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VOL. XIII.
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. R. Bradley, Clerk.
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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.
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' 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.