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Bohemia Nugget nowAitD mtoww, nb. COTTAGE GROVB . OREGON. EVENTS OF THE DAY Comprehensive Review of tho Import ant Happening! o( tho Past Week, Presented In Condensed Porm, Most Likely to Prove Interesting. Tlio Michigan forest firoa will cause lnoatlmablo damage unless rain soon falls. Tlio Russian war minister General Korupatln, Is being cxlcnslvoly feted t Tokla. A disastrous flro In n Newcastle, Penn.,coal mlno was started by the cr plosion of gasoline Tlio Chicago union waiters on strike partially acnowlcdgo a dereat, and many are returning to work. Tlio International Pressmen's Con vention opened at Cincinnati with 300 delegates In attendance. Dy trying to fill a oral oil stove while it was burning, a Brooklyn bay and his sister met with fatal Injuries. Tho Laundryworora' union, of Chica go, by a referendum voto, just taken, has decided against another strike. Tho strike on the New.York subway has been abandoned and 0,000 miners will apply for work unconditionally. The rumor that President dowry, of the Wes'ern Union telegraph com pany, is to resign is without founda tion. A balloon with four aeronauts was carried out to eea from Marseilles, Franco. Tho fate- of the men is not known. The bricklayers' strike In Omaha, which tied up building operations for four months, came to an end by the union giving In. Accused of attempting to extort money from employes in a Newark, N. J., bat factory, David Rlchman has been fined 099.09 by the liatmakeri' union. Armed with rifles and shotguns, the farmers and summer residents of Mount KIsco and Newcastle, N. Y. are looking for the Incendiary now infesting those parts. The native chiefs of Samoa desirous of being present at the St. Louis exto eition, have sent petitions to President Rooeevelt to help American Samoans to bo represented. Chicago waiters are losing ground in tLelr strike. Sir Thomas Ltpton's fleet has arrived at Sandy llook. An American citiien was killed by Turks at Ode as. Bulgarians are deserting many cities in terror of Turks. Cutting of a levy at St, Louis al most caused n lynching. .Burglars secured (8,000 worth of dla- monds In a New York botel. F ve people were burned to death in a New iork apartment house lire. A report that the pope was dead caused intense excitement In Home. Two more bodies have been found at Topeka. This makes a total of seven drowned. The powers will demand the punish' ment of thejassassins of the king and queen ol bervla. The civil service commission find that politics enter too much in the ap pointments to the postal service at Washington. The rolls have been found to be packed at the behest of po liticians, and the service greatly dam' aged. An insane man'attempted to aaeais- nate Emperor Francis Joseph. Russia's activity In Manchuria 1 overtaxing the patience of Japan. A move was made to create a republii of Bervla, but It was promptly smoth ered. The roming congress will be strongly nrged to make a reciprocity treaty with Canada, Arrival of troops caused striking Arizona miners to make peace with their employers. Major V. II. Gibbon, who is said to ave fired the first shot of the Civil war upon Fort Sumter, is dead. A new case of plague Is reported at Iqulque, (Julie. The presidential elections In Santo Domingo have been set for June 20, foot and mouth disease prevails among snoop just brought to Liverpool from BuenoB Ayres. The Standard Oil Company has been forced out of Koumanla by opposition ot the government. The monks expelled from France will come to Kentucky and endeavor to es tablish a monastry. Secretary Ulchcock hai Issued reeula- tions prohibiting all molestation of the wild animals in Yellowstone Park. Eight thousand New York bilcklav era threaten to strike for 70 cents an hour, as against 05 cents, now prevail lng. Androw Carnegie has purchased irom Baron de Coyot his notable collection of European fossils for the Carnegie Museum in unlcago. Ex-Attorney General W.J. Uendryck, of Kentucky, has been declared a bank, rupt In New York. Ills liabilities are fl7;,'J50, and his assets principally were lands of questlonab'e value. Major Robert L. Howse, who has been ordered to Manila to be present during the Investigation of the charges made against him of cruel treatment of Filipino persons, has sailed from Porto KIco for Now York. Tho unofficial announcement Is made that the Goulds hate secured control of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, Tho worst of the flood Is over at St. Louis, but thousands of people are still In a critical condition. Two highwaymen at Wilkesbarre, Pa., after holding up three men, opened fire on them fatally wounding one man. CHINA STILL IIOLD1NQ OUT. Russian Demands In Manchuria Have Not Yet Deen Qranttd. Toklo, Juno 16. Tho Malnlchl pub lishes n dispatch giving the alleged history of tho Mnnchurlan secret tre aty on tho authority of a Minister who said that China had refused to com ply with