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IS REJOICING
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NORTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY
REVISES OFFICIAL. STAFF IN
' MANY DEPARTMENTS.
i-TITJTT" WififtVS AfiT! AftAIN PER
CHALLENGER "
DISMANTLED
Sails and Gearing Are Carried
Away by a Squall
. MITTED BT STRIKERS TO
CLEAR MAINS.
rmrARO. Aoril 17. "Triu wagons
ONLY ONfc HAN DROWNED
But Entire Crew Had a Most
Miraculous Escape From
Death
Sill THOMAS L.IPTON IS NOT DIS
COURAGED AND ANNOUNCES
THAT HE WILL.. BE READT FOR
THE RACE IN DUE TIME RE-
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WEYMOUTH. England, April 17. Sir
Thomas Upton's new challenger for
the America's cup. was dismantled In
a squall today, shortly after leaving
this harbor preparatory to another trial
spin with the Shamrock L Her mast.
as it fell over the side, carried several
of the crew, and all the sear and can
vas overboard. One man was drowned.
and several ; persons. Including Sir
Thomas, who was knocked down a
hatchway, were bruised or otherwise
injured, j The man who was drowned
was a brother-in-law of Capt-Wringe.
He was handing a binocular glass to
Sir Thomas at the time he was swept
overboard. One of Sir Thomas hands
was injured, but not seriously. -
The hull of the Shamrock III was not
damaged. , The mast, when It went
overboard. Went solid. There was at
that time oaly one break, which was
about seven feet above deck. As the
big spar.f with its weight of canvas, be
came heavier, owing to the water in it.
the mast again buckled its head, going
down until it rested on the bottom. It
is believed It will be comparatively
easy to repair the mast, but a whole
suit of canvas is ruined.
Barges with a crane were soon on the
spot to raise the broken mast, after
which the Shamrock III will be taken
to her moorings Inside the breakwater,
Weymouth, April 17. In an Interview
with an ) Associated Press reporter, Sir
Thomas TJntnn t "ft U imnnnltil.
to say as yet how long it will take to
rent the boat. My only regret Is the
loss of the man. All the rest can be
made good and no time will be lost.
still, however.- anticipate being able to
ruinn my engagements off Sandy Hook
on August 20. The yacht's hull is not
injured.! The injury is confined to the
mast, sails, topsail and yards.
; Sympathy From King.
Weymouth, Eng., April 17. Durin?
the work of raising the mast it buckled
again, owina to the weight nf th an
vas. making three distinct breaks. The
challenger was finally cleared of -the
wreckage and was towed into the har
Dor. i ne news of the accident was
telegraphed to King Edward, at Talet
ta Island of Malta, and Sir Thomas af
terward received a message of sympa
thy from the King.
Another Mast All Ready
Olosgow, April 17. Messrs. Denny,
the yacht's builders, say that they have
another steel mast for the Shamrock
II L on hand and that it will soon be
completed.
WAGON ROADS BAD
DIFFICULT FOR MINEOWNERS TO
TRANSPORT THEIR SUP
PLIES FROM SUMPTER.
SfJMPTER, Ore, April 17. The con
dition of the wagon roads in the Sump
ter district at present is anything but
good. It Is almost impossible to get a
load of supplies out to the mines. Th.s
is always the case at this time of the
ye r and continues until the snow is
melted from each side ofthe roads.
Persons coming in from Gelser general
ly Walk In preference to trusting to
the shaking up from vehicle convey
ance. It will take two or three weeks
to dry up the thoroughfares so that the
general traffic business can be resum
ed. There is much machinery to be
hauled to the mines as well as huge
quantities of ore to be transported to
the railway and smelter. Many pros
pectors and owners of claims are wait
ing for the snow to go off the moun
tain side so that the development and
prospect work can be commenced for
the season. AH indications point to a
. very busy spring and, prosperous sum
mer for the people of the Sumpter min
ing district.'. ) -i.
MURDERER ELLIOT LYONS
PAYS PENALTY FOR CRIME
j EUGENE, Ore, April 17. E. E.
Xyons. the murderer of Sheriff. W. W.
"Withers, paid the penalty of his crime
on the gallows this morning at f:30,
The execution passed without Inter
ruption or hesitation, exactly at the
appointed hour, in the presence of the
sheriffs jury and about 100 other spec
tators. , - :'
: Lyons displayed more strength than
had been expected. He was attended in
his "cell this morning, after eating a
light breakfast, by Revs. LL A. Green
and G. B. McDonald, who administer
ed religious comfort to him. When the
hour came he was brought to the scaf
fold In the Jail yard, attended by the
clergymen and Sheriff Ftsk and Depu
ties H. E. Brown and Shelton Jenkins.
