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» TO GREAT BEYOND Judge C. B. Bellinger Succumbs to Inroads of Malady. DUE TO THE LAND FRAUD CASES Hearing o f Cases Occupied All His Tim e Since Last November— Mitchell Case the Climax. « Portland, May 13. — United States District Judge Charles B. Bellinger surrendered in his long struggle for life yesterday afternoon and passed peacefully away at 3 :45 o’clock, sur rounded by the members of his family and a few of his most intimate and long-time friends. The outcome was expected and the fam ily had been waiting for the worst during all of the day. The judge passed a restless and unsatisfactory night on Thursday and was much weak er when day dawned yesterday morn ing. During the morning he sank into a semi-conscious condition, and as the day lengthened into the afternoon the stupor became more marked, until it was impossible to rouse the patient to consciousness. The death of Judge Bellingecr can be traced directly to the Oregon land fraud cases, which have filled his time from the middle of November last. On Sun day, April 23, the judge worked all day on the decision which he was to hand down the following morning on the Mitchell plea of abatement. He went early to hie office, and the weather be ing warm, worked in his shirtsleeves until noon, when he walked home to luncheon, returning again directly afterwards anti working until late in the afternoon. The next day he also worked on the decision, and Tuesday, the day upon which it was delivered, he awoke with a fever and feeling ill. Judge Bellinger was born in Maquon, Illinois, November 21, 1839, and cross ed the plains with his parents in 1847 ami settled in Marion county. He was a veteran of the Modoc war. In 1883 he was admitted to the bar and served as clerk and official reporter of the Su preme court from 1874 1878. He was judge of the Fourth district Circuit court from 1878 to 1880, and was ap pointed United States District judge for Oregon by Grover Cleveland in 1893. S H O R T N O T IC E ON BIDS. Canal Commission Allows the Coast but a Few Days. San Francisco, May 13.— A great stir was created today among San Francisco me.chants when it was ascertaind that the Isthmian Canal commission will open bids May 16 and 19 for supplies, the contract prices for which will easily aggregate $1,000,000. One commodity — lumber, rough and dressed— will call for the expenditure of more than $300,- 000 alone. In all, 26,000,000, feet of lumber are needed at once. The other supplies range all through many lines, and in all instances the quantities de manded are large. For several days the wires between Sa.. Francisco and Washington have been kept busy carrying dispatches from San Francisco asking for blank proposals. /Wednesday last there were no lumber proposals in the city, and no one here knew what the commission wished to buy in that line, and conse quently no bids could be framed. Local merchants say the entire coast has been shabbily treated, and a loud wail has gone up. Today there was a rush for proposals to supply, among other commodities, steam pumps and pipes, hydrants and water meters, fire extinguishers, linen hose and hose reels, equipments for bridge gangs, railroad tools and supplies, foundry supplies, belting, roofing, wagons and so on through a list of hundreds of ar ticles, • Both the chamber of commerce and the Manufacturers’ and Producers’ association have requested Major Gal lagher, the purchasing agent at Wash ington, D. C., for the Canal commis sion, to extend the date for making the proposals. Solace O ff fo r Naval Stations. San Francisco, May 13.— The naval transport Solace will leave this port tomorrow loaded down with freight and passengers for the naval stations at Honolulu, Guam, Manila, and Cavite, to return by way of Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Chefoo. Besides ammu nition and stores, she w ill take com plete outfits for the wireless telegraph stations at Honolulu and Guam. Lieu tenant George C. Sweet, who estab lished the stations at Mare Island and in th e Philippines, w ill go to superin tend the work. Survey to Bear Creek Mines. Butte, May 13.— A Billings dispatch to the Miner says: The survey of the line of railroad which w ill extend from Bridger to the Bear Creek coal district began today. It is said that con tracts for grading the roadbed w ill be let within a fortnight and actual con struction w ill begin about June 1. The Bear Creek coal district is one of the beet in the state, and covers over 10,- 000 acres. The road w ill be completed, it is believed, in the early autumn. Streator People's Narrow Escape 8treator, 111., May 13. — A tornado •truck Streator today, tearing down trees and haras. No one was injured, although there were many narrow es capee. W ILL O PE N FAIR. Vice President Coming to Portland as Representative o f President. Washington, May 15.