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CONDON, GILLIAM CO., OBEG ON, THURSDAY, JUNE 2G, 1902.
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GLOBE.
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EVENTS OP THE DAY
FROM THt FOUR QUARTERS OF
THE WORLD.
Comprehensive. Review of the important
Happenings of (he M Presented
I Can1 f"orm, Which li Mm!
likely to Prove af Interest to Our Many
Readers
Tito coal supply throughout the Kit
is running short.
Fire destroyed tho business portion
of Rugby, North Dakota.
Packing companies of the country
will form a billion dollar trust.
Civil government has been estab
lished in Sauiar, l'ftil ijif ni bland.
The Vat Ira t ha accepted Judge
Taft'a proposal regarding Philippine
friar land.
People have become tlrod ot tho
trouble canned in Patereon, N. J., by
anarchist and will run them out of
town.
Tho filling in general in the cabinet
that Inhalation favoring the Panama
ranal route will be pax! by the pres
ent Minion of congrex.
Nc trace ran be found of the AmerU
ran teachers who started out from
Manila for day's outing, and it 1
feared tlmt they liave been killed.
A iteiiHation liait U'en caused In
Nome by the court finding the United
States marshal and a rity councilman
guilty o' Axing juries. .- They will
probably gut the limit of the law.
The bonne Imtt panned the general de
ficiency bill.
King Edward's physicians say he
must have absolute reat for a few days.
A mnk railed at the White House,
but wan arrested Imfore any damage
i-otihi Iw'dune.
India haw been warnod to prepare
for a revere drouth thia year through
out tho Jtomltay province.
Tlilrty-one prrnona were injurel in a
Guthrie, O. T., fire which wat started
by an cxplooion of gaMoIine.
It ia mid that the National Demo
rratu will offer tho IflOt prenidontlal
nomination to (5 rover Cleveland.
A Itrigham, Ttah boy has len kld
naped. Ilia ahdiictora My that if they
do not get f5,000 reward for hia return
they will out off Ml limbH. '
I'atteriMn, N. J., ia experiencing
much dillkulty from rioting atrikera
hnl by anarchiata. They have wrerkwl
nevetal idHIm and it has lMen necettiiary
to tht lare martial law.
Four men were atruck by lightning
and killed near Sherman, Tex.
It ia rumored that a plot has been
discovered to aamtudnate King Edward.
John 1. Rockefeller haa donated
three-quarters of a million dollars to
the Univeralty of Chicago.
Unprecedented cold weather prevails
throughout hurope and it is lennnl
that crops w ill be ruined.
Venexuelan rebels fired on a Nor
wegian ship, killing the captain and
wounding a paimenger. American war
ships have been sent to tho scene.
A disgraceful scene occurred in the
French chamber of deputies. talent
Ulk and numerous threats led to ar
rangements for a duel, which will be
fought in a day or two.
A resolution lias been Introduced into
the house looking to the settlement of
the coal miners strike by arbitration
It la &1ho iiiteutled to settle ail disputes
in the future.
Indian war veterans of the Northwest
can secure their pent-ions under the new
law through their state delegations
without going to the needles expense
of hiring pension attorneys.
The Indian war veterans pension bill
has been passed by tho house.
The Spanish government haa decided
to appoint a minister to Cuba.
At the end of six weoks the strike
situation In the anthracite region shows
no change.
The president has sent to'the senate
the nomination of Captain Clarke to be
rear admiral. t
- Two convicts at Folsom California,
penitentiary quarreled overa cigarette
and one of them is (load. -
The Cuban Benate haa approved the
bill fixing the president's salary at
$25,000 and the vice president's at
,O0C.
It is estimated that 1,000 delegates
will attend the meeting of the Interna
tional Mining Congress at Butte,
Mont., in September.
Naval Constructor Hobson did not
succeed in being retired on account of
hU eves, but was eiven a three montns
leave of absence. At the expiration of
that time, if bis eight shows no im
nmvnment. he will be ordered before
another retiring board.
Senator Elkins has offered a resolu
tion for the annexation of Cuba.
