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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (June 5, 1903)
Bohemia Nugget howaiid nnorrw, rnb.. COTTAOB GROVH OREGON. EVENTS OF THE DAY r..hitslva Review of tbe ltnDort- nt Happenings th ,'t W"'' 'Presented In Condensed Form, Most Likely te Prove Interesting. Tlio Rollanco lias again ideated tho Cooitltatlou and Columbia. Mr thousand people aro liomoleri In Iowa as the result ol high wr ter. Russia will enforce Its Manchurlan policy, tloaplto China's refusal tc grant the demands. Nearly 50 people were Injured, eight seriously, in a collision of Ban tt&n clsco street cars. RoproFontaUve Payno says the next congress will not revise tho tariff or past any laws again el the truata. Konr cars on tlio Southern 1'aclflc went over a high embankment south of Santa Barbara, Cal., injuring 4U poo plo, aomo ol them soriously. The famine situation in China Ii appalling. QeorKO Francis Train, while ser iously ill, la not in any danger. Troops have been called out at Lex ington, Ky., to protect prisoner. 8L Petersburg. Russia, has Just cel ebrated the bl-coctennary anniversary of Its founding. Tho Navy Department will not re move tho ban on the Bremerton navy yard' until tho saloons aro closed. Tho Presbyterian Assembly adopt ed resolutions urging the expulsion of Sonator Smoot from the halls of Con gress. Tho General Presbytorlan Assembly has unanimously adopted tho revised creed. Tho "Go-between" of Machen may be allowed to turn states' evidence In the postal .scandal. Tbe nlaguo now raging at Iqulque, Chile, was brought there In a cargo or rice from India. The International Telegraph Con ference has opened In London. Gen eral Greeley represents tho United States. A. Landau has been awarded $10,000 damages against New York City for the death of hU son by an explosion of fireworks. Ex-Postmaster Milne, at Taclaban, P I., Is accused of stealing not only $200 in coin, but the 400-pound safe of the office. Joseph Dalley, of Glen Falls, N. Y., has greatly surprised the medical world by living six months with a bul let In bid brain. Tho steamer Oceanic, from Liver pool to London, has posted a notice warning its. passengers to beware of sure-thing gamblers. Four men were badly injured, one perhaps fatally, In a stampede that followed the burning of a fuse in a Brooklyn street-car. A thief In the guise of a servant robbed the residence bf George II. Morgan, of. Now York City, of brlc-a- brae, sliver, and'objecta of art valued at $10,000. Rentals amounting to $1,000,009 year will bo claimed by property own ers in Greater New York for the use of tliqlr houses as supports for tele- grapn wires. By threatening to kill any man who dared to open the doors of a com' partment In the North River tunnel Superintendent Brady saved his own life and tbe lives of 11 other men, and prevented the flooding of the tunnel. Thomas A. Edison has been taken Into the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company, as a member of Its board of technical directors. Tbe arrange ments under which Edison and Mar coni -join forces are not made public. The War Department is considering a plan to give graduates of military schools 12 or 15 good positions, each year. In the Philippine constabulary. M. Leopold Mablleau, tbe French so ciologist. In a lecture at Chlcaco, termed the American college profess or as a hired man In a cage. Oregon will receive $910,961 from the national Irrigation fund. The general Presbyterian assembly strongly denounces Monnonlsm. Liberals will try to force Britain to Bliow her hand on preferential tariff. Russia has taken steps to punish those talcing part In the Jewish mas Sacree. Tho Brotherhood 'of Railway Train men has voted to Increase its strike fund to $300,000. The man who forged J. Plerpont Morgan's name for large sums of money In Londan has been arrested Five Chinese were captured at Buf falo, N, Y.. while trying to make their way into the United States from Can ada, A gas explosion In a coal mine near Pittsburg resulted In tho death of four men and the serious injury of two others. Two Italians were killed and 18 In- Jured in a collision between a freight train ana several dox oars at Colum- dus, Ohio. In a fleht with Insurgents on the Is- land of Cebu, the American soldiers killed 68 rebels and captured 29. Frost has done great damage to gar den truck about Manchester, N, IT. Glanders has caused tho death of a colored stableman at Newark, N. J. The contract has been let for rock with which to extend the Columbia river Jetty. After burning two months, the firs at tho Q laco Bay (N. S.) colliery has oecn put out. Navy Department will order no more ships to Bremerton naval yard until orotnois aro closed. Flro destroyed the $5,000 building of tbe American Ice Company at Phila delphia, and ruined $160,000 worth of machinery. Henry Tlernan of St. Joseph, Mo, will recoivo tho prise offered by the King of Denmark for the best poem on tho, recent meeting of the Dowager Empress ot Russia and the Queen of England. The 1 town of Altman, near Cripple Greek, was almost entirely destroyed by Are. SWEPT BY FLOOD. Lots at Kansas City an Topeka In Toll of Swirling Waters, Kansas City, Mo., Juno 1. With the waters of the Knw and Missouri rivers nearly four foot abova tho disastrous level of 1881 and their swollen tides spread over 18 uquare mllaa of the city and its suburbs, Kannas City Is enduring tho worst flood of Its history. In tho valley of the Kaw or Kansas river, Between mis cuj "" City, Kan., a report nas u mm uum- ttAF rvf Uvea hnvA been lost. OhO rO- port says 1 and another 50, but In tho midst of demoralisation of traffic and only ordinary means of communl- cation It Is Impossible t- verify these reports. Tho financial loss has been lncreas- In it- nil ilnr and bids fair to continue. Tho heaviest loss Is at Armourdale, where tho losses to the packing Indus try and others Is placed at $2,600,000. Argentine, anothor suburb, has suf fered losses estimated at $500,000. Other losses which cannot bo esti mated will Increase the total very ma terially. Armourdalc. with a popula tion of 16,000 people, is desorted and Its slto marked only by tho tops of buildings and a number of ores. Seven Arcs, believed to be chiefly box cars burning, coma dp seen irom the bluff tonight. There) Is some dan ger that the Barnes will spread to tho nartlntlv anSmnrffivl hnllulrurs. addlnCT greatly to the already neavy loss, lue (Ires started by tno intrusion oi noou into a lime warenouae. At Topeka. Topeka. Kan, June 1. There Is ground for the hope that the worst has passed. So treacherous did the Kansas river prove Itself yesterday In the rising of Its water, tonight so slowly as to be Imperceptible, the five milo stream Is settling oacs: into i" rlehtful channel. Un and down the official gauge has fluttered all day. Tonight, however. City Hnglneer Mc- Cable issued a bulletin giving out the cheering Intelligence that the waters had subsided to tho extent of exactly 7H Inches. It may bo a few hours be- fore another drop win no noticed. With 175 or 200 lives lost, millions nt riol nrs' worth of nroncrty destroy- eiT! hundreds of Pistol shots as sig nals ot distress, blended with the agonlilng cries of unwilling inhabit- ants in ireeiops ana roots 01 nouses. and the waters croeplng upward and taen siowij- suusiuiuc n:ruiij 1 (ent of tne damago Is not ruuy de changing from hope to despair, the Te0pod, but It is known that all the Capital City passed the most memor able Sabbath day of Its existence. To this uncomfortable condition of af fairs was added a cold and dismal rain. HOT AFTER BEAVERS. Ex.Chl,f of Salaries and AUow.nc. DU vision Atjegtd Oullty of Irregularities. Washington, June 2. The Inspect ors of tho Postofdce Department are giving special attention at this time to the record of tho transactions In the salaries and allowance division during the time when Georgo W. T., 1. ZZa 'o n..v,.tH - ni,KAi nt If. 1 ST, vl-r: L- " ",."1" r ZSSZSrS& to havTwante4 the removal of Beavers had he not al- ready resigned, but the disclosures up to the present time aro of acts that I nrn nnHwfll. anrt therefore cannot he .ied In maHmr .in a ran against him. The fact that he is being kept under close surveillance by postofflco In- spectors detailed for the purpose leads to the conclusion that It sufficient evi- dence of recent offenses can be col- lected to establish his criminality, he " WW V4V-L, " V. I AddlUonal weight la given to this hiior h. ih. ,t h. i.Bnin.. been sent to New York to look Into contracts made by Beavers for cancel- Ing machines. A firm in Oswego some time ago charged that Beavers lrlmln.fnH .mln.l holr n... chine, which has been rented to the government at $250 per annum, and had substituted another make, for which the department paid $100. It Is also alleged that tke number of high-priced machines contracted for was considerably In excess of the ma chines replaced. The Inspectors are particularly Interested in learning the HmmqtinrM ermrtitlnn. nnriar which tho more eootly machines were substituted for others. There Is an lntimation that a condition exists In the salaries and allowance division verv nlmllar to that unearthed in the free delivery office. London, June 2. The British Consul at urzeroum reports man an omciai estimate places' the number of persons killed In the earthquake in tbe Van district of Asiatic Turkey at 860, while the loss of cattle was lncalcul- able, owing to the lateness of the spring, a large