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Keystone Shaving Parlors ws or nit ita
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0. L VIICEMT, Prop.
Only First-Class Shop In ths City
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Shaving
Hair Catling
Shampooing
Baths
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Specialist (<>r Refraction tnd
Defects of the Eye.
FORTLAND.
O MCON.
Will make regn ar trip« to Ma
H atch lucal eoiuoitt lor Hat* of v.sit«.
Commercial
House
J. BEARD, Prop.
Newly FumiUwd ind RHifttd
Through.JMl J* J* J*
Our table* art *up| '»rd with th«
br*l tlw market* atf
South cl Bod<e.
SCIO, OREGON
General Blacksmiths and
Wagonnukerc,..
...Horseshoeing a Specialty...
Fh»F °l j,,< u
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SCIO, OR.
..BANK OF SCIO,
CAPITAL, $20,000.
OFFICERS:
President
Vic» Prnsdeaf .....
Cashier
E. P. CftdftvD
J. V. Gain«
C V. Johnsor
!>«i <»ienl bnk'ng sad ci hinge
business. Inni mae'e at current rates
and drafts tssMd on print pal cities.
New Jeraey village waa destroyed
by burning oil aa the renult of tbr
wre< k ot a coal and oil train
Inaurgenta will lw> gi.en SO daya' ei
tenalon of time to take advantage ot
th« law regulating voting and office
holding.
General Weyler Spanlvh mlnlater ot
war, la preparing eitcnalve army r»
forma
The f<M>4 of the aoldlera will
be Improved, and economies will be
rvalli«*! tn th.' war budget.
The I'nlted Ktatea go.ernment,’
aaya the Ixindon eorre»;»on>'.ent of tnr
l>ally Ktprvaa ha» refu.ed New Z«a
land ■ te.|ue«t to reopen the <jue»tionof
permitting Btl'lah ateamera to tradr
between Honolulu and San Francl»<o'
Two hundred glrta working In the
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drygood» fa< tory at
Kan»aa
City,
walked out
The flrm re.rntly re
duced the price for making overall,
from 11 25 to M cent, a dogen
In the bankrupt, y court at Burton
on Trent. England. U>rd Waterpark
declared hta bankrupt, y waa due to
the < ompulanry »ale of hla property
In <nmpbame with the Giadatone a<d
of lakl
ll>- aatd he han thereby loat
A 35.000
The llabllltlea of the debt
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The crulaer Olympia wa» placed In
the drydock at Boaton to be ».raped
and painted below the waler line
Corvallis 4 Eastern R.R.
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A h . rt. »11» varept the New 11»
brldea J .tiuary 2». doing gie.it dam
age.
The
vindltlon of Repre,entatlva
Llvlngatone. ot Georgia, who la III
at lAaahlngton, la encouraging
OREGON.
SCIO
Ill» MMtl
A 3.000.
Great damage haa keen
flood a In Andvluala.
.rj
Fnllman an I Tm»r »I rar* cr. » th traina
Chair car* Harra- auto io <»a4rn and Kl Fa*«»,
a »«I <«■
•• ft-» i.» « ■
ar--, -t I • .. Xrw <»r
k*' • and * a*' ngf-
t unnartlng al »*n Francar«« with several
ltn*a f«.r H■’tiAlttV*. Jaran
:»|;.a Ftu.tpi .i.aa
Centra, and •»•’■th I m
ew
Mt* M > *u- Im au are agent al West
trie ktat uu or ad 1 ■ ••
< If MARKHAM,
Aaal '.9u Fgt A Fa« Aft.
Fvti.and. Or
<<HNTV.
Company 1 of the Twenty-third In
fantry. atatlone l at Fort Douglaaa,
will leave for Fort
Wingate, New
htealco.
Carloa Rotolf the newly appointed
treasurer of Cuba, who»« teriu begin,
April 1 will qualify with a bond ot
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Hhamnxk
II
will have aeveral
triala over the Queen , eoutae In tn«
Solent, and off the Irish <oast with
Shamrock I
Senator Frye of Maine aallcd from
New York on the ateaniahlp Cb.-rukra
for Santo Domingo, lie la on a five
weeka' vacation
t'harlea
Koller la under ar reat at
I am Ang-b-a un a warrant from New
ark. N J. charging him with emb«a-
gletuent and forgery.
King Rdward haa approved tbe ap
point merit of General Sir Arthur
Power I’altner aa < <>mmauder In chief
ot th« farces lu India.
Ml»» Ib-arl Colleaaure was shot at
a charivari at Guthrlft. and her Ilf«
la deapalred ot
She was hit with a
bullet while standing on th» porch.
