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VOL. XXXIII. TRANSPORTATION. East and South -VIA- The Shasta Route OF THE Southern Pacific Co. EXPRESS TP.A1N3 RUN DAILY. .. r a Lca.e fort land Arrive 8:10 am 12 10 a h I. rave Albany Arrive) 4:45am 10:45 M Arrive S. Francisco Ixave 7:00 r u Aore trains stop at Eat Portland, Oregon City, oi dburn. nak-m, Turner, Marion, Jefler u. lbauy. Air any jHiictoii.Tang ut.Hnedds, , Haiev, Iinrrfeburg. JhiicHoh :ity, Eugene, Ciewell, Dialns, and all stations from Rose bur to Ashland, inclusive. ItOSKBfRG MAIL DAILY. . o .. jnnlaiiii Wit ve t 4:40 pm 12.25 P m 1 i eave Albany Arrive 1 12:5. P M :2" p m I Airive Hob- burg Leave I 8:00 A M I'uliman B ffet sleepers and second-class Jet ping an attached to all Uirough trains. SALEM PASSENGER DAILY. 4:on p h j Lave 6:15 F H I Arrive Portland Suletn Arrive 1 11:15 A M Leave 1 8:u0 A M WKST SIIK DIVISION. Between Portland and Corval'is Mail train daily (-xcept Sunday). 7 M L' ave 12 : 1.) p M i Arrive P.,r land Corvallis Arrive I 6:20 P M. Leave) 1:36 P M At Alhanv and Corvallis connect with trains of ihe Ok gl-n Central A Kasteni Ry. FXri!F-a TRAINS li ll.Y (Eucept Sunday). ,T I . ,u i.. i. mi. i Anive 8 2oam 7 . f I Arrive M' Mitmville l.eae 5:60 A M i nr. nun in k ts lo all point Iu the Eastern state, an-da and Kiirone can le ootaned at lowtt rale from A. K. Miller, agent, Corvallis. R. KOEHI.ER, Manager. E. P. RCGEKS. A G F & P. A.. Portland, Or. TO THE AS T GIVES THE CHOICE OF T'.VO TRANSCONTINENTAL - 33 OUT B S yix VIA, GREAT NORTHERN RY. SPOKANE MINNEAPOLIS AXD UNION PACIFIC RY, DENVER OMAHA AXD ST. PAUL KANSAS CITY XW RATES TO ALL EASTERN CITIES OCEAN STEAMERS I.EAVE PORTLAND EVERY 5 DAYS FOR... SAN FRANCISCO For fall detail.", call on or address W. H. HURLBURT, Gtn'l Pass. Agent, Porlland, Oregon. . OREGON CENTRAL AND EASTERN R.R. CO. Yaquina Bay Route Connecting at Yaquina Bay with the S3n Francisco & Yaquina Bay STEAMSHIP COMPANY. Steamship "Farallon " Pails 'rom Yaquira every 8 days tor Ban Fran cisco, C os Bay, P rt Onord, Trinidad ad Humboldt Bay. Passenger see mxnodarins unsurpassed. Shortest route between the Wit lamette valley and t aliiornia. Firs From Albany or Point Wast to San Francisco: -t Cabin....;. t steerare .. Konnd trip, good for AO da a, I5. To'- o. Bav a d Port Orioid Cabin.... To Humboldt Bay Cab n .1 5 - 6 .. 8 Yaquium Bay. The moat popn n. r-asi e re ort on the North Pacific coast. No undertow surf bathing abso lutely safe, tn-a- wishing to combine hunting and : flsbin;wl'h acqoaiic sports, this r-sort basno qu 1. Deer, bea-, elk, congr. hnt trout and saimcn trous can he lound in abundance with in a few hours' dr ve of the bay. Reduced rates to all point". J. C. Mato, fcDWlN STONK, T. F. A P. A. Manager. H. L. Waldkn, Agent, Albany. DR. L. G. ALJMAN H0M0E0PATHIST ; Diseases of women and children and general practice. Office over Allen A Woodward's drug store. - Office hours 8 to 12 A.M., and 2 to 6 and 7 to 8 P.M. . , , At residence, corner of 8rd and Harrison after hours and on Sundays.' G. R. FARRA, M. D. Office In Farra A Allen's brick, on the corn r of Second and Adams. Residence on Third street in ' front of court h nse. Offl e hours 8 to a. m., and I to 2 and 7 to m. All ca la attended promptly - BO WEN LESTER DENTIST Office upstairs over First National Bank. Btrictly Flrst-Clasa Work Guaranteed ' Corvallis, Oregon THE NEiVSOFTHE IEEE From All Parts of the New World and the Old. OF INTEREST TO OUR READERS Comprehensive Kevlcw of the Import ant Happenings of the Put Week Called Prom the Telegraph Columns. Dr. W.W. Palmer and Miss Palmer, his granddaughter, 15 years of age, of Keansburg, N. Y., were killed in New York by a train on the Central rail road. They were in a carriage cross ing the railroad track when the train, unobserved by them, struck, the vehicle. The north-bound Houston & Texas Central passenger train was wrecked sixty miles from Houston, Tex. The engine jumped the track, but the coaches staid on the rails. Engineer C. E. Clark was badly hurt, and Wal ter Matthews, his fireman, was killed. No passegers were hurt. At a cost of two lives four masked robbers stole $5,000 from Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Monagan, in the mining vil lage of Rappahannock. The beads of Mr. and Mrs. Monagan were crashed with a sandbag, and they are in a criti cal oondition. The robbers are still at large, bnt a posse is in pursuit. A bull fight with fatal results oc curred at Nogales, Ariz., and for a short time caused a panio in the audi ence. One of the bulls becoming more enraged than usual, rushed about the arena goring everything within its reach. A horse was disemboweled. A picador in an attempt to place a thorn in the side of the wild animal, was caught on one its long horns, which pierced him like a sword. He was tossed and fell to the ground bleeding and mangled, where the beast held him between his horns and pawed him. He was frightfully injured and died a few minutes later. The Venezuela government has for warded to Washington a brief prepared at Caracas by a commission of five emi nent jurists on the British-Venezuela boundary question. It will be sub mitted to the United States commission as soon as the translation is completed. The brief covers 800 pages and is said to be a forcible presentation of the case. Aside from this brief coming direct from Venezuela, Messrs. Scruggs and Btorbrow, counsel