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ST. HELENS, OREGON, Fill DAY, JANLLAllY 4, 1001.
NO. 3.
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From All Parts of the New World
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)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,
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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. -.
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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, '