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Newspaper Page Texti i' 7 F k3. VOL. XVIII. ST. HELENS, OIlEdON, FIUDAY, IHX'fiMUlali 21, 1000. NO. 1. li J 1 li U A A .-ii vii V- I IB5M,Bffl From All Parts of the New World and the Old. OP INTEREST TO OUR. MANY READERS Comprtherulv Review of th Important Hap. penlngt of tht Put Wtk In Condensed form. Lotd Roberta has left the dtp for Enigand. Holland refuses to intervene In the Doer war. Senator Clay spoke agaiust I lie ship subsidy bin. French troops have ceased looting Chinese observatories. ... , 14 Huug Chang claim to have abeo lote power to negotiate. Chaffee protested to Vod Waldersee . against German looting. The debute on the wr tax rodeo tion ulll began In the house. Tbe house of com mom voted 18,. 000,000 to oarry on the Boer war. The Hay-Pauncefot treaty was gain considered in executive session. A congressional committee wns ap pointed to investigate the Boo haling. The Thilippiue commission gave merchants a hearing on the trailt bill. A $:0. 000 irrigation flitch will be constructed At once in Moxee vallev. i Washington. Oregon delegation decide upon con tinulug oontract for Columbia, river improvement. State Superintendent Ackermau re- commends that Oregon schools observe John Marshall day. The matter of developing Lower Nehalem coal is said to have beeu con sidered in 'ow York. In his annual report, FUli Cummi sioner Itef.l says value of iUh output lor uregon is over f 3,000,000. A number of persous suspected oi ploting to mnriler l,nrd Roberts durin bis visit to Cape Colony reocutlr, ahan doned their schemes on learning that they were shadowed. Outlawry in Kwang Si and Kwang Tuung is increasing. The officials appear to be loaiug their bold of the situation and are powerless to restore order. Pirating ou tbe West river is increasing. Owing to lack of proper facilities in the way of telegraph, caused by the strike, a serioua collision occurred on the Atchison, Topeka & Suut Ko, in which several persons were probably fatally injured. ' Hay may resign if the cunul treaty is amended. - Lord Roberta was given an ovation at Cape Town. The United States wants Chlrlqul fo a coaling station. There i little change in the Sauta ire strike rituation. Charles A. Towue was sworn in ar senator from Minnesota. The bouse passed the legislative, ex ecutive and judicial bill. Tbe tension between Holland and Portugal ia increasing. Benjamin isu was held at Salem, or., lor arson at Silverton. A house Republican caucus decided to stand by tbe war-tax bill. Tbe sultan of Tor leer dined oflioers of the battle-ship Kentucky. Von liulow explained why Emperor wiiiiam would not receive hruger. Erection of pole and wires for an other lighting system began in Sulem, Or. . . . . . Four men were killed by an explo sion in tbe Union Puoiflo tunnel at Aspen. . Attacks on Salisbury and Chamber- lain were made in the British house of commons. Only fflOO.OOO can Be obtiiinod from this session of congress for the Col u in bia Jetty. , The Oregon supreme court upholds fhe street improvement section of the Portland city charter. The Idaho supreme court decides that patented mining property is to be regarded the same as other realty for purpose of taxation, Tbe Austrian corvette Dunau has ar rived at Lima, .Peru, bringing iiela Bukoweghy, commissioner of trie Aus trian government, who is visiting the consulates of South America. A special from Shanghai announces that Li liung Chang's Munchn secre tary, Yoko, has been arrested by order of Field Marshal Count von Waldersee, on the charge of communicating with the Boxers. LATER NEWS. The war i avenue bill bus been passed oy int nouse. Kail way telegraphers threaten to boyoott tli Sunt X'e. Lord Kltobener has called for all available English troops. ' I nghmd has awakened to tb caw ertonsnesii in South Afiiua. Colonel Tullmik'a expedition fulled to una tno chlnmn trauma. At Rookvort, Ind.. two nocroos. who bad niordured a white man wore lynched. The German trninlna shin Guelsonan nmurtunxi ueur Uibrultur and 100 were drowned. A large Poxer force is