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EVENTS OF THE DAY
Epitome of the Telegraphic
News of the World.
TERSE TICKS FROM THE WIRES
A n I n t e r e s t in g C o lle c tio n o f I te m s F r o m
t h e T w o H e m is p h e r e s P r e s e n te d
In n C o n d e n s e d F o r m .
Dawson was visited by another large
fire.
G eneral Joe W heeler i> coming
home.
C hina ia baying heavily of cotton
cloth.
The Boers have captured a fort a t
Mafeking.
Iron and steel shipm ents are taking
all available shiproom to the O rient.
T aylor’s appointm ents have been
allified by the K entucky court of
appeals.
The N orthw estern F ru itg ro w ers’ As­
sociation m et in Tacoma in annual
m eeting.
Ex-Congressman David J . Colson,
shot and killed tw o men in a F ra n k ­
fort (K y .) hotel.
W ainw rig h t & Co., Boston bankers,
have failed. They tried to carry too
heavy a load of m ining stocka.
A W all street rum or says th a t the
Southern Pacific may buy the G alves­
ton, H ouston & N orthem .
The B ritish ship R eliance and the
B ritish ship A nnie Thomas are long
overdue a t San F rancisco.
The F ren ch ad m iral dined w ith P res­
ident Jim ines, of Santo Domingo after
the troublesom e claim w as paid.
The th ird annual conventionn of the
N ational Livestock
Association
of
A m erica m et in F ort W orth, Tex.
Senate com m ittee on interoceanio
canals w ill favor th e b ill tor the con­
struction of th e N icaragua canal.
A negro who was supposed to have
aided tw o negroes to escape n ear Hend-
gin. Tenn., was lynched by a mob.
Negroes have appealed to th e U n ited
States senate for n atio n al legislation
th a t w ill p rotect them from burning
and lynching.
The treasury d epartm ent is consider­
ing a recom m endation to move the
U nited States custom house from Mary
Island to K etchikan.
A ll th e leading m anufacturera of
men and w om en’s woolen felt hata
have raised prices as a resu lt of the
advance in prices of wool.
Secretary Long and R ear A dm iral
Bradford have appeared before th e sen­
ate com m ittee on naval affairs in ad ­
vocacy of th e Pacific cable.
Two more deaths have occurred as a
resu lt of T exas’ w orst lend. Two h u n ­
dred deaths and over $100,000 havg
been sacrificed in litig atio n , w hich
started over the disputed ow nership of
an unbranded steer.
The natio n al convention of U nited
Mine W orkers opened a t Indianapolis.
W hen Bryan visits New York he w ill
be entertain ed exclusively by T am ­
m any.
For the first tim e in history grocery
stores and m eat shops closed in Chicago
on Sunday.
G eneral Wood has crossed Orange
riv er and established th e first B ritish
post in th e enem y’s country.
A determ ined woman and a hnge
bread knife kept a mob a t bay in C hi­
cago u n til assistance arrived.
S ir W ilfred L au rie r says th a t C an­
ada w ill give E ngland both m en and
money to help her in the present strife.
Sum m er resorts of Rockaway beach
and Jam aica bay, New York, may have
to move on account of threatening
waves.
W heaton and Schw an’s troops are
keeping the rebels of Southern Luzon
m oving. Am ericans have few losses,
b q j th e rebel losses are heavy.
The tran s-A tlan tic steam ship lines
have increased th e ir passenger rates be­
tw een New York and Europe, owing
to the heavy travel expected to the Paris
exposition.
John P. Reese, under arrest in F ort
Scott, K an., has been released by
Jugde T hayer’s order. Reese was being
held for contem pt ot court for address­
ing strik in g m iners.
The Servian m in istry has resigned,
ow ing to K ing A lexander insistin g on
granting am nesty to all th e political
prisoners convicted of high treason
against his father, K ing M ilan.
A circu lar appealing for peace and
pledging for the Boers, signed by 400
clergymen of a ll denom inations in the
N etherlands, has jn st been delivered to
the m inisters ot all C hristian churches
In G reat B ritain.
The su it for th e prize money for the
destructio n of C ervera’s fleet involve«
the question of w hether or not the
cruiser New York really p articipated
in the b a ttle . The attorney-general
avers th a t as all the Spanish fleet and
property were destroyed they were not
prizes.
VOL. X II .
LATER NEWS.
H epburn believes the house w ill pass
th e canal bill.
G eneral B utler cables th a t he thinks
he is m aking progress.
A street tunnel in Los Angeles caved
in, entom bing 11 laborers.
The news of the success of the Mexi­
can troops is confirmed.
The second d etachm ent of London
volunteers has left for the cape.
C ount and Countess C astellane, nee
Gould, have arrived in New York.
The U nited M ineworkers voted down
a resolution of svm pathy for the Boers.
