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V rn HE I 1 JLL. ORE m IT IF C VOL. . bT. HELENS, OREGON, FBIDAY, NOVEMIiETt 17, 1899. NO 48 EVENTS OF THE DAY NEWS, Corporate frftnohitet in Texas, will b taxed FLED TO THE SOUTH WITHDRAWAL OF TROOPS. EnUome of th. r1.MA3W!.?Ku "boring, r - .f,..v .,.. nuuumi jinn wo onager point. News of the World. Montreal tl visited bv ft fan. An. troyNl 18,000,000 worth of property. iumm wanti ft loan. The effort Aguinaldo Has Been Located at Bambang. to TKKHK TICKS FBOM THE WIEM in Germany reunited In failuM, The London fog ii mid to be to thick ESCAPED TRAP LAID FOE HIM An Interesting Collection of Item Fro) in neniispnerea rrmiM In ft Condensed Varna. The validity of government contmot miuie By swindler Captain Carter will tie tudwa. iho convention agreeing to rbltra. non oi HHniOiiu claims w signed tt vt txiiiiiton. , Inlluontlul flnn Dlnfnna Hill build ft srausconunouui railroad via Suit Lake worn their city, Huntington denies that the raoiflo Mull Htefttnslilp Company ha aUorbed t.io ixcw j n pun uue. Tho Moyelo, automobile nl riibW trut now proposo ono great concern wun capitalization of 1100,000,000. l iscoiudii Inmbor dealer have ja nongut i,iiuu,iiuu nores o. timber land Ml tho Pacluo onust. They paid U,UUU,UUU. Owing to tho poor telegraphic end Cftblo service frotu South Africa tbe Loudon paper enu got no new' lot their special edition". Tha submarine tornodo-lxwt Ilolhtnd hut boon successfully tested ly Uncle Sam nml a pnrvhAM) will probably toon ixi mmlo by Ilia navy department. Tho battleship Oregon hut Milled from Hong Kong, mppoeedly for Cobu. Hh sailed doouur tliiin expect! uul Was seemingly unprepared for sea. A boats' crow of thn British ship rauuui, recently chartered for trans fmrt service, refused to accompany the ship to the Philippines. Twenty-one oi mam woro placed in Irons. A N. Petersburg correspondent says nun unfwia, i-ranee una Kiln have de cided to intervene nml suggest arbitra- tion between England end the Doers if berumny is willing to co-operate. Otis cables that tho Thirty-fifth in- fnntry hit roiu:hd Mauilu. ThU ii the rcgimrnt which ivti qunrtered at Vna- conver nuil inn lurk nil from Porthind. rrivnto Cleary (litl on tho voyage. Tho lloi lin com-iipondmitof UieParii Ugaroanye l,mponr William U re oIvpo to ooonpy Tigor bay, onth of Angola, on the wont count of South Africa, if England occur, loa Dulugo Diiy. Kama want ns to define our policy In tho partitioning of China. She aeeme anxioni to know If we aro in tha crnmble for a lxrrt of outry and phera of Influence. The imprulon ia that America will only iinUt niion an Oen-(lojr policy and protection of her treaty r!ht. Great llritain and Japan Will anp)ort nor In tluwe deinaiKtR. Tho Indiana, with tho Tennessee volnotcere on board, ii overdue at Ban rrouulHco. Tho Tucoma Nowa announcen author' Itntivt ly that tho Koiittlo J'oat-Iutullt- gencer haa bam sold. The puruhnaor'a name la withmmi. Tho ofllcora of tho trnniiport Ohio, wnu-n Jiua arrlvod at Sun l ranoinco, rejmrt that there la a acarclty of food on the inland of Guam. rrtutlilent Samiud 11. Donnelly, of thn International Typographical Union, was accorded euthnsiaatio reception by tho printers of Toi-tlnnd and Koattle and Spokane. An ungrateful Indian, who had been fnrulphod with food and lodging, mur dorod a Nevada whito woman anil her infant son. Hobbery woi the motive of tho aawuuiin, Tho ItuMHinn ateamor Dolney Vaatok, which wna to have entered the trans port service, arrived in San Frunclsoo too lato, a ltritish ateaiuor having taken hor place. AVar in tho Transvaal bat effected tho markets of the Kust and specula tive opcrutioua have ceased. The effect on prices, however, has uot buon at groat as anticipated. A rlivoreo baa beon granted to Count Von Moltko, tho omimror of Oormany't nid-Ue-eamp. Tho decree places tho entire guilt on tho wife. Tho ease hat caused a sensation in court circles for ft year past. Having learned that Whito Is still aafo at Ladysmith, the ItritUli are giv ing attention to Oouorul Joubert's plan for tho oonquent of Natal, guch ft movement is regarded as more during that Hhcrnmu'a march to tho sea. that it obeourni tlie iiotort in theaters, Jfonoy it joing back East to reliova the stringonoy Uiore One to natural uiovemeut. Admiral Bchlny eavt the eomnletion of the Kicarngua