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BOHEMIA NUGGET. rubllthad Karr Friday. COTTAGE GROVE. . . OREGON. NEWS Ol'1 THE WEEK A Comprthtiulve Review of the ImporUnt Happenings ot (he Past Week Presented In a Condensed Form Which It Most Uktly to Prove of Interut to Our Many Readers. Three lives wero lost in n storm at Pittsburg. All insurgent prisoners on Luzon will be released. Arollio's force in Batangas is ex pected to surrender. President McKinloy will visit tho northwest next year. Several strikers were wounded in riots at Columbia, S. C. Earl ltusscll will bo tried by the house, of lords for bigamy. Tho transport Indiana sailed from Manila with coast artillery. Holland will reclaim a whole pro vince from the Zuyder Zee. Cortcz, tho Texas assassin, is sup posed to have been captured. Tho Prussian crop shortago is tho most serious in recent years. gCaillcs, tho Filipino leader, surren dered his force at Santa Cruz. General Chaffee has been appointed military governor of the Philippines. Public buildings at Manila arc to be turned over to tho civil authorities. ine secretary ot state nas nuuresseu'licpartmcnti1!l3 concluded that tor- tho Russian government on the tariff question. Adelbert S. Hay, son of secretary of State Hay, fell from a New Haven, Conn., hotel window and was killed. State of Oregon has begun a suit to collect bond of ex-School Clerk Davis, who embezzled about $31,000. At least 200 perished by floods in this Pocahontas, West Virginia, coal region. Tho property loss will reach 12,000,000. General Corbin has started for the Philippines. A new political party has been launched in Kansas City. A pro-Boer meeting in London was tho sceno of much disorder. Under the new ruling no duty has been collected on Russian oil. One hundred thousand persons are anxious to file on Oklahoma lands. All tho volunteers are expected to arrive from tho Philippines by June 26. r ' .JXhc-Amrican sbjpJohn McDon ald, of New York, has be"en-Eivcn up for lost. Forest fire near Olympia, Wash., destroyed a $10,000 logging camp equipment. The United States is said to have notified Denmark to sell its West Indies or fortify them. A Cuban committed suicide in New York because of the difficulty of learn ing the English language. The sale of postage stamps for the fiscal year just closing has increased greatly over any previous year. P. C. Cheney, of Manchester, N. XL, ex-governor of that state and also ex-United States senator, is dead. The steamer Deutschland crossed the ocean at an average speed of 23.38 knots per hour, breaking all previous records. Nome lost $126,000 worth of prop erty by fire. Gold has been discovered near Spo- regarding conditions at Kiowa, Co kano, Wash. manche and Apache and the Wichita Jfire destroyed a Iaree portion of Greenville, South Carolina. Fire in Buffalo, N. Y., consumed $300,000 worth of property. Russia has imposed a retaliatory duty on American resin and, bicycles. Tho treasury' department has put a countervailing duty on Italian beet sugar. Telegraph operators on the Lacka wanna railroad are preparing to go on a strike. Franco has made a treaty with China for the protection of the Ton quin railway. Five hundred citizens of Texas are engaged in a hunt for a band of Mex ican outlaws. jurs. .oicKiniey lias been pro nounced put of danger, but doctors say her ailment may return Governor Allen has reported that Porto Rico is self supporting. II. 8. Pingree, ex-governor of Mich' igan, died in London. If it is possiblo for President Mc .Kinley to bo present at tho com mencement of Harvard univcrsity,the acgrco ot tiLi. u. will be conferred upon him. A servant girls' union is being formed in Chicago Tho United States may establish a clearing houso at Manila, Tbo southern states plantd 27,532, 000 acres of cotton this year, an in crease of 2,111,000 acres. Texas fever has been discovered among native cattle of northern Ger many, and is said to have existed more than 100 years. The Berlin city mission, headed by A. Stookcr, issues each week 108, 000 sermons for thoso who cannot attond church, 20,000 of which are distributed in tho city, WITHIN TIME FIXED. All the Philippine Volunteers Will Dt Home Some Time Thli Month. San Francisco, J.uno 21. It is ox nccted that all tho volunteer, mini berinir 7.500 mon. will arrivo from Manila boforo Juno 20. Tho transport Aztec arrived yoslor dav after ft run of 32 days from Ma nila and 2-1 davs from Nagasaki. Sho 1 I. A IT f t. !