Brazil has a coast line of nearly 6,000
miles, with 52 sea ports.
Your' failure is as sweet to your rival
as it is bitter to yourself.
New York hotels increased dining
room prices because beef and other food
prices have risen.
Senators opposing the Nicaraguan
canal route, which is dotted with vol
canoes, will urge the Martinique hor
ror as an : argument against choosing
that waterway.
WILL NOT GIVE UP.
Prukkat It DeUrmlwd to Help Cubs aad
Katp PromlKi af UalUa State.
Washington, June 21. The presi
dent last night gave a dinner to about
a dosen leading Republican senators
favorable to Cuban reciprocity and dis
cussed with them the ways and menus
of sunning a reduction of duty on
Cuban product! in order that the
pledges made to Cuba may m re
deemed. The president la firm and steadfast
in ula determination that In some
form or othei and at the earliest oppor
tunity there shall be secured to the
new republic of Cut a a substantial re
duction of the Import tariff on her ex
ports to the United States and that
their jxxiple may feel that this country
haa kept every promise made them
and has done all that could bo fairly
expected to assure tho jiermanenc and
prosperity of their newly established
government. However, when the re
sult will lie obtained is a matter that
the president must leave to future de
velopments, but it can be stated by
authority that the administration will
continue unflinching in it endeavors
until it accomplishes Cuban reciprocity
in some form or other. It haa not
been definitely decided whether this
can be brought about earlier by a bill or
by a treaty, nor whether good judg
ment and sound policy require that the
matter go oxer for a time. The meth
ods and opiKirtuuitles were canvassed
carefully tonight. The president will
not content himself with helving the
question, now that lie has urged the
matter on congress in a special mes
sage, but will take such further steps
as may be calculated to secure the re-
tuition he has urged. Whether there
will be an extra session or not,- and if
so, when It shall be convoked, is alto
gether problematical.
COST OF PHILIPPINE WAR.
Ont
Hundred and Seventy Millions
Have
Been Expended.
Washington. June 21. Secretary
Hoot today made answer to the senate
resolution of April 17, calling for in
formation as to the cost of the war in
the Philippines. It is shown that 50,
000 wsa advanced for the expenses of
the Philippine commission originally
from the United States treasury this
year., but this amount was afterward
reimbursed out of tho Philippine treas
ury. For the 1 1 asportation of troopp
and supplies to and from the Philip
pines since the peace treaty was rati
fied the cost has been 14,803,4-18. Re
ports from the various bureau oflieers
are submitted to rliow the cost of the
Philippine war, including outstandiiiR
obligations, showing the total cost to
lateia 170,32,68. The expendi
tures by years were as follows
181)8 (two months) May and June,
expended ,.lKti,860; liabilities, nil.
fiscal year 18911. expended 120,2110,-
673; liabilities, nil.
Fiscal year 1U00, expended 150,868,-
643; liabilities, nil.
Fiscal year 1901, expended 55,757,-
422; liabilities, $12.
Fiscal year 1902 (10 months, July to
April, inclusive), $34,499,022: liabili
ties, $743,060.
Total expended, $109,843,610; lia
bilities, $473,072.
BOILERMAKERS STRIKE.
All Men In Union Pacific Shopi Called
Out
-300 Men Will Obey.
Omaha, June 21. The boilermakers
of the entire Union Pacific system
were today called on by the Boiler
makers' Union to strike. About. 300
men are expected to obey the order.
There are less than 60 men employed
in the local shops, but the entire num
ber quit work today. The strike ia
ordered in connection with a combina
tion of labor troubles, in which the re
cent closing of the iron-molding depart
ment of the road figures, and several of
the leaders stated today that it might
result in strikes in other departments
Local oflieers of the Ironmoulders
anion were notified Sunday that work
had been stopped at Chicago on the
Union Pacific patterns, and this fact
makes the condition more complicated.
Oflieers of the road as well as the labor
leaders were reticent on the subject
and both refuse to discuss the matter
Hit is known, however, that the demands
of the men ;for an increase of wages
and reduction of hours are insignificant
and do not figure materially in the
causes for the strike.
