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HILLSIMHtO, OltKMOX, THURSDAY, FKKUUAIIV 21, 1901.
NO. 40.
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Doings
tsmptr naive Rivkw of th Important IUp
ptntags ol th Past Weak k
Conotmed Eorm.
A rll pnrrliu waa captured on th
Cavitu coast.
I)lrlrl Filipino were landed at
Guam, January 13.
I'nut Armand r-i'vmtr, the Frenoh
pnet and I'tlllO, t dead.
The national ooiiveullti ol butter
niaknra Ik lit iou In K. Paul.
Cougar hat Ix-bii Instructed In proteel
agalu.t lb proponed espeditmtt,
yA ln rwlil Nl Millwood, Kail., re
sulted In Ilia killing nl a woman.
London ll enveloped ill a dense log
Which baa caueed many accident.
Kttiployaa ol two Manila ruinpnule
hav bct-u arrestod fir aiding tb n-b
la.
Tli forlgo envoy gaxe China night
day lo which lu Iwuo satisfactory
tllcli.
Minister We) will apeak In Cleve
land, O., on 'Weahtuglou and Coufu
eiu." Hoven hpdlaa nl tha 66 entombed
miner al Uumn. II. C. be beeu
takeu out.
prniia la raging at Chrieit uia.
Ilcurik Itr. lh .SurnaUu poet. la
111 of iht malady,
Ktvamahlp Aliunnl Rrim-b collided
with th AlorriMio atieet bridge, si
Portland, Or., wriouly dautaglug lb
structure.
Orders will b issued by General
(Ml today direct lug lb Immediate eu
lialmenl of man lor th new Twenty
ninth lufautry.
Th opening einn ol th 10th eon
Itoeutal conirrtaa ol tba tt ual So
ciety ol the Daughter ol the American
lUvolullon a hold at vVeahlogiOU.
SUIT neach grower of Cats be
Island. Ohio, hav formed a rombina
Hon to flitbt th San Joe oal. 1h
aaauolatlon will suray Ihe trees with
crude oil.
It I bellevwd Whltelaw Raid Is lo
be named auvoy eitiaordluary nl th
llnlla.l Ktataa at the Ooroualion lit Klllg
F.dward VII, whl.h will probably1 Ink
X place In June.
I Important it tht State Capital
kill PelSd.
To Prevent Hoboing.
A bill to prevent riion beating
their wy on railroad train wa passed
by the house Monday, Th bill waa
Introduced by Poornian, at th re-quest
nl railway employe! and manager. It
la a nopy of th law now in force lu
Alabama, and 1 deelgued to put
atou to th I rain n nuisance. Th result
ul such law In Alabama wa ahown by
Mr. I'ooruian to b lar reaching In II
effect, putting a atop to car robbing.
The bill wa paaaed, there being no
negative vote.
Passed kv the Senate.
The annate paaaed the lollowiug btlla
Monday: llime bill II. to uthorie
clerk of acbuol diatrlct and county
Ju'lgr Ul bid lu properlT wild for taxe
au I to illroot the nmnmir lu which
ui'h pnirty may be dlapoaed of: avn
ate bill II'.':', to ronlaie cutely compau
lei; by heimtor lUwth, filing the aalar
lo of theoouuty treaaureri ol the atate;
aeoate bill 337, to authorize th capi
tal building coiuiuUalouera tooonatrunt
a dltoh lu order to aeeure water lor
the elate luatttutlona.
Te Pay State Taxu Twit Year.
Kcnate bill S'.'S paaaed by the
annate Monday. It provide that ttate
taxea thai) be' iayable by the countiea
two tenil-anuual InaUllmeuU. Tbla
change lu the law to propnted In order
harinoniie with the new law wincn
akea taxea payalile in the oountle
mlaouualiy.
in a Dtim fi
Sixty-Five Miners Are Entombed
No Hope for Them. '
MOSCOW PAPER SUPPRESSED.
CAUStD BY AN EXPLOSION OP CAS
Only Exit It the Mouth of Ihc Shift, Which li
rilled With a Huge Volume of Smoke
Relief Meaiurei Have Begun.
All of the big allk thread in aim far
taring niureru lu the Unitml Mete
are to be eoiianltduled. The mouey la
lobe furulahed by the t'nate Thread
f 'otiiiiauv. the vaiiiulixatliiu will lie
II.UOO.UIK).
The condition of Kin pre Frederick
Continue uunbauged.
