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About The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933 | View Entire Issue (April 26, 1901)
IT 11 II II w II (WW V ' "IT'S A COLD DAY WHEN WE GET LEFT." VOL. XII. HOOD RIVER, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL LG, 1901. NO. 40. HOOD RIVER GLACIER I'liMiNheil Kverjr Friday liJT H. K. KI.VTHK. Term of milsrritlim- I.M a year when paid In advance. Tilt MAIL. The mull arrive from Mt. HcmmI at 10 o'clock a. m. V filtifNilnVH Mid HhI urlH ; di pHrln tlic iiriiu days Ht noon. Kor ( ln'iiowclli, leaven at 8 a. in. TueadHyii, Thnmdayii and hmimtiiy; arrivi-n at A p. in. Kor M lute Salmon (Wanh.) Iiave daily at 8: a. in.; arrivf hi 7 : 1 . in. rrm White Salmon leave for Kulda, (iilmrr, Trout Lake and OliMiwoort dailv at 9 A. M. Kor Hiiikkii (vYiikIi.) leavua at ;i:4,'i p. in, ; r riven at i p. in. HiKIKTIK. IAI HKI. KKHKKAIl DKfiRKK I.OIKJK. No i K7, 1. O. (I. K. Mwtn lint and third Moll lny In each monih. Mink Katk tUVltsroRT, S. (i. If. , Hibrarii, N'cri'tary. 1ANBV POST, No. 11, (i. A. K.-MrouatA. O. ('. V. Hall necond and fourth Sntnrlavt of each month at 2 u'clcxk p. in. All ti. A. k. nienilH'rs Invliiil to meet wltn im. T. .1. Cdnmnu, Commander. J. W. Kinnv, Adjutant. 'lANHV W. It. ('., No. Ifi-Meets flrat Hatnr- j day of each monih ill A. . I'. VY. hall at i p. m. Mkk. B K.hhokmakkr, President. MRU. I'rhu.a In kkh, Hei ri'tary. 1I0O1I K I V K It I.OIMIK, No. KkV A. F. and A 11 M. .Meet fiaturday eveninff on or before each lull moon. A N. kahh, vt . M. A. 1'. Batkham, Secretary. HOOD KIVKR CIIAPTKK, No. 27, R. A. M Muets third Kriilay inula of each month. F. V. BRoaira, 11. V. H. F. Daviiwon, Secretary. HOOD KIVKR CHAPTER, No. 2.1, O. K. H. Mceta at'cond and fourth Tueaday even ing of each month. Visitors cordially wel comed. MRS. F.va B. Haynbi, W. M. II. F. Daviuxov, Secretary. OI.KTA ASHKMBI Y, No. 103, 1'nlted Artiaana. Meeta t-ecolid Tuesday of each month at Fraternal hall. F. C. llltumn, M. A. J). McDonald, Secretary. W ACCOM A I.OIXIK, No. 311, K. of P. Meets In A. O. U. VY. hall every Tuesday night. Dorhawk burnt, C. C. Frank I.. Daviiwon, K. of K. & H. RtVKKHIDR I.OIIC.K, No. 68, A. O. I' W. Meett ti rait and third Saturdays of each month. N. C. Evans. M. w. J. F. Watt, Financier. H. I,. Hiiwk, Rei'oider. IDI.KWII.DK I.OIKIE, No. 1117, I. O ). F. Meula 111 Fraternal hall every Thursday night. A. (i. UETCHKI,, N.ti. J. E. Hanna, Secretary. nOOD RIVER TENT, No. 19, K. O. T. M., meeta at A. O. I'. Y. hall oil the lirat and third Fridays of each monih. J. K. Hand, Commander. DIVKRKIPK LODGE NO. 40, DKfiRKK OF IV HONOR, A. O. U. W. -Meets Una and third Saturdays at 8 P. M. Mrs. (Jkoroia Ra.no, C. of II. Mrs. ('has Clarke, Recorder. SUNSHINE SOCIETY Meets (.econd and fourth Saturdavs of each month at 2 o'clock. Minn I.kna Knkll, President. Mimb Carrie Bi ti.kr, Secretary, HOOD RIVER CAMP, No. 7,702, M. W. A., meets in Odd Fellows' Hall the Aral and third Wednesdays of each month. F. 1.. Davihson, V. C E. It. Bradley, Clerk. jYj F. SHAW, M. D. Telephone No. HI. All Calls Promptly Attended Office, upstairs over Everhart's store. All calls left at ihe office or residence will be promptly attended to. JOIIN L ELAND HENDERSON ATTORNKY-AT-LAW, ABSTRACTOR no- TAKY PUHLIU and KKAL, ESTATK AUKNT. For 23 years a resident of Oregon and Wash ington. Has had many years experience In Real Estate matters, as abstractor, searcher of titles and agent. Satisfaction guaranteed or no charge. J F. WATT, M. D. Surgeon for O. R. & N. Co. Is especially equiped to treat catarrh of nose ana throat and diseases of women. special terms for ollice treatment o( chronic Cases. Telephone, office, 125. residence, '. .!. 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. JTCONOMY SHOE SHOP. TRICK LIST. Men's half soles,' hand (ticked, $1; nailed, "nest, 75c; second, 50c; third, 40c. Ladies' hand stitched, 75c; nailed, best, M)c; second, 35. Best stock and work in Howl River. C. WELDS, Prop. JIIE KLONDIKE CONFECTIONERY Is the place to get the latest and best in Confectioneries, Canities, Nuts, Tobacco, Cigars, etc. ....ICE CREAM PARLORS.... COLE & GRAHAM, Props. p C. BROSi US, M. D. ' PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. 