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WEEKLY. ESS&Zf&Stt&Si'l ConsoltdatedFeD.1899. COBVALLIS, BENTON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, laoi. VOL. XXXVIII. NO. 40, EVENTS OF THE DAY FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF THE WORLD. A Comprehensive Review of the Important Happenings of the Put Week Presented in a Condensed Form Which Is Most . Likely to Prove of Interest to Our Many Readers. Edward J. Mclntire, JoS Portland, was murdered near Olequa, Wash. Five masked men held' up Pendle ton gambling house for f 1,500. Arbitration council . will declare itself incompetent to act on Boer appeal. At Chehali , Jha,W. Ferrier was acquitted of the murder of Bramon Holcomb. Bureau chiefs of the treasury de partment as a body called on Pres cient Boosevelt. . , Duke and Duchess of--York enjoyed a day on the- Ottawa " river as the guests of lumbermen. Admiral Sampson, at his own re quest, will be relieved as commandant of the Boston navy yard.-. resident enaner reviews mo late steel strike, and severely criticises other labor organizations. Czolgosz, the assassin of President utr:i 1 . i . - 1 rx- jMUA-iiuey, who piacti .uii bum. ixc pleaded "guilty" but the court or dered the plea of "not guilty" to stand. The prisoner seemed uncon cerned. Destructive forest fires in' Colorado have subsided. A Cheyenne woman shot and killed her father-in-law. Columbia is being .prepared .for the coming yacht races; ' -; ' -.- ' The Buffalo Expooiti'oiv has suf fered a heavy financial loss. No poison was found tn-the bullets or revolver taken from Czolgosz. McKinley memorial services were held at Chicago andpther cirties. . Harry De Windt Will Again attemt the overland journey1 via- Behripg straits. .', " . :i '. The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York will visit an Ottawa lum ber camp. " ': ' . Col. Murray, commander of Lovatt's Scouts, was killed by-. Boers on the Orange river. . . Explorers in Northern Alaska found herds of mountain sheep frozen in the ice of glaciers. ... The U. S. training ship Mohican returned from a prolonged. cruise and reports 90 desertions. :- -'-. ' Herr Johann Most was arrested after a hard fight while making anar chist speeches in New, York. s - (- : . A boy attempted -to photograph President Boosevelt-as fad left church, but was stopped by as policeman. : - Many Boers-will settle in Damara land. Mrs. McKinley 's condition does no improve. - -.. y :' .,:-.;.- W. A. McCormic, timber land deal er committed suicide. The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York are at Montreal. "The "allied party" was- launched Dy reiormers ai nansas jy. Puget Sound conference of the M E. Church opened at Olympia. The San Francisco strike :has resolved itself into a game of seige. The czar arrived.;?, at Dunkirk, France, and proceeded! to 'Campiegne. , Roosevelt inspires confidence by .his announcement that he will carry out McKinley 's policy. - O.'R . N. company arranges for a monthly exchange fair a help to the farmer at Pendleton. , Citizens of Marshiield, 6r. made a man leave town because he-spoke.dis? respectfully of President McKinley. The body of the late president ar rived at Cariton. The remains were taken to the Canton Courthouse, where they lay in state. ';, Los raft reaches San Francisco in safety. r . : Chinese troops have re-entered Pekin. Czolgosz' trial was set lor next Monday. Mrs. McKinley seems to be break ing down. Northern whaling jfleet ... meeting with poor success. Frost in the corn belt strengthens the grain markets. . . , .. . ; The state funeral of - the late preai dent occurred at Washington... The charter commission went on record in favor of civil service regula tions. ; - Roosevelt asked -tils' ' members of the cabinet to remain througnrout the term. "- Men are en route from' Ohio to take the places of the strikers, at San Francisco. - A pair of old English brass andirons or ' fire dogs" were sold lor .280 gum .eas in London the other day. ; In many of the perfume .'factories of South Europe only the purest olive oil is used in fixing the perfumes of flowers. . '- ,"--'"'; j -, .V; The Forth bridge is constantly be ing repainted. So vast is the struc ture that it