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"IT'S A COLD DAY WHEN WE GET LEFT." HOOD RIYEIi, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 4, L900. NO. 50. VOL. XI. HOOD RIVER GLACIER EVENTS OF THE DAI Published Every Friday by 9. F. 11LYTHE. Terms of subscription 1.50 a year when paid In advanco. THE MAILS. Tl mail arrives from Mt. Hood at 10 o'clock a. m. Wednesdays and Saturdays; departs the same d&vs at noon. Kor Clienoweth, leaves at 8 a. m. Tuesdays, Thmailitra and Katiirdavx: arrives at 6 I), m. For White Salmon (Wash.) leaves daily at t M m.; arrive at 7:ia p. m. From White Salmon leaves for Fulda, Gilmer, Trout Lake and Ulenwooa aaiiy at a. ai. ForBiriEen (Wash.) leaves at5:4ot. in.i ar rives at 2 p. m. Epitome of the Telegraphic News of the World. TERSE TICKS FROM THE WIRES An Interesting Collection of Item From the Two Hemisphere! Presented Csndenaed Form. SOCIETIES. T AI'kF.L REDEKAH DEGREE LODGE, No 1 1 87. I. O. O. F. Meets first and third Mon days in each month. Mis Stella Richabdson, N. Q. H. J. Hibbaru, Secretary. i-iANHY POST. No. 16. G. A. R. Meets at A. j 0. U. W. Hall second and fourth Saturdays o? each month at 2 o'clock p. m. All Q. A. B. members invited to meet with us. M P. IsENBKito, Commander T. J. Ccnnino, Adjutant. niKKV w U. f!.. n. IB-Meets first Satnr- J day of each mouth in A. 0. U. W. hall at 2 p. m. Mrs. Adki.ia Stkanahah, President. Mrs. Ursula Uvxks, Secretary. STOOD RIVER LODGK. No. 105. A. F. and A. II M. Meets Saturday evening on or before each full moon. u. &. n illiahs, vt. m. D. McDonald, Secretary. HOOD RIVER CHAP1ER, No. 27, R. A. M. Meets third Friday night of each month. G. R. Castmer, H. P. 0. F. Williams, Secretary. HOOD RIVER CHAPTER, No. 25, O. E. 8. Meets Saturday after each full moon and two weeks thereafter. ; Mks. Mart A. Davidson, W. M. vt.KTA ASSEMBLY. No. 103. United Artisans. ) Meets second Tuesday of each month at Fraternal hall. r'. v. crosius, m. a. D. McDonald, Secretary. 1X7AUCOM A LODGE, No. 30, K. of P. Meets IV in A. O. U. W. hall every Tuesday night. GEO. STRANAUAN, (J. v. 0. W. Graham, K. of R. & 8. -MIVERSIDE LODGE. No. 68, A. 0. U. W.- I, Meets nrsi aim iniru oitiuiuwy. ui tova month. O. G. Chamberlain, M J. F. watt, Financier. H. L. Howe, Recorder, W. IDLEWILDE LODGE, No. 107, I. O O. F. Meels in Fraternal hall every Thursday ultht. A. u. uetchel, n. u. H. J. Hibbard, Secretary. IJ F. SHAW, M. I). Telephone No. IL All Calls Promptly Attended Office upstairs over Copple's store. AH calls left at the office or residence will be promptly attended to. JOHN LELAND HENDERSON ATTORNEY-AT LAW, ABSTRACTER, NO TARY PUBLIC and REAL ESTATE AGENT. For 21 years a resident of Oregon and Wash ington. Has had many years experience la heal Estate matters, as abstracter, searcher of titles and agent. Satlsiaction guaranteed or no charge. j F. WATT, M. D. Suneon for O. R. & N. Co. Is especially equlmied to treat catarrh of nose and throat And riiftffiHRR of women. Special terms for oflice treatment of chronlo cases. Telephone, office, 33, residence, 31. pIONEER MILLS , . Harbison Bros., Pbops. 5 FLOUR, FEED AND ALL CEREALS Ground and manufactured. i Whole Wheat Graham a specialty. Custom rrlndind done every Saturday. During th busy season additional days will be mentioue In the local columns. BOOO RIVER. OREGON. pAPERHANGiNG, KALSOMINING, ETC. i. If your walls are sick or mutilated, call on 1 E. L. ROOD. LATER NEWS. be the has Consultation froe. No charge tor prescrip tions. No cure no pay. 0:he hours fro n 6 A. M. till 8. P. M., and all night if necessary. C0N0MY SHOE SHOP. PRICE LIST, i Men's half soles, hand eticked, $1; nailed. best. 75c: second. 50c: third, 40c, Ladies' hand stitched, 75c; nailed, best, 0o: second. 35. Best stock and work in Hood River. C. WELDS, Prop. pHE KLONDIKE CONFECTIONERY Is the place to get the latest and best in Confectioneries, Candies, Nuts, Tobacco, Cigars, etc. ....ICE CREAM PARLORS.... COLE & GRAHAM, Props. Y C. BROSiUS, M. D. ; ' PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. 