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V OREQON CITY COURIER OREGON CITY HERALD CONSOLIDATED. A. 1T.CHINEY...... ........ Pubrfehet I NEWS Of THE WEEK Comprehensive Bevlew of the Import ant Happening! of the Fait Week r Called From the Telegraph Columns. A wind with the velooity of 45 miles an. hour swept through St. Louis, and fire people are repoi ted injured in dif ferent partB of the city from falling . signboards. Proposals for an arrangement between the contending forces in Bolivia are now under consideration by the lead ers, and it is hoped they will result auc oesstully. . A severe snow storm has been raging in Minnesota and over into South Da kota on the west and into Wisconin on the east. The snow drifted badly, and Jiama was delayed. Three togs for use among the Philip pine islands have been purchased by - tne united States at Hong Kong. They re each of about 100 tons, 87 feet long nd draw eight feet of water. A terrific wind storm visited Okla hama City, O, T. For half an hoar it blew a perfect gale, while the rain fell in sneets. n early iuu houses were blown down. The damage is estimated at 150,000. No lives were lost. The ship Marion Chilcott will take from Puget Sound 800 tons of hay, oats and bran, and 400,000 feet of lumber to Manila for government use, in response to a recent order reoeived by Quartermaster Robinson at Seattle. The dispatoh from the Italian govern ment asking from China a concession of the port of San Mun, has been changed into a note of demand, and , China, which had refused to cede the , port, in answer to the request will now probably yield to the demand. The Cuban assembly has impeaohed Gomez and dismissed him from the army for having agreed with United : States authorities to disband the Cuban army without consulting the assembly. When Gomez was intormed of the ac tion of the assembly, he replied: "All right; I enjoy the situation." Admiral Sam pson has sailed with bis flagship the New York, and the Brooklyn, from Ha rana for Puerto Cortes, on the ooast of Honduras. The Indiana and the Teias, of the North Atlantic squadron, sailed from Havana lor Cienfucgos. The ships will meet -again in the coarse of a week, probably cff the Venezuela coast. The Bed Cross Society of New York - lias shipped $30,000 worth of medical uppliei and delicaoies to the soldiers at Manila. A rapture is imminent between Italy and China, over the latter'i refusal to ede a eoaling station to Italy at San mud bay. The British cruiser Talbot, which -was sent to New York to convey the tematue 01 Lord Hersbell to England, nas tiied. The Madrid authorities have offered Aguinaldo a ransom of $1,000 for each officer, $100 each for the privates, and t ou tor eaon oivii servant. Advices from Honolulu dated March 1 state that Princess Kanilani was not cxpeoted to live 84 houia. Rheuma ism of the heart was the oause of her illness. Both houses of the Oklahoma legisia tore have passed a bill prohibiting the practice of Christian scienoe in Okla homa. The governor, it is said, will tign the bill. ; , . . 1 The Canadian government has de cided to construct a telegraph line to she Klondike country. The pian is to vuild a line between Lake Bennett and Dawson City at once. The Whftinsville cotton mill, at whitinsville, Mass., and the cotton mills at Lin wood and Saundersville Juve announced an advance in wages. -a 0011 1 a.uuo operatives are affected, The British minister has informed .. 1 ni.i ' m uo vuiiibb ioreign omoe tiiat anv attempt to repudiate tbe railway con tract will be regarded as a breach of -faith meriting retributive measures. The government has conoluded to in iguram iiringeni sanitary measures in Cuba and Porto Rico. Apparatus lor destroying garbage is being shipped 10 me principal cities of both islands. An army winter hospital at Savan nah, Ga., of 47 buildings, has been opened lor patients. The first ship. nieut or invalid soldiers from Cuba Jiaye been received by the hospital ship .Missouri. Welcome A. Botkin, husband of Cordelia Botkin, convicted of the murder of Mrs. John R. Dunning, of Dover, Del., has applied for a divorce on the ground that his wife has been convicted OTa felony. The 19 dynamite cartridges found "back of the exploded arsenal at Tou lon, France, are of foreign manufac ture, and French authorities aie now convinoed the destruction of the arsen al was due to foul