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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 11, 1901)
BOHEMIA i rnblllhed Krrr Friday. COTTAGE GROVE. . . OREGON. IIS OF 1 DA Aerating Collection of Items Fran the Two Hemisphere Presented in a Condiiucd Form. Ttao assassin of Iiaron von Ketteler ras beheaded in Pokin. Costa Rica is pleasod by recognition in too canal negotiations. The British nro nnablo to chock the Door invasion oi CupeO olony. Tho foreign troops in China are well prepared for the winter sonson. Tho Republican caucus in Pennsy ranla selected (juay lor senator. The United States training ship To peka has arrived at Tangier, Morrocco, The Earl of Ilopotoun was sworn in s first governor of Federated Aus tralia. Oregon, Washington and Alaska linvo been formed into a life-saving distriot. Firo in Seattle destroyed tho city 11 brary, containing 25,000 volumes and vaulod at $80,000. The revenue cutter Perry will sail from Astoaria in Bearoh of overdue Columbia river ships. Pat Crowe, charged with the abode tion of young Cudahy, of Omaha, has been captured in South Dakota. Edward Rice, an Ianho man, sen tenoed to death for murder, made desperate, but unsuccessful attempt to commit suicide by cutting his throat An insane man, being conveyed from Multnomah county to the Oregon state asylum at Salem, jumped from a mov ing train, bruising himself about the head. It is thought ho will recover, Famine in some of the provinces of China is becoming worse. The rice crops, owing to the war, were almost total failures, and caniballsm has broken out. The authorities are un able to do anything. The final payment hns been made on the Bald mountain croup of mines in Eastern Oregon, near Baker City, The purchase price was $50,1)00. The dost owners are men of means, and work on a large scale will commence at once. Ignatius Donnelly, politician and unthor, died very suddenly at his home in Minneapolis, ugod 70 years. Mr, Donnelly was a candidate for vice- president on tho Middle-of-the-Roaj Popoulist ticket at the recent general election. An armistice has been proclaimed at Tekin. Boers captured a train near Rosmead with 60 soldiers. Another six-day bicycle race hai been started in Boston. Conger reports China's acceptance ol tho powers' demands. TJie Washington Post advocates tha .Lewis and Clark centennial in 1005. A severe cold wave is reported throughout the middle Western states. More than 46 tons of gold were re ceived at the Seattlo assay oflice in 1900. The navy department has ordered th gunboat Scorpion to La Uuayra, Ven ezuela. The Oregon supreme court decides that the wife alone can convey estati in entirety. Robbers got $450 from passengers and mail and express in a British Co Inmbia stage. The Taft commission has completed the municipal government bill for the Philippines. Fire in Williamson, W. Va., de stroyed almost the entire town. Tb toss is estimated at $75,000. One person was burned to death and nnother fatally injured by the explo sion of a kerosene lamp at Alleghany, ra. The new battleship Wisconsin has been lormally turned over to the gov ernment at the Union iron Works, San .Francisco. LATER NEWS. Philip D. Armour, tho great pork packer, is doad, Portugal is sending rolntoicomonts to Lourenco Marques. Eight men mot death by suffocation In n Minneapolis hotel lira. David J. Schnobly, the oldest nows paper uinn in tho Northwest, is dead. An effort is being made to revise the Rusao-Chlnoso agroernont about Man churia. An agrooment restricting operations of allied troops has beou made by Von Walderseo. Eight hnndred colliery omployos ol Pennsylvania coal and iron mines aro on a strike China dosirod envoys to delny sign ing joint noto, but was informed by them that this was impossible. Samuel S. White, a pioneer of 1845, and Oregon's first probate judge, died at his home in Portland. IIo was 80 years old. Five bags of registered lotters have been