Klamath republican. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1896-1914, March 29, 1900, Image 1

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    KLAMATH
VOL.
IV
KLAMATH
FALLS,
REPUBLICAN
KLAMATH
LAI IR NEWS.
ROBERTS'
Machinists of Cleveland, O., have
1er
•ven ordered out.
Epitome of the Telegraphic
News of the World.
Booncvills, Iowa, ia beiug terrorised
■y striking miners.
General Kitcheuer
Iras
Prieska, in Cajx> Colony.
occupied
House Objected to Amend­
ments to Relief Rill.
I he cn wu princess of Austria ati>l
TERSE TICKS FROM THE WIRER . ouut Lottyay were married at Vienna.
I> lnl.r».O«x Coliseli»« ot Itews Frwm
Ih» Two llsail»|ihsr*s l'rsssnls»
» Cwaileased Fort»».
Julia Arthur has retired from th«
stage.
The insurgents iu Manila aud lloug
Kong are active.
St. Patrick's day was enthuatically
celebrated throughout Capo Towu.
Ilettv Green's daughter Is said to tw
engaged to a |»'or Spanish nobleman.
The Kaua.i» City, I'lttaburg
Gulf
railway i ystem lisa la-eu add al auc­
tion.
Andrew Boiler, one of the noted
rutuiuol' gl-t.i in America, is dead lu
Chicago.
Two law*, agvl i> and 3 year», were
I'urued bi death lu their own bouse
hear (lircd. N.Y.
British imluitnea are laid I y in ueetl
of cash. The m'ii«y maiket is ho*. I
over rars iu debt.
Nine |ierson» were injured iu Sew
York by the dropping ot a coal chute
U|on an rievated tram.
(¡■-neral llernaudea. leader ot ths
Vrnouela revolution, la making pro-
grem agamst the government.
Twro thousand lUx-r women in Pre­
biria have been armed to aid in the da-
lense of the Transvaal capital.
United States supremo court rendered
a decision upholding the Texas courts
n their war against the trust».
During a row in a salism at Co«nr
d'Alene. 1-laho, two negroes were shot,
one fatally aud the other arriously.
Cuban» are clamoring against the
'ontluusiicc of Manager Siiarrettl iu
ths bishopric.
The lkx>rs at Aliwal North arc still
mddlug a iMMiiliou in the big hills mi
ilie Fro« Stat« »ide.
Washington, March 21.—The house
J. F. Allen, of New Orleans, has
Ixiught 1,000,000 Paris exposition 11« k- today roliiRcd bi concur in the senate
smendmeuts bi the Puerto Ricau relief
'ts as a speculation.
bill. Ths Democrats sup|»irle>l a mo­
Th« will of Philip D. Aimour. Jr., tion to couour, on the gtoumi that it
• as proved and admitted bi prubat« would lurther delay iu extending is-
l'he estate is ialu««l at $8,000,000.
lief b> til« liihal'llnut» <i| tlic (slsml,
John F. Nothin, a Northern I’aeitlc but the Republicans sbaxl firmly lie-
iwitchman. was ruu over iu the yards hind Chalnnau Cannoli in his demand
it ra«-oma. Wash , aud died a few that the house should iusist u|«iu its
tours later.
srlgtnal provision b> appro prists not
The slayer of Goebel ia said to be a ■ uly the uioiiey collnctssl uu Puerbi
nulatbr. who la now supposed to I* In Rican gisxia up bi January 1. but all
tiding in the wilds ol one ■>! th» uiouu- «ulwequent moneys ctdltH-letl or which
are bi lx» collected, The remainder ol
.ain cuuuties.
the day was dcvolivl to Dl«tl It t ot I '<>
At Buda Peet, Hungary, 24 praaaubi lumbla busluees.
were drowned by the capslainjf of a
Two measure» of national importance
salt, tn which they were crossing the tnd many of slightly less Interest were
Dwuulw during a gale.
|s>s«od by the «euate today. Ths leg­
Lieiib'iiant Seabm Hohroeiler, pres­ islative. executive and judicial appro­
ent secretary of the naval ihs|>cctl<>u priation bill, carrying more than
isMtrd. has Isien selected to suci-eed (MMi.tXMl, was passed without debate.
The measure providing (or th« appoint­
('•plain Is'ary as governor of Guam.
< tatnan Pasha, the hero of plerna, 1» ment of a oommlaaion bi adjudicate
ti-»'i. In IH7B he defeated tire Hnest and settle claims of the |inipl« of the
tns>|M nf the exar in three pitched bat­ United States growing out of th« war
tles, which cost Russia over 30,000 with Spain was also jstsseil without op­
position.
men.
