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- s 5-' CORVA GAZET IJUl. WEEKLY, 3t&Jr?lu. I Consolidated Fe!., 4899. CORVAIililS, BENTON COUKTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, 31 AY 2, 1902. VOL.. XXXIX. NO. 19. mm OF TEE DAY FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF THE WORLD. . Comprehensive Review of the Important Happenings of the Past Week, Presented in a Condensed Form, Which Is Most Likely to Prove of Interest to Our Many Readers. "Forty-six bodies have been recovered from the City of Pittsburg wreck. There is a general stampede to Sand Crek, the new Montana gold field. American tobacco companies ' are seeking to gain control of the Cuban tobacco output. It ia said that King Victor will par- . don the officers and men of the cruiser Chicago, just sent to jail in Italy. William McKinley Obsorne, United States consul general in London, is dead of Bright's disease and dropsy. The senate committee on military affairs has reported adversely the bill to create a national park at Appomattox An explosion on the submarine boat Fulton, while she was bound from Brooklyn to Norfolk, injured half a dozen parsons. " General MacArthur claims that he was responsible for the plan to capture Aguin'aldo, and that he is the one to be censured, if anyone. The German emigration to this coun try for t1 1 past quarter of the present year, wa iiiree times as great as the corresponding quarter of 1901. The last (farts of the Rochambeau monument have arrived in New York and will be ready for the unveiling by the president in Washington on May 24. Sol Smith Russell, the actor, is dead at Washington. Another revolution has broken out in Santo Domingo. The insurrection in" the island of Samar is practically at an end. f The storm in Wyoming of the past week killed from 12,000 to 15,000 sheep. A magnificent silver service was pre sented to Admiral Schley on the first day of his visit to Memphis. Three of the crew were drowned in the wreck of the steamer Gribbe, of Cleveland, offPoint Pelee, Ohio. The furnace, men at the East Helena smelter, at Helena, Mon., have gone on ctrike for recognition of their union. The attorney general of Missouri has begun proceedings in the supreme court of that state in an attempt to break up the beet trust. Five men of the constabulary were ambushed near Manila and one of them killed and another injured. The in surgents were armed with Mauser rittes. " Five were killed in a"powder expk sion at Shenandoah, Pa. ... Illegal recruiting is the cause of much disorder in Finland. " Seven bodies have been recovered from the Pittsburg wreck. . Senator Allison says some form of reciprocity will be granted to Cuba. Hayti has promised to give Germany a naval station at Mole St. Nicholas. "; "Five men in jail at Salem, Or., se cured a saw and nearly gained their freedom. . The town of Herkimer, Kan., was almost destroyed by fire, which en tailed a loss of $ 100",000. It is possible to send a message to a vessel 200 miles from land by the new Fes.-enden system of wireless, teleg raphy. Chalmer E. Shaft has been sentenced to death at Wallace, Idaho, for the murder of Eugene Klein, at Mace, in that state. The form of the coronation of King Edward will consist of 26 sections and w ill end with the crowning of Queen Alexandra. The strikers of the Singer Sewing Machine Company, at South Bend, Ind., have lost their strike and gone back at the company's terms. The Marquis of Queensbury has-been declared a bankrupt. Congressman Cummings, of New York, is seriously ill. Henry Schwab was hanged at New ark, N. J., for the murder of his wife and child. The Boer agents in America are try ing to induce President Kruger to visit this country. With peace perhaps in sight, Eng land is still sending men and muni tions of war to South Africa. A vigilance committee has been or ganized in Chicago to drive the rougher element from one of the wards. The majority of the inhabitants of the Danish West Indies are in favor of their sale to the United States. Fifty Injured in Wreck. London, April 28. Fifty persons were injured this morning in an acci dent on the Great Eastern Railway, near the Hackney Downs station. As a train from Walthamstown, called the three penny train, was crossing a bridge, an axle of the car nearest the locomotive broke, and the coach jumped the rails, dashed into the side of the bridge and lodged across both tracks. The train was filled with workmen on their way to work. NEEDS OF. THE NAVY. Interesting Report of the House Naval Com mittee on Warships. Washington, May 1. The naval pro gram for 1903, as presented in the naval appropriation bill and the report filed by Chairman Foss, of the house naval committee, is of unusual interest. The report does not take as optimistic a view of our naval progress as is gener ally held, and Mr. Foes points out that comparatively fe of oar ships have