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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (April 17, 1903)
Bohemia Nugget r - IIOWAItD IIROWN, Inbs. COTTAGE GROVE . OREGON. EVENTS OFTHE DAY Comprelitnlve Review at the Import ant Happening! of the Post Week, Presented In Condensed Form, Mast Likely to Prove Interesting. Tho democrats of tho Flrat Oregon diet riot hnve nominated A. li. Ream for ooogrow. A- colored BArter on nn Brie Pull man wan found to hnve the smallpox. Tlio car was quarantined. Immigration authorities at Winnl- pee, Manitoba, have-appealed to the military for tents to house new set tlers. The falsework of the Panhandle: bridge, near Pittsburg, which la be ing rebuilt, caught Are anil was part ly destroyed. Whlttnkpr Wright claims to bo a cttlien of the United States, anil says' that tho Commissioner who hoard his case la without Jurisdiction. Bruco Marcunt, a Jackson, Ky, young man of good family, has. undet tho vagrancy law, been sold Into ser vitude for six months. Mnrcum Is so averse to work that the highest bid was $0.50. Ton skeletons In receptacles of flat stones, uncovered on a farm oast ol Hopklnsvlllo, Ky., are pronounced by Professor Morehead. of Phillips Acad emy, those of a-race of prehistoric mound-builders. A pony engine collided with the rear end of a passenger-train on the Lake Shore branch line at Ashtabula, O. Fireman Dogue, of the pony on- glno, was killed, threo tralnmon were injured and several passengers more or Ipsa hurt. Eight now veins of coal Have been discovered Just south of Wilkesbarre, Pa. With 12 veins underneath now being worked, this makes 150 feet of coal. It is estimated there are 300, 000.000 tons In this tract, which Is owned by the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western and Lehigh & WllKesbar- re Coal Company. Two passengers were injured serions- y at Battle Creek, MIcb., when Grand Trunk smashed a trolley car. Philadelphia has been offered the entire alt collection of P. A. B. WiJ ener, provided a suitable building is erected for its exhibition. Aeceiver has been appointed at Chclago to take charge of the affairB of the Mississippi Valley store com pany, whose factory la at Fulton, III Robbres wrecked the vault of the bank oi Smithton. Missouri, with dy namite The noise awoke citizens, who drove the thievea away before tbey secured any booty. Engineer Clark and Fireman Higglns were seriously injured in a collision of a Southern Pacific passenger and freight train, at Lordsbury, N. M. A switch had been loft open. Mandblakie Dube, son of a Natal, South Africa, Zulu chief, has been called from his studies in this country to assume the chieftaincy. Ilia fath er's health ia failing. Three salamanders taken from a well 108 feet deep at Ban Marcos, Tex., were cn exhibition in the New York aqua rium. The well baa thrown up several specimens ol blind fish, bnt none bare lived. Israel leander, owner of the tenement house in Philadelphia in swbicli three lives were lost by firo, is charged with criminal negligence in not providing fire escapee. The coroner's jury holds nim responsible lor the tenants' deaths. The appellant division ol the su preme court of New York hag reversed the decision of the lower conrt giving the heirs ofT,. I. lliueadle $10,000 for his death in the Park avenue tunnel disaster. The award ia declared to be excessive. Indians may collect a tribal fee from outsiders glazing cattlo on Indian Ter ritory lands. The Repnblirana of the First Oregon district on the 24th ballot nominated lilnger Hermann for cohgreas. ( Rev. Gustavo Gothiel, of New York, ia lying at death's door with brain fever. He ia nearly 70 years old. The United 6tatea blscnit company, with an authorized capital stock of t-i,-fiOO.OOO, has incorporated at Trenton, N. J. Jnhn Hays Hammond, the noted mining engineer, is going to Mexico city to manago the mining interests of the Guggenheim. The canal commission ia preparing for work at Panama. President Rcos'evolt was escorted to the VolIowBtone park irom Gardiner, Mont., by tho Janioua Bay troop ol cavalry.' Tho Seventh national bank, of New York, ia to be sold to tho Mercantile nationial, ol that city, for 2,700,000, It ia 70 years old A trolley car was struck bv a Grand - Trunk train at Battle break, Mien., and mashed into kindling wood. Two pas engeis wore seriously Injured. Rear admiral George E. Belknap retired, veleran of tho Civil and Chi note wars, ia dead. Jersey ' City. nndor the statutes of New Jersey, lias placed a bail on all playa of a Tracy nature. A measure is now before the New Votk legislature appropriating- 1350, 000 lor tho St. Louis fair. Cold weathsr lias ruined tho peach and strawberry crops of the east and west (hcres ol Maryland, .. Secant statistics show that that the rate of-daatha from cancer In Great Britain has doubled in the laat -10 years. Tho now