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ttVemkt41sgiU-.w THE OFFICIAL AND LEADING PA PES OF GILLIAM COUNTY. AS THUS TIMES THE CI8CULATIO OF ANT PAPER INf THE COUNTY. GLOB rvuLitmo ivrt ntcmrMr r A. PATTISON.... Sdltor tad Proprietor. ADTBBTISIXO KATB. H Profeaatnnel One square One-anaiier oolama 41 00 a neat alHW Month .IHM BOBtk One half Solemn . OUperweni aaloeee locale mu k -.barged M U oust net Uae let tret laeerUoa and 1 MM per Um tkere eftej. , Legal aanrmuem win ta an (aeea he barged I Ik party ordering taeaa, M legal -was, aad paid fa eelere efl da-it k faralak SUBSCRIPTION KATBIl One year (In adrance),,,.,....,.., . If nm In advaiu ... ,.11 i.. i 00 ,.. 100 lift imiTIIHB H(tl..HimtltM.tlHIl. urea nioriina m VOL. X. CONDON, GILLIAM CO., OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 1900. Illlgl 0P1 HMM....MI M..t ...... OA CONDON r Jfnlf! of IS PaitoflH l Condon, Origan, at O. K. M, Co. Tim Card. SMNOTOIt, OkMON. Kew tlm eard, Inking effect Sunday, Febru ary laihi - AT Sot'FO. ' No. -Via Huntington, leave. ..,.,1 :M a, m, ho. 4 Via Spokane, leavea ,.... 1M p, m. bo. 34 Luval freight, leave U...,.7;W p. m. Wftft SOl'HD. No, I Portland, 1pvci..,...,....,....12 :4T a. m. So. ft Portland, luevea...., ,,..,. 4;M a. m. Mo. SLooel freight, leave, ........II ;6H a, iu. K. CHANe Ageut, Arlington, Attorney-at-Iaw, Notary Public. lOlia, OKKOOK. Will practice In all tlia otiurta o( tli mat, follwtfoiie and Probata iiualuuea glveu careful attention. JJR. J. 1. HOOAN PHY8ICIAN AND SURGEON, Coadoa, Or. On)i Oroimn eve,, between Cathollo Choroi and residence ol a. p. biiuiu IW. DA HUSO J. Attorney at Law, Notary Public and Convayancar. OuBdon. Or. rnllnotlnnaand hieiireme. Tirmi iwaeonanla, UOlva In rvarul poelolliee building, Main elreel. s. A. PATTISON H0TAET PUBLI0. frlee la Olob Building. CONDON, . . . . aiKKOON. g A. D. GUKLKV Attorney and Oonoielor at Law , Arlington, Or. D, I. fommltalnnar and Notary Publlo In utile. Pra.:ute In ad tlie elele and fo.ltiral ctmrl.nl Orvgnn and tt aalilnaiiKl. All kind, ulU. H. land and togal tiD.lnvaa uanot.l. gAM K. VAX VACTOB ATTOENEI-AT-IAW. Offlca earner Hiring Hrixl and Oregon arvnua VOKDog, OKKOON. The Regulator Line. The Dalles, Pcrtland S Astoria NAVIGATION CO. THROUGH FREIGHT AND PASSENGER LINE.... Daily Ling of Stramm Brlwn PortUnd, Vancouver, Cuadt Locka, Hood Rlvo and all PoinU on lh Waahingioa aide Th tramrn Jiallc City and Regulator laar. I'uriland errry iniiriilna (ri'il Hun.Uv) at . andllia dallva at a. m., arriving at UiMliua thin la aniula lima lor autgulng train.. Freight Katea Urttally Heilumd. W. C. AU.AWAY.Oen. Agt., ' foot ol Court Htreot, Tin liallva, Or. -PB?jBamaBBj a aqajaBaa4Ba VfjkBfl (OJolSleWo Fa.t Halt l.aka, Ptmrar, Fan Mall Ft. Worth, Omaha, Mall. I . u, Kanaaa ('lly, HI ( top. at. . . Luu la. Cli Ivagu; aud Kant. Rrkana Walla Walla, fowl- ttpokana Flyar loti.Hunkaiia.Min- Klyrr :4dp. m. iifa.olla,Kt. ram, 1a.m. Imliilli, Mllwnu ket.t'lilvagoAKa.t 140 p.m. OcMftSttaauhlpi. 4.00 p. m.' All nailing datiM aitlijevt to rliaiigu For hail Kranul.iMi- hkii ii'o a, , i:t, 18, 7H. ft, aud uvurjr 6 da) a. Inlly Columbia Blur 4:O0 p.m. Ki.Hiiu.ley Itaamtra. Ki. buuday a im li. m. ' faturday To Ailorla and Way 10. uo p. m. Ijtudluga. ;00a.m. Wlllawall Rlrar. 4:30 p.m. Kx. Bunilay Kk, buuday Orrgon City, Naw. b'Tg.Salnni A Way Landluga. 7:00 a.m. Wlllamailt and Yaia- :B0p. m. fnaa ., Tliur, hill Nlrart. Hon.. Wad. audtlak , , amlFrl. Oregon City, Pay. ton, A W ay Laud Ingt. . 6:00 a m. HKIIUmall Blvtr. 4:110 p.m. Tuea , Thiir Mnn.