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Newspaper Page TextWEEKLY. S'z:: A"1:.1; V. i Consolidated Feb., 1899. CORVAXXIS, BENTON COUNTY, f OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, 1903. VOJL. XXXX. NO. 5. EVENTS OF THE DAY GATHERED FROM ALL PARTS OF THE TWO HEMISPHERES. Comprehensive Review of the Import ant Happenings of the Past Week, Presented In Condensed Form, Most Likely to Prove Interesting to Our Many Readers. President Roosevelt will speak at the bi-centenaryof John Wesley in New York on February 25. The agricultural apropriation bill carries $5,238,860, an increase of $.29, 000, bat $400,000 less than the esti mates. A movement has been started in In dianapolis to buy a residence to be pre - sented to John Mitchell, president of the Mine workers anion. The number of striking garment wotkera in Vienna has increased to 19, 000. It is expected that the employers will be obliged to capiatulate. Mayor Wells, of St. Louis, has sue pended Patrick R. Fitzgion, the city registrar, who is charged with corruptly contracting for city printing and bind ing. A boiler explosion in Tupper's iron works at Biltson, Stafford, England, re sulted in the killing of five persons and the injury of 20 or 30 by steam and pieces of flying metal. The poatofEce appropriation bill car ries 1153,430,049, against $138,416,598 last year. The principal increases are: About $2,000,000 for railway mail ser vice, $3,090,10Q for rural free delivery and $800,000 for pneumatic tube ser vice. " ' ' The American Federation of Labor will begin a campaign in favor of child labor laws and the bill making eight hours a day's work on government con tracts. It will investigate the charges of inhumanity to Porto Rican laborers in Hawaii. The Spanish minister of marine be gan action in Edinburg, Scotland, to recover $375,000 from the Clydebank engineering and shipbuilding company because of the company's failure to de liver in contract time four torpedo boat destroyers which had been intended for . use during the Spanish-American war. The Benate if considering the Cuban reciprocity treaty. Sir Thomas Lipton has offered a cup to Pacific coast yacht clubs. Minister Bowen has arrived from Venezuela. He will find discord among the allies. Editor Gonzales died from blood poi soning as a result of the wound re ceived from Tillman. Abram C. Hewitt, ex-mayor of New York and for many years representative in congress is dead. He was 81 years old. The present legislature of New Mex ico is the first in the history of the territory where every member speaks English fluently. The Oregon joint house and senate committee on the Lewis and Clark fair has reported favorably on the bill appropriating $500,000. The Colorado legislature is the scene of much party conflict. T,wo senates have been formed. It is probable that no senator will be elected. Senator Mitchell has'introduced bills intended to carry into effect some of the recommendations of the senate com mittee which recently visited the Hawaiian islands. The United States supreme court has affirmed the opinion oi the Illinois state sapreme court as to the constitu tionality of the inheritance tax law, which was upheld. Editor Gonzales may recover from the wound inflicted by Tillman. John Mitchell has delivered hiVfinal address to the coal strike commission. ft The Chicago grand jury found indict ments against 40 men engaged Jn the coal conspiracy. The big 16-inch coast defense gun has passed a successful trial. It is the largest gun ever made in America. Admiral Dewey has returned to Washington and praises the conduct of the fleet in maneuvers in the Caribbean A wealthy Oklahoma citizen commit ted suicide. Before dying he declared be was John Wilkes Booth and killed Lincoln. Naval Constructor Hobson has been assigned to duty at Bremerton, to which post he must go or resign from the navy. Colorado and Wyoming have both given assurance that the Lewis and Clark fair will receive their moral and financial support. ' . The long overdue steamer St. Louis has arrived in New York. Her boilers were leaking badly and passengers adopted tesolutions condemning the company for sending the ves'sel out in an unsafe condition. A charge tf powder for an 8-inch gun exploded on the battle ship .Massa chusetts, killing six men and wounding three, two of whom may die. Citizens of Newman, a small village in Indiana, held op a train and robbed it of coal. The 1904 session of the national . livestock convention will be held in Portland. The French government has forbidden the use of the Breton dialect by priests of Brittany. " IN THE LEGISLATURES. Oregon and Washington Solons Begin to Ballot for Senator. At Olympla. A summary of the first ballot taken by the Washington legislature in sep arate session, Jan. 20, for United States senator, is as follows: Ankeny, 48; Preston, 41; Wilson, 12; Turner, 23; scattering, 12. At Salem. The first ballot for United