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VOL. XII.
HOOD KlVEIi, OHEGON, FRIDAY, MAltCII 20, 1001.
NO. 43.
HOOD RIVER GLACIER
J'ubllnhed Kvcrjr Krliluy by
H. K. lil.VTIIK.
Ttrin. o( uliiu'rlpllun-tl.uO 4 year when ul
In ailvmin;.
Tilt MAIL.
The mail arrlven from Mt. II nod at 10 o'diK-li
a., m. V ethifitilayii ntl Hatiinlujs; uVparu III
tame days at imhhi.
For riiMiiowrtli, li'avct at a. m. Turmlayi,
TtinrfulnvN ami hMUirty; arrlvi-ii at fi ri. 111.
I-it S hue Milnmii ( anh.) leavia daily at 6:45
. 111.: arrivi-s at 7:15 . in,
Krom While Salmon li-avra for Fitlila, Ollmer.
Trout luke ami lili nwowl (tally at A. M.
for HiiiKi-n ("un.) leaven at a:. p. 111 i
rivi at 2 p. m.
Not IKTIK.
Al kr.L KKIIKKAH HKliUKK l.dlK.K. No
t 7, I. O. U. , Mei'la ti rxt anil tliinl Muii
daya In each month.
Mm Kate DiVUNPoiiT, N. O.
II. i. HlBBARI), Becrutary.
jHANHV I'OST, No. lfi, (I. A. R .-Mwt at A.
V 1 O. H. W. Hall arroii'1 and fourth Untnr iavi
of each month at 2 o'elo k p. 111. All (I. A. K.
luumbt'ri Invited to men with u.
T. J. us.MN'i, Commander.
1. W. RimiY, Adjulaut.
CANBY W. R. C, No. 16 Meets Ami Satur
day olea. h monlh in A. (I. I'. W. hall at 2
p.m. Mwi. B K. SHiKMiKKit, President.
Mki. Uksila lii'KKa, Hei retary.
HOOD RIVER I.OIXIK, No. Kli, A. K. and A.
M. Me la Saturday cvftiIiik on or liefore
ach lull moon. A N. Hihu, W. M.
A. K Batsham, Secretary
H
OOII RIVKR CHAHKK, No. V, K. A. M.
Mceu third Friday inKlit 01 eaeh month.
r. j. musim, ti. r.
H. F. Datidbom, Secretary.
HOOII RIVER CHAPTER, No. 2., . K.
Meeta aeeond and (mirth Tiieaday even
iiiKB o( each montli. V11 t r cu'dially wel
comed. .Mm. Eva H. IUYnh, VV. M
11. f. Datidsok, Secretary.
OLETA ASSEMBLY, No. 103, I'nited ArtlaMia.
Meet leiond Tuesday n( each monlliat
Fraternal hall. F. C. BhuMI'i, M. A.
1). McDonald, Secretary.
W ACCOM A l.OIXiK, No. :, K. o( r .l.itui
ill A. 0. V. VV. hall every Tneiday liurht.
liomi.NI K hMllH, t. ('.
Frank I.. Daviimon, K. of R. A s.
KIVERK1DK I.OIiiiE, No. tin, A. o. I ' .
Meett tirat and third Smurdayn 0 cauli
month. N. C. Evans. M. VV.
J. K. Watt, Financier.
H. L. Howk, Recorder.
1DI.KWII.bK I.OIMIE, No. 107, I. O O. K
Meeta lu Fraternal hall every Thursday
night. A. U. Uktchei,, N. (i.
J. K. IIanna, Secretary.
H00I) RIVER TENT, No.. 19, K. O. T. M..
meets at A. O. V. VV. hall on the first and
third Fridays o( each monih.
J. E. Rand, Commander.
KIVERSIliE LODUK NO. 40. DEGREE OF
HONOR, A. O. U. W. Meets first and
third Saturdays atH I'. M.
Mrs. . kop.hu Rand, (1. o( II.
Mrs. Chai Clabkk, Recorder.
SUNSHINE SOCIETY Meets tecond and
(ourth Saturdavs of eseh moiitli at 2
O'eloik. Miss Lena KniLL, President.
Miss Carrie Butler, Secretaiy.
HOOD RIVER CAMP, No. 7,702, M. W. A.,
meets in Odd Fellows' Hall the first and
third Wednesdays of each month.
F. L. UAVIIflON, V. C.
E. R. Bradley, Clerk.
F. SHAW, M. D.
Telephone Jo. 81.
All Calls Promptly Attended
Office upstairs over Everhart's store. All
calls led at i tie ottiee or rebidence will be
LTuni t y attended to.
