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Newspaper Page TextWEEKLY. SJSMrVi... I Consolidated Feb., 1899. COBVALLIS, BENTON COUNTY, OREGON, FEU) AX, FEBRUARY 21, 1902. ' VOL. XXXIX. NO. 9. EVENTS OF THE DAY FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF THE WORLD. Comprehensive Review of the important Happenings of the Past Week, Presented In a Condensed Form, Which Is Most Likely to Prove of Interest to Our Many Readers. was The senate has passed the Indian w ar veteran pension bill. One life was lost in the burning of a sanitarium at Battle Creek, Mich. ' A bolt factroy'at Louisville Ky. destroyed by fire. Loss, $100,000 T7i 2 m l t -v nre in a Cleveland, unio, rooming nouse destroyed f 100,000 worth of prop erty. A trunk factory at Wyandotte, Mich., was totally destroyed bvffire. Loss, $125,000. President Roosevelt has been asked to intervene in behalf of the Boer Com mandant Kritzinger. Twenty-six Chicago families are homeless as the result of an apartment house fire. Loss, $100,000. Lyman J. Gage has been tendered the presidency of the United States Trust Company. He will likely accept. A dispatch from Paris announces that Miss Stone has been liberated. Official notice has not, as yet, been received. Spain is now interested in the con- iruversy ueiwetu curopean powers as to which nation prevented intervention. fche wants to know who her friends are A mob- lynched a negro in a small town near St. Louis. PHILIPPINE CONSTABULARY. Captain Allen. Chief. Asks that the Forces at His Command Be Doubled. Washington, Feb. 20. The war de partment has made public a report of Captain Henry T. Allen, sixth cavalry, aaiea manna, uecember 15, concern ing the Philippine constabulary, of which he is chief. Captain Allen savs the constabulary consisted of 2,500 men, and was able to control, without the aid of troops, the provinces of Abra, Eontoc, Union, Lepanto, Ban- guet, Nueva Vizcaya, Bataan, Principe and Infanta. Up to the date of the report there had been only two men lost from the force by desertion a showing attrib uted to the care in the selection of the men. Captain Allen says that experi ence has shown that the cost of a single constable for one year does not exceed $250 gold, while the cost of maintain ing an American soldier ordinarily is reckoned at about $1,000. Captain Al len states that'in chasing down the rob ber bands the constabulary is unques tionably more efficient than the Ameri can troops, and while one large garri son in many of the provinces mar be always necessary, it is his opinion, after a thorough study of conditions, that in one year's time 15,000 Ameri can soldiers, with the native contingent of troops and constabulary, will suffice to garrison the Philippine archipelago. captain Allen says that the general conditions of the islands as regards pa cification have never been so favorable as now, when the "crumbling from the top is duly manifested. In his opin ion the campaign in progress in- Batan gas and Laguna will be the coup de grace ot the insurrection. -The better class of people, he says, are extremely NEWS OF THE STATE MADE Bel! Gr?T RELIEF AT LASTl W. O. JENKINS DIES. ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS OF OREGON. SENATE PASSES PENSION BILL FOR INDIAN WAR VETERANS. Commercial and Financial Happenings of fcn. portancc A Brief Review of the Growth and Improvements of the Many Industries Throughout Our thriving CommonweaMi - latest Market Report. Crushes Rebellion in Batancas Province - at Expense of Other ristricts. . I Manila, Feb. 19. General J. Frank lin Bell has practically cleaned np the insurrection in Batangas province, the troops under his command having made Senator Mitchelk of Oretfon. was Prime Mover a ciean sweep oi tne aistrict. . it is not believed that all the insurgents A company has been formed at Dallas for the operation of a creamery. Fifty horses for government artillery service nave just been purchased - near Eugene. The Socialist party of Clackamas county will hold its county convention March 8. experienced its narasnrps, owing Clackamas