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CZAR IS IN DANGER 'DON'T RUSH TO MINIDOKA LAND Dynamite is Found Hidden in Imperial Palace, SECRET POLICE WERE IN PLOT Twelve Membors Arretted and Placed In Dungeon Chance Leads to Discovery of Explosive 8t. Petersburg, April 0. At Inst the terrorist Imvo succeeded in penetrating the cordon of guards nbout llio czur, and in smuggling high explosives Into tlio palaco Itself, and ns n result there is a feeling of upprvhension among nil of tlio high officials nnd the guards about his majesty lmvo boon trebled. Lato yesterday afternoon, ns the M" I guard at the palace was being changed, Licutonant Colonel Shlroupsky, who was in command, noticed that one of the Cossacks who had been posted at the main door was wearing the sword of an infantry officer, nnd not tho sabre of a Cossack. He thereupon called a corporal and placed the man under ar rest, lie was at once searched and in criminating documents were found on his person. Search of tho palace revealed two packages of dynamite, placed against the nuin door of the imperial suite, in a dark corner where they were not likoly to be noticed. A searching inquiry was nt onco in stituted, with the result that 12 secret police agents were arrested as accom . plies, and all were hurried to the Peter nnd Paul fortress, where they were Interviewed by General Trcpoft. The fact that the terrorists have suc ceeded in corrupting members of the secret police and soldiers has caused much alarm, and another attempt against a high official is looked for. Pumping Problem for Irrigation Has Not Boon Solved. Washington, April 7. Tho attention of the director of the geological sur vey has been called to tho fact that n misapprehension exists on tho part of certain citltens of Idaho iih to tho plans of tho reclamation service In regard to somo important details relating to tho Minidoka project. This misunder standing has arisen, It is believed, by reason of tho efforts of many settlors to anticipate tho pUus of the engineers and secure choice holdings of land. Tho government fiom the llrst has warned intending settlers to go slow In making entries on tho lauds embraced in this project, and has called particu lar attention to tho fact that the plnns for irrigation, especially thoso involv ing the pumping plant, were merely tentative, and am Id not Ik worked out as quickly as those for tho gravity sys tem. While nothing has arisen to pre vont the ultimate development of a pumping plant, so many delicate en gineering features are involved tlmt careful consideration must bo given to these before any detlulte conclusions nre reached or the llnat plans are ap proved. Thus, apparently, while no reason exists for believing tlmt the pumping features of the Minidoka project will not ultimately bo utilized, the engineers very wisely have concluded to give this question more study and consideration In-fore recommending it for construction. nnrrnn nrnarrn imniin nr mmrnrnm I uittuuN diAit iitMd ur immm WHEAT OUTLOOK VERY BRIQHTI YAQUIS ARE SPREADING TERROR PRICE PAID FOR CATTLE. Njxt Question for Consideration Be fore Beef Trust Grand Jury. Chicago, April 0. Prices paid for livestock by the packers, alleged re bates granted tho nickers by the rail roads for handling the same and the private accounts of some of the packing concerns are to be closely inquired into within the next few days by the Feder al grand jury which is investigating the business affairs of the beef trust. Another phase of the question of the al leged combination of some of the pack ers in violation of the Sherman anti trust law and Judge Grosscup'a injunc tion which is to bo inquired into is the price paid by wholesale dealers to the puckers for meats. Witnesses who can give the jurors detailed and accurate information along these lines have been subpoenaed and appeared at the investigation today. Some of these witnesses testified and, although they refused to make public what they told the jury, it is said a large amount of data valuable to the government was secured from them. More complaints of interference with the witnesses reached United States Attorney ISethea and Captain Porter, of the secret