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SITUATIONS wANTED-MALE.

WANTED-Situation as private watchman by re-
spectacle white man Of &c. Call write SIC LIST
st. ml1-3
WANTED-Collese graduate wishes pupils in cle-
inentary branches; Latin, Greek, mathematics,
situation as goyerness. Address BON 1i6 this
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wANTED-RoOMs AND BOARD.

RANTED-Single room by gentleman; north
west: board desired; state terms. Address BOX
18l. this Office nils
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SITUATIONS WANTED-MALE AND
FEMALE.
WANTED ROOMS.

WANTED-Tiree or four unfurnished rooms. cen
trally located, for light housekeeping; Al ref
erencc. Address. stating terms and particulars,
IOA lG5. this Office. MI
NANTED-A gentleman wants furnished room:
private bath preferred; state terms. Address BOX
JGi, this Office. ml6-3
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

WANTED-To buy painters scafolds and la
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WANTED-A boy at the Cycle Exchange, 736 10Th
st. NV. References required. mi
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WANTED-Fifty ladies to sell two books each;
best and cheapest cook book ever offered. ROOM
30 Jenifer Building. 3th and SITS. NV. ml6-2
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WANTED-At once, a frst-class waist hand; also
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CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO RY.

q. E. ABBOT. President.
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WASTED--AGENTS.

BEST INDUCEMENTS ever offered agents who
want business. Big money. ROOM 2l0, JcHifcr
Building. 7th and d sts. W. ml6-2
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FOR Observation-Disclosures ROOMS.

FOR RENT-Two communicating rooms, south
ern exposure, unfinished; modern improvements;
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WANTED-Storeroom girls, mattresses, and cham
bermaids for hotels. DICKS HOTEL AGENCY,
18th and Pa. ave. ml6-2
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1902-01-31
UNFAIR TO THE COLONIES.
Australia Complains That Meat Contracts
Go to Argentina.

Sydney, N. s. W, Jan. 2S.-The
placing of contracts in Argentina by
the British war office, to supply meats
and other produce for the troops in
South Africa, has engendered extreme
irritation throughout Australasia,
This action of the imperial authorities
is regarded as evidence of reprehensible
Indifference to the claims of the colon
les, as i'll accorded with the expressions
of imperial solidarity, as poor repay
ment for the sacrifices of the colonists,
and generally as grave injustice. Most
of the premiers of Australasia and the
premier OF New Zealand have cabled to
the imperial government strong pro-
tests in practically identical terms, say
ing that the two. o.colonies are able ia
supply the war office requirements in
South Africa three times over. Both
colonies, it is pointed out, have more
meat than consumers, and when they
are doing all in their power to build
up and strengthen the empire, it is in
comprehensive that trade is given to
foreigners, especially Argentina, thus
bringing into the field a keen compe-
titor with the people of Australasia,
The premiers further declare that they
feel such action is wrong and unfriend-
ly, and that the blunder should be
promptly retrieved.
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NEWS OF THE STATE
TENS OF INTEREST FROM ALL
PARTS OF OREGON.
Commercial and Financial Happenings Of I'm.
pOrtanes--A Brief Review Of i!ths Growth
and Improvements Of the Many Industries
Throughout Our Thriving Commonwealth
--latest Market Report

