THE
OREGON
VOL. XVIII.
ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUAIIY 11, 1901.
NO. 4.
MIST
Ms "or IBB
From AH Parts of the New World
and the Old.
OF INTEREST TO OUR MANY READERS
Comp-ehenslve Review of the Important Hap.
penlmts of th Put Week bl a
Condensed Form.
The assassin ol Huron von Kettoler
was beheaded iu I'ekln
Costa Kioa la pleased liy recognition
In tna canal negotiation,
Tlia British ara nimlila to check tba
llovr Invaaion ol CapeO olnny
Tba foreign trona In China art wall
prepared lor lliu winter aoitaun.
The Republican canoua In Pennsyl
vniila looted Quay lor aeuator.
Ths United Statu training hlp To-
peka Im arrived at Tangier, Morrocco,
Tha Karl ol llopetoun waa aworo la
a first goveruot of Federated Au
trails.
Oregon, Waihlugton and Alaska
Imva beeu formed luto a life-saving
district.
Fire in Seattle destroyed tha city II
brury, oonUluiiiK 3A,0U0 voluuiea and
vatiled at $30,000.
Tha revenue cottar Terry will aall
from Astonria In search of ovardua
Columbia rlvar ahlpa.
I'at Crowe, charged with tha abode
tiou of young Cudahy, of Uiuaha, I
been captured In South Dakota.
Edward Hire, an Innho man, ai
itioei to oeatn lor murder, made
dutpcmtH, but unsuccessful attempt
to commit suicide by cutting hla throat.
An insane man, biting conveyed from
Multnomah enmity to the Oregon stats
asylum at lom, jumped from mov
ing train, bruising himself about th
bead. It la thought be will recover,
Famine in inmi of tba provinoea ol
China ia becoming woraa. Tha ric
crop, owing to tha war, were almost
total failures, and raullialtsm hat
broktta out. Tha authoi Idea ara un
able to do anything.
The final payment bna barn made on
the ilald monnuin group ol niiuea la
Eastern Oregun, near linker City.
The purchase price waa $50,(10.). The
new owovi ara men ol means, aud
work on large scale will commence
at onca.
Ignatius Donnelly, politician and
anthor, (Hud very suddenly at hla burnt
iu Minneapolis, iigml 70 year.. Mr.
Donnelly m a candidate fur vice
prutiilniit on tha Mtddle-of-tlie-Road
Popouiist ticket at tlie recent general
election.
An rmitice baa been proclaimed a)
J'ekin.
Ituera captured a train near Rosmead
with AO soldiers.
Another slx-risy bicycle race bai
beeu itarted In lioiton.
Cougar reporta China 'a aooeptauca
Ot tha poweta' demnuda.
The Washington Post advooatea tba
Lewis and Clark centennial in 1U05. ;
A severe cold ware ia reported
throughout tba middle Western state.
Mora than
reived at the
1UO0.
48 tout ol gold vera re
Seattle assay olllce ia
tATER NEWS.
Tha navy department ha ordered tba
gunboat Scorptou to L Guayra, Von
ecuela.
Tha Oregon supreme court deciilot
that the wile alono can convey estat
in entirety.
Robbers got $450 from passengers
and mail and expreaa iu a British Co'
luuibla stage.
The Taft oonimiwion ha completed
the municipal government bill for tbi
Philippine.
Fire In Wllliatnaon, V. V., da
atroyad almost tha entire towu. Tba
loaa 1 estimated at 975,000.
One person waa burned to death and
another fatally injured by tha explo
atou ot a kerosene lamp at Alleghauy,
Pa.
The new battleship Wisconsin hat
been lormally turned over to the gov
ernment at tba Uniju Iron Work, San
Francisco. ,
Amamlo Morales, a Mexican, ran
amuck at Murenol, Aria,, A countable
attempted to arrest hi in aud iu tha
light killed Morale.
Henry S. Kant ham .tha only snrviv
ing member of Commodore Perry's
quadron, whioh opened tha .lapanea
port many yearn ago, died at hi horn
in Berkeley, Cal
A heavy exploaion of ga occurred
Iu the llolleubeuk mine, at Wilkea
barre, l'a. Five hundred men wert
at work and all got out safely, except
two, who were badly burned.
