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CO Ti A TW II iNK II NK IM II ,N WEEKLY. UNION E.tab. Jaly, 18BT Consolidated Feb. 1899. GAZETTE. UBMB. Uee., COBVAIiLIS, BENTON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY iaoi. VOL. XXXVIII. NO. 22. 24, - 1 i - - ' ' .i i ,,. . , EVENTS OF THE DAY FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF THE WORLD. Comprehensive Review of the lmporwt Happenings of the Past Week Prese id in a Condensed T-orm Which Is Most Likely to Prove of Interest to Our Many Readers. Mrs. McKinley continues tv im prove slowly. ' - : Carnegie gave 2,000,000 to Scotch universities. The Ohio congressional party is in Oregon on their trip home. j In a second trial race Shamrock II lieat Shamrock I one minute. , President McKinley reviewed the school children of San Francisco. Tlic University of Oregon defeated the University of Washington in ath letics. - ' v.y v- An extra session of the Hawaiian legislature cut the salaries of a great many of the officials. , ;. .. The Pan-American exposition has been dedicated. Vice President Roosevelt made the address of the day. - " ' ' An American company has con cluded arrangements with the Mexi can government for the construction of a new railroad in Yucatan, Mexico. ; A body of . Filipino rebels under' Angells attacked a detachment of American troops, killing two soldiers and one native scout and taking one soldier prisoner. ' ' . - , A ; New York syndicate has been formed for the . purpose of securing the trade of the Orient. Manzanillo, .on the southwest coast of Mexico, wilf be. developed, as the chief port. The general strike of ; the employee in the machinery and . allied metal trades throughout the country to en force the nine hour day, with .an in crease in :,wages, - was estimated to effect at least 150,000 men, but many employers signed the scale at the last moment, thus reducing the number considerably. . King Alexander of Servia will not abdicate. " .' The Albany, N. Y., street car strike has been settled. .. King Edward has ordered many reforms at Windsor. - , .-Xawson's yacht Independence ie Ijeing hurried to completion. '(.JSermany, is much afraid of Amer icans commercial supremacy, t. ; "Turkey refuses to permit the entry 6f 'typewriters into that country. . The, battle ship Ohio was launched at Sari Francisco in the presence oi President' McKinley. ""A fund is being raised for the de struction of sea lions at the mouth of the Columbia river. - The . 'president told Governor Geei that he , might visit Oregon before the expiration of his term, - The Union Pacific now controls the railroad situation from the Mis souri river to the Pacific coast. - 'Mi.."JHcKinley is now able to sit up. No 'date has yet been fixed for the return of the - presidential party to Washington. - . r ; " Orders have been issued for a strike of fifty thousand machinists through out the country. - A prolonged stjHig- gle ? is expected in the Pacific coast shops. ' Peace reigns in the southern Phil ippine islands. 'tC-ivJn officers have been appointed in Alhay province. ' A transport line may be established via the Suez canal. An Ohio river boat was burned. Two lives were lost. - Three hundred firms have signed the agreement with machinists. Ten cars were wrecked on a branch of the Southern Pacific near Albany, Or. Nine miners are dead and three fatally injured from an explosion in a West Virginia coal mine. The Chilean government has waived its objection . to the Pan-American congress to be held in Mexico. ' President McKinley has given up his tour to the Norhtwest on account of his wifes' illness. Her condition is considered serious. The Shamroek II will be partially remodeled.' " ' ' - The Alaskan, the largest merchant setamship ever built on the Pacific coast, has been launched at the Union Works, at San Francisco. The governor of New York' has ordered 2,200 soldiers to Albany.. All . efforts to settle trouble between, strik ers and employers has thus far failed. Although reports - coming from !