Eugene school district voted 8 mill
tax at the annual meeting last week.
Many hogs are dying around Pendle-
ton from what may prove to be cholera.
The company owning the hot artesian
wells at Vale, has decided to erect q
fine hotel for the accommodation Of
guests.
Work is progressing smoothly 2t the
oil well being sunk at Vale, Maiheur
county.
Fire damaged the Ashland Iron
Works to the extent Of $1,000 few
days ago.
The merchants of Baker City have
agreed to close their stores at 6 80
every evening except Saturday.
A preliminary survey of the route Of
the proposed electric road from La
Grande to Cove has been completed.
Oil has been struck in one oil the
wells being bored near Nampa, in East
rem Oregon. Samples analyze rs per
cent paraffine.
The Gopher Mining Company, whose
property is in Southern Oregon, is in
stalling a five stamp mill, and will have
ore to keep it going steady.
The Woodburn school tax will be 10
mills this year. This, with the
county and state tax, will make total
of 43, the highest ever known.
The telephone line from Union to La
Grande has changed hands.
The net valuation of taxable property
in Baker county is So, 1928, ,346.
Hop buyers at Salem are offering
l2A to 121a cents per pound.
The postoffice at Independence has
been moved into new quarters.
Extensive tests are being made with
silage at the agricultural college.
The mayor of Pendleton has ordered
slot machines of all descriptions out.
A franchise has been granted for the
erection of an electric light plant at
Burns.
Asbestos has been discovered in paying
quantities IN Josephine county, near
the state lien.
The Salem school district levied an s
mill tax for running expenses and ]
mill for a sinking fund
Preparations have begun for the
building of large saw mill on Foots
creek near Grants Pass,
Extensive preparations are being
made for thorough test of the exist
ence OF oil near Monmoth.
The expenditures of the agricultural
college for 1901 were Sal ,507. 7.93
Total receipts, $63, 1858.
About 400 were in attendance at the
annual convention of the Knights o.
Pythias in Pendleton this week.
Farmers around Ontario are making
arrangements to import ferrets to clear
out the gophers, which are very numer
Gus.
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THEY WANT CHINESE.
Manila Merchants Object to Restriction Law
Needed to Develop Islands.

Manila, Jan. 28.-The American
chamber of commerce here has formu-
lated an appeal to congress, in which
it earnestly prays for the enactment oi
laws allowing Chinese to enter the
Philippine islands. under such restric,
tions as the United States Philippine
commission may enact. The present
restrictive law concerning immigra.
tion, continues the appeal, is of nc
benefit to the Filipinos. Chinese, il
admitted, would enter into competition
with local labor, and their entry into
the islands is imprateively needed as
the tobacco, hemp and sugar lands Of
the archipelago are only partly cult.
waited. Without this legislation the
country cannot be properly developed
Building in Manila has been badly
retarded because of this lack of labor
and for these reasons the American
chamber of commerce, composed entire
ly of American citizens representing
commercial interests, respectfully re-
quests immediate action in the matter
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RECEIVED ON EQUAL TERMS.


10 INC TOrelyh mlnlSterss
Pekin, Jan. 25.-The ministers of the
foreign powers here have attained the
goal which has been their aim since in
tercourse between China and the pow
ers began. They have been received as
representatives Of sovereigns equal in
rank to the Chinese emperor. The
audiences yesterday between the minis
ters and the emperor we're held in the
innermost large hall of the Forbidden
City. The emperor sat upon dias be-
hind table. There were four princes
at the back Of his chair, and a dozen
officials on each side. The dowager
empress was concealed by a screen, ac-
cording to stories of the attendants, and
remained invisible. The audience
chamber was furnished ornately, in
contrast to the dingy rooms which
served for these audiences under the
old regime. The secretaries translated
the addresses of the ministers, copies of
which were handed to the emperor.
The replies we're delivered by Prince
Ching. The emperor was silent
throughout the audience, and remained
stolid and impassive.
Formerly the emperor replied to the
ministers in Manchu, and the prince
interpreted what he said. Today he
appeared as an automaton, and the Sec
retaries OF the foreign ministers, who
were present, report that he looked
weaker, less intellectual and milder
than previous to the siege.
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British.Canadian Trade.

London, Jan. 29.- Lord Strathcona
and Mount Royal, Canadian high com.
mission$in London, had addressed let
ters to the press in which he calls at
tention to the expanding trade between
Great Britain and Canada, expresses
his belief that this trade is capable of
much greater development, and invites
correspondence as to the best means of
assisting this development by the dis
semination of commercial information.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1902-01-31
MINE DUST EXPLODED.
Disaster in Iowa Cost Many Llvss-Ssveral
Men Seri vsly Injured.

