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Newspaper Page TextTHE OREGON icinn JLQ VOL. XVIII. ST. HELENS, OREGON,. FRIDAY, FEJJRUAHY 15, 1901. NO. 9. M re or i vn From All Parts of (he New World and the Old. Of INTEREST TO OUR MANY READERS iompthenslv Review ol th Important Hs penlngsof th Past Week kit Condensed Form. Portugal, ft In null), will wnd troop fcnild the British., A god voin of ooal ha been located near 1'eudletoii, Oiagou. Fieuch troop In China disobeyed Count vou alilomee order. Three liven were lost mid lour people bun ly Injuieu lu a lioatr u lire. Dttwet and Hteyn Imve Issued a pruo Initiation saying iliojr will outer Cape Colnny, Kitchener reports tlit eastern move ment ol British troop ha upast plain ol Doer. Coming marriage of Pi inces of At turliit greatly diapieaae tbe Spaulsh student". La (iranrie, Oregon, farmer protest agaiust alleged discrimination of army horae buyers Ad unknown man at Salem, Oregon, drove over an embankment and tuf talus I serious Injuria. One llrltlih general wa killed and another severely Injured In an u gagenieut at Orange camp. Colonel Albert O. hliaw, former com muiider-iu-chif ol U. A. !(.. died ud-rieuly-at till boiue lu Watertown, N. Y. I'rofe.mr Yen Mai Pettlnkof.-r, tha iltailutitti.lien (.eriiian olieiult, corn mine I eulutda by abootiug liliueell la a lit of melancholy. . Three men have been arrested al Mtinila, lna, for the r.ibbtry of Cuited Statea Kxprea (Vimpauy's utle Tbey eecured $10,000 la money and other valuable. The condition of ex-King Milan, of rervia, baa taken a I urn for the a onto . Both hla l-tug are conge. tod, the bear! la very weak, and hla malady lias n- tared an extremely critical condition Typographical Union No. 13, of Una ton, will rail a atrika lu every book and job olhYe lu that oily in cane tha maater printer, refute t tlgn tha nnlou aoale at once. They demand that women typtettara ahall lie treated aa "journeymen conioaitora," ami re ceive the eaina wagoa a men lor doing the Mine work. The annate paaaed the war tin bill The Boers have cot tha Netherlaml railway. Queen Wilheliuina and Duke Henry were man led. Thirty thonaand men alll be aval t reiulurce Kitubener. Two leading Manila merchanti were) a r routed for aiding luaurgeuti. The government baa takrn atep to pet led title to laleta north of Luaon The foreign envoy demand tba death penalty be Impoaed on 12 Chinese olll- clala. The aala of tha Carnegie Company to the Morgan ayndloata la an acooiu pltahed faot. The president baa aent to the aenate the uomliialion of Ira J. Miles, to be poatmaater al Sedro- Wolley, Wash Mchlaa Micbaela, a aaloonkeeper, and bla wife, were brutally beaten by thugs, In Chicago, and robbed ol $ 2,300 In a freight train oolllson neir lilp- ley, Tenii., the engiueer and a tramp ware killed. The Illinois Central'! luss la I60,000. Animation committees reached an agreement which will mean the end of tbe buidllng trade strike that hua ex isted in Cbioago for over a year. Marool L. Silverman, a jeweler, who was shot through the heal in New York, diod. The police are Investigat ing suicide and murder theories. A serious election riot has ocuured at Muasar Yasaarheliy, llungaiy. Large crowds of people threatened tbe gen darme, and the latter fired, killing three and wounding SO peraous. Loreimo Priori, who murdered Vln oenao (larjao, in New York City, De cember 11, 1HU8, waa put to death In the electrlo ohnir at Sing Sing. It re quired two ehooks to kill him. ' Tbe saloonkeeper of Wichita, Kan., are expecting another raid. Several women have bought hatohats to use In demolishing the "Joints." Thirty guards with deputy sheriff commis sions have been appointed. Burglars bonud and gagged the post mistress at Hoashml, a suburb ol To ledo, U., and robbed tha office ot $150 in a tamps and $5 in coin. Lighted matches were applied to her feet, and she waa atrnck over the head and bru tally kicked in the aide. Alfred Yandttrhllt has given $8, 700,000 to his flame, Elsie Freooh, aa her marriage portion, A Montreal paper warns Fgnland to cease insulting Freudi-Canadians, declaring tlie British goveinment holda Canada through the people of Quebec province, Abraham