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Hot-bouse Lettuce
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Fishing Tackle, Rods, Reels, Lines, Flies,
Hooks, Leaders, Baskets, etc. Everything
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Spaulding's Base Hall Goods The Lest in the
world.
Croquet Sets and Bird Cage A large assortment
to select from.
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Boxes, Sash and Doors,
Shingles and Mouldings
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BOTHA HAS GOT
PAST ROBERTS
Made Good His Escape With All
Guns and Transport.
PRETORIA ADVANCE DELAYED
Brlllik Mir Have to Kcluri lor Proltclloi
of Dlotmloatela Much Complete! ana
Crlllclim la Engline Over Cam
palga'i Outcome,
I)NlH)N. Arll 2H, 4.53 a. in. In
Commandant General Louis Bullitt,
ihu liocr appear to have found a cap
able aurd-KMi.r tu Joubert. An a re
null of liU Insight ami quick decision It
nmy be uhhuiik cI nw that the retreat
ing commando have gotten sufuly
uwHy with their truimport.
It la Iru (hut Inrd Roberts' dls
patch leave much unsaid na to the
whereabout of other force than those
of General French and (ietu-rul Run
die. Nuthltiir la suld about thn troops
of General UrabHiit, Pole-Carew, Hart
and Cherpmlde. but the Indication
from Allwal North show that several
commandos ure still hovering In the
vicinity of Springfield, causing a cer
tain amount of durger, and advlcea
from Diwctsdorp, outlining the duties
of General Cherumide, Justify the con
clusion that It will mill be necessary
to employ a considerable body of
troops to keep the Free State clear
of th Uoer.
Tho probability la that the Boers who
began theli raid a mouth ago by com
pelling Colonel Broad wood to retire on
Moemfoiiteln. hiive now gotten iiafcly
away to the northward, pructlaclly
without loon, but with the advantage
of ouven British guue, together with a
hundred prlsonei ruptured. Mean
while the advance to Pretoria has not
begun.
Small wondn Is It that muffled com
plaint and criticism are beginning to
bo heard lure and there against Lord
I'.oliert. Two-thirds of hl entire force
have been employed In effecting thi
small satisfaction, and the probability
I that hl whole force mut be again
concenlrot-d on Rlocmfonteln before
the mnln udvance ImrIiis. A similar
raid on the British communication
are likely to be related, It la evi
dently rill a fur cry to Pretoria.
The significance of General Hunter'a
dlvlHlon going to Klmberley. where
lie muled troops are'ulHo arriving dally,
Is now suld to be o serious attempt
to deal with the strong Boer force on
the Vnnl river, now threatening to re
tow Hnrklry. and then endeavoring to
nlleve Mnfeklng.
TUB IIOFK FORCES.
Latest Estlinnte Gives Them T.5.000
Troops Scattered Among Many
Commands.
LONDON, April 27. According to
a special dlnpatch from Lourenca
Marques, the latest authentic estimates
of tho Boer fortes Is 35.000, of which
13.1.00 are at Kroonstadt, 6.000 at Four
teen SlreaniB, 6.000 In Natal, 700 about
Mafeklng and 10,000 at Pretoria, while
!50 have been ordered north to Inter
cept General Carrlngton's force. The
work of entrenching Tretorla Is pro
ceeding. STILL IN WEPENTJR.
Boers Were Holding Eastern Outlet of
the Town Yesterday, but Have
Been Turned Out by French.
LONDON. April 27. The war office
hits issued the following from Lord
Roberts, dated Bloemfonteln. Friday,
April 27:
"General French reached Thabanchu
this morning with his cavalry. Me met
General Hamilton and General Smith
Dorrlens" brigade there. The enemy
were still holding the eastern outlet
of the town, wherv General French and
General Hamilton were proceeding to
turn them out. General Rundle's di
vision was eight miles south of Tha
banchu last evening.
"Additional casualties thus far re
ported: Ian Hamilton, of the. mount
ed infantry: Lieutenants Barry and
WE ARE SOLE
WILD'S INLAID LINOLEIH)
There is nothing better in tho market for floors.
