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Bohemia Nugget LBS W. lIEKIXf, Itilltor and Trop'r. COTTAGH GROVE. . OREGON. EVENTSOFTHE DAY Comprehensive Review ot the Import- t ant Happenings of the Past Week, Presented In Condensed Form Most Likely to I'rove Interesting. W. 3. Uryon Is In Mexico City talk ing silver. Railroad collision In Ontario kills flvo persons. I,nko sailors starving, on an Ice bound vessel. Orsbnm Boll says bo has Invented a flying machine. Bnowslldo burlos bunkb.ouso, with 18 men nt Nelson. Calmness of a Spokano priest saves nanlc In a cuurcn nrc. Blizzard sweeps over tho Mississippi Valloy to tho uuir amies. Dead Astoria Hccordcr Is found to bo short In his accounts. Holiday trado exceeded In most re- snocts all previous rccoras. Bhlp narrowly missed wrecking Morrison-street bridge, rortiana. Special Commlsfllonor Arntl, of Janan. pledges am lor mvo run. noprcscntatlvo Jones Introduces bill to open uoiviuo jnumu Oregon Water rower & Railway ComDany sued ror siu.uuu uuums- Florco galo sweeps over Denmark and causes wrecKs nnu iua u. Secretary Chamberlain arrives In South Africa and aavises ncim Crown Princess of Saxony and her brothor may seek reruge in mo umu-u States. ODDOncnts of reduced Philippine . . . i .... I.n.l In. ma. tarm ana oi reciprocuj u form a comoinauon. I vniumu wmw-. - bltrato tho Venezuelan dispute, and It will go to Tho Hague iriDunau Many disastrous and fatal railroad wrecks. Negro Murderer hanged by a mob In Kansas. Dclegato from the Philippines ex plains their needs. British sea captain murdered by na. Uvea of New Hebrides. George Carter shoots his wife and then kills hlmsoit at Eugene. FIro destroys city hall and city re cords or Mnriborougn, mass. Jealous lover lies In wait and shoots young woman near uauer iuy. President Roosevelt advises Castro to appeal to Tho Hague triounai. Pretender to throne of Morocco wishes to mako war on Christians Great Increase In trado with the Island possessions ot the United States. Crrlstmaa Is generously observed cmong the Inmates of tho state Insti tutions at Salem. The popo takes steps to arrange legal separation ol urown i-nnce auu Prlnccss ot saxony. V.,ncF fcfllfhrAnil -ItinnncPfl be im plicated In tho Almira tragedy, Is killed at Keller, wasn. rrl. n I . . Mnnn, PliplBttnnii with his family at tho White House Instead of at his old home at oyster uay. Cab drivers of St Louis are all on Out of B70 drivers In the city, 390 are out. They will anve inuepenueui carriages until the ywln their de mands. Bubonic plague bas broken out on the Pacific coast ol Mexico. Ex- United States Senator Dwight M. Sabln., of Minnesota, is dead. Ihe food supply hag begun to grow short in Caracas, in consequence of th6 blockade. The federal supreme court has decid ed that death on the gallows Invali dates insurance policies. Senator Bacon declares that the United States will have to fight to up hold the Monroo doctrine. Trains throughout the Middle West are delayed from 10 to 12 bonrs on ac count of severe snow storms. Fire in the piano factory ol Ernest Gabler Bros., New York, destroyed half a million dollars worth of property. A train wreck on the Monon road in Indiana resulted in the death of two men and the serious injury of ttvo others. For the last five months the internal vevonue receipts have shown a decrease ot $20,903,470, as compared with tho corresponding period in 1001. Eight-hour bill reported favorably to the Senate. Ten persons killed in wreck on the Southern Pacific. German Socialists preparing for bitter election fight. Jeffries falls to knock out Butte miner In four rounds. Portland labor leaders plan to form a Coast organization. Humperts, the great French swin dler, captured In Madrid. Funeral services of Mrs. Grant at Washington and New York. Senator Morgan warns Congress that both Isthmian canal routes may be lost Bill to open tho south half of the Colvillo reservation Introduced In Congress. Blizzard In Rocky Mountain and prairie states blockades railroads and kills Uvostock. Washington Lewis and Clark Com mission rocommondB a state appro priation of $100,000, Holiday trade the moBt active on record. Kaiser Wllhelm -welcomes Ambas sador Tower. Anarchist kills slater anarchist who rejected his love. Terrible blizzard blocks railroads in Wyoming and Colorado. Ooneral Increase In railroad rates to be mado at New York. TRAINS AWT HEAD-ON. Twenty-Eight Dead Mangled Passengers Suffer from Cold Alio. London, Ont., Dec 31. A frightful collision occurred n short dlstnnco from tho little station of Wnnstend. Ont., on the Samla branch ot (ho Grand Trunk Railroad, last night. Tho express was running nearly two hours late, and was making fast time. Tho freight was endeavoring to mako a Biding to got clear of tho express, but failed by n minute or two. There wns n dreadful crash, the locamotlvo