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TllK o: 13X71(1 30K bl VOL.' XVIII. ST. HELENS, OREGON, Fill DAY, JANLLAllY 4, 1001. NO. 3. 1fEV5 Or IIEI From All Parts of the New World "and the Old. '." :, ' ," ' v.. )P -INTEREST TO OUR MANT READERS Comprtluiulvt Review of th ImporUnt I1p. penlngs of th Put Week in ( Conitiwi form, , ' ", A eiMiuery will', ln fouiti1kd at En aue, Or. . , , . Prince Ttien aud Prince Chung have been arretted, ,- i'j ' '' New Zealand to South A (rli . will lend more troops Ya Helen wa ordered lo return to Siuan Fa to be executed. ' a Two men wer killed as the result ol in explosion in en Idaho mine. ,, The adavue guard of l'stiru sheep buyer have arrived at llcppm-r. Tin foreign minister 'believe Chin will accept th turma o( die unto. Fifty-two Pole have been arreted in Yieuua (or alleged- political couxpl- raoy. ' , ' '- ; !- Fir in Ran Claire. Wia.j destroyed ball tba buatueae aeutlou., 'i lie loss l $180,000. , ; . ,.- Tba Weston, Or., clioo will auk tba legUlatura to grant normal g atluate diplomat under fotiner conditions. An Mlsucctaafnt attempt waa mad to blow op hut 1 in ok Inborn terri tory. . A upot ba bet-U ai rested. Two noted Chicago acientUle declare after Ioiik experiments, that the beat luff of the heart la tinned by common aalt in tin blond. - James Patterson, Ar tlie punt four jreara city treaiturer of Almr.lwn, We nil., ie drad at lila , hum In tbat eity, aged 67 yetire,' , A shooting affmy occurred at Ilurke, Idaho, and a a rnnult I'earley Gordou and Charles Boi-k are in the hoapilal suffering from ahot wound. Alfred llarnuworth, editor and pro prietor of tba Iiondun Pally Mali, pre dict a complete revolution in journal lent dating tba coining cmitiiiy, . John Tiger, a full bloodeit In. lino, living In Indian tmi tori, while Intox icated, abot and killed three mou and wounded a boy. lie win captured. A asrloua rare wur la expected at Cemeiitvllls, a amnll Indiana town. The trouble waa c.m l ly tno negro getting liitox.k-m.il and trying to ill tliuldate all tlio white they met. . A French rtr-tiu lum-iit of 100 men on their way from Tien Tiu to If ung Tan, were lire. I upon by lloxort aa they an proachad a email village. On officer waa killotl and aunthi r, wounded. Tba Irom-b burned the village. Walib Jay, Indiana oli manager (or the Kitok filauii(ictiiriug Coutpauyof Wiiisboto, III., and a prominent bowl' er. waa arreated on a i limne of etnlici alement, irreferreil by 8, H. Kinchai t, preeident of tha conipany. Mr. Ulne- hart atntoa that tba alleged alioitaga Will not oxreed fB.OOO. 1 Dewet ia tba Raiding geuioe of tba Uoora. 4 Minlator Wu tbluka the jolut not fleniamla too mni'li. Mlunetola baa exi.erlenued tier Qiat bllaaard of tba year. The Jnpaneaa mluUter of communi cation baa resigned. Ppokaue baa decided to hold mlu- rut (air during 1U03. . Oregon haa paid out nearly $100,000 Publio altentlon in Gerniany ia oo- oupted wilb crime in higli circlea Kitchener reporta tbat Hour iuvaxiou Into Caps Colony haa beau checked. (iuriimuy wauta tha aullnu to pay Ui hill belore buying an American war amp. itaoeia ara acatterefl in the pro tucea of Tauay aud Cebo, I'billppiua U lauds. England will buy 60,000 hnrtoa and mnlea in the United (jtutoa for army In Bouth Africa : Delay in negotlationa haa canted great cbango of aentliuenla aa Kgnrda Chlua in Japan. . - ; i A tornado did great damago in Ala bama. N'owi la meager, owing to all Wirea being down. II. Pbolpa Whitmainh bna been ap pointed governor of the province of Benguet, Philippine ialuuda. V " ' Forty-five innurgeuta were killed aud pne American wounded in an euoouuter uear Gumibatan, Philippine itlanda. K. M. Southern, the well known ac tor, who ha been laid up (or route At in a by an aocideut, ia entirely recovered. A large' portion of the Pbilppiuia nitmt be abandoned unlea the rli( oi the army la immediate, eaye Secretary Hoot. . . , - -Tha polio are working on the cese of Long, the Portland burglnr roooutly arreated. It ia thought that charge of murder will be laid at hta door. ', The aalmon output iu the Northwest xoeeda that bl all farmer yeara. ''In Pru