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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 19, 1900)
it : BOHEMIA NUGGET LATER NEWS. rublUlicd KTcrf 1'rlilny. COTTA OE GROVE 0 It KG ON Comprehensive ltevlevr of tha Import ant Happening of the Init Week Cullfil l'roui the Telegraph Columns. William Jackson, tho soont, is dond. Tho United Vonlo miuo wns sold foi $coo,ooo. British authorities liavo released the Gorman steamer Horzog. Two whito men woro shot and twe nogroos woro lynched at ltiploy, Tonn. rremior McDonald takes tho nttor-noy-gonemlshlp of tho now Manltob? cabinet. A British flag and portrait of the queen woro trampled under foot in a Victoria saloon. President Hill, of tho Great North ern, regards tho ship subsidy bill as a national scandal. Lord Balfour in a speech denied thnf tno mst tor gold is tnoiucentivo to Eng land in tho Tranvnnl war. Suit has been begun in tho United States supreme court to test the valid ity of tho Bland-Allison act. Governor Brady and tho Capo Nome delegation havo appeared beforo th house committeo on publio lands. Tho president has recommended the promotion of Howlson, Kuutz, liomony and Farquhar to bo rear admirals. Tho United States cruiser Albany, purchased from Brazil, developed ( ipeed of 20.87 knots during a builders' trial run. England will release seized Ameri can Hour. Foodstuffs are not consid ered contraband of war unless intended for the enemy. Bnrnat Grinberg, formerly a well known Jewish business man of Seattlo, has been arrested in Tarnapoli, Gn licia, Austria, on a charge of buying girls for export from Austria to the United States. Secretary Gage gives as his reason; for hla recent action in utilizing na tional banks us depositories for national treasury notes that thereby ho prevent ed a disturbance in tho business world. He denies that ho has discriminated in favor of any bank. A London dispatch says tho long pent-up storm is now bursting over the heads of home government officials. It says that if parliament were in ses sion, it is doubtful if they could retain power, and only a remarkable change in tho situation can save them when the next session convenes. Senator Hoar has made public a lot ter he had addressed to Eastern papers in reply to a speech mado by cx-ropresentative Quigg, of tho Essex Club. In it he says that Aguinaldo is honest, and that the war was caused by a mistake mado by Gen eral Otis; that the Americans were tho aggressors and Aguinaldo wanted peace. A pro-Boer meeting was held in English parliament may be convened before tho end of the month. Frenchmen are opposed to tho new treaty with America. A Missouri lodgo of Hibernians de cided that it would not help the Boers The Chicago baseball club will make its spring training quarters at Los An geles. An Ontario (Or.) man has a schema for using the natural steam of hot wells. Tho bombardment of Mafoklng wns renewed Friday morning. Many Boors are bol loved to bo trek king northward from Lmlyamith. Tho national convention of United Miuo Workers opened at Indianapolis. Whon Bryan visits Now York ho will bo entertaiuod exclusively by Tain-ninny. For tho first tlmo In history grocery storoa and meat shops closed in Chicago on Sunday. Genoral Wood has crossed Ornngo rivor and established tho first British post in tho enemy's country. A determined woman and a hugo broad knlfo kept n mob at bay in Chi cago until assistance arrived. Sir Wilfred Laurier says that Can ada will give England both men and money to noip ner in tno present strife. Summer resorts of Hookaway beach nnd Jamaica bay, Now York, may havo to move on account of threatening waves. Whcaton and Schwnn's troops aro keeping tho rebols of Southern Luzon moving. Americans