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h ft 'A !! it r ! 2 I I y CHINA HOLDING OUT IlreaKs Off Negotiations Regard' Ing Exclusion, ASKS FOR MORE LIBERAL TERMS Objects to tho Restriction Placed on Merchants, Travelers and Stu dents Now Admitted. Washington, April 27. Negotia tions between tho United States and China for a treaty restricting tho im migration ol Chinese to this country havo practically been abandoned. It lias been found impossible, by the rep resentatives of the two governments to reach a common ground of agreement. Tho whole subject, therefore, is being held in abeyance until W. W. Hock hill, tho recenty appointed minister of tho United States to China, shall ar rlvo in l'ckin. It is expected that ho will take up tho matter directly with the Chlneso government. When Wu Ting Fang was minister of China to this capital, he made an ex haustive study of tho Chinese immigra tion question, ascertaining very pre cisely, among other things, tho Ameri can point of view. He maintained con sistently tho injustice of the restric tions thrown by this government around tho immigration of Chinese, but was unable to accomplish anything in tho way of lowering the barriers dur ing his ro jour n here. In China he is now in a position to make it difficult, it not absolutely impossible, to nego tiate a treaty unless the convention shall have incorporated in it certain provisions for which the Chinese gov ernment contends. China is anxious to obtain in the proposed treaty liberal definitions of tho terms "merchants," "travelers," and "students," in order to relieve such classes ot embarrassment on their arrival in the United State. DEAL WITH LOOMIS. Assistant Secretary of State's Con nection with Proposed Loan. Columbus, O., April 27. President C.F.Mayer, of the First National bank of Columbus, this afternoon told the story of the Venezuelan loan features of tho charge against Assistant Secre tary of State Loomis. Mr. Mayer is president of a syndicate which has for some time been negotiating with Vene zuela for floating the 136,000.000 loan, that French, German, English and other loans might be taken up. Ms. Mayer says negotiations were made with Mr. Loomis, when minister to Venezuela, to act as the representa tive of this syndicate, but he raid Mr. Loomis intended to resign as minister to Venezuela on accepting employment with th syndicate. The syndicate was to receive a profit of $7 000,000 net for floating the loan ami was to have tho receipts of the Venezuelan ports as security for its commission. SEND-OFF FOR EMIGRANTS. Englishmen Sail for America with the Salvation Flag at the Masthead. Liverpool, April 27. English emi grants to the number of 1,046 sailed for Canada this evening on board the Dominion line steamer Vancouver, with the Salvation Army flag at the masthead. Tiie emigrants were gath ered by Salvation Army officers and many are workmen. All are paying their own passage, and many are sup plied with sufficient cash to make a start in tho new world. Prior to the sailing, the Lord Mayor of Liverpool, Itider Haggard, who has just arrived from America, Commander Booth Tucker and Mrs. Bramwell Booth addressed the emigrants from the bridge. The lord mayor regretted that England was sending her best brawn, and muscle to work in a new country, and at the same time opening the doors for less desirable emigrants. German Engineer is Named. Washington, April 27. The German government has designated Mr. Lincan za as the German member of the ltoard of consulting engineers for the Isth mian canal. Mr. Liucanza im rani to he connected witli the German minis try of public works, and is one of the leading civil engineers of Germany. Tiie compensation of those consulting engineers lias not yet been fixed, hut it is Secretary Taft'u purpose to mako it very liberal, in view of the high grade of expert talont required. It is pro posed to increase the membership. i Russians Cut Cable. Hong Kong, April 27. It is an nounced here that the cable to Hainan is cut and it is suspected thut it is the work of oithor KoJestvensky'a fleet or of some secret Russian agency. Tins announcement lmtt