GAZETTE.
ORV,
WEEKLY.
COKVAIililS, BENTON COUNTY, OREGON, FBIDAY, APRIL 11, 1902.
UNION, Kutab. July. 1897.
OAZBTTK. Kstalt. ee., 16S.
(Consolidated Feb., 1899.
VOL; XXXIX. NO. 16.
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cj VENTS OF THE DAY
FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF
THE WORLD.
K 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.
Cholera is increasing in the Philip
pines.
The Manchurian treaty has been
signed at Pekin.
Fire in New York destroyed a six
story building. Loss, $150,000.
Fighting between Christians and
Turks is reported in Northern Turkey.
President Roosevelt received a hearty
welcome at the Charleston exposition.
The house's first vote on Cuban reci
procity showed both parties to be
divided.
Major General W. R. Shafter, United
States army (retired), is a candidate tor
governor of California.
Rioting students at Moscow, Russia,
set fire to a prison where a number of
their comrades were confined. The
leaders were severely beaten by the
police.
Colonel John McKee, of Philadel
phia, who is thought to be the wealth
iest colored man in the co-ntry, is
dead. 11 i estate is estimated at about
$1,500,000.
The shah of Persia will visit Emperor
William. '
The house has
exclusion bill.
passed the Chinese
Venezuela rebels are gaining ground
and the government, js in a bad way.
Striking miners in Pennsylvania
have rejected the offer of the mineown
ers. A third attempt has been made to
assassinate the Moscow prefect of
police.
The .war revenue repeal bill has been
passed by the house and gone to the
president.
A new verse to "God Save the King"
has been written for the coronation
ceremonies of King Edward.
Although the administration regards
the Chinese exclusion bill as too dras-
. tic, it will plac nsU oppoeitiojiin ;,its
' way. ': ' " ' v. (
f..The St., luis fair may be postponed
until 1904.
Cecil Rhodes' fortune amounts to
5,000,000 pounds.
m
President Diaz, of Mexico, is plan
ning a visit to the United States this
summer.
Three men were killed and seven
wounded in an attempt to arrest an
Alabama negro.
The battleship Wisconsin is at San
Francisco after a visit to Samoa, Hon
olulu and a number of South American
ports.
Miss Ellen M. Stone has signed a
contract for a Beries of 100 lectures, to
be given in the principal cities of the
United States.
The bill providing a form of govern
ment for the Philippines will follow the
Chinese exclusion bill in the senate.
After that the canal measure will be
taken "up.
The house has begun the considera
tion of the exclusion bill.
Mitchell made the opening speech in
the senate 'on ;tho Chinese" exclusion
bill.
The last quarter's". imports to the
United States from all Germany
amounted to $23,786,094, an increase
of $1,297 ,56. - - ; -'i - .
In an all day fight between part of
General Kitchener's forces and the
forces of Generals Delarey ' and " Kemp,
the Boers were, repulsed. The loss was
heavy oh both sides.
The bulk of Cecil Rhodes' property J
is lefi for education.- It provides two
American scholarships at Oxford to
each of the present states and territories
of the United States.
The senate has passed the oleomar
garine "bill.
The house has passed the sundry
civil appropriation bill.
Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock
will soon retire from the cabinet.
Abner McKinley denies that he was
connected with the Danish West Indies
scandal.
Twelve hotels and many ami ler
buildings were burned at Atlantic City,
N. J. Loss, $750,000.
It is hardly probable that the bill
admitting Oklahoma, Arizona and New
Mexico will be passed by the present
session of congress.
The president has appointed Brig
adier General Hughes a major general
and Colonels Burt, De Russy and Sher
idan to be brigadier generals.
Six persons were burned to death in
a fire at Johnstown, Pa.
Of the 20 tobacco factories in France
3 are in Paris.
South Africa has ostrich farms con
taining over 300,000. birds.
In New York city alone there are
now about 400,000 Germans.
The governor of Finland has ordered
the prosecution of the Lutheran pastors
who refuse to read the new Russian
army regulations in their churches.
PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT BILL,
Measure Perfected by the House Committee
New Currency Regulations.
