BOHEMIA NUGGET. COTTAGE GROVE. . . .OREGON. EVENTS OF THE MY A Comprehensive Review of the Important Happenings of Ihe Past Week Preaenled In a Condenicd Form Which li Moil Ukely (o Prove of Interne io Ovr Many tyuders. Two plnguo deaths arc reported from Odeasn. Bolomcn tried to rush an American forco In Samar. . vPrcgon.yins 232 prizes at Pan American Exposition. . Many accidents In tho United King dom .were due to Tog. An Aberdeen editor attacked tho character of Judgo Irwin. Scouts fought engagements with! rebels In Southern Luzon. Oil prospects aro good In Idaho and In Malheur County, Oregon. The demand for raw material from abroad shows a steady Increase. Japanese and Russians are assum ing closer commercial relations. A Mississippi moonshiner killed two deputies and burned their remains. " A' nntlvc priest, convicted of mur der, has been sentenced to 20 years' Imprisonment. An alleged conspiracy to proclaim a republic at Dawson is reported from Skagway. B. P. Lowentbal. of New York, robbed of $10,000 In diamonds In Portland Hotel. r St ( war UPTON SUCCEEDS. I My rocelpt for prosperity. In s much a concern am mine, Im at r tho dtmpoaalof all. Hero It 1st I "Work hard, deal honoatly, bo f enterprlelnn, oxer also cmrcul Judgment, adrertlmo freely but Judlcloumly."Str Thomas Llp f ton, In Saturday Evening Poat. The transport Hancock Is ashore in Japanese waters. More shipwrecks are reported on the English coast A mounted force of Capo Dutch- sur rendered to the Boers. Twenty persons were killed by the earthquakes In Erzroum. The President's Thanksgiving proc lamation was cabled to Manila. Merit and not political Influence will be recognized in army promotions. Ways and means committeemen are divided on tho subject of reducing war taxes. Agulnaldo declines the offer of an American lawyer to work lor. hla re lease. State of Oregon 'will make a sur vey of arid lands In eastern part of state. Insane man killed an officer at Cos mopolis, Wash., shot a friend, and was seriously wounded hlmseir. Tom Consldlno broke down while testifying in behalf of his brother, on trial for murder at Seattle. Fire in Boston destroyed property valued at ?1U0,UUU. The secretary of tho interior has created a bureau of forestry. President Roosevelt has pledged the Lewis and Clark Centennninl his hearty support. Fire destroyed every mercantilo and several fine houses in Fucwash, H. d. Loss, ?oU,UOO. Latest advices from Miss Stone's place of confinement stato that her imprisonment is affecting her reason, Burglars blew open the safe of the bank of Chatham, III., and secured $1,500. The burglars escaped on a Handcar. Three persons were killed and 25 others injured in a mining accident at Stassure, Prussia. Thirteen are still entombed. The owners of tho petroleum works in Gallicia, Austro-IIungnry, have decided to form a trust to end tho reckless competition. A flow of oil hae been struck in well at Debequc, Colo., at n depth of zuu leet. A gushing oil held is ex pected to be devoloped. King Edward has decided to have tho celebrated Koh-I-Noor diamond mounted in the crown of Queen Alex nndra for tho coronation. Tho presidente of Tacloban, Leyte, iins ueen arrested lor treason. Count von Hatzfoldt, German am- ba&sador to England has retired. Wind, rain and snow are playing Jiavoo witn mo snipping of the Brit jsh isles. V - 1 1 ' iii Stage Hugging. Miss Julia Marlowe, writing In the Dramatic Number of Collier's Weekly, i ' says that she was onco asked If an actress did not sacrlflco her finer na turo by permitting "stage embraces." In reply sho declares withsomesplrit: "Such a question demands the appll cation of only a fair degree of com' mon sense to ensure a negative an flwer." Tho leading sugar refining company Js now turning out 25,000 barrels of sugar per: day. A cast bronzo statue, weighing 110 tons, la ono of tho curiosities of St. PetersburgRussia. Hero la a simple method of making lialf a ton of coal go as far as fifteen hundredweight. Tho plan Is to placo a quantity of chalk in tho grates. Once heated, this Is practically Inex haustible from combustion, and gives out groat heat. I GOVERNOR'S PROCLAMATION. Proclaim! November iS lo Be a Day 1 Thanksgiving. Salem, Nov. 