t EUGENE WEEKLY GUARD WASHINGTON GOSSIP. NEWS OF THE STATE OREGON. EUGENE ... NEWS OF THE WEEK A Camprthcnsiv« Revtew o< th« Imports«« Happtnings ol th« Fasl *<«rk PrtMateS In a Condensed Form Which is Ma«« Likely 1« Prove of I mens 1 to Our Many Readers. In »{leaking on the work of the pen- sii'ii bureau in the 11 months ol the current fiscal year, Commissioner Finns *»ai the other day the number of names added to the pension roll during that period was 43,399. Uncle Sam is indebted to the state of Illinois to the amount of $98,797 for •quipping volunteers who served dur­ ing the Spanish war. The total amount of the claim was $530,745, of which $431,948 haa been paid. The amounts due the states of the middle West are Indiana, $123,020, out of a total of $274.639; Iowa, $56,055, out of a total of $147.644 ; Kansas, $1,106, out of a total of $37,787; Michigan, $122,852, out of a total of $474,335; Minnesota, $148,207, out of a total of $189,399; Nebraska, $2,828, out of a total of $35,8:16; Wisconsin, $11,511, out of a total of $127,040. General Corbin has started for the Philippines. A new political party has lieen la unched in Kamuui City. A pro-Boer meeting in London was the acene of much disorder. Under the new ruling no duty haa been collected on Russian oil. One hundred thousand persons are anxious to file on Oklahoma lands. All the reports called for by the All the volunteers are expected to comptroller of currency dealing with arrive from the Philippine« by June the condition of national banka at 26 ti e clone of business April 24 are in, The American ship John McDon­ and the showirsg is held by treasury ald, of New York, has been given up officials to be a remarkable one, far in for loat. excess of anything of the kind in There is a total of 4064 Forest fire near Olympia, Wash., history. destroyed a $16,000 logging camp Imiika; at the close of business April 26, 1900, there were 3,631. Total equipment. T^ie United States ia Baid tu have resources are $5,630,794,367 ; in 1900, $4,811,956,048. Total individual de­ notifi«l Denmark tu aell its West posits $2,893,665,449; in 1900 they Indies or fortify them. were $2,449,212,656. Loans and dis A Cuban committed suicide in New counts are $2,911,526,276; in 1900, York because of the difficulty of learn­ $2,566,034,990. Surplus funds and ing the English language. undivided profits amount to $116,- The sale of {Mintage stamps for the 017,134; in 1!MM) they were $383,757,- __ _____ fiscal year just closing has increased 200 greatly over any previous year. Orders have been issued by the war P. C. Cheney, of Manchester, N. department for the laying up of the H., ex-governor of that state and also army trans]M>rts now engaglitely de­ IlusHia has ini{>OHed 11 retaliatory ci i mil a request made by Russia and duty on American resin and bicycles. 1 France that this government join The treasury department ha« put' with the other {aiwem in guaranteeing a countervailing duty on Italian U-et a loan of $337,000,000 for China so that epmire may proceed to pay the sugar. indemnities settled upon by the seve­ Telegraph <>|M-ratori on the Iau-ka- ral |s>wers without loss of time. The wanna railroad are preparing to go amount due the United States govern­ on a strike. ment is approximately $25,000,000. France has made a treaty with Chinn for the protection of the Ton­ An enormous map of the world has quin railway. been placed in what is known us the Five hundred citizens of Texas are war room of the White House. It engaged in a hunt for a band of Mex­ was prepared by the coast and geo­ detic survey, mid contains all geo­ ican outlaws. graphical information of a general Mrs. McKinley has been pro­ character. It also shows tho loca­ nounced out of danger, but doctor« tion of all the ocean cubles in the say her ailment may return. world, all coaling stations, and ull Governor Allen has re|Mirted that dis ks where ships may l>e repaired. Porto Rico is self «up|M>rting. Every foot of territory, including II. 8. Pingree, ex governor of Mich­ even the smallest island, ia marked igan, di«l in London. so uh to indicate the sovereignty to If it is (Mwaible for President Mc­ which it is subject. Kinley to l>e present at theconi- With a view to controlling the im­ mencement of Harvard university,the degree of LL. D. will be conferred migration which bus been coming to this country in violation of luw Com­ upon him. missioner General Powderly is in A servant girls' union is being favor of designating exclusive ports of formed in Chicago. | entry along the Canadian and Mexi- The United