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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (June 23, 1899)
s BOHEMIA NUGGET rublUlicil Everr Friday. Comprelinnlve KbtIow of tho Import ... ii.iinxulnira of tho rait Week Culled From tha Telegraph Colurani. Al Zapoto ilio rebel loss ran Into tho hundreds. Mines nro ngain starting up at Wardnor, Idnlio. Hon. Riohntd P. Bland died at his homo in Lobnnon, Mo. A cloudburst near Snn Antonio. Tex., caused loss of life. Tho Northern Paoifio hasdtopped one of its transcontinental trains. San Francisco wants hor now federal building built of houio niatorinl. Earl Haticlintto, son of a former Los Angeles newspaper man, killed his wife and then uttemptod suioido. Kruger is conciliatory. Ho will con- tinuo to mako concessions, wliotlior Oront Britain accents nrbitiation or not. Tho Alaskan boundary difficulties nro nracticallv smoothed over until the meeting of tho high commission in August Rather than concede tho 8-hour day, Colorado smelters belonging to tho trust have closed down, throwing thou eands out of employment. Tito tornado which struck Herman, Nob., also wrecked eovornl houses at Dano Hollow. Two porsona wore killod and ten severely injured. Sam L. Simpson, Oregon's beat known poet, died as the result of a fall sustained recently whilo walking in Portland. He was 54 years of age. Major-General Anderson, command ing tho department of the Lakes, has beon mustered out of tho volunteei eervico and assumed the tar.k of brigadier-general. In a street-comer speech in Los An geles, Rev. Mr. Jeffries, father of the now champion pugilist,- said 1 o hoped his boy would soon get licked, and he would then see tho error of his way aud seek salvation. Ten persons dead, 25 injured, fivo of whom will die, and half of tho re mainder suffering from very eeriou? wounds, sums up the list of casualties resulting from the cyclone that wrecked Herman, Neb. Henry O. Havemeyer appeared bo fore tho industrial commission in Washington in connection with the in vestigation of trusts. Ho contended that the taiiff is tho most' gigantic trust of them all. and robs tho people of $24,000,000 annually. With tho tariff off, ha says, refined sugar wouli bo 3 cents a pound. A bear escaped from his pit in the park at Tacoma. A torpedo factory blew up at Mari etta, O., killing two. Six thousand garment makers aro on a strike in Now York. A cloudburst ocourred near Viola, Wis., damaging crops. A salmon cannery at Vancouver, B. C, burned; loss. $70,000. The supreme lodge of Workmen art in session at Indianapolis. T. G. Sbaughnessy is tho new presi dent of tho Canadian Pacific. Whites and Howards, of Kentucky, planned an attack on troops at Loxiug "tonT". John D. Rookefeller and James J. Hill held a conference at Seattle Tues day. Portions of a body aro being found all over Now York. Another murder mystery. J. R. Orr, a Californian, on his way to Klondike, was robbed of $1,000 in Vancouver, B. C. New York Manhattan railway must pay $2,750,000 taxes by a recent de cision of tho court. The company which lost tho City of Paris, lias ordered two new boats to bs built in this country. With tho present transport services it would take four months to got 35, 000 troops to Manila. Transports bringing tho Second Oro gon homo will first touch at San Fran cisco to land other troops. Tho famous Wolls Fargo war case tax has been ordered back for rehearing in tho California supreme court. The Manila fleet lorcod tho robe Is to abandon their guns, who, howevor, clung on stubbornly for four home. General Luna and his aid-do-oamp, Lieutenant Pasco Ramon, woro assassi nated by Agninuldo's