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Eugene City Guard. I. I. OASsrnKI.L. rraarlator. EUOENE CITY ORKliQN EVENTS OF THE DAY An Inlareatlna; Collection aflaMM Vram tha Two llaHilsnharaa l'rlnl In .... -i i. i form. Three liven were lout anil several in jured by a fire and explosion at Kurt Adams, H. 1. AnbuMdor Jules Gambon will sail from Davie (or Now Vurk 00 January ?, to resume bit dotfat ut Washington. Senator llunna has Introduced in the senate, ami llcprcscntative Puyne in the house, a Mil to grunt ubnidii i (or American shipping. When Um pree ideal in his soul bet ri tour reached Mncon, (in., great n t lm -iiaiim was shown ud Um Confederate veterans tendered him a rcccftinu. The National Oaakot Com puny, of Pittsburg, !'., hits received (roui the United States government llll Oilier UM 4,000 caskets, thn largest single Ofdw of the kind over given, The oofflnf will ho used (or the pnrpOM of bring ing to thin country tho ImhIiom n( all the soldiers kill,- I in battle in Cnha, or who died trom disease there. Kut Portage, ' ntario, in in wihl excite ment, over a marvelous strike, in :! ill the Mikmlo )lrl mine. The core 11 1 1m a (tope 40 (eet high ami two ami a third (eet wide, and the richest ore in worth, on a conservative estimate fiom 125,000 to 36,000 a ton in free-milling gold. The ore in heiii put in barrels and Hack, and men are guanling It. The mine in owned in England. At a low estimate there iit now (250,000 in tight A tpecial from Washington, IX ('., Buys: There nre seers who predict that Uncle Him. will h me the huukci (or the world. Two Old World govern ments, llnssitt iin I Japan, have turned their faces to the United States in search of loans. Itussin, at leant, has liad agents sound American financiers. Thin is the first time foreign natloni have nought to float gn ' national loans in America, and the wine men think it in the beginning of iii" new era. At the Mi 17.1 1 ro insane asylum, in Havana, a horrible stutn o( atTnirn wits discovered. One hundreil and twenty inmates, emaciated and showing every sign of atiuvntion, are inn lined there. Mix IlloutliB ago there were over SOU in this asylum, hut dentil and starvation have reduced their numbers to about one-seventh o( that I k " ' The Span iali government withdrew ita gtunt, and although money waa mixed for tho Institution, corrupt officials embezzled moat o( it, leaving tho pntieuta (ban tu to. At a meeting "f (lie varioua religious Jmwiilinllmii bald in London, the csar's diaaiuiameiit propoanl una in doraed. Pour poisons were killed and othera seriously injured in I'nria bv the col lapae'of a houae in course of construc tion. It is fenied Uwt live I mi. I ICS still remain Inn n il in the debt is. The Brltiah steamer Pawnee bai ur- rived in New York (mm lioditenan eau polls, and brought 10 ship-wicckcd people, eight men and two Woman, who were taken (rom the disabled MllOOMf Daar Mill, o( Bi John's, N. H., in miiloccnn. Tho navy depnrlincnt hna ma le pub. lio a ieMirt from Admiml Schley cov ering that pari ( the nporntioua nnd move mi of the flying iquadrou from its tailing (roui Key Went (or Olenfuegoa up to, but not Inolodlngtba first bom bard pout, Aa a result of a coasting accident at Till l le creek, eight 0)111 from Pitta burg, Joseph West, agod 10 Veins, is dead and eleven others nie injured, I ho seriously. The sled collnpsed at the bottom of a sleep hill and boiled the patty with great force in every diroo tion. Thomas Jones, living near (1 r, W. Va., attempted to light u Hie with crude oil. An eaploelon oocorred, wrecking the room, and the dies-es id his twin daughters, aged 4 yems, ig nited. He waa too badly burnad to uaait them, and they Were so bi lly burned that both of them die I shortly uftei wards. Biportl to Ottba are aliendy begin' lling to show the etTect of reluiuing peace and the reopening of our port! to commerce. The (lelober liguios of the treasury department bureau of itetie tics show n m nked iuciense in the ex ports o( the Unltad Btatai to Cuba in nearly all artlolaa, compnriug Ootobara isths, with Ootobar, 1897. The international anti-aimrohistio conference which has been in pension here lor several weeks, bns proved n success, (treat secrecy is maiutillnad regarding the proceedings and conclu sions, but the delegates seem Mtlaflad th.it thev hnve laid a splendid founda tion lor a uniform system of dealings with anarchists. The confeience de clined to racognlaa anarchist outrages us political arlnati Minor News llamt, It ia rapOltad In court circles that Ptlnoa George of I i reece ia engaged to l'rincesa Victoria of Wnb'S. Mrs. Abide L Marble, sister-in law i f the Into James (t. II In i no, was killed in a runway at San l.enndro, Cnl. leu. John J. Dupuy, a prominent tS-Oon (adantta soldier, died in Mem phia. lie was in all the balttea of tho army of the Tennessee, and waa wounded (our times. The