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TEESE TICKS FROM THE WIRES
A n In te r e s tin g ; C o lle c t io n o f I t e 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 a C o n d e n s e d F o r m .
V O L.
X II.
The plight of Kimberley is urgent.
The kaiser’s birthday was celebrated
in the usual way throughout Germany.
Buller’s army has retieated to the
south of the Tugela, with heavy losses.
Revolution in Venezuela, under the
leadership of Hernandez, is spreading.
Fire in Minneapolis destroyed a four-
story brick building, causing a loss of
$ 120 , 000 .
It was reported on good Transvaal
authority that Mafeking was relieved
on January 28.
Edgar Oswalt, a 6-year-old boy of
A majority of the senators is against Astona, was run over by a street car
and fatally injured.
the seating of Quay.
Another revolutionary plot in Venez­
The Bank of Deerfield, Deerfield,
uela has been nipped in the bud.
Wis., was robbed of about. $17,000.
Millions in war munitions were im ­ The vault waa blown open by dynamite.
ported through Delagoa bay by the
Fire destroyed the works of the Elec­
Boers.
tric Improvement Company at San
A Boer patrol, mistaking signals, Jose, Cal., entailing a loss of $100,000.
Samuel Gompers, in a conference
was badly cut up by a hot fire from a
with President McKinley, advocated
British kopje.
The headquarters of Generals White in eight-hour law for all government
.'ork.
and Hunter was smashod by a shot
It is said that Lord Roberts favored
from a “ Long Tom.”
Despite reports to the contrary, Web­ leaving Ladysmith to its fate and
ster Davis is to be retained as assistant marching on Bloemfontein, capita) of
Orange Free State.
secretary of the interior.
The surgeon-general of the marine
The steamer Townsend, plying be
tween Seattle and Alaskan |<oints, is a hospital service has shipped to Hono­
lulu 1,900 doses of halffkine prophylac-
total loss near Maine’s Mission.
tic, a plague serum.
Montagu White w ill be received ai
Phil Armour Jr., son of the Chicago
the consular ami diplomatic represent'
m illionaiie, died suddenly near Santa
ative of the South African republio.
Barbara, Cal. Death was due to con­
Secretary Root has issued an order
gestion of the lungs.
appointing a complete new board of
Dr. Leyds, diplomatic agent of the
ordnance, with the exception of Gen­
Transvaal, says the Boers do not need
eral Miles.
Governor Gage w ill call an extra ses­ to apply for mediation, as everything
sion of the California legislature. A was going splendidly.
United States senator w ill probably
be elected.
Captain I. Friedman, who died in
San Francisco recently, left three-quar­
ters of his fortune, amounting to $750,-
000, to charity.
The new ships now being built for
the Oceanic Steamship Company will
be without peers in the Pacific, and
w ill greatly improve the service.
Matt Hilstrom, who killed Luke
Mooers, the Clatsop county logger,
was adjudged insane. The evidence
showed the insanity to be hereditary.
The overdue City of Seattle, has been
reported from Juneau, where she waa
towed by the Cottage
City. The
Seattle’s delay was caused by the
breaking of her propeller.
The transport Pennsylvania, which
sails from San Francisco, w ill carry
funds for paying off the United States
troops now in the Philippines.
About
$1,250,000 w ill be taken.
The captain and crew of 24 of the
British steamer Sutton, which went
ashore on Fenwick shoals, in Delaware
bay, have arrived in Philadeplhia. It
is believed the Sutton w ill prove a
total loss.
In the senate Pettigrew offered a
resolution calling on the president to
send the senate the report of General
Bates relating to the treaty with the
sultan of Snlu. Among other things
the resolution asks whether the sultan
and his officials are under the civil ser­
vice.
Three masked men entered the fac­
tory of Dr. Peter Fahrney & Son, at
Chicago, blew open the safe and escaped
with $1,700 in currency.
The senate committee on Puerto
Rico, has decided that the island shall
be known as Porto Rico, and not
Puerto Rico, as fixed by a recent execu­
tive order.
The weather in the vicinity of Mel
bourne, Australia, has broken all re­
cords for heat recently.
On New
Y ear’s day five deaths occurred from
prostration. The thermometer stood at
114 in the shade, and 156 in the sun.
