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Newspaper Page Text1 II f)P US HSU T2 a JCT A XT FAla ITgS CSCSTY. abtsxtmiv tvarxa. rVIMMM STMT TMCkHCAT If a f. A. PATTI30N Ballot and froprtataf. nl But 4 IB . ,U 0 par auu.s )aMwlKlivtn V.thrY4MtMat tr I la tat tm taantfew aa I toaa par Kim vaicmrrioM KaTtfi i'rrtn MvennB)..,....,,,.......,.!! M I Bui paid In KWauoa.,.,............,,., .......... 1 M S ftlUtltt'10 iiilllNHIIMMIIHIHtMUfHHHiMMNNNHIt fllUnl llttHM)NIMMMNMMMtlMnMHMMM W VOL. XI. .CONDON, GILLIAM CO., Oil If ON, THURSDAY. MARCH C, 1902. vta ta en mm NO. 52. afcasastf ta Ik tvtf arts Am, m fcttu BUB) I(IIH mtihf bBAVlRU Al tl OF GILLIAM COUNTY. CONDON GLOBE. 111 .Twites. VH'in "8t, mi you wrrv aprlii on nii'J" rrti- bp, lit llille pitia. "What broujjlit you, fli? it t Uuor below wae lucked bit been locked for fifty yearn. I tlicr i connlritry MKnluat me, then, that rn can IIiiim fore yutiraelf Into my preaeiuw, tu ilt of boll mill hnra?" "The lock kh!1 way," Mummer Vera; "It mum hav been old, broken by tgu, ruity, I IihiI mulling to do. It wae ly the uicreat chance I nmn hcr. I iu rry, sorry." Her voice dice la her throat. - "I don't believe It; thpr l more t littt you keep behind. HpcBk, girl; npi'ak, I comiunml you! Who nbowvd yuu tb wy lnrt'T" "I Imvd tiilJ yoii," ti j Vera, tri-mu-loimly: ") iiiii-t Iwlli-r iii. It I hml known I nhoulil not hvr chip, I I mn orry I hnvf n frlnlili'tirj yoii, but " "Who y I am f rlnlitrtinl 1" H turn. tm ht-r with a bitter wowl ami a imir Inif itlamv. "Why ahoiilj I cari almut belnu dlnturbrtl when I w nicn-ly Idling' away a ifaill hui.r by looklnf through my own witir "VoiirnT" ak Wra. Inmuvntly rtioiigb. "Ay, K'hof eUvT' be anka, with a anarl of angpr. "What do you mean, drlT Hit Villi dillllit ntv wnnlf V'I.,.U. Up liiiuld It be-tdi, i-h? (In, leave me," crlea he, furlnuitly; "and t'urwd be the day you erer it my houne!" He wave to her to leave him, and, more unnerved than he hat ever been In all her life before, ahe relrenta behind the heavy curtain and run with all her might down the dark corridor without, down the ateep atalrway, and ao out Into the murage Into the ball. ciiAiiuit xv. (Solng to where Tom. Teyton la dili gently weeding, rim-Ida takea him to tank. "Why didn't you tell me your aUter wa the awi-clent woman on earth?" de maud b, In quite an aggrieved tone. "Derail ahe litn't." aaya Tom. atriv Ing with a giant do. k that ha treai-her oualy cimreiili'd Itnelf beneath the upread Ing leave of a magnificent dahlia; "you re that." . ".YuiiMpnarf y JrUelda;"aild tfien, ")h, Tom! what da you think he I going to do at oncet Bhe I going to make an effort to induce I'nole Gregory to let Vera and me tay with her at The Krlar! Only fancy If ahe aucreed! Wn't It perfectly lovely of her to think of ur "Oh, ahe ian't bad," aay her brother, broadly; "but may I auk how ahe pro pom tackling the old gentleman T" "Through Heaton." "If Seaton help her The worda die on hla llpa. hi Jubilant Ir foraake him having turned cor ner of the ecluded pathway they had cuokpii, they run right Into the artua of Beaton I.iynrt! lr a moment the two men gate blankly into each other' eye. "What la the meaning- of thin mimm. rad7" demand Dynart . prcm-utly with an angry frown; "what bring you here, Peyton, In that drea, and with my couHin r "lou certainly have every right to ak." nv I'evtun. With B rm.fnl crl.. at hi dttinuutory clothing, "but aurely you mignt gue me anawcr. The fact I. I'mIn lovel" ITo maki tlil. feNlim with a careful artlcsnc Dot to be iirpaxMcd.' "In love?" eiclaima Dyaart, frowning nil mure darkly. "Quite o," amiably; "five fathoma deep. And your father being ao ao ex cIunIvo," making a hard light for a civil word, "I couldn't manage to aee her In any orthodox fuHhlon, ao I took aervlce here." "Her? whom?" ankg Pyart, changing color. A midden light flaiiliea into hla eye; to him, aa to Tom Peyton, there Is .but one "her" In the world. "Why, Orixrlda," aaya the lntter, aa If maicd at the other'a stupidity. "And what do you auppose will be the uphot of all thla?" aternly. "That, my dear fellow, I what I have never yet gone into. Uut marriage, I hope." "Pahnw!" aya Dysart, Impatiently r.mi wnm or urmouia r ' "OrUelda ha confewaed that ahe like mo a little. I aay, Dyaart." with a aud den change of tone, "you won't tell