For a brief time the Puerto Rican
F ight lailles of the sultan's |«la<-e at government and tariff measure waa un­
Constantinople have leeu sent inb> ex­ der consideration. Foraker, in charge
ile for machination» lu connection of th« bill, submltte-1 some committee
with the sultan's fugitive brother-in- amendments. A few of them were
law, Mahmed Pa«ha.
agreed bi, but the important olirà are
The city council of Astoria, Or., still pending. A free trad« amend-
passed an ordinance authorising the ment b> tho bill was offered by Beve-
chief of |«i|lce bi {aiy a bounty of ft ridge.
ruts each for all rats caught or killed
BIG ORDER FROM MANILA
within the city limits withiu the next
30 days.
Willi«» |>«|lar«* Worth of < lot It Ing fv<
Puerto Rico's distress is growing
wrune. < ioveruor < irneral Itav is cabled
that >00 tons of proviaiotu will ba
The bouse committee ou foreign af­
needed weekly.
faire has de< Pled io investigate the al­
The French Im» freighter Pau iliac legation made by Charles E. Macrum,
is niissing. --he currie.1 a cargo valued ex-cuiMul b> i'rebvria, relative b> the
st 13,000,(XXi and has uot l-eeu heard o|iening of his official mail by tire
llritisli authorities.
from for over a month.
Governor Geer received a check for
$27,806.85 from the war department in
»ettlenient of the state of < In-gon’•
claim for clothing furiil«he«l the volun­
teers.
Sir William Van ll<>rne, former pres­
ident of ths Canadian I’actHc railway,
1« Inn-rcite-l lu a project for tire cm>-
aolidation of all the railway« iu Cuba
For the development of thu protect mi
William has $25,000,(XX) at hi* di«-
poaal.
To prevent friction with the sultan
of the Milu archii-elago, measures have
The liners have 40,(MH) lighting men
Iren taken by the American authori­
ties in the Plnlipi Ines for the adjudi­ left.
cation of any questions that may arise
President Kruger dora not expect
which cannot I»» di»]«■««<I of by provis­ any ai-l from the powers.
ions of th« treaty which he and (ten-
The Boers have blown up the bridges
eral Bates «titered into several mouths
north of Bloemfontein aud are retreat­
*r<-
ing U> the north.
A ahool of forestrv will be establish­
Central American governments are
ed at Yale university.
opisiend bi the Davis amendment bi the
Governor laiary has issued a procla­ llay-l'auncefote treaty.
mation freeing the |-eou« of the island
Senabir Davis, chairman nf the sen*
of Guam.
ate committee on foreign relation« and
The transport Mea-le saileil for Ma­ in charge of the French reclpnxtlty
nila, via Honolulu, with 2ft doebva. treaty, »aid that notwithstanding the
89 hospital corps men »nd 26 recruits. purpiaie bi extend the time for the ex­
Th« port Gilison press. Port Gibeon, change of ratifications, he proposes bi
Miss., in which was «hired 2,000 bales do all he can to obtain ratification dur­
of cotUm, was burned. I/ kii $11)0,000. ing the present se»iou.
Eliaabeth T. Struble, edibir ot the
The feature of the m Patrick'» day
parade in Chicago was the carrying of a Nautilus, a Christian science news­
big Transvaal Hag at the head of the paper, at Sioux Falls, 8. D.. pleaded
guilty in the federal court b> sending
Ancient Order ot llils-rnaiis.
obe-ene liteiature through the malls,
At Marietta., Ga.. a mob of 175 men
batter« I down th« door of the jail and and was fined $200. Mrs. Struble re­
fused to pav tho line and was taken to
entered the cell of a negro aud bred
jail.
about 100 shots at him. He will die.
The Academy of Music, the leading
theater of (¿m-ls-c, was burned with a
loss ot $80,(XM). The st. Louis hotel?
hotel,
adjoining was damaged to the extent
of $30,000,
Mrs. Lida Greyeroff, th« largest
woman in Indiana, died suddenly at
•w home in Kokomo, falling from a
chair while playing dominoes.
She
weighed 550 pounds and was 32 year»
old.
'
Five dead and one fatally and on«
"Tiously injured is th« result of an at-
ten.pt b, start a fire with gasoline at
to nmbus, O. <;W)rge White used the
n>'l st Jaim-s Weaver’» residence, and
explosion followed.
The Imibliug
was set on fire, «nd the inmates were
'■overed with the burning fluid.
At Chicago. Georg« L. Magill, form-
‘f y pre-iif.-nt of the Avenue Savings
ank, which collapsed in August,
, was convicted ol receiving de|s>s-
'te- knowing his institution to be in-
"’teent, and sentenced bi the peniten-
ary for an indetinite term.
lie was
“ »■ f.neil double the amount of the do-
p
the fine amounting to
The differential freight rate of 10 per
wilt on the Canadian Pacific between
the Eastern! San Franciacois alxilished.
