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end the Old.
3f INTEREST TO Ot'R MANY READER
CnprthiMlvt RvlW of tht tmportanl tUp
Pnlnp of tht Pad VUk hi
CondcitHtl form
U Hung Cbang It a(ln terloutly
IHa
Wlllspolnt, T., wwa wrcx-ked by a
cxclone. . " ,
Ei-Pretldent Htrrlton It rerjr to
rloualy III.
Dowet, with 400 Boera, hat etcaped
to tbe northward.
Ruttta ttaurea tho poweri tht will
not annei Cblneae territory.
Japan hat ordered new battlethlp
from England to Yokohama.
Megler'a cannery, at Brook field,
With., waa damaged 116,000 by fire.
It la reported that Kitchener de
mand unconditional surrender from
lioera.
England declines to modify tbe
canal treaty without a satisfactory
quid pro quo.
Central Chaffee rofuaea to allow
the decapitation of aeveral Boxer
chlefa condemned by a Chinese Judge.
Radical Cubans still hope for abso
lute Independence, and that the
United States will not enforce Piatt
amendment.
Lieutenant General Miles, accom
panied by bis staff, will leave for a
trip to Cuba, where he will make an
Inspection of tbe principal military
posts.
The mill plant of the Centralis
Bhlngle Company, Centralis, Wash,,
was destroyed ny Are. The fire Is
supposed to have originated from the
furnace. The loss is estimated at
about 5,000; Insurance, fj.000.
The officials of the foreign office
at Copenhagen deny that the negotia
tions with the United Slates for the
sale of the Oanlsn West Indies have
been discontinued, and they confirm
the statements irom Washington that
no peremptory note has been sent to
Denmark by the United Statea.
Orders have gone forward from the
navy department for the return of
the battleship Oregon, which has been
so long a time on the Asiatic station,
to the United 8 tales. She will prob
ably aall for home about May 1, to
be replaced bytrtr-Wlaconsinwben
tbe vessel has finished ber official
trial.
Peru la threatened with a cabinet
crisis.
V
The members of the cabinet were
sworn In.
The Insurgents In Cebu are about to
surrender.
Colonel J. P. Sanger has been or
dered to Manila.
Thirty-one rebels were captured on
an Island on Lake bay.
Botha Is arranging peace terms
with Mllner and Kitchener.
Sagasta has formed a new Spanish
cabinet, taking the premiership.
William C. Sanger will succeed
Melkeljohn as assistant secretary of
war.
Ei-Senator Chandler la to be pres
ident of the Spanish claims commis
sion. .
Furii Knight, a Saie.ni, Or., girl,
has sued the Duke of Manchester 'for
breach of promise.
Bituminous coal miners at Altoona,
Pa will strike April 1, unless their
wage scale' Is agreed upon.
At Glasgow there are 42 fresh
smallpox cases, and the total number
of patients In hospitals is 435.
The New Zealand government has
decided to submit to referendum the
question whether It shall Join the com
monwealth of Australia. N
The Italian chamber of commerce,
of New York, has resolved to have a
strictly Impartial analysis of the
lemons of California and Italy.
Relatives of Miss Mary Beach
Tousey, of New York, will contest her
will, which bequeathed 11,000,000 to
tollgtous and charitable Institutions.
Tne Portuguese government has
sent a cruiser to Oporto, and has or
dered other warships to be In readi
ness to go there on account of the
cnti-clerlcal .manifestations.
George Cornwallla West, whose wife
was Lady Randolph Churchill, la lying
lit at Troon, near Glasgow, where ha
has been lately residing for the pur
pose of studying electricity.
Over sealous police officers In Ma
nlla may be removed.
A Fort Stevens, Or., well-digger was
rescued after - being entombed six
hours. ; r
The first annual convention of the
eattle growers' association opened In
Denver. , .
The silk Industry of China em
ploys, it Is estimated, from 4,000,000
to 6,000,000 people.
A writer on modern waterways
says that In the near future electric
traction .will be universally adopted
on canals.
The great Salt Lake Is said to be in
Imminent danger of drying up, the
drain upon it being due to Irrigation
requirements.
