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1 10 "IT'S A COLD DAY WHEN WE GET LEFT." VOL. XIII. HOOD J1IVER, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 1902. NO. 52. HOOD RIVER GLACIER Published Every Friday by 8. F. BI.VTIIK. Terms of subscription- $1.30 a year when paid in advance. TUB MAIL. The mall arrives from Mt. Hood at 10 o'clock a. m. Weilm-tulay ami Saturdays; departs tha ianie days at mton. - For flhennweih, loaves at a. m. Tuesdays, Tliuisdays ami fcutimlttys: arrive at a p. ra. For White Salmon (Mash.) leuvee daily at 11:45 a. Hi.; arrives at 7:16 p. in. From While Salmon leave forFulda, Gilmer, Trout Lake anil (ilenwood daily at A. M. For Hinaen (Wash.) leave at 5:46 p.m.; ar rives at i p. m. SlidBTIKi, IAi'HKI. RKHKKAH DK.OHKK I.ODOK, No J M, 1. i). O. F.Meeta tii-Hl and third Mon days In eut'h monlh. I TTIB ENTHK'iN, N. O. II. J. HlBBiRP, Secretary. (1ANBY POST, Ko. 1, G. A. R -Meets at A. I O. I'. W. Hall second and fourth Saturdays of each month at 2 oVIoclt p. m. All O. A. K. mtinlfera invited to meet with us. J. VY. Kiuuy, Commander. C. J. Hayes, Adjutant. C1ANBY W. I). C, No. 1 Meets first Satnr ; day of each month in A. O. U. W. hall at i p. m. Mkm. B. K. Hhokmaxkb, President. Mrs. O. L. .Stkanaiun, becreiary. TIOOD RIVEK I.OIW1E Ko. 106, A. F. and A Jl M. Meets Saturday evening on or before eai h full moon. Wm. M. Yatks, W. M. C. 1). Thompson, Secretary. nOOI) RIVER CHAPTER, No. 27, R. A. M. Meets third Friday niifht of each month. E. L. SMITH, U. P. A. N. Rahm, Secretary. 11000 RIVER CHAPTER, No. 25, O. B. 8. JL Meets second and fourth Tuesday even iiiKS of each month. Visitors coidially wel comed. Mhx. Moi.i.ik ('. ( Ul.ii, w, M. ilBS. Maby B. Davidson, Secretary, OI-ETA ASSEMBLY No. 10:1. United Artisans, Meets first and third Wednesdays, work; second and fourth Wednesdays social; Arti sans hall. F. C. BHusii'8, M. A. Fkeu Cos, Secretary. 1TAt'C()MA l.OIMJK, No. SO, K. of P.-Mcets in A. O. (1. W. hall every Tuesday night. C. E. Mark ham, (', J. V. A. F'lKKBAt'HH, K. ok R. and S. 1 IVKRB1DE I.tlliGE, No, 8, A, O, V. W -JL Meets first and third Saturdays of cauh month. Fkku IIowk, W, M. E. H. Bradley, Financier. CltEHTliK burnt, Recorder. "I Iif.EWILDE I.01X1E, No. 107, I. O O. P. J Meets iu Fraternal hall every Thursday uivht. L. E. Morse, N. G. J. L. Hkndkkson, Secretary. II OOP K1VER TENT, No. 19, K. O, T. M., J 1 meets at A. O. V, W. hull oil the first and third Fridays of each month, Walter Ukhkino, Commander. IVERS1PE LODGE NO. 40, DEGREE OF i HONOR, A. o. II. W. -Meets first and third baturdayB at 8 P. M. Mrs. E, li. Brapley, C. ol II. Leva Evans, Recorder, HOOD RIVER CAMP, No. 7,702, M. W. A., meets In odd Fellows' Hall the first and third Wednesdays of each monlh. F. L. Daviijson, V. C. - E. R. Bradley, Clerk. ANCIENT ORDER OF THE RED CROSS. Hood River l-odne No. 10, meets in Odd Follows' hall second and fourth Baturdays in eacb month, 73 o'clock. C, ! Corns;, President. J. E. Hanna, Secretary, Q H. JENKINS, I). M. D. DENTIST. Specialist on Crown and Bridge Work, Ottioe In Bone building, west of Glenwood Home. Hood River, Oregon, JjR. K. T. CA RN9. Dentist. Gold crowns and bridge work and all kinds of Up-to-Data Dentistry. HOOD RIVER OREGON t L. HUMBLE, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, fiuwes.-or to Hi. M. F. Bhaw. Calls promptly answered In town oi country, Day or Night. Telei hones: Residence, 51 ; Office, &l Oltice over Everhart's Grocery, j F. WATT, M, I). Physician and Surgeon, Telephones: Office, 281 ; residence, 283. SI RGEON O. R. A N. CO. JOHN LELAND HEXDEKSOX ATTORNEY-AT LAW. ABSTRACTER. MO TAUY ITHL1U and REAL FSTAllt AGENT. For S3 ysars a resident of Oregon and Wash ington. Has loid many years exiierience in Real Estate mat (era, as abstractor, searcher of titles and agent, satisfaction guaranteed or no charge. pREDERICK & ARNOLD CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS. Estimates furnished for all kinds of work. Repairing a specialty. All kinds of ihop work. .Shop on State Street, between First and Second. THE KLONDIKE CONFECTIONERY Is the place to get the latent and beat in . 1: IV-.H... K..t. T..I t. 0nirCUOliri iro, vaii'uro, imiw, uuimxti, Cigars, etc. ....ICE CREAM PARLORS.... V. B. COLE, Proprietor. p' C. BKOSiUS, M. D. " rilYSRIAN AND SURGEON. 'Phone Central, or 121. Oflice Honrs: 10 to U A. SI.; 2 to 3 and u to i r. m. Q H. TEMPLE. Practical Watchmaker 4 Jeielar. 