-outh Africa are very meager, the in dications are that the Boers are rapid . ly breaking down, owing to- cold and lack of provisions. , - The congressional appropriation of $3,000,000 for the extension of the rural delivery postal service becomes available in three months. .. . The Boman Catholic archbishop of Montreal has forbidden . the members of that church from countenancing cremation in any way. . The public printer of Minnesota beat all records by issuing the laws passed by the recent legislature with in two days after adjournment. SKAGWAY. No Doubt About It, Syat Phy.ican Who Made the Investigation. Seattle. Mav 20. Following " urn ' . i - o - private advices received by mail from Sitka, Alaska, dated May 11: : Doctors Moore of Skagway, and Linhart, of Juneau, have been inves tigatine the small nox enirlemic at this place, and the former says there ! 1 . . . . . - is no aouoD oi tne prevalence of the disease, despite reports to the - con trary, me doctors visited all the in fected districts, and th Tndinn mnph. Russian town and the Indian mis sion. Dr. Moore was outspoken re garding existing conditions. He said mere can De no question of the seri ousness of the situation. Small pox, eenerallv in a, mild form in nrpval- yj . , X - ent, and owing to the uncleanly con dition oi tne ranch, combating the sickness will be a difficult matter. -In Hussion town there were hut. twn cases, one serious. At the mission mere were found over 30 children suf fering from small pox. They have been treated in the hospital which is located considerable distance from the dormatories. Up to the present time there have been seven fatilities, all confined to the Indians A rigid quarantine has been placed on the ranch, Indian policemen guarding all entrances to the infected quarters. Guards have kept visitors from the homes of the two Kussians who are sick. . : '''- : '4 VICTIMS OF CANIBALS. Particulars of the Murder of Missionaries in "-.' ; New .Guinea. . :, . -; -Vancouver, B. C. May 20. Details have been brought by the steamer Moana from Sydney of the massacre of the : missionary party in - New Guiena. : The report to the govern ment resident of Thursday -island is is follows : ' -' "The-crew of the Dido report the murder of. the Eev. - James Chalmers and Eev. Oliver Tomkins, of the London Missionary Society, by New Guiena natives at Debe, near the mouth of the Fly river. It seems they went ashore after friendly na tives had warned them that a . tribal war was in progress, and that their lives would be endangered. Despite this warning the missionaries, with six native converts, went - ashore and attempted to-hold a religious service. The natives blamed the missionaries for a reverse in battle, and killed the two white men and all their' school boys. Part of their bodies were afterwards devoured by the cannibal natives. The captain of the mission ary schooner Niue, from his vessel, saw the bodies lying oh the. beach with their heads cut off, but lie was afraid toland. - This report of the Dido's Crew has been counfirmed . by a well known native missionary named Isai. WON T JOIN THE COMbInE. Alaska Packers Assocation Will Stay Out o! the Salmon Trust. - . San Francisco, May 20. The big salmon combine is off, so far as the Alaska Packers' Association is con cerned. -After days of : negotiations between the promoters of the Pacific Packing & Navigation Company and the association's officers, a halt was called. President Fortman and Vice President Hirsch of the Alaska Pack ers' Association, say that' they have refused to sell to the promoters except for cash, and that not - being offered they terminated the negotiations. T. B. McGovern, one of the promoters, in an interview, said: - ,V . - "We shall put this combine through without the Alaska Packers' " Associa tion. " We had figured that with the options we have, if we could secure the association, we would : control practically - all the salmon in the world. - There are, roughly speaking, 3,200,000 cases 'of salmon packed every year. Of this total the Alaska people put out about 1,000, 000 cases." Leagalty of the Blacklist. Chicago, May 20. Judge Baker has decided that it is . legal for em ployers to maintain a blacklist. The plaintiff was a,labeler and can painter in the employ of- the Libby Packing company and in February, in company with a number of other young