WEEKLY.
CNION, Katab. Jaly. 1897.
UAZKTTK, Katab. Iee., 1X.
Consolidated Feb., 1899.
COEVAIililS, BENTOU COUNTY, OREGON, . FRIDAY, MAY 23, 1902.
VOL. XXXIX. NO. 22.
L V ENTS OP THE DAY
FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF
THE WORLD.
K 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,
Six lives were lost by a ttorm at
Cincinnati.
A temporary injunction against the
bet I trust n in force.
Fire at Philadelphia destroyed prop
erty valued at 100,000.
An eruption from Mount Pelee
caused a panic at Fort de France.
Eighty-two bodies have been recov
ered from the Fraterville mine, at Coal
Creek, Tenn.
Mr. llarriman has announced a, re
duction to three cents per mile of pas
senger rates on all his linea-ia Oregon.
- The United States has formally
turned over the government of Cuba to
the people of that island. lid en
thusiasrn prevailed.
The member? of the Building Tiades
Council of Portland, about 2,500 men,
are on strike in suport of the demands
of the Millworkers' union.
The president is about to issue a
proclamation creating additions of sev
eral millija acres to the Yellowstone
and Teton 'orest reserves in Wyoming.
The house has passed the naval ap
propriation bill. "
Lior.el E. G. Carden will be the Brit
ish minister to Havana, Cuba. '
In the Goliad, Tex., tornado 98 per
sons were killed and 103 injured.
A million dollars' worth of sheep and
lambs were lost in a Wyoming blizzard.
Two hundred men and boys were
killed in a mine disaster in Tennessee.
A hurricane in British India result
ed in the loss of many lives and heavy
damage to property.
An unsuccessful attempt was made
to assassinate the governor of V'ilna,
Russia, formerly chief of police of St.
PetersDurg.
Lord Pauncefote's condition remains
about the same. He suffers somewhat
from the heat, but his condition is
reported to be fairly satisfactory-'
Alphonso XIII is nowking of Spain.
' f A race riot at Atlanta da-.sulted
in eight deaths.
Mount Pelee is again active. A new
volcano has broken out to the north.
An anarchist plot to take the life of
the king of Spain has been discovered.
A tornado swept through Texas, kill
ing 50 people and injuring a hundred
more.
A high wind along the California
coast did much damage off San Fran
cisco. United States trade in the far East
shows great gains during the past year,
being 400 per cent in Britieh India
alone.
The kaiser may come to Washington
to the unveiling of the statue of Fred
erick the Great, which he presented
to the United States.
Mount Pelee shows "signs of con
tinued activity.
The fetes in honor of King Alfonso's
coronation began Saturday at Madrid.
Packers say the increase in the price
of beef is due to the rise in value of
corn.
Emperor William will present to the
United States a statue of Frederick the
Great.
There is a good prospect that the In?
dian war pension bill will be passed
this session of congress.
All the Boer leaders are assembled at
Vereiging, Transvaal colony, to vote on
the British terms of peace.
Richard Croker says that he favors
Robert Van Wyck, ex-mayor of New
York, as the head of Tammany Hall.
The sea has encroached from 10 feet
to two miles along the St. Vincent
coast since the explosion on Mount
Pelee.
A father and his two Bons murdered
two constables in Queensland and cre
mated the bodies. The details of the
crime are shocking.
William J. Bryan is at Havana vis
iting. The senate has passed the fortifica
tions appropriation bill.
Scientists fear another eruption on
the island of St. Vincent.
V Two American swindlers were clev
erly kidnaped from Canada by detec
tives and brought back to the United
States.
Th Parisians are more interested in
the auto races than in the calamity
that befell the trench colony at ci
Pierre.
There are not fewer than 40,000
Syrians in the United States, and be
tween 2,000 and 3,000 in Chicago.
The Erie canal, in New York, was
the first artificial waterway begun in
this country. Grcnnd was broken for
this enterprise July 4, 1817.
It has Iwen found that at the present
price of alcohol in Germany, about 13J
1. . a ?iL
centa a gallon, aicouoi compoeies wim
all forma of motive energy in engines of
leas than 20 horse power.
