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IIILLSHOItO, OREGON, TIIUKSDAY, JANUAltY 18, 19(X).
NO. 44.
VOL. VI.
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EVENTS- OF THE DAY
Epitome of the Telegraphic
News of the World. .
TKUNK TICKS FUOM THE WIEES
An Interesting; Collection el Ilea. From
Ik Two II .oil. eh -re TrmuUd
la a tluodaaeea Form.
The Boers havo looted all the
and mluea iu Swaziland.' f
atoms
Two case ol babonto plagNi
no urn re-
ported (mm South Australia.
Londoners are KtU complaining over
tl) rig I.I censorship of wur newa.
Carter HerrUon has refusal to swept
the candidacy for governor ol Illinois.
Tha rodmlll workers at Cleveland,
O., will strike, Involving 4,000 work
men. .
General George Sharps, a veteran ol
the olvll wur, U dead at ' Kingston,
N. Y. " ' - "
Dutch ooloulals taken In arms art
nut treuted m wur prisoners, but ant
being prooeouled (or treason.
The latest official report upon the
foreign commerce, ol China allows
great lucroaan both In its Import and
exports,
Tha t'riyi Indiana ol Canada may
take the warpath and strike a blow at
limit Urtulu, now that the Urolith
are buy.
Frederick D, Bouflla, one of tha pro-
prietora of the Denver Poat, aa sliot
and mortally wounded by a lawyer of
that city.
French wanihlpa have taken pome
ton of Kwong Chan Wan bay, where
a boundary dispute baa been pending
for several mouths,
Tha wreck In St. Mary't bay, N. F.,
ta (till anlileutllted. although it la bs-
liered to be the Helgoland, which wa
under charter by the Standard Oil
Company. Ten bodlee have been lo
cated among the rocks.
A lone robber hold tip two restau'
rauta lu the niidnt of Kanaa City at 8
In the morning, lioth Job were ac
complished in lern than live minutes,
and the rubber escaped, the gaping
people making no renliitauce,
Mr. C. M. Foot, of I Angeled,
Cal., aged 73, died suddenly on the
north-bound Oregon ex proa betweeu
(iaaelle and Montague, in tho Slaki
yooi. She waa aocompanying the re
inaina of her lata hnaliaud to Seattle
for burial.
John Barrett, ex-minister to Slam,
In a public addreea lu Chicago, auid
that Senator lloar'a aixtevh, which
waa cabled to Hong Kong, and mi I we
qoently put Into handi of the Flllplnoa,
raoaed the open Inaurroctlon in tit
I'blllppluoa.
Mr. Chrlitlna Iflrth, of Kant fit
Louia, emerged from a trance to flud
herself under nrweaa of being em
balmed aud prepared for the grave. A
movement of the eyelid aaved the
woman from death at the banda of the
undertaker or from burial alive.
William Jackson, the aoout, it dead
Tho United Verde mine waa aold for
1500,000,
British authorities have released tha
German ataamer llursog.
Premier McDonald takea the attar
ney-generaUhlp of tho new Manitoba
cabinet.
A British flag and portrait of tha
queea were trampled under fool in
Vltfnrlantaloon.
Lord llalfour in a apeeoh denied that
the luat lor gold la the incentive to hug
land In the Tranvaal war.
Suit haa been begun In the United
States supreme court to teat the valid
tty of the llland-AUlHon act.
Uovetuor Brady and the Cape Noma
delegation have appeared before the
house committee on public land
The president haa recommended the
promotion of llowiaou, Kauta, Kouiony
aud Farquhar to be rear admirals.
The United States cruiser Albany,
purchaser; from Brazil, developed
speeil of 310.87 knots during a builders'
trial run.
England will release seised Amori
can flour. ' Foodstuffs are not consld
ered ooatraband of war unless intended
for the" enemy.
Barnat Grluberg, formerly a well
known Jewish buMineas mau of Seattle,
has bean arrested iu Tarnupoll, Ga
lioia, Austria, on a charge of buying
girls for export from Austria to the
United States.
Secretary Gage gives as his reasons
for his recent aotion in utilising na
tlonal banks as depositories for national
treasury notes that thereby he prevent
ed a disturbance In the business world
, He denies that he has discriminated
lu favor of any bank.