Chinese minister at Wash ington sayai "The first part of-Aiy name, which corresponds to yodr John, Is epelled Chentung all ' 'one woW; Ghentung. "The middle part ia rhy family name. Wang pronounced aajif It were spelled .Leeang,. The lattfer flart la, phjlq Cheng, M name, there ore, ia Chentung Liang Cheng " CUT IN TWO BY STCAtlUR. ischooner'Run Dawn on Outf Two Chil dren and Sailor Drowned. St. Loula. April 15. A special to tho Republic from Galveston, Tet., says: Tho schooner Margaret U "Ward was rammed and sunk by the South ern Pacific steamer HI Rio, 26 miles eest of Galveston liar, lt night. Two children of Captain MrKown, of the schooner, were lost anil one sea man of the same vessel. ' According to Captain McKown. nil his lights were burning brightly and every possible signal made to avert the coillston. hut the big steamer bore straight down upon the doomed ves sel, catting her In two anil sending her to the bottom Immediately. From accounts of the collision given by tho engineer, Clark, and Chief Mate In iralla. It was .about JO seconds from the time of the collusion until the Ward sunk. The captain had hla family on board. They were aaleep In the cab in. T mate saw the steamer nno started to ring the bells. The whole turn ml out: all bells were ring Inc. the whkrtlea were blowing, all hnnde on deck w-ere shouting for dear life and both anchorage lights were showing when the El Rio struck the schooner carrying away ner rut-cane way and wheel-bow and cutting Into the oabtn. All hands took to the rigging. Cap tain McKown Bad his son in his arms, but was struck with aomething In get tine Into the rinsing and the little fel- lew slipped Into the sea. Mrs. Mc Kown gave the little girl to one of tho sailors who was lost In trying to save her. RAISED FROM THE DEEP. One of the Spanish Ship Sunk by Dew. ey'a Fleet at .Manila. Manila. April 15. The warshlr. Relna Christina, the flagship of Ad miral Montejo. which was sunk by Admiral Dewey, was flouted and beached yesterday. The skeletons o.f nbout SO of her crew were found In the hulk. One skeleton was evidently that or an officer, for it had n sword by Its side. There are fifteen shell holes In tho hull of the Relna Christina, one made by an eight-inch and others smaller. Tho main Injection valve Is mlsslnir. showing tho ship was scut tied when abandoned. The hull Is In fair condition. Captain Albert R. Coudon. com manding the naval Btatlon at Cavlte. took charge of the remains of the sail ors, expressing a doslre to give them an American naval funeral. The Spanish residents are anxious, how ever, to ship tho skeletons to Spain and It Is suggested that the transport Sumner convey them to Spain by the way of the Stiex Canal In June. A wreaking company Is. endeavoring to raise all tho sunken Spanish war ships. PERUVIAN CIVILIZATION. Dr. Max Uh'e Has Reen Able to Trace It Back 2,000 Years. San Francisco, April 13. The ear liest American civilization, for ante dating the generally accepted limits of pre-Columbus culture, has been traced In Peru by Dr. Max Uhle, di rector of the anthrological excava tions and PTtrinratlons of the Univer sity of California In that country. Where heretofore Inca traditions had ld scientists to believe that Peruvian civilization extended back only a few centuries before the coming of the Spaniards, the archeological work of Dr. Uhle has established the fact ht a great civilization flourished 2000 years earlier, at the least esti mate, and that a cultured race, of higher development than the Incas was in existence before the Trojan war. This remarkable discovery follows as a result of the studies made In the two expeditions which Dr. Uhle led n .recent vears at the etnense of Sirs. Phoebe Hearst and under the aus pices qf the University of California. DAM BURSTS IN COLORADO. Irrigates Valley Too Suddenly and Drives Out Residents. Delta, Colo., April 14. The dam of tho Bonnoy reservoir, near Olathe. IB mlloe .from this city, gave way early to-lay, causing damns estimated at from $50,000 to $75 000. Tho reser voir is owned by tho Garnet Ditch & Reservoir Company and furnishes water for Irrigating the Garnet raes?. The company's house below the dam was demolished, and its occupants barely escaped with thoir lives, being forced to wade throueh several feet of water In their night clother. Riders were gent out to notify the farmers living along tho Uneompah ree River above Delta, and It Is thought that al) escaped before the flood reached them. Crops In many Places will be ruined, and several hundred head of cattle are reported a lost. The. Denver Rio Grande track was washed out for n distance of about three-quartera of a mile. Examinations for Pnstofflcc. Washington, April 15. Tle Poet- omce Department has made an ar rangement with the Civil Service Commissions to hold examinations at ll second-cla poatoffloee on the flrat