WEEKLY.
uxto K.tab.l.ir. I8.7. , consolidated Feb.. 1899. corvallis, bentou couNTr, Oregon, Friday, February 7, 1902. vol. xxxix. no. 7..""
EVENTS OP THE DAY
FROM THEFOUR QUARTERS OF
, THE WORLD.
A Comprehenttve Review of the Important
Happenings of the Past Week Presented
la a Condensed Form Which Is Most
Likely to Prove of Interest to Our Many
Readers.
Nine firemen were killed at a St:
Louis fire.
The senate has passed the judicial
ealary bill.
A towboat at Pittsburg blew up, in
juring all of the crew.
Fire at Dwight, 111., destroyed prop
erty valued at $300,000.
Ice is still troublesome in the Colum
bia river and boats cannot be run.
The Pacific Northwest Woolgrowers'
Association is in session at Helena.
England has politely declined the
good offices of Holland to settle the
Boer war.
During 1901 the total amount spent
for new buildings and alteration of old
ones in New York was $150,072,657.
An .American Express Company's
wagon in New York loaded with $15,
000 worth of goods has been looted.
No clue to the robbers.
The Knight Companion, an O. R. &
N. Portland-Oriental liner, has been
lost in Japanese waters. The passen
gers and crew were saved.
Scurvy is prevalent at Nome.
The gales on the Atlantic coast are
abating.
P The loss by the Waterbury, Conn.,
fire will exceed $3,000,000.
Philippine tariff bill is causing some
spirited debate in the senate.
A strong call has been made for air
ing the Nome judicial scandals.
The house committee on ways and.
means reports for repeal of war taxes.
Incendiarism is now suspected in
connection with the great fire at Water
bury, Conn.
A plot to assassinate the dowager
empress of China and the entire court
has been discovered.
Trains are delayed and many tele
graph wires down throughout the East
as a result of severe storms raging.
The German emperor's new yacht is
all ready to be launched as soon as
Prince Henry arrives in this country.
Gales and storms in Europe have
caused great loss of life.
Forty persons were drowned in ship
wrecks on the Italian coast.
Eighty-five miners were killed by an
explosion in a Mexican mine.
Waterbury, Conn., was damaged to
the extent of $2,000,000 by fire.
The murderer of a San Francisco
policeman has been captured in Port
land. Manila is intensely interested in pro
posed legislation by congress ior the
islands.
The dowager empress of China gave
a remarkable reception to the min
ister's wives.
An, indecisive naval engagement was
fought in Colombian waters.
Chicago drainage canal contractors
offer to build an isthmian canal.
The first meeting of the trustees of
the Carnegie iustitutiom has been held.
A parliamentary commission is con
sidering the question of depopulation
of France.
The ways and means committee will
frame a bill for reduction of the war
revenue taxes.
A new gold district has been discov
ered near Dawson which is claimed to
be the richest yet found.
Admiral Schley's appeal to the presi
dent, asking for a review of the court of
inquiry, haa been made pubic.
The Boers have made peace proposals
through Holland.
There were 10,000 people present at
a hanging in Pennsylvania.
The house committee voted in favor
of a government owned Pacific cable.
A substitute for the Nicaragua canal
bill has been introduced in the senate.
The general outlook in Batangas prov
ince, Philippine islands, is favorable.
A train wreck on a New York rail
road resulted in the death of the
engineer.
Four vessels are now on the Pacific
searching for the missing English war
ship Condor.
A discharged soldier in San Francisco
planned to go to New York in a box,
but was discovered and turned over to
the police.
Two prospectors in Montana have
found a mine of almost pure silver.
The average assay is 18,000 ounces,
which gives it a value of nearly $8,000
to the ton.
French national revenues for Decem
ber show a deficit of $1,054,308, mak
ing a total for the year of $46,830,440.
Diamonds that are said by Tiffany to
be of first water are reported to have
been discovered in Fergus county,
Mont.
Prii'na DAr'AlnniTiAnt
Company has completed an organ iza
tion preparatory to beginning work on
a proposed railway from Hankow to
Canton. I
TRADE OUTLOOK IN ORIENT.
