Tambill County Reporter
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WcMINNVILLE
OREGON
CoDipreheriire Review of the Import-
ant Happening;« of the Past Week
Called From the Telegraph Columns«
An arid land conference will be held
at Salt Lake April 18.
The Puerto Rican tariff bill has passed
the house by a vote of 172 to 160.
The Inniskilling fusiliers were
caught in a Boer trap at Railway ilill
Mid unmercifully slaughtered.
Two persons were killed and several
badly injured in a collision between
two passenger trains near Kansas City,
Mo.
During the carnival procession at
Caracas, Venezuela, two shots were
fired at President Castro, without
effect.
All chance of saving any of the Span
ish armored cruisers sunk off Santiago
has gone. The Cristobal Colon haa
•lid into deep water.
The Russian piess is clamoring for
intervention. They contend it is timt
to end the most infamous war England
has ever waged through lust for gold.
The greatest fire Newark, N. J., ever
experienced swept through the retail
dry gooods district, destroying a score
of buildings, causing a loss of $1,000,-
000.
The Swedish mail steamer Rex
■tranded off Iohmergui Island, off the
coast of Germany, during a fog. Five
stewardesses were drowned in attempt
ing to leave the ship.
General Miles says that Cronje’s sur
render is not a serious injury to the
Itoer cause. lie expressed admiration
for the 4,000 patriots who stood off for
10 days 50,000 of the British army.
Lon Curry, one of the train robbers
who was engaged in the Wilcox, Wy
oming, hold-up on the Union Pacific
last June, when something like $30,-
1)00 was secured, was shot and killed
by officers near Kansas City while re
sisting arrest.
Two men who have arrived at Ana
heim, Cal., from the Santiago moun
tains, report that there have been many
earthquake shocks in the section since
last Christmas. No serious damage is
known to have been done, as there are
few habitations there.
At a meteing In San Francisco, a
plan of organization has been agreed
upon by the promoters of the Pacific
Commercial Museum. All commercial
ttodies on this coast have been asked
to request their congressmen and sena
tors to support the pending bill to ap
propriate $200,000 for a public mu
seum at Philadelphia.
Lord Roberts’ casualties at Paarde-
berg. were 721, in one days’ fighting.
Profits of the Kimberley Diamond
Mining Company last year were $10,-
000,000.
Democratic officers for minor state
offices in Kentucky have been given
certificates.
Evansville, Ind., people are heirs to
an estate in the Fiji islands, valued at
110,000,000.
P. D. Armour, Jr., who died tecent-
ly in Pasadena, Cal., left an estate
valued at $8,000,000.
Astoria, Or., physicians urge the peo
ple to exterminate the rats in order to
keep out the bulsmic plague.
Just 19 years after the Boer victory
at Majuba hill, Cronje and 4,000 men
•urrender to the British forces.
The transport Hancock has ai rived
at San Francisco from Manila, with
the bodies of 505 dead heroes.
The president has nominated llenrv
B. Miller, of Josephine county, Or., to
be consul at Chung King, China.
Prince l’oniatowski, of San Fran
cisco. has purchase.I the island of Basi-
lau, one of the Philippines, for $500,-
000. The island is valuable for its
pearl fisheries and hemp trade.
The Baldwin Locomotive Works of
Philadelphia, has received an order
froom the Palis <S Orleans railway of
France, for 30 10-wheel passenger
engines. This is the first locomotive
contract ever placed by the railway iu
America.
The Chamber of Commerce of San
Francisco, has appointed ■ committee
to consider the advisability of estab
lishing a branch of the New York
American-Asiatic Association, the pur
pose of which is to increase trade with
the Orient.
The steamer Australia arrived at San
Francisco from Honolulu. She brings
news that after 12 days had passed
without a sign of plague, three cast*»
were discovered on February 19, and
all ended fatally. The victims were
two Chinese, males, and a woman,
half Chinese and half Hawaiian. The
rouncil has appropriated another $100,-
000 to allow the board of health to
carry on the work of tightiug the
plague.
Mis» Susan B. Anthony recently cole-
brated her eightieth birthday anni
versary.
