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"IT'S A COLD DAY WHEN WE GET LEFT." voir xii. HOOD IUVER, OUECiOX, Fill DAY, FEIiUUAKY L2, 1901. NO. 40. HOOD RIVER GLACIER Publisher! Kverjr Krlitay bjr R. t. IILVTIIK. Terrna ( subscription-11. a year whnu pud in advance. TUB M4II.M. The null arrive, from Mt. Miki.I at 10 o'clock a. in. W eilnmilays and halurilays; depart. Ilia aame aays ai noun. Mr t'lienowt-tli, leaves at 8 a. m. Tuemlays, TtiuiMilaxa and raturdavf ; arrive, at 6 t. m. hot V lute Salmon (Vtaah.) leaf. a ually ai a ni.: arrive, at 7:1. i . in. From White Salmon leave! for FiiMa, '111 mar, Trout Lake and lilenwood dallv at A. M. For Hi men (Mash.) leave, at 6;4 p. in,; aiw rive, at 2 p. m. hi iter ik . '. H'Iil I Ij L ti L- L' k II I .L'l : II L' If I fl I kl : V Ki J J K7, i.' (I. O. K.-.li'ets first and third Unit. liny. In each inonth. Ml. KTS PAVINrOKT, N. U. II. J. Hirbaiiii, Hvcreiary. 1 A N R Y HOST, No. , (). A. K.-MeetaatA. V (I. 1 . W. Hall .ei'ond and fourth hatiirlavi oi eat h nioiitli at 2 o clo 'k p. m. All U. A. K. Iiieuibera invited to mei l Willi (in. T. J. t unmnu, Commander. J. W. It why, Adjutant. 1ANIIV W. R. 0.. No. IB Meets first Katitr- VJ day of each month In A. (). I'. VV. Iiitll at 1 p. m. m Ka. h. r . fHiH4Ka, rre.mmi, Mm. I'lmlli 1t kks, Betrelary. 1I0OI) 1UVKK I.OIMIK, No. 1113. A. K. and A. J I M..Meeia Saturday evening on or before cn lull menu. A r.. Kill, n . M. A. I' Hatkham, Secretary. llOul) H I V K K IIAI'TKK, No. 27, R. A. M. Jl Meeia third Friday nlxlit of eaeu niouiti r. c. bin las, h. p. II. F. Davidson, HiTre'ary. IIOdD K1VKK CHAPTER, No. 2. O. K. 8. J I Meela ae '.oiiil and lourtli I ue.day even Inn of eacli inonth. Via tor co d ally wet. coined. Mkb. Kva B. IlllMI, W. M. H. r". David ON, Secretary. I.ETA A88KMRI Y. No. KU. l ulled Artisane. ? Meet, reiond Tuesday of each month at fraternal nan. r . t.. hkohius, m. a. l. Mt bonai.n, Secretary. "TAI ('(IMA I OIM.K, No. 80, K. of P.-Mceti f In A. O. t . W. hall every Tuesday nlitlit. llnaKANl It hHUH, (J. C. Frank I.. IUvimon, K of K. A H. Jf r.ivnuin i.i'i'iir,. t.n. wo, n. v. . , , . I Meeta first and third Hanirdays of each .lI'L'tlllllill 1,.1,1'L- V . IT W month. N. C tVANH. M. . J. F. Watt, Financier. 11. I,. Il'.vvk, liecorler. 1HI.KWII.IiK I.OIMiB, No. 107, I. O O. P. Meeta in Fraternal hull every Thursday Blent. A. i. liKTCIIEL, n.tj. J. E. Hanna, Hecreiary. UTI'L'li rrL'"f. k-.. in V 'P . J I meet at A. O. II, W. hall on the Ural ana third Fridays of each month. J. K. lU.ND, Commander. DIVKRSIHK LOIXIK NO. 40, DEtiREK OF Jt HONOR, A. O. IT. W. -Meeta ami and third Saturdays at a P. M. Mm. (iKiiboia Rand, C. of H. Mm. Chai Clark k, Recorder. OUNSHINE PdCIF.TV-Meeta Fecond and Kl fourth r'utunlava of each uionlh at t o'clock. Mta Lena Knklu President. Mim Carris Rt'Ti.ER, Kecretai). JJ F. hHAW, M. D. Telephone No. 81. All Calls Promptly Attended Office upnlalrs over Kverhart's ilore. All culls left ihe ottice or residence will b l-rumi t y attended to. JOHN L ELAN I) HENDERSON ATTORN KY-ATHW, ABSTRACTOR. NO TARY PI: KMC and REAL EST A 'I fc AliENT. Fur 23 yeara a resident of Oreionand Waah ItiKton. Ha. h.id many yefr.t exer:euce in Real Estate inut era, as att acto:-, searcher of titles and agent. rauif(Mion xuaran eeJ or no cli. rue. J F. WATT. M. D. fiurircon for O. R. A N. Co. Ia especially equipped to treat catarrh of nose and throat and diseases of women,. Special terms for otlice treatment of chronie cases. Telephone, office, 125, residence, 4". Jj J. FREDERICK CARPENTER AND BUILDER. Estimate! fnmiBhed for all kinds of work, Repairing specialty. A 11 kind of shop work. Shop on .State Street, between First find Second. pAPKRIIAXOINU, KALSOMININ0, ETC. If your walla arc sick or mutilated, call oa E. L. KIMIII. Consultation free. No charge for prescrls tlons. No cure no pay, OHi'1 In iM(r n 3 A. M. till . P. ., aniall nluht if necessary. C0N0MY SHOE SHOP. PRICE LIST. Men's half soles, hand dirked, $l; nailed, beat, 75c; r-et'ond, 60c; third, 40o. Hliee hand stitched, 75c; nailed, bext, M)f, setond, 36. Best stock and work in Hood River. C. WELDS, Prop. piUC KLONDIKE CONFECTIONERY Is the place to get the latest and best ia Confectioneries, Candies, Nuts, Tobacco, Cigars, etc. ....ICE CREAM PARLORS.... COLE A GRAHAM, Props. p C. BROSiUS, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. 