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1 WEEKLY. UNION Eatab. JalTt 189T. I GAZETTE Eatab. Dec, 1862. Consolidated Feb. 1899. CORVALMS, BENTON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1S01. VOL. NO. 8. CORVA GAZETTE. 5 Of Elffll From All Parts of the New World and the Old. OF INTEREST TO OUR MANY READERS tl Comprehensive Review of the Important Hap penlngs of .the Pest Week In a Condensed Form. Ex-King Milan is dead. All the saloons in Topeka have closed. The pacification of Panay is com plete. . The senate passed the naval appro priation bill. The Philippine tariff act has reached Washington. There ia no longer any doubt of the plague at Cape Town. Hids for Manila harbor improvements will soon be advertised. The disorders in Madrid and other Spanish cities continue. The house voted to ask for a confer ence on the war tax bill. Mrs. Nation says she is going on a " world tonr of "joint" smashing. . An order is being prepared for the -organization of 10 new regiments. .The Mammoth has been added to the list of Eastern Oregon pioducing mines. - A ballot box was stolen and three were hurt in an election riot in St. Louis. The Chinese plenipotentaries will be exoluded from meetings of the foreign envoys. The new regiment of the Twenty eighth infantry is to be organized at " Vancouver. - There is a lack of cordiality between army men and the Philippine com . missioners. - Lloyd Griscom, United States secre tary of legation and charge, ate Con stantinople, is coming home- on leave of absence. He has not resigned, as had been reported. The Ohio supreme court holds that the state supervisor of elections (the secretary of state) is the final judge of all controversies arising under the election laws of the state. Senator Foraker has reported a bill providing that Hawaiian, coins mar be received at par for all government dues, and that when once so received, they shall not be again put in circula tion. - The followers of General Maximo Gomez triumphed in the Cuban con stitutional convention. ; The clttnse making him eligible to the presidency of the republic was adopted by a-"vote of 15 to 14. Portugal, it is said, will send troops to aid the British. A good vein of coal has been located near Pendleton, Oregon. v TFrench troops in China disobeyed Count yon Waldersee's orders. Three lives were lost and four people badly injuied in a Boston fire. k Dewet and Steyn have issued a proc " lamation saying they will euter Cape ... Colony. - La Grande, Oregon, farmers protest against alleged discrimination of army horse bnyer. An unknown man at Salem. Oregon, - drove over an embankment and Sus tained serious injuries. One British general was killed and another severely injured in an en gagement at Orange camp. Colonel Albert D. Shaw, former commander-in-chief pf G. A. K., died sud denly at his home in Watertown, K. Y. Professor Von Max Pettiukofrr, the distinguished German chemist, com mitted suicide by shooting himself in a tit of melancholy. Three men have been arrested at . Manila, Iowa, for the robbery of a United States Express Company's safe. . They secured $40,000 in money and other valuables. The condition of ex-King Milan, of Servia, has taken a turn for the worse. Both his lnngs are congested, the heart is very weak, and his malady Das en tered an extremely critical condition. Kitchener reports that eastern move ment of British troops has upset plans of Boers. . - - Coming marriage 'of. Princess of Aa turias greatly displeases the Spanish students. Typographical Union No. 18, of Bos ton, will call a strike 'in every book and job office in that city in case the master printers refuse to sign the nnion scale at once. They demand that women typsetters shall be treated as 'journeymen compositors," and re ceive the same wages as men for doing tne same wont. 7- . Alfred Vanderbilt has given $8, 700,000 to his fiance, Elsie French, ai ' her marriage portion. A Montreal paper warns Egnland to cease insulting . French-Canadians, declaring the British government holds Canada through the people of Quebec province. ... Abraham Oppenbeimer, a Philadel phia citizen of 80 years, astonished all observers by doing some wonderfully fanoy skating on the pond in Fremont park. OUR LAWMAKERS. Doings of Importance at the State Capital- Bills Passed. . License Bill Defeated. Senate bill 16, lor the licensing of stationary engineers and firemen was defeated Monday. ' . Woman Suffrage Defeated. An effort was made in the boose Monday to reconsider the vote by which senate joint resolution 71, for woman suffrage, was defeated. The vote for reconsideration was lost, 28 to 21. Law Without Governor's Signature. Governor Geer Monday filed the barber Sunday cloeine bill ' without his signature, thus completing the proceedings necessary to make it a law. As it beam an fMnAnnniv Alanaa