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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-09-02
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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-09-02

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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-01-25
Kruxer's Proclamations.

London, Jan. ia dispatch to the
Daily Mail. dated January l5, from
Lorenzo Marques, says:
President Kruger has issued proc
lamation ordering all burghers to tn /,
front. The Volks Stem, the Transvaal
official organ, suggests that the moment
the British cross the border, the gold
industry should be irretrievably de-
stroyed.
President Kruger issued Q circular
to Boer commandants and burghers,
urging them to show more energy in
the Transvaal cause. He quotes psalm
xxii:7, as God-given instructions to the
burghers, and says that the British
have fixed their faith in psalm lxxxiii.
He also quotes psalm lxxxix:l3-14, and
asserts that he has searched the Bible
without being able to find any other
mode that can be followed by the
Beers. who must fight in the name Of
the Lord
Communicating is progressing bus
lily at Pretoria, where the town guard
Is exchanging Mausers for Martins, ~
the former are badly needed at the
front.
'It is said that there are nearly
5000 British prisoners in Pretoria"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-01-25
PLAGUE At HONOLULU.
Twenty-Five Cases Up to Date, One q
European.

twenty-five Cases Up to Date, One 3
European.
Honolulu, Jan. 17.-Since the 1st
inst, nine cases of plague have devel-
oped, making % cases to date. The
board of health has adopted heroic
measures, and it is believed the work
now in progress will stamp out the
scourge in short time. Thus far but
one European has been attacked. This
case was that of Ethel johnson, Nor
wegian girl, aged IA years. The other
21 cases are divided as follows: Chi
nese, Is; Japanese, q; Hawaiian, 8;
South Sea islander, l.
The Sd inst. the board of health de-
clared the entire judicial district of
Honolulu under quarantine. The
council of state has appropriated $273,-
600 for which to fight the plague and
place the city in a proper sanitary con-
dition.
The bubonic plague appears to be
spreading in Japan. Even mail cannot
come from there while the present
rules are enforced, and the island
steamship companies will suffer heav-
ily. The Ke Au Hou arrived this
morning from the island without hav-
ing been able to approach any wharf.
There were deputy sheriffs with shot
guns at every landing place, and they
shouted the order to keep away. The
result was that the steamer returned to
Honolulu absolutely empty.
Leung Chi Tso, the Chinese reformer,
is now in Honolulu. The Chinese con-
sui has written to the government pro-
testing against Leung being allowed to
remain here.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-01-25
BOOM TIMES COMING.
Vancouver Soon to Have q New Rail-
way to Portland.

Vancouver Soon to Have q New Rail-
way to Portland.
Vancouver, WASH, Jan. 17.--It has
been reported in Vancouver that the
mortgage held by the Portland Loan &
Trust Company against the Portland,
Vancouver & Yakima Railway Com.
pany has been released by we'll.
known transcontinental line, and that
the latter road will push the construc-
tion work from the present terminus of
the road to North Yakima, and from
Vancouver to Portland.
1t has also been asserted, by people
who are in position to know, that
the Portland, Vancouver & Yakima
Railroad Company has Jumped" the
old bridge pier in the Columbia river
opposite the lower end of Vancouver.
Nobody has claimed ownership to the
pier for the past ten years, and a
quantity of material which was on the
bank when construction work ceased
was sold for taxes.
The old bridge pier in the Columbia
river was built in boom times by the
Union Pacific Railroad Company.
During the years of 18S9-90 that line
established grade from Puget sound to
Vancouver via Kelso and Ridge6eld.
1t was the intention to bridge the Co.
lumbia river at Vancouver, and to enter
Portland from the north. The draw
pier was built at cost of $3.50, 900.
When construction work ceased there
was about $50, 900 worth of bridge ma
telial on the bank.
Construction work along the entire
line ceased suddenly, and there was q
large number of labor claims unsatis-
fed. For some time watchman was
kept on the bridge pier. 1t was his
duty to hang bright light on each end
of the draw rest every night. He
worked several months, but was unable
to collect his salary. No one seemed
to know who owed him money or who
hired him. He attached some of the
material, which was sold to satisfy the
claim. Since that time no one has
claimed ownership of the structure.
If the report that the Portland, Van
couyver & Yakima Railway Company
has taken possession of the pier, and
that the mortgage, which has been
hanging over the road for 80 long, has
been released proved true, the dream
of the residents of Vancouver and Clar
county will be realized. A bridg,
across the Columbia river, with rapid
transit between this place and Portland
and direct communication with all por
tions of the country by means of
transcontinental line, will put Vancou-
yer far ahead of the position it occupied
in the boom days between 1888 and
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-01-25
OVER THE TUCELA
Butler Sends His Force
Around the Boer Flank.
THE DUTCH WERE SURPRISED
The Entire Command 10 Now the
Way % Relieve Lsdysmith-Msk
Ing Good Progress.

