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Newspaper Page TextBOHEMIA NUGGET I'ulilUtied Kxrrr rrl.Tur. COTTAGE GROVE. ..OREGON I OF HE WEEK Varaprehrnnlve KrtlMT f the IiniMirl Jnt llatiiidiliicn of III- I'it lVrrk Cullrtl Prom the Tcl.-srni.ili roliiiiiiin Plaguo hag broken ontat lions Kong, Ira Williams, a logger, was drowned In the Necauicum river, near Astoria The government ot the Orange Free State has been moved from Kronstadt to Heilbron. Republicans of Illinois in convention ssscniblod, indorsed the McKinley ad ministration. Two men and two boys were killed by the wrecking of a frnit train, near Rawlins, Yyo. Excessivo customs duties imposed by the military government are fast kill ing American trade in the Philippines. The First and Second Irish Fusiliers tailed from Capo Town for Athlone, Ireland, to recuperate from their try- lug experiences n the held. President Powell, of the Order of Railway Telegraphers, issued an order formally discontinuing the strike of the Southern railway telegraphers. During a riot between strikers and workmen at the Buttouwood mine, ot the Parish Coal Company at Wilkes barre, Pa., about 20 men were badly injured, the strikers dispersing the workmen. The British iron ship Sierra Nevada, Captain Scott, from Liverpool, Janu ary 1C, for Melbourne, Aus., was total ly wrecked outside the harbor of the latter place. Five of her crew wero saved, but 22 others, including the cap tain, perished. One hundred and fifty-seven Japanese immigrants have landed in San Fran cisco, of which number 75 were admit ted by certificates of landing signed by the United States immigration com missioner at Vancouver, H. C, and 82 on certificates from the commissioner t Seattle. Franklin W. Fisk, D. D., whose res ignation after 41 years incumbency of the office of president of the Chicago Thoelogical seminary, takes effect at the close of the current year, has been elected professor emeritus of the chair of sacred rhetoric of the institntion. The election is for life. The Eecretarv of the treasury has di rected Collector Jackson, at San Fran- isco, to detail an inspector from the ' 1 ii. : i . i i.: uuic?a uurcau iu nuvuu iu tut: uiu.ijj i put of papers for Chinese merchants jloiinciled in this country who are on the eve of departing for China with the intention of returning. They will have Jhese papers on their return to this country to facilitate their landing. Russians and Chinese clash in Man churia, many being killed on both sides. Admiral Dewey attended a reception by the colored people at Memphis, Tenn. Astoria will ofler a bounty for seal f calps in order to protect the salmon industry. Tho steamer Tosa Marn has arrived at Seattle from Yokohama with TOO more Japs. The bill for Alaskan lighthouses prob ably cannot be passed at this session of congress. President McKinley sent birthday congratulations to the crown prince of Germany. Two persons were burned to death by LATER NEWS. Congress will adjourn about Juno SO. Burglar rifled tho postotlico and store At Jefferson, Or. Bnller has taken Boers' stroughold on the Biggarsborj. Tho British woro received nt Kroon stad with open arms. Tho minority report on the ship snb sidy bill is strongly agatust a subsidy. The corcruor of Missouri has offewl aid to the polico in tho St. Louis strike. Nationalists won two-thirds of the vacant seats in tho Paris municipal gov ernment. Tho Chicago & Rock Island railway will probably build to Portlaud, Or. Surveyors are now in tho field Droyfus is In Paris and Franco is