CORVALL GAZETTE WEEKLY. ITNIOIfKatab. Jmly, 1MT. Consolidated Feb. 1899. wAXKTns KatMk. Dm, COEVALLIS, BENTON COUNTY, OREGON", FRIDAY, MARCH 29, 1301. VOL.. XXXVIII. NO. 14. From All Parts of the New World and the Old. Of INTEREST TO OUR MANY READERS Comprehensive Review of the Important Hap , penings of the Past Week in a Condensed Form, A Japanese diplomatic official open ly talks war. . , There was much bloodshed In a riot in St, Petersburg. China appeals to England to pro tect her from Russia. Fighting has been renewed between the British and the Boers. The ministers cannot agree on the question of legation guards. High officials in Brazil are Impli cated in the monarchist plot. The British answer to the Hay Pauncefote . treaty is made public. Twenty-five persons were killed and many Injured by a tornado at Bir mingham, Ala. Newcastle, Pa., has rejected Carne gie's offer of $50,000 with which to es tablish a library. The report of the removal of Mc- Cleevey Brown, minister of Corean customs, is confirmed. Portraits of Hawaiian political of fenders have been removed from the rogues' gallery in Honolulu. Coroner's jury in Hood River, Or., assassination returns verdict that evi dence points to James Green as the guilty party. Ex-Representative Rodenburg.of Illi nois, was appointed a member of the civil service commission to succeed the late Mark S. Brewer. The president has .issued a procla mation 'announcing the acquisition by purchase of the islands of Sibutu and Cagyan, fprming part of the Jolo ar chipelago. Clatsop county, Or., will send to the Buffalo exposition a spruce log 16 feet long and -8 feet in diameter, and a number of carefully prepared hem lock planks. ""The transport Hancock has sailed from San Francisco for Manila, with seven officers and 327 men of the Sixth cavalry, sever officers and 350 men of the Seventh infantry, 12 men of the hospital corps, four , surgeons, two army officers unattached, and 30 civil ian passengers. Pittsburg street-car men may go on strike. General Funston has gone in pursuit of Aguinaldo. Kruger expects to visit the United States next month. The Philippine commission is taking testimony in Negros. . Japan energetically protests against the Russo-Chinese treaty. The Portuguese government seized Jesuit property m Lisbon. Spain received $100,000 for the is lands of Cagayan and Sibutu. ,, A tornado did great damage to ship ping in Pensacola bay. Florida. Corea , removes British collector of customs, which causes a protest. Governor Rogers, of Washington, ve toed the bill for the selection oi school text-books. Russia agrees with Great Britain to let VonWaldersee arbitrate the Tien Tsin dispute. - Mrs. Nation was escorted from grounds of Kansas soldiers' home to train by police. Graviy of the Russian student trou ' bles impelled the Czar to call a special meeting of the ministers. Insurgents will be given 30 days' ex tension of time to take advantage of the law regulating voting and office holding. Two hundred girls working in the overall department of Sofford Bros., drygoods factory at Kansas City, walked out. . The firm recently re duced the price for making overalls from $1.25 to 98 cents a dozen. -"The United States government," says the London correspondent of tne Daily Express, "has refused New Zea land's request to reopen the question of permitting British steamers to trade between Honolulu and San Francisco." New Jersey village was destroyed by burning oil, as the result Of the wreck of a coal and oil train. General Weyler, Spanish minister of war, is preparing extensive army re forms. The food of the soldiers will be improved, and economies will be realized in the war budget. In the bankruptcy court at Burton-on-Trent, England, Lord Waterpark declared his bankruptcy was due to the compulsory sale of his property in compliance with the Gladstone act of 1881. He said he had thereby lost 35,000. The liabilities of the debt or amount to 26,00, and his assets are 3,000. The Baltimore & Ohio railroad has ordered 105 new engines. . Florida is now thronged with visit ors from the northern and western states. In the United States regular army Spanish is spoken fluently by 304 commissioned officers, French by 221 and German by 136. Besides King Edward there are 73 heirs to the British throne . without going outside of the group of Vic toria's direct descendants. BOTH SIDES RETIRE. Troops Withdrawn From Disputed Land at Tien Tsin. BERLIN, March 25 The war office has the following from Count von Waldersee: "The Anglo-Russian