A London dispatch yi the long
pent-up storm is now bursting over the
heuds of home government omoiais
It suys that, if parliament were lu sea
elon. it ia doubtful if they could retain
power, and only a remarkable change
in the. situation can save them when
the nest session convenes.
Trees and shrubs are being planted
along the Sue canal to keep the sand
from drifting.
James B. Garfield, son of the mur
dored president, announces himself as
a candidate for oongreas in the lwen
tleth Ohio district.
'Congressman James C. Needham
from the Seventh California district,
.was born at Carson City, Nev., in an
emigrant wagon while his parents wen
LATER NEWS.
Dawann waa vlalteil by another large
flret ,,' 'f ! ! i i . i
(inneral Joe Wheeler Is coming
home. ,''",, ' 1 ;
China Is buying heavily of cotton
cloth, i , ;.
The Doors have oaptured a fort at
Dally long range shelling of lloers at
Mo.lder riter iMntinuia. -
lnu aud Utl shlpuient are taking
II available ahliittxim to the Orient.
Taykir'a apuoiutmeuta have been
uulllrlud by the Kentucky court of
The JforthvVtitrn Fruitgrowers As-
ivlatloa uiut iu.Tacouia iu annual
meeting. - - " ' "
Kx-lVingrnMiuan David J. Colaon,
hot and killed two mm la i Frank-
fort (Kjr.) hotaL "
Walnwrlght 4 Co.i Boston bankers,
have failed. tried to carry too
heavy a load of mining atocka.
A Wall street rumor aaya that the
Southern I'aclflc may buy the Ualvea
tun, HoiiaUm At Northern.
The Itrllinh ahip Kullanc and the
ItrttUh ahip Aunle Tlioiuaa are long
overdue at San Krauelaoo.
The Freuoh admiral dined with Pres
ident Jlmlues, of Santo Domingo alter
the troublt'soms cluiui was paid.
Tha third aituual oonvrntiouu of tha
National Livestock Association of
America met In Fort Worth, Tea.
Senate commlttae on Interoceanlo
canala will favor the bill lor tho con
struction of the Nicaragua canal.
A negro who waa supposed to have
aided two negroes to escape near llund
gln, Tenn., was lynched by a mob.
Negroes have appealed to the United
States aeuata for national legislation
that wilt protect them from burnlug
and lynching.
The treasury dcirtment la consider
ing a recommendation to move the
United States custom house from Mary
aland to Ketchikan.
All the leading mannfaoturera of
men and women's woolen felt hats
have raised prices as a result of the
advance In prices of wool.
Sevrutury Long and iiear Admiral
Ilradford have appeared before tho sen
ate committee on naval affairs iu ad
vocacy of tho l'ttclllo cable.
Two more deaths have occurred aa a
rwaoll of Texas' worst lend. Two hun
dred deaths aud over $100,000 have
been aacrltlced in litigation, which
started over tho disputed ownership of
an uubramled steer.
The bombardmeut of Mafeklng waa
renewed Friday morning.
Many lloers are believed to be trek
king northward from Ludysiulth.
The national convention of United
Mine Workers opened at Indianapolis.
When Hryan visits New York he a 111
lie entertained exclusively by Tam
many. For the first time In history grocery
storm and meat shops closed in Chicago
on Sunday.
General Wood has crossed Orange
river aud establlnhed the first lirltish
I ost In the enemy's country.
A determined woman aud a huge
broad knife kept a mob at bay ia Chi
cago until assistance arrived.
Sir Wilfred Laurier says that Can
ada will give F.ngland both men and
money to help her in the present strife.
Summer resorts of Kookaway beach
and Jamaica bay, New York, may have
to move on account of threatening
waves.
Wheatnnand gchwau's troops are
keeping the reliels of Southern Luaon
moving. Americans have few losses,
but the reliel losses are heavy.
The trans-Atlantlo steamship lines
have increased their passenger rates be
tween New York and Europe, owing
to the heavy travel exiwoted to the Paris
exposition.
John P. Reese, under arrest la Fort
Scott, Kan., has been released by
)ugde Thayer's ordor. Keese was belug
held for contempt ol court for address
lug strikiug miners.
The Servian ministry has resigned,
owing to King Alexander Insisting on
granting amnesty to all the political
nrisonors convicted ol high treason
against his father, King Milan.
