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HURLDURT, ' aeral Paetenger Aaeul, Portland, Oa EVENTS OF THE DAY Epitome of the Telegraphic News of the World. rtCRSK TICKS FUOif THE VVIBBS ka Intereetlng Collection f Item Vrafl the Two lleuilapheree PrmanleA n a Coadeoaed lTorm. The Hague peace treaties wete rati fled by l'reaideut MoKlnley, Commodore William K. Mayo, died at hia home in Wanhlngton, agod 70 fear. General Lee haa been appointed to command the new department of Havana and l'lnard de Rio. Nicaragua haa landed troop in Columbian territsry. The natnre of the movement ia not understood. A 2 -year-old child waa acalded to iloath by falling into a tub of hot water and lye, near Aebland, Or, Indiana attempted to rfincoe the murderer of Mr. and Mm. Itart llortou, but were driven oil by Bkagway troopa. The United fitate government denies the rKrt that it ha Joined with other iower in threatening to laud troop in China. A vote on the resolution relative to the ami ting of M. 8. Quay aa aenator from reuiicylvanla, wilt be taken on April 24. Thorn II. Tongue waa renominated for congruMman (torn the Booond die irlctonthe first ballot at Mo.Minn ville, Or. Texas and Tvinalana. tncnaril aualnat bubonic plague, may establiah a quar antine aKaimtt Chinamen coming froin California. An inventor of thorite haa announced bia willingmwa to sell the government the right to manufacture the explosive lor f iou,uuu. The British bark Iranian, whloh sailed from New York, November 25, for Yokohama, has been wrecked on the Japanese coast. The Building Irsdes Assembly, of Houston, Texas, haa ordered a geueral strike in sympathy with the carpenters, causing 1,600 men to walk out. Two negro murderers were executed at Summerville, Texas. When sen tenced both asked for a deck of carda, and declined the offer of a Bible. A mlnUter of Ballard, Cal., near Pauta Barbara, committed auicide by blowing the top of his head off with a shotgun. Tmorary insanity was the cause. Former Congressman Charles A. Towna, of Duluth, Minn , haa an nounced himself ae a candidate for the vice-presidential nomination on the Democratic ticket. The contract for carrying the Aus tralian and Knglisb closed malls across the l'aoltio haa been awarded by the United Btato government to the Oceanlo Steamship Company for 10 j-ears at a rate of (2 per mile. Webster Davis addreeaed an immense pro-Boer audience in Washington. Cuban have confidence in General Cioiims and entreat him not to leave the island. The Kdward T. Smith box factory at New York, waa destroyed by fire; loss, $250,000. Kr-dnvornnr Pattlsnn. of Pennavl- vania, is wanted for vice-president on tne uemocratto tioket. Boer claim to have captured 11 guns at Bloemfontoln waterworks, instead of seven, aa first reported. Building tradesmen in Indianapolis have returned to work, their employers conceding to their demands. Generala in tho Philippines are call ing for more troops. They cannot hold the rebels down with the present force. The 65th anniversary of tha birth of King Leopold, of Belgium, was appro priately oelebrated throughout the kingdom. The British North American and West Indies squadron 1 to be increased by one battleship, two cruiser and aeveral torpedo boats. Tho body of an unknown young man was found in the Willamette river near Oregon City, with hia head entangled in a fish net. It is a case of deliberate snloide. Tha United Statea supreme court de cided the case of Oruudling vs. the city of Chicago, involving the validity of the anti-cigarette ordinance of that city. The ordinance was attacked aa unconstitutional. The opinion of Jus tice Peokham held the ordinance not to be unconstitutional. In his addieu at the memorial set vloes held in memory of the late Di. Isnao M. Wise, at Isaiah temple, Di Kmll O, Hirsoh made an appeal to tire Jewish people of Chicago to raise $500, 000, which is the amount yet required to lift the debt on the Jewish Union College, in Cincinnati. By so doing, Dr. liirsch snid, tho great work v. hioh was begun by Dr. Wise, and curried forward by him under difficulties, could be fully accomplished. Great Britain's naval fatimntoa amount to 110,000,000. Buffalo BilL aays 80,000 Mormons from Bait Lake will found