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Eugene City Guard. I. I. OAMmlLL, Pruprl.lor. EUOKNE CITY OKEQON EVENTS OF THE KAY An Interacting OolleOtiM of Itomt Krua Dm Two lliiilihra In m Cun.liinsed Form. The British transport Iwnore wan driven ashore near Cape Town. Private Merritt, of Ilattery 11, com mitted iuicide at Han Francisco. ArchbUhop Chapelle will aail (or Manila ou the tranaport Hherrnan. Thirty-eight wheelmen atarted in a six-days' bicycle race in New York. General Methaun ia lelieved to have resumed the advance to Klmbereley. Four vessel from Brazil are (juanin lined in New York for fear of plague. Tho schooner Knreka, on the beach near . , n 1 1 ! . river, will be a total loa. After 82 day tho (ilory of the Sea haa arrived at 'Frisco from 1'uget Hound. The poHtmaiter at (-'ape Nome report to Washington that tho district ia aa rich aa la represented. Mr. Taylor, of Ohio, objected to the wearing in of Roberta, of Utah, aa pooii an emigre opened. A big log I in gave away at Che- halla and 2,0UU,00O feet of log are afloat in Gray's harlior. Appropriutiona for tho three atate school in Oregon aro running ahort and the achooln may have to quit. The United Statea mpreme court haa declared that a combination of pipe manufacturer 1 uncouatitutional. Section men on the Southern l'aciflc near Milwuukio, Or., atruck because they could nut go home to meala and lodging. Eastern woolen mill havo lought 1,250,000 pouud of wool in bt. Louia at one aale. It i the biggest aale ever BMMlC in the Weat. The latest report from tho Modder river camp aaya tho Boers were not driven to retreat, but marched away in the night after tho battle. Tho Iako Whatcom Shingle Company ha purchased a block of 3,(100 acre of fine timber, thought to contain 190,1 000,000 feet, all in Skagit county. Tin' iurchaHu irice wa 9l0,000, tad a railway will be built to the timber. Among tho river and harlior improve ment cestimatd for under contiuuoua contract ou which the mini aakod for i 9100,000 or more are the following: Oakluud, Cal., harbor, 1HO,000; San Francisco harlxir, $170,000; San I'edro habor, 200,000; K.vorott, Wash., bur bur, $150,0011; (iray'a harlMir, Wash., 1141(000. Alao the following river and harobr impmvementa: Mouth of Brazos river, Tex., 80,000 lower Willamette river below 1'ortland, Or., MO,000 t'olumhta river at tho cas cade, Oregon, $125,000; waterway connect iug Lukes Union and Washing ton, $100,000. Tho Samoiiu treaty wu Hignod at Washington. Thi year' hop product of Wilming ton amount to 88,UH8 bale. The now Austrian budget provide for a consul-general in Chicago. Tho tone of the Japanese pros on the war iu the Transvaal i decidedly pro llritish. (enreiil Joe Wheeler write that the Kilipiuo war 1 Udng prolonged by tho autis iu thi country. Tho llritish riillway commnios have agreed to convoy free to tho port of em barkation, all DOOkti j 1 1 " i - and peri odicals intended (or uso of the troop engaged iu South Africa. Tho Hernandez revolution is gaining ground in Venezuela from day to day, and ia supported by leading member o( the tluancial and commercial worlds, who supply the revolutionist with all tho arm and money they need. (ieneral Leonard Wood will bo the master o( all Cuba under tho direction of the president until the time come when cougroa take action by provid ing a new civil government (or the island. 'Die llritish dead and wounded at tho hard-fought buttle o( Modder river numbered hundreds. The war dopart Hieut ha given out the iiifonuiitien that the total number of causualtiea was 453, and the number killed, 73. Tho BOW losa wa slight. Hubonio plague has made it entry into Japan, live undoubted cases having boon reported at Kobe, three already proving fatal. The post is traced to cotton iniHirted from Chiua. Much dismay prevail iu the iufectcd city ami tho most drastic measure aru be ing taken by the authoritie. According to late advices the great drought in Australia wa broken iu October. Terrilic storms followed, do ing great damage, ppocially to build ings. The Adamstown Koiuan Catholic Hhool, in which 40 childreu wore as sembled, collapsed. One acholar wa killed and two others seriously injured. Chickainagua is to have a confeder ate monument to cost $115,000. Baltimore claim the largest negro population of any city iu tho world. Tho llorlin police forcibly dismdvod an anarchist meeting iu memory of the Chicago IkiiuIi thrower. Commissioner Kvans h is granted a pension of $15 per month to Adelaide W. Ilagley, mother of Lieutenant Worth Ilagley, who