Gold Hill news., December 01, 1900, Image 2

GOLD HILL NEWS.
LATER NEWS.
PHILIPPINE FORESTS.
Vest sad Varied Timber Resources of Our III-
fop m
Conger has not signed tbe Pekin pro*
1*1 BI.1MHKI» K V B B T HATt’B D A T .
tocol.
Nov. 28.— The divisions
Secretary Root has returned hom Turkey
Refused American of Washington,
G O L D H I M ................................. O R E * O X .
customs
and
insular affairs of the Bill to Provide Great Irrigation
Cnba.
war
dspartmsut
baa made public a
Consul
Exequatur.
Kruger visited the French govern­
System.
summary of the first report of the Phil­
ment officials.
ippine bureau of forestry organized in
Palace guards have been sent to ar­
C O N S ID E R E D
AS AN IN S U L T its present form under an order of the
rest Prince Tuan.
m ilitary governor, dated April 14, $1,000,006 FOR THE SEVERAL STATES
1900. Its first work wa« confined to
Colonel Denbv may succeed Conger
aa minister to China.
TW« B ^aest Was BsjsataM
” »• ascertaining the conditions of the rec­
Ortgon, Washington and Idaho Included -
U rw s a 4 e
That
H a r ^ a a l l a M a t a ords received from the Spanish govern­
Nome is now completely shut off
An Interesting Collection of Items From the
Will Ba Introduced at th P Coming
ment,
under
which
that
bureau
had
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a
a
a
a
a
a
ra
la
l
P
a
ta
k
.
from the outer world by a barrier of
Two Hemispheres Presented in a
not only had the care of the forests,
Session ol Congres
ice.
Condensed Form.
bnt also the survey of the public lands.
Constantinople, Nov. 26.— The porte
A conspiracy to assassinate Lord
The laws in foies at the time of Ameri­
Washington. Nov. 29.— A bill for
Roberts was discovered in Johannes­ haa definitely rejected the request tor can occupation are said to lie in line
There are now 35 ensea of yellow
an exequatur for a United States con­
irrigation
«if arid lands is to be intro­
burg.
with the most advanced foreign legisla­
fever in Havana.
Governor Geer has issued certificates sul at Harpoot. Thia refusal is regard­ tion of Europe, hut were not tally en­ duced and pushed at the approaching
Rnssian soldiers in China w ill be ot election to Republican electors for ed by tbe United States legation as a forced and licensed the cutting of auy seasiou of tiongreas which w ill affect
direct violation of the treaty rights,
Withdrawn to the north.
ami
everything.
The result was Oregon, Washington and Idaho, among
Oregon.
and,
consequently, despite the refusal,
The United State« battleship Ken­
that
valuable
rubber,
gutta-percha and other states. The most earnest advo­
Heavy fogs preaviled on Puget
tucky baa aailed from N a plea for Sound, causing many minor accidents Thomas H . Norton, who was appointed ylang-ylang trees were taken, and even cates ol irrigation feel that with tho
by President MoKinlev some time ago
indorsement of the late irrigation con­
Smyrna.
tbe most valuable used as firewood.
on both land and water.
to establish a consulate at Harpoot,
gress they w ill be able to muster the
The official vote of the state of Flori­
The official vote for presidential elec­ has been directs«! to proceed to his
solid support of delegates from all arid
Captain
Ahern's
Statement.
da is aa follows: Bryan, 28.00?; Mc­ tors in New Jersey was: Republican, post. The expected visit of the battle­
land states and hope in this way to se-
Kinley, 7.499.
Captain Ahern states that from d if­ ' core so'iie general legislation thia ses­
ship Kentucky to Smyrna is believed to
221,701; Democrat, 164,808.
ferent sources of information he is led
Americans took a Tagal stronghold
Tbe population of Texas is 3,048.710. relate quite as much to this matter as to Itelieve the public lorest lands com­ sion.
at Pinanran which the rebels boasted against 2.235,5.3 in 1890, an increase to the indemnity question.
The hill already prepared provides
prise from one-fourth to possibly one- that four practical reservoir sites and
was Impregnable.
of 813,137, or 36.8 per cent.
T H E C O L O M B IA N WAR.
balf the area of the Philippines, or irrigation ditches shall lie snrveve«’ iu
John Lawson Johnson, of Kent. Eng­
The population of Nebraska is 1,068,-
from 20,000.000 to 40,000,000 acres. each stale by the geolgloal survey, the
land, the noted dietio expert, died in 539, against 1,058,910 in 1890, an in ­ ■ e r e B e b e l V le S a r le e —C o lo n n a il F a a a -
There
are fully 6,000,000 acres of vir­ secretary of the interior then to wlth-
m o T o r r o r -S ir le k e n .
