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About The new age. (Portland, Or.) 1896-1905 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 25, 1899)
The New Age. A. D. GKIFI'IN... Editor nnd Proprietor. OFI'HJK 1 MOIMIISON STUICKT. Oregon Telephone Oittt Mil. Btiturcil at the poitofllcc fit Portland, Oregon UBCCOIIll-CllIM inilttlT. UKI'tJUMU N In Politics nnd for hoiuit government tti city uffiilrs. I HemlcfB nrc Micrlully renuciitcd tp notify the rmbllMiur In pmc of iiny fitilure, delay or Irreij lrlty In receipt of papers. HIHIHCIIII'TION. Onn yenr, imyitliln In nilVHiion 93.00 AVTin is running tho TjuhIucsh of tho city, nnywny? Hay Palmer's .Sunday Hchool, or Mayor Storey's subordinates? 'I'iii! tliugH continue to hold tip ex pressmen and milk wagons. Tlioy'll lio holding up Storey's dotcotlvo forco next. Acting Judge Sam Mason is men tionud as it municipal court possibility. Clerk Mason, in truth, makes an ideal police judge. Tho Britons and tho Hours aro pop Bering away at each other in war-Hko fashion, but tho world knows little, ho far, about tho results. Tliero wis practically no politics in tho recent session of tho State liar As sociation. There woiou fuw excellent uddi esses, however, and an apology Ity Governor (Jeer. Tho only thing that discouragos Sold Back's amihliou to stop into the arena us political boss, just now, while tho gap's open, is tho faut that Chinamen can't vote. All sorts of combinations aro being discussed for municipal tickets. Should half of them materialize, there'll bo a hot Unit) in tills old town before tho lloweis bloom in tho spring. If popular judgment be a safe guide, tho King sliiliug-laud case ought to bo thrown out of court. It isa farce; but of course the city must defend itsolf against such assaults upon its treasury and in this case Municipal Attorney Long is doing it nobly. Tho friends of (leorge H. Watkins, like ltauiUo'ri ghost, will not down. Thoy seem determined to mako Mr. Wat I; Ins the next assessor of this coun ty. As a matter of fact, (leorgo I'.. AVatkins would mako a strong candi date, and, if elected, an excellent olll rial. .Mr. George K. Hill's iiamo has been mentioned many times during tho past few years in connection with one of tho important county olllces; but wo aro assured that Mr. Hill is not a candidate and that he will not accept any olllco for tho purjuHe of getting a living out of it. It is said that Mr. Dan M. Watson, as a prospective Democratic candidate for sherilV of this county, is building largely on the promised division of the Republican parly. He may, however, be counting his brood lief ore pipping lime. Nevertheless, if I hero be three tickets in the Held (which now seems probable), the Republicans will need the name of their stiougcM man on the ticket for sherilV. Tho caption in tho telegraphic news that "Aguinaldo lias Again llscaped" is becoming ridiculous, Aguinaldo has never been captured, lie has persist ently kept out of the way, When the American forces "surround" liim they always discover that he is jiiht outside of the line, watching the operations, Of courito this in exasperating, but it is none the less amusing. However, Agio will soon be a fugitive from his native swamps or oloo a docile American citizen. By the way, he has the privi lege of naming his choice. The nation mourns the death of Vice President Unhurt. Although a modest man politically, he attained to emi nence on his merits as a good citicu of pure character and a patriot of many virtues. Little is heard of American vice-presidents until they die; but it cannot be denied that Vice-President 1 lobar t was a man of strong individual ity and attractive personality. His Mographors may tell to what extent he served his country, hut it may be said in advance that he served it righteously to the limit of his ollleial privilege,. The advancement of the Negro is idiowii by tho icceut appointment of a .Negro attorney to bo an Aassistant j;litriut attorney of New York, county. Or it may indicate his increasing po tency as a political factor. It may also mean that Democratic politicians have begun to realizo the necessity of treat ing tho colored voter and worker with a moro appropriate degrco of consider ation. Now York is not tho only place in this big country where politicians havo begun to appreciate tho strength of tho Negro political work. OFFICIAL NIGHTMARE. It is amusing at times to ohscrvo tho anxiety manifested by local ollicials over tho result of tho present muddle in tho political situation. A politic ian's chief ambition is to become an ofllcc-holder; and