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HOOD RIVER, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 13, 1!02.
NO. 4.
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J. E. Hanna, Secretary.
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titles and ciu. satisfaction guaranteed or
uu charge.
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between First ana becond.
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M v long experience enable me to do
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tlBkvror tarniinf
EVENTS OF THE DAY
FROM THE FOUR QUARTER8 OF
THE WORLD.
A Comprehensive Review of fhs Important
Happening! of the Past Week, Presetted
In Condensed form. Which Is Most
' Likely to Prove of Interest to Our Many
Reader!
The house has passed the anti
anarchy bill. ,
Ten persons were killed and many
Injured In a Chicago hospital fire.
Mexican troops and Yaqul Indians
met in a battle which resulted dia
asterlousty to the Indians.
The floods In Kansas haye not en
tirely subsided. The Moeho and Cot
tonwood rivers have again left their
banks. -
The May postal receipts at "50 of
the largest offices in the United States
show an Increase of 60 per cent over
May, 1901.
Three business blocks at Saratoga,
N. Y.( were destroyed. Five persons
lost their lives. The property loss is
estimated at $300,000.
Two convicts at the Oregon Peni
tentiary stayed three guards and
wounded a life prisoner and escaped.
They are well armed with rifles and
revolvers and have plenty of ammo.nl
tlon. The forming of the new French cab
inet has been completed.
Mitchell denounced the Panama canal
route In a speech before the senate.
A plot has been discovered at Pre
toria to blow up the government build
ings. Twelve trainloads of Mystic Shriners
arrived at Ban Franoisco to attend the
imperial council.
' Coal miners in West Virginia hare
gone out. A larger number quit work
than was anticipated.
The officers of the cruiser Chicago
who caused the disturbance in Venice
will not be court martialed.
' An excursion train on a Michigan
road was wrecked, killing one person
and injuring S3, three fatally.
The relief supplies sent by the United
States to the Martinique sufferers were
not properly distributed and did not go
where they would do the most good.
Krtigor will not be required to ac
knowledge Britishsovereignty in South
Africa.
The president is being nrged to send
a message to congress on the Cnban
question. '
Fire in Denver destroyed a grocery
store, rooming house and several other
business copoerns.
June 8 and 9 have been declared
thanksgiving days and holidays
throughout Cape Colony.
A boat containing eight Spanish ar
tillery officers was ran down by
steamer at Gljon, Spain, and five
drowned.
Retabulen, a town in Guatemala,
Central America, has been destroyed by
a volcano. One thousand people lost
their lives.
Governor Geer may call an extra
RMwinn of the Oreiron leeislatare fcr
the purpose of ( fixing flat salaries for
the Btate officials.
The pavilion in the horticultural
gardens, Toronto, tbe second largest
auditorium in that city, has been en
tirely destroyed by Are.
The American Federation wants to
take farmers into its organization.
Three men were shot in a riot be
tween union and non onion Iron mould
ers at Granite City, III. .
Some of the mines in the anthracite
coal region are tilling with water be
cause of the firemen and pumpmen
joining the strikers.
Lord Kitchener was created a vis
count and promoted to be general and
given 50,000 pounds lor his services in
the South African war.
The Chicago teamsters strike, has
been settled. It waa a compromise,
the strikers not getting the advance in
wages they asked, but will receive
more than before they went out.
Almost every street car in Rhode
Island is tied up. The last general
assembly of that Btate passed a 10-hour
law, and when the street car compan
ies started to test it in the courts tbe
street railway employes quit.
The senate has passed the Philippine
bill.
The house is considering the anarchy
bill.
The entire French cabinet has re
signed. 1
The senate is considering the Nica
ragua canal bill.
The rebellion in Southern China has
been practically suppressed.
The Idaho state Republican conven
tion will be held in Boise August 20.
Two villages were destroyed and 76
people killed by a volcano in Bolivia.
Germany has appealed to the United
States to assist in preventing monopoly
in wireless telegraphy.
The statue of liberty torch in New
York harbor is to be dark hereafter
because congress refused a 150,000 ap
propriation for lighting it.
The refusal of the Manitoba govern
ment to allow the Northern Pacific
railroad to extend its lines across the
border is taken as notice to all Ameri
can railroads to keep out.
A Macedonian uprising against Tur
key is expected this year.
German imports' from the United
States increased 15.375.000 in 1901.
Exports to the United States decreased
13,50U,uuu.
