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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (April 26, 1901)
BOHEMIA NUGGET. rakllthad Krr Friday. COTTAGE GROVE. . . .OREGON. mm or i Dm An Interesting Collection of Items From the Two Hemispheres Presented In Com! trued Form Rear Admiral Schley hns arrived nt Rio Janicro. Chinese rebels ngnin attacked tho Manchurian railway. All danger from tho recent great Itorm in tho Ohio valley has passed. United States officers havo begun a tsar on tho Chinese slave trade in Sail Francisco. Tho Philippine tariff is not likely to bo promulgated until insular cases aro decided, Joseph Hume, tho pioneer salmon packer of the Pacific coast, is dead at Berkeley, Cal. Tho pcoplo of Santo Domingo will have nothing to do with annexation i to the United States. Province of Lcyto has been created in tho Philippines and American officers placet! in control. Leading stovo manufacturers will form a combine for mutual benefit in tho way of freight rates, etc. Manufacturers of mining machinery will combine to protect themselves gainst the Westinghousc ComjMiiy. I Th6 Corcan government has decid-1 cd to borrow from Franco 5,000,000 1 yen for tho purpose of constructing a railway. Charles Brown, president, and E. L. Canby, cashier, of the suspended First National Bank of Vancouver, committed suicide. A rock was thrown through tho window of a car on tho Portland. Astoria train. bcveral passengers narrowly escaped injury. The Twenty-sixth regiment, which arrived in San Francisco on the trans port Garonne, has landed and gone into camp at the Presidio. Tho German riechstag has passed a bill which prolongs authors' rights on dramatic and musical produc tions from 30 to 60 years. Au attempt was made to poison a prisoner in the county jail at Denver, Col. An apple pic and some cheese were left at the jail by an unknown person for the prisoner. Examina tion revealed the fact that both con tained a great quantity of arsenic and otner poisons. Another rebel force in Marinduque baa surrendered. Ccbu, Philippine islands, has not yet been pacified. An English company is building a railway across Mexico. Prospectors at Nome wtrc starting for the lulls in January. lhe steamer iiamona blew up near Victoria, B. C, and four people were killed. General Milner makes a discourage ing report on conditions in South Africa. Tho transport Lawton has reached San Francisco and tho Garonne was reporte d at Honolulu. . Rockh ill's plan for tho abolishment f the Tsung li Yamun was accepted by the ministers at Pckin. Tho treasury department purchased $350,000 of short term 4 percent bonds at tho rate of llJ.aD. A blizzard in southwestern Mis souri has done great damage to prop erty. Practically all outside business baa been suspended. Martin Rittcr, who killed Clara Check at Nashville, 111., with a ham mer, because she refused to marry him, lias been captured. Dr. Rupert Blue, United States marino surgeon, on duty at Milwau kee, has been ordered to proceed with out delay fo Han t rapcisco. Alonzo J. Whitman, formerly state senator from Minnesota, convicted of passing a bad check, was sentenced to two and a half years' imprison mcnt. Fire at Birmingham, Ala., des troyed a street car barn, containing 35 cars, tho Third Presbyterian church and the parsonage and half a block of cottages adjoining. Loss, $75,000. The Union Iron Works of Baa Francisco signed a contract with tho navy department for tho construction of the protected cruiser Milwaukee. She is to havo 22 knots speed, to bo finished in three years, and to cost $2,825,000. Work on a target to cost about 150,000 will be begun at the Brooklyn navy yard shortly. Tho target, which is to tost the rclativo strength of the - Gathmann torpedo gun and tho regu lar Army 12 inch rifle, will duplicate section of tho battleship Iowa. There are 120 different languages or dialects In tho Philippines. The postofflce department Is mak ing plans to obviate the necessity of rehandllng European snails at New (York. Autograph letters of famous mon will be far rarer In the future than now. Great men of today content themsdlves with signing their