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Yamhill County Reporter ». H. BAKMIAHT, Publisher. MoMINN VILLE OREGON RAILWAY IN WHITE I PASS. English Company to Build From Head of Lynn Canal to Lake Bennett. Montreal, Feb. 17.—C. H. Wilkin- son, representing the British Yukon Company, says the construction of a railroad through White pass, from the head of Lynn canal to Lake Bennett, will be begun immediately by his com pany. The road, which will be 45 miles in length, will be completed within 99 days of the beginning of the work. The British Yukon Company, of which the Duke of Teck is president, also holds a charter from the Dominion government for the construction of the road through White pass. The an nouncement, some weeks ago, of the government’s having negotiations with Messrs. Mann ami Mackenzie, deter mined the British Yukon Company to build the road over White pass at once. The width of the tiack will be three feet six inches. The grade over the pass will be three per cent, ami at [mints where the grade is the steepest what is known as the “A B. T.” rail will be laid. This rail, which is used I in the Hartz mountains in Europe, has notches for the grip to a cogwheel, ami is a part of the locomotive. Mr. Wil kinson says the road will be completed by the middle of the summer. A TERRIBLE DISASTER. SPAIN I OVER TWO HUNDRED KILLED Nanaimo, B. C., Feb. 16.—News ar rived here from Union at 5:30 o’clock this evening by the Canadian Pacific Navigation steamer Islander, that the fine steel steamer Clara Nevada, which sailed for Skagway from Seattle two weeks ago, was lost with all on board. | The details of information received are j as follows: The Clara Nevada left Skagway for Juneau on her home trip, February 5, and, when off Seward City, in Berner bay, about 30 miles south of Skagway, she was seen by the inhabitants of Sew ard City, all ablate, and from stem to stern was one mass of hungry flames. While the long wharf at Berner bay was crowded with spectators of the awful scene, a loud report was heard, which resembled the explosion of boil ers, and nothing more was seen of the ill-fated steamer. The following day the beach was strewn with wreckage, which ies-mbled that of the Clara Nevada. It is feared the unfortunate 40 passengers and the entire crew are lost, as no trace could be found of them along the beach of Berner bay. The sea was rough, and a furious gale was blowing. It is thought she was trying to make Berner bay for shelter. This is the first trip of the Clara Nevada, and she was due to leave Seattle last Saturday on her second trip, with all the berths sold. The steamer Rustler had left for the scene, but no rejiert from her is obtain able. The Islander reports terrible weather at Skagway and long the coast. DISAVOW IT. Formal Repudiation of tha De Lome Letter Requested at Madrid. Reported Lons of the Steam*hip Clara Nevada—Sixty Live* at Stake. Terrible Accident in the Harbor of Havana. MUST A.tEcked Eur'pean Steamer’s Passengers. SEVERAL SEVERELY INJURED New York, Feb. 16.—A special to the Herald from Washington says: The De Lome incident is still unset tled. The cipher dispatch received from Minister Woodford was not satis factory. It was taken to the president bv Assistant Secretary Day, and after a short conference between them Mr. Day sent another telegram to Minister Woodford. Officially nothing will be said about these two communications, further than that the incident is not yet entirely closed. It is said that Minister Woodford’s cable was a report of his interview with the Spanish minister of foreign affairs, which showed that no direct disclaimer had been made by Spain of that feature of the De Lome letter which has been interpreted to indicate the insincerity of the Spanish govern ment in the matter of autonomy and in the negotiations for a commercial treaty. Absence of such disclaimer is not entirely satisfactory to the presi dent. Accordingly Minister Woodford has been given further instructions on the subject. Without making any express de mand for a disavowal, Minister Wood ford is requested by his new instruc tions to impress upon the Madrid au thorities the importance to all con cerned of some distinct repudiation of Senor de Lome’s declarations, which the president can believe correctly represents the position of the Spanish government. Mr. McKinley believes that when the Spanish minister of foreign affairs fully appreciates the interpretation which has been put upon Senor de Lome’s letter in some quarters of the United States, he will hasten to dis avow it. Minister Woodford has been told in a positive way that the presi dent would like to have done; in other words, that he must use delicate di plomacy to secure the end desired, and the president is sincere in the belief that another interview between Minis ter Woodford and the minister of for eign affairs in Madrid will end th© whole trouble. As far as that feature of the case, the De Lome letter criticising the presi dent is concerned, the incident is closed. That was established w’hen the state department received Senor Du Boso as charge d’affaires of the Spanish legation to succeed Senor de Lome. The other phase of the letter, the president considers, should very properly be made the subject for fur ther negotiations, in order that Spain should have an opportunity to show that Senor de Lome falsely represented her position when he made the state ment he did. Number of Wounded I nkntiwn-Cauxe Anti-Foreign Feeling rowing—England of Explosion a My «tery —Spaniards* Negotiating With China for the Open Come to the Ahl of the Injured. From the Telegraphic Column*. ing of a New Treaty Port. Havana, Feb. 17.