then his ambition enlarges in proportion to the enlarge ment of his gall; his supremo dream as an ollleial becomes tho dream of re election. Violent nightmaro seems to havo overtaken a number of those in olllco in Portland and Multnomah county, and tho resultant scone would furnish tho subject for an interesting cartoon by Homer Davenport. A few there aro among them who aro en deavoring desperately to conceal their records, as if thoy were unlit for pub lic inspection; while others aro equally anxious to havo tho people know what thoy havo succeeded in accomplishing in tho public sorlvco. Tho taxpayers will not loso much time in choosing between those two types of olllcehold- ers. LECTURESS EMANCIPATION. Mrs. Lucy Thurmau is a great and good woman. She has been honored with tho position of world and national superintendent of the colored section of tho Woman's Christian Temperance Union and is now in Portland in pur suance of her duty. Her work is to organize new clubs for our people and teach their members the virtue of the principles of temperance and good citl zonhstp and the best methods of devel oping them. Her lectures on race questions aro profoundly interesting. She is both orator and philospoher and, withal, a most iuedufatigable worker. In tills lino of ell'ort she has expended her onorgio.s for ill) years, beginning when she was only 1? years old. TWILL DE INTERESTING. The coming campaign in this city, as also the county contest, will ho in teiesting in a variety of aspects. Tho Democrats believe that the apparent divisions of the Republican organiza tion gives them an opportunity to slip in on a good ticket, while tho inde pendent element talk of a ticket which, in the estimation of its members will easily go in under the jkiIo a neck ahead. The isipulists, anarchists and social ists aro an unknown quantity in Port laud, although it is known that tho latter have added scores of members to their roll of membership in the last 1- mouths. One virtuous aspect of the situation is that all the parties and parts of par ties realize that they must put up good men in order to win, and that it will not bo wholly a partisan contest. A POPULAR OFFICIAL. There is no doubt, among those who have given the matter attention, that PiofesMr A. P. Armstrong has made an ideal county school superintendent. Comment on the professor's faithful ness to ollleial duty, and the advanced methods pursued in promoting the best interests of the schools, Is general and that is certainly a fair criterion by which to judge tho ollleial character of a public servant. Professor Armstrong's candidacy for another term would add strength to tho ticket, lie is beyond question one of the leading educators of tho state, and Tho Now Age would tlnd pleasure in supporting the candidacy of such a popular man, THE NEGRO'S RIGHTS. The Negro is a patient, law-abiding citizen, he, in polities is a true Repub lican, and is always in line for the U. O. P. Rut there is a serious doubt in the minds of the thinking Negro of this country today, as to whether or not he at all times receives his just reward for his fidelity and faithfulness to the Republican party, to which he is so closely identified. White men who assume the leadership of our party re ceive largo plums for tho seeming arduous duties performed for their party, but the Negro receive, -the TILE NEW AGE. POItTLAINT). OREGON. crumbs swept under tho table. No Negro asks to be put on the state or national tickot; no Negro asks to bo put at tho head of any state or national departments, but all ho asks is a fair and honest deal in tho distribution of some of tho minor ofllces, soinothiug besides manipulating tho broom and cleaning spittoons. Wo aro Republi cans by birth and Republicans in be lief, but wo aro compelled to call tho' attention of tho leaders of tho Kopubli can party, not only of this state, but nationally, to tho fact that tho young Noro has bocomo oducatod; that ho is very noticeably becoming restless under tho wrongs perpetrated upon him by tho party that ho is identified with. As wo said boforo, wo lovo our party, but wo lovo our raco better, and wo aro compelled to champion the Negroes' causo whenever it becomes necessary. Tho rights of tho Negro have never been respected, but tho tlmo is coming and coming fast, when his political lights, particularly, must bo respected. ALONtt THE COAST. ltiiniK of" Ofimriil Intoroat (llmmoil From llio Thriving I'moIIIii State. l' E. Smith, who is connected witli tho Goodnough Mercantile & Stock Company at Klgln, wiis a recent visitor at La Grande, lie reports