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VOL. XVII.
ST. HELENS, OHEUON, FRIDAY, MA11CII 9, 1900.
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no. ia.
EVENTS OF THE DAI
Epitome of tho Telegraphic
News of the World.
TKItSK TICKS FROM THE WIRES
An Inlareatlug Collection or Heine from
the Two llemUuherea rraaeuted
III a Ouudeueed furui.
Lord Roberta' casualties nt PimrilO'
berg, were 721, in one days' f!(liMnif.
Profit ut tlio Kltnlierlcy Diamond
Mining Company liiHt year were 10,
000,000.
JJoinoc rtUli! olllcors for minor stato
nflloea iii Kentucky have becu given
ceriuicaica.
Evauavllle, Intl., people are hlr to
u eatate in tho Fiji IhUuiU, valued al
10,000,000.
P. D. Armour, Jr., who died loeont
ly in Pasaileu, hilt an untuU
valued at f N.000,000.
Several khmdlkcra wore arrested la
Kwiuiuialt fortifications, uuilur thu be
lief tlmt they wra aploa.
Astoria, Or., physicians urge the peo
pie to exterminate tlie rata lu order to
keep out the bobonlo pluguu,
Juat 10 year after tho liner victory
at Majtiba hill, Crnnje and 4,001) uiuu
aurrvtidur tu the British turn.
The trawKirt Hancock haa atrlved
at Han Francisco (rout Mitiiilii, willi
tlid bodies ol DOS dead hvrouii.
The president haa nominated Henri
It. Miller, of Jnaephine county. Or., tc
be consul at Ciiuug King, China.
The British intelligence department
estimate iho total Hoer strength al
fll.HHS. while Eughiud hua over 180.
000 men.
Prince ronintowaLi, of Kan Fran
claoo, haa purchased the li;land of lluxl
lan, one of the Philippines, for 500,.
000. The island ia valualilo for itt
pearl flaheriea ami hump I nidi).
Tho Italdwln Locomotive Worka ol
Philadelphia, haa received an unlet
f room the Palls & Orleans railway ol
Franco, for 80 10-wheel paasengai
eugiuoa. Thia ia the tint locomotiva
contract ever placed by tho railway Id
America.
The Chamber of Commerce of Pas
Franoisco, hua apK)inld a ooinmittet
to consider the advisability of octal
liahinu branch of the New York
Amerioan-Aeiatlo Aaennlatiua, tho una-
poae of which ia to Inornate trade witb
the Orient.
Tho iteamer Australia arrived at San
Franciaoo from Honolulu. She bringi
newa that after lil daya had panned
without a ai(U of plague, three casei
were dieooverad ou February 10, and
all ended fatally. The vtctlma wen
two Chinese, males, aiirl a woman,
half Chinese and half Hawaiian. Tin
council haa appropriated another 100,
000 to allow the board of health tt
carry on the work of fighting tbi
plague.
Cronje haa surrendered.
J'uuet Round aalmou pickers hava
combiued.
National Iilmetalllsta will meet it
Kanaaa City in July.
In a battle with thu Yaquia, Mexican
troopa loat over 200 iu killed aud
wounded.
Hamilton H. Groyaon, former post
master at Manila, died iu Philadul'
phla, of hiccoughs.
' Two Pittsburg tin plate worka hnvl
resumed operations, giving employ'
ineut to 1,000 workingmen.
Dr. A. Wright, of Buffalo, preNideul
of the Ameriean luatituta of Ilomeo'
patha, ia dead, aged 74 yeara.
Fire in Montreal destroyed Ilia
Theater Frimcaia and nearly uu eutirt
block, cauaing a loaa of 9(100,000.
Catholics in New York are seeking
the privilege of teaching their religion
iu the public schools at certain boura,
Tho United States government will
build roada and wbarvea and 2,400
inilea of telegraph line thia year in
Alaaka.
Pugilist Tom Sharkey threatena to
retire from the ring unless he can ar
range a match with tfitusimmoua or
Jeffries.
The United Ktatoa anpreme coi rl
haa deniud (he applioaliou of ('aptnin
Obcrlin Carter to brini hia cane into
that court.
Tho Interatato Commnrco Couiinia
alon'aaeaaion at Norfolk, Neb., ia Invca
tiKating alleuud diacrimiuutiuu in
freight ratea.
In London, tho Grand thoator, where
Henry Irvintt aud otliet actora have
been in the habit of beginning proviu
oiul toura, waa nutted by lire.