names, often with rubber stamps, to type written documents, and It will be hard to got much sentiment from type written manuscripts. ACCIDENT IN A DRYDOCK. Blocks Slipped From Under a Trans port While Being Floated. SAN FP.ANCISCO, April 20. While tho transport Warron was being takon out to tho Hunter Point drydock to day an accident occurred In which two mon were badly Injured, uovcral ro- celved slight wounds and tho 700 workmen aboard got a scare they will not forget In a hurry. Tho big trans port was ready to bo takon out bf tho drydock, and tho wotor to float hor was being let in. mo uow roso oo- foro tho stern, and tho blocks slip ping from undor tho latter, tho Bhlp garo a lurcn ana mo next insiani wont over to starboard. She partially recovered herself and then wont over again to an anglo of 45 degrees and remained in that position lor nan an hour. When tho xarren gavo her first plungo a connecting rod broko looso and pinned Aaron Astlll, an I electrician, to tho side, of tho ship, breaklnc his ankio. Tho main binder also broko Ioosq and struck Den Hall, a bollermakor, crushing his hip. Sev eral men wcro knocked off the cylinder-head and received scalp wounds. After tho second lurch It did not tako flvo minutes to clear tho ship, and somo of the bollormakcrs and ma chinists did not stop running until they were safe among tho hills. Over 400 of them refused to make tho trip down tho bay on tho vessel, and walked in from Hunter's Point. Tho Warren was not damaged. CAUGHT BY AN AVALANCHE. Engines Hurled From the Track on a Colorado Mountain Road. BOULDER, Colo., April 20. On the Colorado & Northwestern railroad two big engines attached to a pas sencer train coming from Ward to Boulder, and duo hero at 4:10 this afternoon, wcro struck by a huge snowslldo and hurled into tho chasm bolow. Four trainmen were klllod Engineers Hannon and Fitzgerald, Firemen Miller and Conductor Balr. Tho second fireman has not yet been accounted for, and it Is believed he, too, is burled under bis engine None of tho bodies has been recovered, The passenger train left Ward fori Boulder drawn by two engines. When I the train reached Boomervllle the cn-i glnes were uncoupled and started up the hill to buck the snow, which was deep upon the tracks. There Is a sharp curve near the apex of tho mountain, and Just as the engines started to plow through a huge snow drift a vast avalanche of snow and earth was loosened from above. It came down with terrific force and gained momentum every second. It Is said that the train, which was qulteH heavily loaded with passengers, was not touched by the slide. PLAGUE IN AUSTRALIA. Appears In the ried VANCOUVER, Insane Asylum Car by Rats. B. C, April 20. Bu- .bonlc plague has broken out In, an Australian Insane asylum. The steam er Aorangl, from Sydney, brings news of fresh outbreaks of plague at Bris bane and Perth. The serious phase is the appearance of tho bubonic plague in the Dunwlch Insane asylum, where there are 1000 Inmates. Nearly r.ll the Inmates are said to be aged or Incurable, so the outbreak has aroused the gravest apprehension. Dunwlck Is on Stradbrook island, and Is the asy lum for the entire state. The af flicted patients have been Isolated. The carrying of the plague to the asylum Is ascribed to rats and to destroy in fected vermin all sewers In the Aus tralian cities are being fumigated, with u.e result that thousands of dead rats have been washed out. In One Combine. Milwaukee, Wis., April Sentinel tomorrow will say 20. The "The five largest stationary engine manufacturing companies In the. United States are to be consolidated Into one gigantic combine with a cap ital of 125.000,000. Charles Allls and William Allls, of this city, will be pres ident and chairman of the board of directors, respectively, If the deal now pending Is consummated. The com panies which are expected to be In cluded In the new corporation are: The E. P. Allls Company, of Milwau kee; the Pennsylvania Iron Works Company, of Philadelphia; the Gates Iron Works Company, of Chicago; the Frasor & Chalmers Company, of Chi cago, and the Dixon Manufacturing Company, of Scranton, Pa." New