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Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1900-04-20
MODE OF ELEcT|NG SENATORS
House Favors a Change to
Popular Vote.
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
Resolution to That Effect Adopted by
Vote of 24O to Ex-senator Talbert's
Tactics Are Denounced.

Washington, April 16.-The house
today, by a vote of $40 to 15, adopted
a resolution for constitutional amend
ment providing for the election of Uni
ted States senators by direct vote of the
people. Fourteen Republicans and one
Democrat voted against it. By the
terms of the resolution, the amedment
submitted to the legislatures is as fol-
lows:
1.-THE senate of the United States
shall be composed of two senators from
each state, who shall be elected by di-
rect vote of the people thereof for
term OF six years, and each senator
shall have one vote. A plurality of
the votes cast for candidates for sena-
tor shall be sufficient to elect. The
electors in each state shall have the
qualifications requisite for electors of
the most numerous branch of the state
legislatures, respectively.
"When a vacancy happens by death,
resignation or otherwise, in the repre-.
sentation of any state in the senate,
the same shall be filled for the unex
pired term thereof in the same manner
as is provided for the election of sena
tors in paragraph /; provided. that the
executive thereof may make temporary
appointment until the next general or
special election, in accordance with
the statutes or constitution of such
state"
The remainder of the dav was devoted
to the consideration of private pen
sion bills. During the course of the
debate there were several sharp attacks
upon Talbert, of South Carolina, for his
course in delaying action.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1900-04-20
Troops Are on-Hand

Groton Landing, N. Y. April 49,
The first bloodshed as the outcome of
the strike at the Cornell dam was the
life blood of Sergeant Robert Douglass,
of the Eleventh separate ssmpany, of
Mount Vernon, who was shot dead by.
an unknown assassin while he was re-
lieving guard at $3.50 O'Clock last night.
The widest excitement prevailed
troughout the camp as soon as the news
of the assassination spread to the differ
ent tents. and the soldiers are frantic
over the crime. The point where the
sergeant fell is known as Post 10,
which was in charge of Corporal Nc
Dowell. 1t is situated on top of the
hill, near Little Italy, where armed
strikers were seen drilling or marching
about early this morning, brandishing
rifles and shotguns. The spot is high
over the huge pile of masonry, and
from it one can command view of the
country on each side up and down the
Croton valley.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1900-04-20
TROOPS CALLED OUT.
To Suppress Italian Strikers at Croton
Landing.

To Suppress Italian Strikers at Croton
Landing.
Croton Landing, N. Y. April IT,
While everything is quiet and peaceful
in the neighborhood of the Cornell dam
tonight, nearly 800 armed deputies are
guarding the works, and each one of
them is guessing as to what tomorrow
may bring forth. The striking Italian
laborers. whose homes are in the vicin-
ity of the works, are behaving them.
selves excellently. But underneath
their assumed quiet there is stubborn
resolve not to go back to work nor let
any outsiders take their places until
the contractors agree to pay the in
crease of wages demanded. Strenuous
efforts are being made by Italian Con-
sui Branchi to bring about settlement
Of the difficulty. The strikers are very
determined in their demands, and swear
that if outside labor is brought here
they will fight tooth and nail to prevent
it. Angelo Rotella, who is the recog-
nized leader of the strikers, said today:
This is fight to finish. We earn
more money than we are receiving, and
the contractors must pay us for our
work. The state should protect us,
and, instead of sending deputies and
soldiers to help the bosses, they should
compel them to treat us rightfully. If
the bosses attempt to bring the other
laborers here we shall prevent any work
being done, and if the military comes
to help them, then we will fight the
soldiers.''
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1900-04-20
GAS MAIN EXPLODED.
Ono Man Instantly Killed and Five
Probably Fatally Injured.


Logansport, Ind, April 1S.-Too
much pressure and piece of defective
gas pipe in the mains of the Chicago
Pipe Line Company at joint four
miles southeast of here was the cause
of terrific explosion today, in which
Michael Ellison, Jr., was instantly
killed, and five other men received in
juries from which it is doubtful if they
will recover. Twelve men were in the
trench repairing leak in 10-inch
main, from which the gas had been
transferred to an eight-inch main near
it. The men were around ''T'' on
the eigit-inch main, and Ellison was
STOPPING over it when the pipe explod-
ed. He was found $50 feet away, his
bones broken and having probably met
instant death. George Morrison, in
charge of the work, was sent sprawling
on the ground 80 feet away, with gravel
and dirt blown into his skin, his body
wrenched. and his clothes torn and tat
tered. Will Briggs inhaled gas and
was taken home unconscious. Three
laborers were knocked down and
bruised in a frightful manner. The
rest of the men escaped with slight in
juries from flying dirt and rock. The
''T'' weighs 1000 pounds, and it was
carried distance of 80 feet. The ex-
plosion tore the ground for distance
of 400 feet, and was heard for miles,
besides the heavy jar.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1900-04-20
CHINESE REIGN OF TERROR.
Powerful viceroys Protest to the Em-
press D0wager.

