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WEEKLY.
SJaWJ.!'!7 I Consolidated Feb., 1899.
COEVALLIS, BENTON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 1, 1903.
VOL. XXXX. NO. 19.
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.
Investigation of boodlers continues in
Missouri and Illinois.
Irving M. Scott, of San Francisco,
builder of the battleship Oregon, is
dead.
William R. Hearst, of newspaper
fame, ias man ied in New York to Miss
Millicent Wilson.
A movement is on foot in Portland to
organize an association of employers to
resist growing power of unions.'
Three blocks, practically the entire
business portion of Melbourne, la ,
was destroved by fire. The loss is
$43,000. ' w
Twenty people gathered about the
coffin of Mrs. Martin Meyerhoffer at
Chicago were precipitated into the cel
lar with the corpse by the giving away,
of the floor. Seven were injured.
President Roosevelt will lay the
corner stone for a Y. M. C. A. building
at Topeka, Kan., during the session of
the international convention ot the
railroad R. M. C. A., April 30 to May
3, in that city.
Gioranni Banale has asked a New
.York magistrate for permission to carry
a revolver. His life has been threat
ened for causing the arrest of five ltal
ians, who, he says, attempted to ex-
tort money f jr defense of prisioners in
the Maduena murder case
- More serious rioting has occurred at
French monasteries
A great ovation; was accorded King
Edward on his arrival in Rome.
It is reported that Miss Ruth Hanna
. wll be married at Thomasville, Ga., on
June 9
Russia denies that she wants to close
: Manchurian ports and offers concea
eions to me unuea ciaies. ,
Fire destroyed a large part of the
woods at "W. K. Vanderbilt's country
home, "Idle Home," on Long Island.
ueneraJ unanee says the omcers ac-
. cueed by General Miles have already
been tried and their cases deposed of.
' John Rockefeller J r.T afld "h is son
of the same name are in constant dread
of assassins and are guarded by de
tectives. - '
Judge Kilpatrick, of the United
States supreme court, in New York, has
ordered the receivers of the American
bicycle company to accept the offer of
$3,000,000 made by the reorganization
company
A posse of citizens who were on the
looKout had a running pistol fight with
six would-be bank robbers at Frank
fort, Ind. The intruders escaped.
Governor Davis, of Arkansas, has
signed an act of the legislature making
it unlawful for nonresidents to hunt or
fish at any seaeon of the year in
Arkansas.
Four burglars blew open the safe of
Munn & Sons' private bank at Portage,
O., and secured $3,000 in silver and
paper money. They made their escape
on a handcar. "
The New England manufacturers-and
erectors of structural ' steel ' work have
withdrawn from the national associa
tion reoently formed by 56 concerns in
various parts of the country.
John P. Rcckefellecr has signed the
contracts by which the Rockefeller in
stitute of i medical research becomes
owner of three blocks in .New York on
which a laboratory is to be built.
Three men blew up the safe in tke
postofflce at Ferguson, Mo., securing'
$120 cash and $18 in stamps. The
noise aroused the citizens, who gave
battle to the robbers. No one was hurt.
John Wanamaker's son Rodney has
taken out a policy for an .additional
$1,000,000 on his life. He carries $2,
600,000 insurance now. $500,000 more
than his father, but not as much as
King Edward of England. .
Great Northern trainman will vote
on a strike. "
Turkey is sending a
vast army into
Macedonia.
Robbers held up a Burlington pas
senger train, robbing the passengers.
The charge against Funston has been
found to be unworthy of 'further in
quiry. ; -
The Illinois legislature has turned
down Speaker Miller and elected anoth
er man. -
Religious riots in France have sgain
broken out. Numerous arrests are be
ing made. . r
President Roosevelt has left Yellow
stone park for St. Louis to attend .the
dedication ceremonies of the exposition.
Tom Johnson has declines to become
a candidate for the presidential nomin?
at jon. He prefers to see Cleveland run.
A brilliant meteor was 6een to pass
overhead by citizens of Portland Friday
evening. It burst while still in view
with a loud detonation.
