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Newspaper Page TextWEEKLY UNION, Eatab. July, 1897. UAZKTTK, Xstah. Dec, 180. Consolidated Feb., 1899. COB VAL1L1IS, BENTON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1903. VOIi. XXXX. NO 7. 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, Mos Likely to Prove Interesting to Our Many Readers. The national debt wae decreased $3, 000,000 daring January. Coercion in Ireland has been almost abandoned and better times are in eight. .The Alaska boundary treaty hrs been returned to the senate with the clerical errors corrected. Rioting among striking street car men at Water bury, Conn., continues, despite the presence of troops. William A. Wilson, who' absconded from Manila with $8,000 of govern- ii f-h LEVI ANKENY, OF WALLA WALLA. ' The Washington legislature elected Mr. Ankeny to represent iis state in the United States senate. treat. , Godfrey Huitter, jr., has been acquit ted of the charge of murder growing our of the killing of William Fitzgerald at Guatemala. ' ' rv-l 'l 1 e t 1. Vl L Denver caused the maiming and bruis ing of seven persons, one of whom may M. ' - be crippled for life. JJine Union Pacific trainmen who ran between Sydney, Neb., and Chey enne, Wyo., are under arrest, charged with the theft of gooda.in transit. ' Two stock trains on the Illinois Cen tral collided, killing two men and in juring 11 others. Five cars of stock were consumed in the fire which broke out. . A movement is on foot to cretae a new state out of the western portion of North Dakota and the eastern portion of Montana! It is proposed to call it Montague. - . -Ex-Recretarv of the Navv Lonz shows improvement and may recover. - Senator Mitchell is slowly recovering fiom his severe attack of illness. Binger. Hermann has'turned over the - nAnAval lanil rtfRrD $t Vila SlinnMBAI1. his accounts and has fled to Japan. . rr-w i "I l1 T F 3 vine ranroaa connecting nvaua. auu Santiago is completed ana openea to . , Tha Vranoh phimhar nf dAnntins IS unanimously in favor of a l.arge stand - ini? arm v. a rf - Jean Jules Jusserand, the new French ambassador to'the United States, has arrived in Washington. ' - Ore assaying as high as $50,000 a ton has just - been discovered in Chicken creek district, near Dawson. The United States will buy from ' Spain the heavy guns now in place 'in ' the fortifications of Portq Rico. An amendment to the constitution has been introduced in congress prohib iting the holding of a fortune exceeding $10,000,000 bj any one individual in the United States. The district supreme court at Wash ington has decided that a Filipino may become a naturalized . citizen of the Finite Sfolso Colonel David -Phillips Jones, .chief engineer of the United States navy, re tired, is dead. He was prominently known throughout the United States as the father of modern engineering in the navy. ,. Appropriation for Dalles-Celilo canal cannot be made this session of congress. - The Graceland, N. J., death list frojB the train wreck now numbers 23. Russia and Austria are. preparing to force Turkey to grant reforms in Macedonia. QOES WITH PANAMA. Old CanaPand Plant, Railroad, Buildings and Other Property. Washington, Feb. 4. If the United States finally enters upon the construc tion of the interoceanic canal over the Panama route, as now seems probable, it will first pay to the Panama canal company the vast sum of $40,000,000. This payment represents more than the mere right of -way of this company;' it represents the work already done to wards digging the vast ditch, the Paua- ma railroad, the maps, drawings, rec ords, and a balance thrown in by way of bonus, but it is said that the latter item is comparatively small, for the ditch already constructed, according to official estimates, represents an expend itureof about $27,000,000, and the Panama railroad stock at par is worth almost $7,000,000. The French com pany will give to. this government among other things, about 30,000 acres of land which,-with the lands belong ing 'to the railroad company, cover nearly all the ground required for the actual construction of the canal. Some thing like 2,300 buildings will fall into the hands of the government on con clusion of the bargain, among them being offices, quarters, storehouess, hos pitals, shops, stables and miscellaneous structures. There is an immense amount of machinery, consisting of a floating plant of tugs, launches, dredg es, a rolling