.sals- Eugene City Guard. I. I- CAWimtLI frui.il.l-r. I EUGENE Q TV OREGON. EVENTS OF THE DAY A u lateraillng ( oil r. 11.... of llau Wmm U Two Hanleph.r. frmu4 la a Cad.es.d Form. Many Boer srs bslieved to be trek king northward from LadyNinith. The national convention ol United Mine Worker! opened at Indian quits When Bryan viiiti Saw fork he will be entertained axoluaively by lam many. For the flrat time in history grocery toree and meat ihopt cloned in Chicago od Bundsv. (ieneral Wood haa crossed Orange river and established the lint I'.ritinl ioit in the eueiuy'i country. A determined woman and a hnire hreud knife kept a mob at bay in I'M eago until assistance arrived. Kir Wilfred Ijiuner saya that Can ada will uive Knglaiid hoth men and money to help her in the present (trite Hummer resort of Knckaway lach and Jamaica bay. New York, may have to move on account ol threatening waves. Wheaton and Schwaii a trisipa are keeping the relsslt nf Southern I.uxon moving. A inericauii have lew loss but the relxti losses are heavy. The trana-Atlantic, steamship line have increased their passenger rates be tween Sew York and Kunqm, owing to the heavy travel exacted to the Parti exposition. John I'. Iteeae, under arrest in Kurt rVott, Kan., haa lxen releaand by Jugde Thayer's order. Iteeae was lieing held for contempt ot court (or address ing striking miners. The Servian mini-try has resigned, owing to King Alexander Insisting on granting amnesty to all the political prisoners convicted o( high treason against his father, King Milan. A circular apiealing for peace snd pledging for the lloera, signed by 4iK clergymen of all denominations in the Nether Inn I- ha Juat Ih-cu delivered to the ministers ol all Christian churulies la (Ireat Driuin. The suit for the prise money for the destruction of Cervera'a fleet Involv the question of whether or not the erniser Sew York really participated In the battle. The attorney-general avers that as all the Spanish tleet aud property were destroyed they were not prise. The urgent deficiency appropriation bill, the first of the lniairtnt lulls for the government, reported to the limit by Chairman Cunnon, carries AA, I -' ;,- Ml, of wbieh 1 1 .t SI 2 is reappro- prlate.l for the military and naval es tablishments, snd (M.M'.'S.ftUO for dis trict appropriations. The Hoers have looted all the store and mines in Swasiland. Two caaea of hulxmic plague are re ported (mm South Australia. Londoners are still complaluing ovei the rigid censorship of war news. Carter IlarrlHou has refused to accept the candidacy (or governor uf llliuois. 1 he rod in 111 workers at Cleveland, O., will strike, Involving s.OUU work men. General (leorgo Sharp, a veteran ol the olvil war, Is dead at Kiugatou, N. Y. Dutch colonials taken in arms are not treated as war prisouers, but ar being prvnecuted (or treason. Hie latest ofticiul report upon the foreign coinnieroo of China allow a great increase both in its Imports aud exports. Tli ('roe Indiana of Camilla may take the warputh and strike a blow at Great llriuln, now that the llritiah are busy. Frederick I). Ilouflla, one ol the pro prietors ol the Denver Post, was allot and mortally wounded by a lawyer of that olty. French warships have taken posses Ion ol Kwong Chan Wan bay, where a boundary dispute lias been pending for several months. The wreck in St. Mary's bay, N. F., 1 atill uuidentilled. although it Is be lieved to lie the Helgoland, which was under charter by the Standard Oil (Company. Ten bodies hae been lo cated among the rocks. A lone nihlier held up two roatau ranta in Uie uiidat of Kansas City at A in the moruiug. Hoth Jolt wen ao eonipliahcd in lens than live iiiinules, and the robnor escaped, th gapiug people making no rSsllUnoS Mr. 0 M. Foots), of Um Augclca, Cal., age. I 78, died suddenly on th north-bound Oregon expreaa between Gaaell aud Montague, in the Siski yon. She was aivompaiiv ing the re mains of her late hnsbiand to Seattl for burial. Trees and shrub are Mug planted long the Sues canal to keep the sand from drifting. Jama It Oarlleld. son of the mur dered president, announces himself aa candidate (or ivngre in the Twen tieth Ohio district. Congreasmsil Jamea 1 1, Need ham from the Saw-nth California district was born at Carson i it , Nv in ar migrant wagon while his parents went pressing aorues the plaius to California. Kxtenalva additions are being mad to th United State naval atatmus at Newport, It. I. For continuous aarv ice A F. Burr, of the Hartford (Conn Tim, ts prob ably th oldest edit, t in the country, having been in the editorial haruce lor til yar. Charles K VIoody. a millionaire of Bath, Ma., asked the city council a abort time before his death to