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Oregon City Coorler A, W. CHCNKYt Publisher. CSEGON CITY OREGON EVENTS OF THE DAY Aa Interesting Collection of Items From the Two Hemispheres fnnnUl Id a CogdtDMt Form. The extensive plant of the Trnokee liomber Company, of nan Francisco, tu completely destroyed by flro. . Alfred Pearce, in attempting to board train at Mendota, Cal., was tw over and horribly mangled. He died at the hospital a few hours after - tbe accident Lansing, la., was visited by a sup -peeed earthquake. An explanation has been found in tlie fact that a meteor was seen to fall near the city at the time of the shock. James Williams, editor of the Chron icle, of Armore, I. T., was shot and killed by a prominent attorney of that city for an attack made through the columns of Williams paper. Tbe grasshoppers are doing consider able damage in Morrow comity, Or. Gardens have been completely ruined round Lexington, and in many places entire fields of wheat have been eaten The pleasure steamer Ilormosa, of San Francisco, while 20 miles off the Oulden Gate, was shaken up consider My while on her last outward trip by . colliding with a whale. The whale was nearly cut in two and the steamer -will have to go to the drydook for re airs. Tbe South American delegates who attended the formal opening in Phi la delphia of the commercial museum, bade farewell to that city, and have tarted on a tour of the industrial cen ten of this country, lhe trip was planned for the purpose of enabling the delegates to get an idea of the vast di versity of this country's manufacturing Interests. News comes from Grant county, Or, f the tragic death of Jeff Con ley, a heepman, at his cabin in the moun tarns. He went to the crock to get wa ter. and as he stooped ever, his pistol Jell from his belt against the pail lie mi carrying, and the weapon was dis charged. The bullet passed through hia body, resulting in death the follow ing day. An Astoria dispatch says the past week has seen a radical change for the : better in the run of salmon. The de liveries of fish have been remarkably large, even for this time of the year. The canneries are all running at full capacity. Not only are the fish an usually numerous, but the run as to quality is extraordinarily fine. As an example, a lislierman one morning, af ter a few hours' work, turned into one of the lower town canneries SO chinook almoo, which averaged by actual weight more than CO pounds apiece. Deep mystery surrounds the death of iaaao Hoffman, of a prominent firm of Ban Franoisco clothiers. He was found dead with two bullet holes in his head in his office. Foul play is bus pec ted. Frank Castile, aoaused of murdering John Bock at a mask ball at Cleveland, 4n Klickitat county, Wash., has been acquitted after a trial lasting five days, fielf-defonse was tho plea. The case cost Klickitat county more than 1 1,000. The monthly statement of the puhlio debt shows that the debt, leu cash in the treasury, at tho close of business on May 29, 1807, was $'.190,084,053, a de crease for the month of $1,500,080, which is principally accounted for by n increase of over $2,000,000 in cash in the treasury. The debt, independ ent of the cash, was increased during the month by $403,215. The director of the mint has about completed his figures of the gold and ilver production in the United States during the calendar year 1800. He finds the production of gold to have been about $53,000,000, an increase of over $0,530,000 as compared with 1895. The production of Bilver is given as 67, 700,000 fine ounces, an increase of 1, 00,000 ounces ovur 1895. Claus SpreokloB hits commenced suit in San Francisco to recover $1,000,000 damages from William H. Hearst, pro prietor of the Examiner, for alleged libel. The inuttor complained of was contained in an article common ting upon the recent visit of John E. Seurles to that city, and an alleged deal, by which the Salinas and Watsonville sugar factories passed into the hands of a combine. Senator Pettigrew has introduced in congress a bill to provide for the sub mission to a popular vote at the con gressional election of 1898 of the fol lowing questions: Shall congress at once enact a law providing for the im mediate free and unlimited coinage of ilver and gold at the ration of 16 to 1? Shall the constitution of the United Btatcfl be so amended as to provide for the election of United States senators and of the president and vice-president by