county commissioners are I e closing of the ports and the concen looking for a suitable location for a 'ration of the natives in the towns, poor farm. I General Bell believes that the insur gent leader, Malvar, is becoming ex- arms have been captured or surrender ed, but that a number of them have been taken by the insurgents to other provinces or safely hidden. The increase of robber bands in the Brovinces of Tabavas and Cnvito ihnir the effects of the; drastic nieasn ?" passaSe of hia bm .? pension- adopted in Batangas and Laguna trov- mS the Indian war veterans, but Aht- inces. General Bell says the people of ch, of Rhode Island, objected. Today these latter provinces never realized there was a lull in the senate business ElIlTZ Mitchell saw his chance, but as f" '"6 I i. i nc Was Secretary of State of Washington J From 1897 to 1902. Olympia, Feb. 17. Word has been received here from San Francisco that ex-Secretary of State Will D. Jenkins died in that city Saturday morning. for the Measure Oregon's Represent-1 Mr- Jenkins left Olympia a year ago for fives are Now Working Energetically t0 California, where he was interested in Secure a Majority for the Bill When It an ou TOmPany Comes Before the Home. ;'"- WiU Jenkins was one of the prom iuouv meu i yy asnmgton. He was a 1 L - . T . . Washington, leb. 19. Several days " . inaiana w8 tii in Tippe- i -u v i ff ui -an w a at i ago Senator Mitchell undertook to NO MORE WAR TAX HOUSE PASSES BILL WITHOUT A WORD OF DEBATE. Outcome of a Challenge Richardson, ol Ten nessee. Makes a Request for Unanimous Consent That the Bill be Put on Passage After Adoption of Order for Considera tion Vote was Unanimous. se- noe in 1841. At an early age he came West and settled in Kansas, where at 16 years of age he established weekly newspaper called the Clarion. An Iowa gambling house was held up tired of the struggle, and ardently de- and robbed of $2,000. A crusade is on in New York automobile scorchers. against the New York has just experienced worst blizzard in 14 years. " Death list from Shamaka, Russia, earthquake numbers 2,000. The senate has ratified the treaty for tne purchase of the Danish West In dies. sire peace. The recently enacted sedi tion law, he says, has had a potent value in bringing evil doers to a reali zation of their allegiance to law and or der. In a recapitulation of the work of the constabulary for a little over four months, it is shown that in 15 engage ments 20 outlaws have been killed, 20 wounded and 34 captured BIG SANITARIUM BURNED. ny tne coniession oi another prison er, a man in the Colorado penitentiary lor murder has been set free. Admiral Dewey was asked to dine with Prince Henry, but had to decline, owing to the illness of Mrs. Dewey. The bill to repeal the war taxes was unanimously passed by the house, every member voting in favor of it. It may, however, be amended in the senate. A bill has been introduced in the senate for the retirement of Naval Con structor Hobson. His eyesight has been very poor for the past two years. Portland chamber of commerce trus tees were severely criticised for their recent action favoring admission of Chi nese by a mass meeting of 1 ,200 citi zens. Prince Henry United States. is on his way to at Fire at Wisdom, Mont., destroyed $-'0,000 worth of property. Martial law has been declared Trieste, Austria, on account of riots. General Bell has stamped out the re bel 11 ion in Batangas province, Luzon. The treaty for the Danish West In dies will come up in the senate this week. Because they could not get whiskey. three Osage Indians in Oklahoma drank a copcoction of wood alcohol, vanilla, cologne and ! lorida water. A British force was caught in a Boer trap on the Klip river and two officers j and 10 men killed and a large number wounded before they gained shelter. "Lewis and Clark exposition, stock has been increased to $500,000. The president will announce his de cision in the Schley case in a few days. Kepresentative Tongue has intro duced a new irrigation bill in the house. One Life Lost and Several Persons Injured Property