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Ofho Past Week.
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.
..,n In Tennessee is ropanou
f Ltely domiiKed by cold weather.
,l!fhtf(rtliqi'ko hIiock at un tries
'J o., tlitow tho people into a
lg no chance for tho election of
til. ...I., fulimil flu tiriitiimt
mi iu
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fmnlno sufferers are dying
. 7!, nnd there Ih difficulty In
- thii rlOflll Hill III IMU I'lll
Dii UIV --
ft, JUitrlan premier declare every
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' in. nnmif innt t'ovoriiincnu
ItooBOVolt linn about mode
n.-imtiimt the best way ohtof
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noo oio uoDcntiom on niu unii
to Ihe suffering.
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rich.
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ui jaiu uioi;iiiiiiiiuLluil uv iiiu
(ijiUln George Curry him been In
itm governor of Now Moxlco ii
cfF. 0. Ilacerinari, who rculgnod.
IU thief who etolo $25,000 from
Joithem Pacific ExnrocH eoninnnv
R. ha Iws been captured and tho
IU lliltioln Supremo court Iiuh de
rt un iiuiniiiii inn in
htf Arti uta.A.,4 ..II A
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woi rorto JUeo In HuwcfiHlon of
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01 181,000.000.
EARTHQUAKE IN MEXICO.
Shock Laid More Than Four Mhr
utet Over Large Territory,
City of Mexico, April 10. An earth
quako lasting four and n hulf mlnutos
Battled tliiH city Sunday night. The
earth rocked In a Jong, swinging mo
tion, terrifying tho Inhabltanta but do
Ing no damago ho far an can bo learned
at this city. Olockn uloppod at 11:34
p. m. (Mexican timo), and tho porcop
tlblo motion of tho earth ocaaed at
11:28. Tho telegraph wlrca word
put out of conimlHfilon and for a abort
time tho city won In daikncHa owing to
tho falluro of tho olectrlo Hghta. Tlio
aaphalt on ono of tho principal buoinoHfl
fitroota of tho elty was onuskod opon for
dletanco of 10 yarda. Pooplo fled
from their Iiouhob Into tho etrectj.
HoproHcntatlvcB of Iho AnHocIalod
I'rcH niudo rapid eearchca over tho city
but nothing Iwyond cracked walla nnd
amall neaurofl In tho pavemonta could
be found. At tho pcllco Htatlons no
doatlm had been roportod. A wall on
Santiago atrcot collajwed, killing a num
ber ofJioreoH and wounding flvo men.
No reports havo yet come from tho
Amorlcan colony, but It la not believed
that eorloua drtnmjo waa atiHtaincd
thoto, although tho Iiouhcb, unlike thoto
In tho old Section of the city, nro not
built to withstand earthquake shocks.
Telegraphic communication as far
Bouth tm tho eiticH of Oaxaca nnd San
Juan IlntitlHU lma bcencHtablinhod, but
beyond the roiwrt that tho ahock was
vory heavy in that region and along tho
gull coast nothing moro was learned.
NEWS FROM THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
STANDARD OIL GUILTY.
GKAFT IS DcNlfcD.
Secretary Garfield Says Idaho Re
clamation Service la Clean.
Washington, April 10. Secretary
Gnrflold today exploded tho charges of
graft in tho reclamation servico in Ida
ho by ofilcinlly notifying Director Newell
that tho accusations against Engineer
D. W. llotffl and his assistant secretary
had boon found to bo without founda
tion and had been dismissed, following
this announcement by promoting Mr.
IIohs from $3,000 to $4,000, and Mr.
Horn from $3,300 to $3,0C0.
Tho roport against Koss. and Horn
was mado by Special Inspector A. B.
Groon, whe spent eotne timo In Idaho
making investigations and who gleaned
his information from government con
tractors. Green based his charges on
statements made by tho contractors on
tho Uolse-I'ayetto project. Ills conclu
sions wcro utterly disapproved by Sec
rotary Garfield.
