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EVENTS OF THE DAY
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tha Two llamlspharaa Pmtta4
la a Caadanaed
LATER NEWS
for
An earthquake caused haw. In
Hontbern California.
Admiral Dewey ha reached the age
limit of 62 yean, but he will continue
in ervlce.
The Granger' warehouse at Itoe
burg, Or., waa destroyed by lire; low,
$4, WO, folly lnaured.
Four men were killed by a train
wreck on the Northern Pacific near
Bearmouth, Montana.
A ix-tory building, 00 year old,
waa destroyed by fire In New York, en
tailing a Iom of $80,000.
At Pan Francisco the Carlisle In
dian defeated the university of Cali
fornia in a football game; arore, 2 to 0.
Jallua Paldwin is dead at his home
at The Dalles. He was one of the old
est and most promluout pioneers of tha
Northwest.
Thirty men ts-rishod in a colliery
horror caused by fire damp explosion
at the llrazucll mine, uuar Browns
villi), I'a.
Hurler's Frciirh-Cuiiaillau following
ia proteating against Canada sending
any more troosi to help Knglaud in
houth Africa.
Mrs. Potter Palmer will be appointed
by President McKinley diret tor of tha
American woman's department at the
Paris exposition.
The htnto department will investigate
the action of the ltrltlsb government
in seztng several cargoes of Amerioan
floor off li. bay.
Tlie trainwreck near Pomona, Cal..
In which one life waa lost ami four
were Injured, was caused by the break
ing of a locomotive wheel.
At Koine the jsipo solemnly liuiugu
ruted the holy yeur by performing tba
impn-sslve ceremony of opening th
holy door of St. Peter's cathedral.
Fenlana threaten to make aa mucb
trouble aa possible for (treat IViitaln,
and will hamper her opnratloua In
sending troop from home porta.
Twenty-one sailors from tho Brltlah
steamship Arloato were drowned In
Hattera. N. C, surf. Their lifeboat
whs awanieil. Their oiiinsiuliini
were sutstoquontly reeuod by the life
saving aervloe.
The charred remaiua of W. J.
Thomas, a farmer, and his three chll
drwn, were found in the ashes of tholr
home, 11 miles southwest nf Chilli
oothn, Kan. It is snpposed that Tliouiat
murdered the children and then set flra
to tho house aud took hta own Ufa.
Aboot a year ago Thoiuaa' wife com
uiltted sotcide by taking polaon.
Duller' losses ut Colenso were 1,119
men.
Chicago poolroom were closed by thf
London paper fret under restraint of
ceusorahip.
8ol Hmlth Kusaell will retire from
the stage for a year.
Lieutenant Churchill ha arrived
aafely at Delagoa bay.
Awl ft A Co. are to be paid for a lot
of beef that apoiled.
A receiver has boon appointed forth
Globe National bank of Boston.
Near Norwood, (.)., a mnn was shot
and killed (or cutting telegraph wire.
lloth aalt and Isirax have Ixmu dil
covered in Lake county lakes, Southern
tlrcgon.
Price of hops has already materially
advanced in consequence o( the pool
formed by Oregon grower.
President Kruger has entered protest
against England's being permltteil to
purchase war supplies in this country.
Port MacalUi ha In . n ufllclally do-
lured open to commerce, and the Ven
ezuela revolution is considered ut an
ud.
The Filipino have placed a large or
der with a continental tlrm fur artil
lery. They are said to have plenty of
uiouey .
The wardcu of a California prison 1
confronted with a problem. A pris
oner whose term ha expired refuses to
leave the penitentiary.
Kx-l'ulted State Senator Wash
bur ne, of Minnesota, ts suggested by In
diana politicians for the head of the
proposed Orieutal commission.
D wight L. MiHidy, the famous evan
gellat.la dead at his home In Fast
Northlield, Mass. The causa of hi
death waa a general breaking dowu dua
to overwork.
The Vetieuelau goveriiineut troop
eomnletely defeated Urn rebel uuder
General lleruandea. It I believed
that many prisoner were taken aud
that a lame uuuntttv of aiiiiuuuitlou
wa wire. I General lleriiaudes fled
Admiral and Mr. lVwey have taken
a liew In St. Paul' Woman Catholic
choroh, Waahtugton.
The entire crop of ugar-aiie and !eet
lor lrtUU-ltlOO will amount to about H,
CNM.OtK) ton alxiut tlie aaiuu amount
a laat year.
Export and imports at the live pun
dual uorte of Porto Kleo for the
mouths of May, Joue aud Joly ahow
balance of trade in favor of these
ports of $847, a.
A aeat In tha New York rtock !
change was sold for (40,000, the high
eat prion ever paid.
William Cleggett. of Rochester, N
Y.. waa killed by an elephant at Jack
aonvtlla, Fla. The animal sought
revenge becauae Cleggett had given it
tohaooo two day before.