This is the oub ome of a meeting held
in Chicago, at which agents of the
Arnreican line« threatened bi secure
legislation debarring the Canadian Pa­
cific from participating in traffic orig­
inating in the United Stab-s if the dif-
erential were continueil.
Much concern is being shown by the
German government iu the threat mail«
by Montagu« White that the Bixir» will
destroy Johannesburg b> prevent it lx>-
ing made the base of the British <>|«era-
tions against Prebiria. The Berlin au­
thorities will strongly oppose such ac­
tion, because of the damage which will
done to the property owned by < irr
mans.
Great excitement prevails in San
Jacinto, as it has been discovered that
part of the Han Jacinto mountain has
slipped into a subterranean cavern. A
territory covering 60 acres, at an eleva­
tion of 4,000 feet, was dislodged by the
recent earthquake and has slipjssl 150
feet lower than it had previously stood
for centuries. The face of the new val­
ley ia thickly traversed with llssures
and cracks.
t
t1"’ (»'nous trotter, died at
'hhDHz’ farm, Port Chester, N. Y.
wa» brought b. the farm from New
The German government contem­
o'»» week ago, and it was intended
plates another expeditionary force to
’
‘er for breeding purposes.
She
the interior ol Shan Tung, where most
l " , * wb"'' "tm arrived here, and
of the American missions are located.
«nr <WI u,l b’r tb" , Hr» ol » veterinary
The German governor at Kiao Chou bus
how ,n‘ Sl'" ‘zr**',”»*lly became worse,
standing instructions to take such
of o‘ V''r’ .’ln’' 1,11
"Hte the life
measures for the protection, not only
Man i
w”rH fruitless. of German missionaries and other in­
n..ui' ’ YH" "w,l«d by the Bonner
tr'tH« H"' WM
y*"r" old-
Her terests in Shan Tung province as may
seem necessary, but of American mis­
1885
rBC<’rd
was made in
sionaries as well.
*h * "nMlH»Dnopl« Is-lieve
nf i„ *,l‘
ut commercial protectorate
°"><>rtheni Asia Minor.
l"»KU»,anew
vent!, * *”!1’ wi** D,»l,i a national con-
Wion in Boston July 4.
OfH)Xhiur""".'en Hl1'' ’""‘«birs ha VO 15,-
•moiiv
distribute
K their rural constituents.
am
ll"’ PtogreMiva railroada
inn t.’"‘“K WWM’*n c»« “*”> “’«’Pt'
*n*‘h»"te«| built structures.
fur
An Iowa concern 1»
wagons wholly ot steel.
making
farm
Electrical power can be traiismittiwl
with profit 80 miles and used a» steam
ia used.
Of the 26 men who have filled the
governor’» chair In
Indiana, Gov.
Mount is the only one living.
th* Moldlore.
Washington.
March 21- C-olonel
Patten, of the quartermaster generel's
office, today completed arr>ingemeuta
lor the shipment of about $ 1.000,000
worth of clothing and «qun»«gs u> Ma­
nila (or the use of trvsqia III the Philip­
pines during the nest sis mouths
Those shipmeiita will lie made by way
of New York and San Francisco by the
Hrst available transports, and are in
response In cabled requisitions from
Die d»|«it quartermaater at Manila.
Among the priucl)>al articles cab led
for are 130,000 khaki cnata, 129.000
pair» of khaki trousers. 100,500 pairs ol
russet ahoea, 60.000 |iairs of black calf-
atkn ahoea, 220,000 jstlrs ot cotton
•bulking», 7ft.000 nankecu thirls, 6ft,-
000 cotton undershirts, 70,(MX) pairs
leggings. ftO.OOO chambray ahirte, 6ft,-
000 dark M m llaiiucl slilita. ftH.iMXI
campaign hats, 7&.0O0 puirs nankeen
drawer«. 61,000 jmlrs of Jeau drawers,
10,000 linen collars, 10,000 watot belts.
7ft,ooo hat cords, 1,500 tenta (includ­
ing 200 hospital lento), 2,000 blankets,
12,000
bnsims,
8.000
scrubbing
blushes, 6.OOO barrack« chairs aud 10,-
ooo light woolen abickings.
With the exception of the light
wixdeu stocking», all articles are in
abick at the various military depots,
•nd will lie forwarded with no more
delay than necessary.
