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"