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I i I iww tjr mmmuwMMXvr nonoin kaco, tchoax akd rjtjnar. 52d ,YEAR Ne. 1. SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY, MARCH 25, 1&2, FIRST SECTION EIGHT PACES. ny ucb. tciioax add rjtjn-AT. f - i i.l PRIMARIES IN ! MANY MfflE5 Coy. Ceer Seccres D'elesatfbss la tht Most tf Thea r CLACKAMAS," JACKSON, SHERMAN AND YAMHILL) ARE NEARLY - SOLID FOR HIM. . . L. L. Porter far State Printer, Hh Hit i County's , Support Fullorton f Do X fatd in Roseburg by the Forces 7 f A. M. CrawfordJohns Carried ' Baker County Eugene . Reports Harmony and Aatoria Was Quiet. OREGON CITY, Or Mar. 2Zr-The Republican primary return show L. L., Porter will have 'a solid delegation for State Printer, Geo. C. Brownell will be nominated State Senator: without opposition. The indications are ' that Ryan h won in the contest for the nomination for county Judge. The dele gabion to the State Convention Is for User for Governor. JACKSON FOR GEERV .1-' Ashland, Or.,, Mar. 22, The Tetarn . rrom the Republican prJmurie thUH fur iu.lUut ii iWWtgnt Ion; favorable to. th? tf-noiritnittlon of Oovffnor Oetr." r Moody and Geer. i'.lKin, Or., Mar. 22. The 'Rhonhah (uuniy irfiuirlt)i Wfirt Kolld (or Moily .anil '4 V i . Fullerton Is Out. UKi;hiirf. ;r Mar; 22. At the Ite j.u)liun priiniiilrir, with two .ticket, rfit-B'Hiliie Kullrtn' ftr iovcrnjr, - 'ami Crawford lor Attorney General, r ' 'pr'i tfHyt tin; Kowbiirg j-rwlmf vv-eni two t one In fitvor of t'rawford. The ; country prtflnctsr h-ard from-are about -U.'llr tjlt iilc-'l. "' Gr Has Yamhill. V McMinAilUr. .. au.r. 22. Thf Jte- pulillffif ( prliriiijifs ( throtiirhout the '" county cjr tlclcgiiles f.ivorablo to rJcr, cxtcpt iiixsibly 4ine or. two pre tin l. .There -la" uu optHMlllon to ToliKU'. v 1 I .Harmony at Eugene.' i l:ugene,Or., Mar, 22. The . Republi i'iin primaries were 'decided If Hltrrtton iih. It Is liriHsslbie to atu-te In whose i f;ivor th' convention -wilj" stand aa re ! ttarls nontlniitions. ' i rl Johns Has Baker. Ittker 'it ir.. Mar. 22. The Re I ul.ll'-iin primaries in this county pass ! (iil-tlf. A 'cpnrvative estimate of the rosuU tonight given Moody the ad v;.itafire ov,er:rWI)llanison. ' The "contest for Joint Senator for Haker,- Malheur si till liarnr-y counties Is favorable to ituml.r Th- slelegateM from tnls,ounty will b f4ir Johns for CJoyernor. Cut and Dried. Astoria. Or.. Mar. 22. The Refiubli ,can primary election jassed quietly. The Utlegstea selected bw th county icntral committee .were elected with out oppoitHtt. , ri In Uni on County. . .' I'nion. Or.. Mar. 22. The Retitiblicjin -pi-imaiies in this county resulted In irrtlil defeat foj- the. Church faction, the Wtlber reople winning out."' KltiB Hd ward's coronation will open Riotous disturbances.: Strike Sympathlasrs Cause Trouble to Passengers on Street Cars, j NORFOLK. Va, Mar. 227 Riotous liturlKites by sympathisers withthe Ktriklng street railway men were te numed here, nd fit Atlsntle City; to r.lKht. Thre csrs Were raided by1 the mrtke sympathisers who drove the pos mengers out,., severely bent the non union tmlnmen. and j ran the cars Into th suburbs where rhey.were dlsabletl nti.l abandoned. Iir Atluntlo City se eral sHts were fired by the crowjd w hlih attacked a car, Two of the riot ers were arretted; : j f-:., :- - AMERICANS THE VICTORS., Oxford Defeated Cambridge Because of Their Fsrsign Students IINWIN'.'1 Urth St Th tei that; ourords' victory In the annual field Mwirta with Cambridge, on Friday. ,ww duo to a, double win of Coe, an Amerl- ran. and that two Americana tbww in the Oxford bow in the rac with c am- bridge today, has r4n rise to mo iinte dUi-ueelnrt In athletic tlrcles. It, is re-m.