tho Russian demands, and that Planchou, acting Russian Minist er, had wired to Europo that China had accepted. After tho powers protested, China sent another refusal to Russia, whoso government paid no attention. The Russians havo not withdrawn their donmuds, which presumably are still lying on tho table ot the Chinese Foreign Minister. Tho Minister states that the secret treaty will probably bo signed private ly, and It is Imporatlvo that Japan should protest and assist China In re sisting tho Russian demands, Tho Asahl'a Tien-Tsln correspond ent, under date ot May 21, says Russia has assembled 7000 troops at Llaoyan, with a view to carrying out .maneu ver on a large scalo In that quarter In a few days. The Corcan government on May 3 instructed tho Governor of Wlju to ar rest Coreana who have sold their land and houses cither to Russians or Chi uesc, and warned him that he will be held responsible for the execution ot this order. Press reports of tho proceedings ol tho Diet now sitting show that the government has encountered some dif ficulty In supplying Uie recent de mands for Information ot a consider able section ot the members In regarc to Russian action in Manchuria. The main question ot Russian demands U awaiting the arrival ot M. Lessar. Rus slan Minister to Pekln, from St. Pet ersburg. The Chinese riots In Kwangsl Prov Inco have developed In violence, and it Is unofficially reported that the French Consul at Tonklng has represented to the Pekln Government that unles: the Insurgents are suppressed French troops will be sent across the frontier to quell the disturbance. IMPOKTANT LAND RULINQ. When Land Is Non Mineral Even Though It Contains Minerals. Washington, June H. In a recent contest arising In the State of Wash Ington, the Secretary of the Interior holds that when the field notes and surveyor's returns make no notation whatever of minerals In public landt that have been surveyed, such lands are considered and treated as given a non-mlncral classification by the sur veyor. Furthe, that lands classified as non-mineral at the time of the Govern ment survey are. ot the class of landr subject to selection In lieu of landr relinquished within ' forest reserves and the character ot the lands so class ified and selected will not be Invest! gated on a protest presented after thr survey and selection, and alleging the present mineral character ot tho lands. The Importance ot this decision It manifest. In the case at Issue the Northern Pacific Railway Company relinquished a tract in the Rainier Forest Reserve and selected in lieu thereof a tract of equal area in Mon tana. One year after the filing ot this lieu selection a coal declaratory state ment was offered by on Individual for the tract selected, and was rejected because of the prior selection by the railroad company. Investigation of the records disclosed the fact that while adjoining lands bad been ported by the surveyors as containing coal deposits, no such reference was made to the tract In controversy. Therefore, the Secretary held the land to be classified as non-mineral. The man flung the coal declaratory state ment went so far as to allege that the land he sought would produce coal In commercial auan- titles. His allegations, however, were overruled, as the prior selection by the railroad company could not be affected by a filing made one year later. Hence the lieu selection was approved, notwithstanding the appar ent mineral character or the landB, Had the lands been originally classi fied as coal lands, the railroad selec tion would have been rejected. Civil Commissioner la Appointed. Washington, June 16. Alvord Coo- ley, of Westchester, N. Y., has been appointed Civil Commissioner by Pres ident Roosevelt to succeed James R. Garfield, appointed Commissioner of Corporation. Senator Piatt, of New York, took lunch with the President today, remaining at the White House until nearly 3 oclock. After his con ferenco with the President he an nounced Mr. Cooley's appointment, He did not Indicate that Mr. Cooley was nig selection for the place. In deed, It Is said that the appointment was decided on some tlmo ago. Cholera la Increasing. Washington, June 16. Official ad vices to the Marine Hospital service In this city represent a sharp Increase In cholera cases In the Philippine Is lands since the beginning ot the rainy season. Many of the cases have occur red in Manila, but a rapid spread down the coast of Luzon also Is reported. About half ot the Manila cases have occurred among the crews of the launches and other small craft that never leave the harbor. Not a single case could be traced to Importation ny sea. Flrda a Prehlalorlc City, Chicago. June 16. A rilnnatch tn Ihn Inter-Ocean from the City of Mexico says: "The ruins of a large city have oeen discovered in a remote part of the oiaie or rueuia. by Francisco Rodrl guez, an archaeologist, who has Just maae a report oi nis una to the gov ernment authorities here. The cltv contain large pyramids and exten sive fortifications. It Is situated In the midst of a dense forest, and a large amount ot excavation will be necessary to learn Ha true extent and Importance. Consul Nearly Assassinated, Havana. June 16. While the Italian Consul here, Vlaglo Tornlelll, was seated In his office yesterday after noon, a young Italian sailor enetred and Inquired whether he was the Con sul. On receiving an affirmative, re ply, he whipped out a revolver and fired. The bullet crazed tho Cnnnnl'a head. Tho sailor was overpowered and arrested. He gave the name of Pletro Alllney. 