JOHN LKLAND IIENDKUSON
ATTORN f. Y-ATH W, ABSTRACTOR. NO
TARY PI Hl.lt: and REAL
KHTA'IE AdENT.
For 23 vesrs a resident of Oregon and Wash
Inston. Hai had many year, experience in
Real Estate matters, as abi-t acto-, aeaicher of
titles and agent, satisfaction nuaranteed or
no charge.
J F. WATT, M. D.
n I - . TI V fn 1 uet.Anlaliv
BlirKCOll ntr .. i. tv ... . . .n ..............
eqHtpped to treat catarrh of nose and throat
and diseases of women.
Special terms (or olliee treatment o( chronic
cases.
Telephone, office, 125, residence, 4..
H
J. FREDERICK
CARPENTER AND BUILDER.
Estimates furnished for all kinds of
work. Repairing a specialty. All kinds
of shop work. Shop on .State Street,
between First and Second.
pAPERHANGING, KALS0MIS1NU, ETC.
II your walls are sick or mutilated, call on
V. L. KOOI.
Consultation (ree. No charge for prescrip
tions. No cure no pay.
OHie s hn in fr i n 6 A. M. till 6. P. M., an I all
night if necessary.
JTCONOMY SHOE SHOP.
CHICK LIST.
Men's half nole, hand stirked, $1 ;
nailed, "neat, 75c; second, 60; third, 40c.
Ladies' hand stitched, V6c; nailed, best,
f0c; setond, 35. Beet stock Rnd work
in Hood River. C. VFJJ, Prop.
rpiIE KLONDIKE CONFECTIONERY
Is th place to get the lateft and bent in
Confectioneries, Candies, Nuts, lobacco,
Cigare, etc.
....ICE CREAM PARLORS....
COLE A GRAHAM, Props.
p C. BROSiUS, M. D.
" PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
'Phone Central, or 121.
Office Hours: 10 to 11 A. M.; 2 to 3
and 0 to 7 P. M.
yT. HOOD SAW MILLS
Tommnsos Bros, Props.
FIR AND PINE LUMBER
Of the beet quality alwas on hand at
prices to suit the times.
jgUTLLR A CO.,
BANKERS.
Do a general banking business.
HOOD RIVER, OREGON.
A. COOK
CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER
Hood River, Orkooh.
Estimates Furnished. Plans Drawn
J. HAYES, J. P.
Office with Ceo. T.'Prather. Business will be
attended to U iny time. CoUwctions made,
and anv b"Sines nen to us will be attended
tospeeililr and results made promptly. Will
locate on good government lands, either tim
ber or lermtnir. We are in touch with tbe V.
fe. Land OtnceatThe Pallea. UiveuaaeaU.
Iras of lit ra
From AH Parts of the New World
CO
and the Old.
o
OP INTEREST TO OL'R MANY READERS
Somprthtrulvc Review of the Important Hp
ptnlngi of th Put Week In
Condensed Form.
A Japanese diplomatic official open
ly talks war.
There was much bloodshed In a riot
In St. Petersburg.
China appeals to England to pro
tect her from Russia.
Fighting has been renewed between
the British and the Boers.
The ministers cannot agree on the
question of legation guards.
High officials In Brazil are Impli
cated In the monarchist plot.
The British answer to the Hay
Pauncefote treaty Is made public.
Twenty-flve persons were killed and
many Injured by a tornado at Bir
mingham, Ala.
Newcastle, Pa., has rejected Carne
gie's offer of $50,000 with which to es
tablish a library.
The report of the removal of Mc
Cleevey Brown, minister of Corean
customs, Is confirmed.
Portraits of Hawaiian political of
fenders have been removed from the
rogues' gallery In Honolulu.
Coroner's Jury in Hood River, Or.,
assassination returns verdict that evi
dence points to James Green as the
guilty party.
Ex-Representative Rodenburg.of Illi
nois, was appointed a member of the
civil service commission to succeed
the late Mark S. Brewer.
The president has Issued a procla
mation announcing the acquisition by
purchase of the Islands of Slbutii and
Cagyan, forming part of the Jolo ar
chipelago. Clatsop county, Or., will send to
the Buffalo exposition a spruce log 16
feet long and 8 feet In diameter, and
a number of carefully prepared hem
lock planks.
The transport Hrtncock has sailed
from San Francisco for Manila, with
seven officers and 327 men of the Sixth
cavalry, sever officers and 350 men
of the Seventh infantry, 12 men of the
hospital corps, four surgeons, two
army officers unattached, and 30 civil
Ian passengers.
Pittsburg street-car men may go on
strike.
General Funston has gone in pursuit
of Agulnaldo.
Kruger expects to visit the United
States next month.
The Philippine commission Is taking
testimony In Negros.
Japan energetically protests against
the Russo-Chinese treaty.