M Uilri. a wealthy physician.
ureseiitod to tho Institute of France a
am representing an annual income of
90.000 for triennial prize of $20,000
for the moat remarkable work, or die
oorery of general intereat, especially la
the Held of nrgery and medicine.
their
Han Franclacan are arranging
big pro-lioer demonstration.
K. O. Hodge A Co., one of Norton '
largest banks, ha closeil ite iloor.
In the engagement at Iadymith Fri
day, 10 llritUh were killed ami m
woondeil.
England has discovered that her mil
itary reaoorce were overestimated by
80,000 men.
Mat Chandler, the old-time puglllt
and former partner of John L. Sulli
van, 1 dead.
The queen ha given warning that
ltrltlsb object mint not help Boer or
lie. Stater.
Plague of a aevere type 1 raging and
muuy death from that caue have ou
corred In New Caledouiu.
Sydney Paget, William C. Whitney'
racing partner, ha left this country to
Join the Brltlah rough rider.
A Pari dlipatoh says that Franco
would bo happy if the Delagoa bay in
cident oaiiaed an atiglo-American quar
rel. Alfred Borlinl was arrested in Han
Franclioo wLilo on hi wedding trip,
fie 1 charged with being a bank de
faulter. Iowa tanner have formed a syndi
cate to grow rice In Texas, lin y have
scoured option ou 14, OOO acres of laud
to coit 922o,000.
The Hour army on Modder river 1
growing greater each day. They are
building trenches within three and omi
bull miles of Metliueli's picket line.
Tho Northern Pacific wreck in Idaho
wa a bad one. After 10 days the last
Isidy had not lieon recovered. The
trainmen were to blame.
Hhould all Spaulah war lsnsions now
asli-d lie allowed, it would cost $2.
726,000. The Seventy-first New York
aak for annual allowance which ag
gregate f I 1,011 '
Governor Geer, of Oregon, dis-s not
approve of Oregon citizens contributing
to a fund for Luwtoli's family, lie
thinks the state should look after her
own hcroe' fainlle first.
The Connteas of Canavami thought
she wa a convert to ISuddhlstu. Sho
entered their convent and changed her
mind, and ha applied to friend in
San Francisco for assistance.
Winston Hjieneer Churchill has
cabled to the London Post of his escas
In 1111 the ltocr Iirlsotl. He made his
way ovarland from Delagoa bay and
scaled walls while guard worn uot
looking. lie Journeyed for six days,
walking at night, with nothing to out
but chocolate.
The president of tho New York
prison association, who ha made an
Inveetlgatiou of the Cuban prisons tells
a horrible tale of the conditions there.
Offender of all classes sleep In filth
and vermin. No beds or clean clothing
1 tirovlited. Money or Inllueucu is
necessary before they cuu secure
freedom.
Christina seems to have been a day
of crimea the country over.
Over 600 llritish prisoner captured
at Htonnberg have reached Pretoria.
Every employe of the American Fx
press Company rooelved $ for a Christ
mas gift.
Puller has destroyed the Colenso
footbridge, and makes no further at
tempt to advuuee.
Armour's canning department, Chi
cago, Is rushed night and day lllliug
orders for the Fuglish army.
A drunken wife in San I'rainisco him
charged her liiislmnd with murder and
he 1 being held hy the authorities.
About 2,000 claims have been tiled
v. far for pension for disabilities re
ceived during the Spanish-American
war.
The curreuoy bill, according to a
Washington correspondent, will bo
rushed through the senate without
amendment.
The tiroal Nortlo.ru yy Inaugurate
a new departure. A largo Mm k l tl
company's stock is to bo distributed
among the employes at par.
It ia said that ling land had been
warned by General llutler, whom she Is
now turning down, that it would not
lie wise to attack the llocra until bet
ter prepared.
Yaqul Indians plunder, kill ami burn
villages and the Mexicans do not seem
to make much headway in whipping
the savages . Au entire. Mexican regi
incut swim to have disappeared.
Tho Keuian are organising at BntT.i
lo, N. Y., for an invasion of Canada
Thov expect, it is said, to raise 125,000
men' and have two carload of arms
and inunitou of war in concealment
There laMlsaffeotlou among the Fret
stater troou. They complain that
Crouio's men ore ovorWarlng and Wt
ter (oil than they. The Transaalet '
are auspicious aud tlie situation 1 W
coming grave.
The members of the senate committee
on privileges and election declare
Ihey will carry on the Investigation ol
Senator Clark's case without regard b
the decislou of the Montana supreme
court under w Inch Welluune was .lis-
larrtd from practice on charges ol bril
erv lu connection with the senator's
election.
The Pittsburg baseball club ha
bought the pick of the Louisville teai
for a sum aid to be $.',", 000 cash.
Mr. 0. A. Hurling, mother in law
of Kear-Admlral William T. Sampson
died at her home in Kochcetor, N. Y.
aged 76 years.
Ex-Sheriff Wets, of Dayton. O., has
received bv mail a coiumission from
Preaident Kruger apivlutttig blm
brlgadlor-geueral iu the IUht army.
