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COB VAXiLiIS, BEXTOH COUXTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, APKIL 24, 1903.
VOL.
NO. 18.
EVENTS OF THE DAY
iATHERED 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.
The. revolution in. Nicaragua is
spreading.
A number of army officers in ' Alaska
are charged with corruption.
. The' 2656 th annivereary of the found
ing of Rome haa been celebrated.
Japanese are very angry at Russia for
not evacuating Manchuria as promised.
Brazil and Bolivia are sending armies
-to meet each other and a battle is like
ly to occur soon.
- The government will not improve
the Siuslaw, river in Oregon, because
the cost would be too great.
Boxer troubles in Southwest China
Are growing. 'Fiend -troops may.; in
tervene to stop the trouble.
The Trigg shipbuilding company! of
Richmond, Va., has failed. The total
indebtedness is about $1,250,000.
Insurgent and Turkish forces con
tinue, to fight.' In the last battle 30
insurgents and nine Turks were killed.
The general manager of the Great
Northern and a committee of trainmen
will meet and discuss wages. - A peace
ful settlement is likely.
Benson, the murderer, has been con
victed of manslaughter!
An armed hand of iadrones haa reap
peared in Rizal province.
The Twenty-thid regiment has left
4he Philippines for San Francisco.
"White Springs, a summer resort near
St. Louis, was wrecked by a tornado.
Astronomers are talking of forming a
combination in order to facilitate their
' -work.
It-is said on good authority that
"William K. Vanderbilt will marry
again, y
A storm in Germany unroofed build
.ings, tore down telegraph wires and did
much other damage.
- Two srisoners in the Utah peniten
tiary engaged in a - fight which will
prove fatal to both. '
Fire in Butte destroyed much valua
t lle property ahdfdr a time endangered
he lives of 200 persons. - :
-Commander Underwood, of the gun
oat Wheeling, says the report of the
Ssomoan Hurricane was overdrawn.
A mad dog.in Morristown, N. J., bit
150 town dogs. Under orders from
the mayor 1,000 dogs have been de
stroyed. : ; -
Captain Edward Gatfield, who mys
terously disappeared in Cleveland last
summer, has been found in Littleton,
Colo. He wrote home that he was ill.
Dr. Lowry, secretary of the Kansas
Ute board of health, has, reported
-that the disease in Bice county, Kan
ae, thought to be bononic plague, is
aunallpdx.
As the remit of a- collision between
An interurban car and an automobile at
Indianapolis, lad., Dr. .Charles How
atrd , of. St.. Paul , Ind. , was killed and
Jtichard Rice, ef IndianapoJla badly in
In .the purchase fo 33 acres of land at
Indiana harbor, Lake county; Ind., the
Illinois steel company has .secured a
ite for the proposed $3,000,000 Port
land cement manufacturing plant
The capacity will be 4000 barrels a
Cracksmbri wrecked . the vault and
afe.of the Allen Btato bank, at Allen,
an., and .escaped with $2,700. At
.Admire, another small, town a' few
xnilee east of Allen, the postoiEce was
broken into and a small amount of
money taken. .
Woqdburn, N..J., National Bank of
rflcials ' say a man deposited $18,500,
nearly all in $20 gold pieces, tnat naa
iain buried in his back yard for years.
Burton Parker, a sorter in the Chi-
cago. Postoffice, . has been arrested on
the charge of robbing the. mails. ; He
v confessed. He is supposed to have se
cured $800. . -1
. General J;-C Bates, the new" com
mander of the Department of the
Lakes,, has arrived at Chicago. Gen
eral Sumner succeeds him. as com
mander f the Department of the Mis-
- souri.
Passenger train No. 4, on the North
ern .Pacific, ran into a freight on a sid
. ing at a station 12 miles west of Dick
inson, N: D, Fireman Gleason was
killed and the engineer injured. A
switch had been left open.