Shanghai, April 16.-A full account
has been received here of the meeting
On March at Peking between the em-
press dowager and the grand council.
Protests were read from the viceroys
and governors of nine of the IS proy-s
inces against the policy of the empress
dowager. These officials are the great
est provincial authorities in China.
They declared unitedly that. il the en-
press dowager persists in prosecuting
the reformers and continuing her reign
Of terror policy, the Chinese under
them will rebel against the Manchus.
The viceroy at Nank1ng says he has
14O, 900 Hunanese troops who are anx-
ious to fight the Manchus, and he fears
he cannot control them. The vice.
roys who united in this remarkable step
represent the provinces of Kiang- Su.
Anhui. Kiangsi, Human. Hupeh, Che
kiang. Fookien, Quangsi and Kwang-
tung, with an aggregate population OF
$50, 900, 900. $500:
Until this protest had been made,
the dowager empress had been having
things quite her own way. Though
she has desisted from her purpose to set
up new emperor, yet her wrath to-
wards those who opposed her has shown
no abatement. 1t is unbounded. Kin
Lien-Shan has been captured in the
Portuguese colony of Macao, off the
South China coast, by Lii Hung Ghang's
detectives. Mr.. Kin fed from Shang-
hal last month. He is the manager of
the national system of telegraphs in
China, and headed the petition signed
by 1900 notables against setting up q
new emperor. Probably he will be
decapitated. An English law firm
here has been retained to defend him.
The government has trumped mp
charges of defalcation against Mr.. Kin,
who is really very able and enlight-
ened man.
On March ! instructions were wired
from Peking to 500 Chow, capital Of
Kiang-Su to arrest and put to death
the reformers Weng T'Ung-Ho and
shen Pong. These men had been in
very important positions in Peking,
but were easily captured In 500 Chow.
The chief reformer. Kang Yu Wei, has
fled to Singapore The empress dow
ager has offered 500. 900 for his body.
dead or alive.
1t is said that there is an official
list, prepared by the Peking govern
ment, of the names Of 800 reformers
who are prescribed. A special list OF
over 80 names exists of those wno, are
to be killed as soon as they are cap-s
tured.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1900-04-20
Neero Shot Into a Crowd.

Indianapolis, Ind, April IA
colored man riding bicycle shot into
crowd of 20 boys in West''Indianapolis
this afternoon, wounding Clarence Wort
in the hip and George Colder in the
thigh. Both are seriously wounded.
As the colored man was passing the
crowd they began to chaff him and he
fired. He then rode away. pursued by
an infuriated mob of 100 people, who
threw bricks, stones and clubs at him,
but failed to overtake him. Cries of
"lynch him" were heard on all sides.
The man is said to have had another
difficulty in the same vicinity about
month ago, and at that time threatened
to shoot. The police failed to locate
the negro
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1900-04-20
GREAT EXPOSITION
The Gates Formally Thrown
Open.
THE SHOW is FAR FROM READY
Speeches of President Loubet and Min
lister Millerand-Com and
Extent of American Exhibits.