Lyons walked to the scaffold and when
placed upon the trap stood without as
sistance. When asked by the sheriff if
he had anything to say. he said, wlth
sonte emotion: . .j, I
"I am sorry for what I have done.
May God forgive you all for you know
not what you do."
Then Sheriff Fisk adjusted the black
cap and placed the noose about the
of the People's Gas, Light A Coke Com
pany were put Into commission loaay
after having been tied up for two days
by a sympathetic strike of the drivers.
while the inability or tne company w
oioar ram mains of accumulations of
water which the- wagons are used . to
remedy, threatened a gas famine, feev
ntv.flTe drivers, acting upon - orders
issued yesterday by the executive hoard
. -w x
of the National Teamsters- union,
manned the company's wagons with or
ders to lose no time In reaching various
parts of the city and pumping out the
congested mains. -; r 1
DEMAND TO
BE SET FREE
Prisoners : in renerai rnson
; Make Heroic Effort
TO SECURETHEIR LIBERTY
Upon Habeas Corpus Proceed
ings involTlng Many tecn
nical Points
OF MILITARY REGULATIONS AND
BASED UPON CASE OF THOMAS
OAFFNET. WHO WAS FREED BY
WAR DEPARTMENT GERMANS
ARE DISGRUNTLED. J .
TOPEKA,' Kan April 17. Twenty
habeas corpus cases which may result
la the almost : wholesale delivery of
the military prisoners from the Feder
al Penitentiary, at Leavenworth, have
been brought In the Circuit Court-- of
Appeals and will be heard before that
court at its sitting In St. Paul in May.
United States Marshal Mackey serv
ed the necessary papers on the Pen!
tentiary officers today, The prisoners
base their hopes of liberation upon the
release of Thomas GafTney, who was
set free upon the order of the War De
partment after several months of liti
gation over habeas' corpus proceed
ings. The new cases resembled Gaff
neys in many particulars and involve
technical points of military regulations.
No Offense Was Intended..
Washington, April 17. Reports of
dissatisfaction are j expressed hi Ger
many at the departure of the Euro
pean Squadron for Marseilles, where It
will participate In the welcome home of
President Lou bet, having been alled to
the attention' of the officials here. The
Associated Press is authorized, on the
highest authority, to .make this state
ment that nothing was further from the
mind of .Secretary : Moody or any -official
of the Washington Government
than giving offense to Germany by ex
tending an appropriate courtesy to the
sovereign of a friendly nation.
A Switch Left Open.
Dickinson, N. D' April 17. The east
bound passenger train. No. 4, on the
Northern Pacific, ran I Into a freight
train ten miles west of here today.
Geary Glea son. the fireman on the
passenger train, jumped, striking his
head on a tie. and was almost instant
ly killed. D. Litch, the engineer,
stayed with the engine until it struck
and was badly bruised. The freight
crew left the switch open and. being
on a curve, could not be seen" In time
to prevent the wreck. 1
WAS HIS OWN FAULT
SIXTEEN-YEA R-OLD BOY ELEC
TROCUTED AT ROSEBURG
i ELECTRIC STATION.
ROSEBURG. Ore, April 17. At 1:50
p. m. today. Earl Fletcher, 16 years old,
the eldest son of J. II. Fletcher, was
instantly electrocuted by touching a
live wire carrying 19,000 volts In the
transformer room of i the Roseburg
Lighting A Water Company. He had
no business In the room. . - ;
.CLACKAMAS COUNTY PIONEER.
WOODBURN, Ore.. April 17. Wil
liam Moreland. of , Barlow, died at th
home of his son. Julius Moreland, of
this vicinity. Wednesday night. He
was 8 years of age, a pioneer, having
lived many years at Needy. Clackamas
county, and was an Indian War veter-
murderer's neck, holding it carefully In
place while he gave the signal and the
trap was sprung.' , ;
The. drop broke the neck, the head
lay over to one side and the. body quiv
ered for a tew seconds. In fifteen min
utes Drs. Day and Paine pronounced
life extinct and the body was cut down
and delivered to Undertaker P. M. Day,
who prepared It for burial by the fam
ily. . .. . ; s jj. -. ,i .
The following composed the sheriff's
Jury: F. B. Bellman, R. McMurphey.
U N. Roney. John Stewart, M. Schneid
er. I. M. Stafford. J. R. Mcpherson. IL
A. Vincent. I. P In man. H. E. Under
wood. H. M. Milliorn. M. F. CasteeL
Sheriffs Huston, of Linn; Brown, of
Baker; Rader. of Jackson; Parrott. of
Douglas: Ross, of Lincoln, and Burnett,
of Benton, were present. to witness the
execution. - . ,
The body was turned over to rela
tives and was buried In Odd Fellows'
Cemetery.. - . . .