dispute at Tien Tsin has been settled from a military standpoint in a manner satisfactory to both parties at a conference be tween Generals Wogack and Barrow. Both guards and posts have been withdrawn and salutes have been ex changed. The British declare that no offense to the Russian flag was in tended and that the allege removal of the Russian boundary marks was neither by the command nor with the knowledge of the military authorities. The work on the disputed land will not be continued until the govern ments nave reached an agreement as to its possession or until a special un derstanding has been attained." PEKIN, March 25. The troops on both sides of the disputed land at Tien Tsin have been withdrawn, and all danger of a fracas is ended. The opinion of the British is that the promptness oi General Barrow in call ing up the marines from Taku pre vented a .collision. The British re port that prior to the arrival of the marines sentries ..were supplied from the Madras Pioneers, who for several days were surrounded by crowds of foreign soldiers mostly French, who assailed tnem with all kinds of abuse, calling them "coolies." The Madrasses were becoming restive when the ma rines arrived at night and quietly re lieved tnem, and it was only when daylight appeared that the Russians discovered the change. WHY BOTHA DECLINED. Kitchener Refused Complete Amnesty to Leaders. LONDON, March 25. The Daily Chronicle, professing to be able to give an outline of the negotiations be tween Lord Ktchener and General Botha, says: "The chief obstacle to a settlement was Lord Kitchener's refusal to grant complete amnesty to the leaders of the rebels in Cape Colony. He offered self-government on the lines of Jama ica immediately upon the cessation of hostilities, with legislative bodies partly elected by the burghers. The government agreed to provide 1 000,000 to compensate Boers for prop erty destroyed and articles comman deered by the Boers on commando, provided the signatures of the of ficers who. commandeered the goods were forthcoming. He also offered to grant loans on easy terms for rebuild ing and restocking farmsteads. More over, he agreed that children should be instructed in English or Dutch, at the discretion of their parents. The government undertook to make no claim on church property or funds, or upon hospitals or hospital funds, or upon private Investments. No burgher of either state was to be allowed to possess a rifle,., except by special li cense. " , "General Botha was generally in favor of these conditions, but he dis sented strongly from a proposal to give the full privilege of citizenship to properly domciled and registered blacks. He was also greatly con cerned about the position Jewish cap italists would occupy In the country, and was told that Jews and Chris tians would enlov pmial rio-hto iD tinction being maue in the matter of concessions. . MUST REFUND THE BONDS. Pina County, Ariz., Will Pay for the Experiment. PHOENIX, Ariz., March 25. The territorial supreme court today hand ed down: an important decision in the matter of the Pina county bonds. It is held that the territory must refund these bonds, amounting now, with in terest, to $352,000. Incidentally, the opinion re-establishes the territorial loan commission which the legisla ture sought two years ago to abol ish. iThe bonds, amounting to $200,000 were issued by Pina -county under an act of the legisla ture of 1883 to encourage the con struction of a narrow-gauge railroad from Tucson to Globe. The road was begun but never finished, and though these bonds had been turned over to the promoters, the county re fused to pay the , interest. All the bonds are held in New Tork. Government Calls for Bids. Seattle, Wash., March 25. Quar termaster Ruhlen will tomorrow is sue an invitation to the various ship ping concerns doing business between this city and Alaska to furnish pro posals for the contract to lighter at Nome and St. Michael such govern ment stores as are shipped this sea son by the war department to the military ' posts to the mouth of the Yukon river and points in the interior of Alaska. -Major Ruhlen roughly es timates that tnere will be 15,000 tons of freight on the basis of ship's meas urement to be sent north this sum mer. The bids will oe opened March 30. The government will have four ships in the Alaskan service. His Last Raid. - . Santa Fe, N. M., March 25. Tom Ketchum, famous as an outlaw, the man who terrorized the territory for years, was executed today. "Black Jack" was the soubriquet by wbich Ketchum was best known. He was sentenced by the territorial supreme court on February 25. Numerous at tempts were made to stay the execu tion, Ketchum having many friends among a certain class. Although ac cused or several murders and other felonies, Ketchum was only tried for the robbery of a train near Folsom, N. co... tne penalty for which, in this ter ritory, is death. Northwest Pensions. Washine-twi MqivTi 9e -DAatAa .