'"P.y ''to "IT'S A COLD DAY WHEN WE GET LEFT." HOOD RIVER, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 9, 1!02. VOL. XIII. NO. 51. HOOD RIVER GLACIER Publixhyd Every Friday bjr 8. F. HLVTIIK. Terms of subscription--11.30 a year when paid In advance. THE MAILS. The mall arrive from Mt. Hood at 10 o'clock a. ni. Wednewlays and bntunlays; departs the same days at noon. For Chenoweth, lraves at 8 a. m. Tuesdays, Thursdays and HalurdayK: arrives at 6 p. m. For While Salmon (Wash.) leavci daily at 6:45 a.m.; arrives at 7:K p. m. From While Salmon leaves for Fulda, Gilmer, Trout Lake and lilenwood daily at A. M. For Hitmen (Wush.) leaves at ":-!') p. in.; ar rives at 2 p. in. 8u( IKTIK-l. IATREI, RKHKKAH DKIiRKE I.OIIffK, No J 117, I. O. O. . Meets tint and third Mon days in each month. Miss I itir Ekthican, K. 0. H. 1. Hibbard, becretary. CANBY POST, No. IB, fl. A. R.-Mects at A. O. U. W. Hall .oeeond and fourth Hntur ays of each nuintii at 2 oVIoik p. in. . All U. A. K. members invited to meet with us. J. W. Kiuhy, Commander. C. J. IUves, Adjulanl. (1ANBY W. R. "., No. 16 Meets first Satur j day of eai h niohlh in A. O. 1J. W. hall at 2 p.m. M k. B. V. mioicmakkh, Prenttli-Dl. 41 us. 0. L. htkanahan, Secretary. HOOD RIVER f.OIMiK No. lift, A. F. and A M. Meets Haturdny evening on or before each full moon. V, M. Yatks, W. M. C. 1), Thompson, Seeretary. HOOD RIVF.R CHAPTER, No. 27, R. A. M. Meels tlilrd Friday iii(ihl of cmii month. E. 1. SMITH, H. P. A. N. Raiih, Secretary. HOOD RIVER CHAPTER, No. 25, O. E. H. Meets second and fourth Tuesday even ings of each month. Visitors coidially wel comed. Mns. Moli.ik (!. ( oi.K, W. M. Mh. Maby B. Davidson, Secretary. OI.ETA ASSEMBLY No. W. Pulled Artisans, Meets lirnt and thud Wednesdays, work; second and fourth Wednesdays social; Artl sans hall. F. C. bKosiis, if. A. F'rkd Cos, Secretary. WAUCOMA LODGE, No. SO, K. of P.-Mcets in A. O. U. W. hall every Tuesday night. C. E. Makkham, 0. C. W. A. Firkbacgh, K. or R. and S. 1) IVERS1DK LODdE. No. (IS, A. O. V. W. jLl Meets first and third Katurdays of each month. Kkku Uowe, W, M. F:. R. HhaIji.sy, Financier. Chehtkb Hiiui'K, Recorder. 1DLEW1LDE LOtXiE, No. 107, I. O O. F. Meets 111 Fraternal hull every Thursday night. L. E. Mobsb, N. O. J. L. Henderson, Secretary, HOOD RIVER TENT. No. 19, K. 0. T. M., meets at A. O. U, W. hall ou the first and third Fridays of each mouth. W alter Uekkinq, Commander. RIVERSIDE LODGE NO. 40, DEGREE OF HONOR, A. O. U. W.-Meots first aud third Saturdays at s P. M. Mks. E. R. Bradley, C. ol H. J.KNA Evans, Recorder. HOOD RIVER CAMP, No. 7,702, M. W. A., meets In Odd Fellows' Hall the first aud third Wednesdays of each month. F. L. Davidson, V. C. . R. Bradley, Clerk. ANCIENT ORDER OF THE RED CROKS. Hood River LodKc No. 10, meets In Odd Fellows' hall second and .fourth Saturdays in each month, 7:80 o'clock. C. L. CoPi'LE, President. J. . Hanna, Secretary. """ H. JKNKINS. D. M. D. DENTIST. Specialist on Crown and Bridge Work. Ollie in Bone building, west of Glenwood Home. Hood River, Oregon. JjR. E. T.CARNS, Dentist. Gold crowns and bridge work and all kinds of Up-to-Date Dentistry. HOOD RIVER OREGON LJ L. BUMBLE, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Successor to Dr. M. F. Shaw. Calls promptly answered in town or country, Dav or Ninht. Telephones: Residence, ftl i Office, 8:1. Office over Everhart's Grocery. J F. WATT, M. D. Physician and Surgeon. Telephones: Office, 281 ; residence, 283. SfRGEON O. R. St N. CO. JOHN LKLAND IIKNDERSON ATTORNEY-AT LAW. ABSTRACTER. NO TARY Pl'HLlC and REAL F.ST A lit AGENT. For 23 vears a resident of Oregon and Wash ington, lias hud many years experience in Real Estate matters, as abstractor, searcher of titles and agent, satisfaction guaranteed or to charge. pRKDERICK A ARNOLD CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS. Estimate! furnished for all kinds of work. Repairing a 8ecialty. All kinds of "hop work. Shop on State Street, between FirBt and Second. JHE KLONDIKE CONFECTIONERY In the place to fret the latest ami best in Confectioneries, Canities. Nuts, Tobacco, Cigars, etc. ....ICECREAM PARLORS.... V. B- COLE, Proprietor. p C. BKOSiUS, M. D. ' PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. 'Phone Central, or 121. Office Honrs: 10 to 11 A. M. ; 2 to and to i 1. .M. Q II. TEMPLE. Pncllc&l Watchmaker 1 Jeweler. Mr long experience enables me to do the best possihle work, which I fully guarantee, ana at low prices. gUTLl R A CO., BANKERS. Do a general banking business. HOOD RIVER, OREGON P J. HAYES, J. P. Oftic with Pone Bu.ther. Business will b attended to at anT I me. Collections mada. W ill kx-ate n xl geruniot lands, either Umber or tatuunc i VENTS OF THE DAY FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF THE WORLD. . Comprehensive Review of the Important Happenings of the Put Week, Presented In a Condtnied Form, Which Is Most . Likely to Prove of Interest to Our Many Readers. Three Wall stieet firms failed and created a flurry in stocks. General E. 8. Bragg, of Wisconsin, has been selected as United States con eul general at Havana. H. G. Squires, secretary of the lega tion at Pekin, has been selected by the president to be minister to China. The president his sent to the senate the nomination of Frank P. Sargent to be commissioner