stolen on the road between Turin and Romo. Three bags camo from New York. In an affray nt Altgeborg, Hungary, between striking miners and gend armes, thero were soven ot tno lormer killed and 40 wounded. Tho following Washington post- offices have been discontinued: Dish man, Spokane county; Green River, King county, and Laurel, Whatcom county. Charles W. Norton, n switchman, was instantly mtiea at incoma, oy being crushed botween two cars. He leaves a widow and, three children at Mount Pleasant, In. Severe cold weather has suddonly cot in throughout Europo. The cold wave is accompaniod by n gnlo which has wrecked several vossels and caused heavy loss of life and property. Tho coal miners' strike at Picton, Nova Scotia, has been settled. Every demand of tho men was conceded. MOT Envoys at Pckin Not Expected to Settle Question. MOUNTS DEMANDED VARY GREATLY I Believed That the Dill of Germany Will Be Largest State Department In Cor reipondcnce With Other Powers. Washiugtoou, Jan. 7. Tho state de partment is making n strong olTort to sccuro an understanding among tho pqwors to servo as a basis for tho ad , justment ol the quostlon of indemnity 1 to bo paid by tho Chiucso government. It nppours from Mr. Conger's roports that it is hopoless to oxpoct tho foroign ministers nt Pokin to reach nn I agrooment on this important point, and if tho proh loin is to bo solved nt all it must bo romovod from tho Pekiu conn oil and dealt with by direct diplomatic i exchange, as was successfully nt I tempted in tho caso of tho preceding ' serious differences botw eon tho minis tors. Therefore tho stato dopartmeut is in correspondence with other foreign 1 oflicoa respecting this subjoct, though the negotiations have not proceeded to a point whore it can bo snid that n snccossful termination is in sight. The principal difference in tho way is bolievod to bo tho enormous lndom 1 nitios demanded by somoof the powers. The efforts of the Chiucso govorumout to seunre better terms, so far as they tond to protract the negotiations, are also expoctod to havo tho rosult ot adding considerably to tho sum total which must bo paid in the ond. This is because the oxpensos of maintaining tho foroign military establishments in China probably will bo assessed ugahiBt tha Chinese government, and tho cost of keeping foreign troops in Pokiu at this season of the year, and in a coun try wlnro every necossity of lifo has to UPRISING OF DUTCH. Capo Town, .Inn, 4. battleship Monarch will Situation In Cape Colony Takti Serlout Turn BoerJ Half Way l the Cape. V1'1!0 IV.. "'litems of Interest From All Parts lll.lll Kl"o The managers sought to bind tho men i bo transported from n distance .will not to ask for n further increase for 12 mako tho bill very heavy. It is bo- months, but failed. , lievod that tho bill of Germany will Governor' Allen, of Porto Rico, has be by far tho largest, and it Is a sig. just returned to the capital alter an umcuus iuct wmi uiu uerniun Kuvcrn- extensive visit to the towns in the uient has allowed Its ollicers on serv- western part of the island. lie visited co m Uhlnn live fold their regular places where no governor of Porto Rico salaries, a rate of pay probably higher has visited before. Everywhere he thou hitherto known in military his- was enthusiastically received Henry M. Hook, agent for the Knights Templar's and Mason s Life Indemnity Association, of Chicago, if nuder arrest at the central polled sta tion, Chicago, on a telegram from Washington, D. C, which stated that he waB wanted in that city on a charge of forgery. The British second-class cruiser Am- pbion has arrived at Panama. The envoys were surprised by tbf prompt acceptance of the note. A movement is on foot looking toward Canadian independence. Great changes are said to be planned for the C, M. & St. P. railway tory. The Chinese, however, pected to pay for this. FAILED TO BLOW UP. morrow ns it precautionary uiunniuu. Tho