The Eugene City guard. (Eugene City, Or.) 1870-1899, January 20, 1900, Image 2

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Newspaper Page TextEugene City Guard. I. I- OAMfBIU, PrepridaVtt. EUGENE OTY OREGON. EVENTS OF TIIE DAY Aa .H..R oi I r. u. .11 or liana Wnm III TWU II . .1, l..l I'l. 4 In t'and.aaad Form. Gold Import are helping F.ngland'i financed. Tod Kluan, the great jockey, If com ing Wert. Money rut. have taken a tumble anil may go lower. Affalra of MM GMm National lank, t Boston, will lie wound op. Ai a training-ship the Hartford will ail (or South American porta with 400 boya. Christian science trr-mtirn-nt allowed two children to die of diphtherut at I'ittthurg. Heavy lmaee on Uth tldet are the chief results of recent hard battled at Ladysinith. Montana politbd are getting much needed airing by the tettimuuy in thr Clark caan. (HTfiian vessel -owner regard Kng land' recent M'lzurea aa a icheini) to. kill competition. The released American prisoneri were bgwIooUd and in ran" when they urrlved in Manila. F.ditor Stead him pohltthod a letta. In I., ml a In which he gived aome in aide facta of the Jauieann raid A miniature battle of San Juan hill 'hi fought by Chicago ynuiiKtera. The police intervened, but tint liefore the "Suilth" ollicera were aurluualy wounded. After a day 'a bombardment, the lioera captured the British gtrrtaou at Kuruman, Hcchunalaud, taking 1!H priMinera, anna, amiiiuuitlou and pro viiiona. 'Die linen whipped White'a fon-ee out of poaitlotta three difTereut timed, but each time the llritldhera' gallantry reliiriied t" the Inn mid r vend all the lodt poaitloua. Our Inaaea In the Spanish war were H'.'.'.Mlfl. The grand total of the volun teer force waa 233, USA. About 24,000 of thcite were dial-harmed or deaerted. The total deatha were leea than 4,000. Krieiiddhlp Isetwceu t 'hlna and the 1 'mil 'I States would be complete if the Chinese were admitted to the l'titlip pmcs. Our trade with China Increaaed 40 per cent laat year, all due to friend .Int.. The aimtgun mhmuHIm i Iwm re vived In Honolulu. Iluhoiilc plague hat a strong hold on the rtty. Two more deatha had oci urred by December 80 and there were aoven new case! of plague. The National tiuard waa called out ami they burned the Infootod dlttrict. The Cnited Stated la ahead of Ureal llritalu aa a coul producer. The Moiitpelier tin-plate mill, em ploying 200 men, haa cloaed Cubaiid are well pleaded with Wood, and aay he Id the one man for the taak. Three perauua were killed aud teven liijiiri'd in a tenement house lire at New York. The ateamr'Oaselle waa wrecked off the Florida coatt. A paaalug ateamer aaved the crew. Calllornla capitalldta are going Into fruit culture In the atatea of Vera Crui and Oaiaca, Mexico. Michigan haa a sensation and oral atate olllciala have been indicted for brila'ry and oiiils'tilaiiieut. Bay, Dr. Ildward Mctilynu la dead at Ncwburgh, N. Y. He auccumhed to llriglit'a diaeado alter seou weckt 'I here will U a coiilcrvnce of till go ernora of the arid atatea and terrl toriea at Salt Lake January 17 to ouu alder the iUCdttou ol urld lauds In Clay county, Kentucky, two men were allot and killed and four other turtle liaiuta toriouslv wounded in a tight that atarted at a murder trial. A Tactile Mall ateamer arrived In San Kianciaon with a cargo ol tt,nl4 toil", nearly tw ice aa much aa any ahlp that hud ever entered the (ioldeu Oate Congreaatnaii llopkuia of the house waya and meaiid iMiiiiulttce days there will be no levidion id the war revcum tan law at thia aoaalou of the fttlth oou- gresd. Attiicbed to the unniinl report of the aecietary of agriculture la a recommen dation (or agricultural experiment tta MOW in the government 'a new ialaad poaacadtoua. A brother of one of the liner generala, who Id viditing Chicago, auva that if llntain cruabea the I ranavaal arnile there ill le no pci. , aa the lUn-ra will tight to the laat. Ocucral Oreeloy. the chief digital officer ol the army and the well-known Arctic explorer, waa aaaaulted aud iwrioiidly Injured by a moidtiuger In hi own home at Washington. John lloatou, a negro, of Ittistell county, Ala., couvlcteil o( clu. Won aetaling haa Ih'i'H partloiieil by tiwvernor Jnhuaton on cmidltiou tht "(wr twelva montha he ahall lint buy, stes-l or ea-l another chicken, or any paat tlieaexl." A lady in Baltimore w-aa an tt i ted to a pet monkey that when 1st aliuff-ltd off tlua mortal ooil alie gave a htsig-uf (uueral. There were aix pall-lca-Maa, (our carrlagea (or the mnurucra, and several lioral deaigua, oue o( them be ing an "empty chair." A new cure (or rheumattaui haa been di covered in New South Walei It la culled the whale bath. The treatuieul consists in depoaitiug the patient lu the laxly of a dead w hale. Almnat invari ably the patient la able to climb right out uuastlttod. That remarkable