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CONDON, GILLIAM CO., OREGON, TIITJIISDAY, MARCH 21, 1001.
NO. 2.
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Attorney at Law,
Notary Public and Conveyancer,
Caadaa, Or.
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Tha Dallei, Pcrtland S Astoria
NAVIGATION CO.
THROUGH FREIGHT
AND PASSENGER
LINE....
Dally Lin of &rmm Btwcn Portland,
Vancouver, Caacad Lock, Hood Rlvo
and all Point on lb Washington sid.
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Fortlatid avary morning (rii Munilev) at .
end Tlie Uallre el I a. m., arriving at deatiua
Uoa la ampla lima lor outgoing iralua.
freight Ketee Greatly Radured.
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Foot ol Coon Street, Tba Dailee, Or.
Oregon
Ssioit line
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OCEAN AND RIVER SCHEDULE
VBOM PORTLAND.
flp.m. All tailing date ;00 p. m.
aubjoot to Changa
For Ban FranoUoo
Bail every t day.
Dally Celumbla River 4:00 p.m.
Ex.Uunilay gtaamara, Ex. Sunday
:uon.m.
r-aliirday To Aitoria and Way
1U;00 p. in. Landluga. .
:0Ua.m. Willamette River. 4:80 p.m.
E.iunday s Bi. Sunday
Oragon City, New- . t
berg. Salem, Inde
uenuaiioa it Way
Landing.
7:00 a.m. Willamette and tarn- (:80p.m.
Tuva.. Thur. hill Divert. Mon.. Wed.
and Bat. . andFrl.
Oregon City, Pey
ton, b Way Land-lug-
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Tuca.. Tliitr Mon., Wed.
and Sat. Portland to Corral- and Fil.
Ila A Way Laud- .
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Lr. Rlparla Inaka River. LT.Lewliton
8:8ft a. n. Daily
Dal y Rlparla to Lewlaton a. m.
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A. L. CRAIG,
General Faaaenger Agent, Portland, Of.
KBS Of HIE 1
Prom All Parts of the New World
And the Old.
Or INTEREST TO OUR MANY READERS
Comprthenilve Revkw of th Important Has
pcnlnpof th PaetWedllnA
CondtMcd Form.
On flromsn was kllWd and ttirea
othra Injured In A PUtaburg flro.
Dtda will noon 1 aalwd for con
atructlon of Skaiway-Jtinaau vabls.t 1
There la no cbanaa In the. Anglo
Ruaalan railway dUpute at Tien Tain.
Seventh Infantry, atatloned at Van
couver barracks, baa been orderod to
Manila. -; -;. i
Two men died and 15 wore prostrat
ed aa the reault of an explosion on a
steamer. ,
The South And Central American
republics - will enter the conference of
American republics.
Aa a result of student demonstra
tions at aeveral points, Russia has de
clared a atate of siege.
Highwaymen held up a Wichita car
and robbed and shot the motorman.
There were no passengers.
The American consular agent at
Barcelona, Venexuela, has again been
arrested by that government.
Jessie Morrison, -who killed Mrs.
Castle at Eldorado. Kan., furnished a
15.000 bond and will be released.
The employes of the Washington
mine, at Oxford, N. J- have been
fighting lire and black damp in the
mine for several days.
The Cleveland dry goods firm of
Oavln, Parmalee A White wmb placed
In the handa of a receiver. The firm a
debts aggregate $100,000.
Jim Harris was found guilty of mur
der In the first degre for killing J.
H. lion, a wealthy Ottumwa, Kan.,
merchant Thla will mean a life
aentence.
Lieutenant August New kirk Manor,
United Statea navy, died at Vallejo,
Cal.. from apoplexy.' He entered the
naval academy from Kansas, and
graduated in the class of 1880.
