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The WILL VOL. VI.' IIILL8BORO, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1900. NO. 46. SBR v EVENTS OF THE DAY Epitome of the Telegraphic News of the World. TKttSK TICKS MOM TIIR WIRES Aa lataroallng Collection of Itaal trmm tho Two lle-iUphero fwuM la Condensed Forum. . fp ' The plight of Kluiberley it urgent. The kaiser' birthday wm celebrated In the usual way throughout Germany. Buller' arniy hm retroatsid to ths south of Tugela, with heavy losses. Revolution Id Yenesuela, under ths leadership of lleruaudes, U spreading. Kirn in Mluneapoll deatroyed lour tory brick bulldtug, caualug a Iom of $120,1100. It wm reported on good TransVaal authority that Mafeklug wm relieved on Jauuary .3. Edgar Oswalt, a 8-year-old boy el Aitorm, wm run over by a street cat and fatally injured. The lUnk of Deerfleld, Deerfleld, VU., wm rubbed of about f 17,000. The vault wm blown open by dynamlia. Kir destroyed the works of the Eleo trio Improvement Company at Pan J ok, Cal.. entailing a Ins ut f 100,000. Havm uttl Gompers, in ontorenc with President Mc Kin ley, advocated an eight-hour law fur all government work. It it laid that Lnnl Roberta favored leaving Ladysmlth to it fata and marching on llloemfontein, capital ol Orange Free State, The surgeon-general of (he marina hospital service hM (hipped to llouo lulu 1,900 do u( halffklue prophylao tic, a plaifu anrum, I'hll Armour Jr., ion of the Chicago mtlllonalie, died suddenly near Santa Barlra, Cal. Death wat due to con gestion of the I mint. Dr. Lryda, dlplomatia agnt of th Transvaal, say the Boers da not need ti apply for mediation, a everything wm going iplendldly. Three masked men entered tlie fac tory ol Dr. 1'rtrr Kahruey (ton, at Chlcaun, blew open the safe and escaped with $1,700 In currency. The senate committee on Puerto Rico, bM decided Uiat Uie island ahall be known an l'orto Kico, and not l'uerto Kiou, m fixed by a recent eiecu tlve order. The weather In the vicinity of Mel bourne, Aoatralia, ha broken all re cord lor heat recently. On New Year' day five dentin occurred from prostration. The thermometer tood at 1 14 in tha ahade, and 158 in the ion. Hecent Dawson Mrs destroyed prop- arty worth $400,000. Iluhonio plague ha broken out at Ho aario, South America. A race riot occurred at Coalberg, Ala. One negro wa killed. In a long article in a I'arls paper Emila Zola defend hi father' honor. The Alaska mall service will be ex tended to Cape York the coming spring) The National prohibition convention hM been called to meet at Chicago, June 27. The census of l'uerto Hloo just com' pleted ihow a total of 057,000 luuliab- ltants on tha iilaud. Nelann and Rom land have estab liiheil smallpox quarantine again! Northern Wellington and Idaho. It i aaid the pro-Boer meeting al Washington waa coudnoted almost wholly by anti-expansion and antl-ad uiiulstration men. Nearly all the hustnea building and many frame dwelling at the mining town ol Ward and Lafayette, Colo rado, were destroyed by Are. William Kirk, flrit mate ol tha American ahip Clarence 8. Bement, wm miirderotialy aaiaulted in hi cabin while hi venue 1 wu at anchor In Port land, Or., harbor. Chairman Lacey, of the houte com mittee ou publio land, aaid that it will be impossible to dm general land law for Alaska at thin leailon, owing to opposition in the senate. The North China Dally New pub Hiheian. edict, aignod by Emperor Kwang Su, appointing aa emperor in hi place 1'ut Sing, the nlue-year-old on of Prince Tuano. The new emperoi will ascend the throne January 81. The aenate ' committee will report favorably, on Senator Foster' Alaska lighthouse bill, making an approprli tion of $900,000, to include a light' house at Uuamak pas, Foiter agreeing to a redaction in the appropriation from $500,000. Commander Richard Wainwrlght, who wa In command ol the Gloucester at the battle ol Santiago, wa presented a (word; of honor and a silver servio by a committee representing the cltl sen ol the District ol Colombia In tha Columbia theater, Washington. San Francisco ha a daily paper printed in Chinese. Joseph L. Mayers, state senator ol Ohio, from Coshocton, walked to tha capitol from his home, a distance of 100 mile, to ihow hi independence oi railroads. Citlcen ol Dioklnson county, Kan, have