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VOLi. XXXIV.' CORVA-liLiIS,' '. BENTON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1897. NO. 37. CURRENT iVENIS OFJHE DAY Epitome of the Telegraphic News of the World. PERSE TICKS FROM THE WIRES i , An Interesting Collectiuuf Items From th.e.ICew, and the Old World In s , Condensed and Comprehensive Form A dispatchfrom Hawarderi says that Mr. Gladstone, concerning whose health an alarmin'g'rumor was widely circulated, is in his usual health, and Sunday morning walked to the. village clju.rc,h,..w.bere he. attended services. Passengers on the. steamer Mascot te, which hid arrived -in Tampa, report that Engel Pasee: who betrayed Gen eral .Castillo to,--$he . Spaniards fori !-$5,000! '"was captured by -insurgents on "his- way.,- to-;Cienfnegos, ;cdurt-mar-tialed on a drum-head and hanged. . .4 great.fire. broke put at Melbourne, ausLraim, uu iu yci.ijuujh, Ejnu ui we.uiu Cm, mf uamwfo. x. , maieonat ine loss win reacn i,uuu,- 006, while? the trade in soft goods has received a serious setback. Hundreds 'of employes, of -all sorts have been thrown out of employment. .'. Changing .its name and principles the American Railway League has become a full-fledged political; organization. fit$re&iker jb win uo kiiuwu as wie nan- ... way Employes and;T(.regrapuers' Polit ical League of . America.- Its object is to-deal entirely -in state ; and -"national politicsTMeBy on legislative lines. V A'-big masonry wharf, 4iaving a front age of 300 meters on" the river Tagus, opposite We custom-house in Lisbon, .suddenly, subsided and completely dis appeared ihjthe riverbed. The, wharf,' ,which was recently constructed at a cost of 50,00.0,. rested on jnud. .-. For tunately, no' one " was huit ,in the col- . lapse.. ; ' ; y '. ' The hostility between the .Christian socialists and the Social democrats, wbich exists-: in all parts of Austria - and frequently leads to sharp collisions between the rival partisans, has result- .u -;; ". ..av, i, i' raa city pioHira, ana. ue seat 01 im- portant .cotton (an.d . woolen manurac- xoris,. . .. . .. . ... -. .. .The official programme for the re cepton of. 1898 at the White House by - jrjrceuueui, auti ivir. aivmiiHsy juts ueen lesueu. ., ai ui ine evjiiH, excepting New Years' reception and the publio recention.. will be bv ctrd invitation. Only those invited will- be given an op--pottunity to.be present at least once during the season. The avoidance of excessive and dangerous orowding will . j . . i . . : - , l .i .. aau hi we auracuveneaatjjt, an me re- captions." ' ' ' ' .. - ; rne-tneosopnists ol San JJraticisco are taking very active interest in the ; ,fate of Durrant,. It sis a tenet of their .V A vuiiam ik.JJ .t - tcimk iA WJCII faith that capital pnnishment is wrong, and they are getting up a petition praying Governor Budd to stay the exe- ' - on f-atiil 4-f' rrm m n a n i a - c-r-t fannn n life imprisonment. The petition was prepared by Dr. Jerome A. Anderson, president of the' San Francisco Theo vflophical Society, and it . has already re--ceiared'ftjiinmber of signatures. - The commission appointed, to revise the criminal code of the United States, in the partial report which it will make to tbe "resident ..and congress, will , present- codefor criminal jUsticje in I -presen justice Alaska. The commission is authorized to dq this in the act wbicji. creates it as a 'ite'rritor. i .i.p.i;ese'n ' tlie. laws of Oregon are made applicable to Alaska, and these wflr1 bevf evlsed, "eddined ' and amendedy t'ff tbminissio'ii to suit the present conditiott 'and - will be" 'srib- ;nitted,aaa partial rertQrt.lor.-the-basis of legislation, by .-congress. The final act upon--the- part df "the Washington, where he goes to attend a 1 government An the ati.ficatlQn ' "ol "'the.. meeting of the appropriations .commit treaty adopted by: t'Ee recejit universal tee; Speaking of the. probable action congress . was taken Tuesday, when ! of congress at its coming session on the President McKinley-signed -the formal financial question, he said: convention' or treaty ffnd'BSecre'tary of "I think-a bill will jiass the house State Sherman had' the gbyernment ; practical.y as recommended by the ex seal affixed. '.VPostmaste.-General Gary j'ecutive, and it will then go to the sen had already signed it. The treaty ate, where it will be abandoned by that takes effect-January li 1898:'' body and an appeal will be made tothe . a ' v." 1 iu r:''i"ir:'i people that they must make the sen At a session of the Knights of Labor f.r v,. ' council, "at" Louisville, " if 'Was voted. unanimously t6 set apart. .the last Sun day in June as' labor 'memorial .lay. This day will be observed.' by, all the district assemblies in the United States. It was expressly stated' that the day should not be regarded in the ' light of a holiday. It was-fixed upon Sunday so it could not be made a holiday, with ha attendants festivities.' '. .' . An immense claim, embracing 7.000,000 acres of land in the North west, including the cities of Minneapo lis and St. "Paul, has' been brought be fore Commissioner.-Hermann, of the .development of the country;-;that he general land office, and the. assistance -.thought it was a grievous wrong forth of the 'goA-er-hwent in securing official Western senators to stand in the way data is called-for. The claimants are of the progress of the country. Many C. B- Holloway, -f Holland, O., and t senators will probably oppose the ad A. Gdnn. of Momee. - O. They are mission .of those territories because.