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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 1, 1899)
BOHEMIA. NUGGET rubllthctl KTerr Friday. COTTA'cfe GROVE OREGON II kR OF THE WEEK Coniprelieiulvo Kevlovr of tHo Import nt lliuu'otilnc" of tho Tnit .TYeek Culled From the Telecrili Column! .Tho Fiist Californias havo arrived ' 'borne noni tho Philippines. , . Tanners of tlio East ntid West will form' an uppor-lenthur combino. ... At Seabnght, N. J., tlncfl persons ' were killed and tlnee injured by being run down by a tiuin. Every train is brining recruits to Cape Town, and each aide seoms to be preparing lor conflict. Emperor William and the Gorman ambassador to Stance luuolieil together in Berlin and discussed the Dreyfus case In Holland a mob by throwing stones forced troops to lire upon them. One of the rioters was killed and two were .wounded. General Bates' mission 'to fie Mom; was successful. Tho sultan of Srulu lias agreed; to recognize American - sov ereignty.' The St. Paul Globe advocates tho nomination of Admiral Dewey for tho presidency by tho nest Democratic na tional convention. Sir Wilfred Lnurjsr and Minister of Mnrino Davics will g6 to England to talk with Chamberlnin about tho Alas kan boundary. Reports from houthern Kiissir. say curient belief ot tho appinaching end of the world is causing a panic among the uneducated classes. The Greek government has been granted the courtesv of having an on sign of the Greek navy assigned to duty on the North Atlantic squadron. John Lind, governor of Minnesota, has requested the war department to allow the returning volunteers of his etate to be landed in Portland, instead of in San Francisco. President Mellen, of tho Northern Pacific railway in an interview pub 'lished in a Wall street paper says his road spent but half its earnings for op crating expenses last year and the road is now in a prosperous condition . The war burdens are beginning to ;crow Heavy and Secretary Gage is seek- ing'some way to increase the stamp tax. Slot machines and firearms it is thought may help to bear the burdens. Another bond issue is also mentioned. Dr. Gilbert Reed, promoter of the "International Institute of China," designed to instruct an J elevato the better olaes of Chinese, says Dewey has mado China respect Uncle Sam, and Americans are again encouraged to at tempt education of the heathens on an elaborate scale. ThoPennsylvania regiment has left can jciancj&co lor noine. All the now regiments of volunteers will bo afloat for Manila by October. At Passaic, N. J., tho Botany Worst ed Mills Company is to orect six build ings. Thirty-six volunteers from the Sec ond Oregon have applied for pensions for disability. A South African mining engineer made the trip from London to Dawson City in 17 days. At Appleton, Wis., n mill boiler exploded, kiling two men and wound ing eight others. Dreyfus' enemies aro still after La bori. Two infernal machines loaded with gun cotton wero sent him. Thomas Brackett Reod has tendered his resignation as congressman from Maine. Tho governor has accepted it. Typhus fevei is following in the wake of the storm in Porto Rico. The stench arising from the putrefying bod ies is given as tho oauso. Majcr-Goneral Otis is himsolf acting as censor of dispatches. Ho dictates correspondents' reports of engagements and with formal official phrases, mag nifies American success. It is allegod in England that the Transvaal is republic only in name and that abuses aro manifold. Even the courts must agreo with Oom Paul Kruger, or off go official heads. Near Marshalltown, Iowa, three tramps, stealing a rido on a Great Western froight train shot, and killed Btakeraan Wilson and Conduotor Mathews and threw their bodies under Hie train. The present run of sookeye salmon on lower Puget sound is so phenomenal as to mako it almost certain that tho Puget sound salmon pack will bo largo enough to compensate for tho shortage in the packs on tho Eraser and Colum bia rivers. ' While endeavoring to rescue ono of their comrados, arrested for drunken ness, the solidors from the Indiana had a fight with the police of Honolulu which rosulted in many heads being broken, but tho police finally landed their man. 1 LATER NEWS. England has ejocted Russians from hor lands at Ilnnkowand troublo is im minent CHILDREN