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REPUBLICAN. KLAMATH K LAMATH VOL. V. h öf rat «tra ÄöAinsi rat màis FALLS, KLAMATH COUNl’Y, OltEGON, FEBRUAHY 14, 1901. MONEY FOR THE ARMY. Appropriation Bill and the Old. ar INTERET TO OUR MANY RFADtRF psnln|i «F th« P“* W,<A ► • ha« TllfRl ARE NO retu»ua«l bom«. Mrs. Nailon wre<k»«l «aolbe» Topeka isloou. Mil*« I» promoted to l*a lleulouuaul- gsueral |*re|«arstl i>> contino» al Ih« Ilagna lor tbe toy«1 wedding. German rt;«o-litl"U» are still belug ,,ul out from l'•klu. |hs trau>|«‘it M* I'liersoii Is ■•li«>r« gear Natal»«»«. •“** »ill <>• a total Io a. Youtaey waa soiit«n-al to life tm prleiuuisul lur «Miuyltillly Iu tlie Goo- tel murder. Aa Athena. Or . electric com|«any may build a plaul which will supply power to lour towns. Tba Utah legislature pa«ao«l a resolo* Itos lav or i ng tbe ala. lion ol Unite«! htalse »»Ualofa l>y direct vol«. Blaeklorl. a rmsll tono Iu northern Ksotucki. <m the Hlluola ('entrai fall* tvad, !>•■ t-eeii alpe I out by lire. Northern I'arlflo freight Haiti In (••cade ii ouulalus ran away, killing oos man sud lufiiilng aeveral utbeis. f'slsnts for 1,699 «errs of ttoilmr land In Clatsop «»«nule, < r , have l«een I ha propet ly baa all tied lor record. lie.B pur ha.e«l by all Astoria 'oni|u>ur. Rear-Admiral I’. Ib.gsr» his t-een dsia« h««i tr io doty as president ot the board ol in.(«•« tIon and atiHtr Is Io take command of oue o| the teo dlvUlui.s ol tlie Asiatic squadron. John Hathaway, a rest lent of North Yakima, Wash , nn stormoalv tftsap- psared from hia h «me last we-k He left ssi log that bo wee going Helilne. •ml Ootblug haa l«»eu bear«! of II ho •lure. J. i'larpont Morgan and Fila naso- eiatea have purrhasad (toni Aliti row CartH-sia a n n’rolllng interest of thè I arnagia Company. While III» pur- rhsae price Is unknown. Il la thought to ba not loss than |a.*«.t>i>o,iHhi. AT MINDORO R«b«l Gov«rnur of th« Island Kllisd ih« C. loll«I Albert Ilartsuff. assistant seryeou-gaueiaL 9. N. A., lias beeu re- Uisd. lb» (‘bin««» an«l f<-r«lgu envoy» met al I'aklu to dla< ute tbe quesllou ol p»u- slll«a. TROOPS f«4«r. •liti« Ina I ut un Provini« Warn (..«uirrurd form. William Against thr Insurgents. ^„p-sMnilvs K«vl«w <4 ths Important Hap yjmwror Natives Turn Iniurgsnti. Menila. I el«, o —Natives have re ported at Bataliges limi « week ago tlie Ustlvrs of tbe tslsud of MlU'loru rose against the lnsurg.uu, H|,<| killed the Insurgent governor. There are no troop« at Miudoni The I e isral ¡«arty of Bataan prov- iU*'e. lri< ludllig |l,e president id each pueblo, Ils bl a big meeting at r>rati|a yesterday, ami resolved to notify tire insurgruts of llalaan that they niu*l cease o|«ralliins wltlilu a Week or tire pw-ple will assist the Aureri.ane to capture them. (.arrendere and mirror skirmishes colillniie Iu Noullmru Lusou. A lew in surgents have l«een killed. There were no American casualties. i'ublle dtacusetou ol the provincial goverami-ni bill ha* l«««u ootnpleled. I be bill will be passed Wednesday, au«l soon alterwaril the ootunrlesl«>uers will I egiu their tour of organising pro. incisi governments in those prov inces of Mouther« Lusnn which (rener ai MacArthur ana th« oommlesiotiers iwaslder suih<iently pacified. Coot* mlssl<«usrs Wright an«l Ide, who are drafting erto«trial and civil codes, may remain tn Mau ta temporarily, to com plete their Work by February 23, when tbe « utiimlealouera and practically all the employee w III leave fur the south- •rn Islsu-la. where limy will eiainlue tbe i*-n lltlona and continue Um oigau- Isatlon ul g'oetmimnls tn provinces which are l««un«l to l«e pre|ared lor self- government lit« commissioner« ex- (>e< I to s|«eii‘l tour weeks ou their -outll ern lour. Fewer than 4 '-I persons attended the meeting called by Kenor liurncamlno al lire Hi««, thrater, In the Tonilo ward of Manila, u« inaugurate tlie evangelical nmvemeut Considerable Interest wsa nianife*te«l In the pro ceed ugs. ami Hi«re waa some expres sions ol approval <>f th«« addresses No attempt, however, was male to com mit tbe mr-eiiug t*> I'rotestalltlsni, that as («er I of tlie rase l-eing left for subse