13. Governor Gecr today issued n Thanksgiving procla mation, designating November 28 as tho day to bo observed. Tho procla inatlon follows: "Althoueh not yet passed from beneath tho shadow of tho great national tragedy which took from us tho presenco and .counsel oi our i loved chief mncistrate. wo find reason for national thanksgiving in the uni fying effect tho great nllllction has had upon tho different sections oi our common country, aim ior uiu nrosnejt of a continued era of good feeling. At no tinio within 50 years has party feeling been loss bitter, or our country so Harmonious in mai lers concerning its domestic wciinre, Even1 department of our stato gov ernment is performing tho duties for which it was created, with prompt' ness and fidelity: tho hand of plenty has provided tho necessaries of life in abundnnco among our teople, all classes of whom are engaged m ro mil n em tive employment, and tho name of our fair state in other sec tions of our great country in synony mous with steady progress and ' an assuredly prosperous future. "Recognizing in all theso thing! the hand and nil ml of an overruling Providence who doeth all things well and that a spirit of gratitude sug costs an acknowledgement of tho many favors enjoyed by us as a com monwealth, I hereby recommend, in conformity with tho proclamation of the president of tho United states, that Thursday, tho 2Sth of Novem ber, 11)01, bo observed as a day of thanksgiving and prayer, and that all our people on that day, wliilo re membering the poor with appropriate gifts and cheerful words, desist from their usual vocations, and, in their usual places of worship, or elsewhere, cive praise to Almighty God, upon whom our fathers so firmly relict! for national as well as individual guid ance, for tho past mercies, and in voke tho Divino aid along the path way of national righteousness as our country assumes tho lending position in power and inllucnco among the nations of tho earth. In witness whereof, I have here unto sot my hand and caused tho treat seal of tho state of Oregon to be affixed, at tho capitol, in Salem, this 13th day of November, l'JOl. T. T. OEER, Governor. F. I. DUNBAR, Secretary of State, NEWS OF TEE STATE TCMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS OF OREGON. THE DIAZ DOCTRINE. Friendly Remarks by a Mexican at Pin American Banquet City of Mexico, Nov. 18. Tho toast delivered by Alfred Canavero, on be nan or we .Mexican delegation, at n banquot In honor of tho pan-American Delegates or otnor nationalities, was noteworthy, on account of Its friend liness for the United Stated. Mr. Can avero said Napoleons invasion of Mexico during tho Civil War in tho United States was in the hope of es tablishing an empire and dismember ing the American Republic, thus bring ing republics into disrepute. Tho des perate resistance of Mexico and the aid extended by tho United States, ho saiu, saved Dotn nations. Said he: "We Already had the Monroe Doc trine, safeguard of tho New World. The Diaz Doctrine constitutes Its com plement, and the Diaz Doctrine may be expressed in this ODothocm: The international law of America is found ed on peace, which in its turn depends on uio respect for tho sovereignty. In dependence and territorial integrity of eacn and all the republics of Amer ica.' " City Ledgers Mining. Chicago, Nov. 18. The finance com mittee of the City Council has dis covered that the city's ledgers cover ing Its accounts from 1876 to 1884 are missing. This was discovered in an investigation of tho sinking fund ac counts in which a discrepancy of more than $2,100,000 was recently an nounced. It Is claimed that previous administrations have borrowed from this fund for other corporate purposes and no return has been made of tho amounts so diverted. There Is no rec ord, according to tho City Controller, to show to what purposes theso loans wero applied during tho eight years. Schley Court Worki Overtime. Washington, Nov. 15. Tho Schley court of inquiry began today to hold sessions twice daily. The afternoon session will bo from 2 to 4 o'clock. This change was made in tho interest of more rapid progress in the work be fore) tho court, for it is tho general