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LAY ON TRACK IN
FRONT OF TRAIN
Probable Suicide Between Uma
tilla and Wallula.
MANGLED PAST RECOGNITION
Mm Looked Up Calmly at Train of Forty
Can Approached but Remained
Stretched Acroii ibe Track
Awalliof Death.
' '" Hi'roN, Marc h 18.-m a sharp
nirve between rriiiiiiliu Bnl Wallula
till afternoon Engineer George McEl
vov .iv n nun lying on the track
hautln forty car, with two h'vy en
KllleH, McKlvoy Was Ulllbe t't Stop III
mini, aim run nv.-r the prostr.it- f..rm
The- full.- train .(in' over the body
mangling It beyond I -.-"tcK)"ri.
McKlvoy Kiiiicit that lie law the man
l'k up a Hi.- train npproach-d, g-.ix-
at I In- uppmai lili.g ruglne calmly, t!l n
Ii' mill., I ,iwti to meet hiit fati ap
piniitly nought In u desire to commit
ruliii-. Ill jay over one nill, Mi
I'jt nv-r tii- other. Tin- head wn cut
tt. S.i nam v.um found, or iiiii-r In
tin- lot h-i.ie. I li-ntliii atl'in , injr liuj.ni.
cllilc.
I"HK (SOT NO CAI'lTAU
Siill
nt Sp'k.im- T.ik n to M-an (.'i'iii
iu- Ktllur.- of lliH 'lnnn.
H'uKANi:, Mari-h IS. Archibald A
Ihiti :iinop. hold. r of ITofl.WK) moriKaje
bon.iH In ih,. o Columbia. TUilwjy &
N.'iviyatii'n Cumpiny, tiled Uir!i In
Inti-uvn'luii at On J.-ndalc today in the
i'lt 'f Vlnt-r an. Chapman aB.ili.5t
the tViitriit Navigation & Construction
C'oiiinn,. Hi- akn that all ult. ll'n
.ind . l iltnH iiKalnut :n' pnpTty lie dm
inlni.'l. Id- rmkn that the entire ecu
unit tiiiKfirrlnif tlu Cluniblu Com
ii.ni 11 nKmH in tnc (.kc road at
('I'll .i the Ct-ntril Con. p any ( dc-
ciarvd vi. Id. ihun r'urnlna; the property
tn th- "olii'iiMii Company and clearing
th- w 1' fur for-clnure under hw bonds.
which full lu,. June 1. r.KH.
1hi suit ! taki'n qh IndlcatliiK I'aul
Mohr'a fiillurx- to He aire new capltnl In
in New York to complete hix new tran.t-
i'i tatloii line from Spokane to Portland.
SYMPATHY WITH HOISIW.
i:.x-J'r. Klil-tit HarrUn Tol l I). It. Mill
of Ills Views.
Ni:V VOf:K. March IS.-Kx-rsowr-nor
Pivld H. Hill wan th? principal
peakr nt the banquet of St. Patrick'
Society In Prooklyn tonlKht. He lin
cuxhi',1 at lentfih the South African pol
icy of Hi! nntlonul administration and
raid:
"I do not violate any confidence when
I atate th.it nt an Interview which I
had nt V.inhlnRton on lVcimlier Sth,
last, with ex-Preldtnt Harrison he
said:
" 'tJovernor Hill, I am an American
and my sympathies nrL with the cause
i f tic Hoir. I cannot help It.' "
CONFKItKNCK ON SIO.NATOHSHIP.
N Action Taken at Lincoln After Long
Discussion.
LINCOLN. March 3S.-The cmferencf
on the sen.itorshlp callinl primarily to
discuss the rules for the new caucus,
adjourned tonight without action after
belnif In session two hours. Fifty Re
publican members attended and the
whole situation was discussed. A mo
tion to pioceed to the nomination of a
candidate for the long term was opposed
by. the supporters of I). 10. Thompson
and wuh not put to ft vote. Two cau
cus calls were given special attention
but neither has the requisite number
of signers to nominate.
ATOLOGY DEMANDED.
Consul-General Sent to Moorish Capital
on Hoard Armored Cruiser
New York.
WASHINGTON. March IS The state
department Is Rlvlnff renewed attention
0; jp
PBOBBINIri
FKLEI) CURTAINS. KM
to tin- nl element nt clilms ajfiiriftt the
Kovi nin.-nt of" Mormcco.
Instructloim were n-nt today to Mr.
(Surr.fiicre, th coinnil-iO'iieral of Tn
Klem, to demand an apology f.,r the
apparent discourtesy on th" part of the
grand vlzhr and mlnlMti-r of foreign
affnlii In att 'inptliig to defeat the pur
pose of the aUttt department to dl
pili h a apeclul inlsHion to Moroci-o city.
