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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (May 10, 1901)
BOHEMIA NUGGET. rablUlicd Xvarr Frlitsijr. COTTAGE GROVE. . . OREGON. NEWS OF THE WEEK A Comprehensive Review of the Important llippcnlnet of the Past Week Presented In a Condensed Form Which Is Most Likely to Prove of Interest to Our Many Readers. Famine forced court to lcavo Sinan Fu. Bubonic plague lias broken out in Honolulu. Franco lias restored loot taken from llic Chinese. Gorman soldiers fired on a British tug at Tien Tsin. Seven peoplo wcro burned to death in a Chicago tiro. Ex-Stato Superintendent McElroy, of Oregon, is dead. Tlio Shamrock II had her first trial spin at Southampton. About a dozen people were injured in n train wreck in Ohio. A commission has been appointed to improve tho Pci Ho river. Another battlo has occurred be tween the Boers and British. Revolution in Colombia has degen erated into guerrilla warfare. Firo in Nashville, Tcnn., did dam- ngo to the amount of $100,000, Wliolesnlo arrests resulted from re volutionary movement in Russia. China suggested to powers tho open ing of Manchuria to all countries. Another oil gusher has been stnick at Beaumont, Tax,, near tho other one. Mrs. McKinley has been given the honor of launching tho battlo ship Ohio at can Francisco. The homoless of Jacksonville, Fla., as a result of tho recent fire, will be quartered at St. Augustine army barracks. TO REMODEL BATTLESHIPS. The force of soldiers in tho Philip .pines will bo reduced to 40,000, and if improvement continues, still fur ther reduction will bo made. President McKinley, whilo at El Paso, Tex., exchanged felicitations with President Diaz, of Mexico, and received delegations from that coun try. ! Vanderbilt and Gould are buying , heavily of Union Pacific stock. Proposed to Chance the Oregon and Two Others. Wnshineton, May 2.---A schemo it on foot to remodel tno wit no snips Orocon. Indiana and Massachusetts, whioh am all of ono class. Tho idea seems to bo that suiwrimposed turrets shall bo placed on theso ships, which will put them in tho samo class as the Kentucky and Kcnrsargo, Of course theso shins carry 13-inoh guns, and tho lii-tneh cutis have been discarded ns it is held that tho weight of tho cuns is nioro than enoueh to com pensato for tho weight of metal which they throw, anil hereafter J5!-inon guns aro to bo tho largest used by tho navy. Tho reason given for remodel lug tho Oregon nnd her class is that when in battle, if tho four 13-inch guns aro all being fired from ono side of tho ship, it will rauso her to list to that sido and raiso tho opposito side that tho armor belt is out of the water, and that it n shot from that sido should striko her below the armor belt tho cntiro machinery would Iw endangered. Whilo it may bo true that if t lie long muzzles of tho four 13-inoh guns of tho Oregon should bo pointed in ono direction, the ship would list about thrco feet, making it necessary to raiso tho muzzles of tho gnus to bring them to bear upon the enemy, thero is nothing to prevent tho rais ing of tho muzzles so that tho guns can bo used if all wcro turned in ono direction. On tho other hand, it may bo said that if tho Oregon was fighting an enemy, or in any conflict where a ship wns on cither side, it is not at ail like ly that her big guns would all b taincd on ono ship, leaving her ex posed on tho other sido to tho other ship. Thoso who are seeking to have tho change mado in tho Oregon point out that in case a fort was on ono side and u hostile ship on tho other, the listing of tho ship would exposo one side. But others who aro exports in naval warfare say that if tho Oregon or any other ship of her typo win fighting a fort and a battlo ship at onetime, sho would probably have! two of her big guns trained on the fort and two on tho battlo ship, which would niako her rido even. mm 5iM n 5 Hems of Interest From All Paris of the State. COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL HAPPENINGS Drlet Review of the Growth and Impiova- ments of the Many Industries Through, out Our Thriving Commonwealth. Work has started on tho soldier1! memorial monument at Eugene. Last week 15,150 bushels of wheat hanged hands at Weston. Tho price was 10 cents. now pump 1ms boon put in at De- Moss Springs for the benefit of farmers who haul water. J. II. Escort has taken a contract o