ROAD TO LEWISTON.
O. R. & N. and Northern Pacific Will Build
Joint Line Along Snake River.
Portland, May 22. At the Arlington
Club banquet last night, where Presi
dent Harriman was .the guest of honor.
two significant speeches were made.
Mr. llarriman announced that the Lew
iHton-Riparia road would be constructed
and used jointly by the O. R. & N. and
the Northern Pacific. President Mel
lon talked for the rail route to Astoria
as preferable to the water route.
Chairman Mears briefly.introduced Mr.
llarriman, who immedaitely began to
talk railroads. -
The railroads, he said, mast combine
or they can't make money, because
greater economies are needed. The
producer and transporter must get to
gether. Mr. Harriman deprecated the
hostility of the newspapers and poli
ticians to the railroads, and predicted
that if a man should start out boldly to
champion a railroad cause and to make
conditions that would enable the trans
portation lines better to serve the public
he would be indorsed by the people.
Then he took up the Clearwater situa
tion in this manner:
"The papers have been demanding
the Clearwater line. So Mr. Mellen
and I have concluded to give it to you.
We will build the Lewiston-Riparia
road and use it jointly. Construction
work will be taken up as soon as the
materials can be assembled for it."
Then Mr. .Mellen was introduced.
He expressed regret that the Northern
Pacific represented what might be
termed the back door route to Portland.
He said he had preferred the front
door, but couldn't have it. The North
ern Pacific, he said, once had its main
line to Portland (down the Columbia
over the O. R. & N.) and its branch
road to Puget sound, but necessity had
forced the company to make its. main
line to Puget sound and come into
Portland by the back door. : Yet
Portland had ever been loyal to the
Northern Pacific, and when the North
ern Pacific thought of running through
trains to the Puget sound terminals,
it had always been restrained by re
collections of the generous support Port
land was giving it.
One thing that has stood in Port
land's way," Mr. Mellen said, "is its
refusal to recognize the best route to
the sea (Astoria & Columbia River
Railroad), and its tenacious clinging to
the inferior (river) route."
THREE CENTS A MILE.
New Passenger Rate : en All the Harriman
-Lines "hi Oregon. .
Portland, May 22. Mr. Harriman
saye that passenger fares on all his
lines in Oregon will be reduced to three
cents a mile. He also says that the
arrangement made between him and
President Mellen involves letting the
Northern Pacific as well as the O. R.
& N., down the Snake river from Lew
iston to Wallula, and it gives the O.
R. & N. full benefit of the feeders of
the Northern Pacific in the Clearwater
valley. Speaking of the Columbia val
ley routejto the sea, Mr. Harriman says
the only grade in the whole route is the
bar at the mouth of the river, and he
recommends thal Portland give its at
tention to the problem of removing that
grade.
President Mellen says that the
Northern Pacific will bring "its passen
ger trains into Portland over the Van
couver bridge as soon as that structure
can be completed, in about two years,
but the Kalama ferry will continue to
transfer freight trains.
BLOCKING THE CANAL.
Opponents of Waterway Are Working Their
Wits Against It
Washington, Mav 22. The wav the
Philippine debate is dragging may
mean a very lengthy session. A de
bate of a month is promised on the
canal bill and its opponents hope to
have it sidetracked then by the Cuban
reciprocity bill, and then to take a
month on that. Of course the oppon
ents of the canal bill hope to defeat it
in this way. but it is not at all certain
that they can do eo. There will be vig
orous resistance to sidetracking the
canal bill.
Just why the Philippine debate has
been allowed to drag oat at such length
is hard to understand unless it is that
Senator Lodge, who is chairman of the
committee on Philippines, rather enj ts
the position he holds as leader of the
senate, while this bill is under consid
eration and because the young members
of the committee on Philippines are
temporarily the leaders on their side
Ul course, senator Lodge has urged a
vote very frequently, but he has hot
seen fit to take earnest measures, such
as a prolonged session, for the purpose
of bringing the minority to time and
making them finish their speeches
About one speech a day is all that has
been made on the Philippine bill.
. A Million Roubles Stolen.