- 1 uu.,u i. u . x (.UDlVyilU have been granted as follows: wegon orlsinal, William H.; Rum ley, Medford, $8; Mexican war; sur vivors, increase, Samuel B. Jackson, Eueene. 118- wiring,.. t cial act February 20, Catherine A. Young, Portland, $12; war with Spain, original, John Dennis, Portland, $12. Washington Ori irin a 1 Mahan, Seattle, $8; Peter Chambers, rorc Angeies, $6 ; William M. Mat- x, xnorp, its. 5 Items of Interest From All Parts of the State. COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL HAPPENINGS A Brief Review of the Growth and Improve ments of the Many Industries Through oat Our Thriving Commonwealth. Sheridan The depot at Sheridan is finished. Coquille It is proposed at Coquille to organize a fire company. Table Rock The Table Rock Irri gating Ditch Company will soon begin work of cleaning and repairing its ditches. Bald Mountain The new quartz mill of the Bald Mountain mine started up last week. Ritter The floor was blown'off the suspension foot bridge at Ritter sev eral days ago by wind. Hood River The prospects of the strawberry crop at Hood River are good, and there is an Increased acre age. , - Union A plan for starting a free reading room and library at Union is being perfected by women of the city. Milton The Offner Fruit Packing Company, of Walla Walla, contem plates erection of a large warehouse at Milton. Klamath Falls The work of clean ing out the Klamath Falls irrigatine ditch began this week. The ditch will also be widened. Union A scheme. is under way at Union to erect and equip a two-story brick building for the use of a town commercial club. Greenhorn It is reported that the Inter Mountain group In the Green horn district has been sold to a syndi cate of California capitalists. Gold Hill G. Lane will have 25 or 30 tons of ore crushed at Humason & Cheney's quartz mill at Gold Hill. This ore is from the Elsie mine on Blackwell hill. . Umatilla An O. R. & N. freight train between Umatilla and Walluia pr.ssed over a man who was lyin on the rails and crushed him beyond rec ognition. , , Granite There is no public school nearer the Red Boy mine than at Gran ite, and application has been made for a new school district, with Red Boy as the center. Condon A disastrous -"pile-up" took place at the sheep camp of S. B. Bar ker, near Condon. On a separation of the ewes from the lambs the latter piled up in a ditch, and 88 head were smothered. , Sumpter It is reported from Sump ter that the Golconda mine is showing another rich ore body, and that as un derground -development, continues the prospects of the mine grow better each succeeding day.,-, Canyon City James Robinson, one of the oldest and best-known citizens of Grant county, died at Canyon City after a lingering illness of nearly 12 years. Deceased was born in New di hub wick, January 12, 1834. Klamah Falls The Ashland-Klamath Falls mail route and schedule has been changed. It will hereafter be a daylight run, and the route from Parker's station to Jenny creek will oe over the logging camp road. . Canyonville A company contem plates building a flume from Canyon Creek, five miles south of Canyonville, to the mines owned by Lewis Ash! which are situted about halfway be tween Riddle and Canyonville. PORTLAND MARKET. Wheat Walla Walla, 5657c; val ley, nominal; bluestem, 59c per bushel. Flour Best grades, $2.80 $3.40 per barrel; graham, $2.60. Oats White, $1.25 per cental; gray, $1.20$1.22 per cental. Barley Feed, $16.50$17; brew ing $16.50 $17 per on. Millstuffs Bran, $16 per ton; mid dlings, $21.50; shorts, $17.50; chop, $16. Hay Timothy, $1212 50; clover, $79 50; Oregon wild hay, $67 per ton. , Hops 1214c per pound; 1899 crop, 67c. Wool Vallev. 143)1 Kr- Ric r egon, 912c; mohair, 2021c per puuua. . Butter Fancy creamery, 2225c dairy, 1720c: store. iaimi9.u.n nan pound. , , . Eggs Oregon ranch, 1313c per dozen. Poultry Chickens. mi-roH 3 Knrac. hens, $55.50; dressed, ll12c per puuuu; spring, I46 per dozen ducks, $506: geese S6ff5i turkeys, live. 9ff?ilv : nai . nrainJ dressed, 13 14c per pound. neese jruii cream, . twins, 13 13 'Ac: Young . America. 