Oppenheimer, a Philadel phia citizen of 80 years, astouialind all observers by doing aome wonderfully fancy skating on tba pond in Fremont park. AIDED THE REBELS. rwa rromiiunl Manila Merchanti Arrested Aa American and s Spaniard. Manila, Feb. 8. Theodore Ciirrnnsm, a prominent and wealthy Hpniihdi iner olinur, and hemp and coconuur hnjer, as si rented tbla afleruoon, charged wnn uiniiHliing auppliea to Hid the liiMirgent. Carniuxa is a partner of D. M. Carmen, an American contractor hiiii owner of boats, who ha oonableia- me iraiiKpurtutlou contiacts with the government. The provost marshal and ferret ser vice oIIIcIhI have been watching i uumlmrof merchants and tranairorta' iioii men tor aome time past. The ponce olllclals bad a long interview witn lanauxa and at the close ol the tuteivlew the latter waa placed in cou liuameut In the Auda street police eta lion, t arrnau wa arrested toiiluht. and after ci ulderahle questioning waa tent to tlie same nation. The meu are charged Jwith oonduot- lug the lualuess of buying copra (the dried kernel ot the cocoanut, broken up mr export), mini luaurgeut prealdeutaa at ragianjan, on the eastern extremity ui uiiuna tie isay, and also with pay lug aantimmtiuta to the luaurgent catiae, i ne evidence adduced tonight waa to tha effeat that tbe prisoner biiv supplies ol the striped clothing used lor luaurgent uniforms. Uotb inaiirg ent preaideutes who claim to have dealt with Carrauza and Carman are now impriaoned lu Manila. Una of them Fabella, foar banging, because he was captured aa an insurgent aftet having worn allegiance to the United Htntos. Us made strong statements intending to Implicate Carman and Carrunaa, and confirming the statements of lteloh, who became preaidetita of 1'agaanjau after Fabella'a arreat. The p-illce have letter and verbal itatemnut. from Carman, who sought Fa l I la's release a.aertlng that be wai a patri otic American subject. According to papers found, both preaideutes are culpable inaurgeuta, Carranza and Carman admit dealing with the iuaurg- enla, but deny oontrihutiug to their oauaeor furuiahing them with aupplins Carman la one of the bent known Americana In Manila. He has a mo nopoly of carrying goods going through tha customs bouse s.liore, from the ships, and has made a greut deal of mouev. lie pnaaeaaed the confidence of (ieneral (Hla. Other Manila mer chant are being Inveatigated. FIRE AT BAKU. Eour Hundred Families Lots Everything, They Have Twenty Uvea Loit Ilaku, liuaalan Trnnacaucaaia, Feb. 8. A lire broke out yesterday iu tbe magasiues of the Canplau A lllack Sea Company, which contained 0,000,000 poods of petroleum, lhe conttagratlon reunited in great loaa of life ami wide spread damage. The flames spread to other depots having a capacity of 12. 000,000 poods of naphtha, which pour ed out like a stream, inundating and setting fire to the dwellings of the workmen, which were totally tleatrov 1. Many perfloiis pcriKlipd. Ivveuty charred bodies have been found, and upwards of 60 people are terribly burned. Four hundred families lost everything they possessed. Tbe msga- since are atill burning, and neighboring renervotra are in great danger. A gen eral iiauio prevails. Fight naphtha springs belonging to tlie ftleilgotr, Italaki and Caspian Companies, caught 8 re February 8. Earthquake at Ses. Pun Frunoiaco. Feb. 8. A violent eatlniuake threw the steamer liuatema la partly out ol the water and oauaed the vaanel to tremble from stem totttrn for at least a minute off the coaitt of hciia dor during her last trip. The shock took place when the Guatemala was live miles off the coast, about 160 miles south of Guayaquil, at 7:16 o clock on the eveuing of January 10. On reach lug Guayaquil it was learned that the ost violent earthquake In tlie History uf the pla a had taken place at tho moment when the Guatemala had been ao shaken. No aeriou damage wa done. Earnlnji of the Diamond Match Company. Chicago. Feb. 8. At the annual meeting of the stockholder and dlroo tor of tbe Diamond Match Company, which wa held in thla city today, the old ofllcer and board of director were elected. Tbe annual statement showed that net earnings eual to 18.S per ueut on the 15,000,000 