Admiral Dewey loat hia prizo money
caau, the court of chilma deciding Unit
the Hpaulah fleet in Manila bay wai
not Kuperior to the American. Ho wui
wanted 0,750.
Full powers have neen Rrantod to
Henry L. Wilaou, United Ktatea miu
later to Chill, to aign a treaty of estra
ditiou he hua negotiated vitU the
Chilean government.
Miaa Susim B. Anthony recently celo
brated her eightieth birthday anni
versary. In (Jerman oitiea meichanta are not
allowed to put up aigna uuleaa the
wording ia true.
Prince Henry of Kuania waa robbed
by bandit a while on hia way to visit
the king of Kiiiin.
Col. George T. Perkinn, of Akron,
O., haa presented that city with 81)
aorea of land valued at f 100.000 aa
playground for children. i
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rroappcta for the termination of the
i,oiommau revolution are jiooror thuu
uver.
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a ii-min, ineurown 1'rinceaa K nnh.
ante, of Au.tria.,ua ... .,u,r. " ,, . . .
ouLonray.
unray.
The tital number of lloor urimiiiiini
raptured at I'aardubern by tho Dritlah
ia ,uuu men.
A party of alx Amerlcnn rubbnr Urdu.
poctora have liecn maaaucrcd by Indiana
iu ine wiioa oi lirazll.
The twelfth couventiiinof tho Nation-
al Kepublleau Uiaijue baa lienn called
to meet iu the city of Bt. l'aul, July
i (, ivuu.
froinn meala, aupplied to tho Ameri
can army In the riillippiuea, iaroiKirUid
by ollioiula , in Manila to be highly
aauaiaocory.
A liiiKHcnucr train ou the Cunu.llun
raclllc, near Toronto, Canada, junil
Hie iraoK, aim aeveral iiiuinbura of uar
iiameuc were injured.
The Kentucky Wialatnre haa naaaoil
mil iippropnatlng f 100,000 to carry
un inu work ol Hunting down the an
ittnalu of William (ioubel.
In an enuiiutmifiit between Mexlnana
and Maya Indiana, near Hauta C'tut.
COO Alexlcana defeated 8,000 ludiuua.
ludiuua killed numbered tJ2.
Filipino iMHiirruotlon haa not vet
ixx'ii aulxluud. Hie rebela are iircir
ing mr tna rainy acumin and will carry
ou guerrilla warfare ou a large acalu.
William Henry, a half-breed Indian
of Corcto, ('!., aliot aud killed Nettie
rimlth, young ludiau woman, aud
then killed hitiiHelf. Jealouay waa the
canne.
Forty-three and onu-liiilt iuchea of
mow in (ia houra ta the new record
eatabliahod at liovheater, N. Y. The
rnilroada are recovering fnini the bigeat
light agaiuat Iho elemeuta they have
bad iu many yeara.
Iho Carteravillo, III., union minora.
who have lievu on trial for the pant 40
daya at Vienna, uliurged with murder
ng negro minera, were admitted by
the jury, l uur othur chargca are peud
lug againat tlie miner.
iseiici in ttiu elncucy of prayer aa a
u re win for (linen waa the cauae ol
the divorce granted to Ueorue K
White, ex-conureamau aud a wealthy
umber dealer of Chicago, from hit
wife, Miuuio A. White.
Tlie Canadian I'upnrinakera' A0'
oiation at Montreal, adopted a acale ol
pricea for ciuload lota, flve-tou lota and
l!0-ruam lota of different vradea of
paper. The increaae iu present pricea
la Ironi 10 to is per cent.
Ilrltlnh troopa tmvu again occupied
Iteuaberg,
Jouliert onpoaea Duller with more
doteruiinatiou.
An arid land conference will bo held
at Halt Lake April 18.
Tho Maya Indiana are giving tho
Mexicaua a hard light.
The Puerto liicau tariff bill haa passed
tho house by a vote of 172 to 100.
lite Inuixkllllng luaillera were
caught in a Doer trap at liailway Hill
aud unmercifully alaughtered.
Two peraona were killed aud aeveral
badly injured iu a col Union between
two puaaeugor traina uear Kanaaa City,
Mo.
During the carnival procession at
Caracas, Venezuela, two ehota were
fired at President Caatro, without
effect.
All chance of saving any of the Span
ih armored cruiaera annk off Sautingo
haa gone. The Criatobul Colon baa
alid Into deep water.
