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GORVA WEEKLY. SSnulWilw. ( Consolidated Feb., 1899. CORVAILIS, BENTOH COUNTY, OEEGOJT, FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 1902. VOL. XXXIX. NO. 18. JLLIS (MZETTE. 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. Not a passenger street car has moved in three days ia San Francisco. Confederate veterans are holding their 12th annual reunion at Dallas, Tex. r Alexander. O'Brodie w ill succeed Governor Murphy as chief executive of Arizona. Although the Rock Island Railroad will build westward from Denver, it will not seek a Pacific coast outlet. President Hill, of the Great North- OREGON ODD FELLOWS' To fee cfeiicated April 26, the elghty of the em Railroad, says he is not worried over the decision of the supreme court. The United States consul at Chom nitz, Germany, says a good market for Oregon salmon can be found in that country. A hydraulic sea dredge may Iks con structed to cut and preserve a tenipor-ary-haunel through the bar at the mouth of the Columbia river. President Roosevelt is said to be of the opinion that Colonel Crowder's re port on the British horse camp shows' no violation of neutrality laws. Governor McBride will not call an extra session of the Washington legis lature to provide a fund to pay' the ex pense of fighting the railway merger. Kansas is suffering greatly for want of rain. The plague has reappeared in Cape Colony, S. A. Fire at Quincy, 111., destroyed prop erty valued at $230,000. Two masked men held up and robbed 17 laborers near Corinne, Utah. rresident-elect Palma ia in Cuba. He was enthusiastically received. The British press is much perturbed over J. P. Morgan's steamship combine. The senate has passed the river and harbor bill carrying $70,000,000 in ap propriations. General E. Daniel, charged with em bezzling $40,000 at Seattle, has been discharged. In a fight between cattlemen near Collinsville, Cherokee Nation, one man was; illed and three mortally wounded. The United States supreme court has made a ruling that the law requiring Chinese to hold certificates is still in force. The state of Washington has been granted leave to file a complaint against the Northern Sureties Company by the United States supreme court. The streetcar men of San Francisco are on strike. Many Arrests of Jamaican Rioters. Kingston, Jamaica, April 18. Near ly 50 arrests have been made in connec tion with the riots at Montego Bay, on the north roast of this island, which began April 5, and in which a number of policemen and rioters were wounded. In accordance with a request made by Mr. Chamberlain, the British colonial secretary, the governor of Jamaica has apixunted a commission to inquire into the riots. A restaurant has been opened in New York where fooil will be furc hed at one cent a plate. There are 13,058,622 acres of uncul tivated land in Italy, which might be developed and made productive by the application of ordinary enterprise. Phenomenally mild weather is being experienced in Russia. At Kiev the trees are budding, the river Dnieper is clear of ice, while at Warsaw violets are blooming. ' - '-,.'---, , - , - j.' i" :, t. ' -V" WILL SETTLE OLD DISPUTE. New Bill to Give -Commanding General of the Army a Legal Status. Washington, April 24. Senator Hawley, chairman of the senate com mittee on military affairs, has intro- duced a bill to "increase the efficiency of the army." The most important section of the bill is the following: "Subject to the command of the pres ident and general direction of the sec retary of war, the lieutenant general shall exercise command over the mili tary forces of the United States, shall issue 'army orders," and direct inspec tions of the troops. He shall be charged with the instruction, training, discipline and distribution of the army, with the preparation and maintenance of detailed plans for the mobilization of the military forces, with the prep aration and maintenance of schemes of offensive and defensive operations, and with collecting and compiling military i information. It will be his duty to see that the army is at all times suitably and amply supplied and - equipped and HOME, AT PORTLAND. - tb.ird' anniversary of trie founding; order. that the munitions of war are of the best material and of suitable.character. He will recommend suitable persons for promotions and for military honors and rewards. He will be assisted in his duties, and his orders will be con veyed and executed through the agency of the general officers holding com mands, and the general staff of the army." The above provision is intended to give the commanding general a legal status, which he has not at present, and is. understood to be in the interest of General Miles. jOther portions of the bill relate to details of the admin istration of the affairs of the army. One of these provisions authorizes the I president to