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AFRIKANDERS
WILL REVOLT
Says Major Botha, Who Is Tak
ing Dispatches to Kruger.
INVADERS ARE DRIVEN BACK
Lord Bobfrtl Receive Orul Oviltoi it
Olbrtllif l'MBlhtollult Report
Tkat Otatral D Wet Hal
feci Captured.
HOME. Dec. 28. Major Grower Bo
tha, brother of Commandant-General
Lou la riiitha, haa arrived at Home on
the way to The Hum-. He carries dis
patches for Kruger.
In the courae f an Interview today
he said that the war In South Africa
would Inst for yearn; that Steyn had
pin unci! the Invasion of Cape Colony
nnl that a revolt of the Afrikander!
waa certain.
BOERS HARASSED.
CAI'K TOWN", Die. M.-Oneral De
Wet' nlt-'inrt to break through the
south hit bwn frustrated and he la
now reported to be at S'-ncktU with a
large commando holding; the country
brtwen Frecksburg, Semkal and
Wlndburf.
0neru Knox la holding the south
b-lwwn Lady brand and Wlmlburg. The
mati-rn parties of Invading Bers are
bring constantly harassed and driven
back toward the Orange river.
ROBERTS AT GIBRALTAR.
GHU (ALTAR, Dec. 28.-The steamer
Canuda with Lord Roberta on board
arrived from South Africa todny. The
flld marshal landed and received a
treat ovation. The Canada will re
sume her voyage tonight
DB WET REPORTED CAPTURED.
LONDON. Dec. 28.-rerlntent re
porta are In circulation In London and
on the continent that Gnral De Wet
haa bn captured. The British Char
tered South Africa Company received
thU Informntlon from a aource In which
It la accustomed to place Implicit con
fidence. The war office. however, la
without any confirmation of the re
port. KNOX KEEPS VP THE CHASE.
NEW YOP.K. Pre. 28.-A dispatch to
the Tribune from London iaya:
General Kitchener offera striking
pr Mif that the Brltloh lines of communi
cation are not seriously menaced by
the Hoer raiders. He haa auddonly re
appeared In Tretoria, after a flying-
Journey to DeAar and Naauwpoort.
having pnaeed In a alngle week up and
down the entire line of communica
tion, without a aenge of Insecurity.
HI message tenda to mlnlmlie the Im
portance of the raids In Cfe Colony
and to reveal the first objective point
of the campaign.
Knox'a troopers are described aa
fighting with De Wet s burghers at
Leeuwkop and preventing; his return
southward to the Orange river.
Some military writers hav been rash
ly asserting that De Wet would merely
be kept under obxervutlon and that
Knox'a troopers would be diverted to
the defense of Cape Colony. The pur
suit of the great raider haa not slack
ened und he will be followed until he
is caught. Lord Kitchener knows that
the capture of De Wet la the Important
result to be accomplished, since Botha
and Dtlarey will hold out aa long as
their ally Is moving across the veldt
and swooping down upon Isolated posts.
Knox has received a roving commis
sion to keep up the chase and wear
out If he cannot corner and entrap the
fox.
The Btatement that General Colvllle
has been requested to resign his com
mand of an infantry brigade at Gibral
tar Is attracting much attention. Col
vllle. It will be .remembered, went out
to South Africa In command of the first
br'jjade of Methuen's division. Rightly
or wrongly he was blamed by nearly all
war correspondents for not moving
more quickly to the aid of General
Broadwood on the cessation of the am
buscade at fanna's post, and he was
accused of not marching to the assis
tance of the Imperial yeomanry when
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lh Llndlcy affair occurred. Shortly af
terward he left Boulh Africa and re
ceived the command of an Infantry bri
gnde at Gibraltar,
The Time y the natural lrf-renc
Is that Lord Lansdowne took a not
unfavorable view of General Colvllle'a
conduct and that Mr. Hrodrlck finds
hlrnx-lf unuble to agree with hU pre
decessor. MINING CASK DECIDED.
Grand Central Company Wins In It
Kult Against Mammoth.
SALT LAKE, Dec, 28.-In the fifth
district court at Neppl, Utah, Judge
Klgglns today decided the Grand Cen-tril-Mammoth
Apex suit In favor of
the Grand . Central Mining Company.