capital stock have been earned. President Barber stated that the oompany s progress in England Is very satlsafotory, 40 per cent having lieen earned in luou, anninst 10 per cent lu 18S9. The Peru factory was also reponea to oe operas lug satisfactorily. Nominations Confirmed. Waahington, Feb. 6. The aenate, in executive session, made tne lonownig nnnOrniatinns: F'rauklin Moses, of Alaakn, to be regis tor of the land odloe at 8t.Mlchael, Alaska. Postmasters- Oregon, C. J. Howard, Cottage Grove; Washington, Francis M. eciieueie, Wenatchle. German Capital In Chins. The amount of Germau capital in vested iu China is over $70,000,000. Projreia of th Moiqulto Fleet. Cape Fpurtel, Morocco, F'eb. 7. The United Htates cruiser Annapaiis ann the guuboats Frolic-, Piscataqua and Wompiittick, constituting tbe mosquito fleet, pasted Cape Spartel today. General Acoita Prisoner. rraon. Venoaiiala, Feb. 8. (Via Haytiouoalilo.) General Acosta, chief of the levolntlnmiry movement in tne Carupane distrlot, is a prisoner in the hand of tha government foroe. ii rop Lirt Sentence Was Pasesd on Henry E, Youtsey. FOR AIDING IN THE GOEBEL MURDER Prlioner Proteitcd His Innocence, Declaims; Hit Conviction Waa Accompluhcd by Subornation of Perjury. Georgetown, Ky., F'eb. 7 Henry K. Youtaey waa sentenced by Judge Ciuitiill Ibis Hfternoon, and tomorrow will be taken to Frankfort to enter upon his term of llf.i imprisonment. Voutcey was pale and weak when he atom) up to leceive tbe sentence of the court. His wife aut nenr by and beard the sentence uf the law consigning ber hnabaiid to the penitentiary for life, but bore up under tbe ordeal bravely, llrielly, Judge ( an trill outlined the progress ol tbe case from the time of the iudictment until the returning ol tne verdict. ".Now," continued the judge, "have you any reason to give why sentence Ktmu'd not tie pronounced upon you? Youtsey shifted hi poeition ilightly and cleared his throat. One band clutched the lapel of his coat and the other rested on the table. The court room was perfectly quiet. In a low but audible tone Youtsey spoke these aome: "I have nothing to say, except that I am Innocent, and that my conviction waa accomplished only by base and in lumous sulioiiiHtion of perjury men lie quietly sat down. For a moment no one Boke. mat was a subject which yon should have addressed to tbe jury which convicted yoo," answeied the judge. "It is the judgment of this court that you be removed by the sheriff of l-'oott county to the state pen iteutiary at Frankfort, and there be con lined at hard labor for the period of your natural life. The cae of Harbour Weaver, accused of periury in the Powers cafe, waa called for trial in the circuit court this morning, but, owing to the ab sence of more than hall of the witnesses for the defenre, waa pnsised until the afternoon to give attorney an oppor tuuitr to prepare an affidavit of what the alweut witneese will testify to. IN BRITISH COLUMBIA. Great Northern 'Sccmi to Be ProceedinS on Extemiv Plan. Vancouver, B. C, Feb. 7. Options on f "iUO.000 worth of property in the east end of Vancouver have just been secured by tbe Great Northern rail way. Tbe property is a water front on Fa lee cr.ek, a branch of Fngladi bay. t'ha company intends building a canal run deep water ou the main harbor aide of tho city to the site that has been secured. Two weeks ago the Great Northern acquired the charter of the Victoria, Vancouver & Kiinlern railway, whose projected lu:e is 800 miles in length, from the Kootenai miuing cities to Vancouver. Tbe plan ia for tbe east ern end of the line to connect with the Great Northern system running out of Spokane, which will give a separate outlet at the cat-t, besides Seattle. To cross the Fraser river at Westminster is another feature of the project, and ironi there to Vancouver, 12 miles, a road will be built. TRANSPORT WRECKED. McPheraon Ran On Reef Near Matanzas There la No Hop of Saving Her. Havana, Feb. 7. The United States transport McPherson ran about half her length on a reef eight mile west ol Matansa in a fog this morning, while on her way from New York to Mautanxas. All the pasiengers were transferred in the ship' boats, and the