women. went on strike because of repeated re- ducrtions in wages. Later the women tried to obtain work with other firms, but their applications were rejected on account of their having been strik ers. - Miss Condon brought suit as- a test, and the court ruled that the var ious firms had a right to take pretect ive measures against persons who had quit the employment of other firms without valid reasons. - . , Conger Favors Ship Subsidy. : New York, May 20. Edwin H Conger, minister to China, was the guest of honor at the third annual banquet of the - American; " Asiatic Association, given . at Delmonico's In his - address he dwelt upon; the great possibilities in "China, " advo- catea jne. Buosiaizing , oi American ships as a patriotic , measure, and re gretted that ' our . new possessions in the Pacific were not connected by American cables. , 1 - Refused Medical Aid. . . Chicago,' May . 20. After lingering iz days, during which time she suffer ed much pain, Mrs. Josephine Chris- tensen, wife of Louie Christensen. both "Dowieites," and who with her 2-year old baby was frightfully burned in the Marquette avenue fire in South Chicago the morning of May 5, died last night. Mrs. Christensen refused medical aid to the last, and was' the only one of those injured in the fire who died. - . DtV.Ml.KUA A I NEWS OF THE STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL OVER OREGON. Commercial and Financial Happenings of Im portance A . Brief Review of of the Growth and ImprovemeuU of the Many Industries Throughout Onr Thriving Com. - monwealth Latest Market Report The cost of repairing the Albany bridge amounted to fl, 837.57. . The new ice plant at' Baker City will be in operation by July 1. " The annual meeting and barbecue of Wheeler County Pioneers will be held at Eichmond on June 12 and 13. The advance in the price of pota toes has caused the planting of more potatoes than ever before in the vicin ity of La Grande. ; '--. The Albany council has resolved to turn over the bridge across the Wil lamette at that place to Linn and Benton counties or to Linn county, when the city shall be reimbursed for the recent improvements. - A rural mail delivery route . from Eugene will be recommended to the postal deparrtment. - The route will be as follows: From Eugene north on river road to the Miller fruit dryer and return to Santa Clara school house, thence . west to Irving road, thence southeast to Siuslaw stage road, thence west . to Kemp school house thence south to foot hills by way of Martin brick" yard and return to Eugene via Hawkins road. - The trip will be made six times - a week. Service will not be established before July. - Bear creek cattlemen shipped from Pendleton 110 head of cattle to Puget sountl. The annual field day athletic con tests of the Pendleton public schools will take place May 27. Henry Brune from Eockland. sold 30 sheared yearling wethers at The Dalles for $3.10 a head A bridge has been completed across the Sandy river near Leona. ; It is 233 feet long and 16 feet wide. '., :; . It is reported that : the Golconda mine, situated in Williams creek dis trict,, has been sold for a good figure. Jack Gordon and Pete. Gagnon ' recently- sold .; several quartz mining claims in the Greenhorn mountains to Gibb Leavitt for $3,000. Eecently a piece of quartz weigh ing 25 pounds was picked Tip at the Mule Gulch placer mine, near An toine. It is estimated to be worth 12,000. A clean up from 100 tons of Mam moth mine ore treated at the Virtue mill was taken to Baker . City last week.; The clean up amounted to $l,100--two bars, one of the value of $800 and another of $300, an average of $11 to the ton. - v : The North Powder Irrigation Com pany, which recently purchased the big Grayson ditch, south east of Baker City, has comple'ted surveys for the extension of the ditch into the lower valley. The work of construction of the ditch will begin this week. - Portland Markets. Wheat Walla Walla, 60c.