WEEKLY.
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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.