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COTTAGE GROVE . . OREGON.
EVENTS OF THE DAY
Coeambsaalve Rcvtow of the Import-
Ht llpMlo(f ( the Pt Week
Presented In Condensed Form, Most
Lfcsly to Prove lnUrttlf
A posso of cltlsons who wore on the
looaout had a running pistol fight with
six would-bo bank robbers at Frank
fort! I nil. Tlio Intruders escaped.
Governor Davis, of Arkansas, has
signed an art of tho legislature making
It unlawful for nonresidents to hunt or
fish at anv season of tho year in
Arkansas.
Four burglars blow open tho aifeof
Munn & Sons' prlvato lank at Portage,
O., and secured $3,000 in surer anu
paper money. They mado their cscapo
on a handcar.
The Now England manufacturers and
erectors of structural steel work hare
withdrawn from tho national associa
tion recently formed by 6(1 concerns In
various parts of tlio country.
John D. Rockefellocr has signed tho
contracts by which tho Rockefeller in
atltuto of modical research becotnee
owner of threo blocks in Now York on
which a laboratory is to be built.
Three men blew up the safe In the
postofficeat Ferguson, Mo., securing
$120 cash and $18 In stamps. The
noise aroused tlio cltlions, who gave
battle to the robbers. No one was hurt,
John Wanatnaker's son Rodney has
taken out a policy for an additional
$ 1 .000.000 on his life. Ue carries (2,'
000.000 Insurance now. '500,000 more
than his father, but not as much as
King Edward of England.
Groat Northern trainmen will vote
on a strike.
Turkey is sending a vast army
Macedonia.
Into
Robbers held up a Burlington pas
senger train, robbing tho passengers.
-The charge against Funston has been
fonnd to be unworthy of further in
quiry. The Illinois legislature has turned
down Speaker Miller and elected anoth
er man.
Religious riots in France have again
broken out. Numerous arrests are be
ing made.
President Roosevelt has left Yellow
stone park for St. Louis to attend tho
dedication ceremonies of the exposition.
Tom Johnson has declined to become
a candidate for the presidential uomlu-J,
ation.
A brilliant meteor was seen
to pass
overhead by citizens of Portland Friday
evening. It bnrst while still in view
with a loud detonation.
The RuBaian demand on Chiona Is
denounced as a breach o( faith. The
United States, Britain and Japan will
protest. China has rejected the de
mand.
The commission from the Lick ob
servatory which is to establish observa
tions in Chile has arrived at Santiago.
Agriculture in East Prussia, as well
as the sugar Industry and trade, will
suffer from tho prospective German
Canadian tariff war.
Max Zeitler is about to rocnt the
great seal of the United States, and
will bo closely shadowed by secret ser
vice men while at work in Philadel
phia.
. Mrs. Castro, wife of the president of
Venezuela, will visit the United States
on her retnrn from Paris, probably
reaching here during the comlog sum
mer.
W. A. Shoemaker, representing New
York capital, proposes to give Pitts
burg, Pa., filtered water, and pay the
city $500,000 a year for the privilege
of operating the water system,
The duke of Loubat has agreed to
bear the entire cost of tlio work of ex
cavating In the island of Datos, the
Greek Pompeii. .It will cost between
$30,000 and $40,000.
Representatives of the Trigg ship-
building company, in bankruptcy.
claim as assets the unfinished cruiser
Galveston and gunboat Mohawk. They
are claimed also for the United Slates
The courts will probably have to decide
ownership.
Two Indians were killed in a fight
between outlaws and a posse on the
. lookout for smugglers, headed by Dep
uty United States Marshal Utling, in
the Gunsight country on the Mexican
border of Arizona. Rangers and citi
zens will reinforce the marshal, whojs
believed to be in close quarters,
The revolution In Nicaragua is
spreading.
A number of army officers la Alaska
are charged with corruption
Japanese are very angry at Russia for
not evacuating Manchuria as promised.
The 2050th anniversary of tho found
ing of Rome has been celebrated.
Brazil and Bolivia aroeondlngarmles
to meet each other and a battio Is like
ly to occur soon.
The government will not Improve
the Siuslaw river in Oregon, because
the cost would be too great.
Boxer troubles In Southwest China
are growing. French troops may In
tervene to stop the trouble,
Tho Trigg shipbuilding company, of
Richmond, Va., haB fallod. The total
indebtedness Is about $1,250,000.
Insurgent and Turkish force's con
tlnue to fight. In the last battle 30
Insurgents and nine Turks were, killed.
Tho general "manager of tho Great
Northern and a committee ol trainmen
will meet and discuss wages. A peace
ful settlement is likely,
Benson, the murderer, has been con
vlcted of manslaughter.