business brisk in his locality. One of tho big outputs of the Elgin country is lumber. Mr. Smith states that all tho seasoned material as been shipped out, and sev eral of tho mills are shipping green sawed lumber direct from tho saws, so great is the demand. Tliero are six sawmills in operation in tho vicinity of Elgin, and it is estimated that the total shipments of lumber from these mills during the past three months amounts to 15,000,000 feet. Most of tho mills will be kept in operation till tho latest date possible, in order to keep tip with the demand, which comes, largely from Utah and other points eastward. Articles of incorKirutlon for the Cedar River Room Us Logging Company, with a capital stock of .foO.OOO, were filed last week at Now Whatcom, Wash. The object of the corporation is to catch, boom, sort and hold lumber logs, piling, shingle bolts and any and all other timber products. To oreot lumber ami shingle mills and operate same, to own or acquire tugboats for towing or transportation, etc. The In corporators of this company aro Daniel II. Do Can, of Now Whatcom, who owns several mills on the Sound, and John F. Dufur, recently of Ashland, Wis. The company will orect a largo shingle mill at South Rend, with a capacity of 250,000 shingles a day. The plant will be located on either the Slier inlllslto or the 1'oye & McCleary site, and work on the erection of tho mill will begin some time during the next month. The company has already bought several claims on Cedar river. licet Siikiii' I'liuil. There is a strong probability that persons at tho head of the Oxuard licet Sugar Company, in Nebraska, will es tablish a plant in the Roise valley, Idaho. Mr. Oxnard and associates have secured an option on the stock of the Ridcnlmugh canal, the pioperty covering I a, 000 acres of land owned by the canal com puny. The sugar com pany sent an expert into that region during the past summer, a gentleman named Weinrieh. He spent' three mouths in investigating various loca tions in Idaho, Washington, Oregon and Northern Utah, and rejiorted to his principals that the Roise-Nampa valley was better adapted to the pio duetiou of sugar beets than any other section he visited. It seems likely that tho people will endeavor to colon ize the lauds owned by the canal com pany, as it is necessary to have great number of fanners growing beets in oitlor to assure success for a largo manufacturing plant. If tho factory is built at Nainpa it will be a great help to that place, but wherever it may be erected it will become a potential fac tor in the future development of the entire valley. llouiU Will ItoSol.l. Tho board of trustees of school dis trict No. 28, Ringhani county, Idaho, is ottering for sale coupon bonds of that district to the amount of if 100, bearing interest at the rate of 8 per cent per annum, payable annually, and redeem able 10 years from date. Trent Ihk CnuNiiiuitiou. A new remedy for tuberculosis, de veloped in France, has been roiwted to the state department by United States Commercial Agent Atwell at Roubaix. It is a treatment called to the attention of the Academy of Medi cine by Dr. Mendel, and consists of the daily injection into the bronchial tubes of essence of eucalyptus, thyme, and cinnamon, held in solution in olive oil. The oil in descending, slow ly comes into contact with the walls of the tube and upper lung. The gas set free saturates tho air in the lungs and nets on the mucous membrane. In 10 cases treated, after one or two weeks, there was in all a lessening or complete cessation of the cough and expectoration, as well as a return of sleep, appetite and strength. San Francisco Argonaut. The Sedalia (Mo.) electric railway last week laid oil all the conductors on its several lines in the city. In tho fut tiro tint conductors' dutiivs will bo performed by the motormen. HI Garret A. Hobart Succumbs to Heart Failure. MAC BEEN ILL A LONG TIME Family mid ltclntlcM .Surrounded tho IOmIkIiIu of tho Dying Statesman During- the Latt Moment. MV York, Nov. 23. Garret A. Hoi onf- ' vice-president of the Unite K w9 tlic(l ftt M,s noinc ln Puterson, Nb ., at 8:110 o'clock this morning. Af Oils bedsido wero Mrs. Hobart am' huVKHi, Garret A. Hobart, Jr., togothci wiVlitCDr. W. K. Newton and his wife luvl'rivato Secretary Evans. Vlr. Hobart's death had been expect ed? sonio hours. Tho beginning ol th(c end caino yesterday afternoon, when there was a sudden failuro of thu hewt, and from this attack Mr. Hobart utft'or rallied. Ho had been sick for a lot g time, and had suffered frequently from heart failuro, and his strength hatfbenn