'Phone Central, or I2l. Office Hours: 10 to ll A. M. ; 2 to and 6 to 7 P. M. JT. HOOD 8AW MILLS Tommxson Baos, Props. FIR AND PINE LUMBER.. Of the best quality alwas on hand at prices to suit the times. gUTLER A CO., BANKERS. Do a general banking business. HOOD RIVER, OREGON. M. A-CO0K CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER Hood RivlJ, Okkoom. Estimates Furnished. Plana Draws J. HAYES, J. P. Office with Geo. T. Prather. Business will be attended to at any time. Collections mad, and auy business aiven to us will be attended to speedily and results made promptly. W ill locate on good government lands, either tlm beror farming. We are ia leucb with the U. H- Land OOio at The Dailea." Give us a oaU. ns or i ii crom All Parts of the New World and the Old. F INTEREST TO OUR MANY READERS Comprehensive Review of th Important flap penlngj of the Put Week In a Condensed Form. The condition of Empress Frederick continues unchanged. PnrchHKe of 500 cavalrr horses iu Oreou )ihs been ordered by tr war depitrtinent. A provincial government is iu courxe nf fortnntioa iu Tarlac, a northern Lu ton province. Geueral Chaffee is not to join in the German expedition iu Chiuu under Von Walderaee. Fire destroyed the Union Railway Company's barns at Klwood, R. I., and 3D, tiolley cars, canning a loss of llfl'.'.OOO. Governor Rogers has appointed G. Meade Emery, as an additional judge for King county, Waeh., to serve until the next election. Eight alleged Boxer leaders, after trial by officers of Chang Chi Tung, the viceroy of Hanko, have been de capitated at thar. place. William P. Hill, for over 60 years a prominent New England newspaper editor, is dead of grip, at the home of his son-in-law in Denver, Col. The schooner Alice, which was in the Nome trade last veur, ran on the rocks near the West Point lighthouse, while en route to Seattle from San Pedro. The full extent of the damage is not known. She was towed to Port Towniteud. Fire destroyed the Pythian opera house, the Second National bank build ing and the building occupied bv the Southern Express Company, at Jack sou, Teun., canning a lots of $100,000. It is believed two lives were lost in the fulling of the opera house walls. The bank of Omaha, at Omaha, Tex., has been robbed of $8,000 iu cash and paper amounting to $2,000. The rob liers made their escape upon a hand car. The lone occupant of the bank wbb decoyed from town by bogus tele trrams, aud remained away from Oma ha on the night of the robbery. A verdict for $1,500 for the plaintiff was rendered in the circuit court in the case of J. J. Hecker vs. the O. R. & N. Co.. at The Dalles, Oregon. Hecker, in June last, while driving across the railroad track four miles west of town, was struck by an engine, and sustaiued severe injuries for which suit for $2,500 was brought. Money scarcity in Engluud contin ues. The president will call an extra ses sion. The end of the Boer war is not in sight. Severe cold weather prevails through out Europe. A 13-inch gun exploded on the bat tleship Kearsarge. An Englishman's letter created a sensation in Manila. Five rebel olllcers and 20 men were captured near Manila. Civil government was established in Pangasinau province. All the volunteers will he home from the Philippines hy June 30. The czar is suspicious of Emperor William's doings iu England. Appropiiatioa bills have the right of way in the house this week. Russia has imposed an increased tariff on imports from America. The seuate will practically tlvote this week to appropriation bills. Louisiana mob hanged a negro who killed a white man and his family. Six perxons were killed and as many seriously injured in a train wreck in Nevada. Nine prisoners in the Spokane coun ty jail overpowered the jailer and es caped. Otticial list of the victims of the Umun mine accident places the num ber at 64. , One regiment aud a portion of two others will be mustered out at Van couver, Wash. Elaborate preparations are being made for the colonial tour of the Duke of Cornwall and York. - Two Bridal Veil, Or., factories and the O. R. & N. railroad bridge were damaged by the bieaking Of a drift jam. Danish government