SALEM. ORECON. FRIDAY. -MARCH 21. 1902.
STEAMER AND
PIERS BURNED
Disastrous fire oa Kcfcokcn Biverj
front list Night
crowd of civilians who were miking re
pairs at J he barracks, Pistols and
knives ace ald to have, been used.
Michael Keoughan, who was discharged
lart Saturday front the army, waa shot
to death, and ten or fifteen men were
wounded in the shooting and cutting.
which was general. for a time.
TRIAL BY COURT MARTIAL
TWO MEN LOST THEIR LIVES IN
THE FLAM Eft ABOARD A BRIT
ISH LINER.
The State School for the -Deaf and
- Dumb In Jackson, Mississippi, Ds
etroysd ; by Fire, but All Inmates
Were Saved The Riots by Russian
Students a Serious Political Move.
lo Fatalities.
.X ' -' X - ,.'
Two Marine Court Officers Face Serious
- Charges in Manila.
MANILA, March 18. The court mar
tial appointed to try Major Littleton
I W. Waller andj Lieutenant John A. Pay.
or the Marine Jcorps, on the ctoarge of
executing natives on the- island of Ka
ma r without trial, held Us first se3ion
today. - -; '-, - ' .,-v.X
Captain Marix. who represented Wal
ler, pleaded that the court lacked juris
diction as the marines cannot be tried
by the army except when attached to
the army service, whereas Waller re
turned to duty with the marines in
February, though the facts charged oc
curred in January.1 '. t X r
The court directed that the point was
welt taken. General1 Chaffee U consid
ering the decision, and probably will
leave the final decision to the authori
ties at Washington. , i ,i
pnoTECTWij or
THE PRESIDENT
Tbe Scbject of a Bill Considered
!a tbe Secate
Shattuck, of the Committee of Imnil
gration and Naturalization. and accept
ed by that, committee, was' reported to
ine nowe ioaaj whd if mvuuncuus-
tlon that it bei passed. The general
purpose of the bill Is to bring together,
in one act. the scattered legislation on
this subject enacted from 187S to J89i,
In regard to the Immigration -of aliens
Into the United States. .
NO TRACE FOUND
Of the Missing Express Messenger Who
Betrayed His Trust.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind Mar.; 19. The
Adams Express officials said today.
1 conomlng' tbe disappearance of L 8.
BETWEEN MASON AND BACON .McKee. of Indianapolis, their mesecn-
IT . STARTED A SHARP DEBATE
; NEW YORK, Mar. 18. Firs tonight
destroyed the , pier of the Phoenicia I
Stoamship Line, on the Hoboken, N. J
river front, with many, bales of cotton
and hay; burned the steamer British
rQueen; consumed several lighters and
HEAVY, FALL OF SNOW f !
Has Impeded the Travel of West Bound
Homeseeksrs. J XT.;
----"'! imm essssss " " "' " "
ST. PAUL, Minn., March 18. Neither
of the train of the continental line"
has yet succeeded .In clearing tbe road
YESTERDAY.
Roosevelt Vetoes Two .Private Bill
the Object of Which Was the Re
movsl of Charges Against Old Sol
discs His Reasons Are Clsarly Set
Forth In the Messages River and
Harbor Bill. ' ':
WASHINGTON, Mar. 18. The Sen
ate today had under consideration the
bill providing for the protection of -the
President of the United
States, and for
f -
jtheir cargoes; damaged the dock be
longing to the Barber Steamship; Line,
'and for a time threatened the property
of the Holland American Line and the
Hugh Campbell stores.- The loss will i
approximate $1,000,000. Chief Engin
eer Scott, of the British Queen.,. was
supposedly burned to death on her, and
a saHor ftamid Jonsen met the same
fate. , J --
The estimated losses are: Piers,
1300,000; British Qufen. K&0.000;. Cot
ton and lighters, $250,000. Hev-n light-
ers are more or less damaged.