Agent of Agricultural Department Writes to
Secretary Wilson. .
- Washington, Feb. 6. Secretary Wil
son haa received a report from David G.
Fairchild, the expert of the department
of agriculture, who, with Mr. Lathrop,
a wealthy New Yorker, is exploring the
world for new plants for introduction
into this country.
The report is dated at Colombo, Cey
lon, and discusses general conditions in
China. He says the missionaries,
frightened out by the recent ; troubles,
are returning to their posts and that
foreign merchants claim that the out
look for trade improvements is very fa
vorable in the region of Shanghai.
American trade, he says, is more than
holding its own against that of other
countries, but adds: "Japan's trade
has greatly increased in China of late 1
and she is not only an active, but may
become a dangerous competitor."
Mr. Fairchild went to Canton in'
search of South Chinese peaches and
plums, scions and trees of which he an
nounces he has shipped here, together
with some promising leitchees, bam
boos and persimmons for California and
Florida. He says producers and ship
pers in China and Japan are much in
terested in the final outcome of the ex
periments of this government in the
home production of tea, but apparent
ly are skeptical and believe the cost of
picking is too great for the industry to
succeed here. "
The American occupation of Manila
has led to a remarkable increase in the
price of labor, hotel accommodations
and food products in China. Coolies'
wages have greatly increased in Hong
Kong since the Spanish-American war
and important new enterprises com
plain of a scarcity of labor. Hotel
prices are 50 per cent higher than be
fore the war and residents claim that
the general cost of living has doubled
in the last five years. The Chinese gov
ernment, to pay its war indemnity, has
levied a tax of 5 cents, American, a
year on each rafter of every house in
the country. Foreigners already pay
about 4 per cent ad valorem on practi
cally everything imported. The viceroy
in Canton is already having great diffi
culty in collecting the taxes and white
people living there say this tax on the
natives is arousing a great deal of ani
mosity toward foreigners.
"The growth of our agricultural, as
well as other exports to China," . Mr.
Fairchild predicts, "will bea phenom
enal one, and include nianyy classes of
canned and dried goods from our or
chards and preserved meats and dairy
products from our farms and ranches."
Mr. Fairchild says a British army
officer assures him that the Chinese
arsenal at Tien Tsin is manufacturing
cannon and small arms which fall very
little short of being as good as those of
the Europeans and Americans.
The awakening of China is going on
with a rapidity that will soon astonish
those Westerners who refuse to recog
nize the course things are taking.
A Great Terminal Station.
New York, Feb.6 . A great terminal
station for New York and New Jersey
street railways will be built west of
Sixth avenue, on the blocks between
Christopher and .Leroy streets. The
purchase of property has already begun.
The qew tunnel company will lease the
use of its tracks to the traction compan
ies. The tracks will rise from the tun
nel at the Manhattan end to the surface
of the street, on a gentle incline. This
will be constructed on two blocks to be
bought for the terminals.
Nitro-Glycerinc Exploded.
Washington, Feb. 6. A premature
explosion of nitro-glycerine carlessly
handled by an operative at the Carnegie
Manufacturing Company's plant, at
Ardwick, Md., nine miles from this
city, early today, killed one man and
slightly injured two others. The build
ing was slightly damaged but eight
tons of material of high explosive
strength stored close to the scene of the
accident was not disturbed.
Revenue Cutter Service Bill.
Washington, Feb. 6. The bill "to
promote the efficiency of the revenue
cutter service" was acted upon favor
ably today by the house committee on
commerce. It establishes the rank of
officers in the service, that of captain
being the same as major in the army
and lieutenant commander in the navy.
Retirement at the age of 64 years, with
three-fourths pay, is provided for.
Loss by hire.
San rrancisco, Feb. 6. At an early
hour this morning the tug Walter Hack
ett, lying in Oakland harbor, was dis
covered to be on fire. The flames are
now reported to be under control, but
the loss on the vessel, which is valued
at $20,000, will be considerable.
