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' X f?1 'IT'S A COLD DAY WHEN WE QET LEFT." VOL. XI. HOOD RIVER, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1900. NO. 37. HOOD RIVER GLACIER Published Every Friday by 8. F. BLITHE. Termi of lubscriptlon fl.60 a year when paid In advance. THE MAILS. The mall arrives from Mt. Hood at 10 o'clock a. m. Wednesdays and Saturdays; departs tlie same aays ai nnon. ., Kor Ohenoweth, leaves at 8 a. m. Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays; arrives at p. m. For W hite Salmon (Wash.) leaves dally at 6:41 a. m.; arrives at 7:15 p. m. From White Salmon leaves (or Ftilda, Gilmer, Trout Lake and tilenwood Mondays, Wednes days and Fridays. ForBincen (Wash.) leaves at 5:45 p. m.i ar rives at i p. m. SOCIETIES.' I i 87. 1. 0. O. F. Meets first and third Mon days in each month. H. J. Hibbaro, N. Q. J. H. Ferguson, Secretary. CANBY POST, No. 16, G. A. R. Meets at A. O. U. W. Hall first Saturday of each month at 2 o'clock p. m. All G. A. K. members In vited to meet with us. D. G. Hill, Commander T. J. Cunning, Adjutant. CANBY W. R. C, No. 18-Meets first Satur day of each month in A. O. U. W. hall at 3 p. m. Mrs. ti. P. Crowell, President. Mrs. Ursula Dukks, Secretary. HOOD RIVER LODGE, No. 105, A. F. and A. M. Meets Saturday evening on or before each full moon. H. K. Davidson, W, M. D. McDonald, Secretary. HOOD RIVER CHAPTER, No. 27, R. A. M. Mects third Friday night of each month. E. L. Smith, H. P. G. F. Williams, Secretary. TTO J 1 Meets Saturday after each full moon. Mrs. Eva Uaymes, W. M. G. I. Williams, Secretary. OLETA ASSEMBLY, No. 103, United Artisans. Meets second and fourth Mondav nights of each month at Fraternity hall. Brothers and sisters cordially Invited to meet with us. A. P. Batiuam. M. A, 8. 8. Gray, Secretary. WATJCOM A LODGE, No. 80, K. of P.-MeeU in A. O. V. W. hall every Tuesdav night. C. :. Mark ham, C. C. M. H. N'ICKELSEN, K. of R. & 8. RIVKKSIDK LODGE, No. 68, A. O. U. W. Metta first and third, Saturdays of each month. J. E. Rand, M. W. . F. Watt. Financier. H. L. Hows, Recorder. 1DLEWILDE LODGE, No. 107, I. O. O. F. Meets In Fraternal ball every Thursday uiut. v. a fi. J. Hibbard, Secretary. O. B. Habtut N. G. F. SHAW, M. D. Telephone No. (1. All Calls Promptly Attended Office upstairs over Couple's store. All ealli left at the office or residence will be promptly attended to. JOHN LELAND HENDERSON ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, ABSTRACTER, NO TARY PUBLIC and REAL ESTATE AGENT. . For 21 years a resident of Oregon and Wash ington, tits had many years experience In Real Estate matters, as abstracter, searcher of titles and agent. Butisiavtion guaranteed or no charge. J F. WATT, M. D. Surgeon for O'. R. & N. Co. Is especially equipped to treat catarrh of nose and throat and diseases of women. Special terms for otlice treatment of chronic cates. Telephone, office, 33, residence, 31. piONEER MILLS Harbison Bros,, Props. FLOUR, FEED AND ALL CEREALS Ground and manufactured. Whole Wheat Graham a specialty. Custom grinding done every Saturday. During the busy season additional days will be mentioned In the local columns. HOOD 1UVEB. OREGON. pAPERHANGING, KALSOMINING, ETC. II your walls are sick or mutilated, call on E. L. ROOD. Consultation free. No charge for prescrip tions. No cure no pay. OfBaa h3urs fro n 6 A. M. till 8. P. M., and all night if necessary. ECONOMY SHOE SHOP. PRICK LIST. Men's half soles, band eticked, $1; nailed, beat, 75c ; eecond, 60c ; third, 40c. Ladies' hand stitched, 75c; nailed, beet, POc; second, 35. Beet stock and work ; in Hood River. C. WELDS, Prop. s mi warjr t irtV tie ali t i.rnisTJnr ito till the tctiki-ttle for the .matutinal meal, when lie stepped upon an iceberg that Jack Frot had formed round the fawcet and immediately assumed an in verted p. g't'on, striking the ce with h'"fl head while his heels pointed upward. 