nun killed in the war with Spain. Dr. Cmrney Spaldlug, of Niagara county. New York, ia the youngest sheriff in the couutry, a he i uuder 2d year o( age. John II. llaawell died at hi homo in Albany N. Y., aged 5S year. For M year he wa clerk iu the atate .le partment at Washington. Jntic Hooker, in the New York supreme court -e( the week beginning January 2, 1U00, (or the electrocution of Howard C. Itenham, the banker o( Batavia, N. Y., who i uuder ounvlc tion (or the murder o( hi wile ou Jan uary 4, lbt7, by nuiaua. LATER NEWS. New York want both tho big con vention. The Investment o( Mafeking i doner than ever. John S. Chaae, the aociulist mavor o( Haverhill, Ma., haa boon n elected. Ten shipwright (rotn Seattle took the place of tho striker at Vallejo navy yard. F.x-Gnvernor Lord, of Oregon, ha depart.il for Argentina, to take his pot a United State minister. Legality of the war revenue art i involved in the inheritance tux ease be fore the United Mutes supreme court. The Six Chinese Computm , of - m Francisco, have iiibscrllod $1,000 to promote common ial ri.'atinu between China and the United State. The New York coffee exchange ha petitioned the authoritie to releane the coffee cargo o( the plague ship Taylor. They claim there 1 no danger. Chaplain Shields, being tried at Sun Francisco by court-martial (or drunk enness, will try to prove that his brother clergymen are p rsecutiug him. lleet-sngar men are much di-turUd over recent discussion. Their industry 1 flourishing, but free sugar from the inland they aay would bo disustiuu to them. The Gorman ship Wansbek, which ha arrived at Astoria, lost two men on the voyage from Philadelphia, ami the boatswain say it wa the captiiiu' fault. Crawford, tho soldier who permitted Wardner bull-pen prisoner to escape, wa dishonorably discharged and sen tenced to ia yours ix month imprison nient. Dispatches indicate that the Bom are making all preparations (or a hasty retreat to the Transvaal Isirdera in the event o( deie.it at Tugela and Lady ainith. A Kentucky mob had no mercy (or a n.-gro who murdered and outraged a woman. Ho was dragged through the streets at the end of a roH and finally bound to a stake and burned alive. Sick soldiers worn compelled to tight at Yigitn. Tho Americans had but one company and 160 sick men. They had to tight M00 Filipinos. The attack was made in the early morning, and it bo came a bun I to hand coullict. Fighting ha ceased Is'tween the Mexican and Yiuuis, the Indians hav ing retreated. It is said they may Is' joined by others. A courier says the Yaimi's losses in killed and wounded during 10 days' lighting were estimated at 200. The Mexican losses were 15 killed and 30 wounded. The postmaster of llostou ha re signed. An illicit oleomargarine factory hits boon unearthed at Chicago. The I'ayiiH-llunnu subsidy bill has been introduced iu the house. Jeffries and Corbett are planning to fight at the l'aris exposition and France is horrified. Ninety lloer prisoners are said to have Wen inussui ted at F.lnud'a laagto by llritish soldier. (ieneral Hughes is now occupying 20 Fanny towns. His line extend U miles north of I lo llo. The United States supremo court has decided that the conductor of a freight train is not a trloeprlUCtpl. Fnglaml is buying mules, horses, canned goods, hay and rails in this country (or shipment to South Africa. An Astoria contractor wants to haul the stranded lightship oveilaud from Ocean Is'iich to linker's buy. llo claims it can bo done, A cablegram from Hong Kong say that Aguimtldo is now ready to sur render if Consul Wlldinitn will receive him. The junta at lloug Kong advised him to take such action. Tho industries of Cuba are in a de plorable condition. In two province the destruction of sugar interests alouo is estimated at 1080,000,000, and there ure no efforts at rebuilding. Huntington has bought another big block of Southern Paciflo stock mid there aro said to be others iu on tho deal. Hail road men believe the V un derbids are in some way concerned. The shelling of tho llritih camp at Litdv smith has been far more effective than previous reports have led people to believe. Hundred were killed and wounded from the lloer Isiinbardment. Hupid telegraph system will revolu tionize all correspondence. Such low rate will be made that merchants can afford to use the system instead of the mail. It is to Ihi placed iu operation at once. (ieneral Andrade, the titled presi dent, prophesies a gloomy future (or Yoneiuel. llo says there is a revolu tion within a revolution mid the conn