WEEKLY.
uzBrn'ukuMi ( Consolidated Feb. 1899.
COKVALIilS, 'BENTON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 17, 1301.
VOIi. XXXYIII. NO. 21.
events of the bay
FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS
OF THE WORLD.
X Comprehensive Review of the lmporwt
Happenings of the Past Week Prese ied
in a Condensed Form Which Is Most
Likely to Prove of Interest to Our Many
Readers.
Mrs. McKinley is much improved
in health.
Lacuna has promised to surrender
his command.
Shamrock II was beaten by Sham
rock I in a trial race.
A watchman in a Utah refinery
stole $15,000 in silver bullion.
The Chinese are astonished at the
amount of indemnity demanded.
Twenty five thousand regulars will
be returned from the Philippines.
A Russo-German tariff alliance
against the United States is proposed.
The military governor of liataan
has been reprimanded by Mac
Arthur. Governor Nash and party are visit
ing the various interesting places in
California.
Rear Admiral Schley will cut short
his visit in London on account of
sickness in his family.'
Russia is standing steadfast for
peace, according to an official state
ment received at Washington. '
One mail .clerk was killed and
another injured in a wreck on an Illi-'
uois Central train in Louisiana. ;-
A steamboat on the Mississippi
river was wrecked near ' Chester, 111.
Two passengers were drowned and 22
deckhands are missing.
Unless the sultan of Turkey yields
on the question of interference with
:fortign mail, the powers ,will present
an ultimatum, backed by naval dem
onstration. , ;
A new Russian loan of 424,000,000
francs is authorized. ,
Fire in suburb of Detroit, Mich.,
did $800,000 damage. . ,
General Dewet, the Boer leader,
has resumed operations.
Pennsylvania beat Annapolis in the
intercollegiate boat race.'
National organization of machinist
has ordered a general strike. . -
Yale beat Harvard1 57 to 47 in the
annual track and field contest.
The Porte has ordered all foreign
postoffices removed from Turkey.
The steamer Princess Louise was
wrecked in British Columbia waters.
Ah attempt was made to sell con
fidential documents in the Neely case.
Seattle njen have bonded 1,000
acres near Willapa bay and will bore
for oil. :..
Esterhazy has -made an affidavit
that he was the author of the Dreyfui
borderau. ;
Embezzlement charged against ex
School Land Clerk Davis, of Oregon,
may be outlawed.
Trouble between the managers of.
the Buffalo exposition and union,
workmen for a time threatened a com
plete tie-up of work, but the difficulty
has been settled. ..-.
A grip containing dynamite was in
process of fumigation at Port Town
send, Wash., when owner told con
tents, causing a panic among the
steamer passengers.
Mrs. McKinley is ill, and-has been
taken to San Farncisco for a rest.
Her illness, while not serious, may
cause curtailment of . programme for
the remainder of president's tour.
Two lives were lost in a New L York
fire. . - ..;
The presidential party is now . in
California. "
Eastern wool market shows no im
provement. . v ' . ' "
Martinelli has received the red be
retta at Baltimore. ' u
The steel trust will close down the
Everett nail works. --.
English coal miners have decided
not to strike at present. : .
Fire in Augusta, Ga., destroyed
$169,000 worth of cotton. ,.
A fire in Seattle destroyed property
to the amount of $200,000.
A naval war college is to be estab
lished for the naval officers.
The Industrial commission is in
vestigating rate discriminations.
The steamer Tantillion- Castle,
wrecked near Cape Town, is a total
loss. ?.
The contract plans for the cruiser
St. Louis have mysterioulsy disap
peared. - , . ;
Forest " fires in Pennsylvania are
destroying immense quantities of val
uable timber. : . . ".'
Much disturbance continues among
the eduacated classes in Russia, and
the police are kept busy. ,
It is said that 1,000 pounds of
poultry will cost less to raise than
1,000 pounds of beef, and will sell
for almost twice as much, r ;
While finding that the seed trade
of England, generally . speaking, is
well -jconducted, the - departmental
committee appointed by the board of
agriculture recommends the estab
lishment of a central station for the
purpose of testing seeds sent to it for
official examination. -
THE ARTILLERY ARM.