The Portuguese government seized
Jesuit property in Lisbon.
Spain received $100,000 for the Is
lands of Cagayan and Slbut.u.
A tornado did great damage to ship
ping in Pensacola bay. Florida.
Corea removes British collector of
customs, which causes a protest.
Governor Rogers, of Washington, ve
toed the bill for the selection 01 school
text-books.
Russia agrees with Great Brittln
to let Von Waldersee arbitrate the Tten
Tsin dispute.
Mrs. Nation was escorted from
grounds of Kansas soldiers' home to
train by police.
Gravly of the Russian student trou
bles impelled the Czar to call a special
.meeting of the ministers.
Insurgents will be given 30 days' ex
tension of time to take advantage of
the law regulating voting and offlce
holding. Two hundred girls working In the
overall department of Sofford Bros.,
drygoods factory at Kansas City,
walked out. The firm recently re
duced the price for making overalls
from $1.25 to 98 cents a dozen.
"The United States government,"
says the London correspondent of tue
Daily Express, "has refused New Zea
land's request to reopen the question of
permitting British steamers to trade
between Honolulu and San Francisco."
New Jersey village was destroyed
by burning oil, as the result of the
wreck of a coal and oil train.
General Weyler, Spanish minister of
war, is preparing extensive army re
forms. The food of the soldiers will
be Improved, and economies will be
realized In the war budget.
In the bankrufttcy court at Burton-on-Trent,
England, Lorti Waterpark
declared his bankruptcy was due to
the compulsory sale of his property
in compliance wi'.h the Gladstone act
of 1881. He sni 1 he hau thereby lost
35,000. The liabilities of the debt
or amount to 26,00o, and his assets
are 3,000.
The Balt'more & Ohio, railroad has
ordered 105 new engines. 0
Florida Is now thronged with visit
ors from the northern and western
states.
In the United States regular army
Spanish is spoken fluently by 304
commissioned officers, French by 224
and German by 136.
Besides King Edward there are 73
heirs to the British throne without
going outside of the group of Vic
toria's direct descendants.
BOTH SIDES RETIRE.
Troops Withdrawn From Disputed
Land at Tien Tsln.
BERLIN, March 25. The war office
has the following from Count von
Waldersee:
"The Anglo-Russian dispute at Tien
Tsln has been settled from a military
standpoint in a manner satisfactory
to both0partles at a conference be
tween Generals Wogack and Barrow.
Both guards and posts bave been
withdrawn and salutes have been ex
changed. The British declare that no
offense to the Russian flag was In
tended and that the allegeu removal
of the Russian boundary marks was
neither by the command nor with the
knowledge of the military authorities.
The work on the disputed land will
not be continued until the govern
ments have reached an agreement as
to Its possession or until a special un
derstanding has been attained."
PEKIN, Mpreh 23. The troops on
both sides of the disputed' land at
Tien Tsln have been withdrawn, and
all danger of a fracas is ended. The
opinion of the British is that thp
promptness 0t General Barrow In call
ing up the marines from Taku pre
vented a collision. The British re
port that prior to the arrival of the
marines sentries were supplied from
the Madras Pioneers, who for several
clays were surrounded by crowds of
foreign soldiers mostly French, who
assailed them with all kinds of abuse,
calling them "coolies." The Madrasses
were becoming restive when the ma
rines arrived at night and quietly re
lieved them, and it was only when
daylight appeared that the Russians
discovered the change.
WHY BOTHA DECLINED.
Kitchener Refused Complete Amnesty
to Leaders.
LONDON, March 25. The Dally
Chronicle, professing to be able to
give an outline of the negotiations be
tween Lord Ktchener and General
Botha, says:
"The chief obstacle to a settlement
was Lord Kitchener's refusal to grant
complete amnesty to the leaders of
the rebels in Cape Colony. He offered
self-government on the lines of Jama
ica Immediately upon the cessation of
hostilities, with legislative bodler
partly elected by the burghers. The
government agreed to provide 1.
000,000 to compensate Boers for prop
erty destroyed and articles comman
deered by the Boers on commando,
provided the signatures of the of
ficers who commandeered the goods
were forthcoming. He also offered to
grant loane on easy terms for rebuild
ing and restocking farmsteads. More
over, he agreed that children should
be instructed in English or Dutch, at
the discretion of their parents. The
government undertook to make no
claim on church property or funds, or
upon hospitals or hospital funds, or
upon private Investments. No burgher
of either state was to be allowed to
possess a rifle, except by special li
cense. "General Botha was generally In
favor of these conditions, but he dis
sented strongly from a proposal to
give the full privilege of citizenship to
properly domciled and registered
blacks. He was also greatly con
cerned about the position Jewish cap
italists would occupy In the country,
and was told that Jews and Chris
tians would enjoy equal rights, no dis
tinction being maue in the matter of
concessions."