-JJao. and bat. Portland to Corral, aud Vil. II. ik Way Laud Ingt. !.T. Rlparla Inako llaf, Lt.1"IIo liHOa.tn. , . Ily Dally . Rlparla to Uwlaton S:lo a.m. 3. E. CRANE, Agent, Arlington. I W. H. HURLBURT. I aaral Paaaaugar Aaaat, Portland, OS. EVENTS 01 THE DAY Epitome of the Telegraphic News of the World. fEUSK TICKS KltOM TIIK WIEKS Ab lutarcatlna; Oollartlon of Itcma From tBB Tara Ilamlapliaraa I'raant4 a Caadutad Farm, W, J. Bryan addrewed 10,000 people Rt Tucoiiib, Wttrlh. War tax will not be reduced at thin Houston of congrtmH, The Puerto Iiiran bill panted the enate by a vote of 40 to 81. The pnblia debt denreaae'l $0,000,000 daring the month of March. A bill wag iMed to throw open Idaho and Oklahotua Indian landg. The Jouriieymon plumber of Indian apolia have itrack, demanding an in creuiw In pay. The loaialative oonncll of Trinidad bun ratified tiie reciprocity treaty with the United Statog. Aguinaldo i In Singapore, riinna- pore pa pert mention the fact and pub linh aliprt iuterviowa with him. The pluHtorer of Mlnuoapollg have been locked oot, ptndin( the gettle rnout of their dlnpute as to hour. T'earl harbor, in the Hawaiian inlaud", will be improved and fortified and made available for nuval purpoat-g. Mexico' army oonriota will be abollahed by the new gecretiiry of war. Volunteer turvlce i to be enoournged. The marine hoapitul tervice ha aent au urgent renegt to coiiKretw for an appropriation of f 500,000 to fight pinnae In various eeaport town. The cato.nl t lei in the Philippine war alcoe January 1, have been: Ameri can, 68 killed, 163 wnanded; tiuur gente, 1,426 killed; 1,453 captured. Great preparation for war are going on In KtiKdla. Alt metwago in regard to movemeuta of troop are cenorel and all olllcer are denied leave ol absence. The Illinni Brick Company, of Chi cago, the brick combine of that city, ba filed with the tecrotarjr of atate a eertiHoate of increase of capital stock from 910,000 to 9,0U0,000. The parly of cieutit under Pro fcsior A. AgasKie, who left Han Fran cisco evrul mouth ago on an expedi tion to the South Kens, baa returned. This icientiBo expedition weut tint to the Pomotoa, exploring the northern part of those ialnuds, region never l foro examined by aclentlst. After refitting the vessel at Tahiti, the re mainder of the Society Island, a well a the Cook, riavaga and the islauds of the Tonga group were explored. After reflttiug at Suva, the Klllco, ilbert and Marshall Island were ex plored and the Island of Guam was viaited. Republican elected their entire ticket at Cincinnati. Democrat made several striking gain In Michigan. Plumber of Cleveland are onaitriki for higher wage. Fire at Newport, Ark., destroyed property to the amount of $500,000. Roberta' communication with Kim berley ha I teen cut off by the lioera. No Puerto Rican franchise will Ik granted until government ia estab lihed. Two (mall boy of Astoria, Or., were drowned in the Columbia while out in a imall boat. Doer captured seven gun and 851 men In an engagement 17 mile from Illoemfoutein. Painter and carpenter of St. Louii are on a strike, peudlng adjustment ol their demand for higher wage. Reri-beri, small-pox and bubonic plHgne are prevalent at Manila, estab lishing a death rate of over 40 per 1,000. Webster Davis, assiHtHjit secretary o' the interior, ha resixned to go on tlx lecture platform in the interettt of tht Doer. Governor Roosevelt, of New Yor has signed the bill reitealing the Hortot boxing law. It will go into effect September 1. There i a general desire among all olasse in the Philippine for a speed establishment of tome form of permau ent government. Joe Pete, an Indian, under scntencf of death for murder at Carson, New, ling escaped from custody. lie was tc have been hanged May 4. . Diamond, Jewelry and money to the value of $16,000 wa stolen from Philadelphia residence, and Buspioior rest on the coachman, who i missing. A British steam launch wa captured by pirate near the Chock Ueung Shut district, the pilot of the boat murdereO and the launch and lighter, which it had in tow, looted. In a severe engagement near Bolivar, Venezuela, General Hernando was de foated by Uonoral Peualosa, command' inn the uoverumeut troops, 'lhe revo lutionist lost killed. Gov. Smith, of Vermont, own a pri vate locomotive. Jt 1 fitted with lux urious accommodation for eight pa' enger. There if a scheme to .construct a dl root railroad from New York to Chi cago, saving U00 mile and making the distance In 16 hour. A chairman of the board of direo tor of the New York Central Railroad, Chauuoey Depew draw the uiug lalary of $00,000 anuually. LATER NEWS. Emily Coghlan, the actre, died at Stamford, Conn., aged 86 year. Half the village of I'roctorville, Ohio, wa destroyed by Are. Los $'00,000. A