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Bohemia Nugget tEn W. HKNUY, ltdltof and PropT. COTTAGK GROVE. . . .OREGON. EVENTS OF THE DAY Comprehensive Review Ml the Import ant Happenings o( tho Past Week, Presented In Condensed Form, Most Likely to Prove Interesting. Castro laughs nt tho Idea of his ab dication, ' No 'direct bag ships from Calcutta thin year. Oriental liner Iiulrapura arrives with a big cargo. Puget Sound country has greatest flood In 25 years, German papers speak lightly of the Monroo Doctrine. Colorado legislature promises a hot time over election of senator. Pics Armstrong says ho did not in tend to shoot Miss Ensmtngcr. Albany Methodists celebrate the COth anniversary of their church. French senatorial elections result ed In gain for tho present ministry. Irish land report Is mndo that both Ireland and England appear to favor. Loaded ship has narrow escape from Clatsop beach during thick fog. Spokano legislative delegation splits wide open on senatorial ques tion. Kcport of Governor Taft speaks of difficulties and encouragements In the Philippines. Congress reassamblod after holiday recess and senate takes up omnibus statehood bill. Washington County farmers at Gas ton Indorse 1500,000 appropriation for Lewis and Clark Fair. Sultan of Morocco has discredited tho pretender by effecting a reconcil iation with bis brother. Torpedo-boat destroyer - MacDon ough, on trial exceeded her contract requirement of IS knots. Castro sends an army to fight the rebels. New diamond field discovered In the Transvaal. Washington' legislature has no cap Itol for its meeting. Pension Bureau hurries action on Indian War pensions. A new anti-trust bill to be intra duced by Senator Hoar. Sultan of Morocco sends his broth er to fight tho pretender. The local marine engineers' strike on ocean steamers Is ended. Gratifying Increase In revenue and decrease In National debt in Decem ber. President Roosevelt close a South ern postotUce because the Negro post mistress Is driven out. Great increase in exports of manu factured goods, and in Imports of manufacturers' materials, iron and steel. Science convention hears how Irri gation will help the nation, and how foresu are being wasted. Bubonic plague causes panic on Mexican coast. Science association elects Carroll D. Wright president. Pacific cable completed to Honolulu and first message received. Democratic leaders choose the tar iff as Issue of the next campaign. Moorish rebels march on Fez, and tho Sultan goes out to fight them. King Edward proclaimed Emperor of India with great pomp, at Delhi, Bloodshed Is expected among the claim-locators in Wyoming oil fields, Jeffries refuses to fight Mexican Pete because ho fears to be knocked out, Castro attaches conditions to nrbl tratlon which cause discussion among the allies. Pennsylvania coal miners refused to work on New Year's to relieve the coal famine. New sheriffs In Maine enforce the prohibition law rigidly, causing lots of surprises and some trouble. Many Oregon state land selections rejected by General Land Office be cause state tried to exenange same tracts twice. Many Senators oppose Cuban reciprocity treaty. Gorgeous pageant at tho Imperial coronation durbar in India. Carroll D. 'Wright discussed labor question at Sclenco convention. Secretary Hitchcock forces Land Commissioner Hermann to resign. Arrangements of arbitration proto col In Venezuelan affairs left to Minis ter Bowcn. Tho Humbert family arrives . in Paris, and the police fool the curious crowd. . Coroner's Inquest hears evidence on blunders which caused Wianstead wreck. Mrs. Tlngley is said to declare that a mother's love for her child should be crushed out Railroads agree to return free of charge exhibits from St. Louis Fair to Portland Exposition in 1905. Moorish lebels pursue the Sultan's army to Fez and will besiego the city; Spain prepares to send soldiers, and Britain a fleet. Chicago musicians will give Mascag nl a benefit. Wholesale election In Denver contest. frauds alleged Tho Japanese Ministry may bo de feated on Increase ot navy. A whole Chinese province Ib be ing ravaged by Boxer rebellion. Aged Montana placer miner went crazy, got a gun and terrorized Deer Lodge. South Carolina lynchers wreak swift voneganco on two negro mur derers. Terrible tralnwreck on the Grand Trunk Railroad; 28 killed and many injured. All Pacific Coast ports which buy Government transports will share the business. FLOODS IN WASHINOTON. Allies ol Railroads Waihed Out or Burled Immense Property Loss. Seattle, Jan. C. Wlilto lllvcr over (lowed Its banks near O'Brien Sta tion, four miles below Seattle, at 3 o'clock this morning. Tho people of tho town, not