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n MSI "MiT oILLSBR JIILLSBORO, OKKGON, THURSDAY, MAY 10, 19(H). NO, 8. VOL. Til. Hi ft r -t? I 4 EVENTS OF THE U LAI EH NEWS. Democrat will flood Oregon pro-Hour campaign material. Thn irood aovoruiiient ticket woll Epitome of the Telegraphic tin (.rant's I'ww, r., election. with BIG PIER BURNED! STRIKE CAUSES A RIOT. iu News of the World. tKUSK TICKS FROM TIIK W1IIKH n luUrvallnf CulUiitlimof Item Praia Ike Twm HeniUihere I'khdUi ' daailauaed tnnu V 1 hall One liuinlrecl mid n inn vii-1 lum ul the Utah ii i 1 it dlauater were bulled lu tin llnjf t SlMllllllll, Tho Yalo-Horknley kiiii at Now Haven, ('(inn., reunited iu a victory lur the loriner team. Burglar looted thn aafo o( tlin Klrot National bank ill ICiiNt Hrady. I'., and Mcurel $10,000. The tiawlo in Ft. liula in honor of Admiral Dewey waa nltueaaed by million mi. Tli sundry civil Mil waa )iiiil ly k ina nouse. ii carries suuuur Mime A tlwn foi.6oo.ooa. f Manv building were demolished by a Ifrrlrlu gain that want through thti town HI N llwilivilio, Null. Six hundred inou employed In tli aiuo factory nt U Salle, lu.l., struck lur nn advance lu wagoa. Tlio Standard Vaiuiah worka lit Elm Turk, Stalen Islaml, went damaged liy lire to tho t-xt.'Ut of f'.'OO.OOO. The British have riiimwil tho Yaal rlvr, pushing northwaid, mnl the ru lief dl Mil Inking in exieeied toon. An effort la being made by govern nimit officials to secure no appmprla tlou lor tlin building huiI mallileuauce ol achoola (or Alaek. General MaeArthur, In addition to hU duliea commander, will exercise the authority ul military goieruor ol tli rhilliiiuo laliiuil. Fire which started iu 11 very atabl t l'eteraburg, lnil., swept tliionnb tin buslevw portion ol llm town, leaving but three store. Lo, $ 10,000. Hid war deiiartineiit Issued an order rollavttitf General Dili ol the command ol the dlvlalou ol thn Philippine. Tlx general baa lull Maulla lur tli United Stale. One-thiid ol thn houau lu liana. town In Ih'uUiu county, laiaa, wure ilmtmywl by toruailo, o on wa hurt, tiia tM.Mlil trnklm roluiro iu ituriiihoimKa. Work on th Natloiml Kopublii-an couvvutiou hall may In atoiM'd owlnii to thn diniiutn ln'twwn tlm AIUihI lluild tint Traili'i Council and tho Hrothur hoixl ol t.'r.i'UlmTi and Jolunra. l.luutiiunnt (iiblmua. attin'hnd to i thn Urooklyn, in an oiwl!tton con (lui'H'd by him lu thn iutll ol I.iiiou, lu tlm liittur imrt ol Knbruary, toeurod Ihu rnliiaaa ol f J 2 Hwlilli jiriiimn'm. Konr mlnrm jM rUlm.l In a lira iu mine mar ltoauoke, Va. MuukiicHy, tint rulnliratwi lntr, died at llouu, (inrnmny. Mii'liluan DiimorraU want I'lmrlui A. 'low no (or llryau'i runuliiK matti An nlnht-honr day Ima bwn Kti'imxl by New Knuluud bulKlliiK tradn jour urymuu. Halt ImVo cuiiilaliHlK Imve bouulit tin Iowa iimup of mine lu the linker city dlntrlot (or f 30,000. A doiu vuaiada have already led Seattle lor V Nome. Opinion vary at to when they will ifut there. State Secretary Itcita, o( tho Trunii vanl. any thn toer will move to America II defeated. Twenty-two nhopa In I hicngo htt completely tie.l up, owiu to the Wilier mukeri' Htrike. Hobcrta will adviinrn on l'rctorla from Kimlierley, Hloemfoiiteln aud Na til, NimultamMiuidy. Twenty Amerlciin were killed iu an euiiHuemHiit with iiiNurueuta at l atu bl(j, on the Inland of Samur, ' Senator Iliinnu lielleyea the Uepubll cam will have fully ai hard a buttU till year a they had iu lHliU. Hunker eHtiiuatn that Americani will mind 40,000,000 more than u mil abroad thin year, owing to the Pari expoHittou. D. J. Slnoliiir, iKiHtollloe iiiBpeotor connected with the St. Ixnii (oroe, hat been appointed chlel poatolllce luiipoO' tor ol 1'orto Hico. General Morrttt's roijiiCHt for retire ment Iiiih bouu granted, lieueial Urookt iicooedlug him an coiumandtir ol the department o( the Kant. Many mall yacht and tunbonti bonijht (or oho during the HpaulHh war, re rottlug in the navy yard and tu 'ivurunmut will Bull tneiu. The Northwest KpUoopal general ' oonforence, bv a unaniinon vote, do New 'alutein and paierhaiitro( Tacoma have won their atrlko (or aahorler day. KuMiaua and Chlnem) clath iu Man- hurla, many being killed on botb Idea. Admiral iHiwpy atteudml a rnmptlou by the i-olorml ieoplo at Mnmpbla, Tvua. Aatorla will ohVr a bounty lor wml caln lu iirdur U limtuct the laliuou tuduatry. The