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i 1J REPUBLICAN U KLAMATH »♦»♦»»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦g‘♦JW ♦♦♦♦♦«♦♦ I KLAMATH COUNTY, OREGON, MARCH 5, 1903 hardly f«1r. They ought to h«v« epok.a CAN’T EXCEL FLOODS IN SOUTH. to it« Itut we'll find «>,01« way to pun ish them Senate Naval Commitfl Cloudbursts In Kentucky and Tennessee Th«/ tb< n went into tln> Imus», but Shipa of fl4H Put Whole Towns Under Water. II "it Iler wna there. 'iATIIERED FROM ALL PARTS OF THE PRESIDENT APPEALS TO CONGRESS "Why. It - funny Isn't It. Goupirt?" Waehingon, Feb. I Ixmisville, Ky., March 3.—The an “It Is, eurcly.” TWO HEMISPHERES. nual spring freshet, which yearly dots ON BEHALF OF PHILIPPINES. naval committee bclitM "I II «1st’ up some of ths boyw" damage to railroads and crops, and at Hale, that the battle.-® An-I ac<-.<rditigly, half « dozen of the noli wile «< m out III different purl« of times inflicts loss of life, has left this -ent- the moat perfect® th« euclosuro to Inform th« hldera tint Comprehensive Review of the Import- season’s impression on many parts of Endorses (Jovernor Taft's Urgent Call for afloat Delay, an<l accofl th« game wa« tip. But they returned Past Week. ant Happenings of the a Reduction of Tariff Oovernor Says the South alter a tremendous twe days’ booth s. It w«« old Tony who anno me the bouse program 1 Presented In Condensed Form, Moa* f amine Will Come If Action is Not ed th.it limy couldn't be found, T he rain, with an accompaniment of high navy and authorises t«H Likely to Prove Interesting to Our marquis g.izvt) upon Goupart, and flou Prompt Filipinos Have Suffered Long winds. Accidents last night and this four neyv ships of tfl part sized upon the marqul«, au-1 thus Many Readers. Scries of Calamities. morning directly attributable to the they «tool fur some inuineuts. rather than the heavier® "Do you think any danger can haw elements have resulted in the death of vided for in the house tfl befallen them?" whispered the youth Extra aeaiion of senate will l>e called nine |>ersons and injury of 29. Washington, Feb. 28.—The presi program is smaller with « trembling'lip. Marcfi 5. Three deaths, together with a Jong dent yesterday «ent the following mea- more of them, the house» "I don't think there could,” returned The Cuban congress haa fixed five list of injured, were brought alxrut by sage to the senate: the oi l uiau, nervously. "But w« must ing provided for two larfl national holidays. ■esreb.” “I have juat receive.) a cable from an accident on the Houtliern railway When the bill passe« 1 In n very few moments the whole Henator Aldrich promise« tariff revis early this morning, when a train iiound Governor Taft which run» as follow«: household whn In slarm. Th« «turillng ion at the next «e««ion of congre«s. goee to conference, there * ” ‘Neceaaiiy for painage house tariff «<1 v. lit lire with the Indiana «uni« time east from ChHttanooga ran into a wash ability of the senate provl before hod prepared the mini« of the Galea off the French coast have out near Leonore City, Tenn. Six per bill most urgent. The conditions of tamed, nr at least the ad people for nn easy access of fear, «nd ua canned «erioua damage to shipping. sons were drowned while trying to cross productive indiiRtry and buain.-sa con two or more ships of the 1 « .on ua It was known that Louis and The health of the pope ¡«not to good, the Ohio near Hickman, Ky., the swift siderable worse than in November, the Louise were not to be found, consterna Senator Hale says the tion was depicted upon every face. Huge but alarming rumors are discredited. date of the last report, and growing current carrying their boat into some perfect warship in exietem linn lie» of pitch wool were always kept Some revival in Protests continue to pour in against driftwood, ami five persons were hurt worse each mouth. In readlm «• to bo used Io case of alarm the .eating of Reed Htnooh, of Utah. the Oregon, and the coun at night, mid some of these were lighted, in a tornado which passed over Hickory sugar and tobacco prices, due to ex better than to add other nn l soon the whole household were In the An agreement haa licM-n reached lie Iarvel, Ga , this morning. The damage pectation of tariff law. The interests class to the navy as soon wide court. They divided at th« b«rn. tween the Santa Fe rai road and the to railroad