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4 . a .: f v. r tUUtNE BROAD-AXE. Ibllke4 Every WeSaeeeay. EUGENE .OREGON. I HIS If THE WEEK Oeayrshew In Btevlaw mt t a a ImpmI. wl Baapealaa ef the tHl Wash Called Frvaa Ihe Telecraph r.laaaB. The validity of government contrace mad by swindler Captain Carter will b tested. Tne convention agreeing to irUkf ttoa e( Bemoan claim tu signed M Washington. Influential Sen Diegaa will build txwneoon tinea xel railroad via gait Lake trom their city. Huntington denies that the Pwiflt Mail Steamship Company be absorbed the New Japan Um, The bicycle, eatomobil and robber trutiBow propose mm rraai concern with a capitalisation of a00,000,000. Wisconsin lumber dealer ear Just bought 1,000,000 acre el timber land on Um Pecifia eoast. lb paid 14.000.000. r Owing to tii poor telegraphic- sad cable service from Sooth Africa tbe London paper can get BO Daws far their special edition. The submarine torpedo-boat Holland ha been successfully tested by Cncl 8am and a purchase will probably oon be mad by the nary department. The battleship ' Oregon ha (ailed from Hong Kong, supposedly for. Cebe. She sailed sooner than expected mad Was seemingly unprepared for see. A boats' crew of the . British ship Fathan, recently chartered for trans port service, refused to accompany the chip to the Philippine. Twenty-one of them were placed in irons. A St. Petersburg correspondent say that Kosaia, France and Spain hare de rided to in terrene and suggest arbitra tion between England and the Boer If Germany is willing to co-operate. . Otis cable that the thirty-fifth in fantry ha reached Manila. 1 This is the regiment which waa quartered at Vaa courer and embarked from Portland. Prirate Cleary died on the voyage. The Berlin correspondent of the Pari Figaro says Emperor William is re solved to occupy Tiger hay, south of Angola, on the west coast of South Africa, if England occupies Delagoa bay. Russia want a to define our policy in the partitioning of China. She seems anxious to know if we are in the scramble for a port M entry and a sphere of influence. The imnressloa is that America will only insist upon a por ol Havana, is visiting in New York. LATER NIW8. open-door policy and protection of her treaty rights, ureal Britain and J spaa - wULPSfport her in thee demand. 4 - The Indiana, with the' Tennessee - ljptanteex oa board, ia overfloe at Baa Francisco. - J The Tacotna New announce author itatively that the. Seattle FoaV'ntelll encxr ha teen sold. The mm hasi'a name is withheld. "-f The officer of tLe transport Ohio, which ha arrived at San Francisco, report that there is a scarcity of food on the island of Guam. President Samuel B. Donnelly, ef the International Typographical Union, 1 was accorded enthusiastic reception by the printer of Portland and Seattle and Spokane. An ungrateful Indian, who had been furnished with food and lodging, mur dered a Nevada white woman and her infant son. Robbery waa the motive 01 tbe The Russian steamer Dolney Vastok, ' which was to have entered the trans port service, arrived in San Francisco too late, a British steamer having taken her place- War in the Transvaal ha effected the market of the East and specula tive operation have ceased.' The effect on price, however, ha not been aa great aa anticipated. A divorce ha been granted to Count Von Holtke, tbe emperor of Germany' aid-de-camp. The decree place the entire guilt on the wife. The case ha caused a sensation in court circle foe a year past. ' Having learned that White la still safe at Ladysmith, the British are giv ing attention to General Joubert's plan for the conquest of Natal. Such a movement ia regarded a more daring that Sherman'' march to the sea. Judge Schofleld, of Illinois, ha ar rived in San Francisco from Samoa and Hawaii. He say the native of Samoa should be allowed to work oat their own salvation. He report the landgrabber a doing a rushing busi ness ia Hawaiian Island. Swindler la Wall street. New York, have been selling washed -out, canceled revenue