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VOL. XVIII.
ST. HELENS, OREGON,. FRIDAY, FEJJRUAHY 15, 1901.
NO. 9.
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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.