your dad eh?" "I am much more likely to tell your lter," says Beaton, angrily. "You neodn't. 8he know. She waa here Just now, and la ful of a dealre to kidnap Grluelda-and carry her away to The Friar. I aay, Dyaart, my alter de pend upon you tot make your governor give hla consent to the glrla going on a Yimt to her; you won't disappoint her. eh?" , "I'll do what I can." gravely; !'but I anouldn't adv!ne you to be too aangulne a to the result of my Interference.'' True to Ills word, Seaton managed, af ter a hard fight, to secure hla father's coimcnt that Vera and Grlselda might pay a two week's' visit to Lady Ilivers dale. It Is quite five o'clock when they ar rive, and enter the apanloua hall of The Frln rs, that now 1 filled with a delicate1, aombor light. A. crimson stream from a painted window, somewhere in the dis tance, cast a flood of glory, blood-red, at Vera'a feet, and a. comfortable tinkling of spoon clinking against china smite their ear. At the top of the room, reclining in a rather listless fashion on some velvet cushions, are two little girls, qxe lovely enough to arrest the gaze of any casual observer. They hav given in to the cu riosity attendant on the entrance 6f the new guests, and fix their large wide eye on Vera, who, In turn, look back on them with a certain Interest. Lady Klversdale, by a word an In tensely proud, fond word had Intimated that they were her children. The young er, taking her courage In both hands, lip her little slim fingera under the, narrow gold bangle that adorn Vera'a wni, ami iiegiua to puxb them up and uown witu etiHdlHh, diffident genture, "What' your name?" ak ahe, gravely, era, , i . ..- "Vera!" Both children repeat the Word lth a mii ut vrxtifloaii,.,, ... tell ua you have another name, haven't you i , , "Hjritart," eoufense he, aottly. llT. that Mi.Blrin'ii nam. 1 Iiillf. brlffhteiiliiV Bllll llMllfltl lit, .t tk. tall young man who I standing near mera; iu i ir, neatonr Why, you must oe aometniiig m uim. Bister eh?" "No." v Vera. Bhakinv hr hna.l "You can't be hla innthry hit.nl. the younger child, uncertainly. vera laugrm lightly. "No." ahe aavs again. ' "I have It! I knnw It!" .-!. Ir. ri.,ll. the wise, glaneiug up triumphantly; "you ri nia w re This llllioceht bombshell anrea.1i ,11 a. may In the camp. . 'Who la that nreltv lltll. a-lrl thfteY' Vera ask, with wild InmHnr to change tbi embarrassing conversa tion. DH Ut lir to Whrt tha r arhn ka,l firot attraeieil hnr i. alttlna. I,- ,,.wU He, In the red-and-wblte gown? Io ..... . viiwr you ee herr' . "Oh! that I Mary Butler. Don't you know her? ISrervbn.lv bnnwa Man Tint. ler. W love her, ao doe everybody eie. "Mamma aaya Heaton does." sava lit tie Kloy, mildly; "perhap tbat'a why n won t marry you. It wa true, then," think Vera. A great en of dUgtist rise up within her. iwallowlll all othor thnnvlita An.l yet ha would have forsworn himself! vtottm nave nay, he would do o till. Oh. the hameleNneas of It! IVrhap something of her secret acorn communicate luelf to him. because even In the midst of hi apparently engross ing conversation he lift hi head abrupt ly and hi eye serk her, and read them a though he wduld read her soul. And then a curious light flashes Into nis iace. ue make a movement, quick ungoverned, a though he would rise anl go tq her, but even It he dooa an an,. one atena out frnm tha .).Im. hv.i her, and. brmliug over her, holda out hla ..ami joung man, tall, well favored. wun an air aooiit mm of sua den, warm delight. "You remember tn?" ha - ji. tinctly that Heaton can hear film aeroaa iue njom. io mink that I ahmild have me napninet of meetlnr von h.r day and after so many vain Inqulrlea now ii nnnga tiacK the pat to aee you tenice, Home, that last carnival v.. aay you are glad to aee mer Some people walking past them, and suddenly standing atill. obliterate thm frtun Seaton'a view, but when next he ooaa tue airanger Is sitting beside her, mm i crn. wun nusned i'1iihl an.t hrii limit eye, fnll of an iinmUt.Lni,!,. .ni come, is murmuring to him In low, oft loues. "Who I the mnn talktna- tn m. cousin?" ask Seuton, Indicating Vera's companion by a slinht vest lire. att.l upeaklng In a tone so changed that Miss miner involuntarily lift her head to look at him. Lord Shelton," she aay. "George Sandea he was. Don't you know him? Great hunting man. He came