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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (May 24, 1901)
BOHEMIA NUGGET. rafclUliad B7 Twl&mr. COTTAGE GROVH.... OREGON. Mm Utf THJS WEEK A Comprthtmlv Review of the Important Happenings of the Past Week Presented in . Condensed Form Which It Moil Likely to Prove of Interest to Our Mny Readers. King Alexander of Sorvla will not abdicate. Tlio Albany, N. Y., street car strike has been settled. King Edward lins ordered many reforms at Windsor. Lawson's yacht Independence is being hurried to completion. Germany is much afraid of Amer ica's commercial supremacy. Turkey.refuses to permit the entry of typewriters into that country. Tlio battle ship Ohio was launched nt San Francisco in tho presence of President McKinley. A fund is being raised for tho de struction of sea lions at tho mouth of tho Columbia river. Tho president told Governor Geer that ho micht visit Oregon liefore tho expiration of his term. Tho Union Pacific now controls u tho railroad situation from the Mis souri river to tho Pacific coast. Mrs. McKinlcy is now able to sit up. No date has yet been fixed for tho return of the presidential party to Washington. Orders havo been issued for a strike of fifty thousand machinists through out tho country. A prolonged strug gle is expected in tho Pacific coast shops. The Shamrock II will bo partially remodeled. Peace reigns in tho southern Phil ippine islands. Civil officers havo been appointed in Albay province. A transport line may be established via the Suez canal. An Ohio river boat was burned. Two lives wero lost. Three hundred firms have signed tho agreement with machinists. Ten cars were wrecked on ft branch of the Southern Pacific near Albany, Or. Nine miners are dead and three fatally injured from an explosion in a West Virginia coal mine. The Chilean government has waived ita objection to the Pan-American congress to be held in Mexico. President McKinlcy has given up his tour to the Norhtwest on account of his wifea' illness. Her condition is considered serious. Tho Alaskan, tho largest merchant tsetamship ever built on the Pacific coast, has been launched at the Union Works, at San Francisco. The governor of New York has ordered 2,200 soldiers to Albany. All efforts to settle trouble between strik ers and employers has thus far failed. Although reports coming' from South Africa are very meager, the in dications are that the Boers are rapid ly breaking down, owing to cold and lack of provisions. A financial panic was narrowly averted in London. Tho powers have protested against Turkey's postal measures. A band of American brigands has been broken up near Manila. The new Philippine tariff will probably go into effect June 1. President McKinley has made his official entry into San Erancieco, Mrs. Nation's attorneys have set un tho nlea of insanity as a defense in tho trial for joint smashing. Edward A. Cudahy says he is will ing to pay $50,000 reward for the man who abducted ins son, necessary, Tho president of tho Fronch com pany which owns the right of way for tlm Panama canal is in tho United States to make an effort to sell the company's concessions. Tho employes of every machine shop and factory in Seattle, number- iuc over lov, nave waiiceu out. nvy .demand nine hours instead of 10 and a 12K P cent increaso in wages. Hint followed tho attempt of the Tlninn Traction Company, of Albany, K. V.. to resume tho operation of its nlofitrin street railway system. Ono nonunion motorman was fatally in jurod and a car derailed. Lacuna has promised to surrender his command. A watchman in a Utah refinery Btolo $15,000 in silver bullion. Th nhinnsn aro astonished at the amount of indemnity domanded. m.n nnrxRinnal appropriation of 43,000,000 for tho extonsion of tho rural dolivery postal servico becomes available in tlireo montus. f!at.hnHo archbishop of Montreal has forbidden tho members fthnfc church from countenancing cremation in any way, printer of Minnesota l 11 