The Russian demand on Ch.iona is
denounced as a breach of faith. The
United States, Britain and Japan will
protest. China has rejected the de
mand. '" ' . " ', A
Agriculture in East Prussia, as well
as the fugar industry and trade, will
suffer from the prospective Gerrnan
Capann tariff war, :
READY FOR WAR.
Russia Has Long Prepared ior Opposition
Never Meant to Evacuate.
Victoria, B. C. April 30. The Rue
sian demands regarding Manchuria did
not come as a surprise to Japan, accord'
ing to advices received here today by
the steamer Oansa. Japan had been
preparing for the crisis and dispatches
to Japanese papers, irom various sec
tions 'indicate that Rubsia has also
been making warlike preparations.
Officers of the Oansa' say that for
months large importations of rice have
been made by Japan and all export is
forbidden. From New Chwatg it is
reported that 3,000.000 taels have been
forwarded to Port Arthur to bay pro
visions, and from Nagasaki comes the
news that Russian agents have bought
up 16,000 tons of Cardiff coal there,
and at Chefoo, "all on hand
La'ge
purchases
of foodstuffs are
also re-
ported. - -
As for the evaruition of Manchuria,
dispatches to Japanese papers say it is
patent that Russia had no intention of
evacuating, although one dispatch fays
that the garrison of Moukden was en
trained for Port Arthur when a sudden
telegram from Port Arthur forbade the
departure and the garrison marched
back to its barracks. A Pekin dispatch
of April 11 fays the Russian troops in
Manchuria gave some sign of moving
when the plans were changed. Those
stationed at New Chwang were moved
a mile further frcm the town and seem
to be settling down in the new location
and making ready for hostilities
Moreover, eays a dispatch from Pekin
to trie Jiji, there are telegrams coming
to Pekin from points along the coast re
porting most auspicious actions on the
part of. Russian warships. The big
battleships coming to reinforce the
Rfissian squadron in Eastern waters,
consisting of the 12,700-ton battleship
Retvlan, the cruisers Pallada and Diana
and five torpedo boat destroyers, passed
Hong Kong on April 13 for Port
Arthur.
Another Pekin dispatch to.tha Asahi
Eays that numbers of soldiers are being
moved into Manchuria, garbed in civil
ian clothes. Other dispatches tell of
the cutting of the telegraph lines in
Manchuria by Russian 'officers and of
the cutting of the cable between New
Chwang and Chefoo by Russians.
An official of the Tokio foreign offica,
interviewed by a Japanese paper, says
that Viscount Aoki has been constantly
shadowed by Russians during hia offi
cial visits at Pekin. This official also
told of Russia's "warlike preparations,
of the suspicious movements of Russian
warships in the gulf of Pechili, and of
the buying up of foodstuffs by the Rus
sian, agents.;-.. ; . . .., . rA.-.n.-s I
Another sensational dispatch, pub
lished by the Japanese papers is that,
Japanese having set fire to the forests
at the mouth of the Yalu, Russia has
dispatched a force of 1,600 troops over
land to that point. It was intended to
send a force of 1 ,000 by the steamer
Wuchan, plying between -Port ' Arthur
and Taku, but this vessel is British,
and permission to carry the force was
refused. It was increased and sent
overland. Russia obtained a lease of
these forestsln 1896 on the occasion of
the flight of the Korean emperor to the
Russian legation. "
GOVERNOR RICHARDS DEAD.
Chief Executive of Wyoming Gleaned by
the Old Reaper.
Cheyenne, Wyo., April 29 Govern
or De Foiest Richards died at his home
in.thib city at 8 o'clock yesterday, of
acute kidney. disease.
Governor HRichards . was" born at
Charleston, N, H., August 6, 1846.
JU is lather was a congregational min
ister. After finishing his schooling at
Phillips Andover academy; he went to
Alabama and engaged in cotton raiding.
There he was sheriff, lawmaker and
county treasurer in turn. In 1885 he
established himself at Chadron, Neb.
organizing the Chadron bank. In 1885
he came to Douglas, Converse county,
Wyoming, and established ' the First
National bank. He was elected mayor
of the town, then .state senator, and in
1898 was elected governor on the. Re
publican ticket, succeeding himself in
1902.