plant of locomotvies and cars, together with excavators, cranes, pumts, etc. In addition to all this, there is a quantity of surveying and other instruments and miscellaneous supplies. The official estimate of the time re quired to complete the Panama canal is 10 years, and the estimated cost is $184,000,000. The Walker commission thought it would take but eight years to build a canal at Nicaragua. It is estimated that millions will need be spent by the United States engineers in making Colon, Panama, and the canal route sanitary before much work can be done. The Panama fever has cost 100,000 lives, and no one can live long there under present conditions. It is thought that Chinese and Negroes will need to be imported for work in the ditch, as the climate is too oppres sive to permit much labor by Ameri cans, and the natives will not work. ELEVEN WOMEN BURNED. Awful Holocaust on Malcolm Island Seventeen Injured. . -Seattle, Feb. 4. A special to the Times from Vancouver says: Thursday evening witnessed a grim tragedy with dire "results to the Finnish settlers on Malcolm island, some distance up the coast from Vancouver. In a terrible holocaust which broke out while the men were at a meeting, in a common living house in which 34 families were living, 11 women and children burned to death and 17 injured. were The anguish of the men, who were Dowerless in many cases to help the women and children, owing to mere being no water supply, was terrible. As they stood outside the blazing build ing, children were thrown from the house at their feet and frantic women were falling all about them crippled and bruised as they leaped from the second story, of the doomed hotel There are about 100 families on the island. The building burned was put up to provide temporary shelter for the more recent Arrivals, who had been living in tents. Many of the men per formed acts of great bravery, and were badly burned. To Colonize Venezuela. Joplin, Mo., Feb. 4. "The- Vene zuelan Company," which organized here several days ago to enlist men for colonization in Venezuela, has, it was stated today, received over 1,000 men, all with military training and some of whom are stated to have held commis sions in the United States army and navy. Applications for membership are pouring in from all parts of 'the United States and Canada. The com pany expects to secure large land grants THE LEGISLATURE WHAT THE LAWMAKERS OF OREGON ARE DOING AT SALEM. Bills of Importance That are Being Intro duced and Acted Upon In Both Houses Measures Signed by the Qovernor Progress of the Balloting for United States Senator. Tuesday. -The vote Fulton 34, Geer 16, Wood 17, Mills 12, scattering 8, absent 3. Paulsen, of Clackamas, voted for Geer, but before the result was an nounced changed back to Fulton. The Senate Among the bills passed was one to authorize the employment of convict labor on the public highways and one to make state officers and em ployes subject to garnishment. A joint resolution to abrogate section 35, article 1, of the state constitution, relative to negroes and mulattoes, was adopted. The House A bill to amend the code relating to marriage licenses was passed. A bill to fix the maximum rates per mile charged by railroad companies was introduced. Monday. " The vote Fulton 34, Geer 16, Wood 14, Mlils 12, scattering 6, absent 8. The Senate The bill to reapportion the state into senatorial and represent ative districts was passed. The Smith bill for the creation of a board of health passed with only one dissenting vote. A bill was introduced to repeal the law creating the offices of health officers and boat puller at Astoria. The House The bill lo commit ine briates to the insane asylum was lost. A bill to regulate and limit the hours of employment of females was passed. A resolution was adopted by both branches asking the president to visit Oregon on his trip to the coast. Saturday. The vote Fulton 32, Geer 16, Wood 14, scattering 18, absent and paired 8, present but not voting 1. The Senate Amotig the bills passed was one relating to licenses for selling intoxicating liquors and one to provide for transfer of prisoners from the peni tentiary to the asylum. The House Committee on education reported in favor of senate bill appro priaiing $20,000 for Eastern Oiegon agricultural college. Committee on commerce reported favorably on the house bill for the Improvement and use of rivers. T The vote: Fulton 33, Geer 16, Wood 