The
WILL
VOL. VI.'
IIILL8BORO, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1900.
NO. 46.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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