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BOHEMIA NUGGET l'ubllaliod Evcrr Frldar COTTAGE GROVE OREGON THE NEWS if 1 WEEK -Compreheniilvo Itevlew of the Import ant Ilnppenlnc of tlio Iiit Week . Culled From the TeleErjh Columns Admiral Howell will succeed Far quhar us commandant at Norfolk navy yard. A new cabinet lias been formed in Venezuela, with Senor Calcano nt tht bead, with t ho foreign portfolio. John King and his wilo, an aped couple, were killed hy their urink crazed son at Southbridge, Mass. Tho mill situation nt Fall River, Mass., has been Kreatly simplified, as a combination of stock is likely soon to be effected. Bourko Cochran has advised Piosi dent McKinley to tonder his good offices in the settlement of tho Trans vaal muddle. Hairy Metzler, 12 years old, was washed from a laft by a passing steam er and diowned in tho Willamette a; Portland, Or. The mammoth new Oceanic, the big gest vessel in the world, arrived in New York, six days and two hours from England. . New York and Boston capitalists will form a livestock combination with a capital of $30,000,000 to control the oattlo business. Attorney-Goneral Blackburn has de cided that a game warden cannot grant permits to hunt game ont of season for scientific purposes. The Earl of Yarmouth, who has been spending the summer at an Atlantic resort will go on the stage. Churlei Fi oliman lias engaged him. The troops quartered at the Presidii in San Francisco now number nearly 12,000. This number includes 5,000 returned from the islands and awaiting muster out. Emile Zola has published a protest against the Rennes' verdict, in which he shows conclusively the weakness of the prosecution's case before the eyes of the world. The commissioners of Clallam coun ty, Washington, have appealed to the secretary of the interior io modify tho boundaries ol tho Olympic reserve. Four hundred and fifty thousand acres of agricultural land is included in the reserve. The Filipinos have made their reply to our offer of autonomy. The docu ment repeats arguments contained in a recent appeal to the powers for recog nition. It further says that the race prejudice of tho Americans is to blame for the hostilities. The Civic Federation conference on the uses and abuses of trusts and com binations opened in Chicago with representative men from nearly every state in the Union in attendance. Governor Tanner and Mayor Harrison each delivered an address nf welcome. Recent incendiaiy fires in Paris arc attributed to anarchists. The revolution in Venezuela under Castro is gaining strength. Director Merriam, of the census, ad vises enumerators to do some studying. Cornelius Vandorbilt died suddenly at his homo in New York of paralysis. Bush negroes of Jamaica have re lapsed into savagery and gone upon the warpath. The great council of Improved Order of Red Men opened in Washington with 1,000 delegates present. Some of Aguinaldo's officers aro tired of fighting for the Filipinos' cause and will seek capture by the American forces. The yacht Narno has arrived at Honolulu on n trip around tho world. She left Now York four years ago and has mado nearly 40,000 miles. Oakland, Cal., has accepted the off or of Andrew Carnegie to give $50,000 for a publio library building, and will gurantee the necessary $1,000 a year for its support. Tho Portland chamber of commerce will send Senator Simon to Washing ton to push recognition in tho matter of embarkation o( troops for the Phil ippines from that port. At Tuckahoe, N. Y., Tarry AloGov ern, an American pugilist whipped Pedlar Palmer, an English batam, in tho first round, and wins the title of champion in this class. Secretary Ray, of tho interstate com merco commission, who has been in Hawaii