BOHEMIA NUGGET.
COTTAGE GROVE. . , OREGON.
LUG OF W DAT
An tnttrutlnj CoIleeUon tt terra From tht
ft Two HcndipheroProaiitdlns
$ Condensed Form.
Tho Toft commission Is ta Western
Leytc
There will bo no strike on the Jer
sey Central.
The allotment of Chinese Indemnity
ban been fixed.
An American party was almost en
trapped in Leytc.
All arrangements are complete
the president's trip.
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it is evident that Japanese will ex
pect war with Russia.
The trial of an army scandal case
has opened in Manila.
The crown prince of Germany will
visit the Austrian court.
Moral crusade in Seattle is a per
sonal war on Mayor Humes.
Twelve cenU per pound has been
offered for hops at Salem, Or.
Japan demands to know whether
emperor will return to capital.-
Tl, nlr, f K I
at lavenworth is bel
, T. v
Mrs. Nation was arrested for. ob-
strocUng streeU of Kansas City. Mo.
Many natives flocked to Caplx to1
hear form of provincial government
explained.
Twelve thousand nrre in ivmi.ii..
county Or are to b nrosSected for
oH nd cod. ar0t0bfrp rosp ected for
ou ana coa .
Co-operaUve method of marketing
aetOSerereb,0,rbyCa, -
irornia court.
Thnu. P.nn..inni. 1,
'. ijwijic w cic t uu
down by a train and killed, and an-
other Injured.
Conduct of ministers of powers in
postponing meetings causes much ad
Terse comment.
Ann Arbor university dean of med
icine acknowledges Student Hare haa
bubonic plague.
The stolen gold bars were found
daring the cleaning of the Kaiser Wil
helm der Grosse.
Captain J. G. Griffin, a Columbia
(S. C.) railroad man, was shot, prob
ably by Major B. B. Evans.
Commissioner Young, of 1905 cen
tennial, would call on the Orient for
both funds and attractions.
Washington pan-American fair com
mission turned down honorary mem
bers of woman board of managers.
One of three Idaho men who fired
on deputy sheriffs from ambush wat
Jellied. Trouble probably due to abol
ition of martial law.
Charles M. Pepper and Professor
Kdward M. Ross were speakers at the
convention of the Academy of Polit
ical and Social Science.
Anton Pfanner, Forest Grove, Or,
banker, who failed for $40,000, and
then mysteriously disappeared, hat
turned up in Switzerland.
The Taft commission has arrived at
Ho no.
Botha reopened peace negotiation!
-with the British.
Agulnaldo will not be released until
lie secures Tino's surrender.
The war department Is advised ol
the coming of a Cuban committee.
The United States will have cutters
In Behrlng sea for protection of seals.
The transport Rawlins caught fire
at Brooklyn, was filled with water
and sank.
Governor Allen, of Porto Rico, sayt
the reports are not true that natives
of that Island are starving.
Attorney General Blackburn holda
that the Oregon law requires fisher
men to secure two licenses.
An explosion In tie Santa Crux,
CaL, powder works caused the death
of one man and the serious injury ol
another. The cause of the accident
is unknown.
A new process for making armor 1
plate has been discovered whereby
SxiStorWto t; : government
manufacturers may be able to furnish
for $150 per ton.
Three gold Ingots, worth $22,750,
were stolen from the steamer Kaiser
Wilhelm der Grosse during her pas
sage from New York to Cherbourg.
JJo clew to the perpetrators.
One of a band of roving gypsies,
near Monence, 111., sold two girls, ol
whom he was guardian, to another .
man or tne same hand ror $S00. The
Slrls objected to the sale, and a riot
was almost caused.
Admiral Sampson receives $3330
prize money.
J. P. Morgan organizes a depart
ment store trust.
The American claim for Chinese In
demnity amounts to $25,000,000.
Lord Kitchener reports the capture
ot Pictersburg, the Boer capital.
The Russian fleet returned to the
French coast and saluted Loubet.
Four large Alaska transportation
companies have been V merged into
two.
The Negros governor tried to start
a rebellion, but could not secure a
following.
