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"i11 I, ~y LOC AL DIKE CT ORY. OFFICERS OF BURLEIGH COUNTY. Sheriff H. P. Bogue Treasurer E. H. Sperry Auditor W. S. Moornouse County Judge John Fort Clerk of Court Walter Skelton States Attorney E. S. Allen Register of Deeds ........Chas. A. Johnson Coroner John White Superintendent of Schools C. D. Edlclt Surveyor John Harold Physician C.'A Ballard County Commissioners—George A. Welsh, Harvey. Harris, Gust W. Johnson County Board of Health—Dr. W. A. Bent ley, E. 8. Pierce. E. S. Allen. Insanity Board—J. F. Fort, Dr. W. A. Bentfey, E. S. Allen. County Justices—Edgar Tlbbals, Edward Rawllngs, Elvis Wood, John Clark. County Constables—Patrick McHugh, John Hubert, David Williams, Ole Satner. BISMARCK CITY OFFICIALS. Mayor Edw. G. Patterson Clerk Henry W. Rtehholt Treasurer S. M. Pye Justice J. F. Fort Attorney E. S. Allen Aldermen—First ward, John White. M. .T. Halloran Second ward, H. P. Bogue, E S. Pierce Third ward, Walter Skelton, J. A. Barnes Fourth ward, S. D. Rohrer, W. H. Sanderson. Chief of Police ,..P. McHugh Night Watchman John Hubert Chief of Fire Department ,Wm. Jaeger Custodian of Engine P. McHugh City Surveyor John Harold Poundmaster Chas. White PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND OFFICES. School Board—Jos.' Hare, Harvey Harris, H. It. MIchelson, Louis Larson, James McDonald. State Officials Offices at Capitol County Officials—offices at courthouse ex cept as herein otherwise Indicated. City Council—regular meetings first and third Tuesdays or each month at city hall. Chambers of W .H. Winchester, district judge. First National Bank Building. Office of County Judge Webb Block Office of States Attorney Webb Block Office of Mayor Sheridan House Office of City Treasurer.. .First Nat. Bank Office of City Clerk City Hall Office of City Justice Webb Block Office of County Justice City Hall Office of Supt Schools.First Nat Bank Blk U. S. Land Office ....First Nat Bank Blk U. S. Surveyor General Webb Block U. S. court rooms Webb Block U. S. Commissioner, J. R. Gage, First Na tional Bank Block. Deputy U. S. Marshal E. G. Patterson United States Weather Bureau, (and state weather and crop service) B. H. lironson, director, government reserva* tlon, West Main street. (Postoffice, Agatha G. Patterson, postmas ter, Webb Block. St. Alexius Hospital ....Main & Sixth Sts Acting Assistant U. S. Marine Hospital Sur geon, F. R. Smyth, First Nat. Bank Blk. United States Board of Pension Examining Surgeons—Dr. G. A. Stark, president Dr. Ballard, secretary. Board meets the first ana third Mondays of each-month at the office of Dr. Ballard, First National Bank Block. Western Union Telegraph office, Main and Fourth streets. Authorized Northern Pacific Surgeons—F. R. Smyth, Bismarck G. B. Furniss, Man dan. Officer in charge of construction of new mili tary post, Major E. B.Robertson, TJ. S. A. Resident engineer, new military post, T. H. Humphreys, Bismarck Bank block. TERMS OF DISTRICT COURT—SIXTH DISTRICT. First Subdivision—At Bismarck, third Tues day in May and fourth Tuesday in No vember. Second Subdivision—At Medora, Billings County two terms, at such times as judge shall direct. Third Subdivision—A Willlamsport, Em mons county two terms, at such time as the judge shall direct Fourth Subdivision—At Steele, Kidder county third Tuesday In June and second Tuesday in January. Fifth Subdivision—At Stanton, Mercer county two terms, at such times as the judge shall direct Sixth Subdivision—At Washburn, McLean county two terms, at such times as the judge shall direct 8eventh Subdivision—At Mandan, Morton county third Tuesday In April and first Wednesday after the first Monday in No vember. Eighth Subdivision—At Sanger, Oliver county two terms, at such times as the judge shall direct Ninth Subdivision—At Dickinson, Stark county first Tuesday in April and second Tuesday in September. Hon. W. H. Winchester,- judge chambers In First National Bank Block. R. M. Tuttle, Stenographer. MTATT.fi AND '.TRANSPORTATION. MAILS CLOSE. Eastern via N. P. No. 2—7:30 p, m. Westernivia N. P. No. 1—ll:45.a.'m. Office hours of postoffice. general delivery, a. m. to 7:80 p. ra., dally except Sunday DOX delivery from 7 a. m. to li p. m. dally. On SULday the- general delivery Is open between 1:30 p. m. and 2:30 p. m. Gen eral- delivery is closed while mall is being distributed after arrival of trains each way. WEST BOUND. No. 1- Leaves St. Paul at 10:85 p. m. Fargo, 6:15 a. m.. Valley City, 7:50 a* m. Jamestown, 8:58 a. ra. *Tappen, 10:22 Dawson, 10:30 Steele 10:49: *McKenzie, 11:45 'Burleigh, 11 52 a. m. Bismarck, 12:12 p. m. BAST BOUND. No. 2—Leaves Mandan, 11:55 a.m. Bismarck, 12:10 a. m. *Burleigh, 12 -.35 a. m. *McKenzie, .11:43 a. m, Sterling, 12:53a.m. Steele, 1:43 a.m. Dawson, 2:05 a. m. Jamestown, 3:45 a. m. Valley City, 4:45 a. m. Fargo, 4 .