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Advertising Bills Collected M onthly.
EVENTS OF HIE
Lord Roberts’ casualties at Paarde-
berg. were 7-1, iu oue day»’ fighting. '
Profits of the Kimberley Diamond
51 iuing Company last j ear were $10,-
000 , 000 .
Democratic officers for minor state
offices in Kentucky have been given
certificates.
Evansville, Jnd., people are heirs to
an estate in the F iji islands, valued at
$ 1 0 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 .
P. D. Armour, Jr., who died tecent-
lv in Pasadena, Cal., left an estate
valued at $8,000,000.
VOL.
X II.
L A T E R NEWS.
The twelfth convention of the Nation
al Republican League has been called
to meet in the city of St. Paul, July
17, 1900.
Frozen meats, supplied to the Ameri
can army in the Philippines, is reported
by officials in Manila to be highly
satisfactory.
A passenger train on the Canadian
Pacific, near Toronto, Canada, jumped
the track, and several members of par
liament were injured.
The Kentucky legislature has passed
a bill appropriating $100,000 to carry
on the work of hunting down the as
sassin of W illiam Goebel.
NEW BERG,
Y A M H IL L
LAW S FOR HAWAII
The Senate Passed the Gov
ernment Bill.
CLAY SPOKE ON THE I’ l l l U l ’ l’ INES
P u e r t o R le o T a r i f f K ill
R e p o rte d
Frau»
tb e H o u se am t M a d e th e U n -
tiu i*Iicd lliis iiie s s .
Washington, March 3.— The bill pro
viding a form of goveurmeut for the
territory of Hawaii was passed by the
senate today without division.
Cul-
lom has had charge of the measure.
Clay, of Georgia, delivered a carefully
prepared speech on the Philippine ques
tion. He favored the adoption of the
Bacon resolution declaring it to he the
policy of the United States to turnover
the islands to the Filipinos ns soon as a
stable government could be established
bv them trader the protection of thia
country. At the instance of Foraker,
the Puerto Rico tariff bill was made
the unfinished business, and w ill be
considered as soon as tiie conference re
port on the financial hill shull have
been disposed of.
In an engagement between Mexicans
and Maya Indians, near Santa Cruz,
600 Mexicans defeated 3,000 Indians.
Indians killed numbered 33.
Filipino insurrection lias not yet
Astoria, Or., physicians urge the peo
The Democrats scored their fits!
ple to exterminate the rats in order to been subdued. The rebels are prepar
ing for the rainy season and w ill carry victory of the session in the house to
keep out the bubonic plague.
day on the motion to take np the con
on guerrilla warfare on a large scale.
Just 19 years after the Boer victory
W illiam Henry, a half-breed Indian tested election case of Aldrich-Robbins,
at Majuba hill, Cronje and 4,000 men
of Coreto, Cal., shot and killed Nettie from the Fourth Alabama district. On
surrender to the British forces.
Smith, a youug Indian woman, and two seperate votes, the Democrats, with
The transport Hancock has airived
then killed himself. Jealousy was the the aid of two Republicans, Mondell
at San Francisco from 51anila, with
(W y o .), nnd H . C. Smith (M ich .),
cause.
the bodies of 505 dead heroes.
beat the Republicans on the question
Forty-three and one-half inches of of the consideration.
An agreement
The president has nominated Ifenrv
snow in 63 hours is the new record was made to consider the Loud bill re
Jl. Miller, of Josephine county, Or., tc
established at Rochester, N. Y.
The lating to second-class mail matter on
be consul at Chung King, China.
railroads are recovering from the biggest March 20. A bill was passed to grant
The British intelligence department fight against the elements they have
an American register to tne ship W ind
estimates the total Boer strength at bad in many years.
ward, iu which Lieutenant l ’eary will
61,893, while England has over 180,
The Cartersville, 111., union miners, make an uttempt to reach the North
000 men.
who have been on trial for the past 40 Pole.
Prince Poniatowski, of San Fran days at Vienna, charged with murder
TRAIN ROBBERS K IL L E D .
cisco, has purchased the island of Basi- ing negro miners, were acquitted by
lan, one of the Philippines, for $500,- the jury. Four other charges are pend
S
h
o
t
b y O fficers W h i l e R e s is tin g ; A r
000. The island is valuable for iti ing against the miners.
re st.
pearl fisheries and hemp trade.
