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Newspaper Page TextJUNCTION CITY BULLETIN. AN IHDBPKjNDBNT TkTn. A. r. bttrwortm, jw., VHM ANMA OGl.MBt. faklUt4 Kri Thrir. ii or i mi An Intcratk Collection cl (tarn Fron Two Ktmbphcru Prejented In Condensed Form, th Vfsm ins is again alive. The worst of the Ohio flood is over. There is renewed military activity in Manchuria. Measles have broken out on the transport Buford. A Nebraska colony wishes to buy 50,000 acres in Oregon. A man was froien to death in the streets of Huntsville, Tenn. The failure of the Vancouver bank is still shrouded in mystery. Fred Rummel met death under a snow slide in Eastern rOegon. The loss at Pittsburg, during the recent storm, is placed at $2,000,000. The Berlin police are watching anarchists who conspired against the emperor. An express train on the Choctaw road was held up and robbed in Arkansas. The Ohio river continues to rise, but it is thought no serious damage will result. Aguinaldo considers American sov ereignty preferable to native inde pendence. Billv Smith, an American, was t probably fatally injured in a prizefight. i' jnn The American rowing crews were j very grudgingly welcomed on their ; arrival in England. Cold weather continues in Tennes see. Many orchards are ruined by the weight of snow on the trees. The leader of the Colombian rebels has agreed to er.d the revoln ion, and peace will soon be proclaimed. The English people are getting! tired of the war with the Boers, and the taxpayers are beginning to grum ble at the little progress being made. Rear Admiral Schley has arrived at Rio Janiero. Chinese rebels again attacked the Manchurian railway. , All danger from the recent great storm in the Ohio valley has passed. United States officers have begun a war on the Chinese slave trade in San Francisco. The Philippine tariff to be promulgated until are decided. is not likely insular cases Joseph Hume, the pioneer salmon packer of the Pacific coast, is dead at Berkeley, Cal. The people of Santo Domingo will have nothing to do with annexation to the United States. Province of Leyte has been created in the Philippines and American officers placed in control. J Leading stove manufacturers will , form a combine for mutual benefit in the way of freight rates, etc. j Manufacturers of mining machinery j will combine to protect themselves' against the Westinghouse Company, j The Corean government has decid ed to borrow from France 5,000,000 yen for the purpose of constructing a railway. j Charles Brown, president, and E. j L. Canby, cashier, of the suspended First National Bank of Vancouver, committed suicide. A rock was thrown through the window of a car on the Portland Astoria train. Several passengers narrowly escaped injury. The Twenty-sixth regiment, which arrived in San Francisco on the trans port Garonne, has landed and gone into camp at the Presidio. The German riechstag has passed a bill which prolongs authors' rights on dramatic and musical produc tions from 30 to 50 years. An attempt was made to poison a prisoner in the county jail at Denver, Col. An apple pie and some cheese were left at the jail by an unknown person for the prisoner. Examina tion revealed the fact that both con tained a great quantity of arsenic "and other poisons. Another rebel force in Marinduque has surrendered. Cebu, Philippine islands, has not yet been pacified An English company is building a railway across Mexico. Prospectors at Nome were starting for the hills in January. The steamer Ramona blew up near Victoria, B. C, and four people were killed. General Milner makes a discourag ing report on conditions in South Africa. WASHINGTON GOSSIP. Lojb Sutut Crltkbtd-Old Soldicn Warned Ajalrut Und AjtnU Other Topics. (Wftuhtniton Lotttr.) Army officer are criticising; the I.ogan statue quite severely. They tj that his position in the saddle is altogthcr unmilitry, that one leg is longer than the other, and that no officer ever carried a sword in the way that Logan is represented to have cur ried his. Old soldiers who wish to take up homesteads upon the opening of the Indiin reservation in Oklahoma will do well, in the opinion of the land office officials, to tile their own claims and attend to all the business them pelves rather than trust their interests to agents. It is reported in Wash ington that agents are going about making contracts with veterans to represent them and file their claims, and are charging a fee in advance and a second to be paid after filing the claim; but an agent can serve only one client properly, unless ho calls into service a larce force of assistants, which they cannot afford to do for j AL. ...... 