play. Minor Mesrs Hems, Two surveying parties are locating the line of the eleotrio road between Taeouia and Seattle, a distance of 80 miles. The road is expected to be in operation by November 1, A double tragedy is reported from Nanaimo, B. C. Dave Evans shot Lib hie White dead and committed suicide in their room at a hotel. Both were publio entortainera, Unrequited love is supposea to have been tbe of the tragedy. LATER NEWS. A dispatch from Rome announces that the pope has suffered a renewal of fainting fits, but it is added that'his physicians do iiot regard his condition as serious. The appellate court, at Chicago, has nunanimonsly sustained a decision rendered by Judge Tuley last summer, that express companies are obliged to furnish war revenue stamps to all ship pers. , The sovereign oamp Woodmen of the World, the fifth largest fraternal and beneficiaiy order in the United States are in biennial session at Memphis, Tenn. The session will last ten days or two weeks. Mrs. Minnie Adams has been arrest ed at her father's home, in San Fran cisco, on suspicion of having murdered her two-year-old illegitimate child, Jolip Richard Gray, by administering a dose of carbolic acid. Senor Quesada, of the Cuban junta in Washington, has received a cable gram form Santiago which says: "The people ol Santiago disauthorize the as sembly, sustain Gomez and are pre paring a public manifestation." At the annual meeting of the Asso ciated Chambers of Commerce in Lon don, a resolution was passed urging the British government to maintain the "open door" in China and prior Brit ish rights in the Yang tse Kiang valley A contraot has been conoluded be tween the German government and Cecil Rhodes, the British South Afri can magnate, lor tne construction or a telegraph line in East Africa.1 A contract for building a railroad through tbe same territory ia upon the point of conclusion. . Rear-Admiral Hichborn, chief naval constructor, in his statement of work accomplished on the vessels now build ing for the navy, shows thai there are now actually under construction, or al ready contracted for, 61 vessels of vari ous types, ranging from battle-ships to torpedo-boats. , According to a dispatoh from Pinar del Rio, five sisters of the Amerioan order of Sacred Heart have been ordered away from Cuba by Archibshop Cha pelle, papal representative. The nuns are aU daughters of Indian chiefs, and tbe "-reason gven ii the "oid hatred against the Indian sisters." Armed Italian strike) s have Dre vent ed other miners fiom taking their places at the Hidden Treasure, Ute and Ulay mines, near Lake City. Colo. The sheriff may call on the eovernor for troops to maintain order. The strike was declared on account of an order requiring all miners without fam- lies to take their meals at the mine boarding house. The torpedo-boat Fox, built at Port land, has arrived . at San Francisco. She made the run from Astoiia in 45 hours. The navy department has abandoned all hope of the recovery of the armored sruiser Cristobal Colon, sunk in the battle of July 8, at Santiago. The navy department ia informed by Admiral Dewey that the supply ship Nanshan haa left Manila with supplies for the new naval station at Guam. A correspondent of the state depart ment, ' writing from Ponapi, Caroline Islands, says the inhabitants like every, thing that is American. They are hop ing and praying, he says, that the Americans will take possession of all of the islands, and, if not all, at least the island of Ponapi. The differences between the Raisin Growers' Association and the packers of California, have been finally ad justed. The association will make the sales and the paokers will receive a liberal oommission. The packers will form an oragnization with a capital of I5Q0.000, of which 10,000 is to be in cash. : , The city of Pasig, east of Manila, haa been captured by American troops after an hour's fight. The loss to the Filipinos . was 80 killed and 18 prison ers. The Americans' loss was one man killed. Six were wounded. Tbe man killed is Private C. E. Thorn, of the Twentieth Kansas. The battle was fought by Wheaton's divisional brigade. A search steamer which has returned to Brisbane, Queensland, from Cook! town, on the Endeavor river, this 1 colonv, reports that three sohooners and I 80 luggers were lost and that 400 col ored persons and 11 whites '8 . drowned during the recent