States senator was taken in the Oregon legis lature Tuesady, January 20, separately in each branch and the result was : Fulton, 28; Geer, 20; Wood, 18; scat tering, 21; absent, 3; total, 90. The Lewis and Clark appropriation fair bill passed the house with only five opposing votes. It calls for $500,000 The senate passed the Portland char ter bill and it now will be engrossed and sent to the governor. Bid ARMY OF UNEMPLOYED. Distress Prevailing in London Is Almost Unprecedented. New York., Jan. 22. There can no longer be any question as to the extent and gravity of the distress now prevail ing in London, says the Tribune's cor respondent in London. Many thous ands of men in excess of the usual aver age are out of employment this winter, and the work houses cannot accommo date all the people demanding shelter. Things have reached a serious pass in the east end of the metropolis, while the tide of alien immigration is steadily rising higher and higher. A serious state of affairs exists also in other parts of Great Britain.- An endless stream of country-bred folk is pouring into the overcrowded cities, while Canadian farmers organize expe ditions to search the old country for much needed labcr and offer good wages for efficient men without satisfactory results. " Official statistics show that the Brit ish emigrant does not genet ally elect to make his home in the British colonies. Of 205,910 emigrants from this country last year, 108,501 went to the United States. This condition of things in duced one newspaper to declare that the future of the British race is imperiled by the drafts made upon it from Amer ica and that the greatest and most ben eficent work a British statesman could perform for the welfare of the nation would be the iiiauguiation of some scheme for redistributing the British people in the British empire. Seldom has legislation met more im mediate success than the new licensing act. For -once the law would seem to have got even with the great army of topers. Touched in their tenderest spot, these interesting individuals are forswearing drink with an alacrity which seems to show conclusively that there is alter all some virtue in what was once contemptuously called by a great statesman "grandmotherly legis lation." CHINA ANSWERS THE POWERS. Says She Is Absolutely Unable to Pay In demnity in Gold. Pekin, Jan. 22. China's reply to the note signed by all the ministers of the powers here, with the exception of Minister Conger, announcing that the failure of the Chinese government to fulfill its obligations in refusing to pay the indemnity on a gold basis would entail grave consequences,' was received today. It declares that China would accede to the demand if she were able to do bo, but that it is impossible to make the paymetns demanded. The Chinese note quotes the mes sages of the viceroys detailing the im poverished state of the country. It asks the ministers to suggest plans for relief and renews the request that the customs tariff be placed on a gold basis, suggesting that the average rate of ex change each month be made the pay ment rate for the following month. The ministeis are awaiting instruc tions from their governments. Highwayman Robs Ticket Office. Reno, Nev., Jan. 22. At 10:30 this morning a highwayman e itered the Southern Pacific ticket office and held up the agent at the point of a revolver, securing all the cash in the money drawer. The ticket agent had just cashed a warrant, and leaving the cash drawer on top of the safe turned and sat down at his desk. Hearing money rattle he looked up and saw a masked man standing at the safe emptying the contents of the drawer into his pockets with one hand and covering him with a revolver with the other. Death Rate Declining. City of Mexico, Jan. 22. The official bulletin from Mazatlan covering the 24 hours ending at 6 P. M. gives the num ber of deaths from the plague as two in the city and three in the hospital. There were eight new cases during the period, and seven patients were report ed to be in a dying condition. The stream of emigrants from the stricken city continues and every one who has the means and can get permission from the health authorities is leaving. Smoot Is Chosen in Utah. Salt Lake City, Utah, Jan. 22. Reed Smoot was this afternoon elected United States senator from Utah to succeed Senator Rawlins, Dem. The vote , in separate sessions, was' as follows: Senate Smoot, 10; ' Governor Wells, 2; Rawlins, Dem., 6. House Smoot; 36; Wells 4; RawlinB, 4. Mr. Smoot's election will be ratified tomor row at a joint session of the legislature. NEWS OF OREGON ITFMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS OF THE STATE. Oregon Has Fine Limestone Big Rabbit Drive Many New Industries Coming to Oregon This Year Improvements in Land Office Medical Association Meets in La Grande. The teachers of Clackamas county will hold an institute at New Era Sat urday, January 31, at 