-; val ley, - nominal; biuestem, 6162c, per bushel. . - Flour Best grades, $2.903.40 per barrel; graham, $2.60. - Oats White,$1.351.40 per cental ; gray, $1.301.32 per cental. Bailey Feed, $17 (17.50; brewing, $1717.50 per ton. . . ' . Millstuffs Bran, $17 per ton ; midd lings, $21.50; shorts, ' $20.00; chop, $16. Hav Timothv. $12.5014 : plover $79.50; Oregon wild hay, $67 per ton. Hops 12a 14c. per lb. Wool Valley, ll13c ; Eastern Oregon, 710c; . mohair, 2021c. per pound. .. - . - - ... .. Butter Faiicy creamery, - 15 17c.; dairy, 1314c.i store, 11 12 c. per pound. . . - - Eggs Oregon ranch, 1212c. per dozen. - ' - Cheese Full cream, twins, . 13 13&c. ; Young America, 1314c. per pound. . - - Poultry Chickens,mixed,$3.504; hens, $45.00; dressed, ll12c. per pound; springs, - $3 5 per dozen; ducks, $5 6; geese, $67 ; - turkeys, live, 1012c ; dressed, 1416c. per pound. - Potatoes Old, $11.15 per sack; new, 22)c. per pound. . . - Mutton . Lambs 45c. per pound gross; best sheep, wethers, with wool. $4.254.50; dressed, 67c per pound. Hogs Gross, heavy, $5.756; light, $4.755; dressed," 77c. per pound. - . Veal Large, 67c. per pound; small, 78c. per pound... ; Beef Gross, top steers, $55.25 ; cows and heifers, $4.50 4. 75 ; dressed oeef, 88c; per pound . A telegram of 12 words is sent to iny part of New Zealand by simply affixing to it a 6d stamp 12 cents. Improvements already authorized or contemplated in New York city will cost, thr tremendous sum of $277,800,000. The United States leads all other nations in the matter of fruit - grow ing. Strawberries were valued at $80,000,000 last year and grapes at $100,000,000. LAUNCHING OF THE OHIO The Big I4.000.Ton Hull Slid Into the Bay ; . With Perfect Success. San Francisco, May 20. On a plat form, decorated with the national colors, which had been built around the prow of the big battleship Ohio at the Union Iron Works, in this city Saturday, were gathered the presi dent , and members of the cabinet, Governor Nasli, of Ohio ; Miss Desh ler, his niece, who was to christen the ship; Miss Barber, who was to act for Mrs. McKinley, and many uniformed officers of the army and navy waiting for the signal to start the big iron monster down the ways into San Francisco bay. - Miss Barber, with her finger on the button, was looking intently at the indicator. At 12 :22, two and a half minutes before the tide was at its highest, the time set for the launching, there sud- j denly shot into the face of the indi cator the word "ready. " Miss Barber i pressed the button: The last block fell away. At the same time, Miss Deshler, a young lady of 17 years, let go the bottle of champagne suspended at the side of. the bow by a red, white and blue ribbon, ' and as it crashed against the side she uttered ' he words, "I christen thee Ohio. V. - Eeleased from its bonds the heavy hull of 14,000 tons of steel went plow ing through the thick grease .'of its cradle.,, .Slowly at first, then faster and fastershe slid down the ways, taking the flood majestically and pil-, ing up the water in great waves in front of her. , The band" crashed, whistles blew, and the - multitude shouted. "No ship ever . given -to the American navy has taken her initial plunge into the sea under more favor able auspices or in the ; presence of a more distinguished company. .- . The workirjgmen of the ship yard, whom President McKinley addressed, presented him ; with a plate of burn ished gold five. . by 'five inches in di mensions, surmounted by the ' ea gle and shield of the American seal.' The Bhield in the center is of ' California-gold-bearing quartz and is flanked on either side by the American and California republic ' flags. At one corner of the plate is the seal of Cali fornia and at the , other the seal of Ohio.- In the center is a miniature of the battleship Ohio and the follow ing inscription : - -.. , "To commemorate the launching of, the United States . battleship Ohio. Presented to Hon. William McKinley, president ol the United States, by the employes of the Union Iron Works, San Francisco, California. " - ; The decorations around the border of the "plate; are. of oak leaves, inter twined with California poppies. THE CRISIS IS PASSED. Mrs. McKinley Was Able to Sit tIp-.No Defi nite Date Fixed for the Start Home.. San Francisco, May 20. Mrsv Mo-Kinley's- condition was so far im proved yesterday evening that she was able to sit up for a while. This welcome- -news was given