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ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 1900.
NO. 13.
MIS
EVENTS OF THE DA
Epitome of the Telegraphic
News of the World.
TKRSK TICKS KltOM T11R WIRKS
An Interesting Collection vf Item Vrom
the Two Hemispheres I'reaented
lu a Condensed Form.
Tlio pliiguo lu Honolulu li under cm
trol.
General Uutitoro him occupied ftorm
berg.
Capo Colony Honr aro retreating tc
Orange Free State.
General Joo Wheeler hit urrivud lit
Kuii Fruiicisco from Mmiilit.
A resolution wu Hit roitm iKl In rim
gross asaiug lor repeal ol me tnrilT 011
paper.
The British government has decided
to mUili Uirii I'Miincefoto lib am ba r
aador At Wasliiugtou indefinitely.
Th latest minnr truHt'H dividend w )
mailer tlmu hkuhI, supposed tn be tilt
result of tlio light with Arhuoklo.
Yaqul Indian dispersed 800 Moxl
cnii soldier w ho were acting as escort
to the mall, nmir l'otniii, Mexico.
(ioraldlnn, the famous racing mnrc,
holder ot tliu world's record fur tin If
mile, in ilmtd lit Napa J-iiitn, near
Napa, Cul.
Lieutenant F.dgar Koehliir, uf tin
Ninth iufniitry, was led Into mi am
bush of Filipino rebels imrih of TarliiL
uml killed.
The Howe Lumber Company ol
Lowell, Mass., haa HMMtirtintt aa a rmull
of the failure of the (ilntio Natlni.al
IihiiIc, in Boston, to which the compuuy
owed a targe amount of money.
A revolutionary movement near Sal,
Salvador waa recently nipped in th
hud, and a confiscation by tho govern
ment of frii), (100 taliinglng Dr. Josu
Alfnrado, took placo, who, it la report'
ed, was to have lud the revolt.
Sir Charles TiiiMtr, ex-premier of
CuuhiIii, believe thnt the Alaska lioon'
diiry mid other dinputed neiitlmH I f
twiien the United States mid Cana.ni
will noon be nettled uml thnt Cauad
Will get the ont of it.
At a ineetiiiK of thu 11a .tint Social
Uliinn ol Boston, it wim announced on
behalf of the Union Theological Insti
tution that John 1). Rockefeller ha
undertaken to oontrihuto one-halt of
the $100,(100 needed to complete the
equipment of that institution.
Chief Olllcer Coonkoy, of tho tram
jxirt tirant, recently arrived at San
l-'raneisco, said that on February 8, the
chip nailed over the Hxit where Morrell
inland hit generally Ih-cii Hiipised to
he located. It in on nil sailing charts,
but at 1 1:30 A. M. on the (lute men
t lolled, the Grunt mi led over the post-
tlon iu latitude, 21) deg. 67 mill, uorth,
longitude 174 den. 81 mill, east, aud
not a trace of the inland could he
found. At noon any laud 400 feet
above the level of the nea could bo Been
lor a distance of 25 mile.
Cecil Uhodus la on his way to ring'
land.
Princeton colleen watita a million
dollars for a law library. -
Cronje'a men are now prisoners on
hoard British warship.
Germany will admit American meat
lor fear of a tariff war.
The machinist of Philadelphia de
maud a nine-hour day.
Six people were burned to death in
New York tonutmmt-huuxo lire.
Tho increiiNO In Amerioan importa
haa been nearly doubled iu three yearn.
Kan FranctHCO highbinder mnrdtired
two men, both leading merchants of
the city.
General YVoodi aHmirta that trouble
iu Cuba ia now absolutely out of the
quentiou.
The trauntxirt (Irant haa arrived at
Han l'ranclKOO from Manila with L'01
aick aoldiora aboard.
The llrltUh Hecoiid-clann orutnor
lleniea ia rejiorted oft Cat inliind, it
the liahainan, in (liHtrewi.
froHident David 8tarr Jordun,
Htanford Univernity, iu a Hveuuh at
Chicago, aaid that Knijlaiid would noon
topple.
Trouble haa arisen between the cinax
and box manufacturers of 'lanipa, Fla.
Advance in the price of boxoa ia the
cauao.
Tom Sharkey and Hob Fitwdmmont
alKiied artiulua of aKreuuient for a 25
round bout before the club offering the
lanjeiit pnrae.