i -' went into effeot Monday and will make DarDering on next Sunday a crime. Passed Both Houses. The following bills have passed both houses: House bill a. relative to school libraries: house bill 91. to pro hibit barbering on Sunday; house bill 203, appropriation for legislative ex penses and deficiencies; senate bill 12, provi ling for sale of school lands; sen ate bill 15, exemption of earnings of judgment debtors; senate bill 17. fix ing fees of witnesses ia Douglas, Jack son and Josephine counties in criminal actions; senate bill 95, fixing salary of judge of Clackamas county. Incorpor ation bills, Sheridan and Whitney. Signed by the Governor. The following bills have been signed by the governor: House bill S, amend ing Albany bridge act; house bill 4, appropriating $45,000 tor Oregon agri cultural college; house bill 25, appro priating 147.500 to Oregon state uni versity; bouse bill 180, for payment of scalp bounty warrants; house bill 224, relative to Portland tax ley; house bill 257, relinquishing ground to United States for postoffice at Salem; senate bill 8, relative to licenses on state fair grounds. (A law without governor's signature); senate bill 19, to pay ex penses of Indian war veterans to Wash ington; senate bill 89, to submit initia tive and referendum; senate bill 104, removing inoline . at Cascade locks; senate bill "11, to authorize Portland to levy a speoial tax; incorporation a ots for the following places: ' Rose burg, Canyonville, Silver ton, Elgin, Summerville, Baker City, Antelope, Dallas, Sumpter, Myrtle Point,. Med ford. The Vote for Senator. : - The vote for senator Monday stood: Corbett '80, George H. Williams 23, William Smith 25, Binger Hermann, 6, not voting 1, absent or paired 5. Aid for Orphanages. - - The house committee on " corpora tions Wednesday rendered a favorable report on the bill by Holcomb provid ing state aid for all orphan asylnms of not to exoeed $10 per annum per in mate. , " - . Bills Pissed. The house Wednesday passed bills as follows: By Mulkey, to -give old bor rowers of school funds the benefit of same rate of interest as given to new borrowers; by Smith, of Sam hill, to amend the charter of Sheridan; by Masters, to reduce fees of witnesses and jnrors in Douglas, Jackson and Josephine counties; by Porter, to re duce the salary of Clackamas county judge from $1,200 to $720, beginning in 1902. ... . . The senate Wednesday passed the following bills: Senate bill No. 77. re quiring that sentence of death be exe cuted at the penitentiary, by the super intendent or a warden; senate bill No. 83, relating to the proof of writings; senate Dill No. 86. to create the office of state bacteriologist, without pay;, senate bill No. 85, relating to title of floating logs; senate bill No. 103, to authorize district and county high schools; senate bill No. 115, a substi tute for the original, to fix the fees to be paid county clerks; senate bill No. 188, to amend the charter of Vernonia, Colombia county; senate bill No. 192, to incorporate Grass Valley; senate bill No. 108. to amend the scalp boun ty law. ' Passed by Both Houses. "Bills passed by both houses are as follows: ' Senate bill 12, providing for sale of sohool lands; senate bill 119, amending charter of Sheridan; senate bill 17, fixing fees , of witnesses in Douglas, Jackson and Josephine coun ties in criminal actions; senate bill 95, fixing salary of . judge of Clackamas county. Signed by the Governor. The governor Wednesday signed the following bills: House bill . 257, re linquishing ground to United States for postoffice at Salem; house bill 127, amending Myrtle Point charter; house bill 120, amending Medford charter; bouse bill 8, amending Albany bridge aot; bouse bill 4, appropriating $45, 000 for Oregon Agricultural College; house bill 25, appropratihg $47,000 to Oregon State-, University; senate bill 102, amending Sumpter charter;' sen' ate bill 104, removing incline at Cas cade .locks. .. . The Vote. The vote- Wednesday stood: H. W. Corbett, 80; George W. McBride, 21; William Smith, Democrat, 26; Binger Hermann, 7; J. w. t ulton, a; F. A. Moore, 1; S. A. Lowell, 1; not voting, 1. - Fevi Clark Sword Fund. ' In the house Wednesday Eddy in troduced a concurrent resolution pro viding for an appropriation of $262 fdr the completion of the Captain Clark word fund. nun Of a Fast Mail Train on the Erie. Road. THERE WERE FIVE PASSENGERS KILLED Among the Victims Were a Party of Soldiers n the Way to the Philippines Hardly a Passenger Escaped Injury. Oreenville, Pa., Feb. 9. Train No. 6, the New York -Chicago limited on the Erie railroad, was wrecked this morning within the town limits. Five passengers were dead when taken from the wreck, several- are missing and there are many badly injured. Hardly a passenger escaped without injury. The ill-fated train was com posed