has broken off negotiations with the united States regarding the sale of Danish West In dies. Colonel W. T. Hart, a well-knowa Western promoter, committed suicide by jumping from a moving train into the Snake river. To hasten penot) negotiations, Von Waldereee has planned an 80-day ex pedition aad asks American and French to co-operate with the Germans. (Jneen Victoria Jwtd 73 children. grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Lord Roberts is the first man ever I entitled to wear the Garter, the Vio-; toria Cioss and the order of St. ut- : rick. i Thirty-five promifttmt American ! sculptors will contribute to the embel- lishnient of tne grounds and huildingi ' of the Pan-American exposition at : Buffalo, X. Y. OUR LAWMAKERS. Dolnji of Importance it the State Capital Bills Passed. To Prevent t1oboln(. A bill to prevent persons beating their way on railroad trains was passed by the house Monday. The bill was introduced by Poorman, at the request of railway employes and managers. It is a copy of the law now iu force in Alabama, and is designed to put a stop to the tramp nuisance. The result of such laws in Alabama was shown by Mr. Poorman to bo fur reaching in its effect, putting a stop to car robbing. The bill was passed, there being uo uegntive votes. Patted bv the Senate. The senate passed the following bills Monday: ilonxe bill 11, to authorise clerks of school districts and connty judges to hid in property sold for taxes and to direct the manner in which such property may be disposed of; sen ute bill 222, to regulate surety com pan ies; by Seuutor Booth, fixing the salar ies of the county treasurers of the state; senate bill 237, to authorize the capi tol building commissioners to construct a ditch in order to secure water for the state institutions. To Pay State Taxes Twice a Year. Senate bill 223 was passed by the seuate Monday. It provides that state taxes shall be payable by the counties in two semi-annual Installments. This change in the law is proposed in order to harmonize with the new law which makes taxes payable in the counties semi-annually. The Senatorial Vote. The vote for senator Monday stood: II. W. Corbett, 82; Binger Hermann, 28; U. D. Inman. 26; George II. Wil Hams, 1; C. E. S. Wood, 1; absent, 2. Two Railroad Bills Killed. The house after spending nearly nn other half day in consideration of rail road bills, disposed cf two more Wed nesday. Oue of these measures was f'oorman's fellow-servant bill. It was debated at length, and although even its oppouents admitted it had good points, it was defeated by a vote of 81 to 22. The other railroad bill which was disposed of, and which met a sim ilar fate, was the bill of Hatrla to fix the liability of railroad corporations for iu juries. But 19 votes were cast iu favor of this bill. No Holiday at Salem. Washington's birthday, February 22, is a legal holiday, but it is not a legis lative holiday unless the legislature by specific act chooses to make it so. Inasmuch as Washington's birthday happens this year to fall on the 40th day of the session (the usual day of sine die adjournment) It is probable that business will he proceeded with much as usual. The constitution of the state does not, limit the sessions to 40 davs, but does limit the total com pensation of each member to $120 at $3 per day; therefore, few legislators can be expected to be so self-sacrificing as to work long for nothing. Bills Passed. The senate Wednesday passed the following bills: Senate bill 79, to cor rect the description of the boundary of Wheeler county; senate bill 143, to protect hotel and boarding house keep ers; by Hunt, regulating street rail ways iu Portland; seuate bill 73, to enact the Torrens system of registra tion ol land titles; senate bill 172, to regulate insurance companies; senate bill 31, to provide for the election of road supervisors; senate hril 137, to create the otlice of connty auditor of Multnomah county; senate bill 217, to amend the charter of Sherwood; senate bill 216, to fix the salary of prosecut ing attorney in the Seventh judicial district. The house Wednesday passed bills as follows: house bill 27, providing for a uniform system of mine bell sig nals; house bMl 146, making it a crime to remove or interfere with mining lo