13izirai.i per pound. :. Potatoes 45 55c per sack. ' Mutton Gross heat shun wv,. $4.75; ewes, $4 4.50; dressed 67c per pound. Hogs Gross, photon komr. tea $5.25; light, $4.755; dressed,' 67c per pound. Veal Laree. 7tR7U,o fkOI1 : nnnn1 small, 89c per pound. ceer irross, top seers. $4.504.75; cows, $4 4.50; dressed beef, 7 8c per pound. The Brussels automohiiaa from 30 to 50 francs per annum, ac cording to horse power. , The Inter Island Toiarror.v, pany of Hawaii Is the first wireless system to be opened for business. The case of Missouri against the Chicago drainage trustees will be the first jury trial in the United States supreme court In 107 years. , Professor Shaler. Harvard's rni gist, says that within 30 years new mining systems will produce an al most Intolerable supply of cold. ORcQOil STATCIIEW A RIVER OF FIRE. Flaming Oil Destroyed New Jersey Village. NEW YORK, March 26. A river of flaming oil swept down upon the little village of Glengarden, N. J., while its inhabitants were asleep this morning, and reduced 11 buildings, stores and residences to ashes. The conflagra tion was extraordinary in character, and in its origin. The village is in a valley along the New Jersey Central Railroad. An immense freight' train was coming east at 6:30 A..M. It was composed of a string of coal cars, and 18 tank cars. High above the village the tracks of the railroad run along the side of a .mountain. They descend as they approach the village, but even at the station are. considerably above the main street, which runs up to the depot at a steep incline. , A few miles west . of the village, while coming down the incline around the mountain the train parted. The engineer on the forward end pulled open the throttle of the engine and tried to race away from the section, which was increasing its speed every second. He man aged to keep clear of the racing cars until he got opposite the depot at Glengarden, when the second section smashed into the first. The first sec tion, composed of the coal cars, was going at a high rate of speed, and none of its cars were jolted off the track. The oil tanks on the runaway section were hurled sideways across the tracks, and the oil tank cars be hind were piled on top of it in every way. The first crash caused the oil in one of the tanks to explode, and ignite, and the terrific heat caused tne other cars to explode, one after the other. The incline running from the depot down to the main street acted as a sluice for the burning oil, and it poured into the chief thoroughfare of me village, setting fire to every thing it touched. . Houses, 'fences, trees, shrubbery and barns were reduced to ashes in an incredibly short time. Villagers awakened oy the explo sions rushed from the on-coming flood of blazing oil, carrying children in their arms. Some risked iheir lives to free horses, cows and dogs in outbuild ings, but other unfortunate animals could not be reached in time, and were burned. Within five minutes after the first explosion the flowine river of oil had reached the Masonic Temple in the heart of the village and ten min utes later that structure was envel oped in flames. Then building after building, all of them frame, took fire as the oil reached them, and within half an hour an area of 400 feet square was a mass of flame. From the wrecked cars the oil flowed down the incline of the railroad track, making a long line of fire that destroyed the ties and bent and twisted the tracks. The loss-is estimated at from $60,000 to $75,000. WANT CIVIL RULE. Negros Is Ready for Provincial Gov ernment. BACALOR. -Island of Neeros. March 25. According to expressions of a large majority of the delegates from Occidental Negros and of a few who were present from the Oriental side, the sentiment of the people is over whelmingly in favor of succeeding the present eovefif-ments hv nrmrin. cial governments In v both, divisions. j. no reasons given rpr tnis view are thafsuch a chans-A will effort a roifno. tion Of taxes and 'the hie-h salaries nf officials, the establishment of schools and tne improvement of roads. The speakers alleged that owing to a lack of means of education, liberty was becomine license. The military com. mander is credited with having or ganized the only schools. They are taught by soldiers. Commissioner Taft. assured the delegates that Ne gros would be supplied with'Ameri can teachers and he outlined the need of organizing provinces uniformly with other islands. The announcement of yesterday's surrenders in the island oi