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i 'I Offtrn Olerfc Ay Ay VOL. XXXIII. COR VALLIS, BENTON COUNTY. OREGON, FRIDAY, NOV. 6, 1896. NO. 34. A ' 1 If (raw h y "u TRANSPORTATION. East and South -VIA- The Shasta Route Southern Pacific Oo. EXPRESS TRAINS RUN DAILY. 8 uu p it lae Portland Arrive 1210 h l-eave Albany Arrive 10:4$ am Arrive 8. Francisco liave 8:10 a w 4:45 A; If 7:00 r M. Above trains stop at Eat Portland, -Oretren City, Wo dburn, balem; Tnrner, .Marion, Jeffer son. Albany. Albany Junction, Tausvnt, Sbedds,. Hakey, Ilarritburg. Janctlop City, Eugene, . urekweu. Drains, ana ail stations lrom burn to Ashland, Inclusive. .. - HOSKBCRG MAM DAILY ' rorUand Albany Boseburg . Arrive I 4:40 r M 12 .25 p h I Leave . :ai p H Arrive Arrive 1 12:j T u Leave I .8:00 A Pullman Bfret sleepers and . second-class aletplug i an attached to all through trains. - - - - SALEM PASSENGER DAILY. .- 4:00 pm C:16P Leave Arrive ' Portland . - Salem . 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OREGON CENTRAL AND EASTERN R. R. CO. Yaquina Bay Route Connecting at Yaquina Bay with the SanFranciseo &Vaquina Bay . STEAMSHIP COteP AN Y. Steamship "Farallon Pails from Yaquina every 8 days for Ban Fran cisco, Coos Bay, Port Orford, Trinidad and H'iDibol'H Bay. ' Passenger' acC -mmodations unsurpassed. Shortest route between the Wil lamette valley and California. - Firs From AIbuy or Foluta San Franclseo: Cabin.... J 9 Steerage ... Round trip, good for 60 da a, 115. tor- os Bay ai d Port Oriord Cabin.. To Humboldt Bay Cabln..i....,...... West to ...6 Taqnioa Bay. The moatpopnlur seasl let-re or t on the 1 P.cific coast. No undertow surf bathing North abso- lately safe. l-ortbna wishing to combine hunting and f shins with acqualic sports, this resort has no qu-1. Deer, bear, elk, cougar, brook trout and aimtn trout, can be iound In abundance with in a few hours' drive of the bay. Reduced rates te all points. J. C. MATO, EDWIN 8TONE, - T. F. S P. A. Manager. H. L. Waldim, Agent, Albany. DR. L. G. ALTMAN H0M0E0PATHIST Diseases of women and children and general practice. ' Office over Allen A Woodward's drug store. '- -Office hoars 8 to 12 A. M., and 2 to 6 and 7 to S P.M. At residence, corner of Srd and Harrison after J.' tVmrs and on Sundays. G. R: FARRA.'M. D. " Office In Farra A Allen's brick, on the corner of Second and Adama. Rraldence on Third street In front of court Offl e hours llol i.il, and 1 to 2 and 7 to r. M. All ca.ls attended promptly. BOWEN LESTER DENTIST Office upstairs over First National Bank. . Strictly Flrst'ClMS. Work Guaranteed Corvaljis Oregon ' j" EVENTS OF THE DAY Epitome oi the Telegraphic News of the World. TEBSE TICKS FE0M THE WISES An Interesting Collection of Item From tlie-Two Hemispheres Presented Condensed Form. . Mayor MoClelland of Roanoke, V., was ran down by an electric oar and fatally injared. He stepped in front of the car , when it was less than five feet from bim. The demonstrations against - the Italian residents oontinue in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The government of the state refnsss the aid of federal troops, but promises to - punish the Jacobins, who are the chief offenders. , . The North German Gazette, of Ber lin, says the statement' is incorrect that a recent order renders the import of American canned meat virtually im possible by providing for examination' off.etaob tin of the importation. The , controller of the currency has declared dividends in favor of the oreditors of insolvent national banks as follows: Twenty per cent, Columbia National bank of Tacoma, Wash; 10 per cent, First National bank of San Bernardino, CaL An Italian named Piotro Simoni met with a shocking death on the road near Forestville, Cal. With a friend he was going down a steep hill in a light wagon, when the team ran away,, throwing Simoni oat. ' His leg oanght in the vehiole and he was dragged nearly a mile, his head being literally ponnded to pieces. -v "; ; On a trolley oar of the Consolidated Traction Company, in Newark, N. J., filled with Italian laborers, the fuse of ah eleotrid motor blew out, sending a puff of smoke into the oar. In fear the men rushed for the doors. Lambaster Angelo jumped, or was pushed off the oar, and his- neok broken. Lincoln Guiseppe's head was badly ont, and he may not survive. A south-bound passenger and express train on the Missouri, Kansas & Texas road was held up and looted by train robbers at a point one mile south of Al-, varado, Tex. It is said that the rob bers seoured little treasure from the express car. ' The bandits are supposed to be heading for Indian territory, and all the United