desiro to have tho findings prescuted at tho earliest possiblo date. Exchange of Prisoners. New York, Nov. 18. Negotiations are under way for tho first time to ox chango prisoners, says tho Panama correspondent of tho Herald. General Domingo Diaz, chief of tho revolu tionary party in the Department of Panama, sent a commltteo to see Gen eral Alban and to give him a letter. The committees wero Senor Isalas Rodriguez and Alzphpura. Tho In surgents hold four captains, two non tenants, flvo sub-HoutenantB, and 30 soldiers. General Alban airreed to an oven exchange. Movements of Gunboat, Washington. Nov. 18. Thn Now Department has been Informed of thn arrival of the gunboat Concord at Aca- puico, ana or tho Marietta at Koy West. Theso vesaols aro to reliove tho Iowa at Panama and the Machlaa at Colon. Tax on Orange Exports. Kingston, J imaica, Nov. 18. Tho government Intends to levy a tax of , in 1900 was 10,839, 2370 more than in ono co it on each package of oranges tho provlous year. It is stated that exported. The shipment of lmmaturo but few of these oxporlments wero in fruit will shortly bo prohibited by law. ' any serious degreo painful. Commercial and Financial Happenings of Im. porianct A Brief Review of the Orowlh and Improvements of the Many Industries Throughout Our Thrlvlnrj Commonwealth Latest Market Report Material is being hnulcd for a now saw mill near Oregon City. Gold worth 50 cents was taken from tho craw of n duok raised at Scotts Mills. Thieves broko into a Eucono storo and stolo a number of small articles of littlo value. A recovier has boon appointed for tho Columbia Logging Company, near St. Holons. Superintendent Brown, of tho Fulls River fish hatoliery. says tho outlook thero is very favorable. Practically nil the hops about Dallas hnvo been shipped. Prleon wero from 8, to 10 cents per pound. Senator Mitoliol) has announced that lie will endeavor to hnvo n now federal court diitrict established i eastern Oregon. Roecburg's city council has let tho contract of eroding and siirfnr.hu. with cru'hed rock about 10 blocks of tho principal streets. Thirty dwelling houses havo Wn mult in Dallas smco Janunrv 1 Every dwelling and business houso in tno town is occupied. Nine carloads of wool loft ITnrri burg tho other day for the East. The shipment weighs 103,000 pounds and :.i t t . ... ,.., . . io viiv ui tiiu mruuut individual sale over niiulo in that valley. 1 ho Indian war veterans of Lano county met nt tho court houso in Albany and began arranccincnta to- warn securing legislation by tho nc.x congress granting pensions to all eterans entitled to them. Tho fall run of silvcrsido salmon in Rogue river is creator than for 10 ears. W. T. Grier has sold his fruit farm of 10 acres, two miles from La Grande. for $3,000. HM. IT. J , . Mnv .iiiu jioueon I arm oi zzo acres three miles southeast of Salem, has t .lt . a ...a ' own soiu ior $o,ouu. Abtyit 75 men of tho const artillery will complete their terms at Fort 8tevens next month and will receive their discharges. A mysterious burglar got away wun a largo amount oi goods from Pendleton cigar storo and left all fastenings undisturbed. A reccivor will bo asked for tho Baislcy-Elkhorn mino at Baker City, so that it may bo worked and mado to pay up its indebtedness. A movement is under way to or ganize a company composed wholly of Astoria business men to operate a iroigiit steamer between that city ana roriianu, in consequence of ex' cessive freight charges by tho trans porianon lines. A syndicate, of which tho principal is a millionaire lumberman of Minne apolis, is about to acquire tho im monso lumber, railroad and sawmill holdings of tho Siskiyou Lumber fc Mercantilo-'Company, including tho dicuioua ltiver Kailroad, for a sum reported to bo $3,000,000. CRIME OF A MOONSHINER. Killed Their Portland Markets Wheat Walla Walla, nominal. 5555oT; blueetem, 50c; Valley, 00000;$ c. Flour Best grades, $2.653.50 per barrel; graham, $2.G0. Uats .Nominal lnJai.00 pr contal Barloy Feed, $1515.50: browinc. $io.w per ton. Mlilstuffs Bran. S1718: m d dling, ?2021; shorts, 1920; chop, Hay Timothy. $11(313; clover. $79.50; Oregon wild hoy, .