aUminur Tuna Mam ha arrived at Seaitle (rum Yokohama with 7UU more Jnpa. Tho bill lur Alaakan llgtithoun-a prob ably i I) in it be paiwi'd at till teaatou ol coiigri'M. rreildent McKlliley wnt blrthilay runnratulatlou to the cruwu prluce ul Clermauy. Two Mrwin wnre burned to death by thn diiatrui tlon ol the American hutel at (inninwHi, N. Y. New York' naval reaerve refuwd tu accept the navy di-purtineiit ollur (oi a cruine aud practice. Cbiirlc F. Neely ha liecn arrested (or emlieMlIng $3(1,000 iu tho Cuban nlolce dcpurtinelit. Three Korcat (irove people are thought to have erlhed in the atukliig o( tli Dora II. lu Alaikan watera. Throe Amerlcaii were killed and aeven wounded in an eng:uKiiieut with rvbela on tlm Ulaud of i'auuy Middlo-ol-tlie-road I'lipulUtaut Sioux Kalla will bold their convention lu a bin Unit. Iuuatiua iVmiiully 1 talked uf (or the presidency. Martin Sievert. who killed one Cbriatenaon at iJituya Hay, Alaeka, aakffd the miner there to bung him and wa accoinniodiitel. The chief ol Tututla, ol tlie Pa moan uroiin. nave formally croon " ihUml to the l ulted SUtea. ami tilt' American Hag ha Uwn IkiIkIihI. liepreaeiiUttve ol the Field maemo In Chlcaiio will aoiiu be in tho .North w-eat for a three moiitha' tour for the imnxtto uf aeckliitf curio aiming Uru gnu. Indiana. Twenty-aix hundred atrwt-car men are ou a atrikn in St. Louia, and every Hue iu the city la compelled to ua land ojieraton. Thn polio are power lea. War preparation by tho reformer iu China are proceeding vigoroualy, large qiialitltle of arm being taken Into the country. The imperial g,v eminent aeei no can no for alarm. Kx-Cnimreaainan David 11. Culbert nu, ol lexna, la Head. Oeimral llamilum hna captured Win burg, tho lUier atmiiiiliold. L. MarouU, a fiirmer reaidlng -ven mile uorthwunt of Kugeuu, com in i tied lulcide. Heavy rain in Iowa did much dam aite to property aud cauaed large loasea iu llveabH'k. Lord Hobeit haa cTflaaod the Vet river and the IWiem are atill lu full re' treat uurthward. San Antonio. Tcxaa, waa atruck by a terrtnc wind torui. doiiig damage to the amount of (75,000. W. 0. Fmiicott, aecreUrv of war in Cleieland'a llrat admiuiHtratiou, (IhkI at llobtoii, iikimI 73 yearn. Sflcntiata hot to niako many now diacoverle ou the event of the aim total eelipae on May (ieneral llarriaou (irny Otia U boom ing CoiimHinan Hepburn, of Iowa, lot MvKinley'a running mate. Ainilmildo hua Julne.1 hi (orce iu North l.umu and ha aaaemldvil con aiilerable (orce In the mouiiUlna; lieu end Young aak for rolulorceiueuta. Senor Albeiti, prominent iu Cuban politic. and editor of a newapawer, waa elicit and inatautiy Killed ny au uu known khuihhIii at (iilmrrt. province of Hun tin no do Cuba. 1'ope Leo will make amonda for hi depoHitlou of Archblaliop Keauo, York Fire That Cost About $i,ooo,ooo. MANY I'K.USO.NS 11 A It FLY KSCAI'KD ral Mr. Mnnrvd Kor Ik flor mri-r lllrorl- hll Iirowntd Hullillitga acurahvd New York, May 8. A fire that tart. d at thn river end of the Mallory Line ateainahiii nler. at the foot uf Maiden Lane and the Kaat river early thl morning, completely detruyed the pier aud It valuable content. The police place the loa at $1,000, 000. Several bargea, which were moored near the pier, were alao de- atroyed, and many rocue of their cap tain and of member of the famtlie on board were made. One life wa bin t. The 0-muutba-old daughter of Captain I'harle Loch, of the barg SherwiMNl, waa drowned. The Mallory pier wa 200 feet long and 50 bi t wide. The pier wa filled with valuable Irolght. nioatly cotton. Ou the north aide of the pier were moored a number of coal and cotton argea, while ou theaouth aide wa the ateamer Sau Mario aud a number of barge. No i Kiner had the work of fighting the (lame begun than the firemen turned their attention to aavlug the live ol tlioae on the barge which were Ivimi within the hue ol danger. Near eat Ui the pier wa the narge Stephen It. F.lkina. Her captain, hranlc rox, and lit wile anil a-montni-oia aaiignujr were on board aleeping, A akid wat quickly run (roiu the pier to the coal barge and the occupant ol the boat ' were awakened and were hurried from their buiika to a place ol aafety before the Hume reached them. On board the barge Sherwood were Charle Loch, the captain, 86 year old; hi wife Lenna, 80 year old, and their daughter, ltoaie, 9 month old. The Wha family wa