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The SI JnlILLSB.R6 NO. 52. VOL. VII. IIILLSBOIIO, OUEOON, THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 1901. a ns or i is From All Parts of the New WorW and the Old. Or INTEREST TO OUR MANY READERS Campfthuuiv. RtvUw l tha hfsrtaat Hag ptntagiof It PattWeskmg Ex President Harrison Is tying. Th Idaho legislature bn.i ad journed. The Thirtieth voltinteertt arrived at San Kramisco. There I friction betwe-m British kmt Russian In Pekln. Hon. C. T. Gotham, ex-minister to the Netherlands. U doit. Carnegie dent that he U going to Europe with J. I. Morgan. China appeals to the United Btstes for protection from Huaala. Tha mliilater have prepared an other Hat of guilty Chtuoae. Tha great Manila It plant will be controlled by civil authority.. Provincial government waa estab lished at I. metis, Tagabaa province. Malone, N. Y . oltli iala raptured it Chinese on the bonier north of Malonfl. Two men were killed and tuvera) Injured In a railroad collision In a Chicago aulmrb. PROPOSED Y COLOMBIA. tchtms for th United State to Ao quln tha Panama Canal. NEW YORK. March 12. According to a apeclal to tha liarald, Benor Bllva, tha Colombian minister to tha United Slates, haa already informally sub mltted propoaala to Secretary Hay for tha acquisition of tha Panama caual by thla government, and haa been Invited to dlacuaa them further. Preliminary protocol, were entered into aoma time ago with Coata Rica and Nicaragua, ao that these two countrlea during tha aummer will probably be merely Intereated spec tatora of the move, which the United States, Great Britain and Colombia will make. It la understood that theae are tha eaaentlal polnta which the Colombian government will urge: A tease for a term of year, ao long as the United Bute may dealre, not exceeding 200 yeara, of the territory across which the Panama canal la being construct ed; In return for auch leaae Colombia la to receive either a percentage of the lai on tonnage paaaaga through the canal, or a lump compensation; recognition of the rlgbta ot tha French company, which will aell Ita conceaalon with Colombia's cousent to tha United States. online Items of Interest From All Parts of the State. COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL HAPPENINGS IS CLOSE TO DEATH. LI Hung Chang' Lift Hanga by a Thread. : PEKIN, March 12,-1.1 Hung Chang : la again seriously III, and bis physic ; Ian aaya his life hanga by thread. Prince Chtng and Karl 1.1 seem to i think that by spreading rumors of the i c utrt's unwillingness to return to Pe- (Isylord, Blessing 4 Co., Hi l-oiiln km. unless this or that thing ta done. brokers, filed a deed of assignment, j they can Influence tha deliberations of the ministers of the powers. As a matter of fuel, according to reliable A Brief Revkw of the Growth and Improve. SMnte of ths Many Indtntrlci Through eut Our Thriving CeRHneawullh. Eugtna A new opera houae la to be built at Eugene: Athena Athena haa elected T. B. pttKe school director and J. W. Smith clerk. Baker City The Baker City post office will have a stamp-cancelling machine. Sheridan B. Radger, a Chicago mln Ing engineer, filed a petltlln In bank ruptcy with 158.000 Hub! II tic l.lalillltlrs are admitted to exceed tha asset by $.'.0.ooo, John Hare, the English srtnr nuw pl-iylng in Chicago, announced that ut the conclusion of his present tour, five weeks hence, he will permanently retire fiom the stsge, reports from Hlnan Fu, the Imperial personagea are eitremely uncotuforta ble at Blnan Fu, where they llvt In tha house of the governor, which la only a small structure. Trench mis sionaries who have just returned from The ilrooklyn bridge authorities are rontentiilttttiie rmntelinf the bridge to allow of the multiplying of Stnan Fu believe that tha empress elevated bridge trains. The cost will , dowager would bring tha court back be In the neighborhood of fl .ooo.OOu. ! to Pekln on the urst offer ot the al Jessie Morrison, whoa first trial j . having aa a baata tha removal of for the murder of Mis. Ollu Castle ' the troops, etcept the legation guards, resulted In no verdict, wna committed ! . to Jail at Kldorsdo, Kail., In default i Conger left Pekln for of 15,000 ball, to await a second trial. A receiver hns been appointed for the Ohio Debenture Company, of Co lumbus, on the application