get out 2,000,000 feet of logs, a mile below Vient. About 12,000 bushels of wheat hanced hands at DoMoss springs last week at 45 cents per bushel. The Bonanza mine, in Eastern Ore gon, has received a largo new boiler. It weighs 21,000 pounds, and it took 0 horses OJs days to haul it from Suniptor to tho Bonanza, about 1G miles. The farmhouso of Thomas Soavey, on tho north side of tho Mckunzic, liort distance below th emouth of the Mohawk, was totally destroyed by tire, this was ono of tho hind marks of that country, having liccn built in 18(18, at ii cost of about $3500. Athenu has secured a street rock crusher. Work of building a road to Blue river, on tho Culapooia side, has be gun. Plans of a telephouo lino from B.ikei to the Panhnudlo is under considera tion. CLAIM AGAINST CHINA Amount of Indemnity Has Hecn $273,000,000. : .'rf "m i lis ItVK ASS w!fhAkS? Hundreds of Building at Jack. sonvillc, Fla., Burned. has announcing that M, l'ichon, French minister, presented today tho report of tho committee on indemnity. Tho amount China 1ms to pay has boon ..nmimnn unMnLilSS fixed at l,!m5,000 fiaucM ($27:1,000,- ,u'uuu ruwLU nnl' n 000). 1 How it Is proposed that tho in demnity bo distributed among tho T. . . n,(m,i,,i , i'ir in Million Dol ,9 uub nui mini. Thero was much disappointment over tho fact that tho United States is supporting England nguiust an in- crease in tho customs. This is at tributed to the lnlluenco of tho Amer ican community in China. It Is ho licved that England, if alone, would yield, but fears aro entertained that I'.ngland s scheme is to prolonc ueuo- tint ions until hor hands aro free in Souh Africa, when sho would show a stronger policy in Chineso iitVairs. Olhciiil advises received hero from IVkin say the ministers nro divided nto two parties in tho discussion to decide how lars-Several Lives Reported Lost finest Hotels Destroyid. Jacksonville. Fla.. May 4. Fitter million dollars worth of property l'oiiii mi in sinoko and 10.000 people mado homeless is tho insult 01 a hit of wlro accidentally gutting into shroddimr much no of tho American Flbro Comimnv vostorday at tho cor .ior of Davis and Union streets. The firo started between tho hours of 12 and 1 o'clock in tho afternoon and owinc to this fact tho loiw of llfu will bo comparativolv small. J no nro SENDING US CRIMINALS. A burglar proof safo arrived, at Ash land last week for tho First National Bank. Tho telephone lino from Grant's Pass to Williams is complcto nnd in operation. County roads between Baker City and John Day aro said to bo in very bad condition. Growers' receive orders Victims or Italian Brigands Voluntarily Pay Their Way to America. New York, May 2. The Herald says: "Italy is making of tho United States a dumping ground for her criminals nnd paupers. This fact has t t -i i i , . . .. .. ran lorcio.y caueu to tno attention Krcd j. Runmmel was killed at the of tho local authorities by the arrival Mammoth mine, in Eastern Oregon in this port o three Italian brigands, rcCcntly by a snow slide, whoso depredations mado them a ecourccsto the provinces in which Thieves broke into a saddla shop, nt Tho Hood River Fruit Union is beginning to for strawberries. .., . . . . unina is to raiso mo in-1 ; ' ' : . " i i.. demnity. France, Germany, Russia i,c,or 11 WUT ' ,,,i . i ,.,, ... ;., f.,v- if ,t.i.. ihimumblo material. the customs duties, which can 1k re- I . Tl'o wind, whioh was already blow inir strouir from tho southwost f lw r,iilliit. hiii,i mill rlin !,,,. It In,. SCHIIied to bo IMISSOSSlll with 11 Sllddell 1 fury and soon was currying destruo stitutontax on internal navigation , tivo 'i'ibers all through the city, thi' t,iH,,,. r.i-.., ,.r u,..n ..r ti... in-:., fa rest portion of which lay right fiimvinninl Inuwlt. ilniiimV (In llm tllO COUrSO Of tllO Willll. KOIIIO (Willy other hand tho United States and lwn cxperloncotl in sounding an alarm Grout, Britain ilofilinii rii nitron InmiTIUIll tllO OllglllO lit t llO Water Work ili,.