'After he picked h'nr-ielf up he found the damages slight, but he n iw approaches the faasjt after dark with ettraeaution. C. BROSiUS, M. D. " PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Phone Central, or 121. Office Honrs: 10 to 11 A. M.; 2 to 3 and 6 to 7 P.M. JflT. HOOD SAW MILLS . Tomlisson Baos, Props. .....FIR AND PINE LUMBER.... Of the beet quality alwas on hand at prices to suit the times. JOB PRINTING. For Bill Hearts, Letter Hea?s, Envel opes, Cards, Circulars, Small Posters, Milk Tickets, Programmes, Ball Tickets, Legal Blanks, etc., come to the GLACIER JOB OFFICE. DALLAS & SPANGLEE, DIALERS IN Hardware, Steves and Tinware Kitchen Fnrniture. Plumbers' Goods, Pruning Tools, Etc. We have a new and complete stock of hardware, stoves and tinware, to which we will keep constantly adding, Our pii.-M will continue to be as low m Portland prices. 1 DCiniian tump sir-inn ' EVENTS OF THE DAY Epitome of the Telegraphic News of the World. TERSE TICKS FROM THE WIBES An Interesting Collection of Items From tha Two Hemispheres Presented In Condensed Form. I Recent Dawson fire destroyed ' prop 1 erty worth $400,000. Bubonic plague has broken out at Ro sario, South America. A race riot oocurred at Coalberg, Ala. One negro was killed. , In a long article in a Paris papei Emile Zola defends his father's honor. The Alaska mail service will be ex tended to Cape York the coming spring. The National prohibition convention has been called to meet at Chicago, June 27. The census of Puerto Rico just com' pleted shows a total of 957,000 innhab itants on the island, i Nelson and Rossland have estab lished smallpox qnarantine against Northern Washington and Idaho. It is said the pro-Boer meeting at Washington was conducted almost wholly by anti-expansion and anti-administration men. '' Nearly all the business buildings and many frame dwellings at the mining towns of Ward and Lafayette, Colo rado, were destroyed by fire. William Kirk, first mate of the American ship Clarence S. Bement, was murderously assaulted in bis cabir while his vessel was at anchor in Port land, Or., harbor. Chairman Lacey. of the house com tnittee on public lands, said that it will be impossible to pass general land laws for Alaska' at this session, owing to opposition in the senate. The North China Daily News pub lishes an edict, signed by Emperor Kwang Su, appointing as emperor in 'ois place Put Sing, the nine-year-old son of Prince Tuano. The new emperor will ascend the throne January 31. The senate committee will report favorably on Senator Foster's Alaska lighthouse bill, making an appropria tion of $300,000, to include a light house at Unamak pass, Foster agreeing to a reduction in the appropriation !rom $500,000. Commander Richard Wainwright, who was in command of the Gloucester it the battle of Santiago, was presented I sword of honor and a silver service by a committee representing the citi zens of the District of Columbia in the Columbia theater, Washington. General Otis reports to the war de partment that the Western coast of the island of Panay is now open for trade, and that the coast of Laguna de, Bay and neighboring sections of the country will also be opened to unrestricted traffic by the end of the week. A majority of the senators is against the seating of Quay. Millions in war munitions were im ported through Delagoa bay by the Boers. A Boer patrol, mistaking signals, was badly cut up by a hot fire from a British kopje. The headquarters of Generals White and Hunter was smashed by a shot from a "Long Tom." Despite reports to the contrary, Web ster Davis is to be retained as assistant secretary of the interior. , The steamer Townsend, plying be tween Seattle and Alaskan points, is a total loss near Haine's Mission. Montagu White will be received as the consular and diplomatic represent ative of the South African republic Secretary Root has issued an order appointing a complete new board of ordnance, with the exception of Gen eral Miles. Governor Gage will call an extra ses sion of the California legislature. A United States senator will probably be elected. Captain I. Friedman, who died in San Francisco recently, left three-quar ters of his fortune, amounting to f 750, D00, to charity.. -The new ships now being bnilt for the Oceanic Steamship Company will be without peers in the Pacific, and will greatly improve the service. Matt Hilstrom, who killed Luke Mooers, the Clatsop county logger, was adjudged insane. The evidence showed the insanity to be hereditary. The overdue City of Seattle, has been reported from Junean, where she was towed by the Cottage City. The Seattle's delay was caused by the breaking of her propeller. The transport Pennsylvania, which