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Bohemia Nugget COTTAG GROV1. . . OREGON. " wewq nr tup wcnf llLlllJ Ul 1 IlL llLLllIooininiion, Fiiivl t.xlity tli.tt tl.tongh Iq a Condensed Form lor Oar Bcsy Readers. A Return of the Lets Important but Not Lets Interesting Events of the Past Week. The Roumanian tevolt lias Uvn sup pressed with wholesale slaughter. French troops have raised their flag over the Morooooan town of Oudja. Schmiti denies that ho has attempted to get a pait of the board of supervisors to resign. The municipal campaign just ended in Chicago is the fiercest in the histoiy of the city. Thaw stood the lunacy examination so well tliat Jerome has asked for more time to call experts. Roosevelt mav make puhlic his rail wav lxilicv at the opening of the Jamestown exposition April 2t. Americans at Ceiba. Honduras, were glad to see a United States warship put into that pott to protect their interests Ruef has been on the pay roll of the Pacific States Telephone Telegraph oomrauv for the past two years at $1,200 per month. Henry W. Goode, pcrsident of the Portland Railway, Light Power con ranv. is dead. He was piesident of the Lewis and Clark fair. The American government is confi dent The Hague conference will do pood, even if all ouestions to le trought up are net agreed upon. The Roumanian ievolt is quieting down. The president has called an election in the Philippines. All labor troubles around Butte have been adjusted for the time being. St. Louis brewery workers threaten to strike and the city is facing a beer famine. The disarmament question is likey to be barred from The Hague peace con feience. Republican members of the Tennes see legislature propose Roosevelt for a third term. The Nebraska legisature has passed a direct primary a copied after the Ore gon statute. Spreckels had guaanteed the cost of a thorough housecleaning of grafters at San Francisco. The Western Union Telegraph com pany has raised its rates, in Eome cafes as much as 20 per cent, -The census bureau estimates that the population of the United States has in creased 8,000,000 in the past six years. The Colton, Cal., death list as the iesult of the train wreck is placed at 22 and at least six more of the injured will die. A green switch crew is blamed with the accident. Mediation in the Central American wai has been postponed. The San Francisco investigation may spread to every city on the coait. Evidence is being secured which points to telephone bribery in Oakland. Mrs. Thaw ia said to be breaking down under the strain of the trial of Thaw. Congressman Scott, dicta the completion of Kansas, pre of the Panama canal in eeven years. Eight men have been arrested, at Butte for trying to influence voters at the primaries just held. The bill for the recount of the ballots cast for mayor of New York in Novem ber, 1905, has passed the New Y'ork legislature. A cigarette Ftarted a fire in the gen eral shop of the El Paso & Southwest ern railroad at Carrizezo, N. M. The loss is placed at $190,000. Big shipments of flour are being hur ried from Minneapolis to San Francis co, where a government transport will take it to the famine sufferers cf China. Ex-President Cleveland has just cele brated his 70th birthday.) The whole of Roumania is in revolt and the capital threatened. San Salvador has asked Mexico to intervene in the Central American war. Foraker lias called fcr primries in Ohio to decide preference for president. Immense land frauds are to be inves tigated by a Federal grand jury at Cheyenne. A deadlock haa been reached between Western railroads and trainmen on the question of wages. Premier ritolypin, of Russia, has agreed to abolish court martial, as at present exercised. A commission in lunacy has been ap pointed in the Tliaw case and the trial has adjourned until the commission re ports. The California flood has made pro duce scarce in San Francisco. Taft continues to be boomed for pres ident, but third term talk for Roosevelt grows. France announces her determination to get redress from Morocco for the murder of a French subject. MUST IMPROVE