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nnTT.Tn EGON Mi VOL. XVII. ST., HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 1900. NO. 16. OR MIST EVENTS OF THE DAI Epitome of the Telegraphic New of the World. TKKNK TICKS FttOSC THK WIRES Aa Interesting Collection of Items From Ik Two Hemispheres Presented Candensed Form. Th Dun lull Antlllua hava been sold to tiia United Hthte, Dr. Edwnr.1 K. Fall, an old pioneer 01 walla walla, u dead, aged lil. General Ilotba denlc that Transvaal woman war wounded In (tia Tugela treiiohe. The transport Sheridan arrived at Pan Frauoiauo, (rum Mautla, with 80 ilok soldier and 1 1 insane. At a cabinet ooimoll it wa decided to officially Inaugurate the 1'arla expo- aitton on Saturday, April 14 Seattle, Wash., in overflowing with orlmlnala. Twenty additional police' men were called lor within a week Caix Colony Dutch declare that Kng land will make a mistake if alie de- privna the South African republic of their Independence. A larye unmber of minor and pros pector from Utah and Colorado hav arrived at Baker City, Or., ready to go out Into the him adjacent, The Russian squadron la at Che mulpo, In the Yellow ana. It la believed thia presages a demand (r a conce alon til laud in Korea. Japan in nn easy. The war department haa recognized Honolulu aa an open port. The traua- port Ilanoook, which aalla with the Philippine commission on April 10, will atop there. A aever fight haa taken place be- tween "Boxer" and imperial troopaat Yeu Chin, Chi LI. Kach force uum tared 1,500 men aud there were casual tie on both aide. Representative Wilson, of Idaho, and Cushman and Jonei, of Washing' ton, are urging a governmental appro priation ol 464,000 to build a portage railroad at The Dalle, Or From Philadelphia a cargo contain ing 91.000,000 worth of (arm imple ment waa shipped to Russia. It waa the largeut ahtpmcut ol the kind ever made from the United States Custom Collector Juckaon, acting under lntriiction of the secretary of the treasury, will no longer allow home, inulea or jackosae from foreign porta to be entered at Han Francisco Alt aiivh auimala Imported into the United State by way of the Paciilo coast, can gain admission only through the porta of Kan Dingo and l'ort Town annd, at which placea veterinary quar antine ofnciala have been atatiouod The plagno at Bun Franoiaco haa been atutned out. Many naval ofllera auk for retirement, hut most of thum are doomed to dlsap- poiutinent. Colonel riuinor la on half ration, and the relief of Maefkiug la further off t than ever. The Retiring sea patrol la now to be resumed, owing to the failure of bound ary negotiation. The Massachusetts Daughter of Vet eran have indorsed the trailing ar butua aa the natiouul (lower. Hon. John M. Stone, for governor of Mississippi, died Springs, after a abort illness. 10 at yeara Holly The Merchant National flank, of it Rutland, Vt., haa been wrecked by oi hier. The defaulter la in juil. Lord Salisbury haa apologized to the United State for the opening of ex Consul Macrura'a mall at Durban. Revolution In the province of Eutre Rio, Argentina, baa been completely quelled by the government troop. The Boer have adopted a new meth od. Their force are broken into minll band and seriously harana the British. The total British losses np to date, exclusive of the invalid ut home, are 10,418 In killed, wounded and mlsslug. At a meeting of Doer aymputhiaora at Bradford, Knglund, dond cat aud other umavory milea were hurled at the apeaker. Kud of China 1 at hand. Partition among oiviliaed nation ia likely to be e ooom pi luliod before the inauguration of the new century. The United Irish-American aooieite met in New York city ami punted reso lutlom condemning the proponed visit of (jueeu Victoria to Ireland. State Mine Ineotor Owens, of in hia annual report, place the ooal output of Washington during 1 809 at more than 2,000,000 tona, 850,000 ton in excea of 1898. He eatimate the output for 1900 at 2, M0, 000 ton. Arizona ia to have an oatrlch truit. All bird at Pauadena, Han Antonio, Loa Angeles and other point in the United State, will be moved to Phoe nix. A. Y. Foarson, n New Yorkoapl taliHt will have absolute control of the ostrich feather industry of thia country. The United State government will establish postul service to Nome City. Chicago