The lower house of the Austrian
Kelt haruth reported
a
motion
of
urgency In the Bohemian cenaua de
bate after a dla.uaalon last ng flvv
hours.
Creditors of Gaylord, Bleaalng *
Co . Ibe oldest firtu of brokers In St
Louie., who fa.ied re. ently. filed a p»-
tltloa to declare th» company bank
rupt.
Owing to the effects of the heavy
ralna on one ot the famous marbel
quarrie» at Carrara. Italy, a land
slide of 2 000 cubic yards occurred,
destroying the railway station.
The late Margaret Plll.bury widow
of ei Mayor George A Pillsbury ->t
Minneapolis
bequeathed 120.000 tc
Pillsbury
academy
at
Owatonna.
Minn
K&ooo to Margaret Pillsbury
hospital, at Con. ord. N
II
and
110,000 to the Northwestern hospital,
at Minneapolis.
The Baltimore A Ohio railroad haa
ordered 105 new engines.
Florida la now thronged with visit
ors from the northern and western
atatftg.
In the ITnltel States regular army
Spanish la spoken fluently
by 30»
med oS< er». I- r«a< h by IS*
aud German by 13*.
Rewldea King Kdward there are 73
heirs to th» Itrltmb thione without
going outatd» of the group ot Vic
toria', dlroct de,< »adanta
OREGON,
FRIDAV,
Troeps
29,
19« H.
SO.
even where civil government Is tw
Eugen*- A bridge on the Elmira
Ing established by th« Philippine com rr.all route about eight miles west
of
Eugene, la In « dangerous rondi
mission, the military will be n<- cn
It will be rebuilt as aoou aa th«
sary for some time to support the tlon
à .iter r.-< • I. s
civil authorities
It Is the Intention
Ashland 8
H
Calhoun, of Axh
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possible however, from any parttcl land, haa egebanred It’." acre* of land
near
that
pls,
«
tor
a like amount of
pation In the governments «st ib «h. 1
and the soldiers will be more of s land In Klamath county belonging t<
police than
of a
military
force G. H. I’alcthorpe.
Wherever possible native poll- e w I
Baker City Mr C M< Endry wh<
be organiied.
owns pla< <-r claims on Pine creak, on
the Burnt river slope, haa been ex
BATTLESHIP ASHORE.
hlliltlng In Baker City a gold nugget
whl< h weighs |lu7
MaMschusetts Runt on a Spit In Pen
Pendleton Frank Frazier Is mak
aacola Harboe.
Ing plana for a horse parade rt Pen
PENSACOLA.
Fla. March 21 — dleton early next May. similar to the
The flagship Kearsargv .-:-.d th« l ot « one last May
All kind» of well-bred
ship Alabama, ot the North Atlantic horses will be allowed to take part
squadron, crossed the bar here this
Ashland Inquiry of lumber dealers
morning for a cruise tn the Gulf at Ashland reveals th« fact that while
going on
with Target Bay. Culebra Island, as Improvements have been
a destination
The
M tsta. tiux tts steadily all winter, building will take
on a fresh Impetus with the open
whl>h followed the two other wat Ing of spring.
ahlpa out. took a sheer, left the t han
Milton —High water In the W.illa
nel. and went aground on a spit ot
U alia river wash«,, out the under
sand at buoy No
7.
President
pluning at the Milton end of the
O'Brien of the National Bar Pilot bridge near Browns mill, and con
A*»<Mlatlon. arrl.e.1 late tonight from alderable work was ne< essary to re
the battleship He aaya sb« la aground pair the damage
with 24 feet of water under her for
Sumpter The Sumpter Valley rail
ward turret while there la plenty ..I
water under all other barts of the road will commeno- work on the re
ship
It la e,perted the bkttlesbl* mainlng three miles of road to tbe
new town In a few daya. and trains
will be pulled off tomorrow.
will be running from Baker to Whit
ney soon
Whitney will be the ter
Philippine Trade.
minus of the company at present.
Washington. March 23
The Im
Eugens — Sheriff W W Withers
porta Into the Philippine Islands from
rounded up a gang of 11 hobos In
the United States during the first
the woods beyond the river opposite
eight months of ,900 show an tncrea», Eugene and took them to the city
of 72 per cent over the amount for Jail. Residents beyond the river had
of
tkelr
that
many
tbs same period In i»W. according tc complained
a statement of the cummer, e of the chickens were missing At the ramp
of tbe hoboa preparations for a big
archipelago Issued by the division ot
chicken dinner were going on.
