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OREGOK
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VOL. XVII.
ST. HELENS, OREGON, FBIDAY, APRIL 13, 1900.
NO. 17.
11 II If II M
EVENTS OF THE DA
Epitome of the Telegraphic
New of the World,
f KttHK TICKS FROM THE WIBKS
en lutereatlug Collection ofltein rrant
the Two llanilaphere Presented
a. Condensed Form,
W, J. Bryan addressed 10,000 poople
at lacoma, wuan.
Wur tax will not be reduced at thla
ww ion of oougroM.
Tim Puerto Khan bill paed tlie
senate ny vote oi 40 to HI,
The public debt decreased $0,000,000
during the month of March.
A bill m passed to tlirow open
Mulio end Oklahoma Indian lend.
The journeymen plumber of Indian
epolii have (truck, demanding en in
crease In pay.
The legislative council of Trinidad
hits ratified the reciprocity treaty with
the United State.
Agulnaldo U In Singapore. Kings
pore paper niontiou the tact end pub'
Unit short Intorviowe with hlin
The plasterer of Minneapolis have
been looked out, pending the settle
incut of their dispute ea to hour.
Pearl harbor, in the Hawaiian iilande,
will be improved and fortified and
iiimle available for naval purpose
Moilco'a army convicts will be
olxil trtifxl by the new secretary of war.
Volunteer service ii to be encouraged,
The marine hoapltal eervioe baa eent
an urgent reueat to eungress (or an
appropriation of $500,000 to fight
plague In varioni seaport towns
The casualties in the Philippine war
ince January 1, have been; Ameri
cans, 88 killed, 103 wounded; insur
gents, 1,430 killed; 1,459 captured.
Great preparations for war are goto?
on In Russia. All ineseagus in regard
to movemeuta of troop are cenaored
and all ollioers axe denied leave ol
banuee.
The Illinois Brick Company, of C'bl
cago, the brick combine of that city,
ha filed with the secretary of atate a
certificate of IncreaMe of capital (took
from 110,000 to $0,000,000.
The parly of aoleutiHta under Pro
feasor A. Agassis, who left Ban Fran
clsoo several mouth ago on an expedb
tion to the South Seas, lia returned.
Thl (oientiilo expedition weut first to
the l'omotoa, exploring the northern
part of those inland, a region never be
fore examined by scientist. After
roll tt lug the vessel at Tahiti, the re
mainder of the Society islands, aa well
ax the Cook, Savage and the inland
of the Tonga group wore explored.
After refitting at Huva, the EUlee,
Gilbert and Marshall islands were ex
plored and the ialand of Uuam wa
visited.
Republicans elected their entire tlckel
t Cincinnati.
Democrat! made aeveral striking
gain in Michigan.
Plumber of Cleveland are on a Mtrlkt
for higher wage.
Kite at Newport, Ark., destroyed
property to the amount of f 500,000.
Roberta' communication with Kim
berley haa been cut off by the Boer.
No Puorto Rloan franchise will lit
granted until government i estab
liHhed.
Two (mall boy of Astoria, Or., wer
drowned In the Columbia while out in
amall boat.
Boers captured seven gun and 850
men in an engagement 17 mile from
Bloemfontein.
Painter and carpenter of St. Louit
are on a atrike, pending adjustment ol
tholr demand for higher wage.
Beri-berl, (mall-pox and bubonlt
plague are prevalent at Manila, estab
lishing a death rate of over 40 per 1,000.
Webster Davi. assistant secretary 0!
the Interior, ha resigned to go on thi
lecture platform in the interest of tbt
Boers.
Governor Roosevelt, of New Yorl
lia signed the bill repealing the Morton
boxing law. It will go into effect
Neptember 1,
There i a general desire among al!
classes In the Philippine for a speed)
establishment of some form of perman
ent government.
Joe Pete, an Indian, under sentence
of death for murder at Caraon, Nev.,
ha escaped from cuatody. lie wa tc
have been banged May 4.
Diamond, Jewelry and money to thi
value of $16,000 wa stolen from a
Philadelphia reaidenoe, and suaploioa
rest on the coachman, who 1 missing.
A British toam launoh waa captured
by pirate near the Check lleuug Shar
district, the pilot of the boat murdered
and the launoh and lighter, which il
had in tow, looted.