An armed band of ladronea has roar
peared in Rlzal province.
The Twenty-third regiment has left
the Philippines for Ban Francisco.
FRAUD IN LAND ENTRIES.
Reports on Suspension Show Them Qcn
era! In Coast States.
Washington, April 28. The eccre-
tary of tho interior Is beginning to re
celvo reports on tho suspension of tlm
bcr and stono land onirics In Calll-
fornla, Oregon and Washington, and so
far as they go they confirm tho order of
suspension whtch was made last fall
Thoro Is a thorough conviction on tho
part of the officials of the interior do
nartmcnt that many, 'It not most, of
the entries under tho timber act whtel
wcie made In tho Pacific Coast states
dining tho year 1902 wore mado In tho
interest of syndicates, and the protests
rccelrod slnco tho lstuanco of tho order
strengthen this conviction. Since then
not a single entry under tho law In the
states colored by tno order hta won
allowed to go to patent without a thor
ough investigation.
There are many special agonts in that
field, and the new law permitting the
compulsory attendance ol witnesses in
connection with land entry lnvostlga
tlons is expected to prove of great as
sistance to them in establishing tlio
validity oi lack of validity of such en
tries.
In ono state alone last year there was
an increase in the entries amounting to
about 140,000 acres in tho course of
three months.
TliniR REVENUE IS AWFUL.
)
nrttlth Rout Mad Mullah and Slay 2,000
ot Ills Follower.
Aden, Arabia, April 28. Brigadier
General Manning, after an engagement
with the Mad Mullah's forces, has re
lieved Colonel Cobbe, near Gamburru,
Somaliland, 45 miles west of Galadi.
About 2,000 of the Mullah's men were
killed. Tho British lots is not known.
The few details obtainable of the dis
aster to Colonel Plnnkett's detachment
April 17 show the Mullah's forces con
sisted of 2,000 horsemen and 10,000
spearmen. They surrounded Colonel
Plunkett's force in the open, and the
Somalia, aftei a heavy rifle fire, charged
repeatedly with their horsemen and
spearmen on all sides. . The British
detachment held out until its ammuni
tion was exhausted and then charged
with the bayonet, bat it was ultimately
overwhelmed by weight of numbeia.
The British force fought nntil all of
its officers and 170 men wore killed.
Most of the handful of men who reached
the camp were wounded. The
Somali's losses are reported to have
been enormous. The Mullah's forces
are reported to aggregate from 3,000 to
,000 mounted men, and about 80,000
.nesRESii:
JAPANESE SPIES ARB MANY.
Fully Pre parr J to Blow Up Railroad which
Russia Ls Fortifying.
Victoria, April 27. Travelers who
have arrived here recently from North
China, including well-posted army offi
cers, have told of how spies of Japan
were at work in Manchuria, and of
Jnnaneso ancineera disunited as lAharorn
or commercial men, who bad caches of
1 . .
explosives stored at various places
along the Russian railway, ready to
blow np the line If war is declared be
tween Japan and Russia as a result of
the contretemps over Manchuria.
Russia is also reported to have been
making warlike preparations, for Jap
anesa papers received by the Empress
of China tell of bow, far from evacuat
ing Manchuria, the Russians have been
fortifying their garrisons in differrvnt
sections.
Will Fight to a Finish.
Butte, Mont.. April 28. Indications
now point to a fight to a finish between
the Western Union telegraph company
and the striking messengers. The
striking messengers have, la a mea ure,
dropped from view, and the struggle
now is over the recognition of the
union, which organization the Western
Union officials announce will not be
recognized or treaUd with under any
consideration. It is stated that the
Western Union is willing to grant the
scale ol wages asked by the boys, or
to employ them on a commission basis.
Russian Jews Dadly Treated.
St, Petersburg, April 28. The No
vosti today, without giving exact fig
ures, indicates that the Jews of Kishi-
neff, capital of Bessarabia, during the
anti-Semite riots there April 20 suffered
even more severely than admitted
offically. Tlio paper says scores of
lews were shot or beaten to death and
several hundred were wounded. Their
houses were wrecked and their shops
were sacked. Thousands of Jews In
the disturbed district are homeless and
destitute, and their prospects are dis
mal in the extreme.
Hall Million from Britain.
London, April 28. The first meet
Ing of the royal commissioners for the
St. Louis exposition will take place at
Marlborough house today under the
presidency of tho prince of Wales,
Little, however, It oxpected to bo done
nnlll becretary Watson returns from
America, whither he expects to start
next week, to arrange details for a site
aud. complete other details. Pallia
inent, It Is expected, will appropriate
at least $UU,0UU.
Alaska's Wireless System.