The United States government will
begin the manufacture of amokelena
jxiwder and compete with private man
ufacturer In point of quality.
The American Clay Manufacturing
Company, the 110,000,000 consolida
tion of aewer-pipe manufacturers, wil!
control 85 per cent of the industry.
Near Olympla, Wash., three chll
dren, aged 6, 7 and U yeara, weit
burned to death whilo their parenti
were ubaout from home attondiug
dunce.
In the United Statea there aro 6,437,.
707 bacholora and 8,224,404 spinsters.
The first woman's cluo of Puorh
Itlco haa been organized by gome Amor
leau women living iu 1'ouce.
The longest spun of telegraph wire In
the world ia that over the river Kistua
in ludia. It ia over 0,000 feet long.
The naual output from 100 gold
mines in the immediate vicinity of
Johannesburg is IS tons of gold
month.
LATER NEWS.
The aenato panted the diplomats and
consular bill.
Queen Lllluokalani will receive no
pension from the government.
General Joe Wheeler'a resignation
win be accepted on bit arrival iu
Washington,
Hoar-Admiral MoCormiok haa been
placed on the retired Hit on his own
application.
General Kobbe, with 2,S00 men, haa
ooeiipiod the town of Horaogon, in the
southern end ol Luzon.
Thouannda of organized insurgent
are resisting the American in the
Antique province in Panay,
J ho annual reports of Indian agent
show that the entire Indian population
ol tho United States i iiU7,U00.
The legislature of Illinois approprlat
ed 1 1 00, 000 for the reoonntruotion ol
the Lincoln imminent at Springfield
Tho mutual I.Ku Insurance Company
01 New York, has subscrilied fur IL'l,
000,000 of the uew English war loans.
The legislative trouble at Frankfort
Ky., is at the lulling point. Militia is
in complete control of the state exeou
the building.
ino threatened strike of tho em
ploycs of the St. Louis Transit Com
pauy is off. An agreement satisfactory
to both side was reached.
Indications are that the Roer war it
drawing to au end. President Kroger
haa appealed to Lord Salisbury for
cessation of hostilities.
Taxation of corporations in Parla har
led to the transfer of many main olllces
to llrussels, V reach societies being in
oorporated there under the law uf Ilol
gium to avoid the French income tax
Admiral Kautz, commander-in-chiol
of the Paclflo squadron, haa been
ordered to proceed with the Philadel
phla to the coast of Central America
for the purpose of protecting American
interests there.
Ilie piesideut ha commuted to im
prlsoumi'iit for life the sentence ol
death iiiiiiosod by court-martial in thf
case of Private George Murphy, com
pany U, Twenty-fourth iulautry, eon
victud of the murder of another soldini
of tho same oompauy in the Philippines
Dr. II. D. Moiyau, of the United
States navy, speaking of the war in tin
Philippines, says: "I do not boliov
that the revolution is at au end. Tin
Filipino are scattered alxmt th
islands, mainly in Luzon, iu small
bauds, but it ia generally understood
that they are under orders to coucun
trate at any giveu point when the word
is passed. I do not believe that Agui
naido is in China. It is my impression
he is still in Luzon."
General Jouhert is now in supreme
command of the isoer.
Tho total cost of the war in the Phil
ippines so far ia $50,000,000.
Itritish casualties in tho final reliol
of Ladysmith were almost 2,000.
Tho inland of Tutuila, of the Sainoan
group, la to be use l as a naval station
Fire in the n tail dry goods district
of Philiiduphia, caused a loss of 700,
000.
Itncrs say that the retreat from Lady
smith was due to a commauder'i mi'
take.
Senator Hoar now wants to give
Queen Liliuokalanl 260,000 from the
treasury.
Tho Puerto Itiean tariff bill was do
nouueed from the pulpit by a Washing'
ton minister.
Steps are being taken to organize
iauk with $2S,000 capital at lone,
Morrow county, Or.
Strikes and labor troubles of variolic
kinds have thrown 60,000 men out ol
employment in Chicago.
Civil war ia imminent in China
One province la already in revolt over
the dethronement of Uie emperor.
The senate haa confirmed the appoint'
meut of 11. 11. Miller, of Josephine
county, Oregon, to be consul at Chung
Kiung, China.