canal wonld make tho American navy invincible. Within the last week there hat been Winch lighting At Ladysniith. but node. cisive results are attained. Ilanban and Tarlao have been taken by the Amorlcans, but Agninaldo't wnoroabontt it at mach ft mystery as oeioro. Olllcial returnt are very slow in Ken- tncKy. uoth the Domocratt and llo publicans claim ft victory, and con test it sure. The Mexican had two fiirhtt with the Yaquit in which the Indians were repulsed, but not without considerable loss to the Mexicans. Tho Union Iron Works, of San Fran cisco, Is said to have been absorbed bv the Rellgman syndicate, the gigantic tuipouimtng trust recently formed. The Cherokee Indians will sell ont and leave this country. They disap prove of the allotment plan. Mexico hat given them ft grant of 8,000,000 acres. An unknown man had one of his leers torn from his body while attempting to Doara a moving traift near Kansas City. lie lived bnt 15 minutes, dying in horrible agony. During shopping tour in New York. Admiral and Mrs. Dower were com pellod to seek refuge in ft store to ftvoid the crowd of curiout people who were pressing them Assistant Secretary Allen, in his an nual report, favors the naval reserve. He believes that it should be roorgan ized in connection with the regnlar navy establishment. Delations between Japan nd Russia are strained. The trouble it over Corea, and the Mikado 'a government is thought to be anxlont to try conclu aions with the czar. A long-lost will hat turned op, and with it the prospect that the estate of tho lute Andrew J. Davis, tho Montana millionaire, will again burden tho re cords of tho Montana supreme court, Efforts of tho American Military Forow Will Mow It IMreoted Toward tha Mew Babal Capital, Washington, Nov. 11. The war de partment definitely located Aguinaldo toaay as on his way to Bambansr. 76 mues northeast of Tarlao. The recent calculations have been that the insur gent leader was in tho town of Havana bang, not far from Tarlao. in which case tne sevoral forces under Generals Mao. Arthur, Lawton, Young and Wheaton would have had him practically sur rounded. There has beon some donbt, however, as to the name of Bavamban. ana waay tnu was cleared up by defi nite information fixing Bambang, in stead of Bayambaug, as the place of Aguinaldo's refuge. A dispatch from Oeueral OtiB mentioned Jiamlmng, and at the same time reliable information came through other channels that Lieu tenant Gilmore and other American pi-tamers were at Bambang, in the mountains fur to the northeast of Tar lao. It is expected the ineunient capital will be shifted to Bambang, and the pf orta of the American military forces win he directed toward that point. It is in the mountainous country of the north, and apparently out of the ertiie and populous reeions where Aguinaldo has thus far conducted his Derations, It is said to be accessible from the tooth by wav of one route only, along a river which ia a branch of the Kio Grande. This leaves the rebel loader little or no opportunity of communicating with the coast or get ting in supplies. lie has also left th railroad behind. . It is said at the war department that the columns ol General Yoiina and General Wheaton will push on to the north, following np the insurgent leader ana nis scattered bands. General Wood Boss Not Want Bo Many at Santiago. New York, November 11. A special to the Herald from Washington says: in order to avoid the charge of mili tarism already being raised in certain political quarters and preliminary to tho appointment of civil governors President McKinley and (Secretary Koot are considering the advisability of withdrawing troops from Cuba and Puerto Rioo. There are now in Cuba 801 orticers and 10.706 men and Puerto Rico 108 offioers and 8,225 men. In his annual report, just submitted to Secretary Root, Brigadier-General Wood, commanding the department ol Santiago, declares be hat too many troops. Secretary Root teleirranhed General wood today to make a supple mental report as to the number of men in hit .department and the number which can safely be withdrawn. In structions were sent several daye ago to General Brooke, commanding the division in Cuba, to report upon the advisability of withdrawing troops. Ills reply was not favorable to tho proposition. The conditions in t' island, in his opinion, necessitated