Cowboys and miners in Southern
Arizona and New Mexico, have organ
ized and are preparing to invade the
state of Sonora, Mexico, to avenge the
murder of the six American pros­
pectors by Mexican soldiers under Gen
eral Torres. They w ill fight against
the Mexican troops for the inde|ieud
ence of Sonora and the Yaqui nation.
Recent Dawson fire destroyed prop­
erty worth $400,000.
Bubonic plague has broken out at Ro­
sario, South America.
A race riot occurred at Coalberg,
Ala. One negro was killed.
In a long article in a Paris paper
Emile Zola defends his father’s honor.
The Alaska mail service w ill be ex­
tended to Cape York
the coming
spring.
The com sing of rabbits was stopped
in Chicago by humane officers.
The National prohibition convention
has been called to meet at Chicago,
June 27.
Mines at Johannesburg havo made
impregnable that city from an attack­
ing force.
The census of Puerto Rico just com­
pleted shows a total of 957,000 innhab-
itants on the island.
Nelson and Roes land have estab­
Methodist missionaries w ill begin
active work in the Philippines to con­ lished smallpox quarantine against
Northern Washington and Idaho.
vert the Tagals.
It is said the pro-Boer meeting at
Count Boni de Caste! lane says he is
almost
going to use his cane on the editor of Washington was conducted
wholly by anti-expansion and anti-ad­
the Paris Figaro.
ministration men.
Toe pope warmly praises the work of
Nearly all the business buildings and
an endowment for a Catholic univer­
many frame dwellings ai the mining
sity at Washington.
towns of Ward and Lafayette, Colo­
The Duke of Teck is dead at London. rado, were destroyed by fire.
He died from pneumonia after an ill­
W illiam Kirk, first mate of the
ness of several days.
American ship Clarence 8. Bement,
The sugar war is to be continued on was murderously assaulted in his cabin
the same lines as heretofore, and no while his vessel was at anchor in Port­
settlement is in sight.
land, Or., harbor.
At Butte, Mont., Dominick Massa, a
Chairman Lacey, of the house com­
painter, mounted a ladder to paint a mittee on public lands, said that it
1 nilding. He grabbed a live wire and w ill be impossible to pass general land
fell dead.
laws for Alaska at this session, owing
Colonel George M. Randall and Col­ to opposition in the senate.
onel James Bell, have been named by
The North China Daily News pub
the president for promotion to the rank lishes an edict, signed by Emperor
of brigadier-general.
Kwang Su, appointing as emperor in
H alf a million dollars is the esti­ his place Put 8ing, the nine-year-old
mated cost of repairing the Olympia son of Prince Tuano. The new emperor
according to the report of the naval w ill ascend the throne Janaary 81.
construction board. The work w ill be
The senate committee w ill report
done at the Boston navy-yard, and w ill favorably on Senator Foster’s Alaska
occupy about a year.
lighthouse bill, making an appropria­
According to the New York Herald’s tion of $300,000, to include a light­
Washington correspondent there is an house at Unamak pass, Foster agreeing
excellent prospect that the Nicaragua to a reduction in the appropriation
canal bill w ill go through this session from $500,000.
without waiting for the report of the
Commander Richard W’ ainwright,
Walker commission.
who was in command of the Gloucester
Mrs. Annie Ellsworth Smith is dead at the battle of Santiago, was presented
at New York. She sent the first tele­ a sword of honor and a silver service
graphic message, “ What hath God by a committee representing the c iti­
wrought?” from the United States su­ zens of the District of Columbia in the
preme court room, Washington, to Bal­ Columbia theater, Washington.
timore.
General Otis reports to the war de-
Two negroes were shot to death and («rtm en t that the Western coast of the
two white men desperately wounded as island of Panay is now open for trade,
the result of an attempt to arrest a ne­ and that the coast of Laguna de Bay
gro murderer at Macon, Ga. J. H. and neighboring sections of the country
Butler, colored, is the man who did w ill also be opened to unrestricted
most of the shooting, and who waa traffic by the and of the week.
himself shot to death.
NEWBERG,
Y A M H IL L
C O U N T Y , O R EG O N,
P r e s id e n t N o w H a « a N e w P la n fo r
P h ilip p in e s .
House Voted Not to Admit
the Utah Polygamist.
MAJORITY RESOLUTION CARRIED
C lo s in g D a y o f t h e D e b a t e —T o te s os
t h e T w o P r o p o s it io n s —R e s u lt R e *
c e lv e d W it h C h e e rs .
