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OREGON VOL. XVI t. ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1890. NO. 2. THE EVENTS OF THE DA Epitome of the Telegraphic News of the world. TKI18K TICKS KKOM TUB WIRKS An Interesting Collection of Item Fror th Two llemlapherei I'reeented i it Condensed Form. Tho (onato will bike up the currennj till ou January 1. The Negro npriKlni was caused by the lillplno junta at Hong Kong. Two Chicago electrician are heir to mi estate lu Hungary worth $4,000, 000. Flro iu Florence, H. C, destroyed the city hall, hotel, bunk and five stores. The controller of the troasnry find that Admiral Sampson, wa allowed too much pay. Tho remain of tlio lute Lieutenant Brumby were sent to Atlanta, Ua., for Interment. Eight lives were loot in tho bnrnlng ot two big tenement house In New ork city. Goohol in making propnratinni for hli coming light nguluHt Governor Taylor, of Keutucky, Tlio tmnsjiorts Hancock and City ot Puobla have readied Manila with two regiment of infantry. All aged employe of the Pemuiyl vnnia railroad will he retired and pen tinned Jauuury 19, 11)00. England hue at hint decided to iiend mora cavalry to South Africa. ThU 1 according to Ilullor'i wlsho. Senator McBrlde, of Oregon, hai in' traduced a bill to increase tho pay of letter-carrier In large cities. Senator Shoup and party will visit Arisen and New Mexico to report on their application for statehood. General Lawton wa killed while hi front ot hi troop at Pan Mateo, Lu son. He wa ihot in the breast and died immediately. Chairman Joseph II. Manloy, of I'hlladolphia, believes that only metro pnlitan newspaper should be repre eutod at national conventions. The supreme court of Ohio has ren dered it doctslou In the bribery case of Attorney -General Monuett against the Standard Oil Company. The at toruey-gcneral furnished information to tho effect that he was approached by (.'hurled Squires, of New York, with bribe of $400,000 if he would permit the case (Minding against the Standard Oil Company to go by defuult. It was claimed that Mr. Stpiire was the repre sentative of the Standard Oil Coin mny. Tho dociainu dismlssc the eaiios ou the ground that this fuct was not establitdied. The New York stock exchange was thrown into a panio by two large fail urea. The house panned tho currency bill by a vote of 1 U0 to 160, Eleven Demo crats voted for It. Tlio weather bureau at Fort Canhy has 1-ecn closed and the work will hero after be done at Astoria. The verdict of the Jury in the Mo- Daniol case was manslaughter, with the extreme penalty recommended. Howard Tuttlo, a former Portland, Or., boy, denies that ho is tho man who Jumped into tho bay near San Francisco, YainhUll county hopgrowor hav decided to go into the pool and have sent delegates to the Oregon Hopgrow tin' Association. The La Mairo Optical Oomany, ot France, with a capital of f 1,000,000, will establish branch fuctoriei in I lli- uois and Connecticut. The executive coimnitteo ot the Brotherhood of Locomotive Kugiuoors have decided to build a $1100,000 bulld ng in Cleveland, O. A South 1'aciflo naval station will be established as soon as conditions in the Philippines admit ot tho with drawal of some of the ships there. Tho German navy may be used in conjunction with those of trance and liuflsla to exert pressure to prevent re inforcements reaching South Atrlja. The president of the Brown univers ity assorts that if England whips the Doers it will bring on a war of nations in which the United States must par ticipate. In the steer-tying contest at Denver, Col., Ed. Ilarrell defeated "Doo." (loodln, tying five steers in 5 minutes 81) seconds. Ooodin claimed the world's championship. It Is probablo that the distressed bark reported ashore near Point Bonllls on November 18, is the long-mim Ing Colusa, which sailed from Honolulu on October 9 for Esqnimault. Liouteuant Thomas M. Brumby, flag lieutenant to Admiral Dewey during the Manila campaign, who has bees ill with typhoid foyer for several weeks, died at Gartleld hospital, Washington, D. C. The Chloago & Northwcstorn road added 298 miles to its lines during 1899. Governor-elect Nash, of Ohio, is widower, and tho social duties of his administration will devolve upon his stnpdaughter, Mrs. Baboock. Miss Moyme Jester, a niece of Buf falo Bill, is said to be the only femula press agent on the road. She loft the newspaper business to go into thin uev Held. LATER NEWS. Admiral Dewey ha celebrated 02d birthday, but will not retire, his The British army corps is marching towards the Tranvaal border. The French -Canailiuns have protested to Laurler against Canada sending more troop to South Africa, Thirty men perished in a colliery horror caused by fire-damp explosion at the Braznull mine, near Brownsville, Fa. Fenian threaten to make Great Brituiiiuncomfortahlo and will hamper iter operations lu