New York, April 28. Engineer
Klchard riund and Assistant Engineer
Herbert C. Welby.of the Marconi wire
less telegraph cumpany, left New York
today for Alaska, to complete the in
stallation there of a scries of wireless
telegraph stations for the United Slates
signal service. The apparatus original
ly sent to Alaska In charge of Stanley
Cook, of the company at Fort Gisbon,
will be returned and the new annaratus
substituted.
Oovernor Under Fire.
Washington. April 28. Unofficial
information received at the war depart
ment elates that uovornor Urant, of
Leyto province, has beon summoned to
Manila to answer complaints that have
been made against him, and that as a
CODSdOUenCt). he will rm0ti. (Irani
went to the Phlllnnines w,n
In the Twenty-ninth volunteer Infantry.
HAPPENINGS HERE IN OREGON
MARION COUNTY CROPS.
Warm Rain Needed, Otherwise the Out
look la Very Favorable.
Crops In Marlon county nro In good
condition as a general thing, and there
is nothing yot to dlicouraga tho farmer
It would to better for everything, h cm-
over, should there bo a heavy, warm
rain, which would havo a two-fold ben
eficlal effect it would supply tho no
ceasary moisture now doniaiided 1
many places, and it would bring tli
snow out of tho Cascades, thus Insur
ing warm spring weather, which it I
provorblal cannot be had until Tabl
Rock and tho lower ridges of tho moun
tains aro bare of their white toats.
Fruit Is coining on In good shape, tho
load of blossoms indicating a plentiful
crop, but it is too early to feul safe yet
Tho weather most dangerous to fruit in
this country is that which brings tl
cold, beating, sleety rains late in April
when tho pollen Is in the blossom, to
be washed rut by those rains, leaving
tho blossom lifeless for frnltmaking
purposes. There is aim ays a good crop
of fruit when that class of rains comes
before the blossoming is far advanced
or when tho warm spring arrives with
out much rain at all.
The hop crop is at that point where
there is merely speculation as to the ro
suits. Asusual, much-is heard ot mis
sing hills, damaged vines, and a heavy
shortage In prospect for this year, but
past experience has shown that in many
Tears when similar predictions were
made, tho yield turned out reasonably
good.
Sheep Shearing In Umatilla.
Twonty sheep shearers havo arrived
In Umatilla county from different parts
of tho country, and will commeco work
at onco. This number will be consid
erably increased within a week or ten
days, as three crows are employed in
the section around Pilot Ro:k during
the shearing season, which lasts about
60 days. Usually there aro about 12
men to a crew. Thesu men are paid 7
and 8 co its a head for shearing stock
sheep and 15 a. id 25 cents for pure-bred
ewes and Ducks. Some of tlio men
average $10 per day. Sheep will not
be sent to the mountains as early this
year as last, as there is no scarcity of
feed.
School Bond Issue Defeated.
By a vote of 1.85 to-82 the- taxpayers
ot the rendleton school district de
feated the proposition of issuing $25,000
bonus to erect a new eight-room school
bouse. The question at Issue was not
sc much the money, but the location of
the now building which the school
board had selected.
Run of Small Fish Qood.
The run of fish still continues good
at Astoria for this season of the year,
and further up the river a number of
large nsh are being caught.
Big Timber Land Deal.
Ono of the biggest timber deals trans
acted in Southern Oregon for some time
was tho recent transfer of some 42.000
acres of timber land on the Upper Rogue
to w. ti. blrobridge. lie has taken
the tract on the Upper Rogue under
bond, the price named being $25 an
acre, for 24,000 acres ot the tract, and
f 20 per acre for the remainder. The
total price is $900,000. This belt of
timber is ono of the finest in the south
ern part of the state.
Independence Notes.
I. C. Dickey, of Independence, has
been appointed to take charge of the
brickyard at tho Penltentiary.at Salem.
Mr. Dickey was formerly sheriff of Linn
county, and became closely connected
in a business way with the governor at
that time.
Railway Spur at Sumpter.
A survey has lust been completed
for a railway spur of the SumDter valley
railway to connect with the big plant of
the Sumpter lumber company at Sump-
tJr.
Building at Reform School.
Plana are neatly complete for the
new industrial school building which Is
to be erected at the state reform school
at a cost of from $12,000 to $15,000.
Die plans will bo submitted to the
board of trustees by Architects. C.
Lewis, id 1'ortlmd, tho first of next
week, and the board will immediately
advertise for bids.
Snow Deep tn Cascades.
R. N. Hoover, tho well-known shin
gle manufacturer of Detroit, says that
snow In the Cascade mountains is deep
er now than it has been before at this
season in the past eight years. Should
the weather turn warm suddenly to as
to melt the buow rapidly, he believes
the Willamette river will be high this
year.
