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EVENTS OF THE DAY
Epitome of the Telegraphic
News of the World.
TERSE TICKS FROM THE WIRES
in Interesting Collection of Items From
the Two Hemispheres Presented
Id Condensed Form.
General Jouhert is now in supreme
command of the Boers.
The total cost of the war in the Phil
ippines so far is 50,000,000.
British casualties in the final relief
of Ladysmith were almost 2,000.
The island of Tutuiln, of the Samoan
group, is to be used as a naval eta lion
Fire in the retail dry goods district
of Philadephia, caused a loss of $700,
000.
Boers say that the retreat from Lady-
smith was due to a commander's mis
take.
Senator Hoar now wants to give
Queen Liliuokalani 8 330,000 from the
treasury.
The Puerto Rican tariff bill was de
nounced from the pulpit by a Washing'
ton minister.
Steps are being taken to organize a
bank with $25,000 capital at lone,
Morrow county, Or.
Strikes and labor troubles of various
kinds have thrown 50,000 men out of
employment in Chicago. .
Civil war is imminent in China.
One province is already in revolt over
the dethronement of the emperor.
The senate bus confirmed the appoint'
ment of II. B. Miller, of Josephine
county, Oregon, to be consul at Chung
Kiang, China.
Ladv "White, wife of General Sir
George White, has been invested by
Queen Victoria with the Order of the
Crown of India.
Congressman Alfred C. Harmer, of
Pennsylvania, father of the house of
representatives, is dead at Philadel
phia, aged 75 years.
The United States government hag
ordered that the California "Mammoth
Tree Grove, " in Calaveras county, be
bonded for park purposes.
The Pure Food and Drug congress.
in convention at Washington, adopted
resolutions seeking congressional action
to provide penalties for adulteration.
Isaac Gordon, of Birmingham, Eng
land, the notorious money lender, is
dead. He was known all over the
kingdom, under various aliases, and is
said to have been worth 1,000,000.
Dr. Nansen, the explorer, questioned
in regard to the possible fate of Andre,
said: "I believe as long as possible,
in his return, making the most liberal
allowance of time for his reappearance,
but I no longer have any hope. I don't
believe that he is living; otherwise we
should certainly have heard of him.
All that can be looked for now is the
recovery of his body."
The plague in Honolulu is under con
trol.
General Gatacre has occupied Storm-
berg.
Cape Colony Boers are retreating to
Orange Free State.
General Joe Wheeler has arrived at
San Francisco from Manila.
A resolution was introduced in con
gress asking for repeal of the tariff on
paper.
The British government has decided
to retain Lord Pauncefote as ambas
sador at Washington indefinitely.
The latest sugar trust's dividend was
smaller than usual, supposed to be the
result of the fight with Arbuckle.
Yaqui Indians dispersed 800 Mexi
can soldiers who were acting as escort
to the mail, near Potam, Mexico.
Geraldine, the famous racing mare,
bolder of the world's record for half a
mile, is dead at Napa Farm, near
Napa, Cal.
Lieutenant Edgar Koehler, uf the
Ninth infantry, was led into an am
bush of Filipino rebels north of Tarlao
and killed.
The Howe Lumber Company of
Lowell, Mass., has assigned as a result
of the failure of the Globe National
bank, in Boston, to which the company
owed a large amount of money.
A revolutionary movement near San
Salvador was recently nipped in the
bud, and a confiscation by the govern
ment of $50,000 belonging Dr. Jose
Atfarado, took place, who, it is report
ed, was to have led the revolt.
Sir Charles Tupper, ex-premier of
Canada, believes that the Alaska boun
dary and other disputed questions be
tween the United States and Canada,
will soon be settled and that Canada
will get the worst of it.
At a meeting of the Baptist Social
Union ot Boston, it was announced on
behalf of the Union Theological Insti
tution that John D. Rockefeller has
undertaken to contribute one-half of
the $400,000 needed to complete the
equipment of that institution.
In the United States there are 5,427,-
767 bachelors and 3,224,494 spinsters.
