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
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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
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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
....-
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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,
.
.
.
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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. ”