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VOL. VI.
HILLSHOUO, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBKUARY 13, 19(JO.
NO. 48.
The
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EVENTS OF Till: DAT
Epitome of the Telegraphic
News of the World.
TKUSB TICKS FKOll TIIK WIRES
Am Interesting Colleetlnn of Hum from
ilia Tan llnihihere I'ra.eaUd
In Couilensed Koriu.
Tim Cornea-Jeffrie (In lit will takt
place at (111117 Island alanit tlio if 1 ltld 1
uf May,
T. Daniel Frswley hn made arrange
ment Ui take a copinauy of aetoi tr
CHi Nome.
An alliance, offensive mill dcfeimlve
has U'nn t'ci tl Hit ut mu t til between Fug
IhuiI mul 1'urtUKnI.
XL'ha F.nJIili imlliiii It it m settled down
trtlm realisation tlmt the war with
th lloer will lt long tlmo.
Governor Taylor, of Kentucky, lm
declined to sIkii tli pence agrvemeu
and tlm in mi will go t tli" courts.
A destructive lire visited the city ol
8u Salvador, Central America, Tin
UUl Im U estimated ut 1 1,(10(1,000.
Tint Culled HtMt irmuiimrt Colum
liU' arrived ut Sim Francisco (rum
Manila. Him made tlio trip lit 30 day.
Three ballot-box stufTer of Philadel
phia were sentenced to intpriif inuicttt
for two year mul to pay a Hue of '0U
I'UI-ll,
A resolution exites'lug tynithy
with tint lUa'r wiiii mlnptoil by tlio sen
mu It wa offered by Allvu, ol
Nebraska.
Ixrtl RuWta linn addressed a letter
to Presidents kinder slid Meyna, com
plaining of tlm wanton destruction uf
property In Natal.
Tim children ol 1'. IVAny, living
near tli Union, Wm.li., were poison
id iy ilriukltiK the water Imiu an
abandoned wi'll.
Six men wem Injured ty mi explosloc
In tlia Columbia llrorrncker works ut
Fostorla, Ohio. A large part of tlir
factory was wrecked.
It has Iwn decided by the secretary
of tlio linvy to apioiiit Commander
t-cntnu Schroder to Ixi tlm tlmt naval
governor of t lit' Hamoaii Maud of
Tutntm.
Tlm house committee on military
affair will Iuvratlitnto into tlio Idaho
mining rlntn ut WnriluiT, which the
lib-nil truo)), wider (ieucrnl Merrlam,
silppressed,
In Chicago, 7,000 wurktngiimil who
lmvfl U'oti imihiIk'imI oil Ij it llil 1 un la
I'liurm) of I'diiNtrui'tinn, iiult work. II
in tlm bninniiiK of wur lictwrninlulxir
mul tin' coutrurtot ,
Tlm jury In tlm rut.i of Kulitiiil II.
Molliii'uux, i'oiiv li'tiul of jkiIhuiiIiik Mm.
Ailmnn, rettiriitxl it vitiIIi'I of uuttty of
iiiunler in tlm tlmt oYurtHt It U imiil
tlm trial hua coat -'00,000.
Tlm IWr liuvo tnki'ii lukciullii,
Ziilnlunil iiuiK'liitriu'.v. 'lim iiui)jiiitrat
tlm nlk'ht jiriivioiia os iilutUnl tlm iihik'h
cino, nml, with liia atntt and ihiIIoo,
ivui'uutHl tlm iluio anil iinnwluil . to
r.Bliowii,
Ixiril liuliiTta n I (ii iii'tiil Kitt huuul
havn nturti'il for tint front.
Tlm limuiL'i'iit havn btmn drlvim out
of Ii'Kioi)i, omvliiio of A limy.
Thouwitiila vli'wi'il tlm rttnaiua of
Ktmator limiliol at Covington, Kvn,
AfTuira In KntiVi Iotiiliio am tu a
turbulent ciiiiilitiou, luMiirrui'tlmi it
bruuiUujj.
It ia mlil the 1ovkit pniiirt'im of
('hina la udiibl to (lnjioao tlm cmimrot
nt )rwait.
On noiHiuut of tlio aorlotu roudbiMl
wnnlnuit on Hi Lowlnton dlvlidoii, tlio
ortlmrn riiuillo will liwo If 100,000.