-,.,isn nf tlm mialnmil ilnlli.a l.iil 1 SUllOrCll II tlllSllIlP llllll llOtllillg IIHirC tlinv fin lint nmiixir in lmvn iirnHnnrn1 taincd. By this timo the ilames lnul tho United States and Great Britain have joined hands pn this issuo hns causoil surprised hero. It was hoped that tho United Mutes would stand with France nnd Russia. Tho result will Iw to greatly protract tho nego tint ions. TWO ROBBERS CAUGHT. The Dulles several days ago and tiindc mi. - i t v r i .u.m.. 4 , u.. th reared. Desnnirinir of ho gave a banquet to tno president. ing re,ievcd ja any ot,cr lnancrf the away with several pieces of harness, iiuuiiou nit ocnuiiiu mo : "iviwimiuo ua;u i iiuiu hjcj juuj y ij 1'ClCrSOIl UCrCCS tO THlt ftD ea mado up a liberal pursowitn winch electric light plant in Brownsville il tno tnrce were sent to America, nrnv- tle c;ty wjH pay $45 per month foi mg nero witn money enough in their ex igiits. Dockets to enabln them to Inml nn.i Questioned. These three 'outlaws. Horse rustlers with two car loads ol who encountered no obstacles to bar stolen horses tiro dodging tho officers them from entering this country, arc somewhere in the tho eastern portion . . - r -r . i oi jiuineur cuumy. assume throno of Spain in one more year. Six thousand soldiers are needed in and around Tien Tsin to keep order. Tho man who robbed the American ' express office in Paris has been ar rested. Two masked men entered " a resi denco at Springfield, Mich., And stole $8,000 in gold. Tho report that 200 men had frozen to death in an Alaska stampede has been confirmed. In a wreck on the Great Northern in Montana, one man was killed and several injured. Tho French nro making prepara tions for n withdrawal of a portion of their troops in China. "Apache Kid," a leader of a band ' of Yaqui Indians has been executed by Mexican officials. Mrs. Carrie Nation, true to her word, has again returned to her cell in! the Wichita, Kan., jail. A congressional committee has been appointed to inspect harbor im- provements on tho Pacific coast. Tlio courso of Minister Loom is has been sustained by tho United States and Venezuela will be so notified. Tho indemnity committee, com posed of representatives of the powers, has decided that China must pay $273,000,000. " An agreement has been reached whereby all tho principal trans- Atlantic steamship companies will form an immenso trust. The gates of tho Pan-American exposition at Buffalo havo been . thrown open to tho public. Notwith standing tho fact that the big fair is far from complcto largo crowds aro constantly in attendance. Chinese officials havo apologised to an insulted French consul. Much land in tho Palouso, Wash ington country is being bonded for oil and gas. Two more prominent Filipino gen erals and several officers havo surren dered with, their forces. Tho transport fleet is on its way from Manila to transport Chaffee's army to tho Philippines. A rcuglar semi-monthly steamer service between San Francisco Nnnd Manila is to bo established at once, two first-class steamers to bo placed upon tho route. During 1889 tho total valuo of mules oxported to all foreign coun tries was $51(3,000, whilo during 1900 tho figures reached $3,919,000. Mem phis used to bo tho great distributing point for mules, but Louisville has ( recently taken, precedence. now in Kansas City, Mo. Warning has been sent out by Police Comims-I sioner Murphy to the Kansas City ' police officifals, who now havo the Italians under strict police nurveil ance." BAD TRAIN WRECK. O.O. Mills and Party in a Wreck In Call.' fornia. Emigrant Gap., Cal., May 2. Tn tho darkness of the smoke of the sno'wsheds a Raymond excursion train ran into the rear end of limited train No. 2, at Yuba Pass, four miles east of here, last night. Tho privato car of D. O. Mills was on tho rear end of the limited, and was badly damaged. The fireman on the excursion train was instantly killed and several pas scngers and men of tho train crews were slightly injured. Tho limited had struck a rock in the sheds and was delayed until tho second section caught up. Governor Goer will bo asked to grant a pardon to J. G. Luhrman, who was sent to the penitentiary from Baker county in June, 1900, convicted of manslaughter. "Black Jack" Nearly Escaped. Santa Fe, N. M May 2. It devel oped today at the hearing of William Wilson, charged with furnishing Convict George Stevenson with the revolver used by him in the recent at tempted delivery at tho penitentiary. that the plan was to secure tho release of Tom. Ketchum. who was executed lastFriday, and "Broncho Bill" Car ver, a member of his gang. Wilfcon confessed his guilt, and said Carver's sister offered him $500 to smuggle tho revolver in to tho prisoner. The plans were so carefully laid that hut lor tho bravery and good marksman ship of tho