Robert Walsh, said to be the miss
ing son of a prominent lumberman of
Saginaw, Mich., was murdered In a
garret In St Loula In the course of a
quarrel over the spoils of a robbery,
John Enoch Pond, A member of the
Berkeley high school, has been ap
pointed th first naval cadet from the
Hawaiian islands. The appointment
was recommended by Delegate Wll
cox. Young Pond is the son of Lieu
tenant Commander Charles F. Pond,
at Honolulu. -
Arthur Bronson Townsend, the man
thought to have attempted suicide In
Montreal, Is a member of a well-
known New York family, wealthy, and
bachelor. He belongs to exclusive
clubs, and for Beveral months lived
In the Brevoort House. His niothci
Is in Paris.
Storms continue throughout the
Lake region. ""
Henderson, the negro murderer,
waa burned at the stake.
Mgr. Chapelle will remain In ,th
Philippines for the present.
The Twenty seventh volunteers
have returned to San Francisco.
England is sending foodstuffs to
Pretoria to feed the Boers after the
aurrender.
Colonel W. J. Cllft one of the moat
noted criminal lawyers in the South,
Is dead at Chattanooga, v.
In the opinion of a large cattle
dealer, prices of stock will never de
cline to the low level of several yeart
ago.
The last convention of Oregon wool
growers, at The Dalles, wus the most
successful the association has ever
held.
Henry L. Lessler. a lawyer, is dead
at Kansas City, aged 77. He wes fot
13 - years consul to the Falkland
Islands.
A passenger train was ditched near
Soldier, Kan., in which 11 passenger!
were injured. The express cat
caught fire.
Carnegie announces his retirement
and Kives $5,000,000 for the pension
ing of old and disabled employes ol
his company. , 4 , . ,
Alderman James A. Cherry, of Den
ver, was instantly killed by falling
from the sixth floor of the Arapahoe
building to the ground floor.
The boiler of an engine pulling
coal train on the Lehigh Valley rail
road exploded nead Mud Run, N. J
and three men wore killed.
Sherman Harris, a negro, was
lynched at Spellman, Ga. Harrli
killed Sidney King, a young merchant
and farmer, In an altercation.
Charles H. Rowan, the ex-matrl
monlal agent, has been found guilty
of an attempt to bribe United States
officials at Milwaukee. He offered
$2,600 to the officials. . ;,. .
Joseph W. Sheldon, of Washington,
haa been appointed receiver of the
suspended . First National bank at
Niles, Mich. Twenty thousand dol
lars of forged paper has been found.
,The 25th. annual meeting of the
Cattle Raisers' Association in Texai
adoDted a resolution recommending
that congress provide an assistant to
the secretary of agriculture to have
charge of livestock interests.
Holland gave Wllhelmtna a new
crown costing Woo. ,, ,
A Chicago cattie' company nought
443,000 acres of grazing and mineral
land in New Mexico. ..
An animal heretofore unknown, re
sembling both the horse -and the ze
bra, has been discovered In the Congo
forests.
New York commission merchants are
sending representatives to Cuba to
purchase products for shipment to
this country.
WILL REMOVE OBSTACLES.
Colombia Wants Us to Control the
Canal Route.
WASHINGTON, March 15. Senor
MurtlfH'i Hllvela, minister of foreign
affairs for the republic of Colombia,
and at preseut accredited as Colotn
blsn mlniMter to Washington, had an
other conference with Secretary Hay
tonight In connection with the In
formal discussion concerning the Pan
ama canal route lying within Colombia.
It cannot Is said that any formal ne
gotiations are,undr way, or even are
open, but the presence of Bllvela here
at this time gives sssurance that if
tberti Is any disposition on the part
of the American authorities to take
up the canal question with the Colom
bian government, the Litter la now
disposed to remove any obstacles' on
her part In the way of adoption of
that route. It is recognized that there
are three parties to any negotiations
which would be undertaken namely,
the United States government, the
Colombian government and the French
company.. ,Ttie purpose ia to see if
there is Any means of reconciling the
Interests and of disposing of all three
parties. Dr. Sllvela said today that
the French projectors bad a conces
sion which had been renewed for els
years, but if the American government
desired the Panama route, he said,
there can be an arrangement effected
to meet the requirements set forth In
the recent report of the Walker com
mission. 8AMP80N-8CHLEY CONTROVERSY
Recurrence Likely Over Design of
Medals for Santlsgo Heroes- ;
NEW YORK, March 15. A special
from Washington says: Naval circles
are deeply interested In the designs
to be placed by the navy upon the
bronze medals to be awarded to of
ficers who distinguished themselves
during the war and subsequently.
