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BOILER EXPLOSION
ON RIVER STEAMER
I'our Killed and Six Injured Near
New Westminster.
TWO PASSENGLRS DROWNED
Wmi Blows Overboard lale Frascr River
Olien KilIU Were Deck Hsada
Parctr io4 Mala Will Prob
lily Die.
VANi-OKVKU, Ii. .:. April 17. Hy n
rxploNinn of a Ixi.lcr on th river temn
cr ItwnnnH, thin atrnon, four peo
ple ttcrc kllii-J outrtKlit and all otln-ra
a-rlounlv Injurril. Tiw diul Include two
wom'n tvho were paniR-riKr "n th
nlimnr, mid two drtk handa. Of the
lnjur'il, ihr purwr and mate will prob
ably dlf.
The (lend are:
Mr. II. Morrlwin, vt Fort Lansley,
II. C.
Mm. lUlllle. of Munt Uhman, It.
Jnhn Muck, a )k hand.
M'iiry t'hlppK, a d-k bund.
Tbi Iniurrd ar:
Itliliard Mower, purix-r. fatally tmrn
fl; JiiK'H Mityimtd, mate probably
burni'd faulty; Jrone' Knowlm. flr--
niiin. badly burnd; thrc- Indlann. cr-
loiinly burm-d.
Tin- boiler explosion of-curred In
mliNtrviim while the t-Anir wan en
r.tutn from Nf- Wfitnilnitr to Kort
I.iiniclry. the latter Ix-lng a farming1 (-
:lcmnt iitxiut IS miU- from thla city.
!y the forre tf the explosion Mra. Mr-
riiM'ii and Mm. rtalllle. who were return
Iiik home after a Uy' hopilng In Ntw
Wetmlniter. were bl"n into the river
and were drowned bfure aid rwu-hed
I hem.
The bodle of both women have been
rwover-d and are compfcrntlvely free
fnm bruits or burn. Indicating that
death wan du- to drowning. The re
main of lb two lk tvanda, Phlppit
and Mack, have not ben found. Tur.
ner Hiiwer wm bally ar&lded by ea.'ap
Inx Kte,tm arid Mate Maynard was nU
feirfully burn'd
The Hnmuna ! a ftern wheel steam
er of about 300 tms.
HANK MAN AO Ell ABSOONDED.
lemam, luwa. National Hank FaibM
to Oien Yeeterday.
ST. I'At'I.. April 17.-A Sioux CUy.
Iowa. Cjierl.il to the Dlateh says:
The I.emars National IUnk at ' I-e-
nwm, inwa, ild nt p-n this morn
biir. Thomas F. Ward, vice-president
and manis'r of the institution. Is a
Felf-ronf-s embezzler to the amount
f r.'S.OOO to mow. He has also ab
sconded. Ward d'paJ"t'd Monday nlpht
and yesterday Oaehier Frank Koots ri
celvl a letter fntm Ward, beirlnnlnK:
'Dear Frank I reave tonight, for
f!od Almighty knows wiiere. Board of
trade Murines has ruined inc. Save
me fnm an Indictment if you can. I
will pay back every cent I can."
A sad feature of his caee is tht Mrs.
Ward Is dangerously il; at her home.
having slven birth to n child but a
week ago. The news of her husband's
disgrace Is kept fr-mi her.
AU. ItEVORPS BROKEN.
Over Half Billion Dollars 'n Oold In
Vnlted States Treasury.
NEW YORK, April 17.-TU' Evening
Post today sys:
Today's summary of the U. S. treas
ury resirt of yesterday afttrnoon shows
that the government aggregate gold
holdings for the first time in hlatory
have passed the half-billion-dollar mark.
The exact total waa $SO0.278,i06.
This Is the largest amount of gold
now held by any single financial insti
tution In the world, ami H 1 the larg
est ever held by any Institution with
one exception, the Imperial Bank of
Russia, which. In February, 1893, rais
ed Its total holdings to ir.M.390,000. At
present, however, Oie Russian lMik
holds only $371,SO0,o00.
HILL UNlYiMMUNIOATiyE.
Riy8 News Regarding Burlington Must
Come From Other Sources.