direct that the funds ap propriated for the quartermaster's, subsistence or pay departments may be placed to the credit of the disbursing officers of either of these departments. STEEL CORPORATION CHANGE Will Become an Operating and Manufacturing Company- Soon. Pittsburg, April 23. The reorgan ization of the United States Steel Cor poration, the obliteration of the names of the constituent corporation of the greater one, and the change of its pur pose from a purely financial concern to an operating company and manufacture ing, which shall operate directly ll the properties now owned and con trolled by it, is the latest project of the financial and manufacturing giants at the head of this enterprise. It was learned from excellent authority that the project is to be launched during the present year, probably in July. In short, the United States Steel Corpora tion will become the practical and ac tual manufacturing corporation, as well as the financial head of all the great steel companies that it has absorbed. President Charles M. Schwab will be come the director of all mills, rail roads, coal and coke plants, steamship lines and furnaces. All of the various branches will be divided into depart ments. The buying and selling will be under a single department, with the individual purchasing departments left in the hands of the different members of the committee. It is understood that the same officials will control the general company, with the same board of directors and executive committee, and the same officials of the operating department. - Seven Found Dead. Chicago, April 23. Dead in a stuffy bedroom in a crowded tenement quarter in State street, the bodies of an entire colored family, numbering seven per sons, were found tonight, gnawed by rats and in an advanced state of de composition. The police incline to a theory of murder and suicide by poison. The family is that of Jones Butler, an upholsterer, and consisted of Butler, hia wife and live children. NEWS OF THE STATi ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS OF OREGON. " Commercial and Financial Happenings of portancc A Brief Review of the Growth -and improvements of the Many Industries Throughout Our thriving Commonwealth Latest Market Report- Oregon City has two cases of small pox. - - A new eight room school building is to be built at Albany. William Abel, of Auburn, an time pioneer of the West, is dead.' old The debate between Albany College and the Monmouth State Normal School was won by Monmouth Th& Buck Ridge Placer Company, of bumpter, has filed articles of incorpor ation. Caiptal, $1,000,000. Schon Bochler was shot and instantly killed by T. Y. Gibson in a dispute near Grants Pass over a small strip of land. The freight and passenger business oi me Bumpier valley uaiiroad is so great that it necessitates the .running of eight trains daily. The Advance Power Electric Irrigat ing & Mining Company, of Grants Pass. has filed articles of incorporation, with a capital of $1,500,000. Two contract's for 14,000 pounds of hops have been filed at Oregon City. For 7,000 pounds 11H cents will be paid per pound and 124 cents for the other 7,000 pounds. Grounds have been secured and work on the building for a new creamery will begin at once in Roseburgr The plant will be able to handle the product of from 500 to 700 cows. Six Baker City men have been sum moned to appear as witnesses in a case at Des Moines, Ia. This will be the third trip of the parties for the same case, it having first been postponed and on the second hearing one of the jurors was asphyxiated after much' of the evi dence had been submitted. Floyd Mathias was accidentally shot in an amateur performance at Baker City. Mrs. George Wilcox, of Independ ence, is dead from an overdose of gel semium, taken by mistaite. Sheriff Durbin has paid into the treasury of Marion. county cJ$I0 ,489.81. 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. t H. D. Guild, who has been Dornrietor of the Salem Independent, has par chased the Prosser Record. He will make it a Republican paper. 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 cannery men. Fire in a brick building op- Front by a about for a The street, at The Dalles, occupied Chinese merchant, destroyed $5,000 worth of property, and time endangered the whole block blaze originated in the dwelling portion of the building, where drying garments caught from a hot stove. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Walla Walla, 6565c: bluestem, 6666c; valley, 65c. Barley Feed, $2021; brewing, $2121.50 per ton. Oats No. 1 white, $1.20: gray, $1.101.15.- Flour Best grades, $2.853.40 per barrel; graham, $2.502.80. 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, 1.251.50 percental; ordinary, $1.101.25 per cental; Early Rose, $1.502.00 per cental; growers prices ; sweets. $2.25 2.50 per cental. Butter Creamery, 18J20c; dairy. 