BOHEMIA NUGGET.
ruMUhad KrttT Frlilnr.
COTTAGE GROVE. . . OREGON.
CVCtlTS Of THE DAI
Aa Intern Unj Collection ot Hems from the
Two Hemispheres Prutrtftd In a
Condensed Form.
U Rung Chang Is again seriously
ilL
Wlllspolnt, Tex., was wrecked by
cyclone,
Er-Presldont Harrison Is very Be
rlously 111.
Dewct, with 400 uoers, nas escaped
to the northward.
Russia assures tho powers she will
japan una urueruu new uaiucsui
rmm RnHimi Ynirnhnmo.
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Mcgler s cannery, at Brookfleld,
-ivnh wn dnmnrpA siK.ooo l.v fire,
it ia rnnr,H thn Kitrhnnor do-
mands unconditional surrender from
ltocrs.
England declines to modify the
ranal treaty without a satisfactory
quid pro quo.
General Chaffee refuses to allow
the decapitation of sovernl Boxer
chiefs condemned by a Chlncso judge,
if in.on.nnra nnrt thnt the
United States will not enforce Piatt
amendment.
Lieutenant General Miles, nccom -
panled by his Staff, Will leave for a
SSiS, b,' 7'". I'lftsE
posts.
The mill plant of the Centralla
Shinclo Comnanv. CetAralia. wash.,
was destroyed oy Are. The Are Is
supposed lo nave originated irc-m me
furnace. The loss is estimated at
about $5,000; insurance. Sj.OOO.
n, mnlnl nf tho fnrol nfflro
at Copenhagen deny that the negotia-
tions with the United States for the
sale of the Danish West Indies have
been discontinued, and they confirm
, et,tomont mm Wnshtn.-tnn thnt
no peremptory note has been sent to
.Denmark by the United States.
Orders have gone forward from tho
navy department for the return of
the battleship Oregon, which has been
so long a ume ua uie asiuuu siauuu,
ii tt-i.j cttoo 1
ably sail for home about May 1, to
be replaced by the Wisconsin when
the vessel has finished her official
trial.
Peru Is threatened with a cabinet
crisis.
The members of the cabinet were
sworn in.
The Insurgents In Cebu are about to
surrender.
Colonel J. P. Sanger has been or
dered to Manila.
Thirty-one rebels were captured on
an island on Lake bay.
Botha is arranging peace terms
"with Mllner and Kitchener.
Sagas ta has formed a new Spanish
cabinet, taking the premiership.
William C. Sanger will succeed
Melkeljohn as assistant secretary ot
war.
Ex-Senator Chandler is to be pres
ident of the Spanish claims commis
sion.
Portia Knight, a Salem, Or., girl,
lias sued the Duke of Manchester for
breach of promise.
Bituminous coal miners at Altoona,
J'a, will strike April 1, unless their
wage -scale is agreed upon.
At Glasgow thero are 42 fresh
smallpox cases, and the total number
ot patients in hospitals is 435.
The New Zealand government has
decided to submit to referendum the
question whether it shall join the com'
xnonwealth of Australia.
The Italian chamber of commerce,
of New York, has resolved to have a
strictly impartial analysis of the
lemons of California and Italy.
Relatives ot Miss Mary Beach
Tousey, of New York, will contest her
-villi, which bequeathed $1,000,000 to
icllgious and charitable Institutions
The Portuguese government has
cent a cruiser to Oporto, and has or
dered other warships to be in read I
rtcss to go there on account ot the
snti-clerical .manifestations.
George Cornwallls West, whose wife
was Lady Randolph Churchill, is lying
ill at Troon, near Glasgow, where ho
has been lately residing for the pur
pose of studying electricity.
Over zealous police ofScors in Ma
nila may be removed.
A Fort Stevens, Or., well-digger was
rescued after being entombed six
hours.
Tho first annual convention of the
cattle growers' association opened in
Denver.
The silk industry of China em
ploys. It is estimated, from 4,000,000
to 0,000,000 people.
