r**w Äf-'
e
lynched by a mob .
DEWET EVADES KNOX.
LATER NEWS.
Vsagsaau IfesH Twe Negress la ladtoaa—
Loot seat to
France
w ill be ember-
Autherittas Were Overeems.
With the Bean.
K a tm 4 •» n o s e d .«Iras aasltor at tho post
Bee ei P a y to n , Oregon.
Am erioea wheat visible shows e de
crease.
DAYTON
EÏEI115 or Itlt M l
Tw o Hemispheres Presented I * a
The Monrue doctrine may be applied
to France.
The Boers were defeated in a battle
e t Orange river.
A th ird negro was lynched by the
Rockport, In d ., mob.
In the sinking of the Gnelsenau, 156
persona were drowned.
There ia no prospect of
subsidy b ill this session.
passing the
The steamer Alpha was wrecked on
The power« have agreed to the Joint
the Vancouver Island coast.
Bote.
M ajor-G eneral John G . Parke died
The Japanese gave A d m iral Bearda*
a t hie home in Washington.
lee a reception.
Chicago police w ill prevent the Gana-
McGovern fight.
The Porto Rico ease ia before the
U nited States supreme court.
Santa Fe strikais wish (heir differ
ence« arbitrated.
Congressman Boutelle waa
on the retired list of the navy.
Five peraona were k ille d in
wreok in Montana.
The m ilita ry comroiseion begins its
investigation in the Boot basing.
a train
plaoed
Fresh instructions sent to Conger
F i n in Pekin destroyed the quarters
-w ill clear the way ol a ll obstacles.
of a number of offloers.
Kitchener rpeorta a running fight be , A cure for strikes was discussed by
the arbitratio n oonfereneo a t Chicago.
tween D e w rt and Knox.
Gompera w ill be re-elected president
of the Federation of Labor.
The Santa Fe repudiates ite relatione
w ith the telegrapher«’ onion.
The Am erican fleet in
North China
w a te r s ia red u c e d to tw o vessel«.
The Irish Nationalist convention di
e la n d for the abolition of landlordism.
W ashington’s centennial anniversary
w as c e le b ra te d w it h
im p o s in g
c e re m o
nies.
■“* F o il partlcolara have been noeived
oi the tyhoon which recently swept the
coast of China, causing a heavy loss to
life and shipping.
Preiiarations are being made for de
velopment of natural "gas near Rosalia,
Wash.
A Washington oonnty farm er was
murdered by a shot fired through his
window.
The official report of the finances of
the Paris exposition, shows a loss of
2,000,000 franca.
The Oregon snpreme court decider
th at the Portland vehicle license ordi
nance was invalid .
Five cases of w hat is believed to be
bubonic plague have developed in Tucu-
man. in the Argentine Republia.
A reeolation was introduced in the
T h e n a n more than 40 oases of
smallpox in St. George’s hospital, Kan- U nited States senate for an investiga
aas C ity . O nly one death from the tion of the conduct of Judge Noyea in
Alaska.
disease haa occurred.
The offloials of the Santa Fe and
The oity election a t A stoila, resulted
in a sweeping victory for the Citisena’ the offloers of the different trainm en’s
ticke t, every candidate, being elected organisations w ill hold s conference in
Chicago.
by large m a jo r itie s .
Jospeph Benoit, a stage carpenter a t
the Grand Opeia house, Salem, O r.,
fell from a scaffold, breaking several
riba and bruising his face and body
badly. Tbeaoeident was caused by
the breaking of a board upon w hich be
waa standing.
The Lakeview and Ager
robbed about two miles from Lake-
view , O r . . A-lone highwayman accom
plished th e Job. So passengers w e n
-aboard of the stage. Two m a il aaoks
w e n rifled and a considerable amount
of registered m ail taken. Officers a n
now workng on the case.
The w ill of the late Senator Davis,
who died November 27. was filed for
probate by M n . Anna M . Davie, the
w idow .
The w ill, made during the
senator’s last illness, leaves a ll hie
estate to M rs. Davis.
The estate is
valued a t 926,000 in personal and
>40.000 la v m U propgrtv.
"""mesmmmrera
Seven hundred Boers have crossed
from Orange R iver colony into Cape
Colony near A liw a l North, and have
reached Kaapdal.
Preeident M cK in ley expects to a r
range his Western t r ip so ae to be in
Has Francisco to witneea the launch
ing of the battleship Ohio.
F ire in Cleveland, O hio, destroyed
five out of seven building« of a machine
oompeny, causing a property lees of
over 9600,000, and throw ing 1,100
men out of employment.
___ _
Steyn Is Going North to Help
Oom P*uL
GENERAL BOTHA MAKES ANNOUNCEMENT
ScfuUksaberger Swera la as Acting State Fieri
dent— Rumer la Loadee of a Serious
Defeat to British Anns.