sending troop Iroin home ports. An earthquiike caused havoc In .southern California. ISutldinga were thrown down at San Jacinto and Hornet, and at tho hitter place six In dians were crushed under a falling wall. Twenty-one tailors from the British steamship Ariosto were drowned in llatteraH, N. C, surf. Tholr lifeboat was swamped. Their companions were subsequently rescued by the lifexaving service. Tlio situation iu the Philippines is very grati tying to Washington ollicial. The insurgent army ha practically dis appeared from Northern Luzon, where all ports will be open January 1. Otis will then tackle the South. Duller' losses at Colonso were 1,111 men. Chicago poolroom were closed by the polloe. London papers fret nnder restraint of censorship. Sol Smith Russell will retire from the stage for a year. Lieutenant Churchill has arrived safely at Delagoa buy. Swift & Co. are to be paid for a lot of beef that spoiled. A receiver ha been appointed for the Globe National bank of Boston. Near Norwood, O., a man wa shot and killed for catting telegraph wire. Both salt and borax have been dis covered in Lake county lake, Southern Oregon. The United Stato government will soon erect a mammoth refrigerating plant In the Philippines. Price of hop ha already materially advanced in consequence of the pool formed by Oregon grower. President Kroger bos entered protest gainst England's being permitted to purchase war supplies in this country. Port Macalbo ha been officially de clared open to commerce, and the Ven ezuela revolution 1 considered at an end. The Filipino have placed a large or der with a continental firm for artil lery. They are said to have plenty of money. The warden of a California prison 1 confronted with a problem. A pria oner whose term ha expired refuses to leave the penitentiary. Ex-Uuitol State Senator Wash l ama, of M nn ta, I suggested by In diana politicians for the head of the proposed Oriental commission. Dwight L. Moody, tho famous evan gelist.is dead at hi home in East Northlleld, Mass. The cause of hi death wo a general breaking down due to overwork. The Venezuelan government troop completely defeated the rebel nnder General Ilornaalo. It i believed that many prisoner were taken and that a large quantity of ammunition wo seized. General Hernandez fled Misaionalres in Thibet have a hope less and dangerous tusk before them. After three year' work not a single convert hoe been obtained. The Budd hist prieeta, owing to China' internal trouble, are in absolute control, and will make physical war on the intro auction of Christianity. Oregon pheasant are to be "planted" lu Illinois. General Chaffoe may be sent to the Philippines to succeed General Lawton Prayer-meetings are being held in Holland for the luoces of the Boor army. The navy 1 in need of more training vessel and two first-class one will Boon be asked for. Three wagon loads ot mall will lea u the transport Grant tor the soldic iu the Philippines, The Santa Fe 1 now a competitor against the Southern Paciflo for South American business. A Pari dispatch say that the bank of Russia ha advanced the bank of England 8,000,000. Two big lawsuit have been insti tuted in Chicago court between Mon tana cattle companies. Samuel Gompert has been unani mously re-elected . president of the Amorican Federation of Labor. The interstate commerce commission will grant railway more time to equip their cars with safety appliance. A marvelous quartz discovery la re ported from Dawson. The ore assay $800 to the ton, and the ledge is a mile wide. Senator Fairbanks ha introduced a bill granting a pension of $2,000 yearly to the widow of General Lawton. A similar bill ho been introduced the house. The National Association ot Retail Druggists i strengthening its focroa to fight the out-rate druggist throughout the country. Nestor Ponce de Leon, a lineal de fendant of Ponce de Leon, discoverer, ot Florida, is dead at Havana. He was treasurer of the Cuban Junta dur ing the war. ' .. . . THE ANGLO-BOER. WABj England Interested in Send ing Reinforcements. LACK OF NEWS FttOH THE FK0N1 Huller's Losses at Colmi.o Were Klevei llundred and Nineteen Men-Colonel Plumer's Kxpedltlun. London, Deo. 23. There is till definite new regarding the military operations in South Afrlou. Probably this is because the only cable that ww working Is choked with official dispatches. General Boiler' casualty list at CO' lenso, Just published, show that 146 mon were killed and 748 wounded Two hundred and twenty-seven are de oribod a missing, and of these about 40 are known to bo prisoners in the hand ot the Boors. This make a total larger than General Bullor's original estimate. Itoyal letters, signed by the qneen, are baing circulated by tho archbishop to the bishop of the various diocese authorizing a collection in the churches and throughout England, January 7, in aid of the fund for sick and