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IIILLSBORO, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 1899.
VOL. V.
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EVENTS OF HIE DAY
Epitome of the Telegraphic
News of the World.
WORKS SMOOTHLY
TKRSK TICKS FROM THE WIRES
Au Iiitamntliif Collection iifltein From
the Two HeniUi)irea l'reneuteil
In a Contlttnieit Form.
The British government favoia the
canal being built by tlio United States
with guaianteoa of Ita nouttulity iu oaae
of war.
A crista la Imminent at Berlin. The
emperor and ohnnoellor cannot agree,
nml a new oabinet ia looked for. The
principal trouhle ia over the wholoaalo
expulslona of Danes and Austrian.
The new year brings Irolnnd tha
greatest exp'orluient since Cuthollo
emancipation, namely, the initiation
ol the local government act, whiah
really, in many of ita features, ia an
extension of the emancipation auta and
policy.
The war department baa come to the
conclusion that it will bo necessary to
aocotd Uenoral Urooke, military gover
nor of Cuba, tlio assistance of a special
cabinet npproachinff in funotiona the
late autonomist cabinet of Cuban ad
ministration of the civil affairs of the
island.
The situation at Iloilo is grave. Fif
teen hundred natives, fully armed,
are at Melo, suburb of lloilo. Seven
toon thousand more, it ia reported, are
awaiting ordors to embark at aevoral
points on the island of Negroa, 15
hours' sail from Iloilo. All tho women
have withdrawn, and many families
have taken lefuge with the Americans.
Unless congress should pass a law
authorizing him to remain on the ac
tive list, Rear-Admiral Dewey will be
ulaced on the retired list on December
20. 1809. Only one other retirement
will occur tills year, that of Commo
dore II. L. Howison, now commandant
of the Boston navv-yard. There is a
ttiong aentimont in naval circles in
favor of the passage of a law which
will permit the retention of Admiral
Duwey upon the active list for 10
vears, as waa done in the oase of horoea
ol the civil war.
The American lino steamship Palis,
which has an Ived in New Yoikfroin
Southampton, after a tempestuous pas
sage, reports that Tuesday, December
27. in latitude 49:29 north, and longi
tude 81:29 went. at 88:0 in thumoming.
she sighted a steamer flying signals of
distress. She proved to be the British
tank steamer Vindolmla, Captain
Clark, from Rouen, Franoe, December
15. for Philadelphia, in ballast. She
showed the signal letters, "Must aban
don Tessel." The Paris toscued her
crew, and no lives were lost.
Only about $100 worth of property
waa reoovered from the wreok of tl
Maria Teresa.
Gold shipments from Australia for
the vear 1898 amounted 12,K20,0U0,
Hhipments to America increased by
2,000,000.
A deficit in the German beet sugar
crop of at least 350,000 tons is flguied
iiDon by United States Consul Diodriuh,
at Madueburg. He savB that the back
ward Benson resulted In a deficiency.
Negotiations aie progresses in the
matter of the payment of the Cuban
troops, so that on laying down their
arms they may be enabled to enter
noon civil pursuits and earn their
living. Probably no further appropria
tion by congress will be necessary to
enable the president to carry out the
nlan. if it should be decided, as th
money will eventually ooiue put ot the
revehuea of the island
Immediately upon the ratification of
the peate treaty by the senate, the
uresident will recommend to congiesa
the enaotment of legislation looking to
the settlement of the claims of Ameri
can oitixens for damages sustained in
Cuba. Poito Rico and other Spanish
possessions which formed the seat ot
war. Claims to tne amount ol fuu.
000,000 on this score have already boon
lodgod with the state department
Near Austin, Tex., a passenger train
escaped a serious wreck through the in
tervention of a bird. Some one had
tied a rail securely across the truck. A
few miles before reaching the spot a
bird, blinded by tho headlight, flew
auainst the glass, breaking and extiu
guiahing the light, which necessitated
running slowly to tne next siauon.
The train, at reduced speed, struck the
obstruction, tearing up the tiauk and
damaging the front ot the engine, but
no one was injured.
Part ot Bed Rock mountain, accord
ing to a dispatch from Airolo, a village
ot Switzerland, canton ot Ticino, has
fallen into Airolo, destroying a hotel
mid several houses. The scene ot the
disaster presents a terrible spectacle,
the debiis of the avalanohe covorlng a
square mile. The hotel, with eight
houses and 12 other buildings, were
swept into a great heap of matchwood
A new terror was added by the outbreak
of fire amid the ruins. Three dead
bodies have been recovered. It is esti
mated that the damage will reach
4H0.000.
minor New Itefna.