The British foreign olllce expect a
renewal of the niodua vivendi in New
lotindland, but believe it will be im
followed by negotiation!
view of finally aettliug tha
modiately
with tha
dispute.
Tha way of the transgressor i hard
In modern time. The person who
commit Crimea ara daily coming to
grief. Escape 1 lesa frequent than ir
former year.
In New Zealand thore exist bras
band whose member ara wholly
mounted on bicycle. Thl band,
which is located at Chriatohurob, con
stats of 10 player, atid these not mere
ly ride their bioyole to praotioe bat
ff.WJ engagements on the wheal
Philip D. Armour, the great pork
Portugal is tending relnfoioemeuts
to ixiureuoo Marque.
Eight man met death by tuffooatloo
in a aunneapoll hotel fire.
David J. fichnebly, the oldest news-
paper man in the Norlhweet. 1 dead
An effort Is being made lo revise the
Kusso-Uiluete agreement about Man
oburla.
An agreement restriction nner.Hnn.
oi aiiiea troop nas been made by Von
n aiders s.
Klght hundred colliery employe ol
i ennsyivania ooai aud iron mines ara
on a strike.
China desired envoys to delay stun
Ing joint note, but was informed by
tnem mat tma wet impossible.
Samuel 8. White, pioneer of 1845.
and Oregon'a first probate judge, died
at bla home ia Portland. He waa 81)
yeara old.
Five bags of registered letter bav
been stolen on the road between Turin
and Koine. Three bag came from
New York.
In an affray at Altgeberg. Hungary.
between striking miners and gend
arme, there were seven of the former
killed and 40 wounded.
The followin Washington post-
offices bare been discontinued: Dlab
man, Hpokane county; Green River,
King county, and Laurel, Whatcom
oouuty.
Charles W. Norton, switchman,
waa instantly killed at Tacoma, by
being crushed between two oara. He
leave widow and three children at
Mount Pleasant, la.
Severe cold weather baa suddenly
set in throughout Europe. The cold
wave ia accompanied by a gale which
baa wrecked Severn I vessel and caused
heavy loaa of life and properly,
The coal miners' strike at Picton,
Nova Kcotis, ha been settled. Kvery
demand of tba men wa conoeded.
The manager sought to bind the men
not to ask (or a further increase fur 13
months, but failed.
Governor Alien, of Porto Rico, bas
list returned to the capital after an
extensive visit to the towns in the
western part of the island. He visited
placea where no goveruor of Porto Klco
ba visited before. Kvery where lie
wa enthusiastically receive.!.
Henry M. Hock, agent for the
Knights Templar's aud Mnson's Life
Indemnity Association, ol Chicago, i
nuder arrest at the central polict sta
tion, Chicago, on a telegram from
Washington. D. C, which ktated that
he waa wanted in that city on a obargo
of forgery.
The llritish seonnd-olass cruiser Am-
pblon bas arrived at Panama.
The envoys were surprised by the
prompt acceptance of the note.
A movement is on foot looking
toward Cauadian independence.
Great changes are said to be planned
for tbe U M. & Ht. P. railway.
Russia, it i laid, inspired the
obargea of barbarity against Herman
troops.
Governor Geer announces the ap
pointment of Oregon's text book com
mission.
A Russo.Qilnese agreement gtvei
Russia protection of one Mauohurian
province.
The aemi-anuual statement of Ore'
gon'a state treasurer show nearly $1.
700,000 oasb on band.
The transport Meade, which carried
a Urge amount of specie from San
Francisco, ba arrived at Manila.
Variety of Enropeau prune wbich
ripen two week earlier than present
crop 1 to be introduced in Oregon.
A bill will be introduced at the com'
ing Oreogn legislature making life im
prisonmeut the penalty for kidnaping
It la undrestood that at the conolu
slon of operation in South Africa,
Lord Kitchener wilt become command
er-iu-chlel in India.
United States Consul Wildman, at
Hong Kong, baa been granted a leavi
of absence and will return to the
United States immediately for the
beneilt of bl health.
The Boer Invasion of Cape Colony
ha not yet been stopped. On the
other band the burgher seem to be
gaining grounl daily and are at pre
eut ball way to the Cape.
