IT'S A COLD DAY WHEN WE GET LEFT."
VOL. XII.
HOOD RIVER, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1900.
NO. JJO.
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OF INTEREST TO OUR MANY READERS
Comprehensive Review of the Important Hap
penings of the Past Week In a
Condensed Form.
The ministers at Pekin have reached
an agrcsment.
The new war revenue bill will reduce
taxation $40,000,348.
The pension roll for the cotnlr year
will call for $142,0,10,000.
The governor jf Shanghai publicly
executed 80 Boxer leaders.
"Secretary Gane's estimate for govern
ment expense is $626,741,762.
George von L. Meyer, of Boston, will
be appointed ambassador to Italy.
Charles A. Towne aocepted the ap
pointment of senator from Minnesota.
Moduli made a Dtinsntinnal sneech in
the house against holding the Philip
pines. A small American force louted a
band of rebels at Santo Domingo,
Luzon.
Contract for erection of Salem, Or.,
postoffice has. been awarded to a Chi
cago firm.
In a street duel in a West Virginia
town a minister was killed by a prom
inent lawyer.
It is estimated that taxable valuation
of Oregon for 1900 will be about $2,
000,000 less than in 1899.
Fire in the Cambridge, Ohio, works
of the American Tinplate Company,
caused a loss on finished tin alone of
between $175,000 and $200,000.
John Luke Hely-Hutchinson, fifth
earl of Donoghmore, f t one time assist
ant commissioner in Eastern Rou
mania, died of paralysis, in London.
Robbers raided the office of the West
ern Lumber Company in Portland, Or.,
just before the employes were ready to
receive their November wages in coin,
and secured $4,700.
At New York, the Fasig-Tipton Com
pany closed the most successful auction
sale of trotting and pacing horses in its
history. The proceeds of the sale were
$352,180 for 702 horses, an average of
about $500 a head.
A serious cave-in occurred at the
Ray Aug. mine, near Dunore, Pa.
Fifty-one men were entombed. The
rescuing party, after nearly three hours'
hard work, succeeded in digging into
the chamber in which the men were
entombed All were rescued, not one
being seriously injured.
Consul-General Stowe says the Boer
war is nearly ended.
Krueer's mission to Europe was frus
trated by the Kaiser.
Nine men were killed .in train
wreck near Suisun, Cal.
The Isthmian canal commission
recommends the Nicaragua route.
Senator Fairbanks, of Indiana, in
troduced a bill to admit Oklahoma as a
state, with two reptesentatives.
A report comes from Queen Charlotte
island that the Indians there are short
of food. Their wants will be attended
to. ....
It is reasserted in Tien Tsin that the
Germans lost 20 killed and many
wounded west of Pao Ting Fu, wheie
they were attacked by 2,500 Boxers.
Congressman Driggs introduced a
resolution in the house requiring the
secretary of war to investigate the
practice of "hazing" at West Point
Senator Pettigrew introduced a reso
lution in the senate calling upon the
postmaster-general to send to the senate
any information he may have in his
possession concerning postal frauds in
Cuba.
Tang Wang Huang, author of the
outrages upon the Pao Ting Fu mission
aries, was paraded through the streets
of Tien Tsin in a cart under a strong
narman onard. previous to being hand
ed over to the provisional governmeunt
lor decapitation.
Frank Hawlev. an American electric
promoter, is now in London in the in
terest of an Anerican syndicate. Mr.
Hawley says the capitalists ne repre
sents are ready to epena no less . tnan i
ci nnn nno in the construction of elee
trie surface roads in London and to the
suburbs to a radius of 30 miles. Isot ,
a penny of British capital will be
asked. He expresses himself as conn-
dent that the undertaking will be a
financial success. -,. ' j
Major Wood, commanding the Cana
dian mounted police in the ftkon ter
ritory, who collects the royalties on
gold, reports the collections this year
on the Klondike output as amounting
to nearly $900,000, about $100,000
more than was received last year. Ten
per cent of the gold mined is supposed
to be paid to the government, which
would indicate the Klondike output for
the season to have been only $9,000,
000, but the general estimate has placed
it at nearly $20,000,000.