Denied a Frinchlte.
Tho Baker Oily council lias refused
to grant a franchise to the Oregon Ida
ho Central railroad company for a
Ight of way and terminal facilities to
enter that city. This Is the proposed
Soven Devils road, a company for the
construction of which was organized
last fall.
At the Penitentiary.
Superintendent U. W. James, of the
Oregon Slate Penitentiary, has filed his
first report with tho Secretary of State,
for the quarter ending March 31, 1003.
I lie earnings and receipts of the pmcri
for the quarter aggregates a total of
1,435.11, and the expenses $7,003. 32,
Crook County Judge Resigns.
County Judgo W. A. Booth, of
Crook county, has tendered his resig
nation to uovornor unamuoriain. jno
eslgnatlori id to take effect May 1,
udge Booth gnvo no reason for his do-
sire to relinquish the office.
No Hop Pests In Polk.
Examination has been mado of num.
erous yards In Polk county and they all
show a healthy growth, with no pests
on the vines. The cold weather has
net put yards back in that county.
FLOCK TO LAKH COUNTY.
Large Number of Men Waiting for Snow
to Melt In Order to Locate.
Timber men continue to arrive at
Lakovlow by every stage nnd fiom overt
direction, nnd tho Lakovlow land office
la working to Its full capacity. Several
locators with scrip are waiting (or tho
snow to disappear, so they can get Into
tho timber.
Silver Lake promises to bo tho tim
ber cruiser's hcadquartors this year,
and with its two nowspupers Is expected
to wiold couslderahlo Influence in the
a (la Irs ot Lake county in the future.
Tho extension of the railroad from
Shantkoto Deschutes promises to divert
an the trade north of Hooso Lake val
ley from San Francisco tJ Pottlund,
and glvo passengers a shorter and
better rou to vin stago to tho railrtad,
ns thoro Is a rood road at all seasons
of tho year from Lakovlow tn the Des
chutes, and no mountains to cross.
Tho season is very backward. No
grass has yet started ami sheepmen are
anxious, a tho lambing season Is at
hand, and there Is no grass, and nights
are vory cold. Heavy losses havo beon
sustained in tho last two necks, and If
tlio weather dovs not got warmer. In a
lew uays, the losses will bo heavier
than over before.
A few sheepmen havo commenced
shearing wothnrs, but many (ear to at
tempt It yet. althouith it Is far nasi the
usual time to begin.
Hanging of Armstrong.
An examination of the law covernlni:
tho execution of deatli sentences, vhieh
was pasted by the last legislature, re
veals tho fact that Armstrong, tho mur
derer of Minnlo Enstnlneor, at Baker
City, will havo to bo executed in that
city, if tho supremo court confirms tho
judgment of tho lower court, when the
case comes up on sppcal In May. I(
tho sentence of the court Is carried out
it will bo tho first legal execution Ilk
tho history of Baker county, since it
was orgaulzed, over 40 yi-ars ago. In
tho early days thoro was a lynching at
Auburn, then tho county seat, on
which Occasion a Chinaman was hung
for murdor.
Fruit Safe at St. Helens.
Orchardlets at St. Helens claim
that tho prospect for a good fruit crop
is excellent. Tho told weather pre
vented the trees from budding too early,
and- the conditions are favorablo for a
good yield.
Thirty-one Seining Orounds.
As near as can lie learned, thoro will
I 31 seining ground operated on the
Columbia River during the comiig sea
son, a much larger number than over
before, but as yet nono of them has
been started.
aiir to University.
The university of Oregon is again tho
recipient of the generosity ot one of its
ardent supporters. Thomas llowoll
of Oregon City, has donated his entire
herbarium collection, consisting of over
10,000 species. Dr. Harry Lane, o
Portland, recently donated his collec
tion of Oregon toadstools to tho local
nnlversity. Also through tho depart
ment of agriculture the university has
just received a collection of tho fungi
ol commercial Importance
Linn County Pioneers.
The executive committoo of tho Linn
county pioneers' association has se
lected Wednesday, Thursday nnd Fri
day, June 10, 11 and 12, as the time
for the annual picnic and reunion for
ID03.
Investigating Reservoir Sites.
Mr. Whlttler, an employe ot tho in
terlor department, arrived at Prlnovilio
from Burns and remained several days.
for the purpose of investigating the
probabilities for Iirigatidn, and looking
up reservoir sites.
Some Prison Improvement!.
Superintendent James, of tho state
penitentiary, is making a number of
approvements Intended to better the
condition of the prison and ninko it
more secure. Probably no changes will
be made in the construction ol tho pris
on wall, but it will bo more thoroughly
guarded so as to prevent the Introduc-
ion ol weapons by that means. The
number of day guards on tho wall has
recently been reduced by tho transfer
of one guard to the shops.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Walla Walla, 7071c; blue
stem, 75;8c;. valley, 7570c.
