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DAYTON
O R IG O N .
EVENTS OF THE DAY
h a « a t e i e e t ta g C ta lls e tle * e f II
t h e T w o H e m is p h e r e s Fl
la a < fe e 4 s* s e 4 F era s.
The Boere are rushing men to the
front.
y-.1.
Latest advices report
of plague a t Honolulu.
Five men were killed by an explo
sion in a paper m ill at Erie, Pa.
Preeident M cKinley has again re
fused to interfere in the Kentucky
squabble.
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Relations between Russia and Tur
key are badly strained and war prepar
ations are in progress.
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are surrounding Methuen.
ARMY ON THE MOVE
Republicans elected th e ir en tire ticke t
a t C in cinn ati.
Democrats made several striking
gains in Michigan.
Plumbers of Cleveland are onastrlke
for higher wages.
W ilia m J. Bryan spoke to a crowd of
19,000 people a t Seattle.
Roberts' Advance Forces Are
Clearing the Way.
BOERS
DRIVEN FROM KOPJES
F ire at Newport, A rk ., destroyed B r it is h C a s u a lt ie s la t h e 1
W e r e O v e r O aa H u n d r e d M e* —
property to the amount of $600,000.
Wha T r a a s a a r l B e r r le e .
Roberts* communication w ith K im
berley has bean out off by the Boers
No Puerto Rican franchises w ill be
granted u n til government is estab
lished.
Two small boys of Astoria, O r., were
drowned in the Columbia while out in
a sm all boat.
Boers oaptured seven guns and 860
men in an engagement 17 miles from
Bloemfontein.
Painters and carpenters of St. Louis
are on a strike, pending adjustment of
their demand for higher wages.
Beri-beri, small-pox and bubonic
plague
are prevalent a t Manila, e sta b
Several men ware seirously h art at
Laramie, W y., by an explosion at the lishing a death rate of over 40 per 1,000
Webster Davis, assistant secretary of
Union Pacific o il bouse.
the Interior, has resigned to go on the
W . H . Colton, charged w ith com
lecture platform in the interest of the
p licity in the murder of Goebel, is said
Boers.
to have turned state’s evidence.
Governor Roosevelt, of New York
, Boers are blowing up the coal mines
in N atal. The Dundee oolliery, with has signed the b ill re|«aling the Horton
boxing law.
I t w ill go into effect
its machinery, has been destroyed. .—
September 1.
Harvey L- Goodall, for 80 years the
There is a general desire among all
publisher and proprietor of the Drover’<
Journal, died in Chicago of heart fail classes in the Philippines for a speedy
establishment of some form of perman
ure.
ent government.
The navy department w ill investi
Joe Pete, an Indian, under sentence
gate the value of Crab island, south
east of Puerto Rioo, as a coaling sta of death for murder a t Carson, Nev.
has escaped from custody. He was to
tion.
have been hanged May 4.
General Joubert, the intrepid leader
Diamonds, jewelry and money to the
of the Transvaal forces, is dead. He
had been suffering from stomaoh com value of 918,000 was stolen from a
Philadelphia residence, end enepicion
plaint.
rente on the ooachmata, who is missing.
The coasting steamer Glenelge found
A British steam launch waa captured
ered during a gale off the Gippsiand
coast. Australia. Out of a ship’s oom by pirates near the Check Heung Sban
district, the pilot of the boat murder«'
pany of 88, only three were saved.
and the lannoh and lighter, which
Rear-Admiral Benjamin F. Day bas had in tow, looted.
been retired.
Captain Terry, com
In a severe engagement near Bolivar,
«landing the Washington navy yard
Venesuela, General Hernandes was de
w ill be promoted to the vacancy.
feated by General Penalosa, command
Prof. Man, the profound student of ing the government troops. The revo
Pompeiian antiquities, proves oonolu lutionists lost 228 killed.
sively that Pompeii was a well-paved
Because he was sns|>ected of being a
city 44 years before the birth of Christ.
spy of a rival company, Choy Fook, a
In Chicago, Albert Stedge, 17 years Chinese fisherman at Point Fan Pedro,
old, avenged the insults cast upon his C a l., waa tied by five members of the
mother by W illia m Hobson, a boarder, various companies to a beacon stake
by dealing Hobson a fatal blow
on a barren rock in Richardson’s bay.
the head w ith a barrel stave.
and there left for two days without
W h en d iscovered he
The commecrial treaties committee food or w a te r.
of the Italian chamber of deputies has was almost In a dying oondition. Hie
discussed and, approved in principle the would be murderers have not yet been
reciprocity arrangement, under tí
captured.
third section of the Dingley act, recent
Lord Roberta
is
advancing on
ly signed in Washington by Baron Pretoria...... ~
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Fava, Ita lia n ambaasader to the United
An
nndarground
railroad
ie to
States, andJMr. Kasson, special pleni
c o n str u c ted in Barlin, a t a cost of 926,-
potentiary tor the United States.
