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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-
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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.
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