A correspondent Santiago de Cuba
gays the natives there are becoming
adepts in the American game of base
ball. Havana may yet bid for a place
in the National league.
A celebrated Enlgish physician says
that he has found that warts can be
cured by revaccinaton. He reracci
nated a girl of 15 who had 94 warts on
one band, and seven weeks after the
operation the warta had all disappear
ed. Many other remedies had been
tried in rain.
LATER NEWS.
Hay may resign if the canal treaty
ia amended.
Lord Roberts was given an ovation
at Cape Town.
The United States wants Cbiriqui for
a ooaling station.
There is little change in the Santa
Fe strike situation.
Charles A. Towne was sworn in as
senator fiom Minnesota.
The house passed the legislative, ex
ecutive and judicial bill.
The tension between Holland and
Portugal is increasing.
Benjamin Wise was held at Salem,
Or., for arson at Silverton.
A house Republican caucus decided
to stand by the war-tax bill.
The sultan of Turkey dined offioers
of the battle-ship Kentucky.
Von Bulow explained why Emperor
William would not receive Kruger.
Erection of poles and wires for an
other lighting system began in Salem,
Or.
Four men were killed by an explo
sion in the Union Paoifio tunnel at
Aspen. '
Attacks on Salisbury and Chamber
lain were made in the British nouse of
commons. I
Only $600,000 can be obtained from t which the king afterwards dispatched
this session of congress for the Colum- to Queen Victoria, thanking her ma
bia jetty. ' I jesty for sending the fleet, and tor the
The Oregon supreme court upholds ehhlp tt,M demonstrated.
the street improvement section of the1,, , 1 Jf to record," telegraphed he
Portland city charter. I " ' "ft 8reat fatisfaction the
I frank and loyal alliance uniting Lng-
Cases of smallpox have been found jnd an(j Portugal."
frequently in Lima, Peru, and the pub-1 jn the courae o hi8 gpeech, when he
lie is alarraod, fearing a spread o the toasted Queen Victoria, the king said
disease. . j among other things:
The Idaho supreme court decides "England has often shared the efforts
that patented mining property is to be and glories of Portugal. Our mutual
regarded the same as other realty for friendship and close alliance are
tmrnoses of taxation. I strengthened by history and the blood
,, . . . ... rv i, '
i utj AUBuittu vui ,fLio j-.uuau moo ar
rived at Lima, Peru, bringing Bela
Rakowegbv. commissioner of the Aus
trian government, who is visiting the
consulates of South America.
A special from Shanghai announces
that Li Hung Chang's Manohu secre
tary, Yoko, has been arrested by order
of Field Marshal Count von Waldersee,
on the charge of communicating with
the Boxers.
The third annual cowboy and Indian
carnival opened in Phoenix, Arizona,
with a great para.le oi vaqueros, red the njlnisters being recalled. It is ex
men and Chinese. After the parade, plained that Count De Selir, the Portu
in a wild uusn tnrougn me streets, ho
Indian was thrown from his horse and
fatally trampled under foot.
Germans are still excited over the
Kruger incident.
Japan is much disturbed by Tokio
municipal scandals.
The Oregon school fund losses an
average of $40,000 a year.
The river and harbor committee is
cutting down all estimates.
The Philippines commission has pre
pared a tariff for the islands.
The exeoution of Yn Hsien is-cer
tain whenever envoys demand it.
The Chinese question is again said
to be approaching a settlement.
Fifty-two Filipino prisoners have
been taken by American troops.
Eulogies were pronounced in the
house on the late Representative Har
met. Russia says all credit for securing
existing entente belongs to United
States.
Johannesburg wlil be fenoed around
with barb wire to cut off Boers' iood
supply. : '
United States Consul Goodnow, at
Shanghai, will return home on leave ol
absence.
Netherlands disavows responsibility
for sympathetic letter of minister to
Kruger.
f - aimf. tlta TtPAQATlt WAAk
to Hav-Pauncefote treaty and ship
hsirlvbill ,
suosioy o . .it
The naval appropiration bill will
provide
for two more battlesmps ana
two cruisers.
