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Bohemia Nuget iioiVAKi) A iiksuy, rubiuiittrt. OOTTAGK GROVH . . OREGON. EVENTS OF THE DAY A Comprehenslva Review ol the Important Happenings of the Put Week, Prtnntid In i Condensed Form, Which Is Most Likely to Interest Our Many Readers. Five were killed In wlor expli Ion nt Bhonandoah, Pa. Illegal recruiting In the causo of much disorder in nnianu. Seven Iwdlea have Iwon recovered from tho I'ltlsbarg wreck. Senator Allleon mj b somo form of ... 1.11- 1-1. . ... iwiprocity win uo gramcu u vuu. Haytl lias promised to glvo Germany a nnval station at atoie at. niciioms Fivo men In Jail at Salem, Or., Pe ru rod n saw and nearly gamou incir freedom. Tho town of Herkimer, Kan., was almost dostroyod hy fire, which en tailed n Iocs of (100,000. It la OBslblo to eend a mossago to a vessel 200 miles from land hy tho now Fcsscndon system of wireless teleg raphy. ' Chalmor E. 81mff has hocn sentenced to death at Wallace, Idaho, for tho murder of Kugcno Klein, at Maco, In that state. The form of the coronation of King Edward will consist of 20 sections and will end with tho crowning of Queen Alexandra. Tho strikers of the Singer Sowing Machlno Company, at South llcnd, Ind., haro lost their strike and gono back at tho company's terms. Tho Marquis of Quoonshury has-been declared a bankrupt. Congressman Cummlngs, of New York, is serioutly ill. Saturday was Oregon day at tho Charleston exposition. Henry Schwab was hanged at New ark, N. J., for the murdor of his wife and child. Tho Boor agonts In America are try ing to Induce President Krugcr to visit this country. With peace perhaps In sight, Eng land is still sending men and muni tions of war to South Africa. A vigilance committee has been or ganized in Chicago to drive the rougher element from one of the wards. Tho majority of the inhabitants of tho Danish West Indies are In favor of their sale to the United States. Two Now Yorkers have been held for trial under tho new law against the dis tribution of anarchistic literature. The petition for an Injunction against Miss Stone lecturing under a certain management was denied at Boston. Colombian insurgents have captured Rio TJacha after an engagement lasting many hours. The losses sustained are unknown. Heavy rains have relieved the situa tion in Kansas. Turkey has released all the suspects in tho MIsa btone case. The Northern Pacific machinists at Brainard, Mont., are on strike. Tho condition of Queen Wilbelmlna is changed slightly for the worse. Tho Cuban congress will convene on May 5 by order of Governor General Wood. There have been 1,217 cases of chol era and 847 deaths to date in tho Phil ippines. German nobility is shocked at Em peror William entertaining untitled business mon. Great excitement prevails at Sand Creek, Mont., over a ilch gold strike made near that town. Strikers at Patterson, N. J., have quieted down and show a disposition to make concessions. President Roosovelt favors tho pend ing bill appropriating 1 5 0,0.00 for a monument in Washington to Gen. John C. Fremont. Tho great shipping combine may ac quire the Hill lines on tho Pacific ocean, thus making a world wide com munity of Interests. Confederate veterans are holding their 12th annual reunion at DallaB, Tex. Alexander O'Brodie will succeed Governor Murphy as chief executive of Arizona. Although the Rock Island Railroad will build westward from Denver, it will not seek a Pacific coast outlet. President Hill, of the Great North' orn Railroad, says ho is not worried over tho decision of tho supremo court. Tho United States consul at Chom nltz, Germany, says a good market for Oregon salmon can bo found in that country, A restaurant has been opened in New York where food will be f urn shed at ono cent a plate. There are 13,058,022!acrcs"ot uncul tlvatod land In Italy, which might be developed and made productive by the Phenomenally mild weather is being txporlcnccd In Ilusala, At Kiev the trees are budding, the rivor Dnieper is clear of ice, while at Warsaw violets aro blooming. A census of Berlin, Germany, gives tho population as 1,001,607. Thirty-seven designs have been sub mitted for tho proposed Grant statue in Waslilntgon. Thebfficlal copy of the Farrls elec tion buljpaseed by the Kentucky legis lature, h&j been Btolen at Frankfort, and the measure cannot become law. Governor Beckham, of Kentucky, ve toed tho bill ftprohlblt the docking of hemes' talle&deciarlng legislation should be direclid at those who buy such htrisi, not Ih Milan. TRADE REVIEW. American Ooodi In Orcit Demand In South' American