service, during the day. The session today was devoted to the exam ination of men employed at the Chi cago stockyards and packing houses. With the exception of the, Sunday adjournments, the jury, It is said, will now proceed steadily to the end of the inquiry. The United States attorney has announced that May 15 will prob ably see the close. It is said tho hearing of the plea and demurrer of Thomas J. Connors, the indicted superintendent of tho Annour company, will be disposed of before the jury presents other true bills in volving persons on charges of tamper ing with witnesses. Murder and Pillage Mark Their Trail Through Mexico. Kl Paso, Tex., April 0. John St. Clair, a well known prospector, wltoic statements are considered reliable, has returned from the Ynqul country neat Urvs, Sonora, and reports that tho In dians are still on the warpath. He says that Malpuchc, tho old chief, Is at the head of a kind of over 60 and is devastating the whole country, mur dering, pillaging and burning. Grain and cotton ranches are being abandoned and the people are going into the towns for protection. The whole country is in a state of panic. Mail routes between the small towns have been abandoned and pro visions are getting scarce. Although the country is overrun with soldiers, he says, the Indians ate fearless and continue their depredations. St. Chili does not believe it is safe for Americans to go into the Yaqui country at this time, as the Yaquls are very hostile to Americans. While going from Urea to his camp in the mountains, St. Clair heard tiring and ran into what had been an Indian ambuscade. He found two dead Mex icans who had been killed only a few minutes before hu reached the place. The Ysquis are armed with rifles nnd are well supplied with cartridges, St. Clair says. Cold Rains Have Damaged Prunes, but Farmers are Satisfied, Albany Linn county people nre watching the weatherman closely these days, nnil' yearning for n "fair day" Hug. This Is particularly true of fruit growers, for tho recent cold rains nre menace to the fruit crop. As it is, somo injury has been report ed. A prominent farmer 'and fruit grower of Linn county states that ho is of the opinion that cherries nnd prunso nre somewhat Injured already, particu larly cherries. Tho cherry trees were loaded with blossoms nt the end of tho warm spring weather that marked the closing days of February nnd tho tlrst half of March, nnd tho ruin caught them at tho tenderest age. Then n couple of light frosts last week added to the danger. Prunes were not brought out so much ns cherries by tho premature advent of spring, and may possibly escape injury. Although the trees seemed to be in blossom nt tho egiunlug of tho ruins, they were in reality not generally In full bloom, but were loaded with buds that were just ready to burst but had not yet excised the tender inner jKirt to the weather. Under these circum stances it is believed the damage will b nominal, if good weather comes soon. However, it would not take many days of chilling rains and winds to ilo irreparable damage. It has bccii' stated that the prune trees were giving evidence of such a heavy crop that it would really lw letter for the fruit If some of tho embryo prunes were killed by the cold. Other branches of farming nre faring well. An easy winter and early spring places stock in excellent condition, and every class of stock looks well. Hairy farmers are milking more cows, with better results than in years before nt this season of the year. Many farmers will finish the winter in much better shape than was anticipated after the poor crops of last year. Wheat is looking tine, and, tarring some unforeseen freak of nature to de stroy the present bright prospects, the wheat yield of the valley will lie far above the nverage. Fall sown whiMt can n I most lie seen to grow now, and many farmers are preparing to put all their remaining acreage in spring grain. Albany Mill May Be Rebuilt. Albany President Charie Coopey and Secretary II. M Grant, of tho Ran nockburn Woolen Mills company, who have been in Albany looking after their property, which was recently almost totally destroyed by (Ire, statu that it is possible the mill will Ih