The first woman's cluo of Puerto
Rico has been organized by some Amer
ican women living in Ponce.
The longest span of telegraph wire in
the world is that over the river Kistna
in India. It Is over 6,000 feet long.
The usual output from 100 gold
mines in tne lmmeuuue viuuinjr ui
Johannesburg is 15 tons of gold a
montu.
LATER NEWS.
John Z. Little, the actor, died in
Brooklyn, aged 63 years.
The United States will establish
naval station in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
San Francisco has had a case of genu
ine bubonic plague. Chinatown is to
be cleaned up.
The Chinamen of Philadelphia have
decided to band together tor the pur
pose of self-protection.
Fifteen persons, the majority of
whom were children, perished in a
tenement-house tire at Newaik, N. J
In Chicago, while playing with a re
volver, a 7-year-old boy shot his mother
in the abdomen. The wound will
prove fatal. ,
Erving Winslow, secretary of the
Anti-Imperialist League, says that the
anti-expansion vote will be between
2,000,000 and 8,000.000.
Walla Walla, Wash., veterans of the
Spanish-American war contemplate or-
ganizing a camp to be named after
General Henry W. Lawton.
Addison C. Rand, president of the
Rand Drill Company, and treasurer of
the Laflin & Rand Powder Company,
diod in Jiew York, aged 59 years.
J he schooner Lila and Mattle was
wrecked on Tillamook bar, being blown
ashore while trying to get out of the
bay. The vessel will be a total wreck,
Puerto Ricans must be fed for many
months yet. In the center of the
island there is nothing to eat and fruit
cannot be had for from two to four
months.
The Portuguese authorities at Lou
renco Marques, at the request of Great
Britain, have arrested four Germans
bound for Pretoria, with arms and let
ters of introduction from Dr. Leyds.
Permission to do general business in
Japan has been refused 60 foreign in
surance companies, most of them
American. Japanese officials state that
this results from the fact that their ap
plications have failed to comply with
the Japanese insurance laws.
It is probable that the warring Chi
nese tongs in San Francisco will be
brought together for the purpose of
effecting a peaceful settlement of the
difficulties which caused the death of
three prominent Chinese wthin the last
two weeks. The Wah Ting and Sin
Suey Ving tongs have been arrayed
against the Suey Sing tongs, and while
the former organizations started the
shooting, the latter retaliated in a ter
rible way a week ago, when two prom
inent members of the first named tong
were shot down in their places of busi
ness.
' The senate passed the diplomatic and
consular bill.
uueen Laimokaiani will receive no
pension from the government.
General Joe Wheeler's resignation
will be accepted on his arrival in
Washington.
Rear-Admiral McCormick has been
placed on the retired list on his own
application.
General Kobbe, with 2,500 men, has
occupied the town of Sorsogon, in the
southern end of Luzon.
Thousands of organized insurgents
are resisting tne Americans in the
Antique province in Panay.
The annual reports of Indian agents
show that the entire Indian population
of the United States is 297,905.
The legislature of Illinois appropriate
ed $100,000 for the reconstruction of
the Lincoln moument at Springfield,
The mutual Life Insurance Company
of New York, has subscribed for 2,
000,000 of the new English war loans.
The legislative trouble at Frankfort,
Ky., is at the boiling point. Militia is
in complete control of the state execu
tive building.
The threatened strike of the em
ployes of the St. Louis Transit Com
pany is off. An agreement satisfactory
to both sides was reached.
Indications are that the Boer war is
drawing to an end. President Kruger
has appealed to Lord Salisbury for a
cessation of hostilities.
Taxation of corporations in Paris has
led to the transfer of many main offices
to Brussels, French societies being in
corporated there under the laws of Bel
gium to avoid the French income tax.
Admiral Kautz, commander-in-chief
of the Pacific squadron, has been
ordered to proceed with the Philadel
phia to the coast of Central America
for the purpose of protecting American
interests there.
The piesident has commuted to im
prisonment for life the sentence of
death imposed by court-martial in the
case of Private George Murphy com
pany C, Twenty-fourth infantry, con
victed of the murder of another soldier
of the same company in the Philippines.