— Vice Presi dent Fairbanks intended to leave for his Indiana home last night to spend the next two months with his family, but he received word that the president wanted to see him, and called at the W hite house at 11:30 today. The president told him of his deep interest in the Lewis and Clark exposition and his regret that he himself could not attend the opening of it. He said, however, that the administration should be represented, and to his mind nothing would be more appropriate than that the second official of the na tion should represent the president on that occasion. Mr. Fairbanks prompt ly fell in with the president’ s sugges tion, and expressed his thorough w ill ingness to go to Portland, and has now changed his planB so as to reach Port land the last week in May. He and Mrs. Fairbanks w ill be present and participate in the opening ceremonies. The vice president w ill make the prin cipal speech of the occasion. Being unable to get to Portland either at the opening of the exposition or later in the summer, the president has ac cepted the invitation extended to him by President Goode to press the button which w ill l>e the signal for the formal opening of the exposition, at 1 o’clock on the afternoon of June 1— that is, 1 o’clock Portland time, 4 o’clock Wash ington time. A special through tele graph wire w ill be run from the East room of the White house into the ex position grounds at Portland. A t the Washington end w ill be the same gold key which President Roosevelt user! to open the 8t. Louis exposition last year, and which former presidents used to open the Chicago, Buffalo and other expositions of times past. K IT T IT A S A S K S IR R IG ATIO N . Reclamation'Service Promises Atten tion to Its Project, Washington, May 15.— The Reclama tion service has received a resolution passed by the Commercial club of K it titas county, Washington, asking that it make a careful and speedy survey and investigation of the feasibility of the construction of a high line canal for the purpose of reclamation and cul tivation of about 100,000 acres of land in that county, which are fertile in the production of all kinds of hay, grain, fruit and vegetables, including sugar beets. It is urged that the irrigation of this large body of land w ill result in effecting storage ot the water so used for lands below in the Yakima valley, for the reason that all the water so used naturally drains back into the Yakima river. The Reclamation service states that it fully recognizes the great importance of the Yakima project to Kittitas coun ty, and that a careful investigation to determine its feasibility from an engin eering as well as from a financial stand point w ill be made. G O M EZ C U B A 'S PR E SID E N T. Liberals and Moderates Will Nominating Conventions. Hold (M O M A TORNADO Demolishes Town of Snyder, Kill ing Many Inhabitants. HALF OF THE POPULATION GONE Came at Night When People W ere Asleep— Five Hundred Dead and Injured. • Oklahoma City, May 11.— Telephone reports from Hobart,Okla., indicate that the entire town of 8nyder, O. T., was destroyed by a tornado. A train of doctors, nurses and other assistants is said to have left Hobart for Snyder. The wires are reported down between 8nyder and other neighboring towns and all communication is being re ceived from Hobart. Hundreds Dead and Injured. Guthrie, O. T., May 11. — Late re ports from Hobart, Okla., and Chicka saw, I. T., place the number of dead and injured in the tornado at Snyder, Okla., at 500. The storm broke over the town at 11 o’clock at night, completely demolish ing it, as near as reports can be ob tained. The first news of the disaster was received at Hobart, by telephone, giving a bald statement of the tornado’s having struck the town. The wires, both telegraph and telephone, then went down and no further news has been obtained directly from Snyder. It is now impossible to reach I j i w - ton, the nearest town to Snyder, and all the telegraphic communications are reported down between that place and Snyder. Rescue trains have been started from Hobart and Chickasaw, which w ill ar rive at Snyder this morning. TR AIN S T R IK E S D Y N A M ITE . Terrific ExDlosion Kills Fifty and lu- jures a Hundred. Harrisburg, Pa., May 11. — An ex press train on the Pennsylvania rail road ran into a freight train in which there were two cars loaded with dyna mite at 1:30 o’ clock this morning in South Harrisburg, near the plant of the Paxtang Light, Heat and Power company. Three terriffic explosions, that broke windows all over the city, followed, and the two trains were com pletely wrecked and took fire. It was estimated at 3 o’clock that 50 persons were killed and 100 injured, though these figures may be too small. It is impossible to ascertain the exact number of fatalities, because the wreckage, in which many of the passen gers and some members of the train crews are pinned, is still ablaze and unapproachable, and many small ex plosions occur continually. When the first exlposion occurred, bodies were thrown clear out of the berths in the sleeping car and landed down the railroad embankment, some even having been hurled into the Sus quehanna river, which parallels the railroad at that place. HAS N O T SO LD . Klamath Canal Company Holds Out fo r Its Term s. Washington, May 12. — Up to the present time the government haB been unable to come to any satisfactory ar rangement with the Klamath Canal company, whereby that corporation w ill relinquish its tights and holdings in the Klamath basin and withdraw in order that the government may un dertake the construction of the Klam ath irrigation project. At a recent conference between offi cials of this company and the engineers of the Reclamation service, the com pany renewed its offer to sell out for $250,000. This offer was rejected. The figure named is very much more than the property is worth. An esti mate on the property and work done by the company places the actual value