havo few losses, but the rebel losses aro heavy. The traus-Atlantlo steamship lines havo increased their nnsspntrnr rntim 1m. tween Now York and Europo, owing to tno neavy travel oxpoctcU to tho Paris exposition. John P. Heose, under arrest In Fort bcott, ian., has been released by Jugdo Thoyer's order. Heoso was being held for contompt of court for address ing striking miners. Tho Servian ministry has resigned, owing to King Aloxauder Insisting on granting amnesty to nil tho political pnsuners convicted 01 nign treason against his father, King Milan. A circular appealing for peaco nnd pledging for tho Boerx, signed by 400 clergymen of nil denominations in tho Netherlands, has just boon delivered to tho ministers of nil Christian churches in Grent Britain. I The suit for tho prize monoy for tho uBsirncuon oi wervera's fleet involves tho question of whether or not tho cruiser New York really participated in tho battlo. Tho uttornoy-general avers thnt as all the Spanish lleot and property were destroyed thoy wero not prizes. The urgent deficiency appropriation bill, the first of the important bills for the government, reported to tho house by Chairman Caution, carries SKA. 127.. 841, of which $47,003,332 is reappro- pnatou lor the military and naval cs luuusnments, and .'ra.ai'O.ooo for dis tnct appropriations. Tho Boers havo lootod nil tho stores nnd mines in Swaziland. Two cases of bubonic plague are re ported irom feouth Australia. Londoners aro still complaining over me rigid censorship of war news Carter Harrison has refused to accept mo candidacy lor governor of Illinois. The rodmill workers at Cleveland, v., will striKo, invoking 4,000 work men. !N t How Our Trade Hns Grown in Past Fivo Yoars. NATIONS WHO BUY OUR GOODS Unit imI Klitgitnm mill It Dependencies liy l"u r tli Heat Uuttoiuer, mill (lor- l i it 1 1 v mill I run i'ii Come Next. Washington, Jan. 10. Frnnk II. Hitchcock, chtof of the foreign mar kets division of the agricultural depart' I meiit, has prepared an interesting col' lntiou of figures showing for tho first time the respective! amounts of our Agricultural oxports which go to tho t-ovcral countries of Europe and of the. other continents. Tho period covered Is 181)1 to 1808. Tho statement shows f hut tho agricultural products exported from tho United States In the live yearn had mi avcrago annual value of !f00!), 5:18,201 . Of tlicso cnuruiouH oxports, about 00 per cent found a market in the United Kingdom nnd its various dependencies. Tho sum paid by tho iiritisii ieopio for tno American farm products purchased during tho period ' mentioned reached as high as .f 103, I 083,054 a year. Great Britain alono took moro than ouo-half of our agricul tural oxnortH. tlui onnniirtniiontM on.rl. ited to that ocuutry forming about SS per cont of tho total shipments and having an unuual value of !f 303,407, 701. Gormany, which rnnks next to tho United Kingdom as n market for tho products of American agriculturo, ro celved about 10 per cont of tho oxports lor 1HU4-VU, tho nverago yearly valuo amounting to .?30, 320,254. Franco, with purchases that aver aged $43,088,701 a year, or about 0.0 per cont of tho total, was tho third country in importance Thoso throo countries tho United Kingdom, Gor many and France received togothor nearly 75 per cent of the total agricul tural oxports. After tho threo countries just men tioned, Tho Netherlands, Bolglum, Canada, Italy and Spain afforded tho most Important markets. Tho Nether lands bouuht 4.3 nor cent of the total: Belgium, 3.0 per cent; Canada, 3.5 por cent; Italy, 2.2 per cent; and Spain, 1 .5 per cent. Tho avcrago valuo of tho exports to theso countries. VOTES HIGH IN MONTANA iviiiikm wnntni aan.onn to Vot (' rinrk mnl Win n.lereil Din.OOII. Washington, .Inn. 15. Dr. Ector, ft dentist of Missoula, .Mont., win tho ilrnt witness hofimi tno uianc invru- ... 