erect a lamppost in front of his residence. Tha request waa rafuaad, and now hi will ahoaa that ha revoked an intruded be uuest of $76,000 for a new city hall. LATER NEWS. Senator Oesr waa re-elected in Iowa. Saw York has let a contract for an other subway to ssjgf $.6,000,000. Many Americans Will ba needad In tha government plant for tha Filipino. Robert M. McWsds hat bean ap pointed to tocoaed Dr. Badloa at con sul at Canton. Tb Farmer' Alliance want th proposed ship subsidy money tpant for xpurt buiintiet. iJoeri attacked French's advanced post and ware repulsed with 20 killed and 60 wounded. Landlord Wl.itten, of Hkagway, fall frOfl the gangplank of a itaamer at Seattle and wat drowned. titer 20,000 driver of all kinds of vehicles are on atrike in ftio Janeiro. Troops were called oat to maintain or der. (ireat floods of $1,000 bills are said to have been a prominent feature in the campaign of Senator Clark of Mon tana. Thomas IS Heed says he finds selfish neas is master of the human race and the world must work to better condi tions of the ieopla. In the senate Senator i'ettlgrew de clared that "the blood of every soldier who has fallen since the war began is on the hands of the administration." Miss Helen liould has given $.f0, 000 to aid in the building of the new home for the naval branch of the Young Men's Christian Association in lirook lyn. A London paper i authority for the statement that the powers have de mended knowledge of the United Stutee' polls! In China and the Philip, pine. The sieclal committee of the house to inestigate the case of Kolierta of Utah, finds that Robert had three wivea. It la aald he will not be al lowed to remain in i ongresa .m l a ma iority favoi uot allowing blm to be seated at all. Kosclusro'i friend and dote aao ciate, llaym Salomon, will 13 given a medal by congress. HI relatives claim that ha loaned this country money during the revolutionary war and it was never repaid. The medul 1 a oouiprninlee uf their claim. Denmark la coming down to our price. She now usks only $4,000,(HHl for the Danish West Indies. The price first demanded was $18,000,(1011. It la likely the deal will be closed he fore mailt davs. The I- lands will be valuable to ua in the event the Nlcar agua canal Is built. Dawson was ..-it- I by another large lire. (ieneral Joe Wheeler 1 coming home. China I buying heavily of cotton cloth. The Hoers have captured a fort at Mafrklug. Daily long range shelling of Iloera at Modder river contlnuea. Ion and id re I shipments are taking all available shiprooin to the Orient. Taylor' appnintineuta have been nullified by the Kentucky court ol apeali. The Northwestern F'ruitgrowert' As- iciatiou met iu Tacouia in annual meeting. F.x-Coilgresamau David J. Uolaon, shot and killed two men iu a Frank fort iky.) hotel. Wainw light Si Co , Hoston bankers, have failed 1'hev tiled to carry too heavy a load Id mining ttockt. A Wall -ii. . t rumor savs that the Southern Pacific may buy the Galves ton, Houston Northern. The Hritish ship Reliance aud the Hritiah ship Annie Thomas are loiig overdue at Sail Francisco. The French admiral dtnod with Pres ident Jltuiuei, of Santo Domingo after the troublesome claim was paid. The third annual couvetitiolltl of the Natloual Livestock Association ol America met in Fort Worth, Tex. Senate committee on interoccauic cauals will favor the bill lor the en structiou o( the Nicaragua canal. A negro who was supposed to hate aided two negroes to cucspe near llciid- giu, Trim , waa liuchcd by a mob. Negroes hate appealed to the United States senate lor national legislation tb it will protect them from burning and lynching. The troaaury depart incut i consider- ing a recommendation to move the I'nited Statea custom hoiiae (roni Maty I ... 1 1 I to ketcblksli. All the leading iiiaiiufactiirers of meu and women's WOOItfl felt bats have raised prices as a result of the advance in pi ices of wool. -d ietary Long and bear Admiral Bradford Itave appeared before the sen ate committee on na al affair iu ad- vocaev ol the l'acitlc cable. Two more death have occurred as a result of Texas' worst lend Two hull- lied deaths and over $1(10,000 have I n sacrlllced in litigatiou. which -tailed over tb disputed ovvnci-lnp of an unhraiitied steer Votal expenditures at the I'harlcstoi (Maat.) navy yard (or th last risen yar were $187,486. I be Ninth regiment ot reuuavlvaul celebrated the cue hiindreth auulver sary o( its otgaiiiaatlou receutlr. Daniel S. Fotvl, (or 40 year propri etor and editor of the Youth's Com panion, who died recently in Hoston, made it an iuvariable nil that bit uain should never pvear iu th col- uiimi of his owu journal New York ha twelve time as many churches aa Herliu. I'ubliaher iu Finland loe from $0,000 to $10,000 a year du to sup pntsaion ol book by th government. China haa Just received a cargo ol setting insc-hlu.s Irttin Aiuarica, and Chinese wouieu are said to be takiug kindly to the luuovation. 