Colore run clenr through to tho bnck. We also
handle an extensive lino of plain and printed
linoleum. We call special attention to our line of
All Wool Ingrain Carpets ranging in price
from 50c to $1.00
CHARLES HEILB0RN & SON
Illll wounded, both of Marshall's horse,
the former severely and the lutter
slightly.
"A patrol from Hethulle came across
a body of the enemy on the Bmlthfleld
rod, April .-Hrlvale King, of the
I'rln.-e Alfred guards, was killed, and
two Itoyiil Hcots service corps men
werr taken prisoners.
"The yeomanry cavalry, under Gen
eral Hislmnt, after reconnolterlng as
far es Wecner, returned to Dewels
itorp this morning.
UFHULTa OF THE FIltE.
Five Houare Miles Burned Over, Two
Thousand Building Destroyed
mid rieven Lives Ixst.
OTTAWA. Ont., April 27. Over flv
square miles of territory were burned
over; more than 2.000 buildings des
troyed; seen lhes lost; seven thou
sand men, women and children ren
dered homeless and a property low ' of
$17,OO0,0v0, according to latest estimate,
Insured for about half Its valur, are
Hie lenulls us viewed tonight of jhe
destruction which swept this city and
Hull yesterday and today. ',
Although under control for many
hnurs, the flames were not er.lli-ely ex
tinguished until about noon today. ,'
The. dead arc: Miss Minnie Cook,
aged 40 yiars, cremated In her own
house. '
John i'umple, car repairer, suffocated
In the C'niadlun rociflc railroad yams.
George Feeley, shoemaker, suffocated.
John Dure, of Hull, a fireman for E.
B. Ed ly Co.
An unknown man, found dead In (he
Meyer's house, Hull.
Mrs. Carron, Wellington street. Hull,
died of fright, aged SO. . ....
A. Iluwdln, Syears old.
A relief committee has been farmed
by cltlsens and this, together with the
Catholic archlblshops of Ottawa and
Montleal, will muke an appeal for re
lief to the country. The most serious
problem that confronts Hull Is that of
w ork.
A majority of the householders who
were burned out are poor and have
large families.
M'GOVERX HAS SUCCEEDED.'
His l ufc-it Sound Combination at 1-t-st
Organlred Seaoorg President.
HEATTLT. April 27.- The Puget
Sound Parking Company, with a capi
tal stock of $5')V,000, was organized
h-.-rw today by T. B. McGovern. of New
York. The otlicers are B. A. Seaborg,
president and general manager; James
D. Huge, Jr., vice-president; J. O.
HanthcVn, secretary and treasurer.
Thes with T. B. McGovern and Frank
Oleson. are named as trustees.
The new company absorbs the Aber
d"wn Packing Company, of Fairhavcn,
and the National Packing Company, of
Port Angeles, and 20 fishing traps. Ne
gotiations are now pending for other
llsh traps and with these the pack of
the company, It is said, will be from
1"0.000 to 200,000 cases per season.
Falrhaven will be the base of opera
tion.
KENTICKY RACES TO BEGIN.
LOUISVILLE, Ky.. April 27.-Secre-tary
Price, of the new Louisville Jockey
Club, said today that at least 10 horses
would start In the Kentucky Derby 011
Thursday next. The starters: Lieu
tenant Gibson, Kentucky Farmer,
Thrive, F. W. Erode, Florlsar, High
land Lad, Oron'.as, Flaunt, Dleudonne
and His Excellency. George Long'B
Hindus Is also a probable starter. The
track at Churchill Dawns Is now in
good shape. Flaunt was sent a mile
and an eighth In 1:57 yesterday, the
mile being covered In 1:43. Lieutenant
Gibson and Kentucky Farmer will be
worked today the full derby route.
THE. FIRE LOSSES.
CHICAGO, April 27. A special to the
Record from Ottawa, Ont., says:
In yesterday's fire the losses so far
are .approximately:
Booth Lumber Company, $2.000,00t;
the Eddy Paper Company, $1,500,000;
the McKay Milling Company, 1500,000;
Hull Lumber Company, $500,000; the
Cordite Company, 1250,000; public build
ings in Hull, $250,000.
JOHN ADDISON PORTER ILL.