Weis l a permuial friend of Kruger',
and once visited him iu Africa.
The empress of Germany Is a tanch
defender of the bible, and deprecate
all alighting remark at court relative to
Se church or th scripture.
Nearly every grocery Jobber and
iholesaler In Missouri, Kansas, Okla
homa aud Indian territory was repre
sented at a meeting held 111 Kansas City
to organise against trust.
In celebrating the fiftieth anniversary
of hi profoMorslilp Pmfeasor Yirchow,
of llorlin. ald he owed hi rioulttlc
reputation almost entirely to hi Ameri
can and Japanese pupil. who continued
hi researches.
SANTA ANAS' REBELS
Attacked the American Garri
son at Subig.
MARINES BEST FK0M OLD Mi A I'D
rillplaos Ware Drlten Baek, Many lie-
iug aUUeeV-l VmmmUm
Auo 1 i- " ld.
M.nlla Deo. awtieneral Santa
lai alth a force of Insurgents esti
mated at 800, attacked tho garrison at
Subig yesterday. A IsKly ut marinea
x.nt (rum OlouiraDo to reinforce
the garriaon, aud tho Filipinos were
driven back, several wnug aiuen.
There were no naioaltloi on tho Amer
ican ildo.
k .., ne of tho Fortr-sixth volun
teer Infantry, together with a contin
gent of marines, ha been- sen rrom
Manila to reinforce tne suing garriaon
till further.
Bavaral Nmall aklrmlaksa.
Manila, Dec. 28. Lionel Franklin
Hell, of tho Thirty-sixth Infantry, en
countered 160 Filipinos Thursday, near
Alamtnos, province of Zambales, and
Ulltll. ITOMlflHl or captured 2H of them.
1 In- tnsip also obtained poaseasion ot
a number of rifle and quantity of
ammunition. One American wil
wounded.
A detachment
Infantry ej
emjr Sttor
Neuva Vlr
lng two ai
Tho Amor
of annual
The Tw
the Flllpl
the Thlrty-fonrth
1 band of the en
so. provinco 01
i.'od them, kill-
or capturing 1 i
iw-d quantity
pglment attacked
. Sunday near Cal-
umbn sciiter jic rhoiu and killing five
of the enemy.
The Thirty-aecond regiment ItxBtUjI
bad a brush w ith the enemy from the
mounUlun northwest of Dinalupijan.
One American wa wouuded. The
tnsip captured 125 head of cattle and
brought them to Grankl, Ilataau prov
ince. In the island of Pauay, Captain
Ilmwnell'a oompany of the Twenty
ixth Infantry (ought Uie enemy near
Haia. Tho rebel lot heavily and the
American captured a uiimlair of rillos.
The rebels who lied from Pauay w
Kombtoii Island are surrendering to an
Amoricau garrison from Panay.
The funeral of General LftWOBt will
take place Decemlier HO. The remains
will be embarked on the transport
Tho in a.
BOTH SIDES QUIET.
Neither llrHlah Mor lli.rrs are on Ihf
Mu.
London, Dec. 2H Dispatches from
N th Africa are still greatly delayed,
but they are arriving more freely,
Inch shows that tho censorship has
been relaxed. There appeare to ho no
great change lu the situation. A dis
pat.ii from Lorenxo Marque, dated
Thunday, gives the following from tho
lkier laager, dated Tuesday:
"Tlie llritiah naval guns at Colenso
have been cannonading Itulwor bridgs,
avatfth Tugela river, with a view to
smashing it. The bombardnieiit ol
Ladyinith i procisi'diug slowly . ' o n
oral Joubert ha arrived here, and ha
been accorded a hearty welcome, lie
ad.lrcased the burghers Decern Iwr 18.
"Mure British prisoner have been
sent to Pretoria, In. hiding Colonel Pul
ler, Major Walters, Mujor Hailvvark,
Major Foter.
A. dispatch to tho Daily News from
Udvsmlth, dated rrlday, by ueuo-
graph, says:
"Another sortie last night. General
Hunter, with 500 volunteers, destroyed
one six-inch Creuaot gnu, one llowitx-
er, and one Maxim. One Hrltou wa
killed. The Poor guuuer Hod."
t'hnkril III "if., to Itoath.
Paltiniore, Doc. 38. F'rauklln B,
Livingston, a blind man, aged on,
choked hi wife, Rota Livingston, to
iti'stk at their homo In this city, and
then gave mutual f up to the police
l.ivingaton claimed his wll. tried k
smother him lu a feather IkmI, but li
accendml in choking her and put her
hod in a bathtub The police found
the nude lsidv of the woman In the
bathtub at Livingaton' house, .leal-
ouay 1 given a the cause of tlie crime.
mandated In Wd'Oeeen,
Washington, leo. SS. A pectal
from Norfolk, Va., say: The big
Johnston line steamer Noraninore ar
rivisl this afternoon light from Liver
pool, after one of tho most tempestuous
iasaga on rtoord, Captain Klehard
sou, her cominaiider, reporteil haiing
seen an unknown Imrk founder ut ses
with her crew of 12 men.