curat are reported ia not aurpriaiug. Lawrcueo K. Brooke, who (our yean ago worked aa a laborer in a vineyard at Freano, Cal., for f 1.50 a day, want to the Klondike in lift, aud there, by lucky mining, haa made a lortuna amounting to over f.100,000. He late ly vlaitad Inn old hoiue and blrthpUoa in tiavaunah, N. V. LATER NEWS. William Jai kaon, the doout, iidead. The United Verde mlue waa aold for 1500,000. British authorities have released the German steamer Herzog. Two white men were a hot and two negroea were lynched at Kipley, Tenu. l'remler McDonald Ukea the attor neygenenldhlp of the new Manitoba cabinet. A Hrttlah Hag and portrait of the qneeu were trampled under loot in a Victoria naloon. I'rwldent Hill, of the Great North ern, regardi the ship iubsidy bill aa a national acaudal. Lord Hal four in a ipMefa denied that the luat lor gold la the incentive to hug laud in the Trauvaul war. Suit haa been begun in tho United State supreme court to tent tho valid ity of the Itli.djl-Alliinii act. Governor Itrady and the Chi- Nome delegation have apja-ured liefore the Iiuum. emu nut tec on public land. The predideut haa remm mended the proin'itiou of llowidon, kautz, itcmcuy aud Fariiihar t . be rear admirali. The Uliitod Stab cruiser Albany, purchased from Brazil, dtftlowd u t .ee. of 10,81 kie.t- during a builders' trial run. England will release seized Ameri can Hour. FisxIstutTs are not OOnald' ered contraband ol war iiiiIchm intiuled lor the enemy. Hit mat Grin berg, formerly a well known Jewldh budinend man of Seattle, haa boon arretted In Tarnasdl, Oa licla, Austria, on it charge of baying girls for export from Austria to the United Htatea. Secretary Gage gives aa his reasons for his recent action in utilizing na tional bunka aa depositories for national treasury noted that thereby ho prevent ed a disturbance in the business world. He denlea that ho has discriminated lu favor of any bank. A Loudon dispatch "ays tho long I . lit ii st. .mi Is icw bursting over the heada of home government officials. It aays that If parliament were In sen slon, It la doubtful if they could retain power, and only a remarkable change lu the situation can save them when the next session convenes. Senator Hoar has made public a let ter ho had addressed to a Dflmbaj of Kadtem papers In reply to a speech made by ex-represeiitutive Cjulgg, of the Kasex Club. Ill it he says that Agulualdo la honest, and that the war waa caused by a mistake imtde by (icu cral Otis; that the Aumrlcails vveie the aggreaanra and Aguiimhlo witiitcd peace. A pro-Boor meeting was hold In Seattle. Kuglish purl lament mar be convened boforu the end of the month. Frenchmen are opposed to the new treaty with America. A Missouri lodge of Hibernians do- l loil that it would not help the BOatl. T'.ie Chlcugo basebiill club will make ltd spring training quarters at los An geles. An Ontario (Or.) nU baa a sebi (or uaiug the uuturiil steam of hot wells. French's losses at Colosburg are more than twice the number at tirat re port imI. The Paoiflo ooaai haj sent forward over .flo n. hi to the laiwlou fund, aud more will bo seut. The Boers have refused to allow the American consul at I'retoriu to act at British representative. The secretary of war bus asked loi f?&0,000 for expenses ill sending the pnm-.il prisoners home from Manila. California wants foreign countries forced to reduce the duties on canned gissls through reciprocity trcatios. The shipbuilding trust has not yet Daasj organized. The amount of capi talization is not yet determined QpOBi The Big Four railroad will NHMM payment of common stock dividend and will take over tho Cheaapeuke A Ohio. Uncle Ham will preiu her claim agaluat Santo Domingo. Franco got her tuouuy aud uow demands an apology. The Boers In a spirit of humor have named three prison streets In l'rctoria "Ijadyamith," "Maleking" aud "Kim lierlcy." Kng Ian. I cannot iimlerstand why Billter's forces did not press a iwssage on the Tugida while White was eugug lug the Boora to the North. At Battle Creek, Mich , the bod) of Sherman Church, a miller, was found wedged under a water wheel. The hands were tied ami a weight fattened to the leg. KlitalM-th l Hailstone, aged US, iias MOttnd judgment in the dupvrior OOUrl at Sau Francisco against Joseph Board man, aged 7H, for breach of promise to marry. She sued lor i00t000. I. -uise Manset, a French governess, was hanged at New gale. Fngland, (or the murder o( her illegitimate l year old child. It id mid the exlsteuce of the child was au obstacle to a man lace the had lu view. From the stomach of a woman who lied in linliaua, a short time since, the handles of tx siher taaaatietjal wen taken, and now the stomach of a dead yb-ild it Lebanon hat turned out several sllier coins. Ti'Mthivdui t-roubled a cat hclougiiv o JsMliet Diner, el S'orrtatown, l a deirtst extra td all ber ti-eth and fitted sat a-rtiti, isl set in l.iesy tM-g.hit, l-'i-l re retirn-u-to her m-antes t Imxi kri tovedi William L. IVcker, of (ireeliw i. h, I Vim., Id certainly an unusual man lie pill, based a tine resldell. e pn'ertv there upou which was Im aled a $.1,000 DM It wat hid luteutioii to build a -'S, 000 home aud to BMV1 the lien ut he found that the old dlrnctuie could not lie moved wtUiout cutting down beautiful ahade tr.