-of making mi c&aixiiuubiun- 01 uic general land office records with a view to secur ing copies of certified paper, which, they assert, will establish ' their title to the lands claimed by them. - Their ancestor, through -whom they claim title, 'was Jonathan Carver, an English- ' man, a well known. explorer in the last century. ; ; Bishop Doan, in his annual address to the clergy of the'diocege of. "Albany, N. Y., in speaking of the relations of America to England in the Lambeth conference, was very intense in his con demnation of what' is called "jingo ism." Snekingon the subject of in ternational arbitration, he said the spirit of hostility, so openly expressed on this side of the water, was present, though latent, in ..England, . and we should be careful how .we arouse this ifeeling to active hostility. Thomas Shamley, about 50 years old, .was found dead in the snow, 40 miles east of Cajiyonviliel. He was hunting and trapping, and met death within a quarter of a mile of his camp. At a coroner's inquest, it was decided that the cause of death was heart failure. - -Argentine's corning wheat crop is es timated at 1,500,000 tons. Deducting home consumption, there. will remain 1 1 least 1,000,000 tons for export. The r .ix crop is estimated at 400,000 tons. The maize crop will not be abundant t.jlless there comes a good fall of rain In December. GOLD TO BE FREELY USED. bianco Try Inc to Bny Over the Insur gent Leaders. Havana, Nov.' 24.' General Pando started for this city by train last Satur day, according to official announce ment, to take charge of the campaign against the insurgents. He was ac- companied by all his staff, and was es corted by a company of artillery. It is stated on good authority, how ever, that Pando has been commis sioned by Captain -General Blanco to enter into communication with the in surgent leaders, with a view to arrang ing for peace. This statement is bassd upon accurate knowledge of all the facts. Pando first secured the release from confinement of Damien Caballero, who had been imprisoned for acting as a spy, for the insurgents. Pando fur niphed Caballero, who is god -father of Babi, the man looked upon as being' the backbone of the insurgent govern ment in the province of Santiago d Cuba, with a considerable sum ol j money and cansed bjin to be attended ' to Manzahillo, where a good force was placed at his disposal. Pando's peace emmi8Sary was. also furnished official documents empowering him to act in behalf of the Spanish commander. Pando inetructed Caballero to fifer army General Eabi high rank in the Spanish army and a large sum of money to be distributed among, the other insurgent leaders of that part of Cuba, and in addition, a large amount of money for himself in the event 'of ' his succeeding in arranging terms pf Although Caballero has not returned, confidential advices reaching Spanish officials here eeem'to indicate that he has so far been unsuccessful. It is un derstood that Babi replied that lie be lieved the successful ending of the war in favor of the insurgents was a. proaching, that the Cubans, with the aid of the United States, .will, gain their independence, arid, therefore he desires to continue fighting the Span r '.aids until the final ictory is won. FIRE ON THE OREGON. . Caused by Spontaneons Combustion A - Narrow Escape San Francisco, Nov. 24. The Call sav8: The coal bunkers in the United I states uaiiie-siup Oregon caugnt nre Sunday evening from sppntaneous com bustion, and for over eight, hours the I crew .worked with a vengeance to smother what looked like a costly blaze, There were over 250 tons of coal in the vessel, aim prumpb auuuii uiuue savcu me euip aiiu mei. ue nre ib uuppoiscu to have started from water leaking into the coal -bunkers. This would eventu allv cause a tern he beat from accumu lating gasses. Luckily, the fire was discovered before it had gaiued much headway. An alarm was immediately given, and orders were issued to remove the coal --irom the vessel ' to thewharf.- Steampipes were attached and connec tibn'made with the lower part of the . ; - i vessel -in-an attempt to - smother wbat fire might have been in other parts of the ship. The men went to work with a will, but the task was larger than had at first been supposed. The work .was done with difficulty, as the smoke hin dered the men in their attempts to quickly put it out. During the whole night after the fire had been discovered, the entire crfew. labored in removing the smoking aod blazing coal, and it was not nntil day- V1. w" me" 7ere ""wea eav? thel,r work The warship will Kti'. . 1 1 . I l . . . oe aryaocKea wunin a iew aays- ana I properly righted, after which she will be coaled and her ammunition placed f 'on board, after which' she wilj be ready for action.-- . . - Senate Will Kill the Curren cy Bill. .Denver, Nov. 24. Congressman - J a few hours in this city on his way to I legislation can be obtained." With reference to the admission ot new Western states, Congressman Bell said: "There will be no more Western states admitted into the Union while the- Republican party has control of either house. The speaker . tolcC-in e last year that he felt great responsi bility for having taken an active part in admitting the Western states. He Bald the power of the-Western senators was unjust, and had been greatly abused, and was, in fact, checking the this impression. "Hawlaii will be annexed. "' Luetgert's. Trial Went Over. Chicago. Nov. 24. The second tria'i of Luetgert, which was to. have begun today, went over until tomorrow at the request of the defense, who will ask for a change of venue from Judge Horton. J Another Trial Trip. San Francisco, Nov. 24." TheUnited States gunboat Wheeling is expected to go to sea today toraihplete the, 'trial of her machinery and other details of- her j construction. She will be a Aray "several I days. She behaved well on her trip to i Honolulu, but the navy department's requirements call for a further trial. It is expected that when the 1899 season opens there will be cogwheel railway from Chamounix up the Mon tenvers. Outbreak Feared. Houghton, Mich., Nov. -24. An out break seems