German scientist ha invented a compound which mult iron in five second. : Boer in Natal are becoming active, and an engagement with Bailor 1 iui miuent. The German flag ha been raised over the HamiHia island of Upola, Manono, Apolima and Sara. Captain John Codman, the famon advocate of free ship and free trade, i dead at BoNton, aged 86. The statue of Maud Adam wil. not be admitted to the Pari expositon be cause it is a personal exhibit. At Pittsburg, Pa., a big olght-story department atore wag destroyed by fire, causing a los of over a $1,000,000. Another brother of President Kteyn, of Orange Free State, was captured at karee Siding, and i now at Bloem foutein. The squadron of the United State navy, recently formed In - Chinese water, i to have it headquarter at Hong Kong. Forty people lost their Uvea at Austin, Texas, due to an overflow of the Col orado river. Property destroyed ex coeds $3,000,000. Walter E. Groffe, the defaulting cashier of the Adam Expres Company at Dayton, Ohio, who left the city October 6 last, taking with bim $3,000 of the corporation' money, ha been arrested in Sao Francisco. The (itution In Ashactee ia unchang ed. A Coomaseie runner report that all the Ahante tribe are ia arm, the king of Bekwal alone remaining loyal. It is believed that the Aehantea golden stool ha been found and that the rising is due to the endeavor of the governor of the colony. Sir Frederio Mitchell Hodgson, to take possession of it. The American Plate Mirror Company wa chartered at Hanishnrg, Pa., with a capital of $50,000,000. Thi com pany i composed of well-known plate glass men, and i looked upon a the beg-inning of a determined move on the part of the American plate-glas men to wrest the trade in thi country for plate mirror from foreign manu facturers. Senator Tillman, from the committee on mine and mining, reported the bill providing for the utilisation of a part of the proceed of the sale of pub lic land in rapport of ccboola for min ing in the public laud atate. It pro vide for the appropriation of $10,000 annually for the present in each case and the gradual increase of the amount to $20,000. The Republican elected II out of 85 aldormen in Chicago. Admiral Dewey baa announced him self a a candidate for president. Genreal French ba given up hi chase after the retreating Boer. Boston i agitating the question of prohibition of ringing church bell. The United State building at the t'ari exposition will be closed on Sun lay. . Queen Victoria landed at Dublin, Ireland, her first visit to to island in 89 year. A temperance movement has been inaugurated in Mexico, owing to the increase of drunkenness. Admiral Dewey' ool lection of curio and trophies, at hi request, will be placed in the Smithsonian Institute. Turkish tower at the Pari exposition obstruct the view of the United State building and Commissioner Peck ha protested agaiust it, The Vanderbilt and Morgan now have plan almOBt perfected which will give them absolute control of the coal supply of America. Forty-four young men of Thurston, Or, have petitioned the military board for the organisation of a company of the National Guard at that place. Tho mammoth auditorium in which the Democratic National convention was to have been held on July 4, wa burned to the ground, entailing a Ion of $350,000. At LogAiispnrt, Iud., 150 masked men blew up two bridge and burned two toll house on the Logansport and Builington pike at midnight. The tond i the only pike in the county, and protest have been directed against high toll and the alleged bad condition of the pike. Michael J. Dady, the Brooklyn con tractor who obtained from the Spanish city goverment of Havana a $13,000, 000 contract (or sewering and paving, ha reoeived a lotter from Governor General Wood, informing biin that hi plan for the construction of newer and the paving ot the city of Havana are disapproved and rejected. The newly organised American Match Machiue Company, a New Jer sey corporation, Is about to enter into competition with the Diamond Matoh Company, known a the match truBt. The new company doe not intend to confine its attention to the trade ot the United State, but