Tlie Hnaahin pieaa ia clamoring for
intervention. They contend it ia timo
to end the moat iuiiimoua war Kngliind
haa over waged through lust for gold.
Tho greateat fire Newark, N. J., ever
experienced swept through the retail
dry snoods) district, deatroying a acere
of buihliuga, cuuaiug a Iohb ol 1 1,000,
000. The Swedish mail atenmer Ilex
atntiuled olY I.oliinerjjnl Island, off tlie
coast of Germany, during a fug. Five
stewardesses were drowned iu attempt
ing to leave the ship.
General Milea says that Cronjo's sur
render is not a seiioua injury to the
Hoor cause. Ho expressed admiration
for tho 4,000 patriots who stood otf for
10 duys 50,000 of the lliitish army.
1on Ciirrv, cue of tho train robbers
who was engaged iu the Wilcox, Wy
oming, hold-up on the Uuiuii Pacific
last June, when Bometbing like !f;ll,-
000 was aecured, waa shot and killed
by olllcera near Knusiia City while re
acting arrest.
Two men who have arrived at Ana
heim, Cel., from the Santiago moun
tains, rojHirt that there huvo been many
earthiiuiike shocks iu the section since
hist Christmas. No serious damago is
known to have been done, aa there are
few habitations there.
At a metuing iu San 1'ranoisco, a
plan of organization has been agreed
upon by the promoters of tho Pantile
Commercial Museum. All commercial
bodies on this coast have been asked
to request their congressmen aud sena
tors to support the pending bill to ap
propriate $200,000 for a publlo mu
seum at Philadelphia.
Women sailors are employed in Den
mark, Norway and Finland.
Iteports from 45 colleges show dis
counting religious conditions in but
three.
Booth-Tucker sayo God nses Amerioa
aa a uonueuung una. uetwesu uuiur
nations.
Thomas Yates, of Toledo, O., is the
only living American who tosk part iu
the charge of the Lilgnt brigado at
Baluklava.
FOR HAWAII
nri. r. ...
e oenaie rassea me uov.
ernment Bill.
CLAYSI'OKE ON TIIKIMULII'I'INES
I'uarto Itlro Tarltr Hill Huportad Froaa
the llouae and Mail a the Vn
llulahad Uualiiasa.
Washiniiton, March 8. Tho bill pro
viding a form of govenrmont for the
territory of Hawaii was passed by the
senate today without division. Cul
lont haa had charge of the measure.
Clay, of Georgia, delivered a carefully
prepares speech ou the I'hllinpiueqnes-
tiou. He fa voted tho adoption of the
ilacon resolution declaring it to he tbo
policy of the United States to turn over
the island to the Filipinos aa soon as a
stable government could be established
by them under the protection of thia
country. At the instance of Foraker,
the Puerto Hico tariff bill was mad
tho nulluiahed business, and will bo
considered as soon aa the conference re
port on the financial bill shall have
been disposed of.
Tho Democrats scored their first
victory of the session in the house to
day ou the motion to take np the con
tested election case of Aldrich-Itobbina,
from the rourth Alabama district. On
two seperate votes, the Democrats, with
the aid of two Republicans, Mondell
(Wyo.), aud H. C. Smith (Mich.),
beat the Henublioens on the Question
of the consideration. An agreement
waa made to consider the Loud bill re
lating to second-class mail matter on
March 30. A bill was passed to grant
an American register to tne ship Wind
ward, iu which Lieutenant Pearv will
make an attempt to reach the North
Polo,
TRAIN ROBBERS KILLED.
by Offlcwr While Itoalallng
rnat.
Ar
kansas City, Mo., March 8. Lon
Curry, one of the train robbers who was
engage. I in the Wilcox, Wyo., holdnp
ou the Union Pacific last June, when
something like $30,000 waa aecured.
waa ahot and killed by office re near
here thia morning while resisting
arrest.
Curry waa visiting the home of hit
annt and "cousin, Mrs. ISob Leo and
Miss Lizzie Lee, in the country , 10
miles south nf Kansas Citv. anil hail
been there a week. I nomas Savers,
assistant superintendent of the Pinker
ton office at Ban Francisco, discovered
Logan at Cripple Creek, Colo., two
weeks ago, but lost him, and finally
traced him to Kansas City, where ha
appears to have arrived February 18
Yesterday Logan was located at tho
Lee home, and early this morning
three local detectives and three Pinker
tona, including Havers, surrounded tho
house and called on him to surrender,
Instead, Curry darted ont of the rear
door, pistol iu baud. As he reached
the gate and turned to fire, a volloy
from the detectives caused him to
waver. Ho ran 100 yards across the road
and into a cornfield beloro he fell
When the detectives reached him ho
was breathing his last. There was a
bullet wound through his head. His
revolver was still clutched in his hand.