Washington, April 10. The house
bill establishing civil government in
the Philippiens was finally, perfected to
day by the Republican members of the
insular committee, and in its complete
form was re-introduced by Chairman
Cooper. There is little doubt that it
will be reported to the house by the
full committee in a day or two.
The house bill ia unlike that of the
senate in that it provides a complete
form of government for the islands, to
go into effect when the war terminates,
the provision being as follows:
"Whenever the existing insurrection
in the Philippines shall have ceased
and a condition of general and complete
peace shall have been established
therein, and the facts shall have been
certified to, the president shall instruct
the commission to call a general elec
tion, for the choice of delegates to a
popular assembly of the people of the
Philippine islands, to be known as the
Philippine assembly."
It is further provided that all the ex
ecutive power then shall be vested in
two houses the Philippine commission
and the Philippine assembly. Provis
ion is made for taking the census with
in 30 days after the promulgation of
peace. v lnereaiter tne lsianas are j ue
divided into election districts and the
regular machinery for electing a legis
lature is provided. Section 12 of the
bill provides that all residents of the
Philippines shall have the same protec
tion from the United States in their re
lations to foreign governments as is
accorded to citizens of the United
States.
For the purchase of the friar lands the
bill makes provision for the issuance of
insular bonds at 5 per cent, interest
payable in gold, the total amount not
being specified. The regulation of
franchises, timber lands, mineral lanas.
etc., is provided for. ine system oi
coinage differs from that in the senate
bill, as it makes gold the stanaara,
with Philippine token money of silver
maintained at a parity with gold. The
... tl n -1
peso is to De oi silver, ai win wjuai
our silver dollar in size, and.will
be
worth half as much.
FIGHT WITH MOONSHINERS.
One Was Killed and a Revenue Collector Nar
rowly Escapes Death.
Louisville. Ky., April 10. A fight
has taken place between moonshiners
and revenue officers near Big Meeting
Creek postoffice, in Hardin county,
during which one man, an alleged
moonshiner, was killed and a deputy
revenue collector, who was leading the
pursuing posse, narrowly escaped death,
rifle ball grazing his head. The rev
enue officers had information that a
still was located in a bottom near Big
Meeting creek. They surrounded the
still and called on the three men who
were operating it to surrender. The
moonshiners answered with a volley of
shots, and the revenue officers promptly
returned the fire. Two of the moon
shiners then fled from the still, firing
as they ran, and made their escape.
When the smoke had cleared one man
was lying dead inside the still. It is
thought one of the men who escapea
as wounded.
Hawaiian Appeal for Exclusion.
Washington, April 10. Senator Pat
terson, of Colorado, today presented a
memorial signed by over 300 American
citizens residing in Hawaii, praying the
enactment of legislation completely ex
cluding Chinese and Japanese from any
American territory, and providing that
all labor of every description preformed
for the federal government snail uo
done only by citizens of the United
States. The petitioners say that 75
per cent of the labor in Hawaii is per
formed by Orientals, to the exclusion of
American labor, and they call atten
tion to the fact that 87,000 of the 150,
000 population of the islands are from
China and Japan.
Accepts Philippine Judgeship.
Santa Fe, N. M., April 10. William
H. Pope, of Atlanta, Ga., for the past
eight years a resident of Santa Fe,
United States Attorney of the Pueblo
Indians and Assistant United States
Attorney of the court of private claims,
today accepted a judgeship of a court of
first instance in the Philippine Islands,
tendered him by Governor Taft. He
will sail in June. He is a gold Demo
crat, 31 years of age.
Dix Arrives at Nagasaki.
Washington, April 10. Quarter
master General Ludington is informed
of the arrival of the transport Dix at
Nagasaki with freight from Seattle for
the army in the Philippines. The ves
sel was several days overdue.
Boers Do Not Hope for Peace.
New York, April 10. There is little
faith amcng the Boer sympathizers here
that peace is imminent in South Africa,
says a Tribune correspondent from The
Hague. Hearts are hardened in conse
quence of the conferences held here and
at Utrecht, and the Boer envoys and
refugees are asserting in a louder key
than ever that the war will last four
years longer, and that there can be no
peace without independence.
NEWS OF THE STATE
ITEMS 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,
TheJPolk county MohairFAssociation
has sold its pool of 35,000 pounds at 25
cents per pound. , .