-.... nrougut company n, ui mu rmij1 second regiment, United States volun teers, about 1-10 discharged soldiers and civilian employes and five cabin passengers. There nro 02 men in Company II, of tho Forty-second. Tho Thomas, with part of tho Thirty-eighth and Forty-ninth regi monts, and all of tho Forty-seventh, is expected tomorrow. lho uino, with tho Forty-second infantry, should get in Sunday. Tho Lnford, according to her captain's calcula tions, should get hero with tho Forty first infantry on tho 24th inst. Tho Logan, with part of tho Thirty eighth, Forty-third and Forty-fourth, ami tho Grant, with tho Forty-eighth and part of tho Forty-ninth infantry, aro all scheduled to arrivo on 1110 25111 inst., while tho Kirkpatrick, with part of tho Thirty-eighth, lorty third and Forty-fourth, will probably arrivo on the noxt day. Tho Pennsylvania, which arrived from Manila a few days ago, was re leased by tho government today. It is understood that sho will mako a trip to Nomo. TORPEDOES MUST GO. They Will Not Hereafter Be Carried by Untied Statu Cruisers. Whiiitiff nn. .Tuno 91. Thn nnvv pedocs do not properly belong on cruisers, and should not bo carried by thoso vessels. This decision was reached with regard to a number of cruisers which were recently designed, as well as others which arc under course of construction, and changes in the original plans will bo made accordingly. It is held that the ex perience of several cruisers during the Spanish war clearly demonstrated the inadvisability of carrying these in struments of warfare on such large ships. , In some instances tho torpedoes were launched through tubes , just above the water line, bow and '6 tern; in others the tubes wero submerged. On the new cruisers referred to these tubes will bo omittcdxcept on thoso of the Maine class.''' Tho determina tion to do away with torpedoes on the cruisers will', of course, leave more room aboard ship, which can be put to some other use. It will also leave flee a certain number of officers and men assigned to torpedo duty, who can be used to better advantage in some other way. Perhaps one of the most material advantages gained, however, is this extra space. Tinio and again con tractors who have undertaken to build cruisers have complained of tho lack of space for tho engnies which must be erected in the ships. It is believed that if tho space vacated by tho tor pedoes can bo turned over to the engine rooms, this source- of annoy ance will be obviated. That, at least, is the opinion of several large con tractors who are now building cruisers tor tho navy. OKLAHOMA LAND OPENING. One Hundred Thousand Proipectlve Settlers Are Waiting to Get In. Washington, June 21. Ex-Governor Richards, assistant commissioner of tho general land office, today con ferred with becretary Hitchcock, Assistant Secretary Ryan and Assist ant Attorney General Vandcvantcr, reservations, in uxiauoma. jut, Richards has just returned from that country, where he superintended the marking of a county seat and town ship lines. Mr. Richards reports that there is no evidence of minerals in that counrty. Tho water supply, ho says, is good. He says everything will be ready for tho opening August 6. Governor Jennings, of Oklahoma, who also is hero, estimated today that 100,000 people will seek tho lands, although there can be only 13,500 entries. Treatlei With Southern Republics Washington, June 20. Tho time allowed by tho protocols for tho ex change of ratifications of tho reci procity treaty with Nicaragua expiree on the 20th by limitation. Indica tions aro that this treaty will not be extended by a supplementary article, Tho reciprocity treaty with Ecuadox is now beforo tho congress of that country. Order for Smokelen Powder. Washington, Juno 21. Tho ordin ance bureau of tho war department it to contract soon for 373,000 pounds of smokeless powder for the seacoast guns. Especial attention will be given to tho selection of this powder, owing to trouble that has occurred re. cently at San Francisco with smoke less powder of tho navky. Railroad Extension Stopped. Cheyenne, Wyo., June 21. Several corps of surveyors in tho employ of the Burlington railroad who have been working on the lino of tho pro posed extension of tho Guernsey branoh of tho road to Salt-Lako havo been called in, and all work has been stopped. It is tho impression that the company has decided not to con struct the extension. jNEWS 0E THE STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL OVER OREGON. Commercial and Financial Happenings ol Inv , portance A Brief Review of of the Growth and Improvemeuti of the Many Industries Throughout Onr Thriving Com monwealthLatest Market Report Two Hcnton county farmors have purchased a clover hullcr. Sherman county will have nn extra largo wheat yield this year. A number of mines