at not to exceed $100,000, and it is the general opinion among government engineers and residents of the Klamath basin that a bonus of $50,000 addi tional is more than ample inducement to the company to Btep aside! The latest advice received by the Reclama tion service here is that the company is holding out for its own price, and will not consider an offer of $150,000. It may be set down as a fact that the government will not pay $250,000, and it is by no means certain that Secretary Hitchcock w ill approve the purchase of this property at $150,000, although the matter has never been presented to him, and w ill aot be until an agree ment is reached between the Reclama tion service and the canal company. If, after a reasonable time, an amicable arrangement cannot be made, it is un derstood the government w ill acquire that property by condemnation pro ceedings. DEAD NUM BER ONE HUNDRED. Tw ice as Many Injured by Tornado at Snyder, Oklahoma. Snyder. Okla., May 12.— Approxi mately 100 people were killed in the tornado which visited Snyder and vi cinity, and as many more were injured. The havoc wrought by the tornado is complete. Out of a town of 1,000 peo ple not more than a score of houses are intact, while two-thirds of the build ings are totally wrecked. The most pressing need is financial. Organization was perfected among the citizens today, and appeals sent out to leading cities of the territory asking for immediate assistance. In addition to the many injured who are being cared for at the hospital, many sustained lesser injuries and are incapacitated for the work of caring for those who are in need of assistance. Hundreds of inquiries have been pouring in all day from relatives and friends of Snyder people in all parts of the country, severely taxing the capac ity of the telegraph office. With the removal of the injured to other points, the strain upon the people of Snyder will be greatly reduced. The property loss is variously esti mated at from $300,000 to $400,000. Two hundred residences were demolish ed, and about half the business build ings are practically a total loss. The remainder are more or less damaged. The Hilton, the largest hotel in town, remains intact, and a portion of the building was used for an emergency- hospital. M AY FIG H T FRANCE. T ID A L W AVE ON LAKES. Japan Accuses Her o f Lending Active Aid to Russia. Damages Chicago Docks and Floods Many Basements. London, May 11. — The news from Tokio is of the most alarming charac ter. The outburst of popular indigna tion against France for her violations of neutrality is growing and already equals the bitter feeling that previled against Russia prior to the breaking out of the war. Should Rojestvensky now return to French waters, it is doubtful if the Japanese government could calm the populace, and hostili ties must result. These would surely involve Great Britain in the war, and the outcome would be in doubt. Diplomats here in Ixmdon unite in characterizing the situation as ex tremely grave. France’s attitude, while on the surface conciliatory, un derneath is far from that, and the French official class seem determined to resent .Japan's protests, claiming May Tell More Secrets. Chicago, May 15.— Federal officials that French neutralité is on a standard claim to have an important new witness by itself, and should not be compared in the “ beef trust’ ’ inquiry. H . J. with that of any other nation. Streyckmans, who before the Interstate Millions from Alaska. Commerce commission divulged the al leged secret system of rebates and over Seattle, May 11.— F. A. Wing, United charges by Armour & Co., and read a States assayer, states that from inform secret code, will today be brought be ation he has received from Alaska, and fore the Federal grand jury investigat the Northwest Territory this winter, ing the beef industries. The witness, the output of gold from the northern formerly an employe of Armour A Co., country this year will total $22,000,- is expected to give testimony before a 000, if not more. So far this winter grand jury similar to that of the coml he has not heard any unfavorable re mission. ports from any section in which mining is being carried on. From the Klon Kansas Not Quite Dry. dike alone Mr. Wing predicts an out Topeka, Kan., May 15.— Special re put of from $10,000,000, to $12,000,- ports have been received from 42 Kan 000, the balance coming from the sas counties regarding the enforcement American side. of the prohibitory law. Of these 19 Russians Claim Advantage. report the existence of licensed saloons. Over 480 saloons in Kansas are paying St. Petersburg, May 11.— Much satis licensee to the different city govern faction was expressed at the admiralty ments. The information has been at the uniting of the divisions of Ad placed before Governor Hoch to form a miral Rojestvensky’s squadron, experts basis for his coming order to close calculating that the Russian admiral all liquor selling enterprises in the now enjoys a superiority over his ad state. versary of 25 per cent of the ships of the line. The impression here is that it w il' require a week for Nebogatoff to Valuable Relics o f Pompeii Found. Rome, May 15. — Excavations near coal and get everything in ship-shape Pompeii have resulted in the finding of for the final stage of the journey to a human skeleton and nearby four solid Vladivostok. gold brae lets of beautiful design and T w o Inches o f Snow in Wyoming. set with emeralds, a pair of pearl ear rings, two golden necklaces set with Cheyenne, May 11. — Southwestern pearls and emeralds, and two emerald Wyoming ie covered with a heavy snow rings. The articles of jewelry, being after the storm of yesterday and last from the Pompeiian epoch, are of great night. The snow is over two inchea aitistic value. deep on the level. Chicago, May 12.