NEWBERG GRAPHIC. NEW BERG GRAPHIC NEWBERG GRAPHIC. ■IIHM'KIPTIO.I R tT W i EH •1 * T « ODÜU ■ te irllll» P rie« r»T »M a ilM 'K R T U n « R4THk O H O k lo m n ----------------- ------- .T w enty Doll»!» H a l t C o l u m n .......................................... T i m D ot te l« .F Ä e t e o o e l Cord» b f ■ • « lo e * « I I I ha In a o r te « Mia r a t a a» T o n a a a U y a t U n a . le v a ri «kl7 !■ i l l U M . U l r a , O sar aio. Mewberi, f tw te EVENTS OF THE DAY Epitome o f the Telegraphic N ew s o f the World. TERSE TICKS FROM THE WIRES A n I n te r e s tin g C o llectio n o f I te m s F ro m th e T w o H em isp h e res P resen te d in a C o n d e n se d F o rm . General Otis is planning another blow at the insurgents in the exeuction of his general scheme of hastening the end of the rebellion in Luzon before the advent of the isiny season. The appellnte court, at Chicago, has unanimously sustained a decision rendered by Judge Tuley last Bunnner, th at express companies are obliged to furnish war revenue stamps to all ship­ pers. The sovereign camp Woodman of tba Woihl, the fifth largest fraternal and beneflciaiy order in I tie United States aie in biennial session at Memphis, Tenn. The session will last ten days or two weeks. Mrs. Minnie Adams lias been arrest- •d at her f a t h e r ’s home, in San Fran­ cisco, on enspicion of having murdered her two-year-old illegitimate child, John Richard Gray, by administering a dose of carbolic acid. Senor Quesada, of the Cuban jun ta in Washington, lias received a cable­ gram form Santiago which says: "The people ol Santiago disauthorize the as­ sembly, sustain Gomez and are pre­ paring a public manifestation.” At the annual meeting of the Asso­ ciated Chambers of Commerce in Lon­ don, a resolution was passed urging the British government to maintain the ‘ ‘open door" in China ami ffrior Brit­ ish rights in the Yang tse Kiung valley. A contract has been concluded be­ tween the Germ an government and Cecil Rhodes, the British South Afri­ can magnate, for the construction of a telegraph line in Fast Afrioa. A contract for building a railroad through the same territory is upon the point of conclusion. Rear-Admiral Hichborn. chief naval constructor, in his statem ent of work accomplished on the vessels now build­ ing lor the navy, shows that, there aie now actually under construction, or al­ ready contracted for, 51 vessels of vari­ ous types, ranging from battle-ships to torpedo-boats. According to a dispatch from Pinar del Rio, five sisters of the Amerioan order of Sacred Heart have been ordered away from Cuba by Arcbibsbop Cha- pelle, papal representative. The nuns are all daughters of Indian chiefs, and the reason g'ven is tho "old hatred against the Indian sisters." Tlnee thousand insurgents moved down to the towns of Pasig and Pateros on the shore of Laguna de Bay, front­ ing Wheaton's troops on the Pasig river line. By heavy fighting Wheaton dis­ lodged and drove them buck, taking 400 prisoners and inflicting heavy losses in killed and wounded. The torpedo-boat Fox, built at Port­ land, has arrived at San Francicco. She made the run from Astoiia in 45 hours. The navy departm ent has abandoned all hope of the recovery of the armored cruiser Cristobal Colon, sunk in tha battle of Ju ly 3, at Santiago. The navy department is informed by Admiral Dewey that the «apply ship Kanshan has left Manila with supplies for the new naval station at Guam. A correspondent of the state depart­ ment, writing from Ponapi, Carolina islands, «ays the in habitants like every­ thing th at is American. They are hop­ ing and praying, he says, th at tba Americans will take possession of all of the islands, and, if not all, at least the island of Ponapi. The differences between the Raisin- Growers’ Association and the packer* of California, have been finally ad­ justed. The association will make tha sales and the packers will receive a liberal commission. The packers will form an oragnization with a capital of |500,000, of which $10,000 is to be in cash. The city of Pasig, east of Manila, has been captured by American troopa after an h our's fight. The loss to tha Filipinos was 80 killed and 16 prison­ ers. The A m ericans’ loss was ope man killed, tiix were wounded. The man killed is P riv a te C. E. Thorn, of the Twentieth