The governor's chair now falls to
Fen i more Chatterton, eecretary of state,
as there is no lieutenant governor in
Wyoming. " -
Yield to Prophetess.
Battle Creek, Mich., 'April 30. After
a fight lasting more than a week, the
stockholders of the Seventh Day Ad-
ventist publishing house have decided
to move their plant East, the name of
the city has not yet been decided on.
This action shows that the majority of
the stockholders believed Mrs. Ellen
White, a leading prophetess of the so
ciety, who, predicted disaster if the
plant were not moved and the Advent-
ists colonized here failed to scatter to
various parts of the country.
Cutting Down Forces.
PanEtnuir, Cal., April 30. The gen
eral management of the Southern Paci
fic company continues to follow the
policy adopted lately of re-Jucing al
forces to the very lowest possible limit.
Assistant Master Mechanic Pale, of
this place, received today wire instruc
tions to reduce the mechanical force at
Dqnsmuir by 40 men and at the close
of working hours ten machinists, one
car laborer and 20 laborers, mostly coa
heaers, were dismiseed.
Electricity for Big Tunnel.
Philadelphia, April 30. President
Cassatt, of the Pennsylvania railroad,
has appointed an advisory committee
of experts to assist him in the work of
constructing the New York $50,000,000
tunnel. The committee " has already
decided to adopt for use in the tunnel
an electrical engine, the motor to rest
on a truck, so that it will only be ne
cessary to increase the number Of trucks
to obtain increased power.
HAPPENINGS
WANT HIQH PRICES.
riarion Count) Fruit and Wool Men Or
ganize Unions for Mutual Benefit.
Union among producers to compel
competition among buyers jwas the
watchword at the meetings of fruit
growers and woolgrowers in Salem last
Saturday. The produ ers propose to
stand together for their mutual benefit!
and to compel buyers to bid against
each ether for the produce they have to
tell. To secure ' he highest price the
market will warrant is the purpose,
and those who are identified with the
unions feel confident of a successful
outcome of the co-operative movement.
About 50 owners of sheep met and
organized the Marion county woolgrow
ers' association. A Bales committee
was appointed. Committees were also
appointed to draft resolutions as a basis
for the organization and to prepare a
constitution. A large committee, com
posed of residents of different partB of
the county, will be appointed to solicit
membership'.
The Salem fruitgrowers' union, which
was organized laBt year, held a meet
ing to discuss the methods of disposing
of this year's crop of berries and cher
ries. It was the general opinion that
competition must govern the prices, but
after the early fruit has been disposed
of ihe Salem cannery will be given the
preference at the same price that shall
be offered by shippers.
Ihe growers were a unit in voicing
their loyalty to the cannery and assert
ed their intention to give the cannery
their patronge, provided that .the pro
prietor would meet the prices of ship
pers. Nome of the early fruit will be
shipped fresh, while the prices are
high, out after that the fruit will be
offered to the cannery in preference to
shipping fresh, the price being the
same or better. An earnest desire for
the success of the cannery was ex
pressed by many, for the reason that
this enterprise furnishes a market. ..for
the fruit and prevents a glut -in the
local market. A determination'to pro
duce a better quality of fruit wasalso
expressed. . -'
. PqWgR FROM .,SISKIYOUS. '
Harnessed Streams Will ' Give Light and
Motion to Southern Oregon Cities.
An agreement for the Bale of the en
tire plant and equipment of the Ash
land electric power and light company
to the Shkiyou electric power, and light
company has been entered into between
representtaives of the two companies.
The California company, it is under
stood, takes over the entire stock of the
local company and pays a substantial
premium over the face value for it.
The California company is developing
extensive power, on Fall creek and
Klamath river on the Equth side of the
Siskiyou mountains which wilL be
transmitted across the mountains to the
valley, supplying mines and "small
towns on the way with light "and pow
er, including tne towns of Kiamathon
and Hornbrook and a number of auartz
mills in that vicinity.
The Churchill Bros., bankers, of Sis
kiyou county, and Alex Rosen borough,
of Oakland, Cal, are the controling. in
fluences in the new company, and they
claim to have available in the waters
of Fall creek and Klamath river total
horsepower resources of 22,000 which
it is proposed to develop and with it
promote electric railways and . manu
facturing enterprises throughout South
ern Oregon and Northern California.
