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BOHEMIA NUGGET rulillihril Every Friday. COTTAGE GROVE OREGON I OF THE WEEK Cnmnrfhrmlvc Itevlew of the Import ant Ilmniuinlnci of tha l'tut lVwk Cullrd From the Telecrnph Column. Three vounc cirls ierished in the burning of an orphans' homo at Bcrno, Ohio. Cosimir, tbfl Indian who murdered Philin Walker, has been captured at Katu loops. Fite destroyed the depnittnent store of Ewer & Co., at .Newcastle. Pa. Loss, (100,000; insurance, 30.000. President McKinloy has accepted an invitation to attend the Ohio state en campment of the G. A. K. in June. The American Car & Foundry Com panv, at Jeffersonville, Inii., increased the wages of its 3,000 employes 10 per cent. At Sioux Falls, Judge Garland sen tenced Bad Elk to be hanged June 16 for killinc a policeman who tried to arrest him. It baa been decided by the German government to adopt the English Thornycroft system of water-tube boil ers in all German men-of-war. Reading railroad repair-shop me chanics and other' employes will have their wages advanced from 5 to 10 per cent. Two thousand men will be affected. The new stemwheel revenue cutter Kunivea bad her trial trip at San Fran cisco. She is for use on the Yukon, and will be towed to St. Michaels by the Bear. Gomez has determined to announce to the people of Cuba hit support of an American protectorate until sucli lime as stable, independent government may to formed. Serious student riots have occurred at the university of Kieff, Russia, the rioters smashing windows with stone9. Troops dispersed the mob and arrested 400 students. Tho Major investigating committee of the Missouri state senate, which lias been turning over the affairs of the state and municipal offices in St. Louis, has made a report in which it finds millions of dollars' worth of property in St. Louis has escaped taxation. Speaker Reed has decided to become a member of tho law firm of Simpson, Tbacher & Barnum, of New York. It is understood that Reed will resign bis seat in congress and remove to New York. The statement has been made that Mr. Reed is guaranteed a yearly income of $50,000. Mail advices from Australia give full particulars of the terrible hurricane which swept the northeast coast of Queensland early in March, and in which 14 white and about 400 colored men were drowned. Eighty luggers and six schooners were wrecked. The damage is estimated at 250,000. A. M. Larue, a murderer, was taken from jail at Henderson, Term., and lynched by a mob. Fourteen men wero killed by a premature explosion in blasting opera tions on the railway from Bilboa to Santander, Spain. Ed Hawthorne, charged with about 40 burglaries in various parts of the country, mostly in San Erancisco, is under arrest in Denver. James J. Hill is reported to have ac quired control of the St. Paul & Du luth road, thus shortening his lino from Duluth to the Twin cities. At Moontown, Mo., Frank Yeager killed with an ax a man named Powell, Bhot Mrs. .Yeager three times, and then cut his own throat. Yeager was jealous. Governor Tanner has signed the bill appropriating $200,000 to pay the Illi nois volunteers from the timo they were mustered into the service of the United States. Andrew Carnegie has promised to give $1,750,000 to cover the cost of tho proposod addition to the art, sci ence and literary departments of tho Carnegio library at Pittsburg. At Bedford, Ind., a stone quarry train was pushed over a 40-foot em bankment by tho helper. Charles Meinser, engineer, and D. J. Menough, wero killed. Threo men were hurt. Five thousand Indians, dissatibfied with conditions in tho reservation of the Indian territory, left in a body for Mexico to establish a union reservation on a large lot of