REPORT ON INDEMNITIES
Has Been Completed by the Ministers'
Committee at Ptkln.
PEKIN, March 11-The ministers'
committee has completed Its report,
and the general principles to be
adopted In cases of Indemnities based
upon laws In harmony with the Roman
and English systems. This decision
was not reached without considerable
discussion, some believing that tbe
claims of men of good reputation
should be paid In full without further
consideration. On the other band,
a case was mentioned where a man
of high repute claims 110,000 each for
his own, his wife's and her daughter's
nerves and f 20,000 for property de
stroyed, whreaa It Is known that the
latter estimate Is more than twice
the value of all, t
The negotiations, Mr. RockhtU says,
are going on well and he sees no rea
son why they should not be completed
In two months, with tbe exception of
the commercial treaties, which will,
probably take a long time.
General Chaffee replied to the copy
of General Yin Tschang's letter sent
him by Count von Waldersee that be
had given instructions to the Amer
ican troop when any detachments
were sent against robbers and Boxers
to obtain to the fullest extent possible
the assistance of Chinese officials In
making arrests and punishing the
guilty. Regarding Indemnity for
losses sustained by missionaries and
native Christians, General Chaffee
pointed out that his sentiments were
well known to the American mission
aries; that he was opposed to extor
tion In every form, and that be fa
vored strict Juettce In every case, and
that he would egree quickly to his ex
cellency's proposition that the indem
nities Sir Robert Hart mentioned
should be st ttlid by the diplomats.
Count von Waldersee will leave
soon for Tsln Tau the trip possibly
extending to Sharrhai. He says be
expects to return to Pekln temporarily.
It Is asserted that China has de
cided to delay her answer to Russia
regarding the Manchurlan convention
for a fortnight. ; .
The ministers of the powers have
resolved to modify tbe legation plans
so ss to al'ow the five government
boards to remain In the occupation
of the Chinese.
RADICALS IN MAJORITY.
Not a Bright Outlook for the Piatt
Amendment
HAVANA, March 11. The commit
tee on relations of the Cuban consti
tutional convention, to which was re
ferred the Piatt amendment, is made
up of three radicals Silva, Villanuen
da and Gualberto Gomes and two
conservatives Tamayo and Quesada.
Tamayo, it is understood, Is now In
favor of accepting the amendment In
its entirety. He intends taking a
firm stand on this position, and will
send a minority report to the con
vention, if necessary. His political
Influence and position are expected to
have a good effect with the others.
Senor Tamayo Is chairman of tbe
committee on foreign relations of the
convention. The committee held a
short secret session this afternoon
and appointed Gomes secretary..
Political demonstrations have ceased,
and there is absolute quietness
throughout the Island.
The strike has been settled, the
stevedores, lightermen and carmen re
turning to work this afternoon. The
stevedores agreed to compromise on
2 60 American money for a day's
work, and $4 for night work. The
Ward line agent agrees to send home
the American longshoremen. -
, Struck Gold In Mindanao.
New York, March 11. Frank W.
Redding, formerly of Newark, who
was a member of the Astor battery
during the Spanish war, has, It is
said, discovered a gold mine on the
Island of Mindanao, in the Philip
pines. A quantity of the dust he has
forwarded to his brother, William F.
Redding, of Newark. The latter sent
It to the- United tates assay office In
New York, and he has received a re
port from the government assayer
that the dust proved to be 897 fine,
and that It is worth In Its crude state
f 18 50 an ounce.
Exports of American Corn.
American exports of corn have aver
aged 173,000,000 bushels a year since
1895, an increase of 254 per cent over
the preceding five years.
Suicides In Germany.
-.The number of suicides In the Ger
man empire last year was 10,700.
FIJI 8unday Schools.
There are 40,000 native pupils in
the Sunday schools of the Fiji Islands.
An Unsolved Mystery.
PIttBburg, Pa., March 11. The mys
tery surrounding C. B. Howland, or
Harrison, the alleged English earl
who died In the Allegheny general hos
pital of typhoid fever yesterday, has
not been solved. The claim that he
was "Earl of Wargrave" was based
on letters found among his effects, in
which he was addressed as Cecil Sher
brooke Beaumont Howland, Earl of
Wargrave.
fllED KU
Urge Number of the Acts of the
Oregon Legislature.