will make a vigor. ohh fight for European trade, through the sale of right. A national oongres of mother it to be held at Dei Molnea, Ia., May 21-35. The department of agrioulture will plant 100,000 rubber tree in the Ha wullan island. . ' At Lady Lansdowne' concert in London, Mme. Pattl i aaid to have worn diamond worth over $1,000,000. Gen. John J. Elwell, a hero of the oivil war, died at Cleveland, O. His military ervioe extended from 1861 to 1860. CAPTURED BY BOERS Roberts Loses Five Compan ies of Infantry. SURROUNDED BY A LAR0K FORCE Onneral VMWbola Mareall, fronchmsn la in Dutflh Army. Killed In Fight With Mthun'a Force. London, April ft. -Lord Robert re port that five companies of British troop have been captured by Boer near Betbanie. The following hi the text of hi dispatch to the war office, announcing the capture: "Bloemfontein, April 0. Another unfortunate occurrence ha occurred, resulting, I fear, in the capture of a party of infantry, consisting of three companies of the Royal Irish Fusilier and two companies of the Ninth regi ment of mounted infantry, near Red deraburg, a little eastward of the Betb anie railway station, within a few mile of thi place.. They were sur rounded by a ctrong force of the ene my, with four or five gun. "The detachment held out from noon of April 8 nntil April 4, at S . M., and then apparently aurrendered, for it i repotted that the firing ceased at that time. Immediately after 1 heard the new, during the afternoon of April 8, I ordered Gatacre to proceed from Springfontein, hi present headquarters, to Reddenburg with all possible speed, I dispatched the Cameron Highlander hence to Bethanie. He arrived at Red denburg at 10:80 A. M., without oppo sition, but could get no new of the missing detachment. There can be no doubt that the whole party ba been made prisoner." The lost companies are probably a part of the force guarding the railroad at Bethanie, 80 mile south of Bloem fontein. The Boer are evidently oper ating in force near the railroad, and there i a possibility of the line being interrupted for a brief period at any time. As the captured British soldier were in a position to defend them selves for nearly 24 hours and were then forced to surrender, the fighting niuat have been severe. The Boers were in force yesterday five mile from Jagersfontein, situated 60 miles np from Bloemfontein. They haul a brash with British patrols. Oaa. Tlllabola Martmll Killed. London, April 8. The war office re ceived the following dispatch from Lord Roberts, dated Bloemfontein, April 9: "Methuen telegraph from Bosbof, in the Orange Free State, a little north east of Kimberley, a follows: " 'Surrounded General Villelioi Marenll and a body of Boers today, and they could not escape. Yilleboi and even Boer were killed, eight wounded and 60 are prisoners.' " WORK OF REVOLUTIONISTS. AanarleBB Coneul Strang lip by tha Taamba la Pern. Chicago, April 9. A special to the Record from Washington say: Edward Gottfried, of Wiikeebarre, Pa., late consular agent ot this government at Truxillo, Pern, in a sworu statement which be ha filed with the state de partment, asserts that in the summer ot 1898 at Huamucho, 50 or 60 Pe ruvian revolutionists dragged bim half dressed to the public square, where they demanded that he produce 6.000 sol (between $3,000 aud $4,000) and 85 rifle within 15 minute or sub mit to chastisement in what i termed fc Pern the "flying storks." Gottfried ay he protested that he wa unable to comply with the demand and wa immediately knocked down with a blow from a gun and overpow ered. Hi thumb were tied together with thongs and his hands twisted bark of bis head. Heavy rifles were inserted between the inverted elbow and hi head and in that position he was strung up. In a short time the agonizing pain rendered him insensible. The administration will demaud restitution and an apology. BURMAH FRONTIER FIGHT. Battle Between Chlneaa Itaiders Bad the Hrlllah Police. Vancouver, B. C, April 9. Oiiental papers state that Chinese official enmity toward foreigner is being specially directed against British citizens in China. Instigated, it is said, by Rus sian suggestion, the