Officers and men who participated in
the battle of Manila bay received a
medal, on one side of which wag the
profile in bus-relief of Admiral Dewey,
Some of the friends of Rear Admiral
Sampson urge that the medal to be
given to officers who participated in
the SantlAgo battle should bove.lhe
profile of that officer: In order to pre
vent any controversy on the subject
Secretary -Long has referred the mat
ter to the board of awards, of which
Assistant Secretary Hackett is chair
man. None of tne members of this
board participated In the West Indian
operations, with the exception of
Rear Admiral Watson, who has taken
no part in the Schley-Sampson con
troversy; '''!
In addition to awarding medals to
the officers and men who served with
distinction in the Santiago campaign
Secretary Long, In accordance with
the authority granied him, will con
fer medals upon officers and men whe
participated in the Sarooan, Chinese
and Philippines campaigns.
IS GERMANY LIABLE?
She May Be Obliged to Pay for Dam
ages in Samoa.
NEW YORK, Marcn 15. Germany's
responsibility for the troubles that oc
cur red in Samoa three years ago, and
resulted in the killing of American
and British officers and men and the
partition of the Samoan islands will
be determined by Klug Oscar of Nor
way and Sweden. - -
According to a special to the Her
ald from Washington, Great Britain
and Germany have completed their
briefs of the property claims filed by
the subjects of each, which grew out
of the military operations of the Eng
ltsh and American forces. The state
department at Washington has prac
tically completed its brief. The docu
ment will not be made public until
submitted to the royal arbitrator, but
it is understood that while it does not
directly mention the part Germany
played in the Samor.n troubles, there
are pointed references to the activity
of certain foreign agents. These
references are to be reinforced by an
attorney, wno wilt be sent to Stock
holm as the American representative.
If the American contention should be
established, Germany would have to
pay damages to both Great Britain
and the United States for losses sus
tained in Samoa.
During the Samoan troubles, Great
Britain acted in concert with the
United States and was disposed to
hold Germany responsible. Whether,
after the change in the relations, she
is willing to reassert the; views then
entertained, Is a question that will be
determined only when ; her . brief is
submitted. ' !
THE THIRTIETH RETURNS.
Transport Hancock ' Brings Home ' a
t . .. Regiment of Volunteers, , f k.
SAN 'FRANCISCO. "March 15. The
transport Hancock haa arrived from
Manila with the Thirtieth v United
States volunteer Infantry. There were
in all 875 people on board, of which
number 26 are army officers and 738
non commissioned officers and men
of the Thirtieth volunteers. The reg
iment is composed of men from Mich
igan, Illinois and Indiana, the Mich
igan men predominating. The Han
cock also brought 72 prisoners and
discharged soldiers, who were deport
ed on a military order.. , , ,
Amoug the prisoners on the Han
cock were two under life sentence:
James Dugan, Eleventh cavalry, who
killed a comrade during a quarrel,
and Ellwood Morgan, a negro, Forty
ninth infantry, who assaulted a Fili
pino woman. Brigadier General Camp
bell was among the cabin passengers.
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Northwest Postoffices.
Washington, March 15. A postofflce
has been established at Agate, Jack
son county. Or., on the route from Tolo
to Eagle Point Jefferson F. Grlgsby
has been appointed postmaster.
An office has also been established
at Grant, Mason county, Wash., with
John H. Blue aa postmaster; - ; .
Blizzard in Wisconsin.