Purchaae of MO cavalry horan in
Oreiron ha been ordered by the war
department.
A provincial (iovernment la in courae
of formation lu I urine, a iioruieiu i-u
on province.
(Jeneral Chaffee i not to jolu lu the
Herman exiirdition la China under
Von Walderaee.
Fire di-at roved Ihe I'nioii liailway
Ikxnpany'a baru at KIwihuI, K. I.
and 80 Duller ear, canning a loat o
$162,000.
Governor Hogcr ba appduted O
Mead Kmery, an additional judge
fur Kiuu conntv. Waab.. to et-rve until
the next electiou.
Klaht alleged lloxer leaden, after
trial bv nil! own of Chang Chi Tung,
the viceroy of Ilanko, have teen (!
onpltatod at that place.
William T. Hill, lor over 60 year a
prominent New Kug'and newapaper
editor, 1 dead ( grip, at th home
bll aou-in liiw in Denvnr, Col.
The acbooner Alice, which waa
the Nome tra.le laat year, ran on tht
rouki near the We at l'olnt llghthouae,
while en route to Seattle from Han
Pedro. The full extent of the damage
la not known. Hhe wax towed to Port
Towuaeud.
Fire destroyed the rythlnii opera
houa. tbe Hecond Natloual bank build
tug and the building occupied bv the
Southern K.xpreH Company, al Jack
aou, Teun., oaoalng a loa of $100,000.
It la believed two live wure loat In
the falling of the opera bouMe walla.
The bank ol Omaha, at Omaha, Tex
ba beu rolibud of $H,0U0 iu and
natter amounting to $3,000. The rob
ber made their eacape upou a hand
enr. The lone occupant of the bunk
wa decoyed Iroui town by bogu tele
grama, and remained away from Quia'
ha on the night of the robbery.
A verdict (or $1,600 for the plaintiff
wh rendered in the circuit court in
the cane ol J. J. Ilecker v. the O,
A N. Co., at The Dal lea, Oregon
Ileoker, iu June last, while driving
acroa the railroad track (our mil
weet of town, we itrnck hy n engine,
and mitnlued Revere injuries (or which
nit (or $2,600 wai brought.
The Senatorial Vet.
Tbe rota for ualor Monday tood:
II. W. Cor belt, S3; Kluger Hermann,
38; It. D. Inman. SO; lieorge II. Wil
liam. 1; U. K. 8. Wood, I; abaent. 8.
Twa Railroad BIIU Killed.
Th houae after apending nearly an
other ball day in cuuaideration of rail
road bill, diipoaedof two more VSed
ueaday. On of theae meaaure wa
oorman fellow-aervaiit bill. It w
debated at length, and althoutih even
lta upiiunent admitted it had good
point, It wa deleated bw a vote of 81
to 22. The other railroad bill which
waa d I -own! of, and which met a aim
er late, wa th bill ol llairl to nx
the llatdllty of railroad corporation
for injur lea. Hut 19 vote wr cant
iu favor of thia bill.
No Holiday at Salem.
Waabington'i birthday. February 32,
1 a legal holiday, but it i not a legia
lath holiday uuleaa the legislature by
peoiflo act ohooH to make It ao
naamuch a Wahington' birthday
happen Uil year to fall on the 40th
ay of tha leaalon (th oaual nay ol
in die adjournment) it 1 probable
that bualnvM will ba proceeded with
much aa uaunl. Tha coimtitntion ol
the atate doea not limit the aeaalona to
40 dava, but doea limit the total com-
iwuattlou of each meuibur to $130 at
S per (lav; therefore, few legialator
oan be expected to be aetl-aacrifl
ng a to work long for notblug.
ol
In
Bill Paiied.
aenate VVedneaday paued
The aenate Wednesday paued tha
following lillli: Senate bill 70, to cor
rot Ihe deacriptlon of the boundary o
Wheeler oouutv; aenate bill 143, to
protect hotel and boarding bouae keep'
era; by Hunt, regulating atreei ran
way In I'ortland; euate bill 73, to
enact th Jorreu ay item ol reglatra
tlouol land tltlea; aenate bill 173, to
regulate inanrauce compauiei; aenate
bill Kl, to provide (or the eluoliou of
road (upervlaora; aenal bill 187, to
ornate the ollioe of county auditor of
Multnomah county; aenate bill 217, to
amend the charier of Sherwood; aenate
bill 316. to fix the aalary of proaeout
lug attorney iu the Heveutb judioial
diatrlct.
