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COR V ALIUS, BENTON COUNTY, OREGON, FBIDAY,v JUNE 20, 1902.
VOL. XXXIX. NO. 26.
EVENTS OF THE DAY
FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF
THE WORLD.
A Comprehensive Review of the Important
Happenings of the Put Week, Presented
in a Condensed Form. Which Is Most
Likely to Prove of Interest to Our Many
Readers
Four men were struck by lightning
and killed near Sherman, Tex.
It is rumored that a plot has been
discovered to assassinate King Edward.
John D. Rockefeller has donated
three-quarters of a million dollars to
the University of Chicago.
Unprecedented cold weather prevails
throughout Europe and it is feared
that crops will le ruined.
Venezuelan rebels fired on a Nor
wegian ship, killing the captain and
wounding a passenger. American war
ships have been sent to the scene.
A disgraceful scene occurred in'the
French chamber of deputies. Violent
tulk and numerous threats led to ar
rangements for a duel, which will be
fought in a day or two.
A resolution has been introduced into
the house looking to the settlement of
the coal miners strike by arbitration.
ft is also intended to settle ail disputes
in the future.
Indian war veterans of the Northwest
can seer re their pensions under the new
law through their state delegations
without going to the needless expense
of hiring pension attorneys.
The Indian war veterans pension bill
has been passed by the house.
The Spanish government has decided
to appoint a minister to Cuba.
At the end of six weeks the strike
situation in the anthracite region' shows
no change.
The president has sent to'the senate
the nomination of Captain Clarke to be
rear admiral.
Two convicts at Folsom, California,
penitentiary quarreled over a cigarette
and one of them is dead.
The Cuban senate lias approved the
bill fixing the president's salary at
25,000 and the vice president's at
$ti,00C.
It is estimated that 1,000 delegates
' will attend the meeting of the Interna
tional Mining Congress at Butte,
Mont., in September.
Naval Constructor Hobson did not
succeed in being retired on account of
his eyes, but was given a three months'
leave of absence. At the expiration of
that time, if his sight shows no im
provement, he will be ordered before
another retiring board.
Senator Elkins has offered a resolu
tion for the annexation of Cuba.
The president will start on his West
ern trip the latter part of September.
A storm which swept over Central
Michigan killed six persons and dam
aged much property.
Chinese rebele bombarded Nan Ning
and killed between 3Q0 and 400. They
have many modern arms.
The senate has agreed to the irriga
tion bill, which now goes to tne presi
dent foi his approval and signature.
Unprecedented snow storms are of
daily occurrence in Cape Colony.
Drifts six and eight feet deep greatly
hinder railroad traffic.
A special convention of coal miners
will be. called to decide whether or not
the strike will be extended so as to in
clude all soft coal miners.
Colonel Lynch, an English member
of parliament, is on trial for treason
against the British in South Africa. lie
is charged with having fought with the
Boers and then returning to England
and being elected to parliament.
The house has passed the irrigation
bill.
nv York in Mneriencinn extremely
hot weather. A number of deaths
have already been reported.
Congress lias been asked for an ap
propriation of $600,000 to cover the
deficiency of the Buffalo exposition.
Aiexauder City, Alabama, was almost
entirely destroyed by fire, the loss
reaching at least $750,000. There was
no fire protection. Appeals for aid
have been made.
A Chinese exclusion law, similar to
the one in force in the United States,
has been enacted iu Cuba. Forty-three
Chinese coolies have been deported and
no more of that class will be allowed to
laud.
James J. Lynch and J. W. Bramwood
have been elected president and secre-tarv-treasurer,
respectively, of the In
ternational Typographical Union. A
vote of 29,000 was east, about 70 per
cent of the membership.
The house has killed the Pacific cable
bill by striking out the enacting clause.
In the collapse of a St. Louis build
ing six people were injured, one prob
ably fatally.
Brazil has a coast line of nearly 5,000
miles, with 52 sea ports.
Your failure is as sweet to your rival
as it is bitter to yourself.
New York hotels increased dining
room prices because beef and other food
prices have risen.