guard, at tho lat tor's headquartors. Law ton's troops had a severe engage tnont wit'j tho onomy in a strong en trenchment at tho crossing of Zapoto rivor, near Bacor, Cavito provinco. He drove tho onemy back with a heavy loss. Our casualties aro eomo 40, no cording to Otis. Press dispatches give tho loss as 60. COTTAGE GROVE OREGON 1 IKJF1 WEEK LATER NEWS. Australia is suffering from a wator (amino. Tho Elks, 10,000 strong', aro in an nual convention in St. Louis. Tho National Doinocratlo committco Is gathering data ou monopolies. A military prisoner at Louvonworth, Kan., was shot dead whilo trying to os capo. A mombor of congross Bays Hawaii will bo given u territorial lorm of gov ernment. At tho recent consistory tho popo creotod 13 now cardinals and a number of bishops. Tho transport Shorman has reached Manila, which adds nearly 3,000 to Otis' forces. All voluntcor regiments now in tho Philippines want to bo mustered out at San Francisco. Articles have beon signed for a fight between Sharkey and Jeffries. It will take place October'23. Nearly 3,000 Cuban soldiors have been paid to date, and General Gomez has commenced the preparation of new lists. Major-General Wood, military gov- crnor ot bantiago uo uuon, ij vismng in Boston. He says Santiago is peace ful and piospering. Tho steamer Danubo, plying between Victoiia and Lynn canal, Alasko, was wrecked on the north shore of Don in an island. No lives were lost. Congressman Lorenzo Danforth, serving his sixth term as congressman from tho lGth Ohio district, died at his country homo near St. Ulaiis villo, O. His death was nuddon, and was caused by heart disease. A movement is on loot to erect a f 10,000 monument to tho momory ol the late Richard P. Bland. William J. Bryan has subsribed $200, and other amounts, in all about $1,000 have been raised. i The war department has received a telegram signed by United Statos Senn tors George C. Perkins and Stephen M. White, offering for immediata service in tho Philippines a full regiment of infantry from Southern California. It is stated at the war department that no action can be taken in the matter of the California regiment. Tho ques tion of calling for volunteers has not been determined upon, and, besides, it is not decided whether state troops would be accepted, should volunteers be called for. San Francisco will welcomo the re turn of the Second Oregon. At an Omaha fire a powder magazine exploded, injuring 11 firemen. A Massachusetts sailor lias started j across tho Atlantic in a four-ton boat. One man was killed and six were in jured in a railroad collision at Linn ton, Or. A Pennsylvania judge has decided against the sale of liquor to soldiors in canteens. England has published vher Trans It contains a warning vaal bluebook. to Kruger. An automobile company has been or ganized in Chicago with a capital ol $20,000,000. 4 The prohibition on the importation into Belgium of American meat cattle has been raised. Three well-known men, residents of Cottage City, Mass., wero drowned by the capsizing of their hunting boat. A Berlin corret pondent says that Duke Alfred of Conuaught, heir-apparent in Saxe-Coburg, will abdicate this year. Benjamin F. Harding, Oregon's old est United States senator in point of service, died at his homo at Cottage Grove. Rev. II. Phillips, Mrs. Phillips and Miss Sears and three nativo converts were killod in the interior of China by rioters. California bituminous coal is to bo electrically treated and' made into bricquettes to compete with tho East ern coal. An explosion occurred in tho Smoki less Powder Company's factory ne.n San Rafael, Cal., killing four workmen and injuring