Washington, Jan. 27.— The case of
Brigham H. Roberts, the Mormon
representative-elect from Utah, whioh
has occupied so much of the attention
of the house since the assembliug oj
congress, was decided today by the
adoption of a resolution to exclude him
by a vote of 268 to 50. The exact lan­
guage of the resolution was as follows:
“ That under the facts and circum­
stances of the case, Brigham H.
Roberts, representative elect from th«
state of Utah, ought not to have o<
hold a seat in the house of represents
tives, and that the seat to which he
was elected is hereby declared vacant.”
The amendment to expel Roberta
without seating him, offered by Lacey,
was ruled out on a point of order, and
the honse only voted on the resolutions
of the majority and minority of the
committee. The latter— to seat and
then expel Roberts— was defeated, 81
to 244. An analysis of this vote showt
that 170 Republicans, 72 Democrat»
and two Populists voted against it, and
78 Democrats, six Republicans, two
Populists and two Silver-Republican«
for it.
The affirmative vote on the majority
resolution— to exclude Roberts and de­
clare the seat vacant— was divided ar
follows:
Republicans, 168; Demo
crats, 96; Populists, 4. The negativ*
vote: Democrats, 47; Silver-Republi­
cans, 2 Populists, 1.
There were over a score of speaken
today, and the closing speeches on each
side were particularly able. Lanham.
of Texas, dosed for the majority, and
DeArmond, of Missouri, for the minor­
ity.
The announcement of the result o!
the final vote was received with cheers,
Roberts was present throughout the
day, and left the hall after the result
of the last vote had beeu announced.
As he did so, he gave ont a statement
justifying his retention of his plural
wives, on the ground that his moral
obligation was more binding upon bis
conscience than technical obedience to
statutory laws, and saying that there
was littie excuse for the extraordinary
efforts too crush a system already aban­
doned and practically dead. He said
he was a martyr to a “ spasm of preju­
dice.” He would not, he said, attempt
to run for congress again, although he
Would go back home with a light heart
confident of the future.
O ld S la v e r y Q u estio n .
Washington, Jan. 27.— Just at the
close of today’s session of the senate,
a speech delivered by Money, of Mis­
sissippi, on the race question in the
South precipitated a heated colloquy
between him and Chandler, of New
Hampshire, in which the latter allegeo
that the Southern senators, by intern
perate statements, were reopening the
whole Southern question in the senate,
after it was supposed to be dead. Tho
charge which Chandler particularly
noticed was made by Morgan, of Ala­
bama, who is absent at present, but as
it had been reiterated substantially, in
Chandler’B opinion, by other senators,
he declared he did not purpose to per­
mit it to go unreluted. The charge
was made that the civil war had been
precipitated by deigning politicians of
the North for the pur[>ose of putting
the slaves on a political and social
equality with the Southern whites.
Chandler’s refutation of the statement
was made with characteristic vehe­
mence and aggressiveness, hut as no
reply was offered, the incident ended
there.
The urgent deficiency bill, carrying
abont $9,000,000, passed without di­
vision, and practically without debate.
F R ID A Y , F E B R U A R Y
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New York, Jan. 27.— A special to
the Herald from Washington says: The
proposition made by the Filipino leader,
Senor Mabini, for a civil commission
to treat with the Filipinos will not be
considered by the administration until
Aguinaldo surrenders, and in official
circles the general disposition is to re­
gard Mabini’s request as another play
for delay.
It is the purpose of President McKin­
ley to inaugurate a civil goverment to
supersede military rule in the Philip­
pines at the earliest possible moment,
and he is favorably inclined toward a
commission in lieu of a governor-gen­
eral, and is discussing the question ol
available men for such a commission.
If his present plans are carried out the
Filipinos w ill have all of the commis­
sions they want to confer with, for in
addition to a commission for the gov­
ernment of the islands, it is not un­
likely that congress w ill appoint a
joint commission to investigate the is­
lands next summer and report to the
next session as a guide for future legis­
lation.
A great deal of interest was mani­
fested in congressional circles in the
communication from Senor Mabini.
There is some diversity of opinion ovei
the proposition and its feasibility.
Senator Hoar, leader of the anti-admin­
istration forces in this fight, was deep­
ly interested in the proposition.