-, that adorn the place. He aacrlhYed the value of the house rather thau the Uvvd, and hal It torn to plecea and MWMPtd plecrmeal. lu these .ls s of mer. ilex destruction of natures' Iseauty It It pleating to tee that aniue people nave r Imie reauei-t (or il l-ier j.-iws site runs taatk se- Salisbury's Reply to American Protest. the DEFIIITI01 OF C0XTKABAXD flour It (tot i. ...I as Mash Coltdt It It Intsndsd fmr tbs Knenir. Iindon, Jan. 12. The American Hour seized off Delagoa bay haa been released. Ambasaador ('hnate had au inu-rview with the Marquis of Hallt bar thid afternoon, and received a verbal reply to tho representation! of the Washington government. The British note iA thla subject wat tent later to the United -t.it. - embassy. Tho gist of It was cabled to Washing ton. In brief, fraidstuffs are not con sidered contraband of war, unlett in tended for the enemy. The foreign office only arrived at n dedal 0B today, and It waa not until after Mr. Choate't Interview with the Marquis o( Salisbury that a note em bodying tho provisions was drawn up. Several of the government's advisers wanted to make a regulation regarding canned goods, but this wat decided to bo impracticable. The decision to make Hour and grain In transit to the enemy contraband it evidently hedged in by many iliHIculties of execution, but the foreign office believes that in vestigation will generally determine w hether the grain it meant lor con sumption at Lorenzo Marquez or In the Transvaal. Mr. Ohoate. cabled lord Salisbury's note to the state department at Wash ington tonight, and Colonel Hay it ex pacted to reply, accepting the terms. The latter step was not taken by M r. li'iate, hh he bad lirst to receive au thority bom tho statu department to do IN CAVITE PROVINCE. Itelirls Are llOna: Itrlven i i. .hi Ihi I iiunlry Smith of M unl.c Manila, Jan. 12. Reports from the movements of the American command in south of Manila show that (ieuerals Bates and Whoaton aro at l'erez Dos marinas, and GeflaraJ Schwan il at Silan, all awaiting tho arrival of pro rlnon wagoua. Keoonnoidtauces have shown that 2,(100 armed insurgents Iiiim retired to the iniiuutiiiut from the district between Indau and Nuic, and that others have retreated along the coast from Novetel toward Botangas. laisl night, Nolan's aqnadron of the I'.leveiith cavalry drove a lxsly of insur gents from Naic. One American was killed and two were wounded. Thir teen dead Filipinos were found. 'Die movement largely resembles Qineral Hohwau'i i per lend in the same country, except that the towns are now being garrisoned, ami that the insurgents refuse to light, retreating southward and dividing into small bands, with the apparent intention of reassembling later. The plan of catch ing a large number between two bri gades has failed. Alsiut 100 insurgents hum' been killed, but comparatively lew arms have laien taken. The region it full of amignt, who doubtless have been bearing arms, which they have hidden. The women and children remain In their hornet, and the insurgents, as they fall back, release all the prisoners they have cap tured. XVtlltat llnllia llersttlnn. Washington, Jan. It. The reception to the diplomatic corps, the tlrst of the evening receptions at the Whlto House this season, wat held tonight from U to 1 1 o'clock, and wat well attended. Invited guests to meet the guests of the evening were the BMUbMI of the cabinet, of both brunches of congress, the supreme court, officers of tho army and navy, and a contingent of resident society. About 2,000 imitation! had lieon issued. Tho east room was dec orated in its usual beautiful and appro priate manner. The cunnerviitory was thrown open aud the Marino band played during the evening, l'rosident aud Mrs. McKinley received then gucata in the Mini parlor. Aili'Wl III Ilia I ' - .ell iii. I'ittsburg, Jan. 13. Pursuant to the order of the general usaonihly of the l'resbyterlaii church in the United States, the permanent committee ou temperance bad prepared a communica tion to President McKinley against the sale of liquors in uew territory, and this paper will leave Pittsbuig tomor row for Washington ith a praver to the president that lie look into the mat ter at once and give the committee some recognition of its action. A Linden dispatch says that then- is reason to believe that the United States and Herman embassies are try ing