Tbe new Argentine-Chilean agree'
nient. in regard to tha frontier settle
ment, ha been algned and the presi
dent of Argentine and Chile have ex
changed friendly telegram of congratulation.
The war department has authorised
enlistment at Vancouver bairacks,
Waahington, for service in new regi
ment to be aent to the Philippine is'
land. Reorults will be sent to the
Presidio at Ban Francisco for assign
ment to regiment.
Tbe iteamhip Thomas Brooks, with
the Cuban orlioiala on board, bas ar
rived at Port Antonio, Jamaica. The
officials will inquire into the British
methods of colonial government and
adopt the desirable features into tbe
Cuban government.
I (I 111
British Authorities Actively Pre
paring for Defense.
GUNS LANDED FROM THE MONARCH
Invading Columns Ara Still Marchlnjf South.
ward Kitchener' a Conference With
Burjheri Remove! Anxiety.
London, Jan. B. Advices from Cane
Town this morning are more hopeful,
owing to the active recruiting of local
forces in all quarters, and a better feel
ing prevails in London, based upon tbe
prospect of Lord Roberta taking the
reins at the war office.
From tfydney, N. 8. W., it Is re
ported that there is quite a rush of
men there anxious to join the new
contingents, 5,000 having volunteered.
The reports ol Lord Kitchener's con
ference with the burgbeis also tends
to remove anxiety. According to the
Daily Express, Lord Kitchener bas
warned the mine owners that tbey
must not count upon military protection.
There is an nnconflrmsd report from
Cape Town that fighting baa ooonrzed
bO mile north of Matjesiontein.
Health authorities estimate that 10
per cent of the men who go to Cape
Nome never come back alive.
Over 800 of the leading German
goldsmith met in Berlin recently to
take part in the oelebrnttou ol tne
fourth centenary of Benvenuto Cellini's
birthday.
Electrio fountain have become very
popular, especially a attractiona for
amusement park. In England, espe
cially, tbey have lately been Installed
i huge number.
Preparations st Cape Town,
Cape Town, Jan. 6. Tbe military
authorities are providing for all con
tingencies. It bas been decided to
transfer the Boer prioners from tbe
camps to transports.
Fanners coming in from Carnarvon
describe the Boers as traveling in par
allel columns, witb numerous flanking
partie sweeping the country on bones,
plundering loyalists and carrying off
everything eatable. It appears that
tbey are accompanied by strings of
packhorses ligtly loaded. Coles berg
telegraphs that Kritiinger'a com
mando ia crossing the Middelbera dis
trict, but is getting few if any recruits.
Here in Cape Town, ancb business
men aa ars unable to leave are organ
ising a town guard, composed of tha
leading citisens. The commercial
companies have asked tbe mayor to
call a mass meeting to uige tbe govern
ment to suppress district newspapers
aud to proclaim martial law.
The British battleship Monarch to
day landed meu and gun to relieve
the troops for service northward. It
is believed that the guns will be sent
np the country.
F'ive hundred citixens enlisted to
day. It is hoped that the first batob
of mounted men will leave within
thtee day lor Worcester. They are to
hold the passes of the Hex river to
protect the railway tunnel. The or
gaizatlon Is rough and ready, and not
troubled much witb drill or specie
uniform. Horteg ara scarce. Bix
thousand five hundred Sooth African
irregulars have been recruited during
tbe last eight weeks.
Tbe Boeri in the Transvaal have
been exceedingly active for tbe last
week or so, daily attaoking trains,
convoys and isolated posts. In most
instances tney have been repnlsed, and
tbe railways are now working mora
regularly.
A oommando is supposed to be in tba
mountain dividing MiddalaVirg and
Uraaf I'.eiuet, but cannot be exactly
located. Tbe inavdera in the west,
who are expectod at Frnserborg today,
have altered their course and are now
moving iu the direction of Willison,
to the northwest. The British bave
occupied Frazerburg.
UPRISING OF DUTCH.
Situation In Cape Colony Takes a Serloui
Turn Boers Half Way to the Cape.
Cape Town, Jan.' 4. The British
battleship Monarch will land guns to
morrow a a precautionary measure.
