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The w ar revenue bill has been passed Particulars of a Great Storm in South C hina- by the house. Loss of Life Heavy. R ailw ay telegraphers th reaten to V ictoria, B. C ., Deo. 14. — The London, Deo. 17.— Lord K itchener boycott th e Santa Fe. cables the war office from P ieto n a un From All Parts of the New World Kruger Gets No Consolation steam er Em ress of India, w hich a r Lord K itch en e r has called for all rived today a fter a stormy passage, der date of December 12 th a t G eneral available E nglish troops. and the Old. From The Netherlands. brought new s of the great typhoon Knox reports from H elvetia th a t he is w hich ravaged Hong Kong, November engaged iu a running fight w ith G en E ngland has aw akened to the new 10, causing a heavy loss of life ami eral Dewet, and th at the oneuiv is mov seriousness in South A frica. INTEREST READERS HOLLAND WILL INTERVENE EITHER shipping. The B ritish gunboat Sand GENERAL BOTHA MAKES ANNOUNCEMENT ing tow ards R eddershurg, w here there Colonel T ullo ck ’s expedition failed piper foundered and some of her sea is a colum n ready to co-operate w ith to find th e Chinese treasne. men w ere lost. The American ship the other B ritish forces. Lord K itche A t Rockport, In d ., tw o negroes, who Tht Dutch Foreign Minister Tells the Ex-Pres B enjam in Sewell w ent ashore, and in Schalkcnbtrgcr Sworn In as Acting Stii* Presi ner in another dispatch reports th a t Comprehensive Review of the Important Hap English Forced to Abandon Their Position had m urdered a w h ite man were all 77 steam launches were w recked, penings of the Past Week In a Boers attack ed the post near Barberton. ident That the Role of His Govern dent- Rumor in London of a Serious General French With Reinforcements lynched. and over 200 natives drowned. At The B ritish cuaualties were three Condensed Form. ment Must Be Passive. Defeat to British Arms. Has Gone to the Rescue. Kowloon and o th er points there was killed, five wounded anil 13 taken pris The G erm an tra in in g ship G neisenan also very heavy loss. Tire Empress of oners, The captured men have since foundered near G ib ra lta r and 100 were Lord R oberts has left the Cape foi The H ague, Deo. 13.—The Dutch India w as a t her w harf at Kowloon New York, Dec. 15.— A dispatch to been released. The Boers rained the London, Deo. 17.— Lord K itchener drow ned. E ulgand. governm ent today finally and definite and she-svu badly shaken. the Journal and A dvertiser from Am R iverton road station D ecember 11. reports th a t, after severe fighting a t A large Boxer force is said to ba ly refused to take the in itiativ e in sterdam says: The troop* fare-1 very badly. Tha They are being tollowed up. H olland refuses to intervene in the Nooitgedaoht, G eneral C lem ents’ force* approaching Peking w ith the intention behalf of arb itra tio n between the tem porary b-i— -;.s cr.in^iw l com The follow ing proclam ation by G en Boer w ar. General K itch en er’s message in d i were compelled to retire by Com m and of a tta c k in g it. Trausvaal and G reat B ritain . eral Louis Botha has been received: pletely and the Indian and European cates th a t Dewet has again evaded an t D elarey, w ith a force of 2,500 men. Senator Clay spoke against the ship T’he decision was com m unicated in troops had to seek reluge w herever The senate cannot considered the ‘‘ W hereas, I have been informed K nox. A fter the la tte r had foiled the Five B ritish officers were killed. The subsidy bill. an inter view betw een Mr. K ruger and arm y and ap p ropriation bills u n til they coold. In Kowloon proper a th a t the enemy circulates all sorts of Boer general a t Coomassie d rift, the I other casualties were not reported. French troops have ceased looting after the holidays. D r. Leyds on one side and the Dutch num ber of houses were blown down, wroug and lying reports among the Boers seem to have doubled back, Lord K itch en er's official dispatch to C hinese observatories. foreign m in ister and M inister of F i others lost th eir roofs and were other burghers about the governm ent aud crossed the Caledon rivei elsewhere, the w ar office is as follows: Jo h n Addison P o rter, M oK inley’s A new stoue block m yself, our officers and officials are and turned thence northw est— in the L i H ung Chang claims to have abso former p riv ate secretary, died a t his nance N. B. Pierson, on the other. wise damaged. “ Pretoria, Deo. 15.