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About The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933 | View Entire Issue (June 25, 1903)
3f L XX 'IT'S A COLD DAY WHEN WE GET UEFT." VOL. XV. HOOD KIVEE, OREGON, TIITJKSDAY, JUNE 25, 1903. NO. 6. HOOD RIVER GLACIER Published every Thursday. . F. BLYTHB SON, Publishers. 1 erms of subscription 11.50 a rear whea paid In advance. THK MAILS. The mall arrive from ML Hood at It o'clock a. m, Wednesdays and Saturdays; depart the ame dys at noon. For Chenoweth, leares at I a. m. Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays: arrive! at ( p. m. For White Saiinon (V. aah.) leavea dally at :tl a.m.; arrives ac 7:1a p. m. f torn White Salmon leaves for FHlda, Gilmer, Trout l ake and ttlenwood dallr at A. M. ForBineen (Wash.) leares ati:o. m.i ar rives at p. m. SOCIETIES. 110DRT HOOD RIVKR No. 42, FORESTERS OF AMERICA-Meeu second and Fourth 1ob ays In each month In K. of P. hall. H. J. FaiDaaica, C. B. 8. F. Fotm, Financial Secretary. (K OROVE COUNCIL No. 1, ORDER OF U PKNDO.-Meete the Second end Fourth Fridays of the month. Visitors eordlallv wel comed. F. V. Baoaius, Counsellor. Mine Niu.ii Cuu, Secretary. 0 iRDER OK WASHINGTON. - Hood Rive? y vnivu n, in, meets id uaa reuow nan second and fourth (Saturdays in each month, J :u o'clock. c. L. Corrxs, President. 1 V U.MM. BUMl.M ' AIIREL REBEEAH DEGREE LODGE, No. i S7, 1. 0. O. F.-Meeu first and third Frl ays In each month. . Htm Edith Moou, N. a. L. E. Mork, Secretary. SANBY POST, No. Is, O. A. R -Meets at A. O. U. W. Hall second and fourth Saturdays each month at 2 o'clock p. m. All 0. A. ft. snembers invited to meet with us. . W. H. run, Commander. T. J. Cunning, Adjutant. ftANBY W. R. C, No. le-Meets second end j fourth Saturdays of each month in A. O, U. W hall at i p. m. Mm. Fannii Bailsy, Pre. Ma. 1. J. Cannino, Secretary. HOOD RIVER LODGE No. 106, A. F. and A M. Meets Saturday evening on or before each full moon. W . M. Yatk, W. at. C. D. THoHnoN, BecreUry. HOOD RIVER CHAPTER, No. 27. R. A. If. Meet third Friday night of each month. G. R. Casthss, H. P. A. 8. Blowiri, Secretary. TOOD RIVER CHAPTER, No.M, O. E. II Meets second and fourth Tuesday evea. lugs of each month. Visitors cordially wel comed. Mm. Mat Yates, W. M. ku. Mast B. Davidson, Secretary. 0 LETA ASSEMBLY No. IN. United Artisans. Meets first and third Wednesdays, work: ecoita ana lourtn neanesaays social: Artl ans ball. F. C. Baouot, if. A. F. B. Babnis, Secretary. WACCOMA LODGE, No. 80, K. of P.-Meeta in K. of P. hall every Tuesday night. F. L. Davidson, C. C. Da. C. H. Jinkini, K. of R. & 8. RIVERSIDE LODGE. No. 61, A. O. V, W. Meeta flrit and third Saturdays of each month. F. B. Babnis, W. M. E. R. Bradlit, Financier. Chester Shuts, Recorder. 1DLEWILDE LODGE, No. 107, I. O O. F Meets in Fraternal hall every Thursday night. Gko. W. Thompson, N. O. J. 1 Henderson, Secretary. EfOOD RIVER TENT, No, 1, E. O. T. If., L meets at A. O. I'. W. hall on the first anil Ird Fridays of each month. Walter Gerkins), Commander. O. X. Williams, Secretary. SIVERSIDE LODGE NO. . DEGREE Of HONOR, A. O. U. W.-Meets Brat and rd Saturdays at I P. M. Kate M. Frederick, C. ef H. Mis Annie Smith, Recorder. SIOOD RIVER CAMP, No. 7,701, M. W. A., L meets in Odd Fellows' Hall the first ana lrd Wednesdays of each month. J. ft. Rees, V. C. C. U. Da UN, Clerk, TiDEN ENCAMPMENT No. 48, I. O. O. F. ' Regular meeting second and fourth Mon eys of each month. W. 0. Asm, C. P. Y. L. Henderson, Scribe. JjR. J. W. V0GEL. OCULIST. Will make regular monthly visits to Hood Elver. Residence SU Sixteenth Street, Portland, Oregon. II. JENKINS, D. M. D. DENTIST. Specialist on Crown and Bridge Work. Telephones: 0 (Bee, 381; residence),, -Office In Langille bid. Hood River, Oregon. JJR. X. T. CARNS, Dentist. Cold erowns and bridge work and all kinds of Up-to-Diti Dentistry. HOOD RIVER OBIOON JJ L. DTJMBLE, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. accessor to Dr. M. F. Shaw. Calls promptly answered In town at ooaatrT, Daror Night. Telephones: Residence, tl; OBoe,tt Office over Everhart's Orooery. J F. WATT, M. a Physician and Surgeon. Telephone: Offloe, 381; realdeaee, ttt BURGEON O. R, N. CO. JOHN LELAND HENDERSON ATTORNEY-AT LAW. ABSTRACTER, NO TARY PUBLIC and REAL ESTATE AGENT. For U years a resident of Oregon and Wash ington. Haa had many yeere experience la Reel Estate matter, a abstractor. Marcher ol tltlee and agent. BalialMUoa guaranteed or no charge. pREDERICK A ARNOLD CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS. ' Estimates furnished for all kinds of work. Repairing specialty. All kinds of shop work. Shop on 6Uts Street, between First and Second. A.JAYNE. LAWYER. A be tracts Furnished. Money Loaned. Hood River, Oregon. p C. BR0SIU8, M. D. " PHYSICIAN AND BURGEON. Tbons Central, or IIL OSes Hoars: 10 to 11 A. M.J t to t end 6 to 7 P. H. gUTLKR A CO, BANKERS. Do s fJBrtJ Unking bmisess. BOOD RIVER. 