The "Edinburgh Castle" public
bouse, situated ln the Strand, London,
la to be hauled down, and the London
county council has to pay 22,500 as
compensation.
Probably the smallest monarch in
h world relims over tho Hindu vas
sal stato of Bhopaul, and governs a
people of more than a million souls.
This dwarf is a woman, DJlhan-Be-gam
by name, but although she Is
about- 50 yeara old. she does not ap
pear larger than a child of 10.
FIELD QUN TESTS
Will Be Made at Sandy Hook Next
Month.
WASHINGTON, April 13. Prepara
tions are making for quite nn exten
sive and Important test ot Held guns
at Sandy Hook somo time In May. At
present tho army Is not well equipped
with field guns, compared with other
nations, and tho war department
wishes to obtain the very best guns
posslblo (or the equipment of this im
portant branch of tho service. Tho
(not. trill tin iimlnr tho iilrnrtlnn nf
board of ordnanco and fortifications, j rotnU ol tht Mny InduKrlu Throujh. 1 retary On go, who remains In Wash.
Tho board not only will test such guns . uu Ington. It Is proposed to transact In
ns may bo presented by manufacturers ! out Our Thriving Commonwulth. ,,0itant business whllo on rotlto. Tho
and inventors, but it Is expected that cabinet olllcors will keep In close
tho new gun modeled on tho plan of Hudson A $10,000 sawmill Is to bo touch with tho hends of bureaus or
the French field guns and constructed established near tho mouth ot Hock tho respective departments. Tho pros
under tho direction of tho board of 'rac iust north of Hudson. Mont will transact alt of tho vast
ordnanco and fortifications will
tested. Tho plans for this gun were
sent abroad last summer, and who
claimed to have secured complete do -
obtained by an army officer who was
tails of this gun, which artillery ex-
nerts have nsscrtcd Is the best in the
for ' world. Tho mechanism of this gun
I has been concealed and Its secret
carefully mardod bv tho French cor-
- ernment. Tho renort that tho United
of the French gun caused considerable
comment at the time It was made pub -
oiuiL-s una) uuu uuusiui-u iu
He, and since then the procedure of
th denartment with reference to the
gun has been watched with Interest
by ordnanco experts. The French
government nas not gunmen more
carefully tho mechanism of its gun,
tnan the board of ordnance has the
making of tho new field gun
wnicn is
to be tested In May.
.Pn,.r U nun mnlura
LuHi.r LawhTTnd a Poor Sv
Auditor Lawshee Found a Poor Sys-
tern of Bookkeeping.
WASHINGTON, April 13. A letter
' 'rom A- Lawshee, auditor of tho
I Philippines, has been received at the
war department, and certain portions
I ot u have becn sent to tho Ps"as.te.r
general for his Information. The let -
ter relates largely to the methods of
! keeping accounts, which are not P -
iproTcd hr "r; LaW8i,Ce' and,Ch
have not been In accordance with the
' forms Drescrlbed. Mr. Lawshee took
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four exPert, cIerks when he went to
uiu j-iiinjJiJiuL-s, auu uic b'"j
over the accounts. It Is said at the
department that there is no intimation
of any fraud, but a system of book -
keeping is in vogue which lacks the
business methods necessary to secure
the best results.
The accounts as filed here," said
Postmaster General Smith, "are cer -
talnly ample. They account satlsfac1
itles. there is absolutely no word of
foundation for such a story. Not long
ZmJZ h ftX J?i
lt ?,h PMiinnin nnTJ m!S
a. luuiuugu uiajjctuuu ui c.cjj ucuui
of the work there. His report paid a
high tribute to the condition of affairs,
The reports from there show a hand
some surplus, a showing that I only
wish the service in the United States
could make.'
THE STOLEN GOLD BARS
Steamer
Officials Say They
Wero
Taken In New York.