4 'Phone Central, or 121. , Office Honrs: 10 to 11 A. M. ; 2 to 8 'k and 6 to 7 P.M. JT. HOOD SAW MILLS I Tomlinsos Bbos, Pbops. FIR AND PINE LUMBER .Of the let quality alwas on hand at ; pricts to suit the times. ' piIOTCGRAPHS. I Tl, nnhlic ia invited to call at my ' gallery and inspect my work. I aim to ttive satisfaction in all enses where work j is intiust' U to me. rnces neasuuauie, 5 Out Side Views a Specialty. CHARLES RIGGS. DALLAS & SPANGLER, DEALERS IN 1 Hardware, Sieves and Tinware Kitchen Furniture, Plumbers Goods, Pruning Tools, Etc I We have & new and complete stock 1 of hnrilamrp. fitoves and tinware, to i whir-h up vill keen constantly adding, I Our pri'-es will continue to be as low a I Portland prices. BEP.I11S8 TIIWABE 1 SPE IALTT. auzon rebels lost 333 killed in two days. Oregon wool growers are urged to de mand 20 cents a pound for their pro duct. Pennsylvanians believe that Quay's deleat in the senate winds up bis polit ical career. War taxes have brought in a total of 1183.405,292 to the United States government. The rumor of an American plot to lestroy the Welland canal has proven to be unfounded. The transport Bavarian has sailed from Cane Town for St. Helena with 1,050 Boer prisoners. Reinhold Harras, convicted at Walla Walla of stealing cattle, was sentenced to four years in the penitentiary. The prospect for the admission of Arizona, New Mexico and Oklahoma as states at this session of congress is slim. Chinese emperor is said to be dying by inches. Some aver that Blow poiS' oning by the empress dowager is th cause. Hon. W II. King, representative from Utah, successor to Brigham H Roberts, the polygamist, has been sworn in. The Tammany delegation (700 strong) to the national convention at Kansas Citv. will have five special trains to carry them. Casualties of the garrison at Mafeking up to April 1 had been 868 killed and wounded. They are now living on bread made of oats. Prominent American capitalists of Philadelphia and Richmond, are en deavoring to secure the contract for a $90,000,000 railroad line from bt Petersburg to Odessa, in Russia. The naval board of construction has finally approved the plans for the three battle ships authorized by the last con gress and given instructions to have the specifications prepared at once prelim inary to calling for bids from the ship builders. The ships will oe enlarged lowas in type, with the same rectangu lar superstructure and the two turrets, bow and stern, on the main deck. The state department at Washington has notified Mrs. Rita L. Ruiz, widow of Dr. Ricardo Ruiz, who was murdered in prison at Cuanabacao, Cuba, while a captive of the Spaniards, that the chair on which he wrote his last message in blood would be forwarded to her. The message reads: "Mer cedes, mine, Evangeline, Ricardlito, goodbye. My children of my life, l give you my blessing. Be obedient to your mother. Goodbye, Rita of my soul." Plumbers of Chicago have gone on a strike. Turkey's reply to the United States is unsatisfactory. Boer neace commissioners' mission has been a failure. China is crowing; more and more opposed to the "open door." Janan will take steps to stop the fitnitrration of her coolies to this country. CaDtain Denning, on trial before court martial at San Francisco, has pleaded guilty. Frank L. Campbell has been nomin atfid to succeed Webster Davis, as as' sistant secretary of the interior, William A. Clark, of Montana, will resign his seat in the United Statej senate, having decided that it will be wiser to retire gracefully. Vote on the Quay case was taken in the senate with the result that the Pennsylvanian senator was shut out by one vote. It stood 32 to 33. Floods in the South grow worse. Trafflo in Louisiana and Mississippi is paralyzed, and the crop and property damage will amount into millions. John Horton, a negro, his wife and four children, were drowned in the backwaters of Pearl river, near Jack son, Miss., while trying to escape from the floods. The Sixty-ninth Regiment Veterans' Clnb. of New York City, celebrated tne 39th anniversary of their departure for the war. with a diuner at the Sturte van T'nnRB. Just before the close of the festivities, Sergeant John Gleason, who has been in the regiment for 40 rears, offered a resolution offering the servioes of the regiment to Paul Kruger. Before introducing the resolution, bet- geant Gleason said: I am willing and prepared to go to the iront wua Paul Kruger now. although I have not