The armored -rul-r New York, rap
Idly ma ring Gibraltar, will taki? Gum
mere it li a rd and convey him to M;ir
iii H.in. w here the tonsul-gi-n'Tal will dis
embark rind go overland to the Moorish
capital. The N'mv York will remain at
Miuirgan under tils orders until some
sort of u S'tllernent Is reached.
It'M'KWKKLLKIt TAKKN IN.
A'l Ills Ini-n-stM In the Iron Hushing
Oo Into the United Steel
Corporation.
NKW YORK, March 1H.-J. P. Mor
gan & Co., today confirmed the report
which was circulated here that ajl the
Interests of John D. Rockefeller i the
Iron business, Including mines, railways
Mid luke) transportation lines, ar- to go
into the lrnlt -d Hteel Coreratlon. Thene
lllter.-sts include the Lake Suierlor Con
solidated Iron Mlii-s. which cunciTn has
a capital stock of ).V).(siO,0Ki, and of
which M outstanding. It was
Inori.onitel unl-r the laws of New
Jersey In lwii to ac tulre and operate
Iron mill's In th M-saba Range, Minn.
Th-- ci'tupiny owns extensive properties
lu (his region lyi 1 l-as'-s some of Its
mines to the Carnegie Ste C'cimpiiny
and oth-r largk- t.i- nuinufaetur'-rs. It
owns the Iiuluth, .Mewiba & Northern
Railway, ext. -tiding from Duluth to
Iron Mountain. Minn., and embracing
about 130 miles of road.
The Iak Sup-rior (Consolidated Iron
Mines haa no dir-ct mortgige Indebt
edness of Its own, but the Duluth. Mes
aba & North -rn Railway 'has a bonded
d -bt consisting of $1.1 00, wo first mort
gage C i-r cent bonds, due In 19-J; $2.-
;r,l,0S) co.-is illdatcd mortgage 6 p. r cent
Ininds, due In IX'3, and $.'.6M.0O0 second
mortgage 5 per cent bonds, due In
RUN".
LORD ROHKRTS HOpEFt U
Relieves That Kitchener Will Soon Se
cure Peace.
LONDON. March lj.-Ird Roberts,
in a letter to a, correspondent, expresses
confld-.-nt bota; that Lord Kitchener
w 111 soon bv able to secure -ace In South
Africa but thus far there Is no sign
from Pretoria Jr Ope Town that pea.-o
is near.
The latest n-ws Is that General Kou-
ri-j with S(K) nun escaped Sunday from
the Rrlilsh coluintis that were endeav
oring t.i corner the commando east of
Rloeii.tonteln. Further big operations
v ill be started in the Orange River Col
ony within a, few days.
pfnsion for kx-qi:een.
I'll! Introduced Into Hawaiian legisla
ture Providing for ill.m An
nually. HONOLL'LL', March 12. via San
Francisco, March IS. The principal
m-nsur Introduced in the legislature
since last Saturday was a bill present
ed today to the house providing for an
annual pension for ex-Queen Lllluo
kulanl. This measure provides for a
pension of T-'.OOO per annum during
the queen's life-time. It Is believed that
some Sort of a pension will be grained
j Lllluok iUiii, as every political party
was pledged to such a measure.
ATTACKED BY JAPANESE.
Major II. B. Multord and Wife Very
Roughly Handled.
VICTORIA. H. C, March lS.-The
steamer Mnshiu .Maru amved totlay
from Yokohama and the Orient. She
brought news of a brutal assault on
Major II. B. Mullord, of the Thirty-
ninth Infantry, and his wife at Kioto,
while returning' from Manila. A mob of
ov.f hundred attacked the Mulfords
while they were emluarking on a train
and their clothing was torn and both
were roughly handled. He was In uni-
orm.
TRANSPORTS SAIL.
SAN FRANCISCO, March IS. The
I'nlted States transports Meade and
Pennsylvania sailed today for the Phil
ippines with a large contingent of sol-
dlcrs.
Just fleceived. . .
100 pairs Bobblnet Ruffled
Curtains. The Swell Window
Display, on which we are
making a SPECIAL SALE.
Also a new line of Ladles'
Writing Desks In Flemish
Golden Oak and Birds' Eye
Maple
VON WALDERSEE
HAS INTERFERED
Ends Hostile Attitude of British
and Russian Troops.
ENGLAND UNABLE TO FIGHT
Entire Military Forte Eoi(ed Id South At
rica RuhIii Aureulveaeii Checked
-Mlsltter Coaer Sails (or
America,
LONDON, March 19. The Tinua this
morning tnaku the following announce
ment: '"We Karri that Count Von Wald-rs-e
has lni"-rf.-r;-d, as eommander-ln-chlef
of the allej forces in China, to put an
end to the mutually hostile attitude of
the British and Russian troops at Tien
Tsln."