Curry waa placed iu a wagon and
brought to the morgue iu Kansas City.
Kabals Beaklng Fumla.
Now York, March 3. A dispatch to
the Herald from Madrid says: Tho
Filipino junta here says that a special
envoy from Aguinaldo will arrive in
Paris in March, and will go thence to
London aud Berlin to seek funds for
the continuation of the struggle against
Amoricau supremacy, it is declared
that guerrilla warfare will be continued
avd it ia hinted that assurances of
money to continue the fight have been
receivod from Europe.
Prftneh Cannon Factory Hurnad.
Le Creosote, France, March 8. Fire
broke out yesterday evening in the
faniocs cannon factory heie whence tho
Hocrs obtained their powerful "Long
Toina." Two enormous buildings, con
taining gun materials, stores and a
number of artillery models, were de
stroyed. The losses are estimated at
uearly 1,000,000 franca. A largo
number of workmen have been thrown
out of employment.
Whan Marrltt Retlraa.
Washington, March 8. Major Gen
eral Johu It. llrooke, who has been in
thia city since his recent detachment
from duty as governor general of Cuba,
has been delegated for the military de
partment of tho Kast, with headquarters
at New York. The change in that
command will not occur nntil Juno
next, when Majr General Wesley Mer-
ritt will retire. General llrooke waa
offered hia choice of the commands of
the department of the lakes and the
department of the Kast, and expressed
his preference for the latter assignment.
General Merritt'a retirement will re
sult in the promotion of Brigadier Gen
eral K. S. Otis (major general United
States volunteers), commanding the
military forces in the Philippines, to
the grade of major general in the regu
lar establishment.
Lata Wlntar Storms.
St. licuis, March 8. Every railroad
running into the city, especially from
the West, is suffering as the result ol
the heavy fall ol snow in the Missis
sippi valley during the past two days.
In St. Louis the streets are deeply cov
ered with snow, and tralllo 1b much
impeded.
New York, March 8. Roports from
all interior points in the state indicate
the worst snow storm in many yeara
I'he blizzard weather ia general.
LAWS
AUSTRALIA.
fast Traet Burned Orar-goaan Parsons
I'arl.had.
Vancouver, B. C, March 5 Tho
steamer Aorangi, from Sydney, today
brings an account of the most disas
trous bnsh fires in Victoria experienced
in the last 60 years. The entire
Warrnambool district has been devas
tated, and tho damage is estimated at
$3,000,000. Tbo Are broke out simulta
neously in various parts of tlie colony,
and burned for two days and three
nights, finally burning itself out the
morning of January 81. The whole
country between Dnnkeld and Mort
lake is mass of blackness. Seven
persons perished in the flames, which
swept over a tract 40 miles long anil
80 miles wide, consuming 1,000,000
acres of grass, six wool warehouses,
2,000 sheep and 1,000 cattle aud horses.
The latest news from Noumea prior
to the sailing of the Aorangi was to the
effect that the plague bad again broken
out among the kanakas. In almost
every case the disease has proven fatal
to the kanakas, but in the majority of
oases cures are effected among Knro
peans. In five weeks the mortality
has been nine Europeans and 64 kana
kas and Asiatics. So far, owing to
the strict measures taken by the author
ities to prevent the pest extending to
the country, it haa only been reported
at Neponl. The village of Neponi baa
been quarantined. One case of bubonic
plague ia reported from Tasmania, and
there was also one case at Sydney, but
both recovered. There was a tremend
ous scare all through the Australian
colonies, and rigorous quarantine regu
lations have been enforced, with there-
suit that no other plague cases have
made their appearance.
The coast defenses of New Caledonia
are being strengthened, large sums be
ing expended in erecting forts on tne
hills and in the suburbs of Noumea.
Convicts are being employed in the con
struction of earthworks aud batteries.
These public works, utilizing the serv
ices of all the convicts, none of the
latter will for the future be let out to
private enterprise.
The scarcity of labor has necessitated
a cessation of mining operations. Tbe
government has entered into negotia
tions with the Japanese government to
bring over 2,000 Japanese aa agricul
tural laborers, and 8,000 for work in
the mines.