sails from San Francisco, will carry rands for paying off the United States troops now in the Philippines. About 1,250,000 will be taken. Berlin, Germany, is to construct an underground railway costing $ 25,000, 000. Twenty-three years ago Senator Tel ler entered the senate. Only three senators who saw him sworn in are still his colleagues Allison of Iowa, Cockrell of Missouri, and Jones of Ne- vada. In the intervening 28 years over a hundred senators have died. But Mr. Teller, although nearly three score and ten, is still strong and vig- LATER NEWS. Dr. Leyds is being lionized in Berlin, People of China are said to take imperial changes with great equani mity. William Jennings Bryan will accept the Populist nomination for the presi deney. The fall of Ladysmith garrison is now expected as a result of Butler's seoond defeat. Lord Pauncefote will retire as am bassador of Great Britain to the United States, April 1. The interstate commerce commission has sued the Northern Pacific to en force disregarded laws. Senators are Baid to want no change in the manner ot their election. The house favors popular vote. Dundonald's forces, for whom fears were entertained, are safe on the south bank of the Tugela river. ' Five business men of Walla Walla were victimized by a smooth foiger, who cashed bogus checks. The Prince Regent of Bavaria has conferred the Order of St. Michaels, flrst-olass, on Dr. Nansen, the exjplorer In Cincinnati, Charles Barlruff, t tanner, killed his wife, his son and his daughter and then tried to set the house on fire. A funeral tram, arranged by the Southern Pacific, will convey the re mains of General Lawton and Major Logan to the East. James H. Britton, ex-mayor of St. Louis, and for many years one of the leading bankers of the West, died at Ardley, N. Y., aged 83. London papers scathingly criticize the language of Buller's report, and accounts of battle from Boer sources are accepted as correct. Church property in the Philippines has been turned over to the United States government by Spain, but the Catholics claim it. Captain C. H. Stockton, president of the naval war college, says: "Com mand of the sea on our North Pacific coast and the waters of the western basin of the North Paciflo should be in our hands in peace and war time, This can only be effected by readiness of a proper and sufficient naval force either on the spot, or to be furnished from the Atlantic through .an un- tramelled canal. In addition to this, and ready for combining, should be the available forces normally attached to the Philippines and the waters about China. Japan and Corea. In other words, the Pacific ocean, from Samoa northward, should be within our control." The plight of Kimberley is urgent. The kaiser's birthday was celebrated in the usual way throughout Germany. Buller's army has retreated to the south of the Tugela, with heavy losses. Revolution in Venezuela, under the leadership of Hernandez, is spreading. Fire in Minneapolis destroyed a four- story brick building, causing a loss of $120,000. It was reported on good Transvaal authority that Mafeking was relieved on January 23. Edgar Oswalt, a 6-year-old boy of Astoria, was run over by a street car and fatally injured. The Bank of Deerfield, Deerfleld, Wis., was robbed of about $17,000. The vault was blown open by dynamite. Fire destroyed the works of the Eleo- trio Improvement Company at San Jose, Cal., entailing a loss of $100,000. Samuel Gompers, in a conference with President McKinley, advocated an eight-hour law for all government work. It is said that Lord Roberts favored leaving Ladysmith to its fate and marching on Bloemfontein, capital of Orange Free State. The surgeon-general of the marine hospital service has shipped to Hono lulu 1,900 doses of halffkine prophylac tic, a plague serum. Phil Armour Jr., son of the Chicago millionaiie, died suddenly near Santa Barbara, Cal. Death was due to con gestion of the lungs. Dr. Leyds, diplomatic agent of the Transvaal, says the Boers do not need to apply for mediation, as everything was going splendidly. Three masked men entered the fac tory of Dr. Peter Fahrney & Son, at Chicago, blew open the safe and escaped with $1,700 in currency. The senate committee on Puerto Rico, has decided that the island shall be known as Porto Rico, and