1517Kc; store, 1215c. Eggs 1516c for Oregon. Cheese Full cream, twins. 13 13c; Young America, 1415c: fac tory prices.l lc less. - Poultry Chickens, mixed, $4.00 5.00 1 hens, $4.506.00 per dozen. nlljc per po-nd; springs, 11 HKc per pound, $3.50(55.00 per doz en; ducks, $5.007.00 per dozen; tur keys, live, 1213c, dressed, l6c per pound; geese, $6 i7. 00 per dozen. Mutton Gross, 4c per pound; dressed, 77c per pound. Hogs Gross, 5?ic; dressed, 6M7c per pound. Veal 78c for small; 6K7c for large. Beef Gross, cows, 3?44c; steers. 44Kc; dressed, 67Kc per pound. Hops 1213 cents' per pound. Wool Valley, 1315; Eastern Ore gon, 8lZJc; mohair, 2121$c per pound. The Russian government has advised all newspapers in the empire to cease publishing news of student riots. President Roosevelt has accepted the invitation to deliver the memorial ad dress at the National cemetery at Ar lington on May 30. Only five sailing ships of over 100 tons were built in the United Kingdom last year. All. the vesses were con structed on the Clyde and were regis tered in London. WITH DEADLY EFFECT. Explosion in a Barrack Kills or Injures Hun. - drcds of Nicaragua, ; Managua, Nicaragua, April 22. A severe explosion occurred on the night of April 16. A large two-story barrack near ' the lake front, and in the center of the- city, was blown tc fragments. Between 100 and 200 officers and sol diers are reported to have been killed and many soldiers and other persons are reported injured. A large number of houses near the barracks, including the National hotel, the Central tele graph station, and the National palace, were damaged or wrecked. President Zelaya was absent at Mayasa At - the time of the explosion, but he hurriedly returned to Managua. He .has pub lished a statement," in which he at tributes the disaster to the work of con spirators. He says that tons of dyna mite and a large quantity of powder were stored in the barracks'. - The. ac tual causes which led to the : explosion have not yet been determined. After the first explosion j the police notified people temporarily to leave the city, as it was thought -: the burning building still contained i dynamite. Large numbers fled to the suburbs. The first explosion was followed by sev eral minor detonations, supposed to have been caused by the explosion of packages of gun powder, The people who fled the city are now' returning. The fragments of those of the dead who were blown to atoms are being buried. Lowest estimates of the damage caused by the explosion are arourid 5,000,000 peSOS. ... " .'-ft Will Incorporate in New, Jersey. New York, April 23. It is stated that the new company to' control the Atlantic steamship lines just combined, will be incorporated v. in: New Jersey with a capital of about $150,000,000, says the Journal of Commerce. The underwriting syndicate waV organized on the basis of $100,000,000 stock and $44,000,000 in.4M per mt bonds. The syndicate is understood to be vir tually the same as f the one which floated the UnitedfStates Steel Corpor ation. It was to have exnired on Mav 15, but has been extended Indefinitely. and it is understood that lis profits are count of the shipping deal. X -"";""" f Insurgents Surrendering. Manila, April 22. Surrenders to the American authorities of small parties of insurgents are reported daily, and these have increased since the recent surrender of the insurgent creneral. Malvar. General Rufino, with 26 offi cers Tind 375 soldiers, has surrendered to the native constabulary in the prov ince of Misamis, in Mindanao.- where the constabulary is co-opreatinar with" the military. Denver Times Changes Hands. Denver, April 23. The' Denver Times was today sold by its bondhold ers for $110,000, Daivd H. Moffatt, president of the First National bank, being the purchaser. tA strong new company will be immediately organ ized to purchase the paper from Mr. Moffatt. It will be continued as a Re publican paper. Nanking Still Safe. Hong Kong, April 23. A dispatch received here from Wu Chow contra dicts the report current at Canton Sat urday that Nanking, province of Shan Si, had fallen into the hands of the rebels. Nanking is still safe, thoueh surrounded at a distance of 15 miles by rebel forces. River communication with the besieged city remains open. New Oregon Railroad Company. Trenton, N. J., April 23. The Ore gon & Southeastern Railway Company, capital $1,000,000, to construct and "operate railroads in the state of Ore gon, was incorporated here today. The incorporators are K. K. McLaren, Hor ace F. M. Gould andJSvan J. Dudley all of Jersey City. Immense Mining DeaL Phoenix, Ariz., April 24. At a meeting of the stockholders of the South Bisbee Company held here, 46 mining claims near the Copper Queen property were sold to Gordon R. Campbell, of Calumet, Mich., for $1,200,000; $150, 000 in cash and the balance within two years. Peace Rumors Premature. London, April 