direct vote of the people? It is made the duty of the secretary of each state to forward tho result of the vote to the president, who is required to transmit the statements to congress. The plague of bori-beri continues to ravage the province of Santiago de Cuba. There are municipal doctors who inhnmanly allow hundreds of peo ple to die without offering them the lightest assistance. The revolt of the striking convict at Kan ljuentin, Cal., has been finally quelled. While threats of bullets had apparently no effect on the mutineers, a four-inch stream of water from the fire hone had the effort of completely ubdiiing the most refractory. DEATH AND DISASTER. A Terrible llallroad Collision Occnr In Wisconsin. Hudson, Wis., June 9. Five men Were instantly killed and four were badly injured by a collision on the Omaha railroad near Hudson junction this afternoon. The trains were run ning, at a high rate of speed, and a sharp ourve afforded the crews no pos sible escape. The way freight, west bound, was running at the rate of 18 miles an hour, when, upon nearing a sharp curve on a down grade, it came upon a work train backing east at a speed of 85 miles an hour. The collision was something terrific. On the rear of the work train was the boarding our, In which were four men belonging to the work crew. They were never aware of their danger, and were undoubtedly instantly killed. The oar took fire, and three bodies were burned in the wreck. The fireman of the work train was instantly killed, but the body was rocovered. Both engines were totally wrecked. The wreck was caused by the diso bedience of orders by Engineer James Owens, of the work train, and the con ductor, who were given right-of-way for the west-bound track. They forgot their orders, and took the east-bound traok, and did not discover their error until too late. Owens is nearly orazy, and a guard has been placed over him. The damage is estimated at $00,000. INTO A STONE QUARRY. Twenty Cyclists Injured In a Road Baca In New Jersey. New York, June 9. While turning a sharp corner at the foot of a steep hill, 20 riders in a five-mile road race near Passaic, N. J., ran into a big stone at the mouth of a stone quarry, and every wheel was wrecked. That none of the riders was killed is extraordinary. Sixty cyclists had entered the con test, and by the time the steep hill was reached 20 riders were bundled. They did not slow up for the hill, but dashed down at full speed. As they reached the sharp corner they attempted to turn into the river road. The momentum was too great, however, and every man lost control of his wheel. As the lead ers went down amid their wrecked wheels, their followers ran into them, amid the wildest oonfusion. , A ory of horror went up from the spectators on the hill, and several women fainted. Half a hundred men were soon at the scene of the accident, and the work of extricating the injured was begun. Several of the riders were dragged out unconscious. George Peddv, of Lindhurst, was thrown 20 feet away, half dazed, between piles of stone, with a broken leg. He had been among the first to strike the obstruc tion. The stone which . the leaders struck weighed fully 10 tons, and upon all sides of it lay bleeding and bruised riders. Parts of wheels and racing suits were scattered all around. The men were freed from the wreokage and assisted to a shed near bv, where the spectators bound up their wounds. Peddy was the only one seriously hurt but none escaped without some injury and many of them had to be tukcu home iu carriages. Fatal Boiler Explosion. Mexioo City, June 9. A boiler ex ploded this morning in the print works of Norcega Bros., in Puebla, causing the death of 00 or more persons, the number not being positively known, us it has been impossible to remove the debris caused by the explosion. A part of the boiler was carried high in the air, and precipitated on tho roof of a house in the neighborhood, killing an old man and three children. An iron beam from the works was hurled through the roof of another house, car rying away a part of the front wall and balcony. A fireman three blocks from the scene of the explosion hud his head completely torn off. Troops are now on the spot, and labcrers are searching for the remains. Cyclist Killed While Kaolng. Providenoe, R. I., June 9. Arthur Lahiff, a cyclist, while racing against an electric cur, met a tragio death. Just outsido the Rogers Williams' Park the roudway is quite steep. Trollev