hurricane that swept the northwest coast of Queensland. There has been a popular demonstra tion in Christiana, Norway, airainst Crown Prluce Gustaf, Duke of Worm- land, who was recently appointed re gent on account of the illness of his father, King Oscar. The prinoe was returning from the military club when he met a crowd of people, who hooted bim, hissed him and pelted him with snowballs. A determined though unofficial effort U being made to secure the exeroise bv the United States of its good offioes in behalf of China. The matter has not yet been brought officially to the atten tion or beoretary Hay. but it is under- stood that he is aware of the wishes of certain interested persons, and the ad vantage, from their point of view, which would aoorue to this government in case of such action. A monument costing 140.000 ia to be ereoted over the grave of a simple Ken tucky private killed in the San Joan fight. The soldier was only one of many wealthy men who were prepared to go to the front in any capacity. Tbe Danish East Asiatic Com tun. limited, which, besides being a steam ship oompany, owns large forests and commercial establishments in Siam. lately ordered four more 10.000-ton caused earners for its line between the Bal j tic and the far East , Wheaton's ; Brigade Forces Back the Enemy. NO FIGHT IN THE INSURGENTS After an Hour's Stand the Filipino Desert Their Defense Works and Fly to the Jungle. Manila, March 15. At daylight to day Brigadier-General Lloyd Wheaton's divisional brigade, consisting of the Twentieth infantry, the Twenty-sec ond infantry, eight companies of the' Hailing ton volunteers, seven com- nailiila fit ll O Hrnnn unl.... 1 1 . I 1T 11 . 1 troops of tbe Fourth cavalry and a mounted battery of the Sixth artillery, was drawn upon a ridge behind San Pedro Maoati, a mile south of town. The adavnoe was sounded at 6:80 A. M.', the cavalry leading the column at a smart trot across the open to tbe right, eventually reaching a clump commanding the rear of Guadlupe. Supported by the Oregon voluntteers, the advance opened a heavy fire on tha rebels. The response was feeble and desultory, apparently coming from -few men in every covert. ' While the risht oolumn was swinging toward the t,6wn of Pasig, the left advanced, pouring volleys into the buhh A small I body of rebels made a de termined stand at Guadalupe church, but was uunable to withstand the as sault. ' . .., . ;. At 7:80 a liver gunboat started to ward Pasig. The rebels were first en oountered by this vessel in the jungle near Guadalupe. Steaming slowly the gunboat poured a terrifio fire from her gatling guns into tbe brush. For an hour Lie whirling of the rapid-fire guns alternated with the booming of the heavier pieces on board. In the meantime Soott's battery ashore was shelling the trenches and driving the enemy bok. The artillery then advanoed to the bridge of bamboo and drove a few of the enemy's sharp shooters away with volleys from their carbines. The artillery then advanced and met with no opposition. Ihe infantry had been sent forward in extended order, the' Washington regiment resting on the bank of the river, eaoh regiment deploying on reacning a station and - - furnishing its tain on nnAur Tl, .s.! ..1 COlUmn mmt U l. 1 a. . 1 . 1 , - . , Wi.DD.ou luwtra uie river, ariving the enemy toward his support and then ad vanoing on Guadalupe. The artilleiv moved to a ridge commanding Pasig and Pateros. Ry this time tbe eriemv was in full flight along a line over a mile long, and the firing was discontinued temporarily, in order to give the troops a rest before makins the attack nn Pasig. The enemy's loss was believed .... a ivoa otuo iraucTwi 1 to be severe, but Only eight Amerjcajis were wounded at this itage of the en gagement. It Was raining heavily. After a short rest, General Wheaton resumed the attack on Pasig. Scott's battery, supported by two companies of the Twentieth regiment, advanced on Guadalupe by the road along the river bank, the remainder of the Twen tieth regiment and the Twenty-second regiment following with the reserve oi Oregon volunteers. 