WILL CONFER ON GUNBOAT.
ROUTE OF LONG RIDE.
trial is approaching
Albortn,
iu por
r hold un tlm
HPrVlitirw....!. .
; n "co at at, I'aut
"""eJ 125,000.
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ii utaai..
fitor
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nnd 1 it
III.. - - 1 1 II IkllUl
"T ""conain down intc Kan
places trnhm nr .ini...i
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United pn(0 , .
Smhi,! v-u"ni"' "uroau nas
N PP'ntion in 1000 at
i nun ih lnillirniillt
"'res thn II.. I
mi. ima ovt.r i'yuu.
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tk.rr'"81 01 Colorado, has
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to d I Z .8' 10 20 at Den-
k 1,10 (lucat on of imbllo
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- japan havo comnlnto.1 tlm
Ul Alniinl....! - .
rt'ay;un untt ,CftV,n only
denv h V .. -'orunnn. Mont.,
"or 'his S . BtuK robbor 8b
Lieutenant McCabe Selecto Course of
3,000-Mlle Trip.
Washington, April 10. Lioutonant
15. Warner McCabe, of the Sixth caval
ry, who bos been picked by Genoral
Moll to ride from Sllvorton, Oro., acrces
tho continent on an Arab stallion, has
asked that Quartermaster Sergeant
Samuel I'otcrson, troop K, Sixth caval
ry, bo detailed as his orderly to accom
pany him on his long trip.
McCabo has also indicated that ho
will lay his route along tho Oregon
Short Line and the Union Pacific road
from Bilvorton to Umatilla, Or.;
thence to iloiso Barracks, Idaho; Fort
I). A. KuchcH, Wyo.; Omaha, Neb.;
Fort Des Moines, la.: Fort Benjamin
Ilnrrison, Ind. ; Columbus Bnnarks,
Ohio; JMItsburg and Hurrlsburg, Pa.,
to Now York City.
General Bell eald today that ho
thought tho trip, which will embrnco
motu than 3,000 miles, might )x mado
in 100 days, and oven less if the hone
had tho necessary endurance. Com
plete statistics of tho condition of tho
horse and rider, amount of food con
sumed and other dotails will bo kept
from day to day.
Pick Flaws In Douma.
London, April 10. Iu a long letter
to tho London Times, tho Russian jur
1st, Professor DcMartcns, expresses tho
conviction that the second Russian par
1 lament is absolutely unfit tc work sue
cesslully for the Donont or Russia and
cannot advance tho nation in tho direc
tion of a conetltulioual system of gov
ernment. Profosor DoMartons bases
his belief on the ground thut legislative
assembly find not a single word to dis
approve of asAussinntions and murder,
only enjoys speeches of discontent and
unlimited hate and is quite unlit to die
cuss needful reform?, and cannot possl
bly construct now order in tho stato.
Ho bclioves dissolution ia absolutely
Inevitable and only a question of timo.
"Is work.
tttt
if'Ia Short
compftuy employes In
tho
,,at8Unt 7 6Uortor work dfty
"wnul inoreaso In salary.
SX9 of tho R, Grauo
I f!Kl.. WllffOH On tlm l.nola
( K "ottloment and may go
Wwnn..0' tho United
"W 1110 llnt ni. nt H.n
Vlllch fined nv.TIl.rt.l
Patterson $1,000 for
court
Makes Good Haul.
Butto. Mcnt., April 10. A Minor
dienntch from Great Falls says that tho
stage running botween Malta and Zort-
man was hold up last night by a lono
bandit according to a telephone mes-
sago received todny, and a sum estimat
ed at about $28,000 Is said to havo been
secured. Tho mesfiiKO envo no details
of tho daring robbery other that than
t occurred just north of ZortmanaB tho
stage waa ontoring tho Little Rockies
with a consignment of monoy to pay
tho wages of tho miners at tho Zorlman
mines.