Countries. Washington, April 20. American coal finds ft steady and ever increasing market in Brail I, but our export trade to Brazil, It is mid, will never roach it proper development so long aa our merchandise has to seek foreign bot toms. It is pointed out that If u lino of modern sloamern were operated be tween New York mid Braill, there would bo no lack of return freights in coffee, rubber and liko producU. Amoricnn hardware, nlso, it is stated, has earned a reputation for quality and finish which places It beyond competi tion. It is n notablo fact that many young Brazilians are raining to this country to complete their carve of learning, whoroas, until recent yours, tho bettor class from that country were pent to Portugal, Franco or Germany to acquire their literary, professional or scientific training. Now also English Is being taught in some of tho higher schools of Brazil. In tho Argcntino Republic tho Amer ican goods making tho greatest headway are tools, implements, cotton goods, shoes and specialties. A banker of lto sario recently reported that for the halt year ended June430, ll'Ol, tho increase of transactions between hisj houso and tho United States had been 131 per rent, and ho understood that uther banks had had similar experiences. But whllojwo are materially increasing tho aggregate of our trado with Argen tina, hero, aluo, tho absence of direct steamship communication is a handi cap. In Chile, where lumbering Is the chief industry in its southern pro vinces, practically nil of tho wood is cut by mills of American construction. All of tho machinery used in tho produc tion of Hour also comes from tho United States. On account of the political disturb ances in Colombia, imports from the United states have increased only slightly. Tl.o imports from all other countries havo remained stationary. United States trade with Ecuador shows u gratifying increase, due to pur chases for the Uuayaquil-Qulto railroad, better and quicker transportation, low er freight rates and tho coming of Amercian commercial travelers. FILIPINOS SURRENDER. Fitrcc Insurgent ol Samar Capitulate by the Hundreds. Manila, April 30. General Frederick D. Grant's expedition in the gunboats Baseo and Honda, several steam launches and native lighters, has ascended the Gandara river in the Island of Samar, and has brought the insurgent leader Guevarra and his en tire command down to tho post. Guev- arra's command consisted of Rafel Se- bastin, Abki and 3S other officers, 180 men and 101 rilles. Three hundred insurgents with 131 rifles are expected at Catbalogan, Samar to surrender formally to the American authorities. Three thousand bolomen, 28 of them armed with rifles, have surrendered at Sulat, also in Samar. Surrenders in Ncgros. Captain Kennon, of the Sixth in fantry, reports from the (island of Ne gros the surrender of the ladrone leader, Rufo, with 158 officers and men of his command, together with 12 guns, 140 bolos, seven spears and a few revolvers and daggers. Captain Kennon says this surrender means the. opening ,up ot the whole of the southern coast of the Island of Negros. The cholera situation In the Islands does not show any improvement. Chol era cases are reported among the Amer ican soldiers in (.amines provinces ol South Luzon and elsewhere, but so far few Americans have been attacked and the disease is confined to natives and Chinamen. In Manila there have been 555 cases and 445 deaths from the chol era, while the provinces report 1,509 cases and, 1,160 deaths. JAILED IN ITALY. Men from United States Cruiser Chicago Get Heavy Sentences. Venice, Italy, April 30. All the members of the crew of the United States cruiser Chicago, arrested for dis orderly conduct here yesterday, have been sentenced to terms of imprison ment, ranging from three to four months each. Cantatn Robert P. ' Wynne, commanding the marine guard of the Chicago; Kobert h. lxxl better, assistant surgeon of the Chicago; Lieu tenant John S. Doddridge, of the Chi cago, and a marine named Wilfred Langiey are the men sentenced. At their trial in the San Marco po lice court, the prisoners admitted that they were Intoxicated when the ulsor- ders occurred, and pleaded that they acted in self defense when mobbed by the crowd. Tho public prosecutor de manded a sentence of seven months' im nrisonment for Assistant Surgeon Led- better, and sentences of six months' imprisonment for tho others. It is understood that tho prisoners will pay tho costs of the trial and com pensate tho persons who sustained In juries as a result of their disorderly conduct. Two ol tho Injured