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YMHILL 88111111 REPOBTEfl. D. I. ASBUBY. Pabliahar. ^MTNTJVILLB .............. OREGON. twins or int mi An Interesting Collection of Items From the Two Hemispheres Presented in i Condensed Form. A typhoon swept the Island of Guam, killing hundreds of natives. The dowager empress is trying to in duce the emperor to return to Pekin. The powers are debating on the wis dom of sending an ultimatum to China. The official vote ot Wisconsin fol lows: Republican, 265,866: Demo cratic, 159,285. A laborer on a bridge near Grant's Pas a was instantly killed in the ool- lapse of the structure. General Bates reports the capture of 83 Filipinos, six of whom murdered eeveral persons last spring. The Dutch of Cape Colony are be coming restless and loyalists fear there may aoon be an upiising. The population of Oklahoma is 898,- 246, against 61,834 in 1890, an increase of 336,411, or 44 per cent. The population of South Dakota is 401,570, as against 328,80 in 1890, an increase of 72,762, or 22.1 per cent. The population of North Dakota is 819,416, as against 182,719 in 1890, an increase of 186,427, or 74.6 per cent. The population of Tennessee is 2.020,093, as against 1,767,18 in 1890, an increase of 23,098, or 14.3 per cent. The population of New Mexico is 195,210, as against 13,98 in 1890, an increase of 41,717, or 27.1 per cent. The United States auxiliary cruiser "Yosemite sank in a typhoon at Guam, November 5, drowning five of the crew. The population of Idaho, as officially announced, is 161,772, as against 84,- 885 in 1890, an increase of 77,387, or 91.7 per cent. Two American privates were killed and three wounded in an ambush of ladrones near Maloloe, Luzon. The in surgents escaped. Bank robbers at Emden, Ill., com pletely wrecked the Farmers’ bank with dynamite and got away with >3,000 to >4,000. By an explosion of nitro-glycerine at Leaserville, W. Va., 20 miles above Wheeling, four lioys were killed and 14 wounded, of whom two will die. The population of the state of Wash ington as officially announced, is 518,- 103, as against 849,890 in 1890, an in- ucrease of 168,913, or 48.2 per cent. (longer has nut signed the I’ekin pro tocol. Secretary Root has returned hom Cuba. Kruger visited the French govern ment officials. Palace guards have been sent to ar rest Prince Tuan. Colonel Denby may succeed Conger as minister to China. A conspiracy to assassinate Lord Roberts was discovered in Johannes burg. Governor Geer has issued certificates ot olection to Republican electors for Oregon. Heavy fogs preaviled on Puget Found, causing many minor accidents on both land and water. The official vote for presidential elec tors in New Jersey was: Republican, 221,791; Democrat, 164,808. The population of Texas is 8,048,710, ■gainst 2,285,523 in 1890, an increase of 818,187, or 36.3 per cent. The population of Nebraska is 1,068,- 539, against 1,058,910 in 1890, an in crease of 9,620, or .9 per cent. Official returns show that the vote for president in Iowa was: Republi can, 807,818; Democrat, 209,466. The population of North Carolina Is 1,808,810. as against 1,617,947 in 1890, an increase of 275,868, or 17 |*r cent. The Portland, Or., Chatnbet of Com merce urges au appropiration of >4,. 000,000 for canal and locks at the dalles. The population of Utah, as officially • announced, is 276,749, as against 207,- 095 in 1890, an increase 68,844, or 83.1 per cent. An Irrigation bill allowing more than >1,090.000 to Oregon, Washing ton and Idaho will be iutroduoed at the coming session of congress. Signor Marconi has practically solved the question of oceau transmission by wireless telegraphy, and will soon be able to use bis system across the At lantic. The population of Montana, as an nounced by the United States census bureau, is 243,329, as against 182,159 in 1890, an lucrease of 111,179, or 84.1 per cent. The population in 1889 was 89.159, showing an increase of 93,000, or 287.4 per cent, from 1880 to 1890. Dr. Leopold Kahn, the Arctic ex plorer, is certain that Lieutenant Peary is wintering at Fort Conger. The yellow Ixiok on Chinese affairs published by the French foreign office allows close relations between France •nd the United States. The will of Frank Williams, late of Johnstown. Pa., makes a bequest ot >190.000 to the I^high university st south Bethlehem Pa., for the benefit of worthy students 8alem, Or., re-elected its reform mu nicipal officers. The ship subsidy bill will displace the Philippine bill. Kruger wept at Emperor William’s refusal to meet him. Five men were killed by the blowing up of a power house in Chicago. * The short session of the Fifty-sixth :0Dgres8 was successfully