Insular »ffalra of the war departs nt
For the period state! of 1S99. the Im
P ortland markets .
porta from the United Stat.-s amount
ed In value to
and for the
Wheat Walla Walla. 55H<|5C**.
first eight muntha of last year to valley, nominal, bluestetu. 59« per
*1 340 717
bushel.
The legal value of merchandise,
Flour Best grade» *3*U03.4O pet
gold and silver. Import« i Into the barrel, graham. ,2 4<>
Oats — White 44 0 45c per bushel:
Islands from January through Au. .-t
grey, 43()
-.«v 43c.
of 1900 the period of tim« to whl h
Barley Feed 114 joy 17, brewing
th« statement relates was J’',»..,
*14 Si'ty 17 |H>r ton
*k4
The etporta were
vahivd at
|l<
p«r
ton.
Millstuff*- Bran,
*17 »0* 223 showing a batan.• of ti
> middlings.
*21 So.
aborta.
|l< 5".
In favor of the archip. ' <go
Th.-»« < bop * 14.
figures. SS compared w th the vsiue
Hay Timothy. *1*913.50
clover
period if 119*. show an Increase of *?()'.• 50, Oregon wild ha) *407 p«r
34 per cent In Imports and 24 p«r ton
cent In exports
.he exports to the
Butter— Fancy creamery. 23lyW • *»<*
I’nlted States »how a decrease |1 , «
dairy. 1*0 20c,
store.
11013c
531 worth being sent to thl» country
pound.
In !*•*, as against *2 (»743* •
Egga—Oregon
ran'h,
12*qe
pet
tn 11»
dozen.
Poultry—Ch!<k«n» mixed. *1504»
Panic at a Chicago Fir«.
*5. hsns I II .50. dre -«I. 11012.
Chicago. Man h 21
Fire tonight per pound, spring *4 u 5 per dozen
vl
*
totally destroyed th« large warehouse
turkey*, live. kOlOc, dressed, 130
of J 8. Ford. Johnson A Co. at Six
14c per pound
teen th street and Wabash avenue
Pot stow»- 45 055c p»r *ack.
The building and everything Inside
Mutton GroM. best sheep wethero
was ruined. The north, south and east *4 75. ewe» ,404 «'). dr«--1 *(*©
walls of the building <<illaps<-,| while 7c per pound
Hogs Gro**
'
t
a numtwr of firemen were Inside
,5 25 light ,4 7505. dr<-->«d 407.
fighting the fir«.
They were com
per pound.
polled to drop the ho«e and run for
Vea)—tavrge 707 t*e por pound
their
llvea
Several
were
badly ■mall s'sOyc per pound
He.f Gr..»»
top ate
bruised by falling brlcka
A panb
was created among the
thousands ,475. row« ,104 SO, <1
of spectators and In a wild ru»h tu 79»c per pound.
Hop» 12014c per pound.
1*99
•ft. ape Injury by the f illing walls
many women
and
rhtldron
were crop, «(,7c
14915c:
Eastern
Wool — Valley.
kn<>- k«d an<l Iran
la *2(Xi.0o<> equally divided
an.iuig Oregon. 90 13c. mohair, 21U 23c p«r
pound.
bu'ldlng and stock.
Flaming Oil
Consul-Gcnrral Gunnere Is AHff
the Moorith Ruler.
nr
mi st senu t niiio statls ciaim
IniiH' N.w Yerk Amvvv st Gibraltar
• ad
hill (oav.y th« Amtrusa Ottaui
from 7«»V‘«r to 4iu(«i
GIBRALTAR M*r> h 25
The ar
mored cruiser New York arrived here
today. The New Yo-k will c-.nvev Mr
Gummere. Unite! States 'ii-.sul g. .
•ral from Tangier to th.
land tu M'-r.» ■ .* (Tty. II*
tl al
mpital of Mort» co. th* re to demand
from the sultan an apology for an ap
pareyt discourtesy to the United
Htatea. committed by the aultan *
grand vltler and hla minlater lu for
e'gn affair*
At th« same time. Mr
Hummer» will request tu« sultan to
•ettl« certain claims of the United
Htatea long pending against the gov
»rnment «f M<>:.» co
t h«»« claims
aro. • largely from alleged undue In
!■
renew by official*
officials of th« suPan
with American i citisene
dtlxena doing bual
nesa In Morocco
When Mr Gum
lucre said he Would see the cuitan
pe raonally on the matter of these
claim* he waa told by the grand
vlxler and hla minister of foreign af
fairs that any such effort would tve
uselesa. aa the aultan would remove
bltnself and hl* mlol»t«r« from t! • Ir
capital. Morocco City If the Amerl
can consul attempt««! to visit them
there.