0i I' Huntington is the only turw riir of the great Southern Pacific quar tette, ixmposel of Staufunl. t'rocker. Hopkins a:: I himself, aud b now owns, or holds, an option on three - lourtht of th stock of th road. OVER THE TI'CELA Buller Sends His Force Around the Boer Flank. NO BAR TO GREAT THE DUTCH WKKK SLKFK1SED Tb Kallra Curnuisnd Is Nuw un lb. War to Kll Ladrswltb -Making Uoutl Frogrsss. London, Jan. IV The Time pub liahea the following di-pst. h from bpearmau't farm, dated Jatinary 111 "The force marched westward Jan nary 12. Lord Dundonald, by a nffjfe ing movement, occupied the hill above 1'otgleter' drift, 16 mile west of Co leuio, taking the I ... r- perlectly by orprise. The same eiening the infan try followed. (eneral Lyttleton's bii gade crocaed the river yesterday and to day shelled the Hoers beyond with Howitzers, (nueral Wam-u's foVM ll now crossing Trichardte drift, five miles alnive. He it not opiated, al though the Hoers are holding a sjsition five mile from the river." The Dailv Mall has the following, dated yesterday, from 1'n-t. rmarit. bnrg: "Newt hat been received that (ien eral Duller It making tatitfactory prog ress." A special disptch from Spearman's farm, dated January 1H, say: "The Hritiah column moved U. Spear man's farm, beyond Springtield, Janu ary 18. The dillicultloa in crossing the swollen river were great, the wagons being quite covered." A diipatch V the Dally News from SM-arinan'a farm, descrilMs Lord Dun rlonald's advance to Swartzkop bill, commanding 1'otgieter't drift, aud ay a: "(ieneral Lyttleton' brigade was tent to hold a position on Swartzkop hill. leaving a strong laxly to h-dd Colenso and (ieneral Hlldeyard's brigaile at Springlleld, our whole fon-e advauced without delay. After four days' bait nil the aouth side of the Tugela, our advance northward began January In. (ieneral Lyttleton's bri gade croased the drift that evening aud held the kopje on our right. Sir Charles Warren' division has made an attack Uaiu the enemy's left think. The column is now crossing the river." MONTH a.nal. Will FOR DEBATE Vols .... lb. riuanrlal 1111 r.bruary 15. Washington, Jau. 19. An agree ment wat easily reached iu the senate tialay to take the dual vote on the pending bill fixing gold as the standard of value iu the Uuited State, Febru ary 16. Aftar several day of debute, the dragnet resolution regarding the con duct of the Philippine war wus adopt ed, it was introduced by Hoar, and practically was adopted as a substitute for resolution of a similar but lea ex tended character, offered by Pettigrew ami Isidge. The house had another Inning today over the sale of the New Y'ork custom house by Secretary (iage. Suiter, of New York, the author of the resolution for the investigation of Secretary (iage'a transaction with the New Y'ork baukt, started the ball rolliug by charging that the mandate had ulready gone forth to suppress It. latter iu the day. during the discus sion of the appropriation for the army, Caiiuou, iu charge of the bill, chal lenged any member to move to strike it out. Williams, a Mississippi Demo crat, replied to Cannon, In an eloquent speech, iu which he altirmed the loyal ty of every American citizen to the Hug, aud charged Cannon with shrewd ly issuing a challenge that would not lat accepted. Tho urgency deficiency bill was passed with only one uuiinportaul amendment. OTIS REPORTS THE CAMPAIGN 0i.ratluna la l.iicon and tb. Huulbern Islands. Washington, Jau. IU. The following cablegram was received by the war de p. n t incut (nun (ieneral Otlt: "Manila, Jan. IU. Scliwan'n trtsip-, independent of llat.iu. n ppovill e, ar alaiut to move eaatvvard into the prov inces of Tayabas mid LstfOOal Wheatoii is moving ou latmeri and Taal, aud ba the navy' oO-OpanttioBI casualties slight; luaiirgent loss considerable in men and proia-rtv, as they keep up con stant opl-wltlon. I pe iiu. n under Kobbe w ill leave for hemp ports to light, (ieneral Hughes ia altseut 00 the western coast o( Pa nay, policing the aectlon. A band of Nil Ttgall, which landed in Negros ill December, waa struck by Hyrne in Negros inoiin-tain-, who killed IU and captured 18 ritica and aiiimuuition; no casualties. Ttmp in Nortbertui are busy pursuing robber bauds, with gtsul results." Furlirlng th. t'aual. Chicago, Jan. It. A special to the Inue- llerald from Washington, says; Hoth (ireat Britain and (ieriuituy have formally served notice that they will protest agaitist fortitlcatiou of the Nicaragua canal, if that waterway be constructed by the Aniericaii gotern inant. Hlgih.r s Ns I'lare. Washington, Jau. IU. Orders ware ttauad today formally detaching Cap tain SiirslnHt (nun the command o( the l'exas and assigning him to the head ol th naval intelligence bureau. n. i ot tuat.r Nut Caagrvaad . Sail Diego. Cal., Jau. U'. There i- iittthiug known her or at Knsena.l.i iMrntNtrating the resirt of the btowiai up tif the gasoliu chtxuer Anita at Magdaleua bay aud killiug her crew ol IX. Part, Jan IU The Matin tmtay vtt - it i ni" .