situation is serious. It Is trtu that tho Dutch havo not joined tho In vndors in any considerable numbers, but u lack of arms Is bollimul to bo tho trim ronson for abstention? I" ninny plneos horses nro freoly offorod and information reailllv supplied to tho Boors. Tho early proclamation of martial law In tho Capo Town division is ex poctod. Tho division dooa not Include Capo Town ltsolt. Tho latost roports show tho situation to bo generally us follows: Kurumun, if still unlnvostod, prob ably soon will bo. Grlrjuahind Wost Is flllod with small partlos of llocrs, who aro working south toward Pricsak for ttioimrposo of co-operating with or supporting Commandant llortr.og, whoso advance parties are In the uolghborhod of Fru zerburg. Tho Boers aro oloso to Graaf Iielnot, whero of Into tho Dutch havo given many demonstrations of oxtromo sym pathy. In tho custom part ot tno colony tho advanco guard of tho Boors Is oloso to Murlesburg, about 35 miles north west of Cradook. Tho genoral opinion hero is that tho position is not properly upprooiutod in England. The Worooster oonferouoo oxcitod tho Dntoh throughout tho col ony. Many old rosldonts, who aro by no means alarmists, regard a gonornl uprising of tho Dutch as quite likely. of the State. COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL HAPPENINGS A Brief Review of the Orowth and Improve mcnti of the Many Industries Through, out Our Thriving Commonwealth. Grants Pass Is oonsidoiiug plans for bottor tire protootlon, Tho Burns postollloo has received a uumbor of comliluatlon boxes. Tho now dopot at La Grande is ready to bo palntod and furnished Nlnoty Danes Imvo mndo tholr homos wost of Eiigono sluoo last lull. Loounrd Llugron lost three fingers at Mlnoral last wcok in u Bhot gun ooI dent. BOMB IN A TUNNEL! Discovery Wat Made by Chicago I) Sergeant, Chicago. Jnn. 7. Tho Ritenriii , on lniirniiiuon from a Mtiurcn ho iloollnt'H to mako pub llo, Dotol .Sergeant McLaughlin located ul ; liipo Domii in ono or tho nlalics i Lu Hullo strout tunnel shortly midnight. Tho bomb huh taken tho pollcomim to tho central staf nun tiivnco arrlod to tho lam -f wild exploded. Detvutlvo MnLnutJ said ho received a hint to tho i , that an effort would Im miiilo to up tho tunnel lined for tho pusm! tho North Hido cublo curs. Huft , toned to tho scene and found n ol tiiroo-lncti gas plpo about in ir , long lu ono ol tho small arched ol lugs in tho dividing wall of OwS mil. A half-burntid fuso prutr . ... . . . j ironi ono cmi. vt nou touched on lioin t Is said by tho policemen to exploded with a loud roport. ,,. i- . . i. ' r.amer in mo nignt ono oB sweepors employed In the tunnel si ! man about 25 years old mid shall i dressed loitering in the tunnel. i was asked what ho was doinu tk tho itrnJ Construction of tho now Hospital nt Bakor City will begin in H'" "'rl.v nnd renlled. 'Nothlnir.' i.."tt tun mo uinnoi iiurricuiy. ino i Colonel J. T. Grayson has bought tno auspoct tho bomb was placed the Lust Chauto uilno, in Cablo Cove, for a discharged omployo oi the compu $11,000. Two carloads of mining machinery FROM A BOER STANDPOI for tho Cornucopia mines has arrived ( ut Baker City. Over Quince Davis, who was seriously In jured rooeutly ut tho Coos Bay Jotty, Is recovering. J. P. Abbott a farmer of Wubco 16,000 Hardy, Determined, Patrloti Under Armi. Invln Now York, Jun. 7. Clmrloj Plorco, consul-general of the Ori Frco Htuto in New York, mid tress comity has finished tho most up-to-date o( thu Jlocr roliut funrt ln Al, UNFORTUNATE VENEZUELA One Revolution Tcrmlnatei and Two More Break Out. Caracas, Venezuela, Jan. 4. Tho revolution has eudod, but ox-Soerotury- General Peraza is said to bo, with about 60 (ollowors, in tho districts. residence In thn county Plans aro being drawn for a number of modern residences at Baker City to be erected lu tho spring. Tho discovery of two now volns of copper at tho Groonbaok niluo, Grave crook district, is