— Rumors of a re markable tidal wave along the west shore of Lake Michigan were received today. The wave seemed to be the highest at Kenosha and Racine, Wis:, where a ♦-all of water swept in, causing much damage and alarm along the docks. At Chicago the wave simply- raised the stage of water and caused a very heavy current down the drainage canal. Boats navigated the river with the greatest difficulty as a result of the high current. Weather conditions in Chicago this afternoon were such that a recurrence of the tidal wave along the west shore is anticipated. The rain daring the last 12 hours has been almost unprece dented. W ithin a few 'hours the fire department answered 80 calls to pump out basements in various parts of the city. Havana, May 15.— The national nom inating convention of the ¡New Liberal party w ill open tonight. A ll indications point to the nomina tion for the presidency of Cuba of Jose Miguel Gomez, who was appointed gov ernor of Santa Clara province by the government of intervention and after ward was elected to that position. The convention w ill be made up of 150 delegates, of whom 90 w ill be Nation alists. Maximo Gomez having posi tively refused to be a candidate, the only other prominent person mentioned is Governor Nunez of Havana province. The Moderates w ill shortly hold a convention to nominate President Pal ma by acclamation for the presidency and Mendez Capote, former president of the senate, for the vice presidency. The election w ill take place in Decem ber. Reval Workmen’ s Threats. Reval, European Russia, May 12.— At a large meeting of workmen here today, which was attended by delegates from St. Petersburg and a number of masked men, it was decided to proclaim a three days’ strike in connection with labor day. May 14. It was further de termined to serve fresh demands upon the employers, coupled with the inti mation of they were not complied with inside of 12 hours the destruction of the factories by fire would follow. Great uneasiness is felt and serious trouble is expected. t On Permanent Basis. Denver, May 12. — The American Stockgrowers’ association, which was organized on January 15 of this year by seceders from the National Live stock association's convention in this city, and is now holding its first annual convention here, adopted a constitu tion and by-laws today. The new asso ciation is to be composed of growers of and dealers in cattle, sheep and horses. The basis of representation at present is individual amljnot by delegates. Denies He Sold Russia Coal. Paris, May 12.— The Marquis de Bar- thelemy, who with Count de Pourtalee, operates the French concession at Kamranh bay, Annara, in the course of an interview today denies that his establishment furnished coal or pro visions to the Russian squadron. j A H u u d j G a r d e n C a rt. „iuuce. Again, a pullet that has not laid, or has only Just commenced to lay, will have the bones of the pelvis or basin almost touching. The bones gradually widen as the fowl continues laying, and at two years old are much further apart than they were at one year old. The third point of difference lies In the claws and shanks; In a young bird the skin of the claw la supple, and the scales thin and bril liant. The skin gets coarser and stronger and the scales harder as the bird grows, and the nail of the last toe. which does most o f the work, when the bird scratches, gets much worn. There Is also a difference In the eye lids. These acquire wrinkles as the bird gets older, and there Is also a slightly shrivelled look on the face. This, with age, gets more and more pronounced. In the case o f cocks, above and beyond these points o f dif ference (except the bones of the pelvis widening), there are the spurs to Judge by.— American Cultivator. No oue realizes how handy a small cart la on the farm until oue gas used It; the wheelbarrow Is all right In Its place, but there are times when the hand cart answers the purpose much better. The Illustration shows how oue of these carts may be made with a little lumber and any old wheels from a mower one may have. I f there ore no such wheels and shaft on the farm, the local blacksmith can prob ably supply the want from articles of the kind that come to him. The Il lustration shows plainly the mode of construction. Have a box of convenient size, being careful not to make It too large, else It cannot be pulled except with con siderable effort when filled. The width will, of course, depend upon the length E le c t r ic P lo w in g . of the axle. Thills may be made of With the development o f electrical any suitable material, If one cannot obtain a made pair, and tf they are works proceeding so rapidly In Italy, home constructed It will be easy to It Is not surprising to find that special attention Is being given there to tho design of electrical agricultural ma chinery. The Società Elettrotecnica Italiana of Turin has Invented and con structed a number o f devices for the application o f electric power to farm machinery. Its latest product being an