'Phone Central, or 121. Office Hours: 10 to 11 A. M. ; 2 to 3 and ti to 7 P. M. JT. HOOD SAW MILLS ToMMNfON Bros, Pkops. FIR AND PINE LUMBER Of the lest quality alwas on hand at prices to suit the times. gUTLER A CO., . BANKERS. Do a general banking business. HOOD RIVER, OREGON. A. COOK CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER Hoon Rivkr, Orkgos. Estimates Furnished. Plans Drawn J. HAYES, J. r. v Ifnit'V m ... ........ attended, to at any time. Collections mada, and anv buaineas gieji to ua will be attended topedilv and results made promptly. Will locale on icood government lands, either lim tieror farming. We are in touch with the U. b Laud oftce at The Dalles. Give us a calL . , an : . 1 . I) .1 DrAlh... Riti n.M wilt IUWS Of I IE1 From All Parts of the New World and the Old. OF INTEREST TO OUR MANY READERS Comprehensive Review of the Important Hap perHngt of the Past Week In a Condeiued Form. Vesuvius is again alive. Tlie woist of the Ohio flood is over. There is renewed military activity in Manchuria. Measles Lave broken out on the transport Buford. A Nebraska colony wishes to buy 50, (XX) acres in Oregon. A man was frozen to death in the streets of Huntsville, Tenn. The fuiluro of the Vancouver bank is still shrouded in mystery. Fred Runimol met death under a snow Blide in Eastern rOegon. The loss at Fittsburg, during the recent storm, is placed at 12,000,000. The Berlin police are watching anarchists who conspired against the emperor. An express train on the , Choctaw road was held up and robbed in Arkansas. The Ohio river continues to rise, but it is thought no serious damage will result. Aguinaldo considers American sov ereignty preferable to native inde pendence. Billy Smith, an American, was probably fatally injured in a London prizefight. The American rowing crews were very grudgingly welcomed on their arrival in England. Cold weather continues in Tennes see. Many orchards are ruined by the weight of snow on the trees. The leader of the Colombian rebels has agreed to end the revolntion, and peace will soon lie proclaimed. The English people are getting tired of the war with the Boers, and the taxpayers are beginning to grum ble at the little progress being made. Rear Admiral Schley has arrived at Rio Janiero. Chinese rebels again attacked the Manchurian railway. All danger from the recent great storm in the Ohio valley has passed United States officers have begun a war on the Chinese slave trade in San Francisco. The Philippine tariff is not likely to lie promulgated until insular cases are decided. Joseph Hume, the pioneer salmon packer of the Pacific coast, is dead at Berkeley, Lai. The people of Santo Domingo will have nothing to do with annexation to the United States. Province of Lcyte has been created in the Philippines and American officers placed in control. Leading stove manufacturers will form a combine for mutual benefit in the way of freight rates, etc. Manufacturers of mining machinery will combine to protect themselves against the estinghouse Company The Corean government has decid' ed to borrow from France 5,000,000 yen for the purpose of constructing a railway. Charles Brown, president, and E. L. Canby, cashier, of the suspended First National Bank of Vancouver, committed suicide. A rock was thrown through the window of a car on tho Port'awl Astoria train. Several passengers narrowly escaped injur'. The Twenty-sixth regiment, which arrived in San Francisco on the trans port Garonne, has landed and gone into camp at the Presidio. The German riechstag has passed a bill which prolongs authors' rights on dramatic and musical produc tions from 30 to 50 years. An attempt was made to poison a prisoner in the county jail at Denver, Col. An apple pie and some cheese were left at the jail by an unknown person for the prisoner. Examina tion revealed the fact that both con tained a great quantity of arsenic and other poisons. Another rebel force in Marinduque has