Belief in the efficacy of prayer as a
Kansas
City,
Mo.,
March 8.— Lon
The Baldwin Locomotive Works oi sure cure for disease was the cause ol
Philadelphia, has received an ordei the divorce granted to George E. Curry, oue of the train robbers who was
froom the Palis & Orleans railway ol White, ex-congressman and a wealthy engaged in the W ilcox, W yo., holdup
France, for 30 10-wheel passengei lumber dealer of Chicago, from his on the Union Pacific last June, when
something like $30,000 was secured,
engines. This is the first locomotive wife, Minnie A. White.
was shot and killed by officers near
contract ever placed by the railway in
Tfie Canadian Papermakers’ Asso bere this morning w hile resisting
America.
ciation at Montreal, adopted a scale oi arrest.
The Chamber of Commerce of San
Curry was visiting the home of hia
prices for carload lots, five-ton lots and
Francisco, has appointed a committer
30-ream lots of different grades of aunt and cousin, Mrs. Bob Lee and
to consider the advisability of estab
paper. The increase in present prices Miss Lizzie Lee, in the country, 10
lishing a branch of the New York
miles south of Kansas City, and had
is from 10 to 15 per cent.
American-Asiatio Association, the pur
been there a week.
Thomas Sayers,
British
troops
havu
again
occupied
pose of which is to increase trade with
assistant superintendent of the Pinker
Rens
berg.
the Orient.
ton office at Stm Francisco, discovered
The steamer Australia arrived at San
Joubert opposes Duller with more Logan at Cripple Creek, Colo., two
Francisco from Honolulu. She brings determination.
weeks ago, Imt lost him, and finally
news that after 12 days had passed
An arid land conference w ill be held traced him to Kansas City, where he
without a sign of plague, three easel at Salt Lake April 18.
appears to have arrived February 18.
were discovered on February 19, and
Yesterday Logan was located at the
The
Maya
Indians
are
giving
the
all ended fatally. The victims were
Lee home, and early this morning
Nlexicans
a
hard
tight.
two Chinese, males, and a woman,
three local detectives and three Pinker
half Chinese and half Hawaiian. The
The Puerto Rican tariff bill has passed tons, including Sayers, surrounded the
council has appropriated auother$100,- the house by a vote of 172 to 160.
house and called on him to surrende*.
000 to allow the board of health tc
The
Inniskilling
fusiliers were Instead, Curry darted out of the rear
carry on the work of lighting the caught in a Boer trap at Railway llill door, pistol in hand.
As he reached
plague.
and unmercifully slaughtered.
the gate and turned to fire, a volley
Cronje has surrendered.
Two persons were killed and several from the detectives caused him to
Puget Sound salmon packers have badly injured in a collision between waver. He ran 150 yards across the road
combined.
two passenger trains near Kansas City, and into a cornfield before he foil.
When the detectives reached him he
National Bimetallists w ill meet ir 5Io.
was breathing his last.
There was a
Kansas City in July.
During the carnival procession at bullet wound through his hoad.
His
Caracas,
Venezuela,
two
shots
were
In a battle with the Yaqnis, Mexican
revolver was still clutched in his hand.
troops lost over 200 in killed and fired at President Castro, without Curry was placed in a wagon and
effect.
wounded.
brought to the morgue in Kansas City.
Several Klondikers were arrested in
Esqiiimalt fortifications, under the be
lief that they were spios.
Hamilton II. Grevson, former post
master at Manila, died in Philadel
phia, of hiccoughs.
Two Pittsburg tin plate works have
resumed operations, giving employ
ment to 1,000 workingmen.
Dr. A. Wright, of Buffalo, president
of the American Institute of Homeo
paths, is dead, aged 74 years.
t
Fire in Montreal destroyed the
Theater Francais and nearly an entire
block, causing a loss of $100,000.
Catholics in New York are seeking
the privilege of teaching their religion
iu the public schools at certain hours.
The United States government will
bnild roads and wharves and 2,400
miles of telegraph line this year in
Alaska.
Pugilist Tom Sharkey threatens to
retire from the ring unless he can ar
range a match with Fitzsimmons oi
Jeffries.
The United States supreme eorri
has denied the application of Captain
Oberlin Carter to bring his case into
that court.
The Interstate Commerce Commis
sion’s session at Norfolk, Neb., Is inves
tigating
alleged
discrimination in
freight rates.