quent action at bls discretion by Rev. James It Rogers, a missionary of tlie Presbyterian l-«ard. who waa present. Henor I'-uenraioino e. plaiilrd the rellg Ions effort as wholly outside the Federal party, which ha-l l-em organised solely to promote |>o|lll<-al piltce. VIC TORY FOR MEXICANS. Garri«« Ona Hundred and Irrigation Movement 1« a New Thing to th« BOERS CAPTURE BRITISH POST Kitchener Report» Fall of Meddertfunlein ■ No fittali» laindon, Feb fl. —The war "Ilice has rreelved the following dls|«atch from laird Kitchener, cuinmaudsr-tn-chief In booth Africa: "Protoria, Feb. 4 —Our post at Meddersfontein. in thè < «aterran-i, southeast of Krugers lor p, »•« attack- • I by 1.000 Boers, The relief column •ent out from K I rngerelorp failiwl to prevent the fall ot the post. No de- tails yet at hand, , but officers aud men raptute<l nt the i post are arriving at Vereeuigllrg.’* Botri is Portu<ue»e Terntory. Lernronco Mar«|ues, Feb. fl.—There It a commando of 2,000 Boers ou Portu guese territory. It is supposed mat their inteullou Is tu res- ue the Boers hero. The Portuguese authorities have d><cl<le«l to remove to Madeira such Boer refugees as decline to surrender lo I ho British. SOUTH AFRICAN WAR. Kaffir Rillei Lost Heavily in the Engagement Near Senekal. lamdon. Felt. A.—The Capa Town I n<a«rd M«.i Indian, and Killed and Wnundtd rorro»pondent of the Dally Telegraph, wiring Sunday, says: Thr«« Hundred. "Il appears that in the action be Ht l/'uls, Feb. fl. — A spm'isl from Tb> Italian ministry waa ate« Led tween General Kuos and General lie Oxaco. Mexico, •ays: The military wet. near Henekal, the Kaffir titles sue- Io tba chainImr of dapullee. I wen advised of an- tat im-1 almut 100 casualties. More flMtvtary Hoot replies to the aonats authorltea have other engagement which took pia« « be- mounted troops are still utedel. Ihre» on the de(a»rlatlou of Tagals. tween the govrriiment troops ami a Boer invading columns, ol which Iler Mrs .Nation was arr»wto«l w hila large loi e ol Mais Indians, The bat- sog's was for a time Um advance guard, "joini-smasbiug" iu Topeka. tie look place al«out nine miles from are now moving toward the Orange Ibe presl.ls'il has soul a long list ot Santa Crus, the stronghold of the reb river. It is believed that Piet Botha's els, and resulted in a victory lor the force of 2,000 men, with seven gun*, umy nomination» lo ilio aeualo Tba Astoria city council has grunted government tr ops. The casualties on from Siultlitleld, has crossed into the Ilia rolwl side were heavy, it being Colony. British conoentiatlou is pro • 76-year stiaol railway franchise. estimated that they lust over 800 men ceeding, Outlying gameous are Ire- Tilled guests era Imglulng t<> arrive killed aud wounded. Several hun •t Tbe Hague (or W llhvliul «•’• we I- dred reinforcements have j«>liie«l Gen Ing w ithdrawn tor tbe purpose of secur ing Um main lines. Geueral Dewet is ding. eral Bravo’s com Ilin nd. it Is asserted expo« ted to outer Cape Colony.'* Flea Inches of mow Im« («Urn In that there arn several white mei’« ^•w Y«>ra city during the (mat 24 among ths officers of the Maya fotcee. Frtnvh Csptursd s Canyon. hours. They are believad to lie Englishmen Ixvndvrn, Feb. <1.—General Kitchen John Marshal day exercises wore from British Honduras, which country er, in a dispatch from Pretoria, dated borders on the Maya tetri lory. bai«! at the ualioual February 5. says: ---- 1 capital and al atber ciliee. "French's column, iu driving the AndJduil Dfrnnmtrstlon. Boers east, captured a 15 p«'iin ler and Mindoro natives In the Philippine« Valencia, Spain, Feb. ft. —The anti picked up parti of a second gun dis ,g"*t'«t the iMurgente and killed Jesuit demonstrations which liegnu in abled by our Are. Tim commandoes in tbe rebel governor. Madrid In connection with the anti the colony are being hustled. Tim Fsrluralitsts in Italian provine», I’hll-1 clerical play "Eleolra," have Spread tn Midland commando is being chased by •Ppine Islands, warned the iuiUrgeula Valencia. Todsv crowds gatheml in Haig in the direction of Hteytlersvill«. ct4«® oprmi Innq, trout of Um Jesgit church of the Sixteen of them have recently been Orogun Mpproprlutinnt to th»$ n nonni Sacred Heart, where a «-onllrmaUon of killed by our men." • hiive «Krvfltd up ui bjr children »»« 1» progreas, and shouted, Th» Moddtrtfonltln Affair. "l.ilrerty forever,” amt "Down with aud mean« ooinniitt««. I««ndon, Feb. 8.