awnkeued by tho Name. Their barge waa already on lire. The lather took the 9-moutln-old baby In hia anna, and with hi wife Jumped Into the water. Timothy Hovle, formerly in command of the barge New llrunawlck, whoae borne 1 at Kondout. N. Y., plunged In to tave the woman, who had beoome exhaust ed. Her huaband, who, atill held the baby lu hia anna, aw that hia wife wa on the imlut of going down. It became a nueation with him aa to which he ahould aave. hi wife or baby. He let the babT go. in the hope that she would be picked op by tome one elae, aud went to the aaiiatance of hia wife. He niauaued to hold her head above water until Itoyle reached them. All three were thou lauded by life line, the child being loat. The half drowned captain and hi wife were moved to the lludaon atroet hoapltal, where they re covered. On the coal barge H. H. Hand, which lay alongilde the other burning barge, were the captain, Joaeph l'lumb, hia wife and two chil dren. All were reacued hv the police. I'lttrolman Jeremiah Cronin wa badly burned while taking oue of the chib I re ti ashore. All hand on board the liuhter Arno got aaliore aafely. Michael Sheldon, of that boat, wai compelled to jump Into the river, from which he waa reacued. Three laige vesneU were lying to near thn blazing pier that their aafety was end lingered. They were the ateamer Sau Mario and the ateamer Neucea, which were aafely towed out Into mid at renin, and the bark St. James, the rigging of which waa burned before ahe could lie gotten out of harm's way. The scene ou the water was a niOBt exciting oue. The river was filled with steam craft engaged in towing the vari ous vessels aud bnrgca to places of safety. Fonr cotton barges, others liuleii with cciriinieal and some loaded with coal caught fire and were de- atioved. Some of them were also sunk to prevent the further spread of the tlamea, Slrl runway Ll In l-oal. Are Tl. l a. St. Louis, May 10. The employes of the St. Louis Transit Company, num bering about 8,900 men, made good to day their threat to tie np the street railway trafflo of the city. In doing so they not only paralyzed the business of the company which operates all the slectrlc and cable roads in the city, with the exception of those owned by the St. Louis A Suburban Hallway Company, on which a strike has been in progress for two weeks past, but brought matters to a standstill oo ball a dozen other lines of business as well. It was the most oomplet tle-np ever seen In St. Louis. Kiotoas proceedings began almost Immediately. When the company tried to take cars from the various barn ol the system, the non-union men who bad undertaken the task were immedi ately surrounded and urged not to make the attempt. II they persist!, tho cars were surrounded by a howling oiob, aud as if by magic, sticks and itoues filled the air, forcing the men in charge to desert their poet. During the fuaiiade window in the cars were broken, while their sides were scarred tud dented by the missile. At first the storm centers were confined to re mote imints. liy and by a few cars managed to slip away from the crowds sniuud the power houses and carbarns, ud made their way down town. Then the theater of activity was transferred to Washington avenue. Locust street and other down town thoroughfares The same tactics were resorted to dow n town that had proved so efficacious alout the barns. A crowd would sur round each car, and while the boys and young men would shout "scab1 aud "cheap crew" at the motorman and coudnctor, from further back in the throng would come a volley of rocks , md bricks, smashing the windows aDd frightening the men in charge from i their posts. The moat serious personal injuries sustained up to nightfall were received in riots of this character, which took place on Washington avenue, from Sixth to Elirhth streets. In one of them a boy was shot by a non-uuion conductor, who waa trying to push his car through the crowd. In the fracas further down a motorman was serious ly Injured by a brick thrown by some one in the crowd. A man was shot at Uraud and Franklin avenues tonight, and still another man was shot at D n'clock tonight near the crossing of the suburban tracks on Taylor avenue. As a surburban car was crossing Taylor avenue, a big crowd gathered. Some one In It pulled the trolley from the wire, and this action so enraged a pas