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VOL. NEWS OF THE WEEK In a Condensed Form for Our Busy Readers. BAPPENIK6S OF TWO CONTINEMS A Raeuma of the Lega Important but Not Lees intereating Events of the Paet Week. A par I bunent house Is tv lx built by Ruseis. The senatorial deadlock in Wiaconwln continues iiul>roken. It is sai'l Thaw lawyer» will ask for a change of venue for tlie next trial. Run Ian industry i» being paralysed by the continued strike of Hie aailora. The senatorial deadlock In Rhode Island is practically where it wax 13 weeks ago. A reeolutlon asking Roca-evelt to ac cept another term has been defeated by the Pennsylvania legislature. More than a «core of f -reigner. ac cused of being mrmbtre of the "Black Hand" and responsible for a large nurnlier of crimes are on trial at Wilkeefatrre, Pa. ,r\ Tuff I» hiiiwe fr>m u month's trip to Panniiui and Uni'll He pralres the work done ty Governor Magiwm in Cuba and aaye the canal is progteasing ratisfaclorily. A committee appointed by flic Min nesota legislature plari*» the value of railroad» In that rtam at |2l5,ooo,0oo The report says much water has l>een injected into various ttocke. King Leopold may offer to sell Congo to France. Cold w«th»r in Texas lias greatly damaged early fruit. The order of Native Sons of Califor nia liave ousted Ruef. War ha. been renewed in Central America and an army sent into Hon duras. Fire partly destroyed the largest ehipyard at Genoa, Italy. The loaa is placed at |5(A),0<)0. Have tai prominent Ohio lumber dial ers have tieen indicted for violating the anti-tiuat laws of tliat state. A Chicago boy 17 years old ha. dis appeared with 67,00V which he wa. tc take to a lank for hia employers. COI XTV. OREGON, APRIL 26, 1907. BUILDINGS UNFINISHED. BHtAK HARRIMAN MONOPOLY. Jamestown Exposition to Open BO Per Cent Completed. Norfolk, W V« , April 23 —Dagpite I Secretary Bonaparte May Raclaim Big Union Pacific Land Grant. German Ambassador Carries Mes sage on Hague Meeting. the energetic eSutta of officials and ’ workmen, tl.e Jamestown I. r.< titennial expieltiori will be open«! tins week un ready. Many of the structures tliat are to Imve dorurstic and foreign cum meH'ial exhibits and »belter the ! acid« vernetils in the Industrial arts are I uisuMAMtsT unwiumi incomplete. Yet tbr mm of what lia. tw’eu done, as compared with the un- I finished work, forms a satisfactory re I suit. Austria and Germany Refuse to Dis* In the beauty of the water show with Cuss Limiting ot Armament- Its arousing gathering of foreign fleets, Serious Rupture Feared. repraeiitiug the most f< rtuntable tyj«'. of naval fighting machine« of nearly every power in the world, and in an opening pto><nni with l‘nwi>h-iit R<xwe- Washington, April 23. —A m<»t im velt in ti.e leading rota, with diplo portant revelation in connection with matic. military and naval representa Baron von Hternberg, Get man amlstaxi- tive. of gterit and «mall foreign nation. d'T, ami hi. visit to Germany at this |wrGei]aling. the public will lave Ita lime h*ut been made by a diplomat It rvcompenae. tins city. The diplomat In question ia Tlie greumla an.I bull.ting« at the ex* quoteJ a. raying that, although the position are about #0 per cent finiahvd. pur;« mu ' of the German ambassadors Heveial thousand of the nt«wt important vacation—a very brief one, by the way building, are built solidly of brick, — ie ■•tcnaibly to takes real iu hia own cement and iron, and tin-w«' are intend country, in reality it ie concerned with ed to tenain on the grounds a. a nu the pres<*nt instability of German in cleus "f a great [>ark. Rt-gardleM of ternal» naI politic«, it wna »ven »aid the jiermarivnce of the work, however, that Baron von Hternberg was the bearer the exterior of most of