wound' ed soldiers and their families. Interest center for the- moment the preparation to send out reinforce ments. The various city guilds havt given an additional 12,000 tor the expenses of the Imperial volunteers. beside gifts of horses, ambulances and other paraphernalia. The latest notable voluntoerinclud the two nephews of Lord Roberts, Majors Charles and Maxwell Sheraton, Their brother wa killed at Colonso. The admiralty ha decided to dis patch another naval brigade of 700 men t South Africa. It 1 believed that in mobilizing the Eighth division the war office will havt recourse to some extent to the militia, it being deemed inadvisable to denude the home garrison!) overmuch of reg ulara. The chancellor of the exchequer, Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, has issued formal denial that any difference ex 1st in the cabinet regarding war ex penditnre. According to a dispaton from Uape Town there is a good deal of dm trews in the Orange Free State, owing to a scar city of groin. The Dally Mall says: "We undor stand that news has arrived from Gen' eral White to the effect that Lady' smith la well supplied with food and ammunition, and can hold out much longer that has been estimated. Butler's Guns Turned Analmt Him New Vork, Deo. 28. A dispatch to the Herald from London says: Little credence la placed in the report that the gun loat by the British wore not captured by the Boers. Had the story been true , General Boiler must have reforrod to it. Sir Uedvers artillery cannot now muster much more than 80 gun, while the captured British weap ons have no doubt been mounted in the Boer lines and can be used, since the ammunition wagons seem to have been lost with them. Moved Back Five Milt. London, Dec. 33. A dispatch to the Herald from Chlveloy camp, dated De cember 17, says: General Buller' army moved back five miles today, tho march beginning at 1 o'clock this morning, two brigades going to Frere in order to defeat a possible attempt on the part of the Boer to execute flank movement to destroy the railroad on the British rear. thnrt of Ainiuuultlou. London, Deo. 23. The olnef cause of uneasiness which brings back the Bhudow to English faces is a suspicion that the Ladysmith garrison is short of ammunition and incapable of a pro' longed defense. Tho war ollice does not admit that Ladysmith ia in serious danger or short of ammunition, but the fcfensorahip somehow has allowed thoae I manning reports to reacn luigiaud The censor, it is apparent, sometime falls asleep, or is drugged by too can' did and too inquisitive friends. Welcome Offer of Medlatlou. New York, Deo. 28. A dispatch to the World from Brussels says: Herr Holborn, in charge of the Transvaal agency here, asked today what truth there is in the report that President Kruger is ready to sign a treaty of peace if Great Britain will ask no far ther privileges for the uitluuders, end will pay what the war him cost the Boers, ha answered: "No such proposals have been form ulated yet. A contingency inviting proposal of peace would be welcom nnder certain conditions. If auy gov ernment desire to mediate, the South African republic will treat. " Andrews May Lose His Position. Chicago, Deo. 21. Public advocacy of Great Britain' Bide in the Soutfc African war by Dr. E. Benjamin An drews, superintendent of the publio schools ot Chioago, was the oause ot resolutions being introduced in the oity council last night calling for his resig nation or removal by the board of edu cation. Making Stand at Stnrutberg. London, Doe. S3. The Daily New ha the following dispatch from Cape Town, dated Saturday, December 16: "The Boers intend to mae a big stand at Stormberg, and are massing a great force at the abandoned British camp. One commando of 2,000 consists chielly of rebel Dutch." Bandits held up a passenger train near Kansas City and secured five gold watches and $100 in money. INVESTIGATING FREIGHT RATES Intoratat Commlaalon I Looking Iut lroposed Advance. Washington, Doc. 28. Hearing wa begun today by the interstate com merce commission in the matter of the change in freight classification and freight rate by carriers using c tannin cation. Many complaint have been filed with the commission, alleging that discriminating change in freight classification have been agreed upon to take effect January 1 next. To deter' mine tbi question a hearing wo held today. Chairman Gill, of the "official class ideation committee," was the first wit ness. He maintained the propose ad' vance were due to the increased cost of railroad plant nd maintenance, and that advance hod been applied to classes of freight that could well pay them. He intimated that for some reason still further advance probably would have to be made. PRICE OF FISH IS CLIMBING My Reaeh Fifteen Cents Changes ppoted In the Combine, Astoria, Deo. 23. That fish are in demand is evidenced by the rise