of a stock holder, who siiys the outstanding In debtedness la 2G,voo, and the assets not more than $75,000. Minister home, England rejects the Hay Pounce fote treaty. A Filipino band waa defeated near Banta Crus. Sixteen Uvea were lost by the storm In Arkansna. President McKlnley will start for the Paclltc coast April 30. Victims of the plague are dying In the streets of Cape Town. A secret society burled alive na tives friendly to Americans. The French ei consul at Manila it accused of dealing with Insurgents. Eight persona were killed ami many Injured by an explosion in a Chicago laundry. Carnegie haa offered 175.000 for a library to Davenport, la., and also tu Bprlugfluld, III. Klrby Graves, Hill Johnson anil Henry llrooka, negroes, weie hanged at Richmond, Ark., for niurdur. The Pennsylvania house of repre suututives adopted a resolution favor ing the eloctlun of aenator by the people. Relatives of Oregon school direct ora cannot be employed aa teachers without unanimous consent of the board. A cloudburst In Maricopa county, Arizona, carried away five miles of track ot the Maricopa & 1'hoenlx railroad. Oregon Inw which abolishes office of fish commissioner, and creates a similar onn. Involves question of whether latter repeals former by Im plication. Two highwaymen entered the vil lage ot Upe, near Emporia, Kan., and held up a doxen people, the occu pants of two stores. , Antonio Leonardodl, Antro Dlmet and Abram Burturl, miners at the Nellie mine, In Bear Creek, Cola, were caught by a snowalide. Two men were killed outright nnd three Injured by a dynamite explosion at a quarry near Kl Puho. All were Mexicans except the foreman, Chas. Bhely. Navajo Indians, In New Mexico, are becoming restless becatiBe of the ab sence of two or uirea of their num ber, who are attending a Chicago exhibition. County Judge Gregory, at Louis ville, held that the Pullman Palace Car Company la not a railroad and that Its rolling stock cannot be taxed aa railroad property. The Colorado Htockgrowors' Asso ciation adopted a resolution request ing the department of the Interior to send an Inspector West to Inquire Into local conditions and give settle 's, cuttle-owners and others a hearing relative to forest reserve regulations. HARRISON IS WORSE. Rs- Ex-Preeldsnt's Condition New gsrded aa Sertou. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.. March 12. The condition of ex President Harri son Is serious. Dr. Jameson stated today that the upper part ot General Harrison's left lung waa Inflamed. There la some danger ot the conges tion extending to the rest of the lung and to the right lung. Until 3 o'clock thla afternoon, General Harrison waa resting easy, but at that time he be came slightly worse and Dr. Jameson waa called. He said that he waa cer tain nouilng waa to be apprehended for tha next 48 hours, but the age of the patient render all calculation uncertain. At o'clock this evening General flarrleon waa Buffering some pain, but waa reatlng comparatively easy. TO ORGANIZE GOVERNMENT. Philippine Lav for Commission Luctna. MANILA, March 12. Judge Taft and bia associate of the United States Philippine commission, accom- paalod by their wive and a number ot prominent Filipinos, embarked to day on the United States transport Sumner and sailed for Lucena, Prov ince ot Tayabaa, Luton, where they will organise the provincial govern' tnent. At the time of their departure the pier waa thronged with natives. The insurgents have surrendered 500 rifles In the Province of Pam panga, llulacan and Bataan during the last tour week. The Methodist report 120 convert In Manila last week, and the Philip pine Evangelical church claim to have secured many new member. The Dallas The Dalle treasurer hsd an available cash balance March 1 of fl.65G.64. Eug.ne A large electric trans former has arrived st Eugene for the lighting company. Baker City Improvements to cc.it 120.000 will be made In the Warshuer hotel at liaker City Eagle Point It la reported from I.ttgle Point that early frosts have not Injured growing wheat. Pendleton Water meter for the Pendleton water system have arrived and are being aold for 1 10, $15 and 120 each. Gold Hill It la reported that a rich three-foot vein of gold-bearing quarts haa been struck on the old Clock place near Gold Hill. Perry The Grand Ronde Lumber Company will start up Ita mill