The re is no confirmation of this state
ment in oth-r quarters but It has an
air of extreme probability aiid will be
recvlv.'d by England with feelings of re
lief. WAR IMPOSSIBLE.
I-NDON. March 18. While htlli
tles aie out of the question, however
it Is not unlikely that diplomatic rela
tions between Great Britain and Russia
will become strained almost to the
breaking point. Possibly British war
ships' may be dispatched to bring pres
sure to b?ar upon Russia, but this
will not result unless some fracas un
expected by London and St. Petersburg
occurs between the opposing forces of
Tien Tsin.
This assertion Is based upon exhaus
tive Inquiries made by the Associated
Presi In London. A prominent British
tfficlal, often the mouthpiece of the
government, whose position makes it
undesirable that he should be named
in this connection, said this evening:
"It is useless for our newspapers to
use urovocatlve language. They forget
that we have a great army In South
Africa and that we have no other army,
or the making of one, elsewhere. It
Is Impossible to go to war with Rus
sia." TROOPS WILL WITHDRAW.
LONDON. March 18. On the highest
official authority the Associated Press Is
authorized to announce that the diffi
culty at Tien Tsln between the Rus
sians and British over the construction
cf a railroad siding in territory claimed
bv both probably will be solved by the
withdrawal of both the British and the
Russian troops from the ground in dis
pute. FORTY ARRESTS MADE.
LONDON'. March 18. A dispatch from
Shanghai announces the sailing today
of t'nited States Minister Conger.
The condition of LI Hung Chung has
Improved.
INCIDENT EXAGGERATED.
LONDON. March 18. -There is a dis
position here to think too much has been
made of the Anglo-Russian incident at
Tien Tsln. and a more hopeful view of
the affair is taken today. This is aided
by the statement contained in Dr. Mor
rison's dispatch from Pekin yesterday
to the London Times, which is taken to
mean that the combined efforts of the
interested powers are having the effect
of causing St. Petersburg to check any
tendency to undue aggressiveness on the
part of the Russian representathes in
China. The comments of the afternoon
papers here repeat the views of the ma
jority of the morning papers, namely,
that diplomacy will be able to smooth
the friction.
The officials of the British foreign of-
iuce have not yet received oniciai con
ffirmatlon of Russia's alleged backdown
In regard t ) Manchuria, Turkestan and
Mongolia, ind Inquiries on the subject
are now bMng made at St. Petersburg
and Pekin. The British foreign office
Is not relaxing its efforts to secure a
more satisfactory statement or thJ in
tentions of Russia, but the officials de
precate the British press agitation on
the subject. On all sides it is officially
and otherwise said that Great Britain
has not the slightest contemplation of
resorting to hostilities against Russia,
whatever may be the outcome of the
prtsent negotiations.
Replying to Sir Ellis Ashmeade-Bart-lett
(Conservative), Mr. Balfour, the
government leader, said In the house
of commons today the government does
not possess any information Indicating
any decline In British Influence. in the
Yang Tse provinces. As to the Russian
claim for the waters of Blonde and EI
lott Islands, the British government ha3
received no communication on the sub
ject from Russia. The Russian admir
al has remonstrated against the pres
ence In the waters of Ellott Island of
H. M. S. Plover, which Is engaged in
pursuing pirates. But British ships
have a perfect right under the treaty
of Tien Tsln Jo go there.
Questions regarding the dispute at
Tien Tsln were parried by the under
secretary for foreign affairs, Lord Cran-
horn.'. In refusing to answer them wlth
mt notice.
WIHU.n Redmond raised Nationalist
cheers by asking whether Great Brit
ain had hoUted the white (lag and back
ed down, aftr threatening to use force
of arms.
POWERS WILL PROTEST.
NEW YORK, March 18.-Accordlng to
advices received by the Herald from
Washington, the diplomats there say
that Manchuria and not Tien Tsln Is
the danger point to the Chinese situ
ation. Th-se gvntlemen assert that
Great Britain, Japan and Germany have
aiven Rustic to' understand that they
will regard with disfavor the signing
of the Manchurian convention, it is
further stated that If the convention
Is signed a vigorous protest will be
made by these powtrs and, should this
not b effectual, more aggressive
measures will be taken.
War talk la deplored In, American of
ficial circles, where It is well under
stood that conflict between the powers
will precipitate the dismemberment of
China, which the president and Secre
tary Hay are trying to prevent. Great
Britain, Germany and Japan are sus
picl us of the St. Petersburg govern,
nient, notwithstanding its protestations
of good faith and that government, It Is
believed, will abandon the convention
with China rather than engage In war.
It In stated that the only danger In
the situation In Tien Tsln lies In the
antipathy of the British and Russian
troops for each other. The Lomlon and
St. Petersburg governments, however,
It is thought, will not allow any clash to
occur in that part of China that might
Involve the- two countries In war.