Wednesday and Saturday of Mny of each year for clerks and carriers. Ktamlnatlons for the first-class of fices will he held In November. Pout- masters have been Inatructed to aid In securing persons to take the ex aminations. - They are warned not in any manner to uisauaile applicant", or use an,y mean, direct pr Indirect, to wjcure position for special persona. Religious Riots at Drest. Brest, April 15. Serious disturb ances attended tho congress of Cath olic clubs held here today. Tho cler icals Indulged in a aories of rannjfes- rations in ravor or tho religions con- Kregauons. wnirn led to street cnn. filets with socialists. A number of ar rests wero-ma'dojk. Tonluht tho uncial. let workmen organized a counter aemonstrution, nnd 3000 of them pa raded in a body through the town. singing revolutionary nlra and shout. ins "Down with tho priests." She Wants No Reform, I Pekin, April 15. Tho Dowagor Em- press has Issued an edict roneallne t.he ; cqmprshanlayo stamp taxation scheme, wjilch,Yua,n Sh.1 Ksl. Gover nor, qi mo. j'rovinco of Chi LI, was auout to Inaugurate throughout this province. Tho edict nsBlirna"thn nov- erty of the people as the reason for the repeal of tho scheme 1ml II In l.n. Iloved Yuan 8hl Kal's enemies pro cured It for the nurnoao of r-rlnnllni? his 'proposed reforms. 111 i HAPPENINGS HERE IN OREGON UASTEKN OKUUON STATION. Agricultural College Regents Order Ux- tensive Improvements at Union. The board, of regents of tho ncrttul tural college, under whoto aupeivlslou tho Kaatern Oregon experiment station at Union la conducted, has decided to erect n barn on tho Inrm to cost about .5,000, to bo constructed ot stono nnd wood, and ot tho latest approved design A modern cottage and other buildings will bo built ntnr the barn tor tllo mo of tho pe-iplo in charge ot this branch ot experimental work. These build lugs are erected to enable, thn station to properly to carry on the work oi experimenting in thoroughbred lire, stock, which the regents lmo decided to add to the work here. New. Rend In flohcmtn District. Tho Oregon securities company, ot Bohemia, has started the construction ot a wagon road from tho warehouse up Champion basin to the Champion mine Tiiis road will coat Irom fi.uou to is. 000, I will bo built by easy grade, The distauco is about town miles, I ho company ia also about to install an olectrln plant near tho warehouse. which will have 600 liorso power. An electric lino will be constructed Up this new road, nnd the power usod for tho purpose of operating tho machinery ot the company. Insane Asylum Report. The report ot SaiierinteiHlont J. F, Calbreath, ot the Oregon Insane asy lum, for Match shows a total enroll mont of 1,-1)7. The number ot pa tients February 38 was 1,208, and dur ing March 31 were admitted and twe e -capes returned. Twenty were dis charged, 13 died and one eloped, leav ing 1,207 at the end of the month There are 107 officers and employes The cost of maintenance per capita was tO.00, and per day 33 cents. There are 2-1 Alaskan patients in charge, for which tbo state gets 120 a month each t - JosephlncFrutt. Prospects are flood Josephine - rountjjjorchardlata havo been bnsy foithc pastjthrro weeks and more apraylncilEsIr trees. Orchard lats there are taking. a ninth livller Inter est in this -work nhan eer before. Many orchards'That have never been sprayeu oeiore nave been cleaned up this spring and given a liberal spray ot lime solution. Taken as a whole the orchards ot Josephine county look far better this season than tbey havo ever oeiore been known, and Indications point to a, good crop of fruit. Will Extend Railroad. The Compter Valley railroad poonle are quietly preparing to make a move of aomo kind in tho way cf extending the road thia spring. Chief Engineer West has been looking over the country up above Whitnoy for the paat week, and President Kcclea has been consult ing Kith hia lieutenants for several nays, wruioall ol the officials are absolutely noncommittal, everything in urates that tho roat Is to be extended thia season Into Harney county, possi ely bb far as Burns. Timber Land In Wallowa. The secretary of the interior has an nounced through the La Grande land office that two more townsbipeof timber land in Wallowa county will be onen lor ntlng April 1, and three more addi tional townships will be ojien April I5, fhns making a total ot 720 claims ol 1G0 acres each, or 116,200 acres of new timber land on tho market. This land Is estimated by local parties to run from 1,500,000 to 3,000,000, feet to tbe quartei-tection. Clerk of State Land Board. M. h. Chamberlain, clerk of the state lani board, is ill with dropsy, anu ins physicians say be cannot ia lover, (jeorgs (j. Brown his .been elected by tho state land board to fill tne vacancy caused by hi illness and absence from office, Mr. Chamber- ain has been ill teversl week but his recovery