majority of the ani- mals being Indoors. Nearly a score of villages were completely destroy I cu buu uiuy more wer paniany oe- mollshed. The center of the seismic disturbance was In the neighborhood I of Mount Glpan. Benguet Is Prosperous. Washington. June 1. William F. Peck, governor of tho Igorrote Prov. ince ot Benguet, In his report to the Bureau of Insular Affairs ot the War Department for the year 1902. says his I administration has been marked by I manliest contentment on the part or l tbe people and the hearty co-onera- tlon of the officials. Notwithstanding me caoiera ano tne amaupox, in trav-1 enng about the province, he rinds now I nouses, new rice fields, new coffee I plantations, gardens and clean yards rt.tr "uw' wt lurul aua ,B" Oroundof City Is Slaking. Glasgow. June 1. Alarmlne- sub- sldences of the surface ot the earth I have occurred at Motherwell which has a population of 20,000 and is tbe ' Chinook, tho balance being blue center of the Lanarkshire coal andlbackB and steelheads. The chlnookr Iron district. The eonnfv hnnnlinl ha bring 5 and 6 cent-, tho bluebacks. i been badly damared. neeesoltatlne it partial abandonment; tbo high school has a wide rent In one of Its walls, I ana tno street car power bouse and I wan uiuer uuuuidks nave Deen aam- A lh,a "Ub.ldln.les,fflttr,ut6d WU1 Try to flake It Rain. Ottawa, Ont. June 2. In conse quence of the scarcity ot rain and the numerous ares occurrlsg in Ottawa and the surrounding country, upon me suggestion or Mayor cook, tne minister of Militia, Sir Frederick Bon 1 meeting of the State Irrigation As den, has given Instructions that the sociatlon comes as a surprise to most sky be bombarded by tho artillery at I of the friends of irrigation In the Nepean Point. I eastern part of the state. I HAPPENINGS HERE IN OREGON CONFIDO OP SUCCDSS. Prospectors for Oil Do Not Loie Faith Because of Kevcr.es. . n,.h,lrV whirl, ha. been uorlna- ror oil at Myrtle urecK, nas aoanuoncu lno well altor navig reached a uia- I tnn nf Ififin tnnt Mnmn limn flFO. wne tho boring apparatus was at worjti lno caulo parted and let tho urm fBit into tho well. After tho drill was rcmoved Is was found that tho casing had also been broken and part 0 it nad fallen Into tho well. It . intr rnnmi thm the well had been "plugged," and In such a manner that It is now impossible to work It at all. Tho comnanv Is so confident of find ing oil that It has again let a contract to Loyd Smith, a practical wcll-drlllcr, who will Immomlately qoiuro'enco op erations on tho now well wimin i. fcet of the old. Mr. Smith claims that tho maica (Ions for oil are tho best ho has yet 0en on this Coast, and Is confident that nil will h found within 2000 feet. SEALED BIDS FOR WOOL. t-ini rooi sa.e in.s Arlington-sate smaii. Th. ... wnn, ..i- ot the season under tho system of sealed bids. In- augurated In this state for the Urst tlnio last year, came on in Anms uu -thXrndbum" Ove'r 500,000 pounds of wool was ottorcd for sale, but only about 60,000 pounds was sold. 1'ricea paid ior tnoso sum ontt. es and best I clips were nil declined because the I rutin? nrlccs had fallen below the owners' expectations. Dissatisfaction was expressed by a number of buyers 7er,the, 8,aIca, made t,hls morn!ng,S5 the local bank to a, buyer on the ground before the time for the public "'a "hen all the buyers should ar- ,,. .r , , - ' fo the interest of the buyers ,u" . Fruit Trees Feel Frost. killing frost blighted the pros .,.., fnr nhnm nnt fruit croD arounij Baker City last week. Tho ex- early fruit Is badly damaged, and in some localities all the fruit is killed. So far as known, there has been no frost in Pine and Eagle valleys, or down on the Snake river, below Hunt ington. These portions of the county comprise the principal fruitgrowing sertlon8 of tbe country. Until last night the prospects were favorable for ver known this, the Powder river valley. fluch Snow In Blu Mountains. Pioneers around Joseph say there Is more snow In the Blue mountains and spurs at this time than for a great many years. Moro snow has fallen thus far In May than was melted dur- 1 uk iue warm uai a ui watwi ouu April. It Is claimed that the contln- -d cold gather this month w... be J""""" If, ,, that wrlll . .the .now very . X :""' ". ,OWB- u" onuo nu duukc rive " "e oiumuia m bucu quunuuw Vn,USU,h taff-rSSnSff Pected in the lower Columbia. Rainier is Confident. The county-seat fight in Columbia county ,a on The electlon notlce call. , Tl.lw It wilt 0 luu be posted In a few days. At present there are only three candidates for the nonors or county fleat. at. ueiens, ,whIch .' ,th.e, C0Vnty .ee P ?w'. ,Ra,.n: "" " "a" De DUl UD irom Hirt'B points. 