BOHEMIA NUGGET.
Fubllilieit Brf FsrMnr.
COTTAGE GROVE. . . OREGON.
OUR LAWMAKERS.
ffillB OF 1 DM
A, fr&rtstlng Collection of Kerns Fran thi
Two lltmlsphtrcj taunted In a
Condensed Form.
Money scnrolty in England contiu-
08.
Tho president will call an extra cas
lion. Tho end of tho Doer war is not in
light. .
Severe cold weather prevails through
out Europe
A 13-inch gnn oxplodod on the bat
tleship Koarsurge.
An Englishman's letter created a
sensation in Mnuiln.
Five rebel officers and 20 man were
captured near Manila.
Civil government was established in
Fangaslnan province.
All tho volunteers will bo home from
the Philippines by June 30.
The czar is suspicious of Emperor
William's doings in Euglund. ,
Approptiation bills have tho right
of way in the house this week.
Russia has imposed an increased
tariff on imports from America.
The senate will practically devote
this week to appropriation bills.
Louisiana mob hanged a negro who
killed a white man and his family.
Six persons were killed and as manv
seriously injured in a train wreck in
Nevada.
Nine prisoners in
ty jail overpowered
caped.
Ollicial list of the victims of the
Union mine accident places the num
ber at 04.
One regiment and n portion of two
others will be mustered out at Van
couver. Wash.
Elaborate preparations are being
made for the colonial tour of the Duke
of Cornwall and York.
Doings of Importance at the State Capital
Dills Passed.
Two Railroad Dills Killed.
Tho hnufio alter spending nearly an
other half day in consideration of rail
road bills, dlsposod of two morn Wed
nesday. Ono of these mcasuros was
I'oormnn's folio w-sorvant bill. It was
dobatod at lougth, and nlthough even
its opiioncuts admitted it had good
points, it was dofcated by a vote of 31
to 22. Tho other railroad bill which
was disposed of, and which met a sim
ilar fate, was tho hill of Harris to fix
tho liability of railroad corporations
for iujurios. Hut 10 votes wero oust
iu favor of this bill.
15 IHAPfCOlOIII
Dcwct
Engaged a British Force
Near Philipstown.
SPAIN IS AGAIN CALM.
CROSSED ORANGE RIVER AT SAND DRIFT
The tnnlskllllngs Charged the Enemy Who Lett
Five Killed and Six Wounded
Ten Doers Were Captured.
London, Feb. 10. Tho war oflloo
has received tho following dlsnntoh
from Lord Kltohenor:
"Pretoria, Feb. IB. Our troops are
now ongngod with Christian Dowot's
forco north of Philipstown, whloli we
r i i - - ...
lativo holiday unless tho legislature by i "u"ui,"v oro8SO" ' 10 urn,,E8
. m- i . . .T...I.. I- ' 'river at Sand Drift, nmiarout v movlm?
No Holiday at Salem.
Washington's birthday, Fobruary 33,
is n legal holiday, but it is not a legls-
speoiflo act chooses to mako it so.
Jnasmuoh as Washington's birthday
happons this year to fall on tho 40th
day of tho session (the usual day of
siuo die adjournment) it is probable
that business will bo proceeded with
much as usual. The constitution of
the stato does not limit tho sessions to
40 days, but does limit the total com
pensation of each member to .$130 at
west.
"French, reporting from a poiut 28
miles southeast of Ermolo, stntos that
n large forco of tho enemy is bolmr
driven on the Piet Riof. their offorts to j mus.iagos regarding tho royal wedding.
But Martial Law Will Continue Throughout
Carnival Week.
Madrid, Fob. 18. Tim inlniHtor of
tlm interior, Sunor Urgurto, in Iho
courso of an intorviuw, asserted that
calm reigned iu the provinces and that
if the Mime paolllu behavior of tliu put),
pie continued after the cainlval next
week, martial law could lie discontin
ued in Madrid and thiougiiont Spain,
except in Catalonia, Madrid remains
perfectly calm, although tho talk of
tho proliablo oluingo of ministry aftor
tho carnival is very Htroug.