a city in Wyoming. . Bteamer Prairie, with American ex hibits for the Paris exposition, haa arrived at Havre. , It oosts $4,400,000 a year to main tain the 24 royal palaces of Kmperor William throughout tha German empire. LATER NEWS. The Paris exposition waa formally opened. Filipino are again active neai Manila. Beer bombarded British trenches al Wairenton aud inflicted heavy damage. Cue man was killed and a boy fatal ly ,'njttred in a $400,000 fire wbioh oc curred, in Brooklyn, - .'Jurlng a fire in a coal mine neai Pittsburg, Pa., one man perished anil t o others in the pit escaped. During the siege of Ladysmith, Gen. oral While' total losses from al! cases were 100 o Ulcers nad 8,165 men. British people insist on a change in the army servioe, owing to the unsatis factory conduct of the campaign against the Boers. Three men are said to have found gold in quarta formation within twe miles of Joplin, Mo., which aasaya $40 to $80 a ton. A Chinaman, possessing document! bearing the seal of the court of Peking, identifying him aa empeior, waa arrest ed at Wu Chang. The University of Edinburgh, Scot land, conferred the degree of LL D. ot Joseph II. Cboate, United Statea am bassador to Great Britain. At New York, 0,000 oigarmakers, emploved by six of the largest firms ir that city, have been looked ont. Nc reason is given for the action. Rufua Wright, a millionaire anc treasurer of the firm of Morgan A Wright, bicycle tire manufacturers, wa fatally ahot by a woman in Chicago. The cruisers Detroit and Marblebeai and gunboats Bennington and Concord have been ordered out of commission, owing to the lack of a sufficient numbei of ollicers. The Chinese government haa senl 7,000 troops to Khan Ting to suppreai tha "Boxers." However, It ia notori ona that the majority of the troops an members of the same society. The transport Lake Erie, with np wards of 600 Transvaal prisoners, In eluding French. German and Russia! members of the foreign legion, capture at Boahof, sailed from Capo Town foi St. Helena. The trial of Perlco Pipin, who re cently led a small uprising against tht government of Santo Domingo, hai ended with the conviction of tbe pris oner, who was aenhmced to 20 yeara imprisonment and to pay a fins of $30, 000 in gold. Mrs. Kruger, wife ot Oora Paul, oi being interviewed, said that she trust ed God would soon stop the mercilen bloodshed, but that the republic would be victoriously defended, even if Pre toria were finally taken. She eddec that she bad had in tbe field 83 grand sons, two ot whom were killed, fom sons, six aons-in-law, and numeroui other relatives." Bloemfonteln la badly ia need o water. The total British losses in the Boei war are now 28,000. A Texas town in the flooded district was destroyed by a tornado. Fishermen tenting tbe Columbii river near Astoria found but few Chi nook. The Puerto Rican bill, as amended by the sennte, passed the house by vote ot 103 to 163. Admiral Dewey denies the story ol liis withdrawal aa a candidate for presi dential nomination. II. C. Frick will dispose of all hi holdings, something like $16,000,000, in the Carnegie Company. An iuteruutonal naval demonstiatlos will soon take pake at Taku Cin, the gulf of Pe Chi Li, China. During a fight with riotous laborer! in New York, one Italian striker wai killed and several wounded. At the Georgia Populist convention, Senator Marion Butler, of North Caro lina, was denounced aa the "chief ol all tialtora." George W. Hull, an Arisona million aire, was arrested in New York on charge of perjury in a divorce cast agaiust bis wife. Competent authoritiea estimate that the wastage of horses monthly by tht British forces in South Africa, must be calculated at not les than 6,000. H. 0. Bergin, an asssyer in the Uni ted States mint at San Francis oo, hai been arrested for stealing small amounts of gold dally for months paat. Capitalists of Berlin, through a Chi cago firm, have made an offer to pur chiise the Ferris wheel. The wheel, which weigh 2,200 ton, will be ship pod to Borlin. In Sun Fiancisco, 600 pound ol plug-out tobacco have been aeiaed in varluua local store by internal levenut a'outs, became the package were in sufficiently stamped. Burglars in Chioago stole diamond, jewelry