wu-nnlu llV igStlini! tllO lllW passed by tho recent legislature with TORCH IN A COAL MINE. Caused An Explosion Which Killed Six Men and Injured Many More. Fair-mount, W. Vu., May 17, Six miners lost their lives, live wero fa tally injured and throe seriously burned in an explosion at tho shaft of tho Georgo's Creek com .v. iron Company, at Karmington, seven mile west of this city, on tho main lino of tho naltimoro & Ohio Kailroad this morning. Tho George s UreoK company, n Baltimore corporation, had invested fully $1,000,000 in tho mine, which is one of tho lest cquipicd in tho Kairmniint district. The mine was only rccontly put into operation, and about 125 men were employed, only 10 of this number underground. Ut these, 15 wero in a itortion of the mine that has been worked for sonic time, and tho remainder wero work ing on headings, quito n distance. awuy. Uno ot mo men in mo iwm linrismtiirclcd n torch into tho mine. .is torches eive u better light than the safety lamp prescribed by tho com pany. At VilD oeloeK ino miner llred a shot, and tho sinoko which was verv dense, caught tiro from tho torch and spread to either the gas or dust, and the explosion resulted. Fortunately the mino did not catch lire to any extent. Tho explosion vented itself through tho air shaft and almost demolished the building on the surface in which the fan was located. Tho men on tho headings did not know there had been an ex plosion until notified. Tho air was soon turned in and in a short tune tho headings wero cleared of foul gases and tho work of rescuing the unfortunates, commenced. NORTHWEST TOUR ABANDONED. President Will Return to Washington at Soon as Possible. Sin Francisco, May 17. Owing to the very serious character of -Mrs. McKinley's illness, the president has definitely decided to abandon his con templated northwestern tour and to return to Washington direct as soon as Mrs. McKinley is able to stand the journey. Tho gravity of Mrs. Mc Kinley's condition has been known to tho members of tho president's imme diate party for several days, but had been concealed in ino oenei mai sue would rally, as she had so frequently in the post when suffering from one of her periods of depression, and with a lew uays oi aosoiuie quiet mm il-oi. be restored to her normal condition. But her present illness has been at tended with entirely new complica tions which havo not yielded to treat ment, and tho president has conclud ed that it was time the public should be apprised of the true situation, He as also anxious tnat ino citizens oi the cities and towns along the planned routo of his return trip, who have made such extensive prepara tions for his visit, should receive prompt notification of tho circum stances which compelled his decision. Tho strain which the president him self has undergone during the last few days has been very great. It lias been a personal sacrifice for him to try to carry out his engagements here in order not to disappoint tho people, but he has made it unselfishly and nobly, and it is still his desiro to carry out the prearranged programme in San Francisco to whatever extent he can. UTAH COUNTY BANKRUPT. Gopher Bounties Completely Drained Treas urv of Its Funds. Salt Lake. May 17. Gophers at 5 cents a head have brought practical bankruptcy to the county of Tooele, Utah. Thev multiplied so rapidly to become a veritable plague, and enterprising men and school boys havo 'nro hied so much oy Killing them and receiving bounty for their tails that tho county commsisioners not only havo aborfshed tho practice of navimr bounty, but also have been compelled to cancel bids for the crec tion ot a new county jaii, uwnuw nearly all the treasury funds Havo been paid out for copher tails. A few weeks ago the rodents became so bad that tho county commissioners offered a bounty of o cents apiece lor thim. In a few days tho scnooi houses of tho county were practically without puri Is. nearly every boy, armed with traps and poison, being out in the