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BOHEMIA NUGGET. I'liblUliol Kterr rrlilny. COTTAGE GROVE. . . OREGON. EVENTS OF THE DAY A Comprehensive Review of the Important Happenings of the Past Week, Presented In a Condtnitd form, Which It Molt UVtly to InUrtit Our Mny Readers. ' Cholera Imb broken out nt Manila. A coal minors' strike in Virginia and tTost Virginia is prohibit'. A hardware trust has boon formiHl with n capital of $30,000,000. A combino is being formed in New York which, if completed, will control tho entiro nickel output of the world. Tho new Chinese exclusion bill con tains a clause which will prevent China from tiarticimtinc in tho St. Louis fair. Tho Canadian Pacific freight sheds at Winnipeg were burneil, together with alt freight records for tho past 22 years. Lops, $150,000. Tho senate passed tho war revenue repeal bill. Tho hoiiFO has passed tho rivers and harbors bill. President Roosevelt will retire Gen. Miles in tho near future. Tho bill for tho protection of tho president has passed tho senate. Tho anthracite coal miners of Penn sylvania liavo demanded an eight h"ur Jay. Another delay in tho ratification of the Danish treaty by tho Danish gov ernment has been brought about by tho opposition. Large holdings in tho Rock Island liavo been purchased by tho Harriman interests and now that road will not Ins extended to tho coast. An inventory of Collis P. Hunting ton's estate shows it to bo worth about $29,000,000. William J. Bryan celebrated his 42d birthday by moving onto his farm near Lincoln, Neb. Anthracito coal miners of Pennsyl vania aro on the evo of another strike. Tho trouble is over tho wage scale. Governor Brady, of Alaska, has asked congress to appropriate $100,000 with which to represent Alaska at tho St. Louis exposition. A resolution has been introduced in tho fenato thanking Rear Admiral Kempff for refusing to join tho allied forces in the bombardment of tho forts atTaku, China. It is understood that tho president is considering tho appointment of ex-Senator Wolcott, of Colorado, to succeed Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock, who will retire from tho cabinet. Fire on tho Hobokon, N. J., wator lrunt caused a loss of $1,000,000. Ex-President Cleveland celebrated bis C5th birthday on tho 18th inst. First Assistant Postmaster General Johnson has resigned onacconut of poor health. Joseph II. Stanley lias been offered tho position of first assistant postmaster general. Tho senate is working on tho meas re for the protection of the president against anarchists. King Edward has made arrangements to feed 500,000 of tho poor of London during coronation week. Tho state asylum for deaf and dumb at Jackton, Miss., was totally destroyed by lire. Loss, $40,000. Prince Henry has landed on German toil. The senate has passed the ship sub aidy bill. The house is working on tho riven and harbors bill. In a collision at Milwaukee between passenger train and street car 10 per eons were injured. A life saving crow and seven men it kad rescued from a stranded vessel were drowned at Cano Cod. Two children were burned to death in a Are at Galena, Kan. When Flour Was a Dollar a Pound. Only a few years ago flour sold for $1 a pound in parts of Montana, and other provisions were higher. Butter readied $1.75 in Virginia City. When pro visions were forced too high by specu Jators, thero was a raid and living necessities, especially flour, wero taken to a common dopot and tho "corner" busted. Those stories, and many oth ers that afford more pleasant reading, aro found in Wonderland for 1002, published by tho Northern Pacific Railway. This book carries hundreds of beautiful Wostern scenes in perfect ly printed illustrations that tho costly magazines might oe proud of. Bend to Charles S. Foo, St. Paul, Minn., for tho book. Ho sends it freo, but 0 cants postago is nocossary. Governor Taft, testifying boforo tho bouse insular committee, denied reports that Filipinos aro cowardly. Tho Pennsylvania management con templates a new union station for Chi cago, to cost, with torminal facilities, $10,000,000 to $15,000,000. William Hoey, for many yenrs pen oral superintendent of the Adams Ex press Company, committed suicido nt Now York whilo temporarily insane from lllnoBs. REFORMERS BACK OF IT. Revolution In Southern China It Serious and Spreading Rapidly. Victoria, B.C., March 25. Accord ing to tho advices received by tho two Oriental liners which arrived hero to day, the reformers nro at tho back of tho big revolution in South China, which is a widespread Mid serious movement. Coincidental!)', reports come from Knnsu and Mongolia, in tho northwest, of outbreaks fomented by Tung l'u Union, an ex-Hoxor, aided by Mongolian princes. The Nnng corre spondent of