not Puerto Rico, as fixed by a recent execu tive order. The weather in the vicinity of Mel bourne, Australia, has broken all re cords for heat recently. On New Year's day five deaths occurred from prostration. The thermometer stood at 114 in the shade, and 156 in the sun. Cowboys and miners in Southern Arizona and New Mexico, have organ ized and are preparing to invade the state of Sonora, Mexico, to avenge the murder of the six American pros pectors by Mexican soldiers under Gen eral Torres. They will fight against the Mexican troops for the independ ence of Sonora and the Yaqui nation. Brigadier-General Greely, chief of the signal corps, is steadily recovering from the Injuries inflicted on him by a drunken expressman. The resemblance between Roberts, the polygamist, and Senator Pritchard of North Carolina, is remarkable. They might be twin brothers. - Both are of the same build, have the same cast of features, wear mustaches trimmed alike, and their curly hair might b duplicate wigs. THE RETREAT SOUTH Buyer's Forces Have Re- crossed the Tugela. BOERS DID NOT PRESS THEM Duller Thinks Transvaalers Have Been Taught to Respeot Fighting Qual ities of His Troops. London, Jan. 80. General Buller says General Warren's troops have re treated south of the Tugela river. The Boers say the British lost 1,500 killed Wednesday. It is believed here this includes the wounded. The Boers also claim that 150 of the English troops surrendered at Spionkop. British Left 1SOO Dead. Boer Head Laager, Ladysmith, Jan. 30. The British dead left on the battle field yesterday numbered 1,500. ACCOUNT OF THE MOVEMENT. Buller's Official Dispatch to the War Office The Fighting. London, Jan. 80. General Buller's dispatch to the war office states that Spionkop was abandoned on account of lack of water, inability to bring artil lery there and the heavy Boer fire. General Buller gives no list of causal ties. His whole force withdrew south of the Tugela river, with the evident intention of reaching Ladysmith by another route. Following is the text of General Bul ler's dispatch, dated Spearman's Camp, Saturday Jan. 27: '"On January 20 Warren drove back the enemy and obtained possession of the southern crests of the high table land extending from the line of Acton IIomeB and Hongerspoort to the west ern Ladysmith hills. From then to January 25 he remained in close con tact with the enemy. Boers Held Strong Position. "The enemy held a strong position on a range of small kopjes stretching from northwest to southeast across the plateau from Acton Homes, through Spionkop, to the left bank of the Tugela. The actual position held was perfectly tenable, but did not lend itself to an advance, as the southern slopes were so steep that Warren could not get an effective artillery position, and water supplies were a difficulty. "On January 28 I assented to his attacking Spionkop, a large hill, indeed, a mountain which was evidently the key to the position, but was far more accessible from the north than from the south. On the night of January 23 he attacked Spionkop, but found it very difficult to hold, as its perimeter was to large, and water, which he had been led to believe existed, in this extraor dinary dry season was found very deficient. "The crest was held all that day against severe attacks, and a heavy shell fire. Our men fought with great gallantry. "General Woodgate, who was in command of the summit, having been wounded, the officer who succeeded him decided on the night of January 24 to abandon the position, and did so before dawn January 25. "I reached Warren's camp at 5 A. M. on January 25, and decided that a second attack upon Spionkop was use: less, and that the enemy's right was too strong to allow me to force it. Decided to Withdraw. "Accordingly, I decided to withdraw the force to the south of the Tugela. At 6 A. M.,we commenced withdraw ing the men, and by 8 A. M., January 27, Warren's force was concentrated south of the Tugela without the loss of a man or a pound of stores. "The fact that the force should with draw from actual touch in some cases the lines were less than 1,000 yards apart with the enemy in the manner it did, is, I think, sufficient evidence of the morale of the troops, and that we were permitted to withdraw our cum brous ox and mule transports