London, May 21. A dispatch from
Vienna to a news agency says it is re
ported from Cracow, Galicia, that a
million roubles have been stolen from
the headquarters of the general staff
there. Two generals and several civil
staff officers, says the dispatch, hare
been arrested.
Lost a Thousand Cattle.
Billings, Mont., May 22. George
Kirby, an extensive cattle grower near
here, lost yesterday and today 1,000
head of cattle. The cattle had just ar
rived from Texas, and were thin and
weak from the long trip. They perish
ed as the result of the cold rain. Kir.
by has several trainloads of Texas cat
tle now on the trail on their way to a
northern range.
NEWS OP THE STATE
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL
PARTS OF OREGON.
Commercial and Financial Happenings of ha
portance A Brief Review of the Growth
. and Improvements of the Many tadustriea
Throughout Our thriving Commonwealth
Latest Market Report.
iTA report comes from the Winterville
nlacer mine. Raker district, annnnnc
i r
insr the discovery of a t420 nnceet. the
C3 J SO
largest ever found in this mine.
Articles of incorporation of the Dick
son Placer Mine Company, . Baker "dis
trict, have been filed for 'record. The
incorporators are all of Philadelphia. .
V. W. Tomiinson, Allen H. Eaton
and C. W. Riddell, the University of
Oregon debaters, defeated the Univer
sity of Washington at Seattle last week.
A rich mining claim, discovered 50
years ago and the locator driven ; away
by Indians, has been f "unci. The mine
is on Jack creek, Jump-Off-Joe district,
Southern Oregon. .
The Big Foot mine, three miles west
of Gold Hill, has. been sold to E.
Briggs, a California miner, for $3,000
cash. The vein on this property,
though small, is rich in free gold.
The election of President P. L.
Campbell, of the Monmouth Normal
School, to the head of the University of
Oregon, meets with general favor
among faculty, students and patrons of
the university. The fact that Presi
dent Campbell is an Oregon man, and
that he. is thoroughly . familiar with
educational conditions - in the state,
causes the people to place their confi
dence in his ability to make a success
of the position which he has been called
upon to occupy. ' .
The continued cold rains and back
ward spring weather generally, threat
en to reduce the fruit crop of the Wil
lamette valley. The prospects for a
record breaking crop of all fruits this
season were encouraging until within
the past week. While fruit men say
it is a trifle early to make any state
ment regarding the true condition of
fruit trees concerning probable yield,
they admit that a continuation of pres
ent unfavorable weather conditions will
have a material effect in diminishing
the production. . ...
Tillamook is being benefittediby a
rate war.between two navigation com
panies." s s "' '
The settlement of the weavers' strike
at Oregon City hinges upon therecog
lition of the union.
Professor F.' S. Dunn, of the Chair of
Latin in the University of Oregon, has
tendered his resignation, to take effect
at the close of the college year,
The Geiser Grand Hotel Company has
been incorporated at Baker City with
a capital stock of $100,000. The new
corporation has acquired the Gieser
Grand hotel.
State Senator G. C. Brownell, of
Oregon City, fell in trying to catch a
tram at that place, and narrowly es
caped being ground under the wheels of
the last car. He was bruised but not
seriously injured by the Tall.
The Oregon State Grange Patrons of
Husbandry wrill convene its 29th an
nual session in the senate chamber- of
the capitol at Salem on Tuesday, May
27. The grange will be in session un
til the Thursday evening following,
when a big banquet will be spread.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Walla Walla, 65X66c;
bluestem, 67c valley, 65c.
Barley Feed, $2222.50: brewing,
$23 per ton.
Oats No.l white, $1.25l:30:gray,
$1.151.25.
Flour Best grades, $2.853.40 per
barrel; graham, $2.502. 80.
Millstuffs Bran, $1516 per ton:
middlings, $1920; shorts. $1718;
chop, $16. -
Hay Timothy, $1215; clover,
$7.5010; Oregon wild hay, $56 per
ton. -
Potatoes Best Burbanks, 11.40
percental; ordinary, $1 per cental;
growers prices; sweets. $2.252.50
per cental; new potatoes, 33c.