try is on the verge of anarchy. He will remain in i'uerto Hieo. To avoid an Injunction a telephone company laid its wires m the streets of New York at midnight. The new company will have a long distance line across the country and will light tho Ho II Company. Tolls will bo only one-half those at present. DOWN TO BUSINESS Flood of Bills Introduced in the Senate. FI.VASCK BILL MOl'GHT IS Itraolutlona OnJrrnl I'rotlillng fur Investigation of l -.. . ... Uufttlou. Wahingten, Dec. H. Nearly 800 bills and Joint resolutions, several im- l Hunt concurrent rcolut ion and po titious numbering hundred were pre sented tii the senate today. A major ity of the bill were old stager. A few were of national interest and im portance. Aldrich had the honor of in troducing the first measure in the sen ate. It wa the financial bill drawn by the senate committee on finance of which Alrdich I chairman and probably wa tho most importuut mea sure introduced during the day. Hesolution were offered providing (or an investigation by the judiciary committee o( all phase of polygamy recently presented in connection with w hat i know n as the Hubert case; ex pressing tho sympathy of the senate (or the liocrs in their war with Croat ISrlt ia, and declaring that Senator N. B. Scott. o( Weat Virginia, is not entitled to a seat in the senate. Harris. Fopu list, of Kansas, wa appointed to a temporary memlier of tho committee ou privileges and election!. The ap pointmenl ll important and significant, because the committee ha uuder con sideration the Quay, Clark uud Scott contest. The senate spent half an hour in ex ecutive aessiou, but beyond the very prompt confirmation o( Secretary Hoot' nomination, sent iu today, and the reference to committees of the numerous nominations today, it trans acted no business Financial Mil Approved. Washington, Dec. H. Tho Hepubll can members of tho house of represent ative gave their unanimous approval to.. iv to the house financial bill recent ly introduced, and recommended itt immediate coiisiderution by the home and passage after reasonable debute. Overstroct, of Indiana, who intro duced uud who is in general charge of the bill, will submit a resolution ask ing that a s'cial rulo lie reported for tho immediate consideration of this measure. The term of thi special rulo aro practically agreed um, and provide that tho debate will liegln Monday, with a final vote at the close of tho week. ROBERTS FOK THE SENATE. THE KENTUCKY HORROR. Visitor in th. non. ( lb Burning of lbs Negro. Maysville. Ky.. Deo fl. There were many visitor- P-duv 10 the cricket ground, where l;i. hard Coleman, the uegni assailant an I murderer of Mr. Lashbnsik, wa yesterday burned and tortured. There i a craze among the visitor for relic. The tree On wen cut up, nd even the cinder and charred article have been gathered up. I After tie-coroner rendered a erdid Ua ,,, .1 ol "death lit tile builds of unknown person," the ahe of Cole man' body were placed in a ran. I ho bodv wa reduced to ashes, with the exception id a niall part of the skull and two other small pieces of Is.ne. At the request of Coleman's mother, who 1 employed a a domestic here, the cor i i ' urn I the an of usher in the potter' field. I Judge Huhuion adjourned court un til Monday, so that there would be no oooaaiou for crowd alsint the court -houae or elsewhere, and it is intimated that the court is considering plan for the appr. heimion of the leader of the uiob. The eople here are congratnlat- I ing themelvo that the governor was unable M get the militia hero iu time to a-ist the sheriff and his deputies. The belief is expressed gen. rally that the gran I jury will make no attempt at indictment. COMMITTEE ON RULES. ON THE BACK TRACK Frastns I.uthrop, of Wosttiold, Mass., in hi will left lft,000 to D, U Moody, Cornelius Vandeihilt was tined $110 for failure to act as juioriu New York. The commissioner of education urges tho American system ol tohoolg for col onies. Ira P. Siiiikey, the situ-er, who ttti to bo associated with Mr. Moody is to become an cvaiiL-clist on his own ac count and will conduct a series of ie vival in various cities this winter. An epidemic of InlttMM in Fngland causes tear of the disease's spread to America. Baron Rinoh ha given ttml $110,000,000 toward chanty since the death of her husband. Australian want Fngland to buy Kaiser Wilhelm's l.und. and thus make New Guinea wholly llritish. An admirer of Admiral Dewey in At lanta, (ia., ha presented him with a valuable autograph letter written by Admiral Farragut. in