imminent at the Atlantic mine. ' The company has 75 Italians trom the Fianklin mine on the ground ready to take' the places of tbe striking Finns, and tlw latter announce that bloodshed will ensue at the first attempt to set the aliens to work. .Nearly 200 Finns are now on a etrike, all of them strong - enough and . determined -' men. The Atlantic management will not give the strikers places again on any terms, and will attempt to put. the Italians at work on the night shift this evenipjt the SCORES STARVING IN MATANZAS Even the Spanish Soldiers Are In Want of Focd Smallpox Adds to the Ter rors, Carrying Off Hundreds. ""Havana, Nov.' 23. La Lucha, in a recent published editorial,-- expresses doubt as to the sincerity of the friend ship for Spain professed by the Ameri can government,' and adds: "If the American government cannot prevent the sailing from that country of expeditions in aid of the insurgents, and does not respond in other ways to Spain's efforts to ' come to favorable terms, it is useless for Spain to main tain friendly relations with America." Reports from Matanzas say that, the conservatives, having become enraged at the change in the government's pol icy, are disturbing public order. - Ex Mayor Crespo initiated the- disorderly conduct by publicly giving offense to' Senor Armas, the new civil governor oi the province." The chief of police fol lowed Senor Crespo's lead by endeavor ing to prevent aid being given to the suffering reeoncentrados by newspaper correspondents and others. Of the reeoncentrados in' Matanzas, numbering more than 50,000, 79 died in two days, 36 perishing from hunger. Yesterday 17, deaths were reported, a large proportion the result of starva tion. In Jaruaco, about 65 per cent of the deaths "are ' caused y starvation, and the same is true of many other towns. Owing to the lack of proper clothing and blankets, the situation of the reeoncentrados is becoming worse as the winter season approaches, de spite the efforts made to relieve them. Horrible epieodes are of daily occur rence among the -reooncen trad os. After lying for three days upon the sidewalk in front of a house in Matanzas, a poor negro woman, who was suffering terri bly and was uable to move, was carried away by a flood caused by. a heavy downfall of rain. A short time after ward her dead body was discovered a few blocks away, and at last report was still lying in the gutter. A cabdriver, who was carrying a sick man .to a hospital, observed that his' dying. He dragged him I lino him nn th mrh. ! passenger was from his cab, leaving him on the curb stone, where he finally died. . Cases similar to these are of frequent occurrence. Reports from Candelaria say that a man who was suffering from smallpox was driven' by the authorities into the insurgent camp at Cojadal Nege'o. Pihar "del Rio,' where threats were made to hang him if he was not taken away, On Wednesday Terrible Condition of Reeoncentrados. laTnifltfhefttWTieg fields on the plantation oi Portugue- j Galvo, were I appointed 34 lata, owned by Manuel destroyed, oy hre. : -Marshal - Blan.co . has new employes at the, customs-house. Of these, five are native Cubans and the remainder Spanish reformists. The autonomists are greatly disgusted by their appointments. Sixty' persons employed about the docks and 500 others in various parts of the' island have joined the revolu tionists, and a number of pioneers at Guines, who were 'pardoned under the recent proclamation, have returned to the insurgents. Smallpox is raging in the neighbor- hood-of the insurgent headquarters in 1 Pinar del Rio, and there are in. the hos- "pitals and the hills 1,700 persons - suf fering from the disease. It is stated by a prominent resident of Pinar del Rio, according to an offi cial report there, there are 1,300 armed insurgents in the province, including the bands which have recently entered the province under Maria Rodriguez and other leaders. General Hernandez Velasco confirms the statement that in surgents in Pinar del Rio are abund antly supplied with, ammunition. Sev enty ot uenerai velasco s men nave arrived at Pinar del Rio Buffering from wounds received in recent engagements. The financial condition of the mili tary administration is bad. The sol diers have not been paid in eight months. - There is a scarcity in the meat sup ply in the hospitals, and in many towns no meat has been obtainable for many days. General Losada,'subinspector of the health department, said recently to the correspondent of El Imparcial, in Mad rid, that there were actually 35,000 soldiers in the hospitals in Cuba, and that about 15,000 of these were were not suffering from . any disease, but simply from need of nourishment. The police recently went to the house of George W.Hyatt, chief of the relief department of the United States con sulate, at 12 o'clock at night, to make inquiries as to. the destination of a quantity of food which had been taken in the previous day. The female in mates, becoming frightened, refused to open the door, and insisted upon being lniormea oi tne oDjeot oi tne omcer s visit. The police subsequently" retired upon learning that the inmates were Americans. The" insurgents, it is stated, have captured 150 mules from the Consail eron. del Sur government reservation. A dispatch from Madrid ' says that Senor Giberga, deputy to the Spanish cortes, and leader of the new autono mists, is on his way to Cuba .where he will enter the autonomist -party, upon condition that Senors Montero, Ferdi nandez de Castro, Cuelo and Zayes leave the board of directors of the party, it being, asserted that they are too pronouncedly Spanish, to succeed in inducing the insurgents to accept au tonomy under their leadership. Senor Jose Gal vez will remain as chairman of the party. A band of insurgents recently fired on the town of. San Nicholas, in Havana province. . Rio Seico, province of Ha vana, reports that a fresb band of in surgents, . well armed and equipped, have appeared in that vicinity. The leader is not known. . .' ' ' .. ... . A Traitor's Fate. Jacksonville,. Fla., Nov. 2.3. Passen gers on the. steamer Mascotte, which arrived in Tampa this evening, report Engel Passe, who betrayed General Castillo to the Spaniards for $5,000, was captured. by the insurgents on his way to Cienfuegos, court-martialed on a drum-head and hanged. - " ' AGAIN ON FREE SOIL. The Competitor's Crew Out of the Jaws . of Death. New York, Nov. 24. The steamer Saratoga, from'-' Havana, having on board the released men of the Competi tdr.crew, has been reported entering the harbor.' The men are: -J Captain Alfredo Laborde. i William Gildea. rr i Ona Melton. William Keavitt. 