Kansas. The battle was fought by Wheaton's divisional brigade. A search steamer which has returned to Brisbane, (Queensland, from Cook- town, on the Endeavor river, thia colonv, reports that three schooners and 80 luggers were lost and th a t 400 col­ ored persons and II whites were drowned daring the recent hurricane th a t swept th e northwest coast of (Queensland. There lias been a popular demonstra­ tion in Christiana, Norway, against Crown Prince Gustaf, Duke of Worm- land, who was recently appointed re­ gent on account of the illneas of hr* father, King Oscar. Tire prince was returning from the military club when ha met a crowd of people, who hooted him, hissed him and pelted him with snowballs. NEW BERG, YOL. X I. LATER NE W S. The Utah legislature adjoarned without electing a United States sena­ tor to succeed Senator Cannon. Governor Rogers, of Washington, has vetoed th e two school text-book hills passed by the recent legislature. M. Cambon, the French ambassa­ dor, has called at th e departm ent of state and served formal notice of the signing of the peace treaty at Madrid. The navy departm ent has been ad­ vised ot the arriv al at Manila of the battle-ship Oregon and Iris. Admiral Dewey cabled th at th e Oregon is in a lit condition for any duty. A tornado has sw ept over a large area of the South. The loss of life|and destruction of properly has been es­ pecially heavy in Tennessee, Alabama, Arkansas and Mississippi. A F innish deputation of 400 persons, who recently arrived at St. P eters­ burg, to petition tbe czar against th a Russification deeoress, lias been or­ dered to return home immediately, tha czar i ufusing to receive its members. George Dewey, jr., has received a letter from his father, the admiral, in which he says he is in good health, a l­ though somewhat fatigued. The ad ­ miral expressed the hope th a t his task would be finished before long. The California legislature has ad ­ journed without electing a United States senator Nineteen ballots wore taken daring the last d a y ’s session, and 104 ballots since the convening of th at body. The Intornationnal Steam P n m p Company lias been organized in Jersey City. All the prom inent steam tnanu- factnrers in the city are said to have gone into the combine. Tbe com­ pany has a capital of $37.000,000. Two explosions have occurred at the government am m unition factory at Bourges, in the shell filling shop. Three men were killed and five were injured . At Marseilles a cartridge ex­ ploded, blowing up a quantity of gun­ powder. Three men were injured and great damage was done to the building. The Imparcial, of Madrid, asserts that a republican plot has been discov­ ered in the province of Seville; that thiee of the leaders have been arrested, and th a t Carlist movements have taken place at Petpiguan, capital of the French departm ent of the Eastern P y r ­ enees, where arm s are said to be ac­ cumulating. By the burning of the Windsor ho­ tel, in New York, 16 persons lost their lives, and others will probably die from injuries received. The number of missing is 66, anil 57 were injured, jewelry to the valne of $1,000,000, be­ longing to guests, was lost. The Windsor was a large hut old building, at.J burned very rapidly. Tbp d :rectors of th e Pacific Coast Company declared a dividend of 2 and 2 per cent on preferred and com mon stock. Reports of the likelihood of a renew­ al of the trouble among the Indians at Leach Lake, Minn., are not credited at the Indian bureau, at Washington. A report is current involving tiie es­ tablishm ent in San Francisco by the most widely known financial men of the world of a commercial bank, with • paid-up capital of $5,000,000. The snow-bound train on the Chey­ enne & Northern at Wheatland has been abandoned by th e company offi­ cials, who will take steps to rescue the passengers by sleds. Acting Postmaster-General Heath has issued an order directing th a t here­ after fees for postal money ordeis issued in th e United States for payment in Cuba shall lie the same as those fixed for domestic money orders. Orders have been issued for the mus­ ter out of the F ir s t Texas at Galveston and the Second Louisiana at Savannah. Both regiments are now at Havana. The Sixth onmpany volunteer signal corps, at Augusta, G a., was also ordered mustered out. The