Yamhill County Reporter ». H. BAHXIIAHT, Publisher. M c M innville OREGON. Intero.tlng Collection of Item* From Many Placea Called From the Pre»* Ke port, of the Current Week. A reception was tendered the army heroes at the Omaha exposition. Colombia will risk no future trouble and diplomatic relations with Italy have been reversed. It is reported that Gen. Maximo Gomez has been selected for president of the Cuban republic. A military plot against the French government was discovered and frus­ trated by prompt action. The International Typographical Union in biennial session at Syracuse, N. Y„ voted to abolish the referen- dum. A cabinet crisis hns occurred in Cape Colony, South Africa, and the assembly has voted a want of confidence in the government. Murderer John Miller was hanged at Ran Quentin, Cal., for the killing of Jatnes Childs in San Franoisco, in No­ vember, 1890. The American peace commissioners were entertained in Paris with a pri­ vate theatrical performance, arranged I in their honor by Figaro. Frauds amounting to millions of dol­ lars have been discovered in the Chilean arsenal. Senor Navarre, the chief ac­ countant, has committed suicide. It is reported in Manila that Macab- ulous, chief of the five northern prov­ inces of the Philippine islands, has rebelled against Aguinaldo, and that fighting has taken place between the opposing factions. News to the effect that large num­ bers of political prisoners have been horribly tortured in Ecuador by order of the government, has been brought to San Francisco by the steamer Pan­ ama. Han Ky, the Corean minister of justice, has been dismissed for having permtited the brutalities perpetrated by the populace on the bodies of the men recently hanged for conspiracy to poison the emperor. Chief Sweenie, of the Chicago fire department, while directing hie men at work on a tire, fell into a manhole and was severely injured. The engineer of the building, John Meldrum, was killed, and two other men were scalded by escaping steam. Lieuteuan Briands has written a let­ ter saying that the voyage of the Obdain from Forte Rico was not fraught with dangor or suffering. The sensational newsnapor stories of fire on the trans­ port and to the effect that the wounded and sick soldiers being brought home were badly fed. aie denounced as un­ founded and ridiculous. A plan to dismember the republic ot Switzerland is under discussion in Europe. Mrs. Nancy Geer, wife of tho gov­ ernor-elect of Oregon, expired suddenly of heart disease in Omaha. All Spanish civil courts in Philippine territory now subject to American con­ trol have resumed business. The government now haB 55 warships in course of construction, When coin­ pie ted, the United States navy will rank third. Secretary Alger has wired Governor Tanner, of Illinois, placing the Fifth Illinois volunteer infantry at Tanner’s orders, in case the state militia is in­ sufficient to end the coal tioubles. The Spanish mail steamer Reina Maria Christina has sailed from Ha­ vana for Spain with 1,073 officers and troops, (¡51 oases of military archives ami a heavy cargo of ammunition. As a result of eating canned lobsters, shrimps, and olaius, two Knights of Pythias, J. I. Jones and Charles Young, who live near Rainier, Or., are dead, and Walter Furrow, of the samo lodge and town, is critically ill from the same poison. The government has apportioned the prize money for tho men of our war­ ships. Sampson gets the lion'* share, Dewey the next largest sum, while Schley will receive lees than some of the captains. The meu will receive from <30 to <200 eaoh. The ini|>erial Chinese govornment ha* granted to tho Peking syndicate of London the right to open and work mine* and to construct and operate railroads in the empire free from Chi­ nese control. This is the first conces­ sion ever granted by the Chinese gov­ ernment to a foreign syndicate. The anuual report of Land Commis­ sioner Hermann estimates that over 11,000,000.000 feet of publio timber has been destroyed by fire during tho past 25 year*. The report says forest files form the main subject for the at­ tention of the land office, now threaten­ ing, as they do, not only the growing forests but the foieet lands whose pro­ ductiveness they retard indefinitely. Minor Now. Item.. Dr. G. Q. Colton, the noted Ameri­ can dentist who diet! in Rotterdam some time ago, bad pulled over 1,000,- 000 teeth in the course of his practice, and was the first dentist to use “laugh­ ing gas” in practice. Robert Roberts, an English writer on religious affairs, the author of over 100 books and editor of the Christadel- phia, of Birmingham, England, was found dead in his room in San Fiancis* co (rum heart disease. LATER CRISIS NEWS. The Fifth Illinois volunteers have been mustered out of service. Services