was not despaired of until a few dayB ago. Prices of Salmon Fixed. The 'Columbia river flkhormen's pro tective union, held a meeting at Astoria and fixed the prices ot fish for tho coming rearon at 5 cents psr rouni for cannery fish and 0 cents psr ponnd for cold storage flub; that ia tbo-e weigh ing ?6 pounds or over. As those are the jirires already- practirall) agreed uimn by the packers, no controversy la anticipated. Quartz Property Changes llandj. Negotiations have been closed where by tho Red -Isean quartz property, locat ed on Ftarvoout creek, was taken over by a Chicago capitalist, for a 1 12,00,0 consideration, with a largo payment down. The mine wae bought of Itigg, Flarom 4 Kvans, of tne city. 7l!gir is n locomotlvo engineer. Flamm and Grans are pocket hunters. Boring for Oil at Myrtle Creek. Roringa are to bo resumed at the oi! well at Myrtlo Creek. The well Is now i at a denth of 1.800 f et nnd thn drill1 tins been stopped on account of lack ol , funds. ?.ow that a aulliclont amount ol stock haa been sold to resume opera tions work will commence nt onco. Appointment by Chamberlain. Governor Chamborlain has. appoint ed T. B, Howe; of I'orlalnd.to succeed Captain Iloben as Port warden on tbe Columbia. The position pays no sal ary, tho incumbont receiving his com pensation in ooinmixKiona. Observation of Arbor Day, 8uierlntendent nf Public instruction J. II. Ackerman haa Issued a tiin.itl.. manual for tho uso of public jschoola in preparing lor Arbor day. which will be April 10. The pamphlet comprises i j pagea. Attendants Want More Pay. The male attendants at tho Oretrnn state insane asylum hove netltfnnnd the board of tnuteoe of that instltci tion for a ralte in salarlos of about' 0 per cent. ' Jackson County Pays Up. Jacksdn county,, has' pa.ld.Jta ata'e taxes for 1003 In, Jail by remitting; $23,864. RAILROAD HAS LOST, Patents to Disputed Oregon Lands Set Aside by Supreme Court. Tho supremo court has alllnnpd tho decision ol tho circuit court ol hihhmI for tho Ninth circuit, which atllriued tho Judgment of .District Judjo Charles li. Bellinger, setting nsldo tho pulent issued by tho eecretnry ol tho Interior to the Oregon A California railroad oQuipanyun February 20, 180b, coor- tug a largo nroa ol land within thn in domnity limits ot its grant, and in effect Upholding tho title tit settlers now upon these landa or tstnbllahlng the rights ot settlers to huiealtcr ac quire title to tho same. All ot tho lands affected by thia de cision are nioro than 20 nnd within 30 mllea weat ot tho railroad, between Jefferson, in Marlon county, and Rose- burg, in Douglas county. Outlaw Mined It. It has been found that tho original minor and man who dug tho myster ious tunnels of a "lost mine" recently discovered on Grave creek, Southern Oregon, was Tom Kast, in whoso honor Tom Kast crock, one ot tho tributaries ot Grave creek, was named. He was n notorious character during tho early days, and gained a bad reputntlpn on account ot the number ot Indians and Chinamen ho killed. It is evident the tunnols an 1 development ot tho mine were conio.iled purpotely by hast, and tbo mysterious part ol tho affair la how ho could have removed so much dirt and done so great an amount ot work without being discovered. More Land to Be Opened. It is announced through the La G rondo land otllco that 60,000 acres ol land in tho northeastern part ot Baker county will be thrown open to settle ment within a few weeks. Tho land lies along Snake river nnd comprises portions ot threo township. The country ia generally rough and mouu tainoua, but thero ia Fa goodly rorllon ot rich land, suitable tor fruit cu tnre and general farming purposes. There la plenty of water, with splendid oppor tunities for the construction pf irrigut- ng canals at medium cost. Insurance Business In Oregon. The annual report ot Secretary ot Stato Dunbar concerning the insurance bueinrae transacted in thia stato in the year 1902 shows an increase ot IS per cent over the preceding year. The per cent tax on net premiums pro duced a revenue of 3k,507, as com pared with $33,083 In 1901. Theisks written in fire insurance increased from $7-1,000,000 to $80,000,000, the property-owners paying out as premi ami the sum of f 1,013,39:. Losses were paid to the amouiit ot tOSU.MS and premiums returned $111,511. Indian War Vets Must Wait. Adjutant General O. U. Gantenbein, Oregon -National Guard, Is In receipt of a letter from F. E. itittmnn, auditor of the war department at Washiniton In which he states that it Is Impossible at the present time for lilai to rend data which General Gantenbein needi before paying tho Indian war veterans of Oregon for their services. In compli ance with tho'net of February 24, 1903. it will eviuent'y be two mont lis before this money can bo paid. Electric Sawmill. Tho electric sawmill under construc tion at St. John's, a suburb