undermined. Gradually the fn!uro of tho heart's action became inWro apparent, and soon after mid nllht last night Mr. Hobart became unconscious. Ho remained in that condition until his death. Mr. Ho bart's death was duo directly to augln pectoris, complicated with myocarditii Nearly all tho representatives of for eign nations in this country havo sent messages of sympathy to Mrs. Hobart. One of tho first persons to oxprcss his sorrow at tho death of tho vice-president was President McKinloy, who had been notified by telophono by Private Secretary Hvnns. Attorney-General Griggs who was in Washington, telo graphed that ho would return to Pater sou at tho earliest possible moment, and he is expected to tako chargo ol all tho details of tho funeral. Although many regarded Mr. Ho bart's illness in tho early ami lattei part of tho summer ns serious, It wat not until lato in October that his family and friends began to despair of hit Hfo. Mr. Hobart was then informed of tho fatal character of his malady dilated right heart, due to myocarditis and ho remarked: "Well, if it must bo that I am to go, I may as well bo resigned to my fate." Tho morning of October 81 it was thought the end had como, but tho pa tient rallied and for moro than a weok continued to improvo and to cat solid food with a relish. Threo days ago, however, his appotito failed, and he gradually grow weaker and weaker. Ho realized a few hours before ho be came unconscious that he was uour to death, and ho said to those about the bedsido: "I know that my timo is nearly up, but death is wolconio to mo." Mrs. Hobart remained in tho room to tho ond and after her husband's death until sho and her son, who was with her, wero takcnaway by friends. Garret Augustus Hobart was a na tive Jersoyman. Ho was born uoar Long ltranch, Juno U, 1811. His an cestors on tho father's sldo woro Eng lish, and on his mothor's sido Dutch. His election with President McKinloy in 1800, and his capable occupancy of the presiding ofllcer's chair of tho son ato, bIiico March -1, 1S07, aro well known. NO ANXIETY IN ENGLAND. IWtllof Column Will Now Soon Kml All tho Trouble. New York, Nov. 23. A dispatch from London to tho Tribuno says: Tho war in South Africa, for which England is gonorally bolioved to havo obtained a freo hand in advance from tho Germau emperor, is draggiug is tho dark, but there is no longer auy public anxioty over tho silence main tained lospooting Ladysmith, Kstcourt or Kimberley. A strong reaction has set in against tho dopresson which prevailed after the capture of Carle ton's battalions, and public confidence li-ffl vM T 1 has reached a stage whero auy future reverse is considered out of tho ques tion. With the fresh reinforcements arriv in yesterday at Capo Town, moro than half' tho army corps is now ou the ground, and two tiansports havo been ordered to Durban with fusiliers and rillemeu. The roliof column, when strengthened, can hardly bo prepared, to advance from Kstcourt boforo tho end of anothor week, but the Lady smith garrison is clearly secure and the Uoor artillery flro is no longer dreaded. I.tuljamlth AVoll Snopllftl, Durban, Nov. 23. The government has rocoived advices from Colonel Roy ston, commandant of the volunteers ao Ladysmith, nuderdate of November 10: "All tho voluuteera and polico aro well, and tliero aro plentiful supplies for man and horse. All was quiet Wednesday, and the same condition exists this morning. There has boon no further bombardment, and the effects hitherto have been trifling. We aro auxioua for news from tho bOlltll." AGUINALDO ESCAPED. Pontic ami vrhoiiten Ctosotl fn oiul lie Win Gone. Manila, Nov. 23. Aguinaldo has escaped botween Generals Young and Wheaton. General Youug is pushing toward Rayoiuboug. Tho Charleston' Crw. Manila, Nov. 23. The gunboat Helena arrived at Camaguin tho night of November 12. Tho watchers of tho wrecked cruiser Charleston saw hor lights and thought there was a flro upon a nearby island, whereupon they began to tako 6teps to help thoso en dangered, but n searchlight of tho Holenti communicated her prcsenco and tho villogo whero tho men of tho Clvvlestou wero located rang with cheers. A party from tho Helena and tho Charleston visited tho stranded ves sel November 18. It was found that her bows wero clear and that her aftor bridge was submerged, making it doubtful whether anything can bo sal vaged. Tho Zambalcs coast is carefully pa trolled by warships in order to provcut tho eacapo of Aguinaldo. It is bolioved tho Raltimoro has proceeded north to rocoivo Amoricttu prisoners from tho Filipinos. Tho whereabouts of