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VOL. XVIII.
ST. HELENS, OKEGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1900.
NO. 2.
RR Of THE 1
From All Parts of the New World
and the Old.
Or INTEREST TO OUR MANY READERS
Compreheiulv Review of th Important Hap.
pcningi of th Put Week In a
Condensed Form.
In ruy, SI, 000 person hav iworn
illeganoa. '
Moroooo pay the American Indem
titjr claim.
Ashland, Or., voted against Mean
lug saloon.
Th Boer raided Cape Colouy at two
separate point. -
Tba misunderstanding at Pekln wa
Jut to a cable error.
Duly S Uvea were lo In tbt found
ring of the Gueiseuau,
Tba French chamber of deputie
adopted tba amenity bill.
Tba return of volunteer wll cause
reuewed insurgent activity.
Colorado capitalist bare bonded tba
old Oeut mine, lu Kaalern Oregon.
Reapportionment bill reported givea
' Waabington no extra ouugresainnn.
Railway brotberbooda will ak tba
Santa Fa to re-employ ita operator!.
Tba naval construction board reoora
mend four award for warship eon-
truotion.
Superintendent Calbreth, of Oregon
loaano aaylatn, baa lubiulttod bi an
oual report.
Farmera' Institute waa held at Staf
, ford under aoapicea of the Oregon agrl
enilural collage.
Washington couutv, Oregon, baa
offered 1500 reward for the arrant of
tbe'tnurdoter of Andrew Da hi berg.
Two transports will atart in a few
day from Manila for fan Francisco
witb 1.000 sick and wonnded eoldiera,
Tba erbooner 1'ioneer, lomber-ladeo
for San Francisco, weut ashore on the
Ncstoco beach during the receut
torm.
Associate Supreme Court Justice
George C. Ludlow, ex-governor of New
Jersey, died at bit realdeuue lu New
Brunswick, N. J.
Tba stranded bark roltallocb, on
Wllltpa harbor, withstood the recent
gala good. In tact aba is in better po
sition than before.
Fira in East Providence, R. 1., de
stroyed a wbarf on which there was
2,000 tons of ooal. Tba loss is esti
mated at 200,000.
Two highwaymen who stopped a
boggy near l'ortlaod, upon discover
ing that it contained two ladies, apolo
gised and allowed tbetn to drive on.
Loot aenl to Franca will be embar
goed. American wheat vUiblj shows a de
crease. .
The Monro dootrin may be applied
to France. : -
Tba Boera were defeated la a battle
at Orange river.
A third negro was lynched by the
Itockport, Ind., mob.
In th sinking of th Gnelsenau, 186
persona wer drowned,
There is no prospect of pasalng tba
subsidy bill this session.
The steamer Alpha waa wrecked on
tba Vancouver island coast.
Major-General John O. Park died
at his home in Washington.
The Porto Rico oas la before tba
United State supreme court.
Congressman Bon telle waa plaoed
on the retired Hat of the navy.
The military commission begins lta
investigation in the Boos basing.
Fresh instruction sent to Conger
will clear tba way ol all obstacles.
A oure for strikes waa discussed by
tha arbitration conference at Chicago.
Preparation are being; mad for de
velopment of natural gaa near Rosalia,
Wash., , -;,
A Washington oounty farmer waa
murdered by a shot fired through his
window.
The official report of tha finance of
tba Pari exposition, shows a loss of
2,000,000 frano.
The Oregon supreme court decided
that tha Portland vehicle license ordi
nance waa invalid.
Five oases of whst 1 believed to be
buhonio plague have developed In Tucu
man, in the Argentine Republic.
The official of the Santa Fa and
tha officers of the different trainmen's
organisations will hold a conference in
Chicago.
Seven hundred Boers have crossed
from Orange River colony Into Cape
Colony near Aliwal North, and have
reached Kaapdal.
President McKlnley expeota to ar
range his Western trip so as to be in
Ban Francisco to witness th launch
ing of tha battleship Ohio.
Twenty-five terra cotta statue in
the Boston museum of fin art prove
to be bogu.
To the naked eye not more than
9,000 stars are ordinarily lviihle. A
werful teleicop will reveal 6,000,00
stars at onoe.