In German cities merchant» are not
allowed to put up signs unless ths
wording is true.
1‘rince Henry of Russia was robbed
by bandits while on his way to visit
the king of Siam.
Col. George T. Perkins, of Akron, 1
O., has presented that city with 80
acres of land valued at $100,000 as a
•Urground for children.
BUSH FIRES IN AUSTRALIA.
LATER news .
Cecil Rhode» is on hi» way to Eng
land.
Princeton college wants a million
dollars for a law library.
Cronje’s men are now prisoners on
board British warship».
Germany will admit American meat
for fear of a tariff war.
The machinists of Philadelphia de
mand a nine-hour day.
Six people were burned to death iu a
New York tenement-house fire.
The increase in American imports
has been nearly doubled in three years.
Steamers Victorian and Prosper col
lided in Port Townsend, Wash., har
bor.
San Francisco highbinders murdered
two men, both leading merchants of
the city.
General Woods asserts that trouble
in Cuba is now absolutely out of the
question.
The transport Grant has arrived at
San Francisco from Manila with 201
sick soldiers aboard.
The British second-class cruiser
Hemes is reported off Cat island, in
the Bahamas, in distress.
President David Starr Jordan, of
Stanford University, in a speech at
Chicago, said that England would roon
topple.
Trouble has arisen between the cigar
and box manufacturers of Tampa, Fla.
Advance in the price of boxes is the
cause.
Tom Sharkey and Bob Fitzsimmons
signed articles of agreement for a 25-
round bout before the club offering the
largest purse.
The Yaqui Indians are headed for
the United States. General Merriam
has troops in readiness to stop them if
they try to cross the border
The United States government will
begin the manufacture of smokeless
powder and compete with private man
ufacturer» in point of quality.
The American Clay Manufacturing
Company, tlie $10,000,000 consolida
tion of sewer-pipe manufacturers, will
control 85 per cent of the industry.
Near Olympia, Wash., three chil
dren, aged 5, 7 and 9 years, were
burned to death while their parents
were absent from home attending a
dance.
At Hanover, Germany, some persons
not vet identified tore a British flag and
made an anti-British demonstration in
front of the residence of an English
man, who had displayed the Union
Jack in celebration of the successes in
South Africa.
Prospects for the termination of the
Colombian revolution are poorer than
ever.
At Vienna, the Crown Princess Steph
anie, of Austria, was married to Count
Von Lonray.
The total number of Boer prisoners
captured at Paardeberg by the British
is 4,660 men.
A party of six American rubber pros
pectors have been massacred by Indians
in the wilds of Brazil.
The twelfth convention of the Nation
al Republican League has been called
to meet in the city of St. Paul, July
17, 1900.
Frozen meats, supplied to the Ameri
can army in the Philippine», is reported
by officials in Manila to be highly
satisfactory.
A passenger train on the Canadian
Pacific, near Toronto, Canada, jumped
the track, and several members of par
liament were injured.
The Kentucky legislature has passed
a bill appropriating $100,000 to carry
on the work of hunting down the as
sassin of William Goebel.
In an engagement between Mexicans
and Maya Indians, near Santa Ciuz,
600 Mexicans defeated 3,000 Indians.
Indians killed numbered 32.
Fatal Fire in a New York
Lodging-House.
THE
INMATES PANIC-STRICKEN
The Fire Wan in th* Cheap Bowery
Hectlon. and the Property Loi» Did
Nut Eictefl •'¿,000.
New York. March 6.—Six person«
were burned to death and two were in
jured early this morning in a fire which
occurred in a seven-story lodging house
at 44 to 48 Bowery.
The dead are:
Charles Buttie, 40 years old; John
Clark, 50 years old; Edward Doyle, 35
years old; Henry Jackson (colored),
35 years old; one unidentified man
about 50 years old, Stephen Carney, 75
years old. Martin Gallagher, 53 years
old, was burned about the face and
hands and also removed to the hospital.
Edward Walker, 47 years old, was
burned, but after having his wound
dresied, remained at the lodginghouse.