1t long eipertence enables me to do the bent pofS'l'le work, wlnen 1 fully guarante-, anil at low otu-es. gUTLU: A CO., BANKERS. Do a general banking baiiness. IIOOD RIVER, OREGON. Q J. HAYES, J. P. Olrt with Bon Bu.lhers. Rnslness will he attended to at anv t w. (ollei tions Bia la. W ill loraie on good goverumeDt lands, either limber or laroiiug i VENTS OF THE DAY FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF THE WORLD. It Comprthciulv Review of the Important Happening! of the Put Week, Presented In Condensed Form, Which Is Most Likely to Prove of Interest to Our Many Readers. At Tucuncariz, N. M-, three men were killed in a fight. The strike in the Oregon City woolen mills is practically over Americans will own the ships of the new shipping combine, but they Will fly the English flag. The coal shortage iB already apparent at Reading, Pa., in consequence of the Scranton mines beiLg idle. The Italian government will send a ruisur to represent Italy at the in auguration of the new Cuban republic. In explosion of naptha near Pittsburg a score of lives were lost and about 200 persons were injured, many of whom will die. It is now generally admitted that 30,000 people lost their lives at H. Pierre. The streets of the city are cov ered with corpses. The new steel carting combine, to be known as the American Steel Casting Company, will control one-fourth of the production of the country. Another revolution is on the tapis in Hayti. Peace may be officially proclaimed in South Africa on May 20. The government bill for enjoining the beef trust has been filed at Chi cago. Government troops who were ordered to disband in China have raised the standard of revolt. It is reported that three other islands of the West Indies were extensively damaged besides Martinqtie, Natives whose kraals were burned by burghers, attacked a Boer laager in the vicinity of Kcheepers ek May 5, and killed 32 Boers. Tl, T" .. I ,.,1 ClnUa rt,,... r, ,,.,.,1 1 Laa UlnLitlll'iiou Yunm'iD iu mat tuii w render any assistance possible to the Ai t..l.,wl ......!. IA fa.linni,a tl BbJicavu iimnujinui'a- Further details add only to the ex tent of the St. Pierre lioiror. From all over the world assistance is being sent to the unfortunates. The anthracite companies have told their miners not to report for work at Scranton, Pa., and it looks like a lock out. Both sides are preparing for a long struggle. President Simon Sam, of Hayti, has resigned. Admiral Sampson's remains have been buried in Arlington cemetery. Tim British nress demands that the government take action on the steam ship combine. The attorney eeneral of Missouri has filed proceedings against the beef trust in his state. The nomination of H. Clay Evans as consul general to London has been confirmed by the senate, The house has passed the omnibus statehood bill admitting Oklahoma, Arizona and New Mexico. It is now estimated that fully 40,000 people perished in the earthquake at St. Pierre, Martinique. The American consul and his family are among the dead. The attorney general of Washington has rendered an opinion that Mr. Mc Bride is still lieutenant governor, but is invested with the power of chief ex ecutive. Queen Wilhelmina is convalescent. Nine men were injured in an explor sion in an Anaconda spelter. General Davis reports that the Dat- tos of Mindanao are anxious for peace and that everything is quiet in that 'Bland. St PWi-a. Island of Martiniuue. is said to have been totally destroyed by an earthquake and nearly all of its 25, 000 inhabitants killed. Mrs. D. T. S. Denison was elected president of the General Federation of Women s Clubs at Los Angeles. A train bound from Pretoria to Petersburg, Northern Transvaal, was wrecked and a British otlicer and ten men were killed. The United States consul general at Rome lias collected all the documents bearing on the case of the Chicago's officers at Venice and forwarded them to Washington. The disturbances in Russia are due to a famine being taken advantage of by agitators. Representative J. S. Salmon, of New Jersey, is dead. Rear Admiral W. T. Sampson is dead at Waahington. It will probably be a surprise to learn that Mary is the most popular name among actresses. Next in num ber are contractions of Eleanor. All Orientals are great linguists. They seem to have a faculty for picking up languages that is not enjoyed by Anglo-Saxons. The hardest woo-1 in the world is'not ebony, but cocus, which is much used for making flutes and other similar in struments. On the date at which the census was taken there were f So, 794,9 worth of poultry on foot in the United States. The Jnneau-Skagwav cable has not been used for two months, owing to a break which cannot be located. Unmarried women of Michigan are to petition the legislature for exmp tion from taxation on estates Jess than 5,000. Opticians say that more jye glasses are broken in hot weather, caused oy perspiration loooening tbeir grip on tbe nose. PEACE NEGOTIATIONS. London Times Reviews Their Course in South Africa ' London, May 14. The Times relates the couise of the peace negotiations as follows: "On the receipt of the Dutch corre spondence intimating that Great Brit ain was ready to listen to proposals from the Boers in the field, Acting President of the Transvaal Schaalk burger came to the British lines and asked permission to consult with Mr. Steyn, ex-president oi the Orange Free State. This led to the Boer delegates going to Pretoria. Their first proposal to Lord Kitchener and Lord Miiner, the British high commissioners in South Africa, was that the republics should merely concede all the demands made by Great Britain regarding the fran chise, etc., before the war. The Brit ish government, in reply, referred them to the .Middlehurg coiii'eience, as the maximum of possible concessions and refused permission to the Boers to con sult their friends in Europe. Event ually, while refusing an armistice, Lord Kitchoner undertook not to molest the burghers