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W. J. Bryan addressed 10,000 people
at Tacoma, Wash.
War tax will not be reduced at this
session of congress.
The Puerto Rican hill passed the
senate by a vote of 40 to 31.
The public debt decreased $0,000,000
during the month of March.
A bill was passed to throw open
Idaho and Oklahoma Indian lands.
The journeymen plumbers of Indian
apolis have struck, demanding an in
crease in pay.
The legislative conncil of Trinidad
has ratified the reciprocity treaty with
the United States.
Aguinaldo is in Singapore. Singa
pore papers mention the fact and pub
lish short interviews with him.
The plasterers of Minneapolis have
been locked oat, pending the settle
ment of their dispute as to hours.
Pearl harbor, in the Hawaiian islands,
will be improved and fortified and
made available for naval purposes.
Mexico’s army convicts will be
abolished by the new secretary of war.
Volunteer service is to be encouraged.
The marine hospital service has sent
an urgent request to congress for an
appropriation of $500,000 to fight
plague in various seaport towns.
The casualties in the Philippine war
since January 1, have been: Ameri
cans, 88 killed, 163 wounded; insur
gents, 1,426 killed; 1,453 captured.
Great preparations for war are going
on in Russia. All messages in regard
to movements of troops are censored
and all officers are denied leaves ol
absence.
The lllinoie Brick Company, of Chi
cago, the brick combine of that city,
has filed with the secretary of state a
certificate of increase of capital stock
from $10,000 to $9,000,000.
The party of scientists under Pro
fessor A. Agassiz, who left San Fran
cisco several months ago on an expedi
tion to the South Seas, has returned.
This scientific expedition went first to
the Pomotos, exploring the northern
part of those islands, a region never be
fore examined by scientists.
After
refitting the vessel at Tahiti, the re
mainder of the Society islands, as well
as the Cook, Savage and the islands
of the Tonga group were explored.
After refitting at Sava, the Ellice,
Gilbert and Marshall islands were ex
plored and the island of Guam was
visited.
Republicans elected their entire ticket
at Cincinnati.
Democrats made several striking
gains in Michigan.
Plumbers of Cleveland are on a strike
for higher wages.
Fire at Newport, Ark., destroyed
property to the amount of $500,000.
Roberts’ communication with Kim
berley has been cut off by the Boers.
No Puerto Rican franchises will he
gTRUted nntil government is estab
lished.
Two small boys of Astoria, Or., were
drowned in the Columbia while out in
a small boat.
Boers captured seven guns and 85C
men in an engagement 17 miles from
Bloemfontein.
Painters and carpenters of St. Louit
are on a strike, pending adjustment ol
their demand for higher wages.
Beri-beri, small-pox and bnbonic
plague are prevalent at Manila, estab
lishing a death rateof over 40 per 1,000.
Webster Davis, assistant secretary o'
the interior, has resigned to go on th<
lecture platform in the interest of tli*
Boers.
Governor Roosevelt, of New York
has signed the bill regaling the Hortoi
boxing law. It w ill go into effect
September 1.
There is a general desire among al'
classes in the Philippines for a speed)
establishment of some form of perman
ent government.
Joe Pete, an Indian, tinder sentenct
of death for murder at Carson, Nev.,
has escaped from custody. He was tt
have been hanged May 4.
Diamonds, jewelry and money to tbt
value of $16,000 was stolen from t
Philadelphia residence, and suepicioi
rests on the coachman, who is missing.
A British steam launch was captured
bv pirates near the Check Heung Shat
district, the pilot of the boat murdered
and the launch and lighter, which it
bad in tow, looted.
In a severe engagement near Bolivar,
Venezuela, General Hernandez was de
feated by General Penaloaa, command
ing the government troops. The revo
lutionists lost 223 killed.
Gov. Smith, of Vermont, owns a pri
vate locomotive. It is fitted with lux
urious accommodations for eight pas
sengers.
There is a scheme to construct a di
rect railroad from New York to Chi
cago, saving 300 miles and makin,
the distance in 16 hours.
As chairman of the board of direc
tors of the New York Central Railroad.
Chauncey Depew draws the snug salary
of $60,000 annually.
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in A d v a n e e .
VOL.
X II.
LATER NEWS.