organised a relief association (ot the purpose of lending corn to India lor (ree distribution in the famine- Itrlcken district. LAYER NKW8. Plague at Honolulu I under control. Dawson evil-doer are forced to aaw food. General Duller' position is becoming precarious. Horveyori are now at work on the Oregon Midland railway route. A big lU-el mill wa wrecked. In I'lttibarg by a boiler exploalou. A bill was introduced In congress to provide mining taw lor Cape Nome. Money I now ready (or the purchase ol the Halem, Or., federal building alto. Census B-rvlsor Kully has left for Alaska to enter upon hi duties there. Owing to a split In the National League, Baltimore may lose her base ball club. An attempt to rob the Missouri, Kan sas A Teiaa railway train at llolden, Mo., wa frustrated. The United State transport City of I'ueblo aud Senator have arrived at Han Francisco from Manila Near Curuuna, Kpain, a torpedo boat, nam and nationality unkuown, has been totally lost, with all on board. (Juarantin olftoer In Ban Krancisoo are adopting stringent measures to pro tect that port from the bubonic plague. The Union hotel, at Revlsuke, It. C, waa totally destroyed by Ore, the blase originating in the furnace room The German steamer ReiuushM been wrecked near Aarhaua, Deumark, where she u bound. The capUln and IS men perished. Colonel Charles F. Williams, com mender ol the United states marine corps at Mate Island, died suddenly ol hemorrhage ol the stomach. "Nick" llaworth, suspected murder ol Night Watchman Randall, at Kaysvllle, Utah, attempted to commit suicide at Halt Lake by bleeding. Koliert Fltsalmmon now claim he wa drugged when he wa whipped by ames Jeffries lor the championship ol the world at Coney Island, last June A runaway electrio car on the Day ton A Xenla traction road, at Dayton ().. left the track at a sharp curve an.) wm demolished, killing three persons, An American scouting part? ol the Twenty-filth wm caught In ambush by UlpltKM and an officer and three men killed, lusurgeula lost 40 in killed and wounded. Senator William Goebel, ol Ken tucky, was shot aud seriously wounded by a erased Kentnckian, two shots pa' lng entirely through the Democratic eader't body. Dr. Leyds is being lionised In Berlin People ol China are said to take imperial change with great squaul mity. William Jenning Bryan will accept the Populist nomination lor the preit dency. The fall of Ladynnlth garrison ta now expected aa a result ol Buller'i second defeat. Lord Pauncetote will retire as am bMsador ol (treat Britain to the United State, April I. The Interstate commerce commission has sued the Northern Pacific to en' force disregarded laws. Senators are said to want no change In the mauuer ot their election. The house favor popular vote. Dundonald's forces, (or whom (ear were entertained, are safe on the south bank ol the Tugela river. Five business men ol Walla Walla wore victimised by a smooth toiger who cashed bogus check. The Prince Regent ol Bavaria ha conferred the Order ol St. Michaela, first-class, on Dr. Nansen, the explorer In Cincinnati, Charles Barlruff, tanner, killed his wile, hi ion and hi daughter and then tried to set the house on fire. A funeral train, arranged by the Southern Pacific, will convey the re mains ol General Lawton and Major Logan to the East. James II. Brittou, ex-mayor of St Louis, and lor many; year one ol the leading bankers ol the West, died Ardlcy, N. Y aged 88. at London paper icathingly oritioise the lauguage of Buller's report, and aocountsof battle from Boer source are acoepted a correct. Judge llanford has discharged IB ot the J8 Jurors who had been serving on the regular panel the federal court at Tacoma. The remaining members will report again on March 20. Captain C. H. Stockton, president ol the naval war college, says: "Com mand of the sea on our North Paolflo coast and the water of the western basin of the North Paolflo should be in our hands In peace and war time, This can only be effected by readlnea ol a proper and sufficient naval force either on the spot, or to be furnished from the Atlantlo through an nn trainelled oanal. In addition to this and ready lor combining, should be the available force normally attached to the Philippine and tha water about China, Japan and Corea. In other words, the