-el on the )ourse that Count Horn de t'astellaue, husttand ol A una (ion Id. has lost 8.000,000 francs by uuluckv ipaoaUtlOtaV Turin, Jan. IU. It i announced that 18 pexaonn altogether were killed and 40 otllers were wounded by the ex pltwuva of dynamite at Avigliano, 14 miles from here. CANAL. Jal Mtaad t larlaa-Hula.r Tr.atr ' la lb War SeW York. Jan 20. A tpaclal to tha Harald from .Watblngton tayt: It aat tald tonight by a member of the foreign relations committee that an understanding exlttt between tha I'ni ted State and (treat Britain under which this government can procaad with the ootutroctlon of th Sicaragua canal without reference to tb provlt lont of tha C'layton-Bolwer treaty. Ther It no doubt that tlnce the nego tlatiout for the abrogation of tha C'layton-Bolwer treaty failed, and tlnce tha agitation of the construction of tha canal hat been taken up by congrett, t discussion hat occurred between the two governments, and it it underttood that Great Britain bat given thit country aaauraucea that it need not let the convention of I $60 ttand iu the way of action. It hat been known for a year that (ireat Britain was willing to abrogate tha convention on condition that she receive oonceationt In the Alaska boundary control my, and It it poail ble, If the hit made the statement credited to her. she ha- coupled it with the understandim; that her right eie where will receive consideration in return for her con i XfJoBi Kepre-ciituti -ulj-r has prepared til amendment to the Nicaragua canal bill, requiring that American lals.r tie employed in connection with the con struction ol the caiiul. WILL GO TO COURT HOPES TRANSVAALfRS. Roberts Determined to Keep Up the Fight. LITTLE SHOW KOtt HIM THEKfc McBrld.'t Hill. Ili-fun. In.- Certain Or.goo a.ttl.rs, fatasd Atasy Oft till. Washington, Jan. 20. Roberta of Jtab announces that he will light his caie in the i-ourtt II he it denied a seat a member of the house. Robertt hat been making bit contention on the ground that the constitution preacribet certain qualification for a member, but he ought to know that the lame constitution allowt the house to be the Judge of itt own member. So court will undertake to net aside a decision jf the house on tueh question, etpec tally at it would have no power to en force it. Or.goii Aiaar OHIr.a. Representative Tongue aaya that, not withstanding the unfavorable recom mendation! of Director Robertt, the coinage OOtnmittM will rewrt favor ably bills for assay Offloed at I'ortlund and Baker Oily. He baa received inch assurances from members of tilt! com- ...ill.... un.l l.i.l leu-. I bat the bills have WHEELER'S SEAT IN THE HOUSE ( mrlatxity v, Iuu,a the houte. ir ii. frlee la Oeeaai it th. umsrai Via; II. 1 1 1 . i cc . i i.i. I Sew York, Jan. I'd. A special to the Times from Washington aays: II Leu real Joseph Wl ler txpecta to return to Washington to kike a seat in cou greet without further formality, it look aa if he would meet with disap pointment Inquiry has Iwen made tlnce the announcement that he had been relieved from further duty in the Philippines, aud it is found that there is ran general agreement on both tidet of the house that it has bedfl clearly shown by the examination of the ca-e of lsw, and other precedents, that he has forfeited his riht to a seat in con gress, and that the only thing open to him 1 t - go back to his district aud seek re i lection if he ilealp - t utluue in service ill congress. No doubt ia entertained that, if he seeks re-election at a Bwcial election to Ml the ta.ancv, he will be returned to congress, psnspi without opposi tion, but it will be held by the house, according to the belt authorities in both parties that the teat is now vacant and will remain so until a special elec tion ha- la-en held. Some of his friends iu the house hope that be may be induced not to make claim to the seat, but to go at once before his peo ple for re-election. Thev think he Idaho Kori-st It.a.rvea. The Idaho delegation is much dis turbed on account of the new prosiaals o( the interior department to create forest reserves in .hat state. Accord- iiiir to the lines drawn, a reservation is propo-od in -outhern Idaho, next tin Oregon line, which will take in most of Canyon county of Washington, and latrt of Boise county. It will run up to the suburbs of Boise City. There is also a pm)ition in the war department to create a largo mili tary reservation at Snake river, to in dude isirtious of Lincoln and Cassia couutiea. KeBride't Refaadlag mil. In the regular course of business to lay, the bill intrsluced and reported by Senator Mcllride, refunding $1 hi acre to tettlert who paid $2.0 (( lands within railroad limit-, was reached on the calendar, and passed without opposition. This bill will Is of great interest to the people of the Pacific coast states, as it affects those lauds within the grants to the railroad where such grants were afterward for feited by reason oi the failure to con struct the road. Both Oregon and Washington will be affected by tha measure, if it can be jutsscd through the houte. Representative ktoodf in would win greater distinction by this tend to push it through, although he cour-e and, i( re-elected, he would Is? entitled to pay (or the entire term from March 4 last, as auy ouo elected to the vacancy would lie. MUST REBUILD TRACK. will meet with considerable opisitiou Improving Paget tVlllamrttr. Representative Tongue today intro hioed a bill appropriating $:'!, 000 for the construction of t revetment on the left bank of the Willamette river, one mile below- Independence. Thit revet meut it intended to prevent an overflow uf the river at that point into La Cm ole creek, which overltow threatens to Interfere with navigation on the Wil Uunetss. '4ft Nllra of Nurlhrrii I'si-lltc In I'utlatrh Vail.. Ia-wiston, Idaho, Jan. IU. The Northern Pacific train service out ol Lewistou is completely paralyzed. It la .1. ii' tt-il If auother tram will leave this poiut r arrive here for 15 days. So inch utter demoralization ha ever takeu place iu the history of the syitem (nun St. Paul to the I'acilio coast. More than JIS mile ol track has been washed out, aud will have to be rebuilt at a tremendous cost. There is noway of I'stimatlug the loss, but it will bo firmuut. Hie whole Potlatch valley tinning the detiatc on has Ism'U washed clean by the tlisid, ' question. He took as OUR ASIATIC LANDS. B.natur Wellington Taki-a Ills Turn at th. PfclllpetM Debatei Waahiugton. Jau. L'0. For an hour today Wellington, ol Maryland, occu pied the attention of the senate, con- the Philippine bis text the res- ami uot a bridge remains to allow ulution he introduced last Tuesday, de vv licie the Minlls' l mice was. As an clariniz that the I'nited States should indication of bow complete a ruin has ' not take permanent possession of the Ih-cu wrought, the origiual profile of archipelago, but, after sulaiuiug the the road has laien called for bv the con- insurrection, wheh be sincerely de tracting engineers la-fore they can be gin to rebuild. Andrew t iibson, chief of the con structing engineers on the Clearwatei Short Line, has been ordered to annul all work on the new line auil take a force of 1,000 men and four complete work trams to the scene of the disaster. vvh Waeelef is Rataraiag, New Y'ork, Jan. $0, A special from Waahlttgton to the Herald sav- So doubt exists In the minds of friends of Brigadier-! ieneral Joseph Wheeler that his return from the Philippine- incom pliance with his owu request I due to the failure of t ieneral Otis to give him active service in the Held. In certain quarters an effort Is made to attribute (ieneral Wheeler's return to inability to atand the climate aud to his age. Iu refutation of the former, hia ft tends point to a statement he made after visiting the men. an lilies, "the impression that the new country iu unhealthy is wrong." Ueuanliiii! Ins age, it is pointeit out tliat he is only about a J ear older than (ieneral Otis. The on ler to (ieneral Wheeler to re turn were cabled al-uit a week ago. All Lines Faeled, Chicago, Jan. 90. The Chnmiele says: "As a result of the recent con solidations and agreements among the owners of the great trunk railways east of t hicago, trie entire transportation si-stem between the Missistippl river and the rYUsaita sasnosid is to le re- irgsnisad, Lieutenant Howard pilot of the fa mous Monitor, leave but one ether urvivor who lerted ou that boat. Cap tain Laiult N Stoddard, of the rv.