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WEEKLY.
KV&JFlslVZin. I Consolidated Feb., 1899. .
COKVAILIS, BENTOK COUXTY, OEEGOK, FBIDAX, APKLL 18, 1902.
VOL.. XXXIX. NO. 17.
GAZETTE.
Hi VENTS OF THE DAY
FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF
THE WORLD.
WORK SOON TO BEGIN.
Eagle
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.
The Russian minister of the
has been assassinated.
interior
dyna-
Strikers in Brussels are using
mite to blow np buildings.
A rierions hitch has occurred in the
Anglo-Boer peace negotiations.
The Chinese government is unable
to suppress the rebellion in the south.
It has -been definitely decided that
the St. Louis fair cannot be held in
1903.
Flour has advanced a shilling a sack
Railroad to Be Built From Valdes to
City, Alaska.
Seattle, April 17. According to the
plans of the Land, Credit & Mortgage
Company, of London, work on a rail
road from Valdes to Eagle City will be
gin shortly and will be rushed to com
pletion without delay. The 'company
is an English and American concern,
and is capitalized at 3,000,000 pounds.
The distance to be covered by the rail
way is 400 miles. It will provide an
all-American route to the Klondike.
It is the intention of the company to
begin operations at several points along
the route jn order to facilitate and
hasten construction.
The promoters of the enterprise be'
heve that it promises to be one of the
most profitable that can be undertaken
in the world today by capital such
they control. The route leads through
the Copper river country, the Tanana
district and many other promising min
ing localities. The harbor at Valdes is
one of the few really good ones in
Alaska. The northern terminus, Eagle
City, is almost in the heart of the great
NEWS OF THE STATE
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM
PARTS OF OREGON. .
ALL.
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.
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W. B.
ATTORNEY GENERAL
STRATTON
Of the state of Washington, who has entered a motion before the United States
supreme court for leave to file a bill of complaint against the Northern Securities
Company on behalf of the state of Washington. The briefs were accepted by the
supreme court.
in price in England as'a result of "the
Boer war.
An explosion on board a British war
ship resulted in the death of 10 men
and the serious injury of four others.
Secretary Root has ordered an inves
tigation of barbarities in the Philip
pines and a number of officers may be
court raartialed.
Two men were killed in a mine ex
plosionnear Lake City, Colo.
Congress will not appropriate the
necessary funds to raise the Maine this
year.
The Standard Oil Company has se
cured control of its only rival in West
Virginia.
One thousand Chinese government
troops have deserted in a body and
joined the rebels, taking with them
their arms, munitions and treasure.
Friends of the Chinese exclusion bill
in the senate have about given up hope
of the measure passing in its present
form.
The situation throughout Belgium
remains unchanged. Fresh outbreaks
may occur at any time.
During severe fighting in the Trans"
vaal, 200 Boers were killed, captured
or wounded. The British also lest
heavily.
General Miles will be forced to re
tire at an early date
The cholera situation is growing
worse in the Philippines.
Fire in a Louisville, Ky., lumber
yard destroyed $70,000 worth of prop
erty. The house lias passed the bill grant
ing Mrs. McKinley a pension of $5,000
a year.
MajorJWaller has been acquitted of
the charge of killingjiatives of kSamar
without trial.
Rioting continues in the cities of
Belgium. Martial law will be declared
throughout the country.
A new independent steel company is
to be incorporated in New Jersey with
a capital of f 200,000,000.-
Kngland is very hopeful over the
prospects of peace. The Boer leaders
have been in communication with Lord
Kitchener.
Burglars entered an Indiana bank
and blew open the safe, but the explo
sion awoke citizens and no money was
secured The damage by the explosion
was 12, 000.
Klondike country. The company will
also enter into mining on a scale sel
dom attempted particularly copper
mining.
HITCH IN NEGOTIATIONS.
Boers Request for An Armistice Refused by
British Government.
T.ondon, April 17. The Daily Mail
says it understands a serious hitch has
occurred in the peace negotiations in
South Africa. The cabinet has decided
to refuse a strongly worded request from
the Boer leaders at Pretoria for an
armistice pending the negotiations.