persons claim 100 pounds each. Richardson Returns from Alaska. Seattle. April 30. Captain W. 1 Richardson, United States army, who, according to reports from tho national capital. vcas dispatched to Alaska to in vestlcato, with Lieutenant R. P- Em mons, the icported destruction of Rus sian monuments defining the interna tional lino between Alaska and Canada, has returned from tho north. Ho would neither affirm nor deny that his duties were to investigate matters bear ing on the boundary question. The Sound Fares Well. Washington. April 30. Tho Puget sound navy yaid fared better than any other navy yard In the United btates in tho appropriations that are made in tho naval bill reported to tho houso. The yard got everything that was asked for it. Ilopresentatlvo Dayton, rank ing Republican member of tho commit tee, said that tho committee has been thoroughly convinced that ono of the finest navy yards in the world can be built economically at Bremerton. Consequently the large appropriation for that yard. NEWS OF TILE STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS OF OREGON. Commercial and Financial Happenings ol h. portance A ttrlel Review of the Growth and Improvements of the Many Industries Throughout Our thriving Commonwealth Latest Market Report. John Burke of Whatcom is under ar rest, charged with oiiikzllng 1 1,000. Tho weavers of the Oregon City mills aro on strike for an increase in wages City Attorney Chane of Sumptor re signed after being reinstated hy Mayor Robblns. A rich discovery of a copper lodge on Snake river, near the mouth of tho Imtiaha, is reported. Tho Ruutut placer mines on Beaver crook are attracting considerable atten tion. A strata of very rich gravel has been struck. The state supreme court has decided that when grain stored In warehous Is sold without authority of depositors they may recover from the purchaser. Messenger 11. t.cighton Kelly, of tho Clackamas United States fish commis sion station, is distributing 45,000 Eastern brook trout in tho streams of Eastern Oregon. Superintendent of Public Instruction J. 11. Ackermau has sent out circulars calling for bids on Iwoks, to bo pur chased by school districts for school library purposes. A mulatto who gave his name as Jackson, and who was caught in the act of robbing n store in Grants Pass, has been Identified as "Yellow," the fifth member of gang who murdered , Police man Robinson in San Francisco. Crane A Thompson, proprietors of tho Brownsville flouring mills, will soon be ready to install tho new ma chinery in their mill. When finished it will bo one of tho finest mills in tho county. Tho mills will have a capacity of 50 barrels a day. The wheat sales last week in Weston were tho largest for tho season. Tho Pacific Coast Elevator Company, of Portland, through Its agents, bought a 40,000-bushel lot. Kerr, Gifford Co., and tho Northwestern Warehouse Company bought 29,500 bushels, mak ing the total sales for tho week 70,000 bushels. Tho price averaged 55 rents. Patents have been filed with tho county recorder at Albany conveying 103,050 acres of land from the govern ment to the Northern Pacific liailroad Company, in lieu of some worthless land in the state of Washington. The new land is located along tho Cascades, only a portion being in Linn county. lew era have been in the mountains during the past year making the selec tions. Oregon City has two cases of small pox. A new eight room school building is to be built at Albanv. William Abel, of Auburn, an old time pioneer of the est, Is dead. The debate between Albany Collego and the .Monmouth State Normal r-chool was won by Monmouth. Tho Buck Ridgo Placer Company, of cumpter, has Hied articles ol incorpor ation. Calptal, 1 1,000,000. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Walla Walla. 6505Kc; bluestem, 6660)sc; valley, 05c. Barley Feed, 202l; brewing, f2121.50 per ton. Oats No. 1 white, ft. 20; gray, f 1.10(31.15. Flour Best grades, $2.85(23.40 per barrel; graham, f2.&02.80. Millstuffs Bran, $17 per ton; mid dlings, f 10; shorts, 118.50; chop, $10. Hay Timothy, 1216: clover, 7.6010; Oregon wild hay, 50 per ton. Potatoes Best Burbanks, 1.251.50 percental; ordinary, tl. 10(31.25 per cental; Early Rose, $1.60(32.00 per cental; growers prices; sweets. 2.25 2.50 per cental. Butter Creamery, 18J20c; dairy, 15174c; store, 1315c. Eggs 1510c for Oregon. Cheese Full cream, twins, 13 13Kc; loung America, 1415c; fac tory prices.l lMc less. Poultry Chickens, mixed, t4.50 5.G0; hens, t5.006.00 per dozen, llllc per posnd; springs, 11 llKc per pound, f4.00QG.50 per doz en: ducks, 5. 