Dr. II. D. Morgan, of the United
States navy, speaking of the war in the
Philippines, says: "I do not believe
that the revolution is at an end. The
Filipinos are scattered about the
islands, mainly in Luzon, in small
bands, but it is generally understood
that they are under orders to concen
trate at any given point when the word
is passed. I do not believe that Agui
naldo is in China. It is my impression
he is still in Luzon."
Leading Paris hotels have raised
the
rates from $3 to $9 a day.
Thomas A. Edison, Jr., says he - has
constructed a safety electric miner's
lamp.
Prof. W. G. Sumner told his class at
Yale that 90 per cent of all marriages
are unhappy.
The largest real estate owner of all
American institutions is the University
of Texts, which holds over 2,000,000
acres of land.
BOERS STILL FIGHT
British Came Upon Them Ur
expectedly.
WERE LOSSF.S ON BOTH SIDES
fhe Dutch Troops Withdrew In the
Night, Leaving the Imperial
Forces In Fossesslou.
, .
jJriefontein, March 12. Broad
wood's cavalry brigade, advancing on
Bloemfontein, unexpectedly found the
Boers in a strong position in the Drie-
iontein kopjes yesterday. General
Kelly-Kenny's division arriving, severe
lighting ensued. The Boers resisted
itubbornly, but were driven from their
senter position, leaving a number of
Head and 40 prisoners. The British
force is moving forward today.
During the fighting, in which five
regiments took part, with artillery, the
Boers though forced from their center
position, clung tenaciously to the other
kopjes, shelling the British freely with
shree guns and two Vickers Maxims,
The British cavalry began to turn the
Boer position, but night fell before the
movement was completed. The Boers
retiied during the night.
A large number of Australians were
mgaged yesterday. The First Austral
ian horse brigade, with the Scots Greys,
idvanced within 800 yards of the Boers
jnder heavy fire. The New South
Wales mounted infantry joined in the
pursuit of the Boers northward.
Boers' Stubborn Rear Guard Action
All of yesterday was occupied in
Strhtinsr. The Boers maintained a
itubborn rear guard action along a run
aing front of 12 miles on very difficult
iround. The British were advancing
in the three columns. General Tucker,
to the southward, occupied Petersburg,
unopposed. General Kelly-Kenny,
after following the river bank, moved
in the direction of Abraham's Kiaal.
At Driefontein, about eight miles
south of Abraham's Kraal, the Boers
were found posted in considerable
strength on the ridges connecting sev
eral kopjes, where they had mounted
jjuns. The action began at 8 in the
morning, with an artillery duel. Gen
eral Porter's brigade supported the
British guns. The Boer artillery was
accurately handled, and the British
cavalry found a task harder than they
had expected. General Broadwood
moved six miles southward trjing to
find a means to get around, but the
Boers followed, behind rising ground,
and even attempted to outflank him.
Meanwhile, the Sixth division of in
fantry, advancing on the Boer left,
slowly forced the enemy to retire. Had
the infantry been able to move faster,
the Boers would have been enveloped.
The last shot was fired at 7:80 P. M.
This morning not a Boer was seen. The
prisoners belonged to President Kruger's
own commando."
BOTH SIDES ARMED.
Fighting Forces Confront Each Othei
In Kentucky.
Frankfort, Ky., March 12. The
Democrats and Republicans are today,
for the first time 'since the present
polititcal complications assumed acute
form, divided into two armed and
organized factions. Surrounding the
capitol and the state executive build
ing, and encamped in the grounds
around Governor Taylor's home, are
nearly 200 state militia, well provided
with ammunition, while in the corri
dors of the Capitol hotel, in which the
Democratic state executive offices are
located, and in the street adjacent to
that building, are 60 special officers
and the men and boys of a militia com
pany that was organized in Frankfort
today as the nucleus of Governor Beck
bain's state gurad, besides scores more
Df heavily armed citizens, partisans of
the Democratic claimant. It was
stated today that an attempt was to be
made by the state militia to take Gov
ernor Beckham into custody, and inside
of an hour after the report was circu
lated, a petition had been circulated
and signed by the requisite number of
men necessary to form a militia com
pany. The men will guard the Capitol
hotel day and night against any possi
ble attempt to arrest Governor Beck
ham. Convict-Hade Binding Twine.