$56 per woo. Butter Fancy croamcry.25ia27 4c : dairy, 1820o; storo, 1415o per pounu. Lggs htorago, 20c; fresh, 2324o. eastern Cheese Full oream, twins, 1214 ide: young America, laysmiio. Poultry Chiokons, mixed. $2.50(3 3.00; lions, $4.00; dressed, lOQllo per pound springs, $2.50 3.00. per dozen; ducks, $3 for old $3. 00 4.00 for young; geese, ?o7 per doz en; turkeys, Jivo, 10llc: dressed. 810o per pound. Mutton Lambs.aKo gross; dressed CC)c per pound; shcep,$3.25 gross; uresscu, uc per pounu. Docs Uro8S,heavy,$Ui3lJ.25: lieht. $4.755; dressed, 77 Wo per pound. veal small, 0QBJ40: Jargo.7(a7Mc per ponnu. Beef Gross top steers, 3.50(54.0O'i cows and hoifers, $3. 00 3, CO; dressed iicei, njSQUjso per pound. Hops UQlOjfio per pound. Wool Valley,ll13Kopor pound: Eastern Oregon, 8012 Jo; mohair, 20(3 21o per pound. rotatocs Uooo per sack. Tho assessed valuation of Idaho has increased $4,649,580 in a singlo year, and tho total now is $52,195,480. Thirty-two additional warehouses aro to bo provided in New York for tho storage of 600,000 to 600,000 bags of coffee. The total number of experiments on living animals in tho United Kingdom Two Officers and Cremated Bodies A Posit In Pursuit. Oxford, Miss., Nov. 19. John A. Montgomery, Deputy Unltod States Marshal of this city, mid Doputy United States Marshal Hugh Mont gomery, of Pontoloc, loft horo last night for tho purpose of arresting Will Mnthls, an nllcgod counterfeiter and moonshlnor, who lived 12 mjlca cast of this place Early today, Hugh Montgomery's homo wan found ritnml lug at tho gat,o-of Curdy Hall.a neigh bor of Mnthls, and Mnthla' houso had been burned to tho ground.. Upon further Investigation two partially burned bodies woro found In tho ash es of tho burnod building, which havo been Identified an tho remains of the Doputy Marshals. John A. Montgom cry's horso has not boon found, and It la supposed that Mnthls made his cscapo on this horso after the mon had been killed and tho houso set on lire. Mnthls' wlfo was at her father's a fow miles from hor burned home, and sho says sho and hor hus band left homo yestorday, her hus band leaving tho country. Mathls was Indicted last Summer for making nnd passing counterfeit money nnd was out on n $2000 bond. Tho principal witness ngalnBt him wna a negro living In tho snmo neigh borhood. About n month ago tho no gro was assassinated. Tho two Mont gomery's wont to arrest Mnthls for making illicit whiskey, and It Is sup posed that thoy wero provallcd upon to remain for tho night, nnd woro shot while guarding their prisoners. A MllIT AN J) NOT PULL WILL BE RECOGNIZED IN MAK ING ARMY PROMOTIONS. President Makes a Positive Stand -The War Department's Rccurds Hill Have More Inllucnce Than Political and Social hrlcnus ol the Candidates Here, alter. Washington, Nov, 18. It was an nounced ui 1110 Wur Dupurtniunt to day Unit tno names of llio uillcuis uo luctou to nil tho vitei.nuloH In tho giatiu of lirigiullur-Uonorul will not bu mi- IIUUIIUUU tllltll UOllUrUUH IIIUUIH, us it Is not deemed desiruuiu to 11U interim appointments. 111 iiiitiuiun to tuu Huuuiiioni, und In vluw 01 tho gieul plUkbUlU lilUl llllU UUUIl UiUtlKlll to ucur. 11 huu ucoii uueiuud proper to make the loliowiiig oiticlui uucium- 11011; ( "Tio Secretary of War and tho President huvo nail informal discus . kions 011 army m.iUem 011 suvuial 00 I I'uslouu umt 11 Ih understood that the l'resluuut huu ei pressed lilmsuK moitt puuiuyuiy 011 tnu tuu of political ami nodal lulluuneu by oiiteura lor tho purpouo of obtaining chaugou of am nions, leave of absence, modltlua , lions of orders, etc. Of course, It Is ' utidomood thai oilleoiH often deem It necessary to have attention called to , their cases by political friends, us 1 peelully in enuo of young volunteer otllcers who recently havo been ap- niiltitml. 