—l«or«l Kitchener, Die Maxmio temple at Toledo, Ohio. theJoauita." A .leauit who wan leav ’•• "'«»roiod by tire, entailing . («.,. ing Um chiiri h was hooted, and then commauder-in-ohtef in South Africa, ' $160,000, of which $50.000 is on the Um crowd marched to the Jesuit col re(x rts to tlie war cfllce aa follows: lege and stoned Um windows ami divora, "I’rctoria, Feb. 5.—Our casualties Gilding. •till ahiiuUng, "Down with ths Jean Keuator llansbrnngh haa reported its." Finally the demonstration waa at Moddurslouteiu were two officers killed aud two wouude I. It appears «»miniti»« on tai„|, „ |,t|| d 1 s ( mi raed by gendarmes. that the post was rushed ou a pitoh Pro» ding for lh. „uldishmenl ol res dark night during a heavy rain. The •ri r i” f"r waters to it rigato Philadelphia Editor Commit« Suh Id«. enemy numbered 1,400 with two guns. •nd landa, ‘"Campbell, south of Middelburg, John T. Williams, editor of the Key- f.»l<*l«'Wl'y is seri«m«ly inter- atone, a Philadelphia trade pa)>er, com etigage«l 500 Boers, who were driven I mitted suicide by poiston at St. Georg«« Ira k with loss Nonlh. W?11 I‘-' " I*"1' Our casualties were voi. . rU M< **'* ‘n •I * U*»w < r«ek can- hotel, New York. 30 kille«l or wounded. lb" *’ f'” "French is near Bethel, moving east Recalvtri lor Locomotiva Werks. and driving the enemy, with slight op >» to 20 fee, ' *“ ‘‘’l’“’ ,rO,° New Y'ork. Feb. fl. — William Bar position. Four of our ambulances, ‘'•p‘"|n Itayand Sulzer, of the volun- bour and John U. Bennington were to while seeking wounded, were eaptuied. day appointed receivers to wind up the on " <,,'l''»tlm« tit, died business of the Rogers Locomotive The doctors were released. "Dewet's force is reporteil south of airi .1 Mug. which ha. Company, at Patterson, N. J. It is Dswetsdorp.'* Fuller' ** h*11 * r«n< iec«i. Cap ain Bui»« w** • *,r,’ther of Representative likely the works will be disposed of at ’"'»•r. of New York. private sal«. Boer Priiontrs Eicaped. Trains Again Running Out of Pakln. ths,'««?*■ W‘"“' "I Di" Tacoma Sebastopol, Feb B.— Dispatches re Berlin. Feb. fl.— Tho G« man war hew. by two men as ceived hero eay tlist four Boers who •Uwn " home and twice knocked office has received a dispatih from escaped from a British ship at Uoloin- rail««» i ” '"'’Rht energetically and Count von Waldersce, dateti Pekin, Im, Ceylon, sought refuge on tbe Rus id ....... . «•’ «*•’ which announces that railway com- sian vessel Kherson, whose passengers mnnication has been restored between oil th. r " slight InJuriM received them enthusiastically. on‘he forehead Mni| wrM. Pekin, Feug lai and l’ao Ting Fu. I» <>a»«"7r"“f w,rn’ ‘‘•ciarlo l.,,u J***1* *’ teiich-Uanadtaiia, ‘‘•bails h *1" ’f***’1' «"'"inmant hold« ►ovine» lr"",,h **'" P"°pla of Quelara PhU riu*"’ » I’liiladei- oiasn'r i" ” . H" **"*"• »•’<">l«hed all '•bev st..,y ' "lu“ wonderfnliy 7 'hating on the pond iu Fremont Retldenl of the East. Washington, Feb. fl. —The army ap- I'Kipilatlou bill, making provision for Um army, umier ths reorganisation re ■'etitly eimcted aa completed by tlie house oommlttne ou mUllary affairs and report««! by Chairman Hull. It carries approximately (1 IB,000,000, as sgalusl estimates of atsiut 1180,000,- 000 made by war department officials. I he total ol army appropriations, gen. •ral and drfli lency, lor last year aggre- gated |l IH,000,000. Chairman Hull •ays tlie present bill will be ample, and will not entail a rlelicleucy ineaa- ure later. The contingency appropria tion ol 11,000,000 tn "meet emergen- ores constantly arising," was stricken out by the cornmillee. Tim main Items •• allriwrwl are: Pay of officer«, 15,000,000. pay of enlisted men, fit,- 000,000; (>«y of retired officers, fl,* 600,000; nurse <x>r|ar, fl50,000. The total lor eulaiistence approximates f 18.