to find some common liaait on w hich they can 00 operate in pressing their respective dWMBdl against (irvat Britain for the IVlagoa bay seizures. General Schwan's column, advancing to the south ol UlMtti occupied Ninan. Hue tmariOia was killed and three wounded Nine of the eneiuv't dead weie found on the Held after the tuht A number of rifles WON captured and -en nil prisoners were taken. soii Ceafettetalo Muny. Chicago, Jan. 12. On the unusual charge of dealing In confederate money. F. M. Daus, who conducts a gcuerV mail -order business in Monroe street, was arrested today h government offi cers slid held tn the federal grand jury by Culled Mates Commissioner Hum phrey. It is alleged that HHinervuis complaints have I iva received against Davis for tedding conrtfei felt money to all parts ( tile .vmtfrrjr. fulU reprv seiMiag dii-Mtd wveo found in his place t bu-stucdt. Inln an llpm s,H,-h. Mount Clemens. Mich , Jan. 9. Car No. 71, of the Rapid Kallway, Detroit V MotUll I'lemciis line, ran into an pen suit, h at a gravel pit four mi lei Mtk of tint city, Uus evening. Sev .iral Hrsous were badly lujurvd. Asia MrKlnley In lnirrirna. Berne, Switaerland, Jan. 11. The xecutive iMiniuittee of the luterua- tioual Peace Society has sent a tele gram to President McK.nl. v asking him to intervene with a view of cudtug i he war iu --outb Africa. EXPANDING BULLETS. DEBATE ON TIIE WAR Senator Pettigrew Savagely Attacked the President. MADE 80MK STARTLING CHARGES ntalrtbulal to e .i. Traopa, far Tar gal f rattltsj Dnijr. Ixndon, Jan. 111. Lee-Metford cart rldgea are running abort iu the Brititb magazines, and, acording to a temi official report, the war office prpoaea to fall hark temporarily upon 100,000, 000 "Mark IV" expanding bulleU, mutt of which are already in storage in South Africa. The war office, however, hat issued a strict order to the volun teers that the SO rounds of "Mark IV" given them njott be uted in practici at home, none being taken to South Africa. After the public announcement that no dtich bullet would be used in this wur Ida Minnliivinsiit th. Halle Chmrii. cle thiukt, would be a deriout breach 1 wat precipitated in the ecnate today on of faith, ess.cially at the Bntith com- tin- Philippine question, the ha. id for niamlert have complained that the the tpeechmaking being a resolution ol Boers occasional!!- use such projectllei. inquiry offered s. verai days ago by The newspas-rs were ncnclled dur- I'ettigrew of South DakoU, to which inj the earlv Hara nf the war to cable 1 tuhdtlt utes were propoaeo. r. iugre llaclarad lha Paopla Wara Parpuaalj fetapl In lairaea uf lha Kaal alala at Atfalra. Washington. Jan. 18. A ipiritad and at all timet aenaational debate centorthip, taking It for granted that full uarratlvet tent by mail would tup ply all deficiencies. For tome weekt, however, even the mail correspondence that hat arrived iu Iindon has shown tigut of habitual tcissoriug by the cen sor. Paget aro enumerated with .ut chronological or logi'iil connection attacked the administration lioy in tho Philippines, and alto made mm startling chargea againtt tnod who were tupsirting the administration. He declared that a tytteinatlc effor was la-tng made to prevent tccuraf information from reaching the people nf the I'nlte ! states, and that it wad s i , v... u .. ,i..-,.r,i-. ,,ii.. isditical scheme to further the candl i.MintellKMhle in M.anv cases. The ed- ducy of Mr. McKinley for rciiominatioE it,rd. untimr isidsihlv 'in concert, are and re-election. The deUte was ten lav ing these facts Isdore the public, and Inated by a retumptn.ii of .-oudlderatlor insisting that they Im rmittcd to of the currency bill at 2 o'clock. kuow and print the facta. Stewart of .Nevada marie an etaoo- The Dailv Mail formally uccuies the 1 rate tpeech on the question of the na war oflice of "do. U.ring" in the editing tional finances, llelore adjournment, of ollicial dispat hes before their iasu- j the house, after prolonged debate. Bin e, and cites particulars. The Duly passed the hill conferring addition. Chronicle avers that tin r- seems to he powert upou the director of the cenaua UOffloial OOOmllMf agailidt letting . .... naa,. Wathington, Jan. 13. Kepretenta tivo Tongue appeared liefore tho com mittee on coinage, weights aud meat ores today, aud sisike in la-half of hit bill to establish an assay oflice at Port land. He pointed out that Portland u easily accessible to the miners of the Oregon gold lields and it alto in a poti tiou to receive a part of the gold com lug down from Alaska. the truth be known. Although the mi m ber of deaths from dysentery and enteric fever at l.adysmith haa been published by the war ofHoe, since Saturday'- tight nothing haa lon given out regarding the losses in the engage ments The war otlice assert! that it has nothing to give out. Arm-cliaii