in tho Robin- eonvillc district havo boon bonded. Four hundred head of cattlo wero purchased near Etigcno nt an average prico of $17 per head. Ore from tho Ilitdger mine, Eastern Oregon, is shipped to San Francisco at tho rato of two carloads overy five days. Work is well under way on tho new road from Whitney to Alamo. When completed this mid will decroaso tho distance very materially and bring moro mines into the shipping list. A now steam laundry will bo start ed at Eugene. The Southern Pacific has oponcd a down-town ticket ollico in Salem. It is reported that tho fruit in Eaglo and Pino valleys has been killed by tho Into frosts. Much grain is also killed, and tho clover and al falfa injured. Rich quartz claims on Quartz gulch, near Alamo, wore sold last week to n mining man from Iowa for $25,000. It is the intention of tho now owner to put a inill on tho property. Taxes collected in linker county for the year 1900 have been turned over to tho treasurer. They amount to nearly $50,000, and the entire amount was collected in about GO days. PORTLAND WILL CELEBRATE. President Old Not Corns But "The Fourth" Is Comln? and There Will Be a Big Time. Tho enthusiasm which Portland ex pected to expend in tho entertain ment of tho president and party has been bottled up and will bo let loose in tho celebration ot tho fourth of July. Whilo tho committee which is engaged in arranging for tho cele bration is not doing much talking, it is earnestly and energetically at work on its plans, and will havo several very largo surprises in store for Port- landers and visitors on Independence Day. Tho fact that cheap railroad fares will bo provided on all lines into tho city will doubtless prove' on incentivo to many residents of tho neighboring cities to conio in and belt) celebrate, and they' are promised a reception which they will long ru- memlier. Bands from various outsido towns will help to furnish tho muBic, and all societies of whatever character arc invited to take, part in the parade. Li D. Cole, chairman of tho ndver- Using committee is working hard to let the residents of sister cities know that they will be welcome, and ho Bays that tho city will probably enter tain moro guests during tho celcbra tion than at any time in her history. Portland Markets. Wheat Walla Walla, Cl02c. ;val- Iey, nominal; blucstem, 01 02c per bushel. Flour Best grades, $2.903.40 per barrel; graham, SZ.uU. Oats White. $1.32J1.35 percen tal; gray, si.30l.326 percental. Barley Feed, $1717.50; brewing, $1717.00 per ton. Millstuffs Bran, $17 per ton; midd lings, $21.50; shorts, $20.00; chop, $10. Hay Timothy, $12.5014; clover, $79.50; Oregon wild hay, $G7 per ton. Hops 1214c. per lb. Wool Valley, ll13c; Eastern Oregon, 7llc; mohair, 2021c, per pound. Butter Fancy creamery, 15 17c. ; dairy, 13Mc. ; store, 11 124C. per pound. Eggs Oregon ranch, 1212c. per dozen. Cheese Full cream, twins, 12Jc; Young America, 1313c. per pound. Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3.00; hens, $33.50; dressed, 810c. per pound; springs, $1.503 per dozen; ducks, $Jj.bU; geese, $15. 50; tur keys, live, 810c; dressed, 910c. per pound. Potatoes Old, $11.20 per sack; new, l2c. per pound. Mutton Lambs 4c. per pound gross; best sheep, wethers, with wool. i.zo4.ou; dressed, Ujg7o per pound. Hogs Gross, heavy, $5.750; light, $4.oo; dressed, 7c. per pound. Veal Largo, CK7c, per pound; small, 7K8c. per pound. Beef Gross, top steers. $4.25(34.00: cows and heifers, $3.754.00; dressed beef, 77Jc. per pound. Admiral Rogers will represent tho United States at the unveiline of tho Perry monument in Japan, It is reported that tho head of 'Rear Admiral Sampson will appear on medals commomorating tho battlo of Satiago bay, Titan, raw fts find ltnilnil requiro onl ono hour to digest. At tho othor end aro nork. roust heal. cobbago and hard eggs, which ro- quire four to live hours. APPOINTMENT V3F TAFT. Will tie the Tint Civil Governor ol the Philippine!, Wnshinutoii. Juno 21. Secretory today issued tho order of thu president establishing civil government in tho Philippines. I no oider follows: I "On unil after tho -It li dnv of July. M01, unless it shall bo otherwise ordomi, tho president of the Philip pino commission will oxorcleo tho executive authority in all civil affairs in tho government ot tho Philippine is anils heretofore exercised in suuh affairs by tho military govornor of tliu Philippines, and to that end, William H. Tuft, president of tho said commission, is hereby appointed civil governor of tho Philippine islands. Such executive authority will to oxeroised under and In con fortuity to tho instructions of tho Philippine commission, dated April 7. 