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ORVA A WEEKLY. mkS&FS. i CoasoliiaieiFeb. 1899. COBVAIiUS, BENTON COUNTY, OREGON, FKIDAT, APBIL 26, 1301. VOL. .XXX VIII. NO. 18. c GAZETTE reoFira 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. Vesuvius is again alive. The worst of the Ohio flood is over. There is renewed military activity in. Manchuria. Measles have broken out on the transport Buford. A Nebraska colony 'wishes to buy 50,000 acres in Oregon. A man was frozen to death in the streets of Iluntsville, Tenn. The failure of the Vancouver bank is still shrouded in mystery. , Fred Rummel met death under a snow slide in Eastern rOegon. The loss at Pittsburg, during the recent storm, is placed at $2,000,000. The Berlin police are watching anarchists who conspired against the emperor. An express train on the Choctaw road was held up and robbed in Arkansas. The Ohio river continues to rise, but it is thought no serious damage will result. Aguinaldo considers American sov ereignty preferable to native inde pendence. Billy Smith, an American, was probably fatally injured in a London prizefight. The American rowing crews were very" grudgingly welcomed on their arrival in England. . Cold weather continues in Tennes see. Many orchards are ruined by the weight of snow on the trees. The leader of the Colombian rebels has agreed to end the revolution, and peace will soon be proclaimed. The English people are getting tired of the war with the Boers, and the taxpayers are beginning to grum ble at the little progress being made. Bear Admiral Schley has arrived at Kio Janieio. CJunese rebels again attacked the Manchurian railway. All . danger from the recent great storm in the Ohio valley has passed. "United States officers have begun a war on the Chinese slave trade in San Francisco. . The Philippine tariff is not likely 16 be promulgated until insular cases are decided. Joseph Hume, the pioneer salmon packer of the Pacific coast, is dead at Berkeley, Cal. ; The people of Santo Domingo will have nothing to do with annexation to -the United States. '"Province of Leyte has been created in ' the Philippines' and American officers placed in control. .-Leading stove manufacturers will form a combine for mutual benefit in the way -of freight rates,' etc." ' Manufacturers of mining machinery will combine to protect themselves against the Westinghouse Company. The Corean government has decid ed to borrow from France 5,000,000 yen for the purpose of constructing a railway. Charles Brown, president, and E. L. Canby, cashier, of the suspended First National Bank of Vancouver, committed suicide. A rock was thrown through the window of a car on the Portland Astoria train. Several - passengers narrowly escaped injury. ; The Twenty-sixth regiment, which arrived in Sau Francisco on the trans port Garonne, has landed and gone into camp at the Presidio. The German riechstag has passed a bill which prolongs authors' rights on dramatic and musical produc tions from 30 to 50 years. An attempt was made to poison a prisoner in the county jail at Denver, Col. An apple pie and some cheese were left at the jail by an unknown person for the prisoner. Examina tion revealed the fact that both con tained a great quantity of arsenic and other poisons. Another rebel force in Marinduque has surrendered. Cebu, Philippine islands, has not yet been pacified. . An English company is building a railway across Mexico. Prospectors at Nome were starting for the hills in January. . The steamer Bamona blew up near Victoria, B. C, and four people were killed. General Milner makes a discourag ing report on conditions in South Africa. '-. i There are 120 different languages or dialects in the Philippines. The postoffice department is mak ing plans to obviate the necessity of rehandling European mails at New tork. . Autograph letters of famous- men will be far rarer in the future than now. Great men of today content themselves with signing their names, often with rubber stamps, to type written documents, and it will be hard to get much sentiment from type written manuscrinta. MUSTERED OUT. Ihity-Third and Thirty-forlh Volunter Regk ments Get Their Discharge. San Francisco, April 22. The Thirty-third and Thirty-fourth volun teer regiments, recently returned from Manila, have been mustered out. The Twenty-eighth and Thirty-fifth in f intry, now in camp af the Presidio, expect to be mustered out of the : ser vice April 30. Although there are very few troops here now under orders for the Philippines, transports will be rushed there as fast as possible, to be in Manila in time to bring home all the volunteers to be mustered out by July 1. In accordance with this programme, the Thomas sailed from here