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o VlVjy i H r CJ L I B I 1 1 1 J JSA, t I . I U I y 1 , x U ! Afl J L ft. "ITS A COLD DAY WHEN WE GET LEFT." VOL. XIII. lIIOOD KIVEll, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 101. NO. HOOD RIVER GLACIER I'lihlthlifil Kvery Krlily by H. V. IILYTIIK. Term of miImt Ipl Inn - ILW year when paid 111 RdVallCC. TIIK MAII.H. The nmll arrives from Mt. Ilooil at 1ft o'clock R. 111. W fiiticMtnyK and Saturdays departure tame da p Ht noon. For t'licuoweth, leaven at S R. m. Tiiemlayn, Tliumdayii and Saturdays; Rrrivea Rt 6 p. m. for hue Salmon (W null.) leave daily HI 6:4." I. m.; arrivcn t 7:l'i p. m. Itiiiii V, hlte Salmon leaven fur Kulda, Cilmer, TlOllt Lake atllt OlcllMOod daily at A. M. For HiiiR-eu (Waidi.) leaven at ,'.! p. in.; Rr rieRt '1 p. m. HO IKTIK4. JAI I1KI. RKHKK A II DUIKKK MMMiK. No I S7, 1. (i. (. K Mcctn IiikI mill third .Mou rn In each month. Miw Katr Davenport, N. U. If. J. IIiiiiiarii, NiT.lny. 1ANHY HOST, No. lfi, ti. A. K.-MectR t A. i ). I. W. Hull necond mid foil nil Hnlnr !n vn of en. h in. mill Rt 2 o'clock p. in. All ll. A. It. luemlHTR intltcd to meet with uk. T. J. t'UNMMi, Commander. i. W. Hli.HY, A .1 jut H n I. 1AXP.Y W. It. ('., No. If. Meet flrntHHtur l da) of each mouth hi A. O.li. W. hall Rt I p. ill. Mkk. B K. rilliiKMAKKK, Prt'hldeiit. Mrk. (Ht l.A jM KKn. Secretary. n(KII) KIVKK I.OIMiK, No. ill'., A. . and A. M. Med Saturday evening on or liefnre ei.eli full moon. A N. IUhm, W. M. A. I'. Hatkiiam, Secretary. HOOD RIVKK CH.M'TKIt, No. 27. K. A. M -Me.'ts third Kridny niitlit of eni h month. K. C. llKiaii'R, II. P. II. F. Daviuhon, KecTftary. IIOOD KIVKK CHAI'TKK, No. 2i, O. K. 8.- Jl Meetn Mid nil. I lonrth Tueaitay even- ii.KK of enili nionlh. Vn t.it) coi.Iinily wel comed. Mkk. Kva II. Haym. W. M. H. K. Davidson, Stxrelary. OI.KTA AKSKMH V, No. Mil, fulled Arlinana. Meeth tecoi.d 'I uesdny of eiieh month Rt Krntcrhnl linll. K. C. IlKnmrx, M. A. 1). MtiioNAt.n, HeeretRry. Vi rAl'COMA I.ODCK, No. 30, K. of H.-Mccta In A. (). I', rt. liRll every lui .tnv nlKlit. IXIHRAM I! rMITH, t. ( . Fkank I.. lAVIIWON, K. Of K. ii H. IVKKSIHK I.IIIiliK, No. Wt, A. O. I' W. Meets II rM and third SHliir.lnvs of each uionth. N. C. Kvanr. M. . J. F. Watt, Financier. II. I.. Homk, Hecorder. IIiI.KWII.DK I.OIKIK, No. 1117, I. O O. F. Meela In Kinteriinl luill every I'hiirH.lny liiKhl. A. (i. Gktlhki., N.ti. J. K. Hasna, Hctatary. HOOD KIVKK TKNT, No. 19, K. O. T. M., mei lN Ht A. O. I'. V. IihII on the tirm and third FtidHyH of i ni h nioiilh. J. K. Hand, Coiniuander. IVKKSIDK I.ODCK NO. 40, DKfiHF.F. OF , IIONUIt, A. 0. 1'. W. -Meets llrnt and third riRturduy Ht H P. M. Mkh. i.uhmiia Hand, C. of If. Jliw. Char Ci.akk, Ketorder. oUNSHISK ROOIKTY Meets laeond and O fourth HHtnrdnys of ench month at 1 o'chii k. Mi I.K.SA SnkLI., rTesident. Mihh C'ARHIR lit Ti.r.H, Secretnry. HOOD RIVKR CAMP, No. 7,702, M. W. A., meets in odd Fellows' Ilnll the first and all I rd Wednesdavt of each hi. mill. F. L. llAVll RON, V. ('. K. R. Riiahi.ky, Clerk. JyJ F. SHAW, M. P. Office Telephone No. 8:1. Kasidence Telephone No. HI. All Calls Promptly Attended outre upstairs over Kverhart's store. All crIIr left at the office or resideiue will lie 1 roin tly attended to. JOHN LEI-AND HENDERSON" ATTORNKY-ATLAW, A1ISTRACTOR. NO TARY PIIII.IC and REAL, EHTA'IK AGENT, For 23 yPRra a resident of Oiagon and Wash ington. Has hHil many years experience In Real EslHte matters, rs alii-tractor, searelier of titles and aKcnl. batisfnctioii Kuarunieeil or Do charire. J F. WATT, M. I). Snrgenn for O. R. it N. Co. Is especially ei)iiipied to treat catarrh of nose ami throat and diseases of women. Sieelal terms for office treatment of chronic raxes. Telephone, oilier-, 125, residence, t'i. pREDEUICK & ARNOLD CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS. Estimates furnieheil for all kinds of work. Repairing a specialty. All kiixla of shop work, hliop on (State Street, between First and Second. JTCONOMY SHOE SHOP. TKIUK LIST. Men's lialf soles, hand eticked, $1; nailed, best, 75c ; second, 50c ; third, 40c. Ladies' hand stitched, 75c; nailed, best, M)e; second, S5. liest stock and work in Hood River. C. WELDS, Prop. JIIE KLONDIKE CONFECTIONERY Is the place to pet the latest and best in Confectioneries, Candies, Nuts, Tobacco, Cigars, etc. ....ICE CREAM PARLORS.... COLE A GRAHAM, Props. p C. BROSiUS, M. D. ' rilYSICIAN AND SURGEON. . Thone Central, or 121. Office Honrs: 10 to 11 A. M. ; 2 to 3 and 0 to 7 P. M. Q II. TEMPLE. Practical Watchmaker Sl Jeweler. My long experience