Jo h n Rnskin, the great a rt c ritic and
w riter, passed aw ay in his 81st year a t
London.
G eneral Jam es F . W ade has taken
tem porary charge of the d ep artm en t of
the lakes.
M otormen and conductors of Troy,
N. Y ., are o u t for more wages and
shorter hours.
A deadly qu arrel in th e Ita lia n q u a r­
te r of New York resulted in the k illin i
of three of one fam ily.
The B aldw in locomotive w orks, of
P h iladelphia, has received an order for
80 large locomotives from France.
D anish farm ers have sent th e P rin ­
cess of W ales 12,000 boxes of choice
b u tte r for th e B ritish soldiers in
Africa.
The reason for th e close censorship
is now being appreciated in London,
and the people are w illin g to a w a it the
results.
An In d ian a volunteer, w ritin g home,
says th a t Joe W heeler gave tired sold­
iers his horse and, tak in g th e ir gun,
m arched w ith the boys.
Owing to dangers th reatening the
com m onw ealth of F rankfort, Ky.',
clergym en set aside Tuesday as a day
of h u m iliatio n and prayer.
Rev. Mr. Sheldon w ill have absolute
control of a?l departm ents of the To­
peka (K a n .) C ap ital for one week,
w hen he w ill dem onstrate how a C hris­
tia n daily should be conducted and
edited.
The 16th annual report of the U nited
sta te s civil service comm ission has
been presented to th e president. It
shows an in cr-ase in the nnm ber of
persons employed and more ex am in a­
tions of applicants la st year th a n in
any previous year of the commission.
The Ashland woolen m ills, one of the
oldest in d u strial establishm ents in O r­
egon, representing an invested capital
of over $65,000, and regularly em ploy­
ing 80 to 85 hands was to tally de­
stroyed by fire, w hich is supposed to
have originated in the weaving-room.
The insurance am ounted to $18,500.
Senator Gear was re-elected in Iowa.
New York has let a co n tract for a n ­
o th e r subw ay to cost $35,000,000.
Many A m ericans w ill be needed in
th e governm ent plans for th e Filipinos.
R obert M. M cW ade has been ap ­
pointed to succeed D r. Bedloe as con­
su l a t Canton.
The F zrm ers’ A lliance w ants th e
proposed ship subsidy money spent for
ex p o rt bounties.
Boers attack ed F re n c h ’s advanced
post and w ere repulsed w ith 20 killed
and 50 wounded.
L andlord W h itten , of Skagway, fell
from th e gangplank of a steam er at
S eattle and was drow ned.
Over 20,000 drivers of a ll kinds of
vehicles are on strik e in Rio Jan eiro .
Troops were called o n t to m ain tain o r­
der.
G reat floods of $1,000 bills are said to
have been a prom inent feature in the
cam paign of Senator C lark of Mon­
tana.
Thomas B. Reed says he finds selfish­
ness is m aster of the hum an race and
th e w orld m n st work to b etter condi­
tions of the people.
In the senate Senator P ettig rew de­
clared th a t “ the blood of every soldier
who has fallen since th e w ar began is
on th e hands of th e a d m in istra tio n .”
Miss H elen Gonld has given $50,000
o aid in th e building of th e new home
ior the naval branch of th e Young
M en’s C hristian Association in Brook­
lyn.
A London paper is au th o rity for the
statem en t th a t the powers have de­
m anded know ledge of the U nited
S tates’ policy in C hina and the P h ilip ­
pines.
The special com m ittee of the house
to investigate the case of Roberts of
U tah , finds th a t R oberts had three
wives. I t is said he w ill not be a l­
lowed to rem ain in congress and a m a­
jo rity favors not allow ing him to be
seated a t a ll.
Kosciusco’s friend and close asso­
ciate, H aym Salomon, w ill be given a
m edal by congress. H is relatives
claim th a t he loaned th is country
money d a rin g the revolutionary war
and it w as never repaid. The m edal
is a compromise of th e ir claim .
D enm ark is com ing down to our
price. She now asks only $4,000,000
for the Danish W est Indies. The
price first dem anded w as $13,000,000.
I t is likely th e deal w ill be closed be­
fore m any days. The islands w ill be
valuable to ns in the event th e N icar­
agua canal la b u ilt.
K E W B E R G , Y A M H IL L
C O U N T Y , O REG O N, F R ID A Y , J A N U A R Y
WILL CO TO COURT
NO
Roberts Determined to Keep
Up the Fight.
