The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 22, 1901, Page 2

\ THE S FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, APRIL 22, 1901 e — F FIERCE STORMS OF SNOW BLOCK EASTERN MAIL TRAIN TRAVEL Telegraph Lines Go Down, Cars Are Stalled| and in Greater New York Sweepers Sent to | | Clean the Streets Get Mired in the Slush | | NEW YORK savy storm which ha t all traffic into Cleveland has been de- from two to twelve hours. The entral depot presented a strange sppearance this afternoon, as the belated Western trains-arrived s 1 hours late, with their roofs ps encrusted with enow and ice s of the long-due passengers hung around the depot all da and rushed to meet the Weary passengers every time a train came in. The disap- intments were frequent, as most of the rains were into sections at Buf- The express, which carries all . of Chicago, and which was m., arrived seven hours be- The Ne v due the k and New Eng- p. m., arrived in first section being two minutes late and the t rst v express he Shore train f e at 1 m. Most of e Western trains on the Pennsylvania a yehind their schedule time . experienced in getting t of Pittsburg ernoon it was s of San P m. train, - carrying Northwestern mail east of San ¥ did not get in until 11 a. m. n g it six hours and forty-five minutes and Dunkirk train or N ew Yor i all the up er minor g mail were property estroyed owing to quantities ire could arnit he stores on the )i PITTSBURG HEAVY lood Subsides but Leaves Many Traces of Devastation Behind. PI TRG, April 21.—Pittsburg and legh lowly emerging from the irky flood » water remained station- m., when it began to SUFFERER. iffering from enforced idle- been greater floods at Pittsburg and ns hav been ar Levittsburg. Erie received it On rried down the of bank On the lines Itimore and now ttentio y air running on all 1 is paid to keeping d districts in Pittsburg are to-day a scene of abject sidents spent all day try- to 8¢ The Allegheny is es- it will take two ather to thor- mmer w d stores and ning up will , six miles from loss is estimated at $40,000, h the Columbia Bridge Works lose The Westinzhouse ectric Company had two car ied material on he tracks n eek. They were caught in the floc ot into the ¢ Che Joss may reach $80,000. S — FIRE COMMUNICATIONS CUT OFF Cleveland’s Telephone Service Severe- ly Crippled by Trail of Blizzard. D, O., April 21.—The fierce swept city and Northern Ohio throughout yesterday and over night gradually subsided to-day. It llowed to-night by a dense fog. 2 ding the heroic efforts of the | telegraph and telephone companies to re- pair their strated Mnes there has been 74c. {KID GLOVE BARGAIN Regular value $1.00 and $1.2, 500 dozen extra fine quality La- dies’ Two-Clasp Kid Gloves, black, red and brown, all sizes. MOSS’ GLOVE STORE 1210 MARKET STREET, Between Taylor and Jones. in N. B.—Special offerings in Black Carriage Parasols, from 45¢ up. ” April 21.—Because of. the | been raging in the | hundred feet | In Pittsburg | — little improvement to the service thus far. Throughout the day big gangs of men have been at work on the various lines re- setting poles and stringing wires. Trains on practically all roads entering the city from the west continue to arrive from one | to three hours behind_ schedule. This is especially t of the lines from the east. There no wires to facilitate the of trains and this is respon- large extent for the delay to raffic. | The traffic on the city street car lin continued to be badly crippled all day as | a result of the dcep snow and slush on the tracks. So heavy is the snow and slush in many places that the most powerful sweepers become stalled in it. A large section of the city is still cut off from communication by wire with fire head- qu re it of the general pros- rte tration of the es. SRS BIG LAKE AT Body of Water Occupies the Place of North End Squares. PITTSBURG, Pa., April "he report | to-night from Rochester is that the Ohio nsider- has overflowed its banks and a c able portion of the city lying south of the Fort Wayne Railroad track is sub- merged. The river is still rising, and a steady downpour of rain continues. The to manufacturing plants along the river will be heavy. At Beaver Fails, Pa., | several squares in the north end of the | town were converted into a lake. Reports from up river points received at Pittsburg | up to 10 p. m. are meager, for th most part are encouraging. > storm left a zone of ruin 200 miles in diameter. Some municipalities are in dire stra from rain. Traffic s been practical suspended. Water overflowed and washed but e out railroad tracks and hillsides, an came down and buried the rails. In ad- diti nearly every town on the Ohio Riv n Pittsburg and Wheeling is , owing to damaged wires. The money loss is difficult to foot up. It may reach $3,000,000. The telegraph companies have suffered severely. There is an enormous indirect damage caused by suspension of trade. SHOOTING AT THE STEAMBOATS. Residents Fire at Passing Packets, Which Are Washing Away Foun- dations.of Houses. WHEELING, W: Va., April° 21.