Cases at Cape Town. Cape Town, April 20. Ten new cases or bubonic plague, including two Europeans, were officially report' ed today, occurred, Two additional deaths have London, April 20. Official advices to the colonial offlco regarding the nroeress of the bubonic plague In South Africa, show that prior to April 13 mere nan oeen i cases oi uiu uio- ease among persons unaor military and naval control In Capo Colony. Misunderstanding of Orders. Cleveland, April 20. As the result of a head-on collision between freight and construction trains on the Wheel ing & Lake Erie road, In the Cleve land yards early today, William Thels, a brakeman, was .klllod. Engineer Velsenbrech was fatally Injured and Fireman Hammond and Sylvester Bruggcn were badly hurt. The acci dent Is supposed to have been caused by a misunderstanding of orders. President's Neighbor Shot. Minerva, O., April 20. Andrew Mil ler, a wealthy farmer, living half a mile east of town, was shot when working In his barn. Ho cannot live Bloodhounds from Canton have been put on tho trail of the assassin. No motive can be attributed for the deod unless an old grudge. Miller stated a fow minutes after the shooting that ho believed he knew his assailant. The Miller farm Joins President Mc Klnloy's farm In tho northwest cor-' Dor of Columbian county. Items of Interest From All Parts ' of the State. COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL HAPPENINGS A Brief Review of the Growth and Improve ments of the Many Industries Throujh. out Our Thriving Commonwealth. A telephono lino is to bo erected from Gold Hill to Crescent City. Tho council of Mitchell has decided to put in a system of waterworks. The Lnno county court is advertis ing 'r. bids for tho construction of a bridge at I.orane. S. L. Bennett, a farmer living north of Mcdford, has ordered a 2,000 gallon tank for his windmill. A salmon was caught near tho Maui street bridge, Pendleton, recently, that weighed nearly 11 pounds. The construction of a creamery at Summcrville has liegun. Tho bridge will bo 1,000 feet long and 12 feet wide. A now steam saw mill is being built on Stukel mountain, about half way between Klamath Fulls and Mer rill. It will have a capacity of 15,000 to 25,000 feet. Some young miscreants piled empty boxes at tho crossing of two of ltoso- burg's principal streets and set fire to them about 1 :30 in tlio morning. A big blazo resulted. Firemen and citi zens turned out, believing one of tho mam business blocks to be on lire. The Deschutes Reclamation it Irri gation Company has 100 rods of llumo built. Tho flume is seven feet wido and 28 inches deep, and there is now running 15,000 inches of water. Tho company expects to have water on a number of tho homesteads before next foil The ditchis surveyed seven and a half miles, Lawton The Lawton Townslto Company has been reorganized. Grants Pass Tho Joscphlno coun ty court has extended time for pay ment of taxes to Juno 3. Grant Pats The Southern Pacific Company had its repair crew working on the bridge across Rogue river last week. Pilot Rock A Plfot Hock corre spondent writes that it Is feared the recent cold weather seriously Injured the fruit crop in that section. Island City Williams Bros, sold 135 head of hogs to KIdle Bros., of Island City, at $5.40 per 100 poundB. This Is the highest rate reached for somo time. Weston W. J. Wilkinson, at Wes ton, purchased from Alex Walker, for the Pacific Elevator Company. 5200 bushels of wheat, which Is stored att Late n.Vh ,.h.i v (S Pendleton John Bradburn took to Pendleton two wagon loads or 22 sacks of wool from Charles Cunning, ham's home ranch above Pilot Rock, The wool was from thoroughbred ewes and the 22 sacks weighed 8600 pounds. Salem Oregon Christian Endeavor era are looking forward with much enthusiasm to tho 14th annual con vention, which will be held at Salem, May it-ia. The convention will open with the evening session, Thursday evening, closing Sunday evening, Toledo A committee of the Toledo fire department is Investigating the probable cost or a system of water works and a storage reservoir on tho hill east of the city. Another commit tee is figuring on the cost of fire en gines ,and a third Is investigating nooks and ladders. