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Show LIVING ISSUES. BUBONIC PLAGUE AT BLACKBURN FOR SENATE. MANILA. Giurtl french Democrat ltd urn tlia Silver the KentuckyCliainplon to the Senate. Ilreadetl Dlseaso. Frankfort, Ky.t Jan. 4. After four Manila, Jan. .1. The health otlieers of retirement, Joseph S. C. Blackhave found a native with all the symp- years been chosen by the joint cautoms of bubonic plague in a house in burn has cus of the Democratic members of the the walled city, where two suspicious as the successor of William deaths have occurred. The pulient baa legislature in the United States senate. been isolated and every precaution haa Lindsay Blackburn's nominalicen taken to of the Notwithstanding a ilirrs Nukii-1u- Ishii tlrllfvcd to FILIPINOS PLAN UPRISING. BOERS LOSE BATTLE. lie and Net-ure- a a Dn-ltlei- Victory l Reicsberg, Cape Colony, Jan. 3. French has completely defeated the Buera and occupied Coles-burThe general continued to keep the Boers on the move aud pressed them closely Sunday and Monday, giving them no time to make a prolonged stand, and when day broke on Tuesday was within striking distance of the enemy. During Lite night all the cavalry, artillery Had infantry, the latter riding in wagons to increase the general mobilization, started upon a night murch with the objeet of turning the Boer's right. The Hank operations The infantry and were successful. field batteries immediately mudeafeint attack upon the Boer frout, aud while this wus proceeding the cavalry and light artillery got completely around the enemy's flunk, as arranged. The program worked without a hitch. The Doers were utterly surprised, and finding their retreat threatened, lied iu disorder to the eastward, leaving Colcs-bur- g in General French's baud. General g. prevent spreud tion was a foregone eouelusiou and his The State Teachers association held diseuse. election morally certain, the proceeda three days session in Suit Lake City Washington, Jan. 5. Surgeon Genof the caucus were enacted in the eral Wyiuun has no continuation of the ings last week. presence of a galaxy of Kentucky The new ditch at Grven Hirer will report that three suspected cus;s of beauty and a dense throng of Blackmake possible the cultivation of fi.fMK) bubonic pli'gue have been discovered burn admirers. within the walled city of Manila, but to 10,000 acres of land. The caucus convened at S o'clock aud no attempt is made to conceal the Salt The Church of Christ Scientist, was called to order by Senator Goebel, of the situation should the reLake, will install a 3.300 organ in their gravity chairman of the joint caucus. There port prove true. Still, it is said a few was a wild demonstration new edifice during the current year. in the galeuses need not necessarily rewhen Goebel came into the ball leries It is said Ilia t a railroad line from sporadic sult in an epidemic in the islands. before culling the caucus to order aud Salt Lake to Los Angles, hacked by General Wyinuu says the Surgeon the cheering continued for several eastern capitalists, has been definitely disease no created the dread it longer minutes. Senators Alexander anil lluys, decided upon. once did. Won use it lias been dimon-slrateMcConnell, lopulist. Thu Crandall family held their tenth that it can be handled by mod- Democrats, ofand cuucus. out the annual reunion at Springville last ern science. It has been stamped out stayed Blackburn was placed iu nomination week. .UN) members of the family being in Alexuudria, Egypt. Kobe, Japan, and by Senator Goebel, "who said that the in attendance. The methods of Vienna, Austria. and bitterest light ever fought The Ixiurd of health at Marysvule lighting it are thesame us used against longest in this state, which began fur senator lias placed under quarantine four per- smallpox isolation, disinfection and YIELD OF PRECIOUS METALS. four (when Dehoe defeated ago years sons who are suspected of having been sanitation. w us about to rcaeli its just Klondike Last Year Nurpmoieil ( itlHiirul In exMiscd to smallpox. The greatest danger is due to its pos- Blackburuj. I'roitui-ltoiof Hold. termination. The state capltol rang The 