-enue iuM earvioe. Ill.w i c lb. Sat.. Klletisburg, Wash . Jan. '.'0. The nice ot I jo-sem A Sou, miller, three mile ttom town, was hurylamcd U-t tiicht. The safe was blown to atoms, vidently with nitio glyceriue, and all its contents takeu. The burglar se ined $:(00 in cash, and SbOUl the same I mount in checks. In addition thev tiKik or destroyed H the paper, in the safe, many of which WSft valuable. Pieces of th safe were picked up 40 feet away. A typewriter was wrecked, aud ottos furniture badly damaged. The sheriff was notified by telephone, snd un mediately set to work ou the ase. Beat an th. itoritm-ht t.in.. stcrkstnmi, Jan. SO. Y'csterday the Ivc-r blow up three culvert on the Dordrecht line, rive miles beyond an .lutpoat of the poliOS camp. The com StsiMO at IKtnlrecht nutuler 1.000. When a man is rich enough to afford a luxury it ceanei to be a luxurr. Buddhist are taking itrpa to erect t temple in Sao Krauciaoo. piorett. annum corner upon the rill I in. the right to govern themselves, affording them such protection as they might need. Teller resumed his speech on the fi nancial bill, iu the course of which he arraigued Secretary (iage for his nego tiations with the National City bauk of Sew Y'ork. He had not concluded hit remarks WOSD he aiispouded thein for the day. The house pa-sed the senate bill to extend the power of the directors of the census, after striking out the commit tee amendment to authorize the tlin-c-tor to contract for extra printing with private contractors. The whole Bgbt was upon that amendment The imiu- eiii e of the public printer and the labor Organisation! Ol the country went em ployed against it, and after a lively de bute of several hours it was ov erwhelm ingly defeated, The publication of the (Sports of the I'Jth census, then-lore, will be made by the public printer, a ill the past. Th. Only l as. of tli. Klinl. New York, Jan. is. William A. English, a son of the ex-lVmocratlo t ice -presidential candidate from In liana, and a captain of volunteers in the war with Spain, has K turned to Iht treasury a oheok for $1,171 scm him for his serv ices, with the state ment that he would not accept pay for lervioe to his country iu the time of iaiiger. It is the only case of the kind Iu the Sianish war. Hurra Oeeapy rri.sk. Oai'dock, Caps Colony, Jau. Saturday, January 15, the Hoers commando of colonial rebels, ptSd RUSKS, a village on the Orange river, about 10 miles northwest of Do Aar 20. with occu lta mortgage having been taid off, the Portland, Vancouver & Y'akima Railway Company may build to Port land utilixing the old bridge pierr acntas the Columbia opposite Vancouver. Run dW by a Frrrj. San Francisco. Jan. K, A small boat containing two Italian fishermen was ron down last night on the bay bv the ferrylsvat San Rafael, tiendatuo Oliveri wat drowned and his compan ion, Andrew Cattagnola. laved himself by clutching the steamer 's paddle wheel at the tlowed down. He held ou until assistance came from the ferry boat em ploye. Tidal Sum Sa-rpt t'bll.aa Coast. Santiago de Chile, Jau. 20. Tidal waves higher than have been knows (or a long time have swept along tha coast, doing conaiderable damage. Gttlg Cd la War aad Has f.as.d t mad It. New York. Jan. 22. An ldss of the high hope entertained in tn Irani- vaal republic of tne outcome oi ao war with Great Britain Is given in a letter written by E. Houthakkor, at ilstant itationamter at Johannesburg, tn hi iter in Brooklyn. The letter wat tent In November by way of Lo ...i,.. Maronea. The letter rats In part: "We tre getting used to it a bit now. Since October 15 no more letters reached u.from beyond the Tranivaal. A solitary cable dispatch manages to come through occationally, but then it It a week old. At tint I ttill main tained correspondence with Catss Town, but that it no more postlble now. The peers are tcoring aa enormous luccesa, and they have already conquered the biggett part of Natal. They are push ing already into Cape Colony, whjre they are joined by thebarghen. Kim berley it likewiie completely surround ed, as well at Mafeking, while In the northern part of the Transvaal the Boer are already beyond our lajund ariet. Un every tide the Hritiah are getting a good thrashing. "The internal arrangements here are excellent. All the English have ! ft the country. Order is beautifully maintained. The Hoers ttill remaining may Ikj seen daily leaving for their various communis. "Johannesburg now Is fearfully quiet. All the male population haa been drafted into a special constabu lary. So one it allowed out after S P. M. With the exception of 10 mines, which are being worked by the government, all the mines on the rund are -hut down. "Up to the present 1,600 English are prisoners, among whom are 50 olli- cers, and 6,000 are tlaiu. Our loss doei not amount to 200, including the dead ami wounded. It sounds like a niira cle. It atill looks doubtful who will come out ultimate conqueror, but at things l""k now the bughers stand a giMid chance. So lighting has occurred iu their owu country. The supply of ! -I is plentiful. The l.nglish sol diers are