1 At 11:80 A. M. the column came in contact with the enemy, and the gun boat steamed to the firinsr line and cleared the jungle on both aides while the battery took up a position on a blufl at the right. The first shot from tlx Amerioan field pieces at 1,200 yards' range dislodged a gun of the enemy at Pasig. After Ihe town bad been shelled tbe Twentieth regiment lined up on the bluff and the Twenty-second took up a position on the left of the place, with the cavalry in the center, whereupon the enemy retreated to the town. The gunboat then moved iuto a bend oppoaite, and a hot fire on the rebel position was maintained along tbe 1 whole American line until 2 -511 P. M., when preparations were made for the attack. At 8 P. M. our gunboat started in pursuit of the enemy s armed tag, chasing her to the lake. . ; At 8 :80 P.M. a large body of the enemy was discovered working around the right flank, and the Twentieth regi. ment was moved to a commanding ridge. The rebels were met opposite Pateros, but bolted. Thirtv nf th rebels were killed, 16 more taken pria- imers, ana tne Americans lost six men wounded. The whole American bi vouacked at 6 o'clock. About 700 rebels were reported to be marching northward a few miles to the southwest Spain Cannot Pay. Madrid, Maroh 15. The position of the Spanish prisoners in the Philip, pines, it is said here, mast remain in anoyance, as the sum demanded bv Aguinaldo is so enormous that the gov- ernnient cannot pay it. General Rios mo opuniHn cummanuer in the Philip- pines, in an official dispatoh acquaint ing tbe government with the fact that Major-General Otis has stopped the ne gotiations for the release of the Span ish prisoners in the hands of the rebels, says: "1 protest in the name of humanity, and believe the time has arrived to ap peal through the consuls to the good offices of the powers." For a Two Weeks' Vacation. Washington, Maroh 15. President and Mrs. MoKinley and a party of friends left the city at 6:45 tonight for a vacation of two weeks at Thomas ville, Ga., where the train is scheduled to arrive at 4 o'clock tomorrow after noon. The president occupied the magnificent private Pullman observa tion car Iolanthe, at the rear of the special train, the remainder of whioh was made up of a compartment car, a sieeper, a dining-car and combina Hon smoking and bamse oar. FAIR WAY OF SETTLEMENT. Satisfactory Understanding Reached in Regard to Samoa. Washington, March 15. After nu meorus conferences and the exchange of notes between Seoretary Hay, the British ambassador 1 and tbe German ambassador, a satisfactory understand ing has been readied between tbe three powers interested ' in Simoa as to the conditions there. This seeks to open a new aocount of Samoa and to obliter ate the troubles among officials which have recently occurred there. To tbia end, Dr. Wilhelm Salf, who has been nominated by Germany as presi dent of the municipal council at Apia, to succeed Di. Raffel, will be recog nized by the British and United States authorities. Already this recognition is assured, but It remains for the con- snla at Apia to carry it into formal effeot, in accordance with tbe letter of the treaty of Berlin. Dr. Salf will reach Washington the latter part of 1 this month. He will then proceed to ! Samoa, reaching there in May. His assumption of the munininal r.reai. ctency. with the approval of tha thron powers, is expeoted to smooth out mat ters among the offlciuls and go a long way toward adjusting the entire mat ter - :i ; . In reaching this conclusion, the offl oials of tbe three powers have decided not to attempt a settlement , of the Samoan kingship for the1 present. In the meantime, the status quo is to be maintained. According to the under standing reached, there will be no move to establish, permanently, one or the other of these claimants on the throne. The kingship will be settled by a full conference as soon as all the informa tion on the subject is obtained. CALIFORNIA BANK FAILS. The Drought Responsible for the Fi nancial Situation. San Luis Obispo, Cal., March 15. The bank situation here is still unsat isfactory. The County and Commer cial banks are still closed. President Venable, of the Commercial, said to day: "If it does not rain very soon in or der to make better times, our bank will not be reopened." , J. P. Andrews, president of the An drews Banking Company, the only bank now doing business here, stated that be was receiving deposits and would weather the storm. It ia stated that if too muoh pressure is brought to bear In , r .urn ,11a VIUBQU banks, several hnai nnaa linnaaa mow ka I . - v iarcM tnutuan Rant Clnli. ( Barrett is investigating the