prison officials "Black Jack" and a score of other desperate characters would havo regained thoir liberty. Oklahoma Bank Robbed. Kingfisher, O. T May 2. Tho Blaine county bank at Watonga was robbed last night of $1,800, tho vault being blown open with dynamite The robbers escaped. Five Men Were Killed. South McAlestor, I. T. May 2. An explosion of gas occurred in tho mine of tho McAlestor coal company this morning by which livo men lost their lives nnd sovon wore injured, nnd nnother is reported missing. It is believed tho explosion wns caused by tho firing by somo of tho men of n defective blast left by tho regular shot firing crow. All the dead were asphyxiated. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Walla Walla, 5960c. valley, nominal; blucstem, Clc. pet bushel. Flour Best grades, $2.703.40 per barrel; graham, Sz.OO. Oats White, $1.35 per cental; crav, $1.2o1.30 percental. Barley Feed, $1717.25; brewing, $17l7.2o per ton. MillstufTs Bran, $10 per ton ; midd lings, $21.50: shorts, $17.50; chop, $10. Hay Timothy, $12.5014; clover, $79.50; Oregon wild hay, $67 per ton. Hops 1214c. per lb. ; 1899 crojJ, o7c. Wool Valley, 1213c. ; Eastern Oregon, 912c; mohair, 2021c. per pound. Butter Fancy creamery, 15 17 c. ; dairy, 12KWc. ; store, 10 11c. per pound. Eggs Oregon ranch, 1414)c. per dozen. Cheese Full cream, twins, 13 13Jc. ; Young America, 13J14c. per pound. Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3.50; hens, $l4.i)0; dressed, llQrza. per pound; springs, $35 per dozen; ducks, $50; geesq, $u7; turkeys, live, I012c; dressed, 1315c. per pound. Potatoes Old, 75c.$l por sack; now, 22iO' por pound. Mutton Lambs 4c. per pound gross; boat sheep, !fo; wethers, $5; ewes, $1.50; dressed, .7c. por pound. Hogs Gross, heavy, $5.750; light, $4.755; dressed, 77Jc. per pound. Vc.il Largo, 07c. per pound; small, 8c. per pound; Beef Gross, top steers, $00,2o; cows nnd heifers, $4.504.76; dressed beef. 8Jc, per pound Forty-eight thousand Turks have been exiled during tho last 11 years. Wolves aro increasing rapidly in iNany of tho forest lands of northern Canada. A German savant points out that rural postmen wcro in existenco in Egypt 4;000 years ago. A company with a capital of 000,000 has been organized in Vine- land, Jn. J., ior tno mauing oi uoui from sweet potatoes. " Arrest of Men Who Broke Into the American . Express Office at Paris. Paris, Mny 3. Tho principal auth or of the robbery of the American Ex- press Co. s olhco in Paris tho night of iVpril lb, when three masked burclars escaped with B0,000 francs, has lieeu arretted. His name is George Miler. For somo timo he has lived in Paris under the name of James Samuel, bo ing employed in a harbor shop. Some days lieforothc burglary thodctectives noticed threo nnyi of buglish appear- anco whoso behavior was very mysteri ous. Theso persons entered banks without doing any business, nnd in spected buildings. Tho detectives maintained la careful watch at tho nlicht possibly Jiiavo been xonnect' with tho. robbery, and their patience was awarded when they apprehended Miler. Miler was tho bearer of a large number of stolen checks to tho amount of 0,000 francs in a box in a leather handbag, lie had also in this hag dynamite cartridges, jimmies, n metal saw and drills of tho finest steel. Another ono of the thieves has been arrested ut Amiens, his baggage being soized at the railway station. Other arrests are imminent. Memento for the President Seattle, May 3. Tho Snoqualmie Fall Power Co., is preparing a benuti-J ful souvenir to bo presented to Presi dent McKinlcy on the occasion of hie visit to Seattle. It will bo n solid tablet of Bilvcr somo eight inches by six inches in size, with an outline- of Snoqualmio Falls, and tho surround ing rocks and trees embossed in purest gold. In the lower corner will be an attached leaf, bearing on its uppci surface a suitablo inscription and showing underneath a plan of the company's work room cut into solid rock of Hnoqualmic. Rate War to Alaska Towns. Seattle, May 3. Heavy slashing is the order in the Alaska steamship rate war. Fnrcs first nnd second class to Lynn canal nro cut to half of the old rates. First class tickets are soil ing for $10, and second class for $5. A week ago they wcro worth $25 and $10. Corresponding reductions in freight rates aro also reported. Great Fire at San Juan. San Juan, Porto Rico, May 3. Tho now tsiw.uuo