SPOKANE. April 17.-Jame J. Hill.
president of the Great Northern, passed
rough Spokane this afternoon. When
iked as to the truth of the report
thnt he has secured control of the Bur-
Iln
igton road he replied:
I don't want to say anything about
that. You will have to pet that from
the other end."
STRIKE TREMBLES IN BALANCE.
Decision May Be Reached by the Steel
Workers Today.
PITTSBURG. April 17.-The threat
ened strike of all the men of the Amal
gamated Association employed In or
ganized mill of the Ajnerlcan Sheet
Hi-i-I ii(j.iny ami, Aulwqij'-ntly, of
nil orgiinlzed men of the aaso lallon
In nulls of the l'nie.i Huie Hi- I f'or
ponitlKti trernbli-m n the balunc tonight.
)ii the one hand, I'r.-sldent T. J.
Hliiiffner In backed up n his d-t.-rrnln-(iilon
to call a getcT.il strike by a ma
J'Tlly of Hie mender f his adv's'.ry
board and by the district irHiI-fitH biid
trustees who ere a neiH.in all diy
today.
On the other hand there Is a new
move toward conciliation and arbitra
tion, which may end the entire contro
versy In I'lt Lolling tomorrow or rnav
bv carried to New York to be adjusted
by higher powers.
POIHt! IM Ql'AUANTINR.
Ha l Nina!lKix on Hoard When She
It idled Hawaii.
SAN FKANMHrO, April 17.-The
steamer Doric arrived today from the
Orient via Honolulu and u detained in
quarantine owing to the fact that there
was a cbs" of shiallpox on board when
the vessel reached Hawaii. The Doric
brings news of the safety of the Ca
roline, thirty-eight diys out fnm Ma
nila. Hho was In Honolulu when the
st.-amer solb-d. The Garonne has the
Twenty-sixth Infantry m board. Ow
ing to the delay In her arrival here
tip-re wis considerable uneasiness.
NKW rilFAKJIf'AL HfHOor
ib lliiHllsts Are Planning to Start One
at Portland.
PORTLAND, Ore.. April 17.-Dr. L. E.
Itockwell. itresidlng elder of the Metho
dist church of the Portland district,
has pUns f ir the establishment of a
theological sdhool kt Portland In con
nexion with and as an adjunct of the
Willamette fnlverslty.
"We are going to hold a great educa
tional convention at Willamette Uni
versity to prom te the growth and In
terests of that institution In June.
"The theological project will be
brought up at that time."
St'ICIDK AT Hl'TTE.
dining Mun Who Was Pievented byHi.i
Wife From Commliting Murder
Then Shot Himself.
IH TTK. Mont,., April 17. Al. David
son, a mining man osratlng at White
Sulphur Springs but living in Butte,
committed suicide here tonight bv
shootlnsr himself In the head.
He had been In a row with another
man and went home to get 1.1s gun
and kill bis adversary. His wife per
suade! hl'ii not to leave the house and
shortly after this his wife went into
the room where he was and found him
dying with a bullet In nis brain and a
pistol by his side.
PLOT AOAINST EMPRRSS.
Korean Minister of Justice Sentenced to
. Death.
ST. PRTKUSnrUO, April 17. News
hs been received here from Seoul, Ko
rea to the effect that the Korean min
ister ;f Justice, Ki Kon Ho, was arrest
ed April 1 for participation in a con-
snlracv against the emptvsa of Korea.
He named various tilgh officials as ac
complices In the plot. He was con
demned to death April 5. and another
minister of the Korean court was sen
tenced to fifteen yevrs' hard labor. The
ther Implicated officials were acquitted
TO HAVE LARGER STEAMERS.
Tacoma Pl.inning to Takt Advantage
of Ship Subsidy Bill.
TAfOMA. April 17. It I announced
tint the freight and passenger steam
ers now plying between Tacoma, Yo
kohama and Hong Kong In connection
with the Northern Pacliic railroad are
soon to be supplanted by larger ves
sels. Th( new steamers probably will
b of American build, as the company
will take advantage of the steamship
subsidy bill if it becomes a law.
LAWTON I QUARANTINE.
Transport Brings Three Oases of Small
pox From Manila.
SAN FRANCISCO. April 17.-The
transport Lawton arrived today from
Manila and went into quarantine. Three
cases of smallpox developed on the
vessel during the voyage. The Lawton
brings twenty-seven officers and , 700
men of the Thirty-ninth infantry. .