stamps, the traffle having reached enormous proportions. It la estimated that 10 per cent of the daily sales were fraudulent and that the government ha been losing $6,000 a day in the deal. ' Bourke Cockran, the famous New York orator, waa once a porter for A. T. Stewart. .Charles E. Littlafield, who succeeds Kelson Dingley in congress, will be the tallest man in that body, being sU feet Ave Inches In height. . A call ha been issued by the execu tive council for the nineteenth annual convention of tbe American Federation of Labor, to be held at Detroit, Mich., December 11 next, . John Wanamaker authorise the statement that he never advertised ia a Sunday newspaper and never will. The nary department ha sold the tisiar Hector, formerly the Spanish aaerohaatmaa Pedro, fur (OS, 000. The Padre was on of the first vessel cap tared during the Spanish-Americas war. ' The dwelling once occupied by former President Martta Vaa Bursa at Wo. IT East Twenty-eeveath street. New Tort, has Just been sold and It la aaaoaaoed that the property will be jpearertad iaso s Corporate franchise will be taxed la Tax. Yice-Preaideat Hobart U recovering, end U almost past the danger point, Montreal was visited by a fire, de stroying 18,000,000 worth of property. Russia want a loan. Tbe effort to get It la Germany resulted in failure. The London fog ia said to be so thick that It obscures the actor In theaters. Money is going back East to relieve the stringency titer due to a natural Movement. Admiral Scby say the completion of tbe Moarwgu canal would, make the America navy iu incibl. Within the last week there ha been much lighting at Ladysmith, but no de risive results are attained. Bahlian and Tarlae have )een taken by the Americana, but Agniuald' whereabouts 1 as much mystery a before. Official returns are very low in Ken tucky. Both the Democrats 'and Re publicans claim a victory, and a con test ia cure. Tbe Mexican had twe fight with the Yaquis in which the Indians were repulsed, but not without considerable loss to the Mexicans. . The Union Iron Work, of San Fran cisco, is said to have been absorbed by the Seligmaa syndicate, the gigantic shipbuilding trust recently formed. The Cherokee Indians will sell out and leave this country. They disap prove of the allotment plan. Mexico has given them a grant of 8,000,000 acres. An unknown man had one of his leg torn from hi body while attempting to board a moving train near Kansas City. He lived but IS minutes, dying in horrible agon. During a shopping tour in New York, Admiral and Mrs. Dewey were com pelled to seek refuge in a store to avoid the crowd of curious people who were presii them. - Assistant Secretary Allen, in hi an nual report, favor the naval reserve. He believe that it ebon Id be reorgan ised in connection with the regular navy establishment. Relations between Japan and Russia are strained. The trouble is over Core, and the Mikado' government is thought to be anxious to try conclu sions with the csar. A long-lost will has turned up, and with it the prospect that the estate of the late Andrew J. Davis, the Montana millionaire, will again burden the re cords of the Montana supreme court. . Mabalacat in Luson ha .been occu pied by the Americans. The Washington volunteers were pre sented with medals in Seattle. Major-General Ludlow, civil gover- Twelve socialists and six liberals elected to the Berlin municipal council. n The late John 8. Plllsbory, of Minne s polls, left $100,000 to a home for hildresi " In Snohomish county 2,500 men are ess ployed .in. getting- out logs and shingle bolts. Twenty men of the Forty eeoond regi ment were injured in a railway acci dent on their way to San "Francisco. Nes Perce Indians have demanded more money than is paid for railway rights of way through their reservation. Assemblyman MWt, of New York, claims he was defeated by fraud, hot his friends say . they will contest the seating of Stewart. The danger of a Basuto uprising is now admitted to. be imminent in South Africa, and may render necessary the