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Newspaper Page TextS 0 A BPTP WEEKLY, xirL'ec1.!9!7,.! Consolidated Feb., 1899. CORVALIilS, BENTON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 29, 1903. VOIi. XXXX. NO, 23. 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. Oregon will receive $910,961 from tne national irrigation fund. The general Presbyterian assembly strongly denounces Mormonism. Liberals will try to force Britain to show her hand on preferential tariff. Russia has taken steps to punish those taking part in the Jewish mas- sacree. The Brotherhood of Railway Train men has voted to increase its strike fund to $300,000. In a fight with insurgents on the Is land of Cebu. the American soldiers killed 68 rebels and captured 29. The man who forged J. Pierpont Morgan's name for large" sums of money in Londan has been arrested. Five Chinese were captured at Buf falo, N. ., while trying to make their way into the United States from Can ada. A gas explosion in a coal mine near Pittsburg resulted in the death of four men and the serious injury of two others. ' "Two Italians were killed and 18 in jured in a collision between a freight train and several box cars at Colum bus, Ohio. Frost has done great damage to gar- Jen truck about Manchester, N. H. Glanders has caused the death of a colored stableman at Newark, N. J. The contract has been let for rock with which to extend the Columbia river jetty. After burning two months, the fire at the Glace Bay (N. S.) colliery has been put out. Navy Department will order-no more Bhips to Bremerton naval yard until brothels are closed. Five electric shocks were necessary to cause the death of A. Triola, an Ita lian murderer, at Sing Sing, N. Y. Fire destroyed the $5,000 building of the American lee Company at Phila delphia, and ruined $150,000 worth of machinery. ' . Henry Tiernan of St.' Joseph, Mo., will receive the prize offered by the King of Denmark for the best poem on the decent meeting of the Dewager Empress or Kussia ana tne yueen ui jsngmna. Mark Twain 1s seriously ill. The Union Pacific has announced peace with the boiler makers. The town of Altman, near Cripple Creek, was almost entirely destroyed by fire. Emperor Francis Joseph will not in tervene to prevent further bloodshed In Crotia. - Rear-Admiral Barclay has been or dered form Boston to the Puget Sound navy yard. Fire In a grand stand at Cambride, Mass., hemmed in the crowd and they had a close call for their lives. The cup defender Reliance has proven herself a much better boat than either the Columbia or the Con stitution. '.Hannah opposes the endorsement of Roosevelt by Ohio because he fears it would injure his chances for re election. A power factory at Santo Domingo was blown up by enemies T5f the gov ernment and 22 people killed and a aumber of others injured. The anti-dynastic outbreak in Yu- nan province, . China, is serious. Four were killed and six others in-. jured by a Pittsburg elevator break ing. An eastern poffl'nanv has secured control, of all the coast powder fac tories. A. W. Machen, deposed postal of ficial, is now- charged with disobey ing orders. Portland was discriminated against .... - 1 T-lil m letung contracts ior carrying run ippine freight. The Union Pacific Boiler makers' strike has been declared off. Both 'sides .made concessions. Russia has assured the United States that it will help maintain an open door in the far East. Count Cassini, Russian ambassador et Wmshlne-tnn nnd Secretary Hav are receiving large numbers of letters from cranks. Mexico will make silver its coin, but at a fixed ratio. The announce ment has already caused much for eign capital to be invested. The forest fires near Glen Falls, N. Y., are now under control. Because, cf increased trade with America, Peru has opened a consular office in Chicago. f The United Lead company has in creased its capital stock from $15,000, 000 to $25,000,000. The directors of the Bank of Eng land have reduced tiie bank's rate of discount from 4 to 3 per cent. A cyclone" in Central Kansas did much damage to crops and property. A Chicago bootblack received only $10 for restoring a lost $10,000 bill to its owner, whose Joy caused him to faint. Receivers have been appointed for the Eastern tu do company, with a cap ital stock of $1,000,000 and general offices at Zanesrille, O. The