Butter Creamery, 1617c; dairy,
12615e; store, 1012c.
Eggs 1515c for Oregon.
Cheese Full cream, twins, 12$
13c ;Young America, 1314c; fac
tory prices, 1 ljc less.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, $4.50(1
5.00; hens, $5.005.50 per dozen,
llK12c per posnd; springs, 11
llac per pound, $3.005.00 per doz
en; ducks, $5.006.00 per dozen: tur
keys, live, 1314c, dressed, 1516c per
pound; geese, fb.ou7.50 per dozen.
Mutton Gross, 4Jc per pound:
sheared. 3?c: dressed. 714c ner nonnd.
Hogs dross, 6?ic; dressed, 78c
per pound.
Veal 68c for small; 6&7c for
large. -
Beef Gross, cows, 4r; steers.
5 Kc; dressed, 8 8 Jc per pound.
Hops 12M15 cents per pound.
-Wool Valley ,12 14; Eastern Ore
gon, 812c; mohair, 25c per pound.
The Moorish government has 'granted
to France a contract for the coining of
$3,000,000 worth of Moorish money.
In Colorado last . year sugar beets
grown on irriagted land averaged $80
an acre, and on non-irrigated land only
$16 an acre. -
Among the band of revolutionists
which recently fought with Turkish
troops, near Monastir, was a woman
dressed aa a man. She was killed in
the fighting.
GEN. CHAFFEE'S .RETURN.,
Had Satisfactory Interviews . With Dattos of
- Mindanao. -
Manila, May 21. General Chaffee
returned here today from .Lake Lanao,
in the interior' of the island of Min
danao. He said he saw several . Moro
Dattos while there and had most satis
factory interviews, with them..- Nearly
all the Dattos and especially the sur
viving sultans claim to entertain fnend
ly feelings toward the United States.
In view of a cablegram which Gen
eral Chaffee received today from Gen
eral Davis, who is in command of the
American foree in Mindanao, and in
which it appears that DaTto fiuty has
apparently refused to return the ani
mals he captured from the American
army. General Chaffee is not prepared
to say that there will be no more fight
ing in Mindanao. General Davis re
ports that Datto Ruty says he is ready
to fight, but General Chaffee - believes
that althongh it may be necessary to
bring this Datto to terms, his resistance
of the American forces must necessarily
be slight. . - ,
Datto Ruty's forts are situated on a
high hill.' They could be surrounded
by a line of skirmishers, who could
prevent the Datto from obtaining water
and who could thus force a practically
bloodless victory in a few days.- .
THE PHILIPPINE BILL.
Will Take the Whole Time of the Senate
; This Week. .
' . -- '
Washington, . May 21. The entire
time of the senate for the present week
will be devoted to the consideration of
the Philippine government bill, and
there are hopes that the. debate on that
measure will be completed before the
end of the week. The fact, that there
will be an adjournment of the . senate
covering next Saturday; in order to
permit that body to jarticipate in the
unveiling of the Rochambeau statue,
probably will have the effect of post
poning the final vote until the follow
ing Monday or Tuesday. " There is,
however, no longer doubt in any quarter
that the minority will permit a vote as
soon as the debate on the ?. bill is ex
hausted. Under the present arrange-,
ment the bill will occupy most all the
time of the senate this week;- the pros
pect is against the sandwiching in of
much other business. :,: Speeches in sup
port of the bill are promised by Sena
tors Burrows, Dolliverlj, and Spooner,
and in opposition ; to ; ife by Senators
Hoar, Bacon, Patterson and others. ;
ENGLAND'S
late;summer.
Rain, Snow and Hail Pui aV Damper on All
festivities.
London, May 20. So far as it has
progressed in London, rain, snow and
hail have been England's harbingers
of summer. Never has there been such
an inclement spring. ; Americans who
have come over for -the coronation sit
around in doleful . groups, waiting for
the sunshine that never comes. Wo
men go to the opera and clubs- in furs,
and the men have long since reverted
to their winter clothes, eo prematurely
discarded in sunny April. No amount
of festivities, and there are plenty of
them, can dispel the universal gloom
that the awful weather has created. In
the northern . part of the country there
was actually skating this past week,
while an automobile trip to Scotland
has been abandoned. London itself
has been spared this last visitation,
but cold northeast winds and perpetual
rains fully brought ' the unsavory
weather record of the metropolis up to
that of the provinces, when it became
slightly warmer.