11 In Hiifn In mir however. posso of 30 or 40 of tho lending cltl- lunt nt no ,,orlod t10 history of our vnna nf fl.fn.il wan. In .tin unnnn lr. !n . .. . . - uovernmeiii nun 1110 manor 01 rec ord been used to such good purpose an during tho present reorganization of tho army, when tho greatest posslblu euro bus boon taken In tho seloctlou of persons for appointment to tho re organized army. "Tho President has not hesitated to Inform Senators nnd others who havo applied to him that no officer will Im prove his chance by sending IiIh friends to annoy tho President In his behalf. On the contrary, tho effect which will bo produced probably will bo directly opposlto to that which tho candidate hopes for. Beveral Senators and Hoprcsentatlvos have been disap pointed becauso tho persons In whom thy nro Intorcstod hnvo not received appointments and stations applied for 1 by thom, but tho administration, as n I whole, Is evidently of tho opinion that ' tho good sense and Judgment of pub- I lie men will load to tho sarao conclu xens of Oxford went to tho sceno to day and every effort will bo mado to capturo Mnthls. CAUSED BY DENSE FOQ. Many Accidents and Fatalities In the (Jotted Kingdom France Has A Share. London, Nov. 19. Snturdny's fog which was general throughout tho United Kingdom, was responsible for many accidents and fatalities. Tho driver of a London omnibus was found dead In his box, whllo tho vo- hlclo was still running. Ho was a victim of cold fog. Several collisions occurred In tho Mersey. Tho Dominion liner Roman, from Portland, November 9, ran down and sank tho British stcamor Sapphire, of the Dundco Gen Lino. mi 1 m autru was no losa ui inc. Inn 11U ,., nrri,i , , ., i,ui. K Norwegian brlgantlno has boon 1 ,,, .,, a ,,... , , ,,, ,. seen drifting helplessly off Hull, and it Is feared that several porsons havo been drowned. dent nnd Secretary of War; that Is, if a system of records bo thoroughly CHtahllshed at tho war Department. Bhowlng tho progressive work of oflt- , . Icors from yoar to year, It will bo fat Paris, NOV. 19. During tho greater , bnttnr for h nfflrnm unit mn. wnl! part of today, Paris and Its suburbs ....mi. ntrii mirh ,,.toi..r wero shrouded In n dense fog. which uo mado lho BUlllo for BOi0ctIons, do seriously Interfered with railway i, otc rathor than nfluonco. transportation ana venicuiar irainc, . "Tho nnnonln nf iniiiviiiiii i iiii uuu wun a. uuiiiuv.1 ui miuui vu- cnnirrnHBmsn fnr llin r nnmnnul nil 'Acnts-' Tho:fog was so thick along ! BBtnnco n t,o mattors abovo onumer tno so no mat mo stenmuoaia wero ntoa necosltatCB public mon giving up WUIUJIUIltrU IU BUDVUU DVlllVU) a great deal or their time In locating tho proper office at which to apply for Information and tho filing of ap- ponls. This takes tbcm away from their legltlmato duties whllo Congress Is in session, and also Interferes groat' ly with public administration of tho departments. It Is fully recognized by public officials that tho proper men money were stolen last night from a I In tho first Instance to establish the room in tho Portland Hotel, occu- character of an applicant for offico aro BIO DIAMOND ROBBERY. A New York Merchant Was Robbed of $10,000 Worth at the Portland Hotel. Portland, Ore., Nov. 18. Diamonds valued at $10,000 and about ?90 In pled by A. F. Lowenthal, of Now York City, and tho audacious thief manag ed to escape with his booty and get safely away. Mr. Lowentbal Is a dealer in pre cious stones, and he is at present on tho Pacific Coast on a business trip. Last Saturday night ho arrived at the Portland Hotel, and was assigned to a room on tho ground floor facing Yamhill street, being tho third window from the northeast cor ner of Seventh and Yamhill streets. His traveling trunk, containing tho greater part of bis diamonds he used in trnclo, and a portion 01 nis money, was placed in his room. Thero aro two keys to this room, ono used by tho guest and placed In tho office when it is not In use, and tho other usually in charge of the Janitor In charge of all tho rooms on that cor ridor. tho Sonators and Representatives from tholr own homo, and It Is oml nontly Just and proper that their In fluenco should bo respected and they should bo responsible for the charac tor of tho persons rocommendod for ofllco; but onco In the public sorvice It Is only fair to tho administration that not only army officers, but all oth or classes of public officeholders 1 should rely upon tholr own merits nnd not upon tho further uso of political Influence1 Burled Under Red Hot Slag. Homestead, Nov. 18. Ono man was killed and two soriousiy ourneu as tho result of a party of workmon being burled under a mass of molten slag at tho Howard Axle Works to day. Tho accident occurred on tho cinder dump back of the company's plant The victims wore engagod In collecting scrap when a party of workmen at tho top of tho dump, about 20 feet above, dumped their car over tho edge, not knowing that tho men woro ' directly bonoath them. Tho car contained about eight tnirn of sine. 