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BMp.ni. All aalllnt data. 4.00 p.m.
ubject to change
' . For San Franclaco
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Dalljr CaluMbli Rlr 4 00 p.m.
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Saturday To A a tor la aud Way
10:80 p. m. l.andliii.
1:00 a. in. Wlllam.lta Rlr. 4:Mn.m.
ks. Sunday tti.Uunday
OreRon City, N,w.
berc, Salem, Inda-
- ' pendence A Way
J"dlnl' "'
7:00 a.m. Wlllimada and Yaia- S:H0p.ra.
Tuct.. Thur. hill Nlvart. Mon.. Wed.
and Bat. endFrl.
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ion, Way Laud-
(0(1.
:00 a.m. Wlllam.tl Blvar. 4:80 p.m.
Tu.a.. Thar. Mon., Wed.
and Bat Portland to Corral- , and Fri.
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Dally Rlparla to Lawliton t a. in.
H. A. BBIG08, Aleut, Arllnflon, Or.
A. L. CRAIO,
OtBirtl FaiMnger Af ent, Portland, Or.
crom All Parti of the New World
and the Old.
V INTEREST TO OUR MANY READER
'mprthAlv4 Rivmw of tM Imporltni IUf
ptninp of th Put Vuk In
CortdtfiMd Porm.
Monfy tetrolljr in England oontin
Ota. T-t prttidtot wi!l call ta astra
aloo. -
Tha and of tba lloer war ia not ia
tight.
6avera oold weather pravtlli through
oot Kurope.
A lS-inob gun exploded oo the bat
tleihlp Keartarga.
An Engllilii-an'a letter created a
aaoiatlon in Maulla.
Five rebel oRkera and 20 men were
captured near Manila.
Civil government wu jatabllahed ia
Paugaainan provlnre.
All the volnutten will be borne from
the Philippine Ij June 80.
The oaar ia euipicioua of F.inperur
WillUni'a doing in Knglaud.
Approptiatioa bills have the right
of way in tba horjie thla work.
Itoiiia haa linpoaed an increHied
tariff on I m port i from America.
Tba senate will prictlcallr ihvote
tbil week ta approprWiluo tillx.
Looiilana mob banged a negro who
killed a white man anil bta (aimly.
Hix peraoni were killed and a many
leriouily iujured iu a traiu wreck in
Nevada.
Niue priannfr iu the Sjmkaiia conn
ty Jail overpowered Ilia jallar aud
caped.
Ollloial Mat of the vlrtum of (he
Union mine aucldeut placea the uuin
ber at 64.
One regiment and a iortion of two
othera will be miikteiad out at Van
oonver. Waih.
Elaborate preparationH are lining
made for the colonial tour of the Duke
of Cornwall aud York.
Two llridal Veil. Or , factorie and
the O. it. & N. railroad bridge were
damaged by the bieakiuu of a drift Jaw.
Dunlin government bit broken off
negotiation! with the United Ptatei
regarding the lale of Dauiah Weal In
die. Colonel V. T. Hart, a w'ell-knoai
Weitern promoter, com nutted auloide
by jumping from a moving traiu iuto
the SuHka river.
To .haiteii peitc-e nt-KOtintioii, Von
Walrtenea baa plauued an SO ilny ex
pedition andaiki American aud Freucb
to co-operate with the tiermituH.
Tba JefferiM-liuhlin lll)t ia ost
poned. Another imiurgeiit baud has been
broken up.
A state of siege has been proclaimed
at Madrid.
(ions were mail In a aloou raid at
Wlulleld. Kan.
I'eit Dewet In at the Cape trying to
bring about peace.
Civil government baa been eUMiHli
ed in I'ainpHUifH proviure.
General Davis will conduct the Car-man-Carrauta
luveitigatlou.
Charles M. Schwab is to be presi
dent of the uew Morgan steel company.
An address of loyalty from the city
of Loudon waa presented to Kiug Ed
ward. The headless and mutilated body ol
a man was found in the rear of a Co
lumn lis, ()., saloon.
Pensions for Oregon Indian war vet
erans has been loft out of the substi
tute bill in congreHS.
The ameer of Aftflianlstsu has writ
ton an extremely sympathetic Iftter to
Lord Curtou, on the ocoatiiou of tba
death of the queen.
Otto W. Meysenburg, formerly presi
dent of the Wells & French Car Com
pany, of Chicago, is dead at his coun
try home, Alma rSieta, Cal., at the g
of 53 years.