- 000.000, of which amount fl2,000,000 la lor regular rations and folio,000 lor sick and convalescent rations The aggregate for tbe quartermas ter's de|iertmeiit la the largest iu the bill, reaching f57.160,000. The chief Hems are: yuarterinasler'a supplies, fW,000,000; incidental supplies, fl.- 400,000 horses for cavalry aud artil lery. f760,000; barracks and quarters, f t,000,000. transfMirtatiuu of army and supplies, fS4,0OO,00U; clothing, etc, f5,000,000. Owing to the usi-'ls of the paymaalers department, the bill grants authority for the detail ol captains ol the line as |>aymaalers while there may l«e necessity for auch details. Tbo qnorn a I km I j »«« |a|«l at ra.t SI F'roginore. 7oo Olb'i'1« haa given $!!,- h«r'niar l" ' " •'Halo I'r. null, a« •r "'»'flag, portion. 4 4 CAUSE FOR ENCOURAGEMENT f‘>|hl««n Million From All Pdrtt of the New World Mindoro NO. The friends of irr gation need not Sentence Was Pasesd on Henry fear that because of tho adverse treat Interesting Events and Gossip of the Past Week Reported From ment received by the great no in lair of E. Youtsey. irrigation bills and amendments intro Cities and Towns in Washington, Oregon duced in congress, uspeically in the house of representatives, the national FOR AIDING IN THE GOEBEL ML'ROFR iirigation <auae has suffered. and Idaho. It must be remembered that ths irrigation movement Is a new thing in the East. Prtionar Prot«»l«d Hl» Innorcnc«. Dtrlaimg Hu Prior to the present session of congress it has hardly been cousidtred seriously OREGON. WASHINGTON. ConvKtiun Wai Atrornpluhad by l>y 10 per cent of the Eastern congress Subornation of P«r|ury. A high school la to ba established at Ths Rios Mountain Ics Company of men. Aud it must t«e remembered tlist in what may Ire considered the , Psrry, is storing ice at tbs rats of 5G0 Yakima City. Georgetown, Ky., Feb. 7. —Henry early stages ot a new movement, a tons a day. J. 8. Kikendals, a carpenter dropped E Youtsey was »eiitmced by Judge great mass of literature ami diacussion i An old man of tbs name of Webster dead while at work near that placa. Cuiitrill Ibis afternoon, and tomorrow and effort mint be put forth which i was found dead in his cabin on Dead- Deceased waa 95 years old. will l>e taken to Frank fort to enter will serve simply as a means of direct wool a few days ago. The citizens of Summerville bav« upon his term of life imprisonment, ing attention to the subject and indi- Rainier school district has levied a organized a co-operative creamery aa- Voiit-ey waa ,«ale and w««k when be «atiug the variety of interests aud pur special tax of 13 mills. The total tax soviation and elected officers. atood up to lecoive the renten«:« ol the poses favoring and l«»bind it. When 1 iu Rainer district is 43 mills. <-onrt. Illa wile sat near by and beard individual rtf' rts and attempts at leg George Weatherwax, who resi'las up O. W. Williams has sold the Vander- the Wishkak about 15 miles, wbila en the senteu«« of Um law i-ou-lgnlng her islation in the sbapeof bills introduced I husband to tlie peulteniiary for life, and amendments offered in congress , mulen farm, near Island City, contatn- gaged in logging suffered tractor« of but Ixire up under the ordeal bravely. become so numerous ani insistent as , ing 157 aerss, to a Mr. Stein, a late both bis legs by a capstan. Briefly, Ju-lge Cantrill outlined the to assume the nature ot a public arrival from Utah, for $9,500. Spencer Jones, of Wilbur, killed a pr< gresa of ti « case from the time of clamor, then the pro|«r committee, J. Bonner's grocery store at Baker large conger near that place. Th« Um iu lb'tmoiit until the returning ol w hethr r hostile or favorably disposed I City was burned. He had an inaur- animal measured 6 feet 9 inches from the verdict. to the project, must give the matter * ance of $400. Tbe stock was small. tip to tip and weighsd 80 pounds. "Now," continued the judge, "have consideration; must gather all the kin The machinery in Clayton Bros.’s The Legal Tender, in Kaller camp, you any reauju to give why sentence dred bills together aud formulate from ' brirotn-handle factory at Coquille, Is •bou d not I»« pronounced upon you?” them a comprehensive measure, and 