The houae Wednesday paaied hill
a follow: houae bill 37, providing
for uniform ayitem of mine boll aig
nala; houae b'll 146, making it a crim
to remove or interfere with mining lo
cation marki; house bill 127, regulat
ing the supply of water (or Irrigation
purpose. .
Tht Senatorial Vote.
The joint vote for senator Wednes
day was: II. W. Corbett, 82; Blnger
Hermann, 29; George II. Williams,
1; K. D. Inman, Democrat, 26; W, K
Robertson, Democrat, 1; absent, 1.
Oregon Notes.
The Robins saw mill, six miles east
of Union, has been leased by a man
from the Kant.
Eugene veto. ana of the Spanish and
Philippine wars are planning to organ
iae a local association
A paper li hetug circulated at New
bnrv soliciting subscriptions to stook
(or the purpose of operating a cannery
Tom Gilliam 'a log drive, consist
ina of 4.000.000 feet, is stranded in
Ihe Mohawk waiting for a freshet.
Vanoouver, II. C, Feb. 18. Sixty
five miners are Imprisoned iu No. I
lhalt of the Cuml erlaiid coal mine on
Vancouver Island. The only exit 1
Ihe mouth of the abaft which I fi lied
with a huge volume of flame. There
I considered to be uo possibility for
lb oufottunates to eacai.
Detail el Disaster Meager.
Detail ol the dieaater are meager.
Tbe Cumberland mine la near the vil
lage of Union, about 60 mile north
ol the town ol Nanalmo, Th) only
telegraphic communication hum Un
ion is by a single government wire,
and little is known ol th tragedy in
tha mine except that a terrible axplo-
aluu occurred iu No. 6 ehalt ol tbe
Cumberland about 11 o'clock this
morning. Following ths explosion th
abaft camiht Hie. and the 66 miners
ho were working .nail a mile irora
tha entrance were caught In la death
trap. A relief party from No. 6 shaft
ede a brave but futile attempt at a
rescue, lney were neaaea ou oy u
re and could not reach the Imprisoned
men. ine attempt at rescue waa rains
through No. 6 shaft, but the flame
re vented any development or the per
ilous venture,
The Cumberland mine is one of tbe
wooer ties of th Union Colliery Com
uany, situated near toniox ana
reached Irom Uulou bay by the private
colliery railway crowing the Trent
iver on which tha memorable linage
lisaster occurred a year or two ago,
It baa been singularly furmoate here
tofore In iminuuity from disaster and
wa counted au especially safe mine to
work in by reason of the character of
tha formation In which the coal li
found there, and tha manner in which
it had been opened up. o. 6 abaft
the ecene of the disaster, was liottomed
in October. 1HUK. at a depth of 814
feet. It Is well constructed and tim
bered, with a mud wall, tha pit bot
torn being timbered with 12x18 sawn
hulk, built solidly together, 16 feet
wide and 13 feet high. The abaft 1
located close lo tbe lallway, and th
ventilation ol the miua i effected by
14xS foot Huibal fan, which, when ran
to itt full rapacity, give 85,000 oublo
feet of air circulation per minotu
The air enter by the haulage slope
and is divided into seperate splits, the
malu snllt beinK at the point where
No. 2 brandies off the main slope
part of the sir going down each elope
Further dowu eacli of ttieee elopes ine
air is again split, audfeut to the work
ings east and weet ol the respectlv
slopes.
A aeoond explosion occurred in ro,
shall touight, but it had been ex
Deoted. and all the men had left the
working!. There were no casualties
This explosion prevent uy further
effcrta being male to resoue the en
tombed miner through No. 6 shaft.
for th Publication of University Bulletin
320 Students Hav Beca Arretted.
St. I'etershurg. Feb. 20 The min
ister of the interior. M. Klpiagulne, on
Saturday ordered the snppreaeion for
three months of Ihe Noroatl Dnja. a
M of cow newapaper, which has violated
the prohibition against the publication
f university bulletins. A secret cir
cular ha been issued reminding all
tbe newspapers that th prohibition 1
now effective.
Information ba been received here
that 830 students hav been arrested in
Moscow, presumably the whole a-
semblv which obstructed the lectures
innng the student. Kighteen stu
dents were arrested here, hot were sub
sequently released. Fending a decis
ion in their case, howver, they were
forbidden to re-enter tha university.