tho Shanghai Mercury says that 10,000 rebels have massed at that city to move on Kwang Si towns. From Shanghai conies news of excite ment over tho decision of Germany to maintain her garrison there, which means that Franco, Britain and Japan will also be obliged to have garrisons thero, and Shanghai will become an in ternational garrison town. The Shanghai Mercury says that bo fore his death, I.i Hung Cluing surren dered full privileges to Russia in Man churia, and tho negotiations now going on are said to lie a blind to hoodwink rival powers. The Mercury says that had I.i not died, his adhesion to Rus sia's policy would liavo involved China in war. Anxiety at Washington. Washington, March 25. Tho situa tion in Southern China s attracting the anxiety of the state department olli cials, who are in no mood to become again involved in that quarter of the world. Tho latest advices to the depart ment from tho seat of trouble were con tained in a cablegram received here from United States Consul MeWndo, at Canton, dated .March 18, saying: "Viceroy reports rebellion in Kwang Si almost crushed." This is not borne out by tho press advices of later date, hence tho anxietv of the otlicils. Chinese Rebels Capture a Town. Hong Kong, March 25. Tho rebels havo captured tho profectural town of Kan Chou, in tho province of Kwnng Tung, and havo seized the arsenal and granaries. Tho Mandarins of tho garri son lied and nppoaled'to Canton for re inforcements. Tho viceroy of Canton replied that it was impossible further to deplete t ho Canton garrison, and urged General Ma to make tho utmost efforts to put down the rebellion. STRICKEN FROM THE BILL. House Committee Rejects Clause Prohibiting Employment ol Chinese Sailors. Washington, March 25. By an al most unanimous vote tho house com mittee on foreign affairs struck out of tho Mitcheil-Kahn Chinese exclusion hill the paragraph prohibiting ships flying tho American (lag from employ ing Chinese sailors, under $2,uuu pen alty for each offense. Ihis provision lias proved one of tho chief sources of controversy over tho bill Tho senators and representatives fiorn tho Pacific coast states regard this provision as tho most important. Tho main argument leading to'strik ing out tho provision was that tho American ships on the Pacific compete with English and. Japanese linos, and that tho latter ships would indirectly receive a great advantage in continuin; tho cmplovment of Chinese at $7.50 per month, whereas tho American ships would Have to pay nhout fail per month for whito sailors. Representative Kalin, of California, lias talked with Speaker Henderson as to tlio exclusion bill when it readies tho house mid it is understood that while Mr. Kahn considers tho sailors' clause most important, ho will not in sist upon it to tlio extent of jeopardize ing the entiro exclusion measure. Cholera In Manila. Manila, March 25. Tlio board of health is making a strong effort to pre vent tiie spread of cholera. Tiioro have been 1G cases and 15 deaths among tho natives in two days, and other natives aro euspecetd of having contracted tlio disease. The importation of vegetablo matter from China is prohibited; in spection camps aro being established in every district, and leaflets nro pub lished advising tho people to boil their drinking water before using it. Fi naliy, every one is urged to co-opcrato in tho destruction of this dangerous en emy. Will Give Bozeman a Library. Bozeman, Mont., March 24. Word has been recoived from Andrew CarnO' gle, who will lurnlBh Bozeman with a freo public library, provided tho city is willing to support tho institution at not less than $1,500 a yoar. Tho library is to cost $15,000. Troopi for Coronation. New York, March 25. It is stated, says a London dispatcli to tho Tribune, that tiioro will bo 2,500 colonial troops in London for tho coronation. Practi cally every colony will bo represented Destroyer Darry Launched, Philadelphia, March 25. Tho Barry, tho third of tho series of torpedo boat destroyors which liavo been built for tlio United States government by Botio & Lovay, has been launched. Miss Charlotte Barnes, a descendant of Com modore Barry, after whom tho craft is namod, christened tho boat. Tho little fighter had steam up whenjjtho launch ing took place and took a short spin down tho Dolawuro rivor. NEWSOKTHESTATI. ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM PARTS OF OREGON. ALL Commercial and financial Happenings ol Int. portance A Uriel Kevltw of the Growth and Improvements of the Many Industries Throughout Our Ihrlvlng Commonwealth Latest Market Report. Coos county Prohibitionists lint placed a ticket in the Held. The district convention of Christian Endeavor societies of Ijiiio anil Douglas countes will meet in Eugeuo Mivrch 21. Of the 41 delegates sent to the Wheeler county Republican convention, 23 aro for Moody and 18 for William son. Tho Polk county Prohibitionists will hold a convention in Dallas April 5, for tho purioso of placing u full county ticket in tho field. Tho board of directors of the Florence school district havo decided to extend the school term one mouth, making the closing of seven mouths of school on April 18. At tho meeting of the Columbia county Democrats a full county ticket was named and a resolution adopted condemning the action of President Roosevelt in sending envoys to the cor onation of King Edward as unpatriotic. Continued heavy rains in Southern Oregon have kept an abundant supply of water in all the ditches, allowing tho hydraulic placer mining operations to continue in full blast throughout the Josephine mining district. It is esti mated that the output will bo 50 per cent greater this year than in any sea son past. Tlio Multnomah county Republican convention met in Portland March 10. A legislative ticket and delegates to the state and congressional conventions were named, after which adjournment was taken until March 27, when the county ticket will be nominated. The independents had full control of the meeting. The 1000 potato crop in Coos county lias been nearly all cleaned out. The Lano county Democrats will hold their county convention April 5. Tlio Baker City gas plant is to be enlarged und improved to meet tho de mand for gas, which is steadily in creasing. Primaries for Multnomah county wero held March 15. Very few Demo crats voted, as there was no fight among their forces. In tho Republican ranks the anti-Simon forces carried tio day. Tho Polk county Republican conven tion was held nt Dallas March 15 and delegates to tho stato and congressional conventions named and county ollicers nominated. No action was taken in regard to the sonatorship. Tho Republicans of Morrow county held their convention at Heppner .March 15 and elected delegates to the state and congressional convention. Resolutions wero adopted indorsing Williamson as United States represen tative and pledging its delegates to vote against tho return of Sonator Simon. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Walla Walla, 04fl5c; bluestem,f)000Kc; Valley, G5G5h.je.. Barley Feed, $2021.; browing, $2l21.00 per ton. Oats No. 1 whito, $1.151.22Ki gray, $1.10 1.20. Flour Best grades, $2.803.40 per barrel; graham, $2.502.80. Millstuffs Bran, $19 per ton; mid dlings, $21; shorts, $21.50; chop, $17.50. Hay Timothy, $1213; clover, $7.608; Oregon wild hoy, $50 per ton. Potatoes Best Burbanks, $1.10(31.30 percental; ordinary, 7080c per ccn tal, growers' prices ;sweets, $2.252.50 per cental. Butter Creamery, 2530c; dairy. lHCSzac; store, 130.10c. Eggs 14c for Oregon. Cheese Full cream, twins, 13 LJ4c; Young America, 1415c; fac tory prices, llKc less. Poultry Chickens, mixed, $4 .00(9 5.00; hens, $5.000.50 per dozen, HQ 12JSc per pound; springs, ll12c per pound. $34 per dozen; ducks, $56 per dozen; turkoys, live, 1213c, dressed, I4luc per pound; goeso, $0Js 057 per dozen. Mutton Gross, 4c por pound; dress ed, 7Q37c por pound. Hogs Gross, 5c; dressed, 067c per pound. Veal 88$ for small; 77JS for largo. Boef Gross, cows, 3M4c; stcors. 44c; dressed, 0M7Kc por pound. liops i.'(t$i3c por pound. Wool Valloy, 1316o; Eastern Ore gon, 8i24c; mohair, 2121c per pound. Miss Shaw, of St. Louis, is to paint tho portrait of Queen Alexandra this summer. St. Louis fair managors are informed that King Menolik of Abyssinia may accept an invitation to visit the expo sition. Jooph Dovlin, now touring tho United Statos in tlio interest of the United Irish League, has boon elected to tho British parliament frcru North j Kilkenny. FAST DYING REVOLT. Acting (lovernar Wright Say Nlnely.flvt Per Cent u( the Philippines are Pacllled, Washington, March 22. Judge Wright, acting civil governor of tho Philippines, has written a personal let ter to General Marcus J. Wright, of this city, which gives an Interesting In sight Into tho condition of affairs in tho Philippines. "Wo aro so far removed from the United States," says Governor Wright, "that I fear tho people at homo get rather an luadeiuato Idea of tho situa tion hero. Tho press reports of tho last month or more, which havo reached uh here, together with the comments thereon, seem to indicate that tho gen eral opinion is that tho whole Islands aro either blazing with Insurrection or else that outbreaks aro prevented only by tho use of troopi on an exteuslo scale. This Is wholly misleading. Tlio real truth is that in 05 per cent of tho terrltoiy of tho islands thero is no in surrection, and Americans go alHiut singly and unarmed, with nlxmt as much safety as they would In a largo majority t the states at home. There is a fast-dying Insurrection in two provinces of the great Island of Luzon, and in the remote southern Island of Samar. llc.ro and there in more re mote sections there uro instances of cat tle stealing and occasionally murder or robbery. We are dealing very energet ically with the lawless clement, anil the people as u ruloaro rebuilding their houses where they hnvolieon dostrojod. "Of course, telegraphic dispatches generally deal alone in something sen sational. 