About '1000 people gathered - around
the Jail enclosure, anxious to hear' the
result. - : " ";
Withers was the most .popular sher-
Jlff the county ever had.
National Convention Drew "to
Close and Emerged
SCATHELESS AND HONORED
From the Test That the Wide
": World Was Watching
Closely
NOT ONLY SHAPED THE DESTINI
ES OF IRELAND BUT HELD THE
FATE OF THE POWERFUL BRIT
ISH MINISTRY THE AMEND
MENTS ALL ADOPTED, i J .".
DUBLIN, Ireland. April 17. The Irish
BHSg-''
ional Convention concluded this af
ternoon. In two days it got through a
large amount of controversal work and
emerged, to quote T. P. O'Connor,
" sea th less and honored from the test
that the wide woria wa watching. It
was not only shaping the destinies of
Ireland, but It held In fts hand the fate
of the powerful British Ministry.!
John Redmond, replying to an en
thusiastic vote of thanks for his chair
manship, declared that the convention
was a credit In every particular to Ire
land. In the statement Redmond makes'
the important announcement that the
amendments adopted by the convention
will be accepted at the Joint conference
at. which Lord Dunraven, . Lord Mayo.
Captain Shawe-Taylor. John Redmond,
William O'Brien and T. W. Russel will
'meet. -. --''i j--
-This practically insures the passage
of the Irish Land BiU. The delegates
are returning to their homes tonight Jn
a happy frame of mind, echoing John
Redmond's parting words: "May the
God of our fathers once again visit this
land with the peace and plenty that are
her due." ' " " ,
John Redmond made the following
statement to the Associated Press. '"'
"The convention was the most im
portant as yet held injreland during
the last hundred years. If its recom
mendations be substantially carried out
by the Government, the land question
will be settled and the whole future of
Ireland will be full of hope. The con-
vention recommendations will be sup
ported by the members of the land con
ference and they will be presented to
the Government as the demands of both
the landlords and tenants.
CAN'T SPOIL PROGRAM,
THEREFORE . PRESIDENT WILL
NOT SPEND A DAY IN THE
BLACK HILLS.
CINNABAR. ,MonU April 17. No
news has ocen received from the Presi
dent since he left early this morning
for Norris to view the geyser. As the
trail 'has ,ieen made passable in the
worst places. It is supposed that he
reached his destination safely. During
the last two or three days of his stay
In the park the President will be Joined
by Secretary- Loeb and the other mem
bers of the party.- The plan for the
President to spend a day in the Black
Hills has been abandoned owing to the
impossibility -of disarranging .the pro4
gram as already arranged. An hour
will be spent at Egemont, where the
President will be given an old-fashion
ed cowboy reception.
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Topeka, Kas.. April 17. When Presi
dent Roosevelt reaches' this city on
May t. he will lay the corner stone of
the new railway Y. M. C A. building.
In the evening of the sajne date Presi
dent Roosevelt, Secretary Loeb, Sur
ron General Rixey and Assistant Sec
retary Barnes will dine with the Gov
ernor. '
ITEMS OF INTEREST
Will Stop Gambling.
HAVRE. MonU -April 17. Sheriff
Buckley, of Chouteau county, has de
clared that be will close up Havre in
a sporting way and that the Herrea
Fredericks fight, scheduled for ? April
27th. shall not come off. Sheriff Buck
ley is now at Havre . to see that the law
concerning' gambling, etc, shall "be ob
served , The Best Record Yst.
- Kansas City; Mo, April 17. D. R.
Quick, of Eldorado Springs. Mo, won
the consolidation handicap at 100 tar
gets the last event on the prograih of
the fourth grand American shooting
tournament at the targets by breaking
ninety-five, the highest score made
during the tournament in the 100 tar
get contests. ; ,
A Big Smeltsr.
Butte. Mont, April 17. The ground
was broken this afternoon for , a big
smelter that Is to be built' in East
Butte Addition to Butte by the Pitts
burg it Montana Copper Mining Com
pany. .The site, for the smelter, and th
ether buildings will be 1200 square feet.
The plant will employ 700 men. j l
Bg Typhoid Epidemic f . 'y'
S Stanford University, Cai, April 17
The typhoid fever epidemic continues
te spread among the students of the
University campus and the residents of
Palo Alto. Up to this morning thirty
two cases were reported on the campus
and four or five more students were
taken down with the fever. C
FITZSEIMONS' WIFE DEAD
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FORMER HEAVYWEIGHT SUFFERS
SUDDEN BEREAVEMENT AT i
: : HIS BROOKLYN HOME.
