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VOL. XIV,
HOOD RIVEE, OREGON, FKIDAY, JANUARY 23, 1903.
li NO. 36.
H OD RIVER GLACIER
Published Every Friday by
8. K. Ill, V Til K, Foblishcr.
1 erms of subscription 11.50 4 year when paid
In ndvauce.
TUB MAILS.
The mall arrives from Mt. Hood at 10 o'clock
a. m. Wednesdays aud Saturdays; departs the
tame days at noun.
For Chenoweth, leaves at ! a. m. Tuesdays,
Tlmisdnrsaiiil Saturdays: arrives at 6 p. m.
for White Salmon (Wash.) leave daily at 6:43
a. Di.: arrive at 7:16 p. m. - '
husi White Hal mini leaves (or Ftilda, Gilmer,
Tiout Lake ami (ilenwood daily at II A. M.
ForBiniieu (W ash.) leaves at 6:45 p. m.j ar
rives at a p. ui.
80CIKTIE9.
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AK GROVE COUNCIL, No. 112, ORDER OF
PUN DO Meets tr.e Second and Fourth
Fridays of the month. Visitors cordially wel
comed. C. U. 1a kin, Counsellor.
ilK8. Henry McGuirr, Secretary.
ORDER OF WASHINGTON. Hood River
tniun No. 1(2, meets in Odd Fellows' hall
second and fourth Saturdays in ench month,
7:30 o'clock. ('. I., com,, President.
Dr. li. I,. Ddiuhle, Secretary.
AI'RKL RF.HEKAH DEGREE LODGE, No
1 t7, 1. 0. O. F. Meets first and third Mon
eys in each month.
Mrs. W. 0. Ash, K. G.
Miss Ota Walker, Secretary.
C1ANBY TOST, No. 18, G. A. R. Meets at A.
I O. L'. W. Hall second and fourth Saturdays
of each mouth at 2 o'clock p. m. All G. A. K.
members invited to meet with us.
J. W. Kiuuy, Commander.
C. 3. IUyes, Adtutant.
(1ANBY W. R. C No. 16 - Meets lirstHiUur
j cay of each month in A. O. U. VV. ball at i
p. m. Sins. B. F.Hhoemakkr, president.
Mrs. 0. L. Stranahan, Secretary.
HOOD RIVER LODGE No. 106, A. F. and A
M. Meets Saturday evening on or before
ea b full moon. Wh. M. Yates, W. M.
C. D. Thompson, Secretary.
HOOD RIVER CHAPTER, No. 27. R. A. M
Meets third Friday night of each month.
K. L. SMITH, 11. P,
A. N. Rahm, Secretary.
HOOD RIVER CHAPTER, No. 25, O. B. 6.
Meets second and fourth Tuesday even
lugs oi each month. Visitors coidiaily wel
comed. Mrs. Mollie C. Cole, W. M,
Mrs. Maxy B. Davidson, Secretary.
0LETA ASSEMBLY No. 103, United Artisans,
Meets Hint and third W ednesdays, work;
accond and fourth Wednesdays social; Arti
sans ball. F. C. Ukosii'S, M. A.
Mh8. li. A. Barnes, Secretary.
WAUCOMA LODGE, No. 80, K. of P.-Meets
In A. O. V. W. hall every Tuesday night.
C. E. Makkham, C. C.
W. A. Firebaugh, K. of R. and S.
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IVERS1DE LODGE, No. 68, A. O. TJ, W.-
Meets first aud third Saturdays of each
month. Fred How, W, M.
E. R. Bra pi.it Y, Financier.
Chester SliriE, Recorder.
IDI.EWII.DK LODGE, No. 107, I. O O. V.
Meets in Fraternal ball every Thursday
night. W. O. Ash, N. G.
J. L. Henderson, Secretary.
1JOOD RIVER TENT, No. 19, K. O. T. M.,
XI meets at A. O. U. VV. hall on tha first and
third Fridays of each month.
Walter Gerkino, Commander.
RIVERSIDE LODGE NO. 40, DEGREE OF
HONOR, A. O. U. W.-Meets first and
third Saturdays at 8 P. M.
Mrs. E. R. Bradley, C. ot H.
Mrs. H. J. Frederick, Recorder.
H
OOD RIVER CAMP, No. 7,702, M. W. A..
meets in oaa f ellows' nan me nrst ana
third W ednesdays of each month.