NEW YORK, April 27. John Addison
Porter, formerly private secretary to
President McKlnley, Is reported to be
seriously ill In this city. He came here
to undergo a eurslcal operation.
AGENTS FOR
PUERTO RICANS
WERE SURPRISED
Simplicity of Governor Allen and
His Retinue Astounding.
HIS ARRIVAL YESTERDAY
Altesicrf by Sosic ef the Finest Wsnklpt is
Work), DM Not Make Lp for Defi
cit scy of Oolt Lice m
His Coil.
San Juan, Puerto Itlco, April 2". The
U. 8. S. Dolphin, oearing Charles Al
bert Allen, the newly appointed civil
governor of Puerto Klco, dropped an
chor off San Juan at 14 o'clock this
morning, as also did the U. S. cruller
New York, the battleship Texas and
the gunboat Machias.
A detachment of 75 Insular police and
four companies of the Puerto lilcan
regiment, with a band, were drawn up
on the wharf.
The Dolphin's launch, carrying Mr.
A'lcn and Ids family, with General
Davis, the military governor, landed at
noon, the Texas and Dolphin firing a
salute of 17 guns.- Meanwhile the
band played "Borlnvien," the Puerto
Klcan national air, and the steamers
lying In the harbor kept up a con
tlnuou whistling. A crowd of three
thousand people watched' the land
In
"It cinnot be the governor," suld
one.
"That's not the new governor," said
another.
"Not that man in the straw hat
surely," said ano'.her.
The simplicity of costume and of the
general details of the reception took
Puerto Rlcans by surprise and they
could scarcely realise that they looked
upon the new governor.
Allen is the first governor of Puerto
Rico to arrive in anything less con
srlcuous than a gorgeous uniform, cov
ered with gold lace and similar trap
pings.
FRESH TROOPS FOR CUBA.
Several Battalions Will Exchange With
Those Now There.
WASHINGTON. April 17. Orders
have been Issued for the transfer of
Ut men of. the depot battalion of the
First Infantry from Fort Leavenworth,
Kans., to Havana. Cuba- ISO men of
the depot batta'lon of the Fifth Infant
ry from Fort Sherld'in. 111., to Santiago,
and S3 men of the depot battalion of
the Eighth Infantry from Fort Snelling
Minn., to Havana. These transfers are
made with a view to the distribution
of tho men to companies of the active
battalions In Cuba. A possibly signifi
cant feature of the orders for these
transfers Is that the selections are con
fined to men who have not less than
one year tc serve of their present en
listment. This is taken to mean that
the ndlitary occupation of Cuba Is not
likely to be entirely abandoned for at
least a year to come.
ECUMMENICAL CONFERENCE.
NEW YORK, April 27. At the
Ecummenica! conference today, among
other Interesting papers, the follow
ing were read:
large families.
"An Object Lesson in Self Support"
was the theme of the paper by Rev.
H. G. Underwood, D. D., missionary in
Corea of the Presbyterian church in
the United States.
This paper presented an object lesson
In Corea, not of self support, but of a
field and a mission where the self sup
port principle was strenuously pushed
from the very first. Today there are,
of the first 15 years work In Corea, out
of Hi Imperfectly organized Presbyter
Ian churches, lbS that are entirely self
supporting. In them there Is an adult
membership of 2,873, of whom 865 were
added during the year. They contrib
uted a total for the year of 6,274 yen.
These figures do not represent a large
amount given in grain, eggs, products
of various "kinds and a great deal of
voluntary labor, not only In preach
ing, but in the building of churches,
etc. For societies working under the
Presbyterian council the reports of 1899
gave 188 churches, and yet among them
all we have not a single fully and com
pletely organised Presbyterian church
in Corea.
The paper on "Self Support," pre
pared by the Rev. H. N. Barnum, D.
D., a missionary of the American board
In Harpoot, Eastern Turkey, was read.