0RS005. EVENTS OF THE DAY OATHERED FROM ALL PARTS OP THE TWO HEMISPHERES. Compreherjx4v Review of the Import, ant Happenings of the Past Week, Presented In Condensed Form, Most Likely to Prove Interesting to Oar Many Readers. Frost tod rain have ruined thousands of acres of potatoes in Ireland. Ashes from the volcano Ssngay, in Ecuador, have been falling for sevdial days. Three rlav nf rain havA halnAd to dispel the fears of a crop failure In vnina. Ex-President Arias, of Spanish-Bon dursa, has been placed in a dungeon by the EQCceseful rebel party. The shipping traffic at Cienfuegos, uutw, is tied up by a strike ol lighter men for higher wages. The large wholesale boot and shoe firm of Lamkin & Foster, cf Boston, has been attacked by creditors. Wall street will make an unceaselees campaign against the get-rich-quick concerns centering in that district. A Chinese mandarin at Linchow has been executed for high treason, in sup plying arms and ammunition to rebels. Ludwig Levoi, formerly a member of the Hungarian diet, has been appoint ed emigration commissoiner for Hun gary. The scaffolding of a bridge in course of construction near Rome gave Way with the result that fire men were killed and 20 injured. A buoy thrown out by the f aldwin- Ziegler polar expedition at Frans Josef- land, Jolo 11, 1902, has been picked up on the northeast coast of Iceland. The people of Bervia take offense at the new king for promoting assaesins. Whitelsw Reid says the Monroe doctrine has been carried too far by patirotio fervor. Eight cars broke waay at Rawlins, Wye, and collided with a freight train. Four men were killed. Ex-Representative Loud, of Cali fornia, is placed in an unenviable posi tion in new postal scandal. A Wilmintgon, Del., mob burned a negro at the stake to avenge an assault upon and murder of a 17-year-lod girl. Four men were killed and another fatally Injured in a wreck on the Mis souri Paicflc near Jefferson City, Mo. Convicts in the Colorado state peni tentiary captured the warden's wife, and using her as a shield, made a des perate break for liberty. The two leaders were killed and the rest cap tured. President Diaz, of Mexico, is sure to be renominiated. The sultan of Morocco lost 6,000 men in battle with rebels. Five men were killed in a mine ex plosion at Blodsourg, N. M. Servia is indignant over the with drawal of the British minister. The 1904 supreme lodge A. O. U. W. will meet at Chattanooga, Tenn. The amount of relief money received at Heppner now totals ovet (8,000. More troops have been sent to Du buque, Iewa, to prevent rioting by strikers. A tunnel being constructed at Boston csved In, killing two men and fatally injuring a third. One man was killed and another in jured in Arizona in a dispute over cat tle grazing giounds. When Prince Henry of Prussia visits the United States next year he will also tour the Pacifie coast states. Bolivia has agree! to allow Brazil until October to settle the Acri dispute. Wales had tws sever earthauake shocks, but no great damage was done. The bead camp of Modern Woodmen has refused to admit Texas and New Mexico. Bnhhnra amnrarl 1300 in cash and 200 in stamps by cracking the Colfax, III., poatoffice safe. Careless smoking by miners in a Twi light, Pa., powder house caused an ex plosion which resulted fatally to three flavs. A Connecticut court haa made an order which will make it possible for the final link in the New York-Boston trolley line to be completed. 