1 Charles Bernett, an Englishman. The five men were in fairly, good health and excellent spirits on reaching -quarantine. Captain Laborde suffers somewhat . from paralysis, which he contracted during his long' confinement in the Cabanas fortress. Joseph A. Springer, the United "States vice-consul at Havana, was also a passenger on the Saratoga. Mr. Springer declined to talk for publication. The released men wore the clothes in which they were clad at the time of their capture, on April '25,' 1896, at Berracoa, San Catalino, Cuba. . Another happy passenger o'n : the Saratoga : was Julio Arago y Quesada, the young Cuban insurgent who was or dered to' be shot - by Weyler, but was pardoned by... jGe.neral Blanco, a friend of the prisoner's father. ;' The six men who had escaped the fate of the Virginius captives were greeted upon their arrival by an enthu siastic crowd, who gave them a hearty welcome, but the ;pqor wretches were too weak to respond,- the cheers which had been given in their honor. . - TO RESTRICT SILVER OUTPUT. Alleged Object of the Proposed Smelter Combine. New York, Nov. 24. Representa tives of several silver mining and re fining works of the United States and Mexico will meet in New York' this week to form, if 'possible, a combina tion agency to control the price of sil ver futures. ' " ' The price .of silver for future deliv ery is always less, than the price of cash silver, and the smelters want "to equalize prices. It is . said - that "the smelters hope by their combination to stiffen the price of silver and eventu ally reduce the output, al though Jp they deny the report that they intend -"-to form a .silver trust. . ; - Among-the works to be represented, at the conference are the International Metal Company,; of New York; the Omaha & Grant Smelting Company, of Omaha; the Mexican Smelting Com, Pnny of Monterey; the Fhildelphfa Smelting & Refining Company, of Pue jblo, and' the Guggenheim Smelting company, oi tron -amooy, ss. i. r A POPULAR TICKET. The Sebastian Interneg;otiable Mileage Boole In Great Demand. . - .Chfcaeo.' Nov. 24. The new form of ing very popular. The Sebastian ticket was placed on sale November 15, and 25,000 tickets were printed, as it was thought this would be sufficient for the' demand that would . be made. This number is exhausted, however, and an other 25,000-has been ordered. ' The Western roads declare that they will reduce still further the rates lietween Chicago and Northwest points if neces sary to'maintain 'their traffic against the competition 'of steamship lines and Southwestern railroads doing business at Gulf ports." It has become a serious matter for some of the roads, and they have been efen during the last three months a verv larcre amount of tonnage go through the Gulf or Mexico, which otherwise they would have handled. POSTAL SAVINGS BANKS Postmaster-General's Proposition Re ceiving Many Indorsements. Washingtony' Nov. 24. Postmaster General Gary is receiving many letters regarding the postal saving bank propo sition strongly urged by him in his an nual report. Many people throughout the country have written, commenting on the projected radical extension of the postal service, and have submitted some suggestions calculated in their opinion to make the correspondents in dicate a rather general commendation, and some well-known economists and financiers numbered among the postmaster-general's friends, who have heretofore opposed measures of this character, have in letters just received given a qualified indorsement. Postmaster-General Gary expects some leg islation by congress on this question, possibly at. the next session, and free discussion of it throughout the country will render- material assistance to this end. ' Money Paid Over. Washington, Nov. 24. -The treasury received today, from the reorganization committee of. the Union Pacific $13, 645,250 in cash and turned over to the committee that amount in bonds, which have been on deposit With the government in the. sinking fund of the road. . " ' '- Trouble in Uruguay. New York, Nov. 24. As a result ot the attempted revolutionary movement in Montevideo, Uruguay,' says the Her ald's correspondent there, five promi nent army officers have been arrestedi Many arrests of civilians and politicians have, also been. made. The Herald's correspondent in Rio Janeiro telegraphs that a commercial crisis is imminent. Exchange is falling. Moonshiners Captured: Hot Springs, Ark., Nov. 24. Deputy United States Marshall, with a posse of 12 men, hae arrived in the city with 15 illicit distillers who were captured in Scott county. The officers destroyed four stills and about 4,000 gallons of whisky and beer. The officers got the drop on the men and captured them without trouble. Bank President Indicted. Governeur, N. Y., Nov. 24. The United States grand jury at Auburn has indicted Luke Usher, president of the National bank, of Potsdam, ' which failed on January 25 last. ' The indict ments charge Usher with misappropri ating $100,000.. Usher has not yet been -arrested. - ''.