investigating the labor situa tion, says lie is of the opinion that the solution of tho labor problem theio is tho employment of free white labor. Chairman Van Horn, of the Canadian Pacific, says tho Canadian Pacific ia Anxious to establish a great steamship line botween Liverpool and Halifax to tako businoss away from New York lines, and expocts to receive a subsidy from the Canadian government, LATER NEWS. Cuba is suffering from a long-con-finned drought. Tho Nashville will not bo sont to Venezuela till noedod. China has protected against Guuoral Otis' exclusion order. Japan is being urged to soenro rnil way concessions from China. James M. Nixon, n ouco famous showman, is dead in Now York. Tho battleship Kentucky will havo her first run about the IbI of October. Tho Indian hoppiokors in Puyallup valley, Washington, aro sun dancing. Almost tho entiro business scotion of Famham, N. Y , was wiped out by flro. Tho sovereign grand lodgo of Odd Fellows met in Detroit, Mich., in an nual session. Tho steamor Alpha has arrived torn Alaska with 200 passengers and half a ton ot gold. Tiio American ship George Stetson was burned at Louchoo, China. No loss of life resulted from tho disaster. A bill has been introduced by n Chickasaw lawmaker raising tho price of marriage licenso from $50 to $1,000. Major Jones, who lias been quarter master at Manila, has rotumod. He thinks 50,000 men will bo needed in tho islands for 10 years. Hon. Daniel Ermentrout, congress man from tho sixth congressional dis trict of Pennsylvania, is dead. He was sorivng Ii is sixth torm. Officials say that Admiral Sampson will not be suspended by Admiral Howison and Hint the nowspapois are making n mountain out of a mole hill. Chief of Engineors Willson will sub mit to congress a comprehensive scheme for tho defenso of Porto Rico. The Spanish works will bo utilized in part. A boat containing tho captain and 11 men from tho French steamer Duura is believed to have been lost near the island of Elba in the Mediterranean sea. Thirty transports nre scheduled to sail for the Philippines before Novera bre 1, and it is predicted that tho sol diers of tho new reigments will eat Christmas dinner at Manila. The time lias not been extended and sheep must be off the Rainier reserve by the 25th of this month. Stockmen say they will movo to Montana or Idaho unless favorable legislation is secured. Advices from Manila announce that Aguinaido is willing to release all sick civilian nnd Spanish prisoners, hut it is added that General Otis refuses to allow Spanish vessels to proceed to Filipino ports to receive them. Circle City, Alaska, now has a popu lation of but 100. A big yield of wheat is reported in the Walla Walla valley. T)i6 Nevadas, Iowas and Tennessees will soon bo on their way home. Six negroes were killed in a riot be tween white and colored miners at Car- terville, III. C. A. Pillsbury, tho great flouring mill king of Minnesota, is dead at his home in Minneapolis. The Drevfus meeting held in London was a spiritless affair. Interest in the subject seems to be lagging. Tho plant of the Ameiican Fisheries Company, Promised Land, L. I., was destroyed by fire; loss, $500,000. The British admiralty has prepared a war map of St. John's, N. F., as a preliminary to fortifying tho town. An adobe house, five miles from Mora, N. M., collapsed and killed Man uel Cordova, his wife and six children. The memory of tho martyred presi dent, James A. Garfield, was honored in San Francisco with a parade and exorcises at Golden Gato Park. The Hungarian novelist, Mauris Jokai, now in his 76th jear, was mar ried at Vienna to tho Hungarian act ress, Aiabella Grossnagy, a girl of 18. Tom Reed has published his farowoll to ilia frienda of tho