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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (April 14, 1899)
ni'm'nnTn nlfin i NOT MTA ufwr t UuUil II Hi m ' K 1 1)11 Ulllllllll IU11 1" I win BOHEMIA NUGGET rublUiicd Evcrr lfdd7 COTTAGE GROVE OREGON THE If HE WEEK Cotniirlenlve ltevl-w of tlio Imiort ant I!mlt.nlic or th lt Wk Culled From thn Tel-ernph Columni. Thcro has been a heavy fall In the price of wheat In the Chilean rhorkot. Fire at Lead, S. D., destroyed prop erty worth 1 100,000. One entire block of buildings was consumed. The Keystone Slato Company, of Bethlehem, Pa., has increased tho wages of its employes 15 per cent It is stated that $225,000 has been subscribed toward tho construction of the alumni hall at Yalo university. A secret movement is under way in Hawaii to flood tho islands with Portu guese laborers from tho Azores islands. One hundred and eighty-four Amer icans have been Killed and 976 wound ed in the Philippines since hostilities opened. A decision was rendered by Judge Peabody in tho St. Louis city police court that under certain conditions a husband has tho right to beat his wjfo. After attempting to murder his wife and baby, Walter Miller, foreman in tho Detroit soap works.seut two bullets into his own brain and died almost in stantly. The three largest of 20 pearl button factories operated at Muscatine, la., have advanced wages 15 and 20 per cent. Six hundred button workers are employed in the factories. The bill providing for the incorpora tion of the St. Louis World's Fair, to celebrate in 1903 tho centennial of the Louisiana purchase, has passed tho Missouri senate. It has already been passed by the house. Tho Kiiauea Plantation Company has been Incorporated at San Fran cisco. The capital stock is $2,000,000. Tho directors are A. B. Spreckels, J. D. Spreckels, William Irwin, C. A. Hugg and W. D. K. Gibson. A large number of Spanish officers, who had been prisoners in the bands of the Tagals, have entered tho eervice of the latter. Among the prisoners were come of the chiefs of the Spanish gen eral's staff and officers of artillery. There are persistent rumors in Ma nila that Aguinaldo has been supplant ed in control of Filipino affairs by General Antonio Luna, commander in chief of the Filipino forces. Luna is described as being a typical belligerent. Unless the testimony of several im portant witnesses shall be impeached, something which is very unlikely, tho beef inquiry board will bo obliged to sustain the charges of General Miles that the soldiers were fed upon em balmed or preserved beef, says a Wash ington correspondent. At Ishpeming, Mich., 800 strikers made a demonstration by parading tha Btreets. All the mines are closed. Three men were killed by an ex plosion at the railroad cap factory at Braddock. Pa. Tho building was wrecked. William A. Phillips, son of an In diana missionary, has been arrested for insanity in Oakland, Cal. Oveistudy is the cause. A Pennsylvania freight train, near Greenburg, ran into and killed James Dristell and John Clark, and injured John McAllister. James F. Elwood, of Brooklyn, fell dead in the betting-ring at Bennings after cashing a ticket on Tuttut, win ner of the third race. Tho president has signed n procla mation opening to settlement May 4, the larger poition of the Southern Ute reservation, in Colorado. The German plan lor settling the Samoan question suits England. As America is also satisfied, a joint high commission will probably bo named, The United States transport Ingalls