States may Mtabliah a I can Imvlers for the admission uf clearing house at Manila. I aliens from over the border. The surrender of the Filipino leader Vandal« in search of relics have dug Cail les has been confirmed. several holes in the mosaic floor di­ Minister Ixiomis has Iw-en trans­ rectly in front of the entrance to the ferred from Venezuela to Persia. supreme court in theenpito) building. Porto Ricans will hereafter work in harmony with the l'nit«l States. President McKinley's coachman Claim of Chilean vessel Data against and footman have new liveries of a tho Unitisi Skates has lieen dismissed. dark green line. They wear silk hats of the latest pattern, w it limit cockade«. Thrty-five hundr«l trackmen ul The new livery is an improvement Canandian Pacific have gone on a over the old one, which was tan col­ •trike. ored. Empress dowager of China is plot- Attorney General Knox has bought ting to put a new emperor on the the residence of Mrs. George W. throne. Childs on K street, The considéra­ Mormons want to settle on govern- tion is not given, although it is un- ment land» in Mexico vacated by derrtood that Mrs. Childs had pre- Indians. vioualy asked $150,000 for the prop- Five more Chicago firms have ac­ erty. The house is one of the tinest ceded to the demands of the striking private residences in the city. machinists. ARE AT WORK AGAIN. Moran Bros , of Seattle, have se­ cured a force of nonunion machinists and carpenters. Morran Brea , ol Seattle. Hire Non Union Ma* Industrual commission |>ro|»oaea to (hlnots and Carpantan. find out whether manufacturers sell Se.altle, June 18.—Under the pro­ cheaper ahroad than at home. tection of arm«! guards, the Moran Twelve hundred men were laid off Bros.* Company, metalworkersand at the works of the Newport, R. I., shipbuilders, yesterday resumd work shipbuilding company, on account of in the Ixnler and machine depart­ the machinists strike. ments of their plant in this city with Twenty non­ A number of Filipino prisoner« nonunion mechanics. have l>een scntenc«l to death by th* union boilermakers and machinists military commission for murder, were put to work at the old scale, assault and violation of the rule« of $3 50 ]*r day for 10 hours work. In addition the company has 60 non­ war. union carpenters at work. As yet Philippine customs revenues ar« then- has seen nodemonstration from increasing. the strikers, but the company has Six frame buildings were burned at secured the service« of 20 guards who Monmouth. an- ready to |>atrol the works with Caille« sill surrender his entire rifles at a moments notice. force at Santa Crus. D«s«rtin< V»lunt««n Brought Baack on the Pennsylvania, FigLt men de­ sert«! from the Fortieth regiment while it was station«! in the northern part of Mindanao during the period from August to Nwcmbet last year. Th« Bulls In Fir«. At the census of 1790 New York was outrank«! in population by Buffalo, June 2t). — Fire early today Virginia. Penny • I ranis, North Caro­ •wept out of existence all of the build­ lina and M ximu 'I iiim it* ing* on Squaw island fronting on the Bengal ia suffering from ths co­ Niagara river from the foot of Ferry caine habit and efforts are being mads «trevt to a point three quarters of a to restrict the »ale of the drug which mile north The has i* in the neigh- A dozen nap­ the Hindis* arc using as a substitute !>orhood of $,'»«).t«M) tha and •team launchea, canal boats for opium. and house boat* anchored in the A new ordinance in Atlanta pro­ harbor anil valued at about $15 000 hibits the »ale of cocaine except by were de«4rvy«i A dock north $25.- druggists on physician s prescrip­ ii«»i and •core« <>f •hantiea and K-al tions The use of the drug has be­ liounea ,"occupied by squatter« added come very prevalent among fuel to ’be tUiuca. Negruee. BAD FIRE AT NOME APPOINTMENT OF TAFT. sill Sorrx TiiM Ttus ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM Han Franciaco, June 21 It is ex­ ALL OVER OREGON. pectwl that all the volunteer», num- TOTAL LOSS IS ESTIMATED AT ABOUT »127.000. liering 7,5W) men. will arrive from Department Experienced Great Difficulty Manila before June 26 Commercial and Financial Happenings <4 Ira- The transport Aztec arrived yester­ Fin ia Fighting the Flames, on Account of porte»« A Brief Review at of th< day after a run of 32 days from Ma­ the Hose Being Filled with Ice.