1 HAPPENINGS HERE IN OREGON SURVUV OP PORTAUU ROAD. Engineer Hammond Will do Ahead With Preliminary Work. Tho State Hoard ot Portage Railway Commissioners heid a conference with A. E, Hammond, tho engineer recently selected to niako a preliminary survey ot the route of the portage road be tween The Dalles and Celllo. Mr. Hammond was directed to proceed at once with the survey, and he will do so as soon aa ho can organlte a aur Toying party. Ills work will be to examlno the ground and run preliminary Unea where the road will probably bo con Jtructed. H will make plats and charts showing all the topographical conditions. Ho cipects to bo ready to report to the board In about 30 days, and until that time no further action can bo taken by tho board. Receipt ol Columbia County. Tho reports In the County Clerk's of fice show that the receipts for May were larger than nt any time In the alstory ot Columbia county. The total amount received was J562.0S, appor .loned as follows: Recording deeds -ind other Instruments, $27:1.75; court fees, J22S; redemptions, 161.33. High School Contract Let. The Eugene school board has let the contract to Welsh & Maucr, ot Salem, for tho construction of the new High School building. The contract price it 124,253. .Rich Find In Southern Oregon. J. A. Whitman and J. D. Hard re low In control ot what promises to be .he biggest placer mining proposition n Southern Oregon. The property Is ocated on Steve's Fork ot Steamboat Unkc. and comprises some SS0 acre it mining ground, nearly all of which prospects rich from "grass roots tc Dedrock." Some of tho prospects ob tained are so big that It Is hard to be ileve they were taken from just a few ans of dirt. Tho property was pur :hased from Messrs. Shearer, Lewis Vrmstrong & Scott, and the new owu :ra have already been offered an ad vance ot two and a half times the pur hase price. The water supply 1 abundant. Lane Oats Will De Short. The effect of the recent hot wave li jnquestlouably very dlaasterous to all trowing crops In Lane county, with he possiblo exception ot hops. Farm trs have been complaining for twe weeks past about Insufficient rain for -.he grain crops, and this hot spell omlng at this time, will have the of- ect of cutting short tho crop very ma erlally. There has been Insufficient nolsture for nutrition ot growlnr trains, and now the heat comes and orces maturation without any possi MHty of growth. Wheat will undoubt ?dly be cut short 25 per cent, and oat; 70 per cent already, and the damage will be even greater unless this spel' of heat Is followed by a soaking rain Will Cheapen Transportation. The preliminary survey of the elec tric road from Baker City to the John Day country Is about finished. Thr route as laid out. commences at Bow en's ranch, not far from Baker City, and "ttends along Burnt River to the dl ride, and thence Into the John Day Valley. Prairie City, no doubt, will be the destination for the present. It If considered by many that a far cheaper route could have been selected, had the survey been by way of Auburn through the Sumpter Valley over to Burnt River. Several miles of road building could be saved as well as the road being laid out on an easier grade Rainier ana St. Helens Want Scat. Rainier and St. Helens bave each filed their petitions as candidates for tho relocated county scat There are 76 names on the Rainier petition and 115 names on the one field by St. Hel ens, Clatakanle was the first town to file a petition, having 125 names on the document. It is now a settled fact that these three towns will be the only candidates for the county seat loca Hon to be voted on the first Monday In July. Oood for Marlon Crops. That crops have not suffered by rea son of the rocent hot weather Is declar ed by fanners, fruitgrowers and hop growers In Marlon county. Hops and fruit, except strawberries, will be Im proved by the heat ot the last few days. While the ground la dry In the hill country, and rain would be bene ficial, the hot weather will do no dam age unless it should continue several days. Shipping Cattle From Pendletoa. Fourteen carloads of cattle will be shipped from Pendletoi this month. Fred Phillips will ship sine carloads to Carstcns BrosT. of Seattle. He will also ship five carloads to Kenewick. The stock brought $4.35 for good beef; some of the best brought a little better, but not much. A month