WEEKLY.
z't. 1899.
COB VAIiLIS, BENTOH COUNTY, OREGON", FBIDAT, JUNE 27, 1902.
VOL.
NO.
EVENTS OF THE DAY
FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF
THE WORLD.
A Comprehensive Review of the Important
Happenings of the Past Week, Presented
In Condensed Form. Which Is Most
Ukery to Prove of Interest to Our Many
Readers
President Roosevelt has sent a mee
sage of sympathyto King Edward.
41eneial debate on the Philippine
civil government bill has been closed
in the house.
The coronation of King Edward has
been indefinitely postponed on account
of his critical illness.
A Missouri murderer drowned him
self to escape being lynched by a mob
that was pursuing him.
Lightning struck a Spanish church
in which a funeral was being held and
as a result 25 people were killed and
35 injured.
Fire again visited Portland and de
stroyed over $37,000,worth of property,
including 30 head of horses. The in
suraDce was only $ 17,000.
Civil government will be established
in the island of Mindoro and in the
island of Paragua, and wll be re-estab
lished in Batangas province, Philippine
islands, July 4.
Gains in our trade with Asia are
greatei than anywhere else. Asia and
Oceanica are. no.v buying from the
United States nearly $125,000,000
worth of goods every year.
The coronation festivities in London
are in full swing.
Ten persons were hurt in a collision
of two trolley cars in a suburb of
Chicago.
The president has vetoed another bill
removing the charge of desertion from
the record of a soldier.
An attempt was made to bold a con
ference on the canal bill, but the senate
conferees did not appear.
Lord Kitchener has completed his
work in South Africa and has sailed
from Cape Town for England.
The bill for the amendment of the
bankruptcy law, whie'h has been, passed
by the house, has been shelved by the
senate.
Bear Admiral Clarke says he has no
intention of retiring in the near future,
lie expects to command a squadron for
some time.
Admiral Dewey will tell the senate
just what transpired between him and
the Filipino leaders at the outbreak of
the Spanish-American war.
Our exports to Africa are greater
than those to all South America.
After six weeks, the strike in the
anthracite coal fields shows no signs of
an early settlement.
President Mitchell, of the Mine
workers' Union, is preparing a state
ment for the public.
The Fresno, Cal., roundhouse of the
Souther Pacific burned, together with
12 locomotives. The loss is estimated
to be nearly $200,000.
Three tramps were killed and seven
seriously injured in a freight wreck
near Fairbury, Neb. Three of the train
crew were slightly injured.
The strike situation in the Union
Pacific machine shops is becoming
serious. The trouble may spread "to
other branches of the company.
Money has been secured for the
building of the Denver & Pacific Rail
road. The new line will shorten the
time between Denver and Salt Lake by
10 hours.
The United States government has
entered into a contract with the Mar
coni Wireless Telegraph Company for
the erection of two wireless telegraph
stations connecting Fort Gibbon, Alas
ka, with Bates Rapid, on the Tanana,
a distance of 165 miles on an air line.
The coal supply throughout theEast
is running short.
Fire destroyed the business portion
of Rugby, North Dakota.
Packing companies of the country
will form a billion dollar trust.
The Vatican has accepted Judge
Taft's proposal regarding Philippine
friar lands.
People have become tired ol the
trouble caused in Paterson, N. J., by
anarchists and will run them out of
town.
The feeling is general in the cabinet
that legislation favoring the Panama
canal route will be passed by the pres
ent session of congress.
Nc trace can be found of the Ameri
can teachers who started out from
Manila for a day's outing, and it is
feared that they have been killed.
A sensation has been caused in
Nome by the court finding the United
States marshal and a city councilman
guilty of fixing juries. They will
probably get the limit of the law.
.A newly married couple always
imagine that they are living on love
until the first butcher's bill is handed
in.
The steamer Amura, from Alaska,
reports that navigation through Lake
Barge has now started and all the
Yukon is clear.
