Bohemia Nugget
tlohrmla Nun rt Puhlithlnt Co.
COTTAGE GROVE OREGON
NEWS OFJHE WEEK
In a Condensed Term for Ocr
Busy Readers.
A Resume of the Less Important but
Not Lets Interesting Events
of the Psst Week.
King Ieopold may offer to fell Congo
to Fiance.
CoM weather in Texas has gieatly
damaged early fruit.
The order of Native Sons of Califor
nia have ousted Kuef.
War has been renewed in Central
America and an aimy sent into Hon
duras.
Fire partly destroyed the largest
BhiprarU at Genoa, Italy. The loss is
placed at $500,000.
Seveial prominent Ohio lumber deal
era have been indicted fur violating the
anti-ttust laws of that state.
A Chicago boy 1" yeais old has dis
appeared with $7,000 which he was tc
take to a hank for his employers.
The Minnesota senate has tabled a
resolution passed by the he use which
hendorses Roosevelt in his stand
against Harriman.
Fire swept over 100 acres of Manila,
the loss amounting to $200,000. The
greatest pait of the destroyed section
was composed of native houses.
A discharged employe of the New
Yoik, New Haven & Hartford railway
has been arrested for attemptng to
wreck a passenger tiain on that road.
A St. Louis couple will be married
eoon at the ages of 101 and 100.
Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York
have been visited by a snowstorm.
Early fiuit in Tennessee i9 reported
to be severely damaged by cold weather.
A slight"earthquake shock at Charles
ton, S. C, threw the people into a
panic.
There is no cliance for the election of
a senator from Rhode Island the present
session of the legislature.
Chinese famine sufferers are dying
by hundreds and there is difficulty in
securing the dead suitable burial.
The Austrian premier declares every
eclony of the various nations should be
made an independent government.
President Roosevelt has about made
op his mind that the best way out of
the national campaign trouble is for the
government to pay the legitimate ex
penses of all candidates.
San Francisco street railway employ
es are receiving back pay. The arbitra
tion board granted the men an increase
from the time the trouoie Degan lasi
fall and now $415,000 is being distrib
uted.
Dr. Kennard, an American agent in
Russia, says the suffedring there trom
famine is aDoalline. Not less than
20,000,000 aie dependent on aid until
another harvest, tpidemics oi disease
add to the suffering.
Heaist is said to be building up a
third party.
There is a deadlock in the Wisconsin
senatorial contest.
Jerome is investigating a charge of
tampering with a Thaw juror.
The vice president of the New York
Central railroad favors government
control.
The British budget DroDOses a pen
sion for old age and increased taxes on
the rich.
Southern cotton manugacturtrs com
plain of rate discrimination by the
i ail roads.
Captain George Curry has been in
augurated governor of ew Mexico in
place of F. C. Hagerman, who resigned
The thief who stole $25,000 from
the Noithern Pacific Express company
at St. Paul has been captured and the
money recovered.
The Ililnois Supreme court has de
cided the municipal ownership law in
valid and Chicago will not be able to
own her own street railway system.
Regis II. Post has been inaugurated
governor OI rort-o kico in succession oi
Beekman Winthrop, who resigned to
become assistant secretary of the treas
ury at Washington.
The Hermann trial is approaching
the end.
Coal mineia at Coleman, Alberta,
have struck for an increase of 10 per
cent in wages.
The Chicago & Allton railroad has
been fined $00,000 for granting rebates
in meat shipments.
Portland piolce have captured the
"pink domino," a bold burglar who
has terrorized the Nob Hill district for
several weeks.
San Francisco street car employes
may Btrike for 8 hours and $3 a day.
Spain has outlined a program for a
new navy which calls for an appropria
tion of $64,000,000.
Robbers held up the Northern Pacific
Express company's office at St. Paul
and secured $25,000.
Snow storms and freezing weather
prevail from Wisconsin down intc Kan
sas. In places trains are delayed on
account of the snow. i
DEEP SNOW ON PRAIRIES.
Six Inches Ruins Fruit Prospect, But
Benefits Wheat.