enables me to do the best possible work, which I fully guarantee, and at low prices. JJUTLF.tt A CO., BANKERS. Do a general banking business. IIOOD RIVER, OREGON. M. A. COOK CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER lloon Rivsr, Orkoon. Estimates Furnished. Plans Drawn Q J. HAYES, J. P. Office with Rone Brothers. Rusitiess will be attended to at any time. Collections made, and any business itiven to us w ill be attended to speedily and results made promptly. Will locate on itood government lands, either lim ber or farming. We are iu touch w ith the U. b. Land Office at The Dalles. Give us a call. EVENTS OF THE DAY FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF THE WORLD. K Comprchcmlv Review of the Impor'M Happenings of the Past Week Presc m In Condensed Form Which Is Most Likely to Prove of Interest to Our Many Readers. Yon Wiildersee lias started for Ber lin. Physicians gito hope of Mrs Mc Kinlcy's slow recovery. The policy of the L'nited States and Ktissiii is identical. The prune outlook in Oregon is favorable for a good market. Senator McLaurin, of South Caro lina, withdraws bis resignation. A new newspaper is expected to bfl started in Seattle about October 1. Several thousand dollars were found under a sidewalk in Mineral Toint, Wis. A serious encounter occurred be tween French and British troops in China. Chicago employers agree not to try to settlo Machinists' strike until after June 11. As a result of a colliison in West Virginia two are dead and many oth ers injured. All railroads west of Mississippi river to the Pacific, coast are to be consolidated. There is great unseainess Eng land on account of scarcity of South African news. A new explosive, called Maximite, much more powerful than Lyddite, has been adopted by the United States government. The president is considering the advisability of calling an extra ses sion of congress to legislate for the Philippines, Exports this year from the United States to Spain will be larger than in any preceding vear, with a possible single exception. Intense beat prevails over Europe. The birth of a royal princess causes much joy in Italy. General Chaffee's army has arrived at Nagasaki from China. London has a rumor of a severe British defeat near Pretoria. The duke of York's visit to Canada has been officially announced. The Philippine commission has begun its final provincial tour. Mrs. Mckinley s condition causes the doctors much apprehension Minister Conger expects to return to bis post in China about July 17. A $10,000 fruit packing house will be established at Vancouver, Wash. The Ohio state board of arbitration prevented a street car strike at Day. ton. American exports to Scandinavia have more than trebled in the past 10 years. James A. Heme, the well known his home in actor, passed away at New York. All the volunteers cannot be brought home from the Philippines within the time limit. John D. Rockefeller has given $200, IXR) for the lounutng ot an asso ciation of medical research. , Laborers engaged in excavation for a new building in Ottawa have un earthed the long lost stone which marked the scene of the assassination of T. d'Arcy McGee. There is general regret throughout the country that the irrigation con gress, which was to have held a ses sion at Colorado Springs in July, has been postponed for a year. The allied troops are preparing to leave Chinese territory. A plague case has been discovered in a suburb of London. . Another Negro fiend has been burned a.t the stake in Florida. The battleships fired a salute, off Grants' tomb on Memorial day. Mrs. Eddy, the Christian Science leader, has been sued for $150,000 damages. Governor of Washington has been asked to call a special session of the legislature. Robbers blew an Ohio bank vault and secured $1,000. The escaped. Lieutenant Townley's connection with the Manila frauds is being in vestigated. Colonel Miehler, military secretary to General Miles, died at,his home in Washington. A rich strike of oil has been made near Olypmia. It is said to be of first class lubricating quality. A comrr-insary sergeant in Manila, convicted of stealing supplies, has been sentenced to three years' im prisonment. It is understood in Rome that Pope Leo XIII has made a will naming his successor. Northwestern Iowa has begun ship ping choice butter to Forto Kica The first consignment left Sioux Falls a few days ago. The Austro Hungarian census just completed shows the total population to be 47,000,000, an increase since 1890 of 9 per cent. The population of Budapest has increased 45 per cent. SWEPT OVER A