shouldered a gun for 40 years." Ihe resolution was adopted with tremend ous cheering. Colorado congressmen want a sol dier's home established at Denver. John H. Reagan, the sole surviving member of Jefferson Davis' confederate cabinet, is writing his recollections. John William Rey, a famous min strel 40 years ago, is dead at his home in North Paterson.'N. J., aged 77 years. Rush to Cape Nome has begun at Seattle. The Boer peace commission is coming to America. General Olivier is reported to wounded. President McKinloy signed Hawaiian bill. Governor Pingree, of Michigan, turned Democrat. Four deputy fish commissioners are watohing the Clackamas river. It is now known that Captain Carter's gigantic steal will reach $2,000,000. Many thousands of people greeted Admiral Dewey on his arrival at Chi cago. Governor Taylor has returned to Kentucky. No warrant was served on him. Washington courts have declared 850,000 worth of Olympia warrants to be illegal. Nine people were killed by the fall ing of a condemned bridge at the Paris exposition. Roberts must have tiore horses be fore he can advance. London complains of his slowness. By a vote of 20 to 29 the senate re fused to consider the resolution of sym pathy with the Boers. Charles Ingersoll, ol Ithica, N. Y. an embezzlinK county treasurer, was arrested in San Franoisco. German officials at Washington think that Secretary Root's speech on the Monroe doctrine was aimed at their country. Forest fires are raging furiously north of Fish, Mich., and the property dam age will be large. The town of Amei has been wiped out. The Boer forces have moved Irom Thabanchu to a stronger position, and General French has abandoned the effort to capture the burghers. The American chamber of commerc at Manila has entered a protest against the excessive taxation exacted by the military government under General Otis. William F. Miller, manager of the Franklin syndicate, who was recently convicted of grand larceny, was sen tenced in Brooklyn xo 10 years' im prisonment. Rev. William F. Crafts, superintend ent of the National Refrom Bureau, in a speech at New York, said that heath en nations look npon Americans ai drunkards and that drink is a great hindrance in mission work. The first batallion of the Fourteenth United States infantry, which has been in quarantine, has landed at the reser vation wharf at the Presidio, San Fran cisco. after two years of continuous fighting in the Philippines Three persons were drowned at Port Gamble, Wash., by the capsizing ot sail boat.' Fire destroyed the building occupied by the Atlas Brewing Company, of thl cago. Loss $200,000. ' At an Indian famine mass metting in New York. $1,667 was contributed. Helen M. Gould pledged $200. George C. Tod, formerly of Ken tuckv. a brother-in-law of President Lincoln, died at Barnwell, S. C Desk Sergeant Timothy S. O'Connell, of the Woodlawn police station, tht cago, was shot and killed by footpads Mayor Harrison has issued an appeal to citizens of Chicago to nse their in fluence in settling the labor troubles there. . The Berlin presa says Lord Roberts has blundered in believing that the southern half of Orange Free State was fortified Senor Perfecto Lacoste has acoepted NINE WERE KILLED Sunday Accident at the Paris Exposition. A CONDEMNED BRIDGE FEU Nine Other Persons Were Seyerely Hurt-Fair OfHolnla Are Sharply Criticised by the Fresa. the office of secretary of agriculture ol Cuba, made vacant by the resignation of General Ruiz Rivers. British ammunition wagons passing through Basutoland were stopped by Basutos, who informed General DeV et The British were forced to retire. The British government has issued orders for the clearing of all the hos' nitals at Cane Town, with a view tc providing for future contingencies. Mrs. M. I. Warfield Clay, the di vorced wife of Hon. Cassius M. Clay sage of Whitehall, died, 86 years old She was the mother of Brutus J. Liay Floods in Texas continue unabated and hundreds of families are moving from the submerged district. The rainfall has been the heaviest since 1852. The engagement of Albert G. Van derbilt, second son and the principal heir of the late Cornelius Vanderbilt, and Miss Elsie French, the daughter ol Mrs. Francis Ormond French, is an' nounced. In the