Corvallis gazette., April 17, 1903, Image 1

WEEKLY.
.S&2.r&.I Consolidated Feb., 1899.
COBVAX.LlS,BENTO COUNTY, OREGON, FEIDAY, APRIL, 17, 1903.
VOL,. XXXX. NO. 17.
EVENTS OF THE DAY
GATHERED FROM ALL PARTS OP 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.
Kansas bank deposits now amount
to $30,000,000, or -over $60 for every
man, woman and child in the state.
The Methodists propose to merge the
Methodist Book Concern of New York
and the Western Methodist Book Con
cern of Cincinnati and Chicago.
Nearly $300 was found in searching
a hovel occupied by Patrick Flynn,
near Belvidere, N. J. He was 82 years
old and a hermit. He was found dead.
Fire which started in the Capital
Hotel at West End, a summer resort
near New Orleans, La., destroyed that
building and a number of business
.houses. The loss is $75,000.
Rocks from a blast at a cutting in
a Bronx, New York City, street, broke
:many windows, wrecked a house, in
jured a baby and scared a woman near
ly to death.
Two Hungarians were killed and two
injured at Pittsburg in a belated ex
plosion of dynamite at the New Mount
"Washington tunnel of the West Lib
erty Traction Company.
The Washington theater at Rome, N.
T.f was destroyed by fire. The loss is
"between $125,000 and $150,000, about
"half - covered by insurance.- A score
of people were injured when the walls
of the theater fell.
An anonymous letter, threatening to
"burn the town"by fire and dynamite,"
-imiAM 200 is left at a designated
place, has caused great excitement at
"Montgomery, Ind. There have been
rseveral incendiary fires there lately.
-Four structures in the business part
of Wilmington, Mass., were burned,
ontalllng a loss of $20,000.
The body of Rear-Admiral George
. "F. Balknap was buried with military
Ihonors at Arlington cemetery.
Brigadier-General Frank D. Baldwin
"has taken charge of the Department
of the Colorado, succeeding General
Frederick Funston.
Governor Peabody of Colorado, has
ordered the members of the Denver
IFire and Police Board to answer
charges of malfeasance and misfeas
ance in office in permitting gambling.
The trial of Dr. Joseph Alexander,
of Indianapolis, on the. charge of
.grave-robbing has been indefinitely
-"postponed, because the. . Negroes un--der
indictment have refused to testi
fy against him. , .
A tornado in the vicinity of Bloc--ton,
Ala., wrecked several houses and
-did considerable damage to- farming
property. The towns of Coleanor and
3arhey also suffered. No fatalities
-were reported.
John Sherman, a guard on the Chi
' -cago Elevated railway, was probably
iatally hurt and many passengers
-were shaken up and badly frightened
-when the second car of a west-bound
train jumped the track. .
The Mexican Ambassador has in-
-tnrmpft the State DeDartment that
-tickets are being sold in this country
-fnr a lntterv said to be located in
San Luis, Mex., where the Ambassa
dor says mere is no lonery. .r.
John H. Wisker, the engineer on
the New York Central Railroad,
whose train caused the fatal acci
dent in the Park-Avenue tunnel, New
VnrV in PVhrnarv. 1902. will be tried
lor manslaughter. His "lawyers will
try to show that the directors should
liave been indicted. ;
a jrrnin flvator in Chicago, owned
"by the Lake Shore & Michigan South
ern Railway, and. used by" Churchill
& Co.. -gram merchants, Durnea. io-
tal loss, $200,000. Fifteen men were
employed in the structure, but all es
caped. The elevator contained near
ly 150,000 bushels of grain.
ThA democrats of the First Oregon
district have nominated A. E. Reams
lor congress.
A colored porter on an Erie Pull-
man was found to have the smallpox.
The car was quarantined.
Sight new veins "of coal Have been
discovered just south of Wllkesbarre,
"Pa. With 12 veins underneath now
"being worked, this makes 150 feet of
ynal Tt la estimated there are iw.