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Walla Valley, nominal; bushel. Walla, 5657c; bluestem, 59c per Flour Best grades, 12 703 40 per barrel; graham, Vi 60. Oats White, Jl 25 per cental; gray, si zoi 22 per cental. Barley Feed, JIG 50017; brewing, 116 50017 per ton. MUlstuffs Bran, J16 per ton; mid' dllngs, $21 50; shorts, S17 50; chop, Hay Timothy, S12012 50; clover. J79 50; Oregon wild hay, G7 per ton. Hops 12014c per pound; 1899 crop, 6 7c. Wool Valley, 1314c; Eastern Oro gon, 9lZc; Hohalr, 20021c per pound. Butter Fancy creamery, 2O022,c; dairy. 15018c; store, 1O012V&C per pound. Eggs Oregon ranch, 1313c per dozen. Poultry Chickens, mixed, $404 60; hens, f505 50; dressed, 11012c per pound; springs, 35 per dozen; ducks, $506; geese, $607 per dozen; turkeys, live, 10012c; dressed, 130 15c per pound. Cheese Full cream, twins, 13 13c; Young America, 13 014c per pound. Potatoes Old, 50060c per sack; new, 22c per pound. Mutton Lambs, 10011c per pound gross; best sheep, $8; wethers, SG; ewes. $4 50; dressed, 77c per pound. Hogs uross, heavy, s& 756to; ligm, J4 75 05; dressed, 7c per pound. veal Large, 7c per pound; small, 88c per pound. Beef Gross, top steers. J55 25; cows and heifers, S4 5004 75; dressed beef, 78c per pound. Granite Tho Climax group of quartz claims, thrco miles north of Granite, was purchased last week by C. It. Aldrln. The property was for merly owned by John Hardle, E. J. Cross and Adam Christie. Tho Cli max vein Is about 10 foet wide. Tho Egyptian reed, which was used for making tho pens found In Egyp tian tombs, Is a hard variety growing to about tho diameter of an ordinary goose quill. Pens mado from It, are said to last for a day or two and da excellent work. MUSTERED OUT. TMty.Thlrdand Thlrty.forlh Volunler Rejl- menti Get Their aiithsrjf. R..n Francisco. April 22, Tho Ti.ti-ti-.tliirtl and Tlliriv-ioiirui voiun leer regiment", recently returned from Manila, havo been mustered out. Thr Twenty-eighth and Thirty.niin u fmtrv. now in camp at tho Presidio, fxiK-et to Ihj mustered out of tho ser vice April 110. Although there an verv few troop hero now under orders for "the Philippines, transports will lo riished I hero as fast as possible, to bo i i Manila in time to bring home all the volunteers to bo inustorod out by July 1. In accordance with this programme, tho Thomas sailed from here Saturday and tho Warren will sail on tho 25th. Tho assignments to tho Thomas consisted of 127 rs- I .w I.. . I ...... ertllis aim u cnsuuis iiimt-r uiu cum- mand of Lieutenant W. A. I.ichler. The Twenty-fourth infantry and 150 marines havo been assigned to tlio Warren. The transport lloscomns, which has just arrived from Manila, has lccu released Yrom nunrantine. Tho lloso- crans brought 218 men of tho Thirty seventh infantry and 200 casuals. The transHirt lawton on which there wero three eases of siuallKx, has also leen released front quarantine after having liecn thoroughly fumigated. Seventeen days had elapsed since tho last case appeared and it was rfectly sufo to land tho passengers. FIRE IN BUTTE SMELTER. Employci Contribute week's Time to Clear Up the Wreckage. Butte, Mont., April 22. Friction in a hot box over the generators near tho engine house roof at tho Mon '. tuna Oro Purchasing tomiwny smelter, started a fire about 8 o clock this morning which caused u damage of $75,000 to tho plant and will delay operations for a few weeks. The sampling works are a tola loss, tho stacks ruined and tho engine oierat- ine tho smelter almost a total wreck. Tho new machinery is uninjured and tho blast furnaces and converters are not materially damaged. Tho efforts of tho city fire department and the firo brigade of the Butte it Boston Company saved tho plant, which is valued at over $1,000,000.. from total destruction. As soon as tho flames were under control tho men employed Bigncd a paper passed around by one of their number agreeing to contrib ute a week's work freo to clear up the wreckage caused by tho firo and get things in shape for rebuilding. The company expects tho plant to be in