Loss $500,000. Battle Creek, Mich., Feb. 20. Early today the large Adventist sanitarium and hospital """buildings, located here, were destroyed by fire, causing a loss of about $500,000, with only $60,000 insurance, besides great personal loss to 300 patients who were in the main Duiiding, and who had only time to escape in their night clothes. One life is supposed to have been lost. iucre were at lease auo persons in the main building when the fire broke out in the basement. This huildinir .... o was nve stories high, and as soon as the fire was discovered the night at tendants on each floorfgave the alarm tn the corridors, and the patients made . - the tnel escape down the fire escapes aided Dy tne nurses, lhey did not have time to save their personal effects. Two of the inmates were slightlv in jured. The firemen were handicapped bv in sumcient water pressure, and in two hours the buildings were in ruins. Two firemen were seriously injured and one slightly. A club has been formed at Joseph to advance the interest of that town and neighborhood. Business men of Pendleton are con sidering a plan for the establishmen of a paper mill. At the annual meeting of the Tilla mook Creamery company a dividend of 10 per cent was declared. Umatilla county has been asked to increase the assessments of railroad and telephone companies $3,000,000. The contract has been let for build ing an opera housejn Albany, to cost $5,000. It will have a seating capacity of 700. Kepubiicans of Clackamas county will hold primaries March 22, and the county convention will meet in Oregon city xaarcn ze. , - tremely unpopular with the Filipinos and that when the natives cease to fear his vengeance, many will be found willing to betray him; What has been said of Batangas province applies almost equally to Laguna. The United States transport Wrieht. Aidrich had gone awav. senatorial I courtesy would not allow the bill to come up. , Mitchell, however, caught j the Rhode Island senator on the tele phone, got his permission to have the objection withdrawn, and the bill was passed without opposition. 'Heretofore Speaker Henderson has stood in the way of the passage of this bill in the house, but Senator Mitchell has confi dence that the house will give it con- which sank in 15 feet of water. Novem-1 sideration this session ber 28 last, by striking an uncharted ana tne members of the rock at the entrance of San Jacinto harbor, and which -was successfully raised this month, has arrived at Cavite in tow of the gunboat Wbmpatuck. The Wright has six holes in her bot tom, which have been temporarily patched.- She will be dry-docked im mediately, t The speaker committee on rules are close personal friends of Mitchell, and he hopes that time will be given for the consideration of the bill. TheOregon members are working industriously to secure a majority in the bouse for the consideration of the measure. WILL D. JENKINS. Washington, Feb. 18. The unex pected happened in the house yesterday when the bill to repeal the war,, revenue taxes was passed unanimously without a word of debate. This action was the - outcome of a challenge thrown down by Kichardson, of Tennessee, the minority leader, after the adoption, by a strict party vote, of a special order for the consideration of the bill which permit ted debate upon it until 4 o'clock this afternoon, but cut off all opportunity of offering amendments, except such as had been agreed upon by the ways and means committee. The adontion of the rule had been preceded bv a storm v debate, in the course of which the Dem ocrats protested against the application vi me gag, - winch liav (Dem. Va.1 charged was meant to prevent a free ex pression, not only by the Democrats. dui Dy some of FIERCE SNOW STORM. New York's WoYst Blizzard Since 1S88 Traf fic Almost Suspended,, v- - An Eastern Oregon young lady killed coyotes enough to secure monnv tn fray her expenses in taking the state has borne tbe brunt of the fiercest snow teachers examination. storm that has struck tfiis I considerable damage Oregon is represented among the 10 country since the great blizzard of attcked a prison van and attempted to men of highest standing in the uating class of the United States academy, at Annapolis. o!