Tlio tnumiKirtrt I'atlmn and KliiTmiin
Hrrlvnd at Hun I'ViiiicImoo from MimlU.
On iHinrd tlm Hhormitu are 75 luvulid
eoldiora.
Fire at Littlo llork, Ark., doalroyed
projiorty to tha valiio ol f '.'115,000. Tlm
J. 1'. liiilnn Dry Ouoda (k)niiny will
lone iflflO.OOO.
llritlnh troopi croHnod the Uppof
iiiKoin rivnr at holnndrlft with tho ot
Jw:t of KturmiiiK tlio lintsr iMMitiuna, but
rwro driven bar.
Ihrflo htiudrod Rpnnlah prlnonbra ro
Voltod at the treatiimnt tlmy rnoulverl
nt the luiiida of Flllplnoa, dlnptimud
tneir onptnra and hold the fort.
Ihe Ui'Kt'Ht ..oillce linlldlug lt tlm
world la to .06 ereutod lu New York
City, li'MuHttlllafwe Roall v Coirtiaiiiv,
It will b 20 Htorit high ami will coot
,UU11,U00.
I'roHldoiit Havotneyor, of Uiq Amtirl
cau NiiKaf Itellulu ttoinpany denlel
that tlm leading rellnorloa of the rom
pauy wore oloaed dowu aa a rcmilt ol
tllO lOHB Of bllHiUUIIB,
t
"tiiFlHh con,m,"l,i"i',n of Oronn and
WMHlitiiKtoii have Untied n atateiimnt
that only citisena were gratitod llcenaoi
niijl tlmt falHe olaima may have beeu
made in some iiiMtantiea.
Tho mortality in the city ol Bom
nay,- India, In one day was nnpruce
nnutod. Thure was a total of 408
deaths, Tho Hittiutlon in aggravated by
the adveut of funilue reftigeea.
Fronoh railroads have ordered 80 lo
comotives from Philadelphia.
A Loipalo newnpaper warna Oennnn
manufacturers may crowd thnm out !
f ltllHulli
J Jof three months for insulting Qucon
IViutorla in a pamphlet.
The queen of Italy has a hundker
i omer vaiuod at !10,000. It took sev
win women more than 20 years to
Uiake it.
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LAYER NEWS.
Tlm Hoar hav driven tho UrltUh
mck Into Ituusliurii.
Htnliilta, tlm world's chauiplun chena
ilarur, ia In mine.
'lim revolution In Yeuuxunla, undur
he Icadi'mlitp of llnrnaiidex, is said to
ba galiiliitf headway.
Tlm tri'Knori'r of Ni-x I'eroa rounty,
ldiilm, was arrmtml fur ditKnitlng pub
lic funds lu iiatlimiil banks.
Two liuiidrml sluireliiilduin of tlm
Cannula ('mini Company tni-t In l'aris
and cliitM) a new hoard of directors.
A bill appropriating ir,0,00() fur the
inilartti'iiiiuit of tb postolllea builillug
at I'ortland, Or,, was paaord In tlm
M'uutn,
Afb'r an overhauling at Mam Island
unvy yard, the riilladtilphla will pro-
ml to tlm ialnud of Tutuila, ouo of
tlm Haiuoali.
During tho lant tliri-n months nrarly
850 diuiiiuiti'd sutillers havo arrived in
Han r'raui'iat'u from tlm I'liilippiuea,
aud It it said '.'00 more aro on the way.
Tlm Corllaa propiiiiltlon fur the kov-
i-rtiini'iit owiii-mlilp uf a raritlc cable
was ili'd'uti'd by tlm bouxe comiiiitU'e
on liitiitut and furelgu coiiimnrw, by
a votu of H to A.
K, O. Tait, aniatimr golf ihiifttnlun of
(iri'at liritaiu lit I Hint nml HUH, was
killed duritlg (ii'tmrul MmDnliiilil's M-
rounniiuuiiii'a at KikmIit.Uth, bclli(hot
tbrotili tlm body. He had proviously
bvell wotiudi'it at MajerafolitelU.
The smihcrwiry of tlia birth of
Abrabiini I.iiiiulu was otmerved as a
legal holiday for tlm llrvt time in l'bil-
aili'lpbia. All the Inderal diMrtuiiuts,
tlm courts, tlm banks, brokers unices,
rxihaiiKt aud sclusils were cloned all
(lay.