Saturday and the Warren will sail on the 25th. The assignments to the Thomas consisted of 127 re cruits and 20 casuals under the com mand of Lieutenant W. A. Liebler. The Twenty-fourth infantry and 150 marines have been assigned - to the Warren. --'- ; - : The transport Rosecrans, which has just arrived from Manila, has been released from quarantine. The Bose crans brought 218 men of the'Thirty seventh infantry and 260 casuals. The transport Lawton on which there were three cases of smallpox, has also been released from quarantine after having been thoroughly fumigated. Seventeen ' days had elapsed since the last case appeared and. it was perfectly safe to land the passengers. FIRE IN BUTTE SMELTER. Employes Contribute Week's Time to Cleat . Up the Wreckage. Butte, Mont., April 22. Friction in a hot box over the generators near the engine house roof at the -Montana Ore Purchasing Company's smelter, started a fire about 8 o'clock this morning which caused a damage of $75,000 to the plant and will delay operations for a few weeks. The sampling works are a total loss, the stacks ruined and the engine operat ine the smelter almost a total wreck. The new machinery is uninjured and the blast furnaces and converters art not materially damaged. The efforts of the city fire department and the fire brigade of the Butte & Boston Company saved the plant, which is valued at over $1,000,000. from total destruction. As soon as the flames were under control the men employed signed a paper passed around by one of their number agreeing to contrib ute a week's work free to clear up the wreckage caused by the fire and get things in shape for rebuilding. The company expects ' the plant to be in full operation again within 30 days. i, ... A New Geyser. . ' Vancouver, B. C:, April 22. A new geyser has made its appearance at Lake . Echo, 'Komtomahana, New Zealand. It is described as a mass of boiling water, half an acre in extent, rising, in a great dome from which a column of water and stones rises 300 feet, while immense volumes of steam rise to the clouds and hot stones -are thrown a gret distance. Australian advises also report a re cord blast from the line of the New South Wales Railway deviation works, Tarana, when" 70,000 tons Of solid rock were moved at one blast. Ow ing to the peculiar hardness of the rock, British gelignite was combined with dynamite and powder, the total weight of the explosives used in the blast being four tons. Gomez Coming to America. Havana, April 122. -General Max imo Gomez is making arrangements to go to the United States. He will be accompanied by his son.Urbona, and will probably remain " in the United States until the return to Cuba of the special committee on re lations. He desires to wait definite action in reference to the Piatt amendment, in order to avoid the accusation that the trip is made foi politcial purposes. He has ' always expressed a desire to meet the peo ple of the United States and to thank them for the assistance they rendered Cuba in the war with Spain. Senor Palma is the choice of General Gomez for the presidency of Cuba. - Independent Cereal Combine. - Akron, O., April 22. The con summation of the project- to consoli date all the independent cereal plants of the country is now assured. The various properties, 10 in number, will be turned over to the Great Western Cereal Company, at Chicago. The new company will compete with the Ameraicn Cereal Commpany, better known as the oatmeal trust. Deported From Luzon. San ' Francisco, April 22. The transport Kosecrans brought from Manila five men who had been de ported by the military authorities. Among them was Santiago Maceo, a son of the late Cuban leader. Young Maceo came into prominence on the Pacific coast two years ago, while traveling with Katherine Tingley, the theosophical leader. He fell out with Mrs. Tingley, claiming that he was treated as a servant. While in the Philippines Maceo became a first sergeant in the Macabebe scouts. Reported by Kitchner. London, April 22. A dispatch from General Kitchener, dated Pre toria, Apirl 20, says : "Plumer has occupied Bathfont, capturing 13 pris oners and a number of rifles and am munition. Douglas' column has oc cupied Dulistroom. Six Boers were killed. On General Kitchener's ad vance from Leydeburg the Boers blew up a Long Tom. Thirteen prisoners were captured. Elliott's division has brought in a large number of cattle." 