The fire was discovered shortly after
2 o’clock. Smoke was pouring from
ths windows of the fifth floor, and the
flames were making rapid progress.
The lodging house was cut up into
132 rooms, and 90 of these small places
ware occupied when the fire broke out.
Policemen sent in an alarm and burst
into the place to arouse the inmates.
They notified the night clerk, who im
mediately rang the alarms all over the
house. The hallways were instantly
filled with a crowd of excited people.
The jxilicemen forced their way to the
upper floors in an effort to rescue some
of the helpless, believing one or two
were overcome with smoke.
They
carried out Thomae Harper, a one-
legged man, and Ed Waker, who had
been burned anil partially overcome by
the smoke. Stephen Carney was found
dying on the floor in his room, where
the flames had already burned the old
man’s face, hands and body, but a
policeman picked him up and carried
him out of the building.
The firemen succeeded in putting out
the flames without great loss to the
building. After the fire was out they
began a search. The bodies of all five
ot the victims were found on the fifth
floor, where the fire did the most dam
age. Buttie was suffocated in his bed.
John Clark was found on the floor of
his room dead, as was also Edward
Doyle. The colored man was found
dead at a window, and the unidentified
man had been overcome just as he was
dragging himself from the window to
the tire escape. All the bodies were
taken to the morgue. The damage to
! the building will amount to about $2,-
000. The place was conducted by
Domino Milano, and was a cheap Bow
ery lodging house.
Carney, who died tonight, is said to
have been a licensed priest of the
Catholic church.
CUBANS
RIGHT
Gen.ral Wil.on Bay. Contrary Knporta
Ara Intro..
Vancouver, B. C., March 5 —The
iteamer Aorangi, from Sydney, today
bring» an account of the most disas
trous bush fire» in Victoria experienced
In the last 50 years.
The entire
Warrnambool district has been devas
tated, and the damage is estimated at
|2,000,000. The fire broke out simulta
neously in various parts of the colony,
I «nd burned for two days and three
nights, finally burning itself out the
morning of January 31.
The whole
country between Dunkeld and Mort
lake is a mass of blackness.
Seven
persons perished in the flames, which
iwept over a tract 40 miles long and
50 miles wide, consuming 1,000,000
»cres of grass, six wool warehouses,
2,000 sheep and 1,000 cattle aud horses.
The latest news from Noumea prior
to the sailing of the Aorangi was to the
effect that the plague had again broken
nut among the kanakas.
In almost
every case the disease has proven fatal
to the kanakas, but in the majority of
nases cures are effected among Euro
peans. In five weeks the mortality
has been nine Europeans and 54 kana
kas and Asiatics.
So far, owing to
the strict measures taken by the author
ities to prevent the pest extending to
the country, it has only been reported
at Neponi. The village of Neponi has
been quarantined. One case of bubonic
plague is reported from Tasmania, and
there was also one case at Sydney, but
both recovered. There was a tremend
ous scare all through the Australian
jolonies, and rigorous quarantine regu
lations have been enforced, with the re
sult that no other plague cases have
made their appearance.
The coast defenses of New Caledonia
are being strengthened, large sums be
ing expended in erecting forts on the
hills and in the suburbs of Noumea.
Convicts are being employed in the con
struction of earthworks and batteries.
These public works, utilizing the serv
ices of all the convicts, none of the
latter will for the future be let out to
private enterprise.
The scarcity of labor has necessitated
a cessation of mining operations. The
government has entered into negotia
tions with the Japanese government to
bring over 2,000 Japanese as agricul
tural laborers, and 3,000 for work in
the mines.
The Sydney papers have a story about
Miss Logan, an American girl, 21
years of age, who is termed the “Hero
ine of the Caroline Group.”
She is
the «laughter of the first missionary to
the group sent from Boston by the Con
gregational boanl of the Untied States.
Rev. Robert Logan «lied 12 years ago,
and since his death his work has been
carried on by his widow, who was the
first white woman in the islands.
Through illness Mrs. Logan was obliged
to return to the United States, and her
daughter volunteered to remain alone
at the mission.