00(37. 00 per dozen; tur keys, live, 1213c, dressed, 1416c per pound; geese, IU.6U($7.UU per dozen. Mutton Gross, 4c per pound; drcBeed, 7Mc per pound. Hogs Gross, 0Jc; dressed, 7"Mc nor pound. Veal 67Mc for small; 6K7c for laree. Beef Gross, cows, 44Kc; steers, 5c; dressed, 88J4c per pound. Hops 12K14 cents per pound Wool Valley, 13 14; Eastern Ore gon, 0llc; mohair, 23c per pound. Tho Russian government has advised all newspapers in tho empire to cease publishing news of student riots. President Roosovelt has accepted the invitation to doliver tho memorial ad dress at the National cemetery at Ar lington on May 30. Only five sailing ships of over 100 tons were built In tho United Kingdom last year. All tho vesscs woro con Btructed on tho Clydo and were regis tered In London. Tho final census returns show- that tho population of India is 240,200,701 Ono result of tho Anglo-Japancso alliance will lo tho prevention of pro hibition of Japaneso In Australia, euro suggested. Tho Royal Society of England has officially decidod that women aro not eligible for tho degree of Fellow of tho Royal Society. Russian and other miners aro lciiig employed In tho English coal mines, and an agitation against their employ ment Is being considered. THE 8TRIKE ENDS. San Francisco Street Car Men Have Demands Granted. San Francisco, April 21). Tho ftrlko on tho street railway system of tho United Railroads, which went Into effect n week ago, It officially declared off. Victory rests with tho employes, who aro conceded all their ptincipal demands. Tho United Railroads hnvo granted an advance in wages, a 10 hour day and In a measure recognised tho carmen's union. On tho question of unionism tho agreement provides that tho company will maintain such regulations as will enable full attention to all complaints made directly by its employes; will causo prompt Investigation to 1k mado of such complaints, and when It dlscov eisthosanio to lto well founded will rectify any wrongs found to olxst. It will not, however, deal in matters in volving tho management of it; own affairs with other than its own em ployes or committees thereof. Tho company recognize tho right of every person to belong or to refuse to belong to a labor union, and it will discharge no employe because of his connection with such n union. Tho company agrees to pay a flat rate of 25 cents an hour, or 23, S cents nu hour, together with a bonus for long service as tho employe may elect. A rate qt 30 cents per hour will bo paid for overtime. All runs aro to b fin ished within 14 hours from tho time of commencement. Tho employes aro to bo allow ed full liberty when off duty. MORTON IS DEAD. The Ex-Secretary of Agriculture and Founder of Arbor Day Passes Away. Chicago, April 20. Hon. J. Sterling Morton, ox-secretary of agriculture, died at Lako Forest, at tho homo of ills son, Mark Morton. For several weeks Mr. Morton has been gradually falling. Tiio nature of his sickness had not been determined, and a week ago ho was brought from his home at Nebraska City, Neb., to Lako Forest for medical attention. Tho change brought no im provement, and ho declined gradually until death camo. Death was duo to cerebral thrombus. Tho Illness of Secretary Morton dates from last November, when ho con tracted a severe cold while speaking at tho stock show in Chicago. Tho cold run into an attack of la gripj, and Mr. Morton was in a hospital for some timo. When he was able to do so he returned to his home in this city, where he suffered a relapse. After a partial recovery ho left caily in January foi Uie City of Mexico, accompanied by his son, Paul Morton, vice president ot the Santa Fe Railway. Mr. Morton continued to grow worse in tho South ern country, however, and six weeks ago he returned to his old homo in Nebraska. He then camo to Chicago. where it was believed he would havo better medical treatment. After ho arrived here ho improved somewhat, and it was believed for a timo he would entirely recoier from his ailment. Last week he sultered a stroko of apo plexy, from which he never recovered. A second stroko proved fatal. His threo sons, Paul Morton, Joy Morton and Mark Morton, were at the bedside when the end came. Spotted Fever Kills Eight. Missoula, Mont., April 29. Tho spotted fever scourgo in the Bitter Root valley has broken out with greater vio lence than at any timo known within the history of tho peculiar disease Eight persons havo already died of the strange malady within a week, and tho deathB of several more are oxiioctcd Today a number of cases were reported to tho authorities. Tho diseaso