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(WWi.,w.KcjE:J Oregon Gity Goarier. 1 A. IT. OHINIT, mbllsher. OREGON CITY OREGON HWS OF THE WEEK i ' W ' IiUrwUii Collection of Current EreaaJ E In Condensed Font From j t Both Continent While skating on the ioe near Gard er. Miss., three young people sudden ly broke through, and before assistance ooid reach them were drowned. At Tonawanda, N. Y., while a party were skating, the ice gave ' way and precipitated four young people into the nter.T .Three of them were drowned. Ofaina approves of the Russian fleet wintering at Port Arthur, being per readed that this action is taken in the interest of China, and necessitated by the German occupation of Kiao Chou. General Blanco reports to Madrid that negotiations with several influen tial insurgent leaders are progressing favorably; that he hopes to detach from tie rebellion important forces which re willing to accept autonomy. A rate war is on between the various liver transportation lines running to The Dalles. A reduction of fare from The Dalles to Portland is the result. This out in rates has been looked for by the public since the opposition lint was put on, some two months ago. The statement of the collections of the internal revenue show that fur the month of November last the receipts mounted to $18,959,206, an increase compared with Novomber last year, at $1,257,937. For the last five Months, however, there is shown to have been a decrease of $5,912, F. M. Gideon, the clerk of the gen eral land office, who was referred to jrXb.onuB Reddington in the testi laony before the senate Pacific railroad orumittee, Saturday, as having iiaiiged'ihe land-oflioe records so as to throw 5,000,000 acres of government laud to the Southern Pacific, has nude clear denial of the charge. A dispatch from ChriHtiania, Nor way, to the London Chronicle, says the political situation, sinoe the failure of the united committee on foreign affairs, has beoome critical, and it is feared that Sweden will seek an occasion for wined intervention in Norway. The dispatch adds that the Swedish press Jiopos for assistance from Emperor William. The committee appointed at the house civil service conference 10 days go to draft modifications of the civil service law have met and gone over 1fae various bills pending before the house. The committee expects to have measure framed by the time congress reconvenes. Its members are opposed t the present law as including too many offices within its scope. "A freight train of 21 loaded oars, traveling down the mountain to Al toona, Fa., hooiiiiie unmanageable in onsnquence of the slippery condition f the tracks, making the 12 miles from Ualltra into Altoona in as many minutes aiid crashing into a freight train directly iu front of the passenger station. About 50 cars were com jtfotaly broken up, and the Holidays burg passenger train, which was stand- dag on the track near the passenger jMied, was thrown over on its side. Three of the train crew were fatally in jured. An effort is oti foot to reduce the froduution of ootton. Gold has been discovered at Skagway which goes $4 to the pun. Mormons have secured 8,000,000 ores of land in Mexico for a colony. John Cross, of Cove, Or., was arrest sd for having counterfeit money in his om session. Bitted Super, who murdered his wife ad tw( children at Aschie, Mo., in 1891, and who was recently arrested in Oregon, whore ho married again, whs eutoiioed in Harrisonville, Mo., to be hangoj on February 4. - About 100 wholesale druggists from the cities of the Central West held a conference in Chicago for the purpose et considering the cut rates at which drugs and patent medicines are being old by the department stores, as well a by many retail druggists, and to take tops to stop tho practice if possible. The Dingley tariff -law will not bo hanged in any of its custom features t the present session of congress. A general understanding to this effect has been reached among the Rcpuhli an members of the ways and ineaiii oimnittee, who feel that it is most do irablo to avoid what is generally known as tariff tinkering. The subcommittee of the senate com mittee on Indian affairs, appointed to consider the problems, presented in In dian territory have praetioufly decided to recommend amendments to the pres ent law, providing for the apportion ment of all the lands held hy the five civilised tribes among the members of these tribes, and aslo an amendment providing that all valid louses shall be recognized by the government of the United States, and the money paid on account of them covered into the treas ury of the United States for tho bene it of the various tribes as such. A Birmingham, Ala., dispatch says: The Tennessee Coal & Iron Railroad Company and tho Slows Iron & Steel 'Company have shipped 5,000 tons of Alabama pig iron to Peusacola, from whence it will bo forwarded to Kobe ad Yokohama, Japan. A trial ship ment of Alabama iron made to Japan ewral months ago gave such satisfac tion that extensive orders are result ing, this shipment being the first of series. Japan heretofore was supplied If European furnaces, but Alabama la superseded these. BONDING MINERS' OUTFITS. Canadian