spin an income tag ia lovlod on all whciee income exceeds J2:'8 a year. ,. :; ! . . i;, - An agreement hna been ranched aet ting aaid 20,8:!8 a month for Count m Caatelluue, Jay Oonld'a daugtor. ., II. M. Hanua, ' brother nf the eena or. gave a C'levelnnd hoapital Northern J'entflo pr(rrod atooV vulued at If8s, 000.. .. -v ,. , 7 - UTER NEWS. Tha Pcraoton been called off. rtrotit oaritrlkebat iMKalaer la contemplating a viait nowo na atiirten a movoment to aupiireaa vtoa In that city. foiiitere may have to be called out iu quen a iuea in Keutooky t omlng Oregon IieulHlutura will I,. aaKao to louurt normal acbool at Hurna ftftwin liedfntJe. a noted Kntnirv ureouer, ia neao, agea 88 yeara, Adoorfllng (o'advicea from Dawion iininer noli atrlKe baa been nm.l. near tnure, ., Many Luzon lnmruenta have bn captured aa a result of auoutlug by Aiiiericnua, Kitohener reporta that no bmirreaa la mung made auuluxl lioer lm.dn In vape colony. , The floera captured the firttiab out pou al Helvetia, taking 200 nriaonera an silling bu. in an aiteroatloiL over a same of carda, a Houth Carolina aberiS aud two other men met death. The report that Germany ia netTotlat- llig to purchana the Oanteh Antillea li denied in olllcial Deumark cirolea. The mpreoa dowatt. r will not be al lowed to bave anything to do with tha naming of the new emperor of China, Fire In Kanrae City. Mo., for a time threatened aeveral bnalnemi ' block , but waa got under control with atnall loia. . Fevers anow atorma prevail in Colo rado, Miaeunrt. Iowa, Kaunaa and Ne- braaka. In plaoee railroad traflio la badly hampered. Tba United HUtea government bat made an offer of fil.OOO.OOO lor the DanUh Antillea. Thla price la aa high aa me oiiiciaia will go. A bill will be introduced at thf coming teralon ol tha Oregon legiala tore to reduce tha railroad fare from 4 to 8 eenta per mile. Tba Philippine coinmiwilon . bai added to the pending school bill a pro vialon for tha employment of 600 American teacbera, at aalariea rangiug trow $78 to $100 a month. A train on tha Uenderaon road wai wrecked two ml tea eaat of Ileudorton, K.T., and live peraona atirioualy Injured. A coupling pin placed in tlio awitob bog apparently by weckere canted the wreck. Rumora of a calduot crtala in 8pain inoreaaa. Kenor ISagaata, ex-premier, wbo haa finally broken alienee, declare that a change ol ministry la inevitable ! on account of the differenced in the cabinet, aa well aa la the ranka ol itt aupportera. Three children at Olympia were cre mated alive. There are aald io be 80,000 lepera In the archipelago. , Maaeacreaa ol native Chrlatiana in China ooutiuue. I , . , Clementa cannot' fare tha Boer, from Magaliea Burg. The lumber indnatry in Eastern Ore gou ia rapidly growing. A squadron of Yeomanry It aald to bave been oaptare d by Boer. Whlttnarth, the new governor ol Benguet, ia a i'.ritlau auliject. 8tocka of wool in the United States, exceed 1)50,000,000 pound-. A ' receiver waa appointed for th Old Town bauk, at Baltimore. The trial of Alvotd. the defaulting note teller, baa been poatpoued. Tba graudaon of ex-Attoruey-Genural Miller waa abducted by bla inothor. Kitchener ia making little progrea In driving the Boera from Cap Colony. Robert Taylor, a well known rest dent of Aabland, committed toioide. The bolliday ruah at the New York pontofllc waa tha greatest ever known. Three hundred students have been arrested in (it Petersburg for propagat ing (socialist dootrinea . Fontela, a Filipino refogee, aaya the United Btatea will nevei aucoeed in subduing the Philippine islands. - Congrera will be aaked to reoognia Ilohson' gallantry In sinking the Wer ruuao iu the harbor ol Santiago. ' Firo partially destroyed the Method ic Episoopal church (colored) ol Prov burued. , ,. . w ; . ' " In the event of Kngland rejooting'the Ilay-l'ituuoefote treaty a new one may be negotiated at the next aesaion of congieaa, ,.-' Boxera numbering S, 600 men at tacked a French oolunin. They were repulsed with heavy lose, leaving be hind them 1,000 dead and wounded. .. Inquiries into quartera moat likely to be correotly informed show that nothing ia known in , Parla to justify the report circulated in the United Htates that Padereweki, the pianist, waa killed In a duel in France. A baud of probably . 