The we en of the fire was Seventh nhxl
River streets, Hoboken. TWether there
are theydock wnd basins of the Ihoe-
nicla line, the Holland-American line
and the Barber llnw. The Phoenicia
line pier was a. wooden structure, 300
feet long, covered with a frame wh-d.
In this were ,friany bales' of hoy and
cotton which burned with the utmost
rapidity. 1Iow theilre, Uirtii 1 not
known. : ;
VICTORY f OR FRIENDS
-.- ' y ',xx i . I ' i xJ x.x,: r-, :!-vx- '" .
OF CUBAN RECIPROCITY
The Conference of Republican Members' of Con-
gress Agrees to a 20 Per Cent Reduction
of the Duty, After a Protracted Debate
School for Desf Mutes.
Jackson, Miss., Mar. 18. The staXe
Institution for the deaf and dumb, in
this c4iy was destroyed by lire today.
AH the inmates -werr--ufd. The lors
Is 0.fo. .
WASHINGTON, Mar. 18 Ths advocates of Cuban reciprocity, scored a
decisive victory tonight, at the conference of the Republican members of the
House, the proposition of Chairman Pynm of the Ways and Means Committee,
for a 20 er cent reduction of the duty with, the Sibley amendment, limiting
the duration of the reduction of duties to December 1, 1903, being adopted by
a Vote of 85 to 31. The result was reached at 11:30 o clock, after a protracted
debate, followed by a series of exeiting roll calls. ' !
ger running from Imlianapolls . to St.
Louis on March 3d. that absolutely no
clue has been found. Superintendent
ilrae&eling, of Columbus. Ohio, any s
thj9 company will not know how much
money hxs been taken until the busi-
neits uf the route is checked up. lie
rays it might -run up to a. Iara figure.
ArjTi-siworj
PEOPIE VliJ
Tbe Ccflventlsa la FJsItconah
Cccnty Was Orcailzcd
BY THE INDEPENDENTSAND A
LEGISLATIVE TICKET WAS
; NAMED.
of tbe Philippine authorities. Noting
has yet been determined upon with re.
spevt to the handling end transfer of
dutiee and taxee collected in the UniteJ
States on article Imported from the
Island. The law provides that m
tVw taifi and. duties are to be ji
Inixth Philippine treasury, far th-
use artNberent of tbe Islands. ,
A ROMANTIC MARRIAGE.
BRYAN A FARMER.
Has Removed from the City of Lincoln
- into Bam.
LINCOLN, Neto Mar. !. W. J.
Bryan Is no longer a resident ot the
city of Lincoln. This waa Bryan's
forty-second birthday, ond he cele
brated the event 'i by moving to hi
farm, four miles from the city. Until
the handsome country residence which
he fs building is completed. Mr. Bryan
and his family will live tn the barn.
TRUST CLAUSE INVALID.
, SAN , FRANCISCd, Mar, 1$. The
Supreme Court (In a decision handed
down, declares the trust clause in the
will of the late Senator James- O. Fair
invalid,! and, the property will at, once
be distributed amonar the children of
the deceased Senator. It is estimated
the estate la worth upwards of twenty
million dollars. " "
' LOST IN STORM.
JAMESTOWN. N. Mar. 19. Two
men are reported lost fifty miles north
west of here. Ranchman Soewart and
Herder Dan McLaughlin have not been
found since, the storm. The stock loss
Is heavy In this district, -V
WOLCOTT CONSIDERED. .
WASHINGTON. Mar. 1 . The Poet
will say tomorrow: "Ex-Senator Wol-
cott. of Colorado, Is being considered
by the President aa a possible succes
sor of Secretary of the Interior Hitch-
cot-k. who; It is understood, will retire
I from the Cabinet.
Ex-Judge Henry E. McGinn, One of
the Leading Ou;-.:nents
Simon, Nominated for
Senate The Delegation
8taU Convention
to
i
Includes
Metschan and Sol Hirsch.
PORTLAND, Or Mar. HU-Tho Ro
publican county convention
It was controlled absolutely
dependents or anti-Simon
vote for chairman being 100 for A. A.
Courtney, (Independent), to
for H. H. Northrup, (Simon candidate).