Paolflo ocean, Arom Samoa northward, should be within our control." A newsboy ol Philadelphia waa ar rested under the blue law ol 1794 and fined lour dollars for telling new paper on Sunday. Admiral Schley, who wa recently made a thirty-second degree Mason, ha been a member ,o( the fraternity since hi twenty -tint birthday. A law just passed In Norway makes girl ineligible for matrimony unless they can show certificate of skill in cooking, knitting ana (pinning. HE RETREAT SOUTH Buller' Forces Have Re- crossed the Tugela. B0KRS DID NOT PRESS Til KM Bull.r Think Transv-nlare Boon TaegM to Kospact fighting QeaJ Itl.s of Hit Trnap. London, Jan. 80. General Fuller says General Warren's troops have re treated south ol the Tugela river. The Boers say the British lost 1,600 killed Wednesday. It Is believed here this include the wounded. The Boer also claim that 160 of the Kugllsb troop surrendered at Spioukop. HrltUh L.ft ISOO l4. Boer Head Luger, Ladysmlth, Jan. 80. The British dead left on the battle field yesterday numbered 1,500. ACCOUNT OF THE MOVEMENT. BulUr's OMelal Dispatch to the War OAlM-Tbe righting. London, Jan. 30. General Buller' dispatch to the war office states that Spimikop wa abandoned on account of lack of water, inability to bring artil lery there and the heavy Boer fire. cncral Buller givea no list ol causal- tit'. Ill whole force withdrew south of the Tugela river, with the evident Intention of reaching Ladysmlth by another route. Following i the text of General Boi ler's dispatch, dated Spearman'sCamp, Saturday Jan. 27: '"On January 20 Warren drove back the enemy and obtained possession ol the southern crests ol the high table land extending from the line of Acton Homes aud lloniterspoort to the west ern Ladysmlth hills. From then to anttary 25 he remained In elose con tact with the enemy. !tor livid Strong Position. The enemy held a strong position on a range of small kopje stretching from northwest to southeast across the plateau from Acton Homes, through Splonkop, to the left bank of the Tugela. The actual poaitlon held wm perfectly tenable, but did not lend ltaelf to an advance, as the southern slopes were so steep that Warren could not get an effective artillery position, and water supplies were a difficulty. On January 28 I assented to his attacking Splonkop, a large hill, indeed, a mountain which wm evidently the key to the position, but wm tar more accessible from the north than from the south. On the night of January 23 he attacked Splonkop, but found it very difficult to hold, m its perimeter waa to large, and water, which he had been led to believe existed, in this extraor dlnary dr sea sun waa found very deficient. "The ereat was held all that day against severe attacks, and a heavy shell fire. Our men fought with great gallantry. 'General Woodgate, who was in command of the summit, having been wounded, the officer who succeeded him decided on the night of January 84 to abandon the position, and did so before dawn January 25. "I reached Warren'a camp at 5 A M. on January 26, aud decided that i second attack upon Splonkop wus less, and that the enemy's right too strong to allow me to force it. use' was Deeldod to Withdraw. "Accordingly, I decided to withdraw the lorce to the south of the Tugela At 8 A. M. we commenced withdraw ing the men, and by 8 A. M., January 87, Warren' lorce waa concentrated touth ol the Tugela without the loss of l a man or a pound ol stores. r "TK (ant that tha Inno atmnl.) Ilh. draw from actual touch in some OMes the line were lesa than 1,000 yards apart wtth the enemy in the manner it did, is, I think, sufficient evidence of the morale of the troops, and that we were permitted to withdraw our cum brous ox and mule transports across the river, 85 yards broad, with 20-foot banks and a very swift current, unmo tested, is, I think, proof that the enemy has been taught to respect our soldiers fighting powers." Plague In Mew Caledonia. Vanoouver, B. C, Jan. 29. From Noumea, New Caledonia, the steam ahip Miowera brings alarming reports of the ravages ol the plague, which has been prevalent there since early in De oember. There were 10 deaths during the first 10 days following the out break. The plague Is attributed to the filthy quarters of the Japanese, Tonki nese aud Kanakas. All the