A circular appealing for peace and
pledging for the lloers, signed by 400
clergymen of all denominations in the
Netherlands, has just been delivered to
the ministers of all Christian churches
in Great Britain.
The suit for the nrlzo money for the
destruction of Cervera'a fleet involves
the question of whether or not the
oruiser New York really participated
in the battle. The attornoy-generul
avers that as all the Spanish fleet and
property were destroyed they were not
prlaei.
The urgent deficiency appropriation
bill, the first of the important bills for
the government, reported to the house
by Chairman Cannon, carries $51), 127,'
841, of which $47,003,882 ia reappro
priated for the military and naval e
tablishments, and $8,825,500 for dls
trlot appropriations. '
Total expenditures at the Charleston
(Mass.) navy yard for the last fiscal
year were $187,405.
The Ninth regiment of Pennsylvania
oelebrated the one hundreth annlver
sary of its organisation recently.
Daniel S. Ford, for 40 years proprl
otor and editor of the Youth's Com
panion, who died reoently iu Iioston,
made it an invariable rule that his
name should never appear in the col
umni of his own journal.
INCREASE OF TRADE
How Our Exports Have
Grown in Pat Five Years.
KATI0S3 WHO 11UY OCE C00D3
Udlu4 Kingdom Wf rr the Ht rU
ir, anil Unnnmnf aud fwitmiM
Cuuia Most
Washington, Jan. 10. Frank If.
Hitehoock, chief of the forein mar
keta division of the agricultural depart
ment, haa prepared an lutareatlug col
lation of flguree allowing for the first
time the respective amounts of our
igrlcultural exports which go to the
several countries of Europe ami of the
other ouuUueuto. -The period overed
14 1KU1 to lHtm. The statement ibows
hat the agricultural prodoots axportad
from the Uulted Ptates In the five rears
jiad su average annual valua of IOCS,
6a8,201. Of theae enormous exporta,
atiout 60 per cent fouud a market in
tha United Kingdom and lu varlour
dependencies. The sum paid by the
Uritlsh people for the American farm
products purchased during the period
mentioned reached as high as $408,
858,1164 a year. Groat Iirltaln alone
took more than one-half of our ajjricul
tural exports, the consignments cred
ited to that ocuutry forming about 65
per cent of the total shipments and
having an annual valuo of $302,407,
701.
Germany, which ranks next to the
United Kingdom as a mrrket for the
products of American agriculture, re
ceived almut 10 per cent of the export
for 1894-1)8, the average yearly valus
amounting to $30,820,251.
France, with porchaMa that aver
aged $43,088,791 a year, or about 8.6
per cent of the total, was the third
country In Importance. These three
countries the United Klnzdom, (ior
many and Frame received together
nearly 70 r cent of the total agrlcul
tural exports.
After the three countries Jui-t men
tloned, The Netherlands, llelgium,
Canada. Italy anl Spjin afforded the
most Important markets. The Nether
lands boaght 4.8 per cent of the total;
llolglum, 8.0 per cent; Canada, 8.5 pel
eont; Italy, 2.2 per cent; and Spain,
1.5 per cent. The average value of the
1 1 ports to these countries.
CROSSED FREE STATE COROER
Roports
f Proeidlnf In lbs atoddor
Itlvsr Cooulrr.
Modder River, Thursday. General
I'-sblngton, with two rcigmeuts ol
Lxuccrs, the Victorian mounted rifle
and a battorv of horse artillery, left
here on the evening of January 7 (Sun'
day) aud crossed the Free State border
on Tuesday.
SimultaueouHly otber movement
were made. A column under Colonel
Pitcher went from llelmout to the
south of General Babiugton's route.
while a nortlon of the garrisons
Klokfonteln and Honey Nest kloof, uiv
ler Maior Ilyrue. advance! towardt
Jacohadat. General Babington pene
trated 12 miles and his scouts SO
They saw no signs of armed Boers. Tba
farmhouses were found empty, the oo
cupants having had news ot the ad
vance and gone lurther into tne into
rior. The British bivouacked at Ham
don. They burned three farmhouses,
the property of Lubbe. one of the Boe.
leaders. Yesterday they swept around
southward, returning here today
Nothing was accomplished except
reconnolsanco.