out shortly after 5 o'clock . - - There were many callers at the Scott residence yesterday. There wae a general feeling that, the crisis had been ' passed, and that Mrs. McKin ley would - continue to gain in strength. No. . definite -date has yet been decided upon as : to when the president will start for the national capital, - but it' is : hoped that Mrs. McKinley will be able to travel with in a few days. - . . President McKinley is in receipt of cablegrams from the king and queen of. England, President i Loubet of France, and many, other European potentates,-: inquiring as to Mrs. Mc Kinley 's condition." : . Among the callers on the president was Calvin S. Titus, the first Ameri can soldier to 5 mount the walls of Pekin, who returned with ; the trans port Sheridan, just arrived. ANOTHER PROVINCE CLEARED Admiral Kempff Reports the Surrender of the Insurgent Mascardo and His Force. :- 7 Washington, May 21. The navy department has received the following cablegram -from 'Admiral Kempff at Cavito:. ' '. ' '" - '- - . "Captain-Owen advises that. 'the Urdanetta and Gardoquif received on board May , 17 General Mascardo, 20 officers, 184 men, 266 rifles, at Binong bay and Morong. They are now in arsenal bound for Marciso, where the majority desire1 to surrender to the army. Others surrendered to Draper, marine officer at Olongapo. This is the last insurgent force inZambales province. Gunboats resumed survey work. " , ' Dangerous Derelicts Reported. . - - New York - May 21.- Two liners which came into"Jort today, reported they passed dangerous - derelicts. which,, if met with in the night time, W17U1U liCtbOUilJ XICV Y O 1C3U1LCU' 111 U1&- aster. . These wrecks are drifting in the ocean lanes, which are now being daily traversed by liners."; The gov ernment - will ' be asked to send out one of the small: gunboats to hunt for and destroy the derelicts, - r : Wrecked by a Washout v - Ellis, Kan., May 20. Union Pa cific west-bound freight train No. 11 was wrecked by a washed out bridge three miles west . of Sharon. Springs Early this morning. - Both the en: gineer and fireman were" instantlj killed. Two trackwalkers who were at the bridge have disappeared and it j is believed they lost their lives. The i engine and several cars went into th( river, the engine and one car of cattle j being entirely submerged. MRS. GAGE IS DEAD AFTER NINE WEEKS'- STRUGGLE -WITH HEART "TROUBLE. Wife of Secretary of the Treasury Lyman J. Cage Heart Trouble was the Result of Severe Attack of Grip Mrs. McKinley is Slightly Improved, but by no Means Out of Danger. Washington. May 18. Mrs. Lvman J. Gage, Wife of the secretary of the treasury, died at -her residence, 1715 Massachusetts Avenue Northwest, at 9:30 o'clock last night, after an ill ness of nine weeks duration. W ith her when the end came were . her hus band, her married daughter, and the attending physician. For- a time before her death Mrs. Gage suffered much pain, but she maintained her bright and cheerful demeanor and was conscious to the last. - Heart trouble, the result of grip complica tions, was the immediate cause of death. A DAY OF IMPROVEMENT. Mrs. McKinley Was Better, but the Crisis Is . Not Passed. San Francisco, May 17. President McKinley (described the marked im provement in Mrs. McKinley's condi tion today as a transformation. But perhaps - even - the president of the United States may overstate the case in his elation at the prospect of his wife's recovery. : Certain it is, how ever; that Mrs. McKinley's condition last night improved to an extent that fairly nonplused -the doctors, bright ened the anxious and devoted hus band and filled the city with joy and thanksgiving..: The sinking spell that was feared ; in the early hours before dawn, when the tide flows out and the vitality of the world is at lowest ebb, did : not come. There was a Blight tendency in that direction, but that was all. " - But it must not be assumed from all ; this that . Mrs. McKinley has passed the crisis and is out of danger. The elation of today may have been only the crest of the wave after the trough - of the sea. Mrs. McKinley Is still dangerously illr and it will be at least 48 hours before it will be safe to 