Kitchener's Weekly Report
London, Feb. 6. In his weekly re
port to the war office, Lord Kitchener
states that for the week ending Febru
ary 1, 29 Boers were killed, six wound
ed, 142 taken prisoners and 48 surren
dered. Murdered by Apaches,
Tucson, Ariz., Feb. 6. The charred
remains of A. T. Vail, a well known
pioneer rancher, were found in the
ruins of his house at Aravapai Canyon,
85 miles from Tucson. The supposition
is that the house was burned down by
Apache Indians, who roam around
that section. It is believed that the In
dians killed Vail, looted the house and
burned it. The Indians are much dis
satisfied on account of the government
cutting off their rations.
NEWS OF THE STATE
TEMS Of INTEREST FROM ALL
PARTS OF OREGON. '-
Commercial and Financial Happenings of Im
portance A Brief Review of the Growth
and Improvements of the Many Industries
Throughout Our Thriving Commonwealth
Latest Market Report
A chair factory is the latest of Al
bany's manufacturing industries.
A nmnmitiAn linn Yimti mo to the
citizens of Salem to pat in a flax mill.
The Erown-Lueaa Lumber company
haa been organized at Falls City, with
$60,000 capital.
Burglars entered a Drain merchandise
store and secured $100 worth of goods
No clew haa been found.
There will be 33 graduates from the
Salem public schools at the February
commencement .and 40 more in -June.
A very successful rabbit drive was
held near Pendleton ; the first of the
week. Several . thousand of the pests
were killed.
John Diamond, an Oregon pioneer of
1847, after whom Diamond Peak was
named, is dead at his home in Coburg,
aged 98 years.
Crystal Spring Mining company,
with headquarters at Grants Pass, has
filed articles of incorporation. Capi
tal, $206,000.
The snow in Eastern Oregon comes as
a blessing to the farmers, who had be
gun to fear their fall and winter wheat
would be seriously injured.
Fruitgrowers of the Willamette val
ley are pleased with the cold ' snap, as
it will set the fruit trees back. In
some cases the buds were far advanced
for the season.
Business men of Grants Pass have
organized a board of trade.
Some trouble is being experienced
with the Indians on Umatilla reserva
tion. The postoffice at Spikenard, Jackson
county, has been moved one mile north
east. A number of sales of hops have been
reported from Dayton at 12 cents
per" pound.
The site of the postoffice at Anlauf ,
Douglas county has been moved a short
distance to the southwest. '
Mrs. Martha Proctor Spencer, who
came to Oregon in 1852, died at her
home in Hillsboro, a few days ago.
Two lumber schooners left Tillamook
a few days ago for California points,
carrying 1,750,000 feet of Oregon fir.
Oregon insane asylum trustees have
renewed the contract with Alaska,
whereby this state will for another year
care for the demented of the far north.
A number of prominent mining men
are taking active steps toward putting
in a smelter in Southern Oregon. At a
meeting held by them, Merlin was de
cided to be the best location.
- Portland Markets.
Wheat Quiet. Walla Walla, 63
63 c; bluestem, 6464c; Valley,
63c
Barley Feed, $1920; brewing,
$2021 per ton.
Oats No. 1 white, $1.10 1.25; gray,
$1.051.15. I
Flour Best grades, $2.803.40 per
barrel; graham, $2.502.80. .
Millstuffs Bran, $18 per ton; mid
dlings, $21; shorts, $20.50; chop, $17.
Hay Timothy, $U12; clover, $7
7.50; Oregon wild hay, $5 6 per ton.
Potatoes Best Burbanks, 90c $1.25
per cental; ordinary, 70 85c per cen
tal, growers' prices; sweets, $1.75
2 per cental.
Butter Creamery, 2527c; dairy,
1820c; store, ll13c.
Eggs 2021c for fresh Oregon.
Cheese Full cream, twins, 13
43c; Young America, 14 15c; fac
tory prices, llc less.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, $33.50;
hens, $44.25 per dozen, 910cper
pound; springs, 10c per pound, $3
3.50 per dozen; ducks, $6.50 7.50 per
dozen; turkeys, live, ll12c;
dressed, 14 15c per pound.