Secretary of War Will Increase It to Its Full
'. Strength.' '
Washington, May -13. Secretary
Root is a man to whom wide discre
tion in the matter of interpreting and
administering the laws might have
been given. ? This is shown in his de
termination to increase the artillery
corps at once to its full strength.
Congress, in its abject fear of criti
cism, placed a provision in the bill
which looked as if the artillery " corps
of the army was to be increased only
20 per cent each for five years. But
the men who drafted the bill knew
what they were doing, and when' it
came out as a law it provided that
not less than 20 per cent should be
raised the first year, and not less than
20 per cent each succeeding 12 months
until the full strength of the artillery
was reached. Secretary Root inter
prets the "not less" to mean that he
is not prevented from making the en
tire increase at once, and so he di
rected that it should be done. -.
This - is a very good thing. - No
branch of the military service needs
men so much as the artillery. The
fortifications and the equipment of
the fortifications with valuable guns
has been far in advance of the in
crease of the artillery. In the Spanish
war congress was induced to increase
the artillery from five to seven regi
ments, and the last congress was in
duced to make the increase to 18,000
men, but with an intimation on the
wording pt athe bill that the increase
was to be made only gradually at 20
per cent a year for five years. - Every
coast state, every state where fortifi
cations are needed, and where they
have been erected will applaud . the
action of Secretary Root, '-as it means
more heavy artillery, and fortifica
tions already in place and fortifica
tions to be erected will have artillery
placed upon them, and received the
care of trained and. efficient men,"a
care that very valuable defenses have
not received during the past three
yean. : -.
Another thing where" Secretary
Root showed his judgment was in
construing the ? stupid provision " of
the Spooner amendment to the army
bill, relating to the Philippines.
There were two amendments, one pre
pared by Senator Spooner, giving the
president authority to control the
Philippines, and Senator - Hoar se
cured the adoption of another regard
ing franchises, which would prevent
anything from being done to improve
the condition of the - islands; ' Soon
after the Philippne amendment was
cabled to the Taft commission, a
reply "r was received shownig that
if it was adhered to strictly, it
would mean great hardship to the
people of ; the Philippine islands.
After mature deliberation the sec
retary decided to allow the regu
lations for the cutting of - timbei
which ; the Philippine . commission
had enacted . to remain in force and
not-to be interfered with by the -Hoai
amendment -to the army bill. It
would have been well, perhaps, tt
give the secretary some authority ic
modifying affairs in Cuba,' for he has
a way of making such modifications
of the best interests of the government
and the people who aregoverned. .
-;';", AUSTRALIAN PARLIMENT.
First Under the Mew Federation Opened by
- : - Duke of Cornwall.
Melbourne, May 13. The opening
of the first federal parliament which
took place at noon was a most im
presive ceremony.; The capacity of
the exposition building, the scene of
the ceremony, is 12,000 people, butthe
available space was taxed to the ut
most. - ' The decorations consisted of
regimental - standards, trophies of
arms and floral festoons. .
The doors were opened to ticket
holders at 9 o'clock in the morning,
and by 11 o'clock the auditorium was
filled except the royal dais. This
was located - beneath the great dome.
It held a single row of chairs, the
largest, in the center, being sur
mounted by a - Binall gold . imperial
crown. The whole was overhung
with the royal standard. In front of
the royal chair . was , a small table,'
on which was a telegraph key, by
which the Duke of Cornwall and
York was to flash the ; opening signal
throughout the commonwealth, when
the UnionJackwas to.be simultane
ously raised in every" settlement of
the federation. " . ' " - ,
The majority of the audience was
composed of ladies,, Mostly "clad in
mauve colored costumes, but many of
them were dressed in white. "-1 Bril
liant scattered groups of army ;and
navy uniforms gave color; to- the,
scene. Facing the dais was a slightly
raised platform, where seven rows of
chairs accommodated the membrers
of the commonwealth , parliament.