—At a quarter to 10 The secretary of the interior has dis San Francisco, Feb. 15.—The Ori o’clock this evening a terrible explosion missed the appeal of the state of Ore ental & Occidental steamer Gaelic ar gon from the decision of the land office, took place on board the United States rived today from Hong Kong, Yoka- holding for cancellation the indemnity battle-ship Maine, in Havana harbor. hama and Honolulu, bringing the fol school selection of lands in. The Dalles lowing Oriental advices: Many were killed or wounded. land district of Oregon. The Hong Kong Telegraph says that All the lioats of the Spanish cruiser Authentic reports have reached continual trouble is being reported Alfonso XIII are assisting. Bhangliai of recent date from all sec from vessels manned by Japanese crews, As yet the cause of tne explosion is tions of the Chinese empire, indicating the Japanese resenting any instructions not apparent. The wounded sailors of that riot and attack upon foreigners is or surveillance from European officers, the order of the day. The attacks the Maine are unable to explain it. It and showing an especial aversion for seem to be those of isolated ruffians European passengers. Several cares is believed that the battle-ship is total- rather than a concerted action on the have been reported whereby officers ly destroyed. part of the populace. weie marked for attack by the Japanese The explosion shook the whole city. and warned to withdraw from the serv Another rich strike is reported as The windows were broken in all ' the ice, the retention of their positions be having been made in the Blue Jay houses. ing inevitably followed by a murderous mine, on Yorrison gulch, a tributary A press correspondent says that he attack from an ambushed Japanese of Coffee creek, Trinity county, Cali fornia, by the Graves brothers. The enemy. has conversed with several of the Fatal Blizzard in Alaska. A case in point is reported from the new pocket is said to be worth $60,000. Juneau, Alaska, Feb. 17. — During wounded sailors, and understands linei Hakata Maru, from Japan via It will be remembered that a $40,000 the last four days a terrible blizzard | that the explosion took place while Hong Kong, for England. There were strike by the Graves brothers caused a has been raging along the coast from they were asleep, so they can give no rush to Coffee creek last summer. 38 passengers on board the liner, many the head of Lynn canal to Fort Wran- particulars as to the cause. of whom were repeatedly attacked by The senate committee on education gel. Accounts differ as to the number The wildest consternation prevails in the Japanese crew whenever they left and labor has decided by a unanimous of the blizzard’s victims, varying from their own statemrooms after nightfall. vote to report favorably the bill pre 17 to 27. There is no means at present Havana. The wharves are crowded New Year’s day, the Telegraph says, pared by the trainmen of the country, of getting at the facte. with thousands of. people. It is be The Steamer's Officers. all the Japansese sailors and waiters ; and recently introduced in the senate lieved the explosion occurred in a small Custom« Reg illation * at Dye*. Seattle, Wash., Feb. 16.—In the ab became drunk, and, clad only in breech by Kyle, providing for the arbitration Ottawa, Feb. 17.—Mr. McInnis, of powder magazine. sence of contrary news, the report of clouts, made an organized attack on the of railroad strikes by a board of arbi British Columiba, speaking in the bouse At a quarter of 11 o’clock what re the wreck of the Clara Nevada is English officers and passengers. The tration to be chosen by the strikers and of commons, asked if the government mains of the Maine is still burning. credited in this city. The Clara Ne Japanese, who were armed with knives, the interstate commerce committee. was aware that the United States au Captain Sigsbee and the other offi- vada was commanded by Captain C. H. crowbars and belaying pins, brutally A special from Washington says: A thorities at Skagway and Dyea continue Lewis, and her crew consisted of 28 beat the chief engineer and his third cablegram received by the secretary of to compel all purchasers of Canadian cers have been saved. men. The officers are: Pilot, Ed assistant and attacked a passenger, state from Minister Woodford, at .Mad goods to take an official escort while It is estimated that over 200 of the rid, announces that the government of crossing the disputed territory, ami to I crew were killed, but it is impossible Kelly; first officer, Smith; engineer, Thomas