t retention of all the men now under hi. command. It is understood that Brigadier-Gen eral Lee, commanding the province oi Havana and Finar del Rio, has in formed the president that, in his opinion, all the men in Cuba should remain. Upon the arrival of General Ludlow here, he will be asked to eive his opinion respecting the advisability of reducing the military force in the lsiana. In ruerto Rico, it Is said, military officers feel that the force there can be reduced and It is expected tome batal- lons will be brought home and sta tioned in this country. . THE BESEIGED ARMY TRANS-PACIFIC CABLE. Little News of White's Condi. tion Given Out. Tne nouta Crosnes Bmp Aby.iei and - nig-h Mountains, new xorlc, Nov. 18. A special to me lmrane irom Washington says: T) a ji : , k i t . , - iienr-Auminu uraoiora naB com pleted the official naval protect for trans-Pacific submarine cable between Ban francisco and Manila in time to supply congress with all the essential information at the opening of the next session that will permit intellieent con- Another of Boiler's Transports Arrlre. "deration Of the subject and prompt ao- A TERRIBLE BATTLE Fought to Compel Venezuelan General to Surrender. A STOEY OP BOER TREACHERY FOREIGN FLEETS BOMBARDED mt Cape Town News From tha Western Border. Jjonnon, ov. 13. The British war office has received from General Buller the following dispatch: uape iown, Thursday evening Have received by pigeon post from Gen eral White today the following: "The bombardment at long range by heavy guns continues daily. A few casual ties are occurring, but no serious harm is being done. The Boers sent in today a number of refugees from the Trans vaal nnder a flag of truce. A party from Ladysmith met them outside the vl 2 J" , p ly reParateu" Midway and Guam, a submerged monn the Boers fired on it before it reached tain over 12 nori w in hii,t . i. iri -..... t, J 6"" ur jiiajur uumj, ui wi noyai covered, and a reasonably level marl tion for the inauguration of the great " C!tJ of Po"to c was Dora. t I 4bt1 . am if AHA l.akMi wrru. WOTK. I ' - " u, All linn hi. hnm kjan -arrnA i KlHd o Wounded. " 1JWJ 1UIUVTDU ivsiaiu- I ing the practicability of the enterprise oy tne aaoption of Honolulu. Midway Puerto Cabello. Venezuela. No. 14. and Gnam as relay stations on the long General Parades, a former comman- iine, ana oy the discoveries made from der of the army of ex-President An- me navai-survey ship Nero as to the flrade, who had refused the demand character oi the ocean bed between made upon him by General Castro and. inose points. The sounding instro- the de facto authorities to surrender ments ot this ship disclosed an abyss the town, even when thit was rein- in tne w estern Pacific over five miles forced by the reanest of th Rritlnh. deep, but a slight divergence from a American, French, German and Dutch straight line fortunately developed a commanders, surrendered this morning vu, avuimug mis msuperuDie obstacle at 10 o'oiooit, alter a terrible battle. to laying a working cable. At another The aspeot of the city is one of ruin point, on the game stretch betweer and devastation, and it is estimated engineers, was wonnded today while sending a message. The entrenchments are growing stronger daily and the sup ply of provisions is ample." that upward of 650 persons were killed r wounded during tho fighting. Dr. Braisted, of the United States cruiser Detroit, and the other surgeons of the variont warships in the harbor are min istering to the wants of the wounded. General Ramon Gnerra led in the around this was found. ihe physical practicability of the line now having been assured bevond doubt, it nnl V Mm.tni fm win..!.,,, mu. ... at . . . . . , ' wugisD. w I vcuc aujvu uu.ua IVU u vuv The war office this evening issued I vnpah tha mUit,,, ocoinj ij .i j .u. . . 11 I ww.nUDO Wiu Will" lOUU WUM UAJU bUD MJWU BllU .119 IW """""" I merciai advantages to accnin from h 1 itinn nf Rnn.nl P.m-lu nn Rmm Ttnlla. f!o Tnim V in I , .. 