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Geo ll Hlmw.lW. city IwU "IT'S A COLD DAY WHEN WE GET LEFT." VOL. XII. HOOD KIVEIl, OREGON, Fill DAY, MAY 3, 1901. NO. 50. HOOD RIVER GLACIER l'libllnlifd Every Krlilay by K. F. lll.YTIIK. Terms o( aiiU('rltliii-tl.!iO t ycr when paid In advance. Ill K MAIL. The mull arrives Irom Ml. Hood at 10 o'rlock a. in. Wednesdays ami Saturdays; clt-pnrla tht Hume rtavs at noon. Kot nienowelli, leaves at S a. m. Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays: arrives M (I . in. Knr W hite Salmon (Wash.) leaves dally at 6:4S a. m.; arrives at 7:1.) p. ni. l-rom White Salmon leaves for Kiilila, (iilmer, Trout Lake and (ilenwood dailv at A. M. Kr BliiKt-n (Uio.li.) learea atfi:4."ip, riven at 2 i. in. ar MllLIKTIK. TAl'RKI, KKHKKAII HK'IKKK I.OIMIK. No I S7. I. . (I. K. Meets drat and third Mnii. dava in each month. Mil K'AT IUVBNI'OItT, S. U. II. J, II i hra n i, Ncretary. (1ASIIY I'OST, No. lfi, (i. A. K.- Meets at A. ' it. r. W . Mall M'l'inid and ourth Saturdays of earn inoiitli at 'i o'aioi-k p. in. All it. A. K. inem InM a invited to meet with u. T. J. ( unm.no, (oniuiatidrr. J, W. KioBY, Adjutant. 1ANIIY W. It. C, No. lfi 1 Meet" Hrat Hatur 1 day ol each inoiitli in A. o. I'. W. hall at 2 l. m. Ml:. H K. Hhokmakkk, President. Mwt, Chni'I.a lU'KKM, Heintai y. HOOD UIVKIt I.OIMiK, No. 1115, A. F. and A. M. Meetii Saturday evenlnir on or before each full moon. A N. Kahm, W. M. A. K Hateiiam, Secretary. HOOD KIVKR I'HAI'TKIt, No. '27, K. A. M. Meet tliird Friday nit-'lit of eaeh month. K. C. Bkohiis, II. K II. V. Daviiwon, Secretary. HOOD KIVKR CHAPTER, No. O. K. S. Meets serniid and fourth Tuesday even iiixa of each month. Viattora coidiatly wel Coined. Mm. Kva H. IIavmh, W. M. II. V. Davidson, Secretary. 0I.ETA AS8KMII' V, No. 103, United Artisans. Meela tecu. il Tuesday of cacti month at Fraternal hall. F. C. Bkoshs, M. A. J). McDonald, Secretary. 1VAITOMA I.OIHIK, No. Si, K. of P. Meela Y 111 A. O. L". W. hall every Tuesday lilKlil. DoHKANCK HM 11 H, C. ('. Frank L. Pavidson, K. of It. A s. KIVKKSIIlK I.OIHiK, No. (18, A. O. I'. W. Meets first and third Saturdays of each month. N. 0. Kvanh. M. W. J. F". Watt, Financier. II. I.. Howk, Recorder. IDI.EWII.DK I.OIXiE, No. 107, I. O O. F. Meet! In Fraternal hall every Thursday nlKht. A. (i. OKTCHII., N.li. J. E. Hanna, Secretary. HOOD RIVER TKNT, No. 19, K . O. T. M meets at A. O. U, W. hall on the tirat ami third Fridays of each month. J. K. Rand, Commander. KIVERHIDK LOIXiK NO. 40, DEriREE OF HONOR, A, O. V. W. -Meets firm and third Saturdays at 8 P. M. Mkh. (Ikokgia Rand, C. of If . Mai. ('ha Ci.akkr, Recorder. SCNHHINE SOCIETY Meeti Kcond and fourth Saturdays of each month at 2 o'clock, Mikh I, una SnkLL, President. Alias Carrir ItfTl.KK. beuretary. HOOD RIVKR CAMP, No. 7,702, M. V. A.. meetK in odd Fellows' Hall tiie first and third Wednesdays of each month. F. L. Davuuon, V. C. E. R. Bradley, Clerk. ' JJ F. SHAW, M. I). Telephone No. 81. All Calls Promptly Attended Office upstairs over Everhart's store. All calls left at the oltice or resilience will be promptly attended to. JOHN LELAND HENDERSON ATTORNEY-AT-LA'W, ABSTRACTOR. NO TA.RY PliHLIC and REAL ESTATK AOKNT. F'or 23 years a resident of Oregon and Wash ington. Has had many years experience in Heal Km ate matters, as abstractor, searcher of titles and aent. Hatisfnclion guaranteed or uo charge. J F. WATT, M. D. x Surgeon for O. R. A N. Co. Is especially equipped to treat catarrh of nose and throat and diseases of women. Special terms forollice treatment of chronic canes. Telephone, office, 125, residence, 4o. pREDERICK & ARNOLD CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS, Ketimatea furnished for all kinds of work. Repairing a specialty. All kinds of shop work. Shop on State Street, between First and Second. ECONOMY SHOE SHOP. PRICE LIST. Men's half soles, hand Bticked, $1 ; nailed, best, 76c ; second, 50c ; third, 40c. ladies' hand stitched, 76c; nailed, best, 50c; Berond, 36. Best stock and work in Hoorl River. C. WELDS, I'rop. JUE KLONDIKE CONFECTIONERY Is the place to get the latest and best ia Confectioneries, Canities, Nuts, Tobacco, Cigars, etc. ICE CREAM PARLORS.... COLE & GRAHAM, Props. p .C. BROSiUS, M. I. " PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. , . 