BREMEN. April 13. In support of
their belief that the gold bars reported
missing from the specie room of the
Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse in transit
between New York and Cherbourg
were stolen at New York, the officials
of the North German Lloyd Steamship
Company point out that the spcclo
room on the Kaiser Wllhelmder Grosse
is situated behind the baggage room,
and that the trmks of hundreds of
passengers are piled up against the
doors of the specie room. The officials
of the company are satisfied that tho
gold was abstracted between the after
noon when the barrels containing the
2,000,000 marks were placed in the
strong room and the following morn
ing, when the passengers Daggage
was stowed away. The officials aro i
of the belief that the thief allowed
himself to be locked up In the bag
gage room after tho gold was depos
ited in the strong room, and managed
to take the booty ashore during the
confusion of arriving passengers and
the stowing away of the baggage.
TRANSPORT GOES DOWN. t
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Rawlins Catches Fire at her Dock In
New York and Sinks.
NEW YORK. April 12. Fire was
discovered in the second hold of the
transport Rawlins early today. The
Rawlins was at the government r'er.
5?Wn; W0S to haVC t0T
Cuba today,
The fire was under control alter
aboit two hours' work by firemen,
but the Rawlins listed to port from
the Immense Quantity of water
pumped through the port holes toy the '
nreDoais. one nnaiiy san in me uiuu
al "er P,er- , , .. .
The cargo, a large portion of which
Isted of ors? .feed .'"Ty1' use '
" " " .
?8port ,s e!U.matftnn ' '
000, and the cargo at $SO,000.
Suicide of a New York Broker.
New York, April 12. Benjamin turkeys, live. 10012c; dressed, 13014c
Forst, a broker and member of the , pel pound.
consolidated exchange, committed sul- Cheese Full cream, twins, 13Q
cide today in the Hoffman House. 13Vc; Young America, 13014c per
After a night of meditation, spent no pound.
one seems to know where, he went to Potatoes 50C0c per sack.
the hotel at 5 o'clock this morning. Mutton Lambs, 10011c per pound
A bottle which had contained carbollo gross; best sheep. $8; wethers, $5;
acid was found in the room. Mr. Forst 1 ewes. $4 50; dressed, 7V407Uc per
had outstanding debts at the close ot pound.
business on the exchange yesterday, ' Hogs Gross, heavy. $5 75 06; light,
and this is believed to have been tho . $4 7505; dressed, 7c per pound,
cause of his suicide. Forst had lost Veal Large, 77V4c per pound;
more than $320,000 in his stock deal- small, 8t49c per pound,
lngs. In some quarters there was an 1 Beef Gross, top steers, $505
Impression that Mr. Forst was worth cows and heifers, $4 5004 75; dressed
at least $500,000. . beef, 708Uc per pound.
German Officer Killed. j In ls0o Sweden had a population of
Berlin, April 13. A dispatch from ' 2,350,000, and at tne present time, in
Pekin says that Captain Bartscb, of spite of the large emigration which
the Second Infantry (German). .lJJ.
found dead in the neighborhood ote0dn State8' the r
Pekin yesterday. An inquiry has been
opened and the information so far on
tained tends to show that the officer
met with an accident. On the other
hand, a dispatch from Pekin to the
Lokal Anzelger says Captain Bartsch
was shot while riding near the 'Sum
mer palace, and that his horse disappeared.
ltcrm of Interest From All Parts
icms 01 imcrcst rrom aii raru
of the State.
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COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL HAPPENINGS
hn 1 ttrltf Rtvltw ol the Growth tnd tmorove-
bo, ... ... ,
kamc iiovc um o wcu iv
sumcd at tho Goldbug mine, In Cable
-. 11 i I. r-,!,.
Cove district. Two shifts are cm
lI"0el,
Grants Pass Prospects are favora-
, blc for tho resumption of actlvo work
.at tho Pacific plno needle factory
urants rass.
r. --.. ti.. t r..nt,. ti.
Lv.'"i V" XiT nZXJ t.,Z.
, name or n now company just organ
lred at pa8iey.
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,J lnc ,BU?" l"" V,
City mlno is nowdown over 300 feet.
?n4 l 18 "P1 00:11 yfm "0 round
ul nt" lvv
, coos county worK nas sioppeu in
one of the tunnels In tho Beaver hill
mine. Coos county, pending Installa-
uon oi new macninery.