: The convention selected' fifty-seven
delegates to the State and Congression
al . Conventions, nominated ex-Judge
Henry E. McGinn for Stale Senator,
and named twelve candidate for. the
The
until one
27th, when
of Senator
the State
the
Phil
mot today,
by the In
action, the
fifty-seven
named twelve oandidaiea
Lower House of the Legislature,
Convention then adjourned
week from tomorrow, March
the county and city ticket will be com
pieted.
The delegates to the State Conven
tion are:
Geo. H. Williams. II. L. Pit toe It. W.
B. Ayer, Ad Burckhardt, Phil Metschan,
EL W. Spencer, V. A. Bancroft. Charles
A Moneil, A. J. Ciipron, -WL T. Muir
W. L. Bois Geo. IL HowellJ D. Kelkt
her. J. K.. Hunt, M. IL Carter, IL Van
Auken. J. N. Sutton. J. J. Fltkgerald, A.
I Mills. W. N. Jones, Chai. Squires.
Joseph But h tel. Leainder Lewis, 8. B.
Schwab, Chas. Wilson, P,
Watt Daniel, W. F. . Matthews, C. II
Carey, HoL Hirsch. jjohn P.
i
The Russisn Riots.
t- t'etemburg. Mar. IS. (By the
froirtier). The: com para lively blood fps
outcome of Huolay'w riots develops a
ratner filltiertln feature of an other-,
wlse.serious piilltiml mov?. The stu
dents, on pre piiring to make ii drnnn-
siraUon. rerrwnberwl the, rough treat
ment in-y were subjected to at the
hands of the military Iat ya.r. and
of the!great heajs of enow, under which
the tracks were buried bl last week's
blizzard.. It is estimated the loss to
the, transcontinental railroad" will
amount to very nearly a half million
.WAR IN PANAMA.
i
Government Generals Characterize the
Bravery of Rebels as Extraordinary.
PANAMA, Mar. 14.- The government
Generalsi Castro and:. Ortiz .arrived
hsMk this mvMwilfii Pa.niJ - aV V.
rtJf" .to h aih?HtJe promising engagement a.t Agua Dulce. on' Febru-
... .,,t,i,ntc vi inn i y uuini. anai viki; r . . t m
to
weKKinte truit-the lollce Innteiul of..-the
military might be sent to maintain or
der.. In fact, while the rtiilltary were
numerous, the xilliv wre in. the ma
jority ind the mvatry dftl not Use to
. any great extent th terrible OwKick
' whips, with loaded butts, which caused
'sOjTnany fatalities in 1901
The students during the iay man
nget to distribute a mass of lnc-niary
"llteratufe from 4he tops of tr(H i-iirs.
w n i ie ne ponce wer lmsy ns-hrHisr be
low. Horn of tht tracts werr -vu:-hed
in the nxmt. revolutionary language ever
-nt aonxid In Russia.
the forcew - under the revolutionary
General Hen-era, over 700 were killed
or wounded. He characterized the
bravery of the revolutionists as extra
ordinary.
SLAVES LIBERATED.
And Their Csptors i Defeated
Troops of Portugal.
by the
MOZAMBIQUi:, March lS.-Thv Por
tugfse troops raptur.l 12 slavif dealers
anu kiiim nfty nttwr at IN-moa- Hay
recently, w hen th Oovernrhent , -forces
aiiaiKe3 uiv rt rongholds f the
s.ave dealers, and Ilberattil 7fm slaves,
THE REBELS WIN. r.
Chinese Troops Defeated in One of tho
Provinces Disorders 1 Increasing.
,1 ItiNG KONO, March 18,r,enera!
Ma has been defeatKi by the. Kwnng SI
retMis. who have taken possession of
reng Chuun. .They hsiye killed or cap
tured all the Mandarins and have loot-
et me town, i - ;
Ueneral. Ma attacked Hhe rebel
strongholds, but after an engsgemR nt
lasting two days was forced, to retreikt.