Tbe British revenue sheet shows an
increase fo J83.S06.675 for tbe vear
just ended. The income tax alone
yielded 174,000..
Five young Negroes educated at
Tuxkegee, Ala., sailed from New York
ior the German colony at Togo, West
Africa, to teach natives.
ROB PURSUERS.
Escapes' Convicts Hold Up Two Men of Poise
and Take Horse and Bufgy.
Gervais,- June 11. Harry Tracy and
David Merrill, who escaped from the
Oregon penitentiary Monday, came
into Gervais at 9:30 last evening and
secured a meal at the home of Alonxo
Briggs, who was made to do tneir
pleasure at the point of a gun. They
next appeared in an alley back of the
drug store and postoffiee on the main
street. They climbed a fence and
passed through a back yard and then
by two hotels. Netr this place they
met and held up a buggy containing
two members of the posse searching
f-.i them. Both men were made to
rive up their guns and one his coat.
They were then ordered from the buggy,
which the fugitives took and started
out of town. Ten minutes later the
horse returned with the empty buggy.
Several citizens saw the convicts in
town, but none attempted to capture
them. Sheriff Durbin soon esme np
w.th two bloodhounds from the Walla
Walla penitentiary, in charge of guard
Carson, and again set out in pursuit.
Lonvicti Return to Salem.
Salem, June 11. Tracy and Merill,
the fugitive convii t murderers, came
into Salem Monday night, held up a
man, divested him of his clothing, stole
a team of horses and made their escape.
All this happened about 10 o clock, but
the officers were not informed until 4
o'clock in the morning, ttie victim of
the highwaymen having fears of his life
if he talked sooner. The convicts then
passed through the residence district of
the city into Cartwright'a addition,
where they stole a team of horses from
a barn within a block of the East Salem
school and then left the city, going
north. They were seen to pass through
Brooks at 12:30 yesterday morning.
FIRE IN A HOSPITAL.
Tea Persons Killed and1 Thirty Injured In t
Chlcato Blaze.
Chicago, June 11. Nine men and
one woman were killed and about 30
persons Injured in a fire which yester
day afternoon destroyed the sanitar
ium connected with St. Luke's Socie
ty, at Wabash avenue and Twenty
first street The greater portion of
the patients received in the institu
tion were those seeking cure from the
drink habit and those who were ad
dicted to the use of drugs.
When the fire broke out there was
on the fifth floor a number of patients
suffering from delirium tremens and
some who were deranged by drugs.
Some of these were strapped to their
beds and It was impossible to save
them, bo rapidly did the fire spread
through the building.
, The fire originated In the basement
of the building and spread rapidly to
tbe upner stories through the elevnt
or shaft. Before the occupants of the
building could be warned, the flames
had been carried to the roof, had eat
en through it and were leaping high
In the air. As the fire ran through
the building patients sprang from
their beds and before they could be
prevented several had lumped from
the windows to the pavement The
nre department was on the scene In
a few minutes and as the windows
were filled with people shrieking for
help, the firemen devoted their first
efforts to save lives and allowed the
fire to burn. While this was the
means of saving a large number of
neople, who were carried down Ud
ders by the firemen, it gave the fire
such headway that there was almost
no chance for those on the upper floors
or the building to make their escape,
and those who were not suffocated
were killed or badly injured by leap
ing from the windows.
MINES FILL WITH WATER.
Comptnlet Cannot Keep Men to Operate the
' Pumps.
Haxleton, Pa., June 12. Superin
tendent Kudllck. of Coxe Brothers,
waa attacked by women on the
streets of Freeland today, but was not
injured. 1
About 800 strikers gathered today
t Ebervale, and about 1000 at.Jeddo,
to Intercept traction oars carrvlng
non-union men to North Side collier
les. Sheriff Jacobs was notified last
night of the strikers' intention, and
accompanied by eight special officers,
went to Freeland to prevent any dem
onstration. District Secretary Galla
gher preceded Sheriff Jacobs and per
suaded the men to return to their
homes.
Unable to secure firemen and Dump
runners, J. 8. Wents ft Co. will per
mit the Haxlebrook colliery to be
flooded. Cote's Stockton colliery is re
ported by the mine workers as filling
with water, owing to the depleted
force of firemen and pumpmen.
Paying Honolulu Fire Claims.