Through a Trestle.
Shelby, N.'C, June 21. A portion
of a mixed train on the South Carolina
& Georgia Extension Railroad fell
through an approach to the bridge over
Broad river this afternoon. One pas'
senger was killed and three seriously
injured. A dozen otner passengers
were also slightly injured.
Oregon to Return to Ails.
Washington, June 21. It is tue in
tention ot the navy department to send
the battleship Oregon, now in Puget
sound, back to the Asiatic station when
tho repairs now in progiess on her are
completed.
Ltdrone Chief Caught
Manila, June 23. Pedro Felepe, the
leader of the ladrones who captured
and subsequently cut to pieces a ser
geant, two corporals and four privates
of the Fifth cavalry at Bmangonan
Kizal province., way au, nas been cap
tured. He is still suffering from a
wound inflicted by the soldiers. Felepe
is also implicated in the capture of the
presidents of Oalnta and the majority
,cf the police force of that place May 2
Other ladrones were also captured.
NEWS OP THE STATE
ITEMS OF INTERE8T FROM ALL
PARTS OF OREGON.
Commercial and Financial Happeningi af lav
port A Brief Review of the Growth
and Improvements of the Many Industries
Throughout Our thriving Commonwealth
LtUst Market Report
The salmon pack on the Columbia
iver is much larger than at thia time
last year.
The strnwbrery crop around Palem
will be a third less this year than an
average yield.
The sawmill at Waldport has closed
a contract for the full output of that
mill, aggregating 6,000,000 feet.
Rteps have been taken to interest
Andrew Carnegie in the library of the
University of Oregon at Eugene.
About 300 delegates attended the
district convention, Woodmen of the
world, held in Wood burn. Represen
tatives to tho supreme camp were
elected.
A bill has been passed by the house
authorizing the sale of the unsold por
tion of the Umatilla reservation. It ia
thought the senate will also take up
and pass the meacure before adjourn
ment.
One of the special features of com
mencement exercises at the Oregon
Agricultural College was the unveiling
of a tablet to the memory of Captain
(ieary, ex-commandant at the oolleee.
who lost his life in the Philippines.
The Southern Oregon district con
vention, Woodmen of the World, met
in Grants Pass last Wednesday. About
76 delegates were in attendance and
representatives to the supreme camp,
which meets in Cripple Creek in Au
gust, were eN'ted.
The Oregon Pioneer Association held
its 30th annual session in Portland
June 18. Thero were fully 1,000 in
the procession. J. C. Moreland. of
Multnomah county, was elected presi
dent, and Silas B. Smith, of Clatsop
county, corresponding secretary.
An unknown metal, occurring in nug
gets, is found in quantities in the
placer mines in the Waldo district.
Southern Oregon. In luster and weight
it resembles nickel. It also resembles
platinum. Eastern mineralogists have
become much interested in the un
known metal.
Two sharp earthquake shocks were
felt at Newport last week.
The North Polo mine, in Eastern
Oregon is to be supplied with a new
0-stamp mill at au early date.
Joel Ware, one of the best known
pioneers of Lane county, is dead. He
was born in 1832 and came West in
1852.
Two droves of cattle, one of 320 head
and the other of 760 head, left Douglas
county last week for Klamath county,
for range during the summer.
fruitgrowers ot Marion county now
estimate that they will have half a
crop oi prunes. Other fruits do not
seem to have been injured so much by
tue late cold spring rains.
The Uncle Dan mine, Eastern Ore
gon, while not likely to prove a bonan
za, there is every reason to believe that
it will be a moderate and steady pro
ducer. Extensive improvements will
be commenced at once.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Walla Walla. 65K66c:
bluestem, 6768c; valley, 66i67c.
Barley Feed, $22322.60: brewine.
$23 per ton.
Flour Best grades, $2.9033.40 per
barrel; graham, $2.602.80.
Millstuffs Bran, $16316 per ton:
middlings, $19320; shorts, $17318:
chop, $16.
Oats No.l white, $1.2031.86 ;gray.
$1.1531.25.
Hay Timothy, $12315: clover.