—Steamer nna and 24 days from Nagasaki. She Growth and Improvemauts ol the Many brought company H, of the rorty- Nome City is First Boat Out From Nome Industrie» Throughout One Thriving Com­ strtoiid regiment. United States volun­ This Season —Tussled with Ice. teer», about 140 discharged soldiers monwealth Latest Market Report and civilian employes and five cabin passengers. There are 62 nien in Port Townsend, June 19. — The Two Benton county farmers hake Comiieny H. of the F<>rty-s«'ond. purchaned a clover huller. The Thomas, with {>art of the steamer Nome City, the first of the Sherman county will have an extra Thirty-eighth and Forty-ninth regi­ ¡Nome fleet, arrived last evening, ment!, and all of the Forty-seventh, direct from Ca{>e Nome, having sailed large wheat yield this year. 1 he Ohio, for Puget sound June 8, A number of mines in the Robin- in expected tomorrow. Nome was subjected to a most with the Forty-swond infantry, Honville district have Isen bonded. should get in Sunday. The Buford, disastrous fire May 25. The blaze Four hundred head of cattle were according to her captain s calcula­ started in a building at the corner of Htedman avenue and First street, and purchased near Eugene at an average tion«, should get here with the price of $17 |» r head. first infantry on the 24th *n,t- .* "p soon leaped across to the old Court building Later other large buildings Ore from the Badger mine, Eastern Logan, with part of the Thirty­ caught. The fire department exper­ Oregon, is sbip|Msl to San Francisco eighth, Forty-third ami Forty-fourth, at the rate of two carloads every five and the Grant, with the Forty-eighth ienced great difficulty in fighting the and part of the Forty-ninth infantry", flames, owing to the ho** being filled lays. The crowds aided mater­ are all ackeduled to arrive on thezoth with ice. Work is well under way on the new inst., while the Kirkpatrick, with ially in preventing the spread of the road from Whitney to Alamo. When part of the Thirty-eighth, Forty- fire to other buildings, the flames 'ompleteil this road will decrease the third and Forty fourth, will probably lieing extinguished as the buildings listance very materially and bring arrive on the next day. on fire were consumed. Judge T. P. more mines into the shipping list. The Pennsylvania, ,, which arrived Ryan and his wife barely esca{>ed with i ­ | their lives, losing all they possessed A new steam laundry will be start­ from Manila a few days ago, was re it in the wav of furniture and clothing. leas«l by the government today, ed at Eugene. is understood that she will make ) a The total losses are placed at 126,500. The Southern Pacific has opened a trip to Nome. Business has been resumed and the loan-town ticket office in Salem. effects of the fire are not expected to result in more than a temporary blow TORPEDOES MUST GO. It is re|M>rted that the fruit in to tho prosperity of the town. Eagle and Pine valleys has been The Nome City managed to find an killed by the late frosts. Much grain They Will Not Hereafter Be Carried by United open channel in the ice a considerable is also killed, and the clover and al­ States Cruisers. distance west of the usual course falfa injured. Washington, June 21.—The navy taken by vessels sailing for that place, Rich quartz claims on Quartz gulch, lepertment haa concluded that t(Jr- and succeeded in getting within a few near Alamo, were sold last week to a l>edoes do not properly belong on | miles of Nome. She discharged her mining man from Iowa for $25,00). cargo on the ice, and also landed her ft ia the intention of the new owner cruisers, and should not lie carried by passengers. Just as everything was those vessels. This decision was; to put a mill on the pro|s>rty. | reached with regard to a number of safely taken to the mainland the ice Taxes collected in Baker county for | cruisers which were recently designed, broke, and the steamer had a hard the year ItMM) have been turned over as well as others which are under time in working her way back to the to the treasurer. They amount to course of construction, and changes open sea. Before the ice broke, how­ m arly $50,0)0. and the entire amount in the original {dans will be made ever, 10 passengers, six women and «as collected in almut 60 days. accordingly. It is held that the ex- four men, succeeded in boarding her. The steam schooner Jeanie was the |H-rience of several cruisers during the PORTLAND WILL CELEBRATE. Spanish war clearly demonstrated the first vessel to reach Nome this year, inadvisability of carrying these in­ as well as last season. She had land­ ed her freight and passengers before President bid Not Com« But “Ths Fourth" struments of warfare on such large the Nome City arrived. Although ships. Is Coining and There