Washington, June 12. The Senate
committee on Pacific Islands and For
to Rico has authorized a favorable re
port on the bill allowing pay for the
destruction of property In Hawaii on
the order of President McKinley on
account of the prevalence of the
plague In 1899 and 1900. The commit
tee decided to recommend that an
amendment shall be made to the gen
eral deficiency appropriation bill pro
viding for tbe payment by this gov
ernment of $1,000,000 and authorizing
the Territory of Hawaii to issue
bonds for the payment of the remain
der of the claims,
Boers Will Be Loyal.
Aliwal North, Cape Colony, June 12
Commandant Fonche, ' supervising
the surrender of various Boer com man
does, said the Boers had been good citi
tens in their own country, and they
would be equally good citizens under
the British government.
Nomination Confirmed.
Washington, June 12. Tbe appoint
ment of J. F. Jewell, of Illinois, to be
Consul at Martinique, waa confirmed
oy tna senate.
At titration at Chicago.
Chicago. June 12. Alarmed by the
disturbances that marked the strike
of the packing house teamsters last
week, employers have started a move
ment for the prevention ot strikes in
the shape of an arbitration board. It
la proposed thtt all difficulties that
cannot be settled by .the men directly
with their employer shall be sub
mitted to an advisory body, composed
of representatives of the Employers
Association and the union affiliated
with the National Teamster' Union
for arbitration.
; NEWS OF THE STATE
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL
PARTS OF OREGON.
Commercial and Financial Happening! of Im
portance A Brief Review of the Growth
and Improvements of the Many Industrie!
Throughout Our Thriving Commonwealth
Latest Market Report.
A street carnival will probably be
held in Eugene this year.
The Woodmen of the World will
erect a hall at Dusty, Benton county.
A lodge of United Artisans with a
membership of 18 has been organized
at Fall Creek.
A two story brick building to cost
$15,000 will bo erected at Roseburg for
the Douglas County Bank,
The prospects are that the fruit crop
of Josephine county will be heavy and
of exceptionally good quality.
Lower Columbia river cannerymen
have raised the price of finh weighing
over 25 pounds one cent a pound.
Farmers of the Waldo hills have
pooled their wool, feeling confident
that they will be able to secure better
prices theieby.
A company has been formed that will
absorb the La Grande sugar factory and
two in Utah and hereafter the three
will be run as one concern.
The Snow Creek group, consisting of
four claims, in the Greenhorn mining
district. Eastern Oregon, has been sold
to New York capitaTists for $65,000.
The cultivation of corn as a crop is
becoming more general in the Wil
lamette valley as diversified farming is
extended. There is a much larger
acreage this year than ever before.
Two special features of the 1902 state
fair will be the livestock department
and eVmnty exhibits, the present indi
cations pointing to . increased competi
tion and more creditable displays in
both departments.
The final reports of the committee of
awards for the Charleston exposition
give Oregon and Oregon exhibitors a
larger percentage of medals than to any
other state. Two hundred and fifty
three medals and diplomas were se
cured. The run of fish in the Lower Colum
bia is still improving.
Oregon grand lodge A. O. U. 'W. will
meet in Portland June 10.
Richard Cheadle, an Oregon pioneer
of 1848, died at his home near Leba
non, aged 72 years.
Commencement exeicises which will
last a week are in progress at Wil
lamette University, Salem.
Ash by Peacce, a prominent pioneer
of Albany, is dead. He was boru in
1841 and came to Oregon in 1847.
By 'authority of the secretary of the
interior an institute will be held at tht
coast institute, Newport, for the benefie
of teachers of the Indians.
N The old opera house at Weston has
been purchased and is being remodeled
by the Odd Fellows. Woodmen of the
orld and Knights of Pythias.
Tbe Nehalem Logging company has
been organized in Astoria with a cap
ital of $ 10,000. The object of the com
pany is to engage in logging on the
claims owned by the members in the
Nehalem valley.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Walla Walla, 6565c;
bluestem, 06&67c; valley, 66)c.
Barley Feed, $2222.50; brewing,
$23 per ton.
Oats No.l white, $1.201.30;gray,
$1.1501.26.
Flour Best grades, $2.853.40 per
barrel; graham, $2.602.80.
Millstuffs Bran, $1516 per ton;
middlings, $1920; shorts, $17(318;
chop, $16.
Hay Timothy, $1215; clover,
$7.50(310; Oregon wild hay, $56 per
ton. '
Potatoes Best Burbanks, 11.15
percental; ordinary, 6076c cental;
growers prices; sweets. $2.252.50
per cental ; new potatoes, 2c.