critics, who, in the ab sence of rcpormrlal or official dis patches from the teat of war, pout forth pages of conjecture and opinion, DOnolnda that too much id to be expect ed from the British hosta iu South Africa until 1ird Huberts shall have plenty of time to thik ami fresh lower shall have arrived. Time ia working now for the Boers. Kach day makes 'more dillioult the three heleagured msi- Mom, THE CAVITE CAMPAIGN. Colonel tlullaril Knruuiilerail lha Kab ald Near Calauitia. Manila, Jan. 13. Colonel Bullard. with the Thirty-ninth infantry, moving In three columns from Calamba uitt two guns, attacked 10 companies of in surgeutt, dtnmglv intrenched on tht Although the war office declines to , Santa Tomas road. They resisted stub- coiiflrin the reisirt that Lird Methuen Isirnlv, making three stands. Twenty has Iseu recalled to F.ngland. inuuiries Jour of the re belt were killed aud tIC iiuide by acorressuident at Methueu's 1 prisoners were taken. The Filipino borne, in Wiltshire, hruve elicittsl the yetreated, carrying their wounded to- information that when hu received his ward Uike laal. One American wat wound his horse threw him heavily aud spinal and other injiiriet supervened. The theory it now advanced that the Mlmrut of the iermau mail steamers ller.og and (bncral, since released, were made on purisiradv misleading in lonunMon mppliol to British agents, the design being to embroil (ireat Brit ain and German iu a quarrel. Ml pa II ta tt in Kiialaml. London, Jan. 111. -liven the an nouncement of the arrival of Field Marshal Lird liolarr'ts aud (ieneral Isird Kitchener at Cape Town hat failed to stem the growing impatience of the country at the prolonged muc in it in the main British camps and the entire absence of news giving an adequate insight into tho local situa tion. The public and press living un able to form any just judgment as to the actual position of affairs, stories are rife that the inaction is forced ou (ieiieial Buller owing to the exhaus tion of reserves of ammunition anil there are even w ild rumors of n shell famine ut home. But not so much importance need be attached to these rumort. It Is al most universally assumed that with the landing of Roberts aud Kitchener a prompt re' ii in will bo made to the original plan of campaign, namely, a great central advauce on Btoemfoiitein, but the most iuiiatctit of enthusiasts admit that UolMTts will be utiable to move 01 fori the end of the mouth. There was a rumor current ill the clubs today that a battle was progress ing at Tugela river, but nothing could lie obtaiuvd in corroboration of the re port. Cargo uf Kiploalvat. New York, Jan. 13. The steamshipa India and Drummoiid, which will sail from here for the Orient iu the near future, will each carry to Mauila about tin tout of freight OTin signed by the gov eminent. These shipments will in clude provisions, blankets and supplies for the soldiers, and 111! tons of high explosives, which are to be placed in a specially constructed iuclosuro of the do. k of the India. f iiiiaresainaii Ciuliiuaii Mick. Washington, Jan, 13. I'oiigressnian Cnihtiiau is confined to his residence, and the physician w ho has been attend ing Mrs. Cinbman during a severe at tack of scarlet fever says Mr. t'ushmau has developed symptoms of the same disease. itvalti tor ii.- rhiiiiiinit. San Francisco, Jan. 18. Thel'nited states transport Tartar sailed for Ma uila today, with .VO recruits, under Command ol Ooloail Freemau, aud commissary stores. She also carried 80 mem ban ol the hospital corps from New York. A I'arUal Answer. Washington, Jan, 18. The anawei of the Britith government to Mr. i In .ite's representation respectiug the setiiie of American tlonr and other goodd M the three vetsels, Beatrice. Mahona and Maria, hat Ueii receivisl. Just as the orti, lals of the state depart ment eiH.. ted, it ainounta to a partial .uisvver. vc- saf.:actviry as far as it goes, disposing of the character of tome of the gwiift svixihI. but uot tltially de ciding broadly whether er not fvod stuffs are to be regarded at centfabauJ Tha rUuraa u Hawaii. an V nin Men, Jan, 18. The steamet M.vana arrived today from Auttralia. W hen the steamer arrived off Honolulu the quarantine oihcer went out to her in a tug. He reported that there had been three deaths iu Honolulu from what was tuppote.1 to be the plague, making IS deatha lu all. Kvery pre OaataOn was beiug taken; lumset in which any Nsly had died were burned down, ncwcra were U-ing ditinfected, and everything wat hemg done that ingenuity could tuggett to ttop the spies, 1 of the di killed aud two ollicera slightly wounded. Karapril t-'roin ih. I ill i i Vancouver, It. C., Jan. 13. Advice! from Manila say that Benjamin J Oreen, coxawaiu. anil tieorge M. Pow ers, tirst-class apprentice, are the aole aurvivort, so far at known, of the luck