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ÏAMHILL COÜNIÏ REPOHÍER. OUR LAWMAKERS, Doings of Importance at the State Capital- D. I. ASBl'IlY, Publisher. M c M innville . OREGON. Bills Passed. To Prevent Hoboing. A bill to prevent persons beating their way on railroad trains was passed by the house Monday. The bill was introduced by Poorman, at the request of railway employes and managers. It is a copy of the law now in force in Alabama, and is designed to put a stop to the tramp nuisance. The result L'dxresting Collection of Items Fro-n th« of such laws in Alabama was shown by Two Hemispheres Presented in a Mr. Poorman to be far reaching in its Creidensed Form. effect, putting a stop to car robbing. The bill was passed, there being no The condition of Empress Frederick negative votes. continues unchanged. Passed by the Senate. Purchase of 900 cavalry horses in The senate passed the following bills Oregon has been ordered by the war Monday: House bill 11, to authorize department. clerks of school districts and county A provincial government is in course judges to bid in property sold for taxes of formation in Tarlac, a northern Lu- anil to direct tire manner in which con province. such property may be disposed of; sen General Chaffee is not to join in the ate bill 222, to regulate surety compan German expedition in China under ies; by Senutor Booth, fixing the salar Von Waldersee. ies of the county treasurers of the state; Fire destroyed the Union Railway senate bill 227, to authorize the capi- Company’s barns at Elwood, K. I., tol building commissioners to construct and 80 tiolley cars, causing a loss oi a ditch in order to secure water for the state institutions. $162,000. mms w mt m Governor Rogers lias appointed G. Meade Emery, as an additional judge for King county. Wash., to serve until the next election. Eight alleged Boxer leaders, aftei trial by officers of Chang Chi Tung, the viceroy of Ilanko, have been de capitated at that place. William P. Hill, for over 50 years a prominent New England newspaper editor, is dead of grip, at the home of his son-in-law in Denver, Col. The schooner Alice, which was in the Nome trade last vear, ran on the rocks near the West Point lighUtouse, while en route to Seattle from San Pedro. The full extent of the damage is not known. She was towed to Port Townsend. Fire destroyed the Pythian opera house, the Second National bank build ing and the building occupied bv the Southern Express Company, at Jack- non, Tenn., causing a loss of $100,009. It is believed two lives were lost in the falling of the opera house walls. The bank of Omaha, at Omaha, Tex., has been robbed of $3,000 in cash and paper amounting to $2,000, The rob ber» made their escape upon a hand car. The lone occupant of the bank was decoyed from town by bogus tele grams, and remained away from Oma ha on the night of the robbery. A verdict for $1,600 for the plaintiff was rendered in the circuit court in the case of J. J. Hecker vs. the O. R. & N. Co., at The Dalles, Oregon. Hecker, iu June last, while driving across the railroad track four mile» west of town, was struck by an engine, and sustained severe injuries for which ■uit for $2,600 was brought. Money scarcity in England contin ues. The president will call an extra ses sion. The end of the Boer war is uot iu sight. Severe cold weather prevails through out Europe. A 13-inoh gun exploded on the bat tleship Kearsarge. An Englishman's letter created a sensation in Manila. Five rebel officers and 20 men were captured near Manila. Civil government was established in 1’angasinau province. All the volunteers will be home from the Philippines by June 80. Tbe czar is suspicious of Eyiperoi William's doings iu England. Appropiiation bills have the right of way in the house this week. Russia has imposed an increased tariff on imports from America. The senate will practically devote this week to appropriation bills. Ixiuisiana mob hanged a negro who killed a white man aud his family. Fix persons were killed and as many seriously injured in a train wreck io Nevada. Nine prisoners in the Siiokane conn ty jail overpowered the jailer ami eg- caped. Official list of the victims of ths Uniou mine accident places the num ber at 64. One regiment and a portion of two others will be mustered out at Van couver, Wash. Elaborate preparations are being made for the colonial tour of tbe Duko of Cornwall aud York. Two Bridal Veil, Or., factories and the O. R. * N. railroad bridge wer, damaged by the Ineakingof a drift jam. Danish government has broken oil negotiations with the United 8tatei regarding tbe sale of Danish West In dies. Colonel W. T. Hart, a well-known Western promoter, committed suicide by jumping from a moviug traiu lute the Snake river. To hasten peace negotiations. Von Walderaee has planned an 80-day ex pedition aud asks