mobilization of a second army corps. An agreement as to tbe partition ol Samoa has been reached at Berlin be tween England and Germany, subject to the approval of the United States. A bark is loading 1,000,000 feet ol specially selected timber at Vancouver, '. C, for the Cramps, of Philadelphia. be used in building United Statei .lips. The civil governor, counsellor, Judge and secretaries who constitute the new government of Negros, sent greeting to President McKinley on taking their offices. A cable message from General Otis says that Major Hugh McGrath (cap tain Fourth cavalry) died at Manila from wounds received at the battle of Novelet, a month ago. Frederick J. Cross, of Honolulu, has the exclusive rights to operate the Mar coni system of wireless telegraphy in the Samoa.' It is expected to have the system in operation January 1. A 1100,000, gold brick, the largest ever melted ia a Canadian mine, is to be sent down from tbe Kootenai dis trict shortly. This year's wash-op Is the ricliest ever known in the district. Russians and the Japanese oa tbe Corean peninsula are on the most friendly term. The Russian and Jap anese minister assert that the reports of fricitoa are unfounded and are in tended to distract attention from other question. Gen. John BidwelL of Chioo, Cel., who led the first party ef white over the Sierras Into the golden state, la still hale and hearty at the age of 80. Official estimate of tbe wheat crop in France place tbe yield at 146,600, 6M bushels this year. This 1 a telling off of 15,088,861 bushels from last year. Gen. Lawton, who has been de scribed la a newspaper biography as able "to -drink any maa under the table," tell a correspondent in Manila that he never drank a drop of liquor. Baron von Wtndhelm, ehlef of the Berlin police, 1 coming to this country suua tor study of our polio method. The Lake Drummnnd Canal and Water company, a corporation which George Washington was Instrumental in forming and of whkh be v. a the first president, ha formerly opened to navigation the Dismal Swamp dial, which extend from Norfolk, V., to Elisabeth City, N. C, connecting the Elisabeth river ol Virginia with fie r esq o tank river of North Carolina, ia 27S mile long. By IU use vessels " avoid rounding Cap Hatter, ESCAPED TRAP SETBYOTISLX Aguinaldo Fled to the Moun . Uln Regions. NOW LOCATED AT BAMBANQ ((Hi f the Ameriraa Military rree Will tto llerl Tewar4 fklt Nw Hbl t'awital la the KuHh. Washington, Nov. 11. The war de partment definitely located ' AguinaUlo today as on his wax. llambang, mile northeast of Tarlac. The recent calculations have leen that the iusur jent leader was in the town of Hayem bang, not tar from Tarlac, in which rase the several force under Generals Mac Arthur, Lawton, Young and Wheaton would have had him practically sur rounded. There has leen some doubt, however, as to the name of Bayam bang, and today this waa cleared up by defi nite information fixing Bambang, in stead of Bayaniliaiig, aa the plaoe of Agutnaldo's'refuge. A dispatch from General I Hi mentioned Banitwng, and t the same time reliable information C4ie through other channel that Lieu tenant Giluiore and other American prisoners were at lUmbang, in the mountains far to the northeast of Tar lac. I It is expected the insurgent capital will be shifted to Bambang. and the effort of the American 'military force will be directed toward that point. It ia in the mouutaiuoos country of the north, and apparently out of the fertile and populous regions where Agulnaldo has thus far conducted hfl operations. It is said to I accessible from the south by way. of one route only, along a river which is a branch of the Kio Grande. This leaves the rebel leader little or no oprtuuity Of communicating with the coast or get ting in supplies. He has also left the railroad behind. - It is said at the war department that the columns of General Young and General Wheaton will push on to the north, following up the insurgent leader and his scattered ban.1. BOERS LAST WEEK. Batler-s A4vaare Ladytinlth Will B.