arrived at Port Antonio, Jamaica with General Alger on boaid. She re ported all well and proceeded to Porto r.ioo. Tho law does not prohibit tho sale of liquor in army canteens. Attorney Genoarl Griggs has rendered a decision to that effect at tho inquest of the sec retary of war. At a mass meeting of miners of tho central district of Iowa, it was voted to order a strike, to take effect at once. The decision involves 2,000 miners Operators are firm in refusing to raise the scale. Carter H. Harrison Has been re elected mayor of Chicago by a total voto of 140,914, against 108,804 for Zina R. Carter, tho Republican candi date, and 45,401 for John P. Altgeld .the independent Democrat. A committee, whose members are all tho nationalities in Manila, headed by John MoLood, an Englishman, has been organized for the puproso of in terviewinc tho Filipino leaders and pa titioning for the release of the Spanish prisoners, in the name of Humanity, m- Vnrir In nrnnnrtne nn elaborate ecoption to tho cruiser Raloigh, duo from Manila. Tl.n rnnuress of universal brother hood will convono for usoveiidoys' ses sion at San Diego. Tho San Francisco Examiner states thero is a probability oi n cumu . u among tho rod wood lumbermen of this coast. Wheoling. W. Va., strcot cars aro till tied mi by tho strike Street-car strikers at Bay City, Mich., drovo oU non-union men. Tivn pnwhovs at Alamo Goido, N. M., held up tho offlco of tho Alamo Gordo Lumbor Company and socurod $50,000 worth of scrip. Tho overflow of tho Yellowstono river caused by tho gorging of tho ice is practically over. Twolvo were drowned nt Glendive. At Korth Enid. O. T.. Postmaster W. 11. Day was out with a hatchot and killed and tho offlco robbed. Theto Is no clew to tho murderer. Tho Twonty-first infantry has loft Plattsburg for Manila. Tho soldiers carried a silk flag presented by Mrs. McKinley two years ago. Geolocists of tho university of Chi cago ate planning to spend a part of tho summer in Arizona, to study tho formation of that torritory and Now Mexico. At Bridceton, N. J., 1.000 glass woikers struck for union wages ami ococnition of tho union. All tho em ployes of the Star glass works, at Mod ford, also struck. Otiental advices stato that o sensa tion has been caused at Peking by un edict issued by tho empress dowairor, ac cusing Li Hung Chang and Chang Jumel, governor of Shang Tung, with gross extravagance. Hon. II. A. W. Tabor, postmaster of Denver, and ex-United States sonator, died at his home in that city of appen dicitis, after a threo days' illness. He was born in Orleans county, Vermont, November 20, 1830. Advices at Lima in regard to tho revolution in Bolivia say the situation at Oruro, where President Alonzo Jias established a baso of operations, is des perate. The lederahsts, or insurgents, are pushing their operations. Sir Wilfrid Laurier stated in .the house of commons, at Ottawa, that tho government liad .received a proposition from the United States respecting the delimitation of the Alaska boundary, but he could not give the details. A. J. Smith, of Salt Lake City, com mitted suicide at the Millard hotel, Omaha. The Twenty-first regiment will leave Plattsburg. N. Y., for San Fran cisco, whence they will proceed to Ma nila. Tho controller of the currency has issued a call for a report of all the na. tional banks at the olose of business April 5. Major-General Shatter hai arrived at Washington. He will testify before the army court of inquiry into the beef charges. Tho operators and conductors of