000,000 tons in this tract, which is
owned by the Delaware, Lackawanna
& Western and benign & w lines Darr
to Coal Company.
Mandhlakie Dube, son of a Natal,
South Africa. Zulu chief, has been
called from his studies in this country
to assume the chieftaincy. His fath
er s health is failing.
Immigration authorities at Winni-nee-
Manitoba, have annealed to . the
military for tents to house new set
tlers.
Ten skeletons in receptacles of flat
atones, uncovered on a farm east of
Hopkinsville, Ky., are pronounced by
"Professor Morehead. of Phillips Acad
emy, those of a race of - prehistoric
mound-builders.
A nonv eneine collided with' the
rear end of a passenger train on the
Lake Shore branch line at AsniaDuia,
O. Fireman Bogue, of the pony"Bn
cinp was tilled three trainmen were
injured and several passengers more
or less hurt.
Tho falsewnrk of the Panhandle
bridge, near Pittsburgt which is be
ing rebuilt, caught fire and was part
ly destroyed.
Whittaker Wright claims to be a
citizen of the United' States, and says
that the Commissioner who heard his
case is without jurisdiction.
Bruce Marcum, a Jackson,- Ky.,
young man of good family, has, under
the vagrancy law, been sold into ser
vitude for six months. Marcum is so
averse to work that the highest bid
was $6.50. ' -
RAINS CHECK FARM WORK.
Winter Wheat Looks Well Frost Nips
Fruit in California.
Washington. April 16. The Weather
Bureau issued the following weekly i
summary of crop conditions:
In the districts east of the Rocky
Mountains during the week ending
April 13, the temperature has been
highly favorable for growing .vegeta
tion, but farm work was very general
ly retarded by rains in the Lake re
gion, central valleys and Atlantic coast
districts, while complaints of lack of
moisture are received from portions
of the Central and West Gulf ..states.
In the Central and Northern Rocky
Mountain districts and on the North
ern Pacific coast the season is
very backward, and Washington and
Oregon have suffered from cold, wet
weather. In California the conditions
have been generally favorable, with the
exception of some damage by frosts.
The condition- of winter wheat is
generally excellent, and it has made
splendid progress since the first of the
months In the Upper Ohio Valley,
however, the freeze of the 4th and 5th
caused some injury. On the whole
the conditions of the crop in the winter J
wheat belt east of the Rockies is more
promising than for years. In Califor
nia the outlook is also promising, but
in Oregon and Washington the condi
tions of the crop are less favorable,
especially in the. last named state,
where about one-third of the acreage
will be resown. -
Spring wheat seeding is nearly com
pleted in Iowa and Nebraska, and is
progressing well in South Dakota; i
none has yet been sown in North Da
kota and in Northern Minnesota, but
in Southern Minnesota some has been
sown on rolling lands. By the close of !
March, which was a very mild month,
all fruits wereAinusually far'advanced.
The reports now indicate that many
varieties of fruit have suffered severe-1
ly for the month, particulary the
pG&cLi.
In California, while some damage
has been done by frost, the outlook
Is favorable: on the North Pacific
Coast the season is so backward that
fruit has not been exposed to -injury.
TWO KILLED BY TORNADO.
Storm Sweeps Over Remote Part of Ala-
bama With Deadly Effect.
Birmingham, Ala., April 16. A spe
cial to the Age-Herald from Evergreen,
Ala., says: -
News has just reacnea nere vy icio
nhnne confirming rumors of heavy loss
of life and property in the neighbor
hood of Peterman and .Burnt corn,
wrought by the tornado which passed
near there yesterday. Ten persons are
known to have been killed, numerous
barns and residences and outnouses
were swept away, entailing a loss
which will reach high in the thousands.
On account of the bad condition of the
wires communication - is difficult.