not worth much aud surren der easily. Already two of their gen erals are dead. Cape Colony will re volt. "So doubt it will surprise you tc see me having changed thus, but that could not be otherwise, after haviug witiies-ed everything. It is now clear that Chamberlain's sole aim has been for three years to make war against the Transvaal and obtaiu possession uf itt territory." Van ii I Nation to Mak. a Last Htand (.'hicago, Jan. 20. A special to the Kecord from Kl Paso, Tex., says: "The Y'aqui Indians of Sonora, the only race iu all Mexico that was able to survive the Saiiish invasion and preserve its individuality, are making their last stand against the Mexican government. Thus far it seeius the Mexicun soldiers have bcou found in adequate to cope with the Y'aquis. A proclamation has lieen issued by the ruler of the Y'aqui nation, ad dressed to "The American People," and in part is as follows: "The Yaqui nation has begun its struggle for independence. It will no longer tolerate the Mexican army in Souora. The nation has established a provisional government, the otiices ol which are at Habispe. In the event of the success of the Y'aqui people ovei the Mexicans, uo foreigners except na tive born Americans will be allowed in Sonora for several years. The property aud persons of Americans iu Sonora will lie protected by the Yaquis in every way. ' Si'hrm. fur Hawaiian Kl.ctrle Kuadl. San iraucisco, Jan. 22. L. P. Mat thews, of Cleveland, O., representing au Eastern syndicate which proposes to construct electric railroads in Ha waii, is ou his way home. He says that $5,000,000 may be expended, and added: "In the near future more than a million dollars' worth of ties and lum ber will be shipped from Puget sound points to Hawaii for the projected roads. Plans already perfected call for tho construction of some 310 miles of electric linos. Most of the roads will be iu aud arouud Honolulu aud elsewhere ou Ouhu island. Ferryboats will be rim betvvecu the termini of these roads aud the various isluuds." RAILWAY WAR ENDS v Northern Pacific to Have thJ Clearwater Country. MOHLEB TO LEAVE THE 0. C. 4 sj ...IS. ,.. ii.. . jvortn.ra . a.. u v mm i i, , ,.( ii.. ii ti loiutuuia auu in. t ... ,,. I .i. in- to fugat Suuud. oa -- a ip..-cit toe Norther, American Snl. Her AtteniptrS lo Kill Otla i hi, ago, Jau. -2. A -jc ial to the Kecord from Victoria, B.C.. savs: J. P. Molera, who arrived from Manila. tells of au attempt ou the life of (ien eral Otis. In conversation in reference to the situation then- he said that (ien eral Otis once appeared on the firing line, when a shot from tho rifle of one of the soldiers whizzed uncoinfortablv ose to bis bead. As to who fired the shot no clew was discovered. St. Psul, Minn., Jan. from Sew York tsyt: The dispute between n....;n ,1 a. 11 I a. V .... I act ll v. uiu iiiw wi Hi . hs vo. , 0V u.c nu v. ... '--r---- au. icj et tend their lim-s in the Clearwater terrll tory in Idaho, has been settled, audttJ .-tormein racmc i master oi tne situaJ tion. The O. R. & N. Co. has withJ drawn its claims to tho ClttrwSfal country, which It left in undUptit! isissession of the .ortlieru racitlc, ,iU i . . . .it . . l Trm the next move win oe me retirement ol A. L. Mobler from the preiideu" the O. K. oo. ana nil traniler to tha presidency of the Kausat City, Pitt bnrg & Qltlii rormai announcement ot the ttrd roads will be deferred uutil February b, wnen tne omciai lime oi uie ,i months truce between them will XJ pire, but the papers in the matter M practically ready lor tignature, thtl fight it ended, and there will be nol more trouble. The termination of the Clearwater! difficulty marks the end ol one of thtl most bitter railroad wars ever wagejl in this country. F.vcry phase of rail road silitics, diplomacy aud force wail brought into play by the liuet inter ested. The Union Pacific took up thtl question in dispute. In order to facil- itato an amicable settlement the North ern Pacific offered the use of its Purt-I laud Tacoma line to the Union PacilJ in exchange for similar track privileged on the Columbia, and the Uniou Pacific I was offered the alternative of accept in I the proposition or haviug the Sortherr.1 Puciltc parallel the line of the O. K. ft I S. Co. from Lwitou to Portland. The Union I'acilio has had the nffti under consideration several months and it has finally decided to accept it, and to refrain from extending the 0. K. & S. lines in the Clearwater dis trict. SPOKE FOR THE BOER. Senator Hal DS noun. .il lral Brit alu's War. Washington, Jan. 22. A speech sensational in itt interest and interna tional in its scope, was delivered in the senate today by Hale, of Maine. The occasion of the utterance was tht simple