less gunlaiat Crdalietta. The Crdaueta was taking souudiugd near Orangi and weut aground. The natives, seeing what hupiMncd, tent word to the in surgent tnxipt at Orangi, and a strong force marched dowu quickly through the wisnls and tiaik positions on both banks iu the undergrowth. Suddenly they opened Hre ou all sides of the lit tle vetdol, wounding most of the crew at the first volley. Lieutenant Wmsl, who was iu command, was wounded in three places during the first few min utet. Seeiug that the vessel wat doomed, he ordered that thegiglie low ered to make a dash down stream, but the boat was riddled while being low ered. By this time seven of the crew were k 1 1 . I or disabled. Only Oreen, Powers and three others remained ac tive. The insurgents, growing bolder, waded into shallow water and ovev aiwcrod them by iheer force of uuin liera. A few days later, wheu the Oregon was seeu approaching, the men made a dash for liberty, but they were recaptured aud IHI tinned to death for the attempt. The execution was to take place at daylight, but during the uiglit they again escaped. Oreen and Powers climbed iuto a tree, and hid in the dense foliage at the top, while the Filipinos searched the woods around them. The other three Amoricaut were probably recaptured aud killed. All that night they could hear the Fili pinos searching for them, but next morning they went away. After trav eling two days, without bod, they reached the coast aud WON taken on bOttrd the Oregon. I.argi " ,; h, ,ii. at Hulls. Butte, MOBt, Jan. I). The larg warehouse of the Henncssy Mercantile Company, opposite the (ireat Northern depot, waa destroyed by tin' at au early hour this morning. Lisa ou building, 1S, 000; fully covered by insurance. List on stock, between .f 40, 000 and 148,000) insurance, 80,000, The MOM if the tire is unknown, but it is be lieved to have originated from defective wire or spontaneous combustion. ii.-1' ii i in. iii nf Alaska. Washiugton, Jan. 10. The presi lent has created a military depart ment, consisting ol the territory of Alaska, and assigned Colonel (burge II. Kandall. Eighth Cnited States in fantry, to its command, Kan.biU it 'ii duty with his regiment in Culm, mid will rejsirt here IB route to Alaska Jauuarv 15. ii..-.. Flay tag MladfttUM, Chicago. Jan. 13. Harry N. Pillt bury, champion chess player of America, practically accompli-hed last utght the feat of placing simultaneous ly ltl gamee blindfolded. Pillsbury played againtt mem ben of the Chicago I'hcss Club and at 'J o'clock this morn ing had BOt Oalj successfully completed the majority ol the games, but had won the greater number. It is the first tune that any chess WfUl has played so many games without seeing the board. Saii-all pin lu Hat-ruM. Dvrtwit, Milk., Jan. 13. The man OipaJ building wat quarantined tislwy N cause au applicant for charity wat discovered to be afflicted with small, pox. In thit building are located the two recorder' lourtt, two polta courts and various minor offices. Th health department took charge of tb ictun. Tha I anion ruil liruwd. Wathington, Jan. 13. Vdjutant Oeneral Corbiu has received aln.gether r.'.tftW for the Uwtoa fuud. $5:i3 ba in received today. 0 'VOTES HIOH IN MONTANA Wltaaaa WaaleH to.ooe la tola lark an! Waa ofarad MlatMi Washington, Jan. 1ft. Dr. Kctor, a i. ....... ,.f Mi.x.ala. Mont., wat the flrtt witneaa t-fore the Clark investi gating committee today. He had par ticipated in the campaign in Kavalli i-oonty in the interest of K. P. W'OOdt, Democratic candidate for the legislat ure, and who was a friend of Clarke. Fetor said hi had acted at the inatanci of Blck lord, one ol Clark't managert. Witness said Bickford had pn.mlted to pay him for hit tervicet, but no ipe clflo turn had leen mentioned. A number ol letter were read intending to ihow that Bickford had been an agent of Clark in the senatorial rare. .--examination ol the wltueaj wat pottpnned until the detente could look up the letter received Irotn I-:, tor. ij....r..si.nfativn Sullivan, member ol Monuna bgislatnre from (iranlte oonty. certified to having been ap proached by Bickford in Helena pre viout to the meeting of the legialature and asked to vote for Clark. "1 taid," the w itness testified, "that I might do to if there wat enough In it. He taid how much. I said twenty thousand. He then asked me if half that amount would not I enough. I replied uo, aud we purte.1." Sullivan said ho nu t Bickford, who tuggested fifteen thousand. Witness told Bickford ho would not vote for Clark under any circumttancei, aud hud seen no more of him. THE PHILIPPINE COMMISSION. Itvpnrt He- WUI I'mbalily lie Itrailjr furr t'l-liruarjr I. New York, Jan. Hi. A special to the Timet frjm Wathington tayt: Alamt the last of January the Philip pine commission will tubniit their full report to the president. Pretident