property is large, and the of Filipinos in sugar and tobacco exten mid in fifteen minute« they nil met the e trainmen. sive, and failure of hill will be a blow FIRE EATS UP MILL ngn n. But they had found nothing inconvenience to the public is consid Fire at Halifax, N . H.. destroyed in the face of those interests. Numl>er Pale «nd trembling, the old man turn ers ble. . . Three ed to the gate It was locked, but th« »300,009 worth of property. of toba. co factories will have to close Sweeps Through Business Ca-B Cloudbursts are reported in Kentucky bolt« were not »but. 11« i-alird for the firemen were seriously injured. cinnati with Disastrous l': and many augar haciendas will lie put key. Tony had It. an I th« postern was Fire at Hasting', Neb , dentroyed and Tennessee, and it is feared there up for sale at a sacrifice if the bill does Cincinnati, Feb. 28. — i » «in Hung open, «nd the torches flashed »200,000 worth of property and for a has lieen some loss of life in the affect out upon not pass. Customs receipts have fallen o’clock this morning flame*'; time threatened the tlestruction of tl.e ed regions. In Middeleboro, Ky., building«, off this me nth one-third, showing de covered in the cellar of Geot 1 entire town. from old every house in the lower section of the grocery in the Pike building I quick as John Baker, ex-minister to Venezuela place was flood, d and every merchant crease of the purchasing power of the aid«. and a rnernlier of congrewa tor several suffered damage to stock. Near Ander islands. General business stagnant. street, 'etween Vine and Wa "What 1« It?” the latter asked. term», is «eiiously ill at hi« home at All political parties, including labor hour later there was an « "Bee that foot!” son, Tenn., a cloudburst carried away a Belleville, ill. supposed to come from liquor® cil. trembling like quarter of a mile of track on the Nash unions, moet strenuous in petition for "What of It?" The Montana legislature haa added age, and the Hames soon afterv • tariff bill. Effect of its failure very “It hs<l no heel! It ia the print of a »7,090 to its fair appropriation, Thia ville, Chattano'>ga <k St. Louis railroad. up through the roof of theH di-icou raging.’ moccasin!" makes »42,000 to 1« used fcr St. I-ouis High waters carried away three bridges "Vije Governor Luke E. Wright in stone front building, and fr® While the people were crowding about and Portland expositions. and a trestle on the Tennessee Central, the «pot, one of the women found an dorses in the strongest manner all that time on for several hours the | near Crab Orchard, Tenn., and dam The foundation for J. Pierpont Mor- arrow, and In a moment more a mocca Governor Taft has said, and states that beyond control. gun'« new library building at the rear aged other bridegs. ■In was picked up. he haa the gravest apprehensions as to The flames destroyed half a 3 “The Chicks««wa!” exclaimed Tony, of Ida home at Madison avenue and A steamer was blown against the the damage that may come to the a« soon a« he saw the moccasin. East Thirty sixth street is nearing com the center of the business distr*“ islands if there is not a substantial re Southern railway draw bridge over the "<> beaten«!*' gn-p-d Itrion Ht. Ju pletion. it will cost »300,000. duction in the tariff levied against lien. And with a de p groan he itlg- Big Bee river, in Alabama, sending Philippines goods coming into the caused a loss of over »2,000,00» The senate refuses to consider the burning embers were carried fo«O gered back. But he quickly revived, for |>art of the structure to the bottom. United States. I very earntstly ask the Kentucky suburbs being I the thought of pursuit came to him. Gon- Littlefield anti-trust bill. Landslides occurred in two tunnels that this matter receive the jimmediate part hastened the men to pursuit In wild, with them. The fire departnjfl Fire at Lowell, Mas«., coat one life frantic tones. on the Southern railway, near Harri attention of congress and that the reiiel prayed for be granted. Covington, Newport and ..th- Just a« the great old clock In ths hall and deatrojed »39,000 worth of prop man, Tenn. told the hour of four In the morning, the erty. “As congress knows, a series of ca All streams are bankful, the Ala lamities has tefallen the Philippine tucky towns came to the assista&| party returned to the house, pale and fa Two masked men held up