ot Port land, will begin operation about the first ol next month. Goorgo W Brower Is tbe Inventor. It ia a novel plant. It will rnnreieut an outlay ol about $60,000, land will have a cut ting capacity of from 76,000 to 100,000 teet of lumber per day. The motive power will be euppliod by electririty. and tbe sawa will be operated in each a way that tho largest logs cau be auwed lireclly into lumber. Large Door Factory at St. Helens, Rainier will probably soon have the largest exclusive door factory in ojiera tion in tho Nortliuiwt. A lew mouthi ago . ii. j'iue s uoor tactory nas burned down at that place, and Is now being rebnilt - in a now location on i; mucu jargor ecaiu. Fish Warden Reports. Tho monthly report of Fish Warden Van Da en f lions tho receipts of his otltce for March to havo been .fOHtl.lO, of which $112.00 waa from fines and salex of contraband salmon, and the balance from licenses. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Walla Walla, 70c; blue stem, 7o; valley, 76c' Barley Feed, $21,00 per tun; hrew Ing, $23 Flour Beet grade, $3.P64.25 ; grah am, $3.463.86. MilletufTu Bran, $19 per ton: mlddlinga, $ 24; shorts, $10.80(320 chop, $18. Oats No. 1 white, $1.16 3 1.20; 'v- -34gi.io pr cental. Hay Timothy. $131113.60; clover. $10911; cheat, $1112 per ton, rotatoes iseet unrbauka, ooo per aacK; ordinary, 29(3400 por cental, growers' prices; Merced sweeta, $2(3 2.25 per cental. .Poultry Chickens, mixed, lS18c; young, las? Ho; hens, 12c; turkeys, live, 1017o; dressed, 2022c; ducks, Hgl.bO or dozen; goeae, $0(38 Cheese Full cream, twins, 10K 17c; Young America, 17J6 63 I8c; (aoiory prices, llftc less. Butter Fancy croamory, 30(332 Jai per pound; extraa, 30c; dairy, 20(3 22'Ao; store, 1618c. Kgga lfl17Jc per dozen. Hops Choice, 2 Q22o per pound. Wool Valley, T1216f! Eastorn Oregon, 814Mc; mohair, 8Z3S3c. Ilset Groos, cowaj S3J4c por ponnd; steersi 4(34?ic; dreaaed, 7&o. Veal-7X8c, " Mutton Gross, ia ner Donndt dreaaed, 7Ho. Lambs Gross, 4o per pound) dreSsed, 7Kc Hons Groas, 0Ho per nonndi dreesod.7(a7Jio. I MAYlllVlt OV ftLANDS.' Danish Commission Returns Much Dta cuurnged With Conditions. Washington, April 14, Advices rr eclved huro arc to Iho utfoct that tho loyal coimulBSlan loft St. Thomas lew days ago for Dcnmnrk In n pea stmlstlc frame ot mind, After the treaty ot cession had been laid nsldo tho Danish government, to pl.tontol toe losmonu ot inn iinninu west in tiles nnd the people nt homo who fa vored rosslon to tho United Stntna, sent this commission to the Island t devlao numha for tho Improvement of tho ruudltlona of thn lalHtiuera by th readjustment ot salaries, tho oat llahmentut direct line of steamship and chnnKea In customs dutlea. whir It was hoped might reconcile the la- landora to their retention by Den juark. It now nppcars that Iho coin mission wnH verv much d scnuraiic by what It saw nnd heard, so It I en tireiy posmuie that there win bo strong revival of the cession mov mont In Denmark when they return Technically tho treaty of cession nit I lied by the United State Sou nte la ponding before the Dan- lah Government, nnd It thero Is a chnngo In public feeling there It may bo ratified nnd tho ces sion completed, providing ' tho Rigs- dag Is palled In special sosalon beforo July, when tho tlmo allowed for exchange ot ratifications expires. MIW CRUISUR TACOMA. Date for the Launching at San Franclsci Soon to Bo Fixed. Washington. April 14. Tho Nav Department expects to bo advised within n short time ot tho dnto when tho Union Iron Works, at San Krnn clsco, will launch the cruiser Tacotnn building at Its yards. Thia date la always act by tho shipbuilders, nnd approved by tho Secretary of tho Navy, All arrangements lor tho at tending ceremony In thia Instance will be concluded between tho Union Iron Works nnd tho reprnacntntlvo of Tacoma, probably the Mayor, who will also deslgnnto tho young wotnnn who to christen tho now vessel ns It starts on Its first plunge Into the briny deep. It Is hardly probable that many rep resentatives of tho Department from Washlugton will attend tno coromony becnuse of tho distance although all bureau chiefs and tho Secretary will uo invited. IILIND CHAPLAIN DEAD. Venerable Dr. Mllburn Passes An ay In Ilia Eightieth Year. Washington, April 13, Rev. Wlllam Mllburn, the venerable blind chaplai ol tho United Mates senate, died 'anta Barbara, Cal., today. .Mr. Mil burn, accompanied by hia two nieces. the Misses Timloy, loll Washington lor the Pacific coast about a year ago. The chaplain as in broken health. The rhange brought no great Improvement in his condition, and when congreBS met in December ho forwarded hla res ignation to Washington." bat It was never a -tod upon. Mr. Mllburn was twice elected chap lain of congress, the Urat timo In 1815 when a llttio ovor 22 years ot ago. II was twice chaplain of the home of rer reaontntlvca