Mutton Gross, 4c per pound;
dressed, 77c per pound.
Hogs Gross, 5c; dressed, 67c
per pound.
Veal 89c per pound, dressed.
Beef Gross, cows, 3J44c; steers.
44"&c; dressed, 67c per pound.
Hops ll12c per pound.
Wool Nominal. Valley, 1315c;
eastern Oregon, 812c; mohair,
2121c per pound.
The largest towboat ever made for
American waters will soon be launched
for use on-the Mississippi. Over 1,200
tons of steel will be used and 4,800
horse power will be furnished. The
boat is 275 feet long and 63 feet wide
Great Britain loses more than 10,'
000,000 pounds worth of property an
nually by fire.
; Hazing has been made a criminal
' offense by the Illinois legislature, and
offenders may be fined $500 and sent to
jail for six months.
' The development of dry goods com
panies with large capital is one of the
latest features in the great dry goods
distributing centers. Tho smaller
, wholesalers are being driven out.
BA 3 STOR M I H TH E EAST.
High Wind and Low Temperature at rNew
'. . '. York City. .. -..:
New York, Feb. 5. A storm that
has been prevalent all day in this sec
tion of the country made itself manifest
in this city and suburbs, to the great
discomfort of all people who ventured
out of doors.: On top of a heavy fall of
enow came rain, which turned the snow
into slash and made swamps of low ly
ing ground." In the early afternoon the
Lxain turned to snow, land a little later
this condition disappeared, in the face
of a decided drop in the temperature.
This was accompanied by a gale, which
in exposed quarters, broke branches of
trees, blew away insecure boarding,
tangled up wires and sent store signs
flying to the street.. One fatality
from a falling sign was reported here
in the early evening. Tonight the
temperature continues to drop. The
signal' bureau predicts a fall to 10 de
grees above before the lowest mark is
reached. :' -
Since sundown a gale has been blow
ing continuously at -Sandy - Hook, at
times the wind reaching the-rate of
60 miles an hour. The sea outside and
in the New York lowei bay is extreme
ly rough. The steam pilot boat New
York, which is used to any . kind of
weather, came in and anchored under
the lee of the Highlands. The electric
lighted buoys marking . Gedney chan
nel and the Southwest spit were ex
tinguished tonight, owing to the heavy
sea grounding the cables. On account
of their interruption the French line
steamer L'Aquitaine, from Havre, and'
the Hamburg-American line steamer
Phoenicia, from Hamburg and Boulogne,
each carrying many passengers, were
forced to anchor outside of the Sandy
Hook bar, where they are having a
rough ride ' tonight, f The big new
freighter Drechenfeld, bound to Savan
nah, was forced to anchor in Sandy
Hook Bay. '
PLOT TO KILL EMPRESS.
Dowager of China and Her. Court Narrowly
Escape.
Victoria, B. C, Feb. 5. News of a
most extensive conspiracy to assassinate
the empress dowager of China and
members of her court, and foment a
widespread rebellion, which was to in
volve the whole Chinese empire, was
received by the steamer Gleensk today.
The discovery of the plot was made while
the court was at Katfeng, when an un
successful attempt was made to destroy
the palaces and their inmates by fire.
After the failure of this attempt some.
of the incendiaries were arrested by the
Henste provincial Or&etate.-and tot tiro
was at once applied," with a view of ex
torting confessions.
One of the conspirators, aged 18
years only, at last broke down and con
fessed. He told of attempts that were
to be made to wreck the imperial train
and fire on it from the side-of the line.
A search of the captured men's houses
resulted in the discovery of correspond
ence and detailed reports on the strength
of the garrisons of all the cities of im
poitance in China, and all particulars
relating to their strength and defense.
The books of the society containing the
names of the members were also found,
and there will be wholesale arrests.
Correspondence was also found from
the China Reform Association to the
conspirators. When the plot was dis
covered ample guards were placed
along the route by Viceroy Yuan Shi
kai, and the court was not molested en
route. Had the plot not been discov
ered the court would have delayed long
before going to Pekin. ,
MAY BE MARCONI SYSTEM.