ago tho price was $4.75 and scarce at that. Now there Is plenty of cattle to be had at $4.35. To Resume Operation. Operations at the Gold Bug Grizzly group ot claims In the Ibex district, Eastern Oregon, will be resumed In about ten days. The machinery Is be-1 lng overhauled and the pumps and hoists put In shape for work. The rhaft has filled up with water which will be pumped out Immediately, and sinking of tho shaft will commenco as soon aB It Is free from water. Survey Excites Curiosity. A Southern Pacific survey party Is operating between Mllwaukle and Gladstone Park, Diligent Inquiry falls to dlscioso the purpose of tho survey It was leraned from a member of the party that a route Is belnc established from Mllwaukle, via Gladstone Park nnd the Chataunua grounds to Oregon City. Red Boy Mine Prospers. Another strike Is reported at tho Rod Boy mine, Sumpter district. No details can be learned at present as to the extent and value of this latest discovery, but reports are that the rich est body of oro ever opened up in me property has been cut Into. The mlno management Is reticent In regard to tho -strike. arasshoppers at Pilot Rock, A grasshopper pest has struck the Pilot Rock country. Instead of passing on as was expected at first they seem tn R.nv nnd tho number Is multiplying rapidly. W MIW VW I I PAY I-OR VIITUKANS. Indian War Claimants Can Now (let Their Money. Secretary of Stato Dunbar has re ceived 9S vochcra for claims of Indian War veterans and will begin Issuing warrants In payment of tho same this week. 11 la belloved that 800 claims will be filed with tho Adjutant-General, and that 750 or thoso will bo allowed. In amounts averaelnir about SI CD each If thU expectation shall bo fulfilled, the total claims allowed will amount to 1112,500. Tho total nnnronrUtltm li $100,000, so that a deficiency of $12,500 is prooaDie. Under advice of the Attorney-den oral Secretary of Stato Dunbar will Issuo warrants for claims In the order in wnicn the vochcra cotuo to his ofilce and no In the order tho claims are filed with tho Adjutant-Oeneral, All claims will bo paid In full ns long as the money lasts, and whon tho approprla Hon Is exhausted tho Secretary of Stato will Issue certificates of allow ance, which are recognlied as legal ovldcuce of a valid claim ngalust the siaie. Tneso certificates will not draw Interest and must await on nmimnrli Hon by some subsequent Legislature oororo mey can bo paid. Coming Events. wostorn Oregon division Oregon siato Toacnors' Association, rortland Juno 24-29. Street carnival. Ashland. June 15-26 Pioneers' reunion, Brownsville, June IV-l.. School election In all Oregon dl trlcts, June 15. Convention o( the Sunday schools of untie cuumy, June lu-ll. Street carnival, Roacburg. June Christian camp meeting, Turner, June l. Street carnival, Salem, June 29 July 4. Uazamas leave Eugene to climb th mree sisters, Juno 9, roturnlng 1 ten days. Worms Cat Yamhill Wheat. Tho farmers In tho vlclnltr of Li Fayette are becoming somewhat alarm ed about their Fall-sown wheat. Thf Indication that there was something wrong was that tho grain was turning red. and, upon closer examination a jmall. red worm was found In or near the first Joint of the stalk. Sorao will :ut their grain for hay, while othrri ciaim tno crop win not pay for th larvestlng, belnc so badly damared These fears may provo to be greatly exaggerated. Oettlng Ready to Operate. The Sumpter Lumber Company ha Miccecded In floating all tho aawloii an Cracker Creek to the mill site Just south of town. Tho total amount put In was over 1,000.000 feet, The frame ior me new mm win soon De up, ana s soon as the logs at the old plant are consumed the big mill will be ready to be operated. Work on the Balaley.Elkhorn. Machinery and supplies are arriving ajmost dally forriho Balsley-Elkhorn mine In the BakX-r district. A large force or men barf been engaged to work on this property this season, and from now- on the plan Is to rush th work of development as fast as possi oie. Work On Sumpter Water Plant. Work on the Sumpter water works win soon be commenced. The plant will bo 500 horse power, nnd half of this will be usod In the electric plant to ngnt the city. Women On State Pharmacy Board Miss Kittlo Walker Harbord of Sa- lem, has been appointed a member of the State Board of Pharmacy, to suc ceed L. W. Moody, of Portland, whose term has expired. Miss Harbord is the first woman to be annotated on this board. Her term of office Is flvo years Contract for Remodeling Courthouse, Tho Clackamas County Court has awarded to Johnson & Andrews of Ore gon City, the contract for building an audition to the court bouse and romod ellng the Interior ot that building for I31UV. Oregon Cattle to Nor'h Dakota. M. K. Pardons, of Salt Lake. Is shin- ping 5000 head of Eastern Oregon cat tle from Ontario stockyards this week to North Dakota. This means about $125,000 distributed among, cattlemen, Land Patents at Oregon City. During May there were 64 timber land tilings and 62 bomstead filings In tho land omce at Oregon City. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Walla Walla, 7073c; val ley, 75c, Barley Feed, $20.00 por ton; brew- lng, $21. Floor Best grades, $3,05 4,30; graham, $3.45(33.85. Mlllatnffs Bran, 123 per ton; mid dllngs, $27; shorti, $23; chop, $18. Oats No. 1 whlto, $1.10 1.16 gray, $1 05 per cental. Hay Timothy, (20(321; clover, nominal; cheat, f 16 16 per ton, Potatoes Best Bnrpanks, 60R0e per sack; ordinary, 3o4So per cental, growers' prices; Merced sweets,' $3 3.50 per cental. Poultry Chickens, mixed, llI2c; young, 13I4c; hens, 12c; turkeys, live, 1017c; drefeod, 20322c; duiks, 7. 0097.50 per dozen; geese, $0,003 6.50. Cheese Full cream, twins, 150 16c; Young America, 1615Kc; fact ory prices, lCjilc less. Butter Fancy creamery, 20?22Jo per pound; extras, 21c; dairy. 20$ ?.2yic; store, 10c18. Egga 1OK017KC per dozen. Hops Chohe, S20o per pound. Wool Valley.WJi'O'ncjEaatorn Or egon, 814r; mohair, S637ic. Beef Grops, cows, 3K34o, Per pound; steers, C5Ko; dressed, 8c. Veal 7K8c. Mutton Gross, $3,50 per pound; pound" 1 ' , I pound) i dressed, 77ftc. Lambs Gross, 4c per dresesd, ?)ic. Hogs Gross, CQOKc per dressed, 78e. ALflOST TIDAL WAVU. Cloudburst In Arliunn Costa Thirty Lhca nnd Heavy Properly Lots. Ollflun, Aria., Juno 13, Sevon per sona weio drowned in liuoiia milieu by a cloudburst yesterday. They In elud .lames Nash. MIhs liny Mldllu nnd Alvlnu Ituitv, besides suvunil Mex icans. It Is reported two bodies were scon pnsidiiK Holimion vlllo In tho OIIa Rlvor. Tho exnet niiinuor ur tirnwnod Is not kxowu, but the total Is placed at 30. Twelve bodies havo boon recover od. One pei mil reports seeing 12 In the water, all of whom woro loit. A Muxl etui woman lost llvo children. At Mor oncl tho water was 20 tout deep, but tho canyon U much wider, uud cum paiutlvely small property loiees nud probably no fatalities lomillod. The llnby (JaiiKO Railroad upon tho canyon to Metcalf was frightfully washed, and on this road occurred tht narrowest ea capo from a big death Hat. A tinlu currying liO passengers met tho flood, which was seen In time tor tho train to be stopped, allowing the passengers tu seek tho hillside. The water overturned tho train and duubl od It up llko a horseshoe. The flood lasted for an hour. The Arizona Cop per Company at Clifton Is a heavy los er, nnd the Moreuel A Southwestern trestle at Moienel is tho biggest loser there. It will tuko two weeks to repair tho Mctcalt Railroad and will provide work for many strikers. It Is believed this occupation will divert the atteu lion of tho strikers, and tho flood ca lamity may have a stroug Influence In tcttllng tho strike. The bodies of many dead are bollev od to b burled under tho tailings from the Arizona Copper Company's mill, i' ml It may bo weeks before all th missing can bo nccountcd for. WANTS TO EXCTlANdli LaSd. Colorado Desires Qot eminent to Control the Water Supply. Washington. June 13. The Interior Department has boon confronted with a proposition from the Stato of Colo rado hick it would llko to accept, but It Is believed tho Secretary has no au thorlty to art. Colorado owns 500,000 acres of timber hind, which It offers to convey to tho (lovornmcnt In ex ihaiigo for n equal area of vacant public agricultural lamtB. Colorado wants the (lovcrumcnt to take the tlm her lands for tho purpose of coavort lug them Into a forest reserve, not be cnttsc tho timber Is valuable, but be cause water Is becoming scarcer and more vnluablo In Colorado every year and It Is agreed that the Government can better protect tho water supply than could the stato acting for lulf Thero is no law under which such an exchange could be made, but under a iipeclnl art of Congress a similar ex change wns made In Wyoming several years ago. Secretary Illtchrock. Lnnd Commls sloncr Richards, Chief Forester Pin (hot and other officials nro all Impress od with tho proposition and will strongly endorse either a bill author izing the exchanKO In Colorado or In all ntld or seml-arld states. The poll cy Is generally favorable, as It la thought that such exchanges would prove beneficial to settlors In com miinlltes whero Irrigation Is practical or likely to bo engaged In. Tho ques tion wilt bo brought beforo Congress next session. RL'CIHVER ASKCD FOR. Shipbuilding Company Ordered to (live Its SIJc ol the Case. Trenton, N. J., Juno 13. Judge Kirk Patrick, ot tho Unlted'States Circuit Court, at his chambers In Newark, day mndo an order returnable In Tren ton next Monday for causo to show why a receiver should not be appointed for the United States Shipbuilding Company. The application was mad by Roland It. Conklin, who charges that tho company la Insolvent, and also alleges fraud In connection with th Incorporation and management. The company was organized about a year nno, with an nuthorlzcd capital of $20,000,000 and with a provision for a bond Issuo of I1G.000.000. Of