Barley Feed, $21.50 per tonj brew
ing, $23.
Floor Best grade, $3.0504.25; grali
am, $3.45(33.85.
Mlllstuffa Bran, $10 per ton;
middlings, $ 24; shorts, $10.6020
nhop, $18.
Oats No. 1 white, $1.15 Q 1.20;
gray, $1.1291.15 per cental.
Hay Timothy, $13013.50; clover,
$10311; cheat, $11012 per ton.
Potatoes Best flurbanks, OOo per
sack; ordinary, 25040c per cental,
growers' prices; Merced sweets, $3
3.50 per cental.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, 11012c;
young, 13014c; hens, 12c; turkeys,
live, 10017c; dressod, 20022c; ducks,
$707.50 per dozen; geese, $Uu.&o.
Cheese Full cream, twins, 10K
17c; Young America, 17 0 17$ci
factory prices, 1014c less.
Butter Fancy creamery, 22c per
pound; extras, 21c; dairy, 20Q224c;
store, 10018c.
Eggs lO017oper dozen.
Hops Choice, 18020c per pound.
Wool Valley, 12016c; Eastern
Oregon, 8014c; mohair, 35030c.
Beef Gross, cows, 304o per
pound; steers, 4405c; dressed, 7&c.
Veal 88Kc
Mutton Gross, 77c per pound;
dressed, 80c.
Lambs Gross, 4r per pound;
dressed; 7c.
Hogs Oross, 737tc per pound:
dresood,8!38!c. I
RUSSIA SHOWS mm HAND.
Demands Cession ol Manchuria by China
Japanese Send Warships,
Pukln, April 23. Russia has de
manded that China sign an agreement
practically ceding to her sovereignity
ot Manchuria ami excluding other na
tions from that country. Tho Russian
charge d'affaires, M. Flaiichon, has In
formed Prince Uhlng, president ol tho
(orelgn office, that no (uitlier steps in
tho evacuation o( Mniu'huila will he
taken until this agreement Is signed.
Priuco Chlng refused tlio Ittisidan
terms, hut his leltiNil probably pleases
Russia ns noli as Ills occeptanco would
havo done, because cither alternative
means tho relinquishment of Chinese
sovereignity In Miinchurla.
Tho Russian demands ate as lotions:
First No more Mnnchurlnn port or
towns aro to bo opened. Second No
more foreign consuls aro to bo admitted
Into Manchuria. Third No foreigners
except Russians are to ha employed in
tlio public service ol Miinchurla
Fourth Tho present status ol the ad
ministration ol Manchuria is to remain
unchanged. Flltli Tho customs re
ceipts at tlio port ol Nlu Chnniig are to
ho given to tho Rnato-Chluceo bank.
Sixth A sanitary commission is to lie
organltiol under Russian control. Sov
ontli Russia is out itled to attach the
telegraph wires and poles ol nil Chinese
lines In Manchuria, and, Eighth no
territory In Manchuria Is to ho alienat
ed to any oilier power.
No explanation has Ihxmi given to tlio
Chinese of tho Russian Interpretation
of the fourth demand. Chinese offi
cials are greatly disturbed, but they are
powerless. Vt hilo tlio lorrgoing de
mands wore lefori tho Chinese for con
sideration, M. Planchon assured nil
colleagues explicitly that the only reas
on for the delay in restoring the govern-
luout ol Mu Chwaug to the Chinese
was tlio organisation of n saultury com
mission. Tl oro has been much feeling In Brit
ish circles over the appointment ol a
Russian commissioner in Nlu L'hwang,
but this revelation of Russia's determ
ination to retain control ol Manchuria
and clow tho door there robs this ap
pointment of importance
Iho Chinese court returned to the
Forbidden city today witli u smctncular
procession from the hunting p.irk.
Yokohama, April 25. Threo Japan
ese warships havo been ordered to Nlu
Chwaug. Marquis Ito has held a sec
ret conference with tlio loading Japan
ese statesmen. Tho Russian demands
(or privileges In Mancliuila havo excit
ed tho Japanese press, which insists on
vigorous action, cunlldent that tho
United Slates as well as Great Britain
will support Japan. An arrangement
has been reached by which tho olitical
crisis has been averted, but tho govern
merit's naval increment proposals re
main unchanged.
Slap at United States.
London, April 25. Tho Pekln corre
spondent o( the Times describes the
first article of tho Russian demands on
China, namely, that no more Manchu
rian ports or towns bo opened, as n slap
in the face for the United States, till
country having proposed the opening of
.Moukucn and Tnkusliau as treaty orts
UNCLE SAM'S NEW ISLANDS.
