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EVENTS OF THE DAY
Epitome of the Telegraphic
News of the World.
TKRSK TICKS FROM T1IK WIRES
An latareatlng Collection uf Items From
tha Two Hemispheres I' resented
in a Condensed Form.
The Nicaragua canal bill will be
pushed through butb houses this
mouth.
Mexican liberals favor the candl
dooy of I'l-esidout l)lai fur re-eleotloo
by a vote of three to one.
The league of Republican clubs of
Oregon convened at the arniorr in I'ort
land, with 800 delegates present.
Mm. Lillie Devoreuux Blake hat
announced her candidacy for the praai
denoy of the National Women Suffragist
Association.
Momliers of the Algonquin Club,
loading social organization of Vridge
port, Conn,, have declined to entertain
W. J, Bryan.
The plague in Honolulu haa broken
out in several iHotated places outside of
the orglimlly infected d 1b trie t, and its
progreiia ii regarded aa aoriona.
John D, Kockeleller ia no longer
pfnoident of the Standard Oil Company,
lie resigned last IJeoeniber, but the
facta were kept aecret until now.
Fifty-seven paintings, the property
of Austin II. King, of Providence, K
1., were sold at auction in New Yorr
fur 177,875, an average of $1,359 per
picture.
Adelbert S. Hay, the new United
State cnnanl at l'retorla, waa received
by the Tranavaal government, and pre
sented his credentials. He created an
excellent impression.
Secretary Hoot haa aunt to congress
an abstract of the militia force of the
United Htates. It shows the total num
ber of men available for military dnty,
but unorganized, aa 10,843,150 and an
, aggregate organized strength of 100.,
839. Astoria, Or., now has tlie right ol
immediate transKiratlon. A dispatch
from Wanhington states that Senator
George W, Mcllride's bill providing for
such has asied the Semite. . This
means a bonded warehouse at Astoria
and the unloading of Oriental freight
at that place.
By way of prcaration for the great
atruggle now in program, the Itoers lu
the year 18U8 bought from France
lone, guns, swords, carbines, pistols,
cartridgea, loud, aino, jiowder caps,
fuses, etc., to the invoiced value of
9310,000, according tu a report of the
state department from United Status
Consul Covert at Lyons.
A moveineut haa begun in Oakland
and Berkeley to send relief to the
Donkhohor colonies in Manitoba, which
are suffering for food. The Donk'
honors are represented as worthy peo'
pie, greatly attached to their religions
belief, which resembles that of the
Quakers, They will not bear arms,
and were driven out of Kuntia by the
compulsory military service.
The Ilrltish are preparing to invade
the Free State.
William Henry Gilder, the explorer,
died at his home in Morrlstown, N. J,
The transports lien Mohr and Meade
have arrived at Ban rrauoisco from
Manila
Conditions in Cuba are such that the
people are not yet ready for self-government.
Major-General Otis has appointed a
civil governor in Northern Luzon and
opened the hemp ports.
The Northern Paclllo has selected
Everett, Wash., as the point from
which they will ship to the Orient.
Henry Watteraon aays the Louisville
ft Nashville Kailroad is tlie bead and
front of the present troubles in Ken
tucky. The Echo Mountain house, a large
hotel near Pasadena, Cal., was de
stroyed by Are. The loss is estimated
at $100,000.
The natives of Borneo are in label
lion. The trouble is serious enough to
demand the attention of a British gun
boat and marines.
The Hay-Pauncefote treaty, amend
ing the Clayton-Bulwer treaty, relative
to the construction of the Nicaragua
canal, was signed at the state depart
ment by Secretary Hay and Lord
1'annoefute.
The famous Cherokee hydraulic gold
mine, of Oroville, Cal., from whioh
118,000,000 in gold has been taken,
and comprising 100 miles of water
ditches, 80 miles of "deliris" canals
and 1,600 acres of patented channels,
has been purobasod by a Pittsburg syn
dicate. The adjutant-gonoral has received a
telegram from Assistant Adjutant Gen
eral McCain, at Vancouver barracks,
stating that Colonel Kay, at Fort Gib'
bon, Alaska, reports the safe arrival
there of Lieutenant Herron and party,
wnowere supposes w nave ueeu ions
ntli IU V Jk rvjrvt a- V urn wvuaaj-
try.
