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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 2, 1900)
BOHEMIA MUGGET Published Kterr FrltUjr. IDE OF IDE RH. ComiirehrnilTO 11tIh of tlia lmnort tnt Ilnpprnlngi of ti. rt Wk Culled From the Telegraph. Column. LATER NEWS. Dr. Lcyds is 1o1iik Honlzod In Berlin. Pronto of China nro said to tako . - ' Imperial changes with great cquanl- COTTAGE GROVE OREGON 'uiity. i . . William Jennings Bryan will accept tho Populist uoniluatlou for Uio presidency. Tho fall of Ladysmith garrison la j nnif n-rn.-rtrd IIS A rCSlllt of Butler's lecond defeat. Lord Fahucofoto will rotlro nit am bassador of Great Britain to tho United States, April 1. Tho Interstate commerco commission has rued tho Northern I'acitlo to on forco disregarded laws. Penntori aro paid to want no chanjjo in tho maimer oi their election. Tho houso favors popular vote. Dundonald's forces, for whom fears were, entertained, aro safe on tho south hank of tho Tngela rivor. Five hnslness men of Walla Walla wero victimized by n smooth foigcr, who cashed bogus chocks. Tho Prince Regent of Bavaria has conferred tho On'wr of St. Michaels, Grst-class, on Dr. Nanscu, tho explorer. In Cincinnati, Charles ItarlmfT, a tanner, killed his wife, his son aud his daughter and then tried to ret tho houso on fire. Buller's Foroos Hnvo trofttod Southward. Ro. DOERS DID NOT PRESS THEM Recent Dawson flro destroyed prop erty worth $400,000. ltubonio plaguo has brokon out at Ro lario, South America. A raco riot occurred at Coalberg, Ala. Ono negro was killed. In a long articlo iu a Paris riapoi Emilo Zola defends his father's honor Tho Alaska mail service will bo ex tended to Capo York tho cominj ipring. The National prohibition conventior has been called to meet at Chicago, Jnno 27. Tho census of l"uerto Rico just com pleted shows a total of 957,000 innhab itants on tho island. Nelson and Rossland havo estab lished smallpox quarantine againsr Northern Washington and Idaho. i It is said tho pro-Boer meeting at ! Washington was conducted almost ! wholly by anti-expansion and anti-administration men. Nearly all the business buildings and many frame dwellings at tho mining towns of Ward and Lafayette, Colo rado, wero destroyed by fire. William Kirk, first mate of the American ship Clarence S. Bcment, was murderously assaulted in his cabin while his vessel was at anchor in Port land, Or., harbor. llrllUh I.o.t Hrntllr-lliillrr TltlnUi TrHliavnitlon llnrr llren ThiirIiI In lleaneet KiikIIsIi righting tftiutlllr London, Jan. 110. General Ruller says General Warren's troops have ro- treated south of tho Tugela river. Tho, lhxtro say tlio British lost 1,600 killed, Wednesday. It is believed hero this" Include tho wounded. The Hours also claim that 160 of tho English troops turreudered at Spionkop. llrlll.li I.rft 1800 llrnil. Itoer Head Laager, Ijidysmlth, Jan. 30. The Ilritish dead left on tho battle Hold yesterday numbered 1 .500. ACCOUNT OF THE MOVEMENT. I Itiallrr'a Onirlnl I)linlcli lo llin Wnt Oltlrx-Tlif. Flglitliie. I London, Jan. 110. Genoral Ilullor'ri I dispatch to tho war ofllco states that Spionkop was abandoned on account of A funeral train, arranged by the laok of water, inability to bring nrtll Southern Pacific, will convey tho re- lory thoro and tho heavy lloer flro. mains of General Law ton and Major General lluller gives no list of causal Logan to tho East. 1 ties. His whole forco withdrew south James II. Ilritton, ox-mayor of pt. of tho Tugula rivor. with tho evident Louis, and for many years ono of tho mtontion of reaching Ladysmith oy leading bankers of tho West, died at Ardley, N. Y., aged 83. London papers scathingly critieizo the language of Butler's report, and accounts of bnttlo from Doer sources aro accepted as correct. Church property in tho Philippines has been turned over to tho United States government Catholics claim it. by Spain, but tho Chairman Lacey, of the house com mittee on public lands, said that It will be impossible to pass general land laws for Alaska at this session, owing to opposition in tho senate. The North China Daily Nows pub lishes an edict, signed by Emperor Kwang Su, appointing as emperor in ! bis place Put Sing, the nine-year-old ' son of Prince Tuano. The new emperor will ascend the throne January 31. The senate committee will report favorably on Senator Foster's Alaska lighthouse