said to ba approaching Peking with the iutoutiun of attuuking it. The senate cannot considered the rmy aud appropriation bills until sfter tbe holidays. John Addinon Porter, MoKlnley's former private secretary, died al hi owe lu PntUMtu, Conn, The British admiralty is arraying to tint vurions invention for steering torpedoee and submarine boata. Tlie Oregon Ilistorioal Society pro pose to hold a great fair in 1D0S, in commemoration of the Lewi sad Clark expedition to the Paoillo coast 100 years ago. , As a result of a mysterious poisoning case at the Forsyth mines, near Mar ietta, Ohio, four persons ar dead, four dying aud two other serirously ill. Five unknown riuen who asked tbe marshal of Brighton, HI., for ehcltr, in the caluboose, locked him up and then broke into a bank aud two tore. Telephoning without wire was suc cessfully accomplished by trautiinit. ting the voio across the Mississippi river, at Minneapolis, a distance of over 1,000 fees. The building occupied by the con struction drtmnt at tbe Norfolk oavy yard, was destroyed by lire. It contained alt the Important papers, models and plan of the coustruotion department. - Advice from llo Ilo report that the American troopi have been northward and westward for several days and that detachments of the Sixth, Klgh teeuth and Twenty-sixtb regiments have been active near their stolons. The insurgent losses during the lat 10 day there have been Ave killed. seven wounded aud 40 taken prisoners. Tbe Americans have lust two killed and three wounded. Large numbers of the native, however, are iweariug allegiance to the United State. to tbe joint 5 LA5T ilOPit GOi Kruscr Gets No Consolation From The Netherlands. HOLLAND WILL NOT INTERVENE EITHER Th Dutch foreign Minister Tells tht Ex PrtJ- Idtnt Thst th Rl of HK Govtrn. mtnt Mut B Psiilv. The Hague, Deo, 13. lha Dnh government toduy llimlly anil dwfluite ly refused to take the initiative iu behalf of arbitration between Ihe Transvaal and Great Britain. The decision was commuuloated In an lntei view between Mr. Kruguraud Dr. Leyds on one side and the Dutch foreign minister and Minister of Fi nance N. li. I'lerson, on the other. Mr. Krugur explained that the object of his journey was to disseminate the iitea of arbitration, and the Dutch minister replied that the role of the Netherlands must be passive. Tbe In itiative belonged to the great powers, he added. When the powers bad reached a decision, the Diitoh govern ment might see what it could do. No Snub Ytt From Cur.. The Hague, Deo. 18. Tbe Transvaal legation say it is authorised to con tradict the report that Emperor Mob- olas has 'telegraphed to Mr. Kroger an intimation that ha will not receive him. ........ DECIDE ON COURSE. The third annual cowboyand Iudlau carnival opened in Phoenix, Arizona, with a great para le of vuqneron, red men and Chinese. After the piirada, in a wild dash through the streets, an Indian wa thrown from his horse and fatally trampled under foot. Five editor were chosen to sit in tbe Nebraska legislaturo at tb recent election. .. ' Joseph Msnlcy ha resinned a chair man of the Republican executive com mittee of Maine after a service of 18 years. . ' Electric coal-cutting machinery le rapidly displucinst hand work aud other varieties of mechanical mining appli ances in the collieric of Great Britain and the United State. The power have agreed note. - r The Japanese gave Admiral Beard- It a reception. Chicago police will prevent tbe Cans- McGovern light. Santa Fe striken wish their differ ence arbitrated. Five person were killed in a train wreck in Montana. Fire in Pektn destroyed the quarters of a number of officers. Kitchener rpeorts a running fight be tween Dewct and Knox. Gompers will be re-elected president of tbe Federation of Labor. Tbo Santa. Fe repudiate it relation with the telegraphers' cuion, Tbe American fleet in North China water 1 reduced to two vessel The Irish Nationalist convention de clared for the abolition oi landlordism Washington' centennial anniversary wa celebrated with imposing ceremo nies. . Full particular have been received