The Sydney papers have a story about
Miss Logan, an American girl, 21
years of age, who is termed the "Hero
ine of the Caroline Group." She is
the daughter of the first missionary to
the group sent from Boston by tbe Con
gregational board of the Untied States.
l!ev. Robert Logan died 12 years ago,
carried on by bis widow, who was the
first white woman in the islands.
Through illness Mrs. Logan was obliged
to return to the United States, and her
daughter volunteered to remain alone
at tbe mission.
NEEDS OF THE NAVY.
Secretary Long Submits a Statement to
Congreaa.
Washington, March 6. Secretary
Long has made a statement to the house
naval committee on the general needs
of tbe navy and tbe desirability of not
building new ships in government
yards. As to the new ships, he held to
his recommendation at the time con'
greas met, namely, three armored cruis'
era of about 13,000 tons each, with the
heaviest armor and most powerful ord
nance; 13 gunboats of about 900 tons
each, three protected cruisers of aliout
8,000 tons each. As to building war
ships in our navy yard, Mr. Long said
they cost much more than those built
under contract, and took twice as long
to build them.
Admiral Dewey suggested to the com
mittee that it leave off the 13 gtiulmats
aud give throe new battleships instead
He said that the battleships would be
more serviceable, as -General Otis had
just purchased 14 gunboats, and had
turned them over to the navy. They
were in fair condition, aud tlie admiral
said that from his experience, he
thought they were just the vessels
needed for service in the Philippines.
Boxing In Chicago School.
Chicago, March 5. The boxing
boots which were held in the basement
of the South Division High school un
der the supervision of Principal Smith,
find favor in the eyes of the boanl of
education authorities. President G. II.
Harris stated that he saw nothing
wrong in them as long as Mr. Smith
supervised them. Superintendent of
City Schools Andrews not only indorses
the exercise, but says that he believes
that boxing is the best sport iu which
the students can partake.
France's Naval Policy.
Paris, March 8. In tho chamber of
deputies today, while the naval esti
mates were under consideration, M.
Loekroy, ex -minister of marine, made
a notable speech, explaining his view
retarding the proper naval policy for
France to follow. He declared it neces
sary for France to make great mone
tary saoriilces for her navy, as her for
eign policy depended upon her naval
strength.
Bishop Otlbert Dead.
St. Paul, Minn., March 8 Bishop
Gilbert, coadjutor of tlie diocese of
Minnesota (F.pisoopal), died here to
day, aged 52. He hud previously been
located iu Montana.
Imprisoned Miners.
Reddiug, Cal., Maroh 8. Of tbe
eight minera who were imprisoned by
yesterday's cave-in in tbe Iron Moun
tain mine, four were afterwards res
cued, but have died from their injuries.
The dead are: David K. Boss, A. Cuv
anangh, It. Castillon aud Alfred Oates.
The four still entombed are: J. Mo-
Btoom, R. McCalliop, A. Van Buren
aud J. Oates. While tbe work of res
cue is being rapidly pushed, it is with
out expectation of iinding them alive.
FIRES
FACING BOER ARMY
Roberts Moves His Camp to
Osfonteio.
SIX THOUSAND DUTCH NEAR HIM
Tho Main Force la Being Concentrated
Jfurthar North Under Jonhert,
Where Battle Will Occur.
London, March 5. Lord Roberts, at
Osfontein, aix or eight miles east of
Paardeberg, faces the re-formed Boer
army, from 6,000 to 8,000 strong.
I hia may be merely a corps ot observa
tiou ready to retire on prepared post
tions. Doubtless it is receiving (aera
tions from the late besiegers of Lady
smith, and from other points. What
ever tbe force may be, Lord Roberts
has ample troops to cope with it. As
a heavy rain is falling on the veldt and
the grass ia improving, this will be a
good thing temporarily for the Boers.
Brltlah Camp at Oefonteln.
Osfontein, March 6. Tho British
camp baa been moved here. A heavy
rain is falling, the veldt is improving,
supplies are rapidly arriving, and the
men are in good health, despite the fact
that they have been on half rations for
a fortnight. Cecil lihodes has sent a
quantity of champagne from Kimber-
ley to be drunk to tho health of Lord
Koberts.
Lord Roberts has published an order
thanking tbe troops for tbeir courage
and for the zeal and endurance they
have displayed amid the hardships of a
forced march. He says that their for
titude and general conduct have been
worthy of the queen's soldiers.