cation marks; house bill 127, regulat ing the supply of water for irrigation purposes. The Senatorial Vote. The joint vote for senator Wednes day was: II. W. Corbett, 82; Binger Hermann, 29; George II. Williams, 1; R. D. Inman, Democrat, 26; W. E. Robertson, Democrat, 1; absent, 1. Oregon Notes. The Robins saw mill, six miles east of Union, has been leased by a man from the East. Eugene veteians of the Spanish and Philippine wars are plauning to organ ize a local association. A paper ll being circulated at New berg soliciting subscriptions to stock for the purpose of operating a cannery. Tom Gilliam's log drive, consist ing of 4,000,000 feet, is stranded in the Mohawk waiting for a freshet. It is consigned to the Booth-Kelly mills at Coburg. Barbed wire telephone lines are com- , ing back into fashion in 5Iorrow conn- ty. The latest is one between the ranch of C. E. Jones, near Eight-Mile postolrice and Heppner, Aia O. E. Farnsworth's ranch on Rhea cieek and the public road to Hardman. The recorder and clerk of Washing ton county collected $211.80 in fees last month. It is announced from Hariisburg that David Busey has sold his farm on Lake Creek to Mr. Busbee, from Wash ington. The consideration is said to have been $7,000. The Heppner Milling Company last week ehipp. d a lot of sud-hand ma chinery to Portland. As soon as the water opens up aagin the mill will be run to its full capacity day and night. Ill A Dfl IP Sixty-Five Miners Are Entombed No Hope for Them. CAUSED BY AN EXPLOSION OP CAS Only Exit Is the Mouth of the Shaft, Which Is Filled With t Huge Volume of Smoke Relief Measures Have Begun, Vanoouver, B. 0., Feb. 18. Sixty five miners are imprisoned in No. ibatt of tin Cumberland cnsl mine on Vancouver island. The only exit Is the mouth of thai ahuft which is tilled with a huge volume of (tame. ' There is considered to be no possibility for the unfortunates to escape. Details of Disaster Meager. Details of the disaster are moager. The Cumberland mine is near the vil lage of Union, about 60 miles north of the town of Nanaimo. Th) only telegraphic communication fiotu Un ion is by a siugle government wire, and little is known of the tragedy in the mine except that a terrible explo sion occurred in No. 6 shaft of the Cumberland about 11 o'clock this morning. Following the explosion the shaft caught tire, and the 65 miners who were working half a mile from the entrance were caught in la death trap. A relief party from No. 6 shaft made a brave but futile attempt at a rescue. They were headed off by the fire aud could not reach the imprisoned men. The attempt at rescue was made through No. 5 shaft, but the flames prevented any development of the per ilous venture. The Cumberland mine is one of the pioperties of the Union Colliery Com pany, situated near Comox and reached trout Union bay by the private colliery railway crossing the Trent river on which the memorable bridge disaster occurred a year or two ago. It has been singularly fortunate here tofore in immunity from disaster and was counted an especially safe mine to work in by reason of the character of the formation in which the coal ii found there, and the manner in which it had been opened up. No. 6 rhaft, the scene of the disaster, was bottomed in October, 1898, at a depth of 814 feet. It is well constructed aud lim bered, with a mud wall, the pit bot tom being timbered with 12x18 sawn hulks, built solidly together, 16 fees wide and 12 feet high. The shaft is located close to the lailmrny, and the ventilation of the mine is effected by a 14x5-foot Guibal fan, which, when run to its full rapacity, gives 85,000 oubio feet of air circulation per minute. The air enters by the haulage slopes and is divided into seperate splits, the main split being at the point where No. 2 branches off the niHin slope, part of the air going down each slope. Further down each of these slopes the air is again split, and sent to the work ings east and west of the respective elopes. , A second explosion ocourred in No. 5 shalt tonight, but it had been ex pected, and all the men had left the workings. There were no casualties. This explosion prevents auy further efforts being male to resoue the en tombed miners through No. 5 shaft. Killed by a Tiger. Indianapolis, lud., Feb. 