opened. Colorado game wardens arrested 16 Mormons who had killed 30 deer. Robbers blew up a Silverton, Or., bank, but failed to get at the cash. A strange woman is exciting the I’a- pago Indiar« to be guided by their dreams. Congressman Lacey and Senator Tel ler are in favor of offering homes to the Boers. Oscar L. Booze, a West Point cadet, is dying from the effects of a burning drink given him by hazers. A drunken man was killed and his body derailed a heavy locomotive on the O. R. & N., near Hood River, Ore gon. Colonel John S. Williams, third au ditor of the treasury under President Cleveland, died at La Fayette, Ind., aged 77. Rev. William Howard Day, D. P., general secretary of the A. M. E. Sec ond church, disd at Harrisburg, Pa., aged 78 years. Rev Patrick Feehan, archbishop of the Catholic archdiocese of Chicago, will retire from the active manage ment of his office with the close of the present year. General W. L. White, ex-quarter master-general of the Michigan Na tionalguard, pleaded guilty to complic ity in state miliatry clothing frauds, and was sentenced to 19 years in prison. John Baines, a constable, was mur dered at Dallas, Tex., by burning. His clothing had been saturated with tur pentine and ignited. Both eyes were burned out. John Chapman and Ed Faulkner, saloon keepers, were arrest ed, charged with the murder. The Pacific cable committee has ac cepted, on behalf of the government of Great Britain, New South Wales, Queensland and New Zealand, the bid of the Telegraph Construction & Main tenance Company, to make and lay a cable from Vancouver to Queensland and New Zealand, via Fanning, Fiji and Norfolk islands, for £1,795,009, the work to be finished by the end of 1902. Boxers are active around Tien Tsin. The Guam typhoon was the worst in 40 years. House Democrats will offer a new army bill. Secretary Hay signed a canal treaty with Nicaragua. The United States gunboat Monocacy will winter at Taka. The Chinese oourt has lost confidence in Earl Li and Prince Ching. Twelve hundred bolomen surrender ed to the Americans at Vigau. An Austrian field marshal criticises the British army organization. An American warship will make a demonstration against Morocco. Six men were drowned in a feny boat disaster on Spokane river. Texas’ vote for presidential electors was: Bryan, 267,432; McKinley, 121,- 573. University of Oregon defeated Uni versity of Washington in football by 43 to 9. Fulton, Kentucky, was visited by a tire which destroyd 20 establishments and < uased a loss of >359,090. A Sumpter, Or., miner was badly in jured by the explosion of giant powder which he placed on a stove to thaw out. Fred W. Bnhsnell, for several years city editor of the Misnea|>olis Tribune, died at that city of cancer of the stom ach. The population of Indian Territory is 891,960, as against 190,163 in I860, au increase of 211,775, or 117.5 per cent. The population of Wisconsin, as aff- nouuced by theceusus bureau, is 2,069,- 949, as against 1,686,880 in 1890, au increase of 882,142, or 22.6 per cent. Two steamers collided on the riv«k alaiut 20 miles above lluutington, W. Va., sinking 80 coalboats containing 509,000 bushels of coal, entailing a loss of >190,000. Advices from Australia state that the volcano on Beach island, in the New Britain group, has again become active, causing a great upheaval on land and sea. Many natives have beeu killed. The award of the Swiss government in the Franco-Brasilian boundary dis pute gives Brasil 147,000 square miles of the contested territory. France gets about 8,000 square miles north of the Tumuc Huemac range. There are 400 cases of smallpox in the city of Winona. Minn., aud to pre vent its spread the public schools have been closed and street-car companies compelled to stop their cats at the boundary of the infected district. Unsatisfactory rate arrangement with railroads may prevent the G. A. R. encampment in Denver. The man who built the city hall of Denver is now selling cigars and tobac co at a stand in the corridor of the building. Colonel Benjamin West Blanchard, once one of the most widely known railroad men in the country, died at bis residence in Washington, aged 74 years. RICH STRIKE IN ALASKA. GAVE UP THEIR ARMS. LATER NEWS. Large Vein ot Fine Ore Discovered in the Atlis Four hundred British Surrendered to the Boers District—Other Rich Finds. — Relief Came Too Late. London, Dec. 8.—Lord Roberts ca Boat Capsized and Four Lives bled from Johannesburg, under date of Were Lost. ACCIDENT OCCURS ON SPOKANE RIVER Th« Passtngen Numbered Eighteen, Five ol Whom Succeeded in Swimming t > Shore —Others Rescued. Spokane, Dec. 3.