takes 50 tons of paint to give it one coat, and, the area dealt with is something" like 120 acres WORSE FATE THAN DREYFUS. General Hernandez of Venezuela,' is Being Tortured in Confinement New York. Sept. 25. According to the story told here by a Venezulean who reached New York a few days ago. General Jose Manuel Henrnandez, the head of the Conservative party in Venezuela, and who Is a political pris oner, is undergoing treatment even worse than that of Dreyfus on Devil's Island. His political and military strength was recently shown, says the Tribune, Id the organization of a revo lutionary movement on the frontier, under the leadership of General Gar- brane. This uprising which President Castro called a Colombian invasion, was, in reality a Henrnandez move ment, it is said. Immediately following this," said one of Hernandez s rormer ieiiow- prisoners now here, began the sys tematic attacks on General Hernandez, which his friends fear will end the veteran's career. The first move was to transfer him to the darkest dun geon In the foul-smelling old fort. A huge ball was fastened to his ankle. He is not permitted to see anyone, nor is he permitted to communicate with the outside world. He is even denied the usual exercise about the prison yard. His keepers take a fiendish de light In throwing live rats, spiders and other vermin into his dungeon, particu larly when he sleeps. . The rations al lowed' General Henrnandez are only half those required by a man of his physical condition." '- ; .--'.. GHASTLY SCENES AT WRECK. Persons Injured in Hungarian Collision Were Burned Alive. Bucharest, Sept. 25. The collision yesterday at Palota, between .the Vi enna express and the petroleum trains, appears in'the light of latest events, to have been a most terrible affair. In a few seconds the whole arena of the collision became a huge lake of burn ing petroleum. Trees and every thing inflammable within an area of quarter of a mile were destroyed. . There were some ghastily scenes. A girl ' was burned to death in sight of both her parents, who escaped. M. Dinu, a Roumanian millionaire, got his foot jammed in the wreckage and begged one of the train guards to sever the foot with an ax, promis ing him a large reward if he would do Beiore the guard could help i he sank into the flames and was burned to death. Schwartz, the con ductor, who was similarly jammed, clung so desperately to the man who tried to extricate him that his would be rescuer had to be dragged away just as Schwartz perished in the flames. Most of the 22 who -were killed were burned to death. ' BOERS APPEAL IN VAIN. Administrative Council Will Declare Itself In competent to Pass on Issues Involved. ". The Hague, Sept. 25.-It is under stood that the administrative council of the arbitration council will declare itself incompetent to deal with the Boer appeal for arbitration upon the issues involved in the South African . Comment of German Press. ' ; London, Sept". 25. The Berlin cor respondent of the Times says r .' The news of the British reverses in South Africa! is discussed onthe whole with much moderation' in the more serious organs of the' German press. ; The less responsible papers make no effort to conceal their exulta tion. The concensus of opindn. is that the chief importance of the re cent Boer successes is in the encour agement they will "afford to the burghers and their efiect upon t Cape Colony loyalists.' The paper-re gards the new activity and daring of the Boers as a crushing reply to Lord Kitchener s latest proc lamation. "Ten Killed in Collision.? " Warren, .Mass.,. Sept. '25. Ten were killed and 21 injured in a col lision on the Boston & Albany railroad tod ay, --bet ween a switching freight and a'igraveh-train.' ; All 2 the killed and injured were ;gravel train em ployes, who were inthe caboose eating dinner when the collision occurred The caboose was telescoped by a gravel v . The New Controller. ' Chicago Sept. 25. William B Ridgely, whose appointment to the ontrollershup oi . the currency was announced at Canton yesterday, will within a few days resign .the vice- presidency of the Republic Iron Steel company and leave Chicago for Washington to assume his new duties. . --' -- . .. Big Insane Asylum