In a severe engagement near Bolivar,
Venezuela, General Hergandes wa de
feated by General Penulosa, command
ing the government troops,
lutionista lost 228 killed.
The revo-
Gov. Smith, of Vermont, owna pri
vate looomotive. It la fitted with lux
urious accommodation for eight pas
neugera. There la a aoheme to construot a di
rect railroad from New York to Chi
cago, saving B00 milea and making
the distance in 16 hour.
jjA ohalrman of the board of direo
tor of tha New York Central Kailroad,
Chaunoey Depew draw the anug (alary
of $60,000 annually.
LATER NEWS.
Emily Couhlan. tha act.. AiaA t
otamiuru, uonu., aged 86 years.
Half the village of Proctorville, Ohio,
we uestroyea by nre. Lass $300,000.
" uonnan scientist na invented a
comioiiud wjilcb melt iron in Ave
Door in Natal are becoming- anilva
ami au eugugetuent with Bullor is lui
UltlUV.
The German flna hn bain nifan1 nvar
too r-Hinoan islands ol Upolu, Mauono,
Apouma ana Burn.
Captain John Codman. tho famon
advocate of free ship and free trade, ia
dead at lioeton, aged 86.
The statue of Maud Adam wil. not
be admitted to the Paria exposlton be
cause it 1 a personal exhibit.
At Pittsburg. Pa., a bin olttht-storv
department store was destroyed by fire,
causing a loss of over a 1,000,000.
Another brother of President ritevn.
of Oranxe Krue Ktate, waa captured at
Kare Hiding, and i now at liloem-
louteln.
The squadron of the United fitatea
navy, recently formed in Chinese
water, la to have it headquarter at
Hong Kong.
Forty people lost their live at Austin.
Texas, due to an overflow of the Col
orado river. Property destroyed ex-
eoed $3,000,000.
Walter R. GrofTe, the defaulting
cashier of the Adams Expreae Company
at Dayton, Ohio, who left the city
October last, taking with him $3,000
of the corporation's money, haa been
arrested in Ban Franolaoo.
The sltutlon in Ashactee la unchang
ed. A Cooniassie runner report that
all tha Ashantoe tribe are In arms, the
king of Bekwal alone remaining loyal.
It i believed that the Ashantoe golden
stool ha been found and that the rising
is due to the endeavor of the governor
of the colony, 8ir rrederto Mitchell
Hodgson, to take poaseasion of it.
The American Plate Mirror Company
was chartered at Harrlshnrg, Pa., with
a capital of $50,000,000. Thi com
pany is composed of well-known plsti
Klas men, and is looked upon a the
beniuninn of a determined move on the
part of the American plate-glass men
to wrest the trade in thi country for
plate mirror from foreign manu
facturers.
Senator Tillman, from the committee
on mine and mining, reported the
bill providing for the utilisation of a
part of the proceed of the sale of pub
llo land in rapport of eohool for uiin-
ing in the public land state. It pro-
idea for the appropriation of 910,000
annually for the present in each case
and the gradual increase of tb amount
to $20,000.
Tha Republican elected It out of 86
ldormen in Chicago.
Admiral Dewey ha announced him-
self a a candidate for president.
Genroal French haa given up bis
chase after the retreating lioera.
Boston is agitating the question of
prohibition of ringing church bells.
The Uuitod States building at the
'aria exposition will be closed on Sun
days.
Queen Victoria landed at Dublin,
Ireland, ber first visit to tb island in
89 years.
A temperance movement ba been
inaugurated in Mexico, owing to the
Increase of drunkenness.
Admiral Dewey' collection of rurioa
and trophies, at hi request, will be
placed in the Smithsonian Institute.
Turkish tower at the Paris exposition
obstruct the view of the United States
building and Commissioner Peck has
protested against it.
The Vandorbllt and Morgan now
have plan almost perfected whioh
will give them absolute control of the
coal supply of America.
Forty-tour young men of Thurston,
Or, have petitioned the military board
for the organization of a company ot
the National Guard at that place.
The mammoth auditorium In whioh
the Demooratio National convention
was to have been held on July 4, was
burned to the ground, entailing a loss
of $850,000.
At Ixwanaport, Iud., 160 masked
men blew up two bridges and burned
two toll houses on tbe Loganaport and
Burlington pike at midnight. The
road is the only pike in the county ,
and protects have been directed against
high toll and tbe alleged bad condition
of the pike.