WATERWAYS. Only Practicable Way To Solve Freisht Problem. Save Hill. j Now York, April 1. James J. Hill, president of thoGioat Northern, taking i ns a text tho recent action of Provident ikv,.h the waterway of tin1 country, properly improved, must come tho much desired improvement in the freight-handling conditions. The country, ho said, must look to its waterwavs for Immediate ro- ief of the freight pressure. "If the government would Improve its waterwavs and extract fiom them one-fifth of their latent possibilities said Mr. Hill, "the freight-handling problem soon would bo nearer solution than the railroads themselves can ever hope to bring it. "There has Iven in the past a feeling auioiii! some railroad men that water ways development would bo inimical to railroad interests. I do not think it would, and if this idea has not already w holly disappeared it is m a fair way of doing so soon. e nalir.ed that we have created in the prosperity of the country a condition that calls loudly for relief, and any means to that end would be welcome. "Take, fr instance, a 15-foot chan nel in the Mississippi from St. Iauiis to Now Orleans. There is no more nn Portant work for the general govern ment than this improvement It might cost tlO0.lHv.UW. but when it was finished a single powerful tow lat could pull from 30 to 40 trainloads. Hoavv freights, requiring only moder ate speed in transportation, would go to the seaboard by way of the dim, ana there would no longer In? freight con gestion between the East and West." ADVANCE RATES ON GRAIN Railroads Take Reverge For Two- Cent Fare Laws. Washington, April 1. In accordance with their intention expressed some time ago, the railroads constituting the Western trunk lines, the Central Trall.c association and the Eastern trunk lines have filed with the Interstate Com merce commission tariffs increasing their ratees on eastbound grain and grain products, to become effective about April 1. This action was taken, it is under stood, because of the enactment by leg islatures of some of the estern states of laws regarded as inimical to their interests. The particular law to which the railroads took exception was the 2-cent fare act of the legislature of Ne braska. When the new tariffs were filed, the commission suggested to t tie carriers that the time for putting the increased rates into effect should be postponed. The carriers cheerfully acquiesced and the commission has granted the carriers permission to post and file amendments postponing the proposed advances in rates to May 1. CHOOSE NEW PRESIDENT. Honduran Rebels Will Make General Guiterrez Their Chief. Washington, April 1. General Dio- nido Guiterrez, one of the most prom inent leaders of the revolution in Hon duras against President Bonilla, prob ably will be president of the provision al government established by the Hon- durian revolutionists with the aid of President Zelaya, of Nicaragua. A dis patch received today from Commander Wilterhalter, of the American gunboat Paducah, now at Port Limon, Costa Rica, states that it is reported there that General Guiterrez is the favorite candidate for the head of the new gov ernment in Honduras. It is also reported in Port Lirnon, ac cording to Commander Winterhalter's dispatch, that President Bonilla is com pletely surrounded. The dispatch does not state exactly where Senor Bonilla is, but it is believed that he is some where near Amapala on the south coast of Honduras. Dispatches received by the State de partment from several different points in Central America announce the bom barding of Amapala. Ask Protection for Jews. Washington, April 1. Secretary of State Hoot has received a number of ap peals from Jewish organizations in this country for the exercise of good offices by this government for the protection of the Jews in Houmania who are suffering from the excesses of the rebellious peas antry of that country. So far the sec retary has been unable to see how lie could make any representations on the subject with benefit to the distressed people, in view of the fact that thp up rising of the peasantry