States marshals have been notified to be on the alert : - . Annie Vanderwall, aged 7 years, was- instantly killed and Ella Berk man, aged 8, fatally injured at the Joseph street crossing of the Chicago & Alton railroad in Chicago. The gates had been lowered for a switch engine which : was approaching. Thinking they bad-plenty of tin.e io otooa, fcue two children -stepped under the gates on the first track and were struck by a freight car whioh had been switched by the engine. A courier from . Usal, CaL, a lumber mill town 20 miles south of Cahto, brings meager details of the murder of John Mudgett, a wealthy rancher and landowner of that place. Mudgett was unmarried and lived alone on a 100- acre ranon. tie was reputed to bave coin about the house. His dead body was found half cremated in the rains of the partially burned house. The body showed evideno e of violence, and parties are suspected. The sheriff has been notified to hurry to the scene. Mudgett was a native of Belfast, Me., 46 years old, and has relatives both there and in Fortuna, CaL A disastrous fire in a Brooklyn sky scraper caused a loss of f 300,000. An official dispatch from Manilla says a conspiracy has been duooQred in the Sooloo archipelago, a portion of the Spanish colony of the Philippine islands. Perry Bathalow, United States con sul at Mayenoe, is being prosecuted for severely injuring . an inmate of his house by striking him on the head with a revolver. The price of bread has gone up half a penny a loaf, and the inorease is be ing actually felt in the poorer districts of London, whose many families have, in consequence, been obliged to reduce their supplies. . An explosion of natural gas at Ava lon, Pa., killed Bessie Osborne, aged 15, seriously injured her brother Dale, aged 9, and her sister Edith, aged 6. The bouse was badly wrecked. The explosion was caused by a leak in the kitchen pipes. . '; Thomas P. Gillespie;' superintendent of the Sterling Mining & Milling Com pany, at Montgomery, Nev., was shot and killed on the road between the Johnny and Chispa mines, by unknown parties. The shooting was done from behind some bushes. ' Paul Isenbsrg, the wealthy Ha waiian sugar-planter, who with his family has been spending bbv months in Europe, has arrived in San Francisco. Mr. Isenberg's European trip was for the purpose of interesting foreign capitalists in the gigantio Oahu plantation scheme1; of which so muoh has been written lately. His mission was in a measure successful, for he is now returning to Honolulu' with a guaranty of about $1,500,000 from sev eral Dutoh millionaires. J. B. Walling, who died in Boise, Idaho, was an old Oregon pioneer. He was 87 years old, the eldest of six sons, and oame from Iowa to Oregon in 1847, settling in Yamhill oounty. He laid out the town of Amity, and lived inl Oregon until 1865, when he moved to Boise, Idaho. Mr. Walling built the first Irrigation ditch in Idaho, and set out the first orchard. The Puyallnp-Indian commission has been ordered disbanded, to take effect December 1, in accordance with the provision of an aot of congress. By the explosion of a ooalpaoker in No. 3 mine, in'Ashland, Pa.., three men were killed, and three so badly injured they will die. The men were engaged in driving a' tunnel, and had bored a hole In the rock, which they had charged with powder. The fuse was attached and lighted by a man named Walsh, while the others ran to places of safety. After lighting the fuse, Walsh started after his comrades, but his clothing caught on a spike and held bim fast. He cried for assistance, and the men promptly responded. They bad scarcely reached the spot before the evrslofrioTj occurred. " " " Mobilizing- JTrstnce-llrussiam Troop. ' A dispatch from St Petersburg to Boliel says there has been an import ant exchange , of views between the French and Bussian ministers of wnr, by whioh certain modifications have been effected in the general plan for the mobilization and concentration of Franco-Russten troops in time of war. Soliel adds that proof of this statement will soon be seen in a number of fron tier changes, and the first step is said to have been taken by an inorease in the number of Bussian dragoons. Piano Factory Burned.. Fire completely destroyed the piano factory of House & Davis, at Des plaines, I1L The loss is estimated at $50,000. Twenty-five new pianos were destroyed, with 250 in process of construction and a large stock of valu able hardwood lumber. - A lady living over the factory lost diamonds valued at $1,000. -- '-' - - . . . Has Sued the Ball CInb. Mrs. Caroline B. Newman, a woman much interested in baseball, while wit nessing