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-1 ul it tf1 OREGON COURIER. 1 itif fJ' VOL. XII. OREGON CITY. CLACKAMAS COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. OCTOBER 20. 1894. NO. 25. Domestic Happiness Ih to no ntnull extent centered In the kitchen. Mnko the source ol tlie food f iippl v what It ought to be, and the dmiii'Mtlu skies are far less apt to be cloudy. In fact you can't bring your your kilchen up lotliOHtmidurd without looking over nur Block of ranges and rooking ulemils. Our stoves are the Knreka of the house keepers, as tboy aro unequalled for baking and other pur pones. 1'otH, kettles and pant consll tutu the weapons of cookery, and the Implement!) of cookery, like those of war, should bo tho best that can be obtained. Every article in our stock is A 1 ware, an our patrons well know, who also agree that we are very fuir and reasonable in the prices we charge. SfiSE BELLOMY &. BUSCH, Oregon City, Or. THE GREAT BATTLE A Correspondent Describes the ltout at Ping Yang. GALLANTRY OF THE JAPANESE Till. Wu the La.t Chin... Stronghold III C'orea, mid, Opened th. Way to t'hliia-The Chloe.a Koro. Wu K.tl mated at 40,000 Han. Han Fbancisco, October 23. The steamship City of Peking arrived from the Orient this morning, bringing the following additional advices to those Bent up by the steamer Australia from Honolulu yesterday. The correspondent of the North China Gazette telegraphed his paper as follows in reference to the battle of Ting Yang: "I have just reached the front in time to record the first serious fighting be tween the opposing armies, which have been lying opposite to each other for several days. The Chinese were well in' trenched in Syencliong, Samteung and Chounghoa, but most strongly at Ping Yang, where 20,000 of their best troops occupied a most advantageous position. They had been fortifying the place and adding to us strength for weeks past. The 11th and 12t!i ultimo Samteung, Chounulioa and Syencliong were occU' pied after Bonie resistance, and Hoang Choo, a town south of the river Tatung and from which this message is dated, was also taken. But Ping Yang, the present oujeciive point, reiiuuneu in me possession of the Chinese. The 15th the Japanese main army, after crossing the river the previous day, advanced, ana a general attack was made upon the chief Chinese stronghold, the last one in Corea. A good deal of resistance was met with, and the place was then regularly be sieged. The Chinese had the advantage of lighting behind protected earthworks and bastions, but after a series of des perate battles they were driven from their defenses and utterly routed. The Japanese, who fought with splendid de termination and gallantry, won a com plete victory. The Biege lasted nearly all the day and night of the 15th, and it was not until the morning of the 16th that the victors took undisputed posses sion of the town. Of the 20,000 picked Chinese troops who formed the garrison many fled before the enemy entered the town, and tlie rest were eituer Killed, DEPREDATION CLAIMS. Fully Eleven Thou.mid Are Now Pend ing Before the Court., Washington, October 23. There are now pending before the United States Court of Claims about 11,000 cases aris ing from the depredations committed by the various Indian tribes on property of pioneer settlers of the West. .The claims aggregate nearly $11,000,000, and come from persons in California, Oregon, New Mexico, Texas, Missouri, Illinois, Alaska Idaho, Washington, Montana, North Da kota and South Dakota and other States In the South and West. Between two and three hundred lawyers are engaged in pushing their liquidation. An official of the Interior Department in speaking ol tne matter said to-day : " Since the date of the Indian depre dation act, which conferred jurisdiction on the United States Court of Claims to settle and determine the losses sustained by the settlers and to give judgment for tlie same, over ll.uuu cases nave Deen filed in that court. An Assistant At torney-General was provided for under that art as defense for the United States and the Indians. Judgments have been rendered for something over 1500,000, which Congress subsequently paid. since the advent ol the present admin. istration judgments have been rendered against the United States and the lit' .linn , -i ..... an,Ai.ntinn . i , V. tlr.aa lr. f. uiftu Hiuca miiuuuMU, mui. luuag .wit. over irom the last administration, to about 5H0,0O0. These judgments were reported by the Attorney-General to Congress at its last session, and an appro priation of 1175.000 was made, less than one-third the amount of judgments re ported. In this appropriation Dill was a proviso that before any payments could be made the Attorney-General was re quired to investigate eaeli judgement, and if in his opinion no additional de fense could be made on the part of the government and the Indians, he was to certuy such judgments to tne treasury tor payment. "A question has now arisen upon the proper construction of this appropriation act, and the Treasury Department seems to be in donbt as to whether the judg ments should be paid in the order in which they were rendered or in the or der in which they were certified for pay ment by the Attorney-General. The law directed the Secretary of the In terior to certify as to what funds there are belonging to the various Indian tribes which can be used for the pay ments of such judgments, as the funds of the Indians are primarily liable under the act tor such payment, mis matter has been referred bv the Secretary of the Interior to the Indian Commissioner for rerjort. but. owing to the inadequacy of the clerical forceot the Indian Dureau MILITARY OPINION Commander Merritt Makes Ills Annual Report. THE STRIKE AND COXEYISM Th. BrlK.dl.r-Gen.ral B.jti That th. Principle of the lloyeott H. Been It.duo.d to a Sol. nee In the State of Montana. wounded or taken prisoners. Among I it seems questionable when a report will .1 ... 1 a ' . 