Whenever President Roosevelt goes
riding he carries with him a loaded
pietol, which he knows well how to use
should occasion demand.
ATTACKED BY -BOLOMEN.
Moros of Mindanao Are Up to More Mischief
Two Soldiers Seriously Hurt.
Manila, June 26. Five soldiers of
the Twenty seventh Infantry, forming
the advance guard which was escorting
a wagon train half a mile from Camp
Vicars, Island of Mindanao, were at
tacked today by 10 bolomen. One
soldier had an arm badly cut, and
another was seriously wounded in the
head. The Moros captured a rifle and
escaped uninjured. The Badinglam
Moros say the attackers - were Moros
from Bacolod, who went on the war
path in the morning for the avowed
purpose of killing negligent Americans
The first and second squadron brigades
have been consolidated.
Lieutenant Colonel Frank D. Bald'
win, from the Island of Mindanao, le
ports that the Moros have held a big
conference at Bacolod. The Sultan
urged a policy of friendship with the
Americans, but two of the dattos said
they would die first. Others declared
that if the two dattos caused war they
would not assist ihem.
Thiee towns in the western part of
the island are inclined to be unfriendly.
Colonel Baldwin hopes to win them
over to peace.
WOULD SELL PHILIPPINES.
General Burt Suggests Turning Them Over
to the Japanese.
San Francisco, June 26. General A.
S. Burt, retired, who has recently re
turned from the Philippines, has a plan
for the solution of the Philippine prob
lem. He believes he has arrived at a
conclusion that will ultimately be ac
cepted by the administration and the
public at large as the only solution.
"Turn them over to the Japanese,"
said the general. "Let them have
them on the installment plan for the
consideration of, say, $150,000,000.
Our government does not need the
money in a lump sum, and by making
a proposition of that kind we can diet
tate as to coaling stations and make
such reserves as are thought to be best
for trade interests. An arrangement
of that kind can be effected that will
give the United States as broad a road
into the markets of the Orient as if
we retained the islands; besides, we
will be making strong allies of two
nations that will represent our interests
on that side of the globe without the
necessity of the presence of a large
army at an enormous expense."
TROLLEY CAR AFIRE.
Motorman and Five Passengers Seriously
Burned.
New York, June 26. While running
at a high rate of speed a Myrtle avenue
trolley car, in Brooklyn, took fire, burn-
ng the motorman and five passengers,
one probably fatally. Other passengers
were badly injured by jumping to es
cape the flames, which swept the full
length of the car, being carried by the
wind.
The car was making a returnjtrip to
the Brooklyn bridge from the Ridgeway
picnic park. It was loaded to the
utmost limit, the conductor's register
showing 110 passengers, when there was
a report that was heard-three blocks in
all directions, and whicli almost lifted
the car from the track. A fuse had
burned out, and a flame caught the
woodwork and also burst through the
motor box. This flame was carried up
over the front dash board, and baing
caught by the draft caused by the speed
of the car, swept back, burning all who
were unable to throw themselves into
the street. The motorman, although
much injured, stuck bravely to his post
NO KINDNESS TO CHINA.
Appeal for Scaling Down Indemnity Not
Welcome.
London, June 25. The Pekin corre
spondent of the Times, commenting on
the question whether the payment of
the Chinese indemnity to the foreign
powers should be made in gold or
liver, says the American mturpreta-
ion of the protocol meets with no ap
proval from the other governments con
cerned and that a reconsideration
would show the United States that no
service is done to China by listening to
her appeal. The mandarins, goes on
the correspondent, welcome the indem
nity as a means of squeezing the peo
ple, while placing the odium thereof on
the foreigners.
The Times' correspondent says that
Russia has withdrawn from the foreign
government of Tien Tsin, and that
General Wokak, hei representative, has
started for home, tefusing to be a party
to the imposition upon China of the
new conditions drawn up by the allied
commanders.
Spaulding Will Retire. .
Washington, June 26. General O. L.