a number of others. A lighted pipe left by a workman caused the disaster. Tho Portland Oregonian has started a popular subscription to raieo a fund to build a monument in Portland, com memorating tho fallen heroes of the Second Oregon. Count Hencklo von Donnelsmarck, one of the wealthiest Gorman noble men, has gone into the manufacture of celluloid material for clothing. Ho paid 400,000 marks for the Gorman right to do so. A Berlin dispatch says: It is an nounced seml-officially that any in crease in tho tax on American bicycles is impossible, becauso tho commercial treaties with Austria, Russia and Italy exoludo such a thing. Exports from the Unitod States to Canada continuo to increoso, despite tho legislation of two years ago, in tended to givo speolal advantages to imports into Canada from tho United Kingdom ovor thoso from the United States. nntnnrn llflTIl n m Will I III Willi Aooldent to Astoria Excur sion Train Near Linnton. ONE MAN KILLED; SIX INJURED ti, ti r ...,. milvri Mitt Until On I'mm-ncnrn Wr rrlitlitiMit'il lulu a l'linlo-Oriler Wvre M Imwuil. Portland. Or.. Juno 20. Tho spo Atnl I rnln lumriiii? tllU Red Moll'S OX- ninalmi linmn f mm ClillftOI) heiioll Col lidod with Northern Pacific freight train No. 04, a nillo below Linnton, at 8:65 lost evening. Onn mail was killod and six people woro injured, two of whom woro women. All ol tuo in In rod. siivo tho oniiMii'oraml hrakomon. wuro on tho bnuunuo car attached to tlin nxcurshin train. Ah liour lis COllld bo iournod. tho accident was tho ru suit of u misunderstanding of orders mi tho mirtof the train oiow of tho frolcht. Killed D. P. Bell, confootionor, 414 East Davis street. Injured I lomor Dai ling, broom maker, 41 North East Ninth street, severely out, loft arm broken; Mrs. D. P. Boll, bruises and sovero shook; Jamus Million, looomotivo onginoor, cut in leg; Miss Veitio Pitman, West Chehalis, spina injured; h. R. Barnes, brakeman, slight; John Larson, lum berman, Bridal Veil, teoth knocked out, lip cut. Tho excursion train crowdod with nassoncors. was just pulling around tho curve bcfoic coming into Linnton, when Engineer Million saw something black on tho track, which ho presently mado out us a locomotive. Ho snyB tho headlight was nut lighted. In stantly ho threw on tho air and re versed tho onglno. but in another sec ond, and whilo both ho and Firoman James Hinuo wero at their posts, tho engines camo together. Tho box of tho baggage-cur behind the engine was torn from its platform and toloscopod over tho tender, as if it were built there. Tho occupants of tho car D. P. Bell and Homer Darling who woro con ducting an ico cream business, and sev eral of theii froind?, .woro onught liko rats in a trap. Bell was killod out right. Darling was caught in n mass of splintered timbers, and Misi Vertio Pitman was pinned to tho floor of tho car by a moving pilo of wreckage. Mrs. Bell was thrown across tho cur and sovoroly bruised. John Larson, who was on tho platform, was hurled ngairlst tho handhold mid received a severo gash in tho mouth. All through tho train, passengers woro thrown from their scats aud heightened into n panic, arid for a time tho sceno was ouo of tremendous excitement. Fortunately, however, ii , . . . i . ....