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Newspaper Page TextI CORVALMS GAZETTE. hbf' ill i"Qy WEEKLY. 2iS:,b-,L-J.!Y8.i Consolidated Feb., 1899. CORVAILIS, BENTOU COUNTY, OREGON, FMDAT, MAKCH 7, 1902. VOIi. XXXIX. NO. 11. EVENTS OF THE DAY FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF THE WORLD. K 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. The worst of the flood in the East is over. Boers killed, wounded and captured C32 Britirili in a recent fight. Pope Leo XIII celebrated the 24th anniversaryof his coronation with great pomp. American horses were praised in a parliament paper on remount service in south Africa. President Root-evelt will visit the Charleston exposition to show that his action in the Tillman case had nothing to do with feeling toward the state. The work of rescuing snowslide vic tims at Telluride, Col., had to be sus pended. Many new slides have oc curred and heavy snow fall continues As a result of experimenting near Chicago, it has been demonstrated that telegraph wires may be used for tele phoning. It makes no difference if a telegraph message is going over the wire at the same time. The power generated by one ad vertising campaign Imparts a mo mentum to trade; but it must be remembered that such momentum is only temporary. The success of an advertising campaign depends on the care with which it is planned and the vigor with which it is executed. Profitable Advertising. The end of the Boer war is again said to be in sight. A tornado at New Vienna, O., de stroyed much property. 1 ive persons were killed by the fall ing of a building at Cleveland, O. The senate has agreed to the confer ence report on the Philippine tariff bill. Three men were killed in a wreck on the New York Central near Philmont, N. Y. Prince Henry is on his Western and Southern tour. He will visit the site of the coming St. Louis exposition. A rebellion has broken out in Kwang Si province, China. Missionaries and other foreigners have been taken away under military escort. Officials in the Philippines have cabled Governor Taft that the 25 per cent re duction in the tariff bill is not regarded as sufficient and asking him to use his endeavors to secure a more substantial means of relief. During the recent student riots at Moscow, Russia, 763 arrests were made. Six hundred Boers were killed and captured in two days' fighting in Or ange River colony. Japan is quietly colonizing Corea. At least 14 miners were killed in snowslides near Telluride, Colo. The Tillman-McLaurin episode has leen ended by the senate censuring the South Carolina senators. ' Colombia has interrupted the Pan ama canal deal. She insists upon be ing considered in the negotiations. The 'National Educational Associa tion, at its recent Chicago convention, condemned the teaching of Latin and Greek in the high schools of the coun try. Secretary Root has arranged for a gradual reduction of the army in the Philippines. The New Jersey legislature has ap propriated $10,000 for the extermina tion of the mosquito. Two men were hanged in North Car olina for burglar', in which state that crime is a capital offense. The house sent the Philippine tariff bill to conference, objecting to all the amendments of the senate. I .uk ban, who has been the strength of the rebellion in Samar, Philippine islands, has been captured. The Columbia Valley Railway asks congress for right of way across the Vancouver, Three Tree Point and Scar Iwrough Head military reservations. Rlondon, the Boston wife murderer, has been arrested in New York. Fire at a Mace, Idaho, mine boarding house resulted in the death of four men and the injury of 12. Tillman and McLaurin have been re stored to the senate roll to await defin ite action by that body. Two New York Central passenger Irains collided near Auburn, N. Y. Five trainmen were killed. Ixmdon consumes eleven tons of salt a day. A Chinese dressed as a woman at tempted to enter Ogdensburg, N. Y., roni Canada. The dowager queen, Margherita of Italy, will visit the United States un der the nazae of Countess Stupinigi. Chevalier Victor Zeggio, who repre sented Italy at the Columbian exposi tion, has been appointed commissioner to Italy for the St. Louis world's fair. MASSACRES OF MISSIONARIES Two Outrages Reported From the Interior of the Chinese Empire. Victoria, B. C, March 6. Reports of two massacres of missionaries in China were received by the steamer Empress of India, which has jist ar rived in from the Orient. In Kiang Su, two priests were murdered by a band of Chinese, including