-irWtxJ ttat If the American eon tinue to patronieMhe English, unlver it tea and athletki meetings, th Ox f.irCambriJge connetHlon wllloon develop Into Inter-Amerlcan contet The Utet London novelty lit the somersault cure for fat women, A West End swrgeon's house has been fit ted up as a gymnasium where arlsto eiuiio patients turn iomersault on the Swedish prim lple, In the hope of reduc ing their obesity. The "cure" I said to be most eflVeaclou. . ' KIDNAPED HIS CHILD. -VANCOUVER. Waith,! Mar. S2.-rO-car Guenther, of Port Ian J. Is wante by 4 he police for kidnaping' his own child! Ma, wife left t he?.-husband sevcraf nonth ago. Guenther appeared -a Parberton, Clarke county, where she haa U en staying, snatched- up the child ar.d disappeared, and baa not been aeen since, y" ; j; 'l-l ;U - X ; X'X . i.i i . ' A HARDWARE COMBINE. Four f the Largest Wholeaale Dealera to Consolidste. ST. LOUIS. Mo,' Mar. 22. The Poit Dispatch will nay tomorrow : - ' E. C Blmrnoni. ii the Simmons Hardware Company, stated 1 tontht that there wa a $3(1,000.000 deal on which would probably end In the con aolidatloD of four of the largrest had ware concerns' In th country. --1 am nbt In a position to make de finite statements -regarding the deal," be saldr "but wilt say that there. Is such a. movement on foot. A MAV WAS A WOMAN. Mysterious Death of a Person Disclosed : t, r. i Sex. I CANAjTDiaUA;f N. T., vMarch" ll A peraon-who was known :here for five year as 'Wtlllam C Howard, dted u& 1enly on WedneIay night, and- the autopsy showed that The supposed man was a. woman. Howard came hwe Ave ywrii ago with a. , woman known a Mrs. Howard. A child was born to the supposed w If e. ' The cause of the wo man' death Is a mystery. On Wednes day nighf" aae took two tablets for a thiroat afljictlon, anT wias dead! in 20 minutes. 'The medicine was sent from WeJIsvIile. In this state, where her reW atlvea reside. H further developed that the person known aa William C. Howard-was Alice M. Jloward. 'and iat she went through; a manage ceremony In 1892, with EOlth Dyer. SITUATION IN CHINA. The 8tate Department Is Anxious Re garding Affairs There. . WASHINGTON, Mar. 22. The situa tion In Southern China Is' attracting the attention of the Htate Department officials, who are In no mood to become again involved In that quarter of the world-' The last advice to the Depart ment was, contained In a cablegram from United States Consul McWade, ut Canton, dated March 18th, saying: i "The Viceroy reiorts the rebellion in Kwang 81 almost crushed." This ,ls .not borne out by the press service of a. later date, hence the anxl ty of the officials. SETTLERS FOR PHILIPPINES. Efforts Mad ' to . Colonize th ItJands "with Eastern People. : SAN FRANCISCO. Mar 22. Efforts nre being made by a number of local capitalists to take advantage -of the low railroad rates fron the East, and s nd a number of -colonists to Manila. The projectors of the enterprise hope to get up a rush to the Islands that will eUHl If not eclipse the rush to the ;northcrn gold fields. As on as legislation re lating to the islands, now pending be fore Congress, Is finally passed,; a wholesale descent will be made upon the Islands. ; SHE WAS DISCHARGED. A Woman-Held for Five Weeks on Sus picion' of Committing Murder.' NEW YORK. Mar. .22. Florence Burns; a young Brooklyn woman who has been In custody since February 15th. under suspicion of knowing .how Walter' Brooks met bia death, was' dis charged by Justice. Mayer r tonight. Brooks had been keeping company with Florence Burns, , He was found dead In a hotel . The gas In his room' was turned on, and there