In China anyone who writes an im
moral book is punished with 100 blows
' the heavy bamboo and banishment
for life. Anyone who Mat' it 1 also
punished.
LATER NEWS.
Conger was Instructed to sign th
now.
Ther I another bitch in th Chines
negotiation.
Troop are being couoentrated In
northern Cap Colony,
Tha English war olllce baa arranged
reinioro Kitchener at onoe.
Nicbola Darnell, a pioneer of East
ern uregon, 1 dead, aged 68 year.
Governor Uerak Pacific Northwest
tatn to join Oregon In celebration of
wwii and Clark centenuial.
A mob at Gulf Port, Miss., lynched
a negro, it now appear that he was
in wrong man.
Th supreme court of Ohio ha dis
missed 11 v oases brought under tba
trust law of that ttute.
It 1 probable that th president will
visit Portland and th Pugat sound
cities on hi trip in May.
Bute Of Washington pay $11,800
sugar bounty to local sugar beet fao
tory for Spokane county crop.
Th controller of the ourrenoy has
appointed a receiver for th Anieriosn
National Bank of Baltimore. It la
thought that depositor will be paid in
lull.
Tbe aiming telegraph operator on
th Bant F have given up th fight.
Ihelr place bava been tilled by new
man.
Over 1,000 Christian are reported to
bav been massacred by Turk. Th
Turkish autborltle show the uttnotrt
indifference.
Tha United State gunboat Anapolia,
whloh went aground opposite Lam
bert'i point, Va., haa been floated. It
la not thought that the vessel 1 in-
lured.
A dispatch from Tien Tsin says:
"Prince Cbing asserts that Emperor
Hwang Hsu, unaccompanied by th
Km pros Dowager, left fcinan Fu De-
camber 19, bound for Ptkin."
The dead body of Peter F. Johnson
waa found in a water ditch on Park
avenue, Puyallup. Tbe presumption
I that Johnson fell Into the ditch and
waa unable to rescue himself.
A ooal mine under th city of Pitts
burg, Pennsylvania, ba partially
oaved in, allowing part of th principal
atreet of the town to fall Into the mine.
It is feared other section wilt also
aink.
Following th break of tbe Luln is
land dyke, Hood have oaused further
damag to th seawalls protecting th
farmer of the Fraaer river valley.
Owing to high tide, strong wind and
heavy rain, th land bav been badly
flooded, and tbe village of Stevenson
1 thro feet nnder water.
All th ministers at Pekln have
signed th joint note.
England ia alarmed over tba Boer
Invasion of Cape Colony.
Tha senate committee mad many
ohanges in tha army bill.
Th Morans, of Seattle, will not get
th contract for new warship.
Speaker Henderson Is opposed to en
largement of th Portland postoffic.
The river and harbor bill will not be
made publio until after th holiday.
Martin Stick!, th aelf-confessed
Castle Rock assassin, will be banged.
A company has been organised in
Iowa to build Bah cannery in Alaska.
Senator MoBride has asked for large
appropriation for customs service
launch at Astoria.
Tbe Booth-Kelly Lumber Company
will ohanga it headquarter from Sag
inaw to Eugene, Or.
Anna E. Smith, wa appointed post-
mlnstress at Cams valley, Or., vie
H. Allison, resigned.
Tboma Parker, a native of England,
wa frosen to death near th mouth of
Whit river, Klondike.
Sample of two dangerous countei felt
silver coins have been obtained fioin
Portland and Sopkaue.
A collision occurred on the Sumpter-
Baksr City road in which two locomo
tives wer slightly damaged.'
Memorial service wer held at the
Oregon university in honor of Henry
Villard, on of th oolleg' greatest
benefactors.
It is announced that th total tax
able property In th city of Salem,
Or., will be approximately $330,000
less than last year.
A pitched battle 1 Imminent be
tween th British nnder General Cle
ments, who bis been reluforoed, and
th Boers nnder Geneial Delarey.
Th clearing home bank st Tacoma,
bav decided that alter January 1,
they will accept Canadian silver at par.
Heretofore it haa been taken at 6 per
oent diicounl.
All attempt to float th British
iteaiuer Laura, Captain Yule, from Sa
vannah via Norfolk for Bremen, ashore
on the coast of Holland, near Petton,
have been unsuccessful.