The Grand Central sued the Mammoth
for $300,000 for ore extracted from
Grand Central ground and the Mam
moth tiled a cross complaint claiming
the apex of the vein In the disputed ter
ritory and setting up a title thereon to
th ore.
The court holds that the vein which
Is the ap"X In the mammoth claim
Iraves the aide line of the claim at a
point which does not give the extra
lateral rights sought by the company.
STANDARDIZING BUREAU.
Senate Committee Hears Arguments In
Favor of Its Establishment.
WASHINGTON,' Dec. 28.-Senaton
Nelson and Turner, witting aa a sub
committee of the senate committee on
commerce, today heard arguments In
support of a measure providing for the
entabllxhment of a national atandrd
Ixing bureau. Among those heard were
Secretary Gage; Prof. Littman, auper
Intendent of the bureau of weights and
measures: Prof. Stratton. Inspector of
welichts and measures, and others.
They urged the growing importance
of a complete standardising bureau un
dT the government's direction.
ROBBERS JAILElj.
Two Young Highwaymen and One Sua-
pected. Murderer Arrested at
inilsboro.
HILLSBOItO, Ore.. Dec. tl-Charlea
Wambeke, accuse of the assassination
of Andy Dahlberg, haa been arrested
Da hi berg was shot and robbed on De
cember 15. The evidence against Wam
beke I circumstantial.
John McXamara and Carl Larsen,
both boys, are held In Jail here by re
quest of a Portland detective who
wants them for highway robbery com
mitted near that city last Monday.
MARRIED AT LAST.
Couple Won? Engaged Thirty-Six Tears
Ago.
WICHITA. Kaa., Dec. 28. A dispatch
received here says that Miss Llxxie
Campbell, for twenty-seven years a
famous business woman of Wellington
and one of the wealthiest In the staU.
haa married Prof. John Hayman, of
California. They were engaged thirty
six years ago In Indiana.
Hayman visited the Paris exposition,
where he met Miss Campbell for the
first time since they were lovers.
TROUBLE IN BARBADOES.
Incendiarism Rampant. Many Cane
fieiaa Being Burned.
KINGSTON. Jamaica. Dec. 28. Mall
advices from Barbadoes report Incen
diarism rampant there. Thirteen cane
fields and houses were burned during
the week ending December 18. Plant-
' era are securing police protection,
j All interested Islands are disappointed
In the non-ratification of the American
reciprocity treaties.
PETTIGREW'S SUCCESSOR.
Robert J. Gamble Will Be Almost
Unanimous Choice of the Re
publicans. '
SIOUX FALLS. S. Da.. Dec. 28.-Con-gtvssman
Robert J. Gamble, of Yank
ton, will practically be the unanimous
choice of tlie Republican members of
the legislature for United States sen
ator to succeed Senator Pettlgrew.
This Is the result of a compromise
now being effected by the Republicans
of the state.
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PRICE OF SILVER.
NEW YORK, Dee. 28. Silver, S3.
ROOM fURNITDRL.
EMPRESS APPOINTS
A BOY EMPEROR
Kwang Hsu Appeals to Reform
Party for Assistance.
AMERICANS ON OFFENSIVE
Dctacbmeit Leaves Pekli tor Shai Ho Slea
Feellai (fattcsrity li fjrowloj
Cblaesc Newspapers Object
la Peace Tenai.
LONDON, Dec. 28. "Private advices
from the province of Shan SI," wires
lhr Shanghai correspondent of the
Standard, "say that while the court
was at Tal Yuen Fu the em pre us dow
ager secretly appointed a new emperor
with the title of Ting Usu. He is a
15-year-old boy who was taken to Sian
Fu In the Imperial yellow chair."
This explains the permission given to
Emperor Kwang Hsu to return to Pe
kln. "Emperor Kwang Hsu has notified
ih; reform party that he Is returning
to the capital and will need their as
sistance." EXPEDITION STARTING.
BERLIN, Dec. 28. The war office
ha received the following from Von
Waldersee:
"A column commanded by Major Von
Mall will start tomorrow for Shan Ho
Slen to co-operate with the Grucher
expedition, which left Tien Tsln De
cember 19 for Yuen Tsin. An American
detachment will leave Pekln tomorrow
via Halang Ho Hslen with the same
object."
