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METHUEN HAY LEAD A COLUMN Negotiations Have Been Renewed Be tween London, and Pretoria Xe "Word From Mafeklng. LONDON, March 22, 4:12 A. M. Several telegrams have passed between President Kruger and the British Government In addition to the Sallsbury-Kruger corres pondence already published. The foreign office received a dispatch from Pretoria yesterday. The contents of these com munications cannot yet be obtained. So far as the military situation Is con cerned, there Is practically no change. Lord Roberts Is quietly making prepara tions for the next move. As necessary to a beginning. Generals Gataore and Brabant are swiftly moving from point to point in the southern districts of the Free State, dispersing or accepting the surrender of any remaining Boers, thus ensuring the safety of Lord Roberts communications before starting toward Pretoria. A correspondent of the Daily News at Sprlngfonteln describing these movements says: "General Gatacre is sweeping through the country like a cyclone, with flying columns in all directions. His swiftness and strategy have proved of inestimable value to Lord Roberts." The rebuilding of the railway bridge at Norval's Pont will occupy two months. The temporary bridge will bo completed in about 10 days. Meanwhile, supplies are transported by an aerial tramway across the gap. These works necessarily delay the providing of supplies for the advance. Lord Methuen's movements north of Kimberley are believed to be a prelude to the gathering of a column of 20,000 men, with Kimberley as a base, to strike eastward from Fourteen Streams into the TransvaaL The long and anxiously awaited news of the relief of Mafeklng has not yet been received. Mr. Schrelner, the Cape Premier, has granted the request of the Mayor of Cape Town that a public holiday be proclaimed throughout the Colony on the relief of Mafeklng. -Docnt Trekking to Basutoland. LONDON, March 22. A. dispatch to the Standard from Bloemfontein, dated Tues day, says: "Four thousand Transvaalers from Col esberg trekked Saturday and Sunday to the northeast, going by way of the Basu toland border. They will probably be caught at one of the pesses. "A striking feature of the advance on Bloemfontein was the abandonment of our communications with Poplar Grove. Lord Roberts, confident In the ability of his transport to meet all the Immediate needs of the army, deliberately left the enemy at Abraham'a Kraal to do "what -they liked. The result- f tUly-Justlfled him. The enemy to the south- were paralyzed by the boldncs3 and rapidity of the stroke and Generals Clements and Gatacre were enabled to cross the Orange River almost without opposition." Amalgamation of Boer Republics. LONDON, March 22. The correspondent of the Times at Loureco Marques, tele graphing Tuesday, says: "It Is reported from Pretoria that a scheme has been arranged for the amal gamation of the Transvaal and the Free State. Kruger will become President of the Federated states, and Steyn Commandant-General of the Boer Army. The flag will be the same as that of the Trans vaal, with an additional orange color. Al though this story is not confirmed. It is not Improbable. It is a notorious fact that General Joubert has lost the confi dence, of the burghers simply because of the fact that he refused to shut his eyes to the Inevitable result of the war. "With all the burghers in the fleld it might not bo difficult to secure a formal Indorse ment this rumored scheme." Stern's Alleged Profits. LONDON. March 22. A Dally Chronicle correspondent at Bloemfontein, telegraph lng Tuesday, March 20, says: "The civil government has been reor ganized. J. A. Collins, "Under Secretary of the Interior In Steyn's executive, has been appointed Landrost Steyn Is re garded as guilty of fatuity. He was always Krugers tool. It has been rum ored that he has reaped financial benefit from his connection, but the report Is not substantiated. Mr. Fischer played the part of Steyn's Mephlstopheles." Split and Soft-Nosed Ballets. LADYSMITH. March 21. It has been ascertained that the accidental removal of stones covering some Boer graves after the fight at Pleter's- Hill February 2S revealed thousands of split and soft-nosed bullets. Princess Christian's hospital tram ar rived this morning. It was the first train over the new Colcnso bridge. The rail road Is now open to Eland's Laagte, where a camp has been established. x Drakenberg and Blggarsdorp are closely