18. Albert Neilaon, aged 15, employed as au ani mal keeper at the Zoological garden, in this city, -..as killed by a Bengal tiger today. He entered the tigei's cage and was attacked by the beast. A terrible struggle followed in which Neilson was torn in a htiudred places. Red hot irons were thrust into the blood thirsty animal, but not until seven bullets had been fired into its body did it release its hold on its vic tim. Neilson was dragged from the cage more dead than alive, and was hurried to the city hospital, where he died as he was being carried in. The tiger was not fatally wounded. Neil son had been employed by the Zoo company thTea years. He was in charge of the lion's cubs, and it is sup posed opened the tiger's cage by mis take. Generals to Retire Today. Washington, Feb. 18. Generals J. H. Wilson, Fitzbugh Lee and Theo dore Schwan will be retired tomorrow, the last named on his own applicaion. Colonel A. S. Daggett, Fourteenth in fantry, will be promoted to a brigadier- generalship, succeeding S.chwau, and will be retired immediately. May Arrest Without a Warrant Pittsburg, Pa., Feb. 18. In the suit of John B. Bennett against Seoret Serv ice Agents Flynn and Berriman and Deputy United States Marshal W. S. Blair, who were charged with malic ious trespass assault and battery in connection with the arrest of the plain tiff, Judge W. M. Achin, in the Unit ed States court, handed down an im portant opinion. He makes a prece dent in deciding that United States marshals or their deputies can make arrests in emergency cases without warrant. Found Dead on the Desert ' Tucson, Ariz. Feb. 18. Georsra Wbeatley a well-known mining man and two Mexican miners were found dead in their tent, one mile from the mining camp of Schnltz, 80 miles from Tucson. When found the parties had been dead for several days. Indica tions point to death from charcoal ftu'ies. Some believe that the men were poisoned. The body of one o' the Mexicans was being consumed by fir when the remains were discovered. SIX WERE KILLED. Five Passengers and Fireman on Wrecked Train As Many Seriously Injured. Witinemocca. Nev., Feb. 19. The sastbound overland limited Southern Pacific train, officially known as No. 2, was wrecked at 6:20 o'clock yesterday morning at a point 27 miles west ot this place, while running at a speed of 50 miles an hour, the train weiit Into a washed out culvert, and the result was the worst wreck known on this division of the road. Six persons were killed and six injured. The disaster occurred at a point where an embankment 8 feet high crosses a ravine. Melting snow from the mountains caused a beavy rush of water which broke through the em bankment some time duiing the night. The washout was about 75 feet in width, and Into the raging torrent the ill-fated train plunged without warn ing. The engine nearly cleared the break before the rails gave way, the tender falling back. Tne mail car and composite car followed into the chasm, the composite car telesooping the first of the Pullman sleepers nearly half its length. Two sleepers and the dining car re mained on the track. The bodies of two men, evidently tramps, who were stealing a ride, are In the wreckage. Train No. 4, the east bound express, was tollowing the limited train very closely, and the rear brakeman of the latter had only a few minutes in which to flag No. 4 and prevent a rear eud collision. At 7:20 A. M. a special train left this place for the scene of the wreck, carrying doctors and nurses, and the injured were given every attention pos sible, being taken to the hotel at Mill City, the nearest station. The dead and injured were later taken back to Wadsworth on a special traiu, and will be carried on to San Francisco. It will be two or three days before the track can be put in condition so tliat the running of trains may lie re sumed. It will be necessary first to build a tiestle aotoss the chasm in which the recked cars are lying. OVERPOWERED THE JAILER. Nine Prisoners in the Spokane County Jail Escape Officer Cave Pursuit. Spokane, Feb. 19. Arthur Spencer, of San Francisco, charged with imper sonating a United States officer, and eight other prisoners overjiowered Jailer Thompson in the Spokane county jail this morning aud are now at large