Butter Creamery, 1818)c; dairy,
1416c; store, I315c.
Eggs 1 7 1 8c for Oregon .
Cbeese Fall cream, twins, 12
13c;YoungAmerica, 13K14)6c; fac
tory prices, 1(3 lc less.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, $4.60
5.60; hens, $5.00(38.00 per dozen,
11(311,0 per pound; springs, 11(3
llXe per pound, $2.505.00 per doz
en; ducks, $4. 50(35. 00 per dozen; tur
keys, live, 13(3 14c, dressed, 15(3 16c per
pound; geese, $6.00(37.00 per dozen.
Mutton Gross, 4)6c per pound;
sheared, ie; dressed, 7c per pound.
Hogs Gross, 6c; dressed, 74(38c
per pound.
Veal 8 8c for small; 6X7c for
large.
Beef Gross, cows, 4f! steers.
6J-4C; dressed, 88c per pound.
Hops 2Xb cents per pound.
Wool Valley, 12(314; Eastern Ore
gon, 8(J12c; mohair, 25c per pound.
A healthy person breathes about 20
iimes a minute.
The average duration of life in towns
is 33 years; in the country, 55 years.
The sun's flames spiing at times to a
distance of 35,000 miles from its sur
face.
Seed potatoes can be prevented
sprouting by being smoked with
phur.
from
rul-
A locomotive going at express speed
give l,5bu puns per mile.
More than 10 per cent of articles
stolen are the property of ladies.
"KentlaK" is the term applied to
p'gi of iron laid on tbe floor of a ship as
ballast
Five hundred and forty pounds of
blood paee through the heart within
a sing! hour.
A New York state labor bulletin
shows a marked decrease in idleness of
building trade.
A LACK OF SYSTEM.
Supplici Sent by the Dixie were Not Die.
tributtd With Dispatch.
Washington, June 11. Professor
Robert T. Hill, of the geological sur
vey, who was one of the scientists on
the expedition of investigation sent out
by this government following the Mar
tinique disaster, arrived in this city
today from New York. Professor Hill
says:
"The Dixie expedition was a great
success. It was organized in less than
four days with a complete equipment.
The endeavor which the United States
made to relieve the distress, and the
large representation of naval vessels
and newspapermen has made a deep
impression on the people of the island,
to whom we were a constant marvel
and eource of astonishment. The
negroes of Mai tlnique were laboring
under a misapprehension that Ameri
can "buerprise was going to rebuild St.
Pierre, and when told that it was on
French territory, they could not under
stand why a little matter of interna
tional complication should be permit
ted to interfere in the work.
"Too much cannot be said of the en
terprise and labor of United States
Consul Ayme, who rushed to the scene
of action from his station at Guadeloupe
with hardly a stitch of clothing or a
cent in his pocket, and intelligently
did everything in his power to assist
the people of the island and the
American relief party. It is feared
that his health, which was already pre
carious, is seriously shattered by hie
labors.
"The only criticisms that could be
made concerning the outcome of the ex
pedition would be concerning the man
ner in which the reliei was distributed
on the island. Notwithstanding the
reports to the contrary, there was much
distress on Martinique, and had our
supplies been distributed with the same
generosity by the local officers as that
with which they were given, much
more good would have been done, the
governor and many of the prominent
island officials having been killed in
the disaster. The slowness of the
relief was no doubt due to the disor
ganized condition of affaiis."
TO SETTLE 8TRIKE.
Public Opinion Demand! Arbitration of Port
land Labor Troubles.
Portland, June 11. The public call
for an arbitration of the difficulties be
tween the planing mill owners and their
employes is the general topic of conver
sation among those interested in the
strike situation, and the general senti
ment expressed was that the welfare of
the community demands that such a
course should be pursued. The em
ployers declare that they have nothing
to arbitrate, and that the question in
volved is as to whether they shall be
permitted to run their own businesi or
whether they must be dictated to by
the union. The sentiment expressed
by many of the prominent men of the
city, is to the effect that the loss in
curred by any concession that might be
made to the union would be insignifi
cant when compared to that incurred
by any continuance of the strike, and
that so long as the union people are
disposed to stand by the decision of an
unbiased committee, the employers
should be willing p terminate the
trouble in this way. The Bentiment
is not undivided, however, and there
are many who think the question of
union standing and union power is the
one involved, and that it should be
fought out and decided now. They
say that the trouble is between the
planing mill men and the union, and
should be left to them for settlement ;
that if the employers say they have
nothing to arbitrate, they are running
their own business, and should be al
lowed to take any stand they see fit;
that if the employes do not like their
terms, they should quit, but that men
who wish to work at these terms should
be allowed to do so, and that the union
should not attempt to force the mill-
owners into subjection.