in honor of Ohio’s soldiei dead were held at Columbus. All hostile Pillager Indains, except one, have agreed to surrender. A large Anglo-American syndicate is being formed to buy up Cuban bonds. Jerusalem is crowded with Germans awaiting the arrival of Easier Wilhelm. A new president and a cabinet will be elected in Cuba the latter part oi the present month. The immediate establishment of a fever hospital at Havana is urged by surgeons in charge there. The transport Pennylvania arrived at San Francisco from Manila and Hon­ olulu, with 29 sick soldiers. The w$r investigation hoard has left Washington for the Southern army camps on a tour of inspection. Naval Constructor Hobson expresses himself as confident that the wrecked Spanish cruiser Cristobal Colon can be saved. The departure for camps of the South of troops now in the East has been post­ poned, owing to the prevalence of yel­ low fever. A cash balance In bank exceeding <300,000 now stands to the credit oi the Trans-Mississippi exposition, The attendance is also increasing. Illinois manufacturers have urged President McKinley to establish open ports in the new American possessions. The president’s reply was encouraging. Insurgents at Lagaspi, Philippine islands have refused to allow the Ameri­ can steamer Hermossa to land there, on the ground that there were Spaniards aboard. Eight hundred soldiers have sailed from San Francico for the Philippines. The expedition included the Oregon recruits and the Washington volun­ teers. The United States is now formally in possession of the island of Porto Rico as a sovereign. American flags have been raised on the public buildings and forts iu the city, and saluted with national salutes. Advices form tho North say Ameri­ can doctors and American lawyers are forbidden to practice in Dawson. In the meantime the hospitals are crowd­ ed with patients, and typhoid fever has been epidemic. The discrimination will cost, many lives in the Klondike. The O. R. & N. steamer, T. J. Potter ran into and sunk tho G. W. Shaver on tire lower Columbia. The accident accurred off Deer Island, five miles from Kalama. The Shaver was struck in the middle and in a short time was lesting at the bottom of the river. The night was dark and a heavy fog pre­ vailed. The Oregon legislature adjourned sins die Saturday. A genuine blizzard visited the Middle Western states, doing considerable damage. A Polish priest has sued the Catholic church for <50,000 for excommunicat­ ing him. It is said in London that the French must either withdraw from Faslioda oi go to war with England. Tho German government has now- decided to appoint permanently a naval attache at Washington, who will reach his post in January. The British ship Blengfelt, from New ! York, burned off Margat, England, | eatly Monday morning. Eleven uf the crew, besides the captain’s wife and I children, perished. Seven barges, containing 800,000 | poods of naphtha have been burned at the petroleum jmrt of Astrakhan, Rus­ sia. Three persons were killed in the I conflagration, and several others in­ jured. The war department has received a detailed description of the fortifica- I tions of Havana. Besides old guns, there are 43 new gons. These gun* are principally ot the Hontoria and Ordonez pattern, but there are a few Kruppe among them. In a head-end collision between twe freight rains near Great Falls, Mont., erial defense commission, is in Montreal, completing plans for the I fortifications of the cities. A curious method of aiding ohaiities has been initiated in Paris, where, it is announced, the saloons of tho high aristocracy, which have hitherto been extremely exclusive, will be opened tc sit angers, on reception davs, for a money consideration, which will be ap-, plied to the charitable works of which the lady of the house is a patron. The French wheat crop is estimated at 123,WM,000 hectoliters, the largest since 1874. Owing to the overproduction of yarn, the ingrain carpet spinners of the Pennsylvania district have decided to shut down their mills for an indefinite period. At white lake, near Forestport, N. Y.. a deer hunter while sta'king mis­ took a moving object in the woods for a deer and tired, tilling instantly his 16-vear-old son I fudge Warlike Preparations at Port Arthur. FORTY THOUSAND MEN READY Report That Great Britain Ht* a De. mantled the Restoration of the Eiu- ptior of China. London, Oct. 19.—The Odessa corre- •pondent of the Standaid says that Rus­ sia has hastily concentrated 40,000 men at Port Arthur, to be in readiness for any emergency at Peking. Mult lie Itestored. London, Oct. 19.