Tbe steamer Surah Dixon collided
with th breakwater neai Mount Coffin,
on the Lower Columbia, and now real
in IS feet of water. This 1 the steam
t' second experience nnder water,
Tbe agricultural departmment hai
established at Washington a laboratory
for tatting all tort of road material
The Immigration bureau' ha al
lowed oontraot laborer from : Porto
Rico to land in th United States a
citizen.
Tbeoost of th pnbllo school of
Greater New York for th year 1001
will ba $17,700,1)78. The number of
pupils in tha aohool 1 estimated at
408,118.
hie -mm
They
Pay Eszagul Indemnity
Claim of $5,000.
THE RESULT Or A STR0N0 PRESSURE
Turkey, However, Refuses to Agree t th
Claim of th United States nd Ad
ministration Officials Olv Up.
Washington, Deo. 20, A message
from United Ktates Consul Guramerl,
at Tangier, inform the state depart
ment that the Moorish government bad
settled the claim of the United States
foi $5,000 Indemnity on account of
the murder of Marcus Eszagni, a nut
n rallied American oitiaen, in Moroooo
last spring.
Easagoi wa of Frenoh birth, but th
fact that fa wa naturalised and an
American citizen relieved the French
government from tha necessity of Join
ing in th demand for Indemnity. Th
Moorish government pleaded as a
basis for Its first deolinstion to pay th
taot that th man was killed, not by
Moorish olllcers, but lu a fight with
the rabble. Tb claim for indemnity,
however, wa based on tb failure of
tbe Moorish government to make any
effort to arrest or punish th prepetra
tor of th murder. The navy depart
ment, at tbe instance of th state de
partment, wa making airangements to
send a naval vessel to Morocco to give
moral support to the demands of tb
American consul for a settlement.
The president today appointed John
O. A. Leisbman, now minister to Swit
zerland, to be minister to Turkey. It
is recalled that when Minister Strauss
came back to tba United States and
resigned in disgust at hi inability to
clone np tb Turkish claim, tb Im
pression wa seml-oUicially given thst
no imnister would lie named to snooeed
btm until the Turkish government had
met our demands. After waiting a
long time, the Turkish government
itself was obliged to take notice of the
diplomatic manifestation of th dis
pleasure of th United States, evi
denced by tha absence of Mr. Strau-s
from Constantinople. Therefore, it
oaused tba announcement to be made
that it bad terminated the ministerial
office of All Ferrouh Bey, the minister
resident here. But to prevent tbe
issue from becoming too acute, It at
tbe same time named Shekth Bey a
minister to Washington. But Shekib
thus fur has not left Constantinople,
and All Ferrough Bey remains in
Waabington, although, as be frankly
state, he is nothing more than a
charge d'affaires for tbe moment. It
Is expected that Shekib Bey now will
come to Washington, or that th for
mer minister will be recommUsioned,
which in either oase might be taken
as a sign that a settlement bad been
reached of the mission claims, nnder
th purchase of a warjhip, or in some
outer nnoulolai manner.
Turkey Will Not Pay.
New York, Deo. 20. A peoud to
tb Herald from. Washington aaya:
Payment of tb missionary claims
pending against Turkey is no longer
expected by tbe administration. Al
though tbe aultan entertained tha ofll-
oer of tha Kentucky in truly royal
style, he did not let the presence of the
battleship have any effect upon his
pooketbook, and still holds tb $00,000
hich American missionaries assort is
the value of personal and missionary
property destroyed six years ago. -Tbe
belief of the administration ia that
Turkey will not settle th claims arts
lng out of tha reported purpose of
Great Britain to picas the missionary
claim of her subjects against the sub-
Urn porta. It Is stated that it an
other nation begin to pros ita claims,
the sultan will probably decline to set
tle those of the United State.
TWO HIGHWAYMEN KILLED.
A Mexican Miner Thereby Saves $3,000 ia
Currency While Going to HI Mine,
Chicago, Deo. 20. A special to the
Reoord, from Parrall, Mex., aays: G.
