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I' THEEUGENE GUARD OLUEC New York, April 18.—By the explo sion of a drying cylinder in the dye works of William Meiste at Williams burg, tbis morning. Simon Trot'er was killed, one girl fatally injured and stveu oth-rs burned. A panic following caused many to jump from the windows. GOVERNOR de Then Majority i New York Fatality. SOUTHERN TALKS Mississippi Executive Has no Love for Presi dent Roosevelt. as any oth i of tbe mat laris, April 16. —By an explosion of small projectile in tbe magazine on the erttiaer Forbin today five mem bers of tbe crew were injured. For tunately the other explosives aboard tbe vessel did not become ignited. • Í Crown Princess nsane. Says Judge Parker of New *York b is that wled to tn the suppor te. tion dia no te proceed with a du1 CHECKING THE ROUGH RIDER. were a de néant bust : was large y. d real su; t it all. Day*. every .25c. —Naw York World. WIRELESS I TELEGRAPH TABOOED tieship Petropavlovsk, and an officer of the general staff, in an interview today, stated that the Russian dis patches failed to ibow that there was any naval engagement fought unles tbe surrounding and sinking of tbe torpedo boat Vestrashni is so desig nated. 0. & C. R. R. Directors. Portland, April 15.—Tbe annual meeting of the stockholders of tbe Oregon & California railroad resulted in the re-election of the same board of directors that has heretofore serv ed, a« follows: E. H. Harriman, H. E. Huntington, R. Koehler, W. D. Fenton, John McCracken, Julius Kruttscbnitt, N. T. Smith, George H. Andrews, W. W. Bretherton, W. E. Will Be Treated as Spies When Couiau and L. R. Fields. It Is stated that the stock represented by proxy Caught Using Wireless in is still held by tbe Holland capital ists, who have long been back of the Zone of Military company that owns tbe lines between Operations. Ashland and Portland, operated un der lease ity tbe Harriman system. Washington, April 15.—The state department has received a note from tbe Russian ambassador to tbe effect that newspaper men in tbe zone of military operations in tbe Far East caught using wireless telegraphy ap paratus hereafter will be treated as spies by the Russian government. The ambassador’s note constitutes tbe principal topic of tbe cabinet meet Pensacola, Fla., April 15.—A court ing today. A number of correspond of inquiry, with Admiral Coghlan as ents of English and American papers president, today commenced taking use tbe wireless. testimony in tbe Missouri explosion case. No eyewitnesses survived, and only theories are being advanced. One of the Missouri’s seamen makes a statement that W. Bouragard, of tbe turret crew, who is missing, was blown through a bole in tbe top of tbe turret and into the gulf. Russian Government Promises to oot Use rs ol It Berlin,April 16.—The Morgen Peest asserts that the former Crown Prin is Strong South-Uninstructed cess of Austria, now Countess Ste Mississippi Delegates. phanie Lonyay, has become insane. St. Louis, April 15.—Governor Var- Her father is King Leopold, of Bel damau, ot Mississippi,in an interview gium. here today said : “Politically speak ing President Roosevelt is unsafe and more to be feared than war,pestilence Capt. Porter Dead. or famine. He is looked upon in our Washington, April 15.—General »fate and in the South as dangerous Wade cablea from Manila that Cap for the country. His action in tbe tain David Wheeler Porter of the case of Booker Washington was a second infantry died yesterday in the great mistake. Booker is a good nig Philippines as result of a wound ger and all right if he ou'y keeps in sustained in lighting Moros in his place. Midanao on the eleventh inst. “Judge Parker is strong in the south, but I hope Mississippi will send her delegation uuinstructed. ” JAPANESE BETTING ON ELECTION ALSO SUFFERED Three Warships Damaged in Friday’s Bombard-g New York, April 15.—The first bet ment. ting on tbe Presidential election was inaugurated on Wall street today. Even money was bet on Roosevelt by St. Petersburg, April 16.—A tele- Fred Brooks, a well-known commis sioner of elections betting against gram from Port Arthur states that three Japanese warships were dam him. aged in the bombardment of that Democratic Plans. place Friday. Tbe Pekin correspondent of tbe Ga Chicago, April 14.—Ways and means ’.o bring success to the Democrtio zette says renewed military activity party in the presidential campaign in China is causing tbe fear that a this fall were discussed by prominent breach of neutrality is being planned. MISSOURI FLOODS ON THE COAST Portland Is Almost Isolated on h will ill be Total iking five a both I two I to KOREAN PALACE ck- mp to DESTROYED CALIFORNIA m vote! If t o t low«: Loudou, April 16.—The Central News’ correspondent at Port Arthur telegraphs that paper that Admiral Alexieff had transir ' his flag to tbe battleship Sebastopol and as sumed command of the Russia-. fleeC Lawyer in Bad Trouble. Wrote Letter Giving Four Reasons for His Suicide. Grand Rapids, Mich., April Id.