- 1888. JWinnino. o ft. u.. reiense a numoer oi striKers who had e i o vci uiiumtfiiL. i Kaah ; i , uaval the storm incr WMi. .Tu Z"8- . sln.Ker nrea rv """" "j " l" guaro, wno,. in turn, shot and daybreak the whole citv was rnmniotoii, killed th The Wasco county Republican central snowed under. The riai f large lumber yard has been burned hv gale piled the snow in eWt. Hrifto k A incendiaries, and several, stores have c vunu the ReDllblicana ntton. Some few years later he established tho tion being especially directed toward Smith County Pioneer, which is now Babcock (Rep. WTis.) the father of tb one of the leading county papers of that bill; to amend the steel schedule of the state. In 1881 Mr. Jenkins ram a f present law. Thev also ermnrori that. Washington and located at Seattle. H such a method of procedure was mini- aided in establishing the Daily Chron- mizing the influence of the house, mnk-. icle and helped edit that naner vhon it ing it simply a machine to wxristAi- th Strikers was the leading state. journal. In 1883 decrees of the few men in control, ne removed to Whatcom and with ven tne rule was adopted by a vote others established the Daily Reveille. f 153 to 120, Richardson f Dem. Tenn.l Later, he served thrm forma aa motm. to emnhasize tHn. f ant. that. loVf - ' - " mo I i I . ' - - -..uv uvkruvc lU the troops, but I of that. titv Tn toon U t.h hill ioAiffl j . .. ' . uo Waa census "' vwuniion uunimg, ana isolated bands of strikers are still doing supervisor for Western Washington, deliberation on it would be fruitless. KlOters today Shortly after the forma tinir f th. T. asked rnianimraia mncont that tho Vx.mi ulist party, in 1892, Mr. Jenkins be- be placed on its passage. Not an ob- CLASHES ARE NUMEROUS. Barcelona Is In Control of Trooos- . Determined and Aggressive. New York. Fh. 19 -LlW v.u r.: -iue cnyoi vat ' " ' ' v t -a. vr v Vll I fPinnfl Itfm vmt-vj-tl The Oregon's Repairs Completed. Washington, Feb. 20. The navv de partment has been informed that the repairs on the battle ship Oreeofi at the Puget sound navy -ard are practically complete. The hole rent in her bot tom during her grounding in 1900 has all been closed over, and Tshe will h ready for duty again about March 1. Indiana Mine Burning. ISrazil, ind., Feb. 20. Miners have been forced to leave the Tennant" Coal Company's mine at Turner, two miles west of here, on account of the intense 1. .... 4 1 1 1 1 , . icai causeu oy me Durninz coal more than 100 feet underneath the fground. lt.is believed that the 'mine will have to be flooded and abandoned. committee has selected March 1 as the date for primary elections and March 8 for the county convention. A mammoth ledge of cinnabar has been discovered in the Elk creek dis trict, Southern Oregon. It. shows a width of 300 to 500 feet where ft cuts across Elk creek, and has been traced for about a mile through the Elk creek mountains. .The big ledge is being de veloped and opened up by tunnel. came one of its leaders. In 1896 he was nominated by that party for secre tary oi state and was elected. Since retiring from office a year ago, he had interested himself in . oil ventures. Ahont. twn voqh aim r n ..1 I X j n,. . . . . I ' "6 nao HLllUKCIl for some time almost suspended traffic rTi" ...lCaPln gene.ral Vth .lady that puzzled the physi- except in the main thoroughfares where thi Z -T ' "S ul cians, out later it was diagnosed as an the car tracks were kdy ichh the metal works, at abcess, and from this he has never re theconstant use of snw plowanl ZLZT tti "?J e a wife and five sweepers. -. r : emiuren, mree gins and two boys anoTrSn3wasbwrfa,nhatn was renewed here s even. TS "iwtoi1r ing and crowds of strikers paraded the m tr- y b?aM.vdlfficulty streets, doing extensive damage. The iii them heatedly but o'koftug boats, lighters, and only succeeded in dispersing them on uieu in large numpers in the outskirts jection was voiced, and the