1 being moved to a place eight miles be has resumed work with one shift, and is to enlarge its fore« shortly. Th« Youtaey «lulled bis position slightly make a report upon it. This is the low Bandon. Romine, adjoining it, started work and cleared hia tflioat. One baud situation in the present short session i Malcolm McFarlane has resigned as this week. clutched the lapel ot bis coat aud the of congress. Old and expect»«! legis Tbe Inlaud Talephona Company’s other rested on the table. The court lation is pressing in greaat volume for . justice of the peace al Westport pre- rmim waa (>erf«-ctly quiet. In a low enactment, and congressmen are not , cinct, and David West was appointed service is to be extended from North Yakima to Moxee and Sunnyside, and but audible lone Youtaey spoke these willing, in the limited time at their , by the county court to succeed him. «ords: dik|«>sal this winter, to take up exhaus The breaking of the boom on the thenca to Walla Walla to connect with "I have nothing to say, except that tively a new question, nor is it the ■ Siuslaw during the late flood caused the line to Spokane. I am luniH-ent. aud that my conviction porfsme of the friends of irrigation to i a heavy loss of logs tielonging to loggers Upward of 30 teams are engaged la waa accomplished only by base and in attempt to force the subject. Never on that stream, but the Lake creek log- hauling ice to tbe various ice bousas ot famous suloruation of perjury" theless every congressman now knows ' gen report their losses were smal'. Repobltc. Every available team has Then he quietly sat down. For a that the questUn is a coming one and The Astoria Box Company is mak been pressed into service. The quality moment no one a|<ike. a qui-stion considered to be of great ing preparations to increase tbe capac of ice could not be better. '' I bat w.ia a nbiect which you and pressing interest to a large numl-er ity of its box factory. The old ma Information has l>een received of aa should have addressed to the jury of people, inacluding the commercial chinery is l«eing replaced by tti« moat explosion in mine No. 7 at Franklin, which convicted you,” answeied the sections looking for a market (or their improved kind», and several new ma- whereby two men were killed and sev judge "It la the judgment of thia products. chines are to be added. eral persons injured. State Mine In court that you l-e removed by the The desultory agitation of this see A fine team of horse« was killed at spector Uwen has been summoned. sheriff of Scott county to the state pen sion on the irrigation subject is serv a logging camp near Berry, A tree, in F. E. Thompson, of Barker, has con itentiary at Frankfort, and there be ing its purpose well. falling knocked another tree down, tracted bis bop crop to be grown on 24 ■ «■uliued at hard lalior lor the period of which fell in an unlocked for diiec vi ur natural life.'* FRUITGROWERS’ CONVENTION tion and struck the bor»eft killing acres to New York people for 11 cents per pound. The bops are to be deliv Tbe ca-e of Barlmur Weaver, «censed them almost instantly. ered in Octolier at Simcoe station. of pcriury in the Powers care, was Mort Than 100 Delegate» From Northwest called for trial in the circuit court Sam White, an old and wellkown The eetimate«l crop is placed at 40,000. Statu Meet in Portland. this morning, trill, owing to the ab resident of Kerby, was drowned in the The Big Bend dour mill at Daven sence of more than liall of the witr esse* More thnn 100 fruitgrowers from Illinois river. He bad been at Kerby port, which baa been running single lor the defense, was passed until the Oregon, Washingtn, Idaho, Moctana an«l started borne in an intoxicated shift for some time on account of sick afiernoou to give attorneys an oppor and British Columbia attended the an condition. He succeed?