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Tamliill Coonly Reporter D. 1. ANBURY. Publisher. M c M innville ....... ............OREGON ------ :------ 5--------- iif ns if » a Comprohetilre Review of the Import ant Happening* of the Pant Week Called From the Telegraph Column» New York wants both the big con ventions. The investment of Mafeking is closer than ever. John 9. Chase, the socialist mayor of Haverhill, Mass., has been re elected. Ten shipwrights from Seattle took the places of the strikers at Vallejo navy yard. Ex-Governor Lord, of Oregon, has departed for Argentina, to take his jiost as United States minister. Legality of the war revenue act is involved in the inheritance tax case be fore the United States supreme court. The Six Chinese Companies, of San Francisco, have subscribed $4,000 to promote commercial relations between China and the United States. The New York coffee exchange has petitioned the authorities to release the coffee cargo of the plague ship Taylor. They claim there is no danger. Chaplain Shields, being tried at San Francisco by court-martial for drunk enness, will try to prove that his brother clergymen are persecuting him. Beet-sugar men are much disturbed over recent discussion. Their industry is flourishing, but free sugar from the islands they say would be disastrous to them. The German ship Wansbek, which has arrived at Astoria, lost two men on the voyage from Philadelphia, and the boatswain says it was the captain’s fault. Crawford, the soldier who permitted Wardner bull-pen prisoners to escape, was dishonorably discharged and sen tenced to 18 years six months imprison ment. Dispatches indicate that the Boers are making all preparations for a hasty retreat to the Transvaal borders in the event of defeat at Tugela and Lady smith. A Kentucky mob had no mercy for a negro who murdered and outraged a woman. He was dragged through the streets at the end of a rope and finally bound to a stake and burned alive. Kick soldiers were compelled to fight nt Vigen. The Americans had but one company and 150 sick mon. They had to fight 800 Filipinos. The attack was made in the early morning, and it be came a hand to hand conflict. Fighting has ceased between the Mexicans and Yaquis, the Indians hav ing retreated. It is said they may lie joined by others. A courier says the Yaqui’s losses in killed and wounded during 10 days' fighting were estimated at 200. The Mexican losses were 15 killed and 30 wounded. The postmaster of Boston has re signet I. An illicit oleomargarine factory has been unearthed at Chicago. The Payne-Hanna sulwidy. bill has been introduced in the house. Jeffries and Corbett are planning to fight at the Paris exposition and France is horrified. Ninety Boer prisoners are said to have been massacred at Eland’s laagto by British soldiers. General Hughes is now occupying 80 l’anay towns. His lines extend 85 miles north of Ho llo. The United States supreme court has decided that the conductor of a freight train is not a vice-principal. England is buying mules, horses, canned goods, hay and rails in this country for shipment to South Africa. An Astoria contractor wants to haul the stranded lightship oveiland from Ocean beach to Baker’s bay. He claims it can be done. A cablegram from Hong Kong says that Aguinaldo is now ready to sur render if Consul Wildman will receive him. The junta at Hong Kong advised him to take such action. The industries of Cuba are in a de plorable condition. In two provinces the destruction of sugar interests alone is estimated at »(180,000,000, and there are no efforts at rebuilding. Huntington has bought another big block of Southern Pacific stock and there are said to tie others in on the deal. Railroad men lielieve the Van derbilts are in some way concerned. The shelling of the British camp at I«ady*nnth has been far more effective than previous reports have led people to lielieve. Hundreds were killed and wouuded from the Boer bombardment. Rapid telegraph system will revolu tionise all correspondence. Such low rates will lie made that merchants cal afford to use the system instead of th* mails. It is to be placed in operation at once. Chickamagua is to have a confeder ate monument to cost $65,000. Baltimore claims the largest negro population of any city in the world. The Berlin police forcibly dissolved an anarchist meeting in memory of the Chicago lx>mb throwers. Commissioner Evans has granted a pension of $15 per month to Adelaide W. Bagley, mother of Lieutenant Worth Bagley, who was killed in the war with Spain. LATER WOMAN NEWS. The transports Sheridaa and Grant are at Seattle. Engineers and firemen of the Union Pacific have asked for more pay. The Pacific Express otfico at Omaha was robbed of from $5,000 to $20,000. The British ship Glenholm will be fumigated at Astoria for fear of yellow fever. A prominent Frenchman says that England is ready for war with the