vote was taken forthwith. Every vote. 278 in number, was cast in the affirmative. DANISH TREATY RATIFIED. MERGING SAVINGS BANKS. Big ine new furniture factory at Cor- "uvFng generally, was almost at a vallia has started operations. I standstill. So heavy was the snowfall Oregon horses have given brtter Urf-f11 servicTin the Yukon thanlnv ofhTr l8 p08!lb,e to keeP.the hatches an attacl vyvu. j.wo steamers which arrived Contractors are at work on the re- during the night, struggled as far as moueiuig of the lavatories in the .state rquarantine, where they came to anchor house. A gasoline lamp exploded at Adams, causing $4,000 damage in the fire that resulted. - Only 166 electors have registered in Yamhill county, out of an approxi mate total of 3,050. The Republican congressional com mittee for the First district will - meet in Portland February 20. ' Volume 89 of the Supreme Court Rec ord will be issued from the state print ing office in about a month. John A. Johns, an Oregon pioneer of 1851, died at the home of his son. south of Salem, aged 81 years. Several steamers are supposed to h off Sandy Hook waiting for the storm to abate before attempting to enter the port. . D'JMONT NOT DISCOURAGED Orders a Santos- brewing, per A company has been incorporated in California to develop the island of Mindanao, P. I. - Troops have had to be called out in France to preserve order among striking leather workers. Santos-Dumont's airship burst while he was making a trial, and the inventor had a narrow escape from drowning. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., has passed the danger point in his sickness. The president has returned to Washington Russia expresses herself well pleased at the Anglo-Japanese alliance, but hopes the United States is not a party to it. Commander Booth-Tucker, of the Sal vation Army, has taken the oath of al legiance as a citizen of the United States. Lord Kitchener made a concentrated movement of all available troops against Do wet's forces, but the Boer leader managed to slip through the lines. Organized laborers to the number of 7,000 are employed by the diamond dealers and jewelers of Amsterdam. The Tyrol, following the example of Norway, is trying to encourage the win ter tourist business by offering better facilities for winter sports. IJValletta, Malta, being midway in the Mediterranean, between Gibraltar and Port Said, imports more than half a million tons of coal for the use of pass ing vessels. Transport from Manila. San Francisco, Feb. 20. The United states transport Meade arrived today. days from Manila, with about 1,200 Soldiers, whose terms of service have expired. Four deaths occurred during tne voyage. ine vessel encountered heavy easterly gales, and was forced to put into Honolulu for coal. Austria Abolishes Sugar Bounty. London, Feb. 20. A dispatch to the Central News from Brussels says that Austria has decided, in compliance witn tne demand made bv Great Brit ain, to reduce the import duty on sugar to nve trancs. The correspondent de clares the adherence of Hungary to this decision to be assured. Chinese Minister to Russia. St. Petersburg, Feb. 20. Yang Yn, minister to Russia died here today, after a short illness. Yang Y"u was formerly Chinese minister at Washing ton, lie was transferred to St. Peters burg in November, 1896. Effect of American Ship Subsidy. London, Feb. 20. The Daily Mail, in its issue this morning, discusses the effect Jupon British shipping of the American ship subsidy bill. The paper contends that the bounty suggest ed by Senator Frye will completely counterbalance the advantage now held by British shipping, but that the only remedy hiitherto proposed that Amer ican ships entering British ports should be nned to the extent of is impracticable. Portland Markets. W.heat Quiet. Walla Walla. 