In London, the Grand theater, where
Henry Irving and other actors have
been in the habit of beginning provin
cial tours, was gutted by tire.
Admiral Dewey lost his prize money
case, the conrt of claims deciding that
the Spanish fleet in Manila bay was
not superior to the American. He was
awarded $9,750.
Full powers have been granted to
Henry L. Wilson, United States min
ister to Chili, to sign a treaty of extra
dition he has negotiated with the
Chilean government.
Miss Susan B. Anthony recently cele
brated her eightieth birthday anni
versary.
In German cities merchants are not
allowed to put op signs unless the
wording is true.
Prince Henry of Russia was robbed
by bandit« while on his way to visit
the king of Siam.
Col. George T. Perkins, of Akron,
O ., has presented that city w ith 80
acreg of land valued at $ UXt, 000 aa t
playground for children.
■
m aa
gg
la A d v a a e a .
Prospects for the termination of the
Colombian revolution are poorer than
ever.
At Vienna, the Crown Princess Steph
Epitome of the Telegraphic
anie, of Austria, was married to Count
News of the World.
Von Lonray.
The total number of Boer prisoners
captured at l’ aardeberg by the British
TERSE TICKS FROM THE WIRES is 4,660 men.
A party of six American rubber pros
pectors have been massacred by Indians
l n I u t ^rotiti it g C o ll e c t i o n o f I t e m * F r o m
in the wilds of Brazil.
t ’a « T ito H e m i s p h e r e * P r e s e n t e d
lu » C o n d e n s e d F o r m .
N ATES.
One Year......... ..................... .
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8ix M onths....................
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1 hree M ouths........................ ......... .......
All chance of saving any of the Span
R e b e l s S e ek in g ; F u n d s .
ish armored cruisers sunk off Santiago
New York, March 3.— A dispatch to
has gone. The Cristobal Colon has
the Herald from Madrid says:
The
slid into deep water.
The Russian pi ess is clamoring for Filipino junta here says that a special
intervention. They contend it is time envoy from Aguiualdo will arrive in
to end the most infamous war England Paris in March, and w ill go thence to
has ever waged through lust for gold. London and Berlin to seek funds for
the continuation of the struggle against
The greatest fire Newark, N. J., ever American supremacy.
It is declared
experienced swept through the retail that guerrilla warfare w ill he continued
dry gooods district, destroying a score aDd it is hinted that assurances of
of buildings, causing a loss of $1,000,- money to continue the fight have been
000.
received from Europe.
The Swedish mail steamer Rex
F ren ch C annon F a c to ry B urned.
stranded off Lohmergui Island, off the
Le Creusote, France, March 3.— Fire
coast of Germany, during a fog. Five
stewardesses were drowned in attempt broke out yesterday evening in the
famous cannon factory heie whence the
ing to leave the ship.
Boers obtained their powerful “ Long
General Miles says thatC ronje’s sur
render is not a serions injury to the Tom s.” Two enormous buildings, con
lioer cause. He expressed admiration taining gnn materials, stores and a
for the 4,000 patriots who stood off for number of artillery models, were de
stroyed. The losses are estimated at
10 days 50,000 o f the British army.
nearly 1,000,000 francs.
A large
Lon Curry, one of the train robbers number of workmen have been thrown
who was engaged in the W ilcox, Wy out of employment.
oming, hold-up on the Union Pacific
W h e n M e r r it t R e t ir e s .
last June, when something like $80,-
Washington, March 3.— Major Gen
000 was secured, was shot and killed
by officers near Kansas City while re eral John It. Brooke, who has been in
this city since his recent detachment
sisting arrest.
from duty as governor general of Cuba,
Two men who have arrived at Ana has lieen delegated for the military de
heim, Cal., from the Santiago moun partment of the East, With headquarters
tains, report that there have been many at New York.
The change in that
earthquake shocks in tiie section since command will not occn r nntil June
last Christmas. No serious damage is next, when M a^r General Wesley Mer
known to have been done, as there are ritt w ill retire.
General Brooke was
few habitations there.
offered his choice of the commands of
At a meteing in San Francisco, a tbe department of the lakes and the
plan of organization has been agreed department of the East, and expressed
upon by the promoters of the Pacific his preference for the latter assignment.
