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THE BORDER ISSUES. ' Diplomats Again to D. I. AIBVBT, Publish«*. Tak* Up the Alaska Boundary and Other Questions. Washington, Jan. 1. — It is expect- McMINN VILLE........... OREGON. • ed that efforts will be renewed before long for the settlement of the num erous controversies which have long existed between the Unite«! States and Great Britain, growing out of relations along the Canadian border, the At An Interesting Collection of Items From th* lantic fisheries, warships on the Great Two Hemispheres Presented In a Lakes, the Alaska boundary and Condensed Form. other questions. Heretofore the ne England’s coal supply may not out gotiations designed to secure a settle ment of the matters recited have not last the century. Germany bus ordered another war proved effective, largely because of the cumbersome machinery of nego ship to Venezuelan waters. Senator Depew ami Miss May tiation, ami this has led to the belief that much more could be accomp Palmer were married in Italy. Four hundred were killed in a bat lished by direct negotiations between Secretary Hay ami Lord l’auncefote tle in the interior of Colombia. on the main points ami the subse- was The battle ship Missouri «pient assembling of a'commission launched at Newport News, Va. The death of Governor Rogers was representing the United States, Great Britain and Canada to give form to due to worry as much as to ills. tne basis of agreement rendered. Insurgent sympathizers have mur T he British author iti«s Lave main dered a number of friendly natives. tained for some time that when the Four trainmen were killed near isthmian canal treaty is once disposed Scrunton, Pa., on a runaway coal of there will be a renewal of the train. efforts to adjust llie Alaska boundary Prominent Englishmen are coming ami other pending questions, the to America to study its business canal treaty being regaided as one of methods. the many pending questions. Now Fire at Andersen, Ind., destroyed that the British government lias several business houses, causing a loss yielded the Clayton-liulwer treaty and other points in the isthmian ne of $40,000. gotiations, it desir« » to take up some There is no friction between t lie of the other questions in which it military and civil authorities in the has important interests involved. Philippines. Lord l’auncefote desiresto clear up Generals Chaffe«1 and Wheaton have all the ¡lending differences and have gone to Batangas to personally inves a “clean slate” before bis present tigate the conditions there. term as ambassador comes to a close. United States Senator Sewall is When be came to W ashington there were four issues between the two gov dead. ernments. The first of these was A department store at Victoria, B. the Behring sea question, which had C., burned. Loss, $250.000. reached an acute stage. The diplo Germany is preparing to blockade mats disposed of this «jtiestion. 1 he Venezuelan ports ami enforce her de next was over Venezuela, which, like mands. the seal question, at one time tlireat- But the efforts of diplo The Chinese court will soon return eneil war. to Pekin and extensive preparations macy were again successful in aveit- ing trouble ami bringing about a set are being made to receive it. tlement. The third important issue Governor Shaw will not discuss the was the isthmian canal, which has policy he will pursue when he be- been satisfactorily disposed of by the conies secretary of t he treasury. recent Hay-l’auncefote treaty. This Governor Taft has left Manila for leaves only one issue remaining in home. order to bring about a “clean slate,” The insurgent general Sampson 11 us namely, the border controversy, both as to Canada and Alaska. 1'he Brit surrendered in Bohol. ish otlii ials link these various bound Another corps of burghers will be ary controversies together, as they formed in South Africa. are more or less connected. Four persons perished in the burn At present a modus vivendi exists ing of a river steamer at Menphis. as to tiie Alaska boundary question, There is little hope of an irrigation chiefly for the purpose of avoiding bill being passed by this session of a clash along the lairder and holding each side in check until a final bound congress. ary has been determined upon. It to interfere General Chaffee refused seems to be conceded on both sides in the court martial of a Filipino that the modus cannot be carried on murderer. indefinitely, and that sooner or later Chile anil Argentina have signed a the «¡uestion of establishing a perma protocol agreeing to arbitrate their nent lioiindnry must be settled. differences. By a gas explosion at a Kokomo, LANDSLIDE CAUSED WRECK. Ind., glass factory, one man «as killed