Senators opposing the Nicaraguan
canal route, which is dotted with vol
canoes, will urge the Martinique hor
ror as an argument against choosing
that waterway.
RULES WERE SUSPENDED.
House Transacted Much Miscellaneous Bust
ness The Taylor Case.
Washington, June 19. The house
todav transacted some miscellaneous
business under suspension of the rules
It included the adoption of a resolu
tion appropriating"f2570e0forf"ithe
preparation of plans for a memorial in
this city to Abraham Lincoln, $100,000
towards the erection of a monument to
the prison-ship martyrs who died off
Brooklyn as a result of the cruelties to
which they were subjected by the Brit
ish during the revolutionary wtr,- and
$10,000 for the erection of a monument
at Fredericksburg! Ya., to the mem
ory of General Hugh Mercer, who was
killed during the Revolutionary war.
The resolution adopted today wt.8 to
carry out an authorization made for
this purpose in 1777 by the continental
congress. ,
Two bills were passed to amend the
general pension laws, one to provide
for the restoration to the pension rolls
of the widows of soldiers who subse
quently married and were again wid
owed, and one to increase the pension
of those who have lost a limb or were
totally disabled while in the military
or naval service. The latter bill also
carried an important provision to in
crease the pension of a soldier under
the dependent act of 1890 from $12 to
$30 per month, if such a pensioner re
quires frequent or periodical attend
ance.
The resolution calling on the secre
tary of war for his reasons for dismissal
of Rebecca J'. Taylor, a clerk in the
war department, was laid on the table,
109 to 84. Three Republicans voted
on this question with the Democrats.
A bill to authorize the secretary of war
in his discretion to favor American
built ships in the transportation of gov
ernment supplies to the Philippines
was defeated.
CONVICTS KEEP MOVING.
Tracy and Merrill Continue North Last Seen
Near La Center, Wash.
La Center, Wash., June 18. In its
theatrical progress north the man hunt
has reached this ordinarily peaceful
village. Sheriff Marsh, Sheriff Totten,
Guard Carson, the bloodhounds and
various members of the numerous
posses spent the night here aiter a day
of alarms and bloodless pursuit of- the
convict murderers. Tracv and Merrill
are not here, but they are supposed to
be somewheie within a radius of one or
two or three miles of La Center. Just
where they will be by night the day
only will bring foith. From past
experiences with these expert and in
teresting fugitives, it is pretty safe to
guess that distance will lend its more
or less enchanting charms to the view
the officers will then get of their
quarry. After a stern chase, lasting
throughout the entire day yesterday,
the officers adopted the scheme of get
ting to a point ahead and thus inter
cepting the rogues' progress, and it
looked for awhile last evening as if
the scheme would be highly success
ful. Tracy and Merrill were heard
from, making their mjsterious way to
ward the town, and after bobbing up
serenely for a few moments they again
took an opportune time for disappear
ing. The whole posse rushed oat aftei
them, leaving the little town in a
state of unprecedented excitement; but
they came back in due time empty
handed.
MUTILATED BY TAGALS.
Bodies of Seven Massacred Cavalrymen Have
Been Recovered.
Manila. June 19. The bodies of the
sergeant, two corporals and four pri
vates of the Fifth cavlry, who were cap
tured May 30 by ladrones at Binan-
gonan, Rizal province, this island,
have been recovered. Most of the
bodies had Leen hewn limb from limb,
and it was impossible to recognize four
of the dead.
A number of arrests in the matter
have been made, and nine men have
been identified as belonging to the
band of Jladrones which captured the
"Americans. ,The identified men in
cluded two members of the police force
at Teresa, Morong province. The
American soldiers hve been buried to
gether. It was impossible to make
separate interment.
War in Venezuela.
Washington, June 19. In well
informed diplomatic circles here the
impression prevails that the revolu
tion which is at present threatening
President Castro, of Venezuela, is per
haps the most formidable of any that
have arisen there during the "past few
years. Nevertheless, as long as the
revolutionists can be confined in their
movements to outlying towns tnd can
be kept from the central points of ad
ministration, such as Caracas or the
city of Valencia, it is thought here that
there is no possibility of final success
of the opponents of the Castro adminis
tration. Lone; Tunnel at Cripple CreeR.