liabilities are given as $800,000, and assets as $550,000. FLOOD IN KANSAS. Many People are Driven From Their Homes Wheat Crops Ruined. Salina, Kan., May 26. This city is tonight the scene of the worst flood in its history, fully 100 families having been driven from their homes, and the extent of the damage is estimated to be hundreds of thousands of dollars Another heavy rain fell tonight, mak ing four inches of rain that has fall en here during the last 24 hours. The northwestern portion of the city is entirely submerged, and women and children were rescued from their homes in boats. The Missouri Pacific grade on the west is holding back a large and threatening body of water. If the water succeeds in crossing the tracks the entire western portion of the town will be under water. A passenger train on the Lincoln branch of the Union Pacific is held be tween two washouts two miles north of here. The passengers were brought to this city on handcars. The Union Pacific tracks for three miles west of here are washed out, and all through trains are running over the Rock Island from Lincoln Junction, Colo., to Manhattan, Kan. The Union Pacific station here is surrounded by water and the railroad yards are flooded. The entire district for miles north west and southwest from the station is flooded. As far as the eye can reach, the wheat fields have been transformed into great lakes of rag ing water. Crops are ruined and homes deserted. EXHIBIT FOR FAIRS. Montana Legislature in Special Session Makes Appropriation. Helena, Mont., May 26. (Special.) The Eighth Legislative Assembly assembled here today in extraordinary session, at the call of Governor Toole, for the purpose of making an appro priation for Montana s representation at the Louisiana Purchase and the Lewis and Clark Expositions, in St. Louis and Portland, respectively, in 1904 and 1905. v Both houses met in joint session shortly afer 11 -o'clock and listened to the-reading of Governor Toole's mes sage, which stated that there seemed to be a general demandfor a display of the state's products and resources at these Expositions, hence his call for an extra session. - - Before the day was over three bills had been introduced and passed ap propriating f50,000 for St. Louis, $10, 000 for the transfer of this exhibit from St. Louis to Portland, and $15, 000 additional for the maintenance of the State Capitol and grounds. Be fore midnight the session had been ad journed sine die. MANY HOMELESS BY FIRE. New Hampshire Blaze Causes a Loss of $400,000. . - - ,Laconia, N. H., May 26. Nearly 100 buildings have been burned, 350 per sons are homeless and a loss between $350,000 and $400,000 has been caused by a fire in the Lakeport section, the area burned over being about 15 acres. The fire started in a boiler room of the H. H. Wood hosiery mill. The "flames spread brisEiy, and in a very short time, under the influence of a brisk southeast wind, thef entire structure was burning. Next it spread to the finished-lumber plant of the Boulia & Gorrell Co., and then to the works of the Laconia Electric Light Company. In less than an hour both these, plants were destroy ed. The city fire department was helpless to stay the progress of the flames, and destruction went on until the fire actually burned itself out for want of material. SLAVERY IN NEW FORM. Secret Service Men Find Judges Pro- moting Peonage in the South. Washington, May 26. At the re quest of the Department of .Justice, the United-States Secret Service has undertaken an investigation of the charge of peonage, or holding another in servitude to work out a debt, which has been made against persons living in the .vicinity of Montgomery, Ala. One man, named Robert N. Franklin, has already been indicted for keeping a Negro in servitude, and information in the hands of Chief Winkle tends to show that a regular system ,has been practiced between certain magistrates and persons who want Negro laborers. The T)lan is to bring a poor Negro before a magistrate on a flimsy charge. He is convicted, and the white man offers to advance him the money provided the Negro will make a labor contract with him for a length of time sufficient to reimburse him for the money and trouble he has taken to keep the Negro out of jail. The Negro is thereupon taken away, and begins what is frequently a