7 .. . I . . . " '"""J j. .v. uiiMirniniQD Bnn nmrsnnn nr th. n .ht iimi. .am .! .. u. ij w T ,. . ,1 tem- ltwas Presented to congress until Saturday morning about i o'clock, expected from the Pacific cable STRENGTHENING ESQUIMALT. cort under Speckley, of Plumer's force, was attacked by Boers November 2. Sbf men missing and lost convoy." Tee war othce also issued the follow ing: 'A report having appeared in the South African papers that our artillery fired on the Geneva flag. General Bul ler telegraphs the following account oi England Will Not Be Taken Unawares lne mciaent given to the standard and br Rnaaia. Diggers' JNews by a Dutch clergyman New York, Nov. 10. A special to w"u - , Z L ?e " corporation from undertaking the oper- and then a fierce struggle ensued. Gen- wonld eral Parades made a stubborn defense. not attract private capital unless it but General Guerra forced an entrance had a connection with Australia. Japan into the town at 5 o'clock yesterday. and China, as well as with San Fran- As early as 8 o'clock Saturday morn- visixi, iiunuiuiu ano Manna. ing the neet arrived and began a bom- For that reason it was deemed indis- bardment. but the range was too exeat. pensaoie inai tne united States shonld and the firing proved ineffective. Gen- own btronge island, m the Caroline eral Parades held tho fort on tho hill group, or a cable landing there to in- and Fort Liberatador until this sure the working of a loop to Australia. Ing. me aDsence of this may deter any REPORTS OF BATTLES. BOERS LAST WEEK. Mabalacat in Luzon hat beon occu pied by tho Americans. Tho Washington voluntoora were pro- tented with medals in Soattlo. Naior-vionerai Ludlow, oivil gover nor of Havana, is vbdtiug in New York. Twelve socialists and six liberals were clocted to the Berlin municipal council. The lato John S. Pillsbury, of Minne apolis, loft 100,000 to a home for children. In Snohomish county 2,600 men are employed in getting out logs and shingle bolts. Twenty men of the Forty-second regi ment were injured in a railway acci dent on their way to San Francisco.' Not Perce Indians have demanded more money than is paid for railway rights of way through their reservation. Assemblyman Mazet, of Now York, claims he was defeated by fraud, but his friends say thoy will contest tho seating of Stewart. The danger of ft Basuto uprising ia now admitted to be Imminent in South Africa, and may render necessary tho mobilization of a second army corps, An agreement as to tho partition of Samoa hat been reached at Berlin be tween England and Germany, subjeot to the approval of the United States, A bark is loading 1,000,000 feet of specially selected timber at Vancouver, U. C, for the Cramps, of Philadelphia, to be used in building United States ships. Tho civil governor, counsellor, judges and secretaries who constitute the new government of Negros, sent greeting to President Mckinley on taking their olllcet. , Bailer's Advance on Lnd ranillh Will Ileum In a Few Ways. London, Nov. 11. The scanty and connicting news irom the Beat of war and the fact that General White has not yet said a word about the alleged fighting around LadyBmith are again producing a feeling of gloom. It may be that General hue has sent newt and that General Buller has thought best to keep it to himself. Indeed, this is the version that is beginning to bo believed, at it is held to tie impossi ble that the news of heavy fightint brought by Kallirs In such circumstan tial detail can be wholly groundless. If this be so, it is ominous, for there could be no ground for concealing fav orable news. cannot do long however, before a change occurs. General Buller's forces will soon arrive at Durban, and wili probably begin the advance to the re lief of Ladysmith about Novembor 15. The Boers, if they ever entertained the Idea of a real invasion of Cape Colony, nave prouauiy now abandoned It, anu will devote their whole energies to to- duoing Ladysmith. They have only altout a week to do this. The fact that they are inactive indicates that they ore waiting for something which they leei sure will lustily. their delay. The latest I'.stcourt dispatches seem to hint that the garrison is about to re tire further southward. the Times from Montreal says: Eng land does not intend to be taken un awares in any move that may be made in the Pacific as a result of a possible comDination of two or more hostile powers against her interests in that quarter of the globe. It is learned that a Btrong detachment of marines, whose sailing from England was not announced, will arrive at Halifax to morrow or tho day after en route to Es quimau, the strongest British strong hold and naval base in the Pacific ocean. The fortifications