rebuilt. The brick walls art) part of them stand ing nnd in good shape, nnd some of tho machinery can bo saved. The big boll er in the engine room was not damaged, and altogether there is quite a nucleus around which to start a new mill. The company had a great deal of business ahead when the fire occurred. FRAUD ON STATE. Marlon County Grand Jury Will Inves tigate Illegal Transactions. Salem -Though tho statutes govern ing the salo of state lands lmvo been violated ever since they wero enncted, tho Investigation to bo imulo by tho Mnrion county grand jury this week will be the tltst attempt that has ever been iimdo to punish infraction of these laws. Several hundred thousand acres of hind have been iHiught illegally, and the statu school fund has been de spoiled of several hundred tliourniid dollars, but usually punishment of tho offense has been barred by the statute of limitation before it was diseovoied, or, tho state having received tho legal price for the laud sold, no one (eels in terested enough to start an investiga tion. Tho offense which the grand Jury will Investigate this week Is of re cent date, and tho (nets are so well known that the transactions can scarcely bo overlooked. ItccmiKO tho state in every instance receives the price required by law, and is not directly robbed, it has hin eosy to let tho Infractions of law pi with scarce a tmssing notice. Hut liullrcetlv tho state has been nibbed and vigorous notion at the proper time would not only linvo landed tho offender In pris on, but saved many thousands of dol lars for the school fund. It is not through tho ordinary wiles of school laud that the steals have taken place, for in nil such eni the state has re ceived all the laud is worth. It is through the lieu hind oHrutlous tlmt tho manipulator of public hunts have made their fortunes ut tho e.xcuo of the school fund. EASTERN CITY ELECTIONS. Democrats Carry In St, Louts, Chica go, Colorado ami Kansas, Chicago, April ft, A (Killtlcul tor undo yesterday overwhelmed one uf tho most ruggedly unique lenders In tho country Incidentally tho Republican party met defeat in a inemorahlo effort to capture tho mayoralty of Chicago. As n direct result tho city Is iilllelnlly committed to tho policy of tho quickest possible cessation of private franchise fur public utilities. Municipal owner ship Is especially threatening street car lines valued high up In tho millions. After whining successively four re- uiiukahlo biennial tights of Independ ents agiilust the regular Republican or ganization here, John Mayuard llnrlnu, sou of Associate Justice llnrlnti, of the Supreme court of tho United Stales, wns n loser ns Republican eundlditto for mayor. The defeat Is attributed to an extraordinary whirl of cause start ing with Killtlcal revenge and taking In a wide sweep, embracing tho most up-to-date Socialism ns a factor. The victor Is Judge Ivdwiild F. Diliiuo, Democrat. NEW MEN NAMED President Aiinuiinccs Itcorpilz nlluii uf Canal Commission, ONLY ONE OLD MEMBER REMAINS Show Valley Live Stock. Woodburn Two thousand people at tended the livestock fair in this city last Saturdny. A splendid nddromt wns delivered by Hon. James Vltliyooiut of the State Agricultural college, of Corvallis. Colonel J. II. Kddy, Hon. J. W. llniley, state food and dairy com mlssloiior, and J. II. Settleinler also delivered lively speeches. Altogether the initiation of this fair wns a mnguill cent success. President Fred Doo and Secretary William P. I'eimelwker will proceed to erfeet n iwrimincut organi sation. A threw days fair of nil pro ducts ami livestock will m held during next October. HUNDREDS WERE MANGLED. Burton Will Soon Resign. Kansas City, Mo., April C. A spe cial to the Journal from Abilene, Kan., says: "Senator J. It. lturton, will re sign his seat as United State senator in a short time, according to infor mation given out by one of his close personal fi lends here. After he was convicted, and pending hi appeal to tho supreme court, he could not resign for fear that it would be taken as an admission of guilt. The supremo court reversed the decision and liurton now stands as innocent, until convicted again." Peasants Loot and Burn. St. Petersburg, April 