Milwaukee., March 15. Reports from
points in Eastern Wisconsin indicate
that the worst blizzard of the season
is prevailing.. Glenwood reports all
trains from six to eight hours late.
New Richmond reports a root or snow.
Marinette sends a similar report. A
Cumberland Bpeclal reports that the
blizzard In Northeastern Wisconsin Is
the worst In years. Grand Rapids re
ports all the roads blocked. Meno
minee reports six inches of snow and
the worst storm of tne season.
1
Hems of Interest From All Parts
of the State.
COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL HAPPENINGS
A Brief Review of the Growth and Improva-
arunU of the Many Induitrie Throujh-
. eut Our Thriving, Commonwealth, :
Eugene A new opera house IB to be
built at Eugene.
Athena Athena has elected T. B.
Page school director and J. W. Smith
clerk. "; v.- . r ,; r -..
? Baker City The Baker City post-
Office will, bare a stamp-cnncelllng
machine.
' The Dalles The ' Dalles treasurer
had an available cash balance March
1 of $1,655.64.
Eugene-A large" electric trans
former has arrived at Eugene for the
lighting company.
Baker City Improvements to cost
$20,000 will be made In the Warsbuer
l.otel at Baker City
Eagle Point It Is reported from
Eagle Point that eariy frosts have not
Injured growing wheat
Pendleton Water meters for the
Pendleton water system liave arrived
and are being sold for $10, $15 and
$20 each. .
i Gold Hill It is reported that a rich
three-foot vein of gold-bearing quarts
has been struck on the old Clock place
near Gold Hill.
Perry The Grand Ronde Lumber
Company will start up its mill at Per
ry this week. About 4,000,000 feet
of logs are on hand.
Coquille -Farmers on the north fork
of the Coquille report hay scarce in
that part of tne country; but stock
is in fine condition. . ...
Henderson The wagon bridge at
Henderson station, which went out
with the lost freshet, Is replaced and
opened tor travel. - "f '
: Foots Creek Several tons- of ore
from the Dixie Queen mine, in the
Foots Creek district are sold to have
yielded over $100 a ton.
Lakeview The old. electric system
for lighting the town of Lakeview has
been discontinued, and will be re
placed by the town plant ,
Eagle Point There Is considerable
anxiety over the proposed ditch from
Fish Lake to the valley, fears being
entertained . that the company will
take bo much water out of the streams
that there will not be enough left
for Irrigating purposes and to run
the grist mllL
Pilot Rock A painful accident oc
curred at the Warner sawmill, twelve
ndles south of Pilot Rock. Will War
ner, while riding on a log carriage,
was struck on the head, and while
stunned leaned over in such a man
ner that a large piece of flesh -was
cut out of his thigh by the saw
Unity It is reported from Unity
on upper Burnt river, that there was
a disastrous fire in that burg. James
Payton'B - general "-merchandise store
was totally destroyed, including quite
a stock of goods. The building was
practically new, two stories high,
the upper story being usea as a dance
halt
Ashland A petition has been for
warded to Washington for ' the pro
posed free rural delivery route south
of Ashland. The route, reaches from
Ashland eight miles to W. H. Shep
herd a place, and returns via Emi
grant reek. The number of families
which! would be served on this route
is 125, and the number of people
498,. and one postofflce, Baron, would
he discontinued. ' . :
Fort Klamath Melhase Bros., of
Fort Klamath weighed 184 head of
beef cattle last week at the Mitchell
ranch, and delivered them to George
Kohlhagen of Roseburg. The average
weight was 1252 pounds, from which
was deducted four per cent making
the selling weight 1201 pounds. The
price paid was 7 cents, an average
of $45.03. The total price paid for
All was $8,286.90. .
Wheat Walla Walla, 65 & 56c; Val
ley, . nominal; . bluestone, 67c per
bushel.