surrendered. Ccbu, Philippine islands, has not yet been pacified. An English company is building a railway across Mexico. Prospectors at Nome were starting for the hills in January. The steamer Ramona blew up near Victoria, B. C, and four people were killed. General Milner makes a discourag ing report on conditions in South Africa. There are 120 different language! or dialects In the Philippines. The postofflce department is mak ing plans to obviate the necessity ot rehandllng European mails at New nork. Autograph letters ot famous men will be far rnrer In the future than now. Great Uteri of today content themselves with signing their names, often with, rubber BtamgJ, to type written documents, and it will be hard to get much sentiment from type written manuscrln- o MUSTERED OUT. I hity-Third and Thirty-forth Volunter Regi ments Gtt Their Discharge Pan Francisco, April 22. The Thirty-third and Thirty-fourth volun teer regiments, recently returned from Manila, have been mustered out. The Twenty-eighth and Thirty-fifth in fantry, now in camp at the l'residio, pxpect to be mustered out of the ser vice April 30. Although there are very few troops here now under orders for the Philippines, transports will 1 rushed there as fast as possible, to le in Manila in time to bring homo all the volunteers to bo mustered out by July 1. In accordance with this programme, the Thomas sailed from here Saturday and the W arren will sail on the 25th. The assignments to the Thomas consisted of 127 re cruits and 20 casuals under the com mand of Lieutenant W. A. Liebler. The Twenty-fourth infantry and 150 marines have been assigned to the Warren. The transport Rosecrans, which has just arrived from Manila, has been released from quarantine. The Rose crans brought 218 men of the Thirty seventh infantry and 200 casuals. The transport Lawton on which there were three cases of snialliox, has also been released from quarantine after having been thoroughly fumigated. Seventeen days had elapsed since the last caso appeared and it was perfectly safe to land the passengers. FIRE IN BUTTE SMELTER. Employe Contribute Week's Time to Cleat Up the Wreckage. Butte, Mont., April 22. Friction in a hot box over the generators near the engine house roof at the Mon tana Ore Purchasing Company's smelter, started a fire about 8 o'clock this morning which caused a damage of $75,000 to the plant and will delay operations for a few weeks. The sampling works are a total loss, the stacks ruined and tho engine operat ine the smelter almost a total wreck. The new machinery is uninjured and the blast furnaces and converters arf not materially damaged. The effort of the city fire department and the fire brigade of the Butte & Boston Company saved the plant, which if valued at over $1,000,000. from total destruction. As soon as the flames were tinder control the men employed signed a paper passed around by one of their number agreeing to contrib ute a week's work free to clear up tht wreckage caused by tho fire and get things in shape for rebuilding. The company expects the plant to be in full operation again within 30 days. A New Geyser. Vancouver, B. C, April 22. A new geyser has made its appearance at Lake Echo, Romtomahana, New Zealand. It is described as a mass ol boiling water, half an acre in extent, rising in a great dome from whiclfa column of water and stones rises 800 feet, while immense volumes of steam rise to the clouds and hot stones are thrown a great distance. Australian advises also report a re cord blast from the lino of the New South Wales Railway deviation works, Tarana, when 70,000 tons of solid rock were moved at one blast. Ow ing to the peculiar hardness of the rock, British gelignite was combined with dynamite and powder, the total weight of the explosives used in the blast being four tons. Gomez Coming to America. Havana, April 22. General Max imo Gomez is making arrangements to go to the United States. He will be accompanied by his son Urbona, and will probably remain in the United States until the return tc Cuba of the special committee on re lations. He desires to wait