freight was unloaded. A heavy westerly wind swung the Mnl'herson broadside to the shore this afternoon. She pounded a large hole amidships, her engine shifted and tbe shaft has sprung. There is no hope of saving ber, as she will sink if pulled off. Hhe is rolling in the heavy sea and is nouudiug badly, and will go to piece if the wiud Increases. Meeting of Boer Sympathizers. Frankfort, Feb. 7. At a meeting of the liner sympathizers here today, at tended by sortie 6,000 people, a resoln tion was adopted appealing to Giest Britain to stop the war in South Africa. C hristian Dewet, a nephew of tbe Boer commander, was present, and was car ried around the hall on the shoulder of the promoters ot the meeting. Robbed of Hla Pun. North Yakima, Feb. 7. A new ar rival from Canada, a young man named I'errowe, was robbed of his purse In hie room in the Lowe block this morning. Tbe loss was small, amounting to only aont $15, but as this was all the young man had with bim in a strange land, it was quite serious to him. Brought Back From Cuba. New York, Feb. 7. James J. Thomp son, former corresponaent as uetron for the Standard Acoident Insurance Company, who is alleged to have ap propriated $3,000 of the company's money and tied to Cuoa, was brought back from that island today under ar rest. He will bs taken to Detroit. Thompson wa at work In tha United states quartermaster' department at Havana, PROCLAMATION TO FILIPINOS Warning to Them and Other Who Aid In th Iniurrtctlon. Manila, Feb. 11. Oeneral MaoAr tor' proclamation to the Filipino re mind the native that exemplary pun ishments attach to Infringement of the rnles of war aud that their strict ob servance will be required not only by combatants, but as well by nonco in bat ants. General MaoArthur state that insurgents who threaten, kidnap or as sassinate natives friendly to tha American are guilty of violation ol the law of war and must eveutnally answer for murder or inch other crime as may result from their unlawful ac tions. Peraous who do things inimical to the Interests of the American army will be punished in spite of plea of intimidation. When, as is known to be the caae in many places occupied by United Htates troops, eecret committees are allowed to exiat and to act in behalf of the so called insurgent government by colect ing fupplies, recruiting men and send ing military information to tbe insur gent oamps, the person who screen these committees are in danger ol be ing punished aa war traitors. The proclamation continues: "Tbe practice of sending supplies to insurgent troops trom places occupied by the United Htates must oeaee. These remarks all apply vtith special reference to the city of Manila, which is well known a a rendezvous from which an extensive correspondence is distributed to all part of the archl pelago by sympathizers with, and by emissaries of the insurrection, lhe newspapers and other periodicals of Manila are especially admonished that any article published, in tbe midst of such martial environments, which by any construction can be placed as se ditious, mast be regarded as intended to injure the army of occupation and a (objecting all connected with the publication to punitive action. "Meu who participate in hoatilitiea without being p:irt of regularly organ lead ftroe aud without sharing con tinuously in its operations, but who do so with intermittent returns to their homes and avocations, divest them selves of tbe character of soldier, and, if o'ptured, are not entitled to tlie privileges as prisoner of war." BANKER CREEL'S VISIT. To Arrange Some Way of Putting Mexico on a Gold Bai. New York, Feb. 11. At a dinner given in his honor by Charles R. Flint, Henor Kurique C. Creel, a banker of ibe City of Mexico, was tbe principal speaker. The dinner was attended . by a number of prominent financiers. It is the general belief tbat benor Creel has come to arrange ome way of put ting Mexico on a gold basis, instead of her present 'silver standard. . Senor Creel said: "Senor Lfmantour will be the acting president of Mexico during the Euro pen u trip of President Dias, which will tike plnca in the near future. France will be the first country visited, ' but the