bill, making an appropria-1 tion of 300,000, to include a light-, houee at Unamak pass, Foster agreeing , to a reduction iu the appropriation from $500,000. Commander Richard Wainwright, who was in command of the Gloucester at the battle of Santiago, was presented a sword of honor and a silver servico by a committee representing the citi zens of tho District of Columbia in Columbia theater, Washington. General Otis reports to the war de partment that the Western coast of the island of Panay is now open for trade, and that the coast of Laguna do Bay and neighboring sections of the country will also be opened to unrestricted traffic by tho end of the week. A majority of the senators is against the seating of Quay. Millions in war munitions were im ported through Delagoa bay by the lioera. A Boer patrol, mistaking signals, was badly cut up by a hot fire from a British kopje. The headquarters of Generals White and Hunter was smashed by a shot from a "Long Tom." Despite reports to the contrary, Web iter Davis is to be retained as assistant secretary of the interior. The steamer Townsend, plying be tween Seattle and Alaskan Taints, is a total loss near Maine's Mission. Montagu White will be received as the consular and diplomatic represent ative of the South African republic. Secretary Root has issued an order appointing a complete new board of ordnance, with the exception of Gen eral Miles. Governor Gage will call an extra ses sion of the California legislature. A United States senator will probably be elected. Captain I. Friedman, who died in San Francisco recently, left three-quarters of his fortune, amounting to $750, 000, to charity. Tho now ships now being built for the Oceanio Steamship Company will be without peers in the Pacific, and will greatly improve the service. Matt Hilstrom, who killed Luke Mooers, tho Clatsop county logger, was adjudged insane. The evidence showed tho Insanity to be hereditary. The overdue City of Seattle, has been reported from Juneau, where sho was towed by the Cottage City. The Seattle's delay was caused by the breaking of her propeller. The transport Pennsylvania, which calls from San Francisco, will carry funds for paying off the United States troops now in the Philippines. About $1,250,000 will be taken. Captain C. H. Stockton, president of tho naval war college, says: "Com mand of the sea on our North Pacific coast and tho waters of tho western basin of tho North Pacific should bo In our hands In peace and war time. This can only bo effected by readiness of a proper and sufficient naval forco either on tho spot, or to bo furnished from tho Atlantic through au un tramolled canal. In addition to this, and ready for combining, should be tho available forces normally attached to the Philippines aud the waters about China, Japan aud Covca. In other words, the Paciflo ocean, from Samoa northward, should be within our control." The plight of Kimberley is urgent. The k-iiser's birthday was celobrated In tho usual way throughout Germany. Buller's army has jetratcd to tho south of tho Tugela, with heavy losses. I Revolution in Venezuela, under tho . , . Jjq leatiersiiip oi iiemanaez, is spreading. Fire in Minneapolis destroyed a four itory brick building, causing a loss of if 120, 000. It was reported on good Transvaal authority that Mafeking was relieved Dn January 23. Edgar Oswalt, a 0-year-old lwy of Astoria, was run over by a street car and fatally Injured. Tho Bank of Dcerfiold, Deerfield, Wis., was robbed of nbout .$17,000. Tho vault was blown open by dynamlto Fire destroyed the works of tho Eleo' trie Improvement Company at San Jose, Cal., entailing a loss of $100,000. Samuel Gompers, in a conference with President McKinley, advocated an eight-hour law for all government work. It is said that Lord Roberts favored leaving Ladysmith to its fate and marching on Bloemfonteln, capital of Orange ireo State. The surgeon-general of the marine hospital service has shipped to Hono lulu 1,000 doses of halffkine prophylac tic, a plague scrum. Phil Armour Jr., son of tho Chicago milllonaiie, died suddenly near Santa Barbara, Cal. Death was due to con gestion of the lungs. Dr. Leyds, diplomatio agent of the Transvaal, says tho Boors do not need to apply for mediation, as everything was going splendidly. Threo masked men entered the fac tory of Dr. Peter Fahrney & Son, at Chicago, blew open