long term of cruel servitude. New York Celebrates. New York, May 28. New York to day officially commemorated the 250th anniversary of the establishment of municipal government in New Am sterdam, afterward called', by force and treaty between Holland and Eng land, New York. The city hall, where the main exercises were held, and city hall park, were ttfe center or at traction. In the public schools 500, 000 children took took part in the ex ercises. Mayor Low, General James Grant Wilson, Secretary"of War Root, Governor Odell and Bishop - Potter made addresses. v German Report on the Massacre. Berlin, May 28. The German Jew ish Relief Society has sent an agent houses were destroyer, 600 shops to' Kishipef who reports that 700 sacked and that aboutlO.OOO persons are homeless, as a result of the recent massacre. Forty-five persons . were killed outright during the massacre, 84 were seriously wounded and 500 were slightly injured. The number of persons affected through losing po sitions or otherwise is estimated at 20,000, mostly belonging to the poorer I classes. HAPPENINGS CONFIDE OF SUCCESS. Prospectors for Oil Do Not Lose Faith Because of Reverses. The Umpqua Valley Oil Company of Roseburg, which has been boring for oil at Myrtle Creek, has abandoned the well, after having reached a dis tance of 1600 feet. ' Some time ago, while the boring apparatus was at Lwork, the cable parted and let the drill fall into the well. After the drill was removed is was found that the casing had also been broken and part of it had fallen into the well. It was later found that the weil had been "plugged," and in such a manner that it is now impossible to work it at all The company is so confident of find ing oil that it has again lei a contract to Loyd Smith, a practical well-driller, who will immemiately commence op erations on the new well within 12 feet of the old. Mr. Smith claims that the indica tions for oil are the best he has yet seen on this Coast, and is confident that oil will be found within 2000 feet. SEALED BIDS FOR WOOL. First Pool Sale This Season Held at Arlington Sale Small. The first wool sale of the season under the system of sealed bids, in augurated in this state for the first time last year, came off in Arlington last week. It was a sorry disappoint ment to both seller and buyer. Over 500,000 pounds of -wool was offered for sale, but only about 50,000 pounds was sold. Prices paid for those sold ranged from 11 cents to 13 cents. The offers on the largest and best clips were all declined because the ruling prices had fallen below the owners' expectations. Dissatisfaction was expressed by a number of buyers over the sales made this morning by the local bank to a buyer on the ground before the time for the public sale , when all the buyers should ar rive.: This may have, had a tendency to qualify the interest of the buyers in the other lots-listed.- Fruit Trees Feel Frost. A killing frost blighted the-pros pects for an abundant fruit crop around Baker City last week. The ex tent of the damage is not fully de veloped, but it Is known that all the early fruit is badly damaged, and in some localities all the fruit is killed. So far as known, there has been no frost in Pine and Eagle valleys, or down on the Snake river, below Hunt ington. These portions of the county comprise, the principal fruitgrowing sections of the country. Until last night the" prospects were favorable for the greatest fruit crop ever known in this, the Powder river valley. ( Rainier is Confident. ."- The county-seat fight in Columbia county is on. The election notice call ing a special election for July 6 will be posted in a few days. At present there are only three candidates for the honors of county seat. St. Helens, which is the county seat now, Rain ier and Clatskanie. A hard fight will put up from three points. It is generally conceded that Rainier will be first in the race. Should no point receive a majority of all votes, a sec ond, election will be held in August, and - the vote will be taken between the two highest. " Pine Lands Cut Out. The General Land Office at Wash ington has received the amended map filed by the Oregon Development Company, showing lands on the Up per Deschutes river in Eastern Ore gon, which it proposes to reclaim un der Carey act. On this map, the com pany, has eliminated nearly 