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Bids Opened on Land.
The state land board Tuesday opened
bids for the purchase of sections 16 and
36, in township 31 south, range 9 west,
and section. 16, in township 31 sooth,
range 10 west, which townships were
recently surveyed. There were several
bids, ranging from $2.50 to- $4.25, the
land being sold at the latter figure. It
is understood that there are several
homesteaders on the land and that the
purchasers irom tne state win nave a
contest. -
Desire Better Train Service.
The matter of train service, which
has been agitated considerably by Cor
vallis, Independence, Amity, McCoy,
McMinnville and Monmouth, is again
being taken up. The matter will be
brought before the officers at San Fran
cisco. . Strike In Bohemia Mine.
The Crystal consolidated mining
company, of Cottage Grove, is in re?
ceipt of information from Bohemia that
a four foot vein of base ore has jnat
been struck ia its lower tunnel. -
Outfitting at Eugene. "
Colonel A. B, French, of the coast
geodetic ana georgaphjcai survey, is
now in Eugene making preparations'
and outfitting for a trip to the regions
of the Blae river and Bohemia mines, I
where he will make some surveys for
the government. He will have 20 to
25 men in his party.
r River Strikers Won at La Grande
The striking river drivers have again
gone to- work, having wog their terms
from Manager Mnrphy'pf the Grande
Ronde .lumber company. They are to
have $"3.50 per day and board 'and lose
no time. They will also receive .wages
and expenses for the six days 1 of the
strike spent in town. : ; i ' :
HERE IN OREGON
FOR A GREAT STATE FAIR.
Larger Appropriations for Agricultural
Premiums Interest Increasing.
, j.ne state lair, inia lau will -mean
mure to Oregon as an advertising medi
um than it ever has before. The large
immigration now coning to this, state
gives the people of the different sectiona
of Oregon an opportunity to represent
their resources and ; advantages to a
I large number of new-comers at compar
atively little cost. A majority of those
-hrt nnm tn th
u";;7::r . r : 8 .r
uuu,co uu UOL 'winHi aiter xney
uavo speui wverai wwjsa or' even
U i- l--9-.-t- .
months looking arcund. ". Their desire
is to find the locality that will suit
ineir inaiviuuai preierences and occu
patidns best. Through the annual state
fair it will be possible to'present, in an
attractive form, information regarding
the industries of every county in the
state, and by visiting he fair, strang
ers will learn more about the different
localities than they could in any other
way at the same expense.
The last legislature increased the
state fair appropriation from $8,000 a
year to $10,000, and it is provided that
all thiB sum must be offered and award
ed, as premiums for agricultural and
other industrial products. The increase
in the appropriation for premiums is
sufficient to make it certain that if the
season be favorable to crops, this year's
fair will be ahead of anything yet had
Balsley-Elkhorn to Resume.
The.. Baisley-Klkhorn mine, which
has been tied up in litigation for more
than two years, will resume operations
May 1. General wanaeer Havea, who
is also the principal owner of the prop
erty, was formerly president and mana
ger of the Bonanza mirje. He sold out
his interest in the Bonanza . about a
year ago, and he was then in a position
to take advantage of the opportunity
onerea to become tne principal owner
of the Bahley-Elkhorn. A tunnel
about 1M miles long is to be driven
into the mountain. - !
Government Surveyors at Albany. ,
A government "surveying party, con
sisting of C. H. Semlej C. P. Jones,
A Patterson J ft-autb&evl , and-Ray
Tel ford, is in Albany preparing to make
a survey of that part of the valley.
The survey is for a general topograph
ical map, and Hues will Nbe ran out
from Albany in all directions 224 feet
above the sea level.
Fast Cutting the Timber.
van ri on ten x Messenger nave re
ceived the machinery for a new N eaw-
mill, to be erected in the timber east of
Union with a rapacity of 20,000 feet
per day. "A number of other mills are
going in, and within a month it is esti
mated there will be eight sawmills in
operation near that city.