trustees of Wellealey Muns. (col lege announce a gift of 160,000 fnuii the Into Charles T. Wilder, of Wei lesley. At a meeting of the .board of man ager of the Ameiiuan liilde Society in New York Kev William lngraimm Haven, of Hrooklino, Mass., waa elect- ad secretary of the houtd. Commodore I'hilip, at present com manding the North Atlantic station in the absence of Admiral Kamon at Havana, has applied for assignment aa commandant of the Uoston navy-yard. LATER NEWS. Hi-naloi Mi lliideof Oiegon, haa In- froduced hill making Astoria the ter minus of the Iran- I'.n lln cable. According to a new time card of the .'treat Northern to go into effect Janu ary 1, the trans, onlinentnl sc hedule will be reduced 12 hours. Congress has adjourned until Janu ary 4. After the holiday recess the lights of (ieneral Wheeler and others to hold their seats will lie inquired into. Among a network of wires 20 feet above the ground, limlerick ( biabolin, a Chicago electrician, wsa alowly burned to death ill sight of aeveral hundred spectators. Colonel E. H. Harretf, national i ron blent of the Sons of the American Itev n lotion, was killed by falling from a window of his home at Concord, Mass, lie was 60 years of age. In Loaitvlllt, Kv., it is estimated by tbe health department that there are 10,000 oaaea of grip. The lavages of the disease have been so widespread that in some cases buainess has bueii seriously impeded. Hereafter brooms will coat 2 008 tl more apiece. Members of tbe BroOOO .Mniiiitm liners' Aasociution of the l inle l States met in Chicago and de cided to advance the price of brooms 26 cents a dozen. A rear-end collision occorrod on tho I'heuiiaylvanta railroad three miles (rom ltahway, N. J., which resolted in the loss of two lives and injury to many lrsona. Tho killed are William ('. Hewolf, a railway elurk; and K. Knight, a colored nntero( the sleeping-car. Two fast-moving electrio curs collided on the Worcester A .Suburban lailioud. near I .eicester, Mass., in a dense fog. John Kerigan. oged 43, of Cherry Val ley, a weaver, nnd Walter II. Holbrook, of Leicester, nged IU, a newspaper man, were killed, and a dozen or more other passengers were more or leas seri ously wounded. While examining state documents of the 1 (till century in the Vatican library recently, Abbe Cozzuluzxi, assistant librarian, found the oiiginal man ii sciiptof a treatise hy (ialileo on the tides. Tho manuscript is all in Ouli leo'a handwriting, ami ends with the words written ut Home in tbe Medici (tanleiis on January 8, 1010. The president has nominated Etbun A. Hitchcock, o( .Missouri, to be secre tary of the interior. Mi. Hitchcock is ut present ambassador to Itussia. Ho was appointed minjstei more than a year ago. and when the rank was raised to an embassy, he was re-appointed. He ia a wealthy lawyer and business man of St. Louis, and was foi some time an extensive plate-glass manufac turer, lie ia a great giamlsonof Kthan Allen, of Itevolutiouary fame. Thel'iinceof Wales is promoting a war against tuln'rculosis in England. Secretary Umg will soon issue ad vettiaemeuts calling for pioposals (oi raising the Maine and the ('riatobul Colon, In aciordance with the decision of tbe hoard of constrm tiou to which the mutter hid been lefetred. A linaiicial statement just issued by the Southern I'acillc Company shorn that for the mouth of OotODal the gross enrnings of the company reached f 6 ii, ;'.,. This in an inorca f I,I26,70I over the game month of lust yeni. Corliss, of Michigan, hna Introdnoad a bill in tbe house to facilitate the con it i net ion and maintenance of tele graph cables in the 1'iicitle (Mean lie twirii the Dnltad BtatM and Hawaii, the Pblllppina islands, Japan und other countries. The agricultural appropriation hill passed by congress contains a retalia tory clause authorising the secietary of agiiculture to inspect imported articles dangarotu to health, uml ulso author izing the secretin y of the ticusary tot x olndfl such aiticles. The restiictiou is designed to apply to a large number of articles Imported from foreign coun tries. London advices just received bring pinmisc that the Went Indian colonies will enter upon the new year with brighter industrial prospects, owing to the successful launching of the West Indian Co-Operative Union, organized on the lines of the California. Fruit Union, und the liish Agricullurul or ganization, which achieved wonderfully lapid smccsn. (lieat It i i til i n bus given another striking example of friendship foi the United States, and ut the same time hai taken action which in looked upon iii the light of a recognition of the sovereignty of the United Statea over the PbillppineO, A filibustering ex pedition oignnized to go to the supairt of Aguinahlo bus been suppressed at Hong Kong by ordei of the Brltiah uu- ihoriMee, The first order for an English railroad to be received at the