Emily Coghlan, the actress, died at
Stamford, Conn., aged 36 years.
Half the village of Proctorville, Ohio,
was destroyed by fire. Loss $200,000.
A German scientist has invented a
compound which molts iron in five
seconds.
Boers in Natal are becoming active,
and an engagement with Bullcr is im
minent.
The German flag has been raised over
the Samoan islands of Upolu, Mauouo,
Apolima and Sara.
Captain John Codman, tho famous
advocate of free ships and free trade, is
dead at Boston, aged 86.
The statue of Mund Adams w it. aot
be admitted to the Paris expositon be
cause it is a personal exhibit.
At Pittsburg, Pa., a big eight-story
department store was destroyed by fire,
causing a loss of over a $1,000,000.
Another brother of President Steyn,
of Orange Free State, was captured at
Karee Siding, and is now at Bloem
fontein.
The squadron of the United States
navy, recently formed in Chinese
waters, iB to have its headquarters at
Hong Kong.
Forty people lost their lives at Austin,
Texas, due to an overflow of the Col
orado river. Property destroyed ex
ceeds $3,000,000.
Walter FI. Groffe, the defaulting
cashier of the Adams Express Company
at Dayton, Ohio, who left the city
October 6 last, taking with him $3,000
of the corporation’s money, has been
arrested in San Francisco.
The sitution in Ashantee is unchang
ed. A Coomassie runner reports that
all the Ashantee tribes are iu arms, the
king of Bekwal alone remaining loyal.
It is believed that the Ashantee golden
stool has been found and that the rising
is due to the endeavor of the governor
of the colony, Sir Frederio Mitchell
Hodgson, to take possession of it.
The American Plate Mirror Company
was chartered at Harrisburg, l ’a., with
a capital of $50,000,000.
This com
pany is composed of well-known plati-
glass men, and is looked upon as tin
beginning of a determined move on the
part of the American plate-glass men
to wrest the trade in this country for
plate mirrors from foreign manu
facturers.
Senator Tillman, from the committee
on mines and mining, reported the
bill providing for the utilization of a
part of the proceeds of the sules of pub
lic lands in support of schools for min
ing in the public land states.
It pro
vides for the appropriation of $10,000
annually for the present in each case
and the gradual increase of the amount
to $20,000.
The Republicans elected 19 out of 85
aldermen in Chicago.
Admiral Dewey has announced him
self as a candidate for president.
Genreal French has given up his
chase after the retreating Boers.
Boston is agitating the question of
prohibition of ringing church bells.
The United States building at the
Paris exposition will be closed on Sun
days.
Queen Victoria landed at Dublin.
Ireland, her first visit to the island in
39 years.
A temperance movement has been
inaugurated in Mexico, owing to the
increase of drunkenness.
Admiral Dewey’s collection of curios
and trophies, at his request, w ill be
placed in the Smithsonian Institute.
Turkish tower at the I’aris exposition
obstructs the view of the United States
building and Commissioner Beck has
protested against it.
The Vanderbilts and Morgans now
have plans almost perfected which
will give them absolute control of the
coal supply of America.
Forty-four young men of Thurston,
Or, have petitioned the military board
for the organization of a company of
the National Guard at that place.
The mammoth auditorium in which
the Democratic National convention
was to have been held on July 4, was
burned to the ground, entailing a loss
of $350,000.
At Logansport, Ind., 160 masked
men blew np two bridges and burned
two toll houses on the Logansport and
Burlington pike at midnight.
The
road is the only pike in the county,
and protests have been directed against
high toll and the alleged had condition
of the pike.
Michael J. Dady, the Brooklyn con
tractor who obtained from the Spanish
city goverment of Havana a $12,000,-
000 contract for sewering and paving,
has received a letter from Governor-
General Wood, informing him that hia
plans for the construction of sewsra and
the paving ot the city of Havana are
disapproved and rejected.
The newly organized American
Match Machine Company, • New Jer
sey corporation, is about to enter into
competition with the Diamond Match
Company, known as the match trust.
The new company does not intern! to
confine its attention to the trade ot the
United States, but will make a vigor
ous fight for European trail«, through
the sale of rights.
A national congress of mothers is to
be held at De* Moinee, la., May 21-25.