definite action in reference to the Piatt amendment, in order to avoid the accusation that the trip is made foi politcial purposes. He has always expressed a desire to meet the peo ple of the United States and to thank them for the assistance they rendered Ctiba in the war with Spain. Senor Palma is the choice of General Gomez for the presidency of Cuba. Independent Cereal Combine. Akron, O., April 22. The con summation of the project to consoli date all the independent cereal plants of the country is now assured. The various properties, 10 in number, will be turned over to the Great Western Cereal Company, at Chicago. The new company will compete with the Ameraicn Cereal Commpany, better known as the oatmeal trust. Deported From Luzon. San Francisco, April 22. The transport Rosecrans brought from Manila five men who had been de ported by the military authorities. Among them was Santnigo Maceo, a son of the late Cuban leader. Young Maceo came into prominence on the Pacific coast two years ago, while traveling with Katherine Tingley, the theosophical leader. He fell out with Mrs. Tingley, claiming that he was treated as a servant. While in the Philippines Maceo became a first sergeant in the Macabebe scouts. Reported by Kitchner. London, April 22. A dispatch from General Kitchener, dat?d Pre toria, Apirl 20, says: "Plumer has occupied Bathfont. capturing 13 pris oners and a number f rifles and am munition. Douglaj' column has oc cupied Dulistroom. Six Boers were killed. On General Kitchener s ad vance from Leydeburg the Boers blew up a Long Tom. Thirteen prisoners were captured. Elliott's division has brought in a large number of cattle." OH m wm Items of Interest From All Parts of the State. COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL HAPPENINGS K Brief Review of the Growth and Improve ments of the Many Industries Through out Our Thriving Commonwealth. Elgin is to have two now plaining nulls. The Dalles will spend $1,G30.40 for water pipe. , A bath house with a swimming tank 30x80 feet will be constructed at Ash land. A cougar, measuring six feet six inches, was killed on Sweet creek last week. What is known as the Kite place, near Cove, containing 640 acres of land, was recently sold for $ li),0H). The Grant county court has ordered that the date on which tuxes become delinquent be extended to June 20, 1901. The Ashland Meat Company receiv ed a car loud of cattle from Gazelle last week, eight head of which weighed 1,81)0 pounds each. A human skull and bonesofa man's body were found last week about half a mile up Butte creek from rossil. The remains, which were only a few inches underground, on the creek bank, were exposed by the recent high water. As the oldest settlers do not remember of anyone having ever mys teriously disapeared, the general ac cepted theory is that 40 or 50 year ago a white wanderer may have been killed by Indians. A telephone line is to be erected from Gold Hill to Crescent City. The council of Mitchell has decided to put in a system of waterworks. Tho Lane county court is advertis ing for bids for the construction of a bridge at Lorane. 8. L. Bennett, a farmer living north of Medford, has ordered a 2,000 gallon tank for his windmill. A salmon was caught near the Main street bridge, Pendleton, recently, that weighed nearly 11 pounds. The construction of a creamery at Summerville has begun. The bridge will bo 1,000 foot long and 12 feet wide. A new steam saw mill is being built on Stukel mountain, about half way between Klamath Falls and Mer rill. It will have a capacity of 15,000 to 25,000 feet. Some young miscreants piled empty boxes at tho crossing of two of Rose burg's principal streets and set fire to them about 1 :30 in the morning. A big blaze resulted. Firemen and citi zens turned out, believing one of the main business blocks to be on lire. The Deschutes Reclamation & Irri gation Company has 1G0 rods of flume built. The flume is seven feet wide and 28 inches deep, and there is now running 15,000 inches of water. The company expects to have water on a number of the homesteads lefore next fall. Theditehis surveyed seven and a half miles. FORTLANI) MARKETS. Wheat Walla Walla, 56.