Frank Crawford, aged 10, was shot
and instantly killed by his brother
Charley, aged 14 years, at llaliuee,
W. Va. Frank objected to Charley
going out bunting.
From an .ash barrel that had been
consigned to a dump at 1'laiulield, N.
J., Colouel Julian Scott, the well
known artist, has lesuned a death
mask of Napoleon.
Margin MoClure, convicted of assist
ing in the wreok of the Rutland, Vt.,
Merchants' National Bank, was seu
tenoed to seven years in the county
house of oorreqtiou.
Fire in the five-story block in Rosloa
occupied by Wlll'am II. Blood & Co ,
shawls, cloaks, etc.; Creed & Co.,
fanoy goods; Edward Boiler & Co.,
linings, and M. II. Pulaski & Co., em
broiderlss, caused a loss of $160,000.
tjoeen Victoria had 73 children,
grandchildren and great-grunduhiU
dren. ...
Lord Roberts is the first man ever
entitled to wear the Carter, the Vio
torla Cross ' and the order of St. Pat
rick. Thirty-five prominent American
aoulptora will contribute to the embel
lishment of tne grounds and buildings
of the Pan-American exposition at
Buffalo, N. Y.
OUR LAWMAKERS.
Dolnji of Importance at lh Suit Capital
Billl PlMtd.
' Two Railroad Billl Killed.
The home after spending nearly an
other bill day iu consideration of rail
road bills, diipwed of two mora Wed
nesday. One of tbera measures was
i'oornian's fellow-aervaut bill. It was
debated at leugth, and although even
ita opuents admitted it bad good
points, it was defeated by a vote of 81
to 22. Tba other railroad bill which
was dliosed of, and which met a sim
ilar fate, wtt the bill of Harris to Hi
tiie liability of railroad corporations
for injuries. But 19 votes wart cast
la favor of thla bill. -
No ftoliday at Salem,
Waihlnirton's birthday, February 28,
is a legal holiday, but it it not a legis
lative holiday unless the legislator by
speciflo act c hoc see to make it to.
inasmuch as Washington's birthday
happens this year to fall on the 40th
day of the session (the usual day of
sine die adjournment) lt Is probable
that business will be proceeded with
mochas usual. Tba comtltotlon of
the state does not limit tba teutons to
40 days, but does limit the total com
pensttlon o( each member to $120 at
3 per day; therefore, few legislators
can be expected to be so lelf-taorific-ing
as to work long for nothing.
Bills Pamd.
Tba senate Wednesdty passed tba
following bills: Senate bill 79, to cor
rect the description of tba boundary of
Wheeler county; senate bill 14S, to
protect hotel and boarding house keep
ers; by Hunt, regulating street rail
ways iu Portland; senate bill 78, to
enact the Torrent system of registra
tion ol land titles; senate bill 172, to
regulate insurance companies; senate
bill 81, to provide for the election of
road supervisors; tentto bill 187, to
create the office of county auditor of
Multnomah county; senate bill 217, to
amend the charier of Sherwood; senate
bill 916, to lis the salary of prosecut
ing attorney in the Seventh judicial
diatrict.
The house Wednesday passed bills
as follows: bouse bill 27, providing
for a uniform system of mine bell sig
nals; house b'll 146, making lt a crime
to remove or interfere with mining lo
cation marks; house bill 127, regulat
ing the aupply of water for irrigation
purposes.
The Sc tutorial Vets.
The joint vote for senator Wednes
day was: It.'WrCorbett, 82; Blnger
Hermann, 29; George II. Williams,
1; It. D. Inman, Democrat, 26; W. .
Robertson, Democrat, 1; absent, 1.
License Bill Defeated.
Senate bill 16, tor the licensing of
stationary engineers and firemen was
defeated Monday.
Woman Suffrage Defeated.
An effort was made in the .house
Mouday to reconsider the vote by which
senate joint resolution 71, for woman
suffrage, was defeated. The vote for
reconsideration was lost, 28 to 21.
Law Without Govemor'i Signature.
Governor Geer Monday filed the
barber Sunday closing bill without
his signature, thus completing the
proceeding necessary to make ita law.
At it bears an emergency clause, it
went into effect Monday and will make
harboring on next Sunday a crime.
Paaied Both House i.