11 n illy commissioners of AVaync sible introduction inio new localities with cheers as lie Frum-isco- . Ssm Jan. 3. Frank iu Cal.. placed llluckburu county fear a spread of smallpox ami through ambulant or walking cases, nomination. Every one present vuted A. Leach, superintendent, and Charles have quarantined a number of people which defy the surveillance of the au- for Blackburn. G. Yale, slatLticiau of the idled thorities. Oikq feature of the eases who have been exposed. have prepared a prelimiStates mint, CoHinslnii suffered a i.i)U:i tire last which is gratifying to the authorities, nary statement, based on receipts at in view of the possible outbreak of the Win Another week, aiippnsed to have been of inccn- With Dorr and the mint and oilier bullion depositories in the Ihilippiues, is the fact l'uture a Lusher. on this coast, which shows that Cnli- diary origin. If the guilty party is tp'eiiiic docs not shows tl,at iu it that of show amis a he 4. Dover Farm. South Africa, Jan. good fornia produced iu lv.rj gold to the apprehended altiu'k Kuropeans as readily us natives. A mounted force, consisting of 100 Ca- - amount of 1.1.000, Onu and silver to attending a lynching bee. uadiaus of the Toronto company, and :!(. 000. The increase over last year lleher S. Goddard, the baritone of "00 Queenslanders, commanded by is .1111,400 in gold aud 330,00(1 iu silthe Salt Luke Opera company, has gone Colonel Richards, two gnus and a horse ver. to Chicago to talk with the managers GrrlMlll will Knit In lex Krllrf Is Had An estimate br the same otlicinls of of the Castle Square Opera company, buttery under Major de Roiigeniont, at Once. tenmounU-Licu undor the of view a for will lie them with infantry output of Alaskan mines during sing New York, Jan. London dis- - forty 3U0 of the Cornwall and aut Is'J'J shows that the territory has douan Kyuu, securing engagement. patch says an unexpected development For the purpose of taking the census of the situation has occurred at L'ules- - light infantry, tlie whole commanded bled its gold product over the previous Utah will probably he divided into -- Oil burg. Late advices are that the Boers by Colonel 1ilclier, left lleluiont yes- - year. The record for lS'.H) is: Gold. census districts. For the IN) places, returned witli reinforcements terduy at noon on a march westward, .1,1)17.831, and silver s3,0no, as comduring received has of Im (Vusus it Supervisor the night and occupied the position covering tweuty miles before sunset. pared with an output of gold of 3,317,-13- 1 The force encamped ut Cook's farm, and of silver of $4'.', 133 iu 3 SIM. about 7.10 applications, of whom 100 are from which were driven by Genthey where the troops were welcomed The Klonkike output for tlie year is: from women. eral French on Monday. SIT. 110,1 3i; silver, 114.017. In Gold, The family of Governor Wells is again There is a deepening sense of anxiety At 0 oclock in the morning the force the year ls'iS the gold yield was 11,- in quarantine been use of another ease respecting Ladysmith, whence must a spot where a laager of ' 03S.47S und silver cn),41i'; an increase of scarlet fever. This time the victim disheartening reports of the prevalence approached , olonel 1il' of Klund'"' okl U sll'nvn is the governor's little daughter, of sickness are receivedV General White 11,0 1!urs wa reIorUdon the Martha. The other child hus recovichor, uppruachiug position, and of silver SlbllD, the total increase which was a line of strong kopjes, de- - being .1,. 17,770. Tbc Klondike au- ered. tachcd Major Rougcmont with the The Times building and plant at Elsinore were entirely desl royed by lire guns, Toroiitus and mounted infantry, to work towards last week. There was $1,300 insurance right, making a on the property, which will probably' turning movement himself with the cover tlie loss. It is understood the Queenslanders toward tlie south posi- lion. publication of the paper will not tie reThe maneuver was a complete sm- sumed. cess. The British shells were the lirst T. H. Huff, a veteran of tlie civil war e indication of the presence of the t mops. tive eo. and an prospector, died at rived at Durban roccive.l letters from the Belnap last week uiul was taken to forty eight hours Sir Redvers ought to T1,t 1!,,irh Kft t,Ui!r the of As but his Indiana. held for burial. relatives Rich Colorado, Mon- Queenslanders, completing governors j,, rt.;ij10bs jor a supreme effort. lire, could not be located, ami lie left no The Doer line of cleren.se i uow ,L.