-- - ' A Floral Curiosity. " A floral curiosity is on exhibition in the Temple Gardens, London. ' It is a $5,000 orchid from VenBuelar It has a white flower " which in shape resem bles a sea-gull with outstretched wings. I ' Work for " the Coming Ses- , 4 sion of Congress. HAWAII'S PROSPECTS GOOD Believes ledge's Immigration Bill Will Be Passed Cuban Question Depends on the President's Attitude. Washington, Nov. -22, Senator . W. E. Chandler, of New Hampshire, in an interiye.w 4 regarding legislation at the coming session of congress said: "Senator Lodge.proposes pushing thr( measure lopking to the restriction of' immigration and demanding its' passage without delay.' Bills proposing to bar the undesirable foreign' element from ( entering this country are how pending in both the ..house - and senate, and there is no doubt that the two houses will be able to agree upon a bill. The house measure lays restrictions on what are called "birds of ..passage," but the senate bill does. not. ' Theclass refer red to is that which lives' along the northern and southern border lines of , the country, and embraces Mexicans and Canadians who work daily in the United States, but who live in their native countries. This part , of the bill, in my': judgment, eventually will be. omitted, and the senate bill, which applies ta immigrants froni .European and Oriental countries, will be passed. "'"Some action, I believe, will be taken looking to the relief of the Cuban in surgents. r Of course, the Republican policy" will largely depend upon the president's. message, but, my opinion is that he will leave the entire matter to the judgment of congress. . " ' "The prospects for the ratification of the - Hawaiian treaty are excellent. The Republicans will stand by it to a unit, and many Democrats will do like wise. J think the necessary two-thirds vote will be secured. - "As to financial legislation, especial jyi to the revision of the banking laws, I cannot see how any such legis lation can be passed." . For the Land of Gold. New York, Nov. 22. A. dispatoh to the World from London says: London capitalists seem to be resolved to share in the big profits anticipated by a rush to the Klondike next spring. The Van couver & Northern Shipping & Trading Company, which is building the new Canadian Pacific railway, with a cap ital of $7,500,000 subscribed by six shareholders, today purchased . the old Cuuarders, the Bothnia and Scythia, and two Cape mail steamers, as the nucleus of a fleet to run from Van couver to Alaskan ports, commencing March 10 Both ships are chartered ,, fifreigbt by Lipton, the millionaire vis .stfisaayrAeovago out; and he is said to have a scheme for building a new town to be called Liptonia, near Skaguay. ; This enter prise is understood to be the result of the visit to Skaguay of the Hon. James Burke Roche, who has just returned here. ' Two New Counterfeits. Washington, Nov. 22. The secret service announces - the discovery of a new counterfeit $10 silver certificate, and also a counterfeit national bank note. . The silver certificate is a photo graphio production, printed on Jtwo pieces of paper "pasted together. No at tempt has been made to color the back of the note, which is a shade of brown, instead of green. - The seal is colored a bright pink. The note is badly print ed, and the lathe work is blurred and indistinct. The national bank note is on the First National bank of Joplin, Mo., series 1882. It is also printed on two pieces of paper, and the silk fibre in the geneuine is imitated by pen and ink marks." - - ' Turks Living on Bread and Water. London, Nov. 22. The Vienna , cor respondent of the Daily Telegraph says: Pecuniary embarrassments have reached an acute ' stage at the Yildiz Kiosk. Salaries of ambassadors are. left unpaid for months. Since the departure Of Galib Bey, Turkish ambassador at Ber- lin, another Turkish envoy has written' Tewfik Pasha, the Turkish foreign min ister, declaring that he has sold every thing and lives almost entirely on dry bread, adding that be even fears he will be unable much longer to borrow that A third ambassador has written to Tewfik Pasha saying: . - . "All my means are exhausted, and I cannot even buy a pair of gloves when obliged to appear anywhere." " . Murderer Electrocuted. Colutnbus, O., Nov. 22. Alfred J. Frantz, the murderer of Bessie Lytle, of Dayton, was electrocuted in the an nex -at the Ohio penitentiary at 12:22 this morning. He took bis place in the chair at 12:18 without an apparent tremor. The first shock did not cause death, and the current was applied again three times before life was pro nouncd extinct. On August 27, 1896, Frantz murdered Bessie Lytle, a young girl whom he had betrayed. Her body was thrown into the Stillwater river. Frantz made an allged confession, in which he" claimed the girl had shot her self while they were out riding, and, fearing he would be charged with mur der, he had thrown the body into the river. .'- . Peru Wants to Arbitrate. Washington, Novl 22. The Peru vian minister, Dr. Eguigerin, was among Secretary Sherman's callers to day. He came to talk over the last demand of our government ' for a settle ment f the McCord claim, and he has now, in return, proposed arbitration in the case. This proposition is not ac ceptable to our government, and the ne gotiations continue. . : - A pound of the finest spider would reach around the world. -' web Clerks Mostr Pay Their B,ills. Washington, Nov. 22. The secretary of the treasury Jias issued a circular to employes to the effect that clerks re ceiving a stated salary who' neglect to pay their debts contracted for. the nec essary support of themselves and their fanfjTieSj. without "presenting satisfac tory reasons therefor, willnot be re tained in offloe. " y-'"; - ..In . Nortb.7 Dakota - the , killing . of quail and English and Chinese pheas ants is prohibited nntil 1S06 and bea ver and .otter cannot be trapped or killed unttil 190S. EXPIATED HIS CRIME. Kelsay Porter Died on the Gallows at - Union, Oregon. Union, Or., Nov. 22. In the gray dawn of an approaching- day, while nost of the citizens of Union -were still asleep, Kelsay Porter, murderer of the Mache family in Pine valley, January 1, 1896, expiated his crime on the gal lows. . Including the sheriff's jury of 12 men, about 50 people .witnessed the execution.'