Cripple Creek, Colo., June 19 The
biggest project yet to be started in the
entire Cripple Creek district is the
driving of 14 miles of tunnel and its
immediate branches throughout the
principal mountains and hills of the
camp by the Cripple Creek & Pueblo
Railway Company. Seventy-hve men
will start to work on July 5, and $100,-
000 cash has been subscribed for the
resumption of work under the reorgan
ization of the company.
NEWS OF THE STATE
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL
PARTS OF OREGON.
Commercial and Financial Happenings of Inv
- portance A Brief Review of the Growth
and Improvements of the Many Industries
Throughout Our thriving Commonwealth
Latest Market Report.
Two sharp earthquake shocks were
felt at Newport last week.
.The North Pole mine, in Eastern
Oregon is to be supplied with a new
20-stamp mill at an early date.
Joel Ware, one of the best known
pioneers of Lane county, is dead. He
was born in 1832 and came West' in
1852.
Two droves of cattle, one of 320 head
and the other of 75Q head, left. Douglas
county last week for Klamath county,
for range during the summer.
Fruitgrowers of Marion county now
estimate that they will have half a
crop of prunes. Other fruits do not
seem to have been injured so much by
the late cold spring rains.
The Uncle Dan mine, Eastern Ore
gon, while not likely to prove a bonan
za, there is every reason "to believe that
it will be a moderate and steady pro
ducer. Extensive improvements will
be commenced at once. -
The Oregon State Land Board has
advertised for sale to the highest bidder
2,240 acres of fine timber land, 2218
acres of which is in Coos county and
960 acres iu Curry county." The time
for filing bids expiree at 2 o'clock noon,
Tuesday, June 24.
The Salem Fruitgrowers' Union has
established the minimum figure at
which the union members should sell
strawberries in the local market at $1
per crate. - The union will not this
year ship any berries, since the cannery
and local market take the entire pro
duct. The farmers of the Waldo Hills who
recently formed a wool pool, represent
ing about 8,000 fleeces, have sold the
entire lot, approximating 80,000
pounds, at 15 cents for the finest
grade and 14 for the rest. Seven
eighths of the wool is listed as first
grade.
The wool clip to be marketed in East
ern Oregon this season is larger and
better than for the past 10 years. The
wool is bringing 11 to 13 cents per
pound. The sheepowners are congratu
lating themselves on the large percent
age of increase in their herds this
spring. The average is above 100 per
cent.
Six students graduated this vear
from the McMinnville college.
Fourteen diplomas were issued this
year by the Willamette University at
Salem.
A class of seven graduated from the
Southern Oregon state normal school,
at Ashland this year.
Articles have been filed incorporat
ing the bank at Bourne The capital
stock is placed at $10,000.
The Yellow Daisy group of mining
properties, on Spokane Hill, Eastern
Oregon, has been sold. The considera
tion was $20,000.
A fruitgrowers union has been formed
at The Dalles for the purpose of hand
ling and marketing local crops during
the present season.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Walla Walla, 65666c;
bluestem, 6768c; valley, 6667c.
Barley Feed, $2222.50; brewing,
$23 per ton.
Flour Best grades, $2.903.40 per
barrel; graham, $2.502.80.
Millstuffs Bran, $1516 per ton;
middlings, $1920; shorts, $1718;
chop, $16.
Oats No.l white, $ 1.20 1.35 ;gray,
$1.151.25.
Hay Timothy, $1215; clover,
$7.5010; Oregon wild hay, $56 per
ton.
Potatoes Best Bur banks, 11.15
percental; ordinary, 6075c cental;
growers prices; sweets. $2.252.50
per cental ; new potatoes, 2c.
Butter Creamery , 1 7 1 8 c ;dairy
1416c; store, 1315c.
Eggs lS18c for Oregon.
