters were (onnd to be no more than sufficient for the Irri gation of its own bottom, , In the wheat landa, where all crops are raised by dry farming, and where water for stock and domestic uses waa formerly brought from springs, some times at great distances, the possibility of increasing the present number ot deep wells was carefully considered. The information gathered indicates that a supply of water sufficient for present needs can be obtained by deep drilling throughout the region examined at depths of from 400 to 676 feet. While there are no flowing artesian wells, the deep waters are foond to be under pressure, and it is believed that in certain of the lower wells along the Northern Pacific road an artesian flow could be obtained by proper casing. It does not seem that any considerable portion of the wheat lands can be irri gated from deep wells, or that water from this source foe irrigation can be found in sufficient quantities in tho un. cultivated land east of the Columbia; tnougn it ia believed that in thia sec tion deep wells for stock-watering pur poses may be profitably sunk at some points. Coal Tipple Burned. Terre Haute, Ind., Jan. 28.-The tipple at the Harris-Lankylord mine, three utiles west of here, bun, 1 1. James Wesner was killed and foe V en were so badly suffocated that r recovery is doubtful. The miayi . j only one entrance, and the work M rescue was dangerous, owing to tho de struction of tho hoisting machinery. Twenty men were hoisted to the surface by means of ropes. All were more or ; eaa Buffocated, : ., . , v