The . lofty north transept was de
voted to the members of the state par
liaments. East and west of the dais
were grouped the -ministerial staffs.
The . remainder of the hall and the
galleries were packed with a well
dressed, earnesst, expectant crowd.
A great orchestra enlivened the ante
meridian hour with operatic airs. .:"
Our Mail Not Tampered With.
Washington, May 13. No United
States official . mail was included in
the lot of foreign mail which -is re
ported to have been tampered with
while passing through Turkey, thus
forimng the subject of a protest .from
the diplomatic body at Constanti
nople. -. The official ; mail from our
minister, Mr.Leishman, and his mail
for the state department never passes
through Turkey in transit.
NEWS OF THE STATE
ITEMS OF, INTEREST FROM
ALL OVER OREGON.
Commercial and Financial Happenings of Int.
- portance A Brief Review of of the
Growth and Improvemeuts of the Many
' Industries Throughout Onr Thriving Com
monwealth Latest Market Report . --
- Newport will have a Fourth of July
celebration. .;'.'.- .. -
The new school house at Marcola
has been completed. " .; ,-.
Timber claims on the middle fork of
the Coquille are being rapidly taken.
. Operations have been - resumed at
the Eureka mine, at Selma, Josephine
county. . ,,
The telephone line being extended
from Springfield to Waterville is com
pleted to Thurston. ., .-
The Southern Oregon Oil Company,
operating near Ashland; has pur
chased a boring plant. -
The machinery of the Summerville
creamery has been received and will
be in place within a few "days.
Eighty seven scalps of wild animals
were presented for bounty in Jackson
county in the month of April.
Contract has been- awarded to the
Athena Flouring ; Mill Company to
pump water for the city for $800 per
year. -:
The Henry P. Smith farm of 199
acres, 1 miles east of Dallas, has
been sold to an Okalhoma - man for
$6,400. s- - - : - ;
The Ontario Warehouse Company
is building a warehouse on "the Short
Line right of way., : The building will
be 50x70 feet, fire proof, and will be
pushed to a speedy completion. ;
The Sunset mill owners started
their quartz mill on Forest creek again
last week for a run of several months.
They" have a large amount of rock on
the dump, some of which which will
yield $75 to the ton. - .
" A hotel will be built at ' Enterprise
if citizens will give a bonus of $1,200.
Strong indications of natural oil
and gas have been found near Mil
ton. ... . J" ' " ,.
The receipts of the Oregon state
land office during April were $23,
459.36. ,
- The contract has been let for build
ing a school house at John Day. The
price is $3,466. ; -: '
Baker City wheelmen are having
trouble with miscreants who steathily
juncture their tires. -
The Southern Pacificis putting in a
l,SOO-foot siding at Rice Hill. Other
repairs are being male along the line
in that vicinity. ., .
Citizens of Enterprise have organ
ized an immigration board, and will
try to secure the co-operation of other
towns in the same county. : .
All but eight or 10 men employed
at 4he Mineral City smelter "have
been discharged t-and .work has been
suspended for a time. . : .- ;,-
The stages . between Canyon City
and Burns are now traveling on the
summer schedule, and the entire dis
tance "of 70 miles is covered in one
day instead of two as heretofore. -
Portland Markets.
Wheat Walla Walla, .... 5960c. ;
valley, nominal; biuestem, 6162c.
per bushel.
Flour Best grades, $2.903.40 per
barrel; graham, $2.60.
Oats White, $1. 30 1. 35 per cental j
gray, $1.27J1.30 per cental. "
Barley Feed, $1717.25; brewing;
$17 17. 25 per ton.
Millstuffs Bran, $17 per ton ; midd
lings, $21.50; shorts, $20.00; chop,
$16.
Hay" Timothy, $12.5014; cloveV,
$79.50; Oregon wild hay, $67
per ton.
Hops 1214c. per lb.
Wool Valley, ll13c; Eastern
Oregon, 710c; mohair, - 2021c.
per pound.