ENGAGEMENTS FREQUENT.
NEW YORK. Dec. 28. A dispatch to
the Herald from Pekln says:
The lost two days have witnessed
frequent hostile meetings between Chi
nese bands and allied troops. Germans.
Japanese and French report small
losses. ""
The Rusk tan commander. General Line-
vitch, la at Pekln and he haa held a
lonr conference with General Chaffee.
In the German district of Pechill
province there are frequent collisions
with the villagers.
The feeling of Insecurity la growing.
COUNTRY DIVIDED.
LONDON. Dec. 2S. The proclamation
announcing the division of the country
around Pekln. Pao Ting Fu and Tien
Tsln into districts placed severally un
der the control of the different military
commanders has been posted, according
to a dispatch to the Morning Post from
Pekin. dated December 26. In the Ger
man 'section only. It recognises the
Chinese civil and military governments,
but makes no reference to Count Von
Waldersee.
"Germany's action," says the corre
spondent, "Is arrested. He. formerly so
severe, now recognizes Chinese author'
Ity."
The largest districts, the dispatch
points out, have been allotted to the
British, German and French troops.
"It is announced from Sian Fu."
says the Shanghai correspondent of the
Standard, "that Emperor Kwang Hsu.
has selected General Ma Tn Kun to
command the advance bodyguard
when the court proceeds to Pekln."
PEACE TERMS DISTASTEFUL.
SHANGHAI. Dec. 2S.-The Chinese
newspapers here object to the proposed
peace terms. The Universal Gaxette
considers that the princes and officials
who are to be punished should he
named.
It Is questionable whether General
Tung Fun H slang Is Included among
those punlshabie and, so far as Prince
Tuan Is concerned, it .Is well known
that the Chinese peace commissioners
have been Instructed not to consent to
any punishment of a person of royal
blood exceeding Imprisonment.
Some of the native journals hold that
the presence of permanent guards will
render the emperor's return Impossible
because these would be a menace to the
court.
"China," says one of them, "would
be powerless to suppress risings be
cause prohibited from Increasing her
military strength, and the powers,
therefore, would renew hostilities again
and the people would be mowed down
like hemp."
DEADLY DYNAMITE EXPLOSION.
KEYSER. W. Va., Dec. 2S.-By a dy
namite explosion at Baker camp, near
Durben. Pocahontas county, six men
were killed and several fatally Injured.
DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS.
Members of Washington State Legis
lature In Secret Session.
SPOKANE. Dec. 23. Eighteen of the
thirty Democratic members of the
Washington legislature held a secret
caucus here lost night to discuss mat
ters of probable legislation and shape
the Democratic policy at Olympla. Rep
resentative If, D. Morrltt, of Spokane
county, was chairman, and Represen
tative Frank Lawall. of Pierce, secre
tary. Thoe who were present refuse to
disclose any matters, conclusions or
resolutions arrived at. The Spokane
delegation, both Republicans and Dem
ocrats, will stand as a unit for a third
unerlor Judge for Spokane county.
The proposition to remove the capl
tol from Olympla Is said to have met
the approval of all present. It was
the opinion that Tacoma should be se
lected aa the capital city.
In the matter of legislature appor
tionment. It ia said that most of those
present favored making no change
from the present number of senators
and representative but to arrange the
distrlcta according to population.
DECIDED AGAINST 1TAN.
Illinois Democracy Refuses to Be Ruled
by the Would-Be Dictator.
CHICAGO. Dec. 28. A call has been
made for a meeting of the Illinois Dem
ocratic state central committee to be
held January 7. The issuance of a
call for a meeting on that date renders
practically certain the election of John
P. Hopkins as chairman of the state
central committee.
Bryan Is to be here January 8, and
his friends were anxious that the selec
tion of a state chairman be postponed
until after his visit. The Hopkins peo
ple, however, scored a decided victory
over the friends of Bryan r-y having
the call Issued for the seventh.
ATTORNEY SUSPENDED.
Prominent Lawyer of Colfax Found
Guilty of Unprofessional
Conduct.
COLFAX. Wash.. Dec. 28.-M. O.