50 men foroed an entrance to tu ureen county, in., jail, with the intention of lynching a prisoner, but were foiled. The prison er had been, eeorttiy removen io an other jail.' t- K-- ; ;". King 'Victor, of Italy had a narrow escape from- drowning wnue viewing tbe flood iu Koine, Since the repeal of the Colorado law providing for capital poniabment there have been 78 murder in' Denver and vicinity. Ilorserhoes welubliig an ouno each and just a trida larger than a ailver dollar were turned out in a California shop for a Slietlaud pouy six mouths old. IMfllflD But Kitchener Cannot Drive Thern From Cape Colony. EFFECT Of KITCHENER'S PROCLAMATION Westward Movement of the Dutch From tha Vryburj District Dewtt la South, mtarn Orange River Colony. London, Dec. : 29. The latest di patches from rtootli Alrica show that Jjord Kitchener ha succeeded in bold log tha lioere in check. He haa not yet been snooeseful In expelling them Irom Cap Colony, while different oommandoea continue to dhrolav aston. tubing activity over an Immensely wide ueiu. It ia questionable whether hlsproc lamation will have much effect uutil General Dewet is captured. Tbe Boer are likely to reuard it aa a aiin of auknea aud to hure a wholesome dread ol vengeance if they surrender, Hie proclamation ia approved by the party ai noine tbat lavora conciliatory terms to tbe lioera aa a ateo in tbe right direction. (jueen Victoria, it 1 said, baa an proved tbe proposal to ioNtituI a new order ol knighthood to reward odlcers who bave carved In South Africa, 'be order will probably be oalled to Btarol Alrica. A dispatch from Vryborg. dated De cember 20, aaya that Boers in consider able mi in Iters were makingr a move- nent weatward. They bad 150 wagon, fhe dicputoh auggesu that they were trekking to Damans Land, altbooirb the Boera themselves deuied any such intention. Boers May Surrender. . Bloemfoutcln, Oranite River Colony. Deo. 29. There are renewed but on eon tinned rumora that General Dewet. President Stern aud Geueral Ilasbroek bave bad a conference and decided to offer to surrender, providing the colon. ial rebels are not punished, and the leader, including themselves, are not deported. Bear Attack Repulsed. , Cape Town, Deo. 29. A small party of doers attacked Burgbersdorn. on December 28. They were repulsed after heavy fighting. The Boera are active, and skinuiahes In aeveral place nave been reported, , ' ' Martial Law Proclaimed. Cape Town. Dec. 29. Martial Law baa been proclaimed in the district of Beaufort S eat and Carnovaran. CLAIMS AGAINST HAWAII. Chines and Japanese Want Pay for Property Destroyed During Bubonic Plague. Washington, Deo. 29. It ia expect ed that Governor Cole, ol Hawaii, will make a recoinmendatiou to tbe Hawaii an legislature, wbiob meets in Febru ary, fur the settlement of tbe claims ot Chinese aud Japanese growing out of th destruction of their proper'y at Honolulu at the time of the buboulo plague outbreak. H appear tbat the Chinese claims are leea than was at first estimated, ami tbat the total ol the Chiueae and Japanese claims are, approximately, $1,800,000. Tbe Chi neae government ban not been in I condition, of lute, to exert pressure in behalf ol the cluima of ita citixens, but the Japanese authorities have been ac tively looking out for the losses sus tained by their countrymen, and now teem to be iu a fair war of aeouring partial remuneration. Goveruor Dole suggested a abort time ago that the matter be re fa i rod to the Hawaiian leghilature, aud tbia waa approved by tbe official her aa the beat means ol adjuatiug the matter. v There appear to be little doubt that tbe legislator will authorize a settlement. ' Frozen to Death Near Dawaoa, Oregon City, Deo. 89, A Tacoma dispatch state that Harry Moffatr", ol this place, waa frozen to death some thing over two week ago near Dawson City. He had goue alone to Eureka creek for a hunt, and waa c iiinht in a suow s: or m and wandered aimlessly about fur two dure. He waa found by a rescue party