while they were actually holding meetings with the commandoes to authorize the leaders to negotiate on the basis of the surrender of independ ence, but they were told it was useless to return to Pretoria without being armed with full powers to negotiate. Schaalkburger assented to this, but Mr. Steyn's acquiesence seemed doubtful. "Mail advices received from Pre toria," continues the Times, "declare that Lords Kitchener and Miiner prom ised generous compensation for burned larni8, promised no difficulty with re gard to the question oi amnesty for rebels, which did not present insuper able obstacles," WASHINGTON LANDS. Their Disposition Will Be Determined by a Forestry Reserve Official. Washington, May 14. Representa tive Cushman recently called on the commissioner of the general land office to ascertain whether or not certain lontls in Skagit and Snohomish coun ties are to be eliminated from the Washington forest reserve and opened to settlement. Reports to this effect recently reached Washington from the state, and have led to considerable speculation. Mr, Cushnmn learned that on April 18 CominiwHioner Her mann directed D, B. Shelter, superin tendent of forest reserve in Washing ton, to make an examination of town ship 32 north, ranges 8, 9. and 10 east; township 31 north, ranges 10 and 11 east, and township 30 north, range 11 east, with reference to whether it is better suited for forestry purposes or agricultural purposes. No report has yet been received. When Superintendent Sheller shall have been heard from, tlgeneral'land office will convey his recommendation to the secretary of the interior, where the matter will be finally acted upon. It is probable that no final action can be had until late in the fall. In cas-e all or a part of the land is found to lie agricultural, that much will, undoubt edly be restored to settlement! otheri wise its present status will riot be al to red. FOR RELIEF. Congress Votes $200,000 for the Sufferers of Martinique. Washington, May 14. The volcano calamity in the West Indies came up before the house during the afternoon, the District of Columbia measure being laid aside to permit the relief bill to be considered. In view of the president's message urging an appropriation of $500,000, the house committee on appropriations unanimously reported a substitute to the senate relief bill making it f200, 000, and placjng its disposition under the president of the United States. Heminway, of Indiana, the acting chairman of the appropriation commit- ! tee, secured unanimous consent for im .mediate consideration. The amount, I he suid, had been limited to $ 200,000 because the committee was informed thai large contributions were being made by private parties. I The bill was finally passed and went I through the senate w ithout division. Wilhetmini Steadily Improving The Hague, May 14. The bulletins issued at Castle Loo concerning the condition of Queen Wilhelmina have lieen reduced to one a day, and it is ex pected that they will soon cease alto gether. The marked improvement in her majesty's condition continues, and the constant attendance of her physi cians is no longer necessary. Lord Caunyfote Quite III. Washington. Mav 14. Tiril Pinni. fote. the British ambassador. nintinna quite ill here, and his condition is giv ing the family some concern, lie sitt ers trom astlimaand stomach and other troubles, and owinff to hia sdvnncm! aire, his svstem fails toresnond as read. ny to tne treatment aswashonud would ne tne case. Airship Exploded. Taris, May 14. The airship belong ing to Senor Aogui-te Serros, the Brazil ian aeronaut, made an ascension dur ing the morning. The airship exploded and killed Sevrosand another aeronaut. Senor Sevros arrived in Paris with a flying machine lant November. He then announced his intention to sail across and around Paris. His last balloon is described as carrying a car shape 1 like a long parallelogram, drawn up directly beneath the balloon. The Endless Revolution. Port an Prince, Hayti, May 14. Se vere fighting is progressing in the streets of Port an Prince. The situa tion is very serious. The meeting of congrew, which opened at noon, had hardly beard tbe words of the president of the houe declaring that a president of the republic was to be elected, when Deputy Jean not declared that congress did not have the confidence of the peo ple. This was followed by cries of "Vive La Revolution," and "Aux Arises," amid a scene cf great disorder. NEWS OF THE STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS OF OREGON. Commercial end financial flappcmnjs of lift portance A Brief Review of the urowt!i and Improvements of the Many Industrie Throughout Our Ihrlving Commonwealth Latest Market Report. Many emigrants are arriving daily at Medford. The Salem Federal Labor Union has been organized with a membership of 68. The fruit growers around Medford are jubilant over the recent rains and the fact that prospects for a good yield are better than for years. The mill on the Lucky Bart group at Gold Hill is running day and night on ore from the Doubtful claim. A HU inch vein of high grade free milling ore assaying (45 per ton was lecently struck in this claim, which will bring the Lucky