I Baker Clty-The Bonanza mine. In heads of the departments In this city, onwltotiowoni
'Baker county. Is making preparations and will by them , bo disseminated to nhK Is I termed as li.Vs-
wumj, is uimu(, ijhiiuioiium
1 Some. . DullllnK8 bo
delcd.
, Arngton Tho Arlington Ware-
house Company has made the pur-
chase of about 7000 sacks of wheat
stored on the Heppncr branch at
' prices ranging from to 45 cents
. per bushel.
1 PassThc GranU Pass
Watr0arnt8,L? Sfclowcr cZnanr htf
! -nr. 7 SS!l?f iS!
Jteelplpe'toralTexJon"
PW- extension to n point
n0OTe me piace nero me water is
now tAKen mil or tno river
now laKcn oul 01 lDO nTcr-
union i ue uregou sugar company
will havo 300 acres in sugar beets
' near Union this season. During the
' thinning and spacing tlmo boys and
girls will be employed to do aiost of
the work. Six dollars an aero will
be paid for this work. It Is said good
wages can be made.
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Oalla Cek-peraUona have been
, ln ua 8 creeK district.
Weston This town will issue $5000
''ottn 01 to nlse money 10 ,m-
prove lts water 8uppIy-
Z". r , 'X; '
as being more numerous In Eugene
than ever before known.
Grants Pass Work has commenced
on the GranU Pass-Williams telephone
line, and will soon be ln operation.
Baker Clty-Durlng March. 98 coy -
City at the office of the county clerk,
Wendllng Smallpox is very preva-
lent at this place, and county author-
ities have been appealed to. So far
It Is only in a mild form.
Corvallls-Benton county ha, Issued j
a call for all warrants outstanding
up to August 10, 1900, and same will
be paid upon presentation,
Brownsville There are now two
brass bands In Brownsville. A new
one has Just been organized, known '
as the Brownsville Independent band. 1
Glendale There have been -11 cases
of smallpox In and about this place,
but no deaths as yet. Several cases
are now in a very critical condition.
Athena A man arrived at Athena
on a new bicycle and was Immediately
arrested by request of Pendleton au
thorltles. He had stolen the wheel
from a store at that place.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Walla Walla, 5G457c;
Valley, nominal; bluestem. 59c per
bushel.
Flour Best grades, $2 703 40 per
barrel; graham. $2 CO,
n.-jfn WhllP 11 as
Oats White. $1 25 per cental:
gray. $1 201 22 per cental.
uaney Feed, $16 50J17; brewinn.
$16 50017 per ton.
Mlllstuffs Bran, $16 per ton: mid
dlings. $21 50; shorts, $17 50; chop.
$16.
Hay Timothy. $12012 60: clover,
$79 50; Oregon wild hay, $G?7 per
ton.
Hops-
-12 He per pound; 1893 crop,
flea,7n
Wool Valley, 13014c; Eastern Ore-
, gon. 912c; mohair. 20.021c per
p0un(1 - '
Butter Fancy creamery. 2002214c:
dairy. 1518c; store, 1012c per
'A
Eggs Oregan ranch, 13013c per
dozen.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3 50
5; hens. $506; dressed, 11012c per
pound; springs, $405 per dozen;
ducks, $506; geese, $608 per dozen;
150,000.
But one person is alive who sat' in
the house of commons when Queen
Victoria came to the throne. It Is
Earl FitzwIIllam, who, when Viscount
Milton, was elected a few months
before William IV died. At the Dla
mond jubilee there were several sur
vivors of pre-VIctorlan parliaments.
M'KINLEY ON WHEEL8.
Tour to Be Made by Pretldont and
His Cabinet.
Washington Correspondence.
President MeKlnloy's tour to the Pa-
' f"10 con8t mitl tl,c,,co caBtw'V,1,1
whence tho return to Wash-
mgton will bo made, will bo one of
splendor. Tlio train upon which hu
will travel will bo most gorgeous and
costly.
