The Eugene weekly guard., December 22, 1900, Image 2

EUGENE WEEKLY GUARD.
LATER NEWS.
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DEWET EVADES KNOX.
HONG KONG TYPHOON
General Kitchener Reports a Running Fight
Particulars of « Great Storm ia South China —
The powers have agreed to the joint
With th* Bo«n.
note.
Loss of Life Heavy,
London, Dec. 17.—Lord Kitchener
The Japanese gave Admiral Beards-
Victoria, B. C., Dec. 14. — The
cables the war office from Pretoria un­ Ckmests- For« fcf
OREGON.
EUGENE
lee a reception.
Kruger Gets No Consolation steamer Ernress of India, which ar­ Steyn Is Going North to Help der date of December 12 that General
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Chicago police will prevent the Gans-
rived tolay after a stormy passage,
Knox reports from Helvetia that he is
Born Under Del,,,,, ■
Oom Paul.
From The Netherlands.
McGovern fight.
brought new* ot the great typhoon
engaged in a running tight with Gen­
vhich ravaged Hong Kong, November
eral De*et, and that the enemy ia mov­
Santa Fe strikers wish their differ­
10, causing a heavy loss of life aud
ing towards Reddersburg, where there VERE SEA« LOSSES OS Mt,
ences arbitrated.
GENERAL
BOTHA
MAKES
ANNOUNCEMENT
HOLLAND WILL NOT INTERVENE EITHER chipping.
The British gunboat Sand­
ia a column ready to co-operate with
Five persons were killed in a train
piper foundered and some of her sea­
the other British forces. Lord Kitche­
wieck in Montana.
men were lost.
The American ship
ner in another dispatch reports that English Forced to Abandon Th*» p
Scheibenberger
Sworn
In
as
Acting
State
Presi
­
An Intending Collection of Item» From the
Fire in Pekin destroyed the quarters Ths Dutch Foreign Minister Tells ths Ex-Pres- Benjamin Sewell went ashore, and in
Boers attacked the post near Barberton.
General Preach W,th Re.nlo^*'*'
dent-Rumor in London of a Serious
of a number of officers.
all 77 steam launches were wrecked,
Two Hemispheres Presented in a
idem That ths Role of Hit Govern-
The British casualties were three
Has Gon* to the R(itu<
and over 200 natives drowned.
At
Defeat to British Arms.
Kitchener rjieorts a running fight be­
killed, five wounded and 13 taken pris­
Condensed Form.
ment Muit Be Passive.
Kowloon and other points there was
tween Dewitand Knox.
oners. The captuied men have since
also very heavy loss.
The Empress of
London, Dec. 17,-Lord Kit,«
Gornjiers will be re-elected president
New York, Dec. 15. —A dispatch to been released. The Boers rained the
The Hague, Dec. 18.—The Dutch India was at her wharf at Kowloon
IJay may resign if the canal treaty
of the Federation of Labor.
government today finally and definite­ and she was badly shaken.
the Journal aud Advertiser from Am- Riverton road station December 11. reports that, after »,.vvr(j fi .Ub*W
is amended.
They are being followed up.
Nooitgedacht, Generai
*
The Santa Fe repudiates its relations ly refused to take the initiative in
Th« s ter dam says:
The tioope fared very badly,
Ixird Roberts was given an ovation
General Kitchener's message Indi- were compelled to retire i,v .
Iur*
proclamation
by
Gen-
behalf
of
arbitration
between
the
The
following
with the telegraphers’ union.
temporary barrack* collapsed com­
at Cape Town.
cates that Dewet has again evaded ant Delarey, with a lor e J
has been received:
Transvaal and Great Britain.
pletely aud the Indian and European eral Louis Botha
The American fleet in North China
Knox. After the latter had foiled the Five British officers w. re ku’lL "l*
The United States wants Chiriqui for
have
laten
informed
The decision was communicated in troops had to seek refuge wherever
•’Whereas. I
waters is reduced to two vessels.
Ia«
Boer general at Coomassie drift, the other casualties were n.,t ‘
a coaliug station.
that
the
enemy
circulates
all
sorts
of
an inteiview between Mr. Kruger and they could.
In Kowloon proper a
Boers seem to have doubled back, Lord Kitchener s official d.,^
The Irish Nationalist convention de­ Dr. Leyds on one side and the Dutch
and
lying
reports
among
the
wrong
There ia little change in the Santa
number of houses were blown down,
*
crossed the Caledun rivet elsewhere, the war office is as follow»-
clared for the abolition of landlordism. foreign minister and Minister of Fl-
Fe strike situation.
others lust their roofs and were other­ burghers aliout the government and and turned thence north n eat—in the
“Pretoria, Dec. 15.-cielae .
myself,
our
officers
and
officials
are
on
the
other.
nance
N.