watched by the British cavalry. Early Collapse of the "War Predicted. LONDON, March 22.' The Cape Town correspondent of the Dally Mall, telegraph ing Tuesday, March 20, says: "I have just arrived from Bloemfontein, whero I learned that no further move ment Is probable for threo weeks; as ne gotiations are proceeding. I failed to as certain the nature of the negotiations, or whether Sir Alfred Mllner's departure from Cape Town Is connected with them, but I should not "be surprised If the war collapsed quickly." Kruger Predicts a Desperate Flgrht. LONDON, March 22. A dispatch to the Dally Mall from Pretoria, dated Monday, March 19, says: "President Kruger returned from Kroon stad yesterday. He says the fight In the Free State will be desperate. I am in formed that the Transvaal Government has taken no resolution to destroy mines or property as a last resort." Rhodes Sails for England. CAPE TOWN, March 2L Cecil Rhodes sailed for England today. LOYALTY OF ENGLISH COLONIES. Acknowledged by a German Paper Claims for Detention of Vessels. BERLIN, March 2L The Kreuz Zeltung, In a remarkable article dealing with the South African war, says: "The war has demonstrated the unanim ity of feeling among the English. They are all standing together through good and evil report, and are compelling the admiration of the world. It has also shown In a most amazing way the strength of the imperialistic Idea, having done much in welding the colonies Into a veri table empire." The article, however, disapproves the plan of Lord Roberts to treat the Boers as rebels, and it censures Rudyard Kipling for encouraging the British to deal with them still more harshly, despite the fact that England never fought a more gallant foe. It concludes with the declaration that Cecil Rhodes, after his arrival in Lon don, will decide the fate of the Boers. The question of damages for detaining and searching German vessels in South African waters is still pending between England and Germany. The precise amounts to be awarded to each vessel have not yet "been settled, excepting In the case of the Hans "Wagner, whose owners will receive 150,000 marks, but negotiations are being carried on in the best spirit, and will soon come to a satisfactory end. Dr. Krummacher and Dr. Schmidt, mili tary surgeons, who have Just returned from the British camps in South Africa, speak in condemnation of the sanitary ar rangements there. They deny that dum dum or other torturing bullets are used by the British, and assert that they -did not witness a single" Instance of actual breach of the rules of the Red Cross S clety. They will make a report to tne German War Office. From the coming summer Germany will increase the number of her war vessels stationed abroad from 16 to 2L China get ting nine Instead of six, and the Ameri can coast getting three instead of one. The new arrangements will also involve sending three warships to South Africa. DECLINES TO INTERVENE. Switzerland's Reply to the Boer Ap eal for Mediation. BERNE, Switzerland, March 2L The Federal Council has answered the Boer appeal for mediation as follows: "The Swiss Federal Council would have been pleased to co-operate In friendly med iation In order to end further bloodshed, but as the Presidents of both South Afri can Republics have directly approached the British Government In order to con clude peace on a basis Indicated, and the British Government has shown Itself against the proposal; and as, furthermore, the British Government has declared to the Cabinet at Washington that it did not propose to accept the intervention of any power, the Swiss Federal Council, to Its regret, must also renounco the idea of taking any steps on the lines of the re quest made by the Presidents of the South African Republics. There remains for the Federal Council In the circumstances nothing but to express its sincere wish that the belligerents will have succeeded, at no too distant date, in finding a basis for an undertsandlng honorable to both parties." Boer Quarters at St. Helena. LONDON, March 2L Colonel Challice, of the Army Corps, will sail for the Island of St. Helena tomorrow in order to make necessary arrangements for the accommo dation of General Cronje and other ban ished Boers. It Is still doubtful whether all the prlsoneds will bo sent there, owing to feuds between the Transvaalers and Free Staters. If all Boers are sent to St. Helena a considerable Increase In the strength of the garrison will be required. Addresses to the