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A story of suffering and death from
The
government
is
taking
vigorous
starvation comes from San Nicholas
Island, off the California coast. A measures to suppress outlawry ill the
party of three Chinamen had been pn Pli tlfppiuea. v— '— — v-——— —
- the island for Six months gathering
U n til the ta riff question is settled
and curing abalones. Three months business in Puerto Rico w ill remaiff*
ago an unknown sloop from Safi Pedro, a t a standstill.
(Jal., called at the island. During the
The double turrets of the new battle
absence of the Chinamen, the visitors ship Kearsarge have been tehted and
stole everything eatable from the camp proven a success.
and put to sea. One of the Chinese
Ex-United States Senator Glbeon, of
died about a month ago, and the other
two, when rescued, were too weak, to Maryland, died of heart disease at
Washington, D . C.
move.
General Louia Botha has been ap
The Danish Antilles have been sold
pointed to succeed General Joubert in
to the United States.
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command of the Boer army.
D r. Edward E. F a ll, an old pioneer
The 67th annnal b oat race between
of W alla W alla, is dead, aged 98.
Cambridge and Oxford resulted in an
General Botha denies that Transvaal easy victory for Cambridge.
women were wounded in the Tugela
Senator McBride introduced a b ill
trenches. *
creating a Crater Lake National park,
The transport Sheridan arrived at a t Crater lake, Southern Oregon.
, San Francisco, from Manila, w ith 8 *
Seattle printers have raised the prioe
sick soldiers and 11 insane.
of job work 80 to 60 per cent, caused
A t a cabinet council i t was decided by the increased cost of stock and high
to officially inaugurate the Paris expo rentals.
sition on Saturday, A p ril 14.
Russia is active. M ilita ry prepara
Seattle, Wash., is overflowing w ith tion * in several directions are being
criminals. Twenty additional police pushed with vigor. War w ith Japan is
men were called for within a week.
not probable.
Cape Colony Dutch deolare that Eng
John Hayslip, of Kansas City, has
land w ill make a mistake if she de been found guilty of murder in the sec
prives the South African republics of ond degree and sentenced to 90 years in
their independence.
the penitentiary.
A large number of miners and pros
Robert-Bradley, alias Barclay, has
pectors from Utah and Colorado have been arretted in San Francisco, for
arrived at Baker C ity, O r., ready to go counterfeiting silver dollars.
An en
out into the hills adjacent.
tire outfit was captured.
The Russian squadron is at Che
Several persons perished by being
mulpo, in the Yellow sea. I t is believed burned by the igniting of petroleum
this presages a demand for a conces tanks, caused by a collision between
sion of land in Korea. Japan is un two train«, at Vladivkokos, Caucasus.
easy.
A ll the ooal mines in Indiana have
The war department has recognised suspended operations, due. to the failure
Honolulu as an open port. The trans of the operators to sign a wage contract
port Hancock, which sails w ith the for the year. Abont 9,000 men are Idle
Philippine commission on April 10, as a result.
A ll the ooal miners In the Pittsburg,
w ill stop there.
Pa., district, celebrated the establish
A severe fight has taken place be ment of an eight-hour working day,
tween “ Boxers” and Imperial troops at causing complete idleness in the dis
- Yen Chin, Chi L i. Each force num tr ic t for one day.
bered 1,800 men and there were casual
The Hamburg-American line steam
ties on both sides.
sh ip Phoenicia, which arrived a t New
Representatives Wilson, of Idaho, York bom Hamburg and Boulogne,
and Cushman and Jones, of Washing brought 8,088 steerage passengers, the
ton, are urging a governmental appro largest number of Immigrants arriving
priation of 9464,000 to build a portage by any steamer in many years.
railroad at The Dalles, Or.
Banta Clara county’s (Cuba) tobacco
The United States government w ill crop w ill be the largest on record.
establish postal service to Nome C ity.
Gen. Winslow says Cuba’s future de
Chicago sends 40,000 quarters of pends upon agricultural prosperity.
dressed “ English beef” to England
In the Klondike egga are now selling
every week.
t o r J l i O a case aad beef gft 91 <60 a
The sugar trust profits are a b o u tflY ,• pound.
000,000 a year in spite of fluctuation*
Capt. Silas W . Terry, late In com
in the value of its stock.
mand of the Iowa, has been assigned
A New York grand jury w ill Investi to eucoeed Adm iral McCormick aa
gate gambling bouses, said to'pay Tam Commandant of the Washington navy
many 98,000,000 a year for police pro yard.
tection.
In New York city 160 retail drug
A propositioin^ias been made to equip gists have formed aa association to
87 cities w ith a pneumatic tube mat- compete with department stores.
service for 98,622,000.