16, scattering 21, absent 4. The Senate Motion to adjourn until Monday voted down. A bill was passed prohibiting child labor under certain ages. A communication was received from the governor calling attention to the scandal at the state prison. A meaeure was introduced to provide an executive mansion. The House 'Among the bills intro duced was one providing a matron (at the penitentiary and one for an eight hour working day. , , , .; . . rsday. The vote: Fulton 33, Geer 16, Wood 17, Williams 10, scattering 11, absent 3. The House Bills were passed ask ing congress to enact better land laws and changing the time of fixing the tax levies. A. bin was introduced compell ing railroads to erect gates in the city of Portland. Wednesday. The vote today stood : Fulton 33, 20, was A Geer 16, Wood, 17, scattering absent 3, total 90. The Senate Most of the day taken up in passing charter bills. bill was passed to create a state board of health. Bills were introduced fix ing the salary of state printer ; making eight hours a day's work in all occu pations except domestic and agricul tural; and a number of unimportant measures. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Walla Walla, 75c: blue- stem, 86c; valley, 78c. . Barley Feed, $23.50 per ton; brew ing, $24. - Flour Best grade. $4.304.85 ; grah am, $3.453.85. Millstuffs Bran, $1819 per ton: middlings, $23 24; shorts, $19 20. chop, $18. ' Oats No. 1 white, $1.15 1.20; gray, f 1.1ZJS1.15 per cental. Hay Timothy, $1112; - clover, $89; cheat, $910 per ton. Potatoes Best Bnrbanks, 6075c per sack; ordinary, 4050c per cental, growers' prices; Merced sweets, $2 2.25 per cental. ' Poultry-r Chickens, mixed, llc; young, ll12c;hens, ll12c; turkeys, livel516c; dressed, 1820c; ducks, $77.50per dozen; geese, $78.50. Cheese Full cream, twins, 16 I7c, Young America, 17(318c; factory prices, llc less. Butter Fancy creamery, 3032c per pound; extras, 30c; dairy, 20 22c; store,-15 18c. Eggs 25 per dozen. Hops Choice, 2526c per pound. Wool Valley, 12K15c; Eastern Oregon, 814c; mohair, 2628c. .tseei uross, cows, 3(33c per pouna; steers, 44?c; dressed, 74c. Veal 7K8c. Mutton Gross, 4c per pound ; dressed, 7 c ; . . Lambs Gross, 4c per pound; dressed, 7&c. ... . "Hogs Grose, 6Jc per pound; dressed, 77c. TO MAKE ONE STATE. Congress May Admit New Mexico and Ari zona as One, to Be Divided Later. ; Washington. Feb. 5. Strong efforts are being made to bring about a com promise on the statehood bill. Many senators who a re decidedly displeased with the legislative situation would welcome' a compromise in order to clear the way for other legislation. Some hope was built today on a statement of Senator Quay that he "might" have a modification to make to his statehood amendment to the agricultural appro priation bill, and consideration of that measure has been postponed at his re quest until Friday. - The compromise most favored is the admission of Arizona and New Mexico as one state, Quay contending that such a provision should be modified to au thorize the admission of Arizona alone when it shall develop. sufficient popula tion. It is learned on good authority that the president would be willing to see such a compromise made, if it was further provided that at the time the large state was admitted, not only Arizona, but New Mexico as well, should have an adequate population. Efforts are being made to reach - some compromise . which will not arouse an tagonism when the bill goes bask to the house. : " - . " MONEY FOR NAVY7 Congressmen Favor Big Appropriations for New Vessels. Washington, Feb. 5. Sentiment in the hosue and in the naval affairs com mittee is strongly in favor of Repre sentative Dayton's resolution calling upon the secretary of the navy for a permanent programme for the steady increase, equipment and ' manning of the navy, with a view of giving to the United States a navy - as efficient and powerful as that of any power in the world. . This resolution is now. before the committee on naval affairs, but action on it will be delayed until dis posal of the L9saler bribery case. Many members of congress, some of whom are identified with naval affairs, and some of whom have only the in terest of seeing the country protected by a well manned and ! powerful navy, have expressed themselves as unequivo cally in favor of the resolution. -Betrt-eaentati ve" CannoT "oflirihoisy chairman of the committee on appro priations, who believes not one penny of the