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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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 .-
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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"
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, 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.