The' recent high tides at Coney Is-,
land, N. Y., burst through the Bright
on Beach bulkheads, and the inrush?
ing waters flooded the cellars and de
stroyed, the work of the gardeners at
Brighton Beach Hotel. . The waves
rose as high as 20 feet.
An immense flow of oil was struck
at 1200 feef in a well at Hartford, O.,
in new territory.
The big bronze - statue of Atlas,
which has stood on the fourth floor of
the old Times building, Chicago, for
more than a third of a century, and
which was placed in the structure by
Wilbur F. Storey, has been stolen.
. The statue weighed , more than a ton.
A Chicago man proposes to' capture
Havana's stray dogs, use them as bait
. for sharks In the harbor, and when
sufficient are gathered, blow them up
with dynamite. The Havana Munici
pal Council pays $3 for each female
shark destroyed, and $2 for each male.
-There's millions in it" .
PREPARE FOR GENERAL STAFF
Root Will Have It In Working Order When
, Law Becomes Effective,
Washington, April 23. It is the in
tention of Secretary Root to have the
organization of the general staff per
fected, and ready for business at the
time the law goes into effect in August.
For that reason the order detailing offi
cers for the general staff instructed all
save those in the Philippines to report
at once to General Young, who is the
chief of staff, and " who will have in
hand the details of organizing the body.
It is the intention of Secretary Root
to have different officers, who are like
ly to be assigned to special duties in
connection with staff work, detailed as
special boards, to which will be re
ferred matteis that will naturally come
before them. It is the intention to
have the officers of the general staff
divided into sections and take up such
questions how as will be referred to
them when the law becomes operative.
It is not intended that any of the offi
cers detailed for the general staff, shall
continue their present duties longer
than is absolutely necessary, as it is
the desire of Secretry Root that .- they
shou'd at once enter upon their staff
duties and assist in perfecting the or
ganization so that it will be in working
order by August 15. -
MOROS PLEDGE PEACE.
But Any Attempt to Abolish Slavery Will
r. - Cause a Rebellion.
Manila, April 23. Major General
Davia has returned here from Jolo
archipelago. He did not se the sultan
of Jolo-, as the latter went to Singapore
three days before General Davis ar
rived. The Bultan's absence compels a
temporary abandonment of the nego
tiations for the abrogation of the Bates
treaty. . ' '' '
General Davis reports that nine-!
tenths of the Lanao (Mindanao) Moros
have accepted the American sovereign
ty and pledged peace and friendship.
Representatives of 40 towns north of
the lake professed allegiance to the
United States before Major Ballard yes
terday. Peace is assured until an at
tempt is made to abolish slavery. It
is believed that would unite the Moros
in opposition to the Americans.
,The head-hunters inhabiting the
Sierra Madre mountains have made a
raid in the province of Nuetva Ecija,
island of Luzon. - They beheaded four
natives. A force of cavalry is pursuing
the raidere.
HUNGARIANS USE QUNS.
They Strike for Increase on Dnke Estate
" aad Show Fight
Somerville, N. J., April 23. Two
hundred Hungarians . and Poles, who
are on a strike on the estate of James
B. Duke, president - of the American
tobacco company, held the bridge from
Raritan to the Duke estate . today and
with drawn revolvers prevented team
sters from going to the Duke estate.
Mr. Duke says he will not grant the 25
cents a day increase the men ask. - The
strikers are alleged to have destroyed
many trees on the estate. - -
The Btrikers gathered at the Raritan
river bridge last night, armed with
guns and clubs, intending to attack the
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HAPPENINGS HERE IN OREGON
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MARION COUNTY CROPS.
Warm Rain Needed, Otherwise the Out
' look is Very Favorable.
- Crops in Marion county are in good
condition as a general thing, and there
is nothing yet to discourage the farmer.