A writer on modern waterways
says that in tho near future electric
traction will bo universally adopted
on canals.
The groat Salt Lako is said to be in
Imminent danger of drying up, the
drain upon It beinff duo to Irrigation
.requirements. '
REPORT ON INDEMNITIES
Has Been Completed by the Ministers'
Committee at Pekln
PKKIN, March 11. Tho ministers'
commlttco has completed Its report,
and tho centra! principles to bo
adopted in cases of Indemnities based
upon laws In harmony with tho Roman
and English systems. This decision
was not reached without considerable)
discussion, Bomo bollevlng that tho
claims of men of good roputatlon
Bhould bo paid In lull without furtlior
consideration. On tho other hand,
a caso was montlonod whero a man
of high rcputo claims $10,000 each for
his own, his wtfo's and her daughter's
nerves and $30,000 for property do
a stroyed, whereas It Is known that tho
latter cstlmato Is more than twico
- tho value of all.
Th(J ncBOtintIons, Mr. Rockhlll says,
nr0 golng on won nruj j10 6CCS no rea.
son why they should not bo comploted
L two months wIth tho cxcoption of
commercIn, treaties, which will
. . , . . in
probably toko a long time.
General Chnffeo replied to tho copy
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of General Yin Tschang's letter sent
hln by Count von Waldersco that ho
had given Instructions to tho Amcr-
lean troops when any detachments
I were sent against robbers and Doxors
to obtain to the fullest extent posslblo
the assistance of Chineso officials In
making arrests and punishing the
guilty. Regarding indemnity for
losses sustained by missionaries and
native Christians, General Chaffee
pointed out that his sentiments wero
well known to tho American mission-
1 arles; that he was opposed to extor-
.inn In nvorv fnrm nnd thnt ho fn.
vored strict justice in every case, and
that he would agree quickly to his ex
cellency's proposition that tho indom-
niues sir Kooert iiart moniioneu
should be settled by tho diplomats
c t von Wal(icrseo win leave
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soon for Tsln Tau tue trIP Possibly
extending to Shanghai. Ho says ho
expects to return to Pekln temporarily.
It is asserted that China has de-
ciieA t0 deiay ner answer to Russia
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regarding the Manchurian convention
for a fortnight.
The ministers of the powers have
resolved to modify the legation plans
so as to al'ow the five government
boards to remain in the occupation
. th m,!--.-
oi me v,ninese,
RADICALS IN MAJORITY.
Not a Bright Outlook for the Piatt
Amendment.
HAVANA, March 11. Tho commit
tee on relations ot tho Cuban consti
tutional convention, to which was re
ferred the Piatt amendment, is made
up of three radicals Sllva, Villanuen
da and Gualberto Gomez and two
conservatives Tamayo and Qucsada,
Tamayo, It is understood, is now in
favor of accepting the amendment in
its entirety. He Intends taking
Arm stand on this position, and will
send a minority report to the con
vention, if necessary. His political
influence and position are expected to
have a good effect with the others.
Senor Tamayo is chairman of the
committee on foreign relations of the
convention. The committee held
short secret session this afternoon
and appointed Gomez secretary.
Political demonstrations have ceased
and there Is absolute quietness
throughout the island.
The strike has been settled, the
stevedores, lightermen and carmen re
turning to work this afternoon. The
stevedores agreed to compromise on
$2 50 American money for a day's
work, and $4 for night work. The
Ward line agent agrees to send home
the American longshoremen.
Struck Gold In Mindanao. .
New York, March 11. Frank W.
Redding, formerly of Newark, who
was a member ot the Astor battery
during the Spanish war, has, it is
said, discovered a gold mine on the
island of Mindanao, in the Philip
pines. A quantity of the dust he has
forwarded to his brother, William F,
Redding, of Newark. The latter sent
it to the United States assay offlco in
New York, and he has received a re
port from tho government nssayer
that the dust proved to be 897 fine,
and that it is worth in its crude state
$18 50 an ounce.