—Four lives were lost here this evening by the capsizing of a current ferry boat in the Spokane river. The ferrjf is about two miles down the river. It was crossing the stream with 18 woikmen, who had ended their day's work in a construc tion camp near the Great Northern’s bridge. The men crowded to the bow and it it was swamped. All the men were thrown in the cold water. Five swam to shore and the others climbed on the capsized boat. The waves ran high and washed four of them to death. When the ferry capsized a man started oft in a skiff to the rescue. Some of the men who witnessed the accident say he picked up one of the men in the water, but neither the res cuer nor the skiff has since been seen. It was probably carried down the rap ids, and it is possible thut the two men have reached shore some distance down stream. Another account says the boat was swamped by a large log. PHILIPPINE ASSASSINS. General McArthur Confirms Sentences of Hang ing Passed Upon Four Natives. Wednesday, November 39: "The Dewetsdorp garrison of two gnus of the Sixty-eighth field battery, with detachments of the Gloucester shire regiment, the Highland light in fantry and the Irish rifles, 409 in all, surrendered at 5t45 P. M., November 89. Our losses were 15 men killed and 42 wounded, including Major Hansen and Captain Digby. The enemy is said to the 2,909 strong. Four hundred men were dispatched from Edenburg to relieve Dewetsdorp, but they did not succeed in reaching there in time. Knox joined this force aud found De wetsdorp 3vacuated. Seventy-five sick and wounded had been left there. Knox puisued, and is reported to have successfully engaged Steyn and Dewet near Vaal Bank. They retired west and southwest. Knox’s messenger failed to get through, so 1 have no de tails.’* AMERICAN PLAN ADOPTED. European Canals Will Employ Electric Moton for Propulsion. New York, Dec. 8.—Mr. Hawley, who has been comissioned by American interests to advocate the principle of electric propulsion foi canals, has re turned to London from the continent, says the Tribune’s London correspond ent. He reports that plans for elec tric canal service have been adopted in Belgium and Holland, and that the waterways of those countries will be equipped with motors similar to those proposed for operation on the Erie ca nal. These motors will be provided by an American company, and the en tire system of electric propulsion oi canal boats will be introduced from the United States. Mr. Hawley asserts that in France a bill has been prepared for the intro duction of the same system of canals in that country. He expects that elec tric motors lor French canals will be ordered from the United States. Manila, Dec. 3.—General MacArthur has confirmed the sentences of hanging passed upon four natives recently convicted of murder at Lingayeu. The condemned were members of the “Guardia de Honor,’’ a band of assas sins whose victims were kidnapped and boloed. They will be hanged Decem ber 21. The transport Indiana, which went OUTLAWS RUN DOWN. ashore on the Isla de i’olillo, off the east coast of Luzon, was successfully floated, and airived at Binangoan Sound The Career of the Breedlong Blacks in Australis short of coal. She transferred to the Is Finally Ended. transport Pennsylvania the contingent Vancouver, B. C., Dec. 3.—The of the Twenty-second infantry and the supplies destined for Baler, and then steamer Warrimoo, from Australia, proceeded for Neuva Caceres, South brings news of the finish of the Breed- long Blacks, Joe and Jimmy Governor. Camarines. After committing 109 crimes in 199 days, including nine minders, theii Guam Needs Help. camp in the bush was surrounded by Washington, Dec. 3.—The navy de squatters, who watched all night, and partment has received the following in the morning demanded thesurrendei cablegram from Admiral Reiuey: of the notorious outlaws. The blacks, “Cavite, Dec*. 3.—Official report suprrised, started to run, and the from Guam just received. Following squatters fired, killing Joe and wound men drowned: Joseph Anderson, coal- ing Jimmy Governor. The latter was pasBer; Jacob Le Roy Mahaffey, ap siibseqently delivered by the squatters prentice, first-class; GeOrge Auhel, to the posse of constables who took him seaman; William Frederick Davis, fireman, first-class; Frank Swanson, to the nearest hospital, where his re coxswain. Two bodies recovered were covery is being awaited by the author ities. unrecognizable. Governor reports danger of starvation. Asks for 65,900 Hard Fight Near Luchoff. pounds flour, 30,009 biscuit, 1,000 Orange River, Dec. 3.