land near Guadalajara. In Chloago threo people were smothered to death by smoko in a small two-story frame building. They had been drinking together, and it is thought one of thorn upset a kernsono lamp. Governor Stephens, of Missouri, has signed the Farris insurance bill. This measuro makos the anti-trust law apply to St Louis and Kansas City, and will practically destroy boards of fire under writers in both cities. LATER NEWS. Governor Gnco has appointed Dnn Burns as United States eormtor fionf California to succeed Stephen M. Whito. Ex-Governor RIohard J. Oglesby foil dead near Lincoln, Neb. llo had been in ill health for eomo time, but tno end was unexpected. Daniot E. Brewor, a prominent Chi cago physiolan, in a lecture, advocated tho establishment of a Tarpeian lock in Chicago, unless tho oity secures a now codo of criminal law. Tho jury in tho Windsor hotol Are at New York, brought in a verdict that the Are was caused by accident. Tin police still have $40,000 worth of un claimed jewelry and other valuables recovered from tho file ruins. Major Francis B. Dodgo, of the pnj department, recently relieved fiom duty at Denver, has been selected by tho war department to disburse the fa, 000,000 allotted by the government foi tho pay of tho Cuban troops. Tho United States Worsted Com pany, with a capital oi lU.uuu.uiui. and the American Plumbing Supply & Lead Company, with nn authorized capital of $35,000,000, have been in corporated under the laws of Now Jer sey. N. M. Dvcr, captain of tho cruise Baltimore, now at Manila, will return at once on account of sickness mid will nrrivo in Boston, Juno SO. The famil lias notified Baltimore city officials and they will present him with sword. Tho president has appointed Colonel James F. Smith of the first California regiment, to bo a brigadier-general of olunteers. The regiment is now in the Philippines. General Smith will be assigned lo one of the brigades ol General Otis' army. At Springfield. Mo , a bold attempt was made to release from the con nt v jail Jack Kennedy, Bill Ryan and Bill Sheppard, who are held here landing trral for the recent train robbery oi tho Kansas City, Fort Scott & Mem phis road, near Macomb, Mo. Jn the United States supremo court an opinion was itanded down in the cose of Oliver Wendell Holmes, jr., vs. G. D. Hunt, holding that copyright on a book, the contents of which have been published serially without being previously copyrighted, is invalid. Captain Wild, of the United States cruiser Boston, has protested against the promotion of Colonel Miller to lit brigadier-general as a reward for the capture of llo llo. It appears that tliie capture had been effected and that the place was simply turned over to Col onel Miller, who, up to that time, had nothing to do with its capttne. Tine action is indorsed by Admiral Dowey The majority of tho wounded in the Quingua engagement were Nebraska men. The Asiatic liner, Glenogle, sank the City of Kingston in a fog near Ta coma. bam Hoee, a negro, was burned at the stake in Georgia. Ho had killed Alfred Crunford, a white farmer, near Palmetto, and outraged his wife. Major-Genoial Otis at Manila reports that one of ttio regiments nnder hii command liaa received somo cable grams reading "Don't enlist boys." The Duke of Tetdan, ex-minister of foreign affairs, has been appointed Spain's delegate to the peace confer- ence, which is to meet at The Hague next month. Contracts were signed in London Friday which formally transferred to a single organization practically all ol the large producing copper mines in the United States. ' An informant of a London paper as sorts that tho Chinese, Euiopean mid even American merchants doinc busi ness in China aro helping to snpply the