'say-' the crisis has leen passed. Her vitality is so . low und r she is so weak that a change for tire worse would not be unexpected at any mo ment, and it is feared that she wcfuld not have - the reserve strength to weather another, sinking spell : such as she experienced yesterday morn ihg. ' Her mind was clear during : her waking moments. t:- -;.'r -r--- Telegrams continue to pour in from all parts of the country eageily asking for news , from the sickroom, and to day the president received many mes sages congratulating : him upon the reports of the improvement in Mrs. McKinley's condition. ' All the for eign ambassadors " and ' ministers at Washington have - sent messages of sympathy, doubtless by direction ; of the governments they represent, i -.-; The launching of the Ohio tomor row was to have been a notable occa sion. Great . preparations had ; been made and an - elaborate programme had been planned. : - Much of the pro gramme, however, - will now be Cur tailed. Miss Barber, & niece of i Mrs. McKinley, in the absence of the mis tress of the White House, will press the electric button which, will sever the cord which holds the last stay, and: as the ship begins to glide down the ways Miss Helen Deshler, a rela tive of Governor Nash,- will christen the ship with.a bottle of champagne. ' TUBERCULOSIS CONGRESS. Assertion That Are No Infectious, - Diseases Created a Sansation. New York, -May 207 The Ameri can congress of Tuberciulosis and the Madico society opened the second day of their joint session with the reading of a number of addresses on topics connected with the general subject of tuberculosis. '-. j ., : During the afternoon session one prominient physician read a . paper in which he denied that there were any infectious diseases; smallpox was not contagious and certainly not tubercu losis. . He argued that the real cause of the spread of diseasae was not in fection, but fear, and scored the doctors.- It was announced that ' a ' free annex for consumptives would soon be opened at the Home for incura bles in this city. :. " The Father Riegel Murder Case- ' Philadelphia, May- 20. The jury in the case of Jacob Wynn, charged with the murder of Eev, Father Eiegel brought, in a verdict of . murder in the second degree. Father Eiegel,' who had charge of the Catholic church "at Cheltenham, Pa., was found dead on a doorstep in the tenderloin district. Death Was due to "knockout drops." Wynn and ; eight others who hall been drinking with the priest were indicted.. It was testified that Wynn bought the poison and placed it in Father Kiegel's glass of beer. : Edwin F. Uhl Dead. :- Grand Eapids, ' Mich., May 18. Hon. EdwinvF. Uhl, ex-assistant sec retary of state and -ambassador to Germany, under the, Cleveland ad ministration, died shortly after noon yesterday. He had been ill nearly a year, suffering from a complication of diseases, among them Bright 's dis ease. - ' Ed tin F. Uhl was born in 1841 near Avon Springs, X. Y. CHAUTAUQUA PROGRAMME Arrangements Finished for Exercises at Glad, stone Park. " . Oregon City May 22. Ararnge ments have been completed for the ex ercises at Gladstone Park, July 3-13. Thomas J. Morgan, ol New York city, will be the orator on the Fourth of July, and will later give a lecture on the "Negro Problem." - Others who will deliver two lectures are Dr. Chalres Bayard Mitchell, of the Hen nepin avenue Methodist Episcopal church of Minneapolis; Dr. J. M. Bashford president of the Ohio Wes lyan university. Lectures will be de livered by Dr. Alexander Blackburn of Portland and Dr. A. J. Frost of Los Angeles. The Parke Sisters of New York city will give two instrumental concerts and Polk Miller will give two evenings of entertainment on "South ern Life." . .. 