1 If. t....l ..... gating coiniiimeo louay. uu nmi i" tiolpatcd in tho campaign In llnvalll county In tho interest of 12. P. Wood", it M tlx. t.llfftflllt. ucmucriiiiu uiiiiuiiiiiiu ii mv turo, nnd who wan a friend of Chirks. 'i-ii-tr nil 1.1 lin linil ill-toil nt tllll illKtllllt'O of Blok ford, ono of Clark's malingers. Witness wild Bickford hud promised to pay mm for Ms cervices, nut no sp clllo sum had been mentioned. A number of lotttun were read Intending tn lint., tiinf ltii-i.fnril liml I iciiii an ngent of Clark In the eeniitorini nice. .1 I .1... ...I... ....... urosK-oxamiiinium in uiu imi n postiwiicd until the deftiiiHO could look .... .1... i..,..... iii.ui iwmi ii UTiir IHI UIU llHll'In IUl.l'lluu llv.i. j.Miv.. ltoprosontntlvo Sullivan, member of ii i .1.1.1 i... n It,. 1111111111 Mil II'ITIH 1111 liril 1111111 lllllllliu enlltitv. oiirtllloil til InivlllL' lll-IHl 1111 nwinitltml I... 1ll.lrf.ir1 III Ifnllltlll Will' ir.ii.iiui. uj iiiiniiiiu ... j.. . . .. ... . .1. . 1 I.. 1.. ...... viouh to tno iiioeting oi wiu ivgiHiiuuio nun nsKOd to vote lor uinrx. "1 said," tho witness testified, "thnt l mlKlit do so if tnero was eiiougi in it. Ho said how much. I w fii'nutv tliMiidiiml 1 let tlliltl lluVfill lull If half thnt amount would not be enough. 1 replied no, and wo parted." Sullivan said ho met Bickford, who mii.iriiut.nl flft. win rliniisnllil Wlttliwia ",neij"v. iii.vvu ........... told Bickford ho would not vote for Clark under niiv circuiiihtanccH. ulld luui seen no more of mm. THE PHILIPPINE COMMISSION CROSSED FREE STATE BORDER. General George Sharpe. a veteran of iuu civn war, is dead at Kingston, Tho Pacific coast has sent forward over $10,000 to tho Lawton fund, and more will bo sent. The Boers havo refused to allow th American consul at Pretoria to act at uritisn representative. Tho secretary of war has asked for juou,uuu lor expouses in sending the upanisn prisoners homo from Manila. California wants foreign countries forced to reduce the duties on canned gooos through reciprocity treaties. Tho shipbuilding trust has not yet won orguuized. tho amount of capi talization Is not yet determined upon. Tho Big Four rnilroad will roanmo payment of common stock dividends and will tako over tho Chesapoako & Ohio. Unole Sam will press her claim Rgalnst Santo Domingo. Franco got her money and now domnnds ac apology. Tho Boers in a spirit of humor have namod threo prison streets In Pretoria "Ladysmith," "Mafeking" and "Kim borloy." England cannot understand why Bullcr's forces did not press n passage on the Tugolu whilo Whito wns ongag. ing tho Boers to tho. North. At Battle Crnnk. Hoh tl.o UA t Sherman Church, a millor, was found ! wedgod under a wator wheel. Tho hands wore tied nnd a weight fastened to the log. Dutch coloninls taken in arm a nrn not treated as war prisonors, but nro uemg prusecuieu ior treason. The latest official report upon the foreign commerco of China shows n great increase both in its imports and ex puns. The Creo Indians nf r.inniio mr, take the warpath and strike a blow at uieui xmain, now that tho British aro nusy. Frederick D. Eonflla. nun nf Ua prietors of tho Denver Post, was shot uuu moriaiiy wounded by a lawyor of mm. Ult. French warships have taken posses aion of Kwong Chau Wan bay, where u uuuuunry uispute nas been pending Dovcxui IIIUUUI3, Tho wreck in St. .Mary's bay, N. F is still unidentified, alth fin ffll f a ! lieved to bo tho Helgoland, which was miner uiiunor uy tlio Standard Oil uwijiauy. xen oodles have been lo cateu among the rocks. A lono robber held up two