Schurmau was at the White House Thursday to announce that progreti wad Mug made, aud that More Feb ruary the work of the commission will bo completed. The report made in SeptemlaT waa a general one, in which all the commissioners joined. In the full report each commissioner will deal with a separate subject. That of I'H!! Ideut Schurman it on government (or the Philippine.. He hat considered the matter fully and hat discussed his nqsirt with the president. It It at turned that tuch practical points m he may offer will be brought to the atten tion ol the appropriate commltteei of the senate aud the bouse. At to the question of again tending a commission to the Philippines, it has been suggest, d in ci tigress by Isith sen ators and representative! that a joint commission o( members might la name ! for that purpose. It would be very jsipular aud also very expensive, but it it iusistcd that it would be a better way of preparing congresa for legislative action thau the plan of mak ing up a commission outside of con gress aud expecting member of both houses to read their nqsirt after it had been made iu order that it may become informed. It is said that a special committee of members well-known would be more interesting aud inipres live. Pranra Will tie Mnnari'hy Again. Chicago, Jan. 15. Count de la Chasney, who waa married in Colorado Spriugt two days ago, and who passed through Chicago last night on hit way to Paris, believes eventually France will have again a mouarchial form ol government. "Nothing will be done in a political way to reorganize the present govern ment," he said, " until after the Paris exposition. That Is practically a mat ter of agreement among the high states men. But France it uear a change. The Faahoda incident aud the Dreyfua affair added much to the general dis content among the mattes. At the proper time the man to lead the royul ist party will be found. It it uot un likely that Prince Liuis Napoleon, now a colonel in the Uussian army, will be tha one choten. " !' Cam at Honolulu. Wathington, Jan. 1ft. The state department has been informed by Mr. Heywood, United States agent at Hono lulu, under date of January 1, that eight deaths have occurred from the bulsmlc plague at Honolulu since the last telegraphic report, December 2d last, which auunuueed three death from the caute of the plague. Dr. Heywood alto states that the entire city of II 'ii. lulu it quarantined. Venatiirla Klnnm-aa Improve. Caracas, Veuezuela, Jan. 15. Tho financial crlsit it euded. The diffl- culty between toe government and the hank has boeu amicably settled, aud public confidence ia restored. India Will liny silver. Ixindon, Jan. 15. Renewed buying of ailver by the Iudiau government, the Statist says, cannot bo much longer de- i i i layen in consequence oi rupee coinage requirement!, aud this will lead doubt lets to a marked improvement in the price ol silver. rorllaml Carriers Will Rral.tor Mall. Washington, Jan. 13. The plan of haviug mail registered by carriers when dlectod will be put in practical opera tion January 1ft iu BO cittea. Among the cities chosen are St. Louis, Denver and Portland, Or. The tervice will be inaugurated elsewhere when consid- red beneficial, upon the implication of the local olllciala. Ureal N, inhere XVIII flo In dilnnntn. Sioux City, Iowa, Jan. 15. Colonel W. P. Clough, vice-president of the Oreat Northern, hat definitely admit ted that system's intention to build to Omaha and Denver. It it under stood, however, that the terminals here owned by the Sioux Citv Terminal hallway A Warehouse Coinnauv will first be required, at a price of approxi mately $400,000, or iwrtnanently leased liefore the exteusion movement leg int. Brlllth Columbia Offar Arraptad. Victoria. IS C, Jan. 15. The Ca easile Boverument lias accepted Brit ish CobiKibla'a offer of a COIlipa-nr of mounted tcoutt for South Africa eer vice. Otllmora Assigned to Iut. Washington. Jan. 15. Lieutenant dtlluiore, formerly of the Yorktown. and for many months a pritoner in thr haadt of the Tagalt. hat been astigued to temporary datv on tj,e 1; New Tork will require overfl.OOO,. 