Commercial Museum. A ll commercial General Merritt’s retirement w ill re
bodies on this coast have been aske . sult in the promotion of Brigadier Gen
to request their congressmen and sena eral E. 8. Otis (m ajor general United
tors to support the pending hill to ap State« volunteers), commanding the
propriate $200,000 for a public mu military forces in the Philippines, to
the g T a d e of major general in the regu
seum at Philadelphia.
lar establishment.
Women sailors are employed in Den
mark, Norway and Finland.
Reports from 45 colleges show dis
couraging religious conditions in but
three.
Booth-Tucker gays God uses America
as a connecting link between other
nations.
Thomas Yates, of Toledo, O., is the
only living American who toek part in
the charge of the Light brigade at
Baiaklava.
Lnt«* W i n t e r S t o r m s .
COUNTY,
BUSH
FIR ES
OREGON,
F R ID A Y ,
IN A U S T R A L I A .
f a s t T r a c t B u r n o l O v . r —S .v e n
P e r is h e d .
P e rso n s
Vancouver, B. C ., March 5 — The
steamer Aorangi, from Sydney, today
brings an account of the most disas
trous bush fires in Victoria experienced
in the last 60 years.
The entire
Warruambool district has been devas
tated, and the damage is estimated at
$2,000,000. The fire broke out simulta
neously iu various parts of the colony,
and burned for two days and three
nights, finally burning itself out the
morning of January 81.
The whole
country between Duukeld and Mort
lake is a mass of blackness.
Seven
persons perished in the flames, which
swept over a tract 40 miles long and
80 miles wide, consuming 1,000,000
acres of grass, six wool warehouses,
2,000 sheep and 1,000 cattle and horses.
The latest news from Noumea prior
to the sailing of the Aoraugi was to the
effect that the plague had again broken
oat among the kanakas.
In almost
every case the disease has proven fatal
to the kanakas, but In the majority of
cases cures are effected among Euro
peans. In five weeks the mortality
has been nine Europeans and 54 kana
kas and Asiatics.
So far, owing to
the strict measures taken by the author
ities to prevent the pest extending to
the country, it has only been reported
at Neponi. The village of Neponi lias
been quarantined. Oue case of bubonic
plague is reported from Tasmania, and
there was also one case at Sydnoy, but
Ixtth recovered. There was a tremend
ous scare all through the Australian
colonies, and rigorous quarantine regu
lations have been enforced, with the re
sult that no other plague cuses have
made their appearance.
The coast defenses of New Caledonia
are lasing strengthened, large sums be
ing expended iu erecting forts on the
hills and in the suburbs of Noumea.
Convicts are being employed in the con
struction of earthworks and batteries.
These public works, ut’ lizing the serv
ices of all the convicts, none of the
latter will for the future he let out to
private enterprise.
The scarcity of labor has necessitated
a cessation of mining operations. The
government has entered into negotia
tions with the Japanese government to
bring over 2,000 Japanese as agricul
tural laborers, and 3,000 for work in
the mines.
The Sydney papers have a story about
Miss Logan, an American girl, 21
years of age, who is termed the “ Hero
ine of the Caroline Group.”
She is
the daughter of the first missionary to
the group sent from Boston by the Con
gregational board of the Untied States.
Rev. Robert Logan died 12 years ago,
and since his death his work has been
carried on by his widow, who was the
first white woman in the islands.
Through illness Mrs. Logan was obliged
to return to the United States, and her
daughter volunteered to remain alone
at the mission.
NEEDS
OF
THE
NAVY.
S e c r e t a r y L o n g S u b m its a S t a t e m e n t
C on gress.
to
Washington, March 5.— Secretary
Long has made a statement to the house
naval committee on the general needs
of the navy and the desirability of not
building new ships in government
yards. As to the new ships, he held to
his recommendation at the time con
gress met, namely, three armored cruis
ers of about 18,000 tons each, with the
heaviest armor and most powerful ord
nance; 12 gunboats of about 900 tons
each, three protected cruisers of al>out
8,000 tons each. As to building war
ships in onr navy yard, 5Ir. Long said
they cost much more than those built
under contract, and took tw ice as long
to build them.
Admiral Dewey suggested to the com
mittee that it leave off the 12 gunboats
and give three new liattleships instead.
He said that the battleships would he
more serviceable, as General Otis had
just purchased 14 gunboats, and had
tamed them over to the navy.