Franoe, aged 61.
crease of 9,620, or .9 per cent.
gin forest owned by the state iu the isl­ ilrsw the lsu«i embraced iu and sur­
Kingston, Jamaioa, Nov. 26.—-The ands of Mindoro and Parada. The isl­
The new United States monitor Ne­
Official returns show that the vote
rounding the most suitable sites and
vada was launched at Bath, Me., with for president in Iowa was: Republi­ British steamer Barbadian, which has and of Muidanao, with an area of mine
ditches, ile shall then let contracts
just
arrived
here
from
Colon,
reports
appropriate ceremonies.
20,000,000 acres is almost entirely
can. 307,818; Democrat, 209,466.
that severe fighting occurred Monday covered with timber, and even in the for constructing reservoirs and ditches,
The Venezuelan government has re­
Tbe Portland, Or., Cbambet of Com­ and Tuesday at Culebra. Tbe govern­ province of Caygayan, in Luzon, there to cost not moro than $1,000,000, iu
ceived from Germany 10,000 Mauser
merce urges an appropiration of $4,- ment forces attacked the re lie Is, who are more than 2,000.000 acres of forest. each state. Nine million dollars is ap-
rifles and 3,000,000 cartridges.
' propriated by the b ill. When tbe
000,000 for canal and locks at tbe occupied a good position, with tbe re­
In other provinces of Luzon, espe­
The population of Kansas is 1,470,- dalles.
sult that tbe losses of the former were cially in the country close to Manila, lauds uro irrigated they are to be sub­
ject to homestead entry, each entry mao
495, as against 1,427,096 in 1890, an
The population of Utah, as officially heavy. Tbe fighting was proceeding much of the timber has been ent, and
to pay $2.50 per acre, and no individ­
increase of 43,399, or 3 per cent.
when
the
steamer
left
Tuesday
night.
annjunced, is 276,749, as against 2 0 ',-
to fill large contracts the lumbermen
The population of Virginia is 1,854,- 095 in 1890, an increase 68,844, or The stores and restaurants nt Colon are obliged to go quite a distance form ual to secure more than 80 acres. The
reservoir and ditches are to be turned
were closed and the reltels held a por­
184, as against 1,655,980 in 1890, an 33.1 per cent.
the city in order to find a suitable over to the settlers when most of the
tion of the railroad line. A no they
increase of 198,204, or 11.9 per cent.
An irrigation b ill allowing more rebel force was reported to be engaging tract.
land irrigated is taken up.
The population of Maryland is than $1,000,000 to Oregon, Washing­
it is possible, however, that this ir ­
the government troops uear Panama.
Magnificent Timber.
1,650,050, against 1,402,390 in 1890, ton and Idaho w ill be introduced at
rigation bill w ill be made a part of the
Business is entirely suspended at the
Captain Ahern mentions tract« of
an increase of 147,660, or 14.1 per tbe coming session of congress.
latter place, and both Panama and Co­ virgin forests to lie seen on the south­ river and barlxtr bill again, aa it was
cent.
One man was drowned and fonr oth­ lon are in a state of terror. The rebela ern islands «here from 10,000,000 to two yean ago.
Ex-President Kruger was received ers iDjnred in a trainwreck on the are attacking in a determined manner,
I). I I . Stearns, of Oregon, and Dr. K .
20,000,000 cnhic feet of magnificent
by President Loubet, of France, at the Cleveland <fe Pittsburg road, near Pitts­ and it is feared tbe slaughter w ill be
J. Gobel, of Washington, dtdegates of
timber |ter acre was standing, with
E lly see. at Paris. There were no dis­ burg, in which tbe train was ditched great
before decisive results are trees more than 150 feet in height, the the irrigation congress, called on the
turbances.
reached. Tbe liberals, it is asserted trnnka clear of branches for 60 feet and president today and solicited his sup­
into a river.
Five coal mines near Parkersburg,
The population of ^lontana, as an- by the passengers of the steamer, still more than fonr leet in diameter. He port to some plan of governmental aid
W . Va., were destroyed by a landslide, no n need by tbe United States census hold Buena Ventura, though the Co­ states that in these forests there are iu an irrigation system for reclaiming
entailing a loss of $300,000. No one bureau, is 243,329, as against 132,159 lombian government is making great millions of cnbic feet of timber, which tho arid West.
was injured.
in 1890, an increase of 111,170, or . effort to regain possession of it.
shonld be ent in order to thin this
84.1 per cent. The population in 1880
F lo o d s In S o u th e r n C a lif o r n ia .
