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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (April 21, 1899)
BOHEMIA NUGGET I'ubllitied Every Friday. Cottage grove Oregon I NEWS IF THE M Comnrrhennlve Itovlew of tho Import nnt Happening of tho Pt Week Called Fraiu tho Teler-raph Column! Thn hosDltal-sliin MIsionrI hai ar fired nt Fortress Monroe iiom Havana, with 212 sick soldiers. Ono thousand United States militia men will take part in the queen's birth day celebration in Kingston, Ont. Tho sixth nnnual convention of tho Association of Railroad Air Brnkemen is in session in Detroit, with about 100 delegates present. Tim British house of commons re jected the bill providing for the com-. pulsory reinstatement ot Irish tenants evicted sinco 1879. A miner has reaohed Dyea, Alaska, who claims to bo tho survivor ot a party of three, two of whom were mur derd by Chilkat Indians near tho vil lage of Klukwan. The men killed were Sidney Vanco. an Englishman, and Chalrcs Ericksen, a Swede. In tho battle betweon the revolution ists under Pando and President Alon to's army, near Oruro, Bolivia, 300 wero killed. General Pando occupied Ornro without confusion. President Alonzo, with a small body guard, is a refugee at Antofagaata. bay of Moreno, Chile. Ensign Monaghan, who was brutally killed at Apia, Samoa, was born at Chewelah, Wash., in 1873. Ho was educated in private schools of San Francisco and Portland, and in Gon zaga college, a Jesuit institution of Spokane. His father is now a resident of the latter city. Tho Maryland Steel Company at Sparrows Point, has reoeived an order for 75,000 tons of 07-pound steel rails, for the Chinese Eastern railroad. The mills are working day and night on a large order of similar rails for the trans-Siberian road, of which the Chinese Eastern will be a continuation. Prospectors who have arrivod from Alaska bring news that tbeie are at least 400 prospectors on the Edmonton trail between Dease lake and the Hud son's Bay post on the Liaid river, most of whom nro in destitute circum stances. Many of the men are said to be suffering from scurvy and frost bites. The sick oannot receive proper medical attendance, and many are dying. The Cleveland carpenters' strike was settled by compromise. The American Smelting & Refining Company organized in New York by electing directors. The Cuban railway strike has ended. Trainmen, afraid to loso their jobs, surrendered without condition. President Barrows, of Oberlin col lege, announced the anonymous gift of $50,000 for building and equipping a chemical laboratory. At Bridgeport, Conn., Dr. Nancy A. Guilford pleaded guilty to man slaughter, and was sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment. The ratifications of the peace treaty have been exchanged. Bellamy Storer, now minister to Belgium, will be the new minister to Spain. The Victoria trades and labor council protests against the importation of 20 men from Pennsylvania to work on a steamer at Lake Bennett. Tho president has appointed Law rence Townsend, of Pennsylvania, to succeed Bellamy Storer as United States minister to Brussels. In a scuffle for possession of a rifle, Albert Pemberton, n private of the Twonty-fifth infatnry, was killed at Fort Logan by a comrade, Peter Horn. John E. O'Brien, chief of tho Santa Fe fire department, was instantly killed by tho California limited train as it was passing through tho yards in Topeka. ! Ex-Secretary Whitney has organized a trust in New York to control electric transportation. It is said the trust will in timo extend its operations to the WcBtern cities. Two thousand miners who went out at Danville, III,, last week, liavo de cided to lay the matter boforo tho state arbitration board, and will resume operations. Five ohildren of Olo Peterson, ot "Viborg, Turner county, 8outh Dakota, wero poisoned by eating wild parsnips. Two aro dead, one dangerously ill, and two will rocover. John D. Sims and Leonard Hale were drownod at Shorobar, Cal., on the north sido of Feather river. They attempted to cross tho stream in a can vas boat, which upset. The private bank of L. P, Hunsnor and McKInzio, at Alma, Wis., has been closed by order of the state bank ex aminer. The bank owes depositors $60,030, and nas very little cash on Jiand. LATER NEWS. President McKinloy was ontortainod At a dinner givon by Associato Justlco Gray, of tho supromo court. Tho Canndian Pacific lailwny's