fields and prairie Hunting frnnhnrs. Men ioincd in the hunt, Tho little animals were slaughtered by thousands, and one day the county paid out $800 in bounties. So great became the drain tnat nonce naa now been published aboliBhiriK tho bounty hrintrincr an ond to a very nourishing indUHtv. llio notice uaniu wu iuiu to save the treasury, but in tho mean time tho county has been rid fo a pest that was bringing ruin to every farncr. Great Britain's Proposal. London. May 17. A dispatch to tho Daily Mail from Pekin, says that Great Britain submits an important proposal to tho foreign ministers that China pay tho indemnity out of her own native resources on a system affording her special facilities. The nrnnosal entails no increaso of the muritimo customs. Explosion of An Arsenal. Pekin, May 17. An explosion nt tho arsenal in Kalgan today woundod ono German olhcer and lour privates, Three Gorman privates are missing, It is supposed that thoy were blown to pieces. Tho Germans generally bo liovo that the Chineso intentionally committed tho outrago, although evi lnnco to substantiate this viow is lucking.' A thorough investigation will bo madp. NEWS 01 THJS STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL OVER OREGON. Commercial and Financial Happenings of Im portanceA Drlef Review of of the Orowth and Improvcmcuts of (he Many Industries Throughout Onr Thriving Com monwealth Latest Market Report Hear creek cattlemen shipped from Pendleton 110 head of cattle to Pugot sound. Tho annual field day athletic eon tests of the Pendleton publio schools will take place May 27. Henrv Hruno from Hockland, sold HO sheared yearling wethers at The Dalles for ?:i,10 n head. . A bridge has been completed) ncro" Mm Sandy river near l.cona. It is 2X1 feet long and 10 feet wide. It is reported that tho Golconda mine, situated in Williams creek dis trict, has been sold for a good figure. Jack Gordon and Peto Gagnon re cently sold several quart mining claims in the Greenhorn mountains to Gibb Leavitt for $a,000. Ueccntly a pieeo of quart 7. weigh ing 25 pounds was picked up at the Mule Gulch placer mine, near An toine. It is estimated to bo worth $2,000. A clean up from 100 tons of Mam moth mino ore treated nt tho Virtue mill was taken to linker City last week. Tho clean up amounted to $1,100 two bars, one of tho valuo of fSOO and another of $300, an average of $11 to the ton. Tho North Powder Irrigation Com pany, which recently purchased the hie Gravson ditch, south castof linker! City, has completed surveys for the extension of the ditch into tho lower valley. The work of construction of the ditch will begin this week. Newport will have a Fourth of July celebration. The new school house at Marcola has been completed. Timber claims on tho middle fork of the Coquille are being rapidly taken. Operations have been resumed' at tho Eureka mine, at Selma, Josephine county. :"" The telephone lino being extended from Springfield to Watcrvillo is com pleted to Thurston. The Southern Oregon Oil Company, .. i i , i i operating near jvsmanu, nas pur chased a boring plant. The mnchinery of tho Summerville creamery has been received and will be in place within ft lew days. ( Eichtv seven scalps ot wild animals were presented lor uounty in jacKsun county in tho month of April, a-i ... . . Contraot has been awarded to the Athena Flouring Mill Company to pump water for the city for $800 per year. Tho Tlcnry P. Smith farm of 109 ... T.ll t acres, 1J6 miles cast oi uuuns, mm lmnn sold to an Okalhoma man lor $0,400. Tho Ontario Warchouso Company is building a warchouscon the Short Line right of way. The building will lu riOr70 font. lire proof, and will be pushed to a speedy completion. Portland Markets. Wheat Walla Walla, 59G0c.; alley, nominal; bluestcm, 01oc, rur hunhnl. Flour Best grades, $2.903.40 per barrel; graham, $2.