K. L. Davidson, V. C.
. R. Bradley. Clerk.
.y B. I'RESBY,
Attorney-at-Law and U. S. Commissioner.
Uoldendale, Wash.
Makes a specialty of land office work. Final
proofs In timber aud homestead entries made
before him.
TJR. J. W. VOGEL.
OCULIST.
Will make regular monthly visits to Hood
River. Residence 303 Sixteenth Street,
Portland, Oregon.
Q II. JENKINS, D. M. D.
v ' DENTIST.
Specialist on Crown and Bridge Work.
Telephones: Office, 281; residence, 94.
Office In Langille bid. Hood River, Oregon.
yjR. E. T. CARN3,
Dentist.
Gold crowns and bridge work and all kinds of
Up-to-Data Dentistry.
HOOD RIVER OREGON
JJ L.DUMBLE,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Successor to Dr. M. F. Bhaw.
Calls promptly answered In town or country,
Dav or Night.
Telephones: Residence, 81; Office, 83.
Office over Everhart's Grocery.
J F. WATT, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon.
Telephones: Office, 281; residence, 283,
BURGEON O. R. AN. CO.
JOHN LELAND HENDERSON
ATTORNEY-ATLAW. ABSTRACTER, NO
TARY PUBLIC and REAL,
ESTAT.lt AGENT.
For 23 years a resident of Oregon and Wash
ington. Has had many years experience in
lteal Estate mailers, as abstractor, searcher o!
titles and at;euk Satisfaction guaranteed or
Do charge.
pREDERICK A ARNOLD
CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS.
Ketiir.RU'i furnished for all kinds of
work. Repairing a specialty. All kinds
of shop work. Shop on State Street,
between First aud Second.
A.JAYNE.
LAVYER.
Abstracts Furnished. Money Loaned.
Hood River, Oregon.
p C. BR0S1US, M. D.
" THYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
'Phone Central, or 121.
Office Hoars: 10 to U A. M. ; J to 3
and 6 to 7 P. M.
gUTLKR A CO.,
BANKERS.
Do general bankinj business.
GOOD RIVER, OREGON.
IN -THE LEGISLATURES.
Oregon and Washington Solon Begin to
Ballot for Senator.
At Olympla.
s ' A summary of the first ballot taken
by the Washington legislature in sep
arate session, Jan. 20, for United
States senator, is as follows: Ankeny,
j 48 j Preston, 41; Wilson, 12; Turner,
23; scattering, 12.
At Salem, j
The first ballot for United States
senator was taken in the Oregon legis
lature Tuesady, January 20, separately
in each branch and the result was:
Fulton, 28; Geer, 20; Wood, 18; acat
.toring, 21; absent, 3; total, 90. .
I The Lewis and Clark appropriation
fair bill passed the house with only five
opposing votes. It calls for $ 500,000,
! The senate passed the Portland char
ter bill anil it now will be engrossed
and sent to the governor. .
Bid ARMY OF UNEMPLOYED.
Distress Prevailing In London Is Almost
Unprecedented.
New York., Jan. 22. There can no
longer be any question is to the extent
and gravity of the distress now prevail
ing in London, sp.ys the Tribune's cor
respondent in London. Many thous
ands of men in excess of the usual aver
age are out of employment this winter,
and the work houses cannot accommo
date all the people demanding shelter.
Things have reached a serious pass in
the east end of the metropolis, while
the tide of alien immigration is steadily
rising higher and higher.
A serious state of affairs exists also
in other parts of Great Britain. An
endle.-s stream of country-bred folk. is
pouring into the overcrowded cities,
while Canadian farmers organize expe
ditions to search the old country for
much needed labcr and offer good wages
for efficient men without satisfactory
results.
Official statistics show that the Brit
ish emigrant does not geneially elect to
make his home in the British colonies.
Of 2Q5.910 emigrants from this country
last year, 108,501 went to the United
States. This condition of things in
duced one newspaper to declare that the
future of the British race is imperiled
by the drafts made upon it from Amer
ica and that the greatest and most ben
eficent work a British statesman could
perform for the welfare of the nation
would be the inauguiation of some
scheme for redistributing the British
people in the British empire.