(la la a w ly. London, Nov. 11. The scanty and conflicting news from the seat of wax and the fact that General White ha not yet said a word about the alleged fighting around Ladysmith are again producing a feeling of gloom. It may be that General White has sent new and that General liuller ha thought best to keep it to himself. Indeed, this is tbe version that ia beginning -te be believed, a it is held to be impossi ble that the news of heavy fighting brought by Kaffirs in such tial detail can be woolly grojii If this be so, it is ominous, tot tlK could be no ground for conceal ln f orable news. " ' " ' It cannqttbe long however,. belVs ) change occurs. General BulleW,lor will soon arrive at Durban, ana ,'' probably begin the a.Waoe?' lief of Ladysmith about No aboy . The Boers, tf they ever entertained. t idea of a real invasion of Cap. Colony have probably now abandoned It, ' aBc will devote their whole energies to rel duclng Ladysmith. They have 0V about a week to do this. The, fact thr they are inactive indicate that . , are waiting for something which they feel sure will Justify their delay. , The latewr Kstcourt dispatchee seem to hint that the garrison U about to re tire further southward. ST ! Fraaa Ladrsalthw London. Nov. 11. Tbe colonial Office ha received a telegram from the governor of Natal, giving a copy of tlx pigeon-poet message received by the premier from the commandant of vol unteers,. It is as follows: 'Ladysmith, (Tuesday). I sent yon, November 3, g native mssenger, a re port of.thejemfagenient that day, but I am.not re Tf it reached you, as the measengrr has not., returned. Major Taunton, aoVt.erge&nt Mapeone, of the Natal carbtneers, were killed. Cap tain Arnoldt, of the border mounted rifles, wy wounded. Nine trooper were woondTV all slightly. . AU are doing well. There has been nothing important siijoe. The hospital waa re moved to a spot on the railway three mile soub.. AH was quiet Sunday and Montjayj " The enemy renewed the bombardment M$J, but no damage baa been donff." 'Safe far the Prmit. London, Nov. II. The correspond ent of the .Daily Telegraph at Pieter maritxburg, elegraphing Monday, rays: "Estcourts Pietermaritrburg'" and Ladysmith are all safe for some time to come. Owing to the fact that Lady, smith lies low and the Boers, unluck ily, having been permitted to occupy Mount Bulnwan and other surrounding big hills, attempts to open bellographio communication have proved a failure.'4 Mere Beers. Area BUaberltr. Orange River, Cape Colony, Nov. 11. Tbe Boers investing Kimberly have been reinforced by 2,000. men, and bare succeeded in corraling about aU.OOO worth of stock belonging to Kimberly merchants, which waa in tended for the sustenance of the town, British Traepert EMeeble. St. Vincent. Cape Vre Island, Nov. 11. Tbe British transfhrt Persia, with a squadron of the Ennisklllea dragoons, a hospital detachment and munition of war on board, ha beest towed here in a disabled eonditioav She was picked up by a tog close to some rocks and was towed 12 mils The Charter Oak la in Hartford, Connecticut, and oonoealed the char ter of the colony for several years from 1687. The Mare Islaa trlhe. Mare Island, Cel., Nov. 11. The striking shipwrights at the navy-yard are still out. A committee of tbe me) held a conference today wth Coin ma d snt Kemff, who stated that it was not in his power to permit them to return to finish op their work on the Hartford until be had received Instruction from the navy department. President McKinley, it is said. n Ilk to do thing Friday. One at two serious ecridents have happened to hi is oa that da. .. C tie Said of Beselged Army at Ladysmith. MBARDMENT IS KEPT UP MBr Kiltl.h Trmaapcrl Arrives -at T..a rr. w Mardaf-ASalr at Leayawlth. .... 1 ... v . .. ... .. .. v mhiiiihi, am, 13. 