Sixteen additional arrests were subse
quently made. Iha forestry institute,
near by, held a meeting and declared
the institute closed until the sentence
aginat th student should be revoked
aud military law repealed.
The institute of railway engineer,
by a vote of 280 to 100, declared for
obstruction. Tbe military and medi
cal academy student met, with the
permission of General Kooroptkin, the
minister of war, the latter merely
warning them that he could not pre
vent the operation of military law if
obatructlonary tactic were adopted
Of tha 800 who were present at tbe
meeting only 150 favored obstruction,
BE 11 I
Chaffee Is Not to Join the Ger
man Expedition.
THE COVERNMRNT PACES A CRISIS
Stele rjrtirnt May Try te Dissuade fkrlm
Authorities From Undertaking This Cam
paign Chinue Art te Blame
LEFT $70,000,000.
Huntingloa-! Eitete Mm Since Increased $10,-
000,900-Pay $700,000 Inheritance Tax.
New York. Feb. 20. Executor of
the estate of Col lis P. Huntington,
have deposited with the controller a
certilied check for $700,000, to cover
the amount of the inheritance tax
hlcb will be collected by the etate
The deposit Indicates the worth of tbe
estate at the time of the testator' death
to bave beeu approximately $70,000,
000, which ba now been increased
about one-seventh, making the present
worth $H0,00O,t)OO.
The size of tha check indicate that
the Huntington estate in value will
more than double the animate placed
upon it at the time of the death of tbe
California pioneer. Owing to tha rise
in railroad securities during tbe last
six months, tbe Huntington estate is
now worth almost, if not quite, $10,
000,000 more than it was when th
will was offered for probate. A th
inheritance tax la based upon the value
at the time of the death of the testa
tor, the estate would now seem to be
woith approximately $80,000,000.
No accntate idea as to how tbe Hun
tlugton million are invested ba yet
been made by tbe exeoutora.
TRIED BY A MOB.
The Taft commission code requires
voter in the Philippine to own real
estate worth 600 pesos.
A shea Waba, an actress, who attend
ed the matinee at the Crescent the
ater, lu New Orleans, was fined $1$
for refusing to remove her hut, in vio
lation of the high hut law.
The choir o( the Messiah Episcopal
ehurch in New York weut on a strike
because th rululster accused them of
flirting.
It
is consigned to the IJooth-Kelly, mill
at Coburg.
Barbed wire telephone lines are oom
Ing baok into fashion in Morrow conn--ty,
The lateat is one between the
ranch of C. K. Joues, near Kight-Mile
postollico and Heppner, via O. K.
Farnswurth'a ranch on Hhea oieek
aud the public road to Ilurdmau.
The recorder and olerk of Washing
ton oouutv oollected $211.80 iu fees
last mouth.
It i aunounoed from Ilariisbnrg
that David IHisey has sold his farm on
take Creek to M r. llusbee, from Wash
ington. The consideration is said to
have been $7,000.
The Heppner Milling Company lust
week shipped a lot of stwud-hand ma
chinery to Portland, Aa soon aa the
water open up aagln the mill will be
run to it full oapaoily day and night,
Killed by a Tiger.
IndUnapoli. Ind., Feb. 18. Albert
Neilsou, aged 15, employed as au ani
mal keeper at tbe Zoological garden,
in this city. ..a killed by a lleugal
tiger today, lie entered tbe tigei
can and was attacked by the beast.
A terrible struggle followed in wiiton
Net I son was torn In a hundred places.
Red hot irous were tbiust into th
blood thirsty animal, but not until
even bullets had been fired Into itt
body did It release its bold on it vio-
tim. Nellson was dragged Irom th
cage more dea I than alive, and wa
hurried to the oity hospital, where lie
died as he waa being oarrie I in. Tht
tiger was not fatally wounded. Neil
son had been employed by the Zoo
company three years, lle was in
charge of the lion's cubs, and it is sup
posed opened tbe tiger' cage by mil
take. General to Retire Today.
Washington, Feb. 18. Generals J.
H. Wilson, Fiuhugh Lee and Theo
dore Schwau will be retired tomorrow,
the last named on his own applloaion.
Colonel A. S. Daggett, Fourteenth in
fantry, will be promoted to a brigadier
oeuetalphiD. ancceeding Schwau, and
will be retired immediately.