The following bills have passed both
housos; Homo bill 2, relative to
school libraries; bouse bill 91, to pro
hibit barbering on Sunday; house bill
203, appropriation for legislative ex
penses and deficiencies; senate bill 12,
provi ling for tale of school lands; ten
ate bill 16, exemption of earninga of
judgment debtors; senate bill 17. fix
ing fees of witnesses in Douglas, Jack
sou and Josephine counties iu criminal
aotions; senate bill 95, fixing .salary of
judge of Clackamas county. Incorpor
ation bills, Sheridan and Whitney.
Signed by tht Governor.
The following bills have been signed
by the governor: House bill 8, amend
ing Albany bridge' act; house bill 4,
appropriating $45,000 tor Oregon agri
cultural college; house bill 25, appro
priating $47,600 to Oregon state uni
versity; house bill 180, for payment of
tcalp bounty warrants; house bill 224,
relative to Portland tax ley; house bill
257, relinquishing ground to United
States for postoflke at Salem; senate
bill 8, relative to licenses on state fair
grounds. (A law without governor's
signature); senate bill 19, to pay ex
penses of Indian war veterans to Wash
ington; senate bill 89, to submit initia
tive and referendum; senate bill 104,
removing incline at Cascade looks;
senate bill 11, to authorize Portland
to levy a special tax; incorporation
aots for the following places: Rose
burg, CanyonvlUe, Silverton, Elgin,
Summerville, Baker City, Antelope,
Dallas, Suinpter, Myrtle Point, Med
ford. 1 The Vote for Senator.
The vote for senator Monday stood:
Corbett 80. George II. Williams 23,
William Smith 25, Binger Hermann,
6, not voting 1, absent or paired 6.
Aid for Orphanages.
The house committee on corpora
tions Wednesday rendered a favorable
report on the bill by Holoomb provid
ing state aid for all orphan asylums of
not to exceed $10 per annum per in
mate. , . Foj Clark Sword Fund.
In the house Wednesday Eddy in
troduced a conoyrrent resolution pro
viding for an appropriation of $262 for
the completion of the Captain Clark
tword fund.
IS III OK CO LOi IT
Dewet Engaged a British Force
Near Philipstown.
CROSSED ORANGE RIVER AT SAND DRIFT
Tht lanlskllllngs Charged the Enemy Wha Left
Five Killed and Six Wounded
Tsa Boers Were Captured.
London, Feb. 16. The war offloa
baa received tba following dispatch
front Lord Kitchener:
"Pretoria, Feb. 15. Our troops art
now engaged with Christian Dewet't
foroa north of Phillpttown, which wa
bold, Dewet having crossed the Orange
river at Sand Drift, apparently moving
kwest.
"French, reporting from a point 25
miles southeast of Errnelo, states that
a large fore of the enemy ia being
driven on tba Piet Bief, their efforts to
break back having so far been frus
trated. TbaInniskillingt cbsr.ed tba
enemy, who left five killed and tlx
wounded on the gmuj4. Ten Boers
were captured, and there wat a large
captor of wagons, carta and cattle.
Our casualties were one killed and fir
wounded."
The livening News prints a dispatch
from Cap Town, dated Thursday,
February 14, which says:
"The government here lt advised
that Christian Dewet and ax-President
fiteyn entered Cape Colony ami occu
pied I'htlipetown. Tbe British attack
ed them yesterday and drovb them out
of tbe town with loss."
Cap Town, Feb. 16. A Boer com
mando crossed tbe Orange river yester
day, in the Pbilipitown district. It it
reported that Dewet was in command.
Van Wyksvlei was occupied Mondsy
by 800 Boers who were retreating from
Calvinia. Tbe Boers are reported in
force 24 miles west of Carnarvon. A
Boer convoy of 65 wagons and 45 pris
oners hat been taptuied north of Am
sterdam. Boers Near dps Town.
London, Feb. 16. It is reported from
Cape Town that the wife of Comamnd
ant Botha left Pretoria with a military
escort to endeavor to get her husband
to surrender. -
Tbe Boera tried nnsuocessf ully to
destroy a culvert nesr Cap Town. Se
ver fighting ensued, the Boers latvi ig'
three killed, and S3 .wounded. . The
British lost one killed and two wounded.
Boers Wonted at Aberdeen.
Cape Town, Feb. 16. Fighting it
reported to have taken place near Aber
deen Friday and Saturday last, the
Boera being worsted.
CHICAGO HOTEL FIRES.