in for the title about eight month ago. That brought hint back from hia big game in the Kiut." CIIAlTElt XVI. In the last four daya Peyton has my. terlotily disappeared, no one knowa whither, except perhap Uriaelda, hia sis ter aud two othera. "North" he wa go ing, he aald to Inquiring friends. To-day, however, he has turned np again, admira bly dressed a ever, and aa radiant as a good conscience should make any man. "I'm ao glad Tom haa got back in time," aay Grlselda. "I quite feared Uneie Gregory would be too many for him. Vera, what makea you look like that, darling? Now tell me what it la that has annoyed you." "I must be mad to be annoyed," saya Vera, with angry aelf-contempt. "Seaton again?" "It la alwaya Seaton," with ao increase of her Irritation, "when It Isn't hla fath er. W aa there no other nsth Into whlnh fate could have flung me,' except this? Yes, It Is Seaton." "But why think ao much about him? He cannot interfere, with you now, be hia father never ao persistent In hi idea iof marrvluir you to him. Ii.ranua all th world can see he la a good aa engaged to Miss Butler." "I nltv her. then, with all mv mi IT What a family to enter! She la too good to be sacrificed so ernellv. I hollar ha la employed by hla father to watch me, to report all that I, aay or Ah!" ahe breaks off ahrnnllr.. anil nnlnta almn.it triumphantly to the pathway outside, wnere inaeeu seaton stands. ' That it 1b on a nt tha mnut nnhlln lb at The Friars, that Seaton might have, nny, indeed has, come this way without intention of any kind she does not- allow herself to believe. . -, "I told you," she saya. vehemently. "It 1 to any unon mv everr action ha la here! Oh, fool that I was, to dream of oemg rree ror even tnese rew days! ' She hits come a atnn nr fan tni.ar4 scarlet tide of indignant humiliation hit area ner eneen. sue still point toward Seaton with on tromhlinu ha nil ttML he, advancing slowly, look with some auxieiy rrom ner to unaeida, who la aore ly troubled, aa If to demand an exnlana. tlon. "I think you must be mistaken, dar- ling," she aaya, nervously, laying her band upon her alater'a arm. "I feel aure Beaton would not. undertake the part you have BRHlsned him. Spornn anaalr tn h. tell her it la Impossible that you should ao inia uing. ' 'What thine? Of what ilnaa aha a. cuse me?" his brow growing dark. 'flhe imagines r, of coarse, ft 1 alt mistake but he has somehow got It luto her bead that you ar her to to watch her." "Ia that how It atrlket your aaya he, "lowly; a sudden, abort, miserable laugh break from him. "go that 1 bow you look at It? Great heaven, to think how I have loved you auch aa yon o poor a thlug! It abamea m now to think of Itr' He drawa hi breath sharply, though ahe writhe. "No, you shall bear mo ! I have beard much from you, first aud laat this shall b the last, I swear! Here, even now, In tbi moment when I Dud you ao altogether contemptible A creature. It U my misery to know that I atill lova you! Day after day you here heaped Insult upon ui. Your every look haa been, o affront. I have aald too much," be continue, wearily; but with a little eloquent gesture aha render blot silent, . . ,, ,s....i...-: "Oh, not too much, but perhap enough" ahe amllea again, that cruel mil that hurt blm like the abarpeat stab "surely It Would b hard to xpct you to find another Insult to-day. To morrow, perhap. And now U t me aay one little word. Have I ko cause to doubt you?" "None, none.1" d wis res he, vehemently. She throws out her baud with lit tle expreaslv movement. "I leave that to your own conscience, to your own ens of right and wrong," aha aay, shrugging her ahroulders, finely. "But ouce for all," raising her voice and throwing up her bead, "I warn you. Itatber than marry you," making a alight gesture of horror, "I would accept tht first man that asked me"' A faint rustle among the busbea out side, a footstep and Iiord Sbeltoa step Into view. "I hold you to your word," crlea he, gayly; he steps lightly witbla tbe flower crowned archway, and looks straight at Vera. He I amlilug, but underneath the smile lie a longing to be taken aerloasly. "You give me a chance," be Bays; "I here, before witnesses, declare myself a atiitor for your hand" hia expression I still wavering betwixt mirth and gravity, and he holds out to her both hi band. "You are not, however, the