senger, at present unknown, that he drew a revolver and fired throe shots Into the crowd. Hurt Gilbert, a bar kceier, an onlooker, received one of the bullets iu the ami, and another in the lung. He was taken to the city hos pital, where hit wounds were pro nounced mortal. The police were powerless toOay in tlio face of the mob, which was aug mented at noon by thonsauds of clerks from business houses and workmen fruru the factories. Many women also Blithered with the crowds. Boys and young men, most of whom had no con nection with the strikers whatever, fur nished most of the noise, and did a large amount of the mischief down town. There were comparatively few of the strikers iu the mob, aud many of those who appeared most zealous in tlie cause of the Btreot railway men were animated by no more ferocious feeling than love of excitement. Yehl cles of all sorts wore pressed Into serv ice today by tho citizens ot the town in getting to aud from bnsineas. Chairman Samuel W. Lee, of the national executive board, the man who is conducting the strike, said today that the union was satisfied with the results of the strike. AGUINALDO IS ALIVE Young Reports That He Has Joined Tino's Band. FIGHTING IS SOUTH F.US U'ZOS Baront En((mntd With lUbMs I Ui Vlaajraa Kiult4 la tha Kill ing of tao of Tbant. NORTH COAST LIMITED. Reply to the Torta'a Note. who Constantinople, May 5. The ambas- mav Ite aniHiinted to tho position hold sudors mot yesterday and decided to reply to tlie porte's note oi April zw re L'iirdinir the increase of duties, as lol of B. by the late Archbishop Horniessy, Dubuque, Iown. The output of oil in California has Increased from 1.245.128 barrels in lHUfl. to 2.1!l3.K'8 barrels In 18U0 The state now ranks fourth among the status of the uuion in petroleum pro dilution. Hey. Charles 8. Morris, a colored Hauttat missionary, receutly returned from South Africa, was vigorously hissed when lie chiimplcned the cause of Knglundiu a lecture before tho West Side Y. M. C. A. of New York Uity. Tho noiiuter-demoiistratious became so pronounced that thn lecturer abandoned the disousBlou of tlie merits oi wo oou tending nations Hi Sine, high priest of the Chinese Masonic order of this country, judge of ! Chiuutwvn, was honored with an elab- ni,iurf i i.d,nt; nnunl lav rmireaeututiun oruto. even gorgeouB fuuorai at inna te all Methodist conferences. I dolphin. The distinguished priest . spoke nine languages aud added to his xwu iiuuuivu n'tHv imlome by loiuunu money 10 ihh uuuu- lampeuiug up wmiu mm, ... Bt tt IiIl'Ii rate of interest, tie- l.n .......a tvltn lf.iM iml.l flimmvnrv. ' . ... .1. Ai imn nu tu OIltB MI1B WiiB we yuur p ... . any Chlmuiiau in me oouuiry. the scone of the latest gold discovery. The find was made on a nameless tribu tary of the above river last winter. on Greece hns forblddon tho exportation of antiquities. A ...11..,.l nnvnaa diatom to enst A inillMI.I. 1.1 1' i Ml 1' i' 1 v , .w " - $0,000,000, will bo finished in four now state pay ru... years. OenBus enumerators begin work During the proaont decado the United June 1 and flulsh lu 80 days. States produced half of tho world scop- Th(J (lHj,0B gou output for the sea perauppiy. ' sou is estimated at over $20,000,000. The Alaskan winter was tho coldest M , A i10 .. .mt nuttriy an nun Amniinnus to tsoutn Ainoa iu lows: "The embassies note the parte a declaration that it does not intend to introduce any unilateral measures, and will hasten to inform their govern nients of this." The ambassadors have decided to make their consent to an In crease conditional on the removal of the abuses of thn chemical analysis, the aunnresslon of warehouse duties and the alKilltion of the stipulation where by articles not siiecified in the tariffs may be interdicted, confiscated or de' atroyed. Hallatonaa I. urge an Haaaballa. Omaha, May 8. A ape'ial to the Bee from Heaver City, Neb., gives fur ther details of the Wilsonvllle tornado. Many farm houses wore destroyed. The hailstones were as large as base balls, and were driven through roofs. The twister appeared after the bom bardment and took a northeasterly course. It was lunnei Bnnpea ami nui damage over a large area. Farmers west and north of wilsonvllle were the greatest sufferers. Many people tied to their cellars. Louisville, Ky., Is to have a large . Kan.. May 8.