15,000 acres that were included in the origin al selection, this action being taken because of the report of Special Agent Green, that much of the original selec tion was land covered with merchant able timber. r . Damming of the Rogue. . The Golden Drift Mining Company has resumed with a vim the work of completing its big power dam across Rogue river, in the Dry Diggings, three miles above Grants Pass. -The dam was begun early last year, but was not completed before the arrival of the fall rains. The dam, even in its uncompleted state, withstood the very high water and several freshets of the Rogue during the winter. Catherine Creek Claims Taken. There is another small rush on in locating timber in the Catherine creek district, east of Union. About 20 claims have been located during the past ten days and others are investi gating. Last year many locations were made, but. filings suddenly ceased when it was rumored tnat mere naa been 'frauds in making locations, and that the government was investigat ing the matter. Chinook and Shad. The, White Island Seining Com pany's grounds, about two miles above Cathlamet, have begun operations, and have been catching about half a ton of fish per day, whioh more than pays expenses. About half the catch is chinook, the balance being blue backs and steelheads. The chinooks bring 5 and 6 cent", the bluebacks, 4 cents, and the steelheads, 3 cents per pound. ' Rich Strike In Qray Eagle. A narrow streak of fabulously rich ore has been struck in the Gray Eagle mine, in the Sparta district." The ore assays $2000 per ton.. A five-foot ledge assays $15. The property Is owners of the Bonanza. Irrfgatlonlsts Surprised. The abandonment of the semi-annu al meeting of the State Irrigation As sociation comes, as a surprise to most of the friends of irrigation in the eastern part of the state. HERE IN OREGON COPPER NEAR ROSEBURd. Rlch Veins of Ore Reported by Prospec tors Jn Collier Creek Country. Frank Reed arrived in Roseburg a few days ago from the Collier Creek country, In Curry county, where he and other members of his party have made a discovery of a very rich cop- ner ledre nr dennsit nn Zm hav located ie mh 7nrVi-ir deposit has been traced a distance of 6ver a mile and a half, and surface in- dications show a wide vein. No as- savs have as vet been mad 7 fh - o "--- A discoverv. but it is eenerallv hiiv,i that this new find will prove the rich- est vet discovered Thl lXe if about 18 mil., nth of Rotme river and i at nr-r very difficult place to reach as there is only a trail through that section. ' t t soon commence on7he these mines, as Mr. Reed is a member of a coDoer company which wa re- oieamsnips- passing through the Uni- , ;r" 11u'maili at tne nome of Daniel I owvawuu, ana ne saia tnat un cently organized in Roseburg, wit? mak, Pass, most of which make Dutch JJl' a numfr and Is8 8ethIfn ln W relief Mr. Fred Blakely at the head. Na- tive conner is abundant thrnnphnut Southern T Oregon, but those ownine most of the mines have not" sufficient capital to work them properly.- - Oregon Can Grow Flax. That the Pacific Coast and especial- ly the Willamette valley of the state in the chain of coal depots along the Tne storm was equally destructive! Tne natives feel that the Ameri of Oregon is especially adapted to the Pacific Coast, which will begin at San at Fairfield, but. the people were I cand h&ve come among them for their culture of flat, and that- nf tho vorv Dieeo and inHndo San iTriinic.n u,, warned of its comine and smis-ht I our mutual benefit, and not an finest quality, has been demonstrated beyond any possibility of a doubt by Mr. Eugene Bosse, the celebrated Bel- gian flax culturist, who has been con ducting a scientific i course of experi ments in and around Salem for more than a year , past, and is now engaged in raising the second crop for the pur pose of proving this fact to the en tire satisfaction of those who are now backing him financially, and have shown heretofore a disposition to tions regarding the nossibilities nf the usb me v v,i aviij jl iiio uiuau as&ci- flax industry for Oregon. Curb on Willamette. ? j - ': . tne Willamette river just north of In- dependence, captain Ogden states tnat work will be continued all of the m?r- Th ietty; being construct- tK. To". ":iCriAAn "i '""i v, uci a uici iv7u sues uj. I unj k i i