11 ID Ecn?ra"y conceded that Rainier will bc flt ln thf ce-. Should no point rec,e, a major Ity of all votes a sec- on flection will be held in August, .uu iud uiu mil u, wncu u.inccu the two highest. Pine Lands Cut Out. The General Land Office at Wash- ington has received tne amended map flled by the Oregon Development Company, showing lands on the Up- Per uescnuies river in eastern ure- son, wnicn 11 proposes to reclaim un aer warey act. un mis map, tne com pany has eliminated nearly 15,000 I acres mat warts fuciuuuu la uie origin al selection, this action being taken n . , . . r? i-i , . aree that much of the orlrfnal selec tlon was land covered with merchant- able timber. Damming of the Rogue, Th nnMnn Tlr ( f Xffnlnv Pflmniinv has resumed with a vim the work of rtogue river, in the Dry Diggings, three miles above Grants Pass. The .m hpmin onrlv ln.it vnap hut wag not completed before tho arrival of the fall rains. The dam, even In it. i.nmmnMo mniiotnni h Tery hKn water and several freshets ot the Rogue during the winter. Catherine Creek Claims Taken There Is another small rush on In locating timber In the Catherine creek district, east of Union. About 20 claims have been located durina the past ten days and others are Invest!- gating. Last year many locations were made, but Alines suddenly ceased when It was rumored that there had Deen rrauds in making locations, and that tbe government was Investigate Ing tbe matter, ChUook and Shad. 1 mi,. TIKI.!.. IntnH .1 G,lnn nnn A ua it'll lie ioiaitu ociuiug vuui' nanv'ft erounuR. nhout two mtlen ahnve Cathlamet, have begun operations, and have been catching about half a ton of fish per day, which more than pays expenses. About half tbe catch cents, and the steelheads, 3 cents per pouna oi-i. etrtir. in n,, n-.i. . . i. i.t.,,in,,.i or? hS been struck ta tne Gray Eagle mine, in tho Sparta district. The ore assays $2000 per ton. A five-foot ledge assays $15. The property is owners of the Bonanza. Jrrlgatlonlits Surprised. The abandonment ot tbe seml-annu- COPPER NEAR KOSIU1URU. Rich Veins of Ore Reported by Prospec tors In Collier Creek Country. Frank Reed arrived In Rosoburg tow days ago from tho Collier Crook country, in Curry county, whero h and other members of his party havi made a discovery of a very rich cop per lodge or deposit, on which thoy have located 1C mining claims. The deposit has been traced a dlstanco ot over n milo and a half, and surface I dtcatlons show a wido win. No ns says have as yet been made on tho discovery, but li Is generally believed that this now find will prove tho rich est yet discovered. Tho ledgo Is about IS mlk's south of Rogue river, and Is nt present very difficult placo to reach, as there is only a trail through that section It Is expected that operations will soon commence on tho development ot these mines, as Mr. Reed Is n member of a copper company which was cently organised in Koscburg, with Mr. Fred Blnkclv nt the head. Na tive copper Is abundant throughout Southern Oregon, but thoso owning most ot the mines have not sufficient capital to work thorn properly. Oregon Can Grow Flax. That tho Pacific Coast and especial ly tho Wlllamctto valley ot tho state ot Oregon Is especially adapted to the culture of flax, and that ot the very finest quality, has been demonstrated beyond any possibility of a doubt by Mr. Eugeno Bossc, tho celobrntod Bel- clan flax culturlst. who has been con ducting a scientific courso ot experi ments In and around Salem for more than a year past, and Is now engaged In raising tho second crop for tho pur pose ot proving this fact to tho en tiro satisfaction of thoso who are now backing him financially, and have shown heretofore a disposition to doubt tho veracity of his broad asser tions regarding tho possibilities ot the flax Industry tor Oregon. Mill for Wallowa Mine. President E. R. Tripp, of the Ten derfoot Gold Mining & Milling Com pany, whoso properties are situated about 18 miles Bouth of Joseph, in Powder river branch of tho Blue mountains, has purchased n 20-stnmp auartx mill, eight vanncrs or John son concentrators, and a complete cyanide plant to bo Installed at the properties before Bnow tiles ngal The Tenderfoot Is composed of 12 full claims and enjoys the distinction having furnished the highest general average of assay of any other pros pective mine ln this stato. Curb on Willamette. Extensive work Is being dono on tne Willamette river Just north ot I dependence, captain Ogdcn states that work will be continued nil of th summer. Tho -Jetty being construct ed below Independence will save to the land owners over 1000 acres of land, as the current was about to wash through a number ot the best farms and change the course of the river for several mllos. This Jetty will save this as well as tho banks which the current has been moving at