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MB iP v pf fuller "IT'S A COLD DAY WHEN WE GET LEFT." VOL. XIIT. HOOD RIVER, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 11)02. NO. 41. HOOD RIVER GLACIER fl'uhlUlied Every Friday bjr 8. F. BLYTHE. Term, at subscription f 1.60 a year when paid in (dvance. THE MAILS. The mall arrives from Mt. Hood at 10 o'clock a. m. Wednesdays and. Saturdays; depart the tame dare at noon. For Chenoweth, leave at I a. m. Tuesday, Thursdays and salurriavs; arrives at ( n. m. or W h I te Salmon ( Vl uh.) leaves dai I y at M a. m.; arrives at 7:16 p. m. f rom White Salmon leaves (or Pulda, Ollmer, Trout Lake ami (llcnu ood daily at I A. M. For Biniten (Wash.) leave atj:op. m.; ar rives at p. m. SOCIETIES. AIRKI, KrHEKAH PKCiREB LODGE, N 1 7, 1. 0. U. K. Meet llrst and third Mon day in each month. Jim TtTTIK Entbican, N. &. H. J. Hibbakc, Secretary. riANBY POST, No. Id, G. A. fc.-Meatt at A. I O. V. W. flail second mid fourth Saturday of each month at 'I o'clock p. m. All 0. A. R. member invited to meet wiili us. J. W. Hiubt, Commander. C. J. Hayes, Adjutant. 1ANBY W. R. C, No. Meets first Satur day of each month in A. 0. (J. W. hall at i p. m. Urs. B. K. biiomiAKKa, President. Was. 0. L. bTBANAHAN, beoieiery. HOOD RIVKft LODGE Ko. ICS, A. T. and A M. Meets Saiuiduy evening on or befora esi h full moon. W M. M. Vatks, W. M. C. V. TuoiirsoM, Secretary. HOOD RIVER CHAPTER, No. 27. R. A R. A. M. XL Meets third Friday night of each mouth. &. 1 smith, a, r. A. N. Rahm, Secretary. g OOD UIVER CHAPTER, No. SS, O. E. 8.- Mevts second and 1'iurtti luesuay eve a of aaun mouth. Vie :t"rs co'dially wel. coined. Mm. Mollis (J. (Jul, Vt . M. Ma. May B. Iuvidbon, secretary. OLF.TA ASSEMBLY No. 101, United Artisan. Meets hrat and third Vtedut-silais, work; Si col.d and fourth Weduetday social: Aril' aans hull. F. C. Ijkoshs, M. A. Fkbu tor, Fecrelary. W ACCOM A in A.O. LODGE, No. , K. of P. Meet V. W. hall every Tueatlay nlcht. C. K. Makkuam, C. 0. Vmi. IIaymcs, K. of R. & 8. KIVKRRIDK LODGE, No. 68, A. O. I' W. Meets first aud third Saturdays of each month. Fbkd Hows, Vf. M. Gko. T. PaATiteit, Financier, IDLEWILDF. Meet In LODGE, No. 107, I. O O. P. Fraternal hell every Thursday I, K. Morsi, N.U. night. L. Hknderson, Secretary. KOOD RIVER TENT, No. 19, K. O. T. M.. rneew at A. O. U. w. hall on the first and third Fridays of each month. Walter Gkrkino, Commander. RIVERRIPE LODGE NO. 40. DEGREE OF HONOR, A. O. U. VY. Meet first and third Saturdays at 8 P. M. Mkh. E. R. Bbadi.iv, C. ot H. Lima Evan, Recorder. HOOD RIVER CAMP, No. 7,702, M. W. A., meets in odd Fellows' -Hall the first and third Wednesday of each momh. F. L. IMVIUOON, V. C. E. R. Bradliy, Clerk. NCIENT ORDER OF THE RED CROSS. A Hood River Lodge No. 10, meets In Odd Fellows' hall second and fourth Saturdays in each month, 7:3V o'clock. C. L. Copflk, President. J, E. Hanma, Secretary. Q H. JENKINS, D. M. D. DENTIST. ALL WORK GUARANTEED. Office in John Leland Henderson's residence. Hood River, Oregon. JJR. X. T. CARN9. Dentist. Gold crown and bridge jrork and all kind ot Up-to-Dtte Dentlstrj. EOOD RIVER OREGON J L.DUMBLE, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Successor to Dr. M. F. 8haw. Call promptly answered In town or country, Day or Night. Telephone: Residence, SI ; Office, U, Office over Krerhart' Grocery. JOHN LELAND HENDERSON . ATTORNEY-AT LAW. ABSTRACTER. KO 1AKV PI RL1C and REAL, ESTA1K AGENT. For 21 years a resident of Oregon and Wash ington. Has hnd many years experience In Krai Estate matters, as abstractor, searcher of title and egeul. fcaiitfaclion guaranteed or no charge. J F. WATT, M. D. Surgeon for O. R. ft N. Co. I especially equipped to treat catarrh of nose and throat and diseases ol women. special terms for otftce treatment of chrouio case. telephone, office, 125, residence, 4J. pREDERICK & ARNOLD CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS. Estimate furnished for all kinds of work. Repairing a specialty. All kind of shop work. Niop on btate Street, between r tret ana becond. JMIE KLONDIKE CONFECTIONERY Ie the place to get the latest and beat in Confectioneries, Candies, Nats, Tobacco, Cigars, etc ....ICE CREAM PARLORS.... W. B. COLE, Proprietor. p C. BROSiUS, M. D. " PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. 