reared up and fell over In a ditch, tho baggage-car of the ox prooa telescoped the smoker, and In an Instant tho shrieks nnd cries of tho wounded and dying filled the nlr. Tho loss of life is 28. Tho Injured numbered many more, nnd many of these may die. Several of tho dead wore horribly mutilated. Heads wore cut off logs wore wrenched from their bodies, nnd the level Btrelch ot snow beenmo srlmson with tho blood of tho victims. Operator Is Blamed. Tho responsibility for tho nccldcnt has not been definitely fixed, but It Is believed to have been due to a tele graph operator's error. Tho opera tor nt ono of the stations whoro the two trains stopped gavo nn order to the freight to pass No. 5, tho Pacific express, nt Wnnstend. In tho system of the Grand Trunk this order should havo been duplicated, n copy being given to tho conductor and engineer of tho express. Instead of this the conductor ot the express received a clearance order, telling him that ho might run through. The freight train In the meantlmo had stopped at Wan stead to sidetrack, and wns telescop ed by the express. Tho blinding storm which was raging rendered ob jects Invlslblo at tne distance oi Tho oporator nt Wanstead Is not am ,v n nliit lmt last even ing he happened to bo In the office for a short time. Ho was going out of tho door when he heard the telegraph Instrument click nnd Immediately call repeatedly tho message: "stop ro, Qtnn Vn R Snlvlnf? n Intern. the nnimtn, rlnalifwl fnr thn door, anil as he closed It behind him ho heard the crash ot tho collision up the track. WAR ON CHRISTIANS. Said to Be the Plan ot New Aspirant to Throne of Morocco. London. Dec. 29. The correspond' ence of tho Times at Fez. Morocco, describes tho situation as having be come very serious, owing to a large increase In the numocr ot me preien der's followers whom tho government troons are too weak to attack, item- forcements amounting to 12,000 men, he says, will leavo tomorrow and an additional force of regular cavalry has been called out. Many tribes not already In rebellion sro wavering and are ready to Join tho rebels in the event of a serious government defeat The pretender Is fully summed with evorytmng neces sary and has distributed his forces over a district where they can oe coi lected or dlsnersed very quickly. The Times' correspondent ndds that the pretender s position Is a very strong one. Ho professes not to claim the throne for himself, but de sires' to overthrow the' Sultan on ac count of bis European tendencies. If successful! Uio pretender proposes that the rebels shall nominate a new Sultan from the Shehlflan family who would promise to continue tho war against the Christians. SLAUGHTER OF INFANTS. Disclosure of Horrible Customs In Japan A "Prison Editor." Victoria. B. C Dec. 31. Corrcs- pondenco of the Associated Press re ceived from Yokohama by the steam er Tartar tonight included details of a horrible baby-farming conspiracy in Osaka. An elderly woman, her mar rled daughter, husband and two others have been arresed for Infanticide, and It Is learned since that they started operations by killing 300 children,, SO this year. The Japan Times has an account of how a Japanese of Kocbl was mar rled to a corpse. His bride-elect, the daughter of KIntara Sawada, com mltted suloidc on the eve of her mar riage. The body was recovered, and at the request of the dead woman's parents, the ceremony took place be tween the living and the dead. The Kobe Chronicle publishes a lengthy account telling of the "pri son editor" employed by Japanese papers whose duties are to be lm prisoned in case a verdict Is given against the paper he is supposed to edit, for libel or other offenses. Dolly Earlc's Suicide. Philadelphia, Dec. 31. -Dolly Earl, a member of tho "Merry Widows"' com pany, playing at a burlesque house here, committed suicide tonight In her dressing-room by swallowing carbolic acid. She left the following note, ad dressed to J. A, Falllnger, Rochester, N. Y.: . "Forgive me, all. Can't stand trouble." Miss Earl was about 30 years old Her home is said to be In. Oklahoma. Sho was formerly a, member of the "Runaway Girl' company, which stranded hero about two weeks ago. California Likes Rain. San Francisco, Doc, 31. The rain storm which visited California on Christmas night proved to be of enor mous benefit to growing crops, and the prospects for a fine harvest of grain and fruit were never better. Tho winter has been a mild one, free from severe frosts, and with Just enough rain to promise good . spring crops. Tho weather Is now delightful. The temperature Is In the neighborhood of 00 decrees. The tourist travel to California has been unusually heavy this winter. Benjamin II. Calef Dead. New York. Dec. 31, Benjamin H. Calef. an accountant, died In his homo at East Orange after a long Illness. Ho was associated with Jay Gould and General Grenvlllo M. Dodge In western railroad enterprises; had been special and private accountant for tho lato Georgo M. Pullman and Robert T. Lincoln, and was an executor of tho Pullman estate. He lived In Chicago" until ho removed to East Orange, 10 years ago. His widow and three children survive him. Empress Dowager Greets Miles. Pekln, Dec. 31. The Dowager Em press and Licutenant-Gonernl Miles oxchanged flattorlng speeches at to day's audience, the Dowager assuring tho General that tho "success ot the American Army was assured under a commander so celebrated." 