It would te better for everything, bowr
ever, should "there be a heavy, warm
rain, which would have a twc-fold ben
eficial effect it would supply tne ne
ceseary moisture now demanded in
many places, and it would bring the
snow out of the Cascades, thus insur
ing warm spring weather, which it is
proverbial cannot be had until Table
Rock and the lower ridges of the moun
tains are bare of their white coats.
Fruit is coming on in good shape, the
load of blossoms indicating a plentiful
crop, but it is too early to feel safe yet.
The weather most dangerous to fruit in
this country is that which brings the
cold, beating, sleety rains lateyn April,
when the pollen is in the blossom, to
be washed rut by those rains, leaving
the blossom lifeless . for fruitmaking
purposes. . There is always a good crop
of fruit when that class of rains comes
before the blossoming is far advanced
or when the warm spring arrives without-much
rain at all.
The hop crop is at that point where
there, is merely speculation as to the re
sults. As usual, much is heard of mis
sing. hills, damaged vines, and a heavy
shortage in prospect for this year, but
past experience has shown that in many
years when similar predictions were
made, the yield turned out reasonably
good. . - - .
. Sheep Shearing In Umatilla.
Twenty sheep shearers have arrived,
in Umatilla county from different parts
of the country, and will commece work
at once. This number will be consid
erably increased within a week or ten
days, as three crews are employed in
the section around Pilot Rock during
the shearing season, which lasts about
60 days. Usually there are about 12
men to a crew. These men are- paid 7
and 8 cents a head for shearing stock
sheep and 15 a ,d 25 cents for pure-bred
ewes and Ducks. Some of the men
average $10 per day. Sheep, will not
be sent to the mountains as early U fe
year as last, as there is no scarcity of
feed. -';- ? "- : - '. - ' z
Big Timber Land Deal. ;
One of the biggest timber deals trans
acted in Southern Oregon for some time
was the recent transfer of . some 42,000
acres of timber land on the Upper Rogne
to W. H. Strobridge. He has taken
the tract on the Upper Rogne under
bond, the price named being $25 an
acre, for 24,000 acres of the tract, and
$20 per acre for the remainder.' The
total price is $960,000. This belt of
tijCer is one of the finest in the south
ern -part of the state. -
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I School Bond Issue Defeated. ...
By a vote of 185 to 82 the taxpayers
the Pendleton school . district de
bited the proposition of issuing $25,000
inds to erect a new eight-room school
use. - The question at issue was not
much the money, but the location of
e new building . which the school
pard had selected.
. Run of Small Fish Good. -The
run of fish still continues good
Astoria for this season of the year.
bd further' up the river a number of
rge fish are being caught.
Building at Reform School..
Plans are neailv comnlete for the
pw industrial schcol building which is
be erected at the state reform echool
a cost of from $12,000 to $15,000.
le plans' will be submitted to the
rd of trustees by Architect C. C.
iwis, of Portland, the first of next
sek, and the board will immediately
vertise for bids. . . .
Snow Deep In Cascades. , s"
Ri Hoover, the well-known shin-
b manufacturer 'of Detroit, says that
o in the Cascade mountains is deep
now than it has been before at this
son in the Dast eight veara. Should
p weather torn warm suddenly so as
melt the ' snow -rapidly , he believes
e Willamette, river- will be high this
ar. ..vi
Denied a Franchise.
The Baker City council has refused
grant a franchise to the Oregon Ida
Central railroad company for a
jght of way and terminal facilities to
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iter luut ciiy. - jjih ih . iiib propositi
sven Devils road, a company for the
nstruction of which was organized
at fall. ' -
At the Penitentiary. " ,
Superintendent C. W. James, of the
regoh State Penitentiary, has filed his
rst report with the Secretary of State,
pr the quarter ending March 31, 1903.
he earnings and receipts of the priscn
pr the quarter aggregates a total of
4,435.11, and the expenses $7,063.32.
Crook County Judge Resigns. . .