at Esquimalt are ibu undergoing consul era uie strength' ening and enlargement, and a large number of heavy guns have recently been shipped across the continent to be mounted at that fortress. The reason for the hurried strengthening of Esqui malt lies in tbe apprehension of the im penal government that Kussia may seize the opportunity of the Boer war to attack England in the East. cannon snot, tne English thought our men were at tho railway station, and fired there. They were not, but one of the shots went through an ambulance. As soon as they found out their mis take they ceased firing. Tho ambu lance was thought to have been three miles from the scene of action, so it cannot be claimed the Boers broke the rules of civilized warfare, and I do not think the English would have fired on them intentionally.' " with the arrival at Cape Town of the British transports Roslyn Castle and Moor, to be followed by a contin uous succession of troop-laden ' ships, the real campaign in South Africa may be said to have begun, and the fact that the first ship named was expected to arrive at Durban forthwith indicates at least a modification of the plan of advance. ation of a cable across the Pacific with out a heavy subsidy. LANDED UNDER FIRE. Sharp Work dewey's Wedding. rs. Mildred Baien Became His Brldi In a Very Quiet Ceremony. Washington, Nov. 11. Admiral George Dewey and Mrs. Mildred Hazen were married quietly at the rectory ol St. 1'aul's Catholic church in this city, shortly before 10 o'clock this morning. Tho ceremony was performed by the I Rev. James F. Mackin, pastor of the church. The ceremony was of the simplest character according to the rites of tbe Catholio ohnrch, and the only witnesses, besides the officiating clergyman, were Mrs. Washington Mc- How Wheaton' Army DUembarked Ban Fabian. Manila, Nov. 13. The landing of the American troops at San Fabian Tuesday was the most spectacular affair of its kipd since General Shaffer's dis embarkation at Daiquiri. The co-oper- auuu ui me truups ana tne navy was complete. The gunboats maintained a terrific bombardment for an hour while the troops rushed waist deep through the surf under a heavy bnt badly aimed rifle fire from the insurgent trenches and charged right and left. pouring volley after volley at the flee ing rebels. Forty Filipinos were cap tured, mostly non-commissioned offi cers. Several insurgent dead and five wounded were found in a building which had suffered from the bombard ment. The town was well fortified. The Band dunes were riveted with bam boo 20 feet thick, which afforded a fine cover. Judgo Schoflcld, of Illinois, has ar rived in San Francisco from Samoa and Hawaii. Ho says tho natives of Samoa should Be allowed to work out their own salvation. He reports the landgrabbora as doing ft rushing busi ness in Hawaiian Islands.. Swindlers in Wall stroot, New York, have been selling washed-out, canceled revenue Btampt, the trafllo having reached enormous proportions. It is estimated that 10 por cent of the dully sales wero fraudulent and that the government has beon losing $5,000 a day in the doal. Bonrko Cookran, the famous Now York orator, wus once a porter for A. T. Stewart. Charles E. Llttlefleld, who snoceodt Nelson Dingloy in congross, will bo the tallest man in that body, being tlx feet five iuohos in hoight. A call lift been Issued by tho exoon tlva council for tho nineteenth annual convention of the American Federation of Labor, to be hold at Detroit, Mich., December 11 next, A cable message from General Otis says that Major Hugh McGrath (cap tain Fourth cavalry) died at Manila from wounds received at the battle of Novalota, a month ago. Frederick J. CrosB, of Honolulu, has the exclusive rights to operate the Mar coni system of wireless teloffraphy in the famous. It is expected to have the system in operation January 1. A $100,000 gold brick, tho largest ever melted in ft Canadian mine, is to be sent down from the Kootenai dis trict shortly. This year's wash-up is the richest ever known in the district. Russians and the Japanese on the Corenn .peninsula are' on the most friendly terms. The Russian and Jap anese ministers assert that the reports of friolton aro unfouudod and are in tended to' distract attention from other questions. Gen. John Bidwell, of Chico, Cal., who led tho first party of whites over the Sierras into the golden state, is still hale and hearty at the age of 80. Official estimatos of the wheat crop Latest From Lailysmtth. London, Nov. 11. Tho colonial office has received a telegram from the governor of Natal, giving a copy of the pigeon-post message received by the premier from the commandant of vol unteers. It is as follows: "Ladysmith, (Tuesday). 