the post- the local firemen, but it was not* tigued. The flrat gray streaks of dawn master at Bisbee, Ariz., and secured bama rising 19 feet ¿kt Millsted, near people. Just as they were emerging fore their combined efforts bad ttS were pencilling the eastern horizon as the Montgomery, during the night. Flood from nearlv six years of devastating under control. Crews were at wol |1M marquis and Goupart stood In the aitting warnings were sent out by the Mont warfare, with the accompanying de the time on the roofs of the surrJ The president is determined on an room, line of the women brought in a struction of property and tbs breaking lamp, and the youth started when hs saw extra session of congre«« unless the gomery weather bureau. The Missis of the bonds of social order and the ing buildings, and a general confi tion was narrowly averted. how pale his host looked. And St. Ju I Cpban and Panama canal treaties are sippi has reached the danger point at habits of peaceful industry, there oc It was perhaps the greatett ecar| lien started, too; for be looked Into hie ratified. several places, but the levees are bold curred an epidemic of rinderspest which companion's face, and It looked terror- city ever had. and it was tluxig The powder work« near Cherokee, destroyed 91) per cent of the .«ribouu, one time that the entire business’ stricken even to death. Kan , blew up, killing four men and ing. The Ohio is rising. They spoke not a word. The old man Reports from Memphis tonight state the Philippine cattle, leaving the peo tion of the city was doomed, and j injuring 15, two fatally. ple without draft animals to till the moted forward and extended hla hand, that the Mississippi river is nearly a lands or to aid in the ordinary work of would have been the case if there and on the next moment hla head was been brisk winds. A number of protests are being sent pillowed upon Goupart'a shoulder, and The extent of to Washington against the «eating ot foot above the danger line and is farm ar.d village life. am h deep, mighty soba broke forth from ! Senator ele- t Ih-ed Hmoot, of Utah. slowly rising to the levee top. River the disaster can be seen from the fact FATAL BLAZE IN NEW YORK. bis lips th.it It Seemed a« though h s men say the situation there is assum that the surviving caribous have in heart were rent In sunder. And one by creased over tenfold in value. At the Eight-Story Building Totally Deatro Two robliers blew open the safe of ing a serious aspect. one the eager servants came into that Government en same time a peculiar oriental horse dis Hubbard's private bank at Cedar and One Fireman Killed. room, for they dared not yet trust them gineers fear that some of the levees selves to sleep. They stood aud witness Springs, Mich., and secured between may weaken when tlie full sweep of the ease became epidemic, further crip New York, Feb. 28.—Several firetr pling transportation. The rice crop, 1400 and *500. ed the great grief of their loved master, rising waters is felt. already reduced by various causes to were hurt, one fatally, at a fire in I and with one accord they wept with him. but a fourth of its original size, has eight atory building at Broadway a To Colonel Cody was presented a Truly that was a dark hour! JAILER IS SLAIN. (To be continued.) l>een damaged by locusts so that the handsome tea and coffee service by the EVENTS OF THE DAY DY AUSTIN C. BURDICK » i FALLS, i CHAPTER VII. «'ontlmie.l I “Spi»rtk tn in»’, L oii I n «*," iitt«*r«d Gon- purl, now Npt’fiklnK <pil«*kly mii I ''•nd tell mt? If you linve fortfuttvu thoiiu worila I tiNixl to Npv.tk. ¡line you for gotten them?” •‘No not one.” •‘Then lot me upvnk them ngnIn. Let me iiuw apeak them «■ one who know« the way« of Ilf»: ntul to one who cun judge for her«» If of thu <|eep mennlng that paaaliig yrnr« Imre glrru to m H th<>nu •motion* that have outlhtul the <!e*tro> Ing wear uf time. * In the henrt wh»re thine Image first «n«*hrln<*<l, none oth er h*« ever com»’. I bi*re »’herUhetl your • weet f*< e, mid In humble prayer have I begged that I might *»•»• you on e moi” on earth. Aaid, at time«, my soul bn« been wild enough 1» It« llightn of hope to pli’tnr* that one mowt holy thought of all life union with the »lenrly lot« I oue. When my feet flrat tou« h««d th» aboHM, 1 dreamed uot that I wa* n«»ar to th •«». But I found you, mi l here I «at me down to pray with more of hope, un i to hope with more of promlae. And n<»w, Isouiar, let me *«k you, •• I hat«? ««he I you i hundred time* before, will you be my wife "Goupart, I have n father whole every earthly wl»h I* for the gm» I of hla cbil dren, «nd not for world* would J I "I underatand,” «aid Kt Henio, n* the mmdrn hraltatvd nn I »»topped. "Ati<| be • ■•tired that I would hot a«k, evrti for life lt«»df «1 thy hand*, ggalnot thy no blc father'» wl*h. But *upp<»*e I n»k him *n<l he bld* me tnke you?