County Judge W. A. T" Booth, of
rook county, has tendered - his resig-
ation to Governor Chamberlain. The
bsignation is to take effect May 1.
udge Booth gave no reason for his de-
ire to relinquish the office. ; -
No'Hop Pests In Polk.. 1
Examination has been made of num-
jrous yards in Polk county and they all
how a healthy growth, with " no pests
p tne vines, ine coia weaioer. uan
lot put yards back in that county.
FLOCK TO LAKE COUNTY.
Large Number of Men Waiting for 'Snow
to Melt in Order to Locate.
Timber men continue to arrive at
Lakeview by every stage and fiom every
direction, and the Lakeview land office
is working to its full capacity. Several
locators with . scrip are waiting for the
snow to disappear, so they can get into
the timbefT ,.' '
Silver Lake promises to be the tim
ber cruiser's headquarters this year,
and with its two newspapers is expected
to wield considerable influence in the
affairs of Lake county in the future.
The extension of the railroad from
Shanikoto Deschutes promises to divert
all the trade north of Goose Lake Val
ley from San Francisco to Portland,
and give passengers a .shorter and
better route via stage to the railroad,
as there is a good road at all seasons
of the year from Lakeview to the Des
chutes, and no mountains to cross.
The season is very backward. No
grass has yet started and sheepmen are
anxious, aa the lambing season, is at
hand, and there is no grass,, and nights
are very cold.' Heavy losses have been
sustained in the last two weeks, and if
the weather does not get warmer in a
few days, the losses will be heavier
than ever before.
A few sheepmen have commenced
shearing wethers, but many fear to at
tempt it yet, although it is far past the
usual time to begin.
Hanging of Armstrong.
An examination of the law governing
the execution of death sentences, which
was passed by the last legislature, re
veals the fact that Armstrong, the mur
derer of - Minnie Ensminger, at Baker
City, will have to be executed in that
city, if the supreme court confirms the
judgment of the lower court, when the
case comes up on appeal in May. If
the sentence of the court is carried out
it will be the first - legal execution in
the history of Baker county, since it
was organized, over 40 years ago. : In
the early days there was a lynching at
Auburn, r then the county seat, on
which occasion a Chinaman was hung
for murder t
Gif- to University.
The university of Oregon is again the
recipient of the generosity ,of one of jts
ardent supporters. " Thomas " Howell,
of Oregon City, has donated his entire
herbarium collection, consisting of over
10,000 species. ,Dr. Harry Lane, of
Portland, recently donated his collec
tion of Oiegon toadstools to the local
university. Also through the depart
ment of agriculture the university has
just received a collection of the fungi
of commercial importance. .
Fruit Safe at St Helens.
Orchard ists at St. . Helens claim
that the prospect for a good fruit crop
is excellent. The cold weather pre
vented the trees from budding too early,
and the conditions are favorable for a
good, yield.
. ; : ' Thirty-one Seining Grounds.
As near as can be learned, there will
be 31 seining grounds operated on the
Columbia River during the comiag sea
son, a much larger number than ever
before, but as yet none of them .has
been started. ..
Some Prison Improvements.
Superintendent James, of the state
penitentiary, is making a number of
improvements intended to better the
condition of the prison and .make it
more secure. Probably no changes will
be made in the construction of the pris
on wall, but it will be more thoroughly-j
guarded so as to prevent the introduc
tion of weapons by that means. v The
number of day guards on the wall has
recently been reduced by the transfer
of one guard to the shops.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Walla Walla. 7071c; blue
stem, 7578c; valley, 7576c. 7 - -
Barley Feed, $21.50 per ton; brew
ing, $23. v ; . , : -..
flour Best grade, $3.9504.25; grah
am, $3.453.85,
Milistuffs - Bran, $ 19 per ton ;
middlings, : $ 24; shorts. $19.5020,
chop, $18. - ;
Oats No. 1 white, $1.15 1.20;
gray. $1.121.15 per cental. ,
i JPay Timothy, $1313.50; clover,
$1011; cheat, $1112 per ton.