Lady White, wife of Genoral Sir
toorge White, ha been invested by
Queen Victoria with tlio Order of the
Crown of India.
Congressman Alfred C. Harmer, ol
Pennsylvania, father of tlio house of
representatives, is dead at Philadel
phla, aged 76 year.
The United States government has
ordered that tho California "Mammoth
Tree Grove." iu Calaveras county, be
bonded for park purposes.
The Pure Food and Drug congress,
in convention at Washington, adopted
resolutions seeking congressional action
to provide penalties for adulteration.
Isaac Gordon, of Birmingham, Eng
land, the notorious money lendor, is
doad. lie waa known all over the
kingdom, nnder various aliases, and is
said to have been worth 1,000,000.
Dr. Hansen, the explorer, questioned
in regard to the possible fate of Andre,
said: "I believe as long aa possible,
iu his return, making the most liberal
allowance of time for his reappeaiance,
but I no longer have any hope. I don't
believe that he is living; otherwise we
should certainly have heard of him.
All that oan be looked for now is the
recovery of his body."
Leading Pari hotels have raised the
ratos from f 3 to f l a day.
Thomas A. Edison, Jr., says he has
constructed a safety electric miner'
lamp.
Prof. W. G. Sumner told hi class at
Yale that 90 per cent of all marriage
are unhappy.
The largest real estate owner of all
Amerioan institutions is the University
of Texas, which holds over 8,000,000
ores oi laua.
TAKEN BY SURPRISE
Boers Outwitted by Roberts'
Movement.
MADE NO DKTKKJILNT.D STAND
IUtratd Kt.twxrd, Belli; Follow
br French's Cavulr The lluteh
Making for ftloeinfoutelu.
London, March 10. Tho lloor ap
pear to have made no stand whatever,
ixoept that while in rotreat they twlc
repulsed General French's cavlury with
rille tire. As no reistrt has been ' made
uf the capture of prisoner, the enemy
probably got away with their entire
force. General French is still follow
ing them and keeping betweeu them
and llloemfontein.
The evacuation of the northern dis
tricts of Cape Colony is now nearly
complete. Tlio British are in poues
sion of the rialroad crosMngs.
The military critics comment on the
discouraging news from Mafekiug.
Colonel liaden-l'owell seems to be iu
grave need of outside help. Otherwise
he would not allow correspondents to
send out information respecting the
distress of the garrison.
A re-adjustment of some of the highor
commands ia taking place. General
White is to go to Storm berg to take
supreme command of General Gatacru's
division and the Trnth division, now
in process of formation, which will be
under the immediate command of Gen
eral Hunter, Sir George White's chief
of-stafT.
The Daily News makes the following
announcement:
' It was rumored in London yester
dayanil we have no reason for be'
lieving the rumor to be correct that
the two republic made informal and
unofficial overture of peace on the
preceding day. Unfortunately, the
conditions suggested were of such
character as to preclude the possibility
of leading to any result. Terms which
might have been gladly accepted be'
fore the war, in order to avert it, are
impossible after the war, with all the
sacrifices it haa entailed."
General Huberts' Report.
London, March 10. Following is
the text of Lord Koherta' dispatch, re
ceived by the war office today:
"Poplar Grove, March 10. Two
brigades of cavalry, with horse artillery
and Kelly-Kenny's division, marched
today 10 miles eastward. The Boers
were taken hy surprise yesterday
They moved off so hurriedly that thoy
left cooked dinners behind them. We
captured a Krupp gun and several tents
and wagons. The total casualties
were: Killed, Lieutenants Keswick
and Frieallck: wounded, Lieutenants
Bailey, of the Twelfth Lancers, aud
Deerispigno, of the Second Life Guards,
both severely, aud Lieutenant Smith, of
the Shropshire, who is believed to
have been picked up by Boer ambu
lance. Two men were killed, 46 wound
ed, and one man 1 missing.
"Gatacre reiiort he intend occupy'
ing Bnrgersdorp today. Kepairs to the
railroads toward both Storm berg and
Leynaberg are being pushed. Clem
ents now ooenpies Nerval's Point, on
the south bank ot the Orange river,
The bridge was blown np March 6, and
the enemy is holding the north bank of
the river, but not, it ia believed, in
any great strength."
Many Have Smallpoa.