Spaulding, first assistant secretary of
the treasury, has definitely notified
Secretary Shaw that he is to retire.
He probably will not again exercise the
functions of an assistant secretary.
Interstate Line.
Honolulu, June 17, via an Francisco,
une 26. The wireless telegraph sys
tem is about to be opened between Hon
olulu and the islands, of Maui and
Hawaii, and recent tests indicate that
the system will work very well.
Colorado Forest Fires.
Salida, Color, June 26. A forest fire
which has been raging for about a week
near Chipeta mountain now threatens
the mining camp of Marshall, 20 miles
west of heie. The high winds have in
creased the fires, and, shifting 'about,
are now driving them - directly toward
Marshall. The people are moving oat,
as there is no way to stop the fire or to
protect the town. Airs. Gimla, the
postmistress, telegraphed the governor
this evening the details so far aa known.
NEWS OP THE STATE
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL
PARTS OF OREGON.
Commercial and Financial Happenings of Im
portance A Brief Review of the Growth
and Improvements of the Many Industries
Throughout Our Thriving Commonwealth
- Latest Market Report.
The meeting of the State Teachers'
Association at Eugene Jane 25-28 prom
ises to be well attended
The Sherman county VV. C. T. U
completed its 14th annual convention
at Moro Saturday. A successful meet
ing was held.
An interesting session of the Fifth
district of the Knights of Pythias was
held in Salem last week. About 100
delegates were in attendance.'. '
The retail clerks of Salem have
formed an association. The purpose of
the organization is to secure lor all
clerks uniform hours of labor.
The explosion of a barrel of alcohol
at the Pacific Coast Biscuit Company's
factory, Portlaad, caused the death of
one person and the injury of three.
Another rich strike has been made
in the Golconda mine, Eastern Oregon
The vein is not a large one, but the
assay value of the ore runs from. $50,
000 to $100,000 per ton.
Wallowa county sheepmen are very
prosperous as the result of the wonder
ful clip of wool and the good price re
ceived. It is estimated that there are
250,000 sheep in the county.
On Monday, July 7, the sheriff of
Clatsop county will sell at public auc
tion all the property purchased by the
county at the delinerent tax sale for
1899. The sale of delinquent property
on the 1901 delinquent roll will not be
held until next November.
The laying of the corner stone of St.
Anthony's hospital at Pendleton last
week was accompanied by impressive
ceremonies. Citizens have subscribed
$6,000 and the ordei of St. Francis .an
equal amount, and the building will be
rushed to rapid completion.
The salmon pack on the Columbia
river is much larger than at this time
last year.
The strawbrery crop - around Salem
will be a third less this year than an
average yield.
The sawmill at Waldport has closed
a contract for the full output of that
mill, aggregating 5,000,000 feet.
Steps have been taken to interest
Andrew Carnegie in the library of the
University of Oregon at Eugene.
A bill has been passed by the house
authorizing the sale of the unsold por
tion of the Umatilla reservation. It is
thought the senate will also take up
and pass the measure before adjourn
ment. One of the special features of com
mencement exercises at the Oregon
Agricultural College was the unveiling
of a tablet to the memory of Captain
Geary, ex-commandant at the college,
who lost his life in the Philippines.
The Southern Oregon district con
vention, Woodmen of the World, met
in Grants Pass last Wednesday. About
75 delegates were in attendance and
representatives to the supreme camp,
which meets in Cripple Creek in Au
gust, were elected.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Walla Walla. 65fls66e:
bluestem, 6768c; valley, 6667c.
Barley Feed, $22; brewing.
$23 per ton.
Flour Best grades. $2.90(33.40 ner
barrel; graham, $2.502.80.
Millstaffs Bran. $15016 mr ton;
middlings, $1920; shorts, $1718;
chop, $16.
Oats No.l white, $1.20l.S5;gray,
1.151.25.
Hay Timothy. $12(315: clover.
$7.5010; Oregon wild hay, $56 per
ton.