this $3,000,000 wad to bo underwritten by a trust company. Tho applicants for a receiver are holders ot some of these bonds. It Is charged by Conklin and his co-sultors that the nronortlcs ac quired were worth nothlne llko $2,000, 000; that tho contracts on hand were only $14,000,000; thnt the working cap ital was less than $3,000,000. and that tho earning capacly was only $1,000, uuv, an amount Insufficient to pay th company s nxed charges. New National Reserve Policy. Denver. Juno 13. In a bulletin 1 sued today by Secretary Levering, of tho National Woolgrowors Association tho new policy of tho Administration In relation to forest reserves Is an nounced. Tho bulletin speaks posit! vcly. and Is understood to bo Inspired ns senator warren, of Wyoming, I the president ot tho nsoclatlon and I close to President Roosevelt and Clm mlssloncr Richards. Tho bulletin says that as a result of an Investigation by Mr. uarrctt, of tho Department of For estry, n largo part of tho Ycllowston reserve In Wybmlng has been returned to tho public domain, Coal Roads Juggle Freight Rates, New York, Juno 13. Tho Interstate Commerce Commission resumed Its hearing on tho complaint of W. R Hearst against tho coalcarrylng roads w. A. Marshall, of tho firm ot Reghte & Marshall, coal dealers In this city, lloston and Philadelphia, was called and said It was usual when tho price of coal was low at tidewater for the railroad company to mnko a monthly adjustment of tho freight rates io that tho agent mleht mako a profit on the transaction. Slnco March 1 901. thero had been no deviation from tho schedule, rato at $1,55 per ton, Jury Indicts Mayor. Pittsburg. Pa.. Juno 13, Tho Krand jury has returned a truo bill against William II. Hnys. Mayor of P ttBbure charging him with misdemeanor In dis charging Samuol Moore from tho city's omploy. Mooro was an official of the nnllnanco bureau of tho city, nnd an old soldier. On March 31. 1001. he, with a numbor of others, was discharg ed from tho city omploy by Hays. Tho matter was taken up by tho old soldi ors of tho city and a test caso made In Mooro s behalf. Rochester Has $80,000 Fire. Rochostor, N. Y Juno 13. Damage estimated at $000,000 to $800,000 was caused hr fire here today. Tho blaze started In the Pancost building, which with tho brick Presbyterian church dd- J0'"'11 was destroyed, nnd an entire row of houses In FltzIIugh street, nnd several buildings In State and Allen streets, woro badly damaged. No loss of llfo Is reported. 1 FATAL FLOOD Eastern Oregon Cloud burst Kills Many. NO WARNING GIVEN IILTI'NHR KCCUIVHS Till) FULL PORCU OP TIIU DliLUOH. lone and Lexington Sutler Lcaa-Death List Will Reach Fully JOll -Safety l.ny Only In Flight-Dead Are Hurled In Hastily Constructed Collins-Absence of Uouhls Notable. lone. Or.. Juno Hi. A cloud which burst on tho hills n mile south of Hepp- nor nt about 5:30 o'clock Sunday after noon lot loose a hungry Mood nt water, which swept down tho hillside In n wall 30 foot high and 200 yards wide Headline the bottom of tho canyon tho liquid nviilnneho reared Ha mighty front over tho doomed town, and car ried to destruction nearly every build ing nnd human being that lay lu ll path, leaving n wnatn of desolation to mnrk Its trail. Tho destroying torrent raced down tho narow gorge ot Willow Creek. Inundating ns It reached tlioni tho settlements of Lotlngton, lone and Douglas, but lessening In fury and In volume as tho thirsty nlknll soli of tho valley drank up tho water llko a sponge. Behind It lay nearly 300 dead, drowned llko rats In n trap. The suddenness of the cntastropho gnvo tho victims no warning, overwhelming them for tho main part as they sat within their homes. Immediately after tho fatal Hood had wiped tho mnjor portion of Hep pner out of existence, swift couriers on horseback sped to warn tho resi dents ot tho valley toward tho Col um bla of the coming peril. Leslie Mat lock, son of an ex-shcrlff of Morrow County, rodo a wild ride for 18 miles ihend of tho raglnc waters. Ills horse dropped dead, hut ho secured another and ngaln another, covering tho OS miles to Arlington In seven hours. To this Paul Rovero of Oregon Is undoubt edly duo tho fact that tho ranchers of the Willow Creek country below Hop- pner lost so little stock nnd property Tho Palace Hotel was the first build lng to stem the tide, and nil tho gucsls were saved; but houses below tho I'a laco Hotel wcro thrown out Into th street, overturned and wrecked. Perhnps the greatest loss occurre at tho Hoppnor Hotel. This house which was run under tho management of Jones & Asliaugh, wan carrle away. It Is supposed that there were about 50 guests In this hotel, nil of whom oro reported to bo lost. The proprietors themselves woro saved hut their families are among tho dem! Tho entlro residence portion of Hop- pner was destroyed, hut tho hiislnos houses, being on higher ground, nnd being generally built of brick nnd stone, woro not so badly damaged, Tho schoolhnuso and