The department of agriculture will
plant 100,000 rubber trees in the Ha
waiian islands.
At Lady Lansdowne’a concert in
London, Mme. Patti ie said to hava
worn diamonds worth over $1,000,000.
NEW BERG,
Y A M H IL L
NEARING MAFEKING
C O U N T Y , OREGON, F R ID A Y , A P R IL
AMBUSHED
BY OUTLAWS.
T h r i l l i n g e x p e r i e n c e o f T w o h’. w
lo o O fficer*.
M ex-
13, 1900.
CAPTURED BY BOERS I
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SANNAS
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Phoenix, Ariz., April 7 .—The fol
POST
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and
In v ariab ly
Oregon.
FLOOD AT AUSTIN
Brandford, Orange Free State, April
lowing details of the ambushing of
R elief Force Unable to Reach Officers Scarborough, of Deming, N. Roberts Loses Five Compan 9.— Burghers who are returning from Sw ollen Colorado River Car
the scene of the Saunas Post ambuscade
M., and Birchfield, by outlwas iu the
Besieged Town.
ies o f Infantry.
(also referred to as Karre and Korn
ried A way the Great Dam.
Chirucusa mountains, have been re
BOERS REPULSED TWO ATTACKS
R o b e r t * S a v in g H i* C a v a lr y a n d T r a m -
p o rt A n im ala for th e F o r
w ard M arch.
London, April 7.—A special dispatch
from Lurenco Marques says sharp fight
ing occurred April 2, in the neighlior-
hood of Mafekiug. The garrison made
a sortie, while Colonel Pluiner’s cavalry
attacked the Boers at Kainatlabama.
Both attacks were repulsed.
Twenty
of Colonel Plumer’a men were found
dead on the field, and six others were
made prisoners. The federal losses
were small.
ceived here.
The outlaws discovered that they
were beiug followed and laid a trap for
the officers, who walked into it. As
soon as they came within rille range,
the party of three baudita opened tire.
The first volley wounded carborough
and Birchfield, one shot striking Scar
borough in the leg badly shattering the
bo ie; another struck Birchfield iu the
le< arm. Both men were disabled.
The wounded officers held the outlaws
at hay, although hard pressed, several
times. A continuous firing was kept up
until dark.
In the meantime, Birchfield managed
to build a rude rock fort iu which he
placed Scarborough, and as soon as
darkness prevented his movements
from being observed by the bandits, he
slipped away, secured a horse and went
for assistance. Returning at daybreak
he found Scarborough still alive and
holding the fort, but suffering intense
pain from his wound and exposure, it
having rained uud snowed all through
the night. The party arrived at San
Simon at 2 o ’clock yesterday afternoon
with Scarborough, and he was sent to
his home in Deming. His wound will
probably prove fatal.
A large posse has started in pursuit
of the outlaws, who have evidently
gone further back in the mountains,
where it will he almost impossible to
dislodge them.
Gaberones, Bechuanaland, April 7.
—Colonel Plumer, with a force of Brit
ish mounted infantry, started on a dar
ing march, March 25, with the object
of threatening the Boer linesof commu
nication. After rapid night marches
through the Transvaal territory, they
arrived at dawn, March 27, within 12
miles of Zecrust, and distinctly heard
the bombardment of Mafeking.
Having reconnoitered the country
with the view of future operations,
without sighting a single white man.
Colonel Plumber crossed the railroad
south of Lobatski, which he found in
possession of a Boer force, and returned.
Then, finding the railroad hence dam
NEWS FROM HAWAII.
aged by General Snyman’s main force,
he returned to the vicinity of Mafe T w o F r e s h I M a g u e C a s e s R e p o r t e d
M arch 25.
king. Humors reached here that a re
Honolulu, March 80, via San Fran
lief column is approaching Mafeking
cisco, April 7.—Two cases of plague
from the south.
were reported March 25. One was a
R o b erta' In activ ity .
Japanese fisherman, the other a white
London, April 7.—Detached bodies man named John Hurley. Since that
of Boer horse, numbering from 500 to date no cases have appeared.
