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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
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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.
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