Potatoes Best Burbanks, 75c per
cental; ordinary, 50c per cental,
growers prices; sweets, $2.252.50
per cental; new potatoes, lKlc.
Batter Creamery, 17fc19c: dairy
1416c; store, 1315c.
Eggs 1818$c for Oregon.
Cheese Full cream, twins, 12 14
13c;Young America, 13)14c; fac
tory prices, 1 ljc less.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, $4.06
5.00; hens, $4.005.50 per dozen.
llHKc per" pound; springs, 11
11 c per pound, $2.004.00 per doS
en; ducks, $4.505.00 per dozen; tur
keys, live, 1314c, dressed, 1516c per
pound; geese, $6.007.00 per dozen.
Mutton bross, 46c per pound:
sheared, 3c; dressed, 7c per pound.
Hogs liross, OMc: dressed. 7 7 J4c
per pound.
Veal 6$7c for small; 6K7c for
large.
Beef Gross, cows, 4 We; steers.
5Jc; dressed, 88Jc per pound.
Hops 14316 cents per pound.
Wool Valley ,12K14;Eastern Ore
gon, 813)e; mohair. 25$26c pound.
Pat Meagher, the well known steeple
chase jockey, was killed at the track
in Toronto, Ont.
Ada Gray, "a noted actress " in her
day, but now an invalid, was found
almost destitute in a cottage at City
Island, N. Y. -
Franklin, Ind., - has a child with
four living great grandmothers and
one great-grandfather. The child is
Anna Marguerite, the infant daughter
of Virgil Whitesides.
FILIPINOS QUICK TO LEARN.
Two-Thirds of the Civil Positions Now Filled
":: Then .. " ..
Washington, Jane 25. Hon. Leo W
Pep perm an, member of the Philippines
civil service commission, is in the city,
having arrived on leave of absence from
Manila. Mr. Pepperman today said :
"The scope of the commission . has
been extended gradually until it now
covers 6,000 positions.ranging in salary
from $15 per month to $7,700 per year."
He savs the immediate award to mo.
cessful applicants has caused a change
in toe oia classical system of education
under the eld Spanish regime to one of
more modern character, based larsrelv
on practical business lines. So great is
the interest of the Filipinos in acquir
ing a knowledge of English that 10,000
adults are going to night schools in
Manna. -
Before the American V advent in
Manila tvnewritters were almost un
known in the Philippines, but at every
examination held by the commission
applicants are qualifying in typewriting
ana stenography. Of the 6,000 posi
tions mentioned, 4,000 are held by
natives, the remainder by Americans
The Dolicv of the commission. Mr
Pepperman savs. has been to renlace
Ameiicans by Filipinos asjjrapidly as
possioie. - k -
"Under Spanish rule.'! he rontin
uedr "women were unheard of in the
government service, but before I left
Manila three Filipino young ladies had
passed successful examinations and had
been given good "positions! The Fili
pino makes a splendid clerk. Shortly
before coming to America I made a tour
oi tne principal provinces for the pur
pose of conducting examinations. . It
was surprising how much good material
was discovered, considering the fact
that the education of the islands is cen
tered in Manila.'
NO TREATY WITH CUBA.
Time Too Short Before End of Session to
Negotiate One.
Washington, Jrne 25. It has been
determined that no reciprocity treaty
with Cuba can be submitted at the
present session of congress. It was at
first planned that, in the event of the
failure of the administration managers
in the senate to secure favorable action
on the Cuban sugar bill, a treaty
would be drafted at once. This was on
the understanding that Senor Quesada,
the Cuban minister here, had full
power and that a treaty could be drawn
up in Washington entirely. It is
stated now, however, that this cannot
be done, and that any draft of a treaty
must go to Havana and be returned be
fore it can be submitted to the senate.
This, of course, cannot be accom
plished in the short space of time Jin
tervening before adjournment, if the
estimates of the leaders that congress
will adjourn by July 4 are correct.