firat to ask her." aay Dysart, la a voice vibrating with many and deep emotion. Hla brow la black, and anger fights for mastery with despair In hi dark eye. Vera, pale aa death.1 but with a little Indignant frown, atepa between the two men. "What does it all mean?" ahe asks, contemptuously; "would you make a tra gedy out of a farce? If ao, at leajit be good enough to assign me no part in it." She sweep both men out of her path by a alight imperioua gesture, and pass ing them, walka awlftly away in the di rection of the house. (To be continued.) THE FILIPINO SCHOOLBOY. Ha Learns Vary Little A bant the United States, It haa been frequcDtly remarked that the Filipinos eould have no conception of the extent and reeourccs of the Dnl tod State or they never would hv bn deceived into tbe hallucination that they could suceotfurT combat na. in going through their achool br I found a little manuscript volume la which, ia leu than a hundred manu script pare, was comprised all of am tax and geography that was tauaht tha children here. And It must be remem bered that MaJoloa. before the. Inane. rectlon, was an Important city in thla part or tbe world, and one where the children woidd be expected to receive the average education. Turnine to one or the pages In thla book that I nlckml up, I round the United States of Amer ica discoursed upon, immediately after Nigrlcla. and lust before Mexico. Her la the entire lot of information given aa to the United Stat, in the form of questions and answers: "Where Is this country (the United states) situated? In North America. What are Its boundaries? To the north, British America; to the east, tha Atlantic ocean and the Bahama chan nel; to the south, tbe Strait of Florida and the Gulf of .Mexico, and to the west, Mexico and the Grande (Pacific) ocean. "What ia the form of government? It la a federal republic. "Of what to thla republic eomnoaMt? Of forty different States, , "What are Its rlvera and mountain? The most notable rivers are the Mlav lalpl (literal spoiling), the Niagara, the siiHtiori (airain the literal BDelllna-i. tha Colorado and the St La.wrence. and the principal mountains are the Cumber land ana itocictes. "What Is the canltal? Waahlnrtnn but the most important city is New York, , "Protestantism nrevaila. but thar are Catholic archbishops." And this is the sum total of what the average Filipino boy haa beem taught about our rather considerable and somewhat prosperous country. Manila Letter in Leslie's Weekly. Milk and Eggs m Bad Diet. "Feonle over SO would do well to give up milk and eggs in any form aa ,a diet," said a well-known physician. "These are the structure-formlna- food of animals which mature in a short time, and when taken in Quantities by human beings whose structures have already rormed they tend only to the hardening and aclnr of the tlaaiiM. r have seen people who were beginning to find stair cltmblnrf difficult, and who were losing their elasticity, much hen. Tlted by eliminating these articles from tueir met. That there has been a great increase in the duration of life hinw the age of 30 statistics prove, but be yond that period there has been no im provement. In my opinion, the person over 30 would have as good a chance to preserve life as the child Just begin ning Its struggle with existence if he would only suit his diet to his years." A Barem Car. Central Asian railroad manaarera try to meet the desires of their public. A harem car with latticed windows haa been constructed for the Emir ef Bokhara. The' population of the world Increases 10 pet cent every ten years. EVENTS ()K THE DAY -JUL . i from the four quarters of the World. h Comprehensive Review of the Important Mapptalngs ef Past Week, Presented in a Condriud Form, Which If Mori llktly te Provl el Interest to Our Many Reader. During the rccKt student riots at JioMXiW, KuMla, uflS ! arregU were made. , Six Lntxlrad iMwn - killed awl captured in two da;' fighting In Or ngo Kiver colony. v I'- r t- 1 AN ft t I- .a V) . PRINCE HENRY OF PRUSSIA. "Japan is qnietit colonizing Corea i At least 14 miters were killed in J snowHlides near Tllluride, Colo. The Tillman-MiLau rin episode has been ended by thd senate censuring the South Carolina relators Colombia has itterrupted the Pan ama canal deal. the instats upon be ing considered in lie negotiations. The National Educational Afnocia- tion, at its recent Chicano convention. condemned the testrhine of Latin and Oreek in the high schools of the coun try. oecreiary Koot has arranged for a gradual reduction it the army in the Philippines. The New Jersey! leeislature haa ao- MX.nMlnlnJ t A , . 