N ew York, Dec. 16.— A dispatch to
the Journal and Advertiser from A m
sterdam says:
The fo lio * ing proclamation by Gen
eral Loots Botha has been received:
| "W hereas. 1 have been informed
th a t the enemy circulates a ll sorts of
wrong and lying report« among the
i burghers about the government and
myself, our officers and officials are
I charged to communicate the following
inform ation to the general public:
I The executive council, after oonsnlttng
■ the president ot the Orange Free State,
baa decided in the interests of onr
eanse to -giro.. IttgyedM’ gbeenoe to onr
state president, w ith orders to go im
mediately to Europe in order to assist
our deputation there in tbe work thev
have before
them.
Vice-President
Schalkenlterger has been sworn in, ac
cording to law , and is now acting as
1 state president. H e is now assisted
by the state secretary, two members of
tbe executive couueil, Lucas Meyer
| and mv«elf, and other officials, in
short* onr government exists in the same
way as before and is now in my im m e
diate neigbboihood and in direct com
m unication w ith me.
•;Let the blood of oor brave dead a l
ways by a strong voice induce every
bnrgber to fight for lib erty. W e have
nothing le ft to lose, bat everything to
w in . Tbe government Is most firm ly
decided to continue the struggle.
I
am convinced tbe burghers w ill ap
plaud this deoision and act accordingly
u n til tbe eod.
Burghers are warned
again«« the fine Wprds used by the en
emy «o de« elve them and to make them
put down th eir arms, because, accord
ing to the proclamation of Robots,
they w ill «11 b e , transported to 6t.
Helena or Ceylon aa prisoners of war.
O ur cause, however, precarious, is not
hopeless i f every burgher only does-his
duty. The Lord ia sure to give a
blessed end i n bis own tim e end in his
own way:”
_________ ____
London, Deo. IT .— Lord Kitchener
cables tbe w ar offioe from Pretone un
der data of December 15 th a t General
Knox reports from H e lv etia th a t he is
engaged in a running fight w ith Gen
eral D e«et, and th at the enemy ia mov
ing towards Redderaburg, where there
is a column ready to co-operate w ith
tbe other British forces. Lord K itche
ner in another dispatch reports that
Boers attacked tbe post near Barberton.
Tbe British
casualties were three
kille d , five wounded and 18 taken pris
oners. The captured men have sinoe
been released. Tbe Boers reload tbe
Riverton road station December 11.
They are being followed np.
General Kitchener's message In d i
cates th at Dewet has again evaded
¿e
K n o x. A fter the latter had foiled
Boer general a t Coomaseie d rift, the
Boers seem to have doubled back,
crossed tbe Caledon rivet elsewhere,
and turned thence northwest— in the
direction of Reddersburg, the memor
able scene ot jb e B ritish disaster in
A p ril, when Dew et oaptored the B rit
ish Rifles.
Tragedies on Shipboard.
■—
Ban Francisco, Deo. 17.— The V i t -
ish ehip Crown of Scotland, w hiok J -
rived today, 180 days from Penartb,
C ardiff, had three tragic entries in her
log. November 24 John W arrington
stabbed- P. C. Haglund, his shipmate,
w hile the latter was asleep in his
hunk. Leaving his sheath-knife in hia
v ic tim ’s breast, the murderer ran np
on deck, jumped overboard and was
drowned, despite efforts to reach h im
w ith a lifeboat. No one on board of
the ship kDows of the motive.
The
second, tragedy occurred August 1.
Salvatorl Servis fell from the foreyard,
■track the deck and fractured his
thigh and -received intern al injuries
w hich oaused his death.
Correcting an Extradition Treaty.
Washington, Dec. 17.— A treaty has
been concluded between tbe United
States and G reat B rita in amendatory
oi tbe existing extradition treaty and
lntencad to correct certain imperfec
tions in that instrument, developed by
recent experiences.
The changes do
not m aterially affect the scope or p rin
ciples of the existing treaty, the chief
item iq the lis t being provisions clas
sifying as a crim e subject to e x tra d i
tion the obtaining of money under false
preten s es.
At
p re s e n t
th e
tr e a t y
makes extraditionable tbe reoeptlon of
money obtained under false pretenses
ROBBED THE MAIL CAR.
a m i omits the principal in the crim e,
c o n s titu tin g
a manifest absurdity.*
Postal Clerk ea ths Cottos Belt Railroad Urn T o co rre c t th is th e amendment is m a d e .
Was Nearly Killed.
Grounding of tht Garonne.
. The w ar tevenue b ill has bean pasted
by the boose.
Rockport, In d ., Deo.
gross, Jim Henderson end Bod
Clements’
Force
Defeated
by
bed H o i I ia Simonfe ft.
early this moming. w e r^ U n c h e d ^ to-
Boers Under Delearey.
? lo o ‘ “
WERE
HEAVY
LOSSES ON BOTH
Row-
L ™ s . who waylaid, murdered and rob
t
S
L g jf
.
of
The
Famous Steamer
Alpha.
i n r i ’ar^stZd soon NINE PERSONS WERE LOST WITH HER
SIDES
though Rowlands* clothing bed blood
__<• i t they claim
—
stains
on
claim ed
ed thev
they were ln-
English Forced to Afeando« Their PesMJoe- nocent. In
the
m eantim e Sheriff
Gensral French With Reinforcements
Clemens, of Union oonnty, K entucky,
arrived w ith a trained bloodhound.
