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Newspaper Page TextJUNCTION CITY BULLETIN AN ISDKrBSOKST PAPU. A. P. BICTTKRSWOKTH, JR., Bailor. M1S ANNA tMll.ESat. AttscItU KUItor. TuMUhfd Kry Thrdy. SEWS OF THE WEEK A Comprehensive Review of Ihe Important Happening of the Past Week Presented In Condensed Forn Which Is Most likely to Prove of Interest to Our Masy Readers. Mrs. McKinley is much improved in health. Lacuna has promised to surrender his commanct Shamrock II was beaten by Sham rock I in a trial race. A watchman in a Utah refinery tole 15,000 in silver bullion. The Chinese are astonished at the 'amount of indemnity demanded. Twenty five thousand regulars will be returned from the Philippines. A Russo-Gernian tariff alliance against the United States is proposed. The military governor of Bataan has been reprimanded by Mac- Arthur. Governor Nash and party are visit ing the various interesting places in California. Rear Admiral Schley will cut short his visit in London on account of sickness in his family. Russia is standing steadfast for peace, according to an official state ment received at Washington. One mail clerk was killed and another injured in a wreck on an Illi nois Central train in Louisiana. A steamWat on the Mississippi river was wrecked near Chester, 111. Two passengers were drowned and 22 deckhands are missing. Unless the sultan of Turkey yields on the question of interference with foreign mail, the powers will present an ultimatum, backet! by naval dem onstration. A new Russian loan of 424,000,000 francs is authorized. Fire in suburb of Detroit, Mich., did 1800,000 damage. General Dewet, the Roer leader, has resumed operations. Pennsylvania beat Annapolis in the intercollegiate boat race. National organization of machinist has ordered a general strike. Yale beat Harvard 57 to 47 in the Annual track and field contest. - ' The Porte has ordered all foreign poetofficea removed from Turkey. The steamer Princess Louise was wrecked in British Columbia waters. An attempt was made to sell con fidential documents in the Neely case. Seattle men have bonded 1,000 acres near Willapa bay and will bore for oil. Esterhazy has made an affidavit that he was the author of the Dreyfus borderau. Embezzlement charged against ex School Land Clerk Davis, of Oregon, may be outlawed. Trouble between the managers of the Buffalo exposition and union workmen for a time threatened a com plete tie-up of work, but the difficulty has been settled. A grip containing dynamite was in process of fumigation at Port Town send, Wash., when owner told con tents, causing a panic among the steamer passengers. Mrs. McKinley is ill, and has been taken to San Farncisco for a rest. Her illness, while not serious, may cause curtailment of programme for the remainder of president's tour. Two lives were lost in a New York fire. The presidential party is now in California. Eastern wool market shows no im provement. Martinelli has re :ived the red be retta at Baltimore. The steel trust will close down the Everett nail works. English coal miners have decided not to strike at present. Fire in Augusta, Ga., destroyed $169,000 worth of cotton. A fire in Seattle destroyed property to the amount of $200,000. A naval war college is to be estab lished for the naval officers. The Industrial commission is in vestigating rate discriminations. The steamer Tantillion Castle, wrecked near Cape Town, is a total loss. The contract plans for the cruiser St. Louis have mysterioulsy disap peared. Forest fires in Pennsylvania are destroying immense quantities of val uable timber. Much disturbance continues among the eduacatcd classes in Russia, and tne police are kept busy. $800,000 FIRE. Suburb of Detriot the Scene film Started In Lie Mill. Detroit, May 1 4. Fanned by a 35-miles-an-hour wind, fire tl.is after no m swept the west bank of the Uogue river in Del ray, a suburb to the south of Detroit, for three quar ters of a mile, and destroyed over $800,000 worth of property. The fire originated in the roof of saw mill. The plant has not Wen running for several months, and the roof .was as dry as