Paris April 1.-THE exposition of
1900 is open. but it will be at least a
month before anything but buildings is
to be seen- The days ceremonies were
peculiar mixture of sumptuous splen-
dor in the Sale des Fetes, and wide
spread confusion elsewhere. Nothing
ceald have exceeded the picturesque
stage setting in the beautiful building
in which the ceremonies were held, the
gorgeous uniforms of the diplomats and
soldiers, thes splendid orchestra and
chorus and thesmagnifcent effect pro-
duced by the grand staircase, up which
President Loubet proceeded to view the
exposition, lined with some 200 picked
men, of the Republican guard, with
jack boots, white breeches, cleaning
cniraases and horSe-hair plumes stream
ing from shining helmets. At the top
OF this stairway was a room, the in
terror OF which could be seen from the
Salle des Fetes, and this was hung with
priceless gobelins from the Louvre.
Into this splendid apartment President
Ieabet enter ed and walked down the
avenue to his boat. This part of the
days arrangement was perfect, but the
rest was chaos.
The weather today was luckily all
that conld be desired. Fourteen thous-
and guests had been invited to the
function, and they had, because of the
fipo weather, only the dust to endure.
Had the day been wet, the unrolled
paths of the exposition grounds would
haye been turned into a mass of mud.
The afternoon was holiday in Paris
by general consent, and a host of
country people crowded into the city
to swell the multitudes, who from an
early hour serged in the direction of the
exposition and took up positions along
the route of the presidential procession
and at the approaches to the grounds.
The immense number of guests prac-
tically swept the central streets clean
of cabs. of which an unhroken stream,
several deep, drifted slowly toward the
gates between noon and $3.50 P. M.
Drifted is the correct expression for the
rate of progress, because the traffic ar
rapgements were SO inadequate that
hundreds of vehicles did not reach the
exposition at all, and the occupants
were either left stranded en- route or
we're Obliged to abandon their carriages
and proceed on foot. This was the ex-
pedient ordinarily adopted, even by
several members of the diplomatic
eorps and two gorgeously attired off,
'cials OF the Chinese embassy, after
hSs ly walking several blocks. arrived
In the Sale des f7etes just ii time to
hear the cheering at the conclusion of
the ceremony.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1900-04-20
Staten Island Carpenters Strike.

New York, April 18.-All the car
penters on Staten island went on a
strike today. They demanded an eight-
hour day for five days of the week,
and four-hour day on Saturday, and
that no member of the union will be
employed in amy circumstances be-
tween IL and 5 Saturday. The mini
mum rate of wages demanded is 40
cents an hour, with double pay Sum
days and holidays. They also ask for
sne institution of the apprentice sys.
tenn. which they claim will tend to in
crease gne skill of the craft.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1900-04-20

Chattanooga, Tenn, April 18.-A
through freight train on the Southern
railway struck mule and was
wrecked while running at full speed
near Huntsville, Ala, while going
down steep embankment. The
freight cars crowded upon the over
turned engine and suffocated and
crushed to death in the cab both Engi-
neer Percy Armstrong and Fireman Os-
borne, who had stuck to their posts.
Five of the train crew were seriously
injured.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1900-04-20
French Church Burned.

Paris, April 18.-The historic church
of Notre Dame des Vortus, in the out
skirts of Paris. was entered Sunday
evening or Monday morning by van
dals, who, after pillaging it, set it on
fire. Several firemen were badly in
jured by burning brands. The interior
of the church was found in state of
great disorder, and the communion yes
sells are believed to have been stolen,
unless they are buried In the debris.
One of the huge bells fell into the
sacristy and three others through a roof
into the organ. Three men were seen
leaving the church just after the fire
was discovered,
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1900-04-20
WEEKLY TRADE REVIEWS.
Appearance of Irregularity I'm the Gem
eral Situation.

eral Situation.
Bradstreets' says: Backward spring
weather conditions have figured con-
siderably in disrtibutive trade reports
this week, and in connection with
stocks have impaired an appearance of
lrregularity to the general situation.
Another of those downward swings
in the prices of agricultural staples is
exhibited this week in slightly lowered
prices for the cereals, partly because
of the bearish sentiment of immediate
supplies and partly because of the bet
ter than expected government crop re-
port, which is taken to indicate pos
sible winter-wheat yield in excess of
all records.
Corn and oats have sympathized with
the reaction in pork products, which
reaction, however, has not been uni
versal, as shown by the fact that lard
is at the highest point reached on the
present boom.
Evidences accumulate that active
missionary work in favor of lower
prices for iron and steel is al, last bear
ing fruit.
The strength OF raw sugar is a reflec-
tion chiefly of the fact that consider
able shortage is looked for in the sup
plies of cane sugar, not only in Cuba,
but in the far East.
A slight upward swing in cotton is
to be noted this week, and Southern
mills have advanced prices. On the
other hand, while the mills are active
on old orders, new business is reported
of smaller volume.
Wheat, inluding -four. shipments Tor
the week aggregate 2,896,65 bushels,
against $3.50, 1856 bushels last week.
Business failures for the week num-
ber 152, as compared with 1872 in the
United States last week.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1900-04-20
San Frsno,.oo Market.