This alone is not likely to cause the
Boers to withdraw from the conference,
says the Daily Mail, but what threat
ens to stop the negotiations is the fact
that the government declines to place
the Cape rebels on the same footing as
the burghers with respect to amnesty
and is not inclined to withdraw the
banishment proclamation. These feat
ures are regarded by the Boers as two
cardinal principles in the irreducible
minimum of terms which Lord Milner
went to Pretoria to ascertain and in
return for which the Boers agree to the
loss of independence and a general surrender.
Favorable Reports on Pension Bills.
Washington, April 16. The senate
committee on pensions today ordered a
favorable report from the bill granting
increases of pensions to soldiers who
have lost arms, legs or feet. The in
crease will be f 15 per month each, and
will increase the annual pension appro
priation bill $1,300,000. The commit
tee also ordered a favorable report on a
bill increasing from $30 to $40 per
month the pension of those who are
totally deaf. This will increase the
pension appropriaticn $28,000 only.
Economy in Transport Service.
New York, April 12. Orders have
been received from Washington by Su
perintendent Duvol to place the army
transport service on a very economical
basis, savs a World special from San
Francisco. As a consequence, all un
necessary employes will be discharged.
On all transports an order has been is
sued discharging the fifth and sixth
mates. The orders are that the ships
must be operated with regulation crew
and fewer men will be hired in the
steward and deck departments. The
paint inspector is stricken from tho roll.
For Statue of McKinley.
Albany, N. Y., April 14. Governor
Odell today signed a bill appropriating
$100,000 for a statue of the late Presi
dent McKinley in Buffalo.
Floyd Matbias was accidentally shot
in an amateur performance at Baker
City.
Mrs. George Wilcox, of Independ
ence, is dead from an overdose of gel-
semium, taken by mistaKe.
Sheriff Durbm has paid into the
treasury of Marion county $10,489.87,
collected recently on the tax roll of
1901.
William Maddy, who escaped from
the jail at Canyon City last fall, was
apprehended in Idaho and taken back
to Canyon City.
H. D. Guild, who has been porprietor
of the Salem Independent, has pur
chased the Prosser Record. He will
make it a Republican paper.
The Oregon conference of the United
Evangelical church, at Dallas,' unan
imously decided to admit women dele
gates to both the annual and general
conferences.
The Fishermen's Union held a meet
ing at Astoria and decided to accept
the rate of 6 cents per pound for fish
weighing 25 pounds and over, and 5
cents for those below that weight offer
ed by the cannerymen.
Fire in a brick building on Front
street, at The Dalles, occupied by
Chinese merchant, destroyed about
$5,000 worth of property, and for
time endangered the whole block. The
blaze originated in the dwelling portion
of the building, where drying garments
caught from a hot stove.
Articles of incorporation of the Gem
Mining Company have been filed with
the county clerk at Baker Citv. The
capital stock is placed at $1,000,000,
witn snares at the par value of $1
Aula is me no tea mine irom which a
large number of very rich specimens
were recently taken for the Oregon ex
hibit at the Charleston exposition.
I. O. O. F. grand lodge of Oregon
will meet at Newport May 21.
The electric light plant at Gold Hill
will soon be in operation.
The Oregon G. A. R. encampment
will tie held at Astoria June 4 to 6.
SOUTH CHICAGO FIREBUG.
Work has commenced at Grants Pass
on a three story brick Masonic hall.
I he lambing season in Baker county
is proving one of the best in years and
the prospects are good for a large wool
clip.
Ten stamps and a quantity of machin
ery and equipment have arrived at
Grants Pass for the Eureka mine, in
the Briggs district, Western Josephine
county.
The Salem Fruitgrowers' Union has
voted to contract its 1902 crop of straw
berries for 3)4 cents per pound for the
best canning berries and 2 to 3 cents
per pound for other varieties.
The Oregon Lumber Company has
purchased the entire plant and" holdings
of the Beaver Flume Lumber Company,
in Beaver valley. The flume ends at
Runyon's station on the A. & C. R. R.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Enrique Santibanez, second secretary i
of the Mexican embassy in Washing- j
ton, dropped dead oithei?treet. ' j
Strike at a Montana Mine.