LITTLE 8HOW FOR HIM THERE
M c B r id e ' s B i l l ,
R e fu n d in g
9 1 .9 5
C e r ta in O r e g o n S e t t le r s , P a s s e d
S e n a t e —A s s a y O ffic e B ills *
U
W ashington, Ja n . 20.— Roberts ol
U tah announces th a t he w ill fight hif
case in the courts if he is denied a seat
as a m em ber of the house. Roberts
has been m aking his contention on the
ground th a t th e constitution prescribes
c ertain qualifications for a m em ber,
b u t he o u g h t to know th a t the same
co n stitu tio n allow s th e house to be the
jndge of its ow n m em bers. No court
w ill undertake to set aside a deoisioc
of th e house ou such question, eepec
ially as i t w ould have no power to en
force it.
O r e g o n A s s a y O f f ic e s .
TO
GREAT
CANAL.
C l a y t o u - B u l w e r T r e a t y W il l N o t S t a n d
In t h e W a y .
New York, Ja n . 20.— A special to the
H erald from W ashington says:
It
was said tonight by a mem ber of the
foreign relations com m ittee th a t an
understanding ex ists between the U n i­
ted States and G reat B ritain under
w hich th is governm ent can proceed
w ith the construction of the N icaragua
canal w ithout reference to the provis­
ions of theX ’layton-B ulw rr treaty .
There is no doubt th a t since the nego­
tiatio n s for the abrogation of the Clay-
ton-Bulw er treaty fail»!, and since the
agitation of th e construction of the
canal has been taken np by congress,
a discussion has occurred betw een the
two governm ents, and it is understood
th a t G reat B ritain has given th is
country assurances th a t it need not let
the convention of 1850 stand in the
way of action.
I t has been know n for a year th at
G reat B ritain was w illing to abrogate
th e convention on condition th a t she
receive concessions in the A laska
boundary controversy, and it is possi­
ble, if she has m ade the statem ent
credited to her, she has coupled it with
the understanding th a t her rights else­
w here w ill receive consideration in
re tu rn for her concession.
R epresentative Sulzer has prepared
an am endm ent to the N icaragua canal
bill, requiring th a t A m erican labor be
employed in connection w ith the con­
stru ctio n ol the canal.
R epresentative Tongue says that, not­
w ithstanding th e unfavorable recom­
m endations of D irector Roberts, th«
coinage com m ittee w ill report favor­
ably bills for assay offices a t Portland
and Baker C ity. H e has received such
assurances from members of the com ­
m ittee, and believes th a t the bills have
W H E E L E R ' S SEAT IN THE H O U S E
a fair opportunity to pass the house.
Id a h o F orest R eserves.
The Idaho delegation is much dis­
turbed on account of th e new pro]«wait
of the in terio r d epartm ent to creat«
forest reserves in .h a t state. Accord­
ing to th e lines draw n, a reservation ia
proposed in Southern Idaho, n ext the
Oregon line, w hich w ill take in most
of Canyon county of W ashington, and
p art of Boise county. I t w ill ru n up
to the suburbs of Boise C ity.
There is also a projiosition in the
w ar d ep artm en t to create a large m ili­
tary reservation at Snake river, to in ­
clude portions of Lincoln and CaasU
counties.
M c B r i d e ’s R e f u n d i n g B i l l .
In the regular course of business to ­
day, th e bill introduced and reported
by Senator McBride, refunding $1.25
an acre to settlers who paid $2.50 for
lands w ith in railro ad lim its, was
reached on th e calendar, and passed
w ith o u t opposition. This bill w ill be
of great in terest to the people of th r
Pacific coast states, as it affects those
lands w ith in the grants to the railroad
w here such grants were afterw ard for­
feited by reason of the failure to con­
stru c t th e road. Both Oregon and
W ashington w ill he affected by the
m easure, if it can be passed through
th e house. R epresentative Moody in ­
ten d s to push it through, although he
w ill m eet w ith considerable opposition.
I m p r o v in g U p p er W illa m e tte .
R epresentative Tongue today intro­
duced a b ill appropriating $25,000 for
the construction of a revetm ent on the
left bank of th e W illam ette river, one
m ile below Independence. T his revet­
m ent is intended to prevent an overflow,
of the riv er a t th a t point into La Cre­
ole creek, w hich overflow threatens to
interfere w ith navigation on the W il­
lam ette.
OUR
ASIATIC
LANDS.
S e n a to r W e llin g t o n T a k e s H is T u r n
t h e P h ilip p in e D e b a te .
at
I f H « T r ie s t o O c cu p y I t t h e G e n e r a l
M a y R e D is a p p o in te d .
New York, Jan. 20.— A special to the
Tim es from W ashington says: If Gen-
real Joseph W heeler expects to retu rn
to W ashington to take a seat in con­
gress w ithout further form ality, it
looks as if he would m eet w ith disap­
pointm ent. Inquiry has been made
since the announcem ent th a t he had
been relieved from further duty iu the
P hilippines, and it is found th a t there
is very general agreem ent on both sides
of the house th a t it has been clearly
shown by the exam ination of the case
of Low, and other precedents, th a t he
has forfeited his rig h t to a seat in con­
gress, and th a t the only th in g open to
him is to go back to his d istric t and
seek re-eleotion if he desires to continue
in service in congress.