-00 a. m. St. Paul. 8 p. m. Passengers can obtain permits of agent to ride on some way freights each way. STAGE LINES. For Fort Yates, way points and connections. Including Glencoe, LIvona, Campbell, La every morning except Sunday returning leaves Fort Yates at 7 a. m., arriving In. Bismarck about 6 p. m. For Fort Berthold, Coal Harbor, Turtle Lake, Weller. Washburn, Painted Woods, Falconer, Elbow Woods, and way points, stage leaves every morning except Sunday returning leaves Berthold every morning, arriving In Bismarck about 6 p. m. For Slaughter, Conger, Crofte, Cromwell and Francis and way points, stage leaves J? at 8 a. m, Mondays and Fridays return "»tag arrives In Bismarck Tuesdays juid Saturdays. 1^% MISSOURI RIVER PACKETS. Benton Transportation Company, I. P. .4,w, Baker, general superintendent steamers I' leave weekly during navigation season ,Jfi for Standing Rock, Fort Yatea. Cannon &V Ball and way points, anfl to Washburn, T'.V Coal Harbor, Mannhaven and up river points, as per special announcement. fi W» Mllf ISIIWMM. ... EASI1 ST. Loins, Ills., Jan. 16.—Mrs. Christina Harth emerged from a trance daring the morning to find herself un der process of being embalmed and prepared for the grave. Tbe discovery of life $as the result of the merest acci dent and astounded th* nndertaker^^ "'o^ 1 A i' _. •:^a^: ^:V^j,-'i-'i-^'-- 4' "•4"- W" «^V *i bimuch Former Resident Director Hears That Buller Has Lost Again. General Opinion in London That a Battle Is at Least Due. Borne Momentons Changes in Dis position of Boer Forces Imminent. LONDON, Jan. 16.—A telegram from Newport, Wales, says Rutherford Har ris, formerly resident director in South Africa of the British South Africa company, has received a cablegram to the effect that General Buller has suf fered another reverse. The war office has no information to enable it to confirm or deny the dis patch said to have been received by Mr. Rutherford Harris. LONDON, Jan. 16.—Up to the present, the reported crossing of the Tugela river by General Warren's division re mains but rumor. Nevertheless, the whole tenor of Buch news as has drib bled in from South Africa during the last 48 hours indicates that a combined forward movement of a comprehensive character is proceeding. It is not nec essary to believe tne unconfirmed sto ries of the Boers being in full retreat from Colenso because it has been learned that a column is proceeding via Weenan to Helpmaakar to cut off their retreat. But at the same time credible information from many sources indis putably points to momentous changes in the disposition of the Republican forces. Advices from Pietermaritz burg, dated Saturday, Jan. 13, say that since their defeat on Jan. 6, the Boers have befen removing their guns from the positions south of Ladysmith. The same dispatch confirms the report that the Thirteenth Hussars reached Grob ler's Kloof without meeting the Boers. As the trenches of Grobler's Kloof were perhaps the strongest position held by the burghers, their vacation had con siderably astonished the British. They Want the Jam. Merchants ,&t Pietermaritzburg have received messages from Ladysmith say ing "Bring up jam," etc., indicating that their Ladysmith's agents antici pated an immediate opening of commu nication, while Ladysmith also helio graphed the belief prevalent there Jan. 18, that the Boers were moving and concentrating their forces elsewhere. As corroborative of the British activity in the direction of the relief of Lady smith, a dispatch has been received in London from General Buller to the effect that he expected all the disposi tions for asynchronous movement of the various columns against the besieg ers would be completed Monday morn ing. Under these circumstances, it is considered quite probable that the ad vance on the beleagured town has com menced and that fighting is progrebs ing. Optimists go so far as to say that it is expected that Ladysmith will be relieved by night if all goes well. The military men are. divided in opinion as to whether General Buller is at Spring field or personally directing the flank movement from Weenen. The officials are inclined to credit the report that the British have crossed the Tugela river in that direction, although there is no confirmation of the information, and altogether there is a more Hopeful feeling in official circles. There is little news of importance from elsewhere. General French's forces have succeeded in dragging a 15 pounder to the summit of the steep, rocky Coleskbpf, 1,000 feet above the surrounding plain and Jan. 12, they successfully routed a Boer camp on the plain three miles away from Storm etroom. An interesting item of n^ws is that 800 Boers escorting a party of reapers, have successfully garnered all the crops within two miles of the colonial camp at Bird's river, the British force being too weak to interfere, BOERS MUST SUCCEED. President Krager Affirm* That Prori dence IK on Their Old*. PBBTOBIA, Thursday, Jan. 11.