(57c. ; valley, nominal; bluestem, 50c. per bushel. Flour Best rgades, $2. 70(33.40 per barrel ; graham, $2.60. Oats White, $1.25 per cental; gruv, $1.20(81.22 percental. Barley Feed, $l(i.5017; brewing, $16.5017 per ton. Mil Istuffs Bran, $16 per ton ; midd lings, $21.50; shorts, $17.50; chop, $16. Hav Timothy, $12(312.50; clover, $739i50; Oregon wild hay, $(57 nrr ton. Hops 12(3 14c. per lb. ; 1899 crop, 3(37c. Wool Valley, 133l4e. ; Eastern Oregon, 912c; mohair, 2021c. per pound. Butter Fancy creamery, 20(3 22 Hie ; dairy, 1518e. ; store, 10 12 4c ppr pound. Epgs Oregon ranch, 1313,lj'c. per dozen. rou 1 try Chickens, mixed, $4.50; hens, $5.50; dressed, ll12c. er pound; springs, $3(35 er dozen; ducks, $5(36; geese, $6(37; turkeys, live, 10(3 12c; dressed, 1315c. per pound. Cheese Full cream, twins, 13 I3u'c. ; Young America, 1314c. per pound. Potatoes Old, 5060c. per sack; new, 212234C per pound. Mutntn Lambs 10(8llc. per pound gross; ltest sheep, $8; wethers, $5; ewes, $4.50; dressed, 77c per pound. Hogs Gross, heavy, $5.75G; light, $4.755; dressed, 7c. per pound. Veal Large, 7c. per pound ; small, 88c. per pound. Reef Gross, ton steers. S5i35.25: cows and heiferr:, $4.50(34.75; dressed beef, 7(3.8ic. per pound. The only American Indian In the United States navy Is Chapman Schen andoah, an Oneida, 29 years old, who is on the cruiser Atlanta. ! Banana flower has lately begun to; be used In making cakes, bred and j bieruits. It Is also used as a child-1 rens food and for dyspeptics. Tn tho nrpsent house Of rpnraspnta.-! Uvea of flie Japan Diet, there are 130 j farmers. 23 oamsiers, 12 officials, 26 mefchants. 6 newspaper editors, 3 doctors and 70 members without Bxed professions. WASHINGTON GOSSIP. Logan SUtue Criticised Old Soldiers Wemed Agtlnit Und Agents Other Topics. (Wishing ton Letter.) Army officers are criticising the Logan statue quite severely. They sty that his position in the saddle is altogther unmilitary, that one leg is longer than the other, and that no officer ever carried a sword in the way that Logan is represented to have car ried his. Old soldiers who wish to take up homesteads upon the opening of the Indian reservation in Oklahoma will do well, in the opinion of the land office officials, to file their own claims and attend to all the business them selves rather than trust their interests to agents. It is reported in Wash ington that agents are going about making contracts with veterans to represent them and file their claims, and are charging a fee in advance and a second to be paid after filing the claim; but an agent can serve only one client properly, unless he calls into service a large force of assistants, which they cannot afford to do for the small fees charged. It will tie seen, therefore, that it will be much better for everybody to look out for himself. The secretary of war has called for bids from private steamship com panies for furnishing transportation for the government between New York, Cuba and Porto Rico. The idea is to see whether it is more eco nomical to patronize them than to continue the present transport service, which is expensive. The dock charges alone amount to $420,000 a year. During the last three months 1,276 passengers and 5,726 tons of cargo were carried by the transports, and the quartermaster's department knows the exact cost, which has been very large, a single voyage costing from $12,000 to $15,000. Bids are invited for the next three months upon the basis of the passengers and freight carried during the last three months. For some reason our commerce with Cuba is falling off. During the last nine months the imports of Cuba amounted to $53,108,702, while for the corresponding months of the previous year they were valued at $54,636,747. Last year the share ol the United States was $28,094,030, 01 about 50 per cent, while this year it was only $24,525,699, or about 46 per cent. The exports to Porto Rico and the Philippine islands, howeven are increasing in a rapid manner. Marconi, the inventor of whelms