aends 40,000 quarter of dressed "English beef" to England every week. The sugar trust pfontareabout$13, 000,000 a year in spite of fluctuations In the value of It stock. A New York grand Jury will investi gate gambling houses, said to pay Tam many $8,000,000 a year lor police pro. taction, , LATER NEWS. uord Robert Pretoria. Ii advancing on I he government 1 taking vigorous measure to suppress outlawry in the luiiippine. Until the tariff question I settled business In Puerto liloo will remain at a standstill. The double turret of the new battle ihlp Kearsarge have beun tested and proven a success. Ex -United Htatea Senator Gibson, ol Maryland, died of heart disease Washington, U. 0. ueuerai iuis Jiotha nm been sp pointed to succeed General Joubert in oommaud of the Hour army. The 57th annual boat race between Cambridge and Oxford resulted in au easy victory for Cambridge. Senator MolSrlde introduced a bill creating a Crater Luke National park at Grater lake, Southern Oregon, Seattle printers have raised the prlct of Job work 80 to 50 per cent, caused by the increased cost of stock aud high reutala. Kussla la active. Military nreparg tion in several direction are being pushed with vigor. War with Japan ii not probable. John Hayslip, of Kansaa City, hai been found guilty of murder iu the sec- oud degree and sentenced to 90 yeara in the penitentiary Kobert Ilradley, alias Barclay, hai been arrested in Han Francisco, foi counterfeiting silver dollars. An en tire outlit waa captured. Several person perished ry belnji burned by the igniting of petroleum tanka, caused by a collision between two trains, at Vladivkokoa, Caucasus AU the ooal mines in Indiana have auspended 0eratious, due to the failure of the operators to sign a wage contract for the year. About 9,000 men are idle as a result. All the ooal miners in the Pittsburg Pa., district, celebrated the establish' incut of an eight-hour working day causing complete idleness iu the (I is trlot for one day. The Hamburg-American line steam ship Phoenicia, which arrived at New York from Hamburg aud Boulogne brought 2,088 steerage pussongers, tht largest number of immigrants arriving by any steamer lu many years The Boers are rushing men to tin front. Latest advice report two new cane of plague at Honolulu. Five men were killed by an explo alon in a paper mill at Erie, I'u. President MoKIuley ho again re fused to interfere in the Kentucky squabble. Kolations between Russia and Tur key are Imdly strained and war pre par ationa are in progress. Several men wjre aoirously hurt at Laramio, Wy., by au explosion at th Union Pacific oil bouse. W. H. Coltou, charged with com plicity in the murder of Goobel, is said to have turned state's evidence Boers are blowing np the coal miner in Natal. The Dundee colliery, witb its machinery, has been destroyed. Harvoy L. Goodall. (or 30 years the publisher and proprietor ol theDrover'f Journal, died iu Chicago of heart full ore. The navy department will invest! gate the value o( Crab inland, south east of Puerto Rico, as a coaling sla tion. General Joubert, the intrepid loader of the Transvaal forces, is dead. He had been sutler tug from stomach com plaint. , The coasting steumei Glenelge found' red during a gale off the Ciippsland coast. Australia. Out of a ship's com pany of 83, only three were saved. Bear-Admiral Benjamin F. Day bas been retired. Captain Terry, com manding the Washington navy yard, will be promoted to the vacancy. Prof. Man, the profound student of Pompeiian antiquities, proves conclu sively that Pompeii wa a well-paved ity 44 year before the birth of (Jhrist. In Chicago, Albert Stedge, 17 years old, avenged the insults cast upon his mother by William llohson, a boarder, by dealing Hohsou a fatal blow over the head with a barrel stave. The commecrial treaties committee of the Italian chamber of deputies has discussed and approved in principle the reciprocity airungemeut, nnder the third section of the inngley act, recent- signed in Washington by liaron .... . 