fearing disaster, had re tired last night, but were awakened by tho water, la many eases creeping Into tholr beds. Orlllla, a, town on tho Whlto ntver, two mites above O'Brien, was also flooded, but tho pco plo were warned and many of them left their homes and secured places of Bafcty before tho rushing waters had surrounded their homes. At O'Brien, however, ltttlo children, wo men and men wcro Imprisoned In their houses with eight and 10 feet of water about thorn. A relief train was ordered from Se attle, and on arriving with boats, the rescuing party found several families the women and children of which were huddled on chairs and tables in order to keep from tho water that wns more than two feet deep on tho Boors. All persons were taken to places ot safety. No Uvea aro reported lost, but much household belongings, fences and some buildings have been ruined or lost, Tacoma, Jan. G. Thcro wns noth ing doing on tho Northern Pacific to day, not n train leaving tho city, nud the railroad officials are unable to mako any dc-flnlto statement as to the future. Tho chlnook still prevails, and water is pouring down tho Cas cades In torrents. At Martin, on the east sldo ot tho tunnel, thcro Is a washout of nearly 300 feet, whllo sev eral places between tho tunnel and Ellensburg aro under water, or the tracks are covered deop In mud. Castlo Bock, Wash., Jan. 5. The situation here is somewhat Improved. Tho flood reached Its highest point at 11 p. m. Saturday, and has since receded about SO Inches). Tho rain has ceased. It Is estimated that about 12,000 cords ot shlnglo bolts have gone down tho river. The center span of the Toledo wagon bridge is gone and many smaller bridges also, but communication with the country dis tricts Is almost impossible, and full details cannot be learned. The Wright mill boom gavo way today, letting out several hundred cords of bolts. All the piling recently driven for a bridge across the Cowlitz at this point Is also gone. Everett. Wash.. Jan. E. Traffic con- dltlons on the Great Northern and Northern Pacific are worse than yes terday. Bridges No. 95, 97 and 99, on the Great Northern, near Madison, are out, owing to slides. No trains have come from the East since Frl day, but the Great Northern expects to bring a train In Tuesday. The Stil laguamlsh River Is covering tho town of Sllvans, and Is higher than for 25 years. Plank and skid roads are washed out. The Great Northern Coast trains from that point come over the Nortnern Pacific tracks. The Snohomish River is still booming. Great Northern bridges at Sultan and Lowell are washed somewhat out of line. CASTRO WON'T ABDICATE. Says Revolution Would Soon End Without Aid ol Foreign Powers. Caracas, Jon. 6. The report that President Castro proposes to abdicate or resign the Presidency Is untrue. Tho correspondent of the Associated Press saw the President with regard to this matter today. The President laughed when questioned and then said thoughtfully: "You are at liberty to say that have fought during two years to re tain the supreme power which was In vested In me by the people of Vene zuela. I will no more abdicate than will resign. The Matos revolution without assistance from foreign pow ers will soon be past history." The course pursued by the allied powers In maintaining the blockade of La Guayra has caused astonish ment among the foreign residents of this city. When the Dutch steamer Prlnz Wllhelm I arrived off La Guay ra to take on board the European malls tho authorities at La Guayra sent the mall out In a small boat. This boat was stopped by the British cruiser on blockade and the mall bags were taken on board the warship The postal clerks who were In the small boats, say the mall bags, not wunstanaing tnelr protests, were opened on board tho cruiser. Drink Made a Murderer. Missoula, Mont, Jan. 6. Crazed with liquor and opiates, Louis H. Mott emptied the contents of a re volver Into his wife this afternoon She died at the hospital five hours later. Mott was arrested. Mott's laundry was sold some week's aco because ot his drunken habits. Since then Mott has been drinking heavily and abusing his wife. The couple had words In the parlor. Mrs. Mott, fearing violence, went to the kitchen and then outside. He fol lowed and shot her. Engineer Killed. Birmingham, Ala., Jan. 6. A pas senger train on the Southern Railroad bound from Atlanta to Birmingham left the rails last night near Weems station. The baggage and mall cars roiled uown an embankment and were demolished. Although tho train was filled with passengers. Engineer vt.nite was the only person killed, s mangled body was found under tne locomotive. Twenty-seven pas sengcrs were slightly Iniured. A re lief train brought the Injured to Blr- mingnam. The passenger coaches re malned on tho ties. Indians Killed a Witch. Seattle, Jan. 6. United States Mar shal Slioup arrived from Juneau to day with three Hoonah Alaska In dians sentenced each to four years' Improsonment in the United States Penitentiary on McNeil's Islnnd for causing the death ot Indian Isaac, whom they claimed to bo a witch. They kept Isaac tied to a tree for eight days, the exposure and hunger resulting in bis death; Mexican Smelter Strike. Laredo, Tex., Jan. C At Monterey, Mexico. 