Omaha, April 19. Five ' inches of
snow fell dnilnir the night, and the
stoitn continued liming the foienoon.
The fall was general over Fastern Ne
braska, and is the heaviest km w n in
Apiil for many years. The extent of
damage is not known. Opinion as to
the storm's effect upon fruit and early
vegetables varies. In some counties
along the southern and central belts
cherries, peaches, plums, and hetriee
are said by some authorities to have
lieen ruined almost entirely, while
other growcis repcrt that fruit was not
far enough advancd to become seiiously
endangered.
In grain circles it is Indieved the
snow will kill all the green bugs thitt
have been threatening the winter wheat
ciop and spreading over the ccntial
portion of the state.
A Norfolk dispatch says Northern
Nebraska, Southern South Dakota,
Northeastern Wyoming and the Black
Hills ate covered with a blanket of
snow six inches deep upon the level,
which is still falling. At Northwestern
railioad headquarters here it was said
the stoitn was practically over the en
tire system west of the Missouii river.
DEATH LIST GROWING.
Mexican Earthquake Proves to Have
Been Most Disastrous.
City of Mexico, April 10. Today the
Associated Press was in direct commu
nication with a number of towns in the
district a fleeted by Sunday's earth
quake. From the telegrams received it
is certain that the death list will ex
ceed 100. There are a number of small
towns yet to be heard from, but up to
date the average number of fatalities at
these places has ranged from 0 to 12
and the number of injured from 30 to
40.
In Chilapa 33 persons were injured
and 779 buildings destroyed. Nobody
was killed, as reported yesterday.
After the fiist great shock the air was
filled for manv miles with a thick,
sickening, sulphurous odor. This
caused great distress to the survivors.
There are many speculations as to the
cause of the peculiar fieak of nature
and some consider it a proof that the
earthquake had its origin in some sub
terranean exploeion.
FIRST ANNIVERSARY.
San Francisco Remembers Earthquake
Year Ago.
San Francisco, April 19. While
there was no general cessation of the
work of rehabilitation, the first anni
versary of the earthquake and the fire
which left this city a mass of ruins was
observed yesterday by appropriate re
ligious services and commemoiative ex
ercises by the Building Trades Council
and other organizations.
The crowning event of the day was
the banquet of the Merchants' associa
tion at the Hotel Fairmount, at which
the material and civic regeneration of
the city was amply discussed and faith
expressed in a new and greater San
Francisco. The principal business
streets weie decorated with bunting
and incandescent lights. Flags were
flying eveiywhere and the dome of the
city hall, still in a partly wiecked con
dition, was illuminated as on gala occa
sions "before the fire."
WILL GO FOR SIX-BITTERS
Frisco Policy Holders Bring
1,800
Suits for Payment.
San Francisco, April 19. More than
100 suits against insurance companies
for the payment of policies held during
the great fire a year aao were filed to
day at the county clerk's office, bring
ing the total well over 1,800. At 5
o'clock, when the office closed, there
was a long line of attorneys, clerks and
messengers waiting, and it took three
clerks nearly an hour to dispose of the
overflow.
Today was practically the last day
for the filing of such suits, although
in some cases the year allowed will not
expire until tomorrow. During the
past two days the county clerk's office
has taken in nearly $3,000 in fees on
these cases alone.
After Men With Guns.
New York, April 19. While squads
of detectives are scouring the foreign
quarters, woiking under the direct or
ders of Police Commissioner Bingham,
arresting all the armed men they find,
the judicial officeis are showing evidence
of their intention toco-operate with the
police in breaking up the practice of
carrying deadly weapons. District At
torney Jerome has prepared 50 cases
against men charged with carrying con
cealed weapons, and will present them
to the giand jury tomorrow. In all,
215 men have been locked up.
Proposition Is Withdrawn.
Paris, April 19. The announcement
of the withdrawal of Italy's compromise
proposition on the discussion ofl imita
tion of armaments at The Hague peace
conference, owing to Austria and Ger
many's decided attitude in opposition
to it, was made public today. It does
not greatly affect France's position rel
ative to the limitation of armaments.