th? buildings ul an Important me*«age to Emperor will be ready when the exposition i. William from Ptcaidenl Ro* «*e veil and fornially o|x>ned on Friday next. that thir action was being hidden under The Jauo-stowu Tercentennial, when the pretext of a vacation to hut estate» completed, will t»< aliwwt all that is In connretioon with the German am implied in the expression, "a world’s laesadt**« departure, it is hinted that fair, but It will n<>t stop tbeie. No two oilier ami«» «adore mav find it ne ■ '. ■ r ' ■ ; • cessary to postpone or rtwrrangt' their tl»e work! the life of the colonists, tbs p’n ■ - t. ■ ' ' • n*. Slat .|i.*-* )>anbihi|M <d the pioneer» who open«-j ¡hi-**»* ate Baron do» Planches and M the country after civilisation had been Jua-crand. It turns out that the cause attained on the «ewlMiard, arid the of this diplomatic turmoil is the direr- achievement these |x"iple w.ikel from nuri.imt queition at The Hague, a. tile raw material. Twenty-flve states propecd by England, ami what may will trace their history from their ear- liap|x'ii in cn«e Germany and Austria li«-et day. to the present, and the ex insist <>n not dm*m*>ing the prop*««!. hibits will be sheltered by buildings. This question concerns the United The state buildings have been gnxiped Htat*w. berause it i. believed—amt along the historic shore of Hampton th. pr. • • g renatrke lately seem to Roads, and command an excellent view , roil.rm th'- V l< w of it —tliat. if the of the navies of the world. |X>werw ¡■ervist in maintaining their it is this gieal naval display that uwisivc ‘ stand, it will came a realign w . . ; ' ■ ! :• • / .s'.'- ' t: • ment ot the nations and a actions rup exposition. Nothing like it has ever ture , will otx-ur between this country before Ixwn attempted. There are taw and Germany It is with tin««* p*«ai* harbors in the world that accomodate bi I it !<•» in view that the Italian and so large an asM'inbtago of warships. French ambassador» will endeavor to Tlie fleets will numlx-r, in addition to place before their respective govern ecu ml of the ixwt tyjxw < f each of th? ments , special report» containing sug foreign naval j«>w<-rx, the Atiiiutic flwt gestions. of the United Htate« navy, under com Hitch«*» are likely to occur in th? mand of Rear Admiral Evans, which is near ( future ta-tween England and Ger conceded to ie the finest otg.niwUon many, ( and Franca and Germany. If of lighting machines atbet. Italy |'er«i.ts in taking rides with Au» Tlie mw I of government a;>otieorship ( tria and Germany at The Hague con- will le a«*» upon the expiwltlon by the fsrence, ( it ia stair.!, it will cans? s coming of tlie president of the United , halt In the sympathies between her-«-!! States, amtwesadora and ministers of and , England and France, and also this foreign governments, the govern* re ai d c«>'.::itrv. , repreeeritativea of «lata» aod territories ami delegations rvprteentiiig Impôt tant DEVOURED BY PEST. civic bodies. The Minnesota renate lias tabled a resolution psamvl by the I m tme which hendorsee Roosevelt in hia stand BIG BENE FI T TO GRAIN against Harriman. CROPS Fire »wept over 100 acres of Manila, Fruit Slightly Injured In Ntbraska but the lists amounting to 1200,000. The Snow Did Great Good. greatest |xtrt of the destroyed section Omalia, Neb., April 23 —As a re waa composed of native house«. sult i f unpr«*<dent«»l weather that pre A diaeharged employe of the New vailed during the greater part <>f the York, New Haven A Hartford railway month of March, and the frvelrng lias been arrested for attemptiig to weather and heavy snowfall of the t«i.t wrvvk a passenger train on that toad. few days, early fruit, such a. |x aches, A Bt. Louie couple will be married plums, apricot», cherries and black lx*r- eoon at the ages of 101 and 100. ries In thia section have tx*en injured, but Hie general opinion among th»«? Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York who have the txwt means of information have been vielted by a snow storm. is that the damage ie not as great a. Early fruit in Tennessee is reported has txwn reportol. Indeed, many are to be severely damaged by cold w>«tber. of the opinion that, while ea’ly fruits A sligbt'earthquake shock st Charlee- have lawn injured and in some In- too, B. C-, thiew the people into a atancM completely killed and pnetiblv »>m» of the later varieties have been panic. * butt, the Ix-nrtits resulting to the grain There la no cliance for the election of erope from the enow.tortu mure than a senator from Rh<xle Island the jirrwent offreta the damage. session of the legislature. ** Reports from pointe along the line Chinese famine sufferer, arc dying of our railroad are not unfavorable," by hundrrxla and there ia difficulty in said G. W Lxuiila. «..irtant general manager of the Burlington, tistay. securing the dead suitable burial. "The fruit in the southern part of The Austrian premier drelaree every Nebraska, which the unusual warm eclony of the various nations should be weather in March lutd biought to an made an Indejiendent government. advanced state of development, la re Prescient Roosevelt i>aa aboot made ported to have been pretty lanlly dam op hie mind tliat the beet way out of aged, but little or no damage is rejxirt- the national campaign trouble Is for tlie rd fr om point, north. Tlie snow, how government to pay the legitimate ex ever, did a vast amount ot g-xxl to wint penses of al) candidates. er whrat. and ha. pul tlie ground in Han Francisco street railway employ. fine condition for other farm crop»." M are receiving beck pay. The arbitra Hilmilar reports have been rvceived tion board granted the men an increase al tlie general offices fu the Northwest from the time the trouble began last ern i-aid. tall and now »415,000 is being distrib- Uted. To Defend Harriman Lina. Dr. Kennard, an American agent in T>>prka. Kan., April 23.-— It was ru Russia, aays the suffedring there from mored here t'»lay that N. If. Lootnie, famine ie appalling. Not lero lino general solicitor fur the Union Pacific 20,000,000 are dependent on aid until railload in Sanaa», was to be made gen another harvest. Epidemic« of disease eral counsellor for all the Harriman add to the suffering. line» in cases Ixtfore the Interstate Com- Mr. Ixxwnls tolay There is a deadlock in the Wisconsin mtn's commission. admitted that such a plan was nndei senatorial contest. consideration. In caae the position is Jerome ia investigating a charge of created, Mr. Ixsunia will move to Chi tampering with a Thaw juror. cago, where he will liave a large corpa The vice president of the New York of assistants. The pi wit ion ia new in Central railroad favors government railroad rin-lea and ia ma<le necsMh»/ by tlie passage of the new rate law. control. The British budget proposes a pen sion tor old age and increased taxes on the rich. LI XX SCIO, X. Pray for Rain in Cuba. Havana, April 23.—Prayers for rain were offered in rhnrrliee tbrrngliout The thief who stole |26,(MM) from tlie island Sunday. No ruin has fallen the Northern Pacific F.