$7.50310; Oregon wild hay, $536 per
ton.
Potatoes Best Barbanka, 76c per
cental; ordinary, 60o per cental,
growers prices; sweets, $2.253 2.50
per cental; new potatoes, lK31e.
nutter Creamery , 1 7i 3 18 c ;dairy
14316c; store, 13315c.
Eggs 1831jC for Oregon.
Cheese Full cream, Cwina. 12k
13c ;Young America, 13K14)vc; fac
tory prices, l iic leas.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, $4,003
5.00; hens, $4.5036.50 per doien,
11311, jw pound; springs, 113
llc per pound, $2.0034.00 per dox-
en; ducks, $4.6035.00 per dozen: tur
keys, live, 13314c, dressed, 15316c per
pouna ; geese, f.uu7.00 per dozen.
Mutton Gross, 44c per pound ;
sheared, 3c; dressed, 7Wc per pound.
Hogs Gross, 6jcj dressed, 737$c
per pound.
Veal 6)$ 7c for email; 6K37c for
large. -Beef
Gross, cowa, 4 Hp; steers
6tfc; dressed, 88c per pound.
Hops 14316 cents per pound.
Wool Valley,12K314;Eastern Ore-
gon, 8313ic; mohair, 25326c pound
Police sometimes get those who help
themselves.
Mexico's public debt amounts to
fl77,U00,000.
President Roosevelt's book on "The
Deer Family," dedicated to sport lov
ers, has been issued.
Andrew C. Bradley, aired 58 vears
on of the justices of the supreme court
of the district of Columbia, died at
Washington after a short Illness.
CANAL AT PANAMA.
SeaaU Adopt Sooofttr SablUU ay a Ma
jority of Eight Votes.
Washington, June 21. An isthmian
canal, whilo yet not absolutely assured,
ia nearer to construction than it has
ever been. The senate, by a majority
of eight votes, has adopted the Spooner
substitute for the Hepburn Nicaragua
canal bill, the vote on the substitute
being 42 to 82. After two amend
ment! to the measure bad been made,
one providing for a commission to su
pervise the construction of the canal,
and the other providing for the issuance
of $130,000,000 of 2, per cent gold
bonds to raise money with which to
construct the waterway, it waa passed
by a vote of 67 to .
It has been evident for several days
that the Spooner substitute, which
in brief provides that the president
shall select the Panama route if he can
obtain a clear title to the "Panama
Canal Company's property, and other
wise he shall adopt the Nicaragua
route, would command the votes of a
majority of the senate. The Panama
route w as considered more desirable by
the senate than the Nicaragua route.
The enly question left open is the title
to the property, and that the president
will determine if the bouse should
adopt the senate's amendments to its
bill.
Morgan, of Alabama, doted the de
bate w ith an earnest appeal for the
adoption of the Nicaragua route, and
Allison, of Iowa, in support of the
Spooner proposition. Only minor
amendments, except those indicated,
were adopted, all others being voted
down.
The senate had some debate over the
trouble into which it had gotten with
the house over the amendments to the
army appropriation bill, and finally
asked for a conference with the bouse,
ignoring the "offensive" message which
caused the trouble.
KINO OF SAXONY DEAD.
Succeeded to the Throne by His Eldest Bra
thcr George.
Dresden, Saxony, Jane 20. King
Albert died at 8:05 P. M. -
' King Albert, because of his illness,
designated his eldest brother, Pi i nee
George, to be his representative in
affairs of state. The King of Saxony
had no children, consequently Prince
George, his eldest brother, succeeds to
the throne of Saxony.
King Albert waa born in 1828. He
was the eldest eon of King Johann and
of Queen Amalie, daugther cf King
Maximilian I of Bavaria. He succeed'
ed to the throne in 1873; married in
1853 Carola, daughter of Prince Gustav
of Wasa, and is succeeded by his broth
er, Prince George of Saxony, whose eld
est daughter, i'rincess Mathilde, was
devoted to the king during his illness
King Albert held the throne of Saxony
since 1873. He took part in the Dan
ish war of 1848, fought with the Aus-
trians at Sadowa, and waa one of the
oflieers in the German army in the
operations before MeU, in the Franco-
Prussian war. The royal house of Sax
ony is one of the oldest reigning fam
ilies in Europe. It dates back to 1089,
and is closely related to the royal
houses of Prussia and Great Britain.