(50. Oats Wllltc,l.autSi.ao perccnuw j gray, $1.2701.30 per cental. Barley Feed, $1717.25; brewing, $17 17.25 per ton. Millstnffs Bran. $17 per ton ; midd lines. $21.50; shorts, $20.00; chop, TTvT!motliv. $12.50014; clover, $7a9.50: Oregon wild hay, $07 per ton. linns per iu. Wool Valley, ll13c; Eastern Oregon, 170c; mohair, zucgzic per pound. Tittnr Fancy creamery. lo 17UJp. dairy. 1314c; store, 11 IQIa rwr nnund. Ecgs Oregon ranch, 1213c, i .,., " iq CIipoho J?UII cream, nviwn, 13Mc ; Young America, 13J14c, per pound. l'niiitrv uniCKUiiB.iiuAj.-u,.pj.uvi hens, $44,50; dressed, ll12c. per pound; springs, 'puia" .(..Mr, .tnofl: ceese. $07: turkeys live. llNffllZc; uresseu, juisiuu. jm pound. . Potatoes Old, 00$1.10 per sack now. 2!4c. per pound. Mutton l.amos aigoc, r.,,n,i ornsa! best sheep, wethers, with wool. $4.254.60; dressed, 7c, Hoes Gross, heavy, $5.750 litrht. $4.7505; dressed. 77Jc. per I0Veai Large, 78c. per pound small, 88Mc per pound. Tinnf IJrrtUfl T.nn steers. UMU, nM nn,l heifers. $4.504.75; dressed beef, 8K8K- per PQ"nd A Toledo, O., polico judge says is a disease, not a crime, and dismisses all plain drunks that come before him. An Omaha man claims to havo ,i ,,fcnf common earth, petroleum and two Kccret ingredients a cheap and plentiful fuel. vo-i rtrnv. of Great Britain, has plan to secure control of all saloons nnil tn UlSCUUniKU WIU oinw - eating drinks there. 8MALLPO AT 8KAQWAY. So Doubt About II, Syas Physlcan Who Made the Investigation. ' Seattle, May 20. Following nro private mlvlccs received by mail from Sltkn, Alaska, dated May lit ' . Doctors Mooro of hkngwny, nml hinlmrt, of Juneau, havo been Invos lignting tho small pox epidemic nt this place, and the former says there is no doubt of tho prevalence of tho disease, despite reports to tho con trary. The doctors visited nil the In footed districts, and tho Indian ranch, Hussinu town mid tly Indian mis lion. Dr. 'Mooro wiim outspoken re garding existing conditions. Ho said there can bo no question of tho seri ousness of tho situation. Snmll pox, generally In mild form, is provid ent, anil owing to the uncleanly con dition of tho ranch, combating the siekness will bo n dlllloult mutter. In Hussion town there wero but two eases, ono serious. At tho mission there wero found over 110 children suf fering from small ikix. They have Leon treated in the hospital which is located considerable distance from the dornintories. Up to tho present time there hnvo been von futilities, nil confined to tho Indians A rigid quarantine has k'en placed on the ranch, Indian policemen guarding all entrances to thu infected quartern. Guards hnvo kept visitors from the ionics of tho two missiuns who nro sick. VICTIMS OF CANIBALS. Particulars ot the Murder of Missionaries In New Guinea. Vancouver, It. C. May 20. Details have been brought by the steamer Moanu from Sydney of the massacre tho missionary party In iew menu, The report to mo komtii. niOnt resident of Thursday island is as follows: "Tho crew of the Dido roixirt the murder of tho Kov. James Chalmers. nd Kov. Oliver Tomkins, of the London .Missionary Society, by New uiena unlives nt Debo, near the mouth of tho Fly river. It seems thev went nshore after friendly ua tives had warned them that a tribal ar was in proim-ss, and thnt their lives would l)C endangered. Despite this wnrnintr tho missionaries, with x nutive converts, went ashore ami attempted to hold a religious service Tho natives blamed the missionaries for a reverse ifi battle, and killed the two white men and all their school bovs. Part of their liodics were afterwards devoured by the cannibal natives. The captain of the mission ry schooner Niue, from his vessel, saw the bodies lying on tho beach with, their heads cut off, but he was nfraid to land. This report of tho Dido's crew has liecn counfirmed by n well known native missionary named Isai WON T JOIN THE COMBINE. Maika Packers Allocation Will Stay Out ol the Salmon Trust. , San Francisco, May 20. Tho big salmon combine is oh, so far as tin Alaska Packers' Association is con cerned. After days of negotiation! between the promoters of tho l'ncillr Pack lie & navigation company unci the nssocintion's olficcrs, a halt wet called. President Fortman and Vice President Hirsch of tlio Alaska 1'acK- . . . 