Has Gone to the Rescue.
W hen the dog was plaoed on the tra il
London, Deo. 17.— LortL K itch en er be followed i t to the bones where Row-
-----------------------------
* severe - fighting
e -------- lands
reports
th at, after
; at lived , six blocks from the scene
Nooitgedacht, General Clem ents’ forces of the m urder, and went baying to w e
were compelled to retire by Command- bed the negro had occupied.
lh la
an t Delarey, w ith a force of 2,500 men. ‘ wae enough fo r the excited oitiaene.
F iv e B ritish officers were k ille d . The W ith in a few minutes a mob of a iboue-
other casualties were not re p o rte d .' end howling, bloodthirsty men w ith
Lord K ito bener’s official dispatch to sledge hammers, ropes and guns were
on tbe way to the Jail.
the w ar office is as foHoars:
Sheriff Anderson and his two depu
"P reto ria, Dec. 16.— Clem ents’ force
a t Nooitgedacht,
on the Megalias* ties made a stand and attem pted to
Tbe offloers
Berg, was attacked a t dawn today by protect the prisoner«.
Beyer's
were
seised
Delarey, reinforced
—
. ------ oom-
.
----------M
L by
. tbe lea d e n of tbe mob
m * H o i s o m W ji^ ii> t h , m aking a ' , od disarmed. The sheriff, although
-force estimated a t 2 ,6OT. Thong U the locked in a room and. plaoed under
first atta ck was repulsed, tbe Boers guard, stoatly refused to g iv e up the
managed to get to the top of the Mag- ge y l or te ll where the prisoner« were
alias’ Berg, which was held by font hiding.
companies of the Northum berland fu s t-, The mob made a determined but un-
liers, and were thus able to command mcoeaaful attem p t to break in the ja il
Clem ents’ oarop.
H e retired op H ek- d o « . F in a lly they ««cured a telegraph
poort, ahd took up a position on a h ill pole, end using i t ns a bettering ram
in the center of the valley.
! oaveid in tbe side w e ll of tbe ja il. Tbe
"T h e casualties have not been oom- door of Rowlands’ cell was then quick-
pletoly reported, but the fighting was i y broken in w it h sledge hammers and
very severe, and I deeply regret th at be was dragged from tbe Jail to the
Colonel Legge, of the Tw entieth has-
aide of the oonrt yard, "Where a
sars, and Captains McBean, M u rd oo h . noose was plaoed about his neck. H e
an>l Atkinson were k ille d .”
was given tim e to make a statem ent.
Lord Kitchener also repoita th a t the i n w hich be Im plicated Jim Hendtrson
Boers made an attack and were r e - ' B„d another negro.
Rowlands then
pulsed a t Lyohtenberg, and th a t Gen : begged piteously for m ercy, but the
eral U m m e r was kille d .
A tta c k , ^ o ^ n i c k l y swung tbe con feme, I m u r -
upon
and Vrede
w ere airo w
d evsw
. r e w r t o • —
. tree
WgCVM Bethlehem
— — — —--------
-
—
— — mid riddim i h i. body
repulsed, the Boers losing 10 k ille d and w ith bullet«.
Leaving the dangling body of Row -
14 wounded.
V ry b e id was attacked
December 11.
Sniping
continued lands, the mob rosbed back to tbe j a i l
and buret open the -cell occupied by
when tbe message was dispatched.
The scenes a t the war office today Henderson. Before the bars yielded to
-
recall thoee witnessed in the early the Mows ol tbe sledge some one in the
l-stsges of the war.- A constant stream « o w d fired npon the terrified negro as
of exeitad people filled the lobbies, a ll be crouched in tbe far corner. I t took
seeking details of the . disaster.
Tbe but A,
momenta to get a t H ender
absence of the names of any of tbe offi son, end the negro, more dead than
cers of tbe Northum berland fusiliers alive, was dragged a t the rope’s end to
in General K ito haner’s dispatch__ leeds^ thetoonrt house yard and swung to tbe
to the foreboding th a t tbe four oom tree beside the body of Rowlands F ir
panies of the fnailiers mentioned are ing a p artin g volley a t the swinging
in tbe bands of the Boers. The wax I bodies, tbe mob. eager /o r another vie-
office officials evidently expect a heavy tim , hurried aw ay to catch the other
casualty list, bnt they are hopeful from 1 negro impliofftod by Rowlands.
He
tbe .fact th a t the dispatch does n o t . was found a t a hotel where he was era-
mention tbe capture of the N o rth e rn -; p|Oved as a porter. The negro escaped
berlands th at each a great catastrophe
t he roof of tbe b u ild in g , and Mana-
bus been escaped.
g e r D e B r u ls r succeeded in convincing
Orders were iasued a t A ld ers h o t,.
n o b th e * the porter bed nothing
M a lta and other m ilita ry oenters to |0 do w ith the crim e. The mob then
dispatch a ll the available mounted in dispersed, apparently satisfied w ith ite
fantry to Sooth A tiica.
w ork of vengeance.
