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Advertising Bills Collected Monthly.
m s or i m
From All Parts of the New World
and the Old.
OF INTEREST TO OUR MANY READERS
5omp-ehcniivc Review of the Important Hep
penings of the Put Week In a
Condensed Form.
The Boers have crossed the Orange
river.
Outlook is good for Ore ion prune
and hop crop.
Volunteers defeated
rebels in Leyte.
a
band
of
Dewet and the bulk of his commando
have eluded the British.
British officials do not believe the
Boer war is near an end.
It is rumored in Berlin that Am-
basasdor White will retire.
Judge Elbridge Hanecy was nomi­
nated for mayor of Chicago by repub­
licans.
Provincial governments will be es­
tablished
in
southern
Philippine
islands.^
Spokane capitalists will build a
{60,000 brewery and ice plant at Baker
City, Or.
American preparations for depart­
ure from
China are
practically
completed.
Cuban conservatives want to dis­
cuss the senate amendments with
Americans.
The La Grande, Or., sugar factory
will buy lands and engage in the
raising of beets.
Great Britain is anxious about the
report that France intends to station
a force at Hankow, China.
Count von Waldersee has Issued re­
newed orders to allied force to be
ready for a possible expedition.
All the appropriation measures save
the river and harbor and sundry civil
bills have been acted upon by con­
gress.
X III.
NEWBERG,
Y A M H IL L
RECORD OF OREGON LEGISLATURE.
BILLS PASSED BY BOTH HOUSES.
H . B. 1. amending mining laws.
H. B. 5, times and places of court, Second district.
H. B. 19, relating to electric wires on bigways.
H. B. 20. validating certain marriages.
H. B. 21, penalties for injuriug or destroying records on public lands.
H. b 24, ameuding law for relief of inidgent soldiers.
H. B. 26, reorganization of Oregon National Guard.
H. B. 27. uniform system of mine hell signals.
H B. 83, appropriation $1.000 for Soda Springs.
. H . B. 39, relative to taxation of personal propeity.
H. B. 44. to aid Oregon Historical Society.-
H. B. 54, amending Bancroft bonding act.
H. B. 59, punishment for poisoning domestic animals.
H. B. 62. consolidating offices in Multnomah county.
H . B. 63, providiug for building bicycle paths.
H. B. 65, providiug extra clerical aid for state treasurer.
H . B. 66, fixing witness’ fees iu.Multnoniah county— .coroner oases.
H . B. 71, regulating surety companies.
H. B. 76, providing for election of road supervisors.
H. B. 88, regulating purchase of public supplies.
H. B 97, poi-dc bidding for county supplies.
H. B. 100, protection of labels and trademarks.
H. B. 102, to prevent coercion and iuitmidation of voters.
H. B. 108, for collection of road poll tax and manner working roads.
H. B. 110, protection of forests, game and wild fowl.
H . B. 113, duty of surveyors in establishing boundary lines.
H . B. 121, ditties of state superintendent of public instruction.
H. B. 122, amending trespass law.
H. B. 126, amending law in relation to kidnaping.
H. B. 128, amending law authorizing furuishiug ol public records.
H. B. 144, protecting copyrighted plays.
H. B. 146, relating to mining claim locations.
H . B. 149, providing punishment for desecration of American flag.
H. B. 171, appropriation for euerul expenses of state.
H. B. 172, providing for domestic iirigation.
H. B. 177. reserving oyster beds in Netarts bay.
H . B. 178, regulating disbarment proceedings.
H . B. 179, regulating fishing on Alsea river and hay.
H. B. 183, regnlating recording of chattel mortgages.
H . B. 187, relative to service ot citation.
H. B. 188, primary election law for Multnomah county.
H. B. 189, abolishing separate board of commissioners (or Mnltnomah
county.
H. B. 200, increasing salary of deputy clerk of Malheur.
H. B. 205, providing for collection of road poll taxes.
H. B. 208, declaring certain thoroughfares to be conuty roads.
H . B. 217, protection of oysters and lobsters.
H. B. 219, propagation and protection of salmon.
H. B. 225, relating to final accounts of administrators.
H. B. 229, providing for standard weights of produce.
H. B. 287, fixing Mnltnomah-Colnmbia boundary line.
H . B 249 fixing salary of certain county tieasuiera.