Cheese Full cream, twins, 2
13c;YoungAmerica, 13fe14Jc; fac
tory prices, 1 lc less.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, $4.00
5.00; hens, $4.505.50 per dozen,
llll,tc per poand; springs, 11(5
llac per pound, $2.504.50 per doz
en; ducks, $4.505.00 per dozen; tur
keys, live, 1314c, dressed, 1516c per
pound; geese, $6.007.00 per dozen.
Mutton Gross, 4 c per pound ;
sheared, 3c; dressed, 7c per pound.
Hogs Gross, 6Jc; dressed, 7)c
per pound.
Veal 6K8c for small; 67c for
large.
Beef Gross, cows, steers.
5Jc; dressed, 88Jc per poand.
Hops 1416 cents per pound.
Wool Yalley,1213)6 ;Estern Ore
gon, 6122c: mohair, 2526c pound.
Police sometimes get those who help
themselves.
Mexico's public debt amounts to
$177,000,000.
President Roosevelt's book on "The
Deer Family," dedicated to sport lov
ers, has been issued. 1
Andrew C. Bradley, aged 58 years,
on of the justices of the supreme 1 court
of the district of Columbia, died at
Washington after a short illness.
BOERS ALL YIELD.
Surrenders Are Proceeding With the Greatest
Good Will Scouts Rewarded. -
London, Jnne 18. Dispatches , re
ceived here from South Africa show
that the surrenders of Boers are pro
ceeding with the greatest good will
The total of those who have already
surrendered numbers 16,500, and the
British are extending every possible
kindness to the men who come in. The
appearance of General De Wet at the
camp at Wynburg was the signal for a
great display of enthusiasm. When he
arrived at camp General De Wet was at
once surrounded by thousands of Boer
men, women and children, who clam-:
ored and struggled to shake the hand of
their hero. He warmly applauded the
staunch support that the women had
given the burghers during the war,
which he said had greatly encouraged
the men in the field. Continuing he
recommended his hearers to be loyal to
the new government and said : .
"Perhaps it is hard for you to hear
this from my mouth, bat God has de
cided thus. I fought until there was
no more hope of upholding our cause,
and however it may be the time has
now come to lay down our arms. As
Christians, God now demands that we
be faithful to our new government.
Let us submit to his decision."
Neither General De Wet nor General
Steyn, ex-president of the Orange Free
State, was wounded during the war.
General De Wet has not seen his wife
for two years.
The concentration camp will be con
verted into supply depots to provide the
returning burghers with the means to
rebuild and restock their farms. The
wives and families of the Boers will, if
desired, be maintained at the expense
of the government while the burghers
are preparing their farms for their re
ception. Two thousand of the native
scouts who fought upon the British side
during the war will 'immediately be
disbanded, and each scout will be pro
vided with a pony andf enabled to re
turn to his farm. '
SALARIES READJUSTED.
More Pay Will Be Given to 2,030 Postmas
ters, and 219 Will Be Reduced.
Washington, June 18. In "the read
justment of salaries of postmasters at
presidential . offices, just completed,
2,030 postmasters July 1 next will re
ceive increased salaries, aggregating
$252,200. The number of increases
this year is 259 in excess of last year,
and is the largest in the history- of the
postal service. There will be 219 re
ductions aggregating $25,800. This
number is larger than for either 1899
or 1900, but is below the average.
Twenty-four offices of the second class
will be advanced to tiie first class, and
110 from the third to the second class.
Two offices, Nevada, Mo., and Floral
Park. N. Y.) will be relegated from the
first to the second class; three from the
second to the third class, and 12 from
the third to the fourth class. Three
hundred and twenty-one offices have
been advanced from the fourth to the
third class during the year, the largest
number in the history of the service.
Fifteen third class and one second class
offices have been discontinued during
the year and made stations of other
offices. The number of offices in each
class at present is: First class, 220 ;
second class, 1,025. The average
salary of postmasters will be increased
this year from $1,742 to $1, "46.
MILITIA AT PAWTUCKET.