Custom Commissioner Gives Out Regulation. Washington, Deo. 22. A response has been received to a recent letter from Secretary Gage to the commis sioner of customs, requesting informa tion as to the bonding of miners' outfits through Canadian territory on the route from Juneau by way of the Chil koot pass and the Yukon river to Circle City. The commissioner says that the following regulations have been pre pared to meet the case: Imported goods, as above described, shall be reported'fhe Canadian custom-house at Tagish, and may be en tered for exportation there in the usual form, "in transit," in duplicate. The goods may then be delivered without payment of duty to be carried to their destination out of Canada by any tran sportation company which has duly exeouted a bond in the form prescribed by the minister of customs for the due and faithful delivery of all packages carried by such company and for the general compliance with the customs laws and regulations governing euch traffic. A duplicate of the entry in transit, duly signed and marked with the proper oustoms stamp, shall accompany each shipment of goods conveyed by a bond ed carrier, so that the same may be re turned to the custom-house at Fort Cudahy with a certificate thereon as to the landing of the goods in the United States, or of their having passed out ward from Canada, within six months from the date of the entry. If the goods, when entered in transit for exportation, are not delivered to be forwarded by a bonded carrier, as pro vided in the last proceeding section, the duty thereon is to be deposited with the customs officer at Lake Tagish, subject to a refund of same at the port of Fort Cudahy, when the goods pass outward thereat, or upon the certificate of an officer of the United States, or of the Canadian customs, that the-said goods have been landed in the United States within six months from the date of entry. The duty deposited on such is to be indorsed on the entry and cer tified by the customs officer in charge, and the duplicate of the entry, duty cer tified and marked with the customs stamp, is to be delivered to the person making the deposit. A report of such entry in transit shall be forwarded by mail without de lay by the oustoms officers at the send ing port to the oolleotor of customs at Fort Cudahy, for the collection of du ties on the goods entered in transit and not duly exported. The articles ususally classified as travelers' baggage are to be passed free, without entry. Commissioner McDougall, in a letter accompanying these regulations, says that they are framed with the desire to afford the utmost facilities for traffic in question, compatible with security to the revenue. He further says: "Responsible transportation com panies will be soon in operation for the conveyance of goods over the Chilkoot and other passes down the Yukon river and its tributaries, in which case United States goods may go forward into Alaska without payment of du ties." OVER A PIECE OF GROUND. Dispute Between the United Htates and and the Btate of Texas. Chicago, Doc. 22. A special to the Chronicle from Fort Worth, Tex., says: The state of Texas and tho United States government are in conflict over a piece of ground on the east end of Galveston island, on which is located the state quarantine station and which has been taken possession of by the federal authorities, who intend erecting a torpedo station thereon. The United States claims it under tno terms of the Texas annexation treaty, which requires the ceding to the government by the republio of "Texas of all lands used for the purpose of mil itary defenses or upon which fortifica tions were standing. The state will dispute the claim on the ground that there wore no available fortifications in existence on the ground in controversy at the time the treaty was made. Leedy's Modest Hcheme. Topeka, Kan., Dec. 23. Governor Lowly announces that he will present a scheme to the Nebraska irrigation convention which, if carried out, will cause the arid plains to blossom as the rose. A one thousand seven hundred mile canal from Montana to Texas is the startling proposition to be formally made hy Governor Leedy to the coining irrigation congress. The purpose of the canal would he to divert tho flood of waters of the Missouri and Missis sippi valleys and let them down when wanted. The canal would tap the Missouri river at Milk river in Montana and empty into Red river in Texas. The governor maintains incidentally that the cost would bo only $300, 000, 000. Lost Her Keek Load. San Francisco, Dec. 23. The schooner Mayflower, Captain Olson, ar rived today, 15 days from the Coquillo river. The vessel had 113,000 feet of lumber as a cargo when she Blurted, but when she reached here she was 10,000 foot short of that amount. From De cember 3 to 14 inclusive, heavy gales were encountered, the seas washing completely over the schooner. It was during an unusually heavy gale that the lumber was washed away. A sea man was at one time carried over the side of tho schooner, but was caught by a wave and carried back on board again. Wages Are Reduced. Manchester, N. H., Deo. 23. No tices of a 10 per cent reduction in wages on Jauhary 1 