Filipinos with arms and ammunition. Alio senatorial eieanons tor tiro new cortes was held at Madrid, and passed mi . (i . . . on tranquilly throughout the country, They have resulted in giving tho gov eminent a larger majority in tho sen ato than it had secured in the chamber of deputies. President Zelaya has granted an on tion, in force until January 1, 1000. to Mr. Uhatles Mcoll, British counsel at Managua, to purchase the railroads and eteamboats of Nicaragua, with the workshops appertaining to them, for the sum of 0,500,000 pesos (silver). At Oakland, Cal., John McCann, a laborer, was beaten to death during a quarrel which began during a game of nice in a uartior shop. Cornolius Townser.d, a Democratic county con trol committeeman, is accused of strik ing the blow which proved fatal, lie is under arrest, as are also Frank Romillard, Frank Reurdon and Ed Roach, all suspected of complicity in the crimo. The steamor General Whitney. Cap tain Hawthorne, sunk 50 miles east of Capo Canavarol, Florida. One boat load of 10 men, attempting to land at Mosquito lagoon house of refuge, upsot and 1.2 men, including tho captain, wero drowned. The oliiof engineer, as sistant englnoer, flroman and ono sailor wero saved. Tho captain's body lias been recovered. Fifteen men in nn othor boat aro still unheard from. IN Mi Enemies at Home Trying" to Aid Aguinaldo. SOME EVIDENCE ACCUMULATED Talrcrant Countrllng tha Vnluntarra to Mutiny Hut Hri-ii Inlarcaplad lHacnitait by tha Catilimt. Washington. April 34. Tho cabinet today discussed traitors and the laws of treason in relation to tho Philippines. Tho m-osidont nrofuired a policy of liberality and tolerance until recently when there camo into tho possession of the administration ovldoneo Inerlmlunt ing United States citizens furthering the sedition. Certain individuals, it is known to tho government, havo been trying not only to aid Aguinaldo, but weaken thr army by spreading discontent among tho volunteers. Telegraph messages from anti-expansionists, zealous to gain political advantage, hu'e boon in tercet) ted. encouraging volunteer oftl- cers and nion to demand their return from tho Philippines on the ground that peace has been declared. Tho messages even counseled tho volunteers to go to tho length of refusing fut titer to servo in tho Philippines. What tho president will do Is not yet decided, it will not ho surprising if a warning in tho shape of u met sago will remind tho mischief-makers that there is a serious law ngaiust treason which will bo enforced if any further attempt is made to tamper with the men at the trout. An Icnobln ntn. London, April 24. Tho Saturday Roview, commenting on General Law ton's retirement from tho Santa Cruz district of Laguna do Bay, says: "Unpatriotic politicians in tho Unit ed States aro doing their utmost to create a panic, in the hopo that the Philippines may be abandoned and the party in power discredited. It is an ignoble game, and we sincerely trust it will bo unsuccessful. If the Aiucri caus retire from their self-appointed task, the great republic must take the brand of 'coward' as well us tho brand of 'Cain,' which Lowell declared it to bo marked." A Iiattla Near Kocitvo. Manila, April 24. At 0 o'clock this morning, threo South Dakota com panies marched from Bocuve, and in. conjunction with threo companies of tho Minnesota regiment from Guiginto, north of Bocave, encountered a rebel force numbering fully COO, when two miles out. The rebels retired three miles in fairly good older, in spito of the fact that they suffered heavy losses. The Americans, having exhausted thoir ammunition, wero compelled to re turn to their camps. Tho heat is in tense. At noon tho thermometer regis tered 05 degrees and