1 apprehend that If any one of us ero in a foreign country and re ceived only news of what was happen ing in the United States in police cir cles wo would get about the same idea of our own country as many of tlio peo ple seem to have of this. As to tho progress wo havo made in tlio last year, it is tremendous and to mo very en couraging. Whilo 1 do not look tor the tn i 1 It'll i u id either hero or elsewhere speedily, 1 see no rcaon to doubt that American authority can now ho main tained without more troops than indi cated by (iovernnr Tuft. Of course, wo must utiliro tho native in ml icing his own country, just as has been done by Kngland in all her colonies from tho beginning." MISSOURI ICE GORGE. River Below Is Almost D'y Dynamite Being Used to Break Up the Jam. ChntnlK'rlain, S. D., March 21. An ice gorge which has been forming in tlio Missouri river at this place for some time lias reached a jioint which has earned tho river to overflow tho lowlnnds for 40 miles up tho river Tlio ice is packed so tight that the bei below tho gorge for several miles almost dry. Dynamite is being used but without effect up to tho present. At 11 o'clock tonight tlio water in the Missouri river remains alsiut tho same as early this morning, showing a total of 1 1 feet. A gorge has been formed between Chamlorlain and American island, diverting the chimin to tho west side of the island, when the water and heavy run of the ico is passing freely. This is very likely to leave the channel permanently on the west side of the island, as with an open channel there, no pressure exists to clear out tho gorge on tho east side THE CHINESE REBELLION. Marshal Su's Entire Command Has Deserted and Joined the Rebels. Hong Kong, March 22. Advices from Canton say it is credibly reported thero that tho viceroy has received tele grams from Lung Chin, on tho Annum border, alleging that tho whole of Mar shal Su's troops hnvo deserted and joined tho rebels. If this is truo, say the advices, it adds to the revolution ists 20,000 foreign armed mid drilled troops, capable of defeating any force tho imperialists can raise. The telegrnms further say the country is undoubtedly ripe for rebellion. Rob beries nro of froipieut occurrence, tlio long-continued drouth prevents tho planting of spring rico, and this has led tho farm laborers to become robbers. Well informed persons consider i rolndlion similar to that of tho Tal Ping probable. No Intention of Surrendering. London, March 22. A dispatch to tho Times from Klerksdorp, Trunsvaul Colony, says that tlio Boors in tho Western Transvaal aro well snpplied with guns and ammunition, and havo unlimited support and n largo amount of stock; that tholr numbers give them confidence, whilo tho blockhouse system lias not yot bcon oxtended enough to nlarm thorn. What !h possible has boon dono, continues tlio correspondent, hut, owing to tho insufficiency of troops, tho British columns havo been too small to copo adequately with tho Boor forces, which oro all composed of fighting men, without any intention of surrendering. The Porte Warned, London, March 22. In n dispatch from Vienna, tlio correspondent of tho Doily Chroniclo says that Great Brit ain, Austria and Russia hnvo addressed a noto to Tnrkoy admonishing thoporto to koop order in Macodonia. In Honor of Miss Roosevelt. Wilhoimshavon, March 22. Kmpo- ror William has directed that n former torpedo boat, now used as a guard ship hero, shall ho renamod Alice Roosevelt. Kit LOSS IN W II MAT A HALF MILLION ACRES RUINED UY HARD FROSTS. Total Damage Is I'.stlmated at Two Millions A Theoretical Shortage, ol three Million llushcls In the Pacific Northwest Crop U the Result of the Cold Wave, but Loss Is Ollsct by New Acreage. Portland, March 21. Half a million acres of winter wheat havo been resown in Oregon, Washington ami Idaho, tho result of tho February frosts which camo down with killing effect on a tiumlHir of unprotected localities in tlio three states. Umatilla county alone was damaged to tho extent of 100,000 acres. Walla Wnlhi county was still harder hit. Kurcka rial, which pro duces morn big crops than any other section In Washington, was practically all reseeded, and there Is a big winter wheat district in tlio Palouse that will