“ That sounds fair and just,” said
he. "and I do not see hoiv such a propo­
sition can well be declined. As I un­
derstand, all the Filipinos ask is that
congress listen to them before deciding
their fate.”
Senator Lodge, who represents the
administration’s views of the Philip­
pine question, said:
“ It w ill be time enough to talk ol
commissions when these people la;
down their arms and stop fighting our
soldiers.”
Senator Beveridge, a most pro­
nounced annexationist, regards Mabini
as the equal, as a conservative states­
man, of any man in publio life in
America. Of his proposition, how­
ever, the senator said:
“ I would have to study it mort
closely before giving an opinion that
would be of value, but if I were to an­
swer off hand, I would say that il
seems to me his suggestion has been
anticipated by the appointment of the
civil commission which visited the
islands and which did everything pos­
sible to bring about au understanding
with the natives."
John Barrett, former minister tc
Siam, said:
“ Whatever comes from Mabini it
certainly worth considering. I am
inclined, however, to think it is too
late for anything to be done on the line
he suggests. The ouly thing to do is
to go in and complete American victory
and then get to work and help the F ili­
pinos develop the largest amount ol
self-government of which they are capa­
ble.”
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P L A GU E SCARE IN HAWAII.
H ilo
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O p e n R e b e llio n A g a in s t
G o v e r n m e n t.
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Honolulu, Jan. 19, via Victoria, B.
C., Jan. 27.— Up to and including Jan­
uary 15, there were 84 cases of bubonic
plague reported, 17 of whioh proved
fatal. Since that date five cases have
been discovered. The most important
and alarming was that of a white
woman, the wife of George Borman, an
old resident. This case was reported
the 6th. The woman lingered for two
days and then succumbed. This case
created great alarm among the white
people here, and a citizens’ meeting
was called and active Bteps were taken
to district the city, and now a house-
to-house inspection iH made twice a
day and each occupant must be ac
counted for. It is believed that this
plan w ill do more to stamp out the
trouble than any steps yet taken. The
board of health still continues to burn
all infected buildings. About one-half
of Chinatown has been destroyed by
fire. Before the month is ont it is ex­
pected that this plague spot w ill be en­
tirely reduced to ashes.
The town of Hilo has come out in
open rebellion against the government,
R a n » w a y F r e ig h t .
and threatens to resist by force any at­
Wilkesbarre,
Pa., Jan.
27.— A
tempt to carry out the rules made by
freight train on the Central railroad of
the authorities here. Reports from the
New Jersey, coming down the W’ ilkes-
Hawaiian town indicate a condition
barre mountain, this afternoon, ran
Ixirdering on panic among the people,
away. A t the foot of the mountain,
who seem ready to offer mob violence
near the Ashley siding, the cars left
to representatives of the government.
the tTack and were piled high in a big
T O SEE J USTI CE DONE.
wreck. There was dynamite in one of
the cars and it exploded with great
force. The shock was felt for a dis­ A B o d y o f A rm p d and D e te r m in e d Men
In v a d e F r a n k fo r t , K y .
tance of 20 miles. The windows in
Frankfort« Ky., Jan. 27.— A special
nearly every house in the town of Ash­
train liearing more than 1,000 men,
ley were broken. Three men, all of
carrying Winchester rifles, arrived in
them brakemen, were killed, two un­
Frankfort this morning. The men hail
known men were fatally injured snd
from the counties of Bell, Allen, Knox,
several others were badly hurt. The
Harlan, Whitley, Metcalf and Edmon­
dead are: Frank McLaughlin, of Mauch
son. Frankfort is overflowing with
Chunk, aged 27; Michael Bird, of Ash­
visitors, but none except those arriving
ley, aged 22, and W illiam Buckley, of
today carry arms. Governor Taylor
this city, aged 28.
stated to the press representative that
D y n a m it e O u tr a g e a t D e n v e r .
the men were not soldiers.
The men insrehed to the statehouse,
Leadville, Colo., Jan. 27.— Another
dynamite outrage— the fourth since stacked their guns and took np posi­
Sunday— was committed at 4 o’clock tions in groups aliout the building.
this morning, when an explosion in the Adjutant-General Collier states he had
rear of the Western opera house caused no knowledge that the men were com­
slight damage. When the police a r­ ing. Many of the visitors are members
rived, they found two sticks of giant of the state guard.