0. Official ad vices report continued disorders in tho Caucauss, Within the past week peas ant have looted and burned public offices in many village in the Gore dis trict, sacked schools and private estates, cutting down trees and threatening to kill the jiollee if they interfered, and forced priesU to go with thorn and take an oath of solidarity with their cause. Similar disorders are reported in tlio Tiflia district. Want To Be Paid Monthly. Santo Domingo, April C The Ital gian creditors of Santo Domingo have presented a proposition to President Morale nnd American Minister Daw con for tho monthly payment of $26,000 to tho Belgians, intimating that then they would favor the debt arrangement boinir concluded. It is oxpected that tho situation will remain unaltered un- mountains, the line of flro oxeuding a til tho United State takes final action distance of three miles. The destruc regarding the pending convention. tion of valuable lumber is greet, Results of Earthquake In India Worse Than First Reported. Lahore, British India, April 7. As tho particulars filter in from the outly ing districts, it is being revealed that the casualties caused by theeartliquake of two days ago Itave been under, rather than over-estimated. Inonesot alone at Dhamala, it is reported that fully 1, -100 natives havo been killed or in jured. Of the Injured many will die. Seven of the Europeans previously re ported hurt have since died, and two other are in a dying condition. There is not a house left in the vicin ity that doe not show evidence of tho trembling of tho earth. This is the rejort from one district alone, and ns authentic information comes in it seems certain that the mag nitude of the disaster will lie sufficient to stir the entire world when fully re vealed. The Indian government is making arrangements to relieve all distress as soon as possible. To Bring Engineers Hero. Portland Kftort are being inado to have the Amerhun institute uf Mining Engineers stop in Portland this sum mer, while en route to or from Alankn at the close of tho annual session at Victoria, II. C. It may m Mslhlo to have the memlx'rs of the organisation cut out Alanka from their itinerary and mnko a stay at the cximsitiou. The secretary of the institttn has Immui ad dressed on the subject, and it is IiojkmI the desired result will lie obtained. The makeup of this organisation is notable. Wells Ahead In St. Loulr. St. Louis, Aprils. With 100 pre ducts missing out of n total of -l(W, Mayor Rolhk Wells, Democratic nomi nee (or re-election, Is loading John A. Tally, Republican, by 771. The ro turn for 30A precinct give Wells, 33. 7lUi Tally, iiX.OIn; Lee Merrlwether, Independent public ownership, 'J,TM. The fl,000,000 IniiiiI lno, the pro ceeds of which were to have Ih-oii Used (or miiulclHil Improvement, generally conceded to have lieon defeated by n big majority. Dcmocrati Swnep Colorado. Denver, April A. A Democratic landslide struck Colorado, where tun uieliHtl elections wiiru held yimtcrday In all cities nuil town excepting Denver. In Pueblo, Colorado Springs and Lead villi, normally Republican, the Demo, crude tickets went successlul, in the latter case (or the tlrst time In 90 )ears. In the smaller towns, where wrty lines were drawn, the Democrats won, the notable exception Iming Cripple Creek, Victor, Gulden and Central City. A vigorous light was made in Northern Colorado towns ami alto In towns on the western slope, scninst saloons, and in only (me Instance, that of MoMlrosti, whs the liquor eh merit victorious. Heavy roads, due to re coil storms, caused n light vote to be polled. Democrats Win In Kansas. Kausut City, Mo., April S. Hlec thin were hold in the larger eltie tit Kiutmis yunterdny. The Democrat car ried Kansas ('ityaml I.HVofiworth, this being n revolution entirely llliliMiked (or ill ouch case. In Topeka Davis, lEcp., is elected mayor by a majority of at leant 400 Whiskey Under Other Names. Rockland, Me., April 7. A whole sale grocery store here owned by Gov ernor William Cobb ami oth -rs was raided today by the sheriff and depu ties and a large stock of a patent medi cine said to contain u high percentage of alcohol was sol zed on the ground that