greatly incensed the British residents of Hong Kong, who openly declare that, if continued breaches of neutrality are to he per mitted on the part of tho Hussiun Bal tic fleet, tho time has come for Great Britain to interfere. A Bargain-Hunters' Day, New York, April 27. Tiie personal property which once graced tho Kuclid uvenuo home of Mrs. Cassle L. Chad wick, at Cleveland, was offered at auc tion today, and the first day's results were bottom figures, Today's total prices wore $1,344, which included many valuable effects. WILL CUT THE HUNT SHORT ProslUent Decidos to Return and At tend to Urgent Business. Glenwood Springs, Colo., April 28. President Roosevelt will break camp on Mny 8, a week earlier than ho in tended, and will start for Washington at once. The only stops he will make are at Denver and Chicago, where dates tor his reception have been advanced to meet the new arrangement. Secretary Loeb came from tho camp early today, where ho conferred with the president nil of yesterday. He an nounced upon reaching here that affairs in Washington made it necessary that the president curtail his trip. That there Is nothing alarming in the situation is manifested from the fact that the hunt will be continued ten da) s more, in spite ot tho condition of affairs which resulted In the altered plans. The Vencutelan situation, it is believed here, resulted in the order to start home on May S. Tho party will leave Glenwood Springs at about 4 o'clock on May 8, reaching Denver the same evening. After the banquet there the party will spend the night on the trnin, which will leave Denver over the Union Paci fic at about 7 a. m. on May D. Tiiere is much speculation here as to the president's reasons tor advancing the time of his departure from Colo rado. Mr. Loeb announces that there is no pressing business that requires the presdent's ntteutiion, but there are a number of tilings coming up about the middle of the month in which he is greatly interested. What these are the secretary would not say. It was said also that there is nothing in tho Vene zuelan or Dominican situations that cannot be attended toby Secretary Taft. HER GUNS ARE A FAILURE. British Navy In Very Poor Condition for Battle. London, April 23 The Daily Graph ic this morning commences a serine of articles calling in question the dura tion of the armament of a modern Brit ish fleet in a manner which, it the facts should be substantiated, is calculated to eause a great sensation. Tiie writer alleges that 15 warships unlit tor ac tion have been discovered, as the 36 calibre 12-inch guns constituting the main armament of three vessels are in capable of firing full charges. The latest Woolwich pattern 60-cnllbre six inch gun has also failed under experi ment, and the question naturally arises as to the endurance of the armament of the whole modern fleet. The article states facts unfortunately beyond dis pute, and points out that the present is the time for action and not for blame. The fact; came to light through de velopments of weakness in new long guns under experiment and the simul taneous failure of the 12-inch guns in the Majestic class of battleshij) ami through the bursting of shells in seven out of 10 British made guns on board if Japanese battleships. The writer points out further tlwt Great Britain is the only power that has adopted tho manufacture of the wire guns. FLOODS EAST OF ROCKIES. Warm Weather Causes High Water but Improves Range. Denver, April 2a. Tiie warm weath er of the )MMt two days lias melted the snow in the mountains, and all rivers on the eastern slope of the Rockies are very high, borne damage is resulting in places not heretofore retorted, ami conditions in Southern Colorado are still threatening. Prominent sheepmen from Northern New Mexico, who arrived at Albu querque today, ray that rejwrts of losses to sheepmen as a consequence of the recent storm are greatly exaxgei- ated. Some Iambi perished, they say. hut on the whole sheep in the section referred to were never in better condi tion. The benefit to tiie range brought by the moisture will greatly exceed any losses in livestock, they declare. In