Authorative circles declare that France,
as a mattei of principle, regards favor
ably all efforts to advance the idea.
Volcano Erupts in Andes.
Valparaiso, Chile, April 19. News
has reached here that the Renihue vol
cano, in the province of Valdlvia, is in
violent eruption. The eruptions are
accompanied by awful subterranean
rumblings, earthquakes, intense dark
neess, electrical displays, ashes and
boiling water. The flowing lava has
set Are to the surrounding forests, and
the inhabitants are fleeing in terror.
OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
SAYS ESTIMATE IS TOO HIGH
U'Ren Compiles Cost of Submitting
Legislation to People.
Oregon City William S. I'MJen, the
father of the initiative and referendum,
takes issue with the statements that
I ave !een published regarding the cost
of voting tinder that law. Mr. l"l!en
has carefully compiled the cost of initi
ating and roferiiiig legislative measures
to the people under the net of 1007,
which tcpcalcd the act of 1;0:S. He
admits that the postage expense In
sending printed matter all over the
state to 100.000 voters will be $3,000,
tut he says that the cost of pi inting
would be $3,030 for 120 pages of meas
ures, figuring on 100,000 copies, which
is one-third more than have ever been
printed. He says, the binding will cost
$3,000 and the paper $1,503
The experience of Mr. I" Ken stands
him in good stead in figuring on this
matter. He bases the cost of address
ing and tilling 100,000 envelope at $4
per thousand, totaling $400. The en
velcpos can be supplied and print d for
$5 icr thousand, or $500, and he le
lieves that the cost of scenring the
names and jxistolhce addresses of 100,
000 votets will not exceed $1,500.
The publication of proclamations is
not loquirod by the new law ofl 907,
and the item of $5,000 for that pur
pose must lie eliminated from the
cost. Mr. U'Ren Is-lievcs that his es
timate is conservative.
Marion Fruit Prospects.
Salem Fruitgrowers of this section
of the Willamette valley are looking
forward to splendid crops in all varie
ties of fruits, especially in quality, and
in consequence of the destruction being
wrought to the crops in parts of the
Fast by the recent severe frosts and
other detrimental conditions of weath
er, there is also a tine prospect for good
prices for Oregon fruits, lioth gieenand
evaporated. Although the spurs on
the prune trees are not so thickly set
as last year, growers are pleased lie
caused what is lacking in quantity will
be more than made up in quality and
the price basis will be increased in pro
port ion
Adopt Interstate Regulations.
Salem With the exception that the
period of posting notices is fixed at ten
days instead of 30, the Railroad com
mission has adopted the rules of the
Interstate Commerce commission bod
ily, regulating the serving of notice
upon thacommission and posting of
same in waiting rcoms of railway sta
tions when it is proiosei tc make a
change In the regular schedule of rates,
mileage, commutation, patty, excursion
and round-trip rates. Notice of tho
adoption of this rule has been forward
ed to all railroad companies in the
state.
The Dalles Fruit Possibilities.
The Dalles This place is waking up
to the fact that the soil and climatic
conditions are perfectly fitted for the
production of first class fruits, and es
pecially for the raising of cherries and
peaches. Men every day are tinning
their attention to the fruitraising in
dustry, many investing in tracts of land
varying in size from five to 40 acres,
upon which they have planted orchards,
with the prospect of splendid results.
Nowhere can finer cherries and peaches
be raised, and this season bids fair to
be an exceptional one for a fruit crop.
Expects Big Gathering.
Hood River Members of Hood River
valley's grange societies are preparing
to make arrangements for entertaining
their fellow members from other partts
of the state, who will meet here in con
vention May 24. Letters received in
dicate that between 600 and 800 mem
bers will be present, as societies from
several districts have already signified
their intention of sending large delega
tions. Multnomah county is expected
to be represented by 150 to 200.
Medford Road Buys Option.