WITH AND WITHOUT HIS SIGNATURE
Billi That Wert Pined by Both Houmi, But
Which Did Not Baelve Hit Approval
lint Afier Adjournment
Governor Geer ha filed the follow
ing acts of tbe Oregon legislature.
While tome of the ill were allowed to
become laws without his signing
them, most of them contain his sig
nature: Senate bill No. 75, to require street
railways to . provide vestibules or
weather guards on street cars.
House bill No. 126, to punish kidnapping.-
House bill No. 183, to provide for
recording chattel mortgages.
House bill No. 237, to fix tbe bound
aries of Columbia county.
House bill No. 88, to require bids
for furnishing public supplies.
House bill No. 122, to punish tres
pass by cattle In certain counties.
House bill No. 177, to define loca
tion of natural oyster beds in Netarta
bay.
House bill No. 229, to fix weight of
standard bushel of oats at 32 pounds.
House bill No. 346, to prescribe du
ties of Attorney General.
House bill No. 225, governing re
ports of administrators.
House bill No. 19, to regulate con
struction of telegraph and telephone
lines along public highways.
House bill No. 292, to authorize
construction of Sluslaw and Eastern
railroad.
House bill No. 179, to fix time for
salmon fishing in Alsea bay, river
and tributaries, and to prohibit fish
traps and wheels therein.
House bill No. 313, to fix salary of
county judge In Baker county.
House bill No. 172, to amend the
law relating to the appropriation
of water from lakes and running
streams.
House bill No. 97, to prohibit pub
lic contracts In counties of 60.000 in
habitants, except after public bidding.
House bill No. 1, to amend the law
relating to mining claims.
House bill No. 39, to fix place of as
sessment of personal property.
Senate bill No. 13, to fix place of as
sessment of personal property.
House bill No. 200, to increase com
pensation of deputy county clerk in
Malheur county and to provide assist
ance tor clerk in Gilliam county.
House bill No. 44, to aid Oregon
Historical Society.
Senate bill No. 112, to provide
bounty for scalps of seals, sea lions,
etC ., . '. r-
House biU No. 65, to authorize ap
pointment of clerks in state treas
urer's office.
House bill No. 69, to punish poison
ing of domestic animals. .
House bill No. 121, to authorize is
suance of diplomas to certain grad
uates of normal schools.
House bill No. 102, to prevent coer
cion of voters. -
Senate bill No. 137, to create office
of county auditor in Multnomah
county.
Senate bill No. 203, to incorporate
Milton pity.
House bill No. 100, to protect union
labelB. '
House bill No. 5, to fix time and
place of holding circuit court in sec
ond district
House bill No. 144, relating to pub
lic presentation of dramatic plays.
House bill No. 20, making legal cer
tain marriages.
House bill No. 311, to fix salary of
county Judge of Malheur county.
House bill No. 249, to fix salaries
of county treasurers.
House bill No. 146 making it a
crime to interfere with, boundary
marks of mining claims.
House bill No. 63, to prescribe
method of apportioning state taxes.
House bill No. 24, to provide for
relief of indigent soldiers, sailors, etc.
House bill No. 26, new military
code.
House bill No. 110, protection of
game, forests, wild flowers, etc.
Senate bill No. 201, to provide
more efficient method of assessment
and taxation.
Senate bill No. 177, to incorporate
City of Wasco. :
Senate bill No. 193,, to incorporate
City of Grass Valley.
Senate bill No. 63, to regulate sale
of adulterated food, drinks, etc., and
define duties of dairy and food com
missioner. . .
Senate bill No. 229, to amend As
UrgeWint Crop.
Lyons, France, reports that the wine
orop oi France for the year 1900 will
exceed 1,721,000,000 gallons, a yield
that lias been surpassed but three
times in history.
Military and Navy Maneuver!.
The war and navy departments are
plannng for joint military and naval
maneuvers in New York harbor next
summer.
toria charter.
Senate bill No. 207, to amend f
side charter.