Delegate Wilcox, of Hawaii, strong
ly opposes importation of negro labor
into the islands.
Envoys take removal of General
Tung Fn Hsiang to mean that govern
ment desires peace.
TCatnhliahment of shin subsidy bill
as regular order will displace Nicara- rjnited states for a preiod of 200 years
gua canal measure. ! of the territory necessary for the con
Bills for the reduction of war reve- j straction of the projected Nicaragua
... anA looifiiativB nnnrnnrfationa canal. The terms are regarded as
will likely pass the house this week
Robert W. Wilcox, Hawaii's delegate-elect
to congress, has arrived In
San Franoisco, enroute to Washington.
Kruger was officially received by
Queen Wilbelmina. The queen has
promised to show ber friendship when
the proper moment arrives.
A railway bridge collapsed in Ger
many, lettirg an ex press train plunge
into the stream below. Five persons
were killed and eight badly injured.
Six hundred telegraph operator on
the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe,
have walked out in sympathy with the
operator on the Gulf, Colorado &
Santa Fe road.
I The last enumeration shows a large
falling off in the number of book
agents, which in itself is a good argu
ment in favor ot taking the eeneu
every five instead of every 10 years.
! The Connecticut woman who has
sued a physician because be changed
her complexion from that of a blond to
brunette really oughj to have a little
TtiMjce. The brunette will be in
lasiiinn aeain before long, and then she
will be glad of the change. But wo
man always was an impulsive creature.
npfra
Strained Relations Between Hol
land and Portugal
THEY HAVE RECALLED THEIR MINISTERS
The
Trouble Vdi Caused by Withdrawal
the Exequatur of the Dutch Con
sul at Lourenco Marques. -
Lisbon. Deo. 10. The minister of
the Netherlands to Portugal and the
Portuguese minister at The Hague
have left their respective posts. It is
believed that a difference has arisen on
the subject of the exequatur to the
Dutch consul at Lourenoo Marques,
whioh the Portuguese government has
withdrawn.
The tension between Portugal and
Holland appears to have been empha
sized, perhaps not altogether uninten
tionally, by the peculiar warmth of
King Charles' toast to Queen
Victoria )
at the banquet given yesterday evening
at the Royal Palace to Vlce-Admiral
Sir Harry Boldsworth Rawson, and the
officers of the Biitish fleet, now in the
River Tagus, and by the telegram
shed together in causes which have
always been just."
Admiral Hawson leplied that the
words of the king harmonized with the
thoughts of the government and people
of Great Britain.
Portuguese Minister Will Explain.
The Hague, Dec. 10. While it is
not denied that the minister of the
I Netherlands at Lisbon and the minis
ter of Portugal here are temporarily
leaving their posts, it is semi-officially
1 deolared that there is no question of
guese minister, is proceeding to Lisbon
on a few days visit to explain veroauy
the difficulties which have arisen in
conncetion with the Netherlands con
sul, Herr Pott, at Lourenoo Marques.
Spaniards Accuse England.
Madrid, Deo. 10. The Imparcial
says it considers the rupture of rela
tions between Holland and Portugal to
be very serious. It adds that it was
due to the intrigues of Grant Britain,
further asserting that Portugal is now
under the tutelage of Lord Salisbury.
Observers think that the speech and
telegram constitute an intimation to
the world that Portugal can count on
strong support if necessary.
THE CORONER'S VERDICT.
Holds No One Responsible for San Francisco's
Thanksgiving Day Accident " "'
San Francisco, Deo. 10. The coron
er's jury, inquiring into the causes of
the Thanksgiving day disaster, in
whioh 22 lives were lost by the-tol-lapse
of the San Francisco & Pacific
Glass Works during the progress of the
Stanford-Berkeley football game, has
returned the following verdict n the
case of each victim of the accideut:
"That the accident was caused by
the breaking of the vvntilator of the
roof over the furnace in the house of
the San Francisco & Pacific Glass
j Works at the corner of Fifteenth and
Folsom streets on the afternoon oi No-
yember 29; further, that be had no
business there and was there against
the orders and temporary resistance on
t- t o th(J snperintendent ot said
the part of the superintendent
works, and farther, that no one can be
held responsible for his death other
than himself and that deatn was acci
dental." Territory for the Canal.
