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ORVAL WEEKLY. S,zKVStSi.eira. ConsoUdateiFeD. 1899. COEVALLIS, , BENTON COUNTY, OREGON, FEIDAY, APEIL 19, 1301. VOL. XXXVIII. NO. 17. fl A 'ZTi IPTr JL JUJ nres onnE week From AH Parts of the New World and the Old. OF INTEREST TO OUR MANY READERS Comprehensive Review of the Important Haf puiing of the Past Week In Condensed Form. Two transports are overdue from Manila. Archbishop Martinelli becomes a cardinal. Kitchener will soon resume active campaigning. Minister Wu wants the Chinese ne gotiations settled. Morgan is not seeking control of the British iron market. Dr. Kinyoun has been transferred from San Francisco to St. Paul. There are sensational developments in the army scandal at Manila. The territory of Hawaii is made a part of the ninth Judicial circuit. A man was murdered while walk ing up main street of Gem, Idaho. President Schurman says the Cu bans should have civil government. A strong flow of natural gas has been located near Colorado Springs, Col. The trans-e- ts Logan and Thyra sailed from ban Francisco for Ma nila. There is an unconfirmed rumor In London that the Boers captured French. A banquet was tendered President Tucker, of Dartmouth college, at San Francisco. About 200 boiler makers, helpers and heaters struck in Buffalo for higher wages. There is grave doubt as to the con stitutionality of Oregon's new direct primary law. The British ship Monterey cleared from New Orleans- for Cape Town with 1100 mules. . Fishing season on Columbia opened with more gear in water than ever before on first day. China has thanked Japan, for what aid that country has already rendered and . asks for further assistance. - A house was raided in Sioux Falls, a. u., ana a counterfeiter arrested. The officers secured a complete coun terfeiter's set. Daniel C. French, a sculptor, of jriiuaueipma, wiu receive a commis sion from the Lawton Monument As sociation to construct a memorial to General Lawton, who died in the Philippines. There will be no strike on the Jer ' sey Central. The allotment of Chinese indemnity has been fixed. An American party was almost en trapped in Leyte. All arrangements are complete for the president's trip. It is evident that Japanese will ex pect war with Russia. The trial of an army scandal case has opened in Manila. The crown prince of Germany will visit the Austrian court. Moral crusade in Seattle is a per sonal war on Mayor Humes. Twelve cents per pound has been offered for hops at Salem, Or. Japan demands to know whether emperor will return to capital. The uurning of the negro Alexander at Leavenworth is being Investigated. Mrs. Nation was arrested for ob structing streets of Kansas City, Mo. Many natives flocked to Capiz to near form or provincial government explained. Twelve thousand dpth In Tlmida. county, Or., are to be prospected foi oil and coal. jo-operauve -memoa or marKetmg fruit was dealt a severe blow by Cal ifornia court. Three Pennsylvania people were rur down by a train and killed, and an other injured. Conduct of ministers of powers in postponing meetings causes much ad verse comment. Ann Arbor university dean of med Icine acknowledges Student Hare has bubonic plague. The stolen gold bars were founf during the cleaning of the Kaiser Wil helm der Grosse. ..' Captain J. G. Griffin, a Columbia (S. C.) railroad man, was shot, prob ably by Major B. B. Evans. Commissioner Young, of 1905 cen tennial, would call on the Orient foi both funds and attractions. The Taft commission is in Western Leyte. Washington pan-American fair com mission turned down honorary mem bers of woman board of managers. One of three. Idaho men who fired ' on deputy sheriffs from ambush was killed. Trouble probably due to abol ition of martial law. Charles M. Pepper and Professor Edward M. Ross were speakers at the convention of the Academy of Polit ical and Social Science. Anton Pfanner, Forest Grove, Or., banker, who failed for $40,000, and then mysteriously disappeared,' haa turned up in Switzerland. bouse, situated in. the Strand, London, is to be hauled down, and the London county council has to pay 22,500 as compensation. Probably -the smallest monarch in the world reigns over the Hindu vas sal state of BhopauL and governs a people of more than a million souls. This dwarf is a woman, Djihan-Be- gum by name, but although he is about 60 years old, she does not ap pear larger than a child of 10. M'KINLEY ON WHEELS. Tour to Be Made by President and His