Brazil at Peace Meeting,
Rio de Janeiro, April 10. Brnr.il has
roccivod ollhiiul information from tho
government of tho Netherlands that sho
to rmrtlolnnto In tho approaching
nonoo conference at Tho Haimo. Iho
Brazilian government has denounced
tho existing commercial treaty with
Franco, and it has been decided to do
nounco a Iho tho agrooinonls with
Franco, Spain, Italy, Portugal and
Switzerland under which tho consular
representatives of tho specified countries
arc allowed to intorvono in tho collec
tion and settlement of Inheritances.
Toxas Has New Tax Plan.
Austin. Tex.. April 10. With 27
tax measures ponding for consideration
n cohsoquonoe of Governor uampuoirs
lavliur reconvened tho leglHlaturo In
snwiial session last Friday, much into-
roft awnlta his demands which ho says
will inako tomorrow for specific action
upon thoso measures. They represent
a tax upon every known corporato in
torest in tho state. In addition the
slate rovonuo agent baa demanded a
rolistmont of proporty vbIucb.
Floods Do Great Damage.
Constant inoplo, Apr! 10. Continu
ous heavy ralnH havo cawed tho rivers
to oyorflow, seriously flooding Mace
donia and Asia Minor. The plains of
Brusa, Adftbaear, Kutuahla, Adln and
almost all the vlllngoB aro submorgod
and there have boon hoavy lose of life
and destruction of cattle and property,
Zclaya and Figueroa to Meet Joint
Guarantee of Poaco.
Washington, April 18. Naval move
ments today show that tho gunboat Bos-
ton has started from Amapala, Hon
duras, for Corino, Nicaragua, to cenvey
X'rosldcnt Zolaya to Amapala for tho
confcrcnco he will have thero with
President Figueroa. Tho Chicago will
be used to convey President Figueroa to
tho ;cnfercnco, which will beheld eith
er at Amapala or on board ono of the
American vessels to be anchored n
Fonsoca bay.
At the State department today it was
admitted that an agreement botween
tho United States and Mexico had been
entered into, by which a guaranty has
been given that there shall be no hos
I lie demonstrations between tho forces
of Guatemala and Salvador upon the
frontier during tho conference.
Foreign Crop Good.
Washington, April 17. Tho Euro
pean crop report of tho Agricultural
department, covering conditions abroad
up to April 1, says that the heavy
snow which fell last winter over the
greater part of Kuropo, has, excepting
in parts of Russia and tho Balkan
states, almost everywhere disappeared.
That tho protection afforded to winter
cereals has been generally efficacious is
being demonstrated by tho vigor with
which the plants in most countries
seem to bo responding to the quicken
ing influences of spring.
Northwest Postal Affair.
Washington, April 18. Postmasters
appointed:
Oregon An tono, Goorge C. Glover,
vice E. L. Knox, resigned: Kinzslov.
Thcodoro Buehkul, vico W. L. Smith,
resigned; Jarnont, Millnrd T. Cowan,
vico J. C. Rush, resigned.
Washington Cascade, Thomas Mof
fett, vice Minnie Stevenson, resigned.
Rural free delivery route No. 1 has
been ordered established June 17 at
Now Kamilchie, Mason county, Wash.,
serving 410 pooplo and 80 families.
Changes In Forest 8ervice.
Washington., April 18. Forest in
spector I E. Ames has been placed
temporarily in chnrgo of tho Tillamook
and Umpqua forest reserves in Oregon.
Acting Supervisor Anderson, of Grant's
Pasb', takes charge of tho ABhland re
serve. D. B. Shollar. formerly in
charge of the Hoppnor reserve, has been
trnnsiorred to tho Ynkuna reservo, in
Washington, boing succeeded by T. R.
unusoy. William L'ryder is promoted
from manager to octinc supervisor in
charge of tho Col vi lie reservo, in Wash
ington.
500,000 in Six Months.
