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Newspaper Page TextGON VOL. XVII. ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 1, 1900. NO. 24. HE ORE M r,QT LVJL JL KJ JL EVENTS OF THE DAY Epitome of the Telegraphic News ot the World. CATER NEWS. STOP AT BHENOSTER TKK8K TICKS KltO.M T II K WIKKH . All the British armlei are converging in Joiiamiesberg, and a big buttle Is un mi mint. , Dick Oroker say he believe Bryan Roberts' Infantry Delayed by mi. Men mcrtiuiuy, 119 UOe nOS COII' Idor Dewey "in it." The (teamen Geo. Unfordable River. Alt Interesting oll,rtl..n r Item from thai Two lliiil,,,.r. I'rosantatft In Condensed Form. British are wltbiu 40 in 1 1 on of Johannesburg, Munh lumber li going to Cape Nome from ruget aouud poiuts. Rioting io St. Louis grow w Three men and a girl wounded. Ashland, Or., lmi quarantined (gainst Hftu lranoisco Chlnamon. Republican of A laeka denounce Gov- ruor Brady, and uk fur hie retirement. Republican leaders do not favor Senator Washburn, of Minnesota, for vice-president. Boer delegate will not be admitted to the floor of the senate. Their mil lion 1 a failure. The Iron Dyke mine, in Union conn ty, Or., hue been sold to Pennsylvania parties for $80,000. William II. Hearst, of the Pen Fran cisco Lxamiuer, predict the inaugura turn of noun next spring. Mexfoan government la etill fighting the Ymiii1hh, additional truoii being cut to reluloree General Torre. iiie war department refuses to ac cept the renlguattou of volnuteer ofll oi uow nerving iu tlie Philippines. No mnuioipal goverumente will be orgiuihsed in the hemp province of Luton until the rebeU are driven out. Hire today destroyed Reeve Bros,, Boiler Worke, at Alliance, Ohio. The Iiim will reach $144,000, .lth $40,600 Insurance. ' Taylor and Beckham will both be candidate for re-election to the Ken ttioky governorship thin fell, and a hot election i expected. Colonel llethtine, while marching in the direction of Newcastle, was nuii,ni oy a party or Jloers ana very lew oi mi force escaped. Nathaniel 1. Hill, former United State eenator from (Colorado, one of the weulthiest men in the state, il dead at Denver, aged 68. The village ot Point Claire, 16 miles from Montreal, Canada, hai been lmont entirelv wiped out by fire. Two bon dred people are homeless. No fatalities. People in the nelghborho I of Falls City, Or., are terrified by the report , thut a wild man ia in the neighbor hood. The man I believed to be A it. nanny, wno went Hunting over a year ago, and haa not been Jieard from eiuce. Frederic A. Bell, who made a vast lortnne in the bituminous coal business In Philadelphia, and who waa eubse- quently president of the Buffalo Klevafr lug Company, la dead, at hia home in Madiaun, N. J., aged 58. He leave an estate valued at f 25,000,000. Frit Meyer, a murderer, waa put to death iu the electric chair at Sing Slug. An Ohio statesman ihot and killed his wife accidentally by taking her for rat. Chicago ia afraid of the plague. Coffee from an infected vessel found its way into the city. The United States mi pre mo court de' oiueii tne Kentucky governorship case In favor of Governor Beckham. A bill to prevent interstate commerce in convict made goods waa passed in the senate without division. China town of Portluud la to ha cleaned op to prevent the possible propagation of bubonic: plague. Two workmen were killed anil 54 Injured at a atrikera' riot in Berlin. One hundred and three arrests wore made. Mataafa, one of the Samonn chiefs, thinks he has been treated shabbily by Germany, and a revolt muy occur at u .... il.....' I W. Elder and Nome City sailed from Portland for Cape Nome with 750 passengers and large quantities of freight. - The secretary of war ha awarded the contract for the construction of a broakwater at Dan Pedro, Oal., to the California Construction Company, at its bid of 13,876,000. Arthur Rehan, brother of Miss Adi Rehan and Mrs. Oliver Dond Byron died In Brooklyn, aged 88 years. He had managed many of Auaustiu Daly theatrical road companies. Timothy D. Blackstone, formerly president of the Chicago afe Alton rail road, aim one of the oldest and most prominent railroad officers in Chicago, died suddenly at bli resldenoe in thai city. Captain Page McCarthy, one of tht principal in the famous McCarthy worneoi uuei, is dead, the result of a long illness, The duel, which took place at Richmond. Va., in the spring or JOYij, was one of the most celebrated since the