worried. Ollicials will try to hurry him away, owing to four of demonstrations. Landing privileges at Manila are held by an unscrupulous monopoly that is accumnla.ing a fortune and throt tling trade. The number of cases of bubonic plague at Svdnev, N. S. W., officially reported to this date is 210, of which 76 proved fatal. Chicago and other Mississippi valley i cities are expecting the hottest May . weather in vears. There wero four prostrations in Chicago. Joe Barker, found guilty of man slaughter for the killing of Charles Johnson, in Seattle, three months 'ago, was sentenced to 15 years' imprison ment. After writing a note of farewell to his foniiejjsweetheart, Harry S. Bar rett, of Chicago, prosperous in business and heir to an estate worth $75,000, took carbolic acid and died. Fifteen thousand Mobammodan weavers met in Benares and indoi-sed n memorial to tho Indian government DEIIIli British View of Situation in South Africa. THE WAR IS ALMOST OVER Lont Holier!. Wn Wrlcmiic.l Kroon tml-Diitrh, llo.-ri.rr, Itn'r SitHVrr.l Small Mntrrlal !. London, May 15. "Tho war is prac OPERATIONS IN CAVITE. All r.li.rlp.1 Town. 0-l" mm h ln.crmiir.tt' WMhiMsto... My '--v;;r; pavtment 1m . V m , , ton U . (mill llrli-a.llor-l.onerrtl Whtaton. I r . coiUnlug tin. oiH.rHtt.uw of i , M.HMlltloii led lv him .rly in JainmrU 1" ohocH.u...ryslr..ol.lK''.i.h fio m Manila to Lake Toil. III. forco. fUtltiK ol the Fourth. TwontyoliMl'. Thirty-eighth. rVrtyllMi and t,(,",lu." Lu ami 1H of !. Thirty-sovent ' i .i.,i.i..liini'iitn ol tho lb"'1 Mint Fourth artillery, eonn-ntratiM. at Iiiiiu- and ono lull.- M.utli of that Mltit. ti, ?ih l the inuiith tho IIM on- gagement occurred. In which I.ioiitoii- .. -...Ill' U'.lllllll- HMITE nULLCIJ OUT8 Is at Last Dooldod Sonato. by tho FHEE HOMES UILL PASSED Lnv tlm Dully Chronl- I .... iv..-i IM..HIKV umn mortally wouml clo's Kroonstad coriestKiudent. and, in wi,i0 leading a detachment Mg.iinM less dolluito terms, tins is tno view iu (.)0 onemv, 500 stroms inmanvl positions OI tllO ...i.. 1...111.. In i-niiiiimllil (if a M'OtlOII Ol " . .. . .. uiiu iwiiu - ,. ... mi,., iimi irmii II lilt) Hi linn', ni" s. Them was pnictioally no tlgnt- tl ,.lflll ur,uiery. eiiiiged ilio enemy -v i,.iiU.mI to and there are no further details to , ,,,, w,wn, ,i,0 insurgents er . vo respecting tho occupation of Kroou- . , wlth ,,rtM,t -.fonghter. 7 1 Untie. I"; ' , .,,h i . Tho co-respondent of tho Daily I . ommted in one iriiou of " . . ... I.., u tl.mi ly lttiofield. Our K h 11 ".e.., ; ; ' r - ,(,r , i rrl T T Z T 1- . l.nlni.l 1h ltit II II I II VI I If 1T1 1 M IHJ I"'" i'i- Iw gathered fivnn all the corrosponit tlin llonrit n.4 utter ly demoralized and dishwirtcued by Lord Rolerts' unoxpectoily rapid ad vance, and by his faeilo turning of tho carefully Boei ing pi stad Teleg ho Union Jack was hoisted in market place by Mrs. Lockhead, tho American wife of a Scotchman. Most of the horses of the Boers are in a wretched condition, but President Kruger declares he will continue tho war." It appears that tho Boers at KroouRtad had been reinforced by 3,000 men from Natal last Friday, and that altogether 10,000, with 20 guns, treked from Kroonstad on tho approach of Lord Rob erts. The Boers made an ineffectual ! stand at Boscbiaud, and had elaborate entrenchments in front of Kroonstad, which offered great facilities for a rear guard action. Their only anxiety, however, appears to havd been to get away safelv with all their guns and The America" loss win two prlvatei kiiiu " wounded, while tho