Some In Southern Philippines Which Hate
Never Been Charted.
Washington. April 25. Official ad
vices received at tho navy department
from tho Philippines record tho finding
of a number of valuable Islands in the
southern part ot the nrchiielago, which
are not on any of tho charts in the pos
session ol the government. Fo lar as
known, no foreign government as yot
has laid claim to this territory, and to
preclude tho presentation of such
claims, Secrctnry Mood) has taken
steps to have tho Islands properly
charted as the property of the United
States, nftor first having every effort
mado to learn if any government, has
ground lor claim to the now islands
A naval vossol will probably do or
dered to tho southern part of tho nrclil
pclago to prepare tho necessary charts
Cuts Out Butte.
Butlo, Mont., April 25. Acting up
on instructions from superintendent
McMichael at Minneapolis, Manager
Wild cloBod the local oilico of the West
ern Union telegraph company at mid
night and announced that business
through the company's office In this
city would be entirely suspended until
further notice. This order, Manager
Wild stated, applies to all leased wires
loading into Butte. Tho trouble arises
out of a striko of messenger boys, and
followed an unsuccesiful attempt to do
liver its messages yesterday.
Oil Suddenly Explodes.
.Minneapolis, April 25. Eight "men
and two women were killed by an ex
plosion at the plant of tho Northwest
ern star oil company at the foot of
Sixth avenue, about 11:30 this morn
ing. l ho explosion csmo without nn
Instant's warning, nnd 'a Becond after
the concussion tho walla had been
thrown down and tho entire structure
was n mass ol Homes. Not a person In
tho office escaped alive. Five workmen
engaged on tho second floor were thrown
20 feet into the air, and theeo wore
tho only rontons who escaped.
Will Orant Dreyfus' Request.
Paris, April 25. It Is Boml-olllclully
announced that, owing to tho absence
ol War Minister Andre, 'no action will
be taken on tho letter from Alfred
Dreyfus, asking for a reopening of his
case, until the ininlstor returns, whon
It will ho presented to the council of
ministers, probably soon after President
Loubet's return. It Is believed Drey.
fus' request will be granted. Several
newspapers assort that the war olllre Is
already secretly prosecuting nn Inquiry.
Bowen Not Ready to Sign.
Washington, April 25. Tho Biitish
ambassador today asked Mr. Bowen to
Join tho representatives of tlio allies In
signing a protocol for the sottloaiont of
the claims to be adjusted by the com
missions which are to mcot in Caracas.
Tho Venezuelan plenipotentiary, whllo
ready to draw up such a convention at
the proper time, declined to do -so until
Tho Hague protocol, providing lor tho
letermlnatloii of tho quostlonof prefer
ential treatment, had been duly elgr.od
and sealed,
lout.
COAL TRUST CASE
I'KliSimiNT IIAIIK LSSUISS CIIAU.IiMlli
TO ASSAIUNTS.
Sa)s He Is One) Ing Law nnd Ready for
Test Case Tired ol Being Accused ol
t.nwbrenklng Is at the Hend of So
Many Companies He Can't Name All
el Them.
Now York, April 27. President
(leorgo F. Hiier.olthu Philadelphia and
Reading rnllrotul company, was present
today when tho Interstate commerce
commission returned its hearing on the
complaint o( William R. Hearst ngiilnst
tho anthracite ccul carrying railroads.
Joseph .1. Jermyn, an Independent mine
operator, of Hi r.iuton, testified that lie
sold his coal to tho hiiMiuehauua con I
company, lie promlrod to send a copy
ot his contract tu tho commission.
President liner was next called. He
raid ho was president of so many com
panies ho could not remember the
names of nil of thorn. Tho annual re
port of tho Reading coiifpany, Mr. liner
raid, will show all the properties i-on
trollul by that holding company
Homo ot tho companies, whoso stock ii
m controlled, ho said, initio coal, some
carry coal, some deal In coal and some
mine coal and operate In Iron. II
could nut gUoi-fl-liand tho capital stock
of tlio companies.
Mr. Baer said about 1)3 or cent ol
the mining properties of tlio anthracite
region la owned or controlled by the
Philadelphia and Reading company
About 21 per cent of tlio coal produi-ed
Is owned by the riilladelpha aud Read
ing company.
Mr. Hliearn read to tho witness tin
second section ol tho Pennsylvania con
stltutioii which debars companies incur
porated as carriers from engaging in the
business of mining or manufacturing
and asked If the oieratlnn of tlio Read
ing coal and iron company la not In
violation ol that provision.