1 sent you. November 8, by native mssenger, a re port of the engagement that day, but I am not sure if it reached yon, as the messenger has not returned. Major Taunton, and Sorgennt Mapsone, of the Natal oarbineers, were killed. Cup- tain Arnoldt, of tho border mounted riiles, was wounded. Nine troopers wore wonnded, all slightly. All aro doing well. There has been nothing important since. Tho hospital was re moved to a spot on the railway three miles south. All was quiet Sunday and Monday. The enemy renewed the bombardment today, but no damage au8 been done." Safe for the Present. London, Nov. 11. The correspond- snt of the Daily Telegraph at Pieter- maritzburg, telegraphing Monday, says: Kstoonrt, Pietermaritzburg and Ladysmith are all safe for some time to come. Owing to tho fact that Lady smith lies low and the Boers, unluck ily, having been permitted to occupy Mount Buluwan and other surrounding big hilla, attempts to open heliographio communication have proved a failure." More Boers Around Klinberloy. Oranae Rivor, Cape' Colony, Nov, 11. The Boers investing Kimberly have been reinforced by 2,000 men, and have succeeded in corraliug about 5,000 worth of stuck belonging to Kimberly merchants, which was in tended for the sustenance of the town. Conditions at Ladyamlth, New York, Nov. 18. A dispatch to tho World from Estconrt says .trustworthy information concern ing the actual state of affairs at Lady Bmith comes from two civilians who ar rived today, having escaped from the besieged town by evading the British I ' The Cotn Crop. patrols and stealing through tho Boer Washington, Nov. 18. The monthly lines. They say that both the town reP" OI statistician of the depart- and the British camp are completely ment 01 ?riculture will state that the invested, and that artillery firing back moet thorough investigation of the oot and forth is continuous. The bombard- ton situation that has been made since ment in heaw hut its effor-t io nnnrt 1896 has just been completed. Stec- to be petty. The Boers are slightly I "Konta from the Washington office laid concrete beds for firing the lyddite snnerior in Bt.remrth. hnt tha Tirif.ioii I have visited all the principal points in naval guns, showing that there is no forces maintain a vigorous defense. he 0044011 belt, investigating both acre- foundation for the fear that the lyddite ago aim production, renning the re- I ammunition at ijaaysmitn nas rjcen ex ceipt of final reports as to picking, due hausted. It is also reported from the December 1, no detailed statement will I tame quarter that some fires have been be issued, but the statistician states teen in Ladysmith, indicating that tho tnat on the basis of the highest estimate I Boer bombardment has been, to tome of the area under cultivation for which extent, effective. Done In tha Vicinity ol Klmberley, London, Nov. 14. Thit morning's news from the seat of war 'in South Africa continues fairly satisfactory. The official cables are not very detailed with regard to the Belmont incident. which, except for the loss of Colonel Keith-Falcone r, wat not a very serious affair. There are signs of .greatly increased Boer activity in Natal and along the western frontier. All the dispatches tend to show that the British are hold ing ont ably. Colonel Baden-Powell reports that all was well at Mafekins on November 8. Ladysmith's latest date is November 4, while nothing ad verse is heard from the latter poiut, and confidence is felt in General White's ability, previous experience having shown that the Boer artillery is not very effective. It is believed that the Boer retreat will be made over the Drakensburg range into the Zoutpansberg district, where preparations for provisioning and maintaining the Boers is said to have been made for the last stand, and where it will be difficult to dislodge them. Already it is rumored that they, are in straits for food around Lady smith, and may, therefore, be obliged to abandon the siege. Dispatches from Estcourt