first Maine dis trict. He says publio office is man's opportunity, not a ribbon to stick in tho coat. The reply of the Transvaal is very unsatisfactory to tho British, and Mr. Chamberlain declares it will compel the imperial government to consider the situation afresh. A Manila dispatch says the oruiser Charleston bomnrded tho fort at Subig bay. Littlo or no injury was done. Tho Monterey and Concord were sont to continue tho bomardment. A Washington dispatch says the Tar- ar recently delayed in tiio Orient, was not overcrowded, that she had 135 less than her capacity, and that tho trouble was entirely duo to giumbling. One of tho most remarkable religious institutions in tho countiy, tho Monas tery and College ot tho Holy Land, was dedicated witli imposing ceremonies by the prominent Catholic clergy of this country at Washington. Leaders of the differont railroad em ployes organizations aro discussing plans with a view to establishing em ployes' grocery stores at the division points of the various lines. If success- ul in this line other departments will bo taken up. iBLOODY HOT II 11 Negroos Shot Down nt Brush Mines, Cnrtorvillo. OPENED FIRE ON THE WHITES Culmination of I.aiiR-StiindlnB Trouble limvrrn ITitlmi ml N.m-Unlmi Ml en Mllltln Culled Out. Cartorvillo, III., Sept. 10. Cnrtor villo was tho eceno of a bloody riot bo tween whito and negro minors today. Six negroes woro killod, and ono othor mortally wounded. Company O, Fourth roginient, Illinois National Guard, nr lived lieio late this evening, nnd will endeavor to preserve order. Fortv miners from tho llorrin mines loft that placo for this city this oven iug. armed witli Krag-Jorgunsen rifles dotoiminod to assist tho whito miners, 6hould their sorvicos bo roqtiirod. Trouble has been browing over slnco the militia was recalled by Governor Tanner last Monday, slnco which time tho whito minors havo refused to allow the negro Illinois to como into town. Today 13 negroes marched into tho town nnd opened fire on a crowd of whitos. Tho whites returned tho flro promptly, und a running fight ensued. Tho negroes, closely followed by tho wilites, scattered, soino running up tho main street, tho remainder stnrting down tho railroad truck. Horo tho worst execution was done. After tho fight was over, four dead bodies woro picked up, and another man waa found mortally wounded. They woro taken to tho city hall, whoro tho wounded man was given medical treatment, and an inquest was held over the dead ones. Later, near tho Brush mines, in anoth er part of tho city, two other dead bod ies woro found. The killed aro: Rov. O. T. J. Floyd, Huso Bradley, John Blaok, Henry Branntim. Two unidentified. Mortally wounded: Sim Cummincs. Tho mayor has taken every precau tion to pievont further trouble, nn nono will occur unless tho negioos make an nttack. Spuorinteudent Donnelly, of the Brush mines, where the negioes resulo, ro polls that tho negioes aro worked up into a fienzy, and. while lie is doing all in his power to hold thorn in check, lie is ufraid ho cannot do so much longer, and tiiat unions tho mili tia appears shortly furthei troublo may be looked for. Trouble has existed hero, off and on, for over a year, but no fatalities oc curred until Juno 30, when a passen ger train on the Illinois Central rail road was fired into and ono negro wo man killed. Tiiese negroes woro on their way to the mines, having come from Pan a. A short timo nfteiward a pitched battlo ensued between the union nnd nonunion forces during which time the dwellings occupied by tiie union negroes were burned. Sev eral arrests woro made, and the parties are in jail at Marion on the charge of murder, awaiting trial. ON THE BRINK OF WAR. Itepljr of Trantrnnl Verr