— Thomas McGarry, lawyer, couvioted of bribery In connection with tho city water deal, was this morning sentenced to four years In th» peni tentiary. Puffalo Bill jn England. Queenstown, April 16.—The Cunard liner Lucauia, with Buffalo Bill and bis Wild West show, arrived tbis Then Opened Veins in Left Wrist morning after a stormy voyage. Tbe Indians suffered severely, aud they With Point of Lead Pencil— are a miserable looking lot. Weak From Loss of Vladivostok Menaced. Blood. London, April 18.—A Central News Rome dispatch states that a telegram Chicago, April 18.—At ten o'olock from Harbin conveys the intelligence thie morning the carbarn bandit Nei that a squadron of Japanese warships dermeyer, who attempted suicide last has arrived near Vladivostok. The night by opening hie veins with a commandant of the town is preparing lead penoii and swallowing tbe heads to resist an attack, and the work of of matches, is in a very law condi completing fortifications proceeds tion. Bis aged mother is permitted with feverish energy. to see him. Previously a priest prayed with Neidermeyer,he respond Shipbuilders Strike. ing weakly. The desperado fought tbe pbysiciuns and wrenched tbe bau- Quincy, Mass., April 18.—Twenty- dages from his wounded arm. The six hundred employes of the River loss of blood was great. The doctors Shipbuilding Company struck today, state that Niedermeyer's stomach has causing a stoppage of work on tbe teen ruined by poisonous matter, and battleships Rhode Island, Vermont even if not sentenced to hang Friday and New Jersey. The dispute Is over be would not long survive. hours. Chicago^ jtpril 18.—Neidermeyer basj-writton a lettei of a boastful na ture, stating it is pleasant for him to think of death, and giving these four reasons why be should take his own life: Because of tbe publio boast that he could not do it; that he conldn’t cheat the gallows; that they couldn’t say they executed him; to have an other mystery for the ignorant police to solve. He has repented bis career, but life is nothing to him but a pass i ing sorrow. He declares himself an atheist. REPORT ANOTHER DISASTER Put Advices From St. Petersburg Deny It. Reported that the Battleship In Convention at the Capital To Sebastopol and Another Vesstl day-Many Old-lime Stalwarts Were Blown Up at Port Witnessed Proceedings. Arthur. Allany, N. V., April 18. — The Dem ocratic state convention .»as called to order at 11 o'clock, when Georgy Raines, of Monroe, county, whs elect ed chairman. Blesker Hall was chiefly remarkable for the absence of decoration an t its heat. Seated in the boxes were many old-time stal warts. Tbe demonstrations by tbe The eastern situation, says a London cablegram, has un crowd became so numerous that when ex-Senator Murphy entered the doubtedly caused general military unrest. noise lasted ten minutes, led by the —Chicago Inter Ocean. Tammany following. Murphy sat in the center of the New York delega Democrats iepresenting every part of Chinese troops are being hastily tion, flanked by Bourke Cochran,Sen the country who attended the Iro armed and -ent to the frontier of ator Brady, Victor and Dowling. quois Club bauquet at the Auditori Manchuria. General Ma Yungeun has um tonight in connection with Jeffer been appointed commander in chief son’s birthday. Tariff reform, antag of the northern army, which nas ar onism to trusts, independence for the rived at the Manchurian frontier. Philippines and rigid economy in | Chunchuses are growing braver and public expenditures were some of the constantly attacking Russian troops in Manchuria, causing considerable suggestions offered. losses. Washington, April 18. —Henry White in tbe absence of Ambassador Choate from London, cables that the Trains- senior naval lord called at the Ameri can embassy to express the sympathy Portland, April 15.—Advices from of tbe first lord admiralty over the x eastern and southern portions of the Missouri disaster. state tell of tbe worst floods in years, Great Northern Accident. in some places tho wt-rst ever recor Spokane, April 15.—The Great ded. Tbe Northern Pacific is the only line out of Portland doing business. Northern northbound passenger train The O. R. & N. announces that there ran into an obstruction near Laclede, will be no trains for at least three Idaho, last night. The first report days, as there are dozens of washouts, was that many were injured, but later bridges and culverts destroyed, and it was learned that all were unhurt. grnat damage done. The Blue Moun tain district is suffering worst. Missouri Accident Subscription. A Big Fire. On the Southern Pacific but one train has succeeded in ge‘ting through Washington, April 15.—Up to noon Wheeling. W. Va., April 16,-Fire in the last 36 hours. This city is al nearly 8800 were added to subscrip this morning des royod the 1200,000 most isolated. tions for dependent relatives of vic plant of the Geo. Gall Company, at tims of tbe Missouri explosion. Sec Weiiobnrg. London, April 15. —The Paris corre retary Hay contributed 8100 and Mrs. Bryan's Executor!hip. spondent of the Exchange Telegraph I Cowles, wife of tbe commander of tbe New HaveD, Conn., April 16. — Ry g- . a - ^g WJrtrS wires llJal that HvW8 news lias lias UtJtfLl been received IvftJ Missouri, 850. tbe decision of tbe probate court this JURlS I iuiUlL'Cj : that the imperial palace at Seoul, Ko • " ' morning, Judge Clezeland sustained Woman Murderer Hung. rea, has been destroyed by fire. The -------- emperor tied. Chicago, April 15.