1 Tnn Tl.U 1 mi.. .1 1 1 ' I ll. ... those captured was General Tsa. The amount of arms, stores and provisions taken was immense. The Japanese loss is, killed and wounded, about 800. No estimate has yet been made of the Chi nese killed and wounded. The road to China is now open." General Yamagata lias sent the follow ing report of the battle to headquarters at Hiroshima: "According to Major-General Oshima's report the greater part of the enemy were encamped in Ping Yang itself and on both sides of it. A small portion were at Senkyori (on the right bank), and had constructed a pontoon across the river. Judging from the result of the attack, the enemy's cannon nuiBt have been less than twenty. According to the natives the enemy's strength was about 40,000. The main body was slightly delayed in crossing the river, and in the attack, the 15th, killed over 100 horsemen ; but the result of the attack on that day was not complete. The attaclc was resumed the morning of the 10th. Major-General Oshima's brigade had six officers killed and twelve or thirteen wounded, and as ammunition also began to fail, the brigade was compelled to desist from tlie attack. The battle in other directions, however, was in our favor, and at about 8 a. m. Ping Yang fell completely into our hands. A large number of the enemy, including Tso Paokwei, their com mander, were killed, wounded or taken prisoners, and also very large quantities of arms, ammunition and provisions fell into our hands." be made. The practical effect of that is that these judgments, wnich it was the intention of Congress to pay, and which it has in part provided lor, win remain unpaid until after Congress con venes in December, when some special legislation will probably De had. CHINESE IN CHICAGO. THE NATAL EQUIPMENT. A Great Inereaae In the Coal BUI. of the Navy. Washington, October 23. According to Commodore Chadwick, chief of the bureau of naval equipment, the coal bills ' of the navy are steadily increasing, ow ing to the greater consumption of coal by modern war vessels. The annual re port of the bureau shows there will be a deficiency of $30,000 in the appropria tion for equipment, owing to the fact that f U)1,2M more was expended for coal in the past year than in the year previ ous. There were purchased at home 42. 100 tons of coal, costing $178,103, of which 9,505 tons were purchased on the Pacific Coast at an average cost of $7.20 per ton and 3z,Wo tons on the Atlantic Coast at a cost of $3.34 per ton. There was spent abroad for coal $462,102 at an average cost of $8.80. The report shows that during the year a great improve ment has been made in night signals. A new boat compass has been adopted, and aluminum has been successfully substi tuted for bronze in binnacle fittings. Under the head of the naval observatory attention is called to the fact that, un less the corps of professors of mathe matics is reorganized, the observatory will in the near future have but one as tronomer available for duty, the others retiring in the course of a few years. TO KILL THE SULTAN. Plot Hatched In Thl. Country Frustrated In Turkey. New York, October 23. A morning paper says that the news of a plot to kill the Sultan has been discovered jn this city. The plot is said to have been engendered by Armenians who belong to the Society of Hncbagists, an organiza tion with branches extending all over Europe, Afcia and America. It is re ported that a band of conspirators sent to Turkey by Armenians in America for the purpose of carrying the execution into effect baa been captured at Beyroot and carried in chains to Adana, Asiatic Turkey, where several of the party were pot to' death by the Turkish soldiers. An Arre.t Which May be Followed by Serlou. Consequence.. CittcAoo, October 23. In placing in the county jail on a charge of arson Ah Hong, alias Hong Hop, and Hong Sin, alias Ah Hong Sling, United States Fire Inspector Cowie and Fire Marshal Con' way have brought on a fierce fight be tween themselves and the police on one hand and some of the most influential Chinamen in the United States, the pris oners being among them, on tlie other iianu. 10-uay nonces were uusteu m Chinatown offering J 500 to any China' man who would kill either Mr. Conway or Air. Cowie. As soon as the fact be came known Chief of Police Kipley no tified Sam Mov and Hin Lung that he would hold them personally resposible tor the satety ot tne two omciais wnose lives have been threatened. Sam Moy and Hip Lung are the richest Chinese in Chicago, and for years they have ruled supreme among their countrymen in Chicago. Messrs. Conway and Cowie are determined to convict the prisoners, against whom the most everwhelming evidence exists. When Hong bang was taken into custody thirty-four annual passes on the many different American railroads were found in bis possession. which fact, Mr. Cowie states, indicates that he has been engaged in smuggling Chinamen into the United States on a large scale. The passes were made out in the name of Ah Hong Sling. To-day Mr. Cowie found it necessary to go into Chinatown for witnesses who had noti Bed him that they feared their lives were not safe. Altogether he has eight wit nesses, and says that they are in safe keeping and will be kept from coming into contact with their countrymen until after the trial is over. While in China town Inspector Cowie was told by one of his witnesses that at an open meeting of Chinese in the morning a reward of foot) had been offered to any who would kill either Inspector Cowie or Mr. Conway or three of the witnesses. Notices to that effect were posted through Chinatown directly after the meeting. The China men told Mr. Cowie that it meant sure death to pull down the notices, but the Inspector was soon in possession of them. He had one translated, and it reads as follows : " To all Chinamen : We swear by all the Chinese gods that the sum of $500 will be paid to any Chinaman who sends death to either of the men known as In spector Cowie or Inspector Conway or to any three