Washington, April 17. According to
a statement iesuod today by tho bureau
of immigration, tho total immigration
to tho United States from all countries
for tho six months ending March last
aggregated 530,137 porsons, which is
an Increase of 75,821 over a liko period
n luuu. ino total number of immi
grants from Russia for tho six months
ending March last was 103,304, boing
an incrcaso of 21,031 over tho corres
ponding period of 1000.
TEXAS VALUATION OF ROADS
Cowan Tells President How Capital
Is Limited.
Washington, April 20. Some into
reeling Information on the operation of
the Texas stock and bond law of 1003,
under which a valuation of railroad
properties of tho stato was mado in
1806, was given to the president today
by Judge S. H. Cowan, of Texas, a spe
cial employe of tho Interstate Com
merce commission and attorney for tho
Southwestern Cattlegiowcrs' associa
tion. Mr. Cowan told the president that
the Texas law had proven a success. It
had not been put upon the statute
books for the purpojo of becoming the
basis for rate-making, lin said, but to
fix a line beyond which tho roads could
not go In issuing stocks and bonds. Ho
added that the valuation put upon tho
roads by the Texas commission having
charge of tho muttor oxceeded the cost
of construction by 15 to 20 per cent,
und the ccst of tho ascertainment of
tho facts had been comparatively small.
So far as ho was aware, Judge Cowan
En Id, nono of tho railroads had contest
ed a valuation mado under tho law.
BORAH GOES TO ROOSEVELT
Idaho Senator Asks to Have Action
On His Case Postponed.
Washington, April 17. President
Roosevelt has been appealed to by Sen
ator Borah, of Idaho, to review his in
dictment by tho Federal grand jury
with a view to postponing action until
after the trial of Moyer, Haywood and
Pettlbonc, tho men accused of murder
ing Governor Steunenberg, of Idaho.
Senator Borah la the special counsel
engaged by tho state to prosecute theee
officials of tlio Western Federation of
Miners. Tho appeal of Senator Borah
places the president in a rather embar
rassing position.
In tiio event tho presidont withholds'
tho action against Senator Borah, it
will bo cliarged that he is ehowing fa
vors to thoso who aro prosecuting tho
minors, nnd if he does not, Senator
Borah will be sorlouely embarrassed in
tho prosecution of the minors charged
with the murder of Steunenberg.
Civil Service In the South.
Washington, April 10. Civil Service
Commissioner Mcllheny, who is a
Southerner and a Democrat, is entering
on what he terms a campaign of educa
tion in tho bouth in regard to the func
tlon and character of tho commission
Ho found that one of the greatest diffi
cullies in securing efbcicnt service for
tho government in tho South was the
fact that tho whites liuvo conceived th
idea that tho eeryice is meant especial
ly for tlio negroes, and as a consqeuonce
when an examination for positions is
hold it is generally attended largely bv
negroes, the proportion often being ten
10 ono.
Chicago Jury Finds Company Guilty
on Many Counts.
Chicago, April 15. On tho basis of
a verdict returned by a Jury Saturday
night In tho Federal court presided over
by Judge Kencsaw M. Land is, the
Standard Oil company may bo fined
anywhere from $1,400,000 to $28i000,
000 for violations of tho Elkins law.
After a trial that has been long'
drawn out and bitterly contested by
government attorneys and counsol fcr
tlio Standard Oil company, the case
went to tho jury late Saturday ofter
noon and at 10 o'clock a verdict was re
turned in which tho defendant corpora
tion Is found guilty on every one cf tho
1,403 counts in the indictment that had
not quashed by Judge Land is.
As the matter now stands, it is one
of tho most sweeping victories yet scor
ed by tho Federal government in its
contest against corporations. This is
not tho end, however. The defendants
filed a motion for a new trial and the
arguments on this motion will be heard
probably early this week.
Tho charges in the Indictment were
that the Standard Oil company accept
ed a lower rate for shipments of oil
from Whiting, Ind., to East St. Louis
than is allowed in the published tariff
for the haul.
Originally there were over 1,800
counts in the indictment, but nearly
400 of theee were ruled out by Judge
Landis, and hearing of the case pro
ceeded on the others.