1,000 each, have appeared at several
Word has reached here that the dis
places to the south and eastward of abled steamer Cleveland reached llilo
Bloemfontein, threatening the railroad, safely March 28. The distance of 400
but communication by wire and rail is miles was made under sail in 10 days.
not in the least affected. One of these
Three hundred or more steerage pas
forces is near Blast Spring fontein, on sengers will probably sail from here on
the Bloemfontein railroad, and General the next steamer for San Francisco.
Gatacre’s forces are repoi ted to be about Dr. Carmichael has decided that, in
to engage it.
view of the recognition now given the
Lord Roberts, except to safeguard the prophylactio as a preventative remedy,
railroad, seemingly declines to send effective for from 80 to 40 days, he will
colnmns chasing the Boer bands. He give permitB for steerage passage to
is reserving his cavalry and transport persons who take the prophylactic and
animals for the forward march.
Ex- are in good health, have their baggage
planations at the war office as to why disinfected and are otherwise under
Roberts is inactive is that there has sanitary conditions.
been a lack of horses for remounts, hut
A riot occurred at Bauhaua planta-
now horses are arriving by train loads tiou March 17. A captain of police
hourly. The pressure on the railroad and four officers arrested eight Japanese
is so great that private parcels and the for gambling. About 200 Japanese,
officers’ newspapers have not been for armd with cane knives ami clubs, sur
warded from Cape Town for three rounded the officers and forced them to
weeks. The situation in the F’ree State release their prisoners.
remains far from clear and is unsatis
A disastrous cane fire swept over 530
factory to British observers.
arces on the Hawaiian Commercial &
The sickness among the Boer prison Sugar Company’s plantation March 20.
ers at Simonstown continue to increase.
WRECK CAUGHT
C o m b in atio n of Jobber*.
FIRE.
S erio u s A c c id e n t on t h e F o r t
D enver Road.
W orth
&
Fort Worth, Tex., April 7.—One ot
the most serious wrecks in the history
of the Fort Worth A Denver City road
occurred this moruing at a point just
south of Magenta, 376 miles north of
this city. As a result, two men are
known to lie dead, and several others
injured. The dead are; John F. Dane,
mail clerk ,of Denver; John J. Knntz,
passenger, residence unknown.
The
injured are: A. M. hcroggin. Inde
pendence, la., slightly; Frank Lane.
Fort Worth, face cut, not seriously;
James F'rench, injuries unknown;
Herbert Bonehreak, brakeman, El
Reno, O. T., fractured ribs; Engineer
McNeil, slightly injured; Fin man
Dubbs, slightly injured.
At the time of the accident the train
was running at full speed, when it
■track a defect in the track, caused by
a partial washout. The entire train
was ditched, the cars beiug piled in a
promiscuous heap. To add to the hor
rors of the wreck, a fire started in the
debris, consuming the entire mass ol
wrecked cars. Many passengers who
managed to extricate themselves were
badly injured. Mail Clerk John F.
Dane, of Denver, was buried beneath
the mass of wreckage, and was burned
to death. It was reported that Ex
press Messenger J. B. Chapman was
killed, but later reports say he is safe.
The loss to the railroad company will
be heavy, as the entire train was
burned.
I r o n a n d S teel P rofit*.
New York, April 7 —The annual re
port of the Hloss Iron A Steel Company,
which is now owned by the Sloss-
Sheffield In n A Steel Company, showi
earnings for the year ended January 80,
1900, of $802,667, which, after deduct
ing $263.753 for interest and taxes,
depeTciation and renewal fund, leavei
$538,914 net profits. Out of this «
dividend of 1 % per cent was declared
in March. Practically all of this divi
dend goes to the Sloss-Sheffield Com
pany, as the latter now owns all bnf
80 shares of the 50,000 shares of tht
capital stock of the Sloss Iron A Steel
Company.
Mrs. Grant Allen, the widow of the
novelist, is about to open a bookshof
in London.
San F’rancisco, April 7.—The case of
the St. Louis petitioners was taken up
today belore the interstate commerce
commission, and considerable evidence
was introduced in support of their ap
plication for a smaller differential in
freight rates between the Middle West
and the l’acifio coast.
Hardware
merchants from Petaluma, San Jp e
and Oakland were before the commis
sion today, and their testimony was
directed to the allegation that Pacific
coast jobbers have united in a combin
ation to restain trad« by shutting out
Eastern and Middle West competition,
thereby forcing np prices.