ot the tyhoon which recently swept the const of China, causing a heavy loss to life and shipping. There are more than 40 oases ot smallpox in St. George' hospital, Kan. saa City. Only one death from the disease ha occurred. Tbe oitv election at Astmla, resultet In a sweeping victory for the Citizens ticket, every candidate being elected by large majorities. , The dock laborer at Callao, Peru have gone on a ilrike, and all work ha been stopped. As yet there ba been no breach of the peace. Jotpepb Beuoit, a stage carpenter at the Grand Opera house, Salem, Or., fell from a scaffold, breaking several ribs and bruising hi face and body badly. The accident wa caused by tbe breaking of a board upon which he was standing. Th Lakeview and Ager stage was robbed about two miles from Lake- view, Or. A lone highwayman accom dished the Job. sua passenger were aboard of the stage. Two mail sacks were rifled and a considerable amount of registered mall taken. Ullicors are now workng on the case, The will of the late Senator Davis, who died November 27, was filed for probate by - Mr. Anna M. Davis, the widow- The will, made during the senator' last illness, leaves all hi estate to Mrs. Davis, Tbe estate is valued at (an.OOO in personal and f40,000 in real property. How th Oregon Delegation Would Improve lh Columbia, ' . Washington. Dec. 18. The three main bars ol the Oregon delegation, at an Informal meeting today, decided to concentrate their efforts to have th Improvement of the mouth ol the Co. lumbia made a continuing contract rather than trust ' to tbe future to no cure successive appropilatfnus . to be expended as needed. By this method which seem to be tbe best under th circumstances, the final completion ol the project is iusuren, aud work may be conducted without unuecessary de wy.- -,- : The river aud harbor committee ba not yet finally decided on what pro. vision will be made for this projuat, but 1600.000, recommended by tbe en gineers, is the outside limit. OFFICERS WERE LAX. HONG KONG TYPHOON. Prairie chicken are said to be mora armndunt in western Kansas ' than for years,, . ... ". , ; During the past five years the state of Pennsylvania bar purchased more than 100,000 acres of luud to be issued s a forestry reservation. , Former Ambasador to Italy W. F. Drnper has been tlecoiated with the order of SH. Maurice end Citxal by (he king of Italy, for services duriag bis embtitmy to Homo. Prisoner Quietly Atom and Wslktd Out of the Courtroom. Ppoknne, Deo. 18. While Judge Marshall was holding a preliminary bearing of Edward Hanson, charged with counterfeiting, this afternoon tbe prisoner quietly arose and sneaked out of the courtroom. Owing to the small courtroom being crowded, tbe escape wit not noticed until the judge turned to announce' that tbe prisoner would be held to a mutter court. Oil! Cera started In pursuit of Hanson, who was treking for the river. A few shot from revolver and he gave himself up. The escape wa the boldest ever known in the city. Hanson is one ot a trio recently arrested with bogus money In their possession. Search ol their cabin resulted in finding of molds aud otbor tools. Credential RcJuscdV Washington, Doc. 13. The senate has refused the credentials of W. A. Clark and Maglnnls, contesting sen ators from tbe state of Montana, to the committee on privilege and elections. A debate, reoeniug the Clark case, occurred upon the motion of Senator Chandler to recommit the resolution declaring tbe seat from 'Montana va caut. After a short but, interesting debate, the matter ot recommittal, by consent, went over until Thursday. Counterfeiter Captured, Spokane, Wash., Do 13. Edmund Hansen, alius H. Larkee, believed to be the leader cf the gang of counter feiters . operating here, has been cap tured. Hansen wa a bridge watch man for the Great Northern. In hit shack were found counterfeiter's molds and letter ordering gold aud silver bullion. Near by iu a cache in the rock many stolen article were found. Hansen protest complete ignorance. Saloons Wert Open Sunday. Chohttlis, Wash., Deo. 18. Foot Chehalis