was a 1 bullet wound In his head. . s , 8ENATOR HANNA'S DINNER. L 'WASHINGTON. Mar. 22. Senator ILmna gave a dlnner t tonight to the Uridiron Club. It was attended by only the members of the club, who took oc casion to see that .the Senator1 did not escape being placed on the Gridiron, even though, he was hosL It was on enjoyable affair. . , BROKE A RECORD. u1 jPRlNOFlELD. Mass.. Mar. 22. At lh Gun and Rod Club's regular shoot today, T. R. !s?lscl made a successful attempt upon the world's 1000 shoot record on the American standard tar get at 200; yards, and Jralsed three joints to 91. The record waa held Jiy Bergeeon of Cheyenne, JWyo. CUBAN" AFFAIRS, j'. ; -i W A B 1 1 1 NG TO S. March 21. A confer ence on Cuban affairs wUI be held to morrow, between Governor General WimnI. now on hut way to Washington, and the President and Secretary; s tof War. :.."v . m;-. - ;, -r .. 4 LOGS CO TO SEA. BANGOR. Mei Mar. 22. A boom at Snows Island, containing: 6.000,000 feet of log, woa carried away by th Ice from Matiawamkeag and thi Wwl Branch." and the logs have begun lo rbn past Bangor to the sea. The logs are worth 75,. ; - . CdseateTev Bewela With Caaeftrsta, CsBdy. Ostbsrtle. ears eonattpatloa forerer. I0e,t0e. It CLC.C.ftUarsslarefua4soas. NINETY-NINE YEARS. jl BITTTE. Mont.. March 22. A special to the Mlnr from PhUHpeburg sav the Jury found J. C. Hunter, charged with the murder of II, O, Walbrlda. guilty In the second degree, fixing his sentence at years In the penltcm J ry. ' -. ; in A CONFERENCE ON RECIPROCITY Repafcllua lltattts of Cc:;ress Meet ibe Presided AN INTERCHANGE Of VIEWS HAD NO EFFORT MADE BT THE CHIEF I EXECUTIVE TO INFLUENCE ! THE CdKVJCnONS Of Opponents ofbe Measure. Ad vo 1 cated by the Ways and Means Com- mlttee, Vho-Were, Present -Rojaae-j elt Hope to Settle UhV Differences i Between Leaders of the Sides. 1 WASHINGTON, Mar. 24. A confer ence was held at the White House this afternoon, between the President and several Republican, members , of the House, who have been foremost In opposing- the plan of Cuban reciprocity urged by, the Ways and Means Com mittee.; ": .. ' . V ''' j The members who called were Taw ney and Morris, of MInnesota; Wck, of Ohio; William Av Smith, of Mich igan; Minor, of Wisconsin; Metcalfe, of California, and Dayton, of West Vlr- ginla. The caU was at the request of the Ppesideritlf - ! . i It was stated afterwards, by those who participated, that the conference waa most pleasant, and there waa' not AN OIL STRIKE AT Rumor i lias It that Petrcleom Was f osod Yesterday, Near Mocmootb, at a T)eplhr of Seveo lload and fifty feet Coafd Not Be 'confirmed Last Night, . MONMOUTH, Or, March 24-The ail well, being sunk nar 1r by, H.i HJrsohberg, the Independency bsftkee, hss at last resulted ' 'iff something tangible. Oil, that Ignis Fatuus of the prospector in the " Northwest, ha been struck at depth of abost 750 est, according to ' ' weli.deftsjed nim heee'theugh the? owner and his' force of men, eon servative to a degree, keep close-counsel, and -the-matter cannot be confirmed.. Far several days natural gas has coma up out of the pros pect hoje, and today the drill penetrated what Is' said to ba an ail stratum. Mr. Hirschberg was away at the time, but he was called , home, and tomorrow, it la expected, the greats discovery,-of which ther cart be no doubt, will be given to the world. I. V-. the remotest suggestion on the part of the Chief Executive Mtfiirh could be. construed a seeking; to urge them to yield their personal conviction. At the conclusion "of tle con.?rence, a general understanding; was reached that any statements made to the pub lic would be to the general effect that no 