—Presi dent Kruger, in the course of a stirring address just issued to the burghers, af firms that Providence is on their aide, that their cause is a just one and that they must succeed. The official list of the Boeif casualties in the attack on Ladysmith shows 26 killed and 77 wounded. These figures are described as the "first return." The embargo at Delagoa Bay upon Transvaal imports is the question Of the hour with the burghers. If-this is not removed it is stated that steps will be taken prejudicial to prisoners and aliens. FRENCH ADVANCES. British Occupy Sltngerafonteln, ttie Boers Retiring. RKNBBVBO, Cape Colony, Jar.. 16.—A 1 \. TWENTIETH YEAR. BISM4RCK, NORTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY, JAN. 16, 1900. ^r'':-r, -'rVf-.i!.': l:iVvr.iv'- ,X- v^:"'. -]r\: '^S strong lorce or rarotsn troops advanced during the morning under cover of a brisk artillery fire and encamped at Slingersfontein, on the Boers' eastern flank. The Boer patrols retired, but subsequently a body of Boers attempted to seize the position, threatening com munication between the British en campment and Rensburg. The iftew Zealanders, with a brilliant dash, frus trated the attempt. They race 4 and Beized the position first and fired alleys at the enemy, who retired in the direc tion of Colesberg. DESPERATE FIGHTING. Special Dispatch Describes the Battle at Ladysmith. LONDON, Jan. 16.—A special dispatch from the Hoofd laager at Ladysmith, dated Jan. 9, describing the assault on Jan. 6 upon Ladysmith, says: 4 "The British made no attempt to hold the first line of breastworks, but made an exceedingly stubborn resistance at the next row. Every inch was stub bornly contested and conspicuous brav ery was displayed on both sides. "After 10 o'clock the British artillery fire slackened and a terrible individual contest ensued among the riflemen for the possession of Plat-Rand ridge. At noon a heavy thunder storm inter rupted the battle, lasting for two hours. "Although the burghers succeeded in ultimately gaining possession of most of the British positions on the western side of the Plat-Rand, they were finally obliged to retire from most of the ground they occupied. The Brit ish were most strongly entrenched, their redoubts skillfully loopholed and the combatants were so close that rifles were frequently fired at arm's length. It was a hand to hand encounter. The men on both sides fought like demons and the horror and bewilderment of the scene could scarcely be realized." DISPATCH FFIOM ROBERTS. Commander-in-Chief Reports No Change In the Situation. LONDON, Jan. 16.—The war office has issued a dispatch from Field Marshal Roberts, saying: "There is no change in the situation." ,The war office simultaneously issued the following: "Methuen's cavalry reconnoissance returned on Jan. 11. Went 25 miles into Free State. Country clear of en emy, except patrols. "All quiet at Modder River. "French reconnoitred around the en emy's left flank on Jan. 10. Advanced from Slugger's farm on Jan. 11, with cavalry and horse artillery to bombard Bo^r laager east of Colesberg Junction, but was unable to outflank the enemy. "Gatacre reports no change. "All well on Dec. 28 at Mafeking." Straightening the Iiine. MITCHELL, Ind., Jan. 16.—The Balti more and Ohio Southwestern is spend ing $1,500,000 straightening and short ening its line through Indiana five miles, preparatory to cutting tbe sched ule between St. Louis and Cincinnati from 9 to 8 hours. OCCUPIED BY THE FRENCH. Warships Take Possession of Kwong Chan Wan Bay. TACOMA, Wash., Jan. 16.—The steamer Elm Branch brings news from Shanghai that French warships have taken possession of Kwong Chau Wan bay, where a boundary dispute has been pending for several months. The French commenced operations by seizing two Chinese gunboats, de stroying their guns and ammunition and taking the officers aboard the French ship as prisoners. The war ships. then shelled 20 Chinese villages, compelling the Chinese troops to move back. A four hours' battle took place at Yegluoe, in which the French lost four killed and 28 wounded. The Chinese loss was heavier. After the Chinese retreated the French forces were di vided into four expeditions, which pillaged and burned many villages on their march back to the seashore. Several mandarins surrendered to pre vent the burning of their towns. They are held as hostages to prevent retali ation by the natives. DEED OF A LONE ROBBER. Held Hp Two Kestanrants In the Ueart of Knusa* City. KANSAS CITY, Jan. 16.