Potatoes Best Barbanks, 50c per
saek; ordinary, 2540c per cental,
growers' prices; Merced ; sweets, $3
3.50 per cental.
; Poultry Chickens, mixed, ll12c;
young, 1314c; hens, 12c; turkeys,
live, 1617c; dressed, 2022c; ducks,
$77.50 per dozen; geese, $66.50. -
Cheese Full cream, twins, 16J
17c; Young America, 17 17ct
factory prices, llHc less. -...
Butter Fancy creamery, 22c per
pound; extras, 21c; dairy, 20224c;
store, 1618c. -
Eggs 1617c per dozen. -
Hops Choice, 1820c per pound
Wool Valley, 1215c; Eastern
Oregon, 814ic; mohair, 3536c.
: Beef Gross, - cows, 3J4c. . per
pound f steers, 4 M 5c; dressed, 7c.
Veal 88Kc. - - ;
i Mutton Gross, 77c per pound;
dressed, 89c. . - - . ;
i LambB GroBB,- 4p per pound;
dressed, 7c. 'i"' -S':-;:-Hogs
Gross. per pound:
dresRed,8(98C. :, .. X
WORK QTi DREDGER.
Good Progress Being Made in Converting
the Transport Grant.
Washington, April 22. A report
just received by the chief of engineers
from Captain Sanford,. who is oversee
ing the overhauling of the transport
Grant and its conversion into a sea
dredge, says that more than satis
factory work has been done upon the
vessel since it was taken in.hand by the
workmen of Mare Island navy yard.
At the time of his report practically all
obstructing materials in the way of the
sand bins, which are to bold the sand
as brought up from the Columbia river
bar by. the Grant's pumps, had ben re
moved, and many of the frames of the
bins had been completed and placed in
position." These bins are to be built
below decks and will have outlets at
the bottom of the ship, which will be
fitted with water-tight gates. When
all the bins are filled, the Grant will
leave the bar, steam out a good dis
tance to Sea, and r release thex sand
through gateways. The Grant's boil
ers are urdrgoing repairs, as the ship
is cut of commission.
Wtord fcae been received from the
Ellicptt machine works, of Baltimore,
where the pumps fcr the Grant are be
ing built, that eo. far the company has
been unable to procure a perfect casting
for the pump cylinder. The cylinder
called for is nearly large enough for a
man to walk through, and is one of the
largest single castings called fcr in
modern pumping machinery. Although
several castings have been made, all
have been defective. " .
Other work on the .pump is progress
ing satisfactorily, but.4f a perfect cast
ing cannot be secured soon, the Grant
may not be able to commence work on
the bar as early , as was contemplated.
NO HITCH IN CUBAN AFFAIRS.
Slight Difficulties as to Details, Which
', Require Three Treaties.
Havana, April 22. The correspond
ent ef the Associated Press is told that
there is no hitch in the negotiations for
the ratification of the treaties between
the United States and Cuba, the only
difficulty thus far being on the subject
of details covering the acquisition of
private property for the naval stations.
The Cuban government prefers to pur
chase these lands and lease the whole,
together with the government lands re
quired, to the United States for a nom
inal consideration. There appears to
be some natural question about the ex
tent to which the United States will
compensate Cuba for the purchase and
leases, but no serious questions have
arisen on these subjects..
The final negotiations are now em
bodied in three treaties one carrying
out the details of the arrangements for
the occupancy of the naval stations in
accordance with the Roosevelt-Palma
agreement; another covering the sov
ereignty over the Me of Pines, and the
third incorporating the Piatt amend
ment provisions into a perpetual treaty.
- MORE PAY BY flAY 1.