across the river, 85 yards broad, with 20-foot banks and a very swift current, unmo lested, is, I think, proof that the enemy has been taught to respect our soldiers' fighting powers," Plague In Mew Caledonia. Vancouver, B. C, Jan. 29. From Noumea, New Caledonia, the steam ship Miowera brings alarming reports of the ravages of the plague, which has been prevalent there since early in De cember. There were 16 deaths during the first 10 days following the out break. The plague is attributed to the filthy quarters of the Japanese, Tonki nese and Kanakas. All the Kanakas have been isolated on an island adja cent to the town. Up to December 28 there had been no deaths among the whites, eight of whom had been in fected, but nine Kanakas, two Japanese and five Tonkinese had died of the dis ease. Much alarm is felt by the resi dents and business is at a standstill. The natives believe the plague is a visi tation of providence, and that It is wrong to take means to check it. At Pomeroy last week 81 horses were duly inspected, and purchased by the government. About as many were re jected. Vienna, Jan. 80. A serious view is taken in diplomatic circles here of the situation in China. The Neue Frei Press thinks that other powers will follow the example of France and send warships to protect their subjects. The Austro-Hungarian cruiser Sonta will arrive at Hong Kong in a few days, and will be at the disposal of the Austro-Hungarian minister at Peking. Governor Leary, of Guam, reports the condition in that island at highly satisfactory. GLOOM IN ENGLAND. feara That The War Offloe Is With holding Bad News. London, Jan, 20. Seven days ol fighting have left the, main Boer posi tion intact, and General Buller 706 weaker, according to the official casu alty lists, whioh seemingly do not in- cul'Ie tho Spionkop losses, as those last forwarded do not mention General Woodgate's wounding. England is possessed by a sense of failure, though not a word in criticism of her generals and soldiers is uttered Not much effort is made to place a hap py construction upon General Buller's 18 words, telling of the retirement from Spionkop, and there is an uneasy impression abroad that worse news is yet to come. At one of the military clubs tonight, tho statement passed from one person to another that the war office had received an unpleasant supplementary dispatch from General Buller, which was being held up fot 13 hours. Spencer Wilkinson, in the Morning Post, writes as follows of the Spionkop losses: "This is a serious matter, and an at tempt will not here be made to mini mize it, for no groater wrong can be done to our people at home than to mis lead them about the significance of the events of the war. The right way is to tell the truth, as far as we know it." But the faots from the neighborhood of the Tugela are scantier than ever. The censorship now is simply prohibi tive, and something is wrung with the cables. The break on the east coast Hues has been tepaired, but the cable between San Thome and Loanda, on the west coast, is now interrupted "More troopsl" is the only suggestion here as to the way to break the Boer resistance. Mr. Wilkinson regrets that General Buller has not 20,000 more men, declaring that if they would not make victory certain, his enter prise without them is helpless. The Spectator, dealing with the ne cessity of large additional military pre parations, says: "It may be that we have yet another cycle of disasters in front of us." The transport Assaye arrived at Cape Town last Friday, with 2,127 officers and men. The first portion of the Seventh division is afloat. Hence, with the 10,000 men of this division, and about 9,000 now at sea, it lies in the power of Lord Roberts to reinforce General Buller heavilv. This course is alvised by several military writers. Although England's nerves are se verely tried, her nerve is absolutely un shaken, and probably nothing that can happen in South Africa will change in the slightest dogree her intentions. She will continue to receive bad news, if it comes, with dignity, and will maintain her determination to win at last. Department of Commerce. Washington. Jan. 29. Tha question of establishing a department of the government to be known as the depart ment of commerce, with a cabinet offi cer at its head, has been