B.
Pierson,
Washington's
centennial
anniversary
wise damaged.
A new stone block
Charles A. Towne waa sworn in at
Reddersburg, the memor- at Nooitgedacht. on nle „
was celebrated with imposing ceremo­ Mr. Kruger explained that the object near the torpedo depot was practically charged to communicate the following direction of
senator from Minnesota.
able
scene
of
the British disaster in Berg, was attacked at d»wn JT4*
information
to
the
general
public:
of
his
journev
was
to
disseminate
the
laid iu mins. The whole upper part
The bouse passed the legislative, ex­ nies.
idea of arbitration, aud the Dutch was blown down, as was also the up­ The executive council, after consulting April, when De wet captured the Brit­ Delarey, reinforced by HeTt!r- J “J
Full particulars have l>een received minister replied that the role of the
ecutive and judicial bill.
mandu from Warm bath,
per story of the telegraph exchange at the president ot the Orange Free Mate, ish Rides.
force estimated at 2,500. Tho
1
has decided in the interests of our
The tension between Holland aud ol the tyboon which recently swept the Netherlands mutt be passive. The in­ Kowloon.
coast of China, causing a heavy loss to itiative lielonged to the great powers,
first attack was re|ui»«d u,““«11*
Tragedies on Shipboard.
cause to give leave of absence to our
Poitugal is increasing.
Of
the
British
warships
anchored
at
life and shipping.
managed to get to the top 0(
he added.
When the powers had Kowloon the gunboats Warren, Fire­ state president, with orders to go im­
San Francisco, Dec. 17.—The Brit­
Benjamin Wise was held at Salem,
alias’ Berg, which was held bT *
There
are
more
than
40
cases
of
mediately
to
Europe
in
order
to
assist
reached
a
decision,
the
Dutch
govern
­
ish
ship
Crown
of
Scotland,
which
ar
­
brand,
Tweed
an«l
SandDiper
were
Or., for arson at Silverton.
smallpox in St. George’s hospital, Kan­ ment might see what it could do.
dragging their anchors.
Those on our deputation there in the work they rived today, 130 days from Penarth, companies of the Northuuibsrisiid •
A bouse Republican caucus decided sas City. Only one death from the
’*
Vice-President Cardiff, had th<ee tragic entries in her liers, and were thus able to
shore
could
do
nothing
but
stand by have before them.
to stand by the war-tax bill.
No Snub Yet From Czar.
Clements’ camp.
He retired
disease has occurred.
with buoy* and lines to render assist­ Schalkenl>erger has been sworn iu. ac­ log. November 24 John Warrington
The sultan of Turkey dined officers
The Hague, Dec. 13.—The Transvaal ance should the vessels drift ashore. cording to law, and is now acting as stabbed E. C. Haglund, hie shipmate, poort, and took up a position on . *
The city election at Astoila, resulted
of the battle-ship Kentucky.
in a sweeping victory for the Citizens’ legation says it is authorized to con­ Tlie vessels tired distress signals aud state president. He ia now assisted while the latter was asleep in his in the center of the valley.
‘‘The casualties have not been
V<m Bulow explaineil whv Emperor ticket, every candidate being elected tradict the report that Emperor Nich­ one or two Hew their penmiuts at half- by the state secretary, two members of bunk. Leaving his sheath-knife in his
olas has telegraphed to Mr. Kruger an mast. The gunboat Sandpiper was in the executive council. Lucas Meyer victim’a breast, the murderer ran up pletely reported, but the fi^thu
by large majorities.
William would not receive Kruger.
very severe, and I deeply „¿J *
and mv«elf, and other officials, in
The dock laliorers at Callao, Peru, intimation that be will not receive the worst fix. as she was rapidly fill­ short’ our government exists in the same on deck, jumped overboard and was Colonel Legge, of the Twentieth
Erection of poles and wires for an­
him.
ing.
Then from Hong Kong wav
drowned, despite efforts to reach him
other lighting system began in Salem, have gone on a strike, and all work
came the Otter, the crew of which at wav as before and is now in my imme­ with a lifeboat. No one on board of sar», aud Captains McBean,
has been stopped.
As yet there has
Or.
and Atkinson were killed.”
diate
neighborhood
and
iu
direct
com
­
DECIDE ON COURSE.
great risk rescued the whole crew with
the ship knows of the motive.
The
Lord Kitchener also repoitj that u»
Four meu were killed by an expío- been no breach of the peace.
munication with me.
the exception of one man.
second tragedy occurred August 1.