Sebastian Bach Mills, tho well
known composer and pianist, died ia
Wiesbadon, Germany, aged GO years.
The preliminary report of theNica'
ragua canal commission shows that it
will require about $185,000,000 to
build the oanal.
Encouraging reports of the condition
r.t n Hairs in Manila and Porto Rico
Cubans Well llemed With Amorlcen
Kill Haven.
New York, Jan. 6 A dispatch to
the Tribune from Havana says:
American rule in Cuba worka smoothly
Generals Brooke and Ludlow are begin
ning the reorganization of the civil ad
ministration satisfactorily. The Cu
bans are well pleased. Part of the
Spaniards are sullen, but the commer
cial classes are satisfied with the new
regime.
The understanding is that no mem
bers of the former autonomist cabinet
are (o be included in General Brooke's
proponed oouncil of advisors. , They
are all unpopular, and lack confidence
of both elements.
Civil Governor de Castro, by order
of the military authorities, has abol
ished the use of passports and of
stamped paper in the government office.
They were annoyances.
Prompt stops have also been taken
for improving the section of hygiene.
The chief interest on Monday oen-
toied at tho oiiBtoro-bouso. Colonel
Bliss waa assisted by the treasury ex
port, Mr. Donaldson, who will be in
charge at Santiago. The merchants
had prepared for a change. Since noon
on Sunday 15 vessels had entered the
harbor with cargoes, for discharge un
der the American tariff. The first
vessol waa the Norwegian aohooner
Kitty, from Mobile, with general mer
chandise. A Spanish ship, the Mexi
co, of Barcelona, arrived in ballast.
Among Monday's arrivals waa the Seg-
uranoa, from New Xork.witn merchan
dise. American shippers seem to have
improved their opportunities. Some
contusion resulted, as no tariff rates
had been translated into Spanish.
That deficiency will soon be corrected.
The importera had aecured American
money with which to pay duties.
The postofflce service for the city ana
foreiim mail shows improvement. The
contusion still is due to inefficient em
ployes. The demoralization in the
island service cannot be remedied Im
mediately. Chief Director Rathburne's
first order after taking oharge was to
abolish tho franking privilege, which
has been crossly abused.
A mistake made in Washington in
printing 2-cent stamps for Amerioan
correspondence has been remedied by
selling the stamps for two cents.
The police servioo is being slowly or
sanized. No general disorder exists.
Two or throe homicidos during the last
two days hare been of the ordinary
kind, and have had no significance.
Cubans and Spaniards are getting along
togethor pretty well. Some rears ol
aooial demoralization, ot which Ameri
cans complain, will be corrected when
tho police organization ia more ad
vanced. The military authoritiea do
not want to use troopa for duty of thia
kind.
INDIAN
I A SOCIALIST MAYOR
John C. Chase Inaugurated
at Haverhill, Mass.
DEWEY AND LEE.
for
FIRST INSTANCE ON EECORD
Will Hit Tower Btrletlv on
Line of socialism Specific Reo
oluuieiidatluue Mad.
Heurr Wattenon Manic Them
I'reeldent and VIce-Preeldent.
Louisville, Ky., Jan. 3. Henry
Watterson, in a leading editorial thia
morning in the Courier-Journal, under
the caption, "The New Year's Outlook
for the Democratio Party," nominates
Admiral Dewey for president and Gen
eral Fitzhugh Lee for vice-president.
In part, be says:
"To come down to hard facts, old
horse-sense sitting in the rocker, the
issue of free silver being relegated to
the limbo of busted shades, the tariff
issue peacefully reposing upon the shelf
where the Cleveland administration
left it to wait for free trade under naw
conditions the season of famine ended
and the season of plenty arrived what
are the Democrats to do for a national
platform and ticket?
"There is bub one thing for them to
do. The voters have about made up
their minds that party pledges are fab
ricated chiefly to be broken. Let the
Democrats, banking on tills circum
stance, put up a ticket without a plat
form: let them nominate candidates
inability of preserving equal rights for president and vice-preardent who
nnoii which "the liberty and happiness are a platform in themselves; ana, n
of every man, woman and child ' are they can induce the great admiral and
conditioned, and asserted that thete are the gallant general to accept, nere is
tirincinles of attainment only through the curd to win with:
the establishment of the co-operative "for president Oeorge JJewey, ox
commonwealth." Continuing, Mayor Vermont.