Cabinet. Washington Correspondence. President McKinley's tour to the Pa cific coast and thence eastward to Buffalo, whence the return to Wash ington will be made, will be one of splendor. TJie train upon which he will travel will be most gorgeous and costly. President McKinley will travel across the continent surrounded by his cabinet, with the exception of Sec retary Gage, who remains in Wash ington. It is proposed to transact im portant business while en route. The cabinet officers will keep in close touch with the heads of bureaus of the respective departments. The pres ident will transact all of the vast routine which the chief executive must look after while in Washington. A corps of expert telegraph operators. representing the two big telegraph companies, will accompany the train to handle official messages, and every telegraph station along the lines of the railroads which are to be tra versed will be subject to their orders to the exclusion of all commercial and newspaper business. Cabinet .meet ings are to be held on Tuesdays and Fridays, just as they are now held in Washington. The questions pertain ing to domestic and foreign policies will be discussed. Cipher dispatches from all over the world will be laid before the president, experts from the state department being in attendance to reduce them to English. The con clusions reached upon all public ques tions will be conveyed to the acting heads of the departments in this city, and will by them be disseminated to all those concerned. Trip for Recreation. As this is to be a trip for recrea tion and pleasure, the president wants it understood that he will avoid formal receptions wherever possible and make speeches only where he cannot escape doing so. They want to see everything that will serve to give them an idea of the progress and ad vancement of the country, and its commercial growth and mercantile stability. They will pay a special visit to the great cotton wharves of New Orleans to witness the loading of steamers of all nations with the staple product of the fields of the South. The party is due in San Fran cisco, May 8, and will participate in the launching of the battleship Ohio, and will remain five days. The coast is to be followed north to Salem, Port land, Seattle and Spokane, and thence the party will move eastward into Montana, where, after an inspection of the vast copper mines, they will pay a flying visit to the Yellowstone. Thence they will go to Ogden and Salt Lake and then eastward through Colorado, stopping at Denver for a protracted visit. From Denver the train goes to Topeka, Leavenworth and Kansas City. St. Louis will be honored by a visit of two days. The Mississippi valley will be traversed from that city to St, Paul, with stops at Keokuk, Burlington and Dubuque. From Train to Steamer. From St. Paul the - party goes to Minneapolis and then to Duluth, where a steamer of the Great Northern line will be waiting to convey them through Lake Superior, the famous Sault canal, with its wonderful locks, the Straits of Mackinaw, Lake Huron, the St. Clair and Detroit rivers, and Lake Erie to Buffalo. The trip down the lakes will possess novelty and interest for every member of the party, even for those who" have al ready made it, and at the same time will constitute a recreation after nearly five weeks of travel by rail through plain and prairie, desert and mountain and valley. The president will visit the Pan American exposition at Buffalo. Then he is to go to Niagara Falls and make a trip down the American rapids. After be has done that he and his party will embark on a new special train for Washington, arriving there June 15. President McKinley will travel about 13,000 miles on the fastest, safest, most comfortable and best equipped train America can produce. He will visit 25 states and territor ies, and touch the southern, western and northern boundaries of the coun try. Mr. McKinley and the members of his cabinet are to be accompanied by their wives and several other ladies, well known in Washington society, will accompany the party. A3K FOR RECEIVER. Depositors Will Wait on Bank Which Failed No Longer. NEW WHATCOM, Wash., April 15. After waiting 45 days at the request of the bank officers to enable them to raise funds with which to reopen the Scandinavian-American bank in this city, which failed February 27, the de positors today unanimously requested the court to appoint Robert Muir per manent receiver, and he was request ed, if