Medford Right of way agents of the
of Butte Falls & Western railway are
purchasing options on land through
which the contemplated survey will
pass. The incorporators of the Butte
Falls & Western have large timbn hold
ings in the vicinity of Butte Falls, and
contracts for the delivery of $1,800,000
worth of sawed timlier to the California
Box company, which must be partially
filled within the current jear.
More Interest in Farming,
Prairie City The upper part of the
John Day valley, in which Prairie City
is situated, is fast corning to the front
as an agricultural district. It is usual
ly considered and spoken of as a stock
couniiy, but of late years grain
and fruit rawing have given it the char
acter of a farming section. Citizens
have come to understand this, and are
systematically taking up the various
farming features.
To Bridge McKenzie River.
Eugene The county court has decid
ed to build a good biidge across the
McKenzie river at Hendricks Ferry.
For years the cost of maintaining the
ferry at this point has been considera
ble of an expense to the county, and
the high water has often put the ferry
temporarily out of commission.
Buy Timber Tract.
Eugene The Armstrong timber tract
has jutt been conveyed to the Monrce
Mill company. The land consists of
1,443 acres in the Lake creek district
and the price paid, according to the
deed, was $27,500 or about $19 an acre.
The land is in township 17, ranges 7
and 8.
I INSPECTION MAY BE CHEAP.
State Sheep Commission Inclined to
Make Burden Ltht as Possible.
' Salem One of thw most serious prob
Inns the Oregon Shccpcommlssioit will
have to solve Is thi schedule of rates to
be charged by county inspectors for the
inspect ion of (locks for scab or other
contagious infect Inns disease. It is
' probable the solution determined mn
will It to turn the duly of iiispetcion
over to the government insinvtois, es
pcvlally east of the Cascades, - and con
t tine the duties of tho deputy state In
spectors to supervise the dipping, with
their compensation fixed on the lusis
! of $5 per dav ami cxiicnses.
In order to miike the exvonseas light
as possible upon the sheepmen the com
mission first decided upon a minimum
'charge of 25 cents and a maximum of 1
cent ter head per flock, when the
number dil not exectd l.tXH) head
, 1 lien it was thought a maxamum
charge of $1 per Hock would be sulli
cient. inasmuch as there was not much
work connected with the inspection,
which consists principally of taking
birdseye view of the llook and looking
for outward symptoms of scab and
ticks, and requites only a few minutes'
work.
Must Put Up Time Tables.
One of the rules of the state railroad
commission is that bulletins giving the
hours of the arrival and departuie of
all trains, Ih poded in every station
Practically all stations havo for years
lieen supplied with these bulletin Uiarda
but Uvause of the carelessness or indif
ference of agents, time cards have not
Uvn posted for t lie information of the
pulill'. Newly iuin1od bulletin Isntnls
are being sent tc station agents for the
O. II. it N. and the Southern Paciti
iK-eoinpanied y a letter from the office
of Oeneral Manager J. P. O linen, in
which the attention of agents is called
to the posting of bulletins.
Train Service Bad.
Members of the state railroad com
mission have addressed a letter to Wil
liam McMnrray general uisaeiig-r
agent for the O. R. t N., informing
him that the local train service In
tween Biggs and Pendleton is Inade
quate. In the absence of a necessary
local service Is-twoon these points, the
commission argues that the heavy
transcontinental trains have turn
obliged to look after this tiallic with
the result that these tiains are fre
quently several hours late reaching
Portland.
Commission House Changes Hands
1& Grande An important real estate
deal was consummated this week w hen
L. W. Damon and Dr. M. K. Hall pur
chased the fruit and commisHoii busi
ness formerly owned by the Parr-Sim
mons company. The present owners
will enlarge the facilities for handling
business and will proUthly add a cold
storage plant during the summer. Mr.
Damon will be the active manager
The price paid for the business was
$16,000.
Grain Crop Will Be Large.
Elgin There is every prospect of a
bumper grain ciop in Union county this
season, a large snowfall together will
unusually large rainfalls the past few
weeks, insures sufficient moisture for a
largo ciop. Thousands of acres were
sown to fall grain lust fall and unless
unknown conditions arise the crop w ill
in all probabilities be a record breaker.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Club, 75c j bluestem,
valley, 72c; red, 74c.