The rebels then established their head
quarters at Peng Chuan. The rebel lion
Is spreading rapidly In-the Provinces of
Kwang SI. Kwang Tung and Tun Nvn.
A letter received here from Tien Iui,
Mf miles from Kwung Chou, saye all
busineej is eutpend ".I there owing to
fear of .the rebels. ' . ! 'i
.Marshal Su Is ot TIer Chou, and
Oenerii Ma Is at Kao Chou both In
Kwang Tung Province)., i loth of these
commanders are, ak-nitiiig reinforce
ttnt. T Theyjrliih toln their forces,
but the rebels are holding all the inter
vening pusseejuvd prevent ; a junction
of the governnfent troops.
Many of the Imperial soldiers are
Joining tjie rebels, owing to superior
pay offered them und the dptort unity
fir looting. The rete lender Is Hung
Mlngv a relative of the celebrated Hung
Sou Chm. leader of the Tal Hung, re
bellion. ' - '
A DISGRACEFUL BRAWL
Soldiers and Citizen in Fierce Battle
' in Alabama. . -X
Colon, Mar. 14. The following report
was cfetalaed from the. Government
troops, s which arrived here yesterday
from Boras def Toro. ! The soldiers report-that
800 men were killed during
the fighting, at AgQa, Dulce. The rev
olutionists lost &50 and the Govern
ment .forces 250. The rlrte Are during
the .Agua Dulce battle 'was deadly and
persistent. The slaughter and massa
cre nt that battle are described as'
awful. . i s
MINERS IN CONVENTION
. ,. . ii - - : i
Laborers of the Anthraeit Regions
Will Formulate Their Demands.
the -punishment by United States
Courts of those who commit assaults
on him. Bacon opposed ths bill, and
Hoar and Mason Supported it."
Mason made an attack upon anarchy
and Us methods, .and incidentally
sharply criticized the amendment to,the
bill Offered by ftacon. He denounced U i
as the open I ng door to special pleading.
for the benefit of assassins Of the Pree
ident. .. Bacon considered Mason's crit
icism a personal reflection - on himself I
and resented It. An explanation by the
Illinois Senator cleared the atmosphere.
Earlier in the day a lively debate was
precipitated by the effort of Itawllns to
have printed . some Philippine corres
pondence but eventually the matter was !
ordered printed us requestedv '
TOLD HIS BROTHER.
nr.iiixiiv. Mann i.-'rlnce nenry
lanled at Kiel, at dusk, ard Joined the
Prince Henry and his sons. Prince
Henry told Hmprr William his expert
ences from the beginning to the end of
his trip.
HEADED A REVOLT.
LISBON. March ,18. Admiral De Mel
W. who headed the revolt of the Bra
Zillan Navy in 1893, is dead.
PRINCE HENRY AT HOME
SHAMOKIN. .Pa,. March 18. The
most important convention of hard coal
miners isince that which resulted in the
memorable strike of iswo, began here to
day aid Is llkjclfy to -remain Ip session
until Saturday. Three, anthracite coal
districts are represented by over 600
delegates. :
President Mitchell, of the Mlnework
ers, a,rrlved early in the day. The 1m
presslon prevails that If other conces
sJons are made by the oteratora the
matter of recognition ot the union will
be permitted to rest for the present.
RICH MAN'S DEATH.
MILWAUKEE, Wis., March li.-Dah
lei Wells Jr a pioneer lumberman of
Wisconsin, and reported to be the rich
est man in the state, -died itonlghf,, aged
83 years. . '
HIS CREDENTIALS.
WASHINGTON, . March 17.-Jose
V'lncente Concha, the newly appointed
Minister from Colombia- presented Ihs
credentials to President Roosevelt i.-
day. '
THEY ARE DISAPPOINTED.
BERLIN. Mirch 18. Five hundred
returned emigrants, disappointed with
life In the If nit ed States, have passed
through Berlin on their way to their
bid homes , In Posetr. the Provinces of
East and West Prussia, and in lluwia
ana-Austria.
A NEW POSTMASTER.