drought which was threatening the loss of millions of dollars to Cali­ fornia has been broken by a rain storm -:ontinuing for several days. Reports show th at both grain and fruit crops are in excellent condition through the big Sacramento valley. A speoial from Madrid says: P r e ­ mier Silvela, in an interview just pu b ­ lished, spoke in favor of the in terven­ tion of France for th e purpose of ob­ taining permission from the United States for Spain to resume direct nego­ tiations for the release of the Spanish prisoners held by the P hilippine rebels. Six men have arrived at St. Michaels from the North American T ransporta­ tion & Trading C om pany’s steamer, P. B. Weare, which is ioe-bound in the Yukon, near Holy Cross mission. The men do not th in k they will lie able to save her in th e spring. Seven men left the steamer, bu t one got lost com­ ing down, and the others th in k he was frozen to death. A party of some 60 members of con gresa, senators anil representatives, will accept the invitation extended by gen­ tlemen representing Panama canal in ­ terests and will inspect the Nicaragua and Panama canal works. The party left New York, March 2. T his body has nothing to do with the official in- veatigation which will be made by th e cominisaion to be appointed by Preai- dent McKinley. A monum ent coating $40,000 ia to be erected over the grave of a simple Ken- Two surveying parties are locating tacky private killed in the San Ju a n the line of tire electric road between fight. The soldier was only one of Tacoma and Seattle, a distance of M many wealthy men who were prepared milee. The road ia expected to be in to go to th a front in any capacity. operation by November I. Tbe Danish East Asiatic Company, A doable tragedy ia reported from Nanaimo, B. C. Dave Evans shot Lib- limited, which, beaides being a (team- bie White dead and committed saicide ship oompany, owns large foresta and in their room a t a hotel. Both were commercial establishments in Siam, public en tertain er« Unrequited love lataly ordered foor more 10,000-ton ia supposed to have been the caused steamers for ita line between tbe Bal­ tic and t h e far East. of tbe tragedy. M ln« *r Item s. Y A M H IL L I FOUGHT FOUR HOURS' Tw entieth Infantry Captures Another Stronghold. VILLAGE OF 700 INHABITANTS ll e a v j O dd« A g a in st th o A m ericans* T h o L a tte r L ost T w o M en nnd t h e K e b e l s lO O . Manila, March 18.—The first b a t­ talion of the Twentieth infantiy regi­ m ent has advanced from Pasig, clear- ing the country to Cainta, a well- defended village of 700 inhabitants, five miles noithwest of the footliills. The troops fiist encountered tha rebel outpost in the dense jungle on the hank of the river. The enemy was dislodged after half an hour's fighting. The Americans advanced in a splendid manner, under heavy fire, until they were ready to volley the lebele from the trenches. The latter had a great advantage, and dropped a number ol our men. Tbe Ameticans charged across the rice fields, making four ad- vances on the enemy, who numbered 1,000 men, 500 of whom were e n ­ trenched, and in the face of a cross file. Our troops carried the town after four hours of fighting and burned the outskirts, the rebels firing from the windows and keeping np a running fire in the sheets. The Americans then withdrew to obtain more amm unition. The rebels lost 100 men and the American loss was: Corporal John- •on, of company C. and Private Me- Avoy, of company L, killed, and IS wounded. R e b e l L i n e C u t in T w o . Washington, March 18.—The follow­ ing from General Otis wus received at the war departm ent today: "M anila, March 18. — Reports from Ilo llo indicate an improvement and lees activity on the part of the insur­ gents. Reports from Negros are most encouraging. The inhabitants are en­ thusiastic. (Quiet prevails thioughout the island, and Colonel Smith is direct­ ing affairs in framing the internal gov­ ernment. Cebu is quiet. Business is progressing under United States pro- tection. Reports from Samar and Leyte indicate the desire of the inlAtb- itants for United States troops. These islauds will be occupied. " T h e insurgents’ control is confined to Luzon, and the occupation of tlie Pasig river line with control of Laguna de Bay has cut th e country occupied by the Tagalos in neaily two equal parts. OTIS.” THE A V ariety P O P E ’S of HEALTH. R eports R eg a rd in g C o n d itio n . Hla Rome, March 18.