RAID ON POOL ROOMS.
NEW YORK. April 17. The commit
tee of fifteen raided several alleged poo',
rooms this afternoon. The raids In each
case were personally conducted by 'n
dividual members of the conrnlttee.
CATHOLIC INDEMNITY CLAIMS.
PEKIN. April 17. The foreign office
confirms the dispatrfli from "Washing
ton spying that France will take charge
of the CaUnllc claims aglnst China.
RIPLEY CASE.
FRANKFORT, Ky.. April! 17.-The
argument In the Ripley case win be
gin tomorrow, the testimony! 'having
closed today. ' 1 1 . . .
NOT READY FOR
CIVIL GOVERNMENT
Insurgents on Island of Cebu Un
willing to Surrender.
MARINDl'QUE NOW PACIFIED
Mijor Davis Nd Not Rttira to Manila to
Aaiwcr Chirxe Apiait Him - Big
Dry Dock lo Be 5allt at
Olaofopo.
T.Bt". P. I., April 17, A thousand
troops in the island of Cebu are un
able to aecimplihh the aurrendcr or
capture of 200 Insurgent riflemen atlll
out. Coloiid McC'lernand raya that the
terms the Insurgents offer are impos
sible. Of fifty towns a dozen of the
largest have ben organized under a
mllitarv order. Oth;rg are believed to
have insurgent governments.
Judge Ta?t. addressing the convention
today, deplored the fact that Cebu was
the least paclfie province and called
on the delegates to decide whether 200
men would be per.rltteJ to restrain
neace and prosperity or whether the
mijorlty would organize and notify the
mcurtaln sulk-rs to tae causing trou
ble. If the people were not all ready
to do this the commbisl-jn would not su
persede the military by civil control.
The exhort itl in was not demonstra
tively received. Iva Jlng Visayans
from twenty-four towns represented
urged the orgailzitlon of a provincial
g"vernment and the wlndup of the re
bellion. The islanl probably will be
organized as one province. The popula
tion numbers 650,000.
PEACE ON MARINDUQUE.
WASHINGTON. April 17. The war
department today received the following
cablegram from Ge inl MacArthur at
Manila:
"Colonel Abad. Insurgtnt leader . of
Marlndunue. nine officers, seventy sol
diers. 217 small arms surrendered to
(Major) Frederick A. Smith. April 13.
taking the oath with an impressive
ceremony. They were then released.
This ends the Insurrection there.
"MacARTHUR."
DAVIS READY TO ANSWER.
WASHINGTON, April 17. Major Geo.
B. Davis today received a reply to his
message cabled to Col. Woodruff at Ma
nila expressing his willingness to return
to Manila on the first available transport
to face charges that have been brought
against him. Colonel Woodruffs reply
w is an assurance tha such a step Is not
necessarv.
.
GREAT NAVAL STATION.
NEW YORK. April 17. A special to
the Herald from Washington says:
If the plans of the navy department
are adopted by congress, a flve-mlllion-'olI.tr
nival station will be established
at Olangopi, Sublg bay, Luzon.
Upon the' recommendation of Rear
Admlral Endlcott, chief of the bureau of
yards and docks. Secretary 'Long has
appointed a board consisting of Rear
Admiral Taylor, Civil Engineers W"ol
cott and Menocol to meet at the New
York nivy yard for the purpose of pre
paring the plans and estimates upon
which congress will be fcrged to act.
The board of which Hear-Admiral Re
mey was president only selected the site
for the projected station, leaving the
department to determine upon its ex
tent. The dry dock to be built at
Olangopo will cost at least $1,000,000
and the shop. and tools are expected to
cost at least $1,000,000.
It is the purpose of the department to
urge congress to act expeditiously in
order that the work or repairing men-of-war
can be done In American yards.
At this time the smaller vessels are re
paired at Cavite, but the larger ships
are sent to Hong Kong for docking and
Important repairs. Work at Hong Kong
is very expensive and Secretary Long
believes the money spent In an English
port Should be distributed among Amer
ican workmen.
BURLINGTON PURCHASE.
Northern Pacific Will Be the
Most Benefited.