LAST VESTIGE OP WAR.
Japan Transfers Manchurlan Railroad
to Goto's Company.
Toklo, April 15. When the man.
agemont of the Manchurlan railways
wes transferred to Baron Goto's com
pany on April l, tno Japanese govern
ment commenced withdrawing the
remnant of tho troops employed In
Manchuria. This work was completed
on April e, whereupon me imperial
LARGE AREAIN RUIN
Two Cities In Mexico Known to
Be Destroyed.
500 LIVES ARE REPORTED LOST
Panic Reigns at Chllpanclngo and Chi
lapa, the Ruined Cities Silence
Covers Others.
Chllpancingo, Moxico, April 16.
This city has been completely destroyed
by an earthquake The known dead
number 11 and tho badly Injured 27.
Tho greatest panic prevails and tho
people are fleeing to tho open country.
Tho earth continues to rock ac nait
hour intervals and many minor shocks
are completing tho work of destruction
begun by the first earthquake.
Word has reached here that tho town
of Chilapa, 42 kilometers to the north
eastward, has aleo been destroyed, jno
details have been received as to tho
number of daad and injured.
The population of Chilpancingo is
7,408 and until the panic into which
the citizens have been thrown abates
it will be impossible to state the num
ber of casualties. The population of
Chilapa is 15,000.
No word has been received .from
Tixtla, and it is feared it also has been
destroyed. According to the movements
of the earthquake, Tixtla would be in
its direct line.
Half Republic Is Shaken.
Mexico City, April 16. The Federal
telegraph office here has informed tho
Associated Press that Sunday 'night's
earthquake has interfered with the
working of the wires in all parts of the
republic BQUth of a line drawn frorn
AcapuJco cn the west coast to iftmpico
pn the Gulf coast. From messages IS
ceived at tho telegraph office np to noon
It appears that the entire south half of
me republic including the lower conn-
The National Bank of Mexico has re
ceived a telegram Haying that 500 lives
were lost in the destruction of Chilapa
and Chilpansingo. In government cir
cles the report is not credited. It ia
admitted that Both cities were leveled
to the ground, but it 'is not thought
that the death list will even approxi
mate 500, owing to the fact that the
houses are built of stone in order to re
sist earthquake shocks.
Cheap Paper for Official Records,
Washington, April 18. That the pa-
pora supplied for government use too
freuontly fall bolow tho specifications,
lack durability or in soino way are not
adapted to the purpoeo for which they
nro intended, ie the stntomont mado by
Chief Wiloy, of tho chomistry buroau
in a circular Issued by tho Agricultural
department. Valuable docurnonta and
rolontiflo work oro recordod on papers
which deteriorate, thus rondoring tho
accords UBoless,
Heyburn Slowly Gairs.
Washington, April 19. Senatof
iieyburn, of Idaho, who has been very
ii in i niiaueipnia, was brought to this
ciiy louay. no is improving slowly
tnough sun very weak, and thero is
much ground to bo gained beforn his
condition will permit him to attend to
any ollicial business. Ho was accom
panted nere by airs. Heyburn, W. B
bams, his privao secretary, and
trained nurse. Today was the first
timo Mr. Hoyburn was able to be
moved sinco tho inception of his attack
oi acute indigestion.
Will Relieve Congestion.
Washington, April 18 Altar n con
feronco with and upon the recommenda
tion ot henator Bourno, Land Commis
slonor Balllngor lias ordered Special In
r, AMI. . .
ajiwwjr w unen, or uonvor, to proceed
to Rosoburg and assist tho local land
officers in clearing up tho accumulation
oi uusinees in their office Work has
lauon uohind to such an extent that
mere are now pending about 700 lund
cases and contests awnitino nnfinn
When the Rosebunr oflico in PtrmViitan.
uu out, similar work is to bo done else
wuero in uregon.
Exult Over Exoneration.
