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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 16, 1900)
BOHEMIA NUGGET COTTAOK QROVK OREGON emDrehenalTe KeleW of the Import ant Iltenlrl of the Pt Week Called From the Telegraph Column. Lord Roberts ami Gcnoral Kitchener ixvo started for the front. The Insurgents have been driven out of Legaspi, province of Aibay. Thousands viowod the roniains Senator Goebel at Covington, Ken. Of .Affairs in Santo Domingo nro in a turbulent condition. Insurrection is breeding. It is said the dowagor empress o China is afraid to depose the emperor tvt present. On account of the serious roadbed 'washout on its Lowiston division, tlio Northern Pacific will lose $100,000 The transports Pathan and Sherman Arrived at San Francisco from Manila On board the Sherman are 75 invalid soldiers. Fire at Little Rock, Ark., destroyed property to the value of $205,000. The J. P. Qninn Drr Goods Company will lose $100,000. British troops crossed the Uppor Tucola river at Kolendrift with the ob ject of storming the Boer positions, but were driven back. . Three hundred Spanish prisoners re -volted at the treatment they received at tho hands of Filipinos, dispersed their captors and hold the fort. The largest office building in tho world is to be orectod in New York City, by the Alliance Realty Company It will be 20 stories high and will cost $4,000,000. President Ilavemeyer, of the Ameri can Sugar Refining Company denies that the leading refineries of the com pany were closed down as a result of the loss of business. Fish commissioners of Oregon and Washington have issued a statement that only citizens were granted licenses nd that false claims may have been made in some instances. The mortality in the city of Bom bay, India, in one day was unprece dented. There was a total of 408 deaths. The situation is aggravated by the advent of famine refugees. Word has been received by the de partment of Indian affairs and by tho -police authorities of fresh troubles among the Indians of Upper Laird, B. C. Seven members of a Scotch family are said to have been murdered. The Sunset Telephone Company of Oakland, Cal., has mortgaged to the Old Colony Trust Company of Boston, its entire possessions in California, Ne vada, Arizona and New Mexico, as se curity for the payment of gold interest learing bonds to the amount of $2,500, 000. The Nicaragua canal bill will bo pushed through both houses this month. Mexican liberals favor the candi dacy of President Diaz for re-election try a vote of three to one. Tho league of Republican clubs of Oregon convened at the armory in Port' land, with 800 delegates present. Mrs. Lillie Devereaux Blake has announced her candidacy for the presi deucy of tho National Women Suffragist Association. .Members or tne Algonquin Club, a leading social organization of Bridge port, Conn., have declined to entertain "W. J. Bryan. The plague in Honolulu has broken out in several isolated places outside of the orginally infected district, and its progress is regarded as serious. John D. Rocketeller is no longer president of the Standard Oil Company, Jlo resigned last December, but tho -facts were kept secret until now. Fifty-seven paintings, tho property el Austin 11. King, of Providence, R J., were sold at auction in New York for $77,375, an average of $1,356 per picture. Adelbert S. Hay, the now United States consul at Pretoria, was received by tho Transvaal government, and pre eentea nis creaonuais. lie created an excellent impression. Astoria, Or., now has the right of "immediate trnusporation. A dispatch .from Washington states that Senator George W. MoBride's bill providing for uch has passed the senate. This means a bonded warehouse at Astoria and the unloading of Oriental freight at that place. By way of preparation for the great struggle now In progross, the Boers in the year 1808 bought from France alone, guns, swords, carbines, pistols, cartridges, lead, zinc, powder caps, iuses, etc., to the invoiced value of f 380,000, according to a report of the jitato department from United States Consul Covert at Lyons. Henry Hughes, a hero ot tho old navy, lias been admitted