MUST REFUND THE BONDS.
Pina County, Ariz., Will Pay for
the Experiment.
PHOENIX, Ariz., March 25. The
territorial supreme court today hand
ed down an important decision in the
matter of the Pina county bonds. It is
held that the territory must refund
these bonds, amounting now, with in
terest, to $352,000. Incidentally, the
opinion re-establishes the territorial
loan commission which the legisla
ture sought two years ago to abol
ish. The bonds, amounting to
$200,000 were Issued by Pina coun
ty under an act of the legisla
ture of 1883 to encourage the con
struction of a narrow-gauge railroad
from Tucson to Globe. The road
was begun but never finished, and
though these bonds had been turned
over to the promoters, the county re
fused to pay the interest. All the
bonds are held in New York.
Government Calls for Bids.
Seattle, Wash., March 25 Quar
termaster Ruhlen will tomorrow is
sue an invitation to the various ship
ping concerns doing business between
this city and Alaska to furnish pro
posals for the contract to lighter at
Nome and St. Michael such govern
ment stores as are shipped this sea
son by the war department to the
military posts to the mouth of the
Yukon river and points in the interior
of Alaska. Major Ruhlen roughly es
timates that tnere will be 16,000 tons
of freight on the basis of ship's meas
urement to be sent north this sum
mer. The bids will oe opened March
30. The government win have four
ships in the Afaskan service.
His Last Raid.
Santa Fe, N. M., March 25. Tom
Ketchum, famous as an outlaw, the
man who terrorized the territory for
years, was executed today. "Black
Jack" was the soubriquet by wb'ch
Ketchum was best known. He was
sentenced by the territorial supreme
court on February 25. Numerous at
tempts were made to stay the execu
tion, Ketchum having many friends
among a certain class. Although ac
cused of several murders and other
felonies, Ketchum was only tried for
the robbery of a train near Foisom, N.
M., the penalty for which, in this ter
ritory, is death.
Northwest Pensions. -
Washincton. March 2-v Ponalnna
have been granted as follows:
Oregon original, William H. Rum
ley, Medford, $8; Mexican war sur
vivors, increase, Samuel B. Jackson,
Eugene, $12; widows, increase, spe
cial act February 20, Catherine A.
Yonne. Portland. S12: war with finnln
original, John Dennis, Portland, $12.
asnington Original, Thomas F.
Mahan, Seattle, $8; Peter Chambers,
Port Angeles, $6; William M. Mat
tox. Thorp, $S.
on i ire
Items of Interest From All Parts
of the State.
COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL HAPPENINGS
A Brief Review of the Growth and Improve
ments of the Many Industries Through
out Our Thriving; Commonwealth.
Sheridan The depot at Sheridan Is
finished.
Coquille It is proposed at Coqullle
to organize a fire company.
Table Rock The Table Rock Irri
gating' DUoh Company will soon begin
wotk of cleaiii.ig and repairing its
ditches.
Bald Mountain The new quartz
mill of the Bald Mountain mine
started up last week.
Ritter The floor was blown off the
suspension foot bridge at Ritter sev
eral days ago by wind.
Hood River The prospects of the
strawberry crop at Hood River are
good, and there ia an Increased acre
age. Union A plan for starting a free
reading room and library at Union
is being perfected by women of the
city.
Milton The Offner Fruit Packing
Company, of Walla Walla, contem
plates erection of a large warehouse
at Milton.
Klamath Falls The work of clean
ing out the Klamath Falls irrlgatliiu'
ditch began this week. The ditch will
also be widened.
Union A schemo is under way at
Union to erect and equip a two-story
brick building for the use of a town
commercial club.
Greenhorn It Is reported that the
Inter Mountain group in the Green
horn district has been sold to a syndi
cate of California capitalists.
Gold Hill G. Lane will have 25 or
30 tons of ore crushed at Humason &
Cheney's quartz mill at Gold Hill.
This ore is from the Elsie mine on
Blackwell hill.
Umatilla An O. R. & N. freight
train between Umatilla and WalluLi
passed over a man who was lyinjf on
the rails and crushed hiin beyond rec
ognition. Granite There Is no public school
nearer the Red Boy mine than at Gran
ite, and application has been made for
a new Bchool district, with Red Boy as
the center.
Condon A disastrous "pile-up" took
place at the sheep camp of S. B. Bar
ker, near Condon. On a separation
of the ewes from the lambs the latter
piled up in a ditch, and 88 head were
smothered.
Sumpter It Is reported from Sump
ter that the Golconda mine Is showing
another rich ore body, and that as un
derground development continues
the prospects of the mine grow better
each succeeding day.