1 NEWS OF OREGON ITEMS 0P INTEREST FROM AU. PARTS OP TUB STATE. New Church at Brownsville A Christmas Pardon from Oovernor deer Prosper ous Hop Raisers of Yamhill County 0.rcat Prune Industry at Dallas The Roscburg Poultry Show. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Klllott, ot Dallas, celebrated their golden wed ding anniversary December 23. Governor Goer lias granted a full pardon to Georgo Motor, who was serving a llfo sentence tor killing Gus Berry in Portland in 1803. A night pumpman at tho White Swan mine, at Baker City, is dead from falling into an old shaft contain ing boiling hot water from the oxhaust of the engine. Tho Southern Pacific has been peti tioned by tho Interested residents in the neighborhood to make somo importaant changes in its train eorvico on tha Yamhill division. The agont of the Oregon rutt com pany reports good progress in obtaining llin rlftht nt uav fnr thn nm-VMAtl lod ging railway up Milton creek, and sur veyors will bo placed in tuo now at once to take lovsle. The net Methodist church at Brownsvlllo was dedicated last Sunday morning. Alter the ceremony was completed tho sum ot $1,200 was pledged by tho people to pay off the re maining indebtedness. J. II. Olds and son, pioneer hop raiEcs oi Yamhill county, have leased 20 acres near Lafayette and are retting it out to hops. They contracted their hops this Tear at 13 cents, but they won't contract next year's crop. Tho poultry show at Roseburg bas closed, and was a great success in every way. As a novol testimony as to the climate of Oregon, tho judge ol the show was furnished with a dish ot fiesh-plcked raspberries every morning, Frank Wallsce, a Grant county sheep man, was recently arrested on a charge of stealing 28 valuable bucks, but was subsequently acquitted. lie now brings suit for $ 10,000 damages against his accusers, one of whom is cjnnty stock inspector. Marion County's delinquent tax roll for last year Is only $3,000, the smallest In tho history of the county. The original tax roll was for $221,000 of tax money. Burning of a heavy growth of tulles on the shores of the Lower Klamath Lake attracted considerable attention from the neighborhood of Ashland, 70 miles distant The reflection on the clouds was very brilliant The fires were started to clear off tho wild bay lands, while ice and snow would pre vent spreading. Salem Is making preparations to enlarge her city limits. The superintendent of the Tunnel ton mines. In the Gold Creek district has gone to Denver to purchase a milling plant for the development of the properties. A Joint "log-rolling" given by Ash- land and Phoenix Camps, Woodmen of the World, was largely attended by delegations from Southern Oregon and Northern California, and was a grand success. The prune industry around Dallas is being enlarged this season, as evi- denced by tho large sales of nnrsery stock being made. J. B. Nunn, agent for a Portland nursery, reports having sold to date over 10,000 prune trees this fall in the immediate vicinity of Dallas, witli large orders on hand un filled. This locality last season bad very near a full crop of Italians, which it is c'aimed cannot be said of any other locality in the world. The trnit was par excellent, and 50 per cent of the crop was shipped direct to London, 10 carloads leaving Dallas in a single shipment. Prof. G. L. McKay, head of the dairy department ot the State Agrl- cultural College of Iowa, says: "There Is no question In my mind but that ualry products and bacon pork can be produced cheaper In Oregon than In any other country In the world." Prof. McKay has visited Holland, Belgium, Denmark, Ger many, and Ecngand. and his Invest! gatlons on this subject make him an authority unsurpassed. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Walla Walla, 70c; bine. stem 78c; valley, 75c. Barley Feed, $23.60 per ton; brew ing, $24.00. Floor Best grade, 3.9004 40; grab. am, $3.203.60. Mlllstaffs Bran, $10.00 per ton; middlings, $23.60; shorts, $10.60; chop, $18. Oats No. 1 white. $1.16(31.17: gray, $1.1201.15 per cental. Hay Tlmotby, $1112; clover, $80.00; cheat, $89 per ton. Potatoes Best Barbanks, 60070c per sack; ordinary, 6060c per cental, growers' prices; Merced sweets, $1.76(3 f 2 per cental. Poultry Chickens, mixed, 9c; young, P10c; hens, 0c; turkeys, live, 17 18c: dressed, 20-21: ducks, $77.50 per dozen; geese, $8 (38.60. Cheese Foil cream, twins, 16KO 17&CJ Young .America, 17K918J4": factory prices, IQIJc less. Butter Fancy creamery, 27K30c per pound; extras, 80c; dairy. 