A slight skirmish occurred several
miles southeast, in which Colonel
Remington had a horse shot tinder him.
The Boer forces on our front are be'
lieved to be under tbe joint command
of Botha, Do Larey and Dewet. They
are expecting reinforcements from
Natal.
The guns that were captured at Pear
deberg have been brought here. The
rifles captured have, in many cases,
scriptural texts enirravod upon them,
for example, "Lord, strengthen thia
arm."
It is said that just prior to General
Cronje's surrender there was almost a
mutiny inainp.
MONEY GOES BACK.
Puerto Rlcan nutlet to Be Used for
Washinpton, March 6. Two hours
after the receipt of a special message of
the president recommending the imme
diate passage of a bill to place in his
hands all tbe moneys collected upon
Puerto Kican goods since the Spanish
evacuation of the island, to be used foi
the relief of the Puerto Kicans, had
been read to the house today, tbe house
had passed and sent to the senate a bill
to carry out the recommendation.
, Tbe message came like a bolt out of
a clear sky to the minoiity. They were
at first inclined to hail it with delight
as a reproof of the majority for the
passage of the Puerto Rican tariff bill.
The Republican leaders, however, had
a bill ready to carry the president's
recommendations into effect. Cannon
asked immediate consideration of it,
and this was given. It was only when
the debate opened and it had been
agreed that 20 minutes should be al
lowed on a side that, under the lead of
Bailey, of Texas, the Democrats began
lining tip against the bill, because it
placed no limitations upon tbe presi
dent's discretion in the use of the
money. The bill was passed by a vote
of 162 to 197. 18 Democrats, 2 Popu
lists and 2 Silver Republicans voting
witb the Republicans.
Bltllon-rtollar Trust.
New York, March 5. A special tC
the Tribune from Wheeling, W. Va.,
says: A combination of iron and stoe
industries, witb l,000,000,000capital,
will be completed within six months
from April 1. It will include the
American Tin Plate Company, the Na
tional Steel Company; the American
Hoop & Wire Company, the Nationul
Steel Company (now forming)' and an
other which is already in existence and
which is as large or larger than any ot
the concerns named. The name of tjis
latter concern is withheld. This infor
mation is given by a man who holda
interests in all save one of these com
binations, and who, with W. T. Gra
ham aud Judge Moore, of Chicago,
planned tbe American Tin Plate Com
pany and the National Steel Company.
Germany and the Peace Conference.
Berlin, March 5. During the debate
in the Reichstag today on the foreign
ollice estimates, Ilerr Grandnauer,
Social-Democrat, requested to be in
formed as to tbe attitude of the govern
ment iu regard to The Hague peace con
ference. The minister of foreign
affairs. Count von Bulow, replied:
"Our aims are always directed to
ward peace, and it will not be broken
by us. I can give no guarantee of tbe
action of others. Theretore, we must
be armed. We gladly participated in
the labors of the conference, hut could
not agree to obligatory arbitration, and
can only decide upon recourse to arbi
tration as cases arise."
Lone Highwayman.
Calistoga. Cal., March 6. The Cal-
istoga ami Clear Lake stage was held u j
today by a lone highwayman on Mount
St. Helena, six miles from this city.
The robber secured 4.50 iu cash and
Wells, Fargo & Co.'s express box,
which is said to have contained but
little of value. The stage was driven
by A. K. Palmer, and it contained four
passengers, threo women and one man,
an Italian gardener, who contributed
the 4.50. The passengers were not
molested.
MINING.
respecting- and Mining In Cape Noma
Country.
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newspapers and private letters re
ceived from Cape Nome via Dawson sav
that considerable prospecting was car
ried on thia winter. Many miners have
an idea that at and below low water
mark the richest sands will be found
Therefore, as soon as tbe ice was solid
ly frozen to the bottom of tho shore
they began prospecting to solve
much-vexed question as to the origin of
the gold in the beach sands. Prospect'
ing in the tundra warrants the belief
that it is impregnated witb gold much
In the same manner as the beach,
Tundra prospecting, tbe advices say,
had not been carried on extensively,
owing to the difficulty encountered in
sinking to bedrock on account of water.
" j The ground freezes to an unknown
depth, the same aa in the Klondike,
and if it should prove rich an area of
country will be developed that will be
greater than a score of Klondikes rolled
into one. From what has already been
done. It waa said to be reasonable to
premct that the tundra would prove
very ncn. nig prospects bad been
found in dozens of places, right from
the grass roots, but the weather has not
yet been sufficiently cold to enable bed
rock to be reached.