general of immigra tion. A mob of 50 Italians, craved with liquor, ruled the town of Corliss, Wis., for a day and terrorized the inhabit ants. Queen Wilhelmina is said to be on the way to recovery alter her narrow escape from death on account of an operation . Secetary Moody has authorized Captain Dayton of the cruiser Chicago to convene a court of inquiry to probe the affair at Venice. General Chaffee has cabled the names of the killed and wounded in the Bayan fight. The serious nature of the wounds of the majority show that desperate fighting occurred. The heavy ran on a Cripple Creek bank has subsided. Forest fires are creating considerable havoc in portions of Colorado. About 8,000 Roumanian Jews will emigrate to the United States in the very near future. Ex-Secretary Long says that John Hay and Elihu Root will continue as members of the cabinet. British columns are raising the siege of O Okiep, which has been besieged by the Boers for many weeks past. Dr. Leyds has gone to Utrecht to confer with President Kruger o the peace terms of the British government. President Palma is pleased with the work of Americans in Cuba after a thorough inspection of the various improvements. A rehearing has been granted by the interior department on the claim of the Wisconsin Oneida Indians, for about $2,000,000 from the government for Kansas lands, ceded to them in 1838, but which they never occupied. Queen Wilhelmina is slowly recover ing from her illness. The revolutionists are marching on the capital of Santo Domingo. Tornadoes in Iowa injured a large number of persons and destroyed much property. Bjorntjernc Bjornso, the famous Norwegian author, is dangerously ill at Christiania. ,. Turn trainmen were killed and 13 mail clerks injured in a railroad wreck near Clyde, N. Y. Tf la utntpil that morn than 1.000 lives were lost in the Guatemalan earthquake of April 18. The Mexican Government refuses to surrender Charles Krati, the St. Louis councilman charged with bribery. The outlook for peace in South Af rica is good. General DeWet is satis fied with the British terms and Delarey will abide by the decision of the ma jority. The most serious feature of the polit ical situation in Russia is the disin clination of the troops to act against the people. Eight hundred men of one regiment have been punished lor not firing on the rioters at Moscow. Six thousand men in the 'Pittsburg building trades are on strike. President Shaffer has been re-elected head of the Amalgamated Association Fire destroyed an axle plant at Da venport, la., entailing a loss of f 250, 000. The national convention of club women is in session at Los Angeles, Cal. William H. Moodv. the new secre tary of the navy, has taken the oath of office. Tlio nvnlan Rwmlrtvn Kith Admiral Remey aboard, baa arrived at New York. The executive committee recommends the postponement of the St. Louis fair till 1904. Cardinal Martinelli. apostolic dele gate to the United States, has been re called to Rome. President Roosevelt has accepted an invitation to dine on board the French battleship Gaulois. Henry O. Havemeyer says the Amer lean Sugar Refining Company owns no sugar lands in Cuba. More than 20 varieties of rice are known in the Philippines; but, though this cereal is so important to the t- tives, not enough of it is produced to supply their needs, and large quantities have to be imported annually. The increased use of the telephone in London has greatly diminished the de mand for hansoms. That is easily un derstood, for business mn, to wLom time is precious, no longer have to drive hurriedly to this or that office. Last month 78, $54 gallons of Aus tralian w ines were imported into the United Kingdom, as against 28,641 in January, 1901. Hemp is by far the most valuable product of the Philippine archipelago, the province of AIDay Oeing tne great est producer of it with an output val tied at nearly $5,000,000 a year. Nur-e ( who has been many hours on Jnty to patient's mother) When do vou think I shall be able to go to bed? Patient's Mother Go to bed? I tbuoght you were a trained nurse! INDIAN LANDS. Will Be DIMcult to Secure Passage of Billi Opening Them to Settlement Washington, May 7. It is going to be difficult to secure the passage of the bills now pending before congress pro viding for opening to settlement por tions of the several Indian reservations of the West, unless the friends of these measures will consent to the insertion in the bills of a provision requiring that settlers taking up the ceded lands are to repay the government the price per acre paid to the Indians. There are 10 or 12 bills of this character in volving large amounts of land and call ing for a considerable appropriation in the aggregate. Among them is the bill tor opening the Klamath reservation, in Oregon, and others in the several Western States. When a bill was under consideration in the senate the other day to open the unceded portion of the Rosebud reser vation, in South Dakota, Senator Piatt, of Connecticut, expreHsed a very de- ided opposition to the bill unless it was amended to require the settlers to pay the purchase price of the land. Other senators contended that after the passage of the free homes bill a few years ago it would bo unfair to insert such a provision in this or any other similar bill, but