restan- iimiB m mu miost of Kansas City at 0 iu uio morning, jsoth jobs wero ac complished in less thnn nnd tho robber escnped, the gapini!' riannta .....1.1.. . , , o fwi" limning uu resistance. Mrs. C. M. Cal., aged 73, died suddenly on the .wi-uuuuu uregon express between iMontague, in tho Slski yous. She was noomnm.n.).,,. t, mains of her lato husband to Seattle" iur uuriai. John Barrett. in a public address In Chicago, said nvjiiaiur iioar-s speech, which iTua V.UUIUI1 to liont' Knn. n..,l ..!... S " f. I u DllURU- quently put into handa nf tim vihi.. 5 md .tho 0I'eu i,l:urrectlon in tho l niiiupiuos. Mrs. Christina TrMh nt w. Louis, omorged from a tranco to find iiuiBuu uuuer nroonoa lui 1 In n1 n.wl . ... " uu .,u 1uuiHir(jU jor tno grave. A movement of tho eyelid saved tho woman from death nt tho hands of tho nndortnker or from burial nllvo Report! of Procmllng In the Motlder Jllvrr Uo ii n try. Modder River. TlmrHdnv. nnnnrnl Bablngton, with two reigmcnts of Lancers, tho Victorian ninnntnil rlflna and a buttcrv of horso urtillerv. lnft hero on tho evening of January 7 (Sun day) and crossed tho Freo State border on Tuesday. Simultaneously nt) were made. A column under Colonel Pitcher went from Belmont to tho south of General Bnbinutnn'a rnntn while a portion of tho garrisons of Klokfonteln and Honer Nest klnnf. nn. tier Major Byrne, advanced towards jacousdai. ueneral iia himrtnn nmm. trated 12 miles and his scouts 20. They saw no signs of armed Boers. Tho farmhouses wero found cmntr. tha nn. cupants having had nows of tho ad vance anu gone inrtfior into tho inte rior. The British bivouacked nt Hum. don. Thev burned threo fnrnilmnaoo tho proporty of Lubbe. ono of tho Boer leaders. Yesterday they swept around southward, returning hero today. Nothing was uccomnlinliiyl nxmnt n. reconuolsnnco. Colonel Pitcher enmn Intn tnnoV. with General Bablncton nnil tlmn . turned to Belmont. Major Bvrne recnnnnltnnvl tlm l.lll. aljout four miles from Jncobsdnl nnd saw 700 BoerB. linen Xrnr the Heu. Durban, Natal. Jnu. 10. Thn rn la n Boor commando in tha 7. nrn fin nn country, Zululaud, within a day's umicii ui wio sea, witn wagons. It in tioiievcd to be waitim? for mimiltnu nna ammunition secretly landed noar St. xjucia-s Day. Tlio Boers have looted nil tlm dn.o. nnd mines in Swnziland territnrv nn.i the ruined natives are completing the uusi.ruci.iou. IlflTOIlll tlio TlI.Aln. London, Jnu. 10. A nnootnl li arm tnh t l.- m . " "!'"' iiuiu iuju lown. tinted Krlilnr Tn... uarr 12 (ovoninc). annontionu thnt eral Warren has crosii thn Tni . "6V.i llVUl. Report Will I'rohiilily lie llrmlr lie fore l'i'briiiirj' 1. Now York, Jan. 15. A special to tho Times fwin Washington nays: Alxiut tho last of January tho Philip pine commission will submit tliolr fall roiiort to tho jireslduut. President Schurman was nt tho White Honno Thursday to announco that progress wns boing niiido, nnd that boforo Feb ruary tho work of the commission will be completed. The report mado in Soptcmber wns n goiiunu ono, in which nil tho commissioners jollied. In the lull report ench commissioner will ileal with n sopurnto subject. That of Pres ident Schurman is on government for the Philippines. Ho has considered tho mutter fully nnd has discussed his report with tho president. It is as. mi met l that such practical poiutx us ho may offer will bo brought to tho ntten tlon of tho npproprinto committees of tho senate nnd tho houso. As to tho question of ngnln sending a commission to the Philippines, it lmi been suggested in congress by both sen ators nnd representatives that n joint commission of members might bo named for that purpose. It would bo very populnr and nlso very oximjiwIvo, nut it is insisted that