and silverware valued at $40, 000 from the home of Orrin W. Potter, thn multi-millionaire and ex-presi-dent of the Illinois Steol Company. The period of time allowed Spanish residents in the Philippines to elect whether they shall remain Spanish sub jects or adopt the untiouiility of the ter ritoiy in whloh they reside baa expired. At a meeting of the De Beers com puny Cecil Rhodes said annual profit of diamond mines in Kiraberley . art $10,000,000. Public sentiment in England insisti upon absolute supremacy of Great Brit ain in the Boer states after the war'i end. A private cablegram from Port ol Spain, Yeneauela, say the British con sul at Bolivar, named Lyon, haa been assassinated BY POPULAR VOTE (louse Favors a Change in the Mode of Electing Senators. CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT teeolutloa to That KrTeet Adopted Vote of 0 to 18-Talberi'e Taetlee Denounced. Washington, April 16. Tbe house today, by a vote of 240 to 15, adopted t resolution for a constitutional amend ment providing for the election of Uni ted States senators by direct vote of the people. Fourteen Republicans and one Democrat voted against it By the term of the resolution, the amedment tubmitted to tbe legislatures ia a fol low: "The senate of the United States lhall be composed of two senators from ach state, who shall be elected by di rect vote of the people thereof for a term of six yeara, and each senator shall have one vote. A plurality of the votes cast for candidate for sena tor shall be sufficient to elect. The electors in each state shall have the qualificationa requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the state legislatures, respectively.' "When a vacancy happens by death, resignation or otherwise, in the repre sentation of any state in the senate, tbe same shall be filled for the unex pired term thereof in the aame manner aa is provided for the election of sena ton in paragraph 1; provided, that tbe ixeoutive tliereof may make temporary appointment until the next general or rpecial election, in accordance with tbe statutes or constitution of such Hate." The remainder of tbe day was devoted to tbe consideration of private pen sion bills. During the course of the Jebate there were several sharp attacka upon Talbert, of South Carolina, for hi Morse in delaying action. BOERS HEADED OFF. Lord Robert Choeke Their Forward Btevemeot. London, April 16. Tbe forward movement of tbe Boers ia checked, saya Lord Roberta. This ia taken to mean not by fighting, but by disposition to head off their advance and bar their way to vulnerable points in the line of British communications. His dispatch to the war office follows: "Bloemfonteln, April 14. The en emy's movements south have been checked. Wepener la still surrounded, but the little garrison is holding out well. Troops are being moved to their ssistance. The health of the troops is good, and the climate perfection." The Boer in Natal appear Incapable af developing an aggiessive movement at Klaud's Laagte. Lord Metbuen is at Zwartkopfontein, 12 miles east of Bosbof, and ia sending a nail, swift columns through the adjacent counrty. Lord Chesham, commanding one of these, encountered a small commando aobut 10 miles southeast of Zwartkop fontein. He found most ot the fatms occupied by women and children only. An editorial note in the Dally Mail avers that Mafeklng ia in a very bad way, and that the hope of telief is far off, as no force is advancing from the south. The Boer peace envoya have docu mentsthe Rome correspondent of tbe Daily News says showing that urgent advices to the Transvaal to wage war were originally made by Germany. Thla correspondent also asserts that Count von Bulow, the Geramn foreign minister, who waa aaid to have gone on a visit to a sick brother, really' to Milan for the express purpose e (erring with the delegates. f J. A. Porter Keelgne. Washington, April 16. Ow the continued ill health ot Johr4 I sou Porter, secretary to the pre - he has tendered his reeignatir f the president haa accepted it, t effect May 1 next. George B. yon, ot New York, tbe present ar secretary to the president, ha appointed to auooeed him. Mr. . you waa born in New York city, July 26, 1862. Hia