The Panama Canal Company hopes
A ll . the 90,000 employes of the to sail its rights to the United States
National Tube trust w ill receive an or to an American syndicate.
increase of 10 per cent in wages, be
Mayor Van W yck, of New York, has
ginning A p ril 1 next.
leaned a dictum to reporters in which
The Illin ois River V alley Association ha positively refuses to he Interviewed
w ill petition congress to name a federal for publication hereafter.
commission to supervise the deep
i 18 Yale men in the present
, waterway project. -
Five of these are senators,
Massachusetts has 118 street railway
Wolcott, W . M . Stewart, T . C.
companies, controlm g
1,492 m ile*. P U t t , C . M . Depew aad G . P. W et-
Last year the increase in mileage in
th e state was 86.
London, A p r il. 8.— The head of the
army of Lord Roberts is now about 21
miles north of Bloemfontein. I t occu
pies a duster of hills won from the
Boers after a stiff fight, in which the
British lost seven officers and 100
men. The Boers have been nsing these
kopjes aa a baas for marauding bands
that hare been beating np the oountry
adjacent to Bloemfontein for supples,
driving off cattle and forcing non-resi
dent Free Staters into their ranks
again. The Boers must have been in
considerable force, as Lord Roberta
sent 8,000 infantry and 8,000 oavalry
against them.
Lord Roberts’ progress to Pretoria
w ill probably consist of snob forward
movements, in which Boer positions
w ill be attacked by a portion of the
army advancing rapidly w ith wheel
transport, the main army coming up as
the railway la repaired.
Lord Roberta la stripping the foroea
in the minor spheres of operations of
their wagons and transport animals in
order to hasten the advance. This is
understood to be the reason why be re
called Lord Methuen from Barkly
West to Kimberley. Lord Roberta has
to have Methuen’s transport.
General French lost 8,000 horses in
the relief of Kimberley and the pursuit
of General Cronje. Lord Roberts lost
8,000 transport cattle a t Waterveal
D rift, and i t ia estimated that be has
lost 4,000 other animals since the for
ward movement began February 18.
The advance beyond Bloemfontein ir
through a bare oouutry, and the supply
offioers fortes an increasing difficulty
in proivding for a great army moving
along a single line of railw ay, even
when the U tte r is working smoothly
and w ith ample rolling stock.
The Canadian mounted rifles were
part of the force that oooupied Ken
hardt yesterday. The rebellion through
out the northwest districts of Cape Col
ony is a lm o st su p p ressed .
S tr ik e A v e r t e d .
C h icago, A pril 2.— A se ttle m e n t 01
STORIES
FROM
KIMBERLEY.
AMBUSH OF BRITISH
OAUSK OF FHILIPFINK REVOLT.
A p ril 8.— The Standard’s
oorrespeodeat a t Kim barley, writing of
Walked into Boer Trap and
the hardships of the eiege, eays:
“ For many days the novelty of eat
Lost Guns and Men.
ing horseflesh formed an agreeable
break in the war ta lk .
Starving peo
ple, however, taka kindly to any a rti 20 MILE8 FROM BLOEMFONTEIN
cle of food.
Personally, although I
have always found a pieea of socoulent
horseflesh excellent eating, I am not F o r c e T h a t B s e e p e d D id Be h r a a A ll-
taking any of it in Kimberley.
Not
M lCht M a rsh a a d W a s S m a r tly
only are the wretched animals reduced
P urs u sd h r th e B e r u h e n .
to skin aad bone, but there ie a prevail
ing epidemic of influenaa and cough
Bushman Kop, A p ril 3.— The British
among them, which force« me.to aband
on its use. I t ie, however, daily served force commanded by Colonel Broad*
out to the aoldieia as w ell as the peo wood, consisting of the Tenth Hussars,
ple, though there are cases of antbrag Household cavalry, two horse batteries
in the hospitals and an outbreak of and a toffee of mounted infantry under
eenrvy in many of the redoubts. There Colonel Pilcher, which has been garri
stadias broken out a peculiar form o( soning Thabenchu, waa obliged, in
throat trouble, -which may owe its consequence of the near approach ef a
origin to this article of food. A t 9:80 lagre force of Baers, to leave last night.
Colonel Broad wood marched to the
P. M. e ll conversation ceases, and ruin-
ore stop, for, by proclamation, all Bloemfontein water works, south of
lights except electric or acetylene gat the Modder, where he encamped at 4
this morning.
A t early dawn the
must be extinguished.
"There are many cases of extreme oamp was hhelled by the enemy from
suffering, whioh, although due to the a near point. Colonel Broadwood sent
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have' reached
a climax from cqn off a qpnvoy w ith the. batteries, while
stltutional oiroumstanoes.
There are H h e rest of the force remained to act as
ladies In Kimberley tonight strapped a rear guard. The oonvoy arrived at a
to their beds and wearing straightjack- deep aprut, where the Boers weie con
eta, mad from sheer nervousness and cealed, and the entire body walked into
ambush and was oaptuied, together
fright.