Wool-SpriDg- Nevada, 13@ 15c per
pound; Eastern Oregon, 12@16c; VAL
ley, 20@22c; Northern, log lac.
Hops-1899 crop, 11@13c per
pound.
Butter - Fancy creamery TIC;
do seconds, 16@161ac; fancy dairy,
Ice; do seconds, 1s@15c per pound.
Eggs-Store, lac; fancy ranch,
1870.
Millstuffs - Middlings, $17.0O a
1000; bran, $12.50@13.50.
Hay-Wheat Sc. so q 80; wheat and
oat $6.00@9.00; best barley 5000
100; alfalfa. $5.0O@6.50 per ton;
straw, 25@40c per bale.
Potatoes-Early Rose, 6O@75c Ore
gon Burbanks, 60c @$1 90; river Bur-
banks, 40@70c; Salinas Burbanks,
soc q 10 per sack.
Citrus Fruit Oranges, Valencia,
Mexican lines, $4,000
800; California lemons 75c@$1. 90:
do choice $1.75@2.0 90 per box.
Tropical Fruits-Bananas, $1.50@
$50 per bunch; pineapples. nom
inal; Persian dates. 6@61fo peg
pound,
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1900-04-20
Auto Car Dashed Into Crowd.

Paris, April 18.-The Paris Boubaix
auto car race yesterday morning led to
a serious accident. Two competitors
on motor tricycles collided and dashed
at the speed of an express train into a
crowd of 1000 who had assembled at q
cross road in the First of Saint Ger
maine to witness their passing. Twen-
ty persons were knocked down, some
having broken bones and many others
being bruised. Nine. Charles Bos,
wife of one of the deputies for the de-
partment OF the Seine, sustained Gn.
nHQnd fracture.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1900-04-20
Plague Riots in India.

Bombay, April 14.-Plague riots
have taken place at Cownpore, where
the segregation camp has been destroyed
and 10 persons have been killed. The
rioters killed five constables and threw
their bodies into the burning camp.
Order is now restored, but all business
is suspended and the populace is sui.
len. Troops and volunteers are patrol
ling the city, guarding the mills and
70
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1900-04-20
Anti-Lynching Law Invalid.

Columbus, O., April 18.-The su-
preme court today declared that the
anti-lynching law is unconstitutional.
The law provides that the heirs of any
person who is lynched may collect $5,-
900 from the comm issioner in the
county in which the affair occurs.
The decision was rendered in the cases
of Click Mitchell, hanged by mob at
Urbana, and ]. w. Caldwell, who was
shot and beaten by strikers at Cleve-
land.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1900-04-20
Chicago railors win Fight,

Chicago, April 16.-A secret meet
ing of the Merchant Tailors & Diapers
Exchange was held last night. When
the meeting broke up it was announced
that the members of the exchange were
opposed to receding in any particular
from the stand taken in the fight with
the Journeymen Tailors' Union in thei1
demand for the back shop system.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1900-04-20
ATTEMPTED Murder and Suicide

Carbondale, ILL.,, April 16.-Gus
Young, a prominent young man of
Murphyshoro, shot and wounded Miss
Kate Van Clooster and then blew out
his brains in temporary fit of jeal-.
ousy. Young was real estate man
and the lady was a member of one of
the best families of Southern Illinois.
She will recover.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1900-04-20
rornado,s Work in rexas Tovn.

Dallas, Tex, April ia special to
the News from Royse, Tex, dated April
Is, says:
"a tornado struck this place at mid
night, and it is believed that several
lives have been lost. Eight houses
were wrecked, and at this hour the
greatest excitement prevails.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1900-04-20
Gold i'm LuzOn,

San Francisco, April lS.-The trans
port Tartar, which arrived Saturday
afternoon from Manila, was released
from quarantine today. The Tartar
brought advices from the Philippines
up to March s. One of the reports
from Manila is that William Odun,
who is spoken of as a miner of large
experience, has returned from pros
pecting trip on the distant coast of
Vigan. He showed rich specimens of
gold, and declared that he had located
ledge of quartz as rich as anything in
Colorado or California. He is organiz-
ing company of ex-soldiers, and will
go into the mountain districts of Vigan
to secure claims. In an interview in
the Manila Freedom. Odun says:
''Never before did see such indica-
tions of mineral wealth. I have trav-
eled from the Klondike to South
Africa, and am convinced that there
is not much richer mineral country
in the world than the Island of
LuZOn.n
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1900-04-20
.LUZON INSURGENTS ACTIVE
Attacked the Garrison at
Batoo, NoTsn Ilocos.
REPuLsED WITH A LOSS OF Ioe
Captain ~Dodd's Cavalry Force Sur
rounded q Village Capturing Many
Prisoners-Report of q Gold Find.

Manila, April 13.-General Young
reports that 300 insurgent riflemen and
bolomen attacked the American garri-
son at Batoo, province of North nocos,
yesterday, but were repulsed, losing
lO6 men. The Americans had no
casualties.
Captain Dodd, with squadron of
the Third cavalry, recently surrounded
village in Union province, and sur
prised 200 insurgents living in bar
racks, it apparently being the recruit
ing center for the province. The
enemy lost So men killed. Our troops
also captured A men and burned the
village. One American was wounded.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1900-04-20
Portland Market.