whole world. A negro was shot at Lewiston, Id. The bullet Battened on his skull and he was comparatively uninjured. Washington officials are anxious over the possible fate of the American pris oners in the hands of Aguinaldo. The debate on the finance bill has commenced in the house. Representa tive Overstreet made the opening ad dress. The football team of the University of California will play the Carlisle In dians on Christmas day, in San Fran cisco. Commander E. P. Wood, U. 8. N., is dead of typhoid fever at Washington. He commanded the Petrel in the battlo of Manila bay. To increase Admiral Dewey’s troubles Minnestoa people will present him with a large black bear recently captured. General Gatacre lost nearly six hun dred men near Ktormberg. The Brit ish forces were led into the trap by treacherous guides. The supreme court of Oregon hue finally passed upon the case of the state vs. Magers, the petition for a re hearing being denied. Congressman Bailey will protest against the entrance of General Joe Wheeler into congress on his return from the Philippines. "Governor of Cuba” will be the offi cial designation of the office to which Major-Gel eral Leonard Wood will be assigned e:.rly in the new year. The North Atlantic squadron com mander, Admiral Farquhar, will leave New York Saturday on his annual cruise. The fleet will be met in the Gulf of Mexico. Colonel James Graham and William P. Cuuneen, prominent politicians of St. Marys, Kan., drank from a disin fectant bottle which they supposed to contain whiskey, and are not expected to live. The president will soon send a spec ial message to congress regarding re wards for officers and men from the At lantic squadron who distinguished themselves during the war with Spain, and whose gallantry has not yet been recognized. The controller of the currency has declared the fifth dividend of 10 per cent in favor of the creditors of The Dalles National bank, making 95 per cent paid on the claims proved, amounting to $26,818.20. Gas Explosion Wrought De struction at Carbonado. CAUSE SHROUDED IN MYSTERY Deadly Blackdamp Followed the Ex- plosion, but the Mine Wan Easily Ventilated—JList of the Dead. Tacoma, Dec. 12.—A mine explosion at Carbonado, 40 miles easterly from Tacoma, at 11 o’clock this morning, killed 32 men. Identification of the dead men is almoHt impossible. The scraps of clothing that still cling to the bodies of the men are carefully pre served, laid aside and labelled to aid in the identification. Frenzied relatives of the missing men gathered at the mouth of the mine and watched eagerly to catch a glimpse of the forms as they were hurried by to the coroner’s office. The work of rescue is being rushed forward, but it may be days before the last blackened form is taken from the mine, for many men are believed to lie buried under masses of earth and rock. To extricate them will take time, and thus far the work of rescue has been pushed forward at the extreme endur ance of the workers, for the black damp and noxious gaseH have driven the rescuers back repeatedly. When the explosion occurred a rush of the inhabitants was made in the di rection of the mouth of the tunnel. Women, the wives of the men supposed to be in the shift, ran to and fro, screaming and wringing their hands with anguish, crying children clinging to their skirts. It was all that D. T. Davies the superintendent of the mine, could do to stop the wives and friends of the doomed miners from plunging madly into the tunnel’s mouth. A revised death list follows: Company men—Leonard Johnson, Henry Soni, Matt Rehela and Victoi Ruhinaki (formerly given as John Hill) all Finns; Michael Kichinko, John Mellon and Andrew Gecey, Poles; John H. Jones, David X. Thomas, Howell Meredith, sr-, Watkin Jones, Evan M. Lewis, Daniel Davis and Rees Jones, all Welsh; William Wilson, Joseph Lee and Richard Dare, Amer icans, and Ben Zeidler, jr., German. Contract miners—August Ilainut and Emil Hainut, Belgians; Paul Cur tiss, Adam l’avoll, John Flota and Stephen Kraunoga, Poles; Ben Zeidler, sr., Germans; Matt Nuland and Jacob Lands, Finns. The cause of the ex plosion is a mystery to every one. Only safety lamps are worn when at work. Governor Rogers will con duct a searching examination as to the cause of the explosion. He has tele graphed State Mine Inspector Owens, now at Spokane, to attend the inquest and examine witnesses himself. The question of the ventilation of the mine, Englishmen are depressed by the sit in conformity with the state law, will be thoroughly gone into. uation in Africa. The total number of men in the un Arizona will apply for statehood tc fortunate shift was 76, of whom 44 are the present congress. alive, all of them having escaped or The Americans have occupied Bang- been rescued. The mines are owned by the Carbon ued, province of Abra. Steamers will leave Portland every Hill Coal Company. They give work to 400 men, and