Canyon City James Robinson, one
of the oldest and best-known citizens
of Grant county, died at Canyon Citv
fter a lingering illness of nearly 12
years. Deceased was born In New
Brunswick, January 12, 1834.
Klamah Falls The Ashland-Klamath
Falls mall route and schedule has
been changed. It will hereafter be a
daylight run, and the route from
Parker's station to Jenny creek will
ue over the logging camp road.
Canyonville A company contem
plates building a flume from Canyon
Creek, five miles south of Canyonville,
to the mines owned by Lewis Ash,
which are sltuted about halfway be
tween Riddle and Canyonville.
PORTLAND MARKET.
Wheat Walla Walla. 5G(ri57c: val.
ley, nomlnai; bluestem. 59c Der
bushel.
Flour Best grades, $2.80 $3.40 per
barrel; graham, $2.fi0.
Oats White, $1.25 per cental; gray,
$1.20$1.22 per cental.
Barley Feed. J16.50SiJ17: hrew.
Ing $16.50$17 per on.
MUistuffs Bran, $16 per ton; mid
dlings, $21.50; shorts, $17.50; chop,
$16.
Hay Timothy, $1212 50; clover,
$79 50; Oregon wild hay, $67 per
ton.
Hops 12iS14c ner nonnrl-
crop, 67c.
Wool Vallev. I4ffi15e- Eastprn Dr.
egon, 912c; mohair, 2021c per
pound.
Butter Fancy creamerv. ?2itB?5r
dairy, 1720c; store, 1012c per
pouna.
Eces Oregon ranch ISffilSUr. nor
, V . - 2' '
dozen.
Poultry Chickens, mixrl S3 Rflffi?;-
hens, $55.50;, dressed, ll12c per
pouna; spring, $4 6 per dozen;
ducks, $506; geese J6ff? ner rln7Pn-
turkeys, live. 9(ffii0n
dressed, 13r7)14c per pound.
Cheese uii cream, twins. I3i
13Uc; Young America, l.mirauc
per pound.
Potatoes 4o 55c per sack.
Mutton Gross, best
$4.75; ewes, $44.50; dressed 6&7c
per pound.
Hogs Gross, choice heavy, 5
$5.25; light, $4.75(3 5; dressed, 67c
per pounu.
Veal Large, 77&c per pound;
small, 89c per pound.
Beef Gross, top seers. $i.504.75;
cows, $44.50; dressed beef, 78t
per pound.
The Brussels automobiles are taxt
from 30 to 50 francs per annum, a.
cording to horse power.
The Inter Island Telegraph com
pany of Hawaii a the first wireless
system to be opened for business.
The case of Missouri against the
Chicago drainage trustees wfll be the
first jury trial la the United States
supreme court in 107 years.
Professor Shaler, Harvard's geolo
gist, says that within 30 years new
mining systems will produce an al
most intolerable supply of cold.
A RIVER OF FIRE.
Flaming Oil Destroyed New Jersey
Village.
NEW YORK, March 26. A river of
flaming oil swept down upon the little
village of Glengarden, N. J., while its
Inhabitants were asleep this morning,
and reduced 11 buildings, stores and
residences to ashs. The conflagra
tion was extraordinary In character,
and In Its origin. The village is In a
valley along the New Jersey Central
Railroad. An Immense freight train
was coming east at 6:30 A. M. It was
composed of a string of coal ears, and
18 tank cars. High above the village
the tracks of the railroad run along
the side of a mountain. They descend
as they approach the village, but even
at the station are considerably above
the main Btreet, which runs up to the
depot at a steep Incline.
A few miles west of the village,
while coming down the incline around
the mountain the train parted. The
engineer on the forward end pulled
pen the throttle of the engine
and tried to race away from
the section, which was increasing
Its speed every second. He man
aged to keep clear of the racing
cars until he got opposite the depot ut
Slengarden, when the second section
smashed into the first. The first sec
tion, composed of the coal cars, was
going at a high rate of speed, -and
none of its cars were Jolted off the
track. The oil tanks on the runaway
section were hurled sideways across
the tracks, and the oil tank cars be
hind were piled on top of it in every
way. The first crash caused the oil
In one of the tanks to explode, and
ignite, and the terrific heat caused toe
other cars to explode, one after the
other. The Incline running from the
depot down to the main street acted
as a sluice for the burning oil, and It
poured Into the chief thoroughfare of
the village, Eettlng Are to every thing
It touched. Houses, fences, trees,
shrubbery and barns were reduced to
ashes In an Incredibly short time.