the Connecticut sen ator remained firm. He said the gov ernment would not think of going into an Eastern state and purchasing land from farmers, with the view of turning around and throwing it open to home stead settlement. Nor would the gov ernment undertake to buv land from Bettlers whose holdings adjoin Indian reservations, and turn about and offer that land to settlers free of cost. He said there was no more reason for buy ing Indian lands at $1.50 to f 2.50 and even $b an acre, and allowing it to be taken up by homesteaders without cont. Such a policy, he contended, would in volve the government in great expendi tures, probably $50,000,000 or more in the end, and he did not believe such an outlay was warranted or justified. A number of other Eastern senators agree with Mr. Piatt in his contentions and may abolish the practice of the government buying the Indians' lands and throwing them ojen free of cost to intending settlers. CORRIGAN IS DEAD. Noted Archbishop Passu Peacefully Away In New York City. New York, May 7. Archbinhop Michael Augustin Corrigan died at 11:05 last night, aged 62 years. The death of the archbishop came as a great surprise and shock to those in the arcliepiscopal residence. It was mote so to the general public, for the last bulletin of the day was that so cer tain were the physicians of an im provement of the patient that there would be no more bulletins that night. Up to 10:30 there was no evidence of collapse; in fact, the archbishop talked with his secretary. About 11 o clock, however, the trained nurse at- the bed side noticed a change. Acting on in structions, the physicians were tele phoned for. At the same time, the archbishop's two brothers were sum moned to the room, as well as a num ber of priests. It was quickly seen by the physicians that the end was at hand, and in less than a quarter of an hour the prelate was dead. His last moments were peaceful and without evidence of suffering. Besides the two brothers of the archbishop, there were present in the room a dozen priests, among them being some of the most prominent in Amreica. STORM AT ST. LOUIS. Machine Shopi and Section of a Foundry Destroyed by Fire from Lightning St. Louis, May 7. For a short time in the afternoon a terrific storm of wind and rain prevailed in this city and vicinity, causing much damage. Lightning resulted in several fires, one of which destroyed the machine shops and a section of the foundry of William and Phillip Medarts' patent pulley plant in South St. Louis. The loss is estimated at $300,000. In all parts of the city trees, fences, signs, awnings, etc., were blown down and other dam age done by the wind, which came in terrific gusts. As far as learned, no body was killed or injured. For one minute this afternoon the wind reached a velocity of 65 miles an hour, and for the five succeeding minutes it clew at the rate of 62 miles an hour, after which it moderated. In the down town district the wind carried away immense signB, throwing them into the streets and breaking plate glass windows in several of the large stores. Of the crowds on the streets at the time many had narrow escapes from death and injury. Morot Attempt to Escape. Manila, Mav 7. Eighty-four Moro prisoners under guard made an at tempt to escape during the day. At a preconcerted signal they got between the soldiers forming the guard and a company at dinner. The latter, real izing what hail happened, tired on and pursued the Morns, killing 35 of them and capturing 9. The other fugitives escaped. Potter Palmer Dead. Chicago, May 7. Potter Palmer, for nearly half a century one of Chicago's most prominent business men, it dead at his residence on Lake Shore drive. When he retired Saturday night he was feeling, if anything, better than for several days. During the night, however, he seemed to lose all his en ergy, and in the morning was unable to leave his room. He gradually grew weaker during the day and at 5:40 o'clock in the evening he died. Wreck ia Pennsylvania, Connellsville, Ta., May 7. Two per sons were killed and 45 injured, three fatally, in a head-on collision between an immigrant train and a fast freight near Rockwood, on the Baltimore A Ohio Railway. When the crash came the baggage car and three coaches next were almost demolished. Almost every occupant was cut and broised by the shower of broken glass and num ber were pini ned beneath the r reek age. Fire started several times, but was extinguished before any damage was done. NEWS OF THE STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM ALi PARTS OF OREGON. Commercial and Financial Happenings of Im portance A Brief Review of the Growth and Improvements of the Many Industries Throughout Our thriving Commonwealth latest Market Report. The strike of the weavers at Oregon City is still on. An electric line will bo built from Pendleton to Walla Walla, Wash. Contracts will be let for the paving of portions of Albany's streets with vit rified brick. At Baker City the Bonanza mine cleaned up $75,000 in April and the Virtue mine cleaned up $25,000. The Salom fire department has re ceived a three-chime whistle, which will be (fiibstituted for the old fire bell, which has setfn many years of service. In the case of the state against George Miller and James Caldwell, at Burns, the jury found a