Tlm UrltUh ship County of Ildin-
huruli wont aithore near Manasuuu
saving station, on the Jerwy mast,
near 1'ulnt I'leasnnt. r-be u hard and
(ft aground, and It Is exiaieted to
break up. The crew went Ukeu off in
the brtHH'hwi buoy by the lifo-savers.
Igtlrias and Kduardo tkiude, I'unrto
IIIcmii lalxir leaders, have issued an
appeal to this government on behalf 0( ;
tlm wiirklngmeii of 1'ucrto IUco. They
declare that the working class of their
iliiiu! Imio Ih'i ii reduced by reasuu of
the war, the hurricane ami the action I
of this Kovmniiiciit since the storm, to)
a condition of extreme destitution. I
Ity an executive order, a certain por- '
lion of the puntimula lu the district
of Alakka, Immeilliitcly north of the
southern bouudary, and embracing
Camp I'oiut Hpeucer, has hwn rescrve.1
for publlo purismes. Tha tract ia
located on tho went shuro of l'ort Clar-
enc
nee bay, comprising tlm iwuiusula ou
iblch is Foint Hpeiiier, aud iucludos
w
about foul square miles.
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A trans-I'erxiau railway
will x
built.
Albay province Is much harassed
by the Filipiuo rebel.
A territorial form of government is
recommended for Hawaii.
Iiawsou merchants are closing up
shop to go to Cape Nome.
Congressman Sulitcr, of New York,
Is talked of for Uryau's running mate.
Fire lu tho ltrooklyn navy yard de
stroyed property to the value of $100,
000.
Four men worn fatally wounded dur
ing a riot at a dance in Northern Okla
homa. The strike of the Culwn cigarmakers
has been settled, The effort wai unsuc
cessful. Robbers made an unsuccessful at
tempt to hold up a Santa Fo tialu in
Oklahoma.
F.lljah Cone, one of the oldest news
pajier men of Wisconsin, was froxon to
death lu Fond du Lao.
American miners are not allowed to
carry arms or ammunition iuto the
statu of Sunoru, Mexico.
Chaplain Wells, just returned from
the Philippines, says there ia too much
whiskey sold aud used thure.
The transport Slum, which lost 811
mules out of iltld on litir trip to Manila,
is back in San Francisco harbor,
The city of Skuuwuy protests against
the appointment ol a delegate to eon
gross without the vote of tho people.
Fd. Armstrong, a Medford, Or.,
1... I. .1,1. ....... uii.l fulullv ill.
lured by A. J. llamlon, during a saljwtl
vow. , jr-
Fire at tho National BiRttlt :(
pany's works, at Wurtfester,rJU.
atroyed property to the viiliid of $
Ollll i"
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ennrt holds tf'
rnttvvnvit enlillnt hn coillDollud tot
ntsli fi'uo. truuHiiortiitiou to livt'hK
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ri.. I..
shippers, ;.
lln I lor's 'attack ia now know
have been uo foint.
fen ted in a third
He was really
attempt to rat 4
Liidysmith.
Thomas G. Merrill
rlw
of Salt U'i
City, widely known throughout
Woat its tin energetic worker in th f ij
ver cause, is doad. 1
Tho Boers are beootulng nggreMr ,.
General Joubert, with 6,000
threatens lluller's right at Chew'
Another detachment of burgher
creeping through Zuluhind tijt"
British communications. . " '
" . Wifai,feilV mmif w win, j aiaiaaf ,
Captain Charles Loefflor has been Chicago, Feb. 13. Martin Jorf
doorkeeper at the etitrauoe ot the exeo- Bn engineor, his wife Mary and thti
ntlve chamber in Washington for over
80 years.
The oldest consul of t'.ie United
States lu continuous service Is Horatio
J. Spiague, who became consul at
Gibraltar iu 1848.
The persons engaged in raising funds
to buy n home iu Washington lorttear'
Admiral Schley have made another ap.
peal for money.
INSURGENTS ANNOY
Albay Province Much
assed by Them.
liar
TIIK AMKItlCANS SUFFER LOSSKS
llahnnla Plagua and Smcllpoi Arnon
Ida rillpluu -Oprralluaa of Uali
and ISaaooa In Lusitn.