appointed, to take immediate steps to punish those responsible for the failure of the Institution. Presi dent H. St.' John, of the institution, is said to be in London to secure funds from his family with which to pay de positors. His legal adviser is in New York trying to dispose of some pic tures belonging to me St.' John fam ily, with the same object in view. St. John was also president of the Bank of Blaine, of Blaine, Wash., which failed the same time as the Scandinavian-American. The liabili ties of the two institutions are said to be about $50,000. It is believed the assets are practically valuelses. The London Times was first printed by steam power on the morning of No vember 29, 1814. Four Counterfeiters Sentenced. Spokane, Wash., April 15.- Four counterfeiters were sentenced by Judge Hanford this morning in the federal court. James Moriarity was given 10 years, while Mike Williams and Mack McCleary got off with eight years each at hard labor in the United States penitentiary. Mrs. Ethel Wal lace, the last member of the gang, was sentenced to one year. Moriarity and McCleary were partners of Arthur Spencer, the bogus Chinese inspector, in the darins jailbrsak a few weeks ago. OREGON 5TATE Items of Interest From AH Parts of the State. COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL HAPPENINGS K Brief Review of the Growth and Improve. ments of the Many Industries Through, out Our Thriving Commonwealth. Lawton The Lawton Townsite Company has been reorganized. Grants Pass The Josephine coun ty court has extended time for pay ment of taxes to June 3. Grants Pass The Southern Pacific Company had its repair crew working on the bridge across Rogue river last week. Pilot Rock A Pilot Tlfwk corre spondent writes that it is feared the recent cold weather Rerlmislv inlni-eH the fruit crop in that section. Island Citv Williams Tiros. sn1d 13K head of hogs to Kidle Bros., of Island Citv. at 15.40 ner 100 nnunda This is the highest rate reached for some Lime. Weston W. J. Willrinsrm at Woo. ton. DUrchaSfil1 from A lev Wallrer fnr the Pacific Elevator Company, 5200 uusneis or wneat, wnicn is stored at Downing Station. He paid 46 cents per bushel. Pendleton John Ttrsdhni-n tnnV tn Pendleton two wagon loads or 22 sacks of wool from Charles Cunning ham's home ranch ahnvo Tnt pi. The wool was from thoroughbred ewes ana me zz sacks weighed 8600 pounas. Salem Orpprm fhi-fatinn VniiaavA.. ers are looking forward with much enthusiasm to the 14th annual con vention. Which will he held ot Salem May 16-19. The convention will open wim me evening session, Thursday evening, closing Sunday evening. Toledo A Committee nf iho Tnleln fire department is investigating the inuua.uiB cosi or. a system of water works and a storage reservoir on the hill eaSt Of the Citv AlinfhAr Mlmmi'f. iee is figuring on the cost of fire en- siiiea ,aaa a mira is investigating hooks and ladders. Hudson A 110.000 sawmill ia tn he established near the mouth ot Rock crees just north of Hudson. . Cable Cove Work has been re sumed at the Onllihlip- mine In rahlo Cove district. Two shifts ' are em ployed. Grants Pass Prospects are favora ble for the resumption of active work at the Pacific pine needle factory at Grants Pass. Paisley The Lake County Tele phone & Telegraph Company is the name of a new company just organ ized at Paisley. Coos City The shaft at the Coos City mine is now down over 300 feet, and it is expected coal will be found in the next 100 feet. Coos County Work has stopped in one of the tunnels in the Beaver hill mine, Coos county, pending installa tion of new machinery. Baker City The Bonanza mine, in Baker county, is making preparations to install considerable new machinery. Some of the buildings will be re modeled. Arlington The Arlington Ware house Comnanv has marie the mm chase of about 7000 sacks of wheat stored on the Heppner branch at prices ranging from 43 to 45 cents per bushel. Grants Pass The Grants Pass Water, Light & Power Company has received 700 feet of seventeen-inch Steel Dine, for an eTtenalnn tA o nntnt above the place where the water is now laKen out of the river. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Walla Walla. 56S)57c: Valley, nominal; bluestem, 59c per bushel. Flour Best grades, $2 703 40 per Darrei; granam, $z su. Oats White, $1 25 per cental; gray, $1 201 22 per cental. Barley Feed, $16 5017; brewing, $16 5017 per ton. Millstuifs Bran, $16 per ton; mid dlings, ?zi 50; shorts, $17 50; chop, $16. Hay Timothy, $1212 50; clover, $79 50; Oregon wild hay, $67 per ton. Hops 12 14c per pound; 1899 crop, 67c. Wool Valley, 13 14c; Eastern Ore gon, 912c; mohair,-. 