Henry Hughes, a hero oi the old navy,
has been admitted into the county
almshouse at Cheater, Pa., at the age
of 96 yean).
Cannonading does not interfere with
the sending of wireless tolegraph mes
sages. This has been tested in South
Africa.
During the last year 25,203,001 bush
els of grain and 8,198,618 gallons oi
molasses were used for the manufacture
pf liquor in this oountry.
LATER NEWS.
The Corbett-JeffrlHi flirht wilt .1ra
ilace at Coney Island about tlie middle
ui may
T. Daniel Frawley has made arrange
ments taae a copinany oi acton to
'..
An alliance, offensive and defensive,
has been consummated between En
land and Portugal.
Tlie English nation has settled down
to tlie realisation that the war with
the Doers will last long time.
Governor Taylor, of Kentucky, has
declined to sign the peace agreement
and tlie case will go to the courts
A destructive Are visited the city of
Han Salvador, Central America, The
total loss is estimated at f 1,000,000
The United States transport Colum
ma arrived at San Francisco from
Manila. She made the trip in 80 days
Three ballot-box staffers of Fbiladel
phia were sentenced to Imprisonment
for two years and to pay a tine of f 500
each.
A resolution expressing sympathy
with the lioers was adopted by the sen
ate It was offered by Allen, of
Nebraska.
Lord Roberts haa addressed a letter
to Presidents Kruger and Steyne, com
plaining of the wanton destruction of
property in Natal.
Three children oi P. D'Arcy, living
near Sooth Union, Wash., were poison'
ed by drinking the water from an
abandoned well.
Six men were injured by an explosion
in the Columbia firecracker works at
Fostoria, Ohio. A large part of the
factory was wrecked.
It has been decided by the seoretary
of the navy to appoint Commander
Sea ton Schroder to be the first naval
governor of the Samoan island ol
Tutulia.
The house committee on military
affairs will investigate into the Idaho
mining riots at Wardner, which the
federal troopa, nnder General Merriam,
suppressed.
In Chicago, 7,000 workingmen who
have been engaged on buildings in
course of construction, quit work. It
is the beginning of a war between labor
and the coutractoi .
The iiiry in the case of Roland B.
Mollneaux, convicted of poisoning Mrs,
Adams, returned a verdict of guilty of
murder in the first degree It is said
the trial has cost $200,000.
The Boors have taken Inkandla,
Zululand magistracy. The magistrate
the night previous exploded tlie mags
sine, aax), with his staff and police,
evacuated the place and proceeded to
Kshowe.
Lord Roberts and General Kitchener
have started for the front,
The insurgents have been driven out
of Legaspi, province of Albay.
Thousands viewed the remains ol
Senator Goehel at Covington, Ken
Affairs in Santo Domingo are in a
turbulent condition. Insurrection ii
breeding.
It is said the dowager empress of
China is afraid to depose the emperor
at present.
On aocount of the serious roadlied
washout on its Lewis ton division, the
Northern Paolflo will lose $100,000.
Tlie transports Pathan and Sherman
arrived at San rranoisco from Manila.
On board the Sherman are 79 invalid
soldiers.
Fire at Little Rock, Ark., destroyed
property to the value of $265,000. The
J. P. Qninn Dry Goods Company will
lose $160,000
British troopa crossed the Upper
Tugola river at Kolendrift with the ob
ject of storming the Boer positions, bnt
were driven back.
Three hundred Spanish prisoners re
volted at the treatment they received
at the bands of Filipinos, dispersed
their captors and hold the fort.
The largest office building in the
world ia to be erected in New York
City, by the Alliance Realty Company,
It will be 20 stories high and will cost
$4,000,000.
President Havemeyer, of the Amerl
can Sugar Rolluing Company deniea
that the leading refineries of the com
pany were closed down as a result of
the loss of business.
Fish commissioners of Oregon and
Washington have issued a statement
that only citizens were granted lioenses
and that false claims may have been
made in some instances.
The mortality in the city of Bom
bay, India, in one day was unprece
dented. There was total of 408
deaths. The situation is aggravated by
tlie advent of famine refugees. ",
Word has been received by the de
partment of Indian affairs and by the
police authorities of fresh troubles
among the Indians of Upper Laird, B.