'conclusions were reached, and that the conference, was confined to a -general interchange of, views. It Is under stood Vat the President wiU see some of the members of . the Ways and Means Committee tomorrow, thus fa miliarizing himself with both sides of the Issue, which has recently arisen In the House. lie hopes that Ihis general Interchange with ibe leaders from both aides may bring about a unanimity of action In whatever Is best In behalf of Cuba. ' .J 1 Palm a M seta Roosevelt Washington, Mar, 25. Toma Es trada Palma, President-elect of jcuba. niet President Roosevelt lj his official rapacity for, the first time this evening, when the former was th guest of honor at an Informal .t dinner at the WhKe House. , ; j . .The actual date of the transfer of the Cuban Government ha been tenta lively fixed as May 1st, but ft has be ome apparent that forVrlous reasons there may have to b a postponement of the transfer to a date later. in the month. t .' ' : Oleomargarine Bill, I s , Washington, Mar. 24. Consideration was begun by the Senate today, of thf oleomargarine bill. The measure places a tax of 10 rents a, pound on oleomar garine colort-d In imitation of buttr, and reduces the present ta of 2 rent per pound" on oleomargarine to a quar ter of one cent a pound In Its utifol ored form. ' . ; , Proctor made the opening statement In support of the measur. A few bills of minor Importance were passed be fore the oleomargarine bill wae Uken up. -r, ' , ,: m . ' - The Ceebel Law. Washington, . Mar. 24. TVireing (Ky.) Injected aa attack on th Ooebel electlont law Into the dlsusion of the Mows-Rhea contested election csa from the JThlrd Kentucky District, which again occupied the Attention of the House today, but Rhea declined to be drawn , Into an extended debate on Issues not directly Involved In the rase. Rhea made a strong presenlatlon of hi tde of the rase, but hat! pot eoneluded when the If oust adjourned. The vote will be taken tomorrow. RICE MURDER CASE. Defendant's Counsel Says Prosecution . , Has Shown No Motive. - . NEW . TORK, March 24. Robert M. Moor began today the aummlng op for the defense In the' trial of Albert T. Patrick, accused, of the murder of W. M. TUce. In opening he said the prosecution had shown uo motive for the killings of Rles'by Patrick,' because Patrick, under the ,1900 will, was, not to. Inherit. Rice'a millions for himself, but for the carrying out, of a trust JoneiT statement that Rice was killed at the direction "of Patrick, the laywer contended, was unworthy of belief, be cause Jones had a motive In making that statement. r Mr. Moore laid stress on the wording of the will of 4894, which, he declared, gave far greater power ovr the R4ce J estate to Captain Baker, than the -1909 will gave to Patrick. He said the Rice Institute, of Houston.; Tex., was merely a scheme to head off the Holt litigation over the will of the - deceased Mrs. Rice. Patrick's L conduct., throughout, Mr. Moore said, was that of an honor able and Innocent man. ?' OREGON DAIRIES. WASHINGTON. D. C, March 2 4 A census bulletin Issued today contains the following figure relating to the dairy Industry In Oregon: N Number of dairy cows. 122.447; value of the pro duct In 1899, fa,S50.9S3; milk produced. 