6S 63 c; bluestem,- 6464ic; Valley, 63c. Barley Feed, $1920; $2021 per ton. Oats No. 1 white, $1.1001.25; gray, $1.05i:i5. Flour Best grades, $2.803.40 barrel; graham, $2.502.80. Miiiatuffs Bran, $18 per ton; mid dlings, $21; shorts,' $20.50; chop, $17 Hay Timothy, $1112; clover, $7 7.50; Oregon wild hay, $5 6 per ton. Potatoes Best Burbanks, 90c$1.25 per centai; ordinary, 70 85c per cen tal, growers' prices; sweets, $1.75 per cental, Butter Creamery, 2527c; dairy, l820c; store, ll13c. Eggs 2021c for fresh Oregon. Cheese FnU cream, twins, 13 iac; Young America, 1415c; fac tory prices, llc less. Poultry Chickens, mixed. S32.K0: ueua, g;.zo per aozen, 9gsiQc per pouna; springs. 10c ner nonnd. saiffl 3.50 per-doxen; ducks, $6.507.50 per aozen; turxeys, live, ll12c; dressed, 14 15c per pound. Mutton Gross. 4c per bound: dressed, 77c per pound. Hogs Gross, 5c; dressed. 6U,7c per pouna. Veal 89c per pound, dressed Beer Gross, cows. 3&4c: steers. 44c; dressed, 67c per pound. Hops ll12i&c per pound. Wool Nominal. Valley. 13 15c: eastern Oregon. 812c: mohair. 2121c per pound. The area of Greater New York is now 318 square miles, against Greater London's 700 square miles. Riveting of boilers and the like is now done almost entirely by a com pressed air hammer, which strikes 5,000 times a minute. The Norwegian council of state haa decided to negotiate for a loan of $2.- 000,000, to be used for the construction New Motor and Will Try Cross the Mediterranean. New York, Feb. 19. M. DumOnt is already at work his plans for the rebuilding of ship, wrecked on his last attempt to cross the Mediterranean, says a Journal and American dispatch from Monaco. Efforts to grapple his motor, the sink ing of which was the most serious loss of his disastrous attempt, have all failed, and he has ordered a new and more powerful one. That he will ulti mately cross the sea is regarded here as a certainty, for only his death will stop him. Though he was'hear to death from drowning, from being smothered in the folds of his collapsed balloon, and from being burned to death from the igniting of the oil he uses for fuel, his peril seems to have made the least possible impression on him. :o which he was exposed and rowness of his escape he dismisses with a shrug of his shoulders, but on the subject of the loss of his. motor and the delay in his plans caused by that mis fortune he is desperately eloquent. Consolidation Scheme That Is Under Way at Cleveland. Cleveland, Feb. 18. At three meet ings held dnrinir tho noot nv tk Tt f j v. j.-x.x . "-.,-" .. in uiey meuiiaie preliminary arrangements were com "F""" 10VIU11CD, 1IUUIM 1 IMHII IT! f.niH WTlf ry stnn y-v i. have proceeded to thgyfactones to be in gigantic bank consolidations in the iCnUiUeBN iur an emergency. history of money and banking in Ohio. A DAriAIID AAlllDlATi knf,nn A. I 1" " -...vuowiuoiu., ucLwccu me iroops i in general tne plan contemplates the and the strikers occurred today at San consolidation of nearly -all the'smaller iUu, a vmage in tne suburbs, savings banks in'Cleveland and will Here the troops fired on the ihob, kill- eventually absorb a number of banks ing three and wounding six. At Bad- in nearby, towns. The elimination of elena, the mob attacked the gendarmes the smaller savings banks means their uu me cavairy wno were protecting absorption into one great associated the street car service and a serious bank to be located nmh ; tu : I J I. . . 7. .- ' nSB.n 10 uicico ciiHueu, in wuicn one person was heart of the citv. with a ranitaliVaH killed and tfiro nminilM A f Coln.T,.l l I -f i nnn . . rt i Tv .uw,, vi mau ti,uuu,uuu. Atnrst no also in the suburbs, the strikers burned new capital stock will be issued but uexA UUltCD 111 U 2ft IHill VHriL . I U H I !tl T I T.S1. 