Yarney Cannot Be President.
Rev. George R. Varney has sent a
note to the board of trustees of the
McMinnville college, refusing to allow
his name to be used as a successor of
President Boardman. Mr. Varney had
previously been elected pastor, of the
New Whatcom, Baptist church, which
refused ta release him. .
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Walla Walla, 7071c; blue
stem, 7&:8c; valley, 7576c. N
Barley Feed, $2L50 per ton; brew
ing, $23.
flour Best grade, $3.954.25 , grah
am, $3.45 3.85.
Millstnffa Bran, $19 per ton;
middlings, $ 24; shorts, $19.50 20.
chop, $18. . , t
Oata No. 1 white, $1.15 1.20;
gray, $l.lzl.lo per cental.
Hay Timothy, $13 13.50; elover,
$1011; cheat, $1112 per ton. ,
Potatoes Best Burbanks, 50c per
Back; ordinary, 25 40c per cental,
growers prices; Merced sweets, $3
3.50 per cental.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, ll12c;
young, I3l4c; hens, 12c; tnrkeya,
live, 1617c; dressed, 2022c; ducks,
$77.50 per dozen; geese, $66.50.
Cheese Full cream, twins, 16)
17c; Young America, 17 17Hc,
factory prices,-11Kc leas.
Butter Fancy' creamery, 22c per
pound; extras, 21c; dairy, 2022")c;
store, 16 18c. N
T Eggs 16 17c per dozen.
Hops Choice, 1820c per pound.
Wool Valley, 12 J 15c; Eastern
Oregon, 814c; mohair, 3536f.
Beef Gross, cows, 34c per
pound; steers, 4 5c; dressed, 7&c.
Veal 88Mc.
Mutton . Gross, 776c per pound;
dressed, 89c.
Lambs Gross, 4c per pound;
dressed, 7 Kc.
Hogs Gross, 77fte per pound;
dres8ed,88e.
. ret Words in Lrfieratare.
There are pet words In literature
words which become the fashion for a
time and then take rank again in ob
scurity. Thus in the eighteenth cen
tury we find such words as "vastly."
"hugely," "the quality," "gen feel." etc.
"Elegant' still lingers conspicuously In
America and in England at the present
time especial favor seems tobe shown
to "convincing, 'weird" and 'strenu
ous.' ' .
NEED A STIR-UP.
Postofflce Officials are Lax in Methods
Too Anxious to Please,
Washington, April 29. It ia the con
census of opinion among fair men who
have watched the poBtoffice department
of late yeara, and who are familiar
with ita officials, that there ia much
more smoke than fire in that depart
ment just now, and that the investiga
tion that has been under way for sev-
A..I 1- 1 I . .
wce&n win maxe lar lees sensa
tional disclosures than have been pre
dicted. Not bat what the business
methods of the department will be
shown to be lax in many respects, and
- 1 that remedies will be recommended, for
in18 no one doubts, but it ia reasonably
certain that very few oflScials will lose
their positions a9 a result of the
charges that have been filed and are be
I: . .
I ing run aown. .ryn;r is, of course,
already out, and Assistant Attorney
?eneral V16 department Christiancy
ia euspended at his own request pend
ing investigations
The postofflce is the biggest and
most extensive of. all the government
departments. Itemplovs more men.
and is more generally distributed over
the country than any other branch of
the governmeont, hence, the chances
f X 1 . , .
ior uauu, ior wrongdoing, ana lor evil8
arising from lax methods are greater
than in any other department. At the
same time, with so many employes on
the rolls, and bo many officials with
varying grades of authority and re
sponsibility, it will be an extremelv
difficult matter to fasten onto any one
man the responsibility for shortcomings
tnat may be found.
Ihe service will benefit from the in
vestigiation, no doubt, for its moral in
fluence ia good, and servea as a warning
to an employes that the postmaste
general is after wrongdoeis, and
ready to prosecute all he can find.
is
WORK GANG RUN DOWN. 1
Ten Greeks and One American Killed in a
Kansas Smash-Up.
lihttalo, Kan., Apul 29. A north
bound Missouri Pacific stock train
crashed into ; the rear end of V work
train juet ' north of this town' at
o uiuck iaBi evening ana 11 men were
,1 i i i ' -
killed and 25 injured, 10 of the latter
seriously and four fatally. All were
Greeks except one. The cause of the
wreck is given as misreading of orders.