at Per ry this week. About 4.000.000 feet of log are on hand. Coqulll Farmers on the north fork of the Coquille report hay scarce In that part of the country; but stock la In fine condition. Henderson The wagon bridge at Henderson etatlon, which went out with the last freshet la replaced and opened for travel. Foota Creek Several tona of ore from the Dixie Queen nine, in the Knot Creek district, are aaid to have Icldnd over 1100 a ton, Lakeview The old electric system i for lighting the town ot Ijtkevlew has been discontinued, and will be re placed by the town plant. Eagle Point There la considerable nnxlety over the proposed ditch from Fish l.ake to the valley, fears being entertained that the company will tuk so much water out of the streams that there will not be enough left for Irrigating purposes and to run the grist mill. Pilot Rock A painful accident oc curred at the Warner sawmill, twelve miles south of Pilot Rock. Will War ner, while riding on a log carriage, vas struck on the bead, and while tunned leaned over In such a man ner that a large piece of flesh was cut out ol his thigh by the saw Unity It Is reported from Unity on upper Burnt river, that there was a disastrous fire In that burg. James Payton'a general merchandise store was totally destroyed, Including quite stock roods The building was practically new, two stories high, (he upper story being usea a a dance hall. Ashland A petition has been for warded to Washington for the pro posed free rural delivery route south ot Ashland. The route reaches from Ashland eight miles to W. H. Shep herd's place, and returns via Emi grant creek. The number of families which would be served on this route Is 125, and the number of people 498, and one postqflice, Baron, would be discontinued. Fort Klamath Melhaae Bros., of Fort Klamath weighed 184 head ot beef cuttle last week at the Mitchell ranch and delivered them to George Kohlhagen of Roseburg. The average weight was 1252 pounds, from which was deducted four per cent, making the selling weight 1201 pounds. The price paid waa 7 cents, an average of 145.03. The total price paid for all was ?8,286.90. NEW COMPANY FORMED. Ultlmsts Object I to Operate Boat and Car From Spokans to Portland. NORTH YAKIMA. Wash.. March 13. The Upper River Transportation Company ha been Incorporated for the purpose of controlling a line of steamers on the Columbia liver. The boat will make regular daily trips from Priest Rapid to The Dalles atid carry the great wheat crop of Eastern Washington to market. The Incor porators of the company are J. M. hu.ell, Occrge C. Blakely and T. A. Hudson. In addition to operating on the Columbia, they will run a line of steamer to Lewlston, Idaho, on the Snake. In connection with the navigation of the livers a plan I under consid eration to construct an electric rail way through the counties of Dougla and Lincoln, in Eastern Washington, and connect with Spokane. The road will reach all ot the wheat center and be used for hauling wheat to Prleat Raoida. There It will be loaded on steel barges and hauled down the river to The Dalle. A portage rail way will be used to haul the barge around the fall and Into the Colum bia below, when the boat win be towed to Portland and the Pacific coaat point for shipment to the Ori ental market. The teamer Billings, which tia been lying on a rocky bar 20 feet above water a few mile below Paaco, Is now being overhauled preparatory to launching for the upper river traf- flc. A line of steamer win De run from the upper Columbia to Priest Raplda and open up the trade from the great mining districts in the Re public and surrounding country. ttlQUtlD SATS t 99 IN SOUTHERN LUZON. Provincial Government Established In Tayabaa. LUCENA, Tayaba province, South ern Luton, March 14. The United Stafaa rmw tnntnnrt with th Amr- Declines to Accept the Amended lean Philippine commission and their last evening. Thla morning the com missioners' party, consisting ot 50 per sons, crossed the shallow bar in the ship's boat and wer driven one mile to this town. The commission then proceeded with the 11 nit organization Canal Treaty. GREAT BRITAIN'S REPLY IS RECEIVED N Ceuattr Propyl Msds-lf Nctotiau.es H Provincial government in South Art KtuuaM R Mast a o this die Three Parson Killed by Tornado, Forest City, Ark., March 12. Three persons were killed and many