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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (May 29, 1903)
Bohemia Nugget nowuiD brown, robi. COTTAGE OROVB . OREGON. EVENTS OF THE DAY Cammbeiulr RsvUw ol tlx Import ant ttntdt Week, I'ruMitW In CecHUas Tain, Mart Likely U Preve Utereetlaf. Mark Twain Is seriously 111. Tho Union Pacific has announced peace wun mo uoncr iuukcib. Tho town of Altman, near Cripple Crook, was almost entirely destroyed by Arc. Emperor Francis Joseph will not In tervene to prevent runner uhjuumicu In Crotla. Hoar-Admiral Barclay has been or dered form lloston to tho Puget Sound navy yard. Flro In n grand stand at Cambrldo, Mnss., hemmed In the crowd and they had a close call for their lives. Tho cup defender Reliance has proven herself a much better boat than cither the Columbia or tho Con stitution. Hannah opposes tho endorsement of Roosevelt by Ohio because he fears It would Injure his chances for re election. A power factory nt Santo Domingo was blown up by enemies of tho gov ernment and 22 people killed and a number of others Injured. The nntl-dynastlc outbreak In Yu nan province, China, is serious. A cyclone In Central Kansas did much damage to crops and property. Four were killed and sit others In jured by a Pittsburg elevator break ing. An eastern company has secured control of all the coast powder fac tories. A. W. Machen, deposed postal of ficial. Is now charged with disobey ing orders. Portland was discriminated against In letting contracts for carrying Phil ippine freight The Union Pacific Boiler makers" strike haa been declared off. Both sides made concessions. Russia has assured the United States that It will help maintain an open door in the far East. Count Casslnl, Russian ambassador at Washington, and Secretary Hay are receiving large numbers of letters from cranks. Mexico will make silver Its coin, but at a fixed ratio. The announce ment has already caused much for elgn capital to be Invested. The forest fires near Glen FsIIb, N. Y,", are now under control. The drouth In Porto Rico lias been broken and the tuin of all crops nar rowly averted. I1am.,m vf Ini-rAASMl trade wltJi vuuiuiiv . - America, Pern has opened a consular office In Chicago. . I The United Lead comp:. r has In - creased Its capital stock i-u. t '5,000, - 000 to 1 25,000,000. The directors of the Bank ol lind have red need the bank - r discount from 4 to 3Ja per cent. Receivers have been appointed for the Eastern tnDe company, with a cap ital stock of 11.000,000 and general offices at Zanesville. O. The liabilities are given as (800,000, and assets (550,000. Bearing letters to well-known New Yorkers netted Olgar Beckwlth Nelleon who was cashiered from the Danish irmr. an Income ot (300 a month, ac cording to officers who hare caused his arrest. The railroad commissioner of Massa chusetts has authorized the Boston & Northern railroad company to leeoe (2.000.000 new stock at 120, and the Old Colony street railway (1,000,500 new stock at 10a. A tornado at Morton. Kan., inlared several persons and unroofed a anmber of buildings. A bie rise In the Mississippi'!! cans Inz great damage to farm land about La Crosse, -Wis. Six persons on a runaway Chicago t'olley car were Injured by Its collision with a freight train. A defaulting cashier hat neceesi tated the closing of the Soutbpot, Conn., national bank. The reservoir at Hatch, Idaho, has gone out. No lives wero lost, but crops will bo seriously damaged. The American saddlery and harness company, with a capital of (10 000, has been incorporated in New Jersey. A Chicago bootblack received only (10. for restoring n lost (10,000 bill to its owner, wnose joy caueea mm w faint. Tho monitor Arkansas, which wa grounded in the Mississippi, la again afloat, as the result of an unexpected freshet. The Chippewa and Ottawa Indians have decided to press a ciaim oi fou- 000 against the United States for vaca tion of territory In 1795. Descendants ol Washington's French brethren in arms and other prominent Frenchmen propose presenting to thf United States a reproduction of the original bust of Washington by Pierre Jean David. President Gompers Is in favor of a union ol employers. Another union has Joined tho ranks 01 the striking Denver laborers. Russia is deeply hurt at the criti cisms ol the American preea regarding Manchuria. B, F. Jones, ol Philadelphia, a steel magnate and prominent In national politics, Is dead. The Russian ambassador at Washing ton says Jews are responsible for mas aero at Klshnlef. Bybll Sanderson, a well known act ress died in Paris. Denver unions bavel postponed call Ing a general strike. Tironty-ontf persons at Marlcn, Ird,, wero injured by the overturning of a itreet car, NGW COALINO STATION. Admiral Dewey Recommend! One