H . B. 260, appropriation for stale departments.
H B. 262, providing manner of selling state lands.
H. B. 274, relative to Eastern Oiegon District Agricultural Societies.
H . B 275, relative to Sonthern Oregon District Agricultural Societies.
H B 230, annexing panhandle to Baker county.
H. B 286, compensation of Lane conuty officers.
H. B. 292, extending time for construction of Siuslaw & Eastern Railway
A Navigation Company line.
H B. 294, making Vancouver avenue a county road.
H. B. 295, punishment for mutilation of hides of cattle.
H H 296, fixing compensation clerk of supreme court.
H B. 311, increasing salary judge of Malheur county.
H. B. 313, increasing salary judgeBaker county.
H. B. 346, defining duties of attorney-general.
H. B. 848, appropiration for payment of claims against the state.
H. B. 347, general appropriation bill.
H. B. 349. authorizing city of Portland to levy tax for Oriental fair.
The river and harbor bill, as agreed
upon in conference, carries {70,000
for the improvement of the Willam­
S B. 1, providing for expression of choice in selection of United Btatei
ette and Yamhill rivers above Port­
•eDatois by the people.
land.
8. B. 10, relating to drawing of juries.
8. B. 13, taxation of goods, merchandise, etc., in cities anil towns.
A Lsdrone rendezvous was raided in
8. B. 23, increasing efficiency of public schools.
Pollilo island.
8. B. 29. authorizing Portland to dispose of market block.
A Dutch laager at Willowmore was
8. B. 37, ior publication of revised code.
captured by the British.
8. B. 38. fixing fees county officers in Multnomah county.
8. B. 44, sessions of circuit cont^ iu Seventh districc.
Thorneycroft’s column is closely fol­
S. B. 56, declaring ntiuavigable streams highways.
lowing Dewet’s retreat.
8. B. 61, selection and sale ot state lands
8. B. 62, relative to meeting by state university regents.
The envoys at Pekin have taken np
8. B. 63, food and dairy commissioner act.
the question of indemnity.
S. B. 64, amending code relative to Multnomah judges.
It is believed in London that the
8. B. 72, relating to actions in justice courts.
8. B. 75, providing vestibules for street cars.
Boer war is nearing an end.
8. B. 79, amending act creating Wheeler county.
Several bodies were taken from the
8. B. 84, monument fund for Second Oregon volunteers.
(Houses disa­
Diamouclville, Wyo., mine.
gree over amendments. Bill fails.)
8. B. 86, creating office of atate bacterioloigst.
The cruiser New York will sail from
8. B. 88, preventing unlawful interference with te'egraph or telephone
Hampton Roads for-.Manila.
wires.
Agninpldo’s nncle was appointed
S. B. 97, appropriating $8.000 for state fair premiums.
8. B. raising salary of supreme court reporter.
goveruor.of Bulacan province.
8. 15. 193, authorizing district and high schools.
Buffalo Bill w ill participate in the
8. B. 108. providing (or soalp bounties.
inaugural ceremonies at Washington.
8. B. 112, providing bounties for destruction of fish destroying animals.
8. B. 114, relative to directors in coiporations.
Two.men were killed by an explo­
8. B. 116, relating to school lands.
sion o f firedamp in the Bine Canyon
8. B. 126, auditing claims against the state.
mine.
8. B. 130, providiug for oare of orphans and foundlings.
8. B. 137, creating office of auditor of Mnltnomah county.
The Cnban convention approved the
8. B. 133, defining liability of owners of vessels for damage
scheme of relations with the United
8. B. 142, requiring dei>osit of cancelled warrants with secretary of state
States.
8. B. 146, .elating to location of mining claims.
Marine engineers on the great lakes
8. B. 162, providing additional compensation for governor.
struck for additional help in engine
8. B. 171, incorporating port of Portland.
rooms.
8. B. 173, enacting Torrens law system of title registration.
S. B. 174, providiug for fish hatcheries.
Fire destroyed the warehouse of the
8. B. 179, limiting printing of bieunitl reports state officers.
Phillips Oil Company in Philadelphia.
8. B. 180, amen ling Australian ballot law.
Loss, $100,000.