The situation I serious. It is true
that the Dutch bave not Joined the in
vader in any considerable numbers,
but s lack of arm ia believed to be
the true reason for abstention. In
many places horses are freely offered
and information readily supplied to
the Boer.
Tbe early proclamation of martial
law ia the Cape Town division is ex
pected. Tbe division doe not include
Cape Town itselt.
Tbe latest report show the situation
to be generally a follow:
Kuruman, if still uninvested, prob
ably soon will be.
Griqualand West 1 filled witb email
parties of Boers, who are working
south toward Priesak for tne purpose
of co-operating with or supporting
Commandant Hertzog, whose advance
parties are in tbe ueighborbod of Fra
lerburg.
The Boer are close to Graaf Reiuet,
where of bite the Dutch bave given
many demonstration of extreme sym
puthy.
In tbe eastern part of the colony
the advance guard of tbe Boers is close
to Mariesburg, about 2S miles north
west of Cradock.
The general opinion here is that the
position is not properly appreciated in
England. The Worcester conference
excited tbe Dotob throughout tbe col
ony. Many old residents, who are bj
no means alarmist, regard a genera
uprising of the Dutch a quite likely
Gii) inomniTYi
i
to Settle Question.
MOUNTS DEMANDED VARY
UNFORTUNATE VENEZUELA
One
GEORGIA NEGRO LYNCHED.
Judge
Refuted to Protect Him and Mob
Strung Him Up.
Rome. Ga., Jan. 6. George Reed, I
negro, charged witb an attempted aa
aault upon Mrs. J. M. Locxlear, ol
thi city, last night, was hanged to
tree today, after which bia body wai
riddled with bullet by a mob of 160
men. Reed protested his innocence.
Much excitement prevailed throughout
the day belore the lynching. Aftei
hi arrest this morning, the negro wai
taken before Mrs. Looklear, but sh
failed to identity him, aud be wag re
turned to jnil. However, the mot
whioh had been seeking the prisoner's
life apparently was not satisfied. Tha
demonstrations were o pronounced
that Judge Henry, of tbe soperioi
court, not seeing any reason lor noia
ing Keen end fearing an attack on tha
jail, ordered the sheriff to release him.
The mob, after tne release, lormeo
within the city limits aud marched to
the bouse ol Lila Glover, in North
Rome. Here they found Reed. Ha
was taken three miles from thi plaot
before being lynched. Mrs. Looklear'i
condition ia seriou.
Revolution Terminate and Two More
Break Out.
Caraoas, Venezuela, Jan. 4. Tbe
revolution bas ended, but ex-Secretary
General Peraza is said to be, with
about 60 followers, in the mountain
district.
San Juan de Port) Rico, Jan. 4.
Pasaengeu who bave arrived here on
tbe Red D line steamer Philadelphia,
from La Guayra, December 30, say
serious revolution bas broken out in
-the Maracaibo district of Venezuela
Tbey add that tbe government troop
bave defeated tbe rebels and arrestee
30 of tbe leaders. Another rising
reported to bave occurred in tbe vicin
ity of the Orinoco. The United Statef
auxiliary orusier Scorpion left ben
yesterday to join the Hartford at Ls
Guayra.
NEARLY FROZEN TO DEATH
Man in a Drunken Condition Slept Out in the
Cold for Quite a Time.
Express, Or., Jan. 4. A man by
tbe name of Tudor started from thi.
place yesterday evening for the liip
Kitld mines, about 12 mile east b
thi place. A party leaving for the
same place this morning found bin
about balf way between here and tbe
mines in a frozen condition. He wat
brought to this place and later removed
to Huntington, where be conld reoeivt
medical aid.
A far as could be ascertained, tbe
man bad been drinking quite beavilv
before leaving here. On reaching a
cabin near tbe True Blue mines m
topped for the nlgbt and built up s
fire on the floor of the building. H
then dropped off to sleep. He awoki
in time to escape before tbe burnim
structure collapsed, although be sul
fered several burns. He crawled i
abort distance away and fell to alee
again. Aa the weather was bitter cold.
it ia s miracle that be waa not Irozei
to death.
A Newport Bank Arrest.