Several
witnesses testified to their belief that
such a combination existed.
D i * t u r b a n c « * In P a n a m a .
Denver, April 7.—Snow has beet
falling all over Colorado for the past 24
boon. The warm weather makes the
snow so soft that it clings to trees and
electric wire«, breaking them down
Much trouble has been experienced is
this city. Telephone, light end trolley
wires ere down in various parts of th«
Gen. John J. F.lwell, a hero of the city; many telegraph and long-distant*
civil war. died at Cleveland, O. Hia telephone line* have been disabled
military service extended from 1361 to The street cars are • topped on many
1866.
lines in this city.
G e n e ra l V illeb o is M a r n ili, a F re n c h m a n
Iu t h e D u t c h A r m y . K i l l e d In »
F i g h t W i t h M e t l i u e u ’* F o r c e * .
London, April 9.—Lord Roberts re
ports that five companies of British
troops have been captured by Boers
near Bethanie. The following his the
text of his dispatch to the war office,
announcing the capture;
“ Bloemfontein, April 9.—Another
unfortunate occurrence lias occurred,
resulting, I fear, in the capture of a
party of infantry, consisting of three
companies of tho Koval Irish l-'usiliers
and two companies of the Ninth regi
ment of mounted infantry, near Red-
dershurg, a little eastward of the Beth
anie railway station, within a few
miles of this place. They were Bur-
rounded by a strong force of the ene
my, with four or five guns.
“ The detachment hold out from noon
of April 8 until April 4, at 9 . M., and
then apparently surrendered, for it is
repotted that the firing ceased at that
time. Immediately after 1 heard the
news, during the afternoon of April 3,
I ordered Gatacre to proceed from
Spring fontein, his present headquarters,
to Reddershttrg with all possible speed,
I dispatched the Camerou Highlanders
hence to Bethanie. He arrived at Hed-
dersburg at 10:80 A. M., without oppo
sition, hut could get no news of the
missing detachment. There can he no
doubt that the whole party lias been
made prisoners.”
The lost companies are probably a
part of the force guarding the railroad
at Bethanie, 80 miles south of Bloem
fontein. The Boers are evidently oper
ating in force near the railroad, and
there is a possibility of the lines beiug
interrupted for a brief period at any
time. As the captured British soldiers
were in a position to defend them
selves for nearly 24 hours and were
then forced to surrender, the fighting
must have been severe.
The Boers were in force yesterday
five miles from Jagersfontein, situated
60 miles up from Bloemfontein. They
had a brush with British patrols.
O . n , V ill e b o is M art-n il K ill e d .
London, April 9.—The war ofiice re
ceived the following dispatch from
Lord Roberts, dated Bloemfontein,
April 9:
“ Methuen telegraphs from Ilosliof,
in the Orange Free State, a little north
east of Kimberley, as follows:
" ‘Surrounded General Villebois
Mareull and a body of Bucrs today, and
they could not escape. Villebois and
seven Boers were killed, eight wounded
and 50 are prisoners.’ ”
WORK
A m erican
OF
REVOLUTIONISTS.
Connul S trung
Up
T h u m b * In P e r u .
by
th e
Chicago, April 9.— A sjiecial to the
Record from Washington says: Edward
Gottfried, of WilkesliHrre, l ’a., late
consular agent of this government at
Truxillo, Bern, in a sworn statement
which he has filed with the state de
partment, asserts that in the summer
of 1898 at Hnamucho, 50 or 60 Pe-
ruvian revolutionists dragged him
half dressed to the public square,
where they demanded that he produce
6,000 sols (between $3,000 and $4,000)
and 25 rilles within 15 minutes or sub
mit to chastisement in what iB termed
Peru the “flying stocks.”
Gottfried says lie protested that he
was unable to comply with the demand
and was immediately knocked down
with a blow from a gun and over|siw-
ered. His thumbs were tied together
with thongs and his hands twisted hack
of his head. Heavy rilles were inserted
between the inverted ellxiws and his
head a nit in that poaition he was strung
up. Iu a short time tiie agonizing
pains rendered him insensible. The
administration will demand restitution
and an apology.