roundhouse at Fort William, Manitoba, was destroyed by firo. Sovon new Mo jul engine's wero ruined. Total loss about $80,000. An order for 87,000 rifles of light power hos been placod by tho Mexicnn (jovcrnment in Now York. Tho ordor is the largest ono in this country by a foreign power in tho lust 25 years. Horr Polack, a woll-known engineer and elottr.'cian, has discovered, sayt tho Vienna corespondent ot tho London Chronicle, n means of telegraphing 00,000 words per hour over a single wiro. Whilo tho Denver fire department wns unrkine to extinguish a tire ut the Pintsch gas woiks, an explosion of gag occurred iusido of tho building, injur ing oight men, all connected with the department. Tho British houso of commons has passed to a second reading the bill in tioduced by Chamberlain, empowering local authorities to advance money to enable occupiers to acquire ownership ot small houses. Mrs. Catherine Woods, aged 74 years, was burned to death at Sacra monto, nnd a 4-year-old grandson was so badly burned that his recovery if doubtful. Tho child dragged a lighted lamp from a table. Walter Grav. aced CO. assistant bookkeeper in tho subtreasurv at St. Louis, was arrested for euihezzlinc $700. He admitted having taken the money, to get medical attention foi his crippled child, and intended later to repay it. Tho Twenty-first United States in fantry, tho famous Indian fichtinc regi ment of early days, and later very ac tive participants in Uio uuuan cam paign, have departed from San Fran cisco fox the Philippines oil tho trans port Hancock. Dnrine election riots at Bilhon. Knnin. 26 ncrsons were wounded. Pop ular feeling tuns high in Valencia and surrounding districts. There was a serious affair in tiie town of Portos, province of Tarragona, where the ofll cial candidate being beaton, the munic ipal officials fired guns at the crowd, njuring a number oi persons. A Presbyterian Sunday school has been established in Havana. Sarmeinto. a Brazilian village, has been destroyed by an earthquake. Three persons perished. S. W. Ginstead, a Humboldt. Nov., bank cashier, committed suicide, il is accounts were $10,000 short. Mrs. Ida Ewing, charged with hav ing murdered her sister-in-law, Mrs. Lizzie Ewing, was acquitted by a Maryville, Mo., jury. The schooner Mary Bidwell, that left St. Michaels, Alaska, in August last, for Alaska ports, has been heard from at Port Clarence, waiting to sail for the south. Arrangements have been completed whereby President MoKinley will push an electric button which will start work on the San Pedio break water. Vice-President Hobart, who is sick at Washington, is holding the gain shown last week. Ho is able to par take of more hearty food, and sits up about half an hour daily. Tho Americans plan to trap Agui naldo by sending troops via tho sea route to the north of him. Then he will be between two lines oi Ameri cans, and it may besult in his capture. A verdict of $6,000 damages against T. J. Carson, a Kentucky racehorse breeder, in favor of W. F. Singleton, photographer, who was shot by Car sons, was returned at Lexington. By the explosion cf a sawmill boilor, near Chippewa Falls, Wis., Lem Wil cox, John Brisnois and William Olson were killed and Engineer P. A. Briggs and four others were injured. Naval orders posted at Washington announce tho promotion to the rank of rear-admiral of Sampson, Sctiley and Farquahar, tho latter commandant of tho Norfolk navy-yard. Tho Madrid official gazette con tains a royal decree appointing the Duko do Arcos to bo Spanish envoy ex traordinary and minister plenipoten tiary to tho United States. Tho United States consul-general at Berlin, Frank Mason, has revised fig ures showing that in tho last three months there was an increase of $4,807,034 in tho exportation to the United States from Germany. The 20th annual meeting of the na tional conference of charities and cor rections will bo held in Cincinnati May 17 to 23. Every stato in the Union will bo represented oxcopt per haps Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Utah and Washington. In ordor to controvort tho claim ot tho Washington agricultural depart ment that Gorman toys contain certain poisonous dyes and paints, tho German minister of corarnorco has ordered an investigation to bo made in all tho toy making centers of Gormany with a view of gathoring ovldonco to tho contrary. Ill J I XPEDITION Returns From Its Sortio Into