2021c per pound. Butter Fancy creamery, 2022c dairy, 1518c; store, 1012c per pound. Eggs Oregon ranch, 1313c per dozen. Poultry Chickens, mixed, $404 50: hens. $55 50; dressed, ll12c per pound; springs, $3)5 . per dozen-; ducks, $5(6; geese, $67 per dozen; turkeys, live, 10 12c; dressed,, 13 15c per pound. Cheese Full cream, twins, 13 13c; Young America, 13 14c per pound. , Potatoes Old, 50 60c per sack; new, 22c per pound. .. Mutton Lambs, 10llc per pound gross; best sheep, $8; wethers, $5; ewes, $4 50; dressed, 77c per pound. Hogs Gross, heavy, $5 7506; light, $4 755; dressed, 7c per pound. Veal Large, 7c per pound; small, 88c per pound. Beef Gross, top steers, $55 25; cows and heifers, $4 504 75; dressed beef, 78c per pound. Granite The- Climax group of quartz claims, three miles north of Granite, was purchased last week by C. R. Aldrin, The property was for merly owned by John Hardle, E. J. Cross and Adam Christie. The Cli max vein is about 10 feet wide. The .Egyptian reed, which was used for making the pens found in Egyp tian tombs, is a hard variety growing to about the diameter of an ordinary goose quilL Pens made from it are said to last for a day or two and do excellent work. INDEMNITY CLAIMS. Russia Heads the List With Ninety Millions. BERLIN, April 16. The correspond ent of the Press hears tonight from an authoritative source that the Chinese Indemnities for war expenses, exclu sive of claims of' private individuals and missions, have Been fixed as fol lows: Russia. 360.000.000 marks fabont $90,000,000) ; France, 260.000,000 marks (aoout $ t5,ooo,000) : Germany 240.- 000,000 marks (about $60,000,0000); England, 90,000,000 marks (about $22, 000,000). France will also present claims for the indemnity of the Italian mission. The Amount Tod High. Washington. April 16. The last art. vices to the state department from Mr. Rockhill contain further details re specting the amount of indemnities claimed from China by the powers. It appears that these claims have been much exaggerated in some statements although the sum total is still far In excess or the amount of money it is believed here that China can raise. It the belief of the state denartment that the total claims should not be allowed to exceed $150,000,000 or $200, 000,000. According to the information received here, the British claim, so iar as formulated, is reasonable in amount, as compared with other! claims, in iact, tne United States and Japan represent, In these negotiations, tne moderate element, whose desire is to prevent the imposition of charges mat shall dstroy the Chinese govern ment and result in the division of the empire. None of the .claims exceeds $100,000,000, and even the largest is something less than this amount. This is believed to be the Russian claim. which is fixed at $90,000,000. The Ger man claim is flexible, ranging between $60,000,000 and $80,000,000, but is near er the former mark at present, though it, doubtless, will grow. As already stated, the claim of the United States is $25,000,000, and, with these few to tals, it will be seen that if the remain ing powers are to be allowed a nrn- portionate share, the aggregate will be Deyond China's ability to pay, which has been tentatively placed at $300, 000,000. Nothing has yet been deter mined respecting the method of rais ing the indemnity fund, even after an agreement is reached. VERMONT BANK WRECKED. Cashier of a Vergennes Institution De ceived the Officers, VERGENNES. VL. Aoril 16 Th Farmers' National bank went into the hands, of John P. .Sullivan asrecefver at the close of business this afternoon. The exact amount of the shortage is not made public: here, but it is inti mated that the entire stock will he wiped out and in addition the stock holders will be heavily assessed. It is not thought likely the dennsitnrs will lose. Special Examiner Cunningham was asked for particulars tonight, but he declined to say a great deal, merelv remarking that Cashier Lewis had de ceived me officers of the bank and that ke alone was responsible for the wreck. Mr. Lewis is very well known throughout the state, has been a mem ber of both branches of the state leg islature, and In 1886 was a candidate for state treasurer. , He remains at home and has turned over to the of ficers of the bank his entire hnldine-s of stock and negotiable