- It was carried out with dis patch. - Seventeen minute's after Por terjeft the jail door to mount the scaf fold, his body was' in the - coffin, which was waiting to receive it beneath - the gallows. , It was about 5 o'clock this morning when Porter was aroused and told to prepare, for-the trying ordeal before him.. Realizing bis last moments had really come, he displayed nervousness. After dressing in a suit .of black clothes provided for him, he ate a light breakfast, the first meal for several days. The appearance of his religious adviser had. a reassuring effect. Rev. Mr. Shields passed an hour in thaoell, preparing Porter for his death, reading Scriptural passages to him, and closing with a fervent - prayer for the con demned man. Porter, in refusing to see press rep resentatives, stated that all he had to say would be spoken on the gallows, but before leaving the jail, he changed his mind, and from ther time tie passed out of the door of bis cell, mounted the scaffold and was hurled into eter nity, he did not speak a' word."' He was assisted to the -platform of. the scaffold by Sheriff Phy and Deputy McLaughlin, who helped him up the steps. Rev. Mr. Shields and Deputy Sheriff Giffen were also on the scaffold. . Porter was placed directly over the trap, his legs and arms pinioned and his wrists handcuffed. While this was going on he became slightly unsteady. The black cap was placed over his head, the rope adjusted about his neck by Sheriff Phy, and at 6:55 the trap was sprung and the body shot down ward, dangling at the. end of the rope. Death was instantaneous, the neck be ing broken by the fall. Twelve min utes later three attending physicians pronounced Porter dead, and the body was cut down and placed in the wait ing coffin. - - - The crime for which Kelsay Porter suffered - the death penalty was the killing of the Mache family Benja min Mache, his -wife and 17-year-old son, Benjamin in Pine valley, Union county, January 1, 1896. ' ;j LOCKS FOR THE DALLES Government Has Abandoned the Boat Railway Scheme. Washington, Nov. 22. The probabil ities are that a boat railway' will never be constructed at The Dalles. Chair man Hooker, of the river and harbor sommittee, has made an examination of, the rapids, and has interested him-. ciisMsssewiiujeveral matters which will require appropriations com ing from his committee. ,. Mr. Hooker is very reticent about expressing his views, but there were other members of the river and harbor' committee with him on his Western trip, and the press correspondent has been able to ' learn that the boat railway plan will not be approved in the next session of con-, gress, and that the committee on river and- harbors will not .taken favorable action for any improvement there that does not have for its object a different plan than either a boat railway or a portage railway. . It is Very probable that what will be done ib the authoriza tion of a survey t'o be made for con struction of a canal and locks, and which will secure the passage of boats of about four feet draft. : It is asserted that boats of greater draft than .this cannot operate successfully above, the dalles, and that boats of this draft can go far up the Columbia river, the Snake and the Clearwater. ' If these boats could ply between' Portland and the farthest points on the rivers named, a great "deal would m be accomplished, freight rateswould.be regulated, and the" wheat of Eastern Oregon and Washington and Idaho- could- be trans ported to tidewater at a small cost. It is the general belief that a canal and f locks of the kind contemplated could be built. at an expenditure of less than $1, 000, OOOand also that they could be pushed to completion at an early day. It is not known whether the Oregon delegation will accept such a plan as this, but the general understanding ie that it will be offered by the members of the river and harbor committee who visited the Columbia during the pst summer.:-? ' FATE OF PROSPECTORS. Three Men Are Drowned in.. White Horse Rapids. Port Townsend, Nov. . 22. News reached here tonight of the drowning of two men belonging to the party of Colonel Will E. Fisher, of San Fran cisco, in the White Horse rapids No vember 4. No details of the- accident were'received. Neither could the naffees of the drowned men be learned. ' "; . 'Accompanying this news was the in formation that Frank Anthony, of Seattle, was drowned at the same place October 29. Anthony's boat capsized. His two companions, Murphy and Hep burn, were rescued by the Canadian mounted police. . Heavy snows are reported on the sum mits of the passes leading into the in terior. Travel is becoming difficult and dangerous, yet people are still go ing back and forth over the mountains. The lakes and rivers in the interior are more or less frozen. On the Skaguay trail the snow is fully three feet deep. It is five or six feet deep on the Dyea route. - . A Hog-Killing Secretary. .