Telegraph Line to Dawson Is Down Much
of the Time..
Vancouver, B. C, Feb. 5. W. F.
Thompson, ex-proprietor of the Yukon
Sun, is leaving Vancouver for Ottawa
and New-York to endeavor to perfect
arrangements for the' use of the Mar
coni system in transmitting messages to
Dawson-. The government telegraph
line to Dawson is down so much of the
time that Thompson declares it is prac
tically a failure, at least from the stand
point of carrying a press service to the
Yukon. If after consulting with Mar
coni's agents, he can complete satisfac
tory arrangements, Thompson will re
turn to Yukon in the spring, and test
the practicability of the system of
transmitting messages from Dawson to
White Horse, distant in a direct line
250 miles. If the practicability of this
plan can be demonstrated, Thompson
believes he can secure sufficient capital
to install the necessary equipment for
the transmission of nejs to the Yukon
from Ashcroft, B. C.
Fire in a New Mexican Mine.
Cerrillos, N. M., Feb.. 5 A fire at
the Cook & White coal mine at Madrid,
operated by the Colorado Fuel & Iron
Company, caused the death of two Ital
ians and did much damage to the prop
erty. At last accounts the fire had
burned to within 30. feet of a chamber
filled with gas, and should this point
be reached, an explosion would follow
that would wreck the property. All
openings leading to the mine have been
closed, the fans stopped and all avail
able water turned into the mine, which
it is expected will be flooded in three
or four days.
Emperor's Gift to Waldersee.
Berlin, Feb. 5. Emperor William
has presented to Count Von Waldersee,
ex-commandor-in-chief of the allied
forces in China, a bronze cannon cap
tured in that country which was cast
under the supervision of Jesuit mission
aries in 1750. When sending this gift,
Emperor William wrote to Count Von
Waldersee: "In cordial recognition of
your services performed in China."
WBECKED IN STORM
PORTLAND-ASIATIC LINER GOES
, '.. ."" ' "" down. : ,
The Passengers and Crew Were All Saved
.Sailed From Colombia River January 10,
.' With $300,000 ; CargoOnly V; Brief
Announcement of ' Disaster Received
. Struck on Japanese Coast .
Portland, Feb. 6. The steamship
Knight Companion is a wreck on the
east "coast of Japan. All the passen
gers and crew are safe. The vessel went
ashore in a storm on Point Inuboe 8aki,
east of Yokohama She was one of the
vessels of the Portland and A sis tic
steamship line, and sailed from the Co
lumbia river January 10. ' She was a
new vessel of about 7.00O tons' carry
ing capacity. - The cargo consisted
chiefly of flour, cotton and sheeting,
valued at over $300,000. ' ;' .
The news of the wreck was first ; re
ceived yesterday by the O. R. dtN.,
which operates the Portland-Asiatic
line of vessels. The cable dispftfeh
bearing the information gave no details
other than cited above. The news came
from Yokohama, through the agent of
the line at Hong Kong. It created no
little stir in the city, and the exasper
ating meagerness of details caused some
mariners to doubt by conjuring up in
consistencies in the report. It was re
ported that the vessel was ashore on the
coast of Idzumi, which borders the .in
land sea, where .Kobe and Osaka are
situated. It was argued that this was
200 miles out of the. course of the
Knight Companion, inasmuch as she
was bound from Portland to Yokohama,
and Idzumi is far west of that port.
It was also argued that the vessel would
not find weather rough enough to cast
her ashore on that coast, inasmuch - as
it borders an inland body of water.
Captain Porter, of the steamship In
dravelli, now in port, was of the opin
ion that the name "Idzumi" was con
fused with "Idzu." The latter is the
name of a peninsula on the south coast
of Japan, about 50 miles west of the
course the vessel would take in enter
ing the harbor of Yokohama. This was
a plausible conjecture, until it was
learned that the ship was ashore on
Point Inuboe Saki. When the vessel
struck she was not more than 23 or 24
days out from Portland, and was there
fore a little overdue.