Ilall, in his berth, cutting hie David Reed; purser, Forster Beck; head open with a marlispike. Accord Spain has disavowed the letter of De pay $6 per day for such escort. Mr. yet to give exact details. steward, O’Donnell, and freight clerk ing to the account in the Telegraph, the . Lome to Senor Canalejas. This dis McInnis also wanted to know if some Admiral Manterola has ordered that George Rogers. passengers and officers were driven to claimer, as the administration officials arrangement had not been made be It cannot be ascertained how many the bridge, where 40 Englishmen, un are pleased to call it, is regarded as tween the United States and Canadian boats of all kinds should go to the as satisfactory, and the president has au governments doing away with this ‘‘in sistance of the Maine and her wounded. jiassengers the Clara Nevada had armed kept 200 Japanese at bay during thorised the announcement that the tolerable discrimination.” The Havana firemen are giving aid, aboard, as no report has been received the entire night by brandishing their of the number who took passage at walking-sticks. incident is closed. Premeir Laurier, in reply, said that tending carefully to the wounded who Skagway and other Alaskan ports. The Shanghai Recorder deplores any Rev. C. O. Brown, the California the arrangement referred to was an offi are brought on shore. It is a terrible The Nevada was formerly’ the Haesler, partition of China, which, it says, will minister who figured in the Overman cial one, and consisted of an under which was built at Camden, N. J., in certainly be unfavorable to missionary case, has been formally dropped from standing that regulations should be sight. General Zolana and the other gen 1872 for the United States coast and work, adding that it will be a sad thing, membership in the Chicago Congrega issued by the secretary of the treasury geodetic survey service. Last summer not only for China, but for all con tional Association. which would render effective the privi erals have been ordered by Captain- she was condemned by the government cerned, if the powers undertake such The outlook in France is gloomy, leges of bonding Canadian goods over General Blanco to send troops to help and many prominent men fear a down United States territory at Dyea and the Maine crew in every way possible. for the reason that she was out of date, action, predicting that partition would and sold to the Pacific & Alaska be the beginning of continuous strife fall of the government may lejplt from Skagway. These regulations, he said, A press correspondent has been near Transportation Company, who’had her and bloodshed. The Recorder calls the recent agitation. One writer de had been issued, though they had not the Maine in a boat of the cruiser Al thoroughly overhauled before placing upon Great Britain to interfere and clares that anarchy prevails in the yet been officially communicated to the fonso XIII, and has seen others of the her on the Alaska run. She was con says that China shall not be divided, a . army, the law and the streets, Canadian government. He believed but that she shall be reformed and wounded, who corroborated the state sidered perfectly seaworthy. ' Dispatches from Guatemala state the regulations would prove satisfactory saved, predicting that in such interfere | ments of those first interviewed that that anarchy reigns supreme through to Canada. _ REPORTS CALLED FOR. ence England would have the support - —— out the country, as a direct result of they were already asleep when the ex Spain Will Disavow It. of Japan and the active acquiesence of | From Denver to Dawson Afoot. the assassination of President Barrios I Morgan Desire* Full Information Ke< plosion occurred. New York, Feb. 16.—The World’s the United States. Logan, Utah, Feb. 17.—A man giv and the plotting of the leaders of vari- gurding Cuban Matter. Three Chinese were hanged simul Madrid correspondent describing the Captain Sigsbee says the explosion ing his name as Benjamin Caldwell, ^jptis factions to get into power in the Washington, Feb. 16.—During the taneously in the Victoria jail at Hong formal statement of regret at the cen who lias arrived here, claims to be occurred in the bow of the vessel. republic. U 4.7.’ short open session of the senate today Kong January 12, the drop being made sure of De Lome’s conduct, which lie walking from Denver to Dawson City Orders were given to the officers to The house library committee has on a wager, made by Millionaire two phases of the Cuban question were to acommodate all three and they fall- | says is about to be made by Foreign ‘made a favorable report on the bill to Stratton, of Colorado Springs, ami an save themselves as best they could. adverted to briefly. The amendment ing together. The executed men were 1 Minister Gullon, says the statement, appropriate $10,000 to erect a statue in other Colorado capitalist named Moffitt. The latter, who were literally thrown of Allen to the diplomatic and consular members of a gang of ship thieves, and will be in the form of a note in reply Monterey, Cal., to Commodore John The