** "Then I am by hl* pennl*«foi) only whit In henrt I have been for A *hort time longer th»»*e two ant th»-re. • nd their w<»rd* had a »olemn, prayerful cast, aurh nn mark* th«* h»»lle»t gratitude of the human *oul; and *« they walked t<?tv«rd» the houae, they »poke n«»t of th«- •ul»je« ( upon which their llf»> J<»y» hung It *>i Already <luak when they roach •d the hall, and while Loui*<« went to W move her nimraaln*. Kt. Hrtil* went to •eek Brian Ht. Julteii. lie fount him In hla library. “How now, Goupart?” cried the oil tuan, a* hl* young friend took a neat •’What ha* happ»^ I? Any more lu dlaue? What on earth make* you look •o »ol»er?” "It I* a deep and *<»b» r aubje< t which I* •n my mind,” anawere»! the youth. "Then out with It. fur I am father <un feoaor here." Kt. Deni» kn»?w the mnnjuia t<w» well t • hi’altate. ami he »poke ixihjy and to the point. “My fdoiid,” he «aid, “that I love ex •ry member of your imm»*«li itw fmnll) niuit lx? Apparent to you, but x»»u wi.l not be jenioua if I alao lufurm you that my love for Ixiula«? I* rather stronger than for any one vlae.“ Ht. Julien art»*» aud placed hl« han.l Upon the youth*« head, and, while big team gathered in hla eye*, he anld “Goupart, my noble boy, you h»re mi<!« me the happb-at of mm. O, I have prayed for thia moment many a time. • ud now It haa come. Among nil my a<- qumntancea, you were th«’ ouly one to whom my hope* could turn You whnII take my child, anl you ahnll take me 1 am growing la«y, If not old, ami n t much longer will Hlm<>n remain with me.” “Ah,” uttered the youth, with a loo« of relief, “I* Hlmon g >ing?” "Yet. He ian't juat the man for m<* I will not have <1i**< n«|on, and so we keep peace, but yet much uf my urpbew's conduct makes in« norvutis. 1 do uot like bl» plana about tl.« estate, nnd yet be show« an abrupt, willful oplrit if I offer a word of expoatulntion lie a<M*ms b. ut on realizing nil the ren.ly money lie can from the plica without th« least reg.ird tn It* future worth and improvement. I do not like It. Yes. yea Him. n must se«k •omo other home." "Hark!" Intsrrupted Goupart. "What waa that n.'l.e?" "1 heard nothing," said the old man. "Let tn« look n moiueiit." And thus speaking, th« youth went to the <lo. r and looked out. But he aiw nothing He Stepped out into the entry; but there wa» ■o on« there. "I must have been ml» taken," he said, as he rrturned to the library and closed the door after him Ah! ba did not look lu the right place Had he cast hla eye« up to the ceiling, h« would hav« Been « smnll hole where ths host one« bull « copper pipe lead down to feed a showering luith. And had h« but gone up luto the small lumber room overhead, he would have found a man there, lying tint, like a serpent, with hla eye to that amnll aperture; and he would barn aecn at n glnncs that the watcher could both see and hear nil that transpired In the library! ■port. a • • Th« moon rod» high In th« heavens, ■ ml her fa«« wn« birt ■lightly tur.... I away from earth. In th« wld« courtyard th« tusrry voices rang tunefully out upon th« calm night air, amt th» glad not. a «■«re eaugbt up and thing hack by the distant foreat. Away over the brow of n g.-litlv bill, where « copse of l>«-aiitlful «<‘«<'la I re«« were left «landing, moved many dark objects. They acre crouching In th* wood, and liateultig to the «liouts that came from the dhtaut dwelling. Alton they gathered together and conversed In n vtraiig« tongue, and then they uiov«d slowly up the hlllald«, and crept down toward« the coni field. Dll they moved, like apweters In the moonlight, until they neared the high barricade, and then t tied lower down and crept on Ilk« hug« cats approaching th.-lr prey. Btruight th.-y moved towards the poet«iii. an I there they lay, tieneatb the wooden wall, and listened to til« merry voice» from within Koon one of them ar..