- Lincoln, Neb., , Nov. 22. Secretary of State Porter was fined $6.20 in the police court today for violating the health ordinance by , butchering hogs within the city limits. .;-' Carrier Pigeons for Alaska. ' San Francisco, Nov. pigeon fancier of. .this . city- has given the United States government eight pairs ot bis best pigeon service between the more remote portions of Alaska They will be taken north on the Bear and sent to various points, such as St. Michaels, Point Barrow and Hersohel island, where they will be taken care of until they become thoroughly accli mated.. The offspring of these birds will be the messengers of the future be tween, isolated miners and whalers and the outsid world. The Queen Pardons Alleged Cuban Filibusters. MUST NOT RETURN TO CUBA Are Now on 'Their Way to New Tork General Satisfaction Expressed in Madrid Political Circles. Washington, - Nov. 22. Minister Woodfoid has telegraphed, the state de partment that the Spanish cabinet has notified him that the queen has par doned the Competitor prisoners. The state department announces that the Competitor prisoners' were turned over to : Consul-General Lee last : Monday,, and will be sent by him direct to New York today. - It is not doubted here that the prison ers are liberated on such conditions as were imposed in the case of former prisoners,- ..that is, that they will not re turn to. Cuba: It is singular that the men should have been for days in cus tody of General Lee without the fact having become generally known, but it is supposed that secrecy was observed in order to secure departure from Ha vana without exciting trouble from the extreme conservative Spanish faction. There were four prisoners, namely,' Alfredo Laborde, the captain of the Competitor, a native of New Orleans; William Gildea, the mae, a' natural ized citizen, Ona Melton, who' claims Kansas as his native state, and who went on the Competitor in the capacity of newspaper . correspondent, and Charles Barnett, of British birth, but who claimed the protection f the United States government by virtue of his sailing on an American vessel. The conditions under which the Competitor-was captured yoff the Cuban coast, while engaged in landing arms for the insurgents, have been often de scribed. The defense of the men was that they were forced into the expedi tion against their will by the insurgent party on board. They were tried by a naval court-martial, before which the; could make only a poor showing, prin cipally because of their ignorance of the Spanish language, in which the pro ceedings were conducted, and their conivction and the imposition of the death sentence was not a matter of sur prise. At that point, however, the case as sumed diplomatic importance. -Our government, through its constil-genpral at Havana, Ramon Williams, and through Minister Taylor, at Madrid, interposed an energetic protest against the execution of the men, claiming they were improperly tried, in view of the guarantees held out in the famous dishing protocol. This protest caused the removal of. the case to the higher judicial .,. authorities : at Madrid, by whom a new trial was ordered. The Spanish government, however, did not, and has not yet, conceded that the dishing protocol applies to such cases. To admit that would, in the opinion of the Spanish authorities, greatly stimu late the fitting out of filibustering par ties in the United States. . The new trial had tjpen ordered by the Madrid supreme - court, on the ground of irregularities in the original trial, and by concession of the sound ness of the objections interposed by the United States. It was to have begun last Monday, and it is thought would have resulted in the imposition of the death sentence again. This, however, would have provoked an explosion in this country, according to th'e anticipa tions of the department officials, that would have been hapdly less violent than the feeling caused by the famous Virginias episode, so to them it is a matter of satisfaction that the Spanish queen has cut the diplomatic tangle by the pardon of the men before the sec ond trial. Senor Dupuy de Lome had a long con ference with Assistant Secretary Day today, and it is believe! the Spanish government is about to voluntarily re move another troublesome factor from the field of negotiations, in revoking the decree made by Weyler, prohibit ing the exportation of tobacco froi. Cuba. Ibis prohibition has worked hardships on American cigar-makers, and up to this time all efforts of the state department to secure an amelior ation of the harsh conditions of the de cree have been unavailing. The rea son set up by General Weyler for the order was the necessity of keeping in Havana the supply of tobacco necessary to run the domestic cigar factories, and thus, by giving employment to workmen, keep them from drifting away into the insurgent ranks. It was a matter of common report, how ever, that another potent reason was a desire to cripple the Cubancigar-mak-ers in the United States, from whicb the insurgents drew funds. Reports that come from Washington are to the effect that the new crop of tobacco that will be ripe in February next is ,-6f excellent quality, and amounts ito four-fifths of an average crop. Signaled for Assistance. ; New York, Nov. 22. The steamer Megantic, from London November 4 for this port, anchored outside the bar this forenoon, signalling that she was dis abled and in need of assistance. Seven Chinese Deported. San Francisco. Nov. 22. The steam ship' Coptic, which sailed today for the Orient, carried nearly 300 Chinese, in cluding seven who were deported. These men came here about a month ago with certificates to the effect that they were merchants, members of a well-known firm in Chinatown. The firms, however, repudiated the claim. In Meriden, Warwickshire, a stone cross on the village green marks the geographical center of England. Fatality at a Polish Show. London, Nov. 22. A dispatch from Berlin describes a terrible fatality in Poland. While a recent ' performance of wild beasts and their tamer was in progress at a village near Kovono, Po land, the liontamer was killed by a lion and a tigress. A fearful panic en sued among the spectators, and 86 per sons