Colonel Pitcher came into touch
with General Babingtou and then re
turned to Belmont.
Maior Byrne roconnoltered the hill
about four miles from Jacobsdal
saw 700 Boers.
Bncr Near tha Sea. -
Durban, Natal, Jan. 10. There is e
Boer commando iu the Zambaan.'
country, Zululand, within a day
march of the soa, with wagons. It
believed to be waiting fur supplies and
ammunition secretly landed near St.
Lucia's bay.
The Boers have looted all the stores
and mines In Swaallaud territory, and
the ruined natives are completing the
destruction.
Itnyoml tha Tugola.
London, Jan. 16. A special dispatch
from Cape Town, dated Friday, Jan
uarr 12 (evening), announces thatGen
erai Warren has crossed the Tugola
river.
Gnat Battle Imminent.
Boer Headquarters at Colenso
Thursday Everything points to a great
battle within the next few days, Lady'
smith for the last two nights has been
firing rockets. The object is not known
here. X
flfhtlng; In Oebn.
Manila. Jan. 16. Advices from
Cebu report a sharp fight January
between a battalion of the Nineteenth
Infantry and a lody of insurgents 00'
copying a strong position in the Soud
lou mountains. Ilia enemy was
routed, the Americans capturing
smooth-bore cannon, some ritles, and
destroying tho fortifications. . Four
Americans were wounded.
Humor of Ladyiinttli'a Relief.
, Durban, Friday The entire absence
of news from Cheveley or Frere camp
continues, bnt there ia a persistent
rumor here that Ludysmith has been
relieved.
Exportation of AeliU Prohibited
London, Jan. 15. The Gazette to
day proclaims the prohibition of tha
exportation from the United Kingdom
and the carrying coastwlHe of a variety
of aoida capable of being converted
into military stores,
BOOM TIMES COMING.
aeoairar Boost to Hmrm m mmm
Rall-
way to fortlaad.
Vancouver, Wash., Jan. IT. It haa
been reported in Vancouver that the
mortgage held by the Portland Loan A
Trust Company against the Portland,
Vancouver a Yakima Railway Com
pany has been re-leased by a well-
known transcontinental line, and that
the latter road will push the construc
tion work from the present terminus ol
the road to North Yakima, and from
ancouver to Portland.
It has aim been asserted, by people
who are In a position to know, that
the Portland, Vancouver & Yakima
Railroad Company has "jumped" the
old bridge pier in the Columbia river
iiposfte the lower end of ancouver.
Nolxxly has claimed ownership to the
pier (or the past ten years, and a
uantity of material which was on tne
bank when construction work ceased
waa aold for taxes.
The old bridge pier in the Colombia
river was built la boom times by the
Union Paclflo Kallroad Company.
During the years of 1889-90 that line
established a grade from Paget sound to
Vancouver via Kelso and Kidgeeld.
It was the intention to bridge the Co
lumbia river at Vancouver, and to enter
ortland from the north. The draw
pier was built at a cost of $250,000.
When construction work ceased there
was about $50,000 worth of bridge ma-
teilal on the bank.
Conxtructlon work along the entire
line ceased suddenly, and there was a
large number of labor claims nnaatla
fled. For some time a watchman was
kent on the bridice pier. It was his
duty to hang a bright light on each end
of the draw rest every night. He
worked several months, but was unable
to collect bis salary. No one seemed
to know who owed hira money or who
hired him. He attached some of the
material, which was aold to satisfy the
claim. Since that time no one has
claimed ownership of the structure.
If the report that the Portland, an-
couyver & Yakima Railway Company
has taken possession of the pier, sod
that the mortgage, which has been
banging over the road for so long, has
been released proved true, the dream
of the residents of Vancouver and Clar
county will be realised. A bridge
across the Columbia river, with rapid
transit betweeu this place and Portland
and direct communication with all por
tions of the country by means of a
transcontinental line, will put Vancou
ver far ahead of the position it occupied
In the boom days between 1888 and
1892.
REPLY TO PETTIGREW.
Woloott's Scotblng- Arraignment of
Houth Dahota Senator.