Colorado, retorts indicate that the damage to the livestock industry was considerable. After Get-Rlch-Qulck Men. Kansas City, Mo., April 28. II. M. Loeb, treasurer of the American Se curity Contest eomjmny, was arrested today on a warrant iesued by Judge Smith McPherson, in the United States District court. Tiie Federal grand jury liad returned an indictment against Loeb and another officer ot the com pany on a clwrge of using the mails to defraud. It is alleged that the contest company was a lottery and "get-rich-quick" scheme, wheh offered to pay several thousand dollars as prizes in guessing contests. Opposed to Grabbing. Marseilles, April 28. A mail steam er, which arrived here from tho Far East brought a copy of the Echo de Chine, which rays upon Chinese au thority that tho American minister ut Pekiu recently informed the Chinese foreign office of his opposition to any further foreign occupation of territory within the three northern provinces of China and that he would invite all the ministers nt Pekin to strongly support China to this end. Successor to Father Gopon. St. Petersburg, April 28. Father Gopon has a successor in tho person of a priest named Nicholas, who has been making u great stir among tho work men, addressing thorn nightly in var ious parts of tho industrial districts. The influence of his personality is con sidered so dangerous that further meet ings have been prohibited. Oregon state items of interest KLAMATH IS TO BE IRRIGATED. Government Will Not Repeat Good Odor to Canal Company. Washington Sooner or later the Kla math Canal company, operating near Klamath Falls, must step aside and mako way for a big government Irriga tion project. It is. for this private en terprise to say whether it will go vol untarily or whether it will be forced out. The fact remains that the gov ernment la going tu absorb private irri gation worrks in Klamath basin, and is going ahead with the const met ion ot its ow ii project on a grand scale. There are several private entcrptlses in Klamath Imsiti, hut all except the Klamath canal company havu made terms with the government and are ready and willing to vacate. This con cern, owned by California interests, is unwilling to move unless it can name its owh price, and sell out on its own terms. The government docs not do business that way. That is' why the Klamath Canal company will) probably lie forced to vacate. I-asl IVoember, when the government first entered into negotiations witli this company, tho officials of the rcclnma tion service made a liberal offer. They were willing to pay 1260,000 for the works and proixTty of the company, and to grant them navigation rights on the government canals. , Hut the com pany lielit out foi 1600,000. Negotia tiona failed. The reclamation service was satisfied that the Klamath canal proHrty was not worth $260,000; rough estimates placed the actual value at nearer $60,000; but Mug anxious to build the larger project and recog nizing the equities ot tho cae, the) tlxed what they termed a very liltcral offer. No such price will ever aiwi be offered. It is more than the facts justify. Logs for Paper Mill. Albany Seven thousand cords of wood are beinc floated down the South Santiam river for the LcImmioii iwHr mills. Most of the wood was put into the river at the mouth ot McDowell creek, and must float 12 miles to just above the I.cbanoii dam, where a boom catches it and turns it into the canal to the miHr mills. Part ot the wood is balm, for use in making white paier, but most of it is red fir , for use a fuel. The libation iapcr mills consume 7,f)l)0 cords of red and white fir wood as fuel every year. Iron Works Incorporated. Pendleton Articles of incorpora tion will be filed till week with the county clerk incorporating the Pendle ton Iron works, with Marion Jacks, C . W. Xigler and Fremont Arnold as the iucoriMirators, with a capitalization of $20,000. Messrs. Jarks ami Arnold oiened a foundry at Athena, hut later tHirchascd the .Maya interest of the firm of Zigler Si Mays ami moved their en tire plant to this place ami consolidat ed. Tiie firm intends to do general casting and repair