'Phone Central, or 121. Office Hours: 10 to 11 A. M. ; 2 'to a and 6 to 7 P. M. M T. HOOD SAW MILLS ' Tomi.inso.v Bkos, Pbops. .....Fir and pine lumber Of the best quality alwas on hand at .trices to suit 4 he times. gUTLER A CO., BANKERS. .'. Do general banking business. HOOD RIVER, OREGON. JJ A. COOK ' CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER i Hood Rivcr. ORK.aoH. Estimates Furnished. Plans Drawn Q J, HAYES, J. P. . Office with Bone Brothers. Buaineis will be attended to at any time. Collections made, and any business given to us will be attended to speedily and results made promptly. W ill locale on good government lands, either tim ber or farming. We are in touch with the I'. N. Land Ollice at The Uallea. Oive us a call. ire of i iej From All Parts of the New World and the Old. OF INTEREST TO OUR MANY READERS lomprtheniiv Review of the Important Hap pening! of the Past Week In t Condensed form. The reward for Tat Crowe' arrest bus been withdrawn. The amnesty proclamation will be extended to July 1. German casualties were large in their recent expedition to Shan Si. Eight iiien were burned to death and several injured in a fire in France. A party of Boors blew up the rail road between Graspan and Cape Col ony. ...... Troops will not be withdrawn from China until the indemnity question is settled. Washington well digger was buried alive in a shaft by the dirt caving in on him. Morgan and his syndicate lias pur chased the Lyland trans-Atlantic line of tseamers. The contract has been lot for the laying of a cable from Juneau to Skugway, Alaska. Fire in Pittsburg resulted in the loss of one life and a property loss estimated at $225,000. Frick has purchased a large amount of land near Camden, X. J., and may establish a great steel plant there. The president made a large number of civil and military appointments before starting on his western tour. "Jack the Ripper," whose crimes startled the world years ago, has been arrestod at Ludwigshaven, Bavaria. Tho business portion of Wautoma, Wisconsin was totally destroyed by fire. Loss, $100, 000; insurance, $50, 000. British forces continue to capture small bands of Boers. Some ammu nition and supplies are also reported taken. Japan lias bought a large amount of Bombay cotton which formerly has been purchased in the United States. Tho Chilean claims commission has almost finished its work, only six moro claims remaining to be dis posed of. A board of administration has been I appointed by tho-.-dowagor empresa I f il . f ! ' . il - ior i ne purpose oi reorganizing tn government of China. Tho trial of Captain James V. Eeed opened in Manila. It develops that the money he received was to cover the shortage of his predecessor in ollice. President McKinley and party has left Washington. The Cuban commissioners have started for home. Marauding has increased between Pekin and Tien Tsin. Turbulent province of South Cania rines, Luzon, is nearly pacified. Cardinal Rampolla has resigned the office of papal secretary of state. Negotiations for the renewal of the Driebund will be opened shortly. Albians are said to be committing wholesale atrocities in old Servia. Ottomans ask help of French to rescue ex-sultan from living grave. Li Hung Chang compliments American stand on indemnity ques tion. Dissolution of Alaska transporta tion combine has caused a big cut in rates. James Callahan was acquitted of complicity in the Cudahy kidnap ping. Repairs to cost $5,000 have been recommended for the Astoria Federal building. Enthusiastic meetings were held all over the country in honor of Grant's birthday. Henry Meldrum, of Oregon City, has