'Mrs. Sam Bailey, of SU Louis, anl daughter and son . were mysteriously murdered. They were poor, and a motive for the crime is hard to And. The 11th Eastern conference of the Young Women's Christian Association will be held under the anspices of the American or mm it tee at Silver Bay on Lake George, June 26-Joly 20. New complications are feared in the territory of Acre. Kansas City, Mo., freight handler have struck for a 25 per cent increase of wages. The Chicago University proposes to expend 13,000,000 for buildings and land for secondary schools. The Spanish budget for 1904 esti mates the expenditures at $193,600, 000 and the revenue at (200,000,000. The National Children's Home So ciety baa re-elected all of the present officers, and adjourned to meet at St. Loaia next year. FROM MANY STATES. Money for Heppner Sufferers Continues to Arrive Dally. Heppner, Or., June 25. Nearly 7,' 500 swelled the total of relief dona' tions today. It is gratefully welcomed as the falling off in receipts yesterday and the day before gave some anixety to the committee, for there is pressing need of every cent received or prom ised. The money comes from all over the United States, one man in a far off corner of Texas contributing $1, while the city of New York sent a check for $2,500. But one more body was recovered to day, bringing the total found to date to 178. Now that the town is practically cleared and placed in a fairly samtaiy condition, the executive committee has decided that no further outside work men will be called for. The force on hand, now thoroughly organized, is deemed sufficient to comlpete the work. It is probable that the Fort land contingent will soon be with drawn, leaving only the Heppner force in town. Since the rush is over, it is felt that as much paid woik as possible should be left to the Heppner people, giving them the opportunity' to earn the money donated. The Portland force, under J. N. Davis, being very compact and as readily moved as a military ramp, with cooks, tents, com- miesary and other equipment, it is pos sible that it may be sent down the vai ley to help clean up the drifts remain ing. C. C. Berkeley, the well known en gineer, has been wotking a force of 210 men down the valley today.. Sixty of these are Pendleton citizens. The oth ers are mixed volunteers and paid men from various points. Mr. Berkeley es Mutates that with his present force 10 more days will be required to go over the valley. The first search not being at all thorough, many drifts will have to be gone over again, as loose debris was thrown on top of undisturbed heaps. It the Portland contingent is put on also, the time for completing the task will be materially lessened. A total of about five large carloads of general supplies, as food, bedding. clothes, etc., baa been donated and shipped to Heppner since the flood. t CUBAN MATTER BEFORE CABINET. Naval Station Will Be Secured In Ad vance of Payment Therefor. Washington, June 25. At the cabi net meeting today, Secretary Wilson submitted an elaborate set of plans for the proposed new building of the de uartment of agriculture. Considerable modification of the plans submitted ; 1 1 r rtannaaaro In nrAar ifl Hrino them within the cost' proposed; by con gress. Secretary Hay referred Drieny to tne pending treaty looking tc the acquisi tion of naval stations In Cuba, and the settlement of title to the Isle of Pines. As to the naval stations, it appears tnat the treaty wlil be so framed as to permit of the acquisition of the land in advance of payment therefor, the ques tion of price to be settled thereafter. This is necessitated by the fact that the Cuban government proposed to acquire the title from individual holders and transfer the land to the United States, and it is unable at this time correctly to estimate the value of the property required. CHINESE CRISIS QROWS QRAVER. Rebels Besiege a City and Will Take It Unless Help Arrives Soon. Shanghai, June 5, via Victoria, B. ,. June 25. The crisis grows more grave in Kwang Si. The North China Daily News says today: The local mandarins have received the following telegram from Kwang Si: ' "The rebellion is increasing and daily getting more dangerous and more formidable. The imperial army here is too weak to be of any use. The lat ent news is that the rebels have beseiged the city of Chung Chou of the prefect ure of Tai Ping ru in Kwang hi, and that unless relief is sent at once, it lil certainly fall Into tne bands 01 the rebels. Wu, the prefect, has been sending an appeal for troops to the governor, Wang Chi Hung, and be has ordered a force under Ho Taotai