20 22Jfic; store, 16Q18. Eggs 28 36c per dozen. Hops New crop, 2326o per pound. Wool Valley, 12J16c; Eastern Oregon, 814c; mohair, 2628c. Beef Gross, cows, 833Ko per pound: steers, 4c; dressed, 67c. Veal ixmHC' Mutton Gross, So per pound; dressed, 6c. Lambs Gross. SXc per pound: dressed, O&c. Hogs Gross, 63i3B3eper poandi dressed) 7Q7Xc I ROOSBVDLT DECLINES. Venezuelan Trouble Will Oo to The Hague Tribunal tor Settlement. Washington, Dec. 30, President Koosovclt will not bo tho nrbltrntor of the Venezuelan controversy. Tho wliolo VQxntlous subject will bo refer red for adjudication to Tlio Hague tribunal. Kpltomlied. this wna tho situation ns It had resolved Itself nt tho con clusion of tha Cab not meeting yes terday. Tho meeting wns not so long as tho sessions usually aro. ah mo members, oxcopt Secretary Root, wore present Tho Vonexuclan question wns tho principal and practically tho only topic ot goncrnl concern under consideration. Secretary Hny pre sented tho results ot his cable corres pondence with tho governments at London, Berlin, Homo nnd Cnrncns, In accordance with tho suggestion mado by Presldont Roosevelt, through Secretary Hay, President Castro vim reported to havo agreed to submit the difficulties to tho arbitration of tho tribunal nt Tho Hague. Tho Euro pean powers not only consented to submit tho controversy to arbitration, but while they had expressed n pre ference for an arbitration to bo' con ducted by President Roosevelt, they had assented to his suggestion Hint tho matter bo reforred to Tho Hague Tho presentation ot tho enso met tho hearty approved of tho Cabinet. No fear Is expressed by tho Adminis tration that the Monroo Doctrine will bo brought Into tho controversy In any manner that might result In nn embarrassing situation for tho United Stales. Secretary Hay Is preparing n noto to tho powers In which tho grati fication ot this Government Is ex pressed for tho courso agreed upon. No Intimation la given ot tho condi tions which may havo been Imposed by the European powers or by President Castro ub precedent to the arbitration. It Is known that Great Britain wns willing to submit the subject to tho arbitration of Presi dent Roosevelt practically without conditions, but tho suggestion Is mado that ono nnd perhnps two ot tho other rowers Involved proposed somo con illtlons which might havo proved cm barrasstng to tho President had ho un dertaken tho responsibility ot deter- mlnlnc tho question. It Is understood that somo monoy must dsbs. but It Is also known that tho .mount of cash to bo required of Venezuela before arbitration Is not nearly so larco as had been stated It Is not possible to learn either whether the allies insist upon apoi oelf-s from Castro, and while It Is as sumcd that tho blockade will bo speedily raised, no arrangements to that end has yet been maue. QUARD AQAINST BUBONIC. Arizona Takes Precautions, but Does not Fear Its Spread North. Nogalea, Ariz., Dec. 30. Doctors Purdv and Chenoweth. who wore ap pointed by the Board of Health of Nogales to investigate mo cneciive- ncss of measures adopted oy mo nu thnrltlPK nt Guaymas axalnst tho In troduction of the disease supposed to bo bubonic nlacue. now epidemic ai Mazatlan, hnve returned and say thore Is no danger of tho disease extending to Guaymas or points north as long as tho present vigilance Is continued. Official telegrams were received hero today from tho Governor of the State of SInaloa. who reports the sick nesa decreasing. Another telegram from Dr. Fernandez, chief surgeon of the Eleventh Regiment ot Infantry stationed at Mazatlan. says: "Thirty cases of 'bubonic plague' sent to tho Lazarelo, of which 16 have died In seven days. Amongst troops at the barracks not a single case. Sanitary precautions taken." Inveitlratlne In Mexico. Washington, Dec 30. Tho United States Marine Hospital Service au thorities havo decided to dispatch an expert to the coast or tho null or uan fnraln In Mexico to InVOStlaeo thn ro nnrta nf thn nnnpflranffl of niacue nmnnc- thn Immigrant ChlnCBO tliefO. but no one has oeen uesignatea ior the service. Epidemic Is Abating. Mexico City, Dec. 30. Tho plague situation Is decidedly Improved at Mazatlan. Only threo deaths occur red yesterday, steamers aro sini pre. vented from touching ai mai pon. Kansas and Missouri Freeze. Kansas City, Dec. 30. Advices re ceived today Indicate severe weather throughout Kansas and Missouri, Concordia, Kan., reports zero weather there, and all along the Missouri i-aci fic road this samo condition prevails. Hutchinson, Kan., reports tho coldest weather In years, the thermometer