the rate of about 20 feet a year I many places. Headed Toward Burns. Chief Engineer Joseph West, of the Sumpter Valley Railroad, Is in Baker City prepared to begin the work of extending the road. Tho rails and other material for the extension have begun to arrive and the sawmills are busy cutting ties for the new road. Just how far the road will be built this season Is not Btated, but It Is cer tain that It will penetrate Borne dl tance Into Grant county In the direc tion of Burns, the county seat of Har ney county. Preparing for Dry Summer. Baker City authorities aro pre paring to supply tho city with an abundance of water, for what prom Ises to be a long, dry summer. The new reservoir on Goodrich creek, which was completed last fall, will be In use this season ln addition to the Eagle creek supply. Several of th water mains are being replaced with larger pipe, so that both the supply of water and the pressure may be equal to the demand. Otologics! Survey Begins. Government Engineer Sutton, who has been getting together his corns of assistants and outfit ln Union for the past week, has Just commenced hi field work of making a complete eeo- loglcal survey of the county in this section. The work was started In Un ion and will branch out covering about 1000 square miles, requiring about two years work. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Walla Walla, 7071o; val ley, 7c. Barley Feed, tSO.OCTperton; brew ing, izi Floni Best grades, $3.054. 30; gra nam, $3.-ia3.d5. Mlllituffs Bran, $23 per ton; mid dlings, $27; shorts, $23.00; chop, 110. Oats - No. 1 white. $1.1091.15 grar, fi.oo per cental. Hay Timothy, $20ffl21; clover $10llj cheat, $16016 per ton Potatoes Beit Bnrbanks, 60c per tack; ordinary, 2540o per cental growers' prices; Merced sweets, $3 s.ou per cental. Poultry Chickens, mixed, ll12c; young, i3(9Mc; bena, lzo; turkeys, live, l (JO 17c; dressed, 2022c; ducks, $7,00(97.60 per dozen; geese, $00,60. Cheese Full cream, twins, 16 17c; Young America, 1717Jc; fact ory prices, llic; less. Butter Fancy creamery, 2022o per pound; extras, Sic: dairy, 2022Ho: store, loaiBc. Ergs 1617c per dozen. Hops Choice, 1820o per pound, Woll Valley 1216; Eastern Ore gon, 1(314; mohair, 36(g36c. ussi uross, cows, 33c per ponna; steers, Hoo; dressed, 7ftc. Veal 88Kc Mntton Gross. 7(37 c dot pound: drsued, 8(90o. Lambs Gross, 4c per noand; dressed. 7 He. Hogs Gross. IdHUTe Dei' bonndi dressed,808i, LOSS 01' LII'H (1REAT.J Earthquake In Asiatic Turkey Destroys Town and Kills 2,000 People. Constantinople, May 30. Advices which reached here today from Asi atic Turkey show that n terrible onrthqunko occurred April 29 nt Mel azgherd, In tho vilayet ot Van, 80 miles southeast ot Krioroum, on the Euphrates. Tho town was totally de stroyed with Its entire population numbering 2000 souls, Including TOO Armenians, ns well as troops tormln tho garrison ot Mulazghord. Ov 400 bulldlngn lu neighboring village collapsed. A somewhat severe earthquake wn fult hero this morning, but no serlou damage was dono. Shock Lasts Thirty Seconds. London, May 30. Tho foreign Of fice hero today received some details from the British Consul nt Krzrroum regarding tho recent earthquake Melaigheril. ncconllng to which strong shock, lasting 30 seconds, was felt on tho morning ot April 29 throughout tho entire district between Lnko van and tho RusBlnn frontl and ns far West ns Kharput. The town ot Melazgherd, consl Ing of 500 housos, was destroyed, and much havoc was wrought ln the sur rounding villages. Colonel Klialll Hoy. commanding tho garrison of Mel azgherd, with his whole family, three omcers and eignty sonuera ponsncu In tho ruins. Lieutenant-Colonel 'lay lb Bey, whoso family perished, be camo insano. Tho telegraph oporntor who sent tho now a ot tho catastrophe said himself was badly Injured, nnd that his wife and Bister had been killed The Foreign Office has appealed for subscriptions for tho relict ot th dcstltuto of tho Melazgherd district, NOVEL FAIR EXHIBIT. United States, In Miniature, Will Show the Products ol Each State. St. Louis. Mny 20. On tho south ern slopo of tho hill that fronts the Philippine exhibit, tho Department of Agriculture U mnklug n map ot the United States to rover B.l acres ol ground. Considerable work has nl ready been dono here by David Urodle, superintendent of tho open air exhibit of tho Bureau of riant In dustry ot tho Department of Agrlcul turc, who has boen In St. Louis since early spring ln charge ot tho map projected. Mr. Urodle and his assistants are laboriously drawing on the ground the Jagged coast lino of tho United States Starting nt Oregon ho has already reached Pcnsacoln, Fin., and in a few dava he will have finished tho coast line. Then will come tho drawing of tho dividing