1 . - TT 1 1 .3 ava, Italian ambassador come uuiien States, and Mr. Kasson, special pleni potentiary (or the United State. A story of an tiering and death from starvation cornea from San Niohola island, off the California coast. A party of three Chinamen had been on the Island for six mouths gathering and curing abalones. Three month ago an unknown sloop from Sau Pedro, Cal., called at the island. Dnring the absence of the Chinamen, the visitors stole everything eatable from the en nip and put to aea. One of the Chinese died about a month ago, and the other two, when rescued, were too weak to move Santa Clara county's (Cuba) tobaooo crop will bo the largest on record. Gen. Winslow says Cube's future de pend upon agricultural prosperity. . In the Klondike egg are now selling for $iao a case and beef at $1.50 a pound. Cant. Silaa W. Terry, late in com mand of the Iowa, has been assigned .n .nnnnurl A.lmiml Mm orinlclr. as . . . .i ,ttui M.. vommanua u, luo , " i VOTED FOR TARIFF Motion to Strike It From Puerto Rico Bill Defeated. INDICATES PASSAGE OF MBASURB llevsriilg Announced Ilia fntuntlon Hupport III Hill, If Fru Trnda Cannot ft Secured, Washington. March 81. A direct vote was taken by the senate today on the proposition to strike from the Puerto ltico measure the provision lay ing 16 per cent of the Diugley law duties on Puerto lticau products. Th proposition waa defeated by a vote 10 to 83. While the vote is regarded as proaaging the passage of the pending measure, it is not regarded as indicat ing the final vote on the bill. 1 he (nature of the debate was the speech o Ueveridge. While be advocated reel prooity between the United States and Puerto Kico he announced that if all efforts to secure free trade should fall, he wonld support the pending bill The bill was under discussion through' out the session, several important auiendmemts liclng agreed to. The conference report on the diplo matic and consular appropriation bill was agreed to. A concurrent resolution offered by Culberson (Dum. Tex.) directing th secretary of war and the secretary o the navy to keep "seasonably advised the families of wounded soldier and aailora of the condition of the men' waa agreed to. Army Hill 1'Aoed. After four daya of atormy debate the house today passed the army appro pri atlon bill. Aa passed, the bill 1 only slightly modlled from the form in which it came from the committee, One of the last amendments adopted opens soldiers' homes to the oflicers and men of the volunteer and regular armies incapacitated by service during or since the Spanish war. The chief incident of the day was a defense of the war department against the charge of reckless extravagance in the fitting up of the transport Sumner, made by Driggs yesterday. Parker, of New Jersey, produced the itemized expenses furnished by the war department to show there had been no extravagance, Without opposing the house confirmed Boreing'a title to bis seat. His seat was contested by White, anothei Ken tucky Republican, and the report of the committee that investigated the case was unanimously in favor o( the sitting member. FLAW IN THE MITTIMUS. DcoUlon In Dreyrr's Can Msy Rles Mwny IIIIiioIh Convicts. Chicago, March 81. Upon the de oision of Judge Dunne iu regard to the contention of the attorney of ex-Banker E. S. Dreyer, now under a penitentiary sentence for embezzlement of 318,000 of the funds of the West Park board, who is trying to secure his release on a writ of habeas corpus, may depend the iberty of every convict sent to Jollot from Cook comity since 1895. Dreyer'a attorney claims that the mittimus in their client's cause, which provided he should be couuned until released by the state board of pardons, was in error in that the parole law of 1895 provided that the state hoard of pardons had no authority to release, but only to rccom mend such action to the governor, and constituted au error sufficient to war rant bis release. Dreyor's attorney also raised tho technical point that Dreyer had been twice placed in jeop ardy by the dismissal of the jury in a former tiial before a decision had been reached. When Attorney Mayer fin ished hia argument today, Judge Dnuuo asked tho state's attorney if the mittimi were printed forma. Upon re ceiving the reply that all prb-oner were sent to Joliet upon this form of mittimus, the court rejoined: "If Mr. Mayer' contention is true there will not be many mon from Cook county left In Joliet." The state will argue against the point tomorrow. I.angtry's Tiny Shut Out. Pittsburg, March 81. Mrs. Lang' try, who is booked to appear in this ity next Monday week, will