have an output of 300,- 10 days for Cape Nome. 000 tons annually, and are situated 40 The Kentucky election commission miles from Tacoma, on the Cascade gives Taylor’s plurality aB 2,888. division of the Northern Pacific. The The Filipinos’ treasury was captured mines are in a deep ravine, through which the Carbon river flows. The by the Americans at Mangatarem. The government’s herd of reindeer in mines are supplied with every appli Alaska is rapidly increasing and now ance for safety. They are largely tun numbers 2,1)00. . neled, and the tunnels are so big that locomotives are run into them. Bishop Henry Potter, of New York, In 1890 an explosion at this same has arrived in Manila on a brief visit mine cost two lives, and John Hartman to study the Philippines. and some others were severely burned. A gas explosion killed many coal Ai<l for Needy. miners at Carbonado, Wash. Cause Seattle, Dec. 12.—Washington min of the accident is a mystery. ers, through the 1 cal union, have The British artillery arm in South taken steps to render the families of the Africa has been materially strength victims and those injured in the Car- lonado explosion financial aid. All la- ened by the arrival of six big gnus. Commander Charles I. Howell is l>or unions in Western Washington dead at New York city. He was chief will contribute to the fund. engineer of the Maine when she was blown up. Lady Francis Cook, formerly Tennie Claftlin, announces her intention to forsake England and take up her resi dence in New York. Two hundred miners are on a stTike at the Tesla coal mines, California, because of a dispute with the superin tendent over the wage ached.lie. SERIOUS General Gregorio del Pilar was killed in a fight with the Thirty-third infantry, 18 miles northwest of Cer- vents. The insurgents lost 70 men in the engagement. j j i j The Vananda group of mines near Baker City was sold for $1,500,000. The property is to be extensively devel- I oped by the new owners, who are Brit ish Columbia capitalists. Cental Grant's expedition in Luzon has visited Orani and several western towns, meeting small I muv I s . He killed several of the rebels and cap tured a quantity of munitions of war. Erastus Lathrop, of Westfield, Mass., in his will left $15,000 to D. L. Moody. Cornelius Vanderbilt was fined $110 for failure to act as jutorin New York. The commissioner of education urges the American system of school* for col onies. SEIZURE CErtTH, Was Defeated at J unction. New Train Tut on. SUBIG. important Capture by General Grant's Command. New York, Dec. 11.—One of th9 most singular suits on record has just been decided in the city court in this city, Marcus Braun having secured a judgment against the Wagner Palace Car Company for $750, as damages for a mistake made by one of ti e com pany’s conductors, who alette I a berth already sold to Braun to a woman. When the error was discovered every berth in the train was sold, and Braun was compelled to sit in the smoking compartment during a trip from Cleve land to this city. When Braun bought his coupon for the berth he left his luggage in the seat and went to the smoking compartment. He did not return for two hours, ac cording to his own story, but when he did, he found the berth made up and occupied. The comments of the pas sengers so injured his feelings, he says, that a money compensation is due him, he alleges. The woman in the berth produced a coujion which was an exact duplicate of the coupon given Braun. Manila, Dec. 13.—The advance guard of General Grant’s command, under Major Spence, arrived at Olon gapo, Subig bay, ut night, December 9, which place was occupied with lit tle resistance, the enemy fleeing. Ma jor Spence had an arduous march over the mountain »rails. Yesterday morning the Baltimore and Oregon and a chartered transjjort arrived at Olongapo from Manila. The navy was disappointed to fin«l the army in jossession of the place, which they had hoped to capture. A detach ment of marines, under Captain Myers, occupied the navy-yard at Olongapo, ami will hold and occupy it as a naval station. The yard consists of seven new, large buildings, ami some repair and machinery shops, all damaged by the bombardment of September 23. During the morning of December 10 the navy transported Major Spence’s command from Olongapo to the town of Subig. five miles distant. The en emy was seen deserting Subig as the troops landed, and the latter occupied it without resistance. They found the place abandoned by the retreating en emy, who fired a few shots. The Americans deployed to the right and left of the town, and killed one of the enemy. General Grant and the remainder of his command arrived at Olongapo yes terday afternoon. He will proceed to Subig and join Major Spence. General Grant will move north along the coast, and will effect a juncture with the Twenty-fifth infantry, under Colonel Andrew 8. Burt, who was reported eight miles from Iba, December 7- The enemy encountered in General Grant’s advance fled to the mountains and scattered. General Grant is not garrisoning the towns he occupies. No casualties are reported in his command. ONE House WEEK OF His Artillery Arrived in the Nick of Time. _______ WAS of Washington, Dec. 9.