lull operation again within iSU days. A New Gcyier. Vancouver, II. C, April 22. A new geyser has mado its appearance i.clio, Komtonmliana, isew It is described an a moss of Zcalnnd boiling water, half an aero in extent. rising in a great dome from which a column of water and stones rises .'100 feet, while immense volumes of steam rise to tho clouds and hot stones aro thrown a great distance. Australian advises also report a re cord blast from tho line of tho New South Wules Railway deviation works, Taruna, when 70,000 tons of solid rock were moved at one blast. Ow ing to tho peculiar hardness of the rock, British gelignite was combined witli dynamite and powder, the total weight of the explosives used in the blast being four tons. Gomez Coming to America. Havana, April 22. General Max imo Gomez is making arrangements to go to the United States. Ho will bo accompanied by his son Urbona, and will probably remain in the United States until tho return to Cuba of the special committee on ro tations. He desires to wait definite uction in referenco to tho Piatt amendment, in order to avoid tho accusation that tho trip is mado for politcial purposes. Ho has always expressed a desiro to meet tho peo ple of the United States and to thank them for the assistance they rendered Cuba in the war with Spain. Senor Palma is tho choico of General Gomez foi tho presidency of Cuba. Independent Cereal Combine. Akron, 0., April 22. Tho con. summation of tho project to consoli date all tho independent cereal plants of tho country is now assured. Tho various properties, 10 in number, will bo turned over to tho Great Western Cereal Company, at Chicago. Tho new company will compete with tho Amcraicn Cereal Coinmpany, better known as tho oatmeal trust. Deported From Luzon. San Francisco, April 22. The transport Itoeecrans brought from Manila five men who had been do ported by tho military authorities. Among them was Santiago Maceo, a son of tho lute Cuban leader. Youn( Maceo camo into prominenco on the Pacifio coast two years ago, wlnle traveling with Katherino Tingley, tho thcosophical leader. lie fell out with Mrs. Tingley, claiming that he was treated as a servant. While, in tho Philippines Maceo becamo a first sergeant in tho Macabcbo scouts. Reported by Kltchner, London, April 22. A dispatch from General Kitchener, dated Pre toria, Apirl 20, says: "Plumcr lms occupied Bathfont, capturing 13 pris oners and a number of rifles and anv munition, Douglas' column has oc cupied Dulistroom. Six Boers woro killed. On General Kitchener's ad vance from Lcydcburg tho Boers blow up a Long Tom. llnrtecn prisoners wero captured. Elliott's division lias brought in a largo number of cattle." m PEACE Agulnaldo's Address to iplno People. the Fll- SAYS TIIHRC HAS UCCN ENOUGH WAR Urjes till Countrymen to Aceepl ine iov. ereljnly of the United Stales ai the Ucit tor Their Country. Miinlln. Ai.rll 22. Following Id Aguinaldo's address to tho Filipino people, made publio this evening: "' Iwllovo that I am not in errtir in presuming that the unhappy fn to to which my avderso fortune has led ino is not a surprise to those who havo leen familiar with tho progress of tho war. Tho lessons taught with a full meaning, and which Imvo recently eoino to my knowledge, suggest with irresistible lorce that a complete icr- iiiiuatoiii of hostilities and lasting bcaco are not only desirable, but ab solutely essential to the welfare of tho Philippine islands. "Tho Filipinos hnvo never liecn dismayed at their weakness, nor havo they faltered in following tho path pointed out by tho fortitude and cour age. Tho timo lias come, nowever, in which they find their advauco along this path to bo impeded by an irresVstiblo force which, while it re strains them, yet enlightens their minds and oons to them the cause of eace. This cause lias liecn joyfully embraced by tho majority of my fel low countrymen, who havo already iiniffM iirmmil tint I'lorliitiM Knvereicii I banner of tho United States. In this banner they repose their trust and Ixjllcf that under its protection tho Filipino )coplo will attain all those promised liberties which they aro be ginning to