cars are in the habit of bowling down the incline at a high rate of speed, and many cyclists have tried to beat them in rucos. imst evening when a cur headed down tho hill Lahiff was along side. Ho was measured up by the mo- turman for a race and the contest began in earnost. Suddenly Lahiff was seen to tumble and make a complete somer sault over his handlebars. He struck with great force while going at his fast est dip, and his neck was broken. Fatal Kxploslon In a Mine. I Monnngnhela, Pa., June 9. Bv an explosion of gas in the Black Diamond mines of the Brown Coal Company, this morning, several men were injured, but not fatally. The explosion oc curred at 7 o'clock, and a rescuing party went immediately into the mine and all the men were taken out before they were overcome by the deadly after-damp. Tho gas is said to have been ignited by un open lamp. Hurt In Kali way Accident. Chicago, June 9. Three men and one woman were seriously hurt this morning when a rail which had been lowered on a Hat car was struck by an express train on the Illinois Centra) road. hot nil Benefactor. Lexington, Ky., Juno 9.' B. Payne, a descendant of the best families of Kentucky, shot Percy Stackhouse, a driver and trainer of trotting horses, inflicting perhaps a fatal wound. ryne is reduced in circumstances, and I was living at Stacknouse s home. A quarrel over a slight matter brought about a collision, in which Payne used 1 his revolver. He has been held for 1 trial, and it is s.iid will be defended by I bis kinsman, W. C. P. Brecken ridge. CAMS TO REMAIN Queen Renews His Powers and Those of Cabinet. POLICY WILL NOT BE CHANGED And Weyler, for the Present, Will Con tlnue In Hla Hnprema Com mand of Cuba. Madrid, June 8. The queen regent has confirmed Honor Cunovas, the pre mier, in his ministerial powers, and the cabinet will remain in office with personnel and policy unchanged. All the leading members of tho diet and chamber of deputies, who were consulted by her mujotsy, as well as three marshals, have advised her to re call Captain-Gonerul Weyler from Cuba At a cabinet council held this after noon at his residence, Senor Cunovas, the premier, made the announcement that the queen regent had renewed his powers and those of the cabinet in terms most flattering to him and all his colleagues. It is understood that the government does not contemplate any immediate change in the supreme command in Cuba. The surprise and displeasure of the various sections of the opposition are not easy to describe. Decision Caused General Surprise. London, J line 8. The Madrid corre spondent of the Times says: The solu tion of the crisis is a general surprise, as much in ministerial circles us in the world at large. It was thought, not without reason, that the counsels of tho higher military authorities, as repre sented by Marshal Campos, Marshal Blanco and Marshal Doniinguez, would have inclined the crown toward a rad ical and distinct change of policy in the Cuban campaign. This idea was especially prevalent, as Senor Canovus bus himself admitted that, both as regards reforms and tbe oonduct of the war by Captain-General Weyler, his own hopes and aspirations hate secretly been fulfilled. Tho only explanation is that the first thought of the premier is to vindicate its amour propre so far as the liberals are concerned, and when this is estab lished, to find occasion at an early date so to modify the cabinet as to satisfy the liberals and to terminate the dead lock before the cortes reassembles, which will probably not be for several months. It can hardly be doubted that the modifications would include the re placing of Captain-General "Weyler by wine other commander. The News Received In Washington. Washington, June 8. Spanish Min ister Dupuy do Lomb today received a telegram announcing the result of the queen's decision in the matter of the Spanish premier und cabinet ministers, who recently tendered their resigna tions. The minister's dispatch is in line with the press udvices, and says the queen hud reached her decision ufter consulting with the former premier und marshals. Included in the former was ssenor sugasta, the present leaner (f the liberal party, and among the latter was Martinez de Campos, tho captain-genernl ot Cuba who gave way to Generul Weyler. Senor de Lome declined to discuss the possibilities of the retention in office of the present ministry, in relation to the policy to be pursued with regnrd to Cuban affairs, and