Jospeph Benoit, a stage carpenter at
sion in the Union Pacific tunnel al
‘‘Let the blood of our brave dead al­ Salvatorl Servis fell from the foreyard, Boers made an attack and wrr» /
At daylight Saturday the powerful
How the Oregon Delegation Would Improv*
the Grand Opeta house. Salem, Or.,
Aspen.
dredger Canton River, which recently ways by a strong voice induce every struck the deck and fractured his pulsed at Lychtenberg, and that ita
the Columbia.
Attacks on Salisbury and Chamber- fell from a scaffold, breaking several
arrive«! here from Paisley, almost burgher to tight (or liberty. We have thigh and received internal injuries eral Lemmer was killed. Atu
upon Bethlehem aud Vrede wen- »?
Washington. Dec. 13.— The three without any warning liste«l to port and nothing left to lose, but everything to which caused his death.
lain were made in the British nouse of ribs and bruising his face and body
repulsed, the Boers losiug lOkilW.^
badly.
The
accident
was
caused
by
win.
The
government
is
most
firmly
members
ol
the
Oregon
delegation,
at
commons.
capsized. As to the precise number of
14 wounded.
Vrybeid ws, XS
the breaking of a board upon which he an informal meeting today, decided those on, board at the time it is impos­ decided to continue the struggle.
I
Correcting an Extradition Trcaiy.
Only *600,000 can be obtained from was standing.
am
convinced
the
burghers
will
ap
­
December
11.
Sniping conujo^
to concentrate their efforts to have the sible to give any accurate figures.
this session of oongress for the Colum­
Washington, Dec. 17. — A treaty has when the messuge was dispatch»).
plaud this decision and act accordingly
improvement
of
the
mouth
of
the
Co
­
The
Lakeview
arid
Ager
stage
was
Those
iu
authority
at
the
dockyard
ex-
bia jetty.
Burghers are warned been concluded between the United
The scenes at the war office tod«
robbed about two miles from Lake­ lumbia made a continuing contract tension office say that 50 would be until the eml.
The Oregon supreme court upholds view, Or. A lone highwayman accom­ ratner than trust to the future to se about the number. It ia known that against the tine words used by the en­ States and Great Britain amendatory recall those witnessed m the w.J
the street improvement section of the plished the job. No passengers were cure successive appropriations to be Captain Scott, who was in command emy to dec e:ve them und to make them ol the existing extradition treaty and stages of the war. A constant etran
Portland city charter.
alaiard of the stage. Two mail sacks expended as uee«led. By this method, of her, was aboard, also Chief Engineer put down their arms, because, accord­ intended to correct certain imperfec­ of excited people filled the lobbies. tll
tions in that instrument, developed by seeking details of the disaster, j (
The Idaho supreme court decides were rifled ami a considerable amount which seems to tie the best under the White, Second Engineer Thompson, ing to the proclamation of Robeits,
re-ent experiences.
The changes do absence of the names of any of theo®.
they
will
all
be
transported
to
St.
that patented mining property is to be of registered mail taken. Officers are circumstances, the final completion of Carpenter McIlroy ami the majority of
the project is insured, ami work may the clew. The meu clung to the up­ Heleim or Geylon as prisoners of war. not materially affect the scope or prin­ cers of the Northumberland fnsilien
regarded the same as other realty for now workng on the case.
Our cause, however, precarious, is not ciples of the existing treaty, the chief in General Kitchener’s dn-pstch I-..
puriaises of taxation.
The will of the late Senator Davis, be conducted without unnecessary de­ turned vessel, where they were seen,
item in the list being provisions clas­ to the foreboding that the lent i l
lay.
and 12 were rescued by boats from the hopeless if every burgher only does hie
The Austrian corvette Donau has ar­ who died November 27. was filed for
duty. The Lord is sure to give a sifying as a crime subject to extradi­ panies of the fusiliers mentioned in
The
river
and
harbor
committee
has
steamers
Tamar
and
Astroea.
The
probate
by
Mrs.
Anna
M.
Davis,
the
rived at Lima, Peru, bringing Bela
blessed end in his own time and in his tion the obtaining of money under false in the hands of the Boers. Ihe «u
The will, made during the not yet finally decided on what pro­ Benjamin Sewell went ashore opposi e
Bakoweghy, commissioner of the Aus­ widow.
pretenses.