«] in crossing ness among the men, ia again running tunity t<> prepare au affidavit of what nual convention of the Northwest the river, but after landing walked night and day. Its shipments for Jan tlm absent witue»»ee will testify to. Fruitgrowers' Association, which was about dazed and fell into the river. uary will be 7,950 barrels. formally openeil in the auditorium ol Andrew Houk, a miner was acci- Gene Johnson, 17 years old, acci . the A. (». U. W. temple at Portland, <fontally killed near Rye valley. He dentally shot himself with a 38 caliber IN BRITISH COLUMBIA. Or., Tuesday morning. President N. was working alone at the time and revolver while out hunting near Lo- G. Blalock, of Walla Walla, pre-ided. was in the act of placing a set of tim- reae. The ball entered tbe young Grsat Northern Stem» to B« Proceeding on After a prayer by Rev. A. A. Morri l«ers when a cave-in occurred. One of man’s leg above tbe knee, passing un Exteiuive Plans. son, President Blalock, E. L. Smith, tbe timbers struck the uufortunate der tbe knee cap and out on tbe oppo Vancouver, B. C., Feb. 7.—Options of Hood River; F. L. Wheeler, of man on tbe side of his bead, breaking site side. at $.'»00,000 worth of property iu the North Yakima and L. A. Porter, of his neck. J. W. Harper's store at Palouse, cast end of Vancouver have just been Lewiston, Idaho, made reports of crop Mrs. George F. Eglio died at Cor was burglariied and a lot of cigars, •«-cured l«y tbe Great Northern rail conditions in their country, which, vallis of pleuro-pueunionia, ¿be candy, tobaoco, etc., secured. The way. The p opeety laa water front on they said, were favorable. a native of Dallas. Or., ar d waa entered throogh a rear win- Mr. Anderson, of Victoria, a member F’aGe er«ek, a blanch of English bay. tn marriage to George John Powers, The vompany intends building a canal of the British Columbia department of s >ny. October 2t). 18*4. BW'JM (eased agriculture, made a short address advo r- in deep water on tbe 'uaiu barlavr name was Cynthia Ellen MouvtK- « t1* •ole of the citv to the site that has been cating unity in the different states aud was age-l 34 years. Tbe survivors ais in the provinces. Following him wav •ecured. a husband and four children. T wo weeks ago the Groat Northern Professor Van Deman, ex-L'nited states Jacob L. Myers, a Mexican war vet recently opened up on Cool brMr^NBR pomologist, who «(Hike of the utility ot a< juirod the charter of the Victoria, Vancouver A- Eastern railway, whose a Pan-American exhibit. The North- eran, died at the Soldiers* home at of Chehalis, and will operate the prop pro;«- ted b..o is J 0 miles in length, w««at has magnificent iruit, and should, Roeeburg, aged 79 years. He was one erty. Two coal mines are now being from the Kootenai min ng cities to he asid, demonstrate that fact to the of the oldest members of the borne, worked at Chehalis supplying the local hav ing entered tbe institution soon after demand and shipping some coal t) Vanionver. The plan la (or the east East. opening. Tbe remains were outside points. Former Secretary Tennesson, of its ern end of the liue to connect with the Great Northern system running out of Tacoma, apoke oi the profitable meet- shipped to Olympia, Wash., for inter Tbe Gettysburg Mining, Milling a >p> kane, which will give a separate iug of the association which waa held ment. Townsite Company filed artice« of A fine Jersey cow was stolen *rom incorporation. Tbe company is capl- outlet at the cart, hesiilea Seattle. To iu his citv last year, Secretary Dosdi told how he had made preparations for W. H. Linds ley. who resides on the tall zed for 1,000,000 $1 shares, The cross the Fraser river at Westminster i> another feature of the project, and the present meeting, bail sent out invi Sheridan farm.-near Roeeburg. A few incorporators are: P. C. Shine and ircin tlieie to Vancouver, 12 miles, a tations to growers as far east as \\ In days latter a stranger, probably a C. G. Pence, ot Spokane, and J. G. fl i peg. sil l expo, ted many visitors, tramp, appeared at the Chadwick Scribner, A. Coolin and A. E. Coolin, road will Im built. among them railroad men. farm, near Myrtle creek, and sold tbe of Coolin, Idaho. Professor Milliken, of the Idaho Hor cow to Mr. Chadwick for $30 and has Natural gas and oil are reported to TRANSPORT WRECKED. ticultural Association, spoke of condi not been beard of since. bare been discovered in large quanti tions