Matanzas, Cuba, March 7.—General
Jame» H. Wilson, military governor of
the department
Matauzas-Sant*
Clara, in the course of an interview
today, said:
“Trouble is absolutely out of the
question. The future depends largely
upon the agriculture prosperity; and
where work is plentiful, wages are
good, a id a country is prosperous, no
sensible man wishes to alter conditions.
“Any person who publishes reports
representing the Cubans as preparing w
rising, does so with malicious intent to
misrepresent them, or because he has
been led to believe this by those who
know better. The prospects of Cuba
are very bright. If sugar goes to the
United States free or nearly so, there
will be such an influx of capital and of
immigrants as will render Cuba, ere
long, one of the richest and most pros
perous places in the world.
“The best the United States can do
for Cuba and the Cubans is to give
every opportunity for improving the
value of the land by putting it to the
best uses. In this way capital could do
an immense amount of good here as
well as get large returns.”
General Wilson suggests supplying
cattle for working purposes on a time
basis, accepting regular rates of inter
est, which should be about 1 per cent a.
month.
“Cattle,” says he, “can be landed
here at a cost of $70 a yoke, which,
once here, would bring more than
$150. Large numbers of working cat
tle are required by reliable and hard
working men who are anxious to ob
tain them.”
NEEDS
OF
THE
NAVY.
Secretary Long Submits a Statement to
Congress.
Prevention of Forest Fires.
Fighting in the Southern
Extremity of Luzon.
CAPTURE
OF
NUEVA CACERES
Brnah With Inaurgrnt. North of th«
Town— Hlvty-four Krbela Klllvd —
Geuetal Bat«*»' K»pe«lltlon.
Washington, March 7.—Genera) Otis
has cable«I the following account of the
recent military operations in Luzon:
"Manila, March 7.—Bates, with two
battalions of the Fortieth and Forty
fifth regiments, anl detachments of
artillery, engineers awl signal corps, a
total of 2,200 men, landed troops on
the southeast, northwest and southern
coasts of San Miguel bay, Camarines
province, to move on Nueva Caceres, iu
three columns. The only strong oppo
sition was encountered by Godwin awl
a battalion of his regiment at Libanan,
northwest of Nueva Caceres. Godwin’s
loss was Adjutant Callehes, who «lie«?
of wounds, and three enlisted men
severely wounded ami five slightly
wounded. The enemy left 64 dea«l on
the field and many wounded, who were
cared for by our me«lical officers.
"Goodwin captured a number of
armed insurgents, 18 Spanish prisoners
30 rifles and considerable ammunition
and property.
Particulars of minor
engagements of the other columns not
reported.
"Nueva Caceres was found practical
ly deserted, the inhabitants having taken
refuge in the mountains.
The troops
are covering important points in the
provinces of Camarines and Albay.
Tlie navy rendered most valuable aid
in landing troops and supplies.”
General Bates’ Expedition.
Manila, March 7.—General Bates’
expedition to Southern Luzon, consist
ing of the Fortieth and Forty-fifth legi-
ments, a total of 2,200 men, has occu
pied Nueva Caceres, province of South
Camarines; Daet, province of North
Camarines and the neighboring smaller
towns. The enemy resisted at one
point and two Americans were killed,
including Lieutenant John B. Galla-
gher, of the Fortieth regiment.
February 20, the expedition arrived
at San Miguel bay, landed, and in three
columns pushed inland, converging
upon Nueva Caceres and attempting to
prevent the enemy’s retreat. At Lib
anan, north of Nueva Caceres, the
enemy was concealed in the rice field
and resisted a battalion of the Fortieth
regiment, which engaged them at close
quarters with bayonets. After 40 min
utes’ fighting the enemy tied and Lib
anan was occupied, The Americans
burietl 64 of the enemy, whose total
loss in killed aud wounded is estimated
at 140.
E’rom Libanan the expedition pro-
ceeded to Nueva Caceres, the gunboat
Paragua arriving 10 minutes ahead ot
tlie troops. The town was found prac
tically deserted.
The Americans,
daily scouting in the vicinity, report
that the enemy have retreated into the
mountains.
Swept Over Niagara Falls.
Imprisoned Miner«.
