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Show ! BLACKBURN FOR SENATE. THE NEPIU RECORD. FILIPINOS PLAN UPRISING. tvcutiicky )eniratn Keturn tli Silver General French Secure a DccUietl Victory and Now Occupies Colesburg. Champion to the senate. four 4. After Frankfort, Ky. , Jan. Reinsberg, Cape Colony, Jan. 3. Black-liur- n C. S. General of French has completely deyears retirement. Joseph has been chosen by the joint cau- feated the Boers and occupied Coles-bur- HENRY ADAMS, lublifther. UTAH NEPHI, BOERS LOSE BATTLE. UTAH NEWS. The general continued to keep cus of the Democratic members of the William of successor Boers the as on the move aud pressed the legislature Lindsay in the nited States senate. them closely Sunday and Monday, Notwithstanding ltlackburns nomina- giving them no time to make a protion was a foregone conclusion and his longed stand, and when day broke on election morally certain, the proceed- Tuesday was within striking distance ings of the caucus were enacted in the of the enemy. During the night all presence of a galaxy of Kentucky the cavalry, artillery aud infantry, the latter riding in wagons to increase the beauty and a dense throng of Blackburn admireis. general mobilization, started upon a The caucus convened at 8 o'clock and night march with the objeet of turning was called to order by Senator Goebel, the Boer's right. The flank operations chairman of the joint caucus. There were successful. The infantry and was a wild demonstration in the gal- - field batteries immediately made a feint levies when Goebel came into tne hall attack upon the Boer front, and before calling the caucus to order and while this was proceeding the. cavalry the cheering continued for several and light artillery got completely minutes. Senators Alexander and Hays, around the enemy's flank, as arranged. Democrats, and McConuell, Populist, The program worked without u hitch. The Boers were utterly surprised, and stayed out of the caucus, Blackburn was plated in nomination finding their retreat threatened, fled in by Senator Goebel, n ho said that the disorder to the eastward, leaving Coles-burin General French's hand. longest and biiteiest tight ever fought or senator in this state, which b YIELD OF PRECIOUS METALS. four ears ago (when Dehoe defeated Blackburn), was about lorcaeh its just Klondike Last ear Mirjmed California in Production of Cold. termination. The state capitol rang San with cheers as ho placed Blackburn in Francisco, Cal., Jan. 3. Frank nomination. Every one present voted A. Leach, superintendent, and Charles G. Yale, statistician of the United for Blackburn. States mint, have prepared a preliminary statement, based on receipts at Another I mcme.U M ill, lioer and the mint and other bullion depositories on this coast, which shows that Cali- ('!( ur a J. Dover Farm, South Africa, Jan. 4. fornia produced in 1899 gold to the A mounted force, consisting of 100 Ca- amount of 515,000,000 aud silver to nadians of the Toronto company', and (636,000. The increase over last year 200 Queenslanders, commanded by is 8501,406 in gold and 8220,606 in silColonel Richards, two guns and a horse ver. An estimate by the same officials of battery under Major de Rouge moot, forty mounted infantry under Lieuten- - the output of Alaskan mines during ant Ryan, and 2(H) of the Cornwall 189!) shows that t lie territory has doulight infantry, the whole commanded bled its gold product over the previous by Colonel Iileher, left Belmont year. The record for 1899 is: Gold, terday at noon on a march westward, 85,917,821, and silver 82,680, as comcovering twenty miles before sunset, pared with an output of gold of 82,517,-12- 1 The force encamped at Cook's farm, and of silver of 849,152 in 1S9S. where the troops were welcomed en- The Klonkike output for the year is: Gold, 817,110,129; silver, 8114,617. In thusiastieally. At 6 o'clock in the morning the force the year ls98 the gold yield was and silver $sO,49S; an increase approached a spot where a laager of the Boers was reported. Colonel Pil- of Klondike gold is shown of 85,071,651 cher, on approaching the position, and of silver $34,119, the total increase which w as a line of strong kopjes, de- - being $5,517,770. The Klondike tuchcd Major Kougemont with the Dual gold yield thus for the first time guns, Torolitos and mounted infantry, eclipses that of California and by about to work towards the right, making a a million dollars, turning movement himself with the Queenslanders toward the south tiou. Governor of Several W extern State Hope The maneuver was a complete to It Represented. cess. The British shells were the first Buffalo, X. Y., Jan. 3. The execu indication of the presence of the truops. The Boers left their laager and opened exposition lias received letters from the fire, but the Queenslanders, complet ing governors of Indiana, Colorado, Mou- the movement, the laager w as captured tana, Oregon, Washington, Maine, Wywith forty prisoners. The British eas- - oming, Michigan, Florida and West unities were two men killed, three Virginia, stating that they will call the wounded aud one missing. attention of the general assembly of their respective states to the lan- rmcAco vACe CANAL. American exposition and use their in"1,ms will be Hi- - fiuenee to ha ve their states represented, charged in Gulf of Mexico, In