injured in this vicinity last night by a tor nado, and 16 houses, and mile ot fence and many tree were leveled to the ground. Ten mile northeast the tornado shattered the house ot J. A. Woody, killing vVoody and seriously Injuring his wife and his stepson, Bob Allen, The other victim were ne groes, ' German plantation experts claim that the Samonn Island have a great future In coffee, tea, tobacco, cotton, etc. The Bell Telephone Company has bought for $500,000 a system of self- induction coils which make conver sation between New York and Lon don aa easy a between . near-by points. Holland gave Wllhelmlna a new crown costing 20,000. A Chicago catlie company bought 443,000 acre of grating and mineral land In New Mexico. An animal heretofore unknown, re sembling both the horse and the xe hra, haa been discovered In the Congo forest. New York commission merchant are ending representative to Cuba to purchase product (or. shipment to tali country. Rich Strike In Republic Mln. Spokane, March 12. A well-founded report from Republic. Is to the effect that $1,400 ore ha been struck In the Morning Glory raise. A streak ot eight Inches assayed that amount Assessments will cease, according to the directors. The BuUe & Boston mine at Republic has 18 Inches ot ore worth over $200 per ton, according to a statement ot Superintendent nice enon. Th strike 1 at a depth ot 1(0 ftt Tlx Text Withheld. Washington, March 13. The long expected anawer from the British government to the state department' communication reciting the action of the senate upon the Hay-Pauncefote treaty waa returned at noon today. Lord Pauncefote, the British am baa sador, had already acquainted Sec retary Hay with the fact that be bad The Province of Tayaba ha long been noted for the pacific condltlona existing there. In contrast to the neighboring provinces, which still pur sue a rebellious course. Colonel Gard ner, late of the Thirtieth volunteer In fantry, waa today appointed civil gov ernor of this province. Colonel Gard ner favor the maintenance ot friend ly relation with the natives, and is opposed to pillage, seizures, destruc tion of property and Imprisonment, except nnder necessity. Coionel Gardner, when in command of the win Friction Between the British and Russians at Tien Tsin. OVER A PIECE Or RAILROAD LAND .n T. D. ,m JTS JL'J Thirtieth infantry, was In control of KI . lh" bJeCt, Di " h1 thl. district ,and a a reult of hi ,LT':!f2r T'h Po", Population of active insur- f I!;.ii 7HaX,d ;CqUlr.ed genu ha been transformed Into Sf S r&iuh J2f jhp'"!1" friendly native, whose patriotism to of the British response. Lord Paunce- h ud state was considered to tote came to the state department at mor flrm, established than that .neJ f hT'-.nT nattrei of any other province tne answer with him and read it to . Lnxon S.'i' yi! in The first organisation of the federal instruction from Lord Lansdowne, ,,,, . ii .ir .""l."'.' ' ,0r'P ?2n: i TayVbi vto and M tlVnl MUTINY ON ALBANY. Sailors on American Cruiser Rebelled at Hong Kong. TACOMA. Wash.. March 13. Ad vices brought by the steamship Good win state that 75 sailors mutinied on board the cruiser Albany at Hong Kona last month. The cause waa lac It of money and liberty. The refractory sailors were placed in iron ana taken to Cavlte for trial. The Mohammedan rebellion in Kan 8u has assumed such alarming pro portions that the empreas dowager haa commanded General Feng Tte Sal to proceed northward from Can ton with baate and undertake tbelr subjugation. . The gunboat Ball and sugno, built at Hong Kong, for Slam, have been turned over to that government, with the object of striking terror to the rebels at Canton. Fourteen bri- ganda were executetd February 14. Four other men are being starved to death in cages exposed to public view. DEPUTY SHERIFF KILLED. Fought a Pitched Battle With Two Highway mtn. MILTON, Cat., March 13. New has Just been received here that Deputy Sheriff Holman, of Calavesaa county, waa ahot and killed at Wal lace, a email town near here, in a pitched battle wiu two highwaymen. One ot the latter ta reported seriously wounded. Two prominent resident of Wal lace were held up and robbed by the bandits. The men who were robbed Immediately reporteu the affair to the county omelaia, and Deputy Sheriff Holman. with a small posse, went to Wallace to arrest the robber with