conditions are that Caldwell from their bunks in their night cloth appropriation bill recognizing the bel in raiding a store killed a Chinese em to a communication from ihe Ameri D. Sloat, who, on July 7, 1846, landed must walk the distance, starting with ing, gave the necessary orders with ligerency of Cuba was reported ad ploye. The criminals were disbanded can government, and will set forth at Monterey and declared the land 10 cents in his pocket. If he succeeds the substance of what the foreign versely by the foreign relations com soldiers. great self-possession and bravery. United States territory, minister raid in an interview mittee, not, as Morgan explained, on The annual cotton report from Shang he will receive $25,000 from Stratton, At 1:30 the Maine continues burn United States Minister A dispatch to the New York World from whom he has a card of introduc the merits of the amendment, but be hai states that the year 1897 was one with from Havana says: General Blanco’s tion. No time is set for his arrival at ing. cause the committee did not approve of of extraordinary vicissitudes to the Woodford, February 10, when the The first theory was that there had tacking such legislation to appropria trade. The year began with an enor latter submitted the note from the fiasco in Eastern Cuba, the postponing Dawson, but he is expected to reach of tbo elections, De Lome’s retire there by June 1. been a preliminary’ explosion in the tion bills. mous amount of unsold goods on hand. government at Washington informing ment, and the recent activity of the in Morgan’s restriction calling upon Prices declined steadily until the end the Madrid government of Señor de Santa Barbara magazine of powder or Klondiker* from Texas. surgents make the outlook black for the president for the reports of United of August. Then came a stringency in Lome’s offense and requesting his re dynamite bflow the water. Dallas, Tex., Feb. 17.—A veritable autonomy and for Spain. The failure States consuls in Cuba and for infor the Chinese money market, resulting call. Admiral Manterola believes that the The cabinet had supposed that the of the scheme of election will be proof rush for the Klondike region started mation as to whether any agent of the in widespread disaster among the cot first explosion was of a grenade that | to all nations that autonomy is dead, here Monday. Nearly 40 tickets were autonomous government in Cuba had ton dealers, very few importers escap prompt acceptance of Senor de Lome’s and the government is naturally de sold from Dallas for Seattle at $45. was hurled over the navy-yard. been accredited to this government ing heavy losses. The turning point is resignation would be sufficient satisfac The M., K. &. T. sold 20 tickets and laying the evil hour. The report that Captain Sigsbee was and recognized by it, was adopted believed to have been reached, however, tion for America, the writing of the There is a rumor in Havana that the the rest went to the Santa Fe and the wounded is inaccurate. Captain Sigs- ) without dissent. A feature of the ses the year 1898 opening with an im letter to Canalejas not being an official palace authorities havo a letter written Texas Pacific. Passenger Agent Cady bee, with other officers,went in a small [ sion was a speech in advocacy of th« proved demand and an increased num but a purely private offense. Conse free coinage of standard silver dollars ber of transactions, although Shanghai quently the telegram from New York by Consul-General Lee, the contents of says that since January 16 at least 600 boat to the Ward line steamer City of by Allen. During the remainder of jobbers can hardly continue in business representing that the United States which are as interesting, even exciting, tickets have been sold for the Klon Washington. Two officers and more the afternoon the senate was in ex on the prices obtained. government expected further satisfac for Spain, as the De Lome letter to dike. ecutive session. Japan’s foreign trade during Decem tion for the minister’s conduct was a Canalejas was for the the United ACCIDENT PLEA SUSTAINED. than 200 of the crew are missing. ber last was as follows: Exports, 19,- surprise. States. Another report was set afloat Some of the crew who were able to Considerable excitement was caused 265,782 yen; imports, 11,170,103 yen. It has been arranged that the new that Genearl Lee had resigned. This, Important Decision by Judge Sanborn support themselves by swimming were among the members of the house today The exports of gold and silver bullion Spanish minister shall arrive in Wash however, is known to be untrue. A at St. Louin. saved by the boats. Six of the wound by the rumor broadly circulated before amounted to 6,530,362 yen and the im ington before the arrival of the dele strong effort is being made to get Gen St. Louis, Feb. 17.