is un known elsewhere, and thus far has ballied the physicians. Nearly every victim that contracts the fever dlos. Tho disease commences with a fever like typhoid, and spots begin to show- all over the body. Tho spots Increase in size and at death tho victim is spotted like a rattlesnake. Bloody Riots at Moscow. Vienna, April 29. A dispatch to tho Algemeino Zeitung from St. Petersburg, published today, announces that six riots of strikers havo taken placo at .Moscow, and that the military dis persed tho rioters with much bloodshed. One report says that 50 persons were killed or wounded. Kovolts of peas antry in tbo provinces of Southern Russia, tho dispatch adds, aro causing a more erf thai situation, particularly at Kiel: ami l oitava, whore the troops wero required to snppresstho outbreak, Peace Prospects Improving. London, April 29. Cabling from Jo hannesburg, tho correspondent of tho Daily Telegraph says that General Do larey, with his staff, arrived at Klorks- dorp, Transvaal, yostorday. Social dispatchos received horo from Pretoria show that Gonerai Dolaroy had been In consultation with his commando two days previously, and that the other Boer loaders aro still conferring witl the burghers. From this it is inferred that tho prospects for peace aro improv ing. Large Railroad Deal. St. Louis, A pi 11 29. Tho Post Dis- patch says: It was stated on good a u thority in financial circles today that the Mercantile Trust Company has finally closed a deal by the terms of which it pledges itself to finance tho Tennessee Central Railroad to the amount of (15,000,000. This is tho largest transaction of its kind that has been mado by a St. Louis financial in tltutlon. Veteran Packer Sells Out. Soattlo, April 29. George T. Myers, tho pointer and veteran salmon packer of Puget sound, today closed out his entire plant hero, consisting of machin ery, fish traps, solnos and other fishing outfits, togother with the steam tugs GoorgoT." and "SalUe H. to differ ent companies on Puget sound. It was a surprise to most of the people on Puget sound, as ho Is known to bo tho father of tho salmon cannery business on Puget Bound, and has always been successful. TO THE VKESIDENT CHINE8E EXCLUSION DILL HAS PAS8ED DOTH HOU8E8. It Is tht Geary Law Re eaacted with Slight Modifications The Operation of the Law In the Philippines, Including Registration ol Chinese Now There, Is Placed In the Hands of tht Philippine Commission. Washington, April 30. Tho cole fcreos'oii tho 1'hlnoso exclusion bill havo reached a complete agreement on tho bill. Their report was submitted to the senate and house in tho after noon, and In each Instance adopted without debate. Tho bill now goes to tho president for his approval, which is assured by tho firm stand ho haa taken (or tho measure. The bill strikes out that portion of tho senate hill limiting tho extension of all existing laws to tho llto of tho present treaty, and re-enacts them so far as Is not Inconsistent with tho treaty obligations until otherwise provided by law, mid extends tho laws to our island territory so far ns applicable. It al lows Chinese to enter for exwitlon purpose and retains tho provision re garding certification in tho 1'lilllpplne.-. Senator Piatt, ol Connecticut, a member of tho conference committee, by way of explanation In tiio senate stated that nu definite limitation should bo placed iion tho operation of tho Geary law, as re-enacted, but that it should remain in force until otherwise provided by law. lie explained that the operation of tho law In tho Philip pines, imludlug n registration of tho Chinese in the islands, had been placed In the hands of tho Philippine commis sion, but tho commission would havo no authority to admit Chinese to the islands. TORNADO IN TEXAS. Five Persons Killed, Torty Injured, and Much Property Destroyed. Dallas, Tex., April 30. A telephone message from Morgan, Tex., says a tornado pasevd over Glenroso, a small town in Somorvlllo county, between 5 and 6 o'clock this afternoon, killing five persons, injuring 40 more ami de molishing much projierty. Tho courthouse waa badly damaged, n printing office wns blown away, two saloons were badly dumagrd, Milam's wareroom was demolished, I.lly.t Sons' grocery More was blown awny, a black smi'h .shop was destroyed and four buildings of Hendricks A Son were totally demolished. Ono third of the business houses of tho town were demolished. Assistance lias been scut to (ilenrosofrom Morgan, but it will bo morning lieforo anything like dofinito particulars aro obtainable. New Transcontinental Line. Chicago, April 