Export! of American Corn.
American exports of corn have aver
aged 173,000,000 bushels a year since
1895, an increase of 254 per cent over
the preceding five years.
Suicides In Germany.
The number of suicides in the Ger
man empire last year was 10,700.
FIJI Sunday Schools.
There are 40,000 native pupils in
the Sunday schools of tho Fiji islands.
An Unsolved Mystery.
Pittsburg, Pa., March 11. The mys
tery surrounding C. B. Howland, or
Harrison, the alleged English earl
who died in the Allegheny general hos
pital ot typhoid fever yesterday, has'
not been solved. Tho claim that he
was "Earl of Wargravo" was based
on lottors found among his effects, In
which he was addressed as Cecil Shcr
brooko Beaumont Howland, Earl of
Wargrave.
1BT d. SEB
Large Number of the Acts of the
Oregon Legislature.
WITH AND WITHOUT HIS SIGNATURE
Dills Tht Were Pssied by Both Houses. Dut
Which Did Not Receive till Approval
Until Alltr Adjournment
Governor Geor has filed tho follow
ing nets of tho Oregon legislature.
Whllo somo of them were, nllowcd to
becomo laws without his signing
them, most of them contain his sig
nature: Sonoto bill No. 75, to requlro street
railways to provide vestibules or
woathor guards on Btrcct cars.
Houso bill No. 126, to punish kid
napping.
Houso bill No. 183, to provide for
recording chattel mortgages.
Houso bill No. 237, to fix tho bound
arles ot Columbia county.
Houso bill No. SS, to requlro bids
for furnishing public supplies.
Houso bill No. 122, to punish tros
pass by cattlo in certain counties.
Houso bill No. 177, to'doflno loca
tion ot natural oyster beds in Nctarts
bay.
House bill No. 229, to fix weight ot
standard bushel of oats at 32 pounds
Houso bill No. 346, to prcscribo du
ties of Attorney General.
Houso bill No. 225, governing re
ports of administrators.
Houso bill No. 19, to rcgulato con
otructlon ot telegraph and telophono
lines along public highways.
Houso bill No. 292, to authorlzo
construction ot Sluslaw and Eastorn
railroad.
Houso bill No. 179, to fix tlmo for
salmon fishing In Alsca bay, river
and tributaries, and to prohibit fish
traps and wheels therein.
Houso bill No. 313,' to fix salary of
county judgo In Baker county.
House bill No. 172, to amond the
law relating to the appropriation
of water from lakes and running
streams.
House bill No. 97, to prohibit pub
lic contracts in counties of 50.000 In
habitants, except attor public bidding.
Houso bill No. 1, to amend tho law
relating to mining claims.
Houso bill No. 39, to fix placo ot as
sessment of personal property.
Senate bill No. 13, to fix place ot as
sessment of personal property.
House bill No. 200, to Increase com
pensation of deputy county clerk in
Malheur county and to provide assist
ance for clerk in Q 1171am county.
House bill No. 44, to aid Oregon
Historical Society.
Senate bill No. 112, to provide
bounty for scalps of seals, sea Hons,
etc.
House bill No. 65, to authorize ap
pointment of clerks in state treas
urer's office.
House bill No. 59, to punish poison
ing of domestic animals.
House bill No. 121, to authorlzo Is
suance of diplomas to certain grad
uates of normal schools.
House bill No. 102, to prevei.t coer
cion of voters.
Senate bill No. 137, to create offlco
of county auditor in Multnomah
county.
Senato bill No. 203, to Incorporate
Milton City.
House bill No. 100, to protect union
labels.
House bill No. 5, to fix tlmo and
place of holding circuit court in sec
ond district.
House bill No. 144, relating to pub
lic presentation of dramatic plays.
House bill No. 20, making legal cer
tain marriages.
House bill No. 311, to fix salary of
county judge of Malheur county.
House bill No. 249, to fix salaries
of county treasurers.