j. .1 .uuu, aa wuc luiicui was auuui to waoii thrn.,ri. o ti. i 4. uumuci ui me uesi i farms and change the course of the I river fnr enroll n,M.o TW. will save this as well as the banks which the current; has been moving at the rate of about 20 feet a year in many places. I Headed Toward Burns. Chief Engineer Joseph West, of the SsssifSi-.i" City prepared to begin the work of extending the road. The rails and other material. for the. extension have hnsv .ntt.no- t,oa frr Just how far the road will be built this season is not stated, but it is cer- tain that it will penetrate some dis tance into Grant county in the direc tion of Burns, the county seat of Har ney county. Preparing for Dry Summer. Baser uity authorities are pre- paring to supply the city with an abundance of water., for what nrom- ises to be a long, dry summer. The I new reservoir on -Goodrich creek, milieu was cuiupieieu last iail, Will De I in use this season in -addition to the Eagle creek supply. Several of the water mains are being replaced with I larger pipe, so that both the supply eauaTto thTdemandr8SU:e 06 Qeologlcal Survey Begins. ixovernment iuncrineer Snttnn whn I - , " i S.BSDS,Sf fn Unio8nC?orPSth0e past week, has just commenced his field work of making a complete eeo- logical survey of the county in this section. rne work was started in Un- out knowing what it means or real ion and will branch out covering about iziug how it .may be of real service to iuuu square miles, requiring about two years' work. POWTUND MARKETS. Wheats Walla Walla. 70071c: val- l. I ,w BarleyFeed, $20.00 per ton; brew ing, $21. Floui Best Trades, $3.95(84.30: era- ham, $S.45(g)3.85. . Millitnffs Bran. $23 per ton: mid dlings, $27 shorts, $23.00i chop. $18. Aafa KT 1 .u;x. a - . I VaiB SXO. , X WPlte, 1. 1001.15: gray, $1.05 per cental. Hay Timothy. $20(321: clover $1011; cheat, $1516 per ton. Potatoes-Best Burbanks. 50c per eack; ordinary, 2540o per cental. I growera' prices; Merced sweets, $3 3.50 per cental. Poultry Chickens, mixed, llt2c; young, 1814c; hens, 12c; turkeys, live, 16(17e; dressed, 2022c; ducks, $7.00(37.50 perxiozen; geese, $66.50. rvhamo CVll nn in , , , I vuvcdc """, tWJlig, 10ai xic: luuiig auieuca, liWi-IXiCi Tact- ory prices, ll&c; lees. 1 Butter Fancy creamery. 20O22 nr pound: extras. 21c: dairv. 2029U. a - , store, 1618c f Sim.' 1fi1 1 r Bops Choiee, 1820c per pound. Woll Valley 12Ji15; Eastern Ore gon, 8 14; mohair, 3536c. Beef Gross, cows, 5SK24c per pound; steers, 45c; dressed, Veal 88Jc. . Mutton Gross, 774c per pound ; dressed, 8($9o t : Lambs Gross, 4c per pound dressed, 7HC. Hogs Gross. . 7K7c per pound; dressed, 888K. NEW COALINO STATION. Admiral Dewey Recommends One for Dutch Harbor, Alaska. Washington. - May 27.-Admiral Dewey, as president of the General Board, has made a report to Seoretary Moody, recommending the immediate establishment of a coaling station Dutch Harbor, Alaska, and the erec tion there of a coal depot with an InItIal capacity of 5,000 tons. The es timated cost of the work is about $51,- 000. The money is now available. Be- ,,, . . ... . . Heving that the establishment of a 1 coal depot at this strategic point wmU:i".0' """""" 8enes OI I strengthen the United States on the Pacific Coast, the President has hear tn. .nniwJ? tJL ,V ! nas near tlly aPPved the plan, and prelimin- W steps in the work have been taken already. twu ttv, t . L.?? ta. l0Cated U n6 l"e Ateuuan lsianas, and is on the di- I ., 1 i . . I "-umulcll;ial route uetween tne Ports of Behring Sea and Southern . nc Coast of the . u 18 ai8 ln tne Ime of Harbor a port of call Tt HO no i j . - . " ryl . BIie was nrst commended by wiu auuiuiu uiauiuru, umei OI tne Bureau of Equipment. His recom- mendation was referred to the Gen- eral Board, and is now about to be executed according to his plans. Dutch Harbor will form the fifth get Sound and Sitka. Hdnolulu is the sixtn in the chain, and Guam probably may be added to the list. F1RB LOSS A niLLION. Large Philadelphia Warehouse 'Is an Entire Loss. i-nnaaeipnia, May 27. Fire this evening in tne building of the Front i v v, a.i caawubic vuixi VcLlxy U cilia tin a a a. nn' mt k.M . .. - I w0 VULllilULCU Al. dtlllllllltllll I II O building which was three stories high nn Fmnt ctroat fl .- J; :" ."A" I . . ' ' mui lrii buui k tHrK i-nnraiTiine" tyiai : w . 