PLOT AGAINST BOBS.
dense growth, so that the maximum
A t Chicago, the foreman of a sash
was 39.159, allowing an increase of
Anaheim, Cal., Nov , 26.— The flood annual growth could lie obtained.
and door factory was shot and instant­
93,000, or 237.4 per cent, from 1880 to situation here is alarming. A break
There is a large variety of valuahle The Scheme Was to Blow Him lip While A t­
ly killed by one of two men, oelieved
1890.
in the Santa Ana river has brought the gnm, rubber and gutta-percha trees,
tending Church.
to be strikers.
The population of North Carolina is water to within a mile of tbe town, 17 dye woods and the ylang-ylang, the
The Yale football team defeated 1,803,810, as against 1,617,947 in 1890, which is 16 feet below the bed of tbs oil from tho blossoms of which latter
L-mdon, Nov. 29.— Aocordtag to a
Harvard's eleven by tbe score ot 28 to an increase of 275,863, or 17 per cent. river, and if the rise of the latter con­ tree is the base of so many perfumes.
special edition ot the Eveuiug Standard
0, at New Haven, Conn., before an im ­
Signor Marconi has practically solved tinues the town w ill be swamped. The
There are no forest roads or river today, a plot to assassinate Lord Ro­
mense crowd.
the question of ocean transmission by Catholic cemetery was reached last driveways in the islands considered berts, iu which two foreigners are con­
cerned, has teen discovered. It ap­
A St. Lawrence river steamer was wireless telegraphy, and w ill soon lie night and is nnder a foot of water. In worthy of mentioning. At present the
pears that the conspirators loaded a
tbe
peat
lands
breaks
in
the
Santa
Ana
able
to
use
bis
system
across
tbe
A
t
trees
are
felled
far
from
any
road,
and
wrecked off Seven Islands, Quebec,
mine, which was desigued to be blown
river
have
let
in
a
large
volume
of
new
lan
tie.
hauled
out
very
slowly
by
one
or
more
and a ll on board perished, 19 of the
op
Sunday while Lord Roberts was in
water,
and
the
celery
men
fear
the
en­
cariboos,
with
the
result
that
many
crew and seven passengers.
Floods and storms are causing great
ebnrob at Johauuesbnrg, bnt the police
tire crop of 1,500 cars w ill be lost. tracts are left untouched.
damage in tbe East.
Tbe population of Nevada as official­
and lx>rd Roberts’ I tody guar> I frustrated
Over 100 families have been driven
A young man was fatally shot oy from their homes and there is fear that
ly announced by tbe census bureau, is
the conspiracy. Ten men, mostly It a l­
BIG BARK ASHORE.
42.385, as against 45,761 in 1890, a de­ robbers near The Dalles, Or.
ians, have been arrested.
people in isolated sections have been
crease of 3,426, or 7.4 per cent.
Officers at Tien Tsiu are in favor of drowned.
British Four-Master Poltalloch Grounded on
Roherti Confirm! It.
R la e k F la g s a t C a n t o n .
Five hundred Indians in Western deetroying the Chinese fortifications.
the Washington Coast
New
York,
Nov.
26.—
One
thousand
Colorado are slangbtering deer by the
Fire destroyed a cement plant near
Loudon, Nov. 29.— Tbe war office
hundreds, and Governor Thomas Das Easton, Ba., cansing a loss of $200,001*. Black Flags have returned to Canton,
Sonth Bend, Wash., Nov. 29.— The has the following from Lord Roberts,
says a Herald dispatch from Hong British four-masted hark Poltalloch, dated Johannesburg, November 26:
given orders to have them arrested.
United States geological surveyors
Kong. Although the rebellion has sub­
“ As re|»orts of a plot against ray lite
Another snow storm is sweeping over are mapping Eastern Oregon mining sided in the East River district, tbe Captain Yonng, in ballast from Santa
Rosalia
to
Portland,
went
ashore
at
2
probs
lily reach yon, 1 think yon should
districts.
British Colombia.
disturbed villagers are repudiating the o'clock this morning about two miles know tbe facte. It is believed that
The official vote of Indiana is as fol­ rule of tbe Mandarins, refnt-iug to pay north of the entrance to W illapa har­
Seventy-five lives were lost in the
there was a plot in existence, and five
lows:
Bryan, 309,594;
McKinley, taxes. The French are extremely sa­ bor. She has lost all anchors, ard lieu Italians, fonr Gteeks and one French­
tornado in the South.
tire , relying on the visits of the gun­ stern-on in a perilous position. The man were arrested Novemtier 10, and
Negotiations are under way for a re­ 336,063.