8. B. 189, relating to filing of reports by state officers.
The attic and a large portion of the
8. B. 190, relative to Oregon Soldiers’ Home.
roof of tire Criminal Court building in
8. B. 191, primary law for Mnltnomah county.
New York was burned.
8. B. 196, fixing salary of superintendent of schools in Wheeler county
8. B 197, mending law regarding to transfers of stocks of goods.
Rev. Charles Bliss, aged 73, former­
8. B. 201, uniform system for taxation of property.
ly engaged in educational work in
8. B. 202, acceptance by atate of certain lands.
Utah, died at Long Meadow, Mass.
8. B. 206. incorporating city of Portland.
V A case is before the courts of Baker
8. B. 209, prohibiting saloons within 300 feet of school buildings.
county. Oregon, involving ownership
8. B. 210, regulating sale of liquors near mines.
of a quartz m ill which was located on
8. B. 216, amending law relating to prosecuting attorneys
govern ment property.
8. B. 220, fixing salaries of certain officers in Baker. Malheur and Clat­
sop oonnties.
.
A bill «a s rushed through the Kan­
8. B. 221, charter commission for Portland.
sas legislature prohibiting prize fight­
8. B. 227, providing water for state institutions.
ing. A penalty ol one year in the
8. B. 23. method of building branch railroad lines.
county jail is provided.
8. B. 234, fixing salary certain county treasurers.
At Grice, Tex., 12 women with
8. B. 238, appropriating $25,000 for Pan- American exposition
hatchets, axes and rocks went to the
CHARTER BILLS.
postoffice and store run by J. J. Grice,
in which bitters are sold, and taking
Enterprise. Myrtle Point. Medford, St. Paul, Tillamok City, Coqoille.
• the bottles outside, broke them all.
Salem. Bnttevillf , Antelope, Dillas, Glendale, Alkali. Oalkand, Burns, Stay-
The bodies of Lonis Borch and Addle ton, Cottage Grove, Granite B mauza, Lebanon, Prairie City, Whitney. Neha-
Taylor, both 18 years of age, were lem, Vernonit, John Day. Lone Rock. Pendleton, Vale. Bay City. Condon.
found in a deserted lions» in La Junta, Joseph, Ashland, Newbnrg, Philomath. Canyonville. Baker City. Roseburg,
Colo. A revolver lying lie tween them Silverton, Summerville, Elgin, Sumpter. Sheridan. Grant's Pass, Youcalla.
told the story. Young Bnrch'e father Mitchell, Falls City, Albany. Heppner, Warrenton, Hood River, Corueilns.
ferbade their marriage, and this wae Wasco. Grass Valley. Sheridan. Milton, North Yamhill. Independence, Sea
side, Astoria, Portland.
the cause of the doable suicide.
American machinery is being shipped
to eveiv part of the world.
Railway track elevation in Chicago
has cost the companies over $17,000,-
000.
Foreign diplomats expect the United
States to establish a protectorate over
Cuba in regard to foreign affairs.
Troops in Pekin looted the roof of a
Bnddhi*t temple in the bel.ef that the
tiles were of gold, but they were only
gold plated.
RATES.
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O R EG O N,
STATE Prison TIDE
Penitentiary at Lincoln, Nebraska,
Burning.
THE CONVICTS WERE SAFELY REMOVED
Local Militia Ordered Out as Measure of Pre-
caution—At a Late Hour the Firs
Was Not Under Control.
Lincoln, Neb., March 2.— Fire which
started in the satte penitentiary last
night seems certain to destroy the en­
tire main building, together with the
cellhouse and other buildings. Just
after 2 o'clock this morning a telephone
message came, saying the room in
which the telephone instrument was
! located was in fianies, and must be
i vacated. This ents off the only means
of immediate communication with the
prison, which is nearly four miles
from the business district of the city.
Between 1 and 2 o'clock, however, a
member of the Lincoln tire department
telephoned that the peniteutiaty proper
was doomed and that the fire wae
spreading.
Before the Heines had
gained great headway. Warden Dai vs
gave orders to release the oonviots
from the cells and march them to tha
prison yard under double guard. The
removal was accomplished without dis­
order.
The origin of the fire is unknown.