nt that point registering five below zero. At Atchison five below Is recorded. At Mexico. Mo., a coal famlno con fronts tho people. Thcro Is no more coal for salo at any of tho yards nnd tho thermometer registered, zero last night. Blackmailing Scheme Shown Up. Defiance, O., Dec. 30. At least 200 letters from a collecting agency In New York have come through tho local postofftce to Defiance people, The letters state that tho recelpent re ceived a year previous a certain amount of Jewelry from a Now York firm. and. unless the sum duo was re mitted, suit would be Instituted. Many of theso letters were addressed to per sons dead or who had long since mov ed away. The Postofflco Inspectors notified the local postmaster. Instruct ing him to advise the rectpents that the scheme was blackmailing. Philippine Veteran Missing. Denver. Dec. 30. Socond Lleuten ant William M. Klster. Company M Eighteenth united states infantry, nas been missing from Fort Loean for nearly two weeks. The Donver police department has been asked to help to locate him. Lieutenant IClsIer Is 23 years of age. Ho enlisted as a pri vate In the Sixth Cavalry six years ago at Philadelphia. Shortly there after he went with tho battery to tho Philippines and saw active service In and about Manila. Snow Stops Traffic. Marquette, Mich., Dec. 29. A se vere blizzard, which has been blowing for 24 hours, today rendrcd street-car service temporarily Impossible, and mado railroad transportation slow and uncertain. Fire Proves Expensive. Blsbeo, Ariz., Dec. 29. A fight In a disorderly house at Cananca, Mexico, caused a fire In the placo which To- suited In the loss of $20,000. During tho fight a lamp was knocked over and started the blaze. AS A FRIEND OF ALL THE PRESIDENT IS HELPINQ Al.ONll PEACE NEGOTIATIONS. II a tit ol Arbitration Mutt lie Fixed Upon First-Allies May Consent to Ralie the Blockade, Provided They Can Renew It It Venezuela Docs Not Pay High Compliment to Roocvctt. - - Washington, Dee. 31. Thcro Is now In progress nn nctlvo exchange t' notes between tho allied power, Venezuela nnd tho United States, riv spectlug tho method ot submitting to arbitration tho Issues which have nrlven between Venezuela nnd tho nllles. Thn weight of official opinion hero this afternoon was that several days nt least must elapse before any thing In tho nature ot a preliminary protocol can bo mado ready for sig nature. German Insistence upon n prepayment of 10 per cent of hor full claims before submitting her ense to arbitration, nnd perhnps President Castro resistance, tiv meeting what tho nllles claim ns tho obligations of honor nro believed to bo now tho sticking points. But It Is hoped that theso can bo patted within thn next few days, and It Is further hoped that some arrangement will bo made In tha preliminary protocol for tho raising or tho blockade, though It Is Intlmnt rtl that tho allies' ships will bo kept ready to renew It In case ot nny de fault on tho part ot Venezuela In her obligations. Washington having been tho pivot nbout which all tha Denotations havo turned up to this point. It Is surmised that It may also bo the scone of the final net In tho shape of tho slgnnturo of the protocol, either by tho resident representatives hero of the; powers In terested or by special agents sent to this neutral ground for thu purpose, An erroneous Idea obtained In soma quarters as to tho functions of tho President nnd Secretary Hay In this matter, and they havo been represent oil ns endeavoring personally to con duct tho negntatlons, as drawing up protocols nnd generally taking n lending part in all that Is going on. It Is pointed out nt tho Stato Department that while ordinarily n mlsunder- stnudlng on this point would bo trill Ing, It happens In tho present case that reports of Bitch activity on the part ot the United Stntes officials after tho President had expressly de clined to assume the duties of arbitra tion would surely bo III received In Kuropo nnd might perhaps lend to somo backward steps that would lie a matter ot regret to the Government, which earnestly desires to havo tho parties reach an honorable settle ment of their differences. It is explained at tho Stato Depart ment that the part of tho United Stato United States Government usl now Is that of "good friend" to nil parties' that It Is not undertaking to draw up protocols or Impose limitations upon the parties, but It Is confining Its ofllces to netting them together nnd keeping them bo. In this view It will not bo necessary for our Government to prescribe how tho Monroo Doctrlno shall or shall not nguro in tho protn. cols; It wilt Judgo for Itself by results how our Interests aro affected, and will not Indulge In prcmnturo or tin called-for protests. As for tha terms of thn arbitration. It Is stated that they aro In a fair way speedily to bo ndjustcd. but nothing