have been posted in the Amore. Stark an J Jefferson oot ton mills, in this city. The Amoskeag mills, employing 9,000 operatives, posted similar notices last week. The Amore, Stark and Jefferson mills em ploy 11,000 operatives. I A DESTRUCTIVE FIRE Largest Jewelry Store in the World Destroyed. JIERM0D & JACCARD, IN ST. LOUIS An Immense Stock of Costly Goods Lost Another Bad Blaze In Grand " Forks. St. Louis, Dec. 21. A fire started in the basement of the building occupied by the Mermod & Jaccard Jewelry Company, at the corner of Locust and Broadway, early this morning, and in an almost incredibly short time the five-story building was completely gutted. The total loss will reach $335,000, fully covered by insurance. The fire had been burning some time before it was discovered at 4:40 o'clock, and at 5 P. M. the south wall and all the floors began falling, making one of the fiercest and quickest fires in the an nals of the city. Next to the boiler room in the basement was a room used for packing. It is thought that the fire started in the boiler room, com-, municating to the packing-room, and shooting up the elevator shaft, quick ly spread over the building. W. A. Rutledge, the engineer, and his family, lived on the fourth floor. They barely escaped with their lives. The firemen dragged them, unconscious, from their beds and carried them down the fire escape. Five minutes later the floors fell. Several other tenants in the building had narrow escapes, but there were no fatalities. The Mermod & Jaccard Jewelry Company is one of the largest in the world, and it being Christmas season, they carried an immense stock. One half of the stock had been placed in the two large vaults and was saved. The Model Cloak Company, in the northeast comer of the building, was wiped out, sustaining a loss of $50,000, on which there is insurance of three fourths. The Mermod & Jaccard Company oc cupied but two floors and basement of the structure. On the fifth floor was the repair shop. A large amount of the repair work had been i finished, anil most of it was saved by the salvage corps. The corps also saved a dozen or more grandfather clocks, ranging in value from $500 to $1,800 each, and many old Vienna vases and valuab.e pieces of pottery. The silverware, melted by the heat, will be found un der the debris of fallen timbers. On the first floor, left out of the vaults, wore clocks, silverware, china, art pot tery, out glassware and other articles, all of which will be a total loss. There were over 40 tonants in the building, whose losses range from $500 to $4,000. They were partially in sured. The jewelry firm carried insuranoe to the amount of $400,000, which, if the stock in the vaults is found intact, will amply cover the loss sustained. The building was owned by the estate of the late Luther M. Kennett, but un der lease to the Mermod & Jaccard Company. The firm estimates the value of the building at $125,000, upon which there was insurance of $105,000. Late tonight the burned-out firm de cided to continue in business, and to morrow will take possession of the store and Btock of another leading jeweler of this city, which they have bought. The firm that goes out of business is that of A. Kurtzborn & Sons. Another Fire at Grand Forks. Grand Forks, N. D., Dec. 21. The business portion of the city was threat ened by another fira tonight, which might have been more destructive than that of Friday, when the Hotel Dakota and the Mercantile Company and Nash Bros.' buildings were burned. Shortly after 6 o'clock, smoke was seen issuing from the floor of tho department store of Benner & Begg, and in less than 15 minutes the building was iu flames, and the fire had crept into the Stanch field clothing house and the II. A. Stone jewelry store, in building ad joining. After three hours work the fire was Bubdued. The damage to the building and stock of Benner & Begg will be $55,000. Losses to the other firms will be small. JACK DALTON'S ADVICE. Bays Horses Would lie Better Than Reindeer for Belief Expedition. Seattle, Dec. 21. Jack Dalton. the well-known Alaskan prospector, after whom the Dalton trail is named, in an interview tonight, speaking of the proposed relief expedition of the gov ernment to Alaska, said: "The proposal to use reindeer teams does not strike me as being the right thing. HorBes can be used to much better advantage. Instead of reindeer, the department ought to get together a large number of hardy horses, and sufficient food should he taken along to feed them. They can do much better work than reindeer. I would use sleds for carrying the food for tho men and provender for the horses. To handle a reindeer expedition successfully it would he nocossary to have relay sta tions established a day's journey apart, with food for the animals at these sta tions." Mr. Dalton, speaking of the best route by which to take relief, said that lie would go over the Chilkoot pass and then down the lakes and the Yukon river over the ice. riate-Glass Strike Ended. Kokomo, Ind., Deo. 21. The plate plass strike is over, the 1,000 men in the Kokomo and El wood plants hav ing accepted the company's proposition for polishers to be paid for piece work. Uotb