In substance It was as follows:
"The idea of self-support took shape
In Harpoot field sooner than in any
other station In Turkey. The practice
had been to pay almost all the bills In
cident to the prosecuting of the work
Inaugurated by the missionaries in the
expectation that the people would vol
untarily propose to assume the burden
themselves as soon as they should ap
preciate the value of the blessings
brought to their doors. This expecta
tion was not realised. The native
Christians supposed that they had ful
filled their obligations when they had
attended the services opened by the
mlaMlnnary, and sent their children to
his schools. The Injunction 'freely ye
have received, freely give' was sup
posed to apply 10 the missionaries and
not to thmev. The Americans
were rich, the native were poor and
It was a favor to the Americana to i;lve
then- their presence and lend their
moral support. Then we locatei the
students with a small salary from us
and their board or lis equivalent In
money from the people. This was the
llrst definite step toward s-lf-upport
In this field. The latest available ta
tlstks show !hat W per c-nt of the ex
pense for the support of their own in
stitutions was borne by themselves.
The total of the contributions for 13tfS,
for the directly evangelical and educa
tional work otiuide of the college was
H.909. This statement Is for the Har
pout station. Tin development of t!f
support amon,-; unevangellzed people
can never be '.ompletely successful un
less ih native congregation fully ac
cept the principle that the work Is their
own and that tht missionary society
Is simply their hclier fi,r a ori.'f jxtlod.
X. B. LAND SALES.
Immense Quantities Have Been Taken
by Settlers In Washington.
NEW YORK. April 27. The Times
prints the following:
Over 1,000.000 acres of rich farm land
have been sold by the Northern Pacific
railroad within the last four months,
in the states of Minnesota, North Da
kota and Washington, almost one-halt
of the land sold lying within the last
named state. President Mellen, of that
company, who makes this' statement,
did not care to give the amounts re
ceived for these lands, but as to the
average price of land in that region
is from $1.50 to $2.50 per acre, ti.e
Northern Tactile Company's treasury
has probably teen enriched by some
thing like $2,000,000.
The report that all the remnants of
land in Minnesota formerly owned by
this road had been sold to a St. Paul
syndicate was also confirmed by Pre
Ident Mellen. These lands consisted
mostly of timber and swamp lands, and
were sold in order to escape the pay
ment of taxes, and because they could
not be handled by the road to the same
advantage as by a syndicate. The
amount received for this sale is estl
mated at about $750,000. President
Mellen also explained the attitude of
the Northern Pacific in regard to its
Manitoba lines, about which mislead
ing reports have been published.
"We have no intention," said he, "to
w-ithdraw from the province of Man
itoba. We will, however, build no ex
tension and no new lines. We are on
the friendliest terms with the provin
cial government and the Dominion
government, which has given the Can
adian Pacific the right to parallel our
lines In Manitoba.
''We do not wish to further arouse
the Ire cf the Canadian Pacific by ex
tending our lines, which are now a pay
ing property. I therefore. In a public
speech at Brandon, Manitoba, advised
the citizens and farmers to build ex
tensions and connections with their
own capital. Under our charter these
could be operated by us."
TELEGRAPH OPERATORS STRIKE.
Committee at Work Raising Funds in
Eastern Cities.
CHICAGO. April 27. The Chronicle
says:
A committee representing the strik
ing Southern railroad operators has
been In Chicago for several days con
ferring with prominent members of
the Order of Railway Telegraphers re
garding sympathetic action to help the
Southerners win. A number of secret
meetings have been held. At these con
ferences the question of sympathetic
strike has been warmly received. In
cidentally the operators have been asked
to contribute to the support of the men
on the Southern road now out, and yes
terday it was said that a large sum
would be obtained here for that pur
pose. According to a report, in the
plan a sympathetic strike may be or
dered on all Important railway systems
east of the Mississippi river.
The commltte representing the strik
ers will, it is said, visit St. Louis,
Pittsburg, Buffalo, Philadelphia, Balti
more, New York, and other Important
railroad centers, to work up similar
sentiment for the Southern men. Al
ready, it Is said, the telegraph opera t
ors on the Baltimore & Ohio, Pittsburg
& Lake Erie and Pittsburg & Western
have made demands for Increases In
wages from 10 to 20 per cent.
Members of the Order of Railway
Telegraphers say this is the first strike
of importance ever ordered by the or
der, and the men are determined that
It shall succeed, as the life or death of
the organization depends upon the re
sult. More than 47,000 railway teleg
raphere in the United States are mem
bers of the order.