Newport, Ky , Jan. 6. E. C. Rem
ote, late ensmer ot tne uermao na
tional bank, was today arrested on an
affidavit of Bank Examiner Tucker,
charging him with aiding Assistant
Cashier Drown iu the embeilement ol
the bank's fund. He waa held In
$30,000 bonds. .
Coal Trsln Wrecked.
Nile, O., Jan. B. A coal train on
the Nile & Lisbon road waa wrecked
lust night, killing Charles Frack and
seriously injuring Fireman , William
Klein ami BraVeman Garfield rower.
The train was descending a steep grade
wben a farmer attepmted to cross tbe
tracks with a wagon loaded witb bog.
The engine (truck it aud witb six can
went down an embankment. The en-
viueer wat buried under the dabrla.
Tbe faiuier escaped.
A Zambesi College
Chicago, Jan. 4. A special to the
Record from Richmond, Ind., says:
Bishop Hartzwell, of the Methodist
Episcopal church in Africa, has ar
ranged with the Rev. George II. Rei
boldt, of Indiana, to go to Zambesi.
Africa, to conduct a college at New
Ontolia, in the country. This being a
British country, the British govern
ment donated to the Methodist Episco
pal ohurcb $15,000 and 18,000 acres
of land for the put pose of building a
school to educate the English residents.
Rev. Mr. Reiboldt mission ia to go to
Africa to superintend this school. He
will Rail from New York tbe laat of
thi month.
Cable Around the Globe.
Ottawa. Ont., Jan. 4. Sanford
Fleming, one of the prinoipal promot
ers 0! tne raoino came, nas written
an open lettet to Hon. Willim Mulieck,
postmaster-General, iu favor of a state-
owned telegraph line enciroling the
globe. - Thia i said to be the begin
ning of a movement to nationlize the
cable and telegraph services of the
British empire. If thia were done, Sir
Sanford says, it wonld reduce the price
of messages to one-eighth or one-tentb
of what it now costs to distant British
possessions.
A Disastrous Salute.
Tien Tsln, Jan. 4.-Ten Germans
were killed and niue wounded at Leie
Hn, January 1, through the firing of a
salute witb a defective cartridge.
Pittsburg Ironworkers Strike.
Pittsburg, Pa., Jan. 4. One thou
sand structural ironworkers struck to
day for an advance ot 6 cents per hour
in wage and a nine-hour day. Not a
single man ia working, and a number
of important oontracts are tied up.
BOMB IN A TUNNEL
Discovery Wsa Made by Chicago Detective
Sergeant.
Chieaao. Jan. 1. Tha Pxrnrd
EnVOVS at Pekin Not Expected "u Information from a source which
ob oeouaes wj rnaxe pnDiic, Detective
Sergeant McLaughlin located gas
pipe bomb in one of tbe niches of the
La Salle street tunnel shortly before
GREATLY midnight Tbe bomb was taken by
the policeman to the central station,
and thence carried to the lake front
and exploded. Detective MLaughlin
said be received a bint to the effect
that an effort would be made to blow
np tbe tunnel used for tbe passage of
the North Side cable car. lie has
tened to tbe scene and found a piece
of tnree-incb ga pipe about 15 inches
long in one ot tbe small arcbed open
ings in tbe dividing wall of tbe tun
nel. A half-burned fuse protruded
from one end. When touched off the
bomb is (aid by the policemen to bave
exploded with a loud report.
"Earlier in tbe night one of the
aweepera employed in the tunnel aw a
man about 25 years old and shabbily
dressed loitering in the tnnnel. He
wa asked what be was doing there,
and replied, 'Nothing.' The stranger
OHW
Items of Interest From All Parts
of the State.
COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL HAPPENINGS
It la Believed That the Bill of Germany Will
Be Urgeat State Department In Cor
reipondenc With Other Power.
Washingtoon, Jan, 7. The state de
partment i making a strong effort to
ecure an understanding among tbe
powers to serve aa a basis for tbe ad
justment of the question of indemnity
to be paid by the Chinese government.