6. ua'.flUBr' vue nor. was packed solidly with matting and tnere was 1500 rolls of carpet, 500 barrels of molasses, a carload -'Of wines, and other liquors, a carload of . . . . matches and much maphinArv I 1 P!vprvthin n h.-i;nn - 0 u m0 uuuuiua naa ur stroved either hv fir nr wator" . ' , BwenoH and was not discovered until the cen- ter of the first floor, was nT flames. . v u.wvuxut, The character of the goods in the building made it an easy prey to the I caused a jar. The mountain where flames, and the, whole structure was I the slip took place is very badly f rlac soon ablaze. The contents of the tured and is now slipping down con- building were owned by manv firms if.JSi!Ssfato - and i is.not known tonight what amount of insurance was carried. HiiWUUiri tnucwiAlXU. energy Mast Be ProperlyDirected If They Would Live. Chicago, May 27. Clarence S. Dar- row, who was chief counsel for the miners in the recent arbitration grow ing out of the strike 4n-the anthracite , lua' UC1UB' a"ve n aauress 10 tne Henry George Association here today on "the "Perils of Trades Un- ionism." The general tone of his talk w tnnf as inat stand the principles upon which they are founded and along which they must work if they are to continue in existence." He said in part Men catch trade unionism, specu- lation, combination, as they catch the nooino tio mrtmna na-nitai v, o a iuvuuivo iuuuii'Di uujriiui uns CaUght the feV6r f bln.tlon until ft has gone mad over corporations and trusts. Likewise, labor has caught the fever of trade unionism and with- the world, has turned its power and energy in the direction of building up organizations. ,-.U,ss tn force is turned to po- ui.ii;ai yu w ci ui suuautmiai uiciuuus t, Jrt cx LUIO gicai UXVfVClllCllt liiUOL UC 1U1 naiieht " Oreat Irrigation Dam. Washington, May 27. The Geolog ical Survey has prepared a model of the extensive dam to be constructed on Salt river, 65 miles above Phoenix, Ariz. This dam will be among the A..O. anJ ol.. n . 4-1, - 4. t "- cuou aiuuus iub loigcai 1111- o-atinn otvtornrfooa tn Via n n dart a Iran by the Government under the new law. The exact proportions of the dam are 188 feet thick at the base, 830 feet wm contain 11.600.000 cubic feet of masonry. The reservoir to be con- struqted will drain over 6000 square miles of territory. Estate Long Unsettled San Diego. Cal.. May 27. By an or der of court the valuable estate of TAVnnn TTT T n 1. 1 . . 1! . I t T " a v. auumauu 19 10 ue UlSino- ntori Thn ooaa to o .sma.l..VU Rohlnsnn wlin uraa T tantanant. Governor of Texas and subseouentlv a prominent lawyer in this state, died nere 1857. r For seme reason his heirs, who lived in Ohio and else where in the East were not awawe of his death until long afterward and no efforts were made until' comparative ly recently to settle up the estate. Butchery By Turks. London, May 27. The Sofia corres pondent of the Morning Leader tele graphs that, the Macedonian commit tee reports that the Turks have burn ed the village of Banitzal, near Seres. Only 48 of the 500 inhabitants es caped and many women and girls were outraged and murdered and their bodies cast Into the water. WORK OF TORNADO F,FTEEN PE0PLE N NEBRASKA LOSE THEIR LIVES. at Twenty Others More or Less Seriously Injured Several Towns Visited Storm and Every Building In Its Path Blown to Pieces-Heavy Financial Loss. HaqHnca M0h Ttf o? . . Hastings, Neb., May 27. A series of I Ilf-34 W TrWW - -nr . J T- J V . C Ul "UICU eopea , ? WJSt tornadoes that have visited Southern Nebraska for years, naRp1 nva . , 8 v . 7. . couneR last evening, rmccu jiemuns are Known to nave lost f tne.Ir 7V?0 odd were more or less seousiy injured, and a number of I nr npra raoiviul , I , " --' injuries, .every WtL"n? and utbuIldj.nS to the path I lurnauo was Diown tn n acm and the financial loss thus far account xt" ch 60000- 7. 