House bill No. 146, making it a
crime to lnterfero with boundary
marks of mining claims.
House bill No. 68, to prescribe
method of apportioning state taxes.
House bill No. 24, to provide for
relief of indigent soldiers, sailors, etc.
House bill No. 26, now military
code.
House bill No. 110, protection of
game, forests, wild flowers, etc.
Senate bill No. 201, to provide
more efficient method of assessment
and taxation.
Senate bill No. 177, to Incorporate
City of Wasco.
Senate bill No, 193, to incorporate
City of Grass Valloy.
Senato bill No. 63, to regulate salo
of adulterated food, drinks, etc., and
doflno duties of dairy and food com
missioner.
Senate bill No. 229, to amend As
Urge Wine Crop.
Lyons, Franco, reports that the wine
crop oi Franco for the year 1900 will
exceed 1,731,000,000 gallons, a yield
that lias been surpassed bat three
times in history.
MlllUry and Navy Maneuvers.
The war and navy departments are
plannng for joint military and naval
maneuvers in New York harbor next
summer.
toria charter.
Senate bill No. 207, to nraond So,
side charter.
Sonnto bill No. 66, authorizing
Comity Courts to declaro unimvlgnblo
Btrenms highways for Moating logs.
Sonnto bill No. 171, to authorlzo ex
penditure of money for ImtchorluB.
Sonnto bill No. 189, rolntlvo to bl
cnninl reports.
Houso bill No. 128, for distribution
of Inws and Journals.
Houso bill No. 275, to nmoiid act
creating Southern Oregon Agrlcul
turnl societies.
Senato bill No. 133, making owners
of vessels llnblo for dnmngo to pro
perty or land.
Senato bill No. 190, to amond
Soldiers' Homo act.
Sonnto bill No. 62, to fix tlmo ot
meeting ot regonts ot State Univer
sity.
Sonnto bill No. 29-, to authorlzo
Portland to dlsposo of block 132.
House bill No. 62, to cotisolldnto of
fices of Clerk ot County Court, Clork
ot Circuit Court nml Recorder ot
Multnomah County.
Houso bill No. 21, to punish dos
miction of records on public lands.
Houso bill No. 2S6, to change com
pcnBOtlon of certain County Clerks,
Houso bill No. 149, to punish deso
cratlon of United States flag.
Houso bill No. 76, to amond net for
election ot road supervisors.
Houso bill No. 33, appropriating
$1000 for Soda Springs.
Senato bill No. 162, fixing compen
sation of prison Inspector.
Scnnto bllt No. 79, corroding
boundary of Whoolor County.
Senato bill No. 210, prohibiting salo
of liquors within a mtlo ot mines.
Senato bill No, 126, regulating
drawing of Stnto warrants.
Scnnto bill No. 210, fixing salaries
of certain District Attorneys.
Senato bill No. 72, to doclnro tho
Jurisdiction of Justices' Courts.
Senato bill No. 86, to cronto ofllco
of Stato Bacteriologist.
Senato bill No. 221, to provldo for
board to draft a Portland charter bill
Senato bill No. 232, to rcgulato
building branch lines to railroads
Scnnto bill No. 196, fixing salary
of Superintendent of Wheolor County.
Senato bill No. 23, amending school
law.
Sonnto bill No. 142, requiring stato
warrants paid to bo dcposltod In of
flco of Secretary of Stato.
Senato bill No. 234, fixing salaries
of County Treasurers.
Sonato bill No. 116, authorizing
Stato Land Board to buy land at fore
closuro sale.
Senato bill No. 44, fixing torms
of Circuit Court In seventh district
Senate bill No. 114, defining elig
ibility of directors of corporations.
Senate bill No. 220, concerning sal
aries of Baker, Malheur and Clatsop
Counties.
Sonnto bill No. 227, for construction
of ditch to supply water at stato In'
stitutlons.
Senato bill No. 87, to amend charter
of North Yamhill.