PERISHED i i- i.' n. fj,,,,ri., Dm nl,nn Acvlnm BlimOU Al jib ia mm lumi wi 'Miwuni uiiau xijr besieged- Frenchman is supplied by an c , jii m V underground' passagb. Tho governor of Wyoming and its staff will meet tho states' returning volunteers in San Francisco. An agreoment has boon reached with Germany whereby pnekagos weighing 11 pounds may bo sent by post. Kiugor'a concessions to England aro so far roaohing that it is thought his resignation will bo domauded. In South America tho products of Great Dirtitin aro being replaced by those from tho Unitod States and Gor many. Wliilo 10 men wore dosoonding into tho Couchard initio at llautecroix, France, a oablo broke and all weio killed. Commercial travelers will endeavor to havo uniform stylo adopted in mile ago tiokets by the railways of this country. An Italian anarchist organizer in New York statod that woikmon all over Europo are organizing for a great uprising. Tho recont withdrawal of troops caused troublo in Pan ay and Cobu islands, but robbor bands and aimed Tagals wore punished. A witness, who at the former trial gave expert testimony that Dioyftm iwrote the bordereau, has now declined that Esteihazy wrote it. Through the horoio work of tho sis .ters only four deaths resulted from the terrible conflagration in tho Orphan asylum nt Sparkill, N. Y. An alleged momber of tho old royal familr demanded tho throno of Curea and was beheaded by order of Lady Mo, tho power behind tho throne. Fieo trade privileges for 10 years have been granted Spain in the Sulu islands. Germany and Great Britain will also bo granted like privileges. The popo blessed tho Olympia's oiow and sent an autograph loiter gto Ad miral Dewey. He is much concerned about war and expressed the hopo that it will soon ond. Tho Santo Domingan government has surrendered to the revolutionists. Tho rebels reached the capital and took possession and Huoreaux' successor throw np the sponge. So satisfactory have been tho results of expeiiments made with thorite, tho new high explosive discovered by an Oregon professor, that it will bo recom-1 mondedjby the board of ordnance and fortifications lor uso in tho Philip pines. The national farmers' congress will meet in Boston in October. Our commerce with Germany for 1800 exceeds all previous lecords. A stage in Yellowstono park turned over. One person was killed and a number were injured. The eucalyptus treo is to bo experi mented with qnito extensively in Cuba as anti-malarial agent. Suspicious cases of fever havo oc curred at Orizaba, Mexico, and it is be lieved to be yellow fever. General Otis reports eveiything quiet at Manila. He is protecting the lives and property of all classes. Tho governors of 21 stales have ap pointed delegates to tho anti-trust con ference to be held at Chicago in September. The Olympia's batallion of 250 men will lead the parado in New York on the ocaasion of the arrival of Admiral Dewey. Sergeant Crawford, wiio escaped, af ter letting eight men out of the prison at Wardner, has beon arrested at Mis soula, Mont. Sir Thomas Lipton, the owner of tho Shamrook, lias sailed for this country Ho was given a hoarty farewell by his Irish friends. It is announcod in London that tho '.'ovornor of Natal has refused to allow ho transit of empty cartridge cases intended for tho Transvaal. A determined effort is boing mado at Cleveland, O., to secure tho dischargo of a number of volunteers in tho Four teenth United States infantry. A Washington spoaial says that a modus vivendi has been agreed upon by tlio Alaska houndary commission and will bo in effect beforo congress meets in December. A Vienna paper says that a deputa tion of Amerioan merchants from Ma nila lias gono to Washington to promise a scheme foi coding tho Philippines to Great Britain. A Manila dispatch via Hong Kong says treason lias been discovered in Luzon. A nativo mayor had opened a robot recruiting station and was bo ing aided by insurgent officers in dis guise. Ho was arrested and takon to jail. Tho war department has given out for publication a statement of the finnnoos of Cuba. It shows that undor the management of the United States government tho receipts of the islands from January to Juno of tho current year, oxceoded tho expenditures by over million dollars. CAUSED BY LAMP EXPLOSION Vlnrnei Spren.l So 1UI."7 Tlmt Thrr. U-Hi Utile Chance f Krl" tr the JnuiHtei llcrolim of the Hliter. Nvaok, N. Y., Aug. 20.