soldiers, who attacked their mission. It is stated that the attack was made in revenge for the deposition of the son of Prince Tuan by the dowager empress at the request of the foreign ministers. The magistrates of the district being friend ly to foreigners, warned the mission' aries, but they were attacked before they could get out of the way. The other massacre took place in Kiang Si, a priest being attacked while he slept and cruelly murdered. His body was mutilated, both hands being cut oft. His two servants were also killed. The viceroy has sent a troop to hunt for the murderers. Two pirates of a band who had cap tured two junks in the West river, and were guarding the prisoners taken in the raid, suffered a terrible death. They were attacked by a band of out laws and the pirates were buried alive. The Kobe Herald is authority for the statement that 200 fishermen from the village of Wugo were drowned in a storm off the coast of Mijikan, Febru ary 17. The boats had gone a long way out, and being overtaken by the storm, were lost. Only 13 out of more than 200 fishermen from that one vil lage returned, and they came in on an upturned boat. Fleets from other vil lages"also suffered. A Tokio dispatch says that the Brit ish subjects in Japan have decided to order two silver vases in commemora tion of the Anglo-Japanese alliance, and to present one each to the sover eigns of the allied nations. The Brit ish consul at Yokohama, who is the chief mover in this matter, has already ordered the vases, which are about 26 feet in height. The flags of the high contracting poweis, the territories and seas of Great Britain, Japan, China and Corea, are said to be shown in the design for these vases. Other Japan ese papers comment favorably upon the treaty. THE CHINESE REBELLION. Vicer y of Canton Dispatches Troops to the Scene of Disturbunce. Hong Kong, March 6. The rebellion in Kwang Si province is spreading rap idly. Signs of unrest are already ap parent at Kwelin and Nanning, the newly opened river treaty ports. The Canton viceroy has dispatched troops to the scene of the disturbances. The rebels are believed to be ex-soldiers of Marshal Su, who were disbanded on his promotion. Their propaganda, which has spread far and wide, includes the overthrow of the Manchu dynasty and the helping of oppressed and needy Chinese. The French are also said to be secretly helping the rebels. French Officer Killed. Pekin, March 6. The government has ordered Marshal Su to resume com mand of the rebellious soldiers in Kwang Si province. It is doubtful if he will be able to control them, as it is necessary first to pay them overdue wages. The French legation has re ceived a telegram saying that the rebels havo killed a French officer near the Tonquin border. Large Mine Sold. Vancouver, B. C, March 3. It is reported here that the War Eagle mine at Rossland, one of the most extensive properties in the Kootenay country, has been sold to a company of London capitalists. No details of the deal are given, except that the sale price is about $3,000,000. Extradition Papers Issued. Washington, March 6. Extradition papers were issued at the state depart ment during the day to Detective Ser geant Joseph Day, of Portland, Or., for Charles and Frankie Savage, colored, now in the hands of the police in Montreal, Can., for the alleged theft of $11,000 worth of cut diamonds, said to have been stolen from A. L. Lowenthal. For Punishment of Brigands. Constantinople, March 5. The United States minister, JohnTA. Leish man, has presented a note to Tthe porte regarding the capture of Miss Ellen M. Stone by brigands, demanding 'the punishment of the guilty parties.' The porte, in replying, repudiates responsi bility and denies all liability. Rich Find in the Klondike. " Vancouver, B. C, March 6. A spe cial dispatch from Dawson tells of one of the richest finds reported for a year in the Klondike.. Richard Butler, own er of Discovery Claim, on Bear creek, was about to abandon his property when he discovered an old bedrock, many feet below the first one, from which he took out $15,000 in one day. One pan of earth alone washed out $600 in gold. Other claims are being pros pected forthis bedrock. NEWS OF THE STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS OF OREGON. Commercial and Finny 111 Happenings of ka- portance A Brief Review of the Growth and Improvements of the Many Industries Throughout Our thriving Commonwealth latest Market Report. Several new oil wells are being bored in Malheur county. " The business men of Harrisburg