Thia uiacovirteoua statement
1.ONDON
March 25
The Dally
. onatltute* the offense for whl.h the
Chronicle, professing to be able to
Mor.» «an government ha» b «n i»k d
give an outline of th« negotiations be
tor apology and to secure which apol
tween Lord Kub«i>er and General
ogy Mt Gummere. back«'! up by the
Botha, says
New York at Masagan. will travel
Th« chief obstacle to a aettlement
overland to th« sultan * capital,
was Lord Kit. hen. r'» refusal to grant
Th«
United
Htat»«
experienced
complete amnesty to th« leaders of
some dlffi' ulty and delay Inal year In
the rebels In Cap« ('. lony 11« fferci
•«curing the payment of »5.000 from
aelf government on the lines of Jama
Moto. ■ o for the latter's failure to
tea immediately upon tile . ««nation of
mnke any attempt to punish the lead
boHtlllties.
with
legislative bodies
era of » mob who burn.-I and kill.-1
partly elected by the burghers
Th.
the
naturalised
American
citlxro.
government agreed to provide 1'1
Mar.ua Ez-qul. at F.-r last
June.
OOO.txiO to conit'.-nsate ll.e-rs for prop
After « onsldetable • orre»|w>n-len. « on
erty dretroyed and articles .-omnian
the matter and after tbe
United
.leered by the Boers on commando
States had threatened to eend a war-
provided the signatures of the ot
«hip to Tang:«i
«.»... ., paid H.«
fl. era who . omtiiandeered the goods
I "00 In question
were forthcoming He also offered to
grant loan* on easy terms for rebuild
ANXIOUS TO ASSIST CHINA.
4- g and re*t<M king farmat«a
over h« agre.-d that ■ hlldrvti should
be Instructed In English or Dutch, at Mimetvrs Desire to Put Her on Her
Feat.
the discretion of their parent»
The
government undertook to make no
PEKIN March
25
The British
claim on rhur. h property or fun.la, >r headquarters here report th« with
upon hospitals or hospital funds, or drnwal of both th« Russian and Brit
upon private fnv.-ntincnl» No burgher ish troops from the dle^ut.-d t> -rl
of either state waa to be allowed tn tory In Tien Tain. ,M !>« (Ilers, th.«
possess a rifle, ex. ept by special II Russian minister to China !.. .»«»
cense.
that ovvrythlng will be aml.abiy nd
General Roths was generally In Justed
at
London and St Peters
favor of theae •oadltlona, but he dis burg, and doubts the prole ¡ty ,.>f
sented strongly from a propoaal to further trouble In the matter
Gen
V
give the full privilege of rltlsenahlp to • ral
’ V
properly
dornclled and
registered French troop», haa ordered a new
hla. ka
He waa also greatly con regiment to Tl«n Tsln to i.-pla. « the
. erne 1 about the position Jewlah cap one now here
Fren * h offi. era her«
Itallata would occupy In tbe country, think it was a mistake to leave a
regiment
recruited
In a city at Tien
and waa told that Jews and Chris
This regiment w aa composed
tlans would enjoy equal rights no dis Tain
tin. tlon being ma.,« In the matter of of a tough Paris element
At the meeting of tn« ministers
. on. esalotia "
held thia morning tha only question
considered waa that of pollring th«
MUST REFUND THE BONDS.
legation quarters
A cot-.imUl
cotimltt«.- of
Pina County, Ariz.. W.ll Pay for commlanlonet■ ha* been appointed to
discover China's resource* and re
tha Esperlmsnt.
port on her ability tu pay th« Indem
PHOENIX
Arlz. Mar. h 25
The
nity to Ire demanded by the pow«.»
territorial supreme court today hand
Many
minister*
are
strongly op
ed down an Important decision in the
poae.l to China a having tu pay to
matter of th« Pina «aunty bonds It Is
keep an army of from IfioOO to 12.
held that th«, territory must refund
o«« msn here for th» neit two years,
these bonds amounting now with In
thinking this entirely unneceaaary.
tc««t t.> *353 ......
ire ;•'«• tally ti>
Even those ministers who were her«
opinion re establishes the territorial during the siege were tired of •«»■
loan commlaalon which the legtala Ing Pekin a military camp
They
ture nought two y«ars ago to abol
bop« Chin* will be put on her feel
lah.
Th«
bond*.
amounting
to
soon
a*
aa possible
I
» «•e .»• . !