tinder. The build ing was soon in ashes and the fire wept across a Mock to where a dredge was tied up. Despite the efforts to save her, this craft was burned to the water's edge. Great emWrs were picked up by the wind and dropped in several "directions, setting fire to buildings. Pel ray has a small fire department, which responded with three engines and the fireboat Battle. Even the greatest streams of the fireboat were powerless to chock the names which were rolling down the river bank for hundreds of feet. When darkness fell the glare from the burning poles il luminated the sky for miles. The firemen worked on Uie fire almost all night to keep it from spreading to other property. A TRICKY BANK TELLER. His Scheme for Making Money Led to His Arrest. New Orleans, May 14. Samuel Flower, paying teller of the HiWrnia National bank, has leen arrested here charged with a shortage of $3(5,000. The Fidelity &. Deposit Company, of Baltimore, is on Flower's bond for $25,000. It is alleged that Flower, expecting an examination, sent to an other bank in this city a government sealed package said to contain $40,000 and received in exchange for it $40, 000 gold clearing house certificates of the denomination of $5,000 each. His cash having Wen counted by the National bank examiner the evening before and found correct, it is alleged he returned the clearing house certifi cates to the bank from which he had received them and received in return his unbroken government package, said to contain $40,000. This pack age was received by the HiWrnia National Bank from the sub treasury, of this city, in March last, and con tained $4,000 in $1 bills. It is al leged that Flower had preserved the label from an old government package that did contain $40,000 in denom inations of $10 each, which he pasted on the package, containing only $4,000 in $1 bills, thereby making it a $40,000 package to all apjearances. This package was opened and counted after his departure from the bank. PHILIPPINE POLICE FORCE. Already Organized. Including Cver Six Thou, sand Natives. Washington, May 14. An exten sive resume of the organization and varied conditions of the Philippine native police foree is contained in a statement made public by the divis ion of insular affairs of the war de partment. The reports recites that, be.cau.-e of the poverty of the munici palties, the Philippine commission appropi rated the sum of $150,000 to provide increased pay for the body, and offered through General Mae Arthur, further incentive in the way of increased comjicnsation for cases of meritorious and faithful serv ice. Late reports received at the war department indicate that an efficient and loyal force of native police has now 1-een organized, with prospects of further extension and increased abili ty. The total force now numbers ), 349 officers and men, a great many of whom are on the meritorious list and receive addtiional pay. The l)ody at present is concentrated in Northern Luzon principally, although the Visayas, Mindanao, Jolo and South ern Luzon have police forces of con siderable strength. In many of the towns the men are fully uniformed. KLONDIKERS IN LUCK. Miners Are Enoylng Greatest Harvest iu the History of the District Port Townscnd, Wash., May 14. Returning Dawson passengers on the Victorian, which arrived from Hkag way report that the miners of the Klondike are enjoying the greatest harvest in the history of the country, owing to the abundance of the surface water, which is being utilized in sluic ing the dirt taken out during the winter months, and the yield of yel low metal will exceed the best expec tations of the mine-owners. The Victoria reports considerable excitement in the north, caused by the smallpox epidemic, and various settlements are taking every precau tion to check and wipe out the dis ease. At Skagway a mass meeting was held, the Indians were driven out of the city, and a strong guard was placed around the town to prevent their return. Nearly all sections are in quarantine. Every stranger arriv ing is held up and inspected. NEWS OF THE STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL OVER OREGON. Commercial and Financial Happenings of Inv portancc A Brief Review of of the Growth and Improvemcuts of the Many Industries Throughout Onr Thriving Com. monwcallh Utcit Market Report Newport will have a Fourth of July celebration. The new school house at Marcola has been completed. Timber claims on the middle fork of the Coquille are Wing rapidly taken. Ojierations have len resumed at the Eureka mine, at Selma, Josephine county. The telephone line Wing extended from Springfield to Waterville is com pleted to Thurston. The Southern Oregon Oil Company, operating near Ashland, has pur chased & boring plant. The machinery of the Summervillf creamery has Is-cn rmdved and will be in place within few days, Eighty seven scalps of wild animal were presented for Wunty in Jackson county in the month of April. Contract has Wen awarded to the Athena Flouring Mill Company to pump water for the city for $800 jm year. The Henry P. Smith farm of 11)9 acres, 1 miles east of Dallas, has Wen sold to an Okalhoma man for $f,400. The Ontario Warehouse Company is building a warehouse on the Short Line right of way. The building will be 50x70 feet, fire proof, and will I pushed to a sjHH'dy completion. The Sunset mill owners started theirquartz mill on Forest creek again last week for a run of several months. They have a large amount of rock on the dump, some of which which will yield $75 to the ton. A hotel will W built at Enterprise if citizens will give a Wnus of $1,200. Strong indications of natural oil and gas have been found near Mil ton. The receipts of the Oregon state land office during April were $23, 459.30. The contract has Wen let for build ing a school house at John Day. The price is $3,4(16. Baker City wle.dmen are having trouble with miscreants who steathily puncture their tires. The Southern Pacific is putting in a l,lMJ0-foot siding at Hice Hill. Other repairs are W'ing made along the line in that vicinity. Citizens of Enterprise have organ ized an immigration board, and will try to secure the eo-ojcratioii of other towns in the same county. All but eight or 10 men employed at the Mineral City smelter have been discharged and work has been suspended for a time. The stages between Canyon City and Burns are now traveling on the summer schedule, and the entire dis tance of 70 miles is covered in one day instead of two as heretofore. Portland Markets. Wheat Walla Walla, 5?)(G0c.; valley, nominal; blueatcm, (l(a62c. per bushel. Flour Best grades, $2. 90 3. 40 per barrel; graham, $2.(50. Outs White,$l. 3001.35 percental ; gray, $1.27 (3l.30 per cental. Barley Feed, $1717.25; brewing, f 17ft 17.25 per ton. Millstuffs Bran, $17 per ton ; midd lings, $21.50; shorts, $20.00; chop, P1B. Hay-Timothy, $12.50014; clover, $76t9.50; Oregon wild hay, $67 per ton. Hops 120 14c. per lb. Wool Valley, ll13c; Eastern Oregon, 710c; mohair, 2021c. per pound. Butter Fancy creamery, 15 17c. ; dairy, 13014c; store, 11 12,'c. per pound. Kggs Oregon ranch, 1213c. per dozen. Cheese Full cream, twins, 13 13c. ; Young America, 130l4c. per pound. I'ou I try Chickens, m ixed, $3. 50 4 ; hens, $404.50; dressed, 11 12c, per pound; springs, $305 per dozen; ducks, $5r5; geese, $7; turkeys, live, 1012c; dressed, 1315c. per pound. Potatoes Old, 9()$1.10pcr sack; new, 2Jc. per pound, Mutton , Lambs 45c. per pound gross; best sheep, wethers, with wool. $4.2504.50; dressed, lc. per pound. i.ogK Gross, heavy, $5.75G; light, $4. 75 35; dressed, 77c per pound. Veal Large, 7 8c. per pound; small, 88Jc. per pound. Beef Gross, top steers, $5 5. 