KanakM have been isolated on an island adia cent to the town. Up to December 23 there had been no deaths among the white, eight of whom had been in feited, but nine Kanakas, two Japanese and five Tonkinese had died of the dis' ease, Much alarm is felt by the real dents and business is at a standstill The natives believe the plague is a visi tatioa of providence, and that it wrong to take means to oheck it. At Pomeroy last Week 81 horse were duly inspected, and purchased by the sovernment. About a many were re jeoted. Vienna, Jan. 80. A serious view i taken In diplomatic oircle here of the situation In China. The Neue Frel Presse thinks that other power will follow the example of France and tend warship to protect their subject. The Anstro-Hungarian cruiser SonU will arrive at Hong Kong in a lew days, and will be at the disposal ol tha Austro-IIungarian minister at Peking, Governor Leary, of Guam, reports the condition in that Uland at highly satisfactory. ROBERTS' NEXT MOVE. The British Armf Will Mow AdrnnM Throngh the Pro (toto. London, Jan. 81. HUtory panes (or a time in South Africa. It Is one of those unsatisfactory pause that are nearly as trying to British nerves a a sequence ol reverses, and apparently it will terminate only when Lnrd Roberts give the word lor the ,, forward move ment into the Free State, which, ac cording to the most cheerful view, he will be unable to do for a fortnight. Whether be will permit General Buller to make another attempt to relieve Ladysmlth Is quite outside the know ledge even ol those closely oonnected with the war office. With the noop due to arrive next month he may think himself strong enough to try two large operations. Combining the force under General Methuen, rrench and Gatacre, and adding to them the arriving troop. Lord Roberts would have 70,000 lor the invasion of the Free Stole, with 40,000 to 60,000 guarding communication, and 40,000 trying to rescue Ladysmlth. The public burn with impatience that aomething should be done, but there Is nothing to do but wait on the preparations. Oceans ol ink are poured out in advice. Orator are at work in the province, telling the people that Kngland hM set ber teeth In grim de termination to see it through. The government's declaration in parliament, the counter-declarations of those outside the government and the consequent discussion In the press and on the platform will immediately en thrall the publio Interest. The thing on which everybody seem agreed is that more men must go. Twenty thousand two hundred and twenty-two men and 165 gun are at sea. Eleven thousand infantry and 9.000 cavalry, including 5,000 yeomen, are practically ready to embark. Therefore, the government, without doing more, can place at the disposal of Lord Roberts 40.000 additional men and 155 guns. The further purpose of the war official are supposed to em brace somewhat iu the neighborhood ol 60,000 men. As the indication 1 that candidates will be rather scarce, the war office will issue orders lor those reservists who were found unfit at the previous mobilisation examinations to report lor further examination. Appli cants for cavalry service are still freely offering as yeomanry. General Buller's operations hM cost 918 men so far officially reported with in 10 days. Applying to the 206 Spionkop casualties reported today the rule of proportion, the Iom of officer Indicates 600 casualties yet to come. The total casualties of the war, com piled from official reports, are 9,523 nearly a division. Of these l,48 were killed, 4,811 wounded, and the rest are prisoners. The aggregate British home troop in South Africa number 116,000." the Nataliana 7,158, aud Cape Colonials 81,000. The war office announces that no further news hM been received from South Africa, except a report from Lord Roberta that the situation is unchanged. MONEY FOR THE BOERS. Administration Will Kereso to Porwnrd II on Nentralltj' Grounds. New York, Jan. 81. A special to the World from WMhington says: The fear of offending Great Britain and provoking a protest would cause the administration to decline to comply with the request of Dr. Preetoriua, of St. Louis, who, it is said, has for warded to Secretary Hay money and letters expressing sympathy with the Boers, which he asks to be sent to Piesident Kruger