and Major General Pan to proceed to raise the seige.'V State Flood Relief Plaa. Topeka, Kan., June 25. Senator F. D Smith will intr:duce a flood relief measure in the Senate, following the lines of the precedent established In 1901, when an appropriation was made to furnish seed for the aettlera in Northwest Kansas who had lost their all by drouth. He would require those to whom money is supplied to give a note therefor, witnout interest, due October 1, 1904, and when it is col lected the money ahall be returned to the state treasury. The plan will require a i-mill levy to meet the appropriation. Roods Wipe Out Towns. El Paso, Tex., June 25. The Rio Grande at Eerino, N. M., is six miles wide Santa Fe trains are coming in over the Southern Pacific tracka. It is reported here that the channel has changed twice in 30 miles above El Paso. The current crosses the Santa Fe track twice in less than a mile of terrtoriy. AH the Mexican settlements near Sierra Blanca, Tex., haa been swept away Breino ba not been heard from for several days. MinUter Will Not Return. New York, June 24. According to information obtained by the World here, Senor Lnia Corra, the Nicaraguan minister to this country, will not re turn to his post, and the Nicaraguan government will continue without a diplomatic representative at Washing ton because of the failure of the Nica- ragaan canal project. HAPPENINGS HERE IN OREGON YEAR OF SUCCESSFUL WORK. University of Oregon Expecta an In creased Attendance. The year Just closed has been one of the moat successful in the history of the University of Oregon. A hearty spirit of co-operation has existed be tween the students and faculty, and the work accomplished during the year speaks for itself. The classroom work of the students has been above the average, and cases of discipline have oeen few. The athletic and other Interests of the students body have been conduct ed according to the Ideal of the uni versity, and have been enthusiast! cally supported. President P. L. Campbell has made many friends during the first year of bis regime, and bis efforts to build up the university and to bring it Into closer touch with people of the state have been appreciated by the resents and Dy tne general public. The prospects for a lartre Increase in attendance next semester are flat tering. Already nearly 100 applica tions have been received for freshman standing, most of them coming from graduates of the different high schools throughout the state. The scientific and engineering courses will Ce bet ter equipped than ever before, and the facilities for Instruction In these branches will bo very efflcent. The dormitory is being Improved and transformed into a comfortable home for the young men of the univer sity. The dormitory will be managed in the future by the university and a fixed rate of 3.50 per week will be charged for board and lodging. It is very encouraging to note Cat 85 per cent of the students who were in the university during the past year were actual college students and that the preparatory department, which a few years ago contained more than one-half of the students body, Is gradually disappearing. PRUNE GROWERS' FUEL PROBLEM. Marlon Cordwood Has Increased In Price and Is Lcarce. An enornious nrune cron and an un usually short supply of wood will make the fuel question an Important one to fruitgrowers this fall. The curing of the hop and prune crops takes thous ands of cords of wood each year. In the last year or two the amount of fuel cut has decreased, and It Is very evi dent that the supply will not equal the demand this fall. Every cord of wood that comes to Salem is quickly bought and much of that still corded up In the country is already sold. The best quality of large ttr is selling at $4 a cord, whereas it usually Drlngs but $2.75 to $3. The price of small fir has not advanced so much, as this class of wood Is In less demand and more plentiful supply. The price has gone up from $2.26 and $2.50 a cord to $3. It Is almost certain that as the season passes the prices will Increase and' that prune growers will find the Item of fuel adding to the cost of preparing their fruit for market. Four thousand cords of slabwood will be brought to Salem from Eugene this summer. , Big Timber Deal Made. A deal Involving several hundred thousand dollars has just been