—The house adopted a special order for the consid eration of the currency bill, beginning Monday. The general debate will con tinue until Friday, and Saturday amendments may be offered under the five-minute rule, and the following Monday the vote will be taken. The Democrats, Populists and Silverites presented a solid front against the adoption of the resolution, and every Republican voted for it. Roberts, the Mormon representative elect from Utah, was not in the house when it convened today. They May Be Vice-admirals. New York, Dec. 11.—A special to the Herald from Washington says: President McKinley, during an inter view with Senator Wellington, ex pressed himself in favor of reviving the grade of vice-admiral in the interest of both Rear-Admiral Sampson and Rear-Admiral Schley. He believes that this is the simplest solution of the w’hole Sampson-Schley controversy, and it is expected that Senator Well ington will introduce a bill in a few days providing for the appointment of two vice-admirals without specifying names. The president very frankly said that if such a bill became a law, he would promptly nominate both Sampson and Schley in the order named. This ar rangement, both the president and Sen ator Wellington believe, will meet the approval of a majority of the friends of both officers. ENGLAND New York, Dec. 11.—The World says: Some important conferences be tween Union Pacific and Chicago & Northwestern railroad officials, have been held in this city within the past week and a report is again in circula tion to the effect that the former sys- item will be absorbed by the latter, which the Vanderbilts already control. This will be done under a long term lease, it is said. Both President Hughitt and President Burt, of the two lines, are now in the city. They de nied yesterday that their presence here had any such significance as was indi cated by the report. Is in Favor of Taylor. Frankfort, Ky., Dec. 11.—The state board of elections tonight gave out its official findings that W. 8. Taylor, for governor, and the rest of the Republi can ticket, have been elected on the face of the returns. Commissioners Ellis and Pryor signed the majority re port, in which they held that, as a board of canvassers, they have no right to go behind the returns of the county boards, that their duties are purely ministerial as canvassers, and that the face of the returns, as received by them from the counties, shows the election of the Republican state ticket. Ac cordingly, the report says, certificates of election were ordered issued to each candidate thereon. Lake Steamer Missing. Argentina*» Crop«. IS DEPRESSED. London Paper« All Regard the Defeat a» a Most Serious One. Railroad Conferences in New York. Buenos Ayres. De«-. 1!.—The wheat I * prospects in the Argentine Republic are excellent. There will probably be an exportable surplus of 2.000,000 tons. ; The linseed crop will reach 350,000, | and the total wool clip ie about 2X5,000 ! tons, which guarantees an exportable surplus. GUIDED London, Deo. 13.—Later details re garding the disaster to General Gat- acre’s column show that but for the magnificent work of the British artil- lerv the disaster would have been far more extensive, as the incessant Boer fire in the midst of repulsed infantry ultimately led to disorder, which only escaped developing into rout through the batteries of artillery occupying sue- cessive positions, covering the retreat, thus drawing a portion of the Boer’s galling fire. Apparently, the British were set at an impossible task, and were treacher ously guided. After a trying march and being under arms 16 hours, they attacked the wrong part of the Boer po sition, where the hill was impregnable, and the burghers were estimated to number 6,000 men instead of 500, as spies had reported. There is little in the story to mitigate the immense hu miliation caused by the episode, which as almost an exact counterpart of the battle of Nicholson’s Nek. The war office was besieged by anxious relatives today, and successive editions of the newspapers were eagerly scanned. Men and women are equally persistent in pleading for information, but the authorities either do not possess any, or are not prepared to publish it at present. The affair has caused a most de pressing influence everywhere, not ex cepting the stock exchange, where consols were at the lowest price in many years, and South African securi ties slumped, not so much on account of the military reverse, which is re trievable, but owing to profound appre hension as to its political effect. No great surprise would now be felt in