tho Country. NOW QUARTERED IN MANILA FUlplnoi In Lake Klnn Oet Tiilr of American rower- Lawltin Declare. That 100,000 Men An Needed. Manila, April 18. Major-Genoral Lawton'B expedition to tho Laguna dc Bay district re-ombarekd Inst ovening, anchored for tho night at tho head of tho rlvor Pasig and xeachod Manila litis morning, bringing all tho men and tho captured Insurgent boats, its ob jects, namely tho capture of tho Insui gents' boats and tho distribution of tho proclamation, omphasizod by a losson of American power throughout thn lako region, have been attained. General Lawton Immediately began prepara tions for an impoitant oxpodltlon on land. Thoro has been no lighting on the lake for three dure. Lawton returned to Manila according to orders from Otis. Lawton dooluros that America needs 100,000 men to pacify tho Philippines. Ho says that with tho present forco ho could go through all Luzon, but to maintain government tho United States must gar rison all tho towns. It haB not tho men, therefore tho need ot a largo at my. All tho towns in tho La Gnnda hoy district captured must bo abandoned, ruuoh to Lawton 's regret. Thoy In clude Peate. Santa Cruz, Longos, Lum ban, Pngasajan. A second campaign Is to bo mado in this country In the rainy season, when boats of greater draught can operate- in tho lake owing to higher water, thus giving tho boats a chance to help tho army. Lawton's troops will ho used in the operations north ward, and may bo sent around by boat to tho north of Agulnaldo to out him off and force him betweon two lines. With Lawton one side and MacArthur at Calumpit on tho other. THE RALEIGH WELCOMED. Grout Enthuelaim at Now York Over the Cruller. New York, April 18. The celebra tion attending the return of the United States cruieer Raleigh from Manila, which had to bo postponed yesterday owing to the worship's late arrival, oc curred today. Tho Raleigh, accom panied by two small war vessels, cap tured from tho Spaniards last summer, and a fleet of about 25 excursion steamers and tugboats, paraded from Tompkinsvllle to Grant's tomb and from there back to anchorage in the North river, off Thirty-fourth street. A steady downpour of rain fell from noon on. Tho air was raw, and the. officers and-mon of the Raleigh stood upon the decks three hours drenched to the skin and shivering with cold. Great crowds assembled in Riverside Park, overlooking tho Hudson, and men, women and children stood there for hours under umbrellas watching tho vessels on their way up the river and, on their rotnrn. By far the greatest t . . i i . .i ... I. ' garnering oi people w.ib in mo vicinity of Grant's tomb, which was tho turn ing point oi tho paiade. A national saluto was fired thoro by the Raleigh, 1 and also by the captuiod Spanish prizes, and the scene was rendeied a memorable one by tho shrieking of n hundred steam whistles from excursion bouts and locomotives and choors from thousands of people on shore, and the vessels m tho river. REBELS TALK PEACE c..ni..i wm . .;;''"'' ,oWon S "wiiini. i. Mii o uii oli to.l to conlor with Oeiwinl Otis to tho anil of securing .wrtco. according o Gene Tl, A1"lc!,n, LowoTcr bollero this comnili-loii. I, ch will number a score or moio of ! ! Ul, Vlllplm..,rnt to Piotoet tho , property rather than end tho war. The object of tho rebel comm "hjn, is said to bo to secure " ' of solf-gcvornniont n possible, Ismaii that all the oflkt-s bo rciorvod for 1 ill nlnos and Americans, ami roitoro RIS. One of Agulnaldo'. Into chief. Manila declares the rebel chief would now bo glad toicoelvo overtures, and would lgn a ponce treaty. Agulnaldo is inid to hove moved his headquarters to Turland, far to tho northward. At Calumpit the force, of tho Americans hove boon largely aug mented, Iterell f I.awtnrt. Now York. April 10.