have formed a board of trade. The new Catholic church at Hubbard will be dedicated March 9. Two new one story brick buildings are in course of construction at Athena The first 11 days the Clackamas county sheriff collected $20,610.68 of the 1901 taxes. Samuel Engle, a Clackamas county pioneer of 1847, died at his home at Molalla, aged 70 years. The Milton Creamery Company has declared its second dividend. The stockholders were paid 5 per cent. The next meeting of the Union County Teachers' Association will be held in Union some time this month. The county convention of the Union county Democrats will be. held April 3 in Union. .Primaries will be held March 27. Secretary of State Dunbar is in re ceipt of many letters daily from persons in the East, writing for information concerning Oregon. Prospecting of the vein of coal on Lower Powder river, near Baker City, which was recently discovered, will be gin in a short time. Samples taken near the surface show a good value. Clatsop county delinquent tax sale will be held zt Astoria March 3. Twenty-one bales of hops were sold at Dayton a few days ago at 15 cents per pound. Last week 500,000 salmon" fry, from the Coos river hatchery, were placed in the Coquille river. A board of trade has been formed at Hillsboro. Its purpose will be to ad vertise Hillsboro and Washington county. At the recent Calckamas county ex amination for teachers' certificates, 22 applicants were successful. A thief broke into the City hall at Portland and stole the historical socie ty's collection of rare coins. The members of the various granges of Multnomah county will take steps to secure a building in Portland for a market place. The Prohibition party will have no place on the Multnomah county ticket, the vote at the last election not reach ing 5 per cent. As the result of a rousing dairy meet ing at Dayton the establishment of a creamery there in the near future is made a certainty. What few hops remain in the Will amette valley are selling for 15 cents. Contracts for next year's crops are be ing made quite freely at 11 to 11 cents. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Walla Walla, 6565c; bluestem, 6666c; Valley, 6465c. Barley Feed, $19 19.50; brewing, $2020.50 per ton. Oats No. 1 white, $1.151.25; gray, $1.101.20. Flour Best grades, $2.803.40 per barrel; graham, $2.502.80. Millstuffs Bran, $19 per ton; mid dlings, $21; shorts, $21.50; chop, $17.50. Hay Timothy, $1213; clover, $7.508; Oregon wild hay, $56 per ton. Potatoes Best Burbanks, $1.101.35 per cental ; ordinary, 7585c per cen tal, growers' prices; sweets, $22.50 per cental. Butter Creamery, 2527c; dairy, 1820c; store, 1315c. Eggs 22K25c for Oregon. Cheese Full cream, twinr, 13 13c; Young America, 1415c; fac tory prices, llc less. Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3.50(9 4.50; hens, $4.605.50 per dozen, 10 12c per pound; springs, 11c per pound. $34 per dozen; ducks, $56 per doz en; turkeys, live, 1213c; dressed, 1516c per pound; geese, $67 per dozen. Mutton Gross, 4c per pound ; dress ed, 77c per pound. Hogs Gross, Sjc; dressed, 67c per pound. Veal 88K for small; 77K for large. Beef Gross, cows, 34c; steers, 44c; dressed, 6JJ7c per pound. Hops ll13c per pound. Wool Valley, 13 15c; Eastern Ore gon, 812c; mohair, 2121&c per pound. Prince Henry, soon after returning from the United States, will celebrate the quarter centenary of his service in the navy. A Kansas City judge granted Frank James' request to enjoin the play in which he and his brother are exploited as train robbers. A New York court has ordered George J. and Helen Gould to pay $54,485 udgment obtained in Paris courts gainst Countess da Castellan. EXTENSIVE BOER VICTORY. British Lost 632 Men Killed. Wounded and Prisoners Also Lost Two Guns. London, March 5. A dispatch from Pretoria contains details of the disaster to the'escort of the convoy of empty wagons at Vondonkop, southwest of Klerksdorp, Transvaal' Colony." The British casualties in killed, wounded and men made prisoners reach the total of 632. In addition the Boers captured two guns. -'. v. Lieutenant Colonel Anderson, who commanded the British force and who has returned to Kraai pan ,Cape Colony, with nine officers and 245 men, reports tnat when his advance guard was with in 10 miles -of Klerksdorp, during the morning of f ebruary 25, the Boers opened a heavy rifle fbe on the troops from the shrub, lhefio burghers were driven off, and the convoy resumed its march, when a more determined attack was made on thejeonvoy's left flank, the Boers getting