I
ty
under an act of the leg Is la
TO RE MARK BOUNDARY.
ture of l»sl to <-n< uurage th« <v>n
•traction of a narrow gaug> railroad
from Tucson to Globe
The road United States E »pert W.ll Define
Lin* in Mount Baker District.
was begun but never finished, and
though the«e I o« !s h •■! b. « > turned
SEATTI.E. Mar«n 25
C It Ria-
over to th« promoters the .ounty re rlalr a government expert, win leava
fused to pay th» Interest
All th.- within a short time to remark tbe
bonds are held In New York
International boundary In the Mount
Baker u.Strict
Captain J F Pratt,
Gavernment Calls for Bids.
of tbe United 8tate» coast and geo
Reattle
Wash. Mar'h 25
Quar detlc survey, stated today that th»
boundary is not to be changed, but
termaster liuhlen will tomorrow I*
sue an Invitation to the various ship Is simply to be remarked Obliterated
ping i-oncern* doing busln. »» t>et»een poets, monuments and other land
thia city ant Alaska to furm-h pio marks will be restored and new one*
posala for the contract to IlghUvr at will t>« pla. ed. to bring the mark*
Nome and 8t Michael auch gov«-rn close together and prevent the possi
bility of error in the future
ment stores as are shipped thia sea
Tbe geological features uf the expe
son by the war department to the
military posta to the mouth of the dition will be conducted by E C Ber
Yukon river and point* in the Interior nard, ani will ne simply an affirm»-
of Alaska
Major Kuhlen roughly ea tlon <>f record* already made
It la thought that a ('anadian com
tímate* that tnern will be io 000 tons
of freight on the basis of »hip * mess mlaalon may be present white the lin»
la being re defined aa a precautionary
urement to be sent north this sum
mer. Th» bld* wilt œ opened M*r«h measure, and to prevent any future
30
The government win have four dlffi. uti«a over errors in the remark
ing.
ahlpa In the Alaskan servi.«.
Father of Mr*. Marcu* Daly Dead.
Hi* La*t Raid.
Ranta Fe N M. Mar. h 35- Tom
Helena.
Mont., March 35
Zena*
Ketckum. famous as an outlaw th» E Evan*, father of Mrs Mar. um I>«ly
man who lerrortied the territory for and Mr«. J. RoA Clark, wife ut tbe
year* waa executed today
Black brother of Senator W A Clark. I*
Jack" waa the soubriquet by which dead at Anaconda. He waa 7» year*
Ketchum waa best known
He waa of age and ■ ame to Montana in th«
sentenced by the territorial supreme •arly 'CO* from I’enneylvanla
eonrt on February 25. Numerous at
Two Hundrsd Bo»r* Caugbt.
tempt* were made to atay the exe«u
tlon. Kef. hum having many friends
Bloemfontein. March 25
Th« re-
among a certain claaa Although ac •Ult
of the
combtned movemeota
cused of several murder* and other agalnat General Fourle. n«ar Tha-
felonies. Ketchum was only tried for banebu. waa the captur« of 2K) B<» re.
the rob! • ry of a train - «ar Foiaotn. N
120.000 »heep 5 000 horses and a bo«t
M tbe penalty for whl. b. in thia t«r of cattle
The Boer» b -ke South-
rltory, I* death
ward to the right and left
Northw«st Pensions.
Russian ae.-ret poll.« have arrested
many literary men. lawyer* and stu
Washington
March 25
Penatone
*
dent* for alleged conspiracy.
Oregon (rrl.-inal. William H. Rum
In consequence of emigration ther« ley. M.-dford. 3»
Mexican war *ur-
fa a greater prejxvnderan. e of women vlvora. Increase. Samuel II Ja< kaoo,
Eugene *12
widows Increase, spe
In Norway than In almost any other
cial art February 20. Catherine A
country In Europe
Young. Portlan I SIX war with Spain,
original John Dennis. Portland *12
Congressman l.lnney, of North Car
Washington - Original. Thomas F.
ever
olina, la th« only republican
Mahan. Seattle Ss. Peter chamber«.
•l«<1«d to congress who »erred •a a Port Angele« ft, William M. Mat
tea, Thorp, I».
privat« tn th« confederal« army.
'.2
A RIVER OF FIRE
W.thd'awn From O sputsd
Land at Tian Tam.