House May Consider Pacific Cable.
Washington, May 21. After finish
ing the naval bill this week, the house
will take up the bill reported from the
committee on foriegn affairs relating to
passports. One day will, be devoted to
claims,' the regular day for that busi
ness last week having been postponed.
Under a special order a bill for . the le-
striction of irrigation will be taken up,
and it is expected will cause quite a
lively debate. There is also a prospect
of taking up the Hill bill relating to
subsidiary coinage. This measure will
be strongly antagonized by the minori
ty, and may precipitate a discussion on
the currency question. Early in the
week the committee on rules will hold
a meeting to decide whether or not time
shall be given for the consideration of
the bill for a Pacific cable.
Mule-Buying Ceases.
Chicago, May 21. The wholesale
purchase of Missouri mules by the
British government for service in South
Africa has ceased, according to a tele
gram received by agents of the British
government at St. Joseph, Mo., says a
special to the iribune. Large pur
chases made daring the week past were
ordered to be shipped to the remount
station at Lathrop, Mo. The Lathrop
station also will be closed. The report,
in effect, said the war in South Africa
would cease at an early .date and that
no use could' be found for mules and
horses. -
Servian Cabinet Resigns.
Belgrade, Servia, May 21. King
Alexander has accepted the resignation
of the Servian cabinet. " : M. Passios,
formerly a Radical, has been entrusted
with the formation of a "new ministry.
T-
Was Chief When Chicago Burned.
Chicago, May 21. Robert A. Wil
liams, who was chief of the Chicago fire
department during the great fire of
October, 1871, is dead, aged 47 years.
Earthquakes in Portugal -
s Lisbon, May 21. Earthquakes are
reported from the southern part of Por-
tueal. but no fatalities occurred. The
diRtrirbances are supposed to be con
nected with the upheavals in the West
Indies. -
CUBA IS NOW EEEE
FORMAL TRANSFER OF THE IS-
V LAND TAKES PLACE-
United States Keeps - tier Promise to the
: World and Hands the Reins of Power Over
' to President Palma Was a Scene of Wild
"i Enthusiasm American : Troops JSail -; for
Home. v-'"-.-..
Havana, May 21. The United States
has redeemed her promise to the world.
Havana and Santiago de - Cuba were
yesterday - evacuated by American
troops, the Terns of power were handed
over to President Palma and the gov
ernment of Cuba is free, and the whole
island is delerious with joy." '
Dramatic as was the remarkable dem
omtration when the flag of the United
States was lowered and the flag- of the
new republic hoisted . in its ' place -at
noon yesterday on the palace, , whence
Spain had ruled the island for cen
turies, it was hardly more etirring
than the magnificent friendly demon
stration which attended the departure
of the cruiser Brooklyn as ghe sailed
out of Havana harbor a few minutes
before 4 o'clock in the afternoon. A
flotilla of harbor craft, loaded to the
guards with people and dressed with
bunting from stem to stern, escorted
her to sea. The wat-r front . was a
solid mass of people, and the old forti
fications at : Lapunta, which, with
Morro castle opposite, guards the en
trance to the narrow neck of the har
bor, was a human hillock. The
Brooklyn's anchorage was near the
wreck of the battleship Maine, whose
hlaplr. flhrnnkn skeleton was decorat
ed today with American andX!uban
flags by order of the city council.
When the beautiful cruiser steamed
slowly by this pitiful memory, the
American flag at heraffrail was dipped
and: the. sailors generally doffed their
caps. As she pass d the grim waJls
of Cabanas and Moro castle, the Brook-
lyn moved swiftly, the American flag
at her fore and -the Cuban -flag" at her
main peak, sailors manning her sides
and. the flag at her stern dipping con
tinuously to the storm of vivas from
ashore and afloat. The Cuban colors
oh both the fortresses were lowered
thiee times in ' salute, although it is
not military etiquette for a fort to sa
lute except with guns. But an army
four hours old is not expected to know
this. ... General Wood stood on the
bridge of ; the i cruiser, acknowledging
the Ovation hereceived by bowing nd
touching his e&p;- - The flotilla of small
craft kept in the wake of the Brooklyn
until she was hull down on the horizon
then the- boats -turned back and the
people at the entrance of the harbor re
turned to their jubilations.