civil war. General Wade, who waa directed to pioceed to the Northern Cheyenne In dian agency, at Tongue river. Mont.. and investigate the report that the In dians bad the "Messiah" erase, and intended to rise against the whites, has telegraphed the adjutant-general that he could find no reason to autioi pate trouble. He says the Indians are in bad condition, but peaceable and well disposed. ajommissioner nermann, of the son eral land oflice, has issued an order in structing suiwriutondenta of forest re serves throughout the West to plant suitable siiplluga and trees where por tions of the forests have been destroyed by fire. He la also making arrange menta for the establishment of a tele' phone system, which ii to connect all the forest stations in certain districts so that in the future in case of Are help may lie summoned immediately. Collector of Internal Revenne Lvnch is making preparations to establish an olliee in Honolulu, the Hawaiian islands haviug heon added to the Dis trict of California. The Internal reve nue laws go into effect in Hawaii on June 14. All deputies at the Honolulu olOoe will be selected from citizens ol Hawaii. The stocks of beer, wines. liquors, opium, cigars and tobacco now in the islands will be inspected and in ventoried. A.ter June 14 goods from the United State muat be stamped be (ore being sent to the island. Eight hundred Boers surrendered at Vryburg, north of Klmberley Plague in Honolulu haa been effect' oally stamped out, not reoording single case In 46 day. Recent injunction decisions have at lire. 1 up the labor union, and tbey urge concerted action. The auditor ot the war department finds it a big task to straighten ont the Cuban and Puerto Rican finances, Twenty-two minors. 10 white and 18 Negroes, lost their lives in an explo. Hon in a coal mine near Raleigh N. C, At Pueblo, Col., a negro fiend who HIS CAVALRY IS FAE IN ADVANCE dollar's Force. Are Facing Lalngs Nek- Boer Referendum on the Question f Continuing the War Lunger. London May 26. Lord Roberts' in fantry advance i delayed at the Rhe- noster river for a day or two by the depth of the stream, which is not ford sble. The banks which are precipitous, are 40 feet high. A pontoon and tem porary bridge are under construction. J be railway had not been damaged to any great extent between Kroonstad and Khenoster. The Transvaalers of fended the Free Stater by destroying their splendid bridges while retiring to Kroonstad, Tbey refrained from doing thl on the retreat to Rbcooster, but now they are destroying the railway and bridge almost completely north of the RheuoRter. The British troops are in the form ol orescent, with horn 80 mile apart, with General French' cavalry on the left, within 28 miles from the Vaal, and General Ian Hamilton's mounted infantry on the right within 80 mile Df the Vaal. The center of the cre oent ia about 40 miles Irom the Vaal. Seventy or 80 miles to the left Lord Methnen is advancing upon the Vaal. Boer telegram say that 8,000 British, with JO guns, are near Vredefort, which Is close to the Vaal and close to Parys. One correspondent refer to the ad vance as a "promenade." Anotherde' icribe it as a "Boer bunt." The Free Stater are pictured a "bolting like bares" at the first sight of the British The latter, according to the writer, do oot even find women and children, a the fleeing farmers take their families with them, in consequence of the re ports current among the Transvaalers that the British kidnap all children over 12 year ot age. The Boer rear guard was composed of Russians, to whom was committed the task of do troying the bridge. They also looted freely. What the Boers are doing is an ab solute mystery. The embargo of new jut of Pretoria for tiie last 24 hour ha been complete.1 Such ahreds of in formation as the correspondents at Lou renco Marque have picked up do not illuminate the lioer designs and dispo sition further than that the movement toward Lydeuburg continues and that a referendum on the question of continu lug the war is going on among the Boer lighting men. It may be a fortnight before the results of this singular vote are fully before the Transvaal govern nient. If the English view of Boer discouragement is only half right, the Boers will vote to quit. GERMANY COMPLAINS CUBA AND THE ORIENT. land Possessions the Subject of De bate In the Senate. Washington, May 26. The duty of the United State toward it "island possessions" was the