1 n uritisn war ha iw.'Imh! (nun Geurral Buller follow lug diKpalch: e town. innr.!HT eveinng e received by pij.on l from lieu Unit today the following: "Thu tmrdiueiil at long range by heavy continues daily. A lew cual kre occurring, but no serious liarm 1 tig done. The lloer sent in todav ulier of refugees from the Trail. uuuer a Hag el truce. A party Ladysmith met theiii outside the ts. When the party aeiHtrate.1 xer fired on it U-fore it reached tickets. Mitjr Gate, of the Kval fieers, was wounded today whil Ing a message, t he entrenchment rowing slrouger daily and the sup. f provision Is ample." e war omce tin evening tabued 'Mowing: rom Duller, Cape Town, Nov. 10 Uitvuage from Huluaayo,- dated uilier 8: A small convoy and under Sptvkley, of I'lumer's force attacked by lloer Noveiulvr 'J luen missing and lost couioy." M War ottlce also isnued the follow A report having appeared in tht tW A I -I . .k. .. ..1, Ainvau jK, i'i win. our artillery on the deiieva nag. General tul klegruph the following account ol lncidei'.t guen to the Handard and rers News by a Dutch clergyman the Itoers: 'Ihrectlv sfler the first bon shot, the Kuglish thought out were at the railway station, and there. They were not, but one of khota went through au ambulance. lion aa they found out their mis. they ceased tiring. The ambn b was thought to have beeu three Cfrora the soeue of action, so It t be claimed the lloer broke the of civilised warfare, ami I do not k the K.ugllah would have fired on Intent iona'.W.' " ith the arrival at Cape Town ol iritiah transports Itoalrn Caxtle ploor, to lie followed by a contiu succession of tnKiu-laden shtiat. real campaign in South Africa may id to nave begun, and Ihe fact that ilrst ship named waa e pee ted to e at Darlain forthwith indicates at a modification ol thu plan ot ce. -4aalltlaaa at l.sdjtamllh. ew ork, Nov. 13. A diapatch to norbl fnun l-.stcoort savs: Trustworthy lufuriiiatinii concern- the actual state ot affairs at Lady th cornea from two civilians who ar d today, having escaped from the eged town by evading the British Is and startling through the Host aM-aaa-that both the tows ie llrtttsh camp are conmlntel an. I that artillery tiring back forth ia continuous. The Wimbard- t is heavy but its effect ia reported e petty. The Itoers are elwhtlv lierior in strength, but the British maintain a vigorous dofense. hting daily. There were three at- ks on the side of Ladramith last Kday. The accounts previously re- tved through f native runners were atlr exaiurenirj!. "The main British attack was os Jb Boer batteries, stationed to the east- ard. The British lose in that action Us sliout l.V) killed or wounded. It uppiawd that the Bocra auffen-d far ore. Aa ABatrtam Humor. London, Nov. 13. Another rumor. bianating from Amstenlam snarcea. lys a British regiment was decimated Hday by the Free Staters. It Ided that 600 British soldiers Med an. I wounded, and that 800 brae were captured. TRANS. PACIflO CABll. aaes aM4 to lllh Maaalalaa. New York, Nov. 18. A special tne irtliun from Washington says: Bear-Admiral BTadfonl has com plete.1 the official naval pnJm t (or 1 a . .1., 1 , . . . i aciiie sunmariiie came lHtwiu San Kninctsco and Manila lit time to supply ix.iinrea witli'all the eM'Ullal lufortiiatlou at the oiaming of the licit session thsl w ilt iermtl Intelligent eon- slileratlou of the subject and prompt ae lion tor 1 lie inauguration ot tin great work. f. All doubt has lieen removed reused lug the practicability of the eiiterprlae tiy tne adoption of Honolulu. Mtdwav ami tin 1111 a relay sUtlona on the long line, and by the diaiHo, erica made from the uaval-survey ship Nero as to the character of the ocean bed Iwtwoen thoMi lula. The sounilin tulru meiits of llila ahlp dlarliHied an at. vaa In the Western I'aclllo over five mile deep, but a alight divergence from a traight line fortunately dcvoload a Mute avoiding 111! lliauMMldolwtMele hi laving a working cable. At another poiut, on the name Klr. lch ltween Midway and Guam, a aubmergid moult Uin over It.lHhl fmt ill height waa dis covered, and a reasonably level Mad arouud till was found. The physical practicability of the Hue pow hating lieen aaaun-d la-vond doubt, it only remain for congrvaa to weigh the milll.iry lieivasttlea