They
wero in fair condition, and the admiral
said that from his experience, he
thought they were just the vessels
needed for service in the 1’hilippiues.
H o l i n g In C h ic a g o S c h o o l .
Chicago, March 5.— The boxing
liouts which were held in the basement
of the South Division High school un
der the sn)>ervisiou of Principal Smith,
find favor in the eyes of the hoard of
education authorities. PresidentG. If.
Harris stated that he saw nothing
wrong in them as long as Mr. Smith
supervised them. Superintendent of
City Schools Andrews not only indorse«
the exercise, but says that he believes
that boxing is the best sport in which
the students can partake.
F ra n ce ’« Naval P o licy .
Paris, March 5.— In the chamlier of
deputies today, while the naval esti
mates were nnder consideration, M.
Lockroy, ex-minister of marine, made
a notable speech, explaining his view
regarding the proper naval policy for
France to follow. He declared it neces
sary for France to make great mone
tary sacrifices for her navy, as her for
eign policy depended upon her naval
strength.
_
B ish op G ilb e rt
!>«*»<!.
St. Paul, Minn., March 5 — Bishop
Gilbert, coadjutor of the diocese of
Minnesota (Episcopal), died bere to
day, aged 52. He had previously been
located in Montana.
9,
1900.
FACING BOER ARMY
MINES
AND
1G.
MINING.
P r o s p e c t in g a n d M in in g In
C o u n try .
Cap.
N om e
Newspapers and private letters re
ceived from Cape Nome via Dawson say
that considerable prospecting was car
ried on this winter. Many miners have
an idea that at and below low water
mark the richest sands w ill be found.
Therefore, as soon as the ice was solid
ly frozen to the bottom of the shore
they began prospecting to solve a
much-vexed question as to the origin of
the gold in the beach sands. Prospect
ing in the tundra warrants the belief
that it is impregnated with gold much
in the same manner as the beach.
Tundra prospecting, the advices say,
had not been carried on extensively,
owing to the difficulty encountered iu
sinking to bedrock on account of water.
The ground freezes to an uuknown
depth, the same as in tbe Klondike,
and if It should prove rich an area ol
country w ill he developed that w ill he
greater than a score of Klondike« rolled
into ono. From what has already been
done, it was said to be reasonable to
predict that the tundra wonld prove
very rich.
Big prospects had been
found in dozens of places, T ig h t from
the grass roots, but the weather has not
yet been sufficiently cold to enable bed
rock to be reached.
Anvil creek is the Eldorado of West
ern Alaska. Claim No. 1 below has
thus far proved to be the banner claim,
and is owned by Japliet Linderherg.
The output has been enormons. when it
is considered that it was worked Imt
six weeks. From this claim $117,000
was cleaned up, while Discovery yield
ed $58,000 iu three weoks; No. 2
above, $30,000; No. 4, $80,000; No. 5,
$40,000; No. 6 was worked, bnt the
pay streak was not located.
No. 7,
owned by Dr. Kittelseu, produced
nbout $30,000; No. 8, belonging to
Price & Lane, $192,000; No. 9, belong
ing fo the Swedish Mission, $08,000;
Nos. 10 and 11, owned by C. D. Lane,
Roberts Moves His Camp to
Osfonteia.
SIX THOUSAND DUTCH NEAR HIM
T h e M a in
NO.
F o r c e I s B e in g C o n c e n t rated
F u r t h e r N o r th U n d e r J o u b e r t ,
W h e r e B a t tle W i l l O c c u r .
London, 5tarch 5.— Lord Roberts, at
Osfonteiu, six or eight miles oast of
Paardeherg, faces the re-formed Hoer
army, from 5,000 to 6,000 strong.
This may be merely a corps ot observa
tion ready to retire on prepared posi
tions. Donhtless it is receiving i ^'’ra
tions from the late besiegers of Lady
smith, and from other points. What
ever the force may be, Lord Roberts
has ample troops to cope with it. As
a heavy rain is falling on the veldt and
the grass is improving, this w ill be a
good thing temporarily for the Boers.
Address,
Oasraic,
New berg, O re , o s.
LODGING HOUSE FIRE
Six Persons Burned to Death
in New York.
INMATES WERE PANIC STRICKEN
It W as
In
th e
C heap
B ow ery
S e c t io n ,
a m i P r o p e r t y L o s s W a s O n ly
A b o u t • * 4 ,0 0 0 .