CAUGHT. -UNDER ,TH E WALLS
Nine Men Killed at St Louis Fire-Build,
inj Collapsed.
St. Louis, Feb 6. At least nine men
were killed and as many more injured
at a fire which broke out tonight in the
five story stone and brick building at
314- Chestnut street. The building
suddenly collapsed, and although the
men who were caught in the crash had
not been reached by their hard working
companions two hours later, it is al
most certain that they have succumbed.
The building in which the fire orig
inated was located in the old business
district of the city and was about 50
years old. The blaze, which proved a
Jiard'one for the fire department to
master, was practically .under control
when suddenly, with absolutely no
warning, the building collapsed and
came down in a heap with a tremendous
noise.
Three pipemen at work on the second
floor had difficulty in managing a line
of hose and the assistant chief was on
his way with three of his men to- lend
them aid when the building collapsed.
The men went down with tons of twisted I
iron, brick and wooden columns envel
oping them.
The property loss is $75,000.
THE BOILERS EXPLODED.
Many of the Crew of a Pittsburg Towboat
Perished. ' - ,
Pittsburg, Feb.6. At about 1:15
this morning, just as the Pittsburg har
bor towboat J. W. Ailes had passed
through lock No. 2, her boilers ex
ploded, throwing her crew of 14 in all
directions. Three i . the crew are
known to be fatally hurt, and only five
others have been accounted for.
The boat was towing six loaded flats
toward Pittsburg. Just after getting
out of the lock the explosion occurred,
and in a very short time the Ailes was
burned to the water's edge. The report
of the explosion was heard for miles
and soon after rescuing parties were
searching for the injured. - Captain
Shaw says he was sleeping in his bunk
when the explosion came, and the first
thing he knew of any danger was when
he found himself floundering in the
water, fully 200 feet away from the
burning boat, with his blanket still
around him. He is not seriously hurt,
but thinks many of his crew must have,
perished. The Ailes was practically a
new boat, and valued at $25,000.
Storms in Spain and Portugal.
Madrid, Feb. 6. The snow storms in
Spain continue. Rains and snow in
Portugal have caused inundations.
There have been several wrecks on the
coasts, and some loss of life. There is
much misery at Oporto as a result of
the snow.
Protest Against Catholic Rites.
London, Feb. 6. At a great united
Protestant demonstration held tonight
resolutions were passed against the
confessional and the celebration of mass
within the Church of England, the
growth of which was alleged to be main
ly due to the abuse of church patron
age by ihe government and episcopate.
The resolutions also urge the ' govern
ment to enforce the law concerning the
. exclusion of monk and Jesuits from
I Great Britain.
'" " YUNG LU-IN FAVOR.
Two Reform Edicts Issued by ' the Chinese
''" Empress. ' .
Pekinr Feb. 4. The pre-eminence of
General Yung Lu in the councils of the
Chinese, oourt has been officially pro
elamied. " Today he made a tour of the
iofftiga legation here, endeavoring to
regain the favor of the ministers. An
diet has appeared, promoting General
Lung Lu to be firs grand secretary, an
office not necessarily powerful, but of
th highest honor and vacant sinee the
death of Li Hung Chang. -Wang Wen
Shao haa been advanced to the second
grand secretaryship . toT succeed Yung
Lu. The pilgrimage of Yung Lu was
made with considerable pomp. He de
nied the fact of his . responsibility for
the attacks upon the foreign legations.
. The dowager empress has issued two
edicts, the .first reciting that many Chi
nese had formerly studied abroad, but
wertj not Manchus, and orders the Man
chu courtiers and generals to nominate
Manchus between the ages of 15 and 25
to go abroad, there' to study foreign
branches of knowledge. The second
edict abolishes the prohibition of intei
marriage between Manchus and Chi
nese, which has been enforced since
the beginning of the dynasty, and di
rects officials, by diplomatic methods,
to discourage the binding of the feet of
Chinese female children, because this
is a barbarous custom.
ALL ARE ENTOMBED.
Explosion in a Mexican Mine Kills Eighty,
five Men.