! President McKlnley will travol
across tho continent surrounded by
..to rnhlnet. with tho execution of Sou
routlno which tno cmci exccuiivu
- , ii, ,. whlln In wnmnnrion.
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,"8.l. K,n"" ,w " " 'JSh n. nrs
- ie,,lc8elltng tho two big telegraph
companies, will accompany tho train
to handlo official messages, and ovory
tclerraiih station along tho lines of
at tho railroads which are to bo tra-
versed will Do suujeci to incir oniura
in ihn exclusion Of all commercial and
newsnanor business. Cabinet jnoet-
Fridays, Just as they nro now hold In
Washington. The questions pertain-
- ihk i v "w,u -
Ing to domestic and foreign policies
, .u.-Mg-oj. cinhor dispatches
from all over the world will bo laid
before the president, experts from tho
stnto department Deiug in niiontiance
to reduco them to Kngllsh. Tho con-
elusions reached upon all public qucs-
tlons will do convcyeu to. mo ncunB
- -
an mose concc-rucu.
Tr,P or Recreation.
As th,8 ,8 t0 b(. trlp for rccrca.
tlon and pleasure, tho president wants
it understood that he will avoid formal
receptions wherever posslblo and
make speeches only where he cannot
escape doing so. They want to see
everything that will servo to give
them an Idea of the progr6ss and ad-
vancement of the country, nnd a
commercial growth and mercantile
stability. They will pay a specla
ylst , the eat cotton wharves of
0 , . w tness the loading
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of steamors of all nations with tho
mtii; ipiuuuu ui mo nc.ua ...
South. The party Is due In San Fran-
cisco. May 8. and will participate In
the launching of the battleship Ohio.
and will remain five days. The coast
Is to be followed north to Salem, Tort -
land. Seattle and Spokane, and thenco
the party will mora eaalwarf Into
Montana, where, after an inspection
of the va8t cop,wr mine8. "they will
Thence they will go to Ogden nnd
Salt Lake and then eastward through
'rau. sioppmg ai ue!" 'ur,i,
protracted vWt. r rom Denver the
tn SCM to lopeM. iaienwona
ana rvansns CIIJ. DU L.UIUB will uc
honored by a visit of two days. Tho
Mississippi valley will bo travorsed
'rom that city to St, Paul, with stops
at Keokuk. Burlington and Dubuque.
l From Train to steamer. i
, ,SJi;UthiSVlth8,l
j wl wa,tlnR t0 thcm
through Ijike Superior, the famous!
Sault canal, with its wonderful locks,
the Straits of Mackinaw, Lake Huron,'
the St. Clair and Detroit rivers, and
Bu- .ThnCnPvd0n:S
the lakes will possess novelty and
Interest for every member of the
party, even for those who have al-
ready made It. and at the same time
will constitute a recreation after
nearly five weeks of travel by rail
through plain and prairie, desert and
mountain and valley.
The president win visit tno ran- local river interests and the jtKc Car
American exposition at Buffalo. Then Tiers' Association, which, since the
he Is to go to Niagara Falls and make opening of the big canal, have com
a trip down the American rapids. ! pislned thai 300,000 cubic feet pro
After he has aone mat ne ana nis
party will embark on a new special
train for Washington, arriving there
June 15.
President McKlnley will travel
about 13,000 miles on tho fasten,
safest, most comfortable and best
equipped train America can produce.
He will visit 25 states ana territor
ies, and touch the southern, western
and northern boundaries of the coun
try. Mr. McKlnley and tho members of
bis cabinet are to be accompanied by
their wives and several other ladles,
well known In Washington society,
will accompany the party.
ASK FOR RECEIVER.
Depositors Will Walt on Bank Which
Failed No Longer.
NEW WHATCOM. Wash., April 15.