I A CHANGE OF FLAGS
PROSPEROUS TO THE END,
Haverhill, Mass , Jan. 4. John C.
Chase, elected on a socialist platform,
took the oath of office as mayor of
Haverhill today. In his inaugural
speech, Mr. Chase assured the members
ol the city govornmnt and the people,
that "every atom of power possessed
by tho mayor would be exercised for
the defense and support of principles
of Booialism, insofar aa they may be ap
plicable to a municipality."
The mayor then referred to tne oo-
Spanish Gold and Crimson
Conies Down in Cuba.
A STIRRING DAY IS HAVANA
Several Cuban Generals Took Tart la
the Ceremonies General
Brooke's Reception.
Havana, Jan. 8. The sovereignty of
Cuba passed from Spain to the United
States at noon Sunday,
The form ol the transfer was simple,
consisting of only an exchange of
speeches in the salon of the palace, the
hauling down of the Spanish flag and
the raising in its stead of the flag of
the United States on the flugstaffs on
the palaoe roof. Salutes were fire
from the heavy guns of the forts and
the warships before and after the
cl
MASSACRE IMMINENT.
ChllkaU at Pyramid Harbor, Alaska,
Terrorising tha Whites.
Taooam, Wash., Jan. 5. Passengers
who arrived on the Al-Ki from Alaska
some of whom left Dawson as late aa
Docember 8, report, that the Chilcat In
dians are terrorizing the white Inhabi
tants of Pyramid harbor, near Skag-
way, and have threatened to masaaore
them.
The niaht before Christmas whites
appeared at the Chilcat village with a
big supply of whisky, which was sold
to the Indians without reserve, ine
entire tribe not drunk ChristmaB, and
with knives and guna compelled all the
whites in that locality to leave. When
the Al-Ki loft Skaaway no blood ha;t
been shed, but trouble waa Imminent.
On reaching Indian river the miners
where informed that two men, names
unknown, had frozen to death on the
Yukon between Fort Selkirk and Daw-
son. They were guarding a scow load
of frozen dressed beef, and perished one
exceptionally cold night in November.
Several tons of mail lor Dawson are
blocked at Lake Bennett, awaiting ioe
transportation. The winter has been
ao open that Lake Bennett remained
unfrozen up to December 23.
In Octobor speculators cornerea tne
buttor and tobacco market at Dawson,
and since then both artiolea have been
bringing from 13 to $ 3 a pound.
WILL BE MUSTERED OUT.
0
Sixteen Thousand Soldiers on tha List
W hich Was Decided On.
WashinBton. Jan. 6. Secretary Al
ger today made publio a partial list of
the regiments and other organizations
whioh, aa a result of the signing of the
Paris peace treaty, it has been decided
to muster out of the service. The list
inoludes 13 full regiments and two in
dependent companies and three heavy
batteries of artillery, approximating
16,000 or more men, whioh, with their
present location, are aa follows:
In Alabama. Sixty-ninth New York,
Third Florida, both at Huntsville;
Third Tennessee, at Anniaton.
In Georgia, companies A and B, In'
diana - colored infantry, at Chioka
mauga; Third North Carolina and
Sixth Vireinia. at Maoon: Third New
Jersey and Fifteenth Pennsylvania, at
Athens.
In South Carolina, South Carolina
heavy battery, at Sullivan's island;
Fourth Missouri, at Greensville; See
ond Tennessee, at Columbia; Ninth
Ohio, at Summerville.
In Texas, Third Texas, at Fort Clark,
In California, Eight1) California, at
Benioia barracks: heuy batteries a
and C, California artilleiy.
Chase said:
"I believe that every power the mu
nicipality possesses should be placed
at the disposal of the people in the in
terest of civilization. With that aim
in view. I submit the following recommendations'
"First The passage of an order es
tablishing the minimum, wage for
street employes at 2 for eight hours'
work.
"Second Union wages and condi
tions to prevail in al brick and stone
mason's work performed under the di
rection of tha street department.
"Third All city printing to bear
the union label."
The mayor then took up the subject
of the unemployed, whioh he eaid had
developed from the displacement of la
bor by machinery and the concentration
of capital, and was a question which
no munioipality could solve, as it had
become a national and international
one.