appears to be political and against the throne. Lottery Scheme Exposed. Jackson, Miss., April 1. Sensation al disclosures regarding a lottery scheme upen the Coast were placed before the Federal authorities today. Judge Niles has called a special term of the Federal court to meet April 22 to indict the persons involved, some of whom are al leged to be among the most prominent citizens of that section. The authorities decline to reveal the details, but it is 1 arned that a regular drawing of prizes has taken place aboard gulf vessels. Oliver, the New Governor. London, April 1. King Ivlward ht:s approved the appointment of Sydney Oliver to be governor of Jamaica in suc cession to Sir Alexander Swottenham, who recently resigned the ollice, giving as the reason advanced years. , OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST EARLY DAY POSTOFFlCES. Inspector Richies Comes Into Pot tettion of Interesting Relic. Portland Postolhoo Insjvctor Rich ies, of this city, owns a ct py of a "List of Potttotliies of the United States," which was issued by the government in lSi2. The list bus boon, until looont - ly, in the possession of John Hodden, postmaster at Soottsburg, iVuglas coun ty. Oregon, who had it fiom the hov eminent soon after its publication. Some timenyo he gave it to Inspector Richies on the occasion of an oilieial visit to that ollice by the latter. Soottsburg is one of the oldest xt ot!ioos in the state, and Mr. Hodden was its first postmaster. In 1 Still Ore gon had .0 postotlioos. In Multnomah county there wie three, Pott land, Springvillo and Sandy. Polk county led in the numU'r of otoiccs, having 13. Marion county came next, with 10. "Wa-oopuin" county is credited with one, and Wasco county with one. Wasoopuni county's office apx'ars on the list as Hood River. Ther were 20 counties in Oregon in 1S(!2 in lstl2; the state having made a gsin of 13 counties in sinee that time. NUMEROUS SITES OFFERED. State Board to Select Land for Insti tute for Feeble Minded. Salem At a special mooting of the members of the hoard for the feeble minded institute, a voluminous list of tracts of land sites for the const rue ion of the new buildings was presented by the owners for the consideration of the lhird. Maps, blue piinis and descri( tions of many desirable places wore laid liefore them. In fact, the table around which Governor Chamberlain, Slate Treasurer Steel and Acting Secretary of Sbite Benson sat was piled so high with documents that the Ixurd decided to appoint a special committee to ex amine each tract of land sejiaratoly, se lect the moft desirable, secure the Is-st prices and report io the lard at the earliest opportunity. Beg to Get Deeds. Salem Jacob I'. Holt.erman, of Minneapolis, attorney for the holders of 14 Kelliher-lurner school land cer tificates, covering about 2,800 acre! located in Southern Oregon, apjx'ured lefore the state land board at a nverit special meeting in the interest of his lients, who want deeds to the lurid. Most of them live at Ihtyton, Ohio. These certificates were among those is sued upon what is known as the Kelli-her-Turher applications, which were alleged by ex-Mute latnd . Agent oswaM , West to have been forgeries, and upon leing investigated by the Marion coun ty grand jury during the month of April, 1HU5, were to reported to the state land board. Parents and Teachers Organize. The Dulles The Teachers' and Pat rons' Kdiioational association, organ ized .March 8, now has 125 patrons, as the result of circular letters sent out by the city suerintendent to nsceitain the sentiment of the people relative to sehixd and home co-operation. The object of the association is to encourage a letter school spirit in The Ihillcs; to bring the parents and teachers closer together in a social way; to discuss, freely and fully, all matters pertaining to school life, and to recommend such reforms in the schools of The Dalles as will meet the requirements of the pres ent and provide for the future. Terminal Rates for Baker. Baker City With a view of taking up a fight for terminal rates for Baker City, the