«press company in sis nxnthe. Ths country Is parched, at St. Paul be» been captured and the many cattle are dying and forest fire» are devastating vast areas. money recovered. Disease Is in Nearly Every Chinese Famine House. Victoria, B. C., April 23. — Mail ad vice« from Hhanghal tell of many pa thetic incidents observed by committees engaged in lamine relief work in Cen tra! Chitia. Refugee» and 'log« were seen fighting for the flour spilled at distributing depots. Hmall|«<x Is rav- iging tite stricken ar..a In nearly every hor.ee there is smallpox or fever and nothing to eat but the bark of tree, nnd potato vines. James Ware, of the Red Crons, writ ing from T.irig Kiang Pu, «ay» he aw l.slire of children laid out by the ruad- aide to I»- devoured by the serul-wild dogs of ttie plain», nnd dead men acai- tried along the roadway. Many famalie. are tenting dow n their hour«* and M'lling the timbers to pur- cltare fisnl. Hundred, are employed repairing nods and filling swamp«, being |>ai<l from 6 to IO cents a <iay. Britlah Delegates to Th« Hague. lx ndon, April 23.- -The British dele- gat.*« to tiie [xxrcs conference at The Hague are as follows Hir Edward Grey, ex-lord justice of appeal and a meml>er of the permanent court of ar bitration at The Hague; Hit Ernest Hatow, ex-British minister at Tok io and Pekin and metnlx*t of |*rmanent court <>t arbitration at The Hague; Lord Reay, president of the Royal Asi atic siciety and University col leg», fxvndoti, and a member of the privy council, ami Sir Henry Howard, the Britrab minister at The Hague. Wholesale Sheep Theft. Butte. Mont., ApflTTl —X Miner specie fr<>n> Billing» »tat«-» that John Tilden anil Cbceter Martin, tan of the inuet prominent stockmen of I tastern Montana, have bwn arrested on the charge of whobwal«* stick thefts. It is alleged that the two men stole 425 wethers, driving the animals Into the r«re*»ee of the Bull mountain district, far from their amtstomed range. Cheyenne, Wyo., April 22.— one • if tlie results of the recent investiga lions by tlie Interetae Coanrnv* com- miwiion into Western land fraud., At torney General Bunapnrte bar under consideration an attempt to force the Union Pacific railroad to return to th«* MMENSE PH.SCO GRAFT. Poilca Captain Tells of Blackmail In Tenderloin District. Han Eraiu-isco, April 22.—Captain of Police in the grand jury room lor two hour» teday, and when he lell it was an- noimced that he had not completed the story of police corruption, but would return tomorrow to finish the recital. 'I • M. -.-■■«* ,, i , M... .-a tlonal in the «-Grein«*. Elie burden of it was that corruption of the idm-kret kind exist» in the department, and that It exists by the sufferance and encour agement of Chief of Police Dillan. Mayor S. limits, Abe Ruef and a cer tain element in the lower courts. Mr Money said tliat all his efforts to purge tie town of nmlmirabl.-H wore hl*«*k**d by the men in authority, wh-«e duty it wa. to assist. Mr M.Mincy clifttged that resorts In the new tenderloin were protected nt regular rates. With his assi.tance the grand jury has been put in pasmion of evidence which show, a depth of de gradation almost unbelievable. It ha. Irotn .howti that the mayor and Ruef have been |«rtn*-r» in » me of the m<»t nefarious enterpriiea launched in any municipality. FIRE IN PHILIPPINES Six Inches Ruins Fruit Prospect, But Benefits Wheat. Ho llo, Second Town In Islands, Sutlers Heavy Loss. BAD CONDITIONS ON ISTHMUS. Italy Forbida Emigration and Senda Man to Investigate. Rome, April 22 —Leroy Park, agent for the Panama Canal cotnmiMiion, who was sent here to investigate means of obtaining men for work upon the istti- mus, learns tlutt the Italian government ha. m-eivrd grave repurta legatdlng the hygienic, humanitarian and moral con dlti ns of the isthmus, tliat the govern ment lutd forbidden further Immigra tion of Italians to Panama, and that a government ottcial had bcenecnl t<> the isthmus to investigate coodltione. Mr. Park did everything p-eeihle to pla<*e the situation before the government and to convince the official, here that the turn at work u|H>n the canal earned |2 a day, were well fol, well housed ami humanely tiewte-l, adding that lie l>e- lieved that 6,000 immigrants might leave Italy