within a hundred yards and stampeding the mules har nessed to a number of wagons. The attacking forces were again -driven off. At about 6 :30 in the morning the rear guard was attacked by a strong force of Boers and simultaneously another body of Boers boldly charged the center of the convoy and stampeded the mules in all directions, throwing the escort into confusion, during which the Boers charged and recharged, riding down the British units. The fighting lasted for two hours, during which the two Brit ish guns and a pom-pom almost ex hausted their ammunition. A detach' ment of 200 mounted infantry from Klerksdorp attempted to reinforce the British, bat were held in check by the uoers. Lieutenant Colonel Anderson adds that the strength of the Boers was esti mated at 1,200 to 1,600. Comman dants Delarey, Kemps, Celliers, Lem mer, Wolmarens and " Potgieters were all present. Commandant Lem mer is eaid to have been killed. CONSTABULARY ROUTED. Filipino Rebels Attack Force Near Manila and Kill Eleven. Manila, March 5. Twenty-five mem bers of the constabulary of Morong, 10 miles from Manila, encountered 80 well armed insurgents during the day. ihe former fled, after expending all their ammunition. Eleven of the con stabulary are unaccounted for, and it is believed they were killed or captured. The same band of insurgents turned back a commissary wagon, but did not molest the escort of three men. Governor Flares, cp- th -?rrvia oi Rizal, says the members " of the band who recently captured Ampil, the presi dente of Cainta, Morong province, were neither ladrones nor insurgents. He thinks a private feud was at the bottom of the matter. Word has been re ceived that Ampil is still alive, but under torture and expecting death. Ampil was an enthusiastic American sympathizer. A force of constabulary and military are scouring the country, and bands of insurgents and ladrones are flocking to the Island of Leyte. The constabulary officials have been notified of the arri val of a band of malcontents from Bohol and other places. They are well armed, and are serving under Capilea. An extra force of constabulary will en deavor to handle the malcontents. General Lukban has offered to assist in suppressing the insurgents if given a certificate that he conducted his share of the war according to civilized usages. His offer has not yet been considered favorably. EXPLOSION WRECKS OFFICE. A Number of People Hurt by Jumping Fire Immediately Follows. New York, March 5. An explosion wrecked the five story building at 210-12 Canal street occupied by the Aste Press Printing Company. The building was filled with employes, some of whom were hurt by jumping. Half the Canal street front was blown into the street and the interior was almost instantly a roaring mass of flames. The printing house backed up against a row of seven story flat houses, occupied by Italians. The rear wall of the burning building was blown against the tenements, cre ating panic among the occupants. Many jumped from windows. Consuelo Durante leaped from a' window and alighted on the stone flagging of a court yard. She was taken to a hospital, where she died. The fire department estimated the loss at $75,000. Reports were circu lated that a number of persons known to have been in tlieHbuildings have not been accounted Jfor, but the firemen said they thought all had escaped in jury except those who jumped. Miss Stone to Lecture. Indianapolis, March 5. Miss Ellen M. Stone, the missionary, who was captured by brigands and released re cently, has contracted to lecture for the Chautauqua societies of the country during the larger part of the summer. Philadelphia Leaves Panama. New York, March 5. The United States cruiser Philadelphia left during the day for Guayaquil, says a Panama dispatch to the Herald. She will re turn soon. Riot Among Paris' Unemployed. Paris, March 5. Following an excit ed meeting of the unemployed, held this morning at the Labor Exchange, the agitators attempted to bold an out door meeting in the Place de la Repub lique. A fight with the police ensued, ia which 11 policemen were severely injured, and a ecore more sustained bruises. A number of the rioters were njured, and 20 were placed andor arrest. HELD BY THE MOB NORFOLK, VA.; IN THE HANDS OF .