Chinese have lately been especially troublesome on the Burmah-Chlnese frontier, where a medical officer and an assistant com missioner were murdeied. A story wa brought by the Empress of Japan from Yokohama today of a eerie of additional Chinese raids on the Burman boundary, culminating in a battle between 600 Chinese aud 75 military police nnder District Super intendent Herts, of Rangoon. The Indian military police, with 60 Gurk ha, attacked the main body of Chineee, killing 84 and capturing their gnus, jingal and banners. The Chinese leader wa among the killed. Six of the British force, inoluding two ofH, oer. were wounded, only one seriously. The scene of the battle was eight miles on the Burmah ide ot the frontier. Lehigh Laboratory Burned. Bethlehem, Pa., April 9. -The physi cal laboratory ot Lehigh University, one ot the largest in the country, was burned today, and all it soientitio ap paratus wa destroyed. The los on the building and content i $200,000; insurance, $50,000. Tragedy on California Farm. St. Helena, Cal., April 9. W. II. Alexander, a farmer, shot and killed his wife today and then took hi own Ufa by catting his throat with a raaor. AMBUSHED BY OUTLAWS. Thrilling Experience of Two New M.- leo Ofllcera. Phoenix, Ariz., April 7. -The fol lowing detail of the ambushing of Officer Scarborough, of Doming, N. M., and Birchneld, by outlwas in the Chiruousa mountains, have been re ceived here. The outlaws discovered that they were befng followed and laid a trap for the officers, who walked into it. A soon a they came within rifle range, the party of three bandits opened fire. The first volloy wounded Scarborough and Birch field, one shot striking Srar- tiorougb in the leg badly shattering the bo:ie; another struck Birchffeld in the let; arm. ' Both men were disabled. The wounded officers held the outlaws at hay. although hard pressed, several times. A continuous firing was kept op until dark. In the meantime, Birchfield managed to build a rude rock fort in which be placed Scarborough, and a soon as darkness prevented his movements from being observed by the bandits, he slipped away, secured a horse and went for assistance. Returning at daybreak he found Scarborough still alive and holding the fort, bnt suffering intense pain from his wound and exposure, it having rained and snowed all through the night. The party arrived at San Simon at t o'clock yesterday afternoon with Scarborough, and he wa sent to his home in Derning. Iiis wound will probably prove fatal. A large posse has started in pursuit of the outlaws, who have evidently gone further back . in the mountains, wbre it will be almost impossible to dislodge them. NEWS FROM HAWAII. Two freak Plague Caeca Beporteet March 5. Honolulu, March 80, via San Fran cisco, April 7. Two caaes of plague were reported March 25. One was a Japanese fisherman, the other a white man named John Hurley. Since that date no case have appeared. Word has reached here that the dis abled steamer Cleveland reached Hilo safely March 28. The distance of 400 mile wa made nnder sail in 10 days. Three hundred or more steerage pas sengers will probably sail from here on the next steamer for San Francisco. Dr. Carmlchael has decided that, in view ot the recognition now given the prophylactic as a preventative remedy, effective for from 80 to 40 day, he will give permits for steerage passage to persons who take the prophylactio and are in good health, have their baggage disinfected and are otherwise nnder sanitary conditions. A riot occurred at Pauhaua planta tion March 17. A captain of police and fonr officer arrested eight Japanese for gambling. About 200 Japanese, armd with cane knives and club, cur rounded the olticer and forced them to release their prisoner. A disastrous cane fire swept over 630 arces on the Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Company's plantation March 20. Combination of -Jobbers. San Francisco, April 7. The case of the St. Louis petitioners was taken np today betore the interstate commerce commission, and considerable evidence was Introduced in support of their ap plication for a smaller differential in freight rates between