Thompson says he was seized from behind by prisoners who were hiding behind a door, was beaten in o insen sibility, robbed of keys and revolver and gagued to prevent an outcry. When the jailer got loose be took a Winchester and went out to look for the escaped men. He spied a citizen who, frightened bv the jailer's appear ance, started to run. The jailei gave pursuit end began to shoot at the man, w ho finally was rescued by a jury out for au airing. Posses have been sent out every where, but not one of the jail breakers has been sighted. NEGRO WAS LYNCHED. Kilied a Man and His Family and Ransacked the House. New Orleans, Feb. 19. Thomas Jackson, a Negro, was lynched today at St. Petei, 20 miles above this city, for a series of ciimes. This morning ho visited the home of Alexander Bour geois, the engineer of the drainage machine on Bellepnint plantation, some distance from the plantation quarters. He told Bourgeois the manager wanted him, and the engineer mounted the tricycle with the Negro. Jackson stabbed the engineer in the back and threw the body into a ditch. He then returned to the house and butchered Mrs. Bourgeois aud her two babies and ransacked the house. Two boys visit ing the family hid in the woods. After the negro's departure the boys went to St. Peter and gave the alarm, return ing with a mob of several hundred men. The negro was tracked to his home and fully identified by the boys. He was hanged and his body riddled with bullets before the sheriff arrived. Composer Nevln Dead. New Haven, Conn., Feb 19. Eth elbert Nevin, musician and composer, died suddenly here today of heart dis ease. Mr. Nevin came to New Haven about five weeks ago to be associated with professor Parker, of Yale nuiver sity, in his rausuial work. Ethelbert Neivn was born in Nevinacre, Pa in 1863. As a copmoser, Mr. Nevin at tained a name hardly second to any musician, and his songs are known throughout the continents. Among these are "The Rosary," "Narcissus," "Good Night," "Good Night, Belov ed," and an arrangement of Hems' "The Heiden Roeslein." Mexican Troops Defeated Indians. Mexico City, Feb. '19. The federal troops had another engagement with Maya Indians yesterday, aud the troops turned their flank and drove them from all their fortified places. The new Mauser rides are found to be extremely effective against the enemy. 0 Three S'.'icides in San Francisco. San Francisco, Feb. 19. Suicides were epidemic in this city today. Three men suffering from despondency took their lives. A. Lewis, a shoe- tnaekr in ill health, ended his life trou bles by asphyxiation. Robert Mc Kenna, a painter, quarreled with his wife and swallowed a dose of arser.'.o. A. Moeller, a baker, who grieved over the death of a son, who was killed in the terrible football accident last Thanksgiving, took carbolic acid. 1 Chaffee Is Not to Join the Ger man Expedition. THE COVERNMRNT FACES A CRISIS State Department May Try to Dissuade Berlin Authorities From Undertaking This Cam. palgn Chinese Are to Blame. Washington. Feb. 20.'-The United States government is facing a serious crisis in China, owing to the announce ment of the purpose oi Field Marshal Count von Walderaee to begin anoth er offensive campaign. General Chaf fee has been invited to join in the ex pedition, wbiob is to be mobilized on a larger scale than anything attempted in Chiua since the allied army began the march to Pekin. The general so informed the war department today, and the officials of the state depart ment have been advised of the situa tion. This German movement is viewed with absolute dismay here, for it is feared that it requires an immediate decision bv the United States govern ment of its whole line of policy toward the Chinese question. General Chaffee wi'l be told that he is not to partici pate in this campaign. He has been keeping the American forces in Pekln ever sinoe the city was pacified, simply as a legation guard, and the German government is fully aware that the United States government purposely deprived the American oontingent in China of its offensive military char acter and withdrew it from the control of Geueral von Waldersee in order to hasten peace negotiations and prevent, so far as it could, the continuance of military movements against the Chi nese, which