H. P. Salter and' his motner ana
child were riding along a road and
were opposite a clump of trees when
the storm overtook them. a. neavy
tree that was uprooted by the wind fell
across the wagon, crushing all of the
occupants to death. Several residenc
es were demolished, the timber falling
on the occupants, killing or injuring
all within the buildings. -
It will probably-be several days De-
fore a correct list of the casualties
can be obtained, aa there Is neither J
HAPPENINGS HERE IN OREGON .
II I
COAL LEDGE FOUND.
Specimens From Near Wllholt Springs
of Excellent Quality.
According to a report brought from
the vicinity of Wilholt Springs, 25
miles east of Oregon City, in the foot
hills of the Cascade Mountains, and in
Clackamas county, that portion of the
county is likely in the near future to
prove one of the greatest wealth-producing
sections of the county. F. C.
Barstow, of that place, has a sample
of coal which he says has been taken
from a ledge just unearthed on his
claim, which he claims to have been
looking for for the past 12 months.
The sample that he showed was al
most pure carbon, and was as fine a
specimen of the "black diamond"' as
can be found, anywhere between the
two oceans. According to his story the
vein is from six to ten feet thick and
bhows every indication of being per
manent. It has long been known -that there
are fine prospects for coal in that sec
tion, and many samples of coal picked
up from the hillsides have been exhib
ited, but it is said that this is the nrst
find of any consequence, and it is now
believed that claims that have not
been filed on in that vicinity will soon
be taken up.
As the new electric railroad, for
which C. D. Latourette recently se
cured a franchise, is supposed to run
to the vicinity of Wilhoit Springs, it
is believed that this find will be an in
centive to hurry up the building of the
road..-
Settlers for Wallowa County.
A party of immigrants, numbering
60 men. women and children, arrived
a few days ago from Hinton, W. ,Va.,
and will locate. Many will go to El
gin, and perhaps to Wallowa county,
where already many from their state
are already located. They are all in
search of Government land that can
be homesteaded.
Treat for Music Lovers.
The students and citizens of Eu
gene are anticipating a great musical
treat when the State Oratorio Society
renders its programme in Villard
Hall, May 12, 13 and 14.
Financial Condition Good.
The semi-annual financial report of
Columbia county officers for the six
months ending March 31, has been
completed and it shows a total in all
of the funds of nearly $40,000. The
total resources of the county are $43,
203.97, while the total liabilities are
$1328.06,' the latter consisting of - war
rants on the general and road funds
that have not been presented for pay
ment. There is no such a procedure
in that county of indorsing warrants
"not paid for want of funds."
Examined'Salem Bar.
David B. Ogden of Portland, an en
gineer, of "the Government River and
Tjni. Department, was in Salem and
made soundings in the Willamette
River near Salem to ascertain what
hanges have taken place in the chan
lei. He also made such investigations
Is will be of use to his office in case
t should be necessary to build a re-
etment in order to keep the river in
ts channel.
Had Good Run. -
The four-stamp mill recently install-
d at the new Kremer & Palmer mine,
bn Mount Reuben, has been completed
d given its trial run, with excellent
esults. 'The Kremer & Palmer is one
if the richest and, most promising
bines of Southern Oregon, and is an-
fither of the properties of this mineral
one that has arisen from a mere pros
ect to a paying mine within the
ourse of a few months.
Snow Scares Grant Stockmen.
Three inches of snow fell over most
f Grant county last - week, causing
onsiderable alarm to the scores of
tockmen who had just turned out on
pe range. Skits of February have been
Wried into April this season, numer-
us scant falls of snow being inter-.
tingled with chill weather, the com-
Enation proving rather trying on
lock. Ranchers now are very - anx-
us for things to moderate.
Fears for Clackamas County Fruit.
The heavy hail storm of last , week
id considerable damage to fruit in
afferent sections of Clackamas coun
r, many or tne iruit - trees Demg
. ... ..... ......
h full bloom, and the entireblossom
eing knocked off the trees.' The
reather of . the whole week has been
Immoderately cold, and it is believed
hat the fruit crop is baaly damaged,
not entirely killed.--
L Wife Jlurderer Suicides.