linurgonH lost M killed and wounded. On t'l day I "I onel Ulrkhoimor. with a del.iehmont )l th Tweiitv-eiL-hth infantry and Cup- Toiigiif Srtnrr n llimril In llMnllnl Ciiliiiiihlit IHft llrjili.rli UMf.tlt.M Hiilmiwrlii" Toriifdii-llonU. WiiHliliinton, May 10. Alter a .dl fusion hiHtliiK vn full ly, tho Mill uto today piisnod tho iiavnl approjirla ttuti bill. I'ractlially lour day worn doMitid to tho etiii.ldiiratlon of tho amor plato jimKMiltUiii, which won agreed to llimlly " reported Innn tho tMiiinilttoo. with tho oxooitliin that tlio M'orelarv l tho navy Ik mith"rl.od to iiiako iiiitnioti tuny mr such iinnm n convoys, which again they have success' o..ic ioo jw.ian-,,f.i,nt : iuiiv accompusjieu. iuo ther wero contrarv to the laws of Mo- i lue-v wero "name 10 carry fow stores away, they burned. The Times says: "Tho signs point to military break-down on tho part of the Boers, but after experiences of the jKist, we cannot accept tho reports of demoralization without rescive. Tho game of war must bo 6trictly played out to the end." ' Lindler, the new Free State capital. is 45 miles southeast of Kroonstad, half way to Bethlehem, and was probably selected as a convenient rendezvous for tho command that is now retiring bo fore General Brabant and General Run die, in the Tbabauchu district. Bra bant has occupied Hoepelok, half way on the road from Thabanchu to Lady brand. There is not n won! of news regard ing General finller's movements or from the far western side. Nothing is known, therefore, of the progiess of the Mafeking relief column. THREE KILLED IN STORM. hammed In the United States supreme court at Boston, Charles II. Cole, former president of the now detunct Globe National Bank, who recently pleaded guilty on an indictment charging him with misappropriation of funds of tho institution, was sentenced to serve eight years in Greenfield. Alec Whitney, aged 25, a society leader, was shot and killed on n street carat Augusta, Ga., by a negro in a quarrel over a seat. The negro, Gns Wilson, was taken off a Georgia rail road passenger train at Harlem, 25 miles from Augusta, by a mob and lynched. lie was being taken to Atlanta for safekeeping. A cheese trust has been formed in Chicago. Arbitration with regard to the St. Louis street car strike has failed. Lord Roberts entered Kroonstaad. ' wlilpli linrl l.opn oi'anriiiAft I it- iYta Transvaal forces. Honolulu has been officially declared a clean iiort, the plague being efficient ly btamped out. The senate, by a close vote, rejected the proposition for an armor-plate plant operated by the government. The towns of Ililongos and Maasiu, in Leyte, have been captured by the Americans with few casualties. The American pavilion at Pari3 was turned over to the exposition authorities with impressive ceremonies. Z A woman and 8-vear-old child were dealers, had been at Como Tark with burned to death at South Omaha, Neb., ,lis fonr children and they were driving by starting a fire with gasoline. home. On Dale street the storm dis- Germany ft said to be supplying- the J, , W,,in"ael Filipinos with arms to enable them to I iTlli dt TJ , h m continue their fight against the United ml m ii I i io i' ct,01, ijuriug his daughter -and 10-year-old Charles Panstein, a murderous ath lete of Butte, Mont., shot and killed a butcher, his wife and then committed wounded Still another sharp engagement or curred on tho 7th. when Major Tag g.irt, with tho Socond iiud Third bat' tiioiw nf tlm Tweutv-eluhth Infantry attacked a forco ol iinurgeiitu estimated li at 1,000 t.truii, near Iiiius, driving them from tho Held, killing and noiindng moro than 80. Major Tan gart had one man killed and six wounded. Ufce Tmil wan reached on tho 10th, and several Mitfht nklrmisho occurred on tho northern and wtitorn shores. On tho 10th Majiir W. II. John ston, with three wmp inies of tho Forty-' cixth infaiitry, met the enemy at Lem eriug. 