for Panama immediately and that tliouaarida of others would soon follow. Many Governors tn Attend, New York, April 22 — Fifteen gov ernor» have accepted Die Invitation to name delegates to attend the national conference on combinations nnd trust. In Chicago, May 38-31. The accept- ance of the governors of New York, Iowa Mimoiiil, Michigan, Wisconsin and Utah were received today. This Conference will discuss: Governmental powers over corporations engagwi in Interstate commerce; the diviaion of power under the constitution lietween the nation and the state, and similar subjects One-Fourtb the Population of One ot the Islands Daad and Rest Are Starving. Manila, April 20 —Intasl raports from Iloilo »ay the tire baa been cb«vke*l. The i*aliv* quarter ot the city waa d<«troy<*d. The property luea is estimated at »100,(100 gold. The buai* n«*»a unction of the city waa untouchrsl, t S :•*.*•»». • ■ atabulary. Seven hundr«! bouses were dcsltoysd and HIM or 1,000 natives uuuir home less. Adequate relict mvaauri*» have tx*en taken. Th«* homlvcwa liave tx*en housed in schoola mid other buildings The province and the city w ill provide f r 1 1 • r* ' ic I H | -!.y - ■ -.t I •* ;tt.*i mg is fennxl. Then* wn. no Io»« of life by the carth-piak«*». The shucks, while the ttraat severe ox|M-rtaticed in 15 yeais, were not violent enough to cause much dextrocticn. l’l»|«tch<w from points in ■everal prtiviiM*«» report aevare shucks but little damage. I o- t.'lai dan Mg*' ciir.xcd Io tlo* *-.irti. ,o.i«i » in llo- .i t r> ..r,”W j * mg- will not exceed »10,(MM). Typhoon Swaep. Caroline Islands. IU*r i in. \pril 2*1.- al I»i r«*«* t • *1r iWrnburg informed the budget commit- tee of the rvielmtag today that a Cable iiwwaage find l»x*n receive*! from the governor of the island of Yap, an nouncing that ■ di.a.troua typhoon ■wept over the Caroline islands on Gtx.l Friday, Mart'll 29, and that 230 ■ f th.* MOO natives Ilf the Ululthi group were drowned, that the c*x<«nut treee were dawtrtiyed,and that famine threat ens the surviving natives. The simmer Planet, of tlie Geiman navy, which has l«*;<n engagiti iu geo- • It*tic work, and the steamer Mani, of the Jalult comjxuiy, priceed«»! to Ulul- thi islatiita, taking fotxi and help. It waa pio|««o<l to bring a. inaiiy of the HuffetUig nativm as |x»mit>le to the Pe- lew and Indrone islamia. Less Than IOO Lives Lost. Mexico City, April 20.— Communica tions have now Ixxii <>|x*nrd with nil the important pointe in the section m<»t affwted by the caithquaki*. The lat«*»t rv|x>rts Indicate tliat the I*«*» of life will not r«-ach ItMt, but many persons have Ixwii injurwl and the property loro i» very great. Vice Priwident Corral, In a commu nication publiriu-d here tixiay, dwlarew that the whole of tin* state of Guerrero ha. t»*en d<*viu«tat.*d. Thousands of dollar, are being sub- wrilxxl to the fund Ix-ing rals**d m this city for the relief of the lartiiquake euffcrere. WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN. Bryce Speculates on Result if Revolu tion Had Failed. Philadelphia, April 20. — James Bryce, ambaarador from (treat Britain, in an address at tin* banquet of the Trans-Atlantic society of America here tonight, declared that, if America had remained a. a colonial ward of Eng land, Piesident Roosevelt would not have tx*«n confronted with auch world- important problems as hr is now called to solve. Had the countries'not t*ecn sepnrat- ed, Mr Bryce said, th«* development of the United Htatiw would liave txwn more gradual. He waa of the opinion tliat slavery would not have endured eo long and wcukl liave gone, p«*rlia|si, without bhxid.hed. There would have lx*rn fewer railroads less internal strife and consequently fewer big economic problems to solve. May Tie Up Street Care. Fued Ties Up Whole Port. Kan Frnnciseo, April 22.