probabilities are tbat he will visit London and all the great Continental cities. On the return trip New York will according to the present pro gramme, be the port of debarkation. "So far as the United State and Mexico are coucerned, the financial and industrial interests of. the two coo u tries are of tbe closest and most important character. Hitherto Ameri can capital has found ample field for investment at home. Its increase has been so enormous iu recent years that it now seeks investment abroad. Mex ico is the most profitable field to which it can turn. 1 am not alone In this opinion. Many of the most eminent American financiers think so. Rcsolutloa of Inquiry. Washington. Feb. 11. Senator Ber ry todav introduced a resolution in the senate requiring tbe president to inform the senate whether the united Mates miuister to Chlua bad joined the repre sentatives ol the other power at Tekin in demanding the exeoution of Prince Tuau or other Chinese officials, aud if so by whom he was authorized to join iu making such demand. A Canadian Scandal. Ottawa, Ont., Feb. 11. Senator MacKeuzie Bowel), lender of the op position in the senate, has given notice that re will move for a oouimittee on lnoulrv into the charge of H. H. Cook, formerly a member of the com mons, who mid during the last general election that he wa offered a senator ship for $10,000. Baltimore & Ohio Dividend, New York, Feb. 11. Tbe Baltimore Ohio directors declared a 3 per cent dividend on the common stock and tha regular semi-annual dividend of 8 per oent on the preferred stock. The board voted to issue $15,000,000 A per cent, 10-year, gold convertible deben tures. Tbe proceeds of the Issue are to be used fot construction purpose and Improvements. A Japanese Newspaper. A Japanese paper, the Japanese- American Weekly News, has been started in New York. Transport Sheridan Arrives. San Frauoisoo, Feb. 8. The United 1 States transport Sheridan arrlvod here today, 27 days from .Manila, she re timed in ballast and has on board 27 ttioere and 640 meu of the Thirty-sev enth volunteer regiment. During tha voyage there were five deaths. England's Great Dangers. Lord Rosebery says American and German competition are danger for Great Britain to consider. Willi 1 Of a Fast Mail Train on the Erie Road. THERE WERE FIVE PASSENGERS KILLED Amont; th Victims Were a Party of Soldiers on the Way to the Phllipplnea-Hsrdly a Passenger Escaped Injury. Greenville, Pa., Feb. 9. Train No. B, the New York -Chicago limited on the Erie railroad, was wrecked this morning within the town limit. Five passengers were dead when taken from the wreck, several are missing and there are many badly injured. Hardly a passenger esoaped witbont Injury. The ill-fated train wa com posed entirely of vestibnled Pullmans, three sleepers, a day coach, combina tion smoker and baggage and mail car, and was drawn by one of tbe Atlantic type of engine. It wa in tbe smok ing compartment tbat death laid a rutnless hand, for not one of the 16 oc cupant escaped death or injury. A party of soldier, nine in number, on their way from Fort Porter. N. Y., to Fort Crook, Neb., in charge of Her-geant-Major Harry A. Hart, of New York, occupied a part of the smoker. Ot tbe number three were killed and two seriously injured. They were un der orders for the Philippine and wonld have sailed ia a short time. MOUNTAIN TOP BLOWN OFF Terrible Explosion In a Mexican Mlae Killed Eighty-seven Persons. Chihuahua, Mex., Feb. 9. Word has just reached hereof one of. the most terrible mining disasters that ever oc curred in Mexico. An explosion in tbe San Andres mine, situated in a re mote locality of the Sierra Madrea, in the western part of the state of Du rango, caused tbe death of 87 men. women and children, and injured many others. Tbe catastrophe wa due to the explosion ol several hundred cases of dynamite, which was stored in an underground chamber of (he mine. Electrio wires connecting with tbe hoisting machinery passed through tbe room in which this dynamite was stored, and it is supposed tbat these wires became crossed, thereby causing a fire which set off the dynamite. All ot tbe killed and injured were located on the surf ace, most of