NEW YORK. April 17. Mrs. Robert
Fitxslmmons. wife of the former heavy
weight pugilist, died at : her borne in
Brooklyn today. She began sinking
last night and Fitzsimmons
summoned!
a number of physicians, but they were
unable lto save her. Mrs. Fitzsimmons
had been 111 for several days with -Typhoid
pneumonia, 1 s
ST. PAUL, Minn, April 17. A circu
lar issued today from the headquarters
of, the Northern Pacific Railroad, an
nounces the following changes: IL C
Kiinberley, promoted to be assistant to
the general manager, a new office; F.
W. Gilbert, to " be general superinten
dent; E. J. Pearson, assistant general
superintendent, headquarters at . Liv
ingston, Mont.; -W. C. AJbe, to be su
perintendent xf the Pacific division,
headquarters at Tacma; D. E. Palmer,
superintendent of Rocky Mountain di
vision. In place of C. Russell, resigned.
LABOR UNIONS
TAKE A HAND
prefer Serious Charges in the
Postoffice Department
CERTAIN NAIL EQUIPMENT
Departments of the Division
Charged With Favoritism
Incompetency, Etc
ALLEGE THAT CHIEF OF DIVISION
HAS ACCEPTED MAIL BAGS
"THAT DO NOT CONFORM TO THE
' SPECIFICATIONS A PROMOTION
RING IN EXISTENCE.
WASHINGTON. April 17. The Indi
cations are that organized labor will
become a party to the tffairs. of the
Postoffice Department. A special com
mlttee of the central labor union of this
city,, which has been secretly investi
gating1 the matter, has formulated the
charges of favoritism. Incompetency,
etc, against certain of the mail equip
ment department of the division.
The charges allege that mail bags
that do not conform to the specifics
tlons have been accepted by the Chief
of Division Colonel Thomas P. Graham.
Other charges allege, among f other
things, that the recommendationa for
promotion are not based on merit. Re
ports that a "promotion ring" existed
to -control the promotions in the Brook
lyn postoffice, similar to those which is
being investigated in New York City,
were brought to the attention of the
Department.' V
- Didn't Keep His Promise.!
Cincinnati. U.. Annl 17. W. W.
XHara, the "turf commissioner," who
has been on trial charged with using
the malls for fraudulent purposes, was
found guilty tonight and waeerttenced
ta eighteen months in the penitentiary,
.oUlara conducted . an extensive busi
ness in placing bets all over the coun
try and it was charged that he collect
ed several hundred thousand-jflollars
w hich was not returned and Which was
promised In dividends.
RECEIPTS FOR MARCH
FISH WARDEN TURNS LICENSE
AND, FINK COLLECTIONS
V. ' INTO TREASURY.
(From Saturday's Dally.)
Master Fish Warden H. G. Van Du
sen yesterday paid the aggregate of
$666.19 into the State Treasury, repre
senting the aniount of fines and licenses
collected In his office during the month
of March. Of this amount $112. SO was
; -c-alized from fines for the violation of
the 4 fishery laws and the sale of confis
cated salmon and the balance repre
sented the license revenue for the
rronth. which Is segregated, as follows:
District No. 1.
25 gill net licenses................) 62 50
11 set net licenses........... 11 00
1 trap license.. 23 00
8 dealers licenses.. ........ ........ 80 00
; Total.. .. .. .. .. .. ..
District No. 2.
30 gill net licenses...........
75 set. net licenses ...........
1 cannery license ... .........
...1178 50
r Total.. .'. ... .. .. .. .. .. ...$375 00
State Treasurer Moore yesterday re
ceived S8456 from ' Union county on ac
count of that county's taxes for the
year 1902. .-
PADDY LYNCH Off TRIAL
NOTORIOUS CRIMP BEFORE AS
TORIA COURT ON CHARGE
- OF KIDNAPING.
ASTORIA. Ore., April 17. The trial
of Paddy Lynch anil Theodore Tobias
on on a charge of kidnaping is In prog
ress before Judge Mc Bride In- the Cir
cuit court and will probably not be fin
ished before tomorrow. Yesterday was
devoted to securing a Jury, and finally
what is considered a good one was
chosen. The specific charge against
Lynch Is that about the middle of last
March he shanghaied Charles W. Gar
ner on board the British ship Foyle
dale, bound from Portland to Valpar
aiso. The charge against Tobiason is
that he signed Gamer's name to the
ship's articles. i
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AT ST. LOUIS.
SEATTLE. April 17 Resolutions were
passed protesting against the appoint
ment of Arthur G. Jackson as Alaska
Commissioner . to - Louisiana Purchase
Exposition In a mass meeting held on
Saturday in Juneau. 'Copies were sent
to eery city In Alaska, : The resolu
tions state that, Jackson is not a rest -
dent
of Juneau, whch he claims to be.
and that the people have no confidence
In him. Jackson had previously man
aged Alaska exhibit's at Buffalo and At
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