BERLIN. March 35
Tbe war office
ha» th* foLkjwing from CoUAt ton
Waldtorffi«**
¡t«fn» of Interest From All Parb
Th« AngloR'wslan diip.it« at Tien
Tsln haa been sell let from a military
of the State
standpoint In a manner satisfa.tory
to both parties at a conference be
twe«n Generala Woga<-k and Barrow
COMUritClAL AND FINANCIAL II APPI NIM¿ Both guards and posta »ave been
withdrawn and salutes have been ei
changed
The British de. lar* that
A tbiel I..»» a) tbe Growth aid lmp»ov» offense to tbe Rusvlan flag was In
tended and that the allege, remora)
».Ml «4 the M««v laduUrtti Dveuqh.
ot the Russian tHXundary mark* waa
•wl Owe Throw* ( . iw,«. «»weaKK
neither by the command nor with tbe
know . dge of th« m.lltary aut!. otti,.«
Th« work on th« disputed land will
Ashland—Constr i tlon of tbe Ash not be continued until the poem
land freight dr ped baa tn gun
menta have reached an agreement an
Pendlet««— Young men of Pmdle to Ila |M»*ee»a'on or until a special un
ton have organized a camel band
dorstanding baa been attained ~
La Grand» A Urge fr . t ■ .mn«ry
PEKIN March 25
The troop« on
will tie established at La Grande
both «Ide« of the disputed land at
John Day Tile She«p Gulch mine Tien Tsln have been withdrawn, »nd
near John Day. haa resumed ut-era all danger of a fr». M to ■ !« I
tlona.
opinion of the British la that the
Balsm Th« ORAN Co w‘
. promptnesa oi General Harrow In call
do. ka were washed awray. contem Ing up the marines from Tsku pre
platea replacing them
vented a collision
The British re
Eug«««--Many odera are tmlng re port that prior to the arrival of the
reived for Eugene a. head bonds which marines sentries were supplied from
th« ulsvrl.t will »ell to the amount of the Madras Pion«, r» who for several
days were surround.-d bv . row !» ..f
I
foreign aoldlera tnoitly French, who
Sunvmarv.il«- It Is reported that
assailed them with all kinds of abuse,
the complete outfit of new machinery
calling them ' coolb-s
Th« Madraaa.-a
for the creamery at Summerville baa were becoming rcatlve when the ma
been ordered.
riñe» arrtve-l at night and quietly re
Weston—Two quarter sections of llevcl them and It waa only when
line farming Und. one and une halt daylight appeared that the Ruaalana
miles south ot Weston have changed discovered th.* change
owner*
Tbe price paid wa* |I3 500
WHY BOTHA DECLINED.
Quartzburg Quartsbiirg will »«on
lie connected with Prairie (Tty by
K.tih«n«r Rsfused Complete Amneety
»
to Leaders.
»tret.fn-d nearly th. «¡.tire <l:«ta
Clataop — The Elk Creek toll road,
tn Clatsop county, la almost
com
plctcd. and wli. soon be
b<- open for
transfer from the military to the civil travel, One bridge remains to be
government In the Philippic, — Is ci put la
peeled to o.-<ur alnrut June 30 ac
Gold Beach Golu II« u h la no* In
• ordlng to calculations made at lh> telephone, ominunl. atlon with the out
war department u|»in Information re side world
The line haa beoti ex
<»lved from tbe Tnft commission and tended across the river from Wed
General MacArthur
It Is known that dorburn.
On« C«nt per Mil« tor G. A. R.
Cleveland. O, M*r< h 21
An Im
portant meeting of railway men waa
held In this .ftp today at wl.i.h the
I-cent per mile rat« promised for the i
Grand Army of tbe Republic National I
•ncampment. to b« held in Cleveland '
wait 8eptemt>er. waa formally pro
mulgated
Thia fixes the railroad
rate absolutely, and finally go. er, the
rata going and returning from all
pointe In Central Pamenger Associa
tion territory
The rate will also b«
tand«r«d to tbe connecting tinea and
putalda territory for baaing pnrpos««.
MAKCII
BOTH «IDES RETIRE.
LSFT TO DIPLOMACY.
•«ttlsrrsnt of te« D«;jts at Tmn
Tain.