San Antonio, Tex., Feb. 4. Eighty
five miners killed and 75 more buried
under debris is the awful record made
by a dust explosion at the Hondo mines
in Mexico, news of which was received
here tonight. At the time the ex
plosion occurred there were 160 miners
at work in the mine, all of whom were
entombed by the shaft being choked np
by falling earth and stone'' loosened by
the explosion. Just how many are dead
is not at this time known, but at last
accounts received here by wire tonight,
85 bodies . had been' recovered. It is
feared that the death list will be great
ly over 100.
The Hondo mines are located at Co
ahuila, at the terminus of a branch of
the Mexican International Railroad,
about 100 miles south of Eagle Pass,
and are the most important in that
state. Details of the disaster are
meager, no names of the victims being
learned here.'
. MILLIONS POUR IN. -
" . i. I.- -
Rockefeller Duplicates Morgan's Offer to Har
. yard Medical School.
Cambridge, Mass., Feb. 4. Follow
ing the announcement at the Harvard
commencement exercises last June that
J. P. Morgan had agreed . to erect at a
cost of more than $1,000,000 three of
the buildings required for the accom
modation of the Harvard Medical
School, in carrying out their new plans
for medical education and research,
President Eliot announced to the med
ical faculty tonight that J. D, -Rockefeller
proposed to. give $i, 000,000 in
furtherance of this great project, pro
vided that other friends of the univer
sity will raise a sum of money in the
neighborhood of .$500,000, to be used
by the Harvard Medical School for
lands, buildings and endowment. It
was stated tonight that there can be
little doubt this: condition will speedily
be complied with.
LOSS IS $2,000,000.
Fire In the Business Section of Waterbury,
Conn., Threatened the "Whole City.
Waterbury, Conn., Feb. 4. In the
hardest gale of the winter, Waterbury
struggled with a fire that destroyed a
large area of the business section of the
city and threatened to wipe it out com
pletely. An estimate of $2,000,000 as
the amount of loss on buildings and
contents is considered conservatie by in
surance men. The origin of the fire is
unknown. The fire was undiscovered
until it had gained tremendous head
way. When the department reached the
scene flames were issuing from every
window. and it was evident that the
structure was doomed and the entire
business section of the city was imper
iled. ,
The fire started in a drizzling rain,
with a rapidly rising wind, and with
increasing cold the rain turned to
snow. The wind was at first shifting,
but it settled toward the east and car
ried destruction with it.
Northwest Branch -Mint.
Washington, Feb. 4. The house
committee on coinage today acted favor
ably on the bill appropriating $600,000
for establishing a branch mint at Ta
eoma, Wash. The general purpose of
this new branch is to give added mint
facilities for the gold and silver coming
from Alaska. Although votes were not
taken on bills for other branch mints,
the prospects are that the establishment
of one at Tacoica will operate against
the establishment of other branches in
that section of the country. Director
of the Mint Roberts was present, and
stated that one branch in the Northwest
would be sufficient . for all government
needs.
China Pays First Installment
Pekin, Feb. 4. The first monthly in
stallment, amounting to 1,820,000 taels,
of the Chinese indemnity was paid yes
terday to the bankers' committee of the
powers at Shanghai.
Montana Railroad Town Burned.
Helena, Mont., Feb. 4. The rail
road town of Clancy, 20 miles south of
Helena, was nearly wiped out by a fire
last night. The loss is about $14,000,
on which $8,000 of insurance was carried.
TAKES WU TO TASK
GOMPERS SPEAKS FOR STRICT
, CHINESE' EXCLUSION.
President of Federation of Labor Resents
the Remark of the Chines 'Minister
That tie Is a Labor Agitator Commit
sioner Powderiy is in Favor of Stem
Law. 4
Washington, Feb. 5. The house
committee on foreign affairs today
heard Immigration Commissioner Pow
deriy and President Gompers, of the
American Federation of Labor, in favor
of strict exclusion of Chinese, as pro
vided in the Mitchell-Kahn bill. Mr.
Powderiy stated that the hardships en
countered by the class of Chinese ex
empt from exclusion at the .detention
stations were insignificant. It was the
duplicity of the Chinese laborer, he
said, who sought to gain admission by
assuming to be in the exempt class that
caused the necessity for stringent ex
clusion laws.