Oskaloosa, Ia, Jan. 27.-The Lost
Greek coal mine was the scene today of
aSerrible disaster, which cost the lives
OF 2l miners. Eight others werao seri-
ously injured. The bodies of the dead
men were recovered from the mine, and
lie tonight in an improvised morgue
near the scene of their destruction.
The injured, all of whom are frightfully
cut, bruised and burned, are under the
care OF surgeons in temporary hospital
equipped near the mine.
The Lost Creek mine is 10 miles
south of Oskaloosa, and three miles
north of Eddieville. The explosion
occurred at the noon hour, and was
what is known as dust explosion.
The miners had just fired their usual
noon shots, one of which proved to be a
fizzle, the powder fame igniting the
gas and causing the explosion. Smoke
and debris we're blown out OF the mine
ID a column 200 feet high. A part Of
the top works was torn away, and the
fans and cages were wrecked. This
made the work of rescue very slow,
and it was 8 O'Clock before volunteer
forces dared to venture into the east
entry, where the explosion occurred.
The men Of the rescue party fought
their way into the mine, where a
shocking sight met their gaze. The
dead and injured we're terribly burned
and mutilated, some of them almost
beyond recognition. Beyond where the
bodies lay the fire was burning fiercely,
and for time it was feared the work.
ings would be wholly destroyed and the
bodies incinerated. Finally, however,
the flames were subdued. The bodies
we're then collected and taken to the
top of the shaft.
At the time of the explosion more
than 100 men we're in the mine, but all
except those in the east entry escaped
with only slight injury. The total
property loss will be about $4,000.
Nearly all of the men were married
and leave families in poor circum-
stances.
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TWELVE YEARS IN HIDING.
G. A. Bennett at Last Arrested for Extensive
Cattle Stealing.

Missoula, Mont, Jan. 29.-G. A.
Bennett, formerly prominent merch-
ant of this city, who for the past IL
years has been hiding from an indict-
ment Of grand jury issued October II,
1890, on charge of stealing cattle, was
brought last night to Missoula by the
sheriff.
The story of his downfall, so far as
can be learned, is that stockmen, in
the summer of 1890, had been missing
cattle, and suspicion fell on Bennett
and his range riders. A close watch
was kept on them with the result that
evidence against Bennett, which was
laid before the district Judge, was con-
sidered sufficient by that official to war
rant his calling grand jury to investi-
gate the matter. After session last
ing several days, the grand jury re-
turned verdict against Bennett and
four others, charging them with steal
ing cattle.
Bennett drove from his home direct
ly through this city to some unknown
point on the Northern Pacific, where
dressed in woman's garb, he made his
escape. The various sheriffs of this
county since the escape have constant
ly been on the lookout for him. Some
weeks ago the sheriff located his man
at Albuquerque, N. NJ, and quietly
left the city for the south with all the
necessary papers for his arrest and re-
turn here.
AT the time the affair became public
Bennett was operating slaughter house
and in searching the place, the grand
jury found upwards of 100 cattle hides
bearing the brands of several Bitter
Root stockmen hid in the river and
buried in the ground in that vicinity
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DEATH AND RUIN
GREAT EXPLOSION IN THE CITY
OF NEW YORK.
Six Men Lose Their Lives-Number Of In.
iured Reaches One Hundred Blast Goes
Off Without Warning at Tunnel Of New
Rapid Transit Railway--Property Loss Is
Estimated at $1,000, 1000.

New York, Jan. 29.-The reserve
supply Of high explosives stored at the
Park avenue shaft of the Rapid Transit
tunnel, now in course of construction
blew up shortly after noon today. The
giant blast killed six persons, injured
100 others and damaged all the proper
ty reached by the flying debris and the
vibration OF the shock.
The irregular square formed by the
Murray Hill hotel on the west, the
Manhattan Eye and Ear hospital and
tie Grand Union hotel on the east,
and the Grand Central station on the
north, was the scene of the explosion,
The buildings named sustained the
greatest damage, but the area extended
for several blocks in the four directions
from the center.
General alarms brought fremen, po-
lice reserves and every available .ambu-
lance to the spot. A majority of the
wounded we're treated on the spot, and
the white coated ambulance surgeons
worked for an hour in the debris-strewn
streets. Police lines were thrown at
either end of Park avenue and across
the intersel ting streets.
The cause of the explosion and the
quantity of explosives that blew up are
not definitely known. Several causes
have been advanced. One was that a
fire started near the powder room.
Another was that it started from a
spark produced from stray current Of
electricity. A third placed the blame
upon blast in the tunnel. Still
another gave a gas explosion from cleo
trical contact with sthe trolley conduit
in the electrical subway. 1t will take
an official examination to reveal the
true explanation.
The damage may exceed $1,000 ,000
The first estimate of the damage to the
Murray Hill hotel places the loss at
$100, 900, but later the hotel was
abandoned as unsafe. If the building
is condemned, the loss on it alone will
approximate 81 100000
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1902-01-31
Tired of Useless Struggle.