When first discovered, the officeis of
the institution all set to work with the
small fire-fighting apparatus of the
prison. Water was used in abundance,
bat assistance from the city fire de­
partment waa called for. A short time
after midnight Waiden Davis said he
did not have the fire under control, but
he could not tell how bad it waa burn­
ing in the upper story, and at the front
ot the building its spread was slow.
Later the report catne that the fire waa
a very bad one.
A t 1:40 A. M. the city fire depart­
ment arrived, and began throwing
water on the walls. The flames had
gained too great headway, however,
and the firemen directed their efforts
to saving of the remote bnildiugs.
By leqnest of the warden, Chief of
Police Hoagland sent all available po­
licemen to aid in preserving order.
Later, as an additional measure of safe
ty, Lieutenant-Governor Savage order­
ed ont the local company of state m ili­
tia. Captain Ringnr, with a majority
of the members. Is at the armory, and
a Burlington engine and coach will
start with them at 3 o ’clock.
SURRENDER OF BOTHA.
—
No Confirmation of the Rumors Current in
England.
London, March 2.— The Daily New*
says:
‘ •We learn that Commandant-Gen­
eral Botha offered to surrender on cer­
tain conditions and that pour parlours
are still in progress. It is believed
that Mrs. Botha brought proposals
from her lmsband to Lord Kitchener.”
The 8nn says it is officially an­
nounced that Botha has surrendered to
General Kitchener. ,Tiie Ball Mall
! Gazette credits the news of Botha’s
surrender, but a representative of the
press learns that neithei the war, lor-
eign or colonial office has any infor­
mation confirming the report. Tha
war secretary, Mr.
Broderick, an­
nounced in the house of commons this
afternoon that he iiad no official infor­
mation of the surrender.
Manchester, En land, March 2.—
The Evening Muil says General Botha
formally surrendered to General Kitch­
ener shortly before 10 o ’olook this
morning.
TOO EARLY FOR WITHDRAWAL
The Cubant Art Not Able to Form a Stable
Government.
Hew York, Match 2.— Several of the
passengers on the ptesiner Havana,
which ha* just arrived from Havana,
expreaa the opinion that Cuba ia not iu
a political condition to receive her in-
' dependence. Dr. TV. O. Pbelpa, of
Buffalo, raid:
‘ ‘ Uncle Sam mult atay in Cnba.
Everybody witli whom I conversed iu
( ’alia wants tha United States to ttav
there.
It ia only the rabble, or ne­
groes. consisting of about 30 per cent
of the entire population of Cuba, who
yell for ‘‘ free (Juba.’ aod th.se shiftless
people are ‘tire eater*.’
If they got
their freedom some other nation would
step in and take the island an ay from
them for debt. 1 must say ttiat the
streets of Havana are clean, and that
the genera) health is remarkably good.
The great trouble in Cuba ia that there
ia nothing fit to eat.”
Joseph Howard, the jonrnalist, says:
‘ ‘ If the United State* tries to leave
Cuba next Jone, ai Is talked of, sold­
iers w ill have to get heck there pretty
quick to avert a state of anarchy
which wonld undoubtedly follow their
withdrawal. Capital i* apprehensive.
There ia no trade.
All are waiting.
Americana and the capitalists want
the retention of the United States
troops. ’ ’
Trouble Among Recruits.
8*n
Antonio,
Tex., March 2.— Gen­
B. 2. establishment and maintenance of s -hnol librati««.
eral McKihhen, commands g the de­
H. 4, appropriating $45,000 lor Oreogn Agri, ultoral college.
partment of Texas, was advised lute
B. II, relative to property hidding for taxes.
today of trouble among the recroits so
B. 16, amending art relating to county courts.
; route for San F'raucisco. He at onco
B. 18, Time of holding courts in First judicial district.
ordered a detachment of 20 men under
B. 25, appropriating $47,000 to Oregon State university.
command of Csptaiu Beall, Third in­
B. 62, to amend code relating to appeals.
fantry. and Lien.enant Perry, Seventh
B. 111, to reimburse Oregon volunteers for clothing money.
infantry, to go to Ennis, Tex., to meat
B. 178. to regulate disbarment proceedings
the train bearing the recruits, and deal
B. 180, for psyment of scalp bounty warrants.
B. <03, appropriating money for legislative expenses and deficiencies. with the situation as found. No par­
ticular* are known hero.