accident at Matanzas, Cuba which resulted in the death of the wife of General Wilson, governor of the de partment of Matanzas, Santa Clara the daughter, who was driving with her. was also burned, though not seri ously, while endeavoring to extinguish the flames. Mrs. Wilson's hands were so badly swollen before death that it was found necessary to cut the nngi from her fingers in order to give h relief. From Cuba. 10,000,000 pineapple! will be shipped into the states thii year. The lruit now reacnes iew ion from Havana in three days. Judge Foster, in charging a New York grand jury, said that they must bo to the bottom of corruption and could nse the military if necessary ROOSEVELT IN 1904. Slogan of Club Paris, May 1. An acoident within the exposition grounds caused the death of nine persons and injured nine. A temporary bridge, unable to with stand the Sunday crowd, broke. The injuries were mostly compound frao tures of the legs. One woman and a child are still unidentified. The accident threw a pall over the Immense throng who had profited by the magnificent weather to visit the ex position. Today's was probably the record attendance. Not merely the in terior of the grounds, but the precinct also were crowded, and the concourse was particularly great along the Avenue de Sufren. which forms the northern boundary of the grounds, Here is situated a big side show, the Celestial Globe. A footbridge, on which the finishing touches were being put toduy, crosses the Avenue de Sufren, connecting the side show with the ex hibition. It was constructed of wood, with a stucco facade and with f plaster-made tower at each end Strangely enough the bridge had been condemned only this morning. The public was, therefore, not allowed to go upon the structure, and in this way disaster even more terrible than that which occurred was averted. The gay crowd was passing along the avenue and some hundred or more per sons were walking beneath the bridge, when suddenly an ominous crash was heard. Before those underneath could turn aside, the structure fell with a fearful crash, burying nearly 50. A cry of horror arose from the spec tators and mingled with the cries of the viotims. For a moment nothing could be distinguished but a cloud of dust and plaster. A scene of the greatest excitement and confuEion followed. But this was only for a few seconds. Almost immediately the crowd attacked the debris in an effort to release those lying beneath. The workmen within the grounds, who had witnesed the ac cident, the police and the Republican guards, together with quite a number of soldiers, joined in the rescue work. The promenaders forgot their Sunday attire and covered themselves with dirt in tearing away the rubbish with their bands. Wooden beams and poles were brought from the half finished build ings near by and were used as levers to raise the fallen mass. The victims first recovered were most ly only the injured, the dead being found later beneath the center of the structure. Messengers were dispatched to bring firemen and sappers, with their equipments, and the first body was found after a quarter of an hour's frantic labor. It was that of a little girl about 7 years old, whose head was horribly crushed. Victim after victim was brought to light, until a row of six mutilated corpses had been placed npon the sidewalk, and nearly 40 other per sons, some badly and others less seri ously injured, had been carried in am bulances or driven to the hospitals. WORST OF the Marquette Bnnquet. Chicago.April 80. "Theodore Roose velt, of New York, for President in 1904," was the slogan of the Marquette Club banquet tonight. Governor Roosevelt was there, and looked happy at its suggestion and its hearty endorse ment of cheers from the 200 banqueters. Toastmaater Frank Lowden told the guest of honor that only a few years ago the Marquette Club had brought out William MoKinley as a presiden tial candidate, and when his temarks switched to "Roosevelt," "white House, " and "1004," the 200 tried hard to make themselves hoarse. Governor Roosevelt was the first speaker of the evening, because he had to leave early. He pleaded for high ideals in politics, but said nothing could be accomplished nnless things were gone at practically and deter