American and Freucb to co-operate with the Germaua. (Jueen Victoria had 73 childien, grandchildren and gieat-graudchil- dren. Lord Rotierts is the fir»t man ever entitled to wear the Garter, the Vic toria Croee and tbe order of St. Pat rick. Thirty-five prominent American sculptor» will contribute to the eml>el- liihmeut of tne grounds and buildings of the I’an-Amerioan exposition al Buffalo, N. Y. To Pay State Taxes Twice a Year. Senate bill 223 was passed by the senate Monday. It provides that state taxes shall be payable by the counties in two semi-annual installments. This change in the law is proposed in order to harmonize with the new law which makes taxes payable iu the counties semi-annually. The Senatorial Vote. The vote for senator Monday stood: H. W. Corbett, 82; Binger Hermann, 28; R. D. Inman. 26; George H. Wil liams, 1; C. E. 8. Wood, 1; absent. 2. Two Railroad Bills Killed. The house after spending nearly an other half day in consideration of rail road bills, disposed of two more Wed nesday. One of these measures was Boorman's fellow-servant bill. It was debated at length, and although even its opponents admitted it had good points, it was defeated by a vote of 31 to 22. The other railroad bill which was disposed of, and which met a sim ilar fate, was the bill of Harris to fix the liability of railroad corporations for injuries. But 19 votes were cast iu favor of this bill. No Holiday at Salem. Washington’s birthday, February 22, is a legal holiday, but it is not a legis lative holiday unless the legislature by specific act chooses to make it so. Inasmuch us Washington’s birthday happens this year to fall on the 40th day of the session (the usual day of sine die adjournment) it is probable that business will be proceeded with much as usual. The constitution of the state does not limit the sessions to 40 days, but does limit the total coin* pensatiou of each member to $120 at $3 per day; therefore, few legislators can be expected to be so self-sacrific ing as to work long for nothing. Bills Passed. The senate Wednesday passed the following bills: Senate bill 79, to cor rect the description of the boundary of Wheeler county; senate bill 143, to protect hotel ami boardiug house keep ers; by Hunt, regulating street rail* ways in Portland; senate bill 73, to enact the Torrens system of registra tion oi land titles; somite bili 172, to regulate insurance companies; senate bill 81, to provide for the election of road supervisors; senate bill 137, to create the otlice of county auditor of Multnomah county; senate bill 217, to amend the charter of Sherwood; senate bill 216, to fix the salary of prosecut ing attorney iu the Seventh judicial district. The house Wednesday passed bills as follows: house bill 27, providing for a uniform system of mine bell sig nals; house b<II 146, making it a crime to remove or interfere with miniug lo cation marks; house bill 127, regulat ing the supply of water for irrigation purposes. in i DtAin TPAP —No Hope for Them. BY AN EXPLOSION OF GAS Only Exit Is the Mouth of the Shaft, Which Is Filled With a Huge Volume of Smoke —Relief Measures Have Begun. Vancouver, B. C., Feb. 18.—Sixty- five miners are imprisoned in No. 6 »bait of the Cumberland coal mine on Vancouver island. The only exit is the mouth of the shaft which is filled with a huge volume of flame. There is considered to be no possibility for the unfortunates to escape. Details of Disaster Meager. Details of the disaster are meager. The Cumberland mine is near the vil lage of Union, about 69 miles north of the town of Nanaimo. Ths only telegraphic communication fiom Un ion is by a single government wire, aud little is known of the tragedy in the mine except that a terrible explo sion occurred iu No. 6 shaft of tlie Cumberland about 11 o'clock thia morning. Following the explosion the shaft caught fire, and the 65 miners who were working half a mile from the entrance were caught in ¡a death trap. A relief party from No. 5 shaft made a brave but futile attempt at a rescue. They were headed off by the fire and could not reach the imprisoned men. The attempt at rescue was made through No. 5 shaft, but the flames prevented any development of the per ilous venture. The Cumberland mine is one of the pioperties of the Union Colliery Com pany, situated near Comox and reached from Uniou bay by the private colliery railway crossing the Trent river on which the memorable bridge disaster occurred a year or two ago. It has been singularly fortunate here tofore in immunity from disaster and was counted an especially safe mine to work in by reason of the character of the formation in which the coal it found there, and the manner in which it had been <■ pened up. No. 6 shaft, the scene of the disaster, was bottomed in October, 1898, at a depth of 814 feet. It is well constructed aud tim bered, with a