After waiting 45 days at the request
of the lank officers to enable them to
raise funds with which to reopen the
Scandinavian-American bank ln this
city, which failed February 27, the de
positors today unanimously requested
the court to appoint Robert Mulr per
manent receiver, and he was request
ed, If appointed, to take immedlato
steps to punish those responsible for
the failure of the Institution. Presi
dent H. St. John, ot the Institution, Is
said to be In London to secure funds
from bis family with which to pay de
positors. His legal adviser Is In New,
York trying to dispose of some pic
tures belonging to the St. John fam
ily, with the same object ln view. !
St. John was also president or tho
Bank of Blaine, of Blaine, Wash.,
wbicn failed the same time as the
Scandinavian-American. The liabili
ties of the two institutions are said
to bo about $50,000. It Is believed the
assets are practically valuelscs.
The London Times was first printed
by steam power on the morning of No
vember 29, 1814.
Four Counterfeiters Sentenced.
Spokane, Wash., April 16. Four
counterfeiters were sentenced by
Judge Hanford this morning In the
federal court. James Morlarity was
given 10 years, whllo Mike Williams
and Mack McCleary got 'off with eight
years each at bard labor in the United
States penitentiary. Mrs. Ethel Wal.
lace, the last member of the gang, was
sentenced to one year. Morlarity and
McCleary were partners of Arthur
Spencer, the bogus Chinese inspector,
in the daring jailbreak a few weeks
ago.
mill
nonrr
England Wants China Opened
to Commerce.
WOULD GREATLY BENEFIT BOTH NATIONS
D.ltcr Thin DtmnJln Cih Indemnity lo
lioxer OuImSi JPn S.llilkd with
Kuiilt'i lUckilown.
LONDON. April 15. Orcnt Hrltnln
has not yot dellntely ostlmntod tho
monoy Indemnity sho desires Chlnn
i ... mhoroo to
'n.o belief that little can be gained by
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i... .
insisting upon cash payment from
china, and though the government re-
grots this will possibly bo n cnusu for
delay. It continues to Instruct ir i-.r
nest Satow to try to Induce the pow
era to nrgeo lo a demhml for greater
trading privileges Instead of money
Tho government 1b of tho opinion that
.. 01)CninK of tn080 rfch provinces
. . ... .,.,.,.
, nimcrio uu i
I would result In much greater benefit
to tho nations concerned and to ChlnaJ
horsplf than the extraction of lump
.
,1, innn' ninnnln tuwnrd
JJ , J" iw-iiiiic street In'
". "., V t.it- tl..i !,..,,,., I..
, . bBckdown mll that Japan will
continue to keep n sharp eye on Coren
nnd ,mvo J)o ,, ln throntonlng
hostilities should Ilussla munncu that
country.
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China's Resources.
ickln. April IB. Tho commltteo ol
ranllltcr8 which Is considering China'
flnancln, 0,, has reported the
conci,18on, b80d on what Information
, lg thu fa obtainable that $300,000,-
JT Z ,'e .'"iwlthouf 1
Jllr, regourco(1. Tho examl-
t.i ,., ,,(., i. ...i.
vvu......v
Ject lg lIlU8 far incomplete, and It will
probably subsequently learn mat
othCr Chinese resources for Indcmnl
ties aro available,
Tne dgcUBgon 0f politics has this
W(?ok Kivon jace t0 amusement com
1 mencn wun the German races 'at the
, uul,ti,,K iari .Monday Inst The ro
, , of .,,' weok ,ievotel to
i in,rnl,(nnai nn hhmuIi i nrmu
'nm T"? "niK?!' T. tlTranl
aro celebrating the Hunter holidays.
The ministers openly eipretm thcli
'desire that the foreign troops leave
, Pckln. They are seemingly as ant-
(oua for tho dcpartro aB wero ,hc be.
aln,l n.l.l.1,... nnrlmi Inr llin nrrl.