. Seldom has legislation met more im
mediate success than the new licensing
act. For once the law would seem . to
have got even with the great army of
topers. Touched in their tenderest
spot, these interesting individuals are
forswearing drink with an klacrity
which seems to show conclusively that
there is alter all some virtue in what
was once contemptuously called by a
great s'ateeman "grandmotherly legis
lation." CHINA ANSWERS THE POWERS.
Says She Is Absolutely Unable to Pay In
demnity In Gold.
Pekin, Jan. 22. China's reply to
the note signed by all the ministers of
the powers here, with the exception
of Minister Conger, announcing that
the failure of the Chinese government
to fulfill its obligations in refusing to
pay the indemnity on a gold basis
would entail grave consequences, was
received today, it declares that China
would accede to the demand if she were
able to do so, but that it is impossible
to make the paymetns demanded.
The Chinese note quotes the mes
sages of the viceroys detailing the im
poverished state of the. country. It
asks the ministers to suggest plane for
relief and renews the request that the
customs tariff be placed on a gold basis,
suggesting that the average rate of ex
change each month be made the pay
ment rate for the following month.
The ministers are awaiting instruc
tions from their governments.
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Hlghwayman Robs Ticket Office. .
Reno, Nev., Jan. 22. At 10:30 this
morning a highwayman e .tered the
Southern Pacific ticket office and held
up the agent at the point of revolver,
securing all the cash in the money
drawer. The ticket agent had just
cashed a warrant, and leaving the cash
drawer on top of the safe turned and
gat down at bis desk. Hearing money
rattle he looked up and saw a masked
man standing at the safe emptying the
contents of the drawer into his pockets
with one hand and covering bin) with
a revolver with the other.
Death Rate Declining.
City of Mexico, Jan. 22. The official
bulletin from Mazatlan covering the 24
hours ending at 6 P. M. gives the num
ber of deaths from the plague as two in
the city and three in the hospital.
There were eight new case during the
period, and seven patients were report
ed to be in a dying condition. The
stream of emigrants from the stricken
city continues and every' one who has
the means and can get permission from
the health authorities is leaving.
5 moot Is Chosen In Utah.
Salt Lake City, Utah, Jan. 22. Reed
Smoot was this afternoon elected United
States senator from Utah to succeed
Senator Rawlins, Dem. The 'vote in
separate eesio'ns was as follows:
Senate Smoot, 10; Governor Wells,
2; Rawlins, Dem., 6. House Smoot,
36; Wells, 4; Rawlins, 4. Mr.
Smoot't election will be ratified tomor
row at joint session of the legislature.
NEWS OF OREGON
ITFMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS
OP THE STATE.
Oregon Has Fine Limestone Big Rabbit
Drive Many New Industries Coming
to Oregon TnU Year Improvements
In Land Office Medical Association
Meeta In La Orande.
The teachers of Clackamas county
will hold an institute at New Era Sat
urday, January 31, at 10:30 o'clock.
A meetine of the fruitgrowers of
Douglas county will be held at the court
house In Roseburg on Saturday, Janu
ary 24, at 1 o'clock P. M., for the pur
pore of establishing packing bouse and
fruit growers' association.
Joseph Davenport died at his home
near Silverton last Sunday. He was
aged 79 years and came to this county
recently from Pendleton, where he re
sided for about 20 years. He is sur
vived by a wife and five children.
The United States land office at Rose
burg has been changed from the Abra
ham building to the new Douglas coin
ty bank building. The new rooms are
located on the ground Boor in the east
half of the building, and are four in
number. Roseburg can now boast of
one of the finest arranged land offices
on the coast, as these rooms were efpec
tally designed for the use of the land
office.
One of the largest rabbit drives held
in Eastern Oregon took place several
miles webt of Echo last week, and as a
result the rabbit population has been
decreased by nearly ,000.
The Andrews Saw manufacturing
company will remove its plant from
Williamsport, Pa., to Portland, provid
ed stock to the amount of $50,000 be
taken in that city. A good start has
been made in this direction, several
subscriptions having been .handed in
already.
The Eastern Oregon medical associa
tion held a session in La Grande in the
parlors of the Commercial club. The
attend mce was small on account of
sickness in so many sections, but was
representative and energetic and some
good papers were listened to and dis
cussed. After voting thanks to the
profession of La Grande for entertain
ment, the association adjourned to meet
in The Dalles July 16, 1903.