No confidence is felt in administra
tion circles as to the ability of the sen
ate managers to secure the ratification
of a treaty, even if one is drawn, and
while the president may feel called
upon to put the matter to a testit will
be rather itb the idea of demonstrat
ing his own purpose to do everything
possible for Cuba than in any . expecta
tion that a two-thirds vote for ratifica
tion could be received.
DEBATE WARMS UF.
Philippine Discussion in the House Becomes
Lively.
Washington, June 25. Some routine
business preceded the resumption of
the debate on the Philippine civil gov
ernment bill in the house yesterday.
Bills were passed to make Great Falls,
Mont., the port of entry for the collec
tion district comprising Montana and
Idaho; to authorize the secretary of
war to issue duplicates of certificatesof
discharge instead of certified copies as
provided under the present law ; to ex
tend the privileges of transportation
of dutiable -merchandise without ap
praisement to the sub-ports of Tacoma
and Seattle, Wash.
A resolution was adopted calling
upon the secretary of war for informa
tion as to the payments made by Gov
ernor General Wood to F. B- Thurber
and any other person or coipbration,
together with the dates and accounts
of such payments, for advocating re
ciprocity with Cuba.
The consideration of the Philippine
civil government bill was then resumed
and DeArmond, of Mo., made a general
speech in opposition to the policy of re
taining the islands. . He was followed
by Olmstead, Grosvenor and Mahon
favoring their retention. These speech
es were - answeied by Bartlett, aftef
which the house adjourned until 8
o'clock in the evening, when a number
of speeches were made for and against
the measure under consideration.
Ninety Soldiers Died of Cholera. -
Manila, June '25. Nineiy American
soldiers have died of cholera since the
disease first broke out. Owing to the
increase of cholera the health authori
ties in the provinces are enforcing
stringent regulations. The total num
ber of cases and deaths are as follows:
Manila, 1,530 cases and 1,236 deaths;
provinces, 7,369 case and 5,440 deaths.
Telegraph Manager Dead.
Washington, June 25. Morale
Mareen, local manager of the Western
Union Telegraph company for 20 years,
died tonight, aged about 60, of nervous
prostration. .
Violated Oath of Allegiance.
Manila, June 25. Senor Villegas,
ex-presidente of Santo Tom as, has
been sentenced to 20 years imprison-
' his oath of allegiance to the United
6tates.
KING EDWARD IEI
CORONATION HAS BEEN INOEF
; INITELY POSTPONED. -
Aa Operation Performed King Stands It Well
and Will Probably Recover No Date
Set for Ceremonies London's Decora
tions art Heine Removed and Stands De
molished Came as a Surprise.
London, June 25. With dramatic
suddenness the king has been stricken
down upon the eve of his coronation
He now lies in a critical' state at
Buckingham palace, and the coronation
has been indefinitely postponed.. Sir
Frsncis Knollys, the king's private
secretary, issued the following official
announcement yesterday afternoon :
"lhe king is suffering from pentypn
litis. His condition on Saturday was
so -satisfactory that it was hoped that
with care his majesty would be able to
go through the ceremonies. On Mon
day evening a recrudesence became
manifest, rendering a . surgical opera
tion necessary today."
Two hours later the following bulle
tin was posted at Buckingham palace:
"The operation has been successfully
performed. A large abscess has been
evacuated. The king has borne the
operation well, and is in a satisfactory
condition." .
There is no question, however, that
the king's condition is extremely criti
cal. King Edward is in a room facing
the beautiful - gardens of Buckingham
palace, and far from the street and the
crowd. - If last night s progress is
maintained, he will probably tide over
the effects of his severe operation,
which successfully removed the local
trouble. But should any complication
occur, such as septic peritonitis or
blood poisoning, it is feared his majes
ty's present physical and nervous con
dition would prove unequal to the
strain involved. There is consequently
intense anxiety as to the outcome.