Tbe official vote of tbe slate of V ir ­ boats as an effective means of settling tng Astoria stayed near her all day, bnt are now awaiting tria l. Their inten­
ciprocity treaty with Russia.
indemnities. Three gunltoats remain on account of the heavy seas was un­ tions were to explode a mine under St.
A difference of opinion has brought gin* is as follows: Bryan, 146,179;
at Shan Tak to enforce their claim of able to pass a line. The tog arrived Mary's church during tbe morning
McKinley.
117,151.
tbe Chinese negotiations to a standstill.
170,000 taels. The Mandarins offer 60 here at 8 o’clock this evening to tele­ service, held at 11 o’clock, on Novem­
Sarah Bernhardt and M . Coqnelin
Panl Kroger, ex-president of the
per cent, which has not been accepted. graph for another tog, and brought 18 ber 18.”
Sonth African republic, has arrived at played their first night to a representa­ There are fears of fresh outbursts of of the crew of the Poltalloch. who
tive audience in New York City. They
Marseilles.
disaffection.
Roberts Reports Engagements.
came off in a boat.
appeared in Rostand’s “ L ’Aiglon.”
B r y a n S t i l l a C h ic a g o D e m o c r a t .
Tbe ways and means committee of
London,
Nov. 29.— Lord Roberta,
Attorney-General Blackbnrn gives bis
tbe bouse, decides to reduce tbe war
Mexico, Mo., Nov. 26.— In a lettei
Gale on Lake Erie.
cabling
from
Johannesburg, nnder date
official opinion that reading the Bible
tax $30,000,000.
received here today from W . J. Bryan,
Cleveland. Nov. 29.— Another vio­ of November 26, re|xirts a number oi
and repeating the Lord's Prayer are
MacArthur is pushing the campaign permissible in Oregon public schools. be says:
lent storm prevailed on Lake Erie and encounters with the Boers at widely
'S till believing in the principles set
against the Filipinos, reinforcements
throngbont
Northern Ohio today, tho separated points, in which the tlritisb
Tbe president has decided to appoint forth In the Chicago platform, I shall
captured some cattle and a few prison­
being sent to tbe several divisions.
P. T. Bowles, naval constructor in continue to defend them, believing wind coming from tbe north and blow­
ers,
and suffered slight casualties. Tbe
ing
at
the
rate
ot
60
miles
an
hour.
Tbe official count for Ohio is as fol­ charge of the New York navy-yard, the American people w ill yet see the
lows: McKinley 543,918, Bryan 474, chief of tbe bnrean of construction and necessity for the repudiation of Repub­ The gale was accompanied by heavy most serious affair was an engagement
rain and sleet. Tbe telegraph and with the forces of General De Larey,
882; McKinley’s plurality, 69,036.
repair of tbe navy department, upon licanism .” _______________
telephone companies, who suffered numbering about 1,000 men, with three
Lampson P. Sherman, brother of the the retirement from active service next
B ra n d s * B o a rs D e f e a t e d .
great damage from the heavy storm of guns, who opposed General Clement’s
late Senator John Sherman, of Ohio, March of Rear-Admiral Hichborn, the
Bloemfontein, Nov. 25.— Tbe Boers last week, were again badly handi- march towards Reitfontein. The Boera
present incumbent.
died at Des Moines, Iowa, aged 79.
nnder Brand were defeated November
were completely disperse«!.
A dispatch received at Berlin from 18 at Baderspan, with heavy losses, tbs cappped by tbe prostration of lines on I
________
Tbe official connt for Nebraska,
practically
all
rontes
as
the
result
of
Field Marshal Count von Waldersee, Lancers charging through tbe Boer
shows that M cKinley’s plurality in the
Dewet in Portuguese Territory.
dated November 24, says tbe German line, doing deadly damage, as a num­ today’s storm.
state is 7,822. The total vote of the
Lourenco Marques, Nov. 29.— A de­
expedition has hoisted the German flag ber of riderless horses demonstrated.
Railway Clerks' Big Stealing.
state is 251,998. McKinley received
over the great w all, which was reached Brand himself was wounded.
tachment of 80 mounted Portuguese
The
121,856 a a i Bryan 114,013.
New York, Nov. 28. — Word was re­ troops, with two guns, crossed t'.ie river
November 22 by way of Hey Ling British casualties were not serions.
ceived at police headquartera today to this morning at Catembo. Jt is re­
Tbe population of the state of New Cheng, after a difficult mountain
C a le b P o w e rs * A p p e a l.