30. Senator Kearns, of Utah, Perry S. Heath, also of Utah, and R. C. Kerens, of St. 1OuIb, spent the day In Chicago, conferring regard ing tho affairs of the Us Angoles-Salt Lake railway. Mr. Kerens, in nu in terview, confirmed tho recent reports that tho Goulds havo become Interested with Senator Clark in this enterprise, and that the outcome of tho alliance would bo a new transcontinental line. Connections havo lieen secured nut of Cleveland to Xancsvillo, O., and theme to Bellinger, W. Vn., from where n connection will lie mado with Nuwort News or Baltimore, either by purchase of tho Western Maryland, owned by tho city of Baltimore, or by tho building of a new road. Harmony Among Cubans. Havana, April 30. Prcsldont-eleet Palma loft Bayamo early this morning for Manzanillo. At lara ho met Gon oral Ilartolome Maso, the candidate for tho Democratic party for tho presidency of Cubi, but who withdraw from tho campaign and received an affectionate greeting from him. General Maso pledged his support to tho president elect. The reception accorded Senor Palma at Manzanillo outdid any thus far tendered him. Tho entire Spanish colony turned out In his honor. Professor Strong Goes to Kansas. Lawrence, Kan., April 20. Tho re gents of tho .University of Kansas have olectod nr. frank htrong, now presl dent of tho University of Oregon, to bo chancellor. Ho will take up his new duties at tho beginning of tho next school year. Tho salary to bo paid Dr. Strong is 1 1,500, tho same that I)r Snow, his predecoflor, received. Brownsville Dank Robbed. Ilrownsvillo, April 30. Tho vault of tho Hank ol Ilrownsvillo was rohhed to day at 12:30 o'clock, while Cashier J. II. Glass was at dinner, lho exact amount stolen cannot bo given nt tills time because of tho fact that tho books havo not been posted. President W. P hlmoro places tho amount at about f 1,500. Increase National Bank Deposits. Washington, April 30. Secretary Shaw said today that on May 1 ho would increase tho deposits in national bank depositories by f3,000,000 or 1 1,000,000. Ho will doslgnato a few additional depositories. It is under stood further that Increase in deposits will bo mado alter .May 1, as tho repeal of the war revenue act is expected to result In a sharp docreaso in tho gov ernment receipts from tho beginning of tho fiscal year, whon tho law takes encct. Thousands of Peasants Revolt. St. Petersburg, April 30. Tho peas ants in tho Poltaya and Kharkoff pro vinces, whoro 18,000 aro roportod to be participating in riots, have already sacked 80 estates, where thoy destroyed ovorytliing they could not cafrv off. Tho wholo region is terrorized and land owners and steward a aro fleeing for safety. Tho fear Is increasing that Kharkolt ami other lowns will bo at- tacKod, Some of tho authorities are Bhowlng weakness and pusillanimity, while others aro cruelly vigorous and are causing wholesale floggings. YOUTHFUL WARRIORS. A Letter Throws Some Light on Uen. Smith's Order Anent Filipinos. Washington, April 20. Adjutant General Corhlu has received u loiter from Henry C. Mii'ook, of Philadel phia, In regard lo the reported orders of General Smith lo destroy all Fili pinos found In arms 10 years ot ago mid upward. "Sergeant Drown, honorably dis charged after full service from Com pany (I, Second regiment. In which my son, First Lieutenant Paul McCook, in nn officer," says; Mr. Mcl'ook, "visited mo this week. Ills, company was sta tioned in TnynbiiB province, mid ho said ho had never seen tho water cure practiced, or any other methods ot tor ture. 1 asked hlui what was tho physi cal standing of a youth of 10 years In the Philippines, lie answered that a 10-yoar-oid lad would alpout rate with n lft-yoar-old boy hero. Ho further Inloniod mo that hoys ot that ago and up to 12 could lioar arms, greatly to the disadvantage of their opponents; that ho had seen youths of that ago and two or throe vetira older among tho Insnr rectos ami ladrnuvs captured, and he further said that sometimes thorn would ho n considerable proportion ol such Ihij-h In tho hostile ranks, us rep resented hy those who sin rendered and those taken prisoners. "Of course, It Is most shocking to our Ideas of what Is allowable, even under the extremes! exigencies of war fare, to think of children ol 10 or 12 years of age ns being subject lo tho severities administered to their seniors. Yet It occurred to mo that tho alsivo facts, If they Ki slated, may put a somewhat different color upon the re puted order of General Smith." Succmlul Wlrelrss Telegraphy. Norfolk, Va., April 2ft. Tests of tho now government system of