Fire. Norfolk, Neb., Sept 25. The asylum for-the insane in this city was almost completely destroyed by fire today. is ' believed that three inmates were burned to death. The fire originated from some unknown cause in the west wing of the institution. Loss on build ings and contents will probably reach $300,000; Owing to the early hour and the unpreparedness of the fire depart ment but little could be done in the effort to save the institution. . There was 600. inmateB in the main building and the' efforts to rescue them were difficult In the extreme. . . - ' ' ' Coming to His Father's Side, Sllverton, Or Sept. 25. T. W. Dav enport, who was injured a few days ago by falling in the running gear of his wagon, breaking his lower jaw and receiving other injuries, is reported better today. His friends, however, have little hopes of his recovery. In view of the serios condition of the patient, the physicians have sent for Mr. Davenport's son, Homer, the famous New York cartoonist. He started for Oregon last Saturday, and will come directly to auverton. - NEWS OE THE STATE TEMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS OF OREGON. Commercial and Financial Happenings of Im portance A Brief Review of the Growth and Improvements of the Many Industries Throughout Our Thriving Commonwealth Latest Market Report. .-' Philomath reports a scarcity of houses to rent. Umatilla county proposes to ' try crushed rock on her county roads. The Salvation army will hold a harvest festival at Pendleton, Septem ber 24-25.- ', - '-. The Marshfield clerks are advocat g an early closing movement, with a good show of success. - . .. . Many Christian Adventists are at The Dalles to attend the camp meet ing which opens Friday. . : It is estimated that nearly 3500,000 has been invested in Eastern Oregon ines since January 1, 1901. . .. A Woolgrowers' , association for Wheeler, Crook, Wasco and- Sherman counties has been organized at Mitehell. " w - Rapid progress is being made on the improvements on the new race track and grounds at The Dalles. It will all be completed this week. i A grain buyerfor an Athena com pany purchased several lots of wheat at 44 for club and 45 - for blue stem... Nearly 30,000 bushels were sold. . . --L -, -V -.' --.i Stock Inspector Joseph B. Jackson, of the Long Creek country; lost his sheep camp by fire. It was piled , in heap and set on fire by an unknown person. . On account of the improvements in the . water supply of Pendleton, the insurance rates have been -reduced so to save the property owners about $3,000 yearly. ' -. : i; I V- - More farmers are wanted in Oregon. The Rose burg street fair is now in full Swing. ' .... ri,- -;w Settlers In the neighborhood of Lor raine want a shingle milL .: The winter session of the State nor mal school at Monmouth is now open. Tne sawmill 01 W. ti. uaa, on Uales Creek, was burned with 20,000 feet of lumber loss over $6,000. -i .tv : The state board of education has granted a state certificate to A. B. Serfiing, a teacher at Halsey. J-; : While trying to drive an intruding bull out of his pasture near Coos Riv er, George Yoakum was gored to death. - Ernest Cox, aged S years, was kill ed by being struck by a falling tree while teaming in a lumber camp near Medford. . : John Peterson, who claims to be a Norwegian, was run out of Marshfield for making remarks derogatory to the late President McKinley. : Two stockholders in the Lucky Boy mine in the Blue River district recent ly sold out their Interests for $20,000 each.. They each owned one-sixth. Mrs. Lou Hash, living on a home stead in Lower Alsea, spied a huge buck on the edge of the clearing the other day, and seizing the ready Win chester brought him down. The lessees of the B. Ray mine near Gold Hill, recently received returns from a shipment of ore that gave a total value of $7,905.30 per ton. The vein . is widening and shows no de crease in values. , Portland Markets. Wheat Walla - Walla, nominal 55c; bluestem,. :55c; valley, 55. - Flour best grades, $2.653.50 per barrel: graham, $2. bU. Oats Old, 90$1 percental. Barley Feed, S1515.50: brewing. iflb.UU per ton. Millstuffs Bran, S17 18:- mid dlings, $2021; shorte, $1920ichop, Hay Timothy, $11 13; clover. $7 9. 