All the troops havo been withdrawn,
and the censorship Is loin vigorous, hut
no refoiotiuo to tliu disorders of the
past few days is permitted to appear.
All dispatches aro now revised ami de
layed. The stmots uio now guardod
by only the ordinary number of police.
Tho weather 1b bitterly cold and not
conduclvo to mob manifestations.
Thoro is not tho slightest foundation
for tho Hlateinent ulrculutod in tho
United States, on tho autlioilty of a
news agouoy that tliu government bad
placed restrictions on tho Bonding of
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IN A DCATH I
Sixty-Five Miners Arc Entombed
No Hope for Them.
ureak back having so far boon frus
trated. Tho Iuuisklllings ohargod tho
ouomy, who loft flvo killed and six
wounded on tho ground. Ten Moors
$3 per day; therefore, few legislators ,vero cPturod, and thoro wns n large
the Spokane conn
the jailer and es-
Two Bridal Veil. Or., factories and 1
the O. R. & N. railroad bridge were '
can bo expected to bo so solf-sacrific-ing
as to work long for nothing.
Bills Passed.
The sonnto Wednesday pnssod tho
follerwlng bills: Sounto hill 79, to cor
rect the description of tho boundary of
Whcoler county; senate bill 143, to
protect hotel and boarding house koep
ers; by Hunt, regnlating street rail
ways in Portland; senate bill 73, to
enact tho Torrens system of registra
tion ot land titles; senate bill 172. to
regulate insurance companies; sonato
bill 31, to provide for tho olootion of
road supervisors; senate bill 137, to
creato tho otDce of county auditor of
Multnomah county; senato bill 217, to
amond tho chartor of Sherwood: sonate
bill 310, to fix the salary of prosecut
ing attorney in the Sevonth judicial
district.
! The bouse Wednesday passed bills
las follows: house bill 37, providing
for a uniform system of mine bell sig
nals; house bU 140, making it a crime
to remove or interfere with mining lo
cation marks; house bill 137, rogulat
ing tho supply of water for irrigation
purposes.
The Senatorial Vote.
The joint vote for senator Wednes-
damaged by the bieaking of a drift jam. day was: II. V. Corbett, 32; Mnger
Danish government has broken off
negotiations with the Dnited States
regarding the sale of Danish West In
dies. Colonel W. T. Hart, a well-known
Western promoter, committed suicide
by jumping from a moving train intu
the Snake river.
To hasten peace negotiations, Von
Waldersee has planned an 80-day ex
pedition and asks American and French
to co-operate with the Germans. j
The Jefferies-Ruhlln fight is post
poned. Another insurgent band has been
broken np.
A state of siege has been proclaimed
at Madrid.
Gnns were used in a Fa loon raid al
Winfield, Kan.
Pelt Dewet is at the Cape tirinc to
bring about peace.
Civil government has been establish
ed in Pampangu province.
General Davis will conduct tho Car-man-Carranza
investigation.
Charles M. Schwab is to be presi
dent of the new Morgan steel company.
An address of loyalty from the city
of London was presented to King Ed
ward. The headless and mutilated body of
a nan was found in the rear of a Co-
lamubs, O., saloon.
Pensions for Oregon Indian war vet
erans has been left out of the substi
tute bill in congress.
The ameer of Afghanistan has writ
ten an extremely sympathetic letter to
Lord Cnrzon, on the occasion of the
death of the queen.
Otto W. Meysenbnrg, formerly presi
dent of the Wells & French Car Com
pany, of Chicago, is dead at his conn
try home, Alma Sieta, Cal., at the age
of 53 years.