"Hie Reading coal and Iron company
exists under the statutes ol tlio state ol
Pennsylvania," replied Mr. Ilaor. "It
does not ovado any lawn ol tlio state or
ol tho United Slates. I shall ho glad
to have tho question tested In any form
you may select.
Mr. Ilatr tnld lie niver believed
there was any Intention tu build the
railroad project by Kimpiunc Watklus.
It first ox n r ml to him to buy up all
the stock of tho Tomplo Iron company
wnen lie wanted tlio iron company
charter to buy tho Mmpson A Watklns
collieries. Witness said lie wanted to
head off tho proposed Independent rail
road. It would hurt his company.
Mr. Haer raid ho could not recall de
tails of tho contracts with tho coal com
panics, at.d that, if his counsel declined
to produce tho contracts tie would abide
by this decision.
STATUMENT FROM HEADQUARTERS.
Butte Telegraph Office Will Slay Closed
Until Employes arc Protected.
New York, April 27 The Western
Union company today issued tho fol
lowing notice:
"Tlio We-storn Union Telegraph mes
sengers nt Unite, Montana, who are
affiliated witli labor organiiatioi a, de
manded largo Increase of pay and a re
duction of hours, which were refiiMil.
Tho company has 25,000 office, and
might be called upon (or proportionate
increase at all other places, if granted
at Butte. Tho mossengers went on
strike and other messengers employed
were moulted by men and boys and pro
vented from performing their work.
'Tho mayor of Butte guve pollio pro
tection at times, but tire police were
dispersed by the mob. Tills statu of
affairs has been going on lor two
weeks. Yestviday (he mob attacked
the nlllrea of tho company, bombarding
It with stonss, eggs, etc., and ro intimi
dated all other employes that tho office
had to bo clonil. it will remain closed
until the authorities afford full protec
lion to all tho company's employes."
Tho Postal telegram company has an
office in Butlo, its reiviicH being partly
over tlio Canadian ruclIlL wires
Helena Is the nearest place of iuipoit-
auto at which Western Union lorvire
cuii bo had. The Western Union com
pany declined to state what ore the
siieclflc demands ol the slrlkors. It Is
said that as high as $10 had beon paid
to tho substitutes who fared so Imdly.
Killed In Coal Mine.
Glaco Bay, N. 8 April 27. A mis
explosion brought death to four men
and probably fatal injuries to another
in tno Reserve colliery today, while
firedamp overcame n score of men, who
are now in St. John's hotpltal. The
explosion took place in tlio French
slope of the Reserve mine. Some gas
had accumulated In tho level, but had
boon partially removed. On this level,
It Is customary to work with naked
lights. Today tho men woro at work,
wehn tho gas Ignited from a lamp, and
tho explosion followed.
To Defend Alaskan Boundary,
Washington, April 27. Olinndlor P,
Anderson, of Now York, has been an
pointed assistant counsel for tho United
Mates In the presentation ol Its ruea to
the Joint commission, which will con
elder tho Ala-knn boundary question.
Mr. Anderson was secretary of the
United States attached to tho high iolnt
commission, and decupled a like place
with the lielirlng sea arbitration which
mot In Paris. John W. foster, who Is
preparing the caso of tho United Statos.
expects to bo able to submit It curly in
May.
No Serious Trouble In China.
London, April 27. Cabling from
Pokln, tho corresiioiident of the Times
confirms tho statement that there is no
justification fur the alarmist reports
nd rumors that tlio legations autlcl
pa to outbreaks mid are preparing for
trouble. Messages from every province)
in tno empire report that foreigners of
nil nationalities are traveling unmo
lested and with n sonso of safety and
protection exactly oppcslto to tlio con
ditions preceding tho Doxer outbreak.
Seven Hundred Struck for Principle.
IrontdnO,, April 27, Becauso tho
Ironton-Portland comont company re
futed to glvo Bon Garvey his old posi
tion as oiler, tho entire force of the
plant and mines, numbering 700 wont
P0ST0FFICE FRAUD
INVUSTIOATIONS WIIX III! CONTINUED
TO A I'INISII.
Inspector Again Turn Attention to Ilea
ver's Division Crooked Contract lor
Canceling Machines Corruption In
Purcliaao of Supplies by Which Ring
Alade Money.
Washington, April 21. Postmaster
General I'nyno Is much annojod, at ro.
porta that have gained wide circulation
to tho effect that lie wishes to hush up
tho Investigation ol affairs In tho iHistal
department. The postmaster general
declines that tho Investigation shall
atop at nothing, but that every charge
Is tu I io run down liefoio tho Inquiry Is
dropped.