with bis hands and feet bally froaen, but 'ded before they could reach Dawson. Excepting the dUptitrh, no new haa been recalved here by J. W, Jloffatt, brother of tbe reported, dead man. Hairy Moffat left her on the first trip of the Elder for the Klondike oountry, where he had aiuoa been' encaged in mining a ahoit distance from Dawson. F. F. White,- who left Dawson a few weeks ago, elates that .Moffatt occupied oabin adjoining hla own. ,. Turks AiMultcd a British Charge.' . Constantinople, Deo. 89. Some Turkish soldiers bave grossly assaulted and maltreated the British charge d 'affairs, Mr. -De Bulseu, and other members ol the llritinh embassy iu the vicinity ol tbe powder magazine at Makrikelu. . Sharp demands for re dress have been made to the Port. Santa Fe Buys a Line. Chicago,' -Duo, 89. Announcement was made today of the acquisition by the Atohisou, Topeka & Hnuta Fe Railroad Company of tbe Pecos Valley & Kortbeiixtern, whiuli runs from Ama t il Io. Tex , wl.ere it connects with the Santa Ke system, to l'eooa City, a distance of 8 IT milca. The price paid for the property oonld not be ascer tained, but it is understood that, the payment will he made in cash and gen eral uioitgnge bonds. ; KITCHENER'S TASK. Unable Yet to Drive Boers From Cape Col- ony Dliturbed Area Growing. London, Dc. 28. The panclty and obscurity of the diapalehea from Kontli Africa give rise to renewed anxiety, Apparently tbe disturbed area o( Cape Colony extends further south than it did last December, and Luid Kitch ener doea not appear to have much success aa yet in driving backy tbe in vader. ; The war office bad received no news last evening ol I he reported capture ot yoemanry near Uriatown, A Burgheadurp dlapatoh had a mya leriooa reference to an "unfortunate miataking of tbe enemy for lirabant' Horse, wbiob resulted in the sounding of 'cease firing' and enabled the Hoers to oocnpr the commanding poaltiona, the British retiring from a difficult predicament." General Clementa' success against the Boers In' tbe Magaliea Berg region ia also doubtful, tbe last diapatcb re porting that "it wa considered advis able not to force tbe Boera from tbeir position." ' . - .. - Tbe British prea continue in the main optimiatia, bub. the condition ol affair brings home the enoruiou diltl- ooltiea that will . face Lord Kitchener in patrolling and policing such im mense tracts of country, even when tha Boer shall ', be finally anbdued. Tbe Daily Mail, which make a strung appeal to th government to "face the facta and (end Lord Kitchener more troops," aaya: "There ia a real risk in being lulled to sleep by carefully 1 censored messages. Lord Kitchener, according to a dia patcb from Johannesburg, baa fanned a proclamation, dated Pietoria, Decem ber 20, announcing tbat burghers who voluntarily surrender will bo allowed to live with their families in the gov eminent laager until such- time aa guerilla warfare baa euhiciently abated to admit of their returning in safety to their home. . The proclamation also promise that all property and stock brought in at tbe time of surrender will be respected and paid tor, if requi sitioned by the military authorities:. THE SCRANTON STRIKE. More Imported Men Induced to Change Their Minds and Join the Striker. Scranton, Pa., Dec. 28. Fifty-three mora men recruited In Jew York to take tbe places of tbe strikers on tbe Scranton Railroad Company arrived tonight, but before tbe train had come to a foil atop tbe strikers and their sympathizers boarded tbe car, and by naing arguments and exhortations in duced all but 18 of them to agree to re torn to New York. They are being cared for at etriikera' headquarter, and will be lurniabed transportation borne. There waa no violence and no angry words, although not infrequently the company 'a agentaand tbe striker' miasionariea would be working on the aan e men at the same time. The company bad only 12 men left (o run the cars today.' Five Car were run out, but 'ew passengers were car ried. The company is fitting up an impro vised hotel in the Linden street car barn (or the accommodation of tbe im ported men. The hotel refuse to re