any real fighting value. . The report says, in part: "While we have built and are build ing, all told, 138 ships, yet compara tively few of them have any real fight ing value. Our naval prowess lies almost entirely in our 18 battleships, 8 armored cruisers and 21 protected cruis ers. The rest of our ships would cut but little figure in actual war. Ships of the battle line practically alone con tain the naval strength of the nation. "Of all the countries, Germany has been building during the past few years faster than any of the others. Her ship building program started in 1898 and will be completed in 1908, possibly in 1907, instead of 1916 as firs planned. Tnis programme will give her in all, 38 battleships, 14 large cruisers, 38 smaller cruisers and 96 torpedo boats. After the completion of this program the plan contemplates new constructions to replace ships which, though still serviceable, may have reached the prescribed age limit. "In view of the fact that there is some public sentiment favorable to building ships in our government navy yards, it has been deemed advisable by the committee to insert a provision in the appropriation bill this year, leav ing it to the discretion of the secretary of the navy to build any or all ships in government yards, but making it man datory on him to construct at least one battleship or one armored cruiser in such navy yard as he may designate, as an experiment, and it is ' further pro vided that he shall keep an accurate account of all expenditures for labor and material in the inspection and con struction of such ships and report to congress at each session, and on the completion of said ship be shall make a detailed report showing the relative cost of one built by the government and one built by contract. It is believed by your committtee that nothing short of an experiment of this kind will show whether private contractors have been reasonable in their bids, and serve for the future guidance in the construction of our navy. An appropriation of $175,000 is recommended for eacli yard in which a ship is built." Protest Against Discrimination. Chicago, May 1. Merchants and manufacturers of Chicago have united in a strong protest to the interstate commerce commission against alleged discrimination in the transcontinental rates. It is charged that by the rates made Chicago manufacturers are placed in competition with New York for Pa cific coast trade, and for trade west of the Rockies. Attention is called to the fact that equal rates from New York and Chicago to Pacific Coast points practically eliminate the advantage which should be Chicago s owing to her situation territorially. To this charge the answer of the railroad manage ments has always been that water com petition by the way of the Gulf made it imperative that the same rates be made from New York to the Pacific as from Chicago, St. Louis and other Missis sippi River valley points. Great Interests at Stake. Seattle, May 1. The sale of the Eb- ner Copper Mining properties at Ju neau and the building of the Valdes Eagle Railway will depend upon the result of the investigations to be made by H. H. Douglas, who has left for the north. He represents the Land, Credit & Mortgage Company,' of London, in which Frank M. Bradshaw, the Los Angeles promoter, is interested. Cap tain Healy also is connected with the concern. The company is the one which has announced its intention of building the Valdes-Eagle City Rail-' way, and of doing an immense amount of development within the Copper River and Tanana valleys. If Mr. Douglas decides that the Ebner group of mines is what it has been repre sented, or in any way cornea up to the expectations of the company which he represents, the deal will be closed, and the first payment of $ 600,000 will be made. Will be Taken to Arlington. Los Angeles, Cal., May 1 The re mains of the late Major General W. S. Rosecrans, U. S. A., will be disinterred about May 10 and conveyed for inter ment to the National cemetery at Ar lington, near the city of Washington. When it arrives in Washintgon it will liefin state. Elaborate funeral cere monies have been planned to take place in the national capital May 17. Since the death of General Rosecrans the re mains have rested at Rosedale ceme tery. Los Angeles. Coin Bolivars in Washington. Caracas, Venezuela, May 1. The Venezuelan government has decided to use the mint at Washington instead of the Paris mint, as formerly, for the coinage of bolivar silver coins, worth about 20 cents. About 2,000,000 bol ivars are to be coined. Immense Amount of Wheat Sold. Walla Walla, Wash., May 1. W. II. Babcock, the wheat king of Eureka Flat, has closed out nis holdings, amounting to 175,000 bushels. .He sold at terminals for 67 hi" cents, equal to 57 cents a bushel free on board cars at Walla Walla. His wheat was stored at different points on Paget Sound, and was the biggest