the Middle West and the Pacifio coast. Hardware merchants from Petaluma, San Jave and Oakland were before the commis sion today, and their testimony was directed to the allegation that Pacific coast jobbers have united in a combin ation to rets tain trade by shutting oot Eastern and Middle West competition, thereby forcing up prices. Several witnesses testified to their belief that such a combination existed. Dlatnrbaneee la Panama. New York, April 7. -A special to the Herald from Washington say: "It i now admitted that the diturb ance in Panama, Colombia, are seri ous, and the authorities are beginning to pay attention to them. Mail serv ice has been interrupted in consequence of the operations of the troops, and it was reported today that there had been fighting in the streets ot Panama. In quiry at the department ot state, how ever, tailed to elicit any information on this point. "A revolution in Colombia is of especial importance to the United State, because of the guranteee made by this government to preserve free transit between Colon and Panama." New Cuban Railroad, v New York, April 7. A strong syndl cate ba been formed for the purpone of constructing a railroad extending the length of Cuba, a distance of about 800 miles, a soon a the necessary authori ty can be obtained. The full amount of capital required for this undertak ing, it is understood, has already been subscribed by the syndicate, which is headed by Sir William C. Van Home. Mea Peroe'a Smallpox Situation. Washington, April 7. -The officers ot the marine hospital service have consented to handle the smallpox situ ation on the Nes Perce's settlement in Idaho. They will co-operate with the agents and inspectors of the Indian bureau, and will establish detention camps and do whatever else is neoesary to stamp out the disease and prevent it spread. ' ' Bualneae Block Burned. Menominee, Mich., April 7. Fire today destroyed the Spies building, the largest business block in the city. The loss on the building is $60,000; in surance, $12,000. The total loss, in oluding the losses of films occupying th block, is estimated at $200,000. New York, April 7. The jury in the case ot Olga Netheraole and others, ac cused of maintaining a nuisance in per forming tha play "Sappho," has re turned a verdict of not guilty, FLOOD AT AUSTIN Swollen Colorado River Car ried Away the Great Dam. TIIIKTY OR FORTY LIVES LOST Similar to the John. town Dlenater Great Loaa to Property part of the City Inundated. Austin, April 10. This city is to night ia pitch darkness, with a raging river, one mile wide, swollen far be yond its natural bunks, roaring and surging through all the lower portion of the town, having spread death and destruction in its wake. Jn addition to the vast los to property interests, it is calculated that between 80 and 40 lives have been sacrificed, and the re port coming in from the tributary country tonight do not tend to improve mutters. The flood ia not unlike the disastrous Johnstown Mood of some years ago, in that a raging river, already swollen far beyond its capaci ty, bore to heavily upon an immense dam spanning a river, breaking it and letting loose a reservoir of water 30 miles long, half a mile wide and 60 feet deep, to aid in carrying destruction down the valleys of the Colorado river. The great dam in the Colorado gave way at noon from the enormous pres sure of water and debris, and with a roar and crash swept the valley below the city, wrecking the immense light and power plant and drowning eight workmen. Last Wednesday night it began to rain very bard at this place, the storm extending north of here along the watersheds of the Colorado river. The precipitation continued until this morn ing, the downfall averaging tix inches within an hour. All this vast quantity of water all along the watersheds of the Colorado river rapidly swelled the current until at 8 o'clock tbis morning the river, which bad been rising steadi ly since last evening, was a raging tor rent, having risen 40 feet within 10 hours. After daylight tbis morning it be came evident that the situation was serious. The river began to rise so rapidly that it