- - the n",veu"'nB Bie laager waseaptured tana, Oregon. Washington, Maine, Wy- worldly wealth, generous citizens paid w.ril)(.ll 11S six, con miles iu length, liav-tli- e with forty prisoners. The British cas- oimng, .Michigan, Florida and West were two men killed, three Virginia, stilting that they will rail the funeral expenses. iug beeu extended up and down the ualties wuiiinieu aud one missing. The Green river canal is finally an Tugcla in order to attention of the general assembly of prevent a turning their respective states to (lie assured fact, contracts having been let lnilVt.llK.llt. There are CHICAGO DRAINAGE CANAL. many dispatcl.es on portions of the work, construction vi mhnn. exposition and use their jnlWht wm General Hulk-rIYhDth of l.uke Michigan Will bn t heir states to have to begin at once. The coin puny pro- camp this represent! il. In Gulf of Mexico. morning, hut no details inIn these the states cannot poses to give actual settlers the choice dicating the direction of tlie next legislature Chicago, Jan. 4. The 3:1,000, Oof) ca- action in time to have state to work for land and water rights, ami take the nal at present used for sewerage, but erected. Tlie exposition many will embrace this opporluuity to ultimately to be a ship eii'ial, is in use, buildings secure homes. to have these states managers hope GOVERNMENT FOR PORTO RICO. after seven years of hard work by the The United States Fish Commission commissions. of trustees the which represented ly district, sanitary bss recently made an inquiry into the Hill Intnulucml Making Porto Klciiii till. is the name of a corporation including Tlireutenoil Duleli I'prising nt Capetown feasibility of introducing useful marine h ' citJ of Chicil& the larrer 5. Capetown, Jan. 3. Ugly rumors are pa.rt Senator ForaWashington, Jan. animals into tlie waters of Great Salt At the an( in circulation of a Dutch uprising with least, ,nilDJ ker has introduced a bill providing" a Lake, with the result that itis believed end of is iu it but the use, Chicago the form of for the island of object of seizing Cnpctown and the government that such introduction would be an water not yet reached the other docks and capturing the governor of has Rico. luerto The bill for the provides utter waste of time ami money, owing end at Lock port, 111., aud will not reach Cape Colony, Sir Alfred Milner. The to the high salinity of tlie water. The continuance of the laws and municipal it for several days. Besides a few center of tlie movement is said to lie idea of establishing oyster beds in the ordinances now in force iu the island workmen there were not a dozen spec- 1aarl, a village about thirty tnilcsfrom until the legislature provided for shall lake will therefore lie abandoned. tators. The opening of the canal re- Capetown, where a meeting of the AfrUtah has harvested this year about supplant them. The president ia em- sembled the liny stream of water that ikander bund was held yesterday. powered to appoint a governor and eighty cars of luccrn seed, which is ilowcd over the Holland dyke and grew Thu members of the bund at Willing-to- n valued at 3, 000 a car, making a total supreme court, and also seven heads of ani1 a uutil il IarKr and the Dutch in Clan William disto iiaxe charge of the var- - larfrt:.r great of iu tlie neighborhood of 340.000. departments n ke b,du the are said to be armed with Maus"a lliis earth, trict ious interests of the government, and Nearly all of this has beeu marketed, a also live native ust-',nttho11 avoil1 to "!ls to be anxious to line them in the and ers danger citizens who. together considerable portion of it going abroad, a Mulden rnhl1 of of but the Boers. it behalf waters, with the governor and heads of depart-!0- 1 Germany being the best customer of tl,a robbd of h aii impressive-brunctpvning