800 stnuig, with lour annum, , and drovo them now the rlvor tu Taal. On the 20th lie wat reinforced by three companies Mint from Bataugai by Colonel Anderson, Thirty-eighth in fantry, and attacked and carried Taal, I diserhing tho insurgents and capturiu; their cauuou. THE SOFT-NOSE SHELL. tnr tl.n ImttlKUhlll .MllttlO, Ollld mid MioM.url mid proceixl to oroot mi armor factory, tho iimi not tu oxcewl $1.0110,000. inio-hall ol which aiuoiinl Hindu iinuiedlateiv avaimuio. ui ... 11. ... ii.. frviiul 1 1 V it voto of t: to 10. Tho Mwrotary of tho navy Is directed to puiclwM llvo Hd land torKHlo Imatri, at u (irlco not ox ceetllug 170,000 mtch. Junt beforo ailjtnirnineiit. NoImiii (Hop. Minn.) called up tho "fren homwi" bill, and it wait pan! with out a word of debate. A bill (ir tlm iwtalillnliiuout f a Hiihthuuw and fog Mgiial at Ship I'olnt, Wih., at a cort of Jlit.UW) was jmhimhI. A otiliciirreiit reHilulloii whh Milopttil for a nurioy of the outlet ol Flathead lake, Mont", with n view to kplti the lake full. A bill providing for the appointment of a collector of ctmtoiiin fr tlm cun toms IUtrlct of llauati. at a wilary of f 1,000 iwryear. and fr mich deputien I. IaiihIiiii, m (lilt ml ttittu v r... 1(1 . I . ..... ki. 1 1 . . - Tin,. ..i lr"du " .' I 1 III It I... i . M'ongth. u, U lllHiiiiaki.r, in,, i, ""Mi , " '"""rv ,.,.,1 ..-r-n rim ii.il in trmipn win ked i , ll1 Tin. n,i...i. nt,"M li.. i ; "ii 'k u... '( Ullllil..u "'HI I. nuiiu it. IIi.tK 1 'ft. "uikod th ,,.. - " "'iinm. hiiio, , -' woro praeticBii, ... ...Ul lor Itinr.-li ...... . I. u'iii kiii... i '""Hon. ..II. IV ... , " I. ... I I. 'iUI I t Irfllldoii. Mv in I'nlv.bl U .. . "A (U i .. "'"nniriM ' ..mi Kill llio l,rt . -J) XllllllllMI lit- I ."-.I V.....I k nir.il, I....I i " o . v TIIM fl L Ptruii ill iimitum,., f,,,,. ii....- ' 1Jrllt lit I li.lt... t i vtL',, O.K. dontlv anti.,1 ,,.,, l iM. ii iici n tt. i .... . --n . . : "in IIIIIIHl In rnturii u. I " "Alter I. r tllO flKlt lil II,.. tho illructiiiii . lllllthO', Two Slore Srrlmnljr Injur, d Sot, r Klectrlc ltltlurbancr. St. Paul, May 15. Three persons were killed and two were seriously in jured during a severe wind and rain storm this evening. The wind played havoc with the telephone wires between this city and Minneapolis. The poles of the company for two blocks were stre.wn over the track of the Inter Urban trolley line, thus blocking traffic for the night. Sidewalks were dis placed and buildings suffeicd. Patrick Sexton, senior member of the firm of Sexton & Co., wholesale clg.ir : im iimv be ueowiry. wa mh I Halo (Run. Me. ) then called up tlm ititruinri Ktiditlii iii.w it l'l,rc, naval appropriation hill, tlm pending Ariiu.r-riHi,. qitehtimi iM-iiiK on tho amendment of Now York. May U. James W. John- Chandler (Rep. N. II.) mibtlnitliu In son, member of tho firm of Imac . Tillmnu'n amendment $116 for HO0 nil Johnson & Co., of Spityteii Duyvill, in- tho price ol armor, 'tlm amendment ventors of the JuIiukjii iKft-noMj nhell, j wa rojwted, M to !7. explained last night how tho wilt hteel Hoar (Hep. Mum.) offered tint follow cap enables u projectile to pierce annul ing amendment to tho comiiiltte pnip