50; Oregon wild hay, $5 6 per ton. Butter Fancv creamery,2527Jc: dairy. 1820cf store, 1215a per pound. - Eggs 2325c per dozen. .. Cheese Full cream, twins, 12 13c; Young America, 13 14c per pound. .. ,. - v. . j Poultry Cmckens, mixed, $3.00 4.00; hens, $4.004.50; dressed, 10 11c per pound; springs, - $2.503.50 per dozen ; ducks, $3 for old ; . $3.00 4.00 for young; geese,. $69 per dozen ; turkeys,-Jive,12loc ; 'dressed, 10 12 140 per pound, - : . Mutton Lambs, 3c, gross dressed, 66c per pound; sheep, $3.zd, gross ; dressed, be per lb. Hogs tiross, heavy, Xb6.25 light, $4.7o5; dressed, 77)c per pound. . Veal small, o3c ; ; large. lc per pound. Beef Gross top steers, $3.504.00 cows and heifers, $3.003.50; dressed oeei, uigoc per pouna. - - 1- Hops 10 11c per pound. Wool Valley, ll13c: Eastern Oregon, 8l2c; mohair, 2021o per pound. - - ; . Potatoes $1$1.15 per sack. The Dean and Chapter of Westmin ster are entitled to claim as "perqui sites" every : article which is taken into the abbey for the purpose of the coronation,' and that reverend - body reaped rich harvests in 1821, 1831 and 1838. ." ., .7 - ' " : :- ; . .'; Two thousand of the 30,000 books on the French Revolution, which have been presented to the Bibliotheque Na tionale by the British Museum, will be kept there. The remaining 28,000 win be sent to the Bibliotheque Se- vigne. RUSHED BY BOERS. Commander of Lovatt's Scouts Killed, on the - Orange River.. " London, Sept. 24. The war office has received the following dispatch from Lord Kitchener, dated Pretoria, September 22: . " -";."'.. "Kritzinger, while endeavoring to force a passage of the Orange'rive.', near Herschel, at ' 1 o'clock Friday morning, rushed the camp of a party ofLoyatt's scouts. . He failed to cross the river, but the scouts lost heavily. Lieutenant Colonel Murray and Cap tain - Murray, his -adjutant, were killed. Deep regret ' at the loss of Colonel Murray, who throughout the war led Lovatt's - Scouts with great gallantry. Under cover of . darkness, the Boers managed to carry of a gun. They were promptly followed and the gun was recovered in a smart engage ent in whicfy Kritzinger - lost two killed and 20 taken prisoners. " ' - Lord Kitchener also reports that the British captured by the Boers in the ambush near Scheeper's Nek, Sep tember 17,; have ' been released,, and; that the British casualties in the recent Vlakfontein .engagement, when the f Boers , captured a company -: of mounted infantry and two guns, were one officer and five men killed, 23 men wounded and six officers and 109 men taken prisoners.' ' He announced that these prisoners had since been released." He further reports (the. capture ,. of two commandoes one consisting; .of 55 men, . under Commandant .Kochs, who ;were: taken with their entire transport, west of Adeburg, 'and the other, consisting . of 54 men, in cluding J. P. Botha,-who-were taken with 48 wagons; and their belongings, 45 miles southeast of Carolia. : ' Lord Kitchener's latest dispatches, although they contain good news as well as bad. have -contained little "to reassure' the people- concerning the state of affairs. - The loss of Lieuten ant' Colonel Murray, a brother of Lord Mansfield, is keenly : felt.. There ; is little doubt' that further details will show it was a serious affair. - ; . Remarkable' Discovery In Alaska. Vancouver, B. C.JSept. 24. The Dawson News prints a remarkable story about the prospecting tour just completed , "of H. VV. Bracken, who has returned to Dawson after six months in Northern Alaska. Accord ing to Bracken's - narrative, while in the Romanzoff mountains, ; about ,DUO miles from" DaWSon, he and his servants ascended a mountain glacier At a height of .8,000 -feet they found herds of - mountain tiheep frozen in the ice. - The theory 'is that some ex treme mid-winter blizzard had caught them while stampeding over the dome. Then the sheep huddled to gether and perished, snow: gradually forming an icy covering. Whatever. portions ot the bodies of the sheep were above the ice were devoured by artio bears and wolves. Uracken is said to be a scientific miner of 25 years' experience, - having - resided three years on the Yukon, . - . ; Guarding Ue Route. Vancouver,. B.: C- Sept. 23. Prepa