wireless telegraphy wero made today at lioauoko island, Pamlico sound, More a number of naval exKrts. Tho tests wero in charge of Professor Reginald l-'ostoudcii, of Allegheny, Pa., who Is now attached to tho weather bureau service, and who Is thejlnveiitor of that system. It Is nknowlcdgod that tho feaslhllty mid practicability of sending w irelewt tele graphic messages at sea quickly and ac curately by the new system has been demonstrated beyond doubt. Tho ex K'rlmonti wero conducted from Capo llattoras to Itoauoko Island, a distance of Ii0 miles by an entirely salt water route. Money lor Coait Cities. Washington, April 2S. Tho omul- bun putillc huildim; bill, lust Intro ducod in tho house, carries ( 150,000 for enlarging tho Portland pustolllre and Fedora! court building, ami 10,000 for the exterior Mulsh of tho Portland custom house. The hill also appro prlates 1150,000 additional for tho So attlo building, making the total ninnutit appropriated ftl00,000. Sixty thous and dollars each is appropriated forTa coma and Spokane for the purchase of public building sites, tho bill stipulat ing that these sites shall embrace ail entire city block, ami shall bo hounded by a street on four sides. Mammoth Drydoek. Now Yoric, April 28. Plans which aro being prepared by tho yards and docks departments of tho Now York navy yard Indicate that ono of tho largest drydocks in tho t'nlted Stales will Ixi built at tho local navy yard. It will cost about f 1. 000,000, and will l ouiu entirely oi concrete. Whon lln Ishod it will bo of siilllient commodato tho lamest l.ntth. hlti of tho navy, or any tho navy may bullet in mo near iiiiuro. It will ho 000 feet lonu by 00 foot wide at tho liottnm with a clearance of .11 feet of water over tho sill of the dock. Senator In Street Fight." Wnshintgou, April 20. Senator It D. Money, of Mississippi, had nn alter cation with a conductor on a street car this morning, which resulted in tho senator receiving two severe blows from tho conductor, and tho conductor being cut quito wnerely in tho right hand with a knlfo. Tho senator refused to pay two fares and afterwards had his assailant arrested. Queen Dangerously III. Amsterdam, April 28. In official circles no amelioration of Queen Wll holmina'sj condition is admitted, nod her doctor's admission that sho is not sleeping well is taken as a hud sIkii It is alleged that tho dlsnntchos from tho royal family concerning tho queen's condition differ substantially from tho medical imllotlne on tho subject. Machlas Returns bom Docas. Colon, Colombia, April 28 The United States gunboat Jlachias re turned to Loion today from Bonis del Toro, where quiet has been restored. T Is city was reinforced yesterday by 350 soldiers from Panama. Root Inspects Cuban Improvemenfs. Havana, April 20. Secretary Root has Inspected tho rchools. hospitals. In. stitutlons and general Improvements mauo in an departments under Amor lean intervention. Fifty Injured In Wreck. London, April 28. Fifty persons wore injured this morning in an acci dent on tho Great Enstorn Railway, near tllll llni-linnv Illiwim .Inllm, A- n truin from Walthamstowu, cnllod the thre? penny train, was crossing a uriugo, an nxio oi tho car nearest tho locomotive broke, and tho coach jumped tho rails, dasliod into tho sldo of tho brldco and Irshrml tirrnntt hnlh irmt,u Tho train was flllod with workmen on their way to work. Treaty's Second Reading. Connnlincrnn. Anrtl ou 'rim Intnl.. thlnir has nnssnd tho nnroml romllm, at tho mnloritv mnort no tlm trnnfv n,n. vidlng for the salo of tluVDanlsh West India Islands to tho Un! led States by a majority oi az. iwoiiiy-oignt mem- fAru nlififnltlml fpnn, vnltnnr Tim .. HU..M..IV.. .U... .llUUUltly win now no uiscussou ny tno loustlilng,, Howard Acquitted. , Frankfort, Ky., April "JV. Borry Howard, the alleged principal in the assassination of Govornr Goobel, wns acquitted today. HEAVY WIND STORM MUCH DAMAGE DONE IN THREE STATES. Joplln, Mo,, Sullcred h Loss ot $300,000 In Properly and Two Persons Killed and Six Fatally lrut(tl-Number ol People were lnured at Omaha and llulldlngs wert Unrooted. Joplln, Mo., April 28. Jnpllii was visited during tho evening by tho most destructive storm In Its history, during which two persons wero killed out right, six tntally Injiitcd, n score or more slightly hurt ami f.'IOO.OOO worth of property destroyed. It li estimated that 50 building were destroyed. Tho worst fury of tho storm was felt in tho suburbs west of Joplln. Tho wind was a straight gale, but It mis of terrible velocity, whipping down scores of houses In the south part