Mrs. Eliza Jane Wrisley, an Oregon
pioneer of 1852, has passed away at her
home in Medford. Deceased was born
in 1826.
City elections were held in many
towns throughout the state this week
Party lines were observed in but a very
few cases.
A railroad is to be built in Southern
Oregon from Grants Pass to Crescent
City. It will be known as the Oregon
& Pacific Railway. 1
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Ackerman states that after, six months
of use the new Oregon text booKs have
proven satisfactory.
The fishing season on the Columbia
river opens April 15. The prospects
are more favorable for a large pack than
at this time last year.
March customs receipts at Portland
were $77,212.99. The larger part of
these receipts were from duties paid on
inward cargoes from the Orient.
The Columbia N River Fishermen's
Protective Union, at a meeting in
Astoria, fixed the price of salmon for
the coming season as follows: Six
cents per pound for fish weighing 25
pounds or over, and 5 cents for
smaller fish. No price for steelheads
or bluebacks was mentioned.
The Willamette Pulp & Paper Com
pany, which employs over 500 men in
Oregon City, has made a voluntary .ad
vance in the wages of about 300 of its
employes. AH the men who. have been
receiving $1.50 per day will - in future
get $1.75, and all of the $1.75 per day
men will get an advance of 10 per cent.
Salem has ' taken the preliminary
steps to installation of city light plant.
The farmers' co-operative telephone
line from Echo to Pendleton will, be
completed about May 1. -
Abont half the telephones- in Oregon
City are out of business as the result of
a live electric light wire dropping jsjx
them.
The receipts of state land office for
March were $39,885.44, or the largest
amount received by the present clerk
for any one month.
A contract for 12,000 pounds of the
1902 hop crop is the top record in con
tracts at Salem. Quite a number are
reported at 12 cents.
Marion Cunningham, an Oregon
pioneer of 1853, and one of the most
prominent citizens of Harrisburg, has
pa seed away, aged 69 years.
The clam cannery at Skipanon has
started up for the season and will be
kept in operation nntil late in the fall,
packing about 50 cases per day. Indi
cations are that the clams on Clatsop
beach are as plentiful as ever before, if
not more so.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Walla Walla, 6464c:
bluestem, 6565c; Valley, 6465c.
Barley Feed, $2021.; brewing,
$Z121.50 per ton.
Oats No. 1 white, $1.151.22;
gray, $1.101.20.
Flour Best grades, $2.853.40 per
barrel; graham, $2.502.80.
Millstuffs Bran, $18 per ton; middlings,-
$20; shorts, $20; chop,
$16.50.
Hay Timothy, $1213; clover,
$7.508; Oregon wild hay, $56 per
ton.
Potatoes Best Burbanks, $1.101.25
per cental; ordinary, 7080c per cen
tal; Early Rose, $1.25150 per cen
tal, growers' prices jsweets, $2.252.50
per cental.
Butter Creamery, 22 25c ; dairy,
1820c; store, 1315c.
Eggs 1314c for Oregon. .
Cheese Full cream, twins, 13(3
13c; Young America, 1415c; fac
tory prices, llc less.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, .$3.50
4.50; hens, $4.505.50 per dozen, 11
HKc per pound; springs, llllc per
pound $34 per dozen; duckB, $57
per dozen; turkeys, live, 1213c,
dressed, 1416c per pound ; geese, $6
7 per dozen.
Mutton Gross, 4c per pound; dress
ed. 77Mc per pound.
Hogs-" Gross, 5c; d res Bed, 67c
per pound.
Veal 7 )i& 8 for small; 6K7 for
large.
Beef Gross, cows, 3?4c; steers,
44c; dressed, 676c per ponnd.
Hops 1213c per pound.
Wool Valley, 1315c; Eastern Ore
gon, 812c; mohair, 2121)c per
pound.
A silken thread is three times as
strong as a flaxen one of the same
thickness.
Booksellers who supply English
schools report that there has been in
recent years a very great increase' in the
demand for German school books.
Since the announcement of the war
in South Africa, Scotland has sent to
the front 15,500 non-commissioned
officers and men and 330 officers; total.
15,830.