minedly, lie mocked at the "goody goody man" who refused to do his political duty because he was "jostled by the rude man." In an interview today Governor Roosevelt declared that be would rather be in private life than be vice-president of the United States. He said that his position in regard to the Republl can nomination for this oflice was abso lutely unalterable. He said he would be glad if the Republicans of New York should renominate him for gov ernor, and expressed the beli f that he could be of more service to his party and the public in that position than as vice-president. In reply to a question as to how he regarded Admiral Dewey as a presiden tial possibility, he said the admiral was a personal f rieud of his, and he did not care to talk of him politically. ON WESTERN BORDER , AGAIN TURNED DOWN. Uncommon Activity of Boers North of Kimberley. STORY OF REDDERSBURG. Told by a Correspondent Who With General De Wet. Was rilEY MAY CUT OFF WARRENTON Itill In Possession or Thabanchu Hills Buller Ueslgned, But It Was Not Accepted. FLOOD OVER. sun the River I Out of Banks and There II Great Damage. Galveston, Tex., May 1. Tonight's reports indicate that the worst of the trouble in the Brazos basin is over, II more rains do not follow. Bryan, about 150 miles from the mouth of the river, reports the Brazos out of its banks and considerable bot torn land overflowed, and the river riS' ing two inches an hour. The Navasota river is out of its banks and flooding the lowlands, and in Yelasco county, near its mouth, the water is three feet below last June's high mark. The river is rising slowly, and lowlands are inundated. The Texas railroads have not suffered any greatf losses in the de struction of property, and those who have wash outs are operating ny mak inz detours over other lines. The Southern Pacific bridge at Columbus, which was washed out about three weeks ago and which was replaced by a temporary structure, was again washed out. The Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe lost about 2,500 feet of track and some small culverts on the San Angelo branch. About two miles of its track on the Montgomery branch is under water and two or three small trestles are gone. The main line intaot. Embelilir'l Money Gone. San Francisco, May 1. Charles In izersoll. of Ithaca, N. Y., was arrested here today on the charge of embezzling $15,000 of publio funds belonging to Tompkins county, New York, of which he was treasurer. Ingersoll, who is 57 years of age, admits his identity, and says be is willing to return without the necessity of extradition proceedings. He says he took the money to tide over a temporary financial embarrasment, and if he had only been courageous enough to have told his friends, he would not have been compelled to take refuge in flight. He is extremely nerv ous, and says be has been almost crazy since December. All the money he took with him when he fled in Decern ber was $255. city prison he had $1.60 in his pocket. is Lonrence Marques, April 30. A cor respondent of the Standard and Digger News wiht the Boer commander, lien eral DeWet, gives a full description of the British disaster at Reddersburg. He says: "Five hundred Irish Rifles entered DeWet's Dorp on April 1 under Cap tain McWhinnie and demanded the sur render of the town which was readily given. Captain McWhinnie was sur prised to hear that a Boer force was ap proaching and he promptly retreated to Reddersburg. "General DeWet, fresh from his brilliant victory at Saunas Post, fol lowed the retreat along a range of kopjes for hours. The two opposing forces were in camp on different sides of the range. General DeWet knew all about the BritiBh positions and movements but the Irish were quite unaware of the proximity of the Boers. They blund ered again as at Sannas Post and the Icouts were not alert. 