Washington, April 18. Tho
recla
Bonilta Becomes Exlte.
Washington. April 17 Tlm KOT
.1am.... . : i . ...... -
uujjuiwneiib ib imormeu chat the gun
ooni riinceton left Amiinn n nn Rntnr.
any with. President Bonilln, of Hon
auras, on bonrd. It was etatod that
President Bonilla would be landed nt
Salina Cruz, Moxico. His departure is
in compliance wim an agreomont enter
uu nno uoiween I'rosidont Zolaya, of
Nicaragua and President Figueroa, of
Salvador, that tho Ilonduriun presidont
iuhvo uio country.
Would Be "Cadet" or "Middy "
Washington, April 10. Tho Stato
department has rocelvod an inauirv
from Hamilton King, American minls-
matlon Borvico, from Director Nowoll , or to Slam, asking whether it would bo
dewn to tho lesecr officers, held a jubi
atlou today at the official exoneration
of Engineer Ross of Idaho by Secretary
uanioid. Tiioy claim tho exoneration
will iinvest tho eorvleo with renewed
confldonco in tho minds of tho people,
re-establishing it ovorywhoro whore
charges by Special Agont Groono has
called it in quoation.
Wants Clerks to Weigh Malls.
Washington, April 17. Tlio Civil
Servico commission lias boon called
upon by tho Postoffico dopartmont to
furnish a Hat of clerks for temporary-
work, beginning July 1, who will bo
employed in making arithmetical com
putations in connection with the weigh
ing of tho mats.
posfliDio to admit to tho Naval or Mill
tary academy a nephow of tho king of
Siam. r
McLaren Pension Examiner.
Washington, April 10. On tlio re
commendation of Congressman Ellis,
Dr. A. P. McLaren has been appointed
by tho pension bureau as examining
surgoon at St. Ilolons, Or., vice Dr. J.
E. Hall, who recently resigned.
t l
Cuba Accepts Taft's Program.
Washington, April 10. Tho War de
partment today received a dispatch from
Governor Magoon, of Cuba, saying that
tho plans for tho elections in tho island,
which were mado by Secretary Taft, aro
satisfactory to everybody,
government at Pekin Warnlly thanked i ry and the Mesaba belt felt the shock
Japan, which, it is expected, will re
duce its railway guard to less than one
half the number of men stipulated by
tho treaty negotiated at Portsmouth,
N. H., which limited the number cf
guards to five men per kilometer. In
an interview Baron Goto said:
"The last vestige of war in this sec
tion has now been removed. Fair play
is my guiding principle. In promoting
the peaceful development of Manchuria
through which our railway runs, na
tional differences will te entirely ig
nored. Manchuria will be made a
field for competition of all nations. In
order that we may carry out this prin
ciple, I cravo patience on the part ot
those interested. Remember that he
management of the load was only
transferred to us on the first of the
present month. The allowanco of suffi
cient time will insure the realization of
our plans, and we dread nothing more
than impatient interference,"
STEVENS DISCUSSES CANAL.
Ex-Chief Engineer of the "Big Ditch
Reaches Naw York.
New York, April 15. John F. Stev
ens, who recently resigned Jrts chief en
gineor of the Panama canal, arrived
hero today from Colon. He left for
Washington this afternoon. Mr. Stey
ens said:
l was not asked to resign. On the
contrary, tlio highest position was not
only offered but urged upon me.
never had any clash with anv of mv
. . .... .... -
Hupeuors, anu tneir attitude was al
ways in support of my efforts.
"Xhe connection of the Waahineton
officials with the actual work on the
isthmus is too sma 11 to offer mnnv
chances for disagreement. I hnvp
never opposed doing the work by con
tract, i advocated such a policy. The
plan of contract under which bids were
received was formulated bv me. I did
oppose letting tho contract to the Olli
ver syndicate for good reasons, but tlm
statement that I have ever opposed the
omng oi any contract in IMso."
TAMPERING WITH GOLD COINS-.
Tackle Exclusion Matter.