of our countrymen who intend to assist in the prosecution of men of their race. Death and fire will surely be given him who betrays or takes down this notice." It is claimed that two Chinamen have fired stores in Salt Lake City and other Western cities as well as in Chicago. Trouble Among; Miner.. Dsston, Ky., October 20. Many shots were fired from ambush at non-union miners going to work to-day on Davis run. Jack Maricum was seriously wound ed. There is an unconfirmed rumor that threedead bodies were left in the woods. More trouble is expected. She Woa H.r Suit. f w Yobc, October 18. The Jury in the ease of Miss Monro of Chicago against the World returned a verdict for $5,000 for publishing her World's Fair ode without her permission. Washington, October 22. In his an' nual report, just published, Brigadier General Merritt, commanding the de partment of the Dakotas, said the move ment of troops in his department during the last summer was occasioned by two remarkable outbreaks, which it had been necessary to control by the use of the army. In April was the organization and movement of the so-called common' wealers or Coxeyites ; the other was the strike, commencing in June, on the Northern Pacific railroad, precipitated in sympathy with the strike at Pullman, III. General Merritt says : "The first of these developed to the greatest extent in the farther northwest portion of the department, in the State of Montana, being augmented and ag gravated by causes like to those which made the strike occurring subsequently, and which was of considerable propor tions and more or less difficult to con' trol. Tlie causes are a large floating mining and at times unemployed popu lation, which, being more or less free from the restraint of law, is always ready to join any movement In which idleness, viciousness and lawlessness are found. Another cauBe is an affected sympathy extended to the lawless by both high and low in office, who depend on the suffrage of the less law-abiding for their terms of office, lhe principle of dependence is apparent among all classes of the community. The mer chant, grocer, the tradesman and all who live by others patronage are constrained to sympathize or openly express sympa thy with the violent, and in many cases witn tne lawless, because oi tne princi' Die of the bovcott, which has been re duced to a science in this newly and meagerlv protected State. While many in the communities of the class of which I Bpeak privately condemn lawless con' duct, the fear that their means of pro' curing a livelihood will he taken from them by the boycott places them so far as their public expressions of opinions go among the worst element. It is not wonderful under the circumstances that lawlessness was in the ascendant in Mon tana during both of the outbreaks re ferred to. It iB perhaps only necessary to add that all resistance was made to civil authorities. In no instance did the people included in this outbreak resist the military when it appeared on the scene of disturbance. Tne troops were used with complete discretion by the of ficers in command and the law enforced without violence." In treating of the great strike, which stopped every wheel on the northern Pacific railroad and inflicted great loss and untold inconvenience on the public, he said : It is difficult to conceive of a worse state of affairs than existed on this road. There was no mail communication with any point west of Fargo. Posts situated on this road could hold no communica tion with department headquarters save by telegraph. If the blockade had been continued, communities living and troops stationed at different points on the road would have been in danger of starvation, resulting from the stoppage of supply trains." General Merritt tells in detail how he disposed his forces to meet the emergency and open up communication, and says: " It ia especially gratifying to note that all these movements, which involved in many instances considerable marching under the least pleasant conditions, were performed promptly and in the most creditable manner. The dispatch with which the troops moved, without being cautioned to that effect; the alacrity with which they reached their several desti nations, and the clearness with which orders were understood and reports were made, reflect on the soldierly instincts of the responsible officers at the posts and in the held, i nave no ooudc inat, if ample measures had not been taken in time to prevent it, great destruction of railroad property, even to the efface- mem Ol tue roao ior aconsiuerauie nine, would have been wrought by the law less element, whose character has been hinted at in the foregoing." In conclusion General Merritt returns his thanks to the officers of his BtafT, and to Colonels Wayne and Burt especially, for the excellent management of the operations in their care. In connection with the labor troubles he cans atten tion to the necessity of a system of tac tics for machine guns. MORTON'S COACHMAN. Suit Howard Will be Deported and Begun Agalnit Morton. Washington, October 22. Acting under Instructions already given, now that Judge Lacombe has decided that he has no jurisdiction in the case of John James Howard, imported under contract as under-coachman for ex-Vice-President Morton, Immigrant Commissioner Senner at New York will Immediately deport Howard, and United States Dis trict Attorney MacFarlane will enter civil suit against Mr. Morton for violation of the alien contract labor law. Hecre tary Carlisle's action in the Howard case loiiows identically along the lines laid down in the iiowiett case in van. w C. Eustice of Washington. I). C. May, 1801, imported from England under contract Francis John Howlett to serve as head stableman and coachman Acting Secretary O. L. Soauldinir June 23, 1801, sent the papers in the Howlett case to United States District Attorney uoie ot Washington, u. v., to prosecute Howard and W. C. Eustice. In this let tor Mr. Spaulding said the Treasury De