verdict of mur der in the second degree. Bert Bailey was discharged by the state and used as a witness. Reports from the Cable Cove district confirm there news that the deep cross cut tunnel being driven by the Califor nia mine has found either the big Win chester or the famous Imperial lerd, of the Imperial group. The ledge struck in the crosscut is 13 feet across. It is stated that an Oregon and a Michigan capitalist are about to pur chase the Southern Oregon Company property in Coos county, which con sists of over 100,000 acres of land, the town site of Empire City and one of the largest lumber mills on the coast. A building boom is on at Salem. Albany is to have all its residences numbered in preparation for free de livery of mail. Negotiations are in progress which will probably soon terminate the strike of the weavers at Oregon City. A Salem creamery has juet made its first shipment of butter to Seattle for supplying the Alaskan market. A large vein of almost pure coal has been struck in the Southern Pacific company's mine near Medford. T. F. Wintermantel, of Jefferson, lias contracted to deliver 8,000 pounds of 1902 hops to New York parties at 12 cents per pound. General Russell A. Alger is said to be at the head of a syndicate which, it is rumored, will purchase the Cornu copia mine at Baker City. Late spring is retarding the early de velopment of the Eastern Oregon gold fields.' Roads are still in very bad shape, but a few warm days will make a wonderful improvement. Superintendent J. D. Lee, of the state penitentiary, reports that the ex periment recently undertaken by that institution for the clearing of land be lotting to private parties, under a con tract granting a five years' lease of the premises so cleared, has proven a suc cess. In addition to accomplishing the clearing of the land, the state gets the wood, employment is furnished con victs, who otherwise might be idle, and the state acquires without any expense additional acreage for agricultural pur poses. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Walla Walla, 656Gc; bluestem, 66687c; valley, 65c. Barley Feed, $2021; brewing, $21(321.50 per ton. Oats No. 1 white, $1.20; gray, $1.10(31.15. - Flour Best grades, $2.853.40 per barrel; graham, $2.50(32.80. Millstuffs Bran, $15(316 per !uo) middlings, $19(320; shorts, $ 17(3.18 ; chop, $16. Hay Timothy, $1215; clover, $7.50 10; Oregon wild hay, $56 per ton. ; Potatoes Best Burbanks, 1.50(31.75 percental; ordinary, $1.25(31.36 per cental; Early Rose, $1.501.7$ per cental; growers prices; sweets. $2.25 2.50 per cental! new potatoes, 338c. Butter Crearrery, 1617c; dairy, 12&16c; store, 1012)ic. Eggs 15a 15 c for Oregon. Cheese Full cream, twins, 13 13c; Young America, 1415c; fac tory prices, 1 14C less. Poultry Chickens, mixed, $5.00 5.50; hens, $6.00(36.50 per dozen, llllc per pound; springs, 11 114C per pound, $4.006.00 per doz en; ducks, $5.007.00 per dozen; tur keys, live, 1314c, dressed, 1618c per pound; geese, $6.507.60 per dozen. Mutton Gross, 4jc per pound dressed, 7sc per pound. Hogs Gross, 6c; dressed, 7K8c per pound. Veal 6K8c for small; 6J7c for large. Beef Gross, cows, 44)c; steers, 5c; dressed, 88c per ponnd. Hops 12 V15 cents per pound. Wool Valley, 1314; Eastern Ore gon, 9 11c; mohair, !3)tCper pound. In order that a rainbow may be pro duced the sun must not be more than 42 degrees above the horizon. No less than 30,000,000 acres of Cuba nearly half the island are for est. There are 30 different species of palms alone found there. Selling elevated railroad tickets for 50 cents apiece is the latest ruse adpotesl by swindlers who prey upon newly landed immigrants at the Bat tery in New Y'ork. . The entire population of Malaga Is land, off the mouth of the New Meadow river, Maine, is suffering from measles Recent explorations in Egypt have unearthed the consecutive order of 17 kings, thus establishing a firm founda' tion for the investigation of Egyptian history. "Jennie Lind used raw onions and raw carrots on her head at my sugges tion, and every tire I wvnt to dress her hair she told me the treatment was the best tonic she bad ever tried," says one of the oldest hair dresaera in the United States. AMERICANS KILLED. Officer and Men Fall la Gallant Fight With the Morn. Washintgon, 6. The war depart ment has received a cablegram from General Chaffee, which says: 'Following is the substance of Brig adier General George W. Davis' mes sage from Bayan: "Eighty-four survivors Bayan Bur- rendered unconditionally this morning at 7 o'colck. Sultan Bayan, Raja Mnnda Bayan, Sultan Randapatan and all leading Dattos dead and many of their followers. Assault on the princi pal fort, which surrendered last night, one of the most gallant performances of American arms. Colonel Frank D. Baldwin and his regiment deserve all praise for hand-to-hand struggle in four lines of ditches under walls of fort. These tren-hes are lined with Moro dead from rifle fire. Have never seen or heard of any performance ex celling this gallant fight. It is my painful duty to report that the overthrow of Moro power was not accomplished without severe loss. One officer and seven enlisted men killed; four officers and thirty enlisted men Hounded. Will telegraph 1st later. '"After 84 survivors marched out this morning as prisoners and was under stood they were all, eight others, who had concealed themselves in rubbish inside the fort, made a break for lib erty, but did not succeed. Some Moro wounded tried to stab soldiers trying to help them. It is impossible to state number of Moros killed, many lying in tall grass. 