Schenectady, N. Y., liHSomnlivo woiks calls for ten mogul freight engines, which will bo built (or the Midland railroad, The machines will tool American pattern, With Ojlindeis 1H inches in diameter, with 24-inch stroke, und tilted with all modern appliances. The shipment ol 2? locomotives ban just been completed for the Nippon railroad, of Japan, and tho woiks are running night and day with a foice of 2,000 men. The Brltiah government bus decided to complete the Soudiiu railroad to Khartoum, the distance yet to be cov ered being ISO miles. Forest Saloe, a bellboy formerly em ployed at the Planteis' hotel in tit. l.ouis. is hell to 26,000, left him by James T. Spuulding, of Chicago. The movements of rebels fOH Hrazil have been defeated by troops sent to the frontier, und there scorns to bo no further danger to the peace of the couu- try. Tho committee having the matter in charge has decided upon a celebration in 1U03 of the 100th anniversaiy of the purchase of Ixiuisiuua (rom the Fiencb government. Col. Thomas II, Sherley, one ol the most representative whisky men and distillers in Kentucky, died suddenly at his home in Louisville of paralysis ol the heart. The Association of American Di rectory Publishers was formed in Cleveland bv publisheis ol city diiec toriea from 120 citiea. t he object U nlutual piotectiou. WITHER ISLE OURS Speck in Mid-Pacific Will Be Used for Cable Station. OLD (iLOKY OVER WAKE ISLAND (onioianricr of thm tlrnnlngton Karelia Orilars to llulat lbs rii in... rin Washington, Dec, 2ft. This govern ment bus determined to hoist the dug over an island fai out in the Pacific oe. n., and outers were sent out late this afternoon to the commander of the Uennington, Captain Taussig, to pio ceed at once to tnke possession, in the name of tho United States government, Ol Wake island, lying in latltUtde IB north, longitude 106 east. Itisdiitant about 2,000 miles from Nihan, the westernmost of the Hawaiian islands, and 1,800 miles east of (tuam. It ia tlinost in a direct line between those possessions of the United States, and is admirably adapted (or use ns a sta tion (or a Pucilio cable to connect the Philippines with Hawaii mid the Unit ed States. It is an. mi three miles in length, and incloses a lagoon o( salt water. The average height of the island is eight (eet above high tide. It is s. an elv capable, in itself, of sustain ing life, but it ia exacted that a cable can be maintained without difficulty by the erection of a condenser to sup Iv (tosh water. Somu station in that locality is deemed to be absolutely nec essary to the maintenance of a cable, ami for thut leasou the American peace ( ominisaioiiera at Palis endeavored to secure one of the Caroline islands, but without success. Wake island is said to he by right already American territory, for in 1861 Admiral W ilkes surveyed the place and asserted title. It is not inhabited, so fur as known, at the present time, though in the past some guano gather ers have temporality lived on the island. The Uennington is now at Honolulu, and the orders to her will go out by steamer. After hoisting the Hag on Wake island, she will nroceed totttiain and make a survey of the island, which was ordered some time ago. She haa already completed a auivey of Pearl harbor, seven miles from Honolulu, which will (orui the foundation of the government's plans (or tbe enlarge ment of the harbor there and tho straightening of the channel connect ing the inner harbor with the ocean. DISORDERLY I N i'J 1 3 i.N T3. l mi In Huliurba sf Manila Cams Americana Atlllaly. Manila. Dec. 30. The United States cruiser ltoston and tho gunboat Petrel have arrived from Chinese porta. The steamer Uinon, which has returned here fiom I loi lo with native and Span ish soldiers, has been relused a land ing. The steumei St. Paul has arrived here with Christmas mail. Tbe first American flag was raised ovei Malato school yestcnluy. It was sent hy the university of Pennsylvania. The honor of raising the flag was ac corded to Father McKinnon, of Califor nia, in recognition of bis services in reopening the schools. Native triHipa encamped in the sub urbs are again causing anxiety. The altitude of the insurgent detachment at Paudnchaii bridge on Wednesday was such that the California, Idaho and Washington regiments were concentrat ed In light marching order at Paco, but tumble waa averted. I.argrat Yohiiiio ut ltiilnM on RvrorH. Nort Yoik, Dec. 20. K. (1. Dun fe Co. 