for Venezuela in this country, are about to submit final arguments. Hertofore the arguments presented have coverod the points in evidence, but the taking of proof is now practically over and the final argu ment is in order. J. H. Book, white, was shot and killed by a negro near Sunny&ide, Miss. A posse hanged the cegro. It is said that in consequence the negroes have challenged the whites and a riot is im minent. - Saturday, Ootober 81, has been de clared as flag day by the national chairmen of . the Republican, Demo cratic and Populist parties. It is re quested that the national colors be dis played on all residences and places of business on that day. The Berkey & day furniture factory, of Grand Rapids, Mich. , the largest in the world, has resumed operations after a period of enforced idleness dur ing the business depression. The fao tory employs more workmen than any other institution in that oity. It is now certain that the lumber combine, known as the Central Lum ber Company, of California, will have a new lease of life January 1, 1897, and that it will early in the spring attempt to hold prices at a higher fig ure than they have been for years. W. T. Rambusoh, the defaulting banker of Juneau, Wis., shot and killed himself in Fredericksburg, Vt He left a note expressing a desire that be be identified in order that his wife might get his life insurance. About $100 was found on his person. T. P. Farnsworth, of Cresco, la., ac cidentally killed his wife in that oity. Just as they were going to dine Farns worth was in the aot of loading his re volver, when the cartridge exploded, the ball striking his wife nearly in the center of the forehead, killing her in stantly. . Hamlin J. Andrus, president of the Arlington Chemical Company, Yonkers, , N. Y. , was instantly killed by the ex plosion of a bomb in his office. He was alone when the . tragedy occurred. Who placed the bomb in the office, or whom it was intended for is unknown. John AndruB, a brother of the victim, was generally the first to enter the office, and as the dead man is very well liked, it is supposed that his brother is the one whose lifowas desired. The loss occasioned by the burning of the flouring mill and wheat ware house at Weston, Or., has been placed at about $20,000. The mill was owned principally by L E. Saling and P. A. Worthington, and there was no insur ance. The mill was equipped with modem machinery, and was almost constantly operated. It had 100 bar rels daily capacity. The warehouse contained 10,000 bushels of.wheat that were insured for half their value. The origin of the fire has not been dis covered. Isaac H. Lyonberger, of St. Louis, has been appointed assistant attorney general of the United States for the in terior department. He succeeds Wil liam A. Lytle, of Georgia, who recent ly resigned to become a candidate for the office of justice of the supreme court of Georgia. Mr. Lyonberger has taken the oath of office and entered upon his official duties. He is a well known attorney in St Louis, and one of the leading practitioners in the state. He is 48 yours of age and a Warm friend of Secretary Franc i. Assistant United States Attorney Schlininger has sworn out a warrant before United States Commissioner Heaoock, of San Francisco, charging Third Mate H. P. Bowen, of the steam whaler Balaena, with the wilful mur der of Second Mate Frank Jones, at Herschel island last winter. The story of the murder was told by the officers of the steamer Jeanie on her arrival from the Arctio a fortnight ago. medical authority states that for a 11CII BHUlHl U1V. .na.-tuu is needed for every person who eats meat heartily. . . '. Speaker Crisp Dead. Charles F. Crisp, ex-speaker of the house of representatives, died in At lanta, Ga., His death was not alto gether a surprise in political circles, as it has been known for some months that he bad not long to live, and never again could be an active figure in pub lio affairs. The speaker had several spells of illness in Washington. He suffered from asthma and later from heart trouble, His ill health, how ever, did not become a matter of public notoriety until the past spring, when be was compelled to abandon a series of joint debates arranged with ex-Seo-retary Hoke Smith by reason of the ad vice of his physician. Crisp had been in the sanitarium for five weeks, suffer ing from malarial fever. The immedi ate cause of bis death was heart failure. Suicide of a Minister. Rev. Thomas Stoughton Potwin, M. A., one of the best-known Congrega tional olerymen of New England, has committed suicide at his home in Hart ford. Conn. Rev. Potwin had been in poor health for some time, and, since the recent developments of melan cholia, had been under the care of Dr. Stearns, of the insane retreat. While bis family were away he went to an upper room and hanged himself with a rope fastened to the door knob. The Tables Were Turned. Dr. T. W. Bowman, of Savannah, Ga., tried to kill, his wife. He was prevented from so doing by W. T. Haskell, a commercial traveler. Has kell seized Bowman's pistol and wrenohed it from him. Mrs. Bowman and her mother then assaulted the doc tor. They blackened his eyes and beat him about the head very badly. Bow man was arrested and taken before a judge who gave him twenty-four hours to get out of the state. Must Release Sun Tat Sen. The Marquis of Salisbury has de manded the immediate release of Sun Yat Sen, the Chinese