Washington, Jan. 17. A spirited
debate on the Philippine question occu
pied the attention of the senate for
nearly three hours today. Berry, of
Arkansas, first addressed the senate In
support of the resolution recently Intro
duced by Bacon, of Georgia, regarding
the disposition ot the Philippines. He
was followed by Pettigrew, of South
Dakota, In support of his resolution of
Inquiry. Pettigrew was very bitter
in his attack upon the administration.
Woloott, of Colorado, replied to Pet
tigrew, scathingly arraigning the South
Dakota senator for the attitude he bad
KHsumed on the Philippine question.
lie declared his belief that if Agul-
naldo himself occupied the seat in the
senate occupied by Pettigrew, repre
senting the people of South Dakota
who had sent their sons as Boldiers to
the Philippines, he would be too patri
otic, too devoted to the interests of the
country to assume the attitude assumed
by the present South Dakota senator.
Today's session of the house was de
voted to consideration of District of
Columbia business. Representative
June W. Gavle, of Kentucky, was
sworn in, and Cannon reported the
urgent deficiency bill, with a notice
that he would ask that It be taken up
tomorrow.
Itebels on tho Bun.
Manila, Jan. 17. Part ot General
John C. Bates' troops are operating
about Lake Taal. The insurgents oon
tinue to retreat south.
Colonel Hayes, with the Fourth cav
alry , is supposed to have reached Llpa,
where many Spanish prisoners ara held.
Colonel Anderson, with the Thirty'
eighth infantry, took Talisay, on the
north shore of the lake, with but little
opposition. Major Cheatham, with
battalion of the Thirty-seventh, on his
way to San Pablo, dispersed 400 insur
gents, whom the cavalry are pursuing
toward Alamlnos.
A troop of the Third cavalry lost
two men killed and three wounded in
an engagement with the insurgents
near San Fernando de la Union, Janu
ary 12.
Krnger'a Proclamations.
London, Jan. 17. A dispatch to the
Daily Mail, dated January 15, from
Lorenzo Marques, says:
"President Kruger has issued a proo
lamatton ordering all burghers to th
front. The Volks Stem, the Transvaal
official organ, suggests that the moment
the British cross the border, the gold
industry should be irretrievably de
stroyed.
"President Kruger issued a circular
to Boer commandants and burghers
unrlna them to show more energy in
tha Transvaal cause. He quotes psalm
xxli:7, as God-given instructions to the
burshers, and says that the British
have fixed their faith in psalm lxxxiil
lie also Quotes psalm lxxxix:18-14, and
asserts that he has searched the Bible
without being able to find any other
mode that can be followed by the
Roers. who must fight 'in the name of
the Lord.'
"Commandeering is progressing bus'
ilv at Pretoria, where the town gnard
is exchanging Mausers for Martinis, as
the former are ' badly needed at the
front.
"It is said that there are nearly
8,000 British prisoners in Pretoria."
AROUND THE BOERS
Two British Columns March
ing to Relieve Ladysmith.
WITH COMMISSARIAT ST0BF.S
Ob to tho bit, Tho Other to the Weal
f tho Mam Posltlon-Burgb-art
Moving Worth.
London, Jan. 17. General Boiler's
latest authentic word as to what be
and his 80,000 men are doing was
wired from Springfield after his first
forward step. Striving to think out
the unknown, London is confused by
surmise and rumor and disquieting
suspense.
Spenser Wilkinson, the military ex-
cert of the Morning Post, asserts that
the Boer force in Northern Natal la
UniKr than General Boiler's and Sir
George White's together, so that the
Boers are able to leave a force aroona
Ladysmith larger than that within the
town, and yet to oppose General rsoi
ler with a force superior to bis own.
The Standard gives prominence to
the following dispatch, dated January
18. from Durban: .
"A man who baa Just arrived here
from Sorinnfield says that a British
column proceeding to the relief of
Ladysmith has . crossed the Little
Tujrela. When he left it was facing
the Boer position on the Big Tugela,
and a howitxer waa shelling the Boer
trenches. He says also that 270 wag
ons laden with commissariat stores for
Ijidvamith had left Frere. and it was
expected that the column would join
hands with General White aionuay
eveninz.
"The traction engines have Deen ao-
Ing excellent work in hauling heavy
wajtons out of holes and swamps. This
they accomplish with the greatest
'British patrols have discovered par
ties of Boers in the direction of Enners-
dale. between Frere and Estcourt.