In the price of iteolhead from 6 cents to 0 cents per pound, and an advance to cent for chlnook salmon. The demand i growing every duv, and it i con ft dently expected by those who are in position to know that before the winter season is over the price for salmon will reach as high as IS cents per pound It is semi-otllcially announced, and with reasonable confidence for belief, that at the annual meeting of the can nery combine, to be held on January 8, h ere will be a number of changes Several of the present officials will drop out, and engage in the cannery business on Puget sound. It is also quite definitely decided that the com bine will not engage in the cold-storage business next season. ' Brltlh Steamer Belied. Chicago, Dec. 23. A special to the Record from Victoria, B, C, says According to Hong Kong advices, the British steamer Labuan, which left Sandakan on November 25, with clear ance papei s, was seized by the United States steamer Castile at Caldera bay and sent to Manila nnder a prize crew. Captain Pfort, master of the Labuan, reported that permission was sought to proceed to Cota Batn to bring away several families, as they were in danger of being killed by the Moro, but that permission was refused, and the commander ot the Castile ordered the British vessel to be seized. A prize crew, was then put on board and the steamer wag then sent back Manila. The seizure wa at once protested by the master of the steamer Word From Methnen. London, Dec. 23. The war office ho received the following from General Foreetier-Watker, British commander: "Cane Town, Dec. 23. Methuen wire that he has received a rude reply from general Cronje respecting hia representations as to Lieutenant Chan- dos-Pal-Gell, saying this othcer is re irarded as a spy. General Cronje also states he will hold no further com man ication with Methuen." On December 18, the British war office received the following, date. December 17, from Forestier-Walker: "Methuen reports that Lieutenant Chaudos-Pal-Gell was taken prisoner last Thursday evening, while mooting a flag of truce. He waved a handker chief in response, and was unarmed." A Klondike Romance. Chicago, Deo. 28. Dr. Luella Day, who, two years ago, left here, for the Klondike, and whose death in a snow slide waa reported later, arrived at the Auditorium hotel today and was regis' tered by Edward McConnell, also a Klondiker, as his wife. Mrs. McCon uell struck it rich near Dawson, and her husband, who had already been years in the Alaskan gold fields,, owns several rich claims. Mrs. MoConnell declared that after a couple of year which she and her hus band intend to spend in traveling, she will return to Chicago and erect a home and hospital for the treatment of crippled children. Canal Bill I Doomed to Walt. New Vork, Deo. 88. A special to the Herald from Washington Legislation providing for the construc tion of a trans-isthmian canal is not probable nnder the present session of congress. Both the Nicaraguan canal committee in the senate, presided over by Senator Morgan, and the house com mittee on interstate and foreign com merce, presided over by Mr. Hepburn, of Iowa, propose to take the matter up without waiting tor the report of the Walker commission. It is extremely improbable, however, that they will be able to get a bill through either house ot congress before that report is available. Glaaiworkere' Wages Railed. Fittsburg; Dec. 28. D. C. Ripley, president of the United State Glass Company, anuounoed today that the wages of blowers and gatherers in their employ would be advanced 5 per cent January 1. The increase affects 1,200 employee. Mabini, formerly a member of the Filipino cabinet, says that the future peace of the Philippines depends en tirely upon the form of government the Americana establish. Degradation of Karl Peking, Deo. 28. Li Hung Chang has been appointed aoting viceroy of Canton. It ia believed this ia prepar atory to his degradation in compliance with French demands. Sheep to Return to Qrailng. lleppner, Or., Deo. 23. Sheepmen had commenced to feed, but this morn ing the light snow which fell Friday night began melting, and the warm wind will soon restore grazing. i SLID INTO THE SEA Terrible Disaster in a Vil lage of Italy. LOSS OF LIFE REPORTED HEAVY An Enormous Rock Fell, Carrying Wltk It Hotels, Villa and Fa tuous Monastery. Rome, Dec. 25. A terrible disaster took place this afternoon at Amalfl, the popular tourist resort on the Gulf Salerno. About 2 o'clock an enor mous rock, upon which stood the Cap puccini hotel, slid bodily into the sea with a deafening roar and without moment' warning, carrying with the hotel, the old Capuchian monastery below; tho hotel Sante Calerina and several villa. Many people were bur led in the debris, which crushed four vessels to the bottom of the ea, des troying their crew. The mass of earth which slipped was about 50,000 