Michael J. Dady, the Brooklyn con
tractor who obtained from the Spanish
city goverment of Havana a $13,000,
000 contraot for sewering and paving,
has received a letter from Governor-
General Wood, informing him that his
plan for the construction of aewera and
the paving ot the city of Havana are
disapproved ana rejeotea.
The newly organised Amerloan
Matoh Maohine Company, a New Jer
sey corporation, is about to enter Into
coniDetition witb tbe JJiamouo juaiuu
Company, known aa the match trust.
The new company does not intend to
oonflne its attention to the trade ot the
United States, but will make a vigor
ous fight for European trade, through
the sale of right.
A national congress of mother 1 to
be held at De Moinea, la., May 21-25.
Tim danartment of agriculture will
nlant 100.000 rubber tree in the Ha
waiian island.
At Lady Lansdowne'a concert in
London, Mine. Fattl 1 aald to have
worn diamonda worth over $1,000,000.
Gen. John 3. Elwell, a hero of the
-1.11 AlA nil ninualund fV Mia
U1V11 it ft l , uiM . . , - ....
military eervioe extended from 1861 to
I860. .
NEARINC MAFEKING
Relief Force Unable to Reach
Besieged Town.
BOKES REPULSED TWO ATTACKS
Bobarta Savin Ilia Cavalry and Trans
part Animals fur the for
ward March.
London, April 7. A special dlspatoh
from Lurenco Marques says sharp fight
ing occurred April 2, in the neighbor
hood of Mafeking. The garrison made
a aortie, while Colonel Plumer's cavalry
attacked the Boers at Hamatlabama.
Both attacks were repulsed. Twenty
of Colonel Plumer's men were found
dead on the field, and sis others were
made prisoners. The federal losses
were small.
Gaborone, Bechuanaland, April 7.
Colonel Plumer, with a force of Brit
ish mounted infantry, started on a dar
ing march, March 26, witb the object
of threatening the Boer lines of comma
nioation. After rapid night marches
through the Transvaal territory, they
arrived at dawn, March 87, within 12
mile of Zee rust, and distinctly beard
the bombardment of Mafeking.
Having reconnoitered the country
with the vidW of future operations,
without sighting a single white man,
Colonel Plumber crossed the railroad
south of Lobatskl, which he found in
posse anion of a Boer force, and returned.
Then, finding the railroad hence dam
aged by General Hnyman'a main force,
be returned to the vicinity of Mafe
king. It u mora reached here that a re
lief column is approaching Mafeking
from the auntb.
Roberta' Inactivity.
London, April 7. Detached bodies
of Boer horse, numbering from 500 to
1,000 eaoh, have appeared at aeveral
place to the south and eastward of
Bloemfontein, threatening the railroad,
but communication by wire and rail la
not in the least affected. One of these
force is near East Springfontein, on
the Bloemfontein railroad, and General
Gatacre'a (oroes are repot ted to be about
to engage it.
Lord Koterts, except to safeguard the
railroad, seemingly declines to send
columns chasing the Boer bands. He
is reserving hi cavalry and transport
animal for tbe forward march. Ex
planations at the war oflloe aa to why
Koberta i inactive I that there has
been a laok of horse for remounts, but
now horses are arriving by train loads
hourly. The pressure on tbe railroad
is so great that private parcels and the
officers' newspapers have not been for
warded from Cape Town for three
week. The situation in the Free State
remains far from dear and is unsatis
factory to British observer.
Tbe sickness among tbe Uoer prison-
era at Simonstown continue to increase.
WRECK CAUGHT FIRE. .
arlooa Avoidant aa tha Fort Worth A
Danvar Kond,
Fort Worth, Tex., April 7. One of
the most serious wrecks iu the history
of the Fort Worth & Dt-nver City road
occurred thi morning at a point just
south of Magenta, 876 miles north of
thi city. A a result, two men are
known to be dead, and several other
Injured. The dead are: John F.Dane,
mail clerk ,o( Denver; John J. Kuuts,
passenger, residence unknown. The
injured are; A. M. Scro'gin, Inde
pendence, la., slightly; Frank Lane.
Fort Worth, faoe cut, not seriouely;
Jamea Frenoh, injuries unknown;
Herbert Bouebreak, brakeman, El
Keuo, O. T.. fractured rib; Engineer
McNeil, slightly injured; Fireman
Dubbe, altghtly injured.