grandfather, Pf ter Cor telyou, for 40 yeara a member of the type-founding firm ot George Bruce & Co., and hia father, Peter Cortelyou, Jr., were prominent figures in New York business and social circles a gen eration ago. Waa Not a Boor Leader. Pretoria, April 16. United States Consul Hay, in an interview, says the report that Captain Reichmann, the United Statea military attache, partici pated in the fight near Sanna'a Post Is absolutely false. Captain Reichmann, it ia aald, was occupied moet of the time attending upon the wounded Dutch military attache, Lieutenant Mix, who haa since died. Consul Hay baa no doubt that Reichmann ha been confused with the American Lieu tenant Loosberg, ot the Free State ar tillery, who took a very active part in the fight. Chicago, April 16. The Illinois Manufacturers' Association, at its meet ing last night, took tbe stand that there should be an early revision of the war i e venue tax. VanderblU Inheritance Tax. New York, April 14. The appollate division of the supreme court today handed down a decision in the matter ot the appraisal of the estate ot the late William K. Vanderbilt. An order of Surrogate Fltagerald, declaring a cer tain fund subject to the inheritance tax law was affirmed. This waa a fund ot $5,000,000 held in trust for the bouelit ot the late Cornelius Vanderbilt. One pound ot oork will support a man ot ordinary aise in tha . SITUATION IN PUERTO RICO. former Oood Feeling Between Netlvee and Americano Leaaenlng-. Ponce, Puerto Rico, April 14. Atno time since the hurricane of August 8 last, has the condition of the poor of Puerto Rico been as bail as it ia today. About 06 per cent of the island may be placed in the peon clans, which ia made up of a mixture of all races. In tho other 6 per cent are included the well-to-do, educated people, such aa mer chants, planters and professional men and their families. This better class ia able to pass through such times aa are now prevail ing without actual physical suffering, but their business affairs are at a stand still, and have been for a long time, and this deprives the majority of the large laboring class of a means of live lihood. This large body of laboring people furnishes the very cheap and effective labor which is needed for agriculture and other work, but at all times they have been in an nnder fed and poorly nourished condition. Their hardshipa have been greatly added to by the scarcity of fruit since the hurricane, and it is consequently increased in price. Salt fish, rice and beans have been imported free of duty since the hurricane, but little of tbe benefit derived from this baa gone to peons, and now, when there ia a pros pect of 15 per cent of the Dingley tariff being placed on these articles, the price baa been greatly advanced. Merchants hesitate to import lagre stocks because of tbe prospect of free trade, and the present scarcity of fruit ia also a cause for the advance in prices. Rice has gone up from 6 to 6 cents vos a pound to 8 and 9, beans from 6 to 12, and, at one time, a few days ago, to 15 cent avoa a pound, while salt fish baa ad vanced from 6 to about 10 centavos. No one who understands tbe situa tion here will deny that moch of tbe former good feeling between Puerto Ricans and Americans has been lost. Besides, Americana are fewer in num ber in Puerto Rico today than at any time since shortly after the troops first landed, and those departing bave left a long list of defunct companies, bank rupt business, wrecked schemes and anxioua creditors, who, in some cases, hold choice collections of worthless notes and checks. Not only are Amer icana leaving the island, but large num bers of Puerto Ricans have gone to Venezuela, to Santo Domingo and to Cuba. Three days ago more than 800 natives sailed for Cuba to obtain em ployment there, and at least 1,000 sailed from thia port alone daring tbe last three months. Much livestock is also being shipped to Cuba. The gieatest loss to Puerto Rico in this respect is in the large car goes of magnificent cattle, which it will take yeara to replace. AGAINST THE CANAL. SeMto Decline to Conalder tho Nica ragua BUI. Washington, April 14. An effort waa made in the senate today by Mor gan (Dem. Ala.) to displace the