the result above noted. to Lord Pauncefote, and be left a copy of these Instruction with Sec retary Hay. At the conclusion ot the conference, It waa stated that the in struction to Lord Pauncefote were to notify the government of the United States that the British government did not see Ita way clear to accept the senate tuiendmenta. The amendments were treated In detail at some length In argumenta tive fashion, the purpose of the Brit ish government being to show that it had sound reason for declining to accept them. After disposing of the details, the note concludes with an expression ot regret that such a course was forced upon the British government. There was nothing - In live joined. The arrival ot the com mission with Colonel Gardner, wnoee regiment was recently given a pub lic farewell here, returning as ctvtl governor, was enthusiastically cele brated. The people of Sorosgan. a seaport on the extreme southern end ot Lu ton, have petitioned for a provincial government. The commission will top there later. A REAR-END COLLISION. Wheat Walla Walla. 56 56c; Val ley, nominal; bluostone, 57 He per bushel. Flour Best grades, $2.8043.40 J?re barrel; graham, $2.60. Mlllstuirs Bran, $16 per ton; mid dlings, $21.50; shorts, $17.60; chop, $16. Oats White, 44T45c per bushel; gray, 4243o. Hay Timothy, $!2(gl2.50: clover, $79.50; Oregon wild hay, $6)7 per ton. Butter Fancy creamery, 22HSc; dairy, 18fr20c. Eggs Oregon ranch, 1212c; per doxen. Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3.50 4; hens, $4.605; dressed, U12c Der Dound: snrlnics. S4ft4.50 ner dox en; ducks, $!6; geese, $56 per dozen. Potatoes 4560c per sack. Dried fruits Apples, evaporated, 6 6c per pound; sun dried, sacks or boxes, 34c; pears, 89c; prunes Italian, Big 7c; stiver, extra choice, 67. Mutton Gross, best sheep,- wethers, $4.75; ewes, $44.50; dressed, 6 7c per pound. Hogs Gross, choice heavy, $55.25; light, $4.755; dressed, 67c per pound, Veal Large, 77V4o per pound; small, 8 9c per pound. Beef Gross, top steers. $4.50 4.75; cowb, $44.60; dressed beef, 7 8c per pound. After careful and patient Investi gation the historical committee of the Society ot California Pioneer has learned that January 24, 1848, was the exact date of the discovery of gold In California by James W. Marshall. Black walnut canes tram a tree on the farm formerly owned by Abraham Lincoln in Harristown township, Ma con county, III., were given to th member of the cabinet by the presl dent to whom they had been sent from Illinois. General Young Returning. Washington. March 13. The quar termaster general is informed that the transport Logan left Nagasaki Thursday tor 8an Francisco with. Major General Young and the Thirty third and Thirty-fourth Volunteer reg iments. Oeneral Young, on his ar rival at San Francisco, will relieve General Shatter of the command ot the department of California, and the latter will be retired a a major general. EIGHT LIVES LOST. Forty-Two Persona Were Injured and several Are missing. CHICAGO. Marcn 13. By the ex plosion of a boiier In the Doremus laundrv. 458 West Madison street. this morning, eight person were in stantly killed, 42 were injured, ana several are missing. Th cause ot tne explosion has not been determined with accuracy as yet, and it will probably require an official Investigation to settle the matter. Renorts of the number of dead in the ruins run all the way from six to 20. It Is known that 36 employes ot the laundry had entered the place hefnre the exDlosion occurrea, oe- cause the automatic timekeeper found In the ruins snowed tnat numoer oi registered arrivals. Twj or three were entering at tne moment oi me explosion, making the approximate to tal of 40 employes in and around the building. It Is reported that an officer of the boiler Inspection department warned Mr. Doremus that the boiler was un safe to use In Its present condition. ljnmrlrv eniDlove8. however, ueciare that the boiler had not been Inspect ed, and therefore not condemned. The wreckage near the boiler and in tha east nart of the building at once took fire, and through the blind ing clouds of dust and smone ana escaping steam could be seen strug gling men and women, some of them half burled in wreckage, others feebly nnrfnavnrlna' to climb to some place of safety. hile from various part ot the ruins came cries tor neip. The fire