mud wall, the pit bot tom being timbered with 12x18 sawn hulks, built solidly together, 16 fest wide and 12 feet high. The shaft is located close to the lailwny, and the ventilation of the mine is effected by a 14x5-foot Guibal fan, which, when ran to its fall capacity, gives 85,900 cubic feet of air circulatieu per minute. The air enters by the haulage slopes anil is divided into seperate splits, ths main split being at the point where No. 2 branches off the main slope, part of the air going down each slope. Further down each of these slopes the air is again split, aud sent to the work ings east and west of the respective slopes. A second explosion occurred in No. 5 shalt tonight, but it had been ex pected, aud all the men had left the workings. There were no casualties. This explosion prevents any further effirts being made to rescue the en tombed miners through No. 6 shaft. The recorder and clerk of Washing ton county collected $211.80 in fees last month. It is announced from Harrisburg that David Buaey has sold his farm on Lake Creek to Mr. Busbe», from Wash ington. The consideration is said to have been $7.000. The Heppner Milling Company last week shipped a lot of seoud-hand ma chinery to Portland. As eoon as the water opens up aagin the mill will be run to its full capacity day and night, , Found Dead on the Desert — A» Many Seriously Injured. 320 Student» Have Been Arrested. Winnemucca, Nev., Feb. 19.—Tbe iastbound overland limited Southern Pacific train, officially known as No. 2. was wrecked at 5:29 o’clock yesterday morning nt a point 27 miles west ot this place, while running at a speed of 50 miles au hour, tlie train w^nt into a washed out culvert, aud the resplt was the worst wreck known on this division of the road. Six persons were killed and six injured. The disaster occurred at a point where an embankment 3 feet high crosses a ravine. Melting snow from the mountains caused a heavy rush of water which broke through the em bankment some time during the night. The washout was about 75 feet in width, and into the raging torrent the ill-fated train plunged without warn ing. The engine nearly cleared the break before the rails gave way, the tender falling back. Tne mail car and composite car followed into the chasm, the composite car telescoping the first of the Pullman sleepers nearly half its length. Two sleepers and the dining car re mained on the track. The bodies of two men, evidently tramps, who were stealing a ride, are in the wreckage. Train No. 4, the eastbound express, was following the limited train very closely, and the rear brakeman of the latter had only a few minutes in which to flag No. 4 and prevent a rear end collision. At 7:20 A. M. a special train left this place for the scene of the wreck, carrying doctors and nurses, and the injured were given every attention pos sible, being taken to the hotel at Mill City, the nearest station. The dead and injured were later taken back to Wadsworth on a special train, and will be carried on to San Francisco. It will be two or three days before the track can be put inx condition so that the running of trains may be re sumed. It will l>e necessary first to build a trestle across the chasm in which the recked cars are lying. St. Petersburg, Feb. 20.—lhe min ister of the interior, M. Sipiaguine, on Saturday ordered the suppression for three months of the Novosti Dnja. a Moscow newspaper, which has violated the prohibition against the publication of university bulletins. A secret cir cular has been issued reminding all the newspapers that the prohibition is now effective. Information has been received here that 320 students have been arrested in Moscow, presumably the whole as sembly which obstructed the lectures among the students. Eighteen stu dents were arrested here, but were sub sequently released. Pending a decis ion iu their case, however, they were forbidden to re-enter the university. Sixteen additional arrests were subse quently made, lhe forestry institute, near by, held a meeting and declared the institute closed until the sentences aaginst the students should be revoked and military law repealed. The institute of railway engineers, by a vote of 230 to 100, declared for obstruction. The military and medi cal academy students met, with the permission of General Kouroptkin, the minister of war, the latter merely warning them that he could not pre vent the operation of military law if obstructionary tactics were adopted. Of the 800 who were present at the meeting only 160 favored obstruction. OVERPOWERED THE JAILER. Nine Prisoner» in the Spokane County Jail Escape—Officer Gave Pursuit. Spokane, Feb. 19.