1 CTVlr rit all ha hnn rn Z preparing Tr0ops have been sent to Sabadell and intothe associated bank will be turned .uiu an- iu w,ijer places to sunoress trie riis. into a nnn tr rn,m :ti i i i . - A A x ' mid uapiuil Ul crders. the combined bank. It is planned to The new prefect presided today at a include in the consolidation from the conference of delegates from the strikers start all the smaller outlying banks in and their employers, at which it was the city, some 15 or 20 in number. It agreed that work should be resumed is not probable that the names of the pending the adjustment of the claims of banks interested will be announced un- the strikers by a mixed commission. til all have signed the agreement GREAT MINE ON FIRE. CLEARED OF YELLOW JACK. One Hundred Men Temporarily Imprisoned Havana Is Saved by Most Desperate Efforts. in Better Condition Than It Hax Been for 100 Years. Havana, Feb. 18. Major W. C. Gor gas, chief sanitary officer of Havana says the principal work of the sanitary department for the past year has had Seattle, Feb. 20. The great Tread well mines, on Douglas island, were as sailed by fire on Tuesday, February 11, And ft terrihlf hrtlrtoauat n-oa tiMiAt. The peril by the almost superhuman attempts of f0r ts object ,the extermination of yel- iiai- I AVfirv IW1 V nrhrt srnilrl raa.h A v " khou xio una lUHUV Tea stay the progress of the flames. The 8??s believe Havana has been actu steamer Dirigo, reaching port this ft1,y pufgfrom the dlsease- Durjng morning, brought particulars of the pasl . y.ears' AlaJor Gorgas says, hre. ihe Alaska-Mexican compressor . .. . building was entirely destroyed. Thirty-eight thousand dollars on the stamps, mill plates and a 120 stamp mill, with the engine room were saved. Engine Was Out of Order, and Freight Train 14 to?k the concentrated efforts of eight Overtook and Ran Into It -4 lwo lncn streams of water to master the flames and for hours the agonized f1 I PeODle worked nnriAr fnarfnl mioiuinco. anna mot JH. J c - , . I i .. . "c- ii vb were miured tor more than l in SPECIAL WAS TOO SLOW. fniriAia iroro m 4ho today m a a rear end collision near here lower workings and in imminent danger between the "Diamond Special" on the 111 inois Central road and a freight train. The collision was remartnhlo in that the fast passenger train was ahead of the freight and that both trains were moving. The Diamond Special was moving at a rate of 12 miles an hour when tho freight crashed into the rear eleener. It is said the passenger would have been traveling - faster had there not been some trouble with the locomotive's machinery. The engineer on the freight engine declared that the fog was so thick he could not see 100 feet ahead. of meeting a horrible death. They were all rescued safely, coming out through the old workings. The origin of the fire was not known at last re ports. Bankburn Sails With Salmon. Victoria, B. C, Feb. 19. The Brit ish .ship Bankburn will sail today. bhe is the last of the 11 salmon ships wnicn have taken 679,247 cases of salm on, valued at $2,716,888 to Liverpool and London. With the shipments made by the steamers, more than $3, uuu,UUU worth of salmon has shipped from British Columbia year. v been this Great Floods In Cape Colony. Cape Town. Feb. 19. Unprecedented hoods have occurred in the southwest ern Cape Colony, resulting in great destruction oi nouses, bridges and rail roads and drowning 25 persons. Four Killed In Head-On Collision. Marshall town, la., Feb. 19. Four lives were lost in a head-on collision on the Iowa Central railroad near Gifford. t hair aithailif m ilni m hm J a I v . . . . . "1 vw.jsmu . morvugn teiepnono a ngnt engine crashing into a passenger nd will t ta nnn nnn -j b . 1 "urn. he begun in the snrine. w - A O" Largest Building in the World. Chicago, Feb. 20. A permit was issued tonight for the construction of what is planned to be the largest build ing in the world. The building is pro jected by the First National Bank officials, and will hold, when complet ed, 9,000 people. The building will stand at Dearborn and 'Monroe streets, Work will yellow fever has been epidemic in Ha vana, and all sanitary measures that have been taken have had no effect. General disinfection, as carried out for other diseases, had been tried to no purpose, but yellow fever disappeared upon tne introduction of the - system oased on tne killing of infected mos quitoes, on the theory that by such mosquitoes only could the disease be transmitted. Since September 28, 1901, not a single case of the fever has been reported, and this condition is so unusual that, in the opinion of Major Gorgas, it puts aside all question of chance. Hundreds