10:30 o'clock. A meeting of the fruitgrowers of Douglas county will be held at the court house in Roseburg on Saturday, Janu ary 24, at 1 o'clock P. M., for the pur pose of establishing packing house,and fruit growers association. Joseph Davenport died at his home near bilverton-last bunday. tie was aged 79 years and came to this county recently from Pendleton, where he re sided for about 20 years. He is sur vived by a wife and-five children. The United States land office at Rore- burg has been changed from the A bra ham building to the new Douglas coun ty bank building. The new rooms are located on the ground floor in the east half of the building, and are four in number. Roseburg can now boast of one of the finest arranged land offices on the coast, as these rooms were espec ially designed for the use of the land office. One of the largest rabbit drives held in Eastern Oregon took place several miles west of Echo last week, and as a result the rabbit population has been decreased by nearly 1 ,000. The Andrews Saw manufacturing company will remove its plant from Williamsport, Pa., to Portland, provid ed stock to the amount of $50,000 be taken in that city. , A good start has been made in this direction, several subscriptions having been handed in already. The Eastern Oregon medical associa tion, held a session in La Grande in the parlors of the Commercial club. The attendance was small on account of sickness in so many sections, but was representative and energetic and some good papers were listened to and- dis cussed. After voting thanks ' to the profession of La Grande for entertain ment, the association adjourned to meet in The Dalles July 16, 1903. The committee from the - Benton county court, met with the Linn county committee and spent two hours discuss ing the bridge tjuestion.The 1 meeting was not official and definite action could not be taken, yet each committee was empowered to express the views of the body which it represented. The con census of opinion was that all public highways should be free of any toll, as far as possible removing every barrier to traffic. The Oregon & California Marble com pany, which owns extensive marble and limestone deposits in Josephine county, some 12 miles south of Grants Pass, is meeting with good success in the working of its properties. The company is paying particular attention to the manufacture of lime a new in dustry for this state. It has already turned out several hundred barrels and has as many more ready for the kiln. The lime put on the market has given as good satisfaction as any of the finer grades that are shipped here from the East. If present plans materialise several arge industries will be added to Port land's growing list for 1903. Among the representatives of many big con cerns lately visiting that place is the one working in the interests of the H. O. Cereal flour manufactory. He has just left Portland for Fuget Sound and will study the site question from all points before making his final report. He is the Pacific coast agent of this concern, with headquarters at San Francisco, and his people will soon visit Portland and then make their selection. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Walla Walla, 73c; blue stem, 82c; valley ,-7677c. Barley Feed, $23.50 per ton; brew ing, $24. Flour Best grade, $3.904.20; grah am, $3.253.50. Millstuffs Bran, $1819 per ton; middlings, $23 24; shorts, $1920, chop, $18. Oats No. 1 white, $1.151.17 ; gray, $1.12s1.15 per cental. Hay Timothy, $1112; cloyer, $89; cheat, $910 per ton. Potatoes Best Burbanks, 60 75c per sack; ordinary, 4 0 50c per cental, growers' prices; Merced Bweets, $2 2.25 per cental. Poultry Chickens, mixed, ldllc; young, 10c; hens, ll12c; turkeys, live, 1315c; dressed, 15'6c; ducks, $77.50 per dozen; geese, $78.50. Cheese Full cream, twins, 16 17c; Young America, 1718c; factory prices, llc less. Butter Fancy creamery, 3032Kc per pound; extras, 30c; dairy, 20 22c; store, 15l8c. Eggs 22K32K per dozen. Hops Choice, 2526c per pound. Wool Valley, 1215c; Eastern Oregon, 8l4c; mohair, 2628c. Beef Gross, cows, , 33c per pound; steers, 44c; dressed, 1c. Veal 7H&Xc Mutton Gross, 4c per pound; dressed, 7c. ,. Lambs Gross, 4c per pound; dressed, 7c." ... - Hogs Gross, 6Jc per pound; dressed, 77c. RIOT IN TROLLEY CAR. Drunken Soldiers of "Fighting Sixteenth1 Stab the Conductor. , New York, Jan. 21. Riotous soldiers from Fort Slocum created a panic on a trolley car bound for Mount Vernon and nearly murdered the conductor, Louis Ettinger. The soldiers, who are mem bers of the "fighting -Sixteenth," United States infantry, just back from Luzon, were drinking ; from flasks and having a boisterous time, and one of them made an insulting remark, which Mr. Mitchell, a passenger, and Daniel Long, a former motorman, resented Then half a dozen Hold iers sprang on Long and Mitchell and kicked and punched them. V- In the excitement several of the sol diers drew revolvers and began firing tnrougn tne winaows. women screamed and fainted," while men ran to the platform and jumped from the car. The conductor, who was trying to collect fares, received a knife thrust in the back and fell te the floor and Mitchell was thrown bodily through a car window. 