Will Be a Big Tuna. In some instances the torpedoes she started on her return voyage three The enthusiasm which Portland ex­ were launch«! through tubes just days ahead of the Nome City, she is pected to expend in the entertain­ above the water line, bow and stern; still on her way down. The captain ment of the president and party has in others the tula-s were submerged. of the Nome City says it was a Btreak I h - cii bottl«l up anil will be let loose On the new cruisers referred to these of good luck that his vessel and the in the celebration of the Fourth of tulies will l>e omitted, except on those Jeanie got in when they did, and ex­ July. While the committee which uf the Maine class. The determina­ presses his opinion that no other ves­ is engaged in arranging for the cele­ tion to do away with torpedoes on the sel will reach Nome before the latter bration is not doing much talking, it cruisers will, of course, leave more part of this month, as the ice had is earnestly and energetically at work room aboard ship, which can lie put broken in many places and was rapid­ on its plans, and will have several to some other use. It will also leave ly closing in on the open channel. very large surprises in store for Port­ ! free a certain number of officers and He had a harder time getting out binders mid visitors on Independence men assigned to torpedo duty, who than he had to go in. His vessel Day. The fact that cheap railroad can be us«l to better advantage in liears evidence of this fact, as her fares will be provided on all lines some other way. sides are scraped and slivered from into the city will doubtless prove an Perhaps one of the most material contact with ice. incentive to many residents of the advantages gained, however, is this Passengers report that Nome during neighboring cities to come in and extra space. Time and again con­ the winter was well provided with help celebrate, and they are promised tractors who have undertaken to build provisions. There was little sick­ n reception which they will long re­ cruisers have complained of the lack ness, and the weather was good, with member. of space for the engnies which must the exception of one or two severe Hands from various outside towns la- crt'cted in the ships. It is lielieved storms. will help to furnish the music, and that if the space vacated by the tor- The Nome City remained here just all siM'ieties of whatever character are pedoes can he turned over to the long enough to pass United States invited to take part in the parade. engine rooms, tl is source of annoy­ quarantine inspection and then pro- I.. D. Cole, chairman of the adver­ ance will beobviated. That, at least, ceeded up Puget sound. tising committee is working hard to is the opinion of several large con­ let the residents of sister cities know tractors w ho are now building cruisers DEATH OF PINGREE. that they will lx welcome, and he for the navy. says that the city will probably enter­ ExGovtrnor of Michigan Passed Away in tain more guests during the celebra­ OKLAHOMA LAND OPENING. London. tion than nt any time in her history. London, June 19.— Ex-Governor One Hundred Thousand Prospective Settlers Portland Markets. Hazen 8. Pingree, of Michigan, died Are Waiting to Get In. Wheat—Walla Walla, 61062c. ¡val­ here last night at 11:35. Hi« son was ley, nominal; bluestem, 61 (462c. Washington, June 21.—Ex-Gover­ j the only one present at the time. per bushel. nor Richards, assistant commissioner The attending doctors left Mr. Pin­ Flour—Best grades, $2 90(43.40 ,s‘r of the general laud office, today con- gree’s bedside at about 11:15, prom­ barrel; graham, $2.60. ferred with Secretary Hitchcock, ising to return shortly. H. 8. Pin­ Outs—White, $1 32'8(41.35 percen­ Assistant Secretary Ryan and Assist­ gree, Jr., who had been watching at tal; gray, $1.30(41.32 4 percental. ant Attorney General Vandeventer, his father’s aide for four days, and Burley—Feed, $17(417.50; brewing, regarding conditions at Kiowa, Co­ who had not removed his clothes dur­ $ 17erintendcd the ' when his father died peacefully with- Hay—Timothy, $12 50(414; clover. marking of a county seat and town­ ' out warning and without speaking $7(49.50; Oregon wild hay, ship lines. Mr. Richards reports one word. |>er ton. that there is no evidence of minerals Y’oung Pingree has wired to his Ho,*—12(414c. |x>r lb. m that counrty. The water supply, mother and uncle in the Unit«l Wind — Valiev, 11(413«'; Eastern he says, is good. He says everything States not to come to London. The Oregon, 7(411c; mohair, 20(4 21c. will la* ready for the opening August body of the late Mr. Pingree will be |ier pound. 