partment had uniformly held that a coachman is not to be classed as a strictly personal or domestic servant in tlie sense of the law. Attorney-General Miller under date of July 15, 1801, instructed United States District Attorney Cole to bring the case against Mr. Eustice to trial. In the meantime Mr. EuBtice. it is said, had returned to Paris, trance, where be has since resided, for January 8, 18112, the packet of the case of the United States vs. W. C. Eustice had this memorandum written across it: " 1802, January 6, summons returned not found." AN OMNIBUS INDICTMENT. D.b. and Other American Railway Union Officer. Again Indicted. Chicago, October 22. The Federal grand jury to-day returned an omnibus indictment against Debs and other offi cers of the American Railway Union and a large number of parties charged with participation in obstructing the mails on different roads last summer. In all sixty-six persons are included in the blanket indictment. The grand jury of last summer, called to investigate the strike, brought in a large number of in' dictments, one for each man, in which Debs and the other officers of the Amer ican Railway Union were charged with conspiring with the persons on the vari ous roads who committed acts of vio lence. It was feared that, if a convic tion were not secured on one of these indictments, the government might be barred from trying the officers on the others, for the reason that the conspir acy alleged is practically the same and the otlicers are delenuants in alt the cases, in order to avoid any danger on that score the omnibus affair, on which all officers and Btrikers may be tried at once, was returned to-day. The indict ment includes but a few defendants who are not in the indictments. MAT COLLECT IF SHE CAN. Appeal In the Breckinridge Can Stricken From the Deckel. ' Washington, October 22. On a mo tion by Gordon Carlisle, counsel for Madeline Pollard in the case of Pollard vs. Breckinridge of Kentucky, the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ordered the appeal which had been aBked for in this case stricken from the docket of the court on the ground that it had not been entered within the statutory time. This ends the litigation as far as the courts of the District are concerned, and leaves the plaintiff free to collect her judgment of $lo,U0U and costs irom Colonel Breckinridge when and how she can. Mr. Breckinridge's salary for the remainder of his Congressional term is exempt by law from seizure, and there is no provision in the laws of the District of Columbia, as there is in the statutes of some States, for the arrest and deten tion of any person about to leave the jurisdiction of the State without com plying with the judgments of the courts. THE BIG LOG RAFT it b! oke and Went to Pieces When Fonr Days Out. IT WAS A COMPLETE WRECK STEALING STAMPS. The Stock Held by Banker.. Nsw Yobk, October 22. It is an. nounced that the Western Twine Com pany has been organized to undertake the sale of the twine held by bankers as collateral security for loans to the Na tional Cordage Company, which, while it was hanging over the market, deterred buyers and prevented the United States ittraage uompany irom exienuiDg us business. The United States Cordage Company in consequence has concluded satisfactory banking arrangements, and is having plana prepared for the erection at Elizabeth port, Ohio, of mill buildings and warehouses, to which will be trans ferred spindles from other mills now re mote from tide water or railway freight ing facilities. This consolidation will tend to lessen the cost of manufacture. THE OHIO TRAGEDY. Warrant, to be I.an.d for Sheriff Cook and Colonel Colt. Cleveland, October 22. A special from Springfield to the Evening Post says the father of Smith Walsh, one of the men killed outright at Washington Courthouse, is having affidavits prepared charging Sheriff Cook and Colonel Coit with murder. rive ABC dead. Washington Cocbthocsx, October 22. Theodore Ammorman, wounded by the militia during the not W ednesday night. died this morning, making the total np to this date five killed. Pea.lom Requisition. Approved. Washington, October 22. Assistant Secretary Simms of the Interior Depart ment has approved pension requisitions for $12,625,000. distributed between New York, Philadelphia, Minneapolis, Knox ville, Topeka, Louisville and Washing ton. Chill Decline. China'. Offer. London, October 2L A dispatch to the Times from Santiago says that tht Chilian government has decided to re fuse China's offer to purchase six warships. Smith and Long.tr.et Committed for the Grand Jury. Washington, October 22. William B. Smith and George B. Longstreet were given a hearing to-night on a charge of stealing 52,100 2-cent stamps from the bureau of engraving and printing. The stolen stamps were identified by other employes of the department. Harry L. Brown and George Harrer have been ar rested in New York for complicity in the robbery. September 24 Smith, Long street and Beach went to New York and placed 31,000 stamps in the hands of Brown and Harrer for sale. New York officers say that when Beach is found the whole conspiracy will have been unearthed. The theft was discovered through a report of a shortage in a con' signment of stamps to the postmaster at Ionia, Mich. Judge Miller committed the delenuants for the grand jury. Hail was fixed at $2,000 each, which the prisoners were unable to give. Hurt Remove the Wheat. San Fbancisco, October 22. The Produce Exchange has notified Mc Claughlin & Co., the firm that engi neered the recent big wheat deal, which is said to have resulted in the loss of $1,500,000 to their backers, that the 25,000 tons of weeviled wheat in Port Costa warehouses must be removed with in twenty days in order to save other wheat stored in the vicinity. The dam aged wheat is old grain that has been stored so long that the weevils have got ten into it. The wheat so affected will be almost a total loss. Another Oil Strike. Wilkisbabbc, Pa., October 