tho Wheeling. W. Va., Railway Company have struck for an advance in wages, and the road is tied up. The London Mining & Manufactur ing Company's property, at Ducktown, Tex., has been sold to tho Levisohn Bros., the copper kings, for $110,000. At tho bimonthly meeting of the Association of Steel Shafting Manufac turers, in Pittsburg, it was decided to make an advance in prices, averaging 5 per cent. Public sympathy is with tho em ployes to such an extent in the street railway strike at Bay City, Mich., that the sheriff can secure no men to act as deputies. Judge Field, the great American jurist is dead at hiB homo in Washing ton. He had seived a longor term on tho bench than any judge ever op pointed. George Reid was killed, Mack Reid probably fatally wounded, and two other men hurt in a pitched battle be twoen the Preacher and Reid factions at Brunson, S. C. Jack MacMillan, well known in Europe and tho United States as curler, was caught in a belt in a flour mill at Lindsay, Ontairo, and so badly mangled that he died. James J'Jsey, tho English messenger boy who left London, April 1, for Call fornia, to rival tho recont trip of Jag gers, the messenger boy sent to Chica go, has arrived at New York. Miss Mario Burroughs, of the Stuart Robson company, accidentally stabbed Harold Russell, of the same company, In tho face at the Broadway theater, Denver. Mr. Russoll's injury is slight Topmen in the mines in tho South ern Illinois coal district havo decided to strike as the result of their employ ers' refusal to grant a raise of 25 cents n day. This will tio up at least 8,000 men. Hollister McGuire, fish commission er, and State Senator Reed, of Oregon, were drowned in tho North Umpqua river. Tlielr boat upsot In the rapids. W. F. Hubbard saved himself by swimming aanore. Gon. Stono Dosoribos Condi tions in tho Island. THE SITUATION IS DESPERATE Insurrection May UmuU If Mmmw -I Itrllrr Ar. Long- l.lHjrit-A Mir Cuff Crop Due Cum of UUtrcii. Now York. April lO.-Tho Herald says Brlgadlor-Genorat Stone will go to Washington tomorrow, where ho win call tho attention of tho president o tho starvation and distress in Iorto Rico. Ho thinks Hint the desporate stato of tho people may lead to Insur ...: i ,iif ( not forthcoming. ruubiun ,i.v. , Ho has Just returned from n jouino oi 10 days through tlio interior island. .it Tho gonoral was attached to tho de partment of agriculture boforo the war, and during hobtilitles ho was In Porto Rico as a member of General Miles' stall. This Inst trip was made with a party of capitalists and railroad men. Ho was also Invited by Maior General Henry to glvo advico concern ing tho construction of roads through tho islands. "Peoplo aro dying of starvation all through tho interior." said General Stono. "In the district of Aguas Banas thoro woro many deaths. The judgo in tho district of Coraerio showed mo n book n w i c i lie nan rocoruuu nuMKin HILL UUI LULUIl fliriiimii DtiliiocrnM I j ltlM ..,, HI II tl l.n. received n Mtui ... -. ... niriinii ciuei uonm... ""... . lleriimn liuui vvtis'n from otio nt Snmoit, which all tho ,n""' . .... bemi killed that the MntntWnn tnmttt for American ami Tho correspond . almnllltO ""'"""J1 J Mat- or wouiHH'"! ' I, . ,.i . i..n niiiininiitlT ureal and urraiw . - - ... . HID HKimH ' . ; Dilliih Miwr. ..... tit II nilllTtl - . -.it mtfflfl II llfl Mataaiaiu i" --- r n . , ,i . forces to corno out snd fight in me e, wl. ere they with their nallro In SI of war, will have chat, e ngalrist the modern weapon, u.ml by t.Tlni. .. Admiral KauU gaJoJio warning of the r ...... ..i.... it i HI couuneiicod II S thou hUMiuto b.d been flijj. According to lh. corrc.H,mle. t. tl o British corual. .mbxiu, . , lamed for the trouble.. " theU ee s to ho nn Inclination among the Germans to hold tho 1-' ble for the war instead of tho Atuerl- cans. CERVERA'S SUNKEN SHIPS. Wr.eklnr fnn.p.ny !.. ' " pf Halting llimi- Washington. April I2.