DroDertv. His sureties are equal to $30,000, and the men who have signed his bond are believed to be good for the full amount $350,000 Fire in Blower Works. Boston, April 16. The main build ing Of the extensive blower wnrlrs nf the B. F. Stertevant Company, in the Jamaica Plain district, was burned early this morning, causing a. loss of $350,000. The concern manufactured various kinds of machinery and elec tric goods, as well as blowers. All pat terns and plans were destroyed. The company had recently added $75,000 worth of tools and machinery, and had a large amount of electrical work ready for shipment. It also had a big number nf engines snH hinwara f... the government for use on battleships and cruisers in course of construction, all of which were destroyed. Russia Laying Mines. London, April 16. Joseph Chamber lain's organ, the Birmingham Post learns that the Russian ministers of war and marine have issued joint or ders for the laying of an extensive system of submarine mines at Port- Arthur, Vladivostock and elsewhere in those seas. The apparatus leaves Odessa early in May. Run Down by a Train. Wilkesbarre, Pa., April 16. A party oi rour people, while crossing the tracks of the Lehigh Valley railroad at South Wilkesbarre early this morning, were run down by the BnfTaln nn going north. Three of the party were im . .. amea, ana one injured Missionary Statements Exaggerated. Telr1n A 1 1 C T: m. aViu xu. jri-mue filing says all his reports go to show that the missionary statements regarding a re bellion in Mongolia are not supported by the facts. Neither does he believe that the rebellion of General Tun Fuh Siang amounts to much. "It is tne ODject of certain elements," he asserts, "to make it seem that China ib iu b vajuuiuun oi constant oroil, ren dering It Unsafe fnr the fnralcni a " - - .. w i", uuujin to be withdrawn. Those who have this in view will magnify a village inntinu HE! England Wants China Opened to Commerce. WOULD GREATLY BENEFIT BOTH NATIONS Better Than Demanding a Cash Indemnity fo Boxer Outrages Japan Satisfied with Russia's Backdown. - LONDON, April 15. Great Britain has not yet defintely estimated the money indemnity she desires China to pay. The government adheres to the belief that little can be gained by insisting upon cash payment from China, and though the government re grets this will possibly be a cause for delay, it continues to instruct Sir Er nest Satow to try to. induce the pow ers to argee to a demand for greater trading privileges instead of money. The government is of the opinion that the opening of those rich provinces hitherto closed to foreign commerce would result in much greater benefit to the nations concerned and to China herself than the extraction of lump sums of money. Regarding Janan's attitude Russia, opinion in Downing street in clines to the belief that Japan, in common with the other powers, is sat- lsnea witn what is termed as Rus sia's backdown, but that Japan will continue to keep a sharp eye on Corea and have no hesitation in threatenino hostilities should Russia menace that country. China's Resources. Pekin, April 15. The committee oi ministers which is considering China's financial resources has reported the conclusion, based on what information is thus far obtainable, that $300,000, 000 in gold can be raised without in juring China's resources. The exami nation by the committee into the sub ject is thus far Incomplete, and it will probably subsequently learn that other Chinese resources for indemni ties are available. The discussion of politics has this week given place to amusejnent, com mencing with the German races at the Hunting Park, Monday last. The re mainder of the week was devoted to international races, an assault at arms and tent pegging at the Temple of Heaven. The Russians particularly are celebrating the Easter holidays. The, ministers openly express their desire that the foreign troops leave Pekin. . They are seemingly as anx ious for the departure as were the be sieged ministers anxious for the arri val of the troops. X THE FLOW REDUCED. Current in the Chicago River Is Too Strong. CHICAGO, April 15. The Post to day says: "Federal authorities have ordered the flow in the Chicago river reduced from 300,000 to 200,000 cubic feet a minute. , Word to this effect came from Washington to the sanitary board today. The board will act immediately upon receipt of the official order, and the current will not be increased, as the channel . has been widened and