May Arrest Without Warrant
PittBburg, Ta., Feb. 18. -In tbe snU
af John B. Bennett against fr'eoret Serv
ice Agents Flynn and Berriman and
Deonty Uuited States Marshal W. S.
Blair, who war charged with malic
inn treanas assault and battery in
connection with the arrest of the plain
tiff. Judge W. M. Achin, in the Unit
art States court, handed down an im
portant opinion. He makes a prec
dent in deciding that United State
marshals or their deputies oan maka
arrests in emergency oases without
warrant.
Found Dead on the Desert
Tucson, Aria. Feb. 18. Gorga
Wheatley a well-known mining man
and two Mexican miners were louud
dead in their tent, one mile from tha
mining camp of Sohulta, 80 miles from
Tucson. Wbeu found the parties had
been dead for several days, indioa
tlon point to death from charcoal
fumes. Some bollove that the men were
poisoned. The body of one o- tha
Mexicans waa being consumed by Art
whan tha remains war discovered.
Tennessee Negro's Juror Hanged Him He
Confused. Implicating Others.
Dyertburg, Tenn., Feb. 20. An un
known man broke into the residence
of Dr. Arnold, a prom'nent physician
here, yesterday, and struck Miss Eliza
Arnold on tha bead and side with a
hatchet. She fainted without seeing
tbe assailant, who became frightened
aud tied. Bloodhound followed the
trail from the young lady room to the
house of a negro uamed Fred King,
where a hatchet was found in a bnreau
drawer. King aud two other negroes
were arrested but the latter were re
leaaed. A mob formed and would
have lynched King bat (or the plead
ing of Dr. Arnold, who insisted upon
having better evidence of gnilt. A
mob formed today and took King from
the jail and tried him before a jury
selected from the mob. He contested,
triplicating several other negroes, and
was then nangeo. Anotner negro
named Beebe has been captured,
charged with complicity in tha assault,
and prohab'y will meet the same late
NEGOTIATIONS BROKEN OFF
Danish Government Will Not Sell Us Danish
West Indie.
Washington, Feb. 20. Tha United
State government is lacing a aenou
crisis in China, owing totb announce
ment of the purpoae ol Field Marshal
Count von Walderse to begin anotn
er offenalva campaign. General Chaf
fee has been invited to Join m tne ex
pedition, w bioh U to be mobiliied on a
larger scale than anything attempted
In China since tha allied army oegan
tbe march to Pekin. Tha general ao
informed tbe war department today.
and the official of the tate depart
ment bar been advised of the itoa-
tioo.
Thi German movement i viewed
itb absolute dismay here, tor it xa
feared that it require an immediate
decision by the United State govern-
mant of it whole line of policy toward
tbe Chinese queitlon. General Chaffea
will be told that he is not to partici
pate in this campaign. Ha has been
keeping the American forces m ream
ever since tba city was pacified, simply
a legation guard, and tha Uerman
government i fully aware that tba
United State government purpoeeiy
deprived the A-nerican contingent in
China of its offensive military cbar
scter and withdrew it from tbe control
of General von Waldewee in order to
hasten peace negotiations and prevent,
so far as it could, tba continuance oi
military movement against the CM-
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nese, wnicn were naueiui
effect upon tbe peaci movement. So
our government, not having changed
it policy, cannot do otherwise than to
cause General Chaffee to refrain from
any participation In military move
ment o long as the present peaceful
condition continue.
But anotaer very serion point nnd
consideration is, not whether cnanet
shall join the German movement, bn
whether It is not the duty oi our gov
em men t to exercUe ail proper nor
to dissuade the German governmen
from undertaking this campaign.
The Chinese government la nntortu
nately delaying the peace negotiation
in an exaaneratin.' fashion, anu u do
responding in proper spirit to the effor
of tha united state governmwui
Word baa just come Irom Ministei
Conger which confirm the preas aa
vices relative to the uninese aecuna-
tion to accede to the demand oi to
ministers in the matter of capital pun
iahuient of the leaders implicated In
the Boxer movement. Mr. Conger's
message gave It to be understood that
tbe Chinese government had agreed to
exile Prince Tuan and ban witnout
nonital arthtences: to recommend sui-
r - .... .
oide to Prince Cnwang; aeatn ioi i u
Helen and Chao Chi Chao; Imprison
ment and degradation from office for
Chi Haul and Hsu Cheng xo. it is
said an edict ha already been issued
to execute theae sentences.