Shortly before ll o clock A. M-,
those who were to witness the ceremony
began to arrive in carriages through a
street kept clear by the police. All the
naval officers were arrayed in full uni
form, resplendnnt in gold braid and
plumed chapeaux. The Cubans gener
ally wore black frock suits, white waist
coats and silk hats. They formed a
distinguished looking assemblage as
they gathered in the audience chamber
of the palace.
The ceremony itself was brief and
simple. After formal greeting, General
Wood read the documentary transfer
prepared by the war department, pledg
ing the "new government immediately
to proclaim ' the constitution and the
Piatt amendment contained in the - ap
pendix, and to undertake ' all obliga
tions assumed by the United States
with respect' to Cuba in the treaty of
Paris. This was followed by tbe lower
ing of the American flag from the '. flag
staff of the palace and the..raising of
the Cuban ., colors. Both these acts
were performed by General Wood, as
sisted by General Gomez. As the
Cuban flag- flew .free, the streets below
fairly waved with the cheer that arose.
It was caught up by the people on the
roofs and, rolled over the city.
Teller Expects a Long . Session.
Washington, May 22. Senator." Tel
ler today informed Senator Piatt,-of
Connecticut, that this session of con
gress would be likely to continue 60
days from June 1. senator Teller says
that he estimates that 30 days will be
occupied in discussing the canal bill
and the same amount of time on the
Cuban reciprocity bill when' it" is taken
up. ... " - '
Japan's Big Naval Plans.
Tokio, May 22. It is announced on
good authority that the program of
Japanese naval construction for six
year beginning with 1904 will com
prise the building of four 15,000-ton
battleships, two 10,000-ton armored
cruisers, four. 5,000-ton cruisers, 15
torpedo boat destroyers and 50 torpedo
boats. The country is evidently pre
pared to approve this program.
Boundary Is Still There.
Victoria, B. C, May 22. Private
advises from Alaska say that Captain
Richardson, sent north by the United
States government to investigate a re.
port that Canadian surveyors had re.
moved an old Russian boundary mound,
is returning) satisfied that the report
was without foundation.
Cardinals to Confer With Taft
Rome, May 22. As it will be impos
sible for the pope to ." undertake the
strain of the work in connection with
the Philippine mission, he will appoint
a committee -of three cardinals to confer
with the American delegates, and it is
thought likely that .Cardinals Marti
nelli, Satolli and Vivesy Tato, the last
named a Spaniard, will constitute this
committee. Monsignore Gasharri . will
act as secretary.
TORNADO -IN THE SOUTH.
Ninety Dead and. Over 100 Injured by a
Storm in Texas.
Dallas, Tex., May 20. As special to
the News from Goliad, Tex., says: '
Ninety are dead. 5 Over 180 are
wounded. - In addition there is a gap
ing wound in the - town the path of
one of the most destructive cydones
ever known in Texas. The tornado
struck this place about 3:45 o'clock
yesterday afternoon, lasting only about
five minutes, leaving death and disaster
everywhere in its wake. 1
it came from the southeast without a
warning, .. comnletelv demolishinc a.
strip about two blocks "wide- through
me wnoie western Dart of the town.
about a mile long. Among the manv
houses , demolished are the Bantiar
charcn and parsonage, just built, the
raemortist cnurch and a colored church.
It is impossible to estimate the number
of houses destroved. but it in thnntrht
the number will reach 100. The
F -
amount of damage done cannot be ap
proximated, but it is verv ureat. All
the human dead and wounded have
been taken care of. The path of de
vastation is strewn with all kinds of
debris and dead and wounded animals.