physician, said to be a British subject, who was, ac cording to the statement of his friends, kidnaped while passing the Chinese legation in London, and is held a pris oner in the legation on a charge of having been engaged in a conspiracy to overthrow the Mantchu dynasty. A St. Louis Broker Assigns. L. A. Coquard, a well-known St. Louis broker, has filed an assignment. He gives his assets as $100,000; liabil ities not stated, but may exceed the as sets. It is claimed that during the last six months he lost heavily in wheat and stocks, the total amount being esti mated at $300,000. A Missouri Bank Looted. Robbers entered the bank at Cass ville, Mo., and blew 'open the safe, se curing its contents. The amount was large, but the bank officials . ref use to say how much. The robbery was the work of professionals. Oriental Question Settled. The Paris correspondent of the Lon don News reports that he hears the czar's visit to Queen Viotoria at Bal moral resulted in Russia, England and France agreeing on the basis of a policy in Japan and China, while the Levant, Mediterranean and Afrioan questions are being arranged. The czar wants the results obtained without bloodshed, says the correspondent, and is support ed by Italy and Austria. - The sultan is likely to die hard, bnt he will be obliged to yield. Filibusters to Be Tried. Admiral Navarro, president of the naval oourt of Havana, has caused no tice to be served upon forty-one fili busters and others, including the crew and passengers of the Competitor, that they must answer charges of piracy and rebellion against the government. Consnl-General Lee, in an interview in a Spanish paper, deniea having insisted upon his recall to the United States, and says his relations with Captain General Weyler are oordiaL A Fatal Oaa Kxploslon. In Chicago George MoWhorter turn ed on the gas in his room and lay down to die. The odor of the gas was detected by Chalres Collard.who called George Holt. Lighting the gas in the room adjacent Mo Wborter's, they burst in his door. An explosion fallowed, blowing out a section of the rear wall of the building, and burning Collard badly. Holt escaped injury. Mo Whorter died while being taken to the hospital. A Millionaire Armenian. The most sensational trial ever known in Turkey has just been con cluded in Constantinople. Afik Effendi, the millionaire Armenian, has been condemned to three years' seclusion in a fortress. He was aooused of being chief of the revolutionary committee. This latter was considered not proved, but his connection with the movement was established. He was given the minimum penalty possible. A Cowardly Suicide. Alfred G. Andrew, a carpenter of San Franoisoo, ended his own life be cause of misfortunes that had reduced him to poverty, and left a widow and th ree grown children to struggle for the living he bad grown weary of en deavoring to make for them. He took oarbolio aoid and died in great agony. His wife was a witness to his suffer Inge. ' Fell Through a Floor. Robert Summers, of Taooma, a gar-, dener, fell ten feet, through a floor, and died three hours later at the hos pital. The fall fraotured the skull,' and congestion of the brain followed. He lived in an old building, and entered a dark room adjoining his own, near the door of whioh was a l.trge hole, in which a wheel for cleaning carpets had once been set. Into .this hole he fell, being unaware of the existence of the death-trap. The Rebellion Not Suppressed. Once again it is announced that the Mohammedan rebellion has been sup pressed, though the missionary reports do not in any way agree with the offi cial intelligence. Meanwhile, there la a lively rising in Chung Lok district, about 100 miles fromSwatb island. This is the district where Hakkes de stroyed the property, of the Basel mis sions, for whioh act the German gov ernment obtained ample reparation. So far, no mission stations are reported as being in danger, and the troops have been diipatcbed to the num. ll'SIfiSGllE Indications Point to a Coming- Revolution. SWEEPING REFORMS PROMISE!" The Iieadlns; Cabinet Offloea to Be Filled by Christians Horrible De tails of the Massacre at Egln. Paris, Oct. 28 A dispatch to the Figaro from Constantinople, says an irade will soon be published decreeing sweeping reforms, including directions that the portfolios of minister of for eign affairs, minister of finance, min ister of agriculture and minister of publio works sbali bn held by Christ ians, three Turks and one European; that Christian governors shall be ap pointed for vilavets where a majority of the population is composed of Christians, and a mixed general coun cil be elected in each province, its "pro ceedings to be subject to the council of state. . Looks Like War. Constantinople, Oct 28. The re port that trouble of a serious nature is brewing here has so often been sent nut that any fresh announcement to that effeot is looked upon as having little or no foundation, but in spite of this it is but right to state that once more everything points to the faot that fur ther very serious trouble is preparing on all sides throughout the Turkish empire. The ball was set rolling on Wednes day last, when the sultan signed two irades levying a poll tax of five pias ters a head on all Mussulmans and in creasing the taxes rn sheep, publia works and education from 1 to 1 per cent, the funds so raised to be devoted to military purposes. This caused the