New York, April 7.—A special to
the Herald from Washington says;
"It ie now admitted that the diturb-
ances in Panama, Colombia, are seri
ous, and the authorities are beginning
to pay attention to them. Mail serv
ice lias been interiopted inconsequence
of the operations of the troops, and it
was reported today that there had been
fighting in the streets of Panama. In
quiry at the department of state, how
ever, failed to elicit any information
BURMAH FRONTIER FIGHT.
on this point.
"A revolution in Colombia is of
eipecial importance to the United B a t t l e B e t w e e n C ' l i l n e n e R a i d e r * a m i
t h e B rillah P o lic e .
States, because of the guranteee made
Vancouver, B. C., April 9.—Oriental
by this government to preserve free
papera state that Chinese official enmity
transit between Colon and Panama.”
towards foreigners is being specially
N ew C uban R ailro ad .
directed against British citizens in
New York, April 7.—A strong syndi China. Instigated, it is said, by ltus-
cate has been formed for the pnrpose of sian suggestions, the Chinese have
constructing a railroad extending the lately been especially troublesome on
length of Cuba, a distance of about 800 the Bnrinah-Chinese frontier, where a
miles, as stgin as the necessary authori medical officer and an assistant com-
ty can be obtained. The fall amount miaaioner were murdeied.
of capital r e q u i r e d for this undertak
A story was brought by the Empress
ing, it is understood, has already been of Japan from Yokohama today of a
subscribed by the syndicate, which is series of additional Chineae raids on
headed by Sir William C. Van Horne. the Buriuan lioundary, culminating in
a battle between 500 Chinese and 75
N . t P . r e . ’* H i n i t l l p o x S i t u a t i o n .
military police under District 8:i|>er-
Washington, April 7.—The officers intendent Hertz, of Rangoon.
The
of the marine hospital service have Indian military police, with 50 Gnrk-
consented to handle the smallpox situ h is, attacked tiie main body of Chinese,
ation on the Nez Perce’« settlement in killing 84 and capturing their guns,
Idaho. They will co-operate with the jingals sn 1 banners.
The Chinese
agents and inspectors of the Indian leader was among the killer). Six of
bureau, and will establish detention the British forces, including two ofll,
camps and do whatever else 1« necesary cera. were wounded, only one seriously.
to stamp out the disease and prevent The scene of the battle was eight miles
its spread.
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on the Hannah aide of the frontier.
R ti nl ii e« « B l o c k B u r n e d .
K now in C o lo r a d o .
SURROUNDED BY A LARGE FORCE
Menominee, Mich., April 7.— Fire
today destroyed the Spies building, the
largest business block in the city.
The loss on the building is $60.000; in-
■•ranee, $12,000. The total loss, in
cluding the losses of films occupying
the block, is estimated at $200,000.
Spruit) furnish interesting details of
the occurrence. It appears that when
the first retreating British wagon en
tered the drift theambuscaders shouted
“ llauds up,” removed the officers and
let the cart through. The process was
repeated several time«, until the wag
ons arrived in a bunch, when the ruse
was discovered ami a disorderly fight
followed. In one cart were two offi
cers, to whom Commandant Dewet
shouted “ Hands up.” One of them
obeyed, whereupon the ohter shot his
comrade dead, refused to surrender,
and was immediately shot.
The
burghers lost three men killed and 110
wounded, including a field cornet.
Among the wounded was Dutch M ili
tary Attache Nix, who received a bul
let in tho chest. »Altogether the Boers
captured 389 prisoners throughout tho
day.
The significance of the battle mud
not be underrated. It was fought by a
force of Free Staters, on a fiat plain,
and without shelter. The Free Staters
are now desirous of marchugou Bloom-
fonten, and the Transvaal office: s are
anxous to emulate the successes of
their late allies. All the Southern Boer
forces have now formed junctions with
the main Boor army, and form a large
foroe of veterans. The burghers, who
were prevously short of food, now liuve
plenty. Commandant Dewet sent tho
British guns, wagons and prisoneis to
Winburg.
Perhaps of greater importance than
the victory is the capture of British
secret papers, including maps and
plans of 1897, 1898 and 1899, outlining
elaborate schemes for the invasion of
the Orange Free State and the .Trans
vaal, and giving a plan fur reaching
Johannesburg from Mafeking along Dr.
Jamieson’s route, amended so as to
avoid mistakes.