-Flro was discovorod in tho largo boys' and gills orphan asylum conneeled wlJ h, Anne's convent, at Sparkhill, Kook l.uul eountv. nt 1 A. M.. today, hut not i,.,f.,. Mm on Urn f,trticure. a frame building, was wrapped in flumes, M..... of tin. Inmntl'R. ollillHOIl. WOrO hnrn'od and suffocated, It wiib reportod our I v tlm innnrliiL'. Tho exact num ber 'of the dead could not bo told at 0:10 A M.. whon the first disputchos reached this city. Tho asvlum. which is conducted by the Sisters of Mercy, held about 1.000 children. It was a long frame build in p. thron slniics IiIl'Ii. Tho tiro was not discovered until tho wholo building was ono mass of flames. Tho children had scant chunoo for es pnni.. Smioinl trains over tho New Jursor Northern mad wero rushod to tho nearest railroad station. Tho asylum was situated between Sparkhill nnd Orauiiebuig. The scones at tho conflagration wero heartronding. Tho i-liildran olad in their nightrobes. could be seen falling backward into the flumes and smoke, wliilo tho shrieks of tho dying could bo hoard abovo tho crackle of tho devour ing flames. Some of tho children wero crippled for life by jumping from tho windows. Many of tho sisters also wero injured, while others lost their tives heroically while trying to rescuo 5 lie i r charges. Although tho eorvico of tho. flro de partments from neighboring places had been promptly rendered, tho engines arrived too late to ho elleutivo in sav ing lifo or property. Tho flro was caused by tho explosion of a keroseno lamp. RUSSIANS PUT OUT. Great llrlluln .tiirrl. Her ItlehU on the YMncUf-Klunc. Shanghai, Aug. 20. As tho outcome of a dispute regarding the ownership of soiiio lands at Hankow, on tho Yang-tse-Kiang, about 700 miles from the sea, which wero purchased in 1803 by the concorn of Jardine, Matheson & Co., but were subsequently included in the now concession to Russia, the owners, under tho advico and protec tion of Mr. Hurst, tho British consul, sent workmen to fence in the tract. Aftor the work was begun, a dozen Cos sacks from the Russian consulate, ap peared on the scene uud forcibly eject ed the workmen. Tho captain of tho British second-class gunboat Wood lark, specially designed for river serv ice, after consulting with Mr. Hurst, landed a party of bluejackets and moved the Woodlark within firing dis tance of tho Russian consulate Foi a timo a fight seemed imminent, but nothing further occurred. The blue jackets are now guarding the property, Tlio British third-olaes gunboat Esk has been dispatched to Hankow from this port. Great Britain is evidently determined to uphold British rightB. TREASON Native .11 ay or IN LUZON. Open n llehel lie Station. Itecrult- Manila, Aug. 24, via Hong Kong, Aug. 20. Recent events havo proved somewhat discouraging to officials who aro trying to accompany war with a policy of conciliation. Two new mu nicipal governments havo collapsed through treaohory of the mayors. To day tho mayor of San Pedro Macati. who wat) elected by tho people under tho direction of Professor Dean Worces ter, of the United States advisory com iiiiBBiuii mr mo x'liiuppines, was brought to Manila and lodged in lail. Tho United States officers at San Pedro .Macau found that ho was using his office as a recruiting station for the Philippine army. Four disguised in surgent officers wero helping him. Themayorof Balluag was also nrrost ed and confined in tho samo prison. The Americans caught him passing bo tween tho lines of tho two armies with incriminating documents which tho authorities socuied. Another promient nativo mayor is undoi sur veillance. HnimilHiy Vengeance, Englo, N. M Aug. 28. W. .7. Spralding, a wealthy cattleman, con trolling stock interests in Chloride, was killed by cowboys near Fairviow in iovongo for his murderous assault upon Miss Nellie MoKinstry. Sprald ing without provocation matin a threat ening remark to the woman as ho was riding by, both being on horseback, and fpllowed it up by firing a rovolvor at her point blank. Tlio shot took effect in tho woman's neck and she fell from hor horso. Cowboys near by started aftor Spralding, who emptied his revolver at them. A fU8jnil0 from Winchesters in the hands of the pursuers brought Spralding to the ground with six bullots in his body and head. Ho died almost Instantly DLESSED OLYMPIA'S CREW. ,., Sent aT.I.U " Now York. Aug. 80.