Woolen stockings have not herebifore
been considered as an essential part ol
the outflt of a soldier in the tropic»,
and consequently were not kept ill
sotek. Th«»« articles will be pur­
cliaseil in the open market in San
Francisco and forwarded with the real
In addition b> the article« already
»numerated, 500 Held ranges ure called
for. Even the«« were in sbick, ami
will be sent forward. Under the pol­
icy adpoted by the quartermaster de­
partment arrangement« will be made
immediately to replenish the sbick in
all dejsita up tn the maximum amount
at the time of the receipt of the mam­
moth order from thu Philippines.
Kmprrn« Mimi»» the |'»»w«ra.
Peking, March 21.—The ascendency
of the anti-foreign >mrty is becoming
pronounced. The dowager empresr
appears nimble sufficiently to reward
the officials who exhibit marked ho»-
tility to everything not Chinese, lieu
Tung, probably the most bitterly anti-
foreign official of the empire, has iieen
decorated with tiie three eyed pea.... ...
feather, which has never been conferred
for 80 years. The nobirlous Li Peng
Hing, who was dismissed from the
governorship of Shantung on Germany’»
demand, has Ixien advanced b> the first
rank, and the ex-governor of Shantung,
Yuh Sen, has Ixien ap|x>iubid governor
of the Hhang Hi district, a snub bi ths
l«>wers interested, and likely b> preju­
dice British Interests in the proivnee,
ns the powers believe his maladminis­
tration i» the can»« of the present state
of affairs in Shantung.
Flngu« Npr«adliiff In Aiiatralln.
NEXT
th»
Iniailuu
Traasvaal.
MINING
Paris, March 21.—The chamber ol
deputies bulay adopted a credit ol
2,400,000 francs for the roc...... truction
of the Theater l-'rancais, recently de»-
Iroyed by lire, anil for the providing ol
a temporary home for the Oimedir
Francais at the Odon.
HM)0.
nt
Ihs
SUIT.
<’«•• ln*oltlng Mlllhma IUI witm
(upper Minga la On Trial,
NO. 60
EXPLUSION
KI vm I
Bolte, Mont., March 24 —A mining
■ nil lielMM'ii the rival copper klug«,
Marcus Italy and United State« Sen
star William A. Clark, is on trial in
the United States court.
There are
three lulls in all, but the trial OU one
« III delermlue all «intention».
Th«
mine« Involved are the Nevenweal, ol
Die Anaconda Company, »ml the Colusa
ami Parrot, owned by IhaColuaa-l'arrol
Mining Company, of which Senator
< : ■
•
-
,
—
>i
o,
11
Ct
W rm«'head
Gunboat Wheeling Has Gone
to the Chinese Port.
RELIEVED
BY
(■((.scolili
THE
Ole
Ml.ilull
Trouble
Washington. March 29.—The sm-re-
tary of the navy lias received a cable­
gram from Admiial Watoou stating
that th» gunlsiat Wheeling had proceed­
ed to Takil, where «he will Im relieved
by the Concord alxmt May 10, and will
go a» usual In tiie summer to I'ualuska,
uli liin Alaskan coast.
The »tat» de|Mrtm»ut i» in aquandry
to devi«» mean» t> render affective pro­
tection to the American missionaries at
Shan Tung
Th» dilli. ulty Im» In the
fact that the inlseionarlea have iu most
oases g<m» a» far a» 200 mil«» inland,
aud arc thus beyond reach of any aid
that can I«' rendered from a warship
Mr. Conger's advice» nhow that the
situation I» further complicated by the
fact that the Ima iloti of the present
trouble I» so far inland as to make it
difficulty to determine whether or u<>t
ili» “Boxers" are operating In Shan
Tung or across the Isirder in Pe Chi Li
province. If th» threatenwl mission*
arie» are in Western Shan Tung, then
a further question arises a» to who ia
chargeable with their peil»- lion, China
or Germany. The exact ex.ent of the
German sphere of inducile» I» not defi­
nitely known here. It i» 200 mil»»
from Kino Chou, the German sea|»>rt,
to the western Girder of Shan Tung,
but, inasinui h a» the Germans have
claimed exclusive control of railroad
fram hi««»
and
like
consoeaslon*
throughout the whole province, it is
presumed they hate assumed military
res|«>nsili|llty as well. At any rate,
the Chinese government ha» I men de-
tered iron. attempting to exercise mili­
tare authority in lhat section by the
attitude of Die Germau authorities, and
hat is the reason of the inability of
•> l'ek,ng government to meet Mr.
i -er's demand for puuitory uieasuies
-u«t the "Boxers."
h.
ti
A llol'l lt»bl>»ry.
o>
m
M
b
I
tl
U
aria, March 22. — Au audacious
>»-ry of 400.000 franca wa« commit­
today from th« Northern Railroad
u|«ny, Tiie com|iany, which three
os weekly, d<-|«wlt» largo sums with
Bank of Fraim«, sent <130.000 franca
v, of which amount 400,000 francs
x small bills. Thi« was placed
Uhei and the money waa oou
from the stalion to th« lauik iu a
, which was in charge of two
rka. Before they -tarti-l, one of the
rk« placed the «atchel lawide the
I' hnian. Two nmn then approached
aud engaged the attention of the clerk
ati'I the coachman, while tho third man
picked up th« satchel and Isilted with
It. The I< nw was not discovered until
it waa loo late to apprehend the rob­
bers.