Anvil creek is the Eldorado of West
ern Alaska. Claim No. 1 below has
thus far proved to be the banner claim,
and ia owned by Japhet Linderberg.
Tbo output has been enormous, when it
is considered that it was worked but
six weeks. From this claim 117,000
was cleaned up, while Disccvery yield
ed 58,000 in three weeks; No. i
above, 30,000; No. 4, 80,000; No. 5,
40,000; No. 6 was worked, but the
pay streak was not located. No. 7,
owned by Dr. Kitteleen, produced
about 30,000; No. 8. ilonging to
Price & Lane, 192,000; No. 9, belong
ing to tbe Swedish Mission, 68,000;
Nos. 10 and 11, owned by C. D. Lane,
How to Write Advertisements.
The most successful pol
icy which can be adopted
in writing any advertise
ment ia to so word it as to
win the confidence and re
spect of the reader. If you
can make such an impres
sion upon tbe reader's mind
that he will believe that
yon are in earnest in what
you say, that you really be
lieve it yourself, and that
you are laying the case be
fore him in a plain, busi
ness like manner, without
are nearly sure to get that
person's trade.
were worked on lays, and the Lapland
ers wno worked them got for their
share 50,000 clear money.
Several qnartz ledges have been
located along Anvil, one opposite No.
9, on tbe right limit, and another oppo
site No. 7, and it is believed that a
little development work will uncover
the mother ledge, and, if found, the
output is sure to be enormous.
Other claims on tributaries of Nome
and Snake rivers have been prospected
to a limited extent. Enough has been
done, however, to warrant the belief
that the work of next summer will re
veal Kldorados and Bonanzas by the
scoie.
Fire destroyed the store of the North
American Transportation & Trading
Company at F"ort Yukon, January 9.
All the valuable contents of provisions,
dry goods, household goods, mrs and
everything else in the building waa de
stroyed with it.
A Department of alines.
A new cabinet officer, to be known
as the secretary of mines and mining,
is provided in a bih favorably acted on
by tbe house committee on mines and
mining. Tbe bill creates an executive
department, which shall have entire
charge of affairs relating to mines, in
cluding geological surveys.
The proposed secretary of mines is
to have the same rank aud salary as
other cabinet o Ulcers, and an assistant
secretary.
Another mining measure favorably
acted upon establishes mining experi
ment stations in each of the mining
states, similar to the agriculture ex
periment stations, and provides for tbe
appointment of a government geologist
at 3,600 and an assayer at 3,500, in
the several mining states. These offi
cers are to furnish assays, issue public
bulletins aud conduct explorations of
mining regions.
Mining many years ago left the realm
of speculation and now occupies a dig
nified and important position among
the legitimate industries of the world.
As the years pass gambling, as a fea
ture of mining enterprises, is fast dis
appearing. hue gambling in mining
stocks may continue indefinitely, the
mining industries, per Be, is as free from
illegitimate practices as in any other
business. Ilenoi it should receive the
same interest, fostering care and pro
tection, at the hands of the general and
local governments, aa do other indus
tries.
A commercial club has been organiz
ed at Vale, Malheur county, Or., to pro
mote the business interests of the com
munity. When a soldier enlists iu the English
army he haa given him a little volume,
containing among other things three
blank forms for a will. These are us
ually found properly made out on the
body of the soldiers killed on the bat
tlefield, but often wills are left in other
ways. It is related that an English
noldier, found dead on the battlefield,
had scratched on the inside of his hel
met: "All to my wife," using the end
of a bullet to write with. The war de
partment held tho will to be valid,
MINES
LODGING HOUSE FIRE
Six Persons Burned to Death
4rt MaIi T.-aVlV
AAA aVI t W afc VI tVo
INMATES WEKB PANIC STHICKEN
W Waa In the Cheap Bowery flection,
aad Fropertr Loaa Waa Onl
About aa.ooo.
New York. March 6. Six persona
were burned to death and two were in
jured early thia morning in a fire which
occurred in a seven-story lodging bouse
at 44 to 48 Bowery. Tbo dead are:
Charles Bnttie, 40 years old; John
Clark, 60 years old; Edward Doyle, 85
years old; Henry Jackson (colored),
85 years old; one unidentified man
about 50 years old, Stephen Camey, 75
years old. Martin Gallagher, 63 years
old, waa burned about the fuce and
bands and also removed to the hospital.