B. 333, establish ment ex|*nmeut station at Union.
SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR
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MARCH
8, 1901.
ARE AFRAID TO REFUSE.
Tha Demands of Russia Embarrass
the Chinese.
PEKIN. March 4.— Prince Chlng
and Li Hung Chang met this morn­
ing and had a long consultation over
the new demands of Russia regard­
ing Manchuria, which virtually mean
absolute Russian control, while at
the same time China would be re­
sponsible should anything go wrong
there.
Both of the Chinese pleni­
potentiaries admit that they fear to
refuse these demands, although rec­
ognizing that compliance means the
loss of a province to China. They
also think that compliance might
mean trouble with other powers, for
Russia announces that only Russians
and Chinese will be allowed to trade
there, except at the greatest disad­
vantage. Prince Chlng will request
the advice of the other ministers.
Private Calvin, of the Ninth United
States Infantry has been acquitted
of the charge of
manslaughter
brought against him for killing a
French soldier who was endeavoring
to pass a pout where Calvin was a
sentinel.
RUSSIA PRESSING CHINA.
To
Ruah Through the Manchurian
Treaty.
LONDON, March 4.— Sir Ernest
Satow and Mr. Conger, after consult­
ing with the missionaries, have de­
cided, according to the Pekin corre­
spondent of the Morning Post to re­
ject the Chinese proposition, made on
the suggestion of M. Picheon that
they should act as representatives
of the Ministers of the powers to
discuss with the Chinese plenipoten­
tiaries the missionary question, and
the claims of native converts.
“ They
are convinced, however,"
says the correspondent, "that
the
Chinese are ready to agree to some
arrangement for settling this mat­
ter."
"The Russians are taking advantage
of the existing situation and ar-
pressing Li Hung Chang hard to
ruch through the Manchurian conven­
tion,” says the Pekin correspondent
of the Times. “ More than one power
besides Japan and Englend have re­
monstrated with China against the ne­
gotiations that are proceeding at St.
Petersburg. The time has come when
the powers would be
Justified in
Interfering In order to prevent China
negotiating with a single power, while
the peoce negotiations remain uncon­
cluded."
Commenting editorially upon its Pe­
kin advices, the Times says:
“ The United States and Germany
might perhaps be supposed to recog­
nize the mischief China's policy en­
tails, but President McKinley at all
events seems bent on peace at any
price.”
FOR SM ALL SETTLERS.
NO.
10.
W ill VISIT (OAST
House Committee on Rivers and
Harbors.
IUNE
THE TIME SET FOR THE TRIP
All tbs Important Rivers and Harbors of the
West Arc to Be Inspected—House Military
Committee plans Like Journey.
W ASHINGTON, March 4. — The
river and harbor committee ot the
house has Informally decided on a
junket to the Pacific Coast next June,
with a view of inspecting the more
Important rivers ami harbors of the
West. It Is proposed to first stop at
Galveston, then proceed to Southern
California, and up the entire Pacific
Coast. Invitations have already been
received from various chambers of
commerce in California and Washing­
ton to have the committee visit ports
in those states, and the Oregon dele­
gation will unite in an invitation
to the committee to visit Portland,
the mouth of the Columbia river, and
other Important points in Oregon.
Representative
Tongue expressed
this desire to the committee, and Mr.
Moody will make a special request
that the Upper Columbia be visited,
so that the committee may realize
the importance of overcoming the
obstructions at The Dalles and Celllo.
The delegation hopes that its in­
vitation may be suppllmeuted by
others from chambers of commerce
and similar bodies of Portland and
other Oregon cities.
The house military committee has
also planned a Pacific Coast trip.
They expect to visit the Important
points and army posts on the coast,
with a view of gathering information
as to the harbor, transport and ship­
ping facilities, and the capacity and
condition of the barracks. Portland
and Vancouver barracks are among
the points to be visited.
AMERICAN FORCE IN CHINA.
Chaffee Has Orders Further to Re­
duce It.