Will Not Be Withdrawn Until Tranquility Is
Entirely Restored.
Pawtucket, R. I., June 18. When
in the opinion of 10 prominent citizens,
including Mayor Fitzgerald and Chief
of Pol ice Rice, tranquility has been
restored in place of mob rule, the
militia ordered here last week by Gov
ernor Kimball in connection with the
street' car strike will be withdrawn.
This conclusion was reached at a meet
ing between Governor Kimball, Briga
dier General Tanner and 50 business
men at the state armory today.
With the exception of three cases of
stone throwing, the day was quiet.
Cars were operated on all local lines in
this city during the day and in Central
Falls as usual, but were withdrawn to
night. -
Paris Swindlers Arrested.
Paris, June 18. The police here
have been notified of the arrest at Spa,
Belgium, of two of the men who are al
leged to have recently swindled in
Paris a New Yoi ker named Buchanan
out of $40,000. , The swindle was per
petrated by three Americans, who
bought for Buchanan a number of
shares in a copper mine. After the
purcahse of the shares in question,
Buchanan returned to New York and
tried to sell them in Wall street, where
ne iouna them to be worthless.
Paris Contribution to McKinley Fund.
Cleveland, June 18. Myron T. Her
rick, treasurer of the McKinley Nation
al Memorial Association, has received
through the banking house of Morgan,
Hargis & Co., Paris, their draft for
$7,140, forwarded in behalf of the Paris
committee of the memorial association,
principally the receipts of the benefit
concert given in Paris in aid of the
McKinley national memorial fund.
May Flood the Mines.
Scranton, Pa., June 18. A veritable
cloudburst occurred here tonight
flooding cellars and causing the river to
rise in a threatening manner. Rain is
still falling heavily, and should it keep
up its pace until morning, the river
will overflow its banks and reach many
of the mine openings. Charles Robin
son, the Delaware & Hudson watchman
who was shot t Oliphant, will re
cover. The coal company continues to
arrests strikers who molest workers.
RUSH FOE LAND
FORT HALL, IDAHO, RESERVA
TION THROWN OPEN.
Nearly 2,000 Men in Line Every Conceiv
able Kind of Transportation Used to
Reach Land Office Twenry-Seven Fil
ings Were Made the First Day Nuroer
. ous Contests Expected.
Blackfoot, Idaho, June 18. The
Fort Hall Indian reservation, including
148,000 acres, nearly 100,000 of which
consists of fine farming land, was
opened for settlement at noon yester
day. Exactly on the hour of noon
nearly 2,000 people, old men, boys,
Indians who had been waiting eagerly,
some ol them for weeks, for the open
ing of the reservation, rushed across
the line in a wild chaotic scramble for
land and mining claims. Every con
ceivable kind of transportation was
used. ' Many had arranged for relays of
horses in order to locate and get to
Blackfoot land office before others
could file, paying as much as $30 for
the use of one horse for a few hours.
At Blackfoot before the noon hour,
immense crowds of spectators formed
in front of the land office and in the
windows and on the roofs of adjoining
buildings, watching for the first ar
rivals. J. R. Mullen and F. E. Dekay, of
Pocatello, were the first arrivals.
Shortly after 1 o'clock the spectators
saw a cloud of dust rapidly approach
ing on the road stretching out to the
southwest. Soon two dirty, choking
riders were made out, whipping and
spurring, running neck and neck on
horses that seemed ready to drop dead
from exhaustion. Exact y one hour
and 15 minutes from the time they
had left Pocatello., 26 miles away, the
two riders, Mullen and Dekay, leaped
from their horses in front of the land
office, Mullen securing the coveted first
position. Each man had used four
relays of horses en route. They
finished not more than 15 feet apart.
In spite of the vigilance of the dep
uties and reservation police, many
sooners succeeded in locating claims
and lined up with the others. Land
attorneys were busy all the afternoon
initiating contests on thee claims.
At 2:40 P. M. the special train from
McCammon, run for the benefit of
those who had located claims, arrived
in Blackfoot over the Oregon Short
Line. It was packed to suffocation.