Redding, Cal., March 3.—Of the
sight miners who were imprisoned by
yesterday'» cave-in in the Iron Moun
tain mine, four were afterwards res
cued. but have died from their injuries.
The dead are: David E. Ross. A. Cav
anaugh, R. Castillon and Alfred Oates.
The four still entombed are: J. Mc
Broom. R. McCalliop. A. Van Buren
and J. Oatea. While the work of res
cue is being rapidly pushed, it is with
out expectation of finding them alive.
SUPPORTER
Carter Tells
OF
QUAY.
Why He Will Vote for the
PennsyIvan an.
Washington, March 7.—Carter dealt
vigorously with the Quay case in the
senate today, in the course of an ex-
plauatin as to why he will vote for the
ex-senator from Pennsylvania, notwith
standing that he voted against the seat
ing of Corbett in the last congress.
The near approach of the time of voting
on the conference report on the finan
cial bill brought out two speeches on
that measure, one by Fairbanks and
the other by Butler. Thomas R. Bard,
recently elected senator from Cali
fornia, was presented to the senate by
his colleague, Perkins. Later the oath
was administered by President Pro-
Tern. Frye.
Considerable miscellaneous business,
much of a minor character, was trans
acted in the house today. During the
consideration of a bill to incorporate
the Frederick Douglass Memorial and
Historical Association, the speaker and
Bailey, of Texas, exchanged sharp
words, and the latter filibustered and
ultimately prevented the final passage
of the bill by demanding the reading ot
the engrossed bill. The bill propose»
to collect at the residence of the late
Frederick Douglass, in this city, a rec
ord of the anti-slavery movement.
Underwood (Dem. Ala.), was appointed
to the vacancy of the committee on
ways and means, which it was under
stood was originally reserved for Gen
eral Wheeler, had he returned to <jou-
gress. The early part of the session
MEXICO. was devoted to District of Columbia,
business.
Washington, March 5.—Secretary
Long has made a statement to the house
naval committee on the general needs
of the navy ami the desirability of not
building new ships in government
yards. As to the new ships, he held tc
OF
his recommendation at the time con ARCHAEOLOGY
gress met, namely, three armored cruis Discoveries Near an Ancient City—Price
ers of about 13,000 tons each, with the
of Cotton too High.
heaviest armor and most powerful ord
City of Mexico, March 7.—Professor
nance; 12 gunboats of about 900 tone Marshall Saville, representing the
each, three protected cruisers of about American museum of natural history
8,000 tons each. As to building war of New York, has left for home, taking
ships iu our navy yard, Mr. Long said many unique objects discovered by him
they cost much more than those built ! at the ruins near the prehistoric City
under contract, and took twice as long of Mitla, in the state of Oaxaca. The
to build them.
principal work of the professor was
Admiral Dewey suggested to the com the uncovering of many ancient
mittee that it leave off the 12 gunboats mounds overgrown with forests to
aud give three new battleships instead. which a road had to be constructed.
He said that the battleships would b«
Duke de Loubat, himself interested
more serviceable, as General Otis had in archaeological research, describes
just purchased 14 gunboat», and had the work of Professor Saville as most
turned them over to the navy.
They important. Half of the objects dis
were in fair condition, aud the admiral covered go to the Mexican government
said that from his experience, h« under the agreement made previously.
Head W h « Shot ofY.
London, Ky., March 6.—Millard thought they were just the vessel«
Some of the largest cotton mills at
Filipino insurrection has not yet
needed for service iu the Philippines.
Puebla and Orizaba will suspend 0|«er-
been subdued. The rebels are prepar Hughes was murdered and Henry Blev
ations for a time, owing to the high
ing for the rainy season and will carry ins and others were injured last night
Busing In cill«-az«> School.
at a dance near East Bornstadt, a min
Chicago. March 5.—The boxing' price of cotton, and will sell off accu
on guerrilla warfare on a large scale.
ing town. Leonard Smallwood, Hamp
mulated stock, which is considerable.