saloonkeepers pleaded guilty in the superior court to the tharire of keeping their places open Sunday. Two Ceutralia men have been convicted. All were fined 1(30 apiece, and all other case of that nature now pending against them were dropped. Psised Raised Bills. Vancouver, B. O., Deo. IS. Two Japanese, IJunny Sato and Mnntoka Hamaguuhi. wete arrested this morn ing, charged with uttering raised bills. number of raised bills have been In circulation here, in each cess the ot- terer, a Japanese, olHiiniiig that he was the innocent recipient of the raised note from a fellow-countryman. Particulars of Great Storm In South Chins- Lost of Llf Heavy. Victoria, B. O., Deo. I4j Tb itoamer Emress of India, which ar rived today after a stormy pasnnge, brought new of tbe great typhoon which ravaged Hong Kong, November 10, causing a heavy los of life and shipping. The British guutmat Sand piper fuu injured and some of her sea men were lost. The American ship Benjamin. Huwell wont ashore, and iu all 77 steam launches were wrecked, and over 200 native drowned. At Kowloon and other point there was also very heavy loss. Tbe Empress ot India was at ber wharf at Kowloon aud tbe was badly shaken. The troop fared very badly. Th temporary barrack collapsed com pletely aud th Indian and European troop had to seek re nine wherever they cod id, In Kowloon proper a number ol bouse were blown down, other lust tholr root and were other wise damaged. 1 A new stone block near the torpedo depot wa practically laid in luins. The whole upper part wa blown down, a was also the up per story ol the telegraph exchange at Kowloon, v . Of the Briltsb warship anchored at Kowloon the gunboat Warren, Fire brand, Tweed -and Kanduiper war dragging their anchor. Thosa on bore could do nothing but stand by with buoy and Hue to render assist ance) should the vessel drift ashore. The veitsl tired dlstres ilgnal aud one or two flew their pennnut at half mast. Tbe gunboat Sandpiper wa in th worst tlx, as she wa rapidly tilt ing. Then from lioug Kong way came the utter, the crew ot which at great risk rescued tba whole crew with the exception of on man. At daylight Saturday tb powerful dredger Canton River, which recently arrived her c from Paisley, almost without any warning listed to port and capsiaed. A to th precis num. ber ot thorn on board at the time it is luipo sible to give any aecurata figure. Those In authority at the dockyard ex tension olllce say that ftO would be about tba number. It i known that Captain Boots, who wa in command of her, was aboard, also Chief Euglueer Vt bite, Second Engineer Thompson Carpenter Mcllroy and th majority ot the oiaw. Th men clung to tba up turned vessel, where they were aeen, and 1 9 were rescued by boat from th summers Taruar and Antroea. - The Benjamin Sewell went ashore nppoal'e the arsenal yard bat got off, though leaking badly. Several building collapsed at Queen' mad, killing eight Chines aud injuring eight. Westward, at Kennedy town, great damage was -also caused, and at Kowloon numberless sampan were wrecked. Hera P. C. Duucau, of the navy yard police, lost bi life in a gallant attempt to rescue two sampan womeu whose boat was daubed to pieces against the embank meut at the naval depot. Duncan wa an old Muety-niutn Argyle aud Sutb erland Highlander, and bad been away from noma slue Itivo. II IT EM Steyn Is Going North to Help Oom Paul. GENERAL BOTHA MAKES ANNOUNCEMENT Schalknbr;er Sworn In si Acting Stats Preal. dent Rumor in London of t Serious Defeat to British Amu, "New York, Deo. 15. A dispatch to tba Journal and Advertiser frum Am sterdam say si Tb folio lug proclamation by Gen eral Louis Both ha been received; "Where,' 1 hav been informed that tb enemy circulate ill sorts of wrong and lying report among the burgher about th government and myself, our officers and olflcinls ar oharged to Commiiiilcata the following Information to tb general public: The xscntiva connrll, after consulting the president ol the Ornng Free Stat, ba decided in the interests of our causa to give leav of absenc to our state president, with order