work. Water System for Echo, r.cho The city council of Echo has granted C. It. Robinson a franchise to build and operate a water works system for 26 years. Mr. Holiineon recently established a similar system in lone, Ore., ami promise to liave tlte water turned on within MO days. Mr. Uohin son has purchased tlte grounds and well owned by the Mople who prev otudy planned to build a system, 1ft who failed in the time stated ami will u'llixe the scheme outlined by that company. Cottage Grove Wants Fame. Cottage Grove Tho Commercial club is discussing the let methods of advertising thn industrlea and re sources of Cottage Grove and Iloliemin mining district, and surrounding terri tory. It is probable that a large num ber of pamphlets and circulars will be printed for distribution at the Lewis and Clark fair. A committee consist ing ot George B. Lloyd, C. J. Howard, C. E. Jones, A. B. Wood, am! William B. Boot was appointed to preiiare liter ature. May Leave Eugene. Union Measrs. Will Wright, of the First National Imnk of Union, and J. I'. Wilkins, huiteriutendent of the Union Woolen mills, owners of a wool en mill plant at Eugene, Or., have been in Hood Itiver this week for the pur jtose of consulting with the Imsifiem men ot that city relative to locating tho plant there. H is understood that if satisfactory arrangements can lie made the Eugene plant will go to Hood IMvcr. L'nk May Be Built. Eugene A crew of Southern Pacific surveyors is at work in the Eugene yards, measuring the grounds and all the hulldinia, prpearatnry to rearrang ing the building and sidetracks, which has been ro long in contemplation by the comisuiy. Surveyors have also been surveying tho grounds at Hender son station, and it is believed that the long-heralded and mucli-talked-of con necting link between Hendorson and Springfield will be built this spring. Snow Off Cascade Summit. Albany Tho roud from tho valley to the summit of tho Cascade mountains, via the Lebanon wagon road route, is now open. H. G. Dorris, proprietor of tho Fish lake summer resort near tho summit of the mountains) states that the snow is all out of the mountains and the road cleared for traffic, some thing almost unprecedented for tills time of the year. Usually this rood is not open until late in tho spring. ERA OF PURE FOOD UEGINS. Now Oregon Pure Food Law Will Bo Strictly Enforced. Pendleton The pure food law en acted at tlu last session of the leglMla hire is in effect and (nun now on it shall ho a misdemeanor to sell, offer to sell or to be In jiossosslon o( any article ot food or drink that shall contain any adulteration miles there is plainly marked on the la hoi its ingredients ami the quantities thereof. Tiie law especially covers the sale and manufacture ot butter and the sale ot milk. It specifics that butter must contain at least 88 per cent ot butter fat, no more than 10 per cent of water.. Milk must contain !l.2 per cent butter fat, l per cent solids and have a specific gravity of at least 1 .0.18 per cent. The laws details the manufacture and sale of spices and condiments, elder, vinegar, preserved ami Jellied fruit and a host of articles ot food and drink. For the violation ot this law there is a flue ot not less than $26 or more than $100, with imprisonment ut not less than DO days nor more than six mouths attacheih The grocers ami provision dealers ot the city are not in the least alarmed, ami many were not aware of the existence ot the law. The commissioner or his deputy ii expected to visit the city in the near future and enforce the law to the letter. Removal Is Very Probable. Oregon City Judging from a letter that hat been received by the officers ol the Oregon City land office, from Secre tary ot the Interior Hitchcock, it is evident that intervention on the part of President Kooevcll alone w III pre vent the removal ol the Oregon City laud office to Portland a ordered. In his letter Secretary Hitchcock stutes that a time, July T, next, has Ih-oii set, a place named lor the removal ot the office, ami that in ordering the prii. ed change the authorities at Washing ton considered every question and ob jection that has I Htm