Bart group to the front again, something over f 150,000 having already been milled from the several ledges on the property. The number of strangers now pouring into Oregon is being felt even in the backwoods. A year ago it was believed that all the public timber land worth taking had passed into private hands, and investors were buying freely from the original locators. But since then the more inacessiblo and less timbered land is being eagerly sought by people anxious to file on timber tracts. This season in the Sumpter district will witness the greatest placer clean ups known there for years. In several piitces there has been a marked revival of interest in the placer diggings. Companies have been organized to op erate diggings on a large scale, and scenes where there has been compara tively little life since the boom days' of pioneer times will be teeming with workers. The camps and mills near Alma are vainly applying for men. Fire at Praire City destroyed an en tire block and caused a loss of f 20,000. la Grande is enthusiastic over the Lewis and Clark fair and a general meeting will be held to get subscribers to the stock. Ed Graves, of Marquam, lias con tracted 5,000 pounds of hops from his yard five miles east of Woodburn, for 12li cents per pound, A bill has been Introduced in the United States senate granting a right of way acioss the Cascade forest reserve for the Oregon & Southeastern railroad. The city council of Baker City has awarded the contract for the extension of the mains of the waterworks system to a contractor of that city on a bid of $33,314,77, The wool industry of Oregon ranks well up with whoat and lumber, and out in the eastern part of Wasco coun ty's plains is the greatest wool market in the world. The Eastern Oregon term of tbe bu? preme court opened at Pendleton with a' cases on the docket, all but three being appeals from UmatiUai Baker and Union counties, The Oregon national guard will as semble at some centrally located point in the Willamette valloy, in brigade camp, for instruction, for a period of eight days, July 17-24, inclusive. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Walla Walla, 6566c: bluestem, 67c; valley, 65c. Barley Feed, 2021: brewing, $21(321.50 per ton. Oats No.l white, $1.251.27;gray, $1.151.22. Flour Best grades, f 2.853.40 per barrel; graham, 2.5O2.80. Millstuffs Bran, $ 15(3 16 per ton; middlings, f 1920; shorts, $17(318; chop, $16, Hay Timothy, f 12(315; clover, $7,50(810; Oregon wild hay, $56 per ton, Potatoes Best Burbanks, 1.50(31.65 percental; ordinary, $1.251.35 per cental; growers prices; sweets, $2.25(9 2.50 per cental! new potatoes, 83,c. Butter Creamery, 1617Jsc; dairy, 1215c; store, 1012ic. Eggs 1516c for Oregon. Cheese Full cream, twins, 12 13c;YoungAmerica, 13)s14c; fac tory prices, 1 l?4c less. Poultry Chickens, mixed, $4.50 5.50; hens, $5.506.00 per dozen, &2c per poind; springs, 11' ll)sc per pound, $4.00(36.00 per doz en; ducks, $5.007.00 per dospn; tur keys, live, 1314c, dressed, 1616c per pound; geese $6.507.50 per dozer). Mutton Gross, 4Me per pound; sheared, 3 c; dressed, 74e per pound. Hogs Gross, 64C; dressed, 7J68c per pound. Veal 6i8c for small; 67c for large. Beef Gross, oows, 4)c; steers. 6Jc; dressed, 88c per pound. Hops 12 15 cents per pound. Wool Valley, 1214; Eastern Ore gon, 8(3 12c; mohair, 25c per pound. The British administration in India is alarmed by rumors of sedition in Af ghanistan. All the flour consumed bv the 11.- 000,000 people in Siam comes fro.n the I mted States. Swans on the Thames at Eton and Windsor are being fed from the local boat rafts, as the birds are nimble, owing to the severity of the weather, to obtain a sufficiency of food for them selves. Several of the smaller British manu facturers outside the English trust have been forced to suspend work by the keenness of theco npetition between the American and Britten syndicates. One dark night recently a Ruasian sciiooner was lying in the bay of Gib raltar, when two dogs, swimming, ap proached tbe vessel and wer taken on board. Tbey had bags around their bodies containing several pounds of to bacco. It seems that this Is the means by which smuggling is done across the bay into Spanish territory, where tbe tobacco duty is very heavy. NOT A SOUL ALIVE. Every Person In St Pierre Perished in the Storm of Fire. London, May 13. A dispatch to the Times from St. Thomas, D. W. I., says that St. Pierre was destroyed in the twinkling of an eye, and that not 40 of the inhabitants of the city escaped. Some of the outlying parishes of the Island of Martinique have been inun dated. The whole northern portion of the island is burning, and has been denuded of vegetation, and is a rocky wilderness. The latest news received here from St. Vincent, continues the correspondent, says the number of dead there is supposed to reach 500, the ma jority of whom have not been buried. It is reported that Fort de France, Island of Marinique, is thieatened, con cludes the correspondent, and there is frightful tension everywhere. Successful attempts have been made to reach St. Pierre. . Cabling from St. Lucia, the correspondent of the Daily Mail says the town is a heap of ruins, and dead bodies