department soon extin guished the flames and the work of rescue began at once. One by one h wnnnrifid and bleeding girls were carried to near-by stores, where they were given hasty medical aueniion and then taken to hospital in am bulances. Northwest Postal Order. Washington, March 13. The post offlce at Jett, Baker county, Or., will be discontinued after March 15, when mall for that point will be delivered at Lime. The name of the office at Victor, Mason county. Wash- haa been changed to Allyn Power From Niagara. About 12,000 horse power I trans mitted In the form ot electricity from Niagara to Buffalo. Freight and Stock Train Crashed With Fatal Results. CHICAGO, March 14. Two men were killed and eight other , Injured the nature of a counter proposition. In a rear-end collision early today be nor was any ooenlnx left for further tween a time freight and siock train, action by the British government It I on the Chicago c Northwestern rail- was stated that if there is to be a road, at Arlington Heights, a suburb further attempt to amend the Clayton- of thl city. Bulwer treaty, so a to authorise the The caboose of the stock train con United State to construct a water- tained 14 stockmen, and most of them way across he Isthmns, then It Is for were asleep when the train stopped at the United States to make the over- Arlington HelgcU to take on two car tures. The British government simp- of stock. Suddenly the time freight ly droos the matter at this noint. from 8L Paul crashed into tne toct The Hay-Pauncefote negotiation train caboose and plowed tnrougn have been in progress for something Into the next car ahead. Instantly over two years, and owing to the the wreck took Are. The crash great interests Involved, they have aroused the village, and the voiun- constltuted the leading international teer lire department responded to the question at issue before the state de- rescue and extinguished the name oartment. The treaty was signed and asalsted in taking out tne aeao prior to the opening of the 56th con- and injured. The caoooee and three gress, and wa submitted to the en- car were burned, and a number of ate in December, 1899. It at once head of stock killed. The doors to encounutered opposition in that body, the other cars containing stock were but after some delay was finally rat- in the meantime opened and the ifled after several amendments had- frlshtened animals allowed to run at been adopted. The chief issue was large. A relief was started irom cni made on what was known as the cago as soon as the wreck was Davis amendment While in terms reported. this did notrgive the United State a right to fortify the canal, yet In GREATEST STAMPEDE SINCE 1898. eeneral language it expressed the right of this country to adopt auch Effect of Throwing Open crown Mln- measures in regard to the canal . a Ing Claim in Alaska. were deemed necessary ror the proper VANCOUVER, B. C March 14. A maintenance of American authority. Bpeclaj dispatch from Dawson, dated jinor zxicuueu ucuun iu xuu,u March 1. say the stampede conse- ession two other amendment were .. ,lnnn th ihmwini onen of the adopted, and the treaty was ratified g0Vernment claim February 25 was a amended. The other two amend- the greatest since the palmy days menu abrogated the Clayton Bulwer ot lg98 The order mlii9 available treaty anu airuca oui mo proiiuu hundred ot lapsed claims, unsold ot the treaty which Invited other for- oneg fraction, etc. Under the new eisu Kuvemuicuu iu vuc" regulations tne Brst man to arrive approval of It make anrjllcation for the ground eeta It until fraud has been shown BOERS HELP BRITISH. I He may really be the tenth man who staked the claim by actual time, Dut Two Thousand of Them Art Ready he must swear that he saw no other to Enlist stakes on the ground when he DlipotttkMi Troops Uastr Vea Wi During ht Santaw Heaths Sn in i GtU ia tht Great WaL London. March 14. Friction haa arisen at Tien Tsin between the Brit ish and Russian over a piece ot land alleged to belong to the railway com pany and to have been la possession of the company for some year. Ac cording to dispatches from Tie Tsla, the Russians assert that thla land Is part of their new concession, and therefore, Russian property. Mr. Kin der, manager of the railway, began to make a siding, but was stopped by the Russian authorities. He appealed to