'Phone Central, or 121. Office Honrs: 10 to 11 A. M. ; J to and 6 to 7 P. M. Q H. TEMPLE. fnctlctl Watchmtker I Jertlir. Mv long experience enables me to do the beet poeeibie wore, wnica i iuuy guarantee, and at low prices. gUTLF.R CO., BANKERS. Do a general banking baainesa. HOOD RIVER. OREGON. V J. HAYES, J. P. OSJee with Bone Bu'thera. Bnln will ho attended to at in t me. Colleetion ma.1. W ill locate oa good gorernmeat land, etlhet tiasberor taxmiuff VENTS OF THE DAY FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF THE WORLD. Comprehenilvt Review el the Important Happening of the Put Week, Presented in Condensed Form, Which U Most Likely to Prove of Interest to Our Many Readers. An oil tank containing 1,000 gal ms of oil exploded in PittHburg. No- one wag injured. Germany ia highly pleased with the reception Prince Henry la receiving in the United States. PRINCE HENRY ' Tillman and McLaurin, the South Carolina senators, have practically been suspended from the senate. It will probably be for 30 days. The aenate tias pasted the Philippine tariff bill. Corte, a leading Filipino rebel, has been captured. Miss Stone, the American mission ary, nas Deen released. Secretary Hitchcock is expected to leave the cabinet soon. Nineteen lives were lost in the Park Avenue hotel Are in New York. ,The Philippine Commiasion favora modifying the Chinese exclusion order. The provinces of Laguna and Batan- gas have been entirely cleared of insur gents. Barcelona, Spain, rioters continue their depredations upon the stores and factories. A severe sleet storm that prevailed n the Atlantic coast tied up all traffic for a time. Senators Tillman and McLaurin, of Sooth Carolina, engaged in a fist fight and were required to apologize to the senate. Fire in Portland destroyed 94,000 worth of property and for a time threat ened to set beyond all control of the firemen. Prince Henry and ataB arrived . in New York one day late. Tbey were delayed on account of a severe Btorm off the Atlantic coast. Twenty lives were lost in a $2,000, 00 hotel fire at New York. A tidal wave on the Salvadorian oast caused the loss of. more than 50 lives. The riots continue at Barcelona and other Spanish citiea. Almost the entire nation has been placed under martial law. The house committee on territories unanimously voted to report bills for the admission of the territories of New Mexico, Arizona and Oklahoma. The Hay-Fanncefote treaty, giving England's assent to the construction of a eanal across Central America by the United States, has been ratified. Hundreds of forged Bank of England otes have been put in circulation in London during the past few days. They are hard to tell from the genuine. A financial crisis la about to occur in Chile. Germany will abolish the bounties n sugar. Rich gold and copper discoveries have been made in Africa. Organiied laborera to the number of 7,000 are employed bv the diamond dealers and jewelers of Amsterdam. The Tyrol, following the example of Norway, ia trying to enconrage the win ter tourist business by offering better facilities for winter sports. Valletta, Malta, being midway in the Mediterranean, between Gibraltar and Port Said, imports more tlian half a million tons of coal tor the ue of pass ing vessels. Halifax policemen have each been provided with a packet of salt, with which to sprinkle ice slides. Porto Rico, borrowing an idea from Connecticut, has begun to raise tobacco nnder cheesecloth tents, which keep off the insects and temper the wind, rain and sun. Owing to the great nnmber of crimes committed by wandering gypsies, the Roumanian minister of the interior has drafted a bill providing that every tribe muat settle in the locality in which it may happen to be on the day the now law eoroee into fore. I f ' ' -v h i .. i I , , ; ; I " tv ' V " r - A ) - J l h ' J'i . v-vT yS i i ' " ,"' f y1 i"! mm u HONOR TO THE PRINCE. The Kaiser's Brother at the Nation' Capital One Round of Ovation. Washington, Feb. 24. Prince Henry of Prussia and suite, accompanied by the welcoming delegations from Balti more and the German embassy, arrived here at 10:20 thig morning. From that hour until his departure at mid night, the sailor brother of the em peror of Germany was the cynosure of all eyes. He was everywhere greeted with applause. The day was one round of ovations. The prince called on President Roosevelt and met a dis tinguished company at the White House, immediately after his arrival. He then retired to the German em bassy, where President Roosevelt returned- his call. Later, the prince called and left his card with all the OF PRUSSIA. foreign ambassadors. These gentle men, with the foreign minister, were afterwards received by the prince at the German embassy. This was one of the most notable functions of the day. A most notable and pleasing feature of the day was the