The committee from the Benton
county court, met with the Linn county
committee and spent two hours discuss
ing the bridge qceation. The meeting
was not official and definite action could
not be taken, yet each committee wa
empowered to express the views of the
body which it represented. The con
census of opinion was that all public
highways should be free of any, toll, as
far as possible removing every barrier
to traffic. - ,
The Oregon & California Marble com
pany, which owns extensive marble
and limestone deposits in Josephine
county, some 12 miles south of Grants
Pass, is meeting with good success in
the working of its properties. The
company is paying particular attention
to the manufacture of lime a new in
dustry for this state. It has already
turned out several hundrtd barrels and
has as many more ready for the kiln.
The lime put on the market has given
as good satisfaction as any of the finer
grades that are shipped here from the
East,.
If present plans materialise several
large industries will be added to Port
lands growing list for 1903. Among
the representatives of many ' big con
cerns lately visiting that place is the
one working in the interests of the H.
O. Cereal Hour manufactory. He has
just left Portland for Fuget Sound and
will study the site question from all
points before making his final report.
He is the Pacific coast agent of this
concern, with headquarters at San
Francisco,, and his people will soon
visit Portland, and then make their
selection.
PORTLAND MARKETS. .
Wheat Walla Walla, 73c; blue
stem, 82c; valley, 7677c.
Barley Feed, $23.50 per ton; brew
ing, 24.
flour Best grade, 3.904.20; grah
am, $3.253.50.
Milletuffl Bran, $18(219 per ton;
middlings, 23 24; shorts, fl920.
chop,. $18.
Oats No. 1 white, $1.15(31.17 ;
gray, $1.12S'1-15 per cental.
Hay Timothy, $1112; clover,
$89; cheat, $9(110 per ton.
Potatoes Best Burbanks, G075c per
sack; ordinary, 4 0(3 50c per cental,
growers' prices; Merced sweets, $2(3
2.25 per cental.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, 10llc;
young, 10c; bens, ll12c; turkeys,
live, 1315c; dressed, 15 '6c; dnckt,
$77.50per down; geose, $78.50.
Cheese Full cream, twins, 16ga
17c; Yonng America, 17j(3184c;
factory prices, llc less.
Botter-Fancy creamery, 30(j32H'c
per pound; extras, 30c; dairy, 20(S
22ic; store, 15(3 18c.
Eggs 22s332 per dozen.
Hops Choice, 25(326 c per pound.
Wool Valley, .WdlSc; Eastern
Oregon, 8(l4)c; mohair, 262Sc. ,
Beef Grots, cows, 3(gS?ic per
pound; steers, 4(i4?4c; dressed, 7?e.
Veal 7J'8Jie.
Mutton G roes, 4c per pound;
dressed, 7'c.
Lambs Grotw, 4c per pound;
drewed, 7J'c.
Hogs Grose, ec per pound;
dreeeed, "37'c.
RIOT IN TROLLEY CAR.
y
Drunken Soldier of "Fighting Sixteenth'
Stab the Conductor.
, New York, Jan. 21. Riotous soldiers
from Fort Slocum created a panic on a
trolley car bound for Mount Vernon and
nearly murdered the conductor, Louis
Ettinger. The soldiers, who are mem
bers of the "Fighting Sixteenth,"
United States infantry, just back from
Luzon, were drinking from flasks and
having a boisterous time, and one of
them made an insulting remark, which
Mr. Mitchell, a passenger, and Daniel
Long, a former niotorinan, resented.
Then half a dozen soldiers sprang on
Long and Mitchell and kicked and
punched them.
In the excitement several of the sol
diers drew revolvers and began firing
through the windows. Women
screamed and iainted, while men ran
to the platform and jumped from the
car. 1'he conductor, jsho was trying to
collect lares, received a knife thrust in
the back and fell to the floor and
Mitchell was thrown bodily through a
car window.
Four policemen boarded the car at
Sixth street. When the soldiers saw
the policemen they leaped off and scat
tered in all directions, but three'of
them were captured. The prisoners
denied they did the stabbing, but after
they had been searched and nothing
was found on them, the police picked
up a blood covered knife from the floor,
where one of them had dropped it.
It is believed that Conductor Ettin
ger is fatally wounded. The prisoners
were held for trial.
WRECK ON GREAT WESTERN.
Engineer Killed and Ten Passengers Ser
iously Hurt.