1! .1.... .1..... l.....' era' Association, say unit ihoj- i-ofnsfil to so 11 to the promoters except fnr rush, and that not being ottered Iipv terminated the negotiations. T B. Mcuovern, ono oi mo promoters, in an interview, raid: "Wo Bhiill nut this eomimio through without tho Alaska Puckers' Associa inn. Wo had ficured that with the options wo hav, if wo could secure . i .. ..1.1 tllO association, u nuuiu i-uiim" practically all tho salmon in the world. There arc, roughly speaking, 3,200,000 cases of salmon packed every venr. Of this total tho Alaskn - . , , nm irr ,i people put out auout i,uw,uw cases. Leajalty of the Blacklist Chicaeo, May 20. Judgo Baker has decided that it is legal for em ployers to maintain a blacklist. Tho plaintiff was a labolor and can paintci in tho employ of tho Libby Packing company and in February, in company mi 5 Mi n. nmnucr oi oincr vouiik wuiiiun, went on striko becnuso of repeated re- ducrtions in wages. Later the women 5m1 to obtain work with other iirms, but their applications wero rejected on account of their having been strik nm Utiss Condon broucht suit as a test, and tho court ruled that tho var ir, firms had a riL'lit to tako protect ivn measures atrainst persons wno nan quit tho employment of other linns Without valid rcaeouo. Conger Payors Ship Subsidy. Now York, May 20. Edwin II. Pnnwr. minister to China, wuh the cuest of honor at the third, annual tiiinmiet of tho Americun Asiatic Association, given at Dolmonico's. In his address ho dwelt upon- the rnr. nnssib lities in China, odvo nntrd tho subsidizing of Anioricun hlns ns a natriotio measure, and re grettcd that our new possessions in tho Piicifio wore not connected by American cables. Refused Medical Aid. Chicago, May 20. After lingering 12 days, during wincn timosuo suuor vi numb naln. Mrs. Josephine Chris a ifn nt T.niiln nhristnnson. iuiiouii, . , ' both "Dowicites," and who with her 2-year old baby was frightfully burned in tho Marquotto iivenuo fire in South fUilnnim tho morninir of May 5, diod last night. Mrs. Christensen refused medical aid to tho last, and was tho nnlv one of thoso injured in tho Arc who died. MHS. GAGE IS DEAD AFTEfl NINE WEEKS' STUUaQLfc WITH HEART TROUBLE. Wile of Secretary of the Treasury Lyman J. 0a-llearl Trouble was the Kesull ol hummiiy, were Kau.er..u , pies -uije " ilimt. anil niemliors of the oa b net. Severe Attack of Grlp-Mri. McKinley Is SlUhlly Improved, but by no Means Out of Danger. Wnshlnetiin. Mav 18. Mrs. Lyman .. J. Gngo, wife of tho secretary of the treasury, died at her residence, 1710 1 Massachusetts Avenue isomiwosi.nt 0:30 o'clock last night, alter . I noss of nine weeks' duration. ith her when the end came were her hits- band, her mnrrled dnughter, mid the attending physician. lor a time hofore her ieatU .Mrs. tinge sunereii inuoli pain, hut she maintained her bright mid cheerful demeanor and was oeiisaloua to the last. Heart trouble, the result of grip eompliea- tious, was the Immediate emisu of death. A DAY OF IMPROVEMENT. Mrs. McKinley Was (letter, but the Crisis Is Not Passed. Sun Francisco, May 17. President McKinley described the marked ini nroveineiit in .Mrs. iMoMuley s etindl tion today us a transformation. Hut x;rlmps even the president of the United States may overstate the ease iu his elation at tho prospect of his wife's recovery. Certain it Is, how ever, that Mrs. McKinley's condition ;:n;7thnt doctors brieht- 1 , , voV 1, - last night improved to fairly nonplused the cned the anxious mid devoted bus baud and filled the city with joy mid thanksgiving. The sinking spoil that was feared in the early hours before dawn, when tho tide Hows out and the vitality of the world Ih nt lowest obb, did not come. Thece wns n slight tendency iu that direction, but that was nil. Hut it must not lie assumed from nil this that Mrs. McKinley