Cape Colony’s becoming aflame from end to end. DEBATE. Arranges for Consideration Currency Bill. TREACHEROUSLY British Set at an Imposslble Tank and Agaiiittt Superine Number» - Opinion» of thè Press— England Depresseti. Stormbcrg The O. R. A N. Co. has just com- pleted the purchase of a lot of new modern passenger epuipment, which will permit the putting on of a second train, via the Huutington route. This will give Portland bv this route both morning and evening service—two Ira D. Sankey, the singer, who used trains in each direction, and will be a bo be associated with Mr. Moody is to great benefit in handling the business become an evangelist on his own ac for the Baker City mining district, count an-1 will conduct a serie« of ie- which is having such a tremendous rivals in various cities this winter. grow“». OF fie Sued the Wagner Company and ILo- ceiveil Dumagei». Fort Colixirne, Ont., Dec. 11.—It ie believed here tonight that the Cana Molteno, Cape Colony, Dec. 12.— dian steamer Niagara has fouudered on General Gatacre left Sputter’s kraal by Lake Erie and that all hands were lost. train for Molteno and then proceeded The cew comprised 16 persons, all told. by forced march 12 miles toward Of these. Captain Henry McGlory, Stormberg. He had 2,000 men, in master of the loet .'earner, is the only cluding the Northumberland fusiliers, one known here. The Niagara had a the Royal Irish rifles and two batter cargo of lumlier and shingles, bound from Georgian bay to Buffalo. Tuesday ies of field artillery. The British were unmolested by the the Niagara was sighted off Long Point Boers until the Boer position was in the heavy gale and enow storm. The reached, when a hot fire was unex- j steamers Orion and M. T. Greene ar pectedly opened upon the advancing rived this atternixm from Buffalo, and report passing through a quantity of column. The engagement began at 4:15 A. M. wreckage. It consisted of lumber, At 7 A. M., after a sharp artillery shingles and pieces of a wooden duel, the British retired. They are now steamer. The Niagara is the only boat marching toward Molteno. General known to be missing. Gatacre found the enemy’s position Cape Nome Will Rival Monte Carlo. impregnable. It was impossible for Seattle, Dec. 11.—A rangemen ts have the British infantry to get at the Boers. l«een completed for a big gambling and Trying to Monopolise Mome*. Gobi. theatrical enterprise, to be established Seattle. Dec. 11.—Cape Nome min at Cape Nome in the spring. The ers have held a series of meetings in plans involve an expenditure of $60,- this city and employed counsel to de- | 000. A sjiecial steamer will take feat what they claim is an attempt on North 40 variety performrs, the para the part of certain corporations to phernalia for the biggest gambling withdraw in their favor the famous house in Alaska and a building 50x140 feet, three stories high. Cape Nome beach diggings. Gatacre The horticultural commissioners of , Southern California propose to estab- 1 lish a quarantine against infected nur sery stock Imported from foreign coun tries. REVERSES. IN . | London, Dec. 13.—Discussing the defeat of General Gatacre at Storm berg, the Daily Mail says: "Quite apart from the loss of 600 fighting men, the unexpeted Boer suc cess will probably cause a more gen eral anil serious movement among the Cape Dutch. The government must promptly face thiB by the immediate dispatch of further troops.” The Daily News says: "The reverse General Gatacre has suffered is a sadly emphatic commentary on the peculiar difficulty of military operations in a semi-disaffected country. The en emy’s spies are everywhere, and no where can we rely confidently on any counter information. General Gatacre seems to have been completely trapped. Of course he will immediately be rein forced. ” The Daily Chronicle says: "There is only too much reason for tear that this is the worst illustration we have had yet of inadequate equipment and insufficient scouting. How far this disaster was due to lack of judgment on the spot and how far to lack of ar tillery is not quite clear, but the pa tient public caunot help reading that General Methuen’s victory at Modder river was won by artillery reinforce ment at the critical moment, and all they would like to know is how many times this particular lesson is to be learned. ’ ’ The Standard says: "The event is in the highest degree deplorable. It will tell against us unfavorably in the Free State, among the colonial Dutch and even among the natives. A great deal of evidence has been accumulat ing during the past weeks to show how deeply the colony, or at least the north ern and western portions of it, are honeycombed by dissatisfaction. Our generals have to cope with a rebel col ony as well as hostile republics, and must take measures to lay their plans in accordance with the details.” SHERMAN REGRETS. Say« the President*« Philipine Policy Is Wrong. j Philadelphia, Dec. 13.