-A tllwtoli to ,h Journal nml Advertiser from lo.no 's ill" liollnew.. the Popo, Ih deep "concerned about tho war In ho Philippines. Ho hH commnnloatod hi" aniloty to the Rev Father Kearny, he Plainest possible terms, Leo uxp.oHHod a Ht.ong desire to see pone.. .9 bllHhed between tho United Htates nil the natives, and said that m con- e undated the opening n.KtltlouH with tho United States government with a view to leguhttlnK ! l,0Hllk)" of Catholics in tho 1'hllipplncK. All of this was In tho ooumo of a sncchil audience avoided to tho chap lain ol Dewey's llngshlp. In linnitfu t terms, he expr.cd his horror of blood shed that Imd occurred and dilated upon the iinpoilaiieo ol making every endeavor to diiiiK t 0,"l 1,0 took it for grunted that when poacu was concluded, tho United Stilton Would establish n bonollcent rule mi dor which the Philippines would quick ly reach a condition ol happltioss ami prosperity. His holiness anked many quomIIoiih about Admiral Dewey, his pori-onalty, his opinions ami inquired sympa thotieallv about the state of his health. At the conclusion of tho intcrlvow, ho gave Father Roamy an autograph let tor for delivery to tho admiral and made the priest tho hearer of his bene diction to tho crew of tno OlympMa. HOME FROM THE WAR. Trnlh 1'eiini) IvmiiU Itefltnent tTel- Ciillirll by the Prealilellt. Pittsburg, Aug. 30. With cannon imnmiiiL'. bolls clanging, whisilua shrieking, flags waving and might; cheers from hundreds of thousiuulu o throats, the bravo Tenth Peniisylvanii volunteers wore welcomed today, after mote than a year ol service in tne Philippines. The retention tendered tho returning eoldiers will always bo remembered ir. this city a ono ot the greatest demon strations of patriotism that hits over taken place in this country. President McKlnley, Mrs. MtKinley Major-Oeneral Merritt, Major-Genera Francis V. Gioono and other proini lion t national and state ufllcurtt weio in the city. The president addressed tho returning volunteers ami in a feeling maimer thanked them lor their good work in tho Philippines. ANOTHER DEAD MAN ALIVE. Dnlntli .linn tVrllra nf HulTerlnca "f t'i N.ilne nml Kntiahlle l'ruiertra. Minneapolis, Aug. 28. A special to tho Times from Diiluth, Minn., says: John IJulutli, reported ileatl In tho Kotzebno country, has written homo telling of the sufferings of those who have been at Capo Nome. July 14, from Anvil City, Mr. Morrison wroto that over 100 minors and prospec tors most have peilhd in the Kotzo- hue district last winter. Six of tho party ho was with died and tho re mainder came verv near dying. His entire party was sick and nearly starved when a relief expedition found them. Speaking of experiences with scurvv, Mr. Morrison says: "Our arms and legs swelled terribly, turned black, our teeth became nt loose you could easily pull them out. Mv limbs are i.II drawn up, but 1 am able to walk a short distance without orutchos. Wo left our winter quartois in the Arotio regions on June 0, and wero stuck in the ico till July 12. Wo aro now at Capo Nome, 120 miles north of St .Michaels. Thero is no gold In tho Kotzobuo country." A VALUABLE ALLY. UuA Miimll Hint III. Trlliraturn I'lrht Kniiiliimrigit llehel. Manila, Aug. 30. A ropoit received hero from Cobu says: Danto Muudl. with his irllmo havo taken tho wur path against tho insurgents at icamuoanga, and has given them a warm battle. Mundi welcomed General Bates, saying ho was anxious to becomo an Amerioan citizen, and asked permission to fight tho insur gents. He was given an Amorioan flag. General Bates wll return to tho Sulu archipelago to amnion fnr notniiitoi.i,,,. an American garrison there. Washington, Aug. 80. A dispatch was received at tho war department from General Otis. ntn!n ii,i n,.t Mundi, of Zamhoanga, attacked and do featod tho Insurgents thoro August 20, killing 80. Thorite u Sucoesa. Now York. A . . ' fil IU tno norald from w flat t f lirli rn anttit C. satisfactory havo boon tho results of .ur moms mado with thorite, tho now high exnlosivn. tlmt (t win i. rocommeudod by tlio board of ordnanco ,and fortifications for mo in tho Philip. 