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
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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.
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