Utnittlnfuctury liner Menu to Fight. London, Sopt. 10. Tho reply of the Transvaal to Mr. Chamberlain's latest note is said to cover nine pagos. It is eminently of the ' negative and incon clusive" character, which Mr. Cham berlain declared would compel tho im perial government to consider tho situ ation afresh. It practically repudiates suzerainty, reverts to tho seven-year Irancnise, and declines to give equality to tho Dutch and huglish languages in the volksraad. In short, it is politely negativo and defiant. Tho full text may not bo nvailablo for a day or two. but it will not cliango the aspect of attairs. llio cabinet will probably meet on Wednesday or Thursday to consider tho next stop. It is supposed that tho' next movo contemplated by the Transvaal is an appeal to the powers, begging them to recommend arbitration on tbo lines of the conference at The Hague, Ilui MoKluIejr Intervened? The Capo Town corrospondont of the Daily Mail says: "Afrikandorbund circles profess to havo information that President Mo Kinloy has intervened between Great Britain and tho Transvaal. Condemned to Death. Washington, Sept. 19. Tiio secre tary of war, in responso to numoroiis requestB, oabled General Otis regarding tho two men of tho Sixteenth infantry who, according to tiio piesa dispatchos, had beon condemnod to death in the Philippines for assaulting nativo wo men. A roply received tonight said thero was a third soldier now about to bo tried in connection with tho samo case, and that whon tho court-martial was concluded tho papers would be forwarded to the department. Tho two men sontonced aro Corporal Damphoffer and Private Conino. Tho namo of tho third soldier involved has not yet been mado publio. The sentences will not bo exocuted until tl, shall havo reviewed tho cases. Tho pupum cannot roach Washington in less than 80 days. niimi s WrtitiBiu r Wnr ind nilher. Now Yotk, Soft. 20.-WI.ll.tiii Willis Howard, general i.iuniigor of tho Cuban indi.Htrlal relief fund, and who has lecontly returned from Culm, says. "Cuba hi iln a pitiful slate. Instead of a rainy reason, Cuba linn drought. Not slnco 1841 has thorn been such loiig-oonllnuod dry went hor during tbo " r. Tho result has boo,, dl..Ht.o,a. Tho United States weather l.uitmii reports that nil -m" crops havo been rulnod. Smtur cano has boon so damned that the crop no yenr will bo lees than the crop ground this year. , , . ,. "Tho most distressing featuio of tho drought ifl tho destruction of the corn cro. Even under favorablo elrouiii stances, tho coin crop would havo been small, for It was planted in drlhlotM. heie and there. Tho weuthor bureau reports show that tho corn ciop will yield not moie than 5 per cent. On our relief farms wo havo hotter coin than any I have neon in Cuba, duo no doubt to tho fact that wo put moio la hor on tho growing crop than iinyono else was ahlo to do. "Business in tho cities is dttsporatoiy dull. Tho hotels aro empty, restaurants idle and all small affairs are lifeless. Largo business concerns aro scraping along ns best they may, in tho hope that tho fottiro of tho island may be definitely setiled. "In tho country tho desolation wrought by war and weather still con tinues without nliatoinont." MASSING ON THE BORDER. lloer I'repurlne for the Dehnin or tin Krpulillc. London, Sopt. 20. Tho spocinl dis patches from South Africa confirm the roports telegraphed yesterday that the Boors aro massing nrtillery in posltioni commanding Laing's Nek. Small Boer detachments occupy positions above Buffalo river. Tho mouthers of tho nfrikandcrbund in Capo Town intend to conveno the bund in congress to consider tho situa tion. A Bloemfontein paper reports the dismissal of soveial Englishmen from tho Bloemfontein police