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.
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