1 '1R ,mI
, val 01 tnc lTOP8-
THE FLOW REOUCEO.
current In the Chicago River Is Too
Strong..
day says:
"Foderal authorities have ordered
the flow In the Chlcaco river reduced
from 300,000 to 200,000 cubic feet a
.minute. Word to this effect came
ff,WB,l
, today. Tho board will act Immediately
upon receipt of the official order, and
tho current will not bo Increasod, ai
the channel has been widened and
deepened and exlstlne obstructions to
navigation have been removed. Ac
' tlon on tho part of tho war department
. was brought about by tho protest ol
vlded by law was dangerous to navl
gallon under present conditions, L
cal authorities arc npprehenBive of the
i effect It may have upon tho St. I.ouli
litigation. With the full flow to dilute
the sewage carried down the canal
from the Chicago rlvor, the board bad
no fear of tho charge that Chicago
was polluting the water supply of St
Louis. In view of the action of the
war department, tho outcome of the
St, Louis appeal to the courts Is doubt
ful. If the legislature passes the bill
authorizing tho commission to collect
ono-half of 1 per cent tax to be used
for the Improvement of tho rlvor. It It
believed tho current can be Increased
gradually after September, as the
work of widening and deepening the
channel progresses. Otherwise It will
be four or five years before relief can
be obtained
A Mystery Cleared.
Sedalla. Mo., April 13. The mrstcrj
surrounding the theft of $10,000 In
greenbacks from tho Bank of Com'
merce, of this city. August 1. 1838
has been cleared by a convict named
Freeman, now in the Michigan City
Ind., penitentiary. According to Free
man, tho theft was committed by
irwin uamuie, who entered the vault
of the Bank of Commerce at the noon
hour, and got away with the money
wnne ne waicncd outside.
Radicals on Top.
Havana, April 15. The Cuban con
stltutional convention placed Itself
upon record today against the Piatt
amendment by a vole of 18 to 10 on
a resolution that the convention should
declare Itself opposed to tho amend
ment "on account of the terms of some
of Its clauses and the way In which
they are drawn, and aUo on the con
tents 01 the others, especially clauses
3, 6 and 7." The conservatives assert
that this action Is embarrassing, In
asmuch as It practically ties tho hands
or any commission that might be sent
to Washington.
George Q. Cannon Dead.
Monterey, Cal., April 15. George Q.
Cannon is dead. The end came early
this morning. The patient breathed
his last without a struggle. Ho slept
considerably yesterday and the fore
part of last night, A bulletin was Is
sued near midnight stating that he
rested easy, and the change for the
worao came apparently without fore
warning. The body was Bhlpped to
San Francisco to be embalmed and
resblpped to Salt Lake City, where
the Interment will take place.
nunla Heads tho List With Nlniy
Millions.
1113III.IN, April 10. Tho corn m0ni.
out of the Prows liimm tonight fU)m
authoritative source that thu l'lilin-ii0
linloniullleH for wnr oxikiiihch, ,ko,.
slvo of claims of private liullvl(iimiH
nnd missions, have beiyi iu(,d f()
lows:
Itiissln, 300,000,000 iirnrkn (,,i,(ll
$110,000,000) i Franco, 280.000.000 mark,
(about IfiR.OOO.OOO) ( Onriilniiy 2t0.
000.000 mnrJiH (nltotit ICO.OOO.oooo) "
Kiiglandi bO.000,000 minks (about $22'.
000,000). Franco will also prc.,t',t
claims for tlio In.lomnlty of u,,. nni,
inlaslun.
The Amount Too High.
Washington, April 1(1. Tho lnt
vIcob to tho state department from Mr
Hoekhlll contain further detaiu rn.
Hpectlng tho ninnunt of Indaiiiiiltlrs
claimed from Chlnn by the powtrx it
appears thai tlutso clalmn have iK.,,
much utnggoruled In hoiiio Htatitiiinu,
ilthoiiKh the sum total In wt I II far u
excess of the amount of momy it ih
believed here that Chlnn can rnlnn it
Is the belief of tho state department
that tho total claims should mt )0
nllowpil to exceed 1CO,000.000 or $soo..