Ex-Secretsry of Str.te Finley ad­
powder that failed to explode. The
city is greatly excited and a force of dressed the visitors from the step of the
itate bouse. He said the object of the
night watchmen w ill be employed.
gathering was to see justice done. A
P e t it io n F o r M e d ia tio n .
committee was appointed to draft reso­
Brussels, Jan. 27.— Nearly 100,000
lutions. Stephen Sharp, of Lexington,
signature* hare been appended to the
waa chosen chairman.
addrese promoted by M. Le Juene and
C h in e «# K m p o r e r I s D e a d .
other members of the Universal Peace
Society, asking President McKinley to
London, Jan. 27.— According to a
mediate, which w ill he forwarded to special dispatch from Shanghai, it i*
Washington in the course of a fort­ reported that Emperor Kwang Su has
night.
committed suicide.
Berlin, Germany, is to construct an I Brigadier-General Greely, chief of
underground railway costing $25,000,- the signal corps, is steadily recovering
from the injuries inflicted on him by a
000 .
Twenty-three years ago Senator Tel- | drunken expressman.
ler entered the senate. Only three j
The resemblance between Roberts,
senators who saw him sworn in are the polygamist, and Senator Pritchard
still his colleagues— Allison of Iowa, i of North Carolina, is remarkable. They
Cockrell of Missouri, and Jones of Ne­ might be twin brothers. Both are of
vada. In -the intervening 28 yean the same build, have the same cast of
W a r r e n A b a n d o n s S p io n k o p .
Victoria, B. C,. Jan. 27.— Fire to­
over a hundred senators have died. features, wear mustaches trimmed night destroyed one block, principally
London, Jan. 27.— The war office an­
But Mr. Teller, although nearly three alike, and their curly hair might be
all buildings. The loss w ill not ex­ nounces that
General Warren ha,
score and ten, is still strong and vig­ duplicate wigs.
ceed $6.000.
abando’ ed Spionkop.
orous,
i
t
2, 1900.
r*a r*
Important Gathering to Be
Held at Salem.
REPRESENTING
FOUR
STATES
F r u it g r o w e r « , S to ck m en ,
llo p g r o w e n
aud H o r t ic u ltu r is t « W i l l B «
P r e s e n t at M e e tin g .
Salem, Or., Jan. 29.— The farmers'
congress to he held in Salem February
7 and 8 w ill probably be the most im-
(xirtant meeting of the kind ever held
in this state.
The gathering w ill be of more that
state importance, for the agricultural
interests of California, Washington
and Idaho w ill also be represented, ll
will be more than a meeting of farmers,
as that term is generally understood,
for fruitgrowers, stockmen, hopgrow-
ers, horticulturists, in fact, men of all
occupations related to agriculture, will
be present. The congress Is intendec
to comprehend all the departments o'
the diversified agricultural industrial
of the coast, and it is expected that i
permanent organization will be ef­
fected.
This movement was started by thi
Salem chamber of commerce, working
in unison with the state board of agri
culture, and one of the chief objects tc
be attained is the arrangement of date,
of the state fairs of Oregou, California,
Washington and Idaho so that then
will be no oontlict. By such an ar­
rangement horsemen and exhibitor!
w ill be enabled to make the oircuit ot
the coast states each season, and ths
various fairs w ill be improved accord­
ingly.
Secretary
of
State Dunbar has
offered the use of either of the legisla­
tive chambers for the congress, and it
is expected that the meetings w ill be
held in one of these spacions halls.
The date has been arranged ao as to be
convenient for those who may come
from various parts of the state to at­
tend the meeting of the League of Re­
publican clubs, to lxi held in Portland
February 6. Secretary H. B. Thielaen,
of the Salem chamber of commerce,
has prepared a programme for the con­
gress and all who attend the sessions
w ill be assured a rare treat.
MERCHANTS
ARE
PLEASED.
C h a n g e S a tis fa c to r y —T h e y flee B en e fit
C o in in g to Ruaineaa In te re a ta .
Chicago, Jan. 29.— George H. Med-
hurst, a prominent merchant of Hong
Kong, while in Chicago today, on his
way to London, said:
“ The commercial interests of Ho&g
Kong look with favor on the American
rule of the Philippines. In the past it
has been the misfortune of those is­
lands to have been most wretchedly
governed, and in general the conditioni
which have obtained there have tended
to check progress on the part of the
people and the development of the un­
doubtedly greut natural resources ol
those islands. Under the rule of this
country, all those conditions w ill b*
changed, the resources of the island)
w ill be developed, bnsincm w ill ex­
pand greatly and the policy of thi)
country will make them inviting fields
for commercial venture and enterprise.