E. Keernsy was going out to hi mina,
20 mile from Parrall, Friday, to pay
off hi employe. He bad about $3,000
In Mex loan ourrenoy, which ha had
tied firmly to the bottom of hi waon,
put -his pistol in bia coat sleeve and
started out.
When he had gone about half way
two Mexican suddenly confronted him
and ordered biiu to get out of th wag
on. He obeyed and the bandit
searched hi person with no result.
Knowing he must have some money
they proceeded to search hi baggage
and other effects. While they Were at
thl task Keernsy drew hi revolver
from hi coat sleeve and fired. HI
attack wa so sudden the men did not
have time to act, and both were in-
stoutly killed
Wster Stars la Nevada.
Washington:, Deo. 18. Repiesnnta
tlvo Newlanda today introduced a bill
for the construction of reservoirs for
the storage of water on the Humboldt
liver, in Nevada, and( for the disposi
tion and settlement of publio laud
within reach of the stored water. '
No Duty on Christmas Present.
Washington, Dec. 20, Th war de
partment has Issued an order providing
tor the admission into Cub ml tlia
Philippines Ire of duty of packages
and artlolea cleat ly intended a Christ
mas present for the officers and en
listed men of the army and navy and
for other employe of this government
now serving in these islands. Tha pro
vision will terminate as to Cnba Feb
ruary 18, and a to the Phillppl )
March 15 next.
STICKEL WILL BE HANGED.
fat of Sclf-Confessed Castl Rock Assassin-
Defeat Was Hereditary Insanity.
Kelama, Wash., Deo. 21. "Guilty
ss charged" wa the verdict of the
jury at 9:80 o'clock tonight in the case
of th state of Washington against Mar
tin Btlokel for the murder of William
B. Sbaoklin.
Stiokel 1 tbe most notorious and
cold-blooded criminal ever tried In the
courts of Cow I its couutv- A year ago
but November, William B. Shank lin
wa killed at bi bom near Kelso,
and bl boose . wa burned over hi
dead body. H wa hot at night
while eating (upper. The case wa
shrouded in mystery, and no clew to
tba murderer could be obtained. On
tb evening of November 28, 1900, Mr.
and Mr. Cornelius Knapp, an aged
couple, living near Castle Rock, were
killed while at th supper table in the
asm manner aa Shanklin was on year
before. It wa evident tbat the same
man had committed both crimes.
Sheriff Klrby and Detootira Sam Sim
mon traced the crime to Martin
Stiokel, who lived on a scow near tbe
moatn of the Cowlits river. Stiokel
wa arrested. He maintained bia in
nocence until ounfronted witb the fact
tbat hi watch and key had been iden
tified a having belonged to Shanklin,
tbe murdered man. Tben he made a
partial confession, and Implicated hi
neighbor, Ed Pierce.
After hi prellimnary trial, he wa
taken to tha Pierce oounty jail for lafe
keeping. There he joined tbe Salva
tion Army and mad a fall confession,
admitting that h did tb killing in
both tb Shanklin and Knapp murders,
and that he was alone in tb matter.
When arraigned in the superior court
today, on the adivoa of his counsel he
pleaded not guilty, and bia case was
tried upon tb evidenoe, - which was
overwhelmingly against him. The de
fense mad an unsuccessful attempt to
wove tbat tha man bad inherited a
criminal disposition to the extent tbat
he waa not accountable for bis actions.
Mis mother testUed tbat before bit
birth and during gestation she was
mad at everybody and tbat tbe child
was born sick and was always an un
natural ohild. Tbe jury waa out but
one hour. Tbe prisoner was sentenoed
by Judge Miller to be hanged on a date
to ba hereafter fixed, not sooner than
80 day nor later than 90 day from
data.
An Austrian Airship.
New York, Deo. 21. A dispatch to
tbe Journal and Advertiser from Vi
enna aaya an Austrian engineer, Wil
liam Kieas, ha invented an airship
wbloh 1 pronounced to be better than
Zeppelin's. Tbe emperor' attention
being called to tbe model, ne ba ue
. . j
com inuon interested, ana express
tbe belief that it would be successful.
Kress did not have money to build a
Urge ship, and the emperor laid he
would fix that, and oontribted $1,000
out of bis own pooket. Numerous
other followed suit, and Kress will
build tba abip.
That Telegraph Error.