1 t.m. I t will ltd t wij BiiiHM ura viiiukvu. mi w seen, therefore, tnai iiwiuoemucn better for everybody to look out for himself. The secretary of war has called for bids from private steamship com panies for furnishing transportation for the government between New York, Cuba and Porto Rico. The idea is to see whether it is more eco nomical to patronize them than to continue the present transport service, which is expensive. The dock charges alone amount to $400,000 a year. During the last three months 1,276 passengers ana o,zo tons oi cargo were carried by the transports, and the quartermaster's department knows ithe exact cost, which has been very large,, a single voyage costing from 1 112.000 to S15.000. Bids are invited for tne next tnree months upon the basj8 0f tne paMengers and freight carried during the last three months, For some reason our commerce with Cuba is falling off. During the last nine months the imports of Cuba amounted to $53,108,702, while for the corresponding months of the previous year they were valued at $54,636,747. Last year the share of the United States was $28,094,030, or about 50 per cent, while this year it was only $24,525,699, or about 46 per cent. The exports to Porto Rico and the Philippine islands, however, are increasing in a rapid manner. Marconi, the inventor of wireless telegraphy, is in Washington for the purpose of selling his apparatus to the government. He called on the secretary of the navy and offered to place an outfit upon the ships of the fleet for $12,000 each. ?o sucn ar rangement can be made without the consent of congress, and by the time congress meets it is expected that the electrician of the weather bureau will i have developed a method of wireless telegraphy quite as good as Marconi's. The electricians of the signal service are also at work in the same line, and i the secretary of the navy is now get ting ready for a series of experiments at Newport. DAM GAVE WAY. Greater Part of Town Submerged, But No Lives Lost. Chester, Mass., April 23. The Flood Hollow dam, in Middlefield, gave way about 6 o'clock last night, letting loose the water in the big reservoir, which rushed with terriffic force into the west branch of the Westfield river, sweeping everything before it and submerging the greater part of this town. No lives were lost but great damage has been done, the extent of which it is impossible now to estimate. The dam was built in 1874. to take the place of the one which was destroyed by the flood of the year before. It was poorly con structed of stone and timber, and had been a constant menace to the town of Chester. The heavy rains overflowed the reservoir and the dan showed signs of weakening early in the morning. Orders were given to inspect the dam. The result was that word was sent to the people be low that the dam was almost certain to go out, and the families in the low lands got what things they could to gether and made for places of safety. They were none too soon, for the dam broke, and with a deafening roar, a torrent of water was let loose into Flood Hollow, which empties into Westfield river. The huge timbers of the dam were hurled into the foaming current, and went in one great crash- ing mass toward Chester. Two quartz ! mills at Flood Hollow, barns and out buildings were swept along in the tor rent. At Bancroft the Boston & Al bany stone bridge was carried away, together with 600 feet of track. It will probably be two days before trains are running. Chester presents a desolate sight. The electric light station is sub merged, and the town is in total darkness. mm us Items of Interest From All Parts of the State. COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL HAPPENINGS A Brttf Review of th Growth and Improve ments ol th Mny Industrie Throujh. out Our Thriving Commonwealth, Elgin is to have two new plaining mills. The Dalles will spend $1,630.40 for water pipe. A bath house with a swimming tank 30x80 feet will be constructed at Ash land. A cougar, measuring six feet six inches, was killed on Sweet creek last week, What is known as the Kite place, near Cove, containing 6-10 acres ol knd WM 'recently sold for $16,000. ' The Grant county court has ordered that the date on which taxes become delinquent be extended to June 20, 1901. The Ashland Meat Company receiv- m vn vbm ui twv ..., t..utAftiirh wiML'hed 1 890 noiinds each ... , A numan SKUll ana oonesum .n body were found last week about half a mile up Butte creek from Fossil. The remains, which were only a few inches under ground, on the creek bank, were exposed by the recent high water. As the oldest settlers do not remember of anyone having ever mys teriously disapearcd, the general ac cepted theory is that 40 or 60 years ago a white wanderer may have been killed by Indians. A telephone line is to l erected from Gold Hill to Crescent City. The council of Mitchell has decided to put in a system of waterworks. The Lane county court U advertis ing for bids for the construction of a bridge at Lorane. S. L. Bennett, a farmer living north of Medford, has ordered a 2,000 gallon tank for his windmill. A salmon was caught near the Main street bridge, Pendleton, recently, that weighed nearly 11 pounds. The construction of a creamer at Summerviile has begun. The bridge will be 1,000 feet long and 12 feet wide. A new sl&im saw mill is being built on Stukel mountain, about hall way between Klamath Falls and Mer rill. It will have a capacity of 15.00C to 25,000 feet. Some young miscreants piled empty boxes at the crossing of two of Hose burg's principal streets and set fire tc them about 1 :30 in the morning. A j big blaze resulted. Firemen und citi- zens turned out, believing one of the main business blocks to le on fire. j The Deschutes Reclamation fe Irri gation Company has 160 rods of flume built. The flume is seven feet wide and 28 inches deep, and there is now running 15,000 inches of water. The company expects to have water on u number of the homesteads before next fall. The ditchis surveyed seven and a half miles. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Walla Walla, 5Ctf 57c. . valley, nominal; blucstem, 59e. per bushel. Flour Best rgndes, $2.703.40 pei barrel ; graham, $2.60. Oats White, $1.25 per cental; gray, $1.201.22H percental. Barley Feed, $16.50 17; brewing, $16.50 17 per ton. Millatuffs Bran, $16 per ton ; midd lings, $21.50; shorts, $17.50; chop, $16. Hay Timothy, $12 12. 50; clover, $79.50; Oregon wild hay, $67 per ton. Hops 1214c. per lb. ; 1899 crop, 6 7c. , Wool Valley, 13 14c. ; Eastern Oregon, 912c; mohair, 2021c. per pound. Butter Fancy creamery, 20 22c. ; dairy, 1518c. ; store, 10 12c. per pound. Eggs Oregon ranch, 1313jc. per dozen. Poultry Chickens, mixed, $4.50: hens. C5.60: dressed, 11 12c. .pet nound: swings, $35 per dozen; ducks, $5 6; geese, $fi7; turkeys, live, 1012c; dressed, 13 15c. per pound. , Cheese Full cream, twins, 13 13Kc ; Young America, 1314c. per pound. Potatoes Old, 50 60c. per sack; new, 2K2c. per pound. Mutotn Lambs 10llc. per pound gross; best sheep, $8; wethers, $5; ewes, $4.50; dressed, 1!- per pound. Hogs Gross, heavy, $5.756; light, $4.755; dressed, 7c. per pound. Veal Large, 7c. per pound; small, 88Kc per pound. Beef Gross, top steers, ?i55.25; cows md heifers, $4.504.75; dressed beef, 78e. per pound. DANGER HAS PASSED. Dhlo Valley Towm Ar Slowly Emer$lt Prom the Plood. , Pittsburg, Pa., April 24. The most widespread and destructive itOfflAt Irom a material point of vltw, h passed. It lias left a none of ruin 203 miles in diameter, It wo unusual in that it possessed so many different features. Cities 70 miles from Pitts burg were tied up by one of the worst mow storms ever known. While the mow fall was from 18 inches to three feet deep, which is not extraordinary, the snow was so wet that it clung in weighty masse to shade and fruit trees and electric wires and poles, bearing them to the earth. It even ettlcd on steam and street railways like wet sand, stopping all trnllle and making jtedestrianism almost impos sible. The fall was so easy and sinin- jUneoua in some places that the resi dents declare it seemed like the burst ' ing of a snow cloud, A few miles from these unfortunate town were municipalities in just as Jire straits from rain, but speedier prospect for relief, a the rain will run off faster than the snow can melt. Still in these places traffic was practically auspended. Water over flowed and washed out railroad tracks "and hillsides came down and buried ithe rails. In addition nearly every town on the Ohio river between Pitts burg and Wheeling is in darkness , .... . Klectric light plants, or their wires, " damaged and the gas in the mains is generally turned off to prevent ex ,j.Mlnn. M fclf million i.r more people are groping about in the dark. A remarkable feature of the storm is that but few fatalities directly attril- utable to this cause have N-on re ported. A railroader, caught in a wreck cauaedby a landslide, and the death of an old woman from shock, are the only ones known so far. There may lo others, but as comnui nication is cut off from many populous places it will tm the end of the week before the total can te given out. ACTIVITY IN MANCHURIA. Russian Will Renew Operations Ajalnst the Chlntte. london, April 24 According to a dispatch from St. Petersburg to (Daily Mail, official information the has been received that renewed military activity is beginning in Manchuria, i Chinese troop are strongly en trenched at three points around Mukden. They arc armed with good Mauser rifles and have 30Kruppguns, To the east ward of Mukden, near Tar chausen, there are 12,000 men under the Boxer chief, General Lutans. To the northwest, near Kulu, there are 6,000 Chineso under the ex-governor of Mukden. To the eastward, in Mongolia, and near the In Shan mountains, there are 9,000 more un der the Chinese General Shu. Ad miral Aliezoff has accordingly organ ized an expedition under General Zcrpenski, consisting of two regi nienlsiind five sotnias of Cossacks, 16 guns and a Ixtdy of volunteers, to operate against the three points named. The first movement was successfully carried out in the begin ning of April. Kulu, which is 250 kilometers from Mukden, was stormed and the ex-governor of Mukden was taken prisoner. In this action the Russians had 13 men killed and four Officers and 18 men wounded. The advance toward the Tarchausen posi tion was then begun. Owing to the departure of most of the Russian troops from Mukden, the latter city has become very unsafe. Almost nightly Russian sentinels are found shot in the buck. The situation in Southern Manchuria is disquieting and another advance of Russian troops will be made early in the spring. Our Northern Boundary. Ottawa, Ont., April 24. Negotia tions have been concluded between the Ottawa government and the Washing ton authorities for the purpose of re newing and