4 Four policemen boarded-the car at Sixth street. -When the soldiers saw the policemen they leaped off and scat tered in "all directions, but three of them were captured, f The prisoners denied they did the stabbing, but after they had been searched and nothing was found on them, the police picked up a blood covered knife from the floor, where one of them had dropped it. It is believed that Conductor Ettin ger is fatally wounded. The prisoners were held for trial. k ' WRECK ON GREAT WESTERN. Engineer Killed and Ten Passengers Ser iously Hurt. St. Louis, Jan. 21. A special to the Kepublic from sycamore, 111., says: In a wrecs near here today on the Great Western railroad, one person was killed and '60 others were seriously in jured. Of these, several may not re cover. ..' St. Charles and Sycamore hostipals are crowded with the injured tonight. Many escaped with broken fingers and bruises, while others are suffering merely from the nervous shock. The Des Moines and Minneapolis special, running at a high rate of speed, struck a broken rail just as it was about to cross a bridge, .; The speed of the tram carried it across the bridge on . the ties ; then the entire train pitched over a 20 foot embankment, the cars turning on their sides and being jumbled in a hopeless mass. The passengers who were not injured succeeded in pulling pui theother pas sengers through the car ' windows, and as soon as all were taken from the de bris they were carried to a neighboring farmhouse, where they were cared for until one of the party walked to Waco and telegraphed to Sycamore, two miles away, for help. TO LAY CABLE TO MANILA. Pacific Cable Company Preparing to Fin ish Great Pacb'ic Line. San Francisco, Jan. 2 J. The steamer Ventura arrived today from Australian ports, via Honolulu. Among the pas sengers from Honolulu were nine of the Pacific cable company's staff, including S. Dickenson, who had charge of the preliminaries attendant upon the laying of the cable at the Hawaiian end and made his headquarters at Honolulu for more than six months. He is on his way to his home at Can so, N. S. Cap tain Patterson, the chief inspector of the cable company , and his staff, are also passengers. They are on their way to London to join the cableship Anglia, which will soon leave the British port with the long stretch of the cable that, is to be laid between Honolulu and Manila. The Silvertown will remain at Hono lulu until about the end of the present month, when she will sail direct for London in ballast. She will make her first call at Coronel for coal. PLAQUE IN MAZATLAN. One Hundred and Seven Deaths Recorded Since New Years. Mazatlan, Mexico, Jan. 21. There have been 107 deaths from the plague since January 1. . The deaths on the 15th numbered seven, and many new cases are reported. The number of wooden hospitals burned is 106. A young workman s mother died from the plague at the family's house. Some sanitary inspectors entered the house and took possession of the corpse, and the young man was sent to the de partment of observation. His wife and sister were absent at the time of the inspector's visit, and afterwards disap peared, fearing they would be taken to the lazaretto. This morning one of the women was found dead from the plague, and the other has not been heard of. The yonug man has become insane. Most of the women have left the city, and hardly any women are seen on the streets. Calls on Banks for More Bonds. Washintgon, Jan. 21. Secretary Shaw has written to the banks that had substituted state and municipal bonds as security for public deposits that he would like to have an extra resubstitu tion of government bonds. They were accepted on condition that the bank3 should use the bonds as a basis for cir culation. It is now expected that the banks will retire this additional circu lation and thus release the bonds to be used again as security for deposits. To Survey Montana-Idaho Line. Washintgon, Jan. 21. The treasury department today transmitted to the house a supplemental estimate sub mitted by the interior department of $50,000 for a suryey of the Montana Idaho boundary line. - THE LAST TRIBUTE ENTIRE STATE ATTENDS FUNERAL OF THOMAS H. TONGUE. Floral Offerings Completely Covered the Coffin Many Societies to Which He Belonged Took Part In the Last Sad Rites Hillsboro Almost Too Small to Hold All Who Attended. 