con summated by which H. L. Plttock. F. W. Leadbetter, president of the Col umbia River paper company, and W. P. Hawley, assistant general manager of the Crown paper company, have purchased approximately a half Inter est In the Charles K. Spaulding log ging company, owned by Spaulding and B. C. Miles. The object of the deal Is to enlarge the scope of opera tions of the company, which ownes a mill at Newberg, sveral steamboats and thousands of acres of timber lands. The capacity of the Newberg mill Is about 30,000 feet dally, and this will be at least doubled, as the com pany wishes to Increase its lumber output. Law for Plumbers. Some of the larger towns in Oregon have overlooked the act of the las' legislature which requires that every incorporated city of 4000 Inhabitants shall have a board of examiners of plumbers within thirty days after the act becomes a law. According to the computation made by the secretary c state as to Ue time when acts of the legislature became laws, the 30 days expired last Sunday. The act also re quires that In such towns every per son desiring to engage In the occupa tion of a plumber shall first secure a license from the board of examiners of plumbers. Plumbers are re quired to pay a license fee of $1 and each shop or establishment must pay a license fee of $5. Men Needed en Jetty. A force of 170 men, who are classed as unskilled laborers, Is now at work on the extension of the Jetty, and As sistant Engineer Hegardt, who has charge of the work, says he needs fully as many more, and at once. The men receive $2 25 per day of eight hours, and pay $3 per week for board. The labor Is not hazardous or difficult; the only thing required of the men Is that they shall be able-bodied, of sober habits and willing to work. Portland Real Estate Active. An Increase of nearly $90,000 above the real estate transfers of the pre ceding week Is the feature of the past week In Portland, among the realty rf.ealers. The building permits for the same period show a slight decrease, but nothing abnormal when the ordin ary fluctuations of the construction business are considered. Organize a Fair Club. Mrs. Emma Galloway, state organi zer of women's Lewis and Clark clubs was In Monmouth last wee, where she formed another club with a good char ter membership. LOANS FROfl SCHOOL FUND. Two Districts Have Borrowed floney at S Per Cent. Two school districts have made ap plication to borrow money from the Irreducible stale school fund, under the act of the last legislature, and their applications have been accepted A number of other districts are mak ing preparations to borrow money from the same source, and It seems that the state land board will be able to put out a considerable sum In this way. The districts whose offers of bonds have been accepted are District No. 1, In Clatsop county, which will Issue bonds to the amount of $35,000, and District No. 2, in Wasco county, which will Issue bonds to the amount of $3500. The loans will be made at 5 per cent, interest. The usual rate for mortgage loans Is 6 per cent., but the board does not find borrowers for the entire fund. The act of the last legislature pro vlded that whenever any school dl? trlct desired to raise money by Issuing bonds, it should be the duty of the district to offer the bonds to the statf land board at not less than a per cent Interest. The board has the option on the bonds at that rate, and If the bonds are found to be legally issued. may purchase them. If the state land board declines to purchase the bonds the district may then sell them In the market at the best terms that can be had. The state land board la also prepar ing a for.m of bond which each dis trict will be required to Issue. Uni formity In this respect will make It easy to keep the records of bonds !n the hands of the state land board. No school district can now issue bond? without giving the state land board an opportunity to buy them, so that practically, all the interest paid by school districts upon bonds hereafter issued will go into the public school fund, thus saving this large amoun' of money to the public schools. Chemawa Graduates Five. The closing exercises of Chemawa Indian training school will be held on June 30. A class of five pupils will be graduated. The exercises win occupy the whole day. In the forenoon and part of the