and several injured. Four Lives Lost in an Accident on the Ches, S«'cretary Long, by «lirection of apeake & Ohio. President Roosevelt discharged Ma Lynchburg, Va., Jan. 1. — A land clay from the Brooklyn mivv yard. A Toledo, < •., fire truck collided slide on the Chesapeake A Ohio with a street, «air, resulting in the Railroad, near Reusen station, live dent h of one lii ennui and the injury of miles south of Lynchburg on the James river branch, yesterday, caused several ot hers. a wreck in which four men were Tne Chinese court will engage an killed ami several persons injured, but American advi-er. none of them severely. Several passengers from the scene Fire at Springfield, O., destroyed a church building which cost $30,<XX>. of the wreck say that probably one or Ex-Governor Shaw, of Iowa, has two passengers ar«' bunt'd under the been offered the secretaryship of the debris caused by the slide, but no names can be ascertained of any pas treasury. sengers known to be missing. l’lie Fire wreck«'«! a live story New York train to which the mishap oceurretl buihling, doing damage to the extent was known as No. 7. It left Lynch of $75,tXX>. burg liehiiul schedule time, and con Bids of $77,5(10 have been made sisted of an engine, tender, baggag«' slid refused for seats 011 the New York car and one passenger car, which was pretty well tilled with passengers. Stock Exchange. It is stated that the train had run Fire damaged the Champion coated into a rock slide without damage, paper works, at. Hamilton, O., to the and th«* trainmen and some of the extent of nearly $1,000,1X10 passengers had suceeeile«! in pushing Two masked men enter«! the office the passenger ear back from under of the Al«ermitby furniture factory at the cliff’. They were trying to do the Leavenwort h, Kan.,and got away with ■same for the baggage ear when a second heavy slide came down. A the tri-weekly payroll of $!XX>. J shout of warning as th«' second slide Argentina ami Chile have signed a «'amt* enabled most of those who were protocol to submit their differences to in danger to escape without injury. arbitration of Great Britain, and that country has signified its willingness TURNING BONDS INTO CASH. tMoFnñTi to serve. The first torjiedo boat built by Rus sia at the new Port Arthur navy yard is a success. The boat has developed a mean s|s'ed of 27 Si knots on her trial trip. Robls'rs entered the Chicago Hous«. Wrecking Company's building, Isiund ami gagged two watchmen and blew open th«» safe. They took $33 from th«' watchmen. Th«* amount taken from the safe was not large. Th«* Consoliilated Implement Com pany and the Co-Operativ«> Wagon and Machine Company, of Salt Lake two of th«' largest establishments of their kind in tin* W««t, have been cons«ilidat«l. The new concern will la* known ns th«' Consolidated Wagon A Machine Company. Its capital stock lias been fixed at $1.5<Xt,(XX>. The new German ins[«cetion law will become effective as regards im ported meats, April 1. 1902. Th«> cost of schools for Indian chil dren to the government was $2.489,- 525 in 191X1 The enrollment was 26,541 Dr. Paache warns the reiehstag that the United _____________ States — is Germany _______ j _ s ........ most . dangerous trad«' enemy ati«l urges de- fensive mewsurea against the “Ameri- can peril."_______________________ j Csrncgie Making His Gift to th* Govtrnment Availablt. New York. Jan. 1. — It^is report«'«! «m Wall street that at an auction sale by Adrain H. Muller A Co., 5 per «■ent Iximls of the Carnegie Steel Com pany sold at 113 7-8. say the Journal. Andrew Carnegie tender«*d $B>,(XX>,tXX1 m these bonds to th«* government for the W ashington Memorial University for Original Research ami the sal«' is lielieved by some to indicate that Mr. Carnegie has begun to convert the bonds into money in order that the government should l«e reliev«xl from any embarrassment on account of t In* hinds. At the prie«' realized, th«« $ll),(XM).<XX) in bomls wotllil l«e e«|uiv ab ut t« $11,387,54X4, a substantial in crease of the prtimistsl endowment. 0« mt bros GREAT NAVAL Germany Preparing to PRICE OF PANAMA CANAL SHOW. Blockade Venezuelan Ports- Fleet ol Warships Collect. M l/UU I K Mill ----------------- Th* French Company Agrets to Sell Their Interests for $40,000,000. Paris, Dec. 31.—M. Lam pre, sec Washington, Dec. 30.