's weekly review s.iys: It ia a year beyond parallel, and goes to ita close w ith the biggest volume of business ever seen. Enormous tians actioni at the toek exchange, makes some difference, hut when all the trans porting and speculative interests are eliminated, there is still much larger business than in any other month of any year. Last year the exports Were in volume greater than in auy previous month in the history of the country, but this your the thieo weeks reported show an increase of 26 per cent.aguinst 0 percent in n porta, which would in dicate much more than $70, 000,000 excess of exports thia month. Cancel lal Inn ,r Ita V QMS M Hiainpa. Washington, Dec. 2(1. In view of the fact that fraud has been discovered in connection w ith ts cancellation of documentary and adhesive internal rev enue stams, by which old stamps were re-used, the internal lovonue hu lean today issued a legnhitio'i which requires all such stamps to be cameled with the Initial! of the usoi, together with the month, day and year wiitten or stamped thereon. Hitherto tho month and day of cancellation haa not been required. Notorious Turk K Iliad. Constantinople, Dec. 16, (tlianl liey, the sultan's aide-decamp, waa murdered yesterday hy llalui I'ucba in a quarrel, (thani Key became notori ous ow ing to bis lawless proceedings in Kpiritus. Ho also inspired terror hero by extorting money under threats of death. Oflolabt of the foreign em bassies have (requenlly demanded the punishment of (thani Hey, but always unsuccessfully. Will liny AaMttaM Italia. London, Dec. 20. Tho government of Vlotorla, acoording ee a special dis patch fiom Melbourne, haa accepted tho tender of the Pennsylvania A Maryland Steel Company (or 85,000 tons of steel rails at 175,000 below the Engliah leader, Ktnnea In T Korclgn r-cirlllaa. Paiis, Doc. 20. Tho chamber o( deputies today adopted a bill imposing a stamp duty of one cent on foreign se curities. Solillara Prolan to llaath. London, Dee, 30. Tho Vienna cor respondent o( the Daily Telegraph savs: Several bundled Montcncgria.li soldiers, who were recently overtaken by a snow -toi m in the Lira Pass, were fioaen to death. Tbe expedition sent to their rescue found the snow drifts so heavy that it was impossible to save them. Washington, Dee. 3tt. Ambassador Drapei informs the department of state Imui ine Italian eiiainuei ut uepuuei ratified the (Hiatal treaty yesterday; I Ut It ! DOeelble that Ihe senate will ratify it today or touionow- NEGOTIATIONS AS TO TERMS EofUnrl AgrMI Abrogation or lh Clavton-llulwar Trrnlr- New York, Dec. 2fl. A special to the llera'd from Washington says: All danger of fuither friction between the United States and (tieut llritain over the construction of the Nicaragua canal will shortly be removed by the abrogation of tho Clayton-Hulwer treaty. Sir Julian Pauncefote, the British ambassador, has received or will receive within the next (ew duya positive instructions to enter opon negotiations with Secretary Hay for tho abrogation of the convention referred to, and tho preparation of a new treaty guaranteeng the neutrality of the canal. The change in the attitude of the Hritish government from its old posi tion ol insisting Upon having a voice in the construction of the promised canal ia tbe reaolt of representations made to Lord Salisbury by Mr. Henry White, charge d'affaires ol this government in London. It ia the understanding of those who uie aware of the change in tho attitude of tiie llritish government that Lord Salisbury will suggest through Sir Julian tho advisability of tbe United States granting some conci sions to bis government in return loi the relinquishment of the important lights possessed by (treut Britain in the matter of a canal across the isthmus, which for nearly 60 years have been reoognized by this government in the tieaty negotiated by John M. Clayton, on the part of the United States, and Lord Henry Lytton-Hulwcr, on the part of the Ulitish government. Just what concessions will be asked uie not known, nor will they be until fuller and final instructions have Been re ceived by Sir Julian amUomuiunicuted to Secretary Hay. HAVANA'S DEATH RATE. Hatwren rirty-llve ami Savanty-llve lle l. ..in From ... ,ii. ... anil Disease. New York, Dec 20. A dispatch to the World (rom Havana says: Ha vana's death rate is astounding. There are between 66 und 76 deaths heie each day, the majority from malarial fever, typhoid claiming the next largest num ber of victims and pernicious fever about the same. The civil register today shows a total of 40 deaths in this city in tho last 24 hours, and two parishes where the death rate waa usually high made no report. The niortulity last week was at tho rate of 100 in every 1 000 of the I .. ul.ition. Tim week It will be high er. In New York tho death rate ib only 23 deaths per annum for every thouaund population. All the hospitals aro overcrowded and no more yaMicuts can bo received. The municipal hospital, organized as an emergency hospitul to care for sick reconcentrados, is taking care of 303 patients with space (or only 100. A surgeon in one hospital said today that lie bad to leave sufferers lying In the streeta because tbeiu ia no place to oare for them. Vile stenches from the indescribable dirtiness of some sections offer a hei oilcan task to tho engineer officer pre