—Arthur Spencer, of San Francisco, charged with imper sonating a United States officer, and eight other prisoners overpowered Jailer Thompson in the Spokane county jail this morning and are now at large. Thompson says he was seized from behind by prisoners who were hiding behind a door, was beaten in o insen sibility, robbed of keys and revolver and gagged to prevent an outcry. When the jailer got loose he took a Winchester and went out to look for the escaped men. He spied a citizen who, frightened bv the jailer’s appear ance, started to run. The jailer gave pursuit and began to shoot at the man, who finally was rescued by a jury out for an airing. Fosses have been sent out every where, but not one of the jail breakers has been sighted. NEGRO WAS LYNCHED. Killed a Man and His Family and Ransacked the House. Kill^by a Tiger. Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 18. — Albert Neilson, aged 15, employed as au ani mal keeper at the Zoological garden, in this city, »as killed by a Bengal tiger today. He entered the tigei’s cage and was attacked by the beast. A terrible struggle followed in which Neilson was torn in a hundred places. Red hot irons were thrust iuto ths blood thirsty animal, but not until seven bullets had been fired into its body did it release its hold on its vic tim. Neilson was dragged from the cage more dead than alive, and was hurried to the city hospital, where he died as he was being carried in. The tiger was not fatally wounded, Neil- son had been employed by the Zoo company three years. He was in The Senatorial Vote. charge of the lion's cubs, and it is sup The joint vote for senator Wednes posed opened the tiger's cage by mis day was: II. W. Corbett, 32; Binger take. Hermann, 29; George H. Williams, 1; K. D Inman, Democrat, 26; W. E. Generali to Retire Today. Robertson, Democrat, 1; absent, 1. Washington, Feb. 18.—Generals J. Oregon Notes. H. Wilson, Fitzhugh Lee and Theo The Robins saw mill, six miles east dore Schwan will be retired tomorrow, of Union has been leased by a man the last named on his own applicaion. Colonel A. 8. Dnggett, Fourteenth in from the East. fantry, will be promoted to a brigadier Eugene veteians of the Spanish ami generalship, aucceeding Schwan, and Philippine wars are plaumng to organ- will be retired immediately. ize a local association. A paper it being oirculated at New- May Arre»t Without • Warrant berg soliciting subscriptions to stock Pittsburg. Pa., Feb. 18. — In the suit for the purpose of operating a canuery. • f John B. Bennett against Secret Serv Tom Gilliam's log drive, consist* ice Agents Flynn and Herriman and ing of 4,000.000 feet, is stranded in Deputy United States Marsha) W. S. the Mohawk waiting for a freshet, it Blair, who were charged with malic- is consigned to the Booth-Kelly mills Iona trespass assault and battery in at Coburg. connection with the arrest of the plain Barbed wire telephone lines are com tiff, Judge W. M. Achin, in the Unit ing back into fashion in Morrow conn- ed States conrt, nanded down an im »y- The latest is one between the portant opinion. He makes a prece ranch of C. E. Jones, near Eight-Mile dent in deciding that Uuited Statea postoffice and Heppner, via O. E. marshal» or their deputies can make Farnsworth's ranch on Rhea cteek arrests in emergency cases ‘without warrant. aud the public road to Hardman For the Publication of Unlveraity Bulletins— 'Ive Passenger» and Fireman on Wrecked Train Sixty-Five Miners Are Entombed CAUSED MOSCOW PAPER SUPPRESSED SIX WERE KILLED, I New Orleans, Feb. 19.—Thomas Jackson, a Negro, was lynched today at St. Peter, 20 miles above this city, for a series of crimes. This morning he visited the home of Alexander Bour geois, the engineer of the drainage machine on Bellepoint plantation, some distance from the plantation quarters. He told Bourgeois the manager wanted him, and the engineer mounted the tricycle with the Negro. Jackson stabbed the engineer in the back and threw the body into a ditch. He then returned to the house ana butchered Mrs. Bourgeois and her two babies and ransacked the house. Two boys visit ing the family hid in the woods. After the negro’s departure the boys went to St. Peter and gave the alarm, return ing with a mob of several hundred men. The negro was tracked to his home and fully identified by the boys. He was hanged and his body riddled with bullets before the sheriff arrived. Composer Nevin Dead. New Haven. Conn., Feb 19.—Eth- elbert Nevin, musician and composer, died suddenly here today of heart dis ease. Mr. Nevin came to New Haven about five weeks ago to be associated with professor Parker, of Yale univer sity, in his muecial work. Ethelbert Neivn was liorn in Nevinacre, Pa., in 1863. As a coptnoser, Mr. Nevin at tained a name hardly second to auy musician, ami bis songs are known throughout the continents. Among these are “The Rosary,” ’’Narcissus,” “Good Night,” ‘‘Good Night, Belov ed,” and an arrangement of Heins' “The Heiden Roeslein.” Mexican Troops Defeated Indians. Mexico City, Feb.‘19.