the incumbency of Cuptain- General Weyler. Secretary Sherman also reoeived a long cable dispatch from United States Minister Tuylor, at Madrid. Presum ably it is in connection with the hap penings of the day in that city, but as it is in cipher the secretary was unable to disclose the contents. The secretary declined to make any statement in re gard to the matter further than to sug gest that it indicated the confidence of the queen in the miuistry. Satisfaction In, Havana. Havana, June 8. In political circles and among the Spanish general public, where a feeling of acute anxiety bus ex isted as to the outcome of the cabinet crisis in Madrid, Keen satisfaction is expressed at the news that Senor Can ovus has received fresh proof of confi dence from tne orown. Today La Gacetu, the official gazette publishes the reforms recently promul gated by the queen-regent in council. Senor Jose Congesto, the Spanish representative on the Ruiz investigat ing committee, sailed yesterday for New York. Correspondent Expelled. Cincinnati, June 8. A special to the Commercial-Tribune from Evansville says: Wendell P. Phillips, Cuban war correspondent of the London Chronicle, was, with several other newspapermen, released from prison at Montunzo, where he had been confined 10 days, on condition that he would leave Cuba and never return. Phillips avoided Spanish censorship by sending his let ters to the Chronicle through the Brit ixh consul at Havana. During his trial yesterday he was defended by the British consul. This news comes through a telegram tJ his relatives, who lives here. May Snrceed General I.ee. Washington, June 8. Ex-Congressman J. Frank AKlrich, of Chicago, ar rived here this afternoon. He is discreetly silent, but it is known that he came on instructions to be in Wash ington when Mr. Calhoun arrived. Mr. Aldrich was offered and accepted the poet of consul-general at Havana over a month ago, and his visit here at this time indicates that Consul General Lee's stay in the islands will be shoit THE CUBAN SITUATION. pain Ha No Plly for Those Crowded Into the Fortified Towns. Chicago, June O.The Tribune's spcoiul correspondence dated Havana, Cuba, June 2, says: Spain holds the rural population of Cuba as prisoners of war in the prison camps. Unlike any other nation which claims to be civilized she does not feed her prisoners of war. There is no means of learning the exact number of concentrados. An American consul who has made i oureful study, suys it is more than 35. 000. The best opinion places the num ber between 190,000 and 300,000. In not all places are they hemmed in by ritios ditches and barbwire fences as at camp Florida, but they are everywhere under militury guard. An Appeal From Matansai. New York, June 9. A special to the Herald from Havana says: A strange apiical on behalf of the starving - and dying concentrados in Matunzus, who excited pity in the heurts of Generul Lee and . Mr. Cal houn, hat been made to the people of the United Stutes. Since the United States government has began meusures for the relief of its oitizens in Matanzas, the desperate plight of the Cuban reconcentrudos there has resulted in a petition signed by a hundred of them, in which they beg in the name of common humanity that they may be included in the charity, The petition is headed, An appeal to the United States." It is now on its way to Washington. The principal part follows: .. "First and foremost, let it be said that in unhappy Cuba we can do nothing to help our suffering country men. The pacificos that have huddled in our. city would be looked upon as traitors for so doing, and as such we would be summarily dealt with. We must not feel for them; we must be blind and deaf to their sufferings, and do nothing that can in any way inter fere with Weyler's policy of extermina tion. "We have to witness day after day scenes 61 horror which no language can describe, and 'Jret no voice can be lifted to" protest against them. To Spuin we cannot appeal for succor. She is well acquainted with the present condition of affairs in Cuba, and so far not a farthing has come to us from her, and yet we have sent her our money freely whenever the Spanish people hirve been in want or distress. "Upward of 10,000 of the victims of this savage system of warfare have been crowded into Matanzas without providing for their most natural wunts; and after they have been compelled to abandon all they have in the world, thoy are to be seen in