Frank Crawford, aged 10, was shot'
and instantly killed by his brother
Charley, aged 14 years, at Ralingee,
W. Va. Frank objected to Charley
Cuing out hunting.
From an ash barrel that had been,
consigned to a uump at Plalnlield, N.
J Colonel Julian Scott, the well
known artist, has lescned a death
mask of Napoleon.
Margin McClure, convicted of assist
ing In the wreck of the Rutland, Vt.,
.Merchants' National Bank, was sen
tenced to seven yeurs in the county
jjoiibo oi correction
Fire in the five-story blookin Boston
aoeupled by WilMam II. Blood & Co.,
shawls, oloaks, etc.; Creed & Co.,
fauoy goods; Edward Buller & Co.,
linings, and M. II. Pulaski & Co., em
broideries, caused a loss of $160,000.
Hermann, 29; George H. Williams,
1; R. D. Inman, Democrat, 20; W. E.
itobertson, Democrat, 1; absent, 1.
License BUI Defeated.
Senate bill 10, tor the licensing of
stationary engineers and firemen was
( defeated Monday.
Woman Suffrage Defeated,
An effort was made in the house
Monday to reconsider the vote by which
senate joint resolution 71, for woman
suffrage, was defeated. The voto for
reconsideration was lost, 28 to 21.
capture of wagons, carts nud cattlo,
Our casualties were one killod and flvo
wonndod."
Tho Evening News prints a dispatch
from Cape Town, datod Th
: Fobruary 14, which says:
I "Tho govornmont hero Is advised
that Christian Dowot and ox-Prosidont
nmyu euieruu unpo colony and occu
pied Philipstown. Tho British attack
ed them yestorday and drovo them out
of the town with loss."
Copo Town, Fob. 10. A Boer com
mando crossed the Orange rlvor yostcr
day, iu tho Philipstown distriot. It is
reported that Dowet was in command.
Van Wyksvlei wus oocupiod Monday
by 300 Boers who wero rotreating from j
Calviuia. Tho Boers are reported in '
forco 24 miles wost of Carnarvon. A I
Boer convoy of GO wagons and 45 pris-
oners nag been taptuied north of Am
sterdam.
Boers Near Cape Town.
London.Feh. 10. It is reportod from
Capo Town that tho wife of Comumnd
ant Botha left Pretoria with a military
escort to endeavor to get her husband
to surrender.
The Boers tried unsuccessfully to
destroy a culvert near Capo Town. So
vere lighting ensued, tho Boors leaving
three killed and 23 wouudod. Tho
British lost ono killed and two wounded.
Two poisons wore killed and Hoveral
others wouudod yesterday at Grenada.
The count and countess of Cusortit
arrived at Holidays, Franco, today.
They mot with no special Incident on
route and continued tho journey to
Nice.
Cause of Disturbances.
York, Fob. 18. A special
to
Now
tho Times from Washington nays
Tho disturbances which Genoral
Weylor is'now trying to quell, aro not,
it is mid by porsous familiar with tho
situation, of either Carlist or Itepubli
can origin, although both pardon aru
no doubt active iu trying to tale ad
vantage of tho trouble It is declined
that tho uprising U in reality an out
break of the discontented. Those tak
ing part in it compriso all classes of
malcantouts, and iti causes aro liko
those which brought about tho French
revolution.
Povorty hai beon increasing, tho
bunion of taxation has beon growing
heavier, and tho laboring classos are
ripo for revolution. At the sumo time
the ruling dynasty is unpopular. All
thoso complications and 11 uumbor of
others have brought about a wldosproad
feoliug of unrest, and groat ovouts aro
looked for in Spain unless the incipient
revolution is quolled. Spain has been
touding toward n robolliou fur somo
time.
HARD LABOR FOR LIFE.
CAUSED DY AN EXPLOSION OF GAS
Only Exit Is the Mouth of the Shall, Which Is
Filled With a Huge Volume ot Smoke
Relief Measures Have Begun.