afternoon there will be band concerts, athletic contests and exhibitions and all visitors will be given an opportunity to Inspect the various departments and see the char acter of work done at the Institution. An entertainment will be given in the assembly room In the evening. No Celebration at Portland. The Fourth of July fund at Port land has been transferred to the Heop- ner. relief committee, and no celebra tion will be held, except a sham battle at Irvlngton, for the benefit of Hepp ner. The amount paid in Is $2874.66, and about $250 Is outstanding. It is expected that all this balance will be paid. There are bills outstanding which must be paid, but the balance to be transferred to the Heppner fund will be at least $2500, Muddy Water for Twenty-five Miles. Captain Howes, who has just return ed to Astoria from service on the pilot schooner, says that, as a result of the present freshet In the Columbia, fresh and muddy water extends a distance of fully 25 miles oft shore. This Is undoubtedly what prevents the Balmon from coming In in the expected large runs. Light Plant at Fort Stevens. Captain Goodale, constructing quar termaster United States army wltb headquarters at Astoria, has received authority from the department at Washington to advertise for bids foi the construction of an electric light plant at Fort Stevens to light the grounds and barracks. Old Pioneer Oone. Captain Joseph Sloan, an Oregon pioneer of 1850, first superintendent of the Oregon penitentiary, and an early chief of police of Portland, died at the home of Dr. E. A. Pierce In Salem last Sunday. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Walla Walla, 7074c; val ley, 77c. Barley Feed, $20.00 per ton; brew ing, $21. Flour Best grades, $3.95 ( 4.30; graham $3.45(33.85. Milletuffs Bran, $23 per ton: mid dlings, $27) shorts, $23; chop, $18. Oats No. 1 white, $1.10 1.15; gray, $1 05 per cental. Hay Timothy, $20(321: clover, nominal; cheat, $15(318 per ton. Potatoes Best Bupanks, 50(365r per sack; ordinary, 35(345c per cental, growers' prices; Merced sweets, $3(1 3.50 per cental. Poultry Chickens, mixed, 10llc; yonng, 13 14c; hens, 12c; tirkeys, live, 1617c; dressed, 20 i 22c; ducks, $7.0037.50 per dozen; geese, $6,009 6.50. Cheese Fall cream, twins, 15 16c; Yonng America,, 153 15 c; fact ory prices, 191 c less. Batter Fancy creamery, 20g22e per pound; extras, 2Jj; dairy. 203 ?.2Xc; store, 16c318. Eggs 17(3 20c per dozen. Hops Chohe, 18920c per poood. Wool Valley .Uae; Eastern Or egon, 8914c; mohair, 35937)e. Beef Grots, cows, SV44c, per pound; steers, 653ic; dressed, e. Veal 7K8c Mutton Grose, $3.50 per pound; dressed. 3Xc Lam be Groes. 4e per pound; dreeeed, Xc Fogs Gross 636 per pound; dressed, ?$. PAYNE IS SAFE. Roosevelt W1U Not Allow Postmaster General to Resign. Washington, June 24. President Roosevelt is earning the reputation of standing by his friends. Attempts have been made several times to wean him from some of the friends of other days, whom it is thought were not de siratde to be in close relations with him every time. Bather vicious at tacks have been made upon Senator Lodge, and Roosevelt haa been ad vised to have some other senator as his confidante, but all such .advice bai been rejected. Viciona attacks have been made upon General Leonard Wood, and Roosevelt has taken occas ion to express his confidence in Wood. The same has happened in the case ol a dozen men of less prominence who are close to Koosveelt. Now it is reoorted that the rrAoiiUnl intends to stand bv Henrv C. Pavne. - r , postmaster general. No pronuncia- men to to that effect is issued from the White House, but those who are rv close to the president declare that Payne is not to be removed, and the at tacks made upon him will not cause the president to accent his reeizantinn if Payne offers it. It is said that there is a perfect understanding between Roosevelt and Pavne. and that-the, president is satisfied with what his postmaster general has done, and is not going to bes (ampeded by the vic ious attacks ttiat nave been made In various newspapers upon Payne. It is expected that when tba invest!