discussed at considerable length by tho senate com mittee on commerce. The discussion was based upon a very complete report on the subjeot prepared by Senator Nel son. It Is proposed to include in the new department a bureau of manufactures, and to transfer from the treasury de partment the life-saving, lighthouse, marine hospital and steamboat inspec tion service, the bureaus of navigation, immigration, statistics and coast and geodetio surveys; to transfer from the interior department the commission of railway, the census office and the geo detic survey, and from the state depart ment the bureau of foreign commerce. The department of labor and the fish commission are also placed under this supervision. Robert's Salary. ' Washington, Jan. 29. The question of salary and mileage allowed for Mr. Roberts is to be considered by thi house committee on account. Then is about $1,000 on mileage, and a liki amount for salary, conditionally f du Mr. Roberts, but there is some doubt as to whether those sums should be al lowed. The attorney-general, on appli cation, has refused to pass on the sub ject, as it is not in his jurisdiction, an the controller of the treasury basal referred the matter back to the commit tee on accounts. , The latter body wil! now seek to get at the law in the cast and reach a decision. Investigation of Wardner Tronbles. Washington, Jan. 29. The house committee on military affairs todaj agreed to proceed with the investiga tion of the Idaho labor troubles Febru ary 14, and it was arranged that the governor and auditotr of the state and Major-General Merriam should b) asked to appear at that time. ' Sulzer, of New York, and Lentz, of Ohio, wh have been urging the inquiry, are t furnish the names of additional wit nesses to be examined. Diamond Bobbery In Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Jan. 27. Diamonds valued at $6,000 were stolen from th safe in the office ot Joseph K, David son & Son, manufacturing jewelers That the thief was in possession of the combination is evidenced by the fact that there was not a mark on the safe. Samuel W. Nealy, while temporarily insane, barged himseif at The Dalles. He was 78 years old. Separationista In nest Australia. Vancouver, B. G., Jan. 89. West Australia has a separationist movement on the part of the tesidents of the golc fields, who are virtually unanimous lr their desire for severance from the rest of the colony. In spite of the effort! of the West Australian government te throttle the movement, a petitior signed by 85,000 adults has been dis patched to London, asking for separa tion of the gold fields, with a view tr federation. MASON STIRRED UP British Vice-Consul's cism Resented. Criti- ENGLISH WAR TOLICY ATTACKED Tillman Spoke on the Philippine Ques tlou, Answering the Argument of Beverldge. Washington, Jan. 81. Mason rose today soon after the senate convened to a question of privilege and sharply attacked the British government and the British vice-consul at New Orleans, because of an interview in which the vice-consul had assailed Mason for the position he had taken in behalf of tha Transvaal republic in its war with Great Britain. Mason attacked not only the consul, but the policy of Great Britain in levying war upon an inferior nation. Hoar thought the consul's purported remarks so serious that it ought to be investigated by the government, but at the same time he deprecated any attack upon Great Britain, with the people ot which the American people ought not only live in peace, but as loving and devoted friends. Lodge sharply ar rainged the British consul for his utter ances against a United States senator, and believed it ought not to be lightly Tillman delivered a forceful and quite characteristic speech on the Philippine question, in which he main tained that this government ought to extend to the Filipinos the right to govern themselves, the United States guarding them against the aggression of other nations. Received Black Eye. The bill for the reorganization and Improvement of the weather bureau, whioh includes provision for pensioning disabled and aged employea of the ser vice, received a black eye in the house. The bill was bitterly fought by the opponents of civil penison rolls on ao count of the life tenure provisions it contained, and it was