them occupying residences right over the onder-ground workings ot the mine. Tbe explosion tore away the whole top of the mountain on which tbe village was located, and men, women and children were blown into small pieces. Among those who were killed wa Her man Luetzrnan, the superintendent of the mine and all the members of his family. At the time of the explosion there were several buudred miners at work in tbe lower workings of tbe mine, and, strange to say, none of them were seriously injured, although they were all severely shocked by the terrific force of tbe explosion. They rushed to the surface through one of the shaft that was not filled with debris and the sight that met their eyes in tbe almost complete destruction of the little vil lage is indescribable. Tbe work of gathering np the fragments of tbe un fortunate victims of the explosion scat tered over the mount tin was begun, and they were placed together and buiied in one grave. But few of the mangled remains were rcngniaable. Summons were sent to neighboring camps for surgeons to attend to tbe in jured, aud it wa some time before they arrived. Tbe San Andres mine is the most celebrated silver mine in Mexico. It is valued at $30,000,000. It has pro' duced many millions of dollars worth of ore. Wrecked st a Crossing. Pittsburg, Pa., Feb. 9. The Penn sylvania limited express train ran into the rear of the Cleveland express on the Pennsylvania line at the Allegheny avenue crossing this morning, wreck ing the engine ot the limited and the rear deeper of the Cleveland express. The passengers on the limited were shaken np but not injured. Only one passenger on the Cleveland express, Henry Lnblang, of New York, was ser iously injured, but several sustained slight bruises. Failure to flag the lim ited is said to have been tba. cause of tbe collision. Shot Hb Fiance. Oakland, Cal., Feb. 9. In a frenzy of rage, because a e had broken tbe en aggemeut, Bert Henderson, an em ploye ot the telephone copmany in San Francisco, shot and seriously wounded his flanoee, Miss Fannie O'Neill, late last night, theu turned the pistol on hmself, fired a bullet iuto his own brain and died almost instantly. Aa Eight-Story Building Burned. Chicago, Feb. 9. The right-story building at Harrison and Canal streita, owned by Edwin Fuss, of Boston, wa bunred tonight. The lost was $75,000, Serious Fir st St Cloud. Minneapolis, Minn., Feb. 9. A tela I phone message to the Times from St. Cloud, Minn., say a big fire is raging in that city. Tlie fire started in the I West hotel. It burned Debln Bros.' ! grocery store, Myers laundry, the Cal ifornia wiue store and the public libr ary which was looated in the hotel. Later reports say the opera house aud livery stable and smaller buildings have been destroyed, acd the flames are (till spreading. ARRESTED FOR ROBBERY. Three Well-Known Men Were Trailed Through the Snow. Sioux City, la., Feb. 12. Three men, believed to have been implicated in the theft last night at Manila, Ia., of a United State Express Company' safe, said to contain $40,000, were ar rested at that place tbia morning. Tbey were traced by their tracks in tha mow. Tbe men are John Jack son, John Stovnll and Charles Hayes. All live at Manila, and are well known. Their reputations heretofore have not been bad. Tbey stoutly protested their innocence. Mrs. Jackson, wife of John Jackson, wa also arrested, but at a preliminary hearing, she waa released. The three men are in jail, having been nnable to furnish a bond, fixed at $12,000 each. None of the money or valuables, baa been recovered. Tbe safe that wa stolen contained in the neighborhood of $40,000. Two thousand dollar was in cash, and the remainder in drafts, checks and various valuables. While the robbery undoobtedly wa deliber ately planned, as the horse and wagon were in waiting in a convenient spot, it ia not believed that the men knew they were making so rich a haul. Tbey bad no mean of knowing the content of tbe safe, only that it waa nsed in carrying valuable. The Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul train on which tbe safe wa taken from Sionx City, arrived at Manila at 8:05 P. M. Tbe Omaha train was late, and James