Flour Best grades, $2.80$3.40 pre
barrel; graham, $2.60. f ,
Mlllstuffs Bran, $16 per ton; mid
dlings, $21.60; ' shorts, $17.50; ' chop,
$16. h' -v -" ''v'''
i Oats White, 44 45c per bushel;
gray, 4243c.
Hay Timothy, $12012.50; clover.
S79.50; Oregon wild hay, $67 per
ton. CiV ; 'A to -
Butter Fancy creamery, 225c;
dairy, 18 20c.
Eggs Oregon ranch, : 1212c;
per dozen. " . f
Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3.50
4; hens, $4.50 5; dressed, 11 12c
per pound; springs, $44.50 per doz
en; ducka, $56; geese, $56 per
dozen, .,-,-, ,!.
Potatoes 4560c per sack.
Dried ' fruits Apples, - evaporated,
5 6c per pound; sun dried, sacks or
boxe8,34c; pears, 89c; prunes,
Italian, 67C; silver, extra" choice,
67.
Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethers,
$4.75; ewes, $44.50; ' dressed, 6V43
7c per pound. , .
Hogs Gross, choice heavy, $5 5.25;
light ?4.755; dressed, 67c per
pound. ' : " ' v '
Veal Large, 77V6c per pound;
small, 89c per pound.
Beef Gross, top steers, $4.60
4.75; cows, $44.50; dressed beef, 7
8o per pound.
After careful and , patient investi
gation the historical committee of the
Society of . California Pioneers has
learned that January 24, 1848. was
the exact date of the discovery of gold
In California by James W. Marshall.
' Black walnut canes from a tree on
the farm formerly owned by Abraham
Lincoln in Harristown township, Ma
con county. 111., were given to the
members of the cabinet by the presi
dent to whom they bad been sent from
Illinois.
THE PAN-AMERICAN
Arrangement Nearly Completed
Will Open May 1.
BUFFALO. N. Y March IS. It has
been decided to open the Pan-American
exposition May 1. At that time
President McKinley and his cabinet
are expected to be on their way to
the Pacific coast. It is proposed to
connect the president's train by tele
graph with the temple of music. Di
rect telegraphic communication will
also be established with the executive
offices of the presidents of all the re
publics of the Western nemtspnere
and the governor general of Canada.
At precisely 2 o'clock. Buffalo time,
they will all be- requested to touch
electric buttons in their offices, which
will start pieces of machinery at the
exposition. At the same time it is
expected that each will transmit a
message of greeting.
President McKinley, from his Bpe
clal car, surrounded by hi cabinet,
will then start the great fountain
pumps, and will transmit over the
wires a message of greeting.
May 14 it is proposed to hold Im
posing dedicatory ceremonies when it
ia expected that Vice-President Roose
velt, Governor Odell and a large num
ber of national ana diplomatic of
ficials will be present A day. prob
ably between June 9 and 12, will be
designated President's day, when
President McKinley and his party, on
the return from the coast, will be
present'
Taft Commission's Plan.
New York, March 16. A Washing
ton dispatch to the Times says:.
The Taft commission haa been or
dered to forward to the war depart
ment its recommendations for the
form of government to be adopted in
the Philippines. This Is in Accord
ance with the original instructions, by
the terms of which the commission
was to prepare such recommendations
whenever ordered to do so. The time
has come, In the estimation of the
president, when plans for the govern
ment of the Philippines may be sub
mitted for his consideration. No in
timation of the nature of the scheme
haa yet been received. The commis
sion, it is declared, has not received
any suggestions from Washington,
but has been left entirely unham
pered. It may propose any form of
government It thinks fit , . , t
Demand on Sultan of Morocco.
New York, March 16. A special to
the World from Washington says:
The cruiser New York will stop at
Tangier on the way to Manila, and
take on board Consul General Gum
mere, who will be conveyed to the
nearest port to tne Moroccan capital.
The consul general is to demand that
the sultan settle the claim of Ameri
can citizens against his government
The New York will await the return
of the consul general. The consul
ann oo 1 statu 14 tnolra rS A trin frYim
Tangier on merchant vessels plying
in those waters, but it has been the
policy of the administration to im
press the sultan by a naval demon-
station in Moroccan waters. .