Vancouver, 11. U., Fob. 18. Sixty
live miners aro imprisoned in No. 0
ilmlt'of tho Cumberland coal mliiu on
Vancouver island. Tho only exit la
tho month of the Hhalt which is llllud
with it hugu volume of llaiiie, There
is considered to bo no possibility for
the unfortunates to escape.
Details of Disaster Meager.
Details of tho disaster aro monger.
Tho Cumberland uilnu is iioar tliu vil
lage of Union, about IK) miles north
oi tho town of Nitnalmo, Tin only
telegraphic communication fiom Un
ion is by a single government wlro,
and littlu is known ot tho trngudy in
tliu mine except that u terrible explo
sion occurred in No. (I shaft of the
Cumberland about 11 o'clock this
illuming. Following thuux plosion the i(10k. and tho rear liriikoiiian uf tho
shaft caught llto, and the UB inlnurs j ,tl,r i,, ,my u fow minutes In
who wore working half a mile from which lo Hag No. 4 and prevent 11 rear
the entrance wero caught in Ja death j vlu collision.
trap. A relief party from No. 5 shaft At 7:20 A. M. a spoolnl train loft
niadnabravo but futilo attempt at a I t,lN ,,cu f(ir ,io scene of tho wreck,
resouo. They wero headed off by tho 1 cl,rrynK duolora and nurses, and tho
Ilro aud rould not reach tho imprisoned i,rti w,,ro iv0 every attention ptm-
Iho attempt at resouo was made , -t,t0. being taken lo the liotol ut Mill
SIX WERE KILLED.
u
rlve Passengers and Fireman on Wrecked, Train
, As Many Seriously lnureil.
WlllllMllllOeil, Nov., Fob. H. Tito
mstboiuid overland limited Houlliurii
I'aolllii train, (illleliilly known an No. 2.
was wrtiukotl at 5s20 o'oloul: yesterday
morning nt it point 27 miles west nt
this place, while running at a spued uf
50 ititlcH 1111 hour, tliu train Went into
a unshod out oulvurt. and tho result
was tliu worst wreck known on thin
division of the road. tix poraous wero
killed and six Injured.
Tho dluulor occurred at 11 point
ft hero an embankment 3 fot high
, . . .
orossos iv ravino. jviouwg snow irum
tho mountains caused it heavy null of
water which broke through thn em
baiikinuiit some llnio during tho night.
'iho washout was about 75 (out Iu
width, and Into tho raging torrent tho
Ill-fated train plunged without warn.
Ing. Tho engine nearly olearott tho
break boloro tho mils gavo wity,pthr
tender falling linuk. Tho mall car
and composite car followed into Iho
chasm, tho composite car telescoping
tho first of tho Pullman sleepers nonny
half Its lougth.
Two slcopers aud the dining car re
mained on the track.
Tho bodies of two men, evidently
tramps, who wero stealing 11 ride, aro
In tho wreckage.
Train No. 4, tho eiutlioiuid oxprcss,
was tallowing thn limited train very
Qneen Victoria had 73 children,
grandchildren and great-grandchll-ilren.
Lord Roberts ' Is the first man ever
entitled to wear the Garter, the Vic
toria Cross and the order of St. Pat
xlck. Thirty-five prominent American
joulptors will contribute to the embel
lishment of the grounds and buildings
of the Pan-American exposition al
-Buffalo, N. Y.
law Without Governor's Signature.
Governor Geer Monday filed the
barber Sunday closing bill without
his signature, thus completing the
proceedings necessary to make it a law.
As it bears an emergency clause, it
went into effect Monday and will make
barbering on next Sunday a crime.
Passed Both Houses.