'si Hillsboro, Jan. 19. Thomas H. Tongue went to his grave yesterday with all the honor that his state could give him. Neraly all Oregon attended his funeial at Hillsboro, and at the last impressive services, the preacher said most fittingly: "It is Oregon that is mourning today, for it is Oregon that has lost a son " A committee from congress, made up of men who repre sented every part of the nation, was present, but the funeral ceremony was Oregon's own tribute to the dead. Hillsboro was not big enough to hold in comfort all ; who wanted to attend Mr. Tongue's obsequies. A special train from Portland carried down a multitude, and hundreds poured into the town from all parts of the state. Nearly all the state officials were pres ent, and so was a majotity of the legis lature. And from others whc could not attend, came a wealth, of floral offerings that were piled mountain high over the alter of the little Hillsboro Methodist church. The coffin was fair ly buried in flowers, and they, too, came from all parts of Oregon. Committees representing the various societies to which Mr. Tongue belonged, were at the depot to meet the party, - and they acted as an escort when the remains were taken to the court house at Hillbsoro. At the couit house, which had been draped in mourning from tower to base ment, the coffin was placed in the main corridor, and all yesterday morning a line of people with uncovered heads passed by it. The special train from Portland reached Hillsboro at 2 o'clock in the afternoon. It brought the committee of congressmen appointed by Speaker Henderson to attend the funeral. Six cars were needed to contain the others who went down from Portland on the same mission. The guests were reecived by 50 mem bers of the Knights of Pythias in full uniform. The Knights formed a line with drawn swords, through which the visitors passed from the street into the conrt house, and acted as ushers during the ceremonies there. They were in charge of Mr. Tongue's body while it lay in state, and they mounted a strict military guard which contributed much to the impressivenese of the day's ser vices. They surrendered the body to the Odd Fellows, who took it to the church, where Mr. Tongue and his family have worshipped for years." The distinguished assemblage simply packed the church auditorium until it was impossible for anybody in the aud ience tb listen to the ceremonies in comfort. The escort of Knights kept the aisles open until the Odd Fellows carried the coffin " in, but after that every man struggled for the best place he could get. The services in the church were short. The pastor introduced Dr. C. E. Kline to make the opening prayer, and there were many damp eyes in the audience when Dr. Kilne concluded. He was for a great many years the pastor of the congregation to which Representative Tongue belonged, and his prayer took a wider range than is usual for this rea son. His eloquent appeal was, per haps, the best .verbal tribute paid to Mr. Tongue during the day. Then a passage of scripture was read by Rev. R. H. Kennedy, of the Hillsboro Con gregational church, and Rev. Dr. L. E. Rockwell, presiding elder of the Metho dist church in Northern Oregon, then preached the funeial sermon. During the services the Portland quartet Bang a number of hymns, and were heard to special advantage in the beautiful "Lead, Kindly Light." When the church ceremonies were concluded the body was turned oyer to the Hillsboro Masonic body, which es corted it to the cemetery and interred t with their own picturesque ritual, Worshipful Grand Master W. F. Butcher conducting the services. Over the grave Mr. Butcher paid one last eloquent tribute to Mr. Tongue's mem ory, and the whdie ecmetery was filled With those who listened to him. The congressional delegation will re turn to Washington at once, and Mr. Moody left last evening, to resume his work there. For the present he will be Oregon's sole member of the national house of represetnatiyes. Castro Must Pay First. Berlin, Jan. 20. In the negotiations which are about to begin at Washington Great Britain and Germany, as the re- Bult of further correspondence, are quite determined that the irreducible condi tion of arbitration is that President Castro phall pay or give collateral se curity for the sums already specified. The powers will not consent to raising the blockade until Venezuela complies with this unalterable condition. The allies p'ace the responsibility for fur ther delav upon Venezuela. . Another New Trust Bill. Washington, Jan. 20. A bill has been introduced by Representative Bell, of Colorado, providing that any pro ducer, dealer, transporter, agent or other person in any territory - of the United States who shall join with any other person or persons for the purpose of raising the price of any article of food or fuel, or its carriage or handling, shall be guilty of extortion. : A maxi mum penalty of a $5,000 fine or impris onment for one year is provided. MAY TRY ANOTHER ROUTE. President Weary of Colombia's Demands for Panama Canal Route. Washington, Jan. 21. Interest has been revived in the prospects of the Nicaragua canal, as it seems to have become an absolutely hopeless matter