King Albert was the possessor of rich
estates in his own right, and enjoyed
a civil list of $750,000 annually.
FIRE AT CREEDE.
Two Hundred Thousand Dollars' Worth
of
Property Destroyed.
Creede, Colo., June 21. The second
terrible fire in the history of Creede
occurred this morning, and as a result
fully $200,000 worth of property has
been burned, two lives are believed to
have been lost and many persons were
injured. . The fire occurred in what ia
known as Upper Creede, and that part
of the town is in luins, 60 families
being homeless. The fire started in
a vacant buiJOing formerly occupied by
a saloon, and is supposed to have been
of incendiary origin. It was not until
1 o clock this afternoon that the names
were under control. Many members
ot the fire department and volunteers
risked their lives to save life and rescue
property, and not a few were seriously
burned and braised by burning falling
timbers. One whole block on Main
street is destroyed. The new Happy
Thought mill, which cost $225,000,
was saved with the utmost difficulty
English Minister Blamed.
London, June 21. Cabling from
Pekin, the correspondent there of the
Times says he thinks the attitude of
the British minister to China, Sir
Ernest Satow, to have been partly to
blame for the failure to arrange the
return of the control of the native city
of Tien Tsin to Chinese anministra
tion. The correspondent says also tha
tne Viceroy 01 uni ia province ia now
looking to the United states for assist
ance and that America will thereby
gain credit which Great Britain
ready to lose.
To Refund Duties.
Washington, June 21. Chairman
Payne, of the ways and means com
mittee, has introduced a dui refunding
the amount of duties paid on mer
chandise brought into the United States
from Porto Rico between April 11
1899, and May 1, 1900. when the
Porto Rico revenue law went into effect
and on merchandise brought from the
Philippines up to March 18, 1902
when the Philippine revenue act went
nto force.
I0USE WILL ACCEPT
PANAMA CANAL BILL 18 ALMOST
8URE TO PASS.
AaU-Canai People Probably Passed Spooner
Ame ad ment With Idea of DlMfrcemeat
and Thus Hiving Bill Titd Up Tongue
4 Moody Opposed to Further Delay
la Canal Constractlon.
Washington, June 23. The Spooner
bill providing for the Panama route is
almost sore to win in the house. A
strong sentiment for a canal will in
duce members to support a motion to
concur in the senate amendment rather
than to prolong the fight. There is
quite a w idespread belief that the Pan
ama route was adopted in order to kill
ny canal, and that a strong fight by
the bouse in favor of Nicaragua would
put the conference over nntil the short
session, and this is just what the anti
canal people desire. In order to head
off this movement, it is probable that
fter tbe conferees have met a disa
greement will be reported to the house,
nd someone will move to concur in
the senate amendment. By the un
usual course taken the papers in the
case will be in possession of the house,
and in case the conferees disagree will
go back to the house first. This was
probably done with the very idea in
view that, should a disagreemeLt ever
be reported in the senate, the anti-
canal senators might be able to prevent
vote at this session and tie the bill
np. The Republican representatives
in the house do not want to return to
their constituents without having en
acted canal legislation, and they feel
that they will be safe in accepting the
Panama route, in view of the report of
the canal commission, especially as the
Spooner bill provides for the Nicaragua
canal if Panama negotiations fail.
The two Oregon representatives, like
Senator Mitchell, believe that every
proper means should be taken to escure
the adoption of the Nicaragua canal
bill at this session, but if it is shown
beyond question that that cannot be
done, they think the opportunity now
presented should not be lost, and that
the Spooner substitute should be ac
cepted by the house rather than have
no canal. They both assert that
further delay should be avoided if pos
sible, and if the conferees, after honest
effort, find that they cannot secure the
adoption of the house bill, the senate
amendments should be accepted.