Butter Fancy creamery, . 15
I7)c. ; dairy, 1314c. : store," 11
12 j c. per pound. . - .i
Eggs Oregon ranch, 12j13cv
per dozen.
Cheese Full : cream, twins, 13
13c. ; ; Young America, 1314c.
per pound.
Poultry-t-Chickens,mixed, $3. 50 4 ;
hens, $44.50; dressed, ll12c. per
pound; springs, . $35 per dozen;
ducks, $56 1 geese, $67 ; turkeys,
live, 10 12c; dressed; 1315c. jer
pound. - v - -
Potatoes Old. 90$1.10 per sack;
new, 2c. per pound. -
Mutton Lambs -4 5c. per
pound gross; best sheep, wethers,
with wool, $4.254.50; dressed, 7 Jc.
per pound. -
Hogs Gross, heavy, $5.756;
light, $4.755; dressed, 77c. per
pound. - i
Veal Large, 78c. per pound;
small, 88c. per pound. '
;,Beef Gross, top steers, $55.25;
cows and heifers, $4.504.75; -dressed
beef, 8'j8)c. per pound .. ' . -
' A Toledo, O., police judge says
drunkenness is a disease, not a crime,
and dismisses all plain drunks that
come before him.
An Omaha . man 'claims to have
made out of common earth, petroleum
and ; two secret ingredients a cheap
and plentiful fuel. --
v Earl Grey, of Great Britain, has a
plan to secure control of all saloons
and to discourage the sale of intoxi
cating drinks there. .
.-800,000 FIRE.
Suburb of Detriot the Scene Blaze Started
in Idle Mill
' Detroit, May 14. Fanned by a 35-miles-an-hour
wind, fire this after
no n swept the west tank of the
Rogue river in Delray, a suburb to
the south of Detroit, for three quar
ters of a mile, and. destroyed over
$800,000 worth of property:
The fire originated in the roof of a
saw mill. The plant has . not been
running for several months, and the
roof was as dry as tinder. The build
ing - was soon : in anhes and the fire
swept across a block to where a dredge
was tied up. - Despite the efforts to
save her, this craft was burned to the
water's edge. " Great embers were
picked up by the wind and dropped
iri several directions,, .setting fire to
buildings. " . ;-:i .
Delray has a small fire department,
which responded with three engines
and the fireboat Battle. Even the
greatest streams of the fireboat were
powerless to check the flames which
were rolling down the river bank for
hundreds of feet. When darkness fell
the glare from the burning poles il
luminated the sky for miles. The
firemen, worked on the fire almost all
night to keep it from spreading to
other property. ,.
A TRICKY BANK TELLER.
His Scheme for Making Money Led to His
" - Arrest
New Orleans, - May . 14. Samuel
Flower, paying teller of the Hibernia
National bank, has been arrested here
charged with a shortage of $36,000.
The Fidelity . & Deposit Company; of
Baltimore, is on Flower's -bond for
$25,000. It is alleged that Flower,
expecting an examination, sent to an
other bank in this city a government
sealed package said to contain $4000
and received in exchange for it $40,
000 gold clearing house certificates of
the -denomination - of $5,000 each.
His cash having been counted by the
National bank examiner the evening
before and found correct; it is alleged
he returned the clearing house certifi
cates to the bank fronrwhich he had
received them and received in return
his" unbroken government : package,
said to contain $40,000. - This pack
age was received by the Hibernia
National Bank from the sub treasury,
of this city, in March last, and con
tained " $4,000 in $1 bills. It is al
leged that Flower had preserved - the
label from an old government package
that did contain $40,000 in denom
inations of $10 each, -which he pasted
on the .package, containing only
$4,000 in $1 bills, thereby making it
a $40,000 package to all appearances.
This package was opened and counted
after, his departure from the bank.
PHILIPPINE POLICE FORCE.