John de Falcd," the Italian convict
who .was serving a life sentence at the
enitentiary for killing his wife in
ortland on February 26 through jeal-
usy, ended his existence at the prison
y cutting his throat and severing his
i indpipe , with an instrument . known
s a cell knife, with a blade about one-
hch long. '
- May Make 100,000 Idle.
Chicago, April 16. On the result of
meeting to be held tomorrow depends
he question of a strike which may in-
plve 100,000 workmen on the Great
akes. An ultimatum on wages is to
te presented dv tne pacuage ireignt
jandlers at. Chicago to. the managers
i the lake lines and labor contractors
ho supply men for dock work along
he Chicago river. The demand is
acked by the ." International Long-
horemen's, Marine and Transport
workers' Association.
CHINESE RAIDED BY ROBBERS.
Mormon Basin Celestials Were Not the
. Victims of Mob Violence. '
United States District Attorney .
H. Hall, of Portland, has been in
Baker City several days making in
quiry about an alleged outrage per
petrated on a lot of Chinamen engaged
in mining near Mormon Basin last
summer. It will be remembered that
lot of toughs made a raid on the
Chinese placer mines over there and
robbed them of all their gold dust and
money. Three of the Chinamen were
badly ' injured and several, houses
burned.
It was not a mob but a raid of a lot
of thieves and robbers, who, the better.
to intimidate their victims, burned
their homes and assaulted " the in
mates. The Chinese government it is un
derstood, has made a claim against
Uncle Sam for $100,000 damages and
it is for the purpose of looking up the
lacis in tne case that Mr. Hall has
been sent there.
TON OF SALMON FOUND.
Was Caught Out of Season and All Packed
In Ice.
Water Bailiffs Smith and Jones and
Deputy Warden Webster were looking
for poachers near the mouth of the
Clackamas when they ran into as fine
a lot of salmon packed in ice as their
eyes had seen for many a long day.
More than 2200 pounds were taken
from the pack and shipped to Port
land, where they were placed in cold
storage.
After leaving this big find of. sal
mon, the men proceeded -up the river
to look for a location 'for a flshway.
On -their way they, broke their, oars
and were forced to beat ashore, and
almost under their eyes they discov
ered 20 fine steelheads, which they ap
propriated. . .
It has long been known that salmon-
fishing out of season was being indul
ged in in the Clackamas, but that it
was Demg carried on on such a large
scale was not dreamed of. and strenu
ous stepB will be taken to stop it.
Takes Place in. The Dalles "Land Office.
Miss Frances N. Osborn. of Wash
ington,. D. C, who for the past six
years has ,been a clerk in the General
Land Office, has arrived at The Dalles J
to assume his position in the local
land office.
Lumber Dropped Into Eay.
ParT of the dock of the Truckee
Lumber Company's sawmill, at Hob-
sonviile, on Tillamook Bay. collapsed
and 60,600 feet of dressed lumber went
into the bay with it, A gang of men
were put to work and saved the lum
ber. . - r. . - . .
Orouse Mountain Mine Resumes.
The Grouse Mountain Gold Mining
& Milling Company will resume oper
ations at once. " The . superintendent
has gone to Bohemia with a force of
men. This company owns valuable
property on Grouse Mountain which
adjoins the Noonday, and Knott mines,
Heing an extension of the Champion.
They will work a double shift further
to improve the property as originally
mapped out. This company is held as
a close corporation and backed by
some men of money and influence.
Bond Proposals Carried.
At a special election held in Baker
-City to vote on a proposition to issue
bonds for the purpose of constructing
a sewer system and erecting a City
Hall, the City Hall bonds carried, by a
vote of four to one, and the sewer
bonds five to one. Both improvements
will be started at once.
TORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Walla Walla, 7072c; blue
stem, 76c; valley, 7576c. -
: Barley-Feed, $21.50 per ton; f brew
ing, $23. " ' -
floor Best grade, $3.P54.25 ; grah
am, I3.4&3.5.
Millstuffa Bran, $19 per ton;
middlings, $24; shorts, $19.5020,
chop, $18. ;
Oats No. 1 white, $1.15 1.20;
gray, $1.121.15 percental.
Hay Timothy, $1313.50; clover,
$10ll; cheat, $1112 per ton.
rotatoes .cost unrDanks, ouc per
sack; .. ordinary, - 2540c per cental,
growers' prices; Merced sweets, $3
3.50 per cental. : . .
Poultry Chickens, mixed, ll12c;
young, 1314c;":. hens, 12c; turkeys,
live, l617c; dressed, 2022c; ducks,
$77.50 per dozen; geese, $66.50.
; Cheese Full cream, twins, 16
17c; Young America, 13 13c;
factory prices, ll6c less. V
xsutier fancy creamery, jszc per
pound; extras, 21c; dairy, 2022c;
store, iocs isc. .
Eggs 1516c per dozen.
Hops Choice, 1920c per pound.
Wool Valley, 1215c; Eastern
Oregon, 814c; mohair,- 35 36c.
iieet uross, cows, 344c pet
pound; steers, 45c; dressed, 7?fce,
Veal 886c. "
Mutton Gross, 77c per pound;
dressed, 89c. -' - V
Lambs . Gross, - 4c per pound
dressed, 7Kc ; ' ".' :
; Hogs Gross,- 7?)c per : pound
iresBed,88)c.
CUT IN TWO BY STEAT1ER.
Schooner Run Down on Gulf Two Chil
dren and Sailor Drowned.
St Louis, April 15. A special to
the Republic from Galveston, Tex..
says: .
. The schooner Margaret L. Ward
was rammed and sunk by the South
ern Pacific steamer El Rio, 25 miles
east- of Galveston Bar, last night.
Two children of Captain McKown, of
the schooner, were lost and one sea
man of the same vessel.
According to Captain McKown, all
his lights were burning brightly and
every possible signal made to avert
the collision, but the big steamer bore
straight down upon- the doomed ves
sel, cutting her in two and sending
her to the bottom immediately. From
accounts of the collision given by the
engineer, Clark, and Chief Mate In
galls, it was .about 30 seconds from
the time of the collosion until the
Ward sunk. -
The captain had his family on
board. They were asleep in the cab
in. The mate saw the steamer and
started to ring the bells. The whole
crew turned out; all bells were ring
ing, the whistles were blowing, all
hands on deck were, shouting for dear
life and both anchorage lights were
showing when the El Rio struck the
schooner carrying away her aft-gang
way and wheel-bow and cutting into
the cabin. .
All hands took to the rigging. Cap
tain McKown had his son in his arms,
but was struck with something in get
ting into the rigging and the little fel
lew slipped into the sea. Mrs. Mc
Kown gave the little girl to one of
the sailors who was lost in trying to
save her.
RAISED FROM THE DEEP.
One of the Spanish Ships Sunk by Dew.
ey's Fleet at Manila.
Manila, April 15. The warship
Reina Christina, . the flagship of Ad
miral Montejo, which 'was sunk by
Admiral Dewey, was floated and
beached yesterday. The skeletons of
about 80 of her crew were found In
the hulk.
One skeleton was evidently that of
an officer, for it had a sword by its
side. There are fifteen shell holes in
the hull of the' Reina Christina, one
made by an eight-inch and others
smaller. The main injection valve is
missing, showing the ship was ' scut
tled, when abandoned. The hull is in
fair condition.
Captain Albert R. Couden, com
manding the naval station at Cavite,
took charge of the remains of the sail
ors, expressing a desire to give them
an American naval funeral. The
Spanish residents are anxious, how
ever, to ship the skeletons to Spain,
and it is suggested that the transport
Sumner convey them to Spain by the
way of the Suez Canal in June.