not be lrmittod to produce her play, "The Degenerates." This was decided to day by Mayor William J. Diehl, who has reoeived protosta from the Presby terian Ministers' Association and num erous citizens against the production of the play, on the ground that it was im moral. Steamer Old Uonilnlon Humlng New York, March 81. The steamer Old Dominion, owned by the Joy Steamship Company, plying between New York and Boston, caught fire about 8 o'clock this morning at her pier, in East river. It is expected that the loss will be heavy. All the pas sengers bad left the boat, and au the crew were aaved. Elijah Moor Sentenced to Ran;. Dexter, Mo., March 81. Elijah Mooie, aged 19, who murdered tin Bev. Jesse Moore, his father, in this county, November 1 laRt, was sentenced to hang May 1(1. He showed no emo tion when sentence was passed. llnttl lletween Outlaws and Posi. Denver, March 81. A special to the Rocky Mountain News from Gallup, N, M., says a bloody battle between a sheriff's posse and agnngof denporadooa ocourred near Navajo Springs, GO miles west of Gallup, yesterday afternoon, in which two of tho posse, Our Gibbous and Frank Lesuere, were killed. Five of the outlaw were captured, two baa- ly wouiiiidu. iii uouhiicu, nuu m hAtnc fnllnu'ArV The Pninv hnrl been j- , connt,rv. GATHERING IN FORCE. loers Concentrating Mot Fr from Blomfontln. .London, March 81. The Boer are concentrating in force about IS miles north of Bloemfontoin, in the rear Glen, and Lord Kobert is lending for ward troop to engage them. Th Seventh infantry division and part General French' cavalry have been sent up to join the Fourteenth brigade. and the two cavalry regiment that are holding Glen and its environ. It doet not seem possible that the Boer will give aeriona battle in the fairly open country north of Glen. Still their evl dent strength indicate more than corps of observation. In small affairs the Boers are daring' ly aggressive in all parts of the field ol war. The Johannesberg mounted po lice, esteemed by the Boer to be their best mounted commando, ia raiding the country near llloemfontein, harrass- lug the farmer who have given up theii arm to the British and carrying off cattle. There ia a Boer report from Natal that a Bussian aoldier of fortune, Col ouel Ganotzkl, with 100 horsemen, if operating close to the British outposti on the western border. The Boers have reoccupied Campbell and are in strength near Taunga and Barkly West. Tbey shelled th British camp at Warrenton, Wednesday, but moved ont of range that night. Yester day two British gun enfiladed the Boer trenches, quieting their Mauser, Lord Metheun and the force that had been operating in the Barkly district have been recalled to Kimberley by Lord Roberts. Dispatches from Maseru assert that the Boera who returned from Lady, brand from (Jlocolan have taken up stong positions and sent pickets far in every direction to watch Basutoland in the expectation that part of General Buller's army will Invade the Free State on that side. Oom Paul' Boast. London, March 81. The Bloemfon tein correspondent of the Morning Post, telegraphing Wednesday says: "Presi dent Krnger boasts of hi intention to retake llloemfontein within week, and it appears probable that the Boon are approaching in force southward Vic In Gotham. New York, March 81. The invest! gation into the charge that vice flour ished openly in this city nnder police protection reached a sensational climax today, when the grand jury returned three indictments against Police Cap- tuin Andrew J. Thomas, in command of the tenderloin precinct. For nearly two weeks the grand jury, of which George II. Putnam, the publisher, is foreman, has been considering condi tions in the tenderloin precinct. Spe. ciflcally, Captain Thomas is charged with failing to close resorts in the ten derloin, inch a the Tivoli, Bohemia, Haymarket, Arcadia, Pekin, ate, nguinrt which a publio crusade ha been waged for nearly a month. The indicted man waa convicted practically on his own testimony. Captain Thomat was not arrested touigbt. He will ap pear before Recorder Got! tomorrow, Indian Crops. Calcutta, March 81. In the course of hi remarks addressing the council on the budget yesterday, the viceroy, Lord Curzon, said the loss to the wheat crop caused by the drought during the present year