San Francisco. April 15 John .T. S.
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jvougurtj, uniiea mates commissioner
or education of Pennsylvania, nnd Ilnr.
ris xxcsuit, assistant collector of tho de
partment or Commerce and Labor, nn
. i . fr
pointed as a special commission bv
rreaidont Roosevelt to Investigate tho
meinotis or oniorcing the exclus on nnt
at this port, hold their first session to
day. After tho adjournment, Commis
sioner Kesblt nnncunced thnt tho n.
estigatlon will bo of
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ioi uio purpose oi improvements in the
Borvico.
Frost Nips Fruit Crop,
St. Louis, April 15 Nnmon irtnn
and frultraisers in tho vielnitv ht sf.
Louis believe the apple crop has boen
ruined by tho ccld woathor. Dispatch
es from tho fruit bolt in the southern
part of Missouri sav nnnnhpn ..in
strawberries and garden
been destroyed. Dispatches from Ma.
con, tho center of tho fruit
dustry of North Central Missouri, state
...... ipium;B, piums, cnerr lea and ap
ples prctically are destroyed.
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Kansas Fruit Crop Damaged.
Topeka, Kan.. Anril if? pn.i.
received from all sections fo the elate
indicate that the Knnsaa fmit
seriously da mHWed nnd in pome n.
uons completely dostrovmi i.v. ... i,....
frost a few mornings ago.
Entire Output ot Denver Mint Under
Legal Fineness.
Denver, April 16. Department
heads of the new United States mint
in this city and three government
agents connected with the mint head
quarters began today checking up tho;
coinage of the mint and making the an
imal settlements, several weeks in ad
vance of the usual time for these settle
ments. This action, following the gov-
ernment repott that gold coins from tho
Denver mint have ben found to bo
under value in fineness of gold, thougS.
up to grade in weight, means that the
government has begun action to discov
er who is responsible for the discre
pancy in fineness.
The, government report states that
the coins are found to be under fine to
the extent of 5 cents on every $20 gold
piece. The discrepancy was discovered
by the Bank of England aseayer, who
pajeed on a shipment of $1,500,000
made to England in January.
f Money tor United States.
Shanghai, April 16. The Bum of
$5,000 received from the United Stat.
by the Famine Relief commission to
day waa used to purchase 500.000
pounds of dried 'potatoes, which wero
rusnea to the front. A dispatch was
received today from a Chinese official
offering to put, for the first time in
history, steamboats above the locks of
the brand canal, thus cuttinc down tho
time for transportation to tho fninlno
district from this city to eight dayt.
Further particulars of the distress ex
isting show that the peoplo aro eating
the green scum from tho Donds. whit
clay and the hulls of rice.
Five Burned in Wreckage.
St. Paul, April 16. Runnim? nt a
speed of 40 miles an hour on a straight
ituck, uie ureal northern west bound
Oriental Limited, which left bore for
Pacific coast points Sunday morning,
was derailed at 1:15 vesterdnv mornintf
at Bartlett, N. D. Five persons wero
killed and a score or moro inlured.
Later the gas tank exploded and tho
train took firo, seven passenger coaches
boing destroyed. Tho sleeper and ob
servation cars escanud tlm flnmnn.
There is said to bo some evidence that
the rails had been tampered with.
Made Whole Earth Shake.
Albany, N. Y., April 16. Tlm
strongest and longest earthquake ehock
recorded upon tho seismograph at tlm
state museum hero sinco tho instrument
was Installed began at 1.14 a. m. yes
terday and continued for moro than two
lours. Tho record is much moro pro
nounced than that made bv tho Son
Franoieco earthquako of last yoar. Tho
maximum vibration waB bo severe as to
swing the pondulum clear off the re
cording indicator.
Andean Volcanoes Break Out,
Buonos As'res, April 10. Actlva
eruptions aro in progress amone tlm
Andean volcanoes in tho torritorv of
Bio Negro, ABhea are being thrown
for a great dlatanco.