lieon appointed surveyor general of Oregon. Von Waldorsee reports four engage ments, in which, the Chinese were badly defeated. ; James Douglas States consul and Reid, ex-United "father of the tol- egraph, " is dead. Hon. J. C. Trtillinger, ex-Oregon legislator and prominent citizen of Astoria, is dead. General Kettorlee reports that the Chinese only loft Kuktian when they wers forced to do so. UAiMn maivilutra r( Wn tali I frt nn Pan-American commission came outille nc" 1 ?v e "'en enureiy wipeaout ahead in legal contest for expne8e , a)oneVi i Americans surprise a r i ipino camp. Une and several rebel major was killed I staff otiioers captured. ' The Americans lost engagement. two men in tho ' . Lake Niagara is the largest fresh water lake between Lake Michigan and Lake Titlcaca, in Peru. Minnesota farm lands have ad- vanced UIU1C IUB1L AW UCI , t 1 1 L 1 11 .v .An , , value during the past seven years, j TYm carrying and collection of malls ; In 'rance. it is officially decided. shall be conducted on automobiles, i At numerous mines in Siberia, 2,008 men and too norses are used on a 1 single property to produce gold not j exceeding 12,000,000 per annum. ALASKA TELEGRAPH LINE. It Will Probably Be Two Yuri Before In Good Working Order. It U Washington, April 29. Were it not for the great difficulties of transport ation in Alaska, the government mil itary telegraph line from Valdes to the Yukon river and down to St. Michaels would probably, be in work ing order by the closo of the coming summer, but under conditions as they exist it will probably be two years be fore this line in its entirety will bo working satisfactorily. Work was not begun in earnest until late in the season of 1900, w hen by dextrous labor the men of tho signal corps, under Major Green .took hold and made phenomenal progress witk the line. It is beyond a possibility, however, for them to keep up this pace this summer, owing largely to the (lull cultics encountered in getting their lines, fixtures and supplies to interior points from which they are working, Active operations in laying the line could not be commenced before late in March or the first of April, and up to this time no advices on this subject have yet been receievd in Washington. It is hoped that by the close of this summer season Fort Gibbon w ill be connected with St. Michael, and this will bring the latter point and Skag way within 15 days of each other, whereas they have been heretofore two months apart, and oftentimes nearer three months. This will be a tremen dous saving in time, and an unques tioned advantage to the military and other government oflicials. Tho question of how the line shall be constructed along the great bend of the i ukon has not yet been do' terimned. This neck of land is be. tween 30 and 40 miles wide. Should the line follow the river it would be much longer than an overland section, and could not be reached in summer, except by a large repair force, which would make it expensive and difficult of maintenance. During the past winter an odicer has been in the field to see what can be done across country between Fort Gibbon and Fort Egbert. On his report the department will act. The signal corps is feeling its way cautiously, so as not to make the same errors as were ascribed to the Canadian author lties, who attempted to build a tele graph line from the two ends without making a survey of the route, and in consequence, at the close of a season, found that the two ends that were to have connected had over lapped each other for some miles, one going on one side of a mountain and the other on the opposite side. And for weeks neither party knew of the proximity of the other. HEAD WAS SEVERED. "Black Jack" Ketchum, a Noted Desperado Hanged. Rope Jerked Head from Body. Clayton, N. M., April 27. Thomas E. Ketchum, alias "Black Jack." the train robber, was hanged at 1 :21 P. M. yesterdaV. The rope broke but his head was jerked off. The execution took place in