individual holding inWalla Walla Valley. NEWS OF THE STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM PARTS OF OREGON. ALL Commercial and Financial Happenings of lut portincc A Brief Review of the Growth 'atrf Improvements the Many Indus dies Throughout Our thriving Commonwealth Latest Market Report. Wheeler and Lincoln counties have paid their 1901 state taxes in full Mrs. Ann Bo wen, a pioneer of Ore gon, died in Baker City, aged 73 years. Cummings & Cole have sold their sawmill at Sandy to two men of Orient. The consideration was $1,524.85. Sixty children were vaccinated at Oswego in one day. So far only one case of smallpox has developed there. The board of trustees of the state re form school at Salem has awarded con tracts tor supplying that institution with 200 cords of fir wood. Seven feet of enow is' reported in some places on the mountains between Dallas and the Siletz Basin. Hundreds of timber claimants, however, are making their semi-annual "trip. Both sides to the strike at the woolen mills in Oregon City . continue firm. The employes will not return to. work under the present wage scale, and the company still refuses to make any concessional- Marion county hop contracts repre senting 19,000 pounds of the 1902 crop were recently filed at Salem. The con tracting firm was Lilienthal Bros., of New York; Myrtle B. Cole will deliver 10,000 pounds at 12 cents, and Mrs. M. E. Arms will receive 12 cents for 9,000 pounds. The Noitb OPole mine' near "Baker City is now said to be the richest mine in Oregon. A few months ago theEng lish syndicate owning the mine would have sold it for $750,000, which would have been equal to the sum expended in buying the mine and improving it. Today the mine could not be boughUor $10,000,000. The superintendent of the Golconda mine, in the Sumpter district, reports the cutting of tliree feet of ore running over $70 to the ton. Also that he has the same rich shoots of ore on the 300, 400 and 500-foot levels thf.t made the mine famous f.. few yetra f.go. The working force hts been increased by an addition of 25 miners. John Burke of Whatcom is undemr- rest, charged with embezzling $1,000. The weavers of the Oregon City mills are on strike for an increase in wages City Attorney Chane of Sumpter re signed after being reinstated by Mayor Robbms. A rich discovery of a copper ledge on Snake river, near the mouth of the Imnaha, is reported. The Buzzini placer mines on Beaver creek are attracting considerable atten tion. A strata of very rich gravel has been struck. The state supreme court has decided that when grain stored in warehouses is sold without authority of depositors they may recover from the purchasers. Messenger H. Leighton Kelly, of the Clackamas United States' fish commis sion station, is distributing- 45,000 Eastern brook trout in the streams of Eastern Oregon. 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, $1617 per ton; middlings, $19; shorts, $17.5018.50; chop, $16. Hay Timothy, $1215; clover, $7.50 10; Oregon wild hay, $56 per ton. Potatoes Best Burbanks, 1.251.60 percental; ordinary, $1.201.25 per cental; Early Rose, $1.502.00 per cental; growers prices; sweets. $2.25 2.50 per cental. Butter Creamery, 1720c; dairy, 1516c; store, 1315c. Eggs 1516c for Oregon. Cheese Full cream, twins, 13 13Kc; Young America, 1415c; fac tory prices,l lc less. Poultry Chickens, mixed, $4.50 5.50; hens, $5.006.00 per dozen, llllc per po-nd; springs, 11 11 J6c per pound, $4.005.50 per doz en; ducks, $5.007.00 per dozen; tur keys, live, 1213c, dressed, 1416c per pound; geese, $6.507.00 per dozen. Mutton Gross, 4c per pound; dressed, 7)c per pound. Hogs Gross, 6c; dressed, 78c per pound. Veal 67Kc for small; 67c for large. Beef Gross, cows, 44c; steers. 5c; dressed, 88Jc per pound. Hops- 1214 cents per pound. Wool Valley, 1314; Eastern Ore gon, 9llc; mohair, 23)c per pound. The steel vessel builders on the Great Lakes are assured a year of great activ ity. The contracts for 1902 aggregate a carrying capacity of 3,000,000 tons. This will be an addition of 10 per cent, to the present lake tonnage. An aerolite fell near Chatillens the other day. The stone was triangular in shape, of a dark gray color, about eleven ounces in weight.- This is only the second meteoric stone that is known to have fallen in Switzerland. TRADE REVIEW. American Goods in Great Demand la South - American' Countries. Washington, -April 29. American coal finds a steady and ever increasing market In Brazil, but oar export trade to Brazil, it is said, -will never reach its proper development so long as oar merchandise has to seek. foreign bot toms. It is pointed out that if a line of modern steamers were - operated be tween New York aad Brazil, , there would be no lack of return freights in coffee, rubber and ; Tike products. American hardware, also, it is stated, has earned a reputation for quality and finish which places it beyond competi tion. . - ' It is a notable fact tnat many young Brazilians are coming to this country to complete their careers ot - learning, whereas, until recent years, the .better class from that country ." were sent to Portugal, France or Germany to acquire their literary, professional - or scientific training. ' Now also English . is being taught in some of the higher schools of Brazil. - - ..