ceive them, and the inerchanta refuse to furnish supplies. Three men were coaxed off tbe cars tbia afternoon aud aeut away by the atrikera. . General Manager' Silliman . saya the company will have cara running on all tbe hue tomorrow. Wilcox's Big Mileage. Washington, Deo. 88. Robert II. Wilcox, delegate in the bouse of tepie eentalivea ftom the Hawaiian islands, baa just been paid a claim of $1,000 for mileage. . It waa tbe largest claim of the kind ever made, but it wa paid promptly by the sergeant-at-arma of the house. Every congressman ia en titled to mileage at the rate of 20, oents per mile, "by , the moat direct aud practicable route from bis home to Washington and ' return," Tbe dis tance between Honolulu and Washing ton ia figured at 5,000 4hlles, Mr. Wilcox will draw $500 more (or his return trip. " Cashed Worthless Checks. Aberdeen, Wash., Deo. 88. L. D. Savage, stenographer in the office of City Attorney J. C. Cross, yesterday awindled many business men by iuduo iug them ' to cash worth less checks in mm ranging from $15 to $10. Sav age made out the check payable to himself. He bad but little trouble in getting tbe in cashed. Pardons for Forto Rlcani, New York, Deo. ST. A dispatch to the Herald, ' from San Juan, l'orto Rioo, savs: Governor Allen baa cele brated the holiday season by extending executive clemency to 84 prisoners in Porto Rioan jails. He baa pardoned IT murderers and homicides and seven tbievea. .. . " Arrested for Stage Robbery. Laiteview, Or., Deo. 28. Bob Ogleaby, driver of tbe Lakeview-Pais- ley stage, waa arrested tonight by Postmaster Wilcox (or the robbery o( that stage Decern oer 21, Money that he took irom the mail, ha been identi fied."" .'" ' '. ' Andres's Brother Gives Up Hope. London, Deo. 88. The brother; il Andree, the miss iug aeronaut, aaya a dispatoh from Copenhagen to the Daily Mail, despairing j)I his return from the Arctic region, baa Dually opened hla will. , v ? Another Chines Envoy. London, Deo. 88. It fa asserted In Shanghai, according to a disparch to the Times, that Cheng, la going to Pe kin, haviug been appointed to aaaist in tbe negotiations. -. I Michigan Robbers Secured Over $100,000. , REMARKABLE CASE OF CARELESSNESS Station Agent Left the Sacks Unguarded Over Night bl th Public Waiting Room - : Utters Strewn Along the Track. Detroit, Dec. 81. A Ball pooch containing $100,000 in negotiable pa per aud an nnknown amount of money waa stolen from tba Michigan Central paasenger station at Wyandotte, Mich., some time last night. The last mail lor Wyandotte arrivea al 10:28 on tbe Michigan Central, and owing to th iatenes of tbe hour it it left at tbe sta tion until morning. When tbe two mail sacks were thrown- from tbe Tain last night. Night Operator Rich rt threw tbe pouches under a seat in ;be oorner of tbe waiting room. H ihen went to hi home in Detroit. To. lay when Mail Carrier John McCleaey eame to the station for the mail aacks be miased on. , About the same time George Bessy, a driver of an oil wagon, reported at tbe station tbat a couch. ripped open and empty, waa behind an on tank a abort distance from the ate' tlon. At about tbe same time two employe of 1 the J. B. Ford Alkali work found a number of checks and opened envelope strewn along the rail road track. Postmaster Johnson, of Wyandotte, wa notified and went at once to the acene. Tbe trail of th thief waa marked along the railroad track by trewn letters, checks and drafts. Most of the mail wa intended for the J. G. Ford Company, and a lorce ol olerka wa aent out to collect tbe letter atrewn along tbe track. J, a. toxa, jr., said be expected a draft today from New lork for $40,000. tneorattaia not come, and it ia be lieved tbat tbe robber or robbera took it, wltn other valuable paper, from in) poucn. t GALE SWEPT COAST. Havoc Wrought by Storm ia Engliah Channel Many Wrecks Reported. : London, Dec. 81. There haa been a recurrence ol etorm and violent gales in toe onannel, and considerable dam age haa been wrought aiioore. Tele gTapu line are down ia many place. vessels are seeking shelter in tne bar- bora, aud a number ol wrecks bave been announced. The