1'inos. Up to this timo it has succoss tu.1 y "ndorgono tho various trials to which it has boon aubjectod. It will oxplods, according to tho official io ports, only by means of a dotonator, Hind thon only whon confined. V ,u-lch sholls loadod with tlio explosive whlnh i, ...r,.l- n.i fom high power guns, woro firod i.irougu a iive-lnoh plato and failod to explode. brpnl-Inr. 4l. ti n -j the shell into small particles. J-IIS 12 dvnnmltn n .t.!..l. Ill I.. . ' ,u WMIUU Will UO fh pped this week to Manila, aro ox- .v..v.n in uioir way, CRASHED Heavy Stool Arolios Foil! " "UU5U oi cards, NINE KILLED; MANY INJUi Were ti f n 1 A ni li mb - lint y... ,..... ... ... . "I'l'mi, Can.. ,,r a i i . '"lt. Chicago, Aug. :m arches, tmeh wiiKi,inK . " 1 wero to have Mi.t.ri,., J,X tnro of tho ( ., i ,,., , , roiirso ol eiettnm m Wsli.h fell to the gr.,,,,,,1 alu M It is known Una !,, Ilm "'" Tho lnallcm of thr,.,. men are !! to ho under the III tho hoHiutal uni. I..I...I.. In the Hccldenl, a.., I o tlC,( surely die. The .len.l art! Oharlus Wal Klw,rJ . I-iank Logan, hinphe,, J -ru John Fnrrey, Id. Iu,.i Hl,(rni,n i .lilril Tin i. .1.. T ...... 1 ' ,iuj rentier, lSormaii. Tho fatally injured nrr Jobnjl man, Inteturod hI.h an,j right leg! J. J. U..W.I, Inlernjli, ies, both eyes out, both Peter 1'ulltelr nlii arm cot , shoulder, skull fiaciuitxi; Jdhoij! hkiiii irnciurtMi, iiuuriiai injoim Those m I wing mil bulietl i'l tho ruins are: KlwaiJ fj .losepn King. hoera mors .! jured slightly. All of the 12 arohce were itu; tlui l'Jth nml lint Mil., i, - '"" wrm plettMl Unlay. It win tho Inttstit the steel contractnif, th 1'itn llndgo Company. ( rittilnij.h. turn over Its woik I' liijiiit uu oral contrnctoiH. The non "inn or derrick, which had tieen atl,i erection of the arlici, lnj if moveil nod the agcnti of tlx bt company wero accounting tin prarticnlly coinplciol, vImim ly, and without wan.ms, the tics put in place Midtli'tily felloiert;, tno one next io u. ine wrif.t Kmi muuh for thin, it K. te wit, e lug agaliint tho ihn l. ami, omn the grunt steel upans fell omk st.uth, procisley in tlie lams ai us n number of cards would ulL Nearly all of the men Klioittit were at work on tup ol tbeireV foot fiom the ground, imeifl made futilo attempts side of tho arches, but Lxjfore tbft : help themselves, they were boit tho ground. Many ul tbtm w piercing shrieks for aid si IWr Most of them were killed ontrifV the awful nature of their Injuria. ehulls of the unfortunate crushcil into shapelwe miwi, t limbs wero cutoff ni if brio knife, and they wero mausWte: recognition. The direct cause of the ttvM- not known. One theory of t dent which receives ! port is that a shifting of titii tho foundation caused the toltw the fhet arch, whuh broaght U others to tho iroinnl. A fto'T ' cannot bo substantiated l.tbiHt ber of workmen were tiling P0' tho north melt, while tliey ru illiwu annul uiMlfTlllillllL' tlllt M .ir.i.it.wl firitllu 1 It TliOV aurrf arch to h way, and finally Iti".'" far and fell out. "i ivimini biiv wlmt caiMeJ t!" dent," said SiipenntO!u!tt J "1 could hardly believe my ern I saw tho results of oiirwcfHw destroyed in a minute." SPARKILL CONVENT FIRE llurnlnu- f Ilm Orplimms" I'"11" J'our Ilrutbi. t Sparkhill. N. Y.. Aug. JJ-J that broko out at 1 o'clock lljli tn iintinrr..l nlnoof tlieUnM"' nf tho St. Aenos convent ana"? go, ontailing a loss ol flW", iiusing tho doath of fourpeoi,;I Tit.... ltmwn. ase11 1 it Mackin, aged 7; 'DJ.; inor, aged 70; Mary hate W ed 28. . of PKO, can Head inn filo nge Th aged Th Sion Ma lliw ehook to tut 38. io missing aro: Theresa I m U, and Mary Urown. ho seriously Injutcu . ma. sliook and collapfei rlo, hnrns and concaww. trand, concussion of ' nb- KUtnr Kat herlno, arm Hannah Shea, leg iljr?ke"1' b-(, vo Inmates were Into' itpaand burns, none ser. of tho older Imnntei. . ' ( ... .iin 400 nmaw", ition woro asleep. . ottonout In almost P f Bcorowho risked Jre!t,( woiouiiiiiu , .,t ti "P',(ir 8 !! ,ti o diiBhes tore Idora fill"" 'ith , -rr.-r:.r riiiteiI,d""j (IIHIIIIIIK'I. " , ,1 ,pB aia iroiu - , coi -ijat rr ft ndenco of the Acre Je of the nowoou.-" , J Louis Arlne. Ills aumii""""- and tv-fl Junii Tli duo so in n flro broko instit woro hiir. n -tniim frmn rf""t' ...... desporat auti corr stnoko TJnur 41m Hnrnlrl Itio Janol Humorous i . i or imiepe Tim nliinf a Rnanian: organizing ) gotto I'raeli JiU IIW, oponde