DAM. Seven Persons Drowned In the Schuylkill River. Philadelphia, June 3. A rowboat containing a party of eight young peoplo was swept over I ho Flat Rock dam, in the Schuylkill river, and seven of them, five girls and two boys, were drowned. One young man was saved. The party, with a large number of others, organized a picnic. They em barked in gaily decorated wagons early in the morning, and pitched their camp at Rose Glen, along the Schuylkill river, on the northern outskirts of the city. The party split up after dinner for a row on the river. Heavy rains during the past week hail made the muddy stream quite high, and the current was much swifter than usual. However, the unfortunate party immediately struck out for midstream. All the girls were huddled in the stern, one of the Ikivs was rowing and the others were sitting in the bow of the boat. After getting in tho middle of the river, and finding tho current too swift for comfort, tho boat was rowed in to ward the shore. During this time it was being carried slowly down stream. The boy doing tho rowing decided to go through the locks, and as he approached tho dam ho was warned by tho lockkeeper not to approach any closer. The warning was not heeded, and tho young oarsman kept on rowing until he found that the lock was closed. Ho attempted to turn the boat, which was then about 50 feet from the dam and 25 feet from the shore, but ho turned the wrong way. A moment later and the bout was in the swiftly moving cur rent. Swiftly it was carried toward the brink of the falling waters, and just as it reached the breast of the dam, over which 30 inches of water was pouring, tho entire eight stood tip and the boat went over stem first. The drop to tho rocks below is ap proximately 12 feet. The boat struck tho water bottom up, and as it disappeared the whole party was under it. Nothing more was seen by the few persons who saw the acci dent for almost a minute, when the boat reappeared with one boy cling ing to its keel. Then another young man was seen to come to the sur face and make a frantic effort to reach shore by swimimng. The six girls never rose to the surface. HONOLULU'S SENSATION. Investigation of Charges of Bribery In the Legislature. Honolulu, May 20, via San Fran, cisco, Juno 3. The special grand jury called to investigate the charges of bribery in the legislature has raised the biggest sensation Honolulu hae had since the days of revolution and agitation for annexation. It has had as witnesses Gov. Dole, Attorney Gen eral Dole, Secretary of the Territory Cooper and other high officials, and on the refusal of some of them to answer questions, the grand jury has had them brought into court to show cause why they should not testify. In the absence of S. B. Dole, who is indisposed, Secretary Cooper is act ing governor. The jury began its investigation on a letter from the governor to the legislature, refusing to extend the session because he had information that bribery was taking place. Governor Dole appeared be fore tho jury and it is said told all that ho knew. The other heads of departments were summoned to testify, and all refused to tell what they knew, on the ground that the information they had received was in the nature of a "privileged com munication," having been given to them as government officials. Acting Governor Cooper, Attorney General Dolo and L. A. Thurston, president of the Gazette publishing company, were sumomned to appear liefore Judge Humphreys and show cause why they should not tell the grand jury what they had learned re garding bribery in the legislature. Judge Humphreys sustained Dole as it was shown that he had told the grand jury the names of the men from bom he bad received evidence. Thurston had told the jury that tin had heard that legislators had ap proached a corporation with solicita tions of bribes, but ho declines to give the name of the corporation on the ground that as attorney he had a right to withhold it as given in confidence by a client to an attorney. Helen Gould's Health Failing. Miss Helen Gould of New "York, overcome by the strain of her charita ble work, has been ordered to take a long rest and is believed to be suffer ing from nervous prostration. Treasury Auditor Resigns. Washington, June 3. Colonel Youngblood, of Alabama, auditor of the treasury department, has tendered his resignation, and it was accepted, to take effect June 15. The president today appointed B. A. Pierson, assist ant auditor for the same department, to succeed him. First Payment for Cruiser. Philadelphia, June 3. A cable message received by William Cramp & Sons announced that the first pay ment for the cruiser contracted for by the government of Turkey has been paid by the Imperial Ottoman Bank. Lntil now there has been an element of doubt as to whether the cruiser would ever be built, but with the first payment made, the work will be car ried forward. NEWS OF THE STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL OVER OREGON. Commercial and Financial Happenings of lnv portance A Brief Review of of the Growth and Improvcmeuts of the Many Industries Throughout Onr Thriving Com. monwealth Latest Market Report Ground has been broken for the new Patterson school building at Eugene. About 100,000 pounds of wool was sold at Tho Dalles the other day for 10 cents. Placer work in the Weathcrby and Durkee districts, Eastern Oregon, is now in full progress. Slugs and cutworms are doing no small amount of damage to early gar dens around Cottage Grove. The Oregon Telephone Company has a large force of men employed at Dallas making extensive repairs. Preparations for tho Eastern Ore gon Fourth of July celebration, to be held in Baker City, are being pushed witn vigor. The hop yards in Lincoln county are looking fine. Tho great trouble is to get a sufficient number of meu to do necessary work. John A. Van Gross a student in th University of Oregon, has just re ceived notice that he has been award ed a scholarship in Yale University. Albany collego commencement cal ender June 14 to 19 provides an elab orate program of orations, sermons receptions and reunions. The college is jusi closing its 34th year. A prominent mining engineer from Colorado is making a tour of the sev eral mining districts of Eastern Ore gon in the interest of a largo syndi cate of capitalists of that state. Four whales in Yarjuina bay were reported ono day last week. Arrangemnets are being made for a Fourth of July celebration at Durkee. The O. R. & N. Co. has a heavy new switch engine in the Pendleton yards. The movement of cattle from Har ney county for the summer is now under way. A severe frost near Valo a few nights ago is reported to have injured crops considerably. Two car loads of ono and two year old steers were shipped from Yaquina bay last week. The contract for carrying the mail between Marshfield and North Bend will be let July 1. Oliver P. Kaubb, aged 78, an old pioneer, died at his home near Col burg the other day. The new superintendent of the Badger mine in Susanville district has laid off a number of men, pend ing the making of improvements. The Lincoln county court will repair the bridge across the Big Elk river at Elk City and will construct a bridge across the Yauina river at Pioneer. The machinery for the additional five stamps for the Lucky Boy mill in the Blue River district has arrived at Springfield and will be hauled to the mine as soon as possilbe. Portland Markets. -Walla Walla. 60c.: Wheat val- ley, nominal; blucsteni, 6162c. per bushel. Flour Best grades, $2.903.40 per barrel; graham, $2.60. Oats White, $l.321.35 percen tal; gray, $1.301.32' per cental. Barley reed, $17(817.50; brewinc. $17 17.50 per ton. Millstufts Bran, $17 per ton ; midd lings, $21.50; shorts, $20.00; chop, 116. Hay Timothy, $12.50 14; clover. $79.50; Oregon wild hay, $67 per ton. Hops 1214c. per lb. Wool Valley, ll13c; Eastern Oregon, 7llc; mohair, 2021c. per pound. Butter Fancy creamery, 15 17j'c. ; dairy, 1314e. ; store, 10 12c. per pound. Eggs Oregon ranch, 1212'ic per dozen. Cheese Full cream, twins, 12jc; Young America, 1314c. per pound. Toultry Cliickens,mixed,$3.504; hens, $45.00; dressed, ll12c. per pound; springs, $1.503 per dozen; ducks, $5(37; geese, $07; turkeys, live, 1012c; dressed, 1416c. per pound. Potatoes Old, 90c$1.10 per sack; new, 2c. per pound. Mutton Lambs 4J4'5c. per pound gross; best sheep, wethers, with wool. $4.254.50; dressed, 6i7c per pound. Hogs Gross, heavy, $5.756; light, $4.755; dressed, 7c. per pound. . Veal Large, 67c. per pound; Small, 79c. per pound. Beef Gross, top steers, $55.25; cows and heifers, $4.50(94.75; dressed beef, 77c. per pound. A Georgia coroner's jury brought in the following verdict recently : i "The deceased came to his death , from a railroad in the hands of a re , ceiver, and the same is manslaughter . in the first degree." Banana flour has lately begun to be used in making cakes, bread and bis cuits. It is also used as a children's 'food, and for dyspeptics. In the niakicg of beer it is claimed that it can We advantageously used in place of barley. HER CASE CRITICAL. Mrs. McKinley'i Condition Causes Much Concern. Washington Juno 4. Mrs. M,c Kinlcy