sidetracked on a test vote of 57 to 53. Although the speaker ruled that it remained unfin ished business when the house was again in committee of the whole, the opponents of the measure believe the action of the day killed it. The early portion of the day was de voted to a lively scrimmage over the Sulzer resolution to investigate Secre tary Gage, which the committee on rules recommended should be sent to the ways and means committee, as the latter committee has the response of the secretary in its possession. There was no opposition to the proposed action, but Richardson, of Tennessee, and Sulzer, of New York, used it for renewing their attacks upon the secre tary. Gage was defended by Hop kins, of Illinois, Hill, of Connecticut, and Dalzell, of Pennsylvania. A bill to require pilots and officers of steam vessels to make oath to their ap plications for license was passed. STEEL MILL WRECKED. Explosion of a Battery of Four Large Boilers. Pittsburg, Jan. 81. The steel de partment of Phillips, Nimick So Co.'s mill on West Carson street was com pletely wrecked and a dozen men were injured by the explosion of a battery of four large boilers today. The shock of the bursting boilers was heard through out the lowor end of the city and sev eral thousand people were attracted to the scene of the accident. The loss to the plant.will be enormous. Five ot the injured men were mutilated almost beyond recognition, and one or more deaths may result. A rescuing party is searching the wreckage, which it is supposed contain other of the work men, following is the list ot the most serious casualties: Simon Holland, fireman, died at the Homoepathic hospital; Daniel, Noonan, badly cut and scalded; Constantino Gallagher, badly cut; Jeremiah Collins, W. T. Cook, Peter Bynos. The explosion was one of the most terrific that ever ocourred in a Pitts burg mill. The roof of the boilei room was completely lifted from the build ing, and the flying iron and steel fell in all directions. The men were crushed to the ground on the spot where they were attending to the rolls, and those beside the boil ers were scalded by the escaping steam. Wily Governor' Trick San Diego, Cal., Jan. 80. From dispatches brought by the Hamburg steamer Volumnia, it appears that the arrival of the vessel at Tumaco, Colom bia, where she touched on the way up, had the effect of saving the place from capture by Colombian rebels. The latter had demanded the surrender of the town, and the governor was at his wits' end. Just then the Volumnia was sighted. The wily governor saw his chance to make a bluff. So be sent a defiant message to the revolutionists, and told them that the steamer off port was bringing 600 government troops. The trick succeeded, and the rebels abandoned their purpose to capture Tumaco. Fire at Cornell University. Ithlca, N. Y., Jan. 81. Seven er eight Cornell law students, members of the Delta Chi fraternity, were hurt this morning as a result of the burning of their fraternity lodge. Fifteen jumped 80 feet to the ground. Little of the lodge property was saved. Chicago, Jan. 81. The Pattern Makers' Union has decided to demand a nine-hour day after April 1. It is thoueht there will be little difficulty ia securing the nine-hour day, ROBERTS' NEXT MOVE. The British Army Will Mow Advance Through the Free State. London, Jan. 81. History pauses for a time in South Africa, it is one of those unsatisfactory pauses that are nearly as trying to British nerves as a sequence of reverses, and apparently it will terminate only when Lnrd Roberto gives the woid for the forward move ment into the Free State, which, ac cording to the most cheerful view, he will be unable to do for a fortnight. Whether he will permit General Buller to make another attempt to relieve Ladysmith is quite outside the know ledge even of those olosely connected with the war office. With the coops due to arrive next month he may think himself strong enough to try two large operations. Combining the forces under Generals Methuen, French and Gataore, and adding to them the arriving troops, Lord Rouerts would have 70,000 for the invasion of the Free State, with 40,000 to 60,000 guarding communications, and 40,000 trying to rescue Ladysmith. The publio burns with impatience that something should be done, but there is nothing to