'a Kreater part of which was red-hot, and much of It In a mol ten state. Mexico Importing Wheat. City of Mexico, Nov.19. From all parts of tho Western United atntos, wheat Is being sent into Mexico in amounts never boforo equalled. It Is estimated by buyors and railroad men in this city that by tno eno pi Docember more than louo cars win i.nvn linen delivered Into tho republic. And oven this great amount will not end tho Importation, so long at tno duty Is waived and there Is tho slight est lack of corn. Doth buyers and transportation men bollovo that tho Importation will continue until tho term for the removal of tho tariff expires. TRAN8PORT RAN A8HORE. Third Accident to an American Vessel In Japanese Waters. Nagasaki, Japan, Nov. 18. Tho United States transport Hancock is ashor on tho south sldo of tho Straits of Sblmonooskl. A Gorman gunboat Is assisting hor. Tho transport ground ed on a sandy bottom. Tho Hancock is tho third United States transport to moot with a mis hap in Japanoso wators recently. First tho Sheridan, having on board a num hor or returning troops and tho Con gresslonal party which has been visit ing tho Phlllpplno Islands, was do talned at Nagasaki by a brokon tall shaft. Her passongors wero trnnB forred to tho Warron, which sallod from Nagasaki November 3. Two days later tho Warron sustalnod dam' ago In tho Inland Sea, which mado it necessary to return nnd dock at Naga sakl. Tho Hancock was ordorcd to proceed from Manila to Nagasaki and tako on board tho dolayod passongors. Cabinet Crisis In Chllr. Now Yofk, Nov. 18. Tho Valpar aiso, Chiio, coriospondont of tho Her ald sends tho following report; As tho result of adverse voting in tho Sen' nto, tho Chilean Cabinet has tondorod us resignation, nut ovcrytning indi cates that tho crisis will bo only par tial, affecting only ono portfolio, and will bo of shoit duration. Columbian Relnforremcnts. Colon, Nov. 18. Tho Colombian gunboat Gonoral Plnzon is expoctod to arrive horo shortly from Savanllla with additional reinforcements. Rrf PnnH In French Armv. TJnrlB Nov 18. La Llberto today Chicago Translation of Bible. ssertod that 2,000.000 francs worth of , London, Nov. 18. Extracts from tho deteriorated Amorlcan tinned foods Chicago translation of tho Diblo woro havo been dlscoyored among ; the f ml"-, published horo today. Tho Evonlng To thtsteofwarfrrcUejNows comments' on tho work as il quently ordered all tinned foods lows; nnno- tho nrmy stores, whether "In Chicago ovon tho mastornloco French or American, to bo sold, on tho of lltoraturo Is not sacred. Twonty ground that It would bo bettor to havo , mlsguldod Inhabitants have JuBt Is no stores at all than to depend upon , sued a translation of tho Now Testa canned provisions which would bo ment into modern American. Such an found to bo bad at tho outbreak of atrocity almost makes ono fllgh for a WH( 1 vn uvula VI mu 11I4UIDUIU11. DISLOYALTY OF DUTCH. A Urge I'orcit In Capt Colony Surrendi,,,! to the lloers With Slight Resilience. Mlddleburg, Capo Colony, Fri,v Oct. 2C Ono hundred and eighty iiin' trlet mounted troops, composed largo ly of Dutchmen, with Uielr horses iui,i tirnm, Miirondorod to Smuts' conmum. do Octobor 13. Tho district troops fired moBt of tholr ammunition nt imi rnnge, nnd then rofusod to fight fur ther. Captain Thornton, tholr cm, maiidor, believes tholr surrender to, havo boon prearranged. Dotn Ncarlng Cape Town. Now York, Nov. 18. The corres pondent of tho lmdon Times ami ti,0 Now York Tlmos, wiring from Middle burg. Cnpo Colony, snya that within tho Inst two dnys tho Ilooru have nu. pronchod iitlll nenror to Capo Town. Sixty men of tho commando Inst hi...,, ut Ilopeflold hnvo penetrated houui (,f Darling (48 miles north of i ni,0 Town), but tho raid must not bo tuk. t, too seriously, as tho llrltlsh coliitmm aro nlrenily