became evident that the dam, power house and contents, costing $500,000, were in imminent danger. To add to the danger of the situation, small frame bouses, trees and debris of every description commenced descending the river, and piled up against the upper face of the dam. Tbis weight was augmented every moment nntil by 10 o'clock there was a mass of debris lodged against the dam which threatened the safety of the structure. In addition, millions of gallons of water, muddy from its long journey, was whirling and plunging to the 60-foot fall, and it was evident that no wall could withstand the immense pressure. Breaking of the Dam. The crisis came shortly after 11 o'clock, when suddenly, with a report like the roar of the ocean, a great wedge. 25 feet high, 600 feet wide, and about 8 feet thick, rolled out of the center section of the dam, down the face of the 60-foot fall, deep into the river below. This left a hanging gap in the very middle of the dam, through which the debris and water fiercely poured, while the flood, already raging, was threatening everything in its path. The released water poured into the power bouse, catching eight employes at work there, drowning all of them. Within a short time all the valleys to the south and wei-t of Austin were filled to overflowing with water, and the southern portion of the city, tribu tary to the river, was inundated. Large crowds collected on the river banks, and several persons were swept into the river when the dam broke, bnt all were saved by boatmen. A crowd of white people, numbering about 80, living just below the dam in tents, were seen at their habitations just before the dam broke and have not been accounted for since. It is generally believed that all of them were swept away. A family of six negroes living iu the valley south of the city are known to have been drowned. It i estimated that more than 100 houses have been destroyed, and the loss to property will be great. The breaking of the dam engulfed the old water company's plant below the city, and it is tonight lying 15 feet under water, while the city is in darknesa and without water. Caused a Serloua Train Wreck. Laredo, Tex., April 10. -The north bound passenger train which left here over the International & Great North ern railway this morning, was wrecked by the spreading of the rails near Two big, about noon. The entire train, ex cept the engine, went into the ditch. Mail Agent Sobright was seriously in jured, and several others seriously hurt. Further details have not been received here. The Rio Grande has come to a stand at 26 feet, without damage to the bridges here, but the waterworks ma chinery is submerged, and the crops along the river have been destroyed. Piano and Organ factory Burned. Chicago. April 10. Fire today partly destroyed the piano amC orgao factory of the M. S. Schurs Copmnny, corner j Morgan and Superior streets, entailing a loss of $50,000, covered by insurance. The cause is thought to nave been spon taneous combustion. Saratoga Opera-Houae Burned. Saratoga, N Y., April 10. -The San Souci Opera House block and the Schaffur building, at Ballston, were burned today. Loss, $150,000. I SANNAS POST AMBUSCAOE. Boers Captured Valuable Paper and Plana From the Britlah. Brand ford, Orange Free State, April t. Burgher who are returning from the aoene of the Sannas Post ambuscade (also referred to a Karre and Korn Spruit) furnish interesting detail ot the occurrence. It appear that when the first retreating British wagon en tered the drift the ambuscader shouted "Hand up," removed the officers and let the cart through. The process was repeated several times, until the wag ons arrived in a bunch, when the ruse was discovered and a disorderly fight followed. In one cart were two offi cers, to whom Commandant Dewet shouted "Hands up." One of them obeyed, whereupon the ohter shot his comrade dead, refused to surrender, and was immediately shot. . The burgher lost three men killed and 110 wounded, including a field cornet. Among the wounded wa Dutch Mili tary Attache Nix, who received a bul let in the chest. Altogether the Boers captured 889 prisoners throughout the day. The