"Yet," he said, "some little relief
at least can be afforded by this city
government. I, therefore, recommend,
first that yon proceed to seoure a tiaot
of land suitable for the raising of food
products, and that such of the unem
ployed as desire may be permitted to
use this land, the city to furnish proper
seeds and tools; second, the enlarge
ment of the fuel yard at the city farm
to suoh proportion as will permit all
who desire to earn, by their labor, such
fuel as they may require; third, the
appropriation of such an amount ol
money as cirouniBtances may warrant,
to be used in providing employment
directly upon publio works, not in com
petition with the regular employes of
the city, but upon special wonts, iwo
kinds of which 1 herewith suggest:
First, improvement of the park system;
second, construction of a system of bi
cycle paths through all principal thor
oughfares." Mayor Chase condemned the system
of contracting with the lowest bidder
for city woik, and said the system should
not be tolerated. He said:
"Low bids mean cheap work; oheap
work means cheap money and low
wages, and low wages lower the stand
ard ot citizenship. The city should
perform its own work and furnish ita
own materials, giving employment to
its citizens."
The mayor advocated Inoreased ap
propriations for educational purposes,
ml municipal ownership or meeiecirio
lighting plants and street railways.
"For vice-preside.;t Fitzhugh Lee,
of Virginia.
"Platform The Stars and Stripes,
God bless them.
"Even now the Republican leaders,
who rarely fail to take time by the
forelock, and who never let go their
grip upon the shore line, are planning
to make their campaign of 1000 on the
broad principle of national unification
and expansion. They are not going to
handicap themselves with any ancient
platform rubbish. High tariff is no
'onger wanted by the manufacturers,
for whom it was invented. The bloody
siiirt, having served Its turn, has gone
to the old clothes basket The presi
dent knows his business.
"At the opportune moment we shall
see William McKinley and Joseph
Wheeler march down to the footlights,
hand in hand, the flag above them
beneath them emblazoned on a strip of
red, white and blue. 'The land we love
from end to end,' or words to that
effect. And then what? What are
the Democrats going to do about it!
How are they going to meet it?"
GHASTLY SCENE.
Chinese Imprison Catholics.
Cologne, Jan. 5. The Volks Zeitung
announces that it haa received news
of the imprisonment of German Catbo
lio missionaries by Chinese at Hia, in
Shan Zee, about 30 miles southwest of
Ping Yang.
The minority of the house military
committee has prepared an army bill
whioh provides for a standing army of
OLD GLORY EVERYWHERE.
tars and Stripes Adorn the W reck or
the Maine
Havana, Jan. 4. It developed today
that the company of the Indiana regi
ment whioh waved the Cuban flags dur
ng tne paraue was not urremou, no
cabled last night. Investigation
showed that the flags wore distributed
to them by Cubans in the crowd, and
the act of waving them was thoughtless
and not prearranged.
Twenty-five Cuban horsemen, wen
mounted and armed, joined the column
at the Prado, rode to Central Park and
debouohed into a Bide street. They
aroused considerable enthusiasm.
Three bluejackets from the lexas,
at about 12:30 yesterday, rowed to the
wreck of the Maine and hoisted a large
Stars and Stripes to the peak of the
wreck. The flag waB saluted uy tne
shipping in the haibor.
An immense American nag was uisu
hoisted on top of a 200-font spar at
tlm naval dock, where it oould be seen
for miles around.
Miners' Narrow Ksonpe.
Carlinville, 111., Jan. 4. Early this
morning the tipple and top works of the
Carlinville coal shaft, Bituated just out
side of town, took fire and burned
fiercelv. There seemed from tte very
start no chance of saving tliem from
total destruction. Between 70 and 80
men were in the mine, and it was only
after herculean efforts on the part of
the mine managers and those of the
miners who escaped at the first alarm
that the entombed miners were all re
leased from their perilous position. The
property losses aggregate only a few
thousand dollars.
Australian Wheat.
Vancouver, B. 0., Jan. 4. A fore
nast nf the Australian wheat harvest
Woman Deserted on the Gallows -tier
Lover Heprleved.
Proknn if. Soma, Jan. 4. A scene
more dramatic than is often essayed in
the most realistic notion was enacted
in the iail-yard here on Saturday.