into the county almshouse at Chester, Pa., at the ago of 05 years. Cannonading doos not interfore with the sending of wiroless telegraph mes sages. This has been tested in South Africa. During tho last year 25,203,001 bush els of grain and 3,108,513 gallons of molasses woro used for the manufacture of liquor in this country. LATER NEWS. A trans-rorslan railway will bo built. Australia is alarmed ovor tho situa tion in South Africa. Albav nrovinco is muoh harassed by the Filipino robots. A tnrrttartnl form of COVOmmOllt is recommended for HAwaii. Dawson merchants are closing up shop to go to Capo Nomo. Congressman Sulzor, of Now York is talkod of for Bryan's running mate, Firo in tho Brooklyn navy yard do strayed property to tho valuo ol !f 100, 000. Four men woro fatally wounded dur tng a riot at a danco in Northern Okla homa. Tho strike of tho Cuban oigarmakers has been settled. Tho effort was unsuc cessful. Robbers mado an unsuccessful at temnt to hold up a Santa Fo ttain iu Oklahoma. Elijah Cone, ono of the oldest nows paper men of Wisconsin, was frozen to death in loud du Lao. American minors uro not allowed to carry arms or ammunition into tno ... .t state of Sonora, Moxico. Chaplain Wells, inst returned from tho Philippines, says there is too much whiskey sold and used there. The transport Siam. whioh lost 311 mules out of 330 on her trip to Manila is back in San Francisco harbor. The city of Skagway protests against the appointment of a dolegato to con gress without tho voto of tho people. Ed. Armstrong, a Modfonl, Or. bricklayer, was shot and fatally in jured by A. J. Hamlen, during a saloon row. Firo at the National Bisouit Com pany's works, at Worcostor, Mass., de stroyed property to tho value of $00,- 000. The Kansas supremo court holds that railways cannot be compelled to fur- nlsh free transportation to livestock shippers. Buller's attack is now known to have been no feint. He was really de feated in a third attempt to reach Ladysmith. Thomas G. Merrill, of Salt Lake City, widely known throughout the West as an energetic worker in the sli er cause, is dead. The Boers are becoming aggressivo General Joubert, with 0,000 men, threatens Buller's right at Cheveley Another detachment of burghers is creeping through Zululand to destroy British communications. The Corbett-Jeffries tight will take place at Coney Island about the middle of May. T. Daniel Frawley has made arrange ments to take a copmany of actois to Cape Nome. An alliance, offensive and defensive, has been consummated between Ens land and Portugal. The English nation has settled down to the realization that the war with the Boers will last a long time. Governor Taylor, of Kentucky, has declined to sign the peace agreement and the case will go to the courts. A destructive fire visited the city of San Salvador. Central America. The total loss is estimated at $1,000,000. The United States transport Colum bia arrived at San Francisco from Manila. She made the trip in 30 days. Three ballot-box stuffers of Philadel phia were sentenced to imprisonment for two years and to pay a fine of $500 each. A resolution expressing sympathy with thb Boers was adopted by the sen- ato. It was offered by Allen, of Nebraska. Lord Roberta has addressed a letter to Presidents Kruger and Steyne, com plaining of the wanton destruction of property in Natal. Threo children of P. D'Arcy, living near South Union, Wash., were poison ed by drinking tne water Irom an abandoned well. Six men were injured by an explosion in the Columbia firecracker works at Fostoria, Ohio. A large part of the factory was wrecked. It has been decided by the secretary of the navy to appoint Commander Seaton Schroder to be the first naval governor of tho Samoan islund of Tutuila. The house committee on military1 attatrs will investlgr ) into thu Idaho mining riots at Wurdner, which the federal troops, under General Merriam, suppressed. In Chicago, 7,000 workingmen who have been engaged on buildings in course of construction, quit work. It is the beginning of a war between labor and tho contractoi . The jury in the caso of Roland B. Molineaux, convicted of poisoning Mrs. Adams, returned a verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree It is said the trial has cost $200,000. The Boers have taken Inkandla, a Zululand magistracy. Tho magistrate the night previous exploded tho maga zine, and, with his staff and police evacuated the place and proceeded to Eshowe. Bigamists in Hungary are required by law to live with both wives in the same houso. The National Live Stock association recommends leasing government graz ing lands. Alan Arthur, son of tho late presi dent, lives in Europe. He finds that his incomo goos furthor there. Kansas City is to hqve another in torarban electric railroad, to run to Olathe, Kan,, 31 miles distant. Provlnoo Muoh assed by Thorn. Har- AMERICANS SUFFER LOSSES lliibnnlc riitRiin nml Smallpox Anionic (hp Filipino-Operation of Hell ami neuron III I.uiml. Manila, Feb. 13. Of loto tho in surgcuts in Albay province, Luzon, havo adopted harassing tactics against the towns which tho Americans havo garrisoned They camp in tho hills and maintain a constant firo upon tho American outposts. Whon tho troops sally against thorn, they scatter, re turning when the Americans retire. They shoot burning, arrows, and havo thus burned a largo part of tho town of Albay. Indeed, most of tho towns iu that ptoviuco are practically deserted, except by tho garrison. Scarcoly any of tho inhabitants leturu to their homes. They are camping in tho inter ior, and it issupiiosod armed insurgents prevent them going back. It is report ed that tlioro is much suffering among them, owing to lack of food. As a re sult of these conditions, tho hemp busi ness in that section is seriously hin dered, and ships going for cargoes are compelled to take gangs of coolies to do their loading. Homp held in the interior is quite inaccessible. Colonel Bell will tako two regiments and a batterv through tho provinces of North Camariues and South Camariues, going there on trims ports. Mauv in surgents retreated to that part of tho island from Cavito and Batangas prov inces. Another expedition will soon tsrat to garrison towns along the north coast of the island of Miudauao. Gueriilla warfare continues south ot Manila. Two attempts havo been made to ambush tho Americans. Col onel Schwau, while returning to Manila with his stiff and an escort of 100 cav alry from Batangas, was uttacked by the insurgents. Tho lujter woro' dis persed, but the Americans had five, wounded. Lientenant-Colonel Beacon, with six companies of the Forty-socond infantry, had a two hours' tight with General Pio del Pilar's command, which at tempted to ambush the Americans along the trail through Moroug prov ince, near tho lako. Here, also, tho insugeuts were dispersed, Americans hud several among them a captain. but the wounded, General Bell is operating southward through Zambales province with a small force. Another expedition is proceeding northward from Subig. It is reported that the insurgents general, Alejandro, has recovered from his wound and has assembled a largo forco in that district. The plague continues. Light cases were reported lust week among the natives und Chinese There is no ex- citement, however, and business social life are undisturbed. and Small i)ox is prevalent among the natives along the railroad and in the towns on the northern coast. Two officers of the Thirty-sixth infantry have died of the disease and anothei officer and several soldiers have been stricken. ASSIMILATION OF CHINA. Dlinilir In Too Orent 8 peril Chlnrit I'Hatiiia.ter In Truile. Chicago, ieb. 13. "Tho greatest question of our time is whether the op simulation of the commercial force of China by the world will be a quick or slow process," declared Benjamin I. Wheeler, president of the University ol California, who passed through Chicago today on his way East. "If the pro cess be speedy," he continued, "there is likely to be a disastrous disturbance, but if it be natural and unforced, a peaceful adjustment will be insured. Therefore, the question, not so much oi the Chinese as of Cnina, is of para mount importance to Americans. 