Manila, Feb. 13. Of lata the in
surgents in A limy province, I.uxou,
have adoptdl harasnlug tactb a aiiiiut
the towns which the Americans have
(arriwiuod They camp in tho hills and
maintain a constant fire upon tlm
Auirricau outpoias, When the troops
sully s Kill nit them, they wuUir, re
turning when tha Americans retire.
Tlmy shoot burning arrow, aud have
thus burned a large part of tlio towu of
Albay, Indeed, most of tha towns lu
that province are practically deserted,
except by the garrison. Scarcely auy
of the inhabitants return to their
homes. They art) vamping lu the Inter
ior, and it issupioseilarmo-l insurgents
prevent them going back. It is report
ed that there Is much sulTeriug among
them, owing to lack of food. As a re
) suit of these conditions, the hemp bind
j new in that unction is seriously hin
dered, and sbl going for rargoe are
I compelled to take Kiillga of coolies to
; do their loading. Hump held in the
interior la quite inacce'slble.
Colonel (tell will take two regiments
and a battery through the province of
Isortli ( amariues and South C'amarines,
going there on trauisirta. Many in
surgents retreated to that part of the
island from Cavlto and Itatangas prov
hum's. Another expedition will soon
Oral to garrison towns along the north
oaiit of the island of Mindunao.
(iuenilla warfare continues south of
Miiuila. Two attempts have been
made to ambush the Americans. Col
one! Ht-hwan, while returning to Manila
with his staff aud au escort of 100 cav
-'ry from ItaUiugas was atUck.nl by
tho insurgents. The latter were dis
persed, but the Aincricaua had five
wounded.
Lieutenant-Colonel Iteacon, with six
companies of tho Forty-second Infantry,
had a two bourn' llwlit with (ieut-rul
I'io del Film 's command, which at
tempted to ambush the Americans
along the trail through Morong prov
luce, near tho lake. Here, also, the
lusugeiit weitt dispersid, but the
Americana hud several wounded,
among them a captain.
(ieucral Bell is operating
southward
thp,,ng, ZBUIbale. provinco
tlun forco.
with a
Another expedition is proceeding
north want from Subig. It ia reported
that the insurgents general, Alejandro,
has recovered from his wouud and has
assembled a large force in that district
ilio plague continues, r.igut cases
were reiiorte-d last week among the
natives and Chinese. There ia no ex
citement, however, and business aud
ocial life aro undisturbed.
Smallpox ia prevalent among the
natives along the railroad aud In the
towns on the northern coast. Two
officers of the Thirty-sixth infantry
have died of the disease ami another
officer ami several soldiers have teen
stricken.
ASSIMILATION OF CHINA.
ILa.tr In Ton flraat Rpead Chlnasa
l'aluiaatr In Trail.
Chicago, Feb. 13. "The greatest
question of our time Is whether the as
similation of tho commercial force of
China by tho world will be a quick or
low process," declared Benjamin I.
Wheeler, president of the University of
California, w ho passed through Chicago
today ou his way F.aat. "If the pity
cesa be speedy," he continued, "there
is likely to be a disastrous disturbance,
but if it le natural and unforced,
peaceful adjustment will be insured.
Therefore, the question, not so much of
the Chinese, a of Cmna, is of pnru
lnouut importance to Americans.
"The pressure of ages ha made of tho
Chinese, paHtmastera in commerce.
Their laok hn been iron, and as the
commercial development of this couu
try ha been characteristically that of
metals, tlmy have seemingly been (lis
tanced. But lot them once acquire in
Mtructlon from the Western world in
the metal arts, aud they will be able,
'iU. tfeuircenius, to revolutionise the
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14
months-old boy, were accident
asphyxiated by gas last night'
home at Forty-third street and Ste
venue' -, T
Bl.owt Jiaaaii rw.v
Worcester r:!!." rtfr-V
today in th wTHahr' ftlocr," rccMed
by tha National Bisouit Company, com
pletely guttod the building, doing $00,
000 damage.
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CHINA'8 NEW POLICY.
'in
Kaslst forolfn Territorial Am-
randtsaraaat. '
New York, Feb. 15. A special to
tha Herald from . Washington says:
Decree issued by the empress dowager
A China, which hare just reached tha
state dertment, (how that a new
policy of defense against foreign terri
torial aggrandizement ba been adopted
by the l'eking government. These de
crees further show that, thongh it is
not generally known here, tha relation
between China, and France several
months ago were so strained that the
em press dowager apjirehended hostili
ties with the latter power. .