are lying all around. Fe ever will be recognized, so great is the mutilation and distortion. Search parties have found 3,000 charred bodies on the site ol the cathe dral. All appear to have been asphyx iated at first. Not a soul was found alive in the whole town. NOTIFY POWERS. United States Will Inform Them of the Birth of the Cuban Republic Washington, May 13. The state de partment has decided upon the method it will employ to notify the world offi cially of the birth of the new Cuban re public May 20. Instead of issuing a proclamaiton, the department will send identical notices to all United States ambassadors and ministers abroad that the military occupation by the United States of the island has ceased on that date, and that Tomas Estranda Palma has been duly installed as the head of a new government of the Island of Cuba. There will be no invitation on our part to the nations to recognize the new re public, but it is expected that they will take notice themselves of the fact that the United States has so recognized the Cuban republic by sending to the island a minister resident and staff of legation and consuls, and it is not doubted that the example will be fol lowed. Battle in Ventzula. Tort of Spain, Island of Ti inidad, May 13. Venezuelan troops under General Vincente Gomez, attacked Car upano, stae of Bermudez, Venezuela, by land and by sea with the gunboats Restaurador, Agosto and Zumbador, but the port is still in the hands pi the revolutionists. After a seven hours' battle, the government forces were de feated and obliged to abandon the field, leaving 115 men dead arid 210 wound ed. The city suffered terribly from the shelling of the government war vessels. The remainder of General Gomez's troops escaped on board the gunboats and reached Cumana, on the Gulf of Caracas. Gomez was seriously wound ed. Carupano now presents a spectacle of desolation. The cable i,s cut- Costly California Blue. Truckee, Cal., May 13. Six acres in the central portion of Truckee was a raging mass of flames for seven or eigh.t hours this morning. Tto extensive box factory and planing mills of the Truckee Lumber Company, around which the town was originally built, was totally destroyed. With it went the office, with everythingjit contained, andja number of warebouses and dry ing houses filled with boxes, seasoned lumber, glass, windows, doors and building material- One million feet of lumber piled on both side of the river was also destroyed. Lass, $200,000. Eighteen Cremated. Tokio May 13. The destruction by fire of a hospital in Kyoto, Japan, was attended by loss of life. About 4 :30 o'clock in the morning fire broke out in the Funaokayama lunatic asylum at Ouiiya Mura, Otogi Gori, on the north ern suburbs of Kyoto. The flames started in one of the rooms occupied by a patient. Altogether two blocks of buildings were destroyed before the flames were got uiv.ler control, and of the 39 patients who were in tbe hos pital at the time of tbe outbreak, 18, including two women, perished, $uccessor of Corrlgan. Rome, May 12. The correspondent of the Associated Press is informed that it is not likely that the successor of Archbishop Corrigan will be named at the next consistory and that probably more than a month will elapse before action will be taken. .It is therefore probable that a capitulary vicar will be appointed to administer the archdio cese. Tift Win Stop at Rom. Washington, May 13. Governor Taft has closed up his business here in con nection with affairs in the Philippine and left for Cincinnati, where he wil attend to some private business prior kj nij aepanure irom ew lor on tne 17th inst.. on his return to hia rjost at Manila. He will stop at Rome in or der to discuss the question of the friars in the Philippines with the authorities at the Vatican. France Sends Prompt Relief. Taris, May 13 At a meeting ol the French cabinet thff minister of finance, M. Caillaiux, was authorised to expend all the money necessary to succor the sufferers of the Martinique disaster. An official of the colonial office has sailed from Brest with 500,000 francs ($100,000) in cash. The cabinet fur ther decided to order the half-masting of flags over all public buildings for three days, and tbe minister of tbe col onies, M. de Crais, was instructed to telegraph to the governor of Martinique the condolence of France. NAPTHA EXPLOSION SCORE OF LIVES LOST IN PITTS BURQ DISASTER. Two Hundred Spectators were Injured and the Physicians Say that a Majority of Them will Die Wert Watching a Burning Train When Two Tank Cars Exploded, Drench Ing Them with Burning Oil Pittsburg, May 14. The Sheridan yard of the Pan Handle Railroad was the scene this evening of the most dis astrous explosion and fire known in this section in many years. A score of lives were lost and about 200 persons were so badly burned that, according to the judgment of the physicians in at tendance, 75 per cent of them will die from the effects of their injuries. The accident happened in the rail road yards at Sheridan, where the Tan Handle Railroad makes a turn near Cork Run. Banked in by two high hills, Imnd rede of people were caught In the shifting necessary to make up a train, five tank cars, two