announced. Tho Bison group ot initios near mountain t Quartzbutg, Grunt county, has boon sold to ii California syndicate. San Juan do 1'ortJ Kico, Jan. 4. Tho Mcdford bank presented to Its Passengois who havo arrived hero on customers and frlendB in Jackson couu tho Rod D lino stouinor Philadelphia, I ty, 700 buokskln money Kuolios. Mechanism of an Infernal Not Work. Machine Would Paris, 111., Jan. 7. Thomas J. Coff man, an attorney residing at Hume, nairowly escaped being blown to ntoms with nn infernal machine re ceived through the mail today. The box was of wood with a sliding lid. It contained a pound stick of dynamite and several match heads, which, how ever, failed to ignito and explodo the charge when tho box was opened. from La Guuyra, December .10, say u sorlous revolution has brokou out in tho Marncuibo dlstiict of Venezuela. Thoy add that the govorumout troops havo defeated tho robots and arrested 20 of the leaders. Another rising is roiiorted to have occurred in thu vicin ity of tho Orinoco. Tho United .Status auxiliary cruder Scorpion left hero yohterdny to join tho Hurt ford nt La Gnnyra. NEARLY FROZEN TO DEATH. Two thicknesses ol heuvv brown naner Russia, it is said, inspired the i covered the box. which "was uddressod charges of barbarity against German ' to Dr. Sylvester Colfman, Hume. 111.. troops. Governor Geor announces the ap pointment of Oregon's text book commission. A Russo-Chinese agreement gives Russia protection of one Manchurian province. a brother of the lawyer, who opened his mail. The inner tnrfare of the box lid was studded with tucks, so ar ranged that they would scratch the match heads and there was also a slip of sand paper fixed so that it would bo drawn over them If tho tuoks failed to dn thoir work. It is thorn-lit the The semi-annual statement of Ore- i initimr nf tint box in thn mail diKnr. Mexican, ran A constable and in tho Amando Morales, a amuck at Morenci, Aria., attempted to arrest him fight killed Morales. Henry S. Eastham .the only surviv ing member of Commodore Perry's squadron, which opened tho Japanese ports many years ago, died at his homo in Berkeley, Cal A heavy explosion of gas ooourred in the Hollenbeok mine, at Wilkes barre, Pa. Five hundred men were at work and all got out safely, except two, who were badly burned. The British foreign office expeota a renewal of tho modus vivendi in New foundland, but believes it will be im mediately followed by negotiations with the view of finally settling the dispute. gon's state treasurer slioivs nearly $1. 700,000 cash on hand. The transport Meade, whioh carried large amount of specie from San Francisco, has arrived at Manila. Variety of European prunes which ripens two weeks earlier than present crop is to be introduced in Oregon. A bill will be introduced at the com ing Oreogn legislature making life im prisonment the penalty for kidnaping. It is nndrestood that at the conclu sion of operations in South Africa, Lord Kitchener will becomo commander-in-chief in India. United States Consul Wildman, at Hong Kong, haB been granted a leave of absence and will return to the United States immediately for the benefit of his health. Tho Boer invasion of Cape Colony has not yet been stopped. On the other hand the burghers seem to be gaining ground daily and are at pres ent half way to the Cape. The new Argentine-Chilean' agree-' moot, in regard to tho frontier settle ment, has been signed und the presl- ' dents of Argentine and Chile have ex changed friendly telegrams of congrat ulation. Tho war department has authorized enlistments at Vancouver barracks, Washington, for sorvice in new regi ments to be sent to tho Philippine is lands. Recruits will be sent to the I'rosidio at San Francisco for assign ment to regiments. The steamhip Thomas Brooks, with the Cnban officials on board, has ar rived at Port Antonio, Jamaica. The officials will inquire into tho British methods of