I Chicago, Dec. 10, A special to the
, Record from Washington says: Nica
' ragua and Costa Rica have announced
their willineness to grant a lease to the
moderate. It is understood that Nica
ragua and Costa Rica will accept bonds,
the value of those to be accepted by
the former government to be less than
$6,000,000 and by the latter to be less
than $1,600,000.
Pleased With American.
Pekin, Dec. 10. Li Hung Chang has
informed General Chaffee that he and
all the people of the province of Chi
Li are extremely pleased and gTatifled
at the behavior of the American troops
toward the Chinese. This is considered
no light matter. From all sections of
the portion of the city under American
supervision oome words of , praise,
thankfulness and commendation regard
ing the behavior of the Americans.
Oxnard Married a Maid.
New
York. Dea. 10. The World
says: "On the Deutschland, which
arrived here yesterday, were Henry T.
Oxnard, of San Francisco, president oi
the two American beet-engar associ
tions. and bis bride, formerly Mile.
Marie Pkhon. maid of Mr. Oxuard'i
ister-in-law. Mrs. Robert Oxnard.
They wer married in Paris Soverober
15, but the marriage was no announced
until the Deutsch laud's arrival."
KRUGER IN HOLLAND.
Enthusiastic Greeting to the Ex-President by
the People of The Hague.
The Hague, Dec. 10. -At the open
ing of the seoond chamber today, the
president, J. G. Gliochmau, said:
"President Kruger arrives here to
day. He will take up his residence
here. I take the occasion to propose
that the chamber authorize me to wel
come, in its name, the ex-president to
our country and offer him an expres
sion of our cordial sympathy."
The proposal was adopted amid
cheers and bravos.
Mr. Kruger arrived here today and
was greeted at the station by the bur
gomaster and counsellor. A choir of
600 men and girls chanted Psalm 72,
verses 6, 7 and 11. The ex-president
and his suite then retired to the royal
waiting-room, where the burgomaster
warmly welcomed them in a brief
speech. Then followed Dr. Spink,
president of the local South African
Association, assuring Mr. Kruger of the
deep sympathy of the entire Dutch
nation, "who had," be said, "so great
ly though vainly hoped that the great
powers who recently assembled at the
peace conterenoe would not have per
mitted that in South Africa the right
of nations, the right of war and civil
law should be trampled under foot, or
a little nation be sacrificed in an un
equal combat in defense of its exist
ence." The address, after a long eulogv of
the heroism of the Boers, proceeded to
liken Mr. Kruger to William the Pi
lent, who sacrificed everthing for the
welfare of his people, and concluded:
"May your reliance on the Almighty,
similar to that of the Prince of Orange,
support you, Mr. Piesident, in the
arduous fight for right and liberty, and
may the liberty if your nation crown
your courage. Then will Great Brit
ain have learned the lesson of how
dangerous it is to attempt to throttle
the iniependence of a free nation." .
i KENTUCKY FIEND CAPTURED
Man Who tortured His Stepdaughter Safe in
Jail -No Indications of Violence.
Maysville, Ky., Dec. 10.William
Gibson, the man who is charged with
fiendishly torturing to death with a
red-hot iron his helpless 2-year-old
stepdaughter, at Cattlettsburg, Ky.,
two weeks ago, is safely in jail here.
In an interview tonight he denied
everything as to his guilt. At differ
ent times during the interview he
would laugh idiotically. When asked
whv he fled, if innocent, he replied:
"Well, you see, this thing was hol
lered about and made so much over
that the people got excited, and you
know how the people are when they
ge excited."
He said he had slept in ravines and
in brush for the last two weeks. His
intellect seems somewhat blurred and
at times his stupidity whs vety per
ceptible. Everything is quiet here to
night end 4here are no indications of
mob violence.