force, because of their refusal to servo on tho coin- IIlUllll. Tho general approhonsion in regard to tho outcome was iciicctod ny mo ie cline in consols and stocks on the Lou don stock exchange, where, althougl all stocks continued depressed, then was not tho slightest approach to ox pitpmpitt- Tho text of Presidont Kruger's reply was issued by secretary unarnueriairi this afternoon. The language in many places is taken to indicate a nun, uu yielding position. The reply, how ever, concludes: "If her mnjesty'a government is willing, and leels able to mako this de cision a joint commission, as at first proposed by Chaiiibetlnin, it would put nn end to the present state of tension. Race hatred would decreaso and die ntit. nml tho nrnmipiil v nmi wplfnrn (i tho South African republic ami the wiiolo ol booth Africa would bo devel oped and furthered, and fraternization would increase." ALGER OUT OF IT. Withdraw! From the Knee for United nlates senator. Detroit Mich., Sept. 20. Genornl R. A. Alger today gavo out n letter written liv liltnHnlf in Knw Ynrlr Kim. tember 8, in which ho nunounces Jiis withdrawal nom tlio candidacy lor United btates senator. The letter fol lows: "The Waldorf-Astoria, Now York, Sept. 8, 1800. My Dear Mr. Jtidson After careful conHiduintinn I Imvn itn cided not to bo n candidato for the United States senate My reasons for this determination aro personal nnd of a blisinonfl nature. I filllv nnnmnlntn and thank you and my many othor menus wno otiered support, and hopo to be nblo ill the fiitiirn tn nhnw mv giatittide for all that has beon done for mo uy tne peopio of our stnto. I am, my dear sir, sinceriy yours, "R. A. ALGER. "Hon. William Judson, Ann Arbor, Mich." Gonoral Alger declined to say any- tiling iurtnor concern ni h n w tin rnw. al than was contained in tho loiter. SUPPLIES FOR SHIPS. Transport! Will Come to I'ortlund Al ready fitted Out. Washington. Sent. 2nTt la .t(,i nt tho quartormastor's dopartraont that mih request to navo tlio ships that aro to cam- the Thlrtv. fifth n,.im,..,s : Portland to Manila chartered and fitted out at Portland cannot bo granted bo cause tho shins muat Itn fW,l .... dor tho direotion of offlcorH havingj v iurKu oi ncn work- at San Francisco; also that the men who undorstand tho work aro employed at tho lattor place, and it would not bo practicable to Bond mom io roriianu. Uulldlne Fell D Montreal. Montreal. Sent. Queen's Ha 1 blnnk. in wt.u. ...... i catded W. II. Scoggors' dry goods atoro, ii lonigiu, TJio building col lapsed gradually, nnd nn jured. The building is nn oppoiaing Sinn im..t. i . '' L T'Y'"8 " wnole Bquaro fronting on St, Cathorino atroet, pail. Tiir ninntiflflimi ! I I1D UIOOUOOIUI, U ROSUUS Of tllO Ronnn. r. iw.u.iuu uiu uoi.elloa PROCEEDINGS TO IIP nn... Will Onntalli All the H1....1... i'ir 'i i...... .. 11 - in . iir.iiiKM.iut ., Chicago, Sept. 20. Tim Herald saya: Havo for the Hrk iiiiIiIImIiIiil' the rnimrt nf ti... . iiirimuii mil vjiviii i iniitrtii i..t. ' ... .1... 11..!.. Ifl :r... . r: " .7. . . "W"K uiu iiik iiiuuiuiu in tuny iiri-.,ni,,i .... i'raiiKiiii ii. Head, its mum confident that tho results of t!, ouhmIoii will ho far-ri'ai-limK , , n.iini timl in finitu ii. ..i .. ... tlkUII .111- .-u ...v.i. .1.1.1, I. ..tun.... lion was liiHiiiiuti in us firw. labor and time, l lfiv tl,miH:,, of tho ropprt aro to ho pnme.i -( ,( trlbtited throughout the ('(lillilrv those who did not iittim,! ti. t ion may lnivu tlio u.Uiihtn-, . , ,i V OWH OXliroiSed IIV IuiuIiiil' u. .ii ....... litwverH. itolitiehiiiH nti.l 1 1. ,,!.,... .. .... - " ''UBl different sections or the f nm.ii . . " . i irn Th H Mr. lleml i viinm l.n-l . . ...... 