6. Governor Jennings, of Oklahoma, embalmed and taken to his home. Butter — Fancy creamery, 15(4 who also is here, estimated today that The diagnosis made by London I7ls<" , daily, 13@14c. ; store, 11(4 100,000 people will seek the lands, specialist« of the cancerous affection 12 Sc. ]x‘r pound. although there can lie only 13,500 of the intestine, from which Mr. Pin­ Eggs—Oregon ranch, 12(412 4c. entries. gree suffer«!, left no hope for the pa­ per doaen. tient's recovery. Toward the end of Cheese—Full cream, twins, 12'sc; his illness Mr. Pingree suffered great Treaties With Southern RtpuNks. Young America, 13(4134''- per 1 pain, and weakened rapidly. He was Washington. June 20.—The time |H>und. unable to retain nourishment. His allowed by the protocols for the ex ­ Poultry—Chickens, mixed, $3.00; mind, however, remained fairly clear. hens, $3(03.50; dress«!, 8(410c. per change of ratifications of the reci­ procity treaty with Nicaragua expires |s>und; spring«, $1 50(43 per dozen; Boiler Makers’ Strike Ended. ducks, $3<43 5O; geese $4*45 50, tur­ on the 20th by limitation. Indica­ Tacoma, June 20 —The boilermak­ keys, live, 8(4ilk'; dressed, 9(410c. tions arc that this treaty will not be extended by a supplementary article. ers’ strike ended today, and all have iwr pound. They were con­ Potatoes—Old, $1(41 20 ¡xr sack; The reciprocity treaty with Ecuador gone back to work. is now before the congress of that ceded a nine hour day and recogni­ new. 1*4(42c. per pound. tion of the union It is thought the Mutton—Land« 4c per pound country. machinists will lie at work befora the gnx«s; best sheep, wethers, with wool, Order for Smokalass Powder close of the week. $4.25(44.50; dressed, 6 4<<7c per Washington, June 21—The ordin­ pound. Postoffices to B< Consolidated. Hogs — Gross, heavy, $5 75(46; ance bureau of the war department is light, $4 75(45; dreiwed, 7c. per to contract soon for 373,(MM) pounds of Washington. June 20 —The fourth smokeless powder for the seacoast class postoffices of Fremont, Green pound. Especial attention will be Lake. l.atona and Row, wtihin the Veal—I-arge, 6(47c ,xr pound; guns. given to the selection of this powder, city limits of Seattle, will lx consoli­ small, 7S<*8c. per pound lleef—Orosa, top steers. $4 25(4 4 60; owing to trouble that haa occurred re­ dated with the Seattle office July 15. Cons and heifers, $3 75(44 .00; dressed cently at San Francisco with smoke­ University Station will he made a car­ less powder of the navky. beef, 7(47 4c. per pound. rier station. Admiral Rogers will represent the Unit«! States at the unveiling of the Perry monument in Japan. It is rc|x>rt«! that the head of Rear Admiral Sam|«on will appear on medals commemorating the basttle of Satiago hay. Rice, raw eggs and boiled venison rrspiire only one hour to digest. At the other end are pork, roast beef, cabbage and hard eggs, which re­ quire four to five hours. The court of claims has awarded $181 s;ki to be distributed among the officers and men who fought in the Ixittle of Manila hay. The full score of Purcells’ “Fairy Queen,” which had been missing for 2*M* years, ha» been discovered in the library of the Royal Academy of Music, in London. Nineteen id the 78 Filipino* who arriv«! in San Francisco en route to the Buffalo exposition were not pei- mitt«! to land, for the reason that they were affte t«! with loathsome and ton tag mus disease«. Railroad Extension Stopped. Express Clerks Arrested. Cheyenne, Wyo., June 21—Several corps of surveyors in the employ of the Burlington railroad who have been working on the line of the pro- posed extension of the Guernsey branch of the roed to Salt latke have las n call«! in. and all work has been stopped. It is the impression that the company has decid«! not to con- struct the extension. New York. June 20 —Robert Pen­ tcoat, C. M Brown and Thoma.« Mac- Carthy, three clersk employ«! in a branch of Adams Express Company were arrest«l today. charg«l with the theft of $7.000 worth of jewelry. The theft was discovered by the manager of the branch office, who observed that two seals on packages had Ixen tamjxred with. Investigation dis­ closed that 12 packages were imssing Washington Forest Firas. Olympia. Wash , June 21 —A forest fire about 12 miles east of here last even ng destroy«! property to the value of $16.000 The hogging campe of the Mason County lagging Com­ pany, in what is known as the Black Hills, were in the path of the fire, and, despite all that 190 men could do. the Hames destroyed one camp • nd its equipment Included in the loas wss a new cable valued at $4 000. As soon as the fire subsides the de- st roved camp will at one« ba rabui.l. B< th* First Civil Governor ol DEATH IN THE FIRg tha Philippines. All 0w Phitippias Votunte«« itk-us ot War Veteraas Driving Pensions— Report ol Comptroller of Currency. WITHIN TIME FIXED. Borre Thr,st,n SEVENTEEN BURNED IN A * Washington, June 24.