gale ia no (uri ooa in the ohannel that the Continental services were auspended this evening. Waleai said to bave suffered th worst effect ol tbe gale, both on land and aea, but everywhere tbe telegraph wiree are mncn niaorgamzed, and re porta are therefore incomplete. Con siderable damage to property inland la certain to be repoitel Some 60 barges and sailing craft broke from their rnooriuga in the Thames alone. At Oswestry a theater waa destroyed. The . hurricane . ia increasing at Queenstown, where the observers aay it i the fiercest etorm in jeara. The Maria, laden with coal,' sank at her anchorage. The mails are delayed. In response to rockets from Eddy stone tight, Plymouth sent a dockyard tug with a lifeboat to assist wh it waa reported to be a largo steamer in dis tress in tbe channel. - . Incessant report of innumerable shipping casualties show that ti e gale was one of 'the worst known in many years. Probably several daya will elapse belore the full damage becomes' known. '.-'.'-. - . In addition to some vessels not yet identfied, several bave been wrecked or placed io great danger, the fate of torn ot tbe cross-channel ateamera being in doubt. For Instance, the Great West ern Railway Company's steamer, ply ing between Mil ford and Wateriord, ia 12 hours oreidue. and no tidings oi her bave been received. It would be impossible to enumerate all the minor casualties. BLOWN TO ATOMS. Dynamite Explosion Killed Six Men at a Rail '" road Camp. Eeyser, W. Va., Deo. 81. By a fly namite explosion at Baker Camp, near Durban, Pocahontas county, on the line ol tbe Coal & Iron railway, now building out front Elkins, six men were killed and several others fatally injured. The accident happened yes terday while the men were at dinner. Some dynamite bad been placed about the stove to thaw, and shortly after a terrific explosion wrecked the camp, killed three men outright and injured eight others, three of whom have since died. The three men were blown to atoms, legs, arms aud hands and even parts of their bodies being fuund in different directions from tha building In which they (ivecl. TLe names are not obtainable tonight. V . ' - Minister Buck Coming horn. Atlanta, Ga., Deo. 81. A private telegram received here from Colonel A. E. Book, United States minister, to Japan, saya be has sailed for Sau Fran cisoo en route home. - , ' ; Stage Fell Over a Cliff. - ' Ouray, Colo., Deo. 81. In "a runa way accident about three miles above the city the Red Mountain ttage waa overturned and. six pasengara precipi tated over a cliff about TO leet in height. Mrs. R. 8. Jliokey, a passen ger on the ooacb, received serious and perhaps f'tal injuries. , The driver, John Bates, sustaiued a compound frac ture of the right leg and many body bruises. Other passengers were more or less injured. ' 1 POUC BROKE THROUGH ICE. Drowning of Forty-nine School Children Near Foster, Iowa. Davenport, Ia., Dec. 81. A start ling rumor is current here thai 49 school children were drowned while skating on tha river near Foster, ia. It ia impossible .to confirm theTeport. A traveler who arrived at Seymour, Ia., 15 mile west of Foster, early to day, states be left Foster late last even ing and knew notbinu of acch an acoi dent. Say Report b True. Des Moines, Ia., Dec 81. Tele phone message by way of Oskaloosa and Ottumwa aay the report of th drowning of 49 school children at What Cheer is true.- The children were skating on a pond near tbe fair ground and tbe accident occurred about 9 o'clock in tbe evening. Wire communication with What Cheer can not be obtained at present. No Particular Obtainable. Chicago, Dec. 81. A special to th Record from De Moines, Ia.. savs: At 2 o'clock tbi morning communi cation wa secured with the mayor' office in Oskaloosa over tbe telephone. and it waa stated there tbat iniorma tion had been received from Ottumwa confirming the rumor that 49 children bad been drowned in What Cheer, this atate. . It wa stated tbat the children had been akating on a potd near the fair grounds. There were only a(few ca caoes, i The tragedy occurred about 9 o'clock in tbe evening. Beyond tbi no particulars were known in Osca loot. What Cheer cannot now be reached by wire. " , Through the office of a telephone company at Indianola it was learned from tbe Oskaloosa office that tbe Ot tumwa office bad learned that tbe ru mor of tbe drowning of 49 children was true. No particular could be ob tained., .