Another gives the
plan fora march from Bloemfontein to
KroonHtad.
Advices from Vienters-
herg, l’rieska and Kouhardt show the
colony is full of rebels. The Keuhardt
rebels are marching on Calviuia, and
others are on their way to Fourteen
Streams.
A dispatch box was found at Saunas
Post containing outlm signed by Free
Staters. The signors have been sent
for in order that the gc. al may ex
plain the invalidity of oaths under
compulsion.
APPEAL
P rev alen t
TO
THE
S teyn** S p e e c h
H tute H a n d .
POWERS.
to
th e
F ree
Pretoria, April, 9.— In his speech at
the opening of tho Free State Hand,
President Steyn declared that, in spite
of the surrender of Bloemfontein, lie
had not lost tho hope of the triumph of
the republican cuuse.
The war, he
■aid, was forced upon the Transvaal,
and nothing remained for the Orange
Free State hat to throw in its lot with
its sitser republic, iu accordance with
the terms of the treaty. The war, he
continued, was begun with the objectof
maintaining the independence secured
with tht blood of the forefathers of
the nation, and had been so successful
that it had caused the greatest wonder
throughout the world, and even to the
Boers themselves.
After paying a tribute to the memory
of General Jouhert, Steyn said the Brit
ish, notwithstanding their overwhelm
ing numbers, were violating the flag ot
truce and the Red Cross, and he was
compelled to report the matter to the
nentral powers. The president further
remarked that the attempt to creute
dissension among the burghers by issu
ing proclamations hail failed. Refer
ring to the correspondence between the
South African presidents and Lord
Salisbury, Steyn proceeded:
“ Not only were those efforts made,
hnt the republics dispatched deputa
tions to Europe and America to bring
the influence of the nentral powers in
order to secure cessation of bloodshed,
and I greatly desiro that these efforts
be crowned with success.”
GOES TO CONFERENCE.
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THIRTY OR FORTY LIVES LOST
S im ila r to
th« J o h n sto w n
D isaster—
G r e a t L o s * t o P r o p e r t y —P a r t o f
t h e C ity I n u n d a t e d .
Austin, April 10.—This city is to
night io pitch darkness, with a raging
river, one mile wide, swollen far be
yond its natural hanks, roaring and
surging through all the lower portion
of tho town, having spread death and
destruction in its wake.
In addition
to the vast loss to property interests, it
is calculated that between 30 and 40
lives have been sacrificed, and the re
ports coming in from the tributary
country tonight do not tend to improve
matters. The flood is not unlike the
disastrous Johnstown Hood of some
years ago, in that a raging river,
already swollen far beyond its capaci
ty, bore to heavily upon an immense
dam spinning a river, breaking it and
letting loose a reservoir of water 30
miles long, half a mile wide and 60 feet
deep, to aid in carrying destruction
down the valleys of the Colorado river.
The great dam in the Colorado gave
way at noon from the enormous pres
sure of water and debris, and with a
roar and crash swept the valley below
the oity, wrecking the immonse light
and power plant and drowning eight
workmen.
Last Wednesday night it began to
rain very hard at this place, the storm
extending north of here along the
watersheds of the Colorado river. The
precipitation continued until this morn
ing, the downfall averaging six inches
within an hour. All thiB vast quantity
of water all along the watersheds of
the Colorado river rapidly swelled the
current until at 8 o’clock this morning
the river, whioh had been rising steadi
ly since last evening, was a raging tor
rent, having risen 40 feet within 10
hours.
After daylight this morning it be
came evident that the situation was
serious. The river began to rise so
rapidly that it became evident that
the dam, power house and contents,
costing $500,000, were in imminent
danger. To add to the danger of the
situation, small frame houses, trees and
debris of every description comineuced
descending the river, and piled up
against the upper face of the dam.
This weight was augmented every
moment uutil by 10 o’clook there was
a mass of debris lodged agaiust the
dam which threatened the safety of the
structure. In addition, millions of
gallons of water, muddy from its long
journey, was whirling and plunging to
the 60 foot fall, and it was evident that
no wall could withstand the immense
pressure.
B rea k in g of th e D am .