raised in the pro tests that have lieeu forwarded by the people ol this city. For Big Beet Ranch. Union The sale of Hall llros.' ranoli ot UIH) acres, ntout,fonr miles north west of Union, to the Amalgamated Sugar comiaiiy, fur $60,000, has boon announced. This is the weid large tract in the samu section bought by this company wlttiin a year, ami con, pletes a Ixxly of over 2,000 acres' now held by the Amalgamated couiNuy li this Mrt of the valley. It is expected thai eveiituallv the bulk of this I"-' will be put into sugar beet. The Amalgamated wmitMiiy last fall Imhiii the Nichols Weaver tract of 1.100 acres for $61,1100, so that tlodr holdings now stand them about $101,000 for the 2,000 acre. Convicts on the Roads. Salem In order" to make a further test nl the problem of using convict lalKir on tho public highways, Govern or Cliamlmrlain has arranged to wink 40 convicts in three seiwraUt gait) on the Marion county roads fur a few weeks. Marion county will hunr the expense of omplitlii six guard to tVc charge ot the men while at work. The county will also pay the cist of trans porting the prisoners to their work and will jtay the state five cents a day for each man to iy the Increase I ixmi ol food for the men on account rd tlit-lr doing heavier work. The convicts will Imj worked within four miles ol the prison. Churns I, COO Pounds of Butter. Pendleton Tlio llluo Mountain creamery, recently completed in this city, is churning on an average of three churuings a week of 600 tmunds of butter each. The entire amount of cream ueed in the churning is brought over from I -a Grande and Elgin, as the farmers of tho vicinity of Pendleton have not yet been able to supply a ar ticle nt cream. Many are prewiring to fit up complete dairy farms on a largo scale, but as it takes considerable time for this, thecreamery will deiteml uitou the supply from over the mountain. Sawmill for Albany, Allstuy A large sawmill will prob ably be constructed lu Albany tiie com ing summer. I lie mill will be estab lish! by outside capital and the prep arations for securing ground for the lo cation ami establishing the plant are being carried on through the officers of the Albany Commercial uluh, who are not yet ready to give out a statemuut altout the matter, hut who ray con struction of tlio mill in tills city Is practically assured. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wlioat Club, 8ll(B84o per bushel; bluestem, 8flQw()c valley, HHu. Oats No. 1 whlje, $28 per ton; g.ay, $27. Hay Timothy, $l-ll(i per ton; clover, $1112; cheat, $11012; grain, $11(212. Eggs Oregon ranch, 17v18c per dozen. Butter Fancy creamery, 17Jv 10J6 per pound. Potatoes Oregon fancy, $ 1 Q 1 .60 ; common, 80086. Apples Fancy, $1,76(32.60 per box; choice, $11.26. Hops. Choice, 1004, 2326o por pound, Wool Valloy, 202 lc, according to fineness; Lastern Oregon, best, 17;s 18c; mohair, choice, Ul32o, EARLY TRIAL FOR MITCHELL, Judge Utdllngor Renders Doulslon In Favor of Ihu Government, Porlliiuml, April Uil. Hoimtor Mitch ell will tut tried upon the Indictments returned gainst htm by the Federal giand Jury tor complicity lu the Oregon land frauds, anil that at the earliest opportunity. Tim attempt ot Judge llenuelt, his ntiuriiey. l "lunik the course of the trials or to quash the In dictments relumed by the Jury through the plea In abatement argued a week ago, was (utile, and )eslerday morning Judge llolllnger, by his decision, gave a sweeping victory to tho cause of thn government when he sustained every objection entered by District Attorney Honey to the plea. At every point, as the court took them up one at a time, the cause ot the government was upheld ami the pleas of tho defense overruled. Only In one case was there a partial victory for the defense, and even there the concession, i! ran tod IhiIIi hv the court and tho dis trict attorney, was nullified by the action o( the defense In Insisting (or trial by lurv instead ol trial before the ","... ...i.. i i ... 