000 to perpetual! the Dewey arch. TIIE BOERS FLANKED Buller Is Getting Around Their Intrenchments. NF.AKKK TBI BELEAOURED TOW), Important Operation In Progradd . Natal-Oenaral Wblta's Mlluallan Hacoiuea Hrrlona. London, Jan. 15. fJeneral Holler. tH word, announcing hii lorward movement Thursday, it interpreted at meaning that he hat passed around thn vv. -tern end of the Boer lines ut ( 'oli.n. do aud is now several miles behm, them aud within 14 mile o( General White'! ontposta at Ladymiith. The Boer forcei a (ew daya ago had force! with guns at Springfield, where (ieneral Buller dates his rlitpat. h. These commando have been obviously dttlodged, either by lighting or by m. neuvering, the Boers retiring acrott the Tugela at Oeneral Buller advances. From Oeneral Buller a dispatch, coupled with the fact that unofficial intelligence from the teat of war hat virtually ceased since Monday, the de duction is drawn that inisirtant oiH-ra-tions are in progrcts, ai he cuuuut move far without going against the Boer entrenchments. The death list from enteric fever and lysentery at Ladytmith, averaging from H to 10 daily, it considered mor serious than the i'M casualtietof Satur day 'a light, as they indicate the fright. fully iiutauitary condition ol the be leagured town. A letter from Lady tmith, dated December 7, any that even then U0 out of 540 men in the bat talion of which the writer is 11 member were sick with dysentery or enteric fever, and, according to a dispatch to tho Dailv Chronicle, dated January H, the patients aud attendants in Tuinbi camp, where the hospital it, then num bered a. 600. licinnrkuhle scenes of patriotism were witnessed in London last evening after a short service held for the volun teer in St. Paul's cathedral. The vast audience wat slow to diaperse. Ladies st. - I up on their chairs beckoning and calling to brothers, tons mid friends in the ranks, the latter signalling back. ,V scene of great animation ensued. The organist introduced a few bars of the naiotial iinthem iu concluding the voluntary. Tho effect of this magical. Kir?t the volunteers then the congregation tsik up strains, and the vast cathedral tilled with enthusiastic song. demonstrations were renewed by incuse crowds outside. St. Paul's churchyard and Ludagte hill were black with people, and it was impossi ble for the volunteers to march. Indi vidual members were pulled out of the ranks by their frienda and admirers, who raised them on their shoulders, and thus carried them down Fleet ttrcet to the Temple. Those who es caped hoisting proceeded slowly, sur rounded by clinging women. After ward ut the various theaters, where tho men were entertained, and yet later, on returning to barracks, these scenes were renewed, and the streets were filled until midnight with cheering people. A MYSTERIOUS WRECK. wat and the was The im- Name of the Staainer Lost In HI. Harjr'i 11 .1 Still t'liknnwii. St. Johns, N. F., Jan. 1ft. The fol lowing comprise all the details regard ing tho wreck in St. Mary's bay that could be obtained up to midnight: The ship is a two-masted steamer of nearly 8,000 tons, aud probably carried a crew of 80, with possibly some pas senger!. She went ashore before day break Thursday, striking a ledge at tho foot of the cliff, where escape WM hopeless. The crew launched the Units, but probably during the panic some were crushed agaiust her side, others being swiiniped, all the occu pants apparently perishing. The ship was seen to las on fire by resident! sFv miles away. Attracted to the none, they found the after-half ol the wreck blazing fiercely, and the fore part under water. Kenweue in the cargo helped the blaze. At that time only three men were Sett on board. Two were on the bridge and one was in the rigging. Those on tho bridge were safe uutil alrout 2 P. If., when they were washed overboard and drowned, the bridge being carried away. The survivor soon after left tho rigging, swam to the rocks, and twice endeavored to get a footing. Failing In thit, he made hit way back to tho rigging, where he died ol exposure dur ing the night. Many dead liodics are visible tossing lu the surf. Two of them, thiowu up in a cove, cannot be reached, owing to the heavy sea. One is thought to be that of a woman. Boats and other wreckage are thrown out among the rocks for miles. Antnnioliltpa In New York. New York, Jan. 15. A recently or ganized compauy will put iuto public service in the streets of this city next week '.'00 automobile carriages and loo automobile omnibuses. The charge for , abt will be :'5 ceuts a mile and 75 ceuta an hour. Indiana Hank Robbed. Princeton, Ind., Jan. 15. Robbers blew open the safe and vault in the banking house of Mediums, Teel Co., at Oweusville, thia county, early this morning aud secured 115,000, the total currency in the bank. The money was placed on a handcar on the Kvans ville & Torre Haute road aud ruu to Poteyville, II miles southeast. Here the handcar was left, and the money wat removed to a vehicle. The rob bers then nrOMld the Wabash river tl the Illinois side and escaped. Will Ml (iiobe Bank Collatrrml. Boston, Jan. 15. At a meeting of the Button Cleariug-House Association today it was voted to sell the collateral held at tenuity for the $3,ft00,0ii0 in clearing-house certificate issued to thi Ulobe National bank before iti ool lapse. The Union Fuml. Wathington, Jan. 15. Oeneral Cor bin announced today thai the iiibcrip tions to the Lawtou fund bad n ached the handsome figure of $o. 101, $8,000 having been received tinoe the laal report.