—The Henog sugar, 2,000 salt pork, 20,000 rice, all for destitute natives. Shall I send by commando, 509 strong, holding s> our crusier? Brutus took ample stores splendid position on a range of precipi tous kopjes near the village of Lucboff, fer the piesent. Newark, Guam. “REMEY.” completely barring the British advance, attacked Colonel Henry Hamilton Set tle's column Alter five hours’ hard Chief of Police of Manila. St. Louis, Dec. 8.—The Post-Dis fighting the Boers were expelled from patch today says: “Chief of Police the position, losing heavily. The Brit John W. Capmbell, of St. Louis, has ish losses were small, owing to the been offered the position of chief of fact that the British adopted Boer police of Manila under the civil govern methods of taking cover. Colonel Set ment now in the course of formation, tle occuppied Luchoff, and learned that 899 horses had passed through for and has accepted.” Dewet, who is reported to be in the neighborhood. The Boer commander THE DEAD NUMBER 18. openly boasted In the village of having shot 200 natives for sympathizing with Growing List of Victims of the San Francisco the British. Accident- Dead All Identified. San Francisco, Dec. 3.—The terri ble accident of Thursday, resulting in the death ot 18 persons and the injury of four times as many more, has cast a gloom over the city. About the morgue today there have been crowds of anxious inquirers, relatives and friendii of those who are known to have been victims of the accident. The dead have all been identified. The coroner’s jury will be taken to view the remains and will also visit the scene of the tragedv. Until all the dead have been viewed by the jury, none of the remains will be permitted to be taken away from the morgue. All the hospitals are crowded with the maimed and injured and a large staff of physicians and nurses is at work. Daly's Horses to Be Sold. New York, Dec. 3.—The executors of Marcus Daly's estate will sell Mr. Daly's stable of thoroughbreds and breeding horses as soon as possible. These horses cost Mr. Daly over >600,- 900. Among the stallions are Ham burg, Tammany, Bathampton, lsidor, Ogden and Inverness. Over 109 brood mares will be sold. Hawsiian Land Leases. Honolulu, Nov. 21.—The Repbnlican of today says: “Within 30 days.suits will be filed on behalf of the United States to set aside all grants, sales and leases of public lands made by the ter ritorial government of Hawaii since July 14, 1900 The Republican is in a position to state this as an absolute fact, despite the statement sent out from Washington to the effect that the department^ of justice denied that At torney-General Griggs had instructed District Attorney Baird to institute suits -to set aside all grants, sales, franchises and leases in Hawaii granted since September 28, 1899.” Supplies for Guam. Washingotn. Dec. 5.—The navy de partment has made arrangements to send a supply of lumber, nails, etc., to Guam on the brig ¡Spreckels, which will leave San Francisco the 6th inst. with naval stores tor Manila. The material is for the purpose of repairing the damage done at Guam by the ty phoon. The supplies are sent in re sponse to a requisition from Admiral Remey. Fnither supplies will be for warded by the transport scheduled to leave the 15th inst. Aleva Escaped the Typhoon. Washington, Dec. 5.—Admiral Re mey has informed the navy department of the movements of the General A lava, over which vessel some uneasiness had been felt, as it was thought she would encounter the Guam typhoon on her way over front that island to Cavite. The General Alava left Guam Novem ber 26 aud arrived safely at Cavite yes terday with a detachment of marines and some of the Yosemitie's officers. San Diego Coaling Station. San Diego, Cal., Dec. 5.—Admiral R. B. Bradford arrived here today, ac companied by Captain J. J. Meiler, United States army, to decide upon a site for the government coaling station in the harbor. Admiral Bradford says the station will have a capacity of 2,590 tons, but it will be designed to increase that capacity as occasion de mands. Ingleside Track Sold. San Francisco, Dec. 5.—As a result of a meeting of prominent turfmen held today. Edward Corrigan, Joseph Ull man and their associates in vtbe West ern Turf Association, have sold ont Newport Bankwreckers. their interests in the Ingleside track to Cincinnati, Dec. 3.—Robert Win- the San Francisco Jockey Club. •tel, assistant bookkeeper of the The Abbott Sold. wrecked German National bank of New New Y ’ ork, Dec. 3.—At the Fasig- port, Ky., was arrested in this city at a late hour last night, charged with Tipton auction sales ot fine horses to being an accomplice of Frank Brown, day. The Abbott, holder of tho world's who was short >196,009 in his ac trotting record, 2:03 4, was sold for counts. Winstel was taken to Newport >26,500. The purchaser was Fire Com • nd locked up, bail being refused. missioner John J. Scannell, of New ________________ Brown ha» not yet been apprehended. York. Fatal Train Wreck. California's Vote. Wyoming's Vote. Sacramento, Cal.. Dec. 3.