subject ot heated discussion in the senate again today. Soon after the senate convened, Bacon began an extended reply to the speech of Piatt, delivered yesterday. Hia npeech was largely supplemental to that which be delivered several day ago, demanding an investigation of Cnban affair. His resolution, to which there is little or no oposition, under the role went to the committee on contingent expense. ' , The remainder of the afternoon was occupied by Spooner in concluding hia speech on the Philippine question. The debate which he aroused took a turn decidedly political. He charged the so-called anti-imperialists with creating an issue which was not legiti mate. Many of hi statements were controverted by Allen and Pettigrew, and the controversy at time became almost personal. OIL IS EVERYWHERE Even the Air in California Full of It DISTRICT IN SOUTHERN PART Petroleum Was Discovered Six Tsars Ago-NInee That Time 700 Well Have Been Souk. Washington, May 26. The house practically devoted eight boors today to the consideration of the Alaska civil government bill, but progress wa slow. Two amendments of importance were adopted. One of them authorized the secretary of war to issue permits to ex cavate or dredge for gold below low- water mark on the beach at Cape Norfle. The secretary has heretofore issued permits, bnt the bill as It passed the senate cancelled them. The house also struck out the chapter relating to arrest and bail, which permitted ar rests in certain civil actions. The con ference report on the Indian appropria tion bill waa adopted. Aaalnat Bestrlntlons on Her Exports ot Manufacturers. New York, Mav 26. A special to lie Herald from Washington, says: In answer to the complaints made by the United States against the restrictions imposed upon American meats, Ger many is complaining of vexatious regit latlon enforced with resnoi't In hep had ravished and murdered two girla in manufactures. any time; Filipinos lost 53 men killed in an engagement at AgtiKau, in , Cagynn province. American loss, two killed and three wounded. Two cars of kerosene were blown up, a car of bicyolea smashed by a collision on the Northern PaciHo which oocui red about nine miles east of Spokane. The postmaster general has snsiicmled Director-General of Post Ituthboiie and appointed Fourth Assistant 1'oxtmantor , General Brystow as acting director general of post in Cuba. The Lodge amendment to the poet ofllce appropriation bill continuing the pneumatic service in cities where con tracts have been made and appropriat ing $235,000 for the same waa adopted by the senate, 88 to 20. The Russian embassy has oonsldera- ; bly "perturbed governmental and diplo . matte circles at Constantinople by in viting the immediate attention of the porta to the deplorable situation of many districts ot Armenia, reuniting from brutal mot hods of collecting taxes and from persecutions. : Berlin, with the approval of the kaiser, sent over 500,000 marks for the famine sufferers in India. Hix thousand pnsxengors for Cape Nome are booked for May sailings and all berths are preengaged. Miss Morgan, a Ban Francisco girl, ia the only womun among 000 art stu dents at the Beaux Arts in Paris. Ip New York ' city retail druggists have formed an association to coiuyet With department stores. an orphan borne, wa lynched by a moo, Grand Chief Arthur, of the Brother nooa oi locomotive Engineers, wa re elected at the convention at Milwaukee, Wis General Warren occupied Dougla after heavy fighting and withont sus' taiuiug any loss. The Boers have re treated to the north. The will of the late Benjamin II. Howell, the tuner merchant, of New York, disposes ot an estate valued at $1,600,000, and gives $15,000 to Brook lyn charities. The Methodist general conference at Chicago, after considerable discussion, voted to abolish the time limit on pas torates. The result of the vote was re' oelved with great applause, r Another note regarding the Ameri can Indemnity claim has been handed to the sultan' euvoy, Terofik Pasha. It ia couched in more precise term, in' sisting on prompt settlement. Considerable California capital has been invested in an extensive mining enterprise in Siberia and Manchuria, Concessions for large tracts of land have been obtained from the Russian and Chinese governments, and the work of development will soou begin. At the Kansas Democratic conven tiou, at Wichita, to elect delegates to the national convention, in bis opening