which occurs the phrase: "That young Dewey I a very promising chap." If the Boaae Eajeal Mm May Aiii,lnte.l lo Hie ITmjsef Holly. Now York, Dec. H. A icial t the Herald from Washiu.'t hi say: K Hoberts is finally rejected by the house, as seem inevitable, there ill a i'ssi. blity that ho may come forward as a claimant (or a seat in tho senate. Hi rejection by the house, it is expected, will add to hi" popularity in Utah, and it i suggested that if Quay is seated by the senate, the Democratic governor of Utah may appoint Huberts to (ill the vacaiicythat exists iu Utah's represent ation iu that Issly. Ah tho result ol a canvas made by (Quay's friend, it is asserted that -10 of the N,r senators will vote to seat him us senator from Pennsylvania, These figure are obtained by counting the lib senators now in the senate who voted either for Corbett or Mantle and 1(1 others from whom, it is asserted, promises have been obtained favorable to Quay, Senator Chandler has called a special meeting of the committee on elections to consider the case of tuiiy. ee1 - nf Safely. Washington, Dec, S. The interstate commerce commission gave a hearing to the representatives of the several companies asking for a further exten sion of tho time allowed the railroads to equip their lines with safety appli ances. Two years ago the commission granted an extension until January 1, 1000. The further extension asked for at the present time ll one year. The representatives of various labor organi sation were also present to offer their side of the case. Heprcsciittttivcs ol alxjut 100 roads were in attendance. it, i eut helling at Ladgewltht Ladyimithi Dec. 8. The hottest bomhurdmcut of the siege took place a week ago Thursday. The liners got new big gun iu position on Lombard skop, completely commanding the town, and shelled our camp that day and yesterday, planting shells with great accuracy iu the camp of the Cor don Highlanders and the Manchester regiment, whore then1 were many nar row escapes. Today the enemy resumed the bombardment, doing some very effective shooting. Several of our guns have boon shattered by the lloer big gnus. tlfrmnns Are Pleae4 Berlin, Deo. B. The Qennan gov ernment und press almost unanimously welcome President McKinlev's DMtMgt to congress. Fveu the agrarian paper, always opposing thingi American, grudgingly admit that tho megfagC is fair and honest. The drift of private comment is virtually the same. diatoms Law for West Inill.. Washington, lVo. 8. Senator Chandler today introduced bills ap plying tho customs and internal rovetiiu law s of the United States to the island 0l Cuba and Puerto Kico after January, moo. iioods between the islands snd the United States are b be exchanged as between the states. Poise typographical union declined to drop the name of Coventor Stoiincu lierg from it rolls, Nvuuse of nil uc tion iu the OdMI d'Aleue riots. I'aclHr t able. Washington. Doc. 7. Corliss ol Michgian introduced a bill for a Pa cific cable, to lv built by the govern ment, to Hawaii, the Philippine, Ja pan and China, at a limit of cost of $S, 000, 000, of which $700,000 is to be immediately available. The route and general coutrol is placet! uuder the Pa cific cable commission, lulcuding the postinaster-gi tieral and the chief signal olliccr of the army. The Chicago Isvard of trade has takes the initiative in a movement which anus to kill bucket-shops. Horns I'mparlng lo Tk PptfcS Flnsn- risi nm. Washington, Dec. 0. The session o I the house lasted only half an hour to I day. Overstreet ( Hep. lad. I. in charge jf the lluance hill, attempted to reach i m agreement for its consideration next week, but Hichardson (l)em. Tenn.i on . Ishalf of the minority, rejected all ' proposal, on tho ground that a bill so iinpirtaut a thi should go through the regular channel. The speaker thereupon appointed the committee on rules, which i to in clude himself, Dalzell (Hep. I'a.), (irosvenor (Hep. O.), Hichardson (Dem. lean.), and Bailey (Den. Tex.i. They will hold a meeting tomorrow and de cide upon a rule for the limits of the debate, which will undoubtedly con sume the whole of next week. Holierts, tho Mormon representative, il. -pite the adoption of the Taylor reso lution, which iu terms deprives him ol hi seat during tho pendency of his case in committee, was iu the hull throughout tho session, and occupied the seat he selected Monday. FORTY FOOT CHANNEL. I'i- ..t far tapieetag Ibe Columbia grtSaltSSi lo Congress. Washington, Dec. 0. The project for a 40-fisit channel at the mouth of the