ISTHMIAN CANAL RIGHTS.
Nicaragua and Costa Rica Negotiating with
, United States. .
Washington April 9. Itjia under
stood that Mr. Corea, the Nicaragua
minister.- here, has forwarded to his
government a proposition as to the
price the United States would be likely
to pay for Nicaragua canal rights, the
proposition haying been submitted to
the minister by Secretary Hay. Secre
tary Hay's proposition ia said to be in
thejnature of counter proposal to that
set out in the canal' protocol drafted by,
United States Minister Merry last year.
Mr. Corea, for Nicaragua, and Minister
Calvo, for Oosta Rica, have decided to
do away with the protocol stage in their
negotiations regarding a canal, and are
preparing drafts of treaties which A will
embody the term under which their
respective governments will cede the
necessary canal rights. These treaty
drafts are expected to be complete by
the end of the current week. By that
time Mr. Corea expects to receive his
final instructions from his government,
including the decision respecting Secre
tary Hay's proposal.?
The situation as to Colombia is pre
cisely the reverse to that as to Nica
ragua, as in the former case the United
States government has before it a defin
ite proposal from Colombia and is con
sidering it with some indication of a
purpose to suggest desirable amend
ments.
PASSES THE SENATE.
Mitchell's Land Bill for Repaying Certain
' Funds.
Washington, April 9. Senator
Mitchell today called np and passed his
double minimum land bill. The bill
as passed provides that where home
stead timber culture, desert land or
other entries of public lands are or
have been cancelled or relinanished be
cause of conflict, or where the entry has
erroneously been allowed and cannot be
confirmed, the secretary of the interior
shall repay to the entryman all fees,
commissions, purchase money and ex
cesses paid upon the same when such
entry is duly pajMUiKi. by the depart
ment. - , : ,
la Cases- her a - rt&iEloi. Iivkh tmM
double "minimum price for land, which
haa afterwards been found not to be
within the limits of a railroad grant,
or within the limits of any portion of a
grant which may be forfeited for failure
to COnstract that portion of th railroad
in aid of which' the grant was made,
tne excess oi si.zo an acre shall be re
paid to entrymen. Claim for repay
ment to be valid must be filed within
three years.
BIG IRRIGATION QUESTION.
May Colorado Take Water That Would Flow
Through Kansas?
Washington, April 9. The United
States supreme court, in an opinion de
livered by Chief Justice Fuller today,
overruled the demurrer of the state of
Colorado in the case of the state of
Kansas vs. the state of Colorado.
The case involves the right of Colo
rado to appropriate for purposes of ir
rigation the waters of the Arkansas
river, which Kansas sought by an orig
inal action to restrain on the ground
that the stream flows through Kansas
and the people of the latter state are
injured by such an appropriation of the
water. The chief justice said that the
case is one in which the court can prop
erly assume jurisdiction. He said also
that the action of the court in overrul
ing the demurrer was intended to be
without prejudice, but was taken be
cause the importance of the case was
such that it should not be decided with
out full proof on the questions set up in
the allegations of damage made by the
state of Kansas.
COLORADO BANK ROBBED.
Explosions Attract Citizens, But the Robbers
Escape Two Suspects Arrested.
Pueblo. Colo., April 9. The Bank
of Fowler, at Fowler, Colo., 25 miles
east of this city, was robbed of $1,100
by safe blowers at 2 o'clock this morn
ing. Several charges of nitro glycerin
were exploded to open the safe and the
cash box. Citizens were aroused by
the explosions and fired several shots
at four men who were seen running
away, but the robbers succeeded in es
caping. News of the robbery was tele
phoned to neighboring towns. Two
men who boarded the Santa Fe train at
Nepesta, seven miles west of Fowler,
this morning were arrested as suspects.
In their possession were found $288
and several coins. Bloodhounds have
been sent to Fowler to trail the robbers.
Casualties of the Boers.
London, April 9. Lord Kitchener
reports that the Boer casualties during
the engagements of Marcfi 31 and April
1 were, at the lowest estimate, 30 men
killed and 80 wounded. Commandant
Erasmus was killed near Boshof.
Decrease of Trade in Great Britain.