MOBILE. AU. March 18. A report
... . v -rytj iivm ruri wuriTW
Ala at the entrance to the. Mobile Bay.
states that. a riot between soldiers and
- civilian occurred there Sunday night.
-One man Is reported to have been killed
and ten or fifteen wounded. There has
been no communication between the
barracks and this city since Sunday af
ternoon. The news was not learned
until a' private boat came m today. I
About, forty or fifty soldiers were
drinking la a saloon on the outside of
tne reservation when the fight started-!
between the boys In uniform sad. a
ASli INGTOT. March 18. The Sen
ate today confirmed the appointment of
J.-. P. Alien as postmaster at Pullman,
yvsshington.
Besntae
Of -
APPOINTM
15a XsA Yei Han Vxm
ENTS CONFIRMED.
i WASHINGTfix. Mar. It. The Sen
ate today confirmedstbe following nom.
1 nations: Cttptain AS. Crowninshletd.
Rear-Admiral tn the Navy; Cart Rush.
uruiea enates Attorney, District Mon
tana.
Vetoed by Roosevelt. . ' '
Washington, Mar. 18. President
RoonveIt today sent to the Senate two
veto, messages of private bills, j Onefls
a bill granting an honorable discharge
from the military sen-ice to Charles W.
Hawiey. Of this case the President
said: '
"I think It inexpedient to reverse the
order of dismissal neurly-jCprty years
after the event, when it is out of the
quertlon for any ens to ossss knowl
edge and meansof arriving at the judg
ment, which him nossesfWHl by fellow-
offlcers of, the man. at the time they
dismissed' him."
Hawl-y wins second lieutenant In ihe
Sixteenth Connecticut Voiuntfer In
fantry. '- ".- : . .
Another is .he bill for the relief of
James Howell, r In returning this bill
the President says:
"It Is enough to say that this man
waa convicted of mutiny, and sentenced
to be dishonorably discharged from the
army. There is, perhaps, no other her
Itftg the American would so like to
leave to his children as an- honorable
discharge from the service well and
gallantly performed ', In Uv Civil War,
and an honorable dtschnrge granted I to
those who, with blood and toll have
earned It, is cheapened and rendered, of
little worth If It also is (ranted to un
worthy brothers who have forfeited the
right to receive it." f j
Howell was a. member of Comnanv
H, Fourth Illinois Volunteer Infantry.
Rivers and Harbors.
vasningion. Man 18. The eenerat
debate on the River and Harbor Appro
priation tall in the House was enliv
ened today by Hepburn (la.), who made
his annual onslaught on the message.
Contrary to his usual custom. Hepburn
found several thing in the bill to com
mend, although some Of his rrHJfluna
were quite severe. Other sneakers to
day were8 Ball (Texas) and Lawrence
(Mass.), both members of the commit
tee, and White (Ky. and Thomnaon
and Bfunett (Ala.), who spoke In favor
01 improvements or lntrrest to their
districts. It was agreed that the gen
eral debate on the bill should close to
morrow. "
. Of Doubtful ResulL ,
Washington. Mar. 18. Ttv Senate
Committee on Privileges and. Elections
today began consideration of- the House
resolution providing for the election of
United States Senators bv direct vote
of the people. The committee decided
to meet- regularly on Thursday of each
wer-k. and to continue the consideration
of the questional until a vote Is reached.
Tho Program.
Washington. Mr. 18. The Republi
can steering committee of the Senate
tocay decided to give first claxe In the
order of business, after disposing of the j
penaing nusineex, to the oleomargarine
diu. it to be followed by the Chines
exclusion MIL '
WAS GREETED AT CUXHAVEN BY
EMPEROR WILLIAM i i
The, Returning German Admiral Was
Wildly Cheered by tho Crowds on
the Pier An American Naval At
tach in Attendance on the Royal
Party.' ' ' - ; ;
CUXHA VKN. ' March 18 Admiral
Prince Henry, of Prussia, returned to
Ofman "poll this afternoon.