1 . jM.-jmai.CTi f iv,uuu, tor me exwrmina tion ol the mosqui). Two men were hantred in North Car Una for burglary, m which state that crime is a capital ofonso. The house sent the Philinnine tariff bill to conference, objecting to all the amendments of the senate. Lukban, who has been the streneth f the rebellion in Samar. Philippine islands, has been captured. The Columbia Valley Railway asks congress for right of way across the Vancouver, Three Tree Point and Scar borough Head military reservations. Blondon. the Boston wife murderer. has been arrested in New York. Fire at a Mace. Idaho, mine board inor house resulted in the death of four men and the injury of 12. Tillman and McLaurin have been re stored to the senate roll to await defin ite actionby that body. Two New York -Central passeneer Irains collided near Auburn, NY. Five trainmen were killed. Two vessels on the Atlantic const. near Fenwick shoals, collided. . One of them sank with all on board. Should the Danish government ratify the sale of the West Indies to the United States, a detachment of soMWs from Porto Rico will be sent to raise the American flag. An oil tank containing 1.000 srallons of oil exploded in Pittsburg. No one was injured. Germany is highly pleased with the reception Prince Henry is receiving in the United States. Tillman and McLaurin, the South Carolina senators, have practically been suspended from the senate. It will probably be for 30 daya. The senate has passed the Philippine tariff bill. London consumes eleven tons of salt a day. A Chinese dressed as a woman at tempted to enter Ogdensburg, N. Y., from Canada. The dowager queen, Margherita of Italy, will visit the United States un der the name of Countess Stupinigi. Chevalier Victor Zeggio, who repre sented Italy at the Columbian exposi tion, has been appointed commissioner to Italy for the St. Louis world's fair. WANT NEW SURVEY. No Appropriation for Portage Railway at The Dalit Harbor Committee Objects. Washington, March 1 The commit tee on river and harbors will not con sent to insert a portage railway scheme in the bill lor a temporary expedient at The Dalles. Borne of tbe members were diepoend to withdraw, but the im Iri:Hion prevails that the only improve ment that can be made there is a canal. Had the engineers in the various re port agreed upon the cost of a canal, it i possible the authorization would have been made in this river and harbor bili, but the committee generally re gard the estimate of Captain Harts Um lilM:ral, and feels that he has not used the proper care in eubmitting his plan, and will therefore recommend a new survey with an appropriation for J - hi ' - - 1 i- V ' I 1 if' V that purpose. The committee, having visited the site of the proposed canal, is practically unanimous in saying the latent estimate is far too great, yet most all the members admit that the opening of the river is very essential. The committee will repeal the boat railway proposition that has been pend ing so long, but the balance of about f200,000 now remaining will not be converted into the treasury, but will be allowed to stand as an appropriation towards a canal. It is expected that when the bill passes through the senate and conference thin boat railway bal ance will be made available for the new survey and examination. The committee is making a : liberal allowance for Oregon improvements generally, and claims that the amounts appropriated will be sufficient to insure the continuation of the work for the next two years. It has been decided to make a slightly smaller allowance for the Columbia than was carried in the bill which suffered defeat in the last congress, the committee taking the position that ? bUU.UOO is more than can profitably be used in this time. If the house does not provide for a con tinning contract at the mouth of the river, the senate wil,l probably make this change, so that the initial appro priation will be a matter of small con Sequence. Appropriations for continu ing contracts are made each year by the sundry civil bill