factories will resume operations wnwea. ' EDICT OF THE TRADES UNION Members Are Askrd Not to Serve in the National Guard. Chicago, Dec.22. The Times-Herald says: Trades unionists are required by the Chicago Federation of Labor to leave the National Guard at once. This was the unanimous deoision reached by the delegates at their week ly meeting. It was said without con tradiction that a union man could not consistently serve in the militia and incur the risk of being called out to shoot down fellow trades unionists who were on a strike for the betterment of their condition. So, every trades unionist who is now a member of the National Guard will be required to se cure a discharge from military service at once. Delegate P. J. Hassett started it all with a motion to compel trades union ists to leave the National Guard. An amendment by McPhee was offered to have every workman enlist and learn how to handle a gun. This was lost, and a less warlike substitute was offered by Delegate B. P. Williams, that a request be made to all union men now in the militia to get out of the service." A second motion was offered by Delegate Williams and ssed, urging all union men who are not members of the militia to refrain from enlisting. General Miles' sug gestion of guns for the postoffioe was denounced as a shadow of coming events. The tocsin was sounded that oapital was organizing and that labor should be prepared. ' The delegates later declared their opposition to tho creation of the proposed new cabinet position of secretary of commerce and industry. The adverse report of the committee to which the subject had been referred was sustained. A motion was passed favoring the creation of a cabinet department of la bor. Reports from Nashville -indicating the triumph of a movement for an eight-hour working day evoked much enthusiasm. A STEAMER ROBBED. Strong Boom of the City of Washington Burglarized. New York, Deo. 22. The Worlu says: The Wan! liner City of Wash ington, that sailed from Vera Cruz De cember 1, has arrived in this port, car rying in her strong room $000,000 in Mexican coin. This was not ah nn UBually large shipment of treasure for the Ward line to handle, and no one in authority dreamed of danger. Nevertheless, during the voyage the strong room, built to withstand the at tacks of almost everything but dyna mite, and located so as to be under constant observation, was broken into. Only $3,000 was taken by the robbers, but the general impression is that the scheme of the thieves was to seize the entire treasure. Every effort has been made to keep the matter quiet, so that the strong foroe of deteotives put upon the case by the company might work to the best advantage. A. G. Smith, the company's secre tary, admitted that the robberv had been attempted. TO USE PNEUMATIC TUBES. Proposed Innovation for l'ostoftioe. the Chicago Chioago, Doc. 23. Pneumatic tubes for the mail service of Chicago will be in operation between the depots, sub stations and the general office before long. This is the word Postmaster Gordon brought with him from Wash ington. After a mouth's absence in the East, Mr. Gordon arrived in Chicago last evening, after having conferred with Senator Mason, Congressman Foss and President McKinley. In addition to the tubes, Mr. Gordon will also establish a special delivery service, which he planuses will be great help to the business men of this city. Mr. Gordon investigated the pneu matio tubes in Boston, New York and Philadelphia, Ho was much pleased with their operation. Mr. Uortlon is sure the corner-stone of the new postofllce building will bo laid either July 4, or October 9. If the latter date is chosen, the famous society of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery of Boston will attend, as well as President McKinley, Postmaster, General Gary and Secretary Gage, who will lay the corner-stone. The Fighting Germans. Berlin, Deo. 22. The Arbiter Zei- tung reports an nnprovoked attack by a party of officers, including Chevalier d'Ansel and Lieutenant Witschin, on a number of civilians iu the Cafo Haphael, at Kroma, Austria. Three civilians woro badly wounded with swords before tho police stopped the fray. When asked to pay the bill, Lieutonant d'Ansel struck the waiter with his sword. The officers were not arrested. Cxechs and Soldiers Fighting. London, Dec. 22. A dispatch from Vienna to the Telegraph reports there have boon sanguinary conflicts at sev eral barracks in Plague during the last few days between Czechs and German soldiers. Twenty-five men have been seriously wounded. The authorities confiscated the Czech newspapers that reported tho affrays. Walla Walla. Wash., Dec. 31. Tho committee of citizens that has been so liciting funds for the purpose of send ing two representatives to Washington to look after Walla Walla s interests in the matter of the alleged report re garding the abandonment of Fort Walla Walla will complete its labors Mon dav. The committee nas been verv successful, and has secured sufficient money to defray the necsesary expenses. The delegates will probably leave for Washington after (he holidays. NEGLECTED WARNING Cubans Hang Colonel a Spaniard. Ruiz, HE CARRIED AUTONOMY PAPERS