to go im mediately to Europe in order to asslnt DEWCT EVADES KNOX. General Kitchener Reports a Running Fight With th Boers. . London, Doc, 17. Lord Kitchener cables the war oflloa from Pretoria un dor data of December 13 that General Knox reports from Helvetia that he is eugnged iu a running tight with Gen era I Do et, and that the enemy i inov lug toward Reildersburg, where ther is a column ready to oo-operate with the other British forces. Lord Kitche ner in another dispatch report that Boer attacked the post near Barberton. The British casualtta wera tlire killed, five wounded and 18 taken pri. oner. The captuied men hav sine been released. Th Boer raided the Riverton road station December 11 They are being iollowed up. Geueral Kitchener's message Indi cute thai Dewet ha again evaded Knox, After the latter bad foiled the Boer general at Coomassie drift, th Boer eem to hav doubled back, crossed the Calodon rivet elsewhere, and turned theho northwest in tb direction of Reddersburg, tbe memor able scene of the British disaster in April, when Dewet captured th Brit- un tunes. Tragedies on Shipboard. Ban Francisco, Dee. J 7, Th Irit our deputation there In tha work they j which hava before them. Vice-President 1 rtl.viTl im ,ro"! Scbalknlrgor ba ben .worn in, ac j M Jb,M tragi .ntrie. in her tahbed r. C. Ilsglund. bl shipmate. WRECK IN MONTANA. Five Pssssnger Were Killed la Great North. ra Accident. Great Falls, Mont., Deo. 14. Great Northern passenger train No. 8, West' bound, was wrecked about 4 o'chrck this morning near Brockton, 81 miles east of Glasgow. Five passenger are reported killed anil many Injured, Tbe cause ol the wreck i said to have been a broken rail. Railroad oRtciult ber claim not to bave any information of the aocideut. Later Information state that tht train wa running about" 45 mile an hour, making op lost time, when truck broke down ' while passing witch, Tbo engine and three cars parsed over iu safety, but the next lour pitched over an embankment. Three sleepers remained ou the rail. The bodies have been taken to Glas gow, where the inquest will be held. Tortured by Small Boys, Sun Jose, Cal., Deo, 11. Alfred Kern, a 10-year-old boy, was' caught by three young boy tht afternoon ar ba wa on hi way home from a kin- aergarten eoiiooi ami sunjooled to a terrible torture with burning matches. Hi (ace wa burned almost beyond recognition, and bi condition 1 re garded a aerlous. Tba police are ea rob lug for hi assailants, who hav thu fur sucoeeded iu escaping. Pioneer Telegrapher Dead. New York,' Deo. 14. Robert L. Tlge, who established the first tele graphic system in South America, if dead at hi home here. He was born in Dublin. At the outbreak ot the civil war be enlisted in the Fortieth New York regiment. In : 18(16 bt entered tbe employ of Adrain C. Morse and went to Chile and Peru, where he established telegraphic system. For 18 year he had resided in this city. cording to law, and la now acting as stata president. II is now assisted by tha state secretary, two member ot tha executive council, Lucas Meyer and nivelf, and other officials, in short' our government exist in the name way as before and 1 now In my imme diate neigbboihood am in direct com munication with me, " "Let th blood of our brave dead al waya by a strong voice indue every burgher to right for liberty. Wa bave nothing left to lost, but everything to win. Tb government I most firmly decided to continue the struggle. I m convinced the burgher will ap plaud thl decision and act accordingly j noiti tne eon. , uurgnerf are warned while tha latter wa asleep in his bunk. Leaving bt iheatb-knife In bi vioiun urease, to murderer rax) dp on deck, jumped overboard, and wa drowned, despite effort to reach bim with a lifeboat. No one ou board of tha thlp know ot the motive. The second tragedy occurred " August 1. Salvatort Servls full from tha toreyard truck tha deck and fractured bl thigh and received Internal injuries WhloU caused bi death Correcting en Extradition Treaty. Waahington, DeevlT. A treaty ha been concluded between Mia United State and