Senate bill No. 66, authorising
County Courts to declare unnavlgable
streams highways for floating logs.
Senate bill No. 174, to authorize ex
penditure of money for hatcheries.
Senate, bill No. 189, relative to bi
ennial reports.
House bill No. 128, for distribution
of laws and Journals.
House bill No. 275, to amend act
creating Southern Oregon Agricul
tural societies.
Senate bill No. 138, making owners
of vessels liable for damage to pro
perty or land.
Senate bill No. 190, to amend
Soldiers Home act '-
Senate bill No. 62, to fix time of
meeting of regents of State Univer
sity. Senate bill No. 29-, to authorize
Portland to dispose of block 132.
House bill No. 62, to consolidate of
fices of Clerk of County Court. Clerk
of Circuit Court and Recorder of
Multnomah County.
House bill No. 21, to punish des
truction of records on publ.; lands.
House bill No. 286, to change com
pensation of certain County Clerks.
House bill No. 149, to punish dese
cration of United States flag.
House bill No. 76, to amend act for
election of road supervisors.
House bill No. 33, appropriating
$1000 for Soda Springs
Senate bill No. 162, fixing compen
sation of prison Inspector.
Senate bill No. 79, correcting
boundary of Wheeler County.
Senate bill No. 210, prohibiting sale
of liquors within a mile of mines.
Senate bill No. 126, regulating
drawing of State warrants.
Senate bill No. 216, fixing salaries
of certain District Attorneys.
Senate bill No. 72, to declare the
Jurisdiction of Justices' Courts.
Senate bill No. 86, to create office
of State Bacteriologist
Senate bill No. 221, to provide for
board to draft a Portland charter MIL
Senate bill No. 232, to regulate
building branch lines to railroads.
Senate bill No. 196, fixing salary
of Superintendent of Wheeler County.
Senate bill No. 23, amending school
law.
Senate bill No. 142, requiring state
warrants paid to be deposited in of
fice of Secretary f Stat. -.,.,.
Senate bill No. 234, fixing salariei
of County Treasurers.
Senate bUl No. 116, authorizing
State Land Board to buy land at fore
closure sale.
Senate bill No. 44, fixing terms
of Circuit Court in seventh district
Senate bill No. 114, defining elig
ibility of directors of corporations.
Senate bill No. 220, concerning sal
aries of Baker, Malheur and Clatsop
Counties.
Senate biU No. 227, for construction
of ditch to supply water at Btate in
stitutions ;
Senate biU No. 87, to amend charter
of North Yamhill.
Senate biU No. 107, to incorporate
Yoncalla.
Senate bill No. 176, amending char
ter of Cornelius. , '
Senate bill No. 191, for primary
elections in cities of 10,000 inhabit
ants. ,
Senate biU No. 180, amending Aus
tralian ballot law.
Senate bill No. 202, accepting 1,
000,000 acres under Carey arid land
act.
Senate bill No. 10, amending law
relating to Jury lists.
Senate bill No. 161, incorporating
Hood River.
Senate bill No. 209, prohibiting sa
loons within 300 ieet of schools.
House bill No. 294, making Van
couver avenue a county road.
House bill No. 334, governing
estrays. -
House bill No. 113, defining duties
of surveyors.
House biU No. 208, relating to es
tablishment of public highways.
House bill No. 295, prohibiting mu
tilation of hides.
House bill No. 54, amending Ban
croft bonding act
House bill No. 61, relating to Incor
poration of cemeteries.
House biU No. 187, for service of
citations.
Senate bill No. 171, the Port of
Portland bill.
House bill No. 280, to annex ; the
panhandle of Union County to Baker
County.
Senate bill No. 139, the Orphans'
Home bill, appropriating $50 per
capita for inmates.,
Senate bill No. 73, enacting the
Torrena system of public land regis
tration. Senate bill N. 188, the primary
election bill.
House bill No. 189, to construct the
County Court of Multnomah County.
Sons of President John Tyler.
Three sons of President John Tyler
are now living. One is a member of
the Virginia senate, and another is
president of William and Mary col
lege. - -
Present Method of Branding Cruel.
Cattle men in South Dakota are gen
erally agreed that it is time to abandon
tho present method of branding cattle
as cruel.