77c;
Oats No. 1 white, $29.50; gray, $28
&29.
Rye 11.45(1.50 per cwt.
Barley Feed, $22.50 per ton; brew
ing, $25; rolled, $23.60(i24.5O.
Corn Whole, $25; cracked, $20 per
ton.
Hay Valley timothy, No. 1, $15T,10
per ton; Eastern Oregon timothy, $17
(V,18; clover, $9; cheat, $9; grain hay,
$9fel0. ,
Apples Common, 75c($1.25 per
box; choice, $1.50(2.
Vegetables Turnips, $1(1.25 per
sack; carrots, $1(1.25; beets, $1,256)
1.50; horseradish, 7(?,8c per pound;
cauliflower, 75(ti$l .25 per dozen; let
tuce, head, 35(o)45c per dozen; onions,
1012c per dozen; radishes 20c per
dozen; asparagus 15c per pound; rhu
baib 4(5c per pound.
Onions Oregon $3.50(;4 per cwt.
Potatoes Oregon Burbanks fancy
$1.401.G5; extia fancy, $1.75($2;
No. 1 choice, $1.25(1.40.
Butter Fancy creamery, 25
27 Ko per pound.
Butter Fat First grade cream 20c
per pound; second grade cream 2u less
per pound.
Poultry A vera go old liens, 15(lflc
per pound; mixed chickens, 1515c;
spring fryers and hrollers, TlyQozim;
old roosters, 1012c; dressed chick
ens, 10 7c; turkeys, live, 3($15c;
turkeys, dressed, choice, 8)jji20c;
geese live, 8c; ducks, 1018c.
Eggs 19c per dozen.
Veal Dressed, 6(i$8!c per'pound.
licef Dressed bullB, 33c per
pound; cows, 60c; country slews,
67c.
Mutton Dressed, fancy, 1010c
per pound; ordinary, 80c; spring
lambs, with pelt, 1213c.
Pork Dressed, 0(2dio per pound.
Hops 710c per pound, according
to quality.
Wool Eastern Oregon average best,
1318o per pound, according to ehrink
age; valley, 2022u according to fine
ness; mohair, choice, 2929c. i
WILL FIGHT HENEY.
Big Corporations Have Banded To
gether In San Francisco.
Han Francisco, April 17. A conspir
acy Which puts into tho t-hadu the $5,
000,000 affair that recently aroused the
inmates of the While House has evolv
ed from the graft proceedings In Sun
Francisco, and, like the conspiracy In
Washington, It has Its headquarters in
Washington, Moreover, one of the
lenders of the $5,000,000 conspiracy Is
one of the chief actors in this latt st
plot.
In short, the big corporations, which
have sighted the speetel of indictment,
have handed together against the com
mon foe. Combined they represent
one of the most, powerful foices that
America has know n, and they ate pre-
m red ttxcnd a large shate of the un
limited capital they eolitrol. The
I'lilted Railroad, an $S0,0OO.(HH) cor
poration; thi Pacific States Telephone
V Telegraph company, the Home Tele
phone company, and lastly the South
ern Pacific company, have joined hands
to fight dow n the graft prosi cut ion.
The head and front of the plot are
reputed to ls Patrick Calhoun and K.
II. Harriman. It Is no secret that
shovs all others It is the desire of Mr.
Ileney to direct the fire of the piosccu
tiou against Calhoun anil the men who
otvupy the seats of the mighty in the
councils of the Southern Pacific. Ilar-
riman's representative on the Pacific,
W. F. I (en in. is out of the chief b-
jeets of Mt. Ileiiev's Investigation. Mr
llerrin has. always refused to come into
the open and even now, w ith public
attention centered upon him, he r
mains In the Imckground.
MEXICAN SHOCKS CONTINUE
Destruction Grows as Reports Come
From Outlyteg Districts.