are to constitute tlie upper incuts, Train Knn Fitly Mite lYittiiint laixineer. any of tbc foreign countries. nt'SSof the inniiar legislature. Cedar Rapids. Ia., Jail. 3. The OverRobert Yincent. tlie Salt Laker who noon the water Ab,ut FrI,,!V A lower house of members Limited oil the Northwestern land was shot by highwaymen some weeks ;Ui be is Mted to reach Lockport, and; elected by citizens of the islands hfty u.iKs without uti en- four about ago at Oakland, is on the high road to is also days from the time tlie tiow for. aud all inhabitants provided No m,e on tl.e train recovery. One bullet entered the back of the island are made citizens of the bcgi.ii. according lo thcestimale of tbc wus eonse.ons of tbc danger until the of bis lieiti. iiii.l passed through to his ' United . Males. The citizens arc also chief engineer, the anal will be fl,u man I ro.l.t the train to a stand- mouth, '.vh'.itf another made an ugly to elect a delegate to and tl.e water will to run ovt.r begin congress, who is stil at Bertram. Near .Meelianicsville. wound in his shou bier. to have a w ut. but no vute. The is- tlie sills at the gale at Lockport, Two masked men entered the utlice land is to be divided into live districts twenty-eigh- t miles from Chicago. Engineer E. J. Fiske. in so me unknown ,l"Then: it will fall into the Desplaii.es ,,,n n,,i,r !! of the Sharp Coal company, on Slate for judicial and legislative purpo.-es- , 1 "Bee his absence until i,(1 "an Street, Sail Lake, at p. in. Friday, and each district is to have a local river, and then into the Illinois ilII(, the train hud whirled over tiftv milis and, at the point of their revolvers, court to con dst of Mu ll h number of Mississippi, and so hnally Lake .Michi- ls,' " s,s I11 ked un iineMiseious a few compelled tin: weigliimister to hold up judges us the legislature mav provide Iran will slink., Hands with tin. Gulf ut lior.is later uiul died soon after. his hands while they looted the place, for. jjexjt.( inuaiitil liuinir lln.iltil. securing a watch and g'M. Ilrillitli ('turi A not licr Grrunta Ship. llanna Will Sirn Aalda. 0,J 3'T,,e ward The There having been some controversy Jan. German bn, a Hamburg, 3 Cleveland. O.. Jan. U, er having Senator Mark over the boiling Nint of water at this Hans Wagner of Hamburg has bee.. n Ilanna aldeclared has that (loaled days aground, yesterday seized by the British at Delagoa , altitude. Director Murdoch of the ' U. Saratoga tugs. All her cargo weather bureau finds that tlie point of though lie had tcrn urged to stand for and her owners have lodged a com-- ! the permanent chairmanship of the and coal were removed, and tin: chan- ebullition in Salt Lake is 304 deplaint with the British foreign ofiice. next be would The lh and keel was Republican convention, grees Fahrenheit, the boiling point at papers announce that the German ,,r' so. not do An ea level being 313 degrees. lnv'''gation haa shown olfiee has summoned the ...an- There are other men, lie said, who foreign director of vknbh; port regulations. No pilots the German East Secretary Callister of the Utah Wool are more ambitious than 1, aud who aging tiie hurborhiivc a license except two African line, Herr Woehrman, to BerGrowers association, is confident, from value that honor more than 1. 1 will lin in connection with the seizure of iiiiiig Spanish Hocuses, but several the assurances he has received, that a other an give way to them. permitted by the commandthe steamer llundesralh company's by large delegation of sheepmen will go ant of tlie irt to use the pilot Hag. The lie also declared that he will not be the British cruiser Magiciennr, Dee. from Utah to the Fort Worth conven: the one of the delegation at large from off Delagoa bay, on the grouud that untiugo wus not licensed. she had contraband of war on board. tion, and there is talk of a special car Ohio in the convention. clear through to Fort Worth. d op Manila While Troup AVrre Attending Lawton' funeral. Four explosive Manila, Jan. 3. bombs, a few firearms aud 000 rounds of ammunition were discovered in a house in the center of Manila yesterday morning while the police were seeking Recurle, the