Villagers awakened oy the explo
sions rushed from the on-coming flood
of blazing oil, carrying children In
their arms. Some risked ihelr lives to'
free horses, cows and dogs in outbuild
ings, but other unfortunate animals
could not be reached In time, and were
burned. Within five minutes after the
first explosion the flowlne river of oiL
bad reached the Masonic Temple In
the heart of the village and ten min
utes later that structure was envel
oped In flames. Then building after
building, all of them frame, took Are
as the oil reached them, and within
half an hour an area of 400 feet square
was a mass of flame. From the
wrecked cars the oil flowed down the
Incline of the railroad track, making a
long line of fire that destroyed the ties
and bent and twisted the tracks. The
loss is estimated at from $60,000 to
$75,000.
WANT CIVIL RULE.
Negros Is Ready for Provincial Gov
ernment. BACALOR, Island of Negros, March
25. According to expressions of a
large majority of the delegates from
Occidental Negros and of a few who
were present from the Oriental side,
the sentiment of the people Is over
whelmingly in favor of succeeding
the present governments by provin
cial governments In both divisions.
The reasons given for tins view are
that such a change will effect a reduc
tion of taxes and the high salaries of
officials, the establishment of schools
and the Improvement of roads. The
speakers alleged that owing to a lack
of means of education, liberty was
becoming license. The military com
mander Is credited with having or
ganized the only schools. They are
taught by soldiers. Commissioner
Taft assured the delegates that Ne
gros would be supplied with Amerl
can teachers and he outlined the need
of organizing provinces uniformly
with other Islands.
The announcement of yesterday's
surrenders In the island oi Panay was
greeted with applause.
General Harrison's Estate.
Indianapolis, March 25. Ex-Presl-dent
Harrison left $40,000 In life in
surance. This fact was announced to
night by President EJtel, of the Union
Trust Company which is executor of
General Harrison's will. He said:
"Our appraisement of the Harrison
estate gives its total value at $380,000.
This includes all real estate, railroad
bonds, stock In the Union Trust Com
pany, the law building here, and other
securities."
Gales in English Channel.
London, March 25. The first day of
spring was characterized by a gale
and a heavy snow storm sweeping
over the channel. A storm has been
raging for three days over the North
sea. Wintry weather Is general
throughout Central Europe. In conse
quence of the gale in the channel,
more than 300 steamers are anchored
off South End. The vessels are so
crowding the anchorage that several
minor collisions have occurred.
$100,000 Philadelphia Fire.
Philadelphia, March 26. The West
Park ice palace, at Fifty-second and
Jefferson streets, was destroyed by
fire early this morning, entailing a loss
of about $100,000 on which there was
an insurance of about $75,000. The
building was used as a skating rink
ind for the manufacture of Ice for com
mercial use, and was owned by tue
York (Pa.) Ice Manufacturing Co.
Earned His Pardon.
Topeka, Kan., March 25. Governor
Stanley today pardoned Convict
Floyd Graham, who aided Warden
Tf.?ilinson in suppressing the insur
rection at the penitentiary coal mines
this week. Graham climbed 400 feet
up the air shaft and communicated
to the warden that the convicts were
weakening on account of their de
plorable condition. .
Two Insurgent Surrenders.
Manila, March 26. In tne province of
Cavite, four insurgent officers, and 53
men with 56 rifles, have surrendered to
Lieutenant-Colonel Frantt D. Baldwin,
df the Fourth United States Cavalry,
and one insurgent, officer and 12 men
with 16 rifles to Colonel Walter Schuy
ler, of the Forty-Sixth : Volunteer In
fantry. The attendance at the service of the
Evangelical church-in Manfia is not
diminished. Protestantism " is spread
ing rapidly in the province of Pampan
ga. ,
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Details of the Monarchist Plot
Have Been Revealed.
MUCH EXCITEMENT IN KIO DE JANEIRO
High Officer! in the Navy end Army Involved
Assassination of President Sallce
Wat to Have Been Signal.
NEW YORK. March 27. A dispatch
to the Herald from Rio Janeiro says:
"Great excitement prevails here
over the arrest of Admiral Custodlo,
Jose Mello and others, on account of
the discovery of a monarchist plot
through the Biilclde of Baron de Bur
sal. Extraordinary preeauyons are
being taken by the government to pre
vent any outbreak. Apprehension cen
ters about the navy. The wnr vessels
are being closely guarded, as It Is be
lioved that the officers are not quite
trustworthy.
Details of the plot which Baron de
Burgal revealed to the authorities have
been revealed. It was the purpose of
those concerned, it is declared, to give
the signal for the outbreak by the as
sassination of President Campos
Salles. During the excitement that
followed, the monarchist adherents in
the army and navy were to take pos
session of the city and hold the gov
ernment offices. The affairs of the
state were to be Intrusted to a trium
virate composed of Admiral Mello,
Marshal Canturla and Counsellor La
Fayette Pererla. Admiral Mello was
quietly removed from this city, as it
was feared that his presence would
cause disturbances. He was conveyed
to Coblas island, where he Is held in
the custody of Admiral Proenca.