India's Population Stationary.
Calcutta, March 18. Complete cen
sus returns give -the population of
India as 294,000,000, an increase in the
last decade of 7,000.000. Deducting
the population of the Baluchistan,
Shaustaksat, Chion hills and Sikkim
territory, enumerated for the first
time, a net increase is shown of only
1.4 per cent, which Is due to improved
census methods. Thus, the population
Is for the first time stationary. Ow
ing to two famines, mortality from
disease and a great decline In the birth
rate, . the native states show exces
sive declines.
A CLASH IMMINENT.
Trouble at Tien Tsin Between British
i." .- . and - Russians. . ( ,
TIEN TSIN, March P,t The British
and Russians are disputing over the
limits of railway property in the Rus
sian concession, and the guards of the
two nations are in close proximity to
each other. The British have been
strongly reinforced, and trouble ts im
minent unless the Russians retire.
Warships in Venezuelan Waters.
Port of Spain, Island of Trinidad
(via Haytien cable), March 18. The
German second-class cruiser Vineta is
reported to be making further inves
tigation in regard to the matters in
Connection with the Island of Mar-
guerlta. The Italian third-class cruiser
Dogall is here watching Venezuelan
affairs and ia ready to start at once
to protect Italian interests in Vene
zuela if necessary. The United btates
cruiser Scorpion has arrived here.
Pirt in Washington Hotel. ,
Washington, March 18. At 3:53 A.
M. today, electric light wires started
a fire in the Merchants hotel, 485
Pennsylvania avenue, which spread
rapidly, causing panic among the
guests, several of whom jumped from
the window. L. F. Henry, 48 years
old. was killed. The injured are:
Stephen Collins, proprietor of the ho
tel: W. B. Catchings, or Kentucky;
John Scanlon, and W. B. Ketchum, of
Connecticut, r
Library for St Louis.
' St. Louis. March 18. Andrew Carne
gie has offered to donate $1,000,000
for a new public library in St Louis.
The offer is similar to many others
which Mr. Carnegie has made to cities
throughout the - United States and
abroad. .
Simplicity. . . 1
There Is still now and then a man
simple enough to go gunning for an
office without a barrel. Detroit
JournaL
British General Hesitates.
Pekin, March 18. The Russians at
Tien Tstn took possession of the rail
way Biding, and armed sentries are
now guarding it. ; General Barrow,
second in command of the British
forces, hesitates to act apparently In
the absence of General Gaselee, feel-
Ins: sure that bloodshed would ensue,
He had a long consultation today with
Sir Ernest Satow. The Russians are
jubilant The American military line
has been sold to a private company.
MS IKS 1051
Fire in a Boston Newspaper
, Building.
THE PROOFREADERS ARE THE VICTIMS
tipper Floor of the AdvertUer Office Burned
Out Moat of the Employe Etcaptd
to an Adjoining Roof. ,
BOSTON, March 18. Three lives
sacrificed, nearly a dozen men more
or less injured, and many thousands
of dollars of damage were the results
of a fire in the Daily Advertiser and
Record's seven-story, gray front build
ing in Newspaper Row tonight
How the fire started is not known,
but It was first seen in the pressroom.
It spread to the elevator well, and
darted to the top bo rapidly that be
fore the occupants of the two upper
floors were aware that the building
was on fire their rooms were filled
with flames and smoke.
In the editorial rooms on the sixth
floor there were but five men. All
had to run for their lives. On the
tipper floor, occupied by the compos
ing room, were 18 composers and
proofreaders, whose situation was
most critical. Panic stricken, they
rushed for the windows leading to
the fire escapes, and all but three of
them succeeded in gaining the root
of an adjoining building. Long lad
ders were raised as quickly as the
network of electric wires . over the
street would permit, but before a lad
der could be placed in position the
men bad dropped through, a skylight
ia the adjoining roof and reached
places of safety. Except In the press
room in the basement there was prac
tlcally no fire In the building below
the fifth story. No one was in the
pressroom at the time the fire started
except the fireman, who had not been
seen up to a late hour. It took three
hours of work to drown out the fire.