Those acquainted with the Chinese
affair are disposed! to regard the de-
croea as significant of the belief of the
empress and her advisor that China is
ufflclently prered to resist by force
of aims all further aggression of for
eign power upon Chinese territory,
aud that her future policy will be in
line with thl view. In fact, one de
cree goes to the extent of empowering
officials to declare war upon any foreign
lower attempting to seize territory be
longing to the jurisdiction under their
control. Issued by the tsung-ll-yamen,
in compliance with the empress' in
structions, the first decree i communi
cated to the viceroys and governor of
the maritime and Yang-tae province.
It reads:
"As the Italian Jiave not had their
ambitious gratified in respect to the
cession of San Mun bay to them, it is
apprehended that tbey may try to find
opportunity for seising other portions
of our coast. Moreover, the arbitrary
and aggressive action of the French at
Kwaog Cbou, where they are stirring
up disturbance in order to obtain fur
ther pretext for demanding conces
sions from the imperial government,
may lead to actual hostilities between
China and France. "
"It behooTe us, therefore, to exer
cise the utmost vigilance and watch
fulness to be alway prepared to resist
an enemy. Yonr excellency ia there
fore urged to enjoin all this upon the
general and commanders of troops gar
risoning important point within your
jurisdiction; and npt only this, but to
be prepared also to give aid to yonr
brother viceroy and governor whose
territories adjoin your own."
General Chang was in command of
the Tsing Tao fort when the German
fleet seized Kiao Cbou bay, and was be-
headed for hi action in surrendering
'.hem to the invader.
Ilcvolatlon In Veuasnela.
New York, Feb. 15. A dispatch to
the Herald fioin l'ort of Spain says
The revolution under the leadership of
General Hernandes in Venezuela is
gaining rapidly. The revolutionists,
under General Medina, attacked and
defeated the government troops under
General Cotiua, near Coro, the capital
d( the state of Fa icon. The capital is
being hold by the revolutionist.
At l'ort Chlchiniurihi, which is near
Puerto Cabello, a battle has taken
place between the government troops
and the rebels, resulting in a victory
for tho revolutionists. This engage
ment has created gieat excitement in
Puerto Cabello, particularly among the
foreign residents.
Boilonlan'a Xcw Opera.
Pan Francisco, Feb, 15. A large
audience at the Colombia theater wit'
luwseil the first production by the Hog-
tonians of "The Viceroy," anew comic
opera by lotor Herbert and Harry B.
Smith. The mnsio is of a high order
and several of the sons are likely to
become popular. The libretto is
clever, but the critics agree that it
will have to lie curtailed somewhat,
The costumes are original and deoided
ly picturesque, aud the scenic effects
are very active. It is conceded that
the Bostonians have made a valuable
Addition to their repertoire.
Millar's 111 Profits.
New York, Feb. 15. The Evening
orld says:
"Cecil Leslie, 'press agent' and em
ploye of the Miller 620-per-cent swin
dle, has made a long confession to the
Evening World. Briefly epitomized,
Leslie says:
'"The Franklin syndicate was
colossal bunco game. Some of the men
interested iu the concern were formerly
manager of Lyons & Co. and the E.
S. PeanjCompany, in this city, which
wjiMa on similar lines. Miller must
hVfhered at least $1,000,000 out
of la ttpieiuo, probably more.' "
fc.lK.i Insane Soldlars. '
4?f Francisco, Feb. 15. Eleven in-
anrtll today be sent from
8 lbs) government hospital at
and it is probable that
M moro will go East during the
eak. Poring the last three months
surly T0 demeuted soldiers have been
k across the continent aud it is said
'tne twtwr ammiour-rj w.
ff'liun.utm a oi
the United States. Tutuila is the
island on whioh is the harbor of Pango
Pango.
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TURNING MOVEMENT
Roberts Preparing to Ad
vance on Magersfontein.
OBJECT TO EEL1EVE KIMBKELEY
Tha Tow a Is la or Irslta, aad If
Imsulnant Iangr af Palling-
Boars la Zalalaad.
London, Feb. 14. Lord Roberts ha
gathered 85,000 men, with whom, ac
cording to the best military opinion in
London, be purpose turning the left
of the Magersfontein line near Jacob-
dal, entering the Free State, compelling
General Cronje to raise the liege of
Klmtterler, and thus making bit first
step toward Bloerafontein.