lino between the states. The cntlro live acres ImB been under laid with wooden drains to carry tho surfaco water. Products grow by each Btato will b exhibited at thol prpoer placo on the map. World's Fair Commissioner Crldlcr cabled from St. Petersburg, Russia, as roiiows: "Resorvo site for Russian pavilion among thoso ot tho great nations, sub ject to the approval of the Commis sioner-General, who will arrlvo at St, Louis ln July." STORM DAMAGE UROWS. Iowa Tornado Completely Wiped Out One Town. Des Moines. Ia.. liny 29. When wlro communication with the Interior towns was opened up today It became apparent that yesterday's tornad caused far greater loss than was at first reported. A report early today from Botna, Shelby county, received by way ot Audubon, says that the town of Botna was Completely demo! isneu, and that many farm houses near that place wero wrecked. At Botna a large church and tbo Great Western Depot aro among tho build ings known to bavo been wrecked No definlo news of casulltcs from there bad been received up to 11 o clock today. At crcston ten dwellings were blown off their foundation, and Mrs S. E. Troop and daaghter wero In jured in tho wreckage of their hom Ten miles north of Gray. In Audu bon county, two children nro ronort- eu Killed ln tho wrecking of a farm nouse and five others seriously 1 jureu. ah wero occupants of one house. Telgracph Line Asks Aid of Court, Philadelphia. May 30. Tbo West ern Union Telegraph Company today aBKea tno united mates court of Ap peals to Issuo an order restraining tho Pennsylvania Railroad Company from continuing tho removal of Western Union poles and wires from tho lines or that road. This request Is made on tno ground that tho telegraph com pany has appealed to tho United States Supreme Court from a roccnt decision of tho Court of Anneal" which bold that tho railroad company nau a legal ngnr. to rcmovo tbo poles ana tne wires. Clever Work of Burglars. Birmingham. Ala.. May 30. Ben nctt Bibb and James Williamson are under arrest hero charged with rob bing tho safe In tho Ulilon Passenger Station ticket office of nearly $7000(, mo uvicciivcs aro arter anothor man wnoso arrest they bolievo will brine about tho recovery of a lareo nart of the money. Tho arrests developed tho most Ingenious schemo known to tho uctectivcs who havo been working on me caso. a nolo was bored through tho celling of tho offlco and from abovo tho alleged burglars studied tno combination through a magnify- IU1S tilUSB. War Decree of Castro. Caracas, May 30. Tho Official Oa- zetto today says a Presidential decree tomporaniy suppressing tho Customs Houses at La Vela. Oimntn. CI.. -t. I . ouuru, uuunu, i; ft no, uoiorauo and Cludad Dollvar and allowlmr dream. ers coming from Europe 30 days, and sailing vessels 60 days to reach Ven ezuelan ports. Steamers from tho united utatcs aro allowed in iiava and sailing vessols 30 days. Tho allow ances count from June 1, Tho cus tom Of Juan GrlcgO. Mnrunrltn Tnlnml io nuumurreu to i-ort J.amar. Modocs Still Long for Oregon. Washington. Mav 30. An Trwiinn Inspector has boon ordered to Quapaw inuiuii nueiicy. in um Territory, to investigate tho dissatisfaction of the Modoc Indians who have expressed a desire to return to their old homo In the Klamath reservation, ln Oroo-on. Ho will endqavor to persuade the mal- Contents to POStOOne their riennWnr. until Congress enn provldo for tUem.l IN FURY OF FLOOD PIVD THOUSAND Pl-01'LC ARB II0MC LESS AT TOPEKA. Homes are Ilelng Abandoned livery. whcre-Hallroad Tralllc Is Practically Suspended-Cloudbursts Add to the Horror ol tho Sltustlon-AII Kansas la Suffering, Topokn, Kan., Juno l.-Tho high water nt 11 o'clock tonight has sum rounded tho whole of North Topaiiu, nii.l ln.n.lrn.U l,nBa n., ttnanrt.,,1. People aro moving out from that part o aro moving out from that part vn as fust n? possible, and groat ss provnlls. At this time nearly people aro homoloss. It will bo nri for nvnrv Inlmliltnlit of the ot town distress S000 pei necessary for every Inhabitant of thu North Blilo to lonvo there bv morning. '."A.?.1"".:.0 .".J.?,,,1" 'f nun huh win iuiitu uvur iu,uuu nmpiu ...i.i...... n.i i- ...,. .. tho river nro trying to take caro of tho llood refugees. The court house, stato houso and other buildings havo boon opened for their reception, and a fund started for their relief, unll- road traffic from this city Is prnctt ra y nt a standstill Tho water plant Is being worked un der i:reat difficulty, and It Is feared that by tomorrow this will have to bc abandoned. It this Is tho cans, the ontlro city will bo without flro protec tion, tl....n.l. f.