It appear from Mr. Conger' reporta
that it is hopeless to expect the
foreign ministers at Pekin to reach an
agreement on this important point, and
if tbe problem is to be solved at all it
must be removed from the Pekin coun
cil and dealt with by direct diplomatic
exchange, a wa successfully at
tempted in tbe case of tbe preceding
serious differences between tbe minis
ters. Therefore tbe state department
ls in correspondence witb other foreign
office respecting this subject, though
tbe negotiation bave not proceeded to
point where it can be said tbat
successful termination ia in sight.
The principal difference in the way
is believed to be tbe enorn.ou indem
nities demanded by some of tbe powers.
Tbe effort of the Chinese government
to secure better terms, so far as they
tena to protract tne negotiations, are
also expected to bave the result of
adding considerably to the sum total
which must be paid in tbe end. Thia
is because tbe expenses of maintaining
tbe foreign military establishments in
China probably will be assessed against
tbe Chinese government, aud tbe cost
of keeping foreign troops in Pekin at
tbis season of tbe yenr, aud in a coun
try whire every necessity of life has to
be transported from a distance .will
make tbe bill very heavy. It is be
lieved that the bill of Germany will
be by far the largest, and it 1 a sig
nificant fact tbat the German govern
ment has allowed its officers on serv
ice in Cbina five fold their regular
salaries, a rate of pay probably higher
than, hitherto known in military his
tory. The Chinese, however, are ex
pected to pay for thia.
A Brief Review of the Growth and Improve
ment of the Many Industries Through.,
out Our Thriving Commonwealth.
Grant Pass is considering plans for
better tire protection.
The Burns poetoffice ha received s
number of combination boxes.
Tbe new depot at Ia Grande ie
ready to be painted and furnished.
Ninety Dane bave made their
homes west of Eugene sinoe last tall. .
Leonard Lingren lost three finger at
Mineral last week in a shot gun accident.
Construction of the new hospital at
Baker City will begin in the early
left tbe tunnel hurriedly. The police PnneT'
aspect the bomb was placed there by Colonel J. T. Grayson ha bought tbe
a discharged employe ot the company." Last Chance mine, in Cable Cove, for
$3,600.
FROM A BOER STANDPOINT.
Over
FAILED TO BLOW UP.
Machine Would
Mechanism of an Infernal
Not Work.
Paris, 111., Jan. 7. Thomas J. Coff-
ruau, an attorney residing at Hume,
natrowly escaped being blown to
atoms with an infernal machine re
ceived through the mail today. The
box was of wood with a sliding lid.
it contained a pound stick of dynamite
and several match heads, which, bow
ever, failed to ignite and explode the
charge when the box was opened.
Two thicknesses of heavy brown paper
covered the box, which was addressed
to Dr. Sylvester Coffmac, Hume, III.,
a brother of the lawyer, who opened
bis mail. Tbe inner surface of the box
lid was studded witb tacks, so ar
ranged that they would scratoh the
match heads and there was also a slip
of aand paper fixed so that it would
be drawn over them if the tncka failed
to do their work. It is thought the
jolting of tbe box in tbe mail disar
ranged its mechanism. An iudistinct
postmark seems to indicate tbe box
was mailed at Logansport, Ind. The
only other clew about the box is a
printed label pasted on the lid, in
scribed: "Dr. J. W. Blusser & Son."
The United States marshal and the
local police are investigating.
16,000 Hardy, Determined, Invincible
Patriots Under Amu.
New York, Jan. 7. Charles P,
Pierce, consul-general of tbe Orange
Free State in New York, and treasurer
of tbe Boer relief fund in America,
has given out the following statement:
"Tbe news coming to u every day.
both by public and priavte cable,
bow the reported conquest of the
Boers tt be a delusion. There are
under arms on the Boer side over 16,
000 hardy, determined, invincible pat
riots, of which 5,000 are now invading
Cape Colony against the 210,000
troop landed from Great Britain and
her dependencies. Tbe Boers' total
loss in killed and dying from wounds
have not exceeded 1,500, but tbeir losr
in property bas been very great. Part
of the Boers are armed with Mausers,
using a plain bullet, but many bave
Lee-Metford rifles, which use tbe dum
dum bullets, and all of the latter were
captured from the English; they
bear tbe arrow mark of Woolwich.
Two carloada of mining machinery
'for the Cornucopia mines baa arrived
at Baker City.
Quince Davis, who was aeriously in- ,
jured recently at the Coos Bay jetty,
is recovering.