Pretoria, Jan. 2s.-Lord Kitchener
has authorized General Nilomel, a sur
rendered burgher, to raise an additional
Boer corps of 500 men. General Viii
omel has written letter to ex-Presi-
dent Steyn, warning the latter of his
intention to form such a corps, and
adding that the Beers in the concentra-
tion camps are tired of the useless
struggle and are determined to help the
British end il.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1902-01-31
Kaiser's Gift to Harvard.

Berlin, Jan. 24.-The gift of Emper-
or William to Harvard University
will be much larger than was at first
supposed. The Emperor's gift con-
sists of casts and bronzes. Illustrating
every class of the German plastic arts
from the Romanesque period to the
Renaissance. The entire cost of the
collection will be betrayed from the
Emperor's private purse, and it is es-
tlmated at about 100000 marks.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1902-01-31
ISLANDS ARE OURS
DANISH WEST INDIES TREATY
SIGNED AT WASHINGTON.
Only Awaits Ratification by the Senate
Price to Be Paid Is Believed to Be in
the NeishbOrhoOd OF Five Millions Of
Dollars People Of the Islands to Have
Voice in Question Of Cession.

Washington, Jan. 25.-The treaty of
cession of the Danish West Indies from
Denmark to the United States was
signed at the state department .yester-
day by Secretary Hay and Constantin
Brun, the Danish minister The
treaty will be submitted to the senate
for ratification Immediately.
Following the invariable rule in such
cases the state department officials de-
cline to make public any OF the details
of the treaty, so that it is not possible
to state positively the price to be paid,
though it is believed to be in the neigh
borhood of IS, 900, 900. 1t is known
also that Denmark has abandoned the
position she was inclined to occupy to-
ward the conservation of the political
rights of the inhabitants of the islands
and leaves to the United States a free
hand to deal with them without pledge
OF American citizenship or of free trade
privileges. So it is presumed that the
status of the Danish West Indian
Islands, politically and commercially,
should the treaty be ratified, will be
similar to that of Porto Rico. Having
gained these points in the negotiations,
the state department officials believe
the treaty is certain to receive the ap-
proval of the United States senate.
The new treaty is peculiar in that it
will require action not only by the sem
ate and the Danish rigsdad, but by the
United States house of representatiN
as well, since it will be necessary for
the house to supply the needed appro-
priation to defray the expenses of pur-
chase. 1t is regarded as a strong point
by the trainers of the treaty that the
people of the Danish West Indies are to
have voice in this qutesion of cessoin.
The treaty itself does not contain
any reference to a plebiscite, but the
Danish government has given notice
that before it ratifes the treaty it will
submit the question of cesison to the
people of the islands. Not much obiec-
tion is expected here from these people,
as the treaty is so framed that they are
not called on to surrender their Danish
allegiance, and they may remain Danes
in fact and in name while enjoying
whatever advantages, in a commercial
way, may result from a transfer of the
islands to the United States. The
plebiscite will not be controlled in any
case by the United States. 1t is stated
distinctly that the Danish government
itself will take steps to ascertain the
inclination of the people of the islands
before the final steps in the transfer are
taken.
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NJ Athos Monastery Burned.

London, Jan. 29.-Telegraphing from
Vienna, the correspondent of the Daily
Chronicle says the newspa' ers of Ath-
ems report that the celebrated St. Paul
monastery on Mount Athos, was burned
two days ago. The prior and nine
monks perished and 90 others we're
seriously injured. The occupants of
the monastery were sleeping when the
fire broke out, according to the Athens
papers, and the monastery itself was
damaged9o the extent Of $1,000
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1902-01-31
A CINCINNATI SENSATION.
Trusted BOOkkCsper Short From 100000 (
100000 in His Accounts.