—C lem ents’ force Mr. K ruger explained th a t the object near the torpedo depot was practically charged to com m unicate the following direction of Reddershurg, the memor lute pow er to negotiate. a t N ooitgedacht, on the M agalies’ ome in P u tn am , Conn. of bis journey was to dissem inate the laid in rains. The whole upper part inform ation to the general public: able scene of the B ritish disaster- in Berg, was attacked a t dawn today by Chaffee protested to Von VValdersee The B ritish a d m iralty is arranging idea of arb itra tio n , and the D utch was blown down, as was also the up The executive council, after conaultiug ag ain st G erm an looting. to test various inventions for steering m inister replied th a t the role of the per story of the telegraph exchange a t the president ot the Orange Free Stale, April, when Dewet captured the B rit Delarey, reinforced by Beyer’s com ish Rides. mando from W arm batb, m aking a The debate on th e w ar tax reduc torpedoes and subm arine boats. N etherlands m ost be passive. The in Kowloon. has decided in the interests of our force estim ated a t 2,600. Though the tion b ill began in the house. itiativ e belonged to the g reat powers, The Oregon H isto rical Society pro Of the B ritish w arships anchored a t cause to give leave of absence to our h rst a ttack was ropulsed, the Boers Tragedies on Shipboard. W hen the powers had Kowloon the gunboats W arren, F ire state president, w ith orders to go im The house of commons voted £16,- poses to hold a g reat fa ir in 1905, in he added. mauaged to get to tbe top of the Mag- San Francisco, Deo. 17.— Tha 3rit com m em oration of th e Lewis aad reached a decision, the D utch govern brand, Tweed and Sandpiper were m ediately to Europe in order to assist 000,000 to carry on the Boer w ar alien’ Berg, which w as hold by four ish ship Crown of Sootland, w hich ar m ent m ight see w hat it could do. dragging th eir anchors. Those on our deputation there in the work thev companies of tbe N orthum berland fusi The H ay-Pauncefote treaty was C lark expedition to the Pacific coast V ice-President rived today, 130 days from 1’enarth, liers, and were thus able to command shore could do nothing but stand by have before them . again considered iii executive session. 100 years ago. No Snub Yet From Cur. Cardiff, had th-ee tragic en tries in her Schalkenherger has been sworn in, ac w ith buoys and lines to render assist C lem ents’ cam p. He retired on Hek- As a resu lt of a m ysterious poisoning A congressional com m ittee was ap The H ague, Deo. 13.—The Transvaal ance should th e vessels d rift ashore. cording to law, aud is now acting as log. November 24 John W arrington poort, and took up a position on a h ill pointed to investigate the Booz hazing. case a t th e F orsyth m ines, near M ar legation says it is authorized to co n The vessels tired distress siguals aud state president. He is now assisted (tabbed F. C. Ilaglund, his shipm ate, in the center of the valley. ietta , Ohio, four persons are dead, four tra d ic t th e report th a t E m peror N ich one or two Hew th e ir peuuants ut. half- by the state secretary, tw o members of while the la tter was asleep in hi« The P h ilip p in e commission gave j dying and tw o others serirously ill. “ The casualties have uot been com bunk. Leaving his Hheath-kuife in his olas haB telegraphed to M r. K ruger an m ast. The gunboat Sandpiper was in tbe executive council. Lucas Meyer m erchants a hearing on the traiff bill. Five unknow n 'm e n who] asked the in tim atio n th a t he w ill not receive the w orst fix, as she was rapidly fill and m v-elf, and other officials, in v ictim 's breast, the m urderer ran up pletely reported, but the fightlug was very severe, uud 1 deeply regret th a t A $50,000 irrig atio n ditch w ill be m arshal of B righton, 111., for shelter, him . in g . Then from Ilong Kong way short* our governm ent exists in tbe same ou deck, jum ped overboard and was Colonel Legge, of the T w entieth h