'Tho pressure of ages has made of the Chinese, pastmasters in commerce,. Their lack has been iron, and as tho commercial development of this coun try has been characteristically that ol metals, they have seemingly been dis tanced. But let them once acouire in- truction from the Western world in the metal arts, and they will bo able, with their geniue, to revolutionizo the commerce of tho globe." Illlzzuril In Colormlo. Denver, Fob. 13. A blizzard it sweeping over Colorado. Tho central and northern portions of tho state are in the throes of tho storm which is gradually moving southward. Snow has bees falling in tho mountains near ly all day, with no prospect of imme diate abatement. As vet railroad traflio has not been affected to any great extent, but a continuance of tho storm will seriously interfere with it. Reports from Southern Wyoming and Western Nebraska are to the effect that blizzard haB been raging in that vicinity today and ia continuing. Methodists in this country nronoso to raiso $20,000,000 as a "20th century thank-offering fund." This imraenso sum will be used for educational, char itablo and churoh purposes. Family Wa Asphyxiated. Chloaco. Feb. 18. MnrMn .Tnr1 a n an engineer, his wife Mary and their 5-raonths-old boy, wero accidentally, asphyxiated by gas last night in tholr uume hi rorty-inira street and Stewart avenue. ISUcult Company'. Fire, Worcester. Mass.. Fab. in today in tho Gilliam block. Ly the National Bisouit Company, com- iiiciuiy gunou tne uuiiaing, doing $00. 000 damage B ' Albay ORIENTAL NEWS. Further Advice. Ilrmi.lit by Ui Kin prra or Uhliia. Victoria, B. 0.. Fob. l.-Tho Mcamor Kinpress of China, brings tho following Oriental advloos: A terrible accident in reortcd from tho Wnhn river. A Junk was i-ught In a miow squall and turned Untie. all on board, numbering 20 in all, drowned. From Nugo-Ya, Japan, comes now of another tcrrlblo accident. A lire broko out January .2:1, in a largo spin ning mill at Koryo Muni, in tho Owiirl profoeturo. Two buildings were do itroyod aud 31 factory girls burned to death. Six were Injured badly and a number slightly Injured. Tho Flour do I.utus. as tho Junk ho lug sent from Hong Kong to tho Paris exposition is called, has started on her adventurous trip from tho China sea to tho French capital. Tho Junk, which is ono of tho common Chinese kind, is 73 feet long and 28 feet wido. Sim will stop on tho nmto at Saigon, Singa pore, Colombo and Aden. Tho j"" will bo towed through thu Sue canal. Captain Bourdounet, who is in ehurgo of her, is accompanied by his wife, ono French sailor, nine uunlmutos and nine Chinese. A great conlliigration occurred at Kluang, December 3l. In all 300 buildings woro destroyed. Tho cause of tho tiro is not known. Tho damago will exceed $1,000,000. Mont of tho bulldiugs destroyed were big shops. At Saigon, an Innimito woman has given birth to twin, joined together after tho manuor of tho famous SlamoM) twins. Tho infants were placed on ex hibition immediately after their birth and it is intended to send them to tho Paris exhibition. Tho French pajicr at Saigon protested against this treat ment of tho newly born Infants on thu ground of Inhumanity. An injunction was applied for, but was refused by tho courts. According to a dispatch received from Ngaukiug, thu provincial capital of Anhui, and translated by tho North China Daily News, it seems that, en couraged by tho nieces-en of tho ma rauding band iu Shautung, a number of rowdies of the former proviuco havo latoly banded themselves Into a soeioty called tho Sluo Tuo Ilui, or Littlo Swords Association, having tho same objects in view as their predecessor, the Tal Tao Ilui, or Great Swords As sociation, that of plundering converts and men of wealth. Tho now associa tion, it uppcurs, commenced its work on tho Yank Tee river, and raided u wealthy family of thu name, of Wu, u few miles north of Wuhu, carrying away a largo quantity of spoils and wounding several pcrsous. The next step of the bandit was to plan a raid on a number of Christian families liv ing near Wuhu, where thoro is un American mission chapel iu tho charge of a missionary, but tho inhabitants became alarmed and summoned sol diers, which scared away tho maraud ers, all of whom boldly declared that they belonged to the