At present the treaty office officials evidently expects hasty
own way.”
vision
will
be
made
for
this
project,
the
arsenal
yard
but
got
off,
though
trian government, who is visiting ths senator's last Illness, leaves all hie
makes
extraditiouable
the reception of casualty list, but they are hopeful Iron
but
*600,000,
recommended
by
the
en
­
leaking badly.
estate to Mrs. Davis, The estate is
consulates of South America.
money obtained under false pretenses the fact that the dispatch duel m
ROBBED THE MAIL CAR.
gineers, is the outside limit.
Several
buildings
collapsed at
valued
at
*25,000
in
personal
and
ami omits the principal in the crime, mention the capture of the Nortb;B.
A special from Shanghai announces
Queen's road, killing eight Chinese
that Li Hung Chang's Manohu secre­ *40,000 in real property.
OFFICERS WERE LAX
aud injuring eight.
Westward, at Postal Clerk on the Cotton Belt Railroad Line constituting a manifest absurdity. her lands that such a great cataitnpM
tary, Yoko, has been arrested by order
Affairs at Guam are in better shape,
To correct this the amendment is made. has been escaped.
Kennedy town, great damage was also
Was Nearly Killed.
of Field Marahai Count von Waldersee,
Orders were issued at Aldenbot.
Lord Roberts has left the Cape foi Prisoner Quietly Arose and Walked Out of caused, and at Kowloon numberless
Grounding of the Garonne.
on the charge of communicating with Eulgaud.
Texarkana, Ark., Dec. 15 —A bold
Malta and other military cenien*
sampans were wrecked.
Here I’. C.
the Courtroom.
the Boxers.
Seattle, Dec. 17.—Letters have been dispatch all the available mvuted»
Duncan, of the navy yard police, lost robbery on the Cotton Belt railload oc­
Holland refuses to intervene in the
The third annual cowboy aud Indian Boer war.
Spokane, Deo. 13. — While Judge his life in a gallant attempt to rescue curred today at Bassetts, Tex., 30 received in this city announcing the fantry to South Afiica.
It is reported that General Knox.»
carnival opened in Phoenix, Arizona,
Marshall was holding a preliminary two sampan women whose Isiat was miles south of Texarkana, on the train giounding of the United States trans-
Senator (day spoke against the ship hearing of Edward Hanson, charged
with a great parade of vaquero«, red
dashed to pieces against the embank­ coming north, in which Postal Clerk j>ort Garonne on the northern coast of operating with the British cola™ u
subsidy
bill.
men and Chinese. After the parade,
with counterfeiting, this afternoon the ment at the naval depot. Duucan was Johu H. Dennis was almost killed and Luzon. She struck twice, being res­ Reddersberg, has stopped Garni
in a wild dash through the streets, an
French troops have ceHsed looting prisoner quietly arose and sneaked out an old Ninety-ninth Argyle and Suth­ mail pouches of the car rifled of their cued both times by the Yorktown Dewet, and that a battle is proceed^
Indian was thrown from his horse and Chinese observatories.
Owing to the erland Highlander, and had been away contents. The amount stolen is not The second time the Yorktown’s cable The report adds that many ulus
of the courtroom.
known. As the train left the Bassetts caught in the Garonne's wheel, causing eral Dewet's followers have been
fatally trampled under foot.
courtroom
being
crowded, the from home since 1896.
small
Li Hung Chang claims to have abso­
water tank at 6 A. M., the express aud a further delay of 12 hours.
The let­ tured.
escape was not noticed until the judge
Germans are still excited over th« lute power to negotiate.
j mail cars were separated from the ters also tell about a hard march of
The scene of the fight is ominondj
turned to announce that the prisoner
Kruger incident.
WRECK
IN
MONTANA.
Chaffee protested to Von Waldersee would be held to a higher court, Offi-
tiaiu, but the traju crew soon had the American troops under General close to Pretoria.
Nooitgefait u
The Oregon school fund losses an against German looting.
them coupled again.
lu the run from Hall. The line of march was over only 22 miles northwest of ltauru.
cers started in pursuit of Hanson, who
Five
Psiiengeri
Were
Killed
in
a
Great
North
­
average of *10,000 a year.
j there to Texarkana, the coaches were steep mountains for a distance of 45
The debate on the war tax reduc­ was treking lor the river. A few shots
! uncoupled twice iu a very mysterious miles, taking in all six days, At the
ern Accident.
from revolvers and he gave himself up.
English Loss Heavy.
'1 he river and harbor committee is tion bill began ill the house.
The escape was the boldest ever
cutting down all estimates.