Merchant' association has apiointed a committee to plan tlifi or ganization of a local shipping bureau. The committee is meeting with marked success, and the bureau will le estab- 1 l" lished within a short time Tt.iu I. n ,,. t. n.uler b ... mo-mnent of ' a rate expert, who will compile local i.irirJu 7rtu uifd itiuf li a ru i I rri'jil n t n 1 ' .rj ciu iiini niij laiiiwai ami put them into shape to submit to the ulnt ru i 1 mud eom m IwHinn . Work for Condensed Milk Plant. McMinnville The citizens of Mc Minnville are very jubilant over the re sults of the mass meeting held Monday evening to talk over plans for a con densed milk factory, with A. J Keat ing, manager of the Coos Bay Condens ing company. The plan is to organize a stcck company with a paid-up capital j of $85,000. The Coos Bay company! will take up a laige amount of the stock and will manage the plant In con nection with its other plants. Rich Strike in Pine Valley. Baker City The richness of the plac er gold mines at old Auburn and even the wealth of the California placers are rivaled by reports of the strike recently , made by Blair, Herlxjrtand Underwood in the Seven Devils district. Pine Vailey, about 6C miles east of Baker City, is the place where the discovery I was made, and those who have been on the scene predict that it will be one of the greatest placer camps, in the West. Arousing Interest In Horticn'ture. Oregon City Professor K. It. Lake, of the forestry and botanical depart ment of the Oregon Agricultural college at Corvallis, and W. K. Newell, presi dent of the state board of horticulture, will be among the speakers at the next meeting of the Clackamas County Hor ticultural society, which will be held in this city Suturday, April 13. PROBE FOR LAND FRAUDS. Another Federal Grand Jury BfRlns Sessions In A ril. Portland Within two weeks another Federal gland jury will begin to giind on Otcgon land frauds. The juiy will Ih summoned soon and the old as well us the new cases dial have Ix'cn mvo ; tiVated by and through the United States district attorney's olliee and by the agent of Spivlal Inspector Thomas B. Nouliauscii, together with the cases that lute boon woikidupby Edward W. Dixon, in charge of the fxviiiI agent for Oregon, will be laid U'foio the jurors. When Francis .1. Honey left Portland to teat the lid off of graft in San Finn- oisoo, he left a number of land fraud ease, evidence in which was already in the hands of the United States allot hoy, to bo brought to the attention of a grand jury. Since his demrtiite the wolk of investigating now caves of fiaud has leen going on and when the jury gets int. art ion it will have a long ses sion. Among the eases of alleged fiaud that w ill lx brought to the attention of the jury are those said to have In en discov ered in and around Pendleton . To this !i.t will be addisl others that rumor says involve a number of prominent men, not only in Oregon, hut in srveial other states. Work on the Poormin Group. Baker City That there aie IW.WO tons of copxT ore assaying $ I I a toil lying at the smface mi the I'oorman group of claims, is the divlamtion of Manager Arthur, of the mine, who has just returned fioni the pnprty. There are outcropping as.aying from 2 to .r) JxTCenl in copper, the greatest in Oregon. The Pool man group promise to lx' one of the richest oopx-r mines in the great copper Ndl of Kastern Ore gon. The company now has a double shift at woik. Snow in Klamath County. Klamath Falls Heavy snows the past week have made the row I in I hi section almost impassable, eeoially in the mountains. The snow is going off very rapidly and the streams through out the country are carrying largo vol nines of water. However, no miileri.il damage has I wen done. All outdoor work was susendcd during the past I week. Government work has cetsed everywhere except on the interior of the tunnel. Willamette Rally Off Till June. Willamette University, Sulein An nouncement is made that the big rally in connection with the new building and its unknown donor, which had luif.ti )ifl ii In, t fill Artril 't I.im In, ii ,m1HIm,min miti lu.xt jllIM.. T1. ,,.,., ing, which was for the purpose of mak ing announcements, Ixiosting the on dowirient fund, and formulating plans. cannot lx held, ass all the plans content plated will not bo completed bv that time. Ned Smith for Sheep Inspector. Salem A committee consist ing of tiumlM-r of t;enton county sheepmen waited on Commissioner Steusloff and asked I.im to apisiint Ned Smith, of Corvallis, as one of the district inspect ors cf sheer., there being three to ap jxiint. Mr. Steusloff has taken Mr Smith's application under advise. nent, and will probably give him the poriitu n. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Club, 7:te: bluestem, ".V valley, 7()o; red, 71c. Oat- No. 1 white, $230; gray 2H(32I). ISarley Feed, $22..r0 per ton; brew ing, f2.; rolled, $23. MH 24 .60. live $1.4.51.50 per cwt. Corn Whole, 25; cracked. $20 per ton. Hay Valley timothy, No. 1, f 1 5 (a I per ton; Kastern Oregon timothy, $17 t a . -.1 - n. ..I t n :.. I 1'. , ,V. , ' ' .!' f"' u'lii'ia, fit I ... i.1 'irv: 'in "ul"r-r"l7 UTe.ui.ery, ;yc 1 . liuttcr Fat Firnt grfulu Tiun( (f "-' ' - less ill ' ... Poultry Average old liens, lfo per pound; mixed chickens, 14c; spring fryers and broilers, 20(4220; old nxisteis, 10fr,12e; dressed chickens, HI (il7c; turkeys, live, l.'i()15e; turkeys, dressed, choice, 18l(;20e; geese, live, 8c; ducks, lfi(V18c. F!ggs Oregon ranch, 2.'l per dozen. Apple Common, 75cC$1.25 per box; choice, $1.50fi,2. vegetables turnips, H';l.2o per sack; carrot , $K)l-25 per sack; beets, $1.251.50 per sack; horseradish, 7(") 8c per pound; cauliflower, $2.50 per dozen; celery, $4 per crate; lettuce, head, 3545c per dozen; onions, 10(i$ 125c per dozen; sprouts, tic per pound; radishes, 30c per dozen ; asparagus, 12 (?15c per pound; rhubarb, $2.25(2)2.50 per Iwix. Onions Oregon, $1 .101 .35 per hun dred. Potatoes Oregon Burbanks, fancy, $1.50(71.75; No. 1 choice, $1.251.40. Veal Dressed, 59c) per pound. Beef Dresned bulls, .'(3'aC nor pound; cows, 6ftc; country steers, 67c. Mutton Dressed, fancy, 1010jc per pound; ordinary, 8(5;9c; fpring lambs, 16lflc. Pork Dressed, fl0c per pound. Hops 8llc per pound, according to quality. Wool Kastern Oregon, average best, 1318c per pound, according to shrink age; valley, zuqszM, according to fine ness; mohair, choice, 282!)c per pound. WRECK IN CALIFORNIA. Ai Laaat Twenty-Six Persons Killed and a Hundred Hurt. Oolton. Cal.. Mutch 29. One of the iiiohI dlsustn us wrecks in Iho history of the Soul hoi n Pacific mil load invur red one mid one-half miles east of this town shortly after i o clock yesterday afternoon, when westbound train No. 9 from New Orleans for San I'lanclrn'o ran into nil open twitch, while going ul tlx rate id 10 miles an hour, and li n of the 14 coaches Were derailed will frightful results. Tivelitvsix pinpli mo known to have been killed and the final list will total much higher lliuii this nuiiilx'r. The injured number about 100. many of whom are hciIoiihIv injured and w ill die. The u locked coaches were hurled In every direction. Four of them wen smashed into splinters. Most of the dea.l were Italians from New York and Now Oi lcans, going to San I riinciwo They iHVtipicd the smoke! and day coach. But two Aineiicati ate known t have U'on killed, although M'cnilof thoe among the injured will undoubt edly die within the next few hour. Out of SO Pullman pasNetigers, but two sustained scriou injury. I In three Pullman coaches and the diuct which were on the rear of the train did not leave the tnick. The occupanti of Ihofo eais were practically un harinc I . I.. U. Alvord. V. K. Iais and W. G. G iieniiic or, moiiilx'rs of the switch ing clew who are iicciihiiI of having tin switch open and coming the wnvk, were taken into ciiHtodv and held in t m 1 1 of f I Don bv Cuioiier Vim Vc. TRY MtDIATlON. Knapp and Neill Will Attempt to Ad just Kailroad Dispute. Chicago, Marco 2'.'. Government in tctwutloii will ho tried ill nil eflort P inert the great ml I mud stiike which threatens to para.Iv.o I he butiiu km of the Vct. Ill reMi!iM- to the Hp-.t ol the railloitd iiiiiuagcts, I li.i;rmiin Knapp, of the I nter.