say it hai been ascertained that the British have nghtmg daily. There were three at tacks on the side of Ladysmith last Friday. The accounts previously re ceived tnrougn native runners were Lean and Mrs. Ludlow, wife of Admiral Ludlow, mother and sister respectively greatly exaggerated. w uiiuo, ouu xjivubemuifc vuiuweu. i . - i ds main isnr.iRH atrnnb- v.. rn Dewey's secretary. the Boer batteries, stationed to the east- tne department can find any warrant, Arrangements for the wedding were ward. The British loss in that action ta.dw.mo acres, the crop cannot ex- made with all the secrecy which hat was about 150 killed or wonnded. Tt 0663 9,500,000 bales. This estimate is attended the whole affair. As Dewej is supposed that the Boers suffered far based on the most complete and trust- ib not a uatnouo, a special dispensa- more. wonny miormanon. tion was required for the performance Of the Ceremony. An Amsterdam Rumor. Swept by a Hurricane. London. Nov. 13. Another rnmor. Kingston, Jamaica, jnov. 13. Com Filipino de Brus Bullets, emanating from Amsterdam sources, munlcatlon with the eastern parts of Kew York. Nov. 1 1 Thn Proo. aavs a British rnirimnnt. who Ho,.i,nt tne island, particularly the section be- says: Friday by the Free Staters. It is "1D "u" "lorant oay to rort Brass bullets are being nsed by the added that 600 British soldiers were Filipinos against the Americans. That fact was discovered when a bullet with a brass casing was extraoted from the leg of a soldier at the Polyoonio hos pital recently. He is now at Governor'! island being nursed back to health. The patient is Lieutenant Joseph L. Donovan, formerly of the Ninth regi ment. He went to the Philippines at a regular and was wounded in the leg. Being young, strong and healthy, he will not die. The surgeons found the trouble in the shape of a killed and wounded, horses were captured. and that 800 llrltl.h Transport IMlabled. St. Vincent, Cape Verde Islands, Nov. 11. The British transport Persia, with ft squadron of the Enniskillen dragoons, a hospital detachment and in Frauoe place the yield at 840,000,-1 munitions of war on board, has been kkj iiuiiAi. Mil. vr This is a fnllinn ' towed here in a disabled condition. off of 85,008,003 bushels from last year, Gen. Lawton, who has been do scribed in a newspaper biography as able "to drink any man under tho table," tells a correspondent in Manila that he never drunk drop of liquor. She wus piokod up by a tug close to. Borne rooks and was towed 12 miles Tho Charter Oak is in Hartford, Conuenticut, and concealed the char, tor of the colony for several yews from 1087. brans-encased, in his leg. Nature had saved Donovan's life by encysting it. Had it not been for the poison-prool cyst that surrounded the bullet, Dono van would have died long ago, the Bur geons said." Three Futile Attack. Manila, Nov. 9. A force of 800 in surgents attacked the Fourth cavalry lust night, making three futile charges and losing three men, the Americana losing none. The first raft across the ferry at Ca banatnan was carried away by the swift current. It had 16 men of the Third cavalry on board, with their horses, but only ono of them wa! drowned. - There it talk of establishing a direct line of steamers between some point on the Pacific coast and Yladivostook, Si beria, the Pacific ooast terminus of the Trans-Siberian railroad. At toon at the road is completed, which will be within a year, the Russian government i will encourage such a line. j . The missing newspaper correspond ent, Easton, who was supposed to have been captured by the Boers, is said by Consul Maornm to be at the front with Kruger't army, . ... : Alaskan Rati way. Seattle, Nov. 13. Tho Whito Tags & Yukon Railroad has purchased near ly $300,000 worth of steel rails with which to extend its line from Lake Bennett to Closoligh, a point on Fifty- Mile river, four miles below the Whitc Horse Rapids. Of this amount 3,400 tons have been delivered under rush or- large bullet, dors to Lake Bennett, together with a V .. A. 1 JI 1 i. 1 1 . . 