—Secretary todav issued the order of the president establishing civil government in the Philippines. The order follow-s: “On and after the 4th day of July, 1901, unless it shall be otherwise ordered, the president of the Philip­ pine commission will exercise the executive authority in all civil affairs in the government of the Philippine islands heretofore exercised in such affairs by the military governor of the Philippines, and to that end, William H. Taft, president of the said commission, is hereby appointed civil governor of the Philippine islands. Such executive authority will l>e exercised under and in con­ formity to the instructions of the Philippine commission, dated April 7, l’.MM». and subject to the approval aiid control of the secretary of war of the United States. e “The municipal and provincial civil governments which have been or shall hereafter be establish«! in said islands, and all jwrsons {»-rforming duties appertaining to the offices of civil government in said islands, will, in respect to such duties, report to the said civil governor. The power to appoint civil officers heretofore vested in the Philipine commission and the military governor will be ex­ ercised by the civil governor, with the advice and consent of the commis­ sion. “The military governor of the Phil­ ippines is hereby relieved from the performance, on and after the said 4th day of July, 1901, of the civil duties hereinliefore described, but his authority will continue to be exer­ cised as heretofore in those districts in which insurrection against the authority of the Unit«! States con­ tinues to exist, or in which public order is not sufficiently restored to enable provincial civil governments to he establish«! under the instruc­ tions to the commission, dated April 7. 1900. ‘‘By the president. "ELIHU ROOT, “Secretary of War.’’ NAVIGATED Big Battle-Ship HELL GATE. Massachusetts Successfully Passed the Narrows. YORK TENEMENT. E plosion e< Fireworks Wrecked th, •nd Started tha Fire—Many ken and Then Suffocated Before They Rec», erad ConKiouMtss—Several Fina*. jured by Falling Dtbris. New York, June 24_ persons are believed to killed and a number injured ' May as the result of a fire folle- lowing *a explosion among a quantity works in the store of Abraham m " Rittenberg, at Paterson, N J store was on the ground floor J?* tenement building,. The caiue„f the explosion is not known, snj t(/ property kxts will not exceed $35 qqo The building in which the tireoc curred was a frame tenement fouj stories high, with stores on ground floor. The middle store *u occupied by Rittenberg. Ten f*mi. lies occupied flats in the building. So great was the force of the explosion that a boy playing in the street half a block away was lifted from bis iwt and hurled against an iron fence, one of his legs being broken. A trollm car was directly in front of the builZ ing when the explosion occurred The burst of flame out into the street scorched the sides of the car and singed the hair of the |>assengers. A number of those who were on the upper floors of the building when the explosion took place were either stunned and then burned to death, or found escape cut off and were suffo. cated. After the first explosion there was a succession of smaller ones, and then came a second big explosion, which was muffled and deadened, and proliably occurred in the cellar. Every window seemed to lie emit­ ting flames within a minute after th« first explosion. A woman with her clothing on fire leaped out of one of the windows and fell to the yard be­ low. Her dead body was dragged out of reach of the flames, but the flesh was roasted and dropjied from th« bones. Some of the occupants of the rooms drop|xxl from the windowsand were bruised. Others hung from the windows until the firemen came, and 20 persons were taken down in thia way through the fire and smoke by the firemen, while others drop|>ed into life nets. While the rescues were going on the firemen were fighting the flame«. Captain Allen led with a hose line in an effort to keep the fire from the upper floors, where it was said many were penned in. The men had hardly taken their positions and la-gan on the sidewalk to throw water into the upjier floors when, without any warn­ ing, the whole upper part of the building above them sagged outward and fell. The captain and two of hit men were buried under the blazing debris. One of the men 1« badly hurt. The building in which the explosion occurred was destroyed. New York, June 22.