-Actlng Bro rotary Allen has received a letter from ...nnm.ftl of HlO NflltUtlO OOIIMKiriy, announcing that it l not poilblo to raise and repair tho vcmeWol Cervera t i.w, ..ink nenr Santiago. The conclu- Amorionns Cross uJ to Tako Snnu cr J FIFTEEN HUNDRED I.nwlnn ml Kin. i. Will II. T. ',,J -i?iq I, .. Mnnlln. Atirtl 1 1 i . filglit. (lenernU U.ftB loiinohwl an expNlltinnoi u boats, wiui i.r)00pickttltt,:'BWBHi ho xKMllt or. u tocrw.tu'Sfte, !o,rurrtSu4a,,j,i tt ii.. . lieuniflii nt Hnn l'wlio Mncntl, tcniit'ij' to in jHttikia of the Pourttrnt!) I Jhreo coniiMirilei of the pC3,,v ' lour oouitHtniei oi u. vwk. roliinteorH, four Nim.DincL volunteers, two Mountain ,,.!! shnrpihootcri. of tlio lVwarMtl fan try. iarHEC At tlio mouth of th l'm,Jmpaog men win w iiantHtiti h; pnnoes to mo inrco gucU-., .1. II.. ..... v.. u II. H4 vnni HUM HIE I , Urns, tho objective pomm ul union, in ni mo exirctct t;u lake. Tho withdrawal of the itjroorTuctl JOIIntltlltlng tlio extK,i. Si 'ilttTraio1 MiMBi inn i. il.nl In tho ease of tho Colon, I. ..,ii-.,n .., .L- the names ot many who uiuu iui mv tl0 coinpauy oiiiiu 1 IMjro .Muchu, hIikIi i nr fofvl. (Innnral Grant reported o deaths from starvation in ono district. I saw hundreds of natives emaciated and weak. When I left Porto Rico thoro wero 100.000 porsons there who had had neither bread nor moat for two weeks. "This state of affairs Is largoly due ; to the short coffoo crop and the ruinous competition of Brazil. Porto Hlcan coffeo is selling at from 7 to cents in seaports, and the transportation takes nearly all of this sum. Major-Genoral Henry i9 Issuing rations and Is doing everything in his powor to alleviate tho distress. It is difficult, however, to reach tho interior. The supplies are sent to military posts and distributed as woll as possible. Still Major-Ueneral lienry cannot co on in this way. His money, derived from oustoms, will give out soon. He cannot make this people an object of charity. Ho has found work , for at least 6.000 men on tho road- i .Uu il.H United ritnlri govern ment will guaronteo expeiuw In the event of failure. Tlio wreck is lying in the surf line, and save on exception ally calm dars It oannot even bo ap proached by small boats. As to the Viscaya, the company finds that while It la entirely feaalblo to float her, she would probably not bt worth enough to the United Htates gov eminent to warrant tho heavy expendi ture. Tho Swedish company having I hut withdrawn, tho navy department Ii froo to entertain any other Killd pro ject that may bo advanced for raiting ono or more. of the Spanish ships. FOUR WERE DROWNED. Ilrtult of m Wrck llalwxrn Vneoul nd Malcolm Itlaitda. Qllml by tho Fourth wji'ii i The lohela on the eititsirj evidently been niioritiM el i Jrawnl of tho troopi, an t!,m .1 ...... L, jl..,.....l. .1.... , were met witn a warm ttiriu! fall hack In iliKitil-r en that tho Hue wot Hill mUtt, LOST IN THE UMPQj llollUlvr II. Jtrlti.lf. (kit ItlitaE llruiil. RoHibun;, Or., Apnl II-' D. MeGulre, tlth cotaraiM.rfti ! gun, and A. . lleeJ, iUt from Doiigla county, 'ni ! tho Nor tii Umpqua nt i ' Itlvuidnte fur in, tlx unlei U.:i 'burg, this morning. ilnal tnil .McUuIro, AWompil ij it r. Amil l" Georc i u,)ba', who has chargsollit ."ti.e'iolelu vivorof " 12 u ..1,.. r-r.i Umpliia to locate a tile Ion Us Viotorla, Rrhnfwitnr ii i. i.i.i. .....i f.io,.i. Umrxii fflfUR nillUII IIVVUI I w w.iiw.. .n.w... . f,lnif to ana Vancouver itianui .tuich ii. ..... iinu,i liLEi he and Tom Hackett. f'"'".7' .'