—The federal troops had another engagement with May» Indians yesterday, aud the troop» turued their flank and drove them from ail their fortified places. . The new Mauser rifles are fonnd to be extremely effective against the enemy. Three S ’kid«» in San Francisco. Tacson, Aria. Feb. 18.—Georg» San Francisco, Feb. 19.—Sni?idea Wheatley a well-known mining man were epidemic in this city today. and two Mexican miners we-e round Three men suffering from despondency dead in their tent, one mile from the took their lives. A. I-ewis, a ahoe- mining camp of Schults. 30 miles frr.na maekr in ill health, ended bis life trou Tucson. Wheu found the parties had bles by asphyxiation. Robert Mc been dead for sei oral days. Indica Kenna. a painter, quarreled with bis tions point to death from charcoal wife and swallowed a done of arsenic. fumee. Some believe that the men war» A. Moeller, a baker, who grieved over poisoned. The body of one o' the the death of a eon. who wee killed in Mexicans was being consumed by dre the terrible football accident last when tbe remain» were discovered. i Thanksgiving, took carbolic acid. Chaffee Is Not to Join the Ger man Expedition. THE GOVERNMRNT FACES A CRISIS State Department May Try to Dissuade Berlin Authorities From Undertaking This Cam paign—Chinese Are to Blame. Washington, Feb. 20.—The United States government is facing a serious crisis in China, owing to the announce ment of the purpose oi Field Marshal Couut von Waldersee to begin anoth er offensive campaign. General Chaf fee has been invited to join in the ex pedition, which is to be mobilized on a larger scale than auything attempted iu China since the allied army began the march to Pekin. The general so informed the war department today, anil the officials of the state depart ment have been advised of the situa tion. This German movement is viewed with absolute dismay here, for it is feared that it requires an immediate decision bv the United States govern ment of its whole line of policy toward the Chinese question. General Chaffee will be told that he is not to partici pate in this campaign. He has been keeping the American forces in Pekin ever since the city was pacified, simply as a legation guard, and the German government is fully aware that the United States government purposely deprived the American contingent in China of its offensive military char acter and withdrew it from the control of General von Waldersee in order to hasten peace negotiations and prevent, so far as it could, the continuance of military movements against the Chi nese, which were baneful in their effect upon tbe peaci movement. So our government, not having changed its policy, cannot do otherwise than to cause General Chaffee to refrain from auy participation in military move ments so long as the present peaceful conditions continue. But amit.ner very serious point under consideration is, not whether Chaffee shall join the German movement, but whether it is not tbe duty of our gov ernment to exercise all proper efforts to dissuade the German government from undertaking this campaign. The Chiuese government is unfortu nately delaying the peace negotiations in an exasperatin' fashion, aud is not responding in proper spirit to the effort of the United States government. Word has just come from Minister Conger which confirms the press ad vices relative to the Chinese declina tion to accede to the demands of the ministers in the matter of capital pun ishment of the leaders implicated in the Boxer movement. Mr. Conger’s message gave it to be understood that the Chinese government had agreed to exile Prince Tuan and Lan without capital sentences; to recommend sui cide to Prince Cnwaug; death for Yu Hsien and Chao Chi Chao; imprison ment and degradation from office for Chi Haui and Hsu Cheng Yu. It is said an edict has already been issued to execute these sentences. A visit from the Japanese minister to the state department served to give color to the story that our government is casting about to ascertain how far the other powers party to the Chinese question would indorse this proposed campaign. It is impossible to secure exact iuformation on the subject. The whole subject, it is said, is to come be fore the cabinet meeting tomorrow, when the course to be pursued by the United States government will be de termined. It is said unequivocally by competent authority that the American niilitary foices under no circumstances will participate with the Germans in the proposed expedition, and, although it cannot be learned that General Chaffee has yet received instructions to that effect, he undoubtedly will have threm very shortly. The United States gov ernment stands steadfastly by the prin ciples laid down iu Secretary Hay's letter of July 3 last. LEFT $70,000,000. Huntington’s Estate Has Since Increased $10,* 000.000—Pays $700.000 Inheritance