5 Hems 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- ' out Our Thriving Commonwealth. Elgin is to have two" new plaining mills. - The Dalles will spend $1,630.40 for water pipe. ' , A bath house with a swimming tank 30x80 feet will be constructed at Ash land. -. : ' ' A cougar, measuring six feet six inches, was killed on Sweet creek last week. - . ' What is known as the Kite place, near Cove, containing 640 acres of land, was recently sold for $15,000. The Grant county court has ordered that the date on which taxes become delinquent be extended to June 20, 1901. ... The Ashland Meat Company receiv ed a car load of cattle from Gazelle last week, eight head of which weighed 1,890 pounds each. A human skull and bones of a man's body were found last week about half a mile up Butte creek from Fossil. The remains, which were only a few inches under ground, on the creek bank, we,re exposed by the recent high water. As the oldest settlers do not remember tf anyone having ever mys teriously disapeared, the general . ac cepted theory ip that 40 or 50 years ago a white wanderer may have been killed by Indians. , A telephone line- is to be erected from Gold Hill to Crescent City. The council of Mitchell has decided to put in a system of waterworks. The Lane county court is advertis ing for bids for the Construction of a bridge at Lorane. , S. L. Bennett, a farmer living north of Medford, has ordered a 2,000 gallon tank for his windmill. A salmon was caught near the Main street bridge, Pendleton, ' recently, that weighed nearly 11 pounds. . The construction of a creamery at Summervijle has begun, .The bridge; will be 1,000 feet long and 12 feet wide. A new steam saw mill is being built on Stukel mountain,' about half way between Klamath Falls and Mer rill. It .will have a capacity of 15,000 to 25,000 feet. . ... ; , Some young miscreants piled empty boxes at the Crossing of two of Rose ,burg's principal streets and. set fire to them about 1:30 in the - morning ' LA. big blaze resulted. Firemen and citi zens turned out, belieyihg ohe'of the main business blocks to be on : fire ' The Deschutes ReclamatiW-ii&-Irri-gation Company lift IGO.iyxJsof flume built. :"Ihe; flume , is seven feet wide and 28 inches deep, and there is now running 15,000 inches of water. The company expects to. have water on a number of the homesteads before next fall. The ditchis surveyed seven and a half miles. '-.''. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Walla Walla,: 56 57c. ; valley, nominal; blueBtem, 59c. per bushel. Flour Best rgades, $2. 70 3. 40 per barrel; graham, $2.60. Oats White, $1.25 per cental; gray, $1.201.22 per cental. Barley Feed, $16.50 17; brewing, $16.5017 per ton. ' ' Millstuffs Bran, $16 per ton ; midd lings, $21.50; shorts, $17.50; , chop, $16. - Hay Timothy, $12 12. 50; clover, $79.50; Oregon w ild . hay, $67 per ton. Hops 1214c. per lbl; 1899 crop, 37c. ' Wool Valley, 1314c. ; Eastern Oregon,; 912c; mohair,. 2021c. per pound. Butter Fancy creamery, 20 22c; dairy, 15 18c. ; .store,: 10 12H'c. per pound. -., Eggs r Oregon ranch,. 1313c. per dozen. Poultry Chickens, " mixed, $4.50; hens, $5.50; dressed,. ll12c. per pound; springs, $3(35 per dozen; ducks, $56; geese, $67; turkeys, live, 1012o ; , dressed, 1315c. per pound. . ' Cheese Full - cream, twins, 13 I3c ; Young America, 13 14c. per pound. Potatoes Old, 5060c. per sack; new, 22c. per pound. Mutotn Lambs 10 11c. -per pound gross ; best sheep, $8 ; wethers, $5; ewes, $4.50; dressed, 77Jc. per pound. . ' Hogs Gross, heavy,'! $5.756; light, $4.755; dressed, 7c. per pound. Veal Large, 7c. per pound; small, 88c. per pound. 1 - Beef Gross, top steers, $55.25; cows and heifers, $4.504.75; dressed beef, 78Jc. per pound. The only . American Indian in the United States navy is Chapman Schen andoah, an Oneida, '29 years old, who is on the . cruiser Atlanta. Banana flower has lately- begun to be used In making cakes, bread and biscuits. It is also used as a child ren's food and for dyspeptics. In the present house of representa tives of the Japan Diet, there are 130 farmers, 23 barristers, 12. , officials, 26 merchants, 1 6 newspaper editors, 3 doctors and 70 members without fixed professions. . WASHINGTON GOSSIP. Logan Statue Criticised Old Soldiers Warned Against Land Agents Other Topics. (Washington Letter.) j Army - officers are criticising the Logan statue quite severely. They say that his position in the . saddle is altogther unmilitary, that 1 one leg is longer , than the other, and that no officer ever carried a sword in -the ay that Logan is represented to have car ried his. ... Old soldiers who wish to take up homesteads upon the opening of the Indian reservation in Oklahoma will do well, in the opinion of the land office officials, to file their own claims and attend to all the business . them selves Tather than trust their interests to agents. ,. : It is reported in Wash ington that agents are going' about making contracts with veterans to represent them and file their claims, and are charging a fee