- --". - - In the Argentine Republic the Amer ican goods making the greatest headway are tools, implements, cotton goods. shoes and specialties. - A banker of Ro sario recently reported that for the half year ended JuneO, 1901, the increase of transactions, between his, house and the United States had been 131 per cent, and - he : understood that other banks had had similar experiences. But whilewe are materially increasing the aggregate of our trade with Argen tina, here, also, the absence of direct steamship communication is a handi cap. - ' . j In Chile, where lumbering - s the chief - industry in its southern pro vinces, practically all of the wood is cut by mills of American construction.-All of the machinery used in the produc tion of flour also comes from the United States. : .-, On account of the political disturb ances in Colombia, imports from the United States have increased . only slightly. Tfce imports from all "other countries have remained stationary. United. States trade with Ecuador shows a gratifying increase, due to pur chases for the Guayaquil-Quito railroad, better arid quicker, transportation, low er freight rates and the coming of Amercian commercial travelers. FILIPINOS SURRENDER. Fierce Insurgents of Samar Capitulate by the Hundreds. ;'. Manila, April 30. General Frederick D. Grant's expedition in : the gunboats Baseo and Florida, ,v, several : steam launches . and native- lighters","'' has ascended the Gandara river in the Island of Samar, and has brought the insurgent leader Guevarra and his en tire command down to the post. Guev- arra's command consisted of Rafel Se- bastin, Abki and 38 other officers, 189 men and 161 rifles. Three hundred insurgents with 131 rifles are expected at Catbalogan. Samar to surrender formally to the American authorities. Three thousand bolomen, 28 of them armed with rifles, have surrendered at Sulat, also in Samar. - Surrenders in Negros. Captain Kennon, of the Sixth in fantry, reports from the -island of Ne gros the surrender of the ladrone leader, Rufo, with 158 officers and men of his command, together with 12 guns, 140 bolos, seven spears and a few , revolvers and daggers. Captain Kennon says this surrender means the opening up of the whole of the southern coast of the Island of Negros. The cholera situation in the islands does not show any improvement. Chol era cases are reported among the Amer ican soldiers in Carames provinces : of South Luzon and elsewhere, but so tar few Americans'have been attacked and the disease is confined to natives and Chinamen. In Manila there have been 555 cases anal 445 deaths from the chol era, while the provinces report 1,599 cases and, 1,169 deaths. JAILED IN ITALY. Men from United States Cruiser Chicago Get Heavy Scntenccs.- Venice, Italy, April 30. All the members of the crew of the United States cruiser Chicago, arrested for dis orderly conduct here yesterday, have been sentenced to terms of imprison ment, "ranging from three to four months each. Captain Robert P. Wynne, commanding the marine guard of the Chicago; Robert E. Led better, assistant surgeon of the Chicago; Lieu tenant John S. Doddridge, of the Chi cago, and a marine named Wilfred Langley are the men sentenced. At-their trial in the San Marco po lice court, the prisoners admitted that they were intoxicated when the disor ders occurred, and pleaded that they acted in self defense when mobbed by the crowd. The public prosecutor de manded a sentence of seven months' im prisonment for Assistant Surgeon Led better, and sentences of six months' imprisonment for the others. It is understood that the prisoners will pay the costs of the trial and com pensate the persons who sustained in juries as a result of their disorderly conduct. Two of the injured persons claim 160 pounds each. Richardson Returns from Alaska. Seattle, April 30. Captain W. P. Richardson, United States army, who, according to reports from the national capital, was dispatched to Alaska to in vestigate, with Lieutenant R. P Em mons, the reported destruction of Rus sian monuments defining the interna tional line between Alaska and Canada, has returned from the north. He would neither affirm nor deny that, his duties were to investigate matters bear ing n the boundary question. BIG PACKING TEUST IF THE GOVERNMENT WIN ITS CASE IN COURT. '. Packers Will Be Compelled - to Organize an Association Along the Lines of the United " States Steel CorporationCapital Will : . Amount to a Billion Dollars Many