a. game in Baltimore, was 8traok by a foul fly.' She has sued the Baltimore base ball club for $5,000 for injuries she claims to have received. This is probably the .first suit of the kind on record. - Asphyxiated by Oaf, . John Houston and wife were asphyx iated by " illuminating gas in their apartments in Chioago. .. Houston is dead and his. wife's condition is critu caL The accident was due to careless ness oh the part of Houston who forgot to properly turn off the gas. ' . ' Met Death In the 'Cyclone. : The known : dead by the disastrous eyolone in Lincoln and Payne coun ties, Oklahoma territory, number seven, with three perhaps la tally injured. Many others reported dead may swell the list of - fatalities. : The scene of devastation is hard ' of - acoess- The property damage is heavy. . - i - Hank Gardner Dead. Bank M. Gardner, a .one-armed man, fell from his bicycle in Buffalo, N. Y., striking on bis head and frao turing bis skull, dying almost instant-ly.-A Gardner, was on old-time tele graph operator and well-known to the fraternity throughout the country. An Elevator Rope Broke, ' The rotten rope of an elevator caused the death of John Bahenberg in St. Louis. The accident occurred while he was alone, and for eleven hours his body served as food for. rats He fell a distance of forty feet and must have been killed instantly. Okl Stove Kxploded.. V An oil stove in the residence of Wil liam . Allenbaob, in Milwaukee,- ex ploded and scattered the bum ng fluid over the little .family group in the kitchen. Alknbaob, his wife and baby in arms wejre JgtlljE burned; -... - Have Renewed Their Fledge. - After several weeks of daily confer ences, the lumber men interested in the domestic trade have arrived at the con clusion that their various interests can be best subserved by remaining in the pool which they have maintained dur ing the past year under the name of the Central Lumber' Gompahy,-.of Cali fornia. It required an enormous amount of conferring to settle the mul titudinous interests involved, but tbi has at length been aocopmliehed and nearly all of the mills on the books last year have renewed their pledge to star d by each other. Prices will remain the same for the present, at least Coal Gas Exploded. A terrible explosion of gas occurred at the South Wilkesbarre shaft of the Lehigh & Wilkesbarre Coal -Company. It is reported that fix men were so badly burned they will die. The mine was not in operation and only about fifteen men, mostly repairers, were inside.. So great was the force of the explosion that it shook the surface for miles around. Smoke coming up the shaft prevented the rescuers from going down. The mine is one of the most gaseous in the anthracite region. Five years ago seven men perished in an explosion there. . A Safe Bobbed. . .A vTnystoirms'burglarj jocctrred in Spokane in the office of the steam-laun dry company, on Main avenue. The safe-was opened and between $1,200 and $1,800 in cash taken, but the 'fob bersT" wba bad gone to the trouble of opening the safe and taking the money in one part, left $87 25 in another al though about $40 was taken from the same., drawer in which the money was left The money left was all silver. The Car Turned Over. ' . One person was killed, two fatally injured and others seriously injured in an accident on the Wyoming Valley traction line in Wilkesbarre, Pa. " The car left the track and fell upon its side, pinning four - passenegrs under the reok. , i "' v Cyclone In Oklahoma. ; " ' & cyclone struck Mitchell postoffiqe, twenty miles from Guthrie, O. T.and swept away farmhouses for miles. Postmaster Mullen and wife are known to have been killed. Many others are reported dead.. Resoniug patties with coffins bave been sent from Goibrie. - A Storm In New Orleans. A severe wind and rain storm passed over New Orleans, causing one death and doing other damage. The light ning, which was fceavy, 6truok five houses. Albert Trahina was instantly killed. A large number of trees were blown down and houses were unroofed. The greater portions of the fruit sheds of the Queen & Crescent road were de stroyed. Most of the eleotria oars were stopped on account of interference with the wires. " A jury in the supreme oourt returned a verdict awarding Bertha Bobinson, of Chioago, $4,500 damages from David Weiaenberger, of New York, for breach of promise to marry. The plain tiffBued for $50,000. She claimed she met the defendant while visiting New York in the winter of 1898, where the- became, engaged. The plaintiff pleaded that he became betrothed un der false representations; that instead of moving in high social circles in Chi cago, Miss