-t.ile ('oiumere com liiis-iou, and Cominirtsioni't of I iibo Neill will arrive in Chicago Saturday morning and offer mediation m tin coiit roverv . railing to adjust the matter in it eoiiei I i.itorv milliner, they will endeavor to bring about arbitra tion under t ho provisions of the I rd inaiiu law . The labor chiefs w III await the ar rival of the government oilichils be lor ordering a strike. If the good otlices of Mr. Knapp and Mr. Neill rcniilt in bringing grctiter concessions tc the em ploves than have yet lecn offi red, the st riko may m averted . The employes however, say they will not accept arbl trillion and todav again declared their position that nothing short of greater concession Irom the railroads will pre vent theiu from walking out. President Koosevolt has Im-oii follow Itig closely tin! development III the sit uation here ami Messrs. kiappaud Neill will undertake the delicate w( rk i 1 1 1 j m h I on them by law with full con sciolism' that the president i ex tremelv solicitous that all dillerencc be settled by arbitration. 1 he general manager said unit no attempt would be made to operate tuiins if the employe sttuck. NO ADVANCE IN LUMBER RATES Northern Roads Deny Present Inten tion, but Are Investigating. St Paul, Minn., March 2!. An oilieial statement was made by traffic men of the Northern Pacific and Gieat Northern railroads today that it I not contemplated to make any immediate change in lumber ratis from Puget sound to St. Paul and Missouri river cities, as the lumbermen have advised the Interstate Comineice commission in Washington. A joint statement was made by the lines as follows: "We have not considered an increase in Pacific Coast Missouri-Itiver lumber rates, except as they may have been in volved in discussions covering the gen eral rates and cost of service. No im mediate changes aie contemplated." While the statement gives generally the situation, it i asserted t he lines a re ( losely investigiding conditions! govern ing the traiiSirtiition of lumber, which have changed considerably since the in dustry on the coast started . Burning Gas Terrifies Farmers. Stipulpa, I. T., March 20. The gns well two miles east of here that caught fire Saturday is still burning fiercely. After 14 days of work the well was capped. But the gnat volumo of gas found another way out through the crevices and for half u mile it spread open the earth. At one place a hole three feet wide and 20 fee t long was toin. Then the gas caught fire and has been burning ever since. At one place a sheet of flame 20 feet long and 15 feet high is blazing. Tons of rock and shale were thrown from the cracks. Outlaw Band Driven Off. Durango, Mexico, March 21). In a lesperate fight between ruralcs and a hand of outlaws under Gumcrsindo Or tega, in the Shu Juan Del Hio mou;i tains, Ortega, who was considered one of the most dangerous bandits in North western Mexico, and his band were drivtn into the mountains with the ruralcs in close pursuit. From this lislrict in which Ortega and his band have been operal ing numerous reports have been received of murders. Faculty Rebukes Magoon. Havana, March 20. The directors of ll.ivaiia uni vcr ily held a meeting to day and entered a protest against tho recent act ion of Governor Magoon in ieeiislm.' two American doctors to prac- tico in Havana without first passing an i this afternoon, and. spreading rapidly, examination in the Univeristy of Ha- destroyed the tobacco buildings, caus vana, as required by law. ing a loss of $1)00,000. sciiHrrrs vile plan lias Desperate Scheme torment Franchise Revocation. TRIES TO BUY OIF SUPERVISORS Have Enough Resign to Make His Veto t llnctlve-Sweeping Re forms Are Instituted. San Francisco, Mun-h .'10. Mayor S'hinlU ha opened liegot lat ion w ith ccllllitl IneloU'in of the IxHslling Uuird of KiijH'rv iot ill Iho hope of coiiHillil mat ing a bold coup. The plan of (ho mavor in to purchase the resignation of enough member of the hoard lo Itiako hi vote power Hiillieieiit to prevent tho revival loll of t he I ranch ixe of the big col Hiral loo which