Queen. DUBLIN, March 2L Tne North Dublin District Council today defeated a motion in favor of the presentation of an address to Queen Victoria on her forthcoming visit to Ireland. LIMERICK, March 2L At a, PSfbUo meeting .heldi in- LIm'erlok this afternoon .a' resolution to present an address 'to the. Queen during her visit to Ireland was en thusiastically adopted. A Mission to Rnssia. LONDON, March 22. The Capo Town correspondent of the Morning Post says: "On the best authority I learn that the real object of the Flscher-Wolmaren's deputation is Russia. I also hear that they have taken away all the secret Incrimi nating documents from Pretoria, thus making It difficult to Implicate Steyn and the Bondites." Reward to Australians. LONDON, March 22. The Melbourne correspondent of the Times says: The Governor of South Australia has received from Mr. Chamberlain a tele gram to the effect that the British War Office will offer 174 commissions to Aus tralians in the Infantry and royal artillery. AS A SPECULATION. Netr Orleans Man Buys One Million Paris Exposition Tickets. CHICAGO, March 2L-r. F. Allen, of New Orleans, who recently bought L000, 000 admission tickets from the authorities of the Paris exposition, arrived In Chi cago today. His offer of purchase at first was regarded with suspicion, but when the commissioners learned he was in earnest and had the money to foot the bill, a deal was made and the tickets wero signed, scaled and delivered and the money In payment received. Mr. Allen is on his way to Paris. He secured the tickets at half-price, and says he will have no trouble whatever in disposing of them at regular rates. One million tickets at regular rates would cost about $300,000, but Mr. Allen secured them for $150,000, and Is confident he can clean up nearly 5100,000 In the venture. He will scatter men In uniform about the exposition city. THE YAQUI REBELLION. Mexico Sending More Troops to Join Torres. MONTEREY, Mex.. March 2L The Ninth Regiment of Infantry, stationed in this city, has received orders to proceed immediately to the scene of the YaquI Indian war and Join the forces of General Torres in the campaign that is now being waged against the rebels. It is probable that permission will be asked of the United States Government by President Diaz for this regiment and other military forces to pass through the United States by way of Eagle Pass, Tex., and Nogales, Ariz., as that Is the only railway route to the scene of the rebellion. It Is announced in military circles in Monterey that Secretary of War Reyhes has determined to send at least 4000 re inforcements to the troops now in the YaquI country. o Michigan aillitary Clothing Frauds. LANSING, Mich., March 21. The first testimony was taken today in the trial of Arthur F. Marsh, ex-Inspector-General, for alleged complicity in the state mill tar' clothing frauds. Two Deputy Attorney-Generals swore to communications be tween the Indicted ex-ofllcers and the Attorney-General's office In reference to the disposal of the clothing In question. The witnesses testified that the indicted mil. Uary officers, did not follow the Attorney General's advice, which was to turn over such clothing as the Military Board de sired to dispose of to the Board of State Auditors. Records of the Military Board's proceedings were introduced as evidence. net Joint Nnvnl Demonstration. BERLIN, March 2L An ofllclal agency gave out a Washington dispatch setting forth that the American warship sent to Taku Is Intended to participate in an eventual Joint naval demonstration, should China persist In her refusal to suppress sects hostile to Christians. A BRYAN MISTAKE Lincoln Platform Disturbs East ern Democrats. EVEN SOUTHERNERS DISLIKE IT If Adopted at Kansas City, It "Will Probably Give the Republicans AH the Doubtful States. WASHINGTON, March 21. The Bryan platform adopted at Lincoln has had a disturbing effect upon the Eastern Dem ocrats. Of course, the leaders in the movement which resulted in the nomi nation of Bryan and the Populistic plat form of 1SS6 say they are well pleased. But even Tillman objects somewhat to the Bryan platform, and men like Mar tin of Virginia, Bacon of Georgia and Campbell of Ohio do not like the platform. Eastern Democrats are very pronounced against the platform, without allowing themselves to be quoted, and declare that It is evidently the intention of the West ern Democracy to make It impossible to carry a single state for Bryan. The Southern Democrats