affairs of -" vuiutuiaaiuilDl the County and Commercial banks. SURRENDERED VOLUNTARILY. Two Men Charged With the Murder of Colonel Fountain and Son. Denver, Colo., March 15. A special to the News from Santa Fe, N. M., bujb; unver m, ijete and William Gilliland, oharged with the (murder of says: Oliver M. Lete and William Colonel A. J, Fountain, of Las Cruces, ana nis little son, on the white sands or tne Sacramentos, in February, 1897, surrendered this morning to Judge raraer, ai as Unices. These men have defied the officers for the past 18 nioniiis, ueputy Hderitr Uasey having oeen emeu wnue trying to arrest them T7n. 1 ... uyvu mo assurances 01 tne governor that they would be protected from mob violence, the men surrendered volun tartly. The Fountain murder was sup posed to be the result of the prosecu' tion of cattle rustlers. - Impeachment of domes. New York, March 15. A dispatch 10 tne iriDiine trom Washington says News from Havana of the Cuban asaera bly'a action in deposing Maximo Go mel from command of the armv will cause no ehange in the administration's policy. The Amerioan military com mander authorities in Cuba will con tinue to recognise Gomea and to deal With bim. It is not believed the tur moil which has been oreated temporar ily win man e necessary any change in the plans for the withdrawal of tha volunteers, though if the developments seem to require it, the plans will be modified. Harried Trio to Cuba. Washington, Maroh 15. Postmaster General Ubarles Emory Smith will leave here next Wednesday on a hurried trip of three or four days in Cuba. The object or tne trip la a conference with Director of Posts Rath bone over a num ber of postal matters that have arisen on the island which require personal investigation. Patlateh at Fort Rupert. Victoria, B. 0 Maroh 15. The steamer Willapa brings news that a big potlatch is now going on at Fort Rupert, where nearly 1,200 Indians are aaid to be gathered. Dancing and the making of presents is being carried on in great style. The chief of the Rupert tribe is trying to induce all the tribes to join with him in a big peace society, intended to put an end to jealousies and intertribal quarrels. V""3 awiety, mienueu 10 put an The Tax at San Franolseo. San Francisco, March 15. The torpedo-boat Fox, built at Portland for the government, arrived here today. She made the run from Astoria in 45 hours, but at no time was going at full speed. She did not come to anchor on her ar rival, but went direot to Mare island. She will be turned over to the govern ment in C day or two. 1 In Vedlale Action Necessary, Wellington,' March 15. The war Ltpartruent has determined to muster out and bring home all the volunteers in Cuba, with the exoeption of the vol unteer 'engineers and immunes. The necessity for immediate action has been brought to the attention ot the war de partment on account of the quarantine regulations against Cuba, which go into effect about May 1, and which are j especially strict at all Southern poita. American Advance Is Slow, But Sure. THE FILIPINOS RETREATING Washington and Oregon Regiments la , the Thickest If the Fights at the Front Enemy Driven Into Pateros. Manila, March 16. Late yesterday General Wheaton's column encountered the enemy, in such force between Pa teros and THguig as to necessitate a change in the original plans. The cav airy attaoked a rebel stronghold in the jungle, driving the enemy into Pateros, The Amerioans had one man killed and three wounded. Scott's batterry shelled the city and woods effectively. Later the enemy crossed the river from Pasig. Iwo 00m panics of the Second Oregon infantry oleared the right bank after a sharp engagement, and then retired with three wounded In the meantime the Washington volunteers closed in, driving small bodies of the rebels back upon Pateros, One man was killed. During the night the enemy burned the town of Pasig. General Wheaton's brigade 'finished the work of cleaning out the rebels around Pasig. The Washington volunteers . have captured and burned Pateros, meeting with a sharp fire from the enemy while crossing the river. Today's fighting was like that of the past week, the insurgents occa sionally making a stand, but event ually fleeing. Their loss is supposed to have been small, aB the Americans were unable to see the enemy in the thickets. The progress of the American ad vance is slow. Branha