Jackson, Miss., March 10. An offi
cial report made to the Hinds county
board of supervisor reveals an spell
ing state of affairs in the Jonesville
neighborhood, in the southern part of
the county. The community is literal'
ly honeycombed with smallpox of the
most virulent foim, and during the past
six weeks nearly 100 deaths have oc
curred. On some days the death rate
has been so large that it was impossi'
bio to secure colli ns, and rude caskets
were made from rails. Whole families
were wiped out of existence and of sev
eral large families only one or twochil
dren are left
Many of the patients who are now in
a critical condition are without modi'
cal attention, aud are dying at the rate
ot from three to Ave a day. The death
rate exceeds 75 per ceent, and the en
tire lower portion of the county is de
moralized. The board of supervisors
will make an effort to check further
ipread.
Antl-llrlll.h Klot In Uordeaux.
Bordeaux, March 10. Late yester
day evening students aud others issuing
from a pro-Boer meeting marched to
the British consulate, battered down
the doors, shattered the windows with
tonus, and then proceeded to the con
sul's private residence, where they in
dulged in similar demonstrations. The
police dispersed the mob and arrested
several leader. The prefect of the
Gironde, the mayor of Bordeaux and
the commissary of police oalled on the
consul today and expressed regret at
the occurrence.
Beeiulteil to Full Strength.
Ottawa, March 10. Minister Borden
received tonight from the war oflloe a
cable accepting 100 men to recruit the
irst Canadian contingent to its full
trength. They will leave with the
Strathcona Horse.
Klfht-Cluh Circuit.
New York, Maroh 10. The National
Baseball League for the season ot 1900
will have an eight-club oirouit. This
announcement waa made at the Fifth
Avenue hotel at 11:80 o'clock tonight,
when the league meeting adjourned.
A verbal agreement wa reached to
night, and tomorrow the agreement
will be formally executed. The retiring
clubs are Washington, Baltimore,
Louisville and Cleveland. Each club
will receive money consideration for
it franchise.
SITUATION AT MAFEKINQ.
ferrlble plleht of the Besieged, but No
Talk of Surrender.
Mafeking, Feb. 21. What may be
typhoid fever has broken out in the
womens' laager, and dysentery, due to
the absence of vegetables, is rile among
the garrison. We are thrown upon
jur own resources. Such luxuries
we had are exhausted, or have been
commandeered for the hospitals, which
re filled to overflowing. The chil
dren's graveyard, close to the women's
laager, grow weekly aa the young lives
are cut short prematurely by shells and
fever. We look with hope deferred for
relief.
The cheerfulness which .was charact
eristic of the early days of the siege haa
almost deserted ns, the men preferring
to remain at their posts, rather than
! move about and work np an appetite,
which cannot be satisfied. The natives
re in the worst plight. Those who
are unable to obtain work are allowed a
mall handful of meat daily. Many,
braving the danger, wander about the
town with gaunt and hungiy faces in
search of work which entitles tbem to
an extra ration of meat. If they find
work they are generally too weak to
perform it.
From their advance posts the Boers
rake the streets and the market square,
it is impossible to dodge their bullets.
We have taken remarkable precaution,
however, and the casualties, though
heavy, are not what they might have
iieen with less able men at the head of
affair.
Even the headquarters' mess fares
scantily. Like saints under the altar,
we crv, "How long, O Lord, how
long?"
Two hundred and ninety-two per
sons have been killed, wounded, or
dead of disease. The garrison is so
small that it would be criminal to
make its weakness public, but there ia
never so much as a whisper or suggeS'
tlon of the possibility of surrender, be
cause we do not mean to get beaten,
and we are cheerfully enduring the
hardships of today rather than to make
a surrender in any degree possible to'
morrow.
GUARDED BY POLICE.
Nonunion Workmen Employed on
eago Bolldlnge.
Chl'
Chicago, March 10. Under police
guard, over 800 nonunion workmen
were today Riven work by contractors
engaged in erecting various down-town
buildings. This was the first serious
attempt on the part of the contractors
to resumo the work interrupted by the
strike of the unions affiliated with tbo
Building Trades Council. Nearly all
the unfinished buildings were heavily
picketed by the unions, but beyond one
or two attempts to persuade the uon
union men not to go to work, no at
tempt was made to interfere.