Attempts Wert Made to Burn Four Structures
Robbery During the Excitement
Chicago, Feb. 16. Flames were
started simultaneously on four floors of
the Palmer House this sfternoou. and
45 minutes later were discovered on
two floors in the Great Northern hotel.
Two men supposed to be hotel
thieves were teen to run from the
Palmer house. During the excite
ment, $500 worth of jewelry was stolen
from one of tbe rooms of the Great
Northern.. About the samo time, a
blaae of light was discovered in the
Sherman house. Another fire of sus
picious origin had been discovered
only 24 hours before. The fires con
vince tbe police that an organised
gang of incendiaries is operating in
Chicago. Good desoiiptions have been
secured of the two men who were seen
running from the Palmer house, and
a number of detectives are at work on
the case. The four fires, with tbe cir
enrastanoes attending them, were:
Palmer House Four fires started
simultaneously in baskets of linen on
different floors. Towels saturated
with kerosene wei found. The fir
was extinguished by guests and em
ployes. Two suspects were seen, but
allowed to esoape. Damage nominal.
Great Northern Hotel Simultan
eous fires were discovered on the II and
J floors. Odor of kerosene on H floor.
J. S. Friest,'ot New York, reported
that $500 worth of jewelry had been
stolen fiom bis room. Damage of
$1,500 by fire and small pauic among
th guests. ''
Sherman House The blaze was on
the upper floor and was attended with
little commotion. Damage, $100.
Hotel Grace Fir of suspicious
origin discovered in a linen closet.
Damage nominal.
Tho roost dangerous fire in th
Palmer house was on the fifth florr.
It waa extinguished at personal risk
by John M. Mo Williams, Jr., a senior
at Princeton university. The police
agree, that all tbe flies were incendiary
and tonight every iiortant down
town hostelry was guarded by a detail
of oflioers in plain clothes, watching
for the men suspected of having 'started
the fires. These oflioers. as well as
the hotel managers, have tbe theory
that the blase was started by some dis
charged hotel employe who wished to
satisfy his grudge and waa able to do
so through hit intimate knowledge of
opportunities.
' Ribbed of $3,000 Worth of Jewelry.
: 'Ban Francisoo, Feb. 16. Mrs. P.
H. Osgood, of Seattle, who arrived in
this city on the Oregon express .this
morning, has reported to the police
and railway officials that she wat
robbed during last-night of $3,000
worth of jewelry. She stated that the
gems were in a leather bag which she
suspended from her neck, but that
they were taken while she waa sleep
ing. Tbe polioe officers have arrested
a man on suspicion.
SPAIN IS AGAIN CALM.
But Martial Law Will Continue Throughout
Carnival Week.
Madrid, Feb. 18. The minuter of
th interior, Senor Urgarte, in tbe
conn of an interview, asserted that
calm reigned In th provinces and that 1
if the same paclno behavior of tbe peo
ple continued 'after th carnival next
week, martial law could be discontin
ued in Madrid and tbiougnout Spain,
except in Catalonia. Madrid remains
perfectly calm, although the talk of
the probable ebang of ministry after
the carnival it very ttrong.
All the troop have been withdrawn,
and tbe censorship ia leas vigorous, but
no reference to th disorders of tbe
past few days ia permitted to appear.
All dispatches ar now revised sod de
layed. The streets at now guarded
by only tha ordinary number of polio.
Th weather lt bitterly oold and not
conducive to mob manifestations.
There is not the slightest foundation
for tbe statement circulated in tba
United States, on tba authoiity of a
news agency that th government bad
placed restrictions on the tending of
messages regarding the royal wedding.
Two person! wer killed and teveral
othert wounded yesterday at Grenada.
Th count and countess of Caserta
arrived at Hendayt, France, today.
Tbey met with no special incident en
rout and continued th journey to
Nice.
New York, Feb. 18. A speoial to
the Times from Washington says:
Tbe disturbances which General
Weyler ia now trying to quell, ar not,
it it said by persons familiar with th
situation, of either Carlist or Republi
can origin, although both parties are
no doubt active in trying to take ad
vantage of tba trouble. It ia declared
that tbe n prising ia in reality an out
break of the discontented. Those tak
ing part in it com prise all classes of
malcontents, and ita causes are like
those which brought about th French
revolution.