St. Louis, Jan. 21'. A special to the
Republic from isycamore, 111., says:
In a wrecic near here today on the
Great Western railroad, one person was
killed and isO others were seriously in
jured. Of these, several may not re
cover. St. Charles and Sycamore bostipais
are crowded with the injured tonight.
Many escaped with broken fingers and
bruisep, while others are suffering
merely from the nervous shock.
The Des Moines and Minneapolis
special, running at a high rate of speed,
struck a broken rail just as it was
about to cross a bridge. The speed of
the train carried it across the bridge
on the ties; then the entire train
pitched over a 20 foot embankment, the
cars turning on their sides and being
jumbled in a hopeless mass.
The passengers who were not injured
succeeded in pulling out the other pas
sengers through the car windows, and
as soon as all were taken from the de
bris tbey were carried to a neighboring
farmhouse, where they were cared for
until one of the party walked to Waco
and telegraphed to Sycamore, two miles
away, for help.
TO LAY CABLE TO MANILA.
Pacific Cable Company Preparing to Fin
ish Great Pacific Line.
San Francisco, Jan. 21. The steamer
Ventura arrived today from Australian
ports, via Honolulu. Among the pas
sengers from Honolulu were nine of the
Pacific cable company s staff, including
S. S, Dickenson, whs had charge of the
preliminaries attendant upon the laying
of the cable at the Hawaiian end and
made his headquarters at Honolulu for
more than six months. He is on his
way to his home at Can bo, N. S. Cap
tain Patterson, the chief inspector of
the cable compan) , and his staff, are
also passengers.
They are on their wav to London to
join the cableship Anglia, which will
soon leave the British port with the
long stretch of the cable that is to be
laid between Honolulu and Manila.
The Silvertown will remain at Hono
lulu until about the end of the present
month, when she will sail direct for
London in ballast. She will make her
first call at Coronel for coal.
PLAQUE IN MAZATLAN.
One Hundred and Seven Deaths Recorded
Since New Years.
Mazatlan, Mexico, Jan. 21. There
have been 107 deaths from the plague
since January 1. The deaths on the
15th numbered seven, and many new
cases are reported. The number of
wooden hospitals burned it 106.
A young workman's mother died
from the plague at the family's house.
Some sanitary inspectors entered the
house and took possession of the corpse,
and the young man was cent to the de
partment of observation. Hia wifeand
sister were absent at the time of the
inspectoi's visit, tnd afterwards disap
peared, fearing they would be taken to
the lazaretto. This morning one of the
women was found dead from the plague,
and the other has not been beard of.
The yonug man baa become insane.
Most of the women have left the city,
and hardly any women are seen on the
streets.
Calls on Banks for More Bands.
Washintgon, Jan. 21. Secretary
Shaw has written to the banks that had
substituted state and municipal bonds
as security for public deposits that he
would like to have an extra resubstjta
tion of government bonds. They were
accepted on condition that the banks
should use the bonds as a basis for cir-
cnlation. It is vow expected that the
banks will retire this additional circa
lation and thus release the bonds to be
used again as security for deposits.
To Survey Montana-Idaho Line.
Washintgon, Jan. 21. The treasury
department today transmitted to the
house a supplemental estimate sub
mitted by the interior department of
$50,000 for a survey ot the Montana
Idaho boundary line.
THE LAST TRIBUTE
ENTIRE STATE ATTENDS FUNERAL OF
THOMAS H. TONGUE.
Floral Offerings Completely Covered the
Coffin -Many Societies to Which He
Belonged Took Part In the Last Sad
Rites HUUboro Almost Too Small to
Hold AU Who Attended.
Hillsborb, Jan. 19. Thomas II.
Tongue went to his grave yesterday
with all the honor that his state could
give him. Neraly all Oregon attended
his funeial at Hilleboro, and at the last
impressive services, the preacher said
most fittingly: "It is Oregon that is
mourning today, for it is Oregon that
has lost a son " A committee from
congress, made up of men who repre
sented every part of the nation, was
present, but the funeral ceremony was
Oregon's own tribute to the dead.
Hilleboro was not big enough to hold
in comfort all ' who wanted to attend
Mr. Tongue's obsequies. A special
train from Portland carried down a
multitude, and hundreds poured into
the town from all parts of the state.
Nearly all the state officials were pres
ent, and so was a majotity of the legis
lature. And from others whe could
not attend, came a wealth of floral
offerings that were piled mountain high
over the alter of the little Hilleboro
Methodist church. The coffin was fair
ly buried in flowers, and they, too,
came from all parts of Oregon.