and laMly chaplain ot the onate. to which omen ho waa elected in 1803. niSSIO.NARIES ARB TAKEN. Qermans Arrest OraJuates of America School In Carolines. Boston, April 14. News of tho Br est of a number of native graduates from a mission school at Ruk, ono of tho Carollno Ulnnda. by tho Captain if a Gorman wnrshln. who carried 'hose In custody to Ponnna. thn sent of the German government, 300 miles tway, was received today by th American Board uf Foreign Missions The advices were from Rev. William L. Stlnson. who said the arrest was mndo on the ground that the natives nreach ngalnst the German govern nient. The natives were seized De emuer zu. Tney were still held on February lu, the date of Mr. Stlnaon'i lottcr. The officials of tho American Tlnnrd have Informed tbe State Department of tho arrests, requesting that steps toward redress uo taKon. Sultan Badly Scared. Constantinople. April 14. The lews of (ho death of M. St. Cherhlna ho llustiUin Consul at Mltrovltza Ruronean Turkey, who wns shot by n Albanian sontlnol recently nt that omco has grcntly alarmed the mi norities here, "who nntlclnnte com plications with Russia. Consular ro- norts from Masastlr show that thn nnrclilrnl conditions prevailing thero im uecominc more oculr. assassi latlons of bolh Christians nnd Mua- lelman are Increasing. In the dis trict 'of Prllep during tho paat week no lose than 80 Christians were k ad by Mussolmnns, For Shorter Workday, Phllado phla. April 14, Union tex tile workers of this city nasjimbled In onventlon today for the mimosa ol rormmatlruc demands to bo nrosented to tno operators. The movement- om brsres .every grade of toxtlle work. It will affect directly about 60 000 ooor- no ana mairectly about 100.000 nd dltlonnl hands. Tbo convention .nd 'ourned to night after adontlno. a reso lution demanding a CS-hour week leaving the wage question for future consideration, A atrlko will follow tno refusal of the manufacturers to accept tho proposition. Submarine Boats Succeed. Washington, April 14. Announce ment of th.o successful trials of the inlwnnrlno boats Pikp nnd Grampus nt nan franciaco waa rocoivod nt the Navy Department today from Captain W. II. WMiltlng. Above the water tho Qrnmpus nmdo a speed of 8.45 knots nnd submerged 7.3 knots. Tho PIko's "peed nhovn wntor was 8.61 and sub merged 7.18, In tho torpedo firing tho. records were: Tho Qrampug at 7.2G knots mndo n center hit. nnd tllo Plko nt 7.14 knots missed iho target, but' pointed fair for It. Two Fleets to Combine. Wnulilnntnn Ana.fl 1 A O i ,! ,A-A aent'to ittW-Admliitl IHggliiBon, com mnnding tho North Atlantic fleet nt Ponsacola, to lamaln thoro savcral days pending 'tho arrival of several carloads of provisions. He will be Joined thero early next week by Roar Admiral. Coghlniii with 'tho.Curlbbofiq Sea division, and tbo .fleet will nro. coed to Norfolk whore It will be re viewed by Admiral Dowey. jydmltal, frigiiian has already loft Pucrto'Cor- CANAL AT RAPIDS D0ARD 01' CN0INGUUS TO MEET AT PORTLAND MAY II. Declstim on Pinna Will Then lie Iteachcd May Medlfy Hart I'luti to Kcrp Within Limit -Will Also I'xamlno Kuute-SclKine fur Continuum Cuual Prom lllg Eddy to Cclllu, Washington, April 16. Rapreaontn tlve Moody, before lenvlng Wtashlmv ton, had n final conference with tho member of tho Hoard ot ICuglnoer lmvlnit under eona duintlon the onen Ing of the Columbia River from Tho DalloH to uetllo. nnd wus inronne thltt tho Hoard will meet lu Portland May 11 to consider moio fully nil data that hn recently been coliixttod by Major UvuKlltt regnrdlng the portion ot the river to bo Impioved. Mr. Moody onys that, while It Ih im- possibly tn say what thn llonrd will finally report, its concludim will largely depend iipuii calculations to be bnsed on data that ha been cum plied by Major Ianrntt, bearing nn tho Rovurnl mndlflontlona or suhatl lutlon for tho Harts' project. Mr. Mondv nlsn had under consider ation with tho eimlneors tho reiiiovnl of one of tho reefa nt Ten-Mile Rap ids, with 11 view tn fatllltntlng steam boat navigation up to tho lower und ot tho proposed state pnrfngo rend Thnt nropoalt on Will bo eonsldere by tho Hoard when It meets. The Hoard will pronnbly visit tho obstruc tions In thn river nnd wilt determine for Itself the need nf blasting on this reef. Having viewed tho ilver dur Ing the Summer, thn Hoard nt Its coming meeting will hnve opportunity to see tbe stronm at the blah state of tlTO wntor nnd form n better Iden nf tno volume of water to ho contiolled The Hoard will make nn pxtranrdl nary effort to dnvlso n practical plar that can bo cnrrlod out nt n cost not decoding Cniitnln Hurls' estimate to his original scheme, nnd there Is some hope thnt such n nlnn mnv eventually bo found. In the light of data that has been collected by Mn Jar iJtnglUt, tho Hoard will ho able closely to ustlmnto tho coat ot the several modifications