representative of the powers to send a sollaotive note to the porte oouohed in' the strongest language, culling at tention to the danger the arming of Mussulmans was certain to create and pointing out the generally critical situ ation of affairs in the Turkish empire. Large purchases of arms have already been made and the danger is increasing hourly. The porte today sent a reply to the collective note of the ambas sadors. As usual it was evasive and in substance ' simply stated that the money derived from the additional taxes was only intended to complete the armament of the Mustapbas or Land strum, the third and last class of Turk ish army reserves, and strengthen the armament of the other land forces. The action of the Turkish govern ment indicates that the empire is fao ing a situation whioh may necessitate the calling forth of all the military foroes at its dipsosal, and it also indi-. cates that the situation is the gravest since the Russo-Turkish war. Of course there is always in view a proba bility at least that the sultan by these movements is simply seeking to dis tract the attention of his subjects from the actual state of affairs brought about by his maladministration. See ing that the powers are really in earn est and that the understanding between .Russia, France and Great Britain means decisive action, he is by arma ments practically threatening the wholesale massacre of Christians and announcing that Turkey will lesist to the utmost any attack from the out side. Happily there is one feature of the crisis which has a soothing influeuoe upon Abdul Hamid. This is the finan cial situation. It is about as bad as it possibly can be. All negotiations upon, the part of the Turkish government for a tempoarry loan have failed, and the condition of the treasury is one of help lessness. On top of this the price of bread has risen 40 per cent, and bids fair to rise still higher as the price of wheat goes up. This has deoidedly ag gravated the prevailing distress and consequent discontent. The polioe continue making arrests. It is understood that many more bombs have been found. In Armenia, the greatest apprehension exists. Rumors of a recent massacre in Egin are just leaohing here, in spite of efforts made by the porte to suppress anything but official news. The Armenian reports Bay that 3,000 Armenians were killed at Egin, so far as known, that no Turks were killed and that nearly 1,000 bouses were burned, leaving only 150 houses stand ing for the Christian population, and that women and children were huddled together in the schoolhouBe a ad in some of the remaining buildings, bereaved, destitute and hungry to such an extent that the governor-general telegraphed that they were in need of food.. 1.1 Bung; Chang; Promoted. Peking, Oct 28. Li Hung Chang has been appointed minister of foreign affairs. Simultaneously with his ap pointment as minister 'of foreign affairs an imperial edict orders that Li Hung Chang be punished for presum ing to enter the precincts of the ruined summer palaoe,wbile visiting the dow ager empress. The annual number of births is esti mated at 86,792,000 an average num ber of 100,800 a day, 4,200 an hour and 70 a minnte. British Steamship Founders. .Colombo, Celon, Oct. 28. The passengers and crew' of the British steamer Taifi, which plies between Mauritius and Bombay, were landed here today. They report that the steamer foundered during a heavy gale, September S, and that twenty-seven natives were drowned. An electrio.boat has been constructed for the inspection of the famous sewers of Paris. It pulls itself along by a chain lying in the bottom. . - To Celebrate Opening the Locks. The Dalles, Or., Oct 28 A meet ing of the Commercial Club was held last week, to : take the preliminary steps necessary to the celebration of the opening of the cascade looks. A large number of business men were present, and when the statement was made by the investigating committee that the opening of the locks before November 15 was assured, great enthusiasm pre vailed. Committees were.: appointed to arrange-details, and the intention is to have a grand celebration, which hall be participated in by the people of Oregon, Washington and Idahcfr Cargo Took Fire at Sea. New York, Oot 28. The British steamer Worsley Hall put into this port this morning with her cargo on fire. She left New Orleans for Havre, Ooto ber 16. On October 23, 650 miles east by south of Sandy Hook, during a southerly gale, smoke was found issu ing from the ventilators under the bridge. An examination showed that the cotton stowed forward in the hold, whioh constituted the major portion of the cargo, was on fire. The ship was put before the wind to lessen the draught and the batch lifted. The smoke was almost overpowering, but the sailors managed to hoist out twenty bales of cotton and pile them up on the deck. The ship was rolling with a heavy cross sea. Soon a huge wave broke over the steamer and washed the bales overboard. Crossed tbe Trocha. Key West, Oct 28. Well-informed passengers who arrived from Havana last night confirm advices receded by mail that Maceo has crossed tlft trocha at Artemisa and joined other insurgent forces in Havana province. They de clared that tbe report circulated by Maceo of his encampment at Caoara jacara and a contemplated attaok on that town was merely a feint of the rebel leader to concentrate the Spanish troops at that point That the ruse