paring to clean the city, making the American boio despair of any imme diate lowering of the frightful death rate. A PERFECT SUCCESS. Mure About the Itallnnn Trip Across tbe i I. um. 1 New York, Dec. 24. A dispatch to the Times from Loudon says: The Chronicle publishes an account from its col respondent sent in 'in a bulloolltlip across the channel, showing that the Andree steering-goai was tested with perfect success. Tho sail used was 18 feet square instead of 12 (eet, the one used in the laud experiment. The aeronauts took their comae w ben the 300-(oot trail rope was in water and found they had deflected threo points, or about doable thut obtained on land in Essex several weeks ago. This is not surprising, for tho frac tional resistance of the trail rope in water was immense. Another test gave the same results, but this timo tho bal loon descended within two feet of thu waves. To keep the balloon at an even alti tude was a task of the greatest diffi culty, and owing to cold air on the water the sun-heated gas cooled with lightning rapidity, demanding constant expelling of ballast to prevent falling into the sea. The balloon again rose 2.800 feet, but dropied behind a thick cloud. The sudden eclipse caused a rapid descent, and in a few minutes the balloon touched the ocean. A wave struck the cat. It was an exciting moment foi the aeionauta, their gum boots being filled with water. Percival Spencer, the famous aeronaut, in charge, prompt ly threw out bullast and saved himself from sinking. The balloon then rose 700 feet after clearing the French cliffs, and landed atolVKUild Nuiman peasants four miles east of Havre, having in live hours cov ered 150 Utiles, of which 7.5 miles were over aea. Wracks III tile North. Victoria, B. C, Dec. 24, The Rosalie, which hna arrived hero (rom Skagway, teports the wreck of a sloop which left Wrangel two weeks ago (or Skagway with a partv of 13, bound (or Atlin. The sloop waa found bottom side up by Indians, and it is (eared that all bauds were lost. Newa is also brought of the wreck of tho schooner Ohio, of Victoria. No lives were lost. Trlmii Co to Cuba. Savannah, (Ju., Dec. 20. The head quarters and first battalion of the lex is regiment, together with Colonel Wheaton'e headqtiattcrs, sailed for Cuba thia afternoon, in the transport Michigan. The othei two battalions of tie Fillt Teaxs and the Second Louisiana reglmeut will leave toaoi row ou tho Mobile. - Vtillae I'owar or Niagara. Pitteburg, Deo. 96. The Miller Elec- tilo Construction Company, ol Pitts burg, has laVOtrtOd a new plan to nu lla the power of Niuguta falls, ami it ia expected woik will begin the first of the year, necessitating the expenditure Ol about 9600,000. It ia nroposed to erect a larga building close to the falls, being kept in place by anchors and heavy Iron cables. With a aeries of contrivances. It is exp cted to utilize all tbe force of falling water. Elec trical fluid ia to be tiansported by con , duiu and heavy wire to distant polnta. FORTHE MISTER OIT Plans Will Be Completed by First of the Year. MANILA TROOPS WILL BK FIRST rollowlog Thalr lllscharf., h Vol i. so (ha VTa.t tndles Will Ha Kent II. on a. Washington, Deo. 24. -Tho war de partment has not yet made definite plans for the mustei-out of 60,000 vol unteers, which was decided on at the cabinet meeting yesterday, but It is un derstood that work will be pretly well mapped out by the fiist of the year The completion of the muster-out will depend on whether the department adopts the plan of three mouths' fur lough or immediate discharge, with two montha' extra pav, as suggested by Congressman Hull. It has been prac tically decided to muster out all the volunteers in the Philippines as fust as they can be replaced with reguluis, so as not to hamper tbe military adminis tration of tbe island. Following the discharges of the legiments of the Phil ippine stations, it is undeistood the volunteer troops in the West Indies will be uiuateied out. Twentieth OoS mi Ilia Scunilla. San Francisco, Deo. . Major General Meriiam has ordered that the work of pieparing the transport Scandia foi another voyage to Manila bo rushed to completion. Dy the that of next week he expects lo telegraph the war department that he will bo ready with in 10 days to have the Twentieth United States infantry come here from Fort Leavenworth, Kan., to board the Bcandla for the Philippines. It is the belief at army headquarters here that the First California volun teers will be brought home on the la tum trip of the Scandia. Two Itaflmeiita Qo Via WS. Chicago, Deo. 24. Telographio 'n structiona were received Ualay from the secretary of war, ordering the Fourth infantry at Foit Sheridan, and the Sev enteenth, at Columbus, to sail for the Philippines on or before January 15. The regimeuts will go via New York and the Suez cunul. MECCA FOR ALL RAILROADS. I'acillc Coast llaconilnii . ( nlveraal Ob jective l'lilnt. Chicago, Dec. 24. Tho Chronicle Bays: There are strong indications that tho Chicago, Uurliugton & (juincy ami the Chicago, Hock Island & Pacific roads are figuring on extending their lines to the Pacific coast. The absorp tion of the Hawaiian and Philippine islands by this country, it is expected by the owners of these roads, will opon up an immense transcontinental rail business, both east and west-bound. Thu recent deal by which the Santa Ko will have its own line into San Fran cisco in the spring has awakened tho officers of the competing semi-transcontinental roads. An officer of one of tho Weatem roads who has just come from the coast, and who takes a keen interest in ruilroad affairs out there, savs: "I would not be surprised to wake up some morning and find the trans- I continental situation further compli ' cated by the announcement that the Burlington was to be extended lo the Pacific ocean. The Burlington ia a : good ileal nearer the coast than mo9t people imagine, and I understand that this road has been surveying thresh Idaho all summer one line through I Nee Purees pass and another through , Lolo pass. I understand also that two or three independent Hues that are now being built in Western Idaho and Noitheiietern Oregon are intended eventually to form part of the proposed Western extension of the Uurliugton. "Another point of interest in his connection is the fact that the Um ling ton is a large holder of valuable termi nal and dock property at (tray 'a harbor, which would bo o( great value to the company were it to entet the Oriental trade. Such an extension would form a shoit route from Tacoma to New Oi leans." Denver, Colo., ia now tho Western terminus of the Uock Island, and Hill ings, Mont., is the end of the Burling ton's tracks. It has been reported that tho former company would soon pur chase the Colorado Midland, which would place its terminal 40H miles fur ther west. Hillings, Mont., the end of the Uurliugton, is 1,020 miles from Tacoma, or a little further than Ogdon is from San Francisco. While Presi dent Purdy, of the hock Island, denies the report that his company is figuring on absorbing the Midland, nothing definite can he learned regarding tho Burlington's intentions. Tralnrobbars Failacl. Grenada, Miss., Dec. 22. An Illi nois Central express train, southbound, was held up one-half mile south of Pope's station, by two men, at 10:30 tonight. They suddenly appeared on the engine and compelled the engineer to Mop, after which they attempted to break in the express car door. They fired several shots, hut (ailed to gain admission. The robbers then fled. No one was hurt. Two nw Discs varies atapartast. Victoria, B. C, Dec. 34. Fred Smith, of Victoria, just out (rom Atlin. brings news of the discovery of two more rich gold-bearing creeks. Tho new finds have been christened Moose and Goose creeks. He had both hands Iroaen and nearly lost his life ou the way out ( A. J. Denudes, better known as the 'Turquoise King of Jarill.is," wa mur dered st his celebrated tutquoiso mine 60 miles noith of EI Paso, New Mexico'. The Melrose department building the argeat structure of its kind on the south side of Chicago, was almost com pletelv destioyed by fire, entailing a loss that will exceed f 100,000. Scores of occtipanta of the building weie saved from Injury by the heroism of Paul L r ischer. the elevator boy, employed in the structure Through choking clouds of smoke and almost unendniing heat the boy made 10 trips with his cai and Mined those on the upper floor. t0 ptoOOaof aalety. Then, exhausted from but efforts be staggered out ol the building and was taken care of bv those whom be bad rescued. OPEN DOOR TO ASIA. John W. Hon It Mailer - . - II U latfWWgh 1 ..--I, tlbaart allows In aibarla. ' London, Dec. 24. John W. Book- waiter, of Ohio, who has just returned from a three mouths' journey through Kuaaia. told tho oni respondent of the A-sociated Press, in un interview to duv. that ho enjoyed unusual facilities for observing what is going on in that country. Ho traveled 17,000 miles to the terminus of tho truiis-Hiheriun tail wav. to the end of the lino, reaching the frontier of Afghanistan, and to the end of the one penetrating China through Manchuria. All these are now pi actically completed. Mr. Hookwaltor was alloweil to go everywhere, to see everything and to take hundreds of photogiuphs, thanks to special permits issued to him by the minister of the interior on the applieii tion of the United States ambassa lor at St. Peteisburg. During Ins journey be conversed with tho governors of provinces and with military and oivil ottiuials of all ranks. "Everywhere I found," Mr. Book- waiter said, "the kindest and most friendly feeling toward America and Americans, and heard many expiessious of satisfaction over Americu s success in our wai with Spain. To this there was not a