<1
si
ai
T>
ale tod») that <<>Uv«»»|otM lor gobi
mluing iu the l«d of the m u«ir Cape
Som«. Alaska, had been granted by the
secretary of war. and upon lhat state­
ment he liased a resolution of Inquiry
Senator Turner «aid if auch a grant
had liecn made, It »»«• "»ham«, a re­
proach and aacandal." The resolution
wa« agreed to.
In a lew minute», and witlmut dis­
cussion, th» additional urgent delicien
cy bill wa« pa«»ed with on« or two
other measures of choice.
Allison gave noticie that he would
call up the conference nqxirt on the
Puerto Rican appropriation bill.
Th» Yaqul H«*belll«»6i.
Illg Fire nt ltr«l l-odge.
Natural Gma Wrecked a Hom«»
Marion, Ind., March 22.—Thw home
of Henry Elsroth was destroyed by an
explosion of natural gas today. Mr.
ami Mrs. Elsroth, their mm, 14 years
old, and Samuel D. Payne, worn in­
jured, Th« Ixiy and I'ayne will proba­
bly die. The family was asleep when
th« explosion occurred.
OF
COLLODION
Two Mulldliig« In
pltlm Ous» Life» Inal
Phliadrl
Philadelphia, March 24.—One |x-rsoi>
was killed aud four injured by a terri
Ide explosion ol oolloillon in the phobi-
graphic supply establishment ol Thomas
M. McCollln A Go., on South Eleventh
street, belay. The dead man is Her­
man Weiss, aged ill. The mor« seri­
ously Injured are: George W. Nicho­
las, Augu«’. Hauser, Daniel Reed, a
tiremail, and John A. Granton.
The building was almoat entirely
wrecked, and the adjuinlug structure,
is nupied by V. Clad A Hon» manu-
lecturers of hotel ranges ami kitchen
«upph««, waa also badly damaged by
the force of the explosion, There wer»
over 100 persons In the (Tad building
when th« explosion occurred on the
sixth llisir of tho Mot'olliu building.
The force of the expliMton blew out the
north wall of the building, and the
heavy mass < rashe<l through the loof of
the Clad building, which wasouly (our
sbiries in height.
Wei»» and Hauser, who were work­
ing on the up|*r tlixir of the < Tad build­
ing. were i-rushed under the faillug de­
bris.
Nicholas and Graiibm were
burned by the exploaion, aud wort
taken from the Mclkillln building by
Hremeu. While Hremen wore working
in tiie McCollln building, the third
floor gave way, and in this crash Fire
man Daniel Reed had his leg broken
The priqx-rty lists is alsiut $75,000.
FTre, which followed the ex plisiiou. did
ixmaiderable additional damage.
The risif of the Jefferanu hospital,
the rear of which adjoiurxi the burned
strncturo, caught Hre, but the Hamei
were quickly extlllgulsheil, and did
but little damage. A numlier ot jm-
tlnnto were quickly removed (tom the
hospital as a meaaure of precaution
during the progress of the Hre.
A
REVOLTING
CRIME.
Yuuitg Woman Hamad
Io I»math
four Men In Mouth Carol litm.
Wadeslxirough, 8. <J., March 24.—
Particulars were received Imlay of a re
vulting crime committed in Chester
Held county a few days ago.
Casslr
Bonue, n young woman, was enticed
from her home by four white men,
carried to the wmsl» near by and a»
«nulltvl with kuives. The woman wa*
gasherl with knives iu the fleshy i-art
ot her Isxly, th« cuts ix-lng from foul
to 12 inches in length. Thru coal oil
was |«iured over her aud she was set on
Hr« and released in the winds, to run
m reaming until »lie fell dying. When
found a small braid around the (ore beat I
was the ouly «bred of clothing left on
her Issty.
t 'sHsle Baxiiie was 20 years old, the
'laughter of George Boone, a farmer.
She was one-quarter Indian,
Th»
girl's reputation, it ia »aid, was uot
gisid. lsi«t Sunday evening «lie left
h«r home with Sam Woodward ta visit
Vinee Melton. She left there later in
tiie evening With Tom Steen aud James
Jackson, presumably to return to het
father's house,
Nothiug more was
heanl of her till she was »««11 Mouday
uiglit running through tho wmids.