1 . locomotive to be nsed on the construc tion work between Lake Bennett and the AVhito Horse Rapids. By Jnne 1 at least, the railroad company expects to have the road completed to the rapids and in opera tion. . ' ' Son Killed HI Father. Pprterville,, Cal., Nov. 11. At Piano, a small town a mile and a half south of here, Reese Martin was shot and instantly killed by his 19-year-old son Frederick. The young man ac cused his father of striking his mother. A quarrel ensued and ' the son dis charged both barrels of a shotgun at the old man, causing instant death. He claims that he acted in self-defense. August Beeker Hanged. Chioago, Nov. 13. August Becker, the German butcher, who on January 7 last, murdered his wife, Rachel, and afterwards chopped np and boiled the remains in order to dispose of them, was hanged in tho county jail this af ternoon. . Becker's neck was not broken by the fall and it was sixteen minutes before he was pronounced dead. On the scaffold Becker protested his inno ceuoe and declared George Sutterly, the father of his second wife, was the real innrdorer; Antonio, has been interrupted since yesterday. This evening, however, it is being partially re-established, and advices from . various points say the heavy weather culminated in a tremen dous hurricane, which, during the night, completely razed the banana parishes. Portland, St. ThomaB and Morant bay are reported severely dam aged. Details are anxiously awaited. Transport Buffalo BeBtted. New York, Nov. 18. The transport Buffalo will be ready for the service of carrying supplies to the Philippines next Sunday. In the last three month) sne nas been thoroughly refitted, both without and within. The Buffalo it expeoted to go into commission on No vember 15, but it is feared that it will be impossible to have her in readinost then. Coalmlners' Strike. Chioago, Nov. 18. The Record today says: The situation in the coal-mining " io .u wuuiotu aim wuswru sec- iioua oi Illinois nas taken a- serious turn,' and it is said that many of tho mines may be tied up within the next to nours as a result of the continued action of operators in sending coal tq points west and southwest where the miners are on strike. Eight Killed by Powder Explosion. Santa Cruz, Cal., Nov. 14. An ex plosion oocurred early this morning in the glazing house of the California powder mill. Four cylinders, contain ing 15,000 pounds of powder, exploded. A small amount was fuse powder and thereat blasting powder. Tho explo sion wrecked the mill, blew down miles of fencing, destroyed the saltpeter warehouse, broke panes of glass in Sup erintendent Peyton's residence, some distance away, and extinguished the electric lights in Santa Cruz, . The body of Patrick Hughes, night watch man, waa found. No cause for the ex plosion can be ascertained. Gang- of Desperadoes Broken Up. Chicago, Nov. 18. A counterfeiting outfit and safe-blowing tools were un earthed by the police at 218 Huron stieet. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Fay, the occupants of the flat, were arrested. The police say they have broken np a gang of desperadoes that have become exceedingly lively in Chicago of late. The woman confessed that she and hor husband were counterfeiters, and also implicated a man known as Fred Rogers. Captain Porter, of the secret service, took charge of the implements and the spurious coin. The prisoners will be taken before the United States commissioner. Dynamited a Bank. Melvern, Kan., Nov. 18. The safe and office furniture of the Melvern bank were demolished by an explosion ot dynamite touched off last night by roDDera, wno men looted the place, se curing $000 in money and several thousand dollars in notes and checks. They escaped, leaving no clew. Berlin, Nov. 13. The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Lokal Anzelger re peats the report that tho Russians are marching toward the Afghan frontier, internally. Six Men Were Killed. Flagstaff, Ariz., Not. 14. One white man and five Navajo Indians killed, two - whites and one Navajo wounded, was the result of an attempt of a deputy sheriff to arrest ft Navajo yesterday 10 miles south ot Walnut sta tion, news of which has. just reached here. Saved Nine Lives. Milwaukee, Wis., Nov. 14. William Framer, a motorman, today saved the lives of nine passengers by sticking to hit post, and received injuries which may result in hit death. A train of freight cars moved out bom behind some buildings just at Kramer's car wat nearing the crossing. The wo torman reversed the current, bnt not toon enough, as the vestibule of the cur wat hit by the train and ground to pieces. Framer waa seriously lujurv,