tho mercury was still rising. There were several pros trations from heat among the troops, but only one man was wouudod. La ter, army tugs opened flro on tho en emy along the river banks. The rebels aro unusually uctivo from Malclos as far as Calumpit. They have been discovered within two miles of the railroad. Fires aro burning east of the n il oad, and it would appear that tha rebels aro evacu ating tho foothill towns in anticipation of an attack upon tho part of tho American troops. THE MODUS HELD UP. Ottawa Defeata the Almka ilounilnr tiettlrliient. Washington, April 21. An unex pected delay has occurred in the nego tiations towards an Alasku boundary modus Vivendi, which makes tho fit tine of tho modus quito problematical Extended conferences woro held on tho subject today, tho result hoing far from encouraging. Tho principal dilll culty arises from dealing with Ottawa as well as London, this dual negotia tion causing great delay and complica tion. At tho outset tho United States nrn posed a modus with a temporary linn ... along certain peaks. Tho British am bassador forwarded this to London and Ottawa. Tho Canadian ofllciuls have now proposed changing tho lino, and oner considerable delay tho authoritloi in London approves the ohaugea pro posed by Canada. it IS not Stated What tho rennfntlvn lines aro, but they are sufficiently opart to uibko it quito uniikoiy that any im mediate agieement can bo reached, even oi a toinporury nature, as to tho uounuary. Yellotr .luck Ajipenri. T T . .. iiavana, April H3. Throo cik-h nf yetiow lovor developed today. Col onol Davis isolated tho hotisos. Mail advices of La Lue.hn. fm Munzanillo, soy that an American shell fired lust sutiimerduring tho bom- uaruraent ol tho town bv tha TTnh,i States warships, exploded W Rn. doy, killing threo poreons and wound ing many others, Washington. Anril 24 TTnWna States Minister Brldiroman 1. flR rmllla.l tho stato department from T,n P n Hvia, that tho revolution has o'nded ,and everything is ouiot. FOUL CRIME IN INDIANA. IVrntlhr W.t III It n Murilarail for liar Mint i.. III.. Anril 94. Tho mutilated oody ol MIbh Jhimi Brunol. a wealthy ,.f iiniin. Ind.. was ftfttntl 1....1...1 I., nn nlmiii onod well mi the i i,..r lier.ln- aw near litno to Mr Anna Urtiiiot, her son il.!.., v lirnniii. and l'Vderlck Slbloy .,.wt.,r nMOHl-in this city, charged with tho muidor. Tho chief of pollen m tit' a Mini i Im unisons under nriest do Mix lliunot to tho (arm, and shot her through tho head, and hurled Imt tuidv in an abandoned well. Miss Brtinot camo to this city on n ..i.i. a. .,ti i It Ih mild hIio VIIMI HUVUI i.i - , brought with her a vollm containing n draft for $600 and oilier vniuaoirs. N.ilHwtr Mix Drtiiint nor the valine was eu-r seen aflrr April 1. A few darn later Henry Brtinot and Sibley disappeared. The pollen learned that flu, tun went to IinliuimiKrl tri. whom they, it is said, cashed a draft for $500, ami spent tho proceeds. On tho strength ol this ciow, ami n letter from Indiana friends Inquiring for Miss Brutiot, tho thiee inhabitants of the Brtinot farm wero orrestod this motnlng. At 8 o'clock the polico found MIm Brunot'rf decomposed body in an old well. Her clothing was found in thugairetof tho furtnhouao. IN THE INTEREST OF SCIENCE. Jin Kinlorlnc Kiitailltlnn In Ila I. fit to tha llrmlllmi Coatt. Stanford University. Cal., April 21. Professor Alexander Agassi, of Harvard, hai mado arrangements fur Dr. Drauuar, of tho geology department here, to lead un expedition Into South America in tho Interest of scloitco. The work will bo upon tho coral rofs of tho Brazilian coast, extending from Ceavo nearly to Rio Jaueiio. Tho atone reefs will bo mapped, and thoir relations to the geological