—The river here is 41 feet 4 inches and rising two inches an hour. Wheeling is entirely cut off from outside communication by rail, and only the big Cincinnati liners are ablé to run now. Residents along the river banks are firing frequently at the boats because the swell from them is washing the foundations away from their houses. To-night a Wheeling Island man fired at the packet Keystone State and at a passing towboat, but without effect. In Wheeling about 50 heuses have been en- Nearly every manu- lishment in the Wheeling rict is shut down. he aggregate loss in this district is at ast $100.000. Above Martins Ferry, James ¥ord, a miner, discovered the Cleveland and Pittsburg track washed out and suc. ceeded in stopping the northbound pas senger train a few vards from certain de- struction. The Ohio River Railroad has a number of landslides. United States Senator Scott wires from Washington, contributing $500:for the re- lief of the sufferer: | DANGER LINE AT CINCINNATT, Chio Valley, However, Alarmed at the Height of the Overflow of the River. CINCINNATI, April 21..—There has been more alarm throughout the' Ohio Valley to-day on account of the floods than at any period since 1884, when the Ohio River reached its highest stage of seventy-one feet and nine inches at this | city. “While the water has begun to | fall "at Pittsburg, the danger line has al- been reached at points above Cin- cinnati, and it will be reached here to- morrow morning. Early this evening the Weather Bureau here announced heavy ows and rains along the Ohio Valley ‘At Point Pleasant the stage is eight feet | above the danger line to-night, with the river rising rapidly, with a heavy rain. The Mavor of Portsmouth, Ohio, tele- graphed that the danger line had been reached there. Similar reports have been received from all over Southern ‘Ohio and as far north as Springfield. Trains are late on all railroads. It is generally con- ceded that the fruit crop throughout the Ohio Valley is gone, and the damage to crops is very gre INJURED IN CHICAGO GALE. | | | | | | | 1y Hurting Five People. CHICAGO, April 21.—A high wind that struck Chicago to-day loosened a huge iron water tank from its fastenings on the roof of the Galbraith building, Madison and Franklin streets, causing it to crash threugh six floors to the ground, injuring five persons and resulting in a damage to the building estimated at $50,000. The in- h injured; Frank E. Langs, scalp wound; Severio Pegaro, bootblack, shoulder . dislocated; John Wiley, scalp wounds. OHIO RIVER PAST DANGER LINE Two Men Drownad in Branches While | Saving Flooded Property. HUNTINGTON, W. Va., April 21.—At 6 o'clock this evening the rain and snow that had been falling for seventx-eight hours ceased. The Ohio River has passed the danger line of fifty feet and is still rising. Fully ten feet more of water is expected here. Great damage has result- ed throughout the southern and central portions of the State. Carter Slatington vas drowned in Tug River and John wanson was drowned in the Guyandotte while endeavoring to save property. Gat- i tlesburg, Ceredo, Central City, Dingeness, , Dunlow. Barboursville and many smaller i towns are suffering heavily. PR LR ek | LAKE THREATENS OVERFLOW. | | New Haven Fears Awful Disaster | ‘Would Follow Its Rupture. | NEW HAVEN, Conn., April 21.