Waabington, Deo. 91. It I now
learned that the entire misunderstand-
inn which haa delayed tba oonsnmma'
tion of th agreement at Pekin was
caused by the change or omission of
th single digit in a complex group of
figure making np one of tbe cipher
messages of instruction to Mr. Conger.
Durloualv enousb. the change in this
sinnle di.it exactly reversed the mean
Ins of the entire message, so that Mr.
Conner, in opposing tbe English view,
was aoting exactly contrary to the
spirit of bis instructions, though in ac
cordance with tneir letter.
A Gernuia Cuuonhip.
Berlin. Dec. 20. The Deutsche Co
lonial Blatt publishes an order of Em
peror William forbidding officers and
officials, including those on the retired
list in the colonial serivoe, to print
anvthlne about tbe colonies without
the consent of tbe minister of war, or
tbe minister of marine, who must first
obtain permission from the imperial
ohanoelllor.
Not S Bad as Reported.
Madrid, Deo. 80. An official dis
patch from -th prelect ol Malaga
show tbe loss of life by the foundering
of the German training frigate Gneise-
nau off Malaga to be less than baa
haen renorted. Acooriing to thl die
natch. 85 fatalities resulted from the
accident, and 100 person were in
jured. New Mint Regulation.
Washington, Deo. 20. Tbe senate
committee on finance authorised a fa
vorable leport on the house bill giving
tbe luperintendent of ooinage at tbe
mints the right to exchange gold bars
for gold free of charge or witb charge,
at their discretion. The present law
makes the charge mandatory.
Dissatisfied With Von Wilder.
St. Petersburg, Deo. 21. The Novo-
Vremya observes thai tnere are evi
dences of discontent in all tbe armies,
including the German, with Field
Marshal von Waldersee prutauty.
The paper supports the demand that
each army act heneceforth on its own
responsibility.
Crushed to Death by Train
Vancouver, B. 0 Deo. 21 While
attempting to board a gravel train at
Barnet, Charles Mo Fee was thrown
under the moving train, the car pass
ing over bi stomach, crushing him to
death.
Patterson' Nom Initios Confirmed.
Washington, Deo. 21. Tha senate
bas confirmed tbe nomination of J. M.
Patterson to be postmaster at Th
Dalle. Or.
Have Turned the Tide by Enter
ing Cape Colony.
YEWS CAUSES MUCH ANXIETY IN LONDON
Qenenl Kitchener Is Said to Have Demanded
Heavy Reinforcements- A Pitched
Battle Seems Imminent
London, Deo. ' 92. Th war office
last evening could give no information
regarding the report of a Boer Inva
sion of Cape Colony. Th official ex
pressed the opinion, however, tbat tbe
newspaper accounts were exaggerated
and that probably tbe troops who- bave
been employed in chasing General
Dewet will be diverted to deal with the
invaders." Having regard to the cus
tomary method of the war office, this
can only be interpreted a confirming
the report.
Lord Kitchener, in th meantime,
keep tight rein over th news, which
increases the publio disquietude.
There is a persistent rumor tbat ba bas
demanded heavy reinforcements.
According to tba Dally Mail, private
telegrams received in London yester
day depict the situation in Cape Colony
as somewhat ominous. It seem that
tne Invading Boer are receiving con
siderable assistance from tbe iooal
Dutch, and that th troops at th
dispxal of tb British are not sufficient
to cope with any serious invasion. It
is believed tbat tb government has at
last awakened to the seriousness of th
situation, and 1 making great efforts
to have Lord Kitchener supplied with
horse and mule.
Tbe British loases at Nooitgedacht,
according to the official accounts, wer
83 killed and' wounded, with 44 miss
ing and (till unaccounted tor. It i re
ported thi afternoon that -General
Knox haa been foroed to abandon tbi
pursuit of General Dewet, owing to tbe
situation created in Cape Colony by
the Boer crossing the Orange river.
It is aid tbat 8,000 republican have
entered Cape Colony, and a similar
number have reached Pbllipstown.
The report adds tbat Dewet, witb
about 4,000 men, is northwest of Lady-
brand, and tbat an attack on Winbuig
is mometarily expeoted.