Poverty bat been increasing, tbe
burden of taxation has been growing
heavier, and tha laboring olasses are
ripe for revolution. At the tame time
tbe ruling dynaaty it unpopular. All
these complications and a number of
othera have brought about a widespread
feeling of nnreat, and great event are
looked for in Spain nnlesa the incipient
revolution is quelled. Spain hat been
tending toward a rebellion for some
time.
HARD LABOR FOR LIFE.
Sentence to the Rebel Officer Wh Captured
the Yorktow Party.
Washington, Feb. 18. A coord ing to
mail advices from the Philippines,
Captain Novico, the insurgent officer
who commanded the band which cap
tured Lieutenant Gilmore and party,
has been sentenced to imprisonment at
bard labor for life, on tbe charges of
having permitted one of Gilmore's
party to be buried alive. The viotim
was a sailor named McDonald.
Surrender In Butacan District
Washington, Feb. 18. News of an
other important surrender in tbe Phil
ippines is contained in tbe following
dif patch received at the war depart
ment from General MacArthur:
"Manila. Feb. 18. Adjutant-General,
Washington One hundred and
twelve rifles and 1,500 rounds of am
munition snrrendeied at Haganey,
Feb. 13, mostly' from supply secreted
in contiguous swamps. The incident
is important, and indicatos a great re
action favorable to American interests
in region of Bulacan, heretofore one of
the worst iu Luxou. The result is ac
complished exclusively by the long
continued, intelligent and persistent
efforts of officers of tha Third infan
try." .
Engagements With Insurgents.
Manila, Feb. 18. Colonel Cronin.
and 80 of the Thirty-third regiment
have located 100 insurgents at Candon,
South Ilooos. Captain Green with 60
men, met a force of the enemy at San
ta Maria. The insurgents, who wer
commanded by Tino, hid behind stone
walls on a steep mountainside. There
was hard fighting for three hours.
Then Tino abandoned hit position and
retreated southward.
Gold discoveries of some importance
hare been "made in tha province of Le
panto. '
Car Jumped the Track.
Pitt8buig, Feb. 18. A oar on the
Hamilton line jumped the vtrack to
night, at the corner of Sixth and Ham
ilton avenue, and toppled over against
the curb completely wrecking the oar
and injuring 20 or mora passengers
four of them severely.
To Stop Cant Rushes.
New Haven, Conn., Feb. 16. Tha
Yale faoulty has abolished the time-
honored custom of granting a holiday
to the undergraduates on Washington a
birthday. ' The aotion of the faculty
baa excited much discission among
the undergraduates, and an attempt
will be made to have the day restored.
February 82 is annually the data when
the Yale sophomores wear high hats
and carry canes for the first time, and
when the freshmen "rush" the sopho
mores and "take" the fence.
' Defenses for Port Orchard Dock,
Tacoma, Feb. 18. The work of lay'
ing mines and torpedoes about the en
trances to the Port Orchard drvdook is
soon to begin. A shipment of five
oars of mushroom anchors has been re
ceived by the quartermaster's depart
ment, consigned to tbe United States
engineer by tbe ordnance department
of tbe army. They are to be used to
aold down tha guncotton mines and
torpedoes.
Ill A DEATH TBAP
Sixty-Five Miners Are Entombed
No Hope for Them, -h
CAUSED BY AN EXPLOSION CP GAS
Only Exit Is the Mouth of the Shaft. Which It
Fined With a Huge Volume el Smoke
Relief Measures Have Begun.
Vancouver, B. C, Feb. 18. Sixty-
five miners ar imprisoned in No. I
hall ol tli f!nnlirtZMl nul min. n '
Vancouver island.' Tb only exit it
th month of th tbaft which it filled
with a hug volume of flam. Thar
It considered to b no possibility fox
th unfortunates to escape.
Details of Disaster Meager.
Details of th disaster ar meager.
The Cumberland min is near th vil
lage of Union, about 60 miles north
of tb tows of Ntnaimo. Tb) only
telegraphic communication from Un
ion it by a single government wire, ;
and little lt known of tb tragedy in
tbe min except that a terrible explo
sion occurred in No. 6 shaft of th
Cumberland about 11 o'clock this
morning. Following tha explosion tha
sbtft caught lira, and tb 65 miners
who wer working half a mil from
tha entrance wer caught in fa death
trap. A relief party from No. 6 shaft
made a brave but futi.1 attempt at a
rescue. They wer beaded off: by the
fire and could sot reach the imprisoned
men. The attempt at rescue was mad
through No. 6 shaft, but tb flames
prevented any development of the per
iloua venture.