tho safe and escaped witn $1,700 in currency. The senate committee on Puerto Rico, has decided that the island shall do Known as Porto Rico, and not Puerto Rico, as fixed by a recent execn Hvo order. The weather In the vicinity of Mel- bourne, Australia, has broken all re cords for heat recently. On New Year's day five deaths oocurred from prostration. Tho thermometer stood at 114 in the shade, and 150 in tho sun. Cowboys and minora in Southern Arizona and New Moxico, havo organ ized and aro preparing to invado tho Btato of Sonora, Mexico, to avoDgo the murder of tho six American pros pectors by Mexican soldiers under Gen- eral Torres. They will fight against tho Mexican troops for tho indenend. I ence of Sonora and the Yaaul nation. another route. I Following is the text of Genoral Bul ler's dispatch, dated Spcanuau's Camp, Saturday Jan. 27: "'On January 20 Warron drovo back tho enemy and obtained possession of tho southern crests of tho high tablo land extending from the lino of Acton Homes and Hongorspoort to tho west em Ladysmith hills. From thon to January 35 ho remained in closo con tact with tho enemy. liner Held Strong I'ntltlnn. "The enemy hold a strong position on a rango of small kopjes stretching from northwest to toutheast across tho plateau from Acton Homes, through Spionkop, to tho luft bank of the Tugela. , Tho actual position held was perfectly teuablo, but did not lend Itself to an advance, as tho southern slopes were so steep that Warren could not got an efloctivo artlllory position, and water I supplies wero a dilllculty. "On January 23 I assented to his attacking Spionkop, a large hill, indeed, a mountain which was evidently tho koy to the position, but was far more accessible from the north than from tho. south. On tho night of January 23 ho attacked Spionkop, hut found it very difficult to hold, as its perimeter was to large, and water, which hu had been led to beliovo oxisted, In this extraor dinary dry season wus found very deficient. "Tho crest was hold nil that day against severe attacks, and a heavy shell lire. Our men fought with great gallantry. "General Woodgate, who was in command of tho summit, having boon wounded, the ollicer who succeeded him decided on tho night of January 24 to abandon the position, and did so before dawn January 25. "I reached Warren's camp at 5 A. M. on January 25, aud decided that a second attack upon Spionkop was use less, Mid that tho enemy's right was too strong to allow mo to forco it. RODERTS' NEXT MOVE. Th HrilUh Army will Now Adinr Thrniigli tl !'" HlKlf. London, Jan. Ill.-IHslory mm for n time In South Africa. It I "o of thoso unsatisfactory aiise that nro nearly us trying to British nerves as it sequeneo of reveries, and apparently It will terminate only when Um Roberts gives the word for the forward move inent Into the Free State, which, cording to the most cheerful view, ho will bo unable to do for n fortnight. Whether ho will permit General Ihillur to mako another attempt to relievo Ladysmith in quite outside tho know lodge oven of those closely connected with the war otlleo. With the tuxms 1 Attnokod ,n tho Sonato Mason. THE VICE-CONSUL'S CRITIC,,, THInum Hiink nil tli I t i 1 1 (l ,, ft linn, ,iirirliig tin. ,t Ilpnrlilgn-lii Urn lluii.r, "1,1 Washington, Jan. Ml - mBiMi) 2rf, ng enough to try two largo ' ' Jo l .g tho force under Generals "o HrltL h vle.,ron,l at N,. 0,1( MotC rFn iwIi "'.lucre. '" ' " '' " h mldlng .o them tho arriving troops. v,c,;;,"' "?" '? '""'I' Lord lloU-rts would Have 70.000 for t ho ?'"" "' . " ".mi" ... ' 01 invasion of the Free State, with 40.000 to 60,000 guanllim communications, and 40,000 trying to roseuo UdyHiulth. Tho publlii burns with Imputleneo that something should bo thine, but there is nothing to do but wait on the preparations. Oceans of Ink aro puutixl out In advice. Orators are at work in tho provinces, telling the jH-ople that England hat set her teeth In grim tie- termination to feu it through. Tho government' deelaratlon in parliament, tho counter-declarations ol those outsldo the government ami ino consequent dlnoimsimi in the prof and on thu platform will Immediately en thrall tho public interest. Tho thing ou which everylKHly seoiiu agreed is that more men must go. Twenty thounand two hundred and twenty-two men aud Km gnus aro at sea. Eleven thousand lniniiiry anil 0.000 cavalry, Including 