—Louis Tenant, tbe demurrer to the application for murderer of .Mrs. Mary Spilk, his the removal of Wm. J. Bryan as an Eureka, Cal., April 15.—The body Taris, April 15.—A Seoul dispatch neighbor, was hai ged this morning. I executor of the w ill of tbe late Philo Bennett, thereby defeating the appli- of Judge J. W. Turner, well known this evening stated that tbe fire in the ' cation for the removal so far as the throughout tbe state, was found tbis palace was finally extinguished by Russian Grand Duke Better. morning flouting in the bay. It is French sailors, who saved most of probate cjurt is concerned. It is St. Petersburg, A; rii 15.—Tbe con probable, however, that an appeal tbe valuable conten ’ s of tho structure. supposed be committed suicide early dition of Grand Duke Cyril is offi will be taken to tbe soperior court this morning He has been In litiga- All tbe members of tbe royal family cially reported better today, contrary , The decision meiutalne that Bryan's tioD with tbe San Francisco Examiner escaped. Tbe fire began last even to rumors that be bad died. , appeal iu tbe case is not inconsistent for 16 years on account of an alleged ing and raged throughout tbe night. I with bi* duties as an executor. scandal with Actress Latta. He has Chamberlain Back to London. a judgment of *15,000 pending in Woman Sentenced to Hang. London, April 15. — Joseph Cham tbe supreme court. Philadelphia, April 16.—Mrs. Cath berlain returned from his Egyptian trip today. He was given a rousing erine Dan-ie, accused of murder of Francisco, April 15.—Turner’s ovation by admirers at tbe railroad I her husband, William D. Dannie, by e created great smprise here I poison, was today found guilty in station. The former colonial secre Seattle, Arpil 15.—The steamer In except to J. C. Bates, his attorney, I the first degree, with the penalty of tary is bronzed and well. ! hinging. The securing of e thiee who had conducted his suit against land Flyer, bound for Seattle on tbe tbousand-dollsr life Insurance wa»| the Examiner. He knew Turner bad Bremertor-Seattle run, ran on a reef Ex Mayor AmeV Troubles. the alleged motive. T be prosecution; been despondent for a long time and at Restoration Print this morning in Minneapolis, Minn., April 15.— charged that toe wuu.au secured fully expected that be would kill a fug while at full speed. The steam Tbe enit grew out of a er was literally lifted out of the water Former Mayor Ames has again been arsenic tn the for-: cf powders and himself. mixed up ami lies beam end across the locks. Indi-ed for nib-gad grafting, an echo gave him. statement Ibet Turuer in a land case with Actrese Lott a, Tbe damage is not known, Forty of the former municipal ».•andai, t when as a matter of fact it wae au- {assc-nget: <?;cr; -d nninjured. n frr On Tap Turuer a uespuudency ether man. S*. P**" hlhetim was supposedly due to the supreme he« Feen i court's delay in banding down a de 1 teent tt-a1 cision. spouelbls for tbe si'king ot bail was faroitbed river lu Mttucuuria. Account of Delayed Admiral Alexieff in Command. DEMOCRATS INQUIRY IS BANDIT NEW YORK DISASTER 11 the s we DESPERATE i i French Cruiser Accident, The Jour lepreseutini ,riou count} ms 01 Lane «heu it sai: riou delega ling cbarac Harris sup a great bi, ccess. n earlier b jig impres is. liscouutin lade a flu ouch dispe CHICAGO’S APRIL BLIZZARD A Foot of Snow Fell at Buffalo Storm Gontinues Today. Buffalo, N Y., April 16 — Wh n last night's blizzard abated this in, ruing there »as a foot of snow on the ground, with sllghing goo i ail through Western New York The street cars are blocked by the snow. At Tonawanda f mrteeii inches fell. Albany, N.Y., April 16.—The heavy snow s’nrm still continues today. STEAMER ON THE ROCKS JAPANESE CAVAL Loudon, April 16.—A dispatch fro: St. Fetoisburg reports thal tbe bat tieship Sebastopol ami another Rua sian vessel have been blown up al Port Arthur. London, April 16.—A Central Newe st. Petersburg dispatch says that th, report that the batltesbip Hebastopo. had been sunk is denied in tbe Kus sian capital. NEW YORK FOR JUDGE PARKEF Will Instruct for the Judge Firs Instruction Since Cleveland’s In 1892- Albany, N. Y., April 1H.—Eor tb firs* time since Cleveland was non inated. in 1883. th« delegatee of \< - York to t the ’ie national i»eu>ut-. .. convection will probnbty be in-itruc' ed for a presidential candidate, Jodg Parker, ot Esopus. The lenders ma, aging his campaign claim that the ar tion of today's convention will be fol owed within tbe next three weeks b; tbe adoption ot similar Instruction by enough states to iusure the nom1 nation of the Now Yorker. Tte con ventian met at two o'olock.