question whether a resolution introduced by Allen, of Sebraska, call ing for information as to the recogni tion by thit country of the diplomatic representative of the Transvaal repub lic should be directed to the preiident or secretarv of state. Hale made the question the subject of an impassioned speech in which he declared that nine- tenths of the American people sympa thize with the Boers in their gallant struggle for libert v against one of thi L-icutost powers in the world. He de- dared that the war which (ireat Brit ain ia waging ia the most fatal bios1 it human liberty that has been ttiuck in tho century. He declared "that tht American people are not in sympathy with Oreat Britain in the South Afri can war to stamp out the liberty of tin people," and when Mr. Balfour, iu th house of commons, made snch a state ment, "he should be met with tome disclaimer from this side of the Atltn- t., . " He declared that the Kugliah people themselves were not in favor of this war, which "had Ihmu brought on by a sharp cabinet miuister eugagej with gold speculators." Hale spokt with unusual force, decisiveness tnd earnestness, even for him, and his pas sionate eloquence claimed the closest atteution of every auditor. The resolution, which previous to Hale's speech had caused a sharp col loquy between Allen and Spooner, ol Wisconsin, was passed finally hi amended. Morgan of Alabama al dressed the senate briefly ou the finan cial bill. Rrrns Were Ittirglars Bold. Vancouver, B. C, Jan. 22. John anil l nomas Brew, supposed to have tteen lost in a atorm off the northern coast, are said by the police to have left behind, in a shack formerly occu pied by John Brow, a quantity of odds and cuds, which the police claim to have identified as hav iug been stolen from various Vancouver stores and res idences which had Ix-en entered by burglars. There is a collection ol tools sufficiently large and varied for a well- equipped carpenter shop. Op.nlna; Berne, Jau. for Amrrlrau Fruit. 22. The bundesrath lay abrogated previous regulations and granted permission for the imnortation of dried American fruits, and alto fresh iruits, on condition of their exami,,u. tion at the Berne custom-house. Osiuan Digava ( sugiii. Cairo, Jan. 23 News ws aal. t here tonight that Osman Di-na, prin dp general of the late Khaliia Ab dullah, has been cat.tnm.1 from Hard Trip of Hark Agate. San Francitco. Jan. ) kA..t . , , , -- -..I . ices Honolulu state that the h,i. Agate, day from Rritiih i vin-t.;. vviuui lua for Honolulu, arrived at her destina tion in a dittressed condition The vestel was long overdue. On the vnv TJ. TV.8"5 en'-nn,' severe norms. The itatemnm. n.i with water and much of tha n.-i.t ruined. The freah water gave out. and the crew waa nlscaH n .i . ', , ... , , r raviolis A ihip was lighted, and tni.kt o.,. gallon of water to the eshauited ass- gaj I Innorrnt Matt llang.d. St. Paul, Jan. 22. A special to (he Dispatch from Redwood Falls, Minn., says: A report has just reached rare from relatives of the deceases! that old man Slover recently died in California, and that ho made a confession to the effect that he killed Moses Lufkini, i (iales township, this county, some U years ago, instead of William Kosf, who wus afterward hanged for til crime. GaassSStsa to Amrrlrana. Victoria, B. ('., Jan. 22. The pro vincial government has declared its in tention of amending its alien exduiot law so as hereafter to permit Ameri cans to hold claims purchased from Canadian locators. Such a oonceSfkM quite satisfies the Americans iu Ulm. Will Aid Oom Taut. Portland, Or., Jan. 22. A ntmil-er Oi Boer sympathizers in Portland have unit,-.) to form a society for the pnrpOM if raisiug money to assist Oom Paul and his followers. Arraugenieiit- r uow making to secure a hall and speakers for a meeting. firing at Ladrtntlth. London, Jan. 82. The Daily Mail publishes the following diipatch. dated Thursday, from Spearmau'a camp: "It it rumored that the Boers havt evacuated Colenso in order to reinforot their troops here. "Heavy gun fire was heard from Lsdrsmlth thit morning. "General Buller't order instructs th men to heed the white Man of the Hoerr only when thev lav down their arm- It also instructs them to beware ol false bugle callt." Liable lo L.garjr Tax. Port Townsend, Jan. 22. According to a ruling received today from tit treasury devartment and niade by the 'ommissioner of internal revenue, a be- quett of money for a priest for the pur pose of saying masses for the Try ol the toul it liable to legacy tax. Th "ate came before the commissi untr from Illinoit, where a bequest had been made for that purpose. Linen wat the flrat fabric woven. Cincinnati motormen get 16 2-3 cents r hour.