prayer, Kov. Dubber net the delegate wild by the praying of the nomination and triumphant eleotion of Bryan. The applause lasted several minutes. The water of a large lake near the town of Zapotalan, Mexico, disap peared in a great fissure in the earth, produced by an earthquake. The bed of the former lake la now dry, and the fissure can bo plainly seen. It ii over three miles long and from one to three feet wide. A tidal wave which swept in from the ocean after the shook did little damage. still Nearly 8,000 Spanish prisoners are held by the Filipinos. The postotlloe department ha ap 1 pointed over 70 postmasters tor Puerto Rico. In the Klondike eggs are now selling at $120 a case and beef at $1.60 a pound, I , li'lin,. ... n rr., n e T j- . - , . D- 'logeddispatohes regarding events in the car conductor, is in active service, PhiUppitS., which have al wave proved though he ha. just passed hi 80th jto i,e exaggerated account of occur Buinaaj. 1 renoea that have been fully published. Under the rule of the treasury de' partment, consular officers are required to report on the composition of mauu faoture imported from Germany into tne United States. The manufacturer are averse to communicating to foreign oonsular officer the ingredients they tmploy and the German government has sustained them in their refusal to do so. The Berlin authorities think that the regulation might lie amended to as to remove the cause of complaint. Action will not be taken by this govern ment, however, until it learns the final deoision of the German legislature on the meat inspection bill. It is hoped of the state department that the bundesrath will amend the bill so aa to remove the prohibition upon canned meats and sausage, which the reichstug bill imposes. Ibereisno expectation among offi cials that negotiations for a treuty of reciprocity with Germany will be re lumed for some time. stpeotaolo in Bt. Peter's ' Rome, May 26. There waa a mag- Diilcent spectacle in St. Peter's today jn the oooasion of the oanonizaton of lean Baptiste de Lazelle, founder of the Order of Christian Brothers and Rita Dl Casia, a nun of the Angnstin lan order. The interior of the vast Basilica was illuminated and adorned with magnificent hangings, and the building was filled with a great con- lourse of people, including all the pon tifical dignitaries, diplomats and Ro man nobility. Pope Leo, attired in hi itate robes, wa borne at the head f an imposing procession. A roar of cheering rose from the multitude on the pope' approach, but the applause was quickly hushed by the guands. Russian Warships Launched. St. Petersburg, May 26. The Rus- lian battleship Poileda and the Russian orulser Aurora were launched today iu the presence of Emperor Nicholas, lhe raw also watched the keel laying f two other battleships. Probably Aconolllo's Work. Washington, May 26. The Pari dispatch of an insurgent victory in Ca tnbig is undoubtedly a Filipino account at the battle whtoh occurred on May 80. and in wbioh there were about 20 American casualties. It will be re membered that Agonoillo, the ropre tentative of Agniualdo, ia in Paris, and that he from time to time gives out al RUSSIA PLOTTING IN COREA. Foments a Rebellion In Order to Gain a foothold There.' Victoria, B. C, May 26. The Northern Pacific liner Glenogle reached here yesterday morning, having defeat ed the Victoria, of the same line, in race across the Pacific. She brings news that Rnssia ia continuing her ag gression in Corea, and reports publish ed in the Hong Kong press state that during the maneuver a Russian war ship tired a shot at a Japanese ship. A serious rebellion has broken out in Corea, for which Russian agent are held responsible. It is believed in the Orient that Russia will offer troop to repel the rebels, and, once getting a foothold in the country, will remain there. Announcement ia made that Russia and Corea have entered into a secret treaty. Russia haa met with armed optiosition in Lioyang peninsula, near Mouken, having seven men wounded by native. Chinese rebels iu South China are arming several vessela with arm and ammunition for them having been seized. The United States government steam er Antipole, wrecked on the northern end of Luzon, ha been raised. Ask for an Injunction. San Francisco, May 26. The only development in the plague situation to day was an application made in the United States court by the Chinese for a temporary injunction to restrain the