—Reports { from around the State show that the | damage done by the floods is very sericus. | The worst situation is at Winsted, where | Highland Lake threatens an overflow al- most any hour. If such occurs it is feared a terrible loss of life and property will | ensue. | _The Connecticut River at Hartford is | rising at the rate of an inch an hour. The | lower portion of -the city is completely | under water, and on several streets boats | have been called into service. BEAVER FALLS. | Iron Tank Fnlls;om Roof, Serious- | | LORA OF PARK WILL BLAZE WELCOME TO THE PR ESIDENT F 9 . o | | | | | DESIGN OF ELABORATE FLORAL EFFECTS IN GOLDEN GATE PARK INTENDED TO TYPIFY CALIFORNIA'S WELCOME TO PRESIDENT McKINLEY. A SCORE OF GARDENERS ARE DAILY AT WORK PRODUCING WITH PLANTS AND BLOSSOMS VARIOUS PATRIOTIC EMBLEMS. *+ | | I I | [+ E IVID in color, vatriotic in senii- | ment, beautiful in design will be | “California’s Welcome - to _Our President” as expressed in floral | art in Golden Gate Park. Space | for the floral designs has been chosen on the north bank of Conservatory Valley, | near the old music stand. This fronts the main drive and when the President is | driven through the park on the day set apart the motto and emblems will loom up most “conspicuously. Superintendent McLaren has a score o his most expert a ants engaged in lay- ing out the zelected design. From the nursery in are brought thousands in all varieties and rare-colored Echevenas. National colors as far as practicable predominate in the design, while green and gold will form the | background. The combination of colors, so far as the work progressed, gives promise of a most elaborate yet harmoni- | ous chromatic effect. | The center piece of the design is the dome and facade of the Capitol at Wash- ington. The architectural outlines are in | red, accentuated by a pleasing and ef- | fective combination of the other colors. | To the immediate left in a special scroll | is “California’s Welcome,” worked out in | golden-hued flowers. A grizzly rampant | forms the central figure and around and about its feet lies the old and familiar “pear flag.” On the right an eagle holding in its | beak a scroll bearing the ‘balance of the motto “To Our President” is worked out, |in gray tones, while the words are in the famillar State color. To complete the design an elaborate coat of arms of the | United States on one side and an eagle bearing in his talons a banner of red, I o e e 'DREAMS THRICE PRESAGE DEATH |Triple Warning Pre- cedes the Sudden Demise of a Woman | | Special Dispatch to The Call | MIDDLETOWN, N. Y., April 21.—Mrs. | Maria Conkling, wife of David Conkling | of Rockhill, who died suddenly on Thurs- | day, had a premonition of her fate and | foretold her death, having been warned in | dreams on three successive nights that her {end was near. The facts in the case, which are authenticated by members of her family and by neighbors to whom she | related her dreams while making prepara- | tions for the death which she was eon- | vinced was near, are as follows: Mrs. Conkling was 49 years old and ap- s in perfect health. On Monday | e dreamed that her daughter, who died twelve and beckoned to her; on Tuesday night her mother, who died about twenty-five years ago. appeared to her while she slept and beckoned to her. She told these | dreams to her family and was much dis- turbed by them. On Wednesday night she | dreamed that a black-robed figure of | death stood by Ler bedside holding a taper | a | and, while it beckoned, the taper suddenly | went out. | "She interpreted the visions as meaning that death was near and that it would be | sudden, and made preparations. That af- ternoon, while engaged in household duties, the final summons came in the form of a stroke of apoplexy. TOLSTOI’'S NEW NOVEL DEALS WITH GIRL'S LIFE | Depicts Development of a Butterfly Into Useful Member of Society. ST PETERSBURG, April 21 — Count Leo Tolstoi's next novel will describe the | chrysalis period of a young woman's life— | the development of a butterfiy into a use- ful member of society. Its plot may be | briefly outlined as foliows The Speizfzeff family return late in the autumn from their usual journey abroad, and go for a short visit to the | estate of a relative who is the_ district | captain of Lijin. The party there is composed of the high Ministerial officer, Councilor Splezfzeff. his wife, Marfe Necolaivena and a 16-year-old daughter, | Vera. The men talk of crops, while the { women indulge in provincial gossip. It | is then proposed that Vera make herself {useful in the famine relief work. She | would prefer anything to boredom, and " undertakes to distribute clothing and ! nurse-starving babies for distraction. She | is lost to view until her father and mother | decide to return home. They send a ser- | vant to bring Vera, but she positively re- | fuses to obey either the servant, her father or mother. She