Senato bill No. 107, to Incorporate
Yoncalla.
Senato bill No. 176, amending char
ter ot Cornelius.
Senate bill No. 191, for primary
elections in cities ot 10,000 inhabit
ants.
Senato bill No. 180, amending Aus
tralian ballot law.
h. uuuuiu uiii nui .v., ui.i.i.j'.tiie, a,
CJ 1,111 Xf OHO nnnnnUn 1
000,000 acres under Carey arid land
act.
Senate bill No. 10, amending law
relating to Jury lists.
Senato bill No. 161, Incorporating
Hood Rlvor.
Senate bill No. 209, prohibiting sa
loons within 300 icet of schools.
Houso bill No. 294, making Van
couver avenue a county road.
House bill No. 334, governing
estrays.
Houso bill No. 113, defining duties
of surveyors.
House bill No. 208, rotating to es
tabllshmcnt of public highways.
Houso bill No. 295, prohibiting rau
tllatlon ot bides.
Houso bill No. 54, amondlng Ban
croft bonding act.
Houso bill No. 61, relating to incor
poration of cemeteries.
House bill No. 187, for service of
citations.
Sonato bill No. 171, tho Port of
Portland bill.
Houso bill No. 280, to annex the
panhandle of Union County to Bakor
County.
Senate bill No. 139, tho Orphans'
Home bill, appropriating $50 por
capita for inmatos.
Senato bill No. 73, enacting tho
Torrens system ot public land regis
tration. Senate bill No. 188, tho primary
election bill.
Houso bill No. 189, to construct tho
County Court ot Multnomah County.
Sons of President John Tyler.
Throo sons of President John Tylor
are now living, Ono is n moinber of
tho Virginia sonnto, and nnothor in
president of William nnd Mary col
lego. Present Method of Branding Cruel.
Cattle men in outh Dakota are gen
erally agreed that It is time to abundou
tho prosont luothod of branding oattlo
I as cruel.
A WEEK'S UNM
Cessation of Hostilities of the
Armies in South Africa.
OCNEKALS KITCHCNCU AND IIOTHA MECT
Arrn$emenli lor the Surrender of the lloer
Oenerl's Army Slevn and Uewet
Uo Not riiturc In the Dcil,
London, March 11. A dispatch
from Lourenco Mnrqncs Bays: Oon
oral Kitchener hns granted Oenoral
llotha u seven days' nrmlstlco to on
nblo him to confer with tho other
generals,
A special dlBimtch from Prutorla
dated today Hays General Kitchener
nnd General Botha hud u long confer
ence on Gnu hill this morning. Gen
ornl llotha wiih nlono, nnd General
Kitchener wns nccompnnled by IiIb
socretnry. A dispatch from Pretoria,
dntod Tuesday, March 5. evidently
hold up by tho censor, has Jimt
reached horc. It snyn General Kitch
ener met General llotha and other
Boor leaders nt Middelsburg, Febru
ary 27, when the question of tho pos
sibility of tho termination of hostili
ties wns discussed. Another dlspntch
from Protorln, dated Wednesday,
March 6, snys tho meeting between
Qonernl Kitchener nnd Gonornl llotha
hns awakonod deep Interest, nnd that
thoro nro favorable oxpectntlonB nB
to tho probnble outcome.
According to tho Sun. tho surrender
of Gonornl Botha would have been nn
accomplished fact boforo now had
Gonornl Kltchonor boon In n position
to conclude tho torms of surrender.
When tho surrender occurs, tho Hun
adds. It will Include tho surrender or
ontlro suppression of Gcnonil Dewet.
nml will lnvnlvn tlin termination of
tho war.
TO HELP 1905 FAIR.
Utah Legislature Pledges Aid of Con
gressional Delegation.
SALT LAKK. March 11. Willis S.