1Z Tf . ua ana not f". escaped aeatn or serious injury. Two miies south of Upland I . . dcm,cb weio ueiug nem m a school house, when the storm struck and demolished it. kill - Ins four of the occupants, including lue minister, and injuring a number ol others. Iars for safetv- Six dwellings were UIUWQ " pieces at that place, but their occupants escarped in in rv 'with la few exceptions. . MUST LEAVE FRANK. Repetition of . Recent Jlccldenll May Oc- cur at Any Time. Ottawa, Ont., May 27. Messrs. R. w. Brock 'and'R-P. McConnell 'the I -i - . I wuo were sent W report on I 1 1 . . Mountain; which wTpel T out tne cause or i nf liVoV ui.j . -..,717 rv i " -v t? luiaui iiiuiiULn.. I oMino. mir.So r t, t4.j h Mr. - McConnell estimates th tween 60,000,000 and 80,000,000 tons or rock fell, the debris of which f", two aanare mUes. The 7 " "V.V""i TSJZr? revolutionary troops, and enforc- I - xuuiu.u ouu we nuaucicu vuu- I In? Other VPTariniiQ Tncgenraa jn, lHfir, mvt - . .I115 "luer vexauous measures under I i xiiih was Que to I "fauitino-" 4.x. -i uoumg ui me rocs during the process of mountain build - ine-. Hmvv . ) 4-u v I r no Tt 2aiTfa t ATI ft .r V J-ill the fissures tended to open them still further. The accidenr" was locally" hastened Dy a creep in the coal mine which tinuously in small pieces. There is infr f anoter-f a of the fractures extend back 500 or 600 feet from the fa"ce, and if these were to open another bulk would' . come down. Mr. McConnell thinks that there will always be more or less risk in living at Frank and that the people should move as soon as possible. SWEPT BY TORNADO. Oklahoma in Track of Storm Inlurie to People are Few. Oklahoma City. O. T.. May 26. Last night a tornado struck the town of Carmen and destroyed one-third of the place. P. F. Brown, of- Wichita. was instantly killed by flying timber I and Mrs. Wismiller fatally injured. Twenty people were more or less in jured. . The Methodist church was set on top of the parsonage, where it re mains and can be seen for miles. ihe dwellings of J. P. Atterbury I and Robert Payne were demolished, Mrs. Atterbury was carried 50 feet I but not seriously injured, while her u" uauguter were aangerousiy i nun. urcnaras and crops were dam-1 aged severely. The Arkansas river is on a-rampage as a result of the heavy rams. ine town or .aw uity is prac- came a law, or from 1892, when the tically under water, many farmers liv- original Indian War Veteran act, ap ing in the bottoms near Ponca City I Divine tn t.h Rlarlr TTawV gnrvlvnro and Newkirk having been compelled I to leave tneir nomes. fields and I crops are submerged, numerous I bridges have been washed away, and J tramc IS OlOCKed. . I Fraudulant Citizens' Papers. Washington. May 27. Immigration omciais said today that they had inves-1 tigated reports that thousands of I fraudulent naturalization papers had I been sold to immigrants at New York. I and had ascertained that the purpose was not to facilitate the admission of immigrants into the United States, but to permit immigrants to secure work on the subway and other im-1 provements in New York,, as under I the state laws only citizens can work j on improvements of that kind. In I some cases as much as $50 was paid I for a fraudulent certificate. Block on American Trusts. . London, May 27. The Daily Mail's correspondent at Singapore states that the government of the Malay States has imposed a prohibitive duty on the export of tin- ore unless it is .smelted within "the colony. This step is designed to check an attempt to create a combination ' in the tin trade by the Standard Oil, the United States Steel Corporation and the American Tinplate Company, who propose to import the o"re into the United States free of duty and re-export the smelted article. . - Locomotive Boiler Explodes. Erie, Pa., May 27. While passing May's siding on a hill west of Kane today, the boiler on one 'Of the loco motives pushing a Philadelphia 4 Erie, freight train exploded, killing one man and injuring four others, three perhaps fatally. , The crown sheet of the boiler was blown through the caboose, splitting the caboose in two. The injured, ex cept the engineer and fireman, were ln the ''caboose. SELL CHILDREN FOR FOOD. Terrible Conditions Exist In Famine Stricken Districts of China. . - Washington, May 26.-United States Consul McWadel at . Canton, under date of April 7, sent to. the State De partment a "detailed report of the fam- I iQe conditions in Rang SI,' in support by J of nls cabled appeal for help. He pro- I ?a a mass "of Information which HTan mTssIoVaV anTnal Xrces Yn I Kai Kwan Pin. Wu Chnw "and nthor places, : showing the destitution and I tne consequent suffering, which the Consul-General says, is absolutely ap- Consul-Gener . XT . . fh' "ffys inat thousands in chUdren ftSm M Z f?g from J2- each' so many were offered and so few pur- -""l .mat not an could be sold at even tms price. Mr. McWade says so I fvaiucuuiuj were me appeals ror aae he had contributed far Dfyona n13 means, and would have I Flvpn mnra hod Vi j i " T " - " "u mo muuey. "port was written the fam- I "D ioo lucieasing ereauy in In sever. ?jr, and .thousands, were starving to 2!?"' '?