of them filled with refined petroleum and two with naptha, were switched with too much force, and one of the cars of naptha was broken. Instantly the inflam mable bi-product poured out in a stream, The trainmen, seeing that one of the cars was da naged, started to pull them out of the way. As the damaged car passed a switch light the dripping naptha caught on the light flame and almost instantly an explosion followed. The explosion sent shewers of burn ing naptha over the freight station near at hand, and also enveloped a number of carloads of coke and lumber that were close by, and in a moment all were blazing Fifteen minutes after the first explosion the two cars of re fined petroleum that had lieen damaged by the bursting of the tank of naptlm and were leaking blew up with a terrific report, The yards at Sheridan lie in a nar row valley. On the south side of the yard is a rounded hill, bare of trees. On the other side of the yard a hill fully 200 feet high rises Bheer above the roundhouse. In less than 15 min utes both these hills were black with men, women and children,- who were eagerly watching tbe flames in the cut below. Burning oil had. found its way into the sewer, and as soon as it reached the open air at the mouth the third explo sion followed. The escaping naphtha had blown to atoms the Sumpter hotel and the Collis house, on River road, and badly wrecked a frame building near by, in which were congregated 200 or more njen from Pittsburg and vicin ity, betting on the races and ball games, few ot the occupants of this building escaped injury, many being badly hurt. The third explosion served as a warn ing to but few of the spectators at Sheridan. Without a moment's warn ing there was an awful roar, loud enough to be heard In the heart of Pittsburg, five miles away, and a sheet of flames shot up from the wreckage and enveloped both hillsides, even to their tops. Theie was a moment's lull, as though every living thing in the vicinity had been annihilated, and then came tbe cries, the (creaming for help, and tbe blanks in the crowd told of tbe ex plosion's dread result. Both of the two remaining tank cars had blown up. A torrent of flames belched forth on each side of the tiack, sweeping back the terrified spectators like a charge of ar tillery, and sending a shower of flame over their heads. For the Dawson Trade. Vancouver, B. C, May 14. A spe cial from Dawson says: J. II. Kogers, Dawson manager of the White Pass Yukon Railway, makes the statement that his company would enter into competition with the Noithern Com mercial Company and the North Amer ican Trading Company, in retaliation for the statement that the Northern Commercial Company would take in a stock of goods for the Dawson trade. The Dawson retail merchants had been afraid they would be forced out of busi ness by competition of the big com mercial companies bringing in large stoegs of merchandise. Rat War on Alaskan Traffic Seattle, May 14. An Alaska trans portation cut-rate wai, which probably will be bitterly fought, with disastrous results to the lines engaging in it, and a corresponding benefit to he traveling public, has been inaugurated. Before the day closed, tickets to Lynn canal points were selling at $7.50 and $5, first and second class, respectively. The prevailing tariff has been $30 and $20. The entry ctf the Pacific Clipper Lines steamer Santa Ana on the Lynn canal run precipitated the fight. Following English Precedent New York, May 14. The Spanish government is following English prece dent In entertaining a large body of European princes and foreign represen tatives who will witness the king's civil inauguration, says a Madrid dispatch to the Tribune. The princes are either guests of the crown in palaces, or houses with complete retinue of serv ants ate 'placed at their disposal. Special Ambassador Curry, of the United States, is provided with a bouse. Baroda Abandoned. San Francisco, May 14. Telegraphic advices received at the Merchants' Ex change give the information that an unsuccessful attempt was made Satur day night by the tug Astoria to pull off the British bark Baroda, which went ashore nine miles south of Coqtfille river, August 29, 1901. Every effort was made to release the vessel from the bed of sand into which the bow was plunged, but ibe could not be budged, and she was finally abandoned to her fate. Tbe Baroda waa bound from Cal Uo to Portland, and was in ballast. THREE NEW STARS. Oklshotv, Arizona and New Mexico Admitted to Statehood. Washington, May 2. The house resumed consideration of the omnibus stutebood bill immediately after the reading of tho journal. The pending amendment was that of Mr. Overstreet. oi inuinaa, to consolidate rsew Mexico and Arizona and submit them as the state of Montezuma, or such other name as the constitutional convention should elect. The opposition to the bill had united upon this amendment and had determined to make a strong effort to adopt it. Overstreet made a vigorous speech, trguing that its pur pose was to benefit the people of tbe two territories, but the amendment was defeated by a vote of 28 to 100. A lew verbal amendments offered bv the committee were adopted, and the bill was then passed