obtained their per mit through tho illegal use of money. It repine II member of the I -oil r I In ov I'lii'li' I he mayor' veto. If be can sectiie the reNigluit ion of five out of tho I S be vv ill In aide to check by hi veto any of their reform iium-uiii udoptii) under the Srtlsll of I', .1. I lelli'l 'm big 'tick. It i II desH'IHte game, doomed to failure almost at the- outset. The "refoinied" boar i of xu Hrv inor. acting under Iho dmvt um f the dis trict Htloinev' ollice, gave another staltling cilnhitioii tishiy of II d silo to h gissl, uheii it made pluli- for tho abolition of a eoro ( oriiiimeiital otli chiU. Juine lievoto, idtoruey for tho Isuird of public woik at a salary of f'.'.'iii M'i month, will bo div.ipitnled. Other oilieial, who under the Km f regime I ia done nothing but draw sil- llllis, will be dropM-i. Ill the cnurno of the next few week reform w ill have I II instituted whiill will save tho city Hl,liil a ye.ir. FAMINE WOULD RESULT. Rjilroads Hold Out Gloomy Prospect if Strike is Called. Chicago, March .'Id. Famine in hujv. lies of food, coal and maiiufacl in ing; material for Chicago and many other oil ii throughout the entire Vol wan predict)! bxl.iy, if the impending rail way strike Ixviime a reality . Bailroud of the old Ire West w ill l allowed to remain completely paralyzed in caso the strike of trainmen ami conductor on -l.'l tratlic system is ordered. 'I hi uirso ha Iieon practically deeidi-d on by the general manager of Iho system. A meet ing of the managers wa held today and the impract icabil ity of filling the places of -15,11111) men who lire talk ing of a walkout was discussed. No move bus been made to hire men to run Irani. In fact no prepaiationa is be ing made by the railway manager. "If these men strike it would be al most, if hot entirely, lliiHHsible to op erate the railroads," said an oilieial high in railroad circh. "It is a gosl as certain that freight trallic will bo entirely shut off. Consider what it would mean, if Chicago wire to ho iso lated for 21 hours. What would hap- M-n if the milk supply were interrupt ed or the immense iuirtat ions of per ishable freight halted by a tie-up of tho roads." HILL MAY ISSUE NEW STOCK. Minnesota Supreme Court Holds Re strictive Law Invalid. St. Paul, March :t(. Tl e Slate Su premo court today upheld the Great Northern railroad in its contention that it had the right to issue the till), (HID.. 001) of stock authorized by the board of director Home mouth ago, and which was enjoined by Attorm v Geueial Ming, who elaiiu ed that the company should fliust como before t he slate rail road and warehouse commission and submit to an examination to show the necessity limit ho purpose of Iho Issue. I his content ion of the state wa up held by .fudge llalliim in tho Ramsey County liistrict court, who orderidan injunction to issue. The Supreme court today reverses that division. The minion of the court was unanimous. Chief Justice Start delivered the (min ion of the court. Sailors Loot Steamer Norfolk, Va., March .'10. One hun- lred sailors from the battleship Con necticut, while on tho way from Wil- oiighhy to I'ortres Monroe upon tho passenger steamer Ocean View today, without apparent cause took forcible barge of the steamer and put the crew to rout. The sailors broke window. and doors, drove the cooks from tho galley, poured out all provision, alumni, dumped on deck tho fire lu the stoves, turned steam on the fire extinguishers and did other damaj Their names are not known. Suspected of Wrecking Train 2 Pittsburg, March 30. Several IlaN ians, who live near tho line of tho Pennsylvania railroad betweni Stewart and Wilmerding, are said to be under curpicion of knowing something about tho two recent wrecks of fast trains near thoso points. A number of for eigners who worked upon the railroad as section hands were discharged a few weeks ago. It is repotted that they showed much anger when told of their dismissal and that threats were made Tobacco Buld'ngs Burn. Danville, Va., March 30. A disas trous fire broke out in South Boston. Va., 32 miles northeast of here, lato