'Musical concerts will be under the direction of Prof. Boyer and the Che mawa Indian band will give daily programmes. The class instruction will be a special feature and the in structors will be the same as last year except that Miss May Neal, of North west University, Chicago, will have charge of reading and elocution, and Prof. J. Ivey, of Los Angeles,- will have charge of the art classes. RICH HAY DISTRICT. Meadow Lands in Idaho Which Produce Heavy ' Yields. Washington, May 21. A report has been received.by the department of agriculture from a special . statis tical agent who has recently traversed the great hay district of Northern Idaho- - Along the St. Joseph and the St. Mary's rivers, and subject to overflow during the spring, are thous ands of acres of rich meadow lands which produce heavy yields of wild hay. Timothy, where sown, will yield from two to three tons per acre. In the Indian reservation the land is practically given over ; to wild hay, but elsewhere timothy is usually cultivated. Farmers near the navi gable parts of the rivers bale their hay and ship it down the stream to the . markets of the river or lake towns. The larger part, however, of the hay raised in the district is de voted to stock : feeding, a thriving industry. : , Much of : this district is heavily timbered, the principal varieties be ing white pine, red fir, cedar, yellow pine and tamarac. Timber cutting is carried on extensively and the cleared ; lands converted into farms. Strawberries are a profitable crop. High prices are obtainable because berries from this district come upon the v market a week after those from other sections are spent. . ECLIPSE OF THE SUN. Clouds in the Sky Interfered With the Ob sevatories. - San Francisco, May 22. A cable gram received from Padang, Sumatra, from Professor CD. Perirne, in charge of the Crocker eclipse expedition from the Lick observatory, stated that the sky was partially clouded at the time of the eclipse. The programme was considerably interferred with, . but it is hoped that results of value have been secured on a part of the pro gramme. The form of the corona was similar to that observed at the eclipses of 1898 and 1900 in that the equatorial extensions of the corona were prominent. The sky was con siderable darker than on the occasion of the eclipse last year, but still was hardly so dark as expected. De tailed results of the expedition will be cabled as far as possible in two or three days after' the : photographic plates have been developed. The health- of all the members of the ex pedition is very good. - WITHDRAWAL OF AMERICANS. General Chaffe Issues an Order Ending . the Relief Expedition. '' Pekin, May 22. General Chaffee at midnight last night issued a farewell oraer terminating tne American reliei expedition in China. The American troorts will hoard r.hft t.rfl.nnTwvrt.a Wml. nesday at Taku ' and Thursday will leave uireci ior Aianna. ; - - -M. Pichon, the; French V minister, left here' for home this morning. -A meeting of the foreign ministers will be held tomorrow, but it is not likelv that much will hp. uvnmnKjili. ed, as some of the ministers have not yei received instructions trom their home governments. Remey Goes to Auckland Washington, May 2L A cablegram received from Admiral Eemey at the navy department announces that he will leave Melbourne next Sunday for Auckland, N. Z where the Brooklyn goes at the invitation of the colonial government. Japan's New War Loan. Yokohama, May 21. The eovern' ment has announced the issue of 6,000,000 yen in exchequer bills at 114 per cent, repayable in six months. to defray the expenses of the China campaign. . . The Concord Orderd to Alaska. - Washington, May 21. The navy department has ordered the gunboat Concord, now on the Asiatic station, to proceed to this country for duty in Alaska. She will assist in the strict enforcement of the liquor laws of the gold country. - - T Newfoundland Seal Fishery The Newfoundland seal fishery this year will be one of the most successful in years. - THE STRIKE IS OX FIFTY THOUSAND MACHINISTS QUIT WORK YESTERDAY. Machine Shops Are Tied Up From Atlantic to Pacific Strike Does Not Include Men In Employ of Government Allied Trades In Sympathy, and Some Have Already Cone V Out With Machinists. Washington. Mair 9.1 '. a d t j yj j a i mately 50,000 machinists through out the country struck yesterday for a nine-hour day,- a scale of wages eaual to the nrrount. 