20. The fact has just been made public that the Standard Oil Company and the Eastern Pennsylvania Company have discovered large tracts of oil fields in Susquehanna, Luzerne and Schuylkill counties. Pros pectors have been at work a year, but the matter was kept secret and many farmers were induced to part with their lands at market figures. In Huntingdon Valley, Luzerne county, the operations of prospectors aroused suspicion, and tba farmers there are demanding fabu lous prices for their land. Talk of an Upheaval. Minneapolis, October 21. Dr. George von Schmidt the German traveler claim ing to have inside advices by mail as to the situation in Russia, said to-day that be had just received another crypto gamic letter indirectly from St. Peters burg, indicating an upheaval when the Czar dies. The student party, the army and the clenrv are honev-mmhed with a conspiracy to set aside the Czarowitxand i t: t . 4 i spite of the Czar's personal wishes. The Czar is crazed with fear, and dares not employ Bnatian physicians for fear they ars connected with the conspiracy. Th. Hart Could Not Stand the Foree of the Heavy Oale-A Con.ervatlve Es timate Place, the Lot. at L.aat Eighty Tbou.and Dollar.. 8ak i Fbancisco, October 21. All doubwas to the fate of the big log raft whlchrecently left Astoria for this poit in towjof the tug Monarch were settled this mbrning by the arrival in port of the tuft minus her tow. Immediately upon Entering the harbor this morning the Monarch went to her berth. Ac cording to the captain's story he had one oi the roughest voyages ever ex perienced. In telling about the tow Captain Thompson said : "We left Astoria at 10:30 a. u. on the 12th Instant. The bay was as smooth as glass; so at 4 o'clock we were on our course for San Francisco. Shortly after that the wind began to rise, and at mid. night it was blowing forty miles an hour from the southeast. At 4 a. m. last Sat urday we saw Tillamook light, having iiius maue eignieen miles in about six teen hours. The wind fell light after that (or awhile, but in the afternoon it was again blowing a living gale. Half the time we could make out the raft only by the foam that was breaking over it. We could make no headway ; so I headed the Monarch offshore, and all that night the tug and the raft lay in a trough of tlie sen. Sunday morning at 4 o clock the wind began to drop, and an hour later was almost calm. There was a very heavy sea running, however, and when I put the steamer on her course the strain on the hawser was terrific. Frequently the Monarch's stern was under water, bat she always came ud again like a duck. A better sea boat and better tug I have never been on. Had it not been for the storms that we encountered there would have been no difficulty in towing tlie raft to San Fran cisco. I When daylight came on Sunday I noticed that piles were coming out of the raft both fore and aft. At 10 that night we were off Cape Mears and about fifteeri miles off shore. We bad thus made 'about forty-six miles in eighty three hours. ' "All went well until Mondav morning. when k thick fog came up accompanied by a heavy westerly swell. At 8 o'clock I sent two men in a boat to trim a light that was in a little frame house on the raft. iThe men succeeded in their task. and after some difficulty regained the steamer. They reported to me that the raft was working heavily and liable to go to pieces. About noon the wind came up again from the north, and by 4 it was blowing forty miles an hour. There was a nasty cross sea on, and at 8 p. u. the frame house for the light was washed off the fiif. At midnight it was blowing filty miles an hour, and on Tuesday morning the breakers were playing havoc with the piles. At 6 a. m. the raft began to break up, and an hour later there were only seventy-five feet out of the 525-foot raft left together. We were off Heceta light, and seeing that all further effort was useless, I cut the remains of the tow adrift. There were sixty tons of chain around the piles, and as the timbers slipped out of the raft the chain sank to the bottom, anchoring both tug and raft. After casting off from the raft we carried the gale to Cape Blanco, and from there it was calm to Crescent City. From that point we had a fresh southeasterly gale to San Francisco." The raft was for the Southern Pacific Company, and had it reached here in safety the piles would have been used on the Oakland water front. It was 525 feet long, 64 feet broad, and drew 25 feet 5 inches of water when lying in the Co lumbia river. The first cost was $50, 000, but had it reached San Francisco in safety it would have been worth $75,000 at least. The chains that bound the monster together cost $1,000. Then there was the building of the cradle in which the piles lay. towage and interest on tne outlay, so that a conservative es timate would makelhe loss at least $80.' 000. The tug is very much chafed about her stern railing, where tlie hawser worked, but otherwise she Bhows no traces of her fight with the elements. The crew assert that thev never again want to be at sea in a steamer towing a ounuie oi piles. WHAT IS THOUGHT OP IT AT ABTOBIA Astobia, October 21. The news of the breaking up of the log raft was received herewith profound regret by all the citi zens, with the exception of those inter ested in the saw mills. Latterly the price of logs baa been exceedingly low, and sawmill men dislike the idea of any market being provided for loggers other than that produced by consumption in their own mills. It was believed by those owning timber lands in different portions of the county that the success of Messrs. Robertson & Baine's venture meant the creation of a demand for lum ber which is at present inaccessible and worthless, and the disaster is therefore regarded as a serious blow to the inter ests of people owning timber claims. TUK DEATH PKNALTV. II I. Impot.d on the Seattle-Meeker Murderer. Skattls, October 20. Thomas Blanck the murderer of Charles H. Blrdwell and William Jeffery