Columbia river wa submitted to congress todav. It culls for an appro priation of $2, Ml, 140, and has the indorsement of the chief of engineers and the secretary of war. It proposes to extend the preseut jetty a distance ol three miles, producing a scour which will give a channel 10 feet deep and of ample width. The project wa prepared by Captain W. ('. Laugtitt, who, after giving con sideralde study to the question, has concluded that a mid-tide jetty, while costing less than a high-tide jetty, will give just as satisfactory results. It will bo necessary to make exten sive rejiaira to the existing jetty and approaches before tho work on the ex tension can 1' taken up. It is pro posed to have tho work done under the direction of tho United States engineers, material to ! furnished by contract, and luboi to be hired. CAUGHT IN A FIRE TRAP. Factory Girls .lump From Fourth Story W IiiiIown. Heading, Pa., Doc. I). One of the most appalling lire that ever visited this city occurred todav, when the ex tensive hosiery mill of tho Nellie & Hurst Company bsik fire, destroying tho plant, causing the death of one per sou, uud injuring 57 other employes of the oonipanv. What was at first sup posed to be the Isulics of two persons proved tonight to bo the separated parts of one luslv. It is that of Mis? lamina Clay, aged 48 years, who WM the oulv ihtsou killed. All the othei employe! have been accounted for. 01 the AT person who were injured, :il Bro badly hurt. Nearly nil of then were injured by jumping (rom tin fourth story windows. Mall Iti-gUtration by Carriers. Washington, Dec. I). The postmaster-general has issued a general ordei announcing tho determination of tht department to provide for tho registra tion o( valuable letters (or flrst-clasi matter by letter-carriers on their rout.-i in free-delivery cities. This new Ken ice will he inaugurated in some of tht leading cities und extended to othen us rapidly as possible. At first, it will DO confined to the purely residential district, excluding business house and Individuals who have large num bers of letter for registration at any one time. The extension of tho sys tem to the business districts is left tc the -uii,l discretion of the postmaster. Rmuirit Bank rapt. New York, Dee, 9. Joseph K. I'm mett, the actor, tiday tiled u pctitiot In bankruptcy, with liabilities of $17, 000, and DO assets. KltM-tlon In Manitoba. Winnipeg, Manitoba, Dec. t, Flee tions for the provincial legislature wen held throughout the province of Mani toba yesterday. Early today the re turns show the election of L'l conserva tives and 111 liberals. The libera party, under Hon. Thomas tireeuway'i leadership, has been in power (or many year, and the result is a surprising turn over. Tho conservatives had ej their loader Hugh John Maedonald, son of tho late Sir John Maedonald, foi many years premier of Canada. WrlWbnrh Case Irrln,l. New York, Dec. . In the New York circuit court of appeal today, Judgt Shipman handed down a decision u tho ease of tho Wellshach Light Com pany vs. the American Ineandesccu Lump Company, affirming an order M the circuit court grantiug an injunc tion against an infringement of patent The decision of Judge Shipman practi cally ends a litigation of six years, and assures to the Wellsliaoh Light l oin pany a monopoly iu the United statoi of the patent of Dr. Carl Aner and tht improvements by William and Fred L, liawsun. Aguinaldo Is Headed for Cavite Province. TB0DBLI XPIOTID IN SOUTH Amarlean Army In Ihs North Separated Into Small Commands lietieral Voung ll- .- a I rom. Manila. Dec. !). Tho expectation of catching Aguinaldo in the north bar i en oractieallv abandoned, anil tin i.rolutbilitv now i that ho will turn southward, i( he is not already there, with his destination Cavite province, his home, where the insurrection be gun, and where it still ha its groutest strength. The Fi in no soldiers in that province have rucentlv la-en showing increased enthusiasm und tsilduoss, and captured insurL'onts sav that Aguinalilo 1 com ing to join them with a large army. 