Men were on top of the coaches, on the
tender, on the locomotive pilot, every
where that afforded a hazardous foot
hold. Before the train stopped Jhev
swarmed from the coaches like bees,
and all made a rush for the land
office. For over, an hour the force of
deputies were helpless, but finally
succeeded in forming the crowd into
line. Several "grafters" came up on
the train and got into line for the pur
pose of selling their places. Most of
them came to grief in short order, the
officers pulling them out of line as soon
as they made offers of that kind. Only
27 filings were made yesterday. The
filing of one claim is completed
before another is taken up, and the
work is necessarily slow. The scram
ble will continue today and for several
days, and numerous contests will un
doubtedly take place. Everything was
quiet last night, however, and no
armed conflict is expected. The land
office has adopted the plan of issuing
numbers to those in line, so that a
place in the line once secuied is good.
Several hundred were awaiting the
opening of the land office this morning.
BOER LOSSES LIGHT.
Commandant Kemp Fives Some Interesting
Figures.
Kimberlev, June 19. Commandant
Kemp, General Delarey's lieutenant,
who surrendered at Mafeking June 11,
has arrived here. Iri an interview
he gave some interesting figures re
garding the war. He said that about
50,000 Boers were in the field at the
outset and that only 1,500 out of 5,000
available fought at Colenso, where the
Boer losses were not heavy. At Spion-
op, where the British suffered so
much, the Boers had only 53 men
killed. In one of the fights outside
Lady smith, the Boers had 56 killed
and over 100 wounded. Their losses
were heavier at Brankspruit and Vlak-
enfontein. The Boers were often wor
ried by the British shrapnel and lyd
dite guns, but when entrenched they
did not fear the shells. MemberB of
the Boer forces often managed to get
into Johannesburg, Krugersdorp and
Pretoria, securing valuable informa
tion, and frequently crossing the block
house line at night. Commandant
Kemp did not allow the Boers of his
commando to wear khahi, the British
uniform.
Military Convicts Still at Large.
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Clougs and Philip Dill, the two mili-
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tarv convicts wno escarjea irom .sica-
traz, are still at large. -The military
XTBZ, ol t" siiu a. jaigc. i lit; xuiiiuii
authorities have practically abandoned
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fugitives, for whom a reward has been
offered.
An -Irish Protest
London, June 19. At a meeting of
the Irish members of the house of com
mons this afternoon, resolutions to the
effect that the Irish Nationalists, as a
protest against the "misgovernment of
their government,", resolved to take no
part in the present coronation ceremon
ies, and that the Irish partv be sum
moned to meet in Dublin on the day of
King Edward's coronation, to take
into consideration the condition of Ire
land, were unanimously adopted.
NOW IN WASHINGTON.
Convicts Tracy aud Merrill Cross Columbia
Near Vancouver.
Vancouver, Wash., Jane 16. Adding
the theft of another team to their
already long list of crimes, Tracy and
Merrill, the desperate outlaws, between
Friday evening and last night, made
tneir way through Clackamas county.
across Multnomah from the Clackamas
line to a point opposite Fisher's Land
ing, crossed the Colombia, and now. a
week from the time of their escape
irom tne penitentiary at Salem, are in
the neighborhood of Fourth Plain,
Idark county, Washington, with an
other posse on their track, another
sheriff in charge of it, and three detect
ives from Portland as reinfoicements
Aa it was in -the beginning, it is now;
they will either be captured or killed,
or make their escape. Merrill is now
on ground with which he is thoroughly
familiar, Having been born in Clark
county and brought up in Cowlitz, and
is thus better situated tnan while in
Oregon. The country is much the
same, formed of low-lying hills, cut by
ravines, and overgrown by underbrush
and scrub firs which afford the best
kind of cover. As the men are armed
with 30 30 rifles and have an abundance
of ammunition, it does not seem likely
that the desire to capture them will
bum any more fiercely in the breasts of
their new set of pursuers than it did in
those of the posse that laid down its
arms and gave up the fight at Barlow
Jfriday afternoon.