Reed, one of the leading attorneys of
Whitman county, was found guilty of
unprofessional conduct and contempt of
court and suspended from practicing
for one year, by Judge Jacobs, of Kings
county, who Is occupying Judge Mc
Donald's bench In the superior court
today."
WILL BUT DANISH ISLANDS.
American Government Said to Be Ne
gotiating With Denmark.
LONDON. Dec. 28. The American
and Danish governments are engaged
in direct negotiations for the sale of
the Danish West Indies, says the Cop
enhagen correspondent of the Daily
Mall, and the Danish minister in Wash
ington will shortly submit a proposal
for the consideration of the American
senate,
WASHINGTON TEACHERS.
ELLENSBURO. Wash.. Dec. 21 The
State Teachers' Association closed thia
evening after electing officers as fol
lows:
President, J. L. Dumas; vice-presi
dents, H. B. Dewey, J. H. Miller and
Susan L, Currier; secretary. W. W.
Montgomery; treasurer, J. G. Lawrence,
MINISTER RETURNING HOME.
ATLANTA. Dec. 28. A private tele-
tram received here from Colonel A.
E. Buck. United States minister to
Japan, says he sailed today for San
Francisco en route home.
NEW YORK STREET RAILWAYS.
Action Brought to Prevent Considera
tion Is Discontinued.
NEW YORK. Dec. 2S.-The action
brought by Tom. L. Johnson to restrain
R. T. Wilson & Company from carrying
out their agreement with Pack & Ever
ett for the purchase and consolidation
of street railways and for the appoint
ment of a receiver was discontinued
todav by mutual consent.
LORD BERESFORD DEAD.
LONDON, Dec. 28. Lord William
Leslie de la Poer Beresford died at
midnight, aged 53 years.
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Coatlaent.
VICTORL, Dec. 28.-The steamer
Rlojun Maru brings new that the Jap
anese training ahlp Tsuklshlma Maru
has been lost with all hands, number
ing 121. near Namadseu, Japan. She
foundered during a typhoon in Novem
ber. The steamre Inushima Maru was lost
December i In Akashla bay and twenty
two lives were lost.
The bark Katokugawa Maru was lost .
off Tosa province with "all on board.
December 9.
The bark KamIJi Maru was lost, De
cember 4. Tha crew was picked up.
ENGLAND STORM SWEPT.'
LONDON. Dec. 28.-The bark Prim
row Hill went on the rocks three miles
off South Stack. She broke In two
and went to pieces In a few minutes.
One man out of her crew of thirty
five was saved.
The Spanish steamer Enecuii jvas
driven ashore at Portland breakwater.
The Weymouth lifeboat attempted to
rescue the crew, but the fearful seoa
running prevented them. It Is believed
that they can be saved.
The gale is so furious In the chan
nel that continental services were sus
pended this evening.
The hurricane is increasing at Queens-tor.-n.
where observers say It Is the
fiercest in years.
In the reports of Innumerable ship
ping casualties it is shown that the gale
was one of the worn known In many
years. Probably several days will
elapse before the full damage becomes
known.
In addition to some vessels not yet
Identified, several have been wrecked
or placed In great danger. The fate of
some of the cross channel steamers Is
In doubt.
FRENCH COAST SWEPT. '
PARIS. Dec. 28. Storms of extreme
violence have awept the west and
northwest coast of France. There has
been some loss of life.
GAP CLOSED.
Southern Pacific Will Soon Run Trains
to Los Angeles by New Route,
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 28. The
Southern Paclfio Company today closed
a gap on Its coast line between San
ta Barbara and the surf. It is the
intention of the railroad officials to
have trains running over the route from
this city to Los Angeles in the latter
part of January.
MEMORIAL FOR DALY.
BUTTE, Dec. 28. Organization was
perfected tonight to secure a memorial
to the late Marcus Daly. Until the
subscriptions are all in It will not be
determined what rtiape the memorial
will take.
STEMMERS ON A STRIKE.
Fifteen Hundred Employes of Continen
tal Tobacco Company Quit Work.
LOUISVILLE. Ky.. Dec 28. About
1500 people employed In the stemmery
of the Continental Tobacco Company
went on a strike this afternoon. They
demanded an advance of 25 cents per
hundred for stemming.
FOR . . .
LEWIS,
Portland, Oregon
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