At the time of the aooident the train
waa running at full apeed, when it
struck a defect in the track, caused by
a partial washout. The entire train
waa ditched, tbe oar being piled in a
promiscuous heap. To add to the hor
rors of the wreck, a fire started in the
debris, oonsuining the entire mas ol
wrecked cars. Many passenger who
managed to extrioate themselves were
badly injured. Mail Clerk Jobn r
Dane, of Denver, - was buried beneath
the mass of wreckage, and wa burned
to death. It wa reported that Ex
press Messenger J. B. Chapman was
killed, but later reports aay ne u sale.
Tbe loss to the railroad company will
be heavy, aa the entire train was
burned.
Iron and Steel Proflta.
New York, April 7 The annual re
port of the Slosa Iron & Steel Company,
whioh I now owned by tbe Bioss
Sheffield Irou & Steel Company, showi
earnings for the year ended January 80,
1900, of 1802,667, wblob, alter deduct
ing $263,758 for interest and taxes,
deperciation and renewal fund, leavei
$588,914 net profit. Ont of thia a
dividend of 1 per cent waa declared
in March. Practically all of thla divi
dend goea to the Sloes-Sheffield Com
pany, a the latter now own all but
80 ihare of the 60,000 snares ol tb
capital stock of the Slos Iron & Steel
Company.
Mn. Grant Allen, the widow of the
novelist, la about to open a bookaho
In London.
now la Colorado.
Denver, April 7. Snow haa been
falling all over Colorado for the past 24
hours. The warm weather makes tha
now so soft that It clings to trees and
electrio wire, breaking them down.
Much trouble has been experienced 1
thi city. Telephone, light and trolley
wire are down in varlou part of th
city; many telegraph and long-distano
telephone lines have been disabled,
The street oars are stopped on many
line in thla city.
AMBUSHED BY OUTLAWS.
Thrilling Ksperlenoa of Two New Max
leo Officer. .
Phoenix, Arte., April 7. The fol
lowing detail of tbe ambushing of
Officer Scarborough, of Deming, N
M., and Blrebneld, by ontlwa in the
Cblrucusa mountain, have been re
ceived here.
The outlaw discovered that they
were being followed and laid a trap for
the officers, who walked into it. Aa
goon a they came within rifle range,
the party of three bandit opened fire.
The first volley wounded Scarborough
and Bircbfleld, one ahot striking Scar
borough in the leg badly (battering the
bone; another struck Birchneld in tbe
let; arm. Both men were disabled.
The wonnded officers held tbe outlawa
at bay, although hard pressed, several
time. A continuous firing wa kept up
until, dark.
In the meantime, Bircbfleld managed
to build rude rock fort in which he
placed Scarborough, and as soon as
darkness prevented bi movement
from being observed by tbe bandit, he
lipped away, secured a horse and went
for assistance. Returning at daybreak
he found Scarborough still alive and
holding tbe fort, bnt suffering intense
pain from his wound and exposure, it
having rained and snowed all through
the night. The party arrived at San
Simon at I o'clock yesterday afternoon
witb Scarborough, and he wa sent to
hi home in Deming. His wound will
probably prove fatal.
A large posse ha started in pursuit
of the outlaw, who have evidently
gone further back in tbe mountains,
where it will be almost Impossible to
dislodge them.
NEWS FROM HAWAII.
Two Freah
Plngae Caaas Reported
March IS.
Honolulu, March 80, via San Fran-
cisoo, April 7. Two cases of plague
were reported March 25. One was a
Japanese fisherman, the other a white
man named John Hurley. Since that
date no oases have appeared.
Word has reached here that the dis
abled steamer Cleveland reached Hilo
safely March 28. The distance of 400
milea waa made under aail in 10 days.
Three hundred or more steerage pas
senger will probably aail from here on
the next steamer for San Francisco.
Dr. Carmichael ha decided that, in
view of tbe recognition now given the
prophylaotio a a preventative remedy,
effective for from 80 to 40 days, be will
give permit for steerage passage to
persons who take tlie propbylactio and
are in good health, have their baggage
disinfected and are otherwise under
sanitary condition.