I t is reported th a t General Knox, oo-
Simona was murdered in the moat
operatifig w ith the B ritish column at brutal manner, one square from the
Reddersbelg,-, haa . stopped General m a in street ot the city, as he was
Dewet, end th at a battle ia proceeding. going to his home from his barber shop
The report adds th at many of Gen a t 9 o’clock thia m orning.
H e car
eral D ew et’s followers have been cap- ried tbe receipts of the day's work, a
lured.
fact of which the negroes were aware.
The scene of the fight ia ominously They attacked him from behind, strik-
only 99 miles northwest o f'fr e io r ia ’
•cTibYnfc W c h r d r f f W W i f c a
Ths Vessel Struck a Rock at tht Entrane*
ta Uaiea Bay, an the East Coast at
Vancouver B. O ., Deo, 19.— News of '
tbe w o n t m arine disaster of the wanon
ia B ritish Colum bia was brought hers
tonight by tbe steamer C zar, from
Union bay, on the east aide of Yanoou?
ver island. Tbe steamer Alpha was
wrecked on a reef near the entrance
to Union bay and not a vestige of the
1,000-ton steamer remains. H e r man
aging owner, captain, parser, three en
gineers, tw o able bodied reamen and a
stowaway w ere drowned, nnd the rent
Of the crew o f 54 were «aveJ by-tha------
pluok o f . an unkown member of the
ship’s erew , who swam in a raging sea ~
from the w reck to a lighthouse w ith
a lin e aronnd bis w aist.
The A lpha was valued a t $45,000.
H e r cargo comprised 760 tons of salt
salmon and 860 tons of coal, con-
isgned to Yokoham a, and valued at
980,000. The to tal Insurance on ths
ship and cargo was 9 6 6 ,0 0 0 .
I t ia tw o weeks sinoe the A lp h a first
started from V s n o o n v e i for Japan.
A fte r she had been fonr days out she
re tain e d to V ic to ria p a rtly disabled,
and accusations of tam pering w itii her
engines were made. Some of the crew
end several of tbe officers .le ft ths
steamer declaring th a t she had been
Im properly loaded, and one o f the offi
« . e a and «
“ ¡ T ' “ to «
cers was tried
sentenced
six
( w~ ¡ »
A lp h . left V i c
* ° r ia for U nion to replenish her coal
• “ PP»/- A M r » « «
* « • » « "> 5 “nd
U te Satnrdey n ig h t tbe steamer ran on
• » o k a t Bayne, round, a t the en-
trenoe to U n ion bay. 8he was quickly
dashed to p ia o e v and a ll would have
perished bad not one of the orew maae
the deaperata and successful effort to
sw im w ltn a lin e to tbe lighthouse on
Y ello w island.
Ph the raging sea
only p art of thoee on tbe ill-fated ship
managed to reach safety, the officera
and owner rem aining on board last and
fa ilin g to reach the rook. - The 26 sur
vivors remained on Yellow island,
w h ic h is * rock 200 yards wide, until
Sunday night, when tbe sea moderated
w m ew h at and a'sloop waa able id call
and take them to U n ion .
’ a
B n t the storm which had wrecked
ho ship hail also prostrated the wire«,
and so no tidings of the shipwreck,
reached the outside .w o rld until tbs
lit t le steamer Caar brought the story
to Vanoouver tonight.'
■fhe A lp ha
gained notoriety last
spring when, as a Canadian ship, shs
landed freight and passengers a t N o ih 1
in defiance of the instructions of *
treasury departm ent, and, i t is said,
against the advice of the B ritish cm-
baasy a t Washington as w e ll. She was
ohaaed on her return trip from Nome
ue tg—hStaffl
---- HMM BMBAA m » .
*
managed to show her pursuer a clean
p air of heels.
-Texarkan a, A rk., Deo. 1 5 — A bold
Beattie, Dee. 17-— betters havs been
robbery on the Cotton Belt railroad oc
R ailw ay
telegraphers threaten to curred today at Bassetts, T ex., 50 received in this c ity announcing the
miles south of Texarkana, on tbe train grounding of tbe U nited States trans
boycott the Santa Fe.
coming
north, in w hich Postal Clerk port Garonne on tbe northern coast of
Lord K itchener hoe called for all
J o h i^ H . Dennis was almost kille d and Loaon.- She struck tw ice, lieing res
available English troops.
m a il pouches of tbe ear rifled of th eir eñad both tim es by tbe Yorktown
England has awakened to the new content?. Tbe amount stolen la pot The second tim e tbe Y o rkto w n ’s cable
seriousness in South A frica.
known. A t the tra in le ft the Bassetts caught in the Garonne’s wheel, cansing
The let-
T n lln ck’s expedition failed
_ i wei ta r tank a t 6 A . M ., tbe express and a further delay of 12 hours.
h» a s m , dus u le t r a u i u i e i f tu rn tahe
nhm-.siaU aboqj a bard march of
A t Rockport, In d ., tw o negroes, who
Holland refuses to intervene in the
In the run from H a ll. The line of march was over
had murdered a
w h ite ms h ’ were them ooupted again.