A visit from the Japanese minister
to the state department served to give
color to tba story that onr government
is casting about to ascertain bow far
the other powers party to the Lnmese
question would indorse wis proposeu
campaign. It la impossible w secure
exact information on the subject. The
whole subject, it is said, la to come be
fore the cabinet meeting tomorrow,
when the coarse to be pursued by tbe
United States government will be de
termined.
It is said unequivocally by competent
authority that the American military
foioes under no circumstances will
participate) with the Germane in tne
proposed expedition, ana, aiwougn it
cannot be learned that General Chaffee
has yet reoeived instructions to that
effect, he undoubtedly will nave turera
very shortly. The United States gov
r.,mnt stands steadfastly by tbe pr in
doles laid down in Seoretary Hay s
letter of July 8 last.
RESULTED IN MURDER,
Saloon Smashing In Kansas With ratal Result
Raiders Wert Masked Men.
Leavenworth, Kan., Feb. 31. Twen
ty masked farmers, armed with shot
guns, attempted to raid a saloon at
Millwood, a small place 14 miles north
of here, last night, and In tha melee
that followed, Mr. Koee Hudson, wife
of the bartender, waa Instantly killed,
her bead being completely blown off.
William Webb, one of the raiders, was
shot in the arm, and two or three oth
ers were slightly hurt, una nunarea
shots were fired. The town is in a
lever of excitement, and further trou
ble is expected.
The saloon wa run by Mr. Michael
Lochner. Phe had been warned to
close the place by Monday, but lefaaed.
At 10 o'clock last night 20 men, all
armed and wearing handkerchiefs for
masks, approached tbe saloon. Two of
th namber entered and ordered drioka.
Barteuder Hudson bad scarcely set the
glasses on tbe bar when tbe men gave
the signal. Immediately the door was
hurst open and the masked men mshed
into tbe place. Hall a down shotguns
were rawed to the ceiling and fired.
apparently to warn the saloon keeper
that they meant business, while two
men approached Hudson with leveled
inns. Hudson grabbed tba barrels of
both guns for an instant and then fell
to the floor. Tbe guns were discharged
as be fell, tbe discharge from one strik
ing the wall and that from the second
piercing the stove.
Mrs. Hudson rushed to the scene
from tha living room in tbe tear and
stood in the doorway. She bad barely
reached the spot when a gun was level
ed at the spot and discharged. Tbe
shot struck ber in the forehead above
the eyes, and she fell mortally wound
ed, llmlson rushed to hi wife's side
to administer to ber, bat h died be
foie h could carry ber to another
room.
During tbe (hooting William Webb,
one of the raiders, waa accidentally
shot in the arm, and two or three oth
ers were wounded slightly. A few
more shots were fired, but tbe mob,
-, at tnm fcillina nt Mr, lladson.
AIDI I Rill
Employes of Manila Compmks
Under Arrest
THE EVIOENCE IS STRONG AGAINST THEM
Bel. tan Censal, Who Was Abo Sewpected, tUatt
ty left I Europe-Raael Garri
Captured on Cavil Coast
Count. .,m wj wj. uu n m ine a cum
plaint aaginst them of murler in the
fiist degree. Back of the alleged laid
there is said to have existed a feud o'
long standing
CHARGED WITH MURDER.
London. Feb. 20. "The Danish gov
eminent, " says the Copenhagen oorre
apondent of the Daily Mail, "has sud
denly broken oil all dealings witn tne
Uuited States regardig the sale ot the
Danish West Indies. Ibis ia due to a
satisfactory offer made hy the Danish
Hast Asian Steamship Company to as
sist aud in the future to administer the
islands. The American government
has been notified as to this decision."
The Copenhagben correspondent of
the Times says:
From a competent souroe, I learn
that the Danish West Indies will not
be sold daring the present parliament
. n i. ,j . jit f
arv session, ine synnicavo wm lorin
a new trans-Atlnutio steamship com
pany and undertake other commercial
nnternrise in connection with the
islands, wbose excellent ports win he,
It Is presumed, invaluable when the
Nicaragua canal is finished.
The negotiations are still uncom
pleted, but they will be settled before
October, and tbe negotiations with the
United States will then be oropped.
Skagway to Dawson.