electric plow, which Is said to have come out o f public tests with gratify ing success. The device consists o f two twenty-five horse-power cars, which are stationed at each end of the field, and between which are stretched cables attached to the plow. The electric current Is taken from a trolley line. The plow Is pulled by the cables from one side of the field to .H A N D Y G A R D E N C A R T . the other, and when It reaches the end bring the outer ends nearer together o f the furrow It stops automatically, by placing a two-inch block between the current being cut off. It can be the ends next to the box and the box. run backward or forward with ease. At the front end of the box a strip of One man manages the plow, and each bonrd Is placed, to which the single car is operated by one man. These power cars are said to be as easily tree Is attached. managed as traction engines, and their N o C ab bage Snake. power can be applied to thrashing ma Recently an absurd fear has devel chines, pumps, grain drills, etc. oped In the minds of some eaters of cabbages relative to the so-called "cab N e w F a r m G a te . bage snake.” The superstition is that Serious defects to be overcome In the snake poisons the cabbages and so gates are strain and leverage weight, renders them unfit to eat. The exist which result In sagging. W. J. Slack, ence o f such a creature Is denied by of Fort Wayne, Ind., has Invented a our scientists, but so prevalent is the gate which It Is claimed will large belief that at least oue experiment sta ly remedy these defects. A triangular tion has issued a circular denying the existence of the so-called snake. In some parts of the country a small whitish “ eel-worm” has been found to infest cabbages. The larvae of this worm prey upon the common green cabbage worm, and hence nre doubt less a benefit rather than n detriment to the cabbage-growing Industry. Some o f the more superstitious people In the South Imagined that these worms poi NEW FARM GATE. soned the cabbages, and tests were made by scientific people to clear up frame Is hinged to the post, with two the matter, Extracts were made from rollers attached, » ’ hereon gate panel the worms and Injected Into tne hu Is supported and freely operates. The man system. These Injections failed cut shows gate In usual low position, to produce the least effect. It Is there closed, and so supported nt front end fore considered that the character of that no leverage weight or strain can the little worm has been cleared o f the Incur to either gate or post. This Im accusation. provement may be used as a small sin gle or large double sliding or swing N e w K ed G rap e. Although not yet tested in all grape gate. growing regions, the Itcgal shows promise wherever It has been grown. G a th e re d fr o m th e G a rd en . The vine is a most vigorous grower, The best thing for the garden— strong and healthy and exceedingly brains. productive. The quality of the berry Cut the black knot out o f the plum Is very good, though not of the best. and cherry trees. The skin is a rich red, thin but very A particular titbit of the San Jos* tough, and one of the chief character istics of the variety Is Its long keep scale Is the currant. Radishes are uaunlly ready for use In ing qualities. As will be seen from the Illustration, the bunch Is compact six weeks from sowing. the berries of good size and uniform. Rone meal and » ’ood ashes In the A number of the State ex|H>rtment sta- soli are great for sweet peas. Probably no other small fruit will give more weight of crop for the space It occupies than the currant. Don’t trim the cherry trees now. W ait till June, and tuen be llgbt- banded. To bleed tbe grapevines by cutting during March, April or May is bad iiiaiui gement. Cold frames are useful for forward ing lettuce and cabbage In spring or early summer. I f tbe rhubarb Is run out or more plants are wanted. It can be propa gated by dividing the old roots. Each eye or bud when broken apart with a root attached forms a plant. P o u ltr y THE I N A I ORATE. tions have tested the variety and speak highly of It. If It does as well under general culture as It nas on trial, It will be of distinct advantage as a market sort because of Its color and Its long- keeping qualities.— Indianapolis News. F in d in g A g e o f F o w ls , A pullet will show rose-colored veins on tbe surface o f the skin under the wings; thehe will also be long silky hairs graving there. After a year old these disappear, so. too. do the veins, and the skin shows white and rein less. The difference can be seen at a P ic k in g * . Why don't you raise turkeys? Vho price Is high and they are easy to raise, though some think It Is diffi cult. Special care must be taken In han dling the eggs tbe first five days o f Incubation, when life is not firmly es tablished. The cause o f fo»-ls taking cold Is al lowing them to sleep wuere they are exposed to drafts and feeding them soft snd sloppy foods. It requires cspltal to go Into the poultry business on snytblng but a very small scale, and economizing on some things Is tbe wrong thing to do. Wyandottes have for tbe Inst few years taken a commanding position among the fanciers o f this country, be ing o f American origin and a great egg producer. A great number o f beginners who are Just becoming Interested In rais ing poultry, etc., do not know what breed to select. Try Barred Plymouth Rocks or Wyandottes.