-.. ... II'.. ... ...... nn.l Atltnr points along tho rlvor report a groat volume or water earning down mis wny. Wnmugo reports n rlso of two foot In tho llluo rlvor nnd tnroo real In tho Ileimbllcnn rlvor. Tills will reach Topeka by morning, and the largo concrcto nreh brldgo will have ureat d 1 culty In holding Its own For sli hours today, tho Hood plow ed llko n rlvor through Abilene, fill Ine 200 ccllnts and driving 100 rami lies to places ot refuge. The Rock Is land. Union Pacific and SnntA IV trackB nro washed nway. two Inmbor yards burned from tho contact ol llmo with wator, and aovoral build Incs collapsed. Nearly all tho bust ness houses am Hooded. Scores of peoplo woro rescuod In boats todny after having spent n wholo night In trees. Merchants nro all moving their stocks to higher places, but It Is gen orally believed that tho worst Is over A startling story comes Indirect!) from Manhattan that a cloudburst In that vicinity has started a four-fool voliimo of water down tho Kuw river Itlvermen discredit tho Btory. nl though thoy wlil keep watch for the threatened rise Tho Hock Island had news of A bad cloudburst near llerrlngton, which has also put nil tho streams out ot thcli banks. Last nights rain extended all over Central and Northorn Knnsas, all of which Is drnlned by tho Kansas river Ilaln fell during this morning at many of tho Hooded points, nnd at 4 o'clock another heavy rain, almost n cloud burst, fell. This will mako tho sltua tlon much worse, Tomorrow tho flood will bo nt llr height, and tho situation will then bc cxtromoly crltlcnl for North Topeka wamego and other towns along the Kansas river. NOT FOR ENTRY. Large Tract ol Land In Northwestern Oregon Withdrawn. Washington. Juno 1. Tho Geolog ical Survey having recommended the crcntlon of a forest reacrvo In extreme Northeastern Oregon tho Interior Do partment has withdrawn from all en try n tract of about 357.090 acres In tho northorn hnlf of Wallowa count) with a view to Its examination to de termine tho advisability of convert ing it into n forest reserve. Tho withdrawn lands aro sections 1 12, 13, 24 and 25 In township 2. rnncr 44; an or townships 3 and A, rnngo H; townships z. 3 and 4. ranee 4: town ships 2, 3, 4, 5 and 0. rango 46: town ships 3, 4, S and C, rango 47; the west half of township 3. ranao 4S: and all of fractional township E, rangr in. Tho withdrawal, which lies north and east of tho fortllo Wallown valley, Ir for tho most part mountainous and fairly woll covered with a timber growth. RlBlns within Its limits are Joseph creek, and numorous othor tributaries ot the Snako and Grand Hondo rivers. Tho withdrawn lands will bo examined durlne tho nrosenl summer If possible. Mcanwhllo per- sons who havo settled upon any land" within tho withdrawn area will not bo disturbed In tho perfection of tholr entries. In all cases of thin kind the with drawnl In no wnv arTocU the rlchit of persons who have initiated rlghtr to tho lands under any of tho public land laws. Tho withdrawals mere!) provent tho Initiation of new entries and nro made principally to forestall speculative entries which would bc mado If tho lands were nnt nroiiefn,t and It should became known that for est reserves wero to bo created. Russia Moves for War. London, Juno 1. According to a dls patch to tho Times, tho situation In Manchuria is unchanged, an,, m. ne. counts aeron hnt n,,..l. i. 7.... i "lumtiiiui Kuvurnmuni. in now Am SF&aKK Klqu & 'ore. a warl ko nttllmin ailVt, otray loading coal and breadstjffs at Port Arthur. M. Lcssar the liiuT.ifi in" lstor.Us o7Dectedartothnrr ZBtn2 ."J tomorrow Will be Surrendered to Mexico. Washington. June 1 The B,, n. partment todav Issun,i tho surrender to tho Moxlcan govorn- mont of Los 0 E. Hurhort. nllna n fn I M,aC8hoanrd"0i,nn,1 Wl111" '" fhlliimhiin Hfn.l-A fni u hdd under nrre.l v'0 5 n0W third of tho alleaed m't' Tr,ho sovoral weeks aao Tim u charged with Insuring i v. T nro mlttlnB murde? for K . " iBn(1 com iiiiiuiib rauruor for the lnsurnnen raonoy. - To Reject Canal Treaty. Colon, Colombla, Juno 1,-From a most authent c and source from Ilogota, tho capital . I ! tho Panama Canal tZ.v ,n tS.rSc.t nnt i. i , nir sitlon o the S hSJffl ovorywhere. Bono ga nnd Teran, tho ronrosaninM. , XI T Panama In oSi, way to Bogota. The other r represent- atlve will follow next week. roprOBOnt' I FLOOD IN KANSASi Many People are Driven From Their Home Wheat Crops Ruined. Bnllim. Kan.. May 20. This city Is tonight tho hcciio of tho worst llood In Un history, fully 100 fninlllen having been driven from tholr homes, and tlm extent ot tho dnimigo Is estimated to bo hundreds ot tlioimnmlrt of dollars. Anothor heavy rnlu toll tonight, malt- Inir fmir Inchon of rain that has fall en hero during tho Inst 24 hours, Tim northwestern portion of tho city Is entirely suhmcrgud, nnd womea and ' t,10 Maourl Pacific grndu on tho west Is holding back n largo ami Hirnfltplllnir llOllV Of WlltOr. If MIS water "uccceus in cr osh K in ir ..... water aucreeda In cross h '?101 v,,8lor 1 iuir,," ot tho town " ' or W1 '"' .. . ....., . A passoi gor Ir a n ri t ho f"1" bmllCll Of tllO Ullloll PrtClHO Is hold bH nrancn or mo uui n lwemi two wishoutB two mllos north nl hero. Till) HHBH0llKrs worn i "- , . . , .... " .I,.