Red Lodge, Mont., April 12. In the
I Rocky Fork mine, in this city, the
; miners went out on strike this morn
; ing. The whole force is out, over 500
' men- being involved. The miners'
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i dine them 'rom ridin? ont on thn
Coinmodore"IIowelI,"of the navy, has ! hoisting cars in the afternoon at the
perfected a method of transforming soft lend of work. For the ground men the
coal into a smokeless product. The coal i practice has been for iha men to ride
is reduced to powder and made into j out until State Inspector Welch or
bricks. idered the custom to stop.
A New York girlTknockcdl down by
the fender of a street car escaped death, i
but haa her hair cut off by the car
wheels.
Wheat Walla Walla, 6364c: blue-
stem, 6465c; valley, 6465c.
Barley Feed, $2021: brewing.
$2121.50 per ton.
Oats No. 1 white, $1.151.22K;
gray, $1.101.20.
Flour Best grades, $2.853.40 per
barrel; graham, $2.50(5)2.80.
Millstuffs Bran, $18 per ton; mid
dlings, $20; shorts, $20; chop, $16.50.
Hay Timothy, $1215; clover.
$7.5010; Oregon wild hay, $56 per
ton.
Potatoes Best Burbanks, 1.101.40
percental; ordinary, $1.001.10 per
cental; Early Rose, $1.502.00 per
cental; growers prices; sweets. $2.25
2.50 per cental
Butter Creamery, 2022Vc; dairy.
1618c; store, 1351c.
Eggs 15c for Oregon.
Cheese Full cream, twins, 13(8
13Mc; Young America, 1415c; fac
tory prices,! lj-oc less.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3.50
50; hens, $5.006.00 per dozen.
lKgllMc per pound; springs, 11
llac per pound, $3.505.00 per doz
en; ducks, 55.00 7.00 per dozen: tur-
keye, live, 1213c, dressed, l6c ner
pound; geese, $67.00 per dozen.
Mutton Gross, 4c per pound :
dressed, 77)c per pound.
Hogs Gross, 5f-4c: dressed, 6a7c
per pound.
eal 8c for small; 6H7c for
large.
Beef Gross, cows, 3?4'4c: steers.
44ec; dressed, 6M7.c per pound.
Hops I2(ai3 cents per pound.
Wool Valley, 1315; Eastern Ore
gon, 8l2c; mohair, 2121c
pound.
Seventeen Incendiary Fires were Started Dur
ing One Night
Chicago, April 15. After extinguish
ing 10 fires yesterday, most of them
close together, and apparently of in
cendiary origin, the firemen of South
Chicago at daybreak today were called
upon to contencrwith the most serious
of the long 'string of blazes.
The first of this morning's fires- con
sumed a barn containing several horses.
St. Patrick's church came next, and
was destroyed before the firemen could
reach it. Scarcely had they reached
the church when they were recalled to
fight a dangerous looking fire at Wil-
lard Sons bell forge works. After i
hard fight here the flame's were checked
Meanwhile the warehouse of the Wash
ington Ice Company had caught fire.
and before the flames were eubdued
$5,000 damage f had been done. The
Calumet theater came next, sustaining
f lu.uuu damage before the fare was ex
tinguished. A four story structure.
having a feed store on the ground floor.
and dwellings above, was discovered to
be burning before the theater fire was
put out. Two families escaped " in
their night clothes. The building was
destroyed. Meanwhile a saloon had
burned down.
The total loss of this morning's fires
is put at $50,000. As the buildings
were not near each other, the firemen
declare that the fires were the work of
an incendiary. The people of South
"Chicago were greatly alarmed by the
rapid work of the firebug.
The financial loss in the fires yester
day amounted to $60,000. Evidence
incendiarism was so convincine.
AN INVESTIGATION
COURT OF INQUIRY TO PROBE
TORTURE OF FILIPINOS.
FOR CELILO CANAL.
FOR WATER WAYS
General Jacob It Smith May be Courtmar-
tialed, if Reports Concerning Him Prove
True Officers Who Administered the
"Water Cure" to Native Officials will be
Tried Before Military Tribunal
Senate Makes $614,000 Available for Carrying
o the Improvements.