London. Jan. l9.-The Times pub
fishes the following dispatch from
Spearman's farm, dated January ls:
The force marched westward Jan.
uary IL. Lord Dundonald, by q DASH
ing movement, occupied the hill above
Potgieter's drift, Is miles west of CO.
lenso, taking the Beers perfectly by
surprise. The same evening the infan.
try followed. General Lyttleton's bri-
gade crossed the river yesterday and TO-
day shelled the Beers beyond with
Howitzers. General Warreu's force il
now crossing Trichardte drift, five
miles above. He Is not opposed. al
though the Beers are holding q position
five miles from the river"
The Daily Mail has the following,
dated yesterday, from Pietermarits-
burg:
News has been received that Gen.
eral Butler is making satisfactory prog
ress."
A special disptch from Spearman's
farm, dated January lS. says:
"The British column moved to Spear
mans farm, beyond Springfield, Janu-
ary 49,, The difficulties in crossing the
swollen river were great, the wagons
being quite covered"
A dispatch to the Daily News from
Spearman's farm. describes Lord Dun
donald's advance to Swartzkop hill.
commanding Potgieter's drift, and
says:
General Lyttleton's brigade was
sent to hold q position on Swartzkop
hill. Leaving a strong body to hold
COlenso and General Hildeyard's
brigade at Springfield, our whole force
advanced without delay. After four
days. halt on the south side of the
Tugela, our advance northward began
January 18. General Lyttleton's bril-
gade crossed the drift that evening and
held the kopjes on our right. Sir
Charles Warren's division has made an
attack upon the enemy's left flank.
The column is now crossing the river"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-01-25
PACIFIC CABLE.
Secretary Long aud Rear Admiral Brad.
ford Before Senate COMMITTEES.

Secretary Long aud Rear Admiral Brad.
ford Before Senate Committee.
Washington, Jan. Is. - Secretary
Long and Rear-Admiral Bradford ap-
peared before the senate committee on
naval affairs today in advocacy of the
construction of q Pacific cable by the
government. The secretary's state.
ment was general and related entirely
to the feasibility OF the plan and its nd
vantages over doing the work by pri.
vate enterprise.
Rear-Admiral Bradford detailed the
operations of the collier Nero, which
Is now engaged in making prelimin.
ary survey ofthe proposed line west
OF Honolulu. He said that the survey
had been completed and that the Nero
was on its return, making "zigzag
survey" According to the reports
made of the preliminary work. the pro-
posed cable was entirely practicable.
1t is to run from San Francisco to
Honolulu, thence via Midway islands
and Guam to Dingsls bay. island Of
Luzon, with q spur for commercial
purposes to Yokohama.
The average depth between Honolulu
and Midway is 2, 700 fathoms, between
Midway and Guam 5000, and between
Guam and Luzon $500. He estimated
the cost at $l,05O per knot, which,
with the amount necessary for steam.
.ers, officers, etc., would bring the cost
up to $l0.OOO,000. He placed the en-
tire length of the cable at 8,294 knots,
which allows 20 per cent for slack and
detours.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-01-25
TEXAS FEUO.
Another Tragedy in tho Townsend
| Reese War.