The three victims were suffocated
before they had time to reach the
fire escapes.
Late tonight the loss was estimated
At $150,000,, with little Insurance.
DEWET IS INSANE.
Statement Made by Prisoners Lately
'.-Released.
BLOEMFONTEDf. March 18. Pris
oners who have lately been released
by General Dewet say they think he
Is a madman. They aver that the ter
rible fatigues he has undergone, his
anxiety and the intensity of his feel
ings have unbalanced his mind. Apart
from this view of De wet's mental state,
some of his peculiarities are that he
rarely sleeps within the bounds of his
camp. He seeks rest outside with a
few trusted followers. Thus the or
derlies of his subordinate commanders
are frequently unable to find him to
receive , orders. His secrecy is ex
treme. He absolutely imparts his
plans to no one. Dewet repudiates
the peace negotiations which are go
ing on. He declares openly to the men
that no terms except independence
will satisfy him. A recent utterance
attributed to him is that after the
British, he hated tne Transvaalera,
The whereabouts of uewet during the
last two or three days is unknown,
nor 'is it known whether President
Steyn Is with him. ' '
AFTER HIGH DAWSON OFFICIAL.
Governor Will Charge Him With Crim
inel Libel.
SEATTLE, Wash., March 18. Gov
ernor Ogilvie, at a meeting of the Yu
kon council, March 5, announced that
he had been informed that at a recent
banquet an official in a high position
had declared that the governor and
D. Matheson, a contractor, had worked
together in carrying out a gigantic
swindle. The governor said that he
would collect evidence and charge the
official with criminal libel. , -
Another charge was made at the
same council meeting. The entire
council was charged with blackmail
by a Mrs. McConnell, who conducts a
hotel at Dawson. She says that the
council and Mr. Matheson connived to
gether to ruin her business, out of a
desire for personal gain. . Gold Com
missioner Senkler has filed a libel suit
against Mrs. McConnell. The charges
have stirred up a great excitement in
the city.
Decision on Eight-Hour Law.
Tacoma, Wash., March 18. In the
superior court today Judge W. H.
Snell decided the state law making
eight hours a day's work for all men
employed in public works applied
only to men employed by the day, and
not to men working by the month or
year.
A Dangerous Complaint.
If you tell a woman she is good,
she may thank you. Tell her she is
pretty, and she will love you. Chica
go Times-Herald. '
Troops Sail for Manila.
San Francisco, March 18. The
transport Indiana sailed for Manila
today. She has on board the Twenty
eighth infantry. Major Yeatman com
manding, and company D, Tenth in
fantry, Lieutenant C. N .Jones com
manding. The squadron of the Fifth
cavalry -arrived today from Fort
Myer, Va. They will sail for Manila
on the Meade tomorrow. The squad
ron is made up of troops J, K, L and
M, in command of Colo iel W. A.
Rafferty.
VICTIM OF LIVE WIRE.
One Fireman Killed, Three Others
Badly Hurt
PITTSBURG, Pa, March 19. Dur
ing the progress of a fire today at the
corner of Duquesne Way and Fort
treet one man lost his life and three
others were badly nurt The property
loss will be fully 250,000, well Insured.
The fire broke out In the boiler room
of the Hiram W. French Company's
hair felt . factory, Just opposite the
main exposition building. Through
Borne confusion, no alarm was turned
In for some time, and it was fully 20
minutes after the fire was discovered
before the engines reached the scene.
From the felt factory the flames
jumped across the street, and In a
very short time the exposition build
ing was burning fiercely. All the fire
men could do waa to prevent the
flames spreading. After hard work.
this was accomplished, and machinery
hall, with its valuable contents, saved.