telegraphy, is in Washington for the purpose of selling his apparatus to the government. He called on the secretary of the navy and offered to place an outfit upon the ships of the fleet for $12,000 each. No such ar rangement can be made without the consent of congress, and by the time congress meets it is expected that the electrician of the weather bureau will have developed a method of wireless telegraphy quite as good as Marconi's. The electricians of the signal service are also at work in the same line, and the secretary of the navy is now get ting ready for a series of experiments at Newport. DAM GAVE WAY. Greater Part of Town Submerged, But No Lives Lost. Chester, Mass., April 23. The Flood Hollow dam, in Midtlletield, gave way about 6 o'clock last night, letting loose the water in the bis reservoir, which rushed with terriflic force into the west branch of the Westfield river, sweeping everything before it and submerging the greater part of this town. No lives were lost but great damage has leen done, the extent of which it is impossible now to estimate. The dam was built in 1874, to take the place of the one which was destroyed by the flood ol the year before. It was poorly con structed of stone and timber, and had been a constant menace to the town of Chester. The heavy rains overflowed the reservoir and the dam showed signs of weakening early in the morning. Orders were given to inspect the dam. The result was that word was sent to the people be low that the dam was almost certain to go out, and the families in the low lands got what things they could to gether and made for places of safety. They were none too soon, for the dam broke, and with a deafening roar, a torrent of water was let loose into Flood Hollow, which empties into Westfield river. The huge timbers of the dam were hurled into the foaming current, and went in one great crush ing mass toward Chester. Two quartz mills at Flood Hollow, barns and out- buildiigs were swept along in the tor rent. At Bancroft the Boston & Al bany stone bridge was carried awav, together with 600 feet of track. will probably be two days before trains are running. Chester presents a desolate sight. The electric light station is sub merged, and the town is in total dark ness. Hotel and Bath Houses Burned. Reno, Nev., April 23. The hotel and bath houses at historic Steamboat Springs, which, in the palmy days of the Comstock mines, was a watering place where more money was squan dered in a night than at most any other resort on the coast, are no more. A fire, which started in the hotel, crossed the road to the two stcry bath house, where the main baths were sit uated, and entirely destroyed both buildings. IB An Arkansas Train Held Up By Masked Bandits. EXPRESS MESSENGER AND PORTER SHOT Train Carried Much Valuable Express Matter, and Robbers Mide a Rich Haul Bloodhounds After Them. Memphis, Tenn., April 24. The fast express train of the Choctaw, Oklahoma & Gulf railroad, which left Memphis at 11 :45 o'clock last night, us held up by three masked bandits t Bridge Junction, Ark., about mid night. It is not known what liootv the robbers secured, but a dispatch received at police headquarters states that the express messenger and porter of the train were injured after resist ing 1110 bandits. The Wells Fargo Express Company usually makes it heaviest shipments to the West on this train. rolico Sergeant Perry, upon receipt of the telegram, imme diately posted officers along the river front with instructions to keep a harp lookout for the bandits, should they attempt to cross to the city. The train left Memphis with a heavy passenger list. The scene of the holdup is a lonely railroad cross ing four miles from the river. The Negro porter, named Gould, was shot and seriously injured by one of the bandits. The train was in churgo of Conductor Nelson, one of the oldest employes of the road, and Engineer Johnson. Tho express messenger, Meaders, is said to have been shot. The train was delayed about 20 minutes. The engine, mail ami ex press cars were cut off from tho train and run to a point a mile west of the