The following bills have passed both
nouses: House bill 2, relative to
school libraries; house hill 91, to pro
hibit harboring on Sunday; house bill
203, appropriation for legislative ex
penses and deficiencies; senate bill 12
providing for sale of school lands; sen
ate bill 15, exemption of earnings of
judgment debtors; senate bill 17. fix
ing fees of witnesses in Douglas, Jack
eon and Josephine counties in criminal
actions; senate bill 95, fixing salary of
judge 01 uiackamas county. Incorpor
anon bins, Bberidan and Whitney.
Signed by the Governor.
The following bills have been signed
by the goveinor: House bill 3, amend
ing Albany bridge act; house bill 4,
appropriating $45,000 lor Oregon agri
cultural college; house bill 25, appro
priating $47,500 to Oregon state unl
versity; house hill 180, for payment of
scalp bounty warrants; house bill 224.
relative to Portland tax ley; house bill
257, relinquishing ground to United
States for postoffico at Salem; senate
bill 8, relative to licenses on state fair
grounds. (A law without governor's
signature); senate bill 19, to pay ex
penses of Indian war veterans to Wash
ington; senate hill 89, to submit initia
tive and referendum; senate bill 104,
removing inoline ut Cascade looks;
senate bill 11, to authorize Portland
to levy a special tax; incorporation
acts for the following places: Rose
burg, Canyonville, Sllverton, Elgin,
Summerville, Baker City, Antelope,
DallaB, Sumpter, Myrtle Point, Med-ford.
The Vote for Senator.
The vote for senator Monday stood:
Corbott 80, George II. Williams 23,
William Smith 25, Blnger Hermann,
0, not voting 1, absent or paired 5.
Boers Worsted at Aberdeen.
Cape Town, Feb. 10. Fighting is
reported to have taken placo near Aber
deen Friday and Saturday last, the
Boers being worsted.
CHICAGO HOTEL FIRES.
Aid for Orphanages.
The lioueo committee on corpora
tions Wednosday rendered a favorable
report on the bill by Holcomb provid
ing state aid for all orphan asylums of
not to exceed $10 per annum per in
mate. Foj Clark Sword Fund.
In the house Wednesday Eddy In
troduced a concurrent resolution pro
viding for an appropriation of $202 for
the completion of the Captain Clark
iword fund.
Attempts Were Made to Burn Four Structures
Robbery During the Excitement.
Chicago, Feb. 10. Flames were
started simultaneously on four floors of
the Palmer House this afternoon, and
45 minntes later were discovered on
two floors in the Great Northern hotel.
Two men snppoEed to bo liotol
thieves were seen to run from the
Palmer house. During the excite
ment, $500 worth of jewelry was stolen
from ono of the rooms of the Great
Northern. About the same timo, a
blaze of light was discovered in the
Sherman house. Another firo of sus
picious origin had been discovered ,
only 24 hours before. The fires con
vince the police that an organized
gang of incendiaries is operating iu
Chicago. Good" desciiptions have beon
secured of the two mon who wero seen
running from the Palmer house, and I try."
u uumuer oj ueiecuves uro ai worK on
the case. The four fires, with tho cir
'cumstances attending them, wore:
Palmer House Four fires started
simultaneously in baskets of linen on
different floors. Towols saturated
with kerosene weie fonnd. The fire
was extinguished by guests and em
ployes. Two suspects wero seen, bnt
allowed to escape. Damage nominal.
Great Northern Hotel Simultan
eous fires were discovered on the II and
J floors. Odor of kerosene on II floor.
J. S. Frlest, ot Now York, reported
that $500 -worth of jewelry had been
stolen fiom his room. Damage. of
$1,600 by fire and small panic among
the guestB.
Sherman House Thn blaze was on
the npper floor and was attended with
little commotion. Damage, $100.
Hotel Grace Fire of suspicions
origin discovered in a linen closet.
Damago nominal.
Tho most dangerous . fire in the
Palmer house was on the fifth floor.