colonial government and ranged its mechanism. An indistinct postmark seems to indicate the box was mailed at Logunsport, I ml. Tho only other clew about tho box is a printed label pasted on the lid, in scribed: "Dr. J. W. Blusser & Son." The United Stales marshal und the local police nro investigating. DYNAMITE EXPLOSION. in a Three Men Were Blown to Atoms Cartridge Factory. Philadelphia, Jan. 7. A frightful explosion of dynamite occurred in the powder machine houso of tho Ilepuuno Chemical Company, whose works are located at Tlioinp90ii'sl'oiut, N. J., a thinly settled spot on the Delaware river, 12 miles below this city. Tho building was demolished and throe workmen in it ut the time woro blown to atoms. Several workmen in other buildings were hurt by the force of the explosion, but none seriously. The men killed were in a frame build ing, and were engaged in loading oight-inch paper shells with dynamito for use in blasting. It is thought the loss will not bo over $50,00. Man In a Drunken Condition Slept Out in thf Cold for Quite a Time. Express, Or., Jan. 4. A mini by the uamo of Tudor started from title place yesterday evening for tho Ilia Kidd mines, about 11! miles cast ol this place. A party leaving for the i same place this morning found him about half way botween hero and thu mines in u frozen condition. Ho wiih ! brought to this place and later removed to Huntington, whero ho could recuivu medical aid. As fur us could bo ascertained, tho man had beon drinking quito heavily before leaving here. On reaching u cabin near tho True Blue mines lie stopped for tho night and built up a (ire on the floor of tho building, lis then dropped off to sleop. Ho awoke in time to escape boforo tho burniiiu' structure collapsod, although ho sul fered several burns. Ha crawled a short dlstauco uwny and fell to sleep , jt0 road, ha again. As the weather was bitter coin, it is a miraclo that ho was not frozen to death. to the A Zambesi College. Chicago, Jan. 4. A special Record from Richmond, Ind., says: Bishop Hartzwoll, of the Methodist Episcopal church in Africa, has ar ranged with tho Bov. Georgo II. Hoi boldt, of Indiana, to go to Zambesi, Africa, to conduct a college at Now Ontolia, in tho country. This being u British country, tho British govern ment donated to the Methodist Episco pal church $15,000 and 13,000 acres of land for the purposo of building it school to educate thu English residents. Rev. Mr. Reiboldt's mission is to go to Africa to sunerintend tills school, flu will sail from New York the lust of ! couuty, Tho mon who carrlod out tho dead Clilniimiin that succumbed nour Cuu non beach ruculved $50 for tho work. A jiortlon of 1'oto Peterson's dike, on Huyuo slough, Coos county, washed out. Tho diimugo Is ostlinutud ut .$1,000. Coiistiiuco Duffy Is hold in $100 1 bondH to await tho next term of court Th lor Having uh-auiiuu jumi juiuu i Athena. Tho road from Miami brldgo to Garibaldi is obstructed with drilt logs, uud It Is possible to got by thorn only at low tide. Two Marshflold youngsteis had u duol with air Buim hist week. Ono was shot lu the linger and thu other in tho forehead. Paul Honco killed a cougar nour Bald .Mountain, Polk county, for which ho received $20 bounty from tho Livestock Association. Joo Poters, itobut 00 yours old, who lived about three miles footli of Los tine, Wallowa couuty, was found (load near his cabin several days ago. Tom MoKwon states that a thrco foot body of oro averaging $24 has beon encountered in the shuft of the Snow crook proporty ut u dopth of 65 feet. Dan Yager, who hns a gronp of promising claims at old Centor, about six milos from Sumpter, on ,tho Oran- gono to Montana to buy mining equipment, The Granito Hill mini locatod in Louso Creek district, and owned by Messrs. Hull, Mouguin und Booth, it being operated on full time, with pros pects of a good run. Mrs. Captain Geary of Corvallls made u compromise with the insurunco