When the Deutschland arrived, Kra
peror William stoocl , pon the quay,
urounde$ by nigh naval and munici
pal ofTiH a H. As the representative of.
the Amtrlca't Embassy at Berlin,
Cvmamnder William H. Beehler, the
naval attache, stood at the Emeporors
side. , - X
The crowds chered wildly as Prince
Henry walked down the gangway from
the steamer. Emperor William kissed
his brother upon both cheeks and hook
hands with the members of the suite,
Soon .after the meeting at the quay,
the Kemperor and party. Prince Henry
and eta fT, and Comamnder Beehler
boarded the battleship Kaiser Wlthelm
II, which weighed anchor and started
toward Kiel, through the canal. - A
banquet was served on board the war
ship. ,
H. Newhall. W. H. Patterson. T. J.
Cleeton, C. R. KrazJer, T. 8.
P. Mays, Geo. Mager, C. K.
W. Beverldge. 8. B. Linthicufh. Andrew
L. Wills,
Logan. II.
Potter, K.
Stnith. J.
Kelly. D:
W. tJkd-
Kenna, P.
XV. Sher-
Wllliams,
C.' Smith. L. H. Akims. E. H
S. Dunbar. T, C. Powell. H
dard, P. El ling, P. L Mc
Kleman. J. W. Mathemi. C
man,' Jus. W. Blair, D. I
Sanford Whiting. W. II. Carney. C. V,
Rumolin, R. L Durham. Aiek. Donald
son, II. IL-Jbnea, J. Lw Hartrhun. Tho.
D. Honeyman, T. M. Edmunls, L.
Christensen. T. K. Mulr.'W. W. Howltt.
C A. Dunbar.
Husband and Wife Met After a Divorce
-X j-'. ; and Remarried. : '
, TACOMA. March 18. Tlje marriage
of William J. GoJbraith nndfcJJIie Gal
broith by Justice C. E. Orlffli late
tetday afternoon, revealed dHrhtjil
but rather unusual llttle romauce. Mr.
and Mm GaJbraCth were married n
Omana, June 23. 180. They ilvd.hipX
pily In that city until about eightn
months ago. when a squall appealed n
the horizon' and threatened their mat ri
mon la I bark. A separation -followed.'
December ICth ktst Mrs. Galbrzlth was
granted a decree of divorce1 by an om.
ha court. Meantime Mr, Ualbrnith h4'
drifted to the coast and had locatl in
Seattle, where he la eng&ged In a sur-
(cessful business. Mrs. Gatbraith went
to Salt Lake to live with friends. She
fell 111 and for a- time her life wan
paired of. Her ormer husband learne.j
of her Illness and provided her with
funds. She recovered, und yetfrday
afternoon stepped off one of the be!atf d
transcontinental trains and mtt.V-, her
way up Pacific Avenue en route to the
home of friends where she expectid to
visit. Business called. Mr. Gilbralth tc
Tacoma. He arrived on the 1 o'cl x k
flyer, a single man. .He retwn-d on the
4:Sfr flyer with a bride- In the person of
his former wlf. Their meeting on Pa:
cifio avenue was purely accidental.
Neipher knew the other was in Ta ina
until thej? met face to face. A .reton
cillation ensued. Twenty minutes aftr
Mrs. Gaibralth stepped from her train
she was with Mr. Gaibralth at the mar
riage license window of the County
Auditor's office.':- ". .'. ' i
'MAYOR BOYLE'S SALARY.
WANT MORE TROOP8.
GnraU Mm and Su Find It imootaibU
to Cope with the Insurrection
HONG KONG, Mar. IS. The rebels
In the southern rro'lnce continue to
crushlngly defeat the Imperial trowp
?nt to subdue them. General Ma and
Marshal Su report that It is impossible
to suppress the rebellion Kith the
troops at their disposal, and the Vice
roy of Canton, has requested Tuan Shi
Kal, the Viceroy of Chi LI, trt ivnd re
inforcements overland from k.Chl IJ
The imperial troops have bee h defeat
ed at Sek Shing. in Kwang Tung Prov
race, and t Porak, in Kwang Si Prov?