stick at tho "Initia tive and referendum." They are not quite ready to swallow that principle of Popu lism. The declaration in regard to tho Philippines is thought to havo been very ill-advised and short-sighted, as it can by no possible means be popular in this country. Jones of Arkansas says that he does not share in the indignation of some of his his Democratic friends, 'and considers the platform upon the whole a fair declara tion of Democratic principles. He and a number of other Democrats say that it does not necessarily follow, because the Nebraska Democracy adopts the plat form, that it will be reaffirmed at Kansas City, although Bryan's personality will dominate the convention to such an extent that any platform that he approves is almost sure to go through. Ex-Governor Campbell, of Ohio, says that the hope of the Eastern Democrats has been that a conservative platform would be adopted and some Democrat like Whitney or Gorman be selected. In that event, there would be a possibility of carrying New York, New Jersey, Del aware, Maryland, West Virginia and Con necticut Without most of these states, he says, it'is impossible for the Democracy to win, and the Nebraska platform means that none of these states can bo carried, nor will It be possible to carry any of the Middle Western States. Missed Another Opportunity. It looks as If the Democratic party, through Bryan, would not take advan tage of the unpopularity of the repub licans growing out of the Puerto Rican tariff, but that they would commit a blunder which would make that mistake such a simple matter In comparison that the people would again elect a Repub lican President and Congress. Indications are that the opposition to the Puerto Rican bill is weakening- con siderably. Hanna claims 47 votes, and it -T?,.q.ultp "likely" that that number can be found-'' Three Democrats McEnery, Mc Laurin and Sullivan are expected to vote for the tariff bill, with Jones of Nevada. T'he Republican leaders favoring the tariff bill say that not more than five Repub licans will vote against it. An Anti-Expansion Fake. The anti-expansionists are trying to make considerable capital out of a report that 1000 soldiers died in the Philippines In the month of! October. An attempt was made to scare the people with the state ment that a regiment a month is being sacrificed to hold the Philippines. It hap pens that that month was unusually bad and many soldiers who had been 111 or wounded died, but the number did not reach 1000 by any means. Fish Hatchery at Trail. Senator Simon has Introduced a bill to establish a permanent fish hatchery and fish station at Trail, on Rogue River, Jackson County, Oregon. It provides for an appropriation of $10,000 to purchase the site, construct buildings and provldo equipment. The bill will receive a favor able report from the committee on fish eries, to ;whom it has been recommended. Object of Turner's Resolution. . The resolution Introduced by Senator Turner today calling for information rel ative to the letting of privileges for work ing the pands of the ocean from the tide line at Cape Nome seaward, was offered with the idea of definitely determinlne who has jurisdiction over the sands and whether or not there aro to be any per mits for hydraulic mining on this portion of the gold beds. For the paBt year ap plications have been pouring into the land office for permission to work the ocean sands beyond the shore line, but all such have been referred to the War Depart ment, the land office claiming to have no jurisdiction over the premises. The land ojllce has been Inclined to discourage such mining, but has refrained from mak ing any recommendations. So far as known, no permits have been made by the War Department, but whether or not Senator Turner's resolution. If adopted, will show up the hand of the War De partment and make public the determined policy In this matter. ' I GOLD STATUE CAST. "The American Girl" to Be Exhibited at the Paris Exposition. NEW YORK. March 2L The gold statue of "The American Girl," which Is to be exhibited at the Paris Exposition, was successfully cast today. Miss Maude Adams, the actress, was the model, and Mrs. Bessie Potter Vennah was the sculpt or. The statue, mounted on Its base, will bo six feet In height, tho figure being of Miss Adams' own height It weighs 715 pounds, and the bullion used Is valued at $187,000. Miss Adams' gown Is of the simplest sort It is a Summer dress of chiffon. Lace ruffles extend its