UNDERWOOD CAPTURED.
Murderer Taken Near South Bend Says His
Wife Knew About the Affair.
South Bend, Wash., June 16. Paul
Undeiwood, accused of the murder of
his three-weeks-old baby, was captured
about 6:30 o'clock- Saturday morning
near here. From the start the officers
have been trailing him, Deputy Sheriff
Markham, of this county, W. S. Kind
red and G. L. Honk, all experienced
woodsmen, keeping the trail, while the
others sought to head the fugitives off
by beating the woods ahead. As usual,
they started out at daybreak this morn
ing, and at the hour stated Sheriff Cud-
ihee saw Underwood come down a hill,
and the latter, evidentlyjspying the
officer, dropped into the tall, grass on
the tide land at the bottom of the hill,
but gave himself up promptly when
Cudihee came up to him. He was ap
parently making his way to Cedar
river, and had about half of his supply
of provisions left when captured. He
was placed in the custody of Sheriff
Roney, of this county, in whose charge,
he was brought to-this city. He was
taken to a barber shop for a shave and
then to the jail. His first wish was
for a glass of beer, which was not grat
ified. He wag not fully satisfied with
his quarters, and sent word to Sheriff
Cudihee that he would like cleaner
quarters.
Underwood seemed greatly surprised
when told that his wife protested all
connection with the crime. He says
she helped him to do away with the
baby, but that it was dead before it was
thrown into the water.
DEWEY TO GO TO SEA.
To' Have Big Fleet and Conduct Naval Man
euvers in the South.
Washington, June 17. Admiral
Dewey is to go to sea again, flying his
flag, with the four stars, in command
of the greatest fleet in numbers the
United States has ever gotten together
since the days of the Civil war, and far
more powerful in offense and defense
even than any of those war fleets.
Secretary Moody has conceived the
idea, and after consulting the pleasure
of Adiral Dewey it has been arranged
that he shall be placed in supreme
command of the fleet (comprising the
North Atlantic, the European and the
South Atlantic squadrons), which is to
assemble near Culebra island, in the
West Indies, next . December for the
winter maneuvers. Secretary Moody
himself desires to witness these man
euvers, and it is even possible that the
president may find time to make a voy
age to the South to see the big ironclads
in war movements. Admiral Dewey
goes gladly to his work.
It is settled that Secretary Moody
will witness the summer movements of
the North Atlantic squadron, 'involving
combined naval and army attack on
and defense of the- Eastern approaches
to New York City. It is xpected he
will board the Dolphin for the purpose,
and he has invited as his guests Sena
tor Hale, chairman of the senate navaj
committee, and Representative Foss,
chairman of the house naval committee.
There will be other guests than these,
but Secretary Moody has not yet an
nounced their names.
Street-Car Boycott.
Franklin, Pa., June 17. As a result
of the street-car boycott, growing out of
the trouble between the Vanango Power
company and its employee, the street
car employes, both in this city and in
Oil City, have been sworn in as deputy
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ors and endeavoring to dissuade people
from patronizing the line.
New Belgian Treaty Ratified.
Washington, Jane 17. Secretary
Hay and Aaron Moncheur, the Belgian
minister, have exchanged the final
ratifications of the new Belgian extra
dition treaty. This is one of the latest
conventions which the department is
drawing on modern lines with nearly
all the countries with which we already
have extradition treaties of rather an
cient date. The crimes, of larceny,
kidnaping and obtaining money nndei
false pretenses are added to the crimes.
PENSIONS FOR MANY
NDIAN WAR VETERAN BILL IS
PASSED BY HOUSE.
It Now Goes to the President for His Ap.
proval and Signature His Influence a
Great Factor in Securing Passage of the
Measure Oregon Delegation Is More
Than Pleased
Washington, June 18. The house
has passed the Indian war veteran bill,
for which the Oregon delegation has
been struggling so many years. . The
bill is identical with that which passed
the senate on February 18 last, except
for an unimportant verbal amendment.