was successful is proved by the fact that General Gonzales Muniz, with large forces, was sent in that direotion to attack Maceo, but upon their arrival at Cararajaoara tbe Spaniards found nothing bnt a deserted camp. Prevented a Panic Chioago, Oot 27. By rare presence of mind. Rev. Dr. James Vila Blake prevented a panio and the possible aw ful results of a fire, which broke out just as the morning service was begin ning at the Third Unitarian church to day, and whioh destroyed the main part of the building. When tbe pastor took his plaoe inthe pulpit, his atten tion was drawn to smoke in the lobby leading to the Sunday school room. He remained standing until the organ ist had ceased playing, and then re quested the congregation to retire quietly by the rear exits. His manner so reassured those assembled that a panio was averted. The church was entirely destroyed. The loss is $25,000. Lars Quantity of Lumber Burned. Saginaw, Miob., Oot 27. Fire broke out early this evening in the lumber pile and on the mill plant premises of the Center Lumber Com pany, at Zilwaukee, six miles down the river. It spread into a very large conflagration, whioh destroyed about 8,('00,000 feet of lumber. Tbe saw mill and salt works were in immient danger, but were saved, and only f mall buildings were burned. The fire departments of Saginaw and Bay City assisted - in fighting the flames. The loss will approach $150,000, and is un derstood to be fairly covered by insur ance. Boy Muiderers. - Cornish, Me., Oct. 27. On Ootober 6 Mrs. Betsy F.. Hobbs was founJ dead. She lived alone about one and a half miles from Effingham, N. H. When found the bouse was burning, and her body was balf cremated. The mystery was cleared yesterday by the confession of Charles Savage. He accuses Frank J. Palmer of the murder. A coroner's jury has brought in a verdict against Palmer of murder in tbe first degree. Savage was held as a witness. . Palmer is 16 years old, and lives at West Par son field. Savnge is 20 years of age. At the inquest Savage unflinchingly withstood half an hour's cress-examination, but at last the coroner discovered weakness, and he persistently ques tioned him till he finally succumbed and related a tale implicating himself and Frank Palmer in the murder and attempted oremation of Mrs. Hobbs. He and Palmer, he said, had been drinking together tbe day before the tragedy. Monday morning Savage took his shotgun to go shooting. They oalled at Mrs. Hobbs'. Savage left Palmer in the bouse while he went to the woodshed on an errand. - While there he heard the report of a gun and soon after, found Mrs. Hobbs bleeding upon the doorstep. . Palmer soon ap peared, and with an oath declared that now he had squared the grudge he owed her for pulling $3 out of him in payment for the glass he broke in her house three years ago. Palmer asked Savage to help him carry the body in the bouse. He says he was so fright ened he did not realize what he was do ing, but they got the body - into the boure. Savage then took to the woods, being shortly overtaken by Palmer.who deloared that nobody would ever know what bad happened, for he had set fire to the bouse. -Arago'a Tiotlms Washed Ashore. Marshfield, Or., Oct. 27. Early this morning the life saving patrol found on the ocean beach the remains of three unfortunate victims of the wreok of the ill-fated steamer Arago. They were brought to Empire City, and a coro ner's inquest held. The names of the unfortunates are: Patience and Speck, steerage passengers, and Sanders, sea man. The three were buried at Em pire City this afternoon. The Arago is still in the same position. An excur sion from here today, reports the bar very smooth, and it is probable that what treasure is in the steamer will be recovered by divers. Mozambique, Oot 37. Major Albu querque, governor-general, with 800 Portuguese and 100 native troops, re cently went to Manioaland. While in bivouao at Magenla, he was attacked by 200 Massiarallos. The Portuguese made a gallant defense, and kept the natives at bay for twenty-two hours, but were finally forced to retreat, ow ing to lack of water. Two Portuguese were killed, and twenty-three wound ed, including the governor-general. The enemy's loss was heavy. As Was Expected. Denver, Oot , 27. A News- special from Albuquerque says: "Contractor Hallenbeok, of the 3an Antonio & White Oak stage line, brings the news that the two delayed stages on his line were both held up on Osonra mountain last Thursday. The mails were rifled and the stage horses stolen. The driv ers walked to San Antonio, arriving today." ' Lieutenant-General Nogi ' is men tioned as a probable successor to Vis count Satrara, as governor-general of FoTUosa. ... .: V TRIED 101)111 A. Harrow Escape .for the Passengers. SOUTHERN PACIFIC BLOCKED The Wreckers Evidently Miscalculated Their Time and Were Interrupted by Approaching Train Slight Damage. Portland, Or., Oot 27. A dastardly attempt, which, fortunately, was un successful, was made last night to wreok the southbound passenger train, No. 16, two miles south of Drain. Tbe attempt was well-planned and intended either for revenge or robbery, and had it been successful, would no doubt have cost -many lives. As yet there is no clew to the would-be train wreokers. The train, hauled by engine No. 1225, left Portland -at 8:5.0, and reach ed Drain, 161 miles south of here, about 3:45 the next morning. When the engine rounded a curve