'Ihe surrender saves us from siege and starving out. Intend to re tain prisoners until two or three small adjacent forts occupied, then will con sent to their telease, holding as host ages eight or ten of .the principals, and release the others. 'The force in line of advance consist ed of four mountain gun", 470 rifles. This fully sufficient. Could not have used more men advantageously. Had we Bent strong column it would only have swelled casualty list. One neigh boring Datto has already1 represent' d himself as a friend, and I expect a general coming in shortly, when the weight of the blow is known. The dead sent to Malabang for burial. "In light of present knowledge could have besieged the principal fort, and in time forced the surrender, but that would probably have resulted in a sortie for freedom, and escape for many. By attacking them they have been com pletely crushed the only kind of les son these wild Morog seem to be able to profit by. Shall invite Sultan Tar lac to pay me a friendly visit; if he does not tell us of his initiative. Has fort further east in plain sight, and of same strength as Bayan, on beautiful tableland, 1,000 acres, fine upland rice, and urging people to return to its cultivation. The result to follow this action very important, namely, it se cures respect for United States author ity in the center of Moro savagery. CHAFFEE." ON THE ILLINOIS. Chicago's Officer! Will Be Courtnurtlaled Aboard the European Flagship. Trieste, Austria Hungary, May 6. The United States cruiser Chicago ar rived here at noon from Venice. The usual exchange of salutes took place. Private dispatches from Venice say the cruiser Chicago will proceed for Naples May 13, and that she will there be joined by the battleship Illinois, the flagship of the United States Euro pean squadron, on board of which ves sel the officers of the Chicago who were arrested and imprisoned in Venice will be tried by court martial. Another United States cruiser, these dispatches further say, is expected to arrive , at Venice shortly. She will moor outside the St. Mark dock. General Smith's Trial Ended. Manila, May 6. The trial by court martial df General Jacob H. Smith has ended. The findings of the court will be forwarded to Washington. The general impression here is that he will be acquitted. The closing address of Colonel Charles A. Woodruff, for the defense, was a remarkable oratorical effort that drew tears from his hearers. He dramatically sketched General Smith's career, and declared he had conducted a remarkable and successful campaign in a manner which reflected credit on his valor, humanity and kindness. Made Counterfeit! In Prison. Sioux Falls, 8. D., May 6. Peter Verwolf, who, while an inmate of the state penitentiary, manufactured and passed bogus silver dollars, has been found guilty "by a United States jury. He will at onfce. return to the peni tentiary from which he was but recent ly released. ' For Forging Rhodes' Name. Cape Town, May 3, Princess Radi- will, who has been on trial here before the supreme court on the charge of for gery in connection with notes purport ing to have been endorsed by the late Cecil Rhodes, was sentenced today to two years confinement in the house of correction. ' ' Riots In Chi U Province. Peking, May 6. The French legation here takes serious view of the riots in Chi LI province. The name of the missing priest is Finch. The name of the priest who was murdered was Lo muller. He was a Jesuit. The ban ners of the rioters are inscribed w ith the words, "Abolish the Missionaries." Y nan Shi Kai,' the governor of the province, has sent troops into the dis turbed district with strict orders to suppress the outbreak. Arsenal Wins Metropolitan. New Y'ork, May 6. Out of a field of 20 horses, at the end of the first eighth of a mile of the Metropolitan handicap at Morris Park Saturday raced Areenal, son of the famous Lamplighter, to lead, which he held to the wire and victory, with its reward of $8,970. He was desperately pre sed by Herbert, Carbuncle, Hilton and Smoke, and fin ished nnder w hip and spar, with scarce strength enough to bave gone another den leaps at the killing paos of the race. COMBINE ANSWERS STATEMENT FILED BY NORTHERN SECURITIES COMPANY. The Reply Is Divided Into Two Parts, the First of Which Denies the Charge of Con spiracy Second Section Gives Reasons for the Purchase of the Burlington Lines and Covers Other Points. St. Paul, May 7. "An enterprhe in aid of a great competitive interstate and international commerce" is the description of the Northern Securities Company given in the answer filed by the attori.eys for that corporation in the suit brought by Attori.ey General Knox on, behalf of the United States to enjoin 'the so-called merger of the Northern Pacific and the Great North ern railways. This answer was field in the United States circuit court in this city, and at the same time individual answers were f.led by J. J. Hill, J. P. Morgan and other individuals. The papers are all on similar lines. The answvr of the