At. - tempts Made to Effect Such Combine. Chicago, May 1. A $1,000,000,000 packing trust is among the possibilities if the United States government should succeed in maintaining its contem plated Injunction proceedings, says the Tribune. The prediction is made in La Salle street financial circles that large packers who may. be made defend ants in the Federal court will be forced formally to combine if the prosecution against them under "the Sherman anti trust law is successful. The combina tion would be along the lines followed by the United States Steel Corpoiation, and would be made to comprise prac tically all the beef packing companies in the country, ; ' In the formation of such a combina tion all the powers now " denied the packers with one exception, could be legally consolidated. The single ex ception, in the opinion of corporation lawyers, would be the adoption of an arbitrary and : unreasonable schedule Of prices. Many attempts have been made to form such a corporation, but all have been unsuccessful. During the life of P. D. Armour the question of the promotion of a huge packing com pany, to include all the Chicago firms, was discussed, but Mr. Armour stood firm against all such proposals. It is estimated that at one time the project went so far as to be considered by the beads of all the large Chicago firms, b'u.t the question of the allotment of capital stock is understood to have been the rock on which the plan went to pieces. OREGON BUILDINGS. More Money Will Be Asked for Public lm. provemnt Washington, MayT. It is expected that the Qmnibus public bni'ding bill, which passed the house today, will be quite generally amended in the senate, as many bills for buildings have passed the senate which were not incorporated in the house bill. At .the same time, the unanimity with which the house bill was passed will encourage that body to stand firmly for its bill in con ference. It is understood, - however, that the committee expects to yield to the senate, in some increases which will be made. Senator Mitchell announces his in tention of fighting for an increased ap propriation for enlarging the Portland postoffice. He says the bill heretofore passed by the senate committee appro priates $250,000 for this purpose, while the omnibus bill carries $100,000 less. He maintains that such an .extension as is needed cannot be built for the amount provided in the general bill. It is probable Senator Simon, a mem ber of the committee, will also attempt to have his bills appropriating $100,000 each for buildings at Oregon City and Albany incorporated in the general bill. Senator Foster Fmtends to offer an amendment increasing the appropria tion for purchasing "a site at Tacoma from $60,000 to $100,000, as he says a suitable site, consisting of an entire block, cannot be had in a desirable lo cality in Tacoma for the amount now provided. It is hardly possible that the appropriations for Seattle and Spo kane can he increased. SOUND AND ORIENT. Will Be Connected Direct by Boston Corn- pany's Steamers. Seattle, May 1. A special to the Post-Intelligencer from Boston states that Paget sound is to be connected direct with the Philippine islands, North China and Sibera by the steam ers of the Boston Steamship Company. Seattle is to be the American terminus of the line. Five steamers will be operated at first, three running to Manila via Chinese and Japanese ports, and the other two to North China and Siberia. The line will engage ex clusively in freight carrying. Other vessels will be added to. the fleet at the end of the next year. The first vessel to go on the route is the Shawmut, launched in December . at Sparrow Point, Md. She had her trial trip last week, and will leave Seattle and Ta coma on the first voyage to the East in July. Two of the steamers are to have a carrying capacity of 18,500 tons each. The Boston Steamship Company is composed of Boston capitalists prin cipally. The enterprise was financed by Kidder, Peabody & Co., of Bo sot n. , Boers in Favor of Peace. London, April 30. Wiring from Pretoria, the correspondent of the Daily Telegraph says General Botha, with other Boer leaders, attended the meet ings of the Utrecht and Vryheid com mandos last week, and that strong opinions in favor of peace were ex pressed. The tacit truce in the Utrecht and Vryheid districts, concludes the correspondent, has expired. Serious Situation on the Nile. Brussels, May 1. The Viengtieme Siecle reports a serious situation on the Nile. Several Belgian posts have been attacked by rebel natives from Uganda, says the paper, and British troops have established themselves on Belgian ter ritory. Difficulties have arisen ..be tween the Belgians and British in the Lado Enclave. A fresh revolt has also broken out on the Upper Ubangbi river, French Congo. THE STRIKE ENDS. San Francisco Street Car Men Have Demands Granted. San Francisco, April 