two miles south of the station, Engineer Robert McCauley saw, by the glare of tbe headlight on the track ahead, what ap peared to be a fallen tree lying length wise between the rails. He at once reversed the engine and threw on the air brakes, but the momentum of the train was so great that it could not be stopped before it reached the obstruc tion, and the pilot struck it with a jolt that woke up everybody on the train. In spite of the reversed engine and brakes, the train was carried nearly three lengths ahead, pushing the ob struction in front of it The latter, as it caught the ties along the track, jolt ed the whole train, so that everyone on board thought the engine had jumped the track, and the commotion, caused general consternation. ' The engineer finally succeeded in bringing tbe train to a standstill, and climbing down from the cab, he ran forward to see what he had struck. He discovered that it was a stick of timber a foot through, and eight or ten feet long. Across the traok ahead of it was a heavy plank, which had evi dently been ,used to prop the larger stick up in a standing position, so that it would better throw the train from the traok. This plank had also been carried forward by the pilot The train first struck the obstruction on a sharp curve, in a mountainous and heavily wooded country. There is a sharp declivity on one side of the track, and bad tbe pilot been broken by the obstruction, a terrible wreok must inevitably have followed. The trainmen and such passengers as were out of their berths, took lanterns and searched the track for some dis tance both ahead and behind tbe train, but no sign of any one could be dis covered. There were a few planks and timbers scattered about near tbe plaoe where the log lay at first, and the gen eral appearance of the traok where the obstructions were placed, indicate that the wreokers were at work on a big ob struction to ensure the ditching of the train, and having miscalculated their time, were interrupted by the approach ing train, and quickly abandoning their devilish work, ran away. The way in which the two timbers found on the track were piled, and the faot that they were plaoed on a curve and at an unusually dangerous plaoe in the traok, indicate that there could have been no intention but to wreck the train. The trainmen have been bothered a great deal of late in that vioinity by scnthbound hobos who jump brake beams of freight trains at watering sta tions, day times, and ride on the blind baggage of passenger trains at night The train jnen think it was some of, these who made the attempt to wreck the train, while others think a general robbery was intended. The engine returned to Portland yes terday, and beyond a little damage to the paint on the pilot, is all right TO VISIT THE COLUMBIA. Battle-Ship Oregon Left San Francisco for a Short Cruise. San Francisco, Oot 27. The battle ship Oregon steamed out to sea today for the first time sinoe her famous trial trip. Nothing could be learned positively of her destination, but it is common gossip that the prime objeot of the trip is to test her batteries, from the big guns down to the smallest, and to try her in all tbe theoretical maneu vers that oould be anticipated in a Kg ular engagment It is also stated that the Oregon, be fore returning to this port, will visit the Columbia river, in- order that the Oregonians may inspect ber and be given an opporutnity to present her with the silver service about which so much has been said and written. The departure of the big battleship did not attract much attention, as during the past few weeks she has steamed about the bay many times. Galveston Cotton Fire. Galveston, Oot. 27. The most dis astrous cotton fire in the history of Galveston occurred early this morning, resulting in the destruction of 4.400 bales, and the warehouse in which they were stored. The origin of tbe fire is unknown. All About Some Figs. Waterford, Ireland, Oct 27. A quarrel has arisen here by merohants buying pigs from farmers instead of through the Ballybrioken pig buyers. A number of tbe latter waylaid four of tbe merohants and beat them nearly to death. There is great exoitement and there are fears of further disturbance. . It is said that soft wood under pres sure becomes considerably harder than hardwood underpressure. " Fall of a Scaffold. - New York. Oot 27. -Six men were injured by tbe fall of a scaffold at Weehakee, and may die. The men were at work on the cooling-house of the Swift Packing Company, when one of the joists which supported the scaf fold snapped from overweight and about thirty feet of the scaffolding fell, carrying the men down. . The ordinary speed of a housefly is twenty-five feet a seoond; but when chased it often attains a speed of 160 feet ft second, u WEEKLY MARKET LETTER. Downing, Hopkins & Co.'t Review . of . Trade. Portland, Or., Oct 28. A new era of speculation has started, and indica tions point to better times in the grain market . It oommenoed in wheat by the foreigner taking hold, and now that the prices are up nearly 20 cents the outside publio are oommenoing to take hold. Everything points to better prices for the next six months, and the bulls will have more than for, yeara There has never been so large a move ment of grain as during the past month. Accumulations are small com pared with- the receipts, and they are likley to cotinue so, as tbe grain is going into consumers' bands