Taooraa, Feb. 20. Advloes have
been reoeived here that the White Pass
& Yukon road bave purobased the
property of the Canadian Development
Company, to take effeot April 1. By
this extensive acquisition of properly
the railroad oompany praotioally ex
tends its line from Skag rfay to Daw
aou. Tbla practically gives the White
Pass Railroad Company the control of
Collision at Sea.
tiondon, Feb. 20. The Russian bark
Hoppet, Captain Lindblom, wnicn
sailed from Hull February 14 for Sa
nelo. has . been towed into Grimsby
with bows seriously damaged by col
lision on the night ol February 15.
with the steamer Homer, from Libao.
The Homer disappeared after the col
lision, and is believed to have found
ered, with tbe loss of 16 lives.
Mexican Mine Flooded.
Phoenix. An.. Feb. 20. Partlou-
lars have been received nere oi tne
flnorlinff of the Santa Rita mine, in tne
Baoatate mountains, 200 miles south of
Hermosillo. Four miners were
drowned and their bodies havs been
recovered. The flood was caused by
the opening of s vein by a blast. Ihe
main tunnel was flooded, ana wnne
miners in the upper end escaped, the
workers in the lower end were caged
like rats in a trap. Miners outside
made desperate efforts to rescue their
fellows, bat without avail.
Strikers Riot In Prance
Chalon Sur Soane. Franoe, Feb. 20
Striking metal worker marched
through the town today, compelling
other factories to olose, forcing open
the doors and bringing out workmen
nntil the strikers numbered about 800
men. The gendarmes and troops were
summoned and the rioters were dis
persed with fixed bayonets, after tbe
mariins? of the usual proclamation.
noDooy waa
Man Whe Killed Another Alleges it Was Done
in Self-Dcfcnse.
Vancouver, B. C, Feb. 21. A spe
cial from Greenwood, B. C, states
that James F. MoGill de Kiverr Is iu
jail charged with the murder of Harry
Rowand, who was killed at twnoro
laft night. De P.irerre is a French
Canadian who was formerly a civil
engineer in the eerivce of the Crow'f
Xest Pass railway. He has lately iieen
made the victim of several practical
jokes at the Denoro mining camp
De Kiverre killed Rowand with a four
inch casekniie, and while De Kiverre
admits that it was bis band tbat gave
the fatal blow, he deolares it was in
self-defense and circumstantial evi
dence in a measure confirms this view.
for Rowand had been drinking, ana
not finding sufficient excitement in jok
ing the little Frenchman, attempted to
hold him over a red hot stove, it was
then that the knife was used. Lie
Kiverre subsequently surrendered to
the provincial police. The deceased
was formerly a railway paymaster in
the East.
Laborer Had His Skull Crushed.
St. Helens. Or., Feb. 21 Yester
day morning Oliver Melville, au em
ploye of Day. Bell & Cannon s logging
camp, back of G ble on the line of the
Goble & Nehalein railroad, had his
sknll crushed by a timber, which was
moved by the fouling of the blocks on
one ot tne aonaey engiuea winuu i
used for hauling logs. Deceased was
23 years of age and leaves a wife aud
child. He was a new man and bad
just goue to work iu the morning.
The ooioner was anminouea ana a jniy
empaneled. The verdict exonerates all
connected with the work anu states
that "death was fro-' purely accidental
causes."
all the waterways to the interior, as it Fifty arrests wree made,
also controls the Atlln route. 1 seriously fnjured.
Manila, Feb. 21. Captain Jones, of
tbe Eighth infantry, has been arrested
at a town on tba bay province of La
guna, Florenta Ortuna and Migul
Ponce de Leon, agents of the Tabaca
le.ra Company, and William Webb,
Pedro Lorenza and Victoria Fcenta.
employed by the Philippine Trading
Company, on charges similar to those
brought against D. M. Carmaa, tha
American contractor, namely, furnish
ing tbe insurgents jrlth supplies. Tha
Tabacaleria Company, tha richest cor
poration in tha Philippines, i accused
of aiding tbe Insurgents often and
actively. Tbe men arrested are promi
nent and the evidence against them is
very strong.
M. Brixholterman, a Belgian, con
nected with tb Philippine Trading
Company, ba been arrested at Ma
nila, and M. Edward Andre, tbe Bel
gian consul bere, and manager of tha
Philippine Trading Company, hastily
left Manila with his family, on hi
way to Europe on tbe steamer, Monte
vidio. Andre bad previously been sus
pected. Other arrests are expected.