enjoy. "The country has declared unmis takably in favor of jicaco. So lio it. There has been enough blood, enough tears, and enough dcsolntion. This wish cannot bo ignored by tho men still in arms if they aro animated by a desiro to serve our noblo jK-oplo, which lias thus clearly manifested its Lwill, So do I respect this will, now that it is known to me. "After mature deliberation, I reso lutely proclaim to Uio world that I cannot refuso to heed the voice of u pcoplo longing for cace, nor tho la mentations of thousands of families yearning to see their dear ones enjoy ing the lilerty and the promised gen erosity of tho great American nation. "By acknowledging anil accepting to sovereignty of the United States throughout tho Philippine archipel ago, as I now do, and without any reservation whatsoever, I believe that I nm serving thee, my beloved coun try. May happiness Ikj thine." STATIONARY ENGINE TRUST. Philadelphia Company Hat Gone Into the Combine. Philadelphia, April 22. A six-cial meeting of the stockholders of tho Pennsylvania Iron Company was held today, and the proposition to amalgamate with four of tho most prominent stationary engine manu facturing conixinies in tho country was effected. Tho lug combine will bo launched in a few weeks, with a capital of $25,000,000. Although the Philadelphia" concern is capitalized at $5,000,000, only $1,000,000 in 7 icr cent cumulative preferred stock of tho company was ottered for its plant and fixed assets. About 20 stock holders, representing nearly all of tho capital stock, wcro present at tho meeting, and some of them objected to tho prico offered, declaring it was less than tho plant was appraised to bo worth. It was explained, by way of answer, that the- other lour com panics wcro also to lx) given less than tho appraised valuo of their proper ties. New Bank at Havana. New York, April 22. It is under stood that an international bank, with a capital ot not less than $1, UUU.UUO, and perhaps as much as $2,000,000, is to bo established in Havana, by interests prominently identified with tho .Morgan Trust Company and tho Cuba Company, Tornado Struck Florida Town. Miami, Fla., April 22. Tho ham let of Biwayne, seven miles north of here, was struck by a tornado this morning. Several houses wero do molishcd. Two pcoplo wcro seriously injuroa. Pearson Appeals to the President. New Orleans, April 22. General Samuel Pearson, tho Boer officer, who was re I u sea a writ 01 injunction bv tlfb United Sates court against tho local British officers to prevent fur ther export ot mules from this port to South Africa, has sent a petition di rcct to the president, asking for tho relief tho courts refused. In his de cision Judgo Parlango pointed out that General Pearson had this right, saying tho matter, being a political one, should bo taken beforo tho exec utive department cf tho government, New Servian Comtltutlon. Bo!graJo, Sorvia, April 22. Tho new constitution was promulgated today, and a royul ukaso just issued reappoints tho cabinet ministers, who had formally tendered their resigna tions. All tho stuto officials wern fiimiliarly reappointed. GcorgSimics was appointed president of tho now stato council. Of tho 80 senators ap pointed by tho king, 11 are Radieuls, 10 aro rrogrcssiovs, four aro Liberals and flvo aro Independent. WASHINGTON GOSSIP. Lojin Statue Crlllclied-Old Soldiers Witnid Ajalnst Land Aj(ni Other Topics, (Wftuhlngtoii tatter.) Army ollleers aro criticising t,0 Logan slatuo quite severely. T,,,y my that his portion In tho saddle j ultogther umiillitttry, Hint nuo leg j longer than tlio other, and that no . Ulcer ever carried a word in tin. Wny that Logan is represented to have ear ried his. Old soldiers who wish to take up homesteads upon theoHiiing of tho ludi in reservation In Oklahoma w, do well, in tho opinion of thr, laud ollleo ollleinls, to file their owh claim and attend to all the huslnr-Hs tin,,,., selves rather than trust their intercuts to agents. It is reported in Wash ington that agents aro going about making contracts with veterans t represent them and lllo their claim,., and are charging a fee in advance iu'l a