C. Seven members of Scotch family
are said to have been murdered.
The Sunset Telephone Company ol
Oakland, "Cal., has mortgaged to the
Old Colony Trust Company of Boston,
its entire possessions in California, Ne
vada, Arizona and New Mexico, aa se-
ourity for the payment of gold interest
)earing bonds to the amount of $3,600,
000. ,
Bigamists in Hungary are required
by law to live with both wives in the
same house.
The National Live Stock association
reoommends leasing government grac
ing lands.
Alan Arthur, son of the late presi
dent, lives in Europe. He finds that
his income goes further there.
Kansas City is to have another In-
terurban electric railroad, to run
Olathe, Kan., 31 miles distant.
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TORNADO IN ILLINOIS
Town of ColHnsville Nearly-
Wiped Out
FOURTEEN PERSONS INJURED
The Storm Was Severely Fait at St. Lenll.
Where It Caused Much
Damage.
St. Louis, Mo., Feb. 10. The town
of ColHnsville, 111., 12 miles from St,
Louis, on the Vandalla railroad, nar
rowly escaped destruction by a tornado
today. Fourteen persons est re injured in
the immediate vicinity of the village,
some of tbem fatally, and there waa
much damage to property. Miners
who live in the outskirts of town lost
most br the wind. A group of three
residences standing on a hill were re
duced to splinters.
The injured are: Paul Quarandi
aged 86, severely bruised and burned,
perhaps fatal; Otto Odderhole, 17, arm
broken, internally Injured, serious
Sophie Fix, 17, skull fractured and
bruised, thought to be fattally injured
Newton Anderson, scalp wound and
bruised face, not serious; Theodore
Lawrence, cut and bruised and intern'
ally injured; Frank Kobart, seriously
bruised; son and daughter of I1 rank
Kobart, severely cot and bruised; Tony
Skalla, wife and two children, badly
braised; Barney Falette, scalp wound
and arteries cut; Tom Pomatts, left
arm broken. The last two named were
blown several hundred feet from their
house into a field.
About 2:80 A. M. the storm was first
felt at a point one mile south of ColHns
ville. The first house demolished was
that oocopUd by Frank Kobart. He,
his son and daughter, were buried in
the debris and It was some time before
they were rescued, bruised and bleed
ing, from the wreckage. From this
place the wind swept to the north, its
path being west of ColHnsville, about
a quarter of a mile, and the last traoe
of the storm is observed at Ilightville,
a manufacturing suburb, one mile away
Alter the Kobart house, a group of
three dwellings was felled by the wind
They were occupied by John and Pau
Marquette and Pbilip Crossan, and
their families. All the occupants
escaped injury, except John Marquette,
Ilia hurts from falling timbers are not
severe, but be is badly burned, for the
debris caught fire from an overturned
lamp and the flames reached him before
the neighbors oould rescue him. The
Ilightville Coal Company's building
was the next attacked, the immense
smokestack being leveled to the ground
and the walls somewhat damaged.
From there the wind reached the
Vandalia tracks, laying waste telegraph
poles for the distance of a quarter of
mile. Beyond the Vandalia tracks
stood a group of large frame bouses oo
onpid by the Lawrence, Odderhole and
Fix families. The storm leveled them,
and nothing is left, save a mass of
tangled wreckage. It was here that
Mr. Odderhole and Mr. Lawrence re
ceived their serious injuries and here
also the members of the Fix family
were wounded. That the children were
not killed is a marvel. Harry Fix and
his sister Sophie were asleep in the
same room on the second floor. The
house seemed to separate and brother
and sister were let down with their
beds to the ground floor. There they
were found upon their conches, which
had not been broken by the fall, Harry
not injured in the least, but Sophie
crushed nnder a fallen timber.
The Work of a Fiend.
Walla Walla, Feb. 10. Frank
Royce, farmer, living 13 miles north
east of this city, on the Washington ft
Columbia River railroad, left the city
this afternoon in a drunken condition.