through the Ameri can consul at Pretoria. It is indicated that the state department will take the ground that it would be a violation ot the neutrality laws for this government to give financial aid to a belligerent. It is pointed out that this request differs from the request made by the American consul at Pretoria in behalf ol Great Britain to be permitted to for ward money to be used by the British sick and wounded in the purchase of delicacies, in that the latter request Is made by one belligerent of another, using a neutral as mean ol com muni cation. Bobber Gang Run Down. Cheyenne, Wyo., Jan. 81. A report has reached this oity that a posse ol Union Pacific detectives, headed by Tom Horn, had run down two ol the Union Paoiflc train robbers in the Hole in the Wall, and altera desperate fight, killed both ol them. One ol the pur suing party was shot, but it is thought not seriously. It is known that the robbers separated in two gangs after leaving the railroad, and the men re rjorted killed were those who were trailed through the mountains so close ly and afterwards escaped. It Is supposed they returned to the Hole In the Wall when they thought the pursuit was over, and the detectives have been watching the rendesvousever since, until they got their men. Denial bjr Esotn. Oakland. Cal., Jan. ; 81. Carlos Ezeta. ex-president ol San Salvador, has returned to his home here after i trio of four months' duration to Mex I co. It was reported at the time of his departure that he proposed to regain hi lost cower if possible, out ne aenie that auoh wa his intention. Bllssnrd In Tains. Austin. Tex., Jan. 80. South and Central Texa were today visited by fearful blizxard, whioh increased in severity as the night grew, and from present indications will be the worst bliunrd of the winter, me tempera ture has fallen 80 degrees sinoe noon, In many respects Wisconsin' leal tobaoco is superior to any other domes tic product. Some of tha best brands of Havauas are rolled from Wicousi took, MASON STIRRED UP British Vice-Consul's cism Resented. Criti- ENGLISH WAE POLICY ATTACKED Tillman Spoho on ths Philippine Qne. Usn, Answering the Argument f Bovorldgo. Washington, Jan. 81. Mason rose today soon after the senate convened to a question of privilege and sharply attacked the British government and the British vice-consul at New Orleans because of an interview in which the , vice-contnl bad assailed Mason for the position he had taken in behalf of the TransvMl republic in its war with Great Britain. Mason attacked not only the consul, but the policy of Great Britain in levying war upon an inferior nation. Hoar thought the consul's purported remark so serious that it ought to be investigated by the government, but at the same time be deprecated any attack upon Great Britain, with the people of which the American people ought not only live In peace, but as loving and devoted friends. Lodge sharply ar rainged the British consul for his utter ances againxt a United States senator, and believed it ought not to be lightly passed. Tillman delivered a forceful and quite characteristic speech on the Philippine question, in which he main tained that this government ought to extend to the Filipinos the right to govern themselves, the United States guarding them against the aggression ol other nations. Boeolvod a Black Eye. The bill for the reorganinxation and Improvement of the weather bureau, which Include provision for pensioning disabled and aged employes of the ser vice, received a black eye in the bouse. The bill wm bitterly fought by the opponents of civil penison rolls on ac count of the life tenure provision it contained, and it wa sidetracked on a test vote of 67 to 63. Although the speaker ruled that it remained unfin ished business when the bouse was again in committee ol the whole, the opponents ol the measure believe the action ol the day killed it. The early portion ol the day wm de voted to a lively scrimmage over the Sulxer resolution to investigate Secre tary Gage, which the committee on rule recommended should be sent to the ways and means committee, at the Utter committee has the response of the secretary In its possession. There was no opposition to the proposed action, Duf Rthadaon, of. Tennessee, and Snlier, of New York, used it for renewing