Kansas City, Mo., March 12. Im
plement men say trouble is about to re
sult because of the action of the board
of control of the Kansas State peniten
tiary making binding twine. Kansas
City makes about 7,000,000 pounds of
twine a year, and the new factory at
the state penitentiary is equipped to
turn out about one-tenth of this amount.
This is enough to disturb the market.
While regular dealers are asking re
tail merchants to pay them lla cents
per pound for their offerings, the Kan
sas penitentiary managers announce
they will sell theirs direct to the farmer
at 10 cents per pound, 1 cents less
than the retail dealers can buy it for.
Refused to Order General Strike.
Chicago, March 12. The Building
Trades Council at its meeting today re
fused to order a general sympathetic
strike, at the request of the officers of
the machinists' union.
Fatal Boston Fire.
Boston, March 12. Fire early this
morning in the four-story building of
the Massachusetts Macaroni Company,
on North street, caused the death of
one fireman, the probable fatal injury
of another and the serious injury of two
others, besides entailing a financial '
loss estimated at $75,000 to $150,000. ,
Three Fresh Cases in Sydney.
Sydney, N. S. W., March 12. Three .
fresh cases of bubonic plague in Sydney .
are officially reported today. j
THEATER FRANCAIS BURNS.
Destruction of a Famous Paris Flay'
house.
Paris, March 12. The famous The
ater Francais has been destroyed by fire.
The fire broke out about noon, but
was not discovered immediately, and
the theater was burning furiously be
fore the fire brigade got to work. Even
then the appliances were quite inade
quate to cope with the conflagration,
and by 1:30 P. M. the entire building
was a roaring furnace. The dense col
umn of smoke arising from the fire at
tracted crowds from all parts of Paris,
the Theater Francais being regarded as
a national institution. The theater,
which is the home of the Comedie Fran
cais, was only reopened a fortnight ago,
after having been renovated for the ex
position throngs expected to visit Paris
during the year.
A rehearsal of a comedy whieh was
billed for the matinee had just con
cluded when the fire broke out. In
deed, two actresses, Madame Dudlay
and Mademoiselle Henryot, were still
on the stage when an electric wire
fused, and, a spark catching the scen
ery, the whole stage was soon in flames,
Madame Dudlay had to be rescued iu
costume and let down from a window.
M. Sardou, the playwright, arrived on
the scene about 1 o'clock, and burst
into tears when he saw the building
was doomed. A part of the dome col
lapsed at 2:30 P. M.
The Theater Francais, or Comedie
Francais, was situated on the Place du
Theater-Francais, near the Palais
Royal, and occupied the highest rank
among the theaters of France.
The magnfioient ceiling, bearing the
allegorical painting by Mazerolle, the
ceiling painting by De Beuff, the
younger, of "Truth Enlightening the
World," which adorned the foyer, and
a number of other mural tableaux and
works of art, together with a portion of
the invaluable library of manuscript,
perished in the flames. Practically all
the sculpture, however, was saved and
removed to the ministry of finance,
which faces the site of the theater on
the Rue de Hivoli. The priceless
statute of Voltaire, by Houden, one of
the chief beauties of the foyer, escaped
by being enveloped in a pile of mat'
tresses.
WILL FIGHT TO THE END.
Seoretary Rults Says the Burghers Are
Not Discouraged.
Pretoria, March 12. Secretary of
State Reitz has issued war bulletins,
in which, after saying the government
has no official tidings of the surrender
of General Cronje, he must accept it as
a fact, however painful, he adds:
The government remains assured
that the surrender will not discourage
the burghers in the defense of their in
dependence and standing as a nation.
