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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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.