deepened and existing obstructions to navigation have been removed. Ac tion on the part of the war department was brought about by the protest oi local river interests and the Lake Car riers' Association, which, since the opening of the big canal, have com plained that 300,000 cubic feet pro vided by law was dangerous to navi gation under present conditions. Lo cal authorities are apprehensive of the effect it may have upon the St. Louis litigation. With the full flow to dilute the sewage carried down the canal from the Chicago river, the board had no fear of the charge that Chicago was polluting the water supply of St Louis. In view of the action of the war department, the outcome of the St. Louis appeal to the courts is doubt ful. If the legislature passes the bill authorizing the commission to collect one-half of 1 per cent tax to be used for the Improvement of the river, it is believed the current can be increased gradually after September, as the work of widening and deepening the channel progresses. Otherwise it will be four or five years before relief can be Qbtained." A Mystery Cleared. Sedalia, Mo., April 13. -The mystery surrounding the theft of $10,009 in greenbacks from the Bank of Com merce, 6rthis city, August 1, 1898, has. been cleared by a convict named Freeman, now in the Michigan City, Ind., penitentiary. According to Free man, the theft was committed by Irwin Gamble, who entered the vault of the Bank of Commerce at the noon hour, and got away with the money while he watched outside. Radicals on Top. Havana, April 15. The CuDan con stitutional convention placed itself upon record today against the Piatt amendment by a vote of 18 to 10 on a resolution that the convention should declare itself opposed to the amend ment "on account of the terms of some of its clauses and the way in which mey are drawn, and also on the con tents of the others, especially clauses 3, 6 and 7." The conservatives assert that this action is embarrassing, in asmuch as it practically ties the hands of any commission that might be sent to Washington. George Q. Cannon Dead. Monterey, Cal., April 15. George Q. Cannon is dead. The end came early this morning. The patient breathed his last without a struggle. He slept considerably yesterday and the fore part of last night. A bulletin was is sued near midnight stating that he rested easy, and the change for the worse came apparently without fore warning. The body was shipped to San Francisco to be embalmed and reshipped to Salt Lake City, where the Interment will take place. IN NINTH CIRCUIT. Decisions of Hawaiian Courts Are Not Final. WASHINGTON. April 17. The United States supreme court, through Chief Justice Fuller, today issued an order granting leave to file a motion tor a rule against the circuit court of appeals for the ninth circuit to permit tne nung of an appeal in that court from a decision of the supreme court of Hawaii in the Wilder Steamshio Company case. The rule was made returnable May 13. Previous to this action, a rule was promulgated at taching the territory of Hawaii to the ninth circuit with headquarters at San Francisco. The action Of the enilrt- fn a.olrm. ing Hawaii to the ninth circuit and at the same time issuing a rule to the circuit court of appeals to show cause why it should not take jurisdic tion of an admiralty case originating m nawaii, involves an interesting general question relating to our new territorial acnuiRltinna The nnnii... tion in this case was made by Duane n. e ox, in Dehalf of the Wilder Steam ship . Company, of Hawaii, against Hind. Snreokels et at TTndei the of 1891, organizing the circuit court ui appeals, u was given Jurisdiction in appeals from the supreme court of territories and the supreme court was given authority to assign the ter ritories to the several circuits. But the courts In the territory of Hawajl were organized hv the ant nf An.n 30. 