-. STRIKE SYMPATHIZERS. Street Cars Guarded by Soldiers Numerous Clashes Between the Military and the People Additional Troops Called Out to Suppress the Disorder Non-Union Men Arrested for Carrying Weapons. Norfolk, Va.t March 6. A mob of 500 strike sympathizers today held the streets of Norfolk on which the main line of the Norfolk Railway & Light Company's cars are run, and the police were unable to cope with it from noon until after dark, when the cars, which were guarded by detachments of mili tary and had run with difficulty, ail day, were housed in the barns. Cars were repeatedly derailed, wagon loads of stones were piled on the tracks and free fights between the' military guards and the crowd occurred at frequent in tervals. In one difficulty a sergeant ran a bayonet into the arm of H. H. Har- mansef , a barber. Mrs. Harmansef, who was standing by her husband at the time, knocked the sergeant to the ground with both fists and discolored the face of a lieutenant who was near her. Several soldiers were struck by missels thrown through the windows of cars. A number of arrests have been made both by the police and military. Eight companies of militia are on guard. The police force of 100 men has been on duty for 48 hours, and is unable to meet the emergency. Martial law will be declared in Nor folk in the morning. Four more infan try companies from Emporia, Suffolk, Smith field and Franklin, making the entire Seventy-first regiment, has been ordered out. The strikers tonight cut a mile of trolley wire in the city. The troops are now guarding the power plant. A detachment of a Newport News com pany is on duty. At a meeting tonight the Central La bor Union boycotted . the street cars. Common Councilman S. H. Kelly, also a leader of the jStrikerSj-offeredL a. .res olution at tonight's council meeting to revoke the street railway franchise for lapse of two days in running cars. The resolution was referred to a special committee. Tonight six nonunion men from Knoxville were held up. The strikers I overpowered them. They bore arms and were arrested for carrying con cealed weapons. PORTO RICO LAWS. New System of Local Government Proposed by Daly Commission. Washington, March 6. The 'com mission to revise and compile the laws of Porto Rico has submitted its report to the attorney general. The work un dertaken was the revision and compila tion of practically all the old Spanish laws. The commission, after an exhaustive study of the Spanish system, proceeded to make the most necessary changes, such as the reorganization of the judi cial system and the system of local gov ernment, the revision of the laws of marriage and divorce and wills and in testacies, and a number of ctkir impor tant branches of the civil and criminal laws. The most important work of the commission was the revision of the or ganic act of Porto Rico, commonly known as the Foraker act. The system of local government pro posed oy the commission includes a county, city and village organization. Under Spanish rule, local self govern ment was unknown. Briefly stated, the new system leaves to the local au thorities the management of local af fairs, but'prescribes a definite standard of efficiency in the most important serv ices, such as sanitation, drainage, water supply, street cleaning, etc.- If the local government fails to meet these standards, the insular government is given sufficient power to meet every emergency. The habeas corpus act is another of the important changes pro posed by the commission. The sub ject of marriage and divorce is also fully treated. The Spanish civil code does not recognize divorce, although a separation proceeding is provided for. This branch of the law has been brought into close harmony with the system prevailing in such states as New York and Massachusetts. Statistics on Bicycle Industry. Washington, March 6. The census bureau has issued a preliminary report on bicyc!es and tricycles, exclusive of repair shops, which shows that the pro ducts of the industry increased almost $30,000,000 between 1890 and 1900; The figures show that in 1900 the num ber of establishments was 312, the cap ital $29,783,659; number of wage earn ers employed 17,525, total wages paid $8,189,817, and total value of products $31,915,903. RIVERS AND HARBORS. Oregon and Washington Both Far? Well in the Bill as Reported. Washington, March 4. Oregon and Washington both fare well in the riv ers and harbors bill as reported to the house. The mouth of the Columbia se cures $100,000 more cash than last year, and The Dalles and Seattle canals are both granted greater recognition than in the last bill. The following are the appropriations for Oregon and Washington: Mouth of Columbia, cash for contin uing improvement, $550,000; for au thorized contracts, $1,000,000; Lower Willamette and Columbia