W ASHINGTON March 4.— Carrying
out the policy inaugurated by the
state department when It changed its
military force in China into a lega­
tion guard, the war department has
sent orders to General Chaffee to re­
duce still further his force. Tha
general has now under his command
about 1,800 men, composed of Troops
I, K, L and M. Sixth Cavalry; Battery
F, Fifth Artillery, and the Ninth In­
fantry. Although nominally, a lega­
tion guard, General C h a ffe d force
is rather a
formidable offensive
quantity, and not desirous of retain­
ing an unnecessary menace to the
Chinese court and In order to hold
out inducements for its early return
to Pekin, the United States govern­
ment sometime ago determined upon
a further reduction of the American
force, and the orders went forward.
Considerable dlscression was left
to General Chaffee in the selection
of the troops to remain, and It is
assumed at the departmnt that the
Pekin dispatches announcing that
these consist of two companies of the
Ninth Infantry, under Major Robert­
son, Is correct. If the other powers
represented at Pekin ran be induced
to follow this policy, it is hoped that
a long step will have been effected
toward the restoration of normal con­
ditions at Pekin.
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Addreu, (ia .r a ic , N .w b a rf, Orejón.
DEWET HAS ESCAPED.
Crossed Orange River With Bulk of
Hie Commando.
LONDON, March 5.— General Dewet
lost heavily ir men and stores by hie
incursion into Cape Colony, but he
seems to have made a clever escape
with the bulk of his commando. Ap­
parently Commandant Hertzogcrossed
the Orange river with him.
General Hamilton, who was pursu­
ing. heard that General Dewet waa
surrounded at Phlllipstown, northwest
of Colesburg. On arriving there he
found the Boers had not been at
Phlllipstown at all, but had doubled
hack and were struggling across the
river at Colesburg. Apparently this
is another instance of defective intel­
ligence regarding the dolnga of the
Boers.
The Daily Telegraph has a dispatch
from Colesburg dated yesterday, which
says;
•
"Numerous columns are still hunt­
ing for Dewet. This place is In a
hubbub, and the troops are marching
off in various trains to press the
pursuit further.”
CARRIED OUT ON LAKE ERIE.
Twenty-one Men on Floating I c e -
Seventeen Rescued.
SILV E R CREEK. N. Y., March 5.—
Twenty-one fishermen were carried
out on Lake Erie, off Silver Creek, to­
night on floating Ice, but 17 of them
were rescued.
The last seen of the four men they
were BtUl on the Ice, but a high wind
was blowing up a big sea, and the ice
was fast breaking up. They were
about four miles out, and there was
a mile of open water between them
and the shore. When it was found
that the men were cut off from shore
this morning a message was sent to
Dunkirk by the mayor asking for
assistance.
A special train was made up, and
a party of rescuers brought a boat on
a fiat car. They worked heroically
all day. The 17 who were rescued
were taken off the floating ice with
great difficulty. They said that their
comrades probably perished, as they
were in perilous positions.
BUFFALO GETS TH E MEET.
Wheelmen Will Gather In the Pan­
handle City.
At the annual meeting o f the Na­
tional Assembly of the League ot
American Wheelmen held recently In
Philadelphia, the Invitation of Mayor
Diehl to hold the annual summer meet
of the league in Buffalo was accepted
unanimously.
This action meets the hearty ap­
proval of the entire membership of
that organization.
For this reason the biggest meet
in the history of the league will be
that held In Buffalo during the week
commencing August 12.
Congress Begins to Understand
National Irrigation.
Fruit Man Alarmed Over Weather.
W ASHINGTON.
March
4.— Con­
VANCOUVER. Wash., March 4.—
gress is beginning to recognize that
Clark county fruit men are apprehen­
the national irrigation propaganda is
sive lest the present warm weather
not a scheme to Irrigate rast tracts
continues long enough to endanger
of private lands at public expense,
the fruit crop. There is somd danger
thereby putting money into the hande
of the trees buduing out under the
of speculators and those already well
influence of continued warm weather
able to take care of themselves; but
to such an extent that a freeze or a
that it contemplates the reclamation
continued cold rain a month later
and putting upon the land of bona
would prove disastrous. Up to this
fide settlers— home builders. When
time the winter has been most faovr-
this Idea becomes flrmely grounded
able for the orchards, and the pros­
In the minds of eastern men— that
pects for a big crop the coming
the land Is not to be reclaimed and
season were never better.
then jobbed away in large tracts,
but that It Is to be safe-guarded so
California Town Threatened.
that It will become available for the
Sacramento, Cal.. March 5.— The
small settler who wants to take up
levee above the town of Washington,
forty or eighty acres, and build a
Great Telephone Combination.