AMERICANS BUY A CANAL.
.1. .1 I I IkoittllS M.o.l. i
ludlauupoli, IVio. 88. Johu A.
Miniver, au elevator conductor, aged
24, ahot hi wife twice iu the head,
fatally wounding her. lie then turned
the weapon Usui himself and sent the
bullet through hi brain aud died from
the effect ol the wound au hour later
without rocoieriug fonsclousue. The
crime waa the result of a quarr.il, lie
gun after midnight, when Hoover re
turned home. Jealousy on hi part
wa the cause.
XVkrra tlucra ItotiaM Corn.
New Drleaua, Doc. Js Tho llritiah
consul here is authority for the state
meut that New Orlcait ha been ouo
of the chief port ned by lUicr agent
(or securing upplic for use in the
Transvaal, aud that Pritish ship have
been used largely in their shipment.
Corn, it seems, has lseu oue of the
principal staple Nuight for tho pur
pose, and waa bought and shipped away
frem tin is rt without causing the
least comment or luspiciou.
Deputy Nhol by I'. ,- .
Albuquerque, N. M., LKv. 28.
New rea bed hero today of the fatal
wouudlug of Deputy Sheriff William
liainbolt, of Chva ivuuty, by two
desperadoes, whom he and a posse were
trying to capture. Kalnbolt with
other had been lu pursuit of the out
law for several day. While riding
across th open prairie, Kaloboll and a
man named Allen overtook the fugi
tive, when a fight ensued, the officer
being shot twice and the desperadoes
escaping Allen brvught the wounded
arpaty to Pal. mas.
At If f1 Tkay Kaw Uwa aa latar! la
Ika Paaaaia.
New York. Dec. 80 The incorpora
tion of the Panama Canal Company of
America ia Mid to be the first move in
a plan to traniler the Panama canal v
American in order that it may have
(better chance in the struggle wltn
he Mcaraguau ooncewlonarie . Tho
iianklng house and individual wbo
are understood to lie interested are:
Augut Relmont ft Co Kohn, Loeb ft
yo., Levi P. Morton, t'brle K. Flint,
J. K. Bimmon, president of the Fonrth
Nationalliauk; Wward Hweet, t.eorge
frheldon ft 00M Paring, Magonn ft Cx.,
aud George W. Young, president of tin
United State Mortgage ft Trust Com
pany. lu addition to theae, several banking
leu - s In San Francisco and in citlo
In the Houth and West are interested
In tho company The Herald say this
incorporation of an American company
U the result of negotiation between
representative of the French company,
including Paron Oinheira, who came
to thi olty from Paris several month
ago. and leading financier of America.
The representative of the French com
pany came to thi country empowered
to transfer the rights of the company
having now been incorporated, the
trunafer will very shortly be effected,
tin tranifer to lie given formal approval
by the shareholder lu France. Thee
shareholders receive share in the new
American comjiany in proportion to
their holdings in tbe old.
This "Americanizing" of the Pana
ma canal, as one of the gentlemen in
terested in the new company styled it
yesterday, has been brought about in
order to place the Panama canal on a
footing in America more satisfactory to
the FremJi company, and to place it
on the same base a the Nicaragua
canal la-lore the United Suites govern
ment. An isthmian canal commission, with
Kear-Admlral Walker as chairman, i
now at work making an exhaustive
study of all possible routes for a canal
across the isthmu of Central America.
Thi onmnilwiou wa created iu the
cl..-ung hour of tho lat congress, and
11,000,000 was appropriated for its use
through tthe rlvor und harbor bills.
Its report will undoubtedly be final as
far aa the Unite, IJStatcH Is ot neerned ai
to the best route for a canal. Its par
tie, both engineering and exploring,
aro now scattered over Central America,
obtaining material to u"ist the com
mission In forming conclusions.
Tho French company, realizing the
Importance of the commission's find
ings, has taken tho steps which have
ban flMorihgrl. balitvtnj that the canal
commission would naturally bo enabled
to Judge more Impartially between the
two routes with Isdb under American
control. The gentlemen of tho French
company long since recoguiied that
the undertaking of a canal aero Nica
ragua either by the United States or by
private artiea with the assistance or
indorsement of tho United flutes would
be most oriou blow to their project,
but the Ainericnu financier who have
formed tho new compiiuy, now that tho
two routes aro on au even footing, and
rJiat indirment will lie made only on
the grounds of engineering and general
desirability, they argno tnai me
"Americanizing" of Panama 1 tho
onlv war bv which the 4i 10 shareholder
can have any hope of any return from
the 1200,01)0,0110 which has gone out of
France and into the canal, and they be
lieve that this arrangement can pro
duce only good feeling between the two
countries.