5,000 yeomen, aro practically ready to embark. Therefore, tho government, without doing more, can place at tho disposal of Lord Roberts 40,000 additional men ' and 155 guns. The further pur)seit of tho war otllclals are supK)K'd to em brace somewhat Iu tho neighborhood of 50,000 men. An tho indication is that candidates will be rather scarce, the war olllco will lnuo order for those reservists who wero found unfit at tho previous mobilization examination to rctwrt for further examination. Appli cants for cavalry servico are still freely offering as jcomanry. (ieueral Buller's oK-nition 1ms cost 012 men so far olllclally rejorted with in 10 days. Applying to tho 200 Spionkop casualties resirted today tho rule of projiortlon, the lo of ollicer indicate 500 casualties yet to come. The total casualtioHof tho war, compiled from official reports, aro U,52.'l nearly a division. Of theno 2,480 were killed', 4,bll wounded, autl thu rout aro prisoner. Thu nggregate British homo troop In South Africa number 11(1,000, thu Nataliun 7,158, ami Oil) Colonial 21,000. The war olllco announces that no further news has been received from South Africa, except a rtqiort from Lord Roberts that tho situation is unchanged. MONEY FOR THE BOERS. Dnolilril to Withdraw. ' Accordingly, I decided to withdraw tho forco to tho south of the Tngela. At 0 A. M. we commenced withdraw ing tho men, and by 8 A. M Januury 27, Warren's forco was concentrated south of tho Tugela without tho loss of a man or a pound of stores. "Tho fact that the forco should with draw from actual touch in somo cases tho linos wero less than 1,000 yards apart with tho enomy In tho manuor It did, is, I think, sufficient evidence of tho morale of tho troops, and that we wore permitted to withdraw our cum brons ox and mule transports across tho river, 85 yards broad, with 20-foot banks and a very swift current, unmo lested, is, I think, proof that tho enemy has been taught to respect our soldiers' lighting powers." I'lngue In Now Culmlunln. Vancouver, B. C, Jan. 20. From Noumea, New Caledonia, the steam ship Mlowera brings alarming reports of tho ravages of tho plague, which has been prevalent thoro sinco early in Do comber. There wero 10 deaths durinir tne nrst iu days lollowlng. tho ont break. Tho plaguo is attributed to tho nltny quarters of tho Japanese. Tonki neso and Kanakas. All tho Kanakas have been isolated on an island ndja cent to tho town. Up to December 23 there had been no deaths amontr tho whites, eight of whom had been In foctod, but nino Kanakas, two Jananoso auu nvo louKineso had died of tho dis ease. Much alarm Is folt by tho rosl douts and business Is nt a standstill. Tho natlvos beliovo tho plaguo Is a visi tation of providence, and that it is wrong to take means to check it. At Pomeroy last week 81 horsos duly inspoctod, and purchased by tho government. Aliout us many wero re jected. Ailinlnlntrntldii Will llrfn.r In I'lirtruril It n Neutrality OroiimU. New York, Jan. 31. A stiecial to tho World from Washington says: Tho fear of offending Great Britain am provoking a protest would cause tho administration to decline to comnly witn tno request oi Ur. I'reotorlus, o St. Louis, who, it is said, has for warded to Secretary Hay money and letters expressing sympathy with the Boers, which ho asks to ho sent to Piesldent Krugor through tho Amori can consul at Pretoria. It is indicated that tho stato department will take tho ground that it would bo a violation n tho neutrality laws for this government to give financial aid to a belligerent. It is pointed out that this request difTors from tho request made by tho American consul nt Pretoria in behalf of Groat Britain to bo permitted to for ward inouoy to bo used by tho British sick and wounded in tho pnrchaso ol delicacies, in that the latter request is made by ono liellierent of another, nslng a neutral as means of communl cation. Grout Ilrituln. .Mason aitat-k.- , only the consul, lint the i-lioii lirnaiii in luvying war ujkiu aiitn!,,, nation. Hoar thought tho coiinit'ii lliri, remarks, so serums nun it . m-iit to Investigated by the governim-m, ,e thu sumo time he deprecated mivnt upon Great Britain, with tin. lK,,li( which tno American eopie ougiit only live in pence, but un 1mii; devoted friends. 