Great Britain amendatory again the tin word used by the en amy todetaive them and to make them , 01 th" existing extradition treaty aud put down their arras, because, accord-1 intended to correct certain lroperfec ing to the proclamation of Roboits, ! tlon In that instrument, developed by they will all b transported to St. Wont experiences. The change do Helena or Caytos) a prisoners of wsr. , not materially affect the scope or prin Our aause, however, precarious, is not dple of tbe existing treaty, th chief hopeless if every burgher only does bi Item in the list being provisions clas duty. The Lord is sura to give a Hyln a a rrime subject to axtradi biessed end in bis own time and iu bis tion the obtaining of money under false pretenses. At present tha treaty makes extradltionable the reception of money obtained under false pretenses and omit tbe principal in tbe crime, constituting a manifest absurdity. To correct thl the amendment I made. own way. ROBBED THE MAIL CAR. Postal Clerk a th Cotton Belt Railroad lint Was Nearly Killed. Texarksns, Ark., Deo, IB A bold robbery on the Cotton Bolt radioed oc curred today at Bnasetla, Tex., 80 mile south ot Texarksns, on the train coming north, in which Postal Clerk John II, Deuui wa almost killed and mail pouches of tbe ear rifled of their Grounding of th Garonne. Seattle, Deo. 17. Letters bav been received iu thi city announcing the giounding ot tha United State trans port Garonne on the northern coast of Luzon. She struck twice, being res- 'cued both time by the Yorktown A DRITlSil 1)151 Clements Force Defeated Boeri Under Delearey. by WERE HEAVY LOSSES ON BOTH SIDES English Forced to Abandon Their Position General Preach With Reinforcements Has Cone to the Rcscu. content.. Th amount stolen is not ; The second time the Yorktown' cable kuown, 1 A tha train left the Da melts caught in the Garonne' wheel, causing water tank at 8 A. M., tha express and mail car were separated from the tiain, but tha train crew soon had them coupled again, in tha ran from there to Texarksns, the coaches were uncoupled twice in very mysterious ber tb United State transfer clerk went to th door ot the mail car and knocked for tba potil clerk to opto it. No response wa given. Official then forced an entrance and were astonished a further delay ot 18 hour. The let ters also tell about a hard march ot the American - troops under General Hall. Th line ot march wa over ateep mountain for. distance of 45 mile, taking In all six days. , At the conclusion. 165 men were un cat treatment for several daytu . Search for Hidden Gold. Pekio, Dec. T7- A -few day ago til HrfHiih erttnna vam nntiflaA to find Clerk Demit, stretched upou th sUmo, e . )gre amount ot treasure noor. apparently oeaa. a nurrieo ex-, 20 mljei nortlwMt of here. Colonel London, Deo. 17. Lord Kitchener report that, after severe fighting at Nooitgedaobt, General Clements' force were compelled to retire by Command snt Delarey, with a force of 3,500 men. five British oflioers were killed. Tha other casualties were not reported. Lord Kitchener' official dispatch to . tb wsr office i a follows: "Pretoria, Deo. 15. Clements' fore at Nooitgedacht, on the Magaltes' Berg, wo attacked at dawn today by Delarey, reinforced by Beyer' ooin- . roando from Wurmbatii, making a fore estimated at 2,600. Though th first attack waa repulsed, the Boer managed to get to tb top ot the Mag- alies' Berg, which wa beld by four : oompanies of tha Northumberland fusi- -Hers, and wera tbu able to command Clements' camp. He retired on liek- i poort, and took up a position on. a bill . in tba center ol the valley. Tb casualties hava not been com- - pletely reported, but the flgbtlug wa very severe, and I deeply regret that Colonel Legge, of tha , Twentieth hu sun, and Captain Moliean, Murdooh ami Atkinson wer killed.' " Lord Kitchener also report that tha . Boer made an attack and wera re pulsed at Lychtenberg, and that Gen eral Le miner waa killed. Attack upon Bethlehem and Vrede wer also repulsed, tha Boers losing 10 killed and 14 wounded. Yrybetd wa attacked December 