Since 18H4, when the F'rench com
pany was formed, there has been ex
ponded in work on the canal something
like 98,000,000. Several thousand
men, mostly negroes from Jamaica,
have lavn employed, and experts de
clare that the "money has been proprely
expended, and that good progress has
been made. There is a large numlier
of men at work on the canal at the
present time, and this force will bo
found at work by the canal commission
when It goes over the route, which will
probably lie during February. The
canal is alsnit two-nths completed,
and the new American company esti
mate that tho cost of completion
would bo about 9100,000,000.
Hilton I'alnllnga al Anellan.
New York, Dec. 80. Tho gallery of
jialiittiig collected by tho late Judgo
Hilton is alxnit to be sold at auction.
It is composed of nearly jOO paintings,
mostly by modern French artists, aud
ia valued at more than 9500,000.
Among the masters represented are
Meistuuier, Cort. Daublguy, Gerotno,
Ylbert, Mukart, Muiickaay, Hourgereau
and Tissot.
Quarantine Agalnal Mm Caledonia.
Melbourne, Victoria. Dec. 80. A
passenger who arrived hero on bOatd
the steamer Australian from Noumea,
New Caledonia, where tho plague 1
raging, has been quarantined, and eight
other have boeu placed under surveil
lance. Money for Improvement.
8t. tall, Minn., Dec. 80. The
tireat Northern directory today in
creased its capital atock 9. 500, 000,
(or the purpose of acquiring new prop
ertie and making extensions and im
provement on the Pacific coast. The
Sioux City ft Northern and Pacific
Short Line, iu Iow a aud Nebraska, arc
among the new properties to be taken
in.
Konaa'a n ... ' to Parla.
New York, Duo. 30. Commissioner
lieueral Ferdluaud W. Pock, of tin
United States commission to tlie Paris
exposition of next year, ha appointed
Sousa' band as the otlicial American
baud to play at the exposition.
PLAGUE IN IIONOLDU
A 1'hrUlms l-olsonlug.
Hartioursville, W. Va., IXv. LN.
Three member of the family of Mati
fon! Pollock died last night, having
been mysteriously poisoned while eat
ing their ChrUtma dinner.
Uol.l Dust for l'arla Eloallltl
Victoria, I, C, Dec 80. Tho de
partment of mine of the government
ol Pritish Columbia last night forward
ed 71 cases of nugget aud gold dust
for exhibition iu the provincial MCttOB
at the Parts exposition. The gold is
representative of all Pritish Columbia's
creeks; and among the specimens l a
nogget worth fol from Storm creek,
Cariboo.
At Corvallis, a nd of heifer . Ues
very good ones U reported to hav
brought 914. 25 par head.
The Disease Gets a Foothold
in the Islands.
SIX DEATHS RATI OCCVBBIl
Tha Epldonite la tooflned tn Ike Ckl
asaa Uaatlar Meaaurea Taken to
lamp II Out.
Han Franoisoo, Dec. 80. The trana
(s.rt Ontennlal, which has reached
here lroru Honolulu, oonflrm the re
port that bubonic plague exist in that
dty. There had been no new case ol
the dUeaae, however, from Decemlier
1 up to the time the trampnrt sailed,
the 18th. The quarantine at tbe port
was to be raised the 19th. There was
little anxiety among the resident of
Honolulu, according to Captain Fagles,
f the Centennial, a the plague wa
onflned to the Chinese quarter of the
try. That part of the city wa under
strict quarantine, and no ingres or
egress whatever was allowed. Up to
the time of the sailing of the Centen
nial, there had lieen six deaths.
The Centennial arrived at Honolulu
from this port with homos Decemlier
15, but wa uot allowed to dock until
the ICth. Even then uone of the crew
wa permitted to land. All inter-Uland
traffic wa at a full stop, as no steamer
could enter tho port. The citizen
have subscribed 9-'"'.000 to tight the
plague
The franjpnrt Newport has arrived
from Manila iu ballast, with no new
of importance.
The Centennial will be kept in qaur
antine till tomorrow. There is no
trace of the disease on the vessel, and
a lias been demonstrated, there is nc
likelihood of its finding lodgment then
bnt still there aro many Hawaiian rati
that have made a homo ou the steamer,
and they have alt to lie caught and sac
rificed before tho vessel will fallowed
to dock. Hata aro said to be tho moil
prolific mean of spreading tho plague.
1'hoy carry the germs from port to port.
IN STRONG POSITION.
Hoera !! Forlllleil the Mills at Col
euao Trrnehe llonib 1'roof.
London, Dec. 80. A dispatch to the
Dally Mail from Pletermaritzburg,
Jated Saturday. Uecemt?r Jo, lays:
"Kvorv dav reveals some fact regard-
lava tho htremrth of tho lioer porition at
Uolenso. Thanks to tho services of
Continental ofllcora, the character of
tlie campaign ha changed. We are no
It iliL'er fWhtitnr a foe who relic upon
guerrilla tactic, but we hnve to deal
with what 1 rapidly becoming a uioi
nltned armv. eniorlng the advantage
ol knowing tho country and of n lectlng
the scene of contest without the Har
dens of cuuibcreouie commissariat.