1a.hnn scale, and other demands. This is a rougn estimate of President O'Con nell, of the national association of machinists, based on telegraphic ad vices inai nave reached him today from the machinists the various cities. The strike thus lar has "hot extended to the allied trades. as at Scran ton, Pa., where men in a part oi tne allied trades are out. "No machinists engaged in government work are affected This is due to the fact that on such work an piorVit-nom. day schedule already prevails. ttaiiroaa machinists, as a rule, are not engaged in the strke, though the men on several roads are out. Mr. O'Connell said last night that un to 5 o'clock renorts show that. Qfll firms, employing approximately 30, 000 J " --"-3 -.--v lgVVI4Ilyll vo JM. the nine hour day or made satisfactory arrangements with the local organiza tions. ; " The Strike at San Francisco. San Francisco, May 21 Sixty five hundred union mach iron trade workers affiliated with them . quit work in this city yesterday. It is eipeciea mat aDout l.UUO more men will ioin the strilrn imn a a they are ordered to do so by their re- sixHve national directors. Among the latter are thA iron mnlrToro or, A core makers. The other crafts affect ed include almost every branch of the iron shipbuilding and boiler making trades. ... Of the 4,000 men employed at the Union Irom Works, 3,700 went out. At the Eisden Iron Works. fi50 started to work yesterday morning anu oniy ou oi them remain there. On the oav roll of the Fulton - Tmn Works there are about 600 names and oUO of them voluntarily quit work to day. From these three establish ments alone 4 900 men Kquo to 111 out. In the local industry there are s snops and ot these there are only 10 that employ more than 100 men. Eight of the smaller concerns acceded to the demands of their men prior to ' yesterday morning. . . All the others refused to sign the agreement submit ted by their union employes. : A Struggle at Cincinnati Cincinnati, O., May- 21. At a, meeting late yesterday afternoon of the emnlovirtff mfl.e.hinlafa t.hav Aa. cided to close down their plants in- denniteiy as a result of the strike. A numoer oi tne larger arms declare thev have enoueh finished nrodnt on hand to tide them over a strike with out inconvenience. " At a meet.incr nf fhA ntrilrow loaf night, Business Agent , Schilling, of tne comDinea machinists unions, of this city, announced that the . tie up in Cincinnati is the most complete in the country. . He said there were but 100 union map.hinittta nf. nmrlr tnrlQm. aside from the 600 who have already been conceded their terms. These 100 he pledged would not work to morrow. THE TURKISH APPOLOGY. Effort to Close the Mail Bag Incident at Constantinople. Constantinople. Mav 21. Ahmnl Tewfik Pasha, Ottoman minister of loreign anairs, called upon the am bassadors today and notified them of Turkev's desire to re-establish the status quo ante in the postal ques tion and the intention to send high functionary to apologize for the vio lations of the foreien mail baen. Th ambassadors met - yesterday- at the residence ot tne lierman ambassador to determine what attitude to adopt in view of the comnlete snlimi of the sublime porte. It is under stood that the German ambassador considers the incident closed. The ' other powers, - however, . decline to regard a return to the status" quo ante as an adequate settlement ; and the British, French and Austrian em bassies have even declined to transmit the explanations of Tewfik Pasha to their governmnets. - Burned By Molten Lead. - Youngstown, O., May 21. Two men are dead and three are expected to die as a result of an accident in the Bessemer department of the Na tional Steel ' Company's plant today. The accident was '. caused . by the cover of a mammoth converter be coming detached and allowing several tons of molten metal to flow over the mill. The dead are two unknown Hungarians-. The body of one of the Hungarians was literally burned to a cinder, while that of the other was nearly as badly burned. Coldsboro Disabled. - Seattle, May 21. The torpedo boat destroyer Goldsboro ' broke her star board enerine eccentric rod todav dnr. . . . " . ' mg a trial run, necessitating the ves- , sel'8 - return to her - dock. . ; It was stated : that . the rod was made of de fective steel.. The Goldsboro had been but T 10 minutes on ' her course. : Another run will not be made before the last of the week.