Yesterday Lord Robert announced
the appointment of General Sir Henry
Colville, hitrnyto commander of th
guard brigade, to the command of th
Ninth division, which ia being formed,
and will cociist probably to a great ex
tent of colonial troop. General Col
ville will be micceeded by General
Reginald Pole-Carew.
Lord Robert tell the correspondent
that when he gets down to business
they shall have ample opportunities to
send new. Hi chief pre censor ye
terday issued new rule and in future
all written communications are to go
unchecked. Only telegram will be
censored. For the next few day little
new i lkely to get through, but later
there will be more freedom. Thus
say the censor, and the hist clause may
be interpreted to mean that some
thing i about to happen." . -
Kimberley, SO mile away from ths
Modder river position, i in sore strait.
Details of the December death rate
show that in a population of 14,000
white and 19,000 blacks, the mortality
was 80 whites and 88 blacks per 1,000.
The Infantile death rate was 671 per
1,000 among the whites and 912 per
1,000 among the blacks. Enteric
fever was prevalent. This frightful
state of things in December cannot
have Improved much, if at all, since,
and the fighting power of the garrison
must have been greatly diminished.
Meanwhile the bombardment by the
Boers has increased, and there is im
minent danger of the town falling
under the very eyes of Lord Roberts.
It is believed in circles close to the
war office that he will move at once.
Scouts have approached within 1,000
yards of the Boer entrenchment- at
Magersfontein. They have found these
strong and ascertained that they are
used as dwelling places. Naval gunners
are constantly watching the enemy's
lines with strong glasses, and they De
clare that there is appreciable diminu
tion in the Boer forces.
- In Natal the Boer commandos south
of the Tulgela occupy Bog's farm and
several miles west of Cheveley. Two
thousand Boers, with three guns, are
advancing through Zululand toward
Natal.
The war office is making prepara
tions to continue the stream of troopi
for South Africa. Four large steamers
have been chartered.
LAST WEEK OF DEBATE.
Thrae Speeches on tha Sonata Financial
Bill.
Washington, Feb. 14. The final
week's discussion of the pending finan
cial bill was begun in the senate today.
The speakers were two Republicans
Elkins, of West Virginia, and Wolcott,
of Colorado and one Populist Butler,
of North Carolina. Elkins advocated
the passage of the pending senate
measure in a brief, but forceful argu
ment. Wolcott, chairman of the Inter
national BimeUllio Commission of
1897, spoke for many Republicans who
adhere to bimetalism, and his speech,
earnest and eloquent, was accorded un
usual attention. Butler closed the de
bate for the day, advocating the adop
tion of his amendment providing for
an issue of paper currency by the gov
ernment. An Important bill was passed by the
house today, which makes universally
applicable the law that now permits
the transit in bond of goods through
the United States. Goods in bond can
lie shipped through any portion of the
territory of tue United States to foreign
ports. It is principally designed to
give the transportation companies of
the United States a portion of the
trans-continental trade to the Orient.
The bill also repeals the law of March
1, 18)fc. prohibiting the shipment of
ges" -h bond to the Mexican free
J The latter provision was foughl
lens, of Texas. The remainder
day was occupied in passing
"tension bills favorably acted
I last Fridav night's session.
Jpistrict of Columbia legislation.
rvey British North Amerloa.
Ipeg, Man., Feb. 14. Thi
h government is equipping
jrvey party for an examination
tomediate territory lying be-
je Great Slave lake and Hud
Jr. This stretches from the
.4 to the Atlantic. It is 2,000.
1de, and is supposed to contain
Jeral stores.
g The War lu Yucatan.
Tex., Feb. 14. A dispatch
Kca, Mexico, says that Frost
has ordered two more reel
(troops to proceed immediately
n, where they will join Gen'
o's forces in the campaign be
ratjaiM aMaryi Imima:
ytra gl.4, -U" Cnlte,
Mot f killed the "accidental
disoWgi of her father's revolver, ii
her own hands.
8
Pi
j...,- ... i;radT and Mr.
Wright are in the East endeavoring k
obtain the appointment of United State
judges at Sitka, Circle City and Cap
Nome. An extraordinary rush of gold
seeker to the last named place 1 ex
pectttl next May when communication
with the outside world ia reopened.