260 of tho employes of the largo Guggenheim smelter have gone out on Btrlko because of dissatisfac tion with a new system of pay, Abqut 600 others are affected. NEWS OF OREGON ITPHS OF INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS OF TUB STATE. Dallas Muit do to Law to Procure Water Rlghts-Koscburg Saloons Must Clone on Sundays Cattle Djlng ol Cold Great Central Pays Otf-O. K. A N. Raises Wages. Georgo Lawrence, n pioneer ot 1S52, died nt his homo on Pistol lllvcr. It Is reported that many enttlo have died from tho cold on tho ranges about Roseburg. An organized band ot horsc-thlovoa Is operating on tho rnnges ot tho Southern Oregon mountains. A largo majority ot the citizens ot Ornnt County will fight tho proposed forest reservo in the Bluo Mountains. Tho Grants l'ass city council has passed an ordinance forbidding chick ens from running nt largo within cer tain limits. United States postal Inspector has viewed a new rural delivery route up Roberta Creek from Iloseburg, and will In all piobablllty report favorably upon It. The Great Central Railroad Is dis tributing lots ot money along Its routo by paying up nil bills for labor and merchnndlso to the first ot tho now year. Tho city officials ot Roseburg have .leclded to enforce tho ordinance clos ing saloons on Sunday, and nil sa loons In tho city obeyed tho ordinance last Sunday. Dr. Lawbaugh, the Portland owner of a fast French automobile, has bocn sued for $S!0 damages by tho owner ot a team that was frightened by the new machine and broke loose and ran away. A buggy containing three parsons was run into by a switch engine I the Salem yards and smashed, and th horses torn entirely clear of tho ve hicle, but neither tho occupants of the rig nor tho horses were Injured In the least. Tho town ot Dallas finds It ncces sary to go to law In order to procure water rights for a city water supply, and as towns ot that size cannot bring such suits without consent of tho tax payers, an election will bo held to ob tain this consent. Tho O. R. & N. Co. has decided to raise tho wages of all Its deikhands. watchmen cad firemen, beginning January 1. Tbelncreaso In wages will be $5 per month, and about 1 men will benefit by It. It will Include employes on the Snake River boats as well as those running on the Wil lamette and Columbia. A fire In Salem's Chinatown caused 300 damage to some old wooden buildings. The region about Summcrvllle will have a new rural free delivery route. to begin February 1, 1903. Ontario will make another fight to obtain tho county seat of Malheur County at the coming session of the legislature. The badly decomposed body of a man was found on the South Umpqua river. Ho bad nppearcntly been drowned. The body was well dressed A British ship direct from Shanghai, Is In quarantine at Astoria, having a case of smallpox on board. She had a load of mud from tho Shanghai river as ballast, and this must be treated with a solution of acids, tor fear that It may contain cholera germs. Burglars broko into a Salem gun store and stole about $200 worth of revolvers. The same night a street car was held up. but the highwaymen weakened when they saw a number of passenger In the car and allowed it to go without molestation. An effort will be made to found school for truants and incorrlglbles in connection with the Boys and Girls Aid Society of Portland. The plan Is to provide that In any town of 4,000 Inhabitants or over, truants and in corrlglbles may be committed to the care of the aid society. The Booth-Kelly Lumber Company Is taking chances this winter in the matter of driving logs which nobody heretofore has been willing to take It has a drive In the Mohawk, which will be turned Into the McKcnzle and driven to tho Coburg mill, and as soon as this Is completed It will start a big drive at Fall Creek, to be brought down the Wllllamette to the spring- field mill. The running of logs in these streams In the winter season Is attended with much danger, which log gers have chosen heretofore to avoid. Should heavy rains fall and suddenly raise the wator to flood stage it wouia be almost Impossible to boom tho logs at their destination. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Walla Walla, 70ej bine stem 78c; valley, 76c. Barley Feed, 123.50 per ton; brew Jng, $21.00. Flonr Best grade. 3.0034.40; grah am, $3.20(33.60, MUlitufls Bran, $10.00 per ton; middlings, $23.60; shorts, $10.60; chop, $18. Oats No. 1 white, $1.161.17K; ray, $1.12)431.15 per cental. Hay Timothy, $11012; clover. t80.00; cheat, $89 per ton. Potatoes Best Bnrbanks, 6080 per sack; ordinary, 40 50c per cental, growers' prices; Merced sweets, $2 00Q $2.25 per cental. Poultry Chickens, mixed, 10911c; young, 10c; bens, llHHc; turkeys, live, 15 16c; dressed, 18"0; ducks, $77.6i) per dozen; geese, $8 8.C0. Cheese Foil cream, twins, 10k 17Kc; Young America, 17XQ18X' factory prices, ll)jo less. Butter Fancy creamery, 27K30r per pound; extras, sue; dairy, 20 22$c; store, 16 18. Eggs 2636c per dozen. Hops New crop, 2320c per pound. Wool Valley, 12K16o; Eastern Oregon, 814cj mohair, 2628c. Beef Gross, cows, 33Ko per pound; steers, 4c; dressed, 607c. Veal 7tf8Kc Mntton Gross, 3c per pound; dressed, 6c. Lambs Gross, 34c per pound; dressed, 8Xc floss Gross, OMQBMo par pound; dressed, 7070. NEW YEARS AT WASIIINOTON. Preildent and Wife Hold Hrllllant Rrttp. tlon In New White Home. Washington, Jan. 2. President Roosavott'a Now Year's reception wns ono ot tho most brilliant events l'.i Washington society history. All call ers woro afforded tho opportunity ot greeting tho President and Mrs. Koose velt and exchanging with them tho compliments ot tho new year. No dis tinctions wero mndo except such as wcro rendered necessary In preser vation of order. Tho general public for tho llrst tlmo had an opportunity to see ths widely-heralded Improvements In the Whlto Houso Improvement which when completed will have cost about $C0O.O0O. In addition to n destio per penally to wish tho President nud Mrs. Roosevelt a Happy New Year, hun dreds wero attracted by a wish to see tho White Houso In Its new nnd hand soma Interior finish nnd furnishing. To many who wero familiar with the Interior ot tho mansion as It wns n year ngo tho changes mndo woro n revelation. Whllo In n general way tho form of tho Interior has been re tained In beauty and effectiveness, It Is wholly different. Just 102 years ago President John Adams nnd his wlfo opened the White House with n New Year's reception to their friends and to ne publts gen erally. Tho dawn of tho llrst feto day within tho walls slnco becomo Motor ic was nccompnnlol by tho noise of saw nnd hnra'.ncr, ns was this day. On acount of tho unfinished con dition ot tho lower tloor. President and Mrs. Adams locclved their guests in tho room oa tho second lloor now occupied by President Itoosovclt ns a library. Whllo tho Improvements now aro mora nearly completed than was tho mansion Itself nt that time. It will bo several months before the workmon will havo finished their task It was a merry day for tho Roosc yelt children. Prior to the reception thev had n lolly tlmo In tho lower part of tho house. They .manifested the liveliest Interest in nil tho arrange ments. Tho President was In otcellcnt splr Its, nnd Mrs. Roosevelt never seemed happier or more gracious. The Pros Ident was attired In a frock suit, nnd tho only dash ot color about his at- tiro wns a tlo of grayish tint. Shortly after tho receiving party assembled In tho bluoroom, tho reception proper be gan. cable to Hawaii. First Message Came New Years Mght from Dole to Roosoclt. , San Francisco, Jan. 2. tho first messago from Honolulu over the Pa clflc cablo was received hero at 11:03 o'clock last night. The slgnuls were perfect at both ends. The speed wns fast, but tho operators have not fig ured out tho rnto at which tho earliest messages were exchanged. Tho first message was from Governor Dolo to President Roosevelt. Almost immediately aftor communl cation was established a messago ol greeting was flashed to President ilccsevelt at Washington. Tho mos sago was from Governor Dolo, of Hawaii, The text was withheld, pend Ing receipt of tho message by the President In person. I Cable Works Beautl'ulfy. San Francisco, Jnn. 2. Tho pa tlence of tho watchers of the Postal Telegraph Company was rewarded r,t 11:01 o clock last night, when the In strument at the San Francisco end of the Pacific cable Indicated that con nectlon with Honolulu had nt list been made and that a message wat coming through. The first words that the ticker de noted on tho tapo were: "Ynu ar reversed," meaning that the Honolulu operator was getting the San Francis co signals backwards. The local dlf flculty was quickly adjusted by n re idjustment of tho battcrlos here am' then came the first formal communl cation