- gation progresses somewhat further the president will take occasion to is- rue a statement concerning it. eivina credit to whom due, foi the work of in vestigation, and unless something bap pens that is not now in sight, to com mend Postmaster General Pavne. While this is quite freely discussed, it is impossible to say how true it is, as the president himself refused to dis cuss the matter, and no one officially connected with the administration will deny or affirm the statements. NAVY WANTS PRECEDENT. , Tying Up of Galveston by Creditors Paves me " ny lur iruuoie on wner snipe. Washington, June 24. Attorney General Knox had prepared today a stipulation in the nature of a bond wnicn, win De nied with Jugde Grin nan, of the Cbancrey Court of Rich mond, practically the Government's in wm m wo vi uik viaivoewij. Auie stipulation or bond, it is asserted, will more than cover the claims of the cred- itors against the Trigg Company for work done and material used on the ship. After the stipulation is filed it is believed that Judge Grinnan will Immediately release the ship to the terest in tne cruiser balveston eovernment It was learned at the navy depart- ment today that far greater interests are involved in the decision of the question of the possession of the cruis- ere Galveston and Chattanooga than K . v. . ...... i l , are represented by the actual cash vat ne OI mope rxiats. U la reo-erriarl ae absolutely essential at this stage to es tablish a sound precedent and deter mine the Question of title to war tea sels under construction, in order to pro tect the eovernment'a internata in the owneiship of at least a dozen ships, in ciuaing Dattiesnips worm nearly $5, 000,000, each. Separate action will be taken in tbe case of the Chattanooga, building at Elizabeth port, and it is therefore probable that no further de lays will be encountered in the com rile- tion of the Galvseton and the Cbatta- nooea. while anv show nf force nr Hnr ess on the part of the National govern- mnet will be avoided. CUBA FREE OF YBLLOW JACK. Smallpox Is Unheard of, but Tuberculosis Increases Its Ravages. Waehintgon, Jnne 24. A copy of the monthly report of Dr. 0. J. Finlay, chief sanitary officer for the Island of Cuba, which has been received at tbe Cuban legation here, containsthe fol lowing: ' 'The showing for 1902 is very satis factory, not only in regard to the com plete exemption from yellow fever and smallpox, but a'so in tbe number of deaths from malaria and In the total mortality. There has been no small pox on the island since June, 1900, nor yellow fever since September, 1901, and the progress in the decrease in ma laria has continued witbont interrup tion. "The condition regarding tu berculosis, however, is not so satisfac tory. There has been an increase of 6 to 6 per cent in deaths from that dis ease in each of the years 1901 and 1902, and at the present time tbe pro portion of deaths from that cause to the general mortality amounts to over 16 per cent. Miners Scalded by Steam. Tamaqua, Pa., June 24.-As a result of two disasters which followed close upon one another in the No. 4 and No. 8 cloleries of tbe Lehigh coal and navi istion company, in the Panther creek valley,. three men are dead, one is dying and five others are seriously injured. Lte last night, while a force of men were fighting a mine fire, the action of the water on tbe burning coal and rock generated large body of steam, wbich rushed down the gangway, scalding a party of seven men, who were manning the fire hose. Cable to Alaska. Washington, Jnne 24. - General Greely has been Informed that 580 miles of tbe submarine eable to be laid between Puget Sound and Alaska have been shipped from New York to Seattle. The remaining 750 miles will be shipped from New York in August. This is the first long cable made in tbe United States. It is of the seam less rubber type. Captain uK.i Rus sell, Signal Corps, has started for Seat tle to make preliminary arrangements. BIG LAND FRAUD NEWELL INEARTHS BIO SCHEME IN THE WEST. People Are Being Located on Tracts That Are to Be Irrigated-Inside In formation Is Sold-Chlef Hydrograph er Says It Cannot Be, for Govern ment Does Not Know. Washington, June 24. Hydrograph Newell, of thi irenlnoipftl .nr... who has just returned rom an extend ed tour of tbe West, reports the discov ery of a new and successful confidence game that has grown up under the na tional irrigation law, and which ia be ing worked in Eastern Oregon. Speak ing of his discovery Mr. Newel saiel : "I was very much disheartened while in the West