A wrecking company is endeavoring
to raise all the sunken Spanish war
ships. "" """-"" - -- . .-
PERUVIAN CIVILIZATION.
Dr. Max Uhle Has Been' Able to Trace It
Back 2,000 Years
San Francisco, April 13. The ear
liest American ) civilization, for ante
dating the generally accepted limits
of pre-Columbus culture,, has been
traced in Peru by Dr. Max Uhle, di
rector, of the anthrological excava
tions and explorations of the Univer
sity of California in that country.
Where heretofore Inca traditions had
led scientists to believe that Peruvian
civilization extended back only a few
centuries before the coming of the
Spaniards, the archeological work of
Dr. Uhle has established the ' fact
that a great civilization flourished
2000 years earlier, at the least est!
mate, and that a cultured race, of
higher development than the Incas,
was in existence before the Trojan
war. -
This remarkable discovery follows
as a result of the studies made in the
two expeditions which Dr. Uhle led
in recent years at the expense of rs
Phoebe Hearst and under the aus
pices of the University of California.
DAM BURSTS IN COLORADO.
Irrigates Valley Too Suddenly and Drives
Out .Residents.
Delta, Colo., April 14. The dam of
the-Bonney reservoir, near Olathe. 15
miles from this city, gave way early
today, causing, damage estimated at
from $50,000 to" $75,000.- The reser
voir is owned by the Garnet Ditch &
Reservoir Company and r furnishes
water for irrigating the Garnet mesa.
The company's house below the dam
was demolished, and its occupants
barely escaped with their lives, being
forced to wade through several feet
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CANAL AT RAPIDS
BOARDOF ENGINEERS TO MEET AT
PORTLAND -MAY 11.
Decision on Plans Will Then Be Reached
May Modify Harts Plan to Keep
Within Limit Will Also Examine
Route Scheme for Continuous Canal
From Big Eddy to Celilo.
Washington, April 15. Representa
tive Moody, before leaving Washing
ton, had a final conference with the
members of the Board of Engineers
having under consideration the open
ing of the Columbia River from The
Dalles to Celilo, and was informed
that the Board will meet in Portland
May 11 to consider more fully all data
that has recently been collected by
Major Langfitt regarding the portion
of the river to be improved.
Mr. Moody says that, while it is im
possible, to say what the Board will
finally report, its conclusion will
largely, depend upon calculations to
be based on data that has been com
piled by Major Langfitt, bearing on
the several modifications or substi
tution for the Harts' project.
Mr. Moody also had under consider
ation with the engineers the removal
of one of the reefs at Ten-Mile Rap
ids, with a view to facilitating steam
boat navigation up to the lower end
of the proposed state portage road.
That proposition will be considered
by the Board when it meets. The
Board will proDably visit the obstruc
tions in the river and will determine
for itself the need of blasting on this
reef. Having viewed the river dur
ing the Summer, the Board at its
coming meeting will have opportunity
to see the stream at the high stage of
the water and form a better idea of
tne volume of water to be controlled.
The Board will make an extraordi
nary effprt to devise a practical plan
that can be carried out at a cost not
exceeding Captain Harts' estimate for
his original scheme, and there is
some hope that such a plan may
eventually be found. In the light of
data that has been collected by Ma
jor Langfitt, the Board will be, able,
closely to, estimate the cost of the
several modifications of the Harts'
project that have been proposed and
will also be able to estimate the cost
of other schemes that have bieen
brought .forward by other engineers.
Mr. Moody has urged that if the
Harts' plan in an amended form is
not agreed upon, the Board seriously
consider the proposition of a contin
uous canal from the Big Eddy to Ce
lilo, and determine whether or not
such a canal can be built by making
use of natural channels through the
rocks to the south of the river, at a
cost, not greater than Harts' estimate.