below Port land, for continuance, $50,000; for the construction of a dredge, $175,000; gauging Columbia river, $1,000; Tilli mook bay and bar, maintenance and completing improvements, $27,000; Coos bay, maintenance and continuing improvements, $10,000; Couquille, con tinuing improvements from Couquille City to the mouth, $30,000; Coos river, maintenance, $2,000; Siuslaw, contin uing improvements, with re-examina tion of existing project, $26,000; Co lumbia river at the Cascades, complet ing locks, $30,000; Upper Columbia and Snake rivers, $25,250. To this latter item is added $12,750 transferred from unexpended funds for the improvement of the Clearwater, making a total of $37,754.82. Of this $10,000 is to be expended for the im provement of the Snake river above Lewiston. The Willamette river above Portland and Yamhill river get $68,000, of wnicn f d7,ouU is to be used in the con struction of revetments opposite Cor- vallis and below Independence. The appropriations for the Columbia are to be for the continuing improve ments according to the present approved plan, with such modifications as may be approved by the secretary of war, the estimtaed cost of said improve ments not to be increased. Puget Sound and tributaries, $15,000; Swinomish - slough, $300,00; Cowlitz and Lewis rivers, $ii,500; Okanogan and Pend d'Orielle, $10,000; examina tions and surveys, inspection bridges, etc., in Washington, $250,000; emer gency fund, $200,000; Olympia harbor, $25,000; Tacoma harbor,. $75,000; Whatcom harbor, $25,000:' Grays har bor and Cheftalis river, $50,000. The committee: allows $.160,000 for the Seattle, Shilshole and Salmon bays, along the route of the proposed Lake Washington waterway, and authorizes a survey to finally determine which route shall be adopted for the canal, and an estimate of the cost of such canal. CAPTURED BY LADRONES. Mayor of a Morong Town Is in the Hands cf Hostile Filipinos. Manila, March 4. While Governor Flores, of the province of Rizal, was chasing Felizardo and his band of lad rones over the hills of Cavite province, Felizardo, at the head of 25 men, en tered Cainta, in Morong province, and captured the president of the town, Senor Ampil, and a majority of the lo cal police. Senor Ampil has long been known as an enthusiastic American sympathizer, and it is feared that be may be killed by the enraged ladrones. A strong force of constabulary has been sent to effect his release. The correspondence captured with General Lukban is of the greatest val ue. It implicates several Filipinos who have not heretofore been suspected of complicity with the insurgents. . The United States- Philippine com mission has received a cablegram from the governor of Cebu, saying that a violent assault had been committed by the municipal police of that place upon the Spanish consul there. The gov ernor says the assault was instigated by the presidenteof Cebu, Senor Reyes, who has been suspended, pending an investigation, which was at once or dered. The Spanish consul was pop ular and well liked. The American, Spanish, British and German merchants of Manila and the local press held a meeting to remon strate against the prohibitive tariff, which they declared to be crippling the industries and resources of the archi pelago. . Storm Damaged Mexican City. Monterey, Mex., March 4. The storm which swept oyer Mexico a few days ago was unprecedented in Monter ey and vicinity for severity. For hours the wind blew at a velocity of from 50 to 80 miles an hour, doing damage to the extent of more than $300,000. A dozen or more persons were injured by falling walls. Morgan's Gift to a College. Nashville, Tenn., March 4. J. Pier- pont Morgan has given $2,000,000 to the University of the South, at Sewa- nee, Tenn. This is one of the foremost institutions in the South, having an average attendance of 600 students. Venezuela Repels an Invasion. Willemstad, March 4. According to advices from Caracas, the Mochist lead er Garbira, with "1 ,000 Colombians, at tempted a new invasion of Venezuela near La Frias, February 24. After a bloody fight at Las Cumbres the insur gents were completely routed and obliged to retire across the frontier, leaving a large number of dead on the field. FLOOD CAUSES WOE PATTERSON N. J., STILL RESCU ING UNFORTUNATES. Cemeteries Inundated and Burials Have to Be Postponed Water Company Is the Heaviest Loser Silk Mills Compelled to - Close Down and Employes Will Suffer in Consequence Bridge Washed Away. Paterson, ,N. J., March 5. The high water has caused much suffering in thia