without division. Tho bill as passed provides enabling acts for Oklahoma, Arizona and New Mexico, similar in form to former enabling acts, with the exception that the constitutiot ai convention of New Mexico is empowered to designate the name by which the new state sht.ll enter the Union and in the case of Ok lahoma the convention bv irrevocable ordinance shall express the consent of teat state that congress at sny future time may attach all or any part of Indian Territory to it. Theenablina acts cimer from one another chiefly in reference to the public lands appro priated for education and public pur poses. SOLD DISEASED MEAT. St Louis Grand Jury Is Investigating Grave Charges Against Beef Trust. St. Louis, May 10. The beef trust is now under investigation by the St. Louis grand jury. Following the rev elation at Jefferson City that diseased meat is sold in St. Ixniis. Circuit At torney Folk presented the subject to tne grand jury, ile announces that he will subpoena all the witnesses who testified at Jefferson City and all other persons whom he can find that know anything about the operations of the ueei companies. 'This has become a subject for tbe riminal courts." taid Mr. Folk, "and the matter will be as thorotiuhlv inves- tigated as have been the briherv senn. duls, and I have no doubt that men who nave been selling decaved meat to St. Louisans will he landed behind the bars of the penitentiary." Control Ltrge Copper Interests. New York, Mav '10. A Vice President John Mnginnis, of the Montana Ore and other Ileinze properties, the new company will have in its treasury 95 per ceni oi me capital etock of these conianios: The Montana Ore Pur- 'liasine Comoanv. the Nirvner Pnnonli. dated Copper Company, the Minnie Healy Copper Miniug Company, the Cobra-Rock Island Copper Mining Com pany and the Belmont. Connor Atininr Company. The company will also have i,uuu,uuu oi tne nrst mortgage bonds of the Montana Ore Purchasing Com pany bond and $2,500,000 first mort gage bonds of the Nipper Company. These bonds represent the only bonded indebtedness of the companies named Salvador Dispute Settled. Washington, May 10. The United States has won a sweeping victory in the matter of the arbitration of the dis pute with the Reoublic of Salvador over the claim of the Salvador Com mercial Company and other citizens of the United States, stockholders in the Corporation El Triumpho Company, Ltd., created under the laws of Salva dor. Sir Henry Strong and Don M. iiicKineon, a majority of the arbitra tion commission, have rendered an opinion against Salvador for $573,118. Paul Leicester Ford Shot. New York, May 10. Paul Leices ter Ford, tbe novelist, was shot and killed by his brother, Malcom Webster Ford, writer and athlete, who immedi ately sent a bullet into his own breast, dying instantly. The shooting occurred at 10:20 A. M , in the handsome new mansion which Paul Leicester lord had built at 37 Fast Seventy-seventh street, and had occupied for about a year. The murder was supposed to have been committed in a fit of insanity. Police Chiefs Adjourn. Louisville, May 12. Tbe police duels of the tinted States and Canada, at their final session, changed the name of the association .to lhe Inter national Police Chiefs' Association and selected New Orleans as the next place of meetinz. Richard Sylvester of Washington, was elected president Rebels Bombird Nau Ning Fu. Hong Kong, May 12. Advices re ceived here from Wo Chou say the rebels bombarded Nan Ning Fu for three hours April 27, using modern field guns. From 300 to 400 of the inhabitants were killed. The rebels subsequently withdrew to the hills. Provision Plant Burned. Chictgo, May 12. The plant of the German Provision Company in the stockyards was damaged by fire during the night to the extent of $100,000. Shipping Combine Agreements. London, May 10. The Associated Press has secured copies of the ship ping combine agreements. They are called "provisional agreements for tbe purchase and acquisition, on or before December 31, 1902, of the White Star, Dominion, American and Atlantic Transport Lines, to be organized under the direction of the vendors, to the sat isfaction of the bankers, namely, the Morgans, nnder the lawsHif the state of New York, or other state selected." r Engineer and Brskcman Killed. Everett, Wash., May 10. Engineer Michael J. Riley and Brakeman A. L. Kittle were killed during the morning by an engine crashing through a trestle tn do tmtrsim of a m'lrh 25 fnt below. The men were in the employ of a log ging company and were coming down j a grade with five loaded flat cars. The 'engine fell upon Riley, killing him in stantly. Kittle died soon afterward from ootids. Another train followed, crash in? throneh tbe trestle before it 'could be stopped. The engineer and ' the fireman escaped by jumping. THOUSANDS KILLED CITY OF ST. PIERRE DESTROYED BY A RAIN OF FIRE. The Volcano of Mount Pelc Exploded and a Shower ol Burning Lavs Swept the City from Existence Now Estimated that at Least 40,000 People Perished- All Ship ping in the Harbor was Destroyed. St. Thomas, D. W. I., May 10. The British steamer Roddam, Captain Free man, which left St. Lucia for Martin ique, returned there