25; cows and heifers, $4.5004.75; dressed beef, 8J8c. per pound REGULARS RETURN. Phlllppnt Army to Re Reduced 25,000 Mm Orders Stnt to MacArthur. Washington, May 1.1. By direc tion ol the secretary of war, instruc tions were cabled to General Mac Arthur to send to San Francisco nt his earliest convenience, the follow ing organisations of the regular army : Fourteenth, Kighteenth and Twenty third regiment of infantry; Fourth regiment of cavalry ; Twenty ninth, Thirtieth, Thirty second and Thirty third companies id coast artillery; First, Kighth, Tenth, Twelfth and Thirteenth baterie of field artillery. General MacArthur is instructed to transfer to other command all men in the aWve organization in their first enlistment having more than one year to serve, also men wishing to remain iu the Philippines. All men of other organizations having three months or less to serve, not in tending to enlist, are to W transferred to the returning organizations. It i expected that this movement of trooj. will Wgin soon after July 1 next, by which time the homeward movement of the volunteers will have Wen completed. It is the intention of the department to replace the home coming regulars, so fur n the mili tary conditions in th Philippine re quire it, with troop recently organ i.ed iu this country under the pro visions of the army reorganization act. These movement are predi cated n the policy of the miliums Uration to reduce the army in the Philippine to 40,000 after the return I of the volunteer. ! The war department today pub jlishedthe reorganization order pre scribing the htrength of the various branches of the military service upon the buis of a total army of 77,287 ; men and a staff of 2,783, the enticed '(.trengtb Wing 74,504 nu n. By the order each cavalry regiment will con- sist id 12 cavalry troops of H5 enlisted j men each, making the total strength of the cavalry branch 15,810 men. j The coast art illery w ill consist of 12b J companies of 100 enlisted men each, making 13,734, and the field artillery of 30 Wttcrie of H50 men each, inuk- ing a total artillery force, field and j coast, of 18,8C2 enlisted men. The i 30 infantry regiments will cohm1 of 12 companies of JOl enlisted men I each, making the infantry strength j 38,520 enlisted men. The engineer battalion will have four i panic I of 101 enlisted men each, with a band J and w ill, have a strength of 1,282 en j listed men. I COST HIM HIS LIFE. Man Who Stepped Aside to Let Anothei f Gal Satety first. Indianftsdis, May 15 While Wil liam Phelps, of Richmond, Ky., and James Staplebury, of this city, wen cleaning out the inside of an eight foot upright boiler at the Ccrealini mills today, an employe turned on the team, thinking the cock tight. It leaked, and the scalding steam poured in on the two men. The only exit was up a ladder. Both men jumped for the ladder. Phelps reached it first, took one step and stopped. He juins(l aside ami shouted, "You go up first Jim, you are married." Staplebury sprang up the ladder and escaped with slight bums. Though Phelps followed at his heels, his act of heriosm cost him his life. Both men were being cooked when Phelps jumped aside. By the time he had followed Staplebury up the ladder the llcsh was dropping from his limbs. He lived for two hours in great agony. Both men are colored. GOT AWAY FROM MOTERMAN. Three Pauenger on a Trolley Car Seriously Hurt About 100 Bruited. New York, May 15. An ojs'n trol ley car, in which were packed about 115 jH-ople, got away from the motor man near Fort Ix'e, N. J., and dashed down Loona hill. Every person on the car was bruised and three serious ly hurt, but only ono of them, th conductor, is likely to die. The heavily loaded car had started down an incline a quarter of a mile in length when the motorman lost con trol. The car was going so fast that no one dured to jump off. The road is a winding one. At the foot of the hill it curves sharply. When th front trucks hit the curve they started around and made it. The rear one followed part of the way. The wrench upon the car, however, as it swung about, was so great that the body wiu torn and lifted from the trucks and rolled over and hit the ground. The passengers were caught in and mulct the car and were piled in a heap. More American Liners. Philadelphia May 15. Tho New York Shipbuilding Company, at itf new yards near Gloucester, N. J., hat begun work on four steel piiHsengei and freight steamships for tho At latitio Transport Company. Twc boats arc (100 feet long and the othen 500 feet and they are to trade frotr Philadelphia, New York and Haiti, more to London. The steamships art not intended to be flyers, but will rut at a moderate speed. They will