PEKIN
March
33 - Count
Vo®
Walderaee. General Barrow and fl»»
crom AN Pdrt* of lh< New World eral Wogark have been In conaultA
tlon and General Wuga> k has agreed
and the Old.
to withdraw tbe Russian troupe from
th» disputed ground at Tien Tain,
provided th» British also withdraw
M ISTrtEST to ot* MANY reade v He Instated alao upon a guarani««
that
work
on
the railway aiding
should not pro. ee l until th« matter
go uw W the Important flap
bad been
diplomatically
adjusted
p»atn<> <J D m P m < ft ««» ft . ft
This proposal and stipulation
waa
< .md«n»«d t MML
satisfactory to General Barrow and
was accepted by him
Consequently
Plttftburg ,trrrt ar inftn may fo ea the llrttlah and Russian troops will
be withdrawn at 5 ockxk thia morn
•trike
lug (Friday), thereby
avoiding all
(.< <Tal F in.toa baa gona la paraatt
trouble at present
Orucra have been
Of Agulftaldu
taaued that Ho British wtoosr shall
I. <-r ftspr t« to »i«lt tha t'nltad
leave or even "sleep .nit* at night
titatra nr it month
or go to dinner with, it furuli'Mng
*
( hla address to th« adjutant
The
tratlmony In Negrua
marines will return Io the ahlpa
Japan energwik ally pruiaata agalaat Admiral Seymour ot.je.ta to any of
the KuaaoCblnrae treaty.
the Australian naval brigade who
1 t.e >‘<.'» r
I •. e-I
--it afttaftk volunteered for service on the rail
Jeault properly In l.labon
way. remaining
The military au
thorities My be does not un ', -f ind
t
a
tbe situation, that hl* Infc. <->.<• 1»
land* of Cagayan and Hlbutu
uncalled for and .uat the Australian
A loma.ln did great daniace to ahlp marines are just tue men needed.
The Russians have ordered a regt
ping In Penaarola bay. Florida
mrnt to proceed from Port Arthur
Corea remove« llrttlah collector of to Tien Tsln
Th« srrftng«me'-t made
cuatofna wb.rb > auae« a protent
by General llalloud the French com
Governor Hocera of U'aahlngtoti. ve mandrr are regarded as perfectly
toed the lull for tbe aelactlon 01 a< bool Mtlsfartory and all danker of trouble
between th» British and Kue; Ians is
teit book a
avoided
Ruaala agreea with l.reat Hr Hain
o let V<>n «« able race arbitral« the T»n
MILITARY TO CIVIL.
Tain dlapute
Mr, Nation
«al eacorted
from Transfer of Government in Philip
pin«« Jun« 30.
ground« of Kanaaa aoldlera borne to
train by police
WASHINGTON.
Mar h
23
The
Gravly of the Ituaalan atudent trou
blea Impelled the < rar to t all a ap»< lai
meeting of tbe mlnlater.
«• b«*V »or *tr » in la-fe quintine* an«1
fe -r f • ! »
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Northwest Postal Order*.
Washington. March »5
i he prvat-
offic» at Ironside Malheur . minty. Or.,
haa been moved one mile to the west,
without change of postmaster
A new office, known aa Connell ha*
been established In Franklin con- ty.
Washington, between Judson at 1 II H
ton. Charles A Joy » aaa been ap
pointed postmaster
The offlr« of Eddyville King cmin
ty, Washington, wilt L» dia< ontlnued
March 30.
Dvstroysd N»w J»r*sy
Vibag«.
NEW YORK. March 24
A river of
flaming oil »wept down upon the little
village of ()!«qg*rd«-n. N J . whll» Ita
Inhabitants we-e asleep thia morning
and reduced It buildings, stores and
real dsn «es to ash»*
The conflagra
tlon was ettraordlnary In character,
an i In Ila origin
The village la In a
valley along the New J«r*ey Central
Ha Iroa<l
An Immense fre'gbt train
was coming east nt 4 30 A M
It was
composed ot a string ot coal ears, and
14 tank care
High above th« villig«
the tracks of the rwllroa.t ran along
the side of a mountain Thev <|e». . nd
aa they approach the village but even
st th» station are considerably above
the mala afreet whl> h run* up to (ha
depot at a steep Incline
A few miles west of the village
while coming down the Incline around
the mountain tbe train parted
Tbe
•ngtneer aa
on th« forward »nd pulled
throttle of
I
»pen th»
tried
to
race
■
sad
the action, which waa
Ha 1 speed «very second
aged I to keep clear of
are until h* got opposite the depot at
llengarden. whe0 the
.mashed Into th» first
• aa
tlon. .ompoaed ot th*
going at a high rale
and
non« ot Ila car* wer»
th«
track
Th» oil tank* on the runaway
«.«tlon were hurled sideways aerosa
the track*, and the oil tank cars bo
hind were piled on top of It In every
way
Th» first crash caused th« oil
in on« ot the tanks to explode and
ignite, and the ferriti' beat caused tn»
Mher car* to explode one after the
other
The Incline running from the
depot down tn the main street acted
as a si I up e for the burning oil end It
l»>ured Into the . hlef thoroughfare of
the village setting Are to every thing
It tourhed
Houses
fences, trees,
shrubbery and bare* were reduced to
aahea In an Incredibly short time
Villa*« re awaknned uy th« etp'o
slona rushed from th« on coming fi-xxl
of bluing oil. carrying children In
tbelr arms Hom« risked <h«tr lives to
free horses, cow* and dogs In out bull.1
tog-, but other unfortunate animals
could n<>( 1.» re«, bed In tin;« and were
bvirued
Within five minutes after the
first explosion tbe flowlns river of oil
had readied the Masonic Tetnp'« iu
the heart i.f th« village and ten mln
« < S' ■ ■
»' l
was envel
oped In flames
Then building after
building, all of them frame, took fire
ns th« oil rear hed them and wtihln
half an hour an area of 400 feet square
waa a mass of flame.