maintaining the boundary line marks between Canada and the United States. It is over 40 years since the international boundary be tween the United State and Cunndii from Lake Superior to the Pacific coast was definitely fixed, and it is over 50 years or more since it was marked out between Lake Superior and the AKantic const. The neces. sitv for this work has arisen out of commercial claims in Southern Brit ish Columbia. Work will, therefore, be commenced in that region early this summer. Alaska Government Supplies. San Francisco, April 24. Major Ruhlen, in charge of the shipment of government supplies to Alaska points, says 15,000 tons of freight will be sent to St. Michael, Nome and the various stations established by the war department on the Yukon this season. The first shipment will be made by the steamer Klihu Thompson scheduled to sail from Puget sound April 25, and the cargo will consist ol a consignment for Captain Aber crombie's command and the detach ment of signal service men. ME QMS An Arkansas Train Held Up By Masked Bandits. EXPRESS MESSENGER AND PORTER SHOT Trolit Carried Much Vttutblt Exprea Matter, and Rotar Mad Rich Haul Bloodhounds After Them. Memphis, Tenn., April 24. The fast express train of the Choctaw. Oklahoma & Gulf railroad, which left Memphis at 11 ;45 o'clock lust night, wa held up by three masked bandit t Bridge Junction, Ark., about mid night, It is not known what booty the roblers secured, but n dispatch received at police headquarter states that the express messenger nd porter of the train were injured after resist ing the bandits. The Well Fargo Express Company usually make it heaviest shipment to the West on this train. Police 8ergeant Perry, uon receipt of the telegram, imme diately touted officer along the river front with instruction to keep a harp lookout or the bandits, should they attempt to cros to the city. the train left Memphis with a heavy passenger list. The sceue of the holdup is a lonely railroad cross ing four iv.l! from the river. T o Negro porter, named Gould, wa shot and seriously injured by one of tho bandits. The train wa in charge of Conductor Nelson, one of the oldest employe of the road, and Engineer Johnson. The express messenger, Menders, is said to have been shot. The train was delayed about 20 minutes. The engine, mail and ex press car were uot off from the train and run to a point a mile west of the place where the train was stopped. The engine was then detached and run a short distance up the track, two men remaining to guard the trainmen. The third used dyna mite on the express car nd blew ojen the door. It is rejsrted that every thing of value was taken and it is be lieved that the bund its haul is large, a this was a heavy run. Blood hound from the convict camp at Hulbcrt, three miles from the scene are now on the bandits' trail. BRITISH WAR LOAN. People DUMtlifled Became They Can Only Subscribe for Half of It. Iondon, April 24. Great curiosity in manifested here to ascertain how half the war loan has been already placed, as is asserted in the government in vitation for subscription for the re maining half. It is supposed that portion of the 30,000,000 "already placed" may have len reserved for the government department, but it is rather believed that financial house with forcgui connections have inte rested themselves in the flotation. No explanation has leen afforded, and, considering that the final install ment of the loan is payable in Decem ber, and that the first quarter's inter est will bo paid July 5, the issue is re garded as cheap, and not a little re sentment has Itccn created by the fact that only half the issue . has leen offered to the public. This dissatis faction is voiced by the Daily Chron icle, which says: "The public ought to have been in formed by this time to whom the chancellor of the exchequer ban al- loted 30,000,000 of the issue. " The paper proceeds to comment severely on the policy of the government which has led to such "a disastrous issue, in which the British taxpayer drop the round sum of 3,300,000 in the process of Iwrrowing 60,000,000. " WITHDRAWAL OF FRENCH. Ten Thouiand Troopi Will Leave China Next Month. Tekin, April 24. General Voyron, the commander of the French troop in China, has informed General Chaf fee that 10,000 French soldiers will leave China in May. Li Hung Chang believes that the Chineso troops under General Liu will be withdrawn over the boundary marking the territory defined by Field Marshal von Waldersee as the sphere of operations for the allies, as the governor of Shan Si provinco received telegraphic instructions nearly a week ago ordering their withdrawal. Ilsi Liang, cx-govcrnor of the pro vince of Shan Si, has been appointed governor of the provinco of Hu Pei. The foreign consuls at Hankow, capi tal of the province of I Iu Pei, have protested against this appointment to Chang Chi Tung, viceroy of Hankow, and have sent him a telegram advis ing him to delay proceeding in the matter, The numerous appointments of Chinamen with pronounced anti foreign tendencies is causing com ment in Pckin. Even the foreign ministers admit that so many ap pointments of this character are ill advised.