present unfinished business, tbe Spooner Phil ippine bill, by the substitution in Its stead of the Nicaragua canal bill. While Morgan'a motion failed, 15 to 83, the Philippine measure had a nar row escape from being displaced by the Alaskan civil code bill, on motion of Carter (Rep. Mont.), tbe motion being defeated on a roll call, 22 to 24. The feature of the day'a proceedings was an exhaustive discussion of the juay case by Burrows (Rep. Mich.). Ieland Depoeitorlee. Washington April 14. Tha house today, after a spirited debate, adopted the resolution reported from the insular affairs committee to authorize the sec retary of the treasury to designate de postorlea In Puerto Rico, Cuba and the PMHnnlnns Bn reso- k long iy the to in- hvision ed, to fosition jefeated which nera of h war. ederate of the general pension law Was passed. - The remainder of tbe day was de voted to debate upon a resolution from the committee on the election of presi dent, vice-president and representatives in cougresa for a constitutional aniend ment"eiripowering the legislatures of statea to decide whether the United States senators shall be elected, by the legislature or directly by the people. A substitute resolution waa offered by the minority of the committee, which differed from the majority reso lutions In giving the states no option, but providing that in alt statea the peo ple should vote directly for United States senators. , Work Train Wrecked. Redding, Cal., April 14. In the wreck of a Southern Puoific work traiu, five miles below Cottonwood, tonight, three railroad employes were killed and three injured, two probably latally. The work train was backing from Hooker to Cottonwood, and the caboose, followed by five flat cars, left the track. The oars rolled over the Caboose, crush ing it into the ground and killing three of its five oocupants. Brltlab Reverae at Aahantoo. Accra, April 13. Uncorroborated re ports are in circulation here and at Cape Coast castle that the governor of Kumassle ia in the enemy's hands. The gieatest fear is felt for Cape Coast castle, if a reverse ha been sustained, and if the rebellion continuea. It la andorstood that Sierra Leon baa asked for a gunboat, but the troop there are not in sufficient numbers to leave the colony. GATES THROWN OPEN Formal Dedication of France's Great Exposition. THE SHOW IS FAR FROM READY Speeehee of Praaldent Loabet and Mln later Mlllerand Comploteneee and SCitent of American Kxhlblte. Taris April 17. The exposition of 1900 is open, but it will be at least a month before anything but buildings ia to be seen. Tbe day'a ceremonies were a peculiar mixture of sumptuous splen dor in the Salle dea Fetes, and wide spread confusion elsewhere. Nothing could have execeded the picturesque stage setting in the beautiful boilding in which the ceremonies were held, tbe gorgeous uniforms of the diplomats and soldiers, the splendid orchestra and chorus and the magnificent effect pro duced by the grand staircase, up which President Loubet proceeded to view the exposition, lined with some 200 picked men of the Republican guard, with jackboots, white breeches, gleaming calrasses and horse-hair plumes stream ing from shining helmets. At the top of this stairway was a room, the in terior of which could be seen from the Salle dea Fetes, and thla was hung with priceless gobelins from the Louvre. Into this splendid apartment President Lonbet entered and walked down the avenue to hia boat. This part of the day' arrangement waa perfect, but the rest was chaoo. The weather today was luckily all that could be desired. Fourteen thous and guests Had been invited to the function, and they had, because of the fine weaher, only the dust to endure. Had tbe day been wet, the unrolled paths of the exposition grounds would have been turned into a mass of mud. Tbe afternoon waa a holiday in Paris by general consent, and a host of country people crowded into the city to swell the multitudes, who from an early hour serged in the direction of the exposition and took up positions along the route of the presidential procession and at the approaches to the grounds. The immense number of guests prac tically swept the central streets clean of cabs, of which an