Mr. Gompers spoke of the extent of
Asiatie contamination and demoraliza
tion of our labor on the Pacific coast.
The Chinese worker who earned $2 and
consumea two cents a day impoverished
American labor and reduced the stand
ards of living. To the argument that
had been advanced that the American
workingman would have to meet Euro
pean and Chinese standards of cheap
living, Mr. Gompers answered that if
long hours and low wages meant in
dustrial superiority, then China would
have been at the head of the.industrial
nations of the world.
In the course of his remarks Mr.
Gompers criticised Wu Ting Fang, the
Chinese minister, saying:
"I resets the sneering remarks of a
foreign diplomat that I am an agitator,
or a labor agitator, or that the laboring
people of this country who are endeav
oring to protect themselves from Chi
nese are agitators. I deny the right
of the representatives of a foreign gov
ernment addressing himself to an offi
cial of our government and referring to
American citizens by name in such man
ner, particularly when such reference
is of a derogatory character. The Chi
nese minitser is treated in this country
with every becoming courtesy, and he
has no right to make insinuations upon
American citizens. Upon behalf of the
laboring men of this country whom I
represent as president of the American
Federation of Labor, I repeat that I re
sent these remarks on the part of the
Chinese minister.". . . .,:,.
ENGINE DASHES INTO TRAIN
Srakeman Killed by Being Hurled With Two
Cars From a Trestle.
Denver, Feb. 5. A Colorado Midland
passenger train, westbound for Salt
Lake and San Francisco, had a narrow
escape from instant destruction yester
day morning, two miles west of Buena
Vista. The locomotive dashed into a
freight train standing on a trestle 65
feet high, hurling the caboose and one
freight car into the creek bottom and
instantly killing the rear brakeman on
the freight train.
The engineer and fireman were pre
vented from jumping by the high
trestle, and remained on their engine,
expecting to be dashed to death. The
engine left the rails, but miraculously
remained on the trestle, almost bal
anced on its edge, not only saving their
lives, but the passengers as well.
The rear brakeman of the freight, the
only man to lose his life, "received or
ders to flag the coming passenger train,
but tarried in the caboose warming
himself, as the morning was extremely
cold. He had just started to flag the
train when he saw the headlight of the
locomotive round a curve not 100 feet
distant. He retreated toward the ca
boose, but was caught and knocked into
thecreek, being shockingly mangled.
Lockout in Effect.
Providence, R. I., Feb. 5. The lock
out in the four large mills of the Amer
ican Woolen Company, in Olneyville,
took effect today, in pursuance to the
order issued by the officials to meet the
action of about 150 weavers who were
endeavoring to precipitate a general
strike against the double loom system.
More than 6,500 operatives in all de
partments are idle. . Preparations are
being made to provide funds for those
out of employment, as a prolonged
struggle is anticipated, and plans are
being formed to carry the strike to mills
of the company in other cities.
Kaiser's Gift to Miss Roosevelt
New York, Feb. 5. The kaiser's gift
to Alice Roosevelt, in connection with
the visit to America of Admiral Prince
Henry, says the Berlin correspondent of
the Journal and American, is to be a
gold jewel case, richly studded with
diamonds. In the center of the lid is
a portrait of the kaiser in enamel, with
the imperial monogram in diamonds.
Bandits -Rob Store and Postoffice.
Las Vegas, N. M., Feb. 5. Word
has been received here that seven ban
dits entered the Pecos Mercantile Com
pany's store at Fort Sumner, N. M.,
shot one man dead, beat another into
insensibility, stole $600 worth of goods,
robbed the postoffice and escaped.
The Hondo Mine Explosion.
San Antonio, Feb. 5. The latest in
formation from the Hondo, -Mexico,
mine explosion shows it to be fully as
serious as at first reported. There was
a total of 160 miners at work in the
mine when the explosion occurred, and
all of them are dead. The majority of
the victims are Mexicans and China
men, very few Americans having been
at work in the mine.