—The official figures on the presidential elec tion for California, as compiled by the secretary of state, give McKinley 164,- 765. Bryan 124.985, Woolley 5,204. Cheyenne, Wyo., Dec. 3.—Official returns show the result of the election in Wyoming to have been as follows: McKinley, 14,482; Bryan, 10,164; Mo- Kinley's plurality, 4,318. Prine« Tuan's Rebellion. Shanghai, Dec. 3.—A niisaionaiy in the province of Kttng Su reports that 19,009 of the troops of General Tung Fu Hsiang entered that province and joined Prince Tuan's rebellion against the emperor. .General Tung has been obtaining supplies of the viceroy of Sse Chuen. The governor of Shan Si has wired a request to the Wu Chang viceroy to send him without delay eight quick-firing guns, and the viceroy has ordered the guns to 1« sent. Tacoma, Deo. 5.— Excellent mining Day Given Up to Reading of th« reports have come from Alaska. The richest quartz ledge ever found in the Atlin district has been uncovered on President’s Message. the Gleaner group, on Taku Arm. David von Cramer has reached Skag THE ATTENDANCE WAS A LARGE ONE way with samples of the ore, tn which free gold is plentiful. He says the ledge is 18 feet wide, and that it con Early Adjournment Taken Out of Respect to tains a streak of wonderfully rich ore. Two and one-half ounces from this Late Senators Davis and Geer and Repre streak, pounded in a mortar, yielded sentatives Daly and Hoffecker. nearly >1.50 in gold. The owners de clare that half a ton of picked ore will Washington, Dec. 4.—In the senate yield over >12,000. yesterday, the work of the short ses sion of the 56th congress was success White Horse Region. fully launched. It hid been the pur Charles A. Griston, of White Horse, pose ot the senate to announce the brings news that the number of men at death of Seratois Gaar, of Iowa, and work on the coppei mines there has Davis, of Minnesota, after assembling, been doubled Binee the completion of and then to adjourn and to receive the the White Pass Railroad to White message of the president Tuesday, but Horse. The ore of the district is very as this had been announced by the rich, and there seems to be no end to leaders of both branches of congress to it. The belt so far discovered is about be a “business session,” it was deter 14 miles long by two miles wide, and mined to receive the message and thus equally rich ore is found in all parts of gain one day in a session in which that the belt. The assayB run as high as 72 much time may be of immense import per cent copper, >20 in gold and 14 to ance. 15 ounces in silver. Several mines, Aside fiom the reading of the mes including the Copper King and War sage and the administrating of the oath Eagle, will ship ore this winter, send of office to William B. Dillingham, the ing it by sleighs to the railroad. new senator from Vermont, who suc ceeds the late Justin S. Morrill, no The Treadwell Mine. busineRB was transacted. The other The official report of the Treadwell new member of the body, ex-Represen mine, at Juneau, for year ending May, tative John C. Dolliver, who succeeds shows that during the year 557,959 tlie late Senator Gear, of Iowa, was tons of ore were mined, and bullion was piesent throughout the session, but his sold to the amount of >1,153,868, or credentials were not presented and lie an average on the ore crushed of >2.06 was not sworn in. These formalities a ton. The year’B working profit was will be complied with, now that the >673,901, and four dividends were senate has been officially informed of paid, amounting to >300,000, or 6 per the deah of Senator Gear. cent upon the capital stock. The aver age expense was a triHe over 86 cents a Opening in the House. ton, leaving a net working profit of Washington, Dec. 4.—The opening >1.20 a ton. The ore now in sight is session in the house was brilliant, but estimated at over 4,000,000 tons. not exciting. There were the usual throngs in the galleries and the usual Mines at Cook Inlet. display of floral pieces on the\floor, but A letter from Cook Inlet says that the proceedings were purely formal, the richest placer known in the district consisting of the rapping to order by was found last month Jack Sutton the speaker, praver by the chapliu, the took from his Canyon Creek claim roll call of members, the appointment gravel giving >40 per pan. Two men of the formal committee to wait on the working on Lyons creek, cut through a president, aud the reception and the bar averaging >20 per