pier caught nro tins afternoon and was destroyed in half an hour. A largo stock of sugar and ruin was lost in tho firo. The firo continues to rago and tho flames threaten to spread to tho stores of the custom house Vetoed Insurance Tax Bill. Denver, May 3. This was tho swept to tho Boston, a huge furui lure factory. It leaped across Davi street nnd took a eourm right through a section on which block after block of fnitno buildings had been oiw.ted Hero is where the fire department lost control, as siuiultancnuiiiy hi halt a dozen plncos, some of them six blocks from tho main tiro, roofs wore seen to burst out in flame. The wind, rising higher and higher, set on firo whole rows of buildings and attracted at first a crowd of curious sightseers who seemed to Ihj fai niited by thi) sight until they learned that their residences too were in dan gor of total destruction. It took just four hours for that resistless mass ot flames to coiinumo every building in its wake for a space of six to eight blocks wide from Davis street, near whero it started, to the Hogun otreet viaduct, n distance of over one and a half miles, nnd then, not satisfied with cntiug out tho heart of tho resi dential portion of tho city, it doubled back and came roaring up tho pnnci pal thoroughfare of trade, destroyins everything in what was tho original incorporation of Jacksonville From tho humhlo homes f tli&poor to'tlio clegiint'retldohceV Bf'tlHT'wcIl to do wns but n short journey for the llnincs. It seemed that wherever thero hapiiencd to bo a shingle roof tho Hying emU'i-H found lodgment Blocks away from tho main fire other fires would break out. Right into the heart of tho town the Unmet swept. As tho viaduct leading over tho marshes of Slogan's creek to East Jacksonville was reached, it wns plain that the limit of the progress of the flames westward had come. As fur na the motioy vahm of the daiunge wnt concerned tho worst wns yet to come Just as tho materia for tho (lames was apparently consumed, a shift in tho wind sent n roaring rcn of Han ei southward toward the river. Then it was beginning to dawn on tho minds of tho unfortunates who had sought refuge nt tho river side, that they were in danger of being cut off nnd being suffocated. A rush was made for tho South Jacksonville ferry and hundreds wcro carried over to the other side. Then came tho most thrilling scene of tho cntiro day. I ho Ilames caught tho freight warehouses on tho Allan tic, Valdosta & Western Railroad and began from thero on their march backward in tho teeth of tho wind Slowly but surely tho firo ato its way ugainst tho wind, taking cither side of Bay street until it reached Jones boatyard, While the (lames failed to cross tho open space, known as Jones' boat yard, n now danger threat ened. Tho (lames swept down in the rear of tho United Htntcs hotel nnd that, with tno J.nw ttxenango, was doomed. Meantimo tho county court houso caught lire and another spleu did cdifico was soon a total wreck, From tho United States hotol the flames jumped across tho street and tho work of destruction continued, only to bo checked when tho Inst building near McCoy nnd llogan's creek had been dostroyed, last Storm In Utah. Salt Lake, May 0. Reports , re ceived nt tho government weather bureau in this city show that tho prevailing storm oxtends nlniost over the entire Rocky mountain district Nearly ttoo nnd three quarters inches day ior tno consmcrauou uyuovernc-r of nlin jmvo filUen j lSuH Ltt(0 passcuoy wio recent , t,,,, tho hist 30 hours, tho heaviest Ormnn of bills legislature. Jio vetoed tho bill in creasing the tax on insuranco com panies from a to a per cent ol their gross receipts, but permitted tho bill restoring capital punishment to be- como a law without his signature Large Grain Crop Sure. Eugcno, Or., May 8. Crops in this section arp looking much better since tho rains of a few days ago. 1 armors say it is impossible to estimate the good dono by tho showers, Large grain crops aro moro than assured. precipitation over recorded hero nnd tho weather officials stnto tho total rainfall will reach thrco inchesor over beforo tho. storm ceases, Swollen stroams and Hooded flat lands nro reported from many places. Japanese Cabinet Crisis. Yokohama, May 0. In conso quenco of tho continued postpone ment by tho Jnpnncso minister of financo, Viscount Watanabo, of tho carrying out of tho expected