rations are now perfected for the safe conduct of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York across the .conti nent to this city. The. entire line of railway from Quebec to Vancouver will be guarded and patrolled during the royal progress. Thousands of these men have been specially engaged for this purpose by the Canadian Pacific railway. Each guard will remain in sight of his neighbor on either side The royal train will be preceded all along the route by one or more pilot engines, which will keep a short dis tance ahead. - A special army of pri vate detectives is on the watch all over Canada for suspicious characters, with orders to arrest -any such and keep them in jail until the royal party has left Canada.. The thousands of switches all along the line of 'the transcontinental railroad will be spe-. daily guarded and locked. All traffic will give way- before the royal train not a . wheel: being allowed, to turn within a distance of 200 miles of the duke's train. " A New Brigadier General. Washington, Sept. 24. I he presi dent has appointed Col. James M. Bell, Eighth Cavalry.-nand president of the Military Board of . Review, to be a brigadier general,, vice Brigadier General Ludlow, deceased. ' Gen Bell will retire Oct. 1, thus leaving a va cancy for another appointment. - - : Philippine Cable Completed. - Washington, Sept. 24." The signal office of the war department today. received a message from, Manila say ing that the last link of the cable had been laid, which allowed telegraphic communication with the southern most island of the Philippine group. Broke Up the Souphouscr. Tampa, Fla.,- Sept. 24. Some days ago the citizens committee notified the striking members of Besistencia union that the souphouses established by the .union must close, claiming that they encouraged cigarmakers tp remain I idle. " Most of them were closed, but today citizens visited seven of them,- poured the soup on the ground and put out the fires. Some of the cigar makers assisted in the work. : Six hundred strikers have re turned to. work, - -v-- KCIcd Her Father-in-Uw. : Cheyenne, Wyo.. : Sept. 24. Mrs, Lena Fair shot and killed her father-in-law, . Michael Fair, at their home in South ; Cheyenne this evening. Mrs. Fair is a girl of 20 years. ; She says Fair, who is past 50 years old, threatened to kill hery and when she fired had one hand on Iter throat and with the' other was reaching for his revolver. . The police found a revol ver in the hip pocket of the dead man. Mrs. Fair was arrested. CZOLGOSZ ON TBIAL ASSASSIN OF PRESIDENT M'KIN- LEY PLEADED GUILTY. Prisoner Wat Unconcerned Court Orders the Plea to Be Recorded "Not Guilty" Case May Be Concluded in Two Days The Physicians Cave Important Testi. mony. Buffalo, N. Y, Sept. '24. Leon F. Czolgosz was placed on trial yesterday charged with the murder of President William McKinley.' He entered a plea of guilty, ' which was ; subsequently changed to "not guilty," by direction of the court. All the events of the day indicated that the trial will be short. Court-convened at 10 o'clock and within two hours eight jurors had been secured. Technicalities were not raised by the examining counsel, but it was significant that every man who said he had formed an opinion on the case was excused by the District At torney.. Those iwho Acknowledged they had formed, an opinion or stated they were "prejudiced, but - admitted their opinion: could be changed by. evi dence ' were, ..accepted by .- both sides. Justice Truman C. White, one of; the oldest and most experienced of the Supreme Court Judges, was on the bench. Immediately after the opening- Of the court, and after the prisoner had pleaded, Justice Lorn L. Lewis, senior counsel for the defend ant, announced that; together with his colleagues, ex-Justice Robert C. Titus and Carlton E. Ladd, they were ready to act in behalf of the prisoner. I thought it best," he said, "for my colleagues and myself, that I should say something regarding our presence here as attorneys for the -defendant. At the time my name was suggested 1 was out of the city, and knew nothing of what was transpiring here with reference to the selection of counsel for the defendant When the circum stances of my selection