BOHEMIA 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 '
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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"
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pavtment 1m . V m , , ton U .
(mill llrli-a.llor-l.onerrtl Whtaton. I
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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-
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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
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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
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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."
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i lift , .
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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
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