Littlo Swords, whoso mission wus to exterminate con verts to outside religions and mis eionaries. STORM AT ST. LOUIS. Cuuftrri One Drutli mill llrnvy 1-roperly I,o, St. Louis, Foil. 11. Considerable damage to projiertv in various parts of the city and vicinity was wrought Iks tween 2 and 4 A. M. by a wind storm that reached a velocity of GO miles an hour and was of tho nature of u torna do. Tho barometer fell to 20.25, tho lowest point ever reached in this vicin ity, according to the weather bureau dflicials heio. Previous to tho wind storm a terrific thunder storm hud raged for several hours, the ruin fall ing in torrents. Tho raiufull was 1.0 inches. .Mrs. busio inompson beenmo en tangled in a livo wire, which had been blown down, and was killed. In the burned district between Franklin nvo nue, Morgan street, Third aud Sixth streets, .fiiu.uuti worth ol property was destroyed. At 827 North Third street, tho four story building occupied by the George A. Benton Commission Com pany and the Sage & Richmond Com mission Company was blown down. It was next door to ono of tho buildings destroyed in Sunday's fire, and its walls had beon weakened. At tho ruins of Penuy & Gentle's department store, Broadway and 1-ranklin avenue, a cupola loft standing at tho west end of tho north wall and a lingo brick chimuov topped by a tall sheet iron smokestack wero carried down by the forco of tho wind. Policeman Forie. wno nau oeeu standing neur, had a narrow escapo from death. Much delay and considerable uamago was snfforcd by nearly every railroad entering tho city from the cast side of the river. At Jefferson City, Mo., tho wind and rain storm was one of the most sevoro fU it t ... . . ever leit mere, it was ioiiowetl by a fall of 03 degrees in tomperuture and a Bnow storm, which is now ragiug. Anton Heister, aged 05, was blown from his door onto a stouo wulk and killed. Stolen Money Returned. London, Feb 11. Tho sum of 20.- 000, the balance of 00,000 stolon from Parr's bank a year ago, has been mys teriously returned Tho notes wero found this morning enclosed in a steamer passbook I'linner' force Defeated. Pretoria. Fob. 11. Colonnl Pi force, on Fobruary 2, attaokod tho Boor Position near Itnrnnnntii heavy fluhtinu. inchnUni to tako tho pluco by storm, tho British wero repulsed. Thoir loss is unknown. No Boers wero injured. Severe Storm lit Mlmieupolli, Minneapolis, Fob. 10. Minneanolin May experienced tho sovorst snow norm ol the winter. Business is Itlyzod, and trains are late. par PREPARING Roborts Begins Movomont on Mngorsfontoin. ODJEOT TO RELIEVE KIMDERLY Tlie Town U In H'ire, Nlmll, i't I" I""" mlnoiil limrr of rllln Hurt. Ail iHiirhiK Through KiiIiiIhihII Ixmdon, Fob. 14. Uird Roberts has gathered 35,000 men, with whom, ay cording to tho best military opinion In London, ho purpose turning thu loft of tho .Magprsfontuln lines near Jacobs dal, unturing tho Freo State, coinwlllng General Cronju to raise tho nirgo of Klmberley, and thus making his llrst step toward llloumfontolu. Yesterday lrd Roberts announced thu appolntmont of General Sir Henry t'olvllle. hitherto commander of thu guards brlgadu, to tho command of tho Ninth division, which is boing formed, aud will consist probably to a great ex tent of colonial troop. General Col villa will bo succeeded by General Reginald Polu-Carew. Lord lloberts tolls thu correspondents that when ho gets down to buslncn they slmll havo umplo opiwrtunltlo to send nows. Ills chief press censor yes terdav issued now rules and in future all written communications are to go unchecked. Only telegrams will bo censored. For tho next few days littlo nows Is lkoly to got through, but later there will lio moro freedom. Thus says tho censor, und thu lust clause may bo interpreted to mean that mjiiio thing is atxiut to happen. Klmberley, 80 miles away from thu Modder river Ksltion, Is insorestraltn. Details of tho Documbor death rutu show that in a population of 1 1,000 whites and 10.000 blacks, tho mortality was 00 whites and 38 blacks ier 1,000. Tho infantile death ruto wus 071 jmr 1.000 among tho white and 012 jntr 1,000 among tho blacks. lnterio fuvur was prevalent. This frightful state