Another Tragedy in tho Townsend
Reese War.
Austin, Tex, Jan. 18.-At Bastrup,
Tex, last evening Arthur Burford OF
Colorado county, Tex, was instantly
killed and William Clements, a deputy
mortally wounded. A bystander
whose name was not learned was
slightly wounded.
Walter Reese, James Coleman and
Thomas Daniel were in Jail at Bastrup
as principals in the shooting. with
number of other men, names not
learned, as accessories. All partici.
pants in the tragedy were in Bastrup
in connection with q murder case in
change of venue in Colorado county.
j. w. Townsend is accused of having
killed his uncle, ex-Sheriff Reese,
about three years ago at Columbus. A
brother of ex-Sheriff Reese was also
murdered a short time afterward. The
case against Townsend for the killing
of ex-Sheriff Reese was being heard
and more than 200 residents of Colum.
bus had come to attend court.
Shortly after court adjourned the
shooting took place. Arthur Burford
and Deputy Sheriff Clements were
walking along Main street and were
fired on from building, and fell to the
sidewalk, unable to draw their weap-
ons. The tragedy is another chapter
in the worst feud ever known in Texas.
The Townsends and Reeses 20 years
ago both claimed ownership of an un.
branded steer. Since then more than
500, 900 has been spent in lawsuits
and more than 200 men have lost their
lives because of the steer.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-01-25
All on Board Lost.

San Diego, CAL, Jan. ia report
was brought to this city today by a
Mexican, who arrived overland from
Ensenada, that the gasoline schooner
Anita had blown up in Magdalena bay,
and that six persons, all on board, had
perished. The schooner was owned by
the Ybarra Mining Company, of San
Domingo, Lower California, and had
been running between the mine and
this port for some time. She was In
command of Captain Funcke, with
Charles Anderson as mate; William
Forrest, engineer, besides three sailors,
two of whom were Mexicans. The
Mexicans who brought the news. how
ever, says that there was no very def
mite information at Ensenada, and
friends of the captain and crew do not
fully credit the story.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-01-25
AROUND THE BOERS
Two British Columns March.
ing to Relieve Ladysmith.
WITH COMMISSARIAT STORES
One to the East, The Other to the West
Of the Main POsitiOn-Burgh.
ers Moving North.

London, Jan. 17.-General Buller's
latest authentic word as to what he
and his $4,000 men are doing was
wired from Springfield after his first
forward step. Striving to think out
the unknown, London is confused by
surmise and rumor and disquieting
suspense.
Spenser Wilkinson, the military ex-
pert of the Morning Post, asserts that
the Boer force in Northern Natal is
larger than General Buller's and Sir
George Whites together, SO that the
Beers are able to leave a force around
Ladysmith larger than that within the
town, and yet to oppose General Bnl-
Ter with force superior to his own.
The Standard gives prominence to
the following dispatch, dated January
Is, from Dur ban:
"a man who has just arrived here
from Springfield says that British
column proceeding to the relief OF
Ladysmith has crossed the Little
Tugela. When he left it was facing
the Boer position on the Big Tugela,
and howitzer was shelling the Boer
trenches. He says also that 270 wag-
ons laden with commissariat stores for
Ladysmith had left Frere, and it was
expected that the column would join
hands with General White Monday
evening.
"The traction engines have been do
ing excellent work in hauling heavy
wagons out of holes and swamps. This
they accomplish with the greatest
ease.
British patrols have discovered par
ties of Beers in the direction of Enners-
dale. between Frere and Estcourt.
A dispatch from Cape Town, dated
January 10, says:
''There is good reason to believe that
the statement that Sir Charles Warren,
with 900 men, has gone toward
Weenan is correct, and We may expect
important news shortly.
"Reports have been received here
that dysentery is very life in Lady
smith.
Everything is phenomenally quiet
at Sterkstrom."
Reports from the Boer camps affirm
that the circle of investment has been
drawn closer by the occupation of some
hills nearer the town, thus liberating
reinforcements to oppose General Bul.
ler.
The Daily News suggests that mul-
titude of the rumors that originate in
South Africa and London are given
currency by the English military au-
thorities in order to mislead the Beers.
The war pages of the great dailies
this morning are almost barren. Never
theless, the instruments on the loops
connecting the war Office with the Ca
bles continue to click.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-01-25
A BATTLE IN NATAL.
Fighting Taking Place ON the Tugels
River.