government's money should be other than wisely spent, endorses Mr. Dayton's proposal. Similar views are held by many oth ers in the house. The present situa tion in Venezuela has had considerable effect upon members of congress, and, more than any event of late years', has impressed congress with the necessity of placing the United States in a better position to defend itself against the European powers, if need be. Tunnel Under East River. .. Nwe York, Feb. 5. Atfer lying idle for 10 years, the tunnel under the East river, between orty-second street, Manhattan, and Long Island City, will probbaly soon be rushed to completion. Plans for the tunnel are all ready, so the work could begin today according to the engineer. The -New York & Long Island railroad company, owners of the franchise, completely reorgan ized, has been studying the question of resuming the woik for a . year. - New plans are complete, and practiclaly all preparations have been made for a con tinuation of the long delayed project. Railroad Provides Free Surgeons. New York, leb. 5. The New York Central railroad has perfected apian to minimize loss of life and injuries in accidents by employing 60.surgeons, who will live all along the line, so that they may: be reached at once. Each physician will have charge of a section. The station masters will be kept in formed of the whereabouts of the physi cians, .so that they may be reached by wire at any time. These surgeons will also respond to calls of passengers taken ill and to attend employes. Every, train will carry surgeon's tools, Effect of Free Coal. New York, Feb. 5. It is the general opinion among local dealers mat tne great inconvenience caused by scarcity of coal is at an end, and from now on the price will continue to drop,- espe cially if the present mild weather con tinues. In some places yesterday hard coal could be bought lor $7.50 a ton and one dealer put his price at $7, with 1,000 tons on hand. The price of soft fcoal was as low as $2.50 a ton, with independent dealers- retailing coal at $6 and $6.50 a ton. Direct Vote on Senator. Denver. Feb. 5. A bill introduced in the legislature by Senator Rush pro vides that at the general election and preceding the time for election of a United States senator, each, political party may place on the ballot the names of five or less candidates for the senatorship, and binds the members of the legsilature, under penalty of expul sion, to vote for the candidate of their respective party receiving the greatest number of the popular vote. . Philadelphia to Stay at Bremerton. Washington. Feb. 5. The navy de partment 'has decided to retain the Philadelphia at the Bremerton navy yard as a receiving ship. This vessel was one of the first crusiers of the new steel navy and already has become an tiquated in many lespects TERMS OF TREATY ALASKAN BOUNDARY QUESTIONS FOR TRIBUNAL TO SETTLE. Document Is Largely In French, and Must Be Translated Three Men Appointed by United States and Three by dreat Britain WUI Act as Jurists Decision in Three Months. Washington, Feb. 5. There was some discussion yesterday in the execu tive session of the senate with reference to making public the treaty recently negotiated by Secretary Hay and Sir Michael Herbert for a settlement of the Alaskan boundary dispute. Owing to the fact that a number of articles are in French, it was decided to await a translation before making the treaty public. The secretary of the senate was directed to prepare a translation. Article 1 of the treaty provides that the boundary line tribunal shall be im mediately appointed, and shall consist of six impartial jurists, three to be named by the president of the United States and three by his Britannic ma jesty. All Questions must receive a majority vote of the tribunal. ' Pro vision is made for the appointment of other jurists to fill' vacancies and for officers of the tribunal, including scien tific experts and agents. - Article 2 provides that a written or printed case of the two parties and oth er documents, correspondence and evi dence shall be submitted by the two parties within two months cf the ex change of the ratifications of this treaty. Two months afterward the counter case may be submitted, but the tribunal may extend the time if it so desires. Article 3 provides that the tribunal shall consider in the settlement of the questions submitted to its decisions the treaty between Great Britain and Rus sia of 1825 