Boer w ar.
,
there to Texarkana, the ooaobes were steep mountains fo r a distanoe of 46
lynched.
driven.
Although te rrib ly
beaten,
S en ato r,C lay spoke against the ship
uncoupled tw ice in a very mysterious
English Lots Heavy.
tiles, taking in a ll six days. A t the
The German train ing ship Gneisenan
Simons made A deape rale fight.
H ie
subsidy b ill.
manner. Upon the a rriv al of the train oonclnston, 166 men were nndhr m edi
Deo. 17.— fowd Kitchener arise attracted tw o boys.
foundered near G ib ra lta r a n d ' 100 were
The negroes
here
the
U
n
ited
States,
transfer
clerk
cal treatm ent for several days.
Frenoh troope have ceased looting drowned.
reports th a t 18 officers and 653 men drove them aw ay and accomplished
TROUBLE FOR FRANCE.
w ent to the door of the m ail car and
Chinese observatories.
are missing from G eneral Clem ents’ th e ir original design, securing a beg
A large Boxer force is said to be knocked for tbe p o t i l clerk to open it.
Search
for
Hidden
Gold.
force. They consist of four companies containing something over 940 from
L i Bung Chang claims to have abso approaching Peking w ith the intention
No response whs given. -O fficials -then
Pekin, Dec. 17.— A few days ago of
the
Northnm lterland
fusiliers. th e ir victim , and made th e ir escape. The United States May Have Occasion to En
lute power to negotiate.
of attacking it.
forced-an entrauoe and were astonished
force tne Monroe Doctrine.
the
British
troops
were
notified
of
tbe
Judging
from
the
message
these
Were When others arrived Simone was dead.
Chaffee protested to Von Waldersee
The senate cannot considered the to find Clerk Dennis stretched upon the existence of a large amount of treasure captured by the lioers.
Clem ents’ H ia sknll was crushed in and his head
against German looting.
New Y o ik , Deo. 19.— A special to
A hurried ex
arm y and appropriation bills n n tii floor, apparently dead.
20 miles northwest >f here.
Colonel casualties December ~16 amounted to and faoe beaten to a pulp. The spike
the Tim ea from Washington says: The
am ination showed th at the registered
The debate on the w ar tax reduc after the holidays.
Tnllock and 100 men le ft today to in five officera and nine men kille d and on the club had punctured tbe skull in
te rrito ry u n til recently in dispute be
pouches had been ripped open and
tion b ill began in the bouse.
vestigate tbe tru th of
the report. many apparently wounded.
John Addison Porter, M o K ln le y ’s
four places and penetrated hia brain.
tw een B rasil and France, and w h ic i
robbed of th e ir content e, tbe most
The house of commons voted «16,- former private secretary, died a t bis
Colonel Tnllook requested, however,
W a lte r Evans, one of the young men haa been decreed to belong to Brazil,
valuable of which was the Wayue-
000,000 to carry on the Boer war.
th at 60 extra men Ire detailed.
I t is
French Goes to the Rescue.
borne in Putnam , Conn.
who attem pted to rescue Simona, and mey shortly become the object of a dis
Mem phis pouch, containing' a large
i .
believed that a large am ount of gold
The Bay-Pauncefote
treaty* waa
Johannesburg, Deo. 17.— The -ta ttle who afterw ards witnessed the lynch pute between France and the United
*A phy
The British ad m iralty ia arranging num ber of valuable packages.
again considered in executive session. to test vsrions inventions for steering sician was sent for and I t was foaqd and valuables were buried at that s till continues w ith in a few miles ing. has become a raving maniac.
8atee, should the Monroe doctrine be
point by persona connected w ith the from Krugersdorp. General Clements
The dead m an’s w ife is prostrated, vio lated . Tbe te rrito ry lying south of
‘ A congressional committee was ap torpedoes and submarine boats.
th a t Dennis was alive bnt nnoonscions.
Chinese oourt daring the recent flight. has asked for reinforcements,
and
i
t
ia
believed
she
w
ill
die
from
and
An ugly wound on tbe top of his head
Frenoh G alan a in the state of Pars,
pointed to investigate the Boos hazing.
The inform ation regarding the treasure mounted men under General French the shock.
The Oregon H isto rical Society pro
told the story.
Two boars after he
and containing 100,000 square mile»,
The
P hilippine commission gave poses to bold a great fa ir in 1906, in
was received from a former oourt offi- have already gone.
There have been
was claim ed by B rasil and France, and-
merchants a hearing on the tra iff b ill. commemoration of tbe Lewis and was taken to the hospital be revived I r i a l . _________________
Earthquake In Cuba.
many casualties on both side«. I t ia
enough to give the details of the rob
Sw itzerland waa made arbitrator. Her
C
lark
expedition
to
tbe
Pacific
coast
A >50,000 irrig ation ditch w ill be
Santiago de Cuba, Deo. 19.— A sharp decision waa in favor of B razil.
estimated that tbe Boers Dimmer 2,800.
bery.