This suggestion will be investigated
and, if it proves feasible at reason
able cost, may be accepted, as the ad
vantages of a continuous canal are
recognized by many of the officers.
ENGINES CRASH HEAD-ON.
Four Are Killed and Two More Will Die
Details Meager,,
Halifax, N. "S., April 15. Four per
sons killed, two fatally hurt, at least
one missing, and several others slight
ly injured is the record of a head-on
collision on the Inter-Collonial Rail
way which occurred just before mid
night last night near Windsor Junc
tion, 17 miles from Halifax.
The poles and telegraph line along
the roadside were wrecked, and this
city was cut off from communication
With the outside world for hours.
The train's in collision were ,the
Canadian Pacific Railway express
from Montreal and Boston for Hali
fax, and a fast freight from Halifax
for Montreal. - The conductor and
driver of the freight had orders to
take the siding at Windsor Junction
and let the express cross, but, for
some unknown - reason, Driver Cope
land, of the freight, ran past the
Junction on the main line and met
the express two miles beyond.
It is thought that Copeland-may
have lost control of his train, which
was made up of 75 cars. The freight
was running 25 miles an hour, and
the express, which was two hours
late, was traveling about 45 miles an
hour.: Both trains were hauled by
new and powerful locomotives, and
they crashed together on a level piece
of road skirting a lake.. - -v
Proposed Treaty With Cuba.
Havana, April 15. Minister Squires
today outlines to President Palma and
Foreign Secretairy Haldo the details
pf the permanent treaty between Cuba
and the United States in accordance
ith the proposition prepared at
Washington. The naval stations
greement, the ratification of which
now pending in the Senate, will not
e reopened, but it is understood that
wnership of the stations is covered
h the treaty, in addition to the Isle
Pines and the Piatt amendment
atures. There is no doubt that
ermanent treaty ' will be concluded
Don.
Slide nisses Passenger Train.
Salt Lake, April 15. A special to
be Herald from Evanston, Wyo., says
hat a landslide occurred at the east
pd of the Aspen tunnel late today.
Jurying the Union Pacific tracks 18
r 20 feet for a distance of 200 or 300
feet and badly caving in the end of
pe tunnel. ; It is thought the tracks
annot be cleared for at least 24
ours. No one was killed in the slide
p far as known. The east-bound pas-
nger train had just passed through
he tunnel when the slide came down
pe mountain, just missing the train
Coal Mine Explosion. .
Kansas City, April 15. A special
the JournaKfrom, South McAlister,
T., says: -Five men were killed and
kto aeverely burned today by a gas
plosion in Mine 77 of the Kansas &
exas Coal Company at Carbon, I. T.
he - cause of 'the explosion is. un-
piown. Seventy-five men were in the
line, but all escaped injury : except
he Feven .who were working inthe
hamber where the explosion oo-
arred.'.:-- . . "
MAY GIVE UP ISLANDS.
banish Commission Returns Much Dis
couraged With Conditions.
Washington, April "l4. Advices re
ceived here are to the effect that the
royal commission left St. Thomas a
few days ago 'for Denmark in a pes
simistic frame of mind. After., the
treaty of cession 'had been laid aside
the Danish government, to placate
the residents of the Danish West In
dies and the people at home who fa
vored cession to the United States,
sent' this commission to the islands to
devise means for the improvement of
the conditions of the islanders by the
re-adjustment of ' salaries, the estab
lishment of direct lines of steamships
and changes in customs duties, which
it was hoped might reconcile the is
landers to their retention by pen
mark. It now appears that the com
mission was very much discouraged
by what it saw and heard, so it is en
tirely possible that - there will be a
strong revival of the cession movement-
in Denmark when they return.
Technically the treaty, of cession
ratified by the United States Sen-:
ate - is pending before the " Dan
ish Government, and if there is
change in public feeling there
may be ratified and the ces
it
sion completed, providing the Rigs
dag is called in special . session
before July, when the time allowed for
exchange of, ratifications expires.