IL bis state. The state was cut Mrs. Ray E. Watts, who haa been ties on the farm of M. F. Mitchell, The McPherion Rin On a Red Near Matanus - iu two by mountain range«. postmi-trees of Reuben, south of Walla Walla Several leases northern part was buniitl and the south appointed Thar« Is No Hop« of Saving Her. ern arid. Irrigation ditches had been Or., has filled out her bond and sub- have already been secured by E. K. Havana, Feb, 7—The United States successfully' operate,! in tbe southern scribed to the oath of office, The Ken- McCoy, who <s here from Spokane in transport McPherson ran alwiut half part. In the south, the codlin moth ben office will bo in operation as soon the interest of a California syndicate, her length on a reef eight milee west had been more destructive than in tlie as the papers can be returned from and tbe sinking of oil wells, and pros ot Matauzas in a fog this morning, north. Last year the state had one of Washington. The office was discon pecting for tbe source of the gas, which is said to be in paying quanti while on her way from New York to the largest fiuit crops it ever produced, tinued about fire years ago. Mautanraa. Al) the pasieogers were and a great deal was allowed to go to A man. supposed to be a hobo, took ties, will begin at once. tran-ferrel in the ship's boats, aud tho waste owing to lack of facilities for two shots at Nightwatchman Nunn, ot The Selah Valley Canal Company freight waa uuloaded. selling it. More than half the otch- Cottage Grove. The officer called the has put a force of 30 men at work im A heavy westerly wind swung the arde had borne their first crop, hut the marshal aud others to his assistance, proving ami enlarging tho canal which McPherson broadside to the shore thia problem was to get rid of the crop. and set out in pursuit ol bis would-be irrigates the lands of Selah valley. afternoon. She pounded a large hole murderer. The man, with two others, About 200,000 feet of lumber for flum amidships, her engines shifted and the Suicide of a Legation Secretary. was lo ated in tbe brush near town, ing purposes have been hauled by shaft has sprung. There is tio hope of Washington, Feb. 7.—A cablegram but as the night was dark, it was ini- teams from North Yakima and will be saving her, as she will sink if pulled from United States Minister Hunter. possbile to effect a capture. The pnt in place witbin the next few off. She is rolling in the heavy seas at Guatemala City states that Sydney nightwatchman had been keeping close weeks. This is the only irrigating en and is pounding badly, and will go to B. Everett, secretary and charge watch on a suspicious character wh > terprise in Central Washington, where pieces if the vviud increases. d'affaires of the United Stules legation was about town, and be is quite >-er the hillsides are farmed and planted there, committed suicide yesterday by tain that thia tnan was hia assailant to orchards and vinyarde. •hooting himself in the mouth. He Meeting of Boer Sympathizers. Lobec & Barry, who are construct IDAHO. Frankfort, Fet>. 7.—At a meeting of bad suffered a long illness, an«t it is ing a water system for ¿easide and ti:e th« Boer sympathizer« here today, at said the act whs comniimtted during a property adjacent to it, expect to have Fire at the mammoth compressor al tended by some ft,000 people, a resoln temporary aberration of mind. Mr their plant in operation before May I. Wallace inflicted a loss of about $500, Everett was appointed from Massachu The city of Seaside is amending its lion waa adopted appealing to Gieat fully insured. • Britain to stop the war iu South Africa. setts being a son of an ex-chief of the charter so as to give them a franchise, E. B. Blaine, an employee in M. D. Christian Dewet. a nephew of the Boer diplomatic bureau of the state depart aud the county court will grant them commander, was present, and waa car ment. He was ap|>oiuted to the con the right to lay pipes across the coun Wright’« logging camp, waa caught by ried around the hall on the shoulders sular service as consul to Batavia in ty bridge over the Necanictun. The a log and severely crushed. May, 1897, and was appoaiuted to source of water supply is in the hills of the promoters ol the meeting. The bridge that will support the Guatemala City June 19 last. His about two miles east of Seaside, which flume for the new flour mill at Kend parents are residents of Washington. has l>een secured, as well as the site rick is under comtrnction. Robbed of Hi» Pur»». for the reservoir and the right of way Excelilor Arrive» From Copper River. Chris Telssan, the Clearwater sheep for the piping. The supply of puro North Yakima, Feb. 7. — A new ar* Seattle, Wash., Feb. 7.