«« to his feet, lie win III the «hade of the wait but yet the ninny colored pnlut upon his dark akin could be a«<-n. slid the dusky- browed warrior wa« no more concealed. They were all a «core of them painted : In the ««me fantastic manner, and the j «am« du «ky h lie marked the brow of each. 11« who had arisen to liis feet pro 1 duced aoniHhing from hla |ioii<4i, nn-l af.plle.j If to the lock of the heavy post ern It was n key! And how came that child of the forest by the key of Ht Ju lien'« gate? Til« about« now come from the garden llsrk! Ye« they are all there upon the other sl-ic of the howae They have Juat found Goupart, and are now drugging him forth from bl« biding place. Carefully the Indian turn« the key In the loch, but the gate la fastened within The heavy bolt has been surely thrown hack, and yet the gate op. n- not. But there ia no time to l»e lost. Th« red m<-n whispered together n moment, and then one of them l.eiids upon Ills kn««e, mil when a ««eon I has mounted upon Id« shoulder«, he «rises, They «re both tall men. but he who alnnda upon hla com panion's shoulder« cannot quite reach th'' topa of the stout pickets. Another num stand« firmly by the aide of the lower one and then he above places on« foot upou the «erond shoulder thus offere.l him. Now a third man «[iringa nimbly up. «nd having mounted upon th« «boulders of him who stnn Is thus elevated, he gain« the top of the barricade, and In a mo ment more he drops upon the grnntil within. Noon th« postern la opened and «iv m«n enter, leading the reinnlnlng one« without, and then the gate 1« alino-t closed, and thus held, so that it can be open«.! when need conics. Away towards the stable tlu-ae specters glide, aul soon they are bidden; for they, too. will play at the game that the pale faces have a«t on foot. • • • • • • • Many times had Goupart hidden, and COULDN'T FOOL THESE GIRLS. as many time« hud he been ciisily found And now hy and th« marquis chose to Thoy Had Heard of City Fraud« and Were W’arjr. hide together, and after a deal of shout It was n brand new and enterprising ing, the brother and elater pull them out from behind the thick duster of vines advertising dodge that caused these that grow against the garden fi ne». Neat two young women to thluk they had Louis and Louise scamper sway, laugh- Item "bunkoed" and likely to get Into Ina an I clapping their hands. for the difficulties. The "dodge" consisted In utter delight of the father, when they a 15 minute vaudeville performance purposely let him find them, haa warmed which one of the big retail houses put them Into almost a frenzy of Joy. on In a room In Its building to amuse "Stop atop!" cried the murqula. as hl« < hildren start. "Isn't It becoming too customers and to make people talk about the store. damp for you Louise?" The two young women were from ■'<>, no! Ne er fear for me." "Bat the dew Is now fniriy wet upon one of the suburbs of the city, ami on i li<- lookout for traps and shnrpers. the grass, and I fenr you'll take cold. "No no. fattier!" erica the Joyous girl. Having finished their shopping they "Don't let the first chill fright, n you." were In the elevator on their way out "Well go this on.«, nnd then we'll when the elevator man called: go In. I'm growing chill and cold.” "All out here to see the famous "Ay yon shall have a job before you show!" find u». Now watch for the word.” With the other passengers the two Away they went towards th« barn, and as they turned the angle of the young women left the car, and found house, anl were thii» lost to right. Gou themselves In n little theater, says the part remarked: New York Times. It was dimly light "Il 1« growing cold." ed. hn<1 a small stage, a smaller orches "Av," returned the ol.l man "This .lew tra and chairs In which a uunilier of la falling fast, for I can feel the damp people Lad sented themselves. Sud ness on my feet. While we were excited denly an Idea occurred to one of the I did not feel It* Hut I ««tl »’III it only I feared that Louise might take young women. "Helen," she whispered to her com s.uue cold; «nd you know that would uot be pleiiannt.” panion. "this Is some trap that we have "No,” said Goupart and the tone of fallen Into. I know mamma told uie of Ills voice «bowed that he. ton, had enter a similar case once. When she and talncd some fears. "Ilnrl.l" he added pupa were spending their honeymoon "I think I heard them call. All, they've twenty-three years ago nt Niagara got some deep hiding place tills time, for Fulls they went Into n show that was I heard the vol.