When he reached Dixie be became
involved in a fight with a man named
Knfus Woods, biting his nose nearly
off. Royce proceeded to the home of
his grandfather, B. F. Royce, with
whom he had been living, about two
miles above Dixie. Woods followed in
pursuit of Royce, and the two men
continued their struggles in the pres
ence of the elder Royce. Frank Royce
pulled a gun and shot at W oods, but
missed and killed his grandfather.
Young Koyce then fired several more
hots at Woods, but without effect.
Harper Bankruptcy.
New York, Feb. 10. The reorganis
ation committee of Harper & Bros.,
publishers, representing over $11, 860,
000 of the company's indebtedness,
has filed an answer in the dark 's office
of the United States district court to
the petition in bankruptcy .filed on
anuary 22 against the company. The
answer denies that Harper ft Bros, have
oommitted the acts of bankruptcy or
any of them set forth in the petition,
and aver that Harper ft Bros, should
not be declared bankrupt for any cause,
and thoy pray that they may be in
quired into by the oourta.
Venezuela Traopa Invade Braall.
Buenos Ayres, Feb. 9. A dispatch
from Rio Janeiro says the Venezuelan
troops invaded Brazilian territory, and
were opposed by the forces of the latter
republic, which were forced to retreat
after a serious fight. .
Murdered His family.
Denver, Feb. 9. A special to the
Times from Blaokhawk, Colo., says:
W. M. Allen, a carpenter, this morn
ing shot and killed his daughter Zula,
uel 6 years, in her bed, then shot hia
wife twice and finally shot himself In
i the breast. The father and mother are
.dying. The cause assigned for the
I shooting, aa expressed by Mrs. Allen,
Is because she was compelled to live in
Blackhawk. The family formerly lived
la Illinois and Kaunas City.
ORIENTAL NEWS.
I'u.t'ier Ad visas Brought by the Cm'
' press ff China.
Victoria, B. C, Feb. 11. The
steamer Empress of China, brings the
following Oriental advices:
A terrible accident 1 reported from
the Wnhu river. A junk was caught
in a snow squall and turned turtle, alt
on board, numbering 20 In all, being
drowned.
From Nago-Ya, Japan, comes news
of another terrible accident. A fire
broke out January 38, in a large spin
nlng mill at Koryo Mura, in the Owari
prefecture. Two buildings were de
stroyed and 81 factory girls burned to
death. Six were injured badly and
number slightly injured.
The Fleur de Lutns, as the jnnk be
ing sent from Hong Kong to the Paris
exposition is called, has started on her
adventurous trip from the China sea to
the trench capital. The junk, which
is one of the common Chinese kind, is
73 feet long and 28 feet wide. She
will stop on the route at Saigon, Singa
pore, Colombo and Aden. The junk
will be towed through the Sues canal
Captain Bonrdonnet, who is in charge
of her, Is accompanied by bis wife, one
French sailor, nine annimatoe and nine
Chinese. ,
A great' conflagration occurred at
Kiuang, December 89. In all 800
buildings were destroyed. The cause
of the fire is not known. The damage
will exceed $1,000,000. Most of the
buildings destroyed were big shops.
At Saigon, an Innimite woman has
given birth to twins, joined together
after the manner of the famous Siamese
twins. The infants were placed on ex
hibition immediately after their birth
and it is intended to send them to the
Paris exhibition. The French paper at
Saigon protested against this treat
ment of the newly born infants on the
ground of inhumanity. An injunction
was applied for, but was refused by
the oourta.
According . to a dispatch received
from Nganking, the provincial capital
of Anhui, and translated by the North
China Daily News, it seems that, en
couraged by the successes of the ma'
rauding band in Shantung, a number ol
rowdies of the former provinoe have
lately banded themselves into a society
called the Siao Tao Hul, or Little
Swords Association, having the same
objects in view aa their predecessor.
the Tai Tao Hui, or Great Swords As
Delation, that of plundering converts
and men of wealth. The new assocuv
tion, it appears, commenced its work
on the Tank Tee river, and raided
Ithy family of the name of Wn,
lew miles north of Wuhn, carrying
away a large quantity of spoils and
wonnding several persons. The next
step of the bandits was to plan a raid
on a number of Christian families liv
Ing near Wubu, where there la an
American mission chapel in the charge
of a missionary, but the inhabitants
became alarmed and summoned sol
diers, which scared away the maraud
ers, all of whom boldly declared that
they belonged to the Little Swords,
whose mission was to exterminate con
verta to outside religions and mis
sionaries.