in advance and a second to be -paid after filing the claim ; but an agent can serve only one client properly, unless he calls into service a large force of assistants, which they cannot afford..; to do for the small fees charged. It will be seen, therefore; that it will be much better for everybody to look out for himself. . , The secretary of war has called for Hds from private steamship com panies for furnishing transportation for ' the government between New York, Cuba and Porto Rico. The idea is to see whether it is more eco nomical' to patronize them than to continue the present transport service, which is expensive. The dock charges alone amount to $400,000 a year. During the last three months 1,276 passengers and 5,726 tons of cargo were carried by the transports, : and the .quartermaster's department knows the exact cost, which has been very large, a single voyage costing from $12,000 to $15,000. Bids are invited for the next three months upon the basis of the passengers and freight carried during the last three months. For some reason our commerce with Cuba is falling off, "During, the last nine months the imports of Cuba amounted to. $53,108,702j V while for the . corresponding, months of the previous year they were ..valued at $54,636,747. Last year" the share 0 the United States was $28,094,030, , 01 about 50 per cent,- while - this - year it was only $24,525,699, : or about 46 5r cent. The expprts to Porto Rico and the Philippine islajds, howeves Wre increasing in a'rapiq manner. - ..... z..r. r i Marconi, the inventor,, of wh'eless telegraphy, is in' Washington for the purpose of selling his apparatus to the government. He 'called on .the secretary of- thnavy and offered to place an outfit upon the ships of the fleet ,f or.,.$12, 000, each.'- No' stich-arrangement can be ' 'male';SV'itnout the Consent -f .congress, and by 'tfffe time congress meets it is expected' that the. electrician -of- he-weather .bureau will Uiave developed a method, of wireless telegraphy quite as good as Marconi, s. The electricians of the signal service are also at work in the same line, and the1 secretary of'the navy is now get ting ready for a. series of experiments at; Newport. -.' "; ;," J '',"' DAM GAVE WAY. Greater Part of Town Submerged, -But No Lives Lost. A Chester, Mass., April 23. The Flood " Hollow dam, in Middlefield, gave way about 6 o'clock last night, letting loose" the water in the big reservoir, which rushed . with terriffic force into the west branch of the Westfield river, sweeping' everything before it and submerging the greater part of this town. No lives were lost but great damage has been done, the extent of which it is impossible now to -estimate., : The dam .was built in 1874, to take the place of i;he one which was destroyed by- the''1 'flood of the year before'.' . .'. If was poorly, con-, structed of stone and timber, ' and had' been, a constant menace to the town tof Cheater, :, The heavy rains Overflowed the reservoir and- the dam showed signs of weakening early in the morning. Orders were given to inspect the dam.- The result was that word was sent to 'the ' people be low that the dam was almost certain to go out, arid the families in the low lands got what things they could to gether arid made for places . of safety. They were none too soon, for the dam broke, and with a deafening roar, a torrent of water was let loose into Flood Hollow, . which empties into Westfield river. The huge timbers of the dam were hurled into the foaming current, and went in one great crash ing mass toward Chester. Two quartz mills at Flood Hollow, barns and out buildingsTwere swept along in the tor rent. At Bancroft the Boston & Al bany stone bridge was carried afav, together with 600 feet pf track. ,7. will probably be two rdays before trains are running. Chester , presents a desolate sight. The electric light station is sub merged, and the town is in total dark ness. - ! : f . . - f : j- . Hotel and Bath Houses Burned. Reno, . Nev., April 23. The hotel and bath houses at historic Steamboat Springs, which, in the palmy days of the Comstock mines,'-: was a watering place wh.Pre more money was squan dered in a, night than at most any other resort on the coast, are no more. A fire, which started in the hotel,, crossed the road to the two story bath house, where the main baths were sit uated, and entirely destroyed both buildings. r - i , : HE II PEACE Aguinaldo's Address to the Fil ipino People. SAYS THERE HAS BEEN ENOUGH WAR Urges His Countrymen to Accept the Soy. ereignry of the United States as the Best for Their Country. Manila, April 22. Following" is Aguinaldo's address to the Filipino people, made public this evening: "I believe that I am not in