single exception. "Americu's best open door to Central Asia and China is through Itussia. Already all the locomotives and rolling stock ou thu mil way a uro of American manufactuie. Central Aaiu will, in ti e near future, be tho greatest market in the world for manudictures of all kinds, and our obtaining the virtual monopoly of this market only dependa on our retaining thu friendship Kussiu now has for us. "America has very little to gain by an open door in China. That country is an industrial oue, und whatever we may now be able to sell to them, the Chinese will soon he able to make for themselves. One day, ami that day ia near at hand, whatever China buys from the rest of tho world will reach her through Hussiu and Central Asia. Itussia in the last three years has done more to open the doors of China than England and all the rest of the world has done in 50 years. "I traveled over 1,200 miles of rail wav which she has built from the Cas pian sea to Tashkend, in Turkestan, over a blanch of this line which runs to the northern frontier of India, over another branch which goes from Merv to the border of Afghanistan. Then there are also Russian lines all along tho Persian frontier, and projecting into that country, either completed or rapidly approaching completion. All thu work on these lines has been done by soldiers, who, in this way, are not in Itussia, as elsewhere, non-prodiiceia. "All this tremendous Asiatic railway system is ownud and operated by tho government. All the lines are admira bly built, and rplendidlr equipped. Why, I saw a bridge acrosa tho Annul aria, in Central Asia, at a point whore tho river is threo miles wide, that coat 20,000,000 roubles, and is the greatest piece of engineering work ever accom plished. There is nothing like it any where else in the world. "Wherever I went I saw cities and towns springing up, such as Askobad, in Turkoman i i , for oxample, which al ready has 25,000 inhabitants. Now Bokhare, 12 miles from Old Bokhara, has 12,000 inhabitants. W hero do tho people conio from to inhabit these towns? Why, from European Russia. The goveinment is tinning her surplus Euiopean population into Central Asia just aa the United Statea turned her surplus population of her Atlantic states into her great Western territories. No human power con stay the onward inarch of the Slav through Russia, which will be the feature of the 20th century, just as the march of the Anglo-Saxon through America bus been the feat uie of the 10th. "The United States will be commit ting a woeful mistake if she fuils to re tain tho friendship of this great world power of tho luture." MASSACHUSETTS MISHAP. Not Knough Water ror a llattla-Hhlp or Har Slic. Washington, Deo. 24. The naval authorities have learned, to their dis may, thut it is not possible for one ol our big battle-ships, like thcttregon oi Massachusetts, to get out of Now York harbor during extra low wator, such as prevailed when the lattor battle ship struck on Diamond reef a abort time ago. To aid tho court of inquiry now in session at New York, trying to ascer tain the responsibility for the giound ing, tho navy department called upon the coast survey for special measure ments of the water in tho harbor near Diamond reef, and upon the rock itself. Tho report of the superintendent of ,the survey has just been received. It Bhows, in the opinion of naval officers, that it is not possible for a ship of the size of the Massachusetts and with her maneuvering qualities to get out of the harbor without touching the bottom when the tide ia ebb and the wind strong. Horaea anil Mules for Manila. San Francisco, Dec. 24. The bark Tacoma, with 111 horses and mules, besides a lot of material, sailed for Honolulu and tho Philippines today. She will stop at Honolulu and take on the animals she left there on her last trip, and leave some tl her present cargo there instead. Praitlcta I'racn In Cuba. London, Doc. 24. The Havana cor respondent of tho Times, in tho course of a letter published this morning says: President McKinley will have an unfettered hand here. A majority of the Cohans are prepared toaccept linre eeivedly any regime treating them just y and insu.ing tho tranquility of the island. 1 A blind bat avoids wires and obstruc tions as easily as if it could see per- Mexican at.t. Pyi B claim. Washington, Dec. 24.-The state de PfMment has just received, through I n.ted States Ambassador Clayton frora the Mexican government a drafl for 5,000 to bo paid to the heirs ol Henry Hop,, a naliTe of ew Qr ina. Hoppe, while traveling in tlu rT"H.',of axaca' WM bmtaUj muruered by one of the Mm T li'on Me an la ?o,n,ViVe C,1n8tablM. "ho are retainec tr.a.1 "P"?M Prpow of Protecting travc tri a .i . Km.ii.k 8 Mme u,Iie an Englishman nu,.,.i u... l iii i , VM "easu war allied in precisely tbe same fashion. IT wnniT .