.7 Mil return thii n building. With good roads and a ... i .... i i . . . 1. 1 t. meant Ol COllinK oni oi mo uuciiui iiuupunniiii.ii nr ituu iuw .. ,..,.,.. , ii'. tl with fruits and vegetables, comething , of Seattle, had been selling liquor to If.'?1,'.. "."V n ii (c,aPB I the Northern Indians was lost m a i . . , Mill1' storm while all on board wore intoxl-, " " "" WiSiR 01 iefl can be done to dovelop the island Another element contributing to tho distress of tho Porto Ilicant is the fact that tho United States continues to lovy duty upon them. Thoy had free trade with Spain, which Is now cut off. Yet with all their sufferings, the Porto iticnns speak with pride as nf tl.n rivi-n. Ill B.Xf cate.1. Thoto drowned lnclude.1 Hack- n. . tW ett, an Irish logger known only by hi. ! J hy h'J first name, Charlie, and two half-breed t ... ... .. . Unrnni. fHftf-elnll V to tlK H - ------ -- totrl Jul me rorio means niuan wuu puuu am bjjo oi hub craii inni wni miuuKon mr , . ... M . -j xifmi belonging to the United States. They , that of the yacht Thistle, the latter 1 11'' ba,1 U,ev .W. i ... f 111 ..I IIU, n Iwnmo o m.1.1. t l..l ., H irCdCtl III! Uui u. ....... -gpj state. "Porto Rico is tho home of tho or ange, yet oranges are rotting on th treea. They are sold at CO cents a bar rel. I bought them five for a cent. They aro as good as the Indian river oranges. "Ono oi tho objects or my visit waii to make arrangements for tho estab lishment of an experiment station un der tlio department of agriculture. 1 havo found a placo which I think will bo sultablo for the laising of winter vegetables." WEST INDIAN COAL STATIONS. Alert bay. RIOT AT PANA. Navy Oepnrtinriit 1VIII I'lace Tliein at Htrntrclc Tulnta. New York, April 10. A special to the Herald from Washington says: At the suggestion of Rear-Admiral Brad ford, chief of tho bureau of equipment, a comprehensive schemo has been adopted by tiio navy department un der which coaling stations will be placed at strategio points in tho West Indies, so as to give the United States control of the Virgin, Mona and Wind ward passages and tlio approaches to the Gulf of Mexico. It is proposed to establish coaling stations at Culobra island, lying be tween Porto Rico and tho Virgin islands; at Mayaguez, whicli lies on the western shore of Porto Rico and controls the Mona passage, and at Guantanarao on tho southorn side of Cuba, or at Nipo bay on tho northern coast, either of whioh controls tho Windward passage. Coal sheds and piers aro already in tho course of con struction at Dry Tortugas, which will enablo a fleet operating from that point to prevent an enemy from ontoring either through tho Yucatan or Bahama channel. Ofllclal Iteporti to lis Admitted. Washington, April 10. Tho army uooi inquiry court decldod today to admit as evidonco tlio official reports of army officers concerning tho beef supplied to tho army during tlio war with Spain, as requested by General Allies. A raft of pino timber of flno quality was sold at Lockport, Mioli., to bo used in tho construction of tho new battlo ship Maine at tho damps' shipyards in r-uuauoipnia, tnko caro of tbemielvet. TM thine or four miles above IU M Willi tlm Bnilth UiuMua mr of ranlds and whirlpool!, Clath lUltrum Willi anil lllack Minor. ! c-apeoillily at tills tllllO Cl JtU I -titu ntr. Hiuta. i Von and i ariL'erous. Alier w Pana, III., April 12. In a riot whioh had gone a considerable duUta broko out at 10:30 A. M.. on the main the river, having saieiy puw street in front of tho teleuranh office, turn or thruu of tho rnpldi. 