Inoe. In Tan Nan Province the rebels
hold the town and district of Pd Chuen,
20 miles northwest of the perfectun!
town of Tun NaN. They also have cap
tured the town of Liu Chou, In Kwnng
81 Pro-inoe. and the town of Yunar
Nlngi- KwHchou Province.
Supremo Court Makes Former Ogden
" Msyor Live Up to Promises.
SALT LAKK CITT. March 18. The
State Supreme Court has reversed the
Judgment In the ca of former Mayor
John A. Boyle, of Ogden, who sued tr
and recovered half of his salary an
mayor; which had been reduced by the
council' ordinance, . Sir. --.Boyle was
electel In November, 1897. Iurlng the.
campaign he advocated . rrtrenchmrnt
and d-iared he was wllPng to have the
salary of the mayor cut in two. Ini
metilutely after Mr. Boyle's tlfctlofi a
new wajary ordinance was titwwd by
the council, fixing tl nutyor" .ilury-
at $600, the former salary having Imii
81200. The onlf mi nee Wits dispprovt .1
by Mayor Boyle, amende., r'pjiio.',l
and then approval- At the con-hrion
of his tertn. however. Mayor IUyJ,e suii
the city for the ifnialolcr' of his stl
ry had It.remuinpd at the $i;i0 figur: ;,
The Siiprennr Aurt in. reversing the
ruling . of the lower court whl. h de
clared for Mr.. Boyle holds thnt th, lat
ter bail publicly favored reduction In 1
salaries ami had approved an ordinance
providing for such reduction arid that
Judgment therefore could not stand.
4 - " - - 1 - : .."
iNEW RAILWAY PROJECT. I '-
Prominent Mining and Transportation
X V Men Are Interested.
AGED PENSIONERS' BILL
Passed to Second Reading in te House
of Commons. x
WOULD NOT CONFER.
Coal Companies Decline to Meet
Miners A Strike Imminent.
tho
PHILADELPHIA. Pa., March !. In
refusing to enter a Joint' conference
with the representatives of the United
Workers, the officials; of the great coal
carrying railroad and coal companies
were careful to word their declination
in euch si wsy that It was not a direct
refusal to meet the mlnere representa
tives because they, were euch. ,The
rompanie generally answered the re
quest of the miners by letter, saying
that It was Impracticable to arrange a
wage scale that would be uniform, be
cause of the different condSttonsjOf min
ing in the different fields, and on the
ground that nothing would come of the
jronference they, declined to meet the
mtners'tta proposed. X
The Indications at Shamok In tonight
point strongly to e. etrike declaration,
as the operators letters seem! to have
caused much bitter feeling among the
men.
LONDON. Mar. It. The House of
Commons today fiaased to secWnd read
ing of the AgedPenioners' bill, gmnt-
Ing des-rvlng poor persons a pension
of from five to seven shillings weekly
st the age of sixty-five. It Is estimated
that the sum of 10,000,000 will be re
quired annually to pay th pensions.
as tne Government at todays seseion
declared It .could not provide. Us share
to the scheme. It is riot likely fci become
effective. ? . .
HUGE ICE GORGE.
Enough Water Collected Abovl Cham.
berlain, S. D to Sweep tho Valley
DANISH WEST INDIES
: Immigration BilL ., , . ,
Washington. March 18. The evneral!
immigration bill prepared by Chairman
COPENHAGEN. Maf. 1. The
Landthlng. the upper House. In com
mittee of tha whole and in executive
session, voted today to ratify tne treaty
providing for the sale of the Danish
Wee Indies to the United States. The
opponents of the treaty are playing for
L SIOUX CITY. la. Mar. 19. The for
mation of a huge Ice gorge In (he Mis
sourf river Imperils thousands of dot
la rs' worth of property In this Vicinity
bariy on Surxlay morning the river
suddenly ceased running. Ull the water
was but two feet deep at Chamberlain.