plafe. ,onition with ripoct to tho coimtmctluii ' I think," said Mr. Johnion, "that of uti armor pinto faciiirv the action of the holt Meel cap may ho illustrated by n simple exj-'rimctit . If you would try to drive a shlti.de null through a piece of sheet iron, tho n.ill (iu Id bend. But if you ilri-t drive a nail through a piece ol hardwood, it will penetriito the sheet iron. "Tlio w)(t-nse, iu other word, pre vents tho projectile fiom gliiticlug off. Its whole force is concentrated nt That II, under tho otrnt!!i u( tho iiIkho provUiou, no goverumeut armor plato iiianufactory In lx-.-un or built, tho secretary ol tlm navy nhall mibmlt to eongriwi at tho iH'gtuiiiug of it nuxt cesHlou a detalliMl rujiort, in which Im nhall estimutu tho entire cot of u fully epiipped Koxeruinulit armor plato mall- iilactory. including klto and tho prubithlo uioiluni minor tlio, tlmtt at which tho lent point. In one of tho tet iimdo at In pinto could be produced at said factory diau Head, wo fired a projectile at the mid ready for delivery." armor plate at an alible of 21 degree. No sooner had the soft note touched tho plato than tho projectile turned at a right auglo to the plate and uiie tr.ited it. Tho cap or colt none, iiImi acts as a kind of lubricant to tho shell." r.n.iiiiutr .if wr. Washington, May H. No din-tott- Enicido. The Populist national convention nt the destruction ol the American hotel at Genetsee, N. Y. New York's naval reserve refused to accept the navy department's offer for a croiso and practice. Charles F. Neely has been arrested for embezzling f 30,000 in the Cuban postoffice department. Three Forest Grove people are thought to have perished in the sinking of the Dora E. in Alaskan waters. I tion Three Americans were killed and ' barker for president and eeven wounded in an engagement with . nney "r v.ce-presiuem. rebels on the Island ot Panay. The work of the Chicago city di Middle-of-the-road Populists at Sioux ' ctory enumerators for 1900, almost Falls will hold their convention in a- cm,f eted. shows that the Ipnlatlon big tent. Ignatius Donnelly is talked , of Chlca is not Iess thn 2.001,000. of for tho presidency. Seven men were killed and 20 or ., . , . , , ... , more firemen hurt by a collision in a Martin Sievert, who killed one tunael ta PhlIadeiphia. The wreck Cfinstenson at Latuya Bay, Alaska, I -M ,, ,i. A,i . ,a , ,ft ,000. Owing to the alarm being taken in Flrat ItHpulillcun CuiitriiiIiiii. New York, May 1-1.- A special to the Herald from Washington says: Survivors of the first Republican Na tional convention are, trt bn tlm Sioux Falls nominated W. J. Bryan for in Philadelphia next month. Invita president, Charles A Towne for vice ' tions will be sent to them next Mon president. aay. Only 15 survive of all those who Before leaving Kroonstaad, President Jaseombled in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, Steyn issued a proclamation making ; on June 18, 1850, to enunciate the new Liudley the seat of government of principles and to bring into existence Orange Free State. I a new party. Of these only one con Middlo-of-tho-Road Populist conven- ",nns,f Prominen,t flKQre in politics, in at Cincinnati, nominated Wharton ' U? is eP!seDtative Galusha A. Grow, Ignatius asked the miners there to hang him and was accommodated. ine cnieis oi xniniia, oi tne ba- America over the influx of Japaneso moan group, have formally ceded the 1 nnd the probability of anti-Japanese island to tho United States, and the legislation, the Japanese government is .american nag uas