from Undo Sam's possessions across tho Pacific cable. It was fitting that Buch a mossugc should bo from tho chief of the fair Pacific Isles to tho head ot tho United States, and bo the ticker read a men sage of congratulation and good will from Governor Dolo to Presldont Roosevelt. Then came n cablogram from tho cable officials at Honolulu to Clarence Mnckay, president of the Commercial Cablo Company. Com pany moesagen followed rapidly, greeting being exchanged and mes sages of good will and prosperity pass ing rapidly to and fro. The local oDerator said that the cablo worked like an old timer and surprise was expressed at tho speed and accuracy. Tho Postal Company officials aro delighted at the splendid showing of tho first hours working and accept It as an augury ot a pros perous future. Oct Their Money Back. Sioux City, Ia Jan, 3. Archbishop Kcane, of Dubuque, has been defeated In tho famous Bult brought by C. J. Sherman nnd John mnfoidt. or wn Hams. Ia., to recover $2430 which the plaintiffs subscribed to help build a church nt Williams. Judgo George Dyer held that thoy wero entitled to recover thlB amount with intorcst, The plaintiffs .mado their subscrip tions conditional upon n dual language-speaking priest being sont to Williams. Thoy contondod that the church did not keep Its pirt of the contract, and the court upheld their claim. Rushing Coal to Chicago. Carbondale. III.. Jan. 3. Orders have been Issued from this division of tho Illlndls Central Railroad giving coal tho right of way over nil tho other freight except perishable pro- uce. All other freight Is to no placed on sidings to relievo tho motive pow er and to rush to market coal from Southern Illinois. As a result of tho order, thoro nre only 125 loaded coal cars and 54 empties In Jackson to night. In Williamson County there aro 1047 caro of coal. Within tho next 24 hours tho company hopes to removo tho blockade. The Deadly Toy Pistol. Norfolk, Va,, Jnn. 3.-Four boys, thrco whlto and ono colored, havo died In Norfolk slnco Christmas of lockjaw, caused by burns received In the firing of toy pistols, charged with blank cartridges. Tonight Georgo W. Wright, a messenger boy, who wound ed himself accidentally on Christmas morning, was attacked by tho dlscaso, and Is reported to bo in a dying con dition. Municipal legislation Is pro posed to prohibit the sale of such weapons in the future, PHILIPPINE CABLE NOW riNISIIHD TO HONOLULU AND OI'L'N ri)K 11USINP.SS. , Coble Ship Slhcrtown find n Slonnynd Laborious Votage, but Human llnerxy nnd Pluck Conquered at Last Men Stood Knee Deep In Water Will He rinUhcd to Manila by July 4th. Honolulu, Jan. 3. Tho voyage ot tho cable-ship Sllvertown was eventful and nt times unpleasantly exciting. Twelve hours out from Hnn Francisco the caiile-slilp wan beset by bad weather, which continued with tho ex ception of one day to tho end of tho voyage, Vnrtnblo winds that nt times approached tho velocity of gales, heavy scan that buffeted her about, retarded the passage, a well-ns en dangered tho safety ot tho cable; In (net. every adverse condition that Is usually encountoied In tho lauding of rnblo was met with nud nt times mndo tho task most hninrdous. A more perfect day could hardly bo Imagined than Sunday, December II. when tho shore end was landed near tho Cliff House, of San Frnnrlseo. The end ot tho Hue wns brought on board the steamer at 5:30 lirtho evening nnd tho start wns mndo nt 12:30 Monday morning. The favornblo conditions continued until II o'clock on the morning ot that day, when the vessel i an Into n squall of wind and rain that enmo out of tho west. Steering through n southwesterly course, the Sllvertown offered a broad starboard beam to tho Blorm. Soon tlio sens wero whipped Into conftiBlon. rolling tho vessel In a manner most danger ous to tho cablo. Tho velocity ot tho wlud Increased, nnd early In tho after noon groat green seas boarded tho starboard bow, and swept along th deck nnd escaped Into tho sen through the port scuppers. Toward evening ropes woro stretched about tho deck and everything was mndo laBt. The rain censed, hut tho storm continued with unabated force through tho night. Under ordinary conditions tho line Is paid out 7 per rent faster than the speed of the vessel. This was Increas ed during tho storm to 10 per cent. Even with this concession tho strain was terrific. As tho ship lifted and lurched, the great drum around which tho strnnd wns passing would almost cease to revolvo ono moment, only to resume with n rush the next, rendu Ing tho life of the men In tho tanks a hazard. The dynamometer regulnt Ing the speed of and tho strain on the lino nt such times Uncinates! wiw ly, rushing