Liberty Bell Uavei Charleston.
Cliarlfton. S. C. June 11. The
Liberty bell left here today for Phila
delphia on a special truck attached to
a passenger train and accompanied uy
an escort of a committee of councilors
of Philadelphia.
Caught in s Squall.
Boston. June 11. The Harbor
Master's office and tbe police stations
along the water front were besieged
today by anxious men and women,
making Inquiries for friends who
went out in small boats yesterday and
had not returned when a heavy squall
swept over the harbor between 7 and
8 o'clock last night More than 20
persons are missing. The squall came
up very quickly and wa unusually
strong, and it is feared that small
boats, heavily laden, could not have
survived.
War I Colombia,
Colon. Colombia. June 11. All the
government troops who were stationed
here, numbering over i,zuu men, left
for Panama today. , At Panama they
will join forces with the government
tn-mna at that nnrf who number several
thousand, and the combined army will
start immediately to attack Uie insur
gents by land and sea. Some of the
troop embarked at Panama today.
Previous to going on board the soldier
were addressed by General Berti.
Killed Two Highwaymen.
Des Moine. Ia., June 11. It 1
reported from Talmage. 40 mile
southeast of this place, that two un
identified men, alleged to be high
waymen, were shot and Instantly kill
ed by Claude Brlstow, of Cawker City.
Kan..who was hunting. Brlstow al
lege the men sprang upon him from
behind a clump of bushes, attacking
him with clubs. He drew revolver,
shooting one man through the head
and the other through tbe lungs. He
says both were armed. Brlstow et-
j hi bit a wound on th back of his bead.
I caused by m waymen.
CONVICTS ESCAPE
SHOOT THREE OREGON PENI
TENTIARY GUARDS.
A Uf Prisoner Intervenes and Is Shot In the
Leg Both Men Are Desperate Criminals
-They Art Well Armed With Rifle! and
Revolver! and ftave Plenty of Ainauai.
tlon Urge Poise In Pursuit
Salem, June 10. Harry Trcy
and David Merrill, convicts, escaped
from the Penitentiary at 7 o'efftek
yesterday morning and made their
way to liberty, leaving murdered be
hind them Guards F. B. Ferrell, S. R,
T. Jones and B. F. Tiffany, while
Frank Lnghram, a convict, who tried
to bar their road, waa shot In the
knee which was so badly shattered
as to require amputation. He is now
resting easily, and strong hopes are
entertained for his recovery. Clad in
their prison garb, well armed and pro
vided with ammunition, the men are
now lurking In the woods not far
from town, and, although hundreds of
citizens have recruited the posses that
are searching for them, they have
thus far eluded pursuit.
The convicts, who are professional
criminals of the most dangerous type,
had secured rifles and revolvers Sat
urday or Sunday, probably from some
confederate previously released from
the Penitentiary who had smuggled
the weapons in. The men working in
the stove foundry, among whom were
Tracy and Merrill, had Just been
marched in from the chapel and were
about to report to work to Ferrell,
when Frank Girard, another guard,
heard a rifle shot, and, looking quick
ly in the direction from which It
came, saw Ferrell dead and the two
thugs, both armed with new rifles,
approaching him. Girard, like all
shop guards, was unarmed, and he In
stantly took to flight, running for his
life down the center aisle of the build
ing, while his pursuers gained on
him at every Btep. Suddenly Frank
lnghram, a life prisoner from Linn
county, seeing the peril in which the
guard was placed, stepped out and
endeavored to stop the highwaymen.
Tracy stopped long enough to Are a
shot at him.
Before reaching the yard Tracy and
Merrill again brought their murder
ous rifles into play. First they rid
dled the extreme southwest and
northwest guard posts, but fortunately
did not kill a man. Then, with a
single shot at a distance of 150 yards,
one of them brought down Jones, who
was on the wall in charge of the north
post. As the guard fell dead they
turned and took several shots at Tif
fany and Ross, guards on the north
wall.