'Before sunset DeWet had the Brit ish force in his power after an engage ment which lasted all the afternoon. The Irish made a most brilliant de fense, but their fate was never in doubt. During the afternoon DeWet sent 800 burghers to cut off their re treat and he then moved forward a small force. of Boers to the top of the kopjes held by the British. The latter boldly attacked the Boers then DeWet's plan was suddenly developed. "The Hritish soon lound tnemsoives surrounded. They had, indeed, fallen into a beautiful trap for they were com manded at every point by the Boer guns while their force was surrounded on two kopjes with- the Boers in be tween. "At sunrise the next morning the Ityer guns commenced to hurl shell on the devoted Irishmen who, however, refused to surrender, but fought with the utmost fieroeness for three hours. At 10 o'clock, however, the British commander saw that further resistence would only involve a useless waste of life, as his military position was quite hopeless he therefore hoisted a white flag. "Twelve officers sorrowfully handed over their swords to General DeWet and 459 non-commissioned officers and men surrendered. All the prisoners were forthwith sent to Thabanchu under escort and Genreal DeWet con tinned his march toward Wepener." Carter Behind the liars. Leavenworth. Kan., April 80. Oberlin M. Carter, late captain U. S A., arrived at the federal prison here at 7:80 o'clock this evening, under guard of Lieutenant Thomas Haker, Fifteenth infantry, a corporal and three soldiers. By special orders issued from the department of justice, newspaper men were not permitted to interview the prisoner, who was immediately dressed in the prison garb of gray and assigned to a cell. His prison number is 2094, and he is now the occupant of cell No. 425. When the late army officer begins the monotonous grind of prison life it will be as prison book keeper, for he has been assigned to this task in the harness, broom, shoe-repairing and carpet-weaving shops, which are in the third story of the big east building. London. May 2. The Boers are now showing uncommon activity west of Bloemfoutein. They are in foroe be tween Fourteen Streams and Kim berley. Sunday they oooupied Wind- sorton, west of the railway, and now threaten to interrupt the communica tion of the British force at Warrenton, to the north. This, too, at a time when General Hunter is about to start on a 200-mil march for Mafeking, proba bly with 6,000 men. To the east of Bloemfontein the Boer? Sunday night were still holding tl hills near Thabanchu, while uemn. them long wagon trains, loaded with wheat for the Boer army in the north, are moving through Ladybrand. The British captured one Boer convoy Satur day, but its size is not mentioned in the diBpatch, which barely announces the fact. Wepener, lately the scene of inces sant fighting, is desorted, General Bra bant and Colonel Dalgety having moved uorthward. A dispatch from Maseru, dated Mon day, says: "The Basutos are again astounded to see the Boers peacefully retiring with herds which the natives think should be the booty of the British, who ire said to be the conquerors." According to information from Ma seru, the main body of the Boers reached Leeuw river, due west of Lady- brand, Sunday, small parties trailing behind ut intervals of 10 miles to pro tect the rear and whip up their herds. Slight outpost actions take place daily beyond Karee Siding, where the head of the British invasion is can toned. African horse siokness has broken out In Genoral Buller's army. It proves especially fatal among freshly arrived animals. The Bloemfontoin corre spondent poiuts out that the deficien cies in the veterinary department cause thousands of losses. General Luoas Meyer, replying to General Buller's complaint, that some of the British prisoners at Pretoria are lodged in the town jail, says that only those are so treated who have tried, or who are suspected of trying, to escape. He retorts, moreover, that Boer prison ers are confined in the town jail at Pietermaritzburg with the natives. The morning papers give special i Refused to Consider the Boer Resolution. Washington, May 2. Again today the question of expressing sympathy for the Boers was thrust on the attention of the senate. This time it came up on a motion to proceed to the consider ation of the resolution introduced by Pettigrew (Silver, S. D.) which was before the senate last Saturday. The motion was defeated, 29 to 20. The conference on the joint resolution re lating to the administration of civil affairs in Puerto Rioo and providing for the appointment of temporary offi cers on the island was agreed to. Dur ing the greater part