was 8,000,000 to 10, 000,000, the loss on the cotton crop was 7,000,000, while the oil and seed crop, usually covering 18,000,000 acrea, was nonexistent outside of Bengal and the northwest provinces. The loss to cultivators in Bombay alone iu food crops waa 15,000,000, and in cotton, 4,000,000. In conclusion, the vice' roy Bidd it was impossible for anygov- eminent to anticipate the consequences ol a visitation of nature on so gigantic and ruinous a scale. Turkey Shuts Out American Pork, Constantinople, March 81. The porte haa informed the United States egation that in future the importation American pork will be prohibited, giving a a reason for the prohibition that the meat is injurious to the public health. Lloyd C. Griscom, United States charge d'affairg, protested ener getically, demanding the annullment at the measure. Kxnonltlon Travel Opens. New York, March 81. Travel to the Paris exposition has begun. The French line steamer La Tonralne, when she aailed for Havre today, had the largest number of passenger on board that she has carried on any east ward trip in two year, there being 800 in the cabin and 200 in the steerage. The application for passage for 85 per son had to be refused. Investigation Abandoned. New York, March 81. The grand jury ha abandoned its investigation into the alleged wrecking of the Third Avenue Railroad Company. This faot was announced today by Assistant Dis trict Attorney Unger, who said that he bad advised that body to discontinue the inquiry because there i nothing o show the violation of any criminal law. Russian Troop In Corca. London, Maroh 81. The Evening New publishes a dispatch from Kobe, apan, announcing that Russia haa do- lauded leave to land troops near Me- "ampo, Corea, aud, the dispatch lays, uuts no outside interference. "Boxers" Dispersed. Poking, March 81. About 10,0000 rion-Tsin coolies are leaving lor New hwuug to build the Mancburia rail road. The situation here is quiet. he "Boxers," who have been causing trouble in the north, have been dis persed by the trooijs. New York, Maroh 81. Fire at New Brunswick, N. J., Inst night did $100,- "tm damage to the Consolidated Fruit j Faotory T hundr( thrown out of employment inree nunared bands are ARMY ON THE MOYEl Roberts' Advance Forces Are Clearing the Way. BOERS DEIVEX FIIOM KOPJES British Casualties In the"Engasemea Wr Over On Hundred Men- lh Transport Bervlc. London, April 2. The head of the army of Lord Kolwrta is now about 21 miles north of llloemfontein. It occu pie cluster of hill won from the Boer after a stiff fight, in which th British lost seven oflicers and 100 men. 'The Boer have been using these kopjea a a base for marauding band that have been beating np the country adjacent to Bloemfontein for supples driving off cattle and forcing non-resi dent Free Stater into their rank again. The Boera must have been in considerable force, as Lord Roberts sent 8,000 infantry and 8,000 cavalry against them. Lord Roberta' progress to Pretoria Will probably consist of snch forward movements, in which Boer position will be attacked by a portion of th army advancing rapidly with wheel transport, the main army coming np aa the railway is repaired. Lord Roberta is stripping the force in the minor spheres of operation of their wagon and transport animal in order to hasten the advance. Thia ia understood to be the resaon why be re called ' Lord Methnen from Barkly West to Kimberley. Lord Roberta haa to have Metbuen'g transport. General French lost 8,000 hrrses in the relief of Kimberley and the pursuit of General Cronje. Lord Roberts lost 8,000 transport cattle at Watervaal Drift, and it ia estimated that he ha lost 4,000 other animals since the for. ward movement began February 13, The advance beyond Bloemfontein is through a bare country, and the supply officers forsee an increasing difficulty in proivding for a great army moving along a single line of railway, even when the latter ia working smoothly and with ample rolling stock. The Canadian mounted rifles were. part of the force that occupied Ken, bardt yesterday. The rebellion through' out the northwest distriotsof Cape Cob ony is almost suppressed. Strike Averted. Chicago, April 2. A settlement of the strike in the machine shops of Chi cago was reached today. It is a settle' ment which is to be national in