continues very weak. Her condition is not greatly changed from that of yesterday, tut each day that elapses without a gain in strength lessens her power of recuperation. The complaint which camo near end ing her life in San Francisco is still present. It is in a slightly less aggravated form, but gives the phy sicians and president much concern. Mrs. McKinley hat shown remarkable vitality, but her illness has so re duced her strength as to leave her very feeblo indeed. It is feared that unless a clmngo for tho lictter soon manifests itself, her strength may become so near exhausted as to leave her without rallying power. Tho news given out by the physi cians in attendance today was not reassuring, though hope of lictter tilings still continues. After a con sultation between tho doctors the following bulletin was issued: "Mrs. McKinley pussed a comfort able night, but her condition has not materially changed since tho report of yesterday." MOST UNIQUE CLAIMS. Government Will Be Asked to Restore Value of Bonds Burned. Washington, June 4. A most unique claim will bo presented at the next congress. It is that of certain heirs of Joseph L. Lewis, who was a millionaire of Trenton, N. J. Lewis was a bachelor crank. His will pro vided bequests of from $75,000 to $100,000 to various relatives and directed that after these bequests should be paid tho residue of his estate should be invested in govern ment bonds, and as he expressed it, "in ortler to reduce the public debt," the bonds should be burned. His wishes were carried out, $996,000 in government bonds were purchased and burned. This occurred 25 years ago. Now certain distant relatives who were not beneficiaries of the will are seeking to have the government restore to the Lewis estate the value of the bonds burned, and a bill pro viding that this shall be done will be introduced in the next congress. IN A RUSSIAN JAIL. Prominent American Confined Arbitrarily in Neva Fortress. New York, June 3. Tho Press this morning publishes a statement that L. James Gordon, sales and con trading agent in Russia of the Bald, win Locomotiv e Works, disappear ed in St. Petersburg last January and that his disappearance was caused by his arrest by the Russian authori ties on charges unknown to the pub lie. On the day succeeding the arrest a St. Petersburg paper contained the following notice: "Mr. L. J. G. , a prominent business man, was ar rested yesterday. " Those who know Gordon knew that it referred to him, hut that ended the matter in St. Pte- ersburg. It is only within a few weens that it has become known that he is confined arbitrarily in the fort ress of the Neva. The American ambassador has been asked to inter est himself in the affair by a brother and two sisters of Gordon, who are in this city at the present time, but without result. Fire Raged Ten Days. Oaxaca, Mexico, June 4. Details of the great fire which raged on the isthmus of Tehauntepec for sevoral days have been received here. Over 70 people were unable to escape the rapid progress of the flames and were burned to death. The fire started on a coffee plantation, and owing to the dryness of the vegation it was soon beyond control and wrought great destruction to growing crops. Many thousands of acres of coffc trees, bananas, orange trees and othe, tropical prjducts were destroyed. The fire burned for 10 days and was finally quenched by a heavy tropical rain. Imports From Philippines. Washington, May 31. A statement prepared at the treasury department shows that the receipts from customs duties collected upon articles im ported into the United States from the Philippine islands from April 1, 1899, to March 31, 1901, were $1,003, 917. Of this amount $866,942 came for sugar, $119,539 for cigars, and the remainder for miscellaneous articles. Discoveries of Argentine Scientist New York June 3. A dispatch to the Herald from Buenos Ayres saye Senor Ricaldoni, an engineer, has just made experiments with an improved system of wireless telegraphy. The results of the experiment were very satisfactory. He will soon try a sub marine boat of his own invention, which he believes is superior to any others. Dominican Revolution Crushed. Kingston Jamaica, June 4. It if reported that the revolution in Santo Domingo has been competelly crushed at its inception and a number of the prominent rebels shot or imprisoned. Among the latter is a son of the late president. There is little cargo offering from Colombian ports in consequence of the heavy export uuiiea jmpuecvA wig vuiuuiuiuu government to meet expenses inci dent to the revolution. AN EXTKA SESSION