S. D., and so sudden was the fall that
a ferry-boat was stranded in mid
stream. The great stream Is still run
ning, but not more than . 4 creek
couriers sent up (Re river to find the
trouble report a gret Ice gof g had
formed at LKtle IJend, 80 miles above
Chamberlain, 8. D. I
Por sixty hours the water Mas been
Piling up behind this obstruction, snd
there Is now enough water collected to
sweep the Missouri valley In a flood
that will cause disastrous loss. In all
the records of the Government I Engin
eer's office here, nothing like this has
occurred. In the great flood of 1881-3
counties were flooded by ad 1c gorge,
but enough water escaped the idam to
make a good-sized river. Between
Chamberlain snd Little Bend there are
enough" tributary creeks to supply ail
the wnier now running. In this city.
z&o mile from the gorge by mer. the
water has fallen three feet within 21
hours, .; . r.. -
BAKER CITT. Or March 19 Arti
cles of incorporation of the Baker City
A Snkke River Railroad were'fitrd wih
the county clerk of this county , to.l.i)
The lncorMjrators aie:
iHJliam Pollman, I Crabili. John
Waterman, John Schmitz. V. M. Sag',
O. I MiHer. P. Basche. S. A. Ilel;n.r.
W. J. Patterson. C, L. Palm-. G.ik
Stoddard ami It, D, Carter, of llaki-r
City,, arid Ed-ward 8. Farrow, of Nw'
York. ' .-Xr-.
The articles of Incorporation o( thi
company were prepared last fall.fter'
IJeut. Edward S, Farrow, a pmmfnnt
mining and railroad engineer, had mail.
a careful, insMction of. the rop-rtjf
and franchises of the Northwret ft-tlt-'i
way, which was sold a( re-elVri :ti
here last October; Lieutenant ;Fi row
also Inspected the famous Iron Dyke
mine In the Seven Devils. It is hinted
that the Harri man syndicate is iht-r-estetl
In the proposition.: .
A CONVICTS STATEMENT.
He Aecusi
X
PHILIPPINE TAXES
WASHINTGON, March 18 Secretary
Root has notified. Acting; Governor
Wright, that the taxes and duties col-
. lected In the PfaUlDoines under the re-
aefay. but the measure is now assured t cent tariff act for the .Islands shall be
oi a. majority or ine two votes in favor! converted directly Into the Philippine
raunoouon. I treasury, and are subject to the orders
its a Man Roesntly Hanged of
1 - Two Murders
BUTTE. MontJ, March 19. A special
to The Miner, from Deef txulsf, M'nt.,
says that Convict Clinton iMfon. who
is .awaiting sentence of death Tor mur
dering his father, has made a remark
able statement to -tlovemor Toole, in
which he declares his Innocence of th
two murders with which he is charged,
lie asserts that Jas. McArthur, who
was hanged for murder last Sept Mnlwr,
killed his father alone.
Dotson declares that McArthur. con?
fessed to him the murder of the rnan
whose remains were found near. Cen
tral Park. In lKil.- His name was Al-n
and his folks reskle in, Wafla Waila",
Washington. -.r'":
HUNTINGTON'S ESTATE.
It Will I Roach Many Millions Large
XX Sumo Loaned to Friends. .
NEW YORK. March !. The. Tribune
will eay tomorrow; ''The' ?ol Us I'.;,
Huntington estate, now being Inventor
led by the state's tax appraisers, will
Amount to about 828,000.000 or 829.C0fl.
000. The transfer tax will approximate
8X04,000. According to the Tribune's
Informant, Huntington loaned personal,
friends a great deal of money, most of
which is not collectible.-
MAYER REARRESTED.
NEW , YORK. March 18, Max C.
Mayer, formerly a' partner In the bank
ing firm of Rath borne, Mayer at Rath
borne, who was arrested at Bayonne,
N. J.. charged with embezzlement from
the firm through false entries In th "
firm's accounts, and who was' released
In ball of 8i000, was rearrested and im
medtetely placed In jail. He was on
his way to the ferry when overtaken
by a court officer. The action was tak
en on! representation of. Judge Blair
that, the case. Involved at least 8100,040,
instead of , only $4800 mentioned In tho j
specific charge. . - . . '
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