its scope, and nnder its terms the general strike, timed to involve 150,000 ma chinists of the country about April 1, will be averted. Work is to be re' aumed here Monday, and at Cleveland, Paterson, N. J., and Philadelphia. At Columbus, the fifth city where a strike was in force, a settlement waa reached Thursday afternoon. In all these five citiea the men agree to return to work pending arbitration of the is sues in the controversy. Coal-HIn Riot. Dubois, Pa., April 2. The striking miners at the Horatio mines of the Ber wind-White Coal Mining Company at taoked the few men who have re mained at work when they came out of the mine tonight. Over 100 shots were fired, resulting in the serious wounding of three persons. The sheriff wa called upon and arrested 40 men and women who participated in the fight. The sheriff is now guarding the property of the company. Hurst Contested. Glendive, Mont., April 2. Joseph Hurst was executed in the jail yard here today for the murder of Sheriff Dominick Cavanaugh, December 23, 1898. His wife and two children and near relatives took their last leave of the condemned man vesterday after noon. People bad patroled the streets since early last evening and for a time it was feared Hurst would be lynched. Hurst coniessed to committing the mur der. Prlc on a Reformer's Head. San Francisco, April 2. Should Leung Chi Tso come to San Francisco he may have the highbinder societies at hia heels. The value placed upon Leung's head is $65,000, and posters placed conspicuously in Chinatown to day announce that the reformer is badly wanted, dead or ahvb, by the Chinese government. Leung is now at Honolulu. He has declared is inten tion of coming to this city at a near date, and will ask for police protection here. He left China the first of the year, and after having shaved off hi tueue, he started for America. . A Ban FranoUco Fire. San Francisco, April 2. Fire to night destroyed the Yosemite floor mills, a four-story brick building; the faotory of the California Paste Com pany, three-story frame Btiucture, part of whioh wa occupied by the Cus tom Grain & Fuel Company, and sev eral small houses, burning out four families. The buildings were all owned by C. R. Splivato, and the total loss is estimated at $200,000. One fireman waa burned by an electric light wire, and two spectator were injured by fulling over obstructions. War Talk at Sebantopol. London, April 3. The Sevastopol correspondent of the Daily Graphic ays: ' War alarms nil the navy head quarters here. The whole buxine squadron 1 fully equipped for instant service. Troops with full war kits are daily arriving from tho Interior. The garrison will soon bo a powerful army corps. There is much exoitement among the staff of both services, and all the talk is of bringing Turkey to her senses by forcible measures." IES FROM KIMBERLEY, th Hardships of th lee ol th Diamond Town. London, April 9. The Standard 'i correspondent at Kimberley, siting ol the hardships of the siege, says: "For many day the novelty of eat ing horseflesh formed ' an agreeable break In the war talk. Starving peo ple, however, take kindly to any arti cle of food. Personally, although I have always found a piece of succulent horseflesh excellent eating, I am not taking any of it in Kimberley. Not only are the wretched animate reduced to akin and bone, but there is a prevail ing epidemic of influenza and cough among them, which forces me to aband on its nse. It is, however, daily served out to the soldiers as well aa the peo ple, though there are case of anthrax in the hospitals and an outbreak ol scurvy in many of the redoubts. There also haa broken out a pecn:iar form ol throat trouble, which may owe its origin to this article of food. At 9:30 P. M. all conversation ceases, and rum or atop, for, by proclamation, all light except electric or acetylene gai mnst be extinguished. "There are many cases of extreme (offering, whioh, although due to the siege, have reached a climax from con stitutional circumstances. There are ladies in Kimberley tonight strapped to their beds and wearing straightjack eta, mad from sheer nervousness and fright. "It ia the red tape which makes the strain heavier than it otherwise wonld be. After we bad been for weeks shut np in Kimberley not at the best the most cheerful place in the