1900, on a different basis from other territories, and the same dis tinction was made as in courts of a state as to writs of error and appeals, and the supreme court of the United States made no order assigning the territory. The act also provided that cases nenriiner at the dte nf dm m ganization of the territory should be cameu on to nnai judgment and ex ecution in the corresponding courts of the territory. It also established a district court, having the jurisdic tion of United States circuit and dis trict courts. The supreme court of me territory rendered judgment for $55,000 against the Wilder Steamship Company, and, when the company at tempted to appeal, the circuit court of appeals on April 1, 1900, refused to entertain the appeal, holding that the judgment of the territorial court was final. CONFERENCE OF TAXATION. Several Governors Have Named Dele gates Object of Meeting. CHICAGO, April 17. The govern ors of the various states are beginning to announce their appointments of delegates to attend the conference of taxation, called to meet at Buffalo, May 23 and 24, by the National Civic Federation. At the headquarters, no tice of the appointment of the delega tions has been received from the gov ernors of Missouri, Maine and Mon tana. The call for the conference is signed by leading economists, tax ex perts and public men representing all portions of the country and all inter ests. The letter of invitation says: "For many decades the states have been building up independent sys tems of taxation without reference to each other, until now we have a state of affairs bordering on chaos, where each state is practically fighting near ly every other state. Some property is taxed three or four times, while other property is not taxed at all. Corporate activity has largely changed the character of individual invest ments. Industry has overstepped the boundaries of any. one state, and com mercial interests are no longer con fined to mere local limits. This con ference will be the first attempt in this country to work out some uni form principles. It is not expected to settle any of the problems in the two days' discussion, but it will be a beginning, and may result in the ap pointment of a permanent committee to work out some basis for future action." Inspection of Philippine Craft. Washington, April 17. The inferior condition of many of the craft sailing In Philippine waters has led to ar rangements for an examination in any city of the United States having pos tal free delivery of candidates for appointment as inspector of boilers in the office of the captain of the port of Manila. The examination will be held May 21 by the civil service com mission, at the request of the Philip pine civil service board. Back of the plans for establishing this office lies an official desire ,to avoid any serious accidents, for which the Philippine government might be held responsi ble. Is Rightfully Theirs. Washington, April 17. The millions and tens of millions of dollars which the government has received from the West through the -sale of its public lands, give that half of the continent the right to expect liberal assistance from Uncle Sam in the reclamation of its remaining arid lands which only require the building of storage reservoirs to make fertile and pop ulous. . Transport for Manila. San Francisco, April 17. Two transports sailed for Manila today the Logan and the Thyra. The Logan took a battalion of the Ninth cavalry, a battalion of the Tenth cavalry, com panies I and M, First infantry, and the First battalion of the Eleventh infantry. The Thyra was to have taken the horses of the Ninth cavalry, but it was found at tue last minute that glanders had broken out among the horses of the Ninth at the Presidio, and horses of the Sixth cavalry, which were brought back by the disabled Arab, were substituted. Proceeds of Arid Land Sales. Wasmngton, April 17. The propo sition to devote the proceeds from the sale of the arid public lands to the construction of irrigation works is one which should commend itself to every interest. ; The West should of course support it as a unit, and there can certainly be no reasonable opposition in the East to allowing the West the use of its own funds in the improve ment of its property. , - AT Captain Read, Formerly Depot Commissary, Arrested. OTHER OFFICERS ARE ALSO IMPLICATED Manager of a Firm of Government Contractors Is in Jail How Uncle Sam's Money Was Squandered. MANILA. Aoril 17. The trial" nt Commissary Sergeant John Meston, cnarged with complicity in the com missary frauds, is finished. No ver dict is announced and Meston's con viction is uncertain. Other trials of those implicated with follow. Captain J. C. Reed, formerly depot commissary at Manila, has been ar rested. It is alleged that entries upon the books of Evans & Company, gov ernment contractors, indicate that the commi?sary officers received the fol lowing sums: Major George B. Davis, upwards of $1000; Captain J. C. Read, $1000; Captain Frank H. Lawton, $750; B. L. Tremaine, Colonel Wood ruff's chief