Colonel Mac Donald, who referred the matter to General Barrow, Brifc ish chief ot staff, in Pekin. who re plied: "Carry on the siding, with armed force, if necessary." Guard were put on the Una by tne British, and the work continued. Gen eral Wagasak, the Russian command er, protested, and said the thing; would not have been done If the Rus sians had had aa many troops aa th British, adding that such matters should be left to diplomacy. Colonel MacDonald again communicated wlttt General Barrow, who replied: "Con tinue the siding." General Wagasak appealed to the Russian minister at Pekin. M. De Glers. Count von Waiuersee haa Informed General Chaffee that the troop under hi command will be disposed of as follows during the summer month: England will have 1,000 men at the summer palace, a small detachment in Hunting Park, and 2,000 men In other places. Germany will send the troops now in Pekln to a village north west ot the summer palace in the mountains, while the German troop at Pao Ting Fu will be located in the mountain west of the city. Italy will draw the troops from that part of the summer palace which some of her force now occupy. Japan and Austria will leave their troop In Pekin. Count von Walderaee any that as by such location ot troop any and all trouble can be avoided. he see no cause tor interference. BLOEM FONTEIN, March 13.-Gen- staked. Some of the unfortunate fel eral Dewet is reported to be moving lows w o t . mUr d ft. o northward steadily, at the rate or 25 , ' ,r" n. . j -.Hi . I were reserved by notice In the proc- "railway" to the' eastward He JamaUon Their four dayr" vlgi! i ta should now be west of KroonstadL temperature 40 egrees be iero Several small commandoes are In frightful experience for many possession of the southeastern por- ' 100 "v"- l 1a MtMiM DIiiab Anlntif) ffftn. I " rSado TO CONTROL FISH INDUSTRY. T17AnnA. CmlrhAnlrl tinrl RmiwiliA have been wlftdrawn. 9-tle Canner.; Truat Being Formed It Is lmoosslble not to be struck wPr. ... with the fact that a great portion of SEATTLE, March 14. From Ju the former enemies of Great Britain neau comes the report that there is In South Africa now frankly throw in a gigantic trust being formed with their lot with the British. Brandfort. many mllltons of capital, which wlli Kroonatadt and Bloemfonteln com- aosolutely control every nsh cannerj panles of ex-burghers are now bearing and the fish Industry of the entire arms against the Boers. Tney state Alaska territory. their obiect is not to operate against The report la to the effect tnat Mr. their former comrades, but to defend Onflroy, once president of the Pacific their homes and Drooerty against American Fisheries Company, a cor- maraudinsr bands. Every town In the ooratlon which practically controls Free State occupied by the British the fish Industry of the Northwest will soon become a center or Britian coast, is now in New ora wiy man influence, extending a long distance inr final arrangements for the incor- it) their vicinity. Over nooo reru- poratlon or tne company, wnicn wm gees are now within the British lines, hold in Its grasp the immense fish and many of them demand arms and industry ot Alaska. The fish iudus- permlsston to take the field. If their try ranks next to mining in Alaska, requests are granted it will be easy Seven canneries were In operation to get 2.000 ex-burghers enrolled on last year. The output was 11,029,968 the British side. pounds, the market value of whlct was $11,000,000. In addition to the JAPS WITH B0GU8 PAPERS. above, which was canned, 13,000 bar relB were salted, th emarket value or aa-iAA AAA VANCOUVER, B. C. March 13. It wnicn iow.w"" A Vine niirnhn nf Tana. I nese Immigrants attempting to cross Washington Sugar Beet Contracta, the boundary line from British Colum- Spokane, March 14. The Washing bla to Washington recently had In ton state sugar factory, owner of tht their possession fraudulent British nat- beet sugar establishment at Fairfield uralltatlon papers, the date or tnir wash., has made contracts tor d.uoi passports showing they had resided acres ot beets, and expects to con In this province only a fraction of tract tor 1,000 acres to be grown thl: the statutory period It was supposed season. The company contracts t. the traffic In fraudulent papers had pay $4 per ton for beets showing l: been broken up when the