GON
VOL. XVII.
ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 1, 1900.
NO. 24.
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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
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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.