Were Killed ist. Petersburg, Feb. 18. The latest news received here from Shamaka con firms the appalling character of the earthquake at that place, and adds that 300 corpses have already been taken out of the ruins. The piles of wreckage are so vast that the search is necessarily slow. Most of the victims were Mussulmans. The survivors are encamped outside the ruins of the city. Report Is Confirmed. Washington, Feb. 18. The state de partment has received cable advices confirming the report that the ransom money for Miss Stone has been paid to the brigand captors. It is not known when her release will occur, but it is understood that the brigands have made a condition that they shall have a period of a week or ten days in which to make sure of their safe retreat be fore the prisoner is given up. Senate Concludes the Deal for Purchase of the Danish West Indies, Washington, Feb. 18. Yesterday, in a little more than an hour's time, the senate disposed of the treaty with Den mark ceding to the United States for a consideration of $5,000,000 the islands ot fct. 'lhomas. St. John and St. Crniir composing the group of Antilles known as the Danish West Indies, and lying just east of Porto Rico, and thus, so far as this country is concerned, consum mated a transaction which has been uii der consideration intermittently since the administration of President LinT coin. The treaty and the report on it were read at length, and more, or less dis cussion of the Philippines was indulged in. Cullom, as chairman of the com mittee ,on foreign relations, made a speech explaining the advantages of the acquisition of the islands, and Bacon and McLaurin. of Mississinni. mndo brief remarks, saying that while they could not indorse all the provisions of the agreement, they would place no ob stacles in the way of ratification. Ba con moved to amend the treatv hv striking out the second parasraoh of article 3 of the treaty, reading as fol lows: Cullom explained all the provisions of the inhabitants of the islands should be determined by congress, subjeet to the stipulations contained in the pres ent convention." He based his opposition to this pro vision on the ground that the constitu tion should extend to the islands when they became a part of the United States. He said, however, that the failure to accept the amendment would not prevent his voting for the treaty, for he believed in the Monroe doctrine. The amendment was rejected without division. British Army Estimates. London, Feb. 17. The army esti mates, issued today, show a grand total for the year 1902-03 of 69,310,000 pounds, which is intended to provide for 420,000 men, of which 219,700 men are of the ordinary army service and 200,300 for war service. The estimates, of which 40,000,000 pounds is re quired for war, show a decrease - under this head of 23,230,000 pounds, com pared with 1901-02. In a memorandum the war secretary explains that the es timates are sufficient to maintain a field force in South Africa of the present strength for eight or nine months of the new fiscal year. Brigands Have Money, Also Miss Stone. London, Feb. 19. A dispatch to the Daily Graphic from Seres, European Turkey, dated Feb. 18. savs that M. Gargioulo, dragoman of the American legation at Constantinople, and M. Petit, the treasurer of the Amercian misison at Constantinople, met the brigands on the road to the Podromo monastery and paid them the ransom money, February 6. M. Gargioulo is pwaiting here, continues the correspond ent, and is ignorant as to where Miss Stone, the captive American mission ary, and her companion are concealed. To Prevent More Wrecks. Washington, Feb. 19. As the result of the wrecking of two steamers on the rocks off Bean's Point, between Seattle and Port Orchard, Senator Foster sometime ago requested the lighthouse board to make an investigation, with a view to providing suitable "aids to navigation. The board has acted on the senator's 'request and proposes to take such action as seems warranted in the premises. Just as soon as the in formation is secured actionwill be taken.