—Without the assistance of a pilot and to demon­ strate that a first class battle ship could lie navigated through Hell Gate successfully, Captain Henry M. Man- ney took the big battle ship Massa­ chusetts through the narrows today. It was the first time in the history of the navy that any commander of a war vessel of this class ever dared attempt the feat, and river craft and the shores were filled today to witness the trip of the Massachusetts. The passing of the mammoth fighting machine through the dangerous waters of Hell Gate successfully proves that in case of hostilities with a foreign {lower, a battle ship of the same draft as the Massachusetts, if she passed the fortifications of Wil IRRIGATION DISCUSSED. let’s Point and Fort Schuyler, could repeat the performance of the Massa­ chusetts. Secretary Long has taken Engineers, Senators and Representatives st Cheyenne. official noticeof Captain Manney’s feat, and issued orders that no naval Cheyenne, Wyo., June 22 —State vessel the size of the Massachusetts engineers and representatives and sen­ shall use the Hell Gate narrows ex- ators from Western states met in cept in cases of great emergency. Cheyenne yesterday to discuss irriga­ tion, government aid anil the liest STRIKERS FIRED UPON. methods of reclaiming arid lands. State Engineer Fred Bond, of Three Men Shot While Trying to Enter a Wyoming, presided over the engi­ neers' meeting, and Hon. H. E. West Virginia Mine. Burkett, of Lincoln, Neb., was elected Matewan, W. Va., June 22. — chairman of the congressional meet­ Strained relations lietween the union ing, George E. Tobey, of Lincoln, and non-union miners here has re­ acted as secretary. Both meetings sulted in bloodshed. Yesterday seve­ were more or less informal, but toms ral hundred union miners who are energetic discussions were held, prin­ on strike marched in a laxly against cipally on irrigation mid the jnmition the Maritime mines of this palce, of the federal government towards where non-union men were at work. the same. Resolutions were present­ They tried to effect an entrance, but ed and a plan outlined for action at the operators, with 20 guards armed the next session of congress. It is with Winchesters, blocked the en understood that Western congressmen trance. The non-union miners wen and senators will work together on headed by Superintendent Lambert, this important question as they never mid when the union men persisted in have before, with the result that the ther attempt he gave the order to fire. arid West may come in for its share Fully .»0 shots were fired. Two union of government appropriations. miners were fatality shot and another At a joint meeting of engineers and dangerously wounded. The union congressmen last night, an exhaust­ men did not return the fire, but dis­ ive bill was drafted coveringall points persed. involved in the irrigation question in All the union miners throughout its relation to congress. Owing, Mingo are collecting, and serious however, to the small number of con­ trouble is expected tomorrow, when gressmen present, no action »as they will again try- r to effect an taken on the engineers’ bill, hut a entrance to the Maratime mines, committee was appointed to call a Sheriff Hatfieldis on the scene with meeting in Washington just prior to 50 deputies. the meeting of congress. Will Move Headquarters. Denver, June 24 —George Estes, president of the Broterhood of Rail­ way employes, announces that the headquarter« of the brotherhood will he moved from Han Francisco to Den­ ver in the near future. This organiz­ ation admits all railway employes without reference to their particular line of work. It is a comparatively new order, but is said to have a large memberh«ip among the railway em­ ploye« of the West.. Righting th« Ingalls, New York, June 24.—The attempts to float the capsized army transport Ingalls at Brooklyn will probably be made tomorrow. A crew of divers is working at closing the ports and hatches. When this is done the hull will be pumped out and the ship floated and righted The ship does not appear to be seriously injured. Windstorm in Kansas. Independence, Kan., June 24.—A strong wind storm that came up this morning from the south and \