has passed tho crisis mid is out of danger. Tho elation of today may have been only tho ercst of the wave iiltor the troush of tho sea. Mrs. McKinlcy . .!.. i i.. ill I f. ...Ill I-. to suv' the crisis has lieen passed Her vitality is so low and sho is so weak that n change for the worse would not bo unexpected at any mo ment, and it is feared that sho would not havo tho reservo strength to weather another sinking siiell such as sho exiioricnced yesicroay morn in p. Her m nil was clear during her wakiiiL' moiuonts. juii'Kriiiiin u"i,"llw l"J, """I.. ... ., ili , cu it- u n.n all jmrts of tho country eagcily asking Mr. McKinley Was Able to Sit UP-No Dell for news from the sickroom, and to- nlte Date Fixed lor Iht Start Home. Telegrams continue to pour in irom dnv the nresident received many mes sages congratulating him upon the renorts of the Improvement in Mrs, McKinley's condition. All the for eign ambassadors and ministers at Washington have sent messages ol Nviniuitnv. doubtless by direction oi tho L'overnments they represent. Tho launching of tho Ohio tomor row was to havo been a notable occa sion. Great preparations hud been mudo nnil an elaborate programme had been planned. .Much of the pro grmiinio, however, will now bo cur tailed. Miss Burber, a niece of Mrs McKinlcy. In tho ubsence of tho mis tress of tho White House, will press tho electric button which will sever tho cord which holds tho lust stay, and as the ship liegins to glido down tho ways Miss Helen Doshler, a rcia tivo of Governor Nash, will christen tho ship with a bottlo of champagne, TUBERCULOSIS CONGRESS Assertion That Are No Infectious Diseases Created a. Sensation. New York, May 20. Tho Ameri can congrcsa.of Tulterciulosis and tho Madico society opened ino second ciuy . .. , . ... ....! ill. Al II.... Ot their joint session w.w. w.u n u. ng connected with tho general subject of tuberculosis. Durinirtho nftcrnoon session ono prominicnt physician read n paper in which ho denied that there wero any infectious diseases; smallpox was not contagious and certainly not tubcrcu- losis. Ho argued that tho real causo of tho spread of diseasao was not in- fection, but fear, and scored tho doct- ors. It was announced that a freo annex for consumptives would soon i i ... .1... i i....w. r..H 1....-.. OU UIIVIIUU lib bllQ IUI IliVUIU- blcs in this city. The Father Rlegel Murder Case. Philadelphia, May 20. Tlio jury in tho case of Jacob Wynn, charged with the murder of Itov. Father Itiegcl broueht in a verdict of murder in tho Becond degree.. Father Itiegcl, who had chargo of tho Catholic church ut Cheltenham, ru., wns lounu uend on n doorstop in tho tenderloin district. Deutli wus duo to "knockout drops. Wynn and eight others who hud boon drinking with the priest were indicted. It was testified that wynn bought tho poison and placed it in Father Kiegors glass of beor. Edwin P. Uhl Dead. Grand llapids, Mich,, May 18. Hon. Ldwin if. Uhl, ox-npsistnnt scc rotary of statu and nmbussador to Germany, undor tho Cleveland ml ministration, ucu snortiy utter noon yesterday, Ho had boon ill nearly a year, sintering irom a complication of diseases, among thorn liright's dis ease Edwin F. Uhl was bom in 1811 near Avon Springs, N. ,Y OHIO, the Dig t4,000.Ton Mull Slid Into the flty Wllh Perlect Success, Bun I'mnolsco, May 20. On a plat form, ilemirntcd with the milloiml colors, which had hceii built around the nrow of the big battleship Ohio at. the Union Iron Works, In this olty o0vernor Nash, of Ohio; Miss Desh- lor, his niece, who was lochrlslen the ship, Miss Harder, who was to .., .. MrH MuKlnlov. nnil many i,,,ir,iri,w,il iilHriirii of tlm iirmv mill tju, nm mpiister idiwn tho ways tnto Hun Krailolseti hay. Miss Harbor, wlli. i.,,r ittiu(r on the button, wim lonklnir intently at the Indicator. At iifi, two and n half nilimtoH whm t, WIW llt tl1 highest, the nm(, Ht for tlm Inuuehlnu. there slid- llo,y HK,t into the face of the indi- Ull ,ll0 wimj 'n-ady." Miss Umber .).,,((MMj tho