1 1... i court mono, nun ns in ii-kiiih ""i .,.,, , iiul. UU1U.1 ,.. ... ., , ., .... ,..., iexiK'Ci at i. aster a gwierwi ma contention that George Oulstlii was not ' a naturalized citlcon ot the Pulled States. Judge llolllnger ruled that, as this allegation, It true, would disqual ify (lulhtlu as a Juror, it would ho per mitted that the facts I to tried More the court by the filing nt affidavits and counter affidavits by the government and the defense. Judge Itonuett re fused to try the issue without a jury, thus throwing all the Hilnts In the de cision onto the side ot the Pulled States. RUSSIANS SEIZE HAINAN ISLE. Chinese Excited Over Rrperl British Navy on thn Alert. Hongkong, April SO. Great eicite meut prevails lu Chinese circles over the rciMirl that tlio llaltlo fleet has scired tlio island ot Hainan. The viceroy id Kwautuug has deKttchcd officials to Investigate the matter. Ilrltish naval autlioritle here are extremely reticent alsiut theh Intel tlons, Irtit olaltorate naval preparation are being made for eventualities. Swift cruisers are scooting. The IkiII days of thn crews ot tho men-of-war have Ix-en stopped. The shipping here is thrown Into confusion, as most ves sels are afraid to sail while the Rus sian are still en the sea. SusiH-ctlng that the Itrltlsh steamer lleachly carded contraband for the Russians, the crew, which was chiefly shlpp-d at this lMtrt, rcfust-d to proceed ill the vo-eel, althmigh offered a month's Mty as n tonus. Tho lUwchly, although without clearance, attempted to got mil ot the harlMir Monday night during a fog, but was provoiitmt. The Ilrltish anlliorltiea hois are ojttirWig the iitiiHHt vigilance to maintain strict neutrality. STRIKE AN UTTER FAILURE. Chicago Teamsters Abandon Struggle and Apply for Work. Cblmgo, April . Tho great strike ajtaititt Montgomery Ward A Co. rid lapt in ilisMial fashion tonight, when tii teamtrn witlxlism' their symna hetU moMHml and intrue(-l tltslr men to seek reinstatement as rapidly as possible. Tho strike oriictnaU-d last Ortolter with the garment workers. They mado no progrem, ami alter many consulta tions, the Teamsters' union, the most jHiwcrfu' lalsir Issly In the city, agreed to cull a sympathetic strike. This hail licon In progress two weeks a fort night marked by unusual brutality and violence. Men and horses have been burned with acid, non-union men hor ribly beaten and mutilated, there la-lug a regular scale ot prices for maiming and disabling non-unionists. Strang ers in the city have Ih-cii beaten by mobs and thugs have flourished unmo lested. Today the garment woikers In timated they would call oft their strike, leaving tlio teamsters to continue tho fight. It was a hopelcs cause from the start, ami Its flat failure will Un hard blow to labor unions. Big Flro Among Factories. New York, April JI0. Kiv alarms were sent In for a fire on the East Hide tonight, calling out fire apstiatus from tiie lottery to Twenty-nith street. I lie iHillillng destroyed were occupied by furniture ilealers and manufacturers of cotton underwear, while the urouml floor was octipled by the Van Norden Trust company, a Hebrew loan society and the Hebrew Charity association. The flames burst through tho roof it hundred feet Into the air and iniiilo u most spectacular fire, but Ihoy weru soon quenched. Tlio Ions is $200,000, Working Under Old Plans. Chicago, April 211. John F. Wallace, chief engineer of tlio Panama canal, lias arrived in Chicago to visit his home for a week or ten days. Tho work of building the canal, he says, Is going forward under definite plans,' and with satisfactory progress. All tlio work Is biting done in acordauce with tlio plan recommended by the first lstlriutan camil commission, which was lauded by Admiral Walker, nud Uxn which the Spoomir act was based, Electric Engine Files, Schenectady, N. Y April 2(1 Tlio electriu locomotlvu recently built for tho Now York Central service butweou Crotou and Now York broke till Its Pre vious records today byuttalnlnun snocd of 811 mllcH an hour, hauliiiif n lnmw train. flip ICKKUK Massacre's liy H'liulusalc renrei. at Easier. OFFICIALS WILL HE THE VICTIMS Socialism Causes a Panic In Poland, Whom Poles are lining Driven From llio Factories, St. Petersburg, April 2A TliiMiim from Poland Vuluts a picture ot verit able terror