oeeu noisiea. making efforts to turn the tide of its Representatives of the Field museum surplus population to Formosa. in Chicago will soon be in the North west for a three months' tour for the purpose of seeking curios among Ore - fon Indians. Twenty-six hundred street-car men are on a strike in St. Louis, and every lino in the city is compelled to sus pend operaton. The police are power Jess. Greece has forbidden the exportation of antiquities. A railroad across Gieoce, to coet $9,000,000, will bo finished in four years. During tho present decado the United States produced half of tho world's pop per supply Tho Alfikan winter was tho coldest on record. Tho temperature ranged from 17 to 69 degress bolow zero ar Dawson. The cholera continues to rage in the famine camps of India. There have been 400 deaths in three' days at Man dive So numerous are the cases at Godra that it is impossible to collect tho bodies, which lio for days in tho sun. The people have fled and cannot bo induced to return. A similar state of things prevails at Broach. Louisville, Ky is to have a large Mormon temple. Thero are 9,321 officials on the New York stato pay roll. Census enumerators begin work on Juno 1 and finish in 30 days. The Alaskan gold output for the sea son is estimated at over $20,000,000. Major Arms says he has sent nearly who was tho youngest member of the lower house when he first ontored it nd who is now its oldest member. The guests of the national commit tee will bo given prominent teats on the platform. Wool SiiiiicBllnc. Boston, May 14. Special treasury agent, nnder tho direction of Ayent uon verse J. bmith, ol this city, have Just unearthed an alleged swindling scheme, and, as a result, 100 sacks of , wool, valued at $0,000, have been seized in this city, Lawrence and Bris tol, R. I. It is estimated $50,000 worth of wool has been smuggled through the port of Boston during' the past year. America Ought to Send 81,000,000, Jsew York, May 13. -The Indian famine relief committee tonight issued an appeal asserting that desoito svs tematio aid furnished 0,000,000 poople iu iuuia, bi least o,uuu,ouo are starv ing, -ine appeal says that Amorica ougnt to send at least a mllion dollars. Scotch Ranker Killed Illmteir. Edinburgh, Scotland, May 14. H. H. Norc, manager of tho Union Bank of Scotland,, was found dead this morning at his residence His head was half blown away by a gun. Apparently ho committed suicide. His action is attrib uted to tho fact that ho had been suffering from influenza. Murat Holstead has accepted the presidency of the new College of Jour 23,000 Aroeiioans to South Africa to nall8. an institution devoted to teach join tho Boor forces. i InS practical newspaper work. tion has been made as yet of the uava appropriation bill by tho donate, hit niter an an-oay uihcusmoii, an agree ment was reached. A notable Hiweeh was dellvereil ly Lodge ii.ou the lie cesMty ot bunding up the United States navy without delay. The speech was delivered with the viunr and oamiMt uess cuantcifiriHiio OI 1Oilgu H UlHOUH eion ol public rjuefctions, and attracted much attention. Daniel presentd an extended argument in nup'iort of tho immediato construction by tho govern ment ol an armor factorv, whilo Alll eon opposed the project of a government armor factory on tho score of economy Townn'a A.t vice Nut Tnken. Ciiicago, May 11. -Charles A. lowne, when askod for an expression ot opinion regarding tho action of the Sioux Falls convention, said: "I can only say what I have always said since my name has been