A diroatch from Cape Town, dated
January 15. savs:
There is good reason to believe tnai
the statement that Sir Charles warren,
with 11.000 men, has gone toward
Weenan Is correct, and we may expect
moor taut news shortly.
'Kerjorts have been received nere
that dysentery is very life in Lady
smith.
"Everything is phenomenally qniet
at Sterkstrora."
Reports from the Boer camps affirm
that the circle of investment has been
drawn closer by the occupation of some
hills nearer the town, thus liberating
reinforcements to oppose General Bui
ler.
The Daily News suggests that a mui
titude of the rumors that originate in
South Africa and London are given
currency by the English military an
thoritles in order to mislead the uoers
The war taes of the great dailies
this mornine are almost barren. Never
theless, the instruments on the loops
connecting the war office with the ca
bios continue to click.
PLAGUE AT HONOLULU.
Twontjr-Two
Caeea Vp to Date, One
European.
Honolulu. Jan. 17. Since the 1st
inst.. nine cases of plague have devel
ot)ed. making 22 cases to date. The
hoard of health has aoopiea neroic
measures, and it Is believed the work
now in Tjroitress will sump out tne
scounte in a short time. Ibus tar out
one European has been attacked. This
case was that of Ethel Johnson, a or-
weirian irirl. aired 14 years. The other
21 cases are divided as ioiiows: wi
nese, ID; Japanese, ?, uswuiau,
South Sea islander, 1.
The 8d inst. the board of health de
clared the entire judicial district
Honolulu under quarantine. The
council of state has appropriated $373,
000 for which to fight the plague and
place the city in a proper sanitary con
dition.
The bubonio plagne appears to be
spreading in Japan. Even mail cannot
come from there while the present
rules are enforced, and the island
steamship companies will suffer heav
ily. The Ke Au Hon arrived this
morning from the Island without hay
ing been able to approach any wharf.
There were deputy sheriffs with shot
guns at every landing place, and they
shouted the order tor keep away. The
result was that the steamer returned to
Honolulu absolutely empty.
Leung Chi Tso, the Chinese reformer,
Is now in Honolulu. The Chinese oon
sul has written to the government pro
testing against Leung being allowed to
remain here.
French Guns for tho Boers.
London, Jan. 17. The Daily Mall
publishes the following from a special
correspondent at Le Crensot, France:
"After two days' inquiry, I do not
hesitate to assert that the Schneider
company is not only working night and
day in "the manufacture of guns and
ammunition for, the Boers, but that it
haa already packed, ready for shipment
to the Transvaal, six heavy guns of
large caliber. The workmen told me
that ere long 30 additional guns would
lie dispatched to the Boers."
The Grip In Spain.
Barcelona, Jan. 17. An epidemlo of
crip haa seized the town and mortality
has increased. Half the population is
bedfast and in the stores and work
shops only one-fourth of the usual num
ber of employes are working.
Perl.hed In a Fire.
New York, Jan. 16. Three people,
a mother and two children, were
burned to death In a fire tonight in a
two-story dwelling ou Pine street.
PACIFIC CABLE.
Sooroterf Long mud Boor Admiral Brad
ford Beforo Sonata Connlttoo.
Washington, Jan. 18. Secretary
Long and Kear-Admiral Bradford ap
peared before the senate committee on
naval affairs today in advocacy of the
constrortion of a Pacific cable by the
government. The secretary's state
ment was general and related entirely
to the feasibility of the plan and its ad
vantages over doing the work by pri
vate enterprise.
Rear-Admiral Bradford detailed the
operations of the collier Nero, which
Is now engaged in making a prelimin
ary survey of the proposed line west
of Honolulu. He said that the survey
had been completed and that the Nero
was on Its return, making a "zigzag
survey." According to the reports
made of the preliminary work, the pro
posed cable waa entirely practicable.
It la to run from San Francisco to
Honolulu, thence via Midway islands
and Guam to Dingala bay, island of
Luzon, with a spur for commercial
purposes to Yokohama.
The average depth between Honolulu
and Midway is 2,700 fathoms, between
Midway and Guam 8.000, and between
Guam and Luzon 2,800. He estimated
the cost at $1,050 per knot, which,
with the amount necessary for steam
ers, officers, etc., would bring the cost
op to $10,000,000. He placed the en
tire length of the cable at 8,294 knota,
which allows 20 per cent for alack and
detours.