Robinson's -family were beneath bis standing. Counsel for Weisenberger asked a stay of ninetr days to appeal, A REPUBLICAN VICTORY William Mckinley and Garret Hobart the Choice of THE GOLDEN METAL IS TRIUMPHANT The .Republican Majority Will Probably Over One Handred in ihe Electoral College Three Hundred Thousand . in Pennsylvania and New York With seven states yet in doubt, it is known that the Republican national ticket ia,eIeoted by a majorityjof over 100 in the electoral college, and of 1, 000,000 plurality of the popular vote. New York,; Pennsylvania, -'Illinois, Massachusetts and Ohio have rolled up unpreoedentedly tremendous, majori ties, : from: 100.000 to 800.000. The rest is detail, to be' settled by complete returns.;-': These are slow in coming in from many states that are doubtful, not because they are close, but because fail ure to complete the count gives no basis for positive assertion. Indiana is a case in . point There is no doubt that it has gone for MoKinley, but the actual oount is unreasonably delayed. Two or there others are in the same case, like California, Kansas and West Virginia. Others are doubtful because the vote is elose, like Delaware, Ten nessee, Nebraska and the Dakotas. It will take another day to make up an absolutely trustworthy table of electoral votes. On the most conservative estimate, McKinley hasJ350 electoral votes, or 25 moil than a majority. Probably he will have 800, or two to Bryan's one. He has carried every state east of the Missouri and north of the Ohio and Po tomaa, besides Kentuoky in the South and Oregon in the. West certainly, and perhaps - others in both sections Mc Kinley's total majority on the popular vote will be more than 1,000,000, the largest in the history of the country. The following table shows the elec toral vote of eaob state. The asterisk in front of the states indicates those claimed by the Bepublicans. The re maining states are either for Bryan or in doubt. This gives MoKinley 288 electoral votes. The Bryan forces claim 69 positively, while 90 are in doubt: Alabama.... . Arkansas California........... Colorado Connecticut Delaware .......... Florida ... Georgia Idaho ................. Illinois Indiana Iowa. Kansas.. ........ ...... Kentucky ......... Louisiana .......... Maine.......... Maryland Massachusetts Michigan..-. M inne60ta...... Mississippi ....... M is60urL...... ....... Montana.. Nebraska Nevada ... 3 .. 4 .. 10 .. 36 .. U .. 3 .. 23 .. 4 .. 32 .. 4 .. 9 .. 4 .. 12 .. 15 .. 8 .. 4 .. 12 .. 4 .. 6 .. 12 -' 3 ..417 New Hampshire.. New Jersey- , New York North Carolina .... North Dakota.. Ohio Oregon Pennsylvania. Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee ... 13lTexas.: Utah Vermont. Virginia Washington i. -MhWestVfrgjnia Wyoming...... Total.. Necessary for a choice, 224. - Oregon. - - Portland. Oregon is In line for Mo Kinley with a ma jority' that will be between 8500 and 4,500. Of the coun ties that were considered doubtful Yam hill ; is claimed by the Republicans. Douglas is in doubt Benton is for MoKinley, Clackamas, also. ' . Jackson baa gone for Bryan. Linn and Joseph are also for Bryan. Marion county has gone for MoKinley, and -Multnomah's .majority for -McKinley will reach 6,000.;. . Complete returns from the city of Portland- and from 23 out of 28 county precints show over 5,000, but it is expected that this will be reduced by outside precincts. :', Washington. ' Spokane. Eastern Washington, ac cording to latest estimates, will give Bryan 7,000 majority, and the state tioket nearly the same. Rogers, Peo ple's party candidate for governor, is not behind the ticket, and the congres sional candiates, Lewis and Jones, are nearly even with Bryan. Spokane oounty will probably elect by ma jorities ranging from 2,000 to 2,500 every man on the state and county ticket. . Gar field, Whitman, Douglas, Kittitas and Asotin counties will give Bryan ma jorities, but in Klickitat' the race is close. - - . In Western Washington the raoe is close and returns so far are not com plete enough for , either party to base an estimate- ' McKinley leads in King and Pierce counties. - - Later Washington goes for Bryan. Sullivan, the republican candidate for 'governor, oonoedes the election of . his opponent, Rogers, by about 6,000. . the People. Reach One Million A Majority of Nearly as. Much Oregon for. McKinley, California. - . . .. 1 San. Franoisco. McKinley is ahead Sv' far as the oount has proceeded. The Republican ' state central committee claims the state by 80,000. Six Be publican congressmen out of seven have been elected. Connecticut ' New Haven. With one town miss ing, McKinley 107,536, Bryan 64,498.' o Returns warrant the belief that the state has gone Republioaa by at least 40,000. , .