-. i nunu oi inucnrB ion uiu iruiK, huh euuu j a number of quick-witted poplo wore hurrying forward to holp tho injured, whilo tho rest huddled along tho em bankment on which the train stood, and viewed tho wreck with sensations bordering on a nervous chill. Engineer Jennings and Fireman Maliin, of the Northern Pacific train, saw that it would lio fatal to stay in their cab. and jumped just beforo tho engine struck.' A relief train with a number of phy sicians on board was hurriedly started from the terminal station, and brought the injured to tho city. REBELS NOT BEATEN. Tlielr Tenacity n Burpi-lne to the Ad iiliil.trutloii. Washington, Juno so. Homo war department officials aro reported to havo admitted that tho dispatcher ol Cieneial Otis that havo been withhold indicate that much more fighting is to bo oxpected beforo tho Filipino insur gents will accept tho American tortus of peace. Tho persistence and ten acity of purpose of tho robels has proved a great surprise to both tho ad ministration and tho department. Many of the officials believo that tho plan of tho robots was to mako a simul taneous attack upon Manila and on General MacArthur's forco near San Fernando, but no disastrous result oi such an attack is expected. Gin Combination. Chicago, Juno 10. A special to the Trihuno from Cleveland, O., says: Tho stovo manufacturers of Clovoland, who control about 80 per cent of all tho gas, coal oil and gaeolino stoves manufactured in tho United States, havo recently practically completed plans for tho combination of their in terests. Tho now company will bo known as tho Stondard Gas Stovo & Manufacturing Company, and will have a capitalization ot $5,600,000 which will include $2,500,000 preferred stock and $3,000.00 common stock. Troop Heiioli Muullii, Manila, Juno 20. Tho United States transport Shorman which eailod from San Francisco, May 34, with 1,800 mon and 17 officers, undor command of Brigadier-Genoral Frederick Grant ,lias arrived horo aftor a smooth voyago' One privato died aftor tho transport's arrival. Tho troops brought by tho transport will g0 (0 tho island of No cros to leliovo tho California troops. PIPE IN A POWDER MILL. Cnuitil Terrlhli' Kliilu Unfit nit Fan Rofaol, Oiil., Jttno United States SinokoloM .... to r.inlnrf. Mlttiatod Ni'iir Hum 'JO. Thfl Powdo on rum " , "-.. ft o... tills lOWI. Han t oum, "mi , i,. washo.u.f.ofudlmt.ous ox,.lo o ....i.. ,h u run t, low employe! wore killed and thioe curloiialy In jured, while six buhllng! wuio t o nollshod by tho shock and tho roiul ...i n,,.,..,.. Tho bodies of thti dead ... 1 . .. .t lift IV lit tlio iiioiisne. nro ho mutilated as to ho almost uiuucouiiu 'rl... .l.,,l mil! Edwin Sooiimbo, John Secumbo, Jauit's M. Iloniiowy ami M. llolle.ihook. Tho hijuruil nrut John Farioll, Henry Carroll ami Wil liam Wobstor. To tho igniting of tho powtlor con tained In tht.graiiiliig-rooiiithot Imtstor is duo. A second explosion quickly lot lowed tho first, and h.ii four of tho in lliituott and wui UIIAIM-flWItU"" ontlroly coiishuhhI. Tim explosion! woro nt first mistaken for the national saluto at tho military stations in honor ii..,. i..,- Hill iluv. About a year nn Tulimion oeouired at I be' ...n.t.. a miliar imilHU. TllU limit iiuikd iiuiii - - . i nrtv (IniiiiiL'U today will not exceed - - w - it r. non It is surmised thai tho primal)' cause of the explimiiin was tho criminal euro lttiutiiftuii nf mil' of thu workmen, who wits smoking in the gniliili.g-iooin. ami it is conjectured that tho otientier wu citliur Holleiibeok or John Keotinibe, who paid dciuly for his folly. The quantity of smokeless Mwdor which was involved in tho oxploslon Is osti mated at four tons, anil thu concussion ,llll. IIuilllUDSV would havo escaped with little or uo Injury II ho nail remaineo wnere nu was hi un time of thu explosion, At tho first premonition of tho disaster, however, ho started to run from the outliullillnu tn irliii-h lni wits. Ah liu run all oil the door, ho was struck by a piece of Uylxit scantling from another uuutiing, tiic timbers mushing his