23. In the house of commons Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, the chancellor of the exchequer, in the course of a speech defending the budget proposals, said nothing could be more premature than the rumors in the press regarding the peace negotiations in South Africa. Kansas City Swept by Fire. Kansas City, Mo., Apirl 22. A de structive fire visited the southwestern part of this city during the day, laying waste a section of dwelling houses al most a quarter of a mile long and a block wide, and doing damage to the amount of $75,000. A spectator was seriously injured by a falling piece of iron and a fireman was overcome by heat. About 50 dwellings houses were destroyed, and 60 or more families were rendered hemoloas. M0B0S WILL FIGHT TWO SLIGHT ENGAGEMENTS MINDANAO. IN Advance of the Troops Has Been Checked by Orders From Washington Efforts will be . Made to Pacify Hostile Before Resorting to War Red Flag of Defiance Flying - Over the Moros' Houses. Manila, April 24. Two engagements have been fought between the Amer ican troops and the Moros of the island of Mindanao during the past 24 hours. Moore, of the" Twenty-seventh in fantry, while out with small parties hunting for water, waa fired upon at long range. Colonel Frank Baldwin, with a battalion of troops and a moun tain, gun, went to ; the assistance of Moore's party and drove off the Moros, who lost seven men. The Moro villages were flying red flags, meaning that they intended to fight tojthe uttermost. Later the Sultan of Pualao and a force of natives attempted to reoccupy the ground gained by the Americans, but the Moros were forcibly dispered. Dato (chief) Genesl has sent a dele gation . to the American commander tendering the absolute submission of the men under his control. Brigadier General Davis, in com mand of Zamboanga, island of Min danao, has acknowledged the receipt from Washintgon of instructions to withdraw his troops from Mindanao, but he urges that, owing to the present state of affairs, the withdrawal will result in absolute loss of American prestige- among the Moros in Mindanao. His orders, however, are "explicit. Lieutenant Colonel Baldwin and his forces are beyond the reach of the tele graph instructions from Washington. Proposed Expedition Delayed. Washington, April 24. The war de partment has instructed General Chaf fee to delay the departure of the pro posed expedition into Mindanao until after the receipt of further directions from Washington. The president de sires to - exhaust all other means of effecting the capture of the Moros who murdered American soldiers before dis patching an armed expedition for that purpose. Meanwhile, however, that portion of General Davis' command which was selected for the journey will still be held in readiness, and all pre parations up to the point of departure will be made. FIVE HUNDRED PERISH. Earthquake InCuatemala Shakes the Entire Republic for Two Days. - New York, April 23. Late dispatches from Guatemala are to the effect that the whole republic was shaken by earthquakes from 8 :30 o'clock on Fri day night up to 8 o'clock Sunday night, with only short intervals between the shocks, says a Panama dispatch to the Herald. The reports concerning the disaster in Quezeltenango are confirmed. It is estimated that 500 persons were killed and millions of dollars' worth of property destroyed there. Fires wrhich followed added to losses and many heartrending stories of suffering are re ceived. The whole country is panic stricken. The towns of Patzum and Mazatenango, the latter in the great coffee district, were destroyed. The visitation' was spectacular in character. The first shocks were accompanied by terrific thunder storms, and the light ning was followed by a deluge of. rain. Strike Situation Unchanged. San Francisco, April 23. Mayor Schmitz made an effort during the day to bring the officials of the railroad and a committee of the strikers together, but was unable to do so. The rail road people refused to consult with-the strikers' committee. The mayor will continue his efforts to bring the oppos ing forces together. The Eastern rep resentatives of the Baltimore syndicate are in communication " with the local railway officials, and each move of the strikers is reported by telegraph to the Eastern owners of the car system. It is understood that no action towards a settlement of the difficulty will be taken by the officials here until word to that effect comes from the East. Utah Postmaster Short In Accounts. Ogden, Utah, April 24. Charles Meighan, postmaster of Ogden, is short in his accounts in the amount of $2, 600. His bondsmen are in charge of the office. Meighan was appointed by President McKinley and assumed his duties January 21, 1899. Rumors Rife in Pekin. Pekin, April 24. In spite of the fact that in order to allay the uneasiness of urging the immediate return of the dowager empress