these states the legislature cannot ' Chicago, Jan. 833,000,000 canal at present used for sewerage, but,,take the action in time to have state The exposition buildings erected. intimately to be a ship canal, is in use, to have these states managers hope after seven years of hard yvorli by the commissions. represented by trustees of tiie sanitary district, which is the name of a corporation including Threatened Dutch l'priiii at Capetown the larger part of hi city of Chicago Capetown, Jan. 3. Ugly rumors are uud many of its suburbs. At least, the in circulation of a Dutch uprising with Chicago end of it is in use, but the the objeet of seizing Capetown and the water lias not yet reached the other docks and capturing the governor of end at Lock port, III., and will not reach Cape Colony, Sir Alfred Milner. The it for several days. Besides a few center of the movement is said to he workmen there were not a dozen spec- Iaarl, a village about thirty miles from tators. The opening- of the canal re- Capetown, where a meeting of the Afrisembled tiie tiny stream of water that kander bund was held yesterday. llowed over the Holland dyke and grew The members of the bund at Willing- larger and larger until it swept a great ton and the Dutch in Clan William dis- hole in tiie vvall of the earth. This trict are said to be armed with Maus- method was used to avoid the danger ers and to be anxious to use them in of a sudden rush of waters, but it behalf of the Boers. robbed the opening of ail impressive-- ! Train Runs Fifty Mile Without Engineer. Cedar Uapida, Ia Jan. 3. The Over-i- s About Friday at noon the water lan'1 Li,aited on thft Northwestern to reach Lockport, aud expected about four days from the time tiie How railway ran fifty miles without an en- began, according to the estimate of the 'r'nttr yesterday. No one on the train chief engineer, the canal will be full " ton&cius of 1,10 danger until the brought the train to a stand and the w ater w ill beg in to run our at Bertram. Near .Mechaniesviile, F.ngineer II. J. Fiske. in some unknown lab and the fro,n There it will fall into the Dtsplaines ni,,rn't'r until river, and then into the Illinois and man ,1i not notloe lIS trila ad whirled over titty milts, Mississippi, and so finally Luke Miehi- gan will shake hands with Hie Gulf of I'ihlu was I,icke1 UP mconscious a few hours later and died soon afler. Mexico. Plot to Hiovr up last week. The new ditch at Green River will make possible the cultivation of 6,000 to 10,000 acres of land. The Church of Christ Scientist, Salt Lake, will install a $3,500 organ in their new edifice during the current year. It is said that a railroad line from Salt Lake to Los Angles, backed by eastern capitalists, has been definitely decided upon. The Crandall family held their tenth annual reunion at Springville last week, 300 members of the family being in attendance. The board of health at Marys vale has placed under quarantine four per sons who are suspected of having been exposed to smallpox. The county commissioners of Wayne county fear a spread of smallpox and have quarantined a number of people who have been exposed. Collinston suffered a $6,000 fire last week, supposed to have been of incendiary origin. If the guilty party is apprehended lie stands a good show of attending a lynching bee. Jleber S. Goddard, the baritone of the Salt Lake Opera company, has gone to Chicago to talk with the managers of the Castle Square Opera company. He will sing for them with a view of securing an engagement. For the purpose of taking the census Utah will probably be divided into 200 census districts. For the 200 places, of Census lratt has received about 750 applications, of whom 100 are from women. The family of Governor Wells is again, in quarantine because of another ease of scarlet fever. This time the victim is the governors little daughter, Martha. The other child has recovered. Ihe limes building and plant at were entirely destroyed by fire last week. There was 81,30 insurance on the property, which will probably cover the loss. It is understood the publication of the paper will not be re- - i d. posi-Bume- suc-an- d j j j 4.--- The . i . j j j j ' ' fire-an- d, arnce : May Huy 1 iid us. Innish Wes Jan, 2. The Copenhagen correspondent of the Daily Mail says: The sale of the Danish West Indies to the United Slates bids fair to be acLondon, Tiie Danish Captain, complished. Christmas, who has influential connections in tiie United States, and who has secured tiie support of President McKinley, Admiral Dewey and a number of influential American senators, is acting- as intermediary between tiie two governments, direct official communication being impossible for Denmark after repeated failures in previous attempts. For several days at attache of one of the principal United States embassies has been here, having long interviews with the Danish minister of Finance, Dr. Hoerring, and this week Captain Christmas will go to Washington to assist in the publication of the American official offer. No opposition is expected from King Christian. Tiie price has been fixed at Sl,n00,0G0, - j GERMANY CROWLS AT BRITAIN. Send Warship to Investigate Seizure of Herman essei at itiagoa Hay. Berlin, Jan. 1. It is announced that the German protected cruisers Condor and Schwalbe are now on their way to ' Delagoa hay. It is