of the session the Alaskan civil code bill was under con sideration, but no progress was made. The house today passed the Lacey bill, to enlarge the powers of the de partment of agriculture and to prohibit interstate commerce in game killed in violation of local laws. It authorizes the secretary of agriculture to provide , for the introduction and restoration of game and insectivorous wild birds. It gives him the power to prevent the in troduction of undesirable birds and animals and prevents the killing of game in violation of state laws for con cealed shipment to states where it can be sold in the open markets. The senate bill to create a commis sion of five to investigate and report upon the commercial and industrial conditions in Japan and China was de bated at length, but was vigorously an tagonized by the Democrats, and they finally succeeded in striking out the enacting clause in committee, and this motion was pending when the house adjourned. If the motion prevails in the house, the bill is dead. The bill for a constitutional amend ment to disqualify polygamists for elec tion as senators and representatives and to prohibit polygamy, which was re ported by the committee on the elec tion of president, vioe-president and representatives in congress, was re ferred to the committee on judioiary, after meeting with opposition from both sides of the house. Every speaker who antagonized the bill said he opposed polygamy, but did not see any reason for legislation on the constitution and invading the rights of the states. The houBO agreed to the conference report on the joint resolution extending the tenure of military officers in Puerto Rico. WRECKED MANY LIVES. The Cause of a Beautiful Suicide. Woman's wreaked too many lives prominence to the statement of a news must cease." This letter was ad- sgency that Sir Redvers Buller sent his dregBed t0 A jj, 0hieri 0f Moline, Ills. resignation to Lord Koberts alter me Misa yray came to the hotel last Spionkop oeusures were published, and priaBy- ghe carried a small hand grip, that Lord Roberts declined to accept it. ghe Bave t)ie niune 0f "Miss L. Gray," FRAUDULENT USE OF MAILS. New York Central Strike. Buffalo, N. Y April 28. Twenty two hundred employes of the New York Central railroad shops and yards went out on a strike this morning. An increase in wages and the reinstate' ment of men alleged to have been un justly discharged is demanded by the men. Mill Burned at Lewlston, Lewiston, Idaho, April 80.' The 1 "ZCa 7 .T ' riant of the Lewiston Sawmill Com pany was aesiroyeu uy uro as a v viuua this morning. The loss was f 7,uuu no insurance. "Boxera" Still Troublesome. . WW. now. that thA "Rnr. Burglar, uos rive I i mm tmnhia in Rhon Richmond. April 30. The vault of rin. Pi.fcttrrl of Wvnmlntr. has t rwi t .hihii r,mvinr. Thevhiv the Massanutten bank, at Strasberg A mummy discovered two years ago . . . fae women of Btate te . .. - at,amgt foreigner, by Va., was blown open by burglars this in Egypt has now been ldentiued in - Dnrcbage , Buverser h wortionarv nolicr of the emm-es. morning and $5,000 taken. The burg France aa that of the Fharoah of the for new tattlehip Wyoming. dowager. - ' I scaped on a hand car. Exodus. -' Chicago, May 2. Standing bofore a mirror in her room at the Palmer House, Minnie M. Wray, a beautiful young woman, pressed a revolver to her temple and sent a bullet crashing through her brain. Soraps of a torn letter found in the waste basket, and put together said the writer "had already and to the clerk, who registered for her, and when asked for her address re sponded that Chicago would do as well as any. She handed him the check for her trunk and asked to have it brought to her immediately. The death was encompassed by a number of theatrical features, the young woman having taken every pre caution to render impossible her iden tity. While she entered the hotel at tired attractively and wearing a num ber of diamonds, nothing was found in her room but a coarse, black wrapper, whiolf she wore when she killed her self. Her diamonds were gone, only a single unset stone being found on the dresser, where it had dropped from her purse. She left a note to the manager of the hotel, directing them to take the money from her pocketbook to