York as officially annonneed by the march. Tbe dispatch adds that the
the effect that a clerk of the Seaboard ported General be wet is in Poitnguese
census bureau, is 7,263,012, as against French had a severe fight with Boxers
Frankfort, K y., Nov. 26.— In the A ir Line had been arrested at Fernan­ territory and in that district.
6,997,863 in 1&90. an increase of 80 kilometers sonth of Pao Ting Fn.
court of appeals today the case of ex- dina, Fla., for the theft of $50,000
1,270,159, or 21.1 per cent
Horses to the nnralier of 50,000 rfre Seoretary of State Caleb Powers vs. tbs from that line. I t is said that the
Honduras Pays Pears Claim.
A t Republic, Wash., Charles Kramer to be purchased in this country in the commonwealth was submitted without money taken by this clerk was lost
Washington,
Nov. 29.— The state de­
was found hanging by his neok, in a next six months by agents of the B rit­ argument, w ith leave to file briefs De­ through speculation with the firm of C.
partment
received
a cable today from
B.
Lawrence
&
Co.,
that
recently
failed
cember
1.
Powers
is
under
life
sen­
slaughter house. He had been missed ish government for the use of Lord
'
United
States
Minister
Hunter, at Gan-
here,
and
the
principals
of
which
are
tence
for
being
an
accessory
to
the
Goe­
since November 9.
H is body was Kitchener’s forces in policing the
temala City, announcing that he had
now nnder arrest.
fonnd by George Raglan, who visited Transvaal and Orange Free State. This bel murder._______________
just received from the Honduran gov­
the slaughter house. He was general­ news has been announced by John 8.
■ s p a l l e d C a r m a n s W a n ts D a m a g e s .
ernment a draft for $10,000 American
Refugees From South Africa.
ly despondent, and having lost $100 on Bratton, of 8t. Louis, who has sup­
Berlin, Nov. 25.— The Pan-German
gold as indemnity for the killing of
tbe election, it is supposed that induced plied directly and indirectly to the Association has taken np the ranse of
New York, Nov. 29.— Among the Frank Pears. The killing occurred at
him to take bis own life.
British army in the last two years several hundred Germans who were ex­ paasengera who arrived today on the
San Pedro Snln, in May, 1899, and the
The Vossiohe Zeitnng, of Berlin, many horses suitable for cavalry nse. pelled from the Transvaal by the B rit­ Staatendam from Rottemlam were five indemnity is the fa ll amount of the
Details are received of the killing ol ish. I t is annonneed that “ It w ill refugees from the Sonth African repub­ ulaitn set np.
points ont “ the dangers of permitting
Boers to trek into Gertnau Southwest the supposed Apache 'K id , near Pa­ force the government to make an ener­ lic. They are H. Pearson, commissary-
Africa, since they are unmanageable checo, Mexico, recently. There arc getic demand upon Great Britain for general of the Transvaal army; Com­
Census of Ortgon.
mandant W. Snyman, of the Orange
and incapable of accepting orderly con­ three dead Indians one of them sup­ adequate damgaes.”
P lo t t e r s S e n te n c e d .
Free State, and H . Snyman, Jr., A.
ditions.” Giving a word of warning, posed to be the notorious Apache Kid,
Washington, Nov. 29.— The popula­
i t sayst “ The Boers would seek to for whom the United States govern­
Bucharest, Nov. 26.— The trial of Liebenberg and Hercules Viljoen, of tion of Oregon as officially announced
hold tbe groun 1, thus forming a state ment has offered a reward of $5,000. the Macedonian Bnlgarians accused of Snyman's command. Pearson says his j today, Is 418,636, as against 818,767
w ithin a state. Tbe German colonial The other dead are an Indian squaw participating in a plot to assassinate paity was chased over the liorder inTrf ' for 1890. This is an iuorease of 09,-
authorities, should remember that it and pappoose, who fell in the fight. King Charles of Roumania, was con­ Portngpese territory. They made their 769, or 31.7 percent. The population
won Id be generations before the Boers Tbe shooting was done by two men cluded today. A ll were sentenced to way to the coast and thence by steamer in 1880 was 174,768, showing an in ­
forget that they once possessed an inde- whom tbe Indians had robbed, and bard labor for life in the salt mines or to Europe. Pearson says he has never crease of 188,999, or 79.5 percent from
who had followed the band.
pendent political existence.”
been out of South Africa before.
to long terms of imprisonment.
1880 to 1890.
tVEBTS or mt M I
A