OFFICIALS FINALLY ADMIT THAT IT IS QUITE PF.03ADLE. It All Depends Upon Whether the President Has Power to Impose Customs Duties on Trade Between the United States and the Philippines Members of Congress Have Scattered for the Summer. New York, .Tune 5. A sjiecial from Wasihngton says : Officials of tho administration for the first time since the announce ment of the decisions of the supreme court in tho insulur cases, admit that there is a posHibility of an extra ses sion of congress in July. If Attorney General Knox, after a careful review of the decisions, concludes that tho president w ill not have power under the Spooner amendment to the army appropriation bill to impose duties on goods going into the Philippines from the United States or coming into the United States from the Phil ippines, the president, will seriously consider tho advisability of issuing an immediate call for an extra ses sion of congress. This statement is made on the authority of a member of the cabinet. Attorney General Knox and Secre tary of War Root have spout consid erable time discussing the legal points involved. Mr. Knox is work mg hard on his opinion in order to have it for the next cabinet meeting. This meeting is expected to lie of very great importance. A call for an extra session would play havoc with the summer plans of senators and representatives, They have scattered to the four corners of the earth. Several are about to start for the Philippines. Quite a number are either in Europo or in tending to go shortly. If congress should be called back immediately, the house of representatives would have difficulty in finding a place in which to meet. The hall is complete ly torn up and an army of workmen is engaged in the alterations made necessary by the increase in the mem bership of the house provided for .by the rcapport moment law enacted hist winter. If the work should lie pushed night and day it would require several weeks to get the hall in condition. BUTTE AGAIN SLIDING. The Strange Phenomenon Causes Amoung the Citizens. Alarm Butte, Mont., June 5. The strange sliding movement of the city of Butte which has been noticeable at intervals for several years has again manifested itself by live large cracks in the earth in different sections of the city. The largest crevice was 12 inches wide and of considerable length and depth. Three of theopen ings occur on the west side of town and two on the east side. There is no caving, but a distinct parting of the earth, and the granite walls can easily be seen in them. The gas and water companies have much trouble on ac count of the strange movement, which frequently breaks their underground pipes. The city engineer says the engineering department of the city encounters the same trouble, as 'eleva tions and bench marks in certain parts of the city are constantly chang ing. The continuance of the strange phenomenon is beginning to cause some alarm among the citizens of Butte. ALLIED TROOPS FOUGHT. British Police Tried to Prevent French From Housebreaking. Tien Tsin, June 5. There was a serious affray yesterday between inter national troops. Some British fusil eers, who were acting as police here, sought to prevent French soldiers from house breaking, when they were attacked with bayonets and bricks. The fusileers, in self defense, fired into the air. This brought a num ber of ' Germans to the aid of the Frenchmen. They numbered alto gether 300 men. Five fusileers fired again, killing one Frenchman and wounding three others. In subse quent lighting, four fusileers, five Germans and one Japanese were wounded. The arrival of a German officer and a strong guard ended the fray. "KlneTbyM"utake. Denver, June 5. J. C. Ayers, a workman on a ranch near Fort Logan, was shot and killed this morning by one of the provost guard of the mili tary post, which was in pursuit of a prisoner who had escaped from the guardhouse. The guard says the kill ing was accidental, as he intended to fire over the head of Ayers, whom he mistook for the escaped prisoner, and who did not obey an order to get out of a ditch in which he was thought to be hiding. An inquest will be held. The soldier who did the shooting bears a good reputation at the post. Son in Law of Joubert Captured. London, June 5. A dispatch from Pretoria announces that the constab ulary has captured Abram Malan, son-in-law of the late Generaf ' Jou bert. Malan was an energetic, pro gressive politician before the war, and since it liegan he has beta) very active against the British and lias lillid sev eral important commands, including that of Petersburg, until