The pitiful cries of the wounded are
10 De heard everywhere, and at times
are heartrending. : - '
A .report from the eonntrv aronnd
Goliad is to the effect that no damage
was done.
A special train beariner the O'Conner
guards, six physicians,- nurses and
ma:.y volunteers, came from Victoria,
and also a special train from Cnrn.
bringing physicians, nurses, druggists
ana volunteers. Although everything
being done for th& reilef nf the
wounded, cries for physicians and med
ical attention are everywhere -heard.
So far 90 dead and 120 injuied have
been reported. - .
BOTH ON ONE TRACK.
Passenger and Freight Tarin Meet in Nebraska
. and Four Men Killed,
Lincoln, Neb., May 20. Four men
were killed and four others more or less
injured in a collision on the Burling
ton's Billings line, at 3 o'clock this
morning.
The collision occurred a mile east of
Hyannis, between the Portland-St.
Louis flyer, east bound, and an extra
stock train, west bound, with 25 car
loads oi cattle for the "eastern range.
TherA js-nothing -definite to indicate
who was responsible for the two trains
moving -in- opposite directions - being
on the same track, and no details as to
the rate of speed at which either was
going. .
It was necessary to build a track
atound the wreck, and this has indefi
nitely delayed the arrival of the pas
senger train, which was due here at 1
o'clock this afternoon. A wrecking
crew was sent out from Alliance bear
ing surgeons. - Hyannis is in Grant
county, 70 miles easfof Alliance, which
is a division headquarters for the
Wyoming extension.
Lincoln, Neb., May 20. Reports
from the scene of the wreck tonight say
the passenger train had orders to meet
the freight at Hyannis, but the orders
were "misread. With a full, head of
steam the passenger train dashed into
the two engines of the freight extra.
The engines, a baggage car, one coach
and three stock cars were completely
wrecked.
BIG BOER DRIVE.
British Columns Capture Four Hundred Pris
oners At One Haul.
Vrybarg, Bechaanaland, May 20.
The immunity which Lord Kitchener
granted to the delegates to the Veree-
niging conference of Boer leaders and
their immediate followers from mo
lestations by the British columns has
not prevented the consummation of one
of the biggest drives of the. war, which
has just wound up against the Bechu
analand blockhouse line. General
Hamilton ana other commanders have
gathered in 400 prisoners, including
100 rebels and recalcitrant Boers who
have caused much trouble in the past.
Among the prsonere are a brother of
General Delarey and several other com
mandants.
The movement was remarable for the
lack of resistance by the Bores, most of
who surrendered, after aimless dodging,
without fighting. There were no Brit'
ish casualties. Five hundred . Boers
managed to escape in the earlier stage
of the drive.
- Adrnjral Sampson's Will.
Washington, May 20. The will of
the late Admiral William T. Sampson,
just filed, leaves everything - to the
widow, save $4,000 of life insurance,
which is left for equal division among
the four dauhgters. In the petition
asking for the admission of the will
to probate,. Mrs. Sampson, who is
named as sole executrix, says the ad
miral died possessing stocks and other
securities valued at $8,500 and a tract
of land at Manchester N. Y , known
as the Marmon Hill farm, valued at
$19,000. The will is dated at Key
West; Fla., April 16,- 189f
Maine Town Burned.
Houlton, Me., May 20. Fire here
today destroyed the greater part of the
business portion of the town, 75 resi-
loss or $ 4uu,uuy, oniy one-inira 01 ;
which is covered by. insurance. Ono j
hundred and twenty families are ren- j
dered homeless. The fire started in ;
the rear of 3 market and grocery store '
and in an incredibly short time it was
sweeping through ' the business-section. .
of the tewn.
T VYUHUINDEED DEAD
GAS EXPLODES IN A TENNESEE
MINE WITH FATAL "RESULTS.
Only One Man Escaped Instant r Death and
He Will Die of His Injuries-Was the
Olfbl Mia In Th rti..! H...:.
" ... 9luivi I IC V III 1
Been Worked Since 1870 Work of Res.
. cue Bean at Once.
Coal Creek, Tenn., May 21. Be
tween. 175 and 225 men and boys met
instant death at the Fraterville coal
mine, located two miles west of this
town, at 7:30 o'clock yesterday morn
ing because of a gas explosion.