'The same belie! urevBil among the na tives at Manila and elsewhere that Aguinaldo intends to mako his heud- quarters in ( avite province. There aro H.nno in-urgeiit lie l ore Imus and liacisir. Peeping the Ameri cans sleeping on their arms and nightly awaiting attacks. The Filipino havo everal cannon. The first mayor of Imu under the American regime, who ultimate',!' ile-erted. IS their leader 111 the assault, and is ambitious to take the town. Three soldiers of the Fourth Infantry have deserted, and aro now with the enemy, Most of the inhabitants of Imus Bre so strong in their sympathy with the insurgent that it i uecessury to use a part of tho regiment to patrol the streets and to peveut shiaiting troin donees whenever uu attack begin. The American (ones in the north have separated into many small com mands, and uro pursuing liuuils ot till piuo. Ceuentl Mac Arthur is engaged in clearing tho mountain country west of tho Manila-Dugupau railroad. (Ieneral Oraut is moving (nun Ange les tow ird Subig lth " men. Colonel Hell is sweeping south from Mangiilaren. Thus far tho American commanders have been unable to locate largo bodies of insurgents, although there were ulsmt 600 iu Sun Clemen tine, nine miles south of Mangalareu, eurly in the week. Colonel Hissl, with the Sixteenth regiment and cavalry, and I ieneral Lawtou, with a force from San Isidro, are operating uguinst (ieneral Pilar in tho San Mateo valley. ii Voung ii- i I From. Washington Dec. 9. To tho relief of the war department, (ieneral Young has 1 eeti heard from alter a week's ab sence iu the iuterior ol Luzon. Gen eral Otis cabled this m iming as fol lows: "Manila (ieneral Young reports his arrival at Vlggn on the evening of the 5th, having encountered u force of tho enemy at Narvacan, 1'.' miles south of tho citv, whom he i 0VS to the east ward into the San Qnintln canyon. His troops are now pressing them liack. The country i extremely rough and strongly intrenched. Aboutjiiou prison ers, who escaped, reported that the in surgents allowed all but the American and prominent Smnish prisoners to os cape from llangued. THE BOERS' FINAL EFFORT. A 1 1 . in .i . .I tt Capture l.uilysmltli Last Momlity Lnndon, D;-c. 9. Tho war otlico has received the following message (rom (ieneral Forestier-Walker, the llritish commander ut Cape Town.: "Wednesday (ieneral Methuen wires today that he has resumed com maud, and is nightly in cominiinicu tion with Kiniberley. The health of the troops is excellout. A story was current at Durban, De comber 3, to tho effect that the lkiers made what is thought to havo been their liual effort to capture Ludysniith ou December 4, and were defeated, uud retreated. Tho story was brought by rtiuuors, and should bo received with reservation. "According to this report, the Roers opened a furious bombardment during tho morning of December 4, and con tinued it for hours, when tho llritish finally silenced tho lloer guns, made u sortie, and hard lighting followed, the lloers retreating after very heavy losses, estimated in hundred. The dispatches from Frero camp partially coulirni the retirement of the Free State burghers from tho vicinity of l.udv smith but do not indicate that the retreat wa the result of the defeat ou the previous day, while a statement in the same dispatches that the Doers were firing into Ladysmith shows the lloer guns wore still active. "It is also pointed out that all sug gestions of weakening refer to tho Free Staters. Tho Transvaal lloers are still (ull of fight, though it is reiterated they are short of supplies." Wounitril Soldiers Itrnt'h Knglanrl. London, Doc. 8. The first batch of wounded soldiers from South Africa, numbering Utll men, arrived in the Thames today, on the llritish transport Sumatra, which left Table bay alsjut November 15. Kxeltemeiil Kills Hhn. lUitte. Mont., Doc. 9. Malaehi Dwyer, for many years a resident of I'.utto, and tiS years old, dropped dead in the rotunda of tho public library this morning. Dwyer hud ls-eii iu the library, where some visitor handed him nn anti-Catholic paper. The old gen tleman became very excited, and the librarian hud to oompel both disput ants to leave the place, (hi reaching the outside, the excitement led to some heart attack, and Dwyer fell and died in a few minutes. Cuban Agllntora at Tampa. Tampa, Flu., Dec. 9. Culmus here are much excited over speeches which were made in cigar factories todav by Culuins whose names will not be re vealed. The speakers were bitter and incendiary in their language regarding the American occupation of Culia, and advocated the use ol (orce and dyna mite to rid the island of all Americans. There are several thousand Culians In Tampa, and it is believed these orators have come from Cuba to excite colony and to raise muuey later on to carry out some plan of insurrection. WOMAN IN BERTH. It Sued the Wagnrr Company and Ite celvnil llaiiiaga. New York, Dec. 11. One of the moot singular suit on record has just been decided in tho city court in this city, Marcus llraun