—In response to an invtation to attend an anti-im perialist mass meeting to be held at the Academy of Music, on the centennial anniversary of the death of Washing ton, December 4, the following letter I has been received from ex-Secretary of State John Sherman, dated at Washing ton: “I have a strong conviction that the president erred in sending soldiers to the Philippines to take possession of their country. The United States had wisely, as I think, assisted the Fili pinos in driving the Spaniards out of the Philippine islands, and should, I think, have aided them in protecting their country against all assaults. He no doubt was advised to adopt the ■ measures taken, and all I can do is to , express my regrets. Yours verv truly, "JOHN SHERMAN.” A Kentucky Hnnfln*. Paris, Ky., Dec. 13.—Clarence Wil liams. colored, was hanged in the jail yard here this morning. March 24 last Williams, while intoxicated, shot and killed Josie Tillman, a woman . with whom he had quarreled. An Appeal for Help. Carbonado, Wash., Dec. 13.—A re lief committee was organized here to To prevent obstruction to traffic in day. and an appeal issued for aid for | the main streets of Boston in the day the destitute families. Seven bo.lie* i time, all the renairs are made at night. 1 were taken from the mine today. 1 I , j | the D ebate opened . House Takes Up Consideration of the Currency Bill. | Washington, Dec. 13.—The feature of the opening day of the debate on the currency bill in the house wTas the speech of Dolliver of Iowa. It was character^ id by all the wit and elo quence for which the Iowan is noted, and held the members, without regard to party, for more than an hour. Dol liver declared that the least doubt in the Republican party as to the wisdom of enacting the gold-standard law had been removed by the experience of the business world during the past three years. He scored Mr. Bryan and gen erally ridiculed the alleged false pro phecies of the Democrats in 1896. DeArmond of Missouri was the heavy gun on the Democratic side. He warned the Republicans from the West that they could not deceive their con stituents in the coming congressional elections by claiming that they had yielded to the wisdom of their col leagues in caucus. Overstreet of In diana opened the debate in support of the bill, and Maddox of Georgia re plied to him. McClellan of New York was the only other speaker today. He announced his opposition to the bill on the ground that it would contract the currency, extinguish bank notes and enhance the value of coin bonds. He appealed tc those of his Democratic colleagues from New York who it is reported intend to vote for the bill not to do so. Lighthouse» for Alaska. After a conference with the chief oi the lighthouse board, Representative Cushman of Washington has concluded to introduce a bill appropriating $500,- 000 for the erection of suitable light houses and signals along the Alaskan coast. While this sum will not begin to supply a sufficient number of aids to navigation, it will be a starter, and it is hoped that further appropriations will follow. Mr. Cushman intends to insert a provision in the bill making the Alaskan coast, together with the l’uget sound shore, from Cape Flattery, around to the boundary line, a sepa rate lighthouse district, to be known as district No. 17. Sympathy for the Boers. Washington, Dec. 13.—An appeal by Mason for an expression of sympathy for the Transvaal republic in its war with Great Britain was the feature of the senate proceedings today. It was the first formal address delivered in the senate this session, and was listened to with thoughtful attention by both the members and by a large gallery of auditors. The resolution upon which Mason based his address was referred to the foreign relations committee. Lodge, considering it too delicate a question in view of the position of thie government to pass upon without seri ous consideration. No business of im portance was transacted by the senate. Bomb Destroyed Spanish Theater. Madrid, Dec. 13.—Durgin a perform ance yesterday at the theater at Mur cia, captial of the province of that name, a bomb was exploded, fire broke out and the theater was destroyed. The audience, however, got out with out serious accident. Powder Mill« Blown Up. Pottstown, Pa.. Dec. 13.—The pow der works of James S. Miller, near Sumneytown, were completely wrecked by an explosion today, and three men were killed and several others were in jured. Bottle Paper From the Niagara. Port Colborne, Ont., Dec. 13._ A bottle containing a piece of paper on which was written the following, ap parently by the captain of the found ered steamer Niagara, was found on the beach today: "Expect to go down any minute. Captain McGlory. Good-bye. Steamer Niagara foundered about three mi lee from Port Maitland.” Piece« of the wreck identified as be longing to the Niagara have drifted ashore.