The crisis came shortly after 11
o’clock, when suddenly, with a teport
like the mar of the ocean, a great
wedge, 25 feet high, 600 feet wide, and
about 8 feet thick, rolled out of the
center section of the dam, down the
face of the 60-foot fall, deep into the
river below. This left a hanging gap
in the very middle of the dam, through
which the debris and water fiercely
poured, while the flood, already raging,
was threatening everything in its path.
The released water poured into the
power house, catching eight employee
at work there, drowning all of them.
Within a short time all the valley*
to the south and west of Austin were
filled to overflowing with water, and
the aontheru portion of the city, tribu
tary to the" river, was inundated.
Large crowds collected on the river
banks, and several persons were swept
into the river when the dam broke, hot
all were saved by boatmen.
A crowd of white people, numbering
about So, living just below the dam in
tents, were seen at their habitations
just before the dam broke and have
not been accounted for since.
It is
generally lielieved that all of them
were swept away.
A family of six negroes living in the
valley south of the city are known to
have been drowned.
It is estimated that more than 100
houses have been destroyed, and the
loss to property w ill be great. The
breaking of the dam engulfed the old
water company’s plant below the city,
•nd it is tonight lying 15 feet under
water, while the city is in darkness and
without water.
Washington, April 9.—The house,
sfter four days of debate, today passed
the substitute for the senate hill pro
viding for a territorial form of govern
ment for Hawaii. Tho bill now goes
to conference.
The meet interesting feature of the
days’ proceedings was the attempt of
Hill, of Connecticut, to secure the
adoption of two amendments, one pro
/
viding for a'resident commissioner in
stead of a delegate in congress, and the
C a u s e d a H erlou* T r » i n W ritck .
other declaring that nothing in the act
Laredo, Tex., April 10.—The north
should be interpreted as a pledge of bound passenger train which left here
statehood. Both were overwhelmingly ever the International A Great North
defeated.
ern railway this morning, was wrecked
bv the spreading of the rails near Two-
Delme, of Kentucky, today gave no hig, about noon. The entire train, ex
tice that he would move to refer the cept the engine, went into the ditch.
credentials of ex-Henator J. C. 8. Mail Agent Sobright was seriously in
Blackburn, as a senator from that state, jured, and several others seriously hurt.
to committee on privileges and elec Further details have not been received
tions. During the greater part of the here.
session the senate had under considera
The Rio Grande lias come to a stand
tion the Indian appropriation bill. at 26 feet, without damage to the
Bullivan, of Mississippi, delivered a bridges here, hut the waterworks ma
speech in favor of seating Hon. M. 8. chinery is submerged, and the crops
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along the river have been destroyed.
L e h ig h L a b o rato ry B urned.
» o l d M i n e s ( . a i d OiT.
r i * n o and O rg a n F a c to r y B u rn ed .
Bethlehem, P»., April 9.—The physi
cal laboratory of Lehigh University,
one of the largest iu the country, was
burned today, and all its scientific ap
paratus was destroyed. The loea on
the building and contents is $200,000;
insurance, $50,000.
Grippie Creek, Colo., April 9.—Two
hundred miners have lawn laid off at
the Portland mine on account of the
high rates demanded by the smelters
for the treatment of gold ores.
Chicago. April 10.—Fire today partly
destroyed the piano an< organ factory
of the M. 8. Schurz Copmany, corner
Morgan and Superior street!, entailing
a lose of $50,000, covered by insurance.
The cause is thought to have lieen spon
taneous combustion.
New York, April 7.—The jnry in the
T ra g ed y on a C alifo rn ia F arm .
oaN of Olga Nethersole and others, ac-
8t. Helena, Cal., April 9.— W, 1!.
ensed ef maintaining a nuisance in per Alexander, a farmer, shot and killed
forming the play "Happbo,” haa re- hia wife today and then took hia own
taraed a verdict of not guilty.
life by cutting his throat with ■ razor.
T w o N egrne* H a n g e d .
Baxley, Ga , April 9.— King and
S a r a to g a O p « ra * H o a i« B u r n e d .
Louis Gossby, colored, who killed Dan
Saratoga, N Y., Ajiril 10.—The San«
iel Mims, a farmer, and hia young
Souel Opera House block and the
child near here the night of March 6 Schaffer building, at Ballston, were
last, were executed here today.
burned today. Lose, $150,000.