Ran Francisco board of health and Dr. Kenyoun, the lederal quarantine officer. from interfering with the commerce and comfort of the Chinese quarter by establishing a quaratine on tha pretext that the bubonic plague exists in this city. Judge Morrow said that he did not like to issue a restraining order in eo important a matter withont giving the other side a hearing. For that reason he refused to grant restraining order, but granted, instead, an order to show cause why an injunction should not be issoed. The order to show canse is returnable at 11 A. M. tomorrow. Chinese Protest. Washington, May 26. The Chinese minister has received numerona tele grams from Chinese resident ot San Franoicso, asking him to have revoked the order that they shall be inoculated with the anti-plague serum. The situ ation in San Francisco is very grave, as the Chinese have a great fear of this treatment, and serious trouble mar ensue if it 1 continued. The minister commented upon the fact that the whites are not being treated, and ex pressed the opinion that this was not fair. In German Samoa. Berlin, May 26. The disquieting news from Samoa, through English channels ii discredited here. The Berlinger Tageblatt, commenting upon it, says! "Tbie is merely additional evidence that the English continue in triguing in Samoa." The Lokal An- zeiger prints correspondence from Samoa, describing the situation there a 'satisfactory.'' Riots In Prussia. iierun, jyiay iie. Kiots nave oo- enrred repeatedly within the last few days at Stolb, in the province of Pom- erania, Prussia. Cavalry was sum moned and attacked the crowd, and score of person were injured. Charged With Embesilement. Carbondale, 111., May 26. W. T. Wykes, of this city, wa arrested late last night in St. Louis, charged with the embezzlement of $5,000 from the firm of Whitney & Co., of San Fran cisco. , , The air in California, as well as the ground, ia full of oil. It is on the street, in the bank, in the office every' Where. Valuable space in the local paper ia daily filled with lurid de criptiona of the fortune that await in' restors in shares of oil seek, and, in' deed, remote must be the district and Illiterate the domestic to whom the dazzling pictures of fortunes in oil in vestment are not as familiar as a twice told tale. An oil exchange haa been formed in Los Angeles, occupying store room on the principal street, where for an hour a day the interested meet and advance or depress oil share. Hundreds oi derricks are being estab lished beyond the original oil limits, and day and night the pumps are nn eeasingly pumping oil. - For rugged. precipitous hills, that few month ago were worth only a few hundred dollar, certified check for a hundred thousand are now refused and property la leased at fabulous prices. This condition , is not confined to Los Angeles; from Sail Diego come report Of increasing oii findings. Six year ago an enterprising Individ oal bored an oil well in Los Angeles; since that time 700 well, each costing $2,000, have been sank. While some of these -have become exhausted, great many are still running, and new wells are being dug at the rapid rate of at least 100 a month. A procession of tanks is ever on the move from the oil districts to the various city manu factories; electrio light machinery work and railway shops carry this val uable fuel, 8s barrel of which is equal to one ton of soft coal. The base of California oil ia asphaltum, it average gravity is about 15 degrees, it is a thick, black oil, and one of the best fuel yet discovered. Its by-pro ducts enter into the lubricating oil, the painter, printer and other trades, and the asphaltum, after the oil ha been extracted, can be used for street pav ing; indeed, the ancient Mexican who inhabited these' regions a hundred years ago used it for roofing. There ia no surety as to the cost f inking an oil well; a safe average may be stated at $2,000. Going through soft sandstone, the borer has a compar atively easy task, unless he drop a tool or break hia tubing, when the cost may be much increased. At first tha product sold for $2 a barrel of 42 gal lone, but went down to' 85 cents, at which period the railroad companies altered their engine to burn oil, for oil at that figure resulted in vast econ omy to them. After the engines were changed to burn oil up went the price, so that coal after all proved in some cases the cheaper fnel. The prioe ia not likely to go over $1.25, and may, in consequence of the recent discoveries of new fields oi almost unlimited ex tent, go down to nominal figure ago in. Large storage tanks are built in Los Angeles, containing upwards of 500,000 barrels of oil. The average daily product in Los Angeles is about 6,000 barrels; nearly $2,000,000 per annum, therefore, ia flowing into .Lob Angeles county today from the sale of oil alone, and about an eighth of that is paid to the workers at the pumps and hauler of the portable tanks. A vast force ia engaged in the manufac ture of machinery for the oil wells, j and, in quoting these statistics in refer-1 ence to widespread benefits of the oil l industry, some odd thousand street oil brokers and dealers in oil company share must not be forgotten, for these people subsist, temporarily at least, upon the indirect oil output. One of the most interesting oil fields is that of Summer land, in Santa Barbara county, where wells have been dug out in the ocean below high tide, and wharves are run out from the shore upon which the pumping machinery is placed. When we consider the fact that the export oil trade of the United State is decreasing; that the total shipments ot 1808 were 80,000,000 barrels less than those of 1897, the discoveries ot new oil fields and the attending excitement in California will be gratifying.. It open up a prospect for the Asiatic trade that this country will undoubted ly take advantage of; the Russian and Bornean oil will have a competitor in California; freights to the Oiient from San Francisco will be considerably less than from Philadelphia. Mining and Scientific Press. WARNING TO CHINA. Most Be Vacle Ram Says the "Boxers' Suppressed. Washington, May 28. The United State government ha taken hand in the suppression of the "Boxer" in China. Minister Conger ha been in atrncted by the state department to in form the Chinese government that the United States government expects it to stamp ont promptly and thoroughly wis society, and to provide proper guar antees for the maintenance of peace and order, and the protection of the life and property of American in China, all now threatened by the operation ol the "Boxer." There i no indie' tion in the instructions a to the course that will be pursued by the United State in case the Chinese government fails to observe the warning conveyed in this communication. Mr. Conger is acting on parallel lines with the repre sentatives of every European power at the Chinese court, bnt baa not joined in any concert of action. STRIKE SYMPATHIZERS. Caused Another Blot In St. Louis At tempt to Blow Up a Car. St Louie, May 28. Sympathizer ol the striking street car men were again the medium of a riotona demonstration today, and a a result another name was added to the long list of wonnded This afternoon, aa a car on the Jefferson avenue line, running south, approached Sullivan avenne, it wa attacked by i crowd of men and boy. Several (hots were fired at the car. The policemen on the car returned the fire, and in all about 100 shot were exchanged. Peter Wells, a patrolman, who wa ridinz on the front platform, wa hit in the left arm pit, the bullet producing an ogly wound. It ia not known who fired the hot, as the crowd scattered a soon a the men on the car drew their revolv er. It wa rumored that two men in crowd were shot, bnt they could not be found by the police. The difference existing between the management of the St. Lonlia & Snberban Railway Company and the nnion men in its employ were satis factorily adjusted this afternoon and all danger of another strike haa been avert ed, at least for the present. Twenty-two miles of the Transit Company were in operation today, bat Jew cars were running. At 6 A. M. an attempt was made by somebody unknown .to blow np oar on the Spanlding avenne line of the Transit Company. The wbeels of the first car struck something that explod ed with a loud noise, and lifted the car two or three feet into the air. BOERS LOSE HEART Kruger Admits That Situa. tion Is Very Grave. ASKS BURGH ER3 WHAT TO DO It Is Feared That If the Dutch nave aa JCieuse They Will Uestroy the Johannesburg Mines, ON AGUINALDO'S TRAIL. Marsh Pursuing tha Rebel Leader In Northern Logon. Manila, May 28. Major Marsh, with a battalion of the Thirty-third in fantry, and Colonel Hare, with another part of the regiment, while scouring the country northeast of Bangued, re port they struck the trail of a party of rilipinos traveling in