in tbe east and abroad. Large purchases have already been made and exports of coarse grain during September have never been exoeeded, and Ootober will show the largest movement for many years. The clearances of wheat and flour alone were 16,237,000 bushels, the largest this year, and also since Sep tember, 1893, when they were 18,915, 000 bushels. Prices have been ex tremely low, wheat selling too low, in fact, and depressing other grains. Now that wheat is up, other grains are sym pathizing to a fair extent, and are ex pected to do considerably better. We have good supplies, whioh is fortunate, as it puts us in a position to supply pressing wants Of European consumers, and exchange our surplus for their gold. We need their gold more than the grain, while with them it . is the re verse. With gold coming in and grain going out, and with all the available ocean tonnage that can be had up to the 1st of February, and in a few in stances beyond, already engaged at high piroes, there is good reason why buyers should not have the best of it This tonnage will have to bo filled with grain, so that the export movement up to March promises to be heavy. The present buyers of wheat are men who are able to see beyond the borders of the wheat pit, and are basing their operations on the future more than tbe present prospects. They are trained operators of unusual ability and suc cess, who make a market, at times when it is necessary by buying and selling on a scale that prevents con gestion, and keeps it in a healthy con dition. There have been times when wheat advanced faster than in tbe past six weeks, but it was due largely to the heavy covering by shorts and the taking off of hedges, and not backed up by the cash demand, as at present Mill ers and exporters ' were not buying j heavily then, but now they are taking ' the wheat rapidly. San Franoisco has been selling wheat for shipment to j Australia, Africa, India, and Liver- pool at a rate that will soon clean up j their surplus. When they get through the Atlantio ports will come in for large business, and should tbe latter oontinue at the rate they have been going for several montbB it will neces sitate the free movement of all-rail grain from the West Parties in tbe foreign trade estimate that between 25, 000,000 and 50,000,000 bushels of wheat have been bought for export As it is held tenaciously for higher prices, the buyers who come in now stand a good chance of making money without being forced to hold the bag for the foreigners, as the latter are in the market to stay. CRAWLED OUT OF JAIL. Six Prisoners Make Their Eseape in Louisville. ' Louisville, Oct 27. Another daring jail delivery was perpetrated tonight at tbe county jail shortly after 5:30 o'clock, and six desperate prisoners made their escape. The delivery was supposed to be a wholesale one, in whioh every prisoner on the third floor of the old jail was to get out, but tbe wathofulness of the turnkeys prevented this, and only six men escaped. Tbe prisoners gained their liberty by scraping tbe mortar from the bricks in cell No. 5, letting the bricks fall into the interior of the cell, and in this mannr got a hole large enough for them to climb through. One at a time they made their way out of the hole and climbed on the roof. Then, by means of a short rope, they let themselves down into a narrow alley between the wall of the-jail yard and an abutment of the new jail and escaped. None of the escaped prisoners have been oap tured. This is tbe seoond delivery in Louisville within the last year, seven prisoners making thair escape on last Christmas day. Neglected Foi tlflcati..ng. San Franoisoo, Oct 28. The Even ing Post says the effect of the transfer of the artillery troops to Angel island and tbe plaoing of the First infantry troops at the Presidio leaves the latter reservation with no one oompetent to handle the artillery defenses construct ed at the Presidio. Tbe government has spent over $3,000, 000 on these guns and defense works, whioh are now vir tually negleeted. Damages Awarded Mrs. Walker. Dayton, Wash., Oot 28. The jury in the case of Mrs. Robert Walker against the O. R. & N. Co. last night awarded the plaintiff $40,000 dam ages. Robert Walker, an engineer, was killed by tbe overturning of an en gine near Bolles Junotion two years ago, and his widow brought suit for damages. Ladd's Mill Burned. Portland, Or., Oot 27. The large feed, mill of . the Ladd estate on the Crystal Springs farm on the Milwaukie road, east of Milwaukie, oaught fire last evening about 6:30, and was com pletely destroyed, with all its valuable maobinery. There was a great illu-. mination in tbe southeast in the direo tion of Willsburg at the time, plainly seen from tbe Morrison street bridge, but at the time it was thought to be a brush fire. Guthrie, O. T., Oct 28. The Sao and Fox Indian agenoy. sixty miles southeast of here, was held up and looted this afternoon by the same gang of bandits that looted the town of Carney last week. Sao and Fox is only thirty-six miles from Carney. - Tbere were, four robbers, masked, mounted and armed. They first rode to the office of Agent Thomas, presumably to demand the money to be paid as an nuity to Sao and Fox Indians next week. Agent Thomas had $46,000 in greenbacks ready to pay the Indians. Thomas was not in his office. - Tbe robbers then looted the business houses. Notable Gathering at Prince ton's Sesqui-Centennial. A