this year he planted In spring grain aftei the fall wheat was wiped out en tirely or left in such straggling patches that it was drilled over and roMiwn. Conflicting reports havo been coining in from tlio wheat districts since the cold weather nearly two months ago, hut it was not until tho piiHt few days of warmer weather that tlio full extent of too iiamago was learned, and somo fields which had apparently come through tho winter all right are now being rosooded. In Oregon tin) greater part of the damage Is confined to Umatilla county, hut some of tho exposed patches in Mor row county wornnlso touched sufficient ly to demand rcsccding of the whole or a part of the affected farms. Between Umatilla county mid Kurcka Flat the damage runs in places us high as 75 er cent. Over toward ('nylon the damage is lighter, and ns thero Is very little winter wheat in that vicinity, the effect will not bo felt. Tho cold wave swept across Snake river and killed a lot of wheat on tlio new acreage around Wnshtucua, then hit tlio high spots again in tho vicinity of Ilitzville. In tho heart of tho Paloii'-o around Colfax, Garfield ami St. John entire fields wero wipeil out, and tho tor ceutage of dam ago throughout that section was very high. It struck the Idaho line south of Moscow, but tho effect was milder, tho effect around Gcucsvo being only aliout 3(1 per cent. The Big Bend es caped tho frost, except in Isolated cases, and the damage in that territory from this cause is liieoiiseipientinl. The exact effect of this extensive damage cannot lie determined until har vest. With a favorable spring wheat season tho yield on the reseeded ground may Ih pulled up to nearly the same figures as would have lioen returned from tho winter crop. Conservative men, however, estimate that under the Is'st circumstances It would not bo safe to figure on within five bushels per acre of the yield that win Id have been se cured from winter wheat. If this ratio of los should hold for the entire tract damaged , there will bo a theoretical shortage of 2,500,000 bushels of wheat. To this must ho added .11)1), 00(1 bushels of actual wheat used for rcsccding, making a total or 3,0110,000 bushels of wheat lost by the severity of the winter in February. At present prices this would represent n loss of approximately $2,000,0(10. With conditions similar to those of last season from now on, thero will still he as much wheat in the Pacific Northwest as thero was last year. This is due to the fact that there is quite a material increase in tho acreage, there being inoro new land under cultivation for Isith winter and spring wheat than over before. From tlio Big Bend country, which turned off a wonderful crop last year, como reports that there is u decided lack of moisture and there tho condi tion of tho crop is by no means so good as it vas a year ago, and it Is feared that tho lack of moisture can not ho made up in time to do much good in pulling the crop up to the proportions of a yoar ago. In tho Big Bend coun try thero is more new acreago than in any other section, and it is on this new ncreugo that tho railroads aro depend ing for a stand-off for the poor yield which now seems Inevitable. The re seeding in Umatilla and Walla Walla counties has not been dono under very favorable circumstoncos, for immedi ately after tho drills stirred up tho ground a dry wind swept over tho country and absorbed considerable moisture, leaving tlio ground so dry that tho wheat wiih very'slow in germ hinting, and will not hnvo a very good start. i Carnegie Library for Denver, Denver, March 21. AndrowOnrncglo has offered to furnish $200,000 for tho erection of a free public library build ing in Denver provided tho city will pledgo itself to provido not less than $30,000 nnnually for tho support of the library. Fire In Piano Factory, Now York, March 22. Hardmnn, Peck & Co., piano manufacturers, suf fered n loss of $300,000, or possibly moro, by tho destruction tonight by flro of their plant nt West lorty-oighth street and tho Nortli River. Tho flro stnrted from somo unknown causa in tlio packing room, which is in the throe story part of tho big factory. There it quickly spread throughout tho .entire building, VALIDITY OF CANAL TITLE. Mnnrlty and Minority Reports ol the Senate Connnillee, Washington, March 21. Sonalor Morgan, from tlio coiunilttco on Isth mian canals, hits presented to the sen ate the majority and minority report of that coinmlttco on the question of the validity of the title of the now Pan ama Canal Company and its right to transfer the Panaina canal property to the United States for $ 10,000,01)0. The objections of the majority to the title held by that company are based largely on the relations of tho canal company to tho governments