Great Falls, Mont., Dec. 14.—Great i manner. Upon the arrival of the train conclusion, 165 men were under ' medi-
The house of commons voted £16,-
London, Dec. 17.—Lord Kitchener
known in the city. Hanson is one ol Northern passenger train No. 3, west­ here the United State« transfer clerk cal treatment for several days.
reports that 18 officers and 535 men
Tim Philippines commission has pre­ 000,000 to carry on the Boer war.
a trio recently arre»ted with bogus bound, was wrecked about 4 o’clock went to the door of the mail car and
are missing from General Ctemeuis'
pared a tariff for the islands.
The Hay-l’iiuncefote
treaty was money in their possession,
Search for Hidden Gold.
Search of tin» morning near Brockton, 81 miles knocked for the po til clerk to open it.
force. They consist of four compamea
The execution of Yu IIsien is cer­ again considered ill executive session. their cabin resulted in finding of molds
east of Glasgow. Five passengers are No response whs given. Officials then
Pekin, Dec. 17.—A few days ago of
the
Northumberland lusilim.
tain whenever envoys demand it.
A congressional committee was ap­ aud other tools.
reported killed and mauy injured. forced an entrance and were astonished the British troops were notified of the Judging from the message these were
The Chinese question is again said pointed to investigate the Booz hazing.
The cause of the wreck is said to have to find Clerk Dennis stretched upon the existence of a large amount of treasure captured by the Boers. Clementi
Credentials Refused.
A hurried ex­ 20 miles northwest if here.
to be apptoaching a settlement.
been a broken rail. Railroad officials tioor, apparently dead.
The Philippine commission gave
Colonel casualties December 15 amounted to
Washington, Dec. 13.—The senate here claim not to have any information amination showed that the registered Tullock and 100 men left today to in­ five officers and nine men killed and
Fifty-two Filipino prisoners have merchants a hearing on the traiff bill.
pouch« s had been ripped open and
has refused the credentials of W. A. of the aocident.
been taken by American troops.
vestigate the truth of the report. many apparently wounded.
A *.‘>0,000 irrigation ditch will lie
robbed of their couteuts, the most
Clark and Maginnis, contesting sen­
Later
information
states
that
the
Colonel Tullock requested, however,
constructed
at
once
in
Moxee
valley,
Eulogies were prommnceil in the
valuable
of
which
was
the
Wayne-
ators from the stat« of Montana, to the train was running about 45 mile» an
that 50 extra men be detailed.
It is
French Goes to the Rescue.
house on the late Repreanntatiie liar- Washington.
committee on privileges and elections. hour, making up lost time, when a Memphis pouch, containing a large believed that a large amount of gold
met.
Johannesburg,
Dec. 17.—The batt's
A phy­
Oregon delegation decides upon con­ A debate, reopening the Clark case, truck broke down while passing a number of valuable packages.
and valuables were buried at that
Russia save all credit for securing tinuing contract for Columbia river occurred upon the motion of Senator switch. The engine nud three cars sician was sent for and it was fouud point by persons connected with the still continues within a few mil«
existing eutente belongs to United improvement.
Chandler to recommit the resolution passed over in safety, but the next that Dennis was alive but unconscious. Chinese court during the recent Hight. from Krugersdorp. General Clementi
has asked for reinforcement», and
Nt« tea.
State Superintendent Ackerman re­ declaring the sent from Montana va­ four pitched over an embankment An ugly wound on the top of his bead The information regarding the treasure
mounted men under General French
told
the
story.
Two
hours
after
he
cant.
After
a
short
but
interesting
commend*
that
Oregon
schools
observe
Three
sleepers
remained
ou
the
rails.
Johannesburg wlil be fenced around
was received from a former court otli- have already gone.
There have :«»
was
taken
to
the
hospital
he
revived
debate,
the
matter
of
recommittal,
by
The bodies have been taken to Glas­
with barb wire to cut off Boers’ lood John Marshall day.
cial.
many
casualties
on
both
side«. It«
enough
to
give
the
details
of
the
rob^
gow, where the inquests will be held.
supply.
,
The matter of developing Lower consent, weut over until Thursday.
estimated that the Boers nu iuer 2,-vJ.
bery.
Trial Trip of the Alabama.
United States Consul Goodnow, at Nehalem coal is said to have been con­
Counterfeiter Captured.
Just as the train parted at Bassetts
Tortured by Suull Boyi.
Philadelphia, Dec. 17 —The Unit­
Shanghai, will return home ou leave of sidered in New York.
Montana Town Shaken.
tank, Dennis went into the vestibule of
Spokane, Wash., Deo. 13.—Edmund
San
Jose,
Cal.,
Dec.
absence.
14.