Committees representing the various
societies to which Mr. Tongue belonged,
were at the depot to meet the party,
and they acted as an escort when the
remains were taken to the court house
at Hillbsoro.
At the couit house, which had been
draped in Mourning from tower to base
ment, the coffin was placed in the main
corridor, and all yesterday morning a
line of people with uncovered heads
passed by it.
The special train from Portland
reached Hillsboro at 2 o'clock in the
afternoon. It brought the committee
of congressmen appointed by Speaker
Henderson to attend the funeral. Six
cars were needed to contain the others
who went down from Portland on the
same mission.
The euestc were received by 50 mem
bers of the Knights of Pythias in full
uniform. The Knights formed a line
with drawn swords, through which the
visitors passed from the street into the
court house, and acted aB ushers' during
the ceremonies there. They were in
charge of Mr. Tongue's body while it
lay in state, and they mounted a strict
military guard which contributed much
to the impressiveness of the day's ser
vices. They surrendered the body to the
Odd Fellows, who took it to the church,
where Mr. Tongue and his family have
worshipped for years.
The distinguished assemblage simply
packed the church auditorium until it
was impossible for anybody in the aud
ience to listen to the ceremonies in
comfort. The escort of Knights kept
the aisles open until the Odd Fellows
carried the coffin in, but after that
every man struggled for the best place
he could get.
The services in the church were short.
The pastor introduced Dr. C. E. Kline
to make the opening prayer, and there
were many damp eyes in the audience
when Dr. Kilne concluded. He was for
a great many years the pastor of the
congregation to which Representative
Tongue belonged, and his prayer took a
wider range than is usual for this rea
son. His eloquent appeal was, per
haps, the best verbal tribute paid to
Mr. Tongue during the day. Then a
passage of scripture was read by Rev.
R. H. Kennedy, of the Hillsboro Con
gregational church, and Rev. Dr. L E.
Rockwell, presiding elder of the Metho
dist church in Northern Oregon, then
preached the funeral sermon.
During the services the Portland
quartet sang a number of hymns, and
were heard to special advantage in the
beautiful "Lead, Kindly Light."
When the church ceremonies were
concluded the body was turned over to
the Hillsboro Masonic body, which es
corted it to the cemetery and interred
it with their own picturesque ritual,
Worshipful Grand Master W. F.
Butcher conducting the services. Over
the grave Mr. Butcher paid one last
eloquent tribute to M. Tongue's mem
ory, and tbe whole ecmetery was filled
with those who listened to him.
The congressional delegation will re
turn to Washington at once, and Mr.
Moody left last evening, to resume his
work there. For tbe present he will be
Oregon's sole member of the national
house of represetnatives.
Castro Must Pay First,
Berlin. Jan. 20. In the negotiations
which are about to begin at Washington
(jreat Britain ana uermany, as me re
mit of fuither correspondence, arequite
determined that the irreducible condi
tion of arbitration is that President
Castro shall pay or give collateral se
raritv for the euma already specified.
The powers will not consent to raising
the blockade nntil Venezuela complies
with this unalterable condition. il
a lies o'ace the responsionuy ior lur-
the' delav upon Venezuela.
Aaother New Trait Bill.
Washington, Jan. 20. A bill has
been introduced by Representative Bell,
of Colorado, providing that any pro
ducer, dealer, transporter, agent or
other person in any territory of the
United States who shall join with any
other person or persons for tbe purpose
' of raising tbe price ot any article oi
1 food or fuel, or it eafriage or handling,
shall be guilty of extortion. A maxi
'mum penalty of a $5,000 fine or impris
lonment for one year is provided:
MAY TRY ANOTHER ROUTE.
President Weary of Colombia'! Demands
foe Panama Canal Route.
Washington, Jan. 21. Interest has
been revived in the prospects cf the
Nicaragua canal, as it seemB to have
become an absolutely hdpeless matter
to continue negotiations with Colom
bia, because of the great demands of
that country, as well as the complica
tion s arising out of the purchase of the
Panama canal property.
President Roosevelt has begun an
investigation of the San Bias route,
which was championed by Senator
Scolt, of West Virginia last summer.