STORM AT ST. LOUIS.
Canaad Ona lanth and Heavy Property
Loss.
St. Louis, Feb. 11. Considerable
damage to property in various parte of
the city and vicinity waa wrought be
tween 3 and 4 A. M. by a wind storm
that reached a velocity of 60 milea an
hour and was of the nature of a torna
do. The barometer fell to 29.26, the
lowest point ever reached in this vicin.'
lty, according to the Weather bureau
officials here. Previous to the wind
storm terrifio thunder storm had
raged for several hours, the rain fall
ing in torrents. The rainfall waa 1.9
inches. -
Mrs. ' Susie Thompson became en
tangled In a live wire, whioh had been
blown down, and was killed. In the
burned district between Franklin ave
nue, Morgan street, Third and Sixth
streets, $20,000 worth of property was
destroyed. At 837 North Third street,
the four story building occupied by the
George A. Benton Commission Com
pany and the Sage ft Richmond Com
mission Company was blown down. It
was next door to one of the buildings
destroyed In Sunday's fire, and its
walls had been weakened. At the
ruins of Penny & Gentle's department
store, Broadway and Franklin avenue,
a cupola left standing at the west end
of the north wall and a huge brick
chimney topped by a tall sheet iron
smokestack were carried down by the
force of the wind. Policeman Ferie,
who had boon standing near, had a
narrow escape from death. Muoh delay
and considerable damage was suffered
by nearly every railroad entering the
city from tlie east side of the river.
' At Jefferson City, Mo., the wind and
ran storm was one of the most severe
ever, felt there. It was followed by
fall of 63 degrees in temperature and a
snow storm, which is now raging.
Anton 1 leister, aged 65, was blown
from his door onto stone walk and
killed.
Stolen Money Returned.
London, Feb 11. The sum of 30,-
fOO, the balance of 60,000 stolen from
'arr'a bank a year ago, has been mys
teriously returned The notes were
found this morning enclosed In a
tteamer passbook
Flnmers Force Defeated.
Pretoria, Feb. 11. Colonel Plnmer's
force, on February 2, attacked the Boer
position near Bamonsta and, after
heavy fighting, including an endeavor
to take the place by storm, the British
were repulsed. Their loss ia unknown.
o Boers were Injured.
Severs Storm at Minneapolis,
Minneapolis, Feb. 10. Minneapolis
today experienced the severst snow
storrri.of the winter. Business it par
alysed, and trains are late.
BURIAL OF LAWTON
Gallant Soldier Laid at Rest
With Fitting Honors.
A NATION'S TRIBUTE TO A IIERO
Tha President, His Advisers and Many
Officers of High Bank Attended
tha funeral.
Washington, Feb. 11. Major-Gen
eral Henry W. Lawton waa buried to
day in the national cemeteiy, at Ar
lington. It was a nation's tribute to a
national hero, and the sorrow of
whole people was expressed when
America added the cbaplet of cypress
to the brow that so long bad worn the
laurel.
The burial sen-ice beneath the leaf
less trees at Arlington was preceded by
services in the church of the Covenant,
on Connecticut avenue, at which every
department of the army and navy with'
in reach of Washington, Lawton's old
comrades of the line staff, the diplo
matic corps in all its brilliance of uni
form and decoration, and aa many citi'
sens of all degrees as were fortunate
enough to find standing room within
the walls, were present.
But the crowd within was insignifi
cant compared with the thousands who
braved the lowering winter day for a
glimpse of the flag-draped caisson, with
its military escort, aa it passed
through the streets. Hundreds more
made the toilsome pilgrimage to Ar
lington to hear the last words pro
nounced above the open grave, where
president, cabinet and general com
manding the army stood with bowed
heads until the last volley had been
fired and the bugle sounded "taps."
For a day and night the body of the
soldier lay in state in the Church of
the Covenant. So it lay this morning,
when the doors were opened, troopers
from hia old command with sabers
drawn keeping vigil at the head and
foot.