were told to me, I Was extremely reluctant to ac cept. But the duty has been imposed, and I considered it my duty, in the light of all' the circumstances, to de fend this man. I ask that no evidence be presented here that the court will not permit the acceptance of any evi dence unless it would be accepted at the- trial of the most meager criminal in the land." - "l am familiar with' these circum stances," said Justice White, in reply. and . I wish to say, t will give you every assurance that the prisoner will have a fair and impartial trial. Dur ing the progress of. the trial he will receive such treatment as the law de mands in any criminal case." , - The work of securing the jurors was then undertaken, with a celerity that was amazing. Before the day was oyer the enure panel had been sworn, the jurors had listened to a description of the Temple of Music, where the crime occurred; had seen photographs of the-interior of the structure, and had been told by three surgeons what had caused the death of the President, and the effect of the assassin s shot on the various organs of the body, They had also learned why' the fatal bullet had not been located. . The probable duration of the trial, it is believed, can be placed at two full . days. Judge Titus, for the de fense, was non-committal, however, and merely said:- "That depends upon the turn things take." ' It is not prob able that any defensewlll be put in, owing to the, character of the prisoner apd his refusal to help his attorneys in any way to procure evidence which they could use in his favor. The idea of an attempt to enter the question ot his sanity is not thought of, in view of the reports of the two alienists 'who have recently examined himi. Murder in the First Degrev Buffalo, Sept. 25.-Leon F. Czol gosz, alias Fred Nieman, was found guilty of :murder , in the first de gree by a jury L in ..part III. of the supreme court, in having on the 6th of : September, shot President Will iam McKinley,. the wounds inflicted afterwards resulting in the death of the president. : - - " : ,. - : ; . The wheels of justice moved swift ly. The trial of the'assassin consumed eight hours y and . 26 minutes. and covered a period of only " two days. Practically all of this time was occu pied by the prosecution in presenting a case so . clear, 'so conclusive that even had the prisoner entered the plea of insanity it is doubtful if the jury would have rendered a verdict differ ent from the one rendered today ' . The announcement this afternoon by the attorneys of Czolgosz that the eminent alienists summoned by the Erie county bar association and by the. district attorney to examine Czolgosz' and to - determine his exact mental condition had declared him to be perfectly - sane destroyed " the only vestige of a defense that the at torneys could have put together. Better Fuel Than Coal. ' Mexico City, Sept. 25. Daniel Gug genheim, chairman! of . the .executive board of the American Smeltine & Refining Company, is here with a party of leading manufacturers engaged in the lead industry. : The party will make careful inspection of smelters in this country controlled by the trust. Regarding the substitution of Texas oil for coal in this industry, Mr. Gug genheim said: . ..i :- ffe have proved beyond all doubt that crude oil is by far the best fuel. It has passed beyond the experimental stage." - ' - '.- Reciprocity With Cuba." Washington, Sept. 25. As a result of several conferences between Presi dent Roosevelt and .General ?Wood, Governor-General of Cuba, it has "been; determined to negotiate a reciprocity agreement between the United States and the Island, the agreement to be sent to Congress early In December. Cereals and machinery from the Unit ed States will enter Cuba at reduced rates, and Bugar and tobacco will be the principal Cuban products affected by the agreement. . SCHLEY COURT OF INQUIRY. Sessions Resumed at Washington Many Im. - portant Witnesses Called. - Washington,: Sept. 23. The Schley court of inquiry reconvened Saturday, and before adjournment examined four witnesses. The most important Incident of the day was the decision of the court withdrawing a question '-put by the court itself, asking a witness to give his opinion