J. P. Abbott a farmer of Wasco
county bas finished tbe most up-to-date)
residence in tbe county.
Plans are being drawn for a numbet
of modern residences at Baker City to
be erected in tbe spring.
The discovery of two new veins of
copper at the Greenback mine, Grave
creek district, is announced.
Tbe Bison group ot mines near
Quartzburg, Grant county, bas been
sold to a California syndicate.
PRESENTED TO LANSDOWNE.
The
DYNAMITE EXPLOSION.
in
Three Mea Wert Blown to Atoms
Cartridge Factory.
Philadelphia, Jan. 7. A frightful
explosion of dynamite occurred in the
powder machine house of the Repauno
Chemical Company, whose works are
located at Tbompson'sPoint, N. J.,
tli inly settled spot on tbe Delaware
river, 13 miles below this city. The
building was demolished and three
workmen in it at the time were blown
to atoms. , Several workmen in other
building were hurt by tbe force of
tbe ' explosion, but none seriously.
Tbe men killed were in a frame build
ing, and were engaged in loading
eight-inch paper shells with dynamite
for use in blasting. It ia thought the
loss will not be over $50,00.
British Foreign Office Has the Canal
Treaty Amendments.
London, Jan. 7. United States
Ambassador Cboata presented tbe Hay
Pauncefote treaty amendments to tbe
secietary of state for foreign affairs,
the Marquis of Lansdowne, today.
No discussion occurred and the na
ture of Lird Lansdowne' .answer is
not indicated. Mr. Choate simply
notified the secretary of state for for
eign affairs that be bad sent bim a
document forwarded by tbe state de
partment. An answer piobably will
not be sent until the cabinet discussef
the matter fully. The interview be
tween Mr. Choate and Lord Lans
downe waa chiefly devoted to an ex
pression of tbe letter's view on China's
answer to tne demands ot tbe powers.
It is understood that Secretary Hay
desired; to know what Great Britain
thought of those points, wbich China
in her answer said sbe was nnable tc
fulfill at present. No difference of
opinion appears to exist between Sec
retary Hay and Lord Lansdowne.
Tried to Drown His Landlord.
Chicago, Jan. 7. In view of several
persons, Joseph Schweir committed thl
final act in a confessed plot to kill
John Korda, Scbweir's landlord. He
pushed Korda into the lake from a
pier at tbe foot of Michigan street, at
a point where the water is 12 feet
deep, and then ran from tbe scene,
leaving Korda to drown. The plot
failed, for tbe intended victim was
rescued from the water by workmen
in a near-by factory. Schweir wat-
ariested late last night. He was sur
prised to learn that Korda waa alive,
and confessed to an attempt on tbe
man'a life.
Will Pay Tax Under Protest
Rochester, N.Y., Jan. 7. The latest
development in tbe woman suffrage
fight, begun over a quarter of a cectury
kzo, when Suasn B. Anthony and her
sister, Mary S. Anthony, were arrested
aud fined, is tbe stand taken by Mary
Anthony in the matter of taxation
of her property. She sends notice to
Coonty Treasurer Hamilton that she
will not in the future pay taxes except
under protest, until she is allowed the
right of suffrage. The action will
likely result in a test case being
brought in tbe court.
General Batcheldcr Dead.
Washington, Jan. 7. General Rich
ard N. Batohelder, quartermaster
general of tbe army, died here tbis
afternoon at 2:25. General Batohelder
had been in delicate health for several
years past, but bis illness did not
assume a critical phase until just be
fore tbe holidays, wben be suffered
from an attaok of angina pectoris. In
terment will be made at Arlington
cemetery, Monday. General Batohel
der served in the quartermaster' de
partment of the Pacific coast, doing
doty as chief quartermaster at Port
land, Or., and depot quartermaster at
San tranoisco.
Travel Resumed.
Travel has resumed over tbe Lewis
and Clark road, Clatsop county, and
the break in tbe dike ba been repaired.
Extensive Repairs to the Baltimore.
Washington, Jan. 7. The naval
board of construction today decided to
rehabilitate almost completely the
cruiser Baltimore, now lying at the
New York navy yard. Her improve
ments will involve an expeoiture of
about $500,000, and take at least a
year and a balf.