asserted in government circles that the British right to search is questioned, aud that in any event the British right to stop passengers, whether they intended to fight for tiie Boers or not, is strenuously disputed, as the vessel upon which they were is neutral and the territory to which they were proceeding, namely, Delagoa Day, is also neutral. Redress, it is asserted, will be insisted upon by Germany. The German press unanimously the British action in the Bundesrath seizure, which is characterized as an instance of gross insolence and as calculated again to illustrate tiie need of a powerful German navy to render such overbearauce oil the part of England impossible in the future. - coo-de- FIGHT NEAR DORDRECHT. A Six Hoar Engagement lirmi, CreTimHmrT,-M,iaShip, Hamburg, Jan. 4. The German bark Hans Wagner of Hamburg lias been seized by tiie British at Delugo hay, and her owners have lodged e, corn- plaint with tiie British foreign office. The papers announce that the German foreign office lids summoned tiie director of the German Fast African line, Herr Woehrman, to ln in connection with the seizure ol the company's steamer Bundesrath by tiie British cruiser Magicienne, Dec. 29, off Delagoa bay, on the ground that she had contraband of war on board. man-Grower- Ber-larg- e (Jroiiiirieit Stfaificr Santiago de Cuba, Jan. 3. Tiie ward line steamer Saratoga, after having been ten days aground, has been floated by the Saratoga tugs. All her cargo and coal were removed, and the channel around the propellor and keel was dredged. An investigation has shown remarkable port regulations. No pilots in the harbor have a license except two holding Spanisli licenses, but several others are permitted by the commandant of the port to use the pilot flag. The pilot of the Santiago was not licensed. n Which Briton Are Forced to Retire. - street, Sait Lake, at 6 p. in. Friday, at tiie point of their revolvers, compelled the weighmaster to hoi 1 up 0 Stiiti; ' old-tim- his hands while they looted the place, securing a watch uud $25. There haying been some sy over tiie boiling point of wa.cra, t.i altitude. Director Murdoch of the weather bureau finds that tiie point of ebullition in Salt Lake is 204 de- greess Fahrenheit, the boilir.g point at sea level being 212 decrees. Secretary Callister of the Utah u, ol association, is confident, cm the assurances he lias received. Unit a delegation of sheepmen will go from Utah to the Fort Worth convention, and there is talk of a special car clear through to Fort Worth. United $11,-038,4- T. II. Iluff, a veteran of thecivil war e an prospector, died at Belnap last week and was taken to Richfield for burial. As his relatives could not be located, and he left no worldly wealth, generousVitizens paid the funeral expenses. The Green river canal is finally an assured fact, contracts having been let on portions of the work, construction to begin at once. 1 lie company pro- poses to give actual settlers tiie choice to work for land and water rights, and many will embrace this opportunity to secure homes. The United States Fish Commission has recently made an inquiry into the feasibility of introducing useful marine animals into the waters of Great Salt Lake, with the result that it is believed that such introduction would be an utter waste of time and money, owing to the high salinity of the water. The idea of establishing oyster beds in the lake will therefore be abandoned. Utah has harvested this year about eighty cars of luoern seed, which is valued at $3,090 a car, making a total of in tiie neighborhood of $240,000. Nearly all of this lias been marketed, a considerable portion of it going abroad, Germany being tbe best customer of any of the foreign countries. Robert Vincent, the Salt Laker who was shot by highwaymen some weeks ago at Oakland, is on tiie high road to recovery. One bullet entered the back of liis head and passed through to his mouth, while another made an ugly wound in his shoulder. MAY BUY ISLANDS. or ) ENDEAVOR TO SECURE RECOGNITION FROM MKINLEY If the President will Promise Anything: The War will Pnd in Two Mouths. Reasonable g g j Muila While Troop Were Attending Law tun' Funeral Four explosive Manila, Jan. 2. a few and 500 rounds firearms bombs, of ammunition were discovered in a house in the center of Manila yesterday-morninwhile the police were seeking Recarte, the insrrgent leader, who was said to have come to Manila in the hope of effecting an outbreak by taking advantage of the mobilization of the American troops at General Lawton's funeral. Tiie populace, it is thought, had been prepared for the attempt by a rumor circulated widely among the natives that Aguilaldo was in Manila aud would possibly lead tiie outbreak. Tbe American authorities having been advised of what was brewing, prepared for all contingencies. Captain Morrisou, w ho commands tbe troops in the most turbulent district of tliis city, says he does not believe an actual uprising willever occur, as tbe natives lack the resolution to take the first steps in a movement that would entail fighting at close quarters with the American troops. I The State Teachers association held a three days session in Salt Lake City FILIPINO ENVOYS London, Jan. 1. A telegram from Sterkstroom, dated December 31, says: Captain Montmorency of the Twenty, first Lancers, with a patrol of 120, was reconnoitering eight miles north of He met the Boers at Dordrecht. uek. They opened fire and the British replied. Tiie fighting continued for six hours when the Boers received strong reinforcements, including artillery. Captain Montmorency retired and took a defensive position at Dordrecht. One Britain was wounded. The Boers did not pursue him. It is believed that they retired on their main body. Their Josses are unknown. 