CAUGHT IN ICE-PACK.
Stumer Portland Drifting Through
Berhing
Straits to Arctic.
Nome, June 7, via Seattle, June 23.
The steamer Portland, the pioneer of
the Northern Commercial Company s
fleet, waa June 4 caught in the ice pack
and being carried up Behring straits to
the Arctic ocean at the rate of from two
to three miles an hour. The Nome
City came near being caught in the
same manner, and when she found a
lead and bucked through the pack to
the westward, the Portland could . be
plainly seen drifting northward past
the Diomede islands. Three whalers
were also in sight, but they were in the
lee of the Diomedes and in no danger
of being carried into tbe Arctic by the
floating pack.
When Captain Daniels brought the
word to Nome that the Portland was
fast in the ice and drifting toward the
Arctic, the Northern Commercial Com
pany and people having friends aboard
were greatly worried, and as soon as
the Thetia arrived, a petition was
signed and presented to Captain Healy,
requesting him to go to the relief of the
Portland. The Thetis left the same
evening, and if any one can render the
imprisoned ship any assistance, Cap
tain Healy is that man.
There is some danger of the ship
being crushed in the straits. If she
got through the straits and failed to
find a lead to the eastward or west
ward, by which she could get clear of
the pack, she wlil be carried into the
Arctic ocean, and failing to get clear of
tne ice, may ultimately be wrecked by
ivy floes farther north. In the
event of her nrt getting crushed, she
will be greatly delayed, and no doubt
run short of supplies and fresh water
HEAD-ON COLLISION.
Five Persons Killed and Thirty Injured in a
Train Wreck.
Staples, Minn., June 23. A head-on
collision occurred at Lower Lake sid
ing, two miles east of here, on the
Northern Pacific, at 1 :30 this morning
between No. 7 passenger, west bound,
and No. 8, east bound. Engineer Scott
of No. 7, took the sidingexpecting No
8, which has the right ot way, to pass
The latter, believing everything clear,
came along at a high rate of speed. The
switch, however, had in some way been
turned, and No. 8 dashed into the
waiting train. The wreck caught fire.
The passengers formed a bucket brigade
and kept the flames under control for a
time, but the work was given up and
four coaches and three or four mail,
express and baggage cars were burned
Scott s body has not yet been recovered,
and it is thought . that two 01 three
mail clerks and baggagemen are not
yet accounted for.
Ninth Infantry Returns..
San Francisco, June 23. The United
States transport Hancock arrived to
night from Manila. The Hancock
brings the headquarters and 10 com
panies of the famous Ninth infantry,
besides 400 enlisted men, 300 casuals
and 50 military prisoners. General A.
S. Burt is a passenger. Colonel Robe
is in command of the Ninth infantry.
The Hancock did not dock tonight.
Her passengers will be landed to
morrow.
RULES WERE 8USPEN0EO.
Mouit Transacted Much Mic!'ais
Busi-
nets -The Taylor Case
Washington, June 19. Tbe bouse
today transacted some miscellaneous
business under suspension of the rules.
It included the adoption of a resolu
tion appropriating $25,000 for the
preparation of plans for memorial in
this city to Abraham Lincoln, $100,000
towards the erection of a monument to
the prison-ship martyrs who died off
Brooklyn as a result of the cruelties to
which they were subjected by the Brit
ish during the revolutionary war, and
$ 10,000 for tbe erection of a monument
at rreueritBBDurg, a., to tne mem
ory of General Hugh Mercer, who was
killed daring tbe Revolutionary war.
The resolution adopted today wta to
carry out an authorization made for
this purpose in 1777 by tbe continental
congress.
Two bills were passed to amend tbe
general pension laws, one to provide
for the restoration to tbe pension rolls
of tbe widows of soldiers who subse
quently married and mere again wid
owed, and one to increase the pension
of those who have lost a limb or were
totally disabled while in the military
or naval service. The latter bill also
carried an important provision to in
crease the pension of a soldier under
the dependent act of 1890 from $12 to
$30 per month, if such a pensioner re
quires frequent or periodical attend
ance. The resolution calling on tbe secre
tary of war for his reasons for dismissal
of Rebecca J. Taylor, a clerk in the
war department, was laid on the table,
109 to 84. Three Republicans voted
on this question with the Democrats.