for Dutch Harbor, Alaska, Washington, May 27. Admiral Dewey, ns president of the General Hoard, has made a report to Secretary Moody, recommending the Immediate establishment of a coaling station nt Dutch Harbor, Alaska, ami the erec tion there of a coal depot with nn Initial capacity of 5.000 tons. The e timated cost of the work Is about (51p 000. The money Is now available. Re lieving that the establishment of n coal depot at this strategic point will strengthen the United States on the Pacific Coast, the President haa. hear tily approved the plan, and prelimin ary steps In the work have been taken already. Dutch Harbor is located on one of the Aleutian Islands, and Is on the di rect commercial route between the ports of Retiring Sea and Southern Alaska and the Pacific Coast of the United States. It Is also In the lino of steamships passing through the I'nl mak. Pass, most of which make Dutch Harbor a port of call. Its use as n coal depot site was first recommended by Rear-Admiral Bradford, Chief of the Bureau of Kqulpmont. Ills recom mendation was referred to the Gen- ral Board, and Is now about to be executed according to his plans. Dutch Harbor will form the fifth In the chain of coal depots along the Pacific Coast, which will begin at San Diego and Include San Francisco, Pu get Sound and Sitka. Honolulu Is the sixth In the chain, and Guam probably may be added to tho list. FIRB LOSS A H1LLION. A Large Philadelphia Warehouse Is an lintlre Loss. Philadelphia, May 27. Fire this evening In the building of the Front Street Wnrehouso Company caused n loss estimated at (l.OOO.CuO. The building which was three stories high on Front street and five In the rear, with two sub-cellars, containing mer chandise of a general character. One floor was packed solidly with matting and there was 1G00 rolls of carpet. 500 barrels of molasses, a carload of wines, and other liquors, a carload of matches and much machinery. Everything In the building was de stroyed cither by fire or water. The flro started In the basement nnd was not discovered until the cen ter of the first floor was in flames. The character of the goods In the building made it an easy prey to tile flames, and tho whole structure was soon ablaze. The contents of the building were owned by many firms and Individuals, and It Is not known tonight what amount of Insurance was carried. CNIONS DON'T UNDERSTAND. , I Kacrr . 1 1 t v Mut Be Properly Directed ."Hey Would Live. -r.i 27. Clarence S. Dar- fcn was chief counsel for the -jln ns In the recent arbitration grow- insr out of tho strike In the anthracite real fields, delivered an 'address the Henry George Association here today on the "Perils of Trades Un lonlsm." The general tone of his talk was that "labor unions do not under stand the principles upon which they are founded and along which they must work If they are to continue In existence." He said In part: jien eaten trade unionism, specu latlon, combination, as they catch the measles or the mumps. Capital has caught the fever of combination until It has gone mad over corporations and trusts. Likewise, labor has caught tne lever ol trade unionism and with out knowing what It means or real Izlng how It may be of real service to tne world, has turned Its power and energy in the direction of building up organizations. Unless this force Is turned to nn. lltlcal power or substantial methods for bettering industrial con'dltlons then all this great, movement must bo for iiaught." ' Qreal Irrigation Dam. Washington. May 27. The Ooolorr- leal Survey has prepared a model of the extensive dam to be constructed on Salt rlver,-66 miles above Phoenix, Ariz. This dam will be arnomr the nret and also among the largest Irri gation enterprises to bo undertaken by the Government under the new law. Tho.oxact proportions of tho dam are 188 feet thick nt the base. 830 feot long at the top and 250 feet high. It will contain 11,000,000 cubic feet of masonry. The reservoir to be con sirucicu win dram over COOO square miies or lerntory. New Immigration Station. San Francisco, May 27. United States Immigration Commlsloner F. P. Sargent, who has been visiting In Honolulu for the purpose of Investi gating the labor situation and select ing a slto for local Immigration sta tion, for which tho last Congress ap propriated (30,000, returned today on the Ventura. He has chosen a site on the water front of Honolulu for the station to bo used until tho permanont one is ready. The Commissioner had nagralslng over tho temporary sta tion on May is. Estate Long Unsettled. San Diego. Cal.. May 27. By an or ler of court tho valuable estate of James W. Robinson Is to be distrib uted, Tho caso Is n romarkablo ono. Robinson, who was onco Lieutenant. Governor of Texas and subsequently