Fighting Taking Place on the Tugela
River.
London, Jan. 18.-The Times pub
fishes the following from Pietermaritz-
burg, dated Tuesday:
Every heavy artillery firing was
heard yesterday in the direction of
Springfield"
The Exchange Telegraph Company
has received the following dispatch,
dated January 16, from Pietermaritz-
burg:
"There is no news from the front,
but heavy firing was heard today in
the direction of Frere. 1t Is probable
that General Butler is engaging the
enemy. A rumor is current here that
q portion of the British force is near
Ladysmith.
A dispatch to the Daily Mail from
Pietermaritzburg, dated Tuesday,
says:
'There was heavy firing to the north
Yesterday. 1 believe the Beers are
contesting General Buller's passage Of
the Tugela. Howitzers are evidently
busy, as the firing is described as the
heaviest yet heard in Natal"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-01-25
THE SAMOAN TREATY
Ratified by the Senate With.
out Division.
DEBATE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION
Bscon's Speech In Oppositi0n-Argu-
ments Of the Friends OF
the Treaty.

Washington, Jan. 18.-The senate
today ratified the Samoan treaty with.
out division. The ratification occurred
in the executive session, after two
hours of debate, which was partici.
pated in by q number of senators.
Davis, Foraker and. Spooner advocated
and Bacon, Money and Tillman opposed
ratification.
Bacon made the leading speech in
opposition. He based his objection
upon the general ground that 1t is con-
trary to the spirit of our institutions
to attempt to govern any people in op-
position to their wishes. Bacon said
the friends of the treaty supported it
upon two grounds, that it simply di-
vides authority heretofore exercised
jointly, and that the Samoan people,
being "only savages," there is no res.
son why they should not be despoiled
of their country. He contended that
it is not true that the old arrangement
is simply to be continued under a di.
vision of authority, and asserted that
tuO ucCldIdtAOA tudt tuO CdLuO6u p0Opl0
are savages is untenable. In conclu.
sion, Bacon said he is willing that the
United States should acquire the Is.
land of Tutuila with its Pango Pango
harbor if that could be done in the
proper manner and without violating
all of our principles in securing contro;
of it. Money and Tillman spoke on
practically the same lines.
The friends of the treaty repudiated
the assertion that the old treaty pro-
visions were annulled. They asserted
that this country, by the new arrange
ment, retains all the old advantages
and avoids the complications liable to
grow out of the tripartite agreement.
They urged that the opportunity shoulc
not be lost both to get out of an awk.
ward predicament and to control in
our own right the harbor of Pango
PangO.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-01-25
OTIS REPORTS THE CAMPAIGN.
Operations In Luzon and tho Southern
Islands.

Operations In Luzon and tho Southern
Islands.
Washington, Jan. 19.-The following
cablegram was received by the war de-
partment from General Otis:
s'Manila, Jan. 19.-Schwan's troops,
independent of Batangas province, are
about TO move eastward into the prov.
inces of Tayabas and Lsguna; Wheaton
is moving ON Lemeri and Taal, and has
the navy's cooperation; Casualties
slight; insurgent loss considerable in
men and property, ~ they keep mp con-
slant opposition. Expedition under
Kobbe will leave for hemp ports TO-
night. General Hughes il absent ON
the western coast of Panay, policing
the section. A band Of SO Tagals,
which landed in Negros in December,
was struck by Byrne in Negros noun
tains, who killed 10 and captured %
rifles and ammunition; no casualties.
Troops in Northeron are busy pursuing
yobber bands, with good results"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-01-25
Rebels On the RIM.

Manila. Jan. 17.-Part of General
John G. Bates troops are operating
about Lake Taal. The insurgents con.
tinue to retreat south.
Colonel Hayes, with the Fourth cav
airy, is supposed to have reached Lipa,
where many Spanish prisoners are held .
Colonel Anderson, with the Thirty.
eighth infantry, took Talisay, on the
north shore of the lake, with but little
opposition. Major Cheatham, with a
battalion of the Thirty on his
way to San Pablo, dispersed 400 insur-
gents, whom the cavalry are pursuing
toward Alaminos.
A troop of the Third cavalry lost
two men killed and three wounded in
an engagement with the insurgents
near San Fernando de Ia Union, Janu.
ary IL.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-01-25
r,,nch Guns for the Boers.