Colombian Rebers Active.
K!nr.ton, Jamaica, March 27. The
British mail steamer Para, from Colon,
brings reports of renewed activity on
the part of the rebels in the vicinity
of Panama. The hands of the govern
ment are full In their efforts to keep
ine rebels out of the city. Excessive
war taxes are being levied, and last
week a party of business men protest
ed against these high rates. They were
thereupon arrested and charged with
being rebel sympathizers, Two of the
prisoners managed to leave the coun
try by steamer, but the others were
kept in prison until tney have paid the
heavy fines Imposed against them.
Passengers by the steamer Para say
that the revolution shows no signs of
ending in the near future. Business
is carried on In Colon and Panama
with the greatest difficulty, and the
enormous prices of foodstuffs is caus
ing general suffering. The liberals
are expecting large reinforcements
from the Costa Rican sympathizers.
POSITION OF CHILE.
She is Determined to Keep Tacna and
Arlca.
NEW YORK, March 27. Chile's
purpose to retain the provinces of Tac
na and Arlca, notwithstanding the pro
tests of Peru and Bolivia, Is formally
acknowledged in an official statement
of the Chilean case communicated to
the United States and other powers,
says the Washington correspondent of
the Herald. "The announcement of this
purpose is coupled with charges of
bad faith made by Chile against Peru
and Bolivia. These charges are coun
ter to similar allegations made by the
two last-named countries against
Chile.
Chile seeks to prevent any Interven
tion on the part of the United States
in the South American dispute. Peru
and Bolivia are utilizing every chan
nel to bring pressure to bear upon the
administration to Induce It to take ac
tion. The president has definitely de
cided, however, that he Will not take
action unless all three powers request
It. In view of the latest declaration
made by Chile It Is apparent that she
will suffer no outside check in her pur
pose to acquire definite sovereignty
over the provinces she has conrolled
since the war 20 years ago.
RODENBURG APPOINTED.
Illinois Man Succeeds the Late Mark
S. Brewer.
WASHINGTON, March 27. The
president has appointed ex-Representative
W. A. Rodenburg, of Illinois, a
member of the civil service commis
sion, to succeed the late Hon. Mark
S. Brewer, and E. I. Allen, of Auburn,
N. Y., commissioner of patents, to suc
ceed Commissioner Duell, resigned.
The selection of Mr. Rodenburg re
moves one of the factors which has
delayed the appointment of the St.
Louis exposition commissioners. Mr.
Rodenburg's friends pressed persist
ently for one of those places. It is
generally believed that Mr. Roden
burg's candidacy clashed directly with
that of Professor Northup, of Minne
sota. The announcement of the com
mission is now expected within a few
days.
$12,000 in Jewelry Stolen.
New York, March 27. A daring
burglary which occurred Friday even
ing was made public tonight. The
residence entered was that of Dr. Na
than E. Brill, on West Seventy-sixth
street, and the thieves secured Jewelry
said to be worth about $12,000. The
physician's house is in a fashionable
neighborhood. The doctor and his
wife were visiting Friday evening,
and four servants remained In the
house. In spite of this fact, when the
Brills returned home they found that
thieves had visited Mrs. Brill's room
and taken every piece of Jewelry from
tnat apartment.
- Massacred by Turks.
Constantinople, March 27. Accord
ing to private advices from Macedonia,
a band of Turks massacred three Bui
ganian famines, men, women and chil
dren, in the village of Aghamahaleb,
near Seres, a townv47 miles northeast
of Salonlca. Details of the outrage
have not been received. The news
created a profound sensation. It is
reported that a village near Gonas
tlrin, Macedonia, with a mixed popula
tion of Mussulmans and Bulgarians,
has been burned.
DEATH IN A TORNADO.
Funnel-Shaped Cloud Tore Through
Birmingham.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., March 27.
Shortly before 7 o'clock tMs morning
a fearful tornado swept over the
southern part of this city. The number
of killed tonight Is estimated at 25,
15 of whom are white. Eighteen bod
ies have b ' on recovered, and scores of
Injured have been removed to the hos
pitals. Among the dead are Dr. G.
C. Chapman, of the firm of Tully &
Chapman, '"who conduct a private In
firmary In this city, and the wife and
infant child of Robert J. Lowe, chair
man of the democratic state executive
committee.