No doubt is entertained th at, if he
seeks re-election at a special election
to fill the vacancy, he w ill be returned
to congress, perhaps w ith o u t opposi­
tion, but it w ill be held by the house,
according to the best authorities iu
both parties th a t the seat is now vacant
and w ill rem ain so u n til a special elec­
tion has been held.
Some of his
friends in the house hope th a t he may
be induced not to make claim to the
seat, b at to go a t once before his peo­
ple for re-election. They th in k he
w ould w in greater distinction by this
course and, if re-elected, he w ould be
en titled to pay for the entire term from
March 4 last, as any one elected to the
vacancy w onld be.
MU S T
REBUI LD
TRACK.
9 5 M i l e s o f N o r t h e r n P a c if ic In P o t l a t c h
V a lle y .
Lewiston, Idaho, Jan.
19.— The
N orthern Pacific tra in service o u t of
Lewiston is com pletely paralyzed. I t
is doubtful if another train w ill leave
th is point or arrive here for 15 days.
No such u tte r dem oralization has ever
taken place in th e history of the system
from St. P anl to the I’acifio coast.
More th an 25 m ilea ol track has been
washed out, and w ill have to be re b u ilt
a t a trem endous cost. There is no way
of estim ating th e loss, but it w ill be
enormous. The w hole Potlatch valley
has been w ashed clean by the flood,
and not a bridge rem ains to show
w here the roadbed once was. As an
indication of how complete a ru in has
been wronght, th e original profile of
th e road has been called for by the con­
tracting engineers before they can be­
gin to rebuild.
A ndrew Gibson, chief of th e con­
stru ctin g engineers on the C learw ater
Short Line, has lieen ordered to annul
a ll work on the new line and tak e a
force of 1,000 m en and four complete
work trains to th e scene of the disaster.
W ashington, Jan . 20.— For an hour
today W ellington, of M aryland, occu­
pied th e atten tio n of th e senate, con­
tinuing the debate on the Philippine
question. H e took as his te x t the res­
olution he introduced last Tuesday, de­
claring th a t the U nited States Bhould
not take p erm anent possession of the
archipelago, but, after subduing the
Insurrection, w hch he sincerely de­
plored, Bhould confer upon the F ill'
pinos the rig h t to govern them selves,
iffording them such protection as they
m ight need.
Teller resum ed his speech on the fi­
nancial bill, in the course of w hich he
irraigned Secretary Gage for his nego­
tiations w ith the N ational City bank of
New York. He had not concluded his
W h y W h e e le r I . K eturning.
remarks w hen he suspended them for
New York, Ja n . 20.—A special from
¡he day.
W ashington to th e H erald says: No
The house passed the senate bill tt> doubt exists in th e m inds of friends of
sxteud the power of the directors of th« B rigadier-General Joseph W heeler th a t
census, after « -ik in g o u t the com m it­ his retu rn from th e Philippines in co m ­
pliance w ith his own request is due to
tee Amendment to authorize the direc­
the failure of G eneral O tis to give him
tor to contract for ex tra p rinting w ith
p rivate contractors. The whole fight active service in the field.
In certain quarters an effort is made
was upon th a t am endm ent. The influ­
to a ttrib u te G eneral W heeler’s retu rn
ence of th e p ublic p rin ter and the labor
organizations of the country were em ­ to in ab ility to stand the clim ate and
to his age. In refutation of the former,
ployed against it, and after a lively de­
his friends point to a statem ent he
bate of several hours it was overw helm ­
made after visiting the American lines,
ingly defeated. The publication of the
‘ ‘the im pression th a t the new country
reports of the 12th census, therefore,
in unhealthy is w rong.” Regarding
w ill lie m ade by th e public printer, at
his age, it is pointed ont th a t he is
in the past.
only abont a year older th an G eneral
T h « O n ly C a n e o f t h « K i n d .
Otis.
The orders to General W heeler to re ­
New York, Jan . 18.— W illiam A.
English, a son of th e ex-D em ocratio tu rn were cabled a trout • week ago.
vice-presidential candidate from In ­
A l l L in « « P o o l« « ! .
diana, and a captain of volunteers in
Chicago, Ja n . 20.—The C hronicle
the w ar w ith Spain, has returned to says: “ As a result of the recent con­
th e treasury a check for $1,172 sent solidations and agreem ents am ong the
him for h is services, w ith the state­ owners of the great tru n k railw ays east
m ent th a t he would not accept ¡*y for of Chicago, the entire transportation
services to his country in the tim e of system between the M ississippi river
danger. I t is the only case of the kind and the A tlanitc seaboard is to lie re ­
in the Spanish war.
organized.