Dunlwny, representing Portland's 190R
fair committee, yosterday addroHsud
tho members of Utah's houso of rep
rcscntntlvos. nnd Inter Intorvlowod
tho Btnto senators personally In bo
half of tho IxjwIb and Clnrk centen
nial. Today both houses, under sus
pension of tho rule, adopted n con
current resolution recognizing tho ex
position and pledging tho help ot
Utah's congressional delegation lu se
curing tho nld of tho govornmoMt to
mako It a groat Oriental fair. Tho
resolution authorizes Governor Wells
to nnmo threo commissioners to ro
port to tho next governor of Utah the
amount of money necessary for the
exhibit by tho stato.
Mr. Dunlwny returned to Bolso to
day in tho Interest of tho oxpoaltlon.
WONDERFUL CAVE DISCOVERED.
Abounds In Curiosities and Contains
Remains of Prehistoric Races.
TACOMA, March 9. Tho town of
Chohalls Is oxcltod over tho ropoited
discovery of nn Immense cavo by H.
F. Forest, of Chicago, In the eastern
part of Lewis county. Exploration
was mado a dlstanco ot live miles,
rovcallng strango and wondorful
sights. Aftor entering a lowor pas
sago boneath tho main cavom, tho
explorer came to a subterranean lako.
Upon tho pebbled beach wero found
boats of ancient and strango mako,
somo petrified, others partially so. In
ono of tho small rooms of tho first
cavern wero found tho remains of two
human bolngs, both giants In size, tho
man 7 feet 10 Inches tall, tho woman
a few Inches less. Both bodies wero
reported either frozen stiff or .mum
mified. Hammers and drills ot brass
woro found. Tho claborato work
must havo taken many years and wns
apparently dono ages ago by a pro
historic raco.
Per Capita Grain Products.
It has been figured out that tho
United States produced 2200 pounds
of grain for each inhabitant; England
360 pounds.
Floods In Hungary.
London, March 11. Tho Vlonna cor
respondent of tho Dally Express says:
Sevoral Hungarian villages havo
boon Isolated by tho floods. All along
tho banks of tho Danubo and Its trib
utaries great damage has boon dono.
Tho lowor part of Budapest is flooded
to a depth of five feet. Tho bitter
cold Is driving wolves from tho Car
pathian mountains to tho villages bo
low. Thoy havo klllod 12 peoplo
during tho last four woeits.
Soldiers Ran the Town.
Chicago, March 11, Two hundrod
soldiers of tho Fifth Infantry, nt Fort
Sheridan, created a panic last night
In tho little town of Hlghwood, which
adjoins tho fort. Tho soldiers woro
on loavo, and aftor first visiting sa
loons, many of thorn bocamo drunk,
and fights woro numerous. Two sn-
loons woro wrecked, and tho rosldonts
of tho vlllago woro compollod to koop
oft tho streets,
PROPOSED DY COLOMDIA,
Scheme for the United Otntei to Ao
quire the Panama Canal,
NEW YORK, March 12. Aceordlnit
to n special to tho I lornlil, Honor Hllvn.
tho Colombian minister to tho United
Htiitos, hint already Informally null
mlttuil proponnlH to Secretary liny
for tho nciiulnitloii of tho I'nimimi
canal by this government, nnd him
been Invited to iIIhcuhii thiim furtlior.
Preliminary protocols wore entered
Into iiotno time ago with Contu Him
and Nicaragua, ho that thcn two
countries during tho Miimmor will
nrobnbty ho merely Intoronted spec
tntorri ot tho iuoviih which tho United
StntCH, Grunt llrllnln and Colombia
will make.
It Ih understood thnt thoHO are tho
essential polntn which tho Colombian
government will urRo: A lonmi for it
term of yours, bo long iih (ho Unltml
States may desire, not exceeding 200
yearn, of tho torrllory auronw whicii
tho l'minmu canal Ih holm; eonulrui t
ed; In return for such luasu Colombia
Ih to receive either a porcontiigo of
tho tux on tonnage piihhiiku through
tho cnnnl, or a lump compoiimltton,
recognition of tho rights of tint
French company, which will null Hit
concussion with Colombia's consent
to tho United Htntc.