The king's doctors believe that' his
majesty would have been dead before
now except for the operation. His
condition became so alarming that at
one time it was feared death might
ensue before the surgeon s knife could
afford him relief. Intense swelling of
the extremities, accompanied by
alarming symptoms of mortification,
constituted the emergency, and de
manded an. immediate operation. To
the last the king tried to avoid this,
and he was willing to be carried to the
abbey for the coronation ceremony in
order that it should occur as arranged
The influence of Queen Alexandra was
enlisted, however, and at an early
hour yesterday morning the royal pa
tient was prepared for the operation,
which even in the skillful hands of
England's best surgeons was fraught
with grave danger.
Queen Alexandra is terribly upset
and nervous. The royal grandchildren
were diiven to the palace shortly after
o'clock yesterday, afternoon. The
Prince and Princess of Wales remained
at Buckingham palace throughout the
afternoon and when they left they ap
peared decidedly more cheerful than on
their arrival.
The best opinion seems to be that ho
less than three months' postponement
of the coronation is inevitable, and
even in the event of the king's recovery,
the crowning of his majesty will cer
tainly be shorn of all its arranged-for
glories.
In the streets the change which came
over the crowds was most pronounced.
Traffic seemed momentarily paralyzed
and it was long before the full effect of
the startling intelligence was felt.
The work of demolishing the stands
and all the paraphrenalia prepared for
the coronation is in full swing. . Hun
dreds of workmen, who, yesterday
morning, were engaged in putting the
finishing touches on the various jobs,
are now at work tearing down all that
had taken weeks to accomplish. The
loss of the insurance companies will be
heavy, as great numbers of commercial
companies and private individuals had
taken out policies to cover them from
the loss of receipts from stands and
the cost of decorations in the event of
the coronation not being held.
TORONTO STRIKE ENDED.
Street Railway Employes Agree to a Com
promise Begin Work at Once.
Toronto, June 26. The strike of
street railway employes was ended to
night by the signing of a compromise
in behalf of the employes and the com
pany. It was agreed that the wage
scale announced by the company, pro
viding for pay at the rate of 17 to 21
cents per hour, according to the num
ber of yeais in continuous service, shall
remain in effect until July 1. In the
meantime, the employes may hold a
meeting, to be called - under the
auspices of the board of trade com
mittee, and if the majority of the regu
lar and relief men vote by ballot to
submit a scale of 18 cents per hour for
the first year of service, and 20 cents
thereafter, the company will substitute
it for the present scale. The f company
will not interfere with the right of the
employes to organize, but 'declines to
recognize the union or to receive a
grievance committee from the . union.
War Against Castro.
Washington, June 26. The state de
partment today received a cablegram
from United States Minister Bowen, at
Caiacas. The officials declined to make
public the text of the dispatch, ,but it
is understood that it reports a critical
state of affairs arising from the piesent
revolutionary movement against Presi
dent Castro, which is generally recog
nized as the strongest yet known there.
BIG LOSS BY FIRE.
Nearly $400,009 Worth of Property Destroy
ed e Portland Waterfront
, Portland, June 23. Fire originating
in the old' Wolff & Zwicker Iron Works
Saturday night, swept away nearly six
blocks ef the East Side water front
property, burned down the two east
spans of the Madison street bridge, re
duced East Water street to ruins from
Salmon to Jefferson streets, and burned
so hotly about the great oil filled tanks
of the Standard Oil Company that it
looked for a time as if a terrible explo
sion would spread the flames out over
the river and along the entire water
front. The loss will reach $372,000,
much of which is not covered by insur
ance. There was no loss of life. One
fireman was hurt, but not fatally. It
was 10:50 when the alarm was turned
in, and before the first engine company
could reach the foundry of the Phoenix
Iron Works, formerly the Wolff &
Zwicker plant, the roof was ablaze, and
the dry timbers were carrying the fire
in every direction. The wretched water
facilities along the streets, and the
absence of any means to take the en
gines to the river, which was directly
beneath the roadway, made it impos
sible to do much more than spit at the
fire with a few 30 foot streams, and in
less than a half hour the iron works
were in the center of a rapidly widen
ing zone of flame, which eoon extended
south beyond Jefferson street, and
almost to the Troy Laundry Company,
near East Yamhill. Every building in
the district was either leveled to the
ground or left a ci ambling ruin.