"Th e business interests of Hong
Kong will nnquestionably be benefited
by these changed conditions and in
other ways we hail the advent of th*
United States into the Orient.”
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T h a t T h e W a r OIBce I s
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London, Jan. 29.-—Seven days ol
fighting have left the main Boer posi­
tion intact, 'and General Bailer 706
weaker, according to the official casu­
alty lists, whioh seemingly do not in-
culde the Spionkop losses, as those last
forwarded do not mention General
Woodgate’s wounding.
England is possessed by a sense of
failure, though not a word in criticism
of her generals and soldiers is uttered.
Not much effort is made to place a hap­
py construction upon General Buller’s
18 words, telling of the retirement
from Spionkop, and there is an uneasy
impression abroad that worse news is
yet to come. At one of the military
clubs tonight, the statement passed
from one person to another that the
war office had received an unpleasant
supplementary dispatch from General
Buller, which was being held up foi
13 hoars.
Spencer Wilkinson, in the Morning
Post, writes as follows of the Spionkop
‘ ‘This is a serious matter, and an at­
tempt w ill not here be made to m ini­
mise it, (or no greater wrong can be
done to onr people at home than to mis­
lead them about the significance of the
events of the war. The right way ia
to tell the truth, as far as we know it .”
Bat the facts from the neighborhood
of the Tugela are scantier than ever.
The censorship now is simply prohibi­
tive, and something is wrong with the
cable«. The break on the east coast
lines has been lepaired, bnt the cable
between San Thome and Lcanda, on
the west coast, is now interrupted.
“ More troops!” is the only suggestion
here as to the way to break the Boer
resistance.
Mr.
Wilkinson regrets
that General Buller has not 20,000
more men, declaring that if they wonld
not make victory certain, his enter­
prise without them is helpless.
The Spectator, dealing with the ne­
cessity of large additional military pre­
parations, says: " I t may be that we
have yet another eycle of disasters in
front of ns.”
The transport Assays arrived at Cape
Town last Friday, with 2,127 officer»
and men. The first portion of the
Seventh division is afloat. Henoe,
with the 10,000 men of this division,
and about 9,000 now at sea, it lies in
the (xiwer of Lord Roberts to refnforcs
General Bnller heavily. This course is
advised by several military writers.
Although England’s nerves are se­
verely tried, her nerve is absolutely un­
shaken, and probably nothing that caD
happen in South Africa w ill change in
the slightest degree her intentions.
She w ill continue to receive bad news,
if it comes, with dignity, and w ill
maintain her determination to w in at
last.
D e p a r tm e n t o f C o m u ie rc «*
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Address, OBApnc, New barf, Oregon.
THE RETREAT SOUTH
Buller's Forces Have Re­
crossed the Tugela.
BOERS
DID
NOT
PRESS
THEM
B u lle r T h i n k . T r a n s v a o le r * H a v e B ee a
T a u g h t to ft e . p e c t f i g h t i n g tfu a l-
Itie e o f H ie T r o o p s ,
London, Jan. 80.— General Bnller
says General Warren’s troops have re­
treated south of the Tugela river. The
Boers say the British lost 1,600 killed
Wednesday. It is believed here thia
includes the wounded. The Boers also
claim that 150 of the English troops
surrendered at Spionkop.
B r itis h L i f t 1500 H o a d .
Boer Head Laager, Ladysmith, Jan.
30.— The British dead left on the battle­
field yesterday numbered 1,500.
AC C OU N T OF THE MO V E ME N T .
D u lle r '«
O ffic ia l D ia p a tc h to t h e
O fllee—T h e F ig h t in g .
W ar
London, Jan. 30.— General Buller’s
dispatch to the war office statea that
Spionkop was abandoned on acconnt of
laok of water, inability to bring artil­
lery there and the heavy Boer fire.
General Buller gives no list of causal-
ties. His whole force withdrew south
of the Tugela river, with the evident
Intention of reaching Ladysmith by
another route.