prominent lawyer In this state, died here . In 1857. . For uomo reason his heirs, who lived In Ohio and else whero In tho East wero not awawe of his death until long afterward and no fforts wero made until comparative ly recently to settle up tho estate. Butchery By Turks. London, May 27. The Soda corres pondent of the Morning Leader tele graphs that tho Macedonian commit tee reports that tho Turks have burn ed the vlllago of Banltzal, near Seres. Only 48 of tho E00 Inhabitants es caped and many women and girls wore outraged and murdered nnd their bodies cast Into tho water. HAPPENINGS HERE IN OREGON . LAND TOR RHSURVU. Idg Withdrawal Made In Warner Valley Section, Southern Oregon, Tho lntorlor department has decided upon anothor forest reserve for Orcgou, this timo In Southern Lake county, In tho Warner mountain country. By direction of Secretary Hitchcock, tho vacant public lands in a tract of over IHiJ.OCO acres In Lake county, and 44 h tosrnsltlpi adjoining in Northern Cali fornia, have been temporarily with drawn from nil entry, with n view to their examination to determine the ad visability of creating a forest reectvo about tho town of Lakevlow. The Oregon lands withdrawn are: Town ships .14 to 41 inclusive, ranger 10, 17, and 18; townships 37, 38 ami 41, rango 10; townships 3(1 and 37, 'rango 20; township) 30 to 41 Inclusive, raugoi 21 and 22. all touth and east. Tho town ship in wht h I-akevlow is located, and the townships immediately north, south and west, aro not included In the withdrawal. A forest reserve in tho Warner Moun tain region ! recommended by the geological survey, not cnlj for tho pre servation of the timber, but the con servation ot tho water lu n ly. Goote lake lies in the center of the withdraw al, and a number of itieama whitli supply it with water have their head waters within that region. Moreorer, the headwaters of Spragtte river, Drews reek, Warner creek, and a number ol other streams would all be protected by a forest rerervo in this region. Inviowof thoileveloi ment ot Irri gation enterprises in Lake louutr and in Northern California, tho creation of this forest reserve is considered most essential. Tho lands withdrawn are to br examined this summer, and suili tracts as are found unsuitable for re- seivation will ultimately be restored to entry. The remainder, beyond a ques tion of doubt, will bo ermanently re served. KUmath County Fair. The Klamath county agricultural association is preparing for tno big events this year a raco nio;t and base ball tournament June 4 and 5, and an agricultural fair, with races, Indian dances, baseball and other attractions next fall. The Iniiial fair was held lust October, and the surprising quan t ty and quality ot exhibits and signal success generally ol tho undertaking arrneed great interest and a determina tion to have the next one on a blfgi r and better scale. Half a Hop Crrp. Much complaint la being expressed by the hop growers aroand Ilarrisbarg. From some cause tho vfnea have not come up in many hills In tho yards ther' -t.n,.l while many ol tn -in aro lj.ig t.nr. it is tne column oi '.un growers thai, the troab!c la !ai" worms 14 n." roots. Still thene thrx wr " in not incline . - . siu ion. H..w---r, all agreo 'l.i' !)it wlf . .' . -rer half a crop in t1 lv ca. Better Catch ot Fish. Reports from the mouth of the river are to the effoit that tho catch of fish is a trifle better, but as the catch dur ing the rast week or ten days baa been ery small, this does not mean much Ice time is last npproacbing,.howevor, wherTbig runs are to be expected, pro vided, of coarse, that the neither anil other conditions tarn moro favorable Died at Oreat Age. Joseph Bashaw, who, as hear as can be figured cut, was at least 115 years old, was found dead in bed at the home of his stepson, near Sidney. He was probably tte oldest man in Oregon. He wis a Frenchman by birth and served in the French wars of 1800.15, under Napoleon. He drove an ox team to ureg n In 147, and was then a gray haired man. Fruit Outlook Bright. Prune growers frcm different parts ol Marion and Polk counties report that their trees are In excellent condition and promise an enormous crop. The rains did no damage during the blos soming period. The trors aro now bearing much more fruit than conld be matured, but, ot coarse, much of this will drop off, as usual. Fire at Ashland. Fire which broke out at Ashland Inst Monday In tin middle ol the busi ness houses on the west side of Fourth street, between A and B, near the Southern Pacific depot, gained such he'.dway and burned so fiercely that al most tho entlro block was destroyed, involving a total loss of nearly (26,030, upon which there was an Insurance ot ,10,600. Cutting Down Debt. The semi-annual financial statement of