offering the preparation for sale is in violation of the Maine prohibition laws. In addition, the sheriff seized the entire stock of tho city agency. The charge is made that the city of Itockland has been engaging In the sale of liquor in violation of state law. Japanese Minister Will Rest. Washington, April 7. Minister Ta kahlra. of tho Japanese legation, called on Secretary Taft today und told him that on account of the state of his health ho would Imj compelled to loavo Washington for a different climate. Ho also states that there have been no further development toward a settle ment of the war. Tlio secretary and the minister arranged to commuuicatu with each other in caeo anything hap pens to make it necessary. Forest Fire on South Mountains, Gettysburg, Pa., April 7. Forest fires burning over an area of thousand of acres have started in tlio South Independence Idea To Be Aired. Independent1 It is the purjioso of tho Willamette Valley Improvement league to cull u meeting of the execu tive committee provided for at Salem last week to meet in Indepondsnce the lost of April. Members of the Inde pendence Improvement league are con sidering the advisability of calling a general meeting, to bo held here at the same time. If called, and it most like ly will Ik', the program will lie an exec utive session in the afternoon ami n banquet in the evening, at which the Independence idea will 11 nd expression. Logs for Riverton Sawmill. Itivorton The Riverton sawmill, which has been idle tor some mouth past, will legiii operation in n few day. K. J. Price, ot the Itivorton I.urntier comHiny, and manager of tho mill at this place, has secured a large number of first-class logs nm tlio upper tributaries of the Coquillu. The recent freshet is bringing down several thousand logs which have heretofore had no opportunity to float. Consider able improviueent are baing made in the Itivorton sawmill, which it is ex pected will increase its output. Ranchers to Fight for Water. Milton A mas meeting of 300 fruit growers and citizons of Milton nnd vi cinity wa held in Alliance hall for the puriKme of providing legal advice and the best methods to pursue against the Peacock Mill company, which has brought suit against the city of Milton and all the irrigation ditch compariie carK0 of coal from this place. anu private properly owners in mis valley, to determine tho amount of water the Peacock Mill company shall appropriate for the purpose of running their mills at thi place. Dog Poison In Bologna Sausage. IrideiK'iMlencs Dog ixiisoiiing has become so common in Independence that no surprise is expressed when a canine is olworved in the throes of death on the street or In n front yard. Some of the most valuable do in town have been oiond and llioogh there Is a standing reward -of 1300, the oisonor has not been apprehended. Itolognn sausage containing poison ha Im-oii picked up in different portions of town, Imt it Hfford no clue a to the Identity or motive of the olsoner. For Cheese Factory at Uklsh. Pendleton Ward Kmigh, proprietor of the Walla Walla creamery, who will ostuhlinh u cheese factory nt Ukiah, IK) mile south of this place, I In the city making arrangement for the trans portntlon of his cheese making machin ery and will open the factory within n few day for business. Tho machinery has a capacity of 1' -1,000 pounds of milk a day, hut a tho dairy interest have declined of late, Mr. Kmigh dm not expect nearly that much nt first. Waiting for a Market for Coal, Itivorton Tho hunkers of tho Itivor ton Mining A Development comjiuy's mine have been filled and mining oper ations havo been sutundid awaiting a vessel to carry eon I. uiiagur Rouse of the coinMny i now in San Francisco looking up the coal market and arrang ing for the freighting of his coal. The steamer Chlco, of Snu Francisco, which is now duo hero, will take tlio tlrst Snow in Linn Mountains. Albany There is now considerable snow In the mountain in this part of the state and high wuter In the streams In thi part of the valley is feared. The recent rain have filled the stream up to their banks, and warm rains, which would melt the snow all at one time would cause a flood. There hu been no damage