husband has given out tho following stutoiiii "Tho nows coming to us uxury doui uy puiino ami priuvto cal shows tho reported conquest of Boers to bo n delusion. The nil under arms on tho Boor side over 000 hardy, determined, Invinillilo riots, ol whloh 5,00(1 nro now luvai Capo Colony ngninst tho 210 troops In u (led fiom Grout Britain her dependencies. Tho Hoots ti loss In killed ami dying from won havo not exceeded 1,50(1, but their lu property has been very great of tho Boers are armed with Maui using a plain bullet, but many hi Leo-.Mvtford rl lion, which lino the d illiui bullcti, und lilt of tho latter w caplutod from the KuglUh; t bear thu arrow murk of Woolwich. PRESENTED TO LANSDOWf the British foreign Olfice Has Treaty Amendments. London, Jan. 7. united Stnl Ambuniuulnr t'hontu preMinted thn II l'auncefoto treaty umuudiiiontH to oeiotury of stato for foreign ufTn tho Mnrqnls of Lanndowno, today. No discussion occurred und tho turo nf Lrd Lunsdowuo's answer not indicated. Mr. Choiito Him notified thu secretary of statu for fi uigii affairs that ho had sent hi document forwarded bv tho htuto imrtmont. An answer piobahly wll not bo sent until tho cabinet dincm tho matter fully. The interview tu'n.in Mr f!linntn iiml liril I.u 1 I downo was chiefly doiotod to nn preskiou of the bitter's view on Chin iiiiswor to tho demands of tho powc It is understood that Hocrutary II desired! to know what Grent llrltuj thought of thoro iKiiuts, which Chi in her answer said sho was unable fulfill at prauut. No difference onlnion aimeais to cxixt between 8 rotary Hay and Lord Lunsdowno. Tried to Drown His Landlord. Chicago, Jan. 7. In viow of sovor persons, Joseph Schwelr committed tf final act In a oufoHt'd plot to k John Kordu, Schwolr's landlord. ffi pushed Kordu into tho luko fronts pior ut tho foot of Michigan street, n point whoro the water is 12 ftto' (loop, and then ran from tho scene leaving Kordu to drown. lho p a company m which iwi uu.uu. ..n0( for ,10 intended victim w lusurod, aocopting ?jJ000 in llou oi reH no(1 fro,n tl)0 watcr 0,. workm tno ciuim ui .pu.uuu. ... ,,oar.i,y factory. Schwelr w in n ilmnkon brawl an old man nnostod Into last night. Ho was si named Aldrlch stabbed Honry Ziim- prised to loom that Korda was allii oi.,lf anvarnlv on v rill tiniRN in tllR lllick BUd COUfOEBod tO aU nttOIUPt On t and shouldoia. Tho wounds io not man's life. considered dangerous, A bam belonging to John Keith, of tho Lewis and Clark rivor, Clatsop was blown ovor rocontly. The way of the transgressor is hard in modern times. The persons who commit crimes are daily coming to L'rief. Escape is less frequent than in former years. In Now Zealand there exists a brass band whose members are wholly monnted on bicycles. This baud, which is located nt Christchuroh, con lists of 10 players, and those not mere I amusement parks. In England, espe ly ride their bioyoles to practice but ' oinlly, thoy havo lately been installed fulfill engagements on tho whoel. I in large numbers. Will Pay Tax Under Protest. Rochester, N.Y., Jan. 7. Tho latest development in the womnu suffrage fight, begun over a quarter of a century a;r.o, when Suusn Ii. Anthony and her sister, Mary S. Anthony, wero arrested and fined, is the stund taken by Mary S. Anthony in tho matter of taxntion of her proporty. Sho sends notice to County Treasurer Hamilton that sho will not in the futuro pay taxes except under protest, until she is allowed tho rii'ht of snffrnce. Tho antinn lvtll aaopt tno aesirauio leatures into tne jlkey re8it i t06t cnse boJllg Cubun government. brought in the court. Health authorities estimato that 10 ; per cent of tho men who go to Cape Nome never come back alive. Over 800 of tho leading German goldsmiths met in Berlin recently to take part in the celebration of the fourth contenary of Benvenuto Cellini's birthday. Eloctrlo fountuins lmvo become very popular, especially us attractions for this