I t is
Trial Trip of the Alabama.
constructed a t once in Moxee valley, 100 years ago.
earthquake shock was fe lt hero about now reportetd th a t some French finan-
Just aa tbe tra in parted a t Bassetts
Philadelphia, Dec. 17 — The U n it
Washington.
m idnight last night.
I t waa tbe most cisrs, an ticipatin g th at the decision
Montana Town Shaken.
As a result of a mysterious poisoning tank, Dennis went, into tbe vestibule of
ed States battleship Alabam a sailed
Oregon delegation decides upon con case a t tbe Forsyth mines, near M a r the m a il car to stir up tbe fire. W hen today from League Island navy yard
G nthrie, M ont., Dec. 17.— The in severe th a t has been experienced In would he favorable to France, had
tinuing oontract tor Colum bia rive r ietta, Ohio, four persons are deed, four he opened the vestibule door he saw for New York, where she w ill aw a it habitants of the tow n of Cashion were leveral years, and created a panic at already invested th e ir capital in this
the Safe Carlos cigb, where a gtand te rrito ry . They are now, i t is said,
two man standing by tbe stove. On«
dying and two others serironsly H I.
improvement. *
fa rth e r o rd ers.
She w ill make a awakened this morning by a peculiai
ball waa in progress. The shock was try in g to engineer a Heal by which tne
of
them
dealt
him
a
terrib
le
blow
over
w
ave-like
motion
and
trem
b
lin
g
of
the
State Superintendent Aokerman re
tria l trip on the run, w h ic h w ill begin
Five unknown men who] asked the
Many of them rosbed into preceded by a d u ll round lik e a mine Frenoh governm ent w ill
buy this
commends th at Oregon schools observe marshal of Brighton, 111., for shelter, tbe heed w ith a heavy fire shovel. aa soon aa she passes ont to sea. A fter earth.
explosion. Two shocks followed, tbe land from B rasil.
Tbe first blow felled him and be was
John M arshall day.
tbe sea tria l is completed the vessel’s the streets, so badly were they frig ht
in the calaboose, locked him np anp
former being q uite severe and the la t
then quiokly beaten into a taueelose
Tbe state departm ent has absolutely
bank and tw o
course w ill be shaped further out to ened. No damage was done.
The m atter of developing Low er then broke into a
ter scarcely perceptible.
T b e olub no knowledge on the «object.
condition. Word reabced here at noon
Its at
sea to avoid shipping,* as a ll of her
. Nehalem ooal is said to have been con stores.
rooms became scenes of frantic com tention, however, has been called to
th a t two suspect« have been arrested at
Incrcax In Wages.
guns and turrets are to be tested. I f !
sidered in New York.
motion.
Several
people
rushed
Into
The building occupied by tbe con Naples, near the sc< ne of tbe robbery,
the m atter, and the attem pt of ths
Celnm et, M ich ., Deo. 17.— COmmer.u-
the leport is satisfactorv, i t is probable
tne streets. A t M o n o Castle a lib erty French capitalists to secure government
A number of persons suspected of struction d eixrtm en t a t tbe Norfolk but none of the stolen packaegs was
th at the battleship w ill be ordered to ing January 1, the C alum et & Hecla
ball was in progress. Am erican ladies
ploting to murder Lord Roberts during navy yard, was destroyed by fire. I t found.
aid in getting th e ir money back w ill be
Ham pton Roads to join tbe North A t M inin g Company w ill increase the
his visit to Cape Colony recently, aban contained* a ll the im portant papers,
present expressed great
Interest in watched w ith intereet. There is hard
American Arretted In Cape Colony.
lan tic squadron.
wages of its . 4,000 employoa 2 % per
the earthquake, w hich waa the first ly any question, i t is said at the de
doned their schemes on learning th a t models and plans of tbe construction
oent. Last Marob the company reined
London, Dec. 15,— The Cape- Town
department.
they were shadowed.
they bad experienced, but displayed
Anti-Foreign Plot la Hong Kong.
partm ent, th a t snoh action would ba s
the wages of its employee 10 per cent.
correspondent of the D aily M i l l reports
no fear.
Telephoning w ithout wires waa sue
In his annual report. Fish Commis
violation of the Monroe doctrine, and
Hong Kong, Deo. 17.— The c ity was
the arrest nt Worcester, Cape Colony,
Paddy Ryan Dead.
sioner Reid says value of fish output oesafnlly accomplished by transim it- of H aro ld Darringale, alleged to be no placarded today w ith statements in c it
would call forth a protest from the
Fighting la Colombia.
ting tbe voice arrows tbe Missieaippi
Albany, N. Y .. Dec. 17.— Paddy R y-
for Oregon is over 95,000,000.
U n ited States.
Araerioan, on a charge of fomenting an ing the people and the meroliers of tbe
river, a t Minneapolis, a distance of
Kingston, Jamaica, Dec. 19.— Ad
Afrikander rebellion.