1 Washington, April 12. The senate
commerce committee has dealt very liV
erally with the Upper Columbia river.
benator Turner has secured the adep- Columbia River Fares
SENATE IS LIBERAL WITH RIVER
AND HARBOR BILL.
of
however, that citizens joined the police
in patrolling the streets in an effort to
guard property and capture the incen
diary or incendiarieB. In spite of the
extra precautions, however, today's
fires were started. Citizens were be
wildered at the attack, and daylight
was welcomed with great relief.
MEAT FAMINE IN ENGLAND.
Retailers Determined that Consumers Shall be
Made to Suffer.
London, April 15 The so-called
meat famine, which has been exploited
throughout the British press, has be
come a matter of keen interest to Lon
doners, who hitherto have not been
affected by the prevailing scarcity. A
careful canvass of London shows that
the retailers at the present time are the
sole sufferers by the advance in the
wholesale price, whicn amounts f a
penny per pound otf all grades" of meat.
Since January, the majority of the re
tailers have been running their busi
ness without profit, because lack of or
ganization prevented a uniform in
crease of prices. A meeting, however,
has been called, which undoubtedly
will result in a uniform increase in the
price of meat on the part of retailers
throughout London.
OFFICE FOR THE PRESIDENT.
Washington, April 17. As a result
of the consideration by the cabinet to
day jof the charges of cruel treatment of
Filipinos by United States soldiers,
Secretary Root has made public the fol
lowing correspondence:
Washington, April 17, 1902. My
Dear Senator: I beg to acknowledge
the receipt of your copy of the testi
mony of Sergeant Riley and Private
Lewis Smith, late of the Twentysixth
tion of the Harts canal project for over
coming the obstruction at The Dalles
and Celilo, and, aside from the trans
fer for immediate use of the remaining
$214,000, the bill authorizes the secre
tary of war to enter into a contract for
prosecuting the work to the ex teat of
$400,000 additional, making am ex
penditure of about $614,000.
The senate committee, unlike the
house, was readily convinced that Cap
tain Jttarts' estimate is not too hit.
Construction of Dredge Left to Secretary
f War $614,000 for Improvements at
The Dalles Willamette Above Portland
will Receive $68,000.
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Washington, April 16. -The river
and harbor bill, as reported to the sen
ate from the committee on commerce,
holds for the mouth of the Columbia
river $500,000, with contracts net to ex
ceed $1,0000,000 exclusive of the
and says that the improvement is one amou?tf thJf bi heretofore ap-
of such importance that it should T. , cannot be interfered
longer be delayed. The amount carded . la eonierence. other items con
by the senate bill is sufficient to oon- tained in the bill are: For the im-
tinue the work until the next river and proement of the Columbia river at th
infantry, taken before your committee harD)r biI1 is passed, and if it is not Cascades
per
F. B. Lyons, of Cuba, N. Y., has
been made doorkeeper of the house of
representatives to succeed the late Door
keeper Glenn.
Germany will send a commission to
the United States to study cotton grow
ing, and experiments will then be tried
in East Africa.
One of the finest railroad stations in
the world is to be erected at Washing
ton at a cost of $5,000,000. It will be
built of marble.
New Seven Million-Dollar Building Planned
for Washington.
Washington, Apiil 15. Senator
Fairbanks, chairman of the senate com
mittee on buildings, has reported favor
ably a bill providing for a building for
the executive, the department of state
and the department of justice. Senator
Fairbanks consulted President Roose
velt before the report was made, and
found him agreeable to having the ex
ecutive omces in the new building.
.the proposed building is to be erected
north of the present state, war and
navy building. It is estimated that
the new building and site will cost
$7,000,000. Senator Fairbanks sub
mitted an elaborate report uoon the
bill, showing the necessity fif relieving
the White House of the executive offices
and the need of more room! for the
other departments. The building is to
be constructed under the direction of
the secretary of state and attorney gen
eral, with the approval of the presi
dent.
Helen Gould's Gift to be Dedicated.
New York, April 15. The new
$100,000 building for the naval branch
of the Young Men's Christian Associa
tion, near the Brooklyn navy yard,
built with funds contributed by Miss
Helen Gould, is so nearly completed
that it is expected the work of the
branch can be transferred to it within
two weeks. The formal dedication will
take plate on May J15. Secretary Long
will make an address. The ' building
has five stories, a basement and a roof
garden, and is in the architectural style
of the French renaissance.