and the treaty between the United States and Russia of March 30, 1867, and ."particularly articles III, IV and V of the first mentioned treaty." The original text of these articles is given in French, m the treaty be tween the -United States and Russia articles III and IV cf the Anglo-Rue-sian treatyare quoted as describing the line of demarcation between Russian and the British possessions. It is provided that the first meeting of the boundary tribunal shall be in London. As soon as possible after the arguments are concluded a decision shall be prepared and within three months, unless the president or the British king, by common accord, ex tends the time. . Provision . also is made as to how the decision shall be prepared and handed to the agents of the respective governments. As soon as possible a decision"shall be prepared and handed to tb.3 agents of the re spective governments. As soon as a decision has been sent to the contracting parties each shall send one or more scientific experts to lay down the boundary line in accord ance with the decision. I Should ' there be a failure of the majroity to agree on any of the points submitted, the re spective governments are to be notified through the agents. : The exchange of ratifications, as soon as the same has become .effective, is provided for. DOBLIN IS GUILTY. Committee in Lessler Case Says He At tempted Bribery Minority Report. Washington, Feb. 5. The house committee on naval affairs has reported tc the house, its findings in the matter of the investigation of the Lessler brib ery charges. It finds that Philip Dob lin tried to bribe Lessler, and is liable to punishment for that offense and for perjury, but Lemuel E. Quigg and the Holland boat company are innocent in the matter. - , . - A minority report signed.by , Repre sentative Kitchen (Dem. N. C), - Van- diver (Dem. Mo.) and Roberts (Rep. Mass.) was also submtietd. . It finds that there was no attempt at bribery, or in effect, that Doblin's whole story is a fiction of his imagination. It argees in the rest of the majority report. Will Have to Change Plans. Seattle. Feb. 5. It may be neces sary to change the plans of the new federal building in this city, as there is not enough .money appropriated to build the structure entirely of stone. R. Brainard, representing the archi tect's office of the treauery department, ia here now, consulting with the vari ous federal officials in regard to the matter. While here he will examine the eandstone product of the state with a view of having that material used in the building. ' ' Fifty Middies Graduate. Annapolis, Feb. 5. The 50 midship men of the class of 1903 today received their diplomas from the hands of Secre tary of the Navy Moody, and became full fledged officers of the. American navy. The exercises took place in the new armory. The midshipmen assem bled : in front of the barracks and marched to the armory, ; where' a large crowd had gathered to witness the cere monies. Tonight the exereises culmin ated in the annual grand ball. MONEY IN DANGER BY FIRE. New York Assay Office Ablaze, with Mil Hons in Bullion on Hand. New York, Feb. 3. Fire broke out today in a laboratory in the second story of the United States assay office, which is next door to the United States subtreasury, and destroyed a portion of the roof and upper story and some of the apparatus. . Chief Assayer Torrey said the loss on the building would be nominal. He thought the business of the assay office, which amounted to about 75 assays a day, would not be in terrupted longer than three or four days. Mr. Torrey believed that nitric acid, which Is used in testing bullion, was the cause of the fire. An alarm'was turned in and the 65 government, employes in .the building hastened to save the millions of treas ure in their care. There was about $40,000,000 in bullion in the- vaults and about $1,500,000 lying outside in various parts" of the building. The $1,600,000 and about $100,000 in melt ed state, as well as the books of account and records were hastily locked up. The building used by the assay office is historic. Before it began to be used as an assay office, 40 years ago, it was a government mint, and for a time it was the United States or government bank. The structure is of gray stone and bricx and very old fashioned. - BIQ SACRAMENTO FIRE. Department Store Burned, Causing Loss of $500,000. Sacramento, Feb. 3. The great de partment store of Weinstock, Lubin'& Co.f