Beneath the soft lights of the altar
rose a tropical jungle of palms, and
higher than the flag-draped ooffin rose
banks of flowers, tributes from every
quarter of the land. At hia head hung
in dim folds the battle flag from San
Mateo, still on its bamboo staff, and
supported by one of the men who waa
near him when he fell. From the ceil
ing hung the red centered flag of the
Eighth corps, nnder which he had won
perpetual fame in two island wars.
About, as the shrill pipes of the organ
trembled with the opening anthem.
stood grouped his superiors and hia
brother officers, with whom and for
whom his life work bad been done,
Close to the coffin sat President Mo-
Kinley, and on hia right the seoretary
of state. With them were the secre
tary of war, the attorney-general, the
secretary of the navy, the postmaster-
general, the seoretary of the treasury,
the secretary of the interior and the
secretary of agriculture. Close by
were Mrs. Lawton, little Manley and
the others of the family, and to the left
General Miles, General Merritt, Gen'
eral Brooke, General Shatter and their
staff officers, all in uniform and all
Lawton's commrades, who at one time
or another had camped and fought with
him. In the body of the church was a
scarcely less notat e gathering, assist
ant secretaries and heada of bureaus,
the military committees of the house
and senate, diplomats, the Orientals in
their flowing robes of somber color,
and the Europeans resplendent in deco
rations, among them the Spanish min
ister. There were delegations from the
Loyal Legion, the G. A. R. and other
patriotio societies.
Body Washed Ashore.
San Francisco, Feb. 11. The body
of Barton M. Hardiman, consin of Mrs.
J. K. Miller, of Oakland, better known
in the literary world as Florence Hard'
iman Miller, has been washed ashore
on Angel island, in the bay of San
Francisco Whether death was caused
by suicide or accident is unknown.
Hardiman's home was in Oswego,
Kan., where his mother and one of hia
ai8ters reside.
Blots In Martinique.
Fort de France, Martinique, Feb. 11.
A mob of about 1,200 haa since last
Monday been preventing the harvesting
of sngar cane. The movement is ex
tending and troops have been sent in
all directions. An infantry post of 25
men was attacked and fired upon its
assailants, killing nine men and
wonnding 15. In the commune of Le
Francois, two Incendiary fires have
occurred on plantations.
San FranolBco, Feb. 11. Acting Im
migration Commissioner Schell, at this
port, haa forwarded to National Immi
gration Commissioner Powderly, at
Washington, a protest against the in
tended colonization of a large tract of
land in California with 1,500 Russian
emigrants now in the Northwest terri
tory, '
San Franoisoo, Feb. 11. The United
States transport Logan arrived today
from Manila. The voyage oooupied 26
days. The Logan brought 14 passen
gers. February 8, Robert Gray, late
of company B, Twenty-second infantry,
died at sea from dysentery. The body
waa embalmed and brought here.
The Spokane ft British Columbia
Telephone ft Telegraph Company has
obtained mandamus to compel the
Spokane city council to grant a fran
chise for this company in the streets of
the oity. Its application for a fran
chise was rejected last June. The
company claims that its right to equal
protection nnder the constitution en
tities it to the same privileges In build
ing up business as ia granted to the
rival company.
MINES AND MINING.
Lawlessness and Terror will Reign nl
Cape Home This lianir,
There will be lawlessness and a reign
of terror in the new gold fields at Cape
XNome, Alaska, next summer, in the
opinion of John G. Brady, governor
the territory, and George N. Wright,
postmaster at Cape Nome, unless con'
gress takes stops to' establish civil gov
eminent on a firm foundation and
makes laws defining the proprietorship
ot claims. Governor Brady and Mr.
Wright are in the East endeavoring
obtain the appointment of United Statei
judges at Sitka, Circle City and Caps
nome. An extraordinary rush of gold'
seekers to the last named place is ex
pec ted next May when communication
with ibe outside world ia reopened,
Mr. Wright believes that before the end
of the summer, there will be 60,000
persons in tape Nome.