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Cessation of Hostilities of the
Armies in South Africa.
GENERALS KITCHENER AND BOTHA MEET
Arrangements for tht Surrender ef the Boer
OencraTi Army Stcya and Dcwet
Da Not rijure m the DcaL
London, March 1LA dispatch
from Lourenco Marques says: Gen
eral Kitchener has granUd General
Botha, a seven days' armistice to en
able him to confer with the other
generals.
A special dispatch from Pretoria
dated today Bays General Kitchener
and General Botha had a long confer
ence on Gun hill this morning. Gen
eral Botha was alone, and Genera!
Kitchener waa accompanied by hit
secretary. A dispatch from Pretoria
dated Tuesday, March 6, evidently
held op by the censor, has just
reached here. It says General Kitch
ener met General Botha and other
Boer leaders at Middelsburg, Febru
ary 27, when the question of the pos
sibility of the termination of hostili
ties was discussed. Another dispatch
from Pretoria, dated Wednesday,
March 6, says the meeting between
General Kitchener and General Botha
has awakened deep interest, and that
there are favorable expectations as
to the probable outcome.
According to the Sun, the surrender
of General Botha would have been an
accomplished fact before now had
General Kitchener been in a position
to conclude the terms of surrender.
When the surrender occurs, the Sun
adds, it will include the surrender or
entire suppression of General Dewet
and win involve the termination of
the war.
TO HELP 1905 FAIR.
Utah Legislature Pledges Aid of Con.
- gretsional Delegation.
SALT LAKE, March 11. Willis S.
Duniway, representing Portland's 1905
fair committee, yesterday addressed
the members of Utah's house of rep
resentatives, and later interviewed
the state senators personally in be
half of the Lewis and Clark centen
nial. Today both houses, under sus
pension of the rules, adopted a con
current resolution recognizing the ex
position and pledging the help of
Utah's congressional delegation In se
curing the aid of the government to
make It a great Oriental fair. The
resolution authorizes Governor WeUs
to name three commissioners to -report
to the next governor of Utah the
amount of money necessary for the
exhibit by the. Btate. '
Mr. Duniway returned to Boise to
day in the interest of the exposition.
WONDERFUL CAVE DISCOVERED,
Abounds In Curiosities and Contains
Remains of Prehistoric Races.
TACOMA, March 9. The town of
Chehalis is excited over the reported
discovery of an immense cave by H
F. Forest of Chicago. In the eastern
part of Lewis county. Exploration
was made a distance of five miles,
revealing strange and wonderful
sights. After entering a lower pas
sage beneath the main cavern, the
explorer came to a subterranean lake.
Upon the pebbled beach were found
boats of ancient and strange make,
some petrified, others partially bo. In
one of the small rooms of the first
cavern were found the remains of two
human beings, both giants In size, the
man 7 feet 10 inches tall, the woman
a few inches less. Both bodies were
reported either frozen stiif or mum
mified. Hammers and drills of brass
were found. The elaborate work
must have taken many years and was
apparently done ages ago by a pre
historic race.
Per Capita Grain Products.
It has been figured out that the
United States produced 2200 pounds
of grain for each inhabitant; England
160 pounds.
Floods in Hungary.
London, March 11. The Vienna cor
respondent of the Daily Express says;
Several Hungarian villages have
been isolated by the floods. AU along
the banks of the Danube and Its trib
utaries great damage has been done.
The lower part of Budapest Is flooded
to & depth of five feet. The bitter
cold la driving wolves from the Car
pathian mountains to the villages be
low. They have killed 13 people
during the last four weeKs.
Soldiers Ran the Town.
Chicago, March 11. Two hundred
soldiers of the Fifth infantry, at Fort
Sheridan, created a panic last night
in the little town of Highwood, which
djolns the fort The soldiers were
on leave, and after first visiting sa
loons, many of them became drunk,
and fights were numerous. Two sa
loons were wrecked, and the residents
of the village were compelled to keep
oft the streets.
. PROPOSED BY COLOM2IA.
ichtme for the United ttatea ta Ac
quire the Panama Canal.