Tne worktrain consisted of flatcars
and a caboose, all filled with labortre.
The men on the flatcars escaped by.
jumping, but hardly a man in the ca
boose escaped. The work train Was
backing into town for the night andl.
running at a good speed. The heavy
ireignt engine did not leave the track,
but plowed the work tram off the track.
leaving little of it except the car wheels
and kindling wood. Doctors of EuSalo,
assisted by townsneoDle. did heroic
work among the injured until the
wrecking train from Neodesha and a
corps of half a dozen physicians ar-
nveu. j.ne aeaa ana injured were
taken to Coffejville, the latter to be
s J m I i . ...
temporarily cared for at the hospital
there. Ihe scene of the wreck for
several hours looked like a "battlefield
by the dazzling light of the burning
debris, with dead men strewn about
on the ground, where they lay after
being taken from the wreck.
The foreigners were nearly all mar
ried and had large families in the old
country.
At the office of General Superintend
ent Gould, in Kansas City, the blame
for the wreck was placed on the con
ductor and engineer of the construction
tram. The freight, which was a regu
lar train, was on time and had the
right of way.
OBJECTS TO TWO , THINGS.
Conger Protests Against Russian Demands
Affecting Our Interests.
Pekin, April 29. Minister Conger
has sent a note to Prince Ching, the
grand eecretary, protesting against two
features of Russia's proposed Manchur
ian agreement, which are considered
particularly antagonistic to American
interests. The note objects to China
promising not to open more towns to
foreign trade, because negotiations are
proceeding in connection with the
American commercial treaty for the
Opening of Mukden x and Taku Shan,
and it objects to promising that the
foreign employes in China shall be
only Russians.
The United States withholds expres
sion regarding the other demands, hut
is prepared to insist on her treaty
rights if infractions incur.
Plagues Smite Luzon.
Manila, April 29. Cholera is again
threatening the Island of Luzon. The
bad outbreak in the Cameroons appar
ently is spreading " northward. The
Cay agan valley is infected and it is
feared the recrudescence will extend
all over the islands. Past epidemics
have gene-ally lasted three years.
There have been 101 cases of bubonic
plague, mostly among the natives and
Chineee, in Manila since January, and
the plague is apparently gaining ground.
Vasquez Is Downed.
Santo Domingo, April 29. As a re
sult of the fighting . between govern
ment forces and revolutionists here yes
terday thegovernment has abandoned
San Carlos and Guida, and these
suburbs are now occupied by the reb
els, who became possessed of the am-,
munition, rifles and cannon "left by the
government forces. The fighting of
yesterday lias entirely changed the sit
uation here, and it is hoped that peace
will soon be restored. The hospitals
of the city are filled with the wounded.
The losses sustained by the government
were heavy. "vx-t
REPORT BY MILES
TELLS WAR DEPARTMENT WHAT HE
SAW IN PHILIPPINES.
Refers to Misconduct of Officers and Sol
diers in the Islands Report Has Been
Asked for Several Times, but Secre
tary Regarded It as Confidential Old
Story 'Retold.
Washington, April 29. The war de
partment has made public that nortion
of the report of General Miles which
refers to misconduct of officers and
Boldiers in the Philippines. Secretary
Koct has received several rea nests for
this report, some of them Irom per
sons in Boston, who stated that it con
tains much matter that never had been
brought out in the investigations.
The secretary has held thai such re-
ports were confidential in order that the
officer making them mfaht ha frna in
make such comments . as he desired,
but as it was . learned . that General
Miles had no objection to the nubli-
cation of the report, it has been made
public with a brief comment bv Gen-
eral Davis, judge advocate general, who validity or lack of validity of such eu
has charge of all' matters pertaining to tries.
the subjects referred to in this Dortion In one state alone last vear there nu
of the report. The statements made
by General Miles are the result of his
tour of inspection in the Philippines
last autumn and winter.