A bill to authorize the secretary of war
in his discretion to favor American
built ships in the transportation of gov
ernment supplies to the Philippines
was defeated. "
CONVICT8 KEEP MOVING
Tracy and Merrill Continue North Last Seen
Near U Center, wash.
La Center, Wash., June 18. In its
theatrical progress north the man hnnt
has reached this ordinarily peaceful
village. Sheriff Marsh, Sheriff Totten,
Guard Carson, the bloodhounds and
various members of tbe numerous
posses spent the night here after a day
of alarms and bloodless pursuit of tbe
convict murderers. Tracy and Merrill
are not here, but they are supposed to
be somewhere within a radius of one or
two or three miles of La Center. Just
where they will be by night tbe day
only will bring forth. From past
experiences with these expert and in
teresting fugitives, it is pretty safe to
guess that distance will lend its more
or less enchanting charms to the view
the officers will then get of their
quarry. After a stern chase, lasting
throughout the entire day yesterday,
the officers adopted the scheme of get
ting to a point ahead and thus inter
cepting the rogues' progress, and it
looked for awhile last evening as if
the scheme would be highly success
ful. Tracy and Merrill were heard
from, making their mysterious way to
ward the town, and after bobbing np
serenely for a few moments they again
took an opportune time for disappear
ing. The whole posse rushed out aftei
them, leaving the little town in a
state of unprecedented excitement; but
they came back in due time eupty
handed.
MUTILATED BY TAGALS.
Bodies of Seven Massacred Cavalrymen Have
Been Recovered
Manila. June 19. The bodies of the
sergeant, two corporals and four pri
vates of the Fifth cavlry, who were cap
tured May 30 by ladrones at Binan
gonan, Rizal province, this island,
have been recovered. Most of the
bodies had been hewn limb from limb,
and it was impossible to recognize four
of the dead.
A number of arrests in the matter
have been made, and nine men have
been identified as belonging to the
band of '.ladrones which captured the
Americans. :The identified men in
eluded two members of the police force
at Teresa, Morong province. The
American soldierB hve been buried to
gether. It was impossible to make
separate interment.
War in Venezuela.
Washington, June 19. In well
informed diplomatic circles here the
impression prevails that the revolu
tion which is at present threatening
President Castro, of Venezuela, is per
haps the most formidable of any that
have arisen there during the past few
years. Nevertheless, as long as the
revolutionists can be confined in their
movements to outlying towns and can
be kept from the central points of ad
ministration, such as Caracas or the
city of Valencia, it is thought here that
there is no possibility of final success
of the opponents of the Castro adminis
tration.
Long Tunnel at JJjypple CreeR.
CriDnle Creek. Colo.. June 19 The
biggest project yet to be started in the
entire Cripple Creek district is the
driving of 14 miles of tunnel and its
immediate branches throughout -the
principal mountains and hills of the
camp by the Cripple Creek & " Pueblo
Railway Company. Seventy-five men
will start to work on July 5, and $100,
000 cash has been subscribed for the
resumption of work under the reorgan
ization of the company. . V
RUSH FOR LAND
FORT HALL. IDAHO. RESERVA
TION THROWN OPEN.
Nearly 2.000 Mea m Una Every CeaceW.
able Kmd of Trtatoortatiaa Used to
Reach Land Office Twenty-Seven Pil
ings Were Mads the first Day-Nomer-oo
Contests Expected.
Blackfoot, Idaho, Jane 18. The
Fort Hall Indian reservation, including
148,000 acres, nearly 100,000 of which
consists of fine farming land, waa
opened (or settlement at noon yester
day. Exactly on the hour of noon
nearly 2,000 people, old men, boys,
Indiana who bad been waiting eagerly,
some of them for weeks, for the open
ing of the reservation, rushed across
the line in a wild chaotic scramble for
land and mining claims. Every con
ceivable kind of transportation was
used. Many had arranged for relays of
horses in order to locate and get to
Blackfoot land office before others
could file, paying as much as $30 for
the use of one horse for a few hours.