It was extinguished at personal risk
by John M. Mo Williams, Jr., n senior
at Princeton university. The police
agree that all tho flies were incendiary
and tonight every important down
town hostelrv was guarded by a detail
of officers in plain clothes, watching
for the mon suspected of having started
the fires. These officers, as well as
the hotel managers, have tho theory
that the blaze was started by somo dis
charged hotel employe who wished to
satisfy his grndge and was ablo to do
so through his intimate knowledge of
opportunities.
Sentence to the Rebel Officer Who Captured
the Yorktown Party.
Washington, Feb. 18. Aocording to
mail advices from tho Philippines,
Captain Novtcu, tho insurgent olllcer
who commanded tho band which cap
tured Lieutenant Uilmoro and party,
has been sentenced to imprisonment at
hard labor for life, 011 the charges of
having pennlttcd one of Gilmore's
party to be buried nlivo. Tho victim
was a sailor named MoDouald.
Surrender In Bulacan District.
Washington, Feb. 18. Nows of an
other important surrender in tho Phil
ippines is coutalnod in tho following
dispatch received at tho war depart
ment from General MacArthur:
"Manila, Feb. 18. Adjutant-Gon-oral,
Washington Ono hundred and
twelve rifles and 1,500 rounds of am
munition surrendeied at Hagauey,
Feb. 13, mostly from supply eccrotod j
in contiguous swamps. Tho incident ;
is important, and indlcatos a groat re-
action favorable to American iuterosti
in region of liulacan, heretofore ono of
the worst iu Luzon. Tho result is ac
complished exclusively by tho long
continued, intelligent and persistent
efforts of officers of the Third iufau-
through No. 5 shaft, but the llamos
prevented any development of tho per
ilous venture.
Tho Cumberland mine is one of the
' piopertlcN of tliu Union Colliery Com
pany, situatod near Comox aud
! reached Irom Union bay by tho private
colliery railway crossing tho Trent
river on which tho memorable bridge
disaster occurred a year or two ago.
It has been singularly fortunate hero
toforu iu Immunity from disaster aud
was couutud an especially safe mine to
work in by roason of tbu character of
the formation In which tliu coal li
found there, and tho manner iu which
it had boon opened up. No. II shaft,
the Hceno ot the disaster, was bottomed
in October, 189H, ut it depth of H14
feet. It is well constructed aud lim
bered, with u mud wall, tho pit bot
tom being timbered with 13x18 sawn
hulks, built solidly together, 1(1 foes
wldo and 13 foot high, Tho shaft is
located closo to tho lallway, and the
vontilatiou of the mine is offealod by a
l4x5-foot (itilbal fan, which, when run
to its full rapacity, gives 85,000 oublo
toet ot tur circulation per mltiutu.
Tho air enters by the haulago slopos
nnd is divided into separata splits, the
main split being at the tioiut where
No. 2 branches off tho main slope,
part of the air gnlnvr down each slopo.
Further down each of those slopes the
air is again split, and sont to Iho work
ings east and west of the respective
lopes.
A second oxploslon occurred in No.
5 shalt tonight, but it had been ex
pected, and all tho mon had left the
workiiign. Thoro wore no casualties.
This explosion prevents any further
elf 1 rts being made to roiouo tho en
tombed minors through No. 6 shaft.
City, tho nearest station. Tliu dead
11 ml injured wero Inter taken back to
Wadsworth on a special train, aud
will be carried on to San Francisco.
It will bo two or three days buforn
tho track run be put in condition so
j that the running of trains may bo rn
smned. It will bo necessary first to
build a tiostlo acmes tho chasm in
which tho recked cars aro lying.
OVERPOWERED THE JAILER.
Engagements With Insurgents.
Manila, Feb. 18. Colonel Cronln,
and 80 of the Thirty-third regiment
have located 100 insurgonts at Candon,
South I locos. Captain Green with 50
men, met a forco of tho enomy at San
ta Maria. The insurgents, who wero
commanded by Tino, hid bohind stone
walls on a steop mountainside. There
was hard fighting for three hours
Then Tino abandoned his position and
rotrentod southward.