The struggle thus far has shown that
the republics have vindicated them
selves as an independent people. This
reverse will not stagger us. In the
struggle for our cherished rights, our
belief remains that, whatever happens,
the Lord still reigns. Owing to the
invasion of the Free State by a large
number of the enemy, and other cir
cumstances, it became necessary to
take up other positions, hence the
burghers in Natal have retried to Big
gersberg. All the commandos . have
reached there in safety, except a few
who retired in the direction Van Keen-
en's Pass. Thus Ladysmith and Kim-
berley are no more besieged. In retir
ing, the enemy was time after time
driven back, so that our laagers were
not cut off. In these fights a few men
were killed or wounded, and the enemy
lost heavily.
"In spite of all reports, the spirit of
the fighting men as to the outcome re
mains unchanged. Among the com
mandos in Natal the burghers are full
of courage. General Dewet now com
mands all the commandos at the Mod
dor river. The president started yes
terday evening for Bloemfontein, to
visit the laagers of the Free State."
Disbursing Clerk Arrested.
Washington, March 12. Chief Wil-
kie, of the tieasury secret service, was
notified today of the arrest in Philadel
phia, of Edward E. Grimmell, formerly
a civilian cleric in the disbursing office
of the medical department under Major
D. II. Hall, in San Francisco. Chief
Wilkie states that on .December 28
Grimmell decamped with a clerk book
containing 400 checks of the regulation
engraved kind used by the disbursing
clerks, directed to tho assistant treas
urers of the United States. He came
east and south and in January drew
checks made payable to him to an
amemt approximating $10,000.
Fuse Factory Blew Up.
Pompton, N. J., March 12. The
Smith fuse manufactory, at this place,
blew up today and four persons were
killed and a number more or less in
ured. The victims were at work in
the factory with about 80 other men
and girls. The bodies of the four per
sons killed were badly mangled, and
some of them blown to pieces.
Desperado Killed.
Denver, March 12. A special to the
Republican from Albuquerque, N. M.,
says: Samuel Sandoval, a young des
perado, was killed and several citizens
wounded at the battle at Atarique,
which followed an attempt to arrest
Sandoval and Juan Mestas, who had
been shooting up the town. Mestas
was captured.
Debs and Harrlman.
Indianapolis, March 12. For presi
dent, Eugene V. Debs, of Indiana; for
vice-president, Job Harriman, of Cali
fornia. This is the national ticket of
the Social Democratic party, which
will absorb the Hili;uit-Harriman fac
tion of the Socialist Labor party by
agreement. The Social De nocrats were
happy today. They say the candidacy
of Debs will attract hundreds of thou
sands of "voters to their party. They
profess to see the beginning of a great
national victory.
I A FATAL LANDSLIDE
Six Houses Were Carried
Away at Sandon, B. C.
OXE PERSON KILLED, FOUR HURT
All Traflto on the Canadian Pacini
Brought to Stop Floods on
Vancouver Island.
Nelson, B. C, March 14. Aspeoial
to the Tribune from Sandon, B. C,
announces that a fatal landslide oc
curred in that town last night. Six
residences were carried away, one per
on was killed and four injured. Wil
liam S. McLeod, of South Granville,
Trince Edward's island, was killed,
and his body was found under the
ruins by a rescue party the same even
ing. The injured are: Mrs. W. Nash,
Mrs. W. Fogg, Miss Fogg and William
Liovett.
No Trains at Vancouver.
Vancouver, B. C, March 14. No
overland train has arrived here since
Saturday, all traffic being suspAded by
mud and snow slides in the interior
Heavy snow slides are reported fiom the
Selkirk mountains, carrying down
trees and immense rocks and sweeping
away the cut bank truss bridge 150 feet
long between Bear creek and Six-Mile
creek. Delayed passengers will go
through tomorrow, transferring at the
break in the line.
Floods on Vancouver Island.
Nanaimo, B. C, March 14. Condi
tions here are serious, owing to the
wind and rain storms of the past two
days. The rainfall for three davs ag
gregated five inches and the Nanaimo
river has not been so high for 40 years
paBt and Englishman's river has never
been so high as at present. Chase river
is also much swollen, several bridges
on its road to Union and in the Comox
valley being swept away. Telegraph
lines are down north of Parksville.