Labor troubles culminated in a not
at Thirty-sixth and Wallace streets this
evening. William Schindler was shot
and probably fatally wounded, and six
others were injured. Joseph Walsh,
foreman for the Link Belt . Machinery
Company, and II. K. McLain, super
intendent of the same company, were
attacked by strikers. For some time
the strikers have followed Walsh and
McLain every night when they left the
shops, and have threatened to kill
them. Tonight some one threw a club
at Walsh, striking him in the back of
the head. He accused Schindler, and
when the latter denied it a fight fol
lowed. A crowd of strikers gathered
around and Walsh, believing his life
was in danger, shot Sohindler in the
breast. A general fight followed the
shooting of Schindler, and strikers to
the number of 40 made an attack upon
Walsh and McLain, and four others
who were with them. Although badly
pounded op, they managed to hold
their own, and beat off their assailants
until the arrival of the police. Walsh
was placed under arrest.
Senate Takes It I' p.
Washington, March 10. Formal dis
cussion of the Puerto Kican tariff and
civil government bill began in the sen
ate today, and continued uninterrupted
ly for 4 X houra. The principal speak
ers were Foraker, in charge of the
measure, and Pettus, but at various
times during the debate lively col
loquies occurred, in which other sen
ators were participants. After Mason
had entered his motion to discharge
the committee on foreign relations from
farther consideration of a resolution
expressing sympathy for the Boers and
it had gone over until tomorrow under
the rules, Pettus delivered a carefully
prepared speech in opposition to the
pending bill. Foraker occupied the
floor during the remainder of tbo ses
sion, speaking in defense of the bill.
Bad lire In Philadelphia.
Philadelphia, March 9. Fire entail
ing an estimated loss of over $700,000
occurred early today in the retail dry
goods distriot. The conflagration origi
nated in the engine room ot Shoneman
Brother' dry goods and millinery
store, at Eighth and Arch streets. The
principal losers are: Shoneman Bros.,
dry goods store, four-story building, to
tal loss, Y3U0.000; Mams Bros., dry
goods store, a five-story building, com
pletely gutted, estimated loss, f sou,-
000; Myerhoff Bros., manufacturers of
women's and children's clothing, and
the Philadelphia Eleotrio Equipment
Company, estimated loss, $200,000.
Several Binaller buildings adjoining
were more or less seriously damaged.
Chiang Church Destroyed.
Chicago, March 10. Tho Seoond
Presbyterian church, at Twentieth
street and Michigan avenue, was de
stroyed by fire tonight. The building
was the home of one of the most aristo
oratio congregations in the city. A re
ception was being given in the church
parlors by the Young People's Christian
Endeavor Society of the church, and
the assemblage was tn the midst of the
festivities when the blase waa discov
ered in the organ on the main floor.
ATTACK UPON APARRI
Filipinos Assaulted the Town,
but Were Driven Back.
MORE TROOPS NEEDED UP SORTIl
Bebel In the Southern Peninsula Seat
tered Into Small Band Mae
nere at Cnlabanga.
Manila, Maroh 12. General Young
and Hood are asking for reinforcements,
and a battalion of the Forty-eighth baa
been sent to Aparri. Other troop will
follow.
The rebels recently persistently at
tacked Aparri for several hours, but
were finally driven away. Details of
the affair are lacking.
The rebels are holding reunions in
the proivnee of North I locos and the
red Katapnnan cross, symbolio of re
sistance, is again appearing among
the natives.
It is believed that the Insurgent gen'
erals, Tinto and Florhes, have bejn
driven by Young into Hood's territory,
The fact that Young is unable, owing
to lack of troops, to maintain garrison!
in all the towns occupied has had I
bad effect on the natives.
General Bates has returned here af
ter leaving garrisons in the provinces of
North and South Camannes. The ex
pedition lost seven men killed and 10
wounded. On entering New Caceres,
province of South Camarines, General
Bates learned that 2.000 insurgents
had departed the same day. The Anferi
cans immediately sent out three pursu
ing columns, encountering the enemy
in three small engagements and killing
total of 40 men.
The Spanish prisoners report that the
enemy was divided into small bands in
the mountains, under the leadership of
General Legaspi. The town of Iriga
has been burned by the enemy. Both
provinces were thoroughly scouted
The inhabitants of the district of
Libmanan, including Abella, the pro
vincial governor aud other officials, are
returning to their homes. Abella has
issued a proclamation calling upon the
natives to submit to the Americans.