error in presuming that the unhappy fate to which my avderse fortune has led me is not a surprise to those who have been familiar with the progress of the war. The lessons taught with a full meaning, and which have recently come to my knowledge, suggest with irresistible force that a complete ter minatoin of hostilities and lasting peace are not only desirable, but ab solutely essential to the welfare of the Philippine islands.. "The Filipinos have never been dismayed at their weakness, nor have they faltered in following the path pointed out by the fortitude and cour age. The time has come, however, in which they find their advance along this path to be impeded by an irresistible . force which, while it re strains them, yet enlightens then minds and opens to them the cause oi peace. . This cause has been joyfully embraced by the majority of my fel low countrymen, who have already united around the glorious sovereign banner of the United States. . In . this banner they repose their trust and belief that under its protection the Filipino people will attain all those promised liberties which they are be ginning to enjoy. "The country has declared unmis takably in favor of peace. So be it. There has been enough blood, enough tears, and enough desolation. This wish cannot be ignored by the men still in-arms if they. are, animated by a desire to serve our" noble people, which has thus clearlymanifested its will. So do I respect . this will, now tnat lt known to me. "After mature deliberation, I reso lutely proclaim to the World that 1 cannot refuse to heed . the voice of 8 people longing for peace, hor the la mntations of thousands of families yearning to see their. dear ones enjoy ing the liberty and the promised gen erosity of the great American naf ion. - "By acknowledging and accepting te sovereignty -of the . United States throughout the Philippine archipel a,go, as I no do-, ; and without any reservation whatsoever, 1 believe that J, am serving thee, my beloved coun try. -: May happiness be thine. " STATIONARY ENGINE TRUST. Philadelphia Company Has Gone Into Um Combine. Philadelphia, April 22. A special meeting of the . stockholders of the Pennsylvania Iron Company was held today, and the proposition tc amalgamate . with four of the most prominent stattionary engine manu facturing companies in the country was effected. The big combine will be launched in a few weeks, with a capital of $25,000,000. Although the Philadelphia concern is capitalized at $5,000,000, only $1,000,000 in 7 pei cent cumulative preferred stock ol the company was offered for its plant and fixed assets. About 20 stock holders, representing nearly all of the capital stock, were present at the meeting, and some of them objected to the price offered, declaring it was less than the plant was appraised tc be worth. . It was explained, by way of answer, that the other four com panies were also to be given less than the appraised value of their proper ties. ' " - ' New Bank at Havana. New York, " April 22.' It is under stood that ah international bank, with a Capital of not less than $1, 000,000, " and perhaps as much as $2,000,00 is to be established in Havana,T by interests' prominently identified with the -Morgan Trust Company and the Cuba Company. Torhado Struck Florida Town. Miami, Fla., April 22.-rThe ham let of Biscayne, seven miles north ol here, . was struck by a tornado this morning. . Several houses were de molished. Two people were seriously injured. -. Pearson 'Appeals to the President .7 New Orleans, April 22. General Samuel Pearson, the Boer officer, whe was refused a writ of injunction by the United Sates court against the local '- British officers to prevent fur ther export of mules from this port tc South Africa, has sent a petition di rect to the president, asking for the relief the courts refused. In his de cision Judge Parlange pointed out that General Pearson had this right, saying the' matter, being a political one, should be taken before the exec utive department of the government. New Servian Constitution. Belgrade, Servia, April 22. The new constitution was promulgated today, and a royal ukase just issued reappoints the cabinet ministers, who had formally tendered their resigna tions, v All the state ; officials were similiarly reappointed. Georg'Simics was appointed president of the new state council. ' Of the 30 senators ap pointed by the king, 11 are Radicals, 10 are Progressievs, four are Liberals and five are Independent. . DANGER HAS PASSED. Ohio Valley Towns Are Slowly Emerging From the Flood. Pittsburg, Pa., April 24 The most widespread and destructive storm, from a material point of view, has, passed. It has left a zone of ruin 200 miles in diameter. It was