R om Jackson. John Jackson, Abb
Kirkly aud Jiiu Verner, reporte<l that
they heard the screaming, and, collect-
ing a crowd, weut into the wixtds and
found the girl.
Some one threw an
overcoat over the charred and dying
woman, and then summoned help.
When a doctoi arrived alio waa dead.
I'lngue in India.
Calcutta, March 22.—The bulionic
plague i» fast increasing. In Bengal
4,72ft death» occurred laHt week. The»«
included 744 in Calcutta and 2,044 in
Patna.
Aritela ft
waa am
tn make
White Lead Works llurneit.
Bounty on Bobbers* llodl««»
Kansas City, March 24. — R. J. Mo-
Farland, chief of the Kansas City
police department, ha» hung np a
lx.unty for the bodies of all highway
robber» killed in the city while in the
act of committing roblierie» or directly
thereafter. The price the chief offer»
to give for the laxly of each highway­
man, tho money to Im |>aid out of hit
•alary, 1» ,95. The reward 1» open to
member» of the force a» well a» any
citizen.
Hrltlsh Minister to llenmaak.
Brillali
Nrouh
Kticouiilrr
m
-Nu News From Natal
fritara of I'rrlorlia.
Hot
lie
Fire
Fighting at Warrenton,
Kimberley, March 24.—There was a
■mart artillery duel near Warrenton
resterday morning. A battery under
Major lliewitt, supported by the Kirn*
lierley Light Horae, located the Boera,
who employed four gun«, two of which
used cordite, but ineffectively.
Th«
British battery replied with effect, and
lilenccd the Biair fire. The Boers sent
two shells near the railway station,
which was not damaged.
A scouting purty got too close to the
twnk of the river, and eucouutered a
‘lot tire. The men were unable b> get
iway, and it wa« im|«iMible b> relieve
them without I om , the juirty being
ibliged bi wait for darkne»« in order b>
•»CApe. The jiarty retired with only
me woundiwl.
This morning brisk tiring was
turned at Warrenton, alxiut 6:30,
it has now «lacked up.
A detachment of Fusilen has
rived.
Two Vrvburg inhabitants, who have
tx-eu imprisoned by the Boers, were
««nt lnbi Warrenbm under a white
flag, after lx*ing taken from laager to
laager around the district.
They say
lhat tiie big gun from Kinils'rlev has
MS'
tori
n i
-un
ro
1«,
N
inte
tnd
invi
shei
wbi
blai
ng
Spe
>rdi
Uy
A
jnat been tired at the Indian Head prov­
ing grounds. Lieutenant Strauss, in
«barge ol the proving grounds, has re­
pot ted U> Admiral O’Neil that the pro­
jectile is ten cumbersome and bx> light,
turning over and over in ita flight,
though when it struck the water it
burned with an excellent light. Such
s projectile would be extremely valua­
ble in time of war, as a warship equip­
ped with several of this type would be-
»ble b> discharge them at an enemy’»
torpedo boat, for iiistaiii-e, and by the
light thu» produce would be able to de-
ttrov the attacking vessel.
it apply only to the right ot dii|s>sing
of property.
As drafted, the treaty
conferred upou ths subjects of (treat
Britain and upnn those of th« United
Stab's in Great Britain "the same righi
iu acquiring | sminc »» ìoiik or disposing of
property” as is possessed by the citi­
zens of the country itself ; the words
"acquiring" and "possessing" war»
stricken out. As amended, th« treaty
Loud ltlll Rhrlvrtl.
was ratitiod by an almost unauimoui
Washington, March 24.—After
vote.
Hpiriteil discussion extending over tlire«
Held Vp a Trale.
days, the Loud bill, relating to second-
St. Joseph,
Mo.,
March 24.—A olass mail matter, was recommitted by
"lone" robber, wearing a false face, the house bxiay to the committee on
with a huge black moustache painted postadle«». The majority in favor of
on the mask, held up tho southbound the motion ta recommit was so decisive
Kansas City, St. Joseph
Council that it is regarded as unlikely that the
Bluffs train, four miles south of Ham­ measure will ap|x>ar again during tho
burg. la., at 1:80 o’clock this morning. present congress. Loud said, after the
The train was in charge of Conductor vote was announced, that this was th»
Billy McGee.
Flagman Moore wa» third time and out, so far ns he was
Hrst accosted by the robber at the real i-oncerned. The vote ou the motion
end of the train.