Panay was greeted with applause. General . Harrison's Estate. Indianapolis, March 25. Ex-President Harrison left $40,000 in life in surance. This fact was announced to night by President Eitel, of the Union Trust Company which is executor of General Harrison's will. He said: "Our appraisement of the Harrison estate gives its total value at $380,000. This includes all real estate, railroad bonds, stock in the Union Trust Com pany, the law building here, and other securities." V Gales in English Channel. London, March 25. The first day of spring was characterized by a gale and a heavy snow storm sweeping over the channel. A storm has been raging for three days over the North sea. . Wintry weather is general throughout Central Europe. In conse quence of the gale in the channel, more than 300 steamers are anchored off South End. The vessels are so crowding the anchorage that several minor collisions have occurred. $100,000 Philadelphia Fire. ' Philadelphia, March 26. The West Park ice palace, at Fifty-second and Jefferson streets, was destroyed by flFe early this morning, entailing a loss of about $100,000 on which there was an insurance of about $75,000. The building was used as a skating rink and for the manufacture of ice for com mercial use, and was owned by tne York (Pa.) Ice Manufacturing Co. Earned His Pardon. Topeka, Kan, March 25. Governor Stanlev t.odav . nnHnno - r- i ... - - r .-v..... uuuTivt Floyd Graham, who aided Warden iiu'iiiusuu in suppressing tne insur rection at the Denitentiarv Mai mlnnD this week. Graham climbed 400 feet up the air shaft and communicated to the warden that the convicts were weakening on account of their de plorable condition. ;- Two Insurgent Surrenders. Manila, March 26. In tne province of Cavite, four insurgent officers, and 63 men with 56 rifles, have surrendered to Lieutenant-Colonel Frank D. Baldwin, of the Fourth United States Cavalry, and one insurgent officer and 12 .men with 16 rifles to Colonel Walter Schuy ler, of the Forty-Sixth Volunteer In fantry. , , The attendance at the service of the Evangelical church in Manila is not diminished. Protestantism is spread ing rapidly in the province of Pampan- ta. . . (ii win Consul-General Gunnere Is After the Moorish Ruler. HE MUST SETTLE UNITED STATES CLAIM Cruiser New York Arrives at Gibraltar, and - Will Convey the American Official from Tangier to Mazaqan. GIBRALTAR, March 25. The ar mored cruiser New York arrived here today. The New York will convey Mr. Gummere, United States consul gen eral ffflTTl TnnfHar tr. tUn l.aann Mazagan, whence he will liivel over- ianu io morocco Jlty, tL political capital of Morocco, there to demand from the sultan an apology for an ap parent discourtesy to the United states, committed by the sultan's grand vizier and Mb minister to for eign affairs. At. tho namo timo Mr Gummere will request tne sultan to settle certain claims of the United States Ion? nendin? "acainnt tho ernment of Morocco. These claims arose largely from alleged undue In terference by officials of the sultan witn American citizens doing bus! ness in Morocco. When Mr " rinm mere said he would see the sultan personally on the matter of these claims, he was told by the grand vizier and his minister of fnroiinj nf. fairs that any such effort would be useless, as tne sultan would remove himself and his ministers from their caDital. Mornron Citv if thu Ameri can consul attempted to visit them there. This discourteous statement constitutes the offense for which the Moroccan government has been asked for anolosry anri to Rer.iire -n-hirli onnl. ogy Mr. Gummere, backed up by the new lors at Mazagan, will travel overland to the sultan's capital. The United States experienced some difficulty and delay last year In securing the payment of $5,000 from Morocco for. the latter's failure to make any attempt to punish the lead ers of a mob who burned and killed the naturalized American fiHon Marcus Ezequi, at Fez, last June, Axter consiaeraDie correspondence on the matter and after the United States had threatened tn conri a war. sMp to Tangier, Morocco paid the o.uuu m question. ANXIOUS TO ASSIST CHINA. Ministers Desire to Put Her on Her Feet. PEKIN, March 25. Thtf British headquarters here report the with drawal or both the Russian and Brit- ish troops from the disputed terri tory in Tien Tsin. M. De Giers, the Russian minister to China, believes that everything will be amicably ad justed at London and . St. Peters-- burg, and doubts the probability of jurtner irouDie m the matter. Gen