Revolt in the Congo.
Paris, April 15. The minister of thn
colonies has ordered that reinforce
ments be sent to the scene of the
troubles in the French Congo, as the
result of the dispatches he received
yesterday confirming the report of a
revolt of natives in the Sangha district.
The Paris manager of the Sangha Com
pany attributes the outbreak to the fact
that the fanaticism of the natives has
been aroused by human sacrifices which
were celebrated recently. He adds
that the natives are well armed with
modern rifle?.
Brigands Exterminated.
Constantinople, April 15. A band
of seven Bulgarian brigands has been
exterminated in the Vilayet of Mon
astir, in Macedonia, by Turkish troops.
The brigands captured the tower of the
village of Kadi Koi and then fortified
themselves. The troops surrounded
the place and demanded the surrender
of the brigands, who replied with a
fusillade, which was returned by the
Turks until all the occupants of the
tower were dead.
yesterday. I enclose a copy of a dis
patch which has been sent to Major
General Chaffee, commanding the di
vision of the Philippines. Directions
have been given to the judge advocate
general of the army to take proper steps
in accordance with the dispatch
"The war department will be glad to
receive the earliest practicable informa
tion of any further evidence which may
be elicited by the committee tending to
fax responsibility on any one in the
military service of the United States
or any violation oi tne laws ot war or
of the regulations or orders governing
the operations of the armv of the
United States in the field. Very re-
specttully, ELIHU ROOT,
"Secretary of War.
Hon. H. C. Lodge, United States sen
ator, Washington, D. C
The .communication to General Chaf
fee is in'Jiart as follows:
On February 19 a letter was sent
you inclosing for investigation a copy of
charges made by- (jovernor Gradener,
of Tayabas province, which contained
general allegations of cruelties practiced
by troops on natives and generally -of
an insolent and brutal attitude of the
army towards natives.
Press dispatches state that upon the
trial of Major Waller, of the Marine
corps, testimony was given by Waller,
corroborated by other witnesses, that
General Jacob H. Smith instructed him
to. kill and burn;; that the more ' he
killed and burned the -better pleased
f 1 f1 !lL 11 1 . . .
uenerai smim wouia De; that it was
no time to take prisoners, and that
when Major Waller asked General
Smith to define the age limit for kill
ing , he replied 'everything over 10.'
'If such testimony was given and
the facts can be established, you will
place General Smith on trial by court
martial.
.Deiore ine senate committee on
Philippine affairs, Sergeant Charles
Riley and Private William Lewis
Smith, of the Twenty-sixth volunteer
infantry, testified that the form of tor
ture known as the 'water cure'
$30,000, provided that
noRfliniA or tita j.i i
placed under the continuing contract ncn thereof aa my be necessary shall
system, it is probable this can be done TO neea on tne obstructive rock in the
two years hence, when the work has
got well under way. There is reason
to believe that the senate amendment
will be retained in the bill, althoueh
it may be necessary to make a slizht
reduction in the expenditure author
ized. "
Senator Turner has secured an in
crease in the x appropriation for the
Snake river to $40,000, of which
$25,000 is to be expended above Lewis-
ton. ForPend d'Oreilleand the Okan
ogan he secured an increase from $10,
000 to $25,000. The Tacoma harbor
appropriation was increased from $75,
000 to $300,000. New Whatcom gets
$40,000 instead of $25,000 allowed bv
the house. The appropriation for Pu
get Sound is increased from $15,000 to
$20,000, with $15,000 additional for
the removal of a log jam in the Nook
sack. The appropi iation for the mouth
ot the Columbia remains the same
in the house bill.
MISS STONE IN NEW YORK
rapids of the Columbia near Cascade
Locks, for the improvement of the
Lower WHlamette and Columbia below
Portland, $225,000, of which amount
$175,000 is t. be used at the discretion
of the secretary of war for the con
struction or purchase of a dredge to be
used in said rivers this cannot be
changed in conference; for improving
the Willamette river above Portland
and the Yamhill river, $68,009, of
which so much as necessary is to be
used in revetting the banks of the
Willamette near Independence and at
Corvallis; for the maintenance of the
Long Tom river, $500; for improving
the Coquille river from Coquille to
its mouth, $30,000; for improving Coos
river, $2,000; for improvine- th TTr,rr
as Columbia and Snake rivers, $40,250.