"The Roers have oouverted tho hill
near Colenso into fortrosaea of immon
strength. F'.very where they have
jplendld trenches, many of them liomb
proof. Tramway linen permit the
hiftlng of guns with astonishing rap
idity. Tho main position aro oon-
i to with tho outlying position by
underground passages, and tho fort
proper bristle with machine guns that
command tho approaches. Probably
mine are laid.
RETURNING IN BANDS1
Filipinos Terrorizing Unpro
tected Towns.
prtuf ua
NATIVES ASK FOB ASSISTANCE
of tka
Hklrmlali at Tugi-la.
Cheveley Camp, Natal, Wednewlaj
A heavy lioer gun on BalWatta hilt
lired steadily upon Ladysmith through
mi t tho morning. Lad'yaniith did uot
respond.
Tho enemy having been again de
to ted attempting to improve their
trenches facing Cenerul Puller, the
llritish heavy guns opened upon them
aud the lkier scampered back into the
hills.
The Pritish patrols sighted tho en
emy in force on tho extreme left.
Nine Boon were killed in a skirmish
that followed, and six Doer wagon
were captured.
Olaas-Ka-Qaal luik.
New York, Dec. 99. Relative to the
ittltudo of the Irish revolutionary ooi-
tie toward the covernnicut of iiroat
I'.ritain at the present juncture oi
affairs, tho Evening Post today quote
an officer of tho t'lau-ua-t.ael as say
latn
l'lnrland can be only niaile to icoi
by physical force, aud we're now going
to give her somo Poor treatment. We
lid Intend going out and siuking tne
first expedition (nun Cauada to South
Africa, but thought it better to wait a
little. We can mobilize our men with
out much difllcnlty for an attack on
i.'anada, aud wo are fairly well armed
aa well as tho Cuited States troop
in the Spanish war. Wo have lot of
Springfield rilles, aud are lutudy with
tho bayonet.
The Movement lu rhlla.lelhla.
Philadelphia, Doc. 29. There ia a
general movement am tig the Irish
here to aid the lloers in their war with
Englaml. A call was seut out today
for a special assessment on every mem
ber of the Order of Hibernians, oi
which there aro 25,000 in this city.
A retnra of 190,000 is exvtod, which
will help to swell the general fund of
,1 .OOO.o.iii which organization
throughout the country seek to raise.
'Vrlaro ta Need or Coal.
Sau Francisco, Dec. 80. The Exam
iner say: There are over 80 vessel,
ach carrying from a few hundred to
nor 11,000 ton ot coal, Nrand from
Newcastle, Australia, to the Hawaiiar,
islands. From tho same Australian
port to San Francisco there are but 20
vessel hound with similar cargoes.
The coal destined for Hawaii is chlctly
for use of tho sugar plantations, hot
the diversion of the supply (rem thit
port has caused a scarcity of fuel and
a consequent increase in price.
A ttwiiarkabla ftknwtng.
Washington, Dec. 80. Adjutant
. ieneral Corbin said that every regi
ment of infantry last recruited which
has reached Manila has made tho re
markable report of the safe arrival of
every man who started. This Is con
sidered a very convincing proof of th
MM with which the men were elect
ed. These troop have traveled by
both route, the Sue canal and by way
.if San Francisco, and have been tub-jet-ted
to great change of climate, and
yet uot oue man died of illnesa on th
way.
- - -- Mo. Loaea Ika Traek
l-rlaonera He Ha rollowl--eral
Wkealsr tioos Soalk.
Manila, Jan. 1. The inaurgent
who evacuated the coart town between
Dagupan and Vigan, fleeiw to tbo
mountains before the advancing Amer
icans, are returning in small band to
the towns the American do not oc
cupy, terrorizing the native and
Chinamen, who showed hrlenlahlp for
tbe Americans. Tbe native and
Chinamen ure seeking the protection of
tho American garrison.
Colonel Wessel's cavalry, while
scouting in the vicinity of Trinidad,
ound evidence of Filipino soldier be
mg in that vicinity, but It was Impos
sible to bring ubout an engagement.
The recent increnso in the garrison of
Namacpacan against the threatened
rebel attack on Christina day averted
trouble.
Colonel Hare, of tho Thirty-third In
fantry, who ha been following s party
of American prisoner, lost track for
three day, aliout Docemlsar 20, of Btieh
signs and evidence of their iiaswge as
they customarily loft behind them. It
Is thought the prisoner were eprated
and conveyed to remote parts of the
mountains, thus increasing tho ditlicul-'
tie of General Young's troops to effect
a roscne.
f ieueral Wheeler, who wan recently
in Manila requesting an appointment
south in tho line of the expected cam
paign, i now at Parunuqne.
Americana Captured Slrungkold.