length, and. gathered at the waist, they give a kind of blouse effect at tho bosom. The sleeves aro tight from shoulder to wrist. Tho arms drop to full length on both sides. The hair waves back from the forehead and is parted slightly to the left The pose Is that of taking a step forward, de noting "Progress." THE EIGHT-HOUR DAY. Speaker Henderson Dcclnred Him self in Favor of .It. WASHINGTON, March 2L Speaker Henderson took occasion during a recent call by President Gompers and other of ficials of the Federation of Labor, to make known his personal views concerning an eight-hour working day. The labor lead ers called to discuss the outlook for leg. lslation on- the eight-hour bill, the bin against convict-made goods, and that, lim iting the Issuance of injunctions by Fed eral courts. Although several of the mem bers of the delegations preferred to place the' injunction bill foremost. It was the final view of Mr. Gompers and all his associates that tho e!ght-hour measure should be the first to receive attention from Congress. This led Speaker Hender son to express his personal views on tha eight-hour question. He said he had al ways believed that the product of a man working eight hours a day was much better than that of! a man compelled to work longer hours. No time was set for taking up the eight-hour legislation, as tho callers made no request In that line. ' a REPLY TO BISHOP POTTER. Anti-Imperialists Take Exceptions to Sonic of His Statements. BOSTON, March 2L The statement given out by Bishop Potter, of New York, as to conditions in the Philippine Islands as he found them, has drawn forth a let ter from Irving Winslow, secretary of the New England Anti-Imperialist League, In which he says: "The Anti-Imperialist League proposes to stand loyally by the Republic As for the inhabitants of the Philippines, wo have positive reasons for knowing that the elements that composed the admirabjo congress and administration with which wo should have treated 14 months ago still exist, and can easily be gathered to gether in such a manner as to promise a reasonably rapid evolution toward native self-government, assisted by an American alliance and established by the neutraliza tion of the islands. Permit me to demur to the conclusion to which you seemed to have arrived in a very short space of time (four days), and under circumstances not quite favorable to fair judgment the environment of an enemy's camp. The majority of the civilized people of the Philippines, especially the middle class, are neither friendly to the Amer ican Government, nor ready to come un der it. Notorious circumstances In tho Island of Luzon today contradict your In ference. We have reason to believe that our opinions are those of the great mass of the common people of America, though the 'better, or commercial class with us, as In the Philippines,' may be satisfied with what is going on. lgnorantly hoping It will bring them 'Increased prosperity. In short our cause Is the cause of the plain people, white or brown, against ava rlco and ambition hiding under the cloak of pseudo philanthropy." RE3IEY GETS INSTRUCTIONS. Watson's Successor Starts for Ma nila Todny. WASHINGTON, March 21. Rear-Admiral Remey, who will relieve Rear-Ad-miral Watson, in command of the naval forces on the Asiatic station, arrived In the city from Portsmouth, N. H., and had a conference with Secretary Long at the Navy Department today. He will leavo here tomorrow for San Francisco, where he will take a steamer about April 1 for Manila. Rear-Admiral Kempff, who will have command of one of the divisions of the Asiatic Squadron, composed of ves sels assigned particularly to Chinese wa ters, will accompany the Admiral across the Pacific Admiral Kempff was recent ly relieved from the command of tho Mare Island Navy-Yard, and Is now in San Francisco. Admiral Remey has been succeeded in command of the navy-yard at Portsmouth by Rear-Admiral Crom well, ex-president of the Retiring Board, in this .city. Schroeder Will Succeed Leary. WASHINGTON, March 2L Lieutenant Commander Seaton Schroeder, at present secretary of tho Naval Inspection Board, has been selected to succeed Captain Leary as Naval Governor of the Island of Guam. Schroeder expects to relieve him before July next It Is stated that Leary is coming homo at his own request, and the change Is also in conformity with the policy of the Navy Department to make frequent changes in command of these naval stations in the Interest of the health