- Moruion temple. is.ho ' which has been played There are 9,821 oluolals on the New throughout Kansas (or the past few weeks, was Dined nore lor sunciay night, but Mavor Neeley forbade the production. Church people got up In Fruit Tralu Wracked. Omaha, May 10. A special to the Hoe from Cheyenne, Wyo., says: One of the worst wrecks which haa occurred lu Wyoming In recent years took place ou O'Neill's sidetrack, 10 miles west of HawliiiB, on the Union Pacific, today, wheu an east-bound fust fruit train drawn by two locomotives, dashed through au opou switch aud down high embaukment. The dead are Louia Hant and James Johnson, both firemen, o( Rawlins, and two boys, aged about SO, who were stealing a ride Their names are unknown. The injured are: Engineers Frank Kehemeyer and Andy Sholer.both of whom will recover, Engineers Kehemeyer and Sholer Jumped from their engines before the end of the tiding waa reached, and escaped with a few lujurieB. Oompars Dellea Injunction. New York, May 9. Samuel Gouip era. president of the American Federa tion of Labor, announced today that he had come heie not to ooufer with the railroad oflloials in regard to the threat ened railway strike, but to openly defy the injunction granted by Justice Freedman against the striking cigar makers, which prohibits them from picketing or attempting in any way to deter others from taking tneir places, aud enjoins sympathizers from giving financial aid for the purpose of oontin ulna the strike: "I have contributed to the fund fot pickets," said he, "and tomorrow morning I shall speak to the striken and nruu them to keep on, in suite ol injunctions." Manila. May 9. Telegrams received here from General Young report that Agiiinaldo has rejoined tbe rebel Gen wal Tino. in tlie noith and that they have reassembled a considerable force In the mountains. General Young ae- ires to strike them before it rains, and taks for reinforcements. The tenor of the dispatch leads to tbe belief that Oeneral Young is confident Aguinaldo is with Tino, and it Is presumed tbey are tveDaring to fight. A detachment of the rortyseventn regiment met and routed a band of the snemy between Legaspt and Kiago, province of Alhsy, April 15. Two Americana were killed and rive wouna- ed. including two officers. The Fili ninot lost heavily. The conditions around Legaspi and Sorsogon are re' ported as considerably disturbed. The reliel attacks on the American garrison in Yisayan islands recently have resulted In the killing of 280 of the enemy and the wounding of two Americans. At daybreak, May 1, 400 rebels, 100 of them armed with rifles, attacked Catarinan, in Northern Samar, in the vicinity of Catnbig. Company F, of the Forty-third regiment, waa garrisoned at tbe place. The enemy built trenches on the ontnlde ol tne town during the night and fired volleys persistently from tbem, until the Americans charged them, scattering them, and killed 155 of the Filipinos. Two Americans were wounded. This attack was piecipitated by the enemy's recent successful fight at Catnbig. Tbe garrison of VaUrnian has been removed to the seaport of Laguan. A force of Filipinos, estimated to number 200, armed with nHes and bolos, and operating fonr muzzle-load ing cannon, attacked Jaro, on Lyte island, April 15, which place was gar- soned bv men of company B, orty- third regiment, Lieutenant Estes corn- mading. Estes left 15 men to protect the town, and with the remaining 10 men he advanced on the enemy in two auads. sheltered by ridges south of the town, whence they stood off the Fili pinos for three houis. Then 20 armed embers of the local police lorce sainea out to help the Americans. The latter, with the police, charged the enemy and together they dispersed tbe rilipinoa, and, after the fighting was over, buried 1 2 5 of them . There were no Americans killed. Ruaalnna and Chinese Clath, London, May 9. The St. Petersburg corresiiondent of the Times says: "Reports have reached here ol serious friction between the liussians and Chinese in Manchuria ou the Russian milwav construction route. In one case a detachment oi 85 Chinese sol (Hera shot the Russian captain of 10 Cossacks, who were doing police duty The Cossacks attacked and pursued the Chinese, cutting them down. The Russian government sent a complaint to Peking, demanding the punishment of the Chinese officials of the district, China complied. There have