the mountains and believe they are escorting Aguin aldo. Major Marsh ia continuing par uit across an exceedingly difficult country, beyond telegraph lines. Sergeant Barry and four privates of company B, Twenty-seventh regiment. nave rescued the daughter of the preei dent of San Mateo from some Ladrone, who had abducted her. Afterwards 12 Ladrone ambushed them, killing the sergeant. Three privates stood off the band until reinforced. ' Seven Ladrone were killed. Lieutenant Elliott, ot the cruiser New Orleans, died recently at Cavite of appoplexy, resulting from a sun stroke. Looted the Charleston. Seattle, May 28. During the last voyage of the Chnrrnoa from Aparri, according to the Manila Freedom, the steamer touched at the island where the Charleston was wrecked, for the purpose of taking on number of beeves. Several American civilian were passengers on the ship and they aeiaed an opportunty to go ashore. Ruin of a bouse larger and more dura ble than the cottages of the native at tracted their attention. While passing through the place they stumbled across the searchlight of the cruiser Charles ton and numerous other article, in cluding a splendid case of surgical in struments, the property of the Charles ton's medical officer. No arms were found among the loot, and the supposi tion ia that if any of them fell into the hands of native they were taken across the mainland where the rebels might use them. London, May 20. When Lord Rob ert wrote bis first dispatch on Trans vaal territory yesterday, shortly before 2 o'clock in the afternoon, he wa 61 mile from Johannesberg and 77 mile from Pretoria. Hi immensely superior force had passed the Vaal river, their last great natural obstacle, at three point. The Vaal has a curve of 80 mile on the west to Zand Drift on the east. The concave of the current is toward the Free State. Thus Lord Roberts, advancing along the railway, wa in position to strike any part of the cres cent by shorter line than those by which the Boer could reinforce the threatened points. The Boer retreated almost without show of defense. General French and General Hamilton apparently did not fire a shot. Of Lord Roberta' immediate force 11 men, belonging to the Eighth mounted infantry, were the first to ford the river. They came upon a Boer patrol looting at Vieljoen' Drift, and a skirm ish lasting 10 minutes followed. Three hundred Boers tried feebly to hold the Vereeniging colliery, but were dislodged. Major Hunter Weston and Lieutenant Earl rode in advance of Lord Robert 40 mile into a hostile country to try to cut the railway be hind the Boer before the Vaal was crossed, but they were too late. The Boer rear guard ia at Moyrton, 10 miles south of Vereenignig. Their main body ia moving toward, the Klip river hill that cover the south aide of Johannesburg. While Lord Robeits' 80,000 infantry, 20,000 horses and 160 guns are moving on Jobanneeberg and Pretoria, through a parched and desert ed country, the situation at the Trans vaal capital, aa it waa last Friday, is thus described by an observer, who lent hia message by private hand to Lourenoo Marques yesterday: "The situation, both from a military and a political point of view, ha be come very critical. President Kxnger yesterday admitted for the first time that matter are very grave. The Boer determination is to trust everything to last stand on the Gatsrand mountains, to the north of Potschefoetroom, where 8,000 Kaffirs are digging trenches. To that point every availablo man and gun has been sent. "The whole of the western border of the Transvaal from end to end is de fenseless, and General - Badu-Powell can march in when he likes. Lord Roberta, on the other hand, will en counter the greatest resistance. The Boer endeavor ia to lure the British into appearing to threaten - Johannea beig with attack, an excuse thus being given them for the destruction of prop erty. The Transvaal government will not dare destroy the mine and property without an excuse. Much dynamite haa been sent down the line, and 160, 000 case lie ready at Znrfontein, near Johannesberg. "General Louis Botha and General - Lncas Meier have pleaded for the pres ervation of property. Both are large landed proprietor and fear confiscation, but they have not received satisfactory replies from President Kroger." Naval Station at gaa Diego. San Diego, Cal., May 28. Captain Field, of the United States steamer Ranger, haa received orders from Washington