—In true West ern fashion, alone robber, masked and armed, cleaned out two restaurants in the center of the city at 6 a, 111. under the glare of an electric light. In Lewis' restaurant at 1910 Walnut street, he pointed a pistol at the cashier and tapped the register, while he ke his revolver in plain view of the customers eating nearby. Skipping across the street to the restaurant of Robert Mc Clintock the robber covered the cashier there and oommanded two waiters and three oustomers to hold up their hands. They complied promptly and the rob ber emptied the register in a twinkling. He pocketed the entire contents, $146, and backing oat of the door escaped. American Good* Ralea«*d.' WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.—Secretary of State Hay Baid that the British govern ment had released the American goods on the Dutch vessel Maria and that they were now in Delagoa Bay. The goods consist of flour and other pro Visions, which the English authorities seised as contraband of war intended 1 .^SSlf8'1 ,.'-!'!i!^ Interstate Commerce Commission Again Appeals to Con gress For Power to Enforce Some ol Its Rulings Regarding Rates. Unless Moderate Measures Are Enacted Radical Ones Are Inevitable. WASHINGTON, Jan. Its.—The inter state cdmmerce commission has made public its 18th annual report. The feature of the report is tbe strong plea that congress uphold the hands of the commission by amendments making the interstate commerce law more effective. The report says that the commission a year ago called attention to the fact that in vital respects the present law has proved defective and inadequate, and until further legisla tion is provided the best efforts at reg ulation must be feeble and disappoint ing. The requests of the commission for needful amendments have been supported by petitions and memorials from agricultural, manufacturing and commercial interests throughout the country, yet, says the report, not a line of the statute has been changed, and none of the burdensome conditions which call for relief have been removed or modified. Need Becomes More Imperative. The existing situation and the devel opments of the past year, it is added render more imperative than ever be fore the necessity for speedy and suit able legislation. Nine-tenths of the people know that any railroad com pany can charge for its service what ever it pleases, and as much as it pleases, without any real power of this commission or any other tribunal or court to limit the amount of such charge for the future, when complaint is made by an aggrieved shipper, and they are substantially of one mind in desiring that this and other defects in the statutes be properly remedied. Shippers, also, have been practically unanimous in favor of a single classifi cation of freights, one which will be uniform for all roads and all sections of the country, and reasonably stable when established. Thte or Something More Badioal. This general public dissatisfaction has been frecmently expressed in reso lutions of various national organiza tions, and at a conference in Chicago last November, attended by representa tives from a number of national asso ciations of manufacturers, merchants and others, a bill embracing the more important amendments recommended by the commission was approved as the measure which would best meet the requirements of business and com mercial interests. This bill Senator Oullom has introduced, and the report significantly suggests whether contin ued failure to perfect the regulation statute on reasonable lines will not soon result in an irresistible demand for the most radical and drastic legis lation. Continuing, it adds: Vast Schemes of Consolidation Afoot. "It is a matter of common knowl edge that vast schemes or railway con trol are now in process of consumma tion, and that the competition of rival lines is to be restrained by these com binations. While this movement has not yet found full expression in the ac tual consolidation of railroad corpora tions, enough has transpired to disclose a unification of financial interests which will dominate the management and harmonize tne operations of lines here tofore independent and competitive. This is today the most noticeable and important feature of the railway situa tion. If the plans already foreshad owed are brought to effective results and others of similar scope are carried to execution, there will be a vast cen tralization of railroad properties, with all the power involved in snch far reaching combinations, yet uncontrolled by any public authority which can be efficiently exerted. The restraints of competition upon excessive and unjust rates will, .in this way, be avoided, and whatever evils may result will be rem edyless under existing laws." cnioaffoaaa nay atg LanaDcr Cot. MABINETTE, Wis., Jan. 16.