having secured a judgment against tho Wagner Palace Car Company for $7.r)0, us damages for a mistake mado by one of tl o com pany' conductor, who alotted a l-rth alreadv sold to llraun to a woman. When the error wa discovered every liorth in the train was sold, and ISraun was compelled to sit in the smoking compartment during a trip from Clove- luml to this city. When llraun bought hi coupon for tho berth he left hiH luggage iu tho sent and went to the smoking c parttnent. He did not return for two hours, ac cording to his own story, but when ho did, ho found tho berth mado up and occupied. The comments of the pas sengers so injured his feelings, he says that a money compensation is due him lie alleges. The woman in tho berth prod need a coiiisin which was an exact duplicate of the coupon given liruuii. ONE WEEK OF DEBATE. House Arrange for Consideration ol Currency Bill. Washington, Dec. 9. The honso udonted a soecial order for tho consul oration of the currency hill, beginning Moudav. Tho general debute will con linne until Eriduv. and Saturday amendments may be offered under tho five-minuto rulo, and tho following Monday tho vote will be taken. The Democrats, populist und Sllveritea present is I a solid frout against tho adoption of the resolution, and everj He uu l'l n 'an voted for it. Hoberts, the Mormon representative fleet from Utah, was not in tnu House when it convened today. They May He VIre-admlral. New York, Dec. 11. A special to the Herald from Washington says: President McKinley, during an inter view with Senator Wellington, ex pressed himself in favor of reviving the gruile of vico-udmirul in tho interest .: laith Hear-Admiral Sampson an Rear Admiral Schley. He believt that this is tho simplest solution of th wholo Sampson-Schley controversy, and it is expected that Senator Well ington will introduce a bill in a few days providing for the apiiolntment of two vice-admirals without specifying names. Tho president very frankly said that if such a bill became a law, ho would promptly nominate both Sampson and Schley in the order named. This ar rangement, both the president and Sen ator Wellington believe, will meet the approval of a majority of the friends of both oliicers. i e T , s s I ill i I' en MiAflltlJHUj British Take Up to Urjysnj TUB MOVKMKNT c r.re Urldg. R.k.,,,1 Wklta'g For.... ,. . 11. -T, r.- . Pretoria, Dep. flUtmt,.!, 1. i ' l--s. uas i ---- "witsn Hru a, ... lenso but last night BlliiCK. T.ri) w ,.. ...1 l.l . ....... morn.,.,, I., r ..j ... "a , "j"uuin rep Vin., our lire." Frero C. bridge is fl,ii e U -M " wu, an, ., now traversing it. toiler r.....ZT7 , VVQ 11, pawn irotn llul er , " "1 ment that MiufJg H smith. nn,l aZ h have been co.' R movements. Frerecamp slum th Z 7 ment of LaiKsmi.i, Thursday, Deoenb i"5 tiyuannte gun on DnsthnWd commenced work i. Z special dispatch from' 1W Dm! I .... . I JIMIUtTl H't-t' II V THSM-... . CIIMIC'O Ot lil-l ,!i, r. ... 1 mentioned the exchange ol Wilson (or a Boef latly taktu uc .Muieking. I .'111 Hlftll HiHaJ.. I I '".till, ,l , - ,,. , V Th tiitul l . Htriiu Vnt'iin.l.i.fi 1 e -aa aiviwiiirni m iui mtmm men killed, and IS (1tli,-cn men u-niiridud o lkier force is still n round numbers, but all within the well and cheerful. Kallroad t'ollferrncei In w York. New York, Dec. 11. The World ?ays: Some importuut conferences be tween Union i's'gitic and t'hicago & NortlSsVostern railroad officials, have been held iu this city within the past week and a report is again iu circula tion to the effect that the former sys item will bo absorbed by the latter, which the Yauderbilts already coutrol. This will lie done under u long term lease, it is said. Iloth 1'resident llughitt and I'residout Hurt, of the two lines, are now in tho city. They de nied yesterday that their presence here had any such significance as was indi cated by the report. Is In Favor of Taylor. Frankfort, Ky., Deo. 11. Tho state hoard of elections tonight gavo out its official findings that W. S. Taylor, for governor, and the rest of the Kepubli can ticket, have been elected on tho face of the returns. Commissioners Ellis and PryOT signed tho majority re port, iu which they held that, as a Isiard of canvassers, thoy have no right to go behind tho returns of tho county boards, that their duties are purely ministerial as canvassers, and that the face of the returns, as received by them from the counties, shows the election of tho Kepuhlican state ticket. Ac cordingly, tho report says, certificates of election wore ordered issued to each candidate thereon. Bnuia Arming NatlTtt tape lowu. WariBMilMi nouueed thm luin, i'ii...'