to the palace, she has decided to remain at the hunting park, five miles from Pekin, for one week. ttumors ot some political coup, possi- ! lady passenger on the flyer and four of bly the deposition of the dowager em-' the train crew were injured, but none press, are rife. The foreign legations of them seriously. The wreck blocked here continue-" their precautionary the tracks and delayed traffic for eev measures. At the American legation a j eral hours. The freight should "havo quad of soldiers patrols the wall nights. ' aidotrackod at Watab. OREGON NATIONAL PARK. The Bill Creating One at Crater Lake Passes ' . . the House. . Washington, "April 22. Represents tive Tongue has secured the passage of his bill for the creation of the Crater Lake National Park in Southern Ore gon. The bill withdraws from settle ment, entry or occupancy, a tract of 249 square miles, including and "Bur rounding Crater lake. Control of the park is to rest with the secretary of the interior, who shall provide rules for the protection and preservation of the natural objects", game and fish, and properly guard against tresspassers. and, with an adequate force of ward ens, prevent and extinguish forest fires, fcettiement is not to be allowed in the park, nor can lumbering or other busi ness be therein conducted, although rourisBs, pleasure seekers and scien tists will at all times have free access Authority is granted for issuing per mits for the erection and maintenance of restaurants and hotels for the ac commodation of visitors. In order to secure the passage of the bill by unanimous consent Mr. Tongue naa to accept several amendments. A provision was inserted permitting the location of mines within the park, al though he contends no minerals are to be found there. .There has been a continual fisrht against this bill ever since Mr. Tongue nrst introduced it. Within the oast iu qays nowevej, he hag been at work with the several departments, and -At . .... finally secured the approval of the pres ident and secretary of agriculture to the pending bill. At the request of the president the speaker allowed the bill to be considered, a thing never be- iore done, and its passage followed. It is not believed there will be any diffi culty n securing its passage through the senate. COSTLY FIRE AT DALLAS. The Texas Gty Suffers From Supposed In. cendiary Blazes. Dallas, Tex., April 22. Two persons were atally injured and a property loss of $350,000 caused by several fires which occurred here shortly after 3 a. m. At that hour an alarm was turned in from the Dorsey printing establish ment, and several other alarms from different part of the city ..ere turned in in quick succession. After fighting the fire for two hours, Chief Magee was prostrated, and -the command was turned over to an assistant:" The chief was rescued from the flames by the police in an unconscious condition, but was later reported to be out of danger. A fireman was struck in the face with a brick and fatally injured. A young son of Chief Magee was found on the floor of the enigne room at the centra station with a fractured skull. It is supposed that the lad attempted to slide from the bunk room to the engine room and fell to the floor below. He probably will die. The Dorsey Print ing Company's plant was totally de stroyed, the loss being about $200,000. w hue the Dorsey fire was in progress fire broke out on Lamar street and 20 buildings were destroyed. Half of them were business houses and the re mainder boarding houses and dwell ings. " The Griffith Lumber Company is oneof the principal losers in that section of the city, where it is esti mated the loss will aggregate $150,000, of which the Griffith company sustains $50,000. The loss of a large imple ment company is not accurately known. About a dozen smaller mercantile and manufacturing establishments were de stroyed. While the two big fires were raging third broke out in the residence dis trict of Fisher Lane, in South Dallas, two miles distant, which destroyed four cottages worth -$20,000. . Insurance men are positive that the fire on Fisher Lane was incendiary, and the police and fire departments are strongly- in clined to believe that all were due to incendiaries. ' Death Roll Does Not Shrink. Cairo, 111., April 23. After search ing two days the death roll of the burned steamer City of Pittsburg has not been reduced any from the first re ports. Of the 145 persons who were on the boat when it burned, a careful estimate of those who were aboard the Bteamer puts the loss of life at 63 at the lowest, and the opinion of some is that the list will approximate 100. Of this appalling death list only three bodies have been recovered and identi fied. All of the injured are being well cared, for, and are recovering. All who escaped from , the burning boat without their effects have been clothed and made comfortable, and most "of them have