Then, believing that they had suffi
ciently cowed their keepers, they
coolly proceeded to take a ladder from
one of. the shop buildings, placed it
against the east wall and mounted It
while bullets from guards on more re
mote parts of the wall flew thick
about their heads. Tiffany, who had
not lost his nerve at any time during
the fusillade, sent shots repeatedly
after them, but none of them hit Its
mark, and the escaping men In an
other InBtant had Jumped from the
wall and disappeared. '
Running along to the spot where
the men had crossed, Tiffany and Ross
leaped after them and followed them
around an angle in the wall, where
they met them face to face. Instant
ly the guards were covered and com
manded to give up their rifles and
cartradges. With the memory of the
murder that bad already been done
fresh In their minds, the guards com
plied and threw their guns and am
munition on the ground. They were
then ordered to stand forth and were
marched ahead of the convicts for 100
yards, when a guard from one of the
posts flred at the fugitives. They in
stantly returned the Are, and Tiffany
whom one of them had selected for a
target, fell dead with a bullet through
his right breast. Ross immediately
dropped, and his presence of mind
saved his life, for the men, believing
that he, too, had been killed, paid no
further attention to the shots behind
them and ran for cover.
Cuban Minister Coming.
New York, June 11. Gonzalo
Quesada, Cuban Minister to Wash
ington, and his family have sailed for
New York, says a Tribune dispatch
from Havana. Mr. Quesada will go
immediately to Washington and open
the legation at the Hotel Raleigh un
til he secures a house. He Is the
bearer ot the good wishes of Presi
dent Palma to President Roosevelt.
To Favor American Ships.
Washington, June 11. Senator
Perkins today introduced a bill dir
ecting the Secretary of War to favor
American built ships in transporting
supplies for the Government to the
Philippines.
CoIHiloa In Colorado.
Denver, Col., June 11. Four men.
members of the train crew, were In
jured today, none fatally, however, In
a headon collision on the South Park
branch of the Colorado and Southern
Railroad, two mile north of Valverde,
between the Ashecmen's train return
ing from Platte Canyon, and the west
bound passenger train. Railway offi
cial attribute the collision to the
failure of Engineer Latham to follow
order.
Bitterness Between Boers.
Bloemfonteln, Orange River
Colony, June 11. A strong contrast
to the feeling between Boer and Bri
ton the bitterness existing between
the burgher, who are Burrendering
under the peace terms, and those
Boer who surrendered during the
campaign. When the Boer leader
came to Bloemfonteln, previous to the
conclusion of pace, they curtly re
fused to shake hand with those who
had previously surrendered. The
general belief 1 that relations be
tween those two classes of Boer will
b ombfttered for a long time.
SEA DREDGE FOR BAR,
Columbia River Likely to Have One at Once
Funds On Hand to be Used.
Washington, June 10. As soon as
the rivei and harbor bill has been
signed by the president, the chief of
engineers will appoint a board of en
gineers, in accordance with the pro
visions of the bill agreed to by the con
ference committee, to visit the Colum
bia river and make an examination and
estimate to determine whether a canal
for overcoming the obstructions, be'
tween The Dalles and Celilo can be
built for less than tbe estimate made
by Captain Harts two years ago, ap
proximately $4,000,000. The first
action taken under the new bill will bo
the appointment of special boards. If
this board shall report the Harts eeti
mate a reasonable and saf one, and
that the work cannot be done for any
considerably less amount, the chief of
engineers intends to authorize the com
mencement of work without further
delay. While there is nothing addi
tional in the department on whichsto
base an opinion, engineer officials here
incline to the opinion that Captain
Harts will be sustained by the board
Work at the mouth of the Columbia
river will be taken up as soon as the
local engineers submit projects, upon
which contracts are to be invited. The
preliminary work dene under the last
appropriation has placed the jetty and
approaches in snch condition that the
work of extension can be carried on
without delay. In this connection the
chief of engineers is considering the
advisability of taking a part of the
funds on hand for the month of th
river for.building or purchasing a sea
dredge for maintaining a deep channel
across the bar until the jetty is com
puted. He is of the opinion that he
already lias authority to make this ex
penditure, and has informed Mr.
Tongue that he is very favorably im
pressed with the proposition, realizing
the necessity for immediate relief.
Other works will be taken np as soon
as plans can be prepared.
TIE-UP IN WESf VIRGINIA.