THREE DAYS' CELEBRATION President Cleveland Delivered An Address on the Duties and Re sponslbllities of Our College Men. Prinoeton, N. J., Oct. 26. The his tory of Prinoeton during the last three days will be a part of the history of the United States. Primarily, the event was the celebration of the university's sesqui-oentenniaL Historically, it was a oongress of nations, formed by the best brains of those nations. Learned savants from the shores of Franoe, re nowned scholars from Germany, living personifications of the centuries of lore embraced within the walls of ancient Oxford touched elbow to elbow and drank toasts together. Pre-eminent among all stood the chief executive of this nation, President Cleveland. Necessarily, the president was tbe main speaker of the day, and nearly every man is saying here tonight that he made the oratorioal effort of his life. He spoke in Alexander hall to a multi tude comprising representatives of nearly every great institution of learn ing in the world, and men of mark in all other walks of lifa His theme was "The Duties and Responsibilities That College Men and Educated Men Gener ally Owe to the Cause of Good Govern ment " Mr. Cleveland spoke without any attempt at oratorioal effeot, and with very little emphasis even, but the points in his address were quiokly grasped by his hearers, and he was fre quently interrupted by hearty hand clapping and cries of "Good, Good," from the platform and body of the house. On eaoh occasion of this sort the great crowd of students in the bal cony yelled, "Cleveland! Cleveland I -Clevelandl" Mr. Cleveland spoke for half an hour, and when he concluded, the ex hibition of enthusiasm was remarkable. " Cheer upon cheer was given with hearty good will, and as a wind-up the college yell was given for Mrs. Cleve land. She occupied a chair in the front row of tbe seats facing the benches on which the university delegates sat, and the unexpected attention of the students caused all eyes to turn in her direotion. All present joined in the applause, and as Mr. Cleveland oaught bis wife's eye he gave her an approv ing smile, reoeiving one from her in return. The great three day's celebration closed tonight with a banquet in the assembly hall given to the university delegates. There were present more than 800 persons. Probably never in the history of. the country has suoh gathering of renowned mm been seated around the same board. It was an international assemblage, and in cluded the most eminent eduoators of both sides of the Atlantio. BURNED TO DEATH. One Life Lost in a Brooklyn Fire Yesterday. New York, Oct 26. A disastrous fire occurred in Brooklyn tonight, re sulting in loss of life, the injury of several persons and destruction of prop erty amounting to $250,000. The five story brick faotory at Seventh street, between Seoond and Third avenues, where destroyed. The first and second floors of the building were occupied by O. A. Wissner, manufacturer of iron and spring bedsteads, the third floor by J. Krim and Wauther Bros., dia mond setters, and the fourth floor by the Etta knitting mills. It was short ly after the fire began that Otto Beau man, a fireman, with the assistance of Foreman Bixby and Fireman John Quigley, was carrying a hose through" the building when they were oaught in a back draught Bixby and Quigley managed to gain the street, but Beau man was unable to do so. A resouing party, consisting of J. J. Ryan, Frank lin Ferguson and Louis Blair, attempt ed to make their way through the burn ing ruins. They were .all severely burned, but managed to reach Beau man, who, however, bad been burned to death. Tbe building was owned by Wissner, who places his loss on the building, stock and maobinery at $200,000, part ly insured. Krim and Wauther Bros, lost $10,000, and the Etta knitting mills about, $40,000 fully covered by insurance. Car Inspector Killed. , Los Angeles, Oot 26. Moses B. Morey, oar inspector of the Terminal Railway Company, was killed in the switch yards of the company this morn ing by being run over by a freight-oar. He was working underneath the car, and failed to put out a flag. A switch engine backed a number of oars on the switch, which bumped against the car underneath whioh Morey was. His bead was crushed to a pulp. Declared Unconstitutional. Orange Park, Fla., Oot 26. The Sheats law, prohibiting whites and negroes being taugbt in the same school, has been declared unconstitutional. Turkish Military Preparations. ' Constantinople, Oct 26. An irade has been issued levying a poll tax of 5 piasters per head on all Mussulmans and increasing the taxes on sheep 1 to per oent These taxes, with the revenue from five protected monopolies, will, it is estimated, produce 1,200,000 Turkish pounds, which will be used for military preparations, in connection with the tone of the Turkish press against the Armenians, have exoited comment -" :-' : Dr. Tanner Dead. Akron, O., Oot 96. One of the known viotims of the fire which de stroyed the large pottery plant of the Whitmore-Robinson Company, Wed nesday morning, is Dr. Tanner. whose name was made famous by a long fast in whioh he once indulged. The body has not yet been found, but it is sup posed to lie under a pile of debris. Tanner was a strange character. Sev eral years ago he sold ' his wife to Adam Hilde, a German for $10 and an old sewing maohine. Another effort will be made to get tbe remains torn or. tow.-