48.582,963 gallons; milk sold, 10.308.119 gallons; received from sales, $1,111,073; (ream sold. 154.549 -gallons; received from sales, 173,439; buttei made, 3.107, 450 pounds; butter sold, 4.092.642 pound; received from sales; 1777,989; cheeseXmade, 47.256 pounds; . cheese sold, 397.967. pounds; received from sales, 343.896. ' ..; , BIG DAMAGE SUIT Filed Against a Coast Railroad by ' Vancouver Man.. VANCOUVER, Wash, Mtr. 24. W. D. Tenant filed a suit V against thS THE IIIRSCHBERG WELL Washington 'aV Oregon Railway Com pany, for"$50,000. The suit Is the re sult of an Occident j-hl"ch occurred on the road In -which Tenant received In juries r suiting In the loss ot both feet. CUDEN iS SHERIFF. Governor of New York Cannot Remove an'Offieer Elected by the people. NEW TORK. Mar. 22. Justice Oay nor, of the. Supreme Court in Brooklyn today, handed down a decision' that Charles Guden is - sheriff of Kings county, and 'declaring the action of Colonel Dike and his associates, in breaking 'into the sheriff's office, un warranted, Guden was recently re moved I from the office by Governor Ode! I. Who appointed Colonel Dike In his place. . t MILES' STATEMENT A It Will Appear ii the Official Rec .. j erd f Congress; WASIIINOTON. Mar. 24. The state-, men t of General Miles before the Ren ate Committee on Military Affalrsas It will appear . In Ute official i records, after revision by him, was made public tonight. The features which caused something of a sensation: whn pub lished the day the statement was made, do not appear. The stenographer's re port was submitted to Mites, and that official report1 indicates that he followed closely the written statement he had prepared and read to t$ commit ta. The main facts of the Generals opposi tion to the War Department's stsff were given at th time. . Th 111 Wind , that biow nobody gMv1 im bent on er rands of mischief In ttietfall and win ter. It produces that most dangerous of common complaints a bad ooH. Tour cold will not become bronchitis nor consumption If you make timely use of Allen' Long HaUim. Take K fre quently until the miigti anl the gfot-ed-up feeling in the chest are gone. Contains no opium and will not disturb digestion. , - WIRELESS TELEGRAPH, Bid Invited te Install It at St. Mich al and Name. - WASIIINOTON, Mar. 24. General Oreek-y has invited bids for supplying a system of wireless telegraph between Nome City and St, Michaels, Alaska, tat miles, aeross Norton Sound. The bidders must prov.e the capacity of their apparatus by a sixty test along the Atlantic Coast. MINERS' STRIKE I IS THREATENED The Anthracite Re c!aa WVA Stt Acotfctr Tle-lp IMESS IKE OPtGATORS YltLD A RESOLUTION ADOPTED BT THE v CONVENTION OF MINEWORK ERS AT SHAMOKIN ' Declaring for a Walk-out If the .Oral Carrying Roads Do Not - Advance Wages and Recognise Miners ien f era! Arbitration Committee Ha Been ? Called to Meet Tomorrow;' SHAMCJKIN. Pa, Mar 24. A rtso lutlon presented at today's aessloa of the United Mlneworkers of America, made & provisional strike recommenda tion which was unanimously adopted. President Mitchell mad this state i ment: . . .- "; "The resolution deelarea that the Mlneworkers cannot continue at work during the coming year under the i res ent -low wages snd - indefinite condi tions of employment, and provided for a general suspension of work, upon a date to be designated by the executive boards of districts f, 7 and Y j . "It provides, however, that befori re sorting to such drastic measure i nn appeal will be made to the exciitlv committee of the .National Civic Feder ation; If the Clflc Federation refuse to' act or should fall in. Its efforts to arrange . a satisfactory adjust i new t prior to Aprlr 1st, and' If after that date negotiations are still pending, all A nthracl te Ml neworfcers, except those necessiry to keep the mines In rekaJr, shall remain, away from the mines, strlpplngs, washer and breakers, on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Haturdais of each week. Should the strike take place" no settlement will be mad In any m pa rate district, and will not ter minate until