.. ... -- j.iijuu, co mg in tne native territory 0f laud hast, ta faring the mm... perial authority, with a view ol ing tne deieusive forces. t'.rcst Usttlra lmnrnilln, ww v,.si. r, ... the Tribune from London, dig buvu rwn i.ru.it l.,l... ! r-uju. p"-v I'aiiirs ure ing before Lmlvsniith iinrl A V. 1. , . . I ., . them come. ,1- . 1 1. V. .. ., ....... .1 LM mi r i nare l r i :o- t.i t from Cape Town: . . T- I I. I . leiegrupn sun every tion to Modder river haa leal ed. A battery oi field utillatl battalion of infantry were J from Modder rirer ipuur (' ant l'rinz Loiu' force wWI with one gun, whu ha I 'Vtrcsn railwav. Our VdW M "llelmont luis tft'ti sw-WsAl infantry and t wu tun-. u!iJ regiment and troops Iron M occupied Arundel ThursUy. I. like Strainer Missing. Fort Colliornc, Out., Dec. 11. It it believed hero tonight that tho Cana dian steamer Niagara has foundered on Luke Brie and that nil hand wero lost. The cew comprised 1(1 persons, all told. Of these, Captain Henry McUlory, mastor of the lost Steamer, is the only one known here. The Niagara had u cargo of lumber und shingles, bound from Georgian bay to Buffalo. Tuesday the Niagara was sighted off Long Point in tho heavy gale and snow storm. The steamers Orion and M . T. Greene ar rived this alteruoon from Buffalo, and report passiug through a quantity of wreckage. It consisted of lumber, shingles and pieces of a wooden steamer. Tho Niagara is tho only boat known to be missing. Cape. Nome Will Klval Monte Carlo. Seattle, Dec. 11. Arungements have been completed for a big gambling and theatrical enterprise, to be established at Cape Nome in tho spring. The plans iuvolvo an expenditure of $(10, 000. A special steamer will take North 40 variety performrs, the para phernalia for the biggest gambling house in Alaska and a building 60x140 feet, three stories high. Argmtlna's Crops. Ttuenos Ayres, Dec. 11. The wheat prosiects iu the Argentine Hepublio re excellent. There will probably bo n exportable surplus of 8,000,000 tons. The linseed crop will reach 850,000, Ud the total wind clip is about 2l!5,000 tons, which guarantees an exportable surplus. To prevent obstruction to traffic in the main streets of Boston in the day time, all the repairs ure made at night. Hurtling of Human llelng. Chicago, Dec. 11. The burning of a negro at Marvsville, Ky., was dc uounoed in resolutions at a meeting of the Ida B. Wells Woman's Club, a col ored organization. The resolutions de clared that it was time for Christian forces to unite in condemning the burn ing of human lieings and indorsed the action of the National Anti-Lynching bureau, of Chicago, which, through its chairman, Mrs. Ida B. Welle, has asked various organizations to send resolutions of protest to the governor of Kentucky and the mayor, ministers and papers of Marysville. FIVE HOURS BsTTUJ Th VUIbIbm DsSfMM Young's Col" t 1 1 1 i i rw ii Thm eruble relief in Manila j vu reeeived toilaV U Yonnu's small force had at Viuan. nrovince of Sv comber ti. Anxiety had General Young and the sau since it was known I Tiuo had a large, aggren liiiiminiitii imeratlllL' ill -- - i j , i:..n..rii Tiiiu in it. It? a fl tain iiiiss between N (II1vui.i.m San yuintin. me uiuin tho position was snsmfnwlln and pitfalls. The foil hours. General Yonnc tad thw of tho Thirty-fonrtn i Lieutenant-Colonel V1om. . . i '...I i-Av:ilrr. tnsips ot tne m -: J Swigert. He WM the nghtby('.;lim;lH.n-, talion of the iinnyi Yigan. Geut-rsi bv charging and routing w Who Toft 86 dead na seven, thousands of rouudt of M tVio troin- ICS. ine ' u j n.,lv one I artillery. vv j i iiwled. gamraau "o.. , .i :..;,, in the 11 ine apuwi , was led by the lUce of district, where there u . can garrison. The PJ false report g!i L.uzon ami i u" -." M( tive police in Segro. with Snringfleld riilcJ. - Canned It-ef l r "'- Chicago, Dec. 1 1 .- canned boef to the ln Bmith Africa. TwentJ required to carry it, k largest shipment of made from this citv.. Advance! in y Lewiston, Me., this state will gran- JJJj iu wages, now liemg manufacturing town. J Notice of a 10 per lug stel sr' """; cotton districts of Manchester. N- J Manchester cotton uim increase of 10 P''. In all, nearly 15,1 ' ' bv the now scheuu" XJ increase of nearlj - e u L-eS rrtl-' Rnllnr Sharkrr tl New York. " T! and Advertiser UT" JjM will train J"ies rn.la.aaht with ' ,J iu. ,;s, milor su'- m met last night and -l train his promptly acceja"j- n-.. , he hair iol'Br'J -toci.le-,, lotion of iin water.