entirely of vestibuled Pullmans, three sleepers, a day coach, combina tion smoker and baggage and mail car, and was drawn by one of the Atlantio type of engines. It was in the smok ing compartment that death laid a rutnless hand, for not one of the 16 oc cupants escaped death or injury. A party of soldiers, nine in number, on their way from Fort Porter. N. Y., to Fort Crook, Neb., in charge of Sergeant-Major Harry A. Hart, of New York, occupied a part of the smoker. Of the number three were killed and two seriously injured. They were un der orders for the Philippines and would have sailed in a short time. MOUNTAIN TOP BLOWN OFF Terrible Explosion in a Mexican Mine Killed Eighty-seven- Persons. Chihuahua, Mex., Feb. 9. Word baa just reached here of one of the most terrible miniug disasters that ever oc curred in Mexioo. An explosion, in the San Andres mine, situated in a re mote locality of the Sierra Madras, in the western part of the state of Da rango, caused the death of 87 men, women and children, and injured many others.. The catastrophe was due to the explosion ot several hundred cases of dynamite, which was stored in an underground chamber of the mine. Electric wires connecting with the hoisting machinery passed through the room in which this dynamite was stored, and it is supposed that these wires beoame crossed, thereby causing a fire which set off the dynamite. All of the killed and injured were located on the surface, most of them occupying residences right over the under-ground workings' of the mine. The explosion tore away the whole top of the mountain on which the village was located, and men,' women and children were blown into small pieces. Among those who were killed was Her man Luetzman, the superintendent of the mine and all the members of his family.' . At the time of the explosion there were several hundred miners at work in the lower workings of the mine, and, straDge to say, none of them were seriously injured, although they were all severely shocked by th e terrific force of the explosion. They rushed to the surface through one of the shafts that, was not filled with debris and the sight that met their eyes in the almost complete destruction of the little vil lage' is indescribable. The work of gathering up the fragments of the un fortunate victims of the explosion scat tered over the mountain was begun, and they were placed together and buired in one grave. But' few of the mangled remains were rcognizable. Summons were sent to neighboring camps for surgeons to attend to the in jured, and it was some time before they arrived. The San Andres mine is the most celebrated silver mine in Mexioo. It is valued at $20,000,000. It has pro duced many millions of dollars worth of ore. - ' ' , - Wrecked at a Crossing. Pittsburg, Pa., Feb. 9. The Penn sylvania limited express train ran into the rear of the Cleveland express on the Pennsylvania line at the Allegheny avenue crossing this mornirg. wreck ing the engine of the limited and the rear sleeper of the Cleveland express. The passengers . on the limited '' were shaken up but not injured. Only one passenger on the Cleveland express, Henry Lublang, of New York,-was ser iously injured, but several sustained slight bruises. Failure to flag the lim ited is said to have been the cause of the collision. . " j .. Shot His Fiancee. :, Oakland, Cal., Feb. 9. In a frenzy of rage, because s e bad broken the en aggement, Bert Henderson, an em ploye of the telephone copmany in San Franc isco, shot and seriously wounded his fiancee, Miss Fannie O'Neill, late last night, then turned the pistol on hmself, fired a bullet into his own brain and died almost instantly. An Elght-Story Building Burned. Chicago, Feb. 9. The eight-story building, at Harrison and Canal stret ta. owned by Mwin Foss, of Boston, was bunred tonight. The los? was $75,000. " ' : Serious Fire at St. Cloud. Minneapolis, Minn., Feb. 9. A tele phone message to the Times from St. Cloud, Minn., says a big fire is raging in that city. The fire started in the West hotel. It burned Debin Bros.' grocery store, Myers' laundry, the Cal ifornia wine store and the publio libr ary which . was : located . in the hotel. Later reports say the opera house and livery stable and smaller . buildings have been destroyed, atd the flames are still spreading. ARRESTED FOR ROBBERY. Three Well-Known Men Were Trailed Through - the Snow. . Sioux City, la., Feb. 12. Three men, believed to have been implicated 'in the theft last night at Manila, Ia., of a United States Express Company's safe, said to contain $40,000, were ar rested at that place this morning. They were traced by their ' tracks in the snow. The men are John Jack son, John Stovall and Charles Hayes. All live at Manila, and are well known. Their reputations heretofore have not been bad. They stoutly protested their