head to n jelly. Wnlmtnt . mm nf tho wmindtMl workmen. was stripped of nil his clothing oxeopl or.o shoe, mid whs horribly burned about the back. Jlo will, however, re cover, as will Parrel), who was blown u distance of almost 100 feet. CANNIBALISM IN ALASKA. Starving Slliirr Mrlrrti to an Awful Kjimulty Girole City, Alaska, via Port Town- loud, June 'JO. Three men who loft Dah I rivor, December C, for Jimtown, wero supposed to havo been lot. Nothing was hoard of them hero till tho steamer Hideout, which arrived to day, brought news of a terrible tulo of suffering and honor. The mon were Michael Duly, Victor Eliar, and . Provost, tho latter two Frenchmen. They woro from Providence, R. I., Wonntocket, R. I . and Brockton, Mass., reflectively. Their hex I ion were disoovorod 17 miles from tho mouth of Old Man creek, they having lout the trail, and become bewildered. Hav ing left Dalil river with only thnm weeks' grub, but which was amply itinioient for the 160 miisi to Jimtown, the poor fel'ows were soon reduced to starvation. Daly's body was found in a tent, partly ottten, and on the Move, just as it was left when death overtook tho others, wero found some gora)M of moose-hido aud a moccasin, of which they wero endeavoring to make a stew. Daly's body was Identified by hit clothes. Tho two Frenchmen woro found dead fivo miles nwny from tho tent. Tho tent (laps being Hhut down when found, would seem to preclude tho possibility of Daly's body having beon calon uy animals, tho other men doubtless huving boon driven by hunger to tho awfnl extremity of cannlbaliHin. Four hundred dollars in money wui found among tho party. CitiiL-.it it Htnar In n Net. Astoria, Or , Juno 20. When the midnight train arrived last night, a carload ol cattle was unloaded. Wlmn tho animals saw tho headlight on tho platform thoy stampeded, and three jumpou overboard. Ear v thin mnm ing one of Booth's cannorymon, who was drifting near Sand island, niuo miles uoiow wlioto tho slcora jnrnpi overboard, found his not in tronbh Ho thought that a sea lion was in It, and lot it drift on tho beach of Sand island. Ho was thon surprised to find that In tho darknosa ho had caught a live steer. Ho untangled it from thu not. Tho steor is alivoand in good con dJtion. Miirtlul l.inr Uilii(, Wallace, Idaho, Juno 30. Judgo Btowart hold today that martial law provailod, under which tho district court could no mofo roloaso proporty than persons hold under martial law, and excusing tho olisor from further attempts to securo tho Mullan Mirror typo. Ho decllnod to quash affidavits in tho caso of Stewart vs. Sinclair, ho causo it was not a matter of record, and thoroforo not proporly boforo tho couit. The I'ope I I)oii- Well. London. Juno 20. Prolossor Maz Kini rovlsitod tho popo early this wook o exon.ino tho soar from whioli tho bantlagos woro removed only throo weeks ago. Tho popo askod him how long ho thought ho would livo, and tho surgeon ropliod: "I bollovoyour holiness will boo the now century." i fill ON lil'Sl AmGiMon.ns Af.i.nM-.i i ivgvu rnonuiics, LED TO A SHAni' iriro Ainrrli'itnt Klllmt M) I'Ith Wouitilnil-llvliiii-, . "'. flpiittrnl Mllni Hint........ '""I Mitnllu, Juno 31. a 'miniion u Fourth Infiiiitiy, whu-l. i. rt Iin, !" Uoiiero! Whtmtoii m r,im,a,1, morning, to rooounoiii-r tustj ,,'J1 Das MitrliiHs, whore it , ...n.1 .t ll ..I. inimi it ,iu ii7iuin wini . ji 1 u l'ttrtitiiintie unil Hum.,.. , . i .. ntltiekiHl ll. tlie ii-ur r ai, '1 rriiiMillvtiutivt.it. "iy'i'4i ......... .j . This Drought on !,,,, Pl., astlng Mvernl hourn, i real, Ivo Aiiierloans iMilng ii . ,Mi i'1 las live .Amariuniifl iMilng 26 wouutled. Thu I wtis very hettvy, (t nt,. Thu liattiillfiti iim,i . . . ... i ..... .............. ' 'tir I munition, hih! nt ii w c i . ! U'l... ...i.l I.U -I..H . . .' '"tl ?, mm, w, ,.,,. ,, , nwit, w m IKOf, t,tl,, tfiitia iin.l ,itA . ' -l tll.ll ll,,,, in .,,, unn I I 'fi to,,,,, ...t.., 1 1.,. .