from an Indlcnted strain of two tons or less up to four and eve five tons. When It Is understood thai the breaking strain Is Si tons, ll must be apparent that failure to re relievo the strain promptly meant dls aster to the prec'.ous lino, nnd Its loss In 2500 fathoms would have meant long and serious delay In the complc tlon of tho work of laying the cnble. as well ns being a most cipenslv eappcnlng to the contracting com pany. Raro good Judgment In tho handling ot both tho Bhln nnd the cnblo at these critical times averted an accident. Tho cnblo finally reached Molonkal Channel on Christmas day, and hnd to bo buoyed thcro for a week before tho sea becamo calm enough to splice It to tho Hawaiian sharo end. That feat was finally accomplished cn New Year s night, amid great popu lar rejoicing. Clarenco Mackny, president of the Cablo Company, says cablo-lnylng will be continued without Interruption, and hopes to have the lino completed to Manila by tho Fourth of July Thence nn oxtcnslon .will bo laid to Shanghai. COAL MINC CAVES IN. Abandoned Workings Collapse and Fou Buildings Are Wrecked. Scranton, Pa., Jan. 6. Abandoned workings of the Eddy Creek colliery of the DelRwaro & Hudson Company, beneath the very heart of tho town of Ollphnnt, raved In this afternoon and engulfed four frnmo bulldlncs cover ing an aggregate ground space ot C000 sqtiaro feet. Tho settling wns gradual, and nconlo In tho nffocter vicinity escaped. Tho settling bognn at 3 o'clock nnd con tlnued 30 minutes. In tho Intervening hour o iirlen s thrco-story hotol. Mrs, Annn i;vnn doubio dwelllne. Mrs, Juno Acerly's doubio storo building and Evans' one-story barber shop wcro ground to debris In tho yawn Ing pit, with tho uppermost part of tho mound 40 feet below tho surface Tho vein that caved In Is 115 feet bo- low tho surface. lm $30,000, Oil Excitement In Wyoming, Salt Lake, Jan. C. A special to ths Trlbuno from Evnnston, Wyo., says: The full story of tho conflict In tho Wyoming oil fields may not be had for weeks, owing to tho Immense tract to bo covered. Of tho hundreds of lo cating pnrtlos leaving hero December 30 and 31, but a small pcrcentngo have returned, and In soma Instances gravo learn are entertained as to their safe ty. This evening weather conditions Indlcato a heavy storm, nnd If a bliz zard, so common In this section. should set In, many locating' parties may uo lost. Body Burned In Furnace. Denver, Jan. 5. W. C. Hughes, cm ployed as fireman at tho Brown Pal nco Hotel, was arrested today as a re sult of his confession that on Decern her 10 ho permitted two unknown men to plnco tho body ot nn Infant In one of the furnaces In tho boiler-room, whero It was consumed. Ho says thoy wero carrying a box, which thoy said contained a baby which they asked permission to burn In tho fur nace. Bollovlng thoy wero Joking, ho oponcd tho door for them. Later ho discovered that a baby's body had ac tually been contained in tho box. Hank President Disappears. Sllvorton, Colo.. Jan. 5. Owing to tho disappearance ot tho prcsMont, James II, Robin, tho Bank of Sllvor ton was cldscd today by tho cashier. A, II. Mule. Tho bank Is capitalized at $30,000, and Its liabilities are esti mated to ho about $300,000. Robin, who Is tho principal stockholder, has been acting strangely of 'into, and his friends think ho has become dement ed and wandered Into tho mountains, Acting on this theory, tho sheriff has cent soveral parties to search forblm, Crown Prince Will Visit Czar Borlln. Jan. 6, Crown Prlnco Fred erick William has accepted an Invita tion of tho Czar to visit His Majesty at St, Petersburg In the middle of January, t)KciAun war uroNsnnci'. (Irsnt County Sltlcr.Urjlng To-Mlle Limit Law. John Day City, Or., Jan. 1. Grnnl nnd Baker County cattlemen and set tlers are agitating (or n two mile lim it law, similar lo that In operation In tdnhn and California, by which sheep ranging Is not permitted within two miles ot any Bottler's habitation. This puts ft now phase on tho bit ter nnd bloody range feud that exist In this county between home and for elsu Btockmun, tor whllo tho move In Grant County la apparently ono of settlers against sheep owners, It Is really a step against tho Invading hordes ot Morrow, tlllllaiii. Wheeler, Crook nnd other county sheep which pour In hero annually for summer range. Simultaneously comes the tidings that Grant County stockmen nro prepailng for organization sut llrluntly strong to keep out these sheep nnd reservo next smsou'ii range for home stockmen. It make tho outlook fur trouble In tho Spring brighter thnn over, though tho bril liant outlook for rnugo war In 1001 wns morn than fulfilled. NATIONAL TELEPHONE TRUST. Memphis