It would bo n better wnv of nreDariiiir coiii?rfH fnr legislative nctton than tho plan of mak inir un a commission nutHidtt nf mn gross and oxccting members of both houses to read tholr rejiort after It hnd uoon mntio in order that it mny becomo informed. It is said that a special committeo oi members well-known would be moro lutoreating nnd Impros BIVU. Prnnce Will llo Slonkrchjr Again. Chicago. Jail. 15. Count fin In Chasiioy, who wus mnrrlod In Colorado C 1 A. . Dpruigs tno nays ngo, nnd who passed through ChlciiKO Inst nk-lit on Ida Tl'llV to Pnris, Iwliovcs eventunlly Frnnco will havo ngnln a monarchial fonn of government. "Nothing will bo dono In n political way to reorganize tho present govern ment," ho said, "until after tho Paris exposition. That is practically u taut ter of agreement nmonL' thn blirh utntna men. But Franco la nonr n l, Uio Fnshodn incident nnd tho Dreyfus iiuuir uuueu mucn to tno genornl (lis coutont among tho lnnssos. At tho proper tlmo tho man to lead tho royul 1st nurtv will bn fnntwl. Tt la .,f likely that Princo Louis b colonel In tho Bussiun nrmy, will bo WIO UUO CIlOBCIl." TPIiioFlflDisiii Two British Columns Mnroh. Ing Around tho Doors. WITH COMMISSARIAT 8TOIte8 line In tlm Knt, tlm tlllier In lli nr inn .iiniu iiiiirn i ikiiiihi l!trj, tlilnif (julet nt Alerkatriiin, Great llnttla Iiutnln.nt. Boer Hendannrtnra nt rin. Tliursdny Everything points to n groat battle within tho next few smith for the last two firing rockets. Tho object ia not kuowtt UU4.U. Flchttncr In Manila. Jan. lfl Avtnna iodu roport a sharp fight January 8 between a bnttnlion of tho Nineteenth infantry nnd a bodv nf I copying a strong position In tho Soud- iuu mountnins. Tim mmm ,. routed, the Amoriomm smooth-bore cannon, some riflos, and uumruyiug m0 fortifications. Four uiuricans wero woundod. I'laKiiii Caiea nt Honolulu. wnshingtoii, Jnn. 15. Tho stnto oopnrtment fins boon lnfofmod by Mr Heywood, Unltod States ntmnf. n t. I Imm lulu, under dnto of Jnnnary 1, that eight deaths havo ooourrod from the bubonic plagno at Honolulu slnco tlio inns loiogrupnto roport, Docombor 20 last, which unnouncod threo deaths irom tno cause of tho plaguo. Dr. Iloywood also states that tho entlro city of Honolulu is quarantined. Venezuela Finance! Improve. Caracas. Vonoziinlti. .inn r, ti. flnanoial crisis Is ended. Tho diffi culty botweou tho govormnont nnd tho bank has boon amicably sottlod, nnd public confldonco is restored? Indln WIIMluyHlfver. London, Jan. 15. Itonowod buying of silvor by tho Indinn government, tho Stntlst says, cannot bo much longer de layed in consoquonco of rupee coinago requirements, nnd this will load doubt less to a markod improvement in tho prioo of alitor. Portland Carriers win n..i. ... ..... --"Hiiimr mail. Wnshingtoii, Jnn. 13. Tho plnn of having mail roulHtnrmi l f f)IIHi.ni. ...1. colloctod will bo putinprnctioal opora tionJanunry 15 in 00 cities. Among the cities choson aro St. Louis, Denver nnd Portland, Or. Tho servico will bo Inaugurated olsowhoro when consid ered beneficial, upon tho applications of the locul ofllolnls. Txinilnn. .Tan. 17. (leimral llnii,..i. Iiitiwt mitlientlu word iih to wiiat l0 mid His 110,000 men a in tiuiug vv wired fnnii Sprlugiieiil inter Inn lint fni'ii'iinl atllll. Ktrlvllllf til ttlhib ..... .W. I...... r....' ... ...... .yj tint unknown. Iilldl)ll lit ronfm 11(1 It. Diiriiiisn unn rtiimir mm iiiKiin ti,i SUIpl'llMt. SneiiNur Wllklllsuil. till) inllllnrv nr. pert of the Morning I'ost, iiMorts tlmt the liner force In Northern Nntul u lin-'or limn (Innnral 1 till !