- '- Kentucky. ;e Lexington Late news . from the state indicates that McKinley's ma jority will exceed 15,000. -This state was the greatest surprise of all to the silver forces. Breckenridge will be elected to congress. "Z ' ' Illinoi. -Cook county, Chicago. - which in- eludes Chicago, will give McKinley 50,000, but the rest of the state is yet in doubt, and the Democrats claim it by 85,000. Altgeld has run aheadof Bryan, and it is said that if Bryan is defeated by 20,000 Altgeld will still have enough votes to elect him. Nebraska. Omaha. Up to midnight the returns from the state were very - meager, but the state is claimed by the Bepub licans. The total vote polled is much heavier than two years ago. The vote is so close that complete retains must be had before it can be decided. Arkansas. . . Little Bock. Arkansas gives 35,000 majority for Bryan. New Turk. New York. Nine hundred and twenty-four districts out of 8,854 elec tion districts outside of the city and King's oounty give Bryan 49,521, Mo Kinley 82,514. The state will give McKinley about 250,000 majority. ., . New Jersey. Trenton. A proportionate estimate of the counties so far heard from in dicate that MoKinley ' will carry the state by from 45,000 to 50,000. Pennsylvania. -' ' Philadelphia. McKinley, icoording to latest estimates, will have .a plu rality of 300,000 in Pennsylvania. Massachusetts. . Boston. Seventy, five - preoincts in Boston give Bryan 11,718, McKinley 80,270. - - ' Misionri. St. Louis. One hundred and sixty nine precincts in Sr. Louis give Bryan 19,859, McKinley 22,793. Colorado. . Denver. The vote is reported to be about the same as two years ago, 180,000. There is no question of the election of Bryan eleotors by over 100, 000 plurality.. Adams, the silver can didate for governor will be eleoted. West Virginia. Wheeling. MoKinley has carried the state by about 12,000. The state ticket and four Republican congress men are eleoted. .'!-- North Carolina. Raleigh. Bryan's majority is va riously estimated at. from 10,000 to 20,000. ; - - Alabama. " -. E;irmingham. The state vote will be Ifrrge and the Democratic ticket will receive a large plurality, but an esti mate cannot yet be made. Loulsana. New Orleans. The indications are that the Democrats have made a olean sweep. . Bryan has oarried the state by not less than 30,000 majority. Wisconsin. - - Madison. Momniey's plurality - in Wisconsin is probably above 40,000. Virginia, Richmond. The Democrats have oarried Virginia by about 20,000. Wyoming. Cheyenne. Wyoming is in doubt, but indications point to Bryan's selec tion. Utah. Salt Lake. Indications, are that -Bryan has carried the state by about 10,000. v Montana. Butte. Bryan's majority in the state may reaoh. 15,000. The entire state fusion tioket is elected. Nevada. Carson. Indications are that Bryan's plurality will reach 2,000. i- Minnesota. St. PauL-F-One hundred- and twelve precincts in . Minnesota, including St Paul, give MoKinley 16,915. Bryan 10,732. South Diko . Sioux Falls. Returns are meager, but the Republican tioket will have a majority. ' Kansas. Topeka.-r Sixty-four precincts out of 2, 12 8. preoincts in Kansas give MoKin ley 3,679, Bryan 8,336. . ' Ohio. -.- : Cincinnati. Hamilton ' oounty will give MoKinley 16,000 majority. - The vote outside of Hamilton oounty, how ever, is close. " ' Mississippi. Jaokson. Mississippi- gives Bryan a majority of 50,000. The vote for Watson will not exceed 10,000. Maine. :; - Portland. McKinley's -total vote,' 4,430; Bryan's, 2,273. The state will have a Republican majority. Michigan. Detroit Returns from 24 out of 88 counties give 17,270 majority for Mc Kinley, indicating a Republican ma jority in the state of upward of 50,000. Iowa. Des Moines. The Democratic state committee oonoedes Iowa to MoKinley. Indiana. Indianapolis. The Ivote in Indiana is the largest ever polled. Under the law no reports can be senfout until the count is complete. Forty preoinota in Indianapolis give MoKinley 4,284, Bryan 2,861. J Maryland. Baltimore. Chairman Talbot, of the Democratic central committee, oonoedes Maryland to the Republicans, bat gives no figures. .Republicans claim tne state by at least 30,000. . ' North Dakota. Fargo.: Fargo gives McKinley 400 majority. - Bryan carries bat one ward in the city. , Texas. . Galveston. The k Galveston News concedes the election of the Bryan and Sewall electors, also the election of Culberson, silver-Democrat 'or gov- w loriaa. - .7 AnVcnnvill A Rrvan will rtarrr thA state by 14,000. Tennessee. Nashville,. The