1!ot DeinonHtrntion iu Ncv Turk New York, Jan. 1. The United Irish societies of New York and vicinity filled the Academy of Music- last night at a mass meeting called to express sympathy vt ith the Boers aud opposition to England in consequence of the South African war. Senator Mason of Illinois, Congressman Sulzer, Congressman Cummings of New Pork and others addressed the meeting. Justice Fitzgerald of the supreme court presided. The entire house was filled. The proscenium, the boxes and the balconies were decorated with a profusion of American flags, the green Irish emblems and occasionally the flags of the two South African - New York, Dec. 31. If President McKinley will decide on anything like reasonable terms for the surrender of Aguinaldo and the Filipinos under him, and will inform the Filipino congress through us, its representatives in this country, the Filipinos will lay down their arms within tiie next month or two, and the war will end.Jessup Luigi T. de Fernandez, who claims to be one of three special representatives of Aguinaldo and the Filipino congress. made this statement to a representative of the Journal and Advertiser in Philadelphia, as he was about to take the train for New York. Fernandez, with two others Lucio Lem Lejera and Juliet Franeiscus Lopez were appointed at a meeting of the Filipino congress as special representatives to come to this country and, if possible, have a personal interview with President McKinley. Their mission is principally to ascertain from the president his views regarding the war in the Philippines, and, if possible, to learn from him if he is desirous of allowing Aguinaldo to surrender on certain terms that they will offer. While in Washington the three representatives are to make a canvass of the members of tbe senate and house of representatives, with the object of learning each member's attitude toward the administration and the Filipino war. The three representatives arrived in New A ork on Christmas eve, on the from Liverpool. Campania, After reaching New York, Fernandez came to Philadelphia on a secret mission, and expects now to join his two colleagues in New York. What he has done here he refused to say, but he declared that he would make it public at the proper time. The emissaries expect to leave for Washington in time to be there for the reopening of congress after the holidays. Fernandez did not hesitate to talk of the Philippines and the war and feel-in- g The contest among the natives. in the Philippines has been terrible for some time before I left Hongkong, he said, but notwithstanding that it will continue if the president refuses to boe us or declines the terms we shall offer. If he will only decide on any- thing that could possibly he called reasonable, and will inform the Fili-- 1 piuo congress through us, its represen. tatives in this count;y, the Filipino will lay down their arm.-- , and tiie war will bo ended within tiie next month or two. - I'rnn-ic- r of Republican 1arty Dead. St. Paul, Minn., Dec. 29. diaries E. Pike is dead at his residence in this city. In early life lie was one of the first Free Soilcrs, and one of the founders of tiie Republican party in Massachu-setts. In 1817, while a member of tbej Maine legislature, he wrote the reso- -i lutions which according to the custom of that time brought before the people the name of Taylor for the presidency. Later he was one of the group of tiie first Republicans iu the Massacliasetts legislature. In 1857 he removed to Wisconsin and founded the Oshkosh Northwestern, which during the war was a radical supporter of Lincoln. In 1865 he was appointed solicitor of the Internal Revenue department and assistant attorney general of tlm United States. News Notes. Apprehension is feit at Seattle for the safety of the party of military ex-- ; plorers headed by Lieut. J. S. Herron United States cavalry, which. ascended the Sushitna river last June, cn route for the 1 ukon. At the divide between the Sushitna and Tanana, Herron's guides deserted him and no word has been received front him since, Deputy Sheriff Howell of Wasco county Oregon, had an exciting experience recently with two men, Brown and Wilson whom he arrested on the Canyon City road on charges of in tliis country and highway robbery in ortland. Deputy Howell arrested the men, who were on horseback, near the top of the Deschutes grades and having only one pair of handcuffs put them on Brown. He tied tiie horse's bridles together and started his prison-ei- s ahead of him. Wilson with his pocket-knifcut the bridle, and both men started down the grade at full speed Deputy Howell being in pursuit. After a chase of a mile he shot Wilson's horse from under him and without further difficulty reeaptured his prison ers. Wilson has a gunshot wound in the back, which he is to have received in a fight supposed with otlicera in Portland a few days ago. horse-stealin- 1 e, |