—
Alfred
In his anuual report, Fish Commis­ Hansen, alias H. Larkee, believed to
the mail car to stir up the tire. When ed States battleship Alabama sailed
Guthrie,
Mont., Dec. 17.—The in­
today from League Island navy yard
Netherlands disavows resj onsi bi I i ty sioner Reid says value of fish output be the leader cf the gang of counter­ Kern, a 10-year-old boy, was caught he opened the vestibule door he saw
habitants
of
the town of (.’««bion srrt
for New York, where she will await
by three young boys this afternoou a
for sympathetic letter of uiluister to for Oregon is over *3,000,000.
feiters operating here, has been cap­ he was on his way home from a kin- two men standing by the stove. One further orders .
Sbe will make a awakened this morning by » peculiar
Kruger.
A number of person* suspected of tured. Hansen was a bridge watch­ dergarteu school and subjected to a of them dealt him a terrible blow over trial trip on the run. which will begin wave-like motion and trembling ol im
Many of tlxm rushed M
Senate will devote the present week ploting to murder laird Roberts during man for the Great Northern. In hit terrible torture with burning matches. the head with a heavy fire shovel. as soon as she passes out to sea. After earth.
to Hay-Pauucefote treaty ami ship his visit to Cape Colony recently, aban­ shack were found counterfeiter's mold» His face was burned almost beyond The first blow felled him and he was the sea trial is completed the vessel's the streets, so badly were they ¡right-
doned their schemes on learning that and letters ordering gold and siivet recognition, and his condition is re­ then quickly beaten iuto a senseless course will be shajied further out to eued. No damage was done.
subsidy bill.
condition. Word reahced here at noon
bullion. Near by lu a cache in the garded as serious.
The police aie that two suspects have been arrested at sea to avoid shipping, as all of her
The naval appropiration bill will they were shadowed.
Increase in Wages.
rocks
many
stolen
articles
were
found.
Outlawry
in
Kwang
Si
searching
for
bis
asnailauts,
who
and Kwang
provide (or two more battleships aud
have Naples, near the seme of the robbery, guns and turrets are to be tested. If
Calumet, Mich., Dec. 17.—Commenc­
Tuung ia increasing.
the
leport
is
satisfactory,
it
is
probable
two cruisers.
thus far succeeded in escaping.
The official* Hansen protests complete iguoranoe.
but none of the stolen packaegs was
that the battleship will lie ordered to ing January 1, the Calumet A H*“
found.
Delegate Wilcox, of Hawaii, strong­ ap|>ear to lie losing their hold of the
Saloons Were Open Sunday.
Pioneer Telegrapher Dead.
situation
and
are
|>owerlesa
to
restore
Hampton Roads to join the North At­ Mining Company will increase w<
ly opposes importation of negro labor
Chehalis, Wash., Dec. 13.—Four
American Arrested in Cape Colony.
wages of its 4,000 eniployos i in­
lantic squadron.
order. Pirating ou the West river ia
New York, Dec. 14.— Robert L.
into the islands.
Chehalis saloonkeepers pleaded guilty Tige, who established the first tele­
cent. Last March the company taited
increasing.
London, Dec. 15.—The Cape Town
Envoys take removal of Geuera)
in the superior court to the charge ol
AntiForeign Plot in Hong Kong.
the wages of its employes 10 pereeaL
Owing to a lack of proper facilities keeping their places open Sunday. Twu graphic system in South America, is correspondent of the Daily Mail report*
Tung Fu Hsiang to meau that govern-
the aireat at Worcester, Cape Colonv,
dead
at
his
home
here.
He
was
Imrn
Hong Kong, Dec. 17.—The city was
Paddy Ryan Dead.
iu
the
way
of
telegraph,
caused
by
the
nit*ut desires peace.
Centralia meu have been oonvicted.
strike, a serious collision occurred on All were fined *30 apiece, and all other in Dublin. At the outbreak of the of Harold Darringal«, alleged to be an placarded today with statements incit­
Albany.
N.
Y., Dec. l?“1’11*1’
Establishment of ship
civil war be enlisted iu the Fortieth American, on a charge of fomenting an ing the people and the members of the
* _ i pugilist of
the Atchison, Topeka «V Saute Fe, iu
as regular order will displace Nicara­ which several persona were probably cases of that nature now pending New York regiment.
"The arrest,’’ secret societies to unite and rise during an, at one time champion |
In 186» be Afrikander rebellion.
__ _ defeated
by
the
world,
who
was
d
—
against them were dropped.
gua canal measure.
says
the
dispatch,
"has
made
a
great
entered the employ of Adiaiu C. Morse
the month of January and drive out all
fatally injured.
their
faiii
'U» tight ”
L.