—The pope's health is following its normal course. Tha Messagro, however, says the pops shows signs of im leasing weakness and tiiat his physicians are very watchful. Professor Mazzoni and Dr. Lapponi, the pope’s physicians, deny all the alarmist rumors th a t have been in oir- culation regarding the condition of his holiness. They declare the wound made by tbe recent 0|>eration is about l.e iled; th at tiie pope’s lungs and heart are absolutely healthy, amt th a t his weakness is not more than is natural in a nonagenarian On the other hand the newspapers print a variety of re- poits. While the Tribuua states that his holiness has resumed his usnal avo­ cations, giving audiences, the Opinions declares th a t he had seveial fainting fits during the day. C O U N T Y , O R EG O N , THE SAMOAN F R ID A Y , Ha Washington, March 18. — Admiral Kautz has reported the arrival at Apia of the cruiser Philadelphia Match 6. He made no mention of political affairs. As negotiations are now in piogress between the United Btates, O ieat Britain and Germany, leapectiug the kingly succession in Samoa, any action of the soealled provisional government th a t would tend to furoe a crisis pre­ maturely would have mischievous effects. T he Germ an government i* regarded as being particularly solicit­ ous th a t there should he noou tbieak at this time, but unfortunately seeks to impose conditions in the pursuit of this purpose, th a t if acoepted, would seri­ ously compiomise the alleged rights of both tbe United States and Great B ritain. O m government prefers to adhere strictly to the lines ol the Ber­ lin treaty, so long as that convention remains unchanged. It is understood here th at the provisional government referred to in the news dispatches, Is nothing more than an assemblage of some of the srbehiefs and th at even Mataafa, the candidate for the king­ ship, has not joined. Meanwhile, tha three governments are somewhat di­ vided over the proposition to undertake a leopening of the controversy over the succession to the throne, ttie piesent contention of the United States and Great Britain being tiiat as the chief justice was clothed wih specific author­ ity to deal with this question, not even the treaty powers have any power in the matter, F O L G E R ’S S ix at PAR TY R a m p a r t C ity a n d a t I ’e a v y . SAFE. Two A rriv e Seattle, March 18.—H. O. Nordvig, of Portland, Or., and G. B. Wilson, of Browning, Mo., are the latest arrivals from the Koyuktik district, Alaska. They report tha safety of a party of eight, headed bv Jack Folger, an old Alaskan, who started from Rampart City to the Koyukuk, and who, it was feared, had perished in a blizzard. Six of the party returned to Rampart City, but Folger and one companion pushed through toPeavy. For 21 days they subsisted oil dog meat, Mr. Wilson gives the population of the various towns on the Koyukuk as follows: Jimtown, 250; Burginan City, 250; Arctic City, 50; Peavy, 150; Union City, 100 or leer. The Noith American Transportation & Trading Company is about to move headquarters from Peavy to Jiiutown, on account of the rich prospects on Davis creek, a tributary of the Koyu- kuk, and although no large amounts have been taken out, every one is satis­ fied, One man oleaned up $1,500 last fall, which is the largest [amount known. Pans have run from 6 cents as high as $11. Since then hut very little work has been done, and no one knows what the district contains. D r. H u b e r'* D isco v ery . Ana Arbor, Mich., March 18.—Dr. G. Carl Huber, assistant professor of anatomy and director of the historical laboratory of the University of Michi­ gan, has ju st discovered that, lo ntiary to the belief of the leading physiolo­ gists of tiie wolrd, the blood vessels uf the brain are controlled by nerves. Dr. Huber has demonstrated this and will publish the results of his extensive research. D e n m a r k W a n t * a Slice. London, Marcli 18.—The Copenhagen correspondent of the Daily Mail says: It is asserted here th a t M. Heide, d i­ rector of the Danish East Africa Steam ship Company, i* about to go to C hina in the oompany'a interest. It ia S p a n i s h C o lo n ist* . also said he has a government mission City of Mexico, March 18.