visit of the nation's guest to the halls of congress, while both bodies were at work. The dinner given by President Roosevelt at the White House tonight closed the honors De stowed on the royal visitor by official V ashington today. After the dinner the prince left di rectly for the railroad station, where his special train awaited him. A troop of cavalry and a squadron of mounted and bicycle policemen acted as escort to the station, and saw him safely aboard the train which loft at midnight for New York City. Prince Henry gave expression tonight to his deep sense of appreciation of the splen did reception accorded him at the na tional capitol. President Leaves Washington. Washington, Feb. 24. President Roosevelt and party left Washington shortly before midnight tonurht for New York, where tomorrow the presi' dent will witness the launching of the yacht Meteor, built for the emperor of Germany. The president's train pulled out of the station a few minutes before the one occupied by Trince Henry and his escort. Present for Roosevelt. Washington, 'Feb. 25. Before the dinner at the White House last night, there was presented to the president a large pastel portrait of Prince Henry in naval attire, a statuette (bust) of the emperor, and an autograph naval scale prepared by the emperor. The bust of the emperor showa him in uniform of the Corps guard, with eagle tipped helmet. More Pay for Mailcarriers. Washington, Feb. 26. The post master general haa issued a general or der announcing the increase of pay of rural free delivery mail carriere $100 each per annum. Mayor Low's Proclamation. New York, Feb. 25. The mayor of New York yesterday issued hia firat proclamaiton sinee he assumed office, lie called npon the citizens of New York to display national colore from their residencea and stores in honor of Prince Henry. The appointment of Yung Lu aa "first secretary" in China shows that Russia will hold the whip hand and that Great Britain may expect no fa vors Leopold Wants to Come. Brussels, Feb. 25. The Associated Frees ia authorized . by an official of King Leopold's household to announce that while his majesty haa on several occasions expressed a deeire to visit the United States, he lias never reached the point of suggesting any date and has not uttered a word from which could be deduced any confirmation of the report that he intends to undertake a voyage to America this year. Good Racing Programme. The speed committee of the state board of agriculture has announced the following earl v closing stakes for the Oregon State Fair of this year: Greater Salem stake, fur 2:13 pacers, $2,000. Capital City stake, tor 2.24 trotters, $1,000. Webfoot stake, for 3-year-old trot era, $500. Inland Empire stake, for S-year-old pacers, $500. Illihe stake (added), for 2-year-old runners, $300. NEWS OF THE STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS OF OREGON. CemmercUl and Financial Happenings ot Im portanceA Brief Review of the Growth and Improvements of the Many Industrie Throughout Our thriving Commonwealth Latest Market Report. Columbia county Republican conven tion will meet in St. Helens March 22. Harrisburg citizens have raised a $400 bonus to erect an excelsior factory. Marion county Democratic conven-. tion baa been called to meet in Salem 1 April 5. The Prohibitionists "of Linn county met in Albany February 22 and nomin ated a ticket. All evidence of smallpox at Roseburg; has disapeared. The public schools have reopened. , - ' A new poHt office has been established at Timon, Coos county, on the route from Riverton to Parkert-burg. The breaking up of the ice in Powder river was attended with considerable damage to the flumes, roads and bridges. Large bridge timbers were seen in the stream and the iron flume of the Howell ditch was swept away. At a school meeting in Ontario the taxpayers voted to bond the distrirt in the sum of $5,000 for the purpose of building four more rooms to the public school building, to supply the increas ing demand for more room aud adding higher grades to the school. Colonel N. B. Knight, a prominent Oregon attorney, of Salem, is dead. The Polk county Republican central committee will meet in Dallas March 1. The Red Boy and Concord mines in Eastern Oregon have been consoli dated. A gray eagle, measuring 7 feet 2 inches from tip to tip was shot a few days ago near Astoria. The Fish lake irrigation ditch in Southern Oregon will be completed by May 1. The ditch is Co miles long. Aa a result of the recent cold snap in Umatilla county, about 25 per cent of the grain sowed last fall must