significance of the battle murt not be underrated.' It was fought by a force of Free Staters, on a flat plain, and without shelter. The Free Staters are now desirous of marchngon Bloem fonten, and the Transvaal officeis are anxous to emulate the successes of their late allies. All the Southern Boer forces have now formed junctions with the main Boer army, and form a large force of veterans. The burghers, who were prevously short of food, now have plenty. Commandant Dewet sent the British guns, wagons and prisoners to Winburg. Perhaps of greater importance than the victory is the capture of British secret papers, including maps and plans of 1897, 1898 and 1899, outlining elaborate schemes for the invasion of the Orange Free State and the ; Trans vaal, and giving a plan for reaching Johannesburg from Mafeking along Dr. Jamieson's route, amended so as to avoid mistake. Another gives the plan for a march from Bloemfontein to Kroonstad. Advices from Vienters berg, Prieska and Ken bard t chow the colony i full of rebels. The Kenbardt rebel are marching on Calvinia. and others are on their way to Fourteen Stream. A dispatch box wa fonnd at Sannas Post containing oaths signed by Free Staters. The signers bave been sent for in order that the gei .al may ex plain the invalidity of oaths nnder compulsion. APPEAL TO THE POWERS. President Btejrn's Speech to the Free State Raad. Pretoria, April, 9. In his speech at the opening of the Free State Raad. President Steyn declared that, in spite of the surrender of Bloemfontein, be had not lost the hope of the triumph of the republican cause. The war, he said, was forced upon the Transvaal, and nothing remained for the Orange Free State but to throw in its lot with its sitser republic, in accordance with the terms of the treaty. The war, he continued, was begun with the object ot maintaining the independence secured with tha blood of the forefathers of the nation, and had been so successful that it had caused the greatest wonder throughout the world, and even to the Boers themselves. After paying a tribute to the memory of General Joubert, Steyn said the Brit ish, notwithstanding their overwhelm ing numbers, were violating the flag ot truce and the Red Cross, and he was compelled to report the matter to the neutral powers. The president further remarked that the attempt to create dissension among the burgher by issu ing proclamations bad failed. Refer ring to the correspondence between the South African presidents and Lord Salisbury, Steyn proceeded: "Not only were those efforts made, bnt the republics dispatched deputa tions to Europe and America to bring the influence of the neutral powers in order to secure cessation of bloodshed, and I greatly desire that these efforts be crowned with success." GOES TO CONFERENCE. Hawaiian Territorial Bill Faaaed by the Bouae. Washington, April 9. The house, after four days of debate, today passed the substitute for the senate bill pro viding for a territorial form of govern ment for Hawaii. The bill now goes to conference. The most interesting feature of the days' proceedings was the attempt ot Hill, of Connecticut, to secure the adoption of two amendments, one pro viding for a""resident commissioner in stead of a delegate in congress, and tho other declaring that nothing in the act should be interpreted as a pledge of statehood. Both were overwhelmingly defeated, Deboe, of Kentucky, today gave no tice that be would move to refer the credentials of ex-Senator J. C. S. Blackburn, as a senator from that state, to committee on privileges and elec tions. During the greater part of the session the senate had under considera tion the Indian appropriation bill. Sullivan, of Misiiippl, delivered a speech in favor of seating Hon. M. 8. Quay. : : Gold Mines Laid Off. Cripple Creek, Colo., April 9. Two hundred miners have been laid oil at the Portland mine on account of the high rates demanded by the smelters for the treatment of gold ores. Two Negroes Haoged. Baxley, Ga., April 9. King and Louis Gossby, colored, who killed Dan iel Minis, a farmer, and bis young child near here the night of March S lust, were executed here today..,;"' '