—The gatner- A Passenger and Freight Collide retary genera) of the Panama Cana) ing of German warships in the vicin Al! Parts of the State. On Chicago Northwestern. Company, sailed for New York today ity of Venezuela and the presence in on the French line steamer L Aqui- the same locality of many American, tane, from Havre. He will confer on COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL NOTES, ETC British, French and other foreign FOUR KILLED AND TWENTY-NINE INJURED his arrival in the United States with warships is directing attention to the a number of Panama Company offi A Brief Revi«« ot th* Growth «nd Improvs- immeue naval demontration Germany Freight Has Too Long for Siding, and Occu cers, and make overtures for the sale nanti ot th* Many Indulto** Through of the property to the United States. pied Part of Main Track—Ofikiali is about to make against Venezuela. In view of the doubt existing in out Our Thriving Commoawaalth. Say Switch Was Left Open. Thus far the German government has the United States regarding the price not made public the exact details 'of the Panama Canal Company's repre A wind storm at Astoria did $16.500 her proposed move, the official com Chicago, Jan. 1. — Four persons a re sentatives intend to ask for the prop damage. munication to the United States being dead ami 29 injured, several of them erty, the correspondent of the Asso A gift of $1000 in cash has been confined to an inquiry as to the atti possibly fatally, as a result of a col ciated Press made inquiries from the mad«' to Philomath college. tude of this government on the ques lision on the Chicago A Northwestern best source of information on that The smallpox scare at Marshfield tion of a demonstration, in view of Railroad today at Malta, III., 60 miles subject, and is enabled to say that the has passed and the quarantine raised. price will be approximately $40,000,- The December shipment of wheat the purpose on the part of Germany west of Chicago. The trains in col 000. This figure cannot yet [be given from Portland exceeded 2,000,000 bush not to acquire any permanent foot lision were the Omaha Flyer, an as the exact one, because the com els. hold in Venezuela. The answer of eastbound passenger train, and an pany has not yet come to a definite; The Douglas county poultry show at this government was entirely satis eastbound freight train. The wreck decision, but it will not be appreciab- ( Roseburg last week was a success in factory to the German authorities, , The Isthmian commis caught fire ami two passenger coaches, )y higher. every particular. who since have proceeded with the sion’s full report is now 111 possession one sleeping car and eight freight cars State Food Commissioner Hailey has execution of their plans for coercing of the Panama Company, ami its val started a crusade against light-weight Venezuela. were burned. uations will lie studied in detail. California butter. The injured passengers were attend The report of the directors of the Pan It is said that the first probable Weston had a small fire a few days move by Germany will b«« the estab ed immediately by physicians from ama Company, cabled to the Asso aco, but the blaze was extinguished lishment of a blockade of Venezuelan Rockford ami Dekalb, and later were ciated Press, said : before much damage was done. ports so as to prevent the importation removed to St. Luke’s hospital in “We offer to accept as the basis and Arrangements have been completed of food products into Venezuela, ami Chicago by special train. At St. principle of departure of fresh nego for the registration of voters of Marion thus starve the besieged into submis Luke’s hospital it is stated that while tiations the figures and declarations county, which begins January 6. sion. Venezuela, it is said, is entire several of the injured are in a serious maintained in the Isthiman commis Real estate is moving quite lively ly dependent <111 the outside world for condition, all, it is believed by the sions definite report.” around Weston. Several farms have its supply of corn, which is a staple] attending physicians, will recover. The etimates reached by such eiWi- been sold recently at good prices. l lie freight train had taken a sid nent men are not thought to be open among the Venezuelans. The Ger Six carloads of prunes just left Dal mans are expected to occupy one or 1 ing at Malta, but the train was longer to question, though possibly a lew las for the Eastern market. The price more of the main ports of Venezuela, than the siding and the freight loco items are susceptible of reconsidera paid for the fruit was 2 Lie per pound. probably La Guayra and Maracaibo. motive protruded upon the main tion ami a few matters may remain Preparations are being commenced Most positive assurances have been track beyond the side track. The to be decided, such as a valuation of all over the state for the primaries, given to the Uniteil States govern incoming passenger train from the the company's stock of supplies, but which will select the candidates for ment that the occupation is to be W est was not stopped until the two none of these is calculated to modify the