“ I t ia the red tape which makes the w ith six guns.
The lose of life was not great, since
strain heavier than it otherwise would
be. After we had been for weeks shut most of the British had walked into
up in Kimberley— not at the best the the tiap before a shot was fired, j
most cheerful place.in’ the universe—
A D R I F T O N T H E P A C IF IC .
oar hearts became specifically fixed on
onr portion of the British army— the S te a m e r C le v e la n d , W ith B r o k e n « b a f t
relief ooluinn. By accident, we learned
and a S u gar C argo.
that it had reached Modder river, after
San Francisco, A pril 8.— Advices
a sharp engagement at Belmont. from Honolulu, under date of March
Eagerly we awaited news from Lord 23, state that the well-known steamer
Methuen. Men and women scanned Cleveland, bound for San Franciaoo,
the horiaon nights to seek the first flash w ith a 9100,000 cargo of sugar from
from hl« searchlight.
A ll night long Kahului, ia a d rift w ith a broken shalt
our three eearohlights sent their long and practioally helpless . in thè open
streams of fiery light pest the rugged sea. When last heard from she was
fastness of Soholtses’ Nek, and the several hundred miles from M«ui.
rooky kopjes of 8pyfontein to the two Three of its crew left the steamer^isr a
rivers, on whose banks onr preservers small boat to go to M aui for assistance.
were encamped. *Md, Md, M d ,’ they They were spoken by the steamer Eric,
called o u t bat no answer came. Only March 20, 40 r a tta from M aui. *
the big stars oould be seen, and the
The men in the boat stated that the
Southern Cross seemed to whisper, Cleveland, when they left her, was
‘Patiepce.’, A t last, one night, fax 330 miles north-northwest of the island
from the south, came the weloome of Mani. The little boat had traveled
flash, 'Kb, K b, K b ,’ it said. High up 280 milea of the journey to Mani, a trip
in the conning tower sat Lieutenant that must have required six days, so
Colonel Kekewich and hia staff officers that the Cleveland must have moved a
w ith ploked men from the signal oorps. good deal since she was l«st located.
Anxiously they« deciphered the first She has tw o yards and can nut up a
meeeage from their honored ohief.
I t little sail, but not enough to control
waa thia: ‘Ascertain number on fore- her movements. A steamer has gone
foot of mule omitted in Gape Town to search for her.
return.* ”
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About two years ago the Cleveland
New York, A pril 4.— Rev. Joseph M
Alqne, director of the observatory at
M anila, who is now in Washington
has leaned a statement in reply ta Bish
op Henry C. Potter and his secretary,
Rev. Percy S. Grant, regarding affaire
in the Phllippinea.
“ The bishop’s main point,” the
statement says, “ is to prove that the
religious orders have robbed the people.
But If the people pay the necessary
charges for these certificates w illin g ly,
how can if be called robbery?”
“ That thousands of people live in
practical concabinage, ” aa charged by
the bishop, is denied, although the
w riter admits that some do live that
Way, and asserts that “ there, at every
where. are found a few Instances of
that kin d .”
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That it was the church taxes which
caused the people to revolt ie emphatic
a lly denied. The w riter says the censes
of the revolt against the United States
are like the causes of that against
Spain, complicated, and “ Bishop Pot
ter has no right to state that the cause
of the outbreak among the native
against Spain was the taxation of the
religious orders and friars in the ad
ministration of the sacrament.” In
proof of thia i t is stated that moat of
the important parishea in (he archi
pelago are administered by the Datives
themselves a t priests, and at all the
parishes * ’the same ecclesiastical laws
aa to taxes was enforced by these secu
lar priests, and it ia a matter of history
that nobody objected to it. Therefore
nobody can honestly state that the
cause of the rebellion of the natives
against Spain was the requiring of the
taxes in the administration o f the sao-
la m e n t."
e f lite H a rd s h ip s e f th e Siege e f
th e Dtauseed T e w * .
the strike in the machine ehope of Chi
cago wa» readied today ^ l t - i s a settle
ment which is to be national in its
scope, and under its terms the general
met w ith a sim ilar aocident between
strike, timed to involve 160,000 ma T R E A T M E N T O F A G O V E R N O R . San Francisco and Puget Sound. After
chinists of the country abont April 1,
D is t in g u is h e d N ic a r a g u a C lt is e n R o b b e d being abandoned by her crew ahe went
w ill be averted. Work is to be re
ashore on Vancouver Island.
a n d B i l l e d In C o tta M e n .
sumed here Monday, and at Cleveland,
During the civil'w ar the Cleveland
New Orleans, April 2.— Carlos Lo- was a blockade runner and was captured
Paterson, N . J ., and Philadelphia.