officially declared e vied by a committee representing the three anthracite districts.! - I i; Commenting on the action of the convention. President Mitchell sa!d: ' 1 m free to confess that a sit rike is Imminent." '"v'V-' ; , The resolution adopted today wai the renult of a difference of opinion among the delegates as to im-thoili to be pursued In ehfortlng the Mlnewoi Iters' demands. Resolutions had been pre sented to the convention from se eral districts, but none were satisfactory to the entire bod of delegates. It was theh4edded to place the matt?r l ithe ,hand of President Mitchell, rin'l the district presiden,ts.nd vice-presidents. Before completing the draft of the res olution. President Mitchell communi cated with the presidents of 'coal-carry ing roads, making a Jifst appeal confeience.. " . ' ' 'i . ' for a lie received several x replies, all of which refused. to meet the repres-n.ta lives of the union. Others';made no re tlv. The t?xt of the replies were not made public. i ; Will Arbitrate. X New York, Mar. 24. Notice was given-out tonight, by Ralph M. Edsley. Secretary of the National Civic Feder ation, that the conciliation committee would bold a special session Wednes day morning, to consider the threat ened, miners' strike. Senator; lianna ha a telegraphed that he will, attend, and othera exacted are Bishop pptter; Oscaj" Strauss, Chas. A. Moore, Frank P. Sargent," Jaa, Duncan. Jno Mitchell and Franklin McVeagh.'' FROZEN TO DEATH. Two Yewstg Men, While Crossing "fills- meek Mountain, Lot Their Uives. ASTORIA, Or, MarJ 24. St nmer Elmore brought the body of Arthur Ward from Tillamook tonight. Ward and Miles Kaufman; of Portland, start ed across the1 mountains' from 'Tilla mook to TamhUI county Friday and were found frozen to death two frnllea apart In the snow, Saturday morning. by the mall carrier, about' 17 years old. live here. - ,. The boy were Warns pai rents Chrsnl Diarrhoea. ' Mrj C. B. W'BgftHd, of Fair Piyf Mo,, who buffered from rhroale dysejfetery for thtrty-flve years,, say Chafnber tain's Colic. Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy did him trior good than any other medicine he had ever useflJ For ale by lr, Stone's rug Store. FOR CHINESE RECELS, A Yokohama MeeeKant Gees te , York ta Buy Arm. N ' .VICTORIA, II. C Mar. 2Marcu C 111(1. a Yokohama ner hanti wio haa arrived here. Is aald to be carrying orders to New York for arms afj am munition for the rebel In Southern China. Hill says recruHs are floy-klng to the rebel standard, and their hop i to ruch Canton. Iters they expert ta get sufficient ammunlllon, arms and treasure to carry on the rebellion. Which will eventually result , in the overthrow of th , rtgnlnK pier In China.' WILL MAKE SUGAR. DENVER. March 24-Tn nepuhil can say: ; ,TbeAroerican Sugar Re- flnlngi Company haa made tlv flrst move to taki up the heel-sugar Indus- T try In Cokrado- Henry K. Niese, of New York, supeHrtendent of construc tion and refineries, after two weeks spent In Investigating the situation In Colorado, has returned to New York. Two companies to nerate In Youlder. Larimer, Arapahoen Jefferson, Morgan, Waebington sod Igan counties,, hat v tW-en. iucorporated 'With' ' cothir-;.iI r.iptUil of tl.'eoo.aoo. ind Mr. Nlese has , sut ured options' on lands suitable1 for beet culture and for the erections of sugar relloerles. These lands are those which Independent beet-sugar : coin--' panles were examining with a view; to" J purchase.- .'.;. CUBAN EMBEZZLERS. Three of Postal Thievee Sent to Prison ' and Fined Heavily. HAVANA, Mar.' 24v-i-The trials be fore the AuuVncia Court, of the vases arising from the cmbesxlenient of the , Cultwn postal .fund have resulted In the following-sentences: V P.