- . DAMAGES FOR LYNCHING. After a Long Suit a Woman Gets $4,000 far the - , ; Killing of Her Husband. Chicago, Dec 81. Mr. Lulu C. Jennings, now of Chicago, has juft been awarded $4,000 for the lynching of her husband in Ripley county, Ind., three years ago. Tiie money will be paid over by tbe eight bondsmen ol p.,mn u u.- v.. i. ex-Sheriff Henry Bushing, and . a theirsbeTmtn 'ntyy theHul ow three months after tbe murder. Businees men of Pendleton This puts an end to a case that baa ; massing for a $5,000 lund with which aroused attention all over the United ! ereot Y- M- c-. buildibg. , States. William Jenkins was one of five men lynched in September, 1897. for al leged complicity in the stealing oi a horse from Lisle Levi, of Osgood, In diana. Levi also was a victim of the mob. The men killed Were Robert Andrews, Heine Scbuter, William Jenkins, Clifford Gordon, a IT-year old boy, and Lisle Levi, an aged soldier. There waa a fight in which ebota were fired at a deputy sheriff. Jenkins, with the othtrrs, waa arreat ed and taken to jail at Versailles, Ind. Mr. Jenkins, suspecting that mob violence waa brewing, walked from Osgood to Versailles at ' night and paced tbe streets till dawn, armed with a revolver. For several boura ah waited under the window of her hus band's cell, ready to challenge any who came to do him harm. Her (ears be ing finally allayed, Mrs. Jenkins started (or home. No sooner was sbe out ' of eight than a mob gathered. Dragging out the five men, tbe mob killed them in aucceesion by beating them over the head with a niutket stock. Mrs. Jenkins waa compelled to flee to save her own life, coming to Chi cago. Here she brought suit for $5,000 damages against Sheriff Bnsbing's bonosmen before Judge- Baker in the United States circuit court. Tbe suit dragged along lor three yeara and finally tbe bondsmen decided to settle outside ol court. " . Mr. Jenkins, when compelled sev eral months ago to go to Ripley county to attend the tiial of the oase, was pro tected by a body guard of government detectives. Sbe will go to Versailles next week to get the $4,000. Tound An American Diamond Mine. Alamo Gordo, Deo. 81. A promi nent railway offioial here today re ceived a box of 60 gems closely resem bling and alleged to be diamonds found near Capitan, tbe coal camp on the line of the El Pago Sc Northeastern railway company, 80 miles north ol this place. Tbe stones were (ound by J. J. Blow, formerly associated, with the De Beers Consolidated company at Kimberly, South Africa, who has been secretly investigating the field (or the past month, and a letter from biin ao companjing the shipment states that they are either diamonds or something so eloselv -resembling tbrf gem tbat the deceive hitn. '; They Will 'success fully stand every crude tost known. Tbe gems will be sent away (or final analysis. Mother and Children Perished. Brookville, Pa., Deo. 81. Fire to today destroyed the residence ol Mra. Harriger, aud the mother and two daughters, aged 5 and T, perished. ' Burned to Death. - Chicago, Deo. 81. Oue" woman, Mrs. Mary Kennedy, was burned to death aud two others and a child wire seriously injured in a fire of 'myster ious oiigin at 284 We't Monroe street. The injured are! Mra. Mary Mason, face and body badly burned, may diej Mrs. Louise Ilauiton, ' overcome by smoke, will reooverj Hnnnon, T-innnths old child of Mrs. Ilaunou, overcome by smoke. - 010.1511115 Items of Interest From All Parts of the State. COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL HAPPENINGS A Brief Review of the Growth and Improve, menfs of the Many Industries Through. . out Our Thriving Commonwealth. Condon is digging another city well. The Salem tax levy for 1901 will be 10 mill. , , . Tbe Oregon Agricultural College ha 406 students. . Dallas will refund it debt ol $2,500 at a !ower rate of