William Henry, a half-breed Indian Gregg and others attacked Hughes bouts which were held in the basement Refined sugar production for the re
of Coreto, Cal., shot and killed Nettie Huhgea’ head was shot off, and Blev of the South Division High school un-1 public last year amounted to over 50,
Smith, a young Indian woman, and ins and others were hit by stray shots. der the supervision of Principal Smith,
000 tons and the unrefined to more
then killed himself. Jealousy was the Smallwood later went to sleep iu the find favor in the eyes of the board of!
President G. II.! than double that amount. There will
education
authorities.
cause.
room whom his victims lay. Today he Harris stated that he saw nothing be a large increased production this
Forty-three and one-half inches of •nd Gregg were arrest«»! as principals, wrong in them as long as Mr. Smith year.
»now in 63 hours is the new record •nd Edward Smallwood, father of Leon supervised them. Superintendent ol I
The Chinese Kevolutionists.
established at Rochester, N. Y.
The ard, and his daughter Lizzie, were ar City Schools Andrews not only indorses
Victoria, B. C., March 7.—Leong
railroads are recovering from the biggest me tod aa accomplices.
the exercise, but says that he believe«
tight against the elements they have
Kevolt of Convict. ot Cairo.
that boxing is the best sport in which Kay Ting, one of the foremost Chinese
reformers connected with the move
had fu many years.
Calio, March fl.—A serious revolt of the students can partake.
ment of Kang Yu Wei for the over
TO
convicts
at
Tourah,
the
great
prison
The Cartersville, 111., union miners,
throw of the empress of China awl the
Frat.ce'n Naval Policy.
near
Cairo,
nearly
involve«!
500
other
who have been ou trial for the past 40 «
Paris, March 5.—In the chamber ol establishment of a new Celestial em
prisoners.
Blank
cai
t
ridges
having
days at Vienna, charged with murder
deputies today, while the naval esti pire, is here. He is a brother of Leong
ing negro miners, were acquitted by failed to overawe the malcontents, a mates were under consideration, M. Kang Chew, now at Honolulu ltxiking
volley
was
fired
from
a
window
oppo-
;
the jury. Four other charges are (lend
rite through the window of the mom j Lockroy, ex minister of marine, made after the interests of the revolutionary
ing against the miners.
occupied by them.
Five wete »hot, s notable speech, explaining his view party, who is expected to come north-
Like his brother, the
Belief in the efficacy of prayer as a •mi two, it is beieved, fatally wounded. regarding the proper naval policy for waid soon.
sure cure for disease was the cause of All of them then surreudeied and were France to follow. He declare«! it neces young reformer has lieen a fugitive
sary for France to make great mone from China since the notorious «roup
the divorce granted to George E. eon tine* I in their cells.
tary sacrifices for her navy, as her for d'etat of the empress dowager, when
White, ex-congreaaman and a wealthy
I.arge Tannery Burned.
eign policy depended upon her naval Yang Yui fled to Japan. He says that
lumber dealer of Chicago, from his
Corry, Pa., March 6.—The Western strength.
although a posse of 26 ha« been seut by
wife, Minnie A. White.
Union tannery, at Spartansburg, and
the empress to kill Kang Yu Wei, he
The Canadian Papermakers’ Asso contents were destroyed by tire today.
Bishop Gilbert Dead.
has no fears, for he says tie is well
ciation at Montreal, adopted a scale of With no means of tigting the fin*, the
St. Paul, Minn , March 5.—Bishop guarded. Kang Yu Wei went to Siam
prices for carload lots, five-ton lots and citizens had to stand helplessly by Gilbert, coadjutor of the diocese ol at the invitation of the king of that
20-ream lots Of different grades oi watching the only industry of the town Minnesota (Episcopal), died here to country, to visit that monarch.
The
paper. The increase in present price« 1 being destroyed. The loss is $80,000, day. aged 52. He had previously been British governinert has furnished him
is from 10 to 15 per cent
fully covere«! by insurance.
a body guard.
locate«! in Montana.
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ALL
»•at Tra.t Burned Ov.r—8.v.n Peraonfl
Perished.