u s constructed a t once in Moxee valley, in the calaboose, locked him up and drowned, despite efforts to reach him way as before and is now in my im m e came the O tter, the crew of w hich at sars, and C aptaius MeBeau, Murdooh W ashington. th en broke into a bank and two great risk rescued the whole crew w ith diate neighboihood and in direct com- w ith a lifeboat. No one ou board of au-l Atkinson were k ille d .” DECIDE ON COURSE. the ship knows of the motive. The Oregon delegation decides npon con stores. m nnication w ith me. the exception of one m an. Lord K itcheuor also repoits th a t tha tinuing contract for Colum bia river T elephoning w ith o u t wires was suc- How the Oregon Delegation Would Improve “ L et the blood of our brave dead a l second tragedy occurred August 1. Boers made an attack uud were re At daylight Saturday the powerful Salvatorl Servls fell from the foreyard, im provem ent. cessfully accom plished by tran sim it- dredger Canton River, w hich recently w ays by a strong voice induce every pulsed a t Lychtenberg, aud th a t G en the Columbia. arrived here from Paisley, alm ost burgher to fight for liberty. We have struck th e deck and fractured bis eral Lemruer was killed. S tate S uperintendent A ckerman re- ting th e voice across th e Mississippi A ttack s thigh and received iu tern al injuries W ashington. Dec. 13.— The three w ithout any w arning listed to p o rt aud nothing left to lose, hnt everything to com m ends th a t Oregon schools observe river, a t M inneapolis, a distance of upon Bethlehem aud Vrede were also members oi th e Oregon delegation, at capsized. As to the precise num ber of w in. The governm ent is most firmly w hich caused his death. Jo h n M arshall day. j over 1,000 feet. repulsed, the Boers losing 10 killed and I 14 wonnded. Vryheid was attaoked The m atter of developing Lower The building occupied by the con an inform al m eeting today, decided those on hoard a t the tim e it is im pos decided to continue the struggle. Correcting an Extradition Treaiy. am convinced the burghers w ill ap sible to give any accurate figures. December 11, Sniping continued N ehalem coal is said to have been con- stru ctio n d ep artm en t a t tile Norfolk to concentrate th eir efforts to Have the W ashington, Dec. 17.— A treaty has when tbe message w r/ dispatched. sidered in New York. navy yard, was destroyed by fire. It im provem ent of the m outh of th e Co Those in authority a t the dockyard ex plaud th is decision aud a c t accordingly Burghers are w arued been concluded between the U nited lum bia made a continuing contract tension office say th at 50 w ould be n u til the end. The scenes a t the war office today In his ann n al report, Fish Com m is contained a ll th e im p o rtan t papers, ra th e r th an tru s t to the future to se about the num ber. It is known that | against the fine words used by the eu- States and G reat B ritain am endatory recall those witnessed in the early sioner Reiil says value of fish o u tp u t models and plans of th e construction cure successive appropriations to be C aptain Scott, w ho was in command emy to deceive them and to make them ol the existing extradition treaty and stages of the w ar. A constant stream d epartm ent. for Oregon is over $3,000,000. expended as needed. By th is m ethod, of her, was aboard, also Chief Engineer put down th eir arm s, because, accord intended to correct certain im perfec of excited pcoplo filled the lobbies, all Advices from Ho llo report th a t the which seems to he the best under the W hite, Second Engineer Thompson, ing to the proclam ation of Robeits, tions in thut instrum ent, developed by seeking details of the disaster. A num ber of persons suspected of The The changes do absence of the nam es of any of tbe offi ploting to m urder Lord Roberts during A m erican troops have been northw ard circum stances, the final com pletion of C arpenter M cllroy aud the m ajority of they w ill all be transported to St. re-en t experiences. not m aterially affect the scope or p rin and w estw ard for several days and the project is insured, aud w ork may the ciew . The men clung to the up H elena or Ceylon as prisnnars of war. his visit to Cape Colony recently, a b a n cers of