A woman and her lover mounted the
soaffold to pay the penalty for the mur
der of her husband. The man was
sullen and allowed the noose to be
placed around his neck without resist
ance. The woman was in hysterics
and had to be supported by the hang
man and his deputy. Just as the hang
man had finished adjusting the rope
around the mrn's neck and was abou
to place the blaik cap over the htad of
the half-fiiinticij woman, a jailer
rushed out of the pr'son and up to tli
foot of the soaffold and cried to the
ham-man to. stop, waving in Mb hand
a reprieve.
The man showed little feeling as the
rope was removed; the woman sobbei
willi iov. But her happiness was
short-lived. The reprieve was for th
man only. When the hangman an
nounced the message the woman clung
to her lover iu fienzy, nit with a curse
he fluim her off. refus'ng to bid her
farewell as he stumbed down the gal
lows steps.
The woman was then placed on the
trap and hanged.
' RIOS' VANDALISM.
Saslntll
The Spanish Commander Destroys That
Which He Cannot Carry Away.
innee ol Hags. I lie raising oi uie
Stars and Stripes was greeted with
cheers by the people, who covered the
roofs of the buildings around the palace
and plaza.
Io crowd was permitted to gather in
the streets in the vicinity of the palace
to witness the epoch-making function.
At 9 o'clock, a guard, composed of the
Second battalion of the Tenth infantry,
marched into the Plaza de Armas, tin
der command of Captain Van Vleet,
and formed ground the square. Cap
tain-General Castellanos watched them
with interest from the balcony of his
partments as they entered the square
and were stationed at all the streets
nproaching the plaza. No one was al
lowed to enter without a pass, and a
the doors of the palace facing the
square were ordered to be closed. Only
tliose who could get on the roofs and
balconies ot houses in the neighborhood
saw what was going on before the
palace.
With the guard was the band ox tne
Second Illinois regiment, which had
been selected for the occasion as the
best band in the Seventh army corps.
With the band were the buglers ol the
Eighth and Tenth infantry.
The weather was warm, the sun
bursting at intervals through the light
clouds, and the soldiers in blue, who
were foroed to Btand in the sun, found
the heat oppressive. The troops were
formed in extended order around the
aqmire, three paces apart, and the band
waa massed in front of the palace en
trance across the street at the edge of
the park.
At 11:55, Maor-Uenral Lee, military
Governor ol the province or tiavana,
with his staff, joined General Brooke
Tho latter then crossed the street to the
palaoe. General Lee on one Bide of
him, and General Chaffee on the other,
followed by the other American gen
erals and the Cuban officers. The Cu
bans wore dark blue uniforms, brown
felt lnts and gray gloves, and they car
ried machetes.
A flourish of trumpets greeted the
oroceesion and the Spanish trcops pre
tented arms aa tlio Americans entered
the palace. The Cubaus remained out
side until escorted in by members of
General Brooke's staff, the Spanish sol
diery retmaning all the while at "pre
sent arms."
As soon as all were in, the Spanisli
troops formed a column of fours and
marched around the right side of the
plaza to the docks, while the band of
the Second Illinois volunteers played
the Spanish loyal march.
As Captaia-Gar.nral Castellanos was
escorted to the wharf to take his de
parture the band played the Spanish
royal march. General Castellanos
thanked the generals accompanying
him and as he stepped into the launoh
he wept. Crowds of Spaniards all
dressed in black, gathered upon the sea
wall and silently watched the fleet pass
out. Men and women wept together.
Tho Old Tear Goes Oat With
Booming.
New York, Jan. 2. Brad street
says: Uoncisely stated, the reports re-
eived as to the year's business in all
aections of the country point to an un
precedented volume of domestic and
exoprt trade, which is refiectel in bank
learancea that break the high record
it 1892. The general level of prices of
staple securities at the cloee of the
year is at the highest point reached lor
five years past. Railroad earnings ex-
seed all previous years, and finally
there was a small number of failures,
and lower liaibilties than reported in
any year for at least five years past.
These general results in the country at
large have been achieved, too, notwith
standing the outbreak and conclusion
of a foreign war, and in spite, aleo, ot
unfavorable conditions in some indus
tries, notably textile manufactures,
which, combined with unfavorable
weather early in the year, and the
lowest price for cotton on record, exer
cised an unfavorable influence.