to continue negotiations with Colon bia, because of the great demands of that country, as well as the com plica tions arising out of the purchase of the Panama canal property. resident Koosevelt has begun an investigation of the , San Bias route. which was championed by Senator Scott, of West Virginia last summer This route means a canal 29 miles long, five miles of which must be a tunnel tnrougn solid rock, it also is em braced within Colombian territory, and negotiations for this route would probably be blocked as well as for the Panama route. Of course the president has an altern ative proposition in the Nicaragua route, and the friends of that route do not despair that it will be the route finally adopted. Had a limitation been placed in the bill upon the time in vhich negotiations with Colombia should be brought to a close, it would have given more assurance for the Nicaraguan route. As it is the presi dent is unlimited as to time and he can use his own discretion as to whether he shall continue or break off the negotia tions with that government. The assertion is made that the trans continental railroads have turned to the president and are urging him to fctave off all canal negotiations, and mese roads are aJSo credited with a re vival of the San Bias route. NINE MEN ARE MISSING. Five Charred Bodies Taken From Ruins of Burned Hotel. Spokane, Jan. 21. A special from cuorrissey, u. v., says' lour men were burned to death in a fire which de stroyed the Pioneer hotel there last night. It is believed there are . other bodies to be found, as five men who were known to have been in the hotel last night have not been accounted for today. The hotel was a large wooden struct ure and had about 20 guests in it when fire started in the saloon on the ground noor, tnrougn tne overturning ol a lamp, the flames of which quickly com municated to the wooden partitions and stairway. The proprietor, A. Johnson seeing that the building was doomed, ran upstairs and hastily aroused the sleeping men while the flames were rapidly ating up the . lower floor wood work and coming up the stairway. In their aightclothes, dazed by smoke and flames, the guests rushed from the burning firetrap. It was impossible to reach all the rooms and Johnson final ly made his escape after heroic rescue work. He was assisted by his bar tender. There is practically no fire fighting machinery in the little town and the horror stricken citizens could only stand idly by and wait for the flames to sub sided The wind was blowing away from the town and no other buildings were endangered. As soon as the dying fire permitted, a search of the ruins was made, hour charred bodies were taken out but were so badly burned that identification is practically impossible. The propriet or's loss is $4,000, half insured. Morrissey is a small town with per haps 800 inhabitants. It has sprung into being since the opening of the coal mines operated by the Great Northern railway company. It is about 45 miles noith of the international boundary line. ' About 800 miners work in the coal properties. The guests at the hotels were largely miners, timber men and prospectors. CHINESE TRICKERY. - Exaggerate Reports of Rebellion to Get Aid from French Troops. New York, Jan. 21 . In reference to the reported serious rebellion in the Kwang Si province, a dispatch to the Times from Shanghai by way of Lon don Bays that the native press states that the provincial governor, Wang Chi Chun, purposely permits an increase of brigandage, magnifying the opera tions of the local banditti into a ser ious rebellion with the deliberate pur pose of afterward invoking the assist ance of the French troops. Stress is laid upon the governor's former record in the Nganwhis pro vince and elswehere, and his notorious capacity for venality. His recent decoration by the French government does not escape comment. The dispatch also announces that in response to the memorial presented to the throne by Viceroy Yuan Shih Kiki, Sheng is permitted to retain control of the government telegraph system to allow of his winding up the financial year. New Idea for Submarine Boat. Winsted, Conn., Jan. 21. Clarence B. Gillette, aged 22, who served in the Spanish-American war, has been grant: ed a patent for improvements in sub marine boats. He has been experi menting along the line of submarine navigation since he left school, several years ago, and claims that his torpedo boat is far superior to all others, being quicker, easier and safer. The Gillette boat is designed to stay down 15 hours and longer if desired. Fire Burns AU Night. New York, Jan. 21. The fire which started yesterday in a building at 394 396 Bowery, burned all last night, but the firemen said today that the flames were under control. One of the fire men, James Corbett, was killed. The loss is estimated at $150,000 to $200, 000. - CREW IS MANGLED TWELVE MEN KILLED IN A COLLISION ."ON GREAT