11HKJ. and subiect to tho approval and control of tho secretary of war of the United States. "Tho municipal and provincial civil governments whiuh havo been or shall hereafter lx) established ill said islands, and all (htsoms performing duties npiiortaining to tho olllcos of civil government in said islands, will, in respect to such duties, report to tho said civil govomor. llio power to appoint civil ollleors heretofore vested in tho Philipiuo commission and tho military coventor will lo ex ereised by tho civil governor, with the advice uud consent of tlio coin mis sion. "The military governor of tho Phil ippiues is heroby relieved from the performance, on and after tho said -St It day of July, 1901, of the civil duties hereinbefore doscrilied, but hit authority will continue to bo oxer ciscd ns heretofore in thoso districts in which insurrection against the authority of tho United States con tinuos to exist, or in which public order is not sufficiently restored to cnablo provincial civil governments to lie established under tho instruc tions to the commission, dated April 7; 1900. "By tho president. "ELIHU ROOT, "Secretary of War." NAVIGATED HELL GATE. BI4 Battle-Ship Massachusetts Successfully Passed the Narrows. New York, Juno 22. Without the assistance of a pilot and to demon, strato that a first class battlo shir, could bo navigated through Hell Gat( successfully, Captain Henry M. Man ney took tho big battlo ship Massa chusetts through tho narrows today. It was the first time in the history ol tho navy that any commander of n war vessel of this class over dared attempt tho feat, and river craft and tho shores wero filled today to witnew tho trip of tho Massachusetts. The passing of tho mammoth fighting machino through the dangerous waters of Hell Gate successfully proves that in caso of hostilities with a foreign jiower, a battlo ship of the same dratt as the .Massachusetts, il sho passed the fortifications of Wil let's Point and Fort Schuyler, could repeat the performance, of tho Massa chusetts, becretary Long has taken official noticcof Captain Mannoy'e teat, and issued orders that no naval vessel tho size of the Massachusetts shall uao tho Hell Gato narrows cx ccpt in cases of great emergency. STRIKER8 FIRED UPON. Three Men Shot While Trying to Enter West Virginia Mine. Matewan, W. Va., Juno 22. Strained relations between tho union and non-union miners hero has re sulted in bloodshed. Yesterday seve ral hundred union miners who are on striko marched in a body against tho Maritime mines of this palco, where non-union men wero at work. They tried to effect on entrance, but tho operators, with 20 guards armed with Winchesters, blocked tho on trance. 'Tho non-union miners were headed by Superintendent Lambert, and when the union men persisted in thcr attempt ho gavo the order to firo. Fully 60 shots wore fired. Two union miners wero fatality shot and another dangerously wounded, Tho union men did not return tho fire, but dis persed. All tho union mincrs throughout Aiingo aro collecting, and serious trouble is expected tomorrow, when ttiey will again try to effect on cntranco to the Maratimo mines, Sheriff Hatfieidis on tho scono with 50 deputies. Will Move Headquarters. Denver, Juno 24, Gcorgo Estes, president of tho Broterhood of Rail way employes, announces that the headquarters of tho brothorhood will bo moved from San Francisco to Den ver in the near future This organiz ation admits all railway emnloves without rcferonco to their particular lino of work. It is a comparatively new order, but is said to havo a large momberhsip among tho railway em ployes of tho West.. Rljhllnj the Ingalfs. New York, Juno 24. Tho attempts to float tho capsized army transport Ingalls at Brooklyn will probably be mado tomorrow. A crow of" divers is working at closing tho ports and hatches. When this is dono,tho hull will bo pumped out and tho ship floated and righted, Tho shin docs nqt appear to bo seriously injured. DEATH IN THE mm SEVENTEEN DURNED IN A YORK TENEMENT, NEW C.:ploilon of Fireworks Wrecked the Building and Started the FireMany Were Slunned and Then Suffocated Before Tluy Rccov. cred Consciousness Several Firemen In urcd by Falling Debris. New York, Juno 21. Seventeen Iwrsons nro believed to havo been :illed and a number Injured today as thn result of a lire following an explosion among u quantity of firo works in tho store of Abraham M. ltlttenberg, at Patorpon, N. J. Tho stou) was on the ground Hour of a tenement building,. Thu eauso of tho explosion is not known, and tho proptrty loss will not exceed $115,000. The building in which the lire