New York. March 6.— Six persons
were bnrued to death and two were in
jured early this morning in a tire which
occurred in a seven-story lodging house
at 44 to 48 Bowery.
The dead are:
Charles Battle, 40 years old; John
Clark, 60 years old; EdwaTd Doyle, 36
years old; Henry Jackson (colored),
35 years old; one unidentified man
abont 60 years old, Stephen Carney, 76
years old. Martin Gallagher, 53 years
old, was burned about the face and
hands and also removed to the hospital.
Edward Walker, 47 years old, was
burned, bat after having his wound
R r ltls h Cnrnp . 1 O s fo n t a ln .
dressed, remained at the lodging house.
Osfontein, March 5.— The British
The fire was discovered shortly after
camp has been moved here. A heavy
t o ’clock. Smoke was pouring from
rain is falling, the veldt is improving,
the windows of the fifth floor, and the
supplies are rapidly arriving, and the
flames were making rapid progress.
men are in good health, despite the fact
The lodging house was cut up into
that they have been on half rations for
132 rooms, and 90 of these small places
a fortnight. Cecil Rhodes has sent a
were occupied when the fire broke out.
quantity of champagne from Kimber
Policemen sent in an alarm and burst
ley to be drunk to the health of Lord
into the place to arouse tho inmates.
Roberts.
They notified the night olerk, who im
Lord Roberts 1ms published an order
mediately rang the alarms all over the
thanking the troops for their courage
house. The hullways were instantly
and for the zeal and eiidurauce they
filled with a crowd of excited people.
have displayed amid the hardships of a
The policemen forced their way to the
forced march. He says that their for
npper floors in an effort to rescue some
titude and general conduct have been
of the helpless, believing one or two
worthy of the queen’s soldiers.
were overcome with smoke.
They
A slight skirmish occurred severnl
carried oat Thomas Harper, a one-
miles southeast, in w hich Colonel
legged man, and Ed Waker, who bad
Remington had a horse shot under him.
been burned and partially overoome by
The Boer forces on our front are be
the Binoke. Stephen Carney was fonnd
M o w to W r i t e A d v e r t i s e m e n t s .
lieved to he under the joint command
dying on the Hoor in his room, where
The
most
successful
pol
of Botha, De Larey and Dewet. They
the tlaines had already burned the old
icy which can he adopted
are expecting reinforcements from
man’ s face, hands and body, but a
in writing any advertise
Natal.
policeman picked him np and carried
ment is to so word it as to
The guns that were captured at Paar
him out of the building.
win the confidence and re
deherg have been brought here. The
The firemen succeeded in putting out
spect of the reader. If yon
rifles captured have, iu many eases,
the flames without great loss to the
can make such an Impres
scriptural texts engraved upon them,
buildiug. After the fire was out they
sion upon the reader’s mind
for example, “ Lord, strengthen this
began a search. The bodies of all five
that he w ill believe that
arm .”
oi the victims were found on the fifth
yon are in earnest in what
It is sain that just prior to General
flo'jr, whore the fire did the most dam
you say, that you really be
Cronje's surrender there was almost a
age. Buttie was suffocated in his bed.
lieve it yourself, and that
mutiny in camp.
John Clark was found on the floor ot
you are laving the case be
bis room dead, as was also Edward
fore him in a plain, busi
M O N E Y G O E S BACK.
Doyle. The colored man was found
ness like manner, without
dead at a window, and the unidentified
P u e r to R ic a n
D u tie s to B e U se d for
any exaggerations or at
b ta rv h iK l 'c o p t e .
man hud been overcome just as he was
tempts to mislead him, yon
drugging himself from the window to
Washington, March 5.— Two honr»
are nearly sure to gut that
the fire escape. All the bodies were
after the receipt of a special message ot
person’s trade.
taken to the morgue. The damage to
the president recommending the imme
the building w ill amount to about $2,-
diate passage of a bill to place in bis
The plaoe was conducted by
hands all the moneys collected i i |> od were worked on lays, and the Lapland 000.
l’uerto Rican goods since the Spanish ers who worked them got for their Domino Milano, and was & cheap B ow
ery lodging house.
evacuation of the island, to he used foi share $50,000 clear money.