has undergone a : mental transformation within a few weeks, and decides that'it is better to i be a worker than a drone. ears ago, appeared to her | ot i white and blue, have been added to com- | laden with flo plete the patriotic and enthusiastic words | will be driven xpert Gardeners Are Busily Engaged Preparing Flowe Effects, Rich and Varied in Color and of Appropriate Design in Honor of the Nation’s Chief Executive of welcome. | As the work progresses, thousands view | around the scene daily. t { nearly a week to complete the design, yet | it-will be in its full perfection of color by | the time of the President | two weeks hence. All the sod has been { removed and with square and rule and a | | few sharp-pointed sticks, the kneeling | | workmen. are inserting in'the ground the | | diminutive plants. Hundreds of employes | nd many pedestrians line the edge of main drive overlooking the spot. { occupant and each person is enthusi | over its prospective beautiful effect: | . ““This will excel in beauty of effect any | | bouquet that may be prepared,” says Su- | | perintendent McLaren, and tue Park Commissioners echo his sentiments, for ’l,‘unservat?{y Valley is a mass ot' bloom of radiant hyes and sweet scents, myosotis, pansies, poppies. and all the fiowers that bloom in California’s spring time, disputing with vari-colored flower- ing shrubs, suvremacy in floral beauty. WILL VISIT THE BIG TREES. President McKinley to View Califor- nia’s Giant Redwoods. SANTA CRUZ, April 21.—Great prepa- rations are being made here for the recep- tion of President McKinley. On the ex- ecutive commiitee are Professor D. C.| Clark, chairman; Mayor Parker, ex-Lieu- tenant Governor W. T. Jeter, H. F. Kron, J. F. Coope, O. J. Lincoln, A. A. Morey. On the arrival of the train in th&“morn- ing the President will be greeted by hun- dreds ‘of ~school children, who will be massed at the station and all will be . THREE STITCHES IN HIS HEART| Surgeons Save Life of Thrust of a Dagger Special Dispatch to The Call. ST. LOUIS, April 21.—Though his heart, | according to physicians, was wounded by | a dagger and three stitches were sewed in Philip Gunn, 22 years old, {s still alive and there is hove for his recovery. | _The wound was stitched last night by | Dr. H. L. Nietert, Superintentendent of | the City Hospltal. A remarkable thing in |.connection with. the operation was the | fact that Gunn recovered from the anes- i thetic while his heart was exposed to the |air and talked to the doctor while he ‘was stitching away. Dr. Nietert to-day gave this explanation of the case: “Philip Gunn was brought to the City | Hospital in a semi-conscious condition {about 9 o'clock last night. He became | unconscious. = Subsequently it was found | that a stab wound three-quarters of an inch in length, situated to the right of the breast bone, and on a level with the fifth rib, had been inflicted. An examin- adon of the heart showed that it pulsated very, feebly. The radial artery and | carotid were pulseless. The patient was very pale and there was every indication | of an internal hemorrhage. ‘“Further examination showed that the dagger penetrated directly into the heart and bleeding occurred from that organ. I immediately concluded to operate. * | _“Incisions "were made and the heart was exposed for the operation. The pa- tient ceased to breathe several times, so it was necessary to resort to artificial respiration and stimulation. This irregu- lar breathing continued until the peri- cardium was opened and the restriction of the heart relieved by the removal of a clot of blood from the pericardium. The heart then began to act very powerfully and the | pulses from the various arteries could easily be discerned. The heart's action was free and it was noticed that the right ventricle had been pierced. A penetratin incised wound about one-third of an incl in length was found. Bleeding from the | heart at this time was quite rapid and the patient lost considerable blood. “I immediately ordered transfusion and a part of the saline solution was intro- duced in the veins to replace the lost blood. The pericardium and external wounds were then ciosed. The operation was performed in about twenty-five minutes.” Lions Ruin the Ranchers. SAN DIEGO, April 21—The sheep owners | and ranchers of the Mesa Grande coun- try have asked the Board of Supervisors to have a reward of about $25 offered for the killing of mountain lions