Already Organized, Including Over Six Thou
sand Natives. . -
Washington, May 14. An . exten
sive resume of the organization and
varied conditions of the Philippine
native police force is contained in a
statement made public by the : divis
ion of , insular affairs of the war de
partment. The reports recites' that,
because of the poverty of the munici
palties, ; the ; Philippine commission
appropirated the sum of $150,000
to provide increased pay for the body,
and offered through General Mac
Arthur,': further ; incentive in . the
way of increased compensation for
cases of meritorious and Jaithful serv
ice. - Late reports received at the war
department indicate that an efficient
and loyal force of native, police has
now been organized, with prospects of
further extension and increased abili
ty .-The total force now numbers 6,
349 officers and men, a great many of
whom are on the meritorious list and
receive addtiional pay. The body at
present is concentrated in Northern
Luzon : principally,- although - the
Visayas, Mindanao, Jolo and South
ern Luzon have police forces of con
siderable strength. In many of the
towns the men are fully uniformed.
KLONDIKERS IN LUCK.
Miners Are Enjoying Greatest Harvest in fiv
-. ; . History of the District. -
Port Townsend, Wash., May "14.
Returning Dawson passengers on the
Victorian, which arrived fromSkag
way report ; that the miners of the
Klondike are enjoying the greatest
harvest in the history of the country,
owing to the abundance of the surfact
water, which is being utilized in sluic
ing the dirt taken . out during ' the
winter months, and the yield of yel
low metal will exceed the best expec
tations of the mine-owners. .
- The Victoria reports considerable
excitement in the north, caused by
the smallpox epidemic, and "various
settlements are taking every- precau
tion to check and wipe out the dis
ease. At Skagway a mass meeting
was held, the Indians were driven
out of the city, and a "strong guard
was placed around the town to prevent
their return.- .Nearly all. sections are
in quarantine. Every stranger arriv
ing is held up and inspected. - -
t - - ' Northwest Postal Orders. .
Washington, May -14. The post
office at Brinnin, . Jefferson county,
Wash., - has been moved one mile to
the south, without change - of post
master.;; The office at Kaufman, Fre
mont county, Idaho, has been moved
two miles north, without change ' of
postmaster. - -" . ; - -
. The Minnesota game r warden ' is
hatching 100,000,000 wall eyed pike.
WANT DOLE FIRED
HAWAIIAN LEGISLATORS' DON'T
"LIKE THE GOVERNOR.
The First Session of the Territorial Legislature
of Hawaii Comes to an End Without Ac
complishing Anything President Dole Is
Ignored Charges the Legislature With
Accepting Bribes. -
Honolulu, May 7, via San Francis
co , May 13. The first legislature of
Hawaii came to an end the evening of
April 30, according to Governor Dole,
and the next - night according to a
majority in both houses, r The legis
lature ended its existence at logger
heads with the governor all along the
line, and without having passed a sin
gle one of the important measures to
which the home -rulers were com
mitted, except the county government
act, which. the governor killed.
. The last act of the house the even
ing of the 30th, was to pass a concur
rent resolution containing a memorial
to President McKinley for the remov
al of Governor Dole. ' Dole is charged
with having hindered the work of the
session by his hostility towards the
legislature, withholding information
and reports that were called for, and
refusing to co-operate with - the law
makers. The president is asked in
the resolution to use his influence in
behalf of an extra session of the legis
lature to transact general legislation
which Dole refuses to grant. , In con
clusion, the home rulers ask that Dole
be removed, if the president sees no
other wajt of bringing about an extra
session of the territorial legislature,
declaring that the governor has acted
in such a manner as to lose the confi
dence of a majority of the people of
the territory. - ..J -
The concurrent resolution! passed
through both houses by large majori
ties, all the native home rulers voting
for it. - - It did -not get to the senate
until the day after the end of the
session, as calculated by the governor,
but on that ; day .the native party in
the senate passed it.
Governor Dole created a sensation
by saying that one of his reasons for
not granting an extra session was
that he had been reliably informed
that bribery was taking place. . Both
houses passed a resolution demanding
proof. ...
NEW ORDER OF THINGS.