-ne vmag.e 209. Perished ---" ?"u luuUBi,nas TC- amines were sub- "in.oa a r?w Hnce.8 of rlc a day. I , 0 ouu leaves. "iess ine rlce and other crops of 1 ,'uly' August and September proved I P,Ien"ful, the famine would only be I 3"swy uueviaiea. m conclusion, Mr. McWade says : I er enemies, nor to seize any of I """ iuus unaer any specious or I other pretenses. That feel ine- fa m. I phaslzed by the great charity of our people at home, who, in their earnest afforts to relieve, and not to destroy, know no religion, creed or nation." AMERICANS NOT MOLESTED. Venezuelan Move Against Foreigners Is , Contrary to Treaties. WS 11 Am Qta? Oiiwaaaa TV C tit mi L" Bto..tebo luo viuremur in Caracas nave to enforce the new law against I nrotonaro Ah i rfn i i I -"6"-, v,UBm5 Lucm tu recognize 03thein Tto Tvl tTJr f.Z .iaif o-D "I iage perpetrated by the governmenV I nenaltv of ImmedlatA srnnlolnn I veuauy ui immediate expulsion. i These measures were i enforced 1 n, t,.j, ; ' TJ.i. I vtciuiu.ii, AUailiUl, I '. . . When their respective legations learn ed of the fact they sent orders to. their Consuls not to comply with the lemands or the local authorities, as the new law was contrary to exist ing treaties. The ministers of the powers also called on Senor Urbaneja. rpr the Minister of Foreign . Affairs, and He promised that orders would be is- aued te suspend the enforcement of Jie new law. United States citizens were not molested. If the law is enforced later compli cations with the powers will arise, and is believed that .more than 40,000 t tne bo.000 foreigners residing in Venezuela will leave the country. WHEN PENSIONS DATE FROM. Indian Veterans Will Receive Pay From June 27, 1902. Washington. May 26. The Interior Department has decided that all pen- 3lnna flllnwoH llndar tlia Tnllin Wa. Vforan af onnrntroH Tuna 07 1QAO ,hall be effective from the date 'of the passage of the act. That is to say, when a claim is allowed, the veteran or his widow or other survivor draws $8 a- month from and after the date of the allowance, and is granted, in addition an ariicd nmc(nn at rate of $8 a month from June 27, 1902, nn tn the dat nf 00a oiio There has been some question in the minds of the pension authorities as tn whether owm iwminn wnid run from 1902, when the act affecting the veterans of the Pacific Northwest be- went on the statute books. The later dat wna flnniiv cottier nr.n a hoine- the nn intmiiDn h mhoivuc and all pensions hereafter - allowed will carrv this accrued noneinn aa well as future allowances, Ask Permission to Strike. - Anaconda, Mont., May ,26. A a meeting of the Mill and Smeltermen's Anaconda, Mont., May ,26.- Union, held last evening in-this1 'city, it is reported to have been decided to asl the permission of the American Labor Union to strike, unless the men recently discharged at the Washoe smelters be reinstated. " It is the opinion of a majority of the labor leaders here that there will be no strike. It is' alleged that the men dis- charged had been too active in at- tempting to dictate the policy of the company in the matter of running the new works. Killed in Explosion on Steamer. Quebec, May 26. The steamship Couban, of the Black Diamond Line, from Sydney, C. B., for Montreal, which passed inward off Matane Light yesterday, signaled that an "ex plosion of gas had occurred on board whiph completely destroyed the sa loon and blew up the poop deck. Three iron beams were also broken in the lower deck. A waiter was killed and two steerage passengers are miss ing, and it is thought they were blown overboard by the force of the explosion. - ' Coins to Be Sold. Washington, May 26. The- Bureau of Insular Affairs, with the approval of Secretary Root, has authorized the sale of 100 sets of the seven new Phil ippine coins that recently have been made by the United States mint at $2 per set, the value being 97 cents. The proceeds will be turned over to the Philippine Treasury. There has been quite a demand for the sets of coins from collectors.