unusual in that it possessed so many different features. Cities 70 miles from Pitts burg were tied up by one of the worst )now storms-ever known. While the snow fall was from 18 inches to three feet deep, which is not extraordinary, the snow was so wet that it clung in weighty masses to shade and fruit trees and electric wires and poles, bearing them to the earth. It even settled on steam and street railways like wet sand, stopping all traffic and making pedestrianism almost impos sible. . The fall was so easy and spon taneous in some places that the resi dents declare it seemed like the burst ing of a snow cloud. A few miles from these unfortunate towns were municipalities in just as dire straits from rain, but speedier prospect for relief, as the rain will run off faster than the snow can melt.' Still in these places traffic was practically suspended. Water over flowed and. washed out railroad tracks and hillsides came down and buried the rails. In addition nearly every town on the Ohio river between Pitts burg and Wheeling is in darkness. Electric light plants, or their wires. are damaged and the gas in the mains is generally turned off to prevent ex plosions. So half a million or more people are groping about in the dark. A remarkable feature of the storm is that but few fatalities directly attrib utable to this cause have been re ported. A railroader, caught in a wreck causedby a landslide, and the death of an old woman from shock, are the only ones known so far. There may be others, but as commu nication is cut off from many populous places it will be the end of the week before the total can be given out. ACTIVITY IN MANCHURIA. Russians Will Renew Operations Against the Chinese. London, April 24. According to a dispatch from St. Petersburg to the Daily Mall, official information has been received that renewed military activity is beginning in Manchuria. Chinese troops are strongly en trenched at three points around Mukden. They are armed with good Mauser rifles and have 30 Erupp guns. To the eastward of Mukden, near Tar cbausen, there are 12,000 men under the Boxer chief, General Lutanz. To the ' northwest, near Kulu, there are 6,000 Chinese under the ex-governor of Mukden. To the eastward, in Mongolia, and near- the In Shan mountains, there are 9,000 more un der the Chinese General Shu. Ad miral Aliezoff has accordingly organ ized an expedition under General Zerpenski, consisting of two regi mentsand five sotnias of Cossacks, 16 guns and a body of volunteers, to operate against the three points named. The first movement was successfully carried out in the begin ning of April. Kulu, which is 250 kilometers from Mukden, was stormed and the ex-governor, of Mukden was taken prisoner. In this action the Russians had 13 men killed and four officers and 18 men wounded. The advance toward the Tarchausen posi tion was then begun. Owing to the departure of most of the Russian troops from Mukden, the latter city has become very unsafe. Almost nightly Russian sentinels are found shot in the back. . The situation in Southern Manchuria is disquieting and another advance of Russian troops will be made early in the spring. Our Northern Boundary. . Ottawa, Ont., April 24. Negotia tions have been concluded between the Ottawa government and the Washing ton authorities for the purpose of re newing and maintaining the boundary line marks between Canada and the United States. It is over 40 years since the international boundary be tween the United States and Canada from Lake Superior to the Pacific coast was definitely fixed, and it is over 50 years or more since it was marked out between Lake Superior and the Altantic coast. The neces sity for this work hai arisen out of commercial claims in Southern Brit ish Columbia. -Work will, therefore, be commenced in . that region early this summer. Alaska Government Supplies. San Francisco, " April 24. Major Ruhlen, in charge of the shipment of government supplies to Alaska points, says 15,000 tons of freight will be sent to St. Michael, Nome and the various stations established by the war department on the Yukon this season. The first shipment will be made by the steamer Elihu Thompson scheduled to sail from Puget sound April 25, and the cargo will consist of a consignment ' for Captain Aber crombie's command and the detach ment of signal service men. , , Measles on a Transport . - Honolulu, April 12, via San . Fran cisco, April 24. The army transport Buford arrived yesterday afternoon from San Francisco on tier way . to Manila. She has several cases ol measles on board and is consequently kept in partial quarantine. ' Measles have been found to be highly danger ous to the Hawaiian race in the past. The Buford will probably