Sorita and Jose Ruiz, the bpanisb officer who were recently tried ny a military commission for the em bezzletnent of $10,540 (Mexican), funds devoted to the maintenance of prisoners, and who were convicted and sentenced to pay a fine of $2,500 gold and to undergo- three years' imprison ment at hard labor, have had the teim of imprisonment commuted to six months, in view of previous confine ment and certain circumstances justi fying olemency. Carlos Aymerich, who was charged with them, has been acquitted and released, on the ground tiiat lie established an alibi. Manila, Maroh 16. Brigadier-Gen eral Wheaton's oolumn advanced today beyond Pasig to the shore of Laguna de Bay, sweeping everything before it. The enemy made a running fight, and suffered severe loss. The rebels avenue of communica tion north and south is now closed, the American cordon stretching over a mile from the river to the lake. The rebels are in force art Pateros and Ta guig. Two of yesterday's wounded. Private Stewart, of the Twentieth infantry, and Piivate Mnnson, of the Twenty second infantry, are dead. OTIS WILL BE SUSTAINED. ! Spain Cannot Ransom Prisoners Held j by. Aguinaldo. , . - j Washington. March 16. General E. 8, Otis, in forbidding further nego tiations between the Spanish a Ma nila and tbe insurgents, touching the surrender of ' the Spanish prisoners held by the latter, aoted on his own au thority. , The government has not sent him any instructions upon this point, but it will unquestionably support him 10 me extreme in any action of kind he may take. any It is said at the state department that there have been exchanges between the United States and Spain, through indireot cnannels, touching these par ticular prisoners, dating back to the signature of the peace protocol last August. The United States govern ment undertook finally to secure the release of tbe prisoners. It never contemplated trying to secure their re-' lease by ransom, but simply through the suppression. of the insurrection and cannot be held, by any requirement of international law, to do more than has been done to secure tbe release of the prisoners. Advised to Ratify Treaty. 1 Madrid, March 16. Correspondent says the cabinet has advised the queen regent to ratify the treaty of peaoe with the United States immediately without awaiting the reassembling of the cortes. The presenoe of 800 soldiers repatri ated from Cuba at a te deum celebra tion yesterday in memory of the Carl ists who were killed in the colonial wars, exemplifies the intrigues of the Cai lists to gain the support of the dis banded troops. An investiagtion shows that the Carlists paid five pesetas to each soldier attending the service. Shot Ris Wire and Himself. Denver, March 15. John W. Rat oliffe, a rooming-house keeper at 1786 California street, this evening shot and fatally wounded his wife, and then nut a bullet- into his own breast. He will die. Ratcliffe has been ill for some time, and is thought to have been men tally unbalanced. He is 65 years old. California Crops May Be Saved. San Francisco, March 16. A oruvi rain has been falling steadily sin early this morning and indications for its oontinuanoe are very favorahln The weather bureau reports rain as far south as San LuiB Obispo. Grain in many setctions of the state is just on the brink of destruction, and if tha tain does not visit the needy sections within the next two weeks the wheat crop will be a failure, but the present storm pormises to beeeneral. in whinh case the crops will be saved. SANTIAGO SUSTAINS GOMEZ. Senor Quesada's Opinion of the Military 4 Assembly. Washington, March 16. Senor Que. sad a today received a cablegram from Santiago which says: "The people ot Santiago disauthorize the assembly, sustain Gomez and are preparing a pub lio manifestation." ' Mr. Qensada gave out the following statement: "The aotion of the assembly in de posing me is in line with its conduct toward that faithful, unsullied patriot, General Maximo Gomez. I do not care to discuss it, as the assembly does not repiesent the judicious sentiment cf the Cuban people or army. "Unmoved by any selfish in teiests, I have devoted all my life to the oause of tbe independence of Cuba, and for four years have tired my best to establish the basis of the most cor dial relations between the United States and Cuba. Sure of the decision of the Cubans, and knowing well that