Gold discoveries of some importance
nave uoen maue in tho proviuoo of Lo
panto.
Car Jumped the Track.
Pittsburg, Fob. 18. A oar on tho
Hamilton line jumpod the track to
night, at tho corner of Sixth and Ham
ilton avenue, and toppled over against
ine euro compinioiy wrocKlug tho car
and Injuring 20 or more passongers
tonr 01 tnem severely.
Ribbed of $3,000 Worth of Jewelry.
San Francisco, Fob. 10. Mrs. F.
II . Osgood, of Seattle, who arrived in
this city on the Oregon express this
morning, has reportod to tho police
and railway officials that she was
robbed during last night of $3,000
worth of jewelry. She stated thut the
gems were in n leather bag which she
suspended from her neck, hut that
they woro taken while shn was sleep
ing. The polico ofllcera have arrested
a man ou suspicion.
To Stop Cane Rushes.
New Haven, Conn., Fob. 10, The
Yale faculty has abolished the time-
honored custom of granting a holiday
to tne umiorgrad nates on Washington's
birthday. The action of the faculty
has excited much discussion among
tne undergraduates, and an attempt
will be made to have the day restored.
February 22 is annually the date whon
the Yale sophomoros wear high hats
and carry canes for the first timo, and
when tho freshmen "rush" the sopho
mores and "tako" the fence.
Defenses for Port Orchard Dock.
Taconia, Feb. 18. Tho work of lay
ing mines and torpedoes about the on
trances to tho Port Orchard drydook Is
soon to begin. A shipment of flvo
oars of mushroom anchors has boen re
ceived by the quartermaster's depart
ment, consigned to tho Unitod States
engineer by the ordnanco dopnrtmout
of tho army. They are to be used to
hold down the gunootton mines and
torpedoes.
Killrhy a Tiger.
Indianapolis, Ind., Fuh. 18. Albert
Nollson, aged 15, cfiiiployeil us an ani
mal kooper at the Zoological ganlon,
iu this city, ..us killed by a Bengal
tiger today, l'.o onterod tho tigoi's
cage ami was attacked by tho boast.
A terrililo strugglo followed in which
Nollson was torn in a hundred placoi.
Red hot irons woro thrust into the
blood thirsty animal, but not until
seven bullets had been fired Into its
body did it roloaso its hold on its vlo
tlm. Nollson was dragged from the"
cage tnoro dead than nlivo, and was
hurried to tho city hospital, where he
died as ho was bolng carriod in. The
tiger was not fatally wounded. Noil
son had been employed by the Zoo
company throu yourfl. Ho was in
charge of the lion's otihs, and it is sup
posed opened tho tiger's cago by mis
take. Generals to Retire Today.
Washington, Fob. 18. Gonorals J.
H. Wilson, l itzhugh Leo aud Theo
dore Schwan will be retirod tomorrow,
tho last named on his own upplicaion.
Colonel A. H. Daggett, Fourteenth in
fantry, will be promoted to a brigadier
generalship, suoceoding Schwan, and
will be retired immodlutuly.
May Arrest Without a Warrant
Pittsburg, Pa., Feb. 18. In the suit
of John li. Ilonnett against Socrot Serv
ice Agents I'lyun nnd ilorrlman and
Deputy United States Marshal W. S.
Rlalr, who were charged with malic
ious trespass assault and battery in
connection with tho arrest of tho plain
tiff, judge W. M. Achiu, iu the Unit
ed States court, Handed down an im
portant opinion. He makes a prece
dent in dooming that United States
marshals or their deputies can make
arrests in eraorgonoy cases without
warrant.
Nine Prlioncrs In the Spokane County Jail
Escape Olllcer Gave Pursuit.