—The Perley-Lowe Company of Chicago has purchased the season's out of the H. Witbeck company of this city. The deal involves a consideration of over $500,000, and is the largest one made this year. It will undoubtedly stand as one of the largest angle deals for 1900, Burled by Wife No. 9. Sioux CITY, la., Jan 16.—The re mains of Dr. Gustave Mahe, whose body two wives claimed, was buried during che day by wife No. 2. Although wife No. 1 in San Francisco demanded custody of the remains local officials decided to issue a burial permit to wife No. 2, and she had charge ef the cexe monioii -a a**.-* J. BLAMES MR. nOAR. Zx.Hlnliter Barrett Says the Senator*! Speech Was Cabled to Manila. CHICAGO, Jan. 15.—John Barrett, ex United States minister to Siam, for the first time publicly named Senator Hoai at Lake Forest university as the United States senator whose anti-expansion speech was cabled to Hong Kong and subsequently put into the hands of the Filipino soldiers, causing, as Mr. Bar rett believed, the open insurrection. It appeared further from the ex-minister'e speech that the government has dis covered privately the stages by which the anti-expansion address reached Luzon. In the course of his address, which was on the general subject of the Philippines, the speaker said it had been discovered in the government in vestigation that Senator Hoar's speech was cabled in cipher and in fragments to Paris where it was put together and forwarded to Hong Kong. The message included several thousand words and the cost for transmission was said to have been $4,000. It interested the government to know what friends the Filipinos had at this time who were in a position to send the message. Sent to the Filipino Officer*. "I was in Hong Kong at the time," said Mr. Barrett, "and I remember the incident distinctly. I was coming down stairs in the hotel when I met the president of the Hong Kong junta and he had in his hand the long dispatch he had just received. It gave a large part of Senator Hoar's speech in full and a summary of the rest of it. I asked the president what he was going to do with it, and he told me that he meant to send it to the officers of the army in the Philippines. He was urged not to do so, but he protested that it had been printed in the United States and was public property. "Four days after that speech had been delivered it was in the hands of those who saw an opportunity to make political capital of it. The speech was published and distributed among the soldiers and believe it was the culmi nating influence that brought about the open insurrection. This speech, you must remember, was delivered before there was an open insurrection." Senator Boar Is Silent. BOSTON, Jan. 1 .—Senator Hoar de clined to take any notice of the state ment attributed to Mr. Barrett, ex minister to Siam, in an address on the Philippine question. The senator said that General Otis' reports give him the fullest accounts of the events that led to hostilities, and that he expects, as he has already given notice, to deal with the whole matter in the senate. SUGGESTED BY MERRIAM. Fitrmtri Should Prepare Accurate Sta* tiatios For £nameraton. WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.—Director Mer riam suggests to the agriculturists of the country that they use some of their spare time between now and June next in thoroughly preparing themselves to answer promptly and accurately the questions relative to the acreage, quan tity and value of crops the quantity and value of all farm products, animal and vegetable the cost of fertilisers and farm labor, and in fact all the items of farm operations for the calen dar year 1899, which the census enu merators are by law compelled to as certain. This, he says, will result in a full and accurate census. CREES ARE QUIET. Reports That Canadian Indians Were Excited Over Boer War Denied* OTTAWA, Ont., Jan. 16.—Reports having become current of excitement among the Indians of the North, the home of the Crees, over the Transvaal war, on the alleged grounds that the grievances of the Boers were similar to those which provoked the rebellion of 1885, in the Canadian Northwest, Hon. Clifford Sifton, minister of the interior ordered and the Indian agent at Mon don, reports that he has visited five agencies and that the Indians are ig norant that there is a war in South Africa. He has also met a reliable man who came from Lesser Slave Lake, who gave a flat' denial to the report. The Indians were all quiet and con tented. EXCITED ABOUT LUMPY JAW An Entire Herd of Wisconsin Cattle May Have to Be Killed. BLACK RIVER FALLS, Wis., Jan. 16.