U»iiig Mixvra as a was 148 ta VH, with 1(1 present and not
shield, tiie robber wont through th« voting.
slee|Hvr and chair car, getting $200 in
Kecrulta for Manila.
cash and a gold watch, lie pulled th»
New York, March 24.—More than
Ix'll curd aud when the train slowed 1,000 cavalry, infantry and artillery
down jumped off and eacaped in th« recruit» will leave Fort Schuyler and
dark lies«. The robbery was reported Fort Slocum tomorrow for Brooklyn,
to the Burlington general office her» where they will board the transport
from Langdou, tho first station Mouth Sumner, which will sail Saturday for
of Hamburg.
the Philippines.
New Yoik, March 22.—The Jewett
White I mad Work«, at Port Richmond,
suffered to the extent of ,100,000 by
tire todav. It is »opposed the lire was
i-ausod by defective ln»ulation of an
electric light wiro.
Steps have been taken by the Topeka
London, March 29.—Sit Edmund
Pennsylvania factory inspectors re­ Commercial Club to here a big ex|s>-
Vienna'» street railway ayitem coat Douglas Veitch Fane, envoy extraordi­
port 2,228 accidents last year, three- Hition in Kansas in 11)04, in celebration
nary and minister plenipotentiary to the
fourth* of which were due to careless- of the 50th anniversary of tjie organize 140,000,000 and it i» estimated that it
court of Copenhagen, is dead, >-ged 68.
will
pay
for
itself
in
10
year».
•
-
•
tiou of the territory of Kaunas
nesi.
Salisbury and Kruger Notes
Related to Prisoners.
Ixin-lon, Munii 24. — It has l»<«ri
earned that no new ¡«-a- e overtures
lave Is-cn made b> Lord Salisbury, nor
iro any expected at present liy Great
Itritaiu.
Iho telegraphic corresfiond-
mce has Is-eu <<mfine-l b> the treatment
>1 Britl«h prisoners, lx>rd Salisbury
Kildiug the presidents of th« South
Mricun republics reN|»in«lbl«.
Th«
|iie«tion ol thu safety of Johanui-sburg
.ltd the gold mines there has nut beeu
raised.
It seems certain that Mafeking’s
inly chance« lie in relief by the columu
.up]«i«e<l bi lie advancing from the
«ruth, or iu the |«M»ibility that Colonel
iadeu-Powell is «till «trong enough to
ittempt a sortie with a view ot captur-
ng the Boer guns at a time when Uom-
naiidaut Hnyinuii has withdrawn his
men to oppose Colonel Plumer's ad-
rance.
Nothiug ha« develojied
regarding
■ «neral Buller's intentions, but it
Mw-ms hard to Isdieve thnt he is again
tmliarking Gem-ral Warren's division.
It is re|«irbsl from Ixmreuco Marques
that Prebiria is pri-|iar»-<l to stand a
liege of two years, aud thnt the Boer
women, frantic at the ri sen*«» to th«
Brx-r arms, are entreating to be allowed
to shoot the British officers imprisoned
it Prebiria. It is also announced from
he Transvaal capital that the Italian
•»>
(tnernmeut has declined bi intervene.
Butte, Mont., March 22. — A special
from Red Lodge, Carbon county, Mont.,
says: A tire started in Hall's general
•tore at 5 o'clock this morning in the
TREATY RATIFIED.
business center ot the towu, all burned
bi the ground the two-story brick block Kslallng Io Ihs lllsp'isltloa nt Betsies
of the Red laxige Improvement Com­
ot These Who III* AbroaS.
pany, containing three storos on the
Washington, March 24.—The senat*
ground floor and the offices of the Rod
pulay iu executive session ratified the
laxlge Picket and Curl«>n County Dem-
treaty between the Unit««! States and
x-rat and tho Business Men's Club, be­
Great Britain relative to the estates of
tides a niinilair of other olticea on the
citizens of one country who die in th»
«round floor, also Fnxunan's now lirick
other, which has been under considera­
block, with its large stock of dry
tion for tiie past few days. There wsi
goods slid clothing. The loss is alsiut
no debate today, but several additions
1200,000.
were accepted. Article 2 wasameuded
so as to provide for the extension of th*
Telegraphy.
Paris, March 21.—
- M. Mercadier, a provisions of the agreement to dnpMMl-
ies of the Uuited 8
Fn-uch iuvsutur, ui
Monterey, Max., March 24.—The
Ninth regiment of Infantry, stationed
in tilts city, has rei*eived orders ta pro­
ceed immediately ta the scena» of the
Yaqui In-lian war and join the forces
u( General Turre» in th« campaign that
I» now Ix-lng waged against the rebels.
It is prolstble tliat perminiion will I«
asked of the Uniteli States govarnmant
by President Diaz (or this regiment and
other military forces ta
tiie Uniteti States by
I’ iiss . Tex., and Nogales,
M
______ Wtere th» «•ndmnF
is the only railway route to'
of «olMOM, wa» recently tiIod success­
of tho relxdliou.
fully lietween Paris and Pau. Twelve
Murder nt a tlhleag« Harber.