Beaumont Gusher Breaks Loose. - Beaumont, Tex., March 1. One of the big six-inch oil gushers was being exhibited late todav, when it blew out the section of pipe connecting the gate valve and went wild. It is throw ing a solid stream of oil tonight. There is a high wind, and the oil is be ing blown over the field. Drilling rigs were ordered shut down and guards are patrolling to prevent any one taking a light into dangerous proximity to the spray. It is estimated that the well is wasting 2,000 barrels of oil an hour. Silk Manufacture in America. Washington, March 1. The census bureau has announced its Dreliminarv summary of statistics of silk manufac ture in the United States in 1900. It shows for the country as a whole 438 establishments engaged in the indus try, with a capital of 181,082,201, and an average of 65,416 wage earners, drawing total wages of f 20,982,194. The cost of the materials used in the industry was $62,406,665, and the total value of products was 117,256,258. - - - - Train Goes Through a Trestle. Griffin, Ga., March 3. A southbound passenger train on the Columbus branch of the Southern railway went through a trestle into a creek tonight, near Zetella, Ga. Four of the train crew were killed and several passengers were injured, but none fatally. The structure had been weakened by the heavy rains, and three bents of the bridge gave way. The train was run ning cautiously at the time of the acci dent. . . ASKS RIGHT OF WAY. Columbia Valley Railway Wants to Crass the Government Military Reserves. Washington. Feb. 27. Rairenta- tive Jonea haa Introduced bills granting ngnt oi way to the Columbia Valley Railroad Company for the construction of railroad and telegraph line across the Vancouver, Three Tree Point and the Scarborough Head military reserva tions and the reservation in the nntr. antine station opposite Astoria, tha right ol way to be 100 feet in width. The pofttaire of this bill will nrarti. cally complete the rhrht of war for th Columbia Valley Railroad from a point on me Uoiumbi river opposite Walla la to the mouth of the stream, a distannt of 321 miles, except for that part of the line between Vancouver and Kalam, where the building of the Washington MISS ALICE ROOSEVELT, Who Will Christen the German Emperor' New Yacht Meteor. & Oregon road has rendered necessary another survey by the Columbia valley ComDany. Ko cnnBtrnAtinn wnrlr haa yet been done, bat the survey has been made and everything will be in readi ness for progress when the required rights across the government reserves shall be granted. The company ia cap italized at $3,000,000. Nothing ia given out rerardinir the forces behind the Columbia Valley Railroad organization, but it anncura to be very much -alive, and it is 'not deemed probable that so much activity would be manifested unless there was a serious intent behind it. A line down the north bank of the Columbia might not work to the disadvantage of Port land, because the bridge to be built at ancouver wil l let trains across to Port land without inconvenience. But it seems to contemplate a harbor at the mouth of the Columbia on the north side of the river, and much nearer the sea than Astoria is. It is said that the Columbia valley enterprise is not re lated to any of the nreaent railroad combinations, but is a wholly independ ent venture. DINES WITH EDITORS. Banquet In Honor of Prince Henry Guests Number One Thousand. NewTork, Feb. 17. Prince Henry of Prussia dined laat night with 1,000 of the men who make American newspa pers. He was the special guest of Her man Bidder, proprietor of the New York Staata Zeitung, who v gathered at his table a majority of the leading fig ures in American journalism. They came from the four quarters of the country, and made the most noteworthy gathering of their profession ever as sembled in the United States. There was a felicitous exchange of greetings between Prince Henry and the men who spoke for the journalistic craft, and the affair claims rank with one of the notable incidents in the American tour of the German prince. The dinner was given in the handsome ballroom of the Waldorf-Astoria, but that immense room was not large enough to accommodate the newspaper guests, and the Astor gallery was also used. The two rooms were splendidly decorated. Mr. Bidder and the special guest sat at