PROTECTION TO CATTLEMEN
A New Branding Bill Is Suggested That Will
Sav Them Many a Head
Portland. Dec. 23. It ba been sug
geated tbat a bill be passed at the next
legislature compelling cattle-buyer tc
brand atock either in their regulai
brand or a road brand before drivini
them out to tbe railroad. Thia Is t
matter in which all the stockmen o.
Eastern Oregon are interests 1, and
which should be agitated by men in
that business.
The lack of such a law ia a sou res
of much annoyance in tbat section,
every season, and should be reme
died. Representative Geer bas signi
fied bis willingness to introduce such a
measure, provided the stockmen will
get together and give him an outline ot
what is desired. The Harney Countj
Stockmen's Association should take
the matter up and formulate a bill, ai
it is of particular importance to the
members of the association. It should
bave their immediate attention, aa it
is not long until the legislature meets
hi January.
It is not a matter that the stockmen
of Harney county alone are interested
in, but Malheur oounty a well. Th
resident of that county should b
heard from as to their ideas and pleas
ure, therefore tlio ' time is none too
ihort to begin at once.
Tiku No Stock In Chittjes.
Paris, Deo. 22. The Frenoh govern
ment has given the most emphatic de
nial to those French papers whioh tried
to involve tbe American embassy in
the Paris disclosures in conneotioa
with the United States war depart
ment's knowledge of French govern-'
ment gun secrets, by offering the oroai
of tbe Legion of Honor to Lieutenant
W. 8. Sims, the formal United States
naval attache at Paris, whom La Press
describes as tbe person guilty of dis
closing the gun seoreta.
Umatilla Lightship to Be Replaced,
Astoria, Deo. 92. The lighthouse
tender Manzanita bas received instruc
tions to replace the Umatilla reef light
ship as soon as practicable. Tbe light
ship, which broke adrift some days ago,
is now at Port Angeles Captain Greg
ory baa all the necessary appliances oa
board, and will leave out on bis mis
sion at the earliest opportunity.
' Spanish Royal Marriage. '
Madrid, Deo. 98. In tbe senate to-
day the royal message read by General
Aaoarrag-, uo preiumr, -uouunuiusj ,
the marriage at an early date of th
princes of the Austria, heiress pre
sumptive to the throne, with Frinoe
Charles, second son of the Count ol
C'aserta, waa adopted by 157 vote
against 49.
Christians in Turkey Massacred by Moslems.
London, Deo. 23. A dispatch to
the Daily Express reports recent Mos
lem excesses against tba Christian pop-
lation of Turkey, in whioh 300 Chris
tian have been killed.
Chile Will Exhibit.
Valparaiso, Deo. 21. The chamber
of duputie bas passed a bill appropri
ating $500,000 for th Chilean exhibit
at tba Pan-American exposition in
Buffalo.
THE POPULAR VOTE.
McKlnley Plurality, According to th Present
Fijuru, Was 159424.
New York, Deo. 24. The Time thi
morning poblisbe table (bowing the
popular vote for presidential electors
In the recent election. Minnesota waa
tb last state to dealer ita vote, thl
not having been dona until yesterday.
In some states, a in Louisiana and
South Carolina, there were tb nomi
nation of but two parties. Republican
and Democrat, upon tht ballot; in
other state there were three or four.
and in aome eight.
The total vote, inolnding 0,311 scat
tering, waa 18,967,299. Of thi Mo-
Kinley received 7,217,077, and Bryan
0,857,868. Wool ley, Prohibitionist.
received, so far as reported, 907,868;
Barker middle of the road Populst, 50,
188; Debs, Social Democrat, 94,652;
and Maloney, Social Labor, 83,450.
McKlnley' plurality, according to the
figures of tb Times, was 859,824; Mc
Kinley's majority was 468,055.
In addition there were votes re-
tamed in five states for tbe candidates
it tbe National Union Reform party,
eth H. Ellis, of Ohio, for president,
and Samuel T. Nicholson, of Pennsyl
vania, for vice-president, and in two
states for tbe candidate of tb United
Christian party, J. F. 2. 'Leonard, of
Towa, for president, and John G.
Woolley, of Illinois, for vice-president.
WILL BE $400,000.
Amount Settled Upon for th Improvement ot
th Columbia River.