Two More Filibustering Expeditions Are Safely Landed Major Fer nandez Was Murdered. New York, Dec. 20. A Herald dis patch from Havana says: Much anxiety is felt for the safety of Lieutenant-Colonel Joaquin Ruiz, aide-de-camp to General Blanco, who, it is said, has met death as the penalty for bearing a proposition for surrender to a rebel camp. It seems tnat uolonei Kuiz is a personal friend of Colonel Aranguen, who was employed by him before the war, when Colonel Ruiz was engineer in charge of the Vento water works. Reuently, under orders from General Blanco, Colonel Ruiz opened corre spondence with Colonel . Aranguen, with the object of arranging an inter view, Colonel Aranguen wrote that he would meet the colonel if the latter only desired to talk on personal affairs, to which the colonel replied that he wished to talk about political matters. Colonel Aranguen wrote that he would absolutely refuse to receive him on these condition, and called his atten tion earnestlylo General Gomez' order that all persons entering insurgent camps to offer terms of surrender should be put to death. lie assured Colonel Ruiz that he was prepared to carry out Gomez' orders to the letter, and that while he esteemed him highly as an old friend, he would hang him if he neglected the warning. In spite of this, Colonel Ruiz started alone on Sunday for Colonel Aran guen's camp, deterimned to risk all in the attempt. On leaving he said if he had not returned by Tuesday night he might be given up as dead. So far nothing has been heard of him, and there is little room for doubt that the insurgent leader has put his threat into execution. If this be true, much regret will be felt even in Cuban circles in Havana, where Colonel Ruiz was well known as a gallant soldier and an accomplished gentleman, but it is pointed out that his death will have a good effect as showing the indomitable spirit animat ing the insurgent leaders. Major Fernandez, better known as Pitore, the insurgent leader, who, ac cording to official reports, was slain in combat with Spanish troops, was really killed while ill and helpless awaiting an opportunity to surreuder to Thomas Garcia, recently autonomist alcalde of Guines, an old friend. Pitore being dangerously ill, applied to him to ar range terms for his surrender. Garcia caused him to be taken to the Cancio estate, where he made him oomfortable and arranged to have a detail of Spanish troops sent to bring him to the hospital in the town. Instead the troops went to the country and butchered the man. Senor Garcia is infuriated at this breach of faith, and has declared his in tention of coming to Havana to lay the matter before General Blanco and de mand the punishment of the officer re sponsible for the murder. The battle of Guisa appears now to have been a more important insurgent success than was at first supposed. Ad vices received by the junta state that the insurgents captured 270 Mausers, 220,000 cartridges and 118 prisoners. General Calixoto Garoia has sent word to General Pando that he will only re lease the prisoners under solemn pledge signed hy General Blanco that they will he sent back to Spain. He com plains that after the capture of Las Tunas the prisoners released on parole were sent back to the ranks. The insurgents in Santa Clara prov ince hare more than 6,000 men well armed, and are confident of ultimate success. They are also well provisioned with medicine and other necessaries. General Gomez is at La Reforraa, where he has been for nearly a year. V .thin the last four days two large filibustering expeditions have safely reached Cuba, one landing in Matanzai province and the other at Baraeoe, only five leagues from Havana. They brought clothing, medicines and dyna mite. The rebels are now using largs quantities of dynamite with consider able effect. General Pando, who is operating in tho east against General Garcia, has asked for reinforcements, which have been sent, several battalions being withdrawn from Pinar del Rio. General Bernai has started across Pinar del Rio to Cape Antonio, where a large body of rebels is congregated. Reports from Guira de Melena state that the rebels fired on the town almost every night. Rebels under Colonel Colazzo and General Rotirignez surrounded a Span ish column yesterday at the Carmen estate, Havana province. Spanish re inforcements arrived from Guines and a fierce engagement occurred. The detalis are suppressed, but the loss is admitted to be heavy on both sides, Another engagement is reported to have occurred December 14 near Gnira de Melena between Morroto and Col onel Arango's forces. New York, Dec. 20. The Herald correspondent in Rio Janeiro telegraphs that the government authorities have seized a letter written by Vice-President Peirera which proves beyond doubt that he was at the head of the revolu tionary movement which led to the re cent attempted assassination of Presi dent Moraes. Brazilian authorities till have cause to fear a revolution, and the government has requested Uruguay to prevent the gathering of revolution ary groups along her frontier. NO MORE SEALSKINS. important Clause In the Bill That Ha Just Passed Congress. Washington, Dec. 21. It has been