oc curred was ii frame tenement four stories high, with storm on tin' ground lloor. Tho middle store was occupied by Hittouborg. Ten fami lies occupied Hats in the building. So great was the force of the explosion that a Imy playing in tho street half n block away was lifted from his feet and hurled against an iron fence, one of Ins logs boing broken. A trolley car was directly in front of tho build ing when tho explosion occurred. The burst of llame utit into tho street icorched tho sides of tho ear and singed the hair of tho panjcngerK. A number of those who wero nn the upper floors of the building when tho explosion took place wore either stunned and thou burned to death, or found escape cut off and were suffo cated. After tho first explosion there was a succession of smaller ones, and then came it second big explosion, which was mullled and deadened, and probably occurred in tho collar. Evory window seemed to 1h omit ting llames within a minute after the first explosion. A woman with her clothing on lire leaiied out of ono ol tho windows and fell to the yard be low. Her dead body was dragged out of reach of the flames, but the llcsh was roasted and dropcd from thfl bones. Home of the occupants of the rooms dropped from the windows and were bruised, Others hung from the windows until the firemen came, ami 20 persons were taken down in this! way through tho lire and smoke by tho firemen, while others dropped into life nets. While the rescues weregoingon the firemen wero fighting the llames. Captain Allen led with a hoso Hue in an effort to keep the lire from the upper floors, where it was suid many . I. m. i i. ii were penned in. ine men nau nanny taken thoir iKisltions and bepin on tho sidewalk to throw water into the upper doors when, without any warn ing, tho whole upiier part of tho building ulxivc them sagged outward and lell. The captain and two of hii men wero buried under tho blazing debris. One of tho men is badly hurt. Thu building in which the explosion occurred was destroyed, , IRRIGATl3NDisCUS8ED. Engineers, Senators and Representatives al Cheyenne. Choyennc, Wyo., Juno 22. State engineers and representatives and son ators from Western states met in Cheyenne yesterday to discuss irriga tion, government aid and tho best methods of reclaiming arid lands. 8tato Engineer Fred Bond, of Wyoming, presided over tho cngi. peers' meeting, and Hon. 11. E. Burkctt, of Lincoln, Neb., was elected chairman of tho congressional meet ing, Gcorgo E. Toboy, of Lincoln. acted as secretary. Both meetings wero moro or less informal, but some energetic discussions wero held, prin cipally on irrigation and tho position ot tno icucrai government towards tho same Resolutions wero present cd and a plan outlined for action at tho next session of congress. It is understood that Western congressmen and senators will work together on this important question as they never havo beforo, With the result that the arid West may como in for its share of government appropriations. At a joint meeting of engineers and congressmen last night, an exhaust ivo bill was drafted covering all polnti involved in tno irrigation question in its relation to congress. Owing, nowovcr, to mo small number of con grcssmcn present, no action was takon on tho engineers' bill, but a committee was appointed to call a meeting in Washington just prior ta A I . 1 f tuo meeting oi congress. Windstorm In Kansas, Independence, Kan., Juno 24. A strong wind storm that came up this morning from tho south anil veered later to tho southeast, created consid carblo havoc at Idcnpendcnco. Trees wero uprooted, outbuildings over turned and small houses and barns moved from thoir foundations. The fronts of several business houses and windows of dwollings wero smashed in. Tho roof of tho mill building was partly blown off, a largo ico house unroofed and tho Banta Fo depot was damaged. Aid for Boer Prisoners. Now York, Juno 24, An appeal has boon issued for monoy to buy supplies for tho women and children of , tho Transvaal, who havo bcon gathorcd in camps as part of tlio effort to end tho Boer war. Amnmr dm signers of tho appeal aro somo of tho prominent oiurgyiuun oi tins oity. Tho appeal says that thoro oro 22,000 mnn find women In r.lin finmn. that 318 children died in Mav. SWEPT TO DEATH. Two Hundred Lives Lilt In a West Virginia. Rain Storm and Flood. lllnolloldH, W. Va., Juno 21. Till seotlon has just been visited by a Hood, the extent of which in nil prob ability will ciiial or oxceed that of Johnstown in 1U89, ho far as the Iosh of property in concerned. Early yos tnrdny morning, shortly after mid night, a heavy downpour