the N orthum berland fusiliers doned th eir schem es on learning th a t th a t detachm ents of the S ixth, E ig h be conducted w ithout unnecessary de turned vessel, w here they were seen, O ur cause, however, precarious, is not ciples of the existing treaty , the chief iu G eneral K itchener’s dispatch leads teenth and Twenty-Bixth regim ents lay. aud 12 were rescued by boats from the hopeless if every burgher only does his item in tho list being provisions clas to the foreboding th a t the (our com they were shadowed. have been active near th e ir stations. The duty. The Lord is sure to give a sifying aR a crim e subject to ex tra d i panies of the fusiliers mentioned are The riv er and harbor com m ittee has steam ers Tam ar and Astroea. O utlaw ry in Kwang Si and Kwang The insurgents losses d a rin g the last not yet finally decided on w b at pro Benjam in Sewell w ent ashore opposi e blessed end in his own tim e and in his tion the obtaining of money under false in the hands of the Boers. Tho w ar Tuung is increasing. The officials pretenses. At present the treaty office officials evidently expect a heavy 10 days th ere have been five killed, vision w ill be made for th is project, the arsenal yard but got off. though own w a y .’’ appear to be losing th e ir hold of the makes axtraditiouable the reception of casualty list, hut they arc hopeful from seven w ounded and 40 taken prisoners. but $600,000, recommended by the en leaking badly. situ atio n and are powerless to restore —" ■"‘r - v i - i - v i — 1 -- <., uxettyiaes tha Several buildings collapsed at *'»" ■ * * "■ ■ -*- ** * • 1 ' 1 ROBBED THE MAIL CAR. order. P iratin g on th e W est river is The A m ericans have lo st two killed gineers, is the ontside lim it, aud om its the principal in tho orime, m ention the capture of the Northum- (Jueen’B road, killing eisl-l i.lrlueao and three w ounded. Large num bers increasing. i aud injuring eight. Westward, a t Postal Clerk on the Cotton Belt Railroad Line con stitu tin g a m anifest absurdity. herlands th a t such a grout catastrophe of th e natives, however, are swearing OFFICERS WERE LAX. To correct th is the am endm ent is made. has been escaped. I Kennedy tow n, g reat damage w as also Owing to a lack of proper facilities allegiance to the U nited States. Was Nearly Killed. O rders were Issuod a t A ldershot, in the way of telegraph, caused by the caused, and a t Kowloon numberless Prisoner Quietly Arose and Walked Out of The powers have agreed to the jo in t Grounding of the Gzrorr.e. M alta and other m ilitary centers to T exarkana, A rk., Dec. 1 5 — A bold sam pans were w recked. Here I’. C. strike, a serious collision occurred on the Courtroom. Seattle, Dec. 17.— L etters have been dispatch all the available m ounted in the A tchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, in note. I D uncan, of the navy yard police, lost robbery on the Cotton Belt railroad oc The Japanese gave A dm iral Beards- w hich several persons were probably Spokane, Deo. 13. — W hile Judge his life in a g a lla n t a ttem p t to rescue curred today at Bassetts, Tex., 80 received in th is oity announcing the fantry to Sontli Africa. lee a reception. fatally in ju red . M arshall w as holding a prelim inary tw o sam pan women whoso boat was miles south of T exarkana, on the train grounding of the U nited States trails- j It is reported th a t General Knox, co Chicago police w ill prevent th e Gans- hearing of E dw ard Hanson, charged dashed to pieces ag ain st the em bank coming north, iu w hich Postal Clerk port Garonne on the nortiiern coast of operating w ith the B ritish colum n a t H ay may resign if the canal treat! stopped G eneral w ith counierfeiting, this afternoon the m ent a t the naval depot. Duncan was John H . Dennis was alm ost killed and Luzon. She struck tw ice, being res Keddersberg, has McGovern fight. is am ended. an old N inety-ninth Argyle and S uth m ail pouches of the car rifled of th eir cued both tim es by the Yorktown. Dewet, aud th a t a battle is proceeding. prisoner q uietly arose and sneaked out Santa Fe strik eis w ish th e ir differ Lord Roberts was giveu an ovation of th e courtroom . Owing to the erland H ighlander, and had been away contents. The am