1nlgti slmrnlr raiiu't'd thu Ilritish rnmml d-r in,,),, mice against a united Mntm m-iu nud lielluvixi it ought not to to lii pa sued. Tillman delivered a hm-etui quite charaeterUtlo ee'li un Philippine question, In wht. h lit-nu tallied that this government .u tit extend to the Filipino the right govern momiH'ive, tno i tnt.-d su. guarding them agulunt the ari of other nations. Itrrrltril n lllcrk V.r. Tho bill for thu reorganliuuitioit Improvement of the Heather imtti which include prmUlon for pemiowJ disabled and aged employes of t h vice, received a black eye In the The bill wa bitterly fought tir opsiuent of civil M'iilson itilU cot count ol the life tenure prmuitiM contained, and It was rldetnukeil rl test vote of 57 to 53. Although milker ruled thai it remained on lulled Imslniss when the houso again iu committee ot the whnltv til spmnent of tho inenmiru Mime n action of thu day killed It. I lie early portion ol tho day waid vol ix I to a lively scrimmage oer Sulzer resolution to investigate tary Gago, which the committee rule recommended should In seat i the ways and mean committee, ait latter committee ha the rcupoti thu secretary Iu it hismsIou. wa no opposition to thu prop action, but Richardson, of Temi- nnd Sulzer. of New iork, used It renewing their attack utxiii the tary. Gage ua defended by I In klus, of Illinois, Hill, of Conuccn and Dalzell, of Pennsylvania. A bill to require pilot and odkvnJ steam vessels to make oath to their il plications for liccnso whs passed. mm1 m STEEL MILL WRECKED. Itoblirr fliinff Itiui Down, Uhoyenne, Wyo., Jan. 31. A roport has reached this city that a posse of Union Pacific dotoctlves, headed by torn norn, nan run down two of tho Union Pacific train robbers in tho Holo in tho Wall, aud after a dospcrato fight, Killed hoth ol thorn. Ono of tho pur suing party was shot, but it is thought not seriously. It Is known that the robbers separated in two gangs after leaving tho railroad, and tho mon ro . i int. i, . jiunuu Kiiieu wore tnoso who wero trallod through tho mountains so close ly and afterwards oscapod. It iB supposed they roturued to ths Holo in tho Wall when thoy thought tho pursuit was over, and thodotoctivos havo boon watching tho rendezvous ovor since, until thoy got thoir men. Denial It J- Kzetlt. Oakland, Cal., Jan. 81. Carlos Ezota, ox-prosidont of San Salvador, has roturnod to his homo horo after a trip of four months' duration to Mnr. ico. It was roimrtod nt tho timo of his doparturo that ho proposed to regain his i lost powor if possiblo, but ho denies Kiiloilon or a llxltrrr of I'our l.aiH llollxra. Pittsburg, Jan. 31. Tho steel partmeut of Phillips, Nimick & Co mill on Vet Carson street was cot pioteiy wrecked and a dozen men wm Injured by the explosion of a battery d four largo tailor today. The shock a the bursting holler was heard throuzK out the lower end of tho city and ttf eral thousand ieop!u wore attracted U the sceno of thu accident. Tho lo I tho plant will bo enormous. Five e tho injured men wero inutility almost beyond recognition, and one o more deaths may result. A resculo party is searching the wreckage, whir It is supped contain other of tho wort mon. Following is the list of thu iiioi loriou casualties: Simon Holland, fireman, tiled at til Homoopnthlc hospital; Daniel KooiiaJ badly cut aud scalded; Constatitia Gallagher, badly cut; Jeremiah Collluj W. T. Cook, Peter Bynos. ino oxpiosion was one of the uiofl terrific that over occurred in a Pitui burg mill. Tho roof of tho boiloi rooJ was complotuly lifted from tho buiWl Ing, and tho (lying iron and steel fell in all directions. The mon wero crushed to tho emtio! on tho spot whoro they wero attondlnjl to tho rolls, and those beside tho boill era wero scalded by tho escaplnfl itcatn. Wily (iovtiriior' Trlrk San Diogo, Cal., Jan. 80. Frosl dispatches brought by tho HambufJ steamer Volumnla, it npnoars that tKl i . . ... . . . m arrival oi tno vossoi nt Tumaco, Uoiou bia, whoro sho touched on tho way nr had tho offoot of saving tho plnco froa enpturo by Colombian robols. T lattor had domnndod tho surrender oi tho town, and tho uovernor was at bi wits' ond. Just then tho VolumnUI was sighted. Tho wily Kovornor tm his ohanco to mako a bluff. So ho net! a defiant mossago to tho revolutlonIii and told them that tho steamor off portl was bringing 600 government trooni- Tho trick succoodod, and tho robei'l abandoned thoir nurnoso to cttptunj lui that- such was his Intention. I Tumuco, ,1 Igg-gjgggtjfjygt