The main building was a complete
wreck. .
Two lumber yards Adjoining the felt
factory soon' succumbed. Gallagher tc
Banker lost 1,000,000 feet of lumber,
and Henry Henk 350,000 feet of valu
able hardwood. Three small dwell
ings near the lumber yards were de
stroyed, but so far is known, all the
inmates escaped.
William Miller and his fellow fire
men were victims of a live wire. The
Intense heat melted the network of
wires running In every direction, and
one of them in falling struck a trolley
wire, tbe other end crossing the brass
nozzle of the hose held by Miller and
Snyder. - Both men fell as though
they had bee? shot Sheckler and
Griffith, in going to the rescue, were
also caught and were badly burned.
When the prostrate men were reached.
Miller waa dead, and two of the others
unconscious.
AMERICAN CONSUL ARRESTED.
Imprisoned by Venezuela Without
Adequate Cause.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, March
19. News has reached here that the
United States consular agent at Bar
celona, Venezuela, - Ignacio H. Baiz,
has been arrested by Venezuelan of
ficials and imprisoned without ade
quate cause. This is the second time
be has been treated in this fashion
within the last five months, and he
will resign unless protected by the
Washington government It appears
that several sums of money have been
forced from him by Venezuelan of
ficials under threat of imprisonment
The protests of Mr. Baiz to Wash
ington seem to have met with no re
sponse thus far. Three months ago
Mr. Loomis, the United States minis
ter at Caracas, made, a demand upon
the Venezuelan government for an
apology for the first outrage, but this
communication was quite ignored.
STATE OF SIEGE PROCLAIMED.
Result of Russian Riota Promoted by
.' Students. ,
ST. PETERSBURG, March 19. In
consequence of the riotous disturb
ances following the demonstrations
promoted by university students the
government has proclaimed a state of
siege at Odessa, Kieff and Kharkoff.
It Is reliably reported here that a
student died at Kharkoff from injuries
sustained in the disorders of March
4 in that city. Eight hundred stu
dents of the University of St. Peters
burg, virtually all remaining here, met
last Friday and resolved not to at
tend further lectures. The police
subsequently arrested 16. Four hun
dred students of the technological
school entered the courtyard of the
Institution to hold a meeting, and
the police inscribed their names. The
mining academy is already entirely
Closed.
It is reported that Count Tolstoi,
who ever since his excommunication
has been loudly cheered whenever he
has made his appearance, is taking
an active part In the disturbances at
Moscow, where the situation is com
plicated by a strike of the operatives
of several large factories.
Explosion on Ship.
New York, March 19. The steam
ship New York reached her dock at
10 o'clock tonight, after a passage in
which an explosion of an ammonia
tank caused loss of life and much
damage to the vessel. Her shaft was
also broken. As a result of the ex
plosion, 15 men were overcome by the
fumes of ammonia on Thursday last,
and seriously prostrated, two deaths
following. Both victims were buried
at sea. Several others were confined
to the ship's hospital for some time,
and one was still in the hospital when
the ship docked.
Trial of Alleged Re do. Begun.
Constantinople, March 19. It is of
ficially announced here that the trial
began at Salonica, March 11, of 19
Bulgarians, accused of belonging to
the revolutionary committee at Sofia
and fomenting disorder In Salonica,
Monastir and Kossovo.
Nine New Cases of Bubonic Plague.
Cape Town, March 19. Nine new
cases of bubonic plague have been of
ficially reported in Cape Town during
the last 48 hours. Six of these were
colored persons, and three Europeans.
, Reward for Rescue of Explorers.
Venice, March 19. The municipal
court, of Venice, offers ft prize of
20,000 lire to anti-Italian or foreign
navigators who may rescue Count
Franco Qulrini and the Norwegian
sailor who disappeared from the ex
ploring party of the Duke of Abruzzl
during his Arctic expedition in the
Stella Polare. A reward of 5,000 lire
is offered to any one who furnishes
definite news as to the fate of the
missing men,