NEW YORK, March 12. Accord Is
to a special to the Herald, Senor Bilva.
the Colombian minister to the United
States, has already informally t,it
mitted proposals to Secretary Hay
for the acquisition of the Panama
canal by this government, and has
been invited to discuss them further.
Preliminary protocols were entered
into some time ago with Costa Rica
and Nicaragua, so that these two
countries during the summer will
probably be merely interested spec
tators of the moves which the United
States, Great Britain and Colombia
will make.
It Ss understood that these are the
essential points which the Colombian
government will urge: A lease for a
term of years, so long as the United
States may desire, not exceeding 200
years, of the territory across which
the Panama canal is being construct
ed ; in return for such lease Colombia
is to receive either a percentage of
the tax on tonnage passage through
the canal, or a lump compensation;
recognition of the rights of the
French company, which will sell its
concession with Colombia's consent
to the United States.
IS CLOSE TO DEATH.
Li Hung Chang's Life Hangs by a
Thread.
PEKIN, March 12. Li Hung Chang
is again seriously ill, and his physic
ian says his life hangs by a thread.
Prince Ching and Earl LI seem, to
think that by spreading rumors of the '
court's unwillingness to return to Pe
kln, unless this or that thing is done,
they can influence the deliberations of
the ministers of the powers. As a
matter of fact according to reliable
reports from SInan Fu, the imperial
personages are extremely uncomforta
ble at SInan Fu, where they live in
the house of the governor, which is
only a small structure. French mis
sionaries who have just returned from
Si nan Fu believe that the empress
dowager would bring the court back
to Pekln on the nrst offer of the al
lies, having as a basis the removal of
the troops, except the legation guards.
HARRISON IS WORSE.
Ex-Prtident'e Condition Now Re
garded as Serious.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, March 12.
The condition of ex-President Hani
son is serious. Dr. Jameson stated
today that the upper part of General
Harrison's left lung waa inflamed.
There is some danger oi the conges
tion extending to the rest of the lung
and to the right lung. Until 3 o'clock
this afternoon. General Harrison was
resting easy, but at that time he be
came slightly worse and Dr. Jameson
was called. He said that he was cer
tain noining was to he apprehended
for the next 48 hours, but the age of
the patient renders all calculations
uncertain. At 8 o'clock this evening
General Harrison was suffering some
pain, but was resting comparatively
easy. .
TO ORGANIZE GOVERNMENT.
Philippine Commission Leave for
Lucena.
MANILA, March la. Judge Tart
and his associates of the United
States Philippine commission, accom
panied by their wives and a number
of prominent Filipinos, embarked to
day on the United States transport
Sumner and sailed for Lucena, Prov
ince of Tayabas, Luzon, where they
wiU organize the provincial govern
ment At the time of their departure
the pier was throngod with natives.
The insurgents have surrendered
500 rifles in the Province of Pam
panga, Bulacan and Bataan during the
last four weeks.
The Methodists report 120 converts
in Manila last week, and the Philip
pine Evangelical church claims to
have secured many new members.
Three Persons Killed by Tornado.
Forest City, Ark., March 12. Three
persons were killed and many Injured
in this vicinity last night by a tor
nado, and 16 houses, and miles of
fences and many trees were leveled
to the ground. Ten miles northeast
the tornado shattered the house of J.
A. Woody, killing Woody and seriously
injuring his wife and his stepson, Bob
Allen. The other victims were ne
groes. German plantation experts claim
that the Samoan islands have a great
future In coffee, tea, tobacco, cotton,
etc.
The Bell Telephone Company has
bought for $500,000 a system of self
Induction coils which makes conver
sation between New York , and Lon
don as easy as between near-by
points.
Rich Strike In Republic Mine.
Spokane, March 12. A well-founded
report rrom Republic Is to the effect
that $1,400 ore has been struck ia
the Morning Glory raise. A streak
of eight inches assayed that amount.
Assessments will cease, accordlns to
the directors. The Eutta ft Boston
mine at Republic hag 18 Inches of ore
worth over $200 per ton, accordicsr to
a statement of Superintend ;t Nick
ersoa. The strike ia ,t a ct
i0 feet