place where the train was stopped. Tho engine was then detached and run a short distance up tho track, two men remaining to guard the trainmen. The third used dyna mite on the express car and blew open the door. It is reported that every thing of value was taken and it is be lieved that the bandits' haul is large, as this was a heavy run. Blood hounds from the convict camp at Hulliert, three miles from the scene are now on the bandits' trail. BRITISH WAR LOAN. People Dissatisfied Because They Can Only Subscribe for Half or It London, April 24. Great curiosity is manifested here to ascertain how half the war loan has been already placed, as is asserted in the government in vitation for subscriptions for the re maining half. It is supposed that a portion of the 30,000,000 "already placed" may have been reserved for the government department, but it is rather believed that financial houses with foregin connections have inte rested themselves in tho flotation. No explanation has been afforded, and, considering that the final install ment of the loan is payable in Decem ber, and that the first quarter's inter est will be paid July 5, the issue is re garded as cheap, and not a little re sentment has been created by the fact that only half the issue has been offered to the public. This dissatis faction is voiced by the Daily Chron icle, which says: "The public ought to have been in formed by this time to whom the chancellor of the exchequer has a! loted 30,000,000 of the issue. " The paper proceeds to comment severely on the policy of the government which has led to such "a disastrous issue, in which the British taxpayers drop the round sum of 3,300,000 in t he process of borrowing 60,000, 000. ' ' WITHDRAWAL OF FRENCH. Ten Thousand Troops Will Leave China Nexl Month. Pekin, April 24. General Voyron, the commander of tfte French troops in China, has informed General Chaf fee that 10,000 French soldiers will leave China in May. Li Hung Chang believes that the Chinese troops under General Liu will be withdrawn over the boundary marking the territory defined by Field Marshal von Waldersee as the sphere of operations for the. allies, as the governor of Shan Si province received telegraphic instructions nearly a week ago ordering their withdrawal. Hsi Liang, ex-governor of the pro vine? of than Si, has been appointed governor of the province of Hu Pei. The foreign consuls at Hankow, capi tal of the province of Hu Pei, havt protested against this appointment to Chang Chi Tung, viceroy of Hankow, and have sent him a telegram advis ing him to delay proceeding in the matter. The numerous appointment, of Chinamen with pronounced anti foreign tendencies is causing com ment in Tekin. Even the foreign ministers admit that so many ap pointments of this character are ill advised. Oregon Postal Orders. Washington, April 24. After Maj 1 star service from Huntington tc Malheur, Or., will be reduced to three times a week, and the service from Baker City to Bridgeport ex tended to supply Malheur, increasing the route 6V4 miles. A postoffice has been established at Kilbride, Grand county, Oregon, to be supplied bj special service from Susanville. Mar garet Hamilton has been appointed postmistesa. DANGER HAS PASSED. Ohio Valley Towns Are Slowly Emerging From the Flood. rittsburg, Ta., April 24. Themosl widespread ami destructive storn, from a material point of view, has passed. It has left a zone of ruin 2(X) miles in diameter. It was unusual in that it possessed so many different features. Cities 70 miles front Pitts burg were tied up by one of the worst jnow storms ever known. While the snow fall was from 18 inches to three feet deep, which is not extraordinary, the snow was so wet that it clung in weighty masses to shade and fruit trees and electric wires and polos, bearing them to the earth. It, even settled on steam and street railways like wet sand, stopping all trull'm and making pedestrianistn almost iitis sible. The fall was so easy and spon taneous in some places t hvt Jjje resi dents declare it seemed like tiieTimst ing of a snow cloud. A few miles front these