unbroken stream, several deep, drifted slowly toward the Rates between noon and 2:30 P. M. Drifted ia the correct expression for the rate of progress, because the traffic ar rangements were so inadequate that hundreds of vehicles did not reach the exposition at all, and the ocenpanta were either left stranded en route or were obliged to abandon their carriages and proceed on foot. Thia was tbe ex pedient ordinarily adopted, even by several members of the diplomatic corps and two gorgeously attired offi cials of the Chinese embassy, after hastily walking several blocks, arrived in the Salle des Fetes just in time to hear the cheering at the conclusion of the ceremony. TROOPS CALLED OUT. To Snpproe Itellaa Striker at Crotoa Landing. Croton Landing. N. Y.. April 17. While everything Is quiet and peaceful In tbe neighborhood of tbe Cornell dam tonight, nearly 300 armed deputies are guarding tbe works, and each one of them ia guessing as to what tomorrow may bring forth. The striking Italian laborers, whose homes are in the vicin ity of the worka, are behaving them selves excellently. But underneath their assumed quiet there is stubborn resolve not to go back to work nor let any outsiders "take their places until tbe contractors agree to pay tbe in crease of wages demanded. Strenoua efforts are being made by Italian Con sul Branch! to bring about a settlement of the difficulty. The strikers are very determined in their demands, and swear that if outside labor ia brought here they will fight tooth and nail to prevent it. Angelo Hotel lu, who is the recog nized leader of the strikers, said today: "This is a fight to a finish. We earn more money than we are receiving, and the contractors must pay us for our work. The state should protect us, and, instead of sending deputies and soldiers to help the bosses, they should compel them to treat ua rightfully. If the bosses attempt to bring the other laborers here we shall prevent any work being done, and if the military come to help them, then we will fight the soldiers." Attempted Murder and Suicide. Carbondale, 111., April 16. Gus Yonng, a prominent young man of Mnrphysboro, shot and wounded Mist Kate Van Clooster and then blew out his brains in a temporary fit of jeal ousy. Young was a real estate man and the lady waa a member of one oi the best families of Southern Illinois, She will recover. Tornado' Work In Texas Town. Dallas, Tex., April 17. A special to the News from Royse, Tex., dated April 16, says: "A tornado struck this place at mid night, and it ia believed that several Uvea have been lost. Eight houses were wrecked, and at this hour tha greatest excitement prevails. Pitcher Purchaaed for a)7SO. Kansas City April, 17, Manage Manning, of the Blues, haa closed a deal with Pittsburg for Pitcher Chum my Gray, formerly of Buffalo, purchas ing bhn for $750. Chile Importing Wheat. . Santiago de Chile, via Galveston, Tex., April 17s In consequence of th poor crops, wheat price are advancing, and the situation will allow large im portations from California CHINESE REIGN OF TERROR. Powerful Vlcerore Proteat to. tho F.m- preee Dowager. Shanghai, April 16. A full acooont has been received here of the meeting an March 6 at i'eking between the em press dowager and the grand council. I'rotests were read from the viceroys snd governors of nine of the 18 prov inces against tbe policy of the empress dowager. These officials are the great est provincial authoritiea in China, Tbey declared unitedly that, if the em press dowager persists In persecuting the reformers and continuing her leigu of terror policy, the Chinese under them will rebel against the Manchns. The viceroy at Nanking say he haa 140,000 Hunanese troops who are anx ioua to fight the Mancbus, and he fears be cannot control them. The vice roy who united in this remarkable step represent the provinces of Kiang-Su, Anhui, Klangsi, Hunan, finpeh, Che- kiang, Fookien, Quangsi and Kwang tung, with an aggregate population of 180,000,000. Until this protest had been made, the dowager empress had been having things quite her own way. Though she haa desisted from her purpose to set up a new emperor, yet ber wrath to wards those who opposed her has shown no abatement. It is