R o eri O ccupy P rleak a.
Total expenditures a t the C harleston
Trees and shrubs are being planted
along the Suez canal to keep the sand (M ass.) navy yard for the last fiscal
year were $187,466.
from drifting.
The N inth regim ent of Pennsylvania
Jam es R. G arfield, son of the m u r­
dered president, announces him self as celebrated th e one bu n d reth anniver­
a candidate for congress in the Tw en­ sary of it* o rganisation recen tly .
tie th Ohio d istrict.
D aniel 8. Ford, for 40 y e a n p ropri­
Congressman Jam es C. Needham, eto r and ed ito r of th e Y outh’s Com­
from the Seventh C alifornia d istric t, panion, who died recently in Boston,
w as born a t Carson C ity, Nev., in an made it an invariable ru le th a t his
em igrant wagon w hile his parents were name should never appear in the col­
pressing across tye plains to C alifornia. um ns of his own journal.
BAR
Craddock, Cape Colony, Ja n . 20.—
Saturday, Ja n u a ry 15, the Boers, w ith
a com m ando of colonial rebels, occu­
pied Prieska, a village on the Orange
river, about 10 m iles northw est of De
A ar.
_________________
Its mortgage having been paid off,
the P ortland, Vancouver A Y akim a
R ailway Company may build to P o rt­
land u tilizin g the old bridge piers
across th e C olum bia oppoeite V an­
couver.
*
2 6 , 1900.
RAILWAY WAR ENDED
Northern Pacific to Have the
Clearwater Country.
HOHLER TO LEAVE THE O. E. & N.
N o r th e r n
P a c ific to
H are
T rackage
D o w n C o lu m b i a a n d t h e U n io n
P a c if ic to I 'u g e t S o u n d .
St. P aul, M inn., Jan. 22.— A special
from New York says:
The dispute betw een the N orthern
Pacific and the O. It. & N. Co., ovei
the rig h t of the respective roads to ex­
tend th e ir lines in the C learw ater te rri­
tory in Idaho, has been settled, and the
N orthern Pacific is m aster of the situ a ­
tion. The O. R. & N. Co. has w ith ­
draw n its claim s to the C learw ater
country, w hich is left iu undisputed
ixissession of the N orthern Pacific, and
the n ext move w ill be the retirem ent oi
A. L. Mohler from the presidency ol
the O. R. & Co. and his transfer to th t
presidency of the K ansas C ity, P itts ­
burg & G ulf.
Form al announcem ent of the two
roads w ill be deferred u n til February
5, w hen the official tim e of the six
m onths’ truce between them w ill ex­
pire, but the papers in the m atter are
p ractically ready for signature, the
fight is ended, and there w ill be no
more trouble.
The term ination of the C learw ater
difficulty m arks the end of one of the
most b itte r railroad wurs ever waged
in this country. Every phase of ra il­
road politics, diplom acy and force was
brought into play by the lines in ter­
ested. The U nion Pacific took up the
question in dispute. Iu order to facil­
itate an am icable settlem ent the N orth­
ern Pacific offered th e use of its l’ort-
laud Tacoma line to the U nion Pacific
in exchange for sim ilar track privileges
on the Colum bia, and the Union Pacific
was offered th e alternative of accepting
the proposition or having the N orthern
Pacific parallel the line of the O. R. A
N. Co." from Lewiston to Portland.
The U nion Pacific has had the offer
under consideration several months,
and it has finally decided to accept it,
and to refrain from extending the O.
R. & N. lines in the C learw ater dis­
tric t.
SPOKE
S en a to r
H a l*
FOR
THE
n e n o tin e e il
a in 's W ar.
BOER.
(tr e a t | B r it­
W ashington, J a n . 22.— A speech,
sensational in its interest and in tern a­
tional in its scope, was delivered in
the senate today by H ale, of Maine.
The occasion of the utterance w as the
sim ple question w hether a resolution
introduced by Allen, of Nebraska, c all­
ing for inform ation as to the recogni­
tion by th is country of the diplom atic
representative of the T ransvaal repub­
lic should be directed to the president
or secretary of state. H ale made the
question the subject of an im passioned
speech in w hich he declared" th a t nine-
ten th s of the A m erican people sym pa­
thize w ith the Boers in th e ir g allan t
struggle for liberty against one of the
greatest powers in the w orld. H e de­
clared th a t the w ar w hich G reat B rit­
a in is w aging is the most fatal b io * a t
hum an liberty th a t has t>een atiuck in
the century. He declared ‘‘th a t the
A m erican people are not in sym pathy
w ith G reat B ritain in the South A fri­
can w ar to stam p out the liberty of the
people,” and w hen Mr. Balfour, in the
house of commons, made snch a state­
m ent, “ he should be m et w ith some
disclaim er from th is side of the A tlan­
ti c .” He declared th a t the English
people them selves w ere not in favor of
th is war, w hich “ had been brought on
by a sharp cabinet m in ister engaged
w ith gold speculators.” H ale spoke
w ith unusual force, decisiveness and
earnestness, even for him , and his pas­
sionate eloquence claim ed th e closest
a tten tio n of every auditor.