side a stockade built for the occasion. The inclosure was crowded, 150 spec tators having been admitted. When Ketchum mounted the plat form at 1 :17 his face was very pale, but his eye swept out over the crowd very coldly and boldly, as if he had no fear. A priest stood at his side, as the rope was put around his neck. The condemned man had consented to this at the last moment. Ketchum declined to make a speech before the noose was put around his neck. He merely ' muttered "Good by," then said, "Please dig my grave very deep," and finally, "all right, hurry up." His logs trembled, but he kept his nerve. When the body dropped through the trap the half inch rope severed the head as cleanly as if a knife had cut it. , The body pitched forward with blood spurting from the headless trunk. The head remained with the black cap and flew down into the pit. Pueblo Teacher Disappear. . Pueblo, Col., April 29. A local sensation is caused by the mysterious disappearance of Mrs. Mertie Buerger, who for 12 years has been a teacher in the Pueblo schools. Bloodhounds followed a trail from Mrs. Buerger's house to and under a bridge over Fountain creek, a shallow stream. The Arkansas river, some distance further on, has been dragged, witl cut result. Nebraska Prairie On Fire. Valentine, Neb., April 2G. Word received from the southwestern part of this (Cherry) county is to the effect that disastrous prairie fires are raging there; that the buildings of one cat na inat oiner rancnesare tnreatonea. ueiaus are very meager, ana it is mi- possime 10 learn me name ot the ranch which has 8uffered t he loss of its k;i,i;n nkii, ; nn ...:i... trnm y, tv,o .t i, u i 5res started about 4 o'clock in the llVtil aiv.iv uv i v I " 1 Ll Cf a Limb l 1 1 1" afternoon. Disloyal Utterances Suppressed. Bloemfontein, Orange River Col-', ony, April 29. The provost marshal, nreaidinff over a murf. nf Bummanri c " - J ... ........... I. . . . . .1 , , , j;0,.., ..A " V awiir xa. uu a.' a.ra VJOiu V 10 IV V at UlLrl ances. He has ordered a British sub- Sect named Mitchell to h Honnrt or! tn rin fnr ah ' in i the effect that householderoshall sus-! oend a boara outside of their doors giving tho names of all the occupants i of that articular haus . 111 STATE n 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. i Athena has secured a street rock crusher. Work of building a road to Blue river, on the Calapooia sid", has be gun. Plans of a telephone line fioni Baker to the Panhandle is under considera tion. A burglar proof safe arrived at Ash land last week for the First Xational Bank. The telephone line from Grant's Pass to Williams is complete and in operation. County roads between Baker City and John Day are said to be in very bad condition. The Hood Kiver Fruit Growers' Union is beginning to receive order! for strawberries. Fred J. Kunnimel was killed at the Mammoth mine, in Eastern Oregon recently by a snow slide. Thieves broke into a saddle shop at The Dalles several days ago and made away with several pieces of harness. W. C. Peterson agrees to put an electric light plant in Brownsville y the city will pay $15 per month for six lights. Horse rustlers with two car loads oi stolen horses are dodging the officers somewhere in the the eastern portion of Malheur county. Governor Geer will be asked to grant a pardon to J. G. Luhrman, who was sent to the penitentiary from Baker county in June, 1900, convicted of manslaughter. Work has again been resumed on the Golden Wedge mine, at Galice. A new irrigating ditch has been started at Bly, in Klamath county. It is not thought that the fruit wat injured by the recent heavy, frosts in Hood River. The Sherman county court has raised the stock inspector's salary tc $300 per annum. A considerable amount of wheat was sold at The Dalles last week foi 50 cents a bushel.. The Coos county court has ordered that the road poll tax be paid in cash, and that the road supervisors collect the tax. Last week, while Jack Slmmont was driving for a load of hay on the Innes-Kelsay ranch, near Paisley, a gust of wind lifted the rack off the wagon and carried it several rods and dropped it into a slough. A Southern Pacific steam shovel and outfit will immediately begin fill ing in the luce Hill railway trestle: with earth, 'lhe switch will be ex tended, a water tank built, and other improvements made near Isadora and Rise Hill. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Walla- Walla, o9t300c.: vallev, nominal; bluestem, (ilc. per bushel. . Flour Best grades, $2.703.40 pei barrel; graham, $2.(i0. Oats White, $1.35 per cental; gray, l.'J,iHtl..iV per cental. Barley reed, 17 17.25: brewing, $17C17.25 per ton. MillstuffM Bran, $l(i per ton ; midd ings, $21.50; shorts, $17.50; chop, $1(5. Hay Timothv, $12.50014; clover, $79.50; Oregon wild hay, $(i7 per ton. Hops 12Hc. per lb. ; 189!) crop, 6s7e. Wool Valley, 1213c. ; Eastern Oregon, 912c; mohair, 2021c. per pound. Butter I'ancy creamery, lo Kc. ; dnirv,- 12)14c. ; store, ,10(3 11c. per pound. Eggs Oregon ranch, 14142C per dozen. Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3.50; hens, $44.50; dressed, ll12c. per pound; springs, $3(S5 per dozen; ducks, $5((;; geese, $(itfl7; turkeys, live, 1012c; dressed, 1315c. per pound. . Cheese Full cream, twins, 13 13c. ; Young America, 13a14c. per pound. Potatoes Old, 75c. $l per sack; new, 22.c. per pound. Mutton Lambs 4?4'c. per pound gross ; best sheep, $8 ; wethers, $5; ewes, $4.50; dressed, 7c. per pound. Hogs Gross, heavy, $5.75(36; light, $4.755; dressed, 77),c. per pound. Veal Large, 6S7a'c. per pound; !.,oii fit. nnunt rwf Hmoa tnn tr kos 95. cows and heifers, $4.504. 75; dressed 1 " ' " 1 I ' "vv,au, tl'iriwu.ax' beef, 8c. per pound Forty-eight thousand Turks have been exiled during the last 11 years. Wolves are increasing rapidly in t 1. f..-e t.,na t .1 1 1 1 u 11 v ui mC iuiw, iauua kji iiurmeru Canada - A German savant points out that Lur,u P"?,e" rural postmen were in existence in Lgypt 4,000 years ago. A companjwith a capital of $1,- ,JUU,um na Deen organ izea 1.1 me- ,aIUV or the mak'ng -'f flour froifteweet potatoes. BANDS OF ROBBERS. Diaredetloni of Thieves and Pirates Increasing In Vicinity of Ptkln. Berlin, April 80. Field Marshal Count von Waldersce in a dispatch from Pckin, reports that marauding has increased near Hosiwu and Matu, and that junks used as transports be tween these places have been attacked. Lieutenant Colonel Arnstadt has been sent from Tien Tsin to the disturbed district in command of a composite column. Count von Waldersee also reports, under Pekin date, as follows: "Colonel Hoffmcister, command ing the Fourth infantry and two com panies of mountain artillery, attacked the enemy April 23 by the great wall, 10 kilometers south of Hai Shan Kwan, and forced them to retire with heavy losses into Shan Si. We lost four wounded and captured four flags and four old pattern guns. General Voyron intimates that ho intends to evacuate the neighborhoood of Shan Ting and return to Pao Ting Fu. His extended outposts remain at Sin Lei. I am keeping a force at Ansul Sng pass. " In Pursuit of the Chinese. London, April 30. A Reuter dis patch from Pekin says the headquar ters staff has received a telegram from a British officer accompanying tho expedition to the effect that on April 23 the Germans crossed into Shnn Si through the Kouk Nau and Chang Chen Liu passes, in pursuit of the retreating Chinese, whom they fol lowed 18 miles, fighting a sharp ac tion. The Fronch troops remained in occupation the passes. The Ger mans return April 25, and the French handed over tho passes to them and returned to their previous outposts. The Germans are said tv have had four men killed and five officers and 80 men wounded. The Chinese loss is not known. MEXICAN MINISTERS. Diplomatic Relations Resumed With Austria 1 and American Republics. Washington, April 30. A complete reapproachment between the govern ments of Austria and Mexico has