can bo said of tho details. It Is pre sumed that tho allies will agree to tcrmlnnto tho blockade though no stipulation baa yet been entered Into on that point Nothing hns been heard recently of tho part to bo taken by United Stntes Minister Bowcn in tho final settlement, nnd It begins to ainiear that, after nil. Venezuela will probably bo represented by ono of her own people. DISOBEYED THE RULES. Naval Commander Takes Ills Wife to Sea and Is Ordered Ashore. Washington, Dec. 31. Commander John E. Roller, ox-commander of th? olil gunboat Monocacy, hag readied this country from tho Asiatic station, having boen ordered homo by Rear- Admiral Evans for persistent Infrac tion of tho rules which prohibit tho commander of a vessel from permit ting his wife to mako her homo aboard the ship. It Is charged that after of fending In that particular several times Holler's attention was called to tho violation of the regulations, but with no apparent effect. When his last ofrenso came to tho cars of Rear Armlral Evans tho latter detached him and ordered him home. Pope Admires American Officers. Romo, Dec. 31. Tho popo today re ceived In prlvnto audlcnco Common der William If. Reedor, Chaplain Ed ward J. Brcnnan nnd Lieutenant Henry Selgmler, of tho United States training-ship Hartford. Commander Recder and Uoutennnt Selgmler wcro In full uniform. The popo remarked on tho smartness of tho American navy uniform, and said ho regretted tho Hartford was not coming nonror to Rome. Ho would have enjoyed see ing moro of tho officers and men. as ho had tho most pleasant remember ances ot meeting with Americans. Damages for a Boycott. Chicago, Dec. 31. A verdict having a significant bearing upon tho right of labor organizations to maintain or assist In maintaining a boycott was rendered today In Judgo Vallo's court whereby Georgo Hlnchcllff wns award ed $22,000 damagos against the .mem bers of tho Cnicago Masons' & Build ers' Association and the Brick Manu facturers' Association. Hlnchcllff aBked for $100,000 damages, which ho alleges he has sustained owing to a boycott of the product ot his brick yard at Hobart, Ind on tho part of tho associations mentioned In 1898, Starved to Death In Bolivia. Seattle Dec. 31. News has Just reached hero that John S. Rouse starved to death In tho wilds of Con trol Bolivia In Juno, WOO, whllo on an exploratlng trip. But ono man of a nartv of 30 cscaned. Rouso was ono of the ploncor mining mon of tho Stato of Washington, coming nrsi 10 Ihln nnrtlnn In 1879. On his last trip ho was ono of a party representing tho Bolivian government. His friends hero will ask tho Department of State to Investigate his death. Do Not Pear Oencral Tung, Pekln. Doc. 31. Officials hero dis credit the reports that Oenoral Tung Su Slang and Prince Tuan nro moving on Slang Fu with troops, Tho mis sionaries, however, aro said to bo re tiring from that region. CHRISTMAS AT WASIIlNOTON. President and Foreign Ministers Observe the Day With FeslMile. Washington, Dec, 20. Bmw, which began falling latu last night, gavo Washington a gcnulno Chrlslmns np pearnnco, Public and prlvnto bust uess wns practically entirely suspend ed. Interest centered In thn happen ings nt tho Whlto House. Early In tho morning tho President, nnd nil tho members of his family repaired to tho library, whore nresents woro exchang ed nnd many boxes nnd pneknges which hnd come from out ot town opened. There woro n largo number of callers, and many gifts In thu shnpo of handsome llornl pieces wuro -to reived. Soon aftor bronkfnst. tho President, Theodoro, Jr., nnd Lieutenant Fergu son, or tho Rough Riders, wno is n Whllo llouso guest, took a long horse back rldo, returning In time to Join tho rest of tho family nt lunriieoii with Cominnnder nnd Mrs. Cowles, At tho homes nf tho Cabinet ollleors tho day wns quietly observed, whlln nnuuiff thn Embassies nnd Legations elaborate preparations hnd boon lundo for celebrating, unieini dinner par ties were given by tho British nnd Russian Ambassadors. Thn Argen tine Minuter nnd wife mtvo n chil dren's parly nt tho Legation, whllo tho Minister or rem nnu ins wire on tertnlned n number of Peruvian stu dents In tho various schools and col- leceii nf thn United States. The President nnd Mrs. Roosevelt entertained a number ot friends nt dinner. Tho table wns set In tho new ly furnished stato dining-room. Tho guests Included Senator and Mrs. Lodge, John Lodge, Captain and Mrs. Cowles. John Klllott, of Now York; Mrs, Charles II. Davis. Miss Davis, tho Messrs. Davis nnd Robert Fergu son. At tha Moxtcnn Embassy tha feast day was celebrated by n supper to night. THU DAY IN I1NOLANO. King Edward Plays Lord Bountiful and The London loor Hare a l-cait. I.ondon, Dec. 20. King Kdwnrd nnd Qucnn Alcinndrn spent thn day at Sandrlnghnm, tills being the first Christmas their mnjestlcs havu spent at their