innooence. Mrs. Jackson, wife of John Jackson, was also arrested, but at a preliminary hearing, she was released. The three men are in jail, having been unable to furnish a bond, fixed at $12,000 each.. None of the money or valuables, hat been recovered. The safe that was stolen contained in the neighborhood of $40,000. Two thousand dollars was in cash, and the remainder in drafts, checks and various valuables. While the robbery undoubtedly was deliber ately planned, as the horse and wagon were in waiting in a convenient Bpot, it is not believed that the men knew they were making so rich a haul. They had no means of knowing the contents of the safe, only that it was used in carrying valuables. The Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul train on which tne safe was taken from Sioux City, arrived at Manila at 8:05 P. M. The Omaha train was late,, and James Sturtevant, of Sioux City, the express messenger, did not hurry in nnloading the goods and pack ages from his car. The express box, with other articles, was placed on a truck on the depot platform, and then Sturtevant and the baggageman went to the other end oi the platform to get another truckload. When Sturtevant returned he noticed the articles on the truck were disarranged, and a glance showed that the iron box was. gone. There was great excitement, and no time was lost in spreading the alarm. Marshal Fearall hastily assembled a posse. Snow lay thick on' the ground, and it did not tnke long to discover the tracks of two persons, who evident ly had been carrying something heavy directly from 'the truck, as it stood on the depot platform. - They carried the safe a distance of about two blocks, and then loaded it into a wagon, which had been left there " in waiting. The wagon was driven about a mile and a half out into the country, and there the safe was forced open and the contents abstract ed. The men abandoned the safe and went their way on a new track. It was not difficult, however, to trace them, and this morning three arrests were made.. The authorities say the shoes of two of the men under arrest fit exactly the tracks in the snow. ' THREE LIVES LOST. Result of a Fire in a Boston Brick Building -i. Four Others Badly Injured. , Boston, Feb. 12. Three persons lost' their lives and four others were badly injured in a fire in a four-story brick ' dwelling in Harrison avenue early this morning. There is suspicion that the fire was of incendiary origin and two arrests have been made, Harris Levin and his wife Bertha. Levin had a shoe store on the first floor of . the building, and the arrests are made on the suspicion that naptha or somehing of that kind caused the fire. . ' ., ' Men and women jumped from the burning building - and firemen and po licement rescued others from smoke filled corridors and hallways. . The second-stoiy was occupied by Daniel Hart, his wife, her sister and four children. They all jumped from a window. One of the children was badly burned and suffered internal in juries by jumping, and died. Mrs. Hart vas badly hurt. " The third story was occupied by Daniel and Thomas Brennan. The lat ter escaped, but Daniel . jumped three stories to a shed and suffered serious injuries. The fourth story was occupied by Mrs. Frances Biley and Mrs. Barry. Mrs. Biley was overcome by the smoke and suffocated. - Her body was discov ered after the flames had been sub dued. - Mrs. Barry jumped from the fourth floor and is in a precarious con dition. -' - . Transport Ashore. . Santiago De Cuba, Feb. 12. The: United States transport Rawlins went aground this morning on a coral reef near the wreok of the United States collier Merrimao. She arrived at day break,' intending to embark ' the troops of the Tenth infantry, for New York. The pilot attempted to pass on the wrong side of the Merrimao, and struck the hidden reef hard. . Three powerful tugs pulled unsuccessfully all the afternoon in the attempt to float the ship. It will probably be necessary to rig elaborate tackle before she can be gotten off. - She is in no danger, and the likelihood is that she is not injured. - Will Take Part in Inaugural Parade. The Yale undergraduates have de cided to take part in the inaugural parade in Washington next March. ' Mexicans Defeated Indians. Mexioo City, Feb. 13. The federal troops in Yucatan have had another battle with the rebel Indians who were Btrongly intrenched, but the Indians were unable to withstand" the charge on their position, and fled in all directions. Many of the Indians would like to - be released from the tyranny ot chiefs who inflicted the penalty and torture, and commit many barbarities to Infuse terror into their adherents. England's Action on the Nicara - Sua Canal Project ALMOST EQUAL TO A FLAT REFUSAL A Counter Proposal, Likely to Cause Extended - Negotiations, Will Soon Be Presented