and coii mercial adtanlagea to accrue from the construction and naralloii of the sya. tern. It was n-nreanuted hi coinrna at ila laat aewion that the revenue hi t eipecUvl (miu the I'actlte cable would not attract private capital tiuleas it had a counectl.iii w ith Auatralla, Jaiiau and China, a well as with Suu Iran- cIsim, Honolulu snd Msuila. Fur tlutt reason It was deemed Indis pensable tlial Ihe I'liltiil Slab's should own Stroiige laland. In the Caroline group, or a cable landing there hi In sure tli working of a loopie Auatralla. The absence of this mav deter any cor)kiratiou from undertaking the otter- atiou of ft cable acMas the I'aclllo w ith out a heavy subsidy. FIERCEBflTUEJKVMQU General Parades Wat Torood to Surrender. FORtlQN FLEETS DOM0AR0EO la HMMlrit anil flfly Fsraaas War Kills er Weaailsd d tUe flljf af Faerie Oa balls Wa llavaatateil. Puerto Cabel In, Veneauela, Nov. 14. Oeueral 1'arailes, former comman der ol th army of ei-1'resi.lcnt An drade, who had refnne t the demaud made upon him by t ieners 1 Casiro and th d facto authorities to surrender th town, even wheu this wss rein forced by the retreat l the British, American, French, Herman aud Dutch coitimnudwrs, am rendered this morning at III o'clock, after terrible Iwttlo. Tho ajwct of the cltv Is oue of ruin and devastation, and It la estimated that upwaid of 0:0 ptso'us were killed or wounded duriug the fighliug. Ir. UralalVd, ol tint I'tuted States cruiser iMrolt. and the other surgisius of the various w arahl in the hai lair are mill laterlug hi the wants of the wuuudixl. tieueral Hamuli liueira led In the land attack um the town and the Sitlon of lieneral I'aiades un Krtdsr night. IVanltory fighting continued until Saturday uioruiiu alut to'cloa k. an. I tlien a fierce atrurfiile enaue-L (reu eral Parade made a tubUri. ilceiie, but lieneral (inert foravan' eiitrnii.e luto the loan at ft o'clock veatcrdar. As eai ly aa 8 o'clock Satnrdav morn ing Ihe limit arrived aud began a bom bardment, but the range was too great, and. the firing proved tnelTncttve. lien eral I'aradea In l.l Ihe fort on the lull ... 1 t...... 1 0... 1 ... . rii t,i.iiiiata4uir Ullllt tins ineru LANDED UNDER FIRE. Mas Wbsaloa'a Army IMaembark,) al a rablaa. Manila, Nov. 13. The latidlmr of the American triw at San Kabian Tuesday waa the luot aiiecUcular affair of it kind allies lieneral Shatter's ills embarkallou at laiinlrl. Thcco-or-ation of the trooa sud the uaty 'was mmplete. - The guutaiats malntaluntl a terrillc tsiiutainlment for an hour whil the troop rushed wslat deep through the surf tinder a heavy but badly aimed rifle fire from the inaurirent treuches and charged right aud left, pouring volley after volley at the flee ing robcle. J-urty Flliclnoa were cau- turvd, mostly non-commiaioum! olfl cers. Several inaurirent dead and five wounded wire found In a bulldlnu which had suffered froul tlie latiubanl ment. The hwn was well fortified The sand dunea were riveted with ham boo V'O feet thick, which affonlml a tine cover. REPORTS Sharp Wat OF BATTLES. Vlrlnllf el Th fullua rrsai. Washinghm, Nov. 18. The monthly report ol tbe statistician of tbe depart luenl of aairleuliure will atate that 111. moat thorough luveetlgatlon of the cot 10a situation that baa lawn made since 1"9 has Just lan-n comtdetiKl. Sue. la! agents from the Washington' olllce have visited all the principal peiuta Id tne cothin belt, uiveatlgating laith sere age and production. I'endiug the celpt of anal reports aa hi picking, due Itocember 1, no detailed statement w ill Issued, but the statistician state that on the basis ot the highest estimate I the area under cultivation for which th department can find any warrant zs.nuu.uou acres, the crop cannot ei ceed M00.0OO. hales. This estimate is based on the most complete and trust worthy information. Alasksa Kail way. Seattle. Nov. IS. The White I' k Yukon Railroad has purchased near. IT 1300,000 worth of steel rails with khlch to eitend it line from Lake lennett to Cloeeligh, a point on Fifty lie