"T h e arrest,’* secret societies to unite and rise daring an, at one tim e champion pngilist of
As long as tbe claim was in its orig
O utlaw ry la Kwang Si end Kweng over 1,000 feet.
says the dispatoh, "has made
great the month of January and drive out all tbe w orld, who was defeated by John vices from Colon, Colom bia, today in a l form, Franoe m ight have main
T u e n g ’ is increasing.
The officials
L
.
Sullivan,
in
th
e
ir
famous
fight
in
regeidtng
tbe
fighting
between
the
gov
Advices from I Io Ilo report th at the sensation, and startling disclosures are tbe foreigners. Crowd« gathered abont
tained th a t she was sim ply rectifying
appear to be losing th eir hold of the
the placards, bnt no actual outbreak Mississippi some years ago, died a t hta ernm ent troops and tbe inanrgenta a t ber boundaries, and th at the United
situation and are powerless to restore American troope have been northward promised.”
home in Glens Falls, N. Y ., this after Tnmeco, say th a t tbe w ith d raw ing in
is reported.
States cannot object to that. Even is
order. Pirating on the W est river ia and westward for several days and
Held Up a Box Office.
noon.
«urgent force was not dispersed. On th at case a rectification of boumlariai
that detachments of tbe S ixth, .E ig h
increasing.
8
i*n
x
C
ity
,
Is
.,
*Dec.
16.—
D
aring
the
contrary,
fears
are
entertained
that
teenth
and Tw enty-sixth regiments
Wisconsin’s Vote.
w hich involved an area of 100,000
Earthquake In Missouri.
Owing to a lack of proper fecilitiee have been active near th e ir stations. the peyfprmanoe of "bhord Acres" in
this bodv of rebels w ill effect a Junc
aqua re miles would be cleeely serntin-
Joplin,
M
o
..
Dec.
17.—
An
earth
Madison,
Wisconsin,
Dec.
17.—
The
in the way of telegraph, caused by the The insurgents losses d arin g the last the Grand Opera house in thia city to- 1
tion w ith the force operating around
vote” òf
France has, however, forfeited
Wisconsin, ns officially quake shock lasting nearly a m inute Beuna V en tu ra. Both aides lost heav ised.
strike, e serious collision occurred on 10 days there have been five kille d , night, tw o masked men entered tbe '
the rig h t to make th at claim by sub
the Atchison, Topeka * Santa Fe, ia seven wounded and 40 taken prisoners. box office, assaulted, beat and shot canvassed, was 426,161. M c K in le y ’s waa experienced in this c ity a t 7:45 ily in the battle of T am a ro .
When
m ittin g the m a tter to aribtration by
Thq motion
LaFollette» o’clook this m orning.
w hich several persons were probably The Americans have lost two killed the treasurer, H arley 8. Round«, and p lu ra lity was 106,681.
the government foroee destroyed the
Sw itaerland. The territory has bees
was
from
north
to
south,
and
of
a
R
epn
b
licanrfor
governor,
has
a
p
lu
ra
l
fatally injured.
rebel
steamer
G
aitan
they
also
de
end three wounded.
J
escaped w ithout getting any cash.
o fficially decreed by the Swiss tribe-
ity of 108,745.
quivering nature.
stroyed a large lot of am m unition.
n al to be outside of French Guiana.
Five editors were ohosen to sit
Rumor of Brltlah Defeat.
P rairie chickens are said to be more
No Uves Wert Lost
Oxford Beats Cambridge.
tbe Nebraska legislature a t the recent anundant in western Kaneas than for London, Dec. 15.— The D a ily Express
Woman Suffrage In Porto Rico.
Found Dead la His Cahfe.
San Franctaoo, Dec. 17.— One of
election.
,
London, Dec. 17.— The annual Bug
years.
publishes a rumor of a aerions dis
San Juan, Porto Rico, Dec. 19.—1«
tbe severest storms w hich has ever
by
football
match
between
Oxford
and
H
lllaboro,
Oregon,
Deo.
19.—
A
n
Joseph M anley has resigned as chair
During the past five years tbe state aster to the British arms. According Cambridge took place today a t tbe visited San Francisco broke over tbe drew Bahlberg, an inoffensive former the boose of delegates today, Descsrts
man of tbe Republican execuitve com of Pennsylvania has purchased more to this report, the Boers attacked the
Qneen’e club.
A maguifipent game city a t an early hour this morning and » • M ih g near Reed v illa , was today Introduced a b ill granting unrestricted
m ittee of M aine after a servioe of 16 than 100,000 acres of land to be issued camp of General Clements, In the Bar*
waa
won
by
Oxford
by tw o goals to oontfnned u n til noon in fitful gusts, found dead in his cabin.
The dead suffrage to women on tbe same termi
years.
barton district, capturing the oamp,
ae a forestry reservation.
rain and w ind sweeping o v e r" the city
k illin g s number of B ritish officera, a goal and a try . There was a Urge w ith nnnsnal violence, and being ae- man had a bad contusion on the fore
fUectrio coal-cutting machinery ia
head. H e had recently sold some pro
Former Amhaaador to It a ly 'W . F. and taking prisoners a ll the British and fashionable attendance.
in British Columbia.
oompanied by thunder and lightning, duce end was «opposed to have conaid-
rapid ly displacing hand work and other Draper has Iwen decorated w ith the
troops, including four companies of the
Nordensk|old's
Expedition.