—The steamer mountain water is estimated at aeveu man, is having plans drawn for a rival from Canada, a young man nnmrd Ferrowe, was robbed of his purse iu his Excelsior arrived (torn Copper river, miner's inches, which is much more three-story pressed briok structure at Lewiston. room in the lavwe block this morning. Alaska, today. Contrary to expecta than necessary at present atiil it can be Miss Dorcas J. Harvey, of Fort Hall The lo»a was small, amounting to only tions, she brougat neither Nome pas doubled at very little expense. The aout $15, bnt as thia was all the young sengers nor mail. The Excelsior re- cost of construction of the plant will Agenoy, Idaho, has been appointed man had with him in a strange land, ports that th" steamer Bertha was at not be great, so the service will be a assistant matron at the Fort Belknap, Port Valdos January 19. relatively cheap one for the coniumers. Mont., Indian sohoul. it was quite serious to him. Fit Only for rusl. City of Mexico, Feb. tl—Merida ad vices show that Thursday last a battle Lima, Ohio, Fell, fl —V. F. Lakin, was fought between Maya rebel In one of tlm Standard Oil Company's dians ami government troops 25 miles confidential men, returned today from from rebel head<|iiarters. Ei ht hun Beaumont, Tex. He nays that repeated dred Indians, armed wi«h muskets, at tests show that the oil theie cauuot be tacked the Sixth battalion, which relined, aud «hat it contains only a held its ground, though outnumbered, slight per cent of illuminating oil. ami inflicted a heavy loss ou the enemy, He tuiys tliat it is ht only for fuel, but who had 60 killed and aliout 100 that frvight rates nre so high that it woundad. Th* federal troops lost four will never come into competition, even ■•O. for that, with Lima or renuaylvania. The framework of the Boise railway An addition to the Coburg townsite bridge at Nampa la now completed, baa been platted It commences at New Westminstei, B. C., Feb. 7.— A Are, supposed to have been started by the church and rune north and east, and will soon be placed iu position. A report has been received that Abe tianips, destroyed the residence and being part of the old Vanduyue place. farm buildings of Guy Whiteside, of The machinery for a pressed briok Harper, ot Grangeville, had accident Tyuehead, aud burned to death his two plant purchased at Chioago by E. E. ally shot and kii)e«l himself. He waa children, who were asleep wheu the Angel, of Baker City, haa arrived. The a member of the A. O. U. TV. flames broke ont. Whiteside rescued plant consists of a press maobine James Rutherford, an English min his wife with difficulty and the two weighing 22,000 pounds, a 35-horae ing expert, is at Dak, Idaho, making made frnutic efforts to save the chil power engine an«l a 40- horse power an inspection of several mining prop dren, but were driven back by the boiler, in all weighing 87,000 pounds erties along the Peud d’Oreille river, smoke. A (xvase of fanners is scouring Tba oapaoity ot the plant ia 30,000 bnt refuses tc disclose the names of the th« country for supposed inoendarias. bricks par day. partiao ho represents. Two Chlld.-tn Burned to Death. Fought Maya Rebel». Brought Back From Cuba. New York, Feb. 7.—James J. Thomp son, former correspondent at Detroit for the Standard Accident Insurance Company, who Is nlleged to have ap propriated $3,000 of the company's money aud lied to Clina, waa brought hack from that Island today under ar rest. He will be taken to Detroit. Thompson was at work in the United states quarter. uastsr’l department at Havana.