be re sowed. Two Jacksonville prisoners, who were being hold for burglary broke jail a few nights ago in some mysterious manner and escaped. The mill dam across Long Tom river at Monroe, which furnished power for the large roller mills there, has been washed out by the high water. At the recent teachers' examination in Douglas county, five applicants re ceived state papers. For county certi ficates there were 32 applicants, 20 of whom passed. The Democratic state convention will be held in Portland April 10. The Democratic convention for the Second congressional district will be held at the same time and place. The price of land in general is ad vancing in Benton county. Farms which a few years ago could have been purchased at $ 10 per acre are now held at $20 to $25 an acre. Many new families are seeking homes in that section. v Portland Market. Wheat-Walla Walla, 6565.Vo; bluestem, 6666ic; Valley, 6465c. Barley Feed, $19(319.50; brewing, $z020.50 per ton. Oats No. 1 white, $1.15(31.25; gray, $1.10(31.20. Flour Best grades, $2.80(33.40 per barrel; graham, $2.60(32.80. Millatnffs Bran, $19 per ton; mid dlings, $21; shorts, $21.60; chop, $17.50. Hay Timothy, $12(913; clover, $7.508; Oregon wild hay, $5(36 per ton. Potatoes Best Burbanks, $1.10(31.35 percental; ordinary, 75385c percen tal, growers' prices; sweets, $2(32.60 per cental. Butter Creamery, 25(327&c; dairy. 1820c; store, 13(315c. Eggs 22 K 25c for Oregon. -Cheese Full cream, twins, 13(3 13ic; Y'onng America, 14(315c: fac tory prices, llic leas. Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3.50(3 4.50; hens, $4.50(35.50 per doxen, 10(3 12c per pound; springs, 11c per pound, $3(34 per dozen; ducks, $5(36 per doc en; turkeys, live, 12k 13c; dressed. 15(316c per pound; geese, $6(37 per dozen. Mutton Gross, 4c per pound ; dress ed, 77)ic per pound. Hogs Gross, 6S4C; dressed, 6K7c per pound. Veal 8(3 X for small; 77X for large. Beef Gross, cows, S?4(34c; steers, 44 He; dresaeel, 6X(37)tc per pound. Hops ll313c per pound. Wool Valley, 13(315c; Eastern Ore gon, 8(3 izc; mohair, zi(gzi4e per pound. Millions of acres in Louisiana, Cal ifornia and Texas are offered to home- seekers by railroads. A St. Louis judge ruled in a damage case against a street railway company that "smooth" nickels must be accepted at their face value. Greenland and Iceland have the bet ter of us in the way of trade. Last year we imported goods from those two countries to the value of $82,533, and sold them only $520 worth in return. Less than 900 white people re id in English West African colonies Germany, at the end ot 1902, will have a standing army of 495,600 men. The territory devoted to rice in Louisiana for the present year will ag- j gregate 225,000 acres, with a crop of 2,000.000 sacks of rongh rice, or 200, 000,000 pounds of the cleaned grain. The Bohemian chamber of physi cians has recommended the enactment of a law that everyone before marriage must be provided with a physician's certificate ot bodily and mental health. FIXES PHILIPPINE TARIFF. Senate Passe Bill by a Strictly Party Vote Some Warm Speeches. Washington, Feb. 25. After eight hours of tumultuous debate,the senate, chortly before 7 o'clock last evening, passed the Philippine tariff bill by a vote of 46 to 26, strictly party vote. During the debate on the bill, Mc Comas and Wellington, of Maryland, became involved in a controversy, dur ng the course of which the latter de clared that if McComaa should make his statements outside of .the senate chamber he would brand them aa a malicious falsehood. He was called to order promptly and resumed his seat amid considerable excitement. Many amendments were offered to the Philippine bill, but, except those .. r i l-y. ''"v" -"yt ;" ' .7"'.-.J. '-1 ".' ' ) f ' v ; a', , I m M s , V t ,v . ' , fl,i . U ; k ' s i i - . f fj 1 LiiIiZl!li ill ..if "'fili V lift m'ii siiii 'tiT " ii Til il t"" h 'iVfriiirftTt MISS ALICE ROOSEVELT, Who Will Christen the German Emperor's New Yacht Meteor. offered by the committee, only one an amendment restricting the Operation of the mlition laws enacted by the Taft commission was passed. The amend ment of Foraker. fixing the rate of i duties levied upon products coming intoi the United States from the Philippines at 50 per cent of the Dingley rates, in stead of 75 per cent, aa fixed in the hill, was lost, but it received a large Republican vote. Had the Democrats voted for it aa a party, it would have carried, but many Democrats voted against it. What the Measure Provides. As passed, the measure provides that articles imported into the