TELEGRAPHERS' STRIKE.
A Walk-Out on the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe
Road Ten Hours Rest Wanted.
Houston, Tex., Dec, 10. The tele
graphers belonging to the Order of
Railway Telegraphers on the Gulf,
Colorado & Santa -Fe road, extending
from Galveston to Purcell, I. T., left
their desks at 1 1 o'clock today. Pas
senger trains are being operated on
running orders from junction points,
and through freights ate aUo being
handled, although there is considerable
delay
The strike baa been expected
for some time. A oommittee of the
telegraphers went to Galveston to hold
a conference with General Manager
Polk, to whom they represented their
grievances. The latter was in com
munication with President Ripley, and
it is believed by the men that the lat
ter official will yield on the point of 10
consecutive hours of rest for the oper
ators. The operators say tbey expect
to gain the active co-operation of other
railroad organizations.
Chinese Hold Mountain Passu.
Berlin, Dec. 10. A dispatch from
Field Marshal von Waldersee, dated
Pekin December 4, says strong detach
ments of Chinese regulars, under Gen
eral Ma, are reported from Hban Si to
be holding the mountain passes on the
frontier of Cbi Li. An explosion at
Pao Tinz Fu during the daring out of
a powdei magazine killed one man and
wounded five othors.
Given Up for Lost,
Provincetown, Mass., Dec. 10. The
Provincetown fishing schooner Cora 8.
McKay, with 30 men, has been given
np for lost. Ever circumstance points
to her destruction at Virgin rocks on
the Grand banks of Newfoundland in
the storm of September 12 to 14, known
as the Galveston hurricane.
Movement of Porto Ricans.
El Paso, Tex., Dec. 10. Two cars
passed through here today containing
114 Porto Kicans who are going as
contract laborers to the Hawaiian isl
ands to work id the sugar industry for
Clans Spreckels. They said that 7,000
Porto Ricans are preparing to emigrate
to the islands tor the same purpose.
South Dakota's Vote.
Pierre, 8. D., Dec. 10. The total
vote of the state, as shown by the offi
cial canvass, is as follows: McKinley,
64,530; Bryan, 89,544; Woolley, 1,342;
Parker, 839; Debs, 169.
The Hansen Fund,
Christiania, Dec. 8 The Nansen
fund, which was started after the re
torn of Dr. Nanseu from the Arctic, to
promote scientific explorations, now
mounts to 1,000,000 kroner, and no
further costribaiions will be made.
It Was Passed by the House in
Record Time.
WAS NOT TEN MINUTES OF DEBATE
Legislative, Executive and Judicial Appropria.
tion Bill, Carrying Over $24,000,000,
Went Through Unchallenged
Washington, Dec. 12. The first of'
the great supply bills, the legislative,
exeoutive and juiicial appiopriation
bill, was passed by the house in record
time. The bill carres $24,496,308,
and has 131 pages, but there was less
than 10 minutes debate upon it. It
required about throe lours for the
clerk to read the bill. So other busi
ness was transacted.
Today under the rules belonged to
the Distriot of Columbia committee,
but, owing to the desire of the leaders
to proceed with the appropriation bill,
distriot day was postponed until a week
from tomorrow. Bingham (Rep. Pa.),
who was in charge of the measure,
made a preliminary statement of its
contents. Both parties in the recent
campaign, Bingham said, pledged them
selves to economy and retrenchment.
The pending bill tho first of the big
money bills was a step in that direc
tion. Robinson (Dem. Ind.) expressed the
opinion that if retrenchment were de
sired, a provision be inserted in the
bill to out off the 80 days' sick leave.
in addition to the 30 days leave now
allowed to clerks in the exootutive de
partments. Bingham explained that such legisla
tion did not come within the purview
of the pending bill. The law left the
question of leave within the discretion
of the various heads of depaitments.
Robinson protested that clerks in
the government service outside of
Washington did not receive the same
leave privileges received by those here,
and he thought the unjust discrimina
tion against the former should cease.