Washington, Deo. 94. 'jjh river
and harbor bill will contain an appro
priation of $400,000 for tbe moutb cf
tb Columbia, and a further provision
that tbia improvement be placed under
the continuing contract system until
completed. It is understood, however.
tbat tbe total amount of the contract
will not be as great as tbat recom
mended by tbe engineers. It will
probably be in tbe neighborhood of
$1,500,000. This cut in the estimate
ia very favorable to many other states.
Chairman Burton was anxious to
bave some repeal legislation to qualify
the large amount In tbe river and har
bor bill. One of the items which he
wanted repealed was tbe Dalles boat
railway. Tbe Oregon delegation in
sisted that It should remain until as
surance of some other project for over
coming tha obstruction could be bad.
This contention now prevails.
RICH STRIKE IN LUCKY BOY.
More Stamps Arc Sooa to Be Added to
Present Milling Faculties.
the
Blue River, Or., Dec. 94. A new
body of rich ore ha been (truck in
the last crosscut from tbe middle tun
nel in the Luckv Boy mine. This
crosscut haa been run in about 20 feet
towards tbe banging wall. A fine
body of tree gold rock, some of which
shows gold to tbe naked eye, ia re
vealed. A new tunnel haa been started
on the level with the top of tbe mill,
that will soon tap the pay chute nearly
100 feet below the upper tunnel. This
will soon be connected with the two
upper tunnels by an upraise, and thus
be made tha main woi-ing tunnel.
The tunnel can be extended into the
mountain for nearly J, 009 feet along
the course of the ledge, gaining a per
pendicular depth of nearly ,000 feet.
from 20 to 80 feet wide. Hundreds of
thousands of tons of ore can be taken
out without expense for pumping or
hoisting. An additional number of
stamps will be added to the present
mill tbe coming season.
Crashing of ore began December 19
last year, nni the plant haa neve
(topped an hour, day or night, since
except for slight repair or to clean up.
r Mystery Surrounds Boy's Death.
Chehalis, Wash., Dec 24. A boy
named Wileon met his death in the
Chehalis railroad yards In a mysterious
manner. He waa found about 9
o'clock, still alive, and carried into
the depot. He had been badly bruised
on one side. He died a few hours
10S "omB-
Negroes for Hawaii.
Chioago, Deo. 24. A special to tbe
Record from Nashville, Tenn., says:
About 900 negroes will leave Nashville
in the morning for San Francisco,
whence they sail for Honolulu. Tbe
negroes are going to work on sugar
plantations.
Scotch Steel Industry Suffering.
Glasgow, Deo. 24. Clyde shipbuild
ers recently plaoed orders for 150.000
tons of plates in tbe United States at
a saving of 50,000. The depression
in Scotch steal and iron trades is acute.
Fourteen furnaces will be damped at
tbe end of the year. The steel works
are talking of closing indefinitely.
Washington Man Dead In Pswson.
Seattle. Wash.. Deo. 24". Advices
hom Dawson state that Elbridge Baxt-
iett. 48 Tears, died there Novem
ber 85 of pneumonia, after a week's
illness. He was from Puyallup. He
has daughters in Puyallup or Tacoma.
Bartlett waa a member ol the Odd Fel
lows. He had been mining on Hunker,
but with only moderate success.
Advanc to Raisin Growers.
Fresno, Cal., Deo. 84. Local bank
ers have ai ranged to advance to tbe
Raisin Giowers' association $600,000,
as required to fulfill Its oontraots.
Sales bav been slow of late, owing to
the sluggishness, ot th Eastern mar
kets. The packers have taken 1,700
(airloads of raisins and paid for them.
About 600 oar loads more have been
packed, but there is a dispute be
tween the growers and packer about
the grades.
HIT I. DMIflfD
Senate Approves Hay-Pauncefote
Convention.
WAS ADOPTED BY A VOTE OF 55 TO IS
AD Amendments, Except Those Offered by the
Committee oa Foreign Relations,
Voted Down.
Washington, Deo. 24. After spend
ing the greater part of the past week
in considering the Hay-Pauncefote
treaty for the modification of the Clay-ton-Bulwer
convention of 1860, tne
senate consumed only one hour and
ton minutes in amending it and ratify
ing it as amended. During tbe time
there were several roll calla and viva
voce vote.