was destroyed by fire this morning. One fireman was killed by a falling wall. One other fireman was fatally injured and several others received serious injuries. ; The store was one of the largest in California. It was a four story brick and cement building, covering a large area of ground. An immense stock of department store goods was earried, as in addition to being the leading store inJ :acramento it did a large business throughout Central and Northern Cali fornia. ' Colonel Weinstock and the company's directors have decided to rebuild at once. Meantime, the debris will be cleared away and temporary warerooms put up. About 400 people have been thrown out of empFoyment. The total insurance is estimated by Colonel Weinstock at about $300,000. Loss, probably $500,000 -HOBSON GIVES UP. - Hero of the Merrimac Resigns from Navy '"" on Account or tils Eyes. Washintgon, Feb. 3. -Captain Rich mond P. Hobson, of Merrimac fame, has tendered his resignation as a naval constructor in the navy. For some time Captain Hobson has sought to be relieved, but the board befoie which he was examined pronounced him fit for duty, and he was ordered to duty in charge of construction work at the Bremerton nayy yard. It is well known that for some time Captain 'Hobson has suffered from an affection of the eyes, he and his friends have declared, incapacitated him from active duty. A bill to retire him has passed the house of representatives, and recently, when it was called up in the senate by Mr. Morgan it was passed over Jon" an objection by Mr. Cockrell, who insisted that, an examining board having pronounced him fit for duty, Hobson should not be retired. . In a letter to the secretary of The navy Hobson sets out the reasons for his resignation, the princpial one being the bad condition of his eyes. It is understood that Admiral Taylor, the chief of the bureau of navigation, will make a favorable recomendation on Captain Hobson's resignation. Nome Becomes Sub-port. Washintgon, Feb. 3. The secretary of the treasry has issued an order mak ing Nome, Alaska, a sub-port of entry. This action ywas taken after a thorough investigation of the whole subject of officials in Alaska, and it is expected that it will add very materially to the prosperity of Nome and the whole ter ritory. At present all vessels going to Nome are necessarily subject to many inconveniences and delays. Under the new arrangement vessels will enter and clear and duties will be paid at Nome the same as at all other ports of entry. Trolley Cars Mobbed. Waterbury, Conn., Feb. 3. The trol-- ley strike in this city .tonight reached the proportions of a general riot. Every car sent out from the barns was greeted with a volley . of stones at various points, and no car escaped without broken windows. Thousands of people filled the streets, and the police were powerless to control the mob, and were at length forced to request the company officials to call in the cars. Tho re quest was complied with, and the last car pulled into the barn at 11:15 es corted by the police. -v Torpedo Boat Crushed. -Corfu, Island of Corfu, Feb. 3. The British ctuiser Pioneer ran into a tor pedo boat destroyer near the channel of Corfu today and 13 persons are believed to have been drowned. The torpedo boat destroyer was the Orwell. She was cut through at the conning tower during night naval operations, and her fore part sank in deep water taking down 15 men. Only two bodies have been recovered. The after part of the Orwell has been towed here. . i Orders to Rush Rifles. v Springfield, Mass.. Feb.' 3. Orders have been received at the United States armory to rush the shipment of 100,000 Krag-Jorgensen rifles to arsenals over the country. - The original cause of the order was the passage of the militia bill, but the rush feature of the order apparently has a special cause. BIG APPROPRIATION A MILLION DOLLARS FOR JETTIES AT iMOUTH OF COLUMBIA. Money Is Available as Soon as Report of Board Is Made Alaska to Have Eight ...New Lighthouses Bertllion System to ' Identify Chinese Closer Watch Over Forest Reserves. Washington, Feb. 4. The sundry civil bill, reported to the house yester day, carries a number of Pacific Coast items, most important among them be ing $1,000,000 to be available after July 1 for the work on the jetty at the mouth of the Columbia river; in ac cordance with the authorization con tained in the last river and harbor bill. There is a