ot the west part of tho clt and wrecking 100,000 worth ol tho finest mining plants in tills district. Tho worst havoc In .lop liu City was In a territory four blocks wide, commenting at lho western lim its nt tho city, at Seventeenth street, and ending at Seventh street, on the east. Within this narrow Indt there la scarcely a house building which la lint damaged. Passing east from tho main pott inn ol tho city tho storm scnt its fury In suburb and mining districts known ns Moonshine Hill and Villa Heights. Two persons wero killed at Moonshine Hill. Ol tho little homo ot llldwell Hunter not a timber is left standing and the three Inmates of tho house nro dying, all having had their skulls fine tured. Onmaha, April 28. An unusually heavy wind storm, which struck this city In tho evening, injured a number of people mid unrooted a number of huildlngn. There was a heavy down pour of rujn. Street curs wero stopid for an hour; wires and signs wero blown down In all directions. - lllnomlngton, 111., April 28. A furi ous wind storm, amounting nlmoul to a tornado, struck llloomiugtnii tonight. Many buildings wore ihimnged. lto imrtn from Central Illinois show- that tho storm was widosKad. MOROS GIVE IN. Show of Force and Ihe Capture of a Tort Drought Them to Terms, Washington, April 28. djutatit (ieueral Corhlu tisluy made public tho following extract from a cablegram just roccUrd from (ieneral Chaffeo respect ing tho situation in Mindanao, dated Manila, April 24: "lteforu Italdw in could I o communi cated with lie had taken tho fort at I'ualo after slight resistance. No cas ualties. Very soon after tho nelghlsir ing town of (Siiuals opened Its disirs, hoisted white (lags and dellwicd the red Hag. Hato Uinio and others with a strong following asked ermisisou to call and make peace. Dato Amalil Pack, of Gaiia, who sent threatening messages In reply to my letter, in ono of those who have submitted. Tho camp is two miles from liana, whoso sultan has asked llaldwin tociuno there. Hnvo directed him not to move. Ho Is 10 miles from Hato. "It is my pursro to havo an Inter view with l ieneral Davis. Will go on tho Hancock, which leaves hero today for Mnlabang with a I attallon ot tho Tenth Infantry. It Is our purpow to show a considerable force of troops to tho lako Morcw, converse witli tho Dates, then retire tho trisqis by differ ent trails to Malubang and Parang; thereafter to send expeditions occasion ally to the hike. "Wo supposed (iana was 35 miles from Malabang. It Is actually a short 21 miles. No fighting necessary to overcome tho opjmsitiou tn advance to present location of troops; 776 men with llaldwin, two troops cavalry, dis mounted, 12 miles In tho rear. Every effort will bo made to prevent a general war. Davis says tho situation at tills time Is very favorable." Would lllow Up a Warship. Paris. April 28. A dispatch to tho Journal dos Pohatn from Toulon says n young sailor has been arrested on board tho French battleship Charles Martel for seeking to enlist several comrades In n plot to blow up that vessel. A melinite cartridge wns found secreted In a coal hunker. It Is believed tho sailor's brain became affected by tho anarchistic Ideas ot which ho boasted. Trcsty with Colombia Signed. Washington, April 2(1. Secretary of State Hay, for tho United States, and Minister Concha, for Colombia, havo signed treaty providing for tho trans fer to tho United States of the rights incident tn tho construction of tho pro posed Panama canal. This treaty in similar to tho protocol recently signed, the terms of which havo been pub lished. Iowa Block Destroyed. Des Moines, la., April S8.-Firo at Red Oak this morning burned ono wholo block, entailing n loss ol $ 225, 000, ol which but ono-thlrd Is covered hy insurance. Flames wero discovered In tho Houghton block, at the south east corner of tho square at 3 o'clock, and he to re tho volunteer flro depart ment could respond they wero swept across tho street Into a long lino of frame hulldingb, Including n livery barn and implement warehouse. Disagreement on Exclusion Dill. Washington, Aplrl 20, Tho con ferees on the Chinese exclusion bill has decided to report n disagreement to each houso. Tho point of difforonco is tho date us to whon the law- shall ox- tend, the houso contending' for un In- '"Unite period, and tho senate boinc equally firm in Insisting that tho law shall not last boyoud tho life of tho treaty. Tho houso conferees hnvo held out at tho earnest roquost of tho Cal ifornia delegation, but It is believed that whon a further conference is or dered an agreomsnt will be reached,