( r' nml t.i Georgti White's together, no that Urn ...i noerrt nro iiinii io leavo ii iiirco around I jnli'Miiiltli birunr thnn thnt wltliln tin. town, mid yet tti opK)so (iciieral Htn . ... i i ..ii ler wiui n inruii Hpimrior id nm own Tlm Sit it mlii rtl l'Ivom tinuiiliii.iu-ii i.. the following dl-natoh. tinted .lituuarr 111, from Dm ban: "A man who lias just arrived hen. fnun Knrlnifllnlil kiivm tlmt n Ui-m.l. column iirticevdlng to tlm rtdlnf of Ladyxmltii has cronnixl tho I.ittlo 'rugela. When he left tt was fiicing tint Hour ixiHltlnn nil tlm I If l TiiihiIm ..... . . f . r. - n " . nnd a lunvlter wiih shelllug the Bint trenches. Ho nay also that 270 wag ohm laden with coniiiilHuariat storuit for Ladysiiilth hnd left Frere, and It wiih expected that the column would join hands with General White Moiiilav evening. "The traction eiiglnes havo 1ki'U do lnif excellent work in hinilliii? lionw wagons out of hole and nmuiih. TIiIk they nccoiniitlnh with the grtat-nt eaHe, "British tuitnils bnvn illmiivoriwl tuir. ties of Boors in tint illntctitm nf llniioi-n- dale, between Fnini and KHtroiirt." A dlsiNiteh from ( iiihi lown. dutcd January 15, says: "There In gorxl reiiKm to believe Hint the statement that Sir Charltwi Wiirrcii. with 11,000 men, has gone toward Weoiiau is correct, and we may expect ImiKirtant nows shortly. "HejKirts hnvo Ikjoii received hern that dyeentory In very life In Lady smith. "Kvnry thing is phenomenally quiet nt Sterkstnim." ItejiorU from the Boer camp nlllnn that the circle of Investment lias lu en drawn doner by the occupation of nonio mint nearer the town, tints lilMinttlng reinforcements to opiom General Bui ler. Thn Dally News suggests that n mtil titiidn nf the mmtirs that originate in South Africa and London nro given currency by the Kngllsh military au thorities In order to mislead the Boer. The war pages of the great tlnlllcH this morning uro almost barren. Never theless, the instruments on tho loop connecting tho war ollko with tho ca bles rontlutio to click. PLAQUE AT HONOLULU. Twiinty-Two t'.i.o. Vv t lute, One n r.uroirHU. Honolulu. Jan. 17. Slum tlm if Inst., nine casoM of tihiL'iin bnvn ilnvnl. oped, making 22 cases to dnto. The. board of health has adopted herolr mensurcs, and it is bollovcil tho work now in prourt-ss Will stillim nut tlm scourge in a short tlmo. Thus fur but ono Kuropean hns been attacked. This case was that of Kthel Johuson, a ft'or wcglau girl, nued I I venrii. Tlm ntlu.r- 21 ciises are divided us follows! Chi nese, 15; Jnpanoso, 2; Huwalian, 11; South Sea islander, 1. ' Tho !ld Inst, the hoard ot health de clared the entlro Judicial district of Honolulu undor quarantine. The council of state has 000 for which to fight the plague nnd placo tho city in a proper sanitary condition. Tho bulwnio til spreading In Jnpan. jVon mull euiinot come from there whllo tho prom-iit ruloo nro enforced. steamship companies will suffer honv ily. Tho KoAu Hon arrivod thU morning from tho IbIiuhI without hnv- lllg bcoll llbll) to nimmnnli m... ...l....r Thoro were iloimty sheriffs with shotl guns nt every lundinf ikco, mid they shouted tho order to ifflaW;..., mm. . result was that tho steamer rotm'ned to Honolulu absolutely empty. Leung Chi Tho, the Chinese roforinor. Is now in Honolulu. 'Piw.r'i.i.,,,., mil has written to tho government pro- """' s Kini. t,eung Duing allowed to- freneli dun. rp h llnrn, London. Jan. 17 'ri.,. n,.n.. ... publishes tho fnllmvi..,, im ' . . correspondent ut Lo Crousot, l-'rancu: Alter two nays' inquiry, I do not hosltnto to assort t hut. thn o,.i companv is not nnlv xvnht .... ; - "v tiuiiui iltullb 1111(1 lay in tho mnnufuctnro of guns nnd " iur mo jioors, but tlmt It hns alreui y packed, ready for shipment to tho Trausvaul, six heavy guns of urge caliber. The work.neif S thnt ere long 00 nddltlonul guns mo. 1.1 bo dispatched to tho Boors.''