crowds, from 8 o'clock in the (lay until late in the night imploring charity. "In any other country this state of affairs would have brought on disturb ances and riot; yet our peoplo, Buffer ing at they are, have not done anything that could in any way disturb order. Can there be a better illustration of a peaceful disposition? "Tender, loving mothers of America, to you ifi particular we appeal in our humane undertaking. Send us the mighty aid of your motherly co-operation; enlist in our crusade against crime and barbarity and the blessings of thousands will rise to heaven as a tit tribute hymn in your praise. - Think that at your very doors there ure mothers who love as dearly as you love, und who day after day see their little ones perish in our streets out of sheer hunger, und iu most cases with out a piece of rug to cover their naked ness. ' 'As for us, we cannot do our work openly. We huve to beg for food for the hungry und clothing for the naked, concealing ourselves and our names as if we were doing something wrong, and we therefore suggest that if any relief is to come it should be entrusted to the American consuls for distribution, and, we would also suggest that the sending of help in the way of provisions or clothing has its inconveniences und it might give the officials an oppor tunity to interfere and thwart the ob ject in view. Very respectfully, "One Hundred Citizens of Matanzas." QUAY OFFERED-AMENDMENTS. One Wll to Strike Out the Proposed Duty on Tea, Washington, June 9. In the senate today Quay presented several proposed amendments to the tariff bill. One of them proposes to strike out the duty on tea and substitute a duty of 1 per cent ad valorem on articles proposed by the bill to be placed on the free list, these duties to continue until July, 1901, af ter which the articles shall be exempt from duty. Another amendment pro poses a proviso to the paragraph fixing a duty on iron ore, so ore from foreign mines owned by American citizens and imported for their own use and not for sale shall be exempt from duty. The lumber paragraph, which has been more stubbornly contested than any feature of the bill thus far, was disposed of by defeating the motion of Vest to place white pine on the free list ayes 20, noes 88. The contest was mainly significant in breaking party lines, which have been maintained with few exceptions, during the early stages of the debate. On the final vote eight Democrats voted against Vest's proposition. In the Monte. Washington, June 9. The house to day passed the senate amendment to the act to authorize the construction of a steel bridge across the St. Louis river, and to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Pearl river, in Mis sissippi. By a vote of 91 to 79 it then .Ijoumed. A company has been formed to lay a pipe line from the Indiana oil fields Uf Chicago. The distance is 170 miles. anj '-inch pipe i to be "aet' RESPITE FOR DURRANI His Case Carried to the sju preme Court' WOItDEN WAS ALSO RESPITED At Leant HI Month Mora of Life fol Tralnwrecker and Murderer of lllanche Lamont. San Froneisco, June 7. While he blesses his good fortune and section 706 of the United States revised stututes, Theodore Durrunt may look forward with some assurance to at least seven more months of life. Today, with the end of his life only five days away, the simple act of un appeal to the United States supreme court arrested the pro cess of the state courts a.id set him fur outside the shadow of the waiting scaf fold. His execution is now stayed un til ufter tho supreme court of the United States meets again, which will not be until next October, and passes upon flin iinnpnl frnm the circuit court, which was allowed today. Even if the appeal should be dismissed early in the term, the 80 days allowed by the state law between the tirtie when the day for ex ecution is fixed and the day of execu tion would carry the mutter pretty well toward the end of the year. The possi bilities for further delay are so numer ous that practically he bus an insurable lease of life into the new year. The attorneys for Durrant appeared before Judge Gilbert, in the United States circuit court, today, and applied for u writ of supersedeas for the pur pose of staying execution of the sen tence; but this was denied. Applica tion for leave to appeal from this de cision to the supreme court of the United States was then made and granted. No formal stay of execution, how ever, has been