The liberated priests from New Ca
ceres report that the insurgents killed
68 Chinamen and 40 Spaniards at the
town of Calabanga,
It is estimated that there are 100,-
000 bales of hemp in the Camarines
provinces.
Twelve hundred well armed insur
gents, formerly of Cavite proivnee,
with a Chinese colonel in command,
surround the towns of Albay and Le
gaspi. They have effected three night
attacks and continually harass the
Forty-seventh regiment, whioli has lost
eight men killed and 20 wounded in
defending these towns.
CONTROL OF PHILIPPINES.
General Wheeler Suggests a Territorial
Government.
San Francisco, Maroh .12. General
Joseph Wheeler favors giving the Phil
ippines a territorial form of govern
ment. Said he:
"I believe the people are leady for a
certain kind of self-government. They
could be given the power to make laws,
nnder such a sytem of government aa
has been adopted for our territories.
The municipal governments are all In
the hands of the natives, and they get
along without trouble or friction.
Under a territorial form, the islandi
could be best controlled."
lie reviews his impressions of trade
possibilities in the Orient as follows:
England, Russia, Germany and
France have braved war and pestilence
in efforts to secure a share of the
wealth which will come to them by
commercial relations with these peo
ple. The treaty of peace cast upon ns
the responsibility of sovereignty over
from 9,000,000 to 11,000,000 people,
together with the islands which they
Inhabit, containing an area three times
that of our great and prosperous Empire
state.
"Very naturally, there may be honest
differences of opinion as to whether
everything haa been conducted during
the two years in accordance with the
highest wisdom and best possible judg
ment, but there should be no question
among the Amerioan people as to the
duty and wisdom of now uniting in a
determined effort to take the situation
as it stands, and so conduot the affairs
of our country as to add the most to its
glory, honor, welfare and prosperity.
It is a friendly struggle for commercial
supremacy in which our rival nations
are using their best efforts, and I say,
let us, in a friendly but determined
spirit, use our best efforts also."
Labor Disorders In Chloago.
Chicago, March 12. Efforts of con
tractors today to place nonunion men
at work on buildings in various parti
of the city, -work on which has been in
terrupted by the strike, resulted in sev
eral encounters between union and non
union men. At the new Ogdensburg
dock, Ohio and Kingsbury streets, the
contractors succeeded in getting eight
men through the picket lines of tin
union workmen and put them to work.
A few bricka were thrown, bnt no on
was hurt, and the police quickly sup
pressed the disorder.
Big Fire at Lead.
Lead, S. D., March 10. Fire thii
morning desttoyed 40 buildings. The
Dead wood fire department was called
on for assistance, and responded. In
addition to the combined fire depart-,
ments, it was found necessary to blow will absorb the Hilquit-Harriman fao
up buildings in the path of the fire with tion of the Socialiiit Labor party by
dynamite in order to stop its spread. ' agreement. The Social De nocrats were
Owing to the high wind blowing, th happy today. They say the candidaoy
scarcity of water and the inflammable of Debs will attract hundreds of thou
nature'of the buildngs, the firemen sands of voters to their party. They
were nnable to do anything to stay th profess to see the beginning of a great
flames in any other way. , national victory.
THEATER FRANCAIS BURNS.
Oestraetloa of a famous Pari Play
houso. Paris, Maroh 12. The famous The
ater Francai has been destroyed by Are.
The fire broke out about noon, but
wa not discovered immediately, and
the theater was burning furiously be
fore the fire brigade got to work. Even
then the appliances wi.ro quite inade
quate to cope with the conflagration,
and by 1:30 P. M. the entire building
was a roaring furnace. The dense col
umn of smoke arising from the fire at
tracted crowds from all parts of Paris,
the Theater Francai being regarded aa
a national institution. The theater,
which i the home of the Comedie Fran-
call, wa only reopened a fortnight ago,
after having been renovated for the ex-
after having been renovated for the ex
position throngs expected to visit Pari
during the year.
A rehearsal of a comady which was
billed for the matinee had just con
cluded when the fire broke out. In
deed, two actresses, Madame Dudlay
and Mademoiselle Henryot, were still
on the stage when an electric wire
fused, and, a spark catching the scen
ery, the whole stage was soon in flames.