Wasco county, computed by County Clerk I.aKe, shows a reduction in U o Indebtedness of the connty ol (4 1 ,705.34 Within I he last six months, leaving the total indebtedness at this time only (38,101.14, which Is tho first time for many years that theludeh ednessof the county has been materially below (100,000. Ready to Dig. Ditch digging Implements and sup plies for the Columbia Southern irriga tion company, on the Tumello, have been going in for several days, and act ive operations are expected to bo in progress there soon, though no news has yet coine of the approval of tho re- lamation contract at waeshlngton. - i All Are Busy at Helix. Tho prosperous'llttle vlllago of Helix, In the very heart ot tbo great wheat belt of Kastern Oregon, enjoys tho dis tinction of not having an idle man, a vacant storeroom or dwelling hous within its limits. Kveryone Is busy, and alt are prosperous. Heavy Buyer of Timber Lands, Deeds have been filed for record con veying tho title to noarly 3,000 acres of timber land along the Klatskanie river to W. W. Roman, of Forrest, Pa., mak ing a tract of about 7,( 00 acres that he has recently purchased in that vicinity, MILL AT LUCKV BOY MINI. Contract lias Been Let for an Increase of Titty Stamps. A contract has bcon made by the I.ucky Boy company In tho Blue river district, for tho machinery to Increase tho mill at tho mines to CO stamps, and other machinery for tho operation ot the mine. The oflliots nt tho com pany havo been negotiating for several doys with tho Union Iron works, of San Francisto, aml.have let n largo con tract tor machinery. There will Ins an electric power plant, which will bo located on the McKenxle river, tlx miles Irom the mine, from which power will Ih trans mitted to tho mine. Tho machinery wlll bo increased to 100 stamps next season, which will mako it ono ol the most extonslvo plants on tho roast. Work on tho Humes, buildings, ctc.c lor tno power plant will begin at onco. Tho Improvement now projected will involve an outlay ot (05,000. Said lie was an Officer. K. W. Hates is in Jail at linker City awaiting a preliminary hearing on tho charge of obtaining money by false pre tense, but he will probably hattf to answor to the United States government authorities far tho moro serious charge oi impersonating an ollicer. Lead In Yamnlll Hills. Am Shadden, of McMlnnvillo, is ex hlbitliig some lead ore dug Irom tho hills a few inlles west ol town. The oro assays well In lead, with traces of gold and silver. Surveying Crater Lake Part, Superintendent W. F. Arant has re ceived word that Crater Lake nations park will bo surveyed by the govern ment as coon as tho snow disappears from tho mountains. The boundaries ot the park, containing 210 square miles, nave never been defined, and until that is dono tho superintendent cannot tell exactly whore his authority negnia or ends with reference to poss b o trespassers or lhoe asking prlvil gs. Stripped ol limber. W. II. B. Kent and II. D. Langoll of the department of agriculture, are 1 Baker City from Washington to exam ne tho lands and report in regard to tho ottablishuietit of the Blue mountal lorest reserve. Already Ibey liai niaue a partial examination ot a por tion ol tho land, which it is proposed to embrace in the reserve, and they una mat a treat Ural ol the iiiarkotabl timber has been cut off. They will re main in that vicinity for some time Activity In Blur River. Following the contract for extenslv Improvemonts on the Lucky Boy mine il -. - r.ior .i'tr t, the news I i -.- n. t:.t; i . Punsof mine, i lirtt t m ii oetfin (yntvmatic 6wli'i i" . a rta i-p' mill will bo pnt In '..-n i.o r hoess of the ore i ti . ... -n.ir. n if work will be pro- in' .- mi., ills so as to open np tna ledge in a wanner to work sys tematically. Joining Two Branches. Again it is reported that the long looked for link connecting the tno lines of the Southern Pacific between Springfield and Koirent- will soon be built, and the roport seems to come from a reliable source. A surveying parly is to be cent by the company at ono to maitd nnai location ol the route for the connection, which it is the in tention to construct during the present year. Water Supply Falls. fcTboro is. a shortage of water at the Oregon agricultural college The source ol Eupply Is a large well, which for merly afforded sufficient water, but the growth of the college and the largely increased amount of water require 1 ren dera tho output of the well insufficient to meet the needs. Kvfry day now the well Is pumped dry, in splto of the fact that there is careful husbanding of wateMn all the departments. Sugar Beets Need Rain. About 30 Japanese have arrivoJ in Pendleton from Portland to work in the beet fields ot the Oregon sugar company, and 120 more are expected to follow snon. Tho beets are growing slowly, and almost at a standstill for want of rain. Oraln, gardens and orchards are also eufforing. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Walla Walla, 703 71c; val ley, 74c Barley Food, 20.00 per ton; brow Inc, (21. Floui Best trades, (3.94(84.30; gra ham, (3.463.tl&. Mlllituffs Bran, (23 par ton; mid dlings, (27; shorts, (23.00; chop, (18. Oats -No. 1 white, (1.1031.16: gray, 11.00 per cental Hay Timothy, 120(321 ; clover, 1011 j cheat, (16Q10 per ton Potatoes Best Buroanks, coo per lack; ordinary, 258-i0c per cental, growers' prices; Merced sweets, (3(9 3,60 per cental. Poultry Chickens, mixed, ll12c; yonng, l!(314c; liens, izc; turkeys, live, l(l17e; dressed, 20922c; dusks, 7.007.60 per dozen; geese, (8QH.60. Cheese Fnll cream, twins, 10($ 17c; Young America, 1717ic; fact ory prices, 1(3 124c; less. Butter Fancy creamery. 20(2220 per pound; extras, 21c; dairy, 2022Kcj store, lOQlBc, Kggs 169 17c per dozen. Hops Choice, 1820c per pound. Woll Valley 12 IS; Kastern Ore gon, I14; mohair, 3630c. Beef Cross, , cows, "8 tf4o per pound; steers, 4iQBo) dressed, 70. Veal 88tfo. Mutton Grose, 737K Pr pound; dressed, 8Q9o, Lamba Gross, 4c per pound dressed, 7Ko. Hogs Gross, 'tf& K7c por pound J dressed, 88&. , SULL CIIILDRUN FOR 1001). Terrible ConJItlons llxlit In 1'iimlne Stricken Districts ol China. Washington, May 20. United Stales Consul McWndc, nt Canton, under dntu of April 7, sent to tho Statu Do paitmont n dvtnlled report of tho fam ine, conditions In Iviiug HI, In mippnrt ot hla cabled appeal for help. He pro dticed a mass of Information which ho declare tti bo reliable from Amor lean missionary and naval noun-en In Knt Kwnn Pin, Wu Chow and other places, showing tho destitution and tho conseiiuent sufferlngi which the Consul (lenornl nays, In absolutely np paling. Ho siiye thnt thousands In their desperation wero Belling their children from (2 to (S each, yet so many wore offered and so few pur chased that nut all could bo sold nt even tlilB price. Mr. McW'ado nays, so heartrending wero tho appeals for assistance thnt ho had contributed tar beyond his means, and would have given moro had ho had tho money. When report was written (lie fuiu Ino was Increasing greatly In In never- Ity, and thousands were starving to death. In ono vlllago 200 perished from starvation, mid ho satjl thnt un less something In tho way of relief canto noon, thousnudn and thoiisaudH will starve. Whole families wero Hub slating on n few ounces of rice n day, and wero cntlng herbs nnd leaves Unless tho rice and other crops of July. August nnd September proved plentiful, the famine would only be 'lightly alleviated. In conclusion. Mr. McWndo says: "Tho native feel thnt the Atnerl cans have come among them for their .tnd our mutual benefit, nnd not a their cneiuloH, nor to selzo any of their lands under nny specious or other pretenses. That feeling Is em- phaslied by tho great charity of our people at Uomc. who. lu their earnest efforts to relieve, and not to destroy. know no religion, creed or nation. AMERICANS NOT MOLUSTIID. Venezuelan Mote Against Foreigners Is Contrary tu Treaties. WIllomBtnd. Curacao. May 2f!. The President of the State of Marcatho ntii) tho Governor of Carncns hove tried to enforce the new law ngnlust foreigner, obliging them to recognize only the Venezuela tribunals for the adjustment of their claims ami cum nelllng them to walvo their right t claim for damnges for robbery or nil lage perpetrated by the government or revolutionary troop, nnd enforc Ing other vexatious measure under penalty of Immediate expulsion. ThekO measures were enforced against British, German. Italian Dutch. Spanish and Krencli citizen When their respective legation learn ed of the fact they sent order their Consul not to comply with th demands ot the local authorities the new law was contrary to exist Ing treaties. The minister of Hit power nlso called on Senor Urb.tneja the Minister of Foreign Affair, and protested against the action taken He promised that orders would bo I cued to suspend the enroreerneni tho new Inw. United State citizen wero not molested. It tho law Is onforced later rompll cation with tho power will nrlse, and Is believed thnt tuoro than 40,000 of tho 00,000 foreigner residing Venezuela will leavo tho country. WIIBN PUNSIO.NS DATI! fROM. Indian Veterans Will Receive Pay From June 27. 1902. Washington, i'ay 2C Tho Interior Department has decided thnt all pen sion allowed under tho Indian War Veteran act, approved June 27, 1S02, r,hall be effective from the date of th passage of the art. That Is to say when n claim I allowed, the veteran or his widow or other survivor draws $8 a month from nnd after the dat of tho allowance, ami in granted, addition, nn accrued pension nt th rato of (8 a month from June 27. 