« ns though It w< re ■ 11 Just ns this Is. On the outside stilled. But we ll till I them. Come!'' Ami away they ran towards the point th re was a sign which said: ‘Entrance CHAPTER VI!!. Day« fi«w on now upon golden wings, from which th« voice hn.l ptoece !c I. I'roe.’ All went well until It entne to and suspicion had ceased to work In even They searched all around the barn, nil.I. r going out, when there was another Goupart'« mind. Old Tony hn<l watched the cart, in the straw, behind the doors, sign. ‘Exit $1.' That Is what this thing carefully, but he could find noth in to and then they went to th« stable, uti l Is, and 1 know It. Vet's get out before Only one A|ng came iqi to here, too, they overhauled everything the show begins.” l"'i,»'*ne doubts the young men had en they could move, the old man even mov They made at once for the door of tertained, and that was a aitdden visit ing a board that lay ngniiist the fence. the elevator shaft. "The show will be "They niiist have alippcd around into of Hiinon Ixibola to New Orleans, lie gin In an Instant," politely announced professed to have builneaa there. lie the garden." said Goupart. Aud ao back to the garden they turned. the attendant. nt whom the young wo said lie would a«» lmw much corn he could find a market for, there being sev They limited nnd hunted, but the liiders man looked scornfully. eral hundred bushels now In the granary; could not be found. "You must think we are easy," snld "It'» getting too lute," «aid the jnnr hut tha marqnla Informed him tlint he one of the girls, falling Into slang to need not trouble himself about the corn, quia, at length. "I think I must call show tlint she was no ordinary proposi an he already had a tine for it, meaning them.” tion to lte dealt with. "H e know this "I'll give up In welcome," rvtu nc'. to keep a large quantity on hand to serve In case of n falling crop. Yet Hiinon Goupart; "fur I'm sure I should never dodge, and have seen It before.” Then both went down to the street . must go, for he had Imaltiosa of bin own; lln.l them. Shall I call to them?" feeling sure that they had escaped one and one tine morning, down the river li • "Yes.” wont. In c, So Goupart shouted that he gave Up of the shrewd “dodgts” of n great city. '/th some men who the game. h ■ MB I Paid the ! rclaltt. "I give up!” he cried, at the top of hi* 1 11 1111 ■ " voice. "Come, Louis!" "Your wife." remarked the old frleml, ■MMghiliK 1'■ He waited a few moments, expecting to "tells mo you are getting Into society P rocs niSN, rA pWFWild t«. there, and then bo assailed with a burst of joking nt hl« now.” r"’ ‘wo waiting linnds would lu. united, wnnt of lucre»«. ’Che «mile was already "No," replied the plain man, who bad rather I.nngimt aometlinea made it Ills on Ills face, nnd the exclamation with to pay for bls wife’s ambitions, "society home at Ht. Julien's place, hut lie hud which to meet the bidden ones was upon getting Into me.”—Philadelphia now been for some months upon a nils hla lips all ren.ly for utterance. But no Is Press. ■ Ion among the Yazooa; but ho had been one camo. heard from, and he would soon bo there "They could not hove hen rd," auggeated Dead ancestors are said to occupy too It was a bright, moonlight evening, and Nt. Julien. I» the young people had been more guy than "Ah,” uttered Goupart, "they must much of the areable land In China. Famines would be less frequent if the usual. Goupart, and Louisa, and Loula havo gone Into the house." bud been playing at childish games, and "Bo they hava," anld tha father. "That's country was not one vast cemetery. *22^ ÍI SPECIAL MESSAGE whole staff of the Wild West show, in London in ce'ebration of his 57th Prisoner in an Olympia Jail Murders His Keeper and Escapes to the Woods. birthday. Olympia, Wash., March 2.