A t Columbus, .the fifth city where a cayo, former governor of Bluefields, on one of her trips to Charleston. She
w aa in foace, a settlement was arrived here last night after an sxclt- was built in 1861, and has seen service
reached Thursday afternoon. In a i l i n g experinece in-Costa Rica, He le ftj^ f
these five cities the men agree to return Nicaiagua a few weeks ago, w ith Miner name has been changed many times.
to work pending arbitration of the is C. K eith, being deputised by President Lately she was used as a transport for
Zelaya to place some railroad bonds the Phllippinea,
sues I d the controversy.
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w ith New York capitalists. ' I n view
C o a l-M in e M e t .
C h ic a g o P la y h o u s e B u r n e d .
of the strained relations between the
Dubois, Pa., A pril 2.-¿Tbe striking two oountries, he was arrested, hia
Chicago, A p ril 3.— The Columbia
miners at the Horatio mines of the Ber- money taken from him, and finally ex theater, one of the oldest and moat pop
wthd-W hite Coal Mining Company at iled and placed aboard the ship for ular playhouses In the west, was de
tacked the few men who have re New Orleans. He w ill return to Nica stroyed by fire this afternoon, entailing
mained at work when they came out of ragua. The incident ia likely to create a total loss of 9120.000. The fire was
the mine« tonight. Over 100 shots further complications.
discovered In the laundry of the Iro
were fired, resulting In the serious
Locayo was arrested in San Jose, he quois Club, which occupies apartments
wounding of three persons. The sheriff olaim i. by the order of the president of on the sixth floor of the building.
was called upon and arrested 40 men Costa Rica. About 98,000 was taken The flames spread w ith great rapidity,
and women who participated in ths from bis person. He was escorted to and w ith in 10 minutes after the discov
fight. The sheriff ia now guarding the Port Lim a and placed aboard the Hie- ery of the fire the theater was beyond
property of the company.
pana, to which his money was also saving. Occupants of the building and
turned over. I t la presumed that Costa employes of the theater and the olub
B u r s t C o n fe ss e d .
Glendive, Mont., A p ril 2.— Joseph Rica feared that he came there to tor were driven to the street in such haste
that in the excitement three women
C. Hurst was executed in the ja il yard ment trouble.
Weldon Roberta, M elville Moxley were overcome and carried down the
here today for the murder of Sheriff
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Dominick Cavanaugh, December 28, and Joseph String ham, members of the stairs.
1898. H is wife and two children and Nicaragua survey party, were also
P ic k e d U p B r it is h C a n n o n .
near relatives took their last leave of aboard the ship. They were forced to
Savannah, Ga., A p ill 8.— The dredge
the condemned man yesterday after abandon their survey 176 miles south Babcock, at work in the river here to
noon. People had petroled the street* of Colon by the attacks of the 8a- day, picked up two old type English
since early last evening and for a time sardi Indians.
cannon, in a man-of-war wreck.
One
i t was feared Hurst would be lynched.
gun ipelghe about 1,000 pounds aad the
BOUGHT
W R E C K . other 860 pounds. The vessel is sup
Hurst coniessed to committing the mur A M E R IC A N S
der.
posed to have been sunk at the tim e o(
1 1 »
S p a n is h * W a r s h ip W ill B a Brokaw Op the British occupation of thia cit
P r ic e o n a R eform er*« R o a d .
to r th a M a ta i l a I t .
when the French allies aeiled np tl
San Franciaoo, A pril 2.— Should
A number of
New York, A p ril 2.— Gaston Drake, river to attack them.
Leung Chi Tso come to San Franciaoo
he may have the highbinder societies of Nassau, Bahama islands, w ith other cannon balls and several silver coins of
at his heels. The value placed upon Americans, now owns the wreck of the a date more than 100 years ago have
Leung’s head ia 966,000, and posters Spanish warship Infanta M aria Teresa, also been taken out.
placed conspicuously in Chinatown to lying in two fathoms of water near
M is sio n B o a r d F lr a L o s s.
day announce that the reformer ia Bird Point, Cat Island. Drake and his
Pittsburg, A pril 8.— Fire tonight in
badly wanted, dead or alivo, by the associates purpose to break up the the McClintock building oaused a loss
Chinese government. Leung is now at wreck for the metal in it.
M r. Drake and his associates want of 976,000. Among the losers- is the
Honolulu. He has declared ia inten
board of missions for freedmqn, of the
tion of coming to thl« city at a near to bring the metal Into thia country Presbyterian church.
Rosenbaum &
date, and w ill ask for police protection duty free. M r. Drake’s lawyers asked Co.’s retail m illinery establishment,
the
treasury
department
if
thia
oould
here. He left China the first of the
on the ground floor, was lite ra lly
year, and after having shaved off his be done. In reply, counsel for the
drenohed w ith water, causing, a loss of
treasury department wrote:
queue, he started for Amerioa.
“ The Spanish War vessel was not the 960,000.
A San F ra n e te a o F ir e .