Cincinnati, Jan. 4.-Sensational re-
ports were published here today of an
alleged shortage in the books of Theo-
dore Braemer, who resigned last Sun
day as treasurer of the J. &. F.
Schroth Packing Company, of this
city. The story as first published al
legged a shortage OF from $160,000 to
100000, extending over a period Of
20 years, and declared that Mr.. Brae-
mer had turned over all of his prop
erty and chattels in trust, pending an
examination of the books by experts.
Braemar denied that there was any
defalcation, but admitted that he had
turned over $4,000 in personal prop
erty to Harland Cleveland, his attor-
ney, and Joseph w. O'Hara, attorney
for the j. & F. Schroth company.
While Braemar talked freely about
the case, the Schroths refused to
say anything, and the attorneys were
also reticent.
and has been with the Schroths 27
years, most of the time receiving $25
per week as bookkeeper, and in re-
cent years about twice that much as
secretary and treasurer. The firm
did business of about $1,000,000 a
year, which was collected by Brae-
mer When John Schroth died, over
year ago, Lieutenant-Go Governor Carl
Nippert became the attorney of his
heirs who instituted an investigation
of the company, which finally culmin.
ated in a meeting of all interested
parties last Sunday, at which Brae-
mer resigned, and from which the
sensational reports of today eman-
ated. The experts insist that they
cannot complete their work for two
or three weeks, and counsel say that
no reliable statement can be made
until that time.
No reports of similar character
ever created such a sensation in this
city, as Mr. Braemer always has been
regarded as man of the highest bus
mess and social standing. He owns
one of the finest residences in the
city, and 1t Is furnished with all that
art could supply. In all of the sensa-
tional reports that have been pub
lished no reference is made to him
as a fast man or of bad habits, such
as are usually coupled with such sen
sations. The attorneys and other in
terested persons will give no assur-
ance that the report of the experts
on the examination of the books
will be made public when completed.
as thew state that evarV nnSsihla dir
ference has already been adjusted
satisfactorily by the property that
Braemer has turned over in trust.
All the interested parties state that
they expected after the meeting last
Sunday, at which Braemer resigned,
that all differences would be settled
without the matter ever becoming
nuhlic
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pIeblscits Of Danish Antilles.

Washington, Jan. 2S.-The Danish
government will not take the plebescies
of the Danish West Indian islands to
determine whether they shall be ceded
to the United States until the United
States senate has ratified the treaty Of
cession. This circumspection is sup
posed to be the outcome of the senate s
action in rejecting former treaty Of
cession after Denmark had accustomed
the islanders to the idea of transfer.
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MOrsan's R,po,i on Canal Situation

Washington, Jan. Ex-senator Nor.
gan, chairman of the committee on
interoceanic canals, has prepared a re-
port, which he has sent to each men,
Der Of the committee, relative to the
canal situation since the offer of the
Panama company TO sell its property
for $40 900, 900 was made. The report
takes the ground that the Panama
Company cannot give the United States
a good and sufficient title, and also
criticises the whole matter as a move
ment intended to delay canal legisla-
tiOn.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1902-01-31
Dole Not Asked to RESIGN

Sam Parker, who was once promi-
nent in Hawaiian affairs, a member of
the Republican national committee
from that territory, is stirring up
more or less gossip about the governor
ship, and already several stories have
been published that he is to succeed
Dole. 1t was ascertained at the White
House today that Dole's resignation
had not yet been asked for, and the
president has not decided to select
Parker if he finds it necessary to make
a change. He is considering the case,
and it is possible after he obtains all
the facts that Dole may be removed,
and that Parker may be appointed,
but some other man instead of Parker
stands just as good a chance.
1t is reported that General Miles and
Admiral Dewey are to be sent to Europe
as representatives Of the st. Louis ex-
position, to arouse interest in the en-
terprise and secure foreign exhibits.
Should this be done, both will first
have to obtain permission from their
respective departments.
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Surprised a Boer Lager.

Pretoria, Jan. 29.-General Bruce
Hamilton, by clever night march,
surprised a laager between Ermelo and
Bethel, in the Transvaal colony, and
charged the Beers, who fled in all di-
rections and we're pursued many miles.
As a result of this expedition 50 Beers
and a quantity of stores were captured.
The casualties were small.
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Pan.American Conference.

City of Mexico, Jan. 29.-The pro-
ject for an international court Of claims
was presented at today's session of the
Pan-American conference. Though il
has not attracted the same amount oi
attention as the arbitration treaty, it is
of even greater practical Importance.
1t is in reality itself compulsory arbi'
tration plan, applied, however, only
to controversies involving nothing but
pecuniary claims.