of tho Harts prolect thnt have been pronarod nnd will nlsa bo nolo to estimate tho coat of other schemes that hnvo leer brought forward by othor engineers Mr. Moody ban urged that If the Hnrta plan In an amended form la not agreed upon, tho Hoard seriously consider tho proposition of n contln ifbus cnnnl from tho Big liddy to Ce lllo, nnd determine whether or jjot such a canal can he built by mnklnr nan of natural channels through the rocks, to tho south of tho river, at cost not greater than Harts' tmtltnnto This suggestion will ho Investigated and, If It proves feasible at renaoa able cost, may lie nccepted, ns tho nd vantnges or n continuous cnnnl arc rucogniied by many of tho olllccrs. ENGINES CRASH HEAD-ON. Four Are Kilted and Two More Will Die ' Detalli Meager, Hnllfnx. N. U. Anrll 15. Four ner- soaa killed, two fatally hurt, nt leaat ono mlsalng, and aovcral others slight ly Injured la the record of n head-on collision on the Intor-Collonliil Rail way which occurred Just before mid "leht Inst nlrht near Windsor June tion. 17 miles from Halifax. Tho polos and telegraph lino nlonr the roadside' were wrecked, anil- thlr city was cut off from cnmmnnkntlon with tho outaldo world for hours Tho trains n co Ils on wero the Canadian Pacific Hallway express rrom .Montreal and Boston for Hall fax, and n fast freight from Hallfar for Montreal. Tho conductor am' driver of the freight had order to tone tne siding at Windsor .Timet n" and let the express cross, but. for some unknown reason, Driver Cope land, of tho freight, mn nnsi the Junction on the main lino nnd met tne express two mile beyond. it ih tnougiu tnni uopeinnd mnv havo lost control of hlfl trntn, which wnsmnuo up or 70 cars. Tho freight was running 26 mllos nn hour, nnd rno express, which was two hourr late, was traveling about 45 miles nn hour. Both trains wero hauled by now nnd powerful Incomntl vaa nnr they crashed together on lovol piece ui runu Blurting n ibkc. Proposrd Treaty With Cell Havana. April 115. Minister Rnnlrm- today outline to Preltent"Pilmn ni-' Foreign Secrptnlry Hnldn thn tninli of tho porntuneut treaty between Cubs nnd thn United State. In accordance with the proAltlon prepared nt Washington. The nnvul station." agreement the ratification of wftlct, Is now pending In tbe Snnnte. will not ho reopened, hut It la understood ownership of the stations la covered In the tronty, In addition to the fate of, Pine end tho Piatt nmenimnt feature. Thero la nn doubt iht n ermanent tieaty will be concluded aoon. Dutch S'rlke Falli. Amsterdam. Anrll IB 'rim irii hns collapsed. The aged Socialist leader, Domella NlouviAliiil. wi,r emerged from his retlromont In on'or to run tho strlko agitation, waa Pres ent at jt stormy-meeting of the labor organization, which Hat during the Whole of laat nlaht mis morning, lie nronnsnd n tar. mlnatn thn mrltntlnn of liihor had hobn betrayed. The meeting ncgulscod In this view nnd ecuieci not to OlOCt n new alHIrn r.nm. mltteo. A almllar d'nclslnn ed nt n recent jnoelliig nt Ilnitnpiinm Slide nissea Pasungcr Train, Salt Lake. Anrll ir. a on,ini . tho Hornld from Rvanntnn Wm thnt n Inndalido occurrod nt the oaat end of the Aapcn tunnol lato today, burying tho Union. I'nclflo tracks 18 or 20 feet for a dlatnnco of 200 or 300 feet nnd badlv onvln In thn n,i tho tunnol. it In ti,.,ih n. . ,. tnnnot bo cleared for nt loaat 24 iiourg. jno ono wns lililod In tho elldo lis far as knOwrf. Tho oast.hmlni una. eenger trntn had Just passed thfough the tunnel whon tho slldo camo down tho rnbunytlii, fust (htBslurj Hid train. iCoal Mine Exnloalnn. Krtnang 'city, April 16, A special thO Journal from Rnnlh KTn A itolnn T says: Flvo men worn min.i nn,t two severely burned tmlnv iiu-n n oxplqslon.ln Mlnb'77 Taxos Qfifl Company ut Carbon, I. U. ffi,cau,n of the pxplqslon Jsun kno.wn. Poventy-flvo men woro In tho mine, but all cscanod Ininrv ,t!l'.J,oven wl woro working in the chamber whom thn ,.,,in.i H.J currcd. v EXPLOSION ON TUB IOWA. Shell Burst lllg tlun nnd Kills Threo Men -All Horribly Mangled, l'ousiuiiin, l-'lu., April 11, A dlan trous uxploslon occurred 011 thn Imltlu ahlp lonn today wlillo the vfaeul wna nt tariiot prnctlui In tliu Gulf. Tho for ward port 12-lncli uuti burst frmnn pro limluro nxplimlon ot a shell, 12 (cot of tlio outside, turret IioIuk deinnllshcd, i'hroo men wore killed mid llvn Injured, two auriousiy, Tliu ini'ii killed mid Injured uruoi Iho roixiiid or gun deck tit mua. Threo piece ot tho exploded gun, wncli weigh nig over a ten, passed downward through the spur duck, fulling ujiou tho men nt mesa, ltutnntly killing lineo nt ' tliL'iu. All ol tho men wero horribly inutllaUwl, rim heavy missiles, alter immliiK through tho gnu deck, .eontln. lied dnnii to Iho third ilsck, whole lliey caiuu tn contnet wltli tho nriiioiud deck, tliu heavy itool bringing them to 11 stop, thus saving tho