But the close of the year finds an im
provement even in tbesedirections, ami
returns as to retail trade and particu
larly holiday business, are strikingly
good in all sections. Bast reports as
to distributive trade naturally come
from the graingrowing sections of the
country, which were the first to meet
an improvement resulting from free
foreign demand for our cereals, but in
dications are not wanting that this im
provement is gradnlally percolating
throughout the entire business com
munity, and coupled with the unprece
dented' export trade in manufactured
goods, and the fact that we are eelling
f 2 worth abroad for every dol lar's worth
we buy, renders possible the gains re
ported in distributive trade of 1898
over 1897, ranging from lO to 40 per,
cent, with likewise good exports from
the manufcturing centers, excepting
the textile industrries already mentioned.
The export trade of the country for
the year, as above intimated, is tbe
heaviest ever known, and will probably
exceed $1,250,000 in value, thus being
nearly double the imports. Our ex
port trade in manufactured goods.it
must be observed, is the heaviest over
known, and for the first time m
our country's history exceeded the value
of imports of similar goods
There were 11.638 failures in uie
United States in 1888, involving liabil
itiesof $141,137,117, a decrease from
1897 in number of 11.2 per cent, and
in liabilities of 9.5 per cent. Com
pared with 1896 and 1895, the ptopor
tion of decrease shown ia even larger.
as compared with 1896, failures were
fewer by 25 per cent, and liabilities
smaller bv 64 per cent Decreases are
also shown when oompared with 1891
a vear of large trade, but ol numerous
and costly failures; tut com
pared with 1892 there ia an increase
shown of 13 per cent in number, and
20 per cent in liabilities.
TRAGEDY AT SEASIDE
Three Men Killed in a Des
perate Fight.
THE WORK OF A DESPEBADO
Charlea Willard Murdered Bherlf
William nd Ineptitjr l.mor, and
M m Shot by Deputy Mil ler.
TEN THOUSAND DROWNED
Occurred al
Madrid. Jan. 4. Rios, the Spanish
oommander, cables tbut he has arrived
at Manila, after having completed the
evacuation of Visavsa and the northern
part of the island of Mindanao and af
ter blowing up 14 fo-ta and the flee of
gunboats on Lake Lani. He adds that
1,600 Spanish troops are concentrated
at Zamboanda under the command of
General Montero. Official oircles here
are warmly discussing the attitude of
Great ' Britain, owing to her pressing
demand that Spain sell, her a coaling
station in the Balearic islands and
other strategical points, so as to render
Gibraltar unassa lable. The negotia
tions on the aubj ct have been in abey
ance owinir to Filmier Sagasta's ill
ness, but it is belnved that Spain, in
fluenced by Russiu md France, will re
sist the demand of Oreat Britain.
Fatal Fol.nng Bed.
Sprinefleld, 111., Jan. 4. Mrs. Lu
oretia Kent, a widow, met her death in
a manner horrible in the extreme. Her
fate was revealed when a friend, enter
ine the house, found her dead body.
One hand was pinioned inextrioably
under a heavy folding bed. The body
was decomposed, showing that death
had occurred several days ago. Wlien
found the woman's broken hand was
still olasned in the bed as in a black
smith's vise. How the accident hap
pened will never be known definitely.
The woman lived alone in the house,
ami that accounts for the tardy dis
covery of the body.
A Soldier Murdered.
Huntsville, Ala., Jan. 4. Private
Starr Dare, company E, First infantry.
TRANSFERRED TO DENVER.
General Merrlam Will Command De-
partment or the Colorado.
San Francisco, Jan. 8. Major-Gen-
oral Henry C. Merriam, who is now
in San Francisco in command of the
departments of California and vhe Co
lumbia, is to be transferred to tne oe
partment of the Colorado. His head-
quaiters will be at uenver. He le-
eeived official instructions to this effect
from Washington today. He will go
to Denver on or aobut January 10 next,
at which time General bhafter is ex
rjeoted here to resume his own com
mand in the department ot laniornia,
General Merriam says he has not the
least idea who will be placed in oharge
of his old headquarters of the Colum
bia, the headauaners of which are at
Vancouver, Wash.
Peking, Jan. 4. The imperial gov-
. i 1 1 1 I? AAA t.'. AwlMnA
reached the war department from the m m wlth an lllMy forc 0, 837,600 The mL m troopa to suppress the rebellion in the
officers commanding tho troops in those Q Q00 ... tll. t exieencioi. year ta said to be considerably Detter uo pa . "
departments. . I than last. .,..,.-
indicates a yield of 12,150,000 bushels wno9e i10nl9 )g in San Francisco, died
last harvest. One of the most lnteren
ing features of the estimate ia a visible
surplus of 2,250,000 bushels available
for export, while 1,000,000 bushels of
old wheat remain on hand. The vulue
of the wheat harvest on the basis of the
market rates IB given at tfl,-
at the second division hospital today
from a gunshot wound received Christ
inas night. Mack Lightfoot, Dare's
murderer, has been oommitted to jail
without bond.