"We want the general land laws ex
tended to Alaska, so that we have
homestead rights," said Mr. Wright
last night, "otherwise we cannot help
having a great deal of trouble. W
are without the legal form of govern'
mem. we nave organized one of om
own. electing a mayor, a council,
chief of police and other officers, but
it has no standing in law. ' There wen
2,000 men there last year, and they
agreed among themselves to observe
each other's rights, bnt It will be dif
ferent when we have 60,000.
"In law, nobody haa any right to the
beach, between the high and low water
marks, where there are rich deposits ol
gold. It ought to be laid off in small
plots for the sale of the mineral rights.
Though gold was discovered in Cape
Nome a year ago last September, we
did not get the news in Seattle until
last May. We inspected at first thai
it was a scheme of the steamship com
panics to get passengers, aa the Yukon
business was getting slack. I tele
graphed to Washington to be appointed
postmaster and was appointed over
night by wire. I got to Nome July 4,
when there was not a sluice box in the
district.
Lumber came in later, and about
$3,500,000 of gold waa taken out lasl
summer. One claim in Anvil creek
paid $175,060 In five weeks. I know
because I handled the money. Three
claims in Snow gnlch paid $500,000.
Test of Newspaper Advertising.
Between the acta recently
at Wallack'a New York
theater, ushers distributed
among the audience slips
with a brief printed state
ment politely asking the
recipient to indicate by a
check mark in the list of
various advertising forms
employed which one had
attracted him to the per
formance newspapera,bill
boards, window lithographs
or something else. Eleven
hundred slips were handed
to the ushers, and of that
number 991 had been at
tracted by the newspapers
solely.
On the Yukon the gold is well below
the surface, but at Nome it lies neai
the top of the ground. Many claimi
have been staked out, bnt there is s
vast region still to be explored. The
formation la very peculiar. Back ol
the beach, whioh ia white sand, and
rising 10 feet above it, u a flat strif
called tundras, which extends from
two to four miles baok to the moun
tains. This has a layer of moss or peal
on top, then cornea a layer of bine clay
from 6 to 15 inches thick, and then the
white sand to bedrock 25 feet below.
The gold in the white Band runs from
50 cents to $1.50 a pan, and the pay
streak of ruby sand on the bedrock rani
$5 to the pan, besides coarse gold.
One of the steamers took 850 torn
of sand shoveled at random from the
beach to San Francisco last year. II
waa put into a smelter and yielded
$9,000 in gold. The beach haa been
prospected for 15 miles. Nobody
knows where the gold came from.
Some think it was from hills brought
down by glaciers, and some think it
waa thrown up by a volcano.
"Governor Brady wants , Alaska to
oome in as a state when the population
haa been increased by the rush next
summer. He is the one man that all
the people there have absolute confi
dence in. If we are admitted to the
Onion we can take care of ourselves.
Miners began coming down from the
Yukon last fall, and more will come.
If we do not get authority to protect
ourselves we shall have trouble."
In Delaware last week thi National
Cape Nome Mining ft Transportation
Company was organised with a capital
of $5,000,000, to establish a steamship
hue and work with machinery, claims
covering 920 acres ot beach and tund
ras. Frranoia B. Thurber, F. L. Lor
ing and George Crawford are the in
corporators. The entire season's output of grain-
bags from the Walla Walla peniten
tiary has already been applied for, and
many applications have been refused
because of lack of capacity to supply
them. The price has not yet been
fixed. It is estimated that 10,000.000
sacks will be needed for the season's
grain, only one-eighth of which oan be
manufactured at the state prison.
Mlnlne; Convention Delegates.
Governor Rogers, of Washington, ii
anxious to appoint delegates to the In
ternational Mining Convention, which
meets in Milwaukee, Wis., in June.
It is desirable that the state be well
represented at the convention, and the
governor will appoint any reputable
citizen who may wish to attend. Three
delegatea will go from the state univer
sity school of mining, and three from
the agricultural oollege school of
mining.
INSURGENTS ANNOY
Albay Province Much Har
assed by Them.
THE AMERICANS SUFFER LOSSES
Bnbonls Flngna and Smallpox Among
tha Filipinos Operations of Bell
and Beacon In x.ason.
Manila, Feb. 13. Of late the in
surgents in Albay provinoe, Luzon,
have adopted harassing taotics against
the towns whioh the Americans have
garrisoned They camp in the hills and
maintain a constant fire upon the
American outpoess. When the troops
sally against them, they scatter, re
turning when the Americans retire.