General Miles' report on his Philip
pine observations is dated February 19,
1903, and is addressed to the secretary
of .war. In brief, it states :
That the people complained of the
administration of the water cure and
that one man was burned to death;
that they were concentrated in towns
and suffered great indignities., -
That 600 people were crowded into
one small building and some of them
were suffocated.
He tells again the story of thekillinf?
of the guides in Cebu, of which Major
Glenn has been acquitted by court mar
tial. .. .
n L i " - . "
i uayn inree men in isamar were
subjected to the water cure. '
He states that Major Glenn and a
party known as "Genn's brigade" were
moved from place to place to extort
statements by torture.
He .has annulled all military orders
wuich seem to encourage cruelty.
He condemns the sale of rice by the
military authorities to the natives,
In reply to General Miles' report.
Adjutant General Davis says all the
cases of alleged crueltv have been sub
jects xf investigation and that the ri
sales were a military necessary.
SUCCESSOR TO TYNER.
Charles H.
Robb, ot Vermont, Gets the
Vacant Office.
Washington, April 29. Charles H.
Robb, assistant attorney for the de
partment of justice, has been appointed
assistant attorney general for the post-
office to fill the place vacated by James
N. Tyner, who was dismissed. Mr.
Robb has assumed the new position.
Mr. Robb, who is from Vermont, is
on leave of absence from the denart
ment of justice, to which he will return
as soon as the investigation of the post
office is closed, and the postmaster gen
eral has time to choose a permanent as
sistant attorney general.
Postmaster General Payne has grant
ed Mr. Chrifctiancy an indefinite leave
of absence.
The charges recently formulated bv
the Central labor union, of this city,
against the. mail equipment bureau
have been filed.
Mr. Payne today forwarded to Attor
ney General Knox additional informa
tion regarding the abstraction of papers
from the assistant attorney general's
office by Mrs. Tyner last weeek. In
his letter of transmission he says:
I am unable to conclude that no
other papers were taken than those
submitted and returned. Inasmuch as
t clearly appears that certain papers
of the government were taken, and
since, in my opinion, all of the facts
presented tend to show a willful vio
lation of law, I recommend that the
matter be referred to the United States
attorney for this district, with instruc
tions to submit the case to the grand
jury, as decided in our recent inter
view, i -
Counterfeiters Caught at Posen.
Berlin, April 29. Seven counterfeit
ers have been pj-rested in s body at
Posen. The men counterfeited various
coins, tne coupon? of government bonds
and foreign coins,- including those of
the United States. They are said to
have had American connections. Di
rect inquiry at the court at Posen for
information and details concerning
their American connection brought the
reply that the c mrt could not answer
the query for several days, pending ex
amination of the prieonners.
Two-Thirds of Town Homeless.
New York, April 29. Two thousand
persons are destitute ar.d camping on
the foothills near Pisagua. in the pro
vince of Taraposea, as a result of the
fire which destroyed the town, eays a
Herald .dispatch from Valparaiso,
Chile. Eighteen blocks of houses were
burned, including the banks, churches,
schools, prisons, cable and telegraph
offices, i
houses.
barracks . and commercial f
xuuic yumu twu-iuirua ui tiitj
port is in ruins.
Five Burned with Molten Metal.
Lancaster, Pa., April 29. By an ex
plosion of molton metal five men were
horribly burned, two of them probably
fatally, at Vesta furnace, Marietta,'
early today. The men were engaged
at the cupola preparatory to a cast,
when the accident occurred, and were
iteraTIy showered with molten metal:
The accident was caused by a wet pro-
ectjle being shot into the ctipoju.
FRAUD IN LAND ENTRIES.
Reports on Suspension Show Them Oen
I " eral In Coast States.
""' nr..i,:..i.. n
tiMuiugiuu, April 28. xne secre
tary of the interior ia beginning to re
ceive reporta on theuspension of tim
ber and stone land entries in Catli-
fornia, Oregon and Washington, and so
far aa they go they confir m the .order of
j suspension which was made last fall.