Republican oom- mittee admits - that Bryan has carried the state. Chinese Mail Service. The mails In China are different from the postal arrangements of any other country In the world. In China the mall service is not in the hands of the Govn eminent, but is left to. private persons. to establish postal connection, how and wherever, they please. - - Anybody may open a store and bang out a sign adver tising that he Is ready to accept letters to be forwarded to;, certain places or countries. ., . ' '-. r The result of this arrangement Is that in populous towns there are a great number of persons accepting letters to be forwarded to all parts of the coun try; at Shanghai, for instance, there are not less than thirty-five hundred' stores competing with each other and Carrying on a war to the knife as far as rates are concerned. . ; ' This system, although having great faults, has some good qualities. There - are several parties accepting letters In one certain town. The Chinese mer chant who writes letters two or three times will patronize several of the con cerns, and asks his correspondent to' inform bim which be got quickest Hav ing experimented for a while, he will select the firm giving the best service, but he always has the choice of several mailing agencies for his correspond ence. " Fed a Millionaire Unawares. Herbert Prlt chard, a foreman on the Trenton cut-off branch of the Penn sylvania Railroad, living at Heaton, Pa., tendered his resignation to the company, and has a public sale of bis household goods advertised, reward for an act of kindness being the cause of his resignation. One day last week shabbily attired young man came along by the house of Prltchard, and asked for something to eat With out any hesitation his request was granted, and the tramp was ' taken into Pritchard's household .and kept there for several days. The stranger Informed bis benefactor that his name was Flascbman, and that he was worth $3,000,000 in his own right and more over, that be would reward bim with money as well as with friendship. Ev erything turned out as Flaschman stated. The young millionaire is ab sent from his home on account of re ligious differences. It is said he has already placed $1,800 In Pritchard's keeping, and will shortly deed other property to - him. lie also induced Prltchard to resign bis position, and the latter will henceforth act as com panion to the millionaire. Tne; aje making arrangementa to safl fiff Ei rope. St. Lotijs Globe-Pemoo!' " CONSUL LEE'S HURRIED TRIP The Forerunner of a Decided Sensation. THE CRISIS IS APPROACHING Outrageous Treatment of the Competi tor Prisoners - Strained Relations With Spain Cuban Leaders Jubilant. New York-, Nov. 4. A Herald spe cial from Jacksonville says: Cuban leaders here and ia Key West deolare they have reliable information that the relations of the United States and 'Spain bave .reached a crisis, and that developments of 'great international- importance in regard to Cuba may be expeoted within the next month. Ad vioes from Havana are that the de parture of Conaul-General Lee from Washington was caused by the crisis, and that his report to President Cleve land will be suoh as will almost cer tainly result in action bfiag taken by the United States. It is understood the case of the Compstit r's prisoners was the immediate cause of the depar ture of General Lee. The Spanish authorities have been disposed to proceed in a bigb-handed way In regard to these prisoners, and without regard to treaty rights. After the oourt at Madrid set aside the sen tence of death imposed on these prison ers by the first oourt-mirtial, it was understood they would be given a civil trial. Instead of this, however, Cap tain Laborde, the American correspond ent. Melton, and the other Competitor prisoners were recently summoned be fore a naval oourt at Hivana and re quired to file written declarations as preliminary to a new court-martial. -The prisoners, however, refused to make any statement save in the pres ence of General Lee. .General Lee had not been advised by Captain-General Weyler that the pris oners would be retried, but as soon as the consul learned unofficially what he was doing, and that the case had been called for -military and not for oivil consideration, he sent a note to Captain-General Weyler, protesting against any retrial not in accordance with treaty stipulations, and entering ex ceptions to the proceedings as inaugu rated. : Captain-General Weyler evaded making any direot response, pleading laok of authority to treat on diplomatic matters questioning General Lee's rig bt to discuss matters which it had been the custom to submit