favorite resldenco slnco their nccesslon. Tho royal family, Includ Ing tho Prlnco of Wales. Princess Vic toria, tho Duchess of Fife nnd Prince nnd Princess Chnrlcs of Denmnrk, nt tonded nn early service at Sandrlng hnm church, which was beautifully decornted. Tho King afterwards per sonnlly directed tho annual dlstrlmi Hon of tho beef nnd gamo to tho cm ployes nnd tenants on the Sandrlng hnm cstntn. London nnd tho south of England generally enjoyed nn unusually rold day. In spite of tho low temperature thcro was tha usual gathering In Unt tcrsen Pnrk, whom 20 mon who take their opcu-nlr early morning dip nt tho year round had their Christmas cwlm In tho Inko. Silver medals won presented to severnl among tho bath ers who had not missed n single day during tho previous year. Tho Pre vailing distress nmong tho unemploy ed brought forth nn unusual number of charitable dinners In all sections of Ixindon. especially In the Knit Knd A sovern gnlo swept tho north roast of Great Britain nnd caused consider- nblo dnmnce to sh PR ng nnd wntor front property on tho Clyde nnd the Tyne. SENDS A CHECK INSTEAD. President Too Busy to Clay Santa Claus at Oyster Bay. Now York, Dec. 26. For the second time In 16 years, says a Press dls patch from Oyster Bay, President Roosevolt did not net as Kris Krlnglc In porson at tho Covo school, where his children woro taught prior to his elevation to tho head of tho Nation Last year tho Presldont could not sparo tho tlmo to como hero, nnd this year events hnvo been pressing too fast about him to admit of his coming, Soma days ago Mr. Roosevelt sent n llttlo Blip of paper boarlng his nu tograph, which enabled tho principal to deal moro liberally with her charg eg-than she had been nble to do ho foro. Tho sleds, games and dolls woro more costly than usual and tho candles In grentor quantity. Thcro woro two trco Instead of ono, nnd Miss Provost, tho principal, rend a letter from President Roosevelt tell Ing tho boys and girls how sorry ha was that ha could not no witn mom. A telegram was sent to tho Presl dont telling him how much tho chll drcn appreciated his gifts and wish Ing him mnny moro years In his pres ent position. Death ol Col. Lockwood. Now York, Dec. 27. Colonel Henry Clay Lockwood Is dead, In Bollevuo Hospital, of a short Illness. Ho wob C3 years old. Colonel Lockwood was educated for tho bar. and enlisted In 18C2 In tho Union Army. Ho wns bro voted Major for gallantry at tho storming of Fort FIshor. . He was tho author of "Tho Aboli tion of tho Presidency," In which ho advocated a plural exccutlvo, to bo known as tho Eiccutlvo Council, which should bo chosen In Joint ses sion by tho two houses of Congress, and several other works. Man WhoRobbed ticn. Miles. Honolulu, Dec, 17, via Victoria, II, C Dec. 27. Pedro Rodriguez, tho Porto Rlcan who robbed Goneral Miles and Colonol and Mrs. Mails, whllo they wcro In Honolulu en routo to tho Philippines, has boon found guilty ot larceny In tho first degroo and sentenced to threo years' hard la bor In Oahu Ponltontlnry, Rodriguez stolo a quantity of clothing belonging to Mrs. Mnus, also somo Jowelry and somo valuablo prlvnto papers belong ing to Oenoral Miles. All havo boon rccovorcd by tho police. Searching for Mutineers. Victoria, B. C Doc. 27, According to advices received from Honolulu, tho British cruiser Shcrwntor hns loft hero for Pltcnlrn and othor southeast Islands, and will mako n search for the mutlnoors who loft tho ship Lei cester Castlo aftor shooting tho cap tain and killing Socond Mato Dixon, Tho mutiny occurred 300 miles from PJtcalrn and it was bollovcd that tho mutineers might reach that Island, If they did not porlsh at sen. Prott Stopped a Warm Heart. Duluth, Minn,, 28, Ooorgo Plydell, aged 66, with his arms full of Christ mas presents for friends and rola tjvos, foil from oxhautlon when with Id flvo foot of his homo, and frozo to death last night. Plydoll lived all alono In a llttlo hoiiBo near tho har bor front, wbera ho conducted a con fectionery and cigar store. HORRORS OF OCEAN CASTAWAYS SUCK 0NI3 ANOTHER'S I1L00U FOR l.ll:E. Death Rclenics One Victim -Stlt Water Drives Another Crazy, nnd He Jumps Overboard -I'lght lo the Death for an Apple-Survivors I'lnally Rescued by a Passing Steamer, Victoria, II. 0 Doc. 20. Austra lian pnpers received by (ho steamer Moulin toll ot thu torilblo privations of tho survivors of Ihe wrecked steam, or Klliigninlto, lost on tho Threo Kings, n trio or unvoting noignu on; tho northern oxtitunlly ot Now .ua- land. Tho blood ot tho unfortunates woro sucked whllo they slept, tha stewardess, Minn MrGuIrk, being so weakened Hint sua died, On n raft 10 people left tha vessel nnd woro four dnys with nothing but two apples and no wntor. Ono nppla was divided the first day, and thu second they Indulged In n despornto IWht for possession of tho other apple. Threo