— El Con­ to seek some convenient harbor in tinent* Americano, the organ of lh< China, as Denmark intends to follow Cuban residents lieie, strongly oppose« in tiie footsteps of the other power*. allowing Spanish troops discharged from A D re y fu s S to ry . tiie army in Cuba to come to Mexioc London, March 18.—Tbe Evening as colonists, and says it is a dishonor- able and undignified conversion of Mex­ News today publishes a sensational ico into a lair of bandits, disguised at Dreyfus story. It declared th at tbe ex- colonists. It calls the Spaniards "the Russian ambassador, Baron von Moll- Chinese of Europe,” and says they renhnim, is the real culprit, who sold will make Mexico the foens of infec­ both Russian and French secrets to the tion for free Americans. The Mexcian Germ an government, adding th a t the Herald sustains tiie ministry in giving Russian government itself is convinced a charter for Spanish colonization, con­ of his gnilt. tending that the Spanish soldiers will A S a lt Tru«t. make good citizens. New York, March 18. — It was re­ D e a th on a G lac ier. Seattle, March 18.—The steamer Ex­ celsior, which arrived tonight flora the mouth of Copper river, Alaska, brings news of the freexing to death ol six men on Valdes glacier, about tbs 1st of Match. They were: Adolph E hrhardt, New York; Maxi­ milian Miller, New York; Dr. Edwin Logan, Denver; Alfred Alleman, New York: Rudolph Ellerkamp, Louisville, K y.; August Schultz, New York. All the bodies except th at of Dr. Logan were recovered and buried at Valdes. Elirltardt, Miller and Alle­ man were members of the Scientific Prospecting Company, of New York. Tbe Excelsior brought nearly 100 pas­ sengers, 40 per cent o» whom were suf­ fering from scurvy. C o m b in a tio n B eing C o n sid ere d . Boston, March 18.— A combination of the chief woolen mills in the East, a counterpart in many respects to tha American Woolen Company (the wor­ sted mills combine), is reporter) to h* under consideration by several wool houses I d this city._________ P re h isto ric M am m o th Ponnd. San Francisco, March 18.— A Chron­ icle special from Vancouver, B. O., says: According to the latest mail ad- | vices from Dawson, a marvelous die- I eovery has been made on Dominion creek, in the Klondike. A prehistoric ■ m am m oth, weighing 30 tons, with fle«h still sweet enough to eat, was ' found on February 8. by August Trul- ! son, a Swede, and his partner, while | working their claim on Dominion creek. They came across tha remains 1 40 feet from tba surfaca. ported today th at the evaporated salt interests in this state were being brought together under the title of the National Halt Company. It will have an authorized capital of $12,000,000, of which $5,000,000 is non-cumulative 7 per cent preferred stock and tbe re­ mainder, $7 ,000,000, common. T h e S p an ish P riso n er* . London, March 18.—A special from Madrid says: Prem ier 8ilvela, in an interview just published, spoke in fa­ vor of the intervention of France for the putpoee of obtaining («rmission from the United States for Spain to resume direct negotiations for the re­ lease of the Spanish prisoners held by tbe Philippine rebels. E x plosion W us Not A ccid en tal. Paris, March 17.—The Euclalre con- firms tha report th a t the government inquiry regarding the explosion of the naval powder magazine at La Goubran has shown th a t it was not of accidental origin and much credence ia now given to tha rumor th a t it was an anarchist outrage. T h * t o r l f i D isso lv ed . Madrid, March 18. — Tha qoeen regent tonight signed the decree dis­ solving the cortea, convoking tha new parliam ent and authoriaing the pay­ m ent of arrears of pay to the repatri­ ated troopa. H a y tte a Duties Increased. New York, March 18.—A dispatch to tha Herald from Port Ao Prince •ays: An increasa of 25 per cent in tbe dutiea on all importa want Into effect yeaterday. NO. 18. 24, 1899. THE END OF THE WAR I MUDDLE. P ro v is io n a l G o v e rn m e n t W ill N ot C o n s i d e r e d in N e g o ti a ti o n * . M ARCH Spain and the United States Again at Peace. QUEEN RF.UENT SIGNS TREATY W h l e h W ill B . S en t to F r . n c h A m b a s ­ s a d o r far K s c h a iig . W ith t h . On« a ig u .il by M o K lo l.j. Madrid, March 20.