June election. temporary, ami only for such length locomotives "cornered” at the switch, the gross figure to any extent. The A counterfeiting outfit has been cap of t ime as will permit the collection of the passenger engine being thrown company does not intend to give the tured at The Dalles, but the owner, the debt due to the Germans, thus into the ditch and several coaches slightest ground for any further mis who Is known, has escaped. it is disposing of the report that there is piling on top of the wreck. The cars understanding, and believes the defi probable that he will be arrested. an ulterior purpose to establish a caught fire from the locomotive. nite price put forward will now be ac Th«' Wasco Milling Company's flour German coaling station <111 Vene A statement given out by the offi ceptable. ing mill is now completed, and only zuelan soil. cials of the railroad company explains awaits the turning on of the electric On the part of Venezuela it is semi that the switch at the east end of the ADMIRAL ROE DEAD. power from White river to begin grind officially undertsood that President siding was open through mistake, ing out 500 barrels of flour a day. ami that the responsibility probably Castro has made kown that he is pre There is greater activity in the pared for any eventuality. There is lies with some member of the crew He Commanded the Saxcacus in the Battle mines of Southern Oregon at present complete silence, however, as to the of the freight train. The statement with the Rebel Ram Albemarle. than ever before in their history. New defensive measures Venezuela is places the company’»^property loss Washington, Dec. 31.—Rear Ad wagon roads are being constructed, miral Francis Ashbury Roe, U. S. N., larger stamp mills put in and new adopting, but there is no indication at about $30,000. that she is laying mines or preparing workings opened. retired, died here tonight. MORE" FILIPINO MURDERS. in any way to resist an occupation of Admiral Roe was born October 4, Governor Geer pardoned three con Ln Guayrn or Maracaibo, which are 1823. Me graduated from the naval victs the day before Christmas. such open ports that, they are prac Slaughter of Natives Who Were Friendly to academy in June. 1847, and, through Murderers Wade and Dalton have tically defenseless against such power a series of promotions, became rear the Americans. ful armament as the Germans can been sentenced to hang January 31. admiral November 3, 1884. As exec Washington, Jan. 1.— Many Fili utive officer of the Porpoise, in 1854, Another rich strike has been made bring to bear. The reliance of Vene pinos who accept service under Amer at Koulan bay, China, in an action in Southern Oregon, near Grants Pass. zuela appears to be on the practical difficulties Germany will encounter. ican rule are visited with awful ven with 13 heavily armed junks, he The assessment roll for Lane coun geance by their fellow countrymen. destroyed six and dispersed the others. ty for 1900 shows $5,709,853 assessa The records of a case have been re He was executive officer of the I’en- WORST STORM IN YEARS. ble property. coiled at the war department in sacola in 1861, when it passed down Another holdup near Oregon City Gale at Vancouver B. C. Caused $100,000 which three native policemen, who the Potomac through nine miles had been sent from Laoag to San of Confederate batteries, under con- has been reported, in which a shot Damage to Shipps. Nicholas, Hocus North, for duty at stant fire. was taken at the highwayman. He was in Farragut^s Vancouver, B. C., Dec. 30.—The the latter port, were seized and bound fleet in 1862-63, and was in the six A new logging corporation, the by an armed band of Filipino out Yeon A l’elton Company, has been worst storm for several years struck laws, taken liefore a priest to be con days’ battle below New Orleans, and form«'«!, with a capital of $150,000, to Vancouver at midnight last night fessed, and then Hung alive into a many other naval engagements. He operate an extensive plant at Rainier. and continued all day today. Great well, after being hacked with bolos. was commodore at Vera Cruz when damag«' was done, especially to '■mall Maximilian was executed by the Their assailants then filled up the Republican army of Mexico, ami com Three timbers, 1(H) feet long and shipping, the total loss being well with loose earth. One of the manded the cruiser Saxsacus May 5, about 18 inches by 20 inches, cut from mated at about $100,000. band, w ho was brought to trial, was 1864, in action with the rebel ram Oregon tret's, have been shipped East steamer Aorangi, coming in i sentenced to be hanged. for bridge purposes. They extended Australia, lay in English bay Albemarle, in the sounds of North Another native policeman met his Carolina, and defeated the ram. over three Hat cars. night and got her anchor foul of the He death at the hands of an outlaw band The immigration to the vicinity of ( anadian Pacific cable to Victoria, in the barrio of San Antonia. Laguna was the author of ‘‘Naval Duties ami Independence in the past three the end of which is now lost. The province. The outlaws were lying in Discipline.” months lias been equal to that of the cable station was wrecked bv the ambush awaiting the passage of a ............................ against it. ’ The M'BRIDE SWORN IN. four previous years. The new com storm and logs piled patrol of thre«' policemen, and upon ers are gem rally people of means ami bark Elizabeth Nicholsen draggl'd their approach the waiting Filipinos her anchor across the harbor and on the lookout for good homes. went broadside against the Hastings sprang out and captured one of the New Governor of Washington Takes Oath of Office—Ceremony was Brief. Great preparations are being made mill wharf. She broke the copper three. A few days later his body was for the Oregon Farmers' Congress, sheathing over her bows, but no holes found in a neighboring river, weight Olympia, Dec. 28.—At 1:49 o’clock to I«' held in Salem January 6-9. were stove in her. The bow of the ed with heavy rocks and showing this afternon, Lieutenaant Governor The Oregon Dairymen’s Association steamer Active was carried onto the wounds through his heart and in his Henry G. McBride became governor Two of the members of the will hold its annual meeting at th«' wharf and the vessel considerably neck. s»f the state of Washington. The same time and place in conjunction : damaged, Fifteen small steamers otitlaw band who were captured were ; oath of office was administered by ivitli the congress. went adrift ami were more or less sentenced by a military commission Chief Justice - • — Reavis, of the supreme to lx* hanged. damaged. court, The inauguration, if such it Two Filipinos who ’ took part, in the W reckage has been picked up in Portland Markets. might be called, took place in the murder of an unknown native ac Wheat—Walla Walla. 59«? 60c; bluc- the gulf, including several cases of supreme court room, and was wit- Alaska Backing Company's salmon, cused of being an American spy, be - nessed by a number of state officials stem, tile: valley. 59’,2@60c. heading the body a <1 burying it in Barley-- Feed. $17«> 17.50; brewing. marked “Todd, Icy l’ass. ” These and friends of the new governor. Be are thought to be either from a the city of Manila, were sentenced yond the administering of the simple $17.50«? 18 per ton. Oats—No. 1 white. $l«?1.10; gray. south bound Alaska steamer or from to be hanged. Another outlaw band seized a na oath of office to support the constitu the Mainlander. The latter has not 95c«?$l. tive man and woman for no apparent tion, and perform the duties of the Flour—Best grades, $2.70@3.30 per arrived and there is no news here as motive and killed them by striking office of governor to the best of his to whether she left Seattle on time or barrel; graham. $2.50. them with clubs on the back of their ability, the ceremony was brief. At Mtllstuffs—Bran. $17 per ton: mid not. its conclusion the members of the necks. dlings. $20; shorts. $18; chops. $17. suprefne bench and state officials and BLIZZARD CAME SUDDENLY. Hav Timothy. $1W i 12; clover. $7 On* Hundred Live, Lost frie"ds ,of ‘læ b’O'ernor pressed for- «1'7.50; Oregon wild hay. $5«?6 per I ward and wished his success, each ton. Helena, Mont.. Struck by a Storm Almost Tangier», Morocco, Jan. L — A shaking him by the hand. Governor Mutton—Lambs. 3’k«?3,4c. gross: water spout has burst over the town | McBride was visibly affected, being Without Warning. dressed, 6Ur per pound; sheep, wetli It caused the.(]nable to respond to a single one of Helena. Mont., Dec. 3(1. — A storm of Saffe, Morocco. ers, S'aiiS'sC. gross; dressed. 6«?6'._c loss in the space of 12 hours, those who shook his hand, while it per pound: ewes. 31a@3’^c, gross; struck Helena this morning with a greatest sweeping everything into the sea. A was noticed by all that there were dressed. B«?6L4c per pound. suddenness that was startling. An hundred persons are reported to have tears in his eyes. Hogs—Gross, S^c; dressed, 6«?6’jie apparently calm, warm morning was been drowned. There are no Euro per pound. transformed in almost a twinkling peans among the dead. The damage Accident at a Min* Shaft. Veal 8 if 9c per pound. to Saffe is enormous. Beef—Gross, cows. 3*4c: steers, into w hat was a howling blizzard. Hartshorn, I. T., Dec. 31.—At 3'2«?4c; dressed. 3«T7c per pound. A few minutes before the storm shaft No. 1. of the McAlester Coal Two Freight Wreck* in Alabama. Butter — Creamery, 25«? 