and the would-be mur derer of Detective Cudihee, was to-day found guilty of murder in the first de gree and the death penalty imposed, This was not dons, however, until he had made two desperate attempts to es cape and forced the Sheriff to have him taken into court by main force. Blanck was ngly at the long-drawn-out trial, and was watching for the first oppor tunity to escape, wmcn ne thought pre sented itself while he was being taken upstairs to the courtroom between two guards. One guard had a pair of nip pers around his right wrist and the other was walking at his side. Suddenly Blanck struck the man who had the nippers on tne jaw, Knocking him down the stairs. The other guard jumped after them and grabbed Blanck by the collar. A fierce light ensued, in which the prisoner was finally floored by a blow on the right temple from a revolver in the hands of the guard he had first struck. Blood covered the marble floor at the base of the stairs, and the prisoner left a trail of blood on the way back to the jailer's office. After he was ready to go again to court ne oecame sullen, and relused to move. Nippers were put on each hand, but he still refused to move. Suddenly he sprang to his feet, shot both hands out and then commenced to kick and bite at hi. guards. Jailer Munroe tried to grab him by the throat, but Blanck caught the jailer's finger in his mouth and bit off a large piece of flesh. The fight lasted three minutes, and it took five men to overpower him. He still refused to go to court, and it was only bv the combined force of four men that he was taken in. His counsel presented no wit nesses. This was a great surprise, as it was expected a strong fight would be made on the insanity plea. The jury was out thirty-five minutes, and brought in a verdict of murder in the first de gree and imposed the death penalty, Blanck'a record before he commenced killing people here is still a secret, which ne nas not divulged even to his attorney. CENTRAL PACIFIC'S DIVIDEND. Becau.e It Wa. Palled the English Shareholder. Made Inquiries. San Fbancisco, October 20. G. L. Lansing, Secretary and Controller of the Central Pacific Railroad Company, when asked about the troubles which are now worrying the English shareholders, said : "As I understand it, these English shareholders are becoming anxious about tlie condition of the road. They have received nodividend fora year, and there is no prospect ot another dividend in the near future. The reason is easily explained. The earnings of the road will not permit it The last dividend was paid September 15, 1803. Owing to the general depression of business the semi annual dividend, which was expected last spring, was permitted to lapse, and pending a settlement of the government indebtedness, no more dividends will be .paid. Under the old lease the Southern Pacific was obliged to pay the Central Pacific shareholders sn annual dividend of 2 per cent, payable semi-annually, whether the earnings of the road justi fied it or not. Under the new lease the Southern Pacific is bound bv no such obligation, and as the Central Pacific's earnings will not permit a dividend there is no dividend to pay." It is said the English shareholders may attempt to nave a receiver appointed over the Central Pacific, but Secretary Lansing says that such a thing would be im possible. "Any creditor could take steps to have a receiver appointed." he said. " but the English shareholders are not creditors; they are in the company. iney nave no recourse." CHINA AND JAPAN The Former Desirous of Peace on Certain Conditions. NOT REJECTED YET BY JAPAN Great Britain Ha Mad Ovartur. to th Power, on a Mew Baal, for F.aee A Majority ol Them Are In Aaeord With H.r. London, October 20. The Dally News will publish to-morrow the semi-official statement : A day or two after the Cabi' net Council China informed Great Brit ain that she was prepared to negotiate for peace on certain terms. Great Brit ain made overtures to the powers on a new basis, and asked Japan whether the terms suggested by China could form the basis of new negotiations for peace. Ja pan did not reply definitely, but has not rejected the proposals. The majorities of the powers are in accord with Great Britain, and there is a likelihood that others will assent. The intervention is purely diplomatic, and Is offered to both combatants in the friendliest spirit. A Times' Tien Tain correspondent savs China desires peace, because, though aware of her immense reserves of strength, she would willingly avoid the sacrifices, risk and expense of bringing tuem into action, bhe will, however, face a long war resolutely, and will rally such forces as will render a Japanese conquest impossible, though the effort may exnaust both sides. TBI JAPANK8S PARLIAMENT. Hiroshima. Japan. October 20. A sen- sion of Parliament was held here to-day. The speech from the throne was deliv ered by the Mikado in person. His Ma jesty said he had decided to convene an extraordinary session and had given di rections to his Ministers to submit for the deliberation of the Diet a bill orovid ing for increased expenditure for the army and navy, an important matter. He declared that he was greatly pained that China should have forgotten her duties in regard to the maintenance of peace in the iast in conjunction with Japan, and the Mikado added : "Hut as Bhe brought about the present state of affairs, and as hostilities have begun, we will not stop until we nave at tained our objects." tie hoped that all of his subjects in the Empire would co-operate with the government and restore peace by means of a great triumph for the Japanese Better, "As old M the hills" and never excell ed. "Tried and proven", is the verdict o f million. Simmons Liver Regu lator is the only Liver and Kidney medicine to which yon can pin your faith for a cure. A mild laxa tive, , a n d purely veg etable, act ing directly on the Liver and Kid neys. Try it Sold all Druggists in Liquid, or in Powder to be taken dry or