history of the South American continent will bo tudied. Collections will bo mado for tho musoum of comparative zoology of Harvard university. Profuor Agnnsiz will afterward publish tho results of the work in tho bulletin of the museum of comtxuntlve zoology at Cambridge. The party will leavo New Yoik about Juno 1, and will return in tho middlu of September, DOUBLE TRIUMPH FOR QUAY. finllrt of Nut (iiilllv Oovrrnnr Mlnnr AiioluU Mini Utlllnil ttlatra HrliMlor. Philadelphia. Pa., April 24. Mat- thaw Stanley Quay was today deolniod by a jury to bo not guilty of thn charge of consp.racy to tiso for his own unlaw. (ul profit fundi of tho state dei-onitod in the l'eorilo'a bank of this city. Tha court ofllcers wero unable, to keep back tho struggling crowd that pressed forward to congratulate- Quay, when tno verdict of tho jury was an nounced. As soon as Quay could uot away from tliomi anxious to shako his hand and cougratuluto him, ho rnado his way to the elevator to descend to the street from tho sixth floor of tho municipal building. Hero the scenes urn onacieu in tno courtroom woro re peated. Enthusiasts rushed forward rid attempted to hoist him on their boulders, but ho waved thotn back. saying "rjh, no; I'm too old a man for that." Quay walked with his friends to tho otilco ol his counsel, whero ho mniln his escape from tho crowd. Ilarrisbtirg, Pa., April 24. Shortlr iter noon uovernnr Stono nntio iitm .minnow htaniey Ouay as senator to servo until tho next session of the legis lature. Tho appointment is addressed tn thn president ot tho Un ten State, nml It is stated in the letter to bo mado under tllO niltllOlity Of ohlUSO 2 nf m.r-llm, .1 nt rticio 1, of tho constitution of thn united States. (Tho clause abovo quoted govs: beam of tho senators of tho nrst class shall bo vacated at tho ox piration of tlto second voar. of thn ond olass at tho expiration of tho fourth year, and of tho third class at tlto ex piration of tho sixth year, so that ono third may he chosen evory second yeoi; and if vucancles happen by reHignu tion, or otherwise, during the recess of legislature ol any stato, the exocu. tivo thereof may muko tomporary ap. poiniraent until tlto noxt niouting of .u n-Kioiiuuro, which shall thon fill oucn vacancies.") ON A TECHNICALITY. Tho Charcea of flmmrnl Miles Will Not He Huituliieil, Washington, April 24.-Tho forooast of tho heof inquiry report Indicates mm mo cnarges oi Uonoral Mi leu will "ui. u Busiained. although thoro is nuun a mass oi testimony to bIiow that UUHI was tiisitiuutod to tho army. i o reason lor this will bo tochnlool. iuiiuH Bnowod nothing l hia ohargo vu,,c uunj." u UljH tochiil- Calitv it mnv li. .1 .. .i ' j "in mat uio charges wuro nuv sustained, Tho people will not bo convlncod hat tho board was not paokod in tho Interest of tho war !.,,,, i..,,..,t i. also possiblo that thoro will bn n ,!,.. rnund for an investigation by congroas from those who holiovo that neither tho war committee nor tho hoof hnnr.1 was unbiused. Tim nnnnn .o ready to acoont tho rn,, . i. ..... boards, who seem to sustain Algorism in tho dopartmout. AMERICAN TROOPS fli Oooupiod Qulnfjuft onarp fcngftgomonl REBELS DRIVEN FHOMATRE)ft Cm I. J. M. Ntilllnlitmrj ( ,1.. , ItuKllilrlit, Kill. i iri.n. . '"H OUra-I.laul. Nl..u A,, S Manila, April 26. Vn, Nubraska reglnitrnt. I nul uIn's" d HtOtMttnbtirg, Lieutenant HIiiob tllruo men of the Fniim. ' It killed, nml .14 wiiim,.i...i ... mitiit nt OtiiniMia. Ti... i..n . W trnitctd with small Iom Tho oiiL'tiLMiinent ili.mi t. astrinm, thougli rtncceinf,,!, n-jt 'B liisiirgentn had a l-r,r,h, ',. m iiiuml ii imIIm liitin in...... i . . on the wlgo of a wood. 