ount stolen is not The second tim e the Y orktow n's cable ; The report adds tlm t many of G en ences arb itra te d . a t Cape Town. know n. As the train left the Bassetts caught in the G aronne's wheel, causing eral D ew et’s followers have been cap » sm all courtroom being crowded, the from home since 1896. The le t tured. Five persons were k illed in a tra in escape was not noticed u n til the judge w ater tank a t 6 A. M., the express and a further delay of 12 hours. The U nited States wants C biriqui for w reck in M ontana. mail cars were separated from the ters also tell about a hard m arch of The scene of the fight is om inously turned to announce th a t the prisoner a coaling station. WRECK IN MONTANA. train , but the traiu crew soon had the A m erican troops under General close to P retoria. Nooitgedacht i* F ire in P ekin destroyed the qu arters would be held to a higher co u rt. Offi There is little change in the Santa them coupled again. in the run from H all. The line of inarch was over only 22 miles northw est ol Pretoria. cers started in pu rsu it of Hanson, who of a num ber of officers F e strik e situation. Five Passengers Were Killed in a Great North- there to T exarkana, the coaches w ere steep m ountains for a distance of 45 K itchener rpeorts a ru n n in g fight be- was trek in g ior the river. A few shots C harles A. Towne was sworn in ar ern Accident. uncoupled tw ice in a very m ysterious m iles, takiug iu all six days. A t the English Loss Heavy. from revolvers aud he gave him self up. j tw een Oewf t and K nox. senator from Minnesota. The escape was the boldest ever G reat Falls, M ont., Dec. 14.—Great m anner. Upon the arriv al of the train conclusion, 165 men were uuder m edi London, Deo. 17.— Lord K itchener G ompers w ill be re-elected president known in the city . H anson is one oi N orthern passenger train No. 3, w est here the U nited States transfer clerk cal treatm en t for several days. The bouse passed the legislative, ex reports th a t 18-officers and 565 men of the Federation of Labor. ecutive and ju d ic ia l bill. a trio recently arrested w ith bogus bound, w as w recked about 4 o ’clock w ent to the door of the m ail car aud are m issing from G eneral C lem ents’ Search for Hidden Gold. Search of this morning n ear Brockton, 81 miles knocked for the po>til clerk to open it. force. They consist of four companies The Santa Fe repudiates its relations money in th e ir possession. The tension between H olland and tiie ir cabin resulted in finding of molds east of Glasgow. Five passengers are No response was given. Officials then the N orthum berland fusiliers. Pekin, Dec. 17.— A few days ago of w ith the teleg rap h ers’ union. P o rtu g al is increasing. foiced an entrance and were astonished reported killed and many injured. th e B ritish troops were notified of the Judging from tbe message those were The A m erican fleet in N orth China and o th er tools. B enjam in Wise was held a t Salem, to tin-1 Clerk Dennis stretched upon the The cause of the wreck is said to have existence of a large am ount of treasure captured try tho Boers. C lem ents’ w aters is reduced to tw o vessels. O r., for arson a t Silvertou. A hurried ex 20 m iles northw est if here. Credentials Refused. been a broken ra il. Railroad officials floor, apparently dead. Colonel casualties December 15 am ounted to The Irish N atio n alist convention de A house R epublican caucus decided W ashington, Dec. 13.— The senate here claim not to have any information am ination showed th a t the register d Tnllock and 100 men left today to in five officers ami nine men killed and pouch- s had been ripped open and vestigate the tru th of clared for th e abolition of landlordism . has refnsed the credentials of W. A. of the accident. to stand by the w ar-tax bill. the report. m any apparently wounded. L ater inform ation states th a t the robbed of th eir contents, the most Colonel Tnllock reqnested, however, W ashington's centennial anniversary C lark and M agiunis, contesting sen The su ltan of Turkey dined officers I t is French Goes to the Rescue. was celebrated w ith im posing cerem o ators from -the state of M ontana, to the train was running about 45 m iles an valuable of which was the Wayne- th a t 50 ex tra men Ire d etailed. of the battle-ship K entucky. com m ittee on privileges and elections. hour, m aking np lost tim e, when a M cm phis pouch, coutaining a largo believed th a t a large am ount of gold nies. Johannesburg, Deo. 17.