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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
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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-
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fo the interest of the buyers
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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
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that wrlll . .the .now very
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,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