They shoot burning arrows, and have
thus burned a large part of the town of
Albay. Indeed, most of the towns in .
that provinoe are practically deserted,
except by the garrison. Scarcely any
of the inhabitants return to their
homes. They are camping in the inter
ior, and it is supposed armed insurgents
prevent them going back. It is report
ed that there ia much suffering among
them, owing to lack of food. As a re
mit of these conditions, the hems busi
ness in that section ia seriously hin
dered, and ships going for cargoes are
compelled to take gangs of coolies to
do their loading. Hemp held in the
interior is quite inaccessible.
Colonel Bell will take two regiments
and a battery through the provinces of
North Camarines and South Camarines,
going there on transports. - Many In
surgents retreated to that part of the
island from Cavito and Ba tongas prov
inces. Another expedition will soon
tsrat to garrison towns along the north
coast of the island of Mindanao.
Guenilla warfare continues south of
Manila. Two attempts have been
made to ambush the Americans. Col
onel Schwan, while returning to Manila
with his staff and an escort of 100 cav
alry from Batangaa, was attacked by
the insurgents. The latter were dis
persed, bat the Americans had five
wounded.
Lieutenant-Colonel Beacon, with six
companies of the Forty-second infantry,
had a two hours' fight with General
Pio del Pilar's command, which at
tempted to ambush the Americans
along the trail through Morong prov
ince, near the lake. Here, also, the
insugents were dispersed, but the
Americans had several wounded,
among them a captain.
General Bell ia operating southward
through Zam bales province with a
small force.
Another expedition ia proceeding
northward from Snbig. It is reported
that the insurgents general, Alejandro,
has recovered from his wonnd and has
assembled a large force in that district.
The plague continues. Eight cases
were reported last week among the
natives and Chinese. There is no ex
citement, however, and business and
social life are undisturbed.
Smallpox ia prevalent among the
natives along the railroad and in the
towns on the northern coast. Two
officers of the Thirty-sixth infantry
have died of the disease and another
officer and several soldiers have been
stricken.
ASSIMILATION OF CHINA.
Disaster in Too Great Speed Chinese
Fastmaatar In Trade.
Chicago, Feb. IS. "The greatest
question of onr time is whether the as
similation of the commercial force of
China by the world will be a quick or
slow process," declared Benjamin I.
Wheeler, president of the University of
California, who passed through Chicago
today on his way East. "If the pro
cess be speedy," he continued, "there
is likely to be a disastrous disturbance,
bnt if it be natural and unforced, a
peaceful adjustment will be insured.
Therefore, the question, not so much of
the Chinese aa of China, ia of para
mount importance to Americans.
'The pressure of ages has made of the
Chinese, pas tm asters in commerce.
Their lack has been iron, and as the
commercial development of this conn
try has been characteristically that of
metals, they have seemingly been dis
tanced. But let them once acquire in
struction from the Western world in
the metal arts, and they will be able,
with their genius, to revolutionize the
commerce of the globe."
Billiard In Colorado.
Denver, Feb. 13. A blizzard ia
sweeping over Colorado. The central
and northern portions of the state are
in the throes of the storm which is
gradually moving southward. Snow
has been falling in the mountains near
ly all day, with no prospect of imme
diate abatement. Aa yet railroad
traffio has not been affected to any
great extent, bnt a continuance of the
storm will seriously interfere with it.
Reports from Southern Wyoming and
Western Nebraska are to the effect that
blizzard haa been raging in that
vicinity today and ia continuing.
Methodists in this oountry propose
to raise $20,000,000 as a "20th century
thank-offering fund." This immense
sum will be used for educational, char
itable and churoh purposes.
Family Was Asphyxiated.
Chicago, Feb. 13. Martin Jordan,
an engineer, his wife Mary and their 5-months-old
boy, were accidentally
asphyxiated by gas last night in their
home at Forty-third street and Stewart
avenue.
Biscuit Company's Fire.
Worcester, Mass., Feb. 13. Fire
today In the Gilliam block, occupied
by the National Bisonlt Company, com
pletely gutted the building, doing f 3'J,
' goo damage.
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