to find that tions for a consideration ranging from $50 to $100 are advertising htr lrn... lars and otherwise, to direct homeseek ers to vacant public land, which they allege is to be reclaimed bv the nt inn. al government. These associations make the showing thaat thev are formed to represent homeimkr propose to give them inside informa tion. They have no inside informa tion. They do not know what lands the government intends to irrigate, for no one knows, not even the rinrt. ment. They are simnl v defraudln? th - ' - a people. "They are sending iwihIa nnfo Ion, la that will never be irrigated, either by the government or private enterprise, and I know of instances where these associations have sent tmnnln on hillsides, which could not possibly ue irrigated. "I Want to Stamn thene aaanriafinna as frauds and to warn all homeseekera to avoid them. One of these companies has headquarters at Omnhn. and m. other at Pendleton. Or., hut their nrw.. ations extend over the entire arid West, and they are pretending to give I '"0'0 J lit VI LUttllUU lands in every state." insiae information concerning arlrl WILL REBUILD AT ONCE. Leading Citizens Announce Plans-Funds Needed for Cleaning Up. Heppner, June 24. Standing on the streets and razi I hill. .1 ... . , vuv miu etro uuzeiie oi teniB, wnerO the destitute and homeless have found quiet and rest. Banker C. A. Rhea expressed his intention of building sev oral residences just as soon as building material can be brought in. J. L. Natter and Borchers expect to build brick bnsiness houses on the east side of Main street. Already the peop.e are thinking and talking of rebuilding on a better and mor substantial plan. W. O. Minor will rebuild bis dwelling on his stock farm one mile away on Willow creek, Km. will i. : - . . . uv . uu inuuuu me town residence nntil later. Both bouses were aa-nnt )' Mavor Gilliam and rh lief committee decided to renew the ap peal for additional for additional funds from Portland and tbe Northwest conn. try. Tbe total payroll is now $1,620 daily, with a large portion of the $20, 000 that has been contributed already paid out. The total loss of property will not be lses than $350,000 upon a conservative basis. DREDGE ABOUT READY FOR WORK. Qrant Will Begin Operations on Colum bia In About a Month. Washington, Jane 24. From ad vices received bv the chief nf .n.ina... today, it is believed that the pumps lor tne converted transport Grant will be completed and readv for hi about the end of June. The contract ing firm in Baltimore has secured a perfect casting for the huge cylinder, and the rest of the nnmn U rrW far assembling. The work of remodeling tne urani, so as to nt it for use as a sea dredge, is more than thiaA.fnnrth. completed at the Mare Island navy yard, and it tne present progress is not interrupted, the ahiD will I r.,t ti commence operations on the Columbia river bar not later than the first of August, and possibly before. Pay for Dishonor. Belgrade, June 24. The piomotions are announced of various members of the military deputation to King Peter at Genevra. Colonel Popoivics, of tbe late King Alexander's palace gnard, is created a General and First Aid-de-Camp to' King Peter; Captain Lloy stics, who opened the palace gates for the assassins of the late king and queen, is promoted to be a major, and Lieutenant Gionica, who was on'guard ootside the paalce on tbe night of tbe assassinations, and who was a confident of the conspirators, is made a captain. Eating Each Other. Pekin, June 3, via Victoria, B. C., June 24. News has been received here that the famine in Kwang Si is grow ing worse by degrees. The starving population is estimated at 200,000 and daily numbers of deaths occur from starvation. The British authorities in Hong Kong, aided by public subscrip tions, have been sending aid for two months. A Japanese report says can nibalism ia being practiced and human flesh is publicly offered for sale. Election Left to People. Jackson, Miss., June 24. Tbe state board of election commissioners today ordered a state primary election to be held on August 6. This action means that tbe next United States senator from Mississippi will be chosen by pop ular ballot. Senator Money, tbe pres ent iocumbent, and Governor Longino are candidates, and are now prosecut ing an active canvass of the state. '7 ii fl