NORTHERN. Snowplow Telescopes Freight Car Loaded With Workmen In Okanogan County, Washington Eleven Men are More or Less Seriously Hurt Only Two Es caped Injury. Leavenworth, . Wash.; Jan. 22. Twelve men dead and as many more in jured is the result of a rear-end collis ion that occurred on the Great North ern five miles west of Chiwaukum at 5 o'clock yesterday morning. . An extra from Skykomish loaded with lumber and three cars containing laborers ran into a rotary snow' plow, killing or in juring all of the 25 workmen. Ten cars are piled up in a heap, with nine victims of the wreck still underneath. The names of the dead are not obtain able. ' The engineer, L. E. Adams, and Fireman Lewis Becker, of the freight. escaped only by a miracle. The box cars that were used" for transporting the crew were coupled next to the engine, with the cars of lumber following, and when the ciash came the lumber tele scoped the box cars loaded with their human freight, killing and mangling the entire crew. Only two escapedj and they were thrown bodily into the air, landing 30 feet upon an embank ment. . The men were1 in their bunks and asleep when the accident occurred. Those that escaped had little clothing and were nearly chilled to death while waiting for aid. ISLE OF PINES NO MAN'S LAND. American Residents Say It Is American Won't Pay Taxes to Cuba. Havana, Jan. 22. The Americans residing on the Isle of Pines deny the general assumption of the Cuban gov ernment that the United States has no special interest in the island and is not likely to insist on the eventual owner ship of it. In any event, they seem confident of having the support of the United States, if necessary, in their re sistance to being governed and taxed by Cuban officials, pending a settlement of the question of ownershin of th eland. The matter is expected to re ceive important consideration in con nection with the settlement of the loca tion of the coaling stations and other pending questions between Cuba and the United States. -Recently the American residents of the island unitedly notified the alcalde of the Isle of Pines and the Cuban gov ernment of their intention to resist, by force if necessary, the collection of taxes or any assumption of authority over the island by the Cuban govern ment. The taxes are now falling due. and every American has pledged him self not to jpay them. ... ihe Americans' contention is founded on the section of the Piatt amendment which expressly omits the Isle of Pines from the boundaries of Cuba and leaves the title to it for further adjustment by treaty. Some 300 Americans have since the war taken up their residence in the Isle of Pines, and it is estimated that 500 Americans have interests in' the island. The American portion of the population is not of an adventurous character, but is largely composed of people of mature years who have en gaged in the business of fruit raising. Their desire that the island remain American is not purely sentimental. since, they claim, as a Cuban posses sion it would receive no more than 2Q . per cent tariff preference, while as ter- ritoiy of the United States the islands' hope for freer trade with America. The government, while acknowledg ing that the matter of the ownership of the island is open, holds that it has de -facto control over the island for the time being at least, and that it there-' fore is authorized to levy taxee and per-; form other governmental functions.. It is believed that the United States will approve of this situatoin as against' the protests of the American residents ' who refuse to pay taxes. ' w . - ; ':u Union Pacific Strike Spreading. yj Omaha, Neb.. Jan. 22. Seventy-five . men, comprising the entire force in the woodworking and steamfitting depart- ' men Is of the Union Pacific shops in Omaha, went on strike today because'of -the inauguration in their departments of the piece system. These branches were not affected by the order of last Julv putting the shopmen on the piece work basis. On the posting of an order today stating that the woodworkers and steamfitters would be paid by the piece, they walked out. Wreckage Coming Ashore. Victoria., B. C, Jan. 22. The-' steamer Queen City, from the west coast . of Vancouver island, brings news that a large quantity of new lumber, mostly ' 12x12 and planking, has drifted ashore ' at several points. Esteven point, near Hesquoit, and the islands outside .Kyo J quot, as well as the mouth of Quatsino sound, are littered with lumber which has evidently not been long in the . water, and at Hesquoit a lifebuoy with the name "Irving" on it. ; " Sensational Jail Break. . Santa Fe, N. M., Jan. 22. Albert Telles, in jail for murder, and Albert ' Hampe, imprisoned for a minor offense, ' last night overwhelmed and bound'', the assistant jailer, Victoriano Casadoe,' seized his revolver, killed Jailer Epitac- ' cio Gal legos and then escaped. A posse with bloodhounds is in pursuit.