1 " tintwpnn wliiln nnil lilnrlr minor. It. ' I.nilnn Hum ri'IllleflDl - " -" no ........, --- wl.tnl. .lnfit.tv .IwirtfTa lru.tr nrf ilv I ...m.iImiiIIu ,itnf.int'3Dle. I"4 men nnd mm U'dinun worn VIIIajI ! inninliul in wnrk lliplf VfT " 'Nino persons wero wounded, eeveial with ono oar. and aprochelf ... I . .. ... ! I .. . ...... .1 ...1 I'J V bu euriuumj nun mey win me. Tho killed aio: Lavior L. Roog, a Frencliman and a union miner; Frank Coburn, whlto, eon of ox-Sheriff Co burn; four unknown negro miriert and one negro woman. Kntal Mlnlne Dl.uitnr. Austin, Tex., April 12. A tl.nt Ki.i.ntnf Itl-cd L'ratt'ed '' nf nn (ivnrhanullll! tree, lot W If. ift.it Ihn OA drawn nndor water.and l reMT hold. Tlio current then m -i I r 11 . ..... .1... illflffl." rillllfllV UUL llll.l H. , ....i..i...u ...ill ntrtCt. ....I Tl.l.li,ir.l .Ir.lfV Ollt W't , ii.iiii.fir.i ii.iinriR iiiuk I disaster in which 12 men lost their I" ,, ' ' " f I, i an.l H live, is reported from the Sierra Mejada I JJ '"'"'S, ' mining camp, located in tho state of '"J " 'Vi'l fann t'l Coahuila, Mexico, CO l'residio, Tex. An explosion of foul gas occurred in tho Veda Rica silver mino, and before all tho minors could get to tho surface the dry timbers wore on flro, tlio fierce (lames burring exit. On the Vere of Wnr. Port au Princo, Haytl, April 13. Tho relations betweon tlio republic ol Haytl and tlio ropublio of San Domin go aro strained, owing to disputes re garding torrltorios claimed by both ro publics. The two governments aro concentrating troops on tho frontiers, and it is reported that tho Dominicans have invaded Haytiau torritory and oc cupied Las Caobus. Colombia' Tlmn Ii Op. London, April 12. Tho Italian gov eminent, according to a epeoial oorro spondont from Rome, has declined to givo Colombia any further time in w .t0 pay 11,0 Corru'i "ndor Mr. Clovoland's award, nnd has ordered tho Atlantio squadron to procood im modiatoly to Cartngona, "to bring tho Colombians to their sonsos.1' Italy'a Delrgute. Rome, April 12. Italy has boon for mally Invltod to the disarmnmont con feronco at Tlio Haguo, arid has appoint ed as ono of hor dolegatos Marquis Visconti Vonosta, minister of foreign affairs iu tho lato Rudlnl cabinet. miles south o! I n . dlsannoarcd. and Reed I'M' J lull was rspi'1" ntr down itraam. and Il0 fi r . - a Trn, tffl- mora. vb ounutui . ,i swim, ho was probably bin limnnuro nosltion Olid no moro. . JUDGE FIELD OEAO. n A....rlr... .I.irl.t raJi l. ..Inn. . m . II. Washington, April JJJjJ niumiuii . i' iuiu. w. .. . i ... . uie ' iinroinu cuuri. iu...v., . ... v. ..... . . I. ,1. 1, n.rnnlllir. ..' ..... .AnlMOUl "W "u . .... ,mi . ...... il.lll.II Ii'" .. nruny moriunu ,,VM. i?i.dt t romont xrom uo ",r-l4j . . . i 1 nniujv" - v. , f ... I llCi" i ...in. niiii . ' . . ... u it'1 .. ..u.wu ...w l.n lin.l inrnn fnr 80 ll"; .1. oamo moro ohoorful than forj j Boomou 10 uiijuj - mori irion.is anu acuuui" - .1.. ir ... ..... uvur uuiuru. uvi- .- ...... . .1.1.. inn -' . open carringo and contrtW' . cold, Vhlah inpWly Kidney trouoio iruiu mi tuffered, though but timo.