directing him to make soundings in the bay and recommenda tions aa to whether this ia a suitable location for the establishment of a naval coaling atation, and further to advise whether one ia needed here. The work of surveying the harbor will he begun immediately. The minimum depth of water will be reported, and also the cost of the necessary land, if the government doe not already own land near where the bunker would be located. Boer Envoys Kntertalned. Washington, May 26. Representa tive William Alden Smith, of Michi gan, gave a dinner tonight at the Hotel Gordon to the Boer commissioners. Several members of congress were pres ent. Webster. Davis, in a speech at the end of the dinner, expressed in most emphatio way his view, declar ing that the whole people of the United States believe in the cause of liberty which was represented by the fiuesta. Portland, May 27. E. B. Cowan tell the Oregonian that people need have no fear about the Baker county mines, as the district haa made better returns for the amount ao far invested than any mining region in the United States. Mr. Cowan spoke oi a 10-etamp plant that net its owner $20,000 a month. In addition to the mines thi.t are being regularly worked, a vast amount of prospecting and developing is going on. In all respects the min ing future of Eastern Oregon ia mncb better than Nome, Mr. Cowan thinks. On a farm in West Virginia there ia an apple tree whioh is eight feet five inches around. In 1880, 85 bushel of apples were gathered from it, and old at the apple house for $60. . The tree is 76 years old and still bearing. A new aboy in North London, Ind., wag sentenced to a week in jail for cry ing false news on the streets. What would become of the newsboys ot Chi cago and New York should such a rule prevail in those cities. The West Africa Trouble. Aocra, May 29 It is reported that three European officer were killed and Captain Aplin and 100 Hausers were Disorders In Isle of Jersey. " ? " London, May 28.-Serion. trouble is 1 osera " f1 we .vesting nnes ot Ihreatenino hotoon th. W.itlal, ,j KlUfflmeilSI auiuame. me Asnanu French residents of St. Heliers. Island '" to kavt been great, aa of Jersey, owing to the pro-Boer Bttt. e Hausers had three Maxims engaged. j -u i ! althouKh themselves sreatlv outnnm- tude of the latter. There have been several collisions, and this morning troop were forced to charge with fixed bayonets to prevent the demonstrator from invading the Frenoh ' quarter. Thirty arrests were made. The French consul has reported the situation to the British foreign office, with the result that the latter hag wired to the gov ernor, Lieutenant-General Sir Edward Hopton, holding him personally re sponsible for the maintenance of order. Germany will bring China to time, the empress dowager having violated her promise never again to allow notor ious Li Ping Hang, enemy of Europe, to hold an offioe. Suliilde of a Priest. Niagara Fall, N. Y., May 28. An nnknown priest, supposedly from New York city, committed suicide tonight at Whirlpool rapids. He descended the elevator, and, after having hia pic ture taken, walked ont on a rook, threw hia hat and cane back of him, and, waving hi right hand 'dramatically, shouted "Good-bye," and leaped into the rushing water. He ordered the picture lent to M. J, O'Donnell. New although themselves greatly outnum bered. Three hundred Ashantis are said to have been killed in a previoua action. The rising ia still spreading. Paper Mill Burned. Milwaukee, May 29. The Flambean Paper Company' mill and warehouse at Park Fall burned today, entailing a loss of $300,000. The property ia well insured. The town wa without ade quate fire protection, and at one time waa thought would be totally wiped out. Assistance from Medford and Abbotsford prevented the spread of the flames beyond the paper company 'a plant. Included in the loss are two paper machines, valued at $40,000 each. ,, The Tonga King Objects. Auckland, May 29. The king or the Tonga island object to the olanse of the treaty between Great Britain and the island government relative to the British protectorate. The king desirea a protectorate only against foreign powers, and insists upon the kingship of himself and hi descendants. Com missioner Thompson refuses to make anv oonoesKinna and a deadlock ia tha Yoik, Who is said to be pastor of St. ' result, but hone are entertained that a Andrew's churob, solution of the diflioDltT will ha found.