8an Franciaoo, A p ril 2.— Fire to
night destroyed the Yosemite flout
m ills, a four-story brick building; the
factory of the California Paste Com
pany, a three-story frame stiucture,
part of whioh waa occupied by the Cus
tom Grain A Fuel Company, and
eral small honses, burning out four
families. The buildings were all
owned by C. R. Splivato, and the total
lota ia estimated at 9200,000. Ont
fireman waa burned by an electric J H fit
wire, and two spectators w e ta ^ Q m M
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by falling over obstructions.
W a r T a lk a t S a b a sto p o l.
London, A pril 8.— The Sebastopol
correspondent of the D aily Graphic
says: “ W a r alarms fill the navy bead-
quarters here.
The whole Buxine
squadron is fully equipped for instant
service. Troops w ith fu ll war kits are
d aily arriving from the inlet lor. The
garrison w ill soon be a powerful army
corps.
There ia muoh ' excitement
ajnong the staffs of both services, and
all the talk la of bringing Turkey to her
senses by forcible measures.”
T e n H e m e ' s Caban Iu re stm e n te .
New York, March 81.— Sir W illiam
Van Horne, chairman of the executive
board of the Canadian Paolfio, has just
returned from Cuba, where he intends
to make extensive investments in ra il
road and other properties. He said to
day that the reports of hia acquisition
of a ll the Cuban railroads was very
much exaggerated, though admitting
that he had already invested in several
enterprises on the island.
The Canadian Paper Makers*
elation hae adopted a soak
lose of paper from 10 9o 16 par
property of the United States at the
time ahi» was originally wrecked, but
was the property of the Spanish gov-
SfBment, and aa the United States gov
ernment has abandoned the vessel on
Cat Island, its ownership changed
form the United States to private oiti-
sens. Therefore the wrecked mater
ial, upon its importation into the U n i
ted States, would be dutiable.”
M r. Drake and hia partners belleve-
there would be profit In the importa
tion of the old metal from the wreck,
if admitted free of duty, but not other
wise.
r i | k t l a B la N o rth A frle a .
T o o k M o r p h in e a n d D ie d .
Butte, Mont., April 8.— Anont eight
months ago, Gustav Henry Geyer, an
old timer, sold his interest in a mine
for several thousand dollars.
Thia
money he hee been spending as rapidly
aa possible. Yesterday the last oent
went. Today he took morphine end
died.
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A M a n ila B a v s r a a A B a y s B ls b a p F a t-
t a r ’s S ta ta m a a t I s U a tr u a . • -
S ta r v in g P u e r to R ic a n s .
New York, A pril 4.— The auxiliary
cruiser Buffalo, which haa been lying
in the Brooklyn navy yard since she
returned from Manila last summer, is
to be commissioned again tomorrow as
a training ship for the second batch of
landsmen, of whom the United States
ia trying to make able seamen. She
w ill sail later in the week for Norfolk,
where the w ill take on part of her crew,
and then start for a Mediterranean
cruise.
The Buffalo w ill have 200 young men
on board when she leaves the Brooklyn
navy yard, and w ill pick up 360 a t
Norfolk. She w ill follow the route of
the D ixie, which took out the first lot
of “ rookies,” aa the bluejackets call
them, some months ago. The young
men have a ll been enlisted inland.
Most ofthem come from the farms, and
many have never seen a ship before.
They are a healthy lot, however, and
the government has found that they
pick up seaman’s lore pretty quickly.
S o lu tio n
fo r t h e
I .s b o r
P r o b le m .
New York, April 4.— ” W e must or
ganise the girls. When this ie done it
w ill be easy to get the boys into tbe
labor anions.”
T hia was the advice glven- by Ttase
of the Amalgamated Society of
Engravers, in an address to the Central
Federated Unicin last night.
“ When the girls te ll m e,” he said,
“ that they don’t expect to remain long
at work, I reply *Yon have only one
chance in IS to get married, and if yon
are the lucky fifteenth one, the chances
are even that you w ill have to support
your husband, instead of yonr husband
supporting you.* **
The Rev. Leighton W illiam s took
the same line in an address before the
Social Progress League.
“ The weakness of the labor move
m ent,” be said, “ ia in its lack of wo
men, just as the strength of the ohnroh
is In its women.”
B o ld B o b b e r y o f a B r a w o r y .
St. Louie, A pril 4.— Three masked
men looted the Star Brewery office, at
Belleville, 111.« today, after first cap
turing and confining the watchman
and night fireman of the plant in an
empty refrigerator car. As the robbers
were preparing to blow open the big
safe in the office, H ubert Hartm an, aec-
retary of the brewery, accompanied by
his brother Hans, entered the room.
They were promptly covered w ith three
revolvers, and before either of them
realised the situation, were marched to
the same car in whioh the fireman and
watchman were confined. Then, after
d rillin g the safe, they applied chargés,
and the outer and inner doors were
blown completely open. I t is not
known just bow much they secured,
bnt the amount la thought not to be
over 8100, besides some jewelry and
valuable papers,
F a t a l S s b e e l b o n s e F lr a .