— The battla Von Buluw explained w hv Emperor num ber of valuable packages. A phy tru ck broke down w hile passing a and valuables were buried a t thut •till continues w ith in a few miles F a ll p articu lars have been received A debate, reopening the Clark case, W illiam would not receive K ruger. sw itch. The engine and three cars sician was sent for and it was found point by persons connected w ith the from K rugersdorp. G eneral Clement* ot th e tyhoon which recen tly swept the occurred upon tb e motion of Senator E rection of poles and wires for a n coast of C hina, cansing a heavy loss to C handler to recom m it the resolution passed over in safety, but the next th a t D ennis was alive hot unconscious. Chinese court during Ihe recent Hight. has asked for reinforcem ents, and o th er lighting system began in t-aleui. declaring the seat from M ontana va four pitched over an em bankm ent. Au ugly wound on the top of his head The inform ation regarding the treasure mounted men nnder G eneral French life and shipping. Two hours after he was received from a former court offi Or. c a n t. A fter a short b n t in teresting Three sleepers rem ained on the rails. told the story. have already gone. There have been was taken to the hospital he revived There are more th an 40 cases ul m any casualties on both side*. I t is F our men w ere killed by an expío- sm allpox in St. G eorge’s hospital, K an debate, th e m a tte r of reco m m ittal, by The bodies have been taken to G las enough to give the d etails of the rob cial. gow, w here the inquests w ill he held. •stiuiated th at the Boers num oer 2,800. sion in the U nion Pacific tunnel a t sas C ity. Only one death from the consent, went over u n til T hursday. Trial Trip ol the Alabama. bery. Aspen. . Ju s t as the train parted a t Bassetts disease has occurred. Counterfeiter Captured. Tortured by Small Boys. P hiladelphia, Dec. 17.— The U n it- 1 Montana Town Shaken. A ttacks on Salisbury and C ham ber The city election a t A stoila, resultei Spokane, W ash., Dec. 13.— Edmund San Jose, C al., Dec. 14.— Alfred tank, Denuis w ent into the vestibule of ad States battleship A labama sailed G uthrie, Mont., Dec. 17.—The In lain w ere made in the B ritish bouse of in a sweeping victory for th e C itizens' the m ail car to stir up the fire. W hen today from League Island navy yard HanseD, alias H . Larkee, believed to K ern, a 10-year-old boy, was caught h ab itan ts of the tow n of Cushion wero commons. tick et, every candidate being elected be the leader cf th e gang of co u n ter by three vouug troys th is aftcruoou a: he opened the vestibule door he saw for New York, where she w ill aw ait awakened th is morning by a peculiar two men standing by the stove. One fu rth er orders . She w ill make a Only $600,000 can be obtained from by large m ajorities. feiters operating here, has been cap he was on his way home from a k in of them d ealt him a terrib le blow over tria l trip on the run, w hich w ill begin w ave-like motion and trem bling of the th is session of congress for th e Colum The dock laborers a t Cnllso, Peru, tu red . H ausen was a bridge w atch dergarten school and subjected to a the head w ith a heavy fire shovel. as soon as she passes o a t to sea. After e arth . Many of them ruahed into bia je tty . man for tbe G reat N orthern. In hia terrible torture w ith bnrniug m atches. have gone on a strik e, and all work Tbe first blow felled him and he was the sea trial is completed the vessel’s the streets, so badly were they fright shack were found co u nterfeiter's molds H is face was burned a I m od beyond The Oregon suprem e court upholds has been stopped. As y e t there has ened. No damage was done. and letters ordering gold and silver recognition, and hia condition is re than quickly beaten into a senseless course w ill be shsped further out to th e street im provem ent section of the been no breach of the peace. condition. Word reaheed here a t noon sea to avoid shipping, as all ol her bullion. N ear by in a cache in the garded as serious. The police are Portland city ch arter. Increase In Wages. Jospepb Benoit, a stage carpenter at rocks many stolen articles were found. searching for his assailants, w ho have th a t tw o suspects huve been arrested a t gnns and tu rrets are to be tested. If The Idaho suprem e court decides the G rand O peia house. Salem, O r., Naples, near the set ne of the robbery, C alum et, M ich., Deo. 17.