concerning a point under controversy. The witness was Rear Admiral Higginson, who participated in the Santiago campaign as captain REAR ADMIRAL SCHLEY. of the battle-ship Massachusetts. This vessel was at one time a part of the flying squadron, commanded by Com modore Schley, and the court asked him to state " whether all nossible measures were' taken to capture or destroy the Spanish vessel Christobal Colon as it lay In Santiago- harbor from May 27 to June 1, 1898, Counsel for Admiral Schley objected to the question on the ground that a reply would involve an opinion and "not a statement of facts. Judge-Advocate Lemly admitted that - the precedents were against questions of this charac ter, and the court withdrew this In terrogatory. . It. is generally admitted that this decision will have the effect of ma terially shortening the term of the court, as will also the court's intention to cut out irrelevant questions and' all heresay testimony. In several cases, the witnesses were admonished to re late only events coming within their own -observation. Aamirai uewey snowed himself a prompt and methodical presiding offi cer. He called the court to order exactly at the designated hour, and adjourned it just as promptly at 4 o'clock. The witnesses today were Rear-Admiral Higginson, ; who com manded the. battle-ship Massachusetts during the Spanish war; Captain C. M. Chester, who commanded the cruiser Cincinnati;. Major Thomas N, Wood,, of the marine corps, who com manded the marines on the Massa chusetts, and Commander a. Tt War. ber, who was an executive officer of the Texas, the latter being on the stand when the court adjourned. . The attendance of the public was small. Rear-Admiral Ramsay occupied the seat which, on the first day of the session was filled by Rear-Admiral Howison. All three members of the court were in service uniform, and the morning air was cold enough to make ineir cioseiy-buttoned coats appear uumionaoie. Mrs. Dewey accomppa nied her husband and remained a short time. The general attendance was not large. - -- BOERS MAKE -ANOTHER HAUL Captured a British Company and Two. Guns, - Killing An: Officer. ; London,. Sept. 23 Lord Kitchener reports that the Boers have captured a company of mpuntd infantry and two guns, at Vlakfontein. One officer was killed. The , Boer's, in superior forces, surrounded the British. "Lord ICitchener i making a strict investi gation, 1; and ' has sent columns of troops in pursuit of the Boers.- The Gazette announces that on the disband ment of Lord Strathcona's Can adian corps. 29 officers have hnpn granted honorary-rank in", the British army, corresponding with their pres ent rankv'- The list commences with the name of Colonel Stole (the com mander of Strathcona's horse in South Africa), who becomes an honorary lieutenant-colonel in the regular army. London, Sept. 23. The succession of "regrettable incidents" which " Lord Kitchener has reported has evoked editorial counsels to the government to cease to endeavor to wage-war -by proclamation and ! to recognize the need of. crushing the Boers by force of arms. No news has as vet been received that the Boers havn lihoratoH ine prisoners recently captured,- and, according to Boer circles- in Rmsnela Commandant-General Botha intends to hold the 150 British prisoners as hos tages against the carrying, out of the terms of Lord Kitchener's proclama- . May Be An Anarchist Washington, Sept 23. The police are looking for a man who approached several pedestrians early - today and asked the address of President Roose velt's sister, the wife,. of Commander Cowles. of the navy. '. Several of the officers were detailed to smart! the Bowies residence. The man is de scribed as about 40 years old, speaks with, a foreign accent, , has a light moustache, cars clothes and had a box about eight inches long and about three and a half wide. S ' ..Vs THKEE SCORE LOST BRITISH TORPEDO-BOAT DE STROYER FOUNDERED. The Result of an Explosion Of the 70 Men Aboard Only a Dozen Were Rescued Worst Disaster in the British Navy Since the Never-to-Be-Forgottcn Sinking of the Victoria. London, Sept. 23 The torpedo-boat destroyer Cobra has foundered in the North Sea, the result of an explosion. The ship was en