Carney, who died tonight, is said to
the relief of the Puerto ltieaus, had
Severnl quartz ledges have been
been read to the house today, the house located along Anvil, one opposite No. have been a licensed priest of the
had passed and sent to the senate a bill 9, on the right limit, and another oppo Cathollo church.
to carry out the recommendation.
site No. 7, and it ia believed that a
P r e v e n t io n o f F o r e s t F ir e s .
The message came like a holt out of little development work will uncover
Washington, March 6.— Investigation
a clear sky to the minority. They were the mother ledge, and, if found, the of the causes, effects, and means of
at first inclined to hail it with delight output is sure to he enormous.
prevention of forest fires In the West,
as a reproof of the majority for the
Other claims on tributaries of Nome w ill be carried on this summer in
passage of the Puerto Rican tariff bill. and Snake rivers have been prospected Washington, Oregon, California, A ri
The Republican loaders, however, had to a limited extent. Enough has lieen zona, New M exico, Utah, Colorado,
a bill ready to carry the president’s done, however, to warrant the belief Wyoming, Idaho, Sonth Dakota.
Be
recommendations into effort. Cannon that the work of next sninmer w ill re sides field study, designed chiefly to
asked immediate consideration of it, veal Eldurados and Bonanzas by the disoover means of preventing the evil,
and this wus given. It was only when score.
the forestry division is making a his-
the debate opened and it had been
Fire destroyed the store of the North troic record of all important fires which
agreed that 20 minutes should be al American Transportation A Trading have occurred in the United States
lowed on a side that, nnder the lead of Company at Fort Yukon, January 9. since 1754. Although yet Incomplete,
Bailey, of Texas, the Democrats began All the valuable contents of provisions, this indicates that the annual recorded
lining up against the bill, because it dry goods, household goods, lurs and loss by forest burnings in the United
placed no limitations upon the presi everything else in the building was de States is, at the very lowest, $20,000,-
dent’ s discretion iu the use of the stroyed with it.
000. It w ill probably run far above
money. The hill was passed by a vote
this sum, as the Pacifio coast states
of 162 to 197, 13 Democrats, 2 Popu
A D e p a r t m e n t o f M in e s .
have been only partially examined.
lists and 2 Silver Republicans voting
A new cabinet officer, to lie known Accounts of over 6,500 disastrous fires
with the Republicans,
as the secretary of mines and mining, have been obtained in the 17 states
is provided in a bill favorably acted on already examined. Michigan, Minne
H illlon -Ilolla r Trust.
by the house committee on mines and sota and Wisconsin have suffered the
New York, March 5.— A special tc mining. The hill creates an execntlve
most severely.
the Tribune from Wheeling, VV. Va., department, which shall have entire
U s e d W a s S h o t o lf .
says: A combination of iron and stee^ charge of affairs relating to mines, in
industries, with $1,000,000,000 capital, cluding geological surveys.
London, K y., March 6.— Millard
w ill be completed within six months
The pro|»>sed secretary of mines is Hughes was murdered and Henry Blev
from April 1. It will include the to have the same rank and salary as ins and others were Injured last night
American Tin Plate Company, the Na other cabinet officers, and sn assistant at a dance near East Bornstadt, a min
tional Steel Company, the American secretary.
ing town. Leonard Smallwood, Hamp
Hoop & Wire Company, the National
Another mining measure favorably Gregg and others attacked Hughes.
Steel Company (now forming) and an acted upon establishes mining experi Hnhgea’ head was shot off, and Blev
other which is already in existence and ment stations in each of the mining ins and others were bit by stray shots.
which is as large or larger than any of states, similar to the agriculture ex- Smallwood later went to sleep in the
the concerns named. The name of t ris poriment stations, and provides for the room where his victims lay. Today he
latter concern is withheld. This infor appointment of a government geologist and Gregg » e r e arrested as principals,
mation is given by a man who holds at $3,600 and an assayer at $2,600, in and Edward Smallwood, father of Leon
interests in all save one of these com the several mining states.
These offi ard, and hia daughter L iu ie , wet* ar
binations, and who, with W . T. Gra cers are to fnruish assays, issne public rested as accom plices.
ham and Judge Moore, of Chicago, bulletins and conduct explorations of
■ U i o l t mt C o n v ic t s a t C airo.
planned the American Tin Plate Com ruining regions.
Cairo, March 8.— A serions revolt oi
pany and the National Steel Company.