London, Jan. 1.-THE Daily Mail
publishes the following from a special
correspondent at LIE Creusot. France:
"After two days. inquiry, do not
hesitate to assert that the Schneider
company is not only working night and
day in the manufacture of guns and
ammunition for the Beers, but that it
has already packed, ready for shipment
to the Transvaal, six heavy guns of
large caliber. The workmen told me
that ere long 80 additional guns would
be dispatchod TO the Beers"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-01-25
The Grip In Spain.

Barcelona, Jan. 17-An epidem mic of
xrip has seized the town and mortality
has increased. Half the population is
bedfast and in the stores and work
shops only one-fourth of the usual mum.
her Of employees are working.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-01-25
Alaska Gamers Sued.

San Francisco, Jan. 18.-Suit for
500, 900 has been begun by the Pacific
Steam Whaling Company against the
Alaska Packers Association, of San
Francisco. It Is charged by the plain
tifYs that the defendants seek to monop-
olize the salmon fisheries adjacent to
Kodiak island, Karluk beach and
Tanglefoot bay, in Alaska.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-01-25
THE RIGHT TO OPPOSE.
Senator Vest Declared He Is Not
Traitor to the Country.

Senator Vest Declared He Is Not q
Traitor to the Country.
Washington, Jan. lS.-The senate is
still in the throes of the discussion OF
the Philippine questions, and appar-
emily, there is no near approach to .
deliverance upon the subject. Vest Of
Missouri today voiced the opinion of
many senator's when he said that such
discussion as is now in progress is of
no consequence, as the country is con-
fronted by state of facts that cannot
be changed by talk.
Pettigrew's resolution of inquiry and
Lodges substitute for it were laid Oh
the table today, and Hoar's general
resolution of inquiry as to the facts OF
the Philippine war was taken up. An
effort of Pettigrew to amend it, 80 a.
to call for the presidents instructions
to the Paris peace commissioners, led
to a prolonged debate. After the sen.
ate had considered the matter behind
closed doors, the amendment was re.
jected by q vote of Al to 20.
The debate for the day was con-
cluded by Vest, who made q notable
speech in opposition to the assumption
in some quarters that every man who
does not agree with the policy of the
administration is traitor to his coun-
try. Vest threw into his utterances
all the nervous force and energy and
the accomplished Oratorical ability for
which he is famed, and commanded the
attention of the senate throughout.
McLaurin addressed the senate on
the financial question, making an argu.
ment in favor of his proposition to con.
fer authority upon state banks to issue
circulating notes.
The urgent deficiency appropriation
bill was taken up in the house today
under an agreement which limited the
general debate to todsy.~It was the
general expectation that it would open
up stormy deabte upon the question
of expansion, in view of the large army
and navy items it contains, but the
members early became very much en-.
crossed in discussion of an item OF
$3.50, 900 for rural free delivery, in
which all are personally interested,
and the subject OF expansion was bare.
ly touched upon.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-01-25
wife No: . Got the Body.

Sioux Falls, Ia, Jan 16.-The n
mains of DR.. Gustave Mahe, whose
body two wives claimed, was buried
today by wife No. 2. Although wife
No. I, in San Francisco, demanded
custody of the remains, local omcials
decided TO issue burial permit 10 wife
No. 2, and she had charge of the cere-
monies. More Sensational develop
ments are expected.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-01-25
Tortifying the Canal.

Chicago, Jan. 19.-A special to the
Times-H Herald from Washington, says:
Both Great Britain and Germany
have formally served notice that they
will protest against fertilization Of tho
Nicaragua canal. II that waterway b
constructed BY the American govern
meut
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-01-25
Periahad In . Fire.

New York, Jan. 16.-Three people,
= mother and two children, were
burned TO death in FIRE tonight in
tvo-story dwelling on Pine street.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1900-01-25

Washington, Jan. 19.-OrdeSs were
issued today formally detaching Cap
tain Sigsbee from the command Of the
Texas and assigning him 10 the had Of
the naval intelligence bureau.