TEXAS FEUO.
Another
Tragedr In tho
Townaond-
Beeao War.
Austin, Tex., Jan. 18. At Bastrup,
Tex., last evening Arthur Burford of
Colorado county, Tex., waa instantly
killed and William Clements, a deputy
mortally wounded. A bystander
whose name was not learned was
slightly wounded.
Walter Reese, James Coleman and
Thomas Daniel were In jail at Bastrup
as principals in the shooting, with
number of other men. names not
learned, as accessories. All partici
pants in the tragedy were in Bastrup
in connection with a murder case in
change of venue in Colorado county
J. W. Townsend is accused of having
killed his uncle, ex-Sheriff Reese,
about three years ago at Columbus. A
brother of ex-Sheriff Reese was also
murdered a short time afterward. The
case against Townsend for the killing
of ex-Sheriff Reese waa being heard
and more than 200 residents of Colum
bus had come to attend court.
Shortly after court adjourned the
shooting took place. Arthur Burford
and Deputy Sheriff Clements were
walking along Main street and were
fired on from a building, and fell to the
sidewalk, unable to draw their weap
ons. The tragedy is another chapter
in the worst fend ever known in Texas.
The Townsends And Reeses 20 years
ago both claimed ownership of an un
branded steer. Since then more than
$100,000 has been spent in lawsuits
and more than 200 men have lost their
lives because of the steer.
A BATTLE IN NATAL.
Fighting Taking; Flaeo on tho Togela
Biver.
London, Jan. 18. The Times pub
lishes the following from Pietermaritz
burg, dated Tuesday:
"Very heavy artillery firing was
heard yesterday in the direction of
Springfield."
The Exchange Telegraph Company
has received the following dispatch,
dated January 16, from Pietermarita
burg: "There is no newa from the front,
but heavy firing was heard today in
the direction of Frere. It is probable
that General Buller is engaging the
enemy. A rumor is current here that
a portion of the British force is near
Ladysmith."
A dispatch to the Daily Mail from
Pietermaritzburg, dated Tuesday,
says:
"There was heavy firing to the north
yesterday. I believe the Boers are
contesting General Buller's passage of
the Tugela. Howitzers are evidently
busy, as the firing is described as the
heaviest yet heard in Natal."
All on Board Lo.t.
San Diego, Cal., Jan. 18. A report
was brought to this city today by a
Mexican, who arrived overland from
Ensenada, that the gasoline schooner
Anita had blown up in Magdalena bay,
and that six persons, all on board, had
perished. The schooner was owned by
the Ybarra Mining Company, of Son
Domingo, lower California, and had
been running between the mine and
this port for some time. She was In
command of Captain Funcke, with
Charles Anderson as mate; William
Forrest, engineer, besides three sailors,
two of whom were Mexicans. The
Mexicans who brought the news, how
ever, says that there was no very defi
nite information at Ensenada, and
friends of the captain and crew do not
fully credit the story.
Alaaka Vannera Sued.
San Francisco, Jan. 18. Suit for
$100,000 has been begun by the Pacific
Steam Whaling Company against the
Alaska Packers' Association, of San
Francisco. It is charged by the plain
tiffs that the detendants seek to monop
olize the salmon fisheries adjacent to
Kodiak island, Karluk beach and
Tanglefoot bay, in Alaska.
Wife Ho. a Got the Body.
Sioux Falls, Ia., Jon 16. The re
mains of Dr. Gustave Mahe, whose
body two wives claimed, was buried
today by wife No. 2. Although wife
No. 1, in San Francisco, demanded
custody of the remains, local officials
decided to issue a burial permit to wife
No. 2, and she had charge of the cere
monies. More sensational develop
ments are expected.
Two white man were shot and two
negroes were lynched at ' Ripley, Tenn
THE SAMOAN TREATY
Ratified by the Senate With
out Division.
DEBATE 15 EXECUTIVE SESSIOI
I apooeh la OnsoalUoa Argw
aaonU of the friends of
tha Tracts'.
Washington, Jan. 18. The sanats
today ratified the Samoan treaty with
out division. The ratification occurred
in the executive session, after two
hours of debate, which waa partici
pated in by a number of senators.