month. Four head of stock wero burlod in tho ruins but nono wero injured. Sidewalks nearly two miles long leading to tho church lira contemplated ut St. Louis. For this and other im provements on tho church properly tho pariah expects to'uso about 100,000 feet of lumbor. A now coal mining town, throo miles southeast of Wilkoson, by tho namo of Ilillsboro, bus beon platted by Andro J. Hill and Joseph Finkolborg. Tho plat contains 12 acres. A logging road I ,,.,. n nna.nlnl.tl, n. .,..,.,..!. i frOm WilkOBOU mUB IIBUT tllO UOW UI IUCCDU)jUa v u,.u-u. ... v . umu-.uu.i, of what It now costs to distant British . townslto. Cable Around the Globe. Ottawa, Out., Jan.' 4. Sanford 1 Fleming, one of tho principal promot-! era of the Pacllio cablo, has written ' an opon lettei to Hon. Willim Mullock, ' postmaster-Generul, in favor of u state owned telegraph line encircling tho i globe. This is said to bo tho bogiu- I ning of a movoment to nutloulizo tho cable and telegraph services of tho British empire. If this were dono, Hii Sanford says, it would reduce tho pric General Batchelder Dead. Washington, Jan. 7. Goneral Rlc nrd N. Butoholdor, quartorinuster gouoral of tho army, died horo thp altornoou at 2:25. Gouoral Jluto loldfi lm,l linmi In flnllniltn hnilltll for KOVUrt' t. but bis illnoKH did nil nssumo n critical phase until just In foro tho ho'lidiiys. when ho sufTurc from nn attack of angina pectoris. U torment will bo mudu at Arliugto cemotery, Monday. Genoral llatcho! dor served ill tho quartermaster's dt purtmont of tho Puclflo const, doinjj ilntv ns chioi (lnnrtoriunsior in i urt land, Or., and dopot quartormastor a: San Francisco. Wrecked by Boiler Explosion. Watseka, III.. Jan. 7. Bishop's mills, controlled by the Puro Food Milling Company, wero wreckod by a boiler explosion today. John Spohrlo, a member of tho firm, and Lute Mai lott tho engineer, wore instuntly killed, and Era Jones, a niillor, was slightly injurod. The boiler was l thrown 200 feet, demolishing Card's hardware store. Tho causo of the ox I plosion is not known. possessions. A Disastrous Salute. Tion Tsln, Jan. 4. Ten Gormuns wero killed and nlno wounded at Lelo Hu, Jauuary 1, through tho firing of a ealnto with a dofeotivo oartridgo. Pittsburg Ironworkers Strike. Pittsburg, Pn., Jan. 4. Ono thou sand structural ironworkers struck to day for nn advanco of 0 couts per hour in wages and n nino-hour day. Not a singlo man is working, nud a number of important contracts aro tiod up. Tho Crowell ranch of 300 acros, near Jaoksouvillo, has beon sold to O. J. Knips, of Grants Puss, for $8,000, It consists of 20 uoros in upplos, !I0 acres in prunes, 10 acres in alfalfa, and 80 aores in new sown wheat. Tho pur chasers uro rocontly from lown. John Colter, alias "Sootty," has beon hold in $1,000 bonds to uuswor nt tho next torm of oourt on the charge of robbing Thomas L. Edwards, of Mil ton, of $100, Colter snatched a puree, from Edwards at Peudloton, Extensive Repairs to the Baltimore, Wnshlucton. Jun. 7. Tho nnvi! board of construction today docldod rehubilitato almost completely tip nrniROr Iblltilnoro. UOW lviug at tlf Nnur Vnrk navv vard. Her iliiprovi monts will involvo an oxpoutturo oj n limit .KliOO.OOl). nud tako at least yoar and n half. End of the Vcnczeulan War. vt - v-l. Ton 1 A dlanntoh il. IIn,M Irnm (InrnPOIl SlIVS! ..... i i . Nm nrn t.tiitin av.m., v ....... recently at Loeina, in uio Travel Resumed. Trnvol hns rosumod ovor tho Lowis and Clark roud, Clatsop county, nud tho break in tho dike has boon repaired. stng0 recently us into district, hns boon deoisivojy f0 A T Ilia 1U Mil III I U UU 11 VUtMH ' VII II Tho Sparta nud SpartivCareon etago linos in Eastern Oregon Imvo koiio tiA i.n..,i nr i. nn,i..A., i it.A f II . At.tnwd f nlAtn l)!M . ... nmr run nnntrnnt wnn raiieri nr. inn irwt luiio vh"B" ami iuiiu n rate, and running oxponsea could ceivoa. no nuu kuihui not bo made. era at La Pnsana.