given. Attorney-Gen-pml Fitzgerald has not vet advised AVarden Hale not to proceed with the execution on the 11th, nut he lias iivm amdi mlvinp tn Warden Anil, of Folsom, in tho Worden ease, und the Durrant case stands on precisely the same footing. Durrant's attorneys re ward rlinir immediate labors on his be half as at an end. and are preparing for thier next eaort, which win De Deiore the United Stutes supreme court. Worden Alio Respited. Saramonto, Cal., June 7. Warden Aull, of Folsom prison, telephoned this evening that he had received a tele graphic message from the attorney general, udvising him not to proceed with the hanging of Worden. Worden hud been found guilty of truinwrecking. The attorney -generul said that his written opinion would reach Folsom tomorrow by mail. Acting upon this advice, the execution will not take place as intended. Warden Aull says that he has notified Worden, and has had the gallows taken down. The law un der which Worden is permitted thus to extend his lease of life, tho warden suys, was passed by congress during the -reconstruction days, in order to make it possible in certain eases to reach the federal supreme court over the head of the etuto courts in the South. If it were a matter, he suys, in which the issue did not involve hu man life, he would probably test its legality, but in this case, as a state official, he will be governed by the ac tion of the attorney-general. As the United States supreme court will not meet until October, Worden will huve ut least several months longer on earth. Salter Worden was delirious with joy when he learned this evening that he was not to be hanged tomorrow. At first the annonoement dazed him, and then he rose on his trembling legs ami thanked Warden Aull for the good news. The condemned man said thut, while he was prepared to go bravely to the gallows, he felt all along that some thing would be done to save him. The announcement of the stay, he said, mude him more nervous than if he would have been standing on the gal lows. All the preparations for his hanging had been completed. Worden has been returned to his cell in mur derers' row. Water Tanks Fell. New York, June 7. Five enormous tanks, each containing 13,000 gallons of water, fell five stories through the new building of David S. Brown &Co., soup manufacturers, at Twentieth ave nue. Fifty-first . and Fifty-second streets, this morning, burying two men under tons of debris. The body ol William Fraser, 49 years old, a sur veyor in the employ of the Otis Ele vator Company, was 'taken from the ruins. Jacob Jacobson, a carpenter, is missing. The contractors and architect ! of the tanks were arrested, charged with homicide. It was claimed by an expert that the mortar used was noth ing more than mud. There were If men in the building at the time. Confessed and Disappeared. Dover, Del., June 7. While the di rectors of the First National bank were examining the accounts of William X. Boggs, the paying teller, they received a letter from him saying he was $38, 000 short and had left town. He gave the details of his irregularities, whicb had extended over 10 years. ' Attempt to Abduct a Child. Oakland, Cal., June 7. A daring at tempt was made this afternoon to ab duct the 13-year-old child of Attorney J. B. Randolph, by a man whom the father says he knows, but whose name he refused to divulge. The would-be abductor had carried his captive several blocks, when a passing bicyclist, at tracted by the child's struggles, inter lered and the man took to his heels. Randolph senior says he knows the mo tive, but will not explain it. A SCENE OF VIOLENCE. Socialist's Furious Attack on President of the French Chamber. London, June 8. The Paris corre spondent of the Times says: The scene in the chamber of deputies Satur day during the Jiiurca incident, when, M. Brisson, president of tho chamber,, suspended the sitting and sent for the military guard to remove M. Richard the socialist deputy, who had referred to some of his colleagues as "police spies," was one of unwonted scanadal and violence. M. Brisson, after busi ness was resumed, declined to hear Juares, who interpellated the govern ment on what he culled an "attempt to muzzle a deputy.," basing his rofusal; on the ground that no notice of inter pellation hud been given. A furious uproar followed. M. Brisson was pale with anger, but kept himself well un der control. Never in the bitterst in vective employed Hgainst an oppor tunist minister by