Line
NEW YORK, April 17.In discussing
today the Burlington purchase, the cir
cumstances under which the road had
been acquired and the advantages
which It was expected the purchasing
companies would gain, one of the high
est authorities in Northern Pacific af
fairs said to the Evening Post;
''In the recent negotiations the Bur
lington people have Insisted on the
Northern Pacific ar)d Great Northern
acting jointly to safeguard themselves
as far as possible In the matter of se
curity. . . . . ,
"It Is a fact that the Northern Pa
cific will be most largely and In fact
almost altogether benefited by the Bur
lington being worked In harmony with
the Northern Pacific lines. All three
roads will continue to be operated a&
Independent properties. There will be
no eons ill datlon.
"We are agreeing to pay eight per
rerr on Burlington stock and toe profit
on such a guarantee will, In part, have (
io lie worn" j out vy economy. v e nope
to gt of the Rurllrigt"n to us
down, , ' four tier cent. At that
(lgur',V.; f. . we agree to pay, you
see, looks less ejetnvagant."
ft INFERENCE OVER CUBA,
Senators ('ockrell an,i Proctor Consult
With the President.
WASHINGTON, April 17. Senators
Proctor, of Vermont, and Cockrell, of
Missouri, had an Important conference
with the president today regarding the
situation In Cubi. Both havo made
trips to the islands since the adjourn
ment of congress. Senator Cockrel! Is
a representative of the political oppo
sition in the senate, but to held in high
esteem by the president, who was
ereatlv Interested today In listening to
his views.
Senators Proctor and Cockrell agreed
substantially as to the conditions ob
taining cm the island and they agree
as to the outcome of pending negotia
tions with the Cubans.
Senator Ctvrkrel! told the president
that In his opinion the Cubans would
accept the terms of the Piatt amend
ment in the end. After the commis
sion appointed to visit Washington un
derstands the situation he thinks there
will be no other alternative open to
them.
LANDING PLACE FOR CABLE.
Site Selected on West Coast of Vancou
ver Inland.
VICTORIA. B. C. April 17.A site
has been selected cn Barclay sound,
on the west coast of Vancouver bland,
for the landing place for the Pacific
cable. It consists of 100 acres. There
Is a good harbor and room for a fleet
of battleships.
SENATOR SENTENCED.
Two and a Half Years' Imprisonment
for Passing Bad Check.
NEW YORK, April 17. Alonzo J.
Whluman. formerly a state senator of
Minnesota, convicted of passing a bad
check, was today sentenced to two and
a balf years' Imprisonment.
PROTECT
OUR
LITTLE ONES
DONT buy clothes made by child
labor in unhealthy sweat shops.
BUY
Union Made Clothing
And feel that the coat on your back
or the pants you wear are not
stained by the sweat rolling: from
underpaid Child Labor, Scab Labor
or Penitentiary Labor.
BUY UNION. MADE
Suits, Hats, Overalls,
Dress or Working Pants
HARD FIGHT OVER
NEW LIQUOR LAW
Charges of Bribery Freely Circu
lated at Honolulu.
HOME RULE MAJORITY SPLIT
Party Lloti Bcin( Broktu - Pcosioa for Ei
QiiKi ar Lump Sun Will Bi
Granted Hawaiian Lao
fttaie la Curt.
HONOLULU, April 9, via San Fran
cisco, April 17. The territorial legis
lature Is now In the midst of a bard
fight -T'jr the proposed liquor dispen
sary law. The bill has been before the
senate In various stages for several
dav and committee reports for and
against It have been made. The cam
paign has developed Into a very bitter
one and 'here are many charges of a
corruption fund circulated by the liquor
interests. It will be some days be
fore the final vote Is reached In the
senate and then the flgnt will reach
the lower house. Party llne have com
pletely broken on the subject.
The bill to allow theex-u.ueen $12,000 a
year as a pension has two substitutes,
one proposing to give her $230,000 In a
lump sum, and the other to make at
this time an appropriation of $12,000 for
her for the next '.wo years. Most of
the Independents ure understood to fa
vor giving the $250,000.
The house has finally passed a bill
to Drovlde for the usexf the Hawa
iian as well as the English language In
the circuit courts of the territory. Since
the annexation only' English has been
allowed in courts of record.
The big home rule majority In both
houses has split to some extent and
divisions are close upon many ques
tions now.
PRICE OF SILVER.
NEW YORK, April 17.-SUver. 59K.
.