GREEN FLAG PROHIBITED.
Vancouver Irish Are Indignant Because
It Was Not Raised on the
City Hall.
VANCOUVER, B. C, March 1S.-
Some discussion has been aroused over
the prohibition of the hoisting of the
green flag above the city hall In honor
of St. Patrick's day. Alderman W. S.
McDonald forbade the janitor to hoist
the emblem, among the reasons given
being that it was merely a green
streamer without a harp and that in its
present form R was a Fenian emblem.
The flag did not go up and the Irish
are Indignant.
R EDUCTION OF RATES.
Liberal Cut on Pacific Division of Can
adian Pacific.
VANCOUVER. B. C. March IS. The
Candian railway has made a radical
reduction in passenger charges. Com
mencing April 1. passenger rates on the
Pacific division will be reduced 20 per
cent and local roundtrlp tickets will
carry a further reduction.
MILLS SHUT DOWN.
Over Production Makes Fall Rlver Spin
dles Idle.
FAIJj RIVER, Mass.. March IS. The
Chase. Roberts. Merchants. American
linen and Metacomet cotton mills, oper
ating 3'0,000 spindles, were stopped to
dav In pursuance of an agreement to
curtail production. It is probable that
next week a majority of the mills of
this city will be shut down.
TO ACCEPT CARNEGIE'S OFFER.
Bill Intioduced in New York State Ai
sembly. ALBANY. N. Y., March lS.-Assem-biyman
Pre'sa tonight introduced a bill
to enable New York City to accept the
offer of Andrew Carnegie to give $3,
2o0,000 for public library purposes.
RACE TRACK SOLD FOR $600,000.
SAN FRANCISCO. March 18. It Is
announced the war between rival race
tiaeks here has been ended -and Tom
Williams, president of the California
Jockey Club, has bought out the tra.-ks
at Ingleside and Tanforan. The price Is
said to be $600,000.
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Distributors,
FIRE DESTROYED
TWO SMALL TOWNS
Little Left of Memphis, Indiana,
and Blsmark, Missouri.
BIG FIRE AT ST. LOUIS ALSO
Lost ot Ose Hundred Thousand Dollar! by
Each Coaflagratloa Miy People
Art Homelef 1 lad Without
Food.
SEYMOUR, Ind., March 18. The en
tire villag-J of Memphis, Ind., a placw
of 500 residents and located 35 mllet
south of here, was destroyed by tiro
today and many people are without
shelter or food. The property loss U
ovr $100,000.
AT BISMARK.
ST. LOUIS. March 18. The little town
cf Bisrrark, Mo., situated 15 miles from
St. Louis on the Iron Mountain rail
road, was almost wiped out of existence
by fire today. The leading- business
houses and many residences were burn
eJ. The loss s estimated at $100,009
with $15,000 Insurance.
AT ST. LOUIS.
ST. LOUIS. March 18.-A fire on the
south side this afternoon burned the
ice storage plant of the Anheuser-Busch
Brewing Company; the repair shop of
tne American Car and Foundry Com
pany, together with a number of box
cars; the factory of Stule and Com
pany, pickle manufacturers; five room
ing houses and a number of small
sheds. The total damage Is $100,000. the
great part of which is covered by In
surance. RACE FOR $250,000. .
Abbott to Be Matched Against
Bontfma.
Th;
BOSTON. March 18.-Thomas W.
Lawson. in a statement tonight, accepts
the offer of Mr. Scannel, owner of The
Abbott, for a race for "the sum of
$2t0.jW against Boralma. Lawson
agrees to give all his winnings to char
ity.
RUMOR DENIED.
Burlington Officials Claim Road Has
Not Been Bought.
BURLINGTON. Ia., March 18. In
quiry at the office of the Burlington
road today elicited absolute denial of
the stories that J. J. Hill or the Morgan
Hairiman syndicate has secured control
of th? Burlington system. j
INSURANCE COMMISSIONER.
Bill Approved by Governor of Idaho
and P. M. Davis Appointed.
BOISE, March IS. The governor to
day approved the bill establishing the
office of Insurance commissioner and
appointed P. M. Davis, of Lewiston, to
that position. He vetoed the pure food
bill.
INVITATION TO M KINLSY.
Texas Legislature WoMld Like an Ad
dress From Him,
AUSTIN, Tex., March 18.-The house
of the Texas legislature today adopted
a resolution Inviting President McKln
ley to visit Austin and address the leg
islature on his Southern trip.
ENGLISHMAN DEFEATED.
LONDON. March 18. At the National
Sporting Club tonight Harry Harris, of
Chicago, defeated "Pedlar" Palmer of
England on points In a 13-round boxing
contest.
SMOKES 5
LEWIS,
Portland, Oregon J