insurgent leader, who was said to have come to Manila in the hope of effecting an outbreak by taking advantage of tlie mobilization of the American troops at General Law-to- ns llot to Hlow Colmburif. Now Decuple funeral. The populace, it is thought, had been prepared for the attempt by a rumor circulated widely ainuug the natives that Aguilaldo was in Manilu aud would possibly leud the outbreak. Tlie Americun authorities having been advised of what was brewing, prepared for all contingencies. Captain Morrison, who commands the troops iu the most turbulent district of this city, says he docs not believe an actual uprising willcver occur, as the natives lack the resolution to take the lirst steps in a movement that would entail fighting ut close quarter with the American troops. MAY BUY ISLANDS. i I j i 1,ry . j i j 5A j -- - ' j j ' old-tiin- ; -- : ' Ian-Americ- j nl , , 'h i d i , - j i . thii-tv-liv- ' I 1 . . i Slntt-- Bliiy Ituy D:inth We luillf. London, Jan, 3. The Copenhagen corresoiidcnt. of the Daily Mail says: The sale of t lie Danish West Indies to the United States bids fair to lu ac'The Danish Cuptaiu, complished. Cliristmus, wiu has iullnential connections iu the Uuilcd States, and who lias Kccurud tlie supiorl of President McKinley, Admiral Dewey and a number of iiillueutial American senators, is acting us intermediary between tlie two governments, direct official communication being impossible for Denmark after repeated failures iu prev- ious attempts. For several days at attache of one of the principal United States embassies has been , having long interviews the Danish minister of Finance, with Dr. lloeri'ing, ami this week Captain Cliristmus will go to Washington to assist iu the publication of tlie Amerlu-re- ican oliieial offer. No opposition is expected from King Christian. The price lias been fixed ut i,Mii),ii(ii. GERMANY GROWLS AT BRITAIN. 8ciu!h WarsliijD fstfriti:kn to liiwMigiiii .seizure at of ltN Berlin, Jan. 1. It is umiuunceii that tlie German pioteeted cruisers Condor anil .Seliwaihe arc uow on their way to Dclagua bay. It is ii&scj'ted in government circles that tlie British right lo search is ques- tioned, and that in any event the British right, to slop passengers, whether they intended lo light lor the Boers or not, is strenuously disputed, as the vessel upon which they were is neutral and the territory to w hich they were proceeding, namely, Del agon Bay, is also lieulral. Redress, it is asserted, will he insisted upon by Germany'. The German press unanimously condemn tlie Dritii-- action in the Bundes-rat- li seizure, which is characterized as an instance of gross insoleucc''aud as calculated again to illustrate the need of a powerful German nuvy to render such uverbeurancc ou the part of England impossible in the future. FIGHT NEAR DORDRECHT. A Six Hour Ku,K(iueiit in Which liritons Are t'un-n- l lo ltetire. London, Jan. 1. A telegram from Sterkslruom, dated December 31, says: Captain .Montmorency of the Twenty, first Lancers, with a patrol of 130, was reconuoi luring eight iniloB north of lie met the Boers at Dordrecht, ui k. Tlu-- opened tire and the British replied. T lie fighting continued fur six hours when the Boer received struiigriiiilorcciuents, including artillery. Captain .Montmorency retired aud took a defensive at Dordrecht One Britain was wounded. The Boers did not pursue him. it is believed that they retired on llicir main body. Their losses arc unknown. on po.-ili- - : I I'ulttd - ,,a' 4.-- ls-e- 3-- Pallor j- liner Jlrinniirtt ml inn in New York. New York, Jan. L Tbc United Irish societies of New York and vicinity' filled tlie Academy of Music last night at a inii.--s meeting called to express sympathy with tlie Boers und opposition to England in eon sequence of tlie tSoutli African war. Senator Mason of Illinois, Congressman Sulzcr, Congressman Cummings of New York and others addressed the meeting. Justice Fitzgerald of the supreme court presided. The entire house was filled. The proscenium, the boxes aud the balconies were decorated with a profusion of American flags, the green Irish emblems and occasionally the flags of tlie two Sou tli African |