made into a tea, Th. King of Liver Medicine. "Ihavauud yonrHlmmon. Llvnr Regu lator and can connclenllou.ly uy It 1. tb king of all liver medicine., Iconddertt a medlcin. cheat In iueir. Uxo. W. Jca BON, Taooma, Waililug-ton. O-ETTRY PACKAGE- ttaa th X Stamp In red on wrappe Tha, n Hlls arms. rBOM DirrSBSNT points. DYNAMITK IN NKW YORK. ACTION IN COURT. Suit to Invalidate San Franel.co'a Con olldated Rallwaj Company. San Fbancisco, October 22. The Lun ing estate, which owned a minority of tlie stock in the Central Railroad Com pany, known as the Market Street Rail road Company since the consolidation of the various city lines, is about to bring suit before the courts invalidating the Market Street Company. The estate claims that the plans for the consolida tion were never submitted by the Board of Directors to it or other stockholders, wnereas the law provides that such ac tion must be taken. The Central Rail road Company previous to the consoli dation was entirely free from debt, but after the combination had been made the stockholders were com oelled to as sume a debt of (17,000,000. Highly Sen.atlonal Scene at the eeptlon to Edward Ulafce. New Yobk, October 20. The World this morning Bays : The reception given by the English National Federation to Edward Blake, M. P., at Lenox Lyceum last night was productive of some re sults never dreamed of by its originators. In the heart of the meeting, and while all eyes were turned on Mr. Blake as he stood on the platform delivering one of his most impressive speeches, a short, stoutly built, frowsily dressed, bent old man walked swiftly around the back of the front tier of boxes until he reached the last one nearest the platform and to the left of the proscenium arch. In his hand he carried an old. bulky, green. gingham umbrella. Outside the box be stopped, hesitated a moment and then entering took a chair in a corner near the stage. The old man left in a mo ment. A moment later there leaped out a gush of flame and smoke, and then fol lowed a cry of " fire" and the simulta neous movement of 600 panic-stricken people to the door. Patrolman Lillie rushed into the box and violently danced on something with his feet. Then the voice of Mr. Blake rang through the big building, calling his audience to keep their seats. Lillie had put out a burn ing fragment of gingham. Attached to it was a tube eight inches long. It was a first class nitro-glycerine bomb. Those in charge of the meeting tried to hush up the affair. Mr. Blake's address was mainly a defense of the coalition of the policy lately adopted by the home rulers in reference to the Liberal party. Chief Justice Joseph Daly presided. NONE WILL BIC LARGER. London, October 20. The Shanghai correspondent of the Central News says tnac the uuinese government is making a great effort to raise a domestic loan. offering 7 per cent interest. Several minions nave been taken already. me work of the fortifications at Wei Hal Wei is pressed forward with fever ish baste. XkP. ola 'rts have been strengthened, new ones are going up and ail the weaker points are being cov ered with earthworks. Troops are con centrating there already, but many of them are Indifferently equipped. The garrison is thoroughly alarmed for the safety of the port, and sensational ru mors as to an approaching attack are set afloat almost daily. The commander has good reason to expect a sudden at tack from the Japanese soon. A rebellion has broken out in the dis trict around Foo Chow, and peaceable persons are coming into the city by nun dreds. The fear of a Japanese attack has increased recently, and more torpe does and mines have been laid In the bed of the Min. The river has been so carefully fortified that navigation has become dangerous. Wednesday a junk struck a torpedo, and was blown to pieces. Moat of the crew were drowned. FAILED TO BUBFBIBS THKtf. London, October 20. It is still doubted that the Japanese have landed anywhere in China. A Shanghai dispatch reports that the Japanese at the Yalu river tried to surprise the Chinese under cover of darkness, but failed and retired after de' sultory firing at long range. The Chi nese assert that they inflicted loss upon tne Japanese advance guard. rOBTIFYINO PINO YANO IN LIT. Tien Tsin. October 20. A dispatch from Port Arthur, dated October 16. states that the Japanese have abandoned Thornton Haven and proceeded to Ping rang iniet, wmcn tnev are strongly for tifying. It is reported in native circles here that a big battle had been fought between Chinese and Japanese forces north of the Yalu river Monday, October 10. jno details are obtainable. The Chinese authorities claim to have knowl edge of such a battle. TUB CZAB'S ILLNK8S AS A VACTOB. London, October 20. The Standard in a leader says : " We shrink from spec ulating upon the consequences that may result in Asia, as well as in Europe, when life so valuable as that of the Czar ends. Seldom has there been a moment w ben the Czar might for good or evil be bo potent a factor in the fortunes of the r.ast. without expecting the co lapse of umna the time must soon come when the problems of the far East must be taken into account. When that crisis arrives it will be a misfortune to the world it Russia's policy be guided bv any otuer nana man nis." Cowardly Ha.band. Niw Yobk, October 21. The boiler of an illicit still in a tenement-house on Clinton street exploded this morning severely scalding Pauline and Jennie Kossuk, mother and child, and John Jo beski, 22 years old. The woman's hus band. Herman, supposed to be the owner and operator of the still, ran away after the explosion, leaving his wife and child crying for help. Mar Vl.lt the Ceaet. Washington, October 22. Senator Gorman left to-day for New York, where be Will spend the balance of the week. The Senator is contemplating a trip to California and the Pacific Coast about November 11. He will go with Senators Ransom and Cullom to investigate tha harbors of the Pasils Coast. Mammoth Tin Plant to be Built Near