to Madrid for settlement by the American minister and the Spanish foreign office. Gen eral Lee and Secretary Olney were in constant cable correspondence about the matter, and the general was finally ordered to Washington. For diplomatic reasons. General Lee will probably deny it, Idt'it is a faot, nevertheless, that he said to a friend before leaving for the United States: "It would not surprise me if I should return to Havana on a warship." Cuban leaders here are jubilant, as they say the result will be either inter vention by the United States or an ignominious backdown on the part of Spain, which would destroy what little prestige she has left. DOESN'T KNOW HIMSELF. Strange Case of a Man Who. Lost His Own Identity. New York, Nov. 2. In a letter to a member of the olergy in the East, II a v. George H. Davis, reotor of Sr. John's Protestant Episcopal church, in Man kato, Minn., tells of the strange case of a man who so completely lo.-t all sense of his own identity as to make it wholly impossible for bim to give his name, birthplace or other facts concern ing his personal history. Mr. Davis has written the letter in the hope that the mystery may be unraveled. His ao oount is as follows: - "On October 16, a well-dressed, gentlemanly-appearing man called upon the undersigned, announced himself a churchman, and asked to be introduced to some physician with whom he might oonfer as to his mental condi tion. He said he bad lost all knowl edge as to his personal identity, of whioh -fact he had beoome oonsciocs within a few days. The stranger was taken to one of the leading physicians, and, after oarefnl examination, placed in the . city hospital, where he still re mains. Nothing about bim gives any olew to bi4 identity. "Some of his linen is marked 'J. B.,' and he registered at a hotel as J. Harrison, of St Paul, but he thinks that is not bis name or home. He is an Englishman by birth, about 60 years old, well educated, and thinks be has traveled extensively in this country and abroad. He also thinks he was at some time a lay reader." Paris Anarchist Seized. Paris, Nov. 4. A man name! Ley- maire, who was out or work, snot ana seriously wounded a policeman, with a revolver this afternoon in the Rae des Petit Champs. Another policeman was shot in the shoulder. When Ley mire was finally overpowered, he de clared himself to be an anarchist. The police have seized a lot of anarchist dooaments and literature at his lodg ings. It has been ascertain )4 that Leymaire is a native of Correze. The man gives evidence of being a crank. British Captain Drowned. London, Nov 4 The British steam er Isleworth, Captain Matthews, from Pensacola, October 8, for Newcastle, has arrived in the Thames, and reports that ber oaptain was washed overboard and drowned off Donnell head. amnesty for Revolutionist. Managua, Nicaragua, Nov.. 4. Presi dent Zelaya has published a decree granting amnesty to those prominent in the revolutions of last February, and in the conspiracy of September. Crafted by Hanger Detroit, Nov. 4. Crazed by hunger, Martin Lubinski, a Pole, attempted to murder his wife and two ohildren, and failing because of the woman's heroio resistance, attempted suioide by cut ting his own throat Lubinski is a cripple, and the family 'has been sup ported by Mrs.. Lubinski. She lost her employment, and for a week the fam ily has been on the verge of starvation. Zrabinski may recover. : Li Hung Chang says there are mil lion! of people in China that do hot know that China had a war with Japan. WEEKLY MARKET LETTER. Downing, Hopkins A Co.'s Review of Trade. Portland, Or., Nov. 4. While the late wheat markets have been greatly unsteady there is little in that to worry people who have looked for better prices. When wheat goes up as it went up recently they should rightly expect declines, when they do come will be in a similar order. The publio must be educated to feel that 70o is not high or they will run from it on the slightest provocation. The publio will not be educated to feel that a price is hot based on fancy until it sees the figures for more than a day. The facts that went to make the shange to a higher level were as well established months baok as they were only a few days back. - It does not yet realize the true situation. ' It has not been urged nor has it been believed that stocks of wheat, lately gathered, are too small to carry the world along to another har vest in the Northern hemisphere, when such stocks are supplemented by the small additions to be supplied by the southern. What has been claimed and what is as dear as before is that the world's supplies are steadily being re duced. That