Mining many years ago left the realm 70 convicts at Toormh, tbe great prison
of speculation and now occupies a dig near Cairo, nearly involved 600 other
( I r r m s n r nim I t h . P e . r . ( .'« i n f e r e n c .
nified and important position among prisoners.
Blank cartridges having
Berlin, March 5.— During the debate
the legitimate industries of the world. failed to overawe the malcontents, a
in the Reichstug today on the foreign
As the years pass gambling, as a fea volley was fired from a window oppo
office estimates,
Herr Gramlnaner,
ture of mining enterprises, is fast dis site through the window of the room
Social-Democrat, requested to be in- ]
appearing. While gambling in miniDg occupied by them.
Five were shot,
formed as to the attitude of the govern- |
stocks may continue indefinitely, the and tw o, it is beieved, fatally wounded.
ment in regard to The Hague peace con- j
mining industries,per se, is as free from A ll of them then surrendered and wero
ference.
The minister of foreign !
illegitimate practices as in anv other confined in their cells.
affairs, Count von Bnlow, replied:
business. Ilen oi it should receive the
L s r | * T a n n ery B urned.
"O u r aims are always directed to- |
same interest, fostering care and pro
Carry, Pa.. March 8.— The Western
ward peace, anil it w ill not be broken
tection, at the hands of the general and
Union tknnery. at Spartansborg, and
by us. I can give no guarantee of the
local governments, as do other indus contents were destroyed by fire today.
action of others. Therefore, we must
tries.
With no means of flgting the fire, the
lie armed. We gladly participated in j
the laliors of the (/inference, Imt conld
A commercial club has been organis citizens had to stand helplessly by
not agree to obligatory arbitration, and ed at Vale, Malheur county, Or., to pro watching the only industry of the town
can only decide upon recourse to arbi mote the business interests of the com being destroyed. The loss ia $80,000,
(ally covered by insurance.
tration as cases arise.”
munity.
j
L o n « H ig h way m an.
I m p r is o n e d M in e r s .
Redding, Cal., March 8.— Of the
eight miners who were imprisoned by
yesterday's cave-in in the Iron Moun
tain mine, four were afterwards res
cued, but have died from their injuries.
The dead are: David K. Ross, A. Cav
anaugh, K. i'»«tilIon and Alfred Oates.
The foor still entoinlied are: J. Mc-
Bioom, R. McCalliop, A . Van Huron
New York, March 3.— Reporta from and J. Oates. W hile the work of res
*11 interior points in the state indicate cue is Isdug rapidly pushed, it is w ith
the worst snow storm in many year» out expectation of finding them alive.
(h e blizzard weather is general.
8t. I/m is, March 8.— Every railroad
running into the city, especially from
the West, is suffering as the result of
the heavy fall of snow in the Missis
sippi valley dnring the past two day*.
In St. Louis the streets are deeply cov
ered with snow, and traffic ia much
impeded.
MARCH
Calistoga. Cal., March 5.— The Cal-
When a soldier enlists in the English
isfoga and Clear Lake stage was held uy army he has given him a little volume,
today by a lone highwayman on Mount containing among other things three
St. Helena, six miles from this city. blank forms for a w ill. These are us
The robber secured $J .50 in cash and ually found properly made out on the
Wells, Fargo A C o.’s express box, ; Indy of the soldiers killed on the bat
which is said to hare contained hat tlefield, but often wills are left In other
little of value. The stage was driven ways. It is related that an English
by A. R. Palmer, and it contained four loldier, found dead on the hattlefield,
passengers, three women and one man, had scratched on the inside of his hel
an Italian gardener, who contributed met: “ AH to my w ife,” using the end
the $4.50. The passengers were not ' of a bullet to write with. The war de
molested.
partment held the will to be valid.
I « « p l O n r N ia g a r a F a l l s .
Buffalo, N. Y ., March 8.— Sarcely a
doubt remains that tbe man whose
cries for help were beard coming from
the Niagara river last night was Ashton
Smith, 27 years old, son of Rev. Henry
Ashton Smith, rector of SL Paal’a
Episcopal church, at Fort Erie, Ont.
Young Smith left Fort Erie in a rickety
boat at 8 o ’clock last night, ani at
tempted to row across the sw ift cur
rent of the Niagara to Niagara Falls on
an important errand for a friend. Ha
has uo* 8*an seen since.