Yolo county, is in danger of breaking,
home upon It and stick his plow into
YORK, Pa., March 4.— A movement owing to the wash caused by the high
the soil and let the water follow his
naa been Inaugurated In this city winds, and a large force of men is
furrow, {hen there will be very lltth
aving In view the organization under working to save It. If the levee breaks
opposition to storing, by the govern
ment, of the flood waters of the weBt, tne msnagement of ail the independ­ the town of Washington will be
so as to make it available for such ent telephone lines in Pennsylvania, flooded and the railroad grade between
Maryland, Virginia and West Vir­ this city and Davlsvtlle will be nearly
use.
ginia. A committee of officials from submerged.
Ordered fa Manila.
the various lines In this slate has
Boers Cross the Orange River.
Washington, March 2.— Order« were been appointed to work out the basis j
Colesburg, Cape Colony, Tuesday,
issued today for the Third bettalion of on which the different companies will
the provisional regiment organised at be admitted to the new organization. March 6.— Fifteen hundred Boers,
San Francisco to take passage on the The new company will be capitalized with whom. It has been alleged, were
trani|iort Indiana on the 6th inat. for at $27,000,000, and Its promoters con­ General Dewet and former President
Manila. This battalion has been as­
template that It will ultimately em- Steyn, found a spot at Lilllefontein,
signed to the Twenty-eighth infantry
near Colesburg bridge, where the
and w ill constitute the first battalion brace under one management all the
Orange river widens, and the current
I lines in the United States.
of that regiment.
is slow, aud they crossed, both men
and horses swimming.
British Stcamcr'i Bed Luck.
Million Dollar Mining Deal.
Rermoda, March 4. — The British
Spokane, VVanh., March 2.— The
Mayas Defeated by Mexicans.
steamer ( ’amino, after being two days
MEXICO C ITY, March 4 — There
ont from this pert for New York, has Chronlole state* to-1av that the trans­
returned for the second time with her fer ot a $1,000,000 interest in the has been another battle between the
propeller loose.
The vessel sailed Palmer Mountain Tunnel Company is rebel Indians and the Federal troops
from Liverpool on January 19 for New now being completed in Loudon by near Tabl. The Mayas were found
York. Being blown out of her course Manager John Boyd. A stamp mill well entrenched, but the Mexican
and short ol 6oal, ahe put in at St. and concentrator coating $400,000 w ill troopa rushed their position and the
George’s for coal, February 12.
After lie erecte-l on the company’« property
Indians fled In panic.
receiving a supply she proceeded on In Okanogan oounty. The tunnel is
now
in
9,000
feet,
anil
haa
cut
23
veins
her voyage, but retained with a loose
Declared a Dividend.
propeller February 18.
Repairs were of ore. The interest now being sold Is
made soil again ahe proceeded Febru­ treasury stock, and the $1.000.“ 00 ia
The Standard Oil Company bas de­
to be used in further development.
ary 26.
clared another $20,000,000 dividend.
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DAUGHTERS OF REVOLUTION.
Large Vein of Cole Discovered.
$2,500 Fire at Walla Walla.
W ill Hold Next Congress In Buffalo
CENTRALIA, Wash.. Mach 4.— It If
June 14.
W A L L A W A L L A , Wash., March 4.—
reported that a large vein of coal
The next continental congress of
A fire occurred in a bouse belong­
has been discovered east of this place.
the Daughters o f the American Rev­
It Is said that the quality Is equal to ing to H. V. Fuller at Nowell and olution will be held In Buffalo June
that of the Roelyn coal. An expert, Clinton streets, tonight, damaging It 14. The Invitation was extended by
who Is prospecting In that locality, to the extent of $1.500, and destroy­ Mrs. John Miller Horton at the meet­
says that there Is no question but ing $1,000 worth of furniture. The ing of the D. A. R. In Washington.
that coal can be mined here la abund­ property Is fully insured. The cause D. C , recently, and was accepted by
of the blase Is unknown.
ance.
n rising vote.