The storm struck the city In the ex
treme southwestern corner and plowed
its way eastward, leaving a path 150
feet wide through the entire southern
section, extending from Green Springs
on the west to Avandale on the east,
and continued Its course until Its force
was spent In the mountains beyond
Irondule, a small town, six miles east
of the city.
8TORM IN COLORADO.
Cattlemen Have Already Suffered Loss
Traffic Is Blocked.
DENVER. Colo., March 27. A storm
has prevailed all over Colorado today.
In some places reaching the propor
tions of a blizzard. Snow has fallen
to a depth from three to 10 Inches.
The storm still continues with sever
ity in the mountains, blocking rail
roads and traffic generally. Already
cattlemen have suffered loss, and fears
are entertained that the loss will be
greatly Increased before the storm is
ended. All trains from the East are
delayed by the storm In Kansas. Reg
ular trains on the Colorado & South
ern between here and Leadville have
been abandoned, as the cuts are filled
with snow. On the western slope the
fall of snow has been heaviest. In
some places It Is 10 Inches on the level
and much deeper on the mountains.
Reports come from Lamar, Colo., that
the storm Is driving the cattle along
with it, and undoubtedly many will
die from exposure. Reports from the
vicinity of Casper, Wyo., show similar
weather conditions there.
TORNADO IN THE NORTH.
Villages Near Kalamazoo, Mich., Were
Wrecked.
- KALAMAZOO, Mich., March 27. A
tornado struck the town of Pavilion, a
small village 25 miles southeast of
Kalamazoo, which wrecked a number
of houses, uprooted trees, tore down
telegraph poles and did much other
damage. A woman who was 111 In one
of the houses blown down Is reported
fatally hurt, and many others were In
jured. The home of Noah Tripp was
rolled over for a distance of five rods,
and Mrs. Tripp was completely buried
under the debris. She was found lying
under the stove, and sustained injuries
which may result fatally. The house
caught fire and was completely ruined.
The storm passed through Vicksburg
and Scott's Station, both small towns,
doing great damage. Nearly every
building in the path of the storm was
wrecked. Large orchards were de
stroyed and fences are down every
where. At Indian Lake the wind
formed a waterspout in crossing that
body.of water, and a large district on
the east shore was Inundated.
GREAT BRITAIN PROTESTS
Against Removal of Corea of Col
lector of Customs.
YOKOHAMA, March 27. Advices
from Seoul announce that the Corean
government has dismissed from office
McLeavy Brown, director general of
Corean customs, and that Great Brit
ain is protesting against his dismissal.
The dismissal of Mr. McLeavy
Brown from the post of director gen
eral of Corean customs is regarded In
London as another score for Russia.
In 1895 and again In 1898 Russian pres
sure was exerted to procure his re
moval. In the latter case he was only
reinstated after a British squadron
had moved to Chemulpo. As recently
as a few .months ago Russia strongly
opposed an attempt by Mr. Brown to
raise a loan for the Corean- govern
ment to purchase shares In the rail
way from Seoul to Fusan. As a result
of her opposition, the negotiations for
the loan failed.
The St. Petersburg correspondent of
the Daily Mail asserts that M. Pa
voff, Russian minister at Seoul, has
protested against Corea taking for
eigners into the government service
with the exception of Russians, and
demanded the appointment of the lat
ter, but Corea seemed determined with
the help of the powers to defend her
Integrity.
Deputy Treasurer of Washington.
Olympia, Wash., March 27. State
Treasurer Maynard has appointed his
son, Clarence Maynard, of Chehalis,
deputy treasurer. H. F. Nichols, of
Hunt's Junction, was originaiiy select
ed for the position, but recently noti
fied the treasurer that he could not,
for business reasons, accept the ap
pointment. Murdered While Doing Good Work.
Tien Tsln, March 27. Inquiries show
that the Rev. J. Stonehouse, of the
London Missionary Society, who, as
announced in these dispatches yester
day, was killed by brigands 14 miles
east of Tien Tsin, was murdered at
the ferry of the village of Whangalo,
on the Hun Ho river, 10 miles east of
Tungan Hsien, while distributing re
lief to the starving villagers.
In an affray last evening two mem
bers of the Welsh Fusilier regiment
and a member of the Victorian contin
gent, who were acting as policemen,
were sabered and bayoneted.
Ex-Treasurer of Harvard Injured.
Boston, March 27. Edward W.
Hooper, ex-treasurer of Harvard col
lege, and a lawyer in this "city, fell
from the third 6tory of his residence
on Beacon street shortly after mid
night, and received serious, though it
ia believed not fatal, injuries. Mr.
Hooper had been confined to bis room
for 10 days through Illness brought on
by overwork, and he has been in
charge of a trained nurse. The acci
dent occurred when the latter was
temporarily absent from ths room and,
no one was in.