Owosso, M ich., A pril 8.— Two fire
men were killed by falling walls today
in a fire whioh .destroyed the Central
High school. Three other firemen were
seriously injured, and two pupils of the
school were badly hurt.
The fire
spread to a ll parts of the large build
ing. The schoolhouse was on a large
h ill, and tbe engines were unable to
furnish sufficient force to render the fire
department of much nee. Lots, 9126,-
000; insurance, 948,000. .
I n h a le d O a s a d d D ie d .
D a m a g e b y F r o s t In M is s is s ip p i.
New York, A p ril 4.— Mrs. Kare Jor
Jackson, Misa., A p ril 8.— Heavy dan, who lived With her son M ilton E.
frosts have done considerable damage Rocket, secretary of James J. Corbett,
to the fruit and vegetable crop in cen in handsome apartments in Forty-sec
tral and Southern Mississippi, in some ond street, committed suicide today by
instances amounting to 86 per cent.
inhaling illum inating gas. Several
days ago Mrs. Jordan wrote a number
T o r p e d o - B o a t B o lt e r B a p lo d o d .
of letters indicating that she intended
Cherbourg, France, April 8 .— The
to take her life.
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Denver, A pril 4.— A special to the
and five of the crow were terribly
burned. One died, and another, unable News from Alamogorda, N. M ., aays:
R. Ruia,. the noted bandit and leader
to bear the agony, jumped into the sea
of a gang of oattle thievea that have
and Waa drowned.
been operating for years in Southern
M ora C n .e e In S y d n e y .
New Mexico, and one of hia followers
8ydney, N . 8. W ., A pril 8.— Eleven have been captured by the sheriff of
fresh oases of bubonio plague were offi-, thia county. Rata haa made a confes
d a lly reported today. Two additional sion implicating a number of settlers
deaths have occurred.
along tbe Rio Grande.”
Paris, A p r il 2.— An official account
hae been issued of the victory of the
French troops over an Arab army at
Inrahr, whioh recently occupied the
oasis of lusalah, southwest of Algeria.
The French learned of the scheme and
derided to storm the enemy’s position,
which waa aucoeesfnlly carried on
March 19 by a oolamn led by Lieuten
ant-Colonel Eu. The town waa first
bombarded, and then stormed, the
Arab warriors making their last stand
In the moequee. They left 800 killed
and a hundred wounded on the field.
F o e a lln r A e e ld e a t .
An additional 46 prisoners were taken.
B o eo lvsr to r a R a ilro a d .
The Trench losses were nine native sol
A very peculiar aocident happened at
St. Louis, A p ril 4 .— Judge Amos
diers killed, 88 wounded and two offl- Lebanon, O r., a fewdaya ago. Blonde
Thayer, of the United States circuit
Carlton waa sitting on a horse rai
court, has appointed Charles H . Chop-
smoking a pipe, when he slipped an
■'* A e t o f n a I n s n e W o o d e b a p p e r .
fell forward upon hie face. The pipe- pell, of Chicago, and James Hopkine,
Calala, Me., March 81.— Fred Rey atom was driven' np through hie nose, of St. Loafs, receivers for the v — T il
nold», a woodchopper at Rad Beach, 10 making a hole that oauaed the nee of C ity A Northern Connecting Railroad.
He also issued orders authorising Chop-
miles from here, became insane today eight or nine stitches in dressing it.
pell aad Hopkins to borrow the sum of
and killed bta wife and one son w ith
F ir s t B l . o t r l . C ar l a t a a U a g a .
9626.000, at hot exceeding « per oent
an ax, injured another eon seriously,
Santiago de Chile, via Galveston,
aad burned the house to the ground. A pril 8 .— The first electric tram car interest, aad 9800,000, on the same
Reynolds then ran up the street, floui- ever operated in this rity went over the terms, to he expended on the Omaha A
St. Louie Railroad Company end the
iahiag the ax. bat waa arrested and lines today successfully.
Popular in-
Omaha, Kanaas C ity A Eastern R ail-
to this c ity fo r sale keeping.
rest ia the event was keen
w epectlvely.
TRESTLE GAVE WAY;
Freight Train Wrecked on
Spokane and Northern.
CARS AND
CONTENTS
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A B o t t o a B r id g e C a u se d t b e A c c i d e n t
—T b e B e a d B r a k e m a n W a s
S e v e r e ly I n j u r e d .
Springdale, Wash., A pril 4.— A t an
early hour this morning, the north
bound freight train on the Spokane A
Northern, consisting of an engine and
61 cars, loaded w ith general freight,
went through the trestle at Sheep creek,
half a m ile north of Springdale. Charles
Dunlap, bead brakeman, was severely
injured, two tiba being broken.
The
rest of the train crew escaped w ith a
few bruises. Four tramps were steal
ing a ride, bnt none was severely hurt.