Following is the text of General Bul­
ler’s dispatch, dated Spearman’s Camp,
Saturday Jan. 27:
‘ "O n January 20 Warren drove back
the enemy and obtained possession of
the southern crests of the high table­
land extending from the line of Acton
Homes and Hongerspoort to the west­
ern Ladysmith hills. From then to
January 25 he remained in cloee con­
tact with the enemy.
B o a r « H e ld S t r o n g P o s it io n .
"T h e enemy held a strong position
on a range of small kopjes stretching
from northwest to southeast across the
plateau from Acton Homes, through
Spionkop, to the left bank of the Tugela.
The actual position held was perfectly
tenable, but did not lend itself to an
advance, as the southern slopes were so
steep that Warren conld not get an
effective artillery position, and water .
supplies were a difficulty.
“ On January 28 1 assented to his
attacking Spionkop, a large hill, indeed,
a mountain which was evidently the
key to the position, but was far more
accessible from the north than from the
south. On the night of January 23
he attacked Spionkop, bnt found it very
difficult to hold, as its perimeter was
to large, and water, which he had been
led to believe existed, in this extraor­
dinary dry season was fonnd very
deficient.
“ The crest was held all that day
•gainst severe attacks, and a heavy
shell fire. Onr men fonght with great
gallantry.
“ General Woodgate, who was in
command of the summit, having been
wounded, the officer who succeeded
him decided on the night of January
24 to abandon the position, and did so
before dawn January 25.
" I reached Warren’s camp at 5 A.
M. on January 25, and decided that a
second attack upon Spionkop was use­
less, and that the enemy’s right waa
too strong to allow me to foroe it.
Washington. Jan. 29.— The question
of establishing a department of the
government to be known as the depart­
ment of commeioe, with a cabinet offi­
cer at its head, has l>een discussed at
considerable length by the senate com­
mittee on commerce. The disenasion
was based upon a very complete report
on the aubjeot prepared by Senator Nel
son.
It la proposed to include in the new
department a bureau of manufactures,
and to transfer from the treasury de­
partment the life-saving, lighthouse,
marine hospital and steamboat inspec
tion service, the bureans of navigation,
immigration, statistics and ooaat and
geodetic surveys; to transfer from the
interior department the commission of
railway, the census office and the geo­
D e c id e d t o W it h d r a w .
detic survey, and from the state depart
P h ilip p in e S c ie n tis ts .
ment the bureau of foreign oommerce.
"Accordingly, 1 decided to withdraw
San Francisco, Jan. 27.— Father Jos« The department of labor and the fish the force to the south of the Tugela.
Algue, director of the Manila observa­ commission are also placed under this At 6 A. M. we commenced withdraw­
tory, the largest of the kind in the supervision.
ing the men, and by 8 A. M., January
Orient, and his assistant, Father Jose
27, W arren’s force was concentrated
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sonth of the Tugela without the loss of
Washington, Jan. 29.— The question
Washington, with manv folios of valu­
a man or a pound of »tore«.
able scientific data, which they hope to of salary and mileage allowed for Mr.
“ The fact that the force should with­
have published by the government. Rolterta is to lie considered by thi draw from actual touch— In some cases
house
committee
on
account.
Then
They have come to America upon the
the lines were less than 1,000 yards
urgent invitation of President Schur- la about $1 ,000 on mileage, and a liki apart— with the enemy in the manner
amount
for
salary,
conditionally
dm
man, of Cornell university, who wai
It did, is, I think, sufficient evidence of
president of the Philippine commis­ Mr. Roberts, but there is some doubt the morale of the troops, and that we
sion, and also by the request of Gov­ as to whether those sums should be al­ were permitted to withdraw our cum­
ernor-General Otis, of the Philippines. lowed. The attorney-general, on appli brous ox and male transports across the
Both of them are Spaniards and cation, has refused to pass on the sub river, 85 yard* broad, with 20-foot
Jesuit priests. Father Algue ia a ty­ ject, as it is not in his jurisdiction, an banks and a very swift current, unmo­
phoon expert, and his companion is an the controller of the treasury has al* lested, is, 1 think, proof that the enemy
authority on earthquakes. They bring referred the matter back to the commit has been taught to respect our soldiers’
with them liesides 12 manuscript vol­ tee on accounte. The latter body wil fighting powers,”
umes on scientific subjects, many valu­ now seek to get at the law in the cast
and reach a decision.
able maps of the Philippine islands.