from high wuter during former rain this winter, a there was comparatively no snow on the moun tains until the recent cold weather. Klamath People Raise Big Bonus. Klamath Falls Klamath county ha raised $80,000 of tho (100,000 bonus for the Weed railroad extension to Klamath tails, and bus obtained an extension until May 1 to raise tho bal ance. Tito balance undoubtedly will bo raised, and tho railroad connection of thfs section with the outsldo world is now assured. Heavy Snow Now In Bohemia. Cottage Grove There is heavy snow in tho llohernla district now, and out sidu work will be Into this year on that account The telephone line between Cottage Grove nnd the mine i down on account of thu recent storms. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Club, 87c per bushel; bluestem, Wa; valley, H8c. Oats No. 1 white, $28(220 per ton; gray, $27 US. Hay Tijnothy, $H10 per ton; clover, 111012; grain, $11012; cheat, $11012. Kggs Oregon ranch, 1717c per dozen. Ilutter Fancy creamory, 25c. Potatoe Oregon fancy, 00c(2$l; common, 76085c. Apjilcs Fanny $1.762.C0 per box; choice, $101.25. Hips Choice, 1004, 2302-lc per pound. Wool Vnlloy, 20c per pound; Kast ern Oregon, 1618c; mohair, choice, 31032c per pound. HOPE ALL FROM ROJtSTVENSKY Russians Expect Changa of Fortune When Floet Meets Togo. Hi. Petersburg, April' ft The an nouncement that President Iticvelt has left Washington on a vacation trip is accepted here hs evidence that the efforts to draw Russia himI Jswii into teftCo negotiation lmvo eomii to grief for the moment. No definite explana tion of exactly what Impelled is forth coming, but the general luiprtwoon Is that JaMtn either dm-liuod to treat i)xni lite UiiMtlan basis or demandm! a direct avowal that them wns a (tactile iIIsmmI tlmi. At any rate, the advocate of a con tinuation of the war seem secure III their uiltion, anJ everything Indicate that the hojm of an Immediate change of fortune is staked on Vice Admiral Itojestvetisky, wioso squadron, sccord Ing to tho best information, Is now act ually on it way to meet the Japanese, The admiralty I greatly encouraged by tho prospect that Rojestvensky will ho able to defeat Admiral Togo, owing to the splendid rejMirt which have just arrived here from Itojestveusky, dated from the Island of Madagascar, recount ing in detail the condition o( tho ships and jKirwinuel and the result of the target practice id the squadron and o( thu maneuvers, in which the warship havo been drilling (or three mouths. Hungry for Trepoffs Scalp. St. Petersburg, April 6, Tlio illio arrested vwnterdny ill the Nuvsky Pros pect a man disguised as n rurrhtgo driv er, presumably belonging to tho same organization as the 21 person who wero arrested last week for suppomil connec tion with terrorist scheme. There Is little doubt that there was n plot di rected ngalnst the life of Governor Gen eral Trepoff and tho latest arrest indi cates that thu terrorist nro nntlng on n concerted plan, with auxiliaries ami lookout to alii tho actual perpetrator ot tlio iiHsussinatlou, Consists of Seven Members, but All Actual Work Will Un Dunn by Three Only. Washington, April (. I'lm president has eatr led out his plans (or the reor ganisation of tho Isthmian ennui com mission ns to the personnel and busl utss method, generally on the line of tho legislation ho sugguted to eougresM nt the Inst sessilnu, which failed In tho flush o( IiiisIiiom In the closing hours. Today, within hall nil hour niter tho president1 tlextrtiiro from Washing ton, Secretary Taft, directly In rlmrgu of canal mailer, made public tho nanus of member of tho now commis sion nnd tho division of duties mining them. Only one member o( the old commission was reappoints!, Ilenju iiilu M. Ilarrod. Otherwlno the com mission Is new from top to bottom, t)r there I a top and Initlom and consider able difference In tho fiiui'llous and pay of the eoiuinlMluners. Finding ho wns obliged legally to appoint seven commissioners, the president did so, hut he carried out his own plsu bv making thnii ol them practically the (all commission. Tho oilier (our. though Ixsmng tho title otcoiiimlMlou ers, mil only receive u much lower coin iMMUHitliHi, but are assigned much smaller