—In a Thu Chicago grand jury returned 75 des)>erate and bloody encounter with a indictnx nta against the operatora of prisoner in the county jail yesterday slot machines as a rear It of a crusade instigated by the Hyde Park protective afternoon Jailer David Morrell was beaten'on the head with a lead pipe, association. shot three times and left lying dead on Policeman John Ritchey, of Denver, was dangerously wounded while at the floor of the jail. The murderous prisoner was an ignorant Swede named tempting to arrest a lone bighayman. Christ Benson, in jail for grand lar A bill to exempt l>eet sugar factories from taxation for a period of five years ceny. Benson escaped, leaving the in was killed in the Wisconsin assembly. ner and outer doors of the jail open and the door of the steel tank, contain Startling disclosures in St. Louis of a system of traffic in young women, ing seven other prisoners, unlocked. under ptdice protection, art« to l>e made Benson is still at large. by the grand jury as the result of a raid Jack Kahla.a trusty in the main cor on retorts. ridor of tire jail, gave the alarm at the Mills The Great Falls, Mont., land office nearby home of Sheriff Mills. has received word trom Washington of was absent, but Mrs. .Mills seized a the return of about 1,000,000 acres of revolver, ran to the jail and held at bay land in Northern Montana to entry the tank prisoners until help arrived under the general land laws. The county commissioners have de cided tc offer a reward of »300 for Ben One man was killed, one fatally in son’s capture, and unless this is effect jured and four others more or leas seri ed l>efore tomorrow, will ark Govrenor ously hurt in a freight wreck on the M< Bride to offer a like amount. Pennsylvania road at Kitanning Point, seven miles west of Altoona, Pa. Killed In Their Sleep. The New York Metropolitan museum Syracuse, N. Y., March 3.—The of art has received »500 of a donation Southwestern Limited on the New York which will in time aggregate »6,000,- Central railroad, west bound, was 000, made by the late Jacob S. Rogers, wrecked at the East Syracuse yards to the millionaire locomotive builder, of night in collision with freightcars, Paterson, N. J. and three trainmen lost their lives. Three other trainmen were severely in Fire damaged the plant of the J. I. jured. The men were asleep in a ca Case plow company, at Racine, Wis., boose in the freight yards. Freight to the extent of .»100,000. cars being shifted on the same track Dr. J. E. Rankin, president of How struck the caboose, which jumped the ard college, at Washington, has re switch and slid along another track, signed owing to advanced age and in lodging against the main westbound firmities. Howard college is one of the track. Here the Southwestern at full leading negro educational institutions speed struck it. of the country. Big Seattle Enterprise. The Berwind-White coal company, Seattle, March 3.—The Seattle iron which employes 2,000 men at coal' and steel company, just formed with mines at Winbor, Pa., will advance 16,000,000 capital and »1,00,000 liond wages 10 per cent on April 1. issue, will build here an iron furnace with 200 tons daily capacity, a 100 ton Burglars at Atchison, Kan., blew steel plant, and a rolling mill. The open the safe of the blast Atchison organizers propose to work high grade postotllce with dynamite, the explosion magnetic ore« from the great deposits setting fire in the building. on Texada Island, B. C. Ultimately The coal famine in Santa Fe, N. M., they will increase the plant by the ad is increasing. The penitentiary has dition of a tin plate mill and tula* paper works. l>een without coal for six weeks. The Democratic I.literal party in Hol land proposes an amendment to the constitution granting suffrage to al) men and women over 21 years of age except lunatics. Owing to the large demand from America, the price of iron in Germany has advanced 50 cents a ton since Feb ruary 1, and the product is sold months al ead. Finds Stamp Thieves. Chicago, March 3.—State’s Attorney Deneen announced today that he had come into possession of proofs showing who robbed the Chicago postoffice on October 20, 1901, of postage stamps valued at »74,601, and that be and Postoffice I ns [>ector Stuart were at work preparing the evidence for presenta tion to a federal grand jury. ****" i —«S —■ - fi. r Thirteenth etreet, early today. T. property loss ia estimated at »250,00’ Captain John Andreise, of an engitJ company, while at work at the fire, fe through an open abaft, striking on hi bead. He <lie«l shortly^ after beim taken to the hospital. A dozen firemen were at work on sixth floor, when a part of the fl ceiling fell. Battalion Chief Gooderson was kno ked unconscious by a piece of tile. Fireman Daniel Foley’a right leg was broken. Fireman Joseph Kinsch and Thomas Nix fell from a ladder and broke their lege, and a piece of cornice crushed Fireman Joseph Kimmet’e foot. Sparrs from the burning building wera blown toward the Morton house, at Broadway and Fourteenth street,’ and the 200 guest« of that hotel who bad been aroused by the fire engine« all went down to the street for «afety. Dr. Gatling Is Dead. New York, Feb. 28.