London, April 9. The board of trade
returns for March show the remarkable
decrease of 5,528,195 pounds in imports
and 2,304,050 pounds in exports.
MONEY IS WASTED
EXTRAVAGANCE IN THE ARMY
TRANSPORT SERVICE. -
Strange Proceedings are Just Now Coming to
Light Favoritism Has Been Shown To
. ward San Francisco, and the Government
Has Had to Pay for It Inspectors Re
ports will Be Made Public
, Washington, April 10. The men in
charge of the transport service for the
army have . always maintained that
Portland and Puget Sound ports were
more expensive than San Francisco.
They can evidently learn something to
the advantage of the service by perus
ing the reports which the inspectors of
the army nave made. These reports
have heretofore never been made pub
lic, and it is easy to understand why
the army department did not care to
give them out.
They show a lack of management that
will amaze the country and will con
vince everybody that'the transport serv
ice has been in the wrong hands. Evi
dently the claim of the navy that the
service should be under its control is
sustained. The extravagance of the
quartermaster department in fitting up
ships at San Francisco does not coin
cide with the claims that city has al
ways made that Portland and Puget
Sound are too expensive for shipping
points. There has evidently been a
great deal of favoritism in San Fran
cisco, and it is evident that deep prob
ing is necessary in order to find out
just what has been going on.
A VIGOROUS PROTEST.
Senator Cullom Makes an Energetic Speech
Against the Exclusion Bill.
Washington, April 10. A vigdrous
protest was made in the senate yester
day by Cullom against the passage of
the Chinese exclusion bill in its pres
ent form. Coming from the chairman
of the committee on foreign relations,
the protest made a deep impression on
the senate. Cullom, while expressing
himself as in favor of the exclusion of
Chinese laborers, said that many of the
provisions of the pending measurewere
in contravention of our treaty obliga
tions with China. He urged, that the
United States could not afford to ignore
its solemn . treaties, although " he con
ceded the authority of congress to enact
the proposed law if it saw fit to do so.
Patterson and Perkins supported the
pending bill, maintaining that in no
way did it contravene existing treaties,
as, by the convention of 1894, China
had agreed that Chinese laborers should
be excluded from this country. ' Thre
bill is drastic in its provisions, they ad
mitted, but no more so than is neces
sary to eliminate the possibility of
fraud.
The Missouri Supply Camp. ''
Jefferson City, Mo., April 10. Gov
ernor Dockery's attention was called
today to the alleged British war supply
camp at Lathrop, Mb. The governor
said he knew nothing about the opera
tions of the British more than that a
market had been operated at ' Lathrop
by private individuals tor the past 10
years. He says it is the largest horse
and mule market in the world, and
that it supplies the United States gov
ernment as well as the British govern
ment with horses and mules.
Boer Colony in. Colorado.
Dever, April 10. A Boer colony
may be established along the line of
the proposed Denver-Salt Lake Short
Line. A committee of local, Boer sym
pathizers called on the state land board
today with a letter from Boer Consul
General Pierce in New York, asking for
information about state lands along the
new route. "If I can get the right
kind of inducements," said the consul
general, "several thousand Boer refu
gees will go to Colorado and settle on
faims. They will make the best of cit
izens. I am sure."
The Philippine Rebate.
Washington, April 10. Secretary
Root, after consultation with the treas
ury authorities, has issued instruc
tions to Acting Civil Governor Luke
Wright, of the Philippine Islands, to
give effcet to that part of 'the Philip
pine tariff act which provides for a re
bate of the export duties on goods ship
ped from the Philippines into the
United States.
Bulgarian Tactics.
Constantinople, April 10. The Vali
of Adianople, European Turkey, tele
graph" that a band of Bulgarians, with
the objct of provoking retaliation, re
cently killed and mutilated three Mus
sulman peasants and a boy near Kirk
Kihsseh (a town 32 mi les north-north
west of Adinople), and then sought
refuge in Bulgaria, hoping to be pur
sued and anticipating that a conflict
would ensue with the frontier guard.
STANDS GAVE WAY.
Five Spectators Killed and Many Injured at
a Football Came at Glasgow.