eral Voyron, commander of tie French troops, has ordered a new regiment to Tien Tsin to replace the one now here.. French officers here 'think it was a mistake to leave a regiment recruited in a city at Tien Tsin. . This regiment was. composed of a tough Paris element. At the meeting of. tne ministers held this morning, the only question considered was that of policing the legation quarters. A committee of commissioners has been appointed to. discover China's resources and re port on her ability to pay the indem nity to be demanded by the powers. Many ministers are strongly, op posed to China's having to pay to keep an army of from 10,000 to 12,-" 000 men ere for the next two years, thinking this entirely unnecessary. Even those ministers who were here during the siege were tired of see ing Pekin a military camp. . They hope China will be put on her feet as soon as possible. TO RE-MARK BOUNDARY. United States Expert Will Define Line in Mount Baker District. SEATTLE, March 25. C. H. Sin clair, a government expert, win leave within a short time to re-mark the international boundary in the Mount Baker cistrict. Captain J. F. Pratt, of the United States coast and geo detic survey, stated today that the boundary is not to be changed, but is simply to be re-marked. Obliterated posts, monuments and other land marks will be restored and new ones will be placed, to bring the marks close together and prevent the possi bility of error in the future. The geological features of the expe dition will be conducted by E. C. Ber nard, and will De simply an affirma tion of records already .made. It is thought that a Canadian com mission may be present whue the line is being re-defined as a precautionary measure, and to prevent any future difficuties over errors in the re-marking. Father of Mrs. Marcus Daly Dead. Helena, Mont., March 25. Zenas E. Evans, father of Mrs. Marcus Daly and Mrs. J. Ross Clark, wife of the brother of Senator W. A. Clark, is dead at Anaconda. He was 79 years of age, and came to Montana in the early '60s from Pennsylvania. Two Hundred Boers Caught. - Bloemfontein, March 25. The re sult of the combined movements against General Fourie, near Tha banchu, was the capture of 200 Boers, 120,000 sheep, 5,000 horses and a host of cattle. The Boers broke south ward to the right and left. , . . Northwest Postal Order. . Washington. March 25. The nosfc office at Ironside, Malheur county, Or., nas Deen moved one mile to the west. witnout change of postmaster. A' new office, known. S.R f!nnnoll has been established in Franklin cnnitv Washington, between Judson and Hat- ton. unanes A. Joyce has been ap pointed postmaster. The office of Eddwllla. Kins-, mnn. ty, Washington, will be discontinued March 30. .. DEATH IN A TORNADO. Funnel-Shaped Oloud Tore Through Birmingham. BIRMINGHAM, Ala., March 27. Shortly before. 7 o'clock this morning a fearful tornado swent over the southern part of this city. The number of killed tonight is estimated at 25, 15 of whom are white. Ei eh teen hod. ies have h"en recovered, and scores of injured have been removed to the hos pitals. Among the dead are Dr. G. P r!hnnman nf tYt Arm nf Tn!l A. Chapman, who conduct a private in- nrmary in wis city, and the wife and infant child of Robert J. Lowe, chair man of the democratic state executive committee. The storm struck the city in the ex treme southwestern corner and plowed its way eastward, leaving a path 150 feet wide through the entire southern section, extending from Green Springs on the west to Avandale on the east, and continued its course until Its force was spent in the mountains beyond Irondale, a small town, six miles east of the city. STORM IN COLORADO. Cattlemen Have Already Suffered Loss Traffic Is Blocked. - DENVER, Colo., March 27. A storm has prevailed all over Colorado today, in some places reaching the propor tions of a blizzard. Snow has fallen to a depth from three to 10 inches. The storm still continues with sever ity in the mountains, blocking rail roads and traffic generally. Already cattlemen have suffered loss, and fears are entertained that the loss will be greatly increased before the storm is ended. All trains from the East are ueiayea Dy tne storm in Kansas. Reg ular trains on thn nnlnrndn & Qm,.. era between here and Leadville have ueen apanaonea, as the cuts are filled with snow. On the western slope the fall of snow has been heaviest. In some places it is 10 inches on the level and much deeper on the mountains. ReDOrts come from Lamar c.nin tht the storm is