route from the yard of her builders, the Armstrongs, of Newcastle, to Portsmouth. It is re ported that all hands were lost with the ecxeption of about half a dozen persons. " Five boats were launched after the Cobra struck, but some of them were swamped in the heavy sea which was running at that time. The first intimation of the disaster was the arrival of a fishing boat at Yarmouth with six bodies, which she had picked -up in the vicinitv of the ipot where the Cobra was last seen. According to the fishermen.the Cobra was sighted by the lightship off Dow ings Sands yesterday morning envel oped in steam, and she shortly after wards disappeared. The men on the lightship supposed the Cobra had sailed away until the evening, when they observed bodies floating in the water, and signalled to the fishing boat to investigate the disaster. A dispatch from Middlesboro says 12 survivors of the crew were landed there this morning, and confirms the report that all the others were drowned. The British Admiral ity has received information that the explo sion occurred after the Cobra struck rock, and that she sank immedi- tely. ' ; The Cobra was a turbine engined She had just left the yard of her contractors and was undergoing a boiler test. . About one year ago the Cobra beat the record of the .; Viper, and won the title . of the fastest ves sel in the world, making 37.7 knots or 43.5 miles an hour. Corrected figures show that she had 79 souls on board. For 67 no hope is held out,' but torpedo boats and cruis ers have gone at full speed to the scene of the disaster, which is" the most serious the British navy has Buf fered since the sinking of the Vic toria. Lieutenant Bosworth Smith, the Cobra's commander, stood upon the bridge with his arms folded, as impassive as on parade, - and went down with the vessel. WHAT CARTER STOLE. Two Hundred Thousand Dollars Taken Pos session of at Huntington, W. Va. Chicago, Sept. 23. Through the recovery of $200,000 in cash and se curities in "Huntington, W. Va., the government authorities now have pos seession of about $380,000 of the funds embezzled by Oberlin M. Carter, ex-Captain of the United States Engineer Corps at Savannah, Ga. The announcement, was made today by Marion Irwin, Special As sistant Attorney-General of the Unit ed States, who is now in Chicago. Mf. Irwin has been working for the' attorney-general for some time in the litigation instituted by- the Govern ment to recover the., junds alleged to have ibeeti . fraudulently converted. from the river and harbor improve-- merits -in f Tin Sm-onnali rH l: i i . f TTn wilf remain Chicago for some time to push-the proceedings .on the bill re cently filed in the United , States Cir-, cuit Court against Captain Carter,' his uncle, Lorenzo . L. , Carter," and his brother; I. ' Stanton Carter. Large amounts : of securities representing government funds, so it is charged, have been traced to the latter two' defendants, and as yet they have in lieu 10 account ior mem. Frosts in New York,- c Utica, N. Y Sept. 23. A- very se vere frost was experienced throughout central and Northern New York last night. Ice formed on shallow water and great damage was done to -all garden and truck farm products. Will Sell to Tobacco Trust V Liverpool,: Sept. 23. At a meeting trwi V rvf thA- fiharahnlHara rtt OirilAno Lxa., it was unanimously agreed to sell all the shares to the American To bacco Company -on the terms offered on September 17, namely, 25 for pre ferred shares,. 50 for ordinary shares, and '- 111 10s for debenture shares. stipulating that 75 per cent of each class must be purchasable.; ' '.1' 1 1 . -r r Snow on Mount Washington ; - -Mmint Wnatilnb-trm M 'TT Sanf 23 Two inches of snow fell tonight on the mountain. The temperature is zs degrees. - : J y-r . - 'I Distributing Coast Artillery. . Washington, Sept 23. The secre tary of war has directed a distribution of the 126 companies of coast artillery. Among the assignments are: Fort ' Rosecrans, Cal., two; Fort Miley, CaL two.; Presidio of San Francisco, Ave; Fort Baker, Cal., three; Fort Columbia, Wash., one; Fort Stevens, Or., two; Fort Casey, Wash, two; -Fort Flagler, Wash., three;. Fort Worden, Wash., two; Hon olulu, two; Philippine Islands, four,