—Commenc the leport is satisfactory, it is probable H ansen protests com plete ignorance. thus far succeeded in escaping. th a t patented m ining property is to be fell from a scaffold, breaking several but none of the stolen packaegs was th a t the b attleship w ill ire ordered to ing January 1, the C alum et Sc Heola regarded the sam e as other realty for rib s and braising his face and body fonnd. H am pton Roads to join the N orth A t Mining Company w ill increase ths Pioneer Telegrapher Dead. Saloons Were Open Sunday. purposes of tax atio n . badly. The accident was caused by w ages of its 4,000 employes 2 hi per lantic squadron. American Arrested in Cape Colony, C hehalis, W ash., Dec. 13.— Fool New York, Dec. 14.— R obert L. oent. Last March the com pany raised The A ustrian corvette Douan has a r the breaking of a board upon w hich he C hebalis saloonkeepers pleaded guilty Tige, rho established the first tele- London, Dec. 15.—The Cnpe Town Antl-Forcign Plot in Hong Kong. the wages of its employes 10 per cent. rived a t Lim a, I’eru, bringing Bela was standing. in the superior court to th e charge ol graphie system in South America, is correspondent of the Daily Mail reports Rakoweghy, com m issioner of the Aus Hong Kong, Dec. 17.— The c ity was The Lakeview and Ager stage was keeping th e ir places open Sunday. Two dead-at his home here. He w as la-rn the arrest a t W orcester, Cape Colony, Paddy Ryan Dead. tria n governm ent, who is visiting the robbed about tw o m iles from Lake- C en tralia men have been convicted. in D ublin. At tbe out> reak of tbe of H arold D arringale, alleged to be an placarded today w ith statem ents in c it Albany, N. Y., Dec. 17.— Paddy Ry consulates of South America. view, O r. A lone highw aym an accom All were fined $30 apiece, and all other civil w ar he enlisted in the Fortieth A m erican, on a charge of fomenting an ing the people and the m em bers of the an, a t one tim e cham pion pugilist of secret societies to unite and rise d arin g plished the job. No passengers were cases of th a t n atu re now pending New York regim ent. In 1866 he A frikander rebellion. "T h e a rre s t,’’ A special from Shanghai announces tbe w orld, wbo was defeated by John entered the employ of Adrain C. Morse says th e dispatch, " h a s made a great the m onth of January and drive out ell L. Sullivan, in th e ir famous tight in th a t L i H ung C hang's Manchu secre alioard of the stage. Two m ail sacks against them w ere dropped. the foreigners. Crowds gathered about were rifled and a considerable am ount ami w ent to C hile ami Fern, where he sensation, aurl startlin g disclosures are tary , Yoko, has been arrested by order M ississippi some years ago, died a t his Passed Raised Bills. the placards, bnt no actual outbreak established telegraphic sjsterns. Fol prom ised. ’’ of Field M arshal C ount von Waldersee, of registered mail tak en . Officers are home in Glens Falls, N. Y., th is after is reported. Vancouver. B. C ., Deo. 18. — Two 18 years be had resided in this c ity . - on the charge of com m unicating w ith now w orkng on the case. noon. Held Up a Box Office. the Boxers. The w ill of th e late Senator Davis, Japaneae, H anay Sato and Muntoka Wisconsin's Vote. Earthquake In Missouri. King Milan to Marry Again. H am aguchi. w eie arrested th is m orn Sioux C ity, la., Dec. 15. — During The th ird annual cowboy and Indiau wbo died November 27. was filed for Jo p lin , Mo., Dec. 17.— An e arth ing, charged with utterin g raised bills. Madison, W isconsin, Dec. 17.—The London, Dec. 14.