univarse our hearts became specifically fixed on our portion of the British army the relief column. By accident, we learned that it had reached Modder river, after a abaip engagement at Belmont Eagerly we awaited new front Lord Methnen. Men and women scanned the horizon nights to seek the first flash from his searchlight. AU night long our three searchlights sent their long streams of fiery light past the rugged fastness of Scholtzes' Nek, and the rocky kopjes of Spyfontein to the two rivers, on whose bunk our preservers were encamped. Md, Md, Md,' they called out. but no answer came. Only the big stars could be seen, and the Southern Cross seemed to whUper, Patience'. At last, one night, far from the south, came the welcome flash, 'Kb, Kb, Kb,' it said. High up in the conning tower cat Lieutenant Colonel Kekewich and hia staff officers with picked men from the signal corps, Anxiously they deciphered the first message from their honored chief. It was this: 'Ascertain number on fore foot of mule omitted in Cape Town return.' " TREATMENT OF A GOVERNOR. Distinguished Nicaragua Citizen Robbed and Billed In Coeta Rica. New Orleans, April 2. Carlos Lo cayo, former governor of Bluenelds, arrived here last mgbt after an ercit ing experinece in Costa Rica. He left Nicaiagua a few weeks ago, with Miner Keith, being deputized by President Zelaya to place some railroad bonds with New York capitalist. In view of the strained relation between the two countries, he waa arrested, his money taken from him, and finally ex iled and placed aboard the ship for New Orleans. He will return to Nica, ragua. The incident ia likely to create further complications. Jjooayo was arrested in San Jose, he claims, by the order of the president of Costa Rica. About 8,000 waa taken from his person. He was escorted to Port Lima and placed aboard the His- pana, to which hia monev was also turned over. It is presumed that Costa Rica feared that he came there to for ment trouble. Weldon Roberts, Melville Moxley and Joseph Stringham, member of the Nicaragua survey party, were also aboard the ship. They were forced to abandon their survey 175 miles south Colon bv the attacks of the Sa sardi Indians. AMERICANS BOUGHT WRECK, Spanish Warship Will Be Broken Vp tor the Metal In It. New York, April 2. Gaston Drake, ef Nassau, Bahama islands, with other Americans, now owns the wreck of the Spanish warship Infanta Maiia Teresa, lying in two fathoms of water near Bird Point, Cat island. Drake and hia associates purpose to break np the reck for the metal in it. Mr. Drake and bis associates want to bring the metal into thia country duty free. Mr. Drake's lawyers asked the treasury department if this could be done. In reply, counsel for the treasury department wrote: . ' The Spanish war vessel was not the property of the United States at the time she waa originally wrecked, but waa the property of the Spanish gov srnment, and as the United States gov srnment ha abandoned the vessel on Cat island, ita ownership changed form the United States to private citi zens. Therefore the wrecked mater- al, upon its importation into the Uni ted States, would be dutiable." Mr. Drake and his partner believe there would be profit in the importa tion of the old metal from the wreck, if admitted free of duty, but not other wise. Fighting In North Africa, Paris, April 2. An official account baa been issued of the victory of the rrench troops over an Arab army at lnrahr, which recently occupied the oaais of Insalab, southwest of Algeria. The French learned of the aoheme and decided to storm the enemy' position, which was successfully carried on March 19 by a column led by Lieutenant-Colonel Eu. The town waa first bombarded, and then stormed, the Arab warrior making their last stand in the mosques. JAMBUSII OF BRITISH" Walked Into Eoef Trap and Lost Guns and Men. 20 MILES FE0M BLOEMFONTEIN Fore That FJ.caped Did Bo hy an All mht Huron and Wai Bmartlr Fureued hy the Burg here. Bushman Kop, April 2. The British force commanded by Colonel Broad wood, consisting of the TeuJ) Human, Household cavalry, two hone batteries and a force of mounted infantry nnder Colonel Pitcher, which ha been garri soning Thabanchn, was obliged, in consequence of the near approach of lagre force of Boera, to leave last night. Colonel Broad wood