been sev ml murders and mutilations of Rus sian engineers by Chinese brigands, Kmbetileinent the tharie. New York, May 9. Charles F. Neely. who was arrested in Rochester, N. Y.. Saturday night, while on nu way to California, and brought back tc this city last night, remised to maice any statement. He is charged with embezzling $30,000 from the postofllce department in Cuba. Ieely was ap minted from Indiana. lie was ar on record, from 17 to Pawson. The temperature 69 degress below zero at join the Iloor force. arms, and a deputation of ministers called on Mayor Neeley and laid the matter before him. Montreal, May 8. The paper and pulp mills at Griuid Mere, Ijuebeo, i have been entirely destroyed by fire. Bust of Seward for Alaska. New York, May 10. Governor firadv. of Alaska, waa the guest ol honor at a dinner tonight at the Wal dorf. at which a bust of William H Seward, the gift of Franois L. Lonng, waa presented to the people of Alaska through Governor Brady. The bust la to be placed In the rotunda of the state house at Sitka. Chalres II. Treat, ool lector of Internal reveune, presented the bust to Governor Brady. Thanaaada of Paopla InspMtad Hand soma and Mrllllaall Lighted Train. Exclamations of astonishment an) delight at tbe sumptuous furnishings ol the Northern Pacific's new North Coast Limited were heard nn every side Wed nesday evening at the union depot la Portland. Lighted by electricity, ai it was, from th outside the train looked like a gigantio fiery glow-worm. On the inside tbe effect wa as rich as an Oriental dream of splendor. "Bemitiful!" "Look at those fine chairs!" "Never aaw anything to equal it!" These and similar exclamations ol wonder burst from visitors. The train made its initial trip from St. Paul to Portland without a hitch ol any kind. At every station where a stop was made large crowds of visitor! swarmed aboard, and in some of th larger places difficulty waa experienced in getting tbe cars cleared in time to start again. Charles 8. Fee, general passenger agent, was aboard. He wai met at Seattle by A. D. Charlton, ol Portland, assistant general passenger agent; I. A. Nadeau. general ageDt at Seattle, and A. Tinling, general agent at Tacoma. To attempt to give a description o each separate section of this new trait would tax the English vocabulary. 1 was thought that modern railway con veniences had reached a high degree o perfection, but it remained for th builders of the North Coast Limited t show that added improvements conic lie made. From one end to another it is a con tinnation of luxuhr. Batbed in th( soft glow o( shaded electric globes, tin dark redwood finishings shine with rict brilliancy: the polished glass walw sparkle and scintillate with light, am) the other furnishings gleam with Dor rowed light in a manner that makes thi general effect dazzling. Each car is ai comnletelv furnished as a moden drawing room. All the accommod tions accorded by first-class hotels cat be secured aboard the palace on wheels This observation car to the rear wil never be detached to make place fo any private cars, and no smoking wil be allowed in the main section, so tna women may enjoy the luxury wnil viewing the scenery. Twocommodiou card rooms at one end are placed then for the accommodation of the smokers The following table gives brieflj tome facts about this end of tbe centmj trains: Cost 100,00( Weight 1,000,000 poundi Length 691 feci Illumination 291 electric lighti Capacity 225 passengen Time. Portland to St. Paul. . .72 noun AT THE ZAND RIVER Roberts' Army Is Maklnjf Hapid Progress. 80 MILKS FROM BL0EMF05TF.IS COURT MARTIAL PROCEEDINGS Entlra Boar Forra Haa Ratlrad NorlS tha Klr-Kllf Column Push Ittf On to Mafahlng. London, May 10. Four thousand British cavalry watered their hnrea at Zand river, Monday, 25 milet beyoua Smaldeel, where Lord Roberts con tinue to date bis dispatches. T'.." acout who have been searching the country for miles along the stream have found ho Boers south of tbe river. T he enemy are laagered in unknown force on the north bank. Thus the British advance guard is witihn 45 miles of Kroonttad. The war office has Issued the follow ing dispatch from Lord Roberts, dated Smaldeel, May 8: - "General Hutton, with mounted in fantry, reconnoitered yesterday to the Zand river, and found the euemy in considerable force. General Broad- wood's brigade of cavalry, with General Ian Hamilton's force, performed the same operation with much tbe tame result. 