been brought about, and as a result each country is about to 6end a minister to the other. This terminates an inter national estrangement dating back to the days when young Maximillian of Austria sought to gain a foothold in Mexico, and lost his life 111 the ad venture. A bill has passed the Mexi. can congress providing for a minister to Austria at a salary of $15,000 an nually. Austria will take similar ac tion by sending a minister to Mexico, and this will close the long and his toric separation. ' The Mexican government has also taken steps to resume diplomatic communication with South American countries, the first move in that di rection being the appointment of a Mexican minister to tho Argentine republic. For many years there has been no diplomatic intercourse be tween Mexico and her sister republics on the southern continent, as there was little commerce between them, and few political questions requiring diplomatic representations. Recent ly, however, Argent ina has made a friendly move by accrediting a min ister both to Washington and Mexico City, and Uruguay has taken similai action. The selection of Mexico City as the place for holding the congress of American republics has bad a fur ther influence in inducing Mexico to extend her relations with South and Central America. THE NEW COMET. Brightest That Has Appeared to View for Over Nineteen Years. Elkhorn, Wis., April 30. The new comet which was observed this morn ing at the Yerkes observatory, at Wil liams bay, is said by astronomers to be the brightest that has appeared for 19 years. Notice was received yesterday by telegraph from Harvard university that a comet had been dis covered at Queenstown April 23, and observed at Cape of Good Hope on the morning of April 25. Its position at that time was about 16 degrees southwest of the sun. Its position this morning was some 15 degrees north of the sun, indicating a very rapid northeasterly movement. Nothing could be seen of the celes tial visitor last evening at sunset, but this morning Professor E. R. Frost, assisted by F. R. Sulliavn, saw the new comet appear above the horizon. About 20 minutes before sunrise it could be plainly seen, although the sky was quite bright. It was of an orange color, with two prominent kits or streamers. It remnined vis ible until 15 minutes or more after sunrise, when it laaeu away in the growing light. It was too low in the sky to be observed by the 40 inch telescope, and the sky was so bright that nothing could be seen with the 12 inch instrument. The Oovernirent Will Refund. Washington, April 30. Commis- sooner of Internal Revenue Yerkes, in pursuant of the action of the I United States supreme court in de- ! greatest gallatitry during the engage claring the tax of 10 cents 011 export j ments with the forces under General bills of lading unconstutional, has ' Liu, storming the stronghold of the informed inqtrirers that the amounts enemy. The Chinese artillery, al paid for the stamps will lie refunded j though firing splendid guns made in on claims of the value of $2 or over. 1 1898 at the arsenal in Han Yang, It ia Miniated that about SSO0.O00 : has been collected under this tax since it went into effect, July 1, 1898. MI fill1 ALASKA Contract Let For Line Between Juneau and Skagway. MUST BE IN OPERATION WITHIN 90 DAYS New York Man Agrees to Do the Work for $70,000-Svstcm Must Be Guaran. teed for Two Years. Washington, May 1. " General Greeley hits approved the recommend ation of the board of signal officers making the award for laying the cable from Juneau to Hkagway, Alaska, to W. R. Brixie, of New York, he being tho lowest bidder. The contract prico is $70,000. The successful firm will be requriod to construct, lay and put in ox'rntion the entire cable system in 90 days from the time of the award. It will then be turned over to the signal corps for ojieration, being guaranteed first for two years. During the current week tho fish commission steamer Alhutross will cruiso