P la g u e in N e w C a le d o n ia .
Six A m e r ic a n * flh ot.
In v a a tl| a tlo n o f W a r d n a r T r o u b le s .
El Paso, Jan. 29.— The mail tonight
from Guaymas, Sonora, Mexico, brings
the news that a report ia current than
that six Americans, David Cusick, John
Eldredge, George Lunt, Charles Burns,
Lon Webster and Henry Williams,
were shot last week near the foot of ths
Bacatete mountains, east of Guaymas,
by order of General Torres, who is in
command of the Mexican troops now
operating against the Yaqui Indians in
Bacatete range.
It is further reported that the mattai
was brought to the attention of th«
American consul at Guaymas, but th«
latter declined to act. It is said th«
Mexican troop* found the Americans
in friendly intercourse with
the
Yaqnia, whom the tnxip* have aui-
rounded in the range. Some of th*
Americans are known here, and ar*
prospector*. Americans at Guaymas
warn all Americnas to keep away from
Yaqui country.
Washington, Jan. 29.— The housi
committee on military affairs toda;
agreed to proceed with the investtga
tion of the Idaho labor trouble* Febru­
ary 14, and it was arranged that th«
governor and auditotr of the state anc
Major-General Merriam should bi
asked to appear at that time. Sulxer,
of New York, and Lentz, of Ohio, wh<
have been urging the inquiry, are t<
furnish the name* of additional w it
nesses to be ezamined.
D y n a m ite K s p lo d e «! In a T r a in .
Wilkesbarre,, Pa., Jan. 29.— Fiv*
men were killed and eight badly in­
jured as a result of a runaway train
and the explosion of dynamite that fol­
lowed, on the (Central railroad of New
Jersey, at Ashley last night. Ths
complete Hat of the dead la:
Frank
McLaughlin,
brakeman;
Michael Bird, brakeman; Peter Frey,
engine wiper; Charles Haney; one un­
known tramp. Hanley went to the en­
gine house to idle time away instead o i
going to night sebooL
D ia m o n d R o b b e r y la P h ila d e lp h ia .
Philadelphia, Jan. 27.— Diamonds
valued at $6,000 were stolen from thi
safe in the office ol Joseph K. David­
son A Son, manufacturing jewelers
That the thief was in possession of th«
combination ia evidenced by the fact
that there was not a mark on the safe.
Vancouver, B. C., Jan. 29.— From
Noumea, New Caledonia, the steam-
•hip Miowera brings alarming reports
of the ravages of the plague, whioh has
been prevalent there since early in De­
cember. There were 16 deaths daring
the first 10 days following the out­
break. The plague ia attributed to the
filthy quarters of the Japanese, Tonki­
nese and Kanakas. A ll the Kanakas
have been isolated on an island adja­
cent to the town. Up to December 23
there had been no deaths among the
whites, eight of whom had been in­
fected, but nine Kanakas, two Japanese
and five Tonkinese had died of the dis­
ease. Much alarm is felt by the resi­
dents and business ia at a standstill.
The natives believe the plague is a visi­
tation of providence, and that U ia
wrong to take means to check it.
At Pomeroy last week 81 horses were
Samuel W. Nealy, while temperarli; duly inspected, and purchased by the
insane, hanged himseif at The Dalles. government. About as many ware re­
He was 78 years old.
jected.
S e p a r a t io n !.)» la W s s t A u s tr a lia .
Vancouver, B. C., Jan. 29.— West
Australia has a separationist movemem
on the part of the teaidenta of the golc
fields, who are virtually unanimous ir
their desire for severance from the real
of the colony. In spite of the effort«
of the West Australian government tc
throttle the movement, a putitior
signed by 86,000 adnlts has bean dia
patched to London, asking for repara­
tion of the gold fields, with a view to
federation.
Vienna, Jan. 80.— A «erioua view ia
taken in diplomatic circles here of the
situation in China.
The Nena Frei
Preaee thinks that other powers w ill
follow the example of France and send
warships to protect their subject*.
Th* Anatro-Hungarian cruiser Sonta
w ill arrive at Hong Kong in a few day*,
and w ill be at tha disposal of ths
A astro- Hungarian minister at Peking. .
Governor L * ^ . of Guam, reports
tha condition in that island a* highly
mtufactory.