Fell five Hundred Feet.
Ishpeming, Mioh., Jan. 3.A cage
nnntdfliit in the Lake Superio' mine
todav caused the death of six Finnish
minrs and serious injuries to three
more. The dead are: Matti Tarn
mir.en. Takfeo Mikkala, J. H. Kujanp
n .1 W. Paavai. Alfred Sinna and
Hint W. Johnson. The men were go
inii' down the shaft in a cage to work.
The sunuosition is that something
rlronned on the cage, forcing one Bide
nf t in frame work QOWI1, BO aa 10 ler,
the u en slide off into the shaft. One
of the wounded men said he thought a
roDe had broken. Another heard aome
thing strike the cage.
RedF.ev. Ind.. Jan. 8. An explo-
of bm. followed by fire, at the
Ohio & Indiana Pipe Line Compaq's
compressing station near here oaused a
loss estimated at $100,000. Engineer
W. K. Robinson was badly burnel,
Thirty or more towns are deprived of
natural gas by the destruction of the
station. '
When a young woman g"ta a new hat
she is never satisfied until the man she
loveB most and the girl she hates moBt
have both seen it.
Another Awful Calamity
Hankow.
Victoria, B. C. Jan. 8. The steam
ers Victoria and Yamaguclii Warn have
arrived with news from the Onent up
to December 15.
Another serious calamity, writes the
Hankow correspondent of the North
China Daily News, haa befallen the
people of Hankow; about 10,000 of the
inhabitants have met death by drown-
ing. Aoout noon uecem uer o nan uiu
storehouses extending along the edge of
the river Han suddenly broke away and
tumbled into the water on top of all
the boats there. The houses and boats,
with all the people in them, dis
appeared in a moment. About 100
buildings and the same number of
boats are gone.
Kens comes of more murders ot mis
sionaries. Hie Japanese neram says
an English missionary lias been mur
deied by natives and soldiers at Tsing
Pins. A French missionary l.is been
burned to death at Swatow, and Ger
man missionary has been toioitallv in'
iured in Shan Tung. The murder of
an American missionary, jsirs, uutier-
field. of Central China, is repotted,
Advices state that eince the attack
on the Russian troops at Andijan some
time back, discontent and dissatisfuc
tion have been rife throughout the
rjrovince. This feeling has asnmed
such proportions that the Russian an
thorities have alreaay strengthened
their garrisons. They have, moreover,
occupied the larger villages in force,
and superseded the civil by a military
administration. Iot more than 201) or
300 fanatics were engaged in the attack
on the Rusians, yet more than 1,200
men ware arrested on suspicion and
flogged in order to extort information
Not only were the actual malefactors
punished, but their relatives of all de
erees were also imprisoned. In addi
tionto this, a tine oi ouo.uuu rouuiet
has been inflicied on the district.
A Froeperoue) Year.
Washington, Jan. 3. The published
statement of the government receipts
and expenditures Bhows that during
the half year ending December 81, the
receipts aggregated t245j961,8 9 0,
against 1907,760,574, for the same per
iod last year. According to the tieas
ury these receipts are the largest since
1866, when they readied 1658,033,62 0,
tor the entire fiscal year, and 1897,
when they amounted to 1490,634,010
Seaside, Or., Jan. 2, The burning
of the Fulton cottage, at this place,
last Wednesday morning, culminated
this afternoon in the bloodiest tragedy
in tbe history of this county, as a re
sult of which three men are cold In
death and one other is badly wounded,
The dead aie:
Sheriff J. W. Williams, Deputy
Sheriff Jamos Lamera ami Charles Wil
lurd. Deputy Sheiifl A. E, Miller wai
shot in the leg.
It was considered certain by every
one that the burning of the cottage wal
for the purpose of concealing a rob
bery, and suspicion pointed to Charles
Willard as the guilty person, particu
larly as he was seen a short time after
the fire coming from tire locality with
a wheelbarrow load of goods.