marched to the Bloemfontein water work, south of the Modder, where he encamped at 4 this morning. . At early dawn the camp wa shelled by the enemy from a near point. Colonel Broad wood sent off s convoy with the batteries, while the rest of the force remained to act as s rear guard. The convoy arrived at a deep sprat, where the Boers weie con cealed, and the entire body walked into ambush and was captuied, together with six guns. The loss of life was not great, since most of the British had walked into the trap before a shot was fired. ADRIFT ON THE PACIFIC. Steamer Cleveland, With Broken Shaft and a Bngar Cargo. Ban Francisco, April 8. Advice from Honolulu, nnder date of March 23, state that the well-known steamer Cleveland, bound for San Francisco, with a 100,000 cargo of sugar from Kahulul, ia adrift with a broken shaft and practically helpless In the open sea. When last heard from she waa several hundred mile from Maui. Three of ita crew left the steamer in a small boat to go to Maui for assistance. Tbey were spoken by the steamer Eric, March 20, 40 milea from Maui. The men in the boat stated that the Cleveland, when they left her, wag 320 miles north-northwest of the island of Maul. The little boat bad traveled 280 miles of the journey to Maui, a trip that must have required six day, so that the Cleveland must have moved a good deal since she was last located. She haa two yard and can put np a little sail, bnt not enough to control her movements. A steamer has gone to search for her. About two years ago the Cleveland met with a similar accident between San Francisco and Pnget Sound. After being abandoned by her crew she went ashore on Vancouver Island. During the civil war the Cleveland was a blockade rnnner and was captured on one of her trips to Charleston. She waa built in 1861, and bas seen service ef all kinds, all over the world. Her name has been changed many times. Lately she was nsed aa a transport for the Philippines. Chicago Playhouse Burned. Chicago, April 8. The Columbia theater, one of the oldest and most pop ular playhouses in the west, wa de stroyed by tire this afternoon, entailing a total loss of 190,000. The fire was discovered in the laundry of the Iro quois Club, which occupies apartments on the sixth floor of the building. The flames spread with great rapidity, and within 10 minutes after the discov ery of the fire the theater waa beyond saving. Occnpanta of the building and employes of the theater and the club were driven to the street in snch haste that in the excitement three women were overcome and carried down the stairs. Picked Up British Cannon. Savannah, Ga., ApiilS. The dredge Babcock, at work in the river here to day, picked np two old type English cannon, in a man-of-war wreck. One gun weighs about 1,000 pounds and the otner 850 pounds. The vessel is sup posed to have been sunk at the time of the British occupation of thia city, when the French allies sailed np the river to attack them. A number of cannon balls and several silver coins ol a date more than 100 yeara ago have also been taken ont. Mission Board Fir Loss. Pittsburg, April 3. Fire tonight in the McCIiutock building caused a loss of 78,000. Among the losers is the board of missions for freed ru en, of the Presbyterian church. Rosen baum A Co.'s retail millinery establishment, on . the ground floor, was literally drenched with water, causing a loss of 50,000. Took Morphln and Died." Butte, Mont., April 3. Anout eight months ago, Gustav Henry Geyer, an old timer, sold his interest in mine for several thousand dollars. This money he ha been spending as rapidly a possible. Yesterday the last cent went. Today he took morphine and died. Damage by Frost In Mississippi. Jackson, Miss., April 3. Heavy frosts have done considerable damage to the fruit and vegetable crop in cen tral and Southern Mississippi, In some instanoea amounting to 85 per cent. Torpedo-Boat Boiler Exploded. Cherbourg, France, April 8. The boiler of a French torpedo boat exploded yesterday during forced draught trials, and five of the crew were terribly burned. One died, and another, unable to bear the agony, jumped into the aea and was drowned. Mors Case In Sydney, Sydney, N. S. W., April 3. Eleven fresh cases of bubonlo plague were offi cially reported today. Two additional death have occurred