City of Mexico, April 17. Heavy
earthquake shocks continued on the
wst coast until 4 o'clock this morning
Jjito news of the earthquake shows that
the devastation wrought was greater
than at first supposed. Beside the de
struction of Chilpuncingo and Chilapa,
it is now said that Tixtla also was lev-
elcd. Messengers reaching Chilpaucln
go say the towns of Ayutla and OiuHv-
pro havo l'ii wiped out.
Tho populat ion of Avidia is small
and It is thought the Iowh of lift) there
will be insignificant. Omctepre is
town of about 4,000 inhabitants and
the lost of life probably is large.
Tlapa, near the Ixudcr line of the
state of Oaxaca, is also re nrtd to lie
wiped out. A report from Chllanciii
go savs tho whole of the west coast
from Acwptilco south of Htilina Cm has
been Imdly damaged.
The damaged places are remote, and
news from the stricken distrut ioiimo
quently is incomplete. Only one wire
is working to Chilpauclngo.
Standard Dodges Taxes.
Chicago, April 17. Taxing author!
tii'H of Ijiko count v. Indiana, have in
stigattd an action against the Standard
Oil eomuiiy of v luting ua a result o
investigations in charge of County As
Hi-HMor William P.. Black and his assist
ant, Towns Assessor Pert F.schcr, of
1 1 j ininond . 'I Lev have discovered, thev
say, that tho company for four yea is
has neqiuatcrcd millions or dollars
worth of valuable property from tax
duplicates, it, is esiimateii iy tne
nUii-inla 1 1 mt, tho Standard Oil couiDlinv
should be paying taxes on $ ID.OOo.Oilii
worth ol property when u is assessed
on the tax duplicates for only f.SdJUU,
000 worth.
Will Test the 18-Hour Law.
Butte, Mont., April 17. A Helena
special to the Miner states that Attor
nev General Albert J. Galen in an
opinion rendered today Mates that he
holds tho rocent anactment by the leg
islature of the statute limiting tho
hours of employment of railway em
nloves to 16 bonis to be valid. Wil
liam Wallace, Jr., counsel for the
Northern Pacific, has served notice
unon the board of railway commission
era that the company will Ignore tho
new statute. Mr. Galen has advised
the commissioners to at once begin a
test case against the lallways.
Accused of Taking Bribe.
Chicago, April 17. Perry I.. Hed
riek, chief sanitaty Inspector of the
city Health department, was arrested
today on charges of soliciting and ac
renting a bribe. It is alleged the $200
paid to him by George A. Beekway, an
inventor, was found in his pocket when
ho was arrested. Hedrick was released
on $10,000 bonds. According to the
charges made against Hedrick, he
agreed with Beck way that on payment
of the money he would recommend
Beckway's invention to the Health de
partment.
Boston Has 8100,000 Fire.
Boston, April 17. Millions of dol
lars worth of property was endangered
today by a fiie that broke out in a ten
tral wharf warehouse, but owing to the
fact that the wind wa blowing In the
diiectiou of the harbor, the firemen
were able to confine tho flames and pre
vent theii spreading toward the city.
The fire was staited in the oil refining
plant of Howe, French & Co., and was
a used by the explosion of an oil tank.
The propei ty loss is placed bt $100,000.
Wisconsin Central Is Guilty.
WMinneaKilis, April 17. A Jury in
he United Statea District court last
night found the Wisconsin Central rail
road and two of its officials guilty of
rebating. Burton Johnson, general
freight agent, and G. T. Huey, his
assistant, were convicted on all the 17
counts named in the indictment.
FIRE IN PIIILIITINESI
Ho llo, Second Town In Islands, .
Sutlers Heavy Loss.
TYPHOON IN CAROLINE ISLANDS
One-Fourth tho Population pf One of
the Islands Dead and Hest
Are Starving.
Manila, April 20. liitesl leporla
from lloilo say the fire has been
checked. The native quarter of the city
was dest roved. The propel I y loss Irt
estimated at $100, tMH) gold. The busi
ness stvtion of the city was untouched,
it being saved by the military and con
stabulary. Seven hundred houses were destroyed
and H00 or 1,000 natives made In
less. Adequate relief measures havo
been taken. The houilci-ss have Im-cii
housed In schools and other buildings,
l'he province and t he city will prov'do
for the refugees and no physical sufTei
ing is feared .