—Han Fran cisco is threatened with a bitter street car strike on May 1, when the present agreement between the men and the com|«ny will expire. Th« men n«w receive up to .12 cents an hour for a ten- hour day. The men request a flat mte of »3 a 'lay for eight hours. Both sides admit they ei|»x*t a strike and are pre- l*red for it. It is known that the United Railways has liegun the rerniit- inr of strike breakers with whom to supplant its men when tiiey go out. tidesro, April 2u.—Heriou» disturb ances have again broken out bare. Yro- ter*ley erveral memliere of the Union of Russian People etlackttl workmen along the hartwir front who reflow'd to join the union, killing two and wounding flve. No arr«*«ta were made. The work men at once retaliated by going on strike, deiitan<Iiiig tItat metnlxre of the union lie disarmed. The authoritir*» d cllned tn grant thia demand. Today the railroad lalxtrrra joirwd in the strike, with the result tliat the harbor ia entirely cl<w«*d. Only Week's Supply of Coal. Winnipeg, Man. April 22.—More than 16,(MIO coal miners are now In volved in the strike in Alberta and British Columbia, Wlhin a week, it ia said, the Canadian Pacific «ill n«t be able to operate Ita passenger train. f<>r tack of <v«l. Until navigation pens tbeie la no relief in sight. Georgia Peaches Killed • Atlanta, Ga., April 20.—Htate En tomologist Hmitli tixiay recelv«*»! reports from the various prweh growing die- trieta nf the state, a snmtnary of which shnws that at hxod 75 r cent of the crop line been killed by Hcvi’t cold xi-xther. £ 4L DEEP SNOW ON PRAIRIES. TTPHOON' IN CAROLINE ISLANDS land giant Of the gr.wt grant of moie than 20,000,(MM) acres, (be road yet holds an arm equal to the state» >>f Conmcticut, Rh*xle Island and iMla- ware. and still liave nearly 500,000 acna lett over. This immense body <>f land in Ni-bni.ka. Kaiuta., Colorado, W .-iimiig and Utah, if returned to the government, would immediately be thrown open to a«>ltlenient under the hivnesti ad law a. ImuMxiiatvly after the Interstate Cbmmeroe cominlMiion'» investigation cd the coudit ions which have made pew- »ible the monopoly in coal land which tlie Union Pacific lias maintained for 26 years, Commigiaonar Prouty call<*d upon th«* attorneys for the commiaaion to submit recommendations f<>r reme dial legislation ot to suggest other means of dealing with the monopoly. Tli.aw* roc*>tnmemiati*>na are now in the lianda of the attorney general. " Destroy the land monopoly of tlie Union Pacific," is the Imai» of this re- port. Rains Flood Mobile City. Mobile, April n>y-F*a(n milnight la»t night iiuljl thin ta'tnindr Mobile was visitati by a t«»rreiit of rÁin. Ho greet wrm the down pour .th«» ktreets in many eectiqn« of the rtty w »A b cuvered with watrg two’fix'«. Children wer» unable to roach The ech.xvllioii««'» and the school» were etaaed. The new union station was surrounJed by water. NO. Outalia, April 19.—Five * inrbee ot snow (ell <luiing the night, and ILe storm continiMsl dur mg the fi.temxm. I ho tall was general over Ka.toru Ne braska, and ia the hiavieat knewn in April for many year». The extetit ot ■lamago is not known. Opinlnn as to the .toriu's eflnrt u|»>n fruit and early vegetable« varies. In num» count lee along the tout horn ami central lolls •'berries. |ieacliee, plums, and loiriro are »aid by some auvhorttiea to have i*-'«'n ruin«**! alni'xit entirely, while -tlier gruwreis re|«:rl llot fruit was not (ar «Hough a*lvano>l to become »etiuualy endaugeted. In grain cirvlea It is believed the »now Hill kill all the green bugs tiiat have been threatening the winter whrol Clop and »ponding over the central portion of the etale. A Norfolk di.jwtch says Northern Nebraska, Southern South l>ak<>ta, Northro.lern Wyoming and the Black II - -i* . .