29. The strike on the street rail way system of the United Railroads, which went into effect a week ago, is.officially declared off. Victory rests with the emnloves. who are conceded all their ptincipal demands! -The United Railroads have granted an advance in wages, a 10 hour day and in a measure recognized the carmen's union. On the question of unionism the ' agreement provides that the company i will maintain such regulations as will enable fall attention to all complaints made directly by its employes; will cause prompt investigation to be made of such complaints, and when it discov eis the same to be well founded will rectify any wrongs found to eixst. It will not, however, deal in . matters in volving the management of its own affairs with other ..than its own em ployes or committees thereof. The company recognizes the right of every person to belong or to refuse to belong to a labor union, and it will dischsroA no employe because of his .connection wun sucn a union. The company agrees to par a flat rate of 25 cents an hour, or 23 b4 cents an hour, together with a bonus for long service as the employe may elect. A rate of 30 cents per hour will be paid for overtime. All runs are to be fin ished within 14 hours from the time of commencement. The emnloves nr tn be allowed full liberty when off duty. MORTON IS DEAD. The Ex.Secretary of Agriculture and Founder of Arbor Day Passes Away., Chicago, April 29. Hon. J. Sterling Morton, ex-secretary of agriculture, died at Lake Forest, it the home of his son, Mark Morton. For several weeks Mr. Morton has been gradually failing. The nature of his sickness had not been determined, and a week ago he was brought from his home at Nebraska City, Neb., to Lake Forest for medical attention. The change brought no im provement, ana ne declined gradually until death came. Death was due to cerebral thrombno. The illness of Secretary Morton dates from last .November, when he con tracted a severe cold while speaking at the stock show in Chicago. The cold run into an attack of la grippe, and Mr. Morton was in a hospital for some time. When he was able to do so he returned to his home in this city, where he suffered a relapse. Aft.r a rrtil recovery he left eaily in January-foi tne ity oi Mexico, accompanied by his son, Paul Morton, vice president of the Santa Fe Railwav. Mr. Morton continued to grow worse in the South ern country, however, and six weeks ago he returned to his old home in Nebraska. He then came to Chicago, where it was believed he would have better medical treatment. After he arrived here he improved -somewhat, and it was believed for a time he would entirely recover from his ailment. Last week he suffered a stroke of apo plexy, from which he never recovered. a secona strose proved fatal. His three sons. Paul Morton. Jov Morton and Mark Morton, were at the bedside when the end came. Spotted Fever Kills Eight Missoula, Mont., April 29. The spotted fever scourge in the Bitter Root valley has broken out with greater vio lence than at any time known within the history of the peculiar disease. Eight persons have already died of the strange malady within a week, and the deaths of several more are expected. Today a number of cases were reported to the authorities. The disease is un known elsewhere, and thus far has baffled the physicians. Nearly every victim that contracts the fever dies. The disease commences with a .fever like typhoid, and spots begin to show all over the body. The spots increase in size and at death the victim is spotted like a rattlesnake. - Bloody Riots at Moscow. Vienna, April 29. A dispatch to the Algemeine Zeitung from St. Petersburg, published today, announces that six riots of strikers have taken place at Moscow, and that the military dis persed the-rioters with much bloodshed. One report says that 50 persons were killed or wounded. Revolts of peas antry in the provinces of Southern Russia, the dispatch adds, -are causing a more critical situation, particularly at Kieff and Poltava, where the troops were required to suppress the outbreak. - Peace Prospects Improving. London, April 29.- Cabling from Jo hannesburg, the correspondent of the Daily Telegraph says that General De larey, with his staff, arrived at Klerks dorp, Transvaal, yesterday. Special dispatches received here from Pretoria show that General Delarey had been in consultation with his commando two days previously, and that the other Boer leaders are still conferring with the burghers. From this it is inferred that the prospects for peace are improv ing. Large Railroad Deal. St. Louis, Apiil 29. The Post Dis patch says: It was stated on good au thority in financial circles today that the Mercantile Trust Company has finally closed a deal by the terms of which it pledges itself to finance the Tennessee Central Railroad to the amount of $15,000,000. This is the largest transaction of its kind