A riot occurred at Panhaua planta
tion March 17. A captain of police
and fonr officers arrested eight Japanese
for gambling. About 200 Japanese,
armd with cane knives and clubs, sur
rounded tbe otlioer and forced them to
release their prisoners.
A disastrous cane fire swept over 580
arcea on tbe Hawaiian Commercial &
Sugar Company' plantation March 20.
Combination af Jabber.
San Francisco, April 7. The case of
the St. Louis petitioners wa taken up
today be lore the interstate commerce
commission, and considerable evidence
wa introduced in rapport of their ap
plication for a smaller differential in
freight rate between tbe Middle West
and tbe Pacifio coast. Hardware
merchants from Petaluma, San Jve
and Oakland were before the commis
sion today, and their testimony was
directed to the allegation that Pacifio
coast jobbers have united in a combin
ation to reetain trade by shutting out
Eastern and Middle West competition.
thereby forcing up prioea. Several
witnesses testified to their belief that
suoh combination existed.
llaturbnnoea In Panama.
New York, April 7. A special to
the Herald from Washington says:
"It 1 now admitted that the diturb-
ance in Panama, Colombia, are seri
ous, and the authorities are beginning
to pay attention to them. Mail serv
ice has been interrupted in oonsequence
of the operations of the troops, and it
waa reported today that there had been
fighting in the streets of Panama. In
quiry at the department of state, how
ever, failed to elioit any information
on this point.
' A revolution in Colombia ie of
especial importance to the United
States, because of the guranteee made
by thia government to preserve free
transit between Colon and Panama."
New Cuban Railroad.
New York, April 7. A strong syndi
cate haa been formed for the purpose of
constructing a railroad extending the
length of Cuba, a distance of about 800
miles, aa anon a the neoeesarv authori
ty can be obtained. The full amount
of capital required for thia undertak
ing, it 1 understood, ha already been
subscribed by the syndicate, whioh is
headed by Sir William O. Van Home.
Ma Perce's Smallpox Situation.
Washington, April 7. The otfioers
of the marine hospital service have
consented to handle the smallpox situ
ation on the Nei Perce's settlement in
Idaho. They will co-operate with the
agents and inspectors of the Indian
bureau, and will establish detention
oampa and do whatever else i neoesary
to stamp out the disease and prevent
it spread.
Business Block Burned.
Menominee, Mich., April 7. Fire
today destroyed the Spies building, the
largest buaines blook in the city.
The lose on the building is $80,000; in
surance, $12,000. The total loss, in
cluding the loss of film oceupying
the block, ia estimated at $200,000.
New York, April 7. The jury ia the
mm ef Olga Nethersole and others, ac
eaured ef maintaining a nuisance in per
forming tbe play "Sappho," ba re
turned verdict of not guilty.
CAPTURED BY BOERS
Roberts Loses Five Compan
ies of Infantry.
SURROUNDED BY A LARGE FORCE
General Vlllebola Mareull, a Frenchman
In tha Duteta Army, Killed In m
Fight With Hethuea'a roroes.
London, April 9. Lord Roberta re
port that five companies of British
troops have been captured by Boers
near Bethanie. The following his the
text of hia dispatch to tbe war office,
announcing tbe capture:
"Bloemfontein, April 9. Another
unfortunate occurrence has occurred,
resulting, I fear, in the capture of a
party of infantry, consisting of three
companies of the Royal Irish Fusilier
and two companies of the Ninth regi
ment of mounted infantry, near Red
dersburg, a little eastward of the Beth
anie railway station, within a few
mile of this place. They were sur
rounded by a strong force of the ene
my, with four or five guns.
"The detachment held out from noon
of April 8 nntil April 4, at 9 . M., and
then apparently surrendered, for it is
repotted that the firing ceased at that
time. Immediately after I heard the
news, during the afternoon of April 8,
I ordered Gatacre to proceed from
8pringfontein, his present headquarters,
to Redderaburg with all possible speed,
I dispatched the Cameron Highbinder
hence to Bethanie. He arrived at Red
dersburg at 10:80 A. M., without oppo
sition, but could get no news of tbe
m Using detachment. There can be no
doubt that the whole party haa been
made prisoners."
The lost companies are probably a
part of the force guarding tbe railroad
at Bethanie, 80 milea south of Bloem
fontein. The Boers are evidently oper
ating in force near the railroad, and
there is a possibility of the lines being
interrupted for a brief period at any
time. As the captured British soldier
were in a position to defend tbem
selves for nearly 24 boon and were
then forced to surrender, the fighting
must have been severe.