unbounded. Kin Lien-Shan has been captured in the Portugese colony of Macao, off the South Chhia coast, by LI Hong Chang's detectives. Mr. Kin fled from Shang hai last month. He is the manager of tbe national system of telegraphs in China, and beaded the petition signed by 1,200 notables against setting up a new emperor. Probably he will be decapitated. An English law firm here baa been retained to defend him. The government has trumped up charges of defalcation against Mr. Kin, who is really a very able and enlight ened man. On March 1 instructions were wired from Peking to Soo Cbow, capital of Kiang-Su, to arrest and put to death tbe reformers Weng T'Ung-IIo and Shen Pong. - These men had been in very important positions in Peking, but were easily captured in Soo Chow. The chief reformer, Kang Yu Wei, baa fled to Singapore. Tbe empress dow ager has offered $100,000 for his body, dead or alive. It ia said that there is an official list, prepared by the Peking govern ment, of the names of 300 reformers who are proscribed. A special list of over 35 names exists of those who are to be killed aa soon as they are cap tured. BUILDING COLLAPSED. Throe Pereone Killed and Number In jured In a Pltteburg Accident. Pittsburg, April 14. Without warn ing and with a rush and a roar, tbe fnniairv hrinh- ruiililincr at tVin mnw. of Second avenue and Wood street col lapsed to-lay, burying In its ruina a number of people, three of whom were taken out dead, five were badly hurt, and several others aligbtly injured. The building waa occupied by the Armstrong, McKelvy Lead & Oil Com pany. It was being remodeled by Con tractors McGovern and Lyte, who were converting the lower floors of the corner store and tbat next door into one large room. About 48 feet of the middle partition had been removed, and steel girders, supported by heavy iron posts, were in place, and the finishing touches were being put on the remodeled work. The firm this morning began the trans fer of its stock from one room to the other, and apparently centralized the heavy weight of the leads and oils about the middle of the structure. The col lapse began by tbe second floor break ing through, carrying with it the two floors above, making a breach from top to bottom through the center ot the building. The fact that the rear portion of the building on Second avenue did not col lapse saved many lives. It was in that part of the building that the offices were located, In which there were about 10 persons. Those who - were in the rear portion of the building heard the crash and ran out of the side door into Second avenue and escaped. The losa of the firm will be about $40,000. Maihuaa In More Trouble. Cape Town, April 16. The admiral. in ph.ruA nf tha llritian neet In tnnfM waters has refused to permit tbe Brit ish steamer Mashona, Captain John ston, to proceed beyond Durban. . Tbe agents of the vessel announce that the cargo destined for Delagoa bay will be landed at Durban. The British gunboat Partridge on December 8 captured the steamer Ma shona, which had sailed from New York, November 3. via St. Vincent, November 6, for Algoa bay, loaded with flour for the Transvaal. The ves sel and the foodstuffs were subsequently released on bond and the prize court on March 13 rendered a veidict that a portion of the cargo was condemned, but that the steamer was formally released. Plague Klota In India. Bombay, April 14. Plague riot have taken place at Cownpore, where the segregation camp has been destroyed and 10 persons have been killed. The rioters killed five constables and threw their bodies into the burning camp. Order is now restored, but all business is suspended and the populace is sul len. Troops and volunteers are patrol ling the city, guarding tbe mills .and factories. ' Chicago Tailors Will Fight. Chicago, April 16. A secret meet ing of the Merchant Tailors & Drapers' Exchange was held last night. Wbeu the meeting broke up it was announced that the member of the exchange were opposed to receding in any particular from the stand taken in the fight with the Journeymen Tailor' Union in their demand for the back shop system. The fire of genius is frequently ex tinguished by having cold water poured 00 it. Chicago Daily New.