driving the cattle along wim u, ana undoubtedly many will die from exposure. Reports from the vicinity of Casper, Wyo., show similar weamer conditions there. TORNADO IN THE NORTH. Villages Near Kalamazoo, Mich., Were Wrecked. KALAMAZOO, Mich., March 27. A wrnaao strucK tne town of Pavilion, a small village 25 miles southeast of Kalamazoo, which wrerkpn a nnmiup ui nouses, uprooted trees, tore down teiegrapn poies and did much other damage. A woman whn vn ill in nna Of the hOUSeS blown down is ronnroH iaiaiiy nun, and many others were in jured, ine nome or JNoah Tripp was rolled over for a Hiata and Mrs. Tripp was completely buried uuuer me ueuns. ssne was round lying under the stove, and sustained injuries which mav result fatalW rha hmmn caught fire and was completely ruined. ii ub xiuiiu passed mrougn viCKsburg and. Scott's Station, both small towns, doins; srreat riamaca Nurln amr building in the path of the storm was wieujieu. juarge orcnaras were de stroyed and fences are down every where. At Indian Lake , the wind formed a waterspout in crossing that body of water, and a large district on the east shore was inundated. GREAT BRITAIN PROTESTS Against Removal of Corea of Col lector of Customs. YOKOHAMA. March 27 unv from Seoul announcn that tho government has dismissed from office .mcijeavy crown, director general of Corean customs, and that Great Brit ain it protesting against his dismissal. ine aismissai or Mr. McLeavy Brown from thn nnst nf liimptA. eral of Corean customs is regarded in London as another nmra fnr ffneoia In 1895 and again in 1898 Russian pres sure was exerted to procure his re moval. In the latter casp ho woo imin reinstated after a British mnilj.nn had moved to Chemulpo. As recently a n iew montns ago Kussia strongly opposed an attempt by Mr. Brown to raise a loan for the Corean ment to purchase shares in the rail way irom seoui to misan. As a result of her opposition, the nee-ntiatirms fro ths loan failed. The St, Petersburg corresnondont nf the Daily Mail asserts that M. Pa voff, Russian minister at Seoul, has protested against Corea tairino- elgners into the government service :.l ai . . me exception or Kusslans, and demanded the annointmpnt of tha lat ter, but Corea seemed dnterminaH with the help of the powers to defend her integrity. Deputy Treasurer of Washington. OlVmDia. Wash.. Marnh 91 Ctotn Treasurer Maynard has appointed his son, Clarence Maynard, of Chehalis, deputy treasurer. H. F. Nichols, of Hunt's Junction, was originally select ed for the Dosition hut ropontii- noti fied the treasurer that he could not, ior Dusiness reasons, accept the ap pointment. Murdered While Doing Good Work. Tien Tsin, March 27. Inauiries show that the Rev. J. Stonehouse, of the London Missionarv Snrictir whn ea announced in these dispatches yester- uay, was miiea Dy brigands 14 miles east of Tien Tsin, was murdered at the ferrv of the villac-o nf whanoin on the Hun Ho river, 10 .miles east of lungan isien, while distributing re lief to the starving villagers. In an affrav last evcmlno- t-orn mem bers of the Welsh Fusilier regiment ana a memper or the Victorian contin gent, who were acting as policemen, were sabered and bayoneted. Ex-Treasurer of Harvard Injured. Boston, March 27. Edward W. Hooper, ex-treasurer of Harvard col lege, and a lawyer in this city, fell from the third story of his residence on Beacon street shortly after mid night, and received serious, though it is believed not fatal. Injuries. Mr. Hooper had been confined to his room for 10 days through illness brought on by overwork, and he has been in charge of a trained nurse. The acci dent occurred when the latter was temporarily absent from tha room and no on was In, , TOOITUUIL Details of the Monarchist Plot Have Been Revealed. MUCH EXCITEMENT IN RIO DE JANEIRO High Officers in the Navy and Army Involved Assassination of President Sailee Was to Have Been Signal. NEW YORK, March 27. A dispatch to the Herald from Rio Janeiro says: "Great excitement prevails here over the arrest of Admiral Custodio, Jose Mello and others, on account of . the discovery of a monarchist plot through the suicide of Baron de Bur sal. Extraordinary precautions are being taken by the government to pre vent any outbreak. Apprehension cen- -ters about the navy. The war vessels are being closely guarded, as It is be lieved that the officers are not quite trustworthy. . Details of the plot which Baron de Burgal revealed to the authorities have been revealed. It .was the purpose of those concerned, it is