Tax. New York, Feb. 20. — Executors of the estate of Collis P. Huntington, have deposited with the controller a certified check for $700,000, to cover the amount of the inheritance tax which will be collected by the state. The deposit indicates the worth of the estate at the time of the testator’s death to have been approximately $70,000,- 000, which has now been increased about one-seventh,-making the present worth $80,000,000. The size of the check indicates that the Huntington estate in value will more than double the estimate placed upon it at the time of the death of the California pioneer. Owing to the rise in railroad securities during the lasfc six months, the Huntingtou estate is now worth almost, if not quice, $10,- 000,000 more than it was when the will was offered for probate. As the inheritance tax is based upon the value at the time of the death of the testa tor, the estate would now seem to be worth approximately $80,000,000. No accurate idea as to how the Hun tington millions are invested has yet been made by the executors. TRIED BY A MOB Tennessee Negro’s Jurors Hanged Him—He Confessed, Implicating Others. Dyersburg, Tenn., Feb. 20.—An un known man broke into the residence of Dr. Arnold, a prom’nent physician here, yesterday, aud struck Miss Eliza. Arnold on the head and side with a hatchet. She fainted without seeing the assailant, who became frightened aud fled. Bloodhounds followed the trail from the young lady’s room to the house of a negro named Fred King, where a hatchet was found in a bureau drawer. Kiug and two other negroes were arrested but the latter were re leased. A mob formed and would have lynched King bnt for the plead ings of Dr. Arnold, who insisted upon having better evidence of guilt. A mob formed today and took King from the jail and tried him befoie a jury selected from the mob. He confessed, implicating several other negroes, and was then banged. Another negro named Beebe has been captured, charged with complicity in the assanlt. and probab'y will meet the same fate. NEGOTIATIONS BROKEN OFF. Danish Government Will Not Sell Us Danish West Indies. Collision at Sea. uondon, Feb. 20.—The Russian bark Hoppet, Captain Lindblom, which sailed from Hull February 14 for Sa- pelo, has been towed into Grimsby with bows seriously damaged by col lision on the night of February 15, with the steamer Homer, from Li baa. The Homer disappeared after tbe col lision, and is believed to have found ered, with the loss of 16 lives. Mexican Mine Flooded. Phoenix, Ar«., Feb. 20.—Particu lars have been received here of the Hooding of the Santa Rita mine, in the Bacatate mountains, 200 miles south of Hermosillo. Four miners were drowned and their holies have been recovered. The flood was caused by the openiug of a vein hy a blast. The main tunnel was flooded, and while miners in the upper end escaped, the workers in the lower end were eaged like rats in a trap. Miners outside made desperate efforts to rescue their fellows, but without avail. Striker» Riot in France. Chalons Snr Soane, France, Feb. 30. — Striking metal workers marched through the town today, compelling other factories to close, forcing open the doors and bringing ont workmen, until the strikers numbered about 800 men. The gendarmes and troops were •u mm one. I end tbe rioters were die- pened with fixed bayonets, after the reading of the usual proclamation. Fifty arrests wree made. Nobody was seriously injured. V London, Feb. 20.— “The Danish gov ernment,” says the Copenhagen corre spondent of the Daily Mail, “has sud denly broken off all dealings with the United States regardig the sale of the Danish West Indies. This is due to a satisfactory offer made hy the Danish East Asian Steamship Company to as sist and in the fntnre to administer the islands. The American government has been notified as to this decision.” The Copenhagben correspondent of the Times says: “From a competent source, I learn that the Danish West Indies will not be sold during the present parliament ary session. The syndicate will form a new trans-Atlantic steamship com pany and undertake other commercial enterprises in connection with the islands, whose excellent ports will be, it is presumed, invaluable when the Nicaragua canal is finished. ‘The negotiations are still uncom pleted, but they will be settled before October, and tbe negotiations with the United States will then be dropped. Skagway to Dawson. Tacoma, Feb. 20.—Advices have been received here that tne White Pass & Yukon road have purchased the property of the Canadian Development Company, to take effect April 1. By this extensive acquisition of property the railroad company practically ex tends its line from Skagway to Daw son This practically gives the White Pass Railroad Company the control of all the waterways to the interior, as it I also controls the Atlin route r