27c per struck many noted a peculiar cloud Company here today, while the cage Opelika, Ala., Jan. 1.—Two freight was ascending with eight men, it pound; dairy. 18«?20e; store. 12'2«? effect in th«> valley. A huge cloud, 15c. wrecks occurred on the Western Rail | jumped its guidings about 1(X) feet shaped like a great mountain, leaden I Eggs—20«? 22’2c for cold storage: way of Alabama last night, within front the bottom of the shaft. Six in color, reaching from the valley of ....- ------- ------------- 22(??25c for Eastern; 28(f?30c for fresh l’riekly F.ar to the vaulted dome ] . ------- ------- eight men were killed, Oregon. which flood««! the They were caught between the ■ cage swept up the vallev. resemb-1 the . , heavy • rains, . . . -- j ----------------- »— Poultry Chickens, mixed. $2.50tf?3: above, ling in many resp-ets the V clou.i that track' tWO ‘’n'l’« 1'11 ’’knu'nts to and the buntings, , and their I bodies 1IIIL III lll«lllj 48 lilt It »lit I I 11<1 L . x 1 x 1 hens. $3.5O(f?4: 8tj<!?9c per pound: usually . . • * Ilin m«in nmo L'lllixrl ______1 x _ * 1 1 means a torna.lo in other tTivi* tv-IV way. < One man was killed thrnn three dropped to the bottom of the shaft. springs. 9i?10c per pound. $2.50Cf3 per states. When the cloud reached ,njUml “ nd the P ro P ert y lo8S « he «' y' All the killed were Russians. dozen: «links. $5«i?t’> for young; geese. $6.50 <i 7.59 per dozen: turkeys, live. Helena it proved to la* the advance Boers Liberated British Prissners. Coal Train Ran Away. Itir 12'2 c : dressed. 13(f?14c per pound. guard of a blizzard that struck the Cheese—Full cream, twins. 13i? town with the fury of a genuine 1 London, Jan. 1.—The war office . Scranton. Pa., . I>cc. 30.—Just ----- before I3’._.e; Young America. 14'i?15e. North Dakota creation. The snow has received a dispatch from Lord daybreak this morning an Ontario A Potatoes Best Burbanks. s5eii $1.10 descended rapidly while the wind Kitchener, dated Johannesburg, say- Western train of 50 coal cars, drawn per cental: ordinary. 70<?80c. raged. The storm lasted almost an ing that the British prisoners cap- by a 100 ton engine, ran away on the Hops—SffTIOc per pound. hour, and since then there has l>een tured when the Boers successfully hill between Preston Tark and Star- Wool Valley. 1 Write: Eastern Or a high wind. The storm came from rushed Colonel Firman's camp at light, wrecking the whole train and cgon. Sh'^tjc; mohair. 21i?21hic per the northwest ami was general over Zeefontein. have been liberated and killing four «if the hands. The train pound. returned to Bethlehem. W« stern and Central Montana. was running 90 miles an hour. Items of General Interest From A $2,090,000 silk cargo has just Stre»t and Fr*i«ht Cars Collided. Birmingham, Ala., Jan. I. — A reached San Francisco from the Orient The world famous Diesel engine is stns-t car collided with a number of freight ears attaehid to a switch to l>e built at South Wore« st« r. Mass. engine here today and one man was Twenty-seven hour trains are here kilhd and two injured. after to be run between New York and Chicago. Chicago Apartment Buildin* Burned. An immense 12.004) ton hydraulic Chicago, Jan. I. — A Christmas tr«v loadtsl with inflammable ornaments press is to l>e erected in the Carnegie ami candles caused a tire tonight that armor plate plant. «lestroytsi th«' Alexander apartment In 1!XX) England imported nearly building, a six story structure. 50,000 tons of German wines. Tornado at Naplts. Visit of Danish Warship Postponed. MacUv Drops th* Subi«ct. Rome. Dec. 30.—A tornado swept ■ ver Naples today, causing consider able damage. A woman was killed and 36 persons were injured. Many buildings in the surrounding country were dem«>lished ami a consiiierable amount of railroad pro|«erty was de* strayed. The tornado anil the sul>se- quent floods caused the loss of several lives. A cemetery at Naples was washed away. New York, Jan. 1.—Instead of sail ing for the United States the day af ter Christmas, as planned, the ban ish man of war Valkyrien remains at anchor in the harbor of St. Thomas, IX W, I., under orders from the gov ernment at Copenhagen. The visit of the Valkyrie now, unplanned sev eral months ago, and the announcent that it has been postponed is con veyed in cablegrams just received. The postponement is indetiite. New York. Dec. 31—While he was drawing his pay at the storekepeer’s department at the Brooklyn navy yard. Edgar Stanton Maclay said in an interview: “Now that I have read the letter of President Proctor, of the civil service commission, I shall let the whole matter drop. The third volume of my history has l»en revised, and so far as I am concerned, the Sam peon-Schley incident is closed. ”