Sturtevant, of Sioux City, the express messenger, did not hurry in unloading the goods and pack' ages from his car. The express box, with other articles, waa placed on truck on tbe depot platform, and then Sturtevant and tbe baggageman went to the other and oi tbe platform to get another truckload. When Sturtevant returned be noticed the articles on the trnck were disarranged, and a glance showed that the iron box was gone. There was great excitement, and no time waa lost in spreading tbe alarm. Marshal Fearall hastily assembled a posse. Snow lay thick on the ground. and it did not t ke long to discover the track of two persons, who evident ly had been carrying something heavy directly from the trnck, as it stood on the depot platform. They carried tbe safe a distance of about two blooks. and then loaded it into a wagon, which had been left toere in waiting. The wagon was driven about a mile and a half out into tbe country, and there tbe safe was forced open and tbe contents abstract d. Tbe men abandoned tbe safe and went their way on a new track. It waa not difficult, however, to trace them, and this morning three arrests were made. The authorities say the shoes of two of the men nnder arrest fit xaotly tbe track in tbe snow. THREE LIVES LOST. Result of a Fire in s Boston Brick Building- Four Others Badly Injured. Boston, Feb. 13. Three persons lost their lives and four otbera were badly injured in a fire in a four-story brick dwelling in' Harrison avenue early this morniug. There is suspicion that tbe fire was of incendiary oiigin and two arrests have been made, Harris Levin and his wife Bertha. Levin bad a shoe store on the ?t floor of the building, and the arrests are made on tbe suspicion tbat naptha or somehing of that kind caused the fire. Men and women jumped from the burning building and firemen and po licement rescued others from smoke filled corridors and hallways. Tbe second-stojy waa oooupied by Daniel Hart, hi wife, ber sister and lonr obildren. They all jumped from a window. One of ' tbe children was badly burned and suffered internal in juries by jumping, and died. Mrs. Hart vae badly hurt The third story waa oocupied by Daniel and Thomas Brennan. The lat ter esoaped, hut Daniel jumped three stories to a shed and suffered serious injuries. Tbe fourth story was oocupied by Mrs. France Riley and Mrs. Barry. Mrs. Kiley was overcome by the smoke and suffocated. Her body was discov ered after the flame had been sub dued. Mrs. Barry jumped from the fourth floor and i in a precarious con dition. Transport Ashore. Santiago De Cuba, Feb. 12. The United States transport Bawlins went aground this morning on a coral reef near the wreck ot tbe United States collier Merrimuo. She arrived at day break, intending to embark the troops ol the Tenth infantry for New York. The pilot attempted to pass on the wrong side of tbe Merrimao, and struck the hidden reef hard. Three powerful tugs pulled unsuccessfully all the afternoon In tbe attempt to Boat tbe ship. It will probably be necessary to rig elaborate taokle be lore she can be gotten off. She it in no danger, and the likelihood ia that Bhe i not injured. Will Take Part in Inaugural Parade. The Yale undergraduates have de cided to take part in the inaugural parade in Waahington next March. Mexicans Defeated Indians. Mexiou City, Feb. 12. The federal troops in Yucatan have bad another battle with the rebel Indians who were strongly intrenohed, but the Indians were unable to withstand the charge on their position, and fled in all directions. Many of the Indians would like to be released from the tyranny ot chiefa who inflicted the penalty and torture, and oommit many harbaritiea to tnfaae terror into their adherent. mra the inn England's Action on the Nicara gua Canal Project ALMOST EQUAL TO A FLAT REFUSAL A Counter Proposal, Likely to Cause Extended Negotiations, Will Soon Be Presented Through Lord Pauncefot. London, Feb. 11. It baa been learned that a reply will bortly be ent to the United States Nicaragua canal project. It will not comply with the senate' demand, neitner will it be in the natnre of a flat re fusal, though for purposes of immediate construction it will be