End of the Venezeulan War.
New York, Jan. 7. A dispatch to
tbe Herald from Curacoa says: It is
announced here that General Celestine
Perai, ex-seoretary-geueral of Vene
xuela, who proclaimed a revolution
recently at Leeina. in tbe Miranda
were instantly district, nas been decisively defeated.
miller, wa He is said to be fleeiog witb a few
Wrecked by Boiler Explosion.
Watseka, 111.. Jan. 7. Bishop's
mills, controlled by the Pure Food
Milling Company, were wrecked by a
boiler explosion today. John Spobrie,
a member of tbe firm, and Lute Mai-
lott the engineer,
killed, and Era Jones,
lightly injured. The boiler wa follower toward Colombia. No de-
thrown 200 feet, demolishing Gard'a tails of the engagement bave been re
bard ware store. Tbe cause of tbe ex- ! ceived. He bad gathered 700 follow
plosion ia not known. J ers at La Pasoua.
The Medford bank presented to its
oustomers and friend in Jackson coun
ty, 700 buckskin money pouches.
The men who carried out the dead-
Chinaman tbat succumbed near Can
non beach received $50 for tbe work.
A portion of Pete Peterson's dike, on
Hayne siougb, Coos county, washed
out. The damage is estimated at
$1,000.
Constance Duffy is held in $100
bonds to await tbe next term of court
for having assaulted John Tolen at
Athena.
The road from Miami bridge to
Garibaldi is obstructed with dritt loga,
and it is possible to get by tbem only
at low tide.
Two Marehfleld yonngsteis had a
duel witb air guns last week. One
was shot in tha finger and tbe otber in
the forehead.
Paul Ronco killed a cougar near
Bald Mountain, Polk county, for '
wbich he received $20 bounty from tha
Livestock Association.
Joe Peters, aobut 90 years old, who '
lived about three milea south of Los-
tine, Wallowa county, waa found dead
near bis cabin several day ago.
Tom McEwen states tbat a three-
foot body of ore averaging $34 baa
been encountered in tbe shaft of tha
Snow oreek property at a depth of 65
feet.
Dan Yager, who ba a group ot
promising claims at old Center, about
six milea from Sumpter, on tbe Gran
ite road, bas gone to Montana to buy
mining equipment.
The Granite Hill mine located in '
Louse Creek distriot, and owued by
Messrs. Hull, Mongum and Boots, ia
being operated on full time, witb pros
pects of a good run.
Mrs. Captain Geary of Corvallis '
made a compromi ie with the insurance
company in which her husband was
insured, accepting $3,000 in lieu of
the claim of $5,000.
In a drunken brawl an old man
named Aldricb stabbed Henry Zum
walt severely several times in the back
and shouldeis. The wounds aie not
considered dangerous.
A barn belonging to John Reith, of
the Lewi and Clark river, Clatsop
county, was blown over recently. .
Four bead of stock were buried in the
ruins but none were injured.
Sidewalks nearly two miles long'
leading to the shorch are contemplated
at St. Louis. For this and other im
provements on the church property the
parish expects to use about 100,000 feet
of lumber.
A new coal mining town, three miles
southeast of Wilkeson, by the name of
Hillsboro, has been platted by Andre
J. Hill and Joseph Finkelherg. The
plat contains 12 acres. A logging road
from Wilkeson runs near the new
townsite.
The Crowell rancb of 300 acres, near
Jacksonville, ba been sold to O. J.
Knips, ot Grant Pass, for $8,000. It
consists of 20 aores in apples, SO acres
in prunes, 10 acres in alfalla, and SO
acres in new sown wneat. ine pur
chasers are recently from Iowa.
John Colter, alias "Scotty," bas
been held ia $1,000 bonds to answer at
the next term of oourt on tbe charge ot
robbing Thomas L. Edwards, of Mil- '
ton, of $100. Colter snatched a purs '
from Edwards at Pendleton.
The Spaita and Sparta-Carson stage '
lines in Eastern Oregon have gone into
the bands of the bondsmen lor tbe '
mail contracts. The reason given was
that the contract was taken at too low
a rate, and running expenses could '
not be made.