of things in Decembur cannot havo improved much, if at all, since, and tho lighting jiower of tho garrison must havo been greatly diminished. Meanwhile thu bomburdmoiit by the Boers has Increased, and .there is Im minent dangur of tho town falling under the very eye of Lord Rolierts. it is believed in circles closo to tho war ollko that ho will move at onco Scouts havo approached within 1,000 yards of thu Boer entrenchment Magersfonteln. They huvo found these Strang and ascertained thut thoy uro used as dwelling place. Naval guiltier are constantly watching tho enemy's lines with strong glasses, and they no claro thut there is appreciable dlinluu tion in the Boer forces. In Natal thu Boer commandos south of tho Tulgela occupv Bog's farm and soveral miles wust of Cheveley. Two thousand Boers, with three gnus, nro advancing thruugh Zululand toward Natal. The war olllco ii making prepare tions to continue tho stream of troop for South Africa, tour largo steamers have been chartered. LAST WEEK OF DEBATE. Three Sprri'lirft on the Semite FlnuitrlN Hill. Washington, Feb. 14. Tho final week's discussion of the ponding flnan clul bill was begun in the senate today itiu speakers wero two Rupulilicum KlkiiiH, of Wust Virginia, und Wolcott of Colorudo und one Populist Butler, of North Carolina. Elkins advocated tho passage of tho iiendiug senatu measure in a brief, but forceful argu ment. Wolcott, chairman of the Inter national Bimetallic Commission of 1807, spoke for many ItopnbllcunH who adhere to lilmutallsm, and his speech earnest und eloquent, was accorded un usual attention. Butler closed tho do hato for tho day, advocating tho udop tion of his amendment providing for an issue of paper currency by tho gov eminent. An important bill was passed by tho houso today, which makes universally applicable tho law that now permits tho transit in bond of goods through tho United States. Goods in bond can bo shipped through any portion of tho territory of tho United States to foreign ports, it is principally designed to givo tho transportation companies of tno united States u lartiou of tho trans-continental trade to the Orlinit Tho bill also repeals tho law of March 1, 1805, prohibiting tho shipment of goods in bond to tho Moxlcan frc zono. Tho latter provision was fought by htopiions, of Texas. Tho remainder of the day was occupied in passing privuto pension hills lavorably acted upon at IIIHt J rldav lllirht's nnuolnn and in District of Columbia legislation To Survey llrltlth North America, Winnopcsf. Man.. Feb. 1.1 Tim Canadian government is equipping a iuruu h irvev nurrv tor nn nrnm rmt nn of tho immediate territory lyinu ho- tween tho Great Slavo lako ami llnd son's bar. This stretches from rim Rockies to tho Atlantic. It is 2.000 miles wido. mid is sunnosnd rn vmnl,i rich mineral stores. The War III Yiicutun. AuStlll. TOX.. Fob. 14 A fltunnfl, from Oaxaca. Moxico. suvh rim irui. dent Dalz has ordered two moro regi ments of troops to proceed immediately to Yucatan, whom thev will Inln t:,... eral Bravo's forces in tho campaign bo- iuk wagon ugainst tno juayii Indians, A eovon-yoar-old girl, of Bntto, Mont., was killod by tho accidental dischargo of her father's revolver. In ACQUITTED AND t ii r n While HI un h As KatmnsClty, Mo,, Fob. II special mini rori Arthur, 're, "Junius rlweuimy (wlilloi wi-, at i o out; mm mornniif u. nnn vm. i .mi iiiiiii lorrm.- hud killed Charles Crumbm. . laiKiror. ny juiiiiiiiiig a naynnet His nacK. ino urltuo was ,.,,.. on tuo uiiunioou oi rehnirtry .i .. , .. . in nt'lii iiiii mi iiiiirnniiH lirrmtlif sum hi iiiivu n-MiiiMii irmn ... . ..." 'I light that took- place it lew m,U VIIIIIN. AIIIIIIIIIV MlVI'lltlMl .. I. . "' ' '-V "'IIIIIII lor tnuriiur in mo nml iU was placed on trial lit lleauiii'itit, rrwuy, unit mst nignt thu nvu i .. . ....ii... ..i ..... ........ ''"iifi llllliru ll iiiiu.i t in urn xiiiiiv. Aikea as hu was released Hweenev r..tl)fllrj Port Arthur, arriving here m I'jjit morning. "Word hud been tolegriiilim ,2 that ho whs coining, und a mob,!.1 hint ut thu depot, marched hii,)!' town and strung hlin up to a tel(!!J polo without cerciiiimv. In o,, uttmnpt thu rope broke. attempt was made suceesslul bjj Sweeney's legs so his feet mnllft touch ground and drawing up t li r taunt. Their work ueitiitipit a: mob, which was inadii up l 'onft thur cltlxmm, i!iscred quietly, U' "Sheriff IjiikIiih f llemimimt.ii. notified of thu mob's work, nnd U mediately started for Port Arthur. returned to Beaumont tonight ,jV Jack Martin, a boss stimilnrn, IHU follow workman named ('!itni.l,tJf custody. Martin is believed been a ringleader Iu thu lym-hing,- CALM AT FHANKFOHT. n Ilvpiilillrnn I.egUlnlora llrtnmril jll Heaalillta. Frankfort, Ky., Fob. 14. TMi jjj another day of uuliiokeii calm In YrS, fort. Tho Itupuhllcuil member. ot legislature met at neon, and, ufUili jKilntlng committees to inform i2J or Taylor that, pursuant to tholttai his proclamation adjourning thu it latum ut I-ondon and calling uTJ Frankfort, they had come to tlili(l and were prepared to trausnct huslncM as must iiime Ixtforu ig The governor acknowledge the ifi and both honw adjourned until Jl morrow. There were nine mruit2) the senate mid 28 ill thu houre. U Thu committee which wus cii to coino from the Democratic iiiajj at ImlnviUu, to rert whether safe for them to count to FraniiL did not put iu an upitcuruiuu di& tho day. S Today, Governor Tnlynr dertlMe order away all of the soldier nuri4 with thu exception of a few fur s i onal body guitrd. Hu had teutM Colonel Wllllum and given oidrnfi' thu moving of thu troops, but cmijj nis friends urged so strongly tlut f. soldiers ho iiurmltted to remain M Governor Taylor changed his lntrMi and said that, for tho present, ut I " ho would not havu anr more of returned to their homes. Iito this afternoon tho detect working iiou thu (ioobel assasiiaiir discovered a bullet Imlwdded loot.1 tho treeH in thu south side of the cw tol square. It struck thu tree nloHj fneheN fnim tin. ifnimitl uinl iilmri.lai n--'. , " a lino from thu executive building, g the ss)t where Governor Govbcl rr A block of wood containing the bttv was cut from tho tree, and is nuwfj thu posMMtsiou of thu pruueoos attorney. p The ChlriiBo HlrlUr. Chicago, Fob. 14. Of the 7,fi building tradesmen who took ihelrbi holiday Saturday afternoon, In ili tltc ol the now rules of tho building tractors' council, one-half, it wai nouiicuil bv labor leaders, rina work as usual on big buildings. 1 is regarded by labor Interests us U: eating weakness iu thu building cC tractors' agreement to stand by it' another. At tho heudquurturs of ij contractors, it was declcarod tho e still at work were doing so under l clal agreements, in order to comr! certain portions of work. Openitllj on numerous smaller structures nre a standstill, aud will remain so, ' bosses say, until tho places of loelg out men aro II I led. To guard utfiuf others taking their places, union u$ havo 1,000 pickets stationed about city. V Tho building material trades count J with a imiinlu-ruhlti of on nun Imn i 5 i . ... w,,lr Ww, .... , nouncod that it will supjiort the tol ing trades council. No material bo furnished to contrautom uintilnj uomiulon labor. 2 P I' I re lit Hie Niivy Viiril. Q Now York, Fob. 14. Building j) 7. in the Brooklyn navy yard, occupg by the electrical equipment depijt' mnnt. was destroved bv tiro tod3 Tho loss is .$100,000, equally dlvlijjj between tho machinery und btilldi A largo quantity of valuable retnw wero saved, which Admiral Philip '2 would havo involved u task of uboutw rH to replace. 2 Tho fire is boliovcd to have caused by a dofootivo oloctrio iw I wiro. and started ultout A. M. A1 uiiral Philip hi in self took charge tho forces that fought thu flame :, received sovoral cutH about tiot from broken glass. t' Admiral Philip will, it is said, recO'j mend tho establishment of a rcgu firo department at tho navy yard. l'rluoe Henry In Vienna, Vloniui. Fob. II). Princo Henry Tlrimuln n.l. li'llltlCr, Francis Joseph mot him at thoratWj l,l him tO V '( IIMV) IIVVUIIIIIIIIIU1I Hoflnirg. Tho popuhico gavo prince un ovation, Mm. .'aimer' Nomination Coiillrm? Wnnhlii.irnii Vnli. 14 TIlO 0D?1 today conllrmod tho iiomlnatiofl Mrs. Borthn II. Palmer, of IIH'i! bo a commissioner to the 1'uruni " - . jt' nor own hands. tion. ft tx 1