their attacks upon the secre tary. Gage was defended by Hop kins, ol Illinois, Hill, of Connecticut, and Daliell, of Pennsylvania. A bill to require pilots and officers ol steam vessels to make oath to their ap plications for license was passed. STEEL MILL WRECKED. Biplosloa of a Battery of Ponr Largo Boiler. Pittsburg, Jan. 81. The steel de partment of Phillips, Nlmick St Co. mill on W est Carson street wm com pletely wrecked and a dozen men were injured by the explosion of a battery of four large boilers today. The shock of the bursting toilers wm heard through out the lower eud of the city and sev eral thousand people were attracted to the scene ot the accident. The loss to the plant will be enormous. Five ol the injured men were mutilated almost beyond recognition, and one or more deaths may result. A rescuing party is searching the wreckage, which it Is supposed contain other of the work men. Following is the list ol the most serious casualties: Simon Holland, fireman, died at the Homoepathic hospital; Daniel Noonn, badly cut and scalded; Constantino Gallagher, badly out; Jeremiah Collins, W. T. Cook, Peter Bynos. The explosion waa one of the most terriflo that ever occurred in a Pitts burg mill. The roof ol the boilei room was completely lifted from the build ing, and the flying iron and steel fell in all directions. The men were crushed to the ground on the spot where they were attending to the rolls, and those beside the boil' ers were scalded by the escaping steam. Wily Governor's Trick San Diego, Cal., .an. 80. From dispatches brought by the Hamburg Bteamer Yolumnia, it appears that the arrival ot the vessel at Tumaco, Colom bia, where she touched on the way up, had the effect of saving the place from capture by Colombian rebels. The latter had demanded the surrender of the town, and the governor was at his wits' end. Just then the Yolumnia was sighted. The wily governor saw hie chance to make a bluff. So he sent a defiaut message to the revolutionists, and told them that the steamer off port wm bringing 600 government troops. The trick succeeded, and the rebels abandoned their purpose to capture Tumaco. Flro at Cornell University. Ithica. N. Y., Jan. 81. Seven or eight Cornell law students, member of the Delta Chi fraternity, were hurt this morning as a result ot the burning of their fraternity lodge. Fifteen jumped 80 feet to the ground. Little ot the lodge property was saved. Chicago, Jan. 81. The Pattern Makers' Union has decided to demand a nine-hour day after April 1. It la thouuht there will be little difficulty in securing the nine-hour day. FIGHT WITH BANDITS. Attempt to Boh aa Bspross Train Frustrated. llolden, Mo., Feb. 1. John Jackson, Texas railway, from Sedalia, wu shot tnrougn the bead by an unknown man here early this morning. Yesterday Superintendent Hardy, of the Missouri Pacific railroad, learned that an at tempt would be made to rob the express car on the east bound Missouri PaciBo train, No. 8, due here at 8:08 A. M., for St. Louis. A posse wm organised at Sedalia under command of W. A. Cunningham, a secret service officer of the Missouri Pacific, and left there on a special train at 8:30 o'clock last night for Warrenaburg, where the sheriff and special officers were taken aboard, When the train reached Holden, the officer were Informed that the tospect- d men were at a resort, and it wm de- iAA tj .t llwrn .Kan mm I. mamm r lieved enough evidence had been se cured to bring about their conviction. The marshal of the town, another officer and Jackson started to make the ar rest, saying they did not need assist ance. Jackson entered the bouse. One of the men fired, and the bal' pMsed through Jackson's bead just over the right eye. The officers re turned the bandit's shot, but be and bis companions, of whom there were about six, escaped. Later one of them, bably wounded, wm captured. Jack son, who was taken to the hospital at Sedalia, cannot recover. The arrested robber said his name wm Snores, and confessed numerous robberies. He ad mitted having held up the Missouri Pa cific agent at Independence a lew nights ago, and of having robbed the Pitta- field postofflce List Friday night. It is believed Shores and the man who shot Jackson and escaped held up a Missouri Pacific passenger train west of Kansas