Thousands of Men Will Go On Strike if
They Don't Oet It
New York, April 22. Francis J. Mc
Kay, of the New York locals of the In
ternational brotherhood of boilermakers
and iron shipbuilders, said at a meet
ing of the Central federated union to
day: . "Seven thousand boilermakers and
iron shipbuilders will strike in the
shipyards of this eity and vicinity if on
May 1 they do pot get the increase in
wages they demand."
Constantion Laudadio, of the Rock
men's and Excavators' union, said that
10,000 of his organization will go out
if their demands are not granted May 1.
Business Agent Quinlan, of the Pipe
Caulkers' and tappers' union, reported
that 1,000 caulkers and tappers would
strike for increased pay throughout the
city and in the city departments if
their demands were not granted before
July 1. a ' ' .. ' - '
PACKING HOUSE BURNS.
Plant of Pacific Meat Company at Taco
nt Is a Total Loss.
Tacoma, April 22.1 The immense
packing house of the Pacific meat com
pany on the tide flats Jias been almost
entirely destroyed by fire. Theloss
will probably aggregate fully $200,000.
A large stock of dressed meat in store
was also burned, as was a qunatity of
livestock. - , . .
John C. Boyle, superintendent of
the provision department, had a
miraculous escape trom death. He
was shut off by flames on the fourth
floor, and made a thrilling leap to the
second floor down the elevator shaft.
The fire was the most spectacular ever
seen in Tacoma, and was witnessed by
thousands of people.
. The .officers cannot tell how much in
surance is in effect, Dut it Will be much
below the cost. " . '
' :- More Smuggling Cases. -San
Juan, Porto Rico, April 22.
Chief Hood, of the internal revenue de
partment, has sworn out warrants ' be
fore a justice of the peace for the arrest
of Captain Andrew Dunlap. U. S. N.,
commandant of the naval station here,
and Robert Giles, for. bringing irf
liquors from the island of St. Thomas
without paying duty thereon. -Giles
appealed and was held under $1,000
bond for trial before the insular district
court. : ' ' : . ' .
Street Car Runs Amuck. -.
-- Pittsburg, A pr il 22. Because an
electric brake refused to work, a crowd
ed electric car ran away today in Alle
gheny, wrecked a carriage, broke
through the safety gates of the Fort
Wayne railroad, derailed a fast moving'
freight, tram and then went to pieces.
Almost all of the 44 ; passengers aboard
the - car were hurt, though only one
fatally.
EIGHT ARE KILLED
FREIGHT AND PASSENGER TRAINS IN
COLLISION ON ERIE ROAD.
Passenger Was Running Fifty Miles an
- Hour Coupling Broke on Freight and
Caused a Delay In Oetting OfTMain
Track Bodies Charred and Blackened
beyond Recognition. .
Jamestown, N. Y.r. April 22. A
coupling broke on a westbound freight
train on the Erie road, at Roodhouse
this morning as the train was leaving
the main track to take a siding' for the
eastbound New York and Chicago lim
ited to pass. The delay occasioned by
the mishap was the cause of a fatal ac
cident of a most distressing nature.
Almost immediately: after the freight
train broke in two the passenger train
came along at the rate of 50 miles an
hour. ; Thepassenger engine,' a com
bination baggage and passenger car, a
day eoach' and two sleepers left the
track, running nearly 100 feet beside
the rails, crashing into a small school
house, which was demolished.
The wreck caught fire immediately
and all of the cars -which left the track
were quickly burned up. Baggageman
Hotchkies was killed, his body -being
recovered. After the fire five . bodies
were taken from the' burned cars.
Three of them are those of two women
and a child. They were burned so bad
ly as to make it almost impossible to
identify them. The other two have not
been identified. -
It is believed that other bodies are in
the wreckage. Six more Or less seri
ously injured passengers and members
of the crew were taken to the Salamanca
hospital. Two private cars on the pas
senger train kept the track.
RANGE WAR IN WYOMING.
Threats Against Sheepmen May Cause
. " Summoning of Militia.