While Investigation of affairs In tlio
Ireo delivery division continues, great
est activity now criitvrod in tlio sal.
arles and allowance division, riHiuitly
vacated hy Mr. Beavers. Hutu tho re
cords are being gone over to determine
the correctness ol charges that the man
iMd suppllei ol tho department were
bought In enormous quantities and
sUfpllod at a rate exceeding tlio needs
ol office sol vice. It has been deter
mined to ascertain positively whether
contracts mndu hy Den vein lor canceling
machines, registering clocks, postolllco
boxes, mull hags aud other supplies are
In any way tainted with fraud, to llnd
out whether lloavors, who let tho con
tracts, profited hy favoring iiiniiufsctur
era supplying tho department with
thesu dltlcrcnt lines ol goods.
Tho Kistmaster gousial has turned
i vor to tho lnioctorn a charge loll with
him Involving the names of certain
postal officials and certain imunhors of
congrom. In this charge It la alleged
that a contract was made for tho pur
chase ol a large number of automatic
cash machines, whereby tlio depart
ment paid mure than the market price,
and the conspirators cleared $12,500,
this twine tho difference ltwrii the
price paid by the doutrtmont and the
pilce received by tlio manufacturers.
The person making thin charge nnyn he
will make an affidavit, hut meaiitlino
it will bo Investigated along with all
others on (lie, regardltss ol tho person
bringing it to public notice.
Postmaster lionernl Payuo ridicules
a number of stories recently printed in
Eastern papers stating that congress,
men and tonnlorn who have visited tho
department have urged a cessation of
the luve'sllgatlon. He nays their visits,
with one exception, havo lx-on on other
matters; that congressmen generally
have no personal interest In the Inves
tigation. Only ono senator who had
called has asked for a hearing In case
charges nro brought against ono of his
constituents In lliu department.
FEVER AT PALO ALTO.
Tphold tins Claimed tine Hundred
Vic.
tlms at Stanford-Is Abating.
Stanford University, Cal., April 21.
Two more caes of typhoid fever do
veloHsl ut tho university this morning.
These, together with the one reportid
yeiturday,' bring the total number of
victims living on tlio campus up to 32.
Up to last evening the number of per
sons alllictiHl with tlio malady In Palo
Atlo hail reached OH. This makes an
aggregate number ol 100 rases to date.
According to the latest statement ol
President Jordan there Is no probabll
ity ol the university closing unless tho
situation! becomes much worse than at
present. Tho uurkod decline In tho
daily numlsT of now cases socm tu In
dicate that the spread of tho epidemic
Is nlwut over.
At least 300 toleigrams havo been re
ceived hero from parents In different
parts of the country asking students
to return homo at onco. Few of theim
requests havo been compiled with, as
It Is liopej the worst has parsed.
Field Maneuvers In Wjomlng.
Deuvor, April 21. Tho statement
has been officially made nt army head
quarters that tho Hold maneuvers of the
regular army and the militia of the
department ol the Colorado, which In
cludes the slates of Wyoming (except
so much thoroof as Is embraced In
Yellowstone park) Colora lo and Utah.
and tho territories of Arltona and New
Mexico, would he held at some point
in Wyoming; The date has not yet
been (lied, hut will ho sometime during
tho last two works of August or tho
first week of September.
Auitrln Will Exhibit.
Vienna Austria, April 21 At a
s;oclnI Invitation of the minister of
commerce, n mooting of prominent In-
Mistrial representatives and govern
ment officials has boon hold In tho
office ol tho ministry to discuss tho
itiostlon ol Austrlu's participation in
tho St. Louis exposition. Every
liridich of trado was represented. After
a long discussion a committee ol trade
exports was named to submit proposals
lo tho general body of merhants aud
mantifaturors, This indicates that
Austria will lie represented nt the fair.
Commission Will Inquire.
Minneapolis, April 21. The latest
development In tho Hour mill situation
Is the announcement that tho Interstate
commerco commission will Inveitlgato
tho discrimination against Ilcur In fa
vor of wheat on freight tariffs, which
resulted In tho total suspension of tho
Hour manufacturing Industries of thu
Noilhwost. Millers look upon tho an
nGiiiicoment as the forerunner ol rellel,
whllo tho transportation companies
seem very much dlspleaiod.
Cause Terror In Pekln.
Vl-torln, B. O.. April 21. The
stonmer Shlnrno Mam, which arrived
this morn'ng from the Orient, liroimht
news of excitement at Pekln, owing to
tho revival of Hoxorlsm In tho adjoin
ing district. Tho Shanghai Times says
tho Logut'on promises aro now being
policed by i rmed patrols In the, night
time. Nows was received by tho
Shlnano that n party of Russians was
told to turn buck at Cluimdo and on ro.
fusing the party was attacked and seven
killed and 21 wounded,