1902, up to the date of tho said allowance There has been soma question In tho mind of tho pension authorities a to whether accrued pension would run rrom 1DU2. when tho net affecting th veterans of tho Pacific Northwest be- enmo n law. or from 18D2, when tho original Indlnn War Veteran act. ap plying to tho Black Hawk survivor, went on tho statute hooks. The later dato was finally ettled upon ns being the ono intended by congress. and nil pensions hereafter allowed will enrry this accrued pension, n well as future allowances. Ask Permission to Strike. Anaconda. Mont.. May 20. At meeting of tho Mill and Smeltcrmon's Union, hold Inst evening In this city, It Is reported to havo hoen decided to ask tho permission of tho Amerlenn Labor Union to strike, unless tho men recently discharged nt tho Washoo smelters bo reinstated. It Is tho opinion of a majority of tho labor leaders hero that thero will bo no strike. It Is alleged that tho men dis charged had been too actlvo In nt tempting to dlctato tho policy of tho company In tho matter of running the new works. Boodler (lets Six Years. St. Louis, May 20. After being out C5 minutes, tho Jury In tllo caso of I'mel Hnrtman, cx-mcmbcr of the Houso of Delegates, for bribery, re turned a verdict this aftornoon be fore Judgo Ryan, finding Hartman guilty, and fixing his punishment nt tlx years In tho penitentiary. Tho penalty Is tho heaviest that has been Inflicted so far In tho bribery trials. Hartman, ucvornl witnesses testified. wns ono of tho number who received (2C00 nplcco for their voto on tho city ngm measure. Killed In Hzploslon on Steamer. Quebec, May 20. Tho steamship Couban. of tho Black Diamond Lino, irom nydnoy, a IJ.. for Montrcnl which oiasscd Inward off Matano .lgnt yostorday. signaled that an ox plosion of gas had occurred on bonrd which completoly destroyed tho sa loon and blow up tho poop deck, Three Iron bourns wero also broken In tho lower deck. A waiter was killed and two steorngo passongors aro miss ing, nnd It I thought thoy wero blown overboard by tho forco of tho explosion. Coins tu Be Sold, Washington. Mny 20. Tho Bureau of Insular Affairs, with tho approval of Secretary Root, has authorized tho salo of 100 sets of tho seven now Phil ippine coins that recontly havo bcon made by tho United Stntcs mint at (2 por sot, tho valuo being 97 conts. Tho proceeds will bo turned over to tho Phlllpplno Treasury. Thoro had bcon quite a domand for the sots of coins from collectors. WORK OF TORNADO I-IITIIHN I'llOI'l.ll IN NMIKASKA I.OSli TIIF.IR 1.1VI-S. Twenty Other Marc or Less Seriously Injured-Several Town Vlnlted by Sturm and livery llulldlng lit Its Path Blown tu Pieces -Heavy financial Less. Dusting, Neh May 27. A serle nf heavy stnnns, two tif which developed Into the worst tnnindue that have vlalted Southern Nebraska fur your, PHicd over mn tion of Clay, Franklin nnd Kearney counties last evening. Fifteen person are known to have lost their live. 20 odd were mnio or les seriously Injured, nnd it number nt other received minor Injuries, livery dwelling nnd outbuilding In the path of the tornado wa blown to piece, and the llnaurlnl Iosb thus far account ed will reach about (tlO.000. Near Norman, nt the home nf D.tnlel MeCurdy. n number of relative and friends were spending the day, and not nn Inmate escaped death or orlou Injury. Two mile hiiuiIi of Upland German Lutheran service were being held In a Ki'hool house, when the storm struck and demolished It. kill Ing four of the occupant, Including the minister, and Injuring n number of other. The storm was (finally destructive at Fairfield, but the people were warned of It coming and sought eel Inr for xnfety. Six dwelling were blown to piece nt that place, but their occupants escaped Injury, with n few exceptions. MUST I.IIAVI1 FRANK. Repetition of Recent Accident May Ot cur at Any Time. Ottawa, Out.. May 27. Messrs It W. Brock nnd R. P. McConnell, th geologist who wero sent to report on tho cause ot tho landslide nt Turtle Mountain, which wiped nut tho town or Frank, hnve submitted a prellml nary report to Sir William Mullock acting minister of tho Interior. Mr. McConnell estimates thnt be tween 00,000.000 nnd S0.000.000 ton ot rock fell, the debris of whlc cover nlmnst two square mile The hllilo Is nttrlbuted to tho steepness o the mountnln nnd tho shattered con dltlon of the rock. This was duo to "fnultlng" and crushing of the rock during the process ot mountain bull tug. Heavy rainfall pouring throat: the fissures tended to open them still runner. Tho accident wns locally hnstenei by n creep In tho conl mine which caused a Jar. The mountnln whore tbo slip took place Is very badly fra t u rod and Is now slipping down con urinous!)