Mr. Wright believe that before the end
of the summer, there will ba 60,000
person in Cape Nome.
MWe want the general land law ex
tended to Alaska, so that we hav
homestead rights," said Mr. Wright
lat night, "otherwise we cannot nel
having a great deal of trouble. W
are without the legal form of govern
ment. We have organized one of oui
own. electing a mayor, a council,
chief of police and other officers, but
it has no standing in lawy There were
2,000 men there last year, and they
agreed among themselves to oberv
each other' rights, but it will be dif
ferent when we have 60,000.
"In law, nobody has any right to th
beach, between the high and low watei
mark, where there are rich deposits ol
gold. It onght to be laid off in small
plots for the sale of the mineral rights.
Though gold was discovered in Cap
Nome a year ago lost September, w
did not get the news in Seattle until
last May. We suspected at first thai
it was a scheme of the steamship com
panles to get passengers, aa the Yukon
business was getting slack. I tele
graphed to Washington to be appointed
postmaster ana was appointed over
niht by wire. I got to Nome July 4,
when there was not a sluice box in th
district.
"Lumber came in later, and about
$3,500,000 of gold was taken out last
summer. One claim in Anvil creek
paid $175,000 in five week. I know
because 1 handled the money. Three
claims in Snow gulch paid $500,000
Teat of Newspaper Advertising;.
Between the acts recently
at Wallack' New York
theater, ushers distributed
among the audience slip
. with a brief printed state
ment politely asking the
recipient to Indicate by a
check mark in the list of
various advertising form
employed which one had
attracted him to the per
formance newspapers, bill
board, window lithograph
or something else. Eleven
hundred slips were handed
to the ushers, and of that
number 991 had been at
tracted by the newspapers
solely.
On the Yukon the gold is well below
the surface, but at Nome it lie neai
the top of the ground. Many claimi
have been staked out, but there is
vast region still to be explored. Tht
formation is very peculiar. Back ol
the beach, which is white sand, and
rising 10 feet above it, is a flat strij
called tundras, which extends from
two to four mile back to the moun
tains. This has a layer of moss or peat
on top, then comes a layer of blue clay
from 6 to 15 Inches thick, and then tht
white sand to bedrock 25 feet below,
The gold in the white sand runs from
50 cents to $1.50 a pan, and the pay
streak of ruby sand on the bedrock runi
$5 to the pan, besides coarse gold.
One of the steamers took 850 torn
of sand shoveled at random from tht
beach to San Francisco last year. It
was put into a smelter and yielded
$9,000 in gold. The beach has been
prospected for 15 miles. Nobody
knows where the gold came from
Some think it was from hills brought
down by glaciers, and some think it
was thrown up by a volcano.
"Governor Brady wants Alaska to
come in as a state when the population
has been increased by the rush next
summer. He is the one man that all
the people there have absolute con 9
deuce in. if we are admitted to the
Union we can take care of ourselves.
Miners began coming down from the
Yukon last fall, and more will come
If we do not get authority to protect
ourselves we shall have trouble."
In Delaware last week the National
Cape Nome Mining & Transportation
l ompauy was organized with a capital
of $5,000,000, to establish a .steamship
line and work with machinery claims
overini 920 acres of beach and tund
,ras. Trancis n. jnnruer, t . t,. ter-
ing aud George Crawford are the in'
corporators.
lne entire season's output of gram'
bags from the Walla Walla peniten
tiary has already been applied for, and
many applications have been refused
because of lack of capacity to supply
them. The price has not yet been
Sxed. It is estimated that 10,000.000
sacks will be needed for the season
grain, only one-eighth of which cau be
manufactured at the state prison.
Mining Convention Delegates.
Governor Rogers, of Washington, ii
anxious to appoint delegates to the In'
tornational Mining Convention, which
meets in Milwaukee, Wis., in June,
It is desirable that the state be well
represented at the convention, and the
governor will appoint any reputabli
citizen who may wish to attend. Three
delegates will go from the state univer
sity school of mining, and three from
the agricultural college school of
mining.
All TO
Iritish Forced to Retire From
the Colesberg District
1ERS WERE IS GREAT FORCE
. -
- Caaata Stroke That May Causa
Boberts to Change His flana
Bailer's Iatentloas.