—In a decision of gates form Spain, Cuba and Porto Rico, eral Lee in the same boat with De the United States court of appeals ed crew and one of the officers have the house convened that important ac ports to 676,182 yen. appointed to participate in thedrafitng Lome. The members of the autonomist affirming the lower court wherein Mrs. been taken to the military hospital by tion relative to Cuba was to be taken. A New Treaty Port. It turned out to be simply a resolution of a commercial treaty, which Premier General Blanco’s orders. cabinet do not like him. Sarah Smith obtained judgment against of inquiry unanimously reported by the Peking, Feb. 15.—England is nego Sagasta considers to be of the very There is a general impression among the Western Travelers’ Association for New* nt the Navy Department. foreign affairs committee last week tiating with China to open Yung Chun highest importance. the pan-Ameriean diplomats in Wash $5,000 for the death of her husband. All rumors about the sending of Washington, Feb. 17.—The secretary calling on the state department for in Fu, in the province of Hun Nan, as a ington, says a correspondent, that Judge Sanborn gives the judicial con of the navy received the following from formation as to the condition of the treaty port, and is negotiating also on Spanish ironclads ami torpedo-boats to Costa Rica and Nicaragua are very ception of the word “accident.” concentrados in Cuba and the progress the subject of the navigation of inland Cuban waters are premature. near war. Both governments have as F. M. Smith died from blood poison Captain Sigsbee: made in Spain’s effort to induce the waters. The Chinese government has sumed belligerent attitudes, according in 1895 as the result of a sore toe, the “The Maine was blown up in Ha Cubans to accept autonomy. The reso paid the agreed indemnity of £4,00C Spaniard* Said to Have Opened Letter* to information which has reached skin of which had been abraded by a vana harbor at 9:45 and destroyed. New York, Feb. 16.—It is now Washington, and it is the exjiectation tight «hoe. Mrs. Smith attempted to Many were wounded, and doubtless lution was adopted without division. ($20,000) to M. Lvaulet, the French known on the highest authority that of Central Americans in Washington collect the policy, but was resisted by many were killed and drowned. The Another resolution was adopted calling man kidnaped by Tonquin pirates in the real reason for sending the torpedo- that President Zelaya will demand a the association. A jury in Judge Ad wounded and others are on board the for the correspondence relating to the 1895. boat Cushing to Havana was that the The new year’s audience for the authorities have been tampering with disavowal of Costa Rica’s responsi ams’ court gave her the full amount of Spanish man-of-war and the Ward exclusion of our fruits, beef and horses from Germany. The remainder of the foreign ministers has been fixed for the mail sent to the battle-ship Maine bility in connection with the revolu the |sdicy. The association appealed. line steamer. Send the light-house day was deovted to District of Columbia February 15, and the banquet by the tion in San Juan del Bur. Two British Judge Sanborn held that the death tender from Key West for the crew and business. in Havana harbor, says the Washington tsung-liyamen will be given the fol correspondent of the Herald. This re warships are now in Nicaraguan wa of the defendant had been brought the few pieces of equipment still above lowing day. The ministers had de ters, and more are expected. One of anout by an external agent and it was water, No one had other clothes than sulted in Captain SigBbee, of the STRIFE IN GUATEMALA. dined an audience, but the tsung-li- these now in Nicaragua is at Corinto an accident. What is not the result of those upon Maine, sending a protest to Washing him. Public opinion yamen has now arranged the matter. ami the other at Ban Juan del Bur. design or prearrangement, said the should be suspender] till further re Anarchy Reigns Supreme in That Little ton, with the suggestion that a regular The annual report of the civil service judge, is accidental. No man inten ports, All the officers are believed to service be established between Key Country. Serenalo» in Brazil. Commission for the fiscal year ended tionally wears the skin off his toes, be saved, Jenkins and Merritt are not New Y’ork, Feb. 16.—Dispatches New York, Feb. 15.—Advices from West and Havana by means of torpedo- June 30, 1897, has been presented to and such injury must be considered ac yet accounted for. Many Spanish offi- from the Herald corres]smdent in boats. On the strength of this protest the Herald’s correspondent in Rio de the president. It begins with a state cidental. cers, including representatives of Gen Guatemala states that anarchy reigns Janeiro state that there is some reason the Cushing was sent to Havana. ment to show that after an experience Although it has been freely reported eral Blanco, are now with me and supreme throughout the country, as a to believe that representatives of the Sealing Outlook Not Encouraging. of nearly 15 years the hopes of the ad SIGSBEE.” direct result of the assassination of states of Rio Grande du Sul, Panama, that official mail has been tampered San Francisco, Feb. 17.