clerk, $700. It also ap pears that Evans & Company fur nished the handsome residence of Col onel Woodruff. Harold M. Pitt, manager of Evans & Company, who is now under arrest, is notoriously lavish in entertaining commissary oftlcers, while the depot commissary, a frequenter of the ten derloin district, occasionally spent days at Pitt's house in questionable society. Pitt's house is a bacchan alian rendezvous and prominent of ficers frequently visited it, drinking champagne and playing poker. Women of doubtful reputation are known to have often been there. It is alleged that Pitt had the inside track in securing government contracts and it is also asserted that he was the prime mover in the scheme to re-establish cockpits in Manila, Mrs. Lara being subsidized in securing a cockpit. It is asserted that the commissary department made unauthorized pur chases of quantities of champagne. Pitt sold some. In addition to what the transports brought, the commis sary imported 200 gallons in Febru ary and a like amount in March. The commissary and the commissary ser geant kept private carriages and in dulged in other extravagances. j THE WINTER CAMPAIGN. Kitchener Will Soon Resume Active Operations. LONDON, April 17. The British newspapers and .magazines comment ing upon the alternating periods of hope and apprehension which char acterize the latest stages of the South African campaign, compare these with the latter stages of the Amer ican war of independence as though to emphasize these fluctuations. While the letters of responsible cor respondents in Pretoria depict the sit uation in a rather despairing mood, the Pretoria representative of the Daily Mail sends today a dispatch of the most hopeful character. "The next six weeks," says he, "will see a resumption of active cam paigning. Lord Kitchener will renew his sweeping movements. He has an army of 250,000 efficient troops, in cluding 60,000 mounted men with a good supply of horses, 40,000 having been secured in Cape Colony alone. The army is in good spirits and Lord Kitchener is satisfied with the prog ress of events, slow though it seems." The war office 'has received the fol lowing dispatch from Lord Kitchener dated Pretoria, April 15: "Colonel Henry Rawlinson's column rushed the South laager, northwest of Kerksdorp at daylight. Six Boers were killed, 10 wounded and 23 taken prisoner. He captured a 12-pounder, one pompom complete and two ammu nition wagons with ammunition. Our casualties were three wounded. Col onel Plumer captured a field cor net and seven men with 10 wagons and rifles. During Colonel Pilcher's operations in the Orange River col ony, seven Boers were killed." It is said that a private telegram has been received here to the effect that General French, with 500 Brit ish troops, has been captured by the Boers, while his force was envel oped in a mist on the hills. No con firmation of the report can be ob tained. The war office here knows nothing about the rumored capture and entirely discredits the report. Unguarded Valuables. Phoenix, Ariz.. April 17 The death lere of Mrs. Robin Iche reveals the fact that unconcealed and unguarded in her house was gTeat wealth In jewels and precious stones. The hus band of the woman is in jail await ing trial for insanity, and the sheriff nas taken charge of the jewelry, the estimated value of which is not less than $50,000. . kirs. Iche has a sister in Birmingham, England, the wife of a great coal operator. Postoffice Robbed. Salem, Or., April 17. Chief of Po--ice Gibson received a telephone mes sage from Turner this afternoon, say--ng that the postoffice at that place was robbed at noon today, while the postmaster was at dinner. The bur glars secured $300 in cash and stamps. At last reports there was no clew to the guilty parties. This bold piece of work, taken in connection with the robberies at McCoy and Lincoln last Wednesday and Thursday, leads to the conclusion that this section of the valley is being worked by a gang c professional crooks. Forest Reserves. Washington, April 17. The secre tary of the interior has . announced his intention of turning over the ad ministration of the national forest re serves to the forester ot the depart ment of agriculture. This great body of lands embraces some 48,000,000 acres, and its scientific and practical administration is a matter ot na tional importance, since the area in cludes the sources of hundreds of rivers and streams. 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