were baneful in their effect upon the peaci movement. So our government, not having changed its policy, cannot do otherwise than to cause Geueral Chaffee to refrain from any participation in military move ments so long as the present peaceful conditions continue. But another very serious point under consideration is, not whether Chaffee shall join the German movement, but whether it is not the duty of our gov ernment to exercise all proper efforts to dissuade the German government from undertaking this campaign. The Chinese government is unfortu nately dolaying the peace negotiations in an exasperatin ! fashion, and is not responding in proper spirit to the effort of the United States government. Word has just come from Minister Conger which confirms the press ad vices relative to the Chinese declina tion to accede to the demands of the ministers in the matter of capital pun ishment of the leaders implicated in he Boxer movement. Mr. Conger's message gave it to he understood tnat the Chinese government had agreed to exile Prince Tuan and Lan without capital sentences; to reoommend sui cide to Prince Cnwang; death for Yn Hsien and Chao Chi Chao; imprison ment and degradation from office for Chi Haul and Hsu Cheng Yu. It is said an edict has already been issued to execute these sentences. A visit from the Japanese minister to the state department served to give color to the story that onr government is casting about to ascertain how far the other powers party to the Chinese question would indorse this proposed campaign. It is impossible to secure exact information on the subject. The whole subject, it is said, is to come be fore the cabinet meeting tomorrow, when the course to be pursued by the United States government will be de termined. It is said unequivocally by competent anthority that the American military foices under no circumstances will participate with the Germans in the proposed expedition, and, although it cannot be learned that General Chaffee has yet received instructions to that effect, he undoubtedly will have threra very shortly. The United States gov ernment stands steadfastly by the prin ciples laid down in Secretary Hay's letter of July 8 last. Collision at Sea. ljondon, Feb. 20. The Russian bark Hoppet, Captain Lindblom, wbich sailed from Hull February 14 for Sa pelo, has been towed into Grimsby with bows seriously damaged by col lision on the night of February 15, with the steamer Homer, from Li ban. The Homer disappeared after the col lision, and is believed to have found ered, with the loss of 16 lives. Mexican Mine Flooded. Phoenix, Ariz., Feb. 20. Particu lars have been received here of the flooding of the Santa Rita mine, in the Bacatate mountains, 200 miles south of Hertnosillo. Four miners were drowned and their bodies have been recovered. The flood was caused by the opening of a vein by a blast. The main tunnel was flooded, and while miners in the upper end escaped, the workers in the lower end were caged like rats its a trap. Miners outside made desperate efforts to resone their fellows, but without avail. Strikers Riot In France. Chalons Sur Soane, France, Feb. 20. Striking metal workers marched throneh the town today, compelling other factories to close, forcing open the doors and onngmg out workmen, nntil the strikers numbered about 800 men. Tne gendarmes and troops were summoned and the rioters were dis persed with fixed bayonets after the reading of the usual proclamation. Fifty arrests wree made. Nobody was seriously injured. MOSCOW PAPER SUPPRESSED. For the Publication of University Bulletins 320 Students Have Been Arrested. St. Petersburg, Feb. 20. Ihe min ister of the interior, M. Sipiaguiue, on Saturday ordered the suppression for three months of the Novosti Dnja. a Moscow newspaper, which has violated the prohibition against the publication of university bulletins. A secret cir cular has been issued reminding all the newspapers that the prohibition is now effective. Information has been received here that 820 students have been arrested in Moscow, , presumably the whole as sembly which obstiuctbd the lectures among the students. Eighteen stu dents were aneRted here, but were sub sequently released. Pending a decis ion iu their case, howaver, they were forbidden