Interior Department WiH Require Important
Reports Regularly. :
. Washington, May 13. A new order
of ' things has been . inaugurated in
the Interior . department and its sev
eral branches,; relative to making
public certain reports that are de
sired from time to time by the
Washington correspondents. ; Here
tofore the geological survey, which
is one of the bureaus of this depart
ment, has been allowed to run along
with comparative independence, and
in a way it gave general satisfaction..
Under the old regime the newspapers
were given access to the many reports
that are prepared by the survey from
time to time, often when the reports
were still in manuscript ' form. Now
this is changed, and no reports will
be accessible until they are in galley
proof, or even a more advanced stage.
. The objection to the new ruling lies
just here. - The survey sends its par
ties out in the summer. During the
winter months the field forces are oc
cupied ; in Washington writing up
their reports, which are generally
profusely and valuably illustrated. It
is well; into' the spring before these
reports are completed in the manu
script. .' It' very often happens that
the reports of a past season 's obser
vations, if made public' in the spring,
will be of great value to prospector!
and others in the season immediately
following the scientific examination.
Under the old order of things, when
manuscripts were temorarily availa
ble, the newspapers - could get -at the
facts at a comparatively early stage,
and when much of the information
was fresh and newsy. .;; .
But now the assistant secretary of
the interior, who, ; in the absence of
Secretary" Hitchcock is the "whole
thing," sets out at once to exert his
authority by issuing an order forbid-,
ding the publication of extracts from
the manuscript. This means that
the reports will be held back until late
in the summer or fall, and possibly
into the next winter, and in this way
the public will be prevented from get
ting the benefit of the most import
ant facts for a whole year, in . effect.
- The Appetite Grows. )--Berlin,
May 13. The' Berliner
Tages Zeitung, which prints a Wash
ington dispatch asserting that the
United States government is think
ing of securing one of the Azores as
coaling station, says that "the appe
tite grows with eating." 1 .
-;.: wt- Dublin Paper Seized.
Dublin, May 13. The police to
night seized William O'Brien's week
ly paper, the Irish People. It is re
ported that the seizure was made on
account of reflections upon King Ed
ward.. , Watch Trust Falls -Through.' -
- Boston, May 13. A director of the
American Waltham Watch company
says : "The officers of the American
Waltham Watch company ; have in
formed the promoter of the proposed
watch trust that that company will
not become a party to any consolida
tion of watch companies. Other com
panies have also declined to go into
the trust movement, so the" combine
hag been abandoned. ' -
REGULARS RETURN.
Philippne Army to Be Reduced 25,000 Men
Orders Sent to MacArthur.
Washington, May 15. By direc
tion of the secretary of war, instruc
tions were cabled to General Mac
Arthur to send to San Francisco at
his earliest convenience, the follow
ing organizations of the regular army :
Fourteenth, Eighteenth and Twenty
third regiments of infantry ; Fourth
regiment of cavalry; Twenty ninth,
Thirtieth, Thirty second and Thirty
third companies of coast artillery;
First, Eighth, Tenth, Twelfth and
Thirteenth batteries of field artillery.
- General MacArthur is instructed to
transfer to other commands all men
in the above organizations in their
first enlistment having more than
one year to serve," also men wishing
to remain in the Philippines. All
men of other organizations having
three months or less to serve, not in
tending to enlist, are to be transferred
to the returning organizations.
It is expected that this movement
of troops will begin soon after July 1
next, by which time the homeward
movement of the volunteers will have
been completed. - It is the intention
of the department to replace the home
coming regulars, so far as the mili
tary conditions in the Philippines re
quire it, with troops recently organ
ized in this country under the pro
visions of the army reorganization
act. These movements are predi
cated on the policy of the adminis
tration to -reduce the army in the
Philippines to 40,000 after the return
of the volunteers.
The war department today pub
lished the reorganization order pre
scribing the' strength of the various
branches of the military service upon
the basis of a total army of 77,287
men and a staff of 2,783, the enlisted
strength being 74,504 men. By the
order eaehcavalry regiment will con
sist of 12 cavalry troops of 85 enlisted
men each, making, the total strength
of the cavalry branch 15,840 men.