Holds ot activity. Hie iM-riHinnel ot the new roiiimli- slim Is as follows: Thiodiir P Shout, chairman; Charles lv. Mnguon, governor of the canal zone; John !. Wallace, chief engineer; Rear Admiral M.T. Itmlicotl, United Slates navy; llrlgNiller General Peter C. Hnlns, United State army (retired); Colonel Oswald M. Krnst, eorp engineer, Unit ed State army; lUHiJamlii M. Ilarrixl. FAILS IN SPEEO TRIAL. Tprpedo Boat Dsitroyar Makes Final ElTort on Pugal Sound, Seattle, April I. Twenty-ilvo knot wa the average sTed made by the tor-iK-dit-lxml dentroyer OoMslMirougli on her tlnal trial held in the water of P.lliol Iwy this afternoon. On the tilth lap of the mile course the craft luadn ltd I knot fur half n mile, lull slut failed to keep it tin, and from tho re Hirt of thu trial hoard there is Utile hoM that she will ever In abht to de velop an average of more than So knots. True to her recitation, the Golds-, iNinxigh featured iIih trial with u serif ol accident. They wero of a minor character, however, consisting only o( trouble with her aiixlllnry engine ami the blowing out ol ticking In her steam connection. It cniinot l determined wiial tlio .avy ileimrtiiicnl will ilo re garding the OoldttMiroiigh until after the result of tho trial I stltHillttod to the iHirmtii nt Washington. Tho trial Usui! wa fomMtsl of J. V. II. Meeker, cupula of tho Hfenierton navy yard and ridtil of thu board; J. It timet, naval emMtruclor at the yard; Com mander Stacy Pott, head of tlm steam totgliHterlng ilertment; Commander II. M. Doyle, ol tlio Philadelphia, ami Lieutenant II. II. Fish, o( thu Phila delphia, w!h neted ns recorder ol the trip. FIFTY MINERS ARE ENTOMBED. Begin Investigation of Oil, Washington, April 6. Commissioner Jaine A. Garfield, ol tho Iluronu of Corporations, returned- today from a fishing trip on tlio Gulf of Mexico. In his ubsence the preliminary work ot thu inquiry into the production mid marketing of oil, which ho Instituted before he left Washington, hu pro grossed to such u stngo that ho is now enabled to begin his personal work on it. Ilo will leavo tomorrow tor Kansas to begin his inquiry there, Llnlevltch Said To Bo In Straits, St. Petersburg, April S. General I.luievltch's position has altered for tho worse. Thu general staff four that tlio Japanese will lie in HnVblii within n month. Tnero Is a minor that the rnil way lias been cut neur Tsltsllmr. Double Explosion Wrecks Sluft and Kills Majoilty of Man. Ronton, HI., April -I .Somo SO min ors wore eiitombml today in Juspoli I-oiler's mine nt Xeigler by n ferritin explosion of gas, nnd it I priilmlilo that .to or -it) ol tlio burled men nro dead. Thus far four IhnIIoh have lieen found. WIimii between .'to ami -10 miner hnd dotcomled Into the initio today to re sumo work, a terrlllc otploslon blow the timber about the mouth of tlio mine high into the air. Czar Still Hopes to Win. St. Petersburg, April 4. A meeting of ull tho inomticr of thu Grand Ducal elide wn held In tho mlaco of tho Grand Duke Vladimir late last night, nt which thu czar wa present nnd nt which the question o( wnr or eo wn thoroughly discussed, A majority of thoso present favored the licgluulng of peace negotiations, hut the Grand Duke Vladimir nnd hi Intliunto asm)- elate stated that in their opinion it would bo fur belter to continue tho lighting, nt least for thu present. Thi view apparently met the czar's view. Awful Havoc by Bomb. St. Petersburg, April I. Seventy persons, 30 artillerymen mid -10 Chi luwo.wori! killed Monday by tho turriflu explosion of a bomb In the artillery do pot nt Harbin, Manchuria. Tho mail who canned tho explosion was also killed. Tho entire laboratory, u hugo establishment, wuh wreekinl, und 10, 000,000 proJeetlh'H wore destroyed 2, 000 packing case containing 6,000 each. Million of othur projectiles, not yet completed, wero Hindu usuless. Rates of Desortlom from Navy, Washington, April -t. In u state inont Issued today by Hour Admiral Converse, chief of tho Iluronu of NuvU gatiou, it I shown that of nu unlisted force of .'Id (Will in,.!. In H... ........ nli 10.7 pur cent deHorUxl, , . . mi,, , -.--. -- ..ns mm- mT .-1Citf - 4- -"-- , J - i iMmMlllllllllMMMBMlMMMMMMMIBMiWilBMMIB