11. Sniping continued when tbe message wsy dispatched. The scenes at the war omca today recall those witnessed In the early stage of tha war. A constant stream of exoited people filled tba lobbies, all seeking details of tha disaster. The absence of the name of any of the offi cers of tb Northumberland fusilier in General Kitchener's dispatch lead to th foreboding that the four com- -ponies of the fusilier mentioned ara in tha band of tb Boers. Tbe war ' ollice officials evidently expect a heavy ' casualty list, but they are hopeful from tn fact that Ui dispatch does not mention the capture of tbe Northum berland that inch a great catastrophe baa been escaped. f OrdiJrs were) Issued at Aldershot, ... Malta and other military center to; dispatch all tha available mounted in faotry to South Attica. It is reported that General Knox, co operating with the British column at Reddersberg, ba (topped General Dewet, and that a battle is proceeding. The report adds that many of Gen- aral Dewet' follower have been oap- " tured. The scene of the fight is ominously close to Pretoria. Nooitgedacht is only 83 mile northwest oi Pretoria. amination showed that the registered pouches bad been ripped open and robbed of their contents, -th most valuable of which wa the Wnyu- Memphis pouch, oontaiuing a large number of valuable package. A phy sician wa sent tor and it was found Tultock and 100 men left today to in vestigate the truth of tha report. Colonel Tullook requested, however. that SO extra men be detailed. It is believed that a large amount ot gold and valuable were burled at that inolnt hv iMrtnni eonitAfMit with Ik. that Dennis wa alive but unconscious, j Chinese court dnring lb recent flight. An ngly wound on tha top of his bead j The information regardiug the treasure told the story. Two hour, after ha ; w woeiv,d (ron) , foruJM offl. wa taken to the hospital be revived'' .int. ' anougn to give tne detail oi cue roo- bery. Just a the train parted at BnssottieJ tank, Deuuis went into the vestibule of the mail oar to stir op the Ore. When be opened the vestibule door he saw two men standiug by the stove. One Trial Trip of th Alabama, Philadelphia, Deo. 17. The Unit ad State battleship Alabama sailed today from Lengu Island navy yard for New York, where she will await further order. She will make a of them dealt him a terrible blow over j 1,1 on the run. which will begin King Milan to Marry Again. London, Dec. 14. The Vienna cor respondent ot the Dully Chronicle, says a rumor Is in cioruhition in the Aus trian capital that ex-King Milan it about to become engaged to Mini Atsol, an Amerioan heiress. New Gold Field Discovered. . Dewet and Knox Still Fighting. London, Deo. 13. The Evening Standard inya that the battle between Spokane, Wash., Deo. IS. A special General Knox and General tiewet con-, to the Chronicle from Nelson, Wash., tinues, and that the force exchanged brings news of a stampede np Fourth ground incessantly. Lack of definite of July creek, a branch of the Kettle information la said to be due to the ab-1 river. Shot gold has been discovered Bonce of telegraphic communication , with ground running 10 to the cubic with tbe scene ol action. While the yard. Diggings in that vicinity bave war office is niont reticent on tha sub ject, there are Indications that the offi cials bave received now suggesting considerable British success. been seoretly worked by George Ar- nott, an old miner, for three or tour years. It Is estimuled that ba ba cleaned up (10,000. , the head with a heavy fire shovel Tbe first blow felled bim and be was than quiokly beaten iuto a seiiseloes condition. Word reahced here at noon that two suapeott hava been arrested at Naples, near the not no of the robbery,. but none of the stolon paokaegs was found. : -' American Arrested In Caps Colony. London, Deo. 16? The Capo Town correspondent of the Daily Mail reports the airest at Worcester, Cape Colony, of Harold Dnrrinipile, alleged to be au Amerioan, on a charge of fomenting an Afrikander rebellion. "Tile arrest,'' says tha dispntoh, "has, .made a great sensation, aud