Madame Dudlay had to be rescued in
costume and let down from a window.
M. Sardon, the playwright, arrived on
the scene about 1 o'clock, and burst
into tears when he saw the building
was doomed. A part ot the dome col
lapsed at 2:30 P. M.
The Theater Francais, or Comedie
Franca is, was situated on the Place dn
Theater-Francais, near the Palai
Royal, and occupied the highest rank
among the theaters of France.
The magnficient ceiling, bearing the
allegorical painting by Mazerolle, the
ceiling painting by De Beuff, the
younger, of "Trnth Enlightening the
World," which adorded the foyer, and
a number of other mural tableaux and
works of art, together with a portion of
the invaluable library of manuscript,
perished in the flames. Practically all
the sculpture, however, was saved and
removed to the ministry of finance,
which faces the site of the theater on
the Bue de Kivoli. The priceless
statute of Voltaire, by Houden, one of
the chief beauties of the foyer, escaped
by being enveloped tn a pile of mat
tresses. WILL FIGHT TO THE END.
Secretary Belts Says the Bnrghera Are
Not Discouraged.
Pretoria, March 12. Secretary of
State Reitz has issued war bulletins,
is which, after saying the government
has no official tidings of the surrender
of General Cronje, be must accept it as
a fact, however painful, he adds:
"The government remains assured
that the surrender will not discourage
the burghers in the defense of their in
dependence and standing as a nation.
The struggle thus far has shown that
the republics have vindicated them
selves aa an independent people. This
reverse will not stagger us. In the
struggle for our cherished rights, onr
belief remains that, whatever happens,
the Lord still reigns. Owing to the
Invasion of the Free State by a large
number of the enemy, and other cir
cumstances, it became necessary to
take up other positions, hence the
burgher in Natal have retried to Big'
gersberg. All the commandos have
reached there in safety, except a few
who retired in the direction Van Reen
en's Pass. Thus Ladysmith and Kim
berley are no more besieged. In retir
ing, the enemy was time after time
driven back, so that our laagers were
not cut off. In these fights a few men
were killed or wounded, and the enemy
lost heavily.
"In spite of all reports, the spirit of
the fighting men as to the outcome re
mains unchanged. Among the com
mandos in Natal the burghers are full
of courage. General Dewet now com
mands all the commando at the Mod
der river. The president started yes
terday evening for Bloemfontein, to
visit the laagers of the Free State."
Disbursing Clerk Arrested
Washington, March 12. Chief Wil
kie, of the tieasury secret service, was
notified today of the arrest in Philadel
phia, of Edward E. Grimmell, formerly
a civilian clerk in the disbursing office
of the medical department under Major
D. II. Hall, in San Francisco. Chief
Wilkie states that on December 3
Grimmell decamped with a clerk book
containing 400 checks of the regulation
engraved kind nsed by the disbursing
clerks, directed to tho assistant treas
urers of the United States. He came
east and south and in January drew
checks made payable to him to an
amount approximating $10,000.
Fu4e Factory Blew Up.
Pompton, N. J., March 13. The
Smith fuse manufactory, at this place,
blew up today aud four persons were
killed and a number more or less in
jured. The victims were at work in
the factory with about 30 other men
and girls. The bodies of the four per
sons killed were badly mangled, and
some of them blown to pieces.
Desperado Killed.
Denver, March 13. A special to the
Republican from Albuquerque, N. M.,
says: Samuel Sandoval, a young des
perado, was killed and several citizens
wounded at the battle at Atarique,
which followed an attempt to arrest
Sandoval and Juan Mestas, who had
been shooting up the town. Mestas
was captured.
Debs and Harriman.
Indianapolis, March .13, For presi
dent, Eugene V. Debs, of Indiana; for
vice-president, Job Harriman, of Cali-
forma, inls is tne national ticket of
the Social Democratic party, which
BOERS STILL FIGHT
British Came Upon Them Un
expectedly. WERE LOSSES ON BOTH SIDES
rha Dutch Troop Withdrew In
Hlght, Leaving the Imperial
Vorees In Possession.
the
jJriefontein, March 12. Broad"
wood's cavalry brigade, advancing on
Bloemfontein, unexpectedly found the
Boers in a strong position in the Drie
iontein kopjes yesterday. General
Kelly-Kenny's division arriving, sever
Dgbting ensued. The Boer resisted
itubbornly, but were driven from their
senter position, leaving a number of
lead and 40 prisoners. The British
force is moving forward today.