demagogues of the extreme left was there greutor violence1 than in the language by which M. Brisson, who owes his seat largely to the sooilist vote, was the unjust object. A SHOOTING BURGLAR. Wounded Two Men in Erereltand Made Hla Kscape. Tacoma, June 8. A special to the Ledger from Everett says: Late Satur day night, Marshal Chapman and Po liceman Marshall were notified that a robber was attempting to enter the store of L. G. Metzger. together with M J. Gillespio, they watcheJ the burlgur until he had broken into the store unit then attempted to surround and arrest him. Marshal Chapman wont to the back door and Policeman Marshall, fol lowed by Gillespie, entered the front door. When the two men were close, upon' the burlgar, he heard the foot steps, and, thrusting a revolver in the face of Gillespie, he fired. The shot, entered Gillespie's mouth, . breaking four of his teeth, tore his tonguo and. fractured his jawbone. A second shot from the gun of the burglar whizzed past Gillespie's head and a third shot struok him in ho fleshy part of the right leg. As the robber passed Gill espie, he fired at Polioeman Marshall, the bullet lodging in the officer's right forearmi The burglar then made his way across lots and escaped to the tim ber. Marshall Champman hurried to the front of the store, upon hearing the firing, but did not reach the scene in. time to intercept the burglar. LOVESICK bOMESTIC. She Sought Oblivion In the Waters of Podding Hlvcr, Gervais, Or., June 8. Susan Pulard, aged 18, a domestic employed by Jacob Bingraan, dissupeured u week ago to day. This morning her body was founrl flouting under the Parkersville bridge, two miles east of here. The testimony showed that it was a case of suicide on account of love. At 5 o'olock on the day. she disappeared, she was seen passing through Parkersville, and her hat and cloak were found on a log u. short distance above the bridge, show ing thut she deliberately entered the water. A watch on her person showed it had stopped at 5:25. Coroner Clough held un inquest and the jury decided it a case of suicide from unre quited love. The woman's parents live in Clackamas county. Priest Koast.ed Allre. Vancouver, B. C, June 8. The steamer Hupeh arrived today from the Orient under a special charter to the Canadian Pacific railway witli a cargo of 8,800 tons, consisting principally of new tea aud curios. After discharging her cargo here, the Hupeh leaves for San Franoisco, und will then return here to load for the Orient. The offi cers of the steamer state that when in the Philippine islands, on their last trip, a British resident informed them that the Spanish government had cap ntred 25 Roman Catholic priests, sup posed to be in sympathy with the rebels, and had roasted them like suckling pigs. They also state that the rebels, being short of ammunition, are using eocoanuts for cannon balls, with which they are committing great havoc among the Spanish troops. Tank Steamer Sank a Schooner. London, June 8. The British tank steamer Aral, from New York for Do ver for orders, collided with and sank the schooner Pearl, bound from London for Port Talbot, off Wolf rock last night The captain's wife and two of the Pearl's crew were drowned. The captain and two members of the orew have been landed at Salcombe. The British steamer Orellena was damaged by colliding in a dense fog with the Norwegian bark Midnatesol, from Ship Island, March 25, for Buenos Ayres, which was at anchor in the river Plata, and has been towed to Montevideo full of water. The Orellena was last re ported at Coronel May 12. Brazilian Troops Iefeut Fanatics- New York, June 8. A dispatch to the Herald from Buenos Ayres says: The Herald 's correspondent in Dio de Daneiro, Brazil, telegraphs that the late reports from Canudos, Bahia, state that 8,000 fanatics 'under Con selheiro, were defeated by the Brazil ian troops. The fanatics made a stub born and despearte resistance, but were finally conipelled to flee in great disor der before the federal artillery. Denver, Colo., June 8. A special to the News from El Paso, Tex., says that Francis Schlatter, who claimed to per form miraculous cures by divine power, was recently found dead in tbe foot hills of Sierra Mad re, 35 miles south west of Casa Grande, in the state of Chihuahua, Mexico. He had been fasting, and apparently starved to death. While in Denver, from August 23 to November 13, 1895 about 200. 000 people visited Schlatter to receive treatment.