Through Lord Pauncefote. London, Feb. 11. ft has been learned that a reply will Bbortly be sent to the United States Nicaragua canal project. It will not comply with the senate's demands, neitner will it be in the nature of a fiat re fusal, though for purposes of immediate construction it will be tantamount to such a refusal. It will consist mainly in a counter proposal or proposals, likely to necessitate extended negotia tions. The nature of the proposal ia not yet ascertainable. Lord Paunce fote will likely be the medium through which the answer will be sent and by' whom the subsequent negotiations will be conducted. In British official opin ion, it is likely that several months will elapse before the matter reaches a conclusion, by which time the Hay Pauncefote treaty will have elapsed, on the basis of the senate's amend ments. The British counter proposals are now formulatin.j..and it ia hoped an entirely new agreement, satisfac tory to both countries, will eventually be reached. Commented on In Washington. Washington. Feb. 11. So far as can be ascertained, the administra tion has not had any intimation of the counter proposala the London dispatch ays will be made in the matter of the Nicaragua canal project. There is a feeling of regret that the British gov ernment has felt, constrained to adopt such a course, as the hope was enter tained that the amendments to the Hay-Pauncefote treaty might have been accepted in the spirit in which they were made. Senator Morgan when informed to night of -the new stand taken by Great Britain, said he believed that if Great Britain has decided to take the action stated, it would create resentment in tho senate and among the people and distrust of the moves of that govern ment. He hoped it might result in some action on the pending bill at this session. Senator Morgan, however, was not willing to say what action, if any, he proposed to take to briug about such a-result. One suggestion made" tonight as a possible counter proposal by Great Britain was that in return for conces sions made by her she might desire an open port on the Alaskan coast as-an entrance into her gold fields in the Klondike. More men for ketchener Reinforcements for the South African Army Boers Held Up a Natal Train. London, Feb. 11. Public-attention has again been turned toward South Africa by the dispatch of reinforce ments and the publication of Lord Roberts' dispatches. Rumor has been in circulation that Mr. Chamberlain had reconsidered his South African polioy, and was contemplating a lound table conference with John Morley and Sir William Vernon Harcourt, and the recall of Sir Alfred MLner. The appearance of the bubonic plague at Cape Town seems likely to add to the difficulties of th situation. The authorities there have decided upon a wholesale - uaviu Ul rats. Should the disease spread, it will necessitate changes in the mili tary arrangements. Today Sir Alfred Milner makes an other earnest appeal to employers to allow as many men as possible to en roll in the colonial mounted defense forces. ' The Boers held up a Natal mail train near Vlakfontein. The few soldiers on board exhausted their cartridges, and the Boers then robbed the passen gers, afterwards allowing the train to proceed. Transports Requistioned London, Feb. 11. The government has requisitioned three Castle liners to transport reinforcements to South Africa. The remount department is uncommonly active, its agents buying largely in several parts of the world. Following yesterday's war office an nouncement, recruiting today was brisk.- - --.. Wreck in a Snowshed. Trnckee, Cal., Feb. 11. Spreading rails in the snowsheds just east of Blue canyon caused the wreck of a freight train last night. Several cars were piled np. part of them being thrown to the bottom of the hill and demolished. The snowshed was torn up for a dis tance of 800 feet No. 4 Atlantio ex press had passed the point but a few minutes before the wreck ooonrred. Will Try for New Constitutions. ., Alabama and Virginia will both try for new state constitutions during 1901. General Mayberry Prentiss. Bethany." Mo..' Feb. 1 1 Mayberry Prentiss, one of the oldest surviving generals 01 volunteers of the civil war, is dead at his home here, aged 81 years." He was known ss the "hero of Shilob." He defeated Gen erals Holmes and Price at . Helena, Ark., July 4, 1862. He was the last survivor of the Fits John Porter court martial. He was in the volunteer servioe In Illinois during the Mornon excitement in early days.. AT THE EXPOSITION. States Arc Alive to the Impjrtance of Making Comprehensive Exhibits. The different states and territories of the union are alive to the importance of the Pan-American exposition and all of them will be represented there in a befitting manner if present plans car ry, as is almost safe to say they