'General Hunter reports that he oc cupied Fourteen Streams yesterday without opposition, owing in a great measure, to the able disposition made by General Paget on the left bank of the Vaal river at Warrenton, where hia artillery fire rendered the enemy' posi tion practically untenable. A six-Inch gun was found most useful. As the Sixth and half of the Fifth brigades of infantry advanced under cover of the artillery, the enemy retired precipitate ly, abandoning their clothing, ammuni tion and personal effects." The Free Staters, in the expectation that Kroonstad will speedily become untenable, are, according to informa tion form Lourenco Marque, preparing to transfer their government to ileil- bron, a little mote than 50 miles north east. Correspondents at headquarters are now wiring freely concerning the inci dents connected with the occupation oi Smaldeel. Some exasperation is ex pressed at the ease with which the Boers escaped with their transports before the very eyes of tbe British. For instance, when the British entered Smalieel, the Boer ox wagons coolly outspaned only five miles away, as if in contempt of the ability of the Biitish to overtake, them. Smaldeel is a village ot only a score of dwellings, but it expanded in ou night to a vast canvas city, and the glow of tbe campfires was like a scene in an iron smelting district. The city is likely to lade away in a day by the immediate progress of the infantry to Zand river. The tidings from Mafeking are gloomier than ever. Everybody tneie has an empty stomach and a pinched face. The natives are no longer given porridge, and the whites now have noth ing but a quart of that substance and a pound of horse sausage daily. Every thing else eatable has gone. Insuffi cient food, wet trenches and cold nights are deadly to tbe health of the garri son. This information comes from re liable natives. Lady Sarah Wilson, under date of April 27, says: Officer In the Philippines uulllT Breach of Military Discipline. The war department has receive from General Otis, at Manila, the reo ords of the proceedings of courts mar tial in the cases of six commissionet officers. Tbe chief of these cases u that of Major George W. Kirkman Fortv-ninth Volunteer infantry, (Cap tain Twenty-third infantry) who wai dismissed from the service by order o General Otis on conviction by conn martial of conduct unbecoming an ofli cer and a gentleman, in having misU haved in aooeann2 on the streets t Manila in a drunken condition. The other cases received are those o First Lieutenant Robert C. Gregg Forty-ninth Volunteer infantry; First Lieutenant Clayton J. Bailey, Twenty seventh infantry; First Lieutenan1 "The Boers now number 4,500, ln- John J. Foley, Thirtieth olunteei eluding young Eloff, President Kiuger's infantry: and First Lieutenant Haroic grandson, who has sent for six more Hamilton, Ninth infantry, inese om- guns. cert were tried on various cnarges. Lieutenants Greeg and Bailey were con vie ted and sentenced to dismissal and Lieutenants Foley and Hammond wen acquitted. The sentence in each cas was approved by General Otis and wen dftcnosed of without dismission to the authorities at Washington. The reo nwu hikva Keen sent to the war depart raigued today and held in $10,000 bail ment or file an(J recorded in the offic for examination vveonesoay. ce.ug , ind8 a(ivocate general. unable to secure hail, ne was sens w At tne just8nce of the secretary ol Ludlow street jail. Late this after- wgIi judge Advocate General Liebei noon Neely secured the required bail will make a gpecjai report in the cast and was reieasea. Maior Kirkman, which report ai Aliased Dynamiter1 Trial. win have a bearing on the cases o Wellund, Out., May 7. The trial of Lieutenants Gregg and Bailey, as the Hullman, Nolan and Walsh, the alleged SHme legal principle is involved in eact dyuamiters, reopened here today. The 0f them. Generally stated, that Hr first witness WH9 W. O. Thompson, Uolves the right of General Utis to m the canal engineer. He estimated the miss the officers without the reference damage to the locks at from $1,000 to to the president, as commander in chiel $1,500. He gave bis opinion as to tlie Lf the army. It is admitted that such effect if tne locks had been blown out. nower is