The Boers were in force yesterday
five miles from Jagerefontein, situated
60 miles np from Bloemfontein. Tbey
had a brush with British patrols.
Oen. Vlllebola Mareull Killed.
London, April 9. The war office re
ceived the following dispatch t from
.Urd Koberta, dated Bloemfoutein,
April 9:
"Methnen -telegraphs from Boehof,
in the Orange Free State, a little north
east of Kimberley, as follows:
'Surrounded General Villebois
Mareull and a body of Boers today, and
tbey could not escape. Villebois and
seven Boer were killed, eight wonnded
and 60 are prisoners.' "
WORK OF REVOLUTIONISTS.
American Conanl 8trang ITv by the
Thumbs In Fern.
Chicago, April 9. A special to the
Record from Washington says: Edward
Gottfried, of Wilkesbarre, Pa., late
consular agent of this government at
Truxillo, Peru, in a sworn statement
which he has filed with the state de
partment, asserts that in the summer
of 1898 at Hnamucho, 50 or 60 Pe
ruvian revolutionists dragged him
half dressed to the public square,
where they demanded that he produce
5,000 sols (between $3,000 and $4,000)
and 25 rifles within 15 minutes or sub
mit to chastisement in what is termed
fn Peru the "flying stocks."
Gottfried says he protested that he
was unable to comply with tlie demand
and was immediately knocked down
with a blow from a gun and overpow
ered. Hia thumbs were tied together
with thongs and his hands twisted back
of hia head. Heavy rifles were inserted
between the inverted elbows and his
head and in that position be was strung
up. In a short time tbe agonizing
pains rendered him insensible. The
administration will demand restitution
and an apology.
BURMAH FRONTIER FIGHT.
Battle Between Chlneae Raiders and
tha Brltlah Police.
Vancouver, B. C, April 9. Oriental
papers atate that Chinese official enmity
towards foreigners i being specially
directed against British citizens in
China. Instigated, it is said, by Rus
sian suggestions, the Chinese have
lately been especially troublesome on
the Burmah-Chinese frontier, where a
medical officer and an assistant com
missioner were murdered.
A story was brought by the Empresa
of Japan from Yokohama today of a
series of additional Chinese raids on
the Burman boundary, oulminating in
a battle between 600 Chinese and 75
military police under District Super
intendent Herts, of Rangoon. The
Indian military police, with 60 Gurk
has, attacked the main body of Chinese,
killing 84 and capturing their guns,
jingals and banners. The Chinese
leader waa among the killed. Six of
the British foreef, inoluding two offl,
oers. were wounded, only one seriously.
The scene of the battle was eight miles
on the Burm ah aide of the frontier.
Lehigh laboratory Burned.
Bethlehem, Pa., April 9. The physi
cal laboratory of Lehigh University,
one of the largest in the country, was
burned today, and all its scientific ap
paratus waa destroyed. The loss on
the building and contents ia $300,000;
insurance, $50,000.
Tragedy on a California Farm.
St. Helena, Cal.. April 9. W. H.
Alexander, a farmer, shot and killed
his wife today and then took hU own
tits by cutting his throat witb a raxor.
SANNAS POST AMBUSCADE.
Boars Captnred Valoable Papers and
Plans From tho British.
Brand ford. Orange Free State, April
p. Burghers who are returning from
tbe scene of the Sannaa Post ambuscade
(also referred to as Karre and Korn
Spruit) furnish interesting details of
tbe occurrence. It appears that when
the first retreating British wagon en
tered the drift theambuscadera shouted
"Hands np," removed the officers and
let the cart through. The process was
repeated several times, nntil the wag
ons arrived in a bunch, when tbe ruse
was discovered and a disorderly fight
followed. In one cart were two olfi
cere, to whom Commandant Dewet
shouted "Hands up." One of tbem
obeyed, whereupon the obter shot his
comrade dead, refused to surrender.
and was immediately shot. Tbe
burghers lost three men killed and 1 10
wounded, including a field cornet.
Among the wounded was Dutch Milli
tary Attache Nix, who received a bill
let in the chest. Altogether the Boers
captured 889 prisoners throughout the
day.