More Miner! Obeyed the Strike Order Than
wai Anticipated,
Wheeling, W. Va., June 10. The
strike ordered by the United Minework
ers of America, to take effect in West
Viiginia today, was much more om
plete in some districts than expected
and less effective in others. The in
complete reports are conflicting, but on
the whole several thousand more men
went out than was anticipated. The
strike affects not only the industries ol
this state, but also the railways and
river navigation. All of the local coal
railroads suffer. Among the trunk
lines, tbe Norfolk & Western suffered
most today, but very many miners were
also idle along the Baltimore & Ohio
and the Chesapeake & Ohio.
As a rule the miners quit work with
out much demonstration, but in some
places they were marching with bands.
It was ascertained that the operators
in some places hud secured nuinv
armed guards in anticipation of a pro
tracted struggle, if not of violence. In
a few places the striking miners were
served with notices to vacate the boose
belonging to the coal companies.
While the strike in this state is gen
erally regarded as sympathetic with
that of Pennsylvania, there is a general
impression that the bituminous coal
interests of other states have bad their
influence in bringing on a crisis in
West Virginia. There is a strong or
ganization of miners in this state inde
pendent of the United Mineworkers of
Ameria, and the members of the state
union have continued when the United
Mineworkers have ordered strikes in
bordering states and in Indiana, Illi
nois and other states.
RIVERS ARE SUBSIDING.
Wont of the Flood In Kansas ii Over Loss
will be s Million or More.
Emporia, Kan., June 10. Both the
Neosho and Cottonwood rivers are sub
siding. The former estimated loss of
$1,000,000 is still adhered to, and St is
now believed that it may even go
above this. The Neosho has subsided
enough to clear some of the fields, but
all over the flooded country a eedi
ment was left that will, It is believed,
kill all crops, including alfalfa. The
Santa Fe today ran trains over the
main lines. The Cottonwood river,
which was at its height last night, has
fallen three feet. The farmers along
the Cottonwood are in as bad a Btate as
those on the Neosho. The crops are
totally lost and many hundred cords of
wood piled in the timber have been
carried away.
King of Saxony Dying.
Berlin, June 10. The king of Sax
ony a condition is evidently worse than
Official bulletin indicate. Private dis
patches from Sibylienort represent his
majesty's condition as well nigh hope
less. Tbe Saxeny ministry assembled
in permanence this morning te await
tbe end.
Mrs Venderbllt'i 01ft
. New York, June 10. In memoiy of
her late hosband, Mrs. Cornelius Tra
der bi It has arranged to present to St.
Iartholomew's Protestant Episcopal
church new front and four broaie
doors. It was the original intention
of Mrs. Vanderbilt to give only th
doors, bnt she de ided a better effect
conld be obtained by remodeling th
entir front of the edifice. Th i ap
provement will cost $200,000.
Troops Sail for Home.
Cape Town, June 10. The Britii-h
troopship Bavarian sailed from this
port with 1,400 troops who bad been
ordered home to take part in the coron
ation ceremonies.
Krugcr Decline! England's Offer,
Amsterdam, Jnne 10. It is reported
here that Mr. Kruger has declined the
facilities offered by Great Britain for
bis return to South Africa, bnt has ac
cepted Queen Wilhelniina's prt ffer of
Dutch vessel to convey him to' fouth
Africa wbon b decide to return there
BURIED BY LAVA
CITY IN GUATEMALA IS DES
TROYED BY A VOLCANO.
Eruption of Mount Tacona Ruins Town ol
Retabulen At Leait One Thousand Per
sons Perished Volcanoes Had Been Rest
less Since Great Earthquase of April 1$
Many of the Inhabitants Fled.
San Francisco, June 9. Another
city in Central America has suffered
almost complete destruction, and hun
dreds of its inhabitants have been
killed by volcanic eruptions.
The steamer Palona, which arrived
today from southern ports, brings the
news that the town of Retabulen, situ
ated St s the foot of Mount Tnmna in
Guatemsla, has been buried under a
mass ot lava stones and ashes thrown
from the volcanic crater and probably
1,000 tf its people have perirfhe-l. The
volcano is about 26 miles from Cham
panico and near the town of Tapachulo,
which it is believed also suffered se
verely. The eruption occurred several days
before the Palena arrived at Cham pan
ico. The vessel's officers were informed
by the aaent of the Pacific Sfnnm vi.
gation Company at that place that the
voicano nad snown signs of the im
pending eruption for several days pre
vious to the outbreak. In fart, fnnnt
Tacona had been restless ever since the
great earthntiakn nf A nril 1 ft nrhinh
destroyed the city of Quezaltenango.
ror weens a oiacK pan ol smoke hung
Over its summit, and tli olara from
the crater frequently illuminated the
sky. Many of the inhabitants of Reta
bulen fled from their homes to nlnnAM
of safety, and these escaped frightful
u emus.