leave for Manila Anril 14. MEDlEjn An Arkansas Train Held Up By ' Masked Bandits. EXPRESS MESSENGER AND PORTER SHOT Train Carried Much Valuable Express Matter, and Robbers Mide a Rich Haul Bloodhounds After Them. Memphis, Tenn., April 24. The last express train of the Choctaw, Oklahoma & Gulf railroad, which left Memphis at 11:45 o'clock last night, was held up by three masked bandits it Bridge Junction, Ark., about mid night. It is not known what booty the robbers secured, but a dispatch received at police headquarters states that the express messenger and porter of the train were injured after resist ing the bandits. The Wells Fargo Express Company usually makes its heaviest shipments to the West on this train. Police Sergeant Perry, upon receipt of the telegram, imme diately posted officers along the river front with instructions to keep a 3harp lookout for the bandits, should they attempt to cross to the city. The train left Memphis with a heavy passenger list. The scene of the holdup is a lonely railroad cross ing four miles from the river. The Negro porter, named Gould, was shot and seriously injured by one of the bandits. The train was in charge of Conductor Nelson, one of the oldest employes of the road, and Engineer Johnson. The express messenger, Meaders, is said to have been shot. The train was delayed about 20 minutes. The engine, mail and ex press cars were cut off from the train and run to a point a mile west of the place where the train was stopped. The engine was then detached and run a short distance up the track, two men remaining to guard the trainmen. The third used dyna mite on the express car and blew open the door. It is reported that every thing of value was taken and it is be lieved that the bandits' haul is large, as this was a heavy run. Blood hounds from the convict camp at Hulbert, three miles from the scene are now on the bandits' trail. BRITISH WAR LOAN. People Dissatisfied Because They Can Only . Subscribe for Half of It London, April 24. Great curiosity is manifested here to ascertain how half the war loan has been already placed, as is asserted in the government in vitation for subscriptions for the re maining half. It is supposed that a portion of the 30,000,000 "already ,,. placed" may have been reserved for the government department, but it is rather believed that financial houses with foregin connections have inte-r " rested themselves in thn flnr.at.inn No explanation has been afforded,' .- ana, considering tnat the final install ment of the loan is payable in Decern-' ' ber. and that the first auarter'a intr- .. est will be paid July 5, the issue is re-, ; garaea as cneap, and not a little rer sentment has been created by the fact .. "' ' that onlv half the issue, has henn offered to the public. This dissatis faction is voiced by the Daily Chron icle, which says : "The public ought to have been in formed by this time to whom the chancellor of the exchequer has al loted 30,000,000 of the issue. " The paner proceeds to comment severelv on the policy of the government. wnicn nas led to such a disastrous issue, in which the British taxpayers drop the round sum of 3,300,000 in the process of borrowin g 60, 000, 000, ' ' WITHDRAWAL OF FRENCH. Ten Thousand Troops Will Leave China Next Month. Pekin, April 24. General Voyron, the commander of t?ie French troops in China, has informed General Chaf fee that 10,000 French soldiers will leave China in May. Li Hung Chang believes that the Chinese troops under General Liu will be withdrawn over the boundary marking the territory defined by Field Marshal von Waldersee as the sphere of operations for the allies, as the governor of Shan Si province received telegraphic instructions nearly a week ago ordering their withdrawal. Hsi Liang, ex-governor of the pro vince of Shan Si, has been appointed governor of the province of Hu Pei. The foreign consuls at Hankow, capi tal of the province of Hu Pei, havt protested against .this appointment to Chang Chi Tung, viceroy of Hankow, and have sent him a telegram advis ing, him to delay proceeding in the matter. The numerous appointments ol Chinamen- with pronounced anti foreign tendencies is' causing com ment in Pekin. Even the foreign ministers admit that so many ap pointments of r this character are ill : advised. Oregon Postal Orders. " Washington, April 24. After Maj ' 1 star service from Huntington tc Malheur, ' Or., will be reduced to " three times ; a week;, and the service from Baker City, to Bridgeport ex tended to supply Malheur, increasing the route miles. A postoffice has besn established at Kilbride; Grand county, Oregon,'- to ' be" supplied by special service from Susanville. Mar garet Hamilton has been appointed postmistess. ,.