—R. J. Gatling, inventor of the Gatling gun, died here today at the home of his son-in-law, Hugh P. Pentecost. Dr. Gatling died very suddenly in the arms of bis daugh ter, Mrs. Hugh O. Pentecost. At 1:15 o’clock Dr. Gatling returned home from a trip down town. Being 84 years of age and accustomed to resting after any physical effort, he told hie daughter he would lie down. Shortly afterward he commenced to breathe heavily. A physician was called and he administered strychnine, but to no purpose. Chinese Rebels Victorious. Pekin, March 2.—Advices received here today ebow that 500 imperial troops were caught February 13 in an ambush in the Yang Y’uing pass by re bels of the province of Kwang Si, South China. All the soldiers were killed and the rebels secured large supplies of arms, which the troops were tak ing to the besieged garrison of Chi Yuen. The official reports aimitthat the rebellion in Kwang Si is increasing, and has spread over the border into tl e province of Hunan. The viceroy of Hunan has sent troops to the boundary to t heck the rebels’ advance. To Double-Track Union Pacific. Denver, Feb. 28.—The Union Pacific is to be double tracker! all the>ay from Omaha to Ogden, according to state ments of surveyors who left Denver to day. The contracts were let a few days ago for double-tracking 100 miles went from Omaha. This morning J. C. Pivens left for Rock Springs and Green River, where he joins other surveyors in laying out «ut-offs this side of Og den. He states that plans are now be ing drawn up for double-tracking the road from Cheyenne to I-aramie. Must Bld on Equal Terms. Will Pass at Extra Session. Washington, March 2.—The Pacific coast shipbuilders who bid on new ves sels authorized by the pending naval bill will have to enter the competition on an even haais with boildera on the Atlantic coast. While ¡the naval bill was under consideration in th* senate no attempt was made by any Pacific coast senator to secur the adoption of a 4 per cent preferential amendment. As neither house adopted this provision it cannot be inserted in conference. __. Washington, Feb. 28.—The fight con tinues against the Panama < ana I treaty, and Morgan is determined to defeat it at this serai in of congress. He ia lining aide«! by men woh are known to be opposed to the Cuban treaty, and there is a probability that both will go over for a special session of the senate, but they will be ratified then, or at least a vote will be taken upon them, and, from a close canvass of the ' V! iBfr-wra 4^ price of rice has nearly doubled. “Under these circumstances there is imminent danger of a famine in the islands. Congress is in course of gen erously appropriating »3,000,000 to meet the immediate needs, but of in dispensable and pre eminent need is the resurrection of productive industry from the prostration into which it has been thrown by the catices above enum erated. “I ask the action in the tariff matter, not merely from the standpoint of a wise government policy, but as a meas ure of humanity in response to an ap peal to which this great people should not close its ears. We have assumed responsibility toward the Philippines which we are in honor bound to [fulfill. We have the specific duty of taking every measure in our power to see to their prosperity. The first and moet important step in this direction has been accomplished by the joint action of the military and civil authorities in securing peace and civil government. The wisdom of congress at the present session has provided for them a stable government, but there remains vital need that one thing further shall be done. The calamities which have be fallen them as above enumerated could have been avoided by no human wis dom. They cannot [be completely re paired, but their sufferings can be greatly alleviated and a permanent bas is of future prosperity assured if the economic relations of the islands with the United States are put upon a satis factory basis. "THEODORE R008EEVI.T. "White House, Washington, D. C., February 27.”