declared, to give the signal for the outbreak by the as sassination of President Campos Salles. During the excitement that, followed, the monarchist adherents in the army and navy were to take pos session of the city and hold the gov ernment offices. The affairs of the state were to be intrusted to a trium virate composed of Admiral Mello, Marshal Canturla and Counsellor La Fayette Pereria. Admiral Mello was quietly removed from this city, as it was feared that his presence would cause disturbances. He was conveyed ' to Cobias island, where he is held in the custody of Admiral Proenca. Colombian Rebers Active. Kingston, Jamaica, March 27. The British mail steamer Para, from Colon, brings reports of renewed activity on the part of the rebels in the vicinity of Panama. The hands of the govern ment are full in their efforts to keep vne rebels out of the city. Excessive war taxes are being levied, and last week a party of business men protest ed against these high rates. They were thereupon arrested and charged with being rebel sympathizers, Two of the prisoners managed to leave the coun try by steamer, but the others were kept in prison until tney have paid the heavy fines imposed against them. Passengers by the steamer Para say? that the revolution shows no signs, of ,. ending in the near future. Business" is carried on in Colon and Panama with the greatest difficulty, and the . enormous prices of foodstuffs is caus-;-ing general suffering. The liberals'; are expecting large reinforcements " from the Costa Rican sympathizers.' -' POSITION OF CHILE. :' She is Determined to Keep Tacna and ' Arica. . . . .. NEW YORK, March 27.Chile's : purpose to retain the provinces of Tac- ' ha and Arica, notwithstanding the pro tests of Peru and Bolivia, is formally acknowledged in an official statement of the Chilean case communicated to the United States and other powers; says the Washington correspondent of ; the Herald. The announcement of this purpose is coupled with charges of ' bad faith made by Chile against Peru and Bolivia. These charges are coun- ? ter to similar allegations made by the " two last - named countries against Chile. Chile seeks to prevent any interven tion on the part of the United States in the South American dispute. Peru ana Bolivia are utilizing every chan nel to bring pressure to bear upon the administration to induce it to take ac tion. The president has definitely de cided, however, that he will not take action unless all three powers request it. In view of the latest declaration made by Chile it is apparent that she will suffer no outside check in her pur pose to acquire definite sovereignty over the provinces she has . conrolled since the war 20 years ago. RODENBURG APPOINTED. Illinois Man Succeeds the Late Mark S. Brewer. WASHINGTON. March 97 Tho ' ' president has appointed ex-Representative W. A. Rodenburg, of Illinois, a member of the civil .servica commis sion, to succeed the late Hon. Mark d. erewer, and is. l. Allen, of Auburn, N. Y., commissioner of patents, to suc ceed Commissioner Due 11 resimol The selection of Mr. Rodenburg re moves one or tne. factors which has delayed the appointment of the St. Louis exDOsition commissioners Mr Rodenburg's friends pressed persist ently ior one or tnose places. It is generally believed that Mr. Roden bure's candidacv clashpil riirectlir nrith that of Professor Northup, of Minne sota, ine announcement of the com mission is now expected within a few days. $12,000 in Jewelry Stolen.' New York. March 27. A darine burglary which occurred Friday even ing was made public tonight. The residence entered was that of Dr. Na than E. Brill, on West Seventy-sixth street, and the thieves secured jewelry said to be worth about $12,000. The physician's house is in a fashionable neighborhood. The doctor and his wife were visiting Friday evening. and four servants remained In the house. . In spite of this fact, when the Brills returned home they found that thieves had visited Mrs. Brill's room and taken every piece of jewelry from that apartment Massacred by Turks. Constantinople, March 27. Accord ing to private advices from Macedonia, -a band of Turks massacred three Bul ganian famiues, men, women and chil- -' dren, in the village of Aghamahaleh, near Seres, a town 47 miles northeast " of Salonlca. Details of the outrage " have not been received. The news ; created a ' profound sensation. It is -, reported that a village near Gonas ' tirin, Macedonia, with a mixed popula- uon or Mussulmans and Bulgarians has been burned.