Davis, Foraker and Spooner advocated
and Bacon, Money and Tillman opposed
ratification.
Bacon made the leading speech ia
opposition. He based his objection
upon the general ground that it la con
trary to the spirit of our institutions
to attempt to govern any people in op
position to their wishes. Bacon said
the friends of the treaty supported it
upon two grounds, that it simply di
vides authority heretofore exercised
jointly, and that the Samoan people,
being "only savages," there ia so rea
son why they should not be despoiled
of their country. He contended that
it is not true that the old arrangement
ia simply to be continued under a di
vision of authority, and asserted that
the declaration that tne Samoan people
are savages ia untenable, in conclu
sion, Bacon said be Is willing that the
United States should acquire the la
land of Tntuila with its Pango Paago
harbor if that could be done in the
proper manner and without violating
all of our principles in securing contra,
of it. Money and Tillman spoke on
practically the same lines.
The friends of the treaty repudiated
the assertion that the old treaty pro
visions were annulled. They asserted
that this country, by the new arrange
ment, retains all the old advantages
and avoids the complications liable to
grow out of the tripartite agreement
They urged that the opportunity abouli
not be lost both to get out of an awk
ward predicament and to control la
our own right the harbor of Pango
Pango.
THE RIGHT TO OPPOSE.
Senator Teat Declared Ba la
Mot a
Traitor to tho Conntry.
Washington, Jan. 18. The senate la
still in the throes of the diacussioa of
the Philippine questions, and appar
ently, there is no near approach to a
deliverance upon the subject. Vest ol
Missouri today voiced the opinion ol
many senators when he said that such
discussion as is now in progress ia ol
no consequence, as the country ia coo
fronted by a state of facta that cannot
be changed by talk.
Pettigrew 'a resolution of inquiry and
Lodge's substitute for it were laid 0a)
the table today, and Hoar's general
resolution of Inquiry as to tho facts of
the Philippine war was taken op. A
effort of Pettigrew to amend it, so aa
to call for the president's instructiont
to the Paris peace commissioners, led
to a prolonged debate. After the sen,
ate had considered the matter behind
closed doors, the amendment was re
jected by a vote of 41 to 80.
The debate for the day waa con
cluded by Vest, who made a notable
speech in opposition to tho assumption
in some quarters that every man who
does not agree with the policy of tho
administration is a traitor to bis coun
try. Vest threw into his utterances
all the nervous force and energy and
the accomplished oratorical ability for
which he is famed, and commanded the
attention of the senate throughout.
McLaurin addressed the senate on
the financial question, making an argu
ment in favor of his proposition to con
fer authority upon state banks to issue
circulating notes.
The urgent deficiency appropriation
bill was taken up in the house today
under an agreement which limited tho
general debate to today. It was 'tho
general expectation that it would opsa
up a stormy deabte upon the questloa
of expansion, in view of the large army
and navy items it contains, but tho
members early became very much en
grossed in a discussion of an item ol
$150,000 for rural free delivery, in
which all are personally interested,
and the subject ot expansion was bars
ly touched upon. .
CLAIM AGAINST SAN DOMINGO.
France's Is Settledi United States Atfea
Payment of MO.OOO.
New York, Jan. 18. A speolal to
the Herald from Washington says: A
cablegram received by the stats depart
ment confirms the announcement of tho
satisfactory settlement ot tho dispute.
between France and Santo Domlasjo
relative to claims pending against tho
latter government.
Minister Powall, upon his arrival la
Santo Domingo, will formally rscogsdao .
the Jimines government, and at tho
same time present the demand of this
government for payment of tho install ;
ment remaining due on the award ren
dered by the arbitrators of tho Osama
bridge claim. The Heureaux a4asutU.
tratlon paid one-half of this claim, asal
the amount still due is$40,000.
Its Keport Completed.
Washington, Jan. 18. Tho Phlliy.
pine emmission today completed its re
port and dispatched It to tho pubilo
printer. Proofs of the first section on
expected tomorrow, and there is oraty
reason to believe that the first voloaht
at least can be laid before eocffm
within a week. Because of tho pood
ency of the Philippine questloa Jail
now before congress, it is retarded at
desirable by the commission that this
material be submitted at tho sarlioa
possible moment,
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,. thn nlaius to California