—The sealing express sympathy. vocates of the civil service law have fleet this season is very small, and the The officers referred to in the above Preaident Barrios and the plotting of Santa Catherina, and Minas Geras will with in the past, Secretary Long said been largely realized. In practice the outlook is not encouraging. Captain dispatch are Lieutenant Frank W. leaders of various factions to get into soon meet and proclaim their separa last night that he had received no re law has proved effective in the direc O’Leary, of the schooner Geneva, re Jenkins and Assistant Engineer Dar lower in the republic. tion from Brazil and establish an in ports from Captain Sigsbee saying that tion of economy. Considering the few ports that seals are very scarce and the Spanish authorities had interfered General Mendizabela, who was called dependent republic. win R. Merritt. From the wording of changes in the service under the merit wild, and the weather very unsuitable with his letters in any way. the dispatch, the navy department upon by the military to assume the system, following the wholesale re for sealing. Captain Nelson, of the “The dispatch of the Cushing to Ordered to Skagway. thinks it is possible that they were on presidency, is now marching on the movals system the economy and effici schooner Mary Taylor, lost seven of Havana, ” he said “was in line with capital, Guatemala City, with a force shore at the time of the accident. Seattle, Feb. 14.—A letter received ency of the one stands in striking con his men by death, and had to put into The secretary of the navy received of troops. Besides the military, Gen here today from Sitka, Alaska, states the department’s action in sending the trast to the extravagance and ineffici part for repairs. He also says that few another dispatch from Key West at the eral Mendizabela has influential lead that the gunboat Wheeling, which is Maine on a friendly visit to that port ency of the other. The report speak« seals are to be found, and predicts a same time as the above, but its con ers, such as General Najera, behind stationed there, has been ordered to find the Montgomery to Santiago de highly of the promotion system, based light catch._________________ Cuba. I expect she is now on her way him. Skagway. tents were not made public. on the efficiency record. back to Key West.” General Prospero Morales, who with Secretary Day received the following Working Double Time. Stabbbed and Thrown on Track. General Fuentes was at the head of Renfgnatlon Considered Enough. Lord William Neville, fourth son of dispatch from General Lee: Reading, Pa., Feb. 16.—The Car- Elmira, N. Y.. Feb. 15.—The man Madrid, Feb. 16.—The note from the Marquis of Abergavenny, who was “The Maine blew up at 9:40. The the revolution in September, has been jienter.Steel Company, of this city, is called to Guatemala City by President gled body of Willima Murphy, of Wa- Minister Woodford demanded that placet) on trial in London, charged working on double time, with a full explosion occurred well forward, under Cabrera to take a position in the new verley, was found on the railroad Spain should formally disavow the in with fraud in connection with the suit the men's quarters, consequently many force of 250 men, and there is a report cabinet. General Morales has been in tracks between Athens ami Sayre. Pa., sults to President McKinley contained of “Sam” Leads, the money-lender, that it has received an order from the were lost. It is believed all three offi- the City of Mexico. Reports received today, bearing several knife wounds. in Senor de Lome’s letter to Senor against Spencer Clay, pleaded guilty <»f navy departibent for 27,000 steel pro cers were saved but Jenkins and Mer- here state that General Morales, accom William Kief is held to await the in fraud, but claimed he was not guilty Canalejas. The cabinet council today, ritt, who are not accounted for. The jectile«. quest. it is reporter!, decided uunanimousiy of forgery. He was sentenced to five cause of the explosion is yet to be in- panied by a party of friends, has started Bethlehem, Pa., Feb. 16.—After an vestigated. The Spanish captain-gen for Guatemala. year«’ ;>enal servitude. to reply to Minister Woodford that Denied by Anetrlana. idleness of three months, the Bethle eral and army and navy officers ren Senor de Lome’s spontaneous resigna Vienna, Feb. 11. — It is denied that Glasgow, Feb. I fl. — The British gov The stockholders in the Pacific Rail hem Iron Company’« steel mill, giving tion and the terms of the decree accept dered every assistance. Captain Sigs there is any question at presenfol pro ernment has invited tenders for four way Company must pay the creditor« employment to 1,000 hands, started up bee and most of his officers are on armorej cruisers of 31,000 hor*rt-ow»z hibiting the importation of American ing it were considered sufficient. It and bondholder« of the corporation the today. I board the steamer City of Washington. and about 14,000 ton* displacemeut. fruits and farm products into Austria. is understood that a long cipher tele ■mount of the inflation of the stock. gram was sent to Washington. *Coi»prehe»*ive Review of the Important Happenings of the lka*t Week Culled