This route means a canal 29 miles long,
five mileBvof which must be a tunnel
through solid rock. It also is em
braced within Colombian territory,
and negotiations for this route would
probably be blocked as well as for tbe
Panama route.
Of course the president has an altern
ative proposition in the Nicaragua
route, and the friends of that route do
not despair that it will be tbe route
finally adopted. Had a limitation been
placed in the bill upon the time in
vhich negotiations with Colombia
should be brought to a close, it would
have given more assurance for the
Nicaraguan rcute. As it is, the presi
dent is unlimited as to time tnd he can
use his own discretion as to whether he
shall continue or brtak off the negotia
tions with that government.
The assertion is made that the trans
continental railroads have turned to
the president and are urging him to
tave off all canal negotiations, and
thete roads are also credited with a re
vival of the San Bias route.
NINE MEN ARE M1SSINO.
Five Charred Bodies Taken From Ruins of
Burned Hotel.
Spokane, Jan. 21. A special from
Morrissey, B. C., says four men were
burned to death in a fire which de
stroyed the Pioneer hotel there last
night. It is believed there are other
bodies to bo found, as five men who
were known to have been in the hotel
last night have not been accounted for
today.
The hotel was a large wooden struct
ure and had about 20 guests in it when
fire started in the saloon on the ground
floor, through the overturning of a
lamp, the flames of which quickly com
municated to the wooden partitions and
stairway. The proprietor, A. Johnson
seeing that the building was doomed,
ran upstairs and hastily aroused the
sleeping men while the flames were
rapidly eating up the lower floor wood
work and coming up the stairway. In
their sightelotles, dazed by smoke and
flames, the guests rushed from tbe
burning firetrap. It was impossible to
reach all the rooms and Johnson final
ly made his escape after heroic rescue
work. He was assisted by his bar
tender. Thete is practically no fire fighting
machinery in the little town and tbe
horror stricken citizens could only stand
idly by and wait for the flames to sub
side. Tbe wind was blowing away from
the town and no other buildings were
endangered.
As soon as the dying fire permitted,
a search of the ruins was madet Four
charred bodies were taken out but were
so badly burned that identification is
practically impossible. The propriet
or's loss is $4,000, half insured.
Morris'ey is a small town with per
haps 800 inhabitants. It has sprung
into being since the opening of tbe coal
mines operated by the Great Northern
railway company. It is about 45 miles
noith of the international boundary
line. About 800 miners work in the
coal properties. Tbe guests at the
hotels were largely miners, timbermen
and prospectors.
CHINESE TRICKERY.
Exaggerate Reports of Rebellion to Get
Aid from French Troops.
New York, Jan. 21. In reference to
the reported serious rebellion in the
Kwang Si province, a dispatch to the
Times from Shanghai by way of Lon
don says that the native press states
(hat the provincial governor, Wang Chi
Chun, purposely permits an increase
of brigandage, magnifying the opera
tions of the local banditti into a ser
ious rebellion with the deliberate pur
pose of afterward invoking the assist
ance of the French troops.
Stress is laid upon tbe governor's
former record in the Nganwhis pro
vince and elswehere, and hia notorious
capacity for tonality. His recent
decoration by the French government
does not escape comment.
The dispatch also announces that in
response to the memorial presented to
the throne by Viceroy Yuan Shih Kiki,
Sheng is permitted to retain control
of the government telegraph system to
allow of his winding up the financial
year.
New Idea for Submarine Boat.
WinBted, Conn., Jan. 21. Clarence
B. Gillette, aged 22, who served in tbe
Spanish-American war, has been grant
ed a patent for improvements in sub
marine boats. He has been experi
menting alonf the line of submarine
navigation since he left school, several
years ago, and claims that bis torpedo
boat is far superior to all others, being
quicker, easier and safer. The Gillette
boat ie designed lo stay down 15 hours
and longer if desired.
Fire Burns An Night.
New Yoik, Jan. 21. The fire which
started yesterday in a building at 394
396 Bowery, bnrned all last night, but
the firemen said today that the Games
were under control. One of the fire
men, James Corbett, was killed. The
loss it estimated at $150,000 to $200,-000.
CREW IS MANGLED
TWELVE MEN KILLED IN A C0LUSI0N
ON GREAT NORTHERN.
Snowplow Telescopes Freight Car Loaded
With Workmen in Okanogan County,
Washington Eleven Men are More or
Less Seriously Hurt Only Two Es
caped Injury.