were crushed to death, . many others being seriously injured. . r ' ; . m : Odessa, Nov. 22. Information has been received from Simperfool, in the Crimea, that new discoveries of petro leum have been made in the peninsula. n WEEKJLY MARKET LETTER. , Office of Downing, Hopkins & Co., Chicago Board ot Trade Brokers, 711-714 Chamber oi Com merce Building, Portland, Oregon. i No decided changes have occurred in wheat values during the week. The market has been prinoipsrily noted for the absence of general speculation and the presence of several arguments that apparently warrant an advance. Crop advices in America, while showing an improvement in condition of the grow ing crop, most certainly indicate a de creased area seeded. The news from the Argentine crop has been sensation al. General frosts have occurred, but the extent of the damage, if any, is only a. matter of conjecture. The exact . facts cannot be ascertained for some time yet. Reports from Russia assert the rye crop fo be very short and the oat crop poor. The export demand con tinues unabated, and in excess of our weekly surplus, it is a matter of re cent history that export countries are liable to sell more than their available surplus of breadstuffs and be forced to become importers. This is evidenced in the case of Australia and the Argen tine during the past year, and should our export clearances continue at the present rate it is entirely possible that American supplies may be likewise ex hausted. Receipts at primary, points are large, compared with last year, and visible .stocks continue to increase.. When the high values arc takencinto consideration together with the large crop produced last year, it is a matter of surprise that the primary receipts are not much, larger. Advices from the northwest indicate that the move ment from first hands is decreasing. Export clearances of wheat and flour for the week were 6,653,791 bushels. Large sales for export have been made during the week, partly the result of apprehended damage to the Argentine crop. The local speculative condition of the wheat market is very unsatisfactory. There is an absence of general specula tive interest due partly to high values, but more particularly to the small stocks and the presence of more or less manipulation in the market. A large short interest exists entirely out of pro portion to existing stocks. There is nothing in the general situation to war rant any decline. The result of the Argentine crop seems to be the determ ining factor regarding future values. Until the result is definitely known it seems that. present values will be fully maintained and probably advanced. There has been a decided improve- ment in the cash demand for corn, ! both for Eastern account and for ex port. The government report, estimat ing the crop yield at 1,892,000,000 j bushels, is not credited by the trade nnd entirely unwarranted -according to ' private advices. . Portland Market. Wheat Walla Walla, 74c; Val ley and Bluestem, 76 77c per bushel. Four Best grades, $4.25; graham, 53. 50; " superfine, $3.25 per barrel. Oats Choice white, 84 35c; ohoice ;ray, 32 33c per bushel. Barley Feed barley, $1920; brew-: lug, $20 per ton. Millstiffd Bran, $15 per ton; mid riings, $21"; shorts, $15.50. Hay Timothy, $18 12.50; clover," 10 1 1 ; California wheat, $10; do I at, $11; Oregon wild hay, $910 per: ion. Tv. .... O 1 fit' 9 tr na. Arvrnn Butter Fancy creamery, 50 55c; fair to good, 4046c; dairy, 3040c per roll. Cheese Oregon, lo; Young America, 12c; California, 910o per pound. Poultry Chickens, mixed, $1.75 2.50 per doezn; broilers, $2.002.50; geese, $56; ducks, $3.004.00 per dozen; turkeys, live, 10llc per pound. Potatoes Oregon Burbanks, 35 40c per sack; sweets, $1.40 per cental. . Onions Oregon, new, red, 90c; yel low, 80o per cental. Hops 813c per pound for new crop; 1896 crop, 6 7o. Wool Valley, 1416c per pound; Eastern Oregon, 712c; mohair, 20 wm, -j sr na vn nn Mutton Gross, best bbeep, wethers and ewes, $2.50 2. 60; dressed mutton, 5c; spring lambs, 5c per pound. Hogs Gross, choice heavy, $4.50; light and feeders, $3. 004.00; dressed, $4.505.00 per 100 pounds. Beef Gross, top steers, $2. 75 3. 00; cows, $2.25; dressed beef, 45c per pound. Veal Large, 4J5c; small, 54 6o per pound. - Reattle Market. Butter Fancy native ' creamery, brick. 27c; ranch, 16 18c. Cheese Native Washington, 12 'c; California, 9)c. Eggs Fresh ranch, 30c Poultry Chickens, live, per pound, hens, 10c; spring chickens, $2.50 3 00; ducks, $3.50 3. 75. Wheat Feed wheat, $23 per ton. Oats Choice, per ton, $1920. Corn Whole, $22; cracked, per ton, $22; feed meal, $22 per ton. - . Barley Rolled or ground, per ton, $22; whole, $22. Fresh Meats Choice dressed' beef, teers, 6c; cows, 5c; mutton sheep, 6c; pork, 7c; veal, small, 7. Fresh Fish Halibut, 45c: salmon, 34c; salmon trout, 7lpc; flounders baIa W W, A linn A . K wwtlr mwI 5c; smelt, 24a Fresh Fruit Apples, 5075o per box; peaches, 75 80c; prunes, 8540c; pears, 75c$l per box. San Francisco Market. Wool Nevada 11 13c; Oregon, 13 14c; Northern 11 14c per pound. Hops 10 14c per pound. Millstuffs Middlings, $2022; Cal ifornia bran, $16.0016.50 per ton. Onions New red. 7080c; do new silverskin, $1.35 1.50 per cental. - Eggs Store, 18 26c;, 'ranch, 41 43c; Eastern, 27 28; duck, 25c . per dozen. Potatoes New, in boxes, 30 80c. Citrus Fruit Oranges, Valenoias, $1.503.00; Mexican limes, $2.50 3.00; California lemons, choice, $2.00 2.50; do common, 75c$l per box. Hay Wheat, 12 14. 50'; wheat and oat, $1113; oat, $10 1-; river' bar ley, $78; best barley, $10 12; alfalfa, $8 9. 50; clover, $8 9. 50. Fresh Fruit Apples, 35c$l per large box; grapes, 1535o; Isabella, 60 75c; peaches, 50c$l; pears, 7 60 $1 per box; plums, 2035a - Butter Fancy creamery, 2728c; do seconds, 2526c; fancy dairy, 24c; good to choice, 2123o per pound, -v .'"-