Sullivan,
in
I
-----
•
and went to Chile au<i Peru, where he sensation, and startling disclosures are the foreigners. Crowds gathered about
Bills for the reduction of war reve­
Fixed Riued Bills.
», died •' “•
Cornelius L. Alvord, Jr., ex-note tel-
promised.”
establishe«l telegraphic systems.
1
the placards, but no actual oatbreak Mississippi some years sg ., thi»
For
nue tax aud legislative appropriation!
Vancouver,
B.
C.,
Dec.
13.
—
Two
home in Glens Falls, N. Y
I«r
of
the
Pint
National
bank
of
New
18
years
he
had
resided
in
this
city.
is
reported.
will likely pass the house thia week.
Held Up a Box Office.
noon.
York, accused of having eml«eszle«l Japauese. lianay Sato and Mantoka
Robert W. Wilcox, Hawaii's dele­ *690,000 from that institution, was llamagnchi. veeie arrested this morn­
King Milan to Merry Again.
Sieux City, fa.. Dec. 15. —During
Wisconsin's Vote.
Earthquake In Missouri-
gate-elect to congress, has arrive«I in indicted by the United States grand ing. charged with uttering raise«) bills.
London. Dec. 14.—The Vienna cor­ the performance of “Shore Acres” in
Joplin, Mo., Dec.
De«', 17.—An
Madison, Wisconsin, Dec. 17.—The
ban Francisco, enroute to Washington. jury. The indictment was foun«l ou A number of raised bills have been in
the Grand Opera house in this city to­
respondent
of
the
Daily
Chronicle
says
lasting
nearly »
quake
shock
1
total
vote
of
Wisconsin,
•R
officially
Kruger was officially receive«! by 51 counts charging Alvord with faulty- circulation here, in each case the ut- a rumor is in cicrnlation in the Aus­ night, two masked men entered the
canvassed, «as 425,151. McKinley’s was experienced in this city »1 '
Que-iii Wilhelmina.
The queen has ing the accounts of the bank and un­ terer, a Japauese, claiming that he trian capita) that ex-King Milan is box office, assaulted, beat and shot
[in mul»>
o’ VIUVII
clock HUB
this MU'SMiwp-
morning.
plurality was 106,581.
_________
La Follette, w X_S
promised to show her frieu Isbip when lawfully appioprlstiug to his own use was the innocent recipient of the raised about to become engaged to Mis» the treasurer, Harley 8. Rounds, and
was from north to south,
0 *
Republican,
for
governoi,
has
a
plural
­
notes
from
a
fellow-countryman.
neatly *700,000 of the bank a money.
the proper moment arrives.
escaped without getting any cash.
Atsel, an American heiress.
ity of 103,745.
quivering nature.
fflb Of lilt MI
Dewet »nd Knox Still Fighting.
Praina chickuns are said to be more
Five editors were chosen to sit in
London, Dec. 13. — The Evening
the Nebraska legislature at the recent anundaut iu western Kansas thau for
Standard says that the battle between
years.
election.
General Knox and General Dewet con­
During the past five vears the state tinues. and that the forces exchange«!
Joseph Manley has resigned as chair­
man of the Republican executive coni' of I'eunsyIvsnia has purchasml more ground incessantly. Lack of il«tiui*e
m it tee of Maine after a service o ( Id than 100,000 acres of lathi to lie issued iuiomiatiou is said to be due to the ab­
years.
as a forestry reservation.
sence of telegraphic communication
While the
Former Aniba«k«!or to Italy W. F. with the scene of action.
Electric coal-eutting machinery is
rapidly Iispia« ing hand work and othet Draper has i>een decoiated with l the war office is moat reticent on the sub­
varieties of mechanical niiuing appli- order of SS. Maurice au«l Caxal by the ject, there are indications that the offi­
ance» in the collieries of G i eat Britaia king of Italy, for services during his cials have received news suggesting
considerable British succe«».
embassy to Rome.
ami the United State«.
Mta lourl «ill have the largest De
cratic delegation in the next cong:
of the United Mates
Th« city of Downs, Kansas, has u
K) inhabitants, amoug whom
than 1,000
there is not a single lawyer.
The fourth census of the Domiulon
of Canada is to lie taken next year, l«o>
ginning the first week in April.
When th« newly «le t«<l governor*
of the states have been ill iniugnrated
there will be 26 Republican, 18 Demi»
cralie and one Silver lie, the last Is-mg
Keinbold Sadler, of Neavda.