J.ne unexpended balance of the ap
propriation heretofore made for the im
provement of Clearwater river, Idaho.
in uiuue available lor the
imnrovemnnf.
Says the Brigands were Not Fierce, but were of tne UPP6 Columbia and Snake riv-
Insulting. ers- UI lni8 8un' $28,000, or so much
xrm v i a , ,,. 38 necessary, may be expended in com-
New iork, April 12. Miss Ellen M. pletine the imnrovenninf s
Stone, the missionary, arrived today on between Ripari and Lewiston, and
the Deutschland from Southampton. 5i000 may be expended in the im
Miss Stone said the brigands were aot Provement of the Snake river above
II on 1 DtAn
Another new item in the bill appro
priates $10,000 for improving the Co
lumbia between the mouth of the Wil
lamette and the city of Vancouver. The
house appropriation for improving the
mouth of the Siuslaw river is increased
from $26,000 to $35,000, and the ap-
were aot
so fierce as might have been imagiaed.
They said many insulting things, fcat
never struck or beat -either her or her
companion, Mme. Tsilka.
Several reports have been Drifted
which stated that Mme. Tsilka hH
been held for ransom by our caDtors."
said Miss Stone, "but it is a mistake.
I was the one they wanted, and thev
always take a married lady to chaser-
one a single one, no matter how old the
latter may be.
Seven weeks before we were released
a baby was born to Mme. Tsilka. The
brigands had by this time become so
insulting and cruel in their remarks
that it was becoming unbearable. The
was ad- appearance of the baby stopped all this,
ministered to the president of the town for the reason that the brigands of Tur-
ot igbaras, Jlo llo province, island of ey believe that a curse will settle on
Panay bv detachments of the Eighteenth one of them if they do harm to a child
United States infantry under command or its mother. Our treatment after the
of Lieutenant Arthur L. Conger, under birth of the baby was excellent. We
orders of Major Edwin F. Glenn, then began to get better food, although I
captain of the Twenth-fifth infantry, must admit that it was not very good,
ana mat uaptain ana Assistant Surgeon ana tne sneering remarks stODDed
Palmer Lyon, at that time a contract Miss Stone will goat once to Chelsea,
surgeon, was present to assist them. I Mass., to see her mother, who is more
Ihe omcers named, or such of them as than. 90 years old.
are found to be responsible for the act,
will be tried therefor by court martial.
Conger and Lyon are in this country,
both the Twenty-sixth volunteer infan
try and Eighteenth infantry having re
turned to the United States, and most
of the witnesses being presumptively
Torpedo Boat Builders Lose Money.
Washington, April 12. The bnildine
of 26 torpedo boats for the United
States government cost the contractors
something over $2,000,000 more thaa
the brice thev received imm tfva nm.
here, the secretary of war directs that ernment. according to thn rr.r f
Major E. E. Glenn, Twenty-fifth infan- torpedo boat board which has iust been
uiujmauuu oi iu,uuu tor improving
the entrance to Coos bay and harbor is
changed so as to provide for mainten
ance and continuing the improvement
and repair of the jetty to $75,000. For
completing the improvement of Tilla
mook bay and bar, $27,000 is appropri
ated, and the secretary of war is di
rected to cause to be made a survey and
estimate the cost of securing channels
across said bar of 15 and 20 feet in
depth, respectively, provision is also
made in the bill, by way of amend
ment to the house bill, for surveys and
estimates as follows: Cape Lookout,
with a view of establishing a break
water; Yamhill river, with a view to
prolonging the period of navigation ;
Yaquina river, from its mouth to Elk
City; and Willamette river, between
Portland and Oregon City.
An amendment to the house provision
in regard to the Willamette river, op
posite Albany, provides for an investi
gation of the bank of the Willamette,
near Albany, with a view to preventing
a diverison of the river.
WANTS FEDERAL AID.
try, be directed to proceed to San Fran
cisco and report to the general com
manding the department of California,
with a view of his trial by court mar
tial under charges alleging the cruelties
practiced by him upon a native of the
Philippine islands. If you can discover
any witnesses still in the service in the
Philippine islands who can testify in
support of the charges, or if Major
Glenn desires the attendance of any
persons now serving in the islands as
witnesses for the defense, you will di
rect them to proceed to San Francisco
for that purpose. "ELIHU ROOT.