off the Oregon coast, making soundings in the hope of finding new species of sea life. At the conclusion of this cruise she will outfit at Seattlo for a summer's cruise along the Alas ka coast, when the study of food fishes which has been conducted through two past seasons will be con eluded. MAY BE ANDRADA. Wrecked Three-Misted Ship Discovered Off Queen Charlotte Islands. Vancouver, B. C, May 1. Tho steamer Tees, arriving tonight from the north, brings news of the finding by Indians of a three masted ship wrecked off the coast of Queen Char lotte islands. Identity of the vessel is at present unknown. Tho bodies of several sailors are said to have been found nearby. The story of the wreck, as given by the Indians to the ollieers of the Toes, was exceedingly vugue. The Indians either could not read the name of the vessel, or were nut sufficiently alert to note it, for they could give no clew to the ship's identity. The masts of the craft were broken off short, and she was generally demolished. The only the ory of the identity of tho ship ad vanced, and that seems very improba ble, is that the wreck may possibly be the Andrada, which took a pilot off tho mouth of the Columbia last De coinlier, and has not been heard of since. It is suggested that she may have drifted north to the present loca tion of the wreck. DOZEN BUILDINGS BURNED. Scores of Families Rendered Homeless at Pitts burg. Tittsburg, May 1. Fire at the cor ner of Carson and Seventeenth streets, South side, resulted in a property loss estimated at $225,000, consumed over a dozen buildings and rendered a score of families homeless. The flames were discovered in the basement of a four story department store and in a very short time the entire building was burning furiously. It was in ruins within 30 minutes. A panic ensued among the custom ers and employes, which resulted in what started at first a report that eight persons had perished. This was happily found to be untrue after the fire had been controlled. A shower of the burning timbers were thrown from the burning build ing, carrying destruction in all direc tions, and several other stores and a number of dwellings were swept by the flames. The losses are pretty well covered by insurance. Bank Officials Arrested. Seattle, May 1. Frank Oleson, cashier, and J. S. Stangroom, book keeper, of the defunct Scandinavian- American bank of Now hatcom, are under arrest on warrants charging them with receiving deixsits after the failure of that institution. Ole son was arrested here and ntangroom at Whatcom. Stangroom is now exchange teller of a Seattle bank, and lives here. Oleson was formerly sec retary of the board of public works here, and a prominent politician and newspaper man. lie savs the arrests are the result of a mistake, and that the receiver of the bank has acted hastily. Counterfeiters at Butte. Butte, Mont., May 1. Two of what is supposed to le a big gang of counter feiters wore arrested here today and identified by several people on whom they had passed bogus $10 gold pieces. They got rid of quite a num lier. William Dougherty, ono of them, has lived here for years, and is supposed to have only been connected with the gang a short time. John Mulligan, the other, has been here a much shorter time, and was a faro dealer until the law caused the games to close. Praise for Germans. Berlin, May 1. The latest Chinese specials to arrive here show that the German troops behaved with the aimed badly. lhe uermans aemol lshea the ion meat ions near me of tha great wall. gates THE PRESIDENTIAL TOUR. Chief Places and Dates to Be Visited by Mi Kinly and -Party. The following are the principal places tho presidential party will visit on their coast tour, with dates: Washington, left April 29 Memphis April 30 New Orleans My 1 Houston, Tex May 3 Austin, Tex... May 3 San Antonio, Tex May 4 El Paso, Tex., rest May 5 El Paso, leave May Phoenix, Ariz '. .May 7 Redlands, Cal May 8 Iios, Angeles May 8 Del Monte May 