Colonel Schuyler, with 100 men of
tbe Forty-sixth regiment - on tba gun
boat Bos co, landed on tbe Cavite coast,
near Ternate, and, proceeding inland,
captured a small rebel garrison. Con
tinuing bis march along a mountain
trail. Colonel Schuyler was attacked
by rebels cf Trias' command. After
a sharp fight the enemy were beaten
and scattered. One American waa
killed and one was wounded.
The United States transport Rose
crane bas returned here from Guam,
after landing there tbe Filipino prison
ers who bave been deported to that
place. Tha prisoners were landed
January 12. They occupy an excellent
prison site, four miles from Agana.
The prison ia called the Presidio. It
is situated on an ascent, and strict dis
cipline is maintained.
The officials of tba branch of tba
Hong Kong bank here, bave announced
that Ross, the Englishman In their
employ, who wrote a letter published
in an Australian paper, criticising tbe
Philippine commission. American offi
cers and American policy in general.
has been ordered to proceed to Hong
Kong. The British community hare
is well pleased that the man bas been
sent swav.
General MaoAithur's reception at
Mslacan exceeds anything in the Span
ish regime. Tbe palace waa beau ti (al
ly decorated and brilliantly il lami
nated. Thousands of persona attended
from army, navy, official, consular.
clerical, business and social eirclee,
American and foreign. The Filipino
population wan well represented.
General Barry was master Of ceremon
ies. General MacArthur and the ladies
of the United States commission re
ceived tha guests. Danoing followed
the reception. The Filipinos vera
especially pleased at being aoeorded a
privilege never before afforded them.
and General MacArthn.-'s taot and
courtesy were greatly appreciated.
Shot Brutal Father.
Fort Wayne. Ind., Feb. 21. Bessie
Slater, aged 15, shot and probably la
tally Injured her father to save her
mother from death at bis hands, tne
little girl was taken to the police sta
tion and after an inquiry was let go.
Slater came home in the ever, ing,
threw his wife on a bed and proceeded
to oboke her. The little girl secured
a revolver and fired a bullet Into her
father's baok, inflicting a dangerous
wound.
Rochester Bank Fails.
Rochester, N. Y., Feb. 21. The
Genesee National Savings & Loan As
sociation, with offices in this city, has
gone into the hands of receivers. The
liabllites, which are about $200,000,
are more than double the assets. -The
receivership waa established upon
petition of State Superintendent oi
Banks Kilburn. John H. Bosworth,
who is the treasurer ot the association,
was named ai reoelver, giving bonds in
$30,000. '
IN A VENEZUELA PRISON.
Asbury Park, N. J., Mm in Jail Incommunicado
for a Term of Five Month.
Nw York, Feb. 21. H. C. Bnllts,
of Ashbury Park, N. J., after having
endured imprisonment for more than
five months in Maracaibo, Venezuela,
bas returned home to press a claim for
$50,000 damages through the United
States government against tbe South
American republic
Mr. Bullis was appointed mechani
cal and electrical engineer of the Mara
caibo Electric Light Company two
years ago. lu a political uprising be
was compelled to climb a telegraph
pole and seek protection under an
American flag, which be tied to tbe
pole. , -
The police last Auugst found a quan
tity of ammunition in the electric plant
with which Mr. Bullis was connected,
and be was arrested, charged, aa ba
supposed, with being In league with tbe
revolutionists, lie declared his Inno
cence, but repeated appeals to the
American consul were unheeded. Tba
authorities, believing he had no friends,
caused his removal to a military prison,
where he was kept five months incom
municado. Mr. Bullis smuggled a let
ter to the American minister and in 24
hours afterwards the Venezuelanu gov
ernment complied with a peremptory
demand for bis release. '
Contract for Yukon Boat
Pittsburg, Pa., Feb. 21. Jams
Reese & Sous bave just taken a con
tract to build for the Canadian Devel
opment Company a $100,000 tow and
passenger craft to ply on tbe Yukon
river. The purchasing company is a
Chioago interest, of wbioh W. H. Ison
Is one of the chief executives.
Girl' Battle With s Negro.
Kansas, City, Feb. 21. While kneel
ing at ber father' grave at Elm wood
cemetery today, Dora Dezell, 19 years
old, was aiisanlted by a negro. fMie
fought her assailant desperately, tha
two struggling for nearly ball an hour.
The negro was finally frightened away
by the appioacb of a whit man.
When tbe man reached Miss Detail
she was in a dead faint. Tonight she
ia in a serious condition, Jpi ."ITO
escaped,