cubic yards. The population la in a state of terror, fearing fresh calamities. Troops have arrived upon the scene and have begun rescue work. It is believed that the loss of life is heavy, including a nunv ber of monk and the occupants ol the hotel. As yet ia is impossible to as certain the exact number. Amalfl is a small, but lively town of 7,000 inhabitants, situated at the en trance of a deep ravine, surrounded by imposing mountains, and rock of the most picturesque form. The Capuch ion monastery wag founded in 1212 by Cardinal Pietro Capuano, for the Cis' terians, but came into possession of the Capuchian in 1583. The building, which stood in the hollow of a rock that rose abruptly from the sea to height of 230 feet, contained fine clois ter. TRAGEDY AT A REHEARSAL Eleven School Children Burned tn Death at Qulaejr, 111. Quincy, 111., Dec. 25. While th school children of St. Francis' paro chial school, Seventeenth and Vine streets, were rehearsing this afternoon for an entertainment to be given Tue day evening, the dresses of one caught on fire from a gas Jet and 10 minute after four of themw ere burned'to death, two died an hour later, and five others died before midnight. Half a dozen others were burned more or less se verely. The dead are: Irene Fneberg, May Wavering, Mary Althouff, Bernardino Freund, Colletta Middendorf, Mary Hiokey, W'ilhelmina Gottendorf, Olivia Timpe, Addie Futterer, Josephine Bohne, Margaret Warner. All of these are between 9 and 1 1 year old. Helen Zebbing and several other teachers, Father Nicholas and Professor Mnshold, were painfully burned trying to rescue the children. The school hall was filled with chil dren, and many'would have been killed in the panio which followed had it not been for the prompt efforts of the teachers and Sisters who were in charge of the entertainment and were present. The children rushed for the doors, but prompt efforts quieted them and no one was hurt in the rush. BROOKfS FAREWELL. Banquet Tendered the Retiring Gov- ernor of Cuba. Havana, Deo. 25. Sixty-five person were present at the farewell banquet tendered to General Brooke today at the Paris restaurant. General Mario Menocal presided, and Ernest Lee Co- nant acted a toastmaster. ' Major Gen eral Wood, in response to words of wel come, said: "The United States is in Cuba in the person of representatives, who in tend to carry out a great work and to fulfill strictly the promises of the United States congress. As for myself, I can only do what the president has sent me to do, but I hope to enjoy the esteem and confidence of the Cuban eople as General Brooke has enjoyed hem." General Brooke said: "I shall always remember the long hours of toil in Cuba, but I shall also ever recall the kindness shown me by all Cubans, especially by those who realize that the Americans are tlieir best friends." Mining Under Butte. Minneapolis, Minn., Deo. 25. A special to the Times from Butte.Mont., says: Alexander Tarbet, a Salt Lake mining man, today closed a deal with the owners of the mineral right to the Destroying Angel and Copper Bottom Lodge claims, by which he secured control of the interest for 9300,000. The veins run through the business portion of the city, and the Destroying Angel wa uncovered recently by per son who were excavating for the foun dation of a hotel. It has developed into the richest copper vein in this dis trict, and the new owners intend to tunnel nnder the city. A soon as th deal was closed this afternoon, they started to sink a shaft, which will be put down 1,000 feet at the corner of Broadway and Arizona streets, within a half block of the two principal hotels and the city hall. Forty Children Drowned. Brussels, Deo. 25. Upward of 4 school children were drowned today in an ice accident at Frelinghem, near the French frontier. The children of the district had been given a holiday, with permission to play on the frozen river Lysus. When the merriment wa a; full height, the loe broke suddenly and the children disappeared. A few were rescued half dead but the majority were drowned. Thirty-six bodies have been recovered, bat others rjre still missing, . j PROTECTED HER HOME. foang Woman Shot and Killed an In trader. Natick, Mas., Dec. 25. Lewi Perry, aged 83, Spanish war veteran wa shot and killed today by Miss Lizzie Morse, at her home in West Natick. Four shots were fired, two of them taking effect, one in the heart. Miss Morse, who was placed under ar rest, say that the circumstance justi led her in shooting Perry. The Morse family 1 one of the wealthiest and best known in town. Mil Morse and the member of her family claim that Perry and Arnold Slappen, on bicycles, rode up to the Morse house, demanded admittance without stating their buai ness, and, upon being refused, smashed several windows. Mis Morse went to the bureau drawer and loaded a 22-cal- iber revolver. She claims that