during the after noon bringing a report that the town of St. Pierre, Martinique, has been totally destroyed by volcanic disturbances in the island. Almost all the inhabitants of St. Pierre are said to have been killed. The Roddam reports that all the shipping in the port has also been de stroyed. The Quebec Steamship Com pany's steamer Rorima, Captain Mug gar, is mentioned as lost, with all on board. The Roddam was almost completely wrecked. Her captain was seriously burned, and 17 of her crew are dead. Later Details. St. Thomas, D. W. I., May 12. It is now estimated that 40,000 persons perished as a result of the volcanic eruption in the Island of Martinique. The British schooner Ocean Traveler arrived at the Island of Dominica, B. W. I., at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. She was obliged to flee from the Island of St. Vincent, B. W. I., during the afternoon of Wednesday, May 7, in consequence of a heavy fall of sand from a volcano which was erupting there. The schoonet arrived opposite' St. Pierre, Martinique, Thursday morning, May 8. While about mile off the volcano of Mount Pelee exploded, and tire trom it swept the whole town of St. Pierre, destroying the town and the shipping there, including the cable re pair ship Grabbler, which was engaged in repairing the cable near the Guerrin factory, and four American vessels. The Ocean Traveler, while on her way to jJominica, encountered a quantity of wreckage. The French cruiser Suchet has ar rived at Point-a-Pitre, Island of Guad eloupe, from Fort de France, bringing several refugees. She confirmed the report that the town of St. Pierre was destroyed at 8 o'clock Thin edit y morn ing by a volcanic eruption. It is sup posed that most of the inhabitants of St. Pierre were killed, that the neigh boring parishes were laid waste, and that the residue of the population ol St. Pierre is without food or shelter. The commander of the Suchet reports that at 1 o'clock Thursday the entire town of St. Pierie was wrapped in flames. He endeavored to save about 30 persons, more or less burned, from the vessels in the harbor. His officers went ashore in small bouts, seeking for survivors, but were unable to ponetrate the town. They Baw heaps of bodies upon the wharves, and it is believed that not a single peri-on resident of St. Pierre at the moment of the catastrophe escaped. The governor of the colony, his wife end staff were in - St. Pierre, and prob ably perished. The extent of the catas trophe cannot be imagined. The cap tain of the British steamer Roddam is seriously injured, and is now in the hospital at St. Lucie. All of his offi cers and engineers were killed or are dying. Nearly every member of the crew is dead. Surgeon Campbell and 10 of the crew of the Roddam jumped overboard at St. Pierre and were lost. From a dozen different sources comes confirmation of the twful extent of the catastrophe and adtled details of the horror, and it seems vain to suppose that many escaped from the terrible shower of fire, lava and rock that fell upon the city and scattered ashes which fell one hundred miles away. St. Pierre, the commercial center of the Island of Martinique, had a popu lation of about 25,000. It was on the west coast of the island, about 12 miles northwest of Fort do France. It waa the largest town in the French West Indies, and was divided into two quarters by a rivulet, over which a number of handsome bridges had been built. The lower quarter of the town was close and unhealthy, while for the aiost part the town was well ventilated and pleasant. It had numerous public buildings and schools, a handsome theater and botanic garden. Its road stead was defended by several forts. Tbe empress Josephine was born there in 1703. The eruption of Mount Pelee begin early last week, and was followed by a fall of ashes over the northern part of tbe island, several inches covering the streets of St. Pierre. Saturday the flow of lava commenced, and tbe entire pop ulation was thrown into consternation. It was rumored then that 500 inhabit ants of St. Pierre were killed. That was the last word received from Mar tinique, as the submarine earthquakes interrupted cable communication, un til the arrival of the Roddam at St. Lucia. Cause of Spanish War. Madrrd May 12. For the past few days the senate has been discussing tbe interpellation of Marshal Pruno Rivera concernig the causes of the war between Spain and the United States. Senor Moret in defending his conduct at the time said the Spanish fleet quitted Santiago de Cuba on the advice of the council if admiralty which had been convoked at Madrid. Senor Moret was Spanish minister of the colonies at the time of the war. Quiet in Santo Domingo. Santo Domingo, Republic of Santo Domingo, May 10. Ex-Preident Jim inex, of the Dominican republic, and bis ministers have left the foreign le gation here, where they had sought refuge. Quiet has been restored in the city. The hospitals are full of men who were wounded in the last engagement betweer tbe Dominican revolutionists and 'he forces of the government. A Red Croea hospital has been established and it caring for the wounded. Tbe United States cruiser Cincinnati has arrived here. ? 1 1 JL a