Secretary of War.
"April 17, 1902."
Belgian Government Stands Firms.
Brussels, April 17. The government
has firmly declined to yield on the
question of revision, and unless King
Leopold should override the ministry,
there seems to be nothing to prevent
the development of a serious situation.
Socialist disturbances have occurred at
Namur. A mob stoned the police, who
charged with drawn swords. Subse
quently a force of gendarmes scattered
the rioters. The strike is steadily ex j
tending in both this city and its sub
urbs, especially at Molenek, where a
number of large factories have stopped
work. The military and police have
taken more stringent measures to pre
serve order.
Honolulu will Send Delegate to Present Its
Views on Fire Claims.
Honolulu, April 10, via San Fran
ciseo, April 16. The Honolulu chamber
of commerce and Merchants' Associa
tion have each held meetings to discuss
the Pacific cable proposition and the
(matter of securing federal aid in pay
ing the heavy Chinatown re claims,
amounting to more than $2,000,000.
The associations decided to send a dele
gate to Washington to present their
views, and have decided upon J. G.
Pratt, a member of the court of China
town fire commissioners, who will leave
at once.
The cable preposition is one that
greotly interests all here, and there is
much anxiety to see work started on
the proejet. The chamber of commerce
wants the first landing to be made on
the island of Hawaii, and the line con
tinued through Maui and Molokai to
Honolulu. This would form inter
island connections, which the wireless
system has so far failed to accomplish.
Delegate Pratt will present this propo
sition to the enmnanc
Sale of Transports.
Washington, April 12. The seere- To Give Arizona Land to Utah.
tary of war has directed the sale of the Washington, Anril 16. Senator
transports Egbert and Rosecrans. new Kearns today introduced a hill mnor.
at San Francisco, to the highesst bid- ing to Utah all that part of Arizona ly
der, in order to reduce the transmerta- ing north and West of the Colorado
lion expenses. river
submitted to Secretary Loner. Tho
builders themselves declare that their
losses aggregate over $3,000,000. The
contractors want congress to make good
tneir losses, secretary Long does not
indorse this ' application. He haa.
simply collected the necessary informa
tion for the guidance of congress, if it
entertains the appeal.
First Assistant Postmaster General
Washington, April 12. Robert J.
Wynne, the Washington correspondent
of the New York Press, has been offered
and has accepted the office of first as
sistant postmaster general. The nom
ination will probably be submitted to
the senate immediately after the ores-
ident's return from Charleston. The
change will take effect May 1 or earlier.
The Cholera Record.
Manila, April 12. In the provinces.
up to date, totals of 224 cases of chol
era and 166 deaths from that disease
have been reported. In Manila the
cholera totals are 206 cases and ISO
deaths.
Blew Up a Depot.
Duluth, Minn., April 17. Telephone
advices received from Eveleth early to
day reported the destruction by fire last
night of the city jail and the blowing
up of the Duluth, Aliseabe & Northern
Railway depot by burglars at that
place. In the jail fire an unknown
prisoner was burned to death. The
Coercion in Ireland. Restoration of Tien TsIil
London, April 14. A dispatch to London. A aril 16. The Pekin eorre-
the Pall Mall Gazette from Dublin says spondent of the Times says that at a
that 10 battalions of Enelish and
Scotch militia are to be embarked and
sent to Ireland within a month, in pur
suance of the British government's de
termination to apply the coercion aet.
Ihe correspondent understands that
burglars overestimated the amount of Lord Londenderry, the paymaster gen
nitro glycerin needed to blow the safe. eral. threatened to rpsin from th
and as a result there was a report that I int.
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woke up the entire town. 1 10 circumvent the United Irish Leana.
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meeting of the allied commanders held
in Tien Tsin bat m day it was unani
mously resolved to maintain the pro
visional government of Tien Tsin until
the forts are destroyed, or until July,
and then only to restore the city to
China on the acceptance by her of cer
tain conditions guaranteeing interna
ional interests, such as promising not
to fortify nor to rebuild the forts, etc.
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