An amendment providing for 12 ad-
ditonul temporary clerks to dispose of
the Accumulated business in the office
of the controller of the treasury was
adopted. At the conclusion of the read
ing of the bill, Bingham thanked the
house for the confidence shown in the
appropriation committee in allowing
the bill to go through unchallenged,
and the bill was then passed.
CHIRJQUI COALING STATION.
United Statu May Purchase the Port From
Colombia.
Washington, Dec. 12. The gunboat
Bancroft sailed today from Colon for
Almirante bay. It is understood that
her mission is to look iuto the advant
ages offered by the port of Chiriqui as
a coaling station. Tho harbor is capa
ble of floating the entire fleet of a na
tion, and the water is deep enough for
the heaviest battle-ship. Approaches
were made to the Colombian govern
ment, with a view to learning whether
it would entertain a propiitinn to
grant Chiriqui as a coaling station.
At that time, Colombia was not in a
position to make a definite answer, as
the territory, including this harbor,
had been in dispute between Colombia
and Costa Rica. The answer, there
fore, was to the effect that the grant
could not be made while the question
of sovereignty remained open between
the two countries. Since then, how
ever, Colombia and Costa Rica have ar
ranged to arbitrate the differences, and
there is a prospect of an early settle
ment of sovereignty. With this point
removed, it is believed that there will
bo no serious objections from Colombia
or Costa Rica to granting a ooaling sta
tion. EXPLOSION IN A TUNNEL
Four Men Lost Their Livu at Aspen, Wye
Accumulation of Gas the Cause.
Aspen, Wyo., Deo. 12. A disastrous
gas explosion occurred today in the
tiAis railroad tunnel 1)7 whiah four men
lost their lives and several others were
injured. The tunnel is being built
on tho cut-off of the Union Pacific rail
road between Aspen and Hilliard.
The explosion was caused by the ac
cumulation of gas.
The coroner's veridot is "unavoidable
accident." Twenty ot the men were
at work at the time of the explosion.
It is not known what ignited the gas
Eleotnc lights are nsed throughout the'
tunnel
No Hope for Kruger.
London, Deo. 12. "Dr. Leyds and
bis friends are spreading a report,
riends are spreading a report," I c" 1 "" "r ' ' .,: ", ,"
the Amsterdam correspondent of Vremya, in an article evidently in
1.11.M.11. "that Oueen Wilhel- pfed, referring to the recent dw.
says
the Daily Mail, "that Queen Wilhel
mina will intervene aftei her marriage.
This is meant to blind the publio to ,
the real facts, which are that she
wrote personally to every European
ruler on Mr. Kruger's arrival in Eu-.
rope, and from two countries at least,
-France and Russia, received conditional .
promises of help in the direction of in
tervention, but the plan failed in Ber
lln."
Steel Company Resumes Work.
Lorain, O., Dec. 12. The Lorain
Steel Company resumed work today at
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shape muis, win more usa.w me
employed in win euun jjiu.
Crashed Into Handcar.
An engine on the Grand Trunk road,
near Inglewood Junction, Out., crashed
into a handcar on which were five sec
tion men going to work. All five were
killed instantly.
WOULD NOT HONOR IT.
Requisition For an Indiana Man Turned Down
By the Governor of Colorado.
Indianapolis, Deo. 12. Governor
Mount today received word that Gov
ernor Thomas, of Colorado, hits refused
to honor a requisition from Indiana for
the return of Clifton Oxmau, of Prince
ton, lnd., accused of dbirauding, in a
real estate deal, J. Mayer Greene, of
Chicago. A special from Denver says
the Indiana sheriff had Attorney-Gen
eral Campliell, of Colorado, inspect the
papers and they were declared legal.
Afterward, it is stated, Governor
Thomas had a consultation with Mr.
Campbell, and then announced that
the papers were not made out in tech
nical form, and this, takon in conueor
tion with the attitude of Governor
Mount, of Indiana, in refusing to houor
Governor Beckham s requisition for
the return to Kentucky of W. 8. Tay
lor, who is now living in lu.liiuia,
and who was wanted in Kentucky, he
said would cause him to refuse the re
quisition. Governor Thomas, it is
stated, at the same time, said that
several other governors had, he be
lieved, decided to take similar steps re
garding Governor Meant. The mattor
has created considerable comment.