courthouse, which stand on a slilelilll, were saved hut two churches, tho Methodist and rrcsbytcrlan. woro completely wreck ed. Around tho depot tlio receding flood left great Means of drlftwooi piled as high and higher thnn tho roof and tho rescuing parties woro force to demolish these pyramids of Umbo in order to oxtrlcato tho corpse which wcro tangled In the brush. Un dnubtedly many of the drowned bod (cs wcro carried by tho rushing wntors down tho valley. It Is reported that 'liroo bodies worn round near Lexing ton, nlno miles below Hoppnor. but there were no fatalities In Lexington no systematic ctrort has boon mndo t find tho dead, who nro undoubtedly strewn nlong tho canyon, l'very nvall ablo man from n rndlus of G5 miles has been pressed Into servlco nt Hep pner itsoir. unngs or men nro a work clearing away tho piles of dohrls rocks and timber, which Ha piled In Ilcppnor's streets, and tnklng out tho corpsos which nro thus concealed About 100 persons havo been hurled In Hoppner's graveyard today. Owing to tho entire nbsenco of nronor fac tics for caring for tho dead, tho vic tims of tho flood wcro, for tho most part, interred In common crates. Tho ghouls who nro usually found, llko hu man vultures, rifling the nockcts of tho dead In such great disasters as tho one which has stricken Ilenpner, nro minis caso, rortunatciy absent, nnd tho vigilance committees and patrols wnicn wero so necessary nt Johnstown nnu uaivcnlon floods, seem to bo tin necessary In Oregon. A relief train sont from Tho Dn or reached lone Inst night and will pro ceed to Hoppnor ns soon ns poislbln. A wrecking train, with gangs of mon to repair uotn mo trnckB and telegraph wires left last night, It Is oxpectod that communication wHh Lexington, m .mucs irom nonnnor. win do resior. od early this morning. Court street, at Hcnnncr. on the nnnK or tno stream, is swont clenn n a grnvel bar from end to end, Not even tho foundations of a long lino of ucauiiiiii residences aro left, Evory business house oxcont tlin !m. tel. Fair store and Odd Fellow's build ing, along tho sldo of tho street on which tho bank stands nro wreekn. A largo building Is Jammed Into tho drug storo and several other structures aro In tho middle of tho samo strcot. Resi dences aro turned ovor or torn to piec es. Mud, sllmo and misery nro every where. Tho water was 15 foot high In Hon- oner's streots nnd rose ovor Ihn now courthouse wall. It camo down Palm f orn. cnieiiy, nut was a torrent nn nil hillsides. Enormous pllos of rock nnd grnvel havo boon washed down tho canyon flvo mllos up on Butter croek. Tho flood camo almost Instantly and lasted ono hour. Tho nonnln It was only a repetition of tho cloud burst a fow days ago, and woro not alarmed until It was too lato, Housos wero suroundod by raging torrents, which BUCkod ovorv thlnir mnvnliln In. to their twisting eddies and oscapo was Impossible, lUUIIjr IIOUIHU Biopi in 1110 COlirt IOUSO last night, and any nlaco thov can 1 Many peoplo slept In tho coiirthouso umnu tx uuiit 1. i - " . Mnny peoplo aro arriving at Hepp- . ,,u wuud. twill YitmurH Will UO VUllltVUilUd IU rOUKll It WIIIlO they stay. Provision are not nee. " l! but rather holn to burv their ,ion,i in i clear away tho debris. Tho nbsenco of Ico or embalming fluids has necoBsltat- od tho hurried burial of many bodies, which would ulliorwUo hnvu boon pre served for tho ii rt I vii 1 (if relatives. llueo llvo linlilos liitvo boon found whose parents nro hut, and lilotitlrtcit tlon has ho far boon Impomdlilo. Families lire liliilioll to niece, t ho father nlimti lenmlnn, or n wife or son or daughter, and little ehllilivu loft orphans. Kilns Connor, n Hlocknilnnr of lone, returned from Hoppnor lit 2 o'clock Ihln morning. Ho loft tlio dcouo of tho disaster nt il o'clock, ami brings tlm latest down hum tho scene. "It In now known," snld Mr. Connor. "that at least 275 or 300 peoplo woio drowned. Duo hundred nud fifteen corpses have boon hastily burled In wooden boxes mid some woro merely wrapped in iiimikets, Tiiero woro nt I xovoinl wagon loads of dead on llielr way to tho cemetery when I loft. Hoppnor nseir bus now been pretty well searched, except In piles of do bill, whero It Is thought that liumherH tit bodies will bo found. "Ilolweeii linn and Hoppnor," said Mr. Conner, "thoio nro grout plies ot debris, hut tho flood passed ho quick ly that Hut loads have not been seri ously damaged. Tlio nilll'tmd track, however, from Lexington on la badly torn up. It looks Bitngo to ion tho heavy stool rails bout and twisted llko oorkscrtiws, unit tint heavy limbers splintered like matchwood. In Hepp- nor llseir tno nooii nwopi u clean pntn li inllo long, mid one or two blocks wldo through tho town, following gen erally tho course of Willow Creek. TUo peoplo of Hoppnor scorn demoral ized by tho calamity, uud men who havo lost their wives, chlldion nud their nil, go dry oyod to tho work of assistance of others." Tho town of Hoppnor, tho prlnelnnl sufferer from tho flood Is 107 .miles from Portland and 45 miles from tho Columbia Itlver. It contains n popu lation of, approximately. 