The rotten oondition of the trestle is
said to have been the cause of the acci
dent. Tbe trestle ia 860 feet long and
40 feet high.
Tbe engine and one oar had reached
the northern approach, when, without
warning, tbe big trestle gave way, car
rying 30 cars to the gulch below. The
caboose and eight cars remained on the
southern approach.
Not a tim ber of
the trestle was left in place.
Brake-
man Duplap jumped on the lower side,
and rolled down the bank. The rest of
the train crew jumped on the upper
aide, and were not hurt.
The four
tramps went down w ith the cars, but
miracnlonsly escaped With a general
shaking up. A a soon as the cars reach
ed tbe bottom they caught fire.
A ll
tbe c a n were burned with th e ir con
tents.
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D IS A S T E R T O C O N V O Y .
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London, A p ril 4.— The latest news
from the front adds little to the public
knowledge of tbe convoy disaster. No
credence is given to reports that th e
B oers numbered between 8,000 and 10,-
000 men. T he general b e lie f ia that
there oould not have been more than
half that number, but the mere fact
that e v en so m an y as h a lf could have
been collected so near headquarters
without the knowledge of tbe British
commanders provokes mnoh uneasy
criticism ..
The disaster is regarded as a direct
result of the in ab ility of General French
to ont off the oommaildoM of General
O livier and the other oommandoes
when escaping from the Orange river.
Lord Roberts’ own dispatch, dated
two hours later than the D aily Chroni
cle's, says nothing about the guns
being recaptured. The story, therefore,
looks doubtful.
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L ittle news has arrived from other
points. Kenhardt was formally reoc
cupied S a tu rd a y .T lie report that the
Boeq^are massing in the vicinity of
Tsongr and Ktipdam ie
Lord Methuen’s difficulties are appar
ently increasing. H a has Boer laagers
or guerrilla bands on three sides of
him, and be w ill he obliged to watch
aarefnlly hia communication w ith
Orange river.
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New York, A pril 4.— A special to the
Herald from Washington says:
Secretary Root has issued an order
revoking the license granted to Ramon
Valdes for the nse of the water of the
river La Plata, of Puerto Rioo, to create
electric power for a railroad. He has
also announced tbe department will
grant no franchisee or licenses in the
Island u n til the establishment of civil
government there. Traoey, Hoard man
A P la tt, of New York, represented by
A . L . Arpin and W illiam D . .Nobis
who applied for the revocation of the'
concession and who, it is said, are en
deavoring to acqiure it for persons for
whom they are acting as agents.
Tbe
Drexefai and other business interepta of
Philadelphia have vigrously fought the
attempts of the New York firms.
Secretary Root’s decision, however,
not only deprives M r. Valdes of his
license, bnt prevents Tracey, Boardman
A P la tt’s clients or any other person
from obtaining its issuance in their
lavor. I t la learned that this action was
taken in accordance w ith a recommen
dation of Brigadier-General Davis, gov
ernor-general of the island, who has
mad« an exteneive investigation. The
Issuance of the license to Valdes last
summer was made when Secretary Boot
received an opinion from Charles K.
Magoon, aolicitor of the division of
cnatoma and insular affairs,1 whose
Wonderful reversal of ideas on the
statntes of the new American dependen
cies has surprised congress.
The files of the insular division con
tain numerous applications for conoet-
aions or licensee, some from prominent •
people in the United States and others
from natives of Puerto Rico.
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Chioag, A p ril 4 .— About half of
the 6,600 striking machinists resumea
work thia morning.
Manufacturers
said the differences had lieen settled or
put on a basis to ba arbitrated, and that
the remainder of. the strikers would
undoubtedly return to work in the next
day dr two. The men have been grant
ed a nine-hour day, w ith 10 hours’ pay.
The strike has cost the men 9600,000
in salary.
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P r o m o t e r M ille r o n T rio l.
New York. A pril .4.— William F.
M ille r, of 690 per cent Franklin Syndi
cate fame, waa placed on trial in Brook
lyn today.
Of tbe 21 indictments
pending against him he was tried on
the one charging him w ith ’ grand Isr-
oeny in the first and second d e g r e e . It
alleged that he committed theft in
taking money from investors ih the
Franklin Syndicate.
M a tr -M llllo n D o l l a r F i r e .
L ittle Rock, A rk., Xfcril 4.— A half-
m illio n dollar fire occurred at Newport
this morning. The plant of the Union
Compress Company, veined at 9100,000
and containing^,000 bales of cotton,
owned by the Lesser Cotton Company
and the Wolf-Goldman Mercantile
Company, valued at 9360,000, was de
stroyed. 8m aller losses bring the total
np to 9600,000._______
W atertown. N . Y ., A pril «.— A
strike was inaugurated at the works of
tbe New York A ir Brake Company thl»
morning. Four hundred men ere out,
tlve