The resol ntion, w hich previous to
H ale’s speech had caused a sharp col­
loquy betw een Allen and Spooner, of
W isconsin, was passed
finally
as
Amended. Morgan of A labam a ad-
lressed the senate briefly on the finan­
cial b ill.
NO. 10.
HOPES
G e ttin g
OF
TRANSVAALERS.
C sed to W ar an d
t o M in d I t .
H a v * C *a««d
New York, Ja n . 22.—An Idea of the
high hopes entertained in toe T rans­
vaal republic of th e outcom e of the
w ar w ith G reat B ritain is given in a
letter w ritten by E. H outhakkor, as­
sistant stationm aster a t Johannesburg,
to his sister in Brooklyn. The letter
was sent in November by w ay of Lo­
renzo M arques. The letter says in
part:
“ We are getting need to it a bit now.
Since O ctober 15 no more letters
reached us from beyond the Transvaal.
A solitary cable dispatch manages to
come through occasionally, but then it
is a week old. A t first 1 still m ain­
tained correspondence w ith Cape Town,
but th a t is no more possible now. The
Boers are scoring an enormous success,
and they have already conquered the
biggest p art of N atal. They are push­
ing already into Cape Colony, w hjre
they are joined by the burghers. K im ­
berley is likew ise com pletely surround­
ed, as w ell as Mafeking, w hile in the
northern p a rt of the Transvaal the
Boers are already beyond our bound­
aries. On every side the B ritish are
getting a good thrashing.
“ The in tern al arrangem ents here are
excellent. All the English have left
the country. O rder is beautifully
m aintained. The Boers still rem aining
m ay be seen daily leaving for th eir
various com m ands.
“ Johannesburg now is
fearfully
quiet. All the m ale population has
t>een drafted into a special constabu­
lary. No one is allowed out a fter 9
P. M. W ith the exception of 10
m iues, w hich are being worked by the
governm ent, all the m ines on the rand
are sh u t dow n.
“ Up to th e present 1,500 English
are prisoners, nmong whom are 50 offi­
cers, and 6,000 are slain. O nr loss does
not am ount to 200, including the dead
and wounded. I t sounds like a m ira
cle. I t s till looks doubtful who w ill
come out u ltim a te conqueror, b u t as
things look now th e hughers stand a
good chance. No fighting has occurred
in th e ir own country. The supply of
food is p lentiful.
The E nglish sol­
diers are not w orth m nch and surren­
der easily. A lready two of th e ir gen­
eral* are dead. Cape Colony w ill re­
volt.
"N o doubt it w ill surprise yon to
see me having changed thus, but th a t
could not be otherw ise, after having
w itnessed everything. I t is now clear
th a t C ham berlain’s sole aim has been
for three years to make w ar against the
Transvaal and obtain possession of it*
te rrito ry .”
fp ta* s*r*.
Chicago, Ja n . 20.— A special to the
Record from El Paso, Tex., says:
“ The Y aqui Indians of fionora, th*
only race in all Mexioo th a t was able
to survive the Spanish invasion and
preserve its individuality, are m aking
th e ir last stand against the M exican
government- Thus far it eeems the
M exican soldiers have been fonnd in ­
adequate to cope w ith th e Yaquie.
A proclam ation has been issued by
the ru ler of the Y aqui nation, a d ­
dressed to ‘‘The A m erican People,”
and in p art is as follows:
“ The Y aqui nation has begun its
straggle for independence. I t w ill no
longer tolerate the M exican arm y in
fionora. The nation has established
a provisional governm ent, th e offices of
which are a t Bahispe. In the event
of th e success of the Y aqui people over
the M exicans, no foreigners except n a­
tive horn Americans w ill be allowed in
fionora for several years. The property
and persons of A m ericans in fionora
w ill be protected by the Yaqui* in
every w a y .”
S ch em e
fo r
H a w a iia n
E le c tr ic
R oad«.
Han Franolsco, Jan . 22.—L. P. M at­
thews, of Cleveland, O., representing
an E astern syndicate w hioh proposes
to construct electrio railroads in H a­
w aii, is on his w ay home. He says
th a t $5,000,000 m ay be expended, and
added:
“ In the near future more than a
m illion d o llars’ w orth of ties and lum ­
ber w ill be shipped from Puget sound
points to H aw aii for the projected
roads.