and spirits of tho officers. Recruits for Manila. NEW YORK, March 2L More than 10C0 cavalry, infantry and artillery recruits will leave Fort Schuyler and Fort Slocum tomorrow for Brooklyn, where they will board the transport Sumner, which will sail Saturday for the Philippines. Alleged Filipino Victory. PARIS, March 22. The Intransigeant has a telegram received by Agoncillo, Agulnaldo's envoy, announcing that the Filipino General Pava has routed the Americans near Cubat, and taken the town. a GREAT MINING SUIT. Case Involving Million! Between Rival Copper Kings Is On Trial. BUTTE, Mont, March 21. A mining suit between tho rival copper kings, Marcus Daly and United States Senator William A. Clark, Is on trial in the United State Court There are three suits in all, but the trial on one will determine all conten tions. The mines Involved are the Never sweat, of the Anaconda Company, and tho Colusa and Parrot, owned by the Colusa Parrot Mining Company, of which Senator Clark Is the head. The question of apex is Involved, and the determination of the matter will mean a great many millions t dollars to the company securing a favor able decision. Both sides havo been ac tively preparing for the trial for a year past and every section of tho country has been scoured for mining experts to give testimony. Mine models, costing thou sands of dollars, have been constructed for the purpose of the trial, which will be one of the most notable ever tried la the West Some of the best-known geolo gists and mining men of tho country are arrayed on either Elde. YOUNG NEGRO'S HEROISM. Soved Six Lives in a Flathouse Fire in New York. NEW YORK. March 2L Six lives were saved by the gallant work of M. S. An derson, a young colored man, during a fire at a flat house in West One hundred and Thirty-fourth Street today. Ho de tected the fire while on his way to work. The flames had gained considerable head way and In a window on the second floor stood a man named Nelson with six little children hovering" about him, their escape having been cut oft by the flames. With two passers by Anderson ran Into the building next door and up to the third floor. With his two companions holding his legs Anderson swung head downward and swaying his body backward and for ward managed to reach the children as they were held up to him by the father. All were taken out safely in this manner. The firemen brought the other occupants of the building down the ladder. Smelting Trust Dividend. NEW YORK, March 21. The American Smelting & Refining Company has de clared a dividend of l?i per cent on its preferred stock for the quarter ended Jan uary 21, 1900, and also 7-1S of 1 per cent on the preferred stock for the period from April 11 to April CO. 1SW, both inclusive, payable April 10. Tho additional dividend Is to adjust dividend payments to the end of each fiscal quarterly period. SLAIN BY INDIANS Fate of Eugene, Oregon, Couple in Alaska. SHOT DOWN WHILE OUT CAMPING Ono of the Murderers Confessed tha Crime at Salvation Army Testi monies Six Arrested SKAGWAY, March 15. The story of the sensational murder of a man and his wife from Oregon by Indians on Lynn, Canal, has just come to light here. The victims aro Mr. and Mrs. Bert Horton, of Eugene, Or. The murder was committed In Qwtfober, and the fate of the couple was not known here until within the last week Tile se cret was divulged by one of the murder ers who lately became converted In the Salvation Army In Skagway, and was prompted in his religious testimonies to speak of his crime. Jim Hanson Is tho confessor. He and five of his accomplices havo been arrest ed by the United States Marshal at Skag way. The five beside Hanson were ar rested yesterday at Haines, 15 miles from here, by the marshal and a posse. No resistance was offered, hut some of tha Indians tried to escape before being cor nered. The guilty men were placed irj the Skagway jail last night. Five mor accomplices aro wanted, and the Marshal leaves today for Haines in hopes of get ting them. The murder was committed on the ehorS of Lynn Canal, 33 miles from Skagway. Mr. and Mrs. Horton were there spending an outing In camping. The Indians had started on a search for an Indian and his squaw, who had disappeared from tho tribe. The missing Indians were relatives of those in the search. It Is an ancient rule among the Indians of the region that a life must be given for a life, so tha searching party, suspecting whites oj having killed their people, concluded