river, lour miles below the White one Rapids. Of this amount 1,400 n Have been delivered under rush or- ter to Lake Bennett, together with pcomotlve to be used on the oonstruo. ffn work between Lake -Bennett and he White Horse Rapids. By June 1 at least, the railroad bmpany especta hi hare the road om pie tod to the rapids and in otwra- ton. ' Boa Kills His rather. Portervill,, Cal..k TCov. if. At lano, a email town a mile and a half nth of here, Reese Martin was shot lad Instantly killed fay his lW-y ear-old rm rjsamin. jne vonnif man an. used his fatherW striking his mother 1 - - v 'jf ' un piu air Fharged.ttf barrels of a shotgun at sue oioayoao causing tnsfant death. Is claiiaa that he acted In self-defense. , aft Backer llaage. Chiosgo, Nov. - 18. August Becker. the German butcher, who on January 7 laat, murdered hi wife, Rachel, and afterward chopped up ami boiled the remain In order to dispose ot them. wa banged In the county Jail this af. teriKnn. Becker' neck waa not broken by tbe fall and it wa sixteen minutes before he was pronounce! dead, tin the scaffold Becker protested his inno cence ami declared (ieorge Sutterly, the father of his second wife, wa th al murderer. j Th case of Becker In many wava bore remarkable similarity to that ol Leutfrrt. Both ot the condemned men were utcher end the motive of the crime wa the same in both raae e desire to get rid of a wife in order to marry a younger woman. Te tlagimeats te'Aatl. Pan Francisco, Nov. 13. The Forty. slith United States volunteer infantry regiment will sail (or the Philippine tomorrow aftertxHin on the transtmrta t 117 01 ryoney ana reman, ins rorty- 11 sum will d closely followed by the I Forty-fifth, which will eall Monday 00 ' the transport Senator and Bea Mohr. 1 Swept by a Murrlraaa. Klngahm, Jamaica, Nov. 13. Com municatinn wltb the eastern istrta ol the island, iiarticularly the section be yond the line from Morant hay hi Port Antonio, na been Interrupted sinci esterday. This evening, however, I . ueuig 1011117 re-esianiishert, aim advice Imm various point say thr heavy weather culminated in a tremen aou hurricane, whhh, during the night, completely razed the banana parishes. Portland, St. Thomas and Moraut bay are reported severely dam aged. Details are anxiously awaited Traaaport BasTala Ktt4. J.ew York, Nov. IS. The transport Buffalo will I ready for the service ol carrying supplies to the Philippine next Sunday. In the last three months she ha been thoroughly refitted, both without and within. The Buffalo tr expected to go into commission on No vember 1A, hut It Is feared that it will be Impossible to have her in read in. then. Cnalmlnsrs' Strlk. Chicago, Nov. 18. The Record today ays: Th situation In th coal mining neins in tne southern and western sec tion 01 Illinois ha taken a serious turn, and it i said that many of the mine may be tied up within the next 48 hour a result of the continued action of operators In sending coal point west and aou th west where thr miners are on strike. Draamlf a Hash. Melvern, Kan.. Nov. IS. The sab snd office furniture of tbe Melvern bank were demolished by sn exnlosion of dynamite touched off last night by robbers, who then looted the place, an. curing 1600 in money and several thousand dollars in notes and checks. They escaped, leaving no clew. Berlin, Nov. IS. The Ht. Petersham correspondent of the Lokal Anselger re peat th report that the Russian are marching toward the Afghan frontier. Meaa'sseat te Rrlllah. Boston, Nov. 18. The common council ha passed resolution express- ing Disapproval of the protect for erect. ing a monument on the Common to the memory of the British toldler whose hodle are supposed to lis scattered snd unmarked beneath the hiatorla sod. The mayor wa requested to withdraw his approval of th plan. Oafrte a Theasaa Maa. Winnipeg. Nay. IS. The North.. Territory ha offered 1.000 exnerienced mounted men to the British govern ment lot as la the Transvaal. na la th. Kliub.tlay. London. Nov. 11. This morning' news from the seal of war In Soufli Africa