holme the ox pooled storm A letter received hole leads: "You know what happens! at War- mw, mil yon only know pan ol wltat occurring throughout the country. All Poland Is lu a great conflagration n Socialism, terror of which I eveiy where exciting a terrible mnlo. Wo icte ot the Russian government official an. I tho wealthy, and the blowing up ot llu Vistula bridge to picwul tho arrival ot troop trom itussla. "The police are doing nothing Tliov protoml to do blind and drat to what m Nissiug on around thorn. Tho existing ri'glme Is the cause ot dlwoiiloiit, wind, is on the Increase among the Idle work men driven from the factories and rail roads 1caue they are Point. Tiny say they will havi. wngeam-e." A loiii-r from Vllna says "Work Is iniMnibta under the i- Istlug cooditiou. The gioriuiioiil' oihIIwm commissions have acrotnplislml nothing, ami the landlords, woikmon ami Homnts are convinced that oi, revolt ami (lie Imxotiet are tlio only rented e. Kaoter.rttay wit mix the in angulation ( another Insurrection IiVi that ot IHrl.1, which Imgan.a this mm. with a Kusviau iwaoarre," Commenting on the above, the ltu declare the government must mi piomptly It awful carnage Is to l avoided. Tiie only thing to Ut dour. It says, is to summon the moderate ti give guarantee that thn promised fe forms will he realised. GREAT STORM IN ROCKIES. Snow Covers Mountains and Rsngrs From Ttsas to Wyoming. Denver, April SA. The storm whuh began early yestard) morning contin ued until noon today. The downpour changed from rain to soow nlxttit mid night, ami the plain of IJaMecu V rado were covered w lilt a(Mil six u Ik- nt snow this morning. Thn prnipiia titm In Denver hm f .90 Incites, aiol ha been exceeded only four lilne slneo lh". Tetagfaph wire north. west ami south of this city were gem-rally unserviceable thl morning. The storm oxtottded from lie- n handle of Thxs to Ceo Ira I Wyommit Livestock tMt tlte range hi in good in dition, and, as tlte temperature I n I low, titer will let Utile n. Tle Immltt to grwos om the rang Id imal- en (able. Even it the storm Is followed ly front, a is usual in April in Colorado, lite fruit trees are safe, for the nd weather ot the past two week lot kept tack the bud fiom oftmlng. Little damage is rirted so fsr ! railroad. Trinldatt torts a danger ous ilse In the I'urgaturi river, which last falljwout on a rauiHigo ami wsslosl out all the bridge (or miles up ami down the stream. Pueblo Is looking for a rise In the Arkansas. Tlio storm abated during the forenoon and the snow melted rapi(ly. Train service on practically all road In Colorado is delayed by the storm A slide In the Royal gorge, mi the main line of tho Kin Grande, covered the track and delayed traffic fur several hours. In the Cripple Creek distrnt the snowfall was extremely heavy awl train wore operated with great duti fully. Buffaloes Lose Their Rangs, MiNwiiila, Mont., April 6. ThlrH five head of imffaloes were shiiiitod tin afternoon from Arlee by M. Miller. who semis them Ion olut lu Oklaho ma about HOO miles south 'of Kansas City. The animals urn from the fam ous Pablo herd, tlio largest in the world. The animals shipp! today were all adults and nil oxconlloiiallv choice Int.. Tim l'alilo buffaloes are al lowed to range on tho Flathead reserva tion the your round, hut the nnonimr ot tho reserve will moan the dlshandineiit of the famous herd. Narrow Escapes from Big Fire, Pueblo, Colo., April 26 Flro to night almost totally destroyed the en tire stock of llergnriuau llros.' store, mm nt the largest furnishing establish imuitH lu tho statu, and greatly damag ed the building. Thu stock was valued at $126,000, fully Insured. Tho lire Is supposed tu have originated from u gas ollno Mwer engine blowing up. Thoro weru several narrow escapes from tl o flames, several women helm ourrlo,! I from thu building. Movo for Municipal Gas. Chicago, April 26. Agitation to es tablish municipal ownership of gas works as well as stniut railways lu Chi cago was Inaugurated lu oaruust today by n public meeting In thu city council chamber which took stops to hasten thu pannage of thu Chicago gnu hills, & KISftWS" sJSe1