public Crop prospects wcro never brightor in wrks tho cabinet crisis has reached a Lano county. A special agent of tho United States department of ngriculturo reports that beyond doubt grain can do matured anywhero in Alaska. climax, and Marquis Ito, tho premier. after tho last cabinet meeting, pro ceeded to tho palnco and tondored his rpsignation to tho mikado. All tho other mombcrs of tho cabinet did likewise, with tho exception of ona PITIFUL FATE OF A CHILD. Lost on the Desert, a Utile Old Diet 0 Hunger ami Exposure. North Yiiklma, Wnsh., Mny (1. A 5year-old girl has been found on tho lonely desert of tho lltiiso Heaven country, 18 miles from her home, standing In n badger hole, whero sho died from starvation. Tho child was tho daughter of Hon, W, 11. Mat thews, ox-ootmty commissioner of Yaklnin county. Searching Parties hud boon scouring tho country lor llvo days and nights in an elVort to locale, tho child nllvo. It was thought Una Hlio had boon curried nwny by Indians nnd would bo found on tho ronervu thin. Sho had been tracked 12 miles from her homo wlmn all truces of her were obliterated by tho winds blowing tho trucks from tho sand, Two children, n boy nged eight years, nnd tho girl, llvo, were sent out from homo five days ago to look after somo lost cattle. Thoy walked uwuy until 10 miles from homo, when ur..u. ing tired thoy foil asleep. A pa-mug cowboy noticed them, and after nr. .mc lug tho sleepers took thein mi in pony and carried them almost Immi Tho children then assured him ilu.t thoy could get homo without further assistance, nnd ho lot them go ulmii' Tho night ciiiiio on and It Is supiioied tho boy ran faster than his sinter mill left her behind. When ho renoliod homo ho was frightened and could not toll exactly what had happened search was made for tho girl, but she could not bo found that night. FOR A YANGTZE UPRISING. Reports of a Secret Combination of Odaffcct- cd Clements Are Conllrrned. London, May 0. "Thi reporin of n secret combination of diail'i-ttil ele ments in tho Yllllglso province fur tlio purpose of organizing general rimngs aro receiving somo common! nm, -says tho Shanghai correspondent of tho Morning Post. "Tho British consul ut Nuukin telegraphs Mr llreu- naii, tho British consul at hhanghui, that tho Nankin viceroy is very mix ious alKiut tho Yangtso movement, and ho asks Mr. Ilronnun to iissinl the Tuotl to prosorvo order by holding troops in renditions. "It is announced from a lierinan source that tho l reuch havo with BSfjWos, Jm muittNtitm t3( MWWsWTHt T miTMtsKM Kf tat'ttiiKT m anti wane etui S3 cAuxuti hui m , MKIMMWIIISfl WH.S ttUWT. M (wu'uwrwmsu HJFM -? "-J ' 1 1 ' WWL' 1 " This monument was erected May 2. 1001, near Champocg, Oregon, on the Willamctto river, nbout 32 mljcs nbovo Portland. It stands whero 52 pioneers met on May 2, 18-13, and or ganized tho first government of Oregon. drawn thoir troops from Hwal Lu to Pao Ting 1-u, thus leaving tho Ger mans in solo possession of all the pusses into Shan Si." Br. Morrison, wiring to tho Times from Pokin says: 'Tho indemnity committco favors a loan raised on tho guarauteo of nil tho powors. Its proposal to increaso tho miiritimo cutstoms to 5 por cent advalorem applies to import duties only and not export. All tho minis- tors ol tho powers, oxcent tho British. American and Jiipaneso, favor an im mediate increaso to 10 por con,t. Tho report, which is based on somowhat imporfectly understood data, has bcon roforrcd to tho homo governments." Battle-Ship Iowa Launched. Scattlo, May I). Tho battlo shin Iowa was launnhed today from tho Bromcrfon navy yard, after under going repairs and a thorough over hauling. Loss than four weeks woro ocoupicd in tho great undcrtaklnor. although six weeks had been allowed uy tno navy dupartmcnti Admiral Casoy, whoso flagship tho Iowa is, was loud in his praiso of tho equip ment nnd facilities of tho big dry dock, Tho flooding of tho dry dook and subsequent launching of tho big vessol was1 witnessed by over 1.200 spectators. Northwest Postal Orders- Washington, May 0. A postofllco has been established nt Rook Creek Baker county, Or., to bo supplied bv special scrvico from Haines, and Ed ward 1, Castor appointed postmastor. An ofljco has ulso boon established at Bluolllght, Yakimn county, Welling ton, bn tho routo from Biokolton to MabWn. Elbort L. GrnvHn h commissioned postmaster at this olllcoi