Tba Cumberland mine it on of th
pioperties of the Union Colliery Com
pany, situated near Comox and
reached trout Union bay by the private
colliery railway crossing the Trent
river on which th memorable bridge
disaster occurred a year or two ago.
It has been singularly fortunate here
tofore in immunity from disaster and
was counted an especially safa mine to
work in by reason of the character of
tha formation in which tbe coal it
found there, and tbe manner in which
it had been opened np. No. 6 shaft,
the scene of the disaster, was bottomed
in October, 1898, at a depth of 814
feet It ia well constructed and tim
bered, with a mud wall, the pit bot
tom being timbered with 12x18 sawn
bulks, built solidly , together. 18 feet
wide and 13 feet high. The shaft it
located close to tb railway, and tba
ventilation of the mine is effected by a
14x5-foot Gnibal fan, wbicb, when ran
to ita fall capacity, gives 85,000 oubio
feet of air circulation per minute.
Tbe air enters by the haulage slopes
and is divided into separate splits, the
main split being at the point where
No. 2 branches off the main slope,
part of the air going down each slope.
Further down each of these slopes the
air is again split, and sent to tbe work
ings east and west of the respective
slopes.
- A second explosion occurred in No.
5 shait tonight, but it had been ex
pected, and all the men'bad left th
workings. There wer no casualties.
This explosion prevents any further
efforts being made to rescue tbe en
tombed miners through No. 5 shaft.
Killed by a Tiger
Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 18. Albert
Neilaon, aged 15, employed as an ani
mal keeper at the Zoological garden,
in this city, v as killed by a Bengal
tiger today. He entered the tiijei'i
cage and was attacked by tbe beast.
A terrible struggle followed in which
Neilaon was torn in a hundred places.
Red hot irons were thrust into tha
blood thirsty animal, but not until
seven bullets had been fired into ita
body did it release its hold on ita vio
tim. Neilaon was dragged from th
cage more dead than alive, and wat
hurried to the city hospital, where he
died as he was being carried in. Tbe
tiger was not fatally wounded. Neil
ton had been employed by the Zoo
company three years. - He was in
charge of the lion's cubs, and it is sup
posed opened the tiger's oage by mis
take. Generals to Retire Today.
Washington, Feb. 18. Generals J.
H. Wilson, Fitzbugh Lee and Theo
dore Sohwan will be retired tomorrow,
the last named on his own applicaion.
Colonel A. S. Daggett, Fourteenth in
fantry, will be promoted to a brigadier
generalship, succeeding Sohwan, and
will be retired immediately.
May Arrest Without a Warrant
Pittsburg, Pa., Feb. 18. In the suit
f John B. Bennett against Secret Serv
ice Agents Flynn and Berriman and
Deputy United. States Marshal W. S.
Blair, who wer charged with malic
ious trespass assault and battery in
connection with tbe arrest of the plain
taff, Judge W. M. Achin, in the Unit
ed States court, handed down an im
portant opinion. He makes a prece
dent in deciding that United States
marshals or their deputies can make
arrests in emergenoy oases without
warrant.-. - ' -
Found Dead on the Desert
Tuoson, Aria. JFeb. 18. George
Wheatley a well-known mining man
and two Mexioan miners were touud
dead in their tent,' one mile from the
mining camp of Sohulta, 80 miles from
Tuoson. When found the parties had
been dead for several days. Indica
tions point to death from charcoal
fumes. Some believe that the men were
poisoned. The body of one o1. tbe
Mexicans was being consumed by fir
when tbe remains were discovered.
SIX WERE KILLED.
ffvt Passengers and fireman an Wrecked Trsla
As Many Seriously tnur4
Wlnnemucca, Nev., Feb. 19. Tb
a it bound overland limited Southern
Pacific train, officially known as No. a.
waa wracked at 6:20 o'clock yesterday
morning at a point 27 miles west ot
tbit place, while running at a speed of
60 miles an nonr, tb train went into
a washed out culvert, and th result
waa th wont wreck known on thla
division of th road. Six persons wer
killed and six injured.
Tho disaster occurred at a point
where an embankment 8 feet high
crosses a ravine. Melting snow from
tb mountains caused a heavy rush of
water which broke through th em
bankment som tint during the night.