READ. THE RIOT ACT.
Excitintf Demonstration at a Lost Creek
Colliery.
Shenandoah, Pa., June 24. There
was
an exciting demonstration in the
vicinity of the Lehigh Valley Coal
Company's four collieries, two miles
from Lost Creek, this state. This
morning about 300 men and boys gath
ered at this place, threw stones and
roughly handled several non union men
and clubbed a coal and iron policeman.
The sheriff of Schulykill County finally
dispersed the crowd. The crowd w;
attracted to the colliery by the impor
tation of new men to take the place of
strikers. Deputy sheriffs were hurried
to the place from Pottsville, and, after
the riot act had been read, the crowd
was persuaded to disperse... Shortly
aftei 6 o'clock the mob gathered again,
and several men were attacked as they
came out of the place. They were bad
ly used up. A coal and iron police-
who came to their rescue, was
stoned and clubbed, but was not seri
ously hurt. The superintendent of the
colliery would not allow his men to
make any move nor to use their re
volvers, and in a short time the crowd
also scattered.
In the meantime word was sent to
Wilkesbarre and 25 coal and iron po-
icemen -were sent down, and arrived
there shortly after 7 o'clock. They
were hooted, but - were not attacked.
Everything is now quiet about the
collieries.
THE PATERSON STRIKE.
Militia Will Be Kept at Silk Mills Until All
Trouble Is Over.
Paterson, N. J., June 24. A meet
ing of all trades unions connected, with
the silk industry in this place was held
late today. It was decided not to go
to work again in the mills until the
military had been withdrawn. No
formal strike was declared, but the
matter was left in the above shape. In
addition to this, the unions decided
to send a committee to tho - millowners
and ask them to submit the differences
between the owners and dyers' helpers
to arbitration.
The city officials decided tonight to
post militia at the mills and keep them
there until the trouble is over. Two
hundred Winchester magazine rifles
of the latest 'pattern arrived at police
headquarters here today. The weapons
were purchased by order of Mayor
Hinchcliffe. With the rifles came a
large consignment of ball cartridges.
There are how rifles enough stored at
headquarters for the mayor at a mo
ment's notice to arm his 104 policemen,
his 40 members of the fire department,
and nearly, if not air, of the special
deputies, recently sworn in for riot
duty by the sheriff of Passaic county.
Toronto Street-Car Men Strike
Toronto, Ont., June 24. The Btreet
car men of this city went on strike this
morning. More than 900 men stopped
work. The employes demand recog
nition of their nnion, 25 cents an hour,
and a nine hour day. The company is
willing to pay from 1 to 21 cents an
hour. The men, it is understood, will
accept from 18 to 21 cents an hour.
Telephone Girls Walk Out,
Des Moines. Ia.. June 24. Seventy
telephone' girls walked out of the two
local exchanges this morning, tying up
the Iowa and Mutual lines. They
have organized a union, affiliated with
the American Federation of Labor, and
will attempt to make the strike general
over the' state. They demand an in-
mo nf siiTM tr ft 30 a. mnnt.fi and a.
' nine hour day.
IN THE SENATE
CLEANING UP BUSINESS IN THE
UPPER HOUSE.- '
Many Odds and Ends Disposed of West
Point to Give Instruction to a Cadet
from Costa Rica Salaries of Postoffice
Clerks to Be Classified Several Other
Bills Passed.
Washington, June 25. When the
senate convened yesterday a partial
report on the naval appropriation bill
was presented and agieed to. The
senate insisted upon the amend mAnta
still in disagreement and asked fop a
further conference.
A joint resolution was adonted au
thorizing the secretary of war to receivn
Arturo R. Calvo, of Costa Rico, at tl
West Point military academy for in
struction.