At Blackfoot before the noon hour,
immense crowds of spectators formed
in front of the land office and in tbe
windows and on the roofs of adjoining
buildings, watching for the first ar
rivals. J. R. Mullen and F. E. Dekay, of
Pocatello, were tbe first arrivals.
Shortly after 1 o'clock the spectators
saw a cloud of dust rapidly approach
ing on the road stretching out to the
southwest. Soon two dirty, choking
riders were made out, whipping and
spurring, running neck and neck on
horses that seemed ready to drop dead
from exhaustion. Exactly one hour
and 15 minutes from the time they
had left Pocatello., 26 milea away, the
two riders, Mullen and Dekay, leaped
from their horses in front of the land
office, Mullen securing the coveted first
position. Each man had need four
relays of horses en route. . They
finished not more than 15 ieet apart.
In spite of tbe vigilance of the dep
uties and reservation police, many
sooners" succeeded in locating claims
and lined np with the others. Land
attorneya were busy all the afternoon
initiating contests on these claims.
At 2:40 P. M. the special train from
McCammon, run for the benefit of
those who had located claims, arrived
in Blackfoot , over the Oregon Short
Line. It was packed to suffocation.
Men were on top of the coaches, on the
I tender, on the locomotive pilot, every
where that afforded a hazardous foot
hold. Before the train stopped they
swarmed from the coaches like bees,
and all made a rush for the land
office. For over an hour the force of
deputies were helpless, but finally
succeeded in forming the crowd into
line. Several "grafters came np on
tbe train and got into line for the pur
pose of selling their places. Most of
them came to grief in short order, the
officers pulling them out of line as soon ,
as they made offers of that kind. Only
27 filings were made yesterday. The
filing of one claim is completed
before another is taken np, and the
work is necessarily slow. The scram
ble will continue today and for several
days, and numerous contests will un
doubtedly take place. Everything was
quiet last night, however, and no
armed conflict is expected. The land
office has adopted the plan of issuing
numbers to those in line, so that a
place in the line once seemed is good.
Several hundred were awaiting the
opening of the land office this morning.
BOER LOSSES LIGHT.
Commandant Kemp Fives Some Interesting
Figures.
Kimberley, June 19. Commandant
Kemp, General Delarey's lieutenant,
who surrendered at Mafeking June 11,
haa arrived here. In an interview
he gave some interesting figures re
garding the war. He said that about
60,000 Boers were in the field at the
outset and that only 1,600 out of 5,000
available fought at Colenso, where the
Boer losses were not heavy. At Spion
kop, where the British suffered so
much, the Boers had only 53 men
killed. In one of the fights outside
Lady smith, the Boers had 56 killed .
and over 100 wounded. Their losses
were heavier at Brankspruit and Vlak-
enfontein. Tbe Boers were often wor
ried by the British shrapnel and lyd
dite guns, but when entrenched they ,
did not fear the shells. Members of
the Boer forces often managed to get
into Johannesburg, Krugersdorp and
Pretoria, securing valuable informa
tion, and frequently crossing the block-,
house line at night.' Commandant
Kemp did not allow the Boers of his
commando to wear khahi, the British
uniform.
Military Convicts Still at tVgr.
San Francisco, June 19. George
Clouga and Philip Dill, the two mili
tary convicts who escaped from Alca
traz, are still at large. The military
authorities have practically abandoned
the pursuit, having only a small
scouting party out.' The civil officers
are in hopes, however of capturing the
fugitives, for whom a reward ' has been
offered. .
An Irish .Protest, . . .
London, .June 19. At a meeting of
the Irish members of the house of com
mons this afternoon, resolutions to the
effect that the Irish Nationalists, as a
protest against the "inisgovernment of
their government," resolved to take no
part in the present coronation ceremon
ies, and that the Irish party be sum
moned to meet in Dublin on the day of
King Edward's coronation, to take
into consideration the condition of Ire
land, were unanimously adopted, : , ,