tb British occupied trite place. TRADE RELATIONS RESTORED. Our Exports to Spain This Year Promise t Break all Records. New York, June 5. A special from Washington says: Commercial relations between Spain and the l'nited States seem to be fully restored and it is not iniprolt ablo that American exports to that country in the fiscal year 1901 will bo greater, with possibly a single ex ception, than in any preceding year. Exports from the United States to Spain in tho nine months ending with March, 1901, were valued at f 11, 879, 349, against $7,091,043 in the corresponding period in the fiscal year 1899. The figures for the year up to this time indicate that the total exports from the United Ht ales to Spain in the fiscal year 1901 will be about $1!,0()0,(XK). On the import side the figures of the present fiscal year are largely in excess of those of 1899, though slight ly less than those of 1900 which were tho largest since 1891. The annual imports from Spain into the United States since 1891 have ranged from $3,500,000 to $6,000,000, averaging about $ 1.5(H), 000, while for the pres ent fiscal vear they seem likely to ex ceed $5,000,000. CHICAGO EMPLOYERS MEET. Will Not Settle Machinists' Strike Unti June II. Chicago, June 5. There will be no settlement of the machinists' strike in Chicago until June 11. This was the decision of the local manufactur ers today, when the members of th Chicago Association of Machinery Manufacturers pledged allegiance tc the National Metal Trades Associa tion, and agreed not to enter into ne gotiations until w ith any of their em ployes until after the great gathering of employers in New York city Juu 11. While the manufacturers were dis cussing their future action, the ma chinists were not idle, a number of machinists leaving the three plants of the Crane Company to join the strikers. Statements differ as to tho number of men who left the Crane plant. Besides these men, 80 workmen struck in three other places, while agreements were signed with five firms whose names would not be given out. RAILROADS CONSLIDATE. All Lines West of the Mississippi to the Pa cific to Be United. New York, June 5. One tremen dous consolidation of the railroads operating between the Mississippi river and the Pacific coast promises to result from a settlement of the differences wWeh caused tho North ern Pdcific corner. Not only have the differences been settled between the Morgan-Hill faction and tho Har- riman party, regarding the Burling ton deal, and the relations of that road and tho Northern Pacific and Great Northern with the Union Pa cific, but also that the St. Paul, the Chicago & Northwestern and the Chicago Great Western will be taken care of in the great harmonizing scheme in the trunk lines of tho west. PLANS OF SEATTLE MEN. Will Try to Get Non-Union Men in About Sixty Days More. Seattle, Juno 5. If the strike of the metal working unions is not settled within 60 days at tho out side, an effort will be made bv tho manufacturers to operate their shops with non-union workmen. A state ment practically to tins etlect was made today by a leading member of the Washington branch of the Metal Trades Association of the Pacific coast. It is said by members of the Manufacturers' Association that there are plenty of non union machinists in the East, who would readily ac cept work at the present scale of wages in the Seattle shops. Filipinos Elected to Congress, Madrid, Juno 5. Among those who were recently elected to parlia ment were three Filipinos, residents in Spain. They propose during the course of the debate on the Fpeech from the throne to bring up the question of the Philippines, alleging that the situation is worse than be fore the war. Burglars Burned a Town. Beaumont, Tex., June 5. The town of Jaspar has been entirely wiped out by fire. Seventeen houses,' including every business house in the place, and a number of residences, were destroyed. The town lias no fire department. Previous to the fire the postoffice safe and the safe of the county treasurer had been blown open androbbed. The conclusion is that burglars blew open these safes and then set fire to the town to create ex citement that would afford them an opportunity to escape. Postal Orders. Q Washington, Juno 5. The post office at St. Louis, Marion county, Or., will be discontinued on Jufie 15 and its mail sent to Gervais. A post office has been established at Chisna, Alaska, to -be supplied by special service from Valdes, 200 miles to the south. A postoffice has been estab lished at Austin, Island county, Wash, to be supplied from Newell.