NEW CRUISER TACOMA.
Date for the Launching at San Francisco
Soon to Be Fixed.
Washington, April 14 The Navy
Department expects to be advised
within a short time of the date when
the Union Iron Works, at San Fran
cisco, will launch the cruiser Tacoma,
building at Its yards. This date is
always set by the shipbuilders, and
approved by the Secretary of the
Navy. AH : arrangements for the at
tending ceremony in this instance
will be concluded between the Union .
Iron Works and the representative of
Tacoma, probably the Mayor, who will
also designate the-young woman who
is to christen the new vessel as it
starts on its first plunge into the
briny deep.
It is hardly probable that many rep
resentatives of the Department from
Washington will attend tne ceremony,
because of the distance, although all
bureau chiefs and the Secretary will
be invited. "
BLIND CHAPLAIN DEAD.
Venerable Dr. Milburn Passes Away In
His Eightieth Year.
Washington, April 13. Rev. Wiliam
Milburn, the venerable blind chaplain ,
of the United .States senate, died in
Santa Barbara, Cal., today. Mr. Mil-
burn, accompanied by his two nieces,
the Misses Timley, left Washington for
the Pacific coast about a year ago. The
chaplain was in broken health. The
change brought no great improvement
in his condition, and ' when congress
met in December he forwarded his res
ignation to Washington,, but it was
never acted upon.
Mr. Milburn was twice elected chap
lain of congress, the first time in 1845,
when a little over 22 years of age. He
was twice chaplain of the house of rep
resentatives and lastly chaplain of the
senate, to which office he was elected'
in 1893.
niSSIONARIES ARE TAKEN.
Germans Arrest Graduates of 'American
School in Carolines.
Boston, April 14. News of the ar
rest of a number of native graduates
from a mission school at Ruk, one of,
the Caroline Islands, by the Captain
cf a German warship, who carried
those in custody to Ponapa, the seat
of the German government, 300 miles :
away, was received today - by the
American Board of Foreign Missions.
The advices were from Rev. William
L. Stinson. who said the arrest was
made on the ground that the natives
preach against the German govern
ment. The natives were seized De
cember 26. They were still held on
February 16, the date of Mr. Stinson's
letter.
The officials of the American Board
have informed the State Department
of the arrests, requesting that steps
toward redress be taken.
Sultan Badly Scared.
Constantinople, April 14. The
news of the death of M St. .Cherbina,
the Russian Consul at. Mitrovltza,
European Turkey, who was shot by
an Albanian sentinel recently at that
place, has greatly alarmed the au
thorities here, who anticipate com-,
plications with Russia. Consular re
ports from Masastir show that the
anarchical conditions prevailing there
are becoming more acute. Assassi
nations of both Christians and Mus-
selmans are increasing. . In the dis
trict of Prilep . during the past' week
no less tSan 50 Christians were killed
by Musselmans.
r For Shorter Workday.
Philadelphia, April 14. Union tex
tile workers of this city assembled In
convention today for the purpose of
formulating demands to be presented
to the operators. The movement em
braces every grade of textile work. It
will affect directly about 50,000 oper
ators and indirectly about 100,000 ad
ditional hands. The convention ad
journed to night after adopting a reso
lution demanding a 55-hour week,
leaving the wage question for future
consideration. A strike will follow
the -refusal of the manufacturers to
accept the proposition.
Two Fleets to Combine.
Washington April 14. Orders were
sent to Rear-Admiral Higginson, com
manding the . North Atlantic . fleet at
Pensacola, - to remain there several
days pending the arrival of several,
carloads of provisions. He will . be
joined there early next week by Rear
Admiral Coghlan with the Caribbean
Sea division, and the fleet will ' pro
ceed to Norfolk, where it will be re
viewed by Admiral Dewey. Admiral
Coghlan has already left Puerto Cor
tes. -:- --
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