eommis- per cent sugar, and zt cents ror eaci slons of several notaries connected additional per cent un tne Dasis o with the practice were canceled by last year, this would aggregate $5 2 BIX HUNDRED CASES. Smallpox Epidemic Raging ' Near Pryor,' Mont. - BUTTE, Mont, March 14. A. JL Campbell, ot Pryor, who 1 In charge of the Pryor Creek subagency, on the Crow reservation, state 'that there are 600 cases ot smallpox in the -vicinity of Pryor, and that strenuous efforts are being made to stamp the disease out He asserts that Billing haa 40 cases of the disease, and that with its own case and the reserva tion cases, the detention hospital there has become so overcrowded that hundreds of cases - are being- cared for privately. The epidemic has reached a point where the county commissioners have determined to . erect a pesthouse near Pryor. A sin gular fact in Una connection is that up to date not a single Indian has contracted the disease. On Pryor Creek and the Crow res ervatlon, about buo persons are quar antined," said Mr. Campbell.; 'The first case broke out in Timothy' camp two months ago. Then the dis ease extended to McShane'c camp, and soon afterward to O'Connor'. A yet every case has been of a mild character. Everything possible is be ing done to keep the men from leav ing work and scattering smallpox throughout the state. The Indians were all taken up Pryor Creek when the disease first broke out, but now they will have to be moved, as small pox ha made its appearance on the upper part ot the reservation." the government some months ago. per ton. Builders' Trial of Illinois. Newport News, Va., March 14. O her builders' trial trip today, the bat Burglars Took $6,600 From Bank. Areonla. Kan.. March 13. The Dri- k.-i, . q,. tleshln Illinois more than measurei t ,u jTiM u Up to expectations. The ship war robbed by three men, and $2,600 in takenPont t0 aeep Beai wa! casn and H.uuu in regisiereu govern- gven B down the coast, the malr ment S per cent bonds secured, object being to test her boilers About $140 in gold and $8,000 in bonds Steaming out of the Virginia capes were left untouched. The robbers tne nauiesnip proceeuea bdoui a secured their tools from the Santa F lection house near-by. The vault wa entered through the brick wall, and th af blown open with nitroglycerin. mile down the coast. On her retur nnder a moderate forced draught, th bin's indicator showed her speed fo two hours' run to average 16.2 knoti an hour, with 107 revolution DAMS BURST. Nine Persons Carried Away by Flood; On of Them Being Killed. ' - PROVIDENCE, R. I., March 14. Two dams at Wanskuck, just north ot this city, burst, carrying away two wooden buildings containing nine per sons, one of whom was drowned. The upper dam burst first, and the water with a rush swept away the lower dam a few minutes later. Over tht lower dam were two wooden building of the Allen print work. These build ings were crushed by the flood. Fire men with rope tied around their bodies crawled over the ladder spliced together to those who were clinging to debris, which had become lodged. . The whole country below the ruined dam present a scene of devastation. Boy Robbed His Father. Chicago, March 14. Thrrteen-year- old Frederick Wlndbiel, the on of a saloon keeper, has been charged with robbing his father of over $4,000. The boy's aunt, Annie Sprout, is under arrest, and has confessed that Bhe and her husband Induced the boy to take the money from hi father. They told the hoy that Mr. Wlndbiel would defraud him of whatever in- ercrt he might have in the family savings, and that his only salvation was to get possession of the money at once. When the boy got hold ot the money they induced him to turn it over to them. Before be could be arrested, Mrs. Sprout's husband fled to Germany, and a cablegram ' ha been lent to the German authorities to apprehend Sproul when be arrive. Plenty of Recruit. Washington. March "14. An In crease of over 100 pec cent , in the enlistments for the regular army atnee. the recruiting was begun, February? 8, has encouraged war department Of ficials. They now feel confident thatr there will be no trouble in finding' all the men necessary to bring; thay' army up to it Just proportion be-? tore the date come tor th volunteer regiment to he mustered out' fr4 the week ended March S, Til raenOCf : were obtained.