ORVA
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WEEKLY.
mkS&FS. i CoasoliiaieiFeb. 1899.
COBVAIiUS, BENTON COUNTY, OREGON, FKIDAT, APBIL 26, 1301.
VOL. .XXX VIII. NO. 18.
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GAZETTE
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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. ,.