Wheat - Walla Walla. 54@ Soc;
Valley, SAC; Bluestem, SIC per bushel.
Flour-Best grades, $500; graham,
So. so; superfne, $2.1O per barrel.
Oats-Choice white, 35 q sec; choice
gray, 34c per bushel.
Barley-Feed barley, $14@14.50;
brewing, $17.00@17.5O per ton.
Millstuffs-Bran, $13 per ton; mid
dlings. $19; shorts. $15; chop, $14 per
ton.
Hay-Timothy, SO 9@lO; clover, $40
7.50; Oregon wild hay, $6@7 per ton.
Butter-Fancy creamery, 40@45c;
seconds. 45c; dairy, 30@37kc;
store, 25@32Ac.
Eggs-12c per dozen.
Cheese-Oregon full cream, 13c;
Young America, 14c; new cheese loo
per pound.
4.50 per dozen; hens, S.. 90; springs,
$2.50@3. so; geese, Sc. 6.50@8.0 90 forold;
$4.50@6.5O; ducks, $5.50@6.00 per
dozen; turkeys, live, 10@11c per
pound.
Potatoes-30@50c per sack; sweets,
2@2Ac per pound.
Vegetables-Beets. 81; turnips, 75c;
per sack; garlic. &c per pound; cab
bage, 1 No per pound; parsnips, 70;
onions, $2.50@3 90; carrots, SOC.
Hops-3@8c per pound
WoQl-Valley, 16@18c per pound;
Eastern Oregon, LOG 15c; mohair, 27@
SOC per pound.
Mutton-Gross, best sheep, wethers
and ewes, 4Ac; dressed mutton, 70
TIC per pound; lambs, $2.5 each.
Hogs-Gross, choice heavy, $500;
light and feeders, $3.50; dressed,
$5.00@8.50 per 100 pounds.
Beef-Gross, top steers, $4,000. 80;
cows, $3.50@4.00; dressed beef, 6K@
7Ac per pound.
Veal-Large, 81 @71kc; small, SO
81ac per pound.
Tallow-5@53c; No. 2 and grease,
81 @4c per pound.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1900-04-20
BUILDING COLLAPSED.
Three Persons Killed and Number ]
jured in Pittsburg Accident.

Three Persons Killed and Number In
jured in Pfttsburg Accident.
Pittsburg, April Without warn
ing and with a rush and roar, the
four-story brick building at the corner
of Second avenue and Wood street col
lapsed today, burying in it's ruins q
number of people, three of whom =
taken out dead, five were badly
and several Others slightly inju
The building was occupied by the
Armstrong, McKevy Lead & Oil Com.
pany. 1t was being remodeled by Con.
tractors McGovern and Lyte, who were
converting the lower floors of the corner
store and that next door into one large
room. About 48 feet of the middle
partition had been removed, and steel
girders, supported by heavy iron posts,
were in place, and the finishing touches
were being put on the remodeled work.
The firm this morning began the trans.
fer of it's stock from one room to the
other, and apparently centralized the
heavy weight of the leads and oils about
lapse began by the second floor break.
ing through, carrying with it the two
floors above, making breach from tor
to bottom through the center of the
building.
The fact that the rear portion of the
building on Second avenue did not col
lapse saved many lives. 1t was in that
part of the building that the offices
were located, in which there were about
10 persons. Those who were in the
rear portion of the building heard the
crash and ran out of the side door into
Second avenue and escaped. The loss
of the firm will be about $4,000.
Mashona in More Trouble.
Cape Town, April 16.-The admiral
in charge of the British feet in these
waters has refused to permit the Brit
ish steamer Mashona, Captain john
ston, to proceed beyond Durham. The
agents of the vessel announce that the
cargo destined for Delagoa bay will be
landed at Durham.
The British gunboat Partridge on
December captured the steamer Ma.
shona. which had sailed from New
York, November 5. via st. Vincent,
November 6, for Algoa bay, loaded
with -four for the Transvaal. The YES
sci and the foodstuffs were subsequently
released on bond and the prize court on
March Is rendered a verdict that a
portion of the cargo was condemned,
but that the steamer was formally
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1900-04-20
Kansas City Carpenters, Strike.

Kansas City, April 18.-Slightly
over 400 union carpenters went on
strike today for an increase of wages
to 81 u cents an hour. The contract
ors offered 35 cents, but it was rejected
by the men.