that has been made by a St. Louis financial inj J atitution. TO THE PRESIDENT CHINESE EXCLUSION BILL HAS PASSED BOTH HOUSES. It Is the Geary Law Re-enacted, with Slight . C Modifications The Operation of the Law in the Philippines, Including Registration of Chines Now There, is Placed in the Hands,of the Philippine Commission. Washington, April 30. The con ferees on the Chinese exclusion bill have reached a complete agreement on the bill. Their repont was submitted to the senate and house in the after noon, and in each instance adopted without debate. The bill now goes to the president for his approval, which assured by the firm stand he has taken for the measure. The bill strikes oat that portion of the senate bill limiting ' the extension of all existing laws to the life of the present treaty, and re-enacts them so far as is not inconsistent with the treaty' obligations until otherwise provided by law, and extends the laws to our island territory so far as applicable. It al io ws Chinese to enter for exposition purposes and retains the nmvi!nn re garding certification in the Philippines. senator iriaii, or - Connecticut, a member of the conference committee. by way of explanation in the senate stated that no definite limitation should be placed noon the operation of thn Geary law, as re-enacted, but that it should remain in force until otherwise provided bv law. He prrnlainnrl that the operation of the law in the Philip- i -j. .... ... pines, inciuaing a registration oi the Chinese in the islands, had been placed in the' hands of the Philippine commis sion, but the- commission would: have no authority , to admit Chinese. ,to the islands. W, TORNADO IN TEXAS. Five Persons Killed, Forty Injured, and Much Property Destroyed. Dallas, Tex., April 30. A telephone message from Morgan, Tex., says a tornado passed over Glenrose, a small town in Somerville county, between 5 and 6 o'clock this afternoon, killing five persons, injuring 40 more and de molishing much property. The courthouse was badly damaged, a printing office was blown away, two saloons were badly damaged, Milam's wareroom was demolished, Lily & Sons' grocery store was blown away, a black smi h shop was destroyed and four buildings of Hendricks & Son were totally demolished. One third of the business houses of the town were demolished. Assistance has been sent to Glenrose from Morgan, but it will be morning before anything like definite particulars are obtainable. New Transcontinental Line.. Chicago, April 30. Senator Kearns, of Utah, Perry S. Heath, also of Utah, and K. C. Kerens, of St.' Louis, spent the day in Chicago, conferring regard ing the affairs of the Los Angeles-Salt Lake railway,. Mr. Kerens,, in. an in terview, confirmed the. recent reports that the Goulds have- become interested with Senator Clark in" this enterprise, and that the . outcome of the alliance would be a new transcontinental line. Connections have been secured put of Cleveland to Zanesville, O., and thence to Bellinger,' W. Va., from where a connection will be made with" Newport News or Baltimore, either by- purchase of the Western Maryland, owned by the city of Baltimore, or by the building of a new road. . Harmony Among Cubans. '. Havana. April 30. President-elect' Palma left Bayamo early -tbis morning for Manzanillo. At Yara he met Gen eral Bartolome Maso, the candidate for the Democratic party for the presidency of Cub , but who withdrew from the campaign and received an affectionate greeting from him. General Maso pledged his support to the president elect. The reception accorded Senor Palma at Manzanillo outdid an v thus far tendered him. The entire Spanish- colony turned out in his honor. , Professor Strong Goes to Kansas. Lawrence, Kan., ' A pril" 29". ' The; re gents of the University of Kansas have elected Dr. Frank Strong, now presi dent of the University of Oregon; rto be' chancellor. He will take up his new, duties at the beginning of the next' school year. The salary to be paid Dr. Strong is $4,500, the same that Dr. Snovr, his predecesor, received. ' Brownsville Bank Robbed. Brownsville, April 30. The vault of the Bank of Brownsville was robbed to day at 12:30 o'clock, while Cashier J. H. Glass was at dinner. The exact amount stolen cannot be- given at tbis time because of the fact that the books ? have not been posted. President W. F. Elmore places the amount at' about $1,50C. Increase National Bank Deposits. Washington, April 30. Secretary y Shaw said today that on May 1 he- would increase the deposits in national"' bank depositories by $3,000,000 orr $4,000,000. He will designate a. few additional depositories. It is under- stood further that increase in deposits,.,? will be made after May 1, as the repeal.' of the war revenue act is expected to' result in a sharp decrease in the gov ernment receipts from the beginning of the fiscal year, when the law takes effect. i