— The state veterinary surgeon has been visitiug the farm of H. M. Swarthout, several miles south of here, in La Crosse county. He was called there tc investigate the severe cases of lumpy jaw in the large stock of cattle on Mr. Swarthout's dairy farm. The eniiri herd seem to be affected, and there will be a large number of them killed. There are isolated cases on several other farms, but of a milder form. 1: is causing a great deal of excitement among the farmers in that vicinit" JAPAN IN CHINA. Offers to Eitablith a Military Academy to Bdaeata Chinese soldiers. PKKIN, Jan. 16.— A significant sign of the part Japan hopes to play in the fu ture in China is that the Japanese gov ernment has definitely offered to estab lish a military academy at Pekin, to educate ChitteSe under /Japanese of ficers. It is said that China ia favora bly disposed towards this Drooosition. FIVE CENTS 4 FLOODS SUBSIDE Frost Comes to the Rescue oi People of Idaho and Wash ington, Checking What Promised to Be Exceedingly Disastrous Floods. Large Amount of Railroad Track Washed Ont—Towns in Danger. SPOKANE, Wash., Jan. 16.—The floods in the Potlatch and Clear Water rivers are receding. The wires to the Ken drick and Julietta districts are down, hence meager information comes from there, but enough to show that no further damage has been done. Lewis ton has mail for the first time in three days. All traveling in thpt vicinity is by wagons. Trains are everywhere tied up in the valleys. The line of road from Kendrick to Lewiston on the Northern Pacific is obliterated in many places, and no trains will run for two weeks on that portion of the branch. The weather in Eastern Washington is cooler, and all danger from further floods is believed to be passed. THREE DAYS DOWNPOUR. Washington and Idaho Rivers Become Basing Torrents. TACOMA, Jan. 16.—A downpour of rain for three days, together with a pre vailing Chinook wind, melted the snow and suddenly flooded several western Washington valleys and a great portion of lyatah county, Idaho. Hundreds of farms in Puyallup, Stuck and White river valleys are under water and the mountain streams are raging torrents. The streets of Kent, lying on the banks of the White river, are flooded, and for a distance of three miles below town the river is out of its bank. The county bridge has been washed out at Sumner and two others are damaged. The Stuck has cut anew channel for itself across the Maloney fruit farm and into the Puyallup. The Northern Pacific has been unable to get a westbound passenger train into Tacoma since noon Friday. Green river left its banks at Canton and tore out a long piece of track along the mountain side, where the work of rebuilding is slow and difficult. A special from Kendrick, Ida., states that three children of Charles Ham blin and two Chinamen are reported to have been drowned there. Whole Train Carried Away. A Northern Pacific freight train was caught by rushing waters in the can yon between Moscow and Kendrick and swept into the raging torrent. The train crew escaped. Kendrick, a town of about 600 people, situated on the fiat where the Potlatch and Bear creek converge in a narrow canyon, suffered most. With a rush the waters engulfed the town and 30 frame business houses and a number of dwellings were soon floating down the Potlatch river. So rapid was the rise of the water that many people were caught in the flood and rescued with difficulty. Communication with the flooded district by wire or rail has been completely cut off and details as to loss of life are unobtainable. The town of Juliaetta, also on the Potlatch, when last heard from before the wires went down, was. immi nent danger. Lewiston reports that the Snake and Clearwater rivers are rising rapidly and threaten to overflow vast territory. A Juliaetta (Ida.) special says that for miles along the Potlatch there is no vestige of track, ties or roadbed. Some believe the Northern Pacific will not be able to run trains over the branch be fore March. One informant says every bridge and yard of track between Julia etta and Clearwater rivers has been washed out. WOMEN LABOR BARKED. Action Taken by the Chicago Btildlair Material Trades CounetL CHICAGO, Jan. 16.—Woman labor to be abolished in all factories where building material is produced in Chi cago, if a resolution passed by the Building Material Trades' council can. be made effective. The resolutions provide that each of the organizations affiliated with the council demand that a clause be inserted in all union con tracts hereafter specifying that no woman be employed in the shops. There are now 200 women at work in the various factories, for the most part as metal polishers and buffers and on plumbers'supplies. Half of "Bareelona Bedfast. BARCELONA, Jan. 16.—An epidemic of grippe has seised the town the mor tality has increased. Half the popula tion is bedfast and in the store# and workshops, only a quarter of tike wud number of employes are working. ^3