Northern Securi ties Company is divided into two parts. The first is largely a denial of the petition respecting any charge of conspiracy, and respecting the purposes of the organization of the Securities Company. Instead of owning a ma jority of the shares of the Great North ern or Northern Pacific Companies, it is stated that thise who are interested in the organization company do not own within $2(1,000,000 of a majority of the Great Northern ehares, and lit tle more than one-quarter of the North ern Pacific. It is stated that the Se curities Company has acquired by transfer on the Gieat Northern books about five-twelfths of that company's stock, has negotiated for about four twelfths of the total of such stock, which has not been transferred, and as to which it has at present i;o voting power, and has laid on account of Great Northern and Northern Pacific shares purchased over $40,000,000 in cash; that many rtockholders have not sold, and may not sell shares, and that neither company, by any act or sugges tion, has solicited shareholders to sell to the Securities Company. In the second part of the answer the purchase of the Chicago, Burling ton & Quincy Railway Company i taken up, the reasons for such pur chase having been, it ia alleged, erron eously stated in the petition. Atten tion is called to the sparsely settled or unsettled nature of the country through which the Great Northern lines pass, the abundance of raw materials to be hauled at a low mileage rate ; the great timber wealth of the Pacific Northwest, and the necessity of a re turn load for the cars taking this tim ber to the prairie states; the develop ment of trade with Eastern Asia as a means of securing such return loads, and the establishment of a connecting steamship line for that purpose. It is stated that in the interstate and international commerce which the Great Northern Company has thus built up, it competes both in this coun try and on the ocean with other trans continental lines, including the Cana dian Pacific, and at the Oriental ports it competes for the commerce of the world. Its rates are and must be made in competition with the rates of ocean carriers by way of the Suez canal. The policy thus followed by the Great Northern Company in building up an international, and thereby on inter state, commetee has been followed by the Northern Pacific Company since its reorganization in 1896. It is said that both roads were placed at a disadvantage with other transcon tinental roads, as well as with Euro pean competitors, by the want of sufficient direct connection with the territory offering the best markets for the products of the country along their lines, and with the places of pro duction and great centers of distribu tion from which their traffic must be supplied. The lines of the Burlington, better than those of any other com pany, fulfilled the requirements of both roods in respect to market! for eastbonnd freight and westbound traffic. OREGON MAIL ROUTES. Statement by the Postoffice Department or the Number Now In Operation. Washington, May 7. Representative Tongue has received from the postoffice department a statement showing the number of rural free delivery routes now in operation in Oregon, together with the applications on file for the es tablishment of additional routes. Ho ia advised that there are now 28 rural carriers performing actual service on Oregon routes, 23 of which are located in the Fist congressional district and five in the second. There are pending in the depaitment files applications for the establishment of 65 additional routes, 50 of the applications coming from the F'irst and 15 from the Second district. At Mr. Tongue's request a special agent of the department has been sent to Oregon to insect those routes for which applications have been made, and on his recommendation sub sequent departmental action will be based. It is probable that by July 1 a number of new routes will be author ized for Oregon. Natural Oas Explosion. Marion, Ind., May 7. -A building in South Branson street, occupied by Fansler's drug store, Rowan's grocery, John Dilday's saloon, John Darnell's saloon and Hudson A Otis' restaurant, was demolished by natural gas just before noon, and at least a score of people injured. A number are badly injured. The building was entirely demolished. Memory of doner to Cummings. Washington, May 7. In pursuance of the resolution adopted by the house I public memorial services were held I over the remains of the late Represen tative Amos J. Cnmmings, of New : York, in the hall of representatives 'during the afternoon. Only twice be j fore in recent years has such an un usual honor been jtfid to a deceased j representative, those occasions being the state funerals of Representative J William D. Kelly, of Pennsylvania, and Representative Nelson Dingley of Maine. WARNING BY LAooUCrttKE. Editor of London Truth Make! Some Pertinent and Stinging Statements. London, May 3. Henry La'.ouchere in thi wees's Truth, under the head ing "Morguneeritig and the Moral," says: "To the impartial observer it is a trifle amu;ii:g to watch the perturba tion of John jiull at the march oi the American capitalist. For a generation or two pust the go-pel of salvation of marking by the agency of British cap ital has le-n p'-eached with sincere