From
th«
wrecked cars the oil flowed down the
ln< line of the railroad track, making a
long line <>f Are that destroyed the tie*
and bent and twisted th« tracks The
loss la estimated at from
UVO to
i
WANT CIVIL RULE.
Negros Is Ready for Provincial G«v
arnment.
BACALOR. Island of Negros March
25
According to .-tpreaslona of a
large majoilty of the delegates t <>in
Occidental Negros and of a few who
were present from the Oriental side,
the »entlment of the people la over
whelmlngly In favor of aucreedlng
the present governments bv provln
clal governments In both divisions
The reasons given for tv. ■ view ar»
that such a change will effect a re.fur
tlon of taxes and the high salaries of
officials the establishment of arti'tols
and the Improvement of roads
The
speakers alleged that owing to a lack
of means of education, liberty was
becoming II, enae
The military com
mander la credited with having or
ganised the only schools
They are
taught
by
sobtiers
CommlMlonsr
Taft assured th« delegates that Ne
groa would be supplied with Amerl
can teachers and he outlined the n«e<1
of organising provln- ea uulformly
with other Islands.
The announcement of yesterday a
surrenders In th« Island oi 1’anay was
greeted with applause
Generai Harrleon'a Estate.
Indianapolis.
Mar, h 25
Ex Presi
d«nt Harrison ¡eft |(...... >i) In llf« In
• uran- <
Thls fn< ' wa« annotim •- I to
nlght by President EJtel of the Union
Trust Company wblrh 1s eie. utor ot
General Harrison a will. ||e eal.1
Our appraiaement ot th« Harrlaun
e»tal« <!.«< Ita total Vftlu« et *35....... 0
Thls Include« all real estate, rallroad
banda, stock lu the Union Trust Com
pany. th« law building bere, and uther
se. urlile«."
Gale* In English Channel.
Ixmdon March 35
The first day of
spring waa characterised by a gale
and a heavy enow storm »weeping
over the channel. A storm has been
raging for thre« day* over the North
Wintry
w>.«*«r I* general
sea.
throughout Central Europe
tn cona»-
quence of the gale In the channel.
more than .Ivftv steamers are anchored
off South End
The vessels are »«»
crowding the an- borage that several
minor collisions have occurred.
*100.000 Philadslphia Fir«.
Philadelphia. March 2«
The West
Park tc« palace, at Fifty second and
Jt-fferso«» streets, was destroyed by
fire early thl* morning entailing a buia
of about SlOO.OoO on which there waa
an Inaurane« of a Incut |75r>'i)
It«
building was used aa a skating rink
and for the manufacture of Ice f«r > om
mereiai use. and waa owned by to«
York i Pa i tc« Manufacturing Co.
Earned Hie Pardon.
Topeka. Kan.. March 25 —Governor
Stanley
today
pardoned
Convict
Floyd Graham. who aided Warden
Tn?illnson In suppreoslng th« Inaur-
re. tlon at the penitentiary coal mine«
thl* week
Graham .limbed 400 feet
up the air shaft and communicated
tn the warden that the convlrta were
weakening on acrount of their de
plorable condition
Two Insurgent Surrenders.
Manila Mar-h 2<
In tne province of
(.'avite four Insurgent officers and 53
Bien with 5* rifles have surrendered to
Lieutenant Colonel Frana D Baldwin,
of th» Fourth United States Cavalry,
and one Insurgent officer and 12 men
with 15 rifles to ( olonel Wolter 8 buy-
ler. of the Forty Sixth Volunteer In
fsntry.
The attendance at the servir» of the
Evangelical chur-h In Manila I» nt
dlmlnlshod
Protsetant.tm I* spread
ing rapidly In the provine« of Pampat»-
g»