'Ic,i Major lioll, with 40 Pavalrtmrt. coiiiittrml n Htrorigouitiint. u... nifii was killed and IH t:9yiJM by a volley. Tim Amcncrifn ... carrying tlmlr woundud tindsr J ...I.I. ....... .llfll-..l.u i . -"s mm K""" Hiiiiiiiiij, IX'll.L' Clfu.l. . sued, fog enabling the ciieui;to up to them. Two men lio Ing a eomrado Wero si.ut in the i but Ihoy continued with their kti. Major Hall sent for minforetwJ torecctio tho body of the Villa, man, and a battalion of tho SthnM i i . 1 1 . . m'kii'k'ii'i unuui .uojor ManofJ riviwl mid advanced until chU vonoys hoiii uio snemy's tr.v. Th Arnerloans lay nbout S00 jrM iruiii ino wencnes oeiuriil rlcfoft(, under fire, for two hours. nion worn Kuuntriick, ono i, the etfrots of the heat as they U;bJ waning rur uio aruiiory to coat Filially Ihu second bnttnlloo un and then Colonel fitotsenburir. nbui spent tho night with hi father ttk ri tin. ctttiio iltKtrt the HelJ. imiiimliately ret'ogmu-d him ralstxl a cuvur. I olonel hioltiiha deciding to oharge hi the diciMt'.M mu oi me iiimouity. led iha ilUn tho hwid. of his regiment. Hi with it bullet In the brrait, di.tii finntiy, about VUO yarn Usn brtHtMiwork. Lletilenmit Hlwon fell with ih in IiIm liwitt, Iho bullet alriktiiy W near the pialtira of a girl, reir.i iy a nuooii irom h Is neck. In tho meantime the attillirr arrived and aliHllod tho trencbfi. 7Vj Filipino stood until tho .NrUrt1 troops wura right on thtj tienctw, then they boltod to the second Uti the trenches, a inilu back. Tho Nobraska regiment lottUoPi vatoo anil had many wounded, le: ing two lieutenants. Tho lam iif inent hud ecvotal woundtxl. Tliilu regiment had ouii ofllcer and Hiinm no::nded. Fliii tii detd Filit "-m found In tho treuchvi. Tlitfritf was comixirnitvely small on aoeottti' their wife shelter. TIih Americans carried tlx ko trench with small Iom, and aretd.u( tho town tonight. Colonel .Stotsonburg had wonittj tation as ono of tho bravest flgbttrta. tho army. Ho always led hit rrfiw and had aclilovod rouiarkablo ity with his men since thewirUf. although, during his first coloo thu voliinteeiM who wero not OMi i the rigid discipllno of ths rrfj troops thought him a hard ofllocr. Ti( lotf, of tho NubniHka regiment ! & campaign is tho groatest Bustnlnw any regiment, and today 'a diiaiUr U greatly imddoned ofllcers and itiei:,' promiso to tako fierce voiigeauc next fight. BURNED AT A STAKE. Oaiirclu Nrcro tJut With llnlm ""i Than Hot on Fire Nownan. Gil.. April 25. In theft enco of nourly 2,000 people-, vw aloft yells of defiance and shoiili" Ham Hoso, a negro who coniiniltti"ij of tl.o basest nolo, known In the I" of nilinn. un Imriuiil nt tholtltt" publia iom! ono anil a hall nines 'inrn ttitu nfinrnnnii iloforo tlto toich wos appllf1"' livri. tlin nnorn u-n ilnnrlVCfl " ears, fingers and other portion' ol !i "..tomy. Tho negro plead ri""" ornmlif- while tho mutiU'd'0?: going on, but etoc-J tho onloul el H nii surpriHirig lortiitioo. bodv wiir rm it un i-iit to t)let. ...i.i. , . .,. iiarmfi' bonos woro orushod Into small i mid ovon tho truo upon which u wrotch mot his fato was torn op' dlsposod of iih sntivanirs. The IW tvila mif I.. ..t..w.a nH H S litu ll..n, rill.... 1. 1., nlltAlD l"l viik ,,, putviiu iiivwuo, '- . .i.i ghmtly rollcH direct paid tho mote ii iiiui. iiiinti iiiiiiiiiu tu w . i t tin ii lei ftcurtannHA . n rt rrilflt BUi" jo coins, mid it un oi mo ii' nnilll.jl u.l.l - til ....(n wwwnu.i, nuill ur ll tuilini . ij Klltll lino. I, 111,., I A II. Ill i;muiv" whito fariiior, nonr Pnlmotto, uu' raged hU wlfo, 10 days ago. Deiuiiiiila Ooirhlnu's llno,,' . Ohlcago. . April 36.-Tlio '., bliiats Zoltung, in n furious u un vjitpiain uogiiiairs iuw xorK demands ins rumv.-. . ciiiding: "Tho American bu' ;;,j unuiitii (jut IIU OI UlUliDII v H i ...1.1 I .1.1 I ll . nf f IIB AIM- Loghlun."