>.**. a I *nket ■ f si.ow an ita-he» deep u|»m the level, which i> »till falling. At Northweetern railiimd headquarters hero it was said the storm w»» practically over the en tire ay.tein west of the Muutoutl river, DEAIH LIST GHOWINLA Mexican Earthquake Proves to Bean Most Disast.ous. Have **' City of M.-iico, April III.—Today the Asms'iated Pro«, ».a in direct commu nication witii a number **f tbwna in the district »fleeted by Sunday's mrtb- luake. From tin* t<*l< grams received it is certain that the deatli list will ex- 100 ” I!u-O an X n iml*.*r o( .mall t*'»us y,*t to lx* heard from, but up to date Ui>< average number *>( fatalitlew at these placx ha. rangid from 9 <o 12 and the numbei of injured from St) to M In Chlla|.i 33 |ier.ons were injured . troyed Nobody wa» kllltxl, tui rt*|wrted yt-stvniay. Alter Hit* tit.t grvnt slux'k the alt waa tilh«l (oy many miles witli a thick, sickening, sulphurous txlor. Thia i*aust*d great distre«« to the survivors. There aro many s|x<cutali<>na as to the min> <*f the peculiar fteak of nature and Mime «Minsider II a proof tliat the earthquake had it. origin in fume sub terranean ««plosion. first anniversary . San Francisco Remembere Earthquake Year Age. San Itanciwo, April 19.— While there was no general ccarotlon ot tlie work of rehabilitation, tlie first anni- vei«ajy of tlie vartfiquakr and the fire ahfi-h left this city n maro of ruins waa olaetvtxi y**«terday l*y appropriate re ligious rrrv iei-e and rommeinoiatlv» ex* nrcisex by the Building Trades Courx'll and other organisation«. Tint crowning event of tlie day waa the banquet of the Meicbanta' aaetx'ia* lion at tin* Hotel Fairmount, at which tin* iitatciiaI and civic regeneration of tin* city was amply dircuaeed and faith cxprvHsed in a new and greater San Fran*'¡«co. The principal (msinero slrt-eta weir dectinittxl with bunting ami imande»*>>nt lights. Flags were (lying every where and th? dome o( the city liull, still in a |«rtly wtw-ked mn- ■litii.n, was ilhnnlitatfl as on gala ora- aiona "before the fire." WILL GO FOR SIX-BITTERS Frisco Policy Holders Bring Suits for Payment. 1,800 San Francim'o, April 19.—More than 1 oo suits again.t insurance rwmtianiee for the payment of [si lie it»« held during tlie great tire a year ago were filed to day al tlie county clerk s office, bring ing the total well over l.HtX). Al 5 o’clock, when the ofltaa closed, there was a long Imo of attorneys, clerks ami mctvet.gvrs waiting, and It t<x>k three clerks nearly an hour bi diapoee of the overflow. Tixiay wn» practically the last day for th» filing of such sulta, although in some cases tlie year allowed will not expire until tomorrow. During tlie front two day» the county clerk’s office ia. taken in nearly »3,900 in ftwe on tlieee case» alone. Too Much Executive Pewer. Chicago, April 19.—A plea for the perpetuation of state rights was made last night by Congrewaman Winfield 8, Hammond, of Minnesota, in a talk at the 12th annual banquet of th» Holland mrirty of Chicago. His subject was "The Hovrreign Htate." Mr. Ham mond took a rtiverl tap at President I Lx -.-vtilt by d<> taring tliat "In view of recent events, one might tie led to he- Here that the legislative <lerartment of the Frdrmi government has l.'corne wellnlgh extinct, ft iaa bred in tui to have the government chxte to ua.'* Volcano Erupts In Andes. Valparaiso, Chile, April 1#.—Newe baa rrwchnl here that the Renihue vol cano, in tlie province of Valdivia, la in violent eruption. The eruptions are accompanied by awful subterranean rumblings, earthquakes intense dark- nw*«s. electrical displays, ashen and . invili ng water. The flowing lava ha» net fire to the surrounding ferrata, ami I the inhabitant» are fleeing in terr of,