startling disclosures tire promised," Held Up Box Office. Sioux City, la., Dec. IS. During the performance of "Shore Acres" in the Grand Opera bouse In this city to night, two masked man entered the box office, assaulted, beat and shot tha treasurer, Harley 8. Rounds, and escaped without getting any cash. Rumor of British Defeat. London, Deo. 15. The Daily Express publishes a rumor ot a serious dis aster to the British arms. - According to this raoort, the Boers attacked the camp of General Clements, in the Bar berton district, cupturing the camp, killing a number of British officers, and tuking prisoners all the Britiuh troops,' including four companies of the Northumberland fusiliers. The story Is not confirmed in any quarter, and i not generally believed: . as soon a she passes out to sea. After the sea trial ia completed the vessel' course will be shaped further out to sea to avoid shipping, as all of ber gun and turrets are to be tested. If tha teport is satisfactory, it is probable that the battleship will be ordered to Hampton Roads to join tbe North At lantic squadron. .. Anti-Foreign Plot In Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Deo. 17. The city was plaoarded today with statements incit ing the people and the member of the secret societies to unite and rise during the month of January and drive out all the foreigners. Crowds gathered about the placards, but no actual outbreak Is reported. English Los Heavy, f London, Deo. 17. Lord Kitchener reports that 18 officer and 555 men are missing from General Clements' force. They consist ot four companies of the Northumberland fusiliers. Judging from the message those were captured by the Boers. Clements' casualties December 15 amounted to Ave officer and ntn men killed and many apparently wounded. French Gou to th Rescue. . . Johannesburg, Deo. 17. The battle, till continues within a few mile from Krugersdorp. General Clement ha asked for reinforcements, and mounted men under General Frenclr bave already gone. There bave been many casualties on both aide. It is estimated that the Boer number 2,800. Wisconsin's Vols, Madison, Wisconsin, Doc, 17. Tbe total vote of Wisconsin, as Officially oanvassed, was 425,151. MoKlnley plurality wa J00.681. LaFollette, Republican, for governor, has a plural ity of 103,745. , Oxford Beats Cambridge, London, Deo. 17. The annual Rug by football match between Oxford and Cambridge took plaoe today at the Queen's club. A muguifloeut game was won by Oxford by two goals to goal and a try. There was large and fashionable attendance. t Nordenskjold's Expedition. ' Chrtstlauia, Deo. 17. The Antarctic xpeditlon, headed Cy Dr. Otto Nor ieuksjold, will leave In August. Montana Town Shaken. Guthrie, Mont., Dec. IT. The In habitants of the town of Cushion were awakened this morning by ia peouliax wave-like motion and trembling of the- earth. Many of them mulled into tbe streets, so badly were they fright ened. No damage wa done. IncresM In Wages. Calumet, Miob, Deo. 17. Comment ing January 1, the Calumet & Heola Mining Company will increase th wage ot its 4,000 employes per cent. Last March th company raised the wage of its employes 10 per cent. Paddy Ryan Dead. Albany, N. Y.. Deo. 17. Paddy Ry. an, at one time champion pugilist of the world, who was defoated by John L. Sullivan, in their famous tight in Mississippi some year srgo, died at hi home in Glen Falls, N. Y this after, noon. Earthqusks In Missouri, Joplin, Mo., Dec. 17. An earth quake shock lasting nearly a minute wa experienced in thi city at 7:45 o'clock this morning. The motion ' was from north to south, and of a quivering nature, . No Lives Wer Lost San Franaisoo, Deo. 17. One ot the severest storm which has ever visited San Francisco broke over tbe city at an early hour this morning and continued until noon in fitful gusts, rain and wind sweeping over the city with unusual violence, and being ac companied by thunder aud lightning. a rather nnnsdal occurrence in thi part of the country. At one time rain toll in such torrents that many thoocUt 4 cloudburst was imminent, .