continue fairly mtiafactorv . The official cableaate uot very detailed with regard to the llellil.uit 111. l b-lit. which, except for Ihe lnaa of t 'ol.ui. I Keith-Kalcou r, wa uot a tery seriom affair. There are alalia of greatly tucrenacd Boer activity in Natal and along the weatern frontier. All the dtatche tend to allow that the Hrltlati are hold ing out ably. Colonel lladeii I'owell reports that all was well at Mai. slug on Novemla-r A. I jidr-inlth's leteal dale la NotemU-r 4. while nothing ad verse la heard from the latter int, and confidence Is felt in lietiersl White's alii I it v. pre loua e-rteiicc having ahowu that the Boer artillery la not very effective. It is believed thsl the IWr ivtrest will be made over the I irakeiial.urif range into the Zoutpaiilcrg district, where preparations for prot it-lotiing and malutaintiig Ihe U-ra la aald to havs l'll made fur the laat stand, and where It will be difficult hi dtaIodK-r them. Already it la rumored that they are la straits for f.d around ld smith, aud may, there furu, be uhliged to a Iv. ml. in the aletfa. Tpat hea (rum ltMiirt say It hai la-a-n a-.Ttalin-l that the Itrlti-h ha laid concrete lie-1 a (or firing the lyddih naval guns, showing thsl there la no foundation lor the fear that the Iv.lcllte auimMiitlii.il at ldyamlth has lavn ex hsilHted. It is alao reairhi (Mm the earne ipiarter that some lire have la-en seen In ladysmith. indicating that the Boer bomlan!iiieiit has Ut-n, to aoinn exhmt, effective. o . right Kllle by I'awd.r Klalailaa. Ntuu (,'rua, Cal., Nov. 14. An ex pliwion occurred early this morning in the glssing hou of the California powder mill. Four cylinders, contain ing 1ft, 000 pounds of Biwder, exploded. A small amount wus fuse ja.wdcr and the mat blasting wder. The explo. siou wrecke.1 the mill, blew down milei of fencing, destroyed the aalti.L..r wun-houae, broke tianea of gl in Sun- erihteiileut l'e) ton's residence, sunt disUnce away, and extinguished tht, electrio' light In Santa Cm. The Ualy ot Patrick llnghea, night watch man, was faiud. No cause for tho ex- phwiou can taj ascertalniHl. iaas r lapraitiM.a Hrek.a t. Chicago, Nov. 13. A couuterfeltimr outfit and aafe-blowiug hsils were un earthed by the police at 21(1 Hum, stieet. 5lr. and Mrs. Harry Fay. ths occupants of tho flat, .were arrested. The police say they hare bmken ud a gang ol desperadoes that have liecoms exceedingly lively In Chicago of late. The woman coufceeed that she snd hei Husband were counterfeiters, and al Implicated a man known aa Fred Rogera. Captain Porter, ot the secret service, took charge of the Implement and the spurious coin. The prisoners will le taken before the United HtaUn commissioner. Nls Maa War. Kill.. Flagstaff, Arl.. Nov. 14. One white man aud five Navajo Indiana killed, two white and one Navajo wounded, waa the result ot an attemul of a deputy sheriff hi arrest a Navaio kyeshirday 10 miles south ol Walnnt sta tion, news of which has Just reached here. ftea.d Nla. I.I.. Milwaukee, Wis.. Nov. 14. William Kramer, a inohirman, today saved the lives of nlue passengers by stickins to hi post, and received Injuries which may result In his death. A train of freight cars moved out fmm behind Mime buildings Just as Kramer' car was Hearing the crossing. The mo tonnan reversed the current, but not stsin enough, aa the vestibule of the car was hit by the train snd ground hi plei-ea. Kramer wa seriously Injured Internally. Tralas Hara.il la I'lear Trarfc. Donieon, la., Nov. 14. Twenty-five of tii men injured in the wreck on the Omaha & Fort Dodge Mad, Saturday, are being eared for. Thongh several ol the men are very badly hurt, it is thought all will recover. Considering the large uuiiila-r ou the wrecked train, 1H0, It is a miracle that there were not L more casualties. The efficiency of tun relief measures taken by the railroad company doubtless aaved many Uvea. A wrecking party found that there was not enough left of the two trains to be worth saving, so the debris was burned in order to clear Ui track,