London, Feb. 15. The new of the
Jay i the enforced retirement of the
British from tha Colesberg district un
der heavy Boer pressure, and probably
iter brisk fighting. Thus at a time
when Lord Roberta is apparently able
to push an army into the Free State,
he Boer make a counter stroke in nn- -
Known, but seemingly great force, not
far from the vital line of railway con
necting De Aar and Orange - river. '
Military observer do not regard this a
more than a menace. Neverthelesa,
the new produce an unpleasant im
pression here.
General French had maneuvered the
Boers out of Reniberg in December.
January 1, it was reported that he
could take Colesberg in two day with
re -enforcement. These were sent, but
the Boer were also re-enforced. Since
then the British lines have been ex
tended east and west, so that at the
opening of this week they constituted
ft great horseshoe, 25 miles in length.
The lines were not continuous, but all
the strong position were held.
General French, when he joined Gen
eral Roberts, took moat of hi cavalry.
General Clements was left with the in
fantry to hold the Boers In check, but
Commandant Delaney, with a double
turning movement, has compelled the
British to concentrate at Rensberg, be
side threatening Roberts' eommunica- '
tion. The Boer mastery of the district
has caused a spread of the insurrec
tion, but this, no doubt, will be
promptly suppressed, a large British
force are available not for away.
The indications as to General Buller's
immediate Intentions are contradictory.
One informant, who has intimate rela
tion with the war office, predict a
movement within the next day or two.
A number of correspondents who have
been with General Boiler have gone to
Durban for a few day' rest, under the
impression that nothing is to be done
immediately.
The war office has directed the
Eighth division of : 10,000 men to pre- -pare
to go out.
ALLISON AND JONES.
Spoke for aad Against
th Flnanelat
Bill.
Washington, Feb. 15. The financial
debate in the senate reached its climax
todav. Two great speeches, one in
favor of the pending senate substitute ''
measure and the other in opposition to
it, were delivered, and both were list
ened to by senators with close atten
tion. The first was delivered by Alli
son, of Iowa, the ranking member of
the finance committee. He had been
an attentive listener to the speeches
delivered on the other side of the cham
ber, and in course of his argument he
presented his answers to the points
raised against the pending senate bill.
Jones, of Nevada, declared that the bill
was vicious and unwarranted, confer
ring too great power upon national
banks, and fastening the country to a
gold standard. Tomorrow the senate
will begin the consideration of the bill
and amendments under the 10-minute
rule.
In the Honte.
In the house today, the joint resolu
tion increasing the limit of cost of the
new government printing office to $425,
000, on account of the increased cost ' -of
building material, was adopted. The
bill to extend the period of suspension
of certain laws relating to the war de
partment for another year from March
1 tu adopted.
Payne, (Rep. of New York), then
made announcement of Chickering'a
death. Resolutions prepared by - the '
New York delegation were read and a"
committee appointed to attend the
funeral. At 12:25 P. M., as a mark of
respect, the house adjourned. -
No War Supplies,
Chicago, Feb. 14. -A special to the
Chronicle from El Paso, Tex., says:
The Mexican government now pro
hibits the entrance of arm and ammn
Bition to the state of Sonora, owing to
the revolution now in progress there.
American miners who have heretofore
been permitted to carry rifle and six
shooters and belts full of cartridges into
Sonora are now prevented from carry- ,
ing any arm whatever, and are stripped
of ammunition at Nogales and Naco.
This order was issued because it was -
reported that Americans were pouring
into Sonora in the guise of miners
while their real object , was ' to' assist
the rebellious Yaquis in gaining their
freedom. . . , .
The new orders are enforced, by Mex
ico only at Arizona ports of entry, ' and
persons entering Sonora via El Paso
and Casa Grande are , permitted to '
carry all the arm and 'ammunition de
sired. Many persons have taken ad
vantage of this to convey' these' contra '
band goods Into the hostile oquntryi':- r
Panama Canal Company. , ,
New York, Feb. 15. A dispatch to '
the Herald from Paris says: A gen
eral meeting of theCompagnieNeuvelle
du Cam! de Panama was held in the .
Rue d'Athenes.' Among those present
were M. Samper, who represented the
interests of the republic of Colombia; 1
and also Mm. Gauton and Kieggei and .
Ferrett, shareholder appointed to act
I a scrutineers should a formal ballot
be necessary. In the ball, ware about
,200 shareholders, representing upwards
'of 400, Q00 shares, ' '.' '