The army appropriation bill was lai.l
before the senate and Proctor moved
to recede from amendment 13, relating
to the construction of barracks at per
manent military posts. After
discussion the motion was agreed to.
Allison called attention to the fact
that the house had. not agreed to the
full and free conference asked for by
the senate, the effect of the action of
the house being to eliminate entirely at
least two amendments of the senate.
Proctor moved that the senate insist
on the other amendments. After some
discussion the motion was agreed to,
amended so as to insist upon the senate
amendments, including No. 14.
A bill was passed for the classifica
tion of salaries of clerks employed in
postoffices for the first and second class.
Quay then formally entered his
motion to dismiss the committee on
territories from further consideration
of the bill to admit as states the terri
tories of Oklahoma, New Mexico and
Arizona. He ..made an 'argument in
support of the motion, urging that in
making it he had Lno motive to em
barrass the committee on territories.
He cited several instances in -which
the senate has acted upon similar
motions. He said that five of the 11
members of the committee desired to
be discharged from further considera
tion of the bill and pointed out that
both the Republican and Democratic
parties in their, national platforms
had declared in favor of the admission
of the territories as states.
Quay then presented statistics con
cerning the three territories affected by
tne Dill, snowing that they are remark
ably well equipped to become states.
Beveridge, chairman of the commit
tee on territories, said the subject has
gone over until the next session, when
it is to be taken up early and fully
considered. In answer to inquiries to
Quay, Beveridge said the bill has not
been considered by the committee; that
it has been before the committee only
five weeks.
At 2 o'clock, the unfinished business.
the house bill to ratify the agreement
with the Choctaw and Chickasaw
tribes of Indians, was laid before the
senate.
The senate then concurred in the
house amendments to the bill fixing
the pay of the superintendents of the
various lighthouse districts.
The following bills were passed :
Providing for the resurvey of certain
townships in San Diego county, Cali
fornia; to provide for a record of deeds
and other conveyances and instruments
in writing in Indian Territory; to pay
Captain F. J. Mclndoe, Corps of En
gineers, $1,142 for personal property
destroyed jU Fort Hancock in 1901 ; to
amend existing laws relating to the
disposition of lands in Oklahoma, so
that the secretary of the interior may
be authorized to cause to be expended
out of the proceeds of the sales of town
lots in Lawton, Anadarko and Hobart,
Okla., for the construction of water
works, school houses and other im
provements, $150,000 for Lawton, $6A,
000 for Anadarko and $50,000 for
Hobart, and to increase the amount
authorized to be expended f6r a court
house in each of the places named $10,
000, to $30,6 JO.
Without completing the Indian
treaty measure, the senate at 5:55 P.
M., went into executive session and
soon afterward adjourned.
TWO TRAINMEN KILLED.
Five Others Seriously Hurt in an Iowa
Wreck.
St. Paul, June 25. A passenger
train on the Sioux City branch of the
Chicago, Milwaukee, Minneapolis &
Omaha Railroad, due to arrive in St.
Paul at 7:52 A. M., jumped the track
near Ashton, la., early today. Two
trainmen were killed, five others seri
ously hurt, and a number of passengers
received minor injuries. The passen
gers injured were attended by surgeons
brought to the scene of the accident on
a wiecking train, and all were able to
continue their journej .
The cause of the wreck is said to have
been a misplaced switch. The train
was running at a high rate of speed,
and when it left the track the mail cai s
and smoker piled up on top -of the
engine. The sleeing cars also left the
track, but did not overturn. The. in
jured mail clerks were brought to the
bt. Paul hospital while the others were
taaen to Minneapolis for treatment.
Another Senatorial Junket
Washington, June 25. The commit
tee on Porto " Rico and the - Pacific
islands has agreed to report favorably
Senator Foraker's resolution authoriz
ing the committee to visit the islands
for the purpose of familiarizing its
members with conditions there. - The
consideration of the bill providing for
disposal of the Hawaiian public lands
until the subject could be investigated.