Companies to Ho Nucleus of a J 100,000,000 Combination. Memphis, Jnn. 2. A strong rumor Is current In this city announcing nn effort to form n gigantic combination ot tho Independent telephono lnte ests of tho United States, with the Memphis Uuig Distance Telephone Company, capital $100,000, and th Memphis Telephono Company, capital $100,000. ns n basis. The rumored nl llnnco Is snld to bo backed by the In tcrcsts mentioned, tho Htrnmhcrg Carlson Manufacturing Co.. of Chic ago, nnd Harvey Meyers, of Coving ton, Ky. Tlio scheme Is said to tho outgrowth ot .the annual meeting ot tho Independent telephono com panics nt Chicago on December Tho proposed plan nvolves about $100,000,000. General Manager War ren, of tho Memphis Long Distance Telephono Company, Inst night ni mltted that tho rumor was true, but stated that nothing definite has been accomplished yet. AERIAL TORPEDO IN I1NTED. It Files Like a Thing of Life, (luldcd from Terra I'lrma, llclng Now York, Jan. 1. Professor Carl Myers, a balloon maker of Frankfort hns constructed nn electrical aerial torpedo, which Is to be exhibited tho Loulslanna I'urchnso Exposition says a Utlca, N. Y., dispatch to th Herald. Tho aerial torpedo lies like a thing ot life, Is driven by two aluminum screw blades, making 2000 revolutions a minute and rotated by an eloctrl motor, which obtains Its power from an ordinary Incandescent lighting current of 110 volts, Tho movements are directed by two aero planes acting as rudders moving the vessel up, down, .right or left. In circles, spiral or cylolds, as a bird files. All these evolutions aro under control of n dls tant operator, who moves an Indoi over contnet points on n dial switch board, to which tho vessel Instantly responds. More Pay for Teamsters. Chicago, Jan. 2. Eight hundred thousand dollars a year has been add ed to tho pay of thq 9000 members o tho Truck Teamslers' Union. The men havo been In conference with their employes for two weeks discuss ing conditions and an Increaso which amounts to about $1,75 a week for ench man has been conceded by the employers. This wns accepted last night by tho union nnd will go Into effoct on February 1. Tlmo nnd half shall bo paid for all work done on Sundays nnd holidays, savo on tabor day, when no teaming shall bo dono. WORKINQ HOURS REDUCED. Employes of Door and Lumber Company Will Have Nlncllour;iay. iirnnts rnss. ur.. Jan. z. At a re cent meeting of tho officers of the Sugar Pino Door & Lumber Company, or this city, presided over by It. A llooth, of Eugcno, It was decided to khortcn tho hours of work In tho local factory. The same wanes as hereto fore will bo paid but tho hours of work will ho reduced from 10 to nlno. This new schedule will ho effective fji nil of the mills of tho Sugar Pine Company. More Warships for Germany, Berlin, Jnn, 2. Tho naval budget for 1903 provides for lading down Im mediately two battlo-shlpB, ono nr- morcd cruiser, two small cruisers and Ilvo torpedo boats. Thcso construe Hons aro within permanent naval pro gram. Two hattlo-shlps now building win bo completed In tlio Hummer of 1905, and thrco small cruisers will bo finished early In 1904, Thoro nro of tho enlargod Gazelle typo, and will havo a steaming radius of 6000 knots. During ivuz. four battlo-shlns. ono ar mored cruiser and ono gunboat woro commissioned. Wants German Hlthops, Romo, Jnn, 2, Horr P. P, Cahen- ly, a mcmbor ot tho Gorman Reich stag and presldont of tho Saint Raphael Society for the protection of Gorman Immigrants In America, who for 10 yoars has been agitating In favor of tho appointment of Gorman occieslastlcs to minister to Gorman Catholics In tho Unltod States, Is gain actively urging tho Vatican to ppolnt Garmnn bishops wherovor tho uor.man elomont predominates. France and Ouatcmala Agree. Paris, Jan, 2, Franco nnd Guata mala havo agreed to submit to tho In tornatlonal arbitration court at The Hague tho French claims against Onutamala Thoy aro similar to those against Venezuela, 1SPA1N WAKING UP TAKIN0 ALARM AT SERIOUSNESS 01' RlillllLION IN MOROCCO. Calling Her SoMlers lo Arms -Tit Sultan Is Harrlcadcd In Ills I'nlnce at I'cz Ills Roynl Army Has Hcen Routed by Anll-ChrUIInn Rebels Drill. h Fleet l!n Route to (llbraltnr. Madrid, Jnn. 1, Tho Hpnnlsh ov eminent In preparing for oveutuall ties In Morocco, nnd has ordered troops nt Mntngn, Cndli nnd Algo clrus to b hold In renitliiosa to promptly lelnforco tho garrisons nt Ceuta nnd Melllll, Morocco, should tho situation requlro It. A Hpnulsh ciulHcr hns been ordered to Tnuglor. According lo dlspntchos received here from Tangier tho rebels chancd t hit troops of tho Hultan to tho gate of Fez. It Is reported that tho Hump ed un nro