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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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