in the county. They suffer a great deal on ac- count of the depredations of these ani- mals and they want the reward offered in order to induce others besides to hunt the animals out of existence if possible. A I3 arrival about | Man Wounded by | this most delicate vital organ of the body, | o Although it will take School children and citizens will line the ri s. The, Presidential party J Pacific avenue, where | are to be'a feature, and | rid’s - famous CHff drive. floral decorati the w street and give him a welcome. A trip will be taken to the Big Trees by rail, | and at the grove luncheon is to be served. | It has been suggested ttat at thie time | one of the giants of the forest be chirst- ened McKinley. During the absence of the .party at the Big Trees the Presidential train is to be turned over to the Native Daughters of the Golden West, who will transform it into a floral bower. e il SRS Finances for Reception Increasing. In addition to the subseriptiong for the reception to-be tendered President McKin- ley, already published, the following con- tributions have been réceived; Raphael Weill & Co., $100; A. Schilling & Co., $100; M. J. Brandenstein & Co., $100; Spring Valley Water Company, $106; Emporium and Golden Rule Bazaar, $100; Security Savings Bank, $50; Wolf & Sons, $50;. Hills Bros., $50; Welch & Co., $50; Madison & Burke, $25; Cun- ningham, Curtiss & Welch, $25; Tubbs Condage Company, $25; Danforth Warehouse Company, $23; Tacoma Mill Company, $25; North Pacific Trading_and Packing Company, $25; Phoenix Ralsin Seeding and Packing Company, $25; S. Slade Lumber Company, and J. A. Hooper, $2; vi & Co., $25; California Barrel Company, $25; M. Schussler & Co., $2%; 8. o Pacific ,Pine Lumber Company, $25; D. D. Wass, $5: Baldwin & Howell, $35; C. 3 Ford & Co., §25; 1. Magnin, $25; total, $112 Several cases of fraudulent collecting have been reported to the finance com- mittee, and the public is warned to make payments only to those who carry writ- ten authority over the signature of F. Dohrmann, chairman of the committee. CURIOUS OVER THE WAR LOAN Britain Is Wondeting How One-Half of It| Has Been Placed LONDON, April 21.—Great curiosity i# manifested here to ascertain how half the war loan has been already placed, as is asserted in the Government invitation | for subscriptions for the remaining half. It is supposed that a portion of the £30,- | 000,000 “already placed” may have been re- served for the Government Department; | but it is rather believed that financial houses with foreign connections have in- terested -themselves in the flotation. & No explanation has been afforded and considering that the final installment of the loan is payable in December and that the first ‘quarter’s interest will be paid July 5 the issue is regarded as cheap, and not a little resentment has been created by the fact that only half the issue has been offered to the public. This dissatisfaction is voiced by the Daily Chronicle, which says: ‘“The pub- lie ought to have been informed by this time to whom the Chancellor of the Ex- chequer has allotted £30,000,000 of the is- sue.” - The paper proceeds to comment severely upon the policy of the Govern- ment which has led to “such a disastrous issue, in which the British taxpayer drops the round sum of £30,000,000 in the process of borrowing £60,000,000. BURST DAM CAUSES DISASTER. CHESTER, Mass., April 21.—The Flood Hollow dam in Middlefield gave way at about 6 o'clock to-night, sweeping every- thing before it and submerging the greater part of this town. No lives were lost, but great damage has been done, to an extent | it_is now impossible to state. o Two quartz mills at Flood Hollow, barns and outbuildings were swept along in the torrent. At Bancroft, the station for Middlefield, the Boston and Albany stone bridge was carried away, together with 600 feet of track. It will prob:ily be two days beore trains are running. The electric light station at Chester is sub- merged and the town is in total darkness. —_— Rebuilding Starts in Keswick. KESWICK, April 21.