CARTER IN PRISON.
LEAVENWORTH, Kan., April 27.
Oberlin M. Carter, late Captain in the
United States army, arrived and was
placed in the military prison to serve
a term of five years for embezzlement
of government money. He will be made
prison bookkeeper.
GENERAL MERRIAM
ON THE STAND
Straightforward Testimony as to
the Coeur d'Alene Trouble.
PRISONERS WELL TREATED
Sheltered Better This His Owl Met, us
All His Acts Wert Performed Subordl-
nile to Stale Authority, Under
Qoverior'i Directions.
WASHINGTON. April 27. Brigadier
General Merriam was on the stand this
af:ernon In the Coeur d'Alene inves
tigation.
Merriam described in detail his or
ders from the war department and the
assembling of the troops by his or
ders. His orders to il inferior officers
were that arrests and seizures were to '
be made by deputies, under the pro
tection of troops. He was, he said,
very careful on this point. He said
that the prisoners at all times were
better sheltered from the weather than
were his troops. There was, however,
a deficiency In bedding. He denied
that he had held any conferences with
the mine owners or managers, but said
h-i had several times talked casually
with the mine operators who came to
or were passing through Wardner.
General Merriam stated positively
that he bad never been in the room
w her-j the. In.juest was held at Ward
ner, denying the statement of Attor
ney Robertson to that effect. Robert-
son Interrupted to state that he had '
been under the Impression that Gen-
eral Merlain had been present. '
During 2s years of service, he said,
he had never known a soldier to strike
a prisoner with a musket or to jab
him with a bayonet. Such testimony, '
hi said, therefore, . to him was ut
terly Incredible. He declared most
enipuatically that a state of rebellion
existed in Idaho, and that there was
a menace. to public safety there. He
took up each preamble of the resolution
under the operation of which the com
mittee was acting, fenyiug absolutely
most of the facts alleged therein.
General Merriam raid the United
States troops were In charge of the
prisoners simply as guards, in carrying
out the authority .of the state. The
general said he felt much solicitude aa
to the prisonets and to their long con
finement. He finally took up the mat
ter with the war department, tele-
graphing on the subject. General
Merrlan's cross examination will begin
tomorrow.
In one of his letters, General Mer '
riam advised that a part of the troops
be withdrawn. He stated also that the
continued service of the troops on
guard duty had led to the bribery of
a sergeant and the escape of eight
prisoners. At present General Mer
riam stated the troops were not guard-
ing any prisoners. A few troops re
mained in the garrison in that locality,
but without having any duties In con
nection with the disturbances, al
though available In case of an outbreak
as long as martial law continued.
LOST HIS BET.
An Austrian Bets That Giant Powder
: Won't Explode, but It Does.
GREENP.URG, Penna.. April 27.
It was through a wager entered Into
between George Stonowich and John
Mlchollch that death and destruction
was brought about in a tenement
house at Larimer on Tuesday night.
The party of Austrians sat in a room
where there were stored several kegii
of powder and some dynamite at the
home of John Mickollck discussing the
explosive powers of powder and dyna
mite. Stonowich offered a wager of
23 cents with Mickollck that the blast
im? powder contained In the kegs would
not Ignite. The bet was accepted and
a quantity of the powder was placed
on the floor and a lighted match was
thrown Into it. Stonowich lost the
bet. The body of John Mickollck lies
at the morgue here. The other vic
tims will recover.
FOR VENTILATION'S SAKE.
Chicago Vaudlvilles Will Not Be Al
. lowed to Give Continuous ' -Performances.
CHICAGO, April 27. The Chronlcls
says:
Vaudeville theaters to be compelled
to abandon so-called continuous per
formances, at the instigation of Chief
Sanitary Inspector Young, of the city
health department. A thorough disin
fection and ventilation of these places
of amusement for at least two hours
In "the" twelve during which the shows
are staged, Is to be exacted. Mr.
Young's plans meet with the hearty in
dorsement of Dr. P.eynold3, th com
missioner of health, who regards them,
as an effectual means of stamping out!,
the germs of contagious disease,
Dr. Young has an interesting exhibit
of various atmospheres taken from lo
cat theaters.