will. In some instances appropriations have been made for buildings and exhibits and there are now in various legisla tures bills pending for appropriations. New York state has appropriated 1300,000 and is erecting a beautiful permanent building. Illinois has appropriated $75,000. Connecticut has made a preliminary appropriation to cover the expenses of an exhibit and the state board of agri culture has passed a resolution unani mously asking for an additional appro priation ot 125,000. Massachusetts has appropriated $15, 000, with the expectation of an addi tional appropriation. . Wisconsin has appropriated $25,000 and is erecting a building. Ohio's appropriation- is $30,000. The state is putting up a handsome building which is now nearing completion. Bhode Island has appropriated $15.- 000 with the assurance of more if it should be necessary to carry out the state's plans. Missouri has guaranteed an appro priation of $25,000 to $50,000, and within the last fortnight the Missouri commission has resolved to ask foi $100,000. . Alabama proposes to appropriate $25,000. and a bill providing for such an appropriation is now pending in the state legislature. Georgia appropriates a sum neces sary to pay the expenses of an exhibit West Virginia will have a handsome building. In advance of the action of the legislature a guarantee fund hat been subscribed by her citizens to pro vide for a building and exhibit. California has completed arrange ments lor an extensive exhibit through the state board of trade and the Lo Angeles chamber of commerce. The board has endorsed a memorial fron" the water and forest association to the state legislature asking that the state make an appropriation of $500,000 equal to that given by the federal gov ernment to have California properly represented at the exposition. Michigan has appropriated $40,000 for a building and exhibit. Iowa has appointed a commission of eight. The agricultural and horticul tural boards are arranging for partici pation in the exhibits. Oregon, Mississippi, Louisiana and other states will be suitably represent ed, owing to the great enterprise o: oitiens, who are volunteering private subscriptions with the intention of ap pealing to the legislature for reim bursement. -- The New England states are com bining for a New England buildmp and private subscriptions ara being: taken in Maine, Vermont and New Hampshire in anticipation of legisla tive action. Plans have been made for a magnificent building ot colonial architecture. , Maryland has ,a state commission and the Baltimore Manufacturers'. As sociation are co-operating with tbit- body to raise money for representation In a number of states bills asking for appropriations for exhibits at tbe exposition are now pending. They an as lollows: Washington, $50,000; Oregon, $85,000; Idaho, $30,000 Mou tana, $50,000; Indiana, $100,000; Pennsylvania, $100,000; Kansas, $50,- 000. In all tbe other states, with only one exception, official recognition has been given the exposition by the selection of representatives, members of women'., boards of managers or commissioners and through whose efforts legislative action is being agitated LOST A MILLION AND A HALF. Glass Plant Burned in a Pennsylvania Town The loss Is Estimated at $1,500,000. Rochester, Pa., Feb. 1. The .towi ot Rochester, on the Ohio river, aboc 25 miles from Pittsburg, today sofferei the greatest fire in its history. The loss is estimated at $1,500,000. Tbe fire started just after midnight in the copper department of tbe National glaBa plant, the largest tumbler plant in the world, located outside Roches ter. The night employes turned out with their own hose and endeavored to subdue the blaze, but a strong west wind was blowing and the flames soon spread to the packing department The plant occupied several acies of ground and employed 1,500 persons. The fire departments of nearby towns were called upon. . - Millions' for Automobiles. It is estimated that during the first five years of this century the enormous sum of $100,000,000 will be expended by pui chasers of. auotmobiles. It re mains to be seen, if the prophecy comes true, what style of vehicle will secure the bulk of the business. At tbe Pan-American exposition all styles of automobiles will be exhibited, and then we may be in beter position to judge of the respective merits' of the various makes and methods of opera tion. . Plague at Cape Town. Cape Town, Feb. 18. The govern ment has decided to give notice to the foreign nations of tbe fact that Cape Town is infected with bubonic plague. There is no longer any doubt as to the nature of the disease. Joseph Cham berlain has' addressed a communication to Sir - Alfred Milner approving tbe latter'a remarks made in his reply to the Afrikander deputation sent with a resolution addressed to Queen Vic toria. ' - MIDI