—Every property owner who was a loser by yesterday morning’s disastrous fire on Northwest street has exvressed a determination to rebuild at once. The Monte Carlo thea- ter will be constructed of brick this time and it will be larger than the old edifice. Laborers have been at work to-day clean- ing up the rubbish and carpenters will be put to work to-morrow. Keswick is used to having big fires, but the prosper- ous business condition of the town justi- fles rebuilding on a larger and better scale than before. e —— If You Have Dyspepsia Send no money,but writs Dr.Shoop,Racine, Wis., Box137,for six bottles of Dr.Shoop's Restorativa: express pald. If cured,pay $.50—I¢ not,it is frees i | moderately active, REVISING THE PROPOSED TARIFF FOR THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS War Department Comiders Suggestions, but Schedule Will Not Be Promulgated Until the Status of the Colonies Is Determined WASHINGTON, April 21.—Tt is not like- ly that the new Philippine tariff will be promulgated until after the decision of th Supreme Court in the insular case. It wa: sald at the War Department, where the case has received considerable attention, that this decision may make it unneces- | sary for this Government to establish a system of tariff rates in the Philippines, | although the department has proceeded with the work of equalizing the rates and considering suggestions as though the coming decisien would not make any | change in the present conditions. Some months ago the War Department experts in the Philippines and approved by the Taft Com Interested per- sons, espeeially manufacturers and ship- pers, were iny to examine this pro- posed tariff and make suggestions and criticisms. It is interesting to note that of the 419 paragraphs in the proposed tariff only thirty-three have provoked criticism _or suggesti Even these are in a mild tone, and arly all take the form of suggestion. Many more impor- tant suggestions are embodied in the fol- lowing. Some Asked-For Changes. , It is suggested that there will be diffi- culty in making all duties specific and that in many cases, perhaps, ad valorem duties will be better. There are some ob- jections to the metric system, as American goods are in yard folds and European goods are in metric folds. If the yard folds are continued it would be better for the American manufacturers. The Manila Chamber of Commerce asks that four months intervene between the promulgation of the tariff and its enforce- ment. No provision is made for marking oleo- margarine to cistingulsh it from butter. | published \the tariff as prepared by the fhterest believes a provision A lower rate Is asked for. gaso- and for launches. advised upon pre- One suggestion should be upon The dairy desirable. line to be used for fue An ad valorum duty | cious stone and watches is that copperas and oxic the free list. It is claimed that cotton yarn should not be admitted at a lower rate than fabrics woven from such yarn; also that the weight and rating of cotton es should be changed in the interest of coarser cotton . fabrics. There has been a quite extensive discussion of this subject, and it has been pointed out that changes in the Cuban tariff also were needed in this particular. The free entry of “news’ advocated. Reductions are asked of from 20 to 30 per cent on harness and saddlemakers’ wares. It is suggested that cheap and expensive machinery should not pay the same rates. Certain typewriter irms want the duty on their machines reduced. Alcohol Rate Too Low. A _change is asked In the classification of meat products. It is said that the duty on alcohol should be doubled, or manu- facturers of whisky will be able to use the alcohol at a less cost than the distilled product. California manufacturers ask a reduec- tion on flour, cereals, prunes, benzoin, gasoline and retro'eum, some-of them print paper is | suggesting that these articles be placed on | the free list. “ondensed milk and canned fish the Pacific desires should also be placed on the ‘ree list. One suggestion made is that all mate- rials for the United States forces should be admitted free of duty. Some rather interesting information has reached the War Department in connec- tion with the tariff, it being shown that Russia sends to the Philippines two-fifths of all the petroleum imported by the peo- ple of the islands. D e L BUDGET CAUSES SMALL ACT IVITY ON THE STOCK EXCHANGE IN LONDON LONDON, April 21.