Plans already perfected call
for the construction of some 310 miles
of electrio lines. Most of the road
w ill lie in and around H onolulu an
elsewhere on Oahu island. Ferryboats
I n n o c « n t M an lf « n f « d .
w ill be run betw een th e term in i of
fit. Paul, J a n . 22.— A special to tha these roads and the various islan d s.”
D ispatch from Redwood Falls, M inn.,
says: A rejiort has ju s t reached here A m e r ic a n 8 o l d l « r A t t e m p t e d t o K i l l O t!«
Chicago, Jan . 22.—A s o c i a l to the
from relatives of the deceased th a t old
man filover recently died in C alifornia Record from V ictoria, B. C ., says: J.
and th a t he made a confession to ths P. Molera, w ho arrived from M anila,
effect th a t he killed Moses L ufkint, in tolls of an a ttem p t on the life of Gen­
(iales tow nship, th is county, some 12 eral O tis. In conversation in reference
years ago, instead of W illiam Rose, to the situ atio n th ere he said th a t G en­
who w as afterw ard hanged for th* eral O tis once appeared on the firing
line, when a shot from the rifle of one
crim e.
of the soldiers whizzed unoc m forta bly
C'on<‘« « n lo n t o A in « r lr a n « .
close to his head. As to w ho fired the
V ictoria, B. C ., Jan . 22.—The pro­ shot no clew w as discovered.
vincial governm ent has declared its in­
B r e w « W « rn B u r g la r « B o ld *
tention of am ending its alien exclusion
Vancouver,
B. C ., Ja n . 02.—John
law so as hereafter to perm it A m eri­
cans to hold claim s purchased from and Thomas Brew, supposed to have
C anadian locators, finch a concession been lost in a storm off the northern
quite satisfies the Americans in A tlin. coast, are said by the police to have
left behind, in a aback formerly occu­
w i l l A M ....... P a u l .
pied by John Brew, a q u an tity of odds
P ortland, O r., Jan . 22.—A num ber and ends, w hich the police claim to
of Boer sym pathizers in P ortland have have identified aa having been stolen
pnitod to form a society for the purpose from various Vancouver stores and res­
of raising money to assist Oom Paul idences w hich had lieen entered by
and bis followers. A rrangem ents are burglars. There is a collection of tools
now m aking to secure a h all and sufficiently large and varied for a well-
speakers for a m eeting.
equipped carpenter shop.
Ellensburg, W ash., Ja n . 20.—The
offloe of Tjossem A Son, m illers, three
m iles from town, was burglarised last
night. The safe was blow n to atom s,
evidently w ith nitro-glycerine, and all
its content* taken. The burglars se­
cured $800 In cash, and about the same
am ount in checks. In addition they
took o r destroyed all the papers in the
safe, m any of which w ere valuable.
Pieces of the safe were picked up 40
fee) aw ay.
London, Jan. 22.—The Daily Mail
publishes the following dispatch, dated
T hursday, from fipearm an’s cam p:
" I I is rum ored th a t the Boers have
evacuated Colenso in order to reinforo#
th e ir troops here.
“ Heavy gun fire was heard irons
L adysm ith th is m orning.
"G eneral B ailer’s order instructs th e
men to heed the w hite flag of the Boen
only when they lay down th e ir arm s.
I t also in stru cts them to beware ol
false bogle c a lls.”
¡PRITISH ADVANCING
Slow and Cautious, But Keep
Moving Ahead.
HARD FIGHTING ON THE HILLS
B oer« F o r ced S te a d ily B a ck F rom K o p ­
j e t o K o p j e —S e « m t o B e S h o r t
o f A m m u n itio n .
Spearm an’s Camp, Jan. 23.—A fter
10 hours of continuous and terrible fire
yesterday, G enerals H art and Clery a d ­
vanced 1,000 yards. The Boers m ain­
tained an irregular fire during the
night, b u t the B ritish outposts did not
reply.
This m orning a t daybreak the Boers
opened a stiff fire. The B ritish stood
to the guns w here they hud slept and
an engagem ent w as renewed vigor­
ously. The field a rtille ry poured shrap­
nel into the enem y’s trenches.
A rum or th a t L adysm ith had been
relieved enlivened the B ritish, who
sent up a ringing cheer. This was
taken for an advance. T h e.first kopje
was carried a t the point of the bayonet,
and the Boers retreated to the next
kopje, w hich, like m ost others, was
strew n w ith im m ense boulders, su r­
m ounted by m ounds on the sum m it.
The B ritish advanced steadily'and
the Boers relaxed sightly. The latter
did not show such tenacity as pre­
viously. T heir N ordenfeldts fired at
long intervals, and th eir cannon fired
but seldom.
A pparently the Boers
were short of am m unition. All day
the roar of m usketry fire continued.