of rain be gan, accompanied by a severe eleetrlo storm, which Increased in volume, continuing (or several hours. Tho storm continued throughout tho entire night and day and at 10 A. M.r though tlio storm hud abated, tho lowering olouds threatened another teirlllo downpour at any moment. Many miles of tho Norfolk .t West ern railroad truck, bridges and tele graph Hues nro entirely destroyed and communication is entirely cut off west ot Elkhorn, so that it Is Im possible to loam tho full extent of tho loss of lifo mid property, but ollleinlH of tho coal companies located In tho district have sent nut uuHwengors to Elkhorn, tho termluiiri of both tele graphic and railroad communication, and havo received a report that a con servative estimate as to tho loss of lifo will easily reach 200. Homo of tho drowned are among thu most prominent citizens of tho coal fields. Tho little town of Keystone, with a population of 2,000, seems tho greatest sufferer, practically thu uutiro town iHiltig washed away. This town is thu principal one in tho Pocahon tas coal fields, ami is located near ittt eonter. It was to it great extent tho headquarters from which tho mining: population purchased supplies, A great number of tho coal and coke plants throughout thu Pocahon tas district nro reported practically destroyed and aro lit some instanci'H entirely washed away. Owing to tho high water which has flooded tho dis trict and prevents communication, anything like a correct estimatn of tho loss of proiwrty is itiiMissihl(i, but from tho best information obtainable? tho loss to tho property will easily reach $2,000,000. A rough estimate places tho nuin Iter of bridges washed away between Blucfields and Vivian Yards, n dis tance of 28 miles, nt from 15 to 20, and from present Indications it will Ik) imowsibln to run trains through to Vivian ami points west of thcro under a week or 10 days. This will redder it impossible to got relief into tho stricken districts, and with thoso who escaped with thoir lives, homo less and without food, indescribalilu Buffering is inevitable. FIGHTING IN THE SOUTH. Forty Insurgents Killed Albay. or Wounded in Manila, June 22. It is estimated that .10 Insurgents wero killed or 'wounded during tho recent engage ments which occurred near Sorsogon in Albay iirovinco. Many insurgents are returning to thoir homo. Charges of theft and salo of prop erty aro mado against n number of tho witnesses in tho commissary eases. Provost (lenoral Davis has submit ted a plan for tho municipal govern ment of Manila. Tho United Statcb Philippine commission is modifying it. Washington has been asked for an appropriation of $10,000 to defray tho expenses of 50 Filipino teachers who oro to study for a year in normal schools in tho United States, these schools having offered them frco tui tion. Two hundred soldier prisoners will bo sent to tho United States on the transport Indiana. VICTIMS OF EXPL08ION. Three Men Wert Killed and Five Other Injured. Kaloma, Wash., Juno 24. Threo men were killed and five others in jured by tho prematuro explosion of a blast on tho Oregon fc Washington Railroad. Tho scono of thu accident was in a deep cut about half a milo south of this place Tho cause of tho explosion will per haps never bo known, as tho men who woro working at tlio drill holo were instantly killed. About 25 mon wero working in tlio cut, and from tho sur vivors it was learned that two mini were loading a 12 foot drill holo with No. 2 giant powder, and hnd put in alwut 100 sticks. It is supposed that they had just been tamping tho powder with an iron bar, as thoy had sometimes done boforo, when tho ox plosion occurred, Americans Invade the Rand. London, Juno 25. Tho Johannes burg correspondent of tho Daily Mail contributes a long lottor to his paper, in which ho describes tho American trado inovsion of tho Rand, aided, ho alleges, by British aputhy. Tho cor respondent asserts that Americans aro qulotly buying up shares ami pushing thoir efforts in ovory direc tion. Ho says that practically all tho mining machinery is already Amorican and refers to a rumor to tho effect that thoro 1b an Amorican movomont to capture all thn nr.n-. Rand mines. Invasion of Cape Colony, London. Juno 25 Lnrrf has sent no ronort of thn Wntn,.i,i i mishap. Recent ovonts in Capo Colony SCOm to nrnvn Mm Ttno. i...' sion of that country to bo sorious! a letter to tho Daily Moil, dated Capo Town. Juno 5. nr,.,n..m .i... - -I w...,ti,IO bill pro-Boor report and says tho invodors JJrVrl" .ir ta"ythi"B from 7,000 to 10,- wv, lamvmuyuro swarming all over tho castorn and inMlmwl .il-. .!... ...i gottlng recruits and horses.