conviction. Whether it was a dying nation in Europe or Asia, a sickly re publ ic in houth America, an unre claimed region of Alrica, peopled by idolaters and cnnribals, or evea a poverty-stricken . itish colony, the means of n general i hi were always the same; let Br it Hi taj.ital and British enterprise exp oit the patient thorough ly and there will be an end to all his diseases, political, economic or social. For 50 years we preached this gospel, and acted upon it religiously. Now comes a little turning of the tables. "With a much larger population and immeasurably greater natural re sources, the United States offered a field for the accumulation of greater wealth than we can ever aspire to. Americans in their turn now aspire to regenerate the world by American cap ital and American enterprise. They practice upon us the doctrine which w' so long applied to the rest of mankind. Lastly for the present they lay sue rilegious hands on the shippirg, by n eaiis of which 'Britannia Rules th Waves.' "No wonder John Bull is in a comic state of consternation. Instead of the exploiter, he is becoming exploited. "At the present crisis of our economic history which are the objects that chiefly occupy our minds? Ihe regen eration of South Africa by the intro duction into that accursed land of Brif ish capital and labor; tho expansion of our army at the expense of the labor market; squandering time, money and energy on the empty ostentation of the coronation ceremony, which will sus pend industry, dislocate trade and divert public thought from matters of pressing and evil import. "At the moment while we are thus engaged, Mr. Morgan and his colleagues descend upon us, seeking what thev may devour. Almost within an hour of the king's feast come forth the fingers of a man's hand and write upon the wall. It is easy to read the warn ing and not difficult to accept and act upon it. Shall we attend , to it at once, or shall we finish our wine and think about the Medea and Persians af;er the dinner?" SALT WATER. Best Conductor of Messages by the Feiienden System of Wireless Telegraphy. Washington, May 3. Professor R. A. Fess-nden, who had charge of the wirelets telegraphy experiments along the Virginia and North Carolina coasts, arrived here today and conferred with Sc-etaryof Agriculture Wilson and Professor Willis L. Moore, chief of the weather Lurcau. Professor F'essendon said: "We have found that salt water is the best conductor of tho waves; land comes next ia order; then freshwater, and histly sand. The methods used both it receiving and sending are en tirely different from those used in any other system. We will abandon the high masts entirely within a couple of years. Instead of using waves to pro duce coherence between a lot of filings of nickel and silver, the waves are used under this sytst m to actuate a liiiht piece of metal, which by its motion produces the signal. " Von Waldcrsee on World Politics. Berlin, May 3. "Amerian energy and Americcan millions are making themselves telt in China more and more powerfully," says Count von Waldersce, in an interview at Dresden, where he is visiting the King of Sax ony. Continuing, he said: "We have come into c.oaer political touch with the United States, and that country will exercise a favorable influence in the world's politics. The English Japanese alliance is of preeminent sig nificance. It reveals the seriousness of the world situation. In Japan which I visited after leaving China, a collision with Russia is regarded as un avoidable. The Japanese troops wnich I saw are excellently trained." Land for Idaho. Washington, May 3. E. J. Dockery, of Boise, attorney for the state of Idaho. has left for home after two months spent in adjusting public land grants to the state and protecting the state against the encroachments of the North ern Pacific railroad upon its selection of valuable pine lands. Out of 645,000 acres already selected by the state un der its various grants, select ions cover ing 93,000 acres have remained unnp proved for several years. Through Dockery's efforts the department's ob jections to these selections have been removed and the selection approved. A satisfactory arrangement hss been made with the department wherely the state will soon be permitte I to Mecct the 130,000 acres still due it under its several grants. Run on s Cripple Creek Bank. Cripple Creek, Colo., May 5. A run was started on the Bimetallic Bank, of Cripple Creek, today, and when the doors were closed at 3 o'clock, there were still many depositors in line. Over $500,000 was withdrawn between 11 A. m. and l r. M. J tie nm was started by a report that the I at k was about to go into liquidation. The bank ai started in 1892 and was the oldest bank in the city. The Trial of Mowsrd Manila, May 5. The trial by court martia' of Arthur Howard, alias Wal ler, deserter frotn the United States army, who wan-captured in August last by l.ieutetai.t Hazzard, wan continued t'slay. Howard's trial on the "charge of desertion was delayed owing to his being rsed a a civilian scout nnder J. Fianklin Bell in the latter' campaign against the insurgents in Bataneas prov ince. It is Mieved that if Howard is convicted that he will be pardoned be cause of the services be has rendered the goverLment. CUMMINGS IS DEAD BRILLIANT NEW YORKER