Tha first five of the roll call were
inly amendments offered by individual
enaturs and the last one of the resolu
tion to ratify tne treaty aa amended.
All tbe amendments except those of
fered by For Iter and reported by th
committee on. foreign relations, wer
voted down by majorities averaging
about 19. Tbe ratification resolution
waa adopted by a vote of 65 to 18.
The senate waa in executive session
for about an hour before the time for
voting arrived, listening to speeches
by Thurston, Gallinger, Wolcott and
Bard, explanitory of their altitude.
Tbe first roll call waa upon Elkina'
amendment declaring tbat "nothing
contained in this treaty shall be con
strued to prevent tbe United 8tstea
from acquiring at any time sufficient
sovereignty over the same to operate,
defend, fortify, protect and control said
canal or for any other particular as the
United States may deem best in Its
own interest." It was lost, 25 to 45.
The other amendment roil call waa
aa follows;
On Butler's amendment to strike out
section 7 of article 2, prohibiting forti
fication 26 ayes, 44 noes.
Upon Mason's amendment authoris
ing such protection of the United
States to discriminate in the canal
traffic, 27 ayes, 44 noes.
On Tillman's amendment authoris
ing defense and maintenance by th
United States, 27 ayes, 44 noes.
Allen's amendment amending ar
ticle 2 was voted down viva voce, aa
was also an amendment suggested br
Teller practically striking out all ol
article 2. Foraker withdrew bia
amendments because they were tbe
same as those reported by the commit
tee on foreign relations; Penrose, be
cause his were practically identioat
with Elkins', and Beveridge, because
his was covered by the second of th
committee. All amendments suggest
ed were voted upon, and those of th
committee adopted.
Allen asked for ibe reading of tha
treaty as amended. This request was
compiled with, and the vote waa taken
upon the treaty itself, resulting 55 for
and 18 against ratification.
FIGHT TO THE BITTER END
The Santa F Telegraphers Say They Win Keep
Up th Strike.
Chioago, Deo. 24. Tbe striking tele
graphers on the Santa Fe road rttolar
that they will continue tbe tight
against the road to the bitter end with
out reference to the results of the con
ference held here recently between th
committee representing tbe other or
ganisations of the road and Third Vice-
President Barr. This announcement
was made today by President Dolphin,
of the telegraphers, after receiving re
ports from Galveston, Fort Worth, To
peka and other points along the road h
did:
"We regret tbat the organisation do
not feel that thev can give active sup
port, but we do not propose to have
any controversy with tbem. There Is
no cause for the complaint made by
some of the members of the committee
tbat we did not notify them of out pur
pose to strike. We were not called
upon to do this, and there were good
reasons why we did not."
Prevented a Lynching.
Dallas, Tex... Deo. 24. At the trial
at Corsicana of Andrew Norris, a negro
charged with the mnrder of tha wife ot
J. L. Frenoh, a white farmer, a mob.
led by tbe dead woman's husband, at
tempted to take tbe prisoner from th
courtroom and lynch him. Tbe sher
iff's forces saved the prisoner. Gover
nor Bayers was appealed to and a com
pany of state militia is now guarding
th prisoner, courthouse and jail.
Row In Spanish Chamber.
Madrid, Deo. 24. During th dis
cussion In the senate of the royal, meg
aage announcing the marriage in tbe
near future of the princes of the Aus
tria, heir ' presumptive to the throne,
with Prince Chailea, second son of the
Count of Caserta, Senor Artega, a re
publican, raised a storm of protest by
recalling the conspiracy of the Burboa
princes against other Bourbon royal
lata, which he feared this marriage
would have a tendency to renew.
Amid insults from all parts ol th
house the speaker gave up the floor.
New Washington Postmasters.
Washington, Deo. 24. Tbe follow
ing Washington postmasters bave been
appointed:
O. N. Eriakson, at Auburn; A. B.
Sutton, at Dole.
Th Invasion Spreading.
Cape Town, Deo. 94. The invasion
of Cape Colony is spreading. It is re
ported that the Boers bave occupied
Colesburg, near th. Orange River Col
ony frontier,