tantamount to such a refusal. It will consi t mainly in a counter proposal or proposals, likely to necessitate extended negotia tions. The nature of tbe proposal ia not yet ascertainable. Lord Paunoe fote will likely be tbe medium through which the answer will be sent and by whom the subsequent negotiations will be conducted. In British official opin ion, is is likely tbat several month will elapse before the matter reaches a concluaion, by which time the Hay Pauncafote treaty will have elapsed, on tbe basil of the aenace'a amend ments. Tbe British counter proposals are now formnlatinj. and it is hoped an entirely new agreement, aatisfao tory to both countries, will eventually be reached. Commented on in Washington. Washington, Feb. 11. So far a can be ascertained, the administra tion baa not had any intimation of tha counter proposala the London dispatch ays will be made ia tbe matter of tbe Nicaragua canal project. There i a feeling of regret tbat the British gov arnment ha felt constrained to adopt inch a course, a tbe hope was enter tained tbat tbe amendments to the Hay-Pauncefote treaty might bars been accepted in the spirit in which they were made. . Senator Morgan when informed to night of the new stand taken by Great Britain, aaid he believed that if (jreat Britain has decided to take the action stated, it would create resentment in tho senate and among tbe people and distrust of tbe moves of tbat govern ment. He hoped it might retult in some action on tbe pending bill at this session. Senator Morgan, however, wa not willing to aay w hat action, if any, he proposed to take to bring about such a result. One suggestion made tonight aa a possible oounter proposal by Great Britain wa that in return for conces sions made by her sbe-might desire an open port on the Alaskan coast as an entrance into her cold field, in n.. Klondike. ' MORE MEN FOR KETCHENER Reinforcements for the South African Army Boers Held Up a Natal Train. London, Feb. 11. Publio attention has again been turned toward South . Afiica by tbe dispatch of reinforce ment! and the publication of Lord Roberts' dispatches. Rumor ha been in circulation that Mr. Chamberlain had reconsidered his South African policy, and was contemplating a round table conference with John Morley and Sir William Vernon Harcourt, and the recall of Sir Alfred Mhner. Tbe appearance of tbe buhnnin plague at Cape Town seem likely to add to the difficulties of tbi situation. The authorities there have decided upon a wholesale extermination of rata. Should the disease snread. is will necessitate ohangea in tbe mili tary arrangements. Today Sir Alfred Milner makes an other earnest appeal to employers to allow as many men as possible to en roll in the colonial mounted drn forces. The Boers held np a Natal mail train near Makfontein. The few eoldim-. on board exhausted their cartridges and the Boers then robbed the passen gers, afterwards allowing the train to proceed. Transports Requlstioned. London, Feb. 11. The sovernmen has requisitioned three Castle liners to transpoit reinforcements to Snnth Afrioa. The remount department ia uncommonly active, its agent buying largely in several parts of the world. Following yesterday's war office an. nouncement, reoruiting today waa brisk. Wreck In a Snowshed. Truckee. Cal., Feb. 11. Spreading rail in the snowBheds just east of Blue canyon caused the wreck ot a freight train last night. Several oars wer piled up, part ot them being thrown to the bottom of the hill and demolished. The snowshed was torn up for a dis tance of 800 feet. No. 4 At'autio ex press had passed the point but a few minutes before the wreck ooonrred. Will Try for New Constitutions. Alabama and Virginia will both try tor new state constitution during 1901. General May berry Prentiss, Bethany, Mo., Feb. 11. General May berry Prentias, one of the oldest surviving generals of volunteers ot the civil war, is dead at bis home here, aged 81 years. He was known a tba "beroof Shiloh." He defeated Gen eral Holme and Price at Helena, Ark., July 4, 1862. He wa th laat survivor of the Fits John Pitrter oonrt martial. Ha wa in th volunteer service in Illinois dnrlng th Uornox, exoltement In early day.