PASSED AWAY AT BALTIMORE. Was s Journeyman Printer, Editor of the New York Sun, s Soldier In the Civil '.Var and s Congressman field Many Important Committee Positions in the Lower House Champion of Labor Measures. Baltimore, May 3. Representative Amos J. Cummings, of New Y'ork, died at 10:15.o'clock tonight, at the Church Home and Infirmary, in this city, of pneumonia, incident to an operation, aged 61 years. The representative's wife and his cousin, Charles H. Cum mings, were at his bedside when death came. Representative Cummings came to Baltimore April 11 to undergo treat ment for kidney trouble. Four days later an operation was performed and Mr. Cummings seemed in a fair way to recover. A week later, however, pleu risy developed, and April 26 it was an nounced that Mr. Cunimings was suffer ing from pneumonia in one lung. Lust Tuesday it was announced that the malady had extended to both lungs, since which time Mr. Cummings had been hovering between life and death. Newspaper, Political and Army Career. Amos J. Cummings was born at Conkling, Broome county, New York, May 15, I8JK. He had an academic education, set type in his father's office at 12 and became a journeyman printer at 15. Starting in New Y'ork he earned his living at the case in nearly every state in the union. In 1857 he was with the Walker expedition at Mobile and w as captured by Commodore Davis, on the Quaker City. Just before tho war he became a "sub" on the New York Tribune. In 1801, he was sergeant major of the Twenty-sixth New Jersey infantry, in which he served gallantly, being officially mentioned for his bravery. Ills service ending in 1803, he helped defend the Tribune office during the riot, llebtcime, in 1868, managing editor of the Ntw York Sun, but re signed in 1873, because of ill health. He was elected to the Fiftieth con gress in 1886. In 1887 he started the Evening Sun. In 1888 he declined the renomination for the Fifty-first con gress, but on Samuel 8. Cox's death, was elected to nil the vacancy, and was re-elected to the Fifty-second, Fifty- third, F.f.y-fourth, Fifty-fifth, Fifty sixth and Fifty-seventh congresses. In congress ho held important commit tee positions. During his entire career he held membership in the New Y'ork Typographical Union, No. 6. AFFAIR IN VENICE. Lieutenant Doddridge Explains How American Sailors Cot Into Trouble. Venice, May 5. The officers of the United States cruiser Chicago have been released. Tho order of release, granted by the king, came this morn ing. In an interview with a reporter of the Associated Press the imprisoned officers warmly repudiated tho reports irom Home that they were under tho influence of wine at the time of the trouble, and said that on the contrary they were absolutely sober. Lieuten ant John 8. Doddridge remarked : "After the accidental upsetting of a table in a cafe by myself and a com panion, at 11 o'clock at night, we were followed and attacked by a mob, and two municipal policemen appeared on the scene. I with my open hand mo tioned to the crowd to keep off. The police then seized us, but the crowd continued so threatening that our brother officers and a marine who hap pened to be on the plaza, ran to our rescue. We acted only in self defense and against a large hostile crowd. We did not strike the police. Doubtless misunderstanding of the two languages had something to do with the trouble. We were allowed to remain together in prison, but the room in which we were confined swarmed with insects." The liberated officers of ;the Chicago joined their shipjtoday, and the cruiser has leu emce. DAYTON EXPLAINS. Sends Short Cable Message on the Arrest of American Officers In Italy. Washington, May 3. Secretary Long has received the following cablegram from Captain Dayton, of the Chicago, in anwser to the department's inquiry: "lodridge, Wynne, Ledbetter, Kress and one marine on leave arrested. Principal charge resisting police. Ser ious chrage uuder Italian law. Sen tences, Wynne, four months, ten days; remainder, three months each. Have not yet their full statement or a report from court, but applied for. Resisting arrest largely due to pressing in of crowd ami not understanding language. Appeal mole to Rome. Impossible to ex pi tin all circumstances by cable. Will make full report." The state department has begun the exercise of its good offices in the inter ests of the officers of the Chicago. Conitl'utioiul Amendment Necessary. San Jose, Costa Rica, May 5. Presi dent Ilesias, in his message to con gress, say that, no negotiations can be made with the United States concern ing the pro-osed Nicaragua canal be fore a constitutional amendment au thorizing the lra-ing of land for the canal is n ade. The president says also that the irveiit crisis baa resulted in the exportation of Costa Rican gold coin. WiU be Tried Again. Grants Pass, Or., May 5. Jeff Gib ton, charged with the murder of S. Bachelor, niUBt stand another trial, the jury after being out '24 hours, being unable to agree. The trial has occu pied four days, and, although Gibson was generally believed to have acted in self defense, the testimony against him was very damaging. It is reported that tie inry stood one for first decree. three for the second, and the balance for manslaughter. The date of the new trial has not yet been set.