distinct, advantage in having the lump appropriation, as it enables the chief of engineers to make more advantageous contracts at the outset. This money will be available in time for commencing work when the present available - balance has been used and the special board report is made and approved. Other coast appropriations are : En largement and remodeling the Portland jiuoiuiuio auu tuui l UUUUllJgB, $ 1.1 0,' 000, with $25,000 additional for rent of temporary quarters for postoffice and courts while repairs are being made ; eight Alaska light houEes, . $200,000; continued improvement of Crater Lake national park, $2,000; reindeers for Alaska, $25,000; improvement of Ta coma harbor, $100,000;. purchase of site for military post, Skagway, Alaska, $500; continuing mineral examinations in Alaska by geological survey ,$60,000. The regular appropriations - are made for the protection of the seal and salmon fisheries of Alaska, surveys of the Pacific, Alaskan and Hawaiian coast, government fish stations in Ore gon and Washintgon, food and clothing for natives on St. Paul and St. George island, Alaska, etc. - A significant appropriation is $500, 000 for the exclusion of Chinese, $300, 000 more than was appropriated for the purpose last "year. The increase is authorized because the committee pro-' vides for the adoption of the Be: tillion system of identification of Chinese en tering and leaving at all ports of entry, it being found this is the only - sure method of identification. , 'l :. . The appropriation forthe , protection 6fjpul)llc "lands against illegal' and ' fraudulent entry is increased from $150,000 to $185,000, the committee directing that more special agents be employed next year. . There has also been an increase to $325,000 for administering forest re serves, $25,000 more than last year. The increase is made necessary by the' increased area of reserves and the grow ing demand for forest reserve timber. The appropriation for examination of lands with a view to their inclusion in forest reserves is increased materially to $130,000, indicating future activity in this fine. ::: SHOOTS ESCAPINQ PRISONER. Attempted Break From Idaho Penitentiary Neatly Frustrated. Boise, Idaho, Feb. 4. While at tempting to escape from the peniten tiary this afternoon, Bob Meeks was shot down by Deputy Warden Robert Fulton. Meeks slipped out of the yard behind a wagon and started to run north. Guards on the wall opened fire on him. The deputy warden ran into the office and, grabbing a rifle, stopped the fugitive at 300 yards. The ball struck the convict in the left leg, shat tering the bone so badly that it has been necessary to amputate the, limb. Meeks was sentenced for 35 years for participation in the robbery of the Montpelier bank in 1897. He made a previous escape, : but was recaptured after being out two days. , It was found Meeks had sought to , commit suicide by attempting to open an artery in his wrist with an improvised knife. This was apparently done last night. Chinese Importing Arms. Honolulu, Feb. 4. The Pacific Mail steamship China has arrived- here from Hong Kong and Yokohama, on her way to San Francisco. She brings the news that large importations of . arms and ammunition are being made . by Chinese, in violation of the agreement of the powers. - Vessels disguised as trading boats are going into the interior laden with war material. It is thought that these unusual importations of fire arms and ammunition are being- made by the reform element, which is plot ting to overthrow the Manchurian dynasty. Must Give Preference. Beriln, Feb. 4. The foreign office officials say that the interchange of views between Mr. Bowen and the rep resentatives of the allies at Washington continues on the question of what form of preference the blockading powers shall have. President Castro will not be allowed to reach a settlement with out giving some form of preference. The attitude of the United States con tinues as from the beginning to be dig nified and friendly toward all. "-' , Can't Haul the Traffic. Chicago, Feb. 4. Because of inabil ity of eastern roads, to handle all the traffic offered them, western roads have issued blockade notices that affect sev eral of the . necessaries of life. Among the latter ia flour, which the western roads will not receive for delivery to eastern roads until further notice. VThe condition of congestion on the eastern roads is very much worsethanon western roads.