-A unrelnl lo tho Herald from Washington ny: When shown a dispatch announcing tho recall of Ooni'ial Lawton, Hrlga-diet-Genural Hohwan, acting adjutant goimral, said It was in acoordancti with the understanding at tho war depart input as to the purpoio of General Lawton's campaign. "General Otis sent this expedition to Southern Luzon," ho continued, "for the purpoo of destroying any in .urgent forces that might bo found there, to make a careful reconnols sanoo of tho territory and to spread broadcast the recent proclamation of tho Philippine commission, suiting forth tho purposes of this Kornrrunorit with respect to thu Islands. I expect he will clear all tho prisoners ho ha. taken, and thoy will bo sent to their homes. By this action it i. 1ioh.mI ho will provo to the FUlplnoi that tho Americans aro not ns barbarous as thu insuigents pretend wo aro and that wa proixuo to treat tho Filipinos hu manely." "Why is General Lawton needed at Manila?'' "Genoral Otis has not communicated his plans to the department, thu mat tor boing left entirely to hi. discretion. Tho insurgent leader ha. establi.hod his headquarters at San Fernndo, to the iinrlliwi-dt of M:ilulox. and I surinosu General Otis contemplates a movement against that city. General Lawton had only 1,600 men under his command, and it was of courso impoiiibla for him to divido his forco by stationing detachments in every village captured. His command will bo useful, howovor, in assisting in tho advance on Mnlolos, or In reinforcing tho lino about tho city of Manila. It is pom i bio that when tho lako rises, General Otis will to sume the campaign in the southern part of tho island." GERMAN KING IN CHINA. on SOLDIERS IN A RIOT. Kuril a Saloon Yl'lirrn a Comrade Had lleen Mletreutnil. San Francisco. April 18. Tonight 800 United States soldiors aro undor arrest on tho Presidio reservation. They aro encamped on tho open, and are guarded by cavalry and tho Twenty fourth infantry regiment, colored, the force boing in charge of Adjutant Lieu tenant Harris. Tho offense of tho men was tho burning of a saloon just out side of the reservation lines, in whioh Private Charles L. King, company G, Twenty-third infantry, was brutally beaten last night. Prlvato Stark, of company F, also of tho Twenty-third regiment, Is In the guardhouse, charged with the assault, hut the soldiers assort that tho saloon people are responsible, and claim that tho proprietor, A. L. Rehfeld, was the ohief assailant of the injured man. A report being oiroulated today that King was dead, tho place was set on fire tonight and dostroyod as an uot of ietribbution. I'orto Blco r,uri. San Juan do Porto Rico, April 18. Tho following genoral orders from tho headquarters of tho department of Porto Rloo wero issued today: Tho war department having forbid den tho issue of rations to Porto Rioans, commanding officers of posts aro authorized, to prevent suffering among the people in their respoctivo localities, to purchase necessary ar ticles of food at a rate not to oxceod 10 contavos a day for each needy person and to send tho bill tor snmo to this offloe for paymont from tho moneys ot the Island, as dirooted by the authori ties ot Washington. Ileporl of I'rlnre llenrj'e Ambition Not Credited. Washington, April 18. Official Oor man circles hero are not a little amused at the latent Chinese news, which aa ciibes to Emperor William tho inten tion to niaku his brother Henry a Ger man king on Chinese soil. Tho state ment is characterized n. n wilil nml baseless invention, and tho same, It is announced on tho highest authority, can bo said of tho alleged interview published by the Paris Soir and cabled to sonio American newspapers, quoting the first secretary of tho Gorman em bassy in PariB as saying that the Americans must tako tho responsibility for alt that has happened In Samoa and that tllOV. intoxicated III tlmir vifMnrlim ovei the Spaniards, consider themselves a military nation of tho first rank. The Alaaka llounilarr. Toronto, Ont., April 18. An Ot tawa dispatch to the Gloho says: The government has had under discussion tho suggestion of tho Washington authorities of a tentative settlement of the Southorn Alaska boundary ques tion, and an ordor in council has boon passed agreeing in tho main to the United States suggestion for tho adop tion of a modus vivondl, but stipulat ing in tortus the determination of tho government of Canada to consont to no suoh arrangement unless It is agreed by tho United States that thoro shall he taken speedily stops to have tho bound ary sottlcd finally. The Daaf Hear. Mobile, Ala., April 18. Reose Hutohinson, a young electrician gradn nto of Auburn colloge, Alabama, is ox hibiting horo his apparatus for making tho deaf hear. Ho augments vibration nnd enables deaf mutes to hoar words spokon In ordinary tonoa. Tho nppar otus is tho sizo of a pocket-book, nnd Is connected by wires with an nudlphono, which is hold at tho oar. Two totally deaf men wcio experimented with. 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