Governor Mount, when told tonight
of Governor Thomas' action, stid he
was surprised at it. "There may be
something political in this matter, he
said, "but I am surprised that Gov
ernor Thomas resoits to any so-called
precedent in his action on the requisi
tion. He cites my action in the Ken
tucky cases as a precedent, whioh he
itys he is inuliued to follow. I con
sidered no precedent when I refused
the Kentucky requisition. I did so be
cause I did not believe the men could
get a fair trial in their own state.
Governors do not as a rule resort to
pecedauta in acting on such questions.
Eaoh stands on its own morits."
EIGHT PERSONS DROWNED.
Iron Ore Barge Went to the Bottom During a
Storm on Lake Erie.
Erie Pa., Deo. 12. In the midst
of one of the most bitter galos that
ever swept Lake Erie the iron ore
barge S. 1 1. Foster, in tow of the Iron
Duke, wnt to the bottom at 4 o'clock
"tTii'a morning 10 miles off Erie, and
eight persons weie drowned.
5 The Foster was one of the fleet of
James Coirigan, of Cleveland, and for
two months has been running from Du
luth to Erie with iron one. Her cargo
oonsisted of 1,500 ton of ore. Captain
Ashley, of the Iron Duke, made Erie
in safety.
Government Cotton Crop.
New York, Dec! 12. A story to the
effect ihat the government coitoii tiiop,
whioh will be made public tomorrow,
has been offered to certain cotton brok
ers in this city in advance, received
corroboration today. Frank B. Guest,
head of a cotton commission house,
said tonight that advance information
was offered to him Saturday. He im
mediately notified President Hubbard,
of the cotton exchange. The latter
asked for a detailed statement, which
was given, and this is to be used as a
basis for federal investigation. Presi
dent Hubbard said tonight that he
would go to Washington without delay
and place the entire matter before the
proper authorities.
To Amend Laws.
Washintgon, Deo. 12. Repieseuta.
tive Jones, of Washington, is seeking
to amend the pension laws by lifting
from the soldiers the necessity of prov
ing that the disability for which they
seek pensions did' not exist prior to
their enlistment. Ilia bill on this sub
ject provides that in all cases wnere
the services of a soldier were accepted,
and he was mustered into the atmy, no
further questions should be asked con
cerning his physical condition prior to
enlistment. In many cases the soldier
of the Civil war has been preventod
from securing a pension because of bis
inability to prove that his disability
did not exist prior to his enlistment.
Hospital for Lumbermen. '
Enijeue, , Or..- Dec. 13. Arrange
ments have been made whereby the
Booth-Kelly Lumber Company will
nrovide a hospital in Eugene for the
! benefit
of the workmen wno may at
any time be taKen sick or injureu.
The employes will pay monthly dues
for the support of the institution, and
when any of them requires medical or
surgioal tteatment he will receive it
without further cost, A contract has
been made with Dra. Paine and Kuy
kendall for professional services and
medicines for a year. They will select
a suitable building and have the hos
pital ready to leceive patients by the
first of January.
All Credit Due America.
St. Petersburg, Dec. 12. The Novoe
Hatches from
Dr, fliorrison, in renin,
to the Loudon Times. sayiiiK ail the
credit for securing softened terms is
given by the Chinese to the Russians,
remarks:
"The credit for the existing entente
really belongs to America. England
begrudges President MoKiuley his just
prestige because he has emphasied
America's friendship for Russia,"
Fire at Siiverton, Or.
Silverton caused a loss ol
Incendiarism is suspected,
being under arre. A tirt
Fire at
$12,000.
"
two men
WB, gent from
Portia ud to tae
o towu
Th British Uncentermd.
The British show little interest in
Nicaragua affairs.
' Argument in the Seely cuso was be
sun before the United Sates supreme
t court.