-.- I lirouuht Id Hun city on luindcam. inn "' 'dllu1 ' J nil west of here ' ml t. "nd all hrough trn n nro niiinl ig over h Itock Island from Lincoln Junction, Colo., to Manhattan, Kan. Tho Union Paclllo station hero la surrounded by wnter nnd tho railroad yards aro flooded. - Tho cntlro district for iiiIIch north west nnd southwest from tho Btntlon Is flooded. As far as tho oyo can roach, the wheat llelds havo boon ttaiisfiirmed Into great lakes uf rag ing water. Crops nro ruined and homes deserted. UXHiniT FOR FAIRS. Montana Legislature In Special Session Makes Appropriation, Holcnn, Mont.. May 20. (Special.) Tho Eighth Legislative Assembly issemblcd hero todny in extraordinary session, nt tho call of Governor Toole, for tho purpose of mnklug an appro priation for Montana's representation it the Louisiana Purchase anil the Lewis nnd Clark Expositions, in St. Louis nnd Portland, respectively, In 1901 mid 1005. Doth houses met In Joint session -ihortly nfur 11 o'clock and listened to tho rending of Governor Toolo'a mes sage, which stated that t Intro seemed o bo a general demand for a display tt th Btato'a products and resources it these Expositions, henro his call tor an extra session. Before the day was over threo bills had been Introduced and passed ap propriating ISO. 000 for Ht. UiuIk, $10,. 000 for tho transfer of this oxhtblt from St. Louis to Portland, nnd $1C )00 additional for tho maintenance ot 'ho State Capitol nnd grounds. Be fore midnight (ho session had been ad journed sine die. MANY HOMELESS IIV FIRE. New Hampshire Ulsie Causes Loss ot $-400,000. Lnconla, N. II . May 20. Nearly 100 buildings have boen burned, 3S0 per sons nro humcless and n loss between I3D0.000 and $100,000 has boen caused by a fire In tho 1-nkoport section, the ires, homed over being about 15 acres. Tho flrn started In a boiler oom of tho II. II. Wood hosiery mill. The flames spread briskly, and In a very short time, under tho lafluonco 3f a brisk southeast wind, the entire structure wiih burning. Next It iitoad to tho finished-lumber plant ot the lloulla & Gorrell Co., nnd then to tho works ot the I.acoiiln Rirctrlo Light Company. In less than an hour both these plants wero destroy fd, Tho city llro department was holploss to stay tho progress of tho damns, and destruction went on until tho firs actually burned Itself out for want of material, SLAVERY IN NEW FORM. Secret Service Men rind Judges Pro moting Pconsge In the South, Washington, Mny 26. At tho re quest of tho Department of Justice, the United States Secret Service has undertaken an Investigation of tho charge of peonngo, or holding another ,n servitude to work out a debt, which has been mado ngalnst persons living ln lho vicinity of Montgomery, Ala. uno amn named import N. Franklin, na 'rendy boen Indicted for keeping 1 Negro In servitude, nml Information ln "l0 hands of Chief Wlnklo tends to now l,ml a regular Bystem has been Practiced betweon certain mnglstratcs Persons who want Negro laborers, Tho plan In to bring n poor Negro beforo a magistrate on a flimsy charge Ho Is convicted, nnd the wblto man often to advanco him tho oney provided tho Negro will mako a lal,or contract with him for a length ot tlmo Bufflclent to relmburao him for the money nnd troublo ho has '"ken to keep the Negro out of Jail, The Negro Is thereupon tnken nwav. aml begins what is frequently a long term of cruel servitude. New York Celebrates. Now York, May 28. Now York to day officially commomoratcd tho 260th " K.r' " ""Bbmont of 'ractlon. In tho public schools COO,- n '"'"S 0o".or,nl amBB 2rant wll". Secretary of War Hoot, (5v.0r. O'""' nd Ulrtop Potted mnuo uourosscs. Keusnce Is First. " orl. BIny 28. In n gamely contested rnco. tho Reliance nenln to. day led tho wny across tho finish lino, ,l.,l.,.. i ..... "' " h nrlt oZ ?. oCon. wUIIBlllllllOll 11 B ICC , t TOm 1,10 slnrt to tho flnlfi'' tho ConBtltutlon "".i1 foUKl,t ollt ni" ' the 30- -iuuii uuisnuoa mo now boat, a ?,orto" which restores her pros- tlg?' nnd makes hor a factor to bo reekonmi win, in -i...i' . 1 i " "ID PUlUUtlUU Ul U cup ueicnuer. Oerman Report onthe Massacre. l.h I o'lVSfl T ... iuro iiesiroycr. coo shons ""hPi?0,Mi """It of tho recent iiiuni - ni, I'orty.nvn nnron nn ft Ulrlg!,t 'JurlnB 1,10 mne8acr" wounded nnd BOO B"S"y mjurod. Tlio number of through losing p 20 Mw.ii..,.1' estimated at "WO, mostly belonging to tbe poorer vs, y