is the situation and no ruffling of the surface of prices can change it. There is nothing in the po sition to justify advances of 5o a day. On the other band there is that in the position to warrant appreciating values above the last two years. Legitimate conditions the world over really warrant comparatively high prices for wheat this year. A week's deoline is not a particularly discourag ing feature when all the conditions are taken into account No doubt, from now forward, there will be short selling on the bulges and reaotions to follow, but the ultimate trend of prioes should be upward. Not with suoh- leaps as characterized the last advance, but a healthy working up of values until Buch time as the world finds that an other crop will place supplies higher than this crop placed them, if suoh a condition does occur. The editor of Beerbohm, in writing of the late advanoe in wheat, among other things, says: "For the first time in years America now holds the key to the situation. Every bushel of . wheat America can spare will be wanted in Europe. At least 20,000,000 quarters (160,000.000 bushels will be wanted before the sea son is over. "If Amerioa could hold baok the wheat for a month it would go up to ten shillings $2.50) a quarter. . But I suppose the American banks do not consider wheat a commodity on whioh it is safe to give large accommoda tions; so that the American trade is obliged to send wheat on as fast as it can. "The Bussian shortage is uncertain, but it is now assumed iiere that it will be 10,000,000 quarters. We look for ward, on the vrhole, to an active ilis-, -with oonsi&erable fluctuations, for th( ' moment trade becomes brisk, the specu lators rush in and influence the mar ket" BLOWN TO FRAGMENTS. ' Terrible Death of a Miner In the Coeor d'Alenes. Wallace, Idaho, Nov. 4. At Burke, Idaho, in a oabin near the lower end of the town, a dynamite explosion oo- curred yesterday, resulting in one of the most siokening tragedies that ever happened in the Coenr d'Alenes, Thomas Crolett being blown into small fragments. When the men rushed into the cabin, attracted by the sound of the explosion, a horrible sight greet ed them. The body and legs of Corlett lay hear a window, while blood, brains and small pieces of human flesh were strewn all over the inside of the wreoked building. The skull was blown all to pieces, the scalp torn en tirely off the baok of the shattered bead. Every bone was broken, both arms torn off at the shoulder, and broken into an unrecognizable mass of flesh and broken bones. Coroner Her- -rington held an inquest, but the cause of the explosion was a complete mys tery. No reason for suicide being known, it was supposed to have been accidental, as he was known to keep giant powder in the cabin. Evidently he was standing near a window not far from the powder when the explosion occurred, the body being worse muti lated than the building or furniture. The deceased was aged about 65, and unmarried. The remains will be buried at Wallace tomorrow under the auspioes of the miners' union. COLLIDED WITH A FREIGHT. Accident to the Irish Train la Ne braska. . Omaha, Neb., Nov. 8. A special to the Bee from ' Malcolm, Neb., says the special train bearing John P. Irish, the Bepnblican orator, whioh was following the Bryan train in the interests of the gold standard tioket, collided with a freight train east of Malcolm, smash ing the engine of the Irish train and completely demolishing the caboose of the freight train. John M. Tippling of Linooln, a commercial traveler, rid ing in the oabooose was killed. The freight train had orders to side track at this point, but the engine stalled, and before a flagman could be sent out the special crashed into it. The special was provided with another engine, and went on its way. A Fatal Hotel Fire. Buffalo, N.Y., Nov. 4. The Illinois hotel, at 112 Main street, was burned yesterday morning.. There were twen-ty-Jtwo persons in the building when the fire started. All but nine esoaped uninjured. Three were women, one of whom, unknown, was burned to death. The Plague in Formosa. . Hong Kong, Nov. 2. Fifteen oases of the plague have occurred at Taipeb, on the island of Formosa. An Arc of- Fifteen Degrees. San Franoisco, Nov. 4. A meteor, leaving a broad, scintillating track, traversed 15 degrees of the northwest- -era heavens about ten - minutes- past noon today. ' It was Been at a point about 80 degrees above the horizon, and in the half second of its flight shone as an eleotrio light. . Spain Needs Moie Ships. Madrid, Nov. 4. A credit of 53, 000,000 pesetas (about f 10,800,000) will shortly be sanctioned for the Span- A