Daring the fighting, in which five
regiments took part, with artillery, the
Boer, though forced from their center
position, clung tenaciously to the other '
kopjes, shelling the British freely with
shree guns and two Vickers Maxims.
The British cavalry began to turn the
Boer position, but night fell before the
movement was completed. The Boers
etiied during the night.
A large number of Australian were
mgaged yesterday. The First Austral
ian horse brigade, with the Scots Greys,
idvanoed within 800 yards of the Boers
inder heavy fire. The New South
Wales mounted infantry joined in the
pursuit of the Boers northward.
Boers' Stubborn Bear Onard Action.
All of yesterday was occupied in
Ighting. The Boers maintained m
itubborn rear guard action along a run
ning front of 12 miles on very difficult
rround. The British were advancing
in the three columns. General Tucker,
to the southward, occupied Petersburg,,
nopposed. General Kelly-Kenny,
ifter following the river bank, moved
in the direction of Abraham' Kraal.
At Driefontein, about eight miles
loath of Abraham' Kraal, the Boers
were found posted in considerable
strength on the ridges connecting sev
sral kopjes, where they had mounted
gnns. The action began at 8 in the
morning, with an artillery duel. Gen
eral Porter's brigade supported the
British guns. The Boer artillery was
accurately handled, and the British
cavalry found a task harder than they
bad expected. General Broadwood
moved six miles southward trying to
find a means to get around, but the
Boers followed, behind rising ground,
and even attempted to outflank him.
Meanwhile, the Sixth division of in
fantry, advancing on the Boer left,
slowly forced the enemy to retire. Had
the infantry been able to move faster,
the Boers would have been enveloped.
The last shot was fired at 7:30 P. M.
This morning not a Boer was seen. The
prisoners belonged to President Kruger's
own commando.
BOTH SIDES ARMED.
Fighting Forces Confront Bach Othel
in Kentucky.
Frankfort, Ky., March 12. The
Democrats and Republicans are today,
tor the first time since the present
poli ti teal complications assumed acute
form, divided into two armed and
organized factions. Surrounding the
capitol and the state executive build
ing, and encamped in the grounds
round Governor Taylor's home, are
nearly 800 state militia, well provided
with ammunition, while in the corri
dors of the Capitol hotel, in whioh the
Democratic state executive offices are '
located, and in the street adjacent to
that building, are 60 special officers
and the men and boys of a militia com
pany that was organized in Frankfort
today as the nucleus of Governor Beck
ham's state gurad, besides scores more
3f heavily armed citizens, partisans of
the Democratic claimant. It was
stated today that an attempt was to be
made by the state militia to take Gov
ernor Beckham into custody, and inside .
of an hour after the report was circu
lated, a petition had been circulated
and signed by the requisite number of
men necessary to form a militia com
pany. The men will guard tne Uapitol
hotel day and night against any possi
ble attempt to arrest Governor Beck
bam. Convict-Made Binding Twine.
Kansas City, Mo., March 13. Im
plement men say trouble ia about to re
sult because of the action ot the board
of control of the Kansas state peniten
tiary making binding twine. Kansas
City makes about 7,000,000 pounds of
twine a year, and the new factory at
the state penitentiary is equipped to
turn out about one-tenth of this amount.
This is enough to disturb the market.
While regular dealers are asking re
tail merchants to pay them 11 X cents
per pound for their offerings, the Kan
sas penitentiary managers announce
they will sell theirs direct to the farmer
at 10 cents per pound, 1 cents less
than the retail dealer can buy it for.
Refuted to Order General Strike.
Chicago, March 13. The Building
Trades Council at its meeting today re
fused to order a general sympathetic
strike, at the request of the officers of
the machinists' onion.
Fatal Boston Fire.
Boston, March 12. Fire early this
morning in the four-story building of
the Massachusetts Macaroni Company,
on North street, caused the death of
one fireman, the probable fatal injury
of another and the serious injury of two
others, besides entailing a financial
loss estimated at f 75,000 to $150,000. .
Three Fresh Cases in Sydney. t.
Sydney, N. 8. W., March 12. Three
fresh cases of bubonio plairue in Sydney
are officially reported today.