IS CL08E TO DEATH.
LI Huna Chang's Life Hanoi by a
Thread.
PUKIN, March 12. LI Hung Chang
Is iigulu seriously III, find his phynlc
Inn snyH his life hangii by a thrend.
Prince Chlng nnd Karl LI Hoem to
think that by spreading minora of tho
court's unwillingness to rotuni to Pe
kln, unless thin or that thing Is done,
they can Influence tho dellburntloun of
tho ministers of tho powers, An a
mutter of fact, according to rullablo
roportB from Slnan I'll, the Imperial
personages uro extrumuly uncomfortn-
bio nt Blnan I'll, where thoy Hvo in
tllO llOUSO of tho governor, which 18
0,1,y 11 8mH" Htructure. l'ronch mlH-
Blonnrlea who unvo Jiibi roiurncu irum
Slnan Ku bollovo thnt tho omproim
downgor would bring tho court buck
to Pekln on tho urst offer of tho al
lies, having nB a basis tho removal of
tho troops, otcopt tho legation guards.
HARRISON IS WOR8E.
Ex-President's Condition Now Re
garded as Serious.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.. March 12.
Tho condition of ox-ProBldont Harri
son Is serious. Dr. Jameson Rtntoil
today that tho upper part of General
Harrison's left lung was Inflamed.
Thoro Ih somo dangor of tho conges
tion extending to tho rest of tho lunfe
nnd to tho right lung. Until 3 o'clock
thiH afternoon. General lTaftViSikS'1'.
resting easy, but at that time ho be
came slightly worse and Dr. Jameson
was called. Ho said that ho was cer
tain Homing wns to bo apprehended
for tho neit 48 hours, but the ago ut
tho patient renders all calculations
uncertain. At 8 o'clock this evening
General Harrison was suffering nmn
pain, but was resting comparatively
easy.
TO ORGANIZE GOVERNMENT.
Philippine ('ommlsilon Leave for
Lucena.
MANILA, Mnrch 12. Judgo Toft
and his nsHiiclatcs of tho United
States Philippine commission, accom
panied by tholr wives nnd a number
of prominent Filipinos, embarked to
day on tho United States transport
Sumner and sailed for Luconn, Prov
ince of Tayabae, Luzon, whore thoy
will organize tho provincial govern
ment. At tho tlmo of tholr doparturo
the pier was thronged with nntlvos.
Tho Insurgents havo surrendered
COO rifles In tho Provlnco of Pain
panga, Bulacan and Bataan during tho
last four weeks.
Tho Methodists report 120 converts
In Manila last week, and tho Philip
pine Evangelical church claims to
havo secured many new members.
Three Persons Killed by Tornado.
Forest City, Ark., Mnrch 12. Throo
persons wero klllod and many Injurod
in this vicinity laBt night by a tor
nado, and 16 houses, and miles or
fences and mnny trees woro lovolod
to tho ground, Ton miles northoast
tho tornado phattorod tho houso of J.
A. Woody, killing vVoody nnd sorlously
injuring his wifo and his stopson, Bob
Allen. T-ho othor victims woro ne
groes. Gorman plantation exports claim
that tho Samoan Islands havo a groat
futuro In coffoo, too, tobacco, cottou,
etc.
Tho Boll Telophono Corapnny has
bought for $500,000 a system ot self
induction colls which makes conver
sation between Now York and Lon
don as oasy as botweon noar-by
points.
Rich 8trlke In Republlo Mine.
Spoknno, March 12. A woll-foundod
roport from Republic Is to tho offoct
that $1,400 ore has boon struck In
tho Morning Glory rnloo, A stronlc
of eight Inches aBsnyod that amount.
Assessments will conso, according to
the directors. Tho Butto & Boston
mlno at Republic has 18 Inches of oro
worth oyer ?200 por ton, according to
n Btatomont of Superintendent Nick
oraon. Tho strlko is at a depth ot
160 foot.