There was no loss of life by Un
cart! quakes. The shock, while Urn
most severe experienced in 1'ijeius,
were not violent enough localise much
lestruetii.ii. IMaatchcH from silnt in
several provinces reMiil set em shirks
but I it tie damage.
The total damage caused by the
earthquakes ill I he entire archipelago
will not exceed $I0,IIU.
Typhoon Sweeps Caroline Islands.
Berlin, April 20. Colonial Director
pernburg informed tho budget commit
tee of t ho reichstag today that a cable
message hud been n-ceived from the
governor of the island of Yap, an
nouncing that a disastrous typhoou
swept over the Caroline islands on
Ciood Friday, March 21, and that 2:10
f the HOO natives of tho l lulthl group
were drowned, that tho c'oaiuit lr-es
were dest roved, and that famine threat
ens the surviving natives.
Tin steamer Planet, of tin t lei man
navy, which has U-cn engaged in g--detie
work, and the steamer Ma'nl, ol
the Jaluit company, pru-ccdcd to t'lul
thi islands, taking food and help. It
was pioN.nod to bring a- many of tho
suffeiing natives as pih!n to the IV
lew and Ijidmlie islands.
Lets Than 100 Lives Lost.
Mexico City, April 20. Communica
tions have now I -cell opened with if J I
the lmMiitanl points in the si-ct ion most
affected by t lie eat thqua ke. Tin latest
r-Hirts indicate that the loss of life
will not reach UK), but many persons
have been Injured and the protn-ity lo.s
is very great.
Vic 1'K siib iit Corral, in a commu
nication puhlhhcd hem bsluy, ihvlarc
that the whole of the state of (iticircro
has Ix-cn devastated.
Thousands of dollars are being sub
scribed to the fund bring raised in thin
city for the relief of the cart liqtiakci
sufferers.
WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN.
Bryce Speculates on Result if Revolu
tion Had Failed.
Philadelphia, April 20. James.
Bryce, ambassador from final Britain,
in an address at the banquet of tho
Trans-Atlantic society of America here
tonight, declared that, if America had
rt inainod as a colonial ward of F.ng
land, President Koosevelt would not
have been confronted with such world
Important problems as he is now called
to solve.
Had the countries not U-cn serrat
ed, Mr. Bryce paid, tho development of
the United States would have been
more gradual. Ho was of the opinion
that slavery would not have endured sv
long and would have gone, pcrhaiis,
without bloodshed. There would havo
la-en fewer railroads, less internal strifiv
ami consequently fewer big economic
problems to solve.
Build Terminals at Oskland.
San Francisco, April 20. Tho West
em Pacific railroad has decided to com
mence immediately the construction of
its trans-bit) terminal along tho noith
retaining wall of the Oakland estuary.
This work will involve the filling in of
a molo 1,000 feet in w idth and between
4,000 and 5,000 feet in length. Tho
construction of the mole, together with
the erection of a inodirn depot building
and slip approaches at its western end,
will take about 17 or 18 months, ami
will involve a financial outlay of some
thing like $2,500,000.
Forgery by Mutual Life.
New York, April 20. Abraham Ben
edict, ot tho law film of Ouggciihoim,
Untermeyer A Marshall, counsel to tho
International Policyholders' commit
tee, called on Acting District Attorney
Smyth at tho district atonuy's ollico
today and laid before Mr. Smvlb -er.
tain evidence by which it is alleged
forgery had been conmiitted In tho
election held recently by tho Mutual
Life Insurance company. Tho district
attorney's office will investigate.
Georgia Peaches Killed
Atlanta, tla.. Anril 20 Ht.d Mn.
tomologist Smith today received rejHirla.
from tho various peach growing dis
tricts of the state, a summarv of whlcb
fchows that at least 76 per cent of tho
crop has been killed by the recent eolJ
weauicr.
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