1 inn, and In tho county Beat of Morrow County. It Is located In tlio valley of Willow Crook, a considerable stream, which flows mil tl) Into the CollluiITIn. Tho valley of Willow Croek varies In width from ontt-hnlf mile to a mile and Is bounded on either Hide by proelpltlous mountains which render sudden fresh ets not uncommon, although nt ordin ary seasons tho stream Is easily ford ed at almost any point. At Hoppnor. Willow Creek Is Joined by Hlnton's Fork, which outers nt tho north end of the town. Homo 20 years iikci n cloudburst occurred on Hlnton's Fork nnd a wall of water 30 foot In height rolled down tho tuoiintnlii side Into Willow Creek At that tlmo tho town wns built principally on the south sldo of n high backbone extending from near the mouth of tho Fork back to tho mountains. Thero was llltlo damage to tho town nnd no lives woro lost. Of recent years however, tho town has grown considerably nnd n largo portion of It Is on tho north side of this naturnl dyko and along tho banks of tho two streams, directly In tho path of tho flood. North of Hoppnor nine mllos Is (hit own of Lexington, containing a popu lation of three or four hundred, nnd nlno mllos further Is lone, which tins lght lo nlno hundred peopto. Accord ing to the latest Information, both of Ihosp places woro destroyed. A branch of tho O. It A N. follows Willow Crook south from the main lino at Hoppnor Junction to Its terminus nt Hoppnor. Oftlrlnls of tho rompanv have received advices thnt their track Is washed away between Douglas and Hoppnor, a distance of 30 mllos. ACTION ON CANAL TRHATV URdHI). President (Uvea Colombia tn Um'eratnnd That Dallying Must Cease. Washington, Juno 1(1. Tho Presi dent today sent for William Nel.ion Cromwell, attorney for tho Panama Canal Company, tn confer with him on tho rnnnl situation. Mr. Cromwell Bpent half an hour with tho President In tho forenoon, nnd tho conferenoo was resumed by appointment at 3 P. M. It Is understood thnt the President Is much concerned over tho rnnnl out look. The Administration Is not In the lenst disposed to bo Impatient with Colombia, and Is willing to allow tho Ilogotn government a reasonable tlmo to execute Its obligations to tint United Stntes At tho same Hum tho Washington authorities regard thoso obligations ns moro binding thnn thoso of nn ordinary tronlv. nnd cannot Admit tho right of tho Colombian gov ernment to recede from thorn. If not cnrrlcd out by ratification of tho rnnnl treaty which comes beforo tho Colom bian Congress nt Its mooting this month, tho United States hopes Col ombia will find somo othor moniia of executing Its obligations to this coun try as rognrds tho Panama Cnnnl. Mr. Cromwell declined to soo rnllors after his conforonco with tho President. Will Remain In Background. Ihlrlln, Juno 17. Tho election of Prlnco Peter to the thronn nf Horvln will not cnuso any difficulty on tho part of Ocrmnny. Tho Foreign flfflcn today, nnBWorlng n direct (iiiostlnn on tho subject replied that nermnny hav ing less Interest than Austrln nnd ling. sin, was leaving thoso powers to tnko mo inmnuvo. tho Vlonnn nnd St. Petersburg cnvornmenla liml nnfnn.i thnt tho situation nt Heli-rnilo dlf not call for Interferon nnd that, there fore, tholr policy wns to wall dovohm. mont without nny action recognlzlni? tho provincial government. United States May Object. Pekln. Juno 17. It In nvoci,i ii.t tho United Stnt-B will object lo tho transfer of tho negotiations: for tho American nnd Jnonnerfn rntmir,.'ini treaties from filmnghnl tn this cltv, nH It Is Impossible for tho Amorlenn Com mission to oomn to Pokln. A,, ,,iiri ordering tho trnnsfor lias now boon Issued without consulting olthor tho United States or Jnnnn 'wblci, nnh. slon Ib considered discourteous to tho two powers conenrnod. Tho Jnpuncso negotiations havo been susnnndod mid nro at a deadlock. Route tn Crow's Neat Pass. Dtitto. Mont. .Tnnn I7nmini ...., has been reclvod in this city to tho -ci, wiei ino eut orr rrnm Columbia, i'nlls or Kallsnol. on tbn fli-ont M,irii.. cm, to Jocko, on tho Northern Pnelflo. is to bo built nt oncn. Work will bo commenced within 00 dnys. Tho now Ino will opon up tho rlchost country In tho stato of Montana and furnish a direct routo from the Crow's Nost coal fldldB to tho Ilutto nnd Anaconda mlnos and smoltora, Ceblo Ship Nears nidwny. Manlln, Juno 17. Tlm enbln ship Colon, which Is laying tho Pacific on bio from Guam eastward, la nonrlng Midway Is and. nn.i i lu v ,.,., i.. tho laying of tlm nnMlnti r,nm ltfl.l.,,n. Inland tn HnnnlT.I,. . Ill """ - J??'.' "ooluIu will commonco 11UXL WL'UK. Ilandltl Unfd Covlle Tnuni. Manila, Juno 17. DiBonlor contlnu- na In 41. i - If ' ' S?ti i5mSVViinf.0 'ayllV ' ? A n"mod Follznrdo nnd rvToiitnlou. , iJ,i,;? foowo recently raided n S nnihV' t?Wn8, . Tl'? Bve""t ' trouble cnmnaKn t oi'PPrcss tho