Actiim on the suspicion then aroused
Sheriff Williams this morning secured
a search warrant, and in company with
Senator 0. W. Fulton and others, went
to Seaside to search Willard's prem
ises, and also all the cottages ol whioh
he had oharge during the winter season,
About 8 o'clock tlm afternoon, Sher
iff Williams, Senator Fulton and Dep
uties A. E Miller and James Lamers,
the two latter being residents of Sea
side, went to the cottage of Mrs. Susie
Lewiston, where Wiliaid was living,
to searoii it.
On rapping at the door they were
answered immediately by willard,
who told them to wait until he dressed,
but from subsequent events it ia certain
he wanted time to get his guna leady
for aetiun. After a few moments ha
opened the door, and on being told
what was wanted, told the slieris, In a
polite manner, that he was welcome to
search any ol tne residences in ins
charge.
Leaving Fulton, Lamera and tha
sheriff in tbe bouse, lie picked np bis
rifle, and telling Miller to follow him,
he started for John L. Carleon'eooltag
whioh he had in charge, an J which In
aaid someone had endeavored to break
into. There they were soon afterwards
joined by Williams and Fulton. The
latter asked Willard to come back to
the Lewiston cottage. lie made no
objection.
It was on rearing the cottflRe the
second time that tlie tragedy occurred.' .
Senator Fulton had identified some
shotgun cartridges in the liousonsbe
longing to him, and began questioning
Willard as to where he got possession
of them. This nettled Willard, al
though he answered that a friend had
given them to him, and he be-au to get
"s'y- ....
Fulton and Miller went inside tne
cottage, leaving Willard, Sheriff Wil
liams and Lamers Bland ing outvhJe.
They had just proceeded to the rear
room when two shots were heM in
quick succession, and on running to
he door, Sheriff Williams was scon to
throw up his Lands and fall backwards
over tbe bank. In front of the bouse
were Willard and Lamers, in a desper
ate hand-to hand struggle, altliotign
the latter had been shot through the
right groin and waa fast (trowing faint,
and bis assailant wus fight i" with 1 1
desperation of a demon, i? oltou sprang
at Willard's head, and pulling him to
the ground jumped on his face. Miller
wrenched the rifle from his band, threw
it on the ground, and taking out till
revolver beat the desperado over the
head,
Senator Fulton, in the meantime.
picked up the rifle and told Willard to
remain quiet, or ha would kill him.
The latter, however, watched his op
portunity, and jumping to his feet
started to run away, when i ulton ttretl,
missing him the first time, but strik
ing him in the faoe the second tune,
carrying away the greater poitlon ot
his mouth and nose. Willard fell, ap
parently dead, and Fulton startod to
obtain help to oaieforthe injured men,
leaving Miller on guard with the nue)
in hand. Miller stepped buck to aid
LamerB, who was lying on the giound
desperately wounded, when Willard
was noticed to be fumbling witn his
belt. Quicker than a flash he drew a
revolver and fired three bullets, the
first one bitting Miller in - the left leg,
just below the hip. M ilLr returned
the fire with the rifle, the nut bullet
inflicting a flesh wound in Willard's
shoulder, and the second hitting him
iu the left side, near the gioin, killing
him instantly.
By thia time help had arrived, and
an examination was made of tlio in
jured men. Sheiiff Williams was
found to have been shot through the
right breast, and although his pulse)
was beating feebly when examined, lie
showed no further signs of hie. La
mers was shot in the right groin, aud
he lived about 80 minutes after being
removed to Gi hues' hotel. Miller, the)
other deputy, was wounded in the leg.
but hia wound is not ot a serioui nature.
nlaxitroiin San Frnclieo Fire.
Sau Franoisco, Jan. 8. Fire which
started early tonight in the business I
building at 917 Stevenson street oaused
a Iobb oi f du.uuu ueiote it was
Dlecitrrteil Wonwn'l Deed.
Los Angeles, Oil., Jan. .-0eorge
P.King, chief deputy in tho office of
City Engineer Dock wei ler, was shot
and nrobably fatally wounded thia
extinguished. Ot this amount about evening by Theresa Kerr, whom lie had
f40,000 falls ou tne -rwougn Manufao- cast off.
tiirinu ComDanv. makers of rramna nnd
i..,.l.o,,lln n,.MnrT. Th.9..v.J Mtrml I Hon Treaty
r rif. -.li-v M New York. Jan. 3.tA (lifimtch to
Aimia nnf nf ih(A HtfTlMllfQ
totally destroved. the loss being placed t,1,e Brazilian oongi w has
at $10,000. The origin of the fire ia "0Ted treaty of extradition with
unknown.