'MIC t.lllt. AlllIIML' tllil till """" r -iti 1 I I nit tiki tt III furn ..... ... ----- - - - - - . r tint loilowniK BltiU'iiiumM- iMtt 1.1 ..t A t .. I '1IIU 111111 UI 1 1 1 II I iVir li. n.. 1. . ' - - 1U mtn IU 4 tllt IIR tmi'Ulll yj j I I..MIU fl.l. .1... uiilriN it llifl i.itiitr)il finotit ..i uiwl f r ml ft rniiihiniil itny It . lunt nnfin uliirh llutin iu fiiHinn Of tliOllL'ht itinniu Dim ... wo hoped by giving all suU a jai hiMirliiu' to clear awav lnueli nf i. r i -' "v nn - ..... tv mid mist and to bring the peopio urate tOL'Other so that thev nileht I m Bum . the evils of these lingo roinMuni itl, j thero were any ami devino leiuuj i ft, audi evils. LU VI UIKU IUIO WWII II WL'l'MlL'El 'ft! fiilt f lllft H'ltwirM fifTitreitl r ....w. I...- I.,,,,,. .1.... 1 . . careful economic students ntit (.r,, scNsed not only great but vc'iim-en value. Among these unglit i;u tucn 41 1 41. n . I Henry O. Adams, J. W. Junicp. Join ij.aiiuiii Aa if u n a iiiii. . iuiib:iii . i.itm. n 1 I.I .I....II.. T . II attuntlon wutu Hiohii diilivcrnl I r IV Uotirko Cockrau and W. J. lliyan "As n roitilt of tho dmcaiilam n.i..w..l tn l.in ll.i.f llm .ii.nn.nl .1. f . . 1 1.1 I,.. ,.!... I., nlnliml I Ull llllll ftllUlU ni.uialll wu a LOILIUI mt tit n it it t i i 1 1 1 urn firiil nlaii f.intlhlT Vr nniiiawniit Himiiiii' in inni ni n ir ni tionul bankn would bo most dositablo i ui ii i iijiib nimiiiii uu itriiuiitii iu iimiv carefully-kept hooks of account, sliov In ir all tho L'eiieriil unerations la tlieir business, nnd that tho featuiesof such statistics should be mado public tome- thing nftor the matter in which the lU- iihiich in national uaiiKs aiu niiino lie. Tlio ohjecta (ought through these miggentions woro not only for tho nene- fit of the general public who might be considering mi investment, but also for tho bouellt of tho stockholder, who might thus learn if tho manngera nets loyal to tho interests of tho stocknoia ers. "Thero has boon somo talk ol there bolng political capital in tho result of tho conference. I do not know tint tho result of tho confemnco couM k roiiHtruml In linvn nnv Dolitlcal bearing. Tiio question of business trusts and cornorta ons is not a political niiesuon. Thero aro probably just ns many Demo cratic etockholdeis in thuso varioni corabinatinns ns Hopublican?. They havo entored into theso combination! with tho belief that they aro R&w tagooua iu tho way of cheapening pro duotion and doing away with the exces sive competition, which in periods o depression ia often times fatal to all pnrtios to tho. competition. "Wiiatovor may ba tho stops " to adopt somo romedlos or resttictue measures which shall retain whatever thor6 may be of bonent in the truiti, while removing that which is P'er dicial to tho national good, in ray opin ion tho conference held in Chicago iu piovo n historical meeting, und i ' fluonco ns n source of education, aiiu tin,, twiint of eorne doflnlto developments, will bo folt iw a long time. Tho Oivio Fedwat w is satisfled yes, gratlliou v" entire work of tho conference. Woman Oulltr of Arion. Jacksonville. Or., Sept. "rVV'.u a Carlilo. who was Indicted join vj itl. J,or huBband, John A. Crlile. lor burning tho burn ol her iirem.. - I Hamlin, on tho nlgiu oi """... J800, pleaded guilty Inst nigm " Vntenoed to nine years' Impriaoiunwrt tlio penitentiary. Tho troul. e tj 4A..-.. 4 . i..n.. nn,l f, filer grow oui tVIUUII HID IIIUIIIU - , iL, . ...D rinmlln. UPon 1 fatK l.or, Uiu laiu uuiiivo . i .. V a. in ..i. tv. 1 or uD1 Mrs, a." uariiie-B piuu b " id wus released from ciistouy bun .. a. ir.v AVelt. Hltuniion in j. -- Wiiiri. ir. ......1 i?l Hnnl. 20. l'v ii.oy vuin4 it.'i., . . hn. nf voliow fovor huvp ben reported in tho past 48 l.ourfl aui in deaths, milking a total number ofca to dato of U03, ana i