second to bo paid after filing tho claim; but an agent can serve only mn client properly, unless lie calls into service a large force of assintauts, which they cannot ulTord to l rr tho small fees charged. It will lo treu, therefore, that it will 1m much better for everybody to look out lor himself. The secretary of war has called for bids from private steamship com. panics for furnishing tmusortatinti for tho government bctweon New York, Cuba and Porto Hico. Tho idea is to see whether it is more eco nomical to patronize them than to continue, the present transport erviri, which is oxH!iisive. The duck rhnrges alone amount to $100, (XX) a year. During tho last three months 1.27U passengers and 5,720 tons of enrgf wero carried by tho transKrts, ami tho quartermaster's department knows the exact cost, which has Ih-cii very large, a single voyage costing from $12,000 to $15,000. Bids are iimtnl for the next three mouths uikiii the basis of tho passengers and freight carried during the last three months. For somo reason our commerce with Cuba is falling off. During the last nino mouths the imMrts of Cuh,i amounted to $53,108,702, while for the corrcHKnding months of the previous year they wcro valued at $54,(K)(1,7-17. Ustyenr the share of tho United States was $28,001,00. or about 50 per cent, while this year it was only $2i,525,Gi)D, or a! -out 1(1 per cent. The cxxrts to Porto Itiro and the Philippine islands, however, are increasing in a rapid manner. Marconi, the inventor of telegraphy, is in Washington wiieless t purKse of selling his up the government, lie ca' secretary of tho navy place an outfit tiKn tin' fleet for $12,000 each, raiigemcnt can Int madu without the consent of congress, and by the timo congress meets it is rxtectil that tho electrician of the weather bureau will have devclojicd a method of wirelcM telegraphy quite as good as Marconi's. The electricians of tlio signal service are also at work in tho same line, and tho secretary of the navy is now get ting ready for a scries of cxitcrimcutg ut Ncw)ort. DAM GAVE WAY. Greater Part of Town Submerged, But No Lives Lost. Chester, Mass., April 2.1. The Flood Hollow dam, in Middlellcld, gavo way aliout 0 o'clock last night, letting looso tho water in tho big reservoir, which rushed with terrillio forco into tho west branch of tlio Wcstfield river, sweeping everything beforo it and submerging tho greater part of this town. No lives wcro lost but great damugo has been done, tho extent of which it is impossible now to estimate. Tho dam wus built in 1871, to take the placo of tho ono which was destroyed by tho Hood of the year beforo. It was poorly con structed of stono and timber, and had been a constant mcnaco to the town of Chester. Tho heavy rains overflowed tho reservoir and tho dam showed signs of weakening early in tho morning. Orders wcro given to inspect the dam. Tho result was that word was sent to tho people lie low that tho dam was almost certain to go out, and tho families in the, low lands got what things they could to gether and made for places of safety. Tlioy were none too soon, for tho, dam broke, and with a deafening roar, a torrent of water was let looso into Flood Hollow, which empties into Wcstfield rivor. Tho huge timbers of tho dam wero hurled into tho foaming current, and went in ono great crash ing mass toward Chester. Two quartz nulls at Flood Hollow, barns ami out buildings wero swept along in tho tor rent. At Bancroft tho Boston & Al bany stono bridgo was carried away, together with 000 feet of track. It will probably bo two days boforo trains are running. Chester presents a dcsolato siclit. The olectrio light station is sub merged, and tho town is in total dark ness. Hotel and Bath Houses Burned. Reno, Nov., April 23. Tho hotel and bath houses at historio Steamboat Springs, which, in tho palmy days o( tho Conistook mines, was a waterlni? placo whoro more money was squan dered in a night than at most uny other resort on tho coast, aro no moro, A firo, which started in tho hotel, crossed tho road to tho two story bath Iioubo, whero tho main baths wero sit uatod, and entirely destroyed both buildings.