- in smnll pieces. There danger of nnother slide, ah some of tho fractures extend hack C00 or COO feet from tho fnce, and If theso were to open nnother bulk would com down. Mr. McConnell think that thero will always bo more or less risk In living nt Frank nnd thnt tho people ithoul move as soon nn possible. SWI!IT HV TORNADO. Oklahoma In Track of Storm -tnjurle to rcnplc arc Few. Oklahoma City, O. T.. Mny 20. Last nigni n tornado struck tho town Carmen nnd destroyed ono-thlrd tho plnco. P. F. Brown, of Wichita wa Instnntly killed by Hying tlmbor nnu .Mrs. wismlllor fatnlly Injured Twenty people were moro or les In jurcd. too .Mt'iiiodnt cnurrii wns set on top of tho parsonage, whero It ro mains and can be seen for inlles. Tho dwellings of J. P. Atterbury nnu itooert rnyne were deninllsiiei Mrs. Atterbury wns carried CO feot utit not seriously Injured, whiio he son nnd daughter wore dangorouly hurt. Orchard nnd crnna worn dam. ngcil severely. Tho Arkansas river Is on a rampago a a result of tho heavy mum. ino town or ivaw city is prac- ucuiiy unucr water, many farmers liv ing in the. bottoms near Ponen citv nnd Ncwklrk having been compoltcd to leave tholr home. FIcldB nnd cropj aro submerged, numerous bridge havo been washed nway, nnd inline IB lllUCKOd, I'rsuJulnnt Citizens Papers. Washington. May 27. Immlprniinn omcmis sniu today that they bad Inve tigntcu report that thousands of rrauuuicnt naturalization paper had bcon sold to Immigrant at Now York and had ascertained that tho purpose wns not to facilitate tho ndmlRslon of immigrant into tho United Stnto mil. iu iiurmit imm grant in teriiri worn on tno subway and other Im prnvomont In Now York n mi.inr tno ninio inws only citizens enn work on Improvements of that kind. In somo case as much n (CO was paid iur u iruuiiuieni ccitiiicntn. Shot for a Robber. rucblo, Colo.. May 27 Shot tlimmOi tho groin, bleeding nnd lying by tbo railroad truck for 12 hour without medical attention, with bin lll Mil wlfn and 4-ycnr-old son unnblo to assist lllm, wns tho nlght'B ninnrtenen nf juiuoh iticunrdson at n Water station on tho Missouri Pacific, 10 miles east of Pueblo, near tho agricultural valloy of Avondalo. Tho bullet wa fired hv L, Stovensnn. who I now In In 1 1 nt riiuuiii on tin ciinrirn nr imnnnlt tn kill. Stovcnson Hnysjio mistook nidi- nrilnnn fnr n rtl,l.i-- tlni,n.i.. i ,...,. .ilium unijii i not expected to recover. Block on American Trusts. London, Mny 27. Tho Dnllv Mtill'a correspondent nt Slngnporo states tnai tno govornment of tho Malay Btate has Imposed a prohibitive duty on tho oxport of tin ore unless it smelted within tho eolrmv. Thi. stop is dosignod to chock nn nttompt to cicnto a combination In tho tin trado by tho Standard Oil, tho.Unltod State Stool Corporation and llm American Tlnplato Comnuny. who propose to Import tho Oro Into tl,f. Unltod States froo of duty nnd rn-oi. port tno smoitcd article Locomotive Boiler Ilxplodcs. Krlo, Pa.. May 27. Wlhllo nasslne May's siding on a hill west of Knnn today, tho bollor on ono of tho loco motives pushing n Philadelphia & Krlo freight train oxplodod, killing ono man and Injuring four others, throo perhaps fatally. Tho crown shoct of tho holler una blown through tho cabooso, splitting tho cabooso In two. Tho Inlurod. nr. ccpt tho engineer and flromnn, woro In tho cabooso, UN I'UOIIT SOUND. President Retches Hearty Ovation In Western Washington. nivniiiln. Wash. May 23, l'roitlilout lUiusevelt caught bin Hist idlinpsu of Paget Hound at 1:30 yestoulay after noon us his train outeiod Olymplit, thn Miiltnt city tit Washington. Although other slops hud been liliulu In Wash ington. Il wan lu uiyinpia tnai tno dlllelnl reception to (ho Htuto wa itu- orded tho President. Tho Governor's staff, ex-Governom if tho state, statu titllcei and reception committees appointed ny tna i.ckih- latuie, In addition to tiOOU people from out uf tho city, weiii gathered hem to greet the President, l-iom tho Nor thern Paclllo deput to tho Htato t-apltul building, long line ol troop from tho National guard or tho Htato wero do ployed, mid the President nnd party entered carriage at tho depot ami wero dilven thiougli niches of over green and IIowiiih and between long Rue of soldier to tho ollleo of' Gov ernor Mcllildo. Tho Pieslileul'H carriage was escort ed by a platoon of cavalry. Governor Mcllrldo and Mayor O. J. Lord occu pied seat In tho PiohIiIuIU'h carriage, which hail been decointed with the statu Hotter, iliododendron and oyer Kiucii. At the ollleo of Governor Mc llrldo nn Informal reception tif ten iiinliite wa held, and distinguished men of the Kvctgiccn Statu wero pre sented to the President. From the mill it entrance of tho Cap itol building a platform lutd been con structed lenehlllg out CO feet. A no