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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, .