A wide awake American has sraoteii
Fetal Cave In.
steam pumps on the Jordan and is sup­
Marvsvile, Cal., Dec. IS. — One
plying churches all over Europe with man. AUwirt Cornelius, was killeai and
genuine Jordan water.
three injured as tho result of a cave-in
The bouudary line Imtween the Unit­ on the 1500-toot level of the Pennsyl­
ed States ami Mexico lias recently vania mine tixlay. The injured are:
Nelson Houck
l«een resurvevetl ami marked by »sou« John Barrett,
and
nioauiuent« iu th« form «>( olwlisks George Johnson.
about five utiles apart.
Major James Co«« erse Dead.
There an 22 counties in Moutana,
Abilene, Tex., Dec. 13. — Major
tbr«-e of whli h, Chotau nud D.iwson.
James Converse.
*i<l«ly
known
on the Caaadlaa Is -drr. and i < m • r
throughout the Southwest, died today,
county, ou th» North Dakota I t* r,
aged 71 years. He built the Southern
inak« up ouu-half of the area of t ie
Pectic railroad through Texaa.
I
state.
Rumor of British Defeat.
Nrw Gold f ield Discovered.
Spokane, Wash., Dec. 13.—A special
to the Chronicle from Nelson, Wash .
brings news of a stainj>ede up Fourth
of July «reek, a branch of the Kettle
river. Shot gold has bean discovered
with ground running *10 to the cubic
yard. Diggings in that vicinity have
been secretly worked by George Ar­
nett. an old miner, for three or four
years. It is estimated that he ba»
cleaned up *10,000.
London, Dec. 15. — The Daily Express
publishes a rumor of a serious «iiu-
aster to the British arms. According
to this report, the Boers attacked the
camp of General Clements, in the Bar­
berton district, capturing the camp,
killing a number of British officers,
and taking prisoners all the British
troops, including four companies of the
Northumberland fusiliers.
The atorv
is not confirmed tn any quarter, aud
is not generally believed.
Two Hundred Persons Drowned.
Sawmill Burned.
Astoria. Or., Dec. 14 —Word WH
received here today that the lumber
mill of A. J. Palm, at Palm station,
»ii the Astoria Jt Colummbia River
tailway, a!<out one hall mile west of
Clatskanie, was totally destroyed by
fire.
A telephone message was re­
ceived by Chief Stockton. asking that
a fire enigne l«e sent to ansist in saving
the lumber yard and adjoining prop­
erty. A fire enime was loaded on a
car, but before the train was randy to
pull out won I was received that toe
•re was under control.
Canton, Dec. 15 • —The falling over-
boar.I of a man from .1 a passenger boat
on the West river, uear Hoskn. Ie«i to
a rush of i some
------ * 400 passengers to the
side of the vessel,
—, which cause.I her
to oink,
over 200 persons being
drowned.
Oxford Beats Cambridge.
London. Dec. 17.—The annual Rug
by football match between Oxford and
Cambridge took place today at the
Queen s club.
A magnificent game
was won by Oxford by two goals to
a goal and a try. There was a large
and fashionable attendance.
Nordenskjold's Expedition.
Christiania, Dec. 17.—The Antarctic
expedition, headed oy Dr. Otto Nor-
denksjold, will leave in August.
No Lives Were Lost-
San Francisco, Dec. 1<—'>oe
the severest storms which hss •
visited San Francisco br -ke '"'M
city at an early hour this m ’"'"J
continue«! until noou m
rain and wind »weeping iT
with nnusuai violence, a
enmpanied by thunder m l 1
a rather unusual occurren e
part of the country. At one t
fell in such torrents that many
a cloudbu:
Girl Students Burned A!;v*-
Pacific County Timber Deal.
Dunkirk, N. Y.. De«'
the smouldering ruins of the ro
state normal and
t»uuiM “ ■
which was destroyed by fi
o’clock this morning, on«
has been recovered. A re» 1»1'
list of missing mai«e» >'
seven persons penshed m
which also entaile<l a p I”
*200,000.
There w«*
women students in the I
whom six perished, lb'' ’
was the age ! janitor.
The
South Bend. Wash.. Dec. 17.—The
Wryerhauser Timber Company has
sdde«t 2.560 acres mote to their exten­
sive timber holdings in Pacific county,
by the purchase of the Harkey tract
on Mill creek, from John M. L'rues, of
Andree s Brother Has Hopes.
Portland.
The consideration
was
Copenhagen. Dec. 15 —The brother *16.000
of Profes««r Andre«, the misting Arctio
A Bill From Clatsop County Fishermen.
• xplorer. hoping for Andre«', return
from the polar region», has deferred
Clatsop county. Or., fi.hing interests
speuing the latter's testament for 13
haw agreed opon a bill for the com­
month*.
I the fire ia uuknown
ing Oregon legislature.
,