unfortunate towns were municipalities in just us dire straits from rain, but speedier prospect for relief, as the rain will run off faster than the snow can melt. Still in these places traffic was practically suspended. Water over flowed and washed out railroad tracks and hillsides came down and buried the rails. In addition nearly every town on the Ohio river between Pitts burg and Wheeling is in darkness. Electric light plants, or their wires, are damaged and the gas in the mains is generally turned off to prevent ex plosions. So half a million or more jieoplo are groping about in the dark. A remarkable feature of the storm is that but few fatalities directly attrib utable to this cause have lieen re ported. A railrouder, caught in a wreck causedby a landslide, and the death of an old woman from shock, are tho only ones known so far. There may Ims others, but as commu nication is cutoff from ninny populous places it will be the end of the week before tho total can lie given out. ACTIVITY IN MANCHURIA. Russians Will Renew Operations Against the Chinese. London, April 24. According to a dispatch from St. Petersburg to the Daily Mail, official information has been received that renewed military activity is beginning in Manchuria. Chinese troops are strongly en trenched at three points around Mukden. They are armed with good Mauser rifles and have 30 Krupp guns. To the eastward of Mukden, near Tai chausen, there are 12,000 men under the Boxer chief, General Lutanz. To the northwest, near Kulu, there are 6,000 Chinese under the ex-governor of Mukden. To the eastward, in Mongolia, and near tho In Shun mountains, there are 9,000 more un der the Chinese General Shu. Ad miral Aliezoff has accordingly organ ized an expedition under General Zerpenski, consisting of two regi mentsand five sotnias of Cossacks, 16 guns and a body of volunteers, to operate against the three points named. The first movement was successfully carried out in the begin ning of April. Kulu, which is 250 kilometers from Mukden, was stormed and the ex-governor of Mukden was taken prisoner. In this action the Russians had 13 men killed and four officers and 18 men wounded. The advance toward the Tarchatisen posi tion was then begun. Owing to the departure of most of the Russian troops from Mukden, the latter city has become very unsafe. Almost nightly Russian sentinels are found shot in the back. The situation in Southern Manchuria is disquieting and another advance of Russian troops will be made early in the spring. Our Northern Boundary. Ottawa, Out., April 24. Negotia tions have been concluded between the Ottawa government and the Washing ton authorities for the purpose of re newing and maintaining the boundary line marks lietwecn Canada and the United States. It is over 40 years , since the international boundary be tween the United States and Canada from Lake Superior to the Pacific coast was definitely fixed, and it is over 50 years or more since it whs marked out between Lake Superior and the Altantic coast. The neces sity for this work has arisen out of commercial claims in Southern Brit ish Columbia. Work will, therefore, be commenced in that region early this summer. Alaska Government Supplies. San Francisco, April 24. Major Rublen, in charge of the shipment of government supplies to Alaska points, says 15,000 4.0ns of freight will lx sent to St. Michael, Nome and the various stations established by the war department on the Yukon this season. The first shipment will be made by the steamer Elihu Thompson scheduled to sail from I'uget sound ApriJ 25, and the cargo will consist of a consignment for Captain Aber crombie's command and the detach ment of signal service men. Measles on a Transport. Honolulu, April 12, via San Fran-'' Cisco, April 24. The army transptrt J' Buford arrived yesterday afternoon from San Francisco on her way to Manila. She has several Vases 'of measles on board and is consequently., .' kept in partial quarantine. "Measles have been found to lie highly danger ous to the Hawaiian race in the past. The Buford will probably leave fori1 Manila Anril 14.