Leavenworth, Wash., Jan. 22.
Twelve men dead and at many more in
jured is the result of a rear-end collis
ion that occurred on the Great North
ern five miles west of Cbiwaukum at 5
o'clock yesterday morning. An extra
from Skykomish loaded with lumber
and three cars containing laborers ran
into a rotary snow plow, killing or in
juring all of the 25 workmen. ' Ten
cars are piled up in a heap, with nine
victims of tbe wreck still underneath.
The names of the dead are not obtain
able.
The engineer, L. E, Adams, and
Fireman Lewis Becker, of the0 freight,
escaped only by a miracle. The box
cart that were used for transporting the
crew were coupled next to the engine,
with the cars of lumber following, and
when the ciash came the lumber tele
scoped the box cars loaded with their
human freight, killing and mangling
the entire crew. Only two escaped,
and they were thrown bodilj into the
air, landing 30 feet upon an embank
ment.
The men were in their bunks and
asleep when the accident occurred.
Those that escaped had little clothing
and were nearly chilled to death while
waiting for aid.
ISLE OF PINES NO MAN'S LAND.
American Residents Say It Is American
Won't Pay Taxes to Cuba.
Havana, Jan. 22. The Americans
residing on the Isle of Pines deny the
general assumption of the Cuban gov
ernment that the United States has no
special interest in the island and is not
likely to insist on the eventual owner
ship of it. In aTiy event, they seem
confident of having tbe support of the
United States, if necessary, in their re
sistance to being governed and taxed by
Cuban officials, pending a settlement
of the question of ownership of the
eland, the matter is expected to re
ceive important consideration ui con
nection with the settlement of the loca
tion of the coaling stations and other
pending questions between Cuba and
tbe United States.
Recently the American residents ot
the island unitedly notified the alcalde
of the Isle of Pines and the Cuban gov
ernment of their intention to resist, by
lorce 11 necessary, tiie collection of
taxes or any assumption of authority
over the island by the Cuban govern
ment. I he taxes are now falling due.
and every American bat pledged him
self not to pay them.
The Americana contention is founded
on the section of the Piatt amendment
which expressly omits the Isle of Pines
from the boundaries of Cuba and leaves
tbe title to it for further adjustment by
treaty. Some 300 Americans have
since the war taken up their residence
in tbe Isle of Pines, and it is estimated
that 500 Americans have interests in
the island. The American portion of
the population is not of an adventurous
character, but it largely composed of
people of mature years who have en
gaged in the business of fruit raising.
Their desire that the island remain
American is not purely sentimental,
since, they claim, as a Cuban posses
sion it would receive no more than 20
per cent tariff preference, while as ter
ritoiyof the United States the islands
hope for freer trade with America.
Tbe government, while acknowledg
ing that the matter of the ownership of
the island is open, holds that it has de
facto control over the island for the
time being at least, and that it there
fore is authorized to levy taxes and per
form other governmental functions. It
is believed that the United States will
approve of this sitoatoin at against
tbe protests of the American residents
who refuse to pay taxes.
Union Pacific Strike Spreading.
Omaha, Neb.. Jan. 22. Seventy-five
men, comprising the entire force in the
woodworking and tteamfitting depart
ments of the Union Pacific shops in
Omaha, went on strike today because of
the inauguration in their departments
of the piece system. These branches
were not affected by the order of last
July putting the shopmen on the piece
work basis. On the posting of an order
today stating that the woodworkers and
steamfitters would be paid by the
piece, they walked ont.
Wreckage Coming Ashore.
Victoria., B. C, Jan. 22. The
steamer Queen City, from the west coast
of Vancouver island, brings newt that
a large quantity of new lumber, mostly
12x12 and planking, baa drifted ashore
at several points. Esteven point, near
Heeqnoit, and the islands outside Kyo
quot, at well at the month ef Quatsino
sound, are littered with lumber which
baa evidently not been long in the.
water, and at Hesquoit a lifebuoy with
the name "Irving" on it.
Sensational Jail Break.
Santa Fe, N. M., Jan. 22. Albert
Telle, in jail fof murder, and Albert
Hampe, imprisoned for minor offense,
last night overwhelmed and boand
the assistant jailer, VktorianoCasadoe,
seized hit revolver, killed Jailer Epitac
cio Gailegoa and then escaped. A
posse with boxibounds it In pursuit.