— Tbo queen re­ gent lias signed the treaty of peace. The signed treaty will be forward») to tiie French ambassador at Washington for exchange witli the one signed hy President McKinley. No decree on the subject will be published in the Offi- •ial Gazette. A W FU L HOTEL F IR E . L i v e s L o s t In t h e B u r n i n g o f t h o W in d so r. N ew Y ork. New York, March 20. — Flames which originated from the igniting of a lace curtain, burst forth from tne sec­ ond floor of tbe Windsor hotel, at Forty- seventh etieet and Fifth avenue, sh ort­ ly after 3 o’clock thia afternoon, ju st as the St. P atrick’s day parade was pas­ sing the building, and in a few mo- merits they had leap»! to tho roof and enveloped the entire Fifth-avenue and Forty-seventh stieet fronts of the hotel. Ten minutes later tbe flames were roar­ ing through the interior of the hotel, and all escape hy means of the stair­ ways and elevators was cut off. There was the wildest scene of excite­ ment within and w ithon t the building. Hundreds of guests and employes were in the hotel when the firo broke out, ami for many of them to esoape with safety was impossible. Probably 15 lives were lost w ithin a half hour, and 45 or 50 persons were injured in ju m p ­ ing fiom windows and in mailing through the roaring flames in the cor­ ridors and stairways. Manv who were injured died later in nearby residence« and at hospitals, and otheis who made wild leaps to the stone sidewalk were so badly injured th a t they are still hovering between life and death. It may be 24 hours or moie before the complete list of fatalities becomes known, and it will be longer th an that before it can be ascertained definitely how many charred bodies are in the mass of fallen masonry th a t mark the spot whers th e hotel stood. Tims far 14 are known to be dead, 12 injured, and 41 missing. Washington, March 20. — In the ab­ sence of any direct diplomatic com­ munication between the United States and Spain, Secretary Hay expects to receive his first formal notice of the ratification of the peace treaty hy the queen regent through the medium of the Fiench embassy here. The next step must be taken by Spain, which must iiHine a special en­ voy and notify the United States gov­ ernm ent of the probable date upon whioh he w ill present himself at Washington with the exchange copy of th e treaty of peace. Although in most instances little more than a perfunctory ceremony, in the case of tiie exchange of the ratifica­ tion of th is treaty the details will be TO P O L I C E P H IL IP P IN E W A TE R S . of more than ordinary intereat, for the •coasion will he historical M o s q u i t o F l o a t W i l l K . S . B t 1» A d - m lral D ew ey. S p a n is h -A m e ric a n W ar. February 15, 1898 — Battle-sliip Maine blown up in Havana harlior. April 20— President authorized by congress to intervene in Cuba with army and navy. April 22— Blockading proclamation issued. F irst gun of the war fired by gunboat Nashville, in oapturing tbe prize Buena Ventura. April 28—President calls for 125,- 000 two-year volunteers. April 25— Wat with Spain is de­ clared. April 29—Cervera’a fleet sails for Cuba. May 1— Rear-Admiral Dewey de- ■troys entire fleet of Admirul Montojo, in Manila bay. May l i — Ensign Bug'ey killed at Cardenas. May 19—Cervera’s fleet seoks refuge in Santiago de Cuba bay. May 25— President calls lot 75,000 additional volunteers, Ju n e 3— Hobson sinks the Merrimac in Santiago harbor, ami is taken pris­ oner w ith seven volunteers who accom­ panied him . Ju n e 10— Six hundred United States marines landed at Caimanera. J u n e 13—C am ara’a fleet sail« from Spain. Ju n e 22—Shafter’s army lands at Daiquiri and Sihoney. July 1—Lawton and Kent and rough riders take San Ju a n hill, losing 281 m en, with 1,364 wonnded. Ju ly 8— Uervora’s fleet destroyed by Spnnipsoii’s squadron. July 17— Toral snrremlers Santiago and eastern portion of Cuba. J u ly 25—General Miles lands in Porto Rico, near Ponce. Ju ly 26 — Spain proposes peace through French Ambassador Cainbon. Ju ly 31— B attle ol Malate, near M anila. August 12—Spain and United States ■ign peace protocol defining terms. August 25— United States peace commission named. November 28—F inal terms of United States accepted hy Spain at Paris. December 10— Treaty of i>eao« signed at Paris. Jan u ary 6, 1899—Treaty ratified by U nited States senate. Marcli 17—Treaty signed by queen regent of Spain. Washington, March 20.