picpnrlug to leave Fez. King Alphouso tonight discussed tho Moroccan crisis with General Weyler, Minister of War, and tho Duke of Veragtm, Minister ot Murine, In addition to the cruiser Infanta Isa bella, which hns already gouu to Tan gier, lither voaaoM are to bo held In leiidlnesa to take reinforcements tit Ceutn and Melllln. Tho government hns asked lis Am-ba-sadur nt Paris and Umdon to as certain tho views of tho French and llrltlsh governments concerning the Moroccan situation. It seems to ho feared In political circle hero Hint some foreign power will Intervene In Morocco. The latest news to reach Madrid confirm the previous reports that Fez has been Invested by tho rebels, llarrkaded In Ills Paloce. Tangier, Morocco, Jan. 1. Tho Sul tan of Morocco Is snld lo have retired to tho palace nt Fez with nil his avail able nrtlllery nnd ammunition, ami strongly barricaded himself In reuse qiienco of n llirealenwl nttnrk on thn part of tho rebels, Women In the Caniulatce. London. Jnn. I. A dlstxitrh to tho Times from Tangier, dated December 39, says: "A courier from Fez ropnrta that Hie Christian there nro safe. Thn missionary women nro In the British Consulate. Tho attack on tho ramp occurred nt ulghl. It Is reported that 2000 of tho Hultan'n troops woro killed. "An absurd rumor Is current that the French are supporting the rebels, As n matter of fart, the nntl-Chrlstlan movement Is more dangerous lo tho French than to anybody d, and It threaten them In Algeria. "Tangier I tranquil. No disturb nnce ot any knd noed be feared hero." Ilrlllih Warihlpt Oo. Vnlletn. Inland of Malta. Jnn. 1. II. M. H. Harrhnnta, the flagship ot Admiral Wnlkur. togehter with thn llrltlsh ballle-shlp Canopu and Vie torlus and Iho cruiser Diana, have left hero for Gibraltar. It Is believed. In onnrcllon with the Moroccan situa tion. The bnttlo-shlp Implacable will follow tho other ships shortly. HINDER HERMANN RHSIONS. Commliiloner of (lencral Land Office Quits and His Astlttant Appointed. Wnahlngtnn. Jnn. . Ijtnd Com missioner Dinger Herman haa ten dered his resignation to the Presi dent, to take effect tho 1st of Febru ary or 1st ot Mnrch. Ho will bo suc ceeded by present Deputy Commis sioner Richards, of Wyoming. In ronflrmlng tho announcement, Mr. Hermann said: "I havo wanted to return to Rose burg to resume the practice of my profession, anil have contemplated resigning for a year or more. I hnvo held this office longer than any of my predecessors, except two, since tho ofllco was created In 1812, having entored upon my duties soon after tho first Inauguration ot thn lulu Pre.l. dent McKlnley, nearly six years ago. 1 havo endeavored to administer tho affairs of tho office so as to do Injus tice to no one. whether ho hq home Mender or corporation seeking pub lic land." Mr. Hermann would mil nv wheib. or ho would enter thn senatorial raro In Oregon, nor would he say that he would allow tho use of hU name In connection with tho senatorsblp. Dcsth the Reward of Fidelity, Now York, Jan. 1. Faithfulness to her fiance, Professor PocV, a formrr Instructor In I.ehluh Unlvrrnltv hn died a year ngo from consumption, hns cost Miss Mnhol Mitchell, nr Plalnfleld. N. J., her life, whan fescor Peck was tnkon in, Miss Mltcholl, then n school teacher, mused him In his homo nt Newborn N. Y., and after his death tho young woman wna stricken with Professor Peck's dltoasn. Sho resinned h nr nn. slilon as nn Instructor In tho Wnsh Inrston school nnd died Thumdnv night. Recount in Colorado. St. Louis. Jan. 1. In nursunnen of n decision to ro-count tho voles rnst at tho recont election In tho Twolfth Congressional District, tho ballot boxes woro opened yostordny In tho proBonco of James Butler, Congress-man-olcct, nnd tho contestant, Georgo C. R, Wngonor, and their attorneys, says a dispatch from Donvcr. "Ballot llOJOS Of 35 lirCCtllCtH OUt Of thn tr.tnl of 105 wero ozamlnod, but tho result wub not. mnuo public. Ilullor, on tha f"eo of tho returns, hnd a majority of 6000. Events at La (lunyrn. La Ouayrn, Jan. l.Tho Dutch stoamor Prlnz Wlllom V, from Am fctordnm, arrived here todny. After undergoing tho usual nreii she wns allowed to ontor and dis charge hor cargo. , Iowa Central Strike Settled, Mnrshalltown. fa.. .Tun. 1 Tli , swItchmon'B strike on tho Iown Con trol has Icon sottlod, An In. croaso of 2 conts nn hour wnB grant. ed both tho day nnd night crows, with pny for ovortlino. Could Not Place Ulame. that, hold nn Inquost ovor tho bodies of fi ght men kllb.,1 in h .7i7.. between freight trains on tho Colora. lo & Southorn Railroad last weok yoslorday roturnod n vnr,ii i effoct that from tho ovldonco pre duced It wag unnblo to attach blamo to any one, p w"