In n poiiltlou to cope w.n. It. Tho Doors have mndo tho diiHh either to obtain fresh horses or to re vongo thomolvos on tho Dutch far morn who havo not supported them an thoy wero oxpocted to do. In tho northeast district Coiniuiui dint Koticho and six men, lonvlng u. main body, mndo n raid hut Saturday to Mldburg Siding. Thoy blow tip a fow yard of trnck nnd shot In cold blood a Cape Policeman who hud sin rendered. Foticho hnB since returned to the neighborhood of Jamestown. A pntrol of district mounted troops wero worstod on Monday by an IiihIcniii. cant forco of tho enemy. Two Recent engagements. London, Nov. 18. A dispatch from Lord Kltchonor, dated Pretoria, today, rmys that n strong pntrol of yeomanry. whllo reconnoltorlng, November 3. at llraksprult (In tho Traiinvaal Colony. about UO miles west of Pretoria), wna surrounded by 300 Doors and lost six men killed nnd 10 wounded. Some of tho troopers woro captured, but Rubse- quently released. The rear guard of Colonel Dyng's column was attacked near Hllbnin. Orango Illvor Colony, Novombor it. by 400 Doors, said to be under the command of Gcnorul Dowct. After two hours' of fighting, tho Doers re tired, leaving eight dead on tho field. Of Colonol Dyng's column, Lletitcnnni Hughes and ono man woro killed, ami thrco officers and nine men were woundad. FIFTY VESSELS WRECKED. Recent Oales on the British Coast Have Cost Over 180 Lives. London, Nov. 15. It is still lui- iMiPsiblo to estimate with any exacti tude the total loss of life and proper ty resulting from tho jirotrnctod gale, und probably tho full extent of thu tlaiiinge will never bo known, .Much wreckage of unidentified vessels is still being thrown up. Altogether, it in known that souiu f0 vessels have been wrecked along the Dritisli coasts. Thirty-four of these have licon abso lutely wrecked, involving, it is Ixi lieved, n loss of more than 181) drowned. The Yarmouth lifeboat disaster alono leaves 44 fatherless chil dren. Tho lifeboat was on its way to tho rescue of n distressed vessel when it was struck by a great wave and capsized. Tho crew won impris oned and only three men succeeded in making their cscapo. Innumerable causaltics contintio to be reported on all tho coasts of tho United Kingdom, marking tho storm as tho most disastrous that bus oc curred in many years. Tho Nor wegian bark Krratio, of Christiauia, lias been wrecked in tho vicinity of Snltburn and eight of hor crew drowned. A winter snap linn succeeded the gnlo, which has subsided, wliilo a bliz zard which is raging over Scitiidiimvln is expected to strike tho shores of Great Ilritniu tomorrow. Totlnv thero is a heavy snow storm in Scot land and n full of snow generally throughout tho United Kinirdom. especially in tho hilly districts, whero several shepherds lost their lives. Panic at Chicago Fire. Chicago, "Nov. . Firo tnnltrht cleaned out the flvo story building at 2fJ4 Madison street, indicting a total loss of about -fCO,000, divided among half n dozen small firms. Ki vo linn. dred girls working overtimo in the pniitntjs paper box factory wore thrown in a pnnlo by tho llro. In thn Hnrnin. bio that followed a scoro or moro wero trampled on and soverelv bruised, hut. all woro finally taken out of tho build- ...l.l.n... ! (..,. ."b nitiiuiiii nuriuiis injury. Gunboati for the Philippines. Washiiiuton. Nov. lfi Tb n rntiorr. from Jnimn that tho United States government had placed an order for six gunboats with tho Urga Uoat Company is IlOt strlntlv iiennrntn. Some tilllO nco. tho seoretnrv nf war authorized tho Philippine commis sion to purchase 30 or 40 to bo used among tho Islands for rovenuo and nolico nntrnl Thoy woro to bo liought nt Hong KOIlg and othor nlnoes where tlmv could bo obtained at tho best ml van. tngo. Americans Control German Line, London. Nov. 15 A syndicate has purolmscd 10,000 shares of the i stook of a Hnmbitrg steamship lino through a Vienna bunk, says u i, o?cspondont of tho Daily Ma J, 'lho purchaser is thus, onnblcd to demand at tho unit mmM 1i if n tn. vision of tho artlolos of association in its own favor. Thoro is u gonoral fcoHiig horo that tho Aniorioan dungor to Gorman shimihii H . . . a o v uvi iuiiu than has been supposed,