Lawtcu and Young aro becoming as mystoriouB as Aguiualdo's. Tho boliof is growing at Manila that Lawton has struck tho trail of tho insurgent "government" and is pursuing tho ministers into tho llyquia mountains. It has been his ambition to capturo tho Filipino leader and ho and Young boliovo that n cav alry brigado, living ou tho country, could run them down to any part of the island. Ono vaguo report brought in by Spanish prisoners is that Aguinaldo and others wero nearly surrounded by Americans soon after tho insurgent chief left Tarlac, but ho escaped through tho lines in peasant's clothes. Ofllcer8 and soldiers arriviug at Ca biiliuimun from Linvton's forco describo tho campaign as ono of great hardship. Many men dropping out sick wero loft at various towns without udoquato supplies and attendance, somo of them making their way across torriblo roadp. A number of horses wero dying, and many soldiers and even somo of tho ofliccrs wero marching on, half naked, their clothes having been torn to pieces in getting through the jungles. Somo of thorn woro reduced almost to breech-clouts, and hundrcdB woro barofooted, thoir shoes boiug worn out, and all wero living ou any sort of pro visions. Rrcad was rare, and curiboo meat and bananus woro tho staples General Lawton foresaw that tho cam paign would involvo such hardships, but ho considered it tho quickest and cheapest way of ending the war. THOUSAND REBELS KILLED. Terrllilo lliittlo Hutu-ecu Colombian IU-IikIh unit (iovvviiiut-ut ForooH. Now York, Nov. 23. A dispatch to tho Herald from Panama says: Oflioial advices from Rogota, dated Novembor 18, roports that a torriblo battlo bo tween tho govemmut forces nud tho revolutionists was fought near Bucara manga, capital of the department of Sautauder, in which the govorumout forces woro victorious. It is stated that tho battlo lasted two days, ending at noon on Novoniber 10. Moro than 1,000 robols woro killod ami '2,000 wounded. About 10,000 men on both sides woro engaged in tho fight. Gouoral Uribo and General Francisco Gomez, promlneut leaders of tho revolutionists, wero ' wounded and it is roported that General Pablo Kmlllo Valller was killed. On tho government sido General Pena Solano Pillemlzar and General Fernandez wero wounded. Tho regimen commanded by Gon orals Holguiu and Lujan aro reported to havo occupied Bucaraganga on No vember 18. Tho placo had beon hold by tho revolutionists 6inco tho civil war of a month ago. Tho Manavia, an English steamer, arrived hero yostorday with 000 ro emits from Iluona Ventura. About -100 more recruits aro expected soon, and on thoir arrival all will proceed to tho Atlnutie coast, tho inovoment begin ning noxt mouth. No nows has yot been rocoived from Tumaco. LOG BOOM BROKE. Million mill a Half Foot of Sitwlogg Swojit Awuy. Grand Forks, H. C, Nov. 23. Ry tho breaking of a boom across tho north fork of Kottlo rivor, two miles nbovo Grand Forks, 1,500,000 foot of saw logs woro swept away. A swelling mass of grinding timbers swopt dowu tho stream, swollon bv recout rains. cairying destruction in its path. Half a milo below the starting point, tho nvor, at tno slto of tho smelter dam, already half finished, is compressor! into ft canyon ecarcoly 125 feet across. Through this chauuol tho logs piled 20 feet high camo with n deafeuiug rush, tearing out portions of tho falso work and cofferdams, aftor having swopt away a temiwrary bridgo a quar ter of milo abovo. Another bridgo op posito tho smolter 6ito was carried away. Tho logs struck tho city bridgo aud piled up 10 feet high, but tho bridgo remains firm. Tho loss will fall upon tho Granby Smoltor Company, which owned tho logs. Tho construc tion of tho smelter dam will bo delayed about ft mouth. The Magnolia Fire. Magnolia, Ark., Nov. 20. After a hard tight by tho citizens, tho cottou compress and warohouso, in which was stored 8,000 bales of cotton, and whioh was seriously threatened by last night's llr), was savod. Somo 20 stores and buildings wero destroyed, entailing a loss of .f 75,000. New York authoiitios have tho ships with bubonic plague on board woll in hand, and there is no danger of tho fatal malady spreading. IE RAN ROUTE Four-Foot Trail to the Gold Fields of the North. BENEFIT TO AMERICAN MINERS Cnn Now Lniiil nt Vnldos With Pnok Pony and Pronpoot Auy Tart of tho Public Domain. Now York, Nov. 24. Captain Wil liam Aborcromblo, who has spent six years in Alaskan oxploration, and who has just survoyed an all-Amorican routo to tho Klondike passed through Now York today on his way to Washington to make hiB roport to Secretary Hoot. Ho said that tho main featuro of tho expedition from which ho in just re turning is tho completion of plans for tho opening of tho Kloudiko region for tho Amorican minor, so ho can laud at Valdes with his pack pony aud pros toct any part of tho public domain without interference from tho olllciaU of a foreign country. "Tho traill havo survoyed," said ho, "is 880 miles from tho boundary, and through tho heart of Alaska. 