The B ritish took three Boer positions
on the m ountain and found shelter be­
hind th e boulders.
E x > T r a n « v a a l C o n s u l A r r lv « « .
W ashington, Jan . 23.— Mr. Montagu
W hite, formerly consul to the T rans­
vaal republic a t London, and who, it
is understood, is in this country to en­
deavor to obtain recognition as the dip­
lom atic representative of the republlo
here, arrived in th is city today, from
New Y ork.
L e tte r F rom K ru g er.
London, Jan . 23.— A special dis­
patch from Naples says th a t Mr. Ma-
crtim ia reported to be the bearer of a
letter to P resident M cK inley from
President K ruger, in w hich the latter
proposes peace term s based on th s
Status quo, w ith com plete independ­
ence and a seven years’ franchise.
Y a q u i N a t i o n t o M a le« a L a s t S t a n d .
F ir in g a t L a d y s m ith .
Blew
A d d r .it, O a t r a ic , N sw b erg . O regon.
O p e n in g fn r A m .r lr n n F rw lt.
Berne, Jan . 22.— The hundearath to ­
day abrogated previous regulations and
granted perm ission for the im portation
of dried A m erican fruits, and also fresh
fruits, on condition of th eir exam ina­
tion a t the Berne custom -house.
WALL
T h o u sa n d «
OF
G OL D
ORE.
U pon T h o u sa n d s
In S i g h t .
of
Ton«
P rairie C ity, Jan. 28. — W hat is in
some respects the most phenomenal
gold find in E astern Oregon, is 7 %
m iles south of P rairie C ity, in G rant
county. The w id th of the ledge is 600
feet, and the w alls are broken away for
• distance of more than 8,000 feet,
leaving the ore exposed 160 to 200 feet
in the air. I t is said th a t now here in
the world has such a body of ore boen
fonnd, standing, as th is does, w here no
tunneling is necessary. The value of
the ore runs from $3 to $63 per ton in
gold, and it is free m illing. Thousands
npon thousands of tons of ore, unin-
enmbered by m ountains of d irt and
valueless rock, stand uncovered.
B a t t l e W it h V a q u ls .
Nogales, A riz., Ja n . 23.— News was
received Irom the eonth this morning
th a t G eneral Lorenzo Torres had en ­
gaged the Y aquis a t Macoyata, killing
over 200 and taking 500 prisoners.
F ather B eltrrB and several sisters ot
ch arity who have been held as prison­
ers of w ar by the Y aqnis for the last
tlx m onths were rescued by the victori­
ous Mexican troops and are now w ith
General Torres. I t ia expected th a t
this last im portant victory of G eneral
Torres w ill have the effect of scattering
the Y aquis and w ill resu lt in ending
the war.
K ille d b y E a r th q u a k e .
C ity of Mexioo, Jan. 23.— News is
-reiving from th e interior points affect-
jd by the earthquake Friday n ig h t and
Saturday m orning. Much damage was
done to property in G uadalajara, and
the city of Colim a, capital of the state
of the sam e name, was the scene of
terrific experiences, accom panied w ith
the loss of seven lives. The City of
Mexioo came off oom|>aratively un­
scathed in the earthquake, few acci­
dents occurring here or in the suburbs.
The church of the Three Kings, in th s
suburbs, w as cracked, and w ill be
closed for repair*.
H o w M en W « re A m b u « h e d .
M anila, Ja n . 23.—The escort of 80
men of company C, T h irtieth infantry.
L ieutenant
R alston
com m anding,
w hioh was am bushed near Lipa, con­
sisted of 60 convalescents from the
hospital, who were going to rejoin tha
regim ent. The insurgents hid in th t
bushes along th* road and opened fire
upon the pack train from three sides.
The A m erioans, in addition to their
casualties, were compelled to abandon
the tra in , w hich consisted of 22 horses.
The latter, w ith th eir packs, fell into
the hands of the insurgenta, who pur­
sued th e retreatin g escort for three
ml lee along the road, u n til the Ameri­
cana were reinforced.
W le a r * B «a O b je c ts t e M e rer-
M anagua, N icaragua, Ja n . 28.—-(VIA
Galveaton, Tex., Ja n . 3.)— Th* Nica­
raguan governm ent w ill appoint Jo ee
Ed Rodrigues and Bruno Bruitag* aa
a rb itra to rs for N icaragua in ad ju stin g
the differences w ith the M aritim e
C anal Company. I t is understood the
0 « m « n D lg n a C a u g h t.
C airo, Ja n . 22.— News was received governm ent w ill object to U nited
here to n ig h t th a t Osman Dlgna, p rin ­ State* M inister Merry and Rudolph
cipal general of th a late Khalifa Ab­ Weiner, the com pany’s agent, as repre­
sentatives of th* company in th e arbi­
d u llah , has been captured.
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