interest. Pendleton water consumers will have to use meters after April 1. The sheriff of Grant oonntv ba col lected over $25,000 since July. - Several farmers of Goose Lake valley are boring for artesian water. There are now about 80 logging camp on Lake oreek and Sioslaw. The treasurer of Lake county haa re ceived a large safe for hi office. Mark Wolf, of Perrydalev killed a silver (ox near tbat place a lew days gO. , .v., Emmet Kimberland was fined $25 at Prairie City for having stolen a quan tity of barley. Tbe Garibaldi beach roadway is re ported washed out in places, and filled with driftwood. A petition ia being signed asking fur tbe construction of a new steel bridge -at Cottage Grove. MoKlnley MitohelL of Gervaia, i (hipping large quantittea of potatoes to. the Arizona market. - - , A carload of tile ba been received at Creswell from Salem for tbe purpose of draining the town. In tbe recent storm the surf washed away Mr. McMillan's house at the' mouth of the Kehalem. - Peter Peterson, of Surprise valley, haa purchased 2,300 head of young aheep , from George Ebrhardt, Thomas Martin and sons are figuring )a building a creamery at Merrill next -spring. Tbe institution will begin business with milk of 251) oows. Two coltf. belonging to Charles Tab ershoa and Frank Kargl, of Condon, got into a granary aeveral days ago and died from the effects o( overfeeding. r , A new wire cable in use on tbe ferry , connecting Kiger island with the main ' land waa atolen the other day. - The wire was 800 feet long. There is no clew to the thief. " . . "-' Professor Merrill left Central Point ' several day ago without giving hi ad dress. He alio left some board - bills unpaid, and forgot to leave tbe church and organ keya of the Baptist ohurch. Granite baa refused to allow a liquor " license to a dealer wbo persists in keep- , ing his saloon in -the street. He claims the right to remain because he ' was there before the town waa iuooipo- ' rated. A freighter whq passed through An-. telope ' last ' week . aaid the road down Antelope canyon waa getting to be in -good - condition . and that hereafter teams which have been going by Cow canyon will go tbat way. Active work is progressing in the Liberty mine at Riverton, under tba supervision of Superintendent Camp bell. Ten men are at work, and it is expected that the output Will reach 5 tona a day in the course of a few weex-i. It is proposed to establish one or two ' rural free delivery routes from Pendle ton. The one most talked about is that leading up Wild Horse, oreek, ' northeasterly from Pendleton,' thence across the country to Fulton, thence -back to Pendleton. : II- T. Anderson, whose ranch is sit uated four miles northwest of Merrill,, is building a reservoir a quarter of a 1 mile in area. It will not only irrigate 400 acres for himself, but will be ot -sufficient capacity to contribute water to other land in the neighborhood. ' ; A fatal accident occurred , at Glen- ; dale. A' young' colored' mm, fairly well dressed, who bad been in Roue- -, burg a day or two, bad managed to beat his wav that far on f ie overland.' ' Being put off there ha attempted to get , upon tbe brakea of the local. In: the i darkness he missed his bold and fell.: between the wheela of the taioving train. His right leg wa out off at the thigh and the left was terrlibly crushed and mangled. He was picked 'up and ' caffed for by the people there, but lived ' only an hour or two. He aaid that his ' name waa Lane Hopkins,' srfd that his -parents were wealthy . and lived upon one of . the finest avenues in Lo Ango-' . lea. .. '- : - Tbe new ferry at tbe Liverpool cross- ' ing of tbe Long Tom will ba in opera tion this week. Tbe ferryman ia Mr. Brown, who resides near the crossing. For running tbe forry he is to receive f'3 per mouth. The boat used ia that of J. M. Ilorrou. It was In use lant Winter at the Bundy crossing of the Long Tom, but is no longer, jieeded s there by reason ol tho completion f tu! drawbridge. For the use of th bn a monthly rental of $5 ia ' to ' bo ' paid. ' -The cable for the forry was hired frosa Mr. Kickard for a monthly foe of $1, '