Philippine archipelago from the United Statea shall be required to pay the duties lev ied against them by the Philippine commission, and paid upon like articles imported into the archipelago from for eign countries; that articles imported into the United Statea from the Philip pines, shall pay a duty of 75 per cent of the rates fixed by the Dingley law, less any export taxes paid upon the ar ticles sent from the Philippine archi pelago, as required by the Philippine commission. All articles now imported free into the United States shall here after be exempt from export duty im posed in the Philippines. The bill exempts the commerce pass ing between the United Statea and the Philippines from the operation of the navigation laws of the United States until July 1, 1904, and authorizes the Philippine commission to issue licenses to craft now engaged in lighterage or exclusive harbor business, provided such craft are built in the United States or in the Philippines and owned by citi zens of the United States or by inhabi tants of the Philippines. The dutiea and taxes collected in pursuance of this act shall be paid into the treasury of the Philippine islands and used for their benefit. All articles manufactured, in bonded warehouses, of imported materials, or of materials subject to internal revenue tax, when shipped from the United Statea to the Philippines, shall he ex empt from the internal revenue, and all taxes paid upon such articles shipped to the Philippines since No vember 15. 1901, shall be reiunded Petition from Cubans. Washington, Feb. 26. Supplement ing the large nnmber of petitions and appeals from other organized bodies in the Island of Cuba for relief in the ahape of a reduction of tariff dues, the president has received a petition trom Ramon Rivera and other representatives of the assembly of the delegates from the various tobacco working industries 01 Cuba, which met in Havana the 9th mst. The petition recites the great crisis confronting Cuba and "in the name of 30,000 workmgmen, who hear hunger calling at their doors," they implore the president "to save Cuba from ruin." Conditions I Manchura, London, Feb. 26. The Pekin corre spondent of the Times, after having made a visit to Niu Cbwang, says, in a dispatch to"his paper, that the condi tions in the interior of Manchnna are unsatisfactory. He declare brigand age to be on the increase, and that the animosity of the people toward the Russian occupation is growing. The Russians regard the outlook with mnch nneasineM. The Japanese are ex tremely active. Entire Family Murdered. Welch, La., Feb. 26. Tonight it waa discovered that five of the six mem bers of the Earl family, living about three miles from here, had been mur dered, and that the head of the house hold had disappeared. No search has yet been made for his body, although it ia generally believed that he has been killed. His wife had the whole front of her face smashed in with some blunt instrument. One of the sons had been shot throngh the head, and the throats of three others bad been cut. There it do clew to the perpetrator. THE NATION'S GUEST PRINCE HENRY AND PARTY AR RIVE AT NEW YORK. Royal Salute from the American Forts Met Down the Bay by Admiral Evans Die embarking'frora the Stumer Kronprlnz the Prince Receives Callers on Board the Royal Yacht Hohenzollera, New York, Feb. 24. Prince Henry of Prussia, representative of his brother, the emperor of Germany, at the launch ing of the latter'i American built yacht, reached New York yesterday end was cordially welcomed as a guest of the nation. The land batteries that guard the outer harbor aounded the first greeting in a ponderous greeting of 21 guna. the rifles of a special naval squadron assembled in hia honor re echoed the sentiment, there were verbal greetings from the representatives of President Roosevelt, the army, navy, and the city of New York, and a great crowd lined the way in the city to see and cheer the sailor prince of Germany. The great storm against which the Kronprinz Willie m had struggled for days, and which had glazed the Atlan tic coast in an armor of ice, had lost its force and resigned its sway to warm sunshine and cheery blue skies, so there were no regrets that the royal guest was a full day late for the enter tainment provided for him. There was a curtain off the Hook early in the morning, and it was after 9 o'clock before the watchers caught the shadowy outlines of the cautiously ap proaching liner. Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans, commander of the special squadron and honorary aid to the prince, accompanied by his staff, left the flagship Illinois at 9:40 o'clock in the naval tug Nina. They were all in full dress uniform. The Nina met the Kronprinz Wil helm beyond Fort Wadsworth, and, sailing around on the starDoard Bide of the liner, ateamed up the bay. Prince Henry, attired in the uniform of an admiral of the German navy, and sur rounded by hia naval and military staff, stood on the bridge of the liner. As the naval tug drew nearer to the side of the steamship, Prince Henry and Admiral Evans caught sight of each other and exchanged informal sal utes. The distance from steamer to tug was too great for conversation, how ever. As the two vessels, with a flotilla of tugs and official craft, moved in past Fort adsworth, the first of the sal utes of 21 guns was fired. As the first gun sounded the prince advanced to the end of the tridge of the Kronprins Wilhelm and stood at attention. As he passed the big American flag float ing over the fortification he raised hia cap in salute, and the members of hit suite did likewise. The flag at the jack staff of the Kronkrinz' was dipped, and the German naval band accompany ing the prince played "The Star Spang led Banner." The guns of Fort Wads- worth were not silent before those across the narrows at Fort Hamilton boomed out their salute. When that ceremony was over tho Kronprinz wae stopped, and the Nina hauled around on her port side, and Admiral Evans and his staff boarded her. Admiral Evans was escorted forward at once, and in the quarters of the master of the Kronprinz, he and tho prince met. The prince came forward, j and, taking the hand of the naval offi cer, shook it warmly. Tolstoi at Point ot Death. St. Petersburg, Feb. 25. The lateat news reteived here from Yalta, Crimea, ia to the effect that Count Tolstoi it at the point of death. Ted Roosevelt Improves. Washington, Feb. 25. The condition of young Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., con' tinuet to improve and he it progressing teadily toward complete restoration to heatlh. bland Treaty la Denmark. Copenhagen. Feb. 25. The text of the treaty between the United States and Denmark for the sale of the Danish West Indies was distributed this after noon in Danish and English, to the members of the rigadag. A bill deal ing with the sale of the islands will probably be submitted to the rigsdag at the end of the present week. King . Christian said yesterday at a cabinet council that he hoped the matter would I bo settled at toon a poteible. SPANI8H RIOTS CONTINUE. Serious Conflicts Still Occur at Barcelona Troops Fire on Striker. Madrid, Feb. 24. Official dispatches received here assert that calm has been restored at Barcelona, Saragoesa and Valenci, but newspaper telegrams re port that the aituation is still serious. The rioters at Barcelona are devoting their energies to preventing food sup plies from entering the town. In one such case the troops escorting a convoy were obliged to fire on the rioters, sev eral of whom were killed or wounded. A serious conflict also occurred today in the center of the town. The orders of the captain general to persuade the dock laborers to resume work have fail ed, and the entire trade of Barcelona ia at a standstill. Revolutionary procla mations are still being circulated there. The most stringent measures have been prepared to protect traffic and business. The strikers have few rifles, but are well supplied with tevolvers and dag gers. The search of suspected houses con tinues, resulting in the arrest of large umbers of anarchists and revolution ists of all kinds, who are considered to be the prime movers' in, the troubles. The cosmopolitan character of Barce lona makes it a resort for representa tives of all the revolutionary elements in Europe, and the ranks of the mal content workmen have been swelled by French and other foreign political ag itators. The Republicans are busy among the troops, urging them not to use tiieir arms againft their own class in defense of plutocrats. The working people of Madrid favor the ttrikera. Martial law has been proclaimed at Tarragona. The strike is spreading in the Llobregat and Cardona valleys. There is a general cessation of work at Castellon de la Plana ' and Gave, and much excitement prevails at Batea. Forces of gendarmes have been dis patched to those places. CONCESSION TO CUBA. Reciprocity on Bails of Forty Per Cent Re duction on Each Side is Favored. Washington, Feb. 22. The Republi can members of the ways and means committee were in private conference for three hours this afternoon on the subject of Cuban