migliuiur and fliuineii wild weiu at work below. Aithnugli tho upper deck wero ciivuiod ulth liion, i'kiio wero terloiisly Injured, llio explnalun icinrrwl Just na tho mesa hud been solindid. Tlio firing wiis'to havo ccasod niter tlio shut for thn dinner hour, Tho ruiigo had bcuii Nd, nnd tho Iohii sltiunli g nlinig al tho sttd ot 12 knots an hour when tho olllier In disigu gave ordeis to loud ami fire. The tlmo lusu was set, tho piico charged, tho breech closed and tho word given to fire, l-'ollpulng tint report ot Iho gun thero wannamothurtd noise na tho ahull exploded inldwiiy In tho gun and pieces ol tlio buratod gurt and (hell wero scattered broudenst. Three great hole wiro torn through H16 deck. Tho MatNirhusetls, six miles illslant, waa algualed for aid, mid ono ot tho cuttuia put of! wllli n surgeon nnd as aistant siirgvou. Tlioinjunxl men wero ttkrii to thn hospital and their injuries dressed, 'J he dead wiu brought to I'unsncola. Soino rliilm tho explosion was enured by n (lufectivo ahell, and nthera think tliat tlio fuiiient llrlng of the piece at. Cutehrit during tho winter, added to tlio work done hero during tho paat ton days, ro strained thn plueo thnt tho for.o ol the charge burst the gun. CANADA STUDIES NECOItDS. Preparing Alaska Boundary Case Amer ica Depends on Orammar. New York, April 11, The American ombnssy is cloudy watching the Alas kan boundary dispute, (aides tho In don representative of tlio Tribune, but la not taking an active part In Iho pre paratloii ot Iho cato. It does not havo acceaa Jo tho archives ol Iho foreign olflco, and cannot cJiiiMite with tho Canadian oummltslnn in making tho exhaustive study of tho documentary evldemo relating to the treaty of 1826. Tho uuiy counsel apptinted for thii United Hialea nro cxH-ctd to work up tliu cato at Washington, and depend mainly uiion tbo literal Interpretation ot the text of tho treaty and esprcinlly upou tho word", "winding or sit uosl- tlea of. tho coast" In deterinliilnc thu mettled of nicutiiilng tun inailno ciguea. Minuter SI (ton and hla Cana llan nssoeiute am working oulully. but with thn hearty co-opcrallot! ot tbo British foreign olllcu. CREVASSE OPEN AtlAIN. Flood at Hymclla Durst It Bound nnd Work la Abandoned. Now Orleans, April 11. Hono of closing the Hymolln rrovario vtn prac tically abandoned today. All day 11 torrilllo nirreiit swept around tho brok- ' cn end of tho cribbing and through lho great 700-foot gap in tho levre, ntidor mining the light piling which It had taken 13 day and night to build. A delegation (mm the crevasse rorn mltalnn cunio to tho citv carlv today and made a purchnto of plllpgj which will bo sent forward trmoimw. It ia conaiderfd, lionover, that not ono chanco In n tin. maud to clom t Jit' ere vnsio remains. Tim evoo board bn practically riaehrd tlio end o( lt 're sources, nnd planters ato calling nway their hands In trdor to build nroteMlmr lovcos about their places. Bullet for Moorish Tanatlca. -Madrid. Anrll 11. A ilitnatch from Molllla, Morocco, give detail of tho lighting nt Frajaln. It rnjstliat f.t 00 InnugenlB mado a drppr..lo attack on tho forVsessot I-'ruJala' April it, Alter tho customary praiern tho IrlliCsmen advaiued with n wld rush, to the nc- i-ompniiimoiit 01 religious exhortations, fttlco they nttoinntcd to tnrrv the fort. reis by iukiuiH, but wero repulsed by wi ll dioctod fusillades, whiili kfllnl nnmbrr of the insurgents. Iiiirlimtho attack the powder supply ol the tr!bot men exploded, killing tunny. nf Hum. lUU'a Mammoth Liner, New York, April 11. larirer than any vtascl ever built in this country, and only exiellod Jn slio of all tho world's fleet hv the Celtlo mil f'udrrl of the Wliiiu blur lino, tho Minnesota w.ll bo launched In Now tonilnu. Conn., on April 10. Mf Hill ' i nghier of ,1. J. Hill, president of tin. h Great Northern steamship ooih Paiiy, tor whom Iho nowihlpwiia built, will christen her. The Mlnnosota'wlll have features aud rouvenlonce to )o f iiad on no other vessel until beraialor ship, now building, Is launihed. Tornado In Kansas. Kansas City, April 11. - A special lo tho llmoe from Jopljn, Mo.,- payji! It la reported tonight thnt a tornado passed over 6ontheatorn Kansas at 4 o'clock thia afternoon, and Altamont, a small town GO mllea weat ol tlil-lt 1 much damaijo, A IpJephono mos'eago nu , ,avn nine oast of Atlamont, stated that thoro was a so. vero storm In tho vicinity of Altamont, bnt nothing 0 kuwn aa.to.its full oitont. Passed Antl-Strlke Bill. Tbo Hague, April lJ'.-Tbo aecon.r chnmhor of tho Netherlands parliament today adopted tho nntl-strlko bill by 81 to 14, TJie Boolalista and liberal Domorrat votod" with tti. I linn ll H .... ,.,...,.,.,, umuru , ,a u, waiJ adopteif. 7qvtod6'. rTlie-hJnbor also authorised tho formation of tho pro-' jiosodmllltory rallrofld -brlgrido.ln work on the allroa.bj during!srikes and ad. journod alno dir.