-......,.... . ' ""allil ll-llltutvci IID tlWrn 1111,1 I II.B MM.....I.... 1 I J,IBI it lipnilill una nimi tin i , tjj lfi, had it narrow omuiim. A third Utttrtlloti orUt,..lrif front and formoil on tuo lj, j. ' road. Heavy firing on LoiU h,!hm lowed, thu ttrtlllory t u. hi-;83 Tho tuitimy was locati-d m 4 o'clock, showing rngtm of rrti.ir iiivj nuiii tiniiiK imnei- i vrrv,! rino nun it llin Klvil. ,i i'm.. auvaiiiHgiKiiis iMHimmi, 1 i gicjtti4l Unn. The fighting w.i.h ltlfji urn at 5 o'clock, at ,m.j Amerioniis had sihiu. i .1 hqii.i.i.J Filipino nritiit whiih iai tirntl doiied In the woods. T nej fighting Is over W im -a u . j(tJ Mrttillit, June 31 i.it Wheaton's wininnn l i t -i; attack iitou Dat Man. Kir it -14 morning they inovt i ti.,i i, Imping to reaoh titer- v . . ,-4 very strong oppoeit Ion 0. Ki,rn.ii!iJ The Intent Ht ' i'-o An,. ONdinltiee In ystenlitv s':,!ni..( that five were killed a . .', w.nr I lie lilt inoimies no o!U .-n. woundeil woro brought tu MautUfii Uuooor. Mile Hnr Cam It Hvrlnat. Now York, June 21. "The tugital in tho Philippines t very ftr.ul laitl General Nolnoii A Miiu nrj Waldorf Antorla Inst uigl.t "1 l;ti nothing oonsernlng tic- Ji-rriaiu war depnttuieut Is aon rating news from Mnniln. I! ,t tut knows that things aro very " there. Tim (iin-stion of t'iir - for volunteei n ha not, I Ix iei-. deoliled. 1 do not euro i j t1:n.umj I'hlllppine matter. I urn here u Al vate buslnew. " LATE YUKON NEVS. Many lllmilert to Klr.r Haiti lit I llKiurti. Victoria, II. C. Jiir.o JI-I stonmer Teett arrived fr . ni AU'" day with 60 pmMengi'rs frum Dtl and a siunll amount of g!J dnt, o matetl at $60,000. They bnnj rew j ilut drriwnliiL' of O. K. DcrcMtt, l Koattlo, near Little f-'almoii, nd Ttj Smith, of Ottawa. In tho KIodJiMI rtl-nr. Tho fltcantcra Australian nnl Cliff 1 Slfton nro stranded at Cariboo I liu. Tho Glounoi blow a cyhnJl head off, and was forced to tie up. iI llnntnlliirnm tlm Tvrm-I is ilclil UP '! a hole in hor, and tho dol l Star 11 M in Fifty Mllo r ver. Tho i-anwi itrttok n rook riinnliiL' 1 Ivo firpvi and burst a stottni pipe, but MOi, tlanittgo was done. Tho steamer o orelgn reached Dawson Jtitto 3 ir Circle OIlv. aftor bolnu carried e!fl tiktlfiu iTnvtt tint fli'iir. Juno 3 firo partly destroiwl itjj Kloiitliko-Ytikon-Stewurt Cowprl storu at Dawson. The Toes brings what seomi crodlblo toport of a woiitleriiui'"! strlko on Dah! river, in tho Kovut ilUttlni. niiimWn of virgin sold i"l l.in.wm uiiiiiia urn milll til llflVO l1" I lnliti, nut nnrnrilllitt In HIllT'l'1 'I Dawson from Olrclo Oity ami "'1 Mile. Tho report caused a iiawj from Dawson, it is suit). DARK SIDE OF KLONDIKE LIFE' linnton I Crowileil Willi ,TI"' out Work. n.i m tn dl. A HO!1' tuib Jkuwimuuii, uintw . . .. her of Klondlkors who arrived m tonight on tho steomor Dlrlgo p fl.r, ,!.!, nf 11,1, wlllril lift). f'1 say innt uawson is orowuu , mon, who aro willing to wortc " 1 most any wages. Thlrty-nvo - linur nml linnnl inlilRO V0H l ,,v. ,., vailing wngoB for common labor. naK"Bl."' ",ot m. iiuna uj mull niiu , .ml I 1.. 1 1 1, .1, 1 to ea . I uunua uiiu uiiuuii oiiiiib-" u (iJI wuii no prospect 01 securm ,f that tho only way thoy will bo rt - got out of tho country will uo ,,r" government nssistanoo. ,1. 11.1... nu- 1 .im Btoiiin""; Humboldt south of Mlllbnnk : i rf Tho Humboldt succocdcd In gel'M tho rocks last Saturday.