1 sur veyed about 700 mlos, and I built an all-Aincrican trail about four feet wido, with a viow to its ultimata widening, and 75 miles long, through tho ltoeky mountain divisions from Valdes to tho Tousiua river, which flows into tho Copper river. "This road, of courso, is merely a. trail and very crudo, but its courso is woll watered aud ganio is plentiful, especially bears, goats and wild sheop. "Tho Klondike oxpedition started from Washington on March 22, and I had with mo two topographers, two civil engineers and Lieutenant Bub cock, in chargo of construction. Wo wont by train to Fort Yellowstone in -Yollowstono Park, whero wo picked up horses and packers, which wo shipped to Seattle Wo loft Scattlo on April 15, on tho steamship Excelsior, tho oxpedition then numbering about 35 souls, including a trail boss, a dyn amitor, two Bharpeuors, graders aud handy men. When wo arrived at Valdes wo found many miners from tho intorior stranded and sufTering. Tho war dopartmeiit directed that thoy bo given employment on government work, and ns a result of this no des titute miners had to bo takon out of tho couutry on tho rovouuo cuttors. During tho coming year thoro will bo mnnoroua enterprises ombarkod iu Alaska, ospocially in tho Yukon coun try. "Tho country to bo openod to settle ment is fully twico as largo as tho New England states, and will support thou sands of people Tho wutor is good, the soil fertile, gamo abundant, oxcopt in tho Coppor river valloy, and all tho hardy grains, such as aro raised in Siberia, aro raisod along tho lino of this all-Amorican trail. Ono hundred and llfty miles nbovo tho month of tho Coppor river is denso vogotation and luxuriant grasses and threo or four kinds of cdlblo strawberries. Tho i.mntli nf f'nTinnr rlvor is a wido dolta containing sand bars and shallows, whilo (10 miles up tno moutn aro tno Miles glacior and tho Childs glacier. VimlliiL' it, wnfl itminssihlo to navit'iito tho Coppor rivor, wo went around by i'riuco William sound. "In inv oxnorimontal cardou nt Valdes I raised peas, carrots, turnips, lettuco, rauiaiies auuotner garuonsiuii. Port Vnldos was our baso of supplies from Seattle, tho supplies boiug packed in by pack trains." - II ! JOUBERT'S DARING PLAN. Will Attempt to Defeat tho Hollo vine Column In Detail. London, Nov. 24. Although it it ovideut that tho situation in Natal is again becoming sufliciontly alarming, nothing can bo ollicially ascertained to allay public nnxioty or tho curiosity felt regarding tho disposition of the roiuforcomonts recently lauded at Dur ban. Tho war olllco dispatches are confined to a moro rocital of n fow cas ualties at Mooi rivor, which confirm tho roports of skirmishes thoro, but give no details as to how tho engage ments happoued. Tho spocial corre spondents aro only permitted to de scribo Major-General Barton's camp at Mooi rivor vaguely as 'largo,' or "iimplo." Ono correspondent says that 7,000 Boers aro within 25 miles of Ilowick Falls, near Piotormaritzburg, and that tho inhabitants aro fleeing to tho capi tal. Evidently ft considerable forco of tho enemy is now within 40 miles of Piotormaritzburg, but it is oflicially announced from there that no anxiety prevails, tho garrison nuinboriug 1,000 men, with six guns. Geuend .Touberts' plan, apparently, is a daring attorn pt to defeat tho British relieving column from Durban iu dotall, whilo still at tempting tho reduction of Ladysmith. Tlilitl Wove ut Lutonvllle, Cul. Latonvillo, Cal., Nov. 23. A tidal wavo today swept away 550 feet of the wharf at Bear harbor. Charlos Ward and Christopher Jones, laborers, wore drowued. Anothor man, name un kuowu, was swept into tho sea, but was rescued. Tho proporty loss is heavy. Treasure on tho Oquemlo, Santiago do Cuba, Nov. 24. The wreckers working on tho sunken Span ish armorod cruiser Almiranto Oquen do, yestorday discovered ft chest con taining -f 10,000 in Spanish gold, which tho Cendoya Company, tho firm em ploying tho divers, will retain. Work on tho cruiser has been in progress for live mouths, and many thousands of dollars' worth of treasuro has been secured. Tho sate was found in tho liottotn, whoro it fell during tho burn Lug of tho ship.