Independent currents were sent on the
Chicago, March 94.— Robert W. Gil* circuit at once, and in each direction,
christ, jiroprietor ot a barber »hop at making a total of 24 telegrams.
1704 Twenty-seoond «tract, waa »hot
Aid ter the China»» Kmparnr.
and blatantly killed «hile preparing to
San Francisco, March 22.—A circu­
»have a imtron in hi» »Imp tonight.
The assassin came to th« door of tlm lar distributed throughout Chinatown
»hop, iqxuied it alsiut half way, tiwik a announces that Isx.Ug Ki Chow, a Chi­
h I ow aim with a rille and fired, hitting nese reformer, now at Honolulu, will
Gilchrist in the temple liefere the wit­ be In this city next month. In sub-
nesses of the crime could recover from stance the handbill declare» that if the
dethroned emperor 1» not reinstated, the
their asbinishment and give pursuit.
power» of Europe will »oon invade
Itellgloua Fanatlra Tarred.
China and eventually control it. Chew
<fretiia, Neb., March 24.—Tonight a implore» the Chinese of America to use
mob bsik Ixmis I- igg and wife, alleged their hand» and money in behalf of the
religious fanatics, from their beds and young emperor.
treated them to a coat of tar and feath­
Ilrute Killed by III« Non.
ers. The mob, numbering alsiut 80
Chicago,
March 22.—George Finch,
prominent citizen«, made no attempt at
<li«gni»e. It ia alleged that Figg and a day lalsirer, living in Au»tin, a su­
hi« wife had caused a nuinberof women burb of Chicago, wan tonight allot and
bi forsake home, husliand« aud children instantly killed by hi» 1 fl-year-old »on
tnd take up resldeuou lu the Figg Albert. The «Ider Finch wan intoxi­
cated und waa making a murderou» at­
“heaven. ”
tack on hi» wife.
Adelaide, South Australia, March
21.—Five deaths have recently oc­
Alleged Flllpllie Victory.
curred here from what is suspected to
Paris, March 94.—The Instransigeant
be thu hulsmio plsgue.
Inis a telegram received by Agolicillo,
Sydney, N. 8. W., March 21.—An­ Aguinaldo’s envoy, announcing that
other death from bubonic plague ha> I ho Filipino General Fava has routed
occnrrid hen , and two fresh cases art the American» near Cubat aud taken
the town.
officially reported.
Itaeonatruetlon nt Theater Franrals.
2»,
MOVE.
I.oudou, March 24.—Several Ude-
4>am« have IMisaml between President
Kruger aud Hie llritisli government Iu
addition pi the Salisbury-Kruger oor-
ie«|xiud«uce already publl»li«<l.
So far a« the military siluatiou 1»
oom erued, there is practically
uo
change, laird Rolierts Is quietly mak­
ing preparations (or the next move.
As necessary to a lieglnnliig, Generals
(latacro amt Ural ant are sw iftly mov­
ing from |«i|nt Io ¡«Ont In the southeru
llatrl' l« of the Free State, di«|ier«liig or
accepting the »urromler of soy lemalli-
Illg Boers, thus insuring th« safety of
lainl Ruliert»' commuiiicatlou« isdore
starting toward Pretoria.
A corre-
>|Hi|i<lriit ol the Daily News at Spring-
loiltoiu describing those uiovcincula
>a)»:
"General
Gatacre
is
• weeping
through tho couutry Ilk« a oyulone,
with flying columns iu all directions.
Ilia «wlftuesM aud strategy have proved
nf Inestiinabia >alu« to laird Rolierts."
The rebuilding of tho railway bridge
at Norvai's i'out will occupy two
month«
The temporary bridge will be
compiuted In about IU days.
M«un-
whlle. «upplles are tran«|»irt«d by an
serial tramway aero«» tho gap. The»«
works UtHraaarlly delay th« providing
ol «upplles for the advance.
laird Methuen'» movement« north of
K imlH-rl«) are led lev rd txi lie a prelude to
tiie gathering of a column of 20,(MM> hieii,
w lib Klmberl«» a« a bu«c. to «trike east
wiird from Fourteen Streams into th«
I'raliavaal.
GREAI
MARCH
COUNTY, OREGON,
New York,, March 24.—The threat
of the Western loader» of organized
btls.r to tie up machine «hop« through­
out the country unless the nine-hour
-lay is granted to all employe«, ha»
carried such weight with local mem­
ber» of the National Metal Trade» As­
sociation uh to cause them to take im­
mediate steps toward organization.
The national organization ia only par­
tially formed, but when completed will
include the machine manufacturer» of
th.» citv and adjacent town».
I