As passed, the bill makes immediately
applicable the provisions of the Black-
hawk pension act. Those who will be
rewarded are the surviving officers and
enlisted men, including marines, mili
tia and volunteers of the military and
naval service of the United States, who
served for 30 days or more, and were
honorably discharged under the United
States military, state territorial or pro
visional authorities in the Cayuse war
of 1837, 1848-49, on the Pacific coast,
the Oregon and Washington Indian
wars from 1851 to 1856, and numerous
other Indian wars. The bill also
makes provision for the widows of such
officers and enlisted men, provided that
such widows have not remarried, and
provided further that where there is no
record of enlistment or muster into the
service of the United States, in any of
the wars mentioned in the act, the re
cord of pay by the United States'shall
be accepted as full and satisfactory
proof of such enlistment and service;
and provided, further, that all con
tracts Leretofoie made between the ben
eficiaries under this act and pension
attorneys and claim agents are declared
null and void.
The bill will now go back to the
senate, where the amendment of the
house will be concurred in, and the
measure will then go to the president
for his signature. The fact that he has
heretofore indorsed the bill insures his
early approval.
FIVE SOLDIERS UOLOED.
Act of Filipino Insurgents in the Island of
Luzon.
Manial, June 18. Friendly natives
in Manila say a report is current among
their countrymen that five soldiers of
the Sixth cavalry who were captured
by insurgents May 30 have been boloed
to death near Terresa, in Morong prov
ince, Luzon. This report Iwts not been
confirmed by the American authorities
of that district.
Twenty-five members of a band of in
surgents who were captured while fight
ing with General Lukban, in Samar,
took the oath of allegiance to the Unit
ed States and were subsequently re
leased. Four, members of the band
were killed in the engagement which
resulted in the capture" of their com
panions. The 25 who have sworn al
legiance have seen General Chaffee and
have promised to give him all the as
sistance in their power in the work of
maintaining the present peace condi
tions in Samar. A committee haa been
sent to Samar to appoint Senor Loren-
tes governor of the island and to estab
lish civil government there.
It is expected that a general amnesty
will be declared by July 1. This
amnesty will result in the release of the
Filipino prisoners now on the Island of
Guam.
The prospects on the Island of Leyte
for a speedy termination of armed re
sistance there are bright. Since the
ports of the island were closed surren
ders of insurgents to the native con-
stabualty have occurred daily.
FLIGHT IS RENEWED.
Tracy and Merrill Again Escape Posse and
Arc Away One of Posse Shot.
Vancouver, Wash , June 17. Appar
ently undisturbed by the presence in
their immediate vicinity of a new army
of pursuers, Tracy and Merrill yester
day held up another farmer for the ne
cessaries of life, to-wit: clothes and
provisions, and selecting the vulner
able spot in the guard line that was
thrown out to head them off, went on
their wayj presumably rejoicing. The
feature of the pursuit yesterday was
the shooting of a member of the posse,
by another member, who shot in the
belief that he was going to bring down
one of the convicts. The fugitives are
now in the tall timber-in the neighbor
hood of Lewis river. Guard Carson is
on his way from Walla Walla with a
fresh set of bloodhounds, and will ar
rive this morning to join in the chase.
The volunteer members of Company G,
W. N. G., are guarding such farm
houses as Tracy and Merrill are likely
to select for food this morning, and
sheriffs, detectives, posses, citizens and
guards will again hit the trail and start
in full cry on the fresh scent radiated
from the clothes the game left at the
ranch of Henry Tiede, four miles from
Vancouver, where they offed with the.
old and onned with the new yesterday
morning. ...
New York Underground Tunnels. ' '
New York, June 18. At a special
meeting of the Rapid Transit committee
of this city, the repoit submitted -by a
sub-committee recommending that per
mission be granted the Pennsylvania
and Long Island railroads to enter this,
city by tunnels under . the . North and
East rivers were adopted. The Penn
sylvania Railroad Company is to pay
the city $775,553 a year for 10 years',
and $115,871 a year for the 15 years,
following.
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