Washington, March 6.—Investigation
of the causes, effects, and means of
prevention of forest fires in the West,
will be carried on this summer in
Washington, Oregon, California, Ari
zona, New Mexico, Utah, Colorado,
Wyoming, Idaho. South Dakota.
Be
sides field study, designed chiefly to
discover means of preventing the evil,
the forestry division is making a his-
troic record of all important fires w hich
have occurred in the United States
since 1754. Although yet incomplete,
this indicates that the annual recorded
loss by forest burnings in the United
States is, at the very lowest, $20,000,-
000. It will probably run far above
thia sum, as the Pacific coast states
have been only partially examined.
Accounts of over 5,500 disastrous tires
have linen obtained in the 17 states
already examined. Michigan, Minne
sota and Wisconsin have suffered the
most severely.
Women sailors an* employe*! in Den
Buffalo, N. Y., March 6.—Sarcely a
mark, Norway and Finland.
doubt remains that the man whose
Reports from 45 college« show dis cries for help were heard coming from
couraging religions conditions in but the Niagara river last night was Ashton
Smith, 27 years old, sou of Rev. Henry
three.
Ashton Smith, rector of St. Paul'»
Booth-Tucker »ays God uses America Episcopal church, at Fort Erie. Ont.
as a connecting link between other Young Smith left Fort Erie in a rickety
nations.
boat at 8 o’clock last night, and at-
Thomas Yates, of Toledo, O., is the' tempted to row across the swift cur-
only living American who took part in rent of the Niagara to Niagara Falls on
the charge of the Light brigade at1 • n important erran«! for a friend. 11«
Balaklava.
ba» not been seen since
ARE
THE
COUPLING
BROKE
Serious Collision Between Two Freight
Trains.
Chicago, March 7.—Twenty stock-
men and railroad employes were in
jured in a freight collision today be
tween two Illinois Central freight
trains near Broadview, a few miles
out of Chicago.
The two trains had been running
about a mile apart. While climbing a
long grade a coupling pin in the mid
dle of the head train broke. The rear
section started down the back grade.
It struck the engine of the oncoming
.freight train. Both trains were on the
way to Chicago from Western Iowa,
aud were made up mostly of loaded
stock cars with a caliooseand passenger
coach for the stockmen. All the pas
sengers were asleep in the day coach.
The occupants of the caboose and coach
were thrown violently from their seats
to the floor of the cars.
The caboose
telescoped the coach, pinning a number
of the unfortunate passengers in the
debris.
Fire broke out immediately, an-1 the
injured were in great danger of roast
ing alive. By hard work on the part
of the uninjured passengers and the
train crew, all were removed in safety.
The cars were almost totally con
sumed. The wounded were loade-1 iuto
an empty liox car and taken to Broad
view, where they were given medical
attention by the one physician of the
village, and the women of the neigh-
borho«id. and later were brought to
Chicago and placed in the Illinois Cen
tral hospital.
Mnchini«ta’ Strike in Chicago.
Chicago, March 5.—President James
O’Connell, of the Machinists’ Union,
issued orders today calling out all the
machinists in the city who were work
ing for firms who had not signed the
union agreement. Over 1,000 quit
work. Nearly 6,000 men, 2,000 of
whom are not members of the union,
are now out of work, aud with few ex
ceptions all the large machine shops in
the city are closed.
No More Plague in Santo«.
New York, March 6. — Health Officer
Doty has notified the agents and owners
of vessels arriving at this port from
bautoe that ou awl after Mowiay the
former stringent regulations imposed
on vessels from that port will be re
moved. Hereafter all vessels from the
port of Santos will be permitted to pro
ceed to their wharves after the usual
insuection and disinfection.
Advices from Santos sav there ha«
been no case of plague re|«orte*i ther»
during the past 30 days.
Senator Wolcott Divorced.
Denver, March 7.—Before Judge
Allen, of the district court. Mrs. Fran
ces M. Wolcott was today granted an
absolute divorce from Senator Edward
O. Wolcott, on the ground of desertion.
The complaint was not file,! until to
day. Senator Wolcott was not pres
ent. and no evidence was introduced
for the defense.
The op]*ortunitv and ability to repent
is one of the highest privileges that
God has granted to man.