Washington, Jan. 1. General Otis
cables tho wur department today ai fol
lows: "Manila Colonel Lockett, with a
regiment of two battalions of the
Forty-sixth, (Colonel Schuyler), oue
battalion of the r'orty-fifth (Colonel
Dorst), and one company of the Twenty-seventh
infantry, and two guns (Cap
tain Van Deusen, ) attacked the enemy,
000 strong in a mountain stronghold
beyond Mont Alban, northeast of San
Mateo. A large number were killed
and wounded, and 24 were taken pris
oners. Lockett captured one cannon,
40 rifles, 20,000 rounds of ammunition,
500 pounds of powder, arsenal fortifica
tions, all their food supplies and con
siderable other property.
"This captures) point, located on a
mountain trail, was formerly supposed
to be impregnable. Our casualties:
Lleu'enant Enlow, Eleventh cavalry,
and five enlisted men wounded, mostly
slight. Private Mtitson, Forty-fifth in
fantry, drowned."
Not American Veaaela.
Port Townsend, Jan. 1. The pur
chase of foreign vessels by the United
States government for use as transports
during tho Spauish-American war ami
their subsequent sale by tho govern
ment to private citizens ha resulted in1
complicating matters for purchasers
from tho fact that after purchase of
such vessels the government refuse to
allow them to lie documented in the
United States as American vessels.
The case in point is the steamship
Scipio, w hich was recently sold by tlie
navy department and waB afterwards
refused documentation. The purchaser
applied to tho secretary of the treasury,
asking that if he should break tbe
Scipio up, whother tho material of
which she wu constructed would be
subject to duty if sold in the United
State. Yesterday Collector Heurtis
received a circular letter covering the
alaive case from tho treasury depart
ment in which Acting Secretary Sptnl
diug says that opon the sale of laid
vessel in a port of the United States
the material or materials taken there
from would not be regarded as an im
portation within the meaning of the
customs laws, aud would therefore bu
exempt from duty.
Houtk Afrlra la to Ba Di
vided Hp.
New York. Jan. 1. A dsipatch to
th) Herald from Perl in say a:
The Lokal Anzioger publishes tho
coitentsof the Cermau-English-Portugese
secret treaty. This double treaty
wil have executive force us in as the
Swiss jurists, Messrs. Blaesi-Heusley
,in Ooldau, have given a decision In
the Delagoa bay arbitration.
".he decision, it i expected, will lie
givm in January or February and will
pniktbly la? in favor of England, in
whi-'h case Portugal must pay to Eug
lam and America an indemnity of 1.
00000. England obtained in 1891
fron Portugal the right of pre-emption
in Ielagoa bay, and the cession of Del
agoa bay to England may therefore Iss
expected in March next.
It is possible that President Kruger
may now declare w ar ou Portugal aud
attack Delagoa at once.
In crder to prevent any interference
by rr or Russia, Knlgand con-
icluded a secret treaty with tiemiuuy
regarJiug the complete partitlou of the
Portuguese colonial possessions. Ger
man; is to receive all the Portuguese
.....'..ion- in Asia, with 20,000 square
miletof territory and 1,000,000 inhab
itant!. Germany further receives in
Africa all Portuguese territory north of
Mottmbique, except a strip of land
three miles wide, for Mr. Cecil Rhodes'
tram-African railway. For this tho
German government will pay Portugal
2o,0(0,000 marks.
REST AT ARLINGTON.
The I'lague Hcare.
Sau Francisco, Jan. 1. The steamer
Gaelic arrived hero this afternoon from
tho Orient, via Honolulu. Tho Gaelic
was sent to quarantine, owing to the
plague scare, but her cabin passengers
were allowed to land, tow-boat plying
between the steamer and tho city for
tho purpose.
The press correspondent at Honolulu
says there have been no new cases of
plague since last advices. There have
'een several sudden deaths, md tn
each instance rumor assigned the
plague as the cause. Inveitigation
proved otherwise. The board of health
now claims but two deaths were caused
by the scourge, the remaining canes be
ing doubtful or suspicious.
Kokbed of Olt.OOO.
Walsonburg, Colo., Jan. 1. W. J.
Milsap, a prominent stockman, was
seized by two men when alioat to enter
the Klein hotel aud was robbed of
f 12,000. Tlie money was mostly In
his coat and veat pookcts and these
garment were torn from him. No
trace of tho criminals has teen found.
Mr. Milsap was ou his way to Mexico
to buy cattle,
Itl( Liner Ia Aahore,
London, Jan. 1. A larye German
mail steamer, believed to W one of the
Hamburg-American linen, has gone
aground during a terriflo pU In East
bay, about a quarter of a mile off Dun
genes, the southern extremity of Kent.
Heavy oa are breaklug over the ves
sel, and life-boat are uuablo to reach
her. Fears are entertained for the
safety of tho passenger.
It is reported that the position of the
liner is very seriou.
A DOUBLE TREATY.
Rurtal of tha
Martyred
Maine.