settle the hotel bill. She requested especially that no effort be made to find her rela tives, as she did not wish them to know of her deed. In Memory of Grant. Pittsburg, April 80. The 14th an nual banquet of the American Repub lican Club of this city in commemora tion of the birth of U. 8. Grant was held at the Hotel Schenley tonight, and was in many resnects the most success- an upward tendency, and congratulat- ji dinuur yet given by the famous or- ing the lucky purchaser upon ma must, gaDization. The guest of honor was udicious investment. The Balance wie mrgi juua Tjellt Grant, widow of the swindler asked for as still due on the ,,reat soldier and statesman, and among valuable stock was usuauy smau, i mie distinguished personages present Charge Made Against a San Franciscan. Who Was Arrestea. San Franoisco, May - 2. John Bar- stow, alias James Huckner, anas james Blair, alias Kobert Deuprey, was ar rested today on a charge of using the mails for fraudulent purposes. ine man gave his name as James Buckner, but operated his various schemes under different aliases. His schemes, tnougn not entirely new, had some rather novel features, lie posed as the Oneida Oil Company, incorporated for $250,000, with offices in this city. He had a coutraot with a clipping bureau to fur nish him with all death notices in Cal ifornia, Oregon, Washington and the Pacific coast states, except places with in 75 miles of San Franoisco. Some weeks after the death of an adult male Barstow or Buckner would send a notice to the address of the deceased, asking for the last payment on the stock of the Oneida Oil, which the deceased had purchased and paid for, except one payment The notioe was invariably accompanied by a letter, written on a printed letter head ot tne mytnicai company, tolling of the value of the stork, which was selling at par, with share, and usually amounting to from $5 to $15 in each case. He figured on the relatives of the deceased opening the letter and remitting the amount asked for, under the belief that their deceased relative had secretly invested in oil stock. Judging from the re plies, checks and money orders in tne letters found upon him by the authori ties, Buckner had many victims. It is estimated that Buckner's receipts were from $25 to $40 a day. Train Bobbed by a Hegio. Little Rook, April 28. A south bound St. Louis, Iron. Mountain Southern passenger train was held up by a negro bandit near tligginson, tu niilos north of Little Rock at 1 o'clock this morning. The negro had no visi ble confederates, and confined his oper ations to one passenger coach, compel ling the passengers to hand over their valuables at the point of a pistol. The bandit esoaped. printers' Assessment Doubled. Indianapolis, May 2. Beginning to morrow the assessment of the members of the International Typographical Union will be 80 cents a month, just double th amount heretofore paid by them. This increase has been decided upon by a vote of the members, and carried by a majority of 1,700. By this action the income for the aid of striking printers and paying the gener al expenses of the union will amount to about $11 000 a month, were PoBtmaster-General Emory Smith, Congressman R. G. Counins, of Iowa, Senator M. A. Hanna, Governor G. W. Atkinson, of West Virginia, Colonel J. E. Barnett, of Pennsylvania, Charlis F. Dick, of Ohio. Indiana Wilt Be Laid Up. New York, May 2. The battleship Indiana left for Brooklyn navy yard to day, bound for League island, where she is to be laid up in ordinary. Woodworkers' Strike. Minneapolis, May 2. The wood workers, 800 strong, at 2 o'clock this morning, decided to go on strike today. Tarantulas are common in Santiago, Cuba, and sometimes make their way into the beds of sleepers. In the best houses, as a protection against these poisonous spiders, a close netting sur- rouuds every bed. Cloudburst In Mexico. San Antonio, Tex., May 2. Meager information received by the Lxpresa early this morning, from Hondo, Mex., states that much damage was done by a cloudburst yesterday, with possible loss ot life. The mines are badly flooded. Shots ef Drunken Husband. Chicago, May 1. William Edmunds today shot his wife and then himself. Both may die. JSdmunas was iuww- sated and had been despondent- i