— The Vienna cor the perform ance of ’ ‘Shore A cres” in carnival opened in Phoenix, Arizona, probate by Mrs. Anna M. D avit, the The w ill, made during the A num ber of raised bills have been in respondent of the Daily Chronicle say; th e G rand Opera honse in th is city to total vote of Wisconsin, as officially quake shock lusting nearly a m innte w ith a great parade of vaqueros, red w idow. senator’s last illness, leaves all his circu latio n here, in each case the nt- a rum or is in cirro la tio n in the Aus night, tw o m asked men eutered the canvassed , was 426,161. M cK inley’s was experienced in this city a t 7:45 men and C hinese. A fter the parade, The motion La Fol lette. o’clock th is m orning. The estate is terer, a Japanese, claim ing th a t he trian capital th a t ex-K ing M ilan it box office, assaulted, beat and shot plurality w as 106,681. in a wild dash through the streets, ail estate to Mr*. Davis. w as the innocent recip ien t of th e raised about to liecome engaged to Mist the treasurer, H arley 3. Rounds, and R epublican, for governor, has a plural- was from north to south, and of a In d ian was throw n from his horse and vslued a t $25,000 in personal and notes from a fellow -countrym an. quivering n atu re. escaped w ithout getting any cash. ity of 103,745. A tari, an A m erican heiress. $40,000 in real property. fatally tram pled under foot. P rairie chickens are said to be more Five editors were chosen to s it in th e Nebraska legislature at the recen t anundant in w estern K ansas th an for yean. election. D uring the past five y e a n th e state Joseph M snley has resigned as c h a ir m an of the R epublican execuitve com of Pennsylvania has purchased more m ittee of Maine after a service of 16 than 100,000 acres of land to be issued ts a forestry reservation. years. Form er Amhasa-lor to Italy W. F. E le c tric coal-cotting m achinery is Draper has l>een d e e d a ted w ith the rap id ly displacing ban-1 work and other varieties of m echanical m ining ap p li order of S3. Maurice and Caaal by the ances in the collieries of G ieat B ritain king of Italy , for services d u rin g bis tm bassy to Rome. and th e U nited states. f Dcwct aad Knox Still Fighting. New Gold Field Discovered. London, Dec. 13. — The Evening Standard aays th a t the tiattle between 3pokane, W ash., Deo. 13.—A special General K dox and General Dewet con to the C hronicle from Nelson, W ash , tinues. and th a t th e forces exchange-1 brings news of a stam pede op Fourth ground incessantly. Lack of definite of Ju ly creek, a branch of the K ettle infot ination is raid to be due to the ab river. 3hot gold has been discovered sence of telegraphic c o m m u n icatio n ' w ith ground running $10 to the cubic w ith tbe scene of action. W hile the yard. Diggings in th a t vicinity have w ar office is most reticent on th e sub been secretly worked by George Ar ject, there are indications th a t the offi n ett , an old m iner, for three or four cials have received news suggesting years. It is estim ated th a t he ha* considerable B ritish success. cleaned np $10,000. Rumor of British Defeat. Oxford Bests Cambridge. London, Dec. 15.— The Daily Express Lnnnon, Dec. 17.—The annual Rug publishes a m in o r of n serious d is by football m atch between Oxford nud aster to th e B ritish arm s. According Cam bridge took place today a t the to th is report, the Boers attacked the I Q ueen’s club. A m agnificent game cam p of G eneral Clem ents, in the B ar j was won by Oxford hy tw o goals to berton d istrict, cap tu rin g th e camp, * goal and a try . There was a large killing a num ber of B ritish officers, tn d fashionable attendance. and taking prisoners a ll the B ritish | troop«, including four companies ol the ( Nordenskjold's Expedition. N orthum berland fusilier*. The story | C hristiania, Dec. 17.—The A ntarrtio is not confirmed in any qn arter, and expedition, headed oy Dr. O tto Nor- I is not generally believed. ; denksjold, w ill leave in August. No Lives Were Lost. San Francisoo, Deo. 17.— One •I the severest storm s w hich has eve* visited San Francisco broke over the I -* »D '* r,7 bonr *h i" nnJ 1 continued n n til noon in fitful grists, rain and wind sw eeping over tbe city w ith nnnsriil violence, aud being ac companied by thunder and lightning, a ra th e r nnnsnal occurrence iu thi* p a rt of the country. At one tim e rain fell in snch torrents th a t many thought IS cloudburst was im m inent. ÍÍ