Glasgow, April 8. The straggle of
the crowds which gathered at Ibrox
park today to witness the last interna
tional association football contest be
tween teams from England and Scot
land caused the collapse of a portion of
the spectators' terraces, resulting in
the death o( five persona aad the ia-
Jury of 125.
When the game began 70,0003 spec
tators were en .the ground and an im
mense crowd had gathered outside.
Being unable' to gain admittance, this
crowd broke down some of the barriers
and swarmed npon the field, whereupon
the police chanted and drove the in-
traders upon the terraces and Beats,
witn tne result that the railings dividing-
the crowds were broken and the
people were thrown - ever each nthar.
In the frantic straggle toward the exits
the pressure toward the upper portion
of the westerly terrace was so great that
100 feet of the highest of the structure
collapsed under the weight of the crowd
driven Upon it, precipitating the mass
of people to the eround. 60 feet bnlow.
The . injured were piled in heaps,
wedged in with broken wood.
The onlookers hesitated to approach
the dangling structure at first, out fin
ally began to utilize portions of the
broken barriers as stretchers. A hnn.
dred of the most seriouslv ininred were
carried to the pavilion and to spaces in
tne rear of tne stands. A majority of
the victims are suffering from broken
ribs and fractured limbs, while noma
sustained internal injuries. Those
most severely injured were later re
moved in ambulances to inflrmnr'nu.
and the lesser sufferers were sent in
cabs to surgeries. Six of the injured
are not likely to recover. A few per
sons Were . trampled nnon in trainer In
J o
escape from the crush when the police
cnargea, Dut most of the victims sus
tained their injuries in the fall of the
terrace.
THE DANISH TREATY.
Landsthing Continues the Debate Without
Reaching Conclusions.
Copenhagen, April 8. The lands
thing, or upper hoa.se, in secret session
today continued the discussion of the
Danish West Indies treaty for . three
hours with no result. The debate was
1 heated, and much excitement prevailed
among the members.V It is hoped that
fchs-mitji yffe lanftsthing tomorrow?
will enable the housa vto report its con- ,
elusion's. - " V:'':';S;;:a:,
A meeting of the members of the op
position in the landsthing was held to
night and an exciting debate occurred.
A maioritv of thnRA nrpiwnl: AodAmraA
I'- UW.M.W.
themselves in favor of the sale of the
islands, but demanded that a plebescite
be taken.
The opposition press ia eneracmd in
violent agitation against the govern
ment. The National Tidense todav an
nounces that the right nartr of t.ha
landsthing is now in'favor ef the ces
sion or me isianas to tne United States,
if the consent of the inhabitants of the
islands is obtained.
ANOTHER ROYAL GUEST.
The Prince of Wales May be Next to Visit the
United States.
New York, April 8. High diplo
matic circles here are discussing plans,
believed to be far advanced, for a visit
by the Prince of Wales to the United
States, says the London correspondent
of the Times. The administration at
Washingon is officially forwarding the
proposal for the visit, which, it is un
derstood, receives the personal sanction
of King Edward, some of whose coun
sellors urge the acceptance of the invi
tation as a matter of astute 6ta pol
icy. Emperor William is com idling
an invitation to send the crown prince
of Germany to America at the same
time, and France is expected to send a
distinguished representative.
(las Designs on Tripoli.
London, April 8. A dispatch to the
Exchange Telegraph Company from
Constantinople announces that the porte
has filed with the Italian ambassador
a complaint, charging that Italian fish
ermen are extensively engaged in land
ing guns on the coast of Tripoli and
that Italian officers in disguise are em
ployed on board sponge boats in taking
soundings and observations.
The Trans-Siberian railway gives the
cheapest rates in the world. It is pos
sible to buy an emigrant's ticket, cov
ering 6,000 miles nearly three week's
journey for about $3.
This year's record in the United
States of loss from fire will be about
$170,000,000. It is estimated that the
loss in 26 years has been $2,890,000,
000, of which $17,000,000,009 was cov
ered by insurance.
The expenses of the legislative branch
of the federal government are $5,600,
000 a year, and of the department of
justice $5,000,000. The expenses of
the District of Columbia, paid for by
the federal government, are $7,000,000
a year.
Canadians Volunteer.