When the ertintion at lnnt. hrnla
forth in its full furv. showers nf lava
ashes and stones were ejected, and cov
ered the country for miles around. The
bay of Uhampanico was a mass of float
ing pumice and amies.
No details
officers of the Palena, but the loss of
1 t . . .
ue was estimated at not leiis than
1,000.
The same steamer hrnntrht. a ltt..r t
Balfour. Guthrie fin . fmm thAi
anent in Guatemala,, confirming the
report of the eruption. He also stated
mat since uie earthquake of April 18
shocks had been of almost daily occur
rence. A few days before the Palona
sailed a small vilhitrn nnai- Afnunt. To.
cona was destroyed, but no details
could be obtained.
The volcano of Santo. Marin in aUn
stated to have been in a state of erup
tion. CLOUDBURST AND FLOOD.
Foot of Water Falls In Nebraska in Three
Houn Great Damage Done.
Beatrice. Neb.. June 0 k rlm,H.
burst struck the town of Cortln
the Union Pacific, early this morning,
doing much damage. A foot of water
.en in inree hours. in Cortland,
frinceton and Pick rell. hnHprnuntu rf
dwellings and stores were flooded, doing
great damage. Crops in a great many
places were completely washed away. '
II L
sinau Bireains Dccame raging torrents,
and persons ou low lands were com
pelled to remove to places of safety.
ine water ran over the union Pacific
tracks between Pickrell and Cnrtlnnd
to a "depth of two feet in some places,
and watdied out a number of bridges
and culverts. Several trains were held
waiting while large gangs of men
worsen on the tracks and telegraph and
telephone lines.
The Hood caused hv thn fWUnd
cloudburst reached this city during
tne torenoon and has practically cut
off the city from outside communica
tion by railway. All the bottom lands
and residences along the creek are un-
uei water, mere are eight feet of
water in the Union Pacific roundhouse.
and a quarter of a mile of track is re
ported washed out between this city
and Cortland. Nearly all of the Union
racinc iraciss between this city and
Pickrell are under water, and trains
are unable to proceed either way. The
main line ot the Burlington is badly
washed out, and trains had to bo sent
through this citv todav. A Tlnlnn Pa.
ciflc passenger train is" laid up at Pick
rell, unable to move either way. Fam
ines in tne low lands of this city were
warned several hours before the flood
reached here, and were able to get to
places of safety, but did not have time
to remove their belongings. It is
feared there has been loss of life. The
water in Indian creek is still rising.
Much livestock was carried away by the
flood.
Adjournment ot Congress.
' Washington, June 9. Chairman
Payne, of the ways and means commit- '
tee, says that he docs not at present
contemplate introducing a resolution
for the adjournment of congress, as no
definite plan would be formed on the
prospects for adjournment until the
senate has determined its course on
the Nicaragua canal and Cuban bills.
At the same time, he believes that the
business of congress will be shaped so
as to permit of adjournment about
Julyl.
Will Sign Public Buildings Bill.
Washington, June 9. At the cabinet
meeting the omnibus public buildings
bill was discussed, and it was decided
that it should be signed. The cahinpt
also went at length into certain matters
connected with Cuban reciprocity meas
ures, but no decision was reached. In.
asmuch as it appeared that Judge Taft
had presented the instructions of the
secretary of war to Cardinal Rampolla,
Secretary Root will send these instruc
tions to the Philippine commission.
May Abandon Mar Island.
Washington, June 7. Senator Hale
has introduced an amendment to the
naval appropriation bill providing for
tbe appointment of a rommixnion to
select a site tor new navy yard in the
vicinity of the preser.t nsvy vard at
Mare Iflsnd, CaL, with the object of
' transferring tbe Mare Iland yard to
the proposed new yard. The a mend -j
ment sets forth as a reann for the
change tbe remotenes of tbe Mar
Island yard from the coast and the im
possibility of reaching it with Urge
veeael.