- " llli II 1 1 II I II I I No Doubt Of tha. rv. . - wtCkk. reace Treaty ACCOKIHNU TO Ktpaniloa Win . '"i ''"".art aaJwJJH Now York, Dcr, as - . memlHir of , X' committee Iron, tJB.u-"",1 Atlanta fo,,.,illuVn; lug with the leader, ol . '' ti.ili -a Ml. . . '"'Hi i- fiaiiix-n it l , . , ..... . III WH t.. I.,- . ... ' ''TOlaW. fort L .lrW- "With l.aa li B 1 tlx imBM ..' r ntVw. rvve ill iilv u -ly .. . . aiiur ii volt) iiiiK I ii i'ii ul. . ""I e iwo weeks g,ie-- doubt today u i . .... . w t . ,., - - " "-rum il- ,,, u raiuieil asitaiiiL . um wen alter the .,. . - taken. " "Mr. Bryan has l..t.n in W.a ... . c umi u,e has advised ratilicatinh i iiai. in I ..;, .. . .., ,lM, (J, . llHIllll (Ml,, I I ia lor tho Democrats to t ' I,, t in u.i. ....:.! "J " auiicaiiua. Tk "II -"' ion ii I v.l I, ,L. ami the bouse who lcei tluru.JT were in doubt unto alisuwrTJ Democrats should .unit u .uJ - treaty; more than that, sob. Wero outspoken in thn nal.tJI "- ' r- r -,k-i io reject it T.i iiiiiii, ,ii ineie lieiiMiciiili,. .!... tno open noaitlon thai n- I bi out i no i ii.i ii,.. ,u.. i. no oi l, win, leiu u . .., .i . IF..,,, ,,,1. 11,1 ... ...... L. ble doubt. ' "1 "It must not be onilemooitkJ -' iitni.iu Laii niira ratiflcation of the treaty willam-.; it the assumption that all tfaowaj vote affirmatively are in (srotg J tional expansion acioss thsPicik a the aenatora who will vote in bus the treaty there will be Kepubliaa, well aa Democrats who are 0.ta, principle, as well as in theory, trans-oceanic expansion of our utavl .l...nlr Tl..... i expansion per so is not involrH u w pni la i rtiirnt in,, ,,f tin, - that atter the treaty has been sj with Spain and tuts been eliminiais a factor in the Philippine probka,tj will be time enough to coniiaau policy to be pursued in deilinrtn the Philippines, and juit bmri come the real contest on the qoaea of expansion. Mr. Howell then says tint afieras icho utton W l 1 be intrndum . tukat .i .a . , , ,. I neciariiuoii oi me nronoseo DHM ,um n" , e i 1 1 in, 1 1 , in iit-ainiK .i. villi lie inline. I rn n it i til it .11 I t. .... f . ..1. n ,L. L n lilt i ; 1 1 1 i.i 1 1 nau ui ti i atiuiiiruw .1 a lit- 4U I ... I .i... .., .. iieni nun nie net oiiiiuoii ui mi, v, on ii ii ti ud lift unco inab tur 1.1.1. IA .I..-I I ,L. ot this oovel n Mien t u on 111 tw 10 fflffa r . . . a I !J.. in-.ilJio va vttt'i, m .tee nnu itiucj- ontur ,,. .in , ,, in. . r nun .lir t further says: tion will not bo confined by any i to party lines, and the outcome iis doubt. A large majoiity ol tlieDsv M.:n mi. M t. ... ,,f ii ,Ji OUIU1B Will UIU III I.,,", v, ..,- large majority of the liepublioMi vole against it, but the site of eittit minority is sufficiently involved I doubt aa to render exceedingly t ........ 1. 1.. .i... ii mii iict will a lillllUUIC in.- 11 1,11 in li", taken on the resolution." INSTRUCTIONS TO OTIS The rretltlent't reclamation lo Nllplaos, Washington, Dec 23. The ctbet I,, inKtrili'tio.l' 10 S aent to General Otis, at Manila. will be promulgated there as a million by the president. The mil' Hons are similar in import to Mown to our officers at Santiago upon line cupation of that city by U" t" Stutes troops. They mm n m pinos that tho United States military control of the Pl.ilipinri' spirit of pence and friendship, and IM all civil rights and privileges tbstuaT hitherto hnve enjoyed Will " "T ued. mid that it is the purpose ui -v government to relieve, in sd l"V ways, the unjust burdens they W borne, and ask for the co-opem' - all good citizens In miiintainingoe to tho end that peace and prM may be restored. So fur as u pr""1 i.i. -ll ..nt ,.lil nffliWrSWillaM uie, nil cini-iviii ci... - tained in the official pwitioMtalJl occupy, ami fan and impiirnm ill bo administered to all. It has been decided not to g' I the text of the instructions to ... .... ii.. ,,f then v (Jtis until anotii tnu i -J rival in Manila, which will be.l m 1,enCe- lk.1 rti The cabinet also tieciueo .. ing oondltloni jaatifled ."':lut;1"" the militarv forcesof the U..te.l . . . J .... natlUCtau a and the secretary ui n ( arrnnge for tho Immediate musi" ol 50,000 volunteers. MlnirTBurnad lo ' J n.. 23. Deadwood, B. "T ' " f ,a Hnnnessv. a mine-owner who uT" o'f his family at Lead, am -n :.t t i,t Hetinc' a- . i 1 nen, empiojco -j ,. u...' i .iamb in their cabin I Crown Hill, early this mornlBf cause Of the tire is una now in Dallas. Tex.. Dec. v$& message receiver! iron. , - the collapr : , nisi .tat ions theie. Beersi- borses were kille.l and injureJ- Laws r..r '"" ttorBfr Washington, Dec. 8.-' tW general has transmitted to w k , K report of the co.nmismr . a I ((, pre,re a ccle of civil laas ritory of Alaska. The complete, and It JS code prepared by the mm ahould be adopted as soon - The commission t-k '' ilik gon, which were e"'"'' 0 B.w H in 1884, as a basis for ije Some provisions in j,,!, and other corporations v , I. i. thonifht oongress shorn legislate on this object.