There ia a thorough conviction on the
part of the officials of the interior de
partment that many, if not most, of
the entries under the timber act which
were made in the Pacific Coast states
during the year 1902 were made in the
interest of syndicates, ancVthe protests
received Bince the issuance of the order
strengthen this conviction. "Since then
not a single entry under the law in the
states covered by tne order- has been
allowed to go to patent without a thor.
laga investigation.
' There are ruanv Aiwial flcrnnf-a in f no4.
fie't and the new. law permitting the
com pulsorv attendance of wHnBBH in
connection with land entrv- iaveptipa-
tions is expected to prove of great as-
Biatance to them in establishing th
an increase in the entries amounting to
about 140,000 acres in the course of
three months.
THEIR REVENQE IS AWFUL.
British Rout Mad Mullah and
Slay 2,000
of His Followers.
Aden, Aiabia, April 28. Brigadier
General Manning, after an engagement
with the Mad Mullah's forces, .has re
lieved Colonel Cobbe, near Gamburru,
Somaliland, 45 miles west of Galadi.
About 2,000 of the Mullah's men were
killed. The British Iofs is not known.
The few details obtainable of the dis
aster to Colonel Plunkett's detachment
April 17 Bhow the Mullah's forces con
sisted of 2,000 horsemen and 10,000
spearmen. They surrounded Colonel
Plunkett's force in the open, and the
Somalia, after a heavy rifle fire, charged
repeatedly with their horsemen and
spearmen on all sides. The - British
detachment held out until ita ammuni-
tion was exhausted and then charged
with the bayonet, bat it was ultimately
overwhelmed by weight of numbeis.
The British force fought until all of
ita officers and 170 men were killed.
bsroteiiirjadf ul-ofmen who rSSched
the camp were wounded. Th
Somali's losses are reported to have
been enormous. The Mullah's forces
are reported to.aggregate from 3,000 to
4,000 meunted men, and about 80,000
spearmen.
JAPANESE SPIES ARE MANY.
foully Prepared to Blow Up Railroad which
Russia is Fortifying.
Victoria, April 27. Travelers who
have arrived here recently from North
China, including well-posted, army offi
cers, have told of how epies 0of Japan
were at work in Manchuria, and of
Japanese engineers disguised aa laborers
or commercial men, who had' caches of
explosives stored at various places
along the Russian railway, ready to
blow up the line if war is' declared be
tween Japan and Russia as a result of
the contretemps over Manchuria.
Russia is also reported to have been
making warlike preparations, for Jap
anese papers received by the Empress
of China tell Of how, far from evacuat
ing Manchuria, the Russians have been
fortifying their garrisons in differrent
sections. ,
r
Will Fight to a Finish.
Butte, Mont.. April 28. Indications
now point to a fight to a finish between
the Western Union telegraph company
and the striking messengers. The
striking messengers have, in a measure,
dropped from view,' and the -struggle
now is over the recognition of the
union, which organization the Western
Union officials announce will not be
recognized or treated with under any
consideration. It is stated that tb
Western Union is willing to grant the
scale of wages aBked . by the boys, or
to employ them on a commission basis.
Alaska's Wireless System.
Naw York, April 28. Engineer
Richard Plund and Assistant Engineer
Herbert C. Welby, of the Marconi wire
less telegraph company, left New York
today for Alaska, to ccmplete-the in
stallation there of a series of-Wireless
telegraph stations for the United States
signal service. , The apparatus original
ly sent to Alaska in charge of ,:; Stanley
Cook, of the company at Fort Gisbon,
wijr be'returned and the new apparatus
substituted. '
Half Million from Britain.
London, April 28. The first meet
ing of the royal commissioners for the
St. Louis exposition will take place at
Marlborough house today . under the
presidency of the prince of Wales.
Little, however, it expected to be done
until Secretary Watson returns from
America, whither he expects to start
next week, to arrange details for a site
vino uoume, . .- inj im
, ment, it is expected, will appropriate
at least $100,000.
Governor Under Fire. .
v . Washington, April 28. Unofficial
information received at the war depart
ment. eta tee that Governor Grant, of
Leyte" province, has been summoned to
Manila to answer complaints that have
been made against him, and that as a
consequence, he will resign. Grant
went to the Philippines as a captain