;. Denyer, April 22. A special to the
Republican from Cheyenne. Wyoming,
says: The sheepmen of the Sweet
water country have declared open war
upon the cattlemen, and a clash is im
minent unless steps are taken at once
to get the warring factions together on
the proposition of satisfactory division
of the ranges of that section. Informa
tion from . Landeris to the effect that
the militia there may be called out to
prevent a general fight and much blood
shed. . - -
Sheriff Charles Stough, of Lander,
has gone to the range country .? to inves
tigate the situation, and if he finds the
condition of affairs as alarming as has
been reported, he will immediately
make a formal request of Governor
Richards for at least one company of
the state militia to patrol the ranges.
Recently the sheepmen of the Sweet
water country have received copies of
a circular letter notifying them that
sheep would not be permitted to graze
within certain boundaries.
At a meeting of the executive - com
mittee cf the Fremont county wool
growers' association last Saturday, res
olutions were adopted holding account
able to any member of the association
whose personal and property rights
shall be violated, the person and prop
erty of the "dead-liners," and pledging
full financial and other support to the
defense of the lines -and lives of the
property of the members of the asso
ciation. The resolutions characterize the
drawing of "dead lines" as a violation
of Federal statutes and call upon both
Federal and state officials, other wool-
growers' associations and ' all persons
interested for assistance.
GREAT FRAUD IN HAVANA.
Merchants In' Europe Swindled' Out of
Half Million Dollars.
Havana, April 22. Transactions
that are alleged to constitute frauds
upon merchants in London, Paris and
Frankfort, to the extent of $500,000,
were developed aa a result of the arrest
this afternoon of Santos Vasqquez, who
conducted a merchandise .brokerage
business in Havana under., the name of
the Mutual Merchandise agency of New
York, Complaint Jwas made by the"
German consul here, acting on behalf
of merchants in Frankfort.
It is alleged that Vasquez had quan
tities of foreign goods snipped to Ha
vana during the last six months, giv
ing in payment 90-day drafts of John
Fruhlin Brothers, of London. This
firm accepted the drafts, but refused
payment when due, saying the Havana
houf e had not sent it money. Mexican
merchants also are reported to have
been victimized.
His Rival Is in Prison.
New Orleans, April 22. Bonilla is
now president of Honduras, Arias is in
prison at Tegucigalpa and Sierra is a
fugitive in Nicaragua, having fled to that
country for safety when the handful of
troops deserted him in Necaome on
April 6. On that date the rebels under
General Bsrabona and Maldonado made
an attack on the government forces
under command of General Sierra and
then marched on the capital, where
Arias was made prisoner. Th-hf, with
the news that qaiet prevailed, was the
information received by the Times.
- r Exhibit Rates to St Louis.
St. Louis, April 22. G. W. Calo,
chairman of the southwest tariff com
mittee, has prepared a set of rules gov
erning the shipments of exhibits to the
exposition and return to their owners
It is provided that all exhibits shall be
carried to the exposition at fnll tariff
rates, but upon proof that exhibits (ex
cepting livestock) have not changed
hands, they will be returned free over
the same road by which they were sent
to the fair.
THREE ARMY DIVISIONS.
Military Department to Be Placed Under
Separate Heads. . ...
Washington, April 21. A movement
has been started to reestablish military
divisions in this country,, with, several
departments included in eacn. It has
received the endorsement of -high army
officials, and it will no doubt be taken
up and considered at an early day.
probably after the return ' of Secretary "
Root and Major General Corbin from
St. Louis. .
As far as the scheme has proceeded,
and according to some recommenda
tions made, there are to be three divis
ions the Atlantic, the Middle and the
Pacific. Each will be in command oft
a major-general of the army. The
Atlantic division be composed of
the present department of the East,
divided into two two departments, the
old department of the gulf to be re
established, with headquarters at At
lanta, Get. . The Middle division is to
be composed of the presentdepartments
of the Lakes, Missouri, Dakota and
Texas, while the Pacific 'division will
be composed of the departments of Cal
ifornia, Columbia and Colorado. Prob
ably different geographical lines of de
partments will be made in order to
secure the best result. "
NEW ROUTE FOR CHINESE.