the men went around to the front of the bouse, where Perry finished smashing the glass in one of the windows, and climbed in, In spite of her remon strances. After gaining an entrance, he grabbed Mis Elreta Morse and wrenched from her a croquet mallet, with which she tried to protect herself. Lizzie rushed to her sister' assist once and informed Perry that she would shoot hint if he did not leave the house. He gave her a terrific blow with the mallet and felled her to the floor. She managed to get up again, and told Perry to get out of the house, when he dared her to shoot. She then fired four shots at Perry, who managed to climb through the window and then fell dead. - WANTED HIS PICTURE IN PRINT, Hew York Man Shot HI Wife Killed Himeelf. Binghampton,. N. Y., Dec. 25. Jobn Edgar Gardiner, in order to get hia picture into print, shot hia young wife and then killed himself today. Gardi ner waa 60 year of age, hia wife 29. They had been married but a short time, and were living apart on account of hi bad habits. On several occasions he had asked how she would like to see their picture in a local paper. His wife took fright at this, and forbade him to apeak to her on the subject. I'' called at the house today and asl: her to come ont, as he waa going Wt She declined, and be forced his way Li te her apartments, saying, "See what I have brought you," drew a revolver and shot her twice, one bullet passing through her arm, the other entering her side. The woman was able to rush from the house to a neighbor's. When the police officer arrived Gardi ner walked to the center of a room in full view of the officer, and, placing the weapon to his head, killed him' elf. Crater Lake Park. Washington, Deo. 25. Among the familiar bills of the last congress to re appear this year are two that were in' troduced by Representative Tongue, of Oregon. One is his bill for creating; a publio park, including Crater Lake, and much of the surrounding country. and the other is his bill providing for the examination and classification of the lands in the Roeeburg and Oregon City land districts within the grant nade to the Oregon & California Rail oad Company. Both bills are prar tically the same as were presented i the last congress. The Crater lake bill proposes to set aside a tract of 249 square miles, with out drawing it from settlement or sale and making it a public park or pleas ure ground, to be known as the Crater Lake National Park. This park, if es talbished, is to be under the control of the secretary of the interior, who will preserve the lands in their natural con dition and prevent all residence, min ing, lumbering or other business opera' tlons within its limits. The old pro vision for restaurants and waiting' room ia again inserted, as are the pro visions for governing and protecting the park. It ia proposed that the cos to and expenses of creating the park shall be borne by the general government. It was this last provision that aroused Speaker Reed against the bill hist con eress, for he contended that any ex pense attached should be borne by the state. Now that Keed is out of con gross, the bill may have a better chance of becoming a law. Wagei Advanced. Pittsburg, Deo. 25. The Carnegie Steel Company posted today, at its va rious work in this city, notices reading substantially as follows: 'Taking effect January 1, 1900, com mon labor at these works will be in creased to $1.50 per day, and all other day turn and tonnage labor (with cer tain exceptions), will be increased in proportion." The exceptions are the tonnage men working under sliding scales, where the rates of wage increase and decrease in proportion to the proceed of the products. This adjustment is 7.41 per cent advance on the wages now being paid, making a total of 25 per cent of increase made by the company volun tarily since the last general scale. Five Thousand Bills Introduce!. Washington, Deo. 25. The offlcialt ot the house of representatives have struok a balance on the recent deluge of bills, showing that np to the recess the record stood: Total bills intro duced, 5,015; joint resolutions, 05: simple resolutions, 65; grand total 1,175 measures of all kinds. Street Car Dynamited. Springfield, 111., Dec. 25. For the third time since the strike was de clared against the Springfield consoli dated railway, November 10, a street car waa dynamited at 11:80 o'clock last night. The car was blown off the track and completely wrecked. No paBsegnara were aboard, and the motor man and conductor were not injured. The explosion happened in the heart of the oity, at Eighth street and Capitol avenue, and caused great excitement. IDEAS COME TOO DIGIT Marconi Wants the Earth for His Invention. WE WILL MAKE A BETTER 05B Vankee Genius Will Be Met to Work at Once to Build an Apparatus f Wlrelci Telegraphy. New York, Deo. S5. A special to the Tribune from Washington saya: Knar-Admiral Bradford has asked an . tbority from the navy department to establish a bureau at tho naval training station at Newport lor the develop ment of a naval system of wireless tel egraphy. Itg proposed to detail sev eral officers having high electrical knowledge at this station and to fur- . oish facilitie for study and experi ment, in the belief that something bet ter than Marconi' apparatua may be devised. The project to secure Marconi's sv li tem for the navy has been practically abandoned. In the first place its range wo found to be exceedingly limited, especially when vessel were rolling in a seaway, and their topmasts continu ously varied in height above the water. Then there waa the insuperable objec tions of interference, two station be ing unable to hold intelligent commun ication when a third station within their circle of sensitiveness undertook to send a message to either point. This defect destroys the value of the system where more than two ships cruised in squadron or where an enemy chose to tend disturbing messages. Finally, Marconi's term of $20,000 for the first year and f 10,000 annually thereafter were regarded as exorbitant for the use ot his half-developed inven tion. He declined absolutely to modify hia proposition, which compelled the navy to take 20 sets of apparatus or more, and to pay $500 outright for each set, and $500 a year each as royalty for their use. He refused to send two or three sets for experimental pur poses, and gave American naval officers to understand that he did not can to do business on a small scale when Eu ropean navies were fighting for the ex clusive use of his coherer and other es sential feat ares, in spite of the system' radical shortcomings, a discovered on this side of the Atlantic. Marconi's attitude toward the army was scarcely different, and the signal corps is going; ahead on a aytem of its own, which avoids the Italian's patents, and al ready is said to be producing better re mits. Rear-Admiral Bradford believes that some of the electrical experts of the naval equipment bureau, if the oppor tunity is given them, will produce ap paratus to meet the peculiar conditions of the navy without appreciable expen diture, and in all probability the ex periments he desires will be ordered. One station will be located at the training station and the other at the torpedo school, on islands about a mile ipart, and aa progress is made other Nations will be set np at various points a Newport harbor, where torpedo- boats are always available, with vessels in motion or for miniature fleet evolu tions. - Several forms of apparatus from American inventors have already been submitted for test, and doubtless others will be received when the work Is act ually started. Ended la Free Fight. Paris, Deo. 25. A pro-Boer demon stration, convened this evening at the Tivoli v auxhall by the executive com mittee of the Jeunees Royaliste, ended in a riot. The socialist entered in force and broke up the meeting, amid indescribable uproar and shouts of "Vive la social revolution,'! and "A bas Deroulede," with counter cries of "Vive Deroulede" and "Vive I'armee." Several nationalists who were present endeavored to apeak, but they were quite inaudible. A free fight ensued, and the proprietor of the hall turned off the gas. The combatants then lighted newspapers and continued the tight, smashing the fittings of the hall and using them as weapons. Finally the police cleared the room, bnt they were compelled to charge several times before order waa re-established. The Lighthouse Is Dark. Victoria, B. C, Dec. 25. The light house steamer Quadra left this alter noon for Egg island.. Passing steamers report no beacon showing at the light- home there. The keeper is frail, and it is feared he may have died. He has & little daughter, 3 year old, with him. Separate Sleeping Car for Kegroe. Atlanta, Ga., Deo. 23. Governor Candler today signed the bill prohibit ing the sleeping-car companies operat ing in the state from furnishing berths to negro passengers, except in coaches used especially for the accommodation of negroes. New York Aldermen Favor Boer. New York, Deo. 25. The board ot aldermen today adopted a resolution praying "the God of battles" to make the Boers successful in the war against England. The resolution now will go to the coounoil, and if that body con curs,, will come before Mayor van Wyck for his approval. Instantly Killed. Rosebnrg, Deo. 25. -A George Noah, engineer at the Oregon Brewery & Ice Company's plant, in this city, while attempting to put on a pump belt, was caught by a large pulley running at Igh speed, and instantly killed. The body was dreadfully mangled, p.0 one waa present. The other employes on the premises heard a scream, rUHhad to the ipot, and stopped the engine. Tho victim's brains were scattered all over the engine-room, . - t w.,inuw'wB"',"-'-''