Of the large number of men and boys
who went to work in the morning only
one is alive and he is so badly injured
that he cannot live. . One hundred and
sevonty-flve miners were checked in for
work yesterday morning by the mine
boss. In addition to these there were
boys who acted as helpers and drivers,
and roadmen and others to the number
of perhapa 50. The Fraterville mine
is the oldest mine in the Coal creek
district, having been opened in 1870.
It is fully three mites from the opening
of the mine to the point where the men
-were at work. They had not been at
work long before the terrible explosion
occurred. There was a fearful roar,
and then flames shot from the entrance
and the air shafts. '
As soon as possible two rescuing par
ties were .started in, one at - the main
entrance, the other through the Thistle
mine, which adjoins, and in which no
men were at work. The' Thistle party
was unable to make any headway, as
the gas stifled the workers. The Fra
terville party went fully two miles
under the earth until a heavy fall of
slate was encountered. At this barrier
the men worked desperately, hoping
against hope that those beyond might
be safe.
The news of the disaster spread
quickly, and the scenes at the mouth of
the mine while the workers were with
in were beyond description. Work'
was suspended in Coal Creek and all
its mines aa soon aa the news became
known, and men, women and children
gathered ' around the Fraterville en
trance. Women whose husbands and
sons were within were wild-with: grief.
All day long the rescuers toiled at the
slate obstruction and' not until 5
o'clock did ; they force an entrance
through it. Up to that hour only five
dead bodies had been recovered, and
hope was still high that many miners
within were still safe. The hopes of
the living were doomed however, for"
when once the rescuers had entered and
proceeded they walked along one con
tinuous tomb of deathr" There was not
a sign of life. Every man had per
ished. :
Eight dead bodies were first recov
ered, and these were sent to Coal Creek. -Twenty-six;
'Were -soon found. They
were not disfigured beyond ideotifica-
tion, and each corpse as iwag borne
from the mouth of the great .tony, was
surrounded" by eager crowds of relatives
of the men who had been stricken
down;" The mine was not on fire7 'ex
cept in remote portions.
STRIKE HEADQUARTERS.
Opened by Mitchell at Wilkesbarre The Soft
Coal Question.
Wilkesbarre, Pa., May 21. Presi
dent .John.. Mitchell, of the United
Mineworkers of America, arrived here
from Hazleton shortly after 9 o'clock
tonight, and established strike head
quarters at the Hotel Hart. The
national president stated that so far as
the miners' side of the pontroverpy was
concernd, the situation had not changed
in the least.
Mr. Mitchell's attention was called
to the fact that the city of Philadelphia
had contracted for a Mipply of bitumin
ous coal to take the place of anthracite,
which had been cut off by the railway
lompanies furnishing it. In reply to
a question as to whether the minework
ers would attempt to prevent the ship
ment of soft coal to places where hard
coal is used, he said: "Considering
the proposition in a general way, I Will
say that we do not desire to make any
city a victim or have any peson suffer
because of our quarrel with the coal
companies."
He was pressed for a more explicit
statement, but refused to go into it any
deeper, except to say that it was a
matter which would have to be settled
by the three executive boards of the
anthracite fields They will meet here
today. Judging by the action of the
union during the last strike, when
efforts were made to stop the shipment
of soft coal into anthracite . territory,
it is not unlikely that the miners will
take similar action within the next few
days.
Two carloads of foreigners left the
Hazleton region today. Most of them
were booked for New York, whence
they will sail for their native coun
tries. Most of the foreigners will seek
work in the bituminous region.
The Revolt in Chi LL - ,
St. Petersburg, May 21. A telegram
from Khabarovsk. East Siberias -' Hatpd
May 18, -says the revoltion the eou'thj
era part of the Chinese province -ti
Chi Li has become considerably : morf
serious during the last few days, and
the igreater part of the population is
involved. The Insurgents are now
estimated to number 30,000 men under
the leadership of Tsin Nin Pin, a mili-,
tary mandarin. The Chinese regular
troops refused to fire on the insurgents.