10 San Jose May 13 San Francisco May 14 Sacramento Mav 20 Portland, Or May 22 Tacoma, Wash .May 23 Spokane . . . ., .i.jjJIy 27 Butte, Mont May 28 Helena, Mont May 28 Yellowstone Park May 29 Anaconda May 31 Salt Lake. . , June 2 Leadville June 4 Denver June 5 Cheyenne June 5 Colorado Springs June fi Pike's Teak June 7 Pueblo Juno 7 Kansas City June 8 Kansas City June 10 Chicago , June 11 Buffalo June 13 Washington June 15 JAMES DOUGLAS REID DEAD. United States Consul and "Father of the Telegraph." New York, May 1. James Douglas Reid, known to the telegraphers as "The Father of tho Telegraph," is dead at his home in this city. He was born in Edinburg, Scotland, March 22, 1809, and came to America in 1834. He entered telegraphy in 1845, when he assisted in the oragniz ation of the Atlantic & Ohio telegraph company for the construction of a series of lines connecting Phialdel phia, Pittsburg, Buffalo, Detroit, Cincinnati, St. Louis and New Or leans, the most extensive service pro jected at that time. Becoming ac quainted with Prof. S. F. B. Morse, a mutual attachment sprung up be tween them, which led to Mr. Reid's appointment as superintendent of the Magnetic telegraph company, a line extending from New York to Wash ington. At the same time he re tained his connection with the Atlan tic & Ohio company. He entered the service of the Western Union tel egraph company in 1850, where he re mained until 1889, when he was ap pointed United States consul to Dun fermlie, Scotland, thorugh the in fluence of Andrew Carnegie, who as a b y serevd as messenger and telegraph operator under Mr. Reid at Pitts burg. Ho relinquished this office in 1897. The statue of Prof. Morse in Central park, this city, was erected by the telegraph fraternity through the efforts of Mr. Reid. WEARING OUT THE BOERS. Lord Kitchener Reports on Capture of Small Perce. London, May 1. Lord Kitchener continues the process of wearing down the Boers, who, however, are very active in the Kroonstadt district. Here they recently derailed two trains and also captured, after a severe fight, 25 men of the Prince of Wales Light horse, whom they stripped of their horses and accoutrements and then liberated. Colonel Plumer'B force captured 11 small laager of 45 men, including the notorious Transvaal State Engineer Munick, who planned the destruction of the Johannesburg mines in the spring of last year, and also his father. Mr. Cummings, who is visiting Durban on behalf of the Canadian government, is favorably impressed with the possibilities of trade be tween Canada and Natal. Robberies On the Panama Road. Colon, Colombia, April 30. Bands of robbers have for the past fortnight been raiding stations along the rail road line during the night time and have also been looting shops, wound ing several persons during their dep redations. Chinese have been the principal sufferers. The government has increased the force at the railroad stations and is doing its utmost to suppress the robberies. Not Credited at Washington. Washington, May 1. The depart ment of agriculture has receievd no information beairng on the report that has lieen circulated in England charging Boer emissaries with inocu lating horses shipped to South Africa with glanders and other maladies. Secretary Wilson places no credence in the story. He says, however, that it is possible that it might have been done, probably by hostlers or other attendants aboard ship. There haa been no examination of the horse shipments by the department. Payment of Postal Orders. Washington, April 30. The con troller of the treasury has decided that postal money orders are payable only by postmasters upon whom they are drawn and to whom notice of the issue thereof has ieen sent. It hag been the practice heretofore to cash money orders at postoffiees other than those on which they are drawn and for the postmasters cashing such or ders to turn them into the postofJice department as vouchers. 1 il - 1 .' ! ..... .. ' - ' 1 . . , -