conferred on generals com The water, he eaid. would have swept niaudiui! armies in the field In time ol down the Grand Trunk railway tracks, War. but it is contended that no such washed out the Merriton station and condition existed in the case of Majoi flooded the valley of Fifteen-Mile creek. Kirkman at the time of the offensei William Wright positively identified alleged to have been committed. Nolan as one of the two men wuo naa The Mafeking correspondent of the Times, who also emphasizes the ex treme gravity of the situation, says: "It is impossible to ignore the fatal significance of Colonel Baden-Powell't reference to the hardships endured . by the women and children, among whom many deaths have already occurred. The commissariat is holding a certain stock of foodstuffs in reserve for use in the direst extremity." JAMAICA WANTS FREEDOM. been seen running away from the scene of the explosion. Here's a Flax Story. The best flax story is now reported from western Walsh county, says tht Omemee (N. D.) Herald, where t farmer raised 2,500 bushels of flax from 100 acres of a $750 farm and ia still selliuB it at home at tl .75 a buBhel for seed. A $4,875 crop off a $750 farm Sent for Newspaper Kaporter, Philadelphia, May 9. The press committee of the National Republican convention announces under the reso lution of the National committee all a t '1 5WU A VliUlU vavu va applications for press seats from daily ift h , newspapers for men who will be actu- . ally engaged In reporting the conven tion must be in the hands ot vv imam L. McLean, chairman, courthouse, In dependence square, Philadelphia, by May 15. It wil be impossible to con sider applications received after that date. The Pullman Katate. Chicago, May 9. The final report of the executors of the estate of the late Georee M. Pullman is expected to be filed in the probate court this week. It is believed that the report will show that the estate, which amounted to something over $8,000,000 when the will was filed, has grown to $15,000, 000 under the administration of Robert T. Linooln and Norman B. Ream, the executors. The compensation of the executors for handling the estate will I be more than $500,000, Startling Deathbed Confession. A startling deathbed confession was made bv Mrs. Van Horn, at Sioux Falls, S. D. She solemnly declared that she had murdered her mother, the wife ol Thomas Egan, who was hanged for the crime in 1882. A Human Plncuahlon. "People are always wondering where all the pins go to." "That's right, Do you know?" "No, but some Baltimore surgeons can account for 11 of them. They found them in a 'Human Ob t rich upon whom they were operating." Cleve land Plain Dealer. .' Delegation to Be Sent to England to Battle for It. Kingston, Jamaica, May 10. The latest development in the political deadlock here is the meeting cf the elected members of the legislative council, which took place April 25. At this meeting of the people's repre sentatives, a definite policy and line of conduct were decided upon. They agreed: 1 To adhere to their resolved par pose to take no part in the delibera tion of the legislative council 'until the four extra nominated members are withdrawn. 2 To send a delegation to England to fight the battle of political freedom for Jamaica in the house of commons. 8 In the event of failure, to offer themselves as candidates at the next general election, and, if returned, to persist in the policy they have adopted, that is, to refuse to take part in , the work of the legislative council, and thus force Mr. Chamberlain's -hand; In other words, to compel him to either carry out his threat to restore crown government pure and simple, or to with draw the obnoxious fonr members from the legislative council and restore the status quo ante. He who would not change the stones into bread for himself multiplied the loaves of others. United Presbyterian Arrested, She Killed Herself. Butte, Mont., May 10. Alma Fra delu, a young domestio, died thia morn ing in the county jail from the effects of a dose of corrosive sublimate, taken with suicidal intent. She had visited the housekeeper of John McAullffe, and after her departure she waa suspected of theft. After hor arrest she swal lowed the poison, and the faot did not become known until she wat in the Jail. Medical assistance waa summoned, but she died this uioruiiig. . , ,