Halifax, N. S., April 8. The Eoyal
Canadian regiment of infantry has iol
nnteered for services in South Africa,
The offer was made today by Colonel
White, the commander of the regiment,
tothe acting general, Colonel Biscoe,
who is in command of the British
forces in North America. The regimect
is 1,000 strong and is now doing garri
son dutv in Halifax. The offer was
cabled to the British war office.
HOUSE PASSES BIIL
ANTI-CHINESE MEASURE MADE
MORE STRINGENT.
Mixed Bloods Arc Now Included in Excluded
List Mo Chinese Sailors to be Employed
on American Snips The Provisions of
the Bill Also Apply to Colonial Possess,
ions ef the United States.
Washington, April 8. The honse
yesterday passed the Chinese excluison
bill, after incorporating in it several
amendments which increased the dras
tic character of the measure. The
principal one not only excludes Chinese
by birth and descent, but all Chinese
of mixed blood. The chief strnmrle
was over an amendment to prohibit the
employment of Chinese sailors on
American ships. An amendment cov
ering this proposal was ruled out en a
point of order, bat subsequently was
modified to evade the ruling and was
adopted, 100 to 74.
As passed the bill practically re-
enacts all the existing exclusion laws,
and incorporates with them the exist
ing treaty regulations. It extends
these exclusion laws to the Philippines
and other possessions of the United
States, and forbids Chinese labor in our
colonial possessions coming into thia
country. The Philippine commission,
by the terms of the bill, is directed to
adopt proper measures for the enforce
ment of the provisions of the bill in
the Philippines
Two amendments were made withont
division, one by Clark or Missouri to
amend the definition of "teacher" un
der the privileged classes, so as to re
quire that for two years before admis
sion the teacher should have been en
gaged in "teaching the higher
branches," and another by Coombs of
California to provide that Chinese stu
dents shall leave the country immedi
ately upon completion of their eourse
of study. . .
The conference report on the war
revenue tax repeal bill was adopted. -
and the Dill sent to the White Honse.
Late in the afternoon Fowler OS. JA
moved to pass unrfer suspension of the
trnieathe sena&I2r Wxtend'-Ui eLr
ters of National banks 20 years. The
Democrats . were taken completely by "
surprise. As it was after the nsual "
hour for adjournment, the attendance
was slim. The Democrats attempted
to filibuster, but a roll of the house
finally secured a quorum and the bill
was passed.
WRECKED AT A SWITCH.
One Passenger Killed and' Several Hurt by
the Ditching of a Train.
Lansing, Mich., April 9. While
Grand Trunk passenger train No. 6 was
passing through Millets, a tank station
seven miles west of here, early today,
the rear coach and the Pullman sleeper
were thrown off the track. One man
was killed and four were injured. The
wreck occurred at a switch on which a
freight train was standing. The first
Beven cars of No. 6 crossed the switch
safely, but as the last coach was pass
ing over, the switch points caught in
such a way as to throw it and the Pull
man car following off the track and
over on to the engine of the freight
train. The two cars and the enirinn
were thrown into the ditch. It is said
that the switch had been tampered
with. The injured were taken to De
troit. CABLE TO HONOLULU.
Will Be In Working Order by the Last of
October.
San Francisco, April 9. George G.
Ward, of New York, vice president of
the Commercial Cable Company, ar
rived here during the'day to select a
landing place for the projected cable
between this coast and the Philippines.
Mr. Ward is accompanied by Charles
Curtis, the company's chief electrical
engineer. While here Mr. Ward will
consult with John W. Mackay, presi
dent of the company. Mr. Ward said
tonight.:
"We are going to build the cable,
irrespective of congressional action.
The first link between San Francisico
and Honolulu will be completed by the
end of next October. The cable will be
shipped from England next July. It
has not yet been decided where we will
land on this coast. It will either be at
Monterey or this city, probably the lat
ter," Kruger's Son Takes the Oath.
Pretoria, April 9. Casper Kruger,
the eldest son of President Kruger, and
24 other relatives of Mr. Kruger bear
ing the same family name, are among
those who have recently taken the oath
of allegiance to Great Britain.
Strength of Boer Commandoes.
Pretoria, April 9. Careful computa
tion gives the strength of the scattered
Boer commandoes at between 8,000 and
9,000 men.