mentioned in this connection, that 1 have not fought the office and have mado no efforts to so cure the nomination, but if the Poim lists and tho other parties think I am the most available man for tho position, i win accept. It has been my wish all along that tho Sioux Falls conven- tion should namo a committee to moot with the committees of the other two parties at Kansas City to consider tho vice-presidential question, but It looki as tnougn my friends at Sioux Falls did not consider that the best courso to totlow." ItlnU In Hiialn. Madrid, May 14. Yesterday passed on peacefully practically everywhere wiruugiioui uie r-pauisti dominion, do spito the universal anti-taxation agita tion. The only noteworthy distnrh ance took placo at Valencia, where riot ing occurred and barricades woro eroot en in tno streets, from behind which a mon nonet! tno geudarmos. Tho lat ter, in endeavoring to dislodgo tho riot ors, wero received with riflo shots, and two jiollcemen were injured. Tho gen darmes roplled with u fusillado beforo tho mob fled. Iiili.irtutliin of Contract Laborer. Victoria, B. C., May 14. Tliern n, over 400 more of tho Japaueso imml grants waiting ot tho quarautino sta tion, lauded last ovouing from the steamer Sikh. Thoso 400 nr nn,i nil for tho United Statos, but only 200 will bo carried through direct. A large number of tho Jananosn ers undor a contract mado with tl.nm by u Japauoso firm in Nnw Thoy aro engaged to work in some New England mills. Tho amenilinuut wit accepted by tho committee and as amended the com milteu's prop)ltlou was adopted, ii to lit. Tho next prriKitloiiu( the committee provided for the piitchaio o( five Hol land Miliiiini llio torHdo IkmiU, at a prion of $170,000 uiuh, mid It wan adopted alter Mime debate with an amendment making tlm purchiiM) mandatory. Chandler offered an amendment re ducing the number of armored criiimTH provdod for in the bill from three to two and tho number of pmtectod cruis ors from three to two. Hi. tiuriioo iu offering it, he said, was to direct attention to tho fact that wo are ex pcndiig too much money for our navy ami too little for tho development of our merchant marine. Mollrldo (Rep. Or.) secured an amendment providing for the iipixilnt mont of a board of officer lo determine tho desirability of constructing a dry dock on tho Columbia rlvor. Or. Pottigrow (Sil. H. I).) declared that it wag tho purpose of tho dominant party in congress to make thoso great con tracts for war vomhoIh and armor in order that it might bo then in jiosltlon to obtain vast contributions to Its cam paign fund. Tho bill then passed without division. NoImjii (Hep. Minn.) hccurcd tho pnKsagoofan act providing for free homesteads on tho public lands for actual and bona lido settlers and resort ing the public lauds for that purpowj In Ontral Africa. London, May It). Lionel Decln, who is coniiiictlug a Capo-to Cairo-expodi tion, nueu up nv tho London Huiiv t t....-....t. . . ' u.uBnniii, bciiim uy wire ami steamer irom uvna, north ot Lake Tanganyika, mo louowing: "TllO Situation Imrn i critical. Tho Germans have fnr.llilv seized all tho Congo Free State territory np to Ruzizl river, oceupvinix fl.OOO square miles of Congo territory with i.uuu soldlois. 