Aim Exiled Ruler of Scrvia Passed Away at Vienna. NEITHER HIS WIFE NOR SON THERE He Retained Possession of His Faculties Until Within a Quarter of an Hour of Hb Death Body to be Interred in Slavonia. Vienna, Feb. 13. Ex-King Milan, of Servia is dead. He passed a sleep less night and was unable to take suffi cient nourishment. The remains will be interred at ' Kronchol, a sacred monastio shrine in Syrmia, Slavonia, with the honors due a member of the reigning dynasty. The illness began with influenza. Milan left his bed too quickly, and the result was pneumonia. The doctora also found faty degeneration of the heart, which was the actual cause of death, as the danger immediately aris ing from the lung trouble had been overcome. Fearing a fatal issue, the doctors caused messages to be sent King Alexander and ex-Queen Natalie, but although Milan desired to see ' them and himself sent messages re questing their presence, neither came. Natalie a reply, which was to the ef fect that she would come if her pres ence was really desired, reached him just before death. Emperor Francis Joseph, who. sent an aid-de-camp to the deathbed, baa ordered a military funeral, as Milan was formerly tbe colonel of an Austrian regiment. It was Milan's written wish that he should be buried at Svr mia. He said he had been greatly disappointed at the absence of his son, whose ingratitude has provoked much comment in Vienna. According to the Neue Freie Pre see, he said to bia physician: "I feel' that I must die, but it is very sad to be compelled to die at 47.". Ex-King Milan, who was born in 1854, abdicated the throne in favor of bis son, Alexander I, March 6, 1889. Tbe circumstances that compelled tbe king to abdicate arose from the policy that he had pursued at tbe beginning of bis reign, both in domestic and for eign affairs. The new Seivian consti tution was adopted by the grand skup shtina January 2, 1899, by a majority of 494 votes against 75. The ministry of Nikol Cristich resigned. The king was unwilling to appoint a radical cabinet, and applied first to Jovan Kistiob, but could not induce that statesman to form a cabinet. The radicals refused to take office unless Tusohnovich, revolutionist, who had been condemned to death for participa tion in the Timok valley uprisin , should be given the portfolio of the in terior. The king's throne was at stake. He determined to appoint liberal pre fects and sub-prefects, and attempted . by pressure on the people to bring in a liberal majority in the elections in tbe autumn. The radicals beoame en raged at the determination to exclude them from office. Cristich was un willing to play so dangerous a game. and told King Milan that it was im possible for him to remain In offioe. Milan abdicated tbe throne in the pres ence of the ministers and chief digni taries, and the members of the diplo matic body assembled in the konah to celebrate tbe anniversary of the elec tion of Servia into a kingdom in 1882. On being promised a liberal yearly al lowance, he agreed in 1888 to go into perpetual exile. It was decided that Queen Natalie should likewise live abroad. Queen Natalie, however,' oame back, and was only expelled af ter desperate resistance on the part of her adherents in 1891. The Tax on Banks. Washington, Feb. 13. Senator Aid rioh today sent the following dispatch: "Mr. A. B. Hepburn, chairman Ameri can Association of Bankers, Chase Na- -tional Bank, New. York City: Ant re ceiving a large number of letters from banks throughout the country, sent in response to request issued by your sec retary, demanding that the tax on bank capital shall be entirely removed. The houe retained tbe entire tax and ' the senate has reduced one-half. No action is possible in conference except to agree to either the house or the sen ate provision or to adopt some contpro mise between the two. I hope this statement will save the members of your association and the members of the finance committee much unnecsa-' ary correspondence." Purchasing for Morgan. : Ironton, O., Feb. 13. Col. E. J. Bird, Jr.. late superintendent of the Martin Iron & Steel Company, is here representing J. P. Morgan & Co., for the purchase of the plant of the Hang ing Book Iron Company, tbe Belfonte Iron Works Company, the Kelly Iron & Nail Company, tbe Martin Iron & Steel Company, the Norton Iron Works Company and the Ashland Steel Com pany, Ashland, Ky. If the deal ia consummated, other plants will be erected here. Raided a Depot. Temakah, Neb., Feb. 13. The rail road depot in this town was raided by unknown persons last night and 85 cases of liquor, consigned to people here, were : destroyed. Temakah ia a "dry town." ; under the local option laws, and it is believed a party of wo men tookhe law into their own hands. - - Interest in Crnada. The legal rate of interest' In Canada in now 5 per cent, -