The significance of the battle must
not be underrated. It was fought by a
force of Free Staters, on a flat plain,
and without shelter. Tbe Free Staters
are now desirous of marchng on Bloem
fonten, and tbe Transvaal ofliceis are
anions to emulate the successes of
their late allies. All the Southern Boer
force have now formed junctions with
the main Boer army, and form a large
force of veteran. The burgher, wbo
were prevously short of food, now have
plenty. Commandant Dewet eent the
British gun, wagons and prisoner to
Winburg.
Perhaps of greater importance than
the victory i the capture oi British
secret papers, including maps and
plans of 1897, 1898 and 1899, outlining
elaborate schemes for the invasion of
the Orange Free State and the .Trans
vaal, and giving a plan fur reaching
Johannesburg from Mafeking along Dr,
Jamieson's route, amended so as to
avoid mistake. Another give the
plan for a march from BloemTontein to
Kroonstad. . Advice from Yienters
berg, Frieska and Kenhardt show the
colony is full of rebels. The Kenhardt
rebel are marching on Calvinia, and
others are on their way to Fourteen
Stream.
A dispatch box was found at Sannat
Post containing oaths signed by Free
Staters. Tbe signers have been sent
for in order that the oei nl inav ex
plain the invalidity of oaths under
compulsion.
APPEAL TO THE POWERS.
President Steya'a Speech to tha Free
Stale Kmart.
Pretoria, April, 9. In bis speech at
the opening of the Free State Raad.
President Steyn declared that, in spite
of the surrender of Bloemfontein, be
had not lost the hope of the triumph of
tbe republican cause. Tbe war, he
aid, was forced upon the Transvaal,
and nothing remained for the Orange
Free State but to throw in ita lot with
its sitser republic, in accordance witb
the terms of the treaty. The war, he
continued, was begun with the object of
maintaining the independence secured
with tb blood of the forefathers of
the nation, and had been so successful
that it had caused the greatest wonder
throughout the world, and en to the
Boers themselves.
After paying a tribute to tbe memory
of General Joubert, Steyn said tbe Brit
ish, notwithstanding their overwhelm
ing numbers, were violating the flag ot
truce and the Red Cross, and he was
compelled to report the matter to tbe
neutral power. The president further
remarked that the attempt to create
dissension among the burghers by issu
ing proclamations had failed. Refer
ring to the correspondence between the
South African presidents and Lord
Salisbury, Steyn proceeded:
"Not only were those efforts made,
but the republics dispatched deputa
tions to Europe and America, to bring
the influence of the neutral powers in
order to secure cessation of bloodshed,
and 1 greatly dosire that these efforts
be crowned with success."
GOES TO CONFERENCE.
Ilawallan Territorial Bill Passed by
the House,
Washington, April 9. The bouse,
after four days of debate, today passed
the substitute for the senate bill pro
viding for a territorial form of govern
ment for Hawaii. Tbe bill now goes
to conference.
Tbe most interesting feature of tbe
days' proceedings was the attempt of
Hill, of Connecticut, to secure the
adoption of two amendments, one pro
viding for a' resident commissioner in
stead of a delegate in congress, and the
other declaring that nothing in the act
should be interpreted aa a pledge of
statehood. Both were overwhelmingly
defeated.
Deboe, of Kentucky, today gave no
tice that he would move to refer the
credentials of ex-Senator J. C. S.
Blackburn, as a senator from that state,
to committee on privileges and elec
tions. During tbe greater part of the
session tbe senate had nnder considera
tion the Indian appropriation bill.
Sullivan, of Mississippi, delivered a
speech in favor of seating Hon. M. S-
Quay.
Gold Mines Laid Off.
Cripple Creek, Colo., April 9. Two
hundred miners have been laid off at
the Portland mine on account of the
high rates demanded by the smelter
for the treatment of gold ores.
Two Negroes Banged.
Baxlev, Ga., April 9. King and
Louis Gossby, colored, who killed Dan
iel Minis, a farmer, and his young
child near here the night of March S
last, were executed her today,
FLOOD AT AUSTIN
Swollen Colorado River Car
ried Away the Great Dam.