000.000. According to the Information
received here, tho British claim no
far as formulated, Is rcaitnnnlilu in
atnuuut, as compared with other
claims, In fact, thu United Htntm nnd
Japan reproMont. In those negotiation,
the moderate element, whoxo dmiro
Is to prevent tho ImpoHltlon of charge
that shall dr. troy tho Chlm-mi got era.
mcnt nnd result In thu division or tho
empire. None of tho claims oxn-cin
1100,000,000, and even the Inrgi-ni is
something less thnn this amount Tins
Is believed to bo tho Itmtnlnti claim,
which Is fixed nt $00,000,000. Tlir .irr
man claim Is flexible, ranging betwvn
$00,000,000 nnd $80,000,000, but Is ii.-nr-er
tho former mark at present, though
It. doubtless, will grow. As nln-n!y
stated, tho claim of the United Stnx-H
Is $26,000,000. and. with these f.m i(
tain. It will be seen that If thu remain
Ing powors are to hit allowed n pro
portlounte share, tho aggregato will tm
beyond Chlnn ability to pay. wht-ii
has been tentatively placed at $2i
000.000. Nothing tins yet been itrti-i
mined respecting the method of ran
Ing the Indemnity fund, even after nti
igreement Is reached.
VERMONT BANK WRECKED.
Cashier of a Vergennes Institution De
ceived the Officers.
VERGENNK8, Vt.. April 16. Th.
Farmers' Nallonnl bank wont Into tho
hands of John P. Sullivan na receiver
at the close of business this afternoon.
The exact amount of the shortage Is
not mado publlo horo, but It Is Intl
mated that the entire stock will b
wiped out and In addition tho stock
holders will bo heavily assessed. It Is
not thought likely the depositors will
lose. Spcclnl Kcamlncr Cunningham
was asked for particulars tonight, but
ho declined to say a great deal, merely
remarking that Cashier Iswls had de
celvod tho ofllcors of tho bnnk and
that ho nlono wns responsible for tho
wreck. Mr. Lewis Is very well known
throughout tho state, has been a mem
her of both branches of thu state leg
Islature, and In 18SC was a candidate
for Btnto treasurer. Ho romalns at
homo nnd has turned over to the of
ficers of the bank his entlro .holdings
of stock and negotlnblo' property. His
sureties aro cqunl to $30,000, nnd tho
men who have signed his bond aro
bollcvcd to bo good for tho full amount.
$350,000 Fire In Blower Works.
HoBton, April 10. Tho main build
Ing of tho oxtcnslvo blower works or
the B. F. Stortovant Company, In tho
Jamaica Plain district, wns burned
early this morning, causing n loss of
$350,000. Tho concern manufactured
various kinds of machinery nnd elec
tric goods, as well as blowers. ,UI pat
terns and plans wero dostroyed. The
company hnd recently added $75,000
worth of tools nnd machinery, anil had
a largo amount of clectrlcnl work
roady for shipment. It nlso had n
big number of onglnos nnd blowers for
tho government for uso on battleships
nnd crulsors In course of construction,
all of which wero destroyed.
' Russia Laying Mines.
London, April 16. Joseph Chnmber
laln's orgnn. tho Birmingham PohI.
learns that tho Russian ministers of
war and marlno hnvo Issuod joint or
ders for the Inylng of nn oxtenslvo
system of submnrlno mines nt Port
Arthur, Vlndivostock nnd olsowhoro In
those seas. Tho apparatus leaves
Odessa early In May.
Run Down by a Train.
Wllkesbarro, Pn.. April 10. A narty
of four people, whllo crossing tho
tracks of tho Lehigh Valloy railroad nt
South Wllkesbarro early this morning,
were run down by tho Buffalo oxniess
going north. Throo of tho party woro
killed, and one injured.
Missionary Statements Exaggerated.
Pekin. Anrll 1R. Prlnm ri,in- vi
all his reports go to show that tho
missionary statomonts regarding a re
bellion In Moncnlln nrn nnt minnnrlml
by tho facts. Nelthor does ho bollovo
that tho rebellion of Gonoral Tung
Fun Slang amounts to much. "It la
the object of certain elements." ho
assertB, "to mnko It Boom that China
Is In a condition of constant broil, ron.
derlng It unsnfo for tho foreign troops
to bo withdrawn. Thoso who hnvo
this In view will magnify a vlllago
nuurrei mio a uig rebellion.