The washout waa about 75 feet In
width, and into the raging torrent tbe
Ill-fated train plunged without warn- ,
ing. Tb engine nearly cleared tbe
break before the raila gave way, the
tender falling back. The mail ear
and composite car followed into tbe
chasm, tbe composite car telescoping
the first of tbe Pullman sleepers nearly
half itt length.
Two tleepert and tbe dining car re
mained on the track. -
The bodies of two men, evidently
tramps, who were stealing a ride, ar
In tbe wreckage.
Train No. 4, tbe eastbound express,
waa following tbe limited train very
eloaitly, and th rr brakaman of th
latter bad only a few minutes in
wbicb to flag No. 4 and prevent a rear
end collision.
At 7:20 A. M. a special train left
this place for tbe acene of the wreck,
carrying doctors and nurses, and the
injured wer given every attention pos
sible, being taken to tbe hotel at Mill
City, tb nearest station. Tbe dead
and injured were later taken back to
Wadswortb on a special train, and
will be carried on to San Francisco.
It will be two or three daya before
tbe track can be put in condition so
that tbe running of trains may be re
snmed. It will be necessary first to
build a trestle across tbe chasm in
wbicb tbe recked cars are lying.
OVERPOWERED THE JAILER.
Nine Prisoners in the Spokane County JaQ
Escape Officer Gave Pursuit
Spokane, Feb. 19. Arthur Spencer,
of San Francisco, charged with imper
sonating a United States officer, and
eight other prisoners overpowered
Jailer Thompson in tbe Spokane county
jail this morning and are now at large.
Thompson sayt he waa seized from
behind by prisoners who were hiding
behind a door, was beaten In o insen
sibility, robbed of keya and revolver
and gagged to prevent an outcry.
When tbe jailer got loose he took a
Winchester and went out to look for
the escaped men. He spied a citizen
who, frightened by the jailer's appear
ance, started to run, The jailei gave
pursuit and began to shoot at tbe man,
who finally was rescued by a jury out
for an airing. .
Posses bave been sent out every
where, but not one of tbe jail breakers
has been sighted.
NEGRO WAS LYNCHED.
Killed a Man and His Family and Ransacked
the House.
New Orleans, Feb. 19. Thomas
Jackson, a Negro, was lynobed today
at St. Petei, 20 miles above this city,
for a series of dimes. This morning
bo visited tbe home of Alexander Bour
geois, tbe engineer of the drainage
machine on Bellepoint plantation, some
distance from tbe plantation quarters.
He told Bourgeois the manager wanted
him, and tbe engineer mounted the
tricycle with tbe Negro. Jackson
stabbed tbe engineer in tbe back and
threw the body into a ditch. He then
returned to tbe house and butchered
Mrs. Bourgeois and ber two babies and
ransacked the house. Two boys visit
ing tbe family hid in the woods. After
the negro's departure the boys went to
St. Peter and gave the alarm, return
ing with a mob of teveral hundred
men. Tbe negro waa tracked to his
borne and fully identified by the boys.
He was hanged and his body riddled
with bullets before tbe sheriff arrived.
Composer Nevln Dead.
New Haven, Conn., Feb. 19. Eth
el ber t Nevin, musician and composer,
died suddenly here today of heart dis
ease. Mr. Nevin came to New Haven
about five weeks ago to be associated
with professor Parker, of Yale univer
sity, in his muBcial work. Ethel bert
Neivn was born in Nevinacre, Pa., in
1863. As a copmoser, Mr. Nevin at
tained a name hardly second, to any
musician, and his tongs are known
throughout the continents. Among
these are "The Rosary," "Narcissus,"
'Good Night," "Good Night, Belov
ed," and an arrangement of Heina'
The Heiden Roeslein."
Mexican Troops Defeated Indians. " ;
Mexico City, Feb. '19.-The federal
troops had another engagement with
Maya Indians yesterday, and the troops
turned their flank and drove them from
all their fortified places. The new
Mauser rifles are found to be extremely
effective against the enemy.
Three Suicides In San Francisco.
San Francisco, Feb. 19. Sulfides
were epidemic in this city today.
Three men suffering from despondency
took their lives. A. Lewis, a shoe
roaekr in ill health, ended bis life trou
bles by asphyxiation. Robert Mo
Kenna, a painter, quarreled with his
wife and swallowed a dose of arsenio.
A. Moeller, a baker, who grieved over
the death of a son, who was killed in
the terrible football accident last
Tbanksgiviog, took carbolic acid.