—A dispatch to a London news agency from Shanghai says: ‘‘Reports from Japanese sources are in circulation here to the effect that Sir Claude MacDonald, British minister at Peking, has informed the Chinese gov­ ernment that sovereignty appertains solely to tlie emperor, who has been forcibly abducted and deposed, and that he must be restored to his posi­ tion, while Kang Yu Wei and the oth­ er reformers must be pardoned. Fail­ ing in compliance, Great Britain will enforce these demands. "A rebellion in Hunan province is certain. Foreigners are preparing foi a hurried depaituie.” WANTS OUR PROTECTION. Liberia Seeks the Shadow of the ’Stare and Stripes. Pittsburg, Pa., Oct. 19.—Bishop Joseph C. Hartzell, of the Methodist Episcopal church, whose bishopric is in Africa and who is attending the meeting in this city of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity, stated tonight that he had been commissioned by the negro republic of Liberia to go to Washing­ ton and ask that the republic be taken under the sheltering wing of the United States. Threatened inroads upon its territory by the Germans, French and English prompted the government to seek the shadow of the Stars and Stripes. “1 am on my wav to see Secretary Hay,” lie said, “as the special repre­ sentative of the republic of Liberia, to secure a protectorate, either quasi or actual. What they want America to do is to say to the European powers in Africa: ‘We have an interest in Li­ beria; this country belongs to us.’ "Whether the actual protectorate can be established or not will depend upon how far the Liberian government is willing to go, assuming that the United States answers favorably.” SPAIN Took QUIT TOO Alger Seriously and Cause for Regret. SOON. Now Has Day WAS THE REACHED. Made Positive ou Spain. I DEATH Pitiful IN THE STORM. Fate of a Young Florence, Colo. Boy Neai Denver, Oct. 19.—A special to the Rocky Mountain News from Florence, Colo , says: On Saturday William Lel- lin and his 10-year-old boy came to Florence, from their homo, six miles from Florence, to do some trading. After spending the day about town, nt 6 P. M. tliey started home in their wagon. It was raining when thev left town, but when out about five miles the rain turned to a blinding enow storm. The father lost his way, and wandered about among scrub pines and in the hi Us all night. The wagon and team was abandoned, and an effort was made to reach home on foot. As the night wore on the little fel­ low became cold and numband froze tc death in his father's arms. The fatlrei managed to keep alive by walking, un­ til he could walk no more from numb­ ness of limb. Daylight broke, and Lei- lin knew he was not far from home, but was unable to walk. At 9 o’clock his cries were heard by his wife, whe went to his rescue. Neighbors were summoned and the old gentleman was assisted to his home, but he was so neat dead that he could not give an intelli­ gent account of the night’s wander­ ings, but the dead body of tlie boy told a pitiful story of a lack of sufficient clothing to keep him warm. He wore knee pants and a small coat, but no un­ derwear nor outer coat. His shoes and stockings were almost completely worn out. WRECK. Bodies of Many of th« Victim* Keen Ke«-o, er<- - Flour for »lapan. Electric Shock Killed Him. Four W.r» Killed. Washington, Off. 19.—According to | Seattle, Wash., Oct. 17.—Louie Kay­ Reading. Pa.. Oct. 19.—Four men THE PEACE JUBILEE. figures transmitted to the state depart- I ser, aged 88. an engineer, was killed were killed by the explosion of a Wil ­ nient by Consul Gowey. at Yokohama, this morning in the Seattle steam Opened With a Service ef Thanki- there has been astonishing increase in mington Ct Northern height engine at laundry, as a result of a shock received glvlng. The while putting in an incandescent lamp. The exports of American dour at Japan. Joanna station this afternoon. dead are: Chicago, Oct. 18.—The national In 1892 tbe total import of that flout Or» K.rj. Sank. peace jubilee, of Chicago, was tonight William Herflicker, engineer, aged was 1,200,000 pounds, but in 1896. Chicago.Oct. 17.—The barge Church­ inaugurated with a thanksgiving ser­ the business had swelled to a total of 50; George Mills, fireman, aged 83; President 32,000,000 pounds, with a marked in- i Willis Woolward, a btakeman; Harry ill. loaded with ore from Duluth, sank vice at the Auditorium. in the rough water off Waukegan to­ McKinley attended and listener] to ad­ creasing tendency. During 1897 the Huvdam, conductor. quality of imports fell off slightly, but I All lived at Birdsboro, this county, day. Captain Kane, of Detroit, and a dressee by a Jewish rabbi, a Roman the value increased <86,183 as com­ and all were married and leave famil­ deck-hand, John Hansen, were drowned. Catholic priest, a Presbyterian clergy­ man and a noted colored orator. The The barge was valued at <10,000. pared with the preceding year. , ies, except Huydatr applause for the president wae terrific.