City, January 9, robbing the sleeping car passengers. Bloodhounds have been sent for to track the rob bers. The proprietors of the resoit whero the men were corralled have been arrested for harboring the robbers. LUCKY AT POKER AND FARO Where Senator Celger's Money Com from Tho Clark Scandal. Washington, Feb. 1. Hon. J. H. Geiger wm the first witness before the committee investigating the election to the senate of Clark, ot Montana. He wm asked whether be had not said in a speech accepting the nomination as a Republican candidate for state senator that his vote could not be pur chased for a Democrat for United States senator. He replied it wm his intention to convey the idea that he could not be "handled." He had said that if he sold he hoped his constitutenta would take him out and hang him, "and I (till feel that way," he said. His financial condi tion at the time ot hi nomination, he stated, was "just moderate." Geiger hesitated somewhat when questioned regarding money deposited in the First National bank at Kalispell during or since the sitting of the legis lature. He admitted a transaction amounting to 92,500, and when ques tioned m to the source of his revenue, frankly stated having won in the neigh borhood of 12,000 at poker and faro. "You were state senator at the time; did you know it was a misdemeanor to play laro?" "Well, I was about as conscientious in that matter as some other Montana officials." Chair Factory Burned. New York, Jan. 31. The seven-story building in Cherry street occupied by Heywood Brothers & Wakefield Com pany m a chair factory was destroyed by fire today during the prevalence ol a fierce gale, which made the work ol the firemen extremely difficult. When the file broke out there were about 150 men at work in the building, but all escaped without injury. The bursting of a tank on the roof of the building, which precipitated 10,000 gallons of water upon the fire raging below it generated so much steam that the walls bunt open. Pait of the east wall fell on the Gerrish warehouse and carried three firemen with it For a time it was feared the men were lost, but they were extricated without having sua tained serious injury. The loss on the building and contents, whicn were completely destroyed, is estimated at $500,000. Professor Wood Goes to Buropo, Chicago, Jan. 81. A special to the Chronicle from Madison, Wis., says: Professor R. W. Wood, of the state university, who has distinguished him' self in the works ot science by several important discoveries, left Madison on a journey to England, whither he goes upon the invitation ot prominent scieU' tiflo men. He will be gone about two months, ! during which time he will address two of the world's most prominent sclen tiflo societies, the first being the Society of Arte and Sciences and the other the Psychical Society, both ot London. Largest Cargo. San Francisco, Feb. 1. The big American ship Shenandoah has been chartered to take to Sydney the largest cargo ever sent to Australia from the Pacific coast. She will carry 1,500, 000 feet of lumber and about 3,000 tons ot general cargo. There is a great de mand for vessels in the Australian trade and charters are high. 'Frisco rear tho Plague. San Francisco, Feb. 1. Federal Quarantine Officer Kinyaun is deter mined to take no chanoes on the black plague being brought into this port. He hM issued instructions to the pilots that all vessels, steam or sail, arriving here from Kobe, Hong Kong, Sydney and Honolulu, must go into quarantine pending an examination. The pilots have been instructed to fly a yellow flag on all vessels coming into the harbor from the ports named, JCAUGIIT IN Filipinos Attacked ScOUtinff Party of the Twenty -fifth. OFFICER AND TH REE MES KILLED Insurgents Los Forty In Killed ana Wounded -Threo Transport A" ri.o nt Inn Pranalsoo. Manila, Feb. 1. A icouttng party of the Twenty-fifth infantry, while op erating near Subig, wm ambushed by inaorgenta and a lieutenant and three private were killed and two or three privates wounded. A company some distance in the rear, on bearing the firing, hurried to the scene and recovered the bodies. The. local paper aseert, although the statement is not confirmed, that the insurgent lost 40 is" killed and wounded. FOR THE FILIPINOS. Senator Bacon of Goorgln Spoke on Bis