Pitt. burg, Pt onirlvanla. Pittbbdbo, October 20. The ground will be broken at New Kensington within a week for tlie foundation of a tin plant, which will, it is said, be by far the largest tin-plate works in the United States. The site of this big establishment is a piece of ground embracing ten acres ad joining the property of the Excelsior Glass Company on the Allegheny river front. The projectors of this new enter prise is the firm of Goldsmith, Loewen burg & Co. of Portland, Or., and New York city. When completed, it is said, the works will have cost over (300,000. The output of the works, it is estimated, will be sixty tons of tin plates daily. The plant will be operated as a union mill, and hundreds of workinginen will be employed. The Pittsburg Tin Plate Manufacturing Company will, it is said, also erect a tin-plate mill at New Kens ington at once, having a capacity of thirty tons daily. Aaother N.w.paper Chang. Chicago, October 20. The Times announced this morning that at a stock holders' meeting yesterday afternoon Adolph Kraus, until that time a minor ity stockholder, bail secured control of a majority of the stock and will assume control of the paper to-day. Preston Harrison and nis brother, Carter H. Harrison, will still hold a large block of stock. Kraus was Corporation Counsel under the late Mayor Harrison, and was aa intimate frisaa tf kis. Another Pen.lon Deel.lon, Washington, October 19. Assistant Secretary of the Interior Reynolds has decided that section 1,716 of the Re vised Statutes, relative to the payment of accrued pensions, is applicable to pensioners under the act of July 27. 1802. granting pensions to the survivors of cer tain Indian wars, it is also held that the section authorizes the widow of the deceased soldier to prosecute his pending claim under that act and receive the ac crued pension to the date of the soldier's death. This reverses the decision of the Commissioner of Pensions May, 1893. THE PORTLAND gMAREETS. ' The movement In merchandise, nmvi. visions and groceries is of average vol ume, and few changes are recorded. The only important fluctuations in the latter markets wu a decline of M mnt per pound in package coffees. The fruit market was slow and unchanged,' Dairy produce rules steady. Receipts of eggs ,i gor, muu gaiue t Cuming in mora abundantly. Poultry is in good supply. but sales are slow and the market la weaker. Wheat Market. Walla Walla, 61K62Xo per cental; Valley, 70c per cental. Produo Market. Flods Portland, Salem, Cascadia and Dayton, 2.30 per barrel; Walla Walla, $2.75; Golddrop, $2.75: Snow flake, (2.46; Benton county, $2.20: era ham, $2.152.40; superfine, $2. Oats No. 1 white feed oats at 27 O 30c; gray, 2528& Rolled oats are quoted as follows: Bags, $5.756.00; barrels, $6.006.25; cases, $3.75, . Bablsy Feed barley is quoted at 65c per cental. Brewing is worth 80(3fifie per cental, according to quality. MiLumrrrs Bran. 113: shorts. ilS: chop feed, $1517; middlings, none in market; chicken wheat, 6065o per cental. Hat Good, $10U per ton. Bdttsb Fancy creamerv. 2Kf27Wn per pound; fancy dairy, 20 22cj fair to good, 15017)40; common, MWc (JHSiss Oregon fair. 8ffll0o nar pound ; fancy, 1012Xc ; young America. 010o; Swiss, imported, 8032ej do me uo, iinainc.-. . , ; ONroifs Oregon. lcrrnonnd;'Va;iow. Wo per pound. roTATOKs 4oaeoc per sack. Poultbv Old chicken an annta! from $3.0033.60: young are In over supply, $2.002 75; ducks, $3.60(35.00 ; geese, $7.608.60; turkeys, 1012.KC per pound. iBxsH i anrr California granen. 75(S 80c per crate; Concord, 6060e per bas ket; Oregon apples bring 6075o per box: Snake river peaches. eOOflue: Quinces. Oregon. 80crail.OO: : oninnea. California, $1.26 per large box; water melons, $1.251.60; casavaa, $22.2S. . Egos Oregon 22)25o per docen; Eastern, 22)ic Veostablss Lima beans, 4c per pound; sweet potatoes, $1.66 per cental ) string and wax beans, li2e per pound cucumbers, 1015o per dozen; eggplant, 34o per pound; green peppers, Bo per pound; garlic, 6c; tomatoes, 26c per box ; Oregon cabbage, li32c per pound. Tropical Fboit California lemons, $5.606.60; Sicily, $6.50(37.00; bananas, $2.263.60 per bunch; Honolulu, $1,759 2.60; pineapples, Honolulu, $3.00(13.60; sugar loaf, $6 ; Mexican oranges, $3.75. Wool Valley, 79c, according to quality; Umpqua, 79c; Eastern Ore gon, 67c. Hops Dull and nominal at 57c, so cording to quality. Provisions Eastern bams, medium, 1414o per pound; hams, picnic, ll12c: breakfast bacon 1415Xc; short clear sides, 12$13c; dry salt sides, llllc; dried beef hams, 14 15c; lard, compound, in tins, 9X 10c; lard, pure, in tins, 12!13c; pigs' feet, 80s, $5.60; pigs' feet, 40s, $3.28; kite, $1.25. Gams Receipts were large and sales good ; Chinese pheasants are quoted at $3(33.60 per dozen, and quails at $2. . , Meat Market. Br Gross, top steers, $2.25(32.86 fair to good steers, $2.00; cows, $1,759 2.00; dressed beef, 34)o per pound. Vkal Dressed, small, 6c; large, 84e per pound. Motion Gross, best sheep wethers, $1.75; ewes, $1.601.65; lambs, to per pound; dressed mutton, 34c; lambs, 4c. Hoos Gross, choice, heavy, $4.50(3 4.75; light and feeders, (4.00; dressed, 6 b)o per pound. M.rchaadli. Mark. . Salmon. Columbia, river No. 1, tails, (1.251.60; No. 2, talis, (2.2632.50 fancy, No. 1, flats, (1.75(31.86; Alaska, No. 1, talis, (1.20(31.30; No. 2, tails, (l.M 2.25. Corrii-CostaBica, 2223c; Rio, 20 22c; Salvador, 2121ic; Mocha, Java. 2628c; Lahat Java, 2326c; Ar buckle's Columbia and Lion, $21.80 per 100-pound case. Dm Ikanuxl enn. io. inn. 1 ka. 60s, $14. Special prices given on round lots. Coal 8ales are slow and prices steady. Domestic, $6.00(37.60 per ton: foreign. $8.60(311.00. iicANa Small white. Ho. 1, SXo per pound; No. 2, 4.c; large white, 8mc; pea, 3Xo ; butter, 3c; bayou, 4je Lima, 4c Uobdaos Manilla rope. li-inch. Is quoted at 9,c, and Sisal, o per pound- Awarded Highest Honors World's Fair. ml halting The only Pure Cream of Tartar Powder. No ammonia; No Alaas. Uaed in Million of Home 40 You & i