havt a carrying capacity of 0,000 tona a cargo. II I VIM BOAT SINKS MISSISSIPPI RIVER STEAMEn HIT A SUNKEN 8NAQ. The City of Mucah Wreiked at Bnmkhorit I adding, Illinois Two Paitcngert and Over Twenty Colored Deckhands f ind Watery Grave Divers Searching lor the Passenger Hit. Grand Tower, 111., May 15 Tho steamer City of Puducnh sank iu 25 feet of water five minute after Mrik- ling a snag while backing out from Hruukhoriil lauding. The lodic of two paenger who were drowned have lieett recovered, and 22 iiieinWr of the crew, tnmt of them Negroes, are missing. All of t ho officer wero nved. The passenger list hii not Injure covered. A diver i searching for it, Only the teta and hurricane deck are aWve water, which renehe to tint skylight of the cabin. All tint Ktateroom are completely filled with water. The MteamWat drifted A third of a mile Wlow the landing Wbre she sank. The first mate a)th Wat went down within three minute after striking the ng, lie wn on the cabin deck and escaped by climb ing through the skylight, ' It is AiipHwi-,' th,it mo! of the mis sing deck hands who were on the lower- deck Were Wrifdicd down t tu rner The Wat lie down nUmt 100 f.s i from the Illinois hore, the fnp part of the hurricane deck Wing under water. She upjiar to W a total wrtrk. The coroner of Mur phynWro, III., i now holding an in qtict while the diver i searching for more IxHlie, NUMBER OF SOLDIERS KILLED. Due to Explosion of Minei Burled on fron tier Chineic Province. Victoria, H. C, May 15 New wa brought by the i-teauier Gleituglo that u severe eatthouake incurred at, Yokohama April 24, lasting fully two minute. No damage wan reported. The Asiatic rctrt that on April 22. 150 French and 30 German Wero killi-d and wonmh-d by the i-tpliwioii of mine buried on the frontier of Shun Si and Chili Li, The China Time rep trt the capt ure of a brigand headquarter, whero ('hint-He were pillaging the neighWir IkmmI under the leadership of 10 for eign soldiers, The German killed 20 Chinese nud captured a junk, on which a cannon wa mounted. The new 700 ton liner Stbraitoii wa wrecked on Ho Chinese coast near Lung Ying prior to the sailing of the Glcnogle. The pasM nger and mails were naved. The vessel was n total wreck. A mixed battalion of F.nglish mid Japanese and French had a sharp en gagnient with 00 Boxer ar Shan buck wan. The light lux ted all day lllld a number of Chinese wero lilted. The llritiNli lost two men wounded, the French one, and the Japaucso two. There had Wen 1 10 canes of plague and 104 death, and C5 cases of muitll x and 43 deaths iu Hong Kong from January 1 to April 15. LOCATED BY OFFICAL8. Craft Which Hat Been Used to Smugijc In Opium, Seattle, May 15. The means of the transjHirtatiori for the 585 pound seized several'days ago by the local customs officers and perhaps of toim of other smuggled opium whs located today by Customs Ins-ctors JManey and Brinker and seized. It is a name less naptha launch 25 feet long. Tho craft was found secreted on the tido flats in a resdie nco boat house near Moran Bros.' shipyards. The launch was equipped with several gasolino tanks, half a dozen' cases of gasoline, numerous rubber sacks used as recept acles for the contraband opium, rub ber clothing, dark lanterns, red lights and many paint pots, indicating that the launch had changed her color almost with the changes of the moon, and a small arsenal of rilles, revolvers and shotguns. No one was found in possession of or a claimant for tho seized launch, which would indiciito that the head men in tho gigantic smuggling scheme have escaped, at least temporarily. Militia Still on Hand. Jacksonville, Flu., May 15. Tho relief association is doing stupcndouK work, particularly in the commissary and labor departments. There is abundant work for everybody who cuu do manual labor, hut difficulty is ex periencod in getting tho colored men to work, Tho militia is still in pos session of tho city, and will remain hero as long us tho committee of tho relief association thinks best. ... Tho liquor men have approved the action of the governor in closing the bai rooms and have endorsed it.