developed that the bill relating to pe lagic sealing which has just passed both branches of congress, and is before the president, contains a provision of far-reaching character which has thus, far escaped attention. This is an abso lute prohibition of the bringing of seal skins into the United States. As the United States is the largest market in the world for sealskins this complete stoppage of the trade in this country will be a severe measure against the British and Canadian industries which take and cure the skins and then dis pose of them largely in the United States. When the bill was proposed it' was., generally supposed that its only pur pose was to prohibit American citizens from carrying on pelagic sealing. This feature was the only one to attract at tention during the discussions. At tho adoption of the bill,;however, a section was discoverd which was not restricted to Americans, but applies to sealskins in general, "taken in the waters men tioned in this act," which include the whole Pacific ocean. The provisions is as follows: Section 9. That the importation into the United States by any person what soever of fur sealskins, taken in waters mentioned in this aot, whether raw, dressed, dyed or "manufactured, is hereby prohibited, and all such articles- imported after this act shall take effect shall not be permitted to be exported, but shall be seized and destroyed by the proper officers of the United States." Those who are thoroughly familiar with the bill say this provision is of far more importance in its effect than the prohibition against pelagic sealing by Americans. RELIEF BILL SIGNED. Two Hundred Thousand Dollars to Aid Starving Yllkoners. Washington, Dec. 21. Both houses, of congress today passed the joint reso lution for the relief of miners in tho Yukon valley, Alaska, and in a short time it had reoeived the signature of the president. , Tho bill appropriates $200,000, to be expended under direction of the secre tary of war in the purchase of supplies for the relief of the people in the Yu kon country or other mining regions of Alaska, and for the transportation and distribution of such supplies, provided that, if the consent of the Canadian government be obtained, the secretary of war may extend the relief into Can adian territory. The resolution fur ther provides that the supplies may b sold in that region at such prices as may be fixed by the secretary of war, or donated to those unable to pay fur them. The secretary of war is author ized to use the United States army in carrying into effect the provisions of the act, to import reindeer and drivers for the transportation of supplies, and to adopt such other provisions as ar practicable. The secretary is direotod, when the work shall have been com pleted, to sell the reindeer or turn them over to the secretary of the inter ior, in his discretion, and to make a. detailed report to congress at the be ginning of the next session of such dis bursements made and results accom plished under the act. A Northwestern Wreck. Vail, la., Dec. 21. The overland limited on the Chicago & Northwest ern, which left Chicago last night, ran into an open switch near here at (i o'clock this morning. The mail-eatoh, it seems, flew out of the mail conch, which was next to the engine. The catch struck the switch lever, brone it off and opened the switch. The train was going at tho rate of 00 miles an hour. The engine and mail car re mained on the track, but the buffet car, two sleepers and two coaches a ere completely overturned on the prairio. Everybody on board was knocked about considerably, and many wore scratched and bruised, but no person was killed or apparently seriously injured. A wrecking train was sent to the wreck, and within a short time the passenger were on their way to Omaha. Report Blames Indians. Denver, Dec. 21 D. C. Beaman, Josiah Walbridge and Charles E. No ble, the commission appointed by Gov ernor Adams to investigate the recent Indian troubles in the vicinity of Lily Park-,, filed their report with the gov ernor this afternoon. The report is an almost complete vindication of the game wardens, and shows that the In dians were alone responsible for the bloody conflict in Routt county last mouth, in which several of their num ber were killed. A Boston Humor. Boston, Dec. 21. A prominont German-American merchant of this aity has reoeived a private cipher cable from German capitalists advising him to sell out all his holdings in Boston immediately. It is rumored that the cable disclosed a startling coup planned by Germany, and exposed the secret ! destination of the mysterious German fleet. According to the dispatch, tho fleet is really being sent to threaten the United States, and secure absolute supremacy of the Pacific by seizure of Hawaii and Samoa. Earthquake In Italy. Rome, Dec 21. Strong earthquake shocks lasting twelve seconds were felt this morning. In central Italy the walls of houses split, many chimneys fell, bells rang and a panic prevailed among the inhabitants. New York, Deo. 21. While Mrs. Margaret Spencer was cooking on an oil stove tonight, her pet dog upset the stove. An explosion followed, and the woman was so badly burned that sh died.