Water on some of the roads is axle
deep, stopping traffic over an extensive
listriot.
DEATH IN A FIRE TRAP.
Fourteen Persons Perished In a New
ark Tenement.
Newark, N. J., March 14. Fourteen
persons lost their lives, two persons
were seriously injured and many others
slightly burned in a fire in Newark this
morning. The firemen, after the flames
had been subdued, took 13 bodies from
the ruins, and while they were thus
engaged another victim of the fire died
in the city hospital. One family was
wiped out completely, and of another
only the father lives, and he is in the
city hospital, where it is believed he
will die.
The building in which the fire broke
out was a veritable fire trap. It was
old, of frame construction, and extend
ed two stories above the ground floor.
Until three or four years ago the struct
ure had been used as a chuorh, but it
was converted into a tenement. The
lower floor, fronting on 60, 62 and 64
Fourtenth avenue, was occupied by
three stores, and the upper portion of
the building was divided into 20 living
rooms. As nealry as can be learned,
the structure was occupied by 10 fam
ilies, all Italians. Two of the occu
pants, Vito Credanza and one other
family, kept boarders, and, though the
total population of the rookery could
not be definitely ascertained during the
xcitement attending the fire, there are
said to have been 40 or 60 persons, of
both sexes and all ages, in the build
ing when the fire started. .
A few minutes before 5 o'clock the
people in the building were awakened
by the flames. They found them burn
ing at the foot of the stairs leading
from the first to the second story. The
hallway and stairs were burning,
entirely outting off the egress from the
npper floors, on which six families
lived. It also cut off the escape by the
door for those who lived in the rear part
of the first floor. Those who could
made for the windows. From these
they leaped or dropped. The whole
neighborhood was awake in an instant,
and from the burning building came
agonizing screams and calls for help.
From the basement and ground floor
the inmates of the building poured
naked, or almost so. From the npper
stories men and women leaped to tho
sidewalk. By the time the firemen
reached the scene the building was
wrapped in flames, and those who had
not escaped were dead or doomed.
They must have died within a few
minutes, for the fire rushed through
every room in the frail building within
10 minutes.
The search for the bodies began with
in 20 minutes after the alarm sounded,
so quickly was the fire conquered.
When it became known the fire was of
incendiary origin, men and women,
well nigh crazed by grief, ran tearing
around the streets looking for the man
who was respohsible for the frightful
tiagedy and threatening dire vengeance.
Louisville, March 14. W. L. Haze-
lipp was arrested this afternoon on a
charge of conspiracy. Mr. Hazelipp
is alleged to have been implicated in
the plot to assassinate William Goebel.
He is the steward of the Central asy
lum, and was appointed to that office
by Governor Bradley during his term.
Fight at Aparrl.
Manila, March 14. Advices received
from Aparri, province of Cagayan, say
that while Major Wood and the Six
teenth regiment were leaving that place
they were attacked at a landing on the
river bank opposite the town. A per
sistent fire followed, resulting in eight
Americans, including Ward, being
wounded. The natives in Cagayan val
ley presumably instigated the attack.
Dispatches add that the Tagals are
harassing the Americans,
AT STEYN'S CAPITAL.
General French's Cavalry Arrives at
Bloemfontein.
London, March 14. The war office
has received a dispatch from Lord Rob
erts announcing that, after a fight with
the Boers, General French occupied
two hills close to the station command
ing Blemfontein.
The Main Army Following.
London, March 14. The war office
has received the following additional
dispatch from Lord Roberts at Venter's
Vleit:
''Our march was again unopposed.
We are now about 18 miles from Bloem
fontein. The cavalry division is
astride tlie railway six miles south of
Bloemfontein. There are 321 men
wounded. About 60 or 70 men wore
killed or are missing."
FOUR BATTLES IN MEXICO.
Yaqula Lose Heavily Against Govern
ment Troops.