Spokane, Fob. 10. Arthur Spencer,
af Sun Francisco, charged with Imper
sonating a United States olllcer, and
eight other prisoners overpowered
Jailer Thompson in tho Hpokanu county
jail this morning and uru now at largo.
Thompson vaya ho was seized from
bohind by prisoners who wero hiding
behind a door, wus beaten in 0 linen
ihllity, nibbed of keys aud revolver
and gagged to prevent an outcry.
Whon tliu jailer gut loose ho took 11
Winchester mid went out to look for
tliQ escaped men. Ho spied h citizen,
who, frightened by tho jailer's appoar
mice, started to run, Tliu jailor gavo
pursuit and began to shout at the mutt,
who finally was rescued by 11 Jury out
for an airing.
I'osset havo been sent out every
where, hut not ono of tho jail breakers
has been sighted.
NEGRO WAS LYNCHED.
Killed 1
Man and Ills family and Ransacked
the House.
New Orloann, Feb. 19. ThomaM
Jackson, n Negro, was lynched today
at St. l'utei, 20 miles aliovo this city,
for n series of 01 lines. This morning
ho visited tho hnuiu of Alexander Bour
geois, tho engineer of tliu dralnago
machine 011 llullopoiiit plantation, homo
distance from tliu plantation quartern.
Ho told lloiirgools tho' manager wanted
him, and tliu engineer mounted tho
tricyolo with tho Negro. Jackson
stabhod tho engineer in tho back and'
throw tho body into a ditch. Ho thou
returnod to the bouse and butchered
Mrs. iiourgools aud her two babies and
ransacked tho hnueo. Two lioys visit
ing tho family hid in the woods. After
the negro's doparturo the boys went to
St. Potor nud gavo tho alarm, return
ing with a mob of sovoral hundred
men. Tho negro was trnokod to bin
homo nnd fully ldontlllod by the boys.
Ho was hanged and his body riddled
with bullots boforo tho sheriff arrivod.
Composer Nevln Dead.
New Haven, Conu., Fob 19. Eth.
elbert Novln, musician nud coniposor,
died snddeuly here todny of heart dis
ease. Mr, Novin came to New ilavou
about flvo weeks ago to bo associated
with professor Parker, of Yale tiniver
slty, iu his musclnl work. Etholbert
Nelvn was bom in Novinucro, Pa., in
1803. As a copmosor, Mr. Noyln at
tained a namo hardly second to any
musician, and his songs are known
throughout tho continents. Among
thesonro "Tho Rosary," "Narcissus,"
"Good Night," "Good Night, Prov
ed, "and an arrangement of Holna'
"Tlio Holden Rooslulu."
Found Dead on the Desert.
Tucson, Ariz. Fob. 18. Goorire
Wheatloy a well-known mining man
nnd two Mexican minors woro ioutid
dead in their tont, ono mile from tho
mining camp of Sohultz, 30 milos from
Tucson. When found tho parties had
been dead for sovoral days. Indica
tions point to doath from ohurcnal
fumes. Somo bellovo that the men were
poisoned. The body of one o! the
Mexicans was being consumed by flr
when the remains were discovered.
Mexican Troops Defeated Indians.
Mexico City, Fob. f 19 Tho fe.lnr,.!
troops had another engagement with
Maya Indians yestorday, and the troops
'ulu"" 11 mm nun arovo thorn from
all their fortified iplncosl The now
Mauser rifles are found to bo extremely
effective against the ouomy.
Three S.dcldei In San Francisco.
San Francisco, Feb. 19. Sulsldes
wero opidemio in this city today
Throo men suffering from dospoudency
took their lives. A. Lewis, a shoo
maekr iu 111 health, eudod hisllfo tron
hies by asphyxiation. Robert Mo
Kenna, a painter, quarreled with his
wife and swallowed a doso of nrsonio
. u uancr, wno grieved over
tho death of a son, who wus killod in
the terrlblo football accident lust
Thanksgiving, took carbolic add.