- Wt Neeley. ten , years' Imprison ment and ay fine of J56.T01. ' W. H. Reeves, ten year In prison and pay fine of '- ' Estes i1 O. Rathooiv. ten years' Im prisynment artdpay fine of $35,124. WILX. RAh3 1SLAN.PKR.' VICTORIA,- B. C. Mar. 24. Captain Cox, the British Columbia agent- for , LJoyd. Iwondon. hss losed a contract with Suiftees llote, of jkattle, for rai In the ktearaer Islaniitv Ttie Ilantjf' er was fost In u lllslonUth an Ice-",.;.!' berg at the entrance of LymVfetnal, on the night of the 15th of August, last. RHODES' CONDITION 1 CApK TOWN. March 2&.-Ceci Rhodes had a fair night's rest, hut there tV m rear Improvement ,n hiv condition'. ' ' ' - EFFORTS ARE BEING MADE To Secore Peece la Sealb Africen ; Bepablics AN AIIMISTK'IJ IKCL.ARi:i f AND , commanders; of oipoking forces will meet and; con- , fer o.v the iiuih)sed ket timent of the war. , - AMSTERDAM. Mar. 24. It Is be Hevejr In lioef circles here, that the ac - Uo Acting President Schalkburger ' Is the- result of a fommunlcatlon from ' Ber representatives .in Eunp. A, fornwr member tt the Tvansvaat Gov- ernment said tonight: ' f f "After the exchange of the Dutch- ; S English notes is conference Was at- ' tendel by Krug-r, Lleyds and the del egates, and It W"adec.lded to send six.1 emissaries to Soul h Africa, by differ ent routes, with dispatches vfor . Sley n and S-halkburger. - . ."'.. : "Tbie fact that the Boers in the flebl are inclined to conpromls the de mands fur absolute Independence, seems to be indicated by the plan j h'tlkburarr has outlined orvthe gov toiitent of the Industrial center. This ; consists. of a British board of admin--istration wlh a proportional represen tation." ' - ' ' . ' ,r Operation Cease. . London. Mar. 25. The Dally Chron icle asserts that an armlstlcs has been arranged,' pending the- duration of Schalkberger'a mission to General De wet, and that offensive operations against pewe-t. Delarcy and Botha have been suspend ?d. The three. Generals . have agreed to observe. h,e armistice honorably, until the return of thw en voys to th Boer II nes. " . It Is believed, continues the Chron lice,, that the envoys after acquainting Ikrtha. with the result of their mission, will again confer with Kitchener, a.1 though.no arrangement for a second conference has actually been madef AT TH UN DEI I MOUNTAIN, BOJSE, Ida., March 24 Several !more deals In Thunder Mountain protertles were made today. The most Important Is the sale, by Fred IloWmb. of tn claims at the mouth of SunnyMde creek. -The prhe fc believed to be abut II.Ooo.WjO, as a td near that fiaj-. ur waa. recently ..made.-; . ; ROYAL YACHTING CRUISE. NEW "YORK, Mar h ii f.'ontra'die tory statement are stUlNrurrent re 'teiting the King's pUns for a yacht ing cfuis. says the- Tribune's Inlou c-rrelrfmdent. Several ii'jrarriir,hri do not like to admit that Ury were, misinformed, . respecting, the. Riviera plans, and suggest that the British Government had been warned that the' King would be subjected to Boer machinations and Insults. The King probably had only -half mad up bis mind, and now-has easily changed lit plans. "",': ". ; FREIGHT SHEDS AFIRE. Winnipeg, Man., March 21. The Ca nadian Parine freight sheds are on fire, and that- indications point to their total destruction. The Visa wllf be enorrmus -as the sh f are filler with Urge con signments for Western merchants. and settlers' effects, ..- MAXNIC WON. SAN FRANCISCO. Mar. 22.-Maxr.lc WOtl the rich Western VrnAwr- U(..b.. for two-year-olds, at Oakland toJay. Five furlongs. Western Produce Stakes, Value SSS9 Maxnic won; Sylvia Tal bot second; .Vlctlde third. Time l:2'4.