departed for home. Belgian Strike D -dared Off. Brussels, April 22. At a general council of the labor party it was re solved that work by the strikers in all sections should be resumed. The coun cil issued a manifesto to the working men to this effect this afternoon. The anticipated announcement by the crown of the dissolution has not yet been made. - Great Northern Flyer Wrecked. St. Cloud, s Minn., April 22. The Great Northern flyer, west bound, col lided with an east bound freight train near Watab, a few miles from here. Both engines and several cars on the freight train were demolished. One TO FILE COMPLAINT SUPREME COURT GIVES PERMIS SION IN MERGER CASE. The State of Washington Thus Compels the , Northern Securities Company to Answer Its Charges of Illegal Consolidation Subpoenas will be Issued Returnable in October. Washington, April 23. The United States supreme court has granted leave to the state of Washington to file an original bill for an injunction against the Great Northern Railway Company, the Northern Pacific Railway Company and the Northern Securities Company, in connection with the petition of that state recently filed in the 'courts. The opinion in the case was delivered by Chief Justice Fuller, who stated that the court had always exercised the ut most care, in its proceedings in original cases, and that the present decision to grant leave to file was intended to be entirely without prejudice to either party at interest. The chief justice's opinion was verv brief, and consisted entirely of a view of original cases of the same character which have been brought to the atten tion of the court. The two inost im portant of the cases thus cited were the ease of the state of Louisiana vs. the state of Texas, concerning the quaran tine regulation of the latter state, in which leave was given to file, and the state of Minnesota vs. the Northern Securities Company, in which the peti tion to file was denied. Referring to the latter case, the chief justice said the petition had been re fused because of the insuperable obiec- Uion that indispensable nart.iea tr. tj, ease could not be brought into the court. This objection did not, how ever, confront the court in the "present ease, and the court felt that, because of its desire to proceed with the utmost care and deliberation in all cages where original actions are brought in this court, the precedent of the Louisiana Texas case should be followed rather than that of the Minnesota case in tne present instance. Hence leave to file Eoul9,M granted, fli4.subjoenasrou ""-, be issued, returnable on the first day of " the next term of the court in October. - Court Martial for General Smith. Manila, April 24. A court martial has been ordered for Jhe trial of Gen eral Jacob H. Smith, who was in ,m. mandofthe United States troops on the island of Samar. Generals Lloyd Wheaton, Samuel S. Sumner, James M. Bell and William H. Bisbee and Colonels Chambers McKibbin, William Kafferty, William E. Dougherty, Alfred C. Markley and Jesse M.. Lee epmpose the court. The judge advocate is Major Harvey C. Carbaugh, ".Col onel Charles A. Woodruff will U,. for the defense. The charge against General Smith is conduct prejudicial to good order and discipline. Earthquake Caused Much Damage. Mexico City, April 22. The earth quake Friday evening covered a .-large extent of territory and reached down into Central America. The lower sec- . tion of "the Pacific coast of this. country felt the shock very severely, and at Tapachula, an important town in the state of Chiapas, near the Guatemalan frontier, the damage to property ' is es timated at fully $1,000,000. Strike at Oregon City. Oregon City, April 23. Eighty weavers employed in the woolen mills owned by the Oregon City Manufactur- ng Company have walked out, owing to a disagreement over the scale paid for piecework on the looms. The plain weavers, who weave blankets, " flannels and other plain material, havVbeen receiving3 cents per yard for "heir work. ,:!. To Succeed Giifiilan. - Honolulu, April 14. The special election held April 9 to choose, a suc cessor to the late Representative 'A . F. Giifiilan resulted in a victory for the Republican candidate, W. W. Harris, against August Dreier, nominated by the home rulers and endorsed by the Democrats. The vote was Harris, 881 Dreier, 670; ' London's Ctstly Fire. London, April 24. The damage done by the fire last night in the Barbarican district of the city is roughly estimated at 2,000,00fr pounds. Crisis Not Yet Passed. The Hague, April 23. The condition of Queen Wilhelmina is unchanged. Her physicians say it is impossib to predict the date of the crisis in he ill ness. An extraordinary cabinet 4cun ril was held today. The meeting en gendered jiumerous rumors concerning a decision in the matter of the-regency, but it is said upon good authority that this matter was not discussed at the ouneil.