15 o curs nn.l Tho Belgian officer withdraw from his station under threat of Instant .n..ni. Tho Germans burned tho station. Tholr omcers acted on Instriiotfmiii . ..Will ueriiu." il'l & , i lift , . --, . .lilKilU.' ''I, -MlllfJiy , wuimoiiaiu . . ...air. , .in iiiiiir iivtr....... .... . "'"). mii.il) ar iv-iiiiii u ruign inaakcr, but ii,. . IlKMIllt." Itt-ceilt m-Liitioj. tn ( ll...l.lu. I.... ... .... r" "" wo mat u went in gri-.it i. r . cu Hpiwrently i..i..r ;u".,. nun ii wan in- ".irttjc,,,. Ilia. ,.u,, Iu....... llietlt III the tlin ii H ( berg range. KNOXvlLLE'S WEI l)wrjr Dmjt ( ,I,i..,4 W1ll a. til IU.i-t Knoxvlllv. r mi. Mi;;J Wim lJottuv ila.i in Klloxi. clear and warm .ml tltcL'iiii pie WMUxl tin' . ,t, frv'j U wo to widi-.ni.it mo Inn Alter a day ( -t, VilnutJ ill parly tin nuiriim; ngSEfforTi a long (.uy Kir.-ct for f 1 tiiroiign a iiiiim ui cntj mimaiiity. gheitln At thu women' Inlldltt -atrial? wulcouiing exeiiiKfi wOTcKjernprj Admiral Deitey roicuhl tbtenitv which ruHiired ninrly ta taKllwf jHiriidii cnn-iln ti'il ( l to uJoljlce'r iiiilitla, lino tiaiialion ol tt'QoTn'S llllrt of tho I 111. II. ( Huinlnli-Aiiiericiin ntmic, ' and lalxir oriiinr.itt di, men and t-ttv ..iiuinu, :t't wan delighted nil tlx thu Mirudo, c-oimiHung ol ti " hood fi Old time l;illll"l, M an thev imne'l in re. lew. ranrnni waves muiijM yi SIS Smssfi 'Sen WIUU1 Oorb Imei Two CllrU Iriiirn,il. Joplin. Mo.. Mnv ir. Mn- ni.....i . , ... ' ' J '.willl- v, agon io year, and Kdna Wordon, aged 20, woro drowned today iu Neosha river, their boat capsizing. Inilln I'ollco Attiicke.l Uy n Stob. Bombay, May 10. While tho woro soarchlng at Vizagapiitiin, capital of tho district of tho somo namo, f0r tho murderers of two constables, thoy woro attakod by a mob. They fired upon their assailants, killlmr it ...i wounding 10 others. Tlioro aro thrnn tMnr.0 l,n . ,,lu iviou man keeps on good torms with his wf0, nis stomach and his eonsnlonno ri.i caw Daily ewa. ertai indflr cn oBtcd onK Totlifi 10 n Mayor Holi-kcH, m H '2IS?0 drewi of web iiii.e, uliudfH !S. ... Ili.t I.lrllinli..-,. ,,f V Im LCfli n it mii (- - l.Iu i.l.....i....f it i.t rt'tSe&I as the third adn.iral. Tv people crowded un.nurl to with tho inliiiir.il -Uiitt. you had this life-Mi-liijiUl mid thu admiral. In tho afternoon tlio u wifo. accompanied bj cli' vlnittxl tho school iJiinllUji' soiikh woro sung, flowers mi jiroHoiited at each ''""'""''fJogpj party drovo away, liowent't.j Into tho ndnilral's carri-ge. tour had bovii made, tno- riago was full of (lowers vi his wile woro literally i thorn. Tonight n ban-juttf the admiral. EXTENSIVE SUNDAY Hlnrlril Uy Hoy rtiirle-W1 pin lliiirl Camdon. N. J.. May 15.-r!5 which broke out in tl 'El market houso. nt Mfth W'J u.r.t.. .it., .il.it. ilv dciU building, 10 stores ami obot.SS dwolllngH, catisiiig a loss '4a ?1!00,000, and remlerlnil)C""1iSS nr.n iii.rKiiiu. 'I'tinml 1ie0plt'''lirS quartered in tho armory, (...I ... .1... ..v..niii.n 11 f the Cltf' I Itnvu nliiviiiu in tho mUWISii flrn to ii Ihivo iillo o( stored there. Tho llamei P- ly and wero boon hoyoud cof Ing it necessary to can mt"i fn,..!.! Ai.inni, DiBHtrUCtllK-l wiir tlin old noHtolliCO bullWl llim '.n v-.tj .ilBmmtrit had been abandoned by tbeFfurb, leal W UMlll.mi CoL.Hwell. In F-e cauiiht llro, thoro was o .....i rrl... n,tiiniDal tbn l-'uriuera' market, f1'1,.. n i .1 ..i tin nna mill lUUUIUIU. , .'.w,v--- -.1 . ...y...o ,. nrn 6IB" UL.i.'i Biiiiuimr ii v. - Ai.A nrrw ilwolliugH lost oil offocts. Jnsuriiuco partial Ilunif. Kipliml'"' ti..i -ii . .. in lnnl9 " WklH' on mo vvonuo mja -" M r.i.ir.i .1. i... .,1. iiiiiiv. ' was aocomnaued by M " ...... 1 ...c as v plosion ououriou J""", .. . i....... .1..J .Inn nt tllO V .v...-. .,.,.o0Dl" 11.1111 IHI1LIIU. - 1. bly frightened, tno "r carriage wero not hart. wienv-. fewer ieriKunH Jl'lTOonr