lle of iirche Increasing Iii'nIiu start .id at the t'upltiil doorway and ended at the end of the platform. Ono hum ilred and fifty people were seated on the platform qud from It outer edge lliu President addressed brlelly tho people gathered III Capitol Park. At the close of tho Preldetlt' nil dress the party entered carriages again nnd were dilven for ten minu tes thiougli the resilience portion of the city lo thn Masonic Temple. Tho Masonic Temple In Olympln wns built over CO years ago and wan Hie cradlu of Masonry lu tho Northwest. Within Its wall the first Masonic lodgii or Knnlzeil In territory west of the Ml slsslppl river ami north or tho Colum bia river, held It sessions. When the Temple wa reached only tho Pres idential patty entered. Within they wero greeted by John Arthur, of So tittle, (Irnud Muster Mason of the Rtnto of Washington, nnd went presented to ollicer of tho Grand I-oilgo. Crowd at Tacam. Tarotnn, May 23 Tho President called Tiirouin tho "City tif Destiny" yesterday iittenioon nt Wright Park, and captured tho heart of 30.000 peo ple assembled there. Probably not more than two or three In tbo 30.000 expected to hear Tni-omu'H pet name. The el Ing at all timet during tho President' speech wa loud and pro longed, but when ho referred to Tnt-o-tun by the name dear lo tho hearts of all true Tnroninn. the women waved handkerchiefs frantically, tho mon swung their hat, and tho youngsters wronmed with delight. Tho President wa plainly pleased with the hit, and ho smiled broadly, musing another round of vociferous applause. CUBA SHINS TRBATY. IMatt Amendment llaijlccn Accepted la Its L'nllrtty. Harann, May 2C Tho permanent treaty between the United States and Cuba. In which I Incorporated nil tbo provision of the Plntt amendment, wa signed Mils afternoon. The act of signing tho treaty took plan, at 1:30 o'clock this hftornoon nt tho oltlco of thn Secretary of State. Tho Klgner wero Hecretnry of State Znldl and United State Minister hqulcra, who wero constituted Kpeclul plenlpotentnrle for that purpose. Senor Zaldo and Mr. Squlorn Blmply met, accompanied by their secretarlea, and the signing wna accomplished, and topic of tbo treaty exchanged within it few minutes. The permanent treaty contains no provision for It abrogation, nnd no oxtrnneoiiH condition of any kind It simply Incorporate tho entlro Plntt ntiiondiiient Into tho form of n treaty. Tho length of tlmo consumed by tho negotiation wn principally due to tho fact that Cuban Govornment de sired to Include In the treaty various extraneous condition, especially one to tho effect that thero should bo no In tervention In Ciibnn nffnlrs by ttlo United Stntc. nxcent flironoh n,. Ini. tlntlvo of tho President of Cuba. All those conditions wero rejected. Hall Breaks in Roofs. Snllna, Kan., May 2C Tho worst hall storm In the history of Ballna visited this plnco tonight. Noarly every window In tho town was brokon. Tho hall broke through corrugated Iron roors on tho business hotisos, and tho rain pouring In dmnnneil thnnn.,.i. .,r dollar worth of propnrty. Aftor tho nut a ntiyero wind storm enmn tip, tak ing tllO rOOf Off thn Mellin.lUt f'l. ,,.., nnd doing dainnirn 111 rither otnnll l,ii 1 1,1. Ing. A bad storm I reported from thn VlCltllty Of Nllos mid 1'nniilm.l.in northwest of Hnllnn. Big Plate Mill Burned. Harrlsburg, Pn May 2C Tho oilir Innl holler pinto mill of tho Cont-.t Iron & Stool Company wn dutro .' by flro today, outlining n loss of (2m.', 000, and throwing n largo number of mon out of work. Tho two mills had been recently rebuilt mill Unri-t nmniim tho moat iip to.dnto In bollor nnd other pinto .making of nnv In tlil nnri nt n.n country. Not long ago tho machinery was practically ronowod mid now hon ors of largo capnclty addod and olectrl cal ttpparatus put In. Tho mnchlnory la ruined. Damugo hy Cloudburst In Ohio. Cincinnati. O. Mnv sr. nnn.i. . lay show that III IIP )i tin mil nt lunu ilnnn M night In dlfforont purtd of tho Ohio Valloy by cloud burst nnd lightning. No live woro lost nnd mmn nn nri. ously Injured, but ninny pooplo woro shocked by llghntlng. Tho Intorbnn electrlo line uro still bmlly disabled. A car on tho Mill Crock Valloy lino was struck by lightning nnd sot on flro nt Carthngo, and tho passongors nnr. rowly oscnnod tlonth. nil i.in., .... conscious for a short time. Cnthollca Look to L'mperor. London, May 23.-An addrcis t mporor iVIIllam Is oi,, ,.,i.i..i.. n ii i r?.rreBsI,,tf ,,b ,ni,a ' tiio uiimuiirs mat uermany mnv Im finl viinl.,,1 ...111. .1.- . ... . r.i .. "lu protection of uthollo In orosts In ihu Fntt n,i purlng tlio einporor tlnt ,,, j,,,t,fJl Catholics will labor to removo tho mis understandings between flrent ll-linl.. and Germany, and tho promotion of tno inenuiinesa of tho two vuntrles,