Austin, Tex., March 14. A special
from Potam, Mex., says that during
the four days ending on Friday, the
Yaqui Indians and the Mexican troops
had four engagements near Cocorito,
Mex. The Mexicau troops are endeav '
oring to force their way through this
section of the country, so as to keep a
roadway between Torin and that point
open for travel. There are a great
many Indians known to be in this sec
tion, and it is evident that a very .
strong force will have to be in the field
at once to suppress the uprising. The
engagements of the four days men
tioned are said to be very disastrous for
the Indians, as in the neighborhood of
200 are known to have been killed, and
possibly more. The Mexican soldiers
suffered very little loss of life, though
some 20 soldiers were wounded. All ',
the engagements were in the nature of
skirmishes lasting only a few hours,
when the Indians would retire.
The fact that the Maya Indians have
also taken to the war path and are
harassing the troops a great deal, gives
rise to grave surmises as to how long it
will take to bring the uprising to a ter
mination. A special from Ortiz, state of Sonora,
is to the effect that on Friday reports .
readied there of a bloody skirmish be
tween a band of some 800 Yaquis and
about an equal number of soldiers,
about 60 miles west of that place, in
vi hich the fighting was continued most
of the day. The loss among the sol
diers was light, owing to their splendid
fortifications, with the Indians in the
open. It was a clever laid trap into
which the Indians were led, and, while
they left none of their dead on the
field, it is thought their loss is heavy, '
as quite a number were seen to fall.
Reliable information states that fully
2,600 Yaquis are now in the neighbor
hood of Guaymiis, and fully as many
more are prowling between Medano
and Potam.
HOW THE CUVIER WAS SUNK.
Cnknown Rtonmer Crushed Into Her
and Ignored Cries for Help.
London, March 14. It is now
learned that the British ship Cuvier,
commanded by Captain Quinton, which
was reported Friday lust sunk by an ;
unknbwn steamer, was run down in the
straits of Dover tho morning of the 9th
by a steamer whose identity is not
known. The three survivors who were
landed at Calais, France, shortly after
the disaster, say a great hole was torn y
in the Cuvier, sinking her in less than
five minutes. They further state that
the 80 men comprising the crew were
below at the time and were unable
to reach the decks and man the boats,
so quickly did the vessel go down, and
that the colliding vessel paid no heed
to the cries for assistance shouted to
those on board, and steamed away.
The captain and third mate were
seen to jump from the bridge as their
vessel went down. Two of the surviv
ors clung to a capsized boat until
icked up by the Windsor and taken to
Calais. It is believed all the other
members of the crew of the Cuvier are
drowned.
Acquitted of Murder.
Butte, Mont., Match 14. Edward
Gillman, of Hamburg, la,, was tonight
acquitted of the murder of Dan Sulli
van. The murder occurred Christmas ,
night in the wash room of a miners'
boarding house. Sullivan had abused
Gillman the night before. Gillman
armed himself next day, and, going to
the wash room, shot Sullivan, killing
bim instantly. The defense was that
Sullivan had made threats against Gill
man, who thought the former was
armed. The verdict was a surprise to .
both the prosecution and the defense.
A lew minutes after the acquittal, Gill
man, his wife, sister and father, took a
carriage and drove for the Great North
ern depot, where they took the express
for the East. When the trial began a '
few days ago a brother of Sullivan tried
to shoot Gillman in the courthouse but
was disarmed before he could fire.
Complication In Building Strike.
Chicago, March 14. Another serious
complication in the great building
itrike came today, when the sash, door
and blind manufactuers of Chicago and
vicinity voted to close their mills until
the labor troubles are adjusted. By
this action 4,000 men are added to the
50,000 now idle.
Kine LecDold will introduce wire
less telegraphy into the Belgian army.
Stampede From Nome.
Seattle, March 14. Two arrivals at
Dawson City from Cape Nome, who left
the latter place eight days after Carl
Knoblesdorf and C. D. Campbell, tell
a wonderful stoiy of what is claimed to
be the richest find made in the north.
The new field is 100 miles from Nome,
and stories of its fabulous wealth were
being passed from mouth to mouth at
Nome when the latest arrivals left
there, December 18. Reports of won
derful strikes on the Siberian coast op
posite Cape Nome were ialug received, ,