The coast artillery will consist of 126
companies of 109 enlisted men each,
making 13,734, and the field artillery
of 30 batteries of. 160 men each, mak
ing a total artillery force, field and
coast, of 18,862 enlisted men. The
30 infantry regiments will consist of
12 companies of 104 enlisted men
each, making the infantry strength
38,520 enlisted men. The engineer,
battalions will have four companies
of 104 enlisted men each, with a band
and will, have a strength of 1,282 en
listed men.
COST HIM HIS LIFE.
Man Who Stepped Aside to Let Anothei
Gain Safety First. ?
-Indianapolis, May 15 While Wil
liam Phelps, of Richmond, Ky., and
James Staplebury, of this city, were
cleaning out the inside of an eight
foot upright boiler at the Cerealine
mills today, an employe turned on
the steam, thinking the cock tight.
It leaked, . and. the scalding steam
poured in on the two men. The only
exit was up a ladder. Both men
jumped for the ladder. Phelps reached
it first, took one step and stopped
He jumped aside and shouted, "You
go up first Jim, you are married. " -
Staplebury sprang, up the ladder
and' escaped with slight burns.
Though Phelps followed at his heels,
his act of heriosm cost him his life.
Both men" were being cooked .when
Phelps jumped aside. By the time
he had followed Staplebury up the
ladder the flesh was dropping from his
limbs. He lived for two hours in
great agony. ..Both men are colored.
GOT AWAY FROM MOTERMAN. '
Three Passengers on a Trolley -Car. Seriously
Hurt-About 100 Bruised. "
New York, May 15. Ah open trol
ley car, in which were packed about
115 people, got away from the motor
man near Fort Lee, N. J., and dashed
down Leona hill. Every person on
the car was bruised and three serious
ly hurt, but only one of them, the
conductor, is likely to die. The
heavily loaded car had started down
an incline a! quarter of "a mile 1 in
length when the motorman lost -control.
The car was going so fast that
no one dared to jump off. ; The road
is a winding one. - At the foot of the
hill it curves sharply. When the
front trucks hit the curve they started
around and made it. The rear ones
followed part of the way. . The wrench
upon the car, however, as it swung
about, was so great that the body was
torn and lifted from the trucks and
rolled over and hit the ground. The
passengers were caught in and under
the car and were piled in a heap.
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:a" More American Liners. ;
Philadelphia, May - 15. The New
York Shipbuilding Company, at its
new yards near Gloucester, N. J., has
begun work on four steel passenger
and freight "steamships for . the At
lantic Transport : Company. Two
boats are 600 feet long and the others
500 feet and they are to trade from
Philadelphia, New York and Balti.
more to London. The steamships are
not intended to be flyers, bflt will run
at a moderate speed. They will have
a canying-pacity of 6,000 tons ol
cargo,
Cables Art Interrupted.
New York, May 15. The Commer
cial Cable Company has issued the
following notice : "We are advised
that the cables' between Tschifu and
Tsingtau and Tsingtau and Shanghai
are interrupted."
. New Naval Academy. '
The naval academy at Annapolis
will be a fine structure. . When com
pleted the building will' have coBt 3,"
000,000. "
RIVER BOAT SINKS
MISSISSIPPI RIVER STEAMER HIT
' A SUNKEN SNAG. -
The City of Paducah Wrecked at Brunkhorst
Landing, Illinois Two Passengers and
Over Twenty Colored Deckhands Find a
'. Watery Grave Divers Searching for the
Passenger List
Grand Tower, 111., May 15. The
steamer City of Paducah sank" in 25
feet of water five minutes after strik
ing a snae while backinc nut. frnm
Brunkhorst - landine-. The bodieo nf
two passengers who were drowned-
nave been recovered, and 22 members
of the crew, most of them Neeroes. .
are missing. All of the officers were
savea. .