city. All the cemeteries -are. flooded, and all burials have to be postponed. The water is now falling at the rate of three-quarters of an inch. ine worfc of getting out those im prisoned in the UTTer Stories of hnncaa in the flooded districts went on during me ay. inose who were taken out of the flooded section were cared for by friends or joined the refugees "at the Armory. At the Armory, the scene resembles that on the day after the fire. The relief work under Mrs. Garrett A. Hobart's direction is in full swing, and everything possible is being done for the homeless. In the flooded district are dozens of silk mills that must remain idle for the present, and some of them for erable time to come. The suffering must necessarily be great among the hundreds of persons emnlmwl in theeo establishments, many of whom have large iamines to support. The East Jersey Water Company is by far the wore sunerer irom tlie flood. The loss . to this company will probably amount A bridge at Dundee Tslnnrl nar Passaic, N. J., was washed away dur ing the night. It was reported that six persons who were on the hri,lr.a were drowned, but their names could not be learned. OUT OF THEIR BANKS. Record Breaking Floods in Eastern States- Waters Now Receding Wilkesbarre. Pa.. Maroh K L a hQ rain fall and a rush of water from its upper tributaries caused the north branch of the Susauehanna x - - vj tioo rapidly, the gauge showing 31 feet 3 inches. It is thought there will be another rise of a few inches before the water recedes. This mark is eaual to that of irrs which was a record breaker. The water is over the banks of tha .-i- from Pittston to Nanticoke and resem bles a vast lake. Nearly one-half of the city is" under water. At w,at- moor, Firwood and Riverside, nearly an resiuenis nave vacated their houses. The water has reached the firot otn.;v. and is gradually going up to the second. inose wno lingered too long, had to be removed in boats. The cellars of thQ Sterling and Wyoming Valley hotels and many mercantile houses in the cen tral part of the city are filled with water. The people living on River and adjoining streets, which is the princi pal resiuence portion of the city, are hemmed in bv water . J JJ leave their homes unless by boat. All tne streets in West JPittston are under several teet of water. Two hundred families li lowlands in the town of Plymouth had to leave their houses hastilv. the covering the first floors and putting oui xne nres. Washouts are renorted nil olnn line of the Central Railroad of New Jersey, and many mines are flooded. Nine lives have been lost, nn for Th. casualties for the past 24 hours were tnree. ine property loss is already estimated at $1,000,000. Traffic Resumed at Pittsburg. Pittsburg, March 5. This ritv and Allegheny have so far recovered mm the flood as to have resumed all ordin ary traffic, and to have, in a great measure, overcome the inconvenience brought about by the high- waters. The only portions of either citv still under w ater are the lower parts of Penn avenue, m rittsburg, and the Woods Kan district in Aileerhenv. Both of these sections will be out of the water's clutches before morninff. as the rivers are steadily falling here and at all above points. Conservative men olace the total loss here at about $1. 250. 000. T h i a in. eludes the loss to the thousands of workmen in wages, as well as the actual property loss. Reliable merchants say the loss in the Penn avenue Hisf.rirt alone, from the Lincoln hotel -to Twelfth Jstreet, probably will exceed $300,000. Historic Bridge Washed Away. Harrisburg, Pa.. March 5. Two piers of the famous old camel-hnlr bridge on the Harrisburg side have been wasned away. Tne bridge was built in 1816. and was Drobablv the olnW. structure across the Susquehanna river. British Casualties Heavy. London, March 5. An annarentlv incomplete list of the casualties bus. tained by the British when the Boers attacked and captured the convoy of a train of empty wagons at Vondenkop, goumwesr oi Aierksdorp, February 24, published this eveninz. savR 5 officers and 54 men were killed and 6 officers and 116 men were wounded. . . Rebellion in Arabia. Bombay, March 5. Abdul-Aziz Beri Feysul, a descendant of the old Wah- bi Ameers, with an army of 2,000 men, has captured the Citv of F.'Rnil in Central Arabia. He entered the cifv by stratesrem at nisht. with fsO tYi i min ers. Those jEien rode to the nal killed the governor and 30 of his retain ers, ine garrison of the citv then surrendered, wherennon tha ormo f Abdul Aziz Ben Feysul entered. 4