Heroes of the
Washington. Jan. 1. Upon the
windy height of Arlington cemetery,
the Maine dead, brought from Havana
by tlie battleship Texas, today were
laid away in their final resting places,
with simple religious services, and the
impressive honors of war, in the pres
ence of the president, members of his
cabinet, officers of the army und navy
and other officers of the government.
A cabinet officer, surveying the tlag
draped coffins before the ceremony be
gun, saldt "The live of those men
coat Spain her colonies. " Put there
wa no note of triupmh in the grim
scene today. With a touch of sadness
and solemn gravity, tho nation per
formed its duty to the dead and gave
It defenders a Christian burial at
home, In soil hallowed by patriotic
dead.
Battle With Itobber.
Seattle, Jan. 1. Two masked men
held up a Pallard street-car at 11
o'clock tonight. There were eight
passengers aboard, and a regular fusil
lade of shots was fired. One of the
passengers Inside the oar, C. E. Plimp
km, opened fire on the hghwaymau en
tering from the rear, and three shut
a-ere returned. One broke Plimpton's
arm and the other entered hi breast.
Shortly after midnight the police
(ound near the scene of the Pallard
street-car hold-up the body of one ol
the two bandits. He had been almost
instantly killed by a bullet from a
passenger' phjtol. The body is still
unidentified.
Big Buffalo Mine Turna Out Rich.
Baker City, Or., Jan. 1. A sousa
tional atrike va- made today iu A.
Geiser's Pig Puffalo mine, two miles
west of thi city. Tlie miners took
several sample of ore from tho tuunel,
which today tapped tho 80-foot ledge.
By assay just returned to tho owner
of the mine, the samples all show gold
value ranging from $18 to $102. 75 in
gold and five ounces of silver to the
ton. Mr. Gelaer, who was formerly
part owner of the Bonanza mine, said
today that if the value hold out
throughout the Big Buffulo, the prop
erty will be equal to the Bonanza. The
Big Buffalo ia within plain sight of
thitt city.
Killed HI Young Wife and Hlmacir.
Winnipeg, Jan. 1. Pierre Dentzer,
a German farmer, aged SO, living near
Hathwell, 100 miles from Winnipeg,
shot and killed hi 19-year-old wife in
a fit of temper. Dentzer then carried
hi baby to a neighbors house and re
turned home. The authorities were
notified, and on approaching the house
fonnd that the woman's liody had been
taken Inside the house and a cross hud
been raised by Dentzer on the ground
where she hud been shot. Dentzer had
spread a sheet on the floor, placed hi9
wife's body on it, blew out his braius.
Went Through a Bridge.
San Bernardino, Cal., Jan. 1. As
No. 83, west-bound freight train over
the Sante Fe loute, was cressing Oajon
creek bridge today, alavut 12 miles
north of this city, niue cars went
through the bridge into the creek bot
tom. Six of the cars weie loaded with
cotton, one with telegraph wire, and
one with general merchandise and sul
phur. The cars canght fire and made
a terrible conflagration, destroying the
entire contents and framework. No
one was killed.
A Murderoua Collector.
Chattanooga, Tenu.,Jau. 1. Samuel
Mill, a collector for an installment
house, this afternoon attempted to seize
furniture in the house of Mary Veu
able, colored, for a mull debt. The
woman attempted to prevent it, and in
the itrugglo that en-in- ! Mills shot the
woman and her littlo son and Aught) r,
all terlouslv. Mills was arrested.
Arrested at I -t
Durban, Jan. 1. A German farmer
named Stucke and the Kev, Mr. Hartes,
director of tho Hanoi erian missions in
Natal, have boeu arrested at Fstcourt
on a charge of aiding the Koer. They
both claim the protection of Germany.
Kugena V. Siualley Bead.
St. Paul. Jan. 1. Eugene V. Smal
ler, the editor and publisher of the
Northwest Magazine, died at his home
in ttus city at micinigat. A a new
paperman. author
Smaller waa one of the most widely
known writer of the NorthweA.
Butler'a Sphere or Action.
Cape Town, Jan. 1 . Colonel Otter,
commanding the Canadian contingent
of troops, is to join the staff of Puller,
all the members of which are proceed
ing to Natal, indicating that Puller's
sphere will shortly lie confined to
Natal.
Boatnn Sympathy for Boer.
Boston, Jan. 1. The commou coun
cil of Boston today, after a spirited de
hate, adopted a resolution of sympathy
for the Boer.
Clrll War la Mew Guinea.
Victoria, B. C., Jan. 1. News has
been received by the steamer Aorangi
of a bloody civil war which ha been
raging among the natives of Kiriwina.
New Guinea. In the fighting the head
chief was defeated, and 11 village in
all were destroyed, with heavy slaugh
ter. Oeraaa Offleera Fought a n.o I-
Berlin. Jan. 1. Lieutenant luab
and Lieutenant St. Clow, both of the
me Hundred and Fiftieth regiment.
and publisher, Mr. ' fought a duel tody near Alonstein,
East Prussia. Ike latter omcer wa