—With the exception of American securitles, which continied to be buoyant, the promised increase of activity on the Stock Exchange following the budget announcement was mostly un- realized. The effect of the budget was largely discounted by careful operators. The coal and sugar duties hadibeen con- sidered inevitable and brokers are thank- ful that they are no worse. The only ap- preciable effect of the announcement of the budget was that some operators sold consols down to 9%, which is the lowest price since 1891. This low price brought in a number of buyers and there was con- sequently some recovery at a net loss of only %. The prospectus of the new loan is ex- pected in a day or two. The price will probably be 93%, with a discount-off. Some speculative contracts have already been made at three-quarters premium, what- ever the announced price may be. During the week home rails were down 15 to 2 per cent, but dealings therein were limited. Foreign government bonds were & and there was some buying for Continental account of Brazil- ian bonds. Money during the past week was alto- gether easier in tone. On account of the large Government disbursements, coupled with the gold receipts from the provinces and abroad, the reserve has risen to twenty-three and three-quarter millions. The prospect of the new loan makes brokers cautious about lowering the dis- count rates. Money rates were lower during the past week by one-half per cent to 21 per cent at call, and by 2% per cent at notice. Berlin Boerse Dull. BERLIN, April 21.—The Berlin Boerse had a dull experience last week, the vol- ume of transactions being light. 'The loan continues to be heavily sold, but the quo- tations showed very slight variation. Much interest was shown in American railway securities, German holders selling largely to American buyers. Domestic sl @ SKAGUAY IS DOUBTFUL OF A NOME DISASTER Stories of Deaths in a Blizzard Not Given Much Credit in the North. VANCOUVER, :B. C., April 21.—The Alaskan liner Victorian arrived from Skaguay at noon to-day with news that the story of the terrible suffering and death in a blizzard at Nome and along the lower Yukon is not belleved in Skag- uay. The Victorian left Skaguay on Thursday, three days after the Danube, which brought the news yesterday to Victoria. The Skaguay Alaskan, which was the first paper to print the story tele- graphed from Dawson that 200 miners had lost their lives, announced editorially that the news was apparently of the fake or- der. The paper recommended that the person from Nome who brought the story Should be given a chance on the police | wood pile at Dawson. J. MacDonald Potts, manager of the Klondike Transportation Company, whose steamers run on the White and Stewart rivers, is the last man out from Dawson, and he says that the story must be a fab- rication. Potts says that along the Yukon all the talk now is of the floods that are expected when the ice breaks. The own- ers of the electric works at Dawson, whose establishment is near the water’s e, are preparing for hi,h ‘water. There is from five to _eight feet of snow all along the river and twice that depth in the mountains. The storms are the worst known for so late in tMe year and very few people are traveling. The season is ten days later than usual and if boats get ready to leave Dawson for up-river rts before the end of May they will 82 doing more than is at present ex- pected. QUARREL OVER LAND RESULTS IN ONE DEATH Rifle and Shovel the Weapons Used in a Desperate Fight in Oregon. PORTLAND, Org., April 21.—Frederick Berstecher was béaten to death with a rifle last night by Adolph von Grueningen at Bethany, a village twelve miles from this city. The men, who are neighbors, engaged in a desperate fight over the pos- session of a piece of land. Berstecher was armed with a shovel and Gruenin- gen with a rifle. After the fight Grueningen left for this city and arrived this morning, when he surrendered to the Sheriff. Berstecher's body was brought here early this morn- ing by the Coroner. N 1000,000 marks; increase, 113,000,000, | ization of the forme: railways weakened upon the lower ceipts. The comments of the domestic prese upon the British export duty on coal con- tinue lively, the general conclusion being that the duty will react harmfully upon English coal to the advantage of the Ger- man and American trade. The ‘Prussian raflway _authorities order next month 300 locomotives. cost of plate rollers h: 5 marks per ton for rial. Forced auction sales of the iron eon- tinue. The value of Germany's foreign trade, including gold and silver, as finally esti- mated, is: Imports, 6,042,000,000 marks; in- crease, 259,000,000. Exports, 5,765,000,000 marks; Increase, 3%4,000,000. Imports from the United States, 1,020.- . 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