reciprocity, and, although the conference went over with out action the membera find themselves for the first time in possession of a proposition commanding much strength and understood to represent the atti tude of the administration. This proposition waa brought forward by Representative Long, of Kansas, and authorized the president, when Cuba is prepared to grant 40 per cent reduction in duties on United States exports to the island, to grant to Cuba a similar reduction of 40 per cent on all products coming to the United States. This waa a straight reciprocity proposition, each side granting 40 per cent reduc tion without the complications appear ing in some of the other propositions as to the method of payment, etc. Long's proposition drew out extended discussion, in which Payne, the chair man, and McCall indicated a disposi tion to support it. Various other prop ositions were put forward and dis cussed, but none took definite form be yond that of Long. It ia understood that the issue is likely to be made on this proposition, since it is believed to represent the concessions the adminis tration believes should be granted on each side. LONG MAY SOON RESIGN. Now That the Schley Controversy Is Settled He May Soon Retire. Washington, Feb. 22. Now that the Schley matter baa been settled official ly, it is understood that Secretary Long feela he is at liberty to carry out the project cherished by him to retire to private life. However, this is not ex pected to ensue at once, for there ia no certain knowledge of what may follow in congress, notwithstanding a belief by the administration that the case is now settled beyond revival. Therefore, it is understood that the change in the cabinet circle will not take place before the adjournment of the present Bession. Factory Fire at loronto. Toronto, Feb. 22. Fire that started tonight by spontaneous combustion in the finishing rooms of the Menzee Man ufacturing Company, Ltd., manufac turers of furniture, and spread to the adjoining premises of the Merchants' Dyeing and Furnishing Company, did damage to the extent of $2000,00. Texas Cotton Mill Burned. Corsicana, Tex., Feb. 22. The Cor- sicana cotton oil mill, one of the largest in the state, waa deatroyed by fire last night, together with six freight cars, on the Cotton Belt railroad tracks. The loss is estimated at $125,000, covered by insurance. Claim Swindlers In England, London, Feb. 24. The operations of American swindlers, who are extorting money in England through representa tions regarding fortunes awaiting their victims in America, have become so ex tensive that Mr. Boyle, United States consul at Liverpool, has published a letter warning people not to be de ceived by the statements made by these men. Correctness of Russia's Intentions. Washington, Feb. 24. The United States government it now perfectly sat isfied as to the correctness of Russia's intentions respecting Manchuria. The pledges heretofore obtained from Ruasia have been renewed and reinforced so strongly that they mnst be accepted aa satisfactory, unless our government it prepared deliberately to question Rus sia's) integrity, which it hat not tho least disposition to do. Justice Gray I Better. Washington, Fob. 24. Justice Gray, of the supreme court of the United States, who is suffering from a ttroke of paralysis, ia better than be haa been Bince the stroke occurred, nut ne is very seriously indisposed. He rested well last nignt. , Cavalry Returns froea Cuba. Mobile, Ala, Feb. 24. The Eighth United Statea cavalry, which bat been stationed for two yeart at Matanzas Cuba, arrived today on the steamer iVolund.and loft tonight for Fort Kilty 'Kan. FATAL HOTEL FIRE BIG PARK AVENUE HOTEL, NEW YORK, IS DESTROYED. Also the Magnificent Armory of the Seventy- First Regiment of New York, la Which tho Fire Started-Several Hundred Guests of the Hotel Had Narrow Escape and at Least 20 are Believed to Have Perished. New York, Feb. 24. The Park Av enue Hotel, situated at Thirty-eocond and Thirty-third streets, and the ar mory of the Seventy-first regiment, New York National Guard, were destroyed by fire that broke out early today in the armory. It ia certain that a num ber of lives have been lost, Chief Croker making an estimate of 20 dead in tho ruins of the hotel. Four bodies have been taken out. The loss is estimated at $2,000,000. The Seventy-first regiment armory, magnificent granite struture, and one of the finest in the city, was destroyed. The car barns of the ' Metropolitan Street Railway, on an a j ining corner, were momentarily threatened with de