May Come to - New Orleans and Mobile
from Costa Rica.
Mobile, Ala., April 21. The sus
picion of government officials has been
aroused by the numerous arrivals here
of late of Chinese from Bocae del.
Tbro, Costa Rica and other southern
ports, and an , investigation nas been
ordered. Several weeks ago half a
dozen Chinese arrived in Mobile from
Bocas . del Toro, destined for New Or
leans. . They were promptly gathered
in by the custom officials and lodged
in jail, pending a hearing before the
local United States commissioner.
It is the opinion of government offi
cials that there is a company in New
Orleans engaged in bringing Chinese to
this country from Bocas del Toro and
that Mobile, as well as New Orleans, is
used as a port of entry. Within the
past two months there has been no less
than a dozen deported.
STAND FOR FIREWORKS;
Room for 31,000 People St Louis Wants
to Keep Monitor.
St. Louis, April 21. One of the larg
est grandstands ever built in the United
States has been erected on the world's
fair grounds for the fireworks display
during the dedication ceremonies. The '
stand is 800 feet long by 183 feet
wide and, it is estimated, will accom
modate 31,000 people.
. The United States monitor Arkansas,
now on her way up the river to take
part in the ceremonies, is expected to
arrive here on April 26. A movement
has been started favorable to the reten
tion of the monitor here for several
months. Mayor Wells and Prseident
Francis, of the exposition, held a con
ference today with reference to what
steps shall be taken to gain the con
sent of the government to the proposi
tion. A party of "prominent citizens
will meet the Arkansas and escort' her
to .St. Louis.
FIGHT ON CANAL TREATY.
Herran Says , Opposition Is Strong In .
Colombian Congress.
Washington, April 20. Dr. Herran,
the Colombian ChargSB'Affairs here,
said today with referenlSe to the pros-
pects of the ratification of the Pana
ma Canal treaty -by the Colombian
Congress: -
"The advices I receive from Bogota .
through private sources are quite con
tradictory. They show the opposition
te the treaty to be quite strong, but
do not state who are leading the op
position. I have received no official
information , to indicate what are the
prospects for ; the success or failure
of the treaty, and at this distance I
am unable to form an opinion as to s
the relative strength of the friends
and .opponents of the treaty. I am .
still without information as to the .
exact date when congress will be con
vened, except that contained in ear
lier advices that it would be assem
bled about May 1." :
Castro Pays Germany.
Caracas, April 21. Venezuela, car
rying out the provisions of the proto
cols signed by Minister Bowen with
the allies, has met the payment due to
Germany on March" 15. Thirty, per
eent of the customs will be delivered to
the Caracas branch of the Bank of Eng
land, and the payment due to Italy on
April 1 is ready. This is in spite of "
the .fact that all of the Venezuelan
merchant vessels have not yet been
returned, and that those that had been
returned had no cargo aboard, having
been looted by their captors.
Great Gale in Colorado.
Colorado Springs, Colo., April 21.
The worst wind storm eirce that ef
November 19, 1901, when cornices
and roofs of buildings were blown off,
has been raging . at Colorado Spripgs
all day. ""Signs, tree branches and
awnings have been wrenched off. ' At
times the wind blew 50 miles an hour.
Trains were delayed and the cog. road
to the summit of Pike's Peak was
blocked by snowdrifts. A train was
Mown almost off the track.
Glass Factories Close. .
Hartford City, Ind., April 21.
Every window glass factory in the
United States has gone out of blast
and 20,000 ekitled laborers leave the .
factories with no idea when they will
return to work. . The .impression '
among tne workers is that . the wage
scale adopted for the next blast will
be on a basis close to a 50 per cent re--' ;
duction in wages.