of I rame and Co lumbia, but the committee also dis cusses nt length many other phases of tin question. Among these Is tho rota tion of the shareholders who suhscrilssl $200,000,000 to the old Panama nun pauy, whoso Interests, the report holds, cannot ho lightly regarded. On this point the report says: "Tlio spectacle of the United Stutc congress authordug the president, as the agent of our government, to conduct a trade with such n corporation (the new Panama Canal Company) without consulting I ranco as to the claim of In dependence it (the now Panama Cniiiil Company) asserts, will lie entirely new In the history of nations, and its mil scquciucscnuunt be lightly disrcganlcd. "Among those is the serious danger of Hie (hilled States being drawn into disagreeable relations with a largo nnd inllucutial Isidy of tlio worthy ssiplu of Franco, whose fricntUhlp for us as boon cherished during the entire life of our republic, and had its origin in magnan imous sacrifices for our country when this country was in the travail of its birth. I'lifiirtUNutely, tho report of the isthmian canal commission reveal the fact that tho men who iiiaiht thin offer are chief among those who de frauded these (100,000 or 800,0011 Frenchmen of $200,000,000." Speaking further of tho obligations id the new company to tho old, tho ich jority wty: "If Mr. P.iffol ami his asrociatcH get $40,000,000 from the American people, it is well that they are sheltered troin the claims of those defrauded and de spoiled bondholders anil stockholders by the alleged despotism of Fioilfh courts. They would never esenpo Jus tice In American courts, and would be compelled to account for every dollar of the money to the bondholders, and I" the st eks hearing interest, before ap plying any of it to the profits of their speculation." The minority report, which was pre pared by Senator Kiltrhlgc, completely upholds the title of tho new Panama ciiupauy, as will ho soon from tho fol lowing extract, which constitutes its opening paragraph : "The title of the new Panama com pany to its coucessioiiH and other prop erty appears from tho facts and docu ments which have Is-ou laid before tin-siilH-ommlttee to bo clear and freo from any complications. For a transfer of its com essious to tlio United States, the consent of Colombia is requisite, but this consent has been given by tho gov eminent of that country as fully ns it can now ho given. In case of pun-huso of the canal by the I'nlted Statos, dif ferent concessions and different rights must 1st obtained by treaty Isttwism this country and Colombia, and such a treaty would necessarily involve tho commit of the senate to the transfer lit the company of its rights and property on tho ishtmiis to tho 1'nitcd Suites. Such a treaty Colombia has shown anil declared its readiness to make. In every other point, tho right of tho new Panama Canal Company to transfer its property to tho United States Is sir fectly clear. Kvory link in tho chain of its title, and every step in tho course by which It became in a position to soil its property, freo ami clear, is plain nnd satisfactory." New Clais ol War Vessels. Iindon, March 21. At the spring session of tlio institution of naval arch itects today the president, the Karl of Glasgow, announced that the admiralty had decided to create a new class of war vessels, to bo known as tho scout class, somewhat alter tho typo of the torpedo bout destroyer, but of greater sea power. Turkey Refuses to Pay. London, March 2. A dispatch to tho Kxchango Teleuraph Company from Constantinople suys: "Tho Turkish government has flatly refused tlio do marid of tho United States for tho rr payment of tho sum of money ($72,500) paid to tho brigands ns a riintom for Miss Stono and Mine. Tsllka. St Petersburg Students Sentenced, fit. Petersburg, March 21. KMitT. seven of tho persons who wero arrested hero for rioting havo boon sentenced Ui thrco months' imprisonment. Tlio prosecutions of tlio ringleudors are btlll pending. Rhodes Somewhat Weaker. Capo Town, March 21 Cecil Rhodes was slightly weaker this morning. Tho exceptional coolness of tho weather and tho freo administration of oxygen con tributed to tho putiont passing a quint night. Ho no longer reads. Mr. Rhodes was much pleased nt tho receipt of tho messagos of sympathy sent to him by King Kdward and Queen Alox andra. Santos-Dumont Accepts, Paris, Mnrch 21. M. Rantcs-Dumont has accepted an invitation from tho oltl- cials of the St. Louis exposition to go to til. Louis, assist tho authorities in tho organization of tlio proposed balloon contests and select n slto on which to erect a balloon shod for hltmolf. The aeronaut will sail for Now York on t lie steamer Dputsclihind April 4. Ho will not toko a ballon with him. 1 1