do but wait on the preparations. Oceans of ink are poured out in advice. Orators are at work in the provinces, telling the people that England has set her teeth in grim de termination to see it through. The government's declarations in parliament, the counter-deolarations ot those outside the government and the consequent discussion in the press and on the platform will immediately en thrall the publio interest. The thing on whioh everybody seems agreed is that more men must go. Twenty thousand two hundred and twenty-two men and 155 guns are at sea. Eleven thousand infantry and 9,000 cavalry, inoluding 6,000 yeomen, are practically ready to embark. Therefore, the government, without doing more, can place at the disposal of Lord Roberts 40,000 additional men and 155 guns. The further purposes of the war officials are supposed to em brace somewhat iu the neighborhood of 60,000 men. As the indication is that candidates will be rather1 scarce, the war office will issue orders for those , reservists who were found unfit at the previous mobilization examinations to report for further examination. Appli cants for cavalry service are still freely offering as yeomanry. General Buller's operations has cost 012 men so far officially reported with in 10 days. Applying to the 206 Spionkop casualties reported today the rule of proportion, the loss of officers indicates 600 casualties yet to come. The total casualties of the war, compiled from official reports, are 9,528 nearly a division. Of these 2,480 were killed, 4,811 wounded, and the rest are prisoners. The aggregate British home troops in South Africa number 116,000, the Natalians 7,158, and Cape Colonials 81,000. The war office announces that no further news has been received from South Africa, except a report from Lord Roberts that the situation is unohanged. - MONEY FOR THE BOERS. Administration Will Refnse to Forward It on Neutrality Ground. New York, Jan. 81. A special to the World from Washington says: The fear of offending Great Britain and provoking a protest would cause the administration to decline to comply with the request of Dr. Preetorius, of St. Louis, who, it is said, has for warded to Secretary Hay money and letters expressing sympathy with the Boers, which he asks to be sent to President Kruger through the Ameri can consul at Pretoria, It is indicated that the state department will take the ground that it would be a. violation ot the neutrality laws for this government to give financial aid to a belligerent. It is pointed out that this request differs from the request made by the American consul at Pretoria in behalf of Great Britain to be permitted to for ward money to be used by the British sick and wounded in the purchase ot delicacies, in that the latter request is made by one belligerent of another, using a neutral as means of communi cation. Robber Gang Run Down. Cheyenne, Wyo., Jan. 81. A report has reached this city that a posse of Union Pacific detectives, headed by Tom Horn, had run down two of the Union Pacific train robbers in the Hole in the Wall, and after a desperate fight, killed both of them, , One of the pur suing party was shot, but it is thought not seriously. It is known that the robbers separated in two gangs after leaving the railroad, and the men re ported killed were those who wore trailed through the mountains so close ly and afterwards escaped. It is supposed tbey returned to the Hole in the Wall when they thought the pursuit was over, and the detectives have been watching the rendezvous ever since, until they got their men. Denial by Eieta. Oakland. Cal., Jan. 81. Carlos Ezeta, ex-presldent of San Salvador, has returned to his home here after a trip of four months' duration to Mex ico. It was reported at the time of his departure that be proposed to regain his lost power It possible, but he denies that such was his intention IBIissard In Texas. Austin. Tex.. Jan. 80. South and Central Texas were today visited by a fearful blizzard, which increased in severity as the night grew, and from present indications will be the worst blizzard of the winter. The tempera ture has fallen 80 degrees since noon. In many respects Wisconsin's leaf tobacco is superior to any other domes tic product. Borne of the best brands of Ilavanas are rolled from Wisconsin stock.