— The navy department is taking steps toward the formation of a mosquito fleet for tiie Philippines. The conditions now pre­ vailing in Luzon indicate th at for a long time it will be necessary to m a in ­ tain a strict police of the ooast and in ­ land waters. For tiie inland work, especially, tho departm ent will need some very light-draught boats. For this work the big ocean tags that formed the mosquito fleet that operated around Uuhu during tho blockade, and of which the government has a n u m ­ ber, aro now being looked over with a view to ju st this service. Some of them are on the Pacific coast. The departm ent has figured out a coasting voyage th at will take them up the Alaskan coast, coaling at Hitka, to (Jualaska ami Cook inlet, thence down through the Aleutian islands to Hako­ date, the northern point of Japan, from wheie they can make the run aoioet the China sea down to Hong Kong and thence to the Philippines. It will be about a two-months’ voyage, but one th a t oan be made safoly. A v altm chfi on t h e G r e a t N o r th e r n . Beattie, Wash., Maroh 20.—A huge avalanche of ice and snow on the Great Northern railway, near Wellington, tins done so much damage that traffic between this city and Bpokane Will be suspended nntil next Monday. An iion bridge 100 feet lung lias been car­ ried away. The slide is located be­ tween Wellington and Madison, about 17 miles west of tho switchback. P en d ­ ing the resumption of traffic, the Great Northern’s business is being transferred to the Nolheru Pacific at Bpokane and this city. A large force of men is working night and day repairing tha damage. T h . C a p .-to -C a lro K allro ail. London, March 20.— The Berlin anr- respondent of the Standard, discussing the recent visit to the German capital of Mr. Cecil Rhodes in connection w ith liia Cape-to-Cairo railway project, says: The government, it ia believed, will submit to the reinhstag a bill asking a guarantee of 3 per cent interest for th at portion of tiie line which ciosses German territory in East Africa. This section will he built and worked ex­ clusively bv Germans and su perintend­ ed by the German gov ernm en t It ia K a u ts A rran g es a C onference. not unlikely, however, th a t a portion Washington, March 20.—Admiral of the capital will lie offered for sub­ K autz lias cabled the secretary of the scription in England. navy from Apia, Samoa, via Auckland, A ccused of P o iso n in g H er Hog. N. Z ., th at lie haa airanged for a meet­ ing of the three consuls, those of tiie Ban Francisco, Marcli 2 0 —The cor­ United States, Great Britain and G er­ oner’s jury investigating the case of many, at an early date, to have a free John Richard GrHy, the 2-year-old boy discussion of Samoan affairs. Tbs who died of carbolic acid poisoning a oable dispatch ia dated a week ago. few days ago, returned a verdict to­ night that death was caused by oarliolio S tra n d e d a t C o p p er R iver. aoid poisoning administered by some Seattle, March 20.— Miners who a r ­ person unknown. Mrs. Adams, the rived here last night from Copper oliild's mother, who has been held on river, Alaska, say th a t Governor Brady enspicion of having poison»! the boy, has l>ern requested to ask the govern­ was immediately charged with murder ment to send a vessel to Copper river on the register of the city prison,where for the purpose of bringing bom* alia ia confined. stranded prospectors. There are be­ W i ll O p e r a t e F r o m N e w Y ork» tween 200 and 300 there who are with­ Woroester, Mass., Match 20.—The out means to secure transportation. Many of them are suffering from American Bteel St Wire Company an­ nounces th a t ita business center here­ •curvy. after will be in New York and ita ex­ K sp lo ra lln n o f A lask a. ecutive business will Ire tiansferr»! Seattle, March 20. — In furtheranoa to Chicago and San Francisco. The of the governm ent’s plans to oontinue large business o f f i c e s at Cleveland ami the exploration of Alaska this season, Worcester will he the first to lie abol­ Assistant (Quartermaster Robinson lias ished. It is stated th at this will result received orders to purchae 41 pack a n i­ in saving nearly $20,000 in tl