Basolutioo. WMhington, Feb. 1. For more than three hours today Bacon of Georgia oc cupied the attention of the senate with a discussion of the Philippine question. His argument, which had for its basil his own re solution declaratory' of the government' policy toward the Phil ippines, was listened to carefully by his fellow-senators and by a large gal lery audience. He maintained that the United States owes as much to the Filipinos as it does to the Cubans, to whom, by resulotion of congress, self- government hM been promised, and he itrongly urged that hi resolutions, de claring it to be the intention of this government to confer the right of gov ernment upon the Filipinos, be adopted m a means not only of terminating the war, but ot extending to the struggling people justice and freedom. In tho Booso. The house wa in session a little over one hour today, and only business of minor importance was transacted. Eddy (Rep. Minn.) rose to a qnes- tion of privilege, calling the attention of the bouse to fraudulent representa tions made by alleged agents of the set of books known m "Messages and Pa pers of the Presidents of the United States." Richardson (Dem. Tenn.), who compiled the volumes upon the order of congress, explained that con gress had voted him a copy of the plates for the volumes lor bis labor, and he had made a contract with the publisher, from whom he received a small royalty. He was as much op posed to fraudulent representations as any one. Eddy disclaimed any inten tion of reflecting upon Richardson. Resolutions were adopted calling upon the secretary of the navy and the secretary of war for information as to the amount of money expended and the amount tor which the government is liable remaining unpaid, for equip ments, transportation, supplies and naval operations in the Philippine is lands from May 1, 1898, to November 1, 1899. Under the call for committees, a bill to authorise the secretary of war to ac cept a site tor a military post near Des Moines, la., was passed; also a bill to extend the time for the completion ol the incline railway on West Mountain, Hot Springs reservation, Arkansas. At 1:10 P. M. the house adjourned. Senator Goebel Shot Down. Frankfort, Ky, Feb 1. While walk ing through the capitol grounds, on his way to the capitol building, at 11:10 o'clock tnis morning, William Goebel, the Democratic contestant for governor of Kentucky, wm shot down and very dangerously wounded. Harland Whittaker, a farmer from Butler county, the home of Governor Taylor, is now in jail in Louisville, charged with the crime. There is no direct evidence against Whittaker, and he wm place under arrest more because he was caught around the capitol build ing when the shots were fired than for any other apparent reason. He denied in the most positive manner that he haxi any connection withthe shooting or knew anvthing about it. He was running toward the scene of the shoot ing, and not away from it, when he was caught and arrested. Hawaiian BUI Completed. Washington, Feb. 1 .The Hawaiian bill has been practically completed by the house committee on territories, and Chairman Knox, with a subcommittee, is preparing a draft of the revised bill with the intention of presenting it to the house this week. Several impor tant changes have been made in the measure. The chief of these is the striking out of any and all property qualifications for electors to the senate. Another change eliminates the super- vison given to the supreme court of Hawaii over the election in the senate and" house and makes each the judge of its own elections. The omission of the property qualifications for electors Is in the interest of the natives. The Bandon Recorder say that Co the per and quille cattle buyers have been on river the past week, offering f 14 head for choioe last-spring calves, 6 cents per pound for dressed beef. Stenmar Bom its Lost. London, Feb. 1. The German steamer Remus, from Philadelphia, January 14, via Darmouth, January 23, has been wrecked at Hormsriff, near Aarhus, Denmark, where she was bound. Her cargo is a total loss. Ths captain and 18 men were drowned. Fourteen of the crew were rescued, The Remus i a steel steamer, built al West Hartlepool, in 1889, and regis tered 1,655 ton. She hail from llu burg, sod wm owned bv C. Anderson. 1