an elevated table, above which were the American and German flags. The staves were crossed and the banners, draped fanlike, reached out like the winga of a huee butterfly. Above them was the .Prussian Eagle, done in incandescent lights. From the boxes huner vines, and sat in nn tha leages were Hundreds ol. palms Each table carried boqueta of Beauties. American Conferees Agree on Census Bill. Washington, Feb. 28. The confer ence of the houses of congress on the bill creating a permanent census bureau reached an agreement today. The bill, as agreed upon, embodies most of the amendments made in the senate, though some of them are retained in modified form. The senate provision concernintr the civil service is retained. All the employes of the office at the time of the signing of the bill, except unskilled laborers, will come under civil service. CAUGHT IN A .TRAP BRITISH KILL AND CAPTURE COO BOERS IN TWO DAYS. Kitchener Reports a Bij Success ia Orang River Colony - Anniversary f Majuba Day Combined Movement Ported tht Dutch Against a Blockhouse Una That They Could Not Force. London, March 1 .Follow ing; tha precedent of Lord Roberts, who an nounced General CronjVa surroinlor at Paar.leburg on the anniversary fif t!. battle of Majuha Hill (February 27, 1881),Lord Kitchener spparvaltf - lected the same anniversary to achieve a big success by a combined movement, i "."' , hl'.-uiipi tne isoer forces, within the ILurisinithaud Van Eeenoa line of blockhouses. The Boer losses aggregate 600 men killed or captured, and 2,000 horses and 28,000 head of cattle fell into the hands of the British troops. This news was so welcome to the British that it was read out in tha house of commons by the war secretary, Mr. Brodrick, from a dispatch of Lord Kitchener as follows: "Harrismith, Feb. 28. Yesterday the combined operations of the columns terminated in driving the Boers against the Harrismith and Van Beenan block houses line. The River Wilge was held by the Leicester regiment and blliott s mounted infantry from Har rismith, while the columns formed on the Frankfort and IWho'o t v aca UIUVA house line and advanced south, holding u,uu"j me tvijgeand tbe Natal frontier. "On the first nichf a . - e, dv.wo aikCUJUb to break through was made at a point between Remington's andByng's col- " 'e ew &eaiander s be haved with great gallantry. The fight ing was at close quarters and the Boers drove a large herd of cattle in front of them, as usual. Manie Botha, the Boer leader, was killed and 35 dead Boers were found on the grdund. Over 100 head of horses were killed and 6,000 head of cattle were left on our bands. Other small attemdts to break out were made and in two cases succeeded. Ob the last day 450 Boers with rifles and horses were captured. "All the columns have not yet re ported, as the operations have bees wide, but over 600 Boers have been killed Or are nriannora r ... w j.. also 2,000 horses, 28,000 head of cattle, iUU wagons, ou.uuo head of eheep, 600 rifles and 50,000 rounds of ammuni tion. The nrisnrifira innl n - z - ' ...v ..nil. Dewet s son and his secretary, Com mandants Meyer and Truther, and sev eral field cornets. These satisfactory icou.wo sic very appropriate on the an niversary of Majuba. To Clear Rizal Province. Manila, Feb. 27. Governor Florea, of Bizal province, has ordered an expe dition, consisting of native police and volunteers, to co-operate with the con stabulary and military in clearing tbe province of ladrones and insurgents, who have been pouring into Rizal from Batangas and Cavite provinces. Lieutenant Waite C. Johnson, of the Fifteenth infantry, has captured Mai var'8 battle flag. Moods In Portugal. Lisbon, Feb. 28. The heavy rains have resulted in the flooding of a num. ber of villages on the banks of the Biver Tagus. The River Liz has burst its banks, and the entire town of Leira is inundated to a depth of six feet. Gale in Northern Ohio. - Cleveland, 0-, March' 3. One of the most violent gales experienced in years prevailed throughout Northern Ohic early today. At the local weather bu reau office the wind registered a veloc ity of 64 miles an hour. Telephone and telegraph service is seriously affect ed.' Scores of plate glass windows and skylights in the downtown district were demolished, while signs, chimneys and trees were torn down in nnmnmna : places.