The nassene-fir list hna nnt lun re
covered. A diver is searching for it.
vniy tne texas ana hurricane decks
are above water, which reaches to the
skylights of the cabins. All the :
staterooms are completely filled with ,
water. The steamboat drifted a third
of a mile below the landing before
she sank. The first mate says the
boat went down within three minutes
after striking the snag. . He was on
the cabin deck and escaped by climb
ing through the skylight. - --
It is supposed that most of the mis
sing deck hands who were on the
lower deck were washed down the
river The Knit lim Hnvn ,l,t inn
feet from the Illinois shore, the fore
pan oj tne hurricane deck being
under watpr. omuMN r u
total wreck. ' The coroner of Mur
physboro, I1L , is now holding an in
quest while the diver is searching for
more bodies. .
NUMBER. OF SOLDIERS KILLED.
Due to Explosion of Mines Buried on Fron.
; . tier Chinese Provinces.
' . .- .
Victoria, B. C. Mav 15. News
was brought by the steamer Glenoglc
that, a severe earthquake occurred at
Yokohama April 24, lasting fully two
minutes. No damage -was reported.
The Asiatic reports that on April
22, 150 French and 30 Germans were
killed and wounded by the explosion
of mines buried on the frontier of
Shan Si and Chih Li. .
The China Times repjrts the capt
ure of a brigand headquarters, where
Chinese were pillaging the neighbor
hood under the leadership of -10 for
eign soldiers. The Germans killed
20 Chinese and captured a junk, on
which a cannon was mounted.
The new 700 ton liner Sobranon
Was Wrecked on tha Oh in pan cnast
near Lung Ying prior to the sailing "
of the Glenogle. The passengers and
mans were savea. xne vessel was .a
total wreck.
A mixed battalion of English and
Japanese and French had a sharp en-
gagment with 100 Boxers near Shan
backwan. The fip-ht. lasfpH all Av
and a number of Chinese were" killed. .
Ihe British lost two men wounded, '
the French one, and the Japanese ;
two.; .
: There had been 110 cases nf nln
and 104 deaths, and 65 cases of small
pox and 43 deaths in Hong Kong
from January 1 to April 15.
LOCATED BY OFFICALS.
Craft Which Has Been Used to Smuggle
r 1 J in Opium.
- Seattle, May ; 15. The means of
the transportation for the 585 pounds
seized several days ago hy the local
customs officers and perhaps of tons
of other smuggled opium was locatnl
today by Customs Inspectors Delaney
and Brinker and seized. It is a name-'
less naptha launch 25 feet long. The
craft was found secreted on the tide
flats in a resdience . boat house near
Moran Bros. ' shipyards. The launch
was euuirjted with wvml msnlino
tanks, half a dozen cases of gasoline,
numerous rubber sacks used as recept
acles for the contraband opium, rub
ber clothing, dark lanterns, red lights
and many paint pots, indicating that
the launch had dmnirpd hor Alnr
almost with the changes of the moon,
ana a smau arsenal oi rines, revolvers
ana snotguns. -jno one was found in
Dos8ession of or a claimant, fnr t.ho
seized launch, which would indicate
that the head men in the gigantic
smuggling scheme have escaped, at
least temporarily. . k
Militia Still on Hand. '
Jacksonville, Fla., May 15. The
relief association is doing stupendous
work, particularly in the commissary
and labor departments. There is
abundant work for everybody who can
do manual labor, but difficulty is ex
perienced in getting the colored men
to work. The militia is still in pos
session of the city, and will remain
here as long as the committee of the
relief-association thinks best. The
liquor men have approved the action
of the" governor in closing the bar
rooms and have endorsed it.
- Clad They Are Gone.
London, ' May -14. Considerable
amusement has been caused by the
publication of a dispatch from China
saying great relief was felt among
European troops at the withdrawal Of
the Americans, who were too free arid
easy for the military etiquette of the :
Continental forces. . - . . ; '
Oi all the British colonies New Zea
land has sent the largest proportion
of its strong youth to fight on thp
African veldt. -