the Americans will not misjudge them from these hasty and ill-advised acts of a disgruntled and ambitious group, I shall continue for the self-government,. reconstruction and order of my native 6ountry," : , ' , The dispatch received by Mr. Que-- sada from Santiago is from Judge San- dies, head of the supreme court ot Cuba, ITALY HAS SUPPORT. Backed by England and Japan in Her r Demands on China. . Rome, March 16. In the chamber of deputies today, Admiral Canevaro, minister 01 roreign analrs, made a com prehensive statement regarding Italy's action in China. He confirmed the re ported recall of Signor Martino, Italian minister at Peking, and announced that Italy had obtained the approval of Great Britain and Japan before demand ing the concession at San Mun. Great Biitain, however, had reouest- ed, he said, that force should not b employed, and had promised, in return, to give her diplomatic support to Italy at the courtof Peking.. Other friendly powers, tbe minister continued, were then notified, and indicated their ac quiescence. THE IMPRISONED TRAIN. Passengers Are Sick and In a Weak ened Condition. ' Cheyenne, ' Wya. March 16. Wil liam Pettigrew, of Douglas, Wyo.; John Owens, ot Wheatland, Wya, and John Oakley, of Aberdeen, S. D arrived here today, having walked form the- Snowbound train at Iron Mountain t the relief train, a distance of 10 miles. Oakley had a foot frozen, and all are- suffering from sourvy, the result of improperly cooked food. All those on the imprisoned train are viotims of dysentery, and are in a weakened con dition. Three women are on the train Miss Anna Morrison and Lizzie Cal lahan, ot Cheyenne, and Miss Mary Robinson, of Galeton, Pa. It will be impossible to rescue tbe imprisoned1 train for some days. Eagan Bought the Beef. Chicago, March 16. Colonel O. M. Smith, purchasing agent of the govern ment at Chicago sinoe 1805, testified to day before the government couit of in- ' qniry that the stores of canned roast bnef bought by him during the Spanish war were all upon the direot order of General Eagan, the commissary-general. He also stated that some out- ohases of canned beef were made with out his knowledge by Ihe oommissary general. Another, important witness was Gustavus F. Swift, head of th packing house of Swift & Co. Good progress was made bv the court toilav. but the end of the list of witnesses to be examined in Chicago is not yet in gut. t Unlucky Thirteen. Chicago, March 16. A peculiar fea ture in regard to the superstition con nected with number 18 was that nf th death of James Powers, a windnir washer, happening, as it did, on the 18th of the month. Powers was m. ployed on July 18, 1898, to take the place of John Miller, window washer, who met his death on that day from falling from the same window from which Powers fell. The window is tb 18th from the ground. , The dead man was 26 years of sge twice 13. Miller, the first man to meet his death from the unlucky window, had worked just 89 days just thrice 13 when he was killed. Cheap Metallic Lithium. Madison, WiB., Maroh 16. Professor Kahlenburgh, of the department of chemistry of the University of Wiscon sin, has discovered that by running a direct current of electricity through an hydrous organic solution of lithium chloride, tbe basic metal is thrown down as an amorphous precipitate of pure metallic lithium. Metallio lith ium costs $100 per ounce, while the chloride is comparatively cheap. The professor hopes to secure metallio so- uium ana potassium by the same metnod. Kaw Whiskey Distributing Company. New York, March 16.-The Mer chants' Distributing & Distilling Com pany haa been incoprorated under the laws of this state, with a capital of 15.000,000, of which half will be com mon and the other half preferred stock. The new coropration comprises some of the largest whisky blending and distri buting companies in the country Returns to Face tha Muslo. t u'nrnT M8roh "Captain John M. Neal, Fourth cavalr. nnw States army, who disappeared from the Presidio last month for the purpose of -esoaping punishment for defalcation, is on his return to San Franoisco to accept any punishment that may be meted out to bim. He will arrive on the otate of bonora, from Mexico, tndar. His friends have made good bis defal cation, and it is understood he will esja.- cape oriminal proceedings, and bis pi ' K!D ISIiment Will be comparative v liaV