they would even the account by killing Mr, and Mrs. Horton. They had nothing la particular against Mr. and Mrs. Horton, and perhaps had never before seen them, but it was believed whites should die to atone for tho deaths of the Indians. Seeing Mr. and Mrs. Horton on tho shore, they decided to wreak their venge ance on them. The Indians went ashore and approached Mr. and Mrs. Horton, who were sitting In front of their camp. Horton disliked the looks of the Indians, and told them to halt Horton had a gun in his hand. A moment after he spoke. Hanson, the confessor, shot. The Indian's bullet passed through Horton's head. Then one of the other Indians shot Mrs, Horton. Hanson says the other Indian is known as Kitchlkoo. Kltchikoo has been arrested. In his pos session at the time of his arrest yesterday were Horton's watch and a ring andloth er articles that had belonged to?Mrg Horton. : The bodies were burled by the Indiana In a cleft or shallow grave near the soene of -the murder. They are supposed to be there yet Hanson yesterday accompa nied tho officers to the scene and pointed out the graves, but it was too late to the day to exhume the remains, and tha work will bo undertaken today. Tho bodies will be brought here. Mr. and Mrs. Horton's friends missed them several weeks ago, but diligent search at the known place of their camp ing revealed nothing. Mr. and Mrs. Horton, wero married only several months ago, in Eugene. Thay came to Skagway, and for a time ran a boarding-house on the White Pass Rail road. Mrs. Horton was a beautiful young woman, only 19 years old. Mr. Hortoa was 23 years old. Relatives nt Eugrene Have No Tiding EUGENE, Or., March 21. Mrs. John ZImmer, who Is a sister of Mrs. Horton, received a letter during the winter from a lady In the Klondike country statlnff that Horton and his wife were missing, and that It was feared they had been murdered by Indians. The letter said tbat the two had started down the river and that all trace of them had been lost. Mrs. ZImmer refused to credit the report as sho had just received a letter from her sister, in which she wrote that she and her husband were going Into the Interloa prospecting, and would be gono for soma time. Mrs. ZImmer has not since heax$ from her sister. CLAYSON'S BODY FOUND. r Remains, Together With His CoOto pnnlons', in River Ice. VICTORIA, March 21. The steame? Amur, arrlvinir from Slcagway today, re ports that the bodies of Clayson and bia mlsstnf companions, Rolfe and Olson. have been found under the river ice, and enough evidence has been obtained to con vict O'Brien. O'Brien. Is in oustody At Tagish. The preceding dispatch la the flrBtfdtfl. nite news that has been received of Fred H. Claygon, formerly of Portland, who mysteriously disappeared from Dawson last December, and was supposed to havo been murdered. Dr. Esther C. Pohl. sister of Clayson, states that she has been In constant com munication with Skagway since her broth er's mysterious disappearance. Thero have been frequent rumors from there re garding him. which, on investigation, end ed only In disappointment Regarding the Victoria dispatch, Dr. Pohl says that some tlmo ago she heard from Skagway to tho effect that a report similar to this had been printed In a paper there. She says it Is possible that the dispatch from Vic toria Is but a repetition of that story. Clayson left Dawson December 17 on a bicycle for Skagway, and expected to make the trip in two weeks or less. The last heard of him was on Christmas" day, at Minto, when he was in company with Dominion Lineman Olson and a third man, who was a stranger. Olson Is believed to have had ?SO0 with him. Lyn Rolfe, a Klondike bookkeeper, and another man are said to have left Mlnto with Clayson and Olson. No one knows how much money Clayson had with him. He had accumulated a fortune of at least 510,000 In tho mercantile firm of F. H. Clayson & Co. Clayson had resided in Portland since he was 9 years old. A MINERS' RIOT, Io-rva Town Terrorized by Union Strikers. BOONEVILLE, la., March 21. Several hundred miners marched here today front the surrounding country and closed tha Wooley, Hestor & Kelly mines, which aro operated with nonunion men. A proces sion was formed at the Courthouse, union men who refused to Join being forced In by revolvers. There was a riot along the main streets, and several nonunion min ers were badly hurt The Town Board met tonight and decided to swear In 50 Deputy Sheriffs. The Governor will be ap pealed to. I