strution, but the good work of the fire men saved them. The armory covered an entire block, and was occupied also by the Second battery and the First signal corps. The fire was discovered in a window of the armory, on tke Thirty-fourth street side, and by the time the firemen arrived the flames had completely en velojied the building and appeared through the roof. Shortly after the cartridges and ammunition exploded. At 2 o'clock 1,000 pounds of powder in the cellar exploded and the walls were thrown outward. By this time the people living in tho neighborhood had been driven front their homes by the heat, and were shel tered in the car barn near by. Many escapes were witnessed and heroic work was done by the firemen and spectators. The guests of the Park Avenue Ho tel, numbering about 600, were aroused as quickly as possible, but not without panic among the women and children. Firemen poured 11 streams npon tho side of the hotel nearest the fire, but ia spite of this the third floor caught fire), and the flames, eating along the walls of the hotel, spread to the roof. Tho firemen ran ladders up on every lido and attempted to work their way through the hotel, but were driven back by the dense volumes of smoke agais. and again. A little after 3 o'clock the four upper floors of the hotel were a mass of flames and the fire was spreading rapidly down through the structure It was then ap parent that the hotel was doou-ed. NO WORD OF MISS STONE. If Brigands Broke Their Agreement Bulgaria or Turkey Must Answer. Washington, Feb. 24. It it esti mated at the state department that II days have now elapsed Bince the money for Miss Stone's ransom was paid over to the agents of the brigands. At least five days have elapsed beyond tho time fixed in the stipulation to place) her in the hands of her friends. There) is no explanation of the delay. It ia hoped that physical conditions, such at heavy snows and adverse weather, may account for the failure to secure her de livery. The officials are loth to believe that there has been a breach of faith on the part of the brigands, but even it this were so, thejr do not regard them selves as blameworthy for having trusted them. From the first the United States gov ernment has been adverse to paying ransom, but in response to appeals from every quarter reluctantly authorized Mr. Leinhman to deal with the brig ands. However, if it turns out that the briganda have broken faith and they either have taken the ransom money and spirited the captives away again, or that they have killed them, then there will be no further attempt on the part of the United States gov ernment, but its entire power will bo directed upon Turkey and Bulgaria to procure the awift and certain extermin ation of the brigands regardless of oost or effort. CUT UP BY BOERS. Serious Disaster to a Detachment of British Dragoons at Kltpdam, London, Feb. 22. A detachment ot the Scots Gray (Second Dragoons), on of Great Britain's crack dragoon regi ments, has been cut up by the Boers at Klipdam. Major C. W. M. Fielden and Captain Eussher were severely wounded; 2 men were killed, 6 were wounded, and 46 captured. The newt waa received this morning from Lord Kitchener, in a dispatch dated Pretoria, Wednesday, February 19. The Scots Grays formed part of Gen eral Gilbert Hamilton's column. Tho latter, while moving on Nigel, Febru ary 18, engaged a force of Boers at Klipdam. The Scots Grays became detached, were surrounded and cut off. General Hamilton was unable to dis lodge the Boers from their position, so he confined his march toward Nigel, The Boers released the Scott Grayt who had been made prisoners. Machine Shop Burned. New York, Feb. 22. The repair shop, machine shop and other build ings of the Fifth avenue branch of the Brooklyn Elevated railroad were de stroyed by fire late tonight. The larg est building bnrned was the machine shop, which covered space of 500x200 feet. It was a shed of iron and frame located under the elevated tracks. Be sides the machinery, 25 elevated cart were destroyed. Lots, $225,000. The Philippine Independence. Washington, Feb. 22. Senator Bacon today gave notice of hit intention to offer an amendment to the Philippine tariff bill, declaring it to be the inten tion of the United States, when order shall be restored in the Philippine islands, to allow the formation of government or and by the Philippine people, and guarantee to them the), same degree of liberty and independ ence that thla f country hat Spledged to eihe Co bane. I ( ', . !f - l j i F: i ! I s , f- ' 1 i i i; ! I i j t I i t i I 1 ! I . o