to re-enter the university. Sixteen additional arrests were subse quently made. Ihe forestry institute, near by, held a meeting and declared the institute closed until the sentences aaginst the students should be revoked and military law repealed. The institute of railway engineers, by a vote of 230 to 100, declared for obstruction. The military and medi cal aoademy students met, with the permission of Geueral Kouroptkin, the minister of war, the latter merely warning them that he could not pre vent the operation of military law it obstructionary tactics were adopted. Of the 800 who were present at the meetiug only 150 favored obstruction. LEFT $70,000,000. Huntington's Estate Has Since Increased $10, 000.000-Pavs $700,000 Inheritance Tax. New York, Feb. 20. Executors o( the estate of Collis P. Huntington, have deposited with the controller a certified check for $700,000, to cover the amount of the inheritance tax which will be collected by the state. The deposit indicates the worth of the estate at the time of the testator's death to have been approximately $70,000, 000, which has now been increased aliout one-seventh, making the present worth $80,000,000. The size of the check indicates that the Huntington estate in value will more than double the estimate placed upon it at the time of the death of the California pioneer. Owing to the rise in railroad securities during the last six mouths, the Huntington estate ia now worth almost, if not quite, $10, 000,000 more than it was when the will was offered for probate. As the inheritance tax is based upon the value at the time of the death of the testa tor, the estate would now seem to be woith approximately $80,000,000. No accurate idea as to how the Hun tington millions ere invested has yet been made by the executors. TRIED BY A MOB. Tennessee Negro's Jurors Hanged Him He Confessed, Implicating Others. Dyersburg, Tenn., Feb. 20. An un known man broke into the residence of Dr. Arnold, a prominent physician here, yesterday, and struck Miss El if a Arnold on the head and side with a hatchet. She fainted without sebing the assailant, who became frightened and fled. Bloodhounds followed the trail from the young lady's room to the house of a negro named Fred King, where a hatchet was found in a bnreau drawer. King and two other negroes were arrested but the latter were re leased. A mob formed and would have lynched King but for the plead ings of Dr. Arnold, who insisted upon having better evidence of guilt. A mob formed today and took King from the jail and tried him befoie a jury selected from the mob. He confessed, implicating several other negroes, and was then hanged. Another negro named Beebe has been captured, charged with complicity in the assault, and probab'y will meet the same fate. NEGOTIATIONS BROKEN OFF Danish Government Will Not Sell Is Danish West Indies. London. Feb. 20. "The Danish gov ernment," says the Copenhagen corre spondent of the Daily Mail, "has sud denly broken off all dealings with the United States regardig the sale of the Danish West Indies. This ia due to a satisfactory offer made by the Danish East Asian Steamship Company to as sist aud in the future to administer the islands. The American government has been notified as to this decision." The Copenhagben correspondent of the Times says: "From a competent source, I learn that the Danish West Indies will not be sold during the present parliament ary session. The syndicate will form a new trans-Atlantic steamship com pany and undertake other commercial enterprises in connection with the islands, whose excellent ports will be, it is presumed, invaluable when the Nicaragua canal is finished. 'The negotiations are still uncom pleted, but they will be settled before October, and the negotiations with the United States will then be dropped. Skagway to Dawson. 'Tacoma, Fefc 20. Advices have been received here that the White Pass & Yukon road have purchased the property of the Canadian Development Company, to take effect April 1. By this extensive acquisition of property the railroad company practically ex tends its line from SksgA-ay to Daw son. This practically gives the White Pass Railroad Company the control of all the waterways to the interior, ai it also controls the Atlin route.