man. In two reading of the piesident’s message. weeks, they took out about >1500, Despite the fact that a great presiden worth of gold. Two weeks ago mining tial campaign had concluded within a operations in the district were suspend month, the beet of feeling seemed to ed for the winter. prevail between victors and vanquished. A rich strike has been made on the The reading of the message, which Monte Carlo, Index district, Washing naturally was the feature of the day, ton. At a depth of 320 feet, the tunnel occupied over two hours. It was lis encountered a vein of gray copper tened to with respectful interest by yielding values of nearly >100 per ton both sides. The deaths of the late in gold aud silver. Representatives Daly, of New Jersey, and Hoffecker, of Delaware, and Sen KRUGER IS SNUBBED. ators Daivs, of Minnesota, and Gear, of Iowa, were announced, and as a further mark of respect to their memory, the Emperor William Will Not Receive Him—Al house adjourned until tomorrow. leges Prior Engagements. —- Conspirators Blown Up. Tittsburg. Dec. 3—A Morgantown, W. V., special says: State Mine In spector Janies W. Paul, of West Vir ginia. savs the recent mine disaster at Berryville. in which 14 lives were lost, was due to a conspiracy to kill the foreman of the mine. The conspira tors, after lighting the fuse, stood at the entrance of the mine, bnt the force of the explosion was greater than tiey expected and they were also killed. Winnemucca, Nev. Dec. 3.—West bound freight train No. 20 was wrecked here this evening and a fireman in stantly killed. The two engines pull ing the train jumped ths track at a switch. Berlin, Dec. 5.—A dispatch from Count von Waldersee, under date of December 1, says that after hoisting the German Hag at the Ming tombs and punishing several neighboring village« lor the murder of Christians, the late Colonel Yorck’s detachment, com manded by General Galy, returned to Pekin. The Kalgan expedition was very successfnl. Several thousand Chiuese r^ulars were driven in wild Hight from the province of Chi Li to Shan BL The remains of Colonel Yorck have arrived at Pekin. Berlin, Dec. 5.—Mr. Kruger has abandoned hie proposed visit to Berlin, ow ing to the receipt of an official inti mation that Emperor William regrets that, in consequence of previous ar rangements, he will be unable to re ceive him. The Boer statesman, will therefore, proceed direct from Cologne to Holland. He telegraphed to this effect this afternoon. The Cologne Gazette in an inspired communication, says: “Mr. Kruger’s visit is not disagree able to Germany, his aim being to ob tain intervention in South Africa. It would be a grave political mistake—it would be even a great crime—to allow him to entertain even a spark of hope that Germany will render him any practical support.” This declaration is accompanied with reproaches, Mr. Kruger being charged with “having encouraged a useless guerrilla warfare and having disregarded Germany’s ad vice when he might have still followed it.” The press generally strikes the same note. TRAIN WRECK IN MEXICO. Twelve Persons Were Killed and Sixty Others Injured. San Antonio, Texas, Dec. 5. — Ed ward Riscli, of this city, has just ar rived with details of a terrible wreck of two trains on the Mexican Central rail way last Thursday, by which more than a score of persons were killed and 60 injured, many of them fatally. Both trains were running at 30 miles an hour when they met in a valley be tween two great hills 50 miles south of Jimulcu, midway between the towns of Tamanacha and Sytnon. One train carried a construction crew of 150 men, and the other was a freight, made up of 55 empty cars Three engines and 40 cars were piled up in a mass of debris 30 feet high, in which the dead and wounded were buried. Two of the train employes are Americans, and they saved their lives by immediate Hight, as in Mexico employes of a train must suffer death if fatalities attach to a trainwreck The survivors attempted to lynch the Americans, but they escaped and are supposed to have reach ed United States territory. $60,000 Brick Plant Destroyed. Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 5.—The plant of the Chattaboochie Brick Company was destroyed bv tire today. Loes >60,000. Awarded $700 in $20,000 Suit Mitchell, 8. D., Dec. 5.—The jury in the case of Editor McBride, who sued 40 citizens of this place for >20,- 000 damages for th« destruction of his newspaper plant nearly five years ago, has returned a verdict awardng Mc Bride >700 damage«. Of the 40 de fendants, at least 10 were released from the judgment. The plant was de- etroyed by citizens who were offended by articles that appeared in the newe- paper.