Edward Walker, 47 years old, was
burned, but after having bis wound
dressed, remained at the lodging house.
Tho fire was discovered shortly after
t o'clock. Smoke was pouring from
the windows of the fifth floor, and the
flames were making rapid progress.
Tbe lodging house was cut up into
132 rooms, and 90 of these small places
were occupied when tlie fire broke out.
Policemen sent in an alarm and burst
into the place to arouse the inmates.
They notified the night clerk, who im
mediately rang the alarms all over the
house. The hallways were instantly
filled with a crowd of excited people.
Tho policemen forced their way to the
upper floors in an effort to rescue some
of the helpless, believing one or two
were overcome with smoke. They
carried out Thomas Harper, a one-
legged man, and Ed Waker, who had
been burned and partially overcome by
the smoke. Stephen Carney was found
dying on tho floor in his room, where
the flames had already burned the old
man's face, hands and body, but a
policeman picked him up and carried
him out of the building.
Tbe firemen succeeded in putting out
the flames without great loss to the
building. After the fire was out they
began a search. The bodies of all five
ot the victims were found on the fifth
flovr, where the fire did the most dam
age. Buttle was suffocated in bis bed.
John Clark was found on tbe floor of
bis room dead, as wag also 'Edward
Doyle. The colored man wag found
dead at a window, and the unidentified
dragging himself from the window to
the fire escape. All the bodies were
taken to the morgue. The damage to
the building will amount to about 3,
000. The place was conducted by
Domino Milano, and waa a cheap Bow
ery lodging house.
Camey, who died tonight, is said to
have been a licensed priest of the
Catholic church.
Prevention or Foreat Fires.
'Washington. March 6. Investigation
of the causes, effects, and means of
prevention of forest fires in the West,
will be carried on this summer in
Washington, Oregon, California, Ari
zona, New Mexico, Utah, Colorado,
Wyoming, Idaho, South Dakota. Be
sides field study, designed chiefly to
discover means of preventing the evil,
the forestry division is making a his
troic record of all important fires which
have occurred in tbe United States
since 1754. Although yet incomplete,
this indicates that the annual recorded
lose by forest burnings in the United
States is. at the very lowest, 20,000,
000. It will probably run far above
this sum, aa the Pacific coast states
have been only partially examined.
Accounts of over 5,500 disastrous fires
have been obtained in the 17 states
already examined. Michigan, Minne
sota and Wisconsin have suffered tlie
most severely.
Bead Waa Shot off.
London, Ky., March 6. Millard
Hughes waa murdered and Henry Biev
ins and others were injured last night
at a dance near East liornstadt, a min
ing town. Leonard Small wood, Hamp
Gregg aud others attacked Hughes.
Huhges' head waa shot off, and Blov
ing and others were hit by stray shots.
Sniallwoud later went to sleep in the
room where hia victims lay. Today ho
and Gregg w ere arrested as principals.
and Edward Smallwood, father of Leon
ard, and hia daughter Lizzie, were ar
rested aa accomplices.
Revolt af Coavlcta at Cairo-
Caiio, March 8. A serious revolt oi
70 convicts at Tourah, the great prison
near Cairo, nearly involved 500 other
prisoners. Blank caitridges having
failed to overawe the malcontents, a
olley waa fired from window oppo
site through the window of the room
occupied by them. Five were shot,
and two, it is beieved, fatally wounded.
All of them then surrendered and were
confined in their cells.
X.arge Tannery Burued.
Corry, Pa., March 6. The Western
Union tannery, at Spartansburg, and
contents were destroyed by fire today.
With no means of ngting the nre, the
citizens had ta stand helplessly by
watching the only industry of tbe town
being destroyed. The loss ia 80,000,
fully covered by insurance.
Swept Over Niagara Falls.
Buffalo. N. Y.. March 6. -Sarcely a
Inn lit mmiiina that t.A man whose
cries for help were heard coming from
the .Niagara river last night wasdsuton
Smith, 27 years old, son of Rev. Henry
Ashton Smith, rector of St. Paul's
TTniscorifkl church, at Fort Erie. Out.
Young Smith left Fort Erie in a rickety
tvtat at ft o'clnnb- Inst niuht. and at
tempted to row across the swift cur
rent of the Niagara to Niagara Falls on
an important errand for a friend. Hoj
has not been aeon since.