THIRTY OR FORTY LIVES LOST
Similar to tho Johnstown Dlsaater
Great Z.oas to Property Part of
tha City Inundated,
Austin, April 10. This city is to
night la pitch darkness, with a raging
river, one mile wide, swollen far be
yond its natural banks, roaring and
surging through all the lower portion
of tbe town, having spread death and
destruction in its wake, in addition
to the vast loss to property interests, it
is calculated that between 80 and 40
lives have been sacrificed, and tbe re
ports coming in from the tributary
country tonight do not tend to improve
matters. Tbe flood is not unlike the
disastrous Johnstown flood of some
years ago, in that a raging river,
already swollen far beyond its capaci
ty, bore to heavily upon an immense
dam spanning s river, breaking it and
letting loose a reservoir of water 80
miles long, half smile wide and 60 feet
deep, to aid in carrying destruction
down the valleys of the Colorado river.
The great dam in the Colorado gave
way at noon from tbe enormous pres
sure of water and debris, and with a
roar and crash swept the valley below
tbe city, wrecking the immense light
and power plant and drowning eight
workmen.
Last Wednesday night it began to
rain very hard at this place, the storm
extending north of here along the
watersheds of the Colorado river. Tbe
precipitation continued nntil this morn
ing, tbe downfall averaging six inches
within an hour. All thia vast quantity
of water all along the watersheds of
the Colorado river rapidly swelled the
current until at 8 o'clock this morning
tbe river, which had been rising steadi
ly since last evening, was a raging tor
rent, having risen 40 feet within 10
hours.
After daylight this morning it be
came evident that tbe situation was
serious. Tbe river began to rise so
rapidly that it became evident that
the dam, power house and contents,
costing $500,000, were in imminent
danger. To add to the danger of the
situation, amall frame houses, trees and
debris of every description commenced
descending the river, and piled up
against the upper face of the dam.
This weight was augmented every
moment nntil by 10 o'clock there was
a mass of debris lodged against tho
dam which threatened the safety of the
structure. In addition, millions of
gallons of water, muddy from its long
journey, was whirling and plunging to
tbe 60 foot fall, and it waa evident that
no wall could withstand the immense
pressure.
Breaking of tha Dam.
The crisis came shortly after 11
o'olock, when suddenly, with a leport
like the roar of the ocean, a great
wedge, 25 feet high, 600 feet wide, and
about 8 feet thick, rolled out of the
center section of tbe dam, down the
face of the 60-foot fall, deep into the
river below. Thia left a hanging gap
in the very middle of the dam, through
which the debris and water fiercely
poured, while the flood, already raging,
is threatening everything in its path.
The released water poured into the
power house, catching eight employes
at work there, drowning all of them.
Within a short time all the valleys
to the south and west of Austin were
filled to overflowing with water, and
the southern portion of tbe city, tribu
tary to the river, was inundated.
Large crowds collected on the river
banks, and several persons were swept
into the river when the dam broke, but
all were saved by boatmen.
A crowd of white people, numbering
about 80, living just below the dam in
tents, were seen at their habitations
just before the dam broke and have
not been accounted for since. It is
generally believed that all of them
were swept away.
A family of six negroes living in the
valley south of the city are known to
have been drowned.
It is estimated that more than 100
houses have been destroyed, and the
loss to property will be great. The
breaking of tbe dam engulfed the old
water company's plant below the oity, -
and it is tonight lying 15 feet under
water, while the city is in darkness and
without water.
Caused a Serious Train Vfreek.
Laredo, Tex., April 10. The north
bound passenger train which left here
over the International A Great North
ern railway this morning, was wrecked
by tbe spreading of the rails near Two-
hig, about noon. The entire train, ex
cept the engine, went into the ditch.
Mail Ageut Sebright was seriously in
jured, end several others seriously hurt.
Further details have not been received
here.
The Rio Grande has oom to a stand
at 86 feet, without damage to the
bridges here, but tbe waterworks ma
chinery is submerged, and the crop
along the river have been destroyed.
Plaao and Organ Faotory Burned.
Chicago. April 10. Fire today partly
destroyed the piano ani orgap factory
of the M. S. Sohurs Copmany, corner
Morgan and Superior streets, entailing
a loss of $50,000, covered by insurance.
The oanse is thought to have been spon
taneous oom bus tion.
Saratoga Opera-Booae Burned.
Saratoga, N. Y April 10. Tbe Sans
Souci Opera Honse block and the '
Scbaffer building, at Ballston, were
burned today. Loss, $150,000.