button. The Inst block awny. At the snine time, Miss 1,),,. a young lady of 17 years, lot .1,0 bottle of ehunipugne stispondod at the sine oi mo now ny a reu, wuiio and blue ribbon, and us it crushed ugitinst the side she uttered the . . . . . ... . , , - , ,. words, "i christen tnoe uniu. llelensed from its ixinils the heavy hull of 14,000 tons of stool wont plott ing through the thick grease of its cradle. Slowly nt first, thou faster ami faster, she slid down tho ways, taking the Hood majestically mid pil ing up tho water lu groat waves in front of her. The band crushed, whistles blew, mid tho multitude shouted. No ship ever given to the Anioricun navy Iiuh taken her initial pIiiiiuo into the sou under more favor- vxsr oU ",oro distinguished company. The ttorkh gmon of the shh, yar, , whom President MoMnley addressed, presented niui with u jdute ol burn ishod gold five by live Inches iu di mensions, surmounted by the eagle mid shield of the American seal. Tho shield In the center is of California gold-lK-arlng quart, mid Is Hanked on cither side by the American and California republic Hags. At ono corner oi ino inniu is mu m-ui ui vn- f urn in and at the other tho seal of Ohio. In the center Is n miniature of the battleship Ohio mid the follow ing inscription! To commemorate mo lauiicuiug Presented to Hon. William McKinley, president of the United States, by tho employes of the Union Iron Works, Han Francisco, uutiornin."- The decorations around tho border of tho pinto are of oak loaves, inter twined with California poppies, THE CRISIS 18 PA8SED. San Francisco, .May 20. Mrs. Mc Kinley's condition was so far im proved yesterday oveuing that she was uble to sit up for u while. This welcome news was given out shortly after fi o'clock There were many callers at the Scott residence yesterday. There was a general feeling that tho crisis hud lieen passed, and that Mrs. McKin ley would continue to gain in strength. . No dohnito duto bus yet been decided tiiion as to When nut president will sturt for tho national capital, but it is hoped that Mrs. McKinley will no anio to travel whii iu a few days. President McKinley ts in receipt oi cablegrams from the king mid queen of England, President I.oulict of France, and many other hiiropcnn potentates, inquiring ns to .Mrs. Mc Kinley's condition. Among the callers on ino prcsiucnt was Calvin H. Titus,.tho first Ameri ca n soldier to mount tho walls of PnVln. who returned with tho trans port Bheriduii, jiiBt arrived. MOTHER PROVINCE CLEARED , R . ,. Sur..nd of ,he Insurgent Mascardo and His Force, Washington, May 21. Tho navy .innnrtmRiit has received tho followinu 0ftbcgram from Admiral Kcmpff ut Cuvito: f!,iiitnlii Owen advises, that tho tirdunctta mid Gnrdociuil received on ho,, jiuy 17 Gcncrul Mnscnnlo, 20 0m,ccrs, 181 men, 200 rifles, nt Hinong Ufty nn,i jforong. Thoy nro now in nrBOnal liound for Marciso, where tho mnioritv desiro to surrender to the I . . I I TA . iirmy. Utncrs Hurrcuuereu to irupcr, mnrino olllcor at Olongapo. This is tho last insurgent force in Zambales province. Gunboats resumed survey work." Dangerous Derelicts Reported. New York ' May 21. Two llnors which cnnio into port today, reported thoy passed dnngcrous derelicts, which, if met witH in tho night time, would certainly have resulted In dis aster. Thcso wrecks are drifting in the ocean lanes, which are now boing daily traversed by llnors. Tho gov ernment win no asked to sonu our, ono of tho small gunboats to hunt (or and destroy tho dorolicts. Wrecked by a Washout. Ellis. Kan., May 20. Union Pa- olfla west-bound freight train No, 11 was wrecked by a washed out bridge thrco miles west ot unaron springs Early this morning. Both tho en gineer and fireman wore instantly killed. Two trackwalkers who wore at tho bridge havo disappeared and it is believed thoy lost their lives. The engine und several curs wont Into tho rivor, tlio ongino and ono car ol cattlo boing entirely submerged. LAUNCHING in two days aitor uujuuiw"v.