deaths occurred fiom oxhnus Hon on the second day, tho bodies living left until putrlfnctlon sat In be foro the survivors pushed them Into tha so.i. Huvornl slatted In drink salt water, and, .maddened by this, four Jumped overboard. On tho third night n steamer wns sighted nnd tho shipwrecked people shout il, Tho vcssal lowered a boat, hut It did not find the raft In tho dark uesB, nmi tho steamer proceeded, loav Ing tho unfortunates to their fata. It wns that night that tha blood-letting commonced. After tho stew iirdess, weakened from loss ot blood, hnd died In tho nrms of tho second steward, ha began to ravo nnd n few mlnutoi Inter lowered h'msolf from tho taft, singing n hymn na hn wont. Finally, four days nftor they left thn wreck, 11. M. 8. enguln found tho drilling raft nnd saved thu few re maining survivors, AT LEAST TUN DI1AD. Lift of Victims of Trinidad Train Wreck drawing Larger. Trinidad, Col.. Dec. 29. Develop ments Indlrnln that tho wreck on the Colorado ft Southern Railroad Just outslda ot this city Inst night, which was caused by n collision botwoon a merchandise freight train nnd n heavl-ly-loadcd con) train, wns tho most dis astrous In tho history of tho road where freight trains nlona woro con erned. It Is known tonight that at lenst 10 men woro killed, nnd rumor hns it Hint severnl moro bodies will ho unearthed before tho wreckage Is cleared nwny. Two unidentified bodies nrn exposed lo view but hnvo not yot boon remov ed from tho wreckage It Is feared that several minor', who were supposed to bo riding on tho coal train nnd wora on tho way o Trinidad to spend Christmas, are under tho debris. Information recclr d by friends of different peoplo resid ing In this city wns to thn effect that hoy would bo In Trinidad today and md It la learned that men wcro reen boarding tho coal train nt Hastings, Ludlow, Wnlsonhurg and Agultar as H pulled through. As they paid no faro thoro Is no record of how many thero wero on tho train, If any. Wrecking crows hnvo worked dili gently all day clearing the tracks and -uiccerdcd In removing tho wreckage if thn engines. Tho freight enrs nro piled In n grent henp on thn right nf way, nnd It will requlro ntl dny tomor tow to get things In shnpo for running trains over thn road nt this point. In tho meantime nil Colorado & South ern trains are running over tho tracks of tho Denver & Rio Grande. HANOI!!) 11V A MOII. Negro Kills n Officer, and Is Hung to a Telephone Pole. Pittsburg. Knns.. Dec. 27. Mont gomery (lodtey, a Negro, wns takon from tho Jnll today and lynched by a mob,, because early this morning ho ihnt nnd killed Milton Hlnkluy, a po liceman, whllo tho officer was trying to protect himself from n crowd ot unruly Negroes. Tho Negro Jorkod tho officers pistol from Its scabbard and shot tho officer with It from be hind. Two hours later n mob gath ered and took tha Negro from tho city Jail, where ho had boon taken aftor ho was caught, and hnuged him to a telophnuo polo. As ho was choking to death ono of tho membors ot tho mob cut his throat and ended his sufforlng. Kaiser Has a flood Time. Borlln, Dec. 29. Emporor William spent Chrlstmns In his usual way, His Majost took a walk In tho after noon In (ho Sans Soucl Pnrk and dis tributed bright gold pieces fresh from tho mint among tho gardoncrs and watchmen. Aftor dinner at 4 o'clock tho Christ mas trees wcro lighted In tho Shell hatl of tho now palace. All tho child ren of tho tmporlnl family woro pros ont nnd each had his or hor own tret of a slzo proportionate to tho child. Prank of an Earthvuake, St. Petersburg, Doc. 29. According to tho latest advices from Andljnn Russian Control Asia, oarthquako shocks occur dally, and a particularly violent series ot shocks during tha night of Dccombor 22 nnd tho fallow ing morning set all tha rolling stock on tho railroad In motion, resulting In n panic among tho railroad mon, Tho t raffle is suspended on tho railroad nnd tho station Is closed. Tha mili tary authorities aro taking over tha control of tho lino far somo dlstanco from Andljan. Engines Alet nnd Killed Both Crews. Bnttlo Crook. Mich.. Doc. 29. In a head-on collision on tho Grand Trunk Railway near hero. Enclncor James ICorwIn nnd Fireman Theodoro Schlubals, of a light onglno, woro In stantly klllod, and Engineer Brown and Firomnn Burkhardt, of n freight train, woro fatally Injured, Tho en gines collided whllo going at full speod. Tho light onglno had boon sont out from Battlo Creek to. moot and help pull tha frolght train to tho city. t Popo Leo Takes a Hand. London, flee 20. 'Plin n nnnTmt f nt Mm rtnl1 TtCnll t Af (.w...,(. v w miu 1Hllj till Ml I LUIVgi ULU1Q as nn outcomo of tho negotiations with llin Satnn Cnnrf tlin nnnn lina unnt 'n prolato to aonova to inqulro into tho circumBiancos or tlio night or tho Crown Princess of Saxony, with a View to arranging a separation.