Vanoouver, B. O ., Dec. 19.— Storm«
a rather unnsnal occurrence in this ereble money in the bouse. I t ia gen
varieties of mechanical mining ap p li order of 88. Maurice and C a u l by tbe
Northumberland fusiliers.
The story
ances in the c o llie riW D f G reat B ritain king of Ita ly , for services during his
C hristiania, Dec. 17.— The Antarctic part of tbe country. A t one tim e rain erally beloved th at he waa k ille d for of unusual severity have destroyed s
Is not confirmed in any q u a rtfr. and
and tbe United States.
expedition,
headed oy D r. O tto Nor- fell in such torrents th at many thought bis money. Tbe coroner w il l bold an portion of the diking in the delta dis
embassy to Rome
ia not generally believed.
tric t of B ritish Colom bia. The dam-
a cloudburst was im m inent.
denkajold, w ill leave in August.
inquest in tbe morning.
Missouri w ill hare tbe largest Demo
A w ide awake Am erican has erected
Twe Hundred Peraona Drowned.
•g e to property ia considerable.
---------—------Mr-------
cratic delegation in tbe next congress steam pumps on the Joruan and is sup
Girl Studentr Burned Alive.
Canton, Dec. 16 — Tbe fellin g over
Pacific County Timber Deal.
AM»«« VlsHinj Us.
of the U nited States.
plying churches a ll over Europe w ith board of a man from a passenger boat
Te Suppre» Train Robbery.
D u n kirk, N . Y .. Deo. 1 7 . - From
? • • * * D *0'
<■ » P ly »o a
genuine Jordan water. —
South
Bend.i,
Wash.,
Deo.
17,—
The
on
tbe
West
rive
r,
near
Hoako,
led
to
the
«mouldering
ruin?
of
tbe
Fredonia
Tbe city of Downs, Kansas, has more
W ashington, Dec. 19.— Representa
dispatch
from
G
rand
Rapids.
M
ic
h
i
The boundary line lietweeu tbe U n it a ru st of some 400 passengers to the Weyerhanadr T im iter Compahy had state normal and
than 1,000 inhabitants, among whom
train in g school, gan. in v itin g him to the U n ited States tiv e R a y , of N ew Y o rk , in the boose,
added 2.560 acres more to
there ia not a single law yer.
i ed State« and M exico has recently side of the vessel,' w hich caused ber
destroyed
M r. K roger has wired th a t be has not and Senator H o a r, in the senate, today
over
200 persons being
I been resurveved and marked fey atone to sink,
introduoed b ills " f o r the suppressing
The fourth oansua of tbe Dominion monument.] in the form of obelisks drowned.
A
‘ 2 •«’ ▼ '’ •cislon w ith regard to
1,7 ï . e„ Pnr<,hr
/ f
H “ key tra ct has been recovered. A revision of
of tra in ro b b e ry in the territories of
visiting
A
m
erica.
1Ut ol
mekes i t re rte in t h S
of Canada ia to be taken next year, be about five* m i lea apart.
the the U n ited States and elsewhere."
AadrSC't Brother Has Hopes.
certain th at
ginning the first week in A p ril.
Portland.
The
consideration
I t provides tbe death penalty for ‘ ho*
There are 22 counties in Montana, ' Copenhagen, Dec. 16.— The brother 916,000.
perished in the 4re,
